WILIi THIS BE HEK rATE? Miss Diana, late 'of Madison Square Garden, now of Chicago, has so shocked the Chicago sense of the beantilul bv her graceful lines that she is to be taken down ana remodeled according to the standard of the wild, woolly "West. New York Prat. - rs A peesbytebian KEEPS UP HIS END. Minister Phelps at the Top of the Diplomatic Heap at Berlin. HOW HE MADE A MODEL HOME. His Friendship for Bismarck and Relations With the Emperor. ODD STORr AS TO HIS APPOINTMENT rcOItTSESFO'VDE'fCE OF THE DISPATCH. Berlin, Nor. 50. I find William Wal ter Phelps very popular here in Berlin. He has raised the American Legation to the first rank in diplomatic circles, and he is one ot the most influential of the foreign Ministers in Germany. His work here snows that it pays to sena good men to our foreign missions. It was through him that the Samoan treaty was made, and he has been very largely instrumental in getting our beef, corn and pork into Germany. He has a standing with the Emperor which no Minister from America has ever had before, and he is as close to-day to Capri vi as he was to Bismarck when he was Chancellor. Tne friendship of Prince Bismarck and Mr. Phelps" was very marked and the two were actually chdmmy during Bismarck's residence in Berlin, and they often dined together. Young Herbert Bismarck was as fend of Phelps as was the old Prince,and Hon. William Waller Phelps. tl e two families frequently met around the dinner -table. Mr. Phelps tells me that BistnnrcK is a delightful conversationalist and th;t his home life is charming. He is entirely free from ostentation and he is in rea'ity a man of very tender feeling. BlsmrrjU's Love for His Doss. He is especially fond of his bigdogs, and Minister Phelps described an incident which occurred at one of Bismarck's din ners, where he and Mrs. Phelps were enter tained by the Prince in his palace on Wil helm strasse. At just about the time that dinner was called the news was brought in that one of Bismarck's favorite dogs had been hurt In an accident and that this would necessitate the amputation of his leg. The old Prince was very much af fected. The best surgeon in Berlin was called in to perform the operation and the poor beast was put into the best part of the palace. During the dinner Prince Bis marck referred frequently to the dog and he was very mnch affected by his sufferings. He told Mr. Phelps that the dog had an al most human intelligence and that he sat every night at his bedside and watched him, never giving any sign or his presence if he was asleep, but always on the watch and ready to respond to his slightest wish when he'was awake. Upon Bismarck's departure from Berlin Mr. Phelps was among those who bade him goodby, and during my visit to Bismarck's home at Friedrichsruhe I learned that the most influential American in Germany with the old Prince was William WalterPhelps. Mr. Phelps' house In Berlin has several fine Mm INTJJLUB1L1TY F rfr ' fliW Yli 'Jt ToTuSCOKSiSTEtfCY & Z1W j EVENTS OF THE DAY AS THE COMIC W VCT fas y DILEMMA Exchange. portraits of Bismarck, and at one of the dinners which Bismarck gave to Phelps the old Chancellor brought out some American whisky and drank the health of the Presi dent of the United States with great gusto. Count Herbert von Bismarck paid an espe cial compliment to America by attending one of Mr. Phelps' Thanksgiving dinners at which the American residents of, Berlin were present, and when Bismarck left Mr. Phelps gave a farewell dinner to Count Herbert Yankee Money Backed by Yankee Brains. The social features of the Americsn mis sion here are very important ones. Nearly all of the Ministers who represent the Euro pean countries have large sums allowed I them lor entertaining, ana the Ministers from England and Bussia spend more than our President's salary here every year in this way. Heretofore we have had no Min ister who has been rich enough to keep pace with these men, even though he had the ability and inclination to do so. Mr. Fllps is one of the very wealthy men of the United States. No one knows just what he is worth, and his fortune is estimated all the way from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. He was born rich and his wife has a fortune in her own right, and both she and he have the social instincts in a large degree. Mrs. Phelps was the daughter of Sheffield of New Haven, who had an estate of something like $4,000,000, but who left the bulk of his for time to establish the Sheffield School of Yale College. Mrs. Phelps has an inde pendent income ot perhaps $15,000 a year,' and I have heard it estimated that the in come of her husband is more than $500,000 eiery year. Mrs. Phelps is a very accomplished and a very handsome woman. She is thoroughly at home in society here, and she has made the home of tlie American Minister one of the most popular in Berlin. It was her taste that decided all matters as to the fur nishing of the home, and the American Minister's house in Berlin is one of the curiosities of the city. It has been so much written about in the German papers that almost as many people came to loot at it as go to see the palace -of the Kaiser, and it is an evidence of what American money aacKea oy American urains ana gooa taste can do. How Mr. Phelps Made His Home. The Germans do not know what the American home is. The people here live almost altogether in flats, and a butcher, 'a baker and a candlestick maker often live in the same house with a count or diplomat, and the only difference is in the floor or in the furnishing of the rooms. It is only the wealthiest who can afford independent es tablishments, and you find few whole houses for rent Mr. Phelps wanted a house to himself and he wanted it in a fashion able part of the city. He looked high and low, but could find none. He then con cluded to make one, and he selected his corner without regard to the people that were in it. He then sent a roan to buy out the tenants. There were several stores on the ground floor. He got the storekeepers to give up their leases for a consideration. He did the same with the fashionable peo ple who had flats above these, and thus went on until he had cleaned out every ten ant of the building. He then leased the building for himself and turned ia the carpenters and the ma sons. He remodeled it in such a way that iis. Phelps. STHB THE WEAKNESS OF THE YOUNG Republican (to Republican party) A generation has been born and Toted since the war; pensions haye been amply provided fbr; new measures demand young men. "We are sick of being led by old fossils ou war issues, and the time has come when young Republicans must be recognized I Judge. A 'WlLOWl MM MW COlXTflYCRHDol I NOT A DEAD DUCK YET. The Bird Well, what are you going to do about it?- he has now one of the finest houses in Ber lin, and I doubt whether there are any pri vate residences here which compare with it in size. Instead of tramping to the third floor before you get to the door of his home you enter now trom the street and yon come into a big vestibule or ante-room. It was formerly a store, but it now forms the en trance hall. Each room is furnished in a different color, and in place of 'the dark, somber hues affected by the Germans, Mrs. Phelps has lightened "up everything, and has arranged the furniture so that it is home-like rather than stiff Every room has its individuality, and even the" stoves have been made to harmonize with the fur niture and the walls. The Stoves Are a Special Feature. The stoves of a bouse like this are one of its prettiest features. They are of the massive Dutch order, made "of porcelain, and as beautifully colored and shaped as though they were ornaments for a dinner table rather than heating machines These stoves take the place of our mantels and many1 of them have shelves on which are set pictures and bric-a-brac. The stove in the parlor must be 12 feet high. It is of a rich dark polished green, while that in the yellow room, at the corner, is ot a cream and sky blue, touched up with gold. Mr. Phelps tells me that these stoves keep the house very comfortable and that they do very well in place of a furnace. The floors of the house are waxed and they are of fine woods, and upon them lie rare old rugs, which Mr. Phelps boughtat Constantinople some years ago. From the floor of the parlor a dado, about five ieet high, runs around the room, and this, with a shelf at the top, forms a resting place for photo graphs and placques and the thousand and one curios which Mr. Phelps has gathered from different parts of the world. Upon the walls are many fine pictures. The American legation in Berlin is quite as well appointed as Minister Phelps' home. Its offices are on Kronen strasse. just ofl Freidrichs strasse in the business center of the city. Most of the foreign countries own their own legation buildings here, but the United States rents its quar ters. Mr. Phelps' landlord, however, is an American institution, and the building In William Hoyden Udvards. .which it is located belongs to the Equitable Lite Insurance Company. What a Minister Has to Bo. I have spent some time at the American legation here during my stay at Berlin, and the odd dnties which an American minister has to perform I find very interesting. There are a thousand and one things out side of diplomatic negotiations to be at tended to, and Mr. Phelps has his hands lull. Every now and, then he hasto marry an American couple, and during his stay he performed the marriage service of Miss Bowler, of Cincinnati, to Mr. John Livings ton, of New York. He acted not long ago as godfather to the baby of the Countess Pappenheim, and every now anil then he has to settle the oases of American citizens who were born in Germany, but who left lor America without taking proper leave of the army. He has to go to all sorts of ex hibition's and charity fairs, and he has en tertained to a greater or less extent every prominent American who comes to Berlin. He watches the interests of American com panies in Germany and, the insurance com panies and the Standard Oil Company get considerable attention from him. Speaking of Mr, Tbelps' appointment, l' heard a queer story about it not long ago which in view of the trouble between the President and Mr. JBlaine is not at all FW i PITTSBUEG.' DISPATCH, REPUBLICAN PARTY. Philadelphia Inquirer. strange. President'Harrison had intended so the story goes to have appointed John A. Kasson, of.Iowa, but the sentiment in favor of Phelps on accoimt of his able conduct of the Samoan treaty was so marked that it was thought better to give the posi tion to him instead. Mr. Phelps knew that he was going to get it, and while he was stopping in Washington one day he went over to call upon Mr. Blaine and the two walked over to the White Houso and paid a visit to the President. t A Queer Story About Blalno. As they were about leaving President Harrison took a paper from his desk and said: "By the way, Mr. Phelps, how would you like the position of Minister to Ger many?" "I would like it very much," was Mr. Phelps' reply, "and I think I could do some good there."" "I think so too," rejoined Harrison, "and I haye made out your commission to that place, and if your friend, Mr. Blaine, will sign it with me you can haye it" Secretary Blaine of course agreed to this, and Phelps got the commission. .The nat ural course would have been for the ap pointment to have come through Blaine, but Harrison evidently did not want to please Blaine bv letting'him make the ap pointment, and it rather looks as though he did it in this way as a snub direct The consulate to Berlin is almost as im portant as the legation. We do an immense business with Germany, and the greater part of that which comes through Berlin must pass through the American consulate. Some of the busiest offices of this city are those ot our Consul General, and a corps of clerks is kept at work here making out in voices and attending to the matters which come before our consular officers.- The Con sul General, William Havden Edwards, is one of the old officials of the consular serv ice and a practical business American. He is a man of means and of social position, his wile being the daughter of a Dutch noble. Fbank G. Carpenter BIEDS IN INDIAN LEQEND3. Different Ways In Which Primitive People Regard Feathered Creatures. Minneapolis Tribune. All primitive people regard the bird as specially wise and favored. Living in the air, he is regarded as exercising control oyer atmospheric phenomena,, and, knowing so well his own migratory seasons, the Indians observe bis flights as foreboding ill or good to themselves. The Hurons believe that the dove carries the souls of the departed hence. The Da kotas say the stormbird dwells so high as to be out of human vision, and carries a fresh water lake on his back, so that when he plumes himself it rains, when he winks his bright eyes it lightens, when he flaps his wing thunder rolls. The Alaskans hold much the same idea about the "thunder bird." Among them all the eagle is mighty, brave, aspiring, the symbol of their warriors for apparent reasons. The kingfisher is anxious to serve bis brother man. In the Alaskan gallery in the' exposition art de partment you will see him often carved, presenting npon his bill a frog to the medi cine man that the latter may absorb the frog's power over enemies. In the Navajo gallery a sacred headdress or turban of kingfishers' scalp is to be seen. The raven is mischievous, and many curious mvths are told of his misconduct in diving into the sea, running fish from the brooks and all that In all these curio rooms you will note how much is made of birds, but among the Alaskan curios bird lore is very prominent in their carving and feathers in their sacred ornaments. Slow Work on the Siberian Hallway. The Bussian Government, says the Vienna correspondent of the London Times, lias de clined the offer ot a French syndicate to fin ish the constrnction of the Siberian Bail way. No foreign capital or engineers will be employed in furthering the enterprise. The work", owing to lack of capital, is badly managed and is making very slow progress. The Christian Endeavor movement Is cer tainly bringing out the latent talent of young women. Quite a number of clever speakers have been developed in local so cieties, one or the lilfrhest or whom Is Miss Jean Kirgers, who delivered an address at the county meotlnfr hold on Friday evening at the Shady Avenue Baptist Churoh. SUNDAY. DECEMBER HILL 'SH I 'SH I MUBPHT 21?'. THE TIGEK IN 'WASHINGTON I'M HEBE; BRING ON YOUB ADMINISTRATION. New York Advertiser. NOTES AND QUERIES. Interest In Murder Mysteries and the Maxwell-Preller Case. KILTS IN THE BRITISH ARMY. Dres3 of American Ministers to the Courts of Foreign Lands. I CDEIOUS BITS OP INFORMATION The interest in the Borden murder cose has had few equals in recent years, though murder mysteries haye been quite numer ous. A number of queries have been sent The Dispatch relative to the Maxwell Preller murder in St. Lonis. In answer, the following information is given: x On April 14, 1885, a dead body was found in a trnnk in a room of the Southern Hotel, St. Louis. At first it was thought to be that of W. H. Lenox Maxwell; but it was soon proved to be tbat of Carl A. Preller, an acquaintance of Maxwell's; and Max well was immediately suspected of the crime. The men were Englishmen, Preller a "drummer" ou a business trip around the world, Maxwell a medical student, thinking of settling in this country. Maxwell was pursued easily to San Francisco; there he had sold some of Preller's clothing and effects, and had taken steamer for Australia. Telegratns were sent to the New Zealand authorities, and he was arrested at Auck land, when the steamer touched there, and was brought back, August 18, 1885. Then Maxwell confessed to the reporters that he had killed Preller accidentally on April 5; and had been so terribly fright ened that he tried to conceal the accident and then had fled. His trial began May 18, 1887. A detective testified that he had had himself indicted for forgery and confined next to Maxwell's cell, and tbat the latter bad confessed to him that he killed Preller because Preller had refused to lend him any more money. The trial ended Jane 5, 1887; but the execution hav' ing been postponed four times for one rea son or another, Maxwell was not hanged until August 10, 1888. His real name was Hugh M. Brooks; he assumed the name of Maxwell shortly after coming to this country. Do any of the Britith regiments still wear the kilts tho Hlzhland regiments, I meant L.P. Six Scottish regiments in the British army still wear kilts, and five regiments wear trews. The Scots Guard, the Third regiment of the Foot Guards, wear kilts, and has its own plaid. The other kilted regiments are the .Boyal Highlanders, the "Black Watch," formerly known as the Forty-second, and the Seventy-third Foot; the Seaforth Highlanders, formerly the Seventy-second, and the Seventy-eighth Jioot; the (xordon mghianaers, once known as the Seventy-fifth, and the Ninety-second Eoot; the Cameron Highlanders, once called the Seventy-ninth Foot, and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, once the Ninety first and Ninety-third Foot The High land Light Infantry "Eegiment, onee the Seventy-first and Seventy-fourth Foot, wear the "trews" or short tight trousers. The other Scottish regiments similarly clad are the Boval Scots Fusiliers (Twenty first Foot), the Boyal Scots (First Foot), the King's Own Scottish Borderers (Twenty-fifth Foot), and the Scottish Eifles, the old "Cameronlan Eegiment," (the Twenty-sixth and Ninetieth Foot). What are meant by "Congressmen nt Large" and "Delegates at Large," the lottdr in national conventions? Inqdieeb, Congressmen at Large are Bepreenta tives chosen by vote of an (entire State, not by a vote of a district At present, with one exception, only those States which haye not a sufficiently large popu lation to entitle the State to two Bep resentatives choose the single Congress man to which each is entitled by a gen eral vote of "the State. The exception is ( 11. ,1892) ARTISTS- 'SH I 'an 1-iVw Tori Telegram. South Dakota, which chooses two Con gressmen at Large. In national con ventions each State is represented by two delegates for eactr Bepresentative and two for each Senator. The former are generally chosen by districts, while the latter are sup posed to emulate the Senators, and to repre sent the State at large, as those do; so they are delegates at large. Not so long ago some States chose one or two Eepresenta- "tw uk Jiiiftc auu uii biiu uwiers uy uistncis; but this method has-been given up, except as indicated above in respect to South Da kota. ' Is Muscovy a town, city, county, province or country? WTiore Is it? Goaoox. Muscovy is a name, acd a name only. It is the country around Moscow, the old cap ital of Bussia, over which the Czars ruled before St. Petersburg was built. In 1462 Ivan III. was Prince of Moscow; he an nexed Novgorod and other republics and built up such a power that in 1482 he assumed the title of Czar of Muscovy. Peter the Great in 1721 assumed the title of Em peror of Bussia; before that time the Czars had been Czars of Muscovv and Grand Dukes of Bussia, etc. Now the name Mus covy is but a name; it is not applied even to ihe district of which Moscow is the center; and about the only thing to bear the title is the so-called Muscovy duck. What persons were called "Tho Pearl of tho Eust," '-The Divine Pagan," and "Petro leum V. NasbyT" M. B. D. The Pearl of the East was Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of the Buddhist re ligion. He was the son of Snddhodana, an Indian rajah or prince, and was born during the fifth century B. 0. He gave up his position as Prince to assume a religious life( and lived poor and humble, teaching sell-abnegation, love, and contemplation, for many years, dying when near the age of 100. His name Bud dha means Enlightened One. Tho Divine .Pagan was Socrates, a Greek phi losopher, who was born about 470 B. CL, and was put to death on being convicted of "denying the gods," 399 B. O. Petro leum V. Nasby was David Boss Locke, born in New York State 1833 A. D., who was editor of the Toledo Blade for many years, and died in Toledo in 1888. The name was his pen-name. Who was "Margaret, Friend?" the Orphan's mTl. She was Margaret Haughery, a woman of Irish descent, who was a servant in the Sisters'Asylnm of New Orleans; then she started a dairy and afterward a bakery, the profits of which she devoted to taking care of orphans. She did a large business, and was a well-known figure in New Orleans. She died in 1882; and in 1884 a monument ws erected to her memory by public sub scription. It stands in Margaret Square, in front of the asylum where she began her work. The statue represents Margaret, holding an orphan child on her knee: it is a fine work of art, by the sculptor Alexander Doyle of New York. The inscription is "Margaret the Orphan's Friend." Can a bill become a law In any way unless signed by the President? Bcnon. Yes; by clause 2 of section 7 of the first article of the Constitution, if the President does not sign or veto a bill within ten days after he has received it Sundays not being counted .in those ten days the bill becomes a law nnlcss Congress has adjourned. It Congress has adjourned, the President can not "return the bill with his objections," which is the legal way of saving veto it; so it simply lapses. When the"Pr-sident kills a bill by holding it tor ten days after Con gress has adjourned, he is said to "pocket veto it." What Is tha court dress of our Minister to England? u. v. A dress suit James Buchanan, while Secretary of State under President Polk, ordered tbat American Minister should wear the costume of American gentlemen) the order was interpreted to mean dress suits. Before this order was given, an order, said never to have been repealed, directed our Ministers to wear dark blue cloth coats with standing collars, covered with gold lace on the collars and the fronts the amount of Isce yarylng with the rank of the wearer. Even now Ministers who if--.-- - 19 H SEE THEM.. liiPWalBll-WiM!i!liill'VA 1 A CHIVALBIC FOBEIONEK. Jf. le BabOn (who, on the previous evening, failed in his endeavors to reach the refreshment tables at a- crowded reception) Ab, I seel Ze refreshments are serve' la ze field. Zat ismooch better zan in ze crowded room. If madame will hold my hat, I once more plunge into ze conflict, and tiz ze help of Heaven, perhaps achieve lor madame ze croquette, Life. BY THE GLOWING GAS LOG. Mr. Withebbee (on a visit) I've seen hard wood in my time, William; but I've never seen nothing like this. Them sticks have been burnio for the last three days, an' they hain't dropped an ash yet ! Puck. have held army or navy rank may wear their uniforms. What was the first steamer to sail on tho Pacific Ocean? When, did she make her first voyage? W. A. S. The steamer Beaver, built in England in 1835 by the Hudson Bay Company for ser vice in the North Pacitic; she made the trip to Astoria in 163 days, and In 1836 began her career at the mouth of the Colombia river. She served for nearly 50 years; but a few years ago she went aground in the harbor of Vanconver, and broke up after lying on the rocks until late in June last Whom did Miss Harriet Lane marry? ItrORUATION. Miss Lane, who was President Buchanan's niece, and had kept house for him while he was Minister to Great Britain and while he was President, was married to Henry Elliott Johnston, of Baltimore, at Wheat lands, Mr. Buchanan's estate, near Lan caster Pennsylvania, on January 11, 186S. Mrs. Johnston has outlived her uncle, her husband and her children; her home has been for the most part at Wheatlands. What was the silver prod nctlon, In coin, of the United States, Great Britain. France, Germany and Bussia, In 1890? It It Bibb. Th'e United States produced in 1890 sil ver to the value of 570,464,000; Great Brit ain produced $232,375 worth; France, $3,363,950 worth; Germany, $1,500,000 worth, and Bussia, $568,000 -worth. The United States produced nearly half of all the cilver mined ia 1890; and next to us came Mexico, with a production of 550, 000,000. I arrived In this country April 23, 1861: enlisted the same day and served through tho war. obtaining ah honorable discharge: do these facts make me a citizen, or must I take out papers? Eriv. You are not ipso facto a citizen; but you may obtain final papers by applying at any court authorized to grant naturalization. You will have to prove a residence in the United States of one year, to prove your good character, and to prove your service in the army. These things should be easy for you to do. For what purposes is mica used? G. L. B. It is used principally in filling the "win dows" of stoves; it Is used also to glaze the windows of men-of-war, where glass would be broken by the -concussion produced by firing the heavy guns. Chemists use it to some extent in'handlfng acids, and in mak ing masks to cover the laces ot persons ex posed to the fumes of acids. A lady of 18 years and a gentleman of 23 wish to bo married. The lady's mother is dead and the fathorcannnt bo found, though he Is thought to he In England. Can they get married in Pennsylvania. If not, where? . - A guardian might be appointed after proof that the father cannot be reached, and with the guardian's consent the mar riage could ta'ke place in this State. If the ladyv can prove a residence in Ohio the couple can be- married there, as both are of legal age in tbat State. Two Coincident Accidents. Jefferson Miller, of Jeffersoaville, Ind., has good reasons for the strong dislike of both rats and threshing machines. In 1872 he was feeding a machine doing work in a large barn, when a rat ran across the floor. Turning to watch the rodent Miller had his left hand pulled off. by the machine. Again in 1887, while feeding the same ma chine in the identical barn above mentioned a rat ran between his feet He kicked at it, slipped and had his only remaining hand ground to a pulp. Why Turtles Cannot Bite. Very few people know that neither'a turtle nor a tortoise nor a toad is provided with teeth. There is a general supersti tion that a. turtle can bite off a man's finger, but the turtle can do nothing ot the kind. Its jaws are very strong, and the horny membrane that runs around the jaw where, in other animah teeth ore found, is so hard and tough that the turtle can crash the bones of the hand to pulp, bnt as for biting off" even a finger, the -feat is, to the turtle, an impossibility. 1 - -T if I ' X OUE BONANZA IN TIN. The Mack Hills WilpBe Able to Supply America in Five lears. PLENTY TO SPAEE FOE EXPORT. The Pioneer Company Seems to HaTo tho Secret of Development WHAT 0EE PAYS FOP. THE TEODBLB rcoBRESPO-'IDEIfCE OT T1TE DISrATCH.1 Bapid Cur, S, Dak., Dec. 7. As al ready briefly noted in The Dispatch the big mill ot the Harney Peak Company has at last commenced crushing tin rock. It is doing its work as smoothly as the mest sanguine expected. The mill was built to allow the crashing of 500 tons of tin rock perday, and will soon be enlarged to that capacity. At present it is crushing only 250 tons per day from which an output of 125 tons of black tin, or tin ore, per month will result. The tin ore will run between 70 and 80 per cant metallic tin ot a superior quality. " From these figures it can easily be calcu lated tbat when running at full capacity this one mill will supply nearly 10 per cent of the entire bar tin consumed in the United States. The Harney Peak Com- pany has announced Hi intention of remod eling bqu putting uew uiaumucry in tuo Etta mill, and also of putting up a new mill during the next year. The Etta, compar atively speaking, is a small mill, bat located near the richest part of the tin belt The mistakes made in it, and which prevented its being.rua at a profit, can now be seen and remedied. The Harney Peak Company control about 15 per cent of the locations on tha tin belt, which extends in a semi-circle for a distance of nearly GO miles around Harney Peak and is from two to five miles wide. Several years ago this company started ont to get control of all the tin ground, but after expending over $25$000 gave up. In the opinion of many this big company, composed of New York and English capi talists, has been a detriment instead of a benefit. It is accused of preventing, both directly and indirectly, the investment of money by other companies in Black Hills' tin. The individual prospectors own over 80 per cent of the tin locations, but are un able for the lack of means to more than "show up" their property. To turn a pros pect hole into a mine capable of producing 200 or 300 tons of rock per day and to build a mill to treat the rock after it is mined re quires, say, $100,009. The statements published some years ago that large veins would assay 30" per cent black tin were, to put it very mildly, -very wild. Picked rock will, of' course, assay tbat much, bnt the whole veins run from -K to ii per cent At 2J4 a four foot vein can be profitably worked, while large veins going 4 per cent will prove bonanzas to their owners. Veins going less than 2 per cent, of which there a number, cannot be worked to advantage at present Many of the undeveloped mines grow richer with depth, and there are enough of these latter ones to warrant the statement that when properly developed the Black Hills tin belt can not only supplv this country with tin, but haye a surplus ior ex port if conditions should ever be such as to make the export of raw or manufactured tin practicable. Ten per cent of the located groups when developed into good mines can do this; 50 good tin mines can easily supply the present American demand for metallic tin, and Black HiMers are confident that that number will be worked within the next five years. Johx Becax Btast. T-nnacy In Ireland. There is said to be a distressing amount of lunacy in Ireland, tho number of eases per 100,000 of population having increased from 219 in 18S0 to 355 in 1891. Some time ago a traveler noted that song had almost entirely departed from the Emerald Isle, and chat the pick of the young people had emigrated, leaving chiefly the old and in fantile behind. Perhaps these facts furnish' an explanation of the spread of insanity. , sTm 1 1 i 4 t A
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