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Sinc-B the arrival of the automobile,
the bicycle-hater is inclined to moder
ate his vindictive tone.
One of the American innovations in
tho city of Ponce, Porto Rico, is a So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals which relentlessly prosecutes
all violators of the law.
Boston adduces as further proof of
her literary pre-eminence the fact that
her people spent $6 per capita for
stamps last year, against $2.87 spent
by Philadelphlans and $3 by New
Yorkers.
In four counties of western Massa
chusetts no less than 120 public libra
ries are In operation, containing 82.7,-
000 books. The towns where they are
located have a population of 307,000.
Some of the librarians give their time
without salary. In several cases tho
pay is from $5 to S3O a year.
Xenophon de Kalamatiano, 19 years
If age, a native of St. Petersburg,
issia, has been made a professor in
Jodern language department of the
University of Chicago, where he will
"VI the chair of Russian language,
talamatiano will give the first course
Ti Russian ever offered at the univer
sity.
The United States cruiserCincinnatl
p the only all-steel vessel in the United
dates navy with an ornate life-size
figurehead at her bow, A figure of
Liberty, in steel and wood, stands out
from her graceful stem. A simple
jhield representation of the coat-of
irms of the United States is the only
ornamentation of the prows of other
United States warships.
Some of the professional beggars ar
rested in tile shopping district in Now
York (i'ty the other day had only $1
when searched, but some of them had
eo much more that It brought the av
erfage up to $S apiece. Since it is
not to be presumed that any of them
started out on the day's work with
money, It would appear that the wages
lor such Industry are better than sup
posed.
The Georgia legislature has author
ized the erection in the capitol at
Washington of statues of two of Geor
gia"s notable citizens, the expense
be met by popular subscription.
Twenty years ago, wnen the legisla
ture of the same state was consider
ing this matter, James Oglethorpe, the
founder of the state, and Dr. Crawford
W. Long, asserted to be the discover
er of anaesthesia were named as the
two to be honored, but that was as far
as it went.
Within the last two or three years
the submarine torpedo boat has gained
greatly in popularity. Since Cervera's
fleet was penned up at Santiago the
possibilities of that style of craft have
been better appreciated than before
on our side of the Atlantic. And the
United States will soon have a rounl
half dozen in commission. England,
which has pursued a moro conserva
tive policy than some of tho other
European powers, ordered five submar
ines last year. Japan followed suit,
on a smaller scale; and France, which
has been a pioneer in this line of ex
periment, is likely to have a score of
these boats afloat before the year
closes.
Divers' Limitations.
Submarine divers have not yet suc
ceeded in reaching 200 feet below the
surface with all the advantage of
armor, air supply and weights to sink
•,hem. The effort has been made to
yiach a wreck in 240 feet of water.
The accounts state that at 130 feet
jie diver began to experience serious
trouble. At 200 feet, after suffering
terribly, he lost consciousness and
was hauled up. Divers cannot work
much below 100 feet
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The languorous mists of a perfect
Indian summer shrouded the purple
peaks of the Cone mountains. Locusts
sang shrilly from every grease-wood
bush, and whole choruses of the same
insects droned forth from the mahog
any shrubs. The landscape had a pe
culiarly conical tendency; each indi
vidual hill was cone-shaped; the nut
pines, punctuating their gray-blue
slopes, tapered to a dull green cone;
and down at the base of a pyramidical
mountain clustered a few peaked wick
iups. A cloud of reddish dust floated
skyward and mingled wdtii the shim
mering veil of autumn hazo that
blurred the hill tops. The reddish
dust arose from a trail that twisted
in sinuous loops up and over the Cone
mountains as three ponies picked their
way along its winding course A roan
pony led the trio; he was ridden by
stern old Meloxi, an Indian of wide
repute among the Washoe tribe. The
second animal, a strange little pinto,
bore the daughter of Meloxi, and
bringing up the rear came Washoe
Billy, mounted on his sturdy bay.
The riders were silent, but, being
Indians, this seemed matter of fact;
something might be learned from the
expressions stamped on the counten
ances of the three redskins. Meloxi
looked stern and dignfied; Ta-tat, his
daughter, rebellious and indignant;
while Washoe Billy wore a victorious
half smile every time he glanced at
Ta-tat, which was not infrequently.
The ponies were tired and dusty—the
riders cramped and dusty, too.
Several dogs began to yelp as the
tiny cavalcade approached the wicki
ups; half a dozen airily clad papooses
Bkurried up from the trickling stream
in the nearby arroya, and stared at
the sorry-looking party. By the time
the ponies were halted before Meloxi'B
tepee, the whole village had gathered
about them. Neither Meloxi nor
Washoe Billy caused this unusual in
terest; Ta-tat, the rebellious coun
tenanced daughter of a chief, had re
turned into their midst; not willing
ly, but forcibly brought home by her
father and future husband, Washoe
Billy.
It was this maiden, the pride of the
Cone mountain Washoes, that excited
the curiosity of the villagers. Ta-tat,
from mere infancy, attracted consid
erable attention. On her right temple
grew a glistening wisp of white hair,
which accentuated the raven duskiness
of her abundant locks. This splotch
of white among the shining black re
sembled a magpie's plumage, and for
this reason she was called Ta-tat, tho
Washoe word for the chattering mag
pie. Then Ta-tat was very clever, and
one day Meloxi listened to the appeal
of a home missionary lady, which re
sulted in his sending bright little Ta
tat away to the Carson Indian school.
No other Cone mountain papoose had
ever attended the school, consequently
the relatives and friends of Ta-tat
took a deep interest in her progress at
the institution.
For five years she had been acquir
ing the book-lore of the palefaces; of
ten Meloxi received letters that wore
carefully read to him by Rancher
Bannon's wife, who lived not far from
Cone mountain. All reports reaching
Meloxi's ears were good, and quite
creditable even to a big chief's daugh
ter. So Meloxi spoke proudly of his
clever Ta-tat, and deposited her letters
In a dainty willow basket, from which
he took them to demonstrate to every
visltor the accomplishments of this
Washoe princess.
But one day a startling revelation
was made to the Cone mountain
Washoes. One of their own villagers,
while visiting Carson, saw Ta-tat
walking with Horace Hop-Foot, and
promptly reported the fact on liis re
turn home. Now the Washoes do not
object to their maidens keeping com
pany with young braves —far from it;
but Ta-tat's had long been promised to
Washoe Billy, and to think that she
could so far forget hersolf as to wall:
with another brace, and he a Piute at
that, and one whose reputation was
quite notorious, roused the wrath of
Meloxi and Washoe Billy, and all tho
villagers besides. After a brief con
sultation, the old chief, accompanied
by Ta-tat's intended and an extra
pony, journeyed Carson-wards, intent
upon conducting the fickle and disloyal
girl feck to the paternal lodge.
That his mission terminated suc
cessfully was clearly illustrated when
the expedition returned to Cone moun
tain. Ta-tat deigned not to greet with
any show of cordiality the companions
of her childhod days. She slid off the
weary pinto, shook out her dusty gar
nAmts, and walked with haughty indif
ference the gauntlet of inquisitive
Washoes. She did not halt until the
flag of her father's wickiup hid her
from view. This was a far different
home-coming than had been planned
for Meloxi's famed daughter. Her dis
grace assumed gigantic proportions;
the villagers were amazed to think
that Washoe Billy still desired to
marry her. Washoe Billy understood
matters better than his people. Ta
tat never pretended to care fur him;
Meloxi made the match. Even though
he was a chief, the title proved but
an empty honor, and Billy's numerous
ponies and three guns appealed to his
covetous nature; therefore, when Billy
sued for Ta-tat.'s hand, Meloxi con
sented upon learning that two ponies
and a shot-gun would be Ills portion of
the wedding contract. In addition.
Meloxi possessed his quota of racial
pride, and never could lose his hatred
for the Piutes, so firmly had his father
Instilled in his mind the bitter details
of the old feud existing between the
two tribes. And to thinkofTa-tat'spro
fessed partiality to a miserable Piute
more than strengthened his desire for
a speedy marriage between her and
Washoe Billy. Ta-tat safe in his
wickiup, Billy eager to claim her as
his wife, and the ponies and gun with
held until after the ceremony—these
facts prompted Meloxi to set an early
date for his daughter's wedding.
The news had apparently no effect
upon the sulky Ta-tat. She realized
how little sympathy would be forth
coming from her people; yet she de
termined to be the bride of no one but
Horace Hop-Foot, her noble Piute
lover. Ta-tat's schooling had taught
her to read and write; she had labo
riously waded through a highly col
ored novel in her cai'eer at the insti
tute, and from it had contracted ro
mantic ideas.
With all Hop-Foot's glaring faults,
she loved nim madly, and was more
than willing to renounce her connec
tion with the Washoes, especially the
possibility of being bride to that ug
ly Billy. Hop-Foot had acquired a
little learning at the Carson institute;
he owned a small shanty down near
Reno, and was the best gambler
among the Indians for many miles
around. To be sure, he imbibed freely
of firewater, but then that was not
such a grievous fault, according to
Ta-tat's reasoning.
With the instillation of white men's
ideas, many of Ta-tat's superstitions
were eradicated. For instance, she
thought it wise to forget the old feud
long nursed between Piute and Wash
oe; she also laughed at the Washoe's
tradition that certain birds and beasts
were the forms assumed by good and
bad spirits. The magpie, for which
she was named, could be either a wick
ed woman in disguise, or the spirit of
a wise old man, so claimed the Wash
oe medicinemen; but the white teach
ers scoffed at those ideas, and Ta-tat
agreed with them.
Hop-Foot's first gift to her was a
scrawny young magpie (he thought it
an appropriate token), which she
tenderly cared for, and taught to say
a few words, both in the English and
Washoe languages. This bird, with
the majority of Ta-tat's' belongings,
still reposed in her room at the insti
tute. Meloxi had allowed her scarcely
time to gather up a few necessary gar
ments when he rode up to the school
and abrutpiy carried her away.
Now, sitting in lonely dudgeon be
neath her father's peaked roof, Ta-tat's
mind worked actively, and she con
jured up mental pictures—first of a
slave's life with Washoe Billy; then a
blissful vision of love in Hop-Foot's
shanty on the outskirts of Reno. Pros
pects seemed decidedly gloomy for the
uusky maiden.
Great preparations were gaily
planned for the approaching wedding;
the feast would eclipse any previous
similar attempt since the grand barbe
cue of 30 years ago, when 10 fat horses
were stolen from a dance hall at
Washoe City, and nicely roasted ere
the palefaces missed them. Invita
tions circulated freely among the Car
son Valley Indians, barring, of course,
the Piutes. The orgies would be ap
propriate for the nuptials of a prin
cess, even though that princess was
sadly disgraced; still her father com
manded universal respect, and the
Washoes were only too eager to seize
upon an opportunity for a big time.
While the preliminary arrangements
hummed merrily along, and the wed
ding morn but five days away. Ta-tat
hit upon a brilliant scheme. She
brightened up as a willing bride should,
and for the first time since her return
took a decided interest in the coming
event. That afternoon, in company
With Washoe Billy, Ta-tat tripped
lightly over to Farmer Bannon's. Mrs.
Bannon had always been extremely
fond of the girl; andisince the bride
to-be requested Washoe Billy's attend
ance, no one objected to the visit, and
every one felt highly pleased at the
happy turn of anairs.
Mrs. Bannon and Ta-tat carried on a
very ordinary conversation, with
Washoe Billy a close listener. He heard
nothing to alarm him; but, just before
departing, Ta-tat stepped into the
kitchen, placed a loner in Mrs. Ban
non's hands, and begged her to mail it
that very day. Washoe Billy failed to
observe this little side play, and grunt
ed in serene contentment as the twain
walked back to the village.
Shrill and sweet sounded the locust
choruses in the thick sagebrush; happy
insects that could sing in blissful igno
rance of slain comrades parching under
the September sun at the Cone moun
tain village—daintiest of delectable In
dian eatables, those parched locusts.
Rabbits and fish and sagehen were
also conspicuously abundant r.3 prep
arations went on for the day's feast;
and there, upon the coals, sputtered the
elaborate piece de resistance —a great,
fat steer, purchnsed by the groorn from
Farmer Bannon.
The sun's rays lost their wonted
fierceness as thty filtered through the
soft, misty autumnal haze; the Indian
braves glided here and there, veritable
sun-gods, arrayed in scant breech
clouts, their skins glistening like bur
nished copper, and their befeath'ered
heads and painted faces resembling
those of warriors of early days. Me
loxi and Waslioe Billy were untiring
in their efforts to do full honor to this
occasion, and the villagers felt equally
desirous of pushing things to a grand
climax.
Ta-tat, in accordance with an old
custom of the Washoes, sat in solitary
magnificence within her father's wick
iup, awaiting her lord's first command.
Her dainty, beaded moccasins tapped
the earthen floor nervously; there re
mained but a few hours ere the closing
of the ceremonies, and her claiming by
Washoe Billy. She cautiously peered
through the loose flap and watched the i
festivities. Long shadows stretched
out from the conical mountains; the
sun hung like a blood-red disk just
above the horizon; the feast had begun
in earnest, and her people and the
wedding guests were gorging them
selves in barbaric Indian fashion.
Three hours of feasting, two hours of
dancing, and then the surrounding of
her lodge by the revelers; the brief
ceremony of the oldest medicine man,
and she would be Washoe Billy's slave,
and her dreams of love with Hop-Foot
things of the past.
The molten sun rested on the apex
of the loftiest cone-shaped peak; the
feast progressed beautifully. A rim of
fire, a sky of brass, and Sol sank on
Ta-tat's wedding day, and the aggre
gation of redskins had all but removed
the last vestige of the barbecue. Katy
dids chirped; an owl hooted mourn
fully; stars blinked in the high, dark
ened vault of heaven; firec lighted up
the cluster of wickiups, and the wild
dance was on in earnest. Two more
hours and Ta-tat's fate was sealed.
Tl.e black-fringed, liquid eyes of the
Indian girl flashed; her bosom rose and
fell with suppressed emotion. "He
has failed me! Hop-Foot has failed
me!"
The words were but half-articulated,
and Ta-tat held her breath as if their
echoes startled her.
"Ta-tat, Ta-tat!"
The girl's heart throbbed painfully.
"Oh, 'tis he! Hop-Foot, here I am!"
Under the tepee's flap rolled a lithe
body. It was Hop-Foot, cue Piute, the
favored lover of Meloxi's daughter.
The brave and his dusky sweetheart
gazed at each other in profound silence
for a moment Ta-tat's beauty dazed
the dauntless Piute; her wedding
i finery, her magnificent eyes, her su
perb figure! Ah, she was well worth
the risk!
"Quick, the moments fly!" breathed
Ta-tat.
Hop-Foot gave her a closely woven
basket. The young squaw raised the
lid, and took from its shallow depths
a small lump of black and white
feathers—her magpie—Hop-Foot's first
gift to her.
"You have saved me, Hop-Foot. We
are saved!" gasped the girl.
"Goodby, Ta-un. Goodby." With a
farewell caress, the maiden placed the
uncanny bird on a heap of rabbit
skins, snatched up the tell-tale basket,
and hurriedly slipped out of the wicki
up at the heels of Hop-Foot. The katy
dids stil chirped, the stars twinkled
knowingly, and the dizzy dancers were
almost exhausted, as Hop-Foot and the
Washoe princess crept through the
sage brush, around the base of the
pyraniidical hill to a nut pine tree,
where two wiry ponies were tethered.
Tom-toms signaled the dance to
cease; torches were lighted, and the
procession, headed by Meloxi and
Washoe Billy, advanced toward the
bride's commodious tepee. The throng
encircled the wickiup, torches cast a
glare of light into every nook. Meloxi
threw back the entrance-flap, and
Washoe Billy rushed in to claim his
bride.
"I'm Ta-tat, Ta-tat! Ta-tat's hun
gry! Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
The laughter was demoniacal, the
voice harsh and frightful. The eager
groom fell hack in terror; a frenzied
yell curdled the blood of the encircling
braves and squaws. Washoe Billy
leaped sheer out the wickiup and fell
in a quivering heap at the feet of Me
loxi. The torcnes lit up the scene
with the brightness of day, and there,
in the doorway, the amazed Indians
beheld that most terrible of all bad
medicine birds—a magpie.
"I'm Ta-tat! Ha. ha, ha, ha! Ta
tat's hungry. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Away up on the last curve of the
pyramidlcal mountain's trail two
ponies halted, and their riders gazed
down at the Cone Mountain village and
chuckled as a frightful din rent the
quiet of this beautiful Inhian summer
night. Ta-tat, the Washoe princess,
enjoyed her romantic escape, for she
knew full well that her people would
forevermore look upon Ta-tat, the
magpie, as the transformed daughter of
Meloxi.—San Francisco Argonaut.
Valuable Food Product.
Fish powder is the very latest addi
tion to the list of foods, and it is said
by physicians to be the best and most
nutritive food product in condensed
form that has been discovered. It can
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trouble and expense. Any kind of
fresh fish will do. First steam them
in their own moisture, then, after cool
ing and drying the mass obtained, ex
pose it to the air for a short time.
The next step is to shred the fish
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ters and making omelets. The flour
has neither taste nor smell, and it
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Might tli© Kxplnnatlon.
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! Post
S NEW USE EOR ZEBRAS
| To Replace Horses in African Transport Service
The British war department has de
termined upon introducing zebras into
the army in Africa for military pur
poses to take the places of horses and
mules of which there is an ever in
creasing shortage. Experiments which
have been made with these animals
show that they can be utilized to-day
as satisfactorily a3 they have been in
the past by the Abyssinian and others.
They will fill the existing needs of the
British transport and cavalry services
in away that it would otherwise seem
impossible to meet them. It is ex
tremely probable that in the breeding
stations to be established In Mashon
aland and Somaliland a hybrid animal
will he produced for the purpose of
cavalry mounts by crossbreeding with
English hunting stock, it having been
proved by experiments that good re
sults can be obtained in this manner.
The imperial zebra, sometimes found
as tall as fifteen hands, is a result of
breeding the largest average for any
of the native African breeds not being
over thirteen hands. Zebra and zebra
hybrids have been bred in Europe for
Hotsj a Gusher
Klcbvs
A man who is interested in one of
the biggest gushers in the Beaumont
oil fields of Texas thus describes how
one of the big wells starts:
"We knew some time before the
gusher was brought in that what we
hoped for was coming. The drillers
were prepared for it and had removed
their tools from the deep hoic. If they
had not done that everything in the
well would have been thrown into the
air. We could hear the throbbings of
a great force below. The noise was
like the puff of a monster engine,
dying away and then growing louder
than before. The puffs soon increased
to a mighty roar, and we knew that
the climax would come soon. I was
standing near the well with my watch
in my hand, it was exactly 10:25
o'clock on the morning of October 25
ivhen the first substance was thrown
out. First there was only sand, as it
is called in California, or oil rock, as
they term it in Pennsylvania. Then
SPANISH GYPSIES
SEEK A HOME
If there is any city in the United
States that would like to have a sub
urban colony of c..e "real" gypsies—
about 4,000 of them —now i 3 the time
to hid. They are not of the type of
roving vagabonds, "horse swappers"
and chicken thieves, against whom
Americans lock their stables and hen
roosts, but genuine, blue-biooded gyp
sies fresh from the cave homes of the
mountains of Granada, Spain.
Queen Stella, the "inspired" leader
of the Gonzalez tribe of Spanish gyp
sies, is in Columbus, Ohio, on a tour
of America in search of a future home
for her band. Society folk, club folk,
and college folk seem to take her at
her word, notwithstanding that Queen
Stella has no aversion to making a
few honest dollars, offering a few
choice Egyptian medical secrets for
sale.
"I scorn the vagabonds who roam
over America and call themselves gyp
sies. Our people at Granada do not
beg, trade horses or steal," declares
the sprightly little queen. "We live in
LIFE AT GIBRALTAR.
Interesting Description of tlio Plctui
esqti© Old FortroM.
The Incoming steamer anchors in
the bay half a mile from shore, pas
sengers are taken off in boats, and be
fore entering the city they pass a rigid
examination by the police, who ask
a number of pertinent questions. The
name, nationality, occupation and mis
sion of the stranger in Gibraltar are
entered in a book.
Ho receives a card, which entitles
him to the hospitality of the rock for
twenty-four hours. If lie desires to
stay longer a bond of S3O for good be
havior will secure him immunity from
molestation for not more than thirty
to sixty days. This permission, how
ever, can, with the proper kind of in
fluence, he renewed many times.
The town is quaint, picturesque and
quiet, with its 19,000 people, mostly
English and Spanish, though the num
ber of different nationalities represent
ed makes it one of the m.st cosmopoli
tan places in the world—Jews, Turks,
Levantines, the natives of Gibraltar,
called "Rock Scorpions," Africans and
refugees from all nations, jolting each
other in the three badly built irri
tatlngly narrow streets of the town.
The garrison numbers about 6,000
persons, making the population of the
rock about 25,000. The soldiers are,
for the most part, regulars brought
home from foreign service for rest
and recuperation. The governor of the
rock lives in the government house,
formerly an old convent.
Everything is done by military rule;
fhc- baurs of the day are announced
by gun fire, the morning gun followed
by the bugle reveille wakens the In
over a century and are quite common
for harness purposes. In their tame
state they are docile and industrious,
some of them also being quite fleet, al
though they do not equal the horse
for speed.
Both in his gait and attitudes as in
his mode of fighting the zebra differs
from the horse.
When reconnoitring, he moves at the
trot, holding his head high and flex
ing his fetlocks.
When running away he canters or
gallops, with his head hanging down
in a line with his stretched nock.
When charging he often carries his
head a little to one side, so that lie is
ready to seize his opponent by the leg.
While the home of the horse was
undoubtedly in America, its ancestors
having reached Asia across the Behr
ing strait and found a suitable home
among the Himalayas, Soraaliland was
probably the original home of the
striped, dun-colored ancestors of the
zebras, and in the Somaliland zebra of
to-day the principal plan of marking
has been preserved almost unaltered.
J Opening of a JVetv
< Oil Well
i in Oejea*. \
came a lot of perfect oyster shells,
showing that at an unknown time the
waters and an oyster bed had been
there. It is the more remarkable on
account of the fact that the oyster
shells were thrown from a depth of
1,000 feet below the level of the sea.
After the shells came mud and frag
ments that had been made by the
drilling. We next saw soapstone, and
this was followed by a strong flow of
gas. Suddenly the action of the gush
er died down, but only for a few mo
ments. The same disturbing process
was repeated, and then came the oil,
shooting out almost horizontally a
distance of 250 feet. The pipe was
quickly changed to an upright posi
tion, and the column of oil, passing
through an eight-inch pipe, was 275
feet high. We let the gusher have its
own way for five minutes, to test it
thoroughly, and then the two valves
in the pipe were turned and the flow
stopped."
caves and in a climate where every
thing grows without care, and we are
an indolent people, given to singing,
dancing and delving into the mysteries
of the occult sciences. I am looking
for a future home for my people and
have adopted this method of traveling
over America in the hope of finding
some suitable place for colonization.
"We must locate near some large
city, into which wo may go to sing,
dance and practice our arts for a live
lihood. But I never go to any city of
my own accord. That city must in
vite me.
"No, I am not a real queen. The
Gonzalez have no ruler and recognize
none except God. But they have their
leader, and 1 am she. The leader be
comes such by sheer force of her recog
nized inspiration. The gypsy recog
nizes inspiration as essentially femi
nine, hence the sex of their leaders.
I only call myself queen because the
people of this country would not ap
preciate what leadership means with
us under any other name than queen."
habitants from their slumbers, and
the bugle blast that follows the even
ing gun, telling the soldiers to turn in,
has become a signal for the civilian
to go home and go to led. The aver
age daily number entering the garri
son for the purpose of trading and of
bringing supplies is 30,000, the great
proportion of these daily visitors be
ing Spaniards.
The town contains forty-two schools
and three good libraries. The dwell
ings are small, ili-ventilated, badly
drained and not over clean. They are
very crowded, as 15,000 people live in
one squa.'e mile of low houses.
There are no springs of pure water,
the great dependence being on rain '
water collected in cisterns or on wa
ter brought from tho mainland aud
sold by pedlers. Prices are high, al
most as high as the Sugar Loaf—the
peak of the rock—J. Ronald Wailing
ford in Ledger Monthly.
Gold In KnniiM Shale.
Professor Ernst Fall rig, chief of
laboratories of the Philadelphia Com
mercial Museum, gives the result of a
test made by him of the slfale found in
Ellis and Trego counties, of Kansas,
which is believed to contain gold In
paying quantities. The tegt comprises
three mill runs, in which (told was se
cured to the amount of $2.3)5, $2.56 and
$3.07, respectively, by the 1 electrolytic
process. Prof. Fahrig visite'd the shale
fields and gathered the sample lots
which were used in the above tests.
He makes an official certificate of the
above tests, and states tlAt he has
no doubt of the existence i if gold in I
the great body of these ajfile lands,
and the ore can be proflta y worked
upon a yield of $2 ner tt"" f