TEfE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1900.
BOISE BASIN QUARTZ
Change Coming inthe Famous
Old Placer CampI
ONE MILL FROM THE EARLY DAYJ
Fortunes Left Ixx the Tailings Inci
dents of Former Times and tne
Worlc Sow In Progress. '
IDAHO CITT, Idaho. Aug. 6.-From
3SG2 to early in the "70s there -was a city
in Idaho known as Bannock City now
the place from which this is dated then
the principal place of the territory, and
-where more history -was made in a min
ute than is now the result of months, j
It was. and is. a great placer camp; and
"U1U "" .uaruy pioneers in G3 tT.e
population increased till two years later
it was 20,000. "When the first election was
held in the new territory there were not
enough places for the people to vote, so
mry a man was deprived of his privi
lege, and from the accounts published in
the Boise News there must have been
some -warm times about it all. The bat
tle Tias between Unionists and their op
ponents, and it -was fierce.
But the most Interesting thing to be
found at the present day in this place
is the file of the first paper published
in Idaho, and also the only one between
SaH Lake and Portland at that time
The Oregonian was running, as well as
the Salt Lake Tribune. The Boise News
was started at this place then Bannock
Cltj September 23. 1SC3, by T. J. and
G S. Butler, and the present tri-weekly
the Idaho "World is Its successor. From
the first it was a good paper, full to the
chases with matter one wants to read,
of now and then a shooting scrape: then
a big cleen-up; then a note of warning.
and occasionally a very bioad hint as to
the dcslrabllirv of nnrlnr for --v-tMr.
Terms, imariably In advance, one year,
fit; six months, So single copies, 50 cents
The papr was published weekly.
A Historic Printing Plant.
Every type and every piece of machin
ery of the old plant has made history, and
especially is this true of the press. This
was an old-style "Washington, numbered
in the 17O0s, and consequently of early
make. It was the press from which the
first Impression of the first paper for
the Pacific Coast, In Honolulu, was
taken; and It was the press on -which
the first impression of the Portland Ore
gonian was run off, having been hauled
hero by ox team from the Oregon metrop
olis. The proprietors apologized for the
t pographlcal errors of tne first Issue,
by saying that everything was topsy
turvy, having been hauled over rough
roads, in rough wagons, a distance of
400 miles and yet that first number -was
cleaner than many a paper of today. The
writing was done by a strong man men
tally, a man of convictions and the cour
age to voice them; the local news was
news, -with no padding and no attempt
at sensation, though if printed today,
many of its most harmless stories would
be judged extremely yellow. There was
trouble in getting out that first paper,
not the least being that in packing, the
"'sticks' for setting the type had been
forgotten, so, while there was plenty
of type there was nothing to arrange it
In. But from a stave of an empty
whisky barrel and with a penknife and
a tack hammer wooden "sticks" were
made, which are very good, being in the
interesting collection of the present
"World. It is said, however, that these
"sticks" made it almost impossible to
keep printers the material from -which
they were made having a tendency to
cau!o an Intense and constant thirst.
The second number was perhaps more
interesting than the first. In that some of
the rough edges had been -worn off, and
It contained a proclamation by the Gov
ernor "W. H. "Wallace calling for the
first election for the Territory of Idaho;
and In that document is the material
showing what an idea the people of the
Nation had at that time of the scope of
country embraced in "the -wild "West.'"
The Governor gave the places -where the
polls "were to be cast, and. after naming
the present counties of this state, there
were the following:
"In the district of country east of the
Rocky Mountains, Fort Benton, Fort
Laramie, Virginia City, Gallatin. Nevada
City, Blvans Gulch and East Bannock."
the old territory taking in the vast sec
tions from the western boundary of the
State of Colorado to the eastern boundary
of the State of Oregon.
Prices of Early Days.
Those days were the good, old days"
wo read about. This is a portion of the
retail price list for the first five years of
this and other camps of this section:
Flour, $2S per sack; bacon. Jl per pound;
candle-. 50-pound boxes, $25; shovels, $S;
rubber boots. $16; J-pound can of baking
powder $1; cotton socks, $1; overalls.
$4 50, blackstrap molasses, $3 per gallon.
These prices called for the weighing out
of v?lue received in gold dust straight,
the only persons having any manner of
""money" being those just out from "the
Statca" Every one, however, had plenty
of the yellow dust, the diggings being
vcrj I fcdo-la rfacr the gold product of
this Tolse Basil? Is recorded at $300,000,000.
Every gulch every low hill, every creek
bnk, was goldbearlng, and where those
men of the early das placer mined and
Cjoanea up fortunes there are today men
m king good monej on the tailings.
It is the greatest camp of the "West, be
cause its longevity is triple that of all
others, as a placer camp only, for the
quartz mining has but Just commenced.
The quartz lodges carrying free gold are
small but rich, -while the sulphide veins
are generally above 10 feet, with values
ranging from $17 per ton up to $3000. A
number of people are taking hold, and
within a short time there will be good
news about thfs section, perhaps equaling
the news that went forth all over the
X'nlted States in the early days.
A "Wonflerfnl Ledge
Some six miles from this place, and near
the headwaters of Elk Creek, is what Is
known as the Elkhorn mine, now being
operated by John ICnkaid There is much
of Interest, but the principal object is
the five-stamp mill. This has the dis
tinction ot being the first mill ever set
up In what Is now the State of Idaho,
and the further record of having oper
ated every year to 1P00. beginning In 1SG3.
This mill was brought in by two quartz
miners when there was nothing but placer
m'r.lng in the Boise Basin. These men
krew nothing of placer mining, and didn't
want to learn, but -with quartz they were
iami.iar, ana. nnamg a ledge that carried .
materi" for which the assay office people
were w.liing to pay $2 per pound, they
concluded it was good enough. So. while
ore of the parlies stayed and got out
some o-e, the othw went to Portland
and bought the mill, hauling It in with I
oxen, nrsii it was set up within a quarter
of a mile of Us present site. It's an old
timer, as may be seen, and it was a
curlisitv at that time. The mill
was so arranged that it could all be Item
tin Irr lock d key, that there was no i
sicaarg poosible. and. run by water
power, the owners just let 'er go while
tr-ev got at the ore. making a clean
up every evening There were no men
kept it the mill, and it was a good thing.
Had help been necessary it would have
brcn a losing enterprise, for one of the
owners had a "system" on faro, while the
ether loved Ms whlskv and the women.
Thrt old Elkhorn ralne has seen many
a th'ng of moment in its day. It saw
tle time when a man named Turner was
en nor He was being carried by a mer
chant of Contervtlle. and as the ore ran
out It -rcs a burden Soon the merchant
caw h was going to fall, and he sent 1
for Turner; asking If something couldn't
be done, the answer being that, the mine
would bring them out. Eo. as a last re
sort, they put a lot of men at work in
different places on the ledge, but without
a pay chute In sight. "Work; however,
s6on brought them into ore the typical
stuff from this property and in two
weeks all the debts were paid and Turner
had a balance of $40,000 to his credit.
There have been some extremely rich
finds made in the mine, and the old mill
ground out all the bullion.
Chan pine to Better Sfethods.
Over at Quartzburg is the Gold Hill
mine, with a record of $5,500,000 gold pro
duction. It is a good property today,
though Idle. The owners of this mine are
either dead or poor that Is ,one of the
original owners has passed to the great
beyond. Old Dave Coughanour. a pioneer
of the basin, and one of the discoverers
of the mine, now lives in a pleasant house
not more than 100 yards from the shaft
house, and, while he Is called poor, there
is no immediate danger of his going to
the poorhouse. ThlsjGold Hill mine was
run on the old-time method; that is, if
the stuff prospected well In a pan. It
was run through the mill, but If not. It
was waste. Sa-ving of rich concentrates.
I nm of tfcam nmnlrr n !ntn th ,.
I sands per ton, was not thought of. and
in corsequence the tailings dump, and
also the waste dump. Is rich. The prod
uct of this mine in the early days, while
there was little depth, was a handsome
quartz carrying gold free, sometimes In
almost fabulous quantity, and it is said
that the actual putput was much greater
than Is known by the owners. It Is said
i the superintendent stole, the miners stole,
tne visitors stole, but still it paid Im
mensely, and. Is now one of those mines
you "hear tell of." It has some 400 feet
of depth, but has lost the free gold,
heavy sulphides having come In, being
nothing really detrimental to the prop
erty, though so considered by the old
timers. Another party ovrning. a five
stamp mill Is now making good money
running the Gold Hill waste dump, and
saving the concentrates from the tail
ings lost In the days when the mine was
working.
There are more old men living In Boise
Basin than in any other place of like size.
These men came here In the early days,
"" "a.c '"uuc-u. surao weu-io-ao. otn-
can,,, commonlv t hf n f.
camp commonly lasts but a few Years
Here, however. Is a territory that has
ben placer mined since 1S62, and is still
so mined. Now there are big operations
where were rockers and small sluices,
and the water is free where it formerly
cost $1 an inch. The placer mine having
the largest plant in the world is here,
operating so long as water Is available,
using eight giants and utilizing 3000 Inches
of water. In the Basin there are no less
th-n 10 big dredges, and, while some of
them are not at this time working, those
which are make good money. The Bos
ton & Idaho Company, operating two
dredges, moves and saves the gold from
4X yards of dirt a day, dirt averaging
30 cents a yard and all with only 20 men.
The big giant enterprise is on what is
known as East Hill, being one-half by
one mile in extent, the depth of gravel
averaging a little more than 100 feet, and
paying well from the grass, roots. "Where
this season's operations were carried on
a good Insight is obtained of the forma
tion of gravel banks, as they have
stripped the hill from the top to bedrock.
The deposit lays In regular folds, the
lighter material being on the top, each
succeeding layer being of greater specific
grailty till bedrock is reached, where is
the magnetic Iron usual with placer gold,
associated with the yellow stuff, and
where the average pay Is above $2 to the
pan. That kind of mining pays, the com
pany making a very handsome clean-up
lor tnis year.
Quartr Superseding Placer.
Quartz mining is superseding placer
throughout the Basin, and It will result
in an immense production. . There have
been properties sold here for good prices,
but as a rule the owners are reasonable,
which is a feature tending to further the
Interests of the camp. "What has been
the fault heretofore was lack of means
to sink, the topography of the country
precluding any but the most superficial
development without this. The deepest
hole in the entire Basin today Is about 400
feet, though In one or two instances, tak
ing tunnel and shaft Into consideration,
vertical depth more than this is to .be
had from the apex of the veins. It was
contended that the veins here would not
have depth to make great mines, but this
theory Is now exploded. True, the veins
at depth do not carry a high percentage
of free gold, but the values remain about
as they were on the surface In a base
ore. Many mining men prefer base to free
ore, because to It there is deemed more
stability, and after the proper method Is
determined the cost of saving the gold is
little more than where it is free. The
War Eagle company. In the Iowa and
Yellow Jacket mines, at Quartzburg, is
now putting In a chlorinatlon plant for
the treatment of Its sulphide ores, tests
proving this the most economical method.
A 30-stamp mill is also going In for this
company, all to be in operation within 60
days. This company's test will mean
much for the entire district, as hereto
fore no attempt has been made to save
more than the concentrates, while this
method will enable the extraction of the
gold and shipment of bullion. Success
here, and it Is almost sure, will mean
success elsewhere, and this will mean an
enormous production for the entire Basin,
where are vast quartz ledges already dls
covnred and partly worked, though for
quartz ledges there has beeen no system
atic prospecting.
Alnminnm Clay.
Mountain Home Bulletin.
Aluminum clay of very great richness
Is reported to have been discovered In
Lincoln County, along Snake River, for
a distance of 10 miles, from Thousand
Springs to Bliss. Some of this clay has
been assayed, and Is said to contain
from 90 to 93 per cent silicate of alumi
num, and this means about 700 pounds
pure aluminum to the ton. This at 30
cents per pound would mean $210 to the
ton, or better than a mine in Klondike.
There 1? a world of clay banks from 25
to 100 feet high, so that no one can have
a monopoly on it. The only monopoly
Is In the power, as the metal requires
COO degrees Fahrenheit to reduce It. and
this means 1000 to 1400 electric horse
power. Thousand Springs afford an ideal
power, or Salmon Falls, in Snake River,
could be used to advantage.
"Warning Against Nome.
Nome "Weekly Sun.
The local press owes a duty to human
ity to give the outside world warning that
Nome and vicinity Is no place for people
to come to In search of employment or
to better their condition. It takes time,
money and mining experience to secure
a foothold In this northern country.
There has been an over rush to the
camp, and many of the late arrivals are
stranded, without money and friends, and
with no show to secure employment. So
It Is v. ell that people coming here should
know the condition of affairs and be
provided with sufflcleift- fnnds to carry
them through the year, if they hope to
make a success in elusive mining
ventures.
Subservient "Party."
Spokane Chronicle.
The Silver Republicans of this county
aro nrenarlnE: to hnld n mn; martin.- in
4 o Ttnalr i pa nvA .uu. il. hi i
.. ..vu. v.. sju uim iduij- me ucKet namen
by the Democratic convention. That's
the routine duty of Silver Remibllc.ins;
and it's ery nice of them. too. Prob--
nciy mere never was another party in
the United States which had no platform
but the single word "amen."
Nothing Sncceeds Like Success.
Lewiston Teller.
Bryan and Stevenson have both been
licked. McKinley and Roosevelt never
were Nothing succeeeds like success.
The people admire and support a winner.
KEY TO THE TRANSVAAL'!
THE OJTIr JTATTTRAI. HARBOR.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Geographical Fentnre. and History
of the Portngnese Possession
Abont Delagoa Bay. '
Delagoa Bay is the key to the Trans
vaal, says the London Mall. It is the
only natural harbor in South Africa, not
even excepting Cape Town, which is only
partially natural, and it affords the only
access from the seaboard to the whole
subcontinent north of the 23th degree of
latitude.
From Pretoria to Delagoa Bay (Lou
renco Marques) Is exactly 319 miles; from
Johannesburg It is 335 miles and from
Barberton 136 miles. The bay Itself is 78
miles long and 20 miles wide. There is
THE NEW QUEEN OF ITALY.
THE "MOST BEAUTIFUL
the usual shifting bar of sand, but when
this Is at its lowest the largest vessels
can enter the harbor. The outer bay is
divided from the roadstead by several
shoals' and a bar about half a mile wide,
With a minimum depth ofl3V4 feet, sep
arates the outer from the Inner harbor.
Behind the Inyack Peninsula, on which
stands Fort Melville, there is a minimum
depth of 25 feet.
Between Reuben and Mawnome points,
a distance of about three miles, the Inner
harbor measures seven miles by one mile
in breadth. Three rivers discharge into
the sea at this point the Matola, the
Tembe and the Umbolosl. The anchor
age is good and amply protected, affprd
lng space for any number of vessels to lie
In safety. Ships of 5000 tons and over
can, come within a few, hundred yards of
the shore.
There are three piers, known as the
Customs, the Portuguese and the Rail
way. None of them Is adequate for tho
quick discharge of large cargoes.
A Seral-Orlental Town.
The town of Lourenco Marques Is of a
semi-Oriental, semi-European nature.
Moorish architecture and galvanized iron
structures jostle each other In the nar
row streets The population Is very
mixed, and totals about 5000 souls, ot
which, roughly speaking, 1600 are Portu
guese, ISO English and 450 mixed nation
alities; the balance of 2S00 are natives.
The Portuguese have done their best to
make Delagoa Bay a habitable and pleas
ant spot, but their best does not amount
to very much. There Is a large sea-borne
trade with all parts of the world. There
are hotels, churches, clubs and places of
entertainment, but the town, neverthe
less, retains something of a half-baked,
unfinished appearance, whlchis not whol
ly attributable to the untidiness of Us
streets and the seml-tropicality of Its
climate.
The climate cannot, on the whole, be
considered healthy. Fever Is fairly prev
alent. The presence of swamp land In
the Immediate vicinity of the town doubt
less accounts for much of the sickness
that prevails, while the entire absence of
any scheme of drainage or public sanita
tion, no doubt, enhances the evil. The
local fever Is not necessarily dangerous,
but. particularly to newcomers. It is very
lowering and troublesome, and it takes
some time and much care to become ac
climatized thereto.
The Portuguese Government officials are
numerous and officious. The Governor
General Is styled Conselhelro Alvaro Fer
relra. and the Governor of the district of
Lourenco Marques bears the honored
name of Antonla Jose Machado. The ad
ministration can hardly be called Immac
ulate, and It Is to this fact that much of
the present prominence of Delagoa Bay
In the public eye is due.
Delagoa Bay has had a curious and
checkered history. In the days of the old
East India men the merchantmen, going
to Goa, In Portuguese India, Used to call
on the outward voyage at Algoa Bay
(Port Elizabeth), and on the homeward
voyage at Delagoa Bay, hence the names.
At the present moment it is reported
that large quantities of -war material
and recruits from Europe for the Boer
army are being shipped to Delagoa Bay,
and thence distributed throughout the
Transvaal. It is hard to prove or to dis
prove these statements. England has only
the right of search beyond the three
mile limit from the coast, and It Is ob
viously Impossible to do more at sea than
to Inspect the suspected ship's manifest
and list of passengers Once within the
three-mile limit and in Portuguese waters
the rest is easy.
The Transvaal would dearly have liked
to possess Delagoa Bay as a seaport, be
ing itself an entirely land-locked coun
try And it is on record that Portugal
litis been approached on more than one
occasion with thl; object, But It was not
to be Ever since 1S31 England has had
pre-emptive rights over the port, and be
fore long It may confidently be -expected
that events will so turn as to render
these rights operative and valid.
About 1S33 the South African Republic,
always anxious to qualify as a maritime
power, obtained a cert In option over a
three-mile strip of land through Amaton
galand to Kosl Bay, which Is a good sea
port, or. at any rate, could be made such
at no very great outlay. The Intention
wis to lay a railway through this three
mile strip, crossing the Lebombo Moun- i
tain, and thus gain access to the sea.
However, the Internal governmental
squabble at Pretoria over the division of
spoils in the shape ot commission and
share of plunder became so acute that
the period for the exercise of the option
passed before anything definite was done,
and so another chance was. lost
The Rall-mxy Litigation..
i Delagoa Bay Ballway has b h
a, -VlI11.. I. Vix -..an. 1 CTC Vn
lion. uriKiuaiu " "" '' j.uw m
Transvaal entered into an agreement with
Portugal for the construction of a road
I from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria. Before
that date there had Been notning Dut a
hunters' path through thick undergrowth.
! The scheme insured that if Portugal
would build a road from the bay to the
Transvaal frontier (some 56 miles) the
Transvaal engaged to continue it from
that point to Pretoria. So far so good.
' In the year 1SS3 the Portuguese Govern-
I ment granted to Colonel McMurdo, an
American, the concession for a railway
from Lourerico Marques to the Transvaal
frontier. This concession was for a pe
riod of 99 years, and during that time Por
tugal agreed not to permit the construe-
WOMAN IN EUROPE."
i
tlon of any other railway for a distance of
70 miles on either side of the line. ThL
concession conferred upon he lucky Mc
Murdo a monopoly of the insland-carrylng
trade from Delagoa Bay, and. In addl
tlon to 'the Implied benefits, he received
various land and other grants of enor
mous value.
The concession was floated first locally
and then In London, with a capital of
half a million; various further emissions
of debentures were made, and during 1881
- and 18S7 the railway was completed under
the direction of Sir Thomas Tancred, the
eminent engineer.
Then the trouble began. Apparently
without rhyme or reason the Portuguese
Government began to assert Itself In va
rious unpleasant ways. It Insisted that
the line must be built some distance fur
ther, .and that It must he finished before
an Impossibly early date. These condi
tions could not be complied with for ob
vious reasons; so In June, 18S9, the Por
tuguese Government revoked the conces
sion and confiscated the entire railway,
which it has ever since then controlled
and managed for its own very handsome
benefit and profit.
During this time Cplonel McMurdo died,
but his case was taken up by the Eng
lish and the American Governments, who
prosecuted his Interests with a certainJ
amount of vigor. After endless negotia
tions arfd fruitless endeavors to1 settle
the matter. It was at last decided to
submit the question of compensation to
Colonel McMurdo's widow and fellow
shareholders to the Swiss Government,
and In September, 1S90, three of Us" most
eminent jurists, Messrs. Blaesl, Heusler
and Goldau, were appointed as arbitra
tors. The amount in dispute is upward
of 1,500,000, and the decision of the
court of arbltratlpn is expected within
a few weeks. This Is, therefore, the
present , lamentable state of the unfor
tunate Delagoa Bay Railway.
The various and contradictory rumors
which are promulgated from time to time
by Interested parties, and usually for
share market reasons, of the cession of
Delagoa Bay to this that, or the other
power, are equally futile and slllv. Ever
since 1S91 England has had sole preemptive-
rights, and the time is nearly
ripe for them to be exercised. No other
elucidation of the problem Is possible.
In the meantime the position Is, briefly,
this: The Portuguese officials at Delagoa
Bay are permitting warlike stores and
European recruits to land, and pass
through their territory daily to reinforce
the Boers. England Is apparently pow
erless to stop It. There may be bribery
and corruption going on to a very large
extent. "With some little knowledge of
Portuguese officialdom it is very safe to
say that there is a great deal of palm
oil being distributed. The Portuguese
official Is not avaricious. He accepts
small bribes; but he likes them often.
Until Delagoa Bay is British territory
there will be no assurance for peace In
the Northern Transvaal Access there
to is too easy, and the Government of
Pretoria only too prone to make
use of the ready facilities offered to them
within 60 miles of their 6wn border. Ob
viously it is quite impossible for the
Transvaal to take Delagoa Bay. The po-"
sitlon would doubtless be much easier
for us were this to bd done, but Pretoria
is too wary. There remains only one
thing, therefore; England must own
Delagoa Bay. And thp sooner the better?
CABLE PARK, FOR AN OUTING
Cablo Park. Portland Heights. 800 feet
aboe the cltv, at terminus of Portland
Railway, open to the public. Fine view
of the snow-clad peaks, city and coun
try, pleasant shade,,, gocd, refreshment
stand, comfortable seats and swlnjj,
with monkeys and yoyng bears to amuse
the children. Open .cars, leave the en
trance every sevenand one-half minutes
4
Cape Nome Malls, n
PORTLAND, Aug. .' CTo the Editor.)
"Will you kindly let 'me know through
The Oregonian how letters go to Cape
Nome from Portland? I have written six
letters " to my husband, who went to
Cape Nome last May, and he has re
ceived none of themr ' A. R.
Malls for Cape Nome go direct from
Seattle by steamship. -
THE SOUTH AFRICAN ANTS
THEIR PEEDATOEY PO"WERS THE
AAEOVAARK'S WORK.
Some of. Them Eat Anything From a
" Pair of Boots to a- Bed
room Cnrtaln.
London Mail.
- "Tommy" at the front will be making
acquaintance now with a great many ani
mals and insects with whose friendship
he would gladly dispense. One of the
pests of South Africa are the ants the
black, ones that pry upon a man's per
son when thev cet the chance, and the
white ones that eat and enjoy any thing
from a pair of boots to a bedroom cur
tain. "When Baldwin was hunting in Africa
between the years 1S52 and I860, taking
the country between Natal and the Zam
besi for his quarry, he fell In constantly
wlth these ants. So vicious were the at
tentions of the black "ones that, valiant
hunter that he was, they came off the
victors In a tussle between himself and
them.
"Had some exciting sport with sea
cows in a narrow river with very high
reeds on both banks," he writes in his
diary. "To get a shot I was obliged to
climb the trees overhanging the river, and
had one or two good chances, but the
villainous black ants fell upon me vig
orously and In such countless multitudes,
biting me so severely that flesh and blood
could not possibly hold out another sec
ond. I was forced to descend, and an old
seacow I had been dogging for two hours
Is indebted to the black ants for her life."
The white ants are exceedingly fond of
raiding the happy homes of the colonists.
They undermine the foundations by eat
ing through them, a trick well known to
the contingent from Australia where this
creature is as much a pest as ho is in
South Africa. "Tommy" from the Aus
tralian colonics will rank as an old
stager when dealings with these destruc
tive nuisances are being carried on, and
will be able to narrate many a harrow
ing story concerning them and their
prowess.
There are several varieties of the ant
tribe, but they all seem to be fully im
pressed with the proverb, "In union there
is strength." A house mistress will go to
bed happy one evening, and the next
morning when she descends will be con
fronted with the mangled remains of
what the night before had been her sitting-room
carpet. A hearty meal has
been furnished by It to legions of ants.
Which have not had the honesty to come
by day for the hospitality that they know
would be denied them, but have secretly
made their way through the floor a vast
and greedy army and have departed
again before the household ha3 awak
ened. The anthills of South Africa will be
a revelation to "Tommy." Fancy a
mound 30 feet high and 100 feet in "cir
cumference. H. Lincoln Tangye, the Af
rican traveler, refers In his book, "In
New Sou'.h Africa," to the protection
these hoaps afforded his camp. ""We
made our camp on the sloping sides of a
huge anthill, protected by Its mass and
the clump of trees growing on it from
tho bitter southeast wind." On one hill
he counted 20 trees of various sizes grow
ing, the majority of them 30 or 40 feet
in height
Happily there Is an antbear In South
Africa, The Boors call It "aardvaark."
the earth pig. It and the ants are deadly
enemies, and both work at night. In its
habit of boring, the aardvaark Is like the
mole, but It Is a much more terrifying
creature to" come across unexpectedly
than is the little brown creature with
which Englishmen are familiar.
This busy underground marauder for
gets to fill up the holes it makes when it
arrives on the outer crust of the veldt,
with the consequence that to the rider
mese are puiaijs more dangerous than
are the rabbi); holes in an English war
ren to horsemen Here. It also causes con
sternation to the nervous hv timnniir.
just sufficiently high to create a series of
convulsive earthquakes as a guide to its
subterranean promenades. Not guessing
what the cause is, it Is alarming to see
the ground ripple all of a sudden and
mounds of loose earth be thrown up hero
and there.
The aardvaark is so ugly, and Us ap
pearance is so sudden and totally unan
nounced, that stalwart men have been
known to flee before It. A colonist re
calls one story of the war In Zululand
when an antbear confronted a sentry on
guard one midnight, with the result that
Tommy" was so taken aback -that he
fled Immediately, startling the camp with
. . ,l '. , inat tne 0J1 sentleman'
was in their midst.
The Money Question.
A council of the people had assembled to de
vise A money for the people that was valuable and
wise.
Each state was represented by a good man and
a true, i
"With a bale of sace suggestions as to what
was best to do.
To down the yellow demon, and in the place
of gold,
Supplj a better medium for the welfare of tho
fold.
They got the meetinff working, after lone and
arduous toll.
In the midst of Hylnc whiskers and the odors
of the soil.
,The man from Colorado Jumped up and waved
nis nana.
And said that silver moner alone would save
the land.
The man from Maine suggested that the peo
ple of his state
Considered spruce-cum money the latest up
to date.
The Kansas man objected, and anounced that
in the "West.
No kind but corn-cob money would half way
stand the test.
The Tankee from Rhode Island, one of seeral
delegates,
-Declared that clam money would satisfy those
states.
The Georgia man protested against the Tankee
clam.
Asserting with insistence that It wasn't worth
a cent.
And, furthermore insisting that in tho end
they'd And.
-That watermelon money was the really, truly
kind.
The Colonel from Kentucky rose grandly In
his place.
And said that corn-Juice money was always
worth its face.
The roan from old Missouri desired to say
that he.
Belleied in coon-skin money as the money
of the free.
A dozen men presented themselves upon the
floor,
But by this time the meetlnr was in a grand
uproar.
The coon-skins and the corn-cobs were thirst
ing for a light, .
The spruce-gum "art the clam-shells were turn
ing pale with fright.
v ,
The corn-Juice and the silver were looking for
a scrap.
And there were cries for whiskers with which
to stop the gap.
The chairman celled for order, and got It In
the jieck.
And when the meeting ended the place looked
like a wreck.
And Just before It ended those saw, who yet
could see.
One V llliam Jennings Bryan slip otit and climb
a tree. S.
Keeping; the Party Together.
Tacoma Ledger.
The people of Tacoma will feel proud
of Mayor Campbell. He Is the first head
of a city government on record who has
not attempted to set up a political ma
chine. This Is the kind of P.epubllcanlsm
J
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and Speedily Cisred by
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doctors knew what the trouble was. I got a lot of the different samples of
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that I concluded I would have to go to a Cincinnati hospital before I would
get relief. I had frequently been urged to try CUTICURA REMEDIES,
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THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn Wnrrorrly Escnpen a Shut
On t nt Cliicnjcro.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Griffith was In great
form today giving the Brooklyns no more
than one hit an inning, excepting In
the third, when two singles and a passed
ball gave them one run. Weyhlng gave
two bases, hit a batter, and "was touched
up for six hits In the fifth. Cross again
played a wonderful game at third. At
tendance, 1200. Score:
RHE " RHE
Chicago 7 10 OJBrooklyn 1 S 2
Batteries Griffith and Chance; ViTey
hlng, Howell and McGuIre.
Cincinnati Bents Boston.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 7. Breltensteln
was In rare form today, particularly with
men on the bases. Cuppy had his hand
split with a liner from Barret's bat in
the third, a$d retired In favor of Nich
ols. The locals bunched hits In the
eighth. Attendance, 1000. Score:
Cincinnati 3 7 2Boston 0 6 0
Batteries Breltensteln and Pelts; Cup
py, Nichols and -Clarke-
Philadelphia Shut Oni.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 7. Philadelphia
was not in the game at any stage. Not j
one or tneir men reacneu tnircl until tne i
ninth Inning. Plttsburgs" field work was
above criticism. Attendance, 2700. Score:
Pltt3burg.... 9 11 lPhiIadclphla.. 0-8 3
Batteries Tannehlll and Schrlver; Piatt
and Murphy.
Umpire CDay.
Snr Yorlc Bents St. LouIh.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7. A fairly good
crowd witnessed the last jrame of the i
Relieved
scries between St. Louis and New York
today. Poor fielding lost the game for
St. Louis. Attendance, 17C0. Scorer
Pt. Louis 6 10 e-.New York.... 3 8 1
Batteries Jones and Crlger: Carrlck
and Grady.
Umpire Emslle.
The American A-sioclntlon.
At Kansas City Kansas City 9, Chi
cago 4.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis 6, Mil
waukee 5.
At Indianapolis Indianapolis 8, Buf
falo A.
At Detroit Detroit 5. Cleveland 0.
Xntlonal teaenc Stantllnpr.
Won, Lost. Per ct.
Brooklyn 12 U .tCT
Pittsburg -S 3 .:.
Philideiphta 45 3) .5.6
Chicago 41 30 .52
Boston 42 42 .5CO
St. Louis 37 43 .451
Cincinnati 33 43 .-M3
New York 33 47 .4i3
The 3Iandarlns Lire In Luxury.
Chicago News.
Pekin Is much like all Chinese cjtles
picturesquely confusing and terribly dirty.
Streets run In the most bizarre fashion,
aimlessly wandering from bad to worse,
fringed on both sides by hovels and pal
aces In confusion. Dogs and pigs mean
der about with beggars, and unkempt
children and weird odors overwhelm tho
traveler. Of course, in the outlying hills
the rich Mandarins live In luxury and
have beautiful palaces with every corn-
i"n. juyiuc saniens sunouna inese
jrarrtens
f homes, and the landscape gardener Is
trivtri full r.mnt
r
Andy to Agrgrle. -
Chicago Record.
ul- .w net., ,,.. juabtu u, UiO TTU1JU 3
j happenings, Andrew Carnegie might pay
I cable tolls- on a dispatch telling Aguln
I aldo what his friends, the Democrats. ar
dolnsr to a dark-skinned race In North.
Carolina-