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Show s M Jf ! F.31NBN ; HOW TO WORK Cri H ulatan A MINE. ht InslaU 1 a Vertical Shaft Should 1 e Sunk I ollotv the mineral! is heard upon 11 tides from proepeoiors, mining uien (par excellence, as the Frenchman says) n(l would-b- e This uituiug 'bon mot" is applied to eigjjfru. discovsinking ery shafts mam discoveries of mineral-bearinveius or outcrops. The greatest fallacy that can he, says Oarl Wulsteu in Mining Reporter. Supposing the prospector follow s the mineral lu Its tortuous strike, dip, pitch and condition; with probably a couple of d feet lie wllf have a shaft which has become utterly impracticable for traction and which has become a kource of continuous extra expense,' Worry and frequent accidents, I was ouce put iu charge of a mine, the Leavenworth, which was 0 feet deep, with a working shaft which had "followed the mineral." 1 found sixteen different slopes In the sliaff, amt eleven rollers made of Iron jvipe, over which the Steel hoisting rotw had to fun. Before I had been iu charge forty-eigh- t hours I had put la four new rob lergj and had to make two splices lu the steel rope, had three buckets upset In their transit and two pieces of plates dislodge In the shaft. And as the owners of the mine did not want to spend any extra money upon the adae I could not sink a new aud perpendicular shaft upon the really good mine. The consequence of this tortuous work shaft being Die only avenue of ore and rock extraction was, that all I could do, I could bot make the mine produce a cent over and above working expenses, ami within a month I had to abut up the mine for good. A good mine gone to the dogs for want of a practical perpendicular hoisting shaft Follow your mineral! Of course; but In a different way than by siuklng a shaft upon the vein and follow lug It in all its differences of strike, dip and pitch of the actual ore vein. When the Vfjn of mineral has been discovered and found to be of value, by following It ray, for thirty to fifty feet iu depth, can i uily sampling aud assaying the exti dgunl ore, so as to be sure the dis-c( y will pay to develop further In deptn, do not stop until solid walls or permanent confines of the ore vein have been reached. Then get a competent surveyor to survey the discovery. By strike aud dip let him make a profile of yonr 1,500 feet length of claim center lino, lVg your 1,500 feet proiMirly and. number f tie pegs consecutively from one on. Flat course aud profile proiwrly. Now establish the course of the vein as discovered, say upon by making four or six cross-cutJl at four or six different places on the 1,500-foo- t claim, so as to be able to expose the vein plainly and lie able to obtain the dip Of the vein tmd W walk. If there are any, which can be properly read by a cyclometer. Now conduct the course line as a perpendicular line, and plat upon It your four or six openings and their respective dtp. Such platting will very correctly show where the ore vein Is upon the 1,500 feet length of the lode claim. Thus it Will be seen that the vein. In maintaining Its straight course for the whole length of the center 'line of the lode claelm when projected according to Its dip forty-fiv- e degrees south from perpendicular, over the profile Contour of said 1,500 feet of the center lin of the lode claim, looks upon the ground and still upon the plat tortuous-like- , level is straight. Now there Is no difficulty for a perpendicular shaft to go lown hundreds of feet, for at every 100 feet the engineer who has to do the surveying of the mine (In German, Markschneidekunst) can very easily at each 100-fotell how far each cross-cu- t level has to be made to cut the vein, If It maintains its course and dip. t at every If not, the cross-cut- s level will tell. To do this correctly the engineer has to establish the true meridian at or near the work shaft on the surface permanently, and carry such t true meridian underground to each station In the perpendicular work-sha- ft g huu-tfre- " oi s No. Ahvaje sink shuft If you want erly aud cheaply. a i DICK RODINEY; Of, The perpendicular k a xulue prop- " An OF IMPORTANCE TO MINERS. B1U PrvviaiBg Kipvrtm. otul Station Y Llfca MWl. The House committee on mines am mining has repotted favorably a bill t establish mining experimental sta tiuus in tbe various mineral producing states of 'the country. The report on the bill states, that tbs Unit! less resouu-eof our mineral re glons vi hk b have contributed so vastly to the wealth of the whole people, can In no sense le deemed simply of sectional or local .coueeru, but of tbe greatest Interest to the nation at large,Is 'ihe extent of our national domain so great aud our uiiiieial resources so extensive and dlveisifieu that the committee Is of the opinion that the subject should be an object of governmental concern, at. least to. the extent proposed In the measure, and not lie left, as It has been, alone to Individual exploration. Investigation and, development Within the past few years great advance has been made In the development of mechanical engineering and lu all the appliances relating to mining. Many ores are now being reduced at a piolit that heretofore were discarded as worthless of unprofitable. Every mineral region has Its own distinct and peculiar features, not found In others, and ores of great value are frequently discovered by accident. If there was a sllable aud accessible in every mining state a competent and experienced geologist and assay er, to whom might be submitted for assay aud analysis any mineral or material that gave evidence of value It certainly would be a potent factor and most helpful In assisting not only In the line of discovery, but in mineral development Within the past few years there have been valuable discoveries of ore, rich In gold, wolfram, silver, nickel and copiier, found lu ore heretofore thrown Ihouollte rock away as worthless. wns accidentally discovwed at Cripple Creek, and this was ffiund to be rich In gold, Resulting from this, and from examination by. miners, the same ore was so. m afterward discovered in the Block 11111s of bouth Dakota. With competent assay ets, and the latest scientific- appliances which would be provided at the government experiment d assay offices, many regions now would soon be contributing largely to the wealth of the country. Reliable government assays would give investors of capital In our mining enterprises confidence now often lacking In private assays. The mineral production of the United Suites Is annually over f 500,000,000, and considering tne great Interests Involved, and the opportunity of extending the benefits so generally to the entire country the committee unanimously recommended the passage of the bill, and It is believed It w ill become a law at this session. JF tO 4 CHAPTER XXIV. pell-me- after-bulkhea- d, Cu-ba- no After having spent something like 111,000 In hunting the lost shoot of the Or O. 1. of the Rebecca company at Cripple Creek, It looks now as though the lessees were to be rewarded for their labors. Moore and associates secured the lease some months ago, and with plenty of money to back their sub-lease- d sub-lessee- ot h five-inc- 100-foo- lImn ar b ss -- satisfaction possessed tbe whole craw on being rid of our tormentor, and Lambourne now took charge of the to brig, which he was perfectly abls handle and work, though Ignorant o' navigation as a science, and having but a vague Idea of the course to steer for the Cape of Good Hope. She was hove In the wind, while In the moonlight, about two hours after the exciting scene which closes the last chapter, we committed to the deep the body of Antonio's last victim, ths. poor apprentice, whom the sallmaker sewed up In his hammock, to which. being without shot or other suitable weights, we tied a sack of coal to , sink the corpse. were filled The head-yarand, as If anxious to leave that port tion of the sea as far aa possible astern, we hauled up for ths cape. Tom Lambourne ordered every stitch of canvas that the spars would hold to be spread upon the Eugenie, that she might si he said, walk through the water In her own style." All he could do at first was to her In the course we had been steering on the night these disasters began, for as yet we knew not to what degree of latitude, south or north, we might have been drifting; however, we calculated that Hlslop. weak as he was, might be able to take ft solar observation anu prick off our place on fh chart. In the course of elx or seven days. We had the usually snug little rabln cleansed and cleared from the debris created by the outrageous proceedings of Antonio, whfttnuat have gone to the bottom with all Weston's valuables and money about him, as we could find neither; and the sweet expression of the poor widows face, aa it seemed to smile on us from tbe miniature contrasted on the strangely with all the wild work that had so lately Taken place ori board. Hlslop and I were restored to our former berths, and then more than once in my dreams tbe bale olive-gree- n visage and glaring eyes of the came before me, and again I seemed to see him clinging unpltied and in desperation to the slender boom which swung above the seething sea for his death and all Its concomitant horrors haunted me and made me un- happy. . The intensity of the beat in that season suggested the Idea that we could not have drifted far south of the Une. So great was It that the upper spars of the Eugenie appeared to wriggle or vibrate like serpents aloft in tbe sunshine; while 0 hot, ea clear and id rarefied was the atmosphere between decks that It was suffocated, especially In the lulling of the faint breeze. A white beat seemed to make sea and sky grow pale,. and the former cast upward ft reflection from Us glassy surface and long smooth swells that was hot hot beyond all description. Though ever and anon the upper deck was drenched with salt water. It dried Immediately, emitting a strong odor of wet wood, while the id over the side failed to keep tbe paint, tar and rosin rising In large burnt blister About the time when we hoped that Hlslop would have been well enough to make an observation, even by being placed In a chair on deck, ths weather became so rough that he was unable to leave his berth, and during all that day the brig drove before a heavy gale, with her courses hauled close up, the fore and mala topsail yards lowered on the .caps, and their canvas close reefed. After the heat we had endured, the reader may imagine this gale would be refreshing and a relief. Not so. Tbe atmosphere, as it became dark with gathering clouds. Increased In density, closeness and beat, thus about the time we should have had clear twilight, the hour was gloomy as a northern midnight so dark that the tnea In the tops, or those lying out along when at tbs yard-arm- s, the foot-ropunder close-reeftopsails, could not be Seen from the deck, while ths breeze that swept over the ocean was breath-les- s hot as the simoon of- the desert; and onr men knew not whether they were drenched by perspiration or the spoondrift torn from ths warm wave tops by the Increasing blast. The peculiar appearance of this black gale alarmed and bewildered Tattooed Tom, who could make nothing of It, while poor Mare Hlslop, whose skill would hits been Invaluable to us, when he heard the tinging out on deck, the thunder- - of tbe bellying courses struggling with their brails, the roar d of the wind through the maets and pigging, tbe clatter of blocks and feet overhead, writhed la his bed, and mourned his own Inactivity, or rather Incapacity; but he sent me to tell Lambourne to cover up the anchors with wetted canvas, as" It was Sot Improbable, by the state of the atmosphere, that It was full of electricity and thus we might be in a dangerous way. "Tell Tom. he whispered, .'it Is a trade-win- d gale I know it to be so.' "How TUI psked, yon are ly- , lag here below?" i "By the barometer. Which remain 'high, while th wind la steady," re-plied Hlslop la a low voice, for he was etlll very weak; If the barometer kP Or c hats Found. ,vi ' fall be sure it wi.i peiome a typhoon, and then, with a era!: heaven bci u, But assure Tom it U only as jn a tiade wmd gale to take as much canvas off her as he can. and make al snug aloft Well have thunder dire-tlDick such thunder as you can only hvar la the tropics He sank back, exhausted even by thee feu words, whilo 1 hurried on deck with his orders. 1 had siaree'y conveyed them to Lawbouine, who was keeping a lookout forward, when, amid the y obscurity of sea and sky, there hurst ft f uddsn gleam of. oadrous light. The men. who were spreading some old, wetted sails over the sheet aud working anchors; the steersman at the wheel, the watch and all hands who were crouching to leeward, or bolding on by ropes and belaying pins to windward, seemed for a moment to become specters amid a sea of pale.blue flame a sea whereon the flying brig, with her bralled courses and reefed topsails, her d masts and black cordage, were all distinctly visible as at noonday, while the polished brass on funnel, binnacle and skylight all flashed and shone, as ship and crew, with all their details of form and feature, Were Instant seen and instant lost." For broad and blinding sheet of electric flame burst upon tbe darkness of the night, and passed away s rapidly, when the livid brand hurst in the welkin or IftJthfi fisve, we knew not which. Thea came the roar of thunder the stunning and appalling thunder of the tropics, every explosion of which seemed to rend earth, set and sky. as they rolled like a palpable thing, or like the united salvo of a thousand echoes at the far horizon. After a soun 1 so mighty and bewildering, the bellowing of the wind through tbe rigging, the hiss and roar ofthe sea as wave broke against wave; the flapping of the bralled courses; bort-hande- d An emotion of mingled freedom ana uude-veloie- 100-foo- right-angul- Eton Boy... jaMES grant, ' Ths Thunderbolt knowledge of conditions, began to huut the ore. The upper levels and the old and their whole stopes were attention given to prospecting In the lower levels. They had received some money In royalties from their but the amount they have actually spent so far represents an outlay of about $17,000. Over ROO feet of work level has been done. In tbe 600-foore has been encountered. It is not a big vein, but Is rich. Ths vein Is some three feet wide. On ons wall is a three-incstreak, and on the h other a streak. Tbe whole can be screened to carry pay values. The character of the ore Is a fluorine quarts with sylvanlte showing. It may or may not be the lost shoot The characterization is the same, but tbe The competent engineer knows that dip would lead to tbe belief that It Is this procedure Is troublesome and diff- an entirely new one. The find has now icult to attain. I hang down four plumb-bobs- , been proved up for twenty feet, and one In each corner of the shaft tbe values are holding out well. The Then connect eacu corner of the shaft lessees are much elated over their find. on the surface by transit with the true meridian established on the surface, Mice la Coast. A correct triangulatioh has to be made A certificate of location on a mineral from the three stations of the true mebearing a large body of mica has ridian with the four plumb boh sta- claim, tions on top of shaft. That gives me been filed in the office of tbe county clerk at Golden. The claim Is about s and two two sta-- five miles north of Evergreen, Jefferson courses for eacji plumb-boIt was discovered by John tion below. Thus rectifying the last county. Holton and Felix Briesen, the former a Irregularity in measurement and course. resident of Meager InforA collimator is also a very desirable mation has Evergreen. reached Golden regarding Instrument for use In this work. This the find, though It la reported the mica instrument Is a transit ascessory which Is of exceptional value. The vein Is first-clato can easily be adjusted any about twelve feet wide and the sheets cormining transit. It Insures absolute of mica are perfectly transparent. rectness. After the mining surveyor Tbe owners have been offerbaa carried the true meridian by true ed large sums for already the but property, angle measurement Into each level sta- these they have refused, as tbe mine Is tion of the mine he can rery easily es- a paying one from the start. Tbe Elat-erl- te tablish guide marks for the cross-cut- s Roofing Company of Denver has and drifts, so that the mine foreman placed an order for 1M) tons of waste or shift boss cannot fail to cut the ore mica, thirty ton of which were ship, eln at every level, and thus Insure coryesterday. rect connection with the perpendicular ped Colorado baa shoyvn bnt few veins shaft at each leveL That Insures a of good mica wo far, but Briesen, the solid hoisting shaft, permanent eleva- - finder of thla one thlnka they are more tion, no trouble nor extra expenses and plentiful here than is generally supan economical extraction. But if the posed. A possibility Viliich a vertical hoisting shaft is punk In the ore body, vein of tnlca cnnieg with It is that of following the mineral, what terrible petroleum oil. This vein has shown things may happen! We have such an slight Indications of petroleum and example In the great Basslck mine in hopes are entertained of the proximity Custer county. The work shaft of this of an oil body. Tgreat bonanza was sunk right In the big mineral deposit," the ore was stoped Bl Strike at Tarrmll, out all around the shaft and when the One of the most important strikes mine was shut down during the thirteen years of litigation among the ever made In the Tarryall district was owners, the whole mine actually went made in the Maverick, situated on to the dogs'as far as its working shaft Badger mountain and operated under was concerned. When interested par- bend and lease by the Woods Investties attempted to unwater the mine the ment Company of Colorado Spring. timbering, mudsills some sixty feet Ore. wns found at a depth of 140 feet, long, all went down Into the big cave, and "the shaft was continued thirty farther; then ft crosscut was run to 175 feet deep, and the present man- feet agement, under the very competent find the width of the vein, and la now disclosing the superintendence of Mr. Itae, formerly in twenty fedt, without - ' Aspenrhaff Innumerable dlfflenlilos west wall. Tof Tests made ofthe entire twenry fee; to overcome to get again to the ore below and the mine Into shape for sue- - gave retpma of $30 per ton In gold cessful ore extraction. All caused by and copper. A force of fifteen men Ja employed tbe idea of El C. Baseirk and bis early superintendents to Always follow the and two carloads of ore are now on the dump mJy for shipment ere vein! cross-course- s j S I s C. O D. Adventures of es ed - half-bare- , y, du-K- whlte-visag- half-nake- tbrereaktag and clutching tie ihond sad belaying ptts. 1 rushed below and brought p a blanket and great coat to wrap him in. and he was promptly swung over mtf the boat, where Carlton received and supported him. 7 hree bars of bread, with a tarpaulin to cover them, two kegs of rum, four a'ks of water, with oars, sails Ad ll ldankcts, were' thiown into the boat A hatihet and s bundle of spun-jsr- d completed our stores. The com passes were considered now to be um less, or were omitted, I for- etfaining-o- f the tim-l- s, get which The wind still amounted to a gale, though less violent, and It fanned tbe growing flames, so that the fated brig tuined fast. The lightning still flash-but at the horizon, and the thunder was heard to grumble above the hiss of the sea; yet we heeded mem not. though they added to the terror and the giandeur of the scene; and, most pro ldcntially for us, tbe fury of the storm w as past. Tattooed Tom was tbe last man who left the brig, and the moment he was in the boat he exclaimed, with a loud voice, that rang above the roaring of tbe.flames, which now gushed through every hatchway and aperture, above the howling of the wind end the breaking of the frothy. ea "Shove off! out oars, there, to starbod, a will to windward keep the boat's bow to the break of the sea!" We pulled silently and vigorously, and soon got clear of the brig, through the four stern windows of which four lines of light glared redly on tbe ocean. All our strength was required to achieve this, for the brig, being tbe larger body, attracted the boat toward her. However we got safely to windward, which was absolutely necessary, for to leeward there fell hissing Into the sea a torrent of sparks and burning brands from tbe rigging, which was all in flames now. Resting upon our oars, or only using them to keep tbe boat's bead to the break of the sea, and to prevent her being swamped an Operation during which they were as often flourished in the air as in the ocean, when we rove on tbe crest of one vast, heaving wave, or sank into the daik vale of water between two resting Ihtis, we gazed in silence and with aching hearts at the destruction of our home upon the through mist and spray, through darkness and obscurity, with the foam flying white as winter draft bows and martingale. Again there was a pale-gree- n, over her gleam overhead, right above the truck of the mainmast, where tbe chambers of the sky seemed to open. The clouds divided in the darkness of heaven, and out of that opening came tbe forked Jlght-a'.a- g, stgsag, green and ghastly, . -- . There was a dreadful shock, which knocked every man dpwn, except Carlton. who was at the wheel, and an aetamatlon of terror escaped Ug all. A thunderbolt had struck the Eu- .. its wondrous speed Instantaneous as electric light could be it glided down the main mast," and the framrending the topmast-ca- p ed grating of the top to rlwces; thence It Tan down the mainmast, burst through the deck and spent its fury in the hold. At that moment the with all Its yards, gear and canvas, fell about tbe deck in burning brands, and tbe brig was hove right In the winds eye, while the sea twitched the helm out of the hands of Ned Carl ton, who became bewildered on finding tbe compasses lose all their polarity by tbe Influence of tbe electric fluid, tbe north polnf of one heading southeast and of the other southwest Almost immediately after this there was a cry of "Fire!" that cry ee terrible, eo appalling on board ahlp; and then thick white smoke was seen to Issue from tbe crevices Of the battened genie! VI 1th 11 nt main-topma- main-hatchwa- st, y. All hands rushed to this point The wa unshipped from Its cbocka and dragged aft; some stood by with .buckets of water, while others struck off the padlocks and iron bars the tarpaulin was torn away tbs batch lifted and lo! , . A column of fire ascended In straight line from the body of the hold lurid, red and scorching, as the casks of molasses and bales of cotton burned and blazed together. A column that rose up between the masts, ecorced through the mainstay, all the braces of the foreyards, and filled tbe whole vessel with light, announced that all was over, J "It Is doomed ship! cried Tom w must leave her at Lambourne; last Clear away the longboat Be cool, lads; be cool and "steady! Tour live depend, upon your conduct now, and your obedience to orders!" long-bo- at . soft Orphul mt th Beero A pathetic appeal of, the committee cf Africander and Bond members of parliament was Issued at Cape Town, Oct. 10, 1899, signed by Messrs, N. F. " DeWaal, Joseph N. Hoffman, J. H. Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Tberon and D. J. A.Van Zyl, which, says among other things; "What may, what can. w colonial Africanders do la this sorrowful time? Join In the work of warfare with the weapuos? The law and our duty aa British subjects forbid this, even Should other clrcumKtanres not oppose such a course of action. "But what neither tbe law nor ths duty of the subject forbids, and what, moreover, agrees ,in every respect with 11 principles of religion and humanity, is tbs offering of help to the wounded, to tbs widows sad ths Idew . In the name of the Africander bond, bn behalf of the citizens of ths South African republic and their noble ally, tbe Orange Free State. 1 appeal to all Americans to show their sympathy with ths brave people who are now. In the words n Ha ucQck, .liter- - , all that ally offering they bavs. all that they are, sad all that they hope to be, upon the altar of their country, fighting to the death the arrogance end imposition of the great British empire, la order to remain free and Independent, as did our American forefathers la' 1776 and 1811- - THERE WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED ON THE BRITI3H-AMERICA- HOSPI- N ' TAL SHIP. Send to me yonr subscription, small and large, and 1 will tend the amount to Mr. C. C. de Vllllers. Capa Town, the honorable treasurer of tbe committee of the Africander bond, to be expended under that appeal. 1 sent IS.000 on Feb. 23. 1900. GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN, No. 141 Feb. 4 a . American Treasurer; Broadway, New York City. , 24, 1900. KITCHEN tRa COOL WORK. As M Orfsnlsar tits lirltuu Few Equal. Onnl Mae General Kltcener, during the first month in South Afrlee, went up end down the lines. Inspecting every detail of the system of supplies, vlslllog Methuens, French' end Gstacre's headquarters, making changes at De Aar, Belmont, and other polqte and transforming the entire traatpoH service. Every square peg la a hole Came ou and e fllclent inen were put iirttie her spars, sails and rigging had dispiece of dawdlers and blunderers. Hi appeared. bad not been in Capetown forty-eigTbe entire deck had been consumed; boars before all officer Idling about the bulwarks and molded plank-shetbe clubs and hotels under tbe pretense rapidly followed, and through the flames that roared fiercely from the of sick leave were sent on their way to hollow Of her hulFwe couIrsei thf rejoia their eommande... General Kitchblack timberbeads standing upward ener went everywhere end saw everylike a row of fangs. thing, end when General Roberta was Rents appeared next la her sides ready to start for the front victory was the flames burst through tbe Inner and already organized. outer sheathing, and with a hissing SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS. sound as they met the waves of the briny eea. Then a salt steam rose, Bow the Qenue Are nurture eu4 the and Us strange odor, with that of - ' J plenum 1 Spread. the burning wood, was wafted at times It would seem that people will never toward us. learn to be careful. Tbe recent alarmAt last sbe gave a sudden heel to spread of that dire epidemic, starboard, and with a sound unlike ing smallpox, throughout different sec anything I ever heard before a deluge tion of the country baa been traced of water extinguishing a mighty fire and sanitarians in many by physicians on waves In rushed the tumultuously to the - moldy and Instances directly all sides. She vanished from our sight of paper and " pasto layers rotting In mist and obscurity, and ft heavy cover the walls of many houses. which darkness suddenly replaced the glare practice of laying layer after layer that tor a time had lit np ths heaving The of paper on a wall, using common sea, dazzling onr eyes and sickening flour paste, Is especially calculated to onr hearts. ereate hornet for disease germs. Peo(To be continued.) er , WESTERN NOMENCLATURE. the CtrtoM, te Chu Quaint Msaiss of Orogoo Town. It Is difficult to shake off the names attached to streams and mountains by the pioneers of a new country. With few exceptions Washington state has fared well In nomenclature. In a majority of Instances Indian names have been retained, and usually they are easy and poetlcaL But in some cases the individuality of the first settlers prompted them to an effort to Improve on the native names Of streams and sections, and in some instances they were not happy in their originality Tbe word Hangman baa clung to tbe little stream which skirts Epoksn on Its western border, and repeated spasmodic efforts to center tbs public mini on the more melodious name Latah have failed of their purpose. Now Senator Plummer of thla county has lntTSt duced a bill at Olympia to make this change, and as no objection can attach probe My pass, to the measure and may exit sufficient force to bring about the desired change. A few swept-throuyears ago an esthetic movement the Oregon legislature, and a n amber of pioneer names were turned down for more polite ones. The good people of Alkali, in eastern Oregon, Imagined that ths name was not one to conjure eastern capital, and dropped it for Arlington.' A new osroe was fie vised for Bully creek, and Taller Dog and Bake Oven were tabooed as primitive and unpoetlc. Bake Oven has adhered, and is still the name of a fndesd,jnachroom. remains for Improvement of the nomenclature of Oregon, which Include! In IU lint towns" of Burnt of postoffiees, the Lobster, Haystack, Gooseberry, Ranch, Long Tom, Mule, Shake, Shirk, Standfew names in Idaout, and Sucker, A for the better, be dropped could ho among them Bayhorse, Corral, Gimlet, Gentle Valley, Sawtooth, snd Yellow Jacket Spokaad Spokesman-Revie- Konant, . . , it-wi- ll gh post-offic- ! of-Joh- CHAPTER XXV7 Cast Away. Not a moment was lost In getting tbe longboat over the side, snd with a heavy splash, by which it was nearly swamped, we got It Afloat, Ned Carlton and probart, the carpenter, sprang In to fend off and keep It from being stove of dashed to pieces by the sea against the brig's side. By the wild, weird glare that rose in frightful columns from the main and fore hatchways we had plenty of light, aa it shone far over the huge billow of that dark and tempestuous eeft, to which we were about to com mit our fortunes, and now a pale and figure" approached "miles of Italy has had 294 square It was Marc Hlslop, whom the terin the last to it added territory rible odor had roused from his berth land 70 years by the advance of the delta In the cabin, and he now came forthe Adriatic eea. ward, supporting bis feeble steps by of the Po into half-dress- ed v - orphans." sea. We could feel the heat of tbe conflagration even to windward. In a quarter of an hour she was enveloped from stem to stern In a sheet of fire that rate .skyward, ln .thft form of a pyramid. By this time every vestige" oT -- seemed aa nothing the very silence of death while the Eugenie tore on, round her stern pull with ard-pull TRANSVAAL, FUND. AMERICAN e." ple could hot do mors to affect such ft result If they tried. Tbe rotting vegetable matter affords caves from which are ready to dart forth the Infection at every opportunity. There 1 no ex cuss for this practice, a walls and ceilings can be coated with ft pure, cleanly aud sanitary material like Ala hastlns, for Instance, at no greater exis a rock-bas- e pense. Alabastlne cement, which incorporate Itself with ths waft or ceiling. . It Is easily applied, comes ready to mix with cold water, require no washing or scraping before renewing or reflating, is and safe. beautiful, long-lastiFor wall that have been Infected, nothing Is "equal to Alabastlne as ft disinfectant to render them pure and clean tad the rooms once more .habitable. Te ftupprms Frlsu Fights. Representative Hepburn of Iowa has introduced ft' bill providing that no d euee pckm- - of sn y prl ze--. pi ct n or fight pugilistic encounter, or any proposal of betting on a fight shall be transmitted, ffrrjhe malls or by any common carrier engaged in InteruUU commerce, w betherlna ne wspsper or periodical or in any other form, and providing n heavy penalty for viol tion. retr 1 "Hew Mexico Duupemdo Killu4. fismuel Sandoval. a young deeps- -' redo, was killed, and several ettiaens wounded at the bsttle at tbe town of Atarique, which followed an attempt to arrest Sandoval and Juan Mestaa, who bad been "shooting np the Mesta was captured, . American In Union George Clark end Scotty McKay, two American locomotive engineers,, base now been In prison at Orizaba, Mexico, for over ten months without trial and there seems to be no early prospect ef their guilt or innocence belDg passed 1 Bpon by the local court. Ex Minuter Phelps Dead, to Hon. E. C.Fbelpsr-Mtniste- r England, la dead at his residence in New Haven, Coon. He had been 111 I'r-to- -- since early in Jannary with an attach of Pneumonia. , , - |