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PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1890.
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NEWIR0NTERR1T0RY,
Indications of a Rich Find in
an Unexplored Field
of Minnesota.
WHAT ANALYSIS SHOWS.
A. Eailroad Lino to the Freshly
Opened Mines Secured.
Glimpses of two pioneer towns.
Downiall of the Chippewas, and a Tonr In
Their Grareyard,
IKIIKG TO PHOTOGEAPH WILD DEER.
CcossxsrossEscz or the dispatch. 1
Duluth, Minn., May 8.
HERE is every
'ZmW''& indication that
Mfit
the iron world
will shortly have
a new factor to
deal with. About
75 miles to the
southwest of
Tom er, Vermilion
Lake and the
s-Jsxumi
Minnesota Iron
Company's mines
at that point, and
tome hundred miles to the northwest from
Dulnth, there is being developed a a new
Iron district which is jnst upon the brink
of production. It is located in what is here
known as the "Western Mesabi country.
Tbe Dulnth and "Winnipeg Kail road Com
pany, after a great fight for the opportunity,
is building through and opening up an im
mense country, abounding in mineral, tim
ber and other natural resources, to the
northwest and between Dulnth and "Winni
peg. Your correspondent has just returned
from the iron development in question,
known as the Diamond mines. Some idea
of its isolated character will be gained by
the statement of the miners that last sum
mer there was three months when they
didn't see another face beside their own.
THE PROGRESS ALREADT MADE.
) The railroad company is ready and de
'sirous of running a branch from La Prairie
ent to the mines this season, and will do so
jnst as soon as the parties operating the
mines can show them that they have such a
sufficient showing of ores as will insure
immediate and adequate shipments. The
owners of the Diamond iron mine property
are Messrs. Richardson, Smith and War
ner, capitalists from Minneapolis. They
have recentlr given an option until June
1 on the property to the well-tnown prac
tical mining operator, John Paulson, of
Minneapolis. He has placed Charles Mc
Gregor, who has had 20 years' experience in
the Michigan mines, upon the ground in
charge as mining captain, and operations
are being pusned as rapidly as possible. It
is stated by prominent pirties that the op
tion is upon the basis of 50,000 in cash and
the privilege of working the mines for 20
years at 40 cents a ton royalty.
Lately their pump broke down, and the
large amount of water prevalent at this
season has delayed the work in some partic
ulars. Captain McGregor says that, with
the railroad branch completed, needed heavy
machinery could be broncbt in and tbev
would be "shipping 250,000 to 300,000 tons
inside of the next two or tnree years.
plenty or confidence.
Mr. Bichardson stated to me that if Paul
son didn't accept the option and take the
mine and push it, he had other parties
standing ready to do so. It may be said
that Messrs. Bichardson, Smith and "Warner
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The A'ew Diamond Mine.
own 7,000 acres of mining property here,
and that numerous other parties are also
busily engaged in prospecting for mines.
Five new ones are now completing their ar
rangements to begin work there early in
May.
The work done at the Diamond mines
proper by the owners and under the option,
is said to have been pretty expensive and to
represent an outlay of $15,000 or $20,000.
Among other things it includes the sinking
of nine shafts at from 12 to 80 feet deep,
several being about 65 feet down, and many
test pits; also tne erection of extensive camp
buildings, barns, cellars lor stores and pro
visions, boiler and engine houses, a black
smith shop and the outlay for labor and ma
chinery. Accompanying this article are illustra
tions made from photographs which I took
on the spot, and which will give a good idea
of the principal mine, camp and surround
ings. A GREAT BOOM PROMISED.
The immediate effects of this mine's
progress, especially as soon as it is officially
declared mat ine railroad branch will be
built in, will be of momentous character. It
will conclusively settle the already wide
spread belief that here is another rich and
extensive iron territory, which is probably
but a continuation of the Vermilion and
Mesabi ranges. Large shipments will quick
ly begin and the entire area will bustle with
life.
The owners and lessees and the mining
captain unite in saying that they already
have ores on their stock piles, taken from
their shafts which are not yet down to the
true vein at any point, that are fit to ship,
and will run, rough and ready as it comes,
at over 53 per cent of xnetalic iron and
withinthe Bessemer limit of phosporus. I
am reliably informed that out of three sam
ples the following analyses resulted: One
from the stock piles ran 51 per cent xnetalic
iron, .037 phosphorus and lfi.25 silica; an
otner and special Sample ran 67 iron, .042
phosphorus and 10.14 silica; another, which
was a rough and ready samplejust as it came,
ran 53.38 iron, .038 phosphorus and 17.78
silica.
THEY EXPECT ETEN MORE.
It is the confident belief of the mining
captain that later, when they get down to
the true vein, the ore will certainly run at
an average of 62 to 63. and will be within
the Bessemer limit of phosphorus. There is
considerable lime and not much magnesia,
the silica runs high and the phosphorus ex
ceptionally low. The diamond drill, which
was being operated here last fall, after being
driven through 16 feet ol surface drift and
65 feet into the ledge, penetrated 17 feet into
.blue hematite ore and then unfortunately
4the rods broke off and left the bit with i00
- worth of diamonds or carbons In the hole.
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It is from this accident that the mine gets
its name.
These mines present no top ores similar to
the Eastern Vermilion mines and the
Gogebic range, but have a regular float
ledge of from 30 to 50 feet deep before the
shaft gets down to anything settled. The
Diamond mine explorations to date show an
iron formation over 700 feet wide, and thus
far without the discovery of any indication
of a hanging wall, forwhich constant search
has been made. The underlying rock is a
quarlzide, which will be the loot wall. It
is thought by an experienced miner well
qualified to fudge that the richest ores at
this point will be lonnd in the swamp below
at a deyth of from 250 to 300 feet, the upper
levels presenting the poorest results. The
general trend seems to be southeast and
northwest, with a dip south by west. The
country is nothing like so rugged and hilly
as that along the Eastern Vermilion range
about Tower and Ely. In fact, it scarcely
looks like a mining country at all.
SNAP SHOTS AT DEER.
My only companion on the trip, to the
Diamond mines was a lumberman named
Foley. Together we trudged the furest path
way. In shady stretches the snow still
lingered and upon it and in soft places we
frequently saw the tracks of deer, and twice
the great round spoor of the giant moose.
Upon our return trip three magnificent deer
bounded gracefully across our path, not a
stone's throw off, when we were within the
platted area ot the village of La Prairie,
and in view of and not a quarter of a mile
from its depot and houses. My first thought
was to shoot, bnt I had only a revolver.
Then I thought of my camera which my
companion carried. The sun was high and at
mv back. Owing to our proximity and the
clear sunlight the hair upon their tawny
sides was distinct and fairly sparkling.
Their "cotton tails" jerked saucily about.
The buck was without horns, this being the
moulting season. Two does were his com
rnnions. They looked at us as they ran.
Holding the camera high above my head, I
snapped it just as the deer were entering the
adjoining woods. Alas! it was too late. The
plate when developed failed to give any but
the slightest outline of the deer, mingled
and shaded as they were in the edge ot the
underbrush, and the opportunity of a life
time was gone.
mam of other gams,
Besides any quantity of deer, the prints of
whose hoofs along the railroad track outside
of the ties, I frequentlv saw from the end ot
the slow-moving Duluth and "Winnipeg I
train in coming up, there are moose and
GRAND RAPIDS POSTOFFICE AND ITS INDIANS.
caribon, bear, wolves and foxes in abund
ance, together with a great variety of other
game. The Indians have killed an un
usual number of silver grav foxes this win
ter. A young man was telling me of seeing
five big timber wolves one evening last
winter about dusk, some two miles out of
town, and of his whipping up his horses and
getting into the village as soon as possible,
with his hair fairly ltfting his cap off his
head. The fish stories I hear would, it sent
East, destroy my reputation ever here
alter for veracity.
The pretty village of La Prairie is advan
tageously situated. Last Christmas it had
a half-dozen buildings, which included a
hotel, store and hospital. To-day it pos
sesses above forty, and the number is
rapidly increasing. At a census taken the
other evening, with a view to incorporation,
it numbered about 300 souls. Hot half of
them, however, were actual residents. It
has a very large floating population, as it is
the distributing point for supplies to a lum
ber district which this season cut 125,000,000
feet.
LA PRAIRIE'S FLOATING POPULATION.
There are frequently several hundred lum
bermen in town, sometimes 500, and there
have been as high as 700. When they
crowd in like that they come for a "blow
in" at the end of the season's work, and
"make Borne howl." Over 4,000 lumber
men pass through here in a season. The
leading hotels here have at times "accom
modated" 250 each.
The largest store at La Prairie is said to
have done a business of $200,000 since last
September. The town has six saloons and
two dance houses. The latter are hidden in
the woods to one side. There is often a
pretty rough and drinking element in town,
and a stranger aronnd after dark had best
be a little careful. Mr. James Smith is the
original platter of the town, to which, how
ever, four other plats have been added by
different parties, in one of which Governor
Pillsbury is largely interested; but as to
these Mr. Smith says he is the central sun
and they the outer sattelhtes.
A good idea of La Prairie, in particular,
may be gained from Mr. Smith's house and
surroundings. It is a log house, and the
oldest'and warmest house in town, in token
of which latter point thrifty house-plants
were shown me that had lived therein all
winter. The others are of unpainted boards.
The streets don't appear distinctly to the
eye, although on the plots they are plain
enough. In actual reality the stumps are
es
The Diamond Mine Camp.
pretty much everywhere, the houses dropped
down anywhere, and the streets are well,
somewhere, between just where is uncertain,
especially after dark. In the main part
of town I stooped down and found
w;ntergreen berries, arbutus buds and low
huckleberry bushes. A Duluth real estate
man bought some property here last fall,
put up several small stores, sold off enough
land to pay for the buildings, gets a large
monthly rental, considers himself $1,500
ahead, and is well pleased with prettv La
Prairie.
THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS.
Thirteen years ago this place had more
actual residents than it has to-day, but they
were of another race and color, and known
as the Babbit tribe of the Chippewa Indians,
and numbered 300 sonls. Their log cabins
and bsrk wigwams clustered along the
north shore of the Mississippi just below
the present village of La Prairie. At that
time, so -Mr. Charles Leeman, who lived
here then, tells me, they were industrious
end prosperous. About 11 years ago '
saloon started at Grand "Rapids. Others
followed, and four years ago they started in
at La Prairie. Thelndiansgot io drinking,
and finally even sold their horses for liquor.
Whisky didthe rest. They ran down and
ran out, until the remnant, reduced to about
40 individuals, recently removed some 20
miles down the river.
I visited the graves of the Indians. A
dozen or 15 have wooden covers, .some like
a little house. They chose a beautiful spot
for their last resting place. At their leet
below is the deep, dark current of the
Father of "Waters. Behind the field at
their back was the great pine forest. Across
the river in front is a mixed growth of ever
greens liberally sprinkled and lighted up
with poplars and white birches. Under the
The Head of Kaiigatlon.
protecting covers of some of their graves I
found carefnlly wrapped up in envelopes
made of the almost imperishable birch bark,
several
locks op their hair,
which spoke of grief-stricken hearts within
dnsky breasts. At the head of several
graves was stuck into the ground a rude
wooden headstone, upon which was carved
a fish with its head pointing downward and
its tail straight in the air. A photograph
which I took distinctly shows this.
In about ten acres of this burial lot one
company last year raised about 3,000 bushels
of splendid potatoes, 300 bushels to the acre,
some of the potatoes weighing over two
pounds apiece; also, 1,000 head of fine cab
bages, besides large quantities of onions,
turnips, etc. It is a good agricultural
country.
The Mississippi at La Prairie was un-
usually low, being only about 50 feet across,
owing to the water being held back by three
Government dams above to await the open
ing of navigation. It is expected that there
will be an iron drawbridge thrown across
the river at La Prairie this season. Biver
steamers, up to 175 tons burden, come up to
Grand Rapids. The Andy Gibson, a 120
ton boat, was tied up at La Prairie over
winter, and was just being gone over pre
paratory to the new season.
There are no scnoolhonses or churches at
La Prairie yet, although there is a Presby
terian organization and occasional preach
ing, and they are now endeavoring to get a
pastor.
ANOTHER QUAINT TILLAGE.
Jit is a beautiful walk of about two miles
along the river bluff to thequaint village of
Grand Bapids, with its ancient looking log
houses. It is a considerably older place
than La Prairie, and has a more picturesque
sitnation. It is hilly and nearer the river,
over whijh a new iron drawbridge was
thrown last summer. Almost all the build
ings are log bouses, except the new school
house, which is a striking exception, and I
am told cost about $5,000. A large United
States flag was floating from its tower and
'sOX
Grave of a Chippewa Chief.
made quite a pretty spectacle. A church
fund of $5,000 has been secured here and the
people hope soon to build. I took a pho
tograph of the bridge and the Mississippi at
this point It seemed scarcely possible that
the gravellv creek before me was the great
Father of "Waters. I also took a picture of
a group of Indian women and children
seated in front of the postoffice.
There is a great deal of country up here
and mnch of it is rich in vast resources and
possibilities. To look ahead and picture its
progress after' it has had the time and
chances which the East has, is to dream of
wonders past all present belief. Especially
is this true of that marvelous region about
the head of Lake Superior.
Orlin M. Sanford.
PBorrrs ik beer.
The Bize or tlie Glnases ling
Dimlnlibcd of Late.
Steadily
"I'm awfully glad we have more drinking
places now," remarked a hale and hearty
old gentleman who has been thriving on
beer for lo, these many years. Asked to ex
plain, he said the' saloons which had a
monopoly of the business last year had not
been satisfied with their enormously in
creased profits but had reduced the size of
their beer glasses.
"You only get a thimble full of beer now
adays," said he, "bnt these new saloons are
doing better. There's one over there that sets
up the old-fashioned glasses and besides that
the barkeeper will ask whether vou won't
have a 'schooner.' That sounds like old
times. Glasses have been growing smaller
ever since we drank beer in America out'of
the old-fashioned mngs we know now only
from old pictures."
THE pleasure of a trip to New York depends
largely upon the way you Are taken care of.
By stopping at the Stnrtevant House, Twenty
ninth street and Broadway, you insure the
maxlmnvi of comfort for the minimum cost.
-Sr ' iNNifiS's
REPENTANT THIEVES
Haye Contributed $250,000 to Uncle
Sam's Conscience Fund.
BIG SUMS IN CHEAP ENVELOPES.
Letters From Officers, Soldiers, Smugglers
and Poker Players.
THE PUBLIC DEBT A TWO-CENT AFFAIR
rcortEisroirDKitci ot the dispatch.)
"Washington, May 10. The conscience
fund of the Treasury Department now
amounts to more than $250,000. Every
week and nearly every day Treasurer Hus
ton receives one or more envelopes contain
ing money from persons who do not sin
their names and of whose identity the notes
accompanying the inclosures give no sign.
The amounts sent range all the way from
2 cents to hundreds ot dollars and the ma
jority of the notes state that the money right
fully belongs to the United States and has
been wrongfully taken from it. Some of
the writers give anonymous signatures.
Many sign themselves "Conscience."
Scores affix the word "Restitution" to the
disguised hand which they write and a few
give no signature whatever. Some are like
the following which was written oa a half
page of foolscap inclosing a $100 bill and
bearing in the middle of a sheet of paper
these words:
From one who wishes to observe hereafter
the commandment: "Thou Shalt not steal."
This was all. There was not even a dash
in the way of signature. Another letter in
closing $12 60 read as follows:
A troubled conscience sends S12 50 which he
stole from the Government. He is sorry for
his fault and will send the rest till all is paid.
Another written by an illiterate man and
dated Chicago contained $14 and the sender
writes:
Ms, Treasurer Please except this from
one making nis pease witn uoa ana appropriate
it to tne u-e ot tne Government.
It beloncs to
tne united States. restitution.
HISTORY OF THE CONSCIENCE FUND.
The Government began its conscience
fund in 1811, and during that year $250 was
covered into the Treasury under it. From
that time on till the close of the war the
amounts received were small, except in 1830,
when they amounted to $2,000. During the
war they jumped rapidly upward, and at
the time of the settlement of the accounts at
the close of the war there was a large in
crease through conscience-stricken paymas
ters and sutlers, so that in 1868 $29,0u0 were
sent in, and in 18C7 $12,000. In 1873 $23,000
were received, and the amounts come in
now at the rate of thousands of dollars a
year. The total in 1888 amounted to $241,
000, and now in 1890 it reaches considerably
over $250,000. I spent some hours to-day
looking over the great packages of letters
which have been received containing con
science money. I find many of them full of
pathos and every one, if it could speak,
could tell its story of crime. The biggest
amount ever received from one man was
$5,000. It came in the cheapest of manilla
envelopes, wrapped up in one-fourth of a
sheet of dirty note paper, upon which was
written the following:
Hon. Hugh Mcculloch The inclosed is
money that rightfully belongs to the United
States, though the world would say I came hon
estly by It. I count, However, a clear conscience
of more value than money can represent or ex
press. ,
The money sent was in Treasury notes of
$1,000 and under. . -t
CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN OFFICERS.
Some of the letters received from the
army officers are interesting, and they show
that the soldier's conscience is well devel
oped. Here is one received at the close of
the war:
TR0Y,N.Y.,1S67.
Inclosed find $112 which 1 was paid for a
horse lost in the service of the United States,
hut which was lost partly through my fault. 1
have never felt fully satisfied when thinking of
this affalr.and I shall ever hereafter feel better
in mind to have refunded this amount to the
Government. I find the way of religion narrow
and the gate strait. Yours truly,
RESTITUTION.
Another officer writes at abont the same
time stating that he was an officer in the
United States Army and was entitled to two
servants, but that he used only one while
drawing the salary for two. He says this
custom was known to the paymasters, and
it was a regular thing with thousands of
officers. He incloses $190 in his letter, and
states that he entered the army poor and
left it poor and sick, "too poor in 'fact to get
along without a clear conscience, which he
cannot have as long as he retains this extra
money." His letter is not signed.
The following came from Hartlord, Conn.:
Hon. Hnph SIcCulloch, Secretary oftheTreasnrr.
Washington. D. C:
Dear Sir Inclosed please find a check for
fifty dollars (550). which is honestly due the
Government by me. About tbrce years ago
the paymaster gave me over my just pay eighty
dollars (80). Since tbat time I have never bad
an opportunity to make any restitution. I was
a soldier at the time. I assure you, dear sir. it
has troubled me more than a little. I still owo
thirty dollars (30), which I intend paving this
summer. After it is paid I shall feel that I
have done nothing but what I ought to have
done. Not a soul save God and myself knows
that I kept the money or tbat it was ever paid
me. I am a Catbolic, and as such it is my duty
to pay back what is justly due. I do not wish
to sign my name to this, and, sir, I beg of you
tbat you will do me the favor of not speaking
of it to any person whereby it might get into
the public press, ,
Hoping, dear sir, that you win look favor
ably on this, X remain, yourj respectfully.
SOLDIER.
LETTERS FROM SMUGGLERS. .
There are hundreds of such letters, and
those received from smugglers are quite
as numerous. Ladies who have smug
gled jewelry, gloves and Paris dresses past
the customs officers at New York on theirre
turn from Europe become conscience stricken
and inclose money to the Treasurer of the
United States. Heie is one containing
$5 50, which represents the duty on the kid
gloves of a New York lady, who says she is
sorry to trouble the Secretary of the Treas
ury about the matter but she'does not know
where else to send it Here are $500 from
Chicago, which represents extra tariff
duties unlawfully evaded, and here is
a Baltimore hardware man who savs
he has cheated Uncle Sam out of $270
in duties and incloses the amonnt in gold.
The letter, which is unsigned, rtates that
the writer "is anxious to deal fairly with all
men, and wishes to be at peace witn God
and his country."
Not a few of these conscience-stricken
people pay back the money they have taken
irom the Government in piecemeal. One
poor man sends $14, and says he will send
more by-and-by. Another writes and sends
the letter to the President of the United
States. He says:
Mb. President Inclosed you will find $10.
I defrauded tbe Government out of tbis and
more, bnt I have repented and beg your pardon.
The amount Inclosed is only a very small part
of what I would give if it lay in my power.
IN TWO INSTALLMENTS.
A Bo'ston man, whose letter is signed with
a dash, wrote to Secretary McCulloch in
closing $l,500i in three, $500 notes. Ashe
originally wrote the letter in ink he says he
incloses $2,500 and the "25" in tbe ink is
stricken out and the word "fifteen" in
pencil written above it. This letter was re
ceived in May, 1866. A few weeks later a
letter in tbe same handwriting came to the
Treasury Department inclosing another
$1,000, and stating that the amount was the
balance of the writer's indebtedness to the
Internal Bevenue Department, This letter
was also signed with a dash, audits envelope
bore the Boston postmark. '
Some of the letters are evidently brought
out bv religions revivals, and one or two
urge the officers of the Treasury Depart
ment to repent and seek tbe Lord. Here is
It incloses $30
ana tbe man writes:
Secretary of the Treasury: I have the honor
to transmit to you the sum of 830 which belongs
to the United States Government. I am in
debted a few dollars more but am poorand can
not send it. I shall do so when I can. I never
intended to keep it so long as 1 have and pray
God may forgive me for so doing. From one
who believes tbat Uod will punish those who
are dishonest.
The following is Vrom New York and is
directed to tbe "gentleman who receives
conscience money.' It reads:
Inclosed find $12. being tbe amount of income
tax for lt61 with interest. Tbis amount was
withheld by me, but having lately experi
enced religion I wish to make amends for my
past sins to my utmost ability, and I therefore
return this amount due. My friend, are you a
Christian? If you are not, seek tbe Lord now
for there will be a judgment day for all.
Yours, Conscience.
WON FROM A PAYMASTER AT POKER.
In contrast to these sober contributions is
one letter which came to Mr. Spinner when
he was Treasurer, inclosing 75 cents of
fractional currency which the writer statei
he won from a United States paymaster at
draw poker, and which "he is convinced
rightfully belongs to Uncle Samuel. The
man asks that the amount be' applied to the
national debt and signs himself "Con
scientiously yours. Probity."
Another letter written some time ago and
written with a pencil reads as follows:
Treasurer of the UnitedStates: The inclosed
$62 is for Uncle Sam from one of bis neglected
nephews.
There was no signature, but at the bottom
was a request that the receipt be acknowl
edged through the newspapers. Nearly
one-half of tbe writers are anxious that their
money be receipted for iu this way. Some
ask that a mention ot the matter be made by
"Washington correspondents, and others in
close money to pay for the advertising of
the receipt in the personal columns of the
newspapers in their resnective cities. Not
a few of them request that their letters be
kept on tile, and the reason for this is doubt
less that in case their sins should be found
out they may be able to show tbat they have
made restitution. In such cases it is "fear of
discovery rather than conscience which
prompts tbe return of the money. The Gov
ernment, when money is sent for such ad
vertisements, always advertises them and
the letters are always kept. Some.of the
letters are quite laconic. Here is a; slip of
paper which incloses $7. It has only the
word "Conscience" and the figure "7" on it.
Here is another:
SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
Treasurer of the United States: Inclosed
find check for $310. No matter how obtained.
Respectfully, .
Here is another also inclosing money:
Render unto Csesar tho things that are Cae
sar's, and unto God the things that are God's.
Yours penitently, Conscience Stricken.
This probably came from a "Washington
clerk. It is dated Georgetown:
Secretary of the Treasury: Having taken
articles from the Government which did not
belong to me and wbich were worth, I
juage, S4 1 inclose it Yours,
F. Le Penitent.
This is in a woman's handwritinc. bnt the
lady doe3 not state hsr lowest figure. She
writes:
Dear Sir In one sense I owe the Govern
ment $10, and in another I do not; but Inas
much as 1 prize a clear conscience more than
$10 1 inclose you that amount for tbe United
States Treasury. Yours, with respect.
Conscience.
Some years ago a large amount of corre
spondence was received from all parts of
the country containing small amounts con
tributed by citizens unanimously to the pay
ment of the national debt. These contribu
tions were called out by tbe following let
ter: . Baltimoke. October 15, 1S87.D
Hon. Hugh McCnlloch, Secretary of Treasury:
I see it stated in a newspaper that 2 cents
placed at interest for 2,000 years will pay off
the national debt. It is not stated at what in
terest and X have not the time to enter into a
calculation to test the truth or falsity of tbe
assertion, even if the rate per cent were given,
nor can I wait to nurse such an investment, but
taking for granted tbat tbe statement is correct
I will not begrudge tbe amount and so inclose
it to be applied by you according to your best
judgment. When you have done tbis how idle
will be all tbe taiic of repudiation ana the
world will learn tbat after all tbe national debt
i3 but i2-cent affair. Yours truly,
Baltimore Woman.
P. 8. I do not wish you to put this contribu
tion to the Conscience Fund, but to apply it
to the payment of the national debt
TROUBLE FOR ANDREW JOHNSON.
During the latter years of Andrew John
son's administration a number of the con
science letters contained a criticism of tbe
President's policy. One letter inclosing 5
cents reads as follows:
Franklin, Pa,, December 23, 1887.
Hon. Hugh McCulloch:
MY dear School Mate I send you in
closed a 5 cent piece. Please apply it to wip
ing out the national debt, and this is not con
science money. My conscience is insolvent
Send my love to Andy, Mrs. Andy and all tbe
little Andies. In order that you may accept
this I will state tbat I indorse the policy of An
drew Johnson, and in fact every sneak up our
way indorses him. Yours trulv.
Adam Goodsell.
A great many of these letters relate to the
unpaid income taxes. Some inclose coun
terfeit money and a good many of the con
tributions are sent through the Catholic
priests. In these cases the letters are signed
by the priests and a receipt is sent to them
for the money whenever they request it.
One man incloses $20 and asks tbat it be
credited to the Union defenders and that, if
possible, the amount be applied to the im
peachment of Andrew Johnson. A printed
letter incloses $170 and says it is the theft of
a former controlfer, and a yellow envelope
postmarked Chicago brings $500, with only
these words penned in blue ink on a short
strip ot paper: "The inclosed money be
longs to the Treasury Department"
And so it is throughout these thousands
of letters. Each one represents a greater or
less amount ot money stolen from the Gov
ernment, and each is the index of the story
of a crime. Frank G. Carpenter.
THE CULIUKE OF PEARLS.
How tho Chineto Bore Holes Into Mussels
and Drop Pellets Into Them.
The production of pearls by assisted propa
gation is a curious industry, which has
been carried on more successfully by the
Chinese than by any other people. They
take the mussels from their beds, and, pry--ing
open tbe shells, or boring holes through
them, insert small molds or beads so that
they will lie in the soft flesh. The animals,
being unable to expel these foreign bodies,
immediately begin to cover them with
nacre, as described in the natural pearl
making process. In a year a complete coat
ing is formed, but the beauty of the pearl is
greatly enhanced by allowing it to remain
undisturbed for two or three years.
These pearls, however, are seldom perfect
in shape, because it is almost impossible to
obtain or manufacture kernels of flawless
spherical form. The deposit of nacre, of
course, follows every inequality of surlace
in the artificial molds.
TTTE ttt?st gxEEL FEU'S.
Considerable Mystery as tp Their Invention
and Blnnnfaclnre.
Twenty years ago there were three men
living who could have answered the ques
tion, "When and by whom were steel pens
invented? These three were Josiah Mason,
John Mitchell and Joseph Gillot. Of these
the two later died and left no word. The
other, Sir Josiah Mason, left on record tbat
his friend ana patron, Mr. Samuel Harri
son, made a steel pen for Dr. Priestly about
the year 1780.
But though Mr. Harrison may have good
right to what glory there is in tbis fact, it
does not appear that he had anything to do
with the manufacture of steel pens by me
chanical appliances that is, by machinery.
This qnestion is involved in as much obscur
ity as is the invention of printing, and, like
that invention, has been surrounded with an
atmosphere of myth.
one from New Haven, Conn.
AN HISTORICAL FETE.
The lleschianza Preceding Howe's
Evacuation of Philadelphia.
MAJOR ANDRE A LEADING SPIRIT.
Scenes From tbe Middle Ages Enacted
Upon a Pretty Meadow Plot
A SHOW OP POMP AliD MAGNIFICENCE
COEEISPOSDENCE Or THE BISFATCK.1
Philadelphia, May 10.
EXT Sunday
will be the one
hundred and
twelfth anniver
sary of the Mes
chianza fete,
which took place
in tbe suburbs of
Philadelphia in
1778. The Mes
chianza, which
has become his
torical for its
pomp and mag
nificence as well
' as its great cost
and absurd imitations of tbe Middle Ages
tournament, was a great farewell fete given
to Lord Howe, the commander of the Brit
ish forces, by 22 of the leading officers of bis
army, headed by the young and popular
Major Andre. Andre selected or probably
coined tbe title, which Is said to signily a
medley or mixture.
Just why the British should desire to at
tract public attention to their departure
from tbe city is what the Americans and a
great many Englishmen could never under
stand. Certainly Lord Howe's campaign
had been neither brilliant nor successful,
and he evacuated Philadelphia in the use
of that discretion which in thii instance at
least was tbe better part of valor.
TO LOYAL AND DISLOYAL ALIKE.
Invitations were sent to all the socially
prominent ladies in the city, both Tory and
otherwise. Of course, many of the patriotic
ladies declined to attend. The company as
sembled before 3 o'clock in the afternoon at
Knight's wharf, near the foot of Green
street, where thev entered row boats and
barges, and proceeded along tbe river front
through a lane lined by men-of-war, gaily
decorated. All the city turned out to wit
ness the display. At the Association Bat
tery, which stood where the Pennsylvania
Railroad now has its freight yard,
below Prime street, the merry
crowd landed and moved forward
between a double line of soldiers
and cavalry to the tilting grounds, a plot of
meadow as large as a city block, where all
tbe mnsicians in the army led the parade.
There were two pavalions facing each
other, and the front rows of each were re
served for seven of the principal young
ladies of the country, dressed in attractive
habits and wearing in their turbans, tbe
favors with which they meant to reward the
knights who were to contend in their honor.
Presently a band of knights dressed iu an
cient habits of white and red silk, and
mounted on gray horses richly caparisoned,
entered tbe lists attended by their 'squires
on foot in suitable apparel. Lord Cathcart
was chief of the knights, and rode with great
pomp.
THE CHALLENGE AND ANSWER.
After they had made the circuit of the
square, their herald alter a flourish of trum
pets proclaimed: "The Knights of the
Blended Bose by me, their herald, proclaim
and assert that the ladies of the Blended
Bose excel iu wit, beauty and every accom
plishment those of the whole world, and
should any knight or knights be so hardy
as to dispute or denv it, they are ready to
enter the lists with them, and maintain
their assertions by deeds of arms according
to tbe laws of ancient chivalry."
At tbe third repetition of the challenge,
the sound of trumpets was heard from the
opposite side of the square, and another her
ald, with four attendants dressed in black
and orange, galloped into the lists. The
black herald ordered his trumpeters to sound,
and then proclaimed defiance to the chal
lenge in the following words: "The Knights
of the Burning Mountain present themselves
here not to contend by words, but to dis
prove by deeds, the vainglorious assertions
of the Knights of the Blended Bose, and
enter tbe lists to maintain that the ladies of
tbe Burning Mountain are not excelled in
beauty, virtue or accomplishments by any
in the universe."
Shortly after the Black Knights entered.
Then followed tbe tourney, in which the
warriors gallantly strove until a certain
time previously fixed when the ladies signi
fied their satisfaction at their knights' en
deavors, when the combat ceased, ending in
what nowadays might be called a draw.
AFTER THE TOURNEY.
Among the ladies favored were Peggy and
Sophie Chew, of the famous Chew House in
Germantown, and "Williamina Bard, after
ward the wife of General Cadwalader of the
Continental army, and mother of Lady
Erskine, and connected with the bluest
blood of England. The Ladies of the
Blended Bose each wore white silk polonaise
which formed a flowing robe, a pink sash,
six inches wide, filled in with spaneles,
veils edged with lace and high head dresses.
The Ladies of the Burning Mountain were
attired in the same general way.
After the tourney the whole company
moved over the sward to the "Wharton man
sion, where they were regaled with tea and
lemonade, while the knights were decorated
by tbeir ladies fair. How can one tell of
the ball tbat followed, or of the fireworks,
or the supper served in a magnificent apart
ment, 200x40 feet; of tbe two dozen slaves
with silver collars and bracelets who bent
to the floor as the gnests entered; of the sul
len booming of cannon, which the gallant
campaigners assured the ladies were ot no
consequence, even while knowing that the
Americans led by Captain McLane were
making a desperate attack on tbeir re
doubts, or how the fun waxed fast and furi
ous until until the ball broke up at 4
o'ctock in the morning, and how in 24 hours
after, not a single red coat was left in Phila
delphia, the victorious colonists, wild with
joy, taking possession of the city.
Quaker.
"WORKING THE CHANGE BACKET.
The Corner Grocers Selected ns Tictlms by
a Rather Clever Artist.
Occasional reports, mostly from corner
groceries, have been coming in the past
week or two of attempts to defraud by
means of the change racket. A tall and
rather neat-looking individnal, perhaps 25
years of age, will step in and buy some
trifling article, perhaps a cigar or a banana.
He offers a $10 or $20 bill in payment. Tbe
grocer skirmishes in his money drawer for
the change and lays it before his customer.
The latter starts to pick it up, selecting tbe
largest bill 'in tbe pile, when he suddenly
remembers that he has smaller change him
self. He fumbles about in his pockets, keeping
up a running fire of delightful conversa
tion, meanwhile disposing of the grocer's
bill and producing, say a $j bill. In the
confusion nine grocers out of ten forget the
missing bill, and are not enlightened until
the accounts of the day are figured up at
night. The fellow vran across one grocer
last week who was up to the trick and he
only got his legitimate change. Four or
five hours later, when the grocer was out,
tbe leiiow returned and, tried tbe same
game on the clerk, but tin latter had been
posted and wasa t caught.
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WRITTEN 'FOE THE DISPATCH.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The leadinz characters of tbe story are Geoffrey Bingham, a London barrister, and Beatrice
Granger, daughter ot the rector of Bryngelly, on the Welsh coast, and village school teacher.
Geonrey Is married to a titled woman. Lady Honoria, who married him for an expected fortune
tbat did not materialize. She fretted at poverty and made life generally miserable for Geoffrey
during his early strngcies. They have a daughter, Effle, a child of sweetest disposition. While
outing at Brynzelly, Geoffrey is rescued irom drowning by Beatrice. In spite of themselves tbla
incident developed into deep affection. Lady Honoria is not slaw to see it and this makes mat
ters worse between her and Geoff rey. Beatrice has a sister. Elizabeth. The family is poor and
Elizabeth is ambitious to become the wife of 'Squire Owen Davies, who is rich, but stupid. He is
madly in love with Beatrice, finally proposes to her, is rejected, but continues to annoy her with
his attentions. During Geoffrey's stay at Bryngelly he receives a brief In a celebrated law case.
Beatrice reads it ana hits upon tbe right theory of tbe case. Geoffrey returns to' London, tries
tbe case on Beatrice's theory and wins a great victory. It is his key to fortune. Henceforth
money rolls In to him. He gratifies Lady Honoria' 3 every whim. Finally he is elected to
Parliament, where be soon distinguishes himself. All this time be corresponds with Beatrice.
Lady Honoria, at last realizing that her husband amounts to something, is more considerate in
her treatment of him. bnt cannot extract herself from tbo frivolons class of fashionable people
she has cultivated. The poverty of tbe Grander family becomes serious. Beatrice glve up her
salary to her father, but it is not sufficient. Mr. Granger must borrow. Scheming Elizabeth
takes advantago of this fact to compromise Beatrice in tbe eyes of Owen Davies. She Bends her
father to Geoffrey Bingham, who not only gives him 200. but agrees to visit Bryngelly. Before
leaving home Lady Honoria charges Geoffrey with his tenderne-s for tbe pretty school teacber.
He meets Beatrice unexpectedly, and on the Impulse of the moment confesses to her she is the
only woman who can properly sympathize with him. It is a tempestuous moment to both
another warning of the whirlpool toward wbich tbev are drifting. Geoffiey also meets Owen
juavies, wno confesses nis unsuccessful suit ior Beatrice's nana, ana says ner love ior ueuurey
is the cause. He pleads for Geoffrey's belp, and of course is treated with scorn. Owen talks
more like an insane man than anything else. Elizabeth secretly rejoices. Tbe next evening
Beatrice and Geoffrey take a walk together, Geoffrey making bold to plead Owen Davis' case
Beatrice angrily reproaches him and at last bursts into a flood of tears. Then they fall into each
other's arms and all is forgot in the tender expressions of tbeir love. That night Geoffrey can
not sleep, and is startled at last by Beatrice who in a somnambulistic state walks to bis room,
awakes and, realizing tbe situation, swoons away. Tbe crash of tbe doors awakes both Elizabeth
and Mr. Granger. Geoffrey starts to carry the inanimate form of Beatrice to her room and nar
rowly escapes' being discovered by Mr. Granger, who is up to see what caused the noise. As
Geoffrey enters with bis precious burden Elizabeth apoears to sleep, but in reality is alert to
every move. 'Geoffrey puts Beatrice in ber bed and retires. It ext morning Mr. Granger's sus
picions are turned aside witlra ghost story. Geoffrey returns to London, and Elizabeth, in order
to explode the whole matter, writes an anonymous letter, reciting the events of the night, to
Lady Honoria. On receiving the letter. Lady Honoria writes to Elizabeth, wno replies, savins
she refuses to give any information. Ihis convinces Lady Honoria, and she charges Geoffrey
witb unfaithfulness and threatens to begin action for a separation. Sho also writes to Beatrice,
telling ber if she loves Geoffrey to instantly pat an end-to their friendly relations. Geoffrey
also writes to Beatrice, asking ber to fly with him and Erne to America. Beatrice replies: "No.
dear Geoffrey. Thine must lake their course." Owen Davies, half crazed by love, again asks
Beatrice to be his wife, tbis time in the presence of Mr. Granger and Elizabeth. Of course
Beatrice refuses Owen's proposal. Elizabeth elurta out tbe story f the night auventnre.
Beatrice denies any wrong and telU the whole truth. Her father, even cannot accept ber ex
planation. Beatrice leaves for London and finds ber way to the House of Parliament. A young
member, attracted by her face, gets her into tbe gallery, where sbe listens to one of Geoffrey's
greatest speeches. To the young member Beatrice gives tbe name of Mrs. Everston. Tbe mem
ber tells Geoffrey of the mysterious lady and he, suspecting it is Beatrice, starts on a vain search
for her in the great city.
CHAPTEE XXVIIL
I WILL WAIT POR TOU.
Beatrice drove back to Paddington, and
as she drove, though her face did not
change from its marble cast of woe the great
tears rolled down it, one by one.
They reached the deserted-looking station,
and she paid tbe man out of her few remain
ing shillings seeing that she was a stranger,
he insisted upon receiving half a crown.
Then, disregarding the astonished stare of
the night porter, she found her way to the
waiting room, and sat down. Eirst she took
tne letter from her breast and added some
lines to it in pencil, but she did not post it
yet; she knew that if she did so it would
reach its destination too soon. Then she
laid her head back against the wall, and,
utterly outworn, dropped to sleep her last
sleep upon this earth, before the longest
sleep of all.
And thus she waited and slept at Pad-
dington,while her lover waited and watched
at Euston.
4
At 5 she woke, and
the heavy cloud of
with Geoffrey's
sorrow, past, present and to come, rushed in
upon her heart. Taking ber bag, she made
herself as tidy as she could. Then she
stepped outside the station into .the deserted
street, and, finding a space between the
bouses, watched the sun rise over tbe wak
ing world. It was her last sunrise, she re
membered. She came baok filled with such thoughts
as might well strike the heart of a woman
about to do tbe thing she had decreed. Tbe
refreshment bar was open now, and sbe
went to it and bought a cap of coffee and
some bread and butter. Then she took her
ticket, not to Bryngelly or to Coed, but to
tbe station on this side o: Bryngelly and
three miles from it. She would run less
risk of being noticed there. Tbe train was
shunted np; sbe took her seat in it. Just
as it was starting, an early newspaper boy
came along, yawning. Beatrice bought a
copy of tbe Standard oat of the one and
threepence that was left of her money, and
opened it at tbe sheet containing the lead
ing articles. The first one began, "The most
powerful, closely reasoned and eloquent
speech made last night by Mr. Bingham,
the member for Pillham, wiil, we feel cer
tain, produce as great an effect on the coun
try as it did in the House of Commons. "We
welcome it, not only on account of its value
as a contribntion to tbe polemics of tbe Irish
question, but as a positive proof of what has
already been suspected, that the Unionist
party has in Mr. Bingham a young states
man of a very high order indeed, and one
whom remarkable and rapid success at tbe
bar has not hampered, as is too often the
case, in tbe larger and less technical field of
polities."
And s on. Beatrice put tbe paper down
with a smile of.triumpb. Geoffrey's success
was splendid and unquestioned. Nothing
could stop him now. During all tbe long
journey she pleased ber imagination bv
conjuring up picture after picture of that
great future ol his, in wbich she would have
no share. And vet he would not foreet her:
she was sure ot tbis. Her shadow would go
with him from year to year, even to the end,
and at times he might think how proud sbe
would have been could sbe be present to
record his triumphs. Alas! she did not re-
1 member that when all is lost which can
make lire beautiful, when the sun has
set and the spirit gone out of the day, the
poor garish lights of our little victories
can but ill utoue for the glories that
have been. Happiness and content are frail
plants, which can onlv flourish under fair
conditions. They will not thrive beneath
the gloom and shadow of a pall, and when
the heart is dead no triumphs, however
splendid, and no reward?, however great,
can compensate for the utter and irredeem
able loss. She never guessed, poor girl, tbat
time upon time, in the long years to be,
Geoffrey would gladly have laid his honors
down in payment for one month of ber dear
and unforgotten presence. She was too un
selfish; sbe did not think that a man could
thus prize a woman's love, and took it for an
axiom that success in liiVwas his one real
object a thing to which so divine gift as she
had given Geoffrey is as nothing.
At Chester Beatrice got out of the train,
and posted her letter to Geoffrey. She
would not do so before because it might
have reached him too soon, before sbe had
finished. Now it wonld be delivered to
him in the House after everything bad been
name upon her lips.
accomptisned in its order. She looked at
the letter. It was, she thought, the last
token that could ever pass between them on
tbis earth. Once she pressed it to her heart,
once sbe touched it with her lips, and then
she put it from ber beyond recall. It was
done; there was no going back now, And
even as she stood tbe postman came up
whistling, and opening the box carelessly
swept its contents into bis canvas bag.
Could he have known what lay among them
he would have whistled no mo'rs tbat day.
Beatrice continued ber journey, and by
3 o'clock arrived safelv at tbe little station
next to Bryngelly. There was a fair at
Coed that day, and many people of the
peasant class got in here. Amidst the con
fusion she gave up ber ticket to a small
boy, who was looking the other way at tha
time, and escaped without being noticed by
a soul. Indeed, things so happened tbat
nobody in tbe neighborhood of Bryngelly
ever knew that Beatrice had been to Lon
don and back upon those dreadful days.
Beatrice walked along the cliff, and in an
hour was at the door of the Vicarage, from
which she seemed to have been away for
years. Sbe unlocked it and entered. In
the letterbox was a postal card from her
father, stating that he and Elizabeth bad
changed their plans and would not be back
till the train which arrived at 820 on tha
following morning. So much the better,
she thought. Then she disarranged the
clothes upon her bed to make it seem ail
though it had been slept in, lit the kitchen
fire, and put the kettle on to boil, and as
soon as it was ready she took some food. She
wanted all her nerve, and that could not ba
kept up without food.
Shortly alter tbis the girl Betty returned.
Her sister was mnch better, she said, in an
swer to Beatrice's inquiries, and sbe went
about ber duties in the honse quite Uncon
scious that Beatrice had been away from it
for the whole nubt.
When sbe had eaten what she could It
was not much Beatrice went to her room,
undressed herself, bathed, and put on clean,
fresh things. Then she unbound her lovely
hair, and did it up in a coronet upon her
head. It was a fashion that she did not t
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