_Tie Gastonia
_ _ _ _ _oovou* to th« ProuauoD ojt Homo uia a« Tnr»mt»
Vol. X\ II. _Ga*toula, N. C., September 10, 1800.
No 37.
“GOLD I DID NOT GET.”
BOMAHTIO 8tobies of fortuhe
HADH& BT HER WHO HATE
ooke wnHiur ar age of
8TBICRG MILLIOHS.
a Haifa Mllltan Dollar Mlaa waa
MM IHMII Orawrr Bill-* Mart
•f <*>• laraa viiu naa kurallaa
raaae Srar Laalag Ita f«ila]taa<laaiaa,
Which la iftwaarl tr(a<r« la MU
fa* S*,eoa,aoa-l>a atvd Darraa a4 Uaa
▼tartfir aaart tha t*artlaae—Tha Baa*
Hara Blaa* aa* ita Mprrauttaoa
»»•"-Maeataraal lUllaai, hail
Warth laiklati ar. (ha NM Uaarr »r
•ho Baa Who llraa lOBad aiaktl a*
erlMlIa Cnvrh.
frank ft. Carpenter la &. Lou la itemNlr.
There ar« 13,W» men in Cripple
Creak, nod fully 10,000 of them are
mourning over the fortune* they have
loet. Yoii hieet every day miner* who
will tell you how near they came to
owning the Portland, the Independ
ence, the Victor or other big mine*
wbleh are now turoing oot ten* of
thousand* of dollar* i» month. Some
will whisper how they Mid mine* fur •
song which are now worth millions,
and others will curse the luck as they
now describe fortunes wbleh hsve
slipped through their Angers.
n*LV a million ro* ‘onuu."
I BW • man hauling logs at tbs
town of Victor, near Cripple Creek,
tba other day who sold a half-mllllon
dollar mlna to pay a grocery hill of
MO. He wa* earning 88 a day, and hn
wu working for tbo mcu who bought
hie mine. HU namo ii Jerry Win
choll. Pour yean ago be owned a
number of the beet locatloot tn the
Cripple Creek district, but now be le
not worth a cent. The mine which
waot for grub U famous here. It Ii
bnown as “The Last Dollar.’’ Win
chell located It in 1891, aud uot long
alter that, when ha foam] himself la
debt to the amount of $40 to H. H.
Mill*, groceryman, he gave him Mm
mlna to square tbs hill. Mills was not
satisfied with the settlement. lie ob
jected, but TVIncbell had po money
and be had take It. Three years later,
however, he sold the mine for <75,000.
and ths purchaser resold it s month or
so after that to Senator Wolcott aud
others for 1100,000. Now It Is pro
ducing quantities of gold, end noons
known what it will bring in Hie future.
saved $100, nor cost XU.uo.va.
I sal at dinner In Brown's Hotel In
Denver the other day beside a florid
faced, loog-bearded man from Colora
do Springs Ws soon began tn talk of
the mines of Crinple Creek. Tbe sub
ject of tbe Isabella Company came up,
and i naked him If ha knew anything
as tn tbe Cripple Creek mines owned
by It.
"Tea,” said Ire, “I should say I do.
Their best miou, you know, is the
Buena Vista. It pays almost all the
profits of the Isabella company. Its
▼sin bas been traced for three thous
and feet, and It bas already produced
more than <400,000 worth of gold. I
had a chance to boy half of that mine
foT $100. and did not take it. A man
Id my employ discovered It. He was
oae of these (allow* who are always
hard up, and one day be cama to ms
aad tout me that his family were out of
provisions, and that he must have
money. He spoke of tbe Bnena Vista
prospect and offered me a half Interest
In It for <100. I told him that I would
give him tbe provisions, but I did not
want tbs mlna. I said I did oot believe
tliere was aoy gold lu ths Cripple
Creek region. Tbe result was that he
went away and sold the Interest to
other parties. Within two works
thoas parties sold their half Interest
for gSPf.OUl), and a month l»t»r my man
got, <40.000 for bis share. Ths Isabel
la mining stoek at Its present actlliig
value is worth more than a million.
It baa paid $100,000 within a month in
dlvideodl, and I could have gotten
one-half of it for $100. Ob, Lord 1 it
makes ms aiek when I think of It 1”
MOW STUATTON CAME MB All LOSINO
■turn lKDBrKfDBMCB.
Tbe Independence (old mine U snkl
to be the rloheet in the world. It has.
it i* aatd, (rum Be* to reran million
dolUra’ worth of gold In sight, and ita
owner, who was working at his trade
as a carpenter five years ago, would
not nnw sell It lor 810,000,000 oaab.
Aod still the I ode pend mi oe has several
times b*on offered for sale and the
offer refused. This was la the first
days of iu history. One or Dave
Moffat’s experts tok) me tba other
night how near be name to baying It.
Said he:
••it was several yearn age, before tbe
Cripple Creek region wae muoli devel
oped, that I name bare from Leadvllls
to lee what 1 ooold Bod tor Moffat.
Kben Health waa with ms, and we
bought the Victor mine for tUS.OOO,
and have, as you know, made about a
million oot of It. Well, on# day I waa
walking about Stratton’s mine, when
I aaw a miner whom I knew shoveling
oat ore nod rook. I naked him wheth
er the mine waa worth say thing. Hu
said that bo did oot think that It was
worth mueb, and that Stratton would
never gat anything out of It. I went
Into the building, however, and chipped
off a bit of the ore sod pot It la my
pooket. That Bight I bed It Banyan.
It ran 8900 to the ton. I sounded
Stratton and found I eonld gat tbe
mine for 810,0C0 muh at aa op loo of
87S.OUO. 1 replied that 1 ooold not
make so offer until I omiM go through
tbe mine and make a number ol aanayo,
and that while Die Bret sre might run
goad, that which 1 got later might not >
be worth Bitting, nils area agreed to.
and I waa just about la wire Bben
Smith that as bad batter boy tba Blue
wbaa t gat a letter from him, saying
that the panic had struck Denver Hi
said that everything was Bat, aod that
Moffat had wrltton him to go alow,
aad not hay anything for a time
Ha told bm to break off any negotia
tions f might have and go off Bablag
until tb* trouble blew over. I thought
the matter would koap for a month,
no 1 went A thing. Thirty days Utor I
came back, only to and that Stratton
bad struck good ora, and that be
would not iell at aoy prloe. He took
out several tbooaand dollar* that
mouth, aud now—well, now every one
know* that tko Independence mine la
worth million*,”
AVUATTOM WOULD WOT (ELL.
Hr. ColUraud, the manager of the
Hldlrud llnllroad, told to* ibe other
day bow be tried to buy the Indepen.
deuoe aod tailed. I had asked bin
whether there waa auy danger of
Stratton losing hi* property. He re
plied:
“Not a bit of it. Sir at too baa bad
to light hard to make a fortune, and be
I* not going to let It slip through bl*
do*ei*. I know that be baa refused
aoiu* big offer* fur the Independence.
I ooee tried to buy It myself and failed.
The offer came to me lrom New 1'ork
parlies. Hr. Schley of the big bank
ing Arm of Uoore A Schley wanted the
mine, and Schley wrote me that he
bad parlies who were willing to pay
anything for It up to three millions
dollars Ho wrote that if I could
bring about a sale, ro matter at wliat
price or on what conditions, he would
give me *50,000 for my trouble, fie
knew that 1 wan acquainted with Ur.
Stratton and thought that I could
tocoMed.”
"1 don't wonder that yoo made the
trial." aaid L
“Ko,of course not." replird Hr.
Oultnaud. **Vou oao’t pick up gu©,
000 every day, evau hero In Colorado. I
was very aoxloue to make the sale,
and I aaw Hr. Strattou at a ore. The
mine bad already paid considerable.
It bad (rood prospects, though there
waa uot anything like millloai of dol
Ime yet lo sight. 1 told Ur. Btrettoa
that X had some K as tern parties who
wauled to buy lila mine, and that they
they would pay a big price. 1 did
everything I could to laduoe him to
aeU. I said:
“ 'Now, Mr. Straltou, ben’s a
chance to nak* yoomlf ladapendant
from now on. You have been a poor
mail all your life and you ean now at
*ui« youiseir ot rlalte* beyond the
•badow of a doubt. Your mine, It la
true, promises well, bat It may play
out. Tltes* me* will give you the
cash. Yoa can put It lu Government
bonds and have mote money Ilian you
can spend for the rest of yoir lifa What
could you have better than that 7”
“ *1 think tbs mice la better than
that,’ replied Mr. dtmton; -at least,
three capitalist* teem to think ao.’
“ ‘Yee,’ said I, bat they have got to
work it to get the money out. It la
Dot a sure thing, and If It wen mining
gold it, you know, fall of annoyances.
Kow, why don’t you Utval 7 You
have never been oat of this country.
Why don't you take a trip nroaod the
world ? You can go to Paris or Loo
don and live a lord oo the internet of
tbe money that this sale will bring
you.’ *
“ 'Hat atop a moment, Mr. 8 tret ton,
(aid l,‘and think what youcoolddo
with all that money. You could cul
tivate any liobby von pleased. Them
is a little island for sole off tbo coast
uf California which la said to be a
■eoond paradise. You could purchase
this Island aod build e palace ou It
and live like u klog. You life hue
been ono of bard work; why not lake
It easy now 7 TbU money will make
alaanet any thing poaalMe. Haven't
you some ambition that you want to
gratify 7”
“To tell you the troth,’ replied Mr.
Htraltoo, I have only one ambition,
and that la to owu the richest mine In
the world and work it. 1 think I
have it here. Your people cannot ap
preciate how I feel about It. Evan It
I wlabed to aril tbe mine I slioald ask
at Imut $10,000,000 for It, I know It
la worth that, but 1 also know that
your people would lnugU at the idea.
I know, too, that if you made me an
offer aa large aa that I would not aell.
1 would deal with you joet aa qaiekly
as with any one, bat 1 have determined
not to tell the Independence for any
pries.'
•‘This,” concluded Mr. Oolbrand,
"ended my negotiations, and 1 failed
to get my 990,000.”
MEN WHO MISSED MILLIONS IM TUB
FOnTLAND AMD VICTOR.
And still, M I h«Ts stld, Stratton
ottered to Mil out • number of times
daring the earlier day* of the lods
peadsooe, bat at this Hose there were
nooe who had enoogh faith to bay.
Now It la Mid that he Is making euoh
Improremeute that he will to time be
uble to take a million doUare’ worth of
gold oat of the ml no la a single day,
sod that one of his boosts to that It*
will sooo ship a cor load of ore. which
will l» worth St least (100,000. He
has already ah 1 wed (00.000 worth of
ore to a day. and be ia dslag ell be can
to keep from allowing tbe mine to pay
moro then (190,000 a month. Tbe
l'ortlaod tm tne, of which ( hare al
ready written, was ones ottered to
Nsw York parties for (SOO.UOO. But
tho experts who were sent here re
ported that there was oaly 987.000
worth of ore la sight, and tbs New
Yorkers refaesd tbs oOsr. Tbs Mart
month tbs owners of the Portland
took oat (40,000 sad since then It lias
produced more than $*,000,000. It
now pays 930,000 a month In dividends
end 1 am told that It will, notwlth
• tan log ita enormous expenses, pay M
per cent this year. The Victor mine.
Which was sold to French port toe for
more than e million dollar*, brought,
a* 1 bars told yoa, the original Anders
only 800,000. and was refused by Wall
street brokers at 9*70,000. This mins
pays 9 par cent a month dlvldeade on a
capitalisation of a million.
ns I'tlMKJMtBBO TO PKDDLM I-.LLS.
Mm Her stories might be told as te
other mines, aud all a boot me 1 we the
funeral processions of those who are
moeruing Um ‘-gold they did not get.”
Daring my rida to Grinds Creak I
with a very Intelligent doctor named
McDonald, who to getting fat off the
•'one-lot*" brigade who are marching
through dtttrrvst pens of Utah In
soereh of health. H* told me how ha
wm offered only two yean ago a one
eighth Intern; In the Anchor!* Le
Und ralna for 1600, bat bad not tbe
nerra to buy. Tbl* U the mine out of
which Irving Howbart and other*
have made a fortune. Ha atook fa
very valuable, and then ie practically
none of It on tbe market. It waa
••“•d » little ov*r a year ago to T. J.
Mahioey, bat tbe leave baa now ax
plrtd. Moloney atrock “pay dirt" aa
be began working.
Ue found ooe body of or* of 1.900
pound* which yleldod him *36.000,
*ad bat taken out, I am told, more
'ban 8300,000 north of gold. Had Dr.
McDonald inveated In tbe Blue hie
•500 would have made him lode pend
ent of drug florae »«d patient* tor the
net of bit life.
Tax uroitr or- * vxn'i nous.
Nearly erery mao who get* • mine
at Cripple Creek baa to fight for It.
Stratton baa had a number of lawaulta
The Portland alne waa tor a long
time In tbe cuarte, end nearly every
good claim li contented. One of the
queerest etorlea I hear la that of the
Dawr Horn mlae, which now belooge
to Stratton and others. It waa local
by an old carpenter named StarriU.
Starrltt had heard of Stratton’s auc
ceaa. and be knew that Stratton was a
carpenter, to he thought If tbe luck
waa ruonlog with Uta carpenter trade
he would drop Ills i.tw and plane and
go to mining. Ha was about 00 ymra
of egv and he knew nothing about ora .
or prospecting.
He •Imply wandered about ike bill*
In an almleee manner, breaking op a
pieoe of stone be re and clipping off a
Mt of roek there. At laat one day oa
Globa lllll, back of Cripple Creek, he
“« lying on the ground a deer's boro.
He waa a rather superstitious fellow,
and thought that tbla waa an omen
that be was to dig them for gold. He
at once named bla claim tbe “Deer
Horn,” and set ont tbe stakee which
made It bla awn. He bad no money
and be was compel ted to do all the
work bmself. Ua dug a 10-root hole,
and then making a rude ladder, be
went down with a bucket and laborl
ooely carried the rock to the top.
After a time be rigged up a windlass
and thus hscled it ont. Attar noma
weeks ba tact eome of tbe rook to
I'asblo to be assayed s friend advanc
ing bim the each to pay for Uieasaay.
Tbe report wu that the beet ora con
tained $0 cents’ worth of gold to tbe
too. In rending It, however, old Sher
rUt mistook the figures for (8 Instead
of 80 oeota. "That lso’l si all bad,”
said he, and went on mining. At last
however, he came to tbe and of his
"grub,” and be walked off to bla home
SO miles assay, to work at hi* trade as
carpenter for a week or to In order to
save enough money to go on with hit
mins.
While be wss assay the owners of
one of tbe stamp mills exam food the
mine, and when be caeoe back they
offered bin a dollar a ton for all the
rock on tbe lurfaoo of bla claim for a
distauoe of 100 feet In length, 23 feet
in width and 6 fast In depth. This
Stenitt accepted, *ud be was eoou
making from $10 to 913 a day. In lbs
meantime a speculator jumped Ills
mine, and be bod to Oght for it In the
courts.
the other miner*, however, tew th*
iojMtloe of the Jumper's claim end
eed they burned him in rfSfy aod
•cared him eo that he did not dare to
appear at th* trial. While the euit
was pending Bterrllt shipped more
ttaau $12,000 worth of precious rock,
and when be was offered $40,000 for
bta aloe be took it nod l*rt for hla old
home in Indiana. During the earn*
year that he sold It th* Deer Horn
shipped $190,000 worth or ore. With
in the part few months It hae been re
sold mud It is now to b* operated la
connection with the Bumrait mine,
which adjoins It on lbs north. Its
new owners Intend to put In th* floest
of mtehlnery and they claim Ibel lbs
mins ooouina a forcun* In it* im
mense bodies of low-grade ore.
fouitd jm,i.roir«; worth kothiho.
It Is sad to know that those who do
tbs must for tbs world often reap th*
least reward. Marshall, who discov
ered gold In California, died a pauper.
The mao who laid Imre the riche* of
tbs Oil BsMt of Pennsylvania was In
hla last days dependent on charity, and
Bob Wemaok, the prospector who drat
showed sp the rich** of the Cripple
Creek gold oamp, in now living in a
little log cabin in eight of mlnm worth
millions and straggling hard le get
more than a llvlar. HI* story I* that
of many miners. Bor 10 year* be he* I
been prospecting, and now, at 48. hav
ing found mtlUooa, he la worth noth
ing. He came to tha region 10 yean
iu advance of anyone els* and staked
out a number of elatma. among others
what Is mow known as tbs El Paso
mine, wklch le said to be worth half a
million. He owned this prospect for
sum* time, but ooold not get others to
believe la lu richoe. n« had no money
to develop It, aed be Anally eold It for
$300. A few month* after he made
the sale, one third of th* El Paso was
•old tot 189,000. and It le now eons Id -
end • vary salable property. It wss
Womack wh* first had faith le the
Cripple Creek gold regtoe.
Ha held the El Peso for a leag Ume
Mon be sold It aed bo worked ee the
cattle form of Beaoett * Meyers open
which bars alsco been located some of
the best Cripple Creek mines, la order
to get the mosey to oootlnw* ki* pro*,
pectlng. He dug bole* all over this
farm Is march for geld. The owners
of the form laughed at hla aed toM
Mm that he mart oovwr np bis holes,
as their settle fell Into them. Ha did
this aed went on. Prom time to time
he took rock down to Denver to be
amajrst nod be found that It raa as
high •• $900 per ton. After tbo miner*
began to soom to Cripple Creek be gave
away s number of el aims whteh he bed
on Hold Hill, and some of them claims
witMn • year afterward sold for $40
000. By tho time the camp was Hi
full blast he found himself urorth noth
lag. end now bo my* of himself that
hto old friends pass him by with a
aimer end th-me who haee tho most of
tbe wraith which l>* bee discovered do
not eve* say *• Have a cigar. Bob f"
THE COOK QUITS BILL ARP.
PHILOSOPHER GIVES A DI86EBTA
HOI 01 THE WATS OF COOKS.
Wha« Ska rM.uT |« main*-Will lam
BolsaMI* «|> m»rtjr 1s t*.
tmm «s* Molts the Kltshva Hm
am Arp m AUiatn Ouosutotssi.
BWJ good thing la tble world tuu
1U dark aid*. 1U shadow, and ovary
Sisdow la brightened by eotne cumpen
mtlon—not rift to tbe cloadi that
■till odut lire worth living. Tbe
oook baa quit and I thought from the
family talk that the bottom had
dropped out, for aim waa a good nook
and kept tbe kitchen aa oleen aa a per
lor, and the knlyee and the lUvarwnra
alaraya bright and tha diabe* alibiing,
aod there was a capkfo spread at the
bead of tbo table to keep me from toll
leg the damask when I curved tbe
eblcken, or the st«*k, for 1 am e IHUe
eareieea about tbo to thing*. 8be did
eut Ulk muca, nor eetm to be In a
burry, and aha waa kied to tbe grand
children and made them little Waeuits.
dbe took goad cats at the oow and
kept me in lee-cold buttermilk and
made enough butter to du aa whan we
didvnt have coiopauy. Sometimes aha
brought aa aoma groan ooru or aomr
butUr bean* from bar awn garden, and
tame her ail In all, aba waa the beat ear
Taut wa have had aioca the war.
Bat «w ha* one fault. Oh* will qalt
wbtti the take* a notion—whan tbe
■plril more* bar—and you Mvtr know
•baa It is going to mors bar. She
Mia six was tired and I reckon aba
was. Bba might ooaa back la a waek
or two or ab« might not. Sown con
el odad to go along without a cook for
a fnw days aud sm how It was, aod it
is not so had. after all. It nearly kiUa
my wife to get np soon, but I Ilka it.
In (act, I Mo’t Ha abed after auarlM.
aod so we parceled out the work to
eolt ns all. William must An up tbe
store and pot on the bom toy aod triad
tbe coffee and prepare tbe bam. or tbe
breakfast bacon nr tbs beefsteak, end
then call one of the girls to make the
hlaonit sad fnr tbe batlercakes or bake
tbe wsOBss. By the time breakfast is
toady my wife It ready and wc all an
Joy It, ead then her part eomee Id. for
site 't»d rather wash the dishes than
do anything. She wants to be sure
that they are clean. Aod than she
Chores to be sure that tbe batter Is
dean We oook dinner if sre feel like
It, end we doo’t if we don’t, lu feet
It tea relief to eat a cold lunch these
hot days. It tarn work aod tares
time and expense and make* digestion
ea*y. My opinion Is that the a retags
fatally boa too much cooking done, and
eo If we hare do cook and%are to do
tbe work ouretlvee. liters will be lees
done and leas to surfeit oarsetrM with,
and we will hare better bealih aod
sleep bettor and snore 1cm and feel
brighter In the morning. Tills is tbe
bright side of doing without a oook.
Then, again I aero two dollars a week
In ellrer at slitora tonne, and If a pen
ny saved la two peace gained, aa I>r.
Franklin says, then we are kbetid at
the rate of fonr dollars a week. That’s
a big lot of money now. I pay that
over to my wife aod daughter to keep
them reconciled, but I eerily believe
they would be gW to sen Mrs. Sicily
Mima beck here to-morrow morning.
They hired a colored neighbor to milk
the cow and sometimes to kill and
drem e chicken, aod s» wa are getting
along splacdxl while raoalng this ln
depei dent lino.
But there to no indepnodenl Una, It
teeurioaaaed aomewbat humiliating
to tfalok bow dcuenrtrnt we are upon
ooa another. If tbe VaadarbllU and
Aatora were wrecked at aea and us at
uu an ialaod they would perilh to death
within a wash. Dlek Wilson would
eat, for ha waa raised in the woods
and woald soon grabble on the butcher
and tbe baker aod grocer for oor dally
supplies and they are dependent upou
tbe fanoera wbo raised them on their
customers who bay them. Bren the
Mlt they sail us to an absolaw trees as l
It. Then there to tbe family doctor.
Haw could wo get along without him 7
It was only a few months ago when 1
bad to gat up la tha night and go half
» mile tor bfm la a fox trot, and I
feared the tittle girl would die before
l got heck, but she dident aod be re
lhreed her and raftered oor groat aoxte
»J. too. There to ao such thing ai
iudependauoa la tkto life, but Tt to
approximated by tlioee who were
rmtoed to work. The boys who can
simp wood aad Wow and Ox au ax
halve to on ax or repair a leak la tlte
roof or get a taek out of nehoo, or take
oC part of the heel tap or mead a ebair
Of a wtodow blind, or lay n hearth or
put lu a pane of gtooa, or do a hun
dred little Uiingo about tbe hoots end
home, will uee many a dollar, where
olliera wunld send tor a man aad tore
It. Tbe girls wbo have learned to out
nod St aad make their own garmeuta,
and those of their younger slater*, aod
who can oook a good meal when It to
neoaseary, aod bang a picture on (lie
wall, or mako a Arts*reap or a lamp
•hade or a pillow for the sofa, or rrea
pat a new eoat of Mlat on the man
tel. will maka good wires aad guod
mothers. You won’t find many of
three boys and girts In high Ufa nor
in what to soiled society, and the
danger to that If mtefortaoe oomee ip
these perilous times and rlobae taka
wings aod fly away tbooe children of
Um rleb will be ottmly helpless.
The treobto with me new to that I
ore the only boy oboet the ho oae aad
m» legs doe’t obey m» wlU that also
my they oaad to. I toll ap Urn (taps
thte morning with an anafel of star*
Wood, bat It to better to fall up Uiaa
down. The torn ltdent ootoe home
toet night and ear IIUIo groodohlld
eold she reckoned she was In the wood*
trying to Bad a eair. “Wtnaald oo?»
1 naked. ’Stofly told me ee,” ah*
Mid, "and I wton the would Bad oae.
▲ pretty little white one or a brown
oae would Bo.” That oow hae got
over the deed I toe I’ll bet aad earns
farmer kaa taken bar up, end It win
oes* me s duller to get her heck. Mow
If 1 had a hoy I could seed tom after
her, but they ell damned ne long ago.
It we bad life to lira arar agate wa
wooldaM rates ben. The* go to* far
•war. I would Uka a Util, gtaadraa
to run about aad wuit on me, but
tlwro U nooe within mob. Our graad
ouo. I’ve planted eonae pop-ooro for
Uao, and wa will have aome fun thka
wlotor. I waa reading the other day
•bout happlnata and lua writer aaM
there wae no eueli tbteg wa piraent
bappineea, teat when we an young It
1* Juat ahead of ua, and when
we uie old it ia bebtod ua. There la
• good deal of caahuaoholj troth In
that, but it U DO wfaoly trua. U da
pende on bow a man aebonls himself
to bear the Uia of life. Ua nan baban
py If ba will or ba ean make btmaelf
wliernbla by brooding over UtUe trou
bt«a. The world la bright and baautl
ful aod full of Ueaaiega to tboee who
uy torn it ao. So let lira. Mima
•toy away If aba wants to and let the
aid oow Imp on boa Hog for a ealf aad
we win atlll ba calm and aereoa.
TSe O ui look.
At • great gather!us recently In
Mr- uii W. Hookey. before
einglng “The ninety nod nine,” wbloh
l*rbspe of ell bU compositions Is the
uoe that baa brought bln the aaoet
'•me. gave an aooouot of its birth.
IteavlogGlaagow tor Edinburg with
Mr. Moody, be stopped at a newt
•Uad nod bought a penny religious
paper. Glancing over It aa they rode
S£W»i5»£! SS.VST
Ttmlug to Mr. Moody, bo said. “l^e
found my hymn.” Bat Mr. Moody
was busily engaged aad did not hear a
word. Mr. Bin key did mot lad time
to make a tone for the nr me, so be
parted than in bis moats scrap book. •
One day they bad so usually Impress
ive meeting In Edinburg, la wbteb Dr.
Donat had spoken with great offset on
“The Good tihepberd." At the close 1
of tbs add ram, Mr. Moody beckoned to '
hie partner to slag something appro- j
Pilate. At Arst be could thlek of
nothing bat lh« twenty-third Psalm/
hot that be lied aaog ao often, hi* ‘
mnood thought was to slog Uie verses |
ha had found io the newspaper, but
the third thought was, U«w could U
be done when be bad ao toes for
them T Tboa a fourth thought name,'
ud that was to stag the varesa anyway. I
Os pot tha verses before bias, toadied
the keys of the organ, opened his month
and tang, not knowing what* ha waa
guiag to come oat. tie Hair had the
Brat versa amid profound eUeneo. He
took a loag breath aad wondered If he i
9”“ld alog the eeoeed lbe aame way.
He triad It aad succeeded. After that
it was easy to alog it. When ho do
iahod the hymn tbs.meeting waa all
broken down—the throngs worn cry log
and tha ministers were eobblag afi
around him. Mr. Saokoy says it waa
the most intense moment of Ida life.
* rom that mo moot U woe a popular
hymn- Mr. Moody eala at the time
that be bad never heard a hymn like
that. It wae sang at every meeting
end was soon going over the world.
While traveling In the Highlands of
Scotland a abort tiara later Mr. 8a.ukey
received a letter from a lady at Mef
rooa thanking him for singing tha vat
tea written by her sister. That sister
wae Elisabeth C. Ktepbaoe. He wished
to call it “Tha that Bhaep,” but Mr.
Moody insisted upon oalllng tt “Mine
*X ■“<! Nine” wbeoever be announced
^ Mr. Banker flrmlx believes that
God inspired Mm to sing that song
with Snob effect and tbs txraor should
be Uls.
r*» *Mky m>«
DuV«Mev;»w.itli.
'ttiere III dlstlntct Increase of oouQ
denoo, do* largely to tbe continuing
and baavy Imports of (old, which ban
pat an and to monetary anx'ety, and
alao to political avaou, which art
eloaaly watched. WbUe It doe* not
yet Karl more mills and factories
than ara duel eg for want ofwork.lt
eropa oat in bonwy spsoalstlv* pat
chases of pig iron, wool, sod mom
“S*-by axpwrlonoad men
who Mirra that a rwrlrsl of badness
l.aoMWof.aKMor the Rest lias* In
Marly two months a slight upward
tarn appaars (a prices of aMnaraourad
prodocsU.
mAlKSff ?"*•**• aetaal noalpu of
88,911.906 (aid already with total an
JPMfOonU Inclodio, tUa of 6*4.000, •
000, baee cansad a •tiiHart -«■-— M
thta -atamenladSUtaS
1®”*' *»tea ara still blgb, 8
, ,,uoUd ,or tbofwr best
nsaca fact art eg paper. Tho outgo to
Hi* >M<rl®f w“ »*»»* fMaO,000 mors
intri naUpU.
Tho gain la ooaddaaea and la wit
ling onas U load and lava* ahrtt rea
aoa to hops that tho ascassary rsohm
tshnaept ofetoaha, which ananoTba
«MT be liberal enough
to aUmalata flair aoUefty Id trada and
liMUiUy.
..... 1
A mrnt
CbartoMM *«««.
f j- OoillM. Of narryhm towa
torn oM a placa of
waaUiaf boarding naar on# of tbo
to ><• dwoMIcg bouaa, and
took out AO poonfta of tioutr tluu bal
£ »-*? h?S3
noUoad btos going la and on* hla
nOiM for MM Ubi lid Ontbll V Mu*
Jgrt to lowoUgata with tha roattU
M. Qnaul In Bi. Louia KapuMla.
“What did that ®aa want ot yout”
P** Pawm'• M ^ Bo wear »•
turnad la bis ant on Um doorstep after
a quartar of au hour's Interview with a
aaaattha gala.
“We—were talk lag about hags 1”
■tawMrsd Mr. Bom® to reply.
••noil I You are oat thlakfag of
boyini bngfl Wa hara oaly summor
rsoted tbla fara. you kaow. aad ban
nothing to do with tha lire atoak. Bo*
rid®, we had a bog when •« Ont eaaae
“gat bo area only a astab hag.**
’'H« was acrab aoougb hat why
should wa ban any nrt of hog t»
"Look here, Mre. BowaarTnld Bow*
jar, aa ba got non aakfaga, “1 an
looeaora-porittnly toaanna for a
hog. We're got so empty pea out
there aad plenty to bed a bog, aad I
••at» hog. Iloga go with the far®.
You deal tori aeirywi ware out oo'a
far® uolraa you can baar Ibagruat of
a boa bow and then. That* tbarea*
aoo I’re bind a hag.”
tat tan, aad w I nm that farmer
two taiftlagn a wackier tbeloaa of a
H Ha'll have Um eel awl over bare
la Um mornlog, and I (ball taka more
ftaatort fusing around with bis tbaa
tarfltts ratt of tbe farming put to
•‘Ilut—yoa—you”
“I know I had trouble with the otk
•f bog, bat tbla la adICereat bread.
Tbe other critter and I didn’t under
stand sob other, but tfci* bog will be
aU right. He’ll ooes here prepared
to conduct himself la a proper msauer
aad be as one ef the family, aod I
4*0*1 went to brelo him with the
crowbar or hang Ids by the asok.
Ho’i a Merino bog, this loot one. ”
•‘I never been of* Merino log!"
exclaimed Mrs. He wear.
“Very likely. There are plenty of
thing* yea aem beard ef. Mre/Bow*
eer, bet if you hasp oa living they will
eons to yna. Then an Mvrino. 8oatb>
dowa, Suffolk, fjegbaro, Holstein and
lute of other kinds of bogs, hot 1 aatne
ted this Merino on eoooaot of his 1
sweet end lovely disposition. Ton'll 1
tagledl gothfmwbosyon ere turn.
That's ell now. I we* lonely for a
bog. have got one, aad shell tabes
beep more comfort tbao before.”
lire. Bowser bad bo more to say.
I Me realised that If Mr. Bowes took a
not ion to boy a rhtasoeree to oanopy the
empty brnitousora walras to tab*
paaaeaaioa of Um smokehouse, nothing
dMooaldaay would prevent it. The
| bog arrived after breakfast neat morn*
log, and when be bed been placed in
the pen eed Um farmer bad departed
■he went to view hlw. He wees tong,
lean, leak bog. wttb Um* kinks la bM
tall and sere which portrayed e hungry
end great* nc character. He wee m
hollow m If 1m had base bored oat with
ea sags, end be had leak as eye and
received a dosen rears on Ms wont
while battling wttbnoold end erne]
world.
“Wail, lac't bet lal« !’» exclaimed
Mr. Gowaar, after Hiring bar taro or
three entail tea to tako la all tba rotate.
"He would te—for a dime motauml"
(ba qolatly replied.
"You—you don’t fnoey him f ”
“Ha’a worae than tba otter ana t
.Do'!^S-’ »*** ** hunted tba
wkola of Worth—
"That’a you—that’a your way way,”
he Interrupted, aa lie danced around.
“I go and hire a bog te mate thing*
atoaarfa) and bowudika on tba term and
you lie awake all algbt to tktok of
WBotelNg mean tony, CP way from
ban 1”
"Can’ll give you my opinion of a
bo* Y”
"ao.Mlnl Don’t oone Mar this
r I Don’t cows within tea rods of
You abused that other bog to tbo
»o«t shameful Banner, and tbafa why
be noted aa be dM.bot I’M protect tbU
oss froa your matlgoaacy.”
Mre. Bowser entered tba bouse .'and
Mr. Bowser lamed over the pee and
loohad lovlualy dawn on bla lataat ac
quisition. Tba bog squinted baek at
Mb with ona aye aod seamed In faai at
hOBU. By end bye be Uld down with
a sigh aod a “woof” sad Mr. Jlawaer
tiptoed away with a breeder smile oo
Mafeaa than there bad boon for a
wart lie had just raaebed the bouse
to tall Mra. Bowser that all Merino
bogs ware thorough eooeeopcllim.,
wtiaaha heard a sort of shriek and a
fall fro® the paw, and running beak be
arrived Just In UBS to see tba bog
ssrotiroairwst
MAp$Mbe ehaukadhUteoth
in eager.
* Dum yoarkMa. bah what’s tba
marine with g>n»” growled Mr. Baw
aaraa ha looked tU ealBal near.
lha bog qalaUd dawn ah toe sound eC
bis voice, aod after walking aieaad the
PM two or three Users, attoraderrant
of aatiafnotion and lay down again.
eJk^SXub"1
“Whs* la U»” eabad Mre. Bn wear,
wbo had joah strived.
“Wto. to waa aa oalw aa a mg
pund while 1 atood bora, buh tba ®to>
ota I turned and Mttao pen be want
*»*«» to get out.’’
“I’ve hoard that was the way with
Merino tog*,” aagely obearrad Mre.
Buwm. “Ttoy want the eaawaay od a
to Ben Mag or they won’t Uwtan ”
’•Idfe try hi® again.”
Ttoy barfed away a taw laat and tba]
gHP^HcsaSI
wan) be t raeaated the auaea picture aa I
before, with ttoaddtttou ofaafetru
hleh in bla toil.
“lfbatln thunder d’ye ’sea® alia
(be oritur I” aaotulaeadllr. Bowser
Woman's Diseases
ssawsL2M£&r&
SSjSdtt &?£KP«T
X W be banged if I do f TbeMeao#
awer«>
o£Ujr«*i n^y* *5* «y<t »w,"
••Oh! Xhad 1 WeU’l do*H atom
mom mteete.' U this Maand oiltter
tbloks lie’* eocee hera to rao PvaW
M^lfpjiwagb w>SHuaaT"‘£t'{
^«a%Ia»,ass5
•mm «r eaguiehor eoaotblag and
as ■s.-saiaras
&&risixs.xxrai
tone wbaeke ea the meet pointing lo
WUonbi*
aad wound an om bta aad rooted
55 , *°4, 0T*f «i the greet. It
s»jrs:j51|,?jS3S-’B
yard to get tbe gooarapbloai loeotien
o< the boot gate. Wtoa bo had got It
oCUa binge*, and ae Vn Bo wok
tookrf out or the window be wae
jWjkbtg uptfco rood laociood of
Sbooraat dowuT'w Mr? Uolrea^eho
rawfiraa
the boa booaa door.
“Well t" ebe queried.
He didn’t reply.
“So your Merino hog M gone V”
He new winked.
j"£Zi!SS££ 'ssJfssi
SSUgSOBt^
He gaaed straight Into the knot bate
and eroulduH area aenstob wheat bn*
Mt bta. Mia. Downer 1. not a
▼eogeful wife, and ao ahe gave him a
geaUa pot oa tie bead and lattbba.
MMi
ft.toabPetafeiia.
ssssg*nSSSL'S'iS
netrmu failure.
Oo the lut^act of rntanj he oBm
nothin* bet the ouut of the poWeUod
trdla tba brtMdMt term* of tint*
*ener« i*»t ion. Waan togs on wltb
Um iuh iiiUm ut rssniM ehluti hu
SrH:^5
kept Uatmtiaeea tatsnsta |n « euoeS
ooaataraallon Mil has footed the Ber
eroraeetl.to Um rulaoe. paUef*
pWag up a eeitlp ladabtadaaee
Maintain it* credit.
M^-’S’taurs
effort a laige tat of niWar hat nuW
=oU,.MMfa^ ^ritaSlS
nur ftjiinitUI ifdlama * "IJ " T*7*
TsMarwasawa
sswaSs
the iafaat diit Tl wSm
~ .rfluS-^taE! m ^ *
coataeUoa or oeakawa a* hie latter
•eek i itaa. It till tedcaaae Um maa
ottb aaaholMneipaitad h mOM
Um fleana data. ™»waw