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DaiXYSbor1S1orY
THE LOBSTER POTS
BY Harold Carter

Jean Piret flung the oars into
his boat and pushed off from the
shore, followed by the curses Of
the Breton fishermen.
Traitor" shouted one. "Tht
English gold is dearer to thee thar
the honor of France. Go, catch tn!
Holsters for the English com
mander."
Piret made no reply, but glanced
Iup the bay to where, anchored il
the swift tides, the British battle
ship inflexible, a man-of-war o.
three decks and ninety guns
doomed like a menacing spectel
against the mouth of the harbor
Next he looked back upon the lit
tie fishing village, so lately devas.
tated by the ren-hot cannon balls
of the invaders. He paled and
muttered into his beard. ..
go, then. accursed one, catch
thy Holsters for the English
cried the fishermen, shaking their
fists at him as he pulled out.
Their anger was natural. The
English supply ship had not come
in, and Jean Piret's Holsters and
fresh fish. which he sold to the
English officers, formed a welcome
change from the unvarying rations
of half mouldy pork, picked in
brine. He alone of all the Breton
sailors took out his boat nowadays
In him the love of gain seemed to
have supplanted patriotism.
AS he neared the battleship
however, his eye clouded. He
glanced along the bay. No pilot
had brought her thither, nothing
save sheer luck had guided her
through those swift tides and
rocky barriers. Once she set sail
or lost her anchor she would be
swept to destruction upon the
needle edges of the submerged
rocks, over which breakers con-
stantly were foaming.
''Ha, Piret, have you fish for
us?" cried an officer from the
deck as his boat pulled by. cor
any more of those delicious lob
sters you brought us yesterday
81 go for Holsters tonight"
answered Piret gloomily. watching
the twilight deepening over the
sea.
Where do you set your bait?"
the officer shouted.
"Under those rocks there are
Holsters bigger than any off the
coast, and sweeter," Piret respond
ed, indicating the location hard by
the big anchor that kept the big
vessel fast by the bows.
May fisherman's luck be with
you," said the officer piously, turn
ing away. Jean Piret answered
nothing, but baited and let down
his pots. Then in the gathering
gloom he turned and shook his fist
at the man-of-war, whose giant
hulk swung blackly athwart the
tide. 1t was full in, running be-
tween the shoals of the Biscay
coast with all the force OF the At
lantic combers.
Darkness deepened, became i'm
penetrable. Even the giant ship
was nothing more than a great
gray shadow, and only her top
lights indicated to the villagers
that she was there, waiting Inn
placably. She had no searchlights
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-This

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-This is
the storyof the new spring hat.
The remarkable thing is that it
has not yet been selected.
1t has been many years since the
American experts who go to Paris
for styles have done so much puz-
cling as they did this year in jan
uary in that city of fashions.
Every November there is a little
army of millinery experts-strange
to say, most of them are men
who go to Paris to pick the sayle
that America will prefer the COM
ing season.. For weeks they fire.
quent the cafes, theaters, boule-
wards and centers of fashion, to
catch the hints. Any one of them,
if he makes the right and lucky
selection, will make hundreds of
thousands of dollars for the Amer
lean firm he represents. For in
stance, the experts who picked the
Merry Widow" idea in Paris and
set their firms in America to max
ing them. earned their salaries
hundreds of times over.
But this year the experts were
all at sea. They saw all sizes and
styles of hats in Paris; French
womankind seemed even more in
decisive than ever. Not a single
fashion seemed preferred above
another.
Into January the puzzle extend
ed. In Broadway they say that
many of the expert buyers left
Paris in distraction, and went to
Italy and Spain to take holidays
and rest for two or three weeks
from their worries.
But while they. were gone the
brave ones who remained began to
notice that small flowers were be-
ing favored and that this fashion
was Coming in more and more.
Soon the cables told that part of
the fashion story to America and
orders began to pour into Paris to
buy small flowers, such as tiny
roses, forget-me-nots, miniature
papsies and clusters of hyacinths.
The flower factories in New York,
which had been idle for weeks,
started at full blast on small flow
Iers.
So it's settled that small flow
ers are to be the style this year.
But there was still the hat to
discover.
At last 1t began to come to light.
Now and then the experts began
to see one of them in a cafe or on
the boulevard, worn by the fash
ion settlers of Paris. Soon the
same hat began to be shown in the
windows of the finest millinery
stores and by the middle of jan
uary this type of hat was admit
tedly the fashion in Paris.
1t was the sweet, dear, graceful
old leghorn, in pressed shapes,
with large crowns. And how the
buyers rushed for them! They
say, at some of the big Broadway
millinery stores, that some of the
buyers rushed over into Italy to
buy legohrn hats from the little
stores there that do not know
fashions and they even purchased
them from the children in the
streets, just to get the straw for
remodeling purposes.
And here, with the spring OPEN
ings in New York at hand, the
matter rests. The buyers and ex-
perts are all home; they've picked
the legohrn and the chances are a
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for the new commission and a gen.
eral house cleaning!
Hoping that you will find a
space for this second letter, / re-
main, Yours very truly,
J. IRVING INQUIRE.
Ninth and South ID streets.
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Tacoma, Feb. 2, 1910.
Editor Tacoma Times:


Editor Tacoma Times:
Dear Sir-I was very much
struck by Mr.. Tyler's assertion
that each individual should not
have all he produces. That means
that somebody else should have
what he did not produce-conse-
quently, be the oppressor. That
we have, and we realize 1t; but
how, by simply stopping a medium
of exchange, or give everyone the
full fruits of his labor, take away
from him the incentive to it, or
make him -starve himself because
he has no master to work for?
Yours respectfully,
v. ESTON.
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that he bestowed a knightship on
the youth and gave him many
lands. But Seaman declared he
wished no other gifth than beauti-
full Rosalind, whom he loved dear
ly. At this her father rejoiced.
On the day of the wedding
when all the guests were in the
great banquet hall, the king arose
and holding golden loving cup
on high said: pledge fidelity, all
of you. to Prince Seaman, whom l
have this day appointed heir to
rule over my kingdom"
Long and loud applauded the
guests, for all loved the youth,
who, as years went by. proved to
be as wise and good as King
Charles himself.
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CYNTHIA GREYS'
CORRESPONDENTS

Dear Miss Grey:
have brown hair, gray eyes,
and an olive complexion. Can I
wear wine color? How can I keep
a hair brush? Ho is "chauf-
feur" pronounced?.
A READER.
A.-1) Any of the fashionable
shades of red are becoming to one
of your type. (2) Wash in warm
ammonia water and good white
soap. Rinse we'll and dry quick
ly. 60 Sho-fer.
Dear Miss Grey:
Please suggest luncheon to serve
at a hard times party" And
some games also. M. j.
A.-Coffee and doughnuts, or
hot cornmeal mush and milk serv-
ed in tin cups and eaten with tin
spoons. Old-fashioned forfeit
games, such as "Twirl the plat
ter" "Simon says thumbs up"
and BIND mans burr would al
ford the most fun.
Dear Miss Grey:
What are the sores that come
in the mouth, and how can they
be prevented? What will help
dry, harsh hair? READER.
A.-(1) They are canker sores,
and are due to poor digestion. un-
clean teeth and mouth, and irri-
tating foods. Avoid foods which
do not agree with the digestion,
clean the mouth after each meal,
and avoid spiced or too hot foods.
CD Shampoo every IL days
with an egg. Rub the scalp daily
with a good tonic. Brush every
day for 20 minutes with stiff bris-
tie brush.
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Baken Onions and Cheese.-Se-
lect small white onions; boil ten
der in two waters; drain, and put
into a bakedish; cover with rich
white sauce and bake 20 minutes.
Draw the dish to the door of the
oven; cover with grated cheese.
shut up again in the oven and
brown lightly.
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DIANA TO THE RESCUE

Diana Dpckles has Investigated the living
lem for the Times humor department findings
this all important subject will in chapters
ming in the issue of Monday. Danas writings
waiting
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when 1 wath a little boy"
lisped very stupid society man to
a young lady, "all my death in
life were thentered on being a
clown"
well, there is at least one
case of gratified ambition" was
the reply.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-05

DR.. Hilary Little Laycock Of
Wheeling, at the recent diocesan
convention said of certain reso-
lution:
ut was, perhaps, unintelligible,
like the Wheeling mans prayer.
This man, praying in meeting
for a brother who lay very i'll,
cried:
o, Lord! restore unto us our
brother, If it doth not interfere
with Thy perquisites.'
THE situation was saved by a
deacon who shouted:
'Hallelujah, the Lord knows
what that means!'"
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VIM. J. Kelley, who is in "Tne
Lily" tells of a young Yale stu"
dent who celebrated the victory of
his team by visits to MANY cafes,
He accompanied some friends to
a theater in the evening, whe:e
the performance was in panto-
mime. At the conclusion of the
performance he exclaimed:
"I'm drunken than l thought
was. l haven't been able to I'M
derstand single word of the
whole play"
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A new conductor on the New
York subway had been carefully
drilled in the names of the streets,
and was given a fun.
From Dyckman street to Hous-
ton he did splendidly. He got
them all nearly intelligibly pro-
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Here is one of the most charm
ing designs for that comfortable
garment, the house dress, that has
been given this season. 1t is made
of henrietta or silk with girdle of
shocking and bebe collar and cuffs
of embroidered batiste. 1t is par
ticularly suitablel to slender, girl
ish figures.
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IN THE EDITORS MAIL

(Short letters from subjects
ways welcomed by the Times. Say what you
anything anybody long personal your
motive.)
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nouneed. But after Spring he for.
got. Not to be dismayed, he
cried out, glazing at his subjects:
"The nixt-the mkt Is another
of Thin" sbE
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27

tion, and it would no doubt be
found that a retroactive measure
had come too late to be of value
in an emergency. Accordingly,
in 1907 there was no remission.
The subject again arises as a
result of the recent forest fires
in the Northwest, where a great
may operators, both Of patented
and unpatented ground, have
met with losses. The individual
losses are perhaps not important
in financial way, but the de-
struction wrought by the fire has
plainly enough, fallen upon the
surface equipment of the mines
and thus increased the hardship
of performing work upon the
ground. Surface Improvements
are included in the expenditures
for assessment work, and their
destruction amounts to the un-
doing of work already performed.
In many places the rebuilding of
burned structures in the late fall
or winter may be regarded as
difficult.
In Idaho a great many pros
pectors are soliciting Senator
Hepburn to procure legislation
similar to that enacted Is years
ago for the relief of claimholders
in the forest fire zone. In as
much as the government has
been unable to protect many Of
| its citizens against the ravages.
of fire on the forest reserves of
the northwest, the request is
clearly deserving of considera-
ton in the light of the precedent
already set. Of course, the en-
actment would cover only the
fire zone. 1t may be necessary
to specify the counties or dis
tricts in which the law would
have effect. Mining Science.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
A Good Position,

Can be had by ambitious young
men and ladies in the field Of
wireless" or railway telegraphy
Since the 8-hour law became eff
fectiye, and since the wireless
companies are establishing sta
tions throughout the country
there is a great shortage of tele-
graphers. Positions pay begin
ners from $40 to 800 per month,
with good chance of advance
ment. The National Telegraph
Institute of Portland, Ore, oper-.
ates six official Institutes in
America, under supervision Of
railway and wireless officials and
places all graduates into posi-
tions. 1t will pay you to write
them for full details.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
Assessment Work in the For
est Fire Zone.

Having at one time established
the precedent of remitting the
annual assessment work on un-
patented mining claims, Con-
gress is likely to be called upon
at intervals to repeat the act that
was adopted after the panic of
1898. At that time, owing to the
unusually severe financial depres-
sion, especially in the west, the
holders Of claims were relieved
of the necessity of performing
their assessment work. This
brought about through the in
strumentality of Senator Henry
M. Teller.
Three years ago a similar
movement was started by reason
Of the crisis that set in during
October Of 1907, and the proposal
was made in congress without
favorable result. The represent
atives Of some western states re-
quested that these states be ex-
cepted from the operations of
the measure as presented, taking
the position that the remission OF
assessment work was not re-
quired by their constituents. To
become effective, however, it
was necessary that the bill be
adopted before the close of the
year, whereas it is difficult, ex-
cept in a case of great emer-
gency, to have enacted any
measure between the time of
opening of congress during the
first week of December and the
time of adjournment for the
Christmas holidays. The time is
too short for dependence. 1t is
probably true that congress has
the power to make the measure
retroactive and to remit assess
ment work for a previous year
but the claimholder runs a risk
lin relying upon such an. eXpecta-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
In Ten Mile.

At the Gilt Edge quite a force
of men are at work getting in
timbers and building sheds pre-
paratory for winter. The COM
pany will build a bridge across
the South Fork, so they can get
in their hosting machinery.
The drift on the Gold Bug is
being pushed ahead as fast as
possible. The ledge has widened
considerable and shows much
free gold.
Two shifts are at work driving
a tunnel on the Wonder.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
The Bonanza Group.

=. The Bonanza group of claims,
owned by Crib Bros, and locat-
ed on Moose creek, about Is
miles southeast of town, will un-
dergo extensive development
this winter. The owners have
started a tunnel that will cut the
lodges at quite a depth. For the
past two years the work has
been confined to surface work
and shallow tunnels, to locate the
pay shoots. In this they have
been very successful, having ex-
posed several large and rich pay
shoots, and it is now proposed to
cut these at considerable depth.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27

The Mining News,for 81.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27

at a low cost, and of efficient
mechanical and chemical methods
for treating the ore and recover
ing the values. 1t is the same
as in any other business where
the margin of profit is small, the
most careful methods must be
followed in all departments.
Close checks must be kept on the
working of the various operations
and processes involved. All
waists must be stopped and eff
ficiency carried to it's highest
possible point.
Mining and metallurgical
methods have made rapid strides
in recent years and some aston
ishing results have been attained.
Perfection is, however, a goal
not yet reached and may never
be, but it will be more closely
approached, and must be, as the
mining and treatment of still
lower grades of ores becomes
necessary. This constant effort
to increase efficiency Of operation
means that constant attention
must be given to experimenting,
and to the improvement of ap-
paratus and methods.
The business end of mining of
low-grade ores requires most
careful management. Costs
must be closely watched and
leaks and wastes detected and
stopped. 1t is only by co-opera-
ton of able business and tech
nical management that success
can be had. Mining World.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
Hope Mine Specimens.

Schuyler Simmons, owner Of
the Hope group of claims on Red
Horse, was displaying some very
fine specimens last week, from
this well known property. He
was getting some ore ready to
run through his mill, when he
discovered quite a large piece of
rock which contained a great
deal of wire gold, and made
beautiful specimens. The Hope
is noted for its fine specimens
and high grade ore.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
AMERICAN EAGLE
SHUT DOWN
Mill Closes, But Mine Still
Taking Out Ore.

The American Eagle mill hung
up last Saturday, after a very
successful run. Several miners
are still at work getting out ore,
and opening new Slopes, SO that
when the mill starts again they
will be in shape for a long run.
At present it is the intention
to sink a shaft, and get depth on
the ore, and not start the mill
until spring, when they can run
by water power.
A. w. Boyd, the lessee, states
that the last IA days run produc-
ed a $4,000 bar Of bullion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
Large Body Of Rich Ore
Exposed.
DO EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Ledge Now Opened for Con-
siderable Distance.

The New York group Of claims
owned by Smith Bros, in the
Ten Mile district, is now attract
ing considerable attention, owing
to the fact that the ore has been
traced for several hundred feet,
and all seems to be the same
high grade.
The owners are now sacking
the ore as taken out, preparatory
to running it through the Ana
conda mill.
From two samples just taken
at different points on the ledge
gave values of 1922 and S89. 10.
These samples were taken at
points where they are sacking
ore.
A great deal of the ledge is
broken over, and it is very easy
to get this ore, and as it is all
very high grade, there should be
no trouble in handling it at g
profit.
1t is the intention to do con.
siderable development work this
winter.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
The Sargasso Sea.

The Sargasso Sea owes its ex--
istence to the great ocean rivers
that encircle it. 1t is like
vast lake in the center of the
Atlantic, but one whose shores
are ever moving waters instead
Of stable land. 1t is like the
calm centre of an immense whirl-
pool. The far-off deep-sea cur
rents that sweep arouud its cir
cumference do not disturb the
stagnant waters within its boun--
daries. These weed-covered
waters are forever placid, ex-
cept at rare intervals when some
vagrant storm swoops down
from the heavens and ruffies
their surface. The atmosphere
above is usually as calm as the
seas below. The great rivers of
the air, the trade-winds, pass
this region by.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
Working Iron Crown.

Geo. B. Mcdonald, of New
some, who has a lease on the
Iron Grown mine, was in town
this week on business, and stat
ed that he would continue to
work this winter. He has made
two mill runs, and is satisfied
that he can make good. He will
take out ore all winter, and run
it in the spring.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
Profits in Low-Grade Mining.

The days of wasteful methods
of mining are about over and all
efforts are now being made to
prevent losses as far as is poSsi-
BILE and to cut down costs of op-
Grafton and ore treatment to the
lowest possible figure. There
are still mines so rich that even
considerable loss from wasteful
methods or other causes would
not mean failure Of sthe enter
prises, but merely smaller profits
than might be made. This is
not the rule, however, as some
of our largest and most profitable
mines depend for their profits
not on the richness of their ores,
but rather on the ability to mine,
handle and treat the ores,
cheaply. The mining of low
grade ores has been made pos
sible by the use of modern me-
chanical appliances for mining
large tonnages Of ore rapidly and
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
Value of Surface Indications.

Too much or too little impor-
tance is often ascribed to min
eral showings at the surface.
Rich surface showings are no
guarantee that similar values
will be found at depth; neither
is a barren outcrop any proof
that the vein will be found barren
at depth. Lack of knowledge Of
these facts has been the cause Of
investment in worthless proper
ties and to condemnation of prop
critics that have later developed
into valuable mines. Particular
ly deceptive are the outcrops of
veins carrying gold and copper
bearing pyrites.
At the surface, and to some
depth below, the pyrites becomes
oxidized and has a spongy, rusty
appearance. The weathering
has entirely changed the origi-
nal pyrites. The sulphur has
been changed to sulphuric acid
and some of the constituents
leached out and washed away or
percolated to greater depth and
redeposited. This is apt to be
the case with copper. The
weathered outcrop of rusty
quartz may be barren of copper
and yet be a sign that rich copper
ores may lie beneath.
In case the pyrites carried gold
this being insoluble in the pro-
ducts of decomposition, will re-
main behind unless carried away
mechanically. The weathering
of considerable mineral may re-
suit in the concentration of the
gold values in the weathered out
crop, while the original mineral
from which the gold was derived
and which extended to- greater
depth, may have been extremely
lean in gold, and not workable as
a gold ore.
The panning of gold at the sur
face is often assumed as proof
positive that a valuable gold
property has been discovered,
while in reality the gold-bearing
material may be of shallow depth
and of uneven value.
The true significance of geolo-
gical indications, both at and be-