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VOT,. TI.—NO. 168.
EL PASO. TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1883.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MINING MATTERS.
An
Intei esting Description of
the Mines of the Bo-
nito District.
Reflections on Improvements
That Could he Made
in Our Laws.
Beneficial Ch:nge of Mining
Regulations in the State
of Sonora.
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KONITO MINING DISTRICT.
Corresjxmdcncc of the Times.
Bonito, 1-incolii County, Sept. J4.—
Every visitor to the Bonito ""country is
immediately attracted by the general
formation, and its resemblance to some
districts in Colorado^ especially the San
.Juan, lias been frequently remarked.
Granite is the country rock, interspersed
with dykes of porphyry. The lea !s are
distinct and unbroken, and show no
trace of the volcanic formation by which
it is surrounded^ Not tit teen miles away
are vast lava beds, but these mountains,
towering lu«h above the surrounding
country, having an altitude of from 7,500
to 13,000 feet, are of an earlier formation.
It is one of the few districts in New
Mexico where true tiss ire veins abound-
Many of the vein s can be traced a long
distance and h.rve an uniform width.
The average of the surface cropping is
six feet but many are wider. At the
Tertio-Millcnn ial at Santa Fe the dis-
trict w.is represented by a handsome as-
sort ment of ore from fifty two different
claims; at least that many properties
within a radius of three miles, show ga-
lena aud copper ore on the surface, as-
saying well in silver and gold, a few of
which are now being developed. Neaily
every prospector has one or more of these
claims, showing galena in quantitv, and
new strikes are common, but they have
ceased to attract much attention unless
especially rich in appearance.
.V visit to the properties being worked
was interesting and instructive. After a
short ride up the valley from the little
village of Bonito, we came in s'ght of the
shaft house on the Chinaman mine, clear-
ly outlined a half inile away, and so far
up that our hearts almost failed us when
we considered the climb before us. As
we went up the little cano i that heads at
the bas.i of the mountain, near the top of
which lies the mine, we came to a gypsy-
like camp, where—the employees are
living, and a pretty picture it made with
its wtiite tents an 1 log cabins surround-
ing a spring of water, shaded with pine
trees and completely enclosed by the
mountains. From the camp a trail is cut
up the side of the mouutaiu to the mines.
The shaft is now 179 feet deep, having
followed a fissure between granite walls
the entire distance. The lead has been
from two to nine feet in width. On the
dump was stacked galena ore, and while
we were waiting, a bucket of ore came
to the -surface that was e\idently
rich In sulphurets. No levels
l.ave vet been ru •, but the
superintendent informed us that levels
will probably be run at the d *pth of 200
feet.
A'ter leaving the Chinaman, we wend-
.<'d our way up the Jlio Bonito to the
Baby mine, travelirg nearly a mile.
Tills has a shaft fifty feet deep, and the
tn 'n at work had a contract to sink it
fifty feet deeper. Upon being lowered
down, we found a five foot vein of
quartz, two feet of which is"6eaily solid
galena running well in *ilver. This vein
crops plainly for 30.0 feet.
Running parallel with it a half mile
farthei up the mountain,~is the famous
Jlenowne !. Mr.-R. W Sawyer, a mer-
chant at tjie village, recently secured a
half interest in this property by expend-
fng f25 0 in developing the claim, and
he is evidently satisfied with his bargain.
On the surface we were confionted «i h
a bluff of quartz as high as any house we
saw on the Boniro. A tunnel in which
•men were at work, was started so as to
cross-cut the first lead, whljh has a
wMth of seventeen feet; it follows the
lead luto the hill, gaining nearly foot for
-foot. As soon as a depth of seventy-five
feet is gained, the coarse of the tunn* l
will be changed so a-s to cross-cut a paral-
lel lead, which shows nearly eighty feet < f
le d nr.a ter. Two band* of miner .1
havj been opened, on * o:i the north and
the ether on the south side rf this vein
both sbo ving a pile of galena and copper
ore on the dumps of the shafts. A gran
i:e dyke about fifteen feet thick lies be-
tween the two leads. At the heafeof the
tunnel we were shown the paystreak
which is nearlv five feet wide. There is
- "fa.
no lack of mineral o;i this claim, and
with concentration it wroul 1 pay from
the surface. Tile extensions on each
show the same lodi and the Biiae min-
eral.
A few hundred yards farther on we
come to the Rosa, a mine, although lately
discovered, that ranks with the- best iu
the camp. At the base of a mountain,
w'.tli'n a stone's throw of funning water,
stnnuel is being driven and is now in
about six-y_ ftet. The lead to six feet
wide between perfect walls, and it all
ore of low gpade, although a ctreak next
to the hanging wall runs nearly a bun-
, dred o aces. It to the Intention of the
owners to erect concentrating works
shortly that will make • bonanza out of
the property. _Jlr. p. P. Burt, of
sold a half interest to
ReynoMs & Calhoun for 32000 and con-
siders that he threw away a fortune
when he did so.
Two of the richest prospects, early
discoveries that helped to make Bouito a
camp, are lying idle. The Cricket en
the surface produced a handsome ore
glittering: with shot gold and native sil-
ver. yet ou account < f mi-management
the mine is lefc far behind soma later
discoveries. The largest owners reside
away, and haying intrusted money for
development into incompetent hands,
where itfwas expended without any re
suit, have become disgusted, and while a
small amount properly expended would
in all probabilities produce a paying ore,
the mine is left with only the name of its
former rk-h:ie-s. The owners of the
Christmas, a claim that showed black
sulphurets and horn silver from the sur-
face, have been playing a g tine of" freeze-
out, but we understand that a compro-
mise has been effected and work will
shortly be resumed.
Taking ic altogether the Bouito dis-
trict has a quantity of low grade ore
with the best of facilities for working it,
aud a few high gr;«de mines thrown in
as bonanzas.
BL ANCO.
MINING NEWS.
WE SHALL KNOW.
Messrs. Dane & Berg have the contract
for the erection of the Deminj; smeller,
it is to be thirty by sixty feet in dimen-
sions and have a capacity of reducing
thirty toos of ore per day. The machin-
ery for the sjaaelter arrived a few days
ags, and the work of putting up the
building is going rapidly forward.
Placer mines are not altogether a thing
of the past in Grant county, as the clean-
ing up of the sluice boxes of McAllister
brothers and Walker attest. From four-
teen tons of dirt sluiced on the May-
flower claim, one and one-half miles
southeast of Fort Bayard, -S310 was
cleaned up. McAliist r brothers are
working this property, and if the rainy
season warrants, will take out .u larne
amount of gold .this season.
A new blasting material is thus de-
scribed : Two mixtures aiv prepared
the first consisting of 36.00 parts of pot
assium or sodium bisulphate, 38.GO parts
of potassium of nitrate and 9.20 parts of
gl vceriiie, and the second one of 50 to
65 parts of a chlorate and 45 to 53 parts
of a body rich in cut boa. The latter
mixture on igniting produces heat enough
to convert the glycerine in the first mix-
ture into nitro-glycerine, which at once
explodes. The eorbonaceous material
is saturated with concentrated solutions
of the l.isulphate, nitrate and chlorate
and then dried. The mass is then mixed
with glj-cerine an 1 made into cartridges.
— [San Fraucisco Report.
A new law or decree of much interest
to miners in Sonora ha« lately beeo~*pro
mulgated. it is ordered that when mines
are lying idle under prorogue from the
Government, the mining l'eritos of the
Districts cease visiting same until active
operations, as unless such operations are
being carried on, their vieiis are of no
use, being designed only to see that oper-
ations were cairied on properly and ac-
cording to law. As in the large Districts
especially the fees paid thj Peritos for
these semi-annual visits were quite oner-
ous, complaint was made. Prorogues
are readily granted n >w, as resulting
fees, $6.25 per month on each mine, is
now becoming quite a r« spt ctable item
of income to the Government. It is
thought that in the near future Peritos
will be kept under salary, which will be
a great step in advance.
The laws of the United States regard-
ing the 'ocatlou of mining claims certain-
ly require revision, and as long as the
piesent modus operandi exists, so long
will all mining camps be handicapped
by dead weights, which sometimes prove
hard to cairy. One point that especially
calls for remedy is the locating of more
than one claim by one and the same
party. By the present law, a man locat-
ing mining ground, say on January 1,
1881, has till the 31 of December, 1882,
iu which to do 9100 worth of work. Iu
this Territory, ten feet is deemed suf-
ficient to comply with the law. In the
mean ime, uew blood being infused into
the district, men anxious not only to take
up mlaing ground, but willing to set to
work on the claim, are precluded and
shut out by this law being in force. We
do not in any way mean to draw hard
and last lines, but u e do not think it
would in many instances be of value to
mining in erests in general were we to
take a few Inn s from our sister repub-
lic, Mex'co, regarding this subject.
There all mines and miniug lands are
the property of the state, and so long as
a mai. develops hisl>roperty he has the
protection of the government. The es
tablisbmcnt of a mineral -g*nt or district
recorder iu each mining section or dist-
rict would <lo sway wi h much of the
pie-ent litigation and difficulty regard-
ing first Aocasiatts, especially were it bis
duty to give personal possession to each
applicant, for which a stated turn should
be charged, sufficient not only to pay
the expenses of the agent, but to make
him an independent officer, who would
be above the necessity of taking bribes
or blackmail from the locator. Regis-
tration of assessment work would also
be an advantage, whilst the compulsory
purchase of and ol talnlng a patent for
a mining claim, are points which Ic would
be very necessary to overlook. The
above suggestions are practical, and well
Whi n the n:is s have loll d in splendor
Fr< m the beauty of the hills
An I the sua hine, warm aud tender.
Falls in spleudor on the r Its,
We may real love's ebiaing letter
I l the rainhow of ih ? spray;
We shall know <»aeU < tht r bet er.
When the mists have cleared away,
Wc shall know us we aie known,
Xe\ er more to walk aloue.
In th j dawning of the morning,
When the: mis s have cleare 1 tw y.
Jf we e r in human btindne s,
And forget that we aie dust.
If we miss the law of kiiidue s
When we stiuggle t > be ju.-t,
S.iowy win s of peace shall cover
A.1 the pain that clouds our way.
When the wecrv watch is over
An-1 tl.e mir-ts have c e.ired awav,
We s-hal k iow as we are known,
Xuverm >ie to wulk alone.
In tl:e dawnirg oi the morning,
Wh n tl.e mists lyive cleared away.
Wheii fie silv< ry mists have veiled us
From the faces < f our own.
Oft we deem their love has fail d us
An 1 we 'real our yath alone,
We shoald aje ih >m > ear and truly.
We should trust thsm day by dav,
Neltner l.>ve norb'ame unduly.
If the m'st are elei.r/d aw.iy.
V* e shall k .ow aa « * a e known,
X-»vrmire to wa k a one,
la the dawaiiig cf them iri.iug.
When the rnisis li ,ve cleared away.
When the mists haw risen abive us.
As our falhtr knows his own.
Face to fjee with those that love us.
We shall know ax we are known.
Im\ e, beyond the orient meadows
Foits the go'.deu fringe of day ;
Heart to heart we hid.? the shadows,
Ti'l the mists have cleared a«ay.
We sl.all know as we are known,
Never mjre to walk alone,
Whan t' e day < f light is dawning,
And the mi<ts havecle red away.
KEEFIXU THEIR END UP.
How the Great West's Msrvati
M ul ti ply.
are Apt to
TEIAS TRIMMINGS.
What Is Being Said and Done
in the Many Counties of
Onr State.
Brief Record of Progress
and Advancement in the
Lone Star Bepnblie.
Notes and News from East to
West—from Galveston
to EI Paso.
San Fr.sn iseo Paj er.
As last Thursday's west hound train
passed Cape Horn, a lar-;e party of
Englishmen, of the " direet-fi'oui-I,un-
non " variety, crowded out on the plat-
form and loudly expressed their dissatis-
faction at the scenery, which was " not
at all up to the guide books, j'ou know,
by Jove ! "
As they returned to their s;>ats to enjoy
a jolly good British all-around-grumble,
entirely oblivio.is of the indignant
glances of the native passengers, a meek-
looking, gentle-voiced journalist from
"Frisco approached from th? other en l
of the car and volunteered to give the
tour's's sonifi valuable facts concerning
the country. I*i an ingenious aud plauai-
ble way he answered their questions in a
manner that reduced our critics from
over the pond to a condition of profound
amazement, not to say awe.
The next morning the journalist waa
iuformed by the reporter that a
committee ot gentlemen wished to
see him in the baggage car. As he en-
tered the latter he found a dozen travel-
ers, all natives and to the manner born,
waiting to receive him, hat in baud. The
spokesman advanced and said:
" You are the party who was giving
those Englishmen in the rear sleeper
some points about the coast, I believe?"
I am, sir,' said the quill-driver mo 1-
estly.
" You told theni^I understand/' con-
tinued the chairman, "that Mount S!ia-ta
was 76,003 feet high ?"*
"The same."'
4i You divu'ged ilie well-kuown fact
that trains on this road were often de-
tained four days by herds of buffalo,
that they frequently have to me a Gat-
ling gun on the cow-catcher to prevent
the locomotive being pushed off the track
by the grizzly bears? ""
" Yes, bir."
You further acquainted them with
the circumstance that the Digger Indians
live to ttie average age of 201, aqd that
the rareflcations of the air on Ihe plai.is
is such that an ordinary pin looks like a
telegraph pole at the distance of forty-
two miles?
'•I think I wedged that in," resp nded
the newspaper man.
"And we are informed th y all made a
memorandum of your statement that at
the l'alace hotel an average of two
waiters per day were shot, by the guest*
for bringing cold soup—eh?"
"They did."
14And, finally, we believe you are the
originator of that beautiful—that
b-e-a-u-liful-er—fact regarding that
fallen redwood tree up at Mariposa—I
mean the hollow one into which the six-
horse stasre (1 rive.-, and comes out of *
knot-hole 165 feet further along."
'•I told them all about it."
"Just so! just so!" said the commit-
teeman, grasping the patriot's band, pro-
ducing a well-tilled buckskin ba-jr, "and
I am instructed bv this coninrttce of
your fellow-couutryme i to present you
with this slight tok-n of our appreciation
of the noble manner in which you hayc
vindicated the honor of our noble land;
God bless you, sir!"
''Gentlemen," said the true Ca'.ifor-
nian, much afiec ed, " J understand your
feelings, and although I blush to be re-
warded for s mply doing my duty, I ac-
cept the gift as a sacred tru-t to be de-
voted to the further exaltation of oar
common country."
"Iiswhat way?*' a-ked the chairman
earnestly.
'•Why, I am going back.to rope those
fellows nto a game of studhorse poker.".
And as he left 'tbe car they gave him a
that nearly shook the traia off the
rails.
V
Tarrant county is about to erect a
county jail at a cost of between $60,GOO
and <75,000.
The plea of Mackinson, the highway-
man who he'd up Austin for about a
week, will probably be insanity.
The Espula Cattle Company have pur-
chased 235,000 acres of land in Dickens
coupty for il-12>£ per acre.
The contest between Belton and Tem-
ple for the county seat of Bell county
resulte 1 in the choice of tfte former.
Mrs. Joe Rollard, of Fort Wor;h. took
arsenic lately, with suicidal intent. Phys-
icians. bj' prompt efforts, rescued her.
t'apt. L. P. Liicker, of the Rangers,
has received information that he is the
prob.ible heir to $80,000, left by an aunt
in Prussia.
Mr. Ferd Augur, son of Gen. C. C.
Augur, it is whispered, will, on Septem-
ber 20, marry Miss Hall, one of San An-
tonio's society belles.
The catalogue of Add-R in College, in
Hood county, Texas, shows an atten-
dance last season of 425 students, male
and female.
They want a Chinese l.iundry at Nava-
sota, this s ate, aud want it bad. What
has become of all the pig-tailed Manda-
rins, anyway.
Tke Sunday law is strictly enforced in
Boliv.ir. An enterprising party was ar-
rested un>l fined $20 for selling some
Galreatou excursiouists refreshments.
The assessment rolls of La Salle, Cher-
okee, Colorado Hill, Robertson, Hayes,
Griine.-, Freestone, Medina an 1 Blanco
all show a large increase in vilues iu
each.
Mr. James Rushing is to take charge
of the Terrell Cotton Seed Oil Mill the
coming aeasou. The Texas & Pacific
now connects with it by a newly laid
track.
Uniforms for a cavalry company iu
Braz >ria county are on exhibition. The
State uniform has been adopted, aud is
made up tie itly an 1 with marked taste.
Secretary Kennedy, of the Texas Statfe
Grange, reports the membership <*f the
Patr.uis of Husbandry iu that State at
11,(00. In 1875 the membership was
40,000. Ia 1879 this had dwindled to
3,3»2. Dissolution seemed imminent for
a iim«, but for two years past interest
has been reviving and the membership
has iuc.ea-ed to the number given above.
Colorado is only two years old, but its
growth has been marvelous. Substantial
and expensive brick buildlags are going
up on every central block. Two miles
of street railway have been equipped and
arc being operated; the telephone is In
general use, and a contract has been
made for boring an ar.esian well.
The Bonhani News says that Mr,
Boone, who lives near Ladonia, has
eighty acre-* planted In worm proof cot-
ton. The cotton has a lvaf that resem-
bles the weepiug willow, and is so nar
row and long that it turns in every direc-
tion, admitting the sua to idiine <-n all its
parts, so that all the eggs deposited on
the leaf are kiDed by the sun. The bolls
have five compartments, instead of four,
and are said to yield a larger product
than an}' other cot 011.
There are about 400 men employed,
one way or another, in connection wi:h-
the work on the new Capitol. Seventy-
five are at work on the foundations, as
many more quarrying stone, and perhaps
100 engaged in making the track of the
railroad to the quairy; clerks, draughts-
men, material men, and other employes
making up the rest of the number. The
building, as is generally known. Is to Le
patl for with an appropriation of 3,000,
000 acres of land in the pan handle of
the State, which have been pledged for
the purpose. Estimating the land at$1.50
pel acre the capitol will cost $4,500,000,
and will be a much larger and somewhat
11 .er structure than the State-House of
Illinois, which has already cost $3,500.
030. and it is estimated will cost another
million to complete it.
Why sleeps the law?" inquiies the
Houston Post. The inquiry is inspired
by an alleged persecution of the sheep-f
men by the cattlemen, In Hamiltoa
county and other layjjjprel seotfcras of
the State. A prejudi«££tes been engenj
dered against the herding of sheep, it
appears, because of the alleged injury
done by them to the pasturage aad also
the water. It is charged that the sheep
destroy the former and render the latter
unpalatable to the cattle. The sheep-
men d ny this. They say that since the
sheep pas ore in that section, the native
b'ue sedge, which is aa inferior
has hoeu supplanted by the juicy
quite. It Seems that the me quite, alow
ted graas# often becoases
and is
from the pans they now inhabit, accord-
ing to the exchange we have quoted.
A new moon again, and not a drop of
rain, or a cloud in sight. What's to be-
come of us ? Oh for the September blow,
cyclone, or anything most for a change.
Cistern wa:er Is pi tying out and uot a
few arc driukiugaroyo well water. Jrtock
about town, which have t-» subsist on
prickley near and beach w ell water, have
commence I to die. Duriug ;lie past
weekWm. Rmkin moved his stock to
the Buzzard motts, seven miles from
towu, where he big hail a well dug. If
no rain coiiics this mouth it will be good
by cattle this winter, aud skinning will
be the order of the day, as it was in 1875.
— [Corpus ChrUti Caller. »
The Dallas H raid remarks on the
fent e problem: '-There is no doubt
that the.antagonism between the fence
builders and outsiders is growing dailj'
more bitter, aud that there will be great
destruction of property and some blood-
shed unless the evil Is averted by legisla-
tion and healthy publl - se.itiment. Those
who think that there is but one side to
this que-ti >n, or that e'thsr f.-u tiou is en-
tirely rigi.t, make a grie.ous mistake,
for a di interested view of the situation
will slio x a certain just fixation on both
sides a; d aa equal amount • f blame.
Where men have fenced tht-lr own land,
especially in reasonably s zed iuclosures,
a man who cuts or destroys the- fence is
a miscreant, and should go to the peni-
tentiary for such a wan on destruction
of private property. But where wealthy
stockmen and corporati*»us h.tve, along
with their own land, in< losed large t^actf
of public laud or tracts of land belong-
ing to others, there is considerable justi-
fication on the part of those who destroy
fences, and it is really done lu defense
of their orojierty or an < qultable asser-
tion of equal right to the use of property
belonging to the whole people. Land
belonging to the government should uot
be monopolized b>r individuals who have
the advantage of wealth, aud until this
laud is sold or leased by the State it
should be equally accessible to all of its
citizens, and forcible occupatiou justifies
forcible entry on the part of others who
desire its use. There is another grievous
wrong perpetrated 011 the individual,
when his laud is enclosed by these ex-
cessive fences, and he is cut off from his
land, for every man has or should have
an inalienable ri<fht of way to his domain
and free use of the same, subject only to
public conveniences.
A Word to Prospectors.
It is well known that there are many
men out in the mountains living on
rough food, sleeping in the opeu air,
scaling steep mountain sides, toiling
through mountains, prospecting for
ledges of gold and silver. Many of
them find ledges in which surf nee indi-
cations arc goo 1, and with ph k and
shovel the hardy miner seeks to know
more about it by cutting into the ledge.
Each and every one of these men is
animated with high hopes, and the d's-
covery « f a rich piece of rock sends a
th: ill of delight through Irs who'e be-
ing. Yet we would say to tb< se who
have seeming good ledges, develop them,
siuk on them, or if you can't auJ have
to sell, ask a reason tbly good price for
them. There is liothit g to prevent you
from asking a million collars for your
find, yet there is much to prevent you
from getilng it. The time is
long since gone by when capitalists
will buy prospects for mines or
will givj much for only a prospect.
Recollect that ledges are plenty and
money is uot. Better take a few dollars
for a prospect than to "sit down and ex-
pect some mau t > come along and give
you thousands of dollars for something
which may be your excited Imagination
has conjured iuto a bonanza. Rich and
valuable in'nes are scarce in even the
best m-ning country ou earth,
and capitalists are quite well
aware of this. Another thing
—pull together. When one is ah ut to
make a gale, even for a couple of hun-
dred dollars, don't interfere; maybe some
nmn who buys will develop a good mine
and all this is for your good and the gen-
eral we fare. If you spoil your neigh-
bor's trade y«-u spoil your own, sml in
crying down a prospect y«.n g've the
whole distihr a black eye. Aud.finally,
be patient; for there Is a good tin e com-
ing in tlie near fu'u-e, when all honest
prospectors are sure to come out all
right.—Exchange.
The Jicarilla Apaches, who have been
ordered by the I ter'or Department to
Mercalero reservation, are committing
numerous depredations on their li.«e of
march. A few days ago they swept the
country arotin I I>as Vegas of all beef
cattle. They are a bad crowd, and ought
to be kept under i-trict su veil lance
by the military. After their ar-
rival at the Mescdero reservation th -y
will be rather unpleasant neighbors to
to the many £1 Paso people who have
mining and afiock interests iu that coun-
try, and we are afraid that the miners of
White Oaks, Bonito and even the Or-
gans will be seriously inconvenienced
by their presence.
The contest between Meridian Jifcd'
Morgan for the county seat of Bosque
county, has been decided by .a vote of
1194 tor Meridian against 653 for Mor-
gan, Meridian securing more than the
two thirds vote required to secure the
removal.
HALF-WAT.
Q<ve yon forgotten where we stoo 1.
Between the lights, that tiUht or Spring,
The river rolling to the flood,
So sad the birds, they dared not sin;. ?
My Jove was ever dr. amVl like t)
Beneath th! shalows of the P'-.rk,
Beneath a whisper and a ki s,
l'clwt.'n the daylight and the dar'x.
There h>ul he.-n trou',1-—this was rest;
There had been oa-sion--this was pem e;
Tiie .-unset dj ing .in the w. st,
Uade Nature's sigh and whispers eeas?.
I only fe't what I h d found,
Yon only k ,e\v what I would say;
But nothiug broke the p^«ce t-r found
B twien the d irkness und the day.
How will it en ? I canrot tell;
I asked it many in nths ago.
Before the leaves of An'uiun fi ll
And changed to white!'s w st_-ofsn w.
Yet we stand watel i.15; at the ga'e
Of summertime for p cmi'e—ha k!
No, love 'tis nothing! Wc ninstwi.it
Between the daylight and the dark.
-CI.B11 EST fCOTr.
THE A1ACHKS.
General Crook I>e?cribes Them m
Beet Fighters la the World.
the
OMHIIIM GATHERUM.
A Spread of Good Things for tie
Pnlate of the Average
Reader.
Clio ire Selections front the Gar-
den of General American
Literature.
Columns to Turn to When Ton
Desire to Pass Away
Time.
AN UNDERGROUND RIVER.
From ih .• Now York Herald I:.t rvicw.
Thereisagre.it difference in lighting
ludi iUs an I tighiiug white meu. The
savages will always get in a position
where they will be shielded and onlj'
fight when they want to, ;.nd our s ldiers
are forced to fig!it whether t hey want to
or not, and tliesj scouts knew better h -w
to surprise them than our soldiers,
for they are liitell'ge ;t warriors
and take advan age of every lit-
tle circumstance. livery Indian is
a general an J kn >ws wh .t to do under
anj- circumstanccs. He knows \\ hich is
the best position tor hiui and hoyv to take
the eueiuy at a disadvantage. lie is
always under all conditions jjk rfectly
self-possessed, an 1 there is an individu-
ality about him at all times. Thes ldier
is mechanical and part of a great machine
and thereby loses his individuality.
If there is a weak point in 01 r line
and a lot of Indian boys are iu front 11
us they will drop ou that point und
make as much out of It a? a Cses ir, Na
poleon or Hannibal could do, for
they will do exictly right, an 1 that is
all the be.-t generals la the world could
do. The Apaches are the shrewdest a id
best fighters in the world. They wl'l
strip themselves and asc.-ud a precipice
like a cat, and they will do all this after
making a'day's march. During this ex-
pedition they danced through one
night, to the discomfort of our soldiers,
who were trying to sleep, marched all
day, and climbed places where a c -yote
would not. I have known them to ruu
suddenly ou a quail and kill it with a
stone, and run down a wounded au'e-
lope. They are ji'St as much smarter
than any other Indian as any-
body could be. They have won-
derfully g°bl eyesight, being
able to follow a trail on a starlight night
as well as I could iu the daylight. Evi-
dences of their prowes< are vl-ible all
through that country, and they aud the
Mexicans have beeu lighting for hun-
dreds of years, and upon every liund are
to be seen the remains of Pu*?bl o settle-
ments which ha-, e evident'y been wiped
ou^hy these Indians, and it is a tradition
among the people of that section that the
Ap. che is unconquerable. Yet they
have wiped out every bi.nd of Puebl »In-
dians, except the Moqui* and Zunis,
whom I am sati-fied are the same class
of people. 1 have seen these fellows
ambuscade in a place as level as a floor.
There was a wagon train in 1871 going
out of Arizona into California, with an
escort iu advanvc. The Indians saw them
coming and ambuscaded In the road,
wh'.eh was perfectly level, with here and
there a clump of gms.-. The Apaches
lay upon theia stomachs, threw dust
over themselves and tied grass In their
hair and were passed by their escort un-
noticed. Alter the escort was some dis-
tance off, the In lians jumped up and
captured the wagons in the rear arid
killed the teamsters. These fel ows take
all the chances, whereas oth r Indians
seek a p'a^ where they will be safe aud
shoot the enemy. Peaches, our princ'pa'
Apache g .ioe knows that whole countiy,
and we left everything to him. 1 was
not afraid to trust him, and I believe 1
am the only mau wbo has n-ed- these In
diaus again.-t each otl.cr. 1 do not
know how to describe the way it is
done, but- 1 have never m *t a ca» e of
treachery. *i have taken these same In
diaus iu a battle who were in open
arms against me, aud have had them to
turn ar und immediately against their
own people. Peaches caine in on Its'
rai lirg party that killed HcComasandhis
wire and took their boy prisoner. Just
before the expedition started he was
brought to me in irons. 1 took the Iron-*
off and he accompanied us and did the
most valuable service, for he was the
only man wbo knew the strongholds «-f
the hostiles, and be led us direct 1/ Into
rhem. Peaches is a full-blooded
Apiche Indian, and a memb.T of
the Cbiricahuas band. lie bad two
wives among the Chirtcabnas. Peaches
did not, of coarse, know tae nam * of
the mouotaius. and like all Indians, has
no idea of distances a* to miles. He
compotes d stance by the day's travel,
and that is very uncertain, so that wk
could not form any idea of how far dowm-
we ha ) to go when he put it upon thqg
terri*
Lloyd A Biveas have justi
pieie I at Terrell one of the
tag mills ia the
US barrels per day
According to t »e repot t of a Kansas
City man, M. Whelau, who has b en 011
the Staked Pla'ns of Texas, there Is, just
below the surface, iu that dry region,
sufficient water for stock. He made a
trip to El Pa-o along the Texas and
Pacific, and says lie satisdej himself
that his former investigations of that
locality were cor>e.-t, which were that a
great submerged or underground -river
permeated th t district of the gr. at State
of T*. x.is. The herd < f this gre: t under-
ground riv. r is traceable from the Hue
of New M« x co and the PanhaudlC,
northwest of the ranife of lh«; Wichita
mountains. The outlets are first, B:g
Springs, ou the Texas and Pacific rail-
road ; I fouud the uext outlet to be near
Fott McKavitt; next, close to the weqt
bank of the Col irado river, a short dis-
tant e above Austin; then at or near San
Antonio »re two or more outlets. At the
head, as is mentioned above, by step-
ping the g ouud the river was 3 0 steps
wide aud uot more than five ft et be-
low the surface.
Here, theu, is a sufficient volume of
water to irrigate ali the country, aud
make it the garden of the nation, as
much as it is the pasture.
The above report, which we take from
the Galveston News, was incidentally
referred to 011c i before in the Pauta-
graph; row we wish to make it the sub-
ject of special mention and comment.
There is no doubt in our u.ind but what
the report is correct in its general, state-
ments. We. find at Big Springs and Moss
Springs the or.tlets of a clear stream of
water flowing underground. At all
places along the Texis.atid Pacidc rail,
way where artesian wells haye been
bored, water has b en foil id Iu abun-
dance, at:d of good quality, though k Is
sometimes impregnated with mineral
substauces through which it filters.
Where wells have beeu dug below Big
Springs and 011 a line with it, good w ater
of the same quality has beeu obtained,
only a few feet below the surface. Iu
fact, wherever water h..s beeu dug for, ic
has beeu found. Hum. what is to pr>>-
ve it this country from being the garden
spot cf the slat:*, if not of the world?
We met a gentleman oa the train a few
days sit:ce, from California, and he said
that the soil here was exactly like tho
great whe t belt of that state, and that
if we could get water to irrigate we could
have our land worth $30 per acre a*
readily as we now get 12. We unqu< s-
t onably Inve plenty of water. '1 hen,
th -re 1-t one thing needed, and that is to
have capital to start the enterpr'se of
iriigatlng by means of wind mii.s'. We
beli ve that the day is not far distant
when thU will be done, and what fs now
known as the worthless sand bills of
Texas will be the granary of the world.
Our soil U rich and cap..hie of growing
all kinds of produce, an J we will awat
the use of capital an I enterprise with
iaterest. It is bound to come soon, r or
later, and wheu it does come these sand
hills will become like the rose of Sharon.
—[Big t-prlugs Pantagraph.
arttt^Uur ent isa wire, that 1
basiso'f number of day/travel iIncreased.If
<k. nhfaMtk. opposite direction the astMcfcta
require to briag as to the objective
point, as some days we travele 1 farther
than o« other d iys.
-Mr. M
Wjeo toX «
Kloct. le Sterna.
Electricity, light and heat exist wher-
ever motion exist*. They arc each pro-
duced by motion and must, theiefor",
exist wherever matter «xlsts, as every
particle of matter lu the universe Is in
mo iou. The ac Ivlty ot these agents ta
he sun. the earth and other planets de-
pends upon the commotion that is con-
stantly going 011 among what we call the
elements of mat:er that exist in tbeui*
Ot' the so'a- system the sun is the center
of «lectricity, l'ght and heat, because of _
the p:odigiou4 struggle always
in progress am ng the elements of
which it is composed. In electricity,
light ami heat are sent out in all direct-
ions. Any unusual electric disturbance
there is felt on the earth in a few mo-
ments. Ihe earth is a huge.
and the electricity which makes it a 1
net is almost in a condition of
urn. It usually requires
I a tery to pot it into activity,
we imn usr it as an agent in
ing. B.it only unusual
the sun, as in the earth Itself, dis
our electric equilibrium ai <
bi ings on an eb-ctric storm.
aurora borealis is a:i evidence of
existence of such a storm, but
sbre mode of detecting it is thel
IC wire. An electric storm travels in 1
puluye w..yes In any dlM
the ware is in the same dim
opposite 1
h annulled, and no
An eastern or western
on a wire ru »ni
hand
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