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THE SOKANTOfl- TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1897.
The Coal Measures
Of New HexScOo
What a Party of Investigators Including
Prominent Scrantonians Found in the Great
Southwest.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
131 Paso, Texas, April 25. It was not
so mnny yours ago when the assertion
was common that "There Is no church
west of the Missouri and no Clod west
of Kit Carson." If there ever was a
semblance of truth behind this saying
that time hns gone, as our party will
cheerfully testify. Tor ten days past
we have been driving and tramping
through the wildest part of New Mex
ico, nnd the party has been surprised
to Jlnd so little evidence of lawlessness
nnd such appearance of hearty wel
come for any enterprise that will tend
to open the country. The days of the
"bad men" In this region seems to have
gone forever. In out of the way places
one hundred and fifty miles from any
railroad almost from nny market
thrifty farmers have settled, and they,
ns well as the herders, miners and
prospectors are as anxious for a stablo
government nnd the protection of prop
erty as are the people of any Eastern
community.
Wherever there Is flowing water, or
n spring, the land Is almost sure to bo
found under fence. Experiment has
proved that almost anywhere on the
mesas a well sunk from 10 to maybe 75
feet will yield reasonably good waters.
The fact Is evident from the windmills
that are fnurd in all parts of the coun
try, nnd we were told that their num
ber Is steadily nnd rapidly increasing.
Since the primary aim of this lnves
tlgatlng expedition was to see what
promise the country afforded to those
who would build a railroad from El
Paso to the coal llelds at Salado (spok
en of as "Salow" by the natives) we
were especially careful to inquire Into
nil the material resources of the land,
nnd to examine ns many of them as
possible.
The wagon part of our Journey began
at San Antonio, N. M., on the Santa Fe
road. Ninety miles of dry and dusty, up
nnd down driving took us ncross the
northern end of Jornado del Muerto
(the Journey of Death), through the
rough land between the Chapadero
Mesa and the Oscura Mountains nnd
through the northern end of the Mnl
Pals to White Oaks. The Mai Pals is
n deposit of lava of recent origin (1CS0
some authorities say) that covtr the
plain from 5 to 50 feet deep for a
length of over rn miles with a width of
from 5 to 15 miles. The eruption that
produced them Is supposed to have
wrought the geological changes that
made the Oran Qulvera a ruined city
In a waterless waste.
At Whte Oaks our real work began
nnd during the succeeding days we In
spected timber track", crawled Into
mines, burrowed like prairie clogs In
prospect holes, looked wisely at outcrop
nnd pay streaks ore from here, there
and everywhere, nnd so worked zlg
zag, together and In sections across
the entire region of Kl Paso. Our route
Included the Nogal district, the Honlto.
Port Stanton, th2 Cnpltans, Eagles
Creek, the Wo Duodoso, the White
Mountains, a diagonal drive through,
the Mescaloro Indian Reservation, and
a most hearty welcome from Lieuten
ant V. E. Stottler. who has, without a
soldier or gun, completely metamor
phosed his Apache charge. From this
point a portion of the party went to the j
Tnmous potato ana timuer regions ot
the Sacramento Mountains and thence
to La Luz, while the otheis went down
Tularosa caron to the lovely orchard
town of that name. Then there wero
other days by the mnrveloiu deposit:)
of pure gypsum almost as large as a
Pennsylvania county and 'dry camps'
nnd hill cllmbirig, and mlw seeing,
nnd cattle herders and a (lying column
(two strong) to the lower foot hills of
the Sacramentos and to the Jnrllla.
Movtntalna And so with welcome,
everywhere, with every question volun
teered, we skirted the San Andreas,
the Hlack and the Organ Mountains
until Fort Hllss and the Old Flag, un
der the shadow of the Franklin peaks,
told us El Paso was at hand.
Having thus touched upon our course
I will now brlelly summnrizc the re
sults of our investigations under sep
arate heads.
THE COAL.
At White Oaks we examined with
great care the Parker and the Shlnslng
veins, situated In the mountains about
three miles from the town. In each of
them we four.d a vein of coal aggre
gating something over three feet in
thickness, exclusive! or the streaks of
fireclay and shale. They are of a fair
grade of bituminous, with good sand
Btone roof, and dip westwardly Into
the mountain at about a I'O-degree
pitch. While there is undoubtedly a
considerable amount of coal to bo had
from these mines, and possibly from
Fome other deposits thereabouts, the
Eastern coal men were by no means
enthusiastic over them. To tho un
trained eye it seemed that faults and
broken veins must surely bo encounter
ed In such a rough country, with the
mountains generally inclined to as
sume the peak shape.
I fancied that the coal contingent of
the party approached the Salado region
25 miles to the south, with no great
expectations after this experience, I
have been with investigating parties on
a great many Important trips, but I
never saw a more complete surprise
than awaited them thero. Before we
had seen even a "blossom" one of the
old stagers remarked: "Well, this looks
something like." It was plain even to
me that if there was any coal.at all In
that section there must be lota of It.
We had been seeing veins In a moun
tain's top; hero was a great peak-surrounded
basin, broken by low, Irregu
lar hills, and apparently underlaid by
coal in much of Its nrea. After exam
ining many of the drifts and prospects
Col. Holes climbed one of the low hills,
and after a long, all-around look from
Its top, hazarded a guess, based on the
geology of the thing, that this coal
field might be "six miles by three." Mr.
Lathrop did the measuring and samp
ling, and whenever rule or pick wero
In use the space around was crowded
with eager watchers.
AVe entered more than a dozen drifts
nnd openings, some of them fully l'JO
feet in depth, and In a few Instances
chambered to some extent. In every
case the breast of the drift was in the
solid vein, and thero was nowhere any
sign of serious fault or of any pinching
out,
Thero are two well-defined veins of
coal In this remarkable field, each of
them outcropping for a great dlstanca
and each of them ready to yield ehlp
plng coal almost from the first pick
strike. Still other velnB have been lo
cated, and the entire party Is now
ready to believe that almost nothing is
too extravagant to bo true of this
amazlntr n-jal deposit.
We followed outcrop, drifts and pros
pects on one of these veins for over
three mines, and for nearly half of this
district the continuity nnd working
thickness of the deposit had been dem
onstrated. Tho other vein outcrops
perhaps a thousand yards to the east
ward of the first, and presents the
snme westward dip of from C to 10
degrees. Roth veins have fairly good
roofs of sandstone.
The result of repeated measure
ments ofi both veins gives n little more
than FIVE FEET of marketable bi
tuminous coal in each. In one of tho
ileeper workings there Is plump six
feet of coal, exclusive of a small por
tion of Are clay. The profane man of
the party painfully chipped nt the up
per part of the breast here, carefully
examined the product and ejaculated:
"well, this Is d d good!"' Then, mak
ing the same test of the lower part of
the breast, exclaimed: "And this Is a
d d sight better!"
The magnitude of the field, tho thick
ness of the veins, the surprisingly
good quality of tho coal, the ease of
mlnlng.and the fact that the hungriest,
highest-priced coal market of the en
tire Southwest Is. but 100 mller. away,
over a down-grade route, convinced
every one In the party that this Is the
opportunity of n lifetime to make a
paying Investment.
This coal Held has been secured In Its
entirety, and Is controlled under United
States' patents by the promoters of the
New Mexico Hallway and Coal com
pany. In this connection It is well to glance
at a few figures. The only competitive
coal that can reach El I'aso Is:
From Thurber, 53S miles.
From Trinidad. 530 mile?.
From Sablnn (Mexico), 5M miles.
From Cerrlllot;, ?30 miles.
In nt least one of these places the
cost of mining alone Is greater than
the Salado product can be profitably
laid down in El Paso foi. In every
case, with possibly one exception, the
cost of mining Is much greater than at
Salado. Add half a cent a mile per
ton for hauling nnd every shadow of
possible competition vanishes.
The wholesale contract price of coal
In El I'aso Is $4. SO to $5.75 per ton; at
retail, up to $S,50 or more. Coke sells
at from $C to $10.S5 per ten.
The Salado coal cokes admirably, but
tho opinion of tho coal men In the
party seem to be that It would be
wisest to market coal alone for the
present. They have nil looked Into the
market possibilities at El Paso, and
were simply nmazed to find how abso
lutely the possession of the great Sal
ado fields would put them In command
of tho coal trade of that part of tho
Southwest likely to be 75,000 tons per
month before the Summer ends.
Tho monthly yicld3 of the Salado
field can bo made as great as Its op
erators desire.
MINES AND MINERALS.
Good judges say that no part of New
Mexico is richer In minerals than the
region wo passed through, from the
head of the Oscuras to the foot of the
Organs. Many people Insist that this
Is the treasure house of the Southwest.
One of them seriously expressed him
self to me thus: "Tho Almighty put
his great riches hero because they are
so hard to get at."
If one-tenth of the tales of wealth
locked In these mountain1 Is true, there
are sure to be sensational develop
ments here before long. There have
already been astounding discoveries,
ns. for Instance, when Pat Preen took
J.in.ooo or JW.000 In gold from a pocket
on the top of Hlack Mountain.
We learned of fourteen distinct and
important mining sections within a few
miles of our route, and inspected about
half of them. Here Is a list of locations:
Jlcarlllas.
White Oaks.
Texas Par):,
Three Itive.s.
Hear Canyon.
Iilack Mountain,
lien. Stevenson.
Nogal.
Willow Springs
Uonlto.
Tularosa.
La Luz.
Jarlllas, north.
Jarlllus, south.
Gold, silver, cooper, lead and Iron
are hero in astounding quantities, ac
cording to rejKirt. And there are scores
of square mllo? that have never been
prosiected. Indeed, outside of the
White Oaks and Nogal districts, de
velopment Is usually of the most sup
erficial kind. It Is certain that tho
advent of a railroad would put life
and activity Into a region bigger than
tho state of Connecticut. The cost of
transporting machinery and supplies
has been prohibitive to most owners,
and It has been an almost Insuperable
bar to the Investment of outside cap
ital. At White Oaks tho Old Abe hns
yielded over $600,000 in gold In about
four working years, and It was de
veloped from Itself without outside cap
ital of nny sort. The North and South
Homestnko mines in this camp have
also been largo producers.
At Nogal the American mine, owned
by a company, of whloh Commodore
G. C. W. Lowroy, of New York, Is
prcsiueni, gives great promise. They
have a number of claims on a true
issure vein, and show samples of good
ore that rjm so far into the thousands
to tho ton that It makes a tenderfoot
blink to seo them. The Helen Rae,
closo by, and owjied by Scranton peo
ple. Is being actively pushed, and gives
every evidence of great value. It is
apparently on 'the same vein as the
American.
Tho riches of tho Jioarlllas has been
a camp wood In New Mexico for gen
erations. Tho mines are many and
the placer possibilities bewildering
wero thero any water near. I was told
tliot Mexicans found profit In packing
this placer dirt on burro back fifteen
or twenty miles to where it can be
washed.
The eyes of thousands .have been
turned to the 450,000 acres of the Mes
calero Indian Reservation for Its min
erals even more than for its farm
lands. Tho Three Wvers section In
the northwest corner of the reserva
tion, is undoubtedly a treasure house
of mineral possibilities. Judge A, II.
Fall, of Las Cruces, who la very shrewd
In these matters, believes it to prom
ise more than any similar section in
New Mexico.
In the Tularosa canon we examined
a copper deposit with more than a mile
of outcrop, ranging In, surface width
from GO to 300 feet. This rock was most
ly luw grade, but at a depth of thirty
feet of copper glance that yielded over
70 per cent, from a five ton lot Bent to
Haltlmore for reduction. This glance
Is streaked through twenty feet of soft
limestone.
At Hlack Mountain we saw the Sunol
gold lead belonging to Judge Fall. It Is
possible to drive with a wagon over
11,000 feet of thin vein, There are fully
one hundred nnd fifty claims In this dis
trict gold, lend, Iron, copper which Is
a horseshoe-llkc plateau ubout six by
eight miles.
One of our scouts, who visited tho Jn
rlllas reported a marvelously rich min
eral district almost unexplored. He
told of a hill of Iron, eo thickly covered
with high grade hematite ore that
"trains of cars could be loaded from
the float." He also saw much of the
precious metals. It Is hero that tho fa
mous Tiffany turquoise mines arc lo
cated. This gives a fair notion of the min
ing things we heard nnd saw. No one
In the outfit doubts that vast riches
arc hidden In these treeless mountains,
and that the coining of u railroad will
bo the "open sesame" for a hundred
treasures greater than All P-nba found,
GYPSUM AND SODA.
Heaped over the great plain to the
westward of Tularosa, and extending
from near the southern end of the Mai
Pals for n distance of over fifty miles,
In a marvelous deposit of practically
pure gypsum, In consistency and color
like fine, granulated sugar. This de
posit Is from live to twenty-live miles
wide, lies on the original surface of the
ground, nnd In billowy waves reaches
n depth of perhaps fifty feet. The pro
posed rnilroad will skirt its edge for
some miles.
To the westward of tho gypsum Is
said to be a drled-up lake of soda crys
tals, and the Government surveys show
a salt lake In tho same neighborhood.
Hear In mind that figures of extent and
statements of geographical outline are
more or les3 guesswork in this country,
for even the best government maps are
sadly Incorrect In many particulars. It
Is little more than a surface-seen land
that we are dealing with.
LUMHE1J.
The most expert lumber man' we
found In this region Is Mr. J. A. Gumm,
of White Oaks. He estimated sonic
time since, for his own mills, that In
the Capltans there are 11,000,000 feet of
white and yellow pine "above 10 Inches
square;" 100,000,000 feet of red spruce,
5,000,000 feet of bull pine fit for mining
use stulls, props, etc. nnd a consider
able quantity of Juniper and cedar.
To' the surprise of most of the uarty
careful Investigation showed the tim
ber possibilities of the Sacramento
Mountains, south of the Capltans, to
be vastly greater. Indeed, It seems
now that tho Sacramento section could
supply the timber needs of the entire
southwest for a grent many years. The
only dlfllculty Is that the arroyas and
rough cunons on tho western slope of
this range would necessitate special
means for bringing their product to the,
plains.
Hough timber sells at $20 per M. In
El I'aso. flooring at $25. The Capitan
nnd Sacramento lumber could be put
there nt a great profit at very much
lower prices. It Is evident that with a
railroad at command, this lumber
would control the El Paso market as
completely as would tho Salado coal.
CATTLE AND SHEEP.
Lincoln county, New Mexico, pro
duced about 1,000,000 pounds of wool
last year. Chaves and Dona Anna
counties each rank about with Lincoln
In this respect. Most of this wool Is
now taken by a wagon haul of 100
miles or more to a railroad and a
market.
There are probably 500,000 cattle In
the threo counties. No cattleman will
BOOK
NOTES, GOSSIP AND REVIEWS.
Tho Easter season has been unusually
prolillo In new books and now editions.
Fiction, belles letteis, travel ami science
hn.o each received valuable additions
from authors old and new. Tho chai actor
of tho books published and their ready
appreciation by a grateful public show
that the lltimry taste of the American
people Is readily susceptible to Influences
of a pure.- and bettor literature.
Tho largo und steady sale of such works
at Dr. Nansen's "Farthest Nortn" and
Capt. Mahan's "Life of Loul Nelson"
shows that Americans prefer good books
to trash, and works of this character find
a constantly widening market. Dr. Nan
sen's great work, to say the least, certain
ly desarves all the good things that huvo
been said about It and Just at present the
author Is tho literary Hon, both at tho
English and French capltuls. Capt.
Mahan's crowning work has won fov him
unending praise and added even to his
enviable famo gained by his former work
on "Tho Influence of tho Sea Power."
In tho Hold of fiction thero nre a host of
new books by tho old favorites, mdst of
them deserving more than passing notice.
"Miss Archer Archer," by Clara Loulso
Burnham, Is one of tho best of this popu
lar story-teller's ever-welcom- books.
"Hilda Strafford," by Heatrlco Hnrraden,
Is tho first work from the pen of tho
creator of "Ships" since Its wonderful
success threo years ago. It Is a charming
story of Southern California breathing
the freshness of thac sunny cllmo and
gleaming with a genial humor characteris
tic of tho author. Miss Harradon, slnco
her return to England, has Improved but
slightly In health nnd her literary labors
for tho present aro consequently limited.
One of tho sunniest, brightest, cheeriest
and most mirth provoking stories of tho
year Is "Tho Great K. am' A. Train Rob
bery," by Paul Leicester Ford, author of
"Tho Hon. Peter Sterling" and "Tho L!fo
of Washington." This book Is not as its
title might Imply a regulation detective
story, but a sparkling, original, up-to-date
love story of no moan order. "A Marital
Liability," by Elizabeth I'hlpp3 Train, Is
also a story ot this happy description and
Is well worthy tho pen of tho author of
"A Social Highwayman." Stephen Crane
has taken us to the country for the scene
of Ills new story which bears tho title,
"Tho Third Violet." Of this little pas
toral we certainly can say what we. would
hesitate to say about cither "Magglo"' or
"George's Mother," that Is: ii fresh,
healthy story, pleasingly told. Wo had
hardly followed tho uuthor from his pollco
court famo In tho metropolis to bloody
Cuba boforo wo found htm at the scat of
war In tho east iionnlng sanglnury cables
to "Tho Journal" and observing the scene
of action by tho light of "Greek Fire."
"Tho Mutablo Many" Is a new story by
Robert Unrr und wo predict for It a sue
cess equal to nny of Mr. Barr's previous
books, most of which havo been excep
tionally good. "Trooper Peter llnlket"
Is a romance of Jameson's Raid toM by
Ollvo Schrclnir. Wo feel cortaln that
Miss Schrelner has addod but little to
her literary fame In this novel and aro
glad to let her reputation rest on her
more popular "Dreams" nnd "Tho Story
of an African Farm." "Christina of the
Hills" Is tho title of Max Pemburton's
now book. Thoso of his admirers who
havo enjoyed "Tho Impregnable City,"
"The Little Huguenot" and "A Puritan
Wife' need only to know that this latest
effort Is up to his former standard. There
Is a freshness, humor, and originality
aobtit Mr. Pcmberton that makes his
name an "Open Sesame" with evory lover
of good fiction. "A Merry Maid of Area,
dy" is tho Initial story of a bright volumo
by Mrs. Hurtrn Harrison. Frank Jl.
Stockton, after o stlenco of several yers,
has given us a splendid group of short
stories under tho tltlo of "A Story Teller's
Pack." Tho above Include mit of tho
recent works of fiction, although thero
aro many others well w'thy of men
tion. Rfcv. Qeorco wuu;j has had pub
drive his herd to mnrket It reasonable
railroad transportation can be had.
The oat and hog raisers are steadily
Increasing In number and importance.
In many sections of this county pinion
seed and Juniper berries afford good
feed for a largo part of the year.
Horses ot the common grade are a
drug on the mnrket. The nssessor of
Lincoln county told me ho had assess
ed one lino herd at $5 ench, and then
gave the owner the benefit of a 20 per
cent, discount on his reported number,
which ho was well awnro had been
made much smaller than tho fact.
FHU1T Alft) POTATOES.
Tho Tularosa Valley Is a natural or
chard site. Pears, peaches, apricots,
plums, npplos, grapes and most small
fruit grow to a perfection there that
an Easterner enn scarcely realize. In
sl7e, equal to anything California can
show. In every canon where water can
be had the same wonderful growth
and fine quality can be safely counted
i on.
j The higher regions of tho Saoramcn
j tos are tho nntural home of the potato,
i Men go Into these high, rich plateaus,
chop olf the quaking aspons, plant po
tatoes and never go near them ngaln
until harvest time. Then, they tell me,
they are sure to find a crop. If they
will grow thus neglected what would
the result be with proper cultivation?
Potatoes cannot bo raised on the low
lands of New Mexico. Texas cannot
raise thorn; a big part of tho cultlva
table portion of the Southwest cannot
raise them. Greeley, Col., has grown
rich on the potato crop. I believe
one of the largest sources, of profit to
settlers hero and to the railroad will
bo the Sacramento potatoes. Such ns
wo saw were exceptionally large and
smooth, and were of fine quaUty.
HEALTH RESORTS.
W lib shall say where the sanitarium
of the world Is? I cannot. Hut this I
am confident of, that In the White
Mountain region is a better climate for
those suffeilng from lung trouble than
either Colorado Springs of El I'aso
can show. It Is more equitable, the
elevation Is better. I look to see tho
day, and not very far off, either, when
this will be the favorite American re
sort for consumptives and those with
pulmonic troubles.
In those high, shady valleys, rich
with vendtire, rich with living streams,
will also be the favorite Summer re
sorts for LI Paso people and for the
residents of all the Southwest. There
Is no other region available that ap
proaches It either In natural beauty or
healthfulncss. With means of travel
almost as primitive as In the days of
the patriarchs thousands make their
weary way every Summer into those
wilds to camp by the Wo Hudoso, or
some of the other never-failing moun
tain, streams close by, ,to catch trout
from their clear waters and to get new
vigor from the dry, bracing air. The
principal peak of the White Mountains
Is still snow-capped, and I believe,
snow is found upon It all the year
round.
THE RAILROAD.
And now we come to the summing
up. Is a railroad from El Paso to
Salado a paying proposition at pres
ent? I think there is not a man In the
party who has a doubt on that ques
tion. 1 There Is enough of coal alone to
warrant tho building cf a railroad.
2 Thero nre mineral possibilities that
should of themselves make a railroad
n good investment.
3 Thero are lumber, potatoes, rrult
and live stock to bo carrieu, which
V
lished a second volume of "Herald Ser
mons" which have proven equally popu
lar to his first scrloH. Thcuo sermons de
rive their tltlo from tho fact that ono of
them appears In each Issuo of the Nev
York (Sundiy) Heraid.
LITERARY NOTES.
Tho production of Hardy's "Tess of tho
.D'UbervlHes" at tho Fifth Avenue theater
has caused quite a revival in tho salo ot
tho book. Mrs. Minnlo Maddern-Kisko
hus made a striking success in the title
rolo,
Gilbert Parker's "Seats of tho Mighty"
had tho distinction of being the initial
play at Heerbohm Treo's now theater
"Her Majesty" last week. Notwithstand
ing her majesty's absence, a goodly num
ber of celebrities graced the performance,
among whom wore tho Prince of Wales,
Pcet Laureato Austin, Ambassador Col.
John Hay and Lady Randolph Churchill.
"Tho Wisdom of Fools" Is the title given
to a volume of fcur e-ellent short stories
lecently from tho pen of Margaret De
land, author of "Jchn Ward, I'reacher."
Admirers of Alice Hrown's charming
"Meadow Grass" will be pleased to know
that her new novel, "In tho Day of His
Youth," is now published and that it Is
everything that could bo desired a grate
ful story by a graceful author.
No noel of recent yours, not even
Trilby, has had tho phenomenal success
accorded to Hellumy's "Looking IJnek
wunl." Over a million copies in over
twenty different languages have been
printed and soM. His new book, "Equali
ty," will probably be published In May,
H, Howard Ucidleman.
REVIEWS.
Tho newest Crockett book Is "Lad's
Love." publlsrcd by tho Appletons. it Is
not to be compared In continuity of plot
with "Cleg Kelly," but thero aro quaint
touches hero and there thnt suggest what
this singularly effective author can do.
Tho materials employed aro a close-listed
Scotch farmer with threo marriageable
and Incorrigible daughtcis who enteitaln
masculine admirers surreptitiously, a
Cameonlan neighbor whosu son Isn't gooj
enough for ono of those daughters; some
addlo patcd lulrds, a peddler, a poacher, u.
betrayed girl, etc.; In fact the usual In
gredients of a melodrama of tho moors.
These aro shuflled together in whatever
manner suits the author's pleasure, but
while tho result will bring down upon him
tho censure of tho critics, It will satisfy
any reader who Is not overly fastidious
and run up a royalty account that we
would mightily like to have to our credit
in tho bank.
o
After some silence, Guy Hoothby,
through the Appleons, springs on tho pub.
lie another Oriental stunner, whoso con.
tents are quite up to tho pace set In "Dr.
Nikola" nnd Indicated in the title of tho
present effusion. "Tho Ileautlful Whlto
Devil.'' The "devil" Is a very accom
plished, fascinating and resourceful young
woman who rules over a secret Island In
tho Pacific, awns a phenomenal boat by
means of which sho ever and anon abducts
some rich Chinese mandarin, holds up a
treasure ship or performs other feats m
perlor to anything of which Captain KUd
ever dreamed, always escaping from pur
suit, and disports herself In ways too
novel to mention. When Dumas wrote
"Monto ChrMo" he merely scratched tha
surface of tho ground that Hoothby has
sowed In his novel. We don't wonder that
tho young doctor whom she hired to treat
the small pox In her island bailiwick tell
In love with this Impossible creuturo and
what Is more, married her.
o
Gertrude Atherton hns told us on num
erous occasions that who entertains (he
utmost contempt for the American society
woman; yet she hns presumably felt ob
liged to renew this Information by means
of a novel called "Ills Fortuno-t" ".race"
AND
A
would ipny Interest on a largo outlay
pcrhupson tho entire cost of a road.
4 Shrewd capitalists not long since
prepared to run a railroad Into this
country Just to tap the mountainous
beds of gypsum. It could probably
be done with profit nt any time.
0 Thero aro twelve thousand people
whoso BUppllcs and products 'need
transporting. With a rnllrond their
mimbar would quickly and largely In
crease. Thero Is a good part of tho popula
tion of an nrea lnrger than that of all
the Middle States together to bo car
ried to nnd from tho White Mountnin
health nnd summer resorts, to say
nothing of Invalids from nil over tho
country, and supplies for all ot them.
7 Such a load would form an Im
portant link in n system that would
bring Chicago 300 miles nearer by rati
to 121 Paso, and avoid almost every
thing in tho way of heavy grades.
So much for the buslrvesti a road
could count on. The cost of building
a railroad would be absurdly email.
Twenty miles nt the El Paso end are
already graded, and about nine miles
laid with track. For more than one
hundred und thirty miles then the rood
would be over a mesi ns level ns an
Illinois prlarle. No costly rock work,
no bridges, no long trestles. Even the
Inst ten miles of the one hundred and
sixty present no difficulties to the rail
road man Just easy mountain grades.
It Is the cheapest proposition In rail
road building I ever saw and the best.
M. M. Glllam.
TitoiJTiNi: on the mo uui-
I)OSO, NEW .MEXICO.
"Trout?" Well, you Just bet!
Tho sweetest trout you over met.
Yes, genuine speckled mountain trout,
And anyone can yank them out.-
Easy ns winking. Just you try
The Huldoso with a fly, -
Or bug, or worm, or anything,
And see how quick you'll catch a string.
So spoko tho bright New Mcxlcnn
And fired his party, to n man,
With dreams of speckled beauties fried
And broiled and heaps of fun besides.
And so thev struggled day by day
Along the roiiBh and nrld way
I'ntll at last they nil gnve thanks
Hy Ruldoso's verdant banks.
Then Lathrop's sportman's heart beat
high
And rapture shone In Glllam's eye,
Gay ns n youngster Just from nchool
The colonel found a favorite pool
The staid and stately cemmodoro
Approving, walked the grassy shore,
And Dickenson forgot his fat
Left off his coat and cocked his hat.
And trudged the grove with caution great
In efforts vain to shoot somo bait.
Harmon and Hawkins pleasure saw
In striving to teach each other law.
And armed themselves In other scenes
To catch their fish by legal means.
The Eddy brothers came anrl went
To give each guest complete content.
And Simpson curled beneath a treo
Said, "This Is good enough for me."
Meantime tho fishers faithful fished,
They dropped, and tossed, and threw, and
swished.
They tried the fly grass-hoppers tried,
Hugs, bits of meat, nnd lots besides,
Hut all In vain! No fleck of fin,
No glinting of a speckled skin.
No shadow dattlng In and out
Hetrnycd the presenco of a trout.
A native who the anglers saw,
In spite of fate, In spite of law,
Approached tho foremost fisherman,
"What bo you trying to catch?" "A
trout!"
Tho native answered with a shout,
"Well I'll bo d d
Tho fools ain't altogether dead,
Tho fish wo catches in these Inn's
Hy gosh! they always comes In cans."
Tho Ushers fled thoso Ashless scenes
And ate a lunch of French sardines.
T
(published by the Appletons), Tho theme
of this book Is thf barter and sule of Yan
kee womanhood In exchangu for foreign
titles which goes on In uninterrupted regu
larity In the higher social circles of New
Y'ork und other large American cities; but
we cannot see that the author had added
anything of particular moment to the al
ready amplo controversial literature on
this subject, nnd certainly her book Is not
Intrinsically Important as a story. Tho
characters In It are all men or women ot
straw; and the tone Is abhorrently realis
tic. We suspect that It did not need Ger
trudo Atherton's pen to establish that the
Amoiican mother who plots to trade her
daughter for social distinction Is morally
not ono bit above tho depraved creature
who sells the virtue of her offspring for
money; or thnt tho petted darling who
knowingly consents to tho trade and In
trigues for and encourages It Is really In
finitely worso than tho Ignorant and way
ward damsel of tho strets.
o
Thero Is good reading In "A Galahad of
tho Greeks" by S. Levett-Yeats (pub
lished by the Appletons.) It pictures of
ficlal llfo in Uurmah; shows how hard It is
for a man bred in the north, where ac
tivity Is tho rule, to keep fresh and clean
and useful under a tropical sun; exhibits
tho disadvantages under which tho man
works who carries Into political office tho
morals and the conscience trained at
mother's knee; Lnd finally gives a picture
of Innocent lovo between a wife nnd a
man not her husband, with a tragedy
which saver, that Innocence from reaching
tho level of guilt. It is a well-told story,
and ono which Is thoroughly lit to bo read.
o
In "Tho Pioneers of Evolution" (New
York: D. Appleon & Co.) Edward Clodd
presents tho story of tho origin of tho evo
lution Idea away back In tho tlmo of
Thales, and traces Its subsqouent develop
ment up to the moment of Its elaboration
by Darwin, Huxley and Herbert Spencer.
Accompanying this stoTy Is an Intermed
iate chapter on tho causes of the arrest of
tho evolution movement. Tho volumo
contains several portraits and Is, withal,
an instructive and a valuublo book to
students of science.
WAY WACAZINES.
Few recent Issues of the Century have
equaled that for May either In tho diver
sity or In tho timeliness nnd uniform inter
est ot tho contents. In another direction
we havo already directed attention to the
notablo i'hapr cf secret hl-tory contribut
ed In this number by General tfchon'cld
concerning tho withdrawal of tho French
from Mexico, A paper on Crete by a resi
dent of Athens nnd General Porter's in
stalment of recollections of Grant nre ad
ditional features of a historical character.
Three papers on scientific kite Hying will
be rcud with eagerness by all who wish
to be well Informed on current scientific
p ogress, A review of tho Tennessee cen
tennial and a chapter on "Hlcycllng
Through tho Dolomites," with the usual
quantity of serial and short stories, poems,
editorial comment and miscellany, fill up
a generous measure of literary Instruction
and entertainment. What tho Century Is
for adults the LMay St. Nicholas is for
young folk.
o
Tho opening paper In the current Forum
Is by Comptroller Roberts, of New Y'ork,
and !s a defense of the progressive Inheri
tance tax lately passed by tho Emplro
st.to legislature. Tho papers by Editors
Wilier and West on congressional subjects
rave heretofore been rovlcwed In Tho
Tribune. A study of the German Kaiser
by a prominent Herlln Journalist; a scath
ing arraignment by Thomas Davidson ot
Europo for Its treatment of tho Eastern
question und a paper by tho eminent man
ufacturer, Geoigo T. Oliver, on "Indus
trial Combinations" are nddltloiml feat
ures worthy of note. The dozen -papers In
this Ibsuo represent a significant addition
to the controversial literature ot tho day.
THORS.
WiHIMMI IHUI MM
Suiiniday Street Cars0
Ought Their Operation to
Is It Immoral and Is It Inexpedient to
permit street cars to be operated on
Sundays? Hero nro two interesting
points concerning which opinion In nil
cities has differed widely, and In rela
tion to which nn animated controversy
Is at present waging In Toronto. The
Globe of that city, In a recent Issue,
devoted three columns to nn editorial
dlflcupslofi' of tho subject, and we find
several points In Its article which im
press us as worthy of consideration.
Supporters of a Sunday car service In
Toronto havo crystallized tho affirm
ative contention in live main proposi
tions. Tho llrst Is that such a service
will be a great public convenience, es
pecially In view of "tho changed con
ditions of modern life, which have In
creased the population of cities nnd
spread them over largo areas." The
second Is tho nrgument In favor of
equality; people with bicycles and
carriages can travel on Sunday, why
not others? The third Is an argument
In favor of personal liberty; If A does
not like Sunday cars that Is no reason
why he should forbid them to H, who,
as a fellow citizen, has nn equal Inter
est In the car service. The fourth Is a
contention that Sunday cars will In
crease the efficiency of Sunday Schools
nnd churches. And the fifth Is that tho
agreement under which the Toronto
company operates thoroughly protects
the Interests of tho worklngmen; In
other words, that there Is no danger of
the employes of the road being compell
ed to work seven days In the week.
To the first point the Globe replies:
"Unquestionably It would be conven
ient for citizens to be able to reach the
parks, tho woods, the churches, the
cemeteries, the homes of their relatives
and friends on the day which affords
thum the greatest leisure for those
purposes. There are also emergencies,
such as the necessity for calling a
physician suddenly, In which It would
be extremely convenient to be able to
Jump aboard a street car Instead ot
trudging about on foot or paying tho
expense of a cab. There is no lis
minimizing or concealing these things;
no use In telling a man that he and his
family can enjoy themselves as well
by sitting In a backyard or a small en
closure which Is little better than a
public square, as In rambling about the
parks and woods and shores that are
to be found at the termini of the street
car lines. Nor Is there any use In de
nying that there is a public demand
for the means of reaching these places.
The crowds of bicycles wheeling along
the Btreets and tho largo and growing
business of hiring wheels on Sunday
are partial Indications of that demand.
And there can be little doubt that a
Sunday service once established would
be extensively used."
Continuing, the Globe says: "As to
tho second point, the argument In favor
of equality has been affected In the
last four years by the extensive use of
the bicycle. The persons who, under
the old state of things, could afford to
maintain or hire a carriage on Sunday
were a privileged class but a small
class, and consequently their privilege
was not constantly obtruded on the no
tice of the pedestrian. Now it can
fairly be said that during six or seven
months In the year the only persons
who are debarred from getting about
freely on Sunday are the very old,
the very young, and generally thoso
who are too poor or too feeble to own,
hire or use a bicycle. The case Is
sometimes stated as If the users of
carriages and bicycles were selfishly
depriving their less fortunate follow
human beings of tho power of travel
ling on Sunday. We do not think this
Is fair. We fancy that If the vote to
be taken a fortnight hence could be
analyzed, a large majority of wheel
men and horsemen would bo found
voting for Sunday cars; and tho oppo
sition would come largely from thoso
who, If Sunday cars were not estab
lished, would have no other means ot
rapid transit. The negative votes will
be those of the older people, the quiet
er people, the people who have relig
ious objections to a Sunday service,
and those who fear that such a service
would bo the thin end of a wedge that
would destroy tho worklngman'fl day
of rest. Consequently, while we ad
mit the force of the argument In favor
of equality, w.e believe It Is true that
what may be called the privileged class
Is In the main perfectly willing that
there shou'.J be a service that will meet
the needs of all; and that those who
oppose the Introduction of tho service
will be denying themselves as well as
others the power of travelling rapidly
and freely on Sunday.
o
"As to personal liberty, we do not
think that one citizen who, on religious
grounds, objects to any but necessary
travel on Sunday has the right to try
to enforce his own views on another.
We would, most of us, admit that it
would be outrageous to forbid a ram
ble on foot or on horseback or on tho
wheel, or tho reading of a novel, or
visits made for pleasure, or conversa
tion of a secular kind on that day. In
general we agree to compromise on
the matter. We agree not to shock
ono another by the outward evidences
of desecration; but we know that we
cannot make Sunday what many
Christians would desire It to be, not
only a day of rest but a day of devo
tion, of worship, of spiritual growth.
We can forbid a young man to fish, to
shoot or to play ball on Sunday, but
we cannot prevent his reading novels,
or smoking, or conversing on frivolous
topics, or even playing cards In his
own room. We cannot drive him to
church, all we can do Is to preserve an
external appearance of quiet and de
corum and avoid openly shocking those
who regard tho day ns sacred.
"Allied to tho religious objection Is
the objection that the introduction of
Sunday -cars would pave the way for
Sunday amusements of various kinds,
for the adoption of what Is called tho
'continental Sabbath,' and In this con
nection wo are referred to the experi
ence of cities on the other side of tho
line where Sunday cars aro found In as
sociation with theaters, beer gardens,
base ball games, etc. Here, while wo
would not undertake to say that the
introduction of Sunday cars would
have no effect upon the general observ
ance of the day, we think that It is
"carrying the argument too far to say
that Sunday cars are the cause of all
tho customs with which they are some
tlme! found associated. A community
which wants Sunday theaters and beer
gardens will certainly insist on Sun
day cars; but It does not follow that
a community which wants the cars will
Insist on the theaters and beer guldens.
"Up to this point we have been con
sidering the position uf the people ot
! MM H (
be Prohibited by Law?
Toronto as users of a street car service.
Wo now pass to the consideration of
their position ns employers of laborv or
nt least as persons who have the power
to control tho conditions of labor of n,
considerable body of men directly, and
ot a largo number Indirectly. Wo re
gard this point ns ot so much Import
ance that wo shall deal with it at somo
length. Tho fear that a street car ser
vice on seven days of the week would
be n retrograde htep In lengthening tho
hours of labor cannot be regarded as
groundless. It Is true that legal ma
chinery has been created by which tha
city council may prevent tho continu
ous employment of men, other than tho
superintendent and one assistant, the
electrician and one nsslstnut, nnd six
roadmastcrs, more than CO hours, or
six days, per week, except In cases of
'civil commotions,' which may mean
strikes, 'exceptional accident,' 'unusu
al storms' and during tho twelve days
of the Industrial exhibition. If other
men bi employed on other occasions
for moiv than six days In tho week,
and the City council move In the mat
ter for the purpose of preventing it, tho
city engineer may decide ns to wheth
er or not there were exceptional acci
dents, civil commotions, unusual
storms, or other causes Justifying such
continuous employment. Within two
weeks after the city engineer shall
have given his decision nnd communi
cated It to the council and to the com
pany cither party may appeal to tho
county Judge, who shall havo power
to summon witnesses, demand the pro
duction of papers and perform all tho
acts necessary to Judicial routine.
Within one month after tho county
Judge shall have reported the evidence,
his decision thereon and the grounds
thereof to the City council, either that
body or the Street Hallway company
may appeal to the court of appeal for
Ontario, which sits four times a year.
If that body should decide that a 'sub
stantial' breach of the covenant re
garding hours of labor has taken place,
and that It 'could reasonably have been
ao!ded,' or If such a decision should
bo given by the city engineer or thu
county Judge, and the tlmo for appeal
be allowed to lapse, the city council
may within three months after such
decision Impose a penalty on the com
pany of not more than $500 nor less
than $100. If the penalty bo not paid
within seven days nfter it has been
Imposed the city council may recover
ii in any court Having Jurisdiction to
I the amount of the said penalty.' The
. city council has still another resource.
Instead of Imposing a penalty it may
by resolution donrlvr, tlin SMvmt tii
way company of Its right to run cara
on ounuay. lr the company does not
thon suspend Its Sunday service the
city council may obtain an 'order and
Injunction of any court of competent
Jurisdiction' to that effect. If tho ser
vice be not then discontinued, somo
one, perhaps a motorman, may bo com
mltted to jail for contempt.
o
"Thoso who understand the actual
position of a workman the threat of
unemployment which must continually
hang over his head under existing con
ditionswill bo apt to regard theso
elaborate safeguards as practically
worthless. A motorman or conductor
would no more undertnke to move tho
city council to move the judiciary to
move the corporation employing hint
than he would undertake to move a
mountain. And If a trades union or
philanthropic organization undertook
the work ho would probably beg of
them to drop It. Much as a man would
dread the loss of his day of rost ho
would dread tho loss of work still more.
Employes entitled by shop and fac
tory laws to certain privileges havo
begged of those moving in their bol.ulf
to drop the matter lest a far worso
infliction, dismissal, be brought upon
them. Employes will generally ex
press a willingness to work seven days
a week, whatever may be their privato
feelings, It such willingness will win
favor and make toward tho perma
nence of their occupation There aro
street railway employes cage- to work
seven days u week In the mistaken be
lief that It will permanently incrnso
thel- returns. Su.-h work is Ilk-? tho
k'dhng pace assumed by plec-workers
In other callings. U leads to a cut in
prico, or the feature of an increase
when conditions would otherwise have
brougt it about. Another Influence)
which would make toward continuous
labor is the disinclination o' foremen
to In bothered with restrictions impos
ing unnecessary changes. The sparer
man Is rarely wanted anywhere ex.ept
to Influence wages. Dlrectora of work
men deslro the minimum of change,
restriction, annoyance and Inconveni
ence, and they find trouble und bother
enough without having to care lest
workmen's hours overrun a by-law.
With all theso Influences at work
against an unwieldy safeguard with a
Judiciary having perhaps 'no sympathy
with such laws nor with tho men who
force them through parliament,' It la
not unreasonable to Infer that seven
days' continuous street car service per
week would mean seven days' work for
other than tho specified employes at
other tlmo than exhibition weeks. Even
If the legal machinery be put In mo
tion It would bo easy to find that tho
encroachment was not 'substantial,'
that It could not 'reasonably have been
avoided,' or that somo of tho more defi
nite loop holes were open.
"It Is scarcely necessary to arguo
against any change likely to involve
the loss of a day of rest to a large num
ber of workmen. That Its Influence
would bo lowcrlnpi physically and
mentally, no ono will question. Wero
workmen In a position to afford and to
secure roasonublo relaxation Sunday
labor could be Introduced to a greater
extent without any such material dan
ger. Hut that is, unfortunately, not
tho case. Sunday work under the con
ditions of modern life has become a
question of degree. Every departure In
that direction Is urged as u. precedent
for more 'necessary' work, the boun
dary of necessities being Incapable of
definition.
That tho Introduction of a Sunday
That the Introduction of a Sunday
street car service would greatly In
crease tho degree of Sunday labor In
tho city cannot reasonably be ques
tioned. Under existing Industrial con
ditions, without considering the Sab
batarian aspect of tho question, It Is
nebessnry to limit ns far as possible
the proportionate extent of such labor.
This Is, In our opinion, the main o!a
Jectlon to a Sunday car service."
NO GAME.
In showery siprlng both sides may sln
And boast with might and main,
And tell with gleo what tho scoro -would b
If It hadn't been for rain. Wash, Star,