A FACETIOUS GOLD-HUNTER. Mark Twain's Experience as Pocket Miner. The Forgotten Claim—An Inoident Which Probably Turned the Humorist from Miuing to Literature. The position of the pocket-miner a mong the other inhabitants of a mining region very much resembles that of the bee-hunter among the people of the frontier settlements in agricultural re gions. The business he follows also has several poiuts of resemblance to that of the bee-hunter. The trail fol. lowed by one leads him to the tree stor ed with sweets, and that, of the other ends in a pocket of sweetest gold. The man who becomes an expert bee-hunt er is likely to remain a bee-hunter al l his Jays, and the same may be isaid of the pocket miner. Mark Twain's narrow escape from be coming a pocket miner has never been told. It is worth recording, as it gave him the'story of the 'Jumping Frog,' and sent him off along the line of tlie literary load and set him to scratching therein for pockets of fun. It 188& Mark wearied of Bohemian life in San Francisco and went np into the mining regions of Calaverans coun ty to rnsticate with some old friends- Steve, Jim and Billy Gillis. Jim Gillis waft, and still is, one of the most expert pocket miners in California. Although adncated with a view eventually to fight the battle of life as a physician, and though still finding solace in his leißnre moments in the works of Greek and Latin authors reposing on a shelf in his cabin, Jim Gillis is booked for life as a pocket miner. The business has charms for him that he cannot break away from— he is bound to it in chains of gold ■ Show him a particle of quartz gold on the side of a mountain, and.if it came to where it was found through the process of accidents of na tal* undisturbed in any way by tbe in terference of man,he will as unerringly trace it to its source as the bee hunter will follow the bee to its hoard of sweets. Mark Twain found the Bohemian style of mining practiced by the 'Gillis boys' mnch more attractive than those more regular kinds which call for a large outlay of muscle. He and Jim Gillis took to the bills in search of gold pockets and spent some days in work ing np the undisturbed trail of an un~ disturbed.deposit. They were on the golden 'bee line' >nd stuck to it faith folly, though it was necessary to carry each sample of dirt to a small stream, in the bed up a canyon in order to pan it out. Each step made sure by golden grains,they at last came upon the pock et which had thrown those grains off. It was a cold, dreary, drizzling day when the 'home deposit' was found* The sample carried to the stream and washed out yielded but a few cents. Al though the right yein had been discov ered, they had as yet not found the 'tail end'of the pocket. Returning to the yein, they dag a sample from a new place, and were about to carry ii down to the rayine and test it when the rain began to pour down heayily. With chattering teeth Mark declared he would remain no longer, lie said there was no sense in freezing to death, as,in a day or two, when it was bright and warm, they could return and pursue their investigations in comfort. Yield ing to Mark's entreaties, backed as they were by bis blue nose, humped back, and generally miserable and de jected appearance, Jim emptied the sacks of dirt upon the ground,first hav ing hastily written and posted up a no tice of their claim to a certain number of feet on the vein, wbicb notice would hold good for thirty days. Angels' camp being at no great distance from the spot, while their cabin was some miles away, Mark and Jim strnck out for the place. The only hotel kept in the little mining camp was kept by one Coon Drayton, an old Mississippi river pilot, and at his house the pocket min ers found shelter. Mark Twain having formerly followed the business of pilot on the Mississippi river, be and Coon were soon great friends, and swapped scores of yarns. It continued to rain for three days, and until the weather cleared np Mark and Jim remained at Coon's hotel. The story of the 'jumping frog' was one of the yarns told Mark byCoon dur ing the; three days'session,and it struck him as being so comical that he deter mined to write It up. When he return ed to the Gillis cabin, Mark set to work upon the frog story. He also wrote some sketches of life in the mountains and mines for some of the San Francis co papers. Hark did not think much of the frog story, even after it had received the fin ishing touches. He gave the preference to some other sketches and sent them to the papers for which he was writing. titeye,Gillis, however, declared that the frog story was the best thing Mark had written, and advised him to saye it for a book of sketches hp was talking of publishing. A literary turn haying been given: to the thoughts of the in mates of the Gillis cabin, a month pass ed without a return to the business of pocket mining. * While the days were passed by J Mark and his friends in discussing the merits of the •Jumping Frog' and other liter ary matters, other prospectors were not idle. A trio of Austrian miners who were in search of gold-bearing quartz happened upon the spot where Mark and Jim had dug into their ledge. It was but a few days after Twain and Oillis had retreated from the place in the pouring rain. The Austrians were not a little astonished at seeing the ground gutter with gold. Where the dirt emptied from the sacks, bad been disolved and washed a - way by the rain, lay some three ounce* of bright quartz gold, The foreigners were not long in gathering this,but the speedy discovety of the notice forbade their delving into the deposit whence it came. They could only wait and 'watch and pray.' This hope was that the par ties who had posted up tho notice would not return while it heUl good. The sun that rose on the day after the Twain-Gillis notice expired saw the Austrians in possession of the ground, with a notice of their own conspicuous ly and detiantly posted. The new own ers cleaned out the pocket, obtained from it, in a few days, a little over $7,- 500. Had Mark Twain's backbone held out a little longer the sacks of dirt would have been washed andithe grand discovery made. He would not have then gone to Angels' camp and would probably never have heard or written the story of the 'Jumping Frog,'the story that gave him his first boost' in the literary world, as the 'Heathen Chinee' gave Bret Ilarte his first lift up the ladder. Had Mark found the gold that was captured by the Austri ans, he would have settled down as a pocket miner. He would never have given np the chase, and till this day, gray as a badger, he would have been pounding quartz, with Jim Gillis as his 'pard' in a cabin somewhere in the Sierra Nevada mountains. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain or cutting teeth r If so, send at once and get a bottle of MRS. WINS LOW'S SOOTHING STROP FOR CHILDREN TKETHING. Its value, is incalculable. It will relieve the poor little suf ferer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, ihere is no mistake about it. It cures dysentery and diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic, softens the gums, re duces inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTH ING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING is pleasant ao the taste, and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female nurses and physlci tns in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists throughout the world. Price 25 cents a bottle. The Expressage of a Newspaper. 4 I would be obliged to you,' said a closefisted old fellow to a city editor, 'if you would express my thanks, through your excellentjpaper, to the many citi zens whose timely ;aid last night saved my house from being destroyed by fire.' 'Certainly,' replied the editor, 'I will express your thanks, but it will be ne cessary for you to advance about a dol lar and a half to|prepay the expressage.' Pronunciation of Afghan Words. Cabul is pronounced Kawble ; Mery is pronounced Mahriv ; Herat is pro nounced Heraht ; KurVachee is pro nounced K'rahchy ; Peshawur is pro nounced Peshower. The accent on Afghanistan i 9 on the second syllable. In such words as Bolan, Robat, etc., the accent is on the second syllable, aud the "a'* is pronounced broad like "ah."— Pall Mall Gazette. "Don't sit so near the wiudow, dar ling,' said a spooney young bridegroom to his bride on their wedding tour; "let us try to keep the car to ourselves. Some crank is sure 10 get in if he sees your pretty face." The same speaker, thirty years later : "Move up to the window, old woman, s) that we may have the car to ourselves : will frighten all the passengers away, you know." —The Millheim Marble Works are turning out some very fine work. The yard is full to repletion of excellent monuments and headstones of beauti ful and chaste design. Mr. A. O. Musser, the proprietor is an expert me chanic and a square man to deal with while his prices can not be undersold anywnere. 3t A poet sings : "I miss you, my darling ; the embers burn low on the hearth.-" Yes, it's an awful thing not to have a wife to attend to the fire. LITTLE GIANT GANG Lath & Picket Mill. Bowlby & Co., Sunbury Pa. Manufacturers. E. H. ZIMMERMAN, Millheim, Pa. - Persons wishing to procure one o! these machines will please apply to E• H- Zimmerman- AfirHWQ 101 * Lucrative, Healthy, Hon u trill* lOorabl© A Permanent business ap plyto Wilmot Castle & Co., Rochester, N. Y. To Make Life Brighter. The dyspeptic's lot Is not a happy one. Ben son's Capelne Plasters are the remedy. Price 25 cents. 49-it DO YOU KNOW THAT Lorillard's Climax PLUG TOBACCO with Red Tin Tag; Rose eaf Fine Cut Chew ing: Wavy Clippings, and Black, Brown and Yellow SNUFFS are the best and cheapest,qual ity considered. A (A nITP I* Send six cents fo il MI MBe postage, and receive | lllfctiim a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world. All. of either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road to fortune o pens before the workers, absolutely sure. At once address, Tame & 00., Augusta, Maine. 1 GUNS! GUNS, BREECH LOADERS, from SI.OO fIO.OO. Also FLUTES, PICO LOS, CLARIONETS and FIFES at astonishing low rates. Violin aiul Guitar Strings rr>m 5 cts. for good ordinary E, to 15 eta. for lino Silk K. Banjo String*, bost, 10 pis. each. Bass and Oello Strings. 49-My line of strini 8 cannot he excelled In this State, for Price and Quality. Orders by mail receive prompt atten tion. 49* Repairing of fine Guns a specialty. THEODORE DESIINER, Prop. 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