THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBU?& ONE SPREE COS! MB 180,000,000 Bob VVomack Who Sold Cripple Creek for $500 Dies Abject Poverty in GOT TIPSY AND TOLD SECRET There was a Rush to the District, and Othen Located Best Mining PropertyClaims Where He Found Gold, Produced Enormous Amount. JOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOOOODOO TABLOID HISTORY OF MAN tf WHO FOUND A BONANZA. H Bob Womack discovert gold U on Cripple Creek, Col., In Janu- 'A ary, 1901. Q After years of prospecting. X picks up a piece of float rock O which assays $250 to the ton. Soon after uncovers a bonanza O vein. H "Goes on a toot" at Colorado O Springs; tells the locality of 5 his find. Gold hunters rush to Q It and locate the best claims. Womack's claims do not pan fi out. He has to work for day'a wages. Since then gold worth $280.- 000,000 has been taken from mines In the Immediate vicinity. Now Womack dies a paraly tic, dependent on his sister. :occocoooccccocccccccccco Colorado Springs. Robert Womnck, who discovered gold at Orlpplo Creole, died of paralysis here after a linger ing Illness. In his lnat years Womack Vas dependent on a sister who keeps B boarding house here. This la the end of a man who in one sense paid f280.000.000 for one epree. That stupendous sum has been tak en In gold from tho land on Cripple Creek where Fob Womack first found the yellow metal. Born In Kentucky sixty-six years go. Bob Womack's father took his family to Colorado In the early sixties. The Womacks raised cattle on land they homesteaded on Cripple Creek. After some years the elder Womack sold his herds and with his son Wil liam came here. Bob, believing there was gold around Cripple Creek, re mained there. After years of fruitless search Bob found traces of gold In a piece of float rock which he picked up while riding the range with his brother-in-law, Theo. Lowe. Sending Lowe on n six days' ride to Denver to have the rock assayed, Bob went on about his work, Lowe returned with the as Bayer's certificate; the piece of float rock gave returns of ?250 In gold to the ton. Next morning Womack and Lowe went to the place where Bob found the rock, In what is known now ns Poverty Gulch, Just outside the limits of the present town of Cripple Creek. Lowe grew tired of the search; Bob persisted. In January, 1901, he dug a prospect hold in what Is now known as the El Paso lode of the Gold King property. A few days later he struck a bonanza lode. He could not stand prosperity. Com ing here, he went on a spree and eold his bonanza for $500. Then, crazed with drink and success. Bob jumped on his bronco and rode through the streets brandishing his six-shooter and proclaiming his secret. The next few dayB witnessed one of the big gest rushes to tho scene of hla discov ery that tho West has ever known. When Womack sobered up, two or three days later, he returned to the district only to find that the best min ing property had been located by olhers. lie staked out a claim or two, but they proved worthless, and soon he waa compelled to go to work for day's wager!. But he never com plained. The rren who made the most money out of Cripple Creek mines were Jas. Burns of Kansas City, V. 7u Reed and J. B. McKfnney of Colorado Springs and the late Win field S. Stratton. GOT HALF POUND OF FLESH. California Laborer Thus Collected a Debt of "Two Elts" from Fellow. Los Angeles, Cal. Because Ramon Santa Ana, a laborer, could not pay a debt of 23 cents to Frank Sanchez, a fellow laborer at Latin, the latter took at least half a pound of flesh from Mm. Santa Ana came to tho receiv ing hospital for treatment of his left arm, from which muscle had been taken. "I could not pay the two bits when ho cams for it yesterday." aaid Santa Ana, "and Frank pulled a big k&Ife from his boot leg and got me. 'I'll have a pound of flesh, then,' he stid, and he got a big piece I don't think It is a pound, though. 1 tried to get away from him, but he was too quick for me." The police are looking for Sanchez. Madman Dug Twenty-one Graves. Laurel, Miss. The myBtery of twenty-ono newly dug graves, discov ered on a plot of ground adjacent to the negro cemetery near here, has been solved by the arrest of an aged negro, obviously demented. He said that God ordered him to dig 121 graves and to work at night only. He has been engaged in the occupation near ly three weeks, at night SUBTERRANEAN TELEPHONES Some of Them Under the Rockies, Whence You Can Talk to Chicago. With the extension of the long dis tance telephone system hist summer as far west as Denver It Is now pos sible to talk from Chicago to the bot tom of some of the deepest miiiet In the Rockies. t'p at Idaho Springs, the centre of the famous Clear Creels district, where the Nowhouso tunnel has been run under the mountains for over three miles to conned a network of underground working, there I n mine now down 2"i00 feet. Tills mine, like many others, has Its own tele phone system which Is connected !th the surface telephone lines. At the bottom of the deepest shaft, 2.f00 feet under the mountain, there is now a telephone Instrument, and standing there In the bowels of the earth one can call up Chicago. Of course telephoning in a mine isn't quite as oany as it is in u sound pnJof telephone booth, especially If the great drills are working. Never theless the miners pet used to th" racket and seem to have no trouble talking over tho telephone, thouch to others it is almost Impossible nt firs: few attempts. They tried talking to Chicago list summer, when the arrival of the long distance telephone caused almost as big a sensritioa in Colorado ns did the first railroads. It is a common occur rence to talk with Denver, forty miles away, from some of the sub'errnr.e in workings in the Rocky Mountain;'.. The telephone instruments in the mines are specially constructed v ' t i a view of protecting their delicto parts from the dampness. At Id.t'ic Springs there is a regular telephone system under one of the mountain where there are over a hundred mines, all of them tapped by an underground railway through which the telephone wires run. Etiquette of (he Cars. The car was crowded when the young woman entered, and almost im mediately a tall man arose and offer ed her his place. Ho was reading a newspaper when she came in. and so had an excellent excuse for not see ing her, but he evidently considered virtue its own reward, and took pleas ure in well-doing. The young woman accepted the sent gratefully and sank into it with a sigh of relief while her benefactor held on to a strap with one hand and read his paper with the other as, our Irish friends would say. Half a mile further uptown tho woman signalled the conductor to stop the vehicle, and at her motion, an arrogant-looking In dividual who had been standing with his back against the front door, start ed down the aisle at a great pace. The car was still crowded, he tripped over an old gentleman's cane and a Ger man woman's market-basket in hs flight, but notwithstanding these mis fortunes, he arrived at the place where the young woman was sitting just In time to sink into It when she arose. The original owner, standing Imme diately in front of It, said something under his breath that did not sound like a blessing, and two or three wom en who were also holding on to straps remarked tersely: "Well, did you ever!" but none of these things dis turbed the arrogant man. He read a time-table for four blocks and then alighted apparently very well satis fied with his coup de main. How Cloves Are Gathered. More cloves are said to be used In America than In any other country, England and France following in the order named. In this country and In Great Britain they are used almost wholly as a condiment, but in France they are used largely in the manufac ture of certain liquors. To some de gree they are employed In medicine for their tonic properties. The name clove is from the French clou, meaning a nail. The tree Is an evergreen, growing from forty to fifty feet high, with large oblong leaves and crimson flowers at the end of small branches in clusters of from ten to twenty. The tree belongs to the same family as the guava, the pomegranate and the rose apple. The cloves are at first white, then light green, and at the time of gathering bright red. Pieces of white cloth are spread under the tree3 at harvesting time, and the branches are beaten gently with bamboo sticks until the cloves drop. They are dried In the sun, being tossed about dally until they attain the rich dark color which proclaims them ready for shipment. A clove tree begins to bear at the age of ten years, and continues until it reaches the ago of seventy-five years. There are two crops a year, one In June and the other in Decem ber. Hot weather is favorable to the crop, although a little fog is said to Improve the flavor. Eminent In Two Lines. Hans Hubert Dietzsch, a popular member of the Berlin Lustsplelhaus company, does not devote all his time to the stage. He Is a sculptor of no mean order, according to a recently published account. His bas-relief of Matkowsky, which Is now on exhibi tion, has created much favorable com ment, and a bronze replica which has been placed In the Leasing house Is mentioned as a "conspicuous orna ment." Condemnation of Envy. Envy is almost tho only vice that Is practical at all times and In every place, the only passion that can never lie quiet for want of irritation; Its ef fect therefore, are everywhere discov erable, and Its attempts always to be dreaded. Dr. Johnson. OUR CLOTHES 10 BE ALL A r&i!ors Decide to Drcak Away from London Fashions and be their Own Architects THE PEGTCP HAS GOT TO GO And from Now on Man Must (Appear to) Have a Trim Military Figure We Must Ee Original The Polar Ulster. New York. X. Y. Tho pegtop has got to go! That grotesque figure, narrow of ankle and broad of beam, will soon be missing from the modish haunts, and In Its placo will appear a trim military figure, expansive of chest, narrow of waist, and with underpin- The Passing Peg Top. nlnga clothed in trouserings that will cling affectionately to limb and spread gracefully over shoe top. The pegtop has had Its day. London and her pegtop must be rele gated to the Bhelf, so to speak. We must be original. If America leads in the conquest of the air, if America is first to reach the North Pole, why should not America declare what sort of pants It should wear? That Is the point. Our legs have looked long enough like British legs. Therefore the pegtop trousers must be dropped here and now, and another sort of leg covering for the American man drawn on from the realm of pure "American ism." Here Is outlined what is to be the future typically American masculine ft" fnt evesrtt 'XL f (10M6 WAIBT Tailors Say This Is What Men are Coming To. figure. The chest must be full and padded well if necessary. The waist must bo narrow, forced so If neces sary. The trousers, must not be too full, and. above all, must not be peg top never more than nineteen Inches about the knee, or more than eighteen and one-half about the bottom. The trousers must spread over the ankle, and to bring this about the former spring bottom, with an open vent at the bottom, must be adopted. A raised seam must run up the sides from the open vent and that seam must We creased. A side crease, mind you! Is this not radical? How many men, who want to be strictly "in it" sartorl ally, will bo able to wear their laat year's pants? However, the edict bu gone forth. , A Fifth avenue tailor has sent In a "polar ulster." Right in line, eht It Is a prodigious garment of military cut, very heavy and long, and extreme ly warm. Its colors are orange and black. If the owner of the ultra smart "polar ulster" does not contem plate an Immediate attack on the North Pole he will find it very com fortable for winter bubbling tours. "Look out for the plum colored evening dress suit. It's looming large on the sartorial horizon. The colored evening waistcoat is Its forerunner," in f S i i THE BUMS STOHlf By One Slight Stroke He Wins a Long Sought Raise of Wages. "It certainly Is singular," the but ler said, "how It pays to look out for the little things. "I had been trying for six months to get a raise from my employer, hut nothing doing. I worked and Forvcd faithfully always and with discretion and good judgment, if I do say it, but no ral.ie. Then came along a little hit of an Incident that got me the lift of wages I wanted right away. "I have always been accustomed to pay attention to the little personal pe culiarities of my employer's guests so that I could show at the table or away from It attention to their fancies or their real wants, nnd this I knew en titled me to higher recognition In the way of pay, for all this of course was for my employer's benefit and good. As I couldn't tell him all these things, I had to rely on the general character of my service. There came an oppor tunity at last In which my careful at tention to little things won out for me. "We had among our guests at din ner one night a gentleman upon whom as I chanced to know my employer was particularly desirous to make a favorable Impression, and from the moment that gentleman came into the house I had. as you might say, my eye on him. I was studying him, and well was my study rewarded, for pres ently I discovered about him a pecu liarity my knowledge of which I knew at the proper time would save him from great discomfort. "When In due time the guests were seated at the table and I had come to wait on them 1 served them, to be sure, with such dishes as they were to take a portion from, each with the dish at his left side so that the per son served could reach It most con veniently; but when I came to the gentleman of whom I have spoken 1 did not pass around him to hand the dish at his left side; no, I simply moved the dish from the left side of the gentleman I had Just previously served across the Interval to this gen tleman's right side, and I continued to serve him at hla right side through out the dinner despite tho scowls which my master repeatedly directed at me for so doing and I knew what was coming to me later. When the guests had all gone he said to me: "James, how could you have made such a frightful mistake as you did all through the evening In serving Mr. Dickerton at his right side?' "'Sir,' I said, 'Mr. Dickerton Is left handed!' "It never did need a beetle nnd wedge to get an Idea Into my master's head, and at that he said, with his face all a beaming: "'James, you are a great man!' and he raised my wages on the spot. "My son." the butler concluded, "never neglect the big things, always watch out for them, but keep an eye always too on the little things. Many a fortune has turned on a needle's point" Twenty Lost Gold Mines. There are at least twenty lost gold mines in various parts of the world. Many of them have yielded rich ore, and then have been deserted and en tirely lost. There is one in the north of the Transvaal, for Instance, that was dis covered by accident about fifteen years ago by two Englishmen. The finders had encamped one night, and had, as they thought, securely tethered their horses, when they suddenly heard a loud neigh from one of the animals, and a moment later saw them both racing away apparently In the greatest terror. Soon after dawn they were up, and after an hour's tramp found one of the poor beasts lying on the ground with a broken leg. In Its struggles It had kicked up the ground, and had ex posed rich gold quartz only a few Inches below the surface. The two men marked the spot and returned to the district a month later to start work on the mine. But in spite of all their efforts they could not find the place and to this day the mine has not been rediscovered. About twenty years ago there was tremendous excitement in California, when a prospector described a gold mine he had found. A party soon prepared to set out, with the dlscov erer of the mine as guide, but the mine has never been discovered, though thousands of dollars have been spent In prospecting for It. A "Slim" Lieutenant. One day the officer commanding a Sussex Volunteer regiment met one of his lieutenants on the rifle range. The lieutenant was shooting, and he "call ed" each shot as he fired without wait ing for the markers to signal the re sult. "You're a pretty good guesser," said the colonel, "Why don't you admit you're guessing where those shots land?" "I bet you a box of cigars," said the junior officer, that I can call twenty shots correctly In succession," "Taken!" said the older warrior, who was nothing if not a sportsman. The lieutenant fired. "Miss," he announced, and a red flag from the target told that this was correct. Another shot. "MIbs," he de clared. A third shot. "Miss again," he said. Fourth shot. "Fourth miss," announced the young officer. Another shot. "Miss," again sang out the lieu tenant. "Hold on there!" put in the colonel. "What are you trying to do? I thought you were going to fire at the target." "I am trying to win my box of cigars," Bald the lieutenant. "Don't fire any more," said the col onel; "they're yours." MONEY, POWER AND WISDOM. It would hardly he thought neces sary for any one now to advise young men about to leave college to "honor money, honor money-getting nnd hon or power;" yet such was the strong est note of the baccalaureate orator at Dartmouth. If there Is anything on tho earth or under the earth that on-coming Amerlcnns do not need to have urged upon them it la love of money and love of power. This may he said without Indorsing in any respect the malicious and, for the greater part. Insincere attacks upon wealth so often made by dema gogues and hypocrites. The passion for money nnd the obsession of money getting have become altogether too conspicuous as American traltfl. They bring little content to those who are thus afflicted nnd they awaken re sentment In the breasts of millions. In spite of new teachings nnd prac tices, knowledge still Is power. Sup plemented by wealth, knowledge be comes power triumphant. Without wisdom the power of money Is lawless and destructive a curse to Its pos sessor and nn evil example to the world. DAD LUCK IN BIG DIAMONDS. There is a soul of truth In every ancient superstition. And tho vulgar notion that there is something bale ful In the possession of big diamonds Is no exception. The Ill-omened Hope diamond was sold for'n kind's ransom last week In PuMs with a shuddering tale hang In;: to It of the ruin of two kings nnd many commoners. Of tills malignant jewel, ns of many others, It may be said that Its beauty Is no finer than that of a dew drop glistening on a rose leaf. Its charge, Its fascination, lies sole ly In the fac' that it cost much money, much labor and much life. It is unlucky to have one's mind dis torted, so that one cannot tell what Is worth while and what not. It Is unlucky to be vain and cruel, and to desire nothing but to outshine one's neighbors. That is why it la unlucky to own big diamonds. OUR DECREASING BIRTH RATE. The Census Bureau of the United States Is calling attention to the fact that the population conditions In this country are rapidly becoming identi cal with those of the leading nations of Europe. In the year 1790 the ratio of chil dren to each woman in this country, sixteen years of age or over, was two, but now this has decreased to a scant one, according to the census nearest the year 1900. Great Britain had a ratio of one; France could show only .88; the German- Empire, 1.1; and Italy, 1.1. Five of our New England States and N,ew York show a propor tion practically the same as that of France, the lowest of the European countries. These statistics may denote that we arj becoming more clviliz-ed, but there Is small satisfaction In Buch reason ing. ABOLISHING THE GROUND HOG. If a law passed by the last Legisla ture accomplishes Its purpose, Illinois won't have any groundhogs to come (.it next February to forecast tho weather. A bounty has been put on the heads of the little animals. "The Louisville Courier-Journal" says that tho new law Is "revolutionary, icono clastic, uncalled-for and unkind. It Is a blow at one of the most cherished traditions of rural communities. The groundhog is more than a mere ani mal; he is an institution." Colonel Watterson'a paper expresses the hope that "there will be In the next Legis lature a sufficient number of friends of tho groundhog to cause a thorough Investigation and to lay bare the facts as to the Influences which brought about this bounty law." In Kentucky, It adds, the groundhog is a treasured possession. LEARN TO SWIM. If boys must swim, and they ought to know how, they ought to be prop erly taught not only how to handle themselves in the water, but to be of service to others in case of neces sity. Here is a chance for fathers or, if they do not know how, older broth ers or teachers to show the boys and to guarantee them a good time by surrounding them with the safe guards that make swimming a de light, and without which It is the cause of unfeigned terror. JERSEY'S SUMMER HOTELS. It is estimated that the summer hotels of the White Mountains are worth $5.H)0,000; of Vermont, the same; Massachusetts, $10,000,000; those of the Catskllls, $3,000,000; of the Adirondacks, $7,000,000; of Con necticut, $4,000,000, and those of New Jersey over $50,000,000. A WIDE-REACHING EFFECT. While the famous Insurance prose cutions are now spoken of lightly, It must be remembered that they scarced some people Into being good and others so far away that their bad ness ceased to be annoying. A vacuum airship is said to be un der serious consideration by the army engineers. They should think twice; there's nothing in it. The farmer who sneers at science In farming generally hns to get a sci entific neighbor to endorse his note at the bank. . . THE EARTH IS 8TCPPING. T.nat tho earth experiences un,,,u tloiM twice a day. correspond, (ho pea tidoa, was recently establish cd After working for six year', in ' chamber cut Inside n well othty oj! belcw the surface of the ground, Pro. fessor Keeker, the Gorman ast'ri)no, n.cr. has estimated that the mv mcnt of the earth, In correspond,,,,, with tho tides. Is about nethlr. j! great. It rises and falls win, t elasticity that would be expci led f t were of tho consistency uf steel. According to Kir George I .-irw:Q who has been lecturing upon I'mf.'j! sor Meeker's Investigation., the fncl Hon of tho tides nets as a brake uK1I1 t lie motion of tho earth, wltld, j, therefore, gradually k Veiling KDop As the tides are caused by the attiuc tlon of the moon, they produce a re action whose effect Is to drive tli moon gradually farther and farther front the earth. There was a time wh"ti the moon was only three or four thousand miles distant, and the two bodies moved round as though tlu-y were linked together, making tlieir revolution In a few hours. To go back to a still earlier epoch, the moon at one time probably formed part of the earth, and that the liolo wtiiih It left when It broke nway was lilkd In by tho Pacific Ocean. WALK, WALK, WA K. Tho ordinary man who is employed indoors throughout the day does not walk enoi:gh. He needs the fresh air and sunshine of the outdoors, and, no matter how tired he may be, a short time In the open air will rest hlm If he has no opportunity to wal'; during tho evening, he ought to do It in the morning. There is no better tonic than a two-mile walk be fore going to work. Some business men who live some distance from their offices or stores walk down regu lariy morning, and are greatly bene fitted thereby. No matter how slug glth they may feel on arising, the morning walk puts them in good trim for the day's work. Exercise in tho open air starts the blood to circulat ing in every artery and vein in the entire system, opens up the pores of the skin, so that the waste matter In the body may be set free, limbers up the joints and muscles nnd puts one in shape for the duties of the day. WALL STREET HAS ITS MOODS. Wall Street has Its moods. It ii curious to observe them. They Indi cate timidity at one time and audacity at another. One day an Impression will spread among brokers generally that storks are too high and that there must be a reaction. If, on that day, prices advance, every oue changes his mind at once, forgets the prediction of the morning, and looks forward to a higher market tho fol lowing day. Under such merculiar the man who takes the tips he gets from brokers' offices Is liable to be a disappointed loser. Some of the most successful speculators are those who keep away from the brokers, and who buy and sell at a distance from the market, and not in immediate con tact with the changeable Influences of the mament. Thus a calmer and moro deliberate judgment of operating fac tors can be arrived at. LOTOS EAT ING. When it comes to enjoying life do ing nothing the Englishman has everybody else beaten a mile. If his income is assured he doesn't waste his years chasing dollars or pounds. He just loafs, hunts, rides, shoots, dances, gambles, travels, rows, plays cricket and reads the Times and a weekly sporting paper. Tho French man gets out of business when he has a competency for life, and after that becomes a dally frequenter of the boulevard cafes. The Italian when ho has sufficient retires at once, even if hi"s only 15 years old. He walks In the big arcade where all the cafes are grouped or sits and sips his small drink, and if he's a man of fashion his dog always accompanies him. FRANKLIN'S GENIUS IN FRANCE. This age of enlighteru'd electricity Is only beginning to realize the stu pendous electric imagination of Frank lin and Faraday, as close reading of Kelvin, Maxwell and Lodge shows. Onct monument, or a dozen, to M. Jacques de Komas as inventor of lightning rods, assails Franklin's im mortality not in the least. Tip be lieves the Fiench will fix no foolish frame-ups, for they know Franklin's genius better than America. CHEAP MEATS GOOD. There Is not the slightest scientific foundation for the belief that price means excellency in meats. Some clu?apeat, toughest meats are most nourishing, most favorable to muscu lar activity and endurance. CAN EAT CLAMS. Congress refused United States Commissioner of Education Brown's request for $3,000 to study a certain phase of child life, but granted $3,000 for a scientific study of clams. Senator Depew says that the ne corporation tax amendment is "bomb proof." It recognizes the bomb-proof position of the corporation bondhold er, but lays the less fortunate stock bolder open to a harassing Are from various directions. Pittsburg boasts the biggest flag in the world. It takes something of that kind to be seen more than a foot away in Pittsburg. a
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