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THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 10, 1900. 11 BEGINNING OF ROSSLAND ERECHMEX DISCOVESED. STORE HOUSE OF GOLD AXD 'COPPER. taprovemeats in, Smcltlajp Have Made Peksible, tke Development ol Trails Creelc Disrlct. BOSSIiANCD. B. C, June 7. Tt Is Just 16 years since Joe 3Iorrls ard Joe Bourgeois, French Canadians, In quest of fortune. Pitched tbeir tent beside the noisy rivulet that gurgled .at the base of Bed Mountain. Thirty years be ofre a aoung Englishman, Edwin Tev-dn,cy, built a ' trail through Southern British Columbia, -which has ever since been called Dewdney TralL -It was carried through the passes from the Settle Blver end readied the Columbia Blver along this very creek. Since then the creek has been krown as Trail Creek, end here Morris and Bourgeois lighted helr lonely campflx in the Summer of 1S90. The bajd and. 'lofty mountain to the north, -was strewn -with red float, and the two Canadians prospected this mountain side for gold. Thvy nlecovered and located Ave mineral clctlms: The Le Itol, "War Eagle, Iron ilpk, Center Star and Idaho One of these Jamis. the Le Rol. thev cave away lor the $ip they needed to record - -.... .1.4. uil mci cum uib uai- ance for siboirt $50,000. and then went prospecting anew until they found an other great mine, the N-,rth Star, in East Kootenai. This also they sold, and hav ing -won fame and fortune In gold huntlpg they abandoned the pick of the pcospector for farming and pastoral pursuits. Joe Bourgeois bought himself extensive ranges In the Northwest Terri'ory, stocked them -with the finest herds of cattle, built aim an elegant home, brought thither his rlends and relatives, and In their midst 2ie leads a kind of a patriarchal life, and often, to their -wonder and delight, he tells the story of his hardy and adventurous days In search of gold in the Rocky Moun talnsi In,l91 another adventurer, Ross Thomp- J eon, chanced to -visit Bourgeois and Mor ris, -and saw them delving away on the ' mountain side. Ross immediately located I fa. homestead adjacent to the mineral I claims of the prospectors, and on that homestead stands today tho City of Ross land, the mining metropolis of the Koote--nais. A. few years ago -when I first saw Ross land it -was still a collection of log cabins and ramshackle wooden structures; only the most miserable accomodatlrns could then be had, and the wagon roads and trails leading from Rossland to, the outside -world were the roughest and -most danger ous of the, kind In the Northwest. J,ow you can enter and leave "Rossland In pal ace cars over two great transcontinental lines of railroad, dor ihe Great Northern Hailroad and the Canadian Pacific Rail road have termini there. You can lounge and rest and be handsomely entertained in the Rossland Clubhouse, a building, which. I make bold to say. Is fitted up al most -as elegantly as the St. James or the Carlton. You can live "here now as com fortably as at the Waldorf orrat the Sa-roy, and you can associate with as ch-arming, as cultured and as delightful ecciety as in any. part or the world. "Herald's of -RoHNland't! GrcntucM. Morris and Bourgeois and Ross Thomp tson were the heralds of Rossland's future greatness. The discovery of the French-, men has added materially to the gold and copper output of tho world. The five mines located by them have now a mar ket value of more than $20,000,000. The Le Rol, which Colonel Topping acquired for ?10, -was sold by him to a number of SpcA Jkane lawyers for some ten or fifteen thou sand dollars, and the Spokanltes, though jxror of puree "were of magnificent assur ance, and after years of struggle they succeeded Mn developing the Le Rol and making it a rich dividend-paying mine. A'fame'Teached'Xondon, arid after varied dnd most Interesting negotiations, "Wbit nker Wright acquired it for $3,000,000. The Le Rol con easily produce 003 tons -of ore a day for 10 years to come, and 3robablyfor a generation. This will aver age more than 2 per cent In copper and 7 a ton In gold. Two per cent of copper Us 40 pounds of copper to the short ton, and 40 pounds of copper at 16 cents a pound is $61 40. The Le Rol owns its own smelter, and at the present prlco tor tho meta the copper In the Le Rol mine pays for both the mining and smelt InS In other words, the copper of the Xio Rol mine pajs the cost of production, Bivl the gold In the ore Is tho net profit. Jttoe Le Rol can produce 200,000 tons a years, and Is therefore easily capable of Inaklng a profit of $1,400,000 a year, and of paying 23 per cent on Its capital of 1,000, OQ0 In dividends, and at the same time of accumulating handsome reserves. It is more than making these dividends now, but instead of pajing dividends It has ,been putting Its profits Into mining ma ichlnery and enlarging Its smelter. In fact, the Le Rol smelter has now a dally apaclty of 73) tons, and the mine itself 3s equipped with the necessary machin ery to enable It to produce that amount of ore. Whllo speaking of the Le Rol mine, I think. It is only fair to make it known that statements published In London fi nancial papers as to the gross output of the Le Rol mine during the past j ear are grossly misleading. The gross receipts yglven for the Le Rol mine by these papers -were about equal to the net profits of the mine and smelter combined. The smelter was bought and paid for by the Lo Rol (Company, and all the profits of the omel tter belong; o the Bol Company, and ?I am In a position to state that the monthly profits of the mine and the smel ter combined were fully equal to $100, O00. when both mine and smelter were in operation. This statement, which I am in a position to verity, does not tally with the returns given by the London papers, and I make this correction In order that the stockholders of tills great mine may le better able to appreciate its real value. Besides the Le Rol, Whitaker Wright acquired for this British-American corpor ation the Josle. No. 1 and West Le Rol, all three being Incorporated as the West Le Rol. The East Le Rol is another of Whitaker "Wright's companies, and Includes the IClckel Plate and Great Western. The British-American corporation also owns the Columbia and Kootenai mines. The West Le Rol group has three mines of great value, that give enormous prom ise, and the universal opinion among min ing men is that the West Le Rol -will bo In time as large a producer and as big e, dividend-paying property as the Le Rol Itself. The East Le Rol has In. the Nickel Plate a rich and very valuable mine in Itself, and is now developed to. the 600-foot level, but the Golden Chariot and the Great Western have not ujv. to date at least proven .to be of any particular value; in tact, so far both are disappointing. Xeed Transportation Facilities. In the Columbia ancT Kootenai the British-American corporation has a mine that will outstrip all others in .Rossland as a producer. As soon as transportation facilities afford, ihlsi mine will be In a position to yield 10C 3 tons of ore a day. 'The ore Is low grale, but with economi cal mining and smeJdng the Columbia and Kootenai can pay large and handsome dividends to Its strAskholders. I fully be llovo that the Columbia and Kootenai -will in time bo the gi;e?it mine of .Bosslard. For two years tho Vhltaker Wright peo ple have been spending enormous sums of money developing these various group3, and. within six, months the com bined output r the Columbia and Kootenai, and East and West Le Rol ehould be 1500 trns a day. This will in crease tho gold,' and copper output of Rossland by at least $5,000,000 a year. The Center Star and War Eagle, after various viclssit aides, were acquired by Messrs. Goodrirham and Blackstock. of Toronto. The Center Star Is the creator mlnoc and, la tally, bUeyed. bv .Borland j mining experts to be equal to the Le RcL but the War Eagle Itself would be called a great mine in any country. It has, how ever, from time to time, suffered from unfortunate, if not bad, management. Its owners have always seemed more anxious to pay dividends than to keep on with development work. Instead of paying handsome dtvivends, the directors of the War Eagle should have built a smelting plant that would have cost them $200,000. Instead of doing this, they have been pay ing excessive tribute to the smelters for treating their ore. Moreover, they caused to be built at the mine a mining plant at enormous cost which experience has proven to be both antiquated and utterly incapable of doing the mining and the de velopment required. The result of this has been that development ran way be hind, and the management had to shut down the mine and stop dividends In or der to catch up with development. These blunders, however excusable, have caused serious loss and annoyance to many In vestors, and could have been avoided by the erection of a smelter and the Install- GEORGE O. YOItAX, OF ETJGEXE, J '. J-TS- v f ' Tao& I, 3k-" -V W" MSC &' Colonel of the eiv Fourth IleKl mcnt, O. . G. EUGHXE. June 1. Colonel George O. Yoran. of the new Fourth ReElment, began nl mili tary career as a private In Company C, First Regiment, O. X. G., at the time of its organ ization. September 17. 1SS7; was elected dnd commissioned Second Lieutenant of the pamo company March 14, JSSO, resigned on account of romotal to Eugene. Or., December 18. 1SS3; enlisted In Company C, Second Regiment, Feb ruary 10. 1600, was elected First Licuterant of th&t companr October IS, 1630; Captain, Octo ber 13, 3 831. Major Second Regiment, O. N. Q . March S, 1893; Colonel of the same regiment, Xoi ember 20, 18&4. He sened In this capac ity until April 30. 1S08, when he was commi- j-loned Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Oregon Volunteers, and rered with this regiment throughout Its service in tho Spanish War and Philippine Rebellion, and was mustered out with tho regiment August 10, 1890. lng of up-to-date machinery. I am pleased to state, however, that the War Eagle will soon be in a position to outdistance its old record as a gold producer, and that arrangements will most likely be completed for a more economical treat ment or its" bre." " In addition ( to the mines that I have mentioned, th'crf are a dozen of undevel oped mines waiting for capital and enter prise. Rosoland mines devour money be fore yielding up their treasures. Sco-es of mining companies were formed to de velop Rossland mines, but the mines soon swallowed air thb money the companies could produce, with the natural result of bankrupt companies, disgruntled Investors and Idle machinery and mine?. There are a scor.e of such m Rossland that tvlll yet make a mine forthe capitalists fortu nate enough to pick them up, but it la just as" well to understand that these mines can only be operated and made profitable by men with very large capi tal. The mining must bo done on a vast scale and in an economical manner, and smelters must bo built to treat their ores. Improvement! in Ore Smelting. Hermann C. Bellinger, now chief metal lurgist of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company, made Immense Improvements In FRAXK A- 3IEAD, OP LA GRAXDE, Major of the Xew Fourth. Regriment, O. X.-G. LA GRAJfUE, June 1 Major Prank A. Mead was born at Waterton. "Wis , April 24, 1SC2. Ho went to Salt Lake City In 1SSS and entered the service of the Pacific Express Company, from which he has not since withdrawn except during tho time spent In the Philippines. He jerved one year in Company B. First Iteslznent. Mlnne.ota National Gaard. and three yew 4n Company E, First Regiment, O. X. G , at Portland. In ISM he located in La Grande and assisted in organizing Company D, of which he was First Lieutenant until tho com pany was mustered lato the "United State service, when he became Second Lieutenant. He remained with his company until Febru ary 24, 1S33, when he was made acting Ord nance Oaicer on General Summers' stc.2. which position he held until the company was mus tered out. Daring his Philippine service he was recommended for brevet by General Sum mers and the Into General Lawton. After his return to La Grande he organized and was elected Captain of Company L. Third Regi ment, O. . G., now Company B, First Sepa rate Battalion, of which he was lected Major on May 10. 1000. the processes for smelting Bossland ores. He built at Northport a smelter for the Le Bol mine, and he succeeded in calcin ing and matting the Le Rol ore at consid erably less than 53 per ton. It Is a well known fact that War Eagle ore can be matted at less cost than the Le Rol ore, and It Is safe to assume that the cost of calcining and matting of any Boss land ore ought not to exceed ?3 per ton. At the Northport smelter the slag did not contain more than two pounds of copper to the ton, while at the Trail smel ter the loss of copper carried off In slag Is known to be fully 12 pounds to the ton. The results achieved by Mr. Bellinger at Northport are all the more remarkable by comparison with the reduction works of the great Anaconda .Company. The Anaconda Reduction Works are the larg est of the kind in the world, and yet they are so antiquated and so imperfect that 1h.c" tan. is copper, gold and silver la -to 3ZmBS2X22Sg"i KT -ijfcHS'HSri "-P2V!,--2J5"Sr;-H' r ?Hj&r 2i-.k ' - ', 7, j -"j. ?'-T-r5f HT t -3- Wi.- i- "i-j-o-n! ' : r' - "L-TT -1 ' i 1J" s - -hi "-J'-' "-?-:- . " T -' u - C -X a Bfe.1 m & - vTrm4 per cent of the entire output of the- mine. Less than a year ago I called attention in a published statement to the enor mous waste and loss at the Ana conda Reduction Works. The Stand ard Oil-Copper Combine, which now owns and controls the Anaconda, had my statements thoroughly In vestigated, and discovered that they were absolutely correct. Accordingly they have resolved to build at the cost of .several million dollars an entirely new reduction works for the Anaconda Company, and have determined on the complete abandon ment of their present reduction works, -which, for the past 10 years have caused a loss, that could have been avoided, of fully $50,000,000. The new reduction works of the Anaconda Company will. It is claimed, adopt all the latest Improve ments such as were In vogue at Northport and at the Montana Ore Purchasing Com pany's reduction works in Butte. With copper at 16 cents a pound, and Rossland ores capable of being matted at $2 75 a ton. there is a great and prosperous fu ture for mining at Rossland. I don't think that Rossland's output of copper will ever exceed 00.000.000 pounds a'jear, but its gold Tiroduptlon chnnlil Jn rt vmt short tlmn amount to $15.0CO,000 or $20,0v0,000. ' In all mining camps there are blanks as well as prizes, and the best mining men are frequently deceived in their ee lectlon. Rossand has had many blanks, but there are still a great many prizes to be drawn at Rossland, when capital and enterprise are directed thither. I have never seen Rossland looking bet-1 ter or more promising than during my pretent visit. During the Winter a great deal of depression- existed, and traders and merchants were complaining, but that Is now all changed, and the metropolis of the Kootenalb is starting out on an un interrupted career of prosperity. P. A. O'FARRELL. BEATER HILL 3II3.E TO REOPEX. SiirccUela Will AIko Develop Xevtr Mine In Coon. Marshflcld News. W. S. Chandler, manager for J. D. Spreckels & Bras'. Company, left for Beaver Hill this morning to start work on sinking the slope at tvhat Is known as the new mine. The work vrU he commenced as soon as the engine tp be uaed In connection- therewith 1a in posi tion. The old Beaver Hill mine, which Is also the property of the company, will be reopened, as, under -capable manage ment, considerable coal can jet be taken out. The resumption of work tat Beaver Hill will materially benefit the business Interests of this section. The opening of the new mine under the management of W. S. Chandler, who thoroughly under stands the work, and has gained an en viable reputation durlrg many years' ex perience. Insures the success of the enter prise. The opening of the mine also re- R. II. LEABO, OF SALEM, -""- ,s gfc-iv JJ&&aSSS .- -wrv,v.A rwZi,; Xv -."-W-Xl ' Jtw" gjgg Major of the Jew Fourtli Rcgliucnt, O. X. G. SALEM. June 1. Major R. H. Leabo, of the Second Battalion. Third Regiment. O. N. G., is a r!?Ant nf SnlTT -nhm hi i ?rmlnpl sis manager or tho Salem Shoe Store. He is ss i years old. His military experience began In 1SSS. when he enlisted as a private in Com pany B. in this city. Since that time he has ailed every office up to Major, -except that of Second Lieutenant. When hi" company dis banded In 1895 he was -.ppoJnted ;a signal ofllccr on Colonel Toran's staff. He was elected Captain of Ctfmpany B in 1JQC, and of Company K In 1609. He was elected. Major lq October. 1600. futea the statements circulated that the Messrs. Spreckels Intended to withdraw from this section, and that they would make no further investments, etc. WHERE CYCLONES ARE BRED Drama of the Elements In the Rocky Mountains. T. C. Knowles, in Ainslec's. "For the world west Of the Mississippi the Rocky Mountains are the "points of origin not only of the rivers and water flows, but of the condensing of the moist ure of the air. the banked snows, rne subterranean currents which form the basis of the entire watershed. Their cold altitudes seem to shed the waves of air which conflict with the "warmer waves In the plains below, and In their battles gen erate the cyclone and- the lesser--windy terrors which devastate the Western plains. Thoy are the beginning of the heart-breaking blizzards which tie up the traffic of the metropolitan streets, or chill beyond endurance the homes of the poor. Thoy are. In a word, the atmospheric top of the continent, and one would expect to find among them the same excesses of nature that are seen on a smaller scale when the wind whips the flags of the roofs of lofty buildings or when dark clouds lower over the Jersey hills or the gentle mountains of tho Cumberland. "Yet, though the Rocky Mountains are the beginning of such awful, things as cyclones and blizzards, they are singu larly Immune from the terrible effects of these phenomena, when they reach their full growth on the plains below. -The storms are .harp, strong, and typical. They are dramatic. But, lacking In the chance of a lorg run across the plains, where force is constantly accumulated with- each successive mile of progress, their life is usually of short -dyratten,, and their immediate sphere of action smalL They are a's If all the phenomena, the storm from Its genesis. to Its conclusion, -were given, in miniature. Ipthls respect the storms of the Rockies differ from those of the Ssiss..Alpa. .The latter are severe, protracted and full of catastrophe. The former complete themselves briefly, and then let the balance of the 'continent wrestle with "What they have given forth. "Probably nowhere Is jjtorm and climate so varied. All phases of nature's cata clysms alternate with all phases of na ture's peace and pleasure. The entire gamut from. i?unshlne to black gloom fre quently Is run --within a -single day or an hour. A morning will open clear, with the sun warm. Perhaps at noon the clouds will gather and a heavy rain begin. In a few minutes this will turn torsleet and then to hall. Fifteen minutes after the storm begins, it will be snowing heavily, and an hour from the time the first cloud appeared the sun will be shining again. The whole shower, rain, hall and snow will have been accompanied by thunder and lightning. "Two wayfarers were recently driving through the mountains In the South Park of Colorado, when ust at nightfall a ter rific storm came up. It lasted only about 15 minutes, but during that time the thun der and lightning were continuous. After It was over a dozen tree stumps weg seen blazing like beacons on a neighboring hllL" . . - - ifitaiJr"u-- pf' sS4kk; - tttKmWmtfi .VtXCT -"" ItHsHLj'JtSil -zzjBnfrma ssBP!rS "'gg.rcg MiVSMk rZX33Z133BXS. HjBWttffigflpBNh '.mmtmzzzzLi&i t - iJLi?52:-mkim aK,k -SvXJEVi-f mMrmi OUR CHINESE .POCKY TROUBLE BEGAN WHEX.CENTRAI, PACIFIC WAS FINISHED. Taea Coolies Case late Competition With Wnit Xabor The' Seatl- mekt for Exclusion; LEAD CHINESE 301 thm thm. thm thin. Washington will do much to popularize the United States in China, especial.y amongst tne trading classes at tne tree ports, sajs Ho Yow, Chinese Consul-Gen-eral, In the Forum. Bug thero are jret some . dark- spots on the disk , of trade and these- need to be burnished toff by. vigorous rubbing. The bestj cleansing pojs- J. 31, PO.O'nMAN, OF WOODBCRX, Licntennnt-Colonel of tic 'Fourth Reslment, O. ?T. US. WOODBTJRX, June 1. Lteatanant-Colonel J. M. Poonnan was born in Scnga'raon County, 111 . and came to Oregon from California in 1S77, locating at Sheridan. Yamhm County. In 16S1 he moved to "Woodhurn. where ha still' rt-ldes. In 1S00 he organized the Bank of W'oodburn. and has been cashinr-ofthat insti tution ever since, Except while In the army. In 1S95, at the organization of Comp-uiyJI. Second Regiment. 0 X. G., he vjras chosen Cuptaln of that company, and two yearalater was elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the regi ment. When the Spanish War broke out he was appointed Captain of Comrany M. Second Oregon Volunteers, and served during the ex istence of that Regiment. On the orsanixation of the Fourth Regiment, O. N. G., Captain Poonran was chosen Llentenant-QoloneL der Is better knowledge of the Chlneee people and wider trade relations with them. The spots to which I refer are the laws- of this nation towards? Ghlpese immigrants. The laws of the United -States ufumuiiais v-i-iiit's! imm-KTauon are wun- "out parallel In . the -codes p. the Borid, ana .can only no compare to tne rcgu a tlons of the Chinese nation Itself i.n a period of Its" history -to which we would under no cbnslderatlon'rfevejt. i 1 Moreover. In addition to its Inherent In--Justice, thesiattrtc Is based on a mlscon ceptionj of condiflon-s -and a mistake in facts. It had its origin with the raljble. Its promoters werq speakerssfrorh-theaiops of sOap'boxes and thoHall-skids of drays It was-caUgKt up "by poftridla'n'-i when the" clamor haSl gathered strength with the mob, and when appearances Indicated tnat tho latter could poll votes" enough to elect Its ringleaders to. office. Whenever a. calm and dlspalrtonate inquiry Into the condi tions was held the verdict was sure to be In favor of the-' Chinese; -and It was oh this account -that the, friends'of justice In Congress held out so'long against the de mands upon that body for measures of ex clusion. ' Nevertheless, the situation bene "as' re gards the Chinese -was remarkable, "ahd In tho nature of things could no6 occur1 again. The Chinese were brougnt "here JOUX L. MAY, OF-ASHIAND, SSEer&iS ?.-aa?sfiS3 . tdtssiz.iMi ZtSWtSSZZSXlr- t-nSfJS5fi :SESiK2SS Kasra-ssKKSv: TOKSE-ftCS. K29XS-S r.isr.Cf t HsSEiJofv V5Xa2Z!Ai igssiiieifira 1. Wj "l'!t.: '8-rsKjiti: mS3832!2-2 M K.4I' kSSr3f$XSZSi i&XZXl -.Tf l3"3?S&uN H2S533SK2SEE5CJ waecss?cs-MMs- ESaS!3"2SE22E!, f"222B&X22r: ixiiscssfjasifnssq s335S)rstsacs3 f?fcKSsy"2ia!ici gjnj H5J mm sSSrSrf1" 's? m"wi y ? &M&Af & v-. i $&. A Major of the "ew Fourth Regiment, O. . G. jASHLAND, J(mer 1. Captab John L. May. of Ashland, who has "just beeprelected a Major of the Fourth Regiment. O. i. O., saw his flrrt service In Company tf. First -Regiment Nevada National Guard. In which Jte, enlisted January 11, 1S7, serving- until -"Juiy MISM), when he was discharged.' holding the rank of sergeant. , He enlisted la Company D, Second Reslment. O. JJ. C, February It;, Ifiir, "arjVl was elected Captain July 23, ISOjL ,He com manded Company "D, Second Regiment, -0. N. G,, until .mustered Into th- Unjted States serv ice In the Spanish-Aiwsrlean 'War, r May lo, 1IJ08,., as 'Captain of Company By Second, Ore gon Volunteer Infantry."" Ha served "with tho company during. Its, voJuntocr servico and was mustered 3oal with the reBimerit, Au5U.t 7 ISM. He was elected 'Cftptajn of Com pany B, Th'in, Rcgunent, &. N.G., Jamjary 10, lOCO.'.ana In the recent ejection fofr regi mental officers In the reorganization .of th'e Katlonal'l Guard, was elected, Major of vtiJo Fourth Regiment.. c to grade and build the Central Pacific Railroad. A thousand miles of railroad had to bo laid across deserts and over mountains perhapc the most difficult feat of railway construction which, up to that time, had been attempted in the United Spates. " The road was to be built, too, In. a iSart of the continent that was prac tically without Inhabitants,, andt therefore, ir. advance of settlement'. White "work men could not be had. Three thousand miles yawned between tho reservoirs of population, and' the journey was tedious and slow; so the'bulldlng of the railroad had to be pushed at once. Ten thousand men were needed, -and rake .ana'scrapfe as the builders would, only SCO whites could be gathered to engage In the work. In this exigency the experiment with Chinese laborers was tried. At first It was thought that they wou'd prove Ineffi cientthat they were too light of body to stand the heavy work; that theycould not endure the fatigues of the occupation. A few were put on the lightest parts of I tho work, .aodsjaco thase srovdriheir Jt-BB'H-' --B.- .. -?,. sSss'k 33R' TIOTa T"?sr SF ?. '4 ""fcaA-f-" HMbk 53" , -!.-.-. - .ti .-r. Misz&'- ? 'TtVV.T'r-iEatiB ." rsmaiassl rw.-vw: Vi -i-S , . v -c vx ability to perform well all they were set to do, the experiment was extended, and before long Chinese were dolntr-all the un- ' skilled labor which the -work required. They received but $31 per month Und" boarded themselves, wnKo the whites were pald $45 per mdnth and found. Yet, ac cording to the testimony of James 'Stro brldge, superintendent of construction, and Charles Crocker, one qfthe five pro prietors of the road, who had charge of the construction, the Chinese were more reliable and more efficient laborers than th6 whitest They could exc$l the whites in any branch of the work, whether light shoveling or the heaviest rock-drilling; and a body of Chinese even excelled -In results an equal number of picked Corn ish miners who were set to "drill one end of a tunnel through a mountain. The Chi nese were put upon tho other end, and tho two gangs started from a shaft at the center; ' ' In order, to supply the thousands of Ch nese reaulred for this - great work the coolie ships were kept running to and , from China, bringing their loaas ox immi grants from Kwang-Tung province. There was no .trouble concerning the Chinese as long as the road was building. Hlttell's History of "California" recites "bow the wblte 'laborers: and the "China Boys" marched together in parade, and how the former, made speeches to the latter, ex tending their hands In .comradesh'p. Suddenly. howe.ver the joad.was un tebed; and this jarmrf 15,009 laborers was Idle and .at large, 'in a strange land, among a strange peop'e, with no capital but their ojjllliy and willingness to work, they flocked to Sen Francisco. Here they swarmed upon the streets, and, conspicu ous from their racial characteristics, gave the jjnpression that there was an im mensely larger number of them in the district. But -with- all the harshness of tne ex- elusion laws they were never aes gnea to affect- ay but the laboring cass"?. , passing through the Suez CanaL to final They were not intended to be used ps an I destination, bearing water transportation Ins'rument to exclude educated men trav- mucn. in excess of that 'via an isthmian ellng In pursuit of knowledge, merchants Cana,l, If built. Both routes are tremend comlng from Ghlna to this country to buy J ously long and enormously expensive. If goods or -to start an Industry here, or ( traae g increase under such conditions, those 'going frdrri-lhls country to Ch'.na Whnt will It be under,. -the fa-voring In and returning; Such are the men on j fiuence of an isthmian canal? who?. sbqulders trade rests, and It -was .-It thi3 trade Jor waicn an isthmian Be ins-; w " wauim -jruijuacu mat io Statdto ohwild act as a sword to sever the , traae reiauons 01 tne countnep. i.et -we jecogn'ze that this very thing is now be- - . ... . ....v- - -VJ ---.--- w .....Vw. .... tho .rlgfit to enter tne country, tnere shouW B ttan offset a liberal policy re arttihg ttie.-classfs allowed to enter. Yet this Is n$t t-,e case. The utmost rigor is exercised towarcUthe merchanta and trav elers coming .to the United States; and no mechanlsin which Ingenuity can dev ee could more effectually operate to keep these classes away-. Scarcely two months have elapsed . since . 63 merchants from Southern China, coming to the United States for commercial purposes, were pre vented from landing at "San Francisco be cause thelrf fcertlflcates.r-tllsclosed that a w oru trad noj seen trans ated from the (ihlncse original into. the English a lack . sixths of thir wa3 from American cot whlch may have "been ao much the fault fon. A fair estimate will show as much of the American representative In China more for continental Europe, who vised, the papers as of the Chinese ' "It is to secure a part of this handsome official ;ho issued 'them. The English excess over the cost of the raw material version lcUeXTthat'fhey. 'u ere tnerchants, ' that It is desirable the manufacturer of but did. not; state w-nat kind of mer- American cotton should be placed on a chapes; ' j healthier and more lasting basis. To do Thet Chinese, official representatives In this we must have a more favorable out the United States tr d hard to secure the f let for exports, and none can be found landing of these people upon some k'nd better than through facilities afforded by of an arrangement whereby they would i an isthmian canaL Out mills now turn not he nut to the loss and inconvenience . out more goods than necessary for this ofreturnlng to -China msrely-4o have such a small-defect corrected.. But the depart ment was Inexorable, ignoring all former deo'slons and precedents. No.j-egard was paid a to how much there Intending pur chasers In American markets lost by the deiajvnorwpD there any' doubt exprefi'd as to whether or not they had come to this country to buy their goods. Thoy were qompelled to return to China', "arid the'reports'recelved from thqm state that they will moke their purchaees In 'Eng- land. Nor Is this harsliriess ' confirfedv to the Visitors from China. It is extended w Un even mora, severity, .CfsIdept-r.Chlneso merchants who go oyer to. China intending to return fj. thefrjluslness In. this coun try. .Many of the Chinese merchants of the. United States are exporters to China, and find it jieceesary to go there -one- In a few years to look .after their affairs. Under a. recent ruling of the department this trade .promises to be entirely broken upr for it cannot'be imagined that hence" forth any merchant will attempt to go to imna witn. any Fprlous hopes of ever cettlmr back 'to- h!s hiuinnu Jn.t-nia n. try. . EFFECT. ON COTTON.' Nicaragua. Canal . Would Extend " "' Trade In that Staple. WASHINGTON, -JuneN 6.-Jt is a well recognized fact that the cotton trade Is the ono thing" that has enlisted the su I por 6f the South, to the Nicaragua Canal, I ahd. It Is In the hope1 of extending the j Southern cotton trade, both on tne Pa- clfic Coast, and more particularly fn the u-neni,, max oenaior Aiorgan ana otner advocates of " he waterway have" so' heartily adocated the canal. , Tha Ala bama. Senator, recently submitted, state ment showing the Importance, of . this ,. canal to, the .cotton 4rade of the Unltect j. . States, and made the following points In j Its- favor: - , ! "In 1S9S the United States contributed to Japan's Imports the equivalent of 203,000 r bales. For the "first eight months of the j current season we hove'exported to Japan about 300,000 bales. ' 'For 'so " bulky an article water trans portation Is of the greatest moment, the j Item of freight Involving so heavy a percentage to cost that Its Increase or de crease determines to an4 unusual degree Vi- ...-. A 3A. !... T. I. .-2- .3.1- reason tHat an Isthmrair c'ahal, by af fording an all-wafer route and cheaper fre'ght rates to the "countries of the East, will not dnly largely Increase' their- con sumption f our raw cotton, which on fne whole Is thb most, desirable of any description grown, but will' lead to the greatest percentage of it 'being shipped by'' the Gulf ports. The" current season Illustrates what will probably result from an isthmian1 canal. Of -the 300.000 bales shipped this season. iCUJCO went from United States ports on the Pacific, ST.000 from Gulf -ports (New Orleans, Galveston, and Pensacola). and 44.C0O from Atlantic t The'majority of persons upon reaching middle age and past find their blood becomes weak and thin, and diseases that were easily controlled in earlier life begin toafFect the constitution. S. S. 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Address Sterling Eemedy Co., Chicago-or New York. Best for the Bowels ports (New York and Savannah). The I cotton .via the Pacific ports stood the rail j transportation Westward pverland from . across 'the Pacific; that from Gulf and , Atlantic Dorts crossed the Atlantic Ocean. canai win aiu uf to succosstuiiy compete. Today Its value to -us I- not quite !fl2,- I 2MJ).cs- less than ciglU one-hundreths 0f -vhat Great Britain enjoys. And et we have th$ advantage of location of.raw mitA.Ul , Mw.U-. M. V. -mtll MA-n fc- Mfc...,c, )iiuukii.aii; at il3 iimi uugii z peclalty' In the "Southy, the latest Improved machinery and labor-saving apparatus in our mills, and the most Intelligent 'and able class of labor, which, if paid higher than that of foreign countries, yields greater returns lc, both quantity and ! quality of work. ' "Great Britain paid In 1S90 30,470.000, i or. say, about J14S,O0O;0QO, for raw cotton. and from that she manufactured goods to the extent of about iS5.000.000, or. say, about $413,000,000. the difference repre senting" wages for British workmen, in terest on capital Invested in the cotton milling Industry, and profit. Nearly five- country aione, ana it is essential to the'r prosperity that export facilities be had that will-enable tnem to compete success fully with other countries in the great markets of the world, especially those of the Far East. To the Southern States, par ticularly, an- outlet through an Isthmian canal Is of the last importance. Given such an outlet, affording cheap competl tlv transportation and ready I mf"Qts In the Paqific countries. foreign and the ' ""tr. coiton-manuracturlng industry of the "United States will rean substantint benefit. The hundreds of millions of do:- lars tnus invested will be made to yield safe and profitable re'irms. and amola i AA-r Win t. -S-.! .-, J .. 7i i. " """ uc uuuruec ior pouoiing xne fndustrv. Without n nW-.rur ornnrt rtnt. r lot a serious clash between the manufac turers of the South and other sections Is Inevitable sooner or later." Sew "'or?c Manners. .Dramatic Mirror. Coming down town from Harlem one night last week, several members of Sir Henry Irvlng's company were heard In an ? elevated railway train dlsussinc-the char i aciensucs or tne lireat American Hog. One gentleman told how, lri traveling up io tne iariem opera-House In a crowded car, he had remarked the fact that he was the only man who had the manners to re linquish a seat to a woman. Others an nounced that they had observed the same phenomenon. A young woman weighed In with violent denunciation of New York deportment, and avowed? that. In entering one of our noble department stores, she had opened the door, and, looking back, had seen a man approaching. Rather than discourteously permit the door to slam In the face of the follower, she held It open until he drew near, expecting that he would take hold of the door and relieve her of the responsibility. But not so. The man had -dashed up, passed thrqugh the doorway and on Into the store, letting her hold the door open for him, and never even deigning to say '.'Thank you!" She thought that any man might have Men that she did not look llko one hired to hold doors open for persons. ( And then she and the other Londoners united In bewail ing the sorry manners of this great me tropolis. The worst, of It was that the Britishers were perfectly right". Ijegencl of the Blarney Stone. Detroit Free Press. The remains of the ancient Blarnej Castle lie about four miles northwest of. the city of Cork, Ireland. Tradition makej It the Interesting scene of a siege early In the 17th century, when the lord of the castle, who had been taken prisoner by the English, held out In his fortress for a long time by adroit and plausable promises thathewouldsurrender. Whenever the crit ical time came, however, he was always ready with a good excuse. It was from his Inventive manner of putting off the besiegers by his soft, insinuating spescl that the term blarney became a standard expression. The celebrated blarney-ston to which, is ascribed the marvelous powei of bestowing upon any one who kisses Those predisposed to Scrofula, Cancer, Rheumatism, Gout and other hereditary troubles may escape till then, but as they agfc the blood, to long tainted and weakened by acrmnulated waste matters, is no logger able to properly noun.sh the body, andit becomes an easy 'mark for disea-v--. 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CATHARTIC 409 fi SaS96S$6SSSSSSaS39C939SSSS? It a persuasive, fluent ard not overhonestf tongue, has an origin founded on ague" superstition, firmly grounded In the minds i-ather there annually for the purpose of kissing the stone and receiving the power with which It Is supposed to be possessed. Its exact location lrt the ruins Is a mat- ter of dispute. By some It Is claimed that it is lying loore on the ground; others place it at the summit of the large, square tower which was originally the dungeon' of the castle still others maintain that' it is inserted in the wall at such a height that In order to consummate the oscu- latory ceremony the persons must be sus- pended by his heels from the top. "Whert 0r how the stone obtalhed Its singular l renutation.' savs the writer, "it is diffi cult to determine; It3 exact position among the ruins of the castle Is also in doubt; the peasant guides humor the vis itor according to his capacity for climb- lng, and direct 'either to the summit or the base the attention or him who de sires to 'greet it with a holy kiss.' SHOE-STRETCHING. Nevr, Tliongh Not a Flowery, Occu pation for Women. When the "w oman said she wanted a pair of shoes, 'the hollow-eyed clerk did nofc ask, says the New York Sun, "What slze madam?" but said, .instead: "New or sec--ond-hand?" The woman hesitated, not quite grasp ing the significance of the question. "Why, new, of course," she said at length. "The reason I asked." said thj clerk "was that we have several pairs of shoes of different sizes that have been worn a, little, just enough tn stretch them, and I didn't know but that you would l.ke a pair that your feet would slip right Into and- that you'd never havo any troub" with." Tho woman's Interest had plainly got started by that time. "Have qu any such?" she asked. "A fow pairs, as I just said." replied the clerk.- "They have been worn long en6ugh by professional shoe-stretchers to take the stiffness and newness away. We 1 are thinking of making these stretched hshcps a nermanent and oromlnent feature of our stock. Why. do you knew." ho cnnt!nnrl with increased earnestness: "if I had a foot that. I could expand or con- I tract at will, according to circumstances. I could make a pile of money by just try lng on shoes. Anybody who" has.'c-rer en-T dured the torment Incident to stretching new- pair of shoes -would be willing to pay j0 cents more a pair, in order to be .re lieved" of the discomfort of getting them set on the foot. "The custom of offering stretched shoes to patrons has already been Introduced Into several stores In town, and It certaln, ly ought to become very popular. Judg ing by present indications. It "will not be long until every shoe store of any pre tensions will employ people with feet of the standard sizes to wear new shoes for a day or so to break them In, It will cer tainly be a good Investment, for patrons will buy shoes oftcner when the horror of setting them has been removed, and thus more money will accrue fo the dealer. Shoe-stretching Is a calling that will not permit Its followers to tread on flowery paths of ease, but the possibility of buying shoes that are comfortable from the start opens up a view of elysium for the -wearer." Headlight on Behind. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Lincoln died at his post without sup posing that the time would come when the Democratic party, which assailed him when- allvo with every conceivable kind of opposition, and " never acknowledged that he was right in anything, would, at tempt to borrow his name to cover its purposes. Lincoln never , changed. Ha died, as he had lived, the target of Dem ocratic slander, hatred and obstruction. f But tho Democratic party seems to have changed, or pretends to hae changed. In its estimate of hs charaptand deeds. But lb carrying forward .human affairs It Is ead that the Democrats are always a generation too late. To pelt a man with hard words and set pitfalls In his 'path while alive and canonize him a third of a century after hto death is not in ac cordance with the soundest quality ot reason or the finest Impulses of the heart. A 'few dropa of the dew- of appreciation should fall elsewhere than on the moss grown monument of a patriot and states man. But then the Democratic party la a law unto Itself. There Is nothing else Just like it. A contemporary poet seems to have had lte epitaph in mind when he wrote: The lightning bug; Is brilliant. But it hasn't any mind; , It stumbles through existence. With its headlight on behind. f