Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 October 1897 — Page 6

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THE LAWS OF MINING.

CLAIMS ALLOWED AND PENALTIES IMPOSED IN THE KLONDIKE. & W

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ST., MICHAEL'S, ALASKA, Sept. 13.— 'Having concluded to remain here all printer rather than to return to Dawson 'City and having lots of leisure time on hand, I have made an abstract for your readers of the Canadian mining laws, 'Sent me by the gold commissioner of the Klondike, to which I shall *sdd the result of my own experience.

The Canadian differs chiefly from the United States law in the size of the claim allowed and the enforcement of penalties. There is no distinction between subjects of the queen and foreigners, a "miner" being understood as any person, male or female, over 18 years of age. Claims may be made on "bar diggings," which shall mean any part of a river over which the water extends When in a flooded state and which is not covered at low water. A strip 100 feet wide at high water mark and thence extending into the river at its lowest water level is allowed. "Dry diggings" and "bench diggings" shall be 100 feet square, the sides running as nearly as possible parallel with the stream on which or near which they may be situated.

Creek and river claims—those most in request and in which the largest nuggets have been discovered—shall be 500 feet long, measured in the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width from base to base of the hill or bench on each side. But when the hills or benches are less than

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100 feet apart the claim may be 100 foet in depth. The sides of the claim shall be two parallel lines run as nearly as possiblo at right angles to the stream. The sides shall be marked with legal posts at or about the edge of the water and at the rear boundaries of the claim. One of the legal posts at the stream shall bo legibly marked with the name of the miner and the date upon which the claim was stwked. The term "legal post" shall mean a stake standing not less than four feet above the ground and squared on four sides for at least one foot from the top. Both sides so squared shall measure at least four inches across tho face. It may mean also any stump or tree cut off and squared or faced to the above named height and sizo. All claims of whatever kind must be marked at the corners with these "legal posts," bearing name and date.

Entry shall only be granted for alternate claims, tho others alternate claims being reserved for the crown.

In defining the size of claims they shall bo measured horizontally, irrespective of inequalities on the surfaoe of the ground.

If any person shall discover a new mine and such discovery shall be established to the satisfaction of the gold commissioner, a creek and river claim 760 feet in length may be grunted.

Forms of application and the latest regulations may be obtained of the gold commissioner and by applying to the department of the interior, Ottawa.

A claim shall be recorded with the gold commissioner in whoso district it is situated within three days after the location thereof, if it is located within ten miles of his office, one extra day being allowed for making such record for every additional ten miles or fraction thereof.

Entry shall not be granted for a claim which has not been staked by the applicant in person in the manner specified.

An entry fee of $15 shall be charged the first year and an annual fee of $ 100 for each year following.

A royalty of 10 per cent on the gold mined shall be levied and collected on mnounts of $500 per week on any one claim and 20 per cent on excess of that amount

Default in payment of such royalty, if contiuued for ten days after notice has been posted upon the claim by the gold commissioner or his agent, shall be followed by the cancellation of the claim. The penalty for trespassing upon a claim reserved for the crovrn is the same—cancellation of whatever claim the trespasser may have.

After the recording of a claim the removal of any post by the holder thereof or by any person acting in his behalf lor the purpose of changing the boundaries of his claim shall act as a forfeiture.

The entry of ereiy bolder of a grant for placer mining must be renewed and his receipt relinquished and replaced every yew, the entry fee being paid each time.

K© miner shall receive a grant of snore than one mining claim in the came locality, but the mme miner may bold any numlw of claims by purchase, and any number of misters may unite to work their claims in common upon

each-terms as they may arrange, provided such agreement be registered with the gold commissioner and a fee of $5 paid for each registration.

Any miner may sell, mortgage or dispose of his or her claims, provided such disposal be registered with and a fee ol $2 paid to the gold commissioner, who shall thereupon give the assignee a certificate.

Every miner shall, during the continuance of his grant, have the exclusive right of entry upon his own claim for the minerlike working thereof and the construction of a residence thereon and shall be entitled exclusively to all the proceeds realized therefrom, upon which, however, the prescribed royalty nhftll be payable. But he shall have no surface rights therein, and the gold commissioner may grant to the holders of adjacent claims such rights of entry thereon as may be absolutely necessary for the working of their claims upon such terms as may 6eem to him reasonable. He may also grant permits to miners to cut timber thereon for their own use upon payment of the dues prescribed by the regulations in that behalf.

Every miner shall be entitled to the use of so much of the water naturally flowing through or past his claim and not already lawfully appropriated as shall, in the opinion of the gold commissioner, be necessary for the due working thereof, and shall be entitled to drain his own claim free of charge.

A claim shall be deemed abandoned and open to occupation and entry by any person when the same shall haye remained unworked on working days by the grantee thereof or by some person on his behalf for the space of 72 hours—three consecutive days of 24 hours each—unless sick or absent on leave granted by the gold commissioner.

It may be mentioned, in passing, that the commissioner has hitherto been very liberal in his views of miners' rights.

It can be seen that he has almost despotic authority and from his decisions there is no appeal.

If the land upon which a claim has been located is not the property of the grown, it will be necessary for the person who applied for entry to furnish proof that ho has acquired from the owner of the land the surface rights before enfcry can be granted. The respective rights of the miner and the surface owner shall be settled by arbitration, but subject to the final decision of the gold commissioner.

JAMES KIRKSON.

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Slavery Still Exists Within Sight of Borope and Under Its Role. [Special Correspondence.]

CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 1.—The various European nations which have made such a fuss about human slavery in the Sudan and on the Kongo keep pretty quiet about ono of the most interesting phases of the sale of men, its existence under European control in northern Africa, and in one instance in sight of British soil.

In fair weather the rook of Gibraltar is seen with the utmost distinctness from Tangier, across the strait in Africa. Many British, Spaniards, French and Italians live in Tangier, and their personal influenoe is sufficient to prevent the existence of a slave market there, but it is a common occurrence for slaves brought in caravans from Timbuktu to be taken through the town for sale in the slave markets of Bogador and other towns, and many are owned in Tangier by European residents. In the Tetuan neighborhood of Marocco, right on the borders of the Spanish and Christian province of Melilla, thousands of slaves are held. The rich Moors of Tetuan and Fes have none bat negro women slaves from the Sudan, black as Erebus, in their harems. In this case slavery is not regarded as a particularly unhappy condition, but men slaves are also employed in much heavy manual labor.

Even in Tangier, which is as European a city as Shanghai, being practically ruled by a committee of the foreign ministers and consuls in concert with the Moorish minister of foreign affairs, slavery exists unquestioned, and it is whispered that European bom Christians are not always averse to following the example of the native Moors in using human chattels from the heart of the d^urk continent to do their drudgery.

In Algeria, which is a French colony and ruled directly from France, slavery is winked at. French residents in Algeria, as in Maroooo, are said sometimes to own slaves. Certainly the natives da The same is the case in Tunis, although in neither of these cases is the traffic quite so open and unconcealed as in Marocco The late lamented Cardinal Lavijtrerie of Algiers devoted much of his life to the anti&lavery cause, but it is apparent that there is room for much more of the same kind of devotion before the "twin relic" is done away with, •ven under Chirstian rule and influence.

The visitor cleared his throat pretty much as if he were going to deliver a sermon. "I think," he said slowly and with hesitation, "if I mistake not, that I saw a statement in some one of the public prints to the effect that this office would not issue a patent on Sunday. Is that true, sir?" "Quite true. It does not." "Why is that, sir, if I may ask?" "It is against the rules of the office is all I know." "Will it issue one on any other day of the seven, sir?" "Certainly it will. That is what it is here for." "Oh, thank you, how nice," twittered the visitor, taking a large madras handkerchief from his coattail pocket, shaking it out and wiping his brow with it. "That being the case, if you will be kind enough to let me have one on Tuesday, sir, you will do me a great personal favor. You see, sir, Tuesday is my birthday, and I want a patent on it so no one can use it for birthday purposes, sir, ^except myself."—Washington Star.

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Patent Office Incident.

The patent office official bowed politely from his place at his desk as the visitor in clothes of cleric cut and a smooth face greeted him with a subdued "Goodmorning, sir." "Good morning," responded the official, with a cheerful, $150 a month manner. "Is there anything we can do for you this morning?" "I don't know really, sir," crooned the caller softly. "To know if you can is the object of my visit this morning, sir." "Very well, state your case, and if we can do anything for you you may rest assured it will be done."

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"Let me take your hat, John, dear. I'll close the door. You're tired, I know. Give me another kiss. What's one?" "Thank you, my dear.<p></p>kSllI

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thoughtful." "Of you always, to be sure, you poor, dear boy. I have the nicest supper for you. Look—some lovely biscuits, the kind of cake you like best and your favorite preserves too!'' $i "How kind of you." "Not at all. It's a wife's duty, you know, to study her husband's wishes and comfort." '4 Why, so it is 1 I had quite "forgotten that." "Now, John, aren't you pleased?""Oh, of course, of course, my darling, only" "Well, only"— "Nothing, nothing—but you've been down town this afternoon, haven't you?'' ^1 "Why, John, how did you guess? Yes." "And to the milliner's?" "You're a mind reader." "No, not at all." (After a reflective pause.) Well, here it is.'' "Oh, John, $10—you dear, sweet, good hufeby." "Um—yes—ain't I? But, come on, let's have that delicious supper now. I need it" (To himself, as he spreads his first biscuit) Mind reader—I guess so! I thought she was talking through her hat, and she was."—Philadelphia Bulletin.

-Greeks as Fighters. «8|

Smolenski had placed a battery ol mountain guns on a plateau overlooking the village of Velestino, and along the base of this plateau was a battalion of Evzoncs, sheltered by the position of the ground and by intrenclunents. The battery on the plateau played on the Turkish advance with great effect, and the order was given by the Turkish commander to charge it. The Turkish infantry swung clear, and the cavalry, led by a young officer, came on in column, first at the trot and then at a swinging gallop. It seemed a mad undertaking for cavalry to charge a battery of well served artillery planted on the crest of a long, steep slope.

The brave horsemen were met with salvos of shells which plowed through their ranks. Then suddenly uprose the Evzones from their partially hidden cover and poured upon them volley after volley. No troops could withstand such fire, and, completely broken, the Turkish horsemen turned and sought shelter in the woods in the neighborhood of Risomylos. "With the Greeks In Thessaly," by W. Kinnaird Rose. |/^s

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Sick at Sea.

Walter Wellman gives us the following statistics as to a voyage with moderately rough seas or long swell: Men seasick and invisible, 20 per cent men sick and on deck, but not going down to meals, 25 per cent men who go to meals, but only nibble through pride's sake, 16 percent men who were "never seasick," but who have "eaten something that disagreed with them," 10 per cent men not sick at all, 25 per cent women too sick to leave their cabins, 35 per oent women sick on deck, 40 per oent women who are "not seasick at all," but who have "bad headaches," 15 percent women who "don't feel just right," 7 per cent, and women who really enjoy it, 8 per oent

Coal Miners.

One million and a half men work in the coal mines of the world. Of these Great Britain has 585,000 United States, 300,000 Germany, 285,000 Belgium, 100,000 Russia, 4-4,000. The world's miners of metal number 4,000,-

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The German emperor's imperial train Cost $830,000 and took three years to construct. There are altogether 12 sars, including two nursery carriages. The reception saloon contains several pieces of statuary, and each of the deeping cars is fitted with a bath.

The republic at Guatemala has over 16,000 saloons and taverns. In the country districts there is 1 to every 82 inhabitants in the towns to everr 52.

Orant and Ochiltree.

President Grant mads Colonel Ochill?ee a marshal for a certain district in Texas. The colonel, however, did not spend much of his time at home, but went skylarking about the country wherever his fancy led him. This caused so many complaints to be filed against him that at last .the president sent for him to come to Washington.

While waiting in the White House reception room for his turn to see the president, Ochiltree began reading a report of the preceding day's races at Saratoga and was surprised to see that a horse bearing his own name, Tom Ochiltree, had carried off second money. When be faced President Grant, the latter said ne was sorry to learn that an appointee of his should be in any way derelict in his duty. "The fact is, Tom, I can hardly pick up a paper that I don't run across your name," said be. "and you seem to be about everywhere except in Texas, where you ought to be." "General," said the Texan, with a smile as radiant as a California sunset

"if you'll read the papers today you'll find that I carried off second money at Saratoga yesterday and am said to be 'in fine form and faster than ever.' See here."

And he showed the sporting page of the paper in his pocket. "Am I to blame," he said, "if, while I am faithfully attending to my duties at home, some confounded race horse is disgracing my name about the country?"

The president thought not, and Tom hurried back home and stuck to business—quite awhile.—Chicago TimesHerald.

Fox and Hoonds.

For a little way the pack follows steadily upon the line, gaining fast Suddenly a leading hound views 100 yards in front the beaten fox. He raises his voice in frantio delight. The rest of the pack in turn oatch sight of their prey, and now, ravening together, dash forward with a crash of voices, with renewed pace and vigor. The fox knows now that the end is very near, yet he still holds his head straight and pressses on. The sigbt, even to the hardened fox hunter, is almost a pathetic one. Here is no friendly ditch, no bush, no shelter of any kind where the hunted creature may set himself up at the last and die at least with his back to the wall. All is bare, inhospitable and open. The pack flashes forward, one hound three lengths ahead of his fellows. He is within five yards of his prey. The fox suddenly faces round with open mouth and bared teeth. The big hound grapples him fleroely, receiving a nasty bite as he does so. In another instant the whole pack are mingled in one wild delirium. The death has come. The huntsman gallops up, jumps off his good chestnut, rescues the dead and now tattered quarry, and, with the field gathered round him, proceeds to conduct the last rites in due form.— Saturday Review.

4 -4 Spontaneous Ignition. As is well known, a frequent source of "unaccountable" fires turns out to be, in reality, the spontaneous ignition of various materials more or less saturated with oils or fats. The following is considered a reliable list of common materials of the class which, when containing oily matters, will, under favorable conditions, oftentimes ignite naturally: Waste, tow, rags, sawdust, shavings, cotton and woolen cloth, roofing felt and, in fact, all porous combustible, bodies containing any oily or resinous substance having an affinity for oxygen. All vegetable and animal oils have more or less affinity for oxygen, while those produoed from the distillation of petroleum and shale are practically unacted upon by the element But the oils which oxidize in the air most rapidly are the vegetable oils, such as linseed, hempseed, poppy oil, eta Briefly, by far the most frequent sources of fires from spontaneous combustion are those which result from heat induced by the absorption of atos he ox

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An Account of Two People Who Could Not Sleep. The Cause and the Method Used to Remedy S -the Annoying Trouble, DRUGGISTS OF FORT WAYNE INTERVIEWED

Mr. Schwind is an employe of the Wayne Knitting Mills and a man of steady habits, He worxed alternately one week during the day time and the next week at night. His system seems to have been affected by this continual changing, so that he was soon obliged to seek the assistance of a skillful doctor. His trouble began with most alarming heart palpitation and nervous headaches These attacks, caused him to suffer the most terrible pains, on account of which he could obtain no proper sleep. He often complained of the continued failure of his strength, so that by the advice of his doctor he gave up his work for a time. But it seemed as if this forced inactivity only increased his trouble. He worried, and felt great anxiety concerning the prospects of his family he lost all vital energy and finally became indifferent to everything. As he had no appetite for food, he fell off in body in an appalling way. Finally he was confined to his bea ana had to lie there about six weeks, so that his family dostor gave him up and declared he could do nothing more for him and that the resources of his science were exhausted.

From the Gazette, Ft Foyne, Ind.

I had been visiting a comrade who had formerly served with me in the army, and was waiting for a street car to take me home, when it began raining with such violence that I took refuge in a drug store at the corner of the street. In the, store was a middle-aged woman earnestly talking with the druggist about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Being a reporter, I asked her what connection she had with these pills. She said:

According to the statements of our moat prominent druggists, the use of Dr. Wil hams' Pink Pills is Fort Wayne.

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These Pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing ths firm's trade mark and wrapper, at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for (2.60, and are never sola in bulk. They may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treat* ment inexpensive as compared with other remedies.

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lous the beneficent sad healing action of these Pink Pills of Dr. Williams on his frame. In the short space of three weeks he not only recovered his health, but he became so strong that he was able to start his work again, and up to the present he is enjoying admirable health. He therefore justly says that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have saved him from death and have preserved the bread* winner of an anxious family.

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One of our largest drug stores is that of Messrs. Rehling and Bischoff, corner of Washington ana Barr Streets. On being questioned, Mr. Bischoff declared that the sale of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had really assumed enormous proportions lately, for any person who used them once would use them again and recommend them elsewhere.

Mr. A. J. Keller, the clever and progressive druggist of tne Lau Building corner C&lhoun Street and Washington Boulevard, had onlv good things to say of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which were specially employed by debilitated women with wonderfhl success.

Our next visit was to Messrs. Gerberding and Miller, corner Wayne and Lafayette Streets. Mr. Miller said that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had been frilly adopted here and that they were being constantly more employed.

Mr. Arthur Burke, an emplove of the firm of Meyer Brothers & Co., tne wholesale druggists, who have such a widespread reputation throughout the country, said that their firm sold an enormous quantity of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and tnat the sale was constantly increasing.

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