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Show MINING MATTERS. POOR PlILE FOR MINERS. Swk to Hffl Arr Short Kiglitril. 'lie pot Just us lunch us I dn. and I Won't do any more work than he 1ss. This is the substance of whiti wt overheard a minor say. It v. as the expression of sciitlmeiii wldcii every mail knows is entertained in every mine whose wages are oiii;:l. It is Those Mho lo Nut sM-ata- V SOME CURRENT READING FOR DAMES AND DAMSELS. . ris-k- rholea Nrlurtlon from I'm 1icturea Of the 1rment null fut ura Noma s s ti Lin-eue- l j j ; I'iliH-eii- Vole.-iiil- t e elo.-el- , y ' il con-tiiiti- ed ami Amuiys. We observe frequently in our West-r- n exchanges references In new metallurgical processes, chiefly for gold ores of low grade or refractory charInM-eiuMi- y ; flre-assn- 11 1 11 il 11 se of-tlc- hydro-therma- to-da- y Jil i s, ig N ut bod-wi- th ac-bla- ' hins-plaid- I ck ps J j i I is notional, the fronts are creased. The Fauntleroy mother still flourishes and all sorts of wonderful velvet and frilled shirt rigs are offered for her choice, but the boy who marches out Into the snow bank rigged like a boy In rubber boots, storm cap and stout trousers, g is the youngster of the better-lookin- tWO Vrllla of KhkIiIoi Bodices closely fitted with a long point in front are a feature of the new evening dress. Red foulards, red dimities and red lawns are liberally sprinkled through the stock of summer materials, and the large white polka dot on a blue ground is one of the new patterns. Picture hats with an abundance of ostrich feathers and flowers for trimming will be much worn this season, and there are long plumes among the feathers which are arranged to fall over the brim. A new cycling skirt has two straight plaits In the back which are made to separate and partially detached, so that they fall gracefully on either side of the wheel, and beneath this is a regular skirt at the back which completes it for a walking skirt as well. Tucks are all the rage, surely, since they appear In thin gowns, silk gowns and all other materials which can possibly be used for the spring and summer wardrobe, except perhaps cheviot and serge, and they are in all widths and in all forms, both crosswise and up and down. The newest evening dresses have trimmed skirts, and finely plaited ruffles of taffeta or lace, or both combined. Bet on In groups, is an old fashion revived. Narrow gauge ribbon, with a satin edge plaited into ruchings and set on in series of five, five inches apart. In waved lines, is another new and old skirt trimming. The fact that the bicycle craze has had a marked effect on the increase In Bize of womens shoes is a pleasing one to the doctors who have lectured in vain for' years on the folly of high French heels and narrow toes. So the bicycle hss worked wonders and the very small foot Is gradually becoming more and more of a myth. Parasols are out in full bloom in the shops, but the most elaborate productions look suspiciously like those of last season. There are the same gauzy vanities, all ruffled and plaited and edged with lace or braided with ribbon, and everything In the way of a fancy silk parasol. Plain moire lilted with a contrasting color makes a pretty combination, which is likely to be popular. Jeweled embroidery 1b growing In favor, beauty and price as well, and the varieties being made to decorate the gowns to be worn at Queen Victoria's In London are a marvel drawing-room- s of perfection and extravagance. Real brilliants are employed; pearls are dyed to match exactly any chosen shade in the silk brocade, and lace la dotted with tiny diamonds as if they were woven In its meshes. One specialty novelty in parasols Is NEW TEA GOWN. called the sunburst, and Is almost Japanese In shape, as It is flatter than The frame is first Fhe hovers around us at twilight hour. Before being used they are placed Into the other styles. When her presence Is felt with the fresh water until the taste of salt is covered with some thin deepest power, an accordion plaiting of tafand silk, treatment This preserves gone. entirely She silvers thif lanJscape and crowds the fruit with all iu succulent and feta or chiffon covers the outside enthe stream With shadows that flit like a fairy aromatic qualities. tirely, the plaits radiating from the dream; Plain parasols of colored moire center. Then wheeling her flight through the in this department, and a feature are Clothes for Llttlo Wearer. gladden'd air. white and pink parasols The Spirit of Iteauty Is everywhere. yellow, dainty Though women of fashion in half of silk have a lace applique emplain sketched below. sizes, like the pair Kovel Combination Costume. broidery on the edge. A youthful and novel combination haven't the freedom of choice In dress The flood of shirt waists which has inelders have, their was effected In the cost nice shown be- matters that their in the stores Is a pretty positerest In such matters Is usually quite appeared of their low, whose skirt was pals gray tive continued proof cashmere, and whose as great, and while adults only take ity. They are made of lawn, popularnew In the little gingham, costumes, blouse waist was taffeta, satisfaction batiste organdie, and linen, In them. silk, in While find it women delight showing white, gray and mauve. Colso much attention plaids and stripes, and all over convento mistake Is a give mauve were liberbelt velvet and lar dresses as to make dolls tional designs, in every color known, ally supplied with paste buckles, and to children's and while the manner of making them the tight sleeves had the small, droop- out of them. It la wise to let them be- varies a little with the use of many in to Interest take apthe ing puffs that are now deemed Just gin early the main features are thn same tucks, if and the make, surely they right. The blouse fastened at the side, pearance a pointed yoke in the back and a box and Its bolero effect, for, of course. It tot knows that her very best dress Is In front with the fullness on mamma deal cost a has plait that must have some bolero suggestion to something side. cither rare the will better of take she was several pains, be In the hunt, gained by more The It the highly. rows of narrow black velvet ribbon, of it, and prize While chopping wood a fanner living the effect being heightened by three two little gowns shown here should deceitful straps of the same ilbbon be satisfying to the wearers and mak- near Stangfleld, Ontario, was struck by a chip, and made whollj that pretended to hold together the ers alike.. That at the left was made In oneIneyeboth blind eyes Its full of red skirt cashmere, light counterfeit Jacket fronts sccor-dlon-plait- ed ct 11 hanging In deep plaits at the sides, filled The little bodice had a cut-oin with a white silk yoke and collar, Its double revers were black velvet banded with lace, ana the sleeves had tight cuffs and small puffa. A fancy cord ornament appeared on the bodice In front, and a belt of red aatin ribbon confined Blue and white dotted cloth was the fabric of the other llttle dress. whose skirts had a panel of dark blue silk in the center of the front, pearl buttons ornamenting the cloth edges. The Ice was gathered back and front, had a blue silk yoke and a rippled basque, Neither of these dresses offers serious problems for the mother who Is customed to make her daughter's cloth-ver- y ing, and each one would make its little wearer as proud as a duchess, Hoys at the age of these pictured lassies used to have as little to say as tbeir about the style of their get-usmall Bisters, but the youngsters have won their mothers over, for it is a fad now to put the little chaps into long trousers as soon as possible. If his light-color- . (i.-I- Ton. Cin-Ifemu- The rtge for boleros Ib unabated, and it allows ail sort, of happy expe- dients in the way of combination cosgrenblack a for Instance, tumes. At adine la wade over an Ivory stripedsilk The Jaunty, short bolero is separate from the brocaded Ivory white bodice grenadine of the bodice. Tbia fig- the to shows in perfect modeling a loosely ure in the back, and la like The pleated front from chin to belt. belt la simply a roll of black satin, with a ha n doom e bow at one side for a finish The little bolero turns back a nalr of Jaunty revere and unthe that lace of fall a der them la set outline of the revers muy be clear. This same little bolero can be worn over a satin blouse, the reault being a stunning black costume. Of course the brocaded Ivory grenadine can also be used with something else, as sleeves are provided that hook on at the shoul- der. When the sleeves are on the broand cade Is at once a complete bodice, worn under a green velvet bolero and cashmere skirt the effect is as Jaunty as if it had been made for use with the green Spirit of Untidy. HE Spirit Beauty unfurls her light. And wheels her course in a Joyous flight: I know her track the through bulmy air. By the blossoms that cluster ami whiten there; She leaves the tups of the mountains green, And gems the valley with crystal sheen. At morn, I know where she rested at night, For the ntfots are gushing with dewy . delight; thpater" or rw.pptIon headdress is a J a,Ml aBaln' mUn,B fllS black jet tiara frame, from the front A shower of light from her crimson of which a splendid paradise plume wings wafts Ita airy Till the spirit Is drunk with the music mounts. This plume is held by a and it backward, on high, length buckle. That is all emerald That silently fills it with ecstasy. jet and Is to the affair, but It simply there At noon she hies to a cool retreat, of IV here bowerlng elms over waters shrieks exclusiveness in every atom It. meet; She dimples the wave where the green leaves dip. As It smilingly curls like a maiden's Oranges Salted Like Hama. lip, In order to Insure the proper preserwhen her tremulous bosom would hide. In vain, vation of oranges and lemons, these From her lover, the hope that she loves fruits are salted in Italy as hams are again. here, although the process Is slightly At eve she hangs o'er the western sky different. The fruit Is culled while Dark clouds for a glorious canopy, still green and carefully examined. And round the skirts of their deepen'd Those found flawless are placed Into fold Bhe paints a border of purple and gold. salt water, where they are left for Where the lingering sunbeams love to from three to eight days, according to stay, state of maturity. They are then When their god In his glory has passed their on shelves to dry and reBt. away put away. acter. from which great things are expiated to come. Within the last two or three nionihs we have read of a manlier of tlnse, some of the names being new mid oilier familiar. It Is not iirrrsBjry to go Into the details of these processes here; most of l Item are more or less nhsurd nr It is generally claimed for them that they will get more gold from mi ore than jt is shown to conOf tain by Hu ordinary ixiurse this Is very amusing ami pmlia-hl- y harmless, since nowadays, when professional advice is generally taken, no Kcnsilile person could he induced to pat up iiiuticy into such a scheme, ltut there are many cases on rceovd in the past where cautious business men of excellent Judgment In most respects have been Induced to invest money tip 011 Just such preposterous statements. AproxiH of these "processes" it is astonishing to find how prevalent Is the Idea among the Ignorant in mining districts that the lire assay may not account for all the gold In an ore. Wls'iicc this notion Is derived it is not easy to say. It may In a faint survival of the mysticism of lh- - alchemists. or lr may have originated In Die "green gold" theory of twenty years ago. Tin latter, which was developed In California, involved the claim that a quartz vein of Marin county In that State contained paying quantities of gold, hut in a "green" condition, that is, not yet fully ripened Into the ultimate form of metallic gold, that with which we are generally familiar. It was ntlinucd. however, that maturity could he effected in short order by means of a certain secret process. This green," or "youthful" gold escaped detection by the ordinary nssayer of ignorance of the proper method of fluxing It in order to make it mature nml therefore visible. Indeed, the (leology of the Ymiiwstone Park, Improper iiicDiinIh commonly employed Tin lieolnglcnl Survey of the Yellow- in it was said, drove away stone Inrk wiik tgun ly the iintlonnl fromassaying, the ores under this '.government in 1SSB. Seven years of green" gold, which might he preilehl work and bn many more of e sumed to In tender and therefore reand InlHiratnry hi tidy hare been quiring delicate methods. The nature devoted to this subject by specialists of of the latter was not made known, exthe I'nllcd Slates Jeologienl Survey, cept that, it was said, the presence of mid now the publications art approach- even tin minutest traces of ommon ing completion, and tlu lirst work, t lie salt, sodium chloride, would cause the of the l'ark, lias Just "green" gold to volatilize. A good deal Urological 1mcii Isstiid. of money was obtained nn the strength Tlie Folio consists of six pages of de- of these assertions, and of course that scriptive text; three pages of llliistrn-- t was t In only green" gold that ever ions, four toNigrapliie sheets, (scale materialized. It was another and coml.lilo.INN)). anti four sheets delineating paratively old example of the practical the n real geology of tin region. transmutation of something or The general descriptive text giving into gold. 1'Ingiiiiering and nothing Mining n succinct narrative of the geological Journal. history ami development of the park country from the thin of lltr earliest Vomit Keservatlons and Mining. continental land surfaces up to ami There have been attacks made upon l Including tin phenomena ns hicu was written by Ar- the reservationsof of forests under tin, In'sidcnt Cleveland proclamation nold Hague, geologist in charge. In all the States InIt is followed by 1111 account of the on February terested. All the papers which have rocks from the earliest sedimentary t Cambrian deposits to the Tertiary con- opposedthe them have done so nml til v uiMiii ground that the President's glomerates by Walter Ilarvey Weed, would prevent prosNrt-lu- g ami a detailed pctrngniplilcal descrip- proclamation or iitluiug on lands in question. tion of the Igneous rocks by Joseph hi- Similar arguments have Incii advanced dings. The area of country covered by the by senators from all States interested ('.illfornlii. Tills contention Yellowstone National Inrk Fidio lies except between parallels 44 and 43 degrees would seem to In wrung. and It would motives inspire the north latitude, mid meridians 110 and npNnr that other 111. It is sltunted In the extreme opposition. The forestry commission Its report says; northwest corner of Wyoming. Ity far lu Tito fully recognized the greater part of the park Is Includ- the fact commission that the forest reserves estals ed within the area of the four mlas lislted and proposed can not lie mainsheets, hut a narrow strip lies to the unless a plan can In adopter northward I11 Montnun, and a still nar- tained which their lNimnlarles can lx rower strip extends west ward Imtli under modified bo as to take from Diem all Into Idaho mid Moutnmi. belter suited for agriculture In the organic act establishing the laiNls than for Die production of forests, and Hint declared reserthe park. Congress under which tbeir timber can be made vation was "dedicated ami set apart ns available for domcstii and cnmmrrchi a public park mid pleasure ground for and valuable minerals can tlu lKucfit 11ml enjoyment of the peo- purposes, be freely sought fur and mined within to the marvelous ple. Owing display lNuimlarles. of geysers mid hot springs, and siieii their The eommlsslon Is now engaged In remarkable physical features ns tin a scheme of forest manageIra ml canon ami Yellowstone lake, perfecting ment whirh It believes will make the folio this possesses more titan ordinary administration of Die reserves possible. Interest to every studious man. anil in due time will be submitThe oldest rocks of this region arc ted. which nml Scientific Iress. Mining granites, gneiss mid schists regarded as of Arclicati age. They occur In nil Itrjntn In llorrimni. the mountain uplifts that eitelrcle tin In Du Imt unknown IV. J. an central Washington. April pnrk. sent the following con-- , Nirtioii. Around these ancient conti- Bryan nental land masses then was dement- cm Dilatory telegram to Mayor-eleed conformable series of sandstones, Harrison: limestones ami shah's, extending from "Washington. April it. To Hon. Car-- ' the time of the middle Camhriaii, Hie tor Harrison, Chicago: Accept on- lowcst InnIs cviNiscd through Die upper grntulations upon your magnificent Cambrian, siltirlan. Devonian. Carlum- - victory. The clct'linns in Chlcngo. Trias. Jurassic nml Cretaceous, elmiatl. Detroit and other cities eate a decided change iu public scnll-tin Laramie sandstones. early all these great divisions of- limit since November. W. J. HUY AX. Paleozoic and Mesozoic times are cliartea-so- n ev-er- Fs.i.m.iV llomtahulil. 1 1 OM A virt .COIlMlill. , iii-e- the natural and inevitable result of a hard ami fast rule, insisted upon by the Miners' I'liloii. making e.'i:i' wages for all underground employes. The inevitable result Is to mak- - In' tdlieieitey of tin poorest workman thea standard of ellieiem-- of all. It is rule which necessarily smothers ad ambition to excel. It rims unit ra re t all reeogniMMl principles which lend to ivrsmial iuiprot'eiiieid. lelueaiui's n ml intelligent business men all over the world recognize it ami govern themselves nerordingly. In selusi! ami college prizes stimulate a hiidrett ami students to do their best. When tin school mom Is left for the wider college of the world, the same stlnmlus Is there. 1, tine, fortune, a competency or a home an the prizi-- all an striving for. and each Is doing his Imsi to win. It remained for the Milters' to udopt it rule contrary to the Impulses of nature and the teachings of xiMrleiiee. The sensible rule Is to pay every miner or other employe what In is worth. The unions might adopt a minimum price, und that is as far as Then dictates limy should go. there should is an inducement for mail to do his host, in order to increase Ids wages. Mr. Boyee and his fellow professlon-a- l agitators tell 11s that under such an 'arningemeiit tin minimum wages adopted would Is (lie only wages paid. Tills is iimiii the assumption that mine hnniiagers are fools: but they art not all such. Then Is no mine manager In the world who knows a little hit some few' tin not - w 1m docs not know the lsst laisir is always tin iclieapest. It Is with labor as It is with everything else the cheapest is not the titosL economical. 1'udcr sliding scale of wages, liasod upon merit, the best miners would soon be relieving tin higlnst wages, and lit ;lHst mine managers would soon have 'the lsst miners. I'mier tills system itlie pumpkin husker would not get .miner's wages until, he learned Ills .trade. Then nn tlme classes of miners; the milters who can anil will, the miners who an willing but cant, and those who can but wont. Itidcr a sliding scale, based upon merit, the lirst class would get the highest wages, ,tlu second class would get lower wages, but cuch one would sooti get Into tlm first class, liecause then iw'oitld Is a stimulus to get there. The 'third class, which cmhraecH tin most Moyers and others who work with tlmlr Jaws, would In relegated ;wlien they Meiig: they would get no work under a good mn linger, mid .would ihid their occupation under iMmseM wlio do not know a good work-maor what constitutes good day's work. Denver Mining Industry, Fn-io- actenzcil ny a tj picul fossil fauna. With (hit c lose of the deposition of the Lnrume sandstone the couDii'timldo series of sediments came to mi end. Tin entire region was elevatcil above llic sea with plication nail folding of Tills iniiiiary orngrnphle uplift tml tin iiuiiu r: ntr k of w ii tin miiiliern liocky Mountains Las designated us the Post Laramie miViiiciii. occupy only Tertiary water laid Miiall itie'is in lie park. Urn greater part if In region being covered by extensive Hows of luvit. A heavy mass re-of eoiiglomerate has and an obsetin fern-ito the eoiiglomeratti ai d exposure of nurse sands an well exposed in the of tin Uruml canon. energy with-i- litis playisl so great a part in tin geological development of tin country was eonmrted with tin 1ost Lara title iiioveiueut and followed upon tin elevation of tin mountains ami the aeeiiniMinyIug lisloeaiioii and eompression of strata. The eruptive masses ill forcing their war nnw urds Mom.-legress along the lilies of least resistance or wherever strain had greatesi in ilii crumbled sediments. Voleaitle outbursts on a grand scale throughout Tertiary time. ed A I t ed |