KG FOR GOLD Desultory Prospecting Among the Old Mining Camps in the Rich Fields of Uew Mexico. WOXDEBS OP A TDEQUOIS HUE. A Long Tramp in the Snow With JS'oth iEff to Guide but the Faint Foot prints of a Horse. I0ST AT LAST WITH SCAKCELT HOPE. lntercstirj rrperieacfs of a Trip en Toot Icross the Continent rwmnix ron tot dispatch. T pleases me to remem ber how my first intro duction to the Pueblo Indiana imnressod me. t for now I have lived for three years among them in one of their own houses, in one of their otvn towns, and with them as my almost cole neighbors and they teem life-long friends. Hut then thev were sew to me in every detail and it filled me "with astonishment to find Indians who dwelt in excellent houses, with comfortable furniture, and clean beds and clothing and food, Indians .who were as industrious as any class in the country, and tilled pretty f bnus, and had churches of their own build ing and who learned none ot these things from us, but were living thus before our Saxon forefathers had tound so much as the chore of New England. The old Governor, my host, waiTcourtesy itself, and entertained me v ery ably, though at disadvantage, for my struggles with Spanish in those days were for grace end comfort, something like the Scottish min ister's dclinuiou 01 a "phenomenon:" "A cow, e k.un, and that is not a phenome non; and an ajipie tree, j e know, and that is not a phenomenon; but when ye see the cow climbing tiie apple tree, tail first, that is a phenomenon !" I'ortj-Tno Miles "Without a House. IFxaa San Yeldefonso to Santa Fe is less 4ian 30 miles, but it gave me a hard day. A . SiflL-iRwuC- ' HUNTI w Vflaj! fM i-&, " l tS52l35L "nty''r" aM(MbJ t 23r av . r-"" N. " OLD CUtJKCH AXD CONTEXT AT SAX TELDEF02TSO. Xexican, evidently misunderstanding my I Jargon, directed me south instead of eat; j and as the trail was dim and crossed by and branchine into countless othcrs, I soon found myself at a loss in the wilderness. All oay long we wandered over the gravelly means' suffering torture from thirst, for I had brought no water, and not a little from hunger. Shadow ceme to appreciate the unpleasant situation, and etcry now and then howled dolefully. At last, at 8 o'clock at nigl t. just as I was deciding to dig a hole in the ai.d and crawl in for the night, a dim light far ahead made me throw my hat alott and whoop like a Comanche. An hour later Shadow and I were seriously lowering the water of a well at the first house in Santa Fe, and in a few minutes more were in the hospitable clutche of friends, after a pain ful walk of 42 miles with a heavy load, for I had brought my knapsack all the way from Espanoia. Quaint old Santa Fe Interested us much a:e,becausit is the most carious town in the country which is shared by Americans, and Shadow because it was the first real town he hail ever been in. He reveled in the nar row old strrets, in the vehicle, in the bur ro with their Hdncv-haped loads of wood, mid, almve all, in the market, where hung tneai plenty, and ever jackrabbiti. It was verv difficult to convince him that thee disj'.lftvs were not for his special benefit, and particularly the first jackrabbits that he had seen so tame that he could actually catch thein. We were there eight days, traveling about a great deal and finding many in.ere-ing things. Ihe po-sibihties of the adobe surprised m. for there wc found handsome residences end predita'u'e (our-story buildings made of the dcpis-nl "mud brick " It ws terv in tweetinsr. too, m watch tl'o Mexican work men turning gold and silver bar into miles of precious wire; and winding that, in turn, into the xoui'-i"' and intricate patterns of tfieir charactcrifctic filisree jewelry. V.lmt Cnn Br Made of Adobe. Parting with regret from the "ancient metropolis" of New Mexico, we turned tenth and trudged blithely don n the long, iloping plateaus. The town had already b"un to pall on Shadow chiefly, I sus pect, because he had me less to himself there and he was very antic on taking again to the road. 1 hat very afternoon, however, his spirts were sadly snubbed. "We came near two preoccupied coyotes which were trrmg to dig a rabbit from his hole, and H.adow took alter them very val orously. The mean little wolves led him off a safe distance Irom my rifie.and then al lowed him to catch up with them and how he wieiied they hadn t. He made a brave fight, but was sornlv overmatched, and was glad enough to break aw av and make back towe,wiwi secral unpleasant cuts in his sleek coat. Six Miles to n Drop or 'Water. Passing through the unimportant mining ecmji of Bonauza aud on to Carbonateville, a town Eix miles from a drop of water, Me came to the little gray knob of "Mount" Chalchuiti, the only turquois mine on the continent, ana the one prehistoric mine in the whole Southwest, despite the numerous fables of ancient gold there. It was very long ago whea when the firct stone hammer was swuntr by swarthy fits acainst those white rocks aud thumned out the first little n8gg t of tne stone that stole its color from ihe sky. liie great hill is fairly houey cmnbed, and on one side is a great hole which could swallow a Jour-story block without a strain. Tiie Pueblos have always priced the turquois above all other ortia mestE they had neither gold nor silver in the old days and were pecking awav with their rude tool, at this precious deposit long before Columbus. Some 30 acres are cevered with dibris from their ancient mines, and upon these dumps great cedars Save grown to the mtlurity of centuries. The tele is gratclvprintcdiu histories that the early Spanish conquerors enlaedthe Pueblos in Ibis and other mine"!, and that prt of this mountain caved in and buried a lot of the unlortunate Indians. Put this is a silly fable, for the Spanish ncer en slaved the Puebio-?, and were, on the con trary, the most humane neighbors the Anier ic n Indians ever had and never worked this or any other mine in New Mexico. SVe prospected the btraagehill for several hoars, and I cut my head and knees badly by crawling along a half-filled ancient tun nel for a couple of hundred feet to the audible discontent of Shadow, who would neither enter the dismal hole himself nor .absent to my doing so. A fine stone ham mer and some beautiful nuggets of pure azure very different from the worthless pr en ot most of the veins rewarded my effrts. Exploring the Gold Mines. Crossing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at Ccrillos and wading the icy Galisteo we reached the shabby but ex tremely interesting mining camp of Golden late in the evening of December 5, after a hard, thirsty, up-hill day. Our 12 days among the mines of the New Placers were the most enjoyable of the whole journey, though without startling adventures. A miner friend from Ohio took us to his rough little jacal a cabin made bv chinking and roofing with adobe a palisade of pinon trunks and made us very much at home. Atter the first two days there came heavy snowstorms and the w eather grew very bit ter at that altitude of over 7,000 feet, but every day, and all day long, we trudged over the snow-buried mountains with Charlie Smith, poking into the numerous mines and countless prospect holes in their rocky ribs, exploring the underground miles of the great San Pedro copper mine, which the armed miners had lorcibly captured from and defended against the millionaire corporation that had tried to oust them from their own little claims under a fraudulent land grant, and gathering whole sacks of beautiful specimens of the brilliant copper ores, and plenty of quartz lumps peppered with yellow gold. Shadow's fear of losing me soon overcome his horror of underground, and he tugged reluctantly at my heels through the dnlts and tunnels, and showed his relief by wild capers whenever i e got back to the light of day. It was in the placer mines, however, that I found the greatest pleasure, and Shadow the utmost tribula.ion. The Mexi cans who worked these slow but sure paying mines while the more "ambitious" Amer icans were trying to find fortune by one stroke in the otiartz veins took a creat fancy to me and let me work all I desired on their claims. But whenever I swung down by the rope to the bottom of one of their Sli-foot shafts and craw led out of sight in the dnit to scrape up a "prospect" from the pay streak. Shadow sat on the very brink of the shaft and howled at the top of his voice till I came up again. Shining Mementoes of the Trip. He was very deeply interested in the sub sequent panning out of the pay dirt, and never moved from my side during the entire operation, no matter what the temptations ol vagrant curs and other excitements. It did not take me long to become expert with rocker and pan; and I have still e eral little phials ot nuggets and "dust" as trophies oi my first gold-washing. "Golden is one ol the pioneer gold fields ot the United States. The Kew Placers, so named from the vast areas of auriferous gravel which surrounded the town have Been w orked by the .Mexicans since 1828, which gives priority over all other workings in this country, except thoe of Cabarrus conntr. N. C which were discovered a cea eratioh earlier The history of the brave little town has becu made tragic bylts con nection with an American perversion of a Spanish land grant. People of the East look upon the Southwestern land grant as a col lective swindle and a monstrosity, forgetful that these grants were made by the Spanish Crown in the Eamc way and for the same reasons, and conveying just a? valid title as the land grants of England or France npon whioh the skeptics" themselves live. The New Mexican land grant is a perfectly normal and proper institution in itself, and the only trouble about it arises from the frauds practiced by some American land pirates. The grant which laps over Golden ir a sample of their operations. The original Spanish grant was miles away a small tri angle of a few hundred acres, with its apex pointing west. Under the manipulations of a syndicate successive surveys turned the grant over like the leaf of a book, so that its apex pointed east and swelled it to 35,000 acres, taking in a very rich mineral country. The syndicate then endeavored to oust the sturdy miners whoe claims they had thus suddenly blanketed; but that was another thing, and after years of litigation and occa sional resorts to linns the miners still hold their own. Most of the land grants in New Mexico are not frauds, and but for our Government's shameful disregard of the treaty promises under which it acquired this Territory the matter would have been adjusted long ago. The Virtue of Gunny Facts, With the snow more than two feet deep on a lev el, and a walk of 50 lonely miles to the railroad ahead, the getting away irom Goldca did not look inviting. IJut I was getting hungry for mail; aud as the snow showed no signs ot disappearing, there was nothing to do hut wade it. The laithful low shoes now nearly through their third pair ot soles were not to be given up; but they and the long stockings made slender pro tection against the driits, and so I bound up my feet and legs in gunny-sacks, which were lighter and w armor than boots. Had it not been for those ungainly leggins, I never should have got through that awful day; for with boots, even the best, my feet would have frozen. It v.a G:30 of a pleasant December morn ing when we bade a hearty larewell to our new-found friends in Golden, and started trudging up the long, gentle slope toward the Tijeras ("Scissors") canon, through the deep snow and with a heavy burden on my shoulders for I had shipped only the cop per and silver specimens to the railroad by stage, and was carrying the gold specimens to pack aud ship at Albuquerque. My en tire load weighed nearly 40 pounds, which is altogether too much, even in the best of walkiiir. After a couple of miles we left the well-broken road to San Pedro and struck oil" through the scattered pinons bouthwcstwardly. AVe had now no path save the tracks of a single horse, which had been ridden to Carnoe the day before, so we had to break our own way. It was the hardest long way I ever attempted, and poor &iiaaow larea no ueltcr. ahe snow came above his belly, so that it was impossi ble for him to plow "any distance; and the xmly gait by which he could get along was a series of wearisome bounds. A l"amoUB aud Skillful Desperado. After some five hours of fearful toil. w reached the little creek at the loot of the noble Sandia3, and crossed it at a spot which has bloody memories. "While in Golden I had become acquainted with the famous desperado, Marino Lcbya, a hercu lean Mexican of astonishing agility and al most matchless skill with the revolver one of his favorite pastimes being to spur his fleet horse through a village, shooting off the heads af chickens as he galloped past! He was a known murderer, having slain many men in quarrels or for purposes of robbery, and a perennial horse thief; but he walked the streets of Golden as freely as anyone. There were many warrants out against him, but the numerous officers who came dow n periodically from Santa Fe to arrest him always took very good care not to find him, nor to let him "find them, for. whenever he heard of such an official visit he always buckled on his unerring six- HE shooters and rode into Golden at top speed, to "se who would takeMarino." His orav ado was endless, and covered no lack of courage, lie was ordinarily a good-natured fellow, and I had many very entertaining talks with him; but those for whom he con ceived a dislike were apt to fare ilL Some time before my visit, an American doctor coming tip from Albuquerque had stopped over night at Tijeras, and had care lessly exposed a considerable roll of money. He rode a fine horse, and had a good re volver. Next morning as he came on toward Golden, Marino's gang who had taken a short cut from Tijeras to get ahead am bushed him at the very crossing. His horse fell at their first volley, crushing his leg be neath it, but he fought bravely, emptying his shooter at the assassins, until he fell, heavy with bullets. The outlaw took his valuihle! and then burned the bodies of The Desperado Shooting Chickens. horse and rider. For a long time nothing was knows of his fate. At last his brother came from the East to make search and finally found his watch in pawn at Berna lillo. By this clew four of his murderers were traced, and an Albuquerque mob left them dangling from four telegraph-poles. Marino, however, escaped and retribution did not overtake him until three years after I knew him. Killed Throngh s Friend's Treachery. A Mexican whom he had treated with great generosity, and upon whoso friend ship he relied, was bribed to kill him, or to assist a deputy sheriff in doing so. The precious couple met Marino on the forest road a few miles from Golden, and the always alert outlaw challenged them. "What! Don't you know me?" cried the false friend, riding up with a cordial smile and extending hishand. As Marino grasped it, the traitor jerked him forward and the cownrdly officer put a bullet through Marino's brain from behind. Had the heavy ball gone through the heart instead of instantly paralyzing the great nerve center, there is no doubt that a man of Marino's force of will would have slain, both his murderers before dying himself; and they kne,w that no mere "surprise, however complete, could make them a match for that lightning marksman. Only some such cowardly trap as theirs could have con quered him. Marino was dearly loved by the common people, to whom he was a very Robin Hood, fleecing only the rich and dividing with the humble; but he was a terror to that whole section, and his death was a reliel to the public In the ruins of the old church just be yond this fatal crossing I stopped to rest and escape the icy w ind, for all my clothing was wringing wet, while Shadow was in a perfect lather. In ten minutes we were on the road again, hut with increasinganxiety There hadheen an ominous change in the weather, and shcet-liko clouds covered the sky. The Guiding Footprints Covered Up. The wind was rising, too; and suddenly I saw, with a thrill of terror, that a few finer particles of the dry snow were beginning to blow northward. That may seem a circum stance too trivial to mention at all, but I knew it was a matter of life or death. "We were in a trackless wilderness.far Irom help, or food, or warmth and with no more than the remotest idea in what direction they lay; night near at hand and a deadly chill In the air, and our only guide to safety the foot prints of a horse. 'In ten minutes my fears were realized. The wind took sudden strength and came shrieking savagely down the valley, scooping up great sheets of the snow-llonr and whirling it hither and yon in blinding volleys. The footprints, upon which our lives might depend, grew dim mer, laded, were wiped out altogether. I pulled my hat over my eyes, shut my teeth and plunged desperately and blindly on in tue general uirecuuu ui iuc uuw uuiiicruteu trail. It was a fearful struggle against that head-wind through the snow. Presently Shadow crouched under a Epreading pinon, whose piny boughs kept off the storm, and howled dismally. I called to him, and then walked on, thinking that the poor fellow would surely follow: hut he was too worn out, and only howled the louder and did not budge. I went back to him, put my knife belt around his neck, and led him. For perhaps a mile he did his best to come on, but thee he could keep his feet no longer, and could only be dragged limp and helpless as a dead body. That would not do the strap would choke him. Deadly as the danger was I could not desert him dear Shadow, who had come to seem more like a brother than a dog, in our long and lonely walk together. In Trackless Snows. I picked him up and threw him upon my heavy knapsack, his legs on either side of my neck, and carried him as one carries a Bheep. And then I began to lose all hope. My load was crushing, the drifts grew more impassable, the wind more cruel. It was already several degrees below zero. Down my legs and body trickled rivulets of sweat; and my outer clothing, sweat-soaked for hours, was now irozen stiff. We were oil the road, too, and in a rough country, cut every few rods by deep arroyos running to the creek. These were drifted full; and a hundred times I tumbled into them with out warning, cutting aud bruising us both cruelly, the fine snow sifting down my back and cliilling my strength; floundering out again only by the energy of despair, and struggling on only to tail into another trap. My strength was gone. The endurance which had never failed before, though often sorely tested, was at an end. Nothing but "bulldog" kept me up. I knew that to stop meant sure death, and with unseeing eyes and cars ringing with strange sounds and mind sinking into a strange, pleasant numbness, I still struggled on, making a new footprint less fast than the drilting 6torm covered the last one made. And then I stepped in a burrow and could not rise again; and there we lay, done for and lost in trackless snows. Charles F. Lummis. TBASSLATED TOR THI DIBPATCII. With a gay, happy heart and a bright smile on his face, Adolph left his home in the village and went into the city to learn the joiners' trade. He had several gold pieces in his pocket, and as he trudged on his way he made many rosy plans for the future. He had no trouble in finding a master, for his bright, honest face won friends for him at once, and soon Adolph had begun his work. At the same bench with him worked a boy by the name of Franz, who was very slow at learning, and chose this trade only because his father compelled him to do so. Although Franz and Adolph had the same master, they never were intimate friends, and spent only their working hours together. It happened about this time' that a won derful proclamation was sent through the land. The King had a very beautiful daugh ter, for whom he wished to select a suitable husband. Many noble youths came from distant countries, in hope of gaining the Priucess' hand. But the King's daughter w as not easily pleased. She declared that she would marrv none of the princes that she had seen. The man who would become TWlufFor PMTSBtrRG DISPATCH, her husband must make for her a chair of rosewood, on the back and seat of which must be carved pictures of all the cities in the kingdom, and on the legs must be rep resented every kind of animal and bird. This wish of the Princess was printed on large posters, aud hung on all the streets, and in the public houses, so that every one might know of it. There were many who would have liked to marry the beautiful Piincess, and live in the royal palace; but no one felt equal to making the work of art which she described. One day at dinner, the master said: "Adolph, I suppose you and Franz will try to make the chair which the King's daugh ter so much desires. I wonder which one of you will succeed, and win the Princess for a wife." "I fear, my master," replied Adolph, "that you are making sport of me. How could I with my little knowledge think of attempting such work?" But Franz hung his head, and made no reply to his master's words. And nothing more was said about the matter. But if Franz did not speak about the chair, he certainly thought about it often, and deter mined to win the Princess. Then he could live in luxury, and would not be compelled to work. One stormy night as Adolph was walk ing through the streets of the city a voice said to him: "Be careful, Adolph, and do allow Franz to deceive you." Adolph turned in astonishment to see me owner of the voice, and there, surrounded by a bright light, stood a small figure, which disappeared so suddenly that the boy could not gain a view of its features; but he did not forget the words, and wondered what the warning meant. In the meantime, Franz was planning how he should begin the chair. He had decided that neither his master nor Adolph should know anything about it, and that he would work at night while the others slept. Many nights he spent in the shop devising ways how he might procure the wood, and sometimes he was almost dis couraged when he thought of the greatness of his undertaking. As he sat thus one evening, in the workshop, he heard 12 loud knocks, the door opened, and in came a dwarf, wrapped in a scarlet cloak, and wear ing on his head a high, pointed hat. His face was made hideous ty a long, crooked nose, snapping black eyes, a wide mouth, and a sharp chin. Franz trembled with fear at the sight of the ugly little creature, who laughed in a hoarse tone, and said: "Well, young man, you do not seem to be getting on very fast with jour chair. Where is the wood of which it is to be made?" Franz, pointing to a few pine boards, said: "I have no other wood than this, and it is not the right kind." "I can soon fix that for yon," said the dwarf, and he touched the boards with his wand, and immediately it became highly polished rosewood. "I have a wheel," continued the dwarf, "and if you will fasten it to your i--ch and turn it, the work will do itseli. But I can give you this wheel only on condition that you will never perform a kindness for anyone, and will always do just as I tell you." As Franz hesitated, the dwarf said: "If you accept the condition you can marry the Princess, live in the palace, and always have plenty of money. I shall leave the wheel with you lor three days; but remem ber so soon as you begin to turn it you are my slave, and must always obey me." The dwarf then disappeared, leaving Franz to think over his words. The youth was greatly tempted to use the wheel. He fastened it to the bench, but was afraid to turn it, for he thought: "The dwarf might be a very hard master, and even though I did live in a palace, he might give very disagreeahli commands. ' He then hid awaj the wood in a small closet, thinking that he would decide in the morning what to do. The next day, when the two boys were at their work, Franz said: "Adolph, see what a strange wheel I have found fastened here to my bench." Adolph looked up from his work to ex amine tho curious wheel. Then Franz said: "Turn it, and see how merrily it goes around." Adolph took hold of tho wheel, and turned it several times, while Franz smiled and thought: "Now my chair is made, I have cheated the dwarf and Adolph must serve him, while I shall marry the Princess end live in the palace." All day Franz was kept so busy that he could find no time to look in the closet where he had put the wood. But in the night he slipped away to the shop, and having lighted a candle, he peered eagerly into the darkness, and to his great delight saw the chair, made exactly as the Princess had desired. He knew he would not be ad mitted to the palace during the night, but as soon as the dawn began to break, he car ried the heavy chair to the royal residence. When the King heard that a youth, bring ing a chair for the Princess, had come, he said: ".Let the chair be left here, and tell the maker to return in an hour." In the meantime, Adolph had slept soundly all night. In the morning when he was preparing to go to his work a voice said: "Listen to me, Adolph, to-day you shall marry the Princess." And once more Adolph saw the same fig ure which he had met in the street; but such a bright light shone about it that he could scarcely look at it. "Who are you?" asked the boy, "and what do you mean by such strange words? How could such a poor boy a3 1 marry the King's daughter?" "1 am your friend," was the reply, "and if you will do as I say, you shall win the Princess. Go directly to the palace, and without asking permission of any one, go through the wide doors into the hall, where yon will see the King on his throne. Walk up to him and wait for him to speak to you." The vision then vanished, and Adolph lost no time in obeying its commands. When he reached the palace he was sur prised to see that his coarse clothes had be come the finest silk and velvet, and that a jeweled sword hung by his bide. As he entered the hall, where the King and all the court were assembled, he heard voices saying: "Here is the Prince, who has made the chair." But without heeding the cries Adolph ad vanced to tho throne. The King rose to greet him, saying: "My daughter is yours, and half of my kingdom 1 give to you." At this moment Franz rushed in breath less haste into the hall, exclaiming: "It is I who made tho chair. The Prin. cess is mine." But the Princess declared that she would ha e nothing to do with such an ugly youth and that no other than Adolph should have her hand. The King, however, reminded his daughter of the proclamation about the chair, and told her to examine this one, and if it was wanting in any particular she might send Franz away and accept Adolph. Although the Princess looked carefully, she could find no fault with the chair. She then sat down in it; but instead of support ing her it fell to pieces, and all that re mained of it wa3 a few pine boards. Angry and mortified, Franz rushed from the place, and the first person he met was the dwarf, who shouted after him: Ha, ha, you thought you had cheated me. It will be many a long day before you live in the palace." And the boy went back to his work, sad der hut wiser. Paysee. THE NEW FKEKCH EXPLOSIVE. Its Manufacture Costs the Health, and Kven IaTe of tho Workmen. The manufacture of melinite, the French explosive, is attended with great danger. Several workmen employed in the factory at Toulon have been sent to the hospital suffering from poisoning. A young work man, it is said, died from disorders due to influenza, but the other patients were cured by rest. The work at the factory consists in pouring phenic acid on nitric acid to pro duce picrie acid. Nitrous vapors are given off, mixed with picrie acid. The workmen suffer from irritation of the eyes and from cough. Their hands, faces and hair turn yellow. Breathing becomes difficult, accompanied by a rattling in the throat. These tacts are not reassuring, and the attention of engineers busied with the manufacture of new explosives should be directed to the matter. SUNDAY, JULY' SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Vnnlaifni.tli.rif.1. V7 ,1.- rt-l. TtTITl Vtt' Their Brains Bust for Most of the Week?! ir They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. E. CiiADBOunif, LevAston, Maine. 1C33 THE rUZZLEl) VISITOR. A man who was fond ot botany Thought, to leliove I1I9 monotony, Tho Botanical Gardens he'd visit. Ho went, and he wandeied about Until ho lost his way out, So ho cried, "O, the entrance! where is it?" Tho gardener told him to go Through the gardens in order, and so He might manage his freedom to get If, from each garden a letter obtaining, Ue could have a word left remaining, And two flowers at the gateway to set. The flowers were beauties to be, And ono was to have grown on a tree, And its color was to be a deep red. The other was to be Just tho reverse. And should grow, If itsroot you'd immerse, In a pond or a river instead. Now, ye who aro wise, tell me, pray, The names of these flowers so gay Which tho lost man did manage to obtain: He passed through each garden out once (Ho was ablo to spell and no dunce), And a word ho left clearly and plain. H. J. A, 1C34 CHAEADE. In the ceaseless roll of years Comes the Glorious Fourth to-dayi Nought of woe or strife appears, Shines our sun his brightost ray. Time has lightly touched our land, Brought to us no withering curse. Along the earth's great powers we stand, itay no fate our last reverse. Even through our Nation's life Be out total, God of might. Keep us from unseemly strife, Guide us over in the right. This should bo a son of praise For the blessings ol tho years: And the printer would wo craze, If 'tlsftrsted when't appears. H. C. Bcsozb. 1635 ONE DAY'S FISniNO. A poet went fishing and caught two-thirds of a fish th.1t is salted and driod for market, the head ola fish that is kept in pickle, the head and tall of a ferocious fresh water fish, the eye of a herring, two-fifths of a small fresh and salt water fish, the tail of a highly prized fish and tho head of another, as highly prized, though smaller. Strange to say he didn't go near tho water, yet caught nst that for whioh he was fishing. "W. W. 163G ANAOKAM. See! a torn topic. Niagara Falls, China's w alls, Wild and beautiful scenesf Juggler's acts, Keligious facts, Are seen by completes means. Iowa Bot. 1637 diamond. 1. A letter. 2. To indulge. 3. Puts on an other tuck, as n ship. I. TTarbIe3 (Prov. Eng.) 5. To mask; G. Hugo marine animals. 7. Trawfortns (itare) 8. Those who lay slates. 9. Boils slowly. 10. A plant. 1L A letter. 1638 ENIGMA. We had rambled far into a forest, Whore wo sat on a prostrato tree; It was there we encountered a tourist, And an active sightseer was he; Though the soil was the toughest and poor est Every Inch he seemed anxious to see. We found he had been a restorer Of ruins from rubbish and sand, Ho has skill as a miner and borer, 'With implements ever at hand; And this patient, painstaking explorer, Soon makes a survey of the land. Some say he Is gathering plunder, Which he is carefully storing away In caverns unseen, that are under The roof where he chooses to stay; And not in the least should I wondor If true every word that they say. His kin has been famous for ages, As teachers and models for men. Their wisdom was known to tho sages, Who have left us the gifts of tboir pen. And a proverb he makes for their pages, That is copied again and again. Sea. 1639-rnE spoils. A hunter returned from an expedition, bringing as trophies of his hunt the heads of the following animals: Two deer, an animal resembling the deer, a deer, a night-bird and a sea animal. He tried to welh these, but they didn't move the scales a hair. Wickxd Will, 1640 DECAPITATION. I. First, a very old invention; They will sometimes vox and teasoj Tet this wonderful invontion Was lntonded man to please. ii It comes a harbinger of peace; Or oft, like Poe"s dread lla en, 'Twill como with hoarse, prophetic croak, And make of man a craven, in. Some are grand and some are feoble; Some will cherish, some will "strike." Since the days of Father Adam Never two havo beon alike , Stxb. 1641 SQUAP.E. L Extremelv malicious. 2. A Latin proper name. 3. Cufturo. i. One who decoys. 5. Approaching. C. Ability. 7. Wax candles used in religious rites. Iowa Bot. 1642 CROSS WOPJJS. In grafter, in raftor and aftor; In sixty but never in two; In stranger, in ranger and manger; In orango but nover in blue; In gendor, in tonder and lender; In cabbage hut never in colo; In canter, In ranter and banter An lnseot you'll find for my whole. H. C. BtmoxR. MAT'S SOLVING. Met Winners: 1. Florence Weber, Plumer, Pa. 2. n. C. Burger, Salem, O. 3. J. H. Car ter. Pittsburg, Pa. Roll of Honor: Kohecca H. Nicbolls.Roscoe, W. H. Sweitzor, Helen Freeman, J. A. Mc pherson, L. G. P., Florence E. Petrie, Jlartha Frost, I. C.Hairis, W. E. Lloyd, Mrs. L. G. Hunt, Frenchie, John F. Amend, Clara Jewett, P. C. Trent, Rambler, Iretta Dart, H. A E., Winnie Smith, B. C. Rawlins. ANSWEKS. 16231 Bare-bone. 2. Bonaparte (bone apnrt). 16211 Fascinates. 2. Contentions. 3. Moderate. 1625 To back her. 162-3 Ha-m, on-I-on, o-x, sal-t, t-u-mlp, peppe-r, wat-e-r. Tho soup 3Iiztwe. 1627 Tho moon. 1628 Taste, state; tone, note; miles, limes, smile. i v BLrrETrff TRNs) vv o 1G29 Pen-I-tent. 1U.10 Shower-bath. 1631 Least, east. 16X2 M BIS CASTE CURRANT BARRETCAP MISREPEATE S TATESMEN ENCAMPS T A T E 3 PEN D A Quick Breakfast. New York Sun.: If you are the kind of a busy woman who never has time to eat her breakfast before she starts out for a day's shopping, try stir ring a raw egg into your coffee. Be sure that the cofleo is hot and clear, and drink as soon as it begins to cool, and see how much shorter the elevated stairs will be and how much more civil and considerate every one will seem than they do the days when you shop and don't have time to eat jour breakfast. THE HOME OF CRUSOE. Visit to the Island Where the An cient Mariner Lired So Long. "WHAT "THE EECORDS SAY OP HIM. Unlike Many of Youth's Heroes BoMnson Crusoe leally Existed. FANNIE B. WARD'S EXCURSION TRIP COSBESPOWDESCS Or TOT DISPATCH.! Sastiago de Chile, June 18. Being on this western side of South America, it is an easy matter to visit Juan Fernandez the island known to the world as "P.obinson Crusoe's" for it lies only about 400 miles from Valpariso, sailing straight toward sun set Or rather, it is easy whenever somebody succeeds in drum ming up an excursion party, large enough to charter an especial steamer; otherwise, one might as well dream of going on foot into Polynesia, as there is no regular com munication between the mainland and this isolated Chilean possession. There is a pic nic two or three time1) a year to Fernandez more for the purpose of shooting goats and seal and fishing for cod and lobsters than for visiting the haunts of the Ancient Mariner, for the memory of that worthy is not held in much veneration near to the scene of his adventures. Since so many of the herJes of our earlier days have lamentably turned out to be myths, since it has been proved that "Will iam Tell did not shoot an apple from his son's head, nor Barbara Fritchie flirt a flag in the face of Stonewall Jackson's men, and Shakespeare stands confessed in borrowed laurels, since in the broad light of nowa days even Santa Claus is doubted, and the whale that swallowed Jonah, I am delighted to be able to declare that there really was a "Eobinson Crusoe," (though, as everybody knows, that was not his true name), and that he lived on the island, almost exactly at, described in the story, just 1S2 years ago. The Real Story of Crusoe. Bnt local traditions of the affair differ greatly from the account with which we are familiar. It seems that in the year 1709, a Scotchman named Alexander Sel eraij, (now commonly called Selkirk), mutinied on board the Spanish barque Cinque Ports, and was given the choice of being hanged at the yard-arm, or put ashore alone at Juan Fernandez. He chose the latter alternative, because it offered some hope of life, but when landed on the mossy rocks of the uninhabited land, with his sailor's kit and small supply of provisions, the desolation of the place so weighed upon him, that he begged with tears to be taken back and hanged, rather than remain a solitary human speck surrounded by a wild waste of waters. A few days afterwards he discovered an Indian on the island, who had come down some years before from the Mosquito Coast of Central America, on the pirate, Dam phier; and who, havinggone ashore to hunt, got lost and was abandoned by his compan ions. This was the man "Friday," whom Lydia Thompson's blonds have immortal ized, as well as- Daniel DcFoe. After Sel kirk had lived on Fernandez four years and four months, he was rescued by an English merchant snip and taken to Southampton, where hetold his story with some judi cious omissions and exaggerations; and so it came to DeFoe's ears, and finally into print. The Author Never Saw HI Hero. The book was not published until more than ten years after Selkirk's return to England, and it is asserted that the author of ''Bobin3on Crusoe" never saw his hero, or held any communication with him, hut that ho picked up the narrative by bits here and there, mainly from newspaper items, which undoubtedly originated in the sailor's own account of himself. At any rate, it is surprising how correctly the scenery of Juan Fernandez is portrayed in the well-known story, so that to this day it serves well for a guide book, and by it ono may readily find the "lookout," the "cave," and what remains of Cruso's "cave" and other haunts. But Mr. DeFoe does not ap pear to have been very well posted on the geography of this part of the world, for he has located his island on the wrong side of the continent, and mixed up Valparaiso on the western coast with Montevideo on the eastern. There is considerable literature bearing on this subject, most of it as old and quaint as Crusoe himself. Probably the most authentic account of Selkirk's adventures is contained in a very curious little book, written by the man who rescued him, Cap tain "Woodes Rogers himself, commander ot two Bristol privateers, the Duke and Duchess. He , says that when his ship ap proached Juan Fernandez (in February, 1709V a liffht was discovered, which fhow at first thought to be on board a ship at anchor, A Close Call for the Exile. Two French pirates had been cruising in search of Captain Rogers, and it was sup posed that these were "lying in wait, close to the shore. The boats, which had started landward, hastily returned to the ship; and the wonder is that they did not sail away, leaving poor Robinson to his solitude. But Captain Rogers was a brave man, and in stead of flight he prepared for battle. Next day, seeing no vessel there, they went on shore, where they found a man so says tho narrative, "clad in goatskins and looking wilder than the first owners of them." It was Selkirk, who almost crazed with ex citement at sight of a longed-for sail which might deliver him had built the fire that attracted their attention. The privateers took him on board, and finding that be had been'a ship's officer, appointed him mate of one of Rogers' vessels and took him to England. The queerest of all the books is a little quarto volume of only 12 pages, published in 1710, and profusely garnished with cap ital letters after the fashion of the time. entitled "Providence Displayed, or a Very Surprising Narrative of One Alexander Selkirk, Master of a Merchant Man, etc. Written by His Own Hand and Attested by Most of the Eminent Merchants "Upon the Royal Exchange." Possibly it was this same little book that furnished De Foe with a text for the story which has delighted generations of younc people in all parts of the world, and filled them with vague longings for sea life, ship wreck and solitude. At any rate, "Robin son Crusoe" had a phenomenal success, ac corded to few works since Job wished that his enemy "would make a book," and has by no means lost prestige after more than a oentury and three-quarters. The Excursion to Joan Fernandez. "When an excursion to Juan Fernandez is on the tapis, the newspapers of Santiago and Valparaiso advertise it in glowing terms for dajs beforehand, and as amuse ments of the sort are rare in Chile the little coaster that makes the trjp is gener ally crowded to its utmost capacity, though the fare is as high as accommodations are poor. The party we joined composed mostly of Chileans and Germans set sail from Talcuahauo, a port some 200 miles south from Valparaiso: and the fare was put at 70 per capita, tor an absence of eight days. We were struck by a "norther" when a few hours out (which, as usual in these waters, came tearing up from the south around Cape Horn), and the seasick misery that commonly attends a voyage so short that one has no time to get his bealegs on, was intensified by the ovcicrowded condi tion of the tiny steamer, and the odoriferous messes (limburger, liverwurst and other mysteries, that our Teutonic friends in sisted on devouring bctwen their hearty ar-o-o-u-u-u-ps. But the most disagreeable things have an end, and late on the second day we came to anchor off the island of our dreams. Nothing could be seen but wild seas on ono hand rolling offinto the dark ness, and on the other a black, perpendic ular wall of rock, who.se ragged pinnacles appeared to pierce the sky, broken by aful gorges, through Trhiea the wind wailed dismally. Some of the cliffs seemed so near that we mieht almost touch them with our hands, and the surf beat so fright fully upon them that returning waves kept the ship rolling as when on the unsheltered ocean. J Oettlne Posted on Its History. Sleep was out of the question, so a little group of Americans beguiled the hours of darkness by reading "Robinson Crusoe" aloud to one another, in the uncertain light of swaying lanterns. Somebody had brought along 'Two Years Before the Mast," writ ten by Mr. Richard H. Dana, Jr., who vis ited this place in 1833, in the course of his memorable voyage to California and de lighted us with extracts from that charming hook relating to the author's experiences here. I lAnottfer passenger had the later book of Mr. J. Ross Browne, called "Crusoe's Island," and elicited unmeasured applause by reading how that distinguished man felt when he 'first set foot upon Juan Fernandez, He writes: "I was one who had fought for poor Robinson in my boyish days as the greatest hero that ever breathed; who had always, even to man s estate, secretly cher ished the belief that Alexander the Great, Julius Cxsar, and all the warriors of an tiquity were commonplace persons com pared to him: that Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, Tecumseh, and all the noted statesmen and soldiers of modern times were not to be mentioned in the same day with so extraordinary a man, and now I, who had always regarded him as the most truthful as well as the very suhlimest of adventurers, was the entranced beholder of his abiding place walking and seeing on tho very spotl Talk of gold! Why, I tell you, dear friends, that all the gold of Cali fornia was not worth the ecstatic bliss of that moment." A Sight Worth All the Journey. Next morning all hands were on deck to see the sun rise over the hills or Juan Fer nandez, and when the thick vapors that shrouded the island were lifted, a scene of beauty was disclosed worth coming far to see. Beyond the abrupt walls of rock that towed 1,000 feet straight out of the sea, were monntains whose tops were bathed in the glory of morning, tneir sides covered with greenest vendure and golden fields of wild oats, their feet hidden in groves of myrtle, corkwood and pimento. Farther inland, great peaks of reddish stone towered to the clouds, silvery cascades leaped down to tho ocean, and snowy foam outlined the shores where the surf beat in measured swells like the voice of a distant Niagara. Tho ravines showed flocks and herds and cultivated fields, and in the central valley nestled amid blooming orchards, were the bamboo straw-thatched cottages of the in habitants, looking like so many huge bird cages. There is but one spot in all the northern coast, which is the side of the island usually approached, where the rocks open wide enough to-admit the smallest vessel. This single inlet is named Cumberland Bay, and nearly all the rest of the shore is inaccessi ble to man, with fearful cliffs overhanging the water, where wailing winds and moan ing surf keep up a perpetual dirge for the thousands of sailors who have been wrecked in sight of safety. The ridgesof the cliffs slope upward as they recede in land, forming a series of smaller valleys above, whose tints are diversified with yel low oats, emerald groves and red-burnt earth, the latter rent in countless fissures by many earthquakes. A Breakfast of Fresh Cod. As soon as a hasty breakfast could be dis patched, of course of baccallao (cod fish), caught from the deck, which in all South America is considered the greatest of deli cacies what terrapin, Potomac shad, brook trout and reed birds are to Northern palates the boats were lowered, and with joyful speed we clambered down into them and were rowed ashore. The waters of Cumber land Bay are literally alive with fish, and so clear that one can see the sandy bottom at a depth of several fathoms. The mossy rocks along the shore are swarming witn seals, walruses and other marine animals, besides such "small fry" as shrimps, lob sters, mussels and cray fish. They tell us that an equal abundance of food may be found inland fruits of many kinds, goats, rabbits and birds not to mention excellent water and plenty of the best ship timber, making the island a regular storehouse in the midst of the sea, for the benefit of mariners whi have survived the perils of Cape Horn, or are about to venture into that storm-swept locality. Therefore, we do not wonder that from earliest times it has been also a popular resort for South Sea buccaneers, who find it convenient to put in here to obtain supplies and repair damages. You may consult a dozen authorities and not find two that agree in the measurement of Juan Fernandez, nor hardly one which tells you the truth, viz. that here is not merely an island, but a group of them, which are collectively known as "Juan Fer nandez," because discovered by a Spaniard of that name. In reality There Are Two Islands of nearly equal dimensions, and several smaller ones. The largest that lying near est the mainland and the one commonly visited is no doubt that which De Foe i hero inhabited, and is 12 miles long by six or seven wide. Though known to the world at large as "Jnan Fernandez," it is here abouts called Masatierra, to distinguish it from the next island in size, which is 90 miles distant and named Masafucro. Both have similar physical features. Even the goats have a history. The first attempt to locate a colony here was made by the discoverer, Fernando himself, in the year 1S63. He endeavored to obtain a patent lor his "find" from the Government at Lima; but failing to receive encouragement in high places, he resolved to form his own settlement, and took several families to Masatierra, who remained there some time and with whom he resided. The few goats which they transported from Lima soon stocked the island, none haying existed there before. A. War on ISi OosU. A great many years later, bnt nearly a oentury ago the goats having multiplied and replenished the earth as only goats can, and pirateB innumerable were resorting there to victual their ships with the flesh the Viceroy ot Chile and the President of Peru laid their two wise heads together to concoct some soheme for keeping those ob jectionable lolJi away irom their distant possession. They could hit upon nothing better than to remove the inducement, and to that end they sent thither a lot of bloodhounds, ex pecting them to exterminate the goats. But the plans did not prove eminently success ful, for the dogs could not pursue the goats among the mountain fastnesses, where they leap irom crag to crag with astonishing agility; and now there are vast numbers oi wild dogs as well as goats, and the former are not pleasant to encounter when one is rambling about the island alone. In this already too long letter we have not time to visit the famous look-out and what remains of the castle and other points of local interest. Therefore, having brought my readers to Juan Fernandez, I must make Crusoesof them for a week's time by de serting them upon the island which, how ever, is no longer desolate nor uninhabited. Faknie B. Wakd. A HEW SCANDAL IH ETJB0PE. This Time un American Girl Wants to Be Free From Her Blooded Lord. Rumors are afloat of divorce proceedings, soon to be made public, in which the aggrieved and injured lady is an American girl, only three and twenty, who has been married four years to Mr. Reginald Walpole Craigie, an Englishman, in whose veins the traditional badness and cruelty of the Wal pole blood seems to run freely. Mrs. Craigie was Miss Pearl Richards, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mis. Morgan Richards, who are among the oldest American resi dents in London. Mrs. Craigie is a very pretty, very clever, and a great favorite. She has returned to her father's house with her little baby, and is Staying under his protection. She accuses her husband of unfaithfulness and cruelty, and says nothing on earth will ever induce her to return tonim again. PLUMES FOE THE FilR Kow Produced Successfully at California Ostrich Farms. the HOW THE BIG BIEDS AEE EALSED. A Tiro-Pays-OId Baby Can Hake a Good Showing as a Sprinter. THE PRICES THE FEATHEES BEEfQ CCOHRZSFOITDENCE 07 TOE DISPATCH. Cobonado Beach, San Diego, July 13. A troop of American-bred ostriches of different age3 and sizes can be seen at Coro nado Beach near the Hotel Del Coronado. The are unrivaled in this country. Los Angeles county had an importation of os triches before San Diego, but they have not multiplied so fast or grown so rapidly, owing doubtless to climatic conditions. Mr. E. J. Johnson, Manager of the Ameri can Ostrich Company, brought his first bird from the Cape of Good Hope in 1833 and landed them at New Orleans, but after thorough investigation came to the con clusion that Louisiana was not adapted to the purpose, so he brought the ostriches overland to Southern California. They v;i&" f3V. iVXVt "i i HSJTA 2i i? l ; rcn, I A Group 0 American-Bred Ostriches. were left corralled in the city of San Diego while he explored the country for a suitable location for their permanent settlement. He finally located in the valley of the San Luis Rey, about seven miles from the town of Fall Brook, the clear, dry air, the good water and shelter afforded by the Santa Rosa hills furnishing the proper con ditions. Here the birds have thrived, the old ones maintaining apparently their natural vigor. The ostrich matures at four and five years. The breeding birds are kept corralled in pairs, one acre of land to each pair. The Corral at Coronado. At the corral at Coronado Beach, which is 225 feet wide by 00 feet long, inclosed by a high board fence, there were when I visited -it 11 large ostriches one 6 months old and one 2 days old. The corral is on an island of roses a veritable paradise pro fusely avenued with the waving palm and the pretty cypress. The infant ostrich was very shy, nestling in the warm sand and bathing in the sun's rays. It was as large as a duck, and had a short, chubby, round head and a short beak. On my appearing It started on a run, which resembled a hop and a skip. It seemed to be eating sand a grain at a time. When the sun was sink ing in the west the baby ostrich was put in warm quarters. The 6-months-old-bird was a shaegy, lanky, awkward thing, probably standing; three feet in its "bare feet." Two toes are all the African ostrich can boast of, but it can kick very vigorously with them. Kick ing is their mode of fighting. The full grown ostriches were kept in a separate in closure. They stand irom four to five feet and their long necks can reach a distance of about six feet higher, making a reach of 11 feet. Their legs nave no feathers and their necks are nearly as bare, but their bodies are covered with the beautiful plumage. "When they attempt to run they have the appearance of a "knock-kneed dancing-master on a trot." What Feathers Are "Worth. Their tails are white and short, but their wings are composed of beautiful plumes. The tips of the feathers are black and un derneath are white. The most valuable) plumes are those not exposed. They are perfectly white. Samples were shown ma at prices averaging from 0 to $7 for choice and from 1 to $5 for common. The tips run from 75 cents to 15 a set. Theyire in great demand among the guests at the Hotel Del Coronado during the winter months for balls and other society affairs. A plum consists of two feathers made into one. The tips are also donble. The fine feathers are made into collarettes for ladies at from $3 to $10 each and boas eight or nine feet long at from S50 to 60 each. Fans also are made here and sell readily; also feather trimming and aigrettes for the hair. The oirds are picked once in every nine months and from one to one and a half pounds are secured at a picking. The aver age profit is about $100 a bird each picking. Of course the wing feathers are the moss valuable. The ostriches feed principally on vegeta bles of any and all kinds and on fruit. Oa the average they eat eight pounds per day each. Some corn is fed to them, out not) much. Their eggs are laid in the sand, and Mr. Palmer, the superintendent, has an in cubator that hatches the eggs successfully. The incubator hoUU 25 eggs and will hatch in six weeks. The ostriches at Coronadb laid 50 eggs up to May 8. There are four laying birds this season. The eggs weigh from two to four pounds each and measure nine inches long by six inches wide. They are yellow in color and at times nearly white and are much speckled. If the birds are net allowed to hatch they take a restof six weeks and then commence to lay again. The Birds Bring S500 Each. At the Fall Brook ranch there are 109 birds, 22 birds having been raised last season. They are sold at 5600 each, or 51,000 for a pair, full grown. The birds have no memory, I wea informed, and when cor rected will forget immediately and do the same thing over again. They are continu ally on the run and spread outtheir pretty wings when running like the sail3 of a ship. One bird has lost an eye from fighting, ana they fight very savagely. They seem to dislike the young birds very much. The meat of an ostrich is dark and some thing similar to venison. It is rather ex pensive at 5500 per bird. They eat sea shells when broken up for them, and are eating sand apparently all tho time. The male bird has a red mark down the front of the legs; the female bird is gray in color, the male jet black with a white taiL Tho average life of the ostrich is 40 years, and there is no question but that the raising of ostriches will be one of the best paying in dustries in Southern California. GUS EOBEBTSj. THE LATEST FLYDIG MACHINE. This One Uses a Gas Bag for Buoyancy anal to Bun the Machinery. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. J. F. Duval, chief engineer of J. G. But ler's tobacco works, has, after 22 years of hard work, invented a flying-machine. Mr. Duval is backed in the enterprise by Ellis R. Smith, of Sedalio, Sheriff of Pettis coun ty, and Allen V. Taylor, the engineer who draws the fast mail on the Missonri.Pacifia road. He has just received patents on the air-ship dated July 3. The model is a hsh-shaped gas hag 20 feet long, the total weight of which, including a ten-pound gas engine, is only 22 pounds. Propeller wheels are set in front and rear, and are so made that they can. be used for either steering or propulsion. Two men are necessary to manage the ship, one being stationed at either end. Inside the bag of pure hydrogen is another bag containing sulphuretted hydrogen which contributes greater buoyancy, and which feeds the gas engine, loeated on the platform or car, at the bottom. Mr. Duval claims that his in vention is prior to that of any other air-shin using a gas bag to secure buoyancy. 1 i -J&.ar....... . . - -MS- : iV, ' ift itTsltfififafMnri 'if iTflY JaJ&lia& wht&M I.V. &&. &&
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