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Show I Jt " f I V 1 X, IMPORTANT LEGISLATION REC- MINING MENTION. OMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT. MM matte lAiogfelluw A fori- - uf miner, Many of the holders of Home Mining (tout have been expecting an earty iiie Home In thin tuey says the M cuius j his DereUipment of tfco Company Property. uiwdeuu, but of 11 LEADVILLES NEW BONANZA. Adopt, on of the Cold Standard Urged Upon Coagreti Legltljtioa RejJrdiag Trust 1 Recommended Our Duty Concerning Cuba - Philippine Inaurrection Cannot Withdraw From Philippine Form oi Government Recommended lor Porto Rico Samoan Affair Alaskan Boundary Pacific Cable, Nicaraguan Canal, Etc, will be LeudvUle Miser, at the end on Bull II111. w in sinking a new-sh- ft ou iL.it ground, operation efi which win not Ik discontinued vertically until i ije 8 Imft haa attained a depth of fully t ,ih si ioet. He ha contemplated cueu-ir- e development at the fur mime time, but hi ere not detmitely decided upon plan until recent h new The M,uft will lie 14x74 feet In the char, ami will mutaiu three Ak tile progresses other dei louueiit uslukg , luiiu will be started from tiiiicrcnt let el lu tbe new shaft, but It h ihe pin pus of Mr. Ntrat-t- o to drive the ahull on the Longfellow I.ikm fet i In j, regard lews of what ore bodies niiiy discovered while the deep working are taring secured. It lathe most important new development iBSttewitted- mi HitB hill for more than a year, nnd w In u completed will add immensely to the value of all the surrounding mines In the immediate vicinity of the lomgfellow, as it will, in all pro! lability, demonstrate the existence of ore Imdh n m commercial quantities at greater depth than they are now known to exist In that particular portion of the Hull hiu district -It Is learm-- from the best information that a rich ore shoot has been opened on Strattous Logan mine, on Bull hill. In tbe drift of the 1,000-foshaft Detailii of the strike are not given out. hut It la positively sure that Stratton has found a. fine body of mineral in the at great depth, and thnt It promises to reward him handsomely for the heavy expense which he has gone to during the past year or more In exploiting the Logan ground. t- T Fifty-sixt- 1 it 1 arcb-bishft- ts n Company To Ihe Seuate amt House of Representatives n Spain on the 18th of March followinp In this ut the uuvuuetiug ot the down-loAt toe ihrthhohl of your delib-ra- ti ua you are manner the Philippines caifie u uie Uuiud was a goutt many dollars in toe mints, called to mourn with your couutrvmeu the Slates. The islands sere ceutd b Spain, red; the mu ultimate h cement at the death of Hi yreat which had been in undisputed possession of ' Ihiu Atr Hobart aiming materially to thin. Af. ' aoul will no rests in eternal peace Hla prl-- them for centuries They were act epted not ter the mules were uuwatured there !e llfeaas pure and elevated while hU puh-U- o merely by our authorized commissioners In was a deal of clean,., out to no great cacareer was ever distinguished by larue Paris under the direction of the executive, but done Ulore any ore whatever could be pacity, stainless Integrity and exalted motives by the constitutional and well considered acleached, hince then all tills tndebted-lKs- a The h Congress Convenes In Brat tion of the rcprrscntal i vr, ol the people of the has been wiped out and a goodly regular session with the country In a condition United States, In both htu es of congress reserve fund in on hand. of nuusual prosperity I bad every reason to believe, and I still beGovernment receipts The dntta run In the rich Penrose ore ifrom all sonnies, fur tbe'Swal jear ended dune lieve, that this transfer of sovereignty was In body show It to continue In depth bet'ustoma accordance with the wishes and the aspirations' low the bottom w orbing of tin ahnft 30, im aggresated tfclO, 83.011 35, to that It would be Impossible to I&lue receipts were J308 138,481 73 and those from In- of the great mass of the Filipino people From the earliest moment no opportunity The expenditernal revenue 1373 437 HI 51 It without serious loan, unless the shaft tures were :u),tW3,&ft4 113, leaving a dehclt of was lost of assuring the people of the islands of was deepened. A winze will probably AT our ardentdeslre for their welfare and of the be sunk on the ore in the near future, 988,111,5511 The 8erretary of the treasury estimate that tneentlon of this government to do everything an the company is now figuring on the receipts for the current fiscal year wlU ag- possible m advunte their Interests. In my au electric pump for use in Bink-lu- g order of the l8th of May 1898 the commander gregate Mix) 858 13, leavuw tluoutuOO of the military expedition, dispatched to the GOLD STANDARD URGED All ore being mined from the Penrose 1 Philippines was Instructed to declare that we Is tukeu from development work only, urgently recommend that to support the existing gold sundurd and to maintain " the came not to make war upon the people of the 'ihe uiuiu let el is lie lug run In on the feet parity In va,ue of the coins of the two metala country, nor upon any part or faction among ore body and at every twenty-fiv- e are made to determine It (gold and silver) and the equal power of every them, but to protect them Id their homes, in cross-cut- s and their Id tb the their personal dollar at all times In the market and width. The ore shipped from these employments and payment of debts ' the secretary of the treaa-ur-y religious rights workings amounts to about 200 tons be given additional power and charged with Early In the year a commission was appointed per day. the duty to sell United States bonds and to em- to establish civil government in the Philipure being shipped and the mine la lookpines. Hut before their arrival at'Manila the ing better every day. The south drift, ploy such other effective means as may be necw hicb is essary to these ends While there Is now no sinister ambition of a few lead r. of the Filibeing driven to catch the concommercial fright which lthdrswa gold from pinos had created a situation full of embarrasstinuation of the ore shoot to the souththe government but on the contrary, such ment for us and moat grievous In Its consewest Is looking flue and may open the shoot any time. In the breast of the widespread eontldenoe that gold geek the quences to themselves AMERICANS in ATTACKED, main east drift a fine body of sand treasury, demanding paper money exchange, Just before the time set for the senate of the and chloride ore has been opened up yet the very situation points to the present as MINES ABOUT LOS CER1LLOS. the most fitting time to make adequate provis- United Slates to vote upon the treaty an at- In the last few days, and an upraise ion to insure the continuance of the gold standtack, evidently prepared In adt ance, was made ha been made which ha now pene- Ne DUtrh-- t at Croat Promise Working ard and of public confidence In the ability and all along the American lines, which resulted In trated the ore body to a height of fifthe Tnrqeote Claim. purpose of the government to meet all its obli- a terribly destructive and sauguinufy repulse teen feet 'Mining conditions around Los Cerll-lo- s The' north drift frbm this shaft ia gations in the money which the civillxed world of the Insurgents. are Improviug all tbe time. Minof Ten an later order govthe as best. days now In the Insurgent recognizes ome 7uu feet and haa excellent ing men who have made venture ernment was Issued to Its adherents who had Indications for ore. MERCHANT MARINE A large water around here are becoming better satisThe value of an Americau merchant marine remained in Manila, of which General Otis course which in this vicinity is an al- fied as development In their claims Is It and observes Intent that "(or barbarous Justly to the extension of our commercial trade most certain Indication of ore, waa re- progresses. Home big galena ore waa In sea It directs the cently encountered. Thla drift ia being unearthed near here modern times unequalled the atrengiheuiug of our power upon the last week, assayInvites the Immediate action of congress. Our slaughter of all people In the city except Fili- drive not only to prospect the ground, ing as high as ounces ot silver, and but with the ultimate end of connect- besides the lead,thirty national development will be pino families. roots. at grass so long as the remarkable growth Fortunately a copy of the proclamation fell ing with the Penrose shaft and workThe American Turquoise Company into the hands of the Americans and taey were ings, which it will tap at n depth of is d our Inland Industries remains unaccompanworking- - away on Its properties. ied by progress on the seas. We shall fail to able to take measures to control the uprising sixty feet below the present bottom, Mike ONeal, who owns a turquoise was which we if our thus allowing the big ore body to be claim near here, has a sack of several actually attempted. complacently realize opportunities A considerable of and blind armed number home Insurgents worked fb better advantage. The total pounds of these handsome gems that regard only matters at to the necessity of of uecurlng our share entered the city by waterways and swamps length of this drift when connected he has taken out very recently. Mr, la concert with confederate inside, at- -' will be 2,000 feet Whefl completed It ONeal has been In search of and, in the valuable carrying trade of the world. turquoise tempted to destroy Manila by lire. They were will divert a large quantity of water, for twenty years, and Is perhaps the TRUSTS AND INDUSTRY. of capital organized Into kept in check during the night and th next now being handled through the PenCombinations best expert on tbe blue, gem mining trusts, to control the conditions of trade among day were driven out of the city with heavy loss rose, to the Bon Air, in which large in the world, on account of his great Deplorable as war la the one In which we are pumps will be placed, and will make experience and devotion to this class ear citizens, to stitle competition. limit production and determine the prices of products now engaged was unavoidable by ua. W were sinking the Penrose shaft a much eas- of m'nlng. ier proposition. consumed by the people should early claim the attacked by a bold, adventurous and enthusiThe Gypsy Queen, on the Orita land astic army . No alternative waa left to ua, exThe ore shipped from this shaft and grant, which until recently belonged attention of the congress. retreat. been the Starr shaft will pay the operating to Chris Wegan and others of Las engaged cept Ignominious The Industrial commission ha Until congress shall have made known the expenses of the company, while the en- Vegas, waa la extended hearing upon the disputed quesrecently sold for $50,000. tion involved in the subject of oojnblnatlon in formal expression of lie will, I shall use the tire output of the Penrose goes into the The Gypsy Queen Is held under a restraint of trade. They have not yet com- authority vested in me by the const! tuiloa and reserve fund, but no dividend! will be lease and is developed shaft and a crosspleted their Investigation, and the conclusions the statutes to uphold the sovereignty of the paid before the first of the year, and np by a seventy-foo- t aM recommendations at which they may ar- United States In those distent lands and In an possibly not Just then. The company cut tunnel 140 feet The greater other plaoes where our Bag rightfully float. has ample time In which to extract values consist In free gold, but galena rive are undetermined. these immense ore bodies, and It Is and manganese are a ccotupani ment a. , Th truest kindness to the misguided InsurNICARAGUAN CANAL. wUl bo a awtft and effeetiva defeat (4 a direct benefit to each stockholder tq Tbe Monte Cristo Placer Mining The contract of the Marstime Canal company gents present leader. The hour of victory will have thla done as cheaply as possible, Company, under the management of t Nicaragua was declared forfeited by the their combe of the reconstruction. hour end and the development work of the clemancy Colonel Wood, haa started up Ita exMcaraguan government on the t th of October No effort will be spared to build up the waste pany la now being shaped to this end. cavation and steam cradte, which has tea the within of oz the ground places desolated by war and by long years of been dormant for some time, awaiting years' term stipulated In the Contract. Th mlsgovernment. Wo shsU not wait for the for n larger pump to be placed In poa has lodged protest $faratlme Canal company OF ADVANTAGES SORTING. end of the strife to begin tb beneficent work. sition, and. - barring accident!, this gsinst this action- -. This government expect Wa shall continue, as w have begun, to open to the United .that Nicaragua will afford the protestanta a full' the schools and the Vital Necessity of 4 BrefnI Examination at company will be sending churches, and In every wsy Htatee mint a stream of the yellow Peter Ora It. an4 fair hearing upon the merits of the case. . make these people feel Milling that it is their liberty metal from now on. The great Importance of this oanal cannot be and not our Undoubtedly mnrh of tbe rock put power, their welfare and not our Professor B. F. Giltner has taken a - top often or too strongly pressed, upon the sty that Wear seeking totnhsnoe. through quart mllla doe not contain bond du lfiO acres of placer ground tention of the congress. In my message of a gain sufficient value to pay for its crushThe people of the island of Negros have untbe Edison property, which is year ago I expressed my view of the necessity reservedly proc.atmed allegiance the United ing, while encroaching upon tbe ca- rich in placer gold, and aa soon as arto link the two would great which f s canal be which of the stamps States and adopted a constitution looking to pacity might rangements can be made this ground mooting, to which I again Invite your considerathe establishment of a popular government. employed in crushing pay rock. The will be made to give up a half million tion. The reasons then presented lor early The dedollars worth of gold nuggets. government set up by the inhabitants of question for tbe mine manager to Wotlofi are even stronger now. termine Is, does the rock being sent to Negro proved unsatisfactory to the native ALASKAN BOUNDARY. mill contain waste, and if so, bow and A new system was put into fore themselves. A 8CARCITY OF MEN. By means of an executive agreement a Joint by order of the the where shall it be gotten rid of undercommanding the for created pursurface? or on tbe high commission had been a ground Great Activity la leaf Croak Ceeaty department, eomprudng military governor, beIn some mines the barren rock ocpose of adjusting all unsettled questions who was authorized to appoint secretaries of Mining business Is sorely on the adtween the United State and Canada, , embrac- the treasury, Interior, agriculture, public Im- curs In large masses, lnterstratifled, vance In dear Creek county and It Is which were the among contwelve subjects as and with the it were, pay rock, ing to secure miners. Many of provement, and attorney general; a civil govimpossible the fisheries of the of fur the seals, be waste queetlons may ernor, who advises the military governor, end ditions are such that the the Intending to Increase companies some to coast and the Alaskan boundary. sot as secretary of stole; an advisory council left standing, as pillars, which been unable to do so forces their have ae the to an of agreement In the failure of eight members elected by the people, who extent help In supporting the ground. because of the shortage. Tbe Lamar1823 Russia between of meaning of the treaty th duties of a legislature. Th In others this cannot be done, and th tine management la tbe latest to adverdischarge defined the boundary ad Greet Britain which tb tise for men. judiciary eonslsty of three judge appointed by waste must be mined together withsorti , between Alaska and Canada, the American th military governor. Free ore. Here, again, the question of schools Tbe mills are running to tbelr full capubiio of yniiPlwinMWi proposed that Ihe subject the ere being established throughout th populous ing must be determined by existing pacity, and the output of milling ore is boundary be laid aside and that the remaining district where the English language is taught conditions. If the waste occurs in in excess of any other month of this with, be of diflerenoei proceeded be these question may rejected year. large .blocks, e producers are NO WITHDRAWAL FROM ISLANDS. Many asqro -- hirh were solar advanced as to by tbe miners who usually are able and It Is reported here to sure the probability of a settlement. ThU be- 'The siiggreUWh bee heed stade towt we essit to rftstTftitolali the di(Fewe between' starting up, the Amy C. mis n Seaton renounce our authority over th islands, end, waste and ore and used as filling. If, flaythat ing declined by the British commissioners, sn mountain bas been sold to Boston peoa them retain giving protecindependence, the until boundary on tbe other bandr tbe waste breaks ple adjournment wss taken John Owen. through not be over will torate them. This two propositloa should be adjusted by the governments. small, and, from necessity, becomes The Golconda property, up Fall river, attenam of serious I found, sure, worthy your intimately mixed with, tbe ore. then ha a good strike to report PACIFIC CABLE. In th tion. Such an arrangement would Involve at the sorting would be more effective, ex-- ! lode The Japanese government has shown a lively on Mahal a wlnse the of linking the outset a cruel breach of faith. It would pedltious and less expensive on the below interest la the proposition of the Pacific cable at feet but a of ind fifty depth who ask surface, where boys - or cheep men the to add to It projected cable lines to --rowaU, place the peaceable and loyal majority, width of tbe win than to accept our authority, at might be employed In this light work. ha adit the entire Guam and the Philippines a branch connection nothing better come Into ore of a good grade. would make of armed the It mercy insurgents. cost of Is the Where tbis necessary, to a working with the coast of Japan. I recommend that la os responsibl for' the sets of the Insurgent tramming and hoisting bas to be taken This will be changed esse oongrea should not take measures to bring shaft and it Is probable that the shaft no control them. us to leaders and power give Into consideration. wilt then go down for several hundred about this result by direct action of the govIt does not seem desirable that I should recomAs a general proposition all rock - , ernment, the postmaster general be authorized mend at this time a fret of final and fora specific which, having reached the dnrface, The Perking tunnel on Chicago creek, to invite competitive Mis tor the establishment When islands. three peace contains sufficient value to pay even is government for of a eable. making good headway. The present shall be restored It will be th duty of congress the cost of milling, or near It, should crosscutPARTITION OF SAMOAN GROUP. to construct a plan of government which shall be crushed, as being less expensive iwntract call for 600 feet of before and are Air in drills use, ting. conhas beat A satisfactory arrangement establish and maintain freedom And order and than sorting. Where large amounts of the completion of the contract It ia cluded between the government of Germany peace In the Philippine The Insurrection is ore are crushed and the tailings are more than one of the big and Of England, by virtue of which England re- attU existing, and when It termlustes, further subsequently cyan tiled, the crushing lodes that mountired from Samoa, and both power renounced information will be required i to the actual and after treatment of waste rock tain crossing through the Alps Homs will be cut bv this tiinnri. in favor of the United States ell their rights condition Of affairs before Inaugurating a per- amounts to a large sum in tbe course work is also under way on the veins 4 . .and claims over that portion of the group em- manent scheme of civil government. of a year. were of and indications already, of Tutuila, Ofoo, Islands Olosenga PORTO the FOR RICO. p case In of the a bracing mill crush- a most character. gratifying eud name . , the and Manus. I recommend that leglHlatioa jo ing 400 tons of rock daily at a.coet of ' ) CUBA. . be bad with reference to tor government of 40 cents per ton. If 10 per cent be In The Midas Vela Widening. measures administrative All the adopted Porto Rico. It Is desirable that the govern- l waste, containing no value, then the The large depRlt of Iron recently Cuba have aimed to fit h for a regenerated ex- ment of the Islands under the Hw of brllgerent cost of crushing this waste -- would istence by enforcing the supremacy of kw and right, new maintained through the executive amount in one year to $5 $40. bringing opened In the Mldaa mine In the tMO Justice. This nation has assumed before the department, should bo supOTwult d by an ad- ! the cost of crushing thcROO tons of pgjr j block on East Fifth street continue to world e grave responsibility for the future good ministration entirely civil In its nature. For rock dally to 44 cents Per ton. If tbe expand, as driven upon by four cross-- ! government of Cuba. We have accepted a present purposes I recommend that congress cyanine process be subsequently cm-- ! tut a A promising field of lead cai trust, the fulfillment of which calls for the pass i Lw for the organization of a temporary ployed In the treatment of the tailings Donate ore la also being developed, car-isternest integrity of purpose and the exercise government, whlib shall piovMc for the apbulk, an additional expense i en- - j rying twenty ounces of silver, anil 30 tailed tn direct proportion to tbe cost, ' per cent lead, The first settlement 4 the bhhest wisdom. Our mission, to accom- pointment by the president, auhjorl to confirplish which we took up the gage of buttle, la mation by the Muit.tl a governor and such as In the mill, so that It become evl- -' from thla new shlpjR-- r are now coming amtriter, the big Phllad-lplii- a not to be fulfilled by turning adrift any1 loosely other officer a the general sdminlxtnttloa of dent that the management can afford framed commonwealth to face the vicissitude the island may require, and that few legislative to expend the amount of the cost of and show the values contained In the whose weaker state which too often attend purposes end subject of a local bSture not parcrushing tbe iuhllltniinl waste rock In sliver and iron to be 47 per cent. Iron natural wealth and abundant resources ere taking of a federal character, a legislative sorting It out. Tor it will result In ulti- excess and eleven ounces sliver, which Of Is very good ore whefi the heavy tonby the Incongruities their political organs council, composed jiastiy at Porto Rican end mate gain In ubsquent treatment. nage is taken in account This ore tzation. Whatever be the outcome, w must tartly of citizens of the United States, shall be to sort it speaking, Generally pays sbowe higher silver values In see that tree Cuba be a reality, not a name, e nominated and appointed by the president ores going to mill where crushing I body perfect entity, not e hasty experiment bearing subject toeonflrmation by the senate, their acts lone on a large settle at low cost; but places and. will doubt lee .show a to be subject to the approval of the eongroa where ores are shipped to custom mills steady increase In the settl ment ehret within Itself the element of failure. and president prior te go, eg Into effect. THE PHILIPPINES. and smelters, where transportation as development work pro greases. Tb he . CONCLUSION. , of charges and treatment are hlsh. The possibilities of the Mlda territorymake ISA th treaty On the 10th of December, the win level son re for careful are to this obvious. Presented at sorting and opporcongress great Spain peace between the United States a dose second to the Penrose, which Is Mining and Scientific Press. was signed. It provided, among other things, tunities. With them come great reapunitblU-tie- s. a good deal when the amount of saying Tb power confided to a Increase th Spain should eede to the United States rich chloride lead and iron ore is con' that the archipelago known a the Philippine Is- weight of our eMlgntioas loafer people, and w STRATTON AFTFR A BONANZA. sidered that has gone down below tbo lands, that th United State should pay to must be prof, uo. I.y eentURa of them a w 640-foThe level of the Penrose. and grave problem wbleh WlU nee th end civil th Contemplate of that sum 30,a,0u the Spats Sisk s Shaft 1.000 Feet Drop the close proximity of this latest discovery us the Inhabieoafroat of at Aiming only native th good, pnhHe status end political 'rights to gfellow. to the Home bonanza Is what encour , w Cannot err tant should be determined byeongrea. ares the City Mining Comnany'9 conW, 8. Stratton has started work on ' WILLIAM McKINLEY. on ratified eeast the th was l.y The treaty mlnln? enterprise on templated development work. very Important 1899. 9, Ez Derembet of Mansion, th sad stir 1809, by 9th of February, government " one-sid- our-aeiv- es ninety-nine-ye- . major-gener- for a fresh campaign Is by keeping very quiet at Grasmere, walking or driving very little, life when on duty engagements. dwelling place bishops To onegivelongonesuccession of of the OP CANTERBURY. specimen days; Prayer. 8:30; then Immediately afterward lettit I a Historic Old rues Description breakfast; ters with the chaplain 'until 10:45; - of rossM ItMlysst. W bo Bo. meeting, 11 to 1; informal conference lu I lata Livlaa Bad , licxce Ulk with a bishop at 2; took th chair -Tfcluklaz. fl fr-.3.30 until 8; 8:30 started-fo- r the north, arrived 10, The next day, matins at 9; public breakfast, 10; InLambeth palace for nearly 700 year has Ucu the home of the archbishops spection clergy training home; lunch- - , eon at a neighboring rectory with of Canterbiu, and every primate, exan old friend; evensong; dinner, 8:80; Lamlieehet. has lived there. cepting beth la full of romantic and historic meetln, 7:30, when his grace adassociations. Under the shadow of a dressed 8,000 people. It Is Interesting to not how each buttress uf the magnificent gateway of life seems to fit a the wife II, hid until she circumstance man for tbe positions could escape by boat. Her majesty single-minda disguised as a washerwoman and he Is called upon to occupy. Mra Temple is almost as full of humor as carried her young babyr to all appearthe archbishop, whom she accompanies ance a bundle of soiled linen. To the right on entering ts the por- everywhere; and hi graca haa a ter s lodge; here Mr. Parker, ho was for so many years butler to th late archbishop, wul no doubt show you. If you ask, a small cupboard, Inoide which are Iron bara adtpsa what wga originally an opening, through which everyone ascending the stalrcaae to the prisoner above could be eeen. Th Lollard tower faces th entrance; here heretica were confined and sere chained to Iron rlnga-T- h postroom at the bottom of th staircase Is very old. It has a fine circular arch leading Into the chapel, which is not remarkable for its beauty. Here morning prayer Is said when the archbishop Is at home at 8:30 and avenlng prayer at 10. No press of businesa la ever made" aa excuse for missing either. Adjoining the chapel Is tn Interesting vestry. Curiously enough this dark little room Is connected by three steps with a small morning room at the end of m cor- ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. ridor, where there U a glass case conhappy, restful home, with s wife and. taining a cope, stole, rosary and crucitwo sons who are devoted to him. fix, said to have belonged to Cardinal Pole. There Is also the ebell of s tortoise with the inscription Put into CHINESE GO OUT the gardens at Lambeth by Archbishop T Gather tb Ftrot Crop at aiakg Laud In th year 1633, where It reNets la Thla Cana try. mained until the year 1733, when It Washington special to Chlco waa unfortunately killed by the negliJournal; The Chinese laundrymen of gence of a gardener." It Is quite extraordinary that com- Washington have been getting up very early these fall mornings In order to paratively few church people seem to go nutting. But it Is not the chestnuts have teen a place so rich in memories or the chlnquepln which tempt them, of the distant past and covering an vicinity. area Of no less than eisbtiiea acre. though both abound in th -Her bishops have been consecrated, They have been gathering In tbe on borne female tlx Ginkgo nuts, tried and ordered out of the kingdom, Ginkgo trees composing part Of th to return at their perUfherercenturte handsome double row which borders -soverher convocations ago, met; th smooth asphalt drive leading np to eigns have sojourned again and again; the mala building of the agricultural her triale have been held find prisoners led out to the scaffold. The guard- department The yield of these six room la now used as a dining room. trees Is th first considerable crop of Tbt first room on th left It a smaller Ginkgo nuts ever grown in this counhome Is Japan and China, , dining room, almost opposite the door try. Their of the large drawing room, with its and the Inhabitants of these countries beautiful bay window. The corridors regard the nuts as a choice article of food- - Tha ItMt ia tbe ireauada lb Jacobean chairs and several old chests, agricultural Oepartmeiu vtu and the wails here, aa everywhere, are from seed Imported thirty 1 are Just now arriving hung with portraits of former arch- TheyTh nut more a looks like p erauu- bishop. The house la furnished ex- ty n mon is a soft exterior nut Its than actly as on would expect by a primate limy pulp of n whitish color and who has never indulged Belt It is simshriveled In appearance. When ple and dignified. There la a marked much haken from the trees the nuts fall In ahsence of anything luxurioua, a besloppy mess on the ground. The lli ts a bishop ot the church of Christ; Chinamen gather them In wooden ,bd it been otherwise the archbishop- boxes and take them to the little artiand Mra Temple could not be as opeaficial lake, near by. Here they wash handed as they both are, Plain living and high thinking have off the pulp, which has n peculiar and always been characteristic of the arch- frightfully offensive odor, and tbe nut bishop, and he often disappoints a hoe--' which looks like a plum pit except pltable friend by his persistent refusal that It Is whiter, is put Into a bag. Hit The nuts are cooked before being to dig hi grave with his teeth. were habits acquired early In eaten. The Interior is soft and gelatsimple life at BallloL Dr. Temple tok a high inous and rather tasteless. Ameridegree at double first and later be- cans who have tasted, them do not take kindly to them, and the fondness came a fellow and tutor Of bis college, yet he had the courage to live of the oriental for them ia credited to very economically, ia order to save the reminiscence which they recall ot his native land and possibly the nut his mother expense, often going without candle In hie room and reading pie which "mother used to make." by th light of the gas on the stairs. Tbs Ginkgo tree was Imported for purposes. It Tb archbishop and Mrs. Temple are shade and ornamental resembles the poplar in certain reconcrete examples that total abstainers can get through a good days work. spects, but Its shape Is more regular, Nor Is this all A bishop must be being pyramidal and gracefully taper"given to hospitality," however much ing. It haa a dark green e scalloped be would enjoy a quiet evening after leaf which adheres until the very lat, a The .bright . a day of meetings. A' sureonBiou Of est frost guests' are constantly coming and go- - yellow and sheds rapidly. Th nuts grow only on the female trees and are close to the branches behind tbe leaves, and each has Its Individual stem. The department has received request from th Vanderbilt estate near Asheville, N. C., for some of the peck seeds of the tree, and has sent of the nuts to "Blltmore, where an effort will be made to grow some ot the tree. PALACE MANY YEARS al ' old-tim- ed oak-panel- . 4 J to-da- y -- 5 i t n i . lfrom off-a- ct Pret KYot n i -- V Bat Hoaaar We Salt Sad. title and an English colonel of dragoons had a deadly quarrel; blood only could wash out the Insults that had passed betweeii them. Both men were eccentric to a degree, and they agreed that lots should be drawn, and that the loser should at once proceed to some retired spot and shoot himself. The next morning the opponents and tjielr second? met at a small cafe outside of the town. Lots were duly drawn, the Frenchmen provhi ing the winner. The colonel took bad fortune calmly. He wrote a few lines upon a piece of paper vhlch he handed to hit second, took an affectionate farewell1 of all, and graciously forgave hH more fortunate adversary. He then,, accepting the loaded pistol, moved steadily into au adjoining room, and closed the door. Tbe other remained breathlessly awaiting the sound which was to convey to them th ending of the tragedy. At last It came. Eagerly they ran to the door of the fatal chamber, when It was thrown open, and tbe supposed defunct stood on the threshold, grasping the smoking weapon. "Gracious, gentlemen!" exclaimed be, blandly, "Is It not unfortunate? I have missed myself!" A Frenchman of -- ' K LAMBETH PALACE. ing, although they generally leave on Saturday, and as a rule Sunday la a day of rest from social and official en- gagements. Then there are huge reception In Convocation week, when -ecclesiastical dignitaries, with their wives and daughters, nr invltcl from all parts pfEngland and Wales -to kaeet leading church ' people In LoadoiwGn these occasions there Is a band at the top of the staircase, and sacred musle la played on the organ in the chapel, "for Mra Temple thinks thla will pre-rethe guests forgetting where they are as they wander about' tbe house and look into the chapel , In the summer there are garden parties and large dinner parties. A gathering of L500 people Is no unusual event at Lambeth. Then there nr constant Journey the primate returned from th I lakes. Th only' way'ti exa recoup pt - Our words and actions, to he fair, - -be timely, mutt |