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Show ! LUCK IN COPIfCR DOLTS. I A Clinncei Dlarotny Ijefv lb t'oiiiiitnlloii I nf it Hletiwtilr?s I iilliihn I llio fortunos of sotm? im 11 hae their foundation In very queer un id-ms VAnvi A lint Ion, of Dttltith, Mum ,t,n the I hi t'ltgo Herald, is compniatl.elv nwoulilii man, whllo fifteen jenis nyn he ltm ml.u laborer getting a Job itheneei If riiuld unloading vessels, or nny thlnt.ln fait, li" could find, but work uround tho ihickswi.s what ho most looked uftct, and this fail was Indirectly tho cause ff his Btieak nl luck Lying outsido tho harbor of Dulutb was the nearly submcigcd hull of 11 ''! No ono appeared to know-how long il had been thorn, but "tho wreck," ns it we-, called, was considered ono of the fi iilin 1 1. of tho place Tho boys used It ns a m Im mlng station, uud ltwjjsHBHBlny for . many u Duluth IJPIiciM say In.' had been able to ruach "the wrovli lids was another link in the chain of Uarton's luck. Ho had a sou who, with tho other I boys, mado daily excursions through the 1 summer out to tho old htilk, und ono da; this son brought back with him onoof thr I bolts and a plocoof wood that had become loosened. By chanco tho father Raw tho bolt, nnd bo asked tho boy somo questions, tho result bolng that he himself mado a trip out to tho wreck lu n email bout, taking an nxo with him. After this excursion, Mr Hartcn bo- gan making lnquliics abolit thoold bout, but I could get 110 Information ns to when sho nr-llved nr-llved there, or when sho was sunk, or j w hero sho camo from. Ho also managed to get permission from tho authorities to 10 movo It, tho permission being tho more icudliy given as it was In tto way of twine proposed harbor ItnprovouienU. Mr. liar-ton liar-ton began bis work quietly making no etlr about It. He managed, bv Iho nld of lung saws, long-bandled nxes und hooks, to do tach plcco after piece nnd get It ashore, piling It up Jn the yard that surrounded his cabin. It took hlin nearly tho ctillro joni of 1S7I to do this work, but It proved a profit nblo job. That bolt tho boy had brought homo wns boIIi) copper, and it openil the father's eyes to tho possibilities. His lu vestigntion showed him that nil tho bnltu In Bight wero ot tho sumo metal, nnd whuu h had completed his labor ho had sccuiud many hundreds of pounds lu weight of valuable copper Ilesides this, ho hut in tho cords of wood piled up 011 his lot a vnluo that proved u great stu prise to him. Tho vessel had evidently been of foreign build, for sho was composed of n number of iltlTei- I cut and valuablo woods, tho bulk of it bolug teak, n specio ot oak, but thcro wore largo 1 quantities of innhogauv, sumo rosewood and n llttlo ebony Altogether It wns u good year's work. Ho found ready market for his copper bolts, nnd tho wood going oil plcco by ptcco brought him n nlcolittlo Bum It w.ia this money that gave htm his start 111 llfo, nnd ho wan shrewd enough to make each dollar multiply uud Im icuso. Doaconl lulu Iliu tlrillld fmi-on, "I went to tho bottom of tho Orimd t'anjuu of tho Colorado last wlntor," said W T. Halt In u Ut Louis Olobo-llemocrat loportrr, "and nm ono of Asafev,' men who over attempted thn deacciHUYuut theia to examine 11 initio (.Hid to ifTisX tn tho but torn of tlid canyon. I havo been all through Iho Hocklos, from Montana to Central I America, nnd know what a chasm Is, but I hi) sight uf that ub)ss took iuy broatb I away. Fiom tho top to tho bottom It is I fully six thousand feet Over a mllo below j you can seo tho liver tearlug through tho I gorge, but not u sound can bu hoard, it is so 1 fur away Fiom ono bunk to tho other 11 Is, iippuicutly, not over it tiuaitor of a mile, lint, us n umtto-ot fact, it is fully nineteen miles. My guido told mo 1 would never bo ablo lo reach tho bottom, but I was determined deter-mined to go, and I went. It was nteirlblo climb, uud it look us eight hours lo leach tho bottom, lllsreitalnly tho most deao-j deao-j lain place in tho woild. Thero Is not a I living thing down thero no Inserts, rop-' rop-' tiles or uulmals of any kind Kvcty thing 1 Is absolutely dead Thn mining prospect I was worthless, llotoro tho sun wus up tho I nuxt morning wo woro ou our way out, nnd It took ua until ton o'clock thut night to climb tho wall of the canj-on." a jnat.NB man has developed ft now ann very original idea for making money In n l,fl..n ItnaivattA ta t'liint? tn tirtni? suit ngnlnst tho electric light company fur damagoB to his hens, In keeping them awako overy uight until twelve o'clock by Iho bright light, ns they me worn out for Want of Bleep, and me too til ed to lay. 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