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GRAND REDUCTION! X 1 In Order to Raise Cash
Harry Baum & Co. KCiJL X X JL1 1 11V ilWl JL lfc
Importers of lino wines J
liquors and dirars.
Offer an tmtnenso stock of flno
wines liquors end cigars at srreatty
reduced prlcoi for the next CO days.
San Antonio Texas Friday January iS 1884.
Ten Cents a Week
Vol. IV. No. 16.
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
THE FENCE CUTTING QUESTION NOT
YET SETTLED.
A Illll Making It JuatMable Ilnmlclde to
Kill u Man Caught Mnllclotnly Un-
stinting 1'ropertjr.
State Senate January 17. By Evans: A
petition from the citizens of Fannin sgaintl
a herd law.
By Fleming! A petition frnm tlie Wool
Growers association of Drown county calling
attention to tht killing of sheep and the
threats to kill wool growers hy mobs anil
asking for the passage of a hw to punish any
person firing into stock or putlirg down
fences; also that all cases be tried nt Austin
ani that the Governor be authorized to era-
ploy detectives; also fot a law making coun-
ties pay all damsges caused by mobs and
lawless men.
mils referred :
By Farrar : To smend the law relative to
County courts so as to. authorise County
Judges to issue certain orders during vacation.
Ily Martin providing that when any free-
holder desires a boundary line between
different persons or owners to be declared a
public h!hway in order to give him a nearer
better or more practicable road to his church
county sest postoffice timber or water he
may apply to the Commissioner for an order
estsblishlag such road the damage to be
assessed as now provided.
The President laid before the Senate the
House concurrent resolution relative to a
rlght'of-way to the Teias Oklahoma and
Kansas railway across the Indian Territory.
Passed.
Patton for the Committee on Slate Affairs
reported tuck; a bill with a substitute for
Pfeuffcr's bill relative to corporations. The
substitute limits the right of corporations to
acquire title to land In Texas and provides
that corporations now in existence shall
aleniste the same within 50 years.
The 1'rcsldcnt laid before the Senate the
House concurrent resolution requesting the
Texas delegation in Congress to urge the es-
tablishment of a court in the Indian nation.
Ily Doris to amend by striking out "Choc'
taw nation." Adopted.
Cooper to amend by adding that the Secre-
tary ol State furnish copies of the resolution
t eich member in Congress. Adopted.
The President laid before the Senate a bill
relative to securing deep water at Sabine Pass.
Jones moved that the bill be postponed and
made the special order for Tuesday. Adopted
l'feuffcr for the Committee on Finance re
ported favorably a bill authorizing counties to
substitute registered bonds for coupon bonds
as they thought proper
The President laid before the Senate Ter
rcll's bill the special order for this morning.
Collins moved that the Senate go into the
Committee of the Whole to consider the bill.
The yeas and nays were called for and re
sulted as follows:
Yeas Uuchsnan Chesley Collins Cooper
Getzcodaner Johnson of Collin; Johnston of
Shelby; Kleberg Martin Matlock Perry
Pope btratton Terrell Traylor iG.
Nays Davis Evans Fleming Fowler
Harris Houston Jones Peacock Pfeuffer
Randolph Shannon 11.
The Senate went into a Committee of the
Whole Senator Buchanan In the chair.
Terrell moved that the majority report of
the committee be adopted. He spoke over
two hours In support of his amendment and
bill urging us passage in strong language.
Mr. Acker presented a petition from cill
tens of Lampasas county in favor of a herd
law; and from the same county against such a
law. Both referred to a special committee
of 20.
Mr. Lindsay presented a memorial ol the
mown county Wool Growers association
mini; pruiccuua ior ine wool growing inter'
ests ol the State. Relerred.
Mr. Odom presented a memorial of citizens
of McCulloch county on the subject of a herd
law.
By Mr. Hszlewood House bill No. 77 to
amend article 570 of the penal code defining
justifiable homicide and adding the right to
prevent the willful and malicious destruction
ol property or when homicide is Inflicted
upon a person found armed with deadly
weapons and in discuise in thenloht time nn
premises not bis own whether the homicide
be committed by the party injured or by some
one in his behall when the killing takes place
uaucr uic luuowing circumstances:
I. It must reasonably appear by the acts or
bv Words. COUBled With the ads nf ibe nrrmn
killed that It was the purpose and intent of
sucn person to commit one ol the otlenas
auove nameu.
2. The killing must take place while the
person killed was in the actot commhiino ihe
offense or alter some act done by him show-
ing evidently an Intent to commit the offense
3. It must take place before the offense
committed bv the nartv killed is actmltv -nm.
plete; except that In case of rape the ravisher
may be killed at any time before he has es-
caped from the presence of his victim; also In
me cases iicreaucr enumerated.
4. When the killing takes place to prevent
the murder of some other ncrson. it shall not
be deemed that the murder is complete so
long as the offender Is still Inflicting violence
although the mortal wound may have been
given.
5. If homicide takes place in preventing a
robbery it shall be justifiable II done while
the robber is in the presence of the ntrinn
robbed or is flying with the money or other
vaiuauies iiacn oy nim.
6. In cases of maiming disfiguring or cas
uauon me nomiciae may take place at any
time while the offender is mistreating with
violence the person injured though he may
have completed the oSente.
7. In case of arson the homicide msy be
Inflicted while the offender is in or at the
building or other properly burnt or flying
from the place before the destruction of the
same.
8. la cases of burglary and theft by nlrlit.
the homicide is justifiable at any time while
the offender is in the building or at the place
where the theft is committed or is within
reach 01 a gun shot from such place or
building
9. When the parly slain Is engaged In any
attempt by word gesture or otherwise to
alatm some other person or persons and put
tbem In bodily fear or to willfully and ma-
liciously destroy the property of another
whether In the day or night time.
1 he lull was reierreo.
Bv Moore of McLel'an house bill 78 and
70 to smend articles lliq and 1 140. of the
revised statutes relative to County Judges.
iiy trie same noute 0111 00 10 amend
article 1511 Revised Statutes relative to
Connly Commissioners' mutts.
By Hill House bill 82 to repeal article
4715 Reviled Statutes relative to the powers
llioaiasot kquauzation.
l!r Pendleton. House bill 8t. to make the
killing wounding maiming or poisoning of
horses cattle and other animals a felony and
assessing the punishment at from one to five
years in tne penitentiary
Bv McGarilv. House bill No. 84. to prevent
the enclosure of land by non-owners or lessees
nf the same under penalty of not less than
$500 and 12 months imprisonment ia the
County jail.
1 ne senate joint resolution asking congress
to grant a right-of-way for the Gull Colorado
and Santa Fe railroad across the Indian Ter-
ritory was passed.
A petition of the citizens ol Wheeler county
relative to pastures fences etc. was re-
ferred. A substitute for Hquse bill II amending
article 413 oi the penal code the gate law
came up as unfinished business and passed
without amendment.
House bill 2S amending the road law
article 4360 Revised Statutes next in order
on the third leading was postponed on ac-
count of not being corrrectly enrolled.
The House Committee on Roads. Bridges
an 1 Ferries agreed to-night to report favor-
ably on the bill to reserve the right of way for
a public road around each lection of school
land. They will also report favorably on the
bill amending the road law so as to mske
each County Commissioner supervisor for
public roads in his precinct and requiring
bim to report at the last meeting of the County
couit in each year the condition of his roads
and bridfes. and what is necessary to Iromove
the condition of the roads and whether
biidgcs ditches etc. nre needed. This is
done so as to allow the levy of n special tax
11 necessary provided lor in n bin lor roads
bridges and ferries.
The House Committee on Education agieed
to report adversely on the Scnste bill to do-
nate the remainder of the public domain fe
puuiic scnoois.
The directors of the Agricultural and Me
thinical college had a meeting to-night and
report 109 students at the college everything
harmonious and the college more prosperous
than ever before.
The Committee of Twenty will have before
it to-morrow two bills from the sub committee
on fence cutting. The hills divide the ques-
tion into three parts.
The first makes fence cutting an offense
penal from two to five years.
The second makes the enclosure of any
isnas wttnout owning or leasing a misde-
meanor fineable from $2 lo $2$ and each
three months of enclosure remains a separate
offense and demands a repetition of the fine.
The third makes an opening of convenient
iuiui imperative.
Professor I. Baldwin came in to-dav to ex
plain to the Stale Board of Education that the
recent expelling matinee at the Sam Houston
normal school was two young pay students
young ladies who dancer) which Is against
in: ruies 01 tne scnooi and were suspended
but on acknowledging their error were ieii-
stated on the pledge of better behavior
Several Senators intend to inoulre if the State
is going to prohibit young gentlemen and
mines irom uauciog 11 iney wisn.
The Fannin Monumental association of
Goliad county has issued a circular appealing
to the generosity and patriotism of the people
f the State generally for aid in building a
monument In the city of Goliad to the memory
of the martyred Fsnnln and his comrades
The Legislature appropriated $1500 towards
tiat object at its last session and the atsocla-
tion desires to add a sufficient amoanl as to
insure the erection which will fitly perpetuate
tne memory of Ihose .martyred heroes. The
contract for the erection ol the monument will
be let on Monday February 11. The com
mittee in their circular say that " the name
and fame of Fannin and the memorr of his
brave compatriots is not the sole property ol
Goliad county ; neither do they belong to the
State exclusively but should be cherished by
ine lovers 01 civil ana religious liberty every
where. We ihcrcfore extend to you the priv
ilege of contributing to this worthy object well
knowing that if we did not we would be open
to the charge of discourtesy and might incur
your displeasure. By the constitution of the
said association any person may become a life
member thereof upon the payment of $5 in
which case they will receive a certificate ol
membership and have their names recorded
in a durable and well bound book
to be safely preserved for future relerence. in
the archives of Goliad county. We wish to
uc distinctly understood However that no one
will be limited in their contributions to Sc.
They may eive more or less. II they see tit.
all amounts will be gratefully received. As a
guarantee lor the manner in which the fund
thus contributed will be managed and
pended. we desire to say that said association
has no salaried officers or paid agents all
who are acting as such are giving their ser-
vices without compensation; the T'reaserer a
responsible banker ol uoiiad has given bond
in the sum ol Sc. 000 and noue of the monev
will be used in any other way than in the
actual construction of said monument. As
the association has no traveling agents all
persons wishing to ccnlrlbute wiUplcase send
ine amount 01 tneir contributions to J . M
Boyd. Treasurer. F. M. A.. Goliad. Texas
by postoffice money order or bank dralt with
mc name 01 aonor"
The Brunswick (Gn.) Herald ssys that
some malicious leuow whom tne law ought to
put where he can do no harm put five bars of
sosp In the water tank on the Brunswick and
Waycross road near Wavcross. on Christmas
day. The night express train that came along
next filled up with the soap)' water and soapy
waicr win nan make steam so the engine
was laid up on the track without steam or
the power to make it until another engine
could be sent out to pull the former train and
engine ouwara.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A LITTLE GIRL MURDERED BY HER FOS-
TER PARENTS IN COLORADO.
Destitution Anns
sjlvamlit- Deln
Arreat of a
1 Aliortlonlal.
Sr. Petersburg January 17. The nephew
of Lieutenant-Colonel Sudeikin. wounded by
tne Nihilist who also assassinated his uncle
died In-day without recovering consciousness.
Cairo January 17. The Governor-
General of Soudan rep Ms that the Insurgents
have cut ofl the retreat of the garrison nf the
province ol Seunoar and have rendered the
Nile impassable below Duem by sinking
boats.
Dublin January 17. The police refused
to allow Biggar member of Parliament to
speak at the dinner given him by Nationalists
at the Black Linn yesterday holding that the
dinner was a public meeting prohibited by the
government.
BosTO.f January 17. C. F. Dewey alias
O. A. Halpert who plead guilty to the em
bezzlement from Kidder Peabndy & Co. and
banks in Montreal by means nf forged hills
of lading aud drafts accuring $Soooo has
made restitution of about $00000.
Paris January 17. The Committee of
Deputies has decided to consider the petition
or unemployed worklngmen demanding that
the chambers provide work for them. Owing
to the violent language of the delegates from
the worklngmen yesterday their entrance into
the lobby ol the chamber was prohibited.
Lancaster January 17. Hallech Scholl a
daughter of a prominent citizen ef Lancaster
died this moraine of abortion alleged to have
been committed by Dr Bruce ol Philadelphia.
Joseph Strieker her alleged betrayer is under
arrest ine girri dying statement said that
four other rlrls were under treatment at the
house in Ihlladelpbla where she was operated
upon.
TorsKA January 17. A private dispatch
states that the Montezuma hotel at Hot
Springs Las Vegas New Mexico has been
destroyed by fire with all lis contents. The
fire originated at the water reservoir which
cut off the water supply before anything could
be done. This hotel was one of the finest in
the west. It belonged to the Santa Fe rail
road.
St. Louis January 17. Valle Walker who
was brought here from Fort Worth a few days
ago under suspicion that he killed a man In
St. Louis county some two years ago proves
not to be the man wanted. He was taken
from jail at Fort Worth where he was resting
under a sentence of seven years to ihe peni-
tentiary for assault wilh Intent to kill and will
no doubt be returned to the Texas authorities.
Paris January 17. It is said that the
English charge d'affaires at Pckin has in-
duced the Chinese cabinet to declare that
China will be satisfied if the French will
abstain from invading Longson and Cas Binh.
The Chinese forces at Bacninh have been
ordered to withdraw 2C. leacues northward.
The mediation of America after the capture of
Reading January 17. There is great des
titution among the miners working in Ihe ore
beds on the Loner Macungle Lehigh county
and East Pennsylvania railway. Their pay
has been reduced recently from 75 to 65 cents
a day and now the storekeepers refuse to live
them the annual monthly credit demanding
cash. Contractors say that the reduction was
necessitated by the fall in the price ol iron.
Only a few mines are in operation and as a
result hundreds 01 miners are idle.
PlTTSBURO January 17. This morning at
1:30 o'clock the body of Prof. Peter Volf a
prominent citizen of Alleghany was found on
the Tenth street railrnad bridge with a bullet
hole through his right temple. Ills coat and
vest were open pockets rifled and watch gone.
About four feet from the body was 30 cents In
ehange!and a tuninr!fork. There was no evi
dence 01 any strugile and suicide was at first
suggested but ao weapon was found on the
remains and it is believed that a murder was
committed. Voltz leaves a wife and several
children grown up. No trace ol the mur-
derers. The bridge is dark and a favorite
resort lor thieves
Denver January 17. Ouray Is greatly ex
cited over the brutal murder of little Mary
Mathews by her foster parents Mike Cuddike
and wife whose brother John Carroll Is li
log 10 miles from Ouray. Little Mary who
was recently adopted from the Denver Cath
olic Orphans' Home died suddenly on Satur
day morning and was almost Immediately
burled by the Cuddikes This fact together
with the knowledge of the victim's most cruel
treatment hy her parents aroused the suspi
cion of the neighbors who notified the coro
ner who exhumed Ihe bodr. when evidence nl
her terrible death was revealed. The skull
was fractured the limbs were cut In several
places one leg was broken and her feet and
hands were frozen solid. The Cuddikes
while preparing to leave the country were
arrested and jailed. Talk of lynching (s
iicciy muuigeu 10.
New York January 17 The funeral of
Charles Delmonlco took place to day from
the Catholic Church of Saint Leo whither
the remains had been taken at an early hour
from the residence of the deceased. John
Hoey J. L. M. Barlow W. B. Dintmore J.
M. Moran and J. C. Babcock at the request
of the family accompanied the body to the
church. The ladies of the family continue
prostrated with grief and were unable to
attend Ihe religious services. A solemn re
quiem mass was celebrated by the pastor of
the church. He also preached a brief eulogy.
The body was then placed In the Delmoraco
vault lo old St. Patrick cathedral. Every hotel
is town and many out of town were repre-
sented at the funeral. Society In New Yoik
was also largely represented. The church
was crowded and many were unable to enter.
Superstitions About Precious Stones.
From thoCornblll Magazine.
But the superstition that yet lingers about
the precious stones represents happily a fast
diminishing quantity. Who would think now
of attributing to each stone a special Influence
over each month and weiring therefore the
sapphire In April the sgale In May and to
forth! etour ancestors did this and even
appropriated to 12 kind of sfnes the 12 signs
of the Zodiac and the 12 Apostles. Peihaps
there was some pious Intent in making the
jaspar the symbol of St Peter the chrysolite
01 st. Maunew or ine uncertain neryi 01 ine
disbelieving St Thomas; but the modern
spirit needs not them reminders and their
value at any time roust have been very doubt-
tut. Hut smile as we may at Ihe superstition
that ruled In bygone limes with regard to
precious stones we have to admit that it was
not altogether without its brighter side
In the dark a(;es for instance it can have
been no mean happiness lo possess gems
men like the oramum anil amethyst reduced
ir to a safe and pleasant pastime. What
charm have we wherewith to face the perils
and misfortunes of lile comparable to the
faith In their tali'min which supported our
ancestors T Who that lenicmbcra the agita
tion 01 a lawsuit and tne nervous regret trie
faith which in a previous sge and similar
plight mlfht have felt in a morsel ol
chalcedony?
Science moreover in many cases leaves no
compensation for the belief she dispels It
was no trifling alleviation of the peasant's lot
that he mignf hope one day to find a rich
jewel left by a snake In the grsss or vast
treasures niauen in a mountain inis nope
ls now cone or colnr from him. and. per
haps few living Cornish peasants now look
lor the blue stone ring which their ancestors
attributed lo the iction of snakes breathing
upon hazel. Who now that drinks Ihe re-
freshing Vouvrsy wine from Vouvray in
France would ever think that the name ol
both wine and place had come from an old
belief in a dragon or viper (vouivre) that
fiostessed a single eye or carnunele which
I had laid aside on the ground and which
II discovered would lead its nouer to Im-
measurable riches!
Why Do Women Laugh ?
lVc-m tho lloatou Qlobo.
A divorce case in which an elderly
foreigner sought to tear himself away from a
young and pretty wife who had proved to be
more of a torment than a blessing calls up the
above question. He wanted to be forever rid
of her because she laughed nt him. Her
"silvery peals" of "singing laughter" made
life a burden to him until he finally told her
to "glear owut" and went straightway and
filed a petition fur a divorce. She beamed
wilh smiles in the court room and when the
ludne asked her whyshe lauehed at her hus
band In open couit she laughed and said I
"I like to laugh; I was born that way" and
laughed again.
Are all women "born that wavt" Thev
certainly laugh a great deal more than men
do. It was a mistake to call them "the sad
sisterhood." They are the laughing sex.
Notice them in conversation either wilh their
own or the other sex. Their fac-s are in
variably wreathed wilh smiles and they laugh
incessantly. Is it habit or is it the result nf a
more highly organized nervous system whs
the superior scientist contemptuously calls a
"hysterical organization" or is it the
woman s inborn desire to please Uniting ex-
pression by seeming interested and amused
or is it that a woman really is more easily
amused lhan a man ! Perhaps it is a combi-
nation of all four. At any rate il forma as
distinctive a line between Ihe sexes as any of
the common peculiarities which are supposed
Two Remarkable Needles.
From the London Tiuim.
The Internatiocal Exhibition of Needle
work which is to be held at Sydenham
July 1S84 will Include amncg other curiosi
ties two things wHIch will not be the least of
the attractions of the exhibition. One is th
famous needle presented to the Emperor of
Germany last year under circumstances worth
recalling.
The Emperor was visiting the great needle
manufactory at Kreuznach. and was desirous
of seeing for himself the relstive power of
iiiBLiiincry enmparcu wun skiiicu nand laDor
A bundle of superfine needles was placed
before him 100 of which weighed less than
hall ait oucce. and he expressed his astonish
ment that eyes could be bored in such mluate
objects.
Thereupon the foreman of the borinr de
partment asked his Majesty lo give him a hair
from his heard and receiving it. he bored an
eye in It threaded it andjhandtd back to the
astonished Emperor this improvised and most
peculiar needle.
The other curious needle was manufactured
at Redditch and presented lo the Queen. It
is a sort nf miniature Trajan's column. All
around II are represented scenes from Ihe
Queen's life executed so minutely thai a
magnifying glass is required to distinguish
them. This needle can be opened and with-
in it are a number nf very fine needles on
wnicn aiso scenes nave been engraved.
Divorce in America.
After marriage comes divorce but with that
unpleasant subject we do not care to deal
Suffice it to say that American legislators
have shown themselves quite as desirous of
helping people out of as into matrimony
their efforts in Ihe first nsmed direction being
so heartily appreciated that In 18S2 over 4500
cases resulting in the dissolution of 1S00
marriages were tried in Ohio alone. Divorce
indeed Is becoming to common that some
people are askine if ihe "simultaneous poly
gamy" ia vogue In Utah is a worse thing
man ine "consecutive polygamy" practiced
elsewhere. It It only fair to mention lhat
the law ol divorce differs considerably in dif-
ferent States: but this hardly mends the mat.
ter Indeed it only confuses things. Ssys an
American lady lecturer: "A man who has
been married divorced and re-married will
in traveling from Maine to Florida find him
self sometimes a bachelor sometimes married
to his lirst wile sometimes married to hi:
second wife sometimes a divorced man. and
sometimes a bicamist. according to the
statutes of the Slate through which he is
traveling."
A Baltimore paper says that city alone put
up the pastseason 14.4co.coa cant of peaches
2000000 cans of peas 300000 cans of siring
beans 100000 cans of pears 3.000000 cans
of tomatoes 1000000 cans of fruit and ether
vegetables. This It an immense amount of
what may be called a new industry. Man-land
seems to take the lead of all her sister Slates
in this growing industry. In the canning of
corn lomawcs ana oysters tne seems deler
mined to soon become mistress ol the mar
kets 01 the world.
FUTURE BONANZAS.
THE MINES OF NUEVA LEON MEXICO
AND NEAR MONTEREY.
A Two Laredoa Mini Mnkes n Vlalt unit
uinpa Sonm IntarralliiE I'Hcti from
Our Mr. it. W. (lllToid.
TMItorlAt Com apondence of Ihe Two I.sredos.
To Ihe occasional visitor Monterey never
loses any attractions; in fact one can always
find some old or historical places which are
overlooked or not heard of on the first er
second visit. While the writer's Day this
time was very short yet he found out a great
many points which he never saw In print on
this side ol the river and which he will give
to the readers of the Two Larcdos from time
to time.
Among other Incidents of my trip I visited
the mining property of Mr. A. W. Gilford a
few miles dislsnt from Moaterey. I don't
want to say anything about the climb up the
mountain to the mine for I know lhat I made
use of certain expressions that would not be
the correct thing In a Sunday school youth;
yet for my three hours' toll In gelling to the
ine I must say that I was fully recompensed
In the first place It was the only "sure
enough" mine I ever saw.
Of course the readers of this article will not
expect a geological description of the loi
lions nor will I venture a dissertation
metallurgy. I will only confine myself to
what I saw and will tell it In my own w
Mr Gifford has a full force at wotk on three
different openings that is cutting the vein In
three places and taking nre from the three.
There were four dump piles and there must
have been fully 200 tons and it alio seems
riucru to my inexperienced eye that "Gill
ill soon prove as he has always declared.
lhat the mines of Nuevo Leon pay and pay
handsomely If properly worked I went to
the powder house and about the time I
reached there the miners commenced discharg-
ing their blasts. To look at the powder and
dynamic and hear the blasts made me uneasy
1 tnougni 01 tne old saving "uneasy Is the
head that wears a crown." It was not a
Czarish feeling however with me. I was
afraid a crown might be forced upon n
After satisfying myself that "Giff" would
be solid sufficiently to set up the beer to the
press gang (two schooners for Uncle Dan'l)
next meeting we started down hill reachlm
the valley salelv. and alter a pleasant f!l
walk came to the smelter which is located on
an acequia or mill race which supplier
power for a large hat factory and several cot
ton mills ; also. Mr. Gifford has on this Duc
tile Mcsican smelter wilh a capacity of five
tons per day a well appointed laboratory
chemicals and apparatus for making assays of
an classes 01 ores botn oy tire and the wet
way blacksmith shop etc. On the dump at
the smeller here was fully as much ore all
crushed and ready for smelting as was seen at
the mines and we were told that he would
begin smelling next month.
It was impossible for Mr. Gifford to'accom
pany us to the mines; so upon returning to
Monterey we look occasion to ask him some
questions for our own satisfaction. Mr. Gif-
lord's answers were so plain concise and
rcasonauie insi we win give men) II uill did
decline to be interviewed. It is pretty rich
anyway when an old newspapsr man will not
allow himself to be tackled. The question
was asked:
"Mr. Gsfford why is it that of all the mining
companies .along Ihe lice of Ihe Mexican
National road none have jet commenced
smelting and shipplnc their bullion after such
a grand hurrah that was-made some two years
ago! Have they busted or have they come
to the conclusion that mining in this district
win not payt
Mr. Gifford "Well it is neither. I.ik-
all mining companies in a new district and I
might add all new mining companies thi
have not commenced in the proper way It
is true they examine the prospect have an
expert to make a report as to the lead get the
best assayers to make numerous assays and
if everything is stlisfactory a company is or-
ganized. So much stock is set aside for a
workine capital and then it Is next in order
to rush off frantically and buy from $20000
10 qyj 000 worm 01 machinery and never
fail to buy a smeker of less capacity than 40
tons per day when any experienced mining
man win xnow mar mere is not an aoandonei
mine in the district that will produce five i.n
per day without puttlngSn proper shafts o
cutting tunnels."
Reporter" I don't exactly understand you
Mr. Gilford when you say 'abandoned mine.
It seems to me a creater amount ol ore coultl
be taken from an abandoned mine than a new
one if lh vein was not exhausted."
Mr. Gifford" You must remember that all
or nearly all the miaes in this section were
worked years sg by the Spaniards and Mex
icans ana m ine most primitive manner
mere copher work. Onlv the richest nre :
tiken out and all the low grade gauge and
airt leu in. so you can imagine by working
the vein for a distance of 100 or 200 feet the
mine becomes so filled wilh this refuse
that it was better lor them to abandon it
altogether and wcrk a new prospect. Or if
they happened to strike water thev would
have to abandon their property as ihey had
no machinery nor did they understand mining
as It is understood to-day as a science. The
Spaniards were excellent prospectors but poor
miners. In working the mine which you
visited t-day I am working In a diametrically
opposite manner to that which has been the
general rule in this section. When I find
after sinking all necessary shalts and cuttln
tunnels that I can take out my 40 or Co tons
per day then it will be time to bring on my
machinery "
Reporter "Mr. Gifford how do your ores
run how many ounces ol silver and whst pe
cent of lead to the ton !"
Mr. Gifford "All the ores In this district
are called low grade principally argentiferous
gaiena running irom live to 75 ounces ol si!
ver and from 2010 70 per cent. lead to thi
ton. Sometimes pockets are found in which
the number 01 ounces In silver runs much
higher."
Reporter "Well the companies are not
broke then t"
Mr. Gifford "No; all are doing now what
they should have done In the beginning-
sinking shafts and cutting tunnels. I have
heard these rumors mysell. but Ihey are false;
manufactured out of whole cloth by some
unprincipled parties who have an itrh far
that kind of business. The companies along
the line of Ihe Mexican National railroad are
composed of thorough budncss men and as
long as they pay their bills it Is to say the
least unjust to repeat such rumors."
1 ne above is about as mucn 01 our uik as
am allowed In rive away hut as I eive it
or the general information of the readers of
he Two Ijiredol It ia honed lhat Giff won't
klck against the little breach of confidence.
rrom what we have heard on this side 01
the liver this false rumor may have started
from some small sore head stock holder who
had investrd a few dollars and had dreams of
beinc a mltlionaiie before work could be fully
Inaugurated for it Is a well known fact that
mere are a great many men who in all large
enterprises can only discern the Immediate
expense without having scope of vision to
embrace the future profit. El Cuidado.
No Man's Land.
By an accideia in locating boundary lines
It is alleged a bit of Uncle Sam's territory
compromising of 3810.000 acres Is included
in no Stale or Territory and is. In effect
without legal form and void. The Commis-
sioner of Public Lands has made the dis-
covery and it Is this unfettered region that he
recommends be surveyed and brought under
national jurisdiction. The strip of cauntry is
in Ihe lonn of a parallelogram and borders
on Texas Colorado Kansas Indian Territory
and Ntw Mexico. It Is said to be well
adapted for agriculture and especially for
grazing. At present It has no government no
courts nothing but stook and their keepers.
Ihe latter arc a law unto themselves and a
terror to the people of Ihe adjacent territories
who in tuin are regarded mucn la tne ngnt
of cut throats by civilized communities. 1 he
labile Lands Commissioner recommends the
ttachinr of this hitherto unknown country to
New Mexico and its inhabitants broueht un
der the laws ol that territory. This plan docs
not contemplate loo great rapidity In clviliz-
irg Ihe new region but as lipid perhaps as
the conditions will admit.
A Rare Old Bible.
There Is an old Bible up In the Congres
sional library at Washington which it well
orth a walk to the capitol to examine. It is
of Italian origin and is supposed to have
been written In the 13th or 14th century; but
ihe actual date is unknown. It is written in
Latin upon vellum in clear bold characters.
and extremely uniform. The writing Is ia
two columns about three Inches wide and a
margin ol two inches. It Is embellished witn
14b miniature paintings aud upward of 1200
smaller illuminations which are beautifully
executed and are as brilliant to-day as the
day they were done. The initials of books
sad prologues are two and a half Inches la
height and those of the chapters are one inch
in hright. It is contained In two large vol-
umes and cost the Government $2200 in gold
when gold was at a high premium and was
purchased at a sale nf tbe library of Henry
P-rkint Hanworlli Park London la June
1873. The skins in the first volume have all
been repaired excrpt five; in Ihe second vol-
ume Ihey are nearly all perfect.
BREVITYJASKET.
rllUd tritli Mention of Minor Events and
luiiuy Hems.
Trinity college North Carolina has 19
Cherokee Indians as students this yesr. The
Slate's paying lor their education.
There are more than 500 pupils in architect-
ural and mechanical designing attending the
evening sessions of Ihe a'rt school attached to
the Maryland institute.
Many members of the New York Cotton
Exchange threaten lhat the present organlza-
t'on will be Jeopsiditcd unless commission
rharges are reduced lo ihe old figures of
$12 50 per loo bales and the probabilities
are that a cotton call will be inaugurated in
Ihe Produce Exchaage at these rues unless
the Cotton Eichange agrees lo adopt them.
The net debt of New York City is over
$91000090 and yet it has been decreasing
tteadily since 1876 and the credit of the city
is sn good that 3 per cent bonds have been
selling al a premium. The net debt of Phila-
delphia is less lhan half lhat of New York
but the pajmenls lor Interest and sinking
fund are a heavy weight uion property owners.
Like most pioneers of great social reforms
Oicar Wilde went to Ihe front suffered Ihe
ridicule and reaped none of the immediate
glory t'is star has set. But in England
knee breeches are coming into fashion and
colored coats are taking the place of black.
And to supply his English apes of dudedom
a Chlcag tailor is making a specialty of knee
breeches silk stockings and colored coats
wlih long spade tails It now bee mes Ameri-
can gentlemen of fashion to cultivate flesh on
heir legs.
A man living within a half a dozen miles of
Lewistnn Maine was about to be married
butlheatate of his finances precluded the
purchase of a new suit of clothes for the
occasion so he resorted to diplomacy. He
went to a clothing store and selecting an ap-
propriate suit told the proprietor that he
would like lo take them home and if his
(amity liked them he would pay for thens.
The proprietor agreed to this proposal. The
man returned the next morning radiant and
bland saying his folks did not like Ihe
clothes and thought he had belter not keep
them. The groom had howtver been the
best dressed man at the wedding.
Commenting on the new penal code which
has been lsid before tbe Italian Government
and in which capital punishment is abolished
Italian papers state that at Ihe beginning of
last century a correspondent ol a Vienna pa-
per was executed at Rome for having sent a
communication to his paper in which Pope
Clement XI was insulted. This unfortunate
correspondent was the learned Abbe Gaetano
Volpini who was executed on the first Satur-
day of the carnival February 5 1720. The
culprit went to the block as If going 10 a feast;
stored in festive garments he smilingly sain-
ted the multitude which thronged round him
on his way; laughingly he laid his head down
and to the last he never chsnged.
Dr. Sleekier of New Jersey has been la-
oculatirg children with the virus of scarlet
fever tsken from horses with good effect. It
is an old story that scarlet fever originated in
horses the first cases being reported in royal
stables In 1514. Shortly after that time it
appeared among human beings. It Is not
common now among horses. Dr. Sleekier Is
reported to have inoculated young colls lo
order to procure the equine virus. Of 12
children vscclnated wilh this virus all escaped
on beiag exposed to the disease. II as is
supposed by many physicians the germ of
scarlet lever is the same as that of diphtheria
and if Sleckler's discovery averts both he will
deserve to rank as high among the benefactors
; of the race as Jenner himself.
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