Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 30, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 February 1896 — Page 6

LITTLE MAID-O'-DREAMS.

Fittl Maid V- rc;i!'i. with your ;, .;,. ,.j,cs s,, char ar.I purr Ci W liefe We faiU WtHlli! see Ii.r i'iiliiriiy T .. t.s hat vol! there behold, Jr. !.' visions manifold! Wi.a! ;- "ii 1 .": ul nur sight. Iii! ling till the Morrow's light, Fa -r han uv ' to-day. As .lull eves only may? Little Maiil -O'-Dreams. with faro I.ik" as in emi woodland place Lifts .1 lily. chaste :u:l white. From the .-ha. low to tin light; -Teil us. by y ur subtler glance, h..Z strange sorcery enchants You .ris now. -here, vet afar As the realms of moon and star? Jl:v jnii magic lamp and ring, Ami genii for vassaling? L".:t! Maid (V-Drcanis. confess You're divine anl nothing less, IYr wiili nnu-ial palms, we fear. Yet must pe you. dreaming here Year:. it.;-', too, to lift the tips Of jour lingers to our lips: Fearful still y(u may rebel. High ami Ileav'nly ora.h! Ti n, though all unmeet our ki-. Partien this.- an. I this! and this! !.;::! Maid-'O-Dreams. we call Tru- n:.d favor, knowing all! AI! y .ur ir..i iri' - K in truth. I'v.v foresight ami faith of youth Yi-ii':i' a child, yet oven s.. Y u! .' a sage i;; embryo -Fre.-oi. at p.ot arti-t great A- your titeims anticipate - Trus :.; (lo-I am! man. you 1.Jt:st a: Heaven inspires y.u to. -I.a iieo' Home .Touriw.l. A FANCY I'AIK. "Couldn't we get up a subscription or en!,'thi:-.u' for the widowV" Oi" course we must do something: in one's own hotel it is ton 1 read fill!'' and Mrs. YViMover shuddered nnd her companions did the same; in fa et. the whole Hotel do Claudios had had its withers wrug and its nerves shaken in a sinigularly ghastly fashion. One of the waiters, while handing around a dish at the dejeuner, had suddenly turned white, reeled, and then, in sight of all the fliest--, fallen down in a heap upon '4he polished l'.oor. "Yes. we roust undoubtedly do something," eontinued Mrs. Wihlover; "but It's a pity it can't be something mote eueral than :i subscription among ourselves. Couldn't we organize some kind of a lMiotU-of entrtainment 'i "A faiiey fair!" exelaimed two or 111 ret ladies in a breath. "It would bo a splendid idea! Fut who is to organize itV" -Oh, you-you, Mrs. Wildover! Oh, o!" Mrs. Wildover smiled modestly. "Oh. hut I'm afraid I shouldn't be a bio I-" "Yes, ye, you would." I5ut you'll ali help, won't you?'' tasked the lady, looking around. "I think we'll keep it strictly among ourselves: only the Fnglish ladies of t ho liotel must be allowed to take an active part in the bazaar." Her audience gave a rapid assent, and Mrs. Wildover immediately plunged into plans and projects. Mrs. Wildover was fat, 1. and, thanks to Trueiitt, al' fair; but had there not existed H meek, timid-eyed little creature known as Mrs. Wihlovor's husband, it Is certain that she could have had as many suitors as she wished, for Mrs. Wihlover was ridiculously, fabulously rich. The fact had come upon her as Yatlur a surprise sone half dozen years eailL-r, when she had fainted on her I t aw iii-room sofa in the little house at !Y,-kham after readint: a lawyer's letter which informed her that an almost forgotten uncle in America had died, leaving her not only his whole fortune, but his share in some petroleum springs down country. From that moment it had been Mrs. Wildover's not unnatural desire to soar above the musical evenings and card parties of lVekham and New Cross. She? went everywhere, was indefatigable in ali charitable undertakings, her tihrov.dness teUuii; her that they often proved the thin odo of the society wede. Now, at the liotel de Flail--lres, there was staying at this particular nicinent a singularly beautiful dswoSerountess. a lady most popular in Ijomf;)!. s ciety. and one wlnw broad wins culd. and they would, help poor Mrs, Wildover in her tliht. "Do you suppose Lady Lothair would help us?" sho asked, tentatively. Nobodj' seemed quite sure, but everyone thought that Mrs. Wihlover would ask licr. Lady Ijothair was cordial and sympathetic, promised to attend the fair, and even volunteered to allow some of her photographs to be sold there. In faet, plump Mrs. Wildover, who was usually very sure of the ground she trod on. scarcely felt her feet as she left Lady I jo hair's room. It was the beinnin of her success, she thought, and thinking so, slie collided heavily with sor.ieouc coming in the opposite iliriKtiou. "I 1hv your pardon." "Inded. it was 1113' fault." And both passed on in their several 'directions. The persou who had cone to the wall in tin collision was a slight pir! dressed In deep mourning. She turned into a door to her left, and. closing it behind, her, to.ised her hat petulantly on to the table. "Is that you. Nell?" called a voice from the balcony. "Ye.s; eoiuc in, 1 want to talk to you." The .other woman entered. She also was dressed in deep mourning;. "What's the matter?" sho asked, plnnci::,; at her companion. "Nothing more than usual. Why will you insist on staying here, and like this? -it's awful." "You are always ko impatient, Nell. I tell you that " A sharp knock at the door interrupted her. "Lntrez!" called the cirl curtlf, and lb tu. to both women's astonish

ment, the bis form of Mrs. Wildorer loomed upon them. "Can you spare mo five minutes. Mrs. Seymour':" asked site beamingly. "Oh. eertainly! Do sit d.rwn." said Mrs. Seymour, while Nell drew forward a chair. "I've come to ask you if you would care t help us." continued Mrs. Wil.lover, as she proceeded to unfold the scheme of the fair. Mrs. Seymour und her daughter had been at the Hotel de Flaudres for over a week, but somehow they seemed to have assimilated with none of the sets. Perhaps their deep mourning isolated them, as it prevented their joining the eeivie des et rancors, but Mrs. Wihlover felt that it would be sweet and condescemlinir of her to take them under her protection and to patronize them. "And now, what will you both do?" concluded the jjood lady, beaming on them ood-naturedly. "Will you take a stall. Miss Se.rnour, or will you sins in the concert. .r play, or what?" Miss Seymour hesitated and danced at her mother. "I'm afraid my sinsinc and play inj. dn't amount to much," sho beiran, bu. " "I'.ut she da ices nicely, Mrs. Wildover, if that is 'f any u-e to you." Mrs. Wildove- save a little sasp. nnd then suddenly recollected that skitt-daiu-ins was 01:0 of the recognizee! accomplishments "That will lfl' eliarntinz!" she exelaimed. "Anl you dn't think you will be nervous?" Nell shook hr-: head decidedly. "Then that's all risht. And won't you help us ai all. Mrs. Seymour?" "Oh. I'll sell programs, take tickets, anything you tike," replied the lady, laushini:: "mae myself generally useful, in fact." "Weil, anyway, that's something to do!" exelaimer the sirl when their visitor had departed. "Lxactly!" "Iiut whethrr the same is worth the candle; whetlvr it's worth while vesetatins here for a fortnisht for the pleasure of Vowins one's ankles at a fancy fair, I'.m sure I don't know." "Neither do I as yet, my dear. Wait till the time comes. We'll soon see. Put yen are certainly risht in one thins. Nell; black does not show you off." Th' sifl save somothins between a srmt and a laush and slaueod at herself in tlu Ions mirror, the invariable adjunct to an apartment in a foreisti hotel. She was tall and very slisht. with a clear, colorless complexion and crisp red hair: her eyes were heavily lidded, and when sho took the trouble to raise them they were of a curious ehans'ful tone. In her black sv. n no one would have called her pretty; yet to an observer there were sreat possibilities about her. She reeosnized the fact better than most people, and therefore there was some excuse, for her petulant turn from the skiss. Mrs. Seymour. 011 the other hand, was short and plump and comfortable lookins. neither plain n.ir pretty, and Sifted with little appeal ins. helpless ways which usually stood her in very Sood stead, indeed. "I wish you would not sit smilins there like that!" ejaculated Nell, impatiently. "I can't see what you wanted to come to Spa for." "I am consumed with a desire to make Mrs. Wihlovor's acquaintance," quietly replied her companion. "Then why on earth " "Hush!" said Mrs. Seymour. "L"t us so down to the salon and talk about the fancy fair." For a week little else was spoken of anions tlu Fnslish colony at Spa. In all likelihood Mrs. Wild ver had never been so happy in her life. She spent her whole time in hustlins and fussins anions her helpers, and the name of Lady Lothair was scarcely ever off her lips. Her constant companion and risht hand was little Mrs. Seymour. "I really don't Know what I could do without you." she said on the evonins precodins tin eventful day. "You seem to think of everythins. dear Mrs. Seymour " "Oh, I am so pleased to be of use to you in anyway!" exclaimed her companion, easerly. "ami so is Nellie " "Mas her dress arrive)?" asked Mrs. Wildover. "Yes I fancy she is tryins it on now. Would you care to see it?" With sod-humorcd condescension Mrs. Wildover agreed, hut she started bavk with a cry of sonuine amazement when Mrs. Seymour threw open her sitting-room and she realized that it was indeed "that insignificant sh'l in black" who stood before- J;or. She saw a vision of diaphanous draperies, a maze of llimsy silk and lace, and a face pale as a 1 ill v. but radiant under a glory of brisht hair. "Why why. my dear girl, I never realized how lovely you were before!" exclaimed the good lady as she sank into a seat. Nell made some demure reply, and executed a few graceful steps. "Your gown is perfect, my dear, perfect." "Oh. no. it isn't!" said Nell, with a laugh. "It wants your diamonds, Mrs. Wihlover. to be that." she added, with a glance at the beautiful y tones lavishly displayed on the lady's ample bosom. "Let us try the effect," said Mrs. Wildo er, graciously. In a second the girl's vrhlte throat and arms were gleaming ami Hashing. "I will lend them to yuii. If j'ou like, and you must have some fo;. your hair, too; I'll send them to you to-morrow." Miss Seymour's thanks cmi easily be imagined, and Mrs. Wih'.ovi r felt more like a bem fieent fairy thai. ever. The whole town would be ravii:g about the little Lnglish dancer to-morow, and it would be to Mrs. Wildover thai all the credit would ome. When she left mother and daughter together, both sat for a moment silent. "Do you suppose she will really loud them ;' asked Nell, doubtfully. "Why not?"

"Then " "Then, my dear child. I suppose you will be a little reconciled to our vegetation?" The sirl laughed, and the mother began to turn over a "Pradshaw" in a businesslike fashion. The fancy hair was not to be opened until the evening. A great number of tickets had been sold, and there was quite an iinpeins list of figures in the account-book Mrs. Seymour carried, for she had arransod to relieve Mrs. Wildover of all the mere business part of the affair, and was really secretary and treasurer rolled into one. "Do you know that Harry is here?" exclaimed Nell, in a low voice, as she burst into Mrs. Seymours room on the afternoon of the great day. "Of course he is. 1 sent for him " "Put " "How silly you are. Nell! You are delicate. I could not allov you to dance unless there were an et'iciont medical man on the spot. Suppose you were to faint?" "Put if Harry forms one of our party " "That would be absurd; no, he will merely be there in case of an emergency." At that mome it Mrs. Wihlovor's maid appeared at the door, with her mistresses' compliments and several morocco cases, and a mcsase that that lady would like to see Miss Seymour when she was quite ready. "You ;ire positively eleirinins. my dear!" ejaculated Mrs. Wildover. when the girl stood before her dressed, "and. let me tell you that j on look worth more hundreds of pounds titan yi.u have lived years." It soon became apparent that the attraction of the fair was in the little yellow-curiaine-.I booth, where a stase had been eroded, and where several people were content, to crowd together and endure the efforts of several sinsers In order to enjoy the sight of Miss Seymour's dancing. Nothing was spoken of but her grace, her charm and the magnificent diamonds which Mrs. Wihlover had lent lur. Mrs. Seymour had. however, been so busy looking after other people, taking charge of their stalls during their temporary absences, that it was late before she was able to sot near the place where her dattshter was daueiug for the sixth or seventh time. The mother jrtood just inside the door, conspicuous in the black gown which she still wore; Nell was floating across the stase, her draperies weaving fantastic fisares r. rou ml her, when suddenly her stei s grew uncertain, her arms dropped (imply to her side and she fell like a l'g upon the stage. A cry ran through the little booth; Mrs. Seymour pushed quickly forward. "She hvs fainted!" she cried in alarm. "A doctor! Is there no one w ho will fetch a decto;?" "I am at yoitc service, madam." said a young man, making his way rapidly to the staso. The next nuuient he had raised the faint ins sirl in 'lis arms and was carrying her to soma quiet spot. Mveryone was lost in pity for the poor widow, who was beside herself with grief and a la rm. In a very short time, however, a melancholy Utile procession left the bazaar by a side entrance. The men carried the still unconscious sh'l on a species of improvised hammock, and Mrs. Seymour and the doctor walked sadly by her side. They all entered the hotel; the servants placed her on the bed. and then the doctor declared that they could do nothing more for their patient. They wen, in fact, few hands to be spared, and the busy hotel-keeper was delighted when Mrs. Seymour declined all offers of help, and declared that she w ould nurse her daughter herself. It was fully - o'clock in the morning when the strange doctor left the hotel; the night porter who let him out asked f.r news o? mademoiselle. Her medical attendant shook his head: "Don't let anybody go bothering there in the morning to inquire after her; everything depends on keeping her quiet. At midday, however. Mrs. Wildover would take no further denial, and insisted on going to inquire for her friends. Several time she knocked ineffectually; at last, growing alarmed, she tried the door. It was locked. After considerable delay the door had to be forced oien. and. white as death. Mrs. Wildover rushed in before anyone else. It was. Indeed, her cry which made the others follow her with a rush, expecting they hardly knew what tragic spectacle. As a matter of fact, nothing met their eyes but a couple of mourning costumes, neatly folded on a chair and the diaphanous dancing dress lying in a heap on the lloor. For the rest nothing nobody. The astonishment was so great that It was fully a minute before anyone grasped the situation. "ott in himmel! My bill! They are swindlers!" gasped tre hotel keeper, finding his wits first. "Swindlers!" ejaculated Mrs. Wildover. "Ah, my diamonds!" Fveryone gazed at her speechless; in a moment the w hole thing was as clear as noonday, and. In the confusion of the fair, their mourning girb doffed, they had escaped, and won a good twelve hours' start. Mrs. Wildover startled everyone by a peal of hearty laughter. "She's mad!" screamed one In horror. "The loss of her diamonds has turned her head." "The diamonds," she gasped, after a second. "That's just it! I left them at my banker's in London. Those the girl had were paste." No one ever quite knew what the exact figure of the receipts of the fancy fair amounted to. Mrs. Seymour might have told, but she omitted to leave her account book and cash box behind. And one thing is tolerably certain that never again will Mrs. Wihlover interest herself in widows or orphans at a continental hotel. Jndou World.

NAXSES AM) THE POLE '

NORWEGIAN EXPLORER'S SUCCESS NOT CONFIRMED. Report Ke.clu-s St. ; L-rstoiri; that j the Darin:; Niixi.itt r IIus Found ! the Pole News Not A it t lion t ic, Jiml ; Scientists Are Skeptical. Further News Awaited. Tile reported DTtil pole deeVrv l.V Lr. .Nansen is l.eurj; -.wen nniea aite'.i-

t:on by the press, hut s.-i. -atisi- generally j s'X, wliieli said that Mrs. Nansen had are in- lin.-d f.. he sk.-p;!. al. without j n-e.-lved a h u-r tied to .-. earn-:- j.'-eo:!. ayin- Hie possiMiities truth oi tlu re- . statin- thai ir. Nansn an I Iiis ventureport. The st. ry coiaes as a telegram from j s,,,,,(. ;kS,.;;1!,,s u,re sate and that the Irkutsk. Sil.erla. and -avs that a Sihe-5 ep,.di;i..n was progressing satisfaetorlly. riau trader named Iv.r.ehnareff. a-nt of j The weü-kaowii'fa-'-t that n iiu'"..i.s we: Dr. Fridtjef Nausea, tin- Norwe-ian :-! taken in tin Frain. to-eile-r with a la. k of piorer. vvlio sailed in the i'ratn Juno 24. d.-tiniteios as , tii" l-i.-ation ,,f tiie .ar:y. 18'..",. l.r the Ar-t:e r. -'...n. ieis received! eon. '"med to .lis -relit in p-pular estimaiiifrmatio!i ticit Dr. Nansen ivaehed th ii-.j ihe an; he.; i -ity of tie- !- tt r. nortii pole, found !aed t!:.-rc. .i:iI is n...v j April las; year preat xeitemcat was retiirnii! ..ward .iv;:;:'.-it;i.n. Figaro of ;i dispat.-ii tii.-.t Dr. Nansen had Th news from j):-. a:: a was re-iv- r.-aeh. ,! ,.. u j..,le, planted a l!a- of cd at Irka;-k from ft V.-i.-ht. at t h- ' cause. I J.y the pui.'.ieathiti in the Paris mouth of th- Va:: i river. The Vana riv.-r ! Norway v.; y. it a;id was retura'ai in trifalls into the A:v;ie oe-'aa hy sveral ' umt.h. Tl.is ruaior was n.e. cn-ra!ly

"x VV 'I r::r i:xploki:i: nanskx ITom a i'hoii;iaph taken in. me mouths in latitude To decrees north ami longitude 1117 ile-.TiM's ast .,J" ( reenwieh. l.'st Yacht, or Fst Yan.-k, is om of these. In faet, Fst, or O.-t. is the llussian inline for the moi.th d a river. Fst Yar.sk is only a fit tie more than miles lr.m Liakov island, whieh is 'iie of tii mw Siherian islands. Th m nih of the Yami is eonsitlerahly over Dh) miles east of the Lena delta. The ili-fateil .Jeanette was crushed in the ice in 77 decrees 10 minutes nort'a latitude and 1 "." h-rees east longitude on .lime 1.". 1SS1. This iMiint is to the northeast of the New Siheriati isla mis. Those of tin expedition who reached land cam r'0 miles in heats and sleds to do it. Their point of arrival was west and north of Fst Yansk. Win n Lieut. Foriry was seen at NewYork and asked whether in his judgment r iii .ii riuo.ior .nanskx, nr. i. nny reliance was to 1 placed on the rej ort that Dr. Nansen had reached the north Hle and is now returning he promptly replied that what with the nieayerness of the dispatch, the locality from which tin news comes, and the season, it does not seem to him as likely to he authentic. Dr. Xan.sen. if Ids theory in regard to the current be correct, Iieuf. Feary said, would not he likely tö ever pet back in that direction. lie expecte.J to cross the pale and come out somewhere on the east coast of (ireenland. If Nansen or any of his party is where it is said he is. tiie lieutenant thought the NANSKX AT TIIK UOHKA!, message should come direct from him. At the time (Iiis is written the riiort has not yet been confirmed ami cannot be considered authentic. Sail in u of the Front Dr. Nausen and his crew of eleven men nailed out of the port of GhrMtinnia at won ou the 1'lth of June, lS'JX Thou-

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r- )'; ; ii 1 v. .; :i eve fi'oiU a kv;ik .; to ; y :i i i- t y ..t i-r.; J t. sn-.iai I niit. -i. all gaviy ! aTi-.l with hanrii-s an.! silver As l'v.liu p:is-c! is Ii. ;:,. i li.eatt ö I ' 1 ho u ::it :i 1 ::is !.;:, is in. i r .an-en was oil iv k 10 wave a far we'.J s.ilule to his wife. v. iio in t":. ::r ei il,c :iu-;c, !;'! ia a dres ()f pure white. Salutes of tare" ;rtnis v.eiv tr.vd !. ia i!ie various La : ; cries as th l'raia pa-od )lie::t on 1 l'.'.ll' ft. 1 M il t I ) t !ie per.iolts Af : le seas. Various messages. o;:io of extreiu. lv dotiotful antle niieity, have been received 1 ur;:t "r the interval s;;n-e the exI peilitioii embarked. (:;. ,.f tii'e was a ,';M.;,trh e:.t ..nt t'r.en 'U t isi ia ni-i Dee. ' .... - ... ' T 1" and his wjei:. lialely t)'l"or Iiis dejiarture. credited hy scientists or navigators a:il was not eoiiürm;! hy any su!;s'n;e!it ' ;:i!tl reliahl;' informatioa frnn the pluck v j party of Aretie explorers. Other alie-.l , news from Dr. Nansen mis hoou puhlisiu-T troin time to time. One dispatch, beari'ii; dal. of March 1. spö. was sent from Fo:'!o;i and contained the statement that a letter had been receive! at ilammerfest, Norway, dated at Kjollefjord. Feb. -I. This letter contained the statement that a balloon had been sighted by a telegraph inspect e-. located between Lebesy ami Langfj rd. ami tli.it it doubtless contained a message from Nansen. Tie last reliable information from tho explorer was a di.-patch from Yardoo, dated Aug. ".'!. '.K. and signed by Fharabowa, stating that the Fram was a!hut to enter the Kara sea. Nansen's Arctic Thoeey. Since his t wenty-seeoml year Dr. Nansen has been contemplating; crossing the north ps!;'. ami wilh tliat end in view has been diligently studyiiig the Arctic ocean currents. lie noticed the two large currents Mowing tlown the coast of Ireeulahd out of tin polar regions. Approximate cal'ml.i'.ions showcil that an enormous quantity of water was thus transported setttliwaftEy. Df course, it would be impossible for the polar ocean to continue to yield .-urh great volumes of water unless similar streams wire somewhere (lowing into it. lr. Nansen .-ourhi the'r source en the opposite side of the pole off ;! coast of Siberia, where he discovered a great current which tuaved steadily toward th pole. Not only did tie water flow toward the pole, but Hi' thick ice crust was carried by the stream in the same direction. The idea struck Dr. Nansen that it would be possible to drift across the pule starting off the coast of Siberia and coining out by way of (Ireenland. Tills i.h a was strengthened by the result of .lames (Jordon lenuett's .leannette expedition of lKSU-r. Dr. Nansen considered this theory demonstrated a nil reasoned that if he could have placed himself upon the stores lost by the .Irannette he would have crossed with them the polar sea. ltui this is far from the only proof o? a trau. -polar current, livery week birg' quantities .f driftwood arrive on Spitzbergen island ami (rccnhwid coasts by the polar route from Siberia. In this way the Fskimo is provided with all the wood he needs for houses, tools and lire. AVithoiit it lie could not exi-t. Furthermore, Dr. Nansen caused experts to examine the earth FX I) OF T1IK FAUTH'S AXIS. and ro'ks found n the ice whieh drift aloiiff the Creenland coast, and it was ?- cided that these were ihntieal with those of Siberia ami must have drifted on the ice across the pole. Venezuela's export trade with New York readies SS.OOO.QCO a year.

SC0J1ES DIE i.N A .MINE

NEWCASTLE, COL. , SCENE OF 1 THE D SÄSTE . Gas lixplo-ioii in the Vulcan Kcmls the Kurth ami Mtiionih.s J-mxIs- Vrkirien Naiieatinti I'limes Ktjel Kctcr.ers Not u fc'oul Mscapes. I.on' a Death Trap. With a report ;hat -h k Flk mountain to its ha- ami eau-ed the ae-hhorin j. alvs to loiter and tv--!. tie- N'uh-aa mine at .N'ewci !e. ''".. wear up in smoke Ti'-sij iv :4;..raiau a:; ! iiy Eves w re f:ieritiee.l. Tiie fdll.e, i;: are all the nar.ies of minors ku-e.va p, j.,- a; vv..i-k tii.;; eaa In !-taiia-d: A.i.ii-on. 'l'..:a. Matteve. .Vu-ast. liecker, r-te:-, .Me!s-!.a:it. "has.. W hc-ki, I'r. d. '.- 'curly. I rank. home in i!!.:. .'. rr. i I aowva.-t.. lt.. 1 'at i':er. l'o:;!. 11. ii. .Jr.. Pa trie';... Ar.t.-ni, 'ei..';i';:i. .!..;,;,, .!ri e-. !:.!. Ai.el. II ..-he. I'i.'l'p. Dorr. ...--.-;.::. K.-u.o. A!--.v. D :;. WW-. l;t:. ',. Atalfew. 1 : v : ; ! -. I I .1.. It i om, Fa. do-. .1 :.'!!..: al .) S.-a : !' '. .1 .-ui. y- a :--! i v -a 1 itn.l. S-.iife, A le.. -:e.; ?:. I. -a.-. K.::ert. ila'.'.-rt.v . Vil;:.f::. S'.ttion'.-. Frark. ll.'rris..:'. .!::;. S tit !: . ;i;: !. )'et r. ä. ,ia '.v '!.-;.,. ' .. 1 '; ' ;. T a 's. . ;:.). J .a vi;:a ;. Tie To --;. i ,. ij. ;..!. ;..:. V.'.;:-.!. i- rue. Ma- :' . I'- o f. W ;-!,. ; :.. ir.', M.iniü... A;.: ai . W'.-'.i'. WiEiaia. M-'Kca -.. 1). ... :.'..-. Ail t1!-1 ;.! ti w. al w- rk atal in t a .-..iii'd of w.-:: ::i-'.:.- was cmltt.-i fr-,m lie lej .; iis of ; le' ;; r; Ii w a !' t ii .vo s.-o-s men v. er- eiUT'ioi '.l in iiieir .!a'a fous eaili::., :i.d thos. :hc surf.e were ;:).iii,-;n in some by-play vvhile. waiting the change of forces that ame with the noon hour. F.I ' ! ;; was "riding tie rope." a jrerformame that, whiie reuded as liaard.u. was accepted as a daring exploit and only indulged in by th .s, whose familiarity with the m;:i" made them foolhardy. A little crowd of mi.-e rs and carmen won at th' side of tin si,,p, that 11 to tin Wotkiii-s. Welch app.-.nd at the e-iwu-ing and was greeted with a cheer by tin by.-tander-. Then the ear;h trembled and the grout; ! heaved as in trouble and with tie ihre i of an unseen disturbance. Welch was l.ufie.l through ;p.ue ar.d landed on the mountain sih -100 feet iiv.'ity. I'ora'mo-! tea minutes the fate of those ia tin workings of the mine was not questioned, and then the horror began to steal over the faces .1" the survivors as they realized that not a sold of the day force would escape. Th -n the alarm was spread with all tin- rapidity of th' railroads and telegraph and a-sistaace was summoned from the mines in the vicinity. Where the cut ra ioc to the mine had nee been there was nothing to indicate tin locality but a yawning chasm that extended from the side of the mountain o th ither side (' the gulch. It was probably "; feet wide, and from the lepths of the yawning cr'vi came forth awful dors thai sickem-d the spectators. (Jases that seemed to ernannt. from the I towels ef an inferno generated an overwhelming stench that tb tied the approach of investigators, v. ho were compelled to remain at a safe distance in the vicinity to avoid being overcome hy 1 in extremely putrid smell. It csc tic Parties Oruanizc 1. Daring rescue parties were organi:: l to effect an entrance to the Vulcan, bat they were quickly repelled by tho fumes from tii' working--, and reluctantly beat a retreat. Their own lives were endangered by the i.tsk. ::s iho nips of lie? great ga! in lie earth were not understood, and the subterranean props had evidently been blown out with the first shock. Approaching parties reported that tie ground m ar ihe (ormer mouth of th mine was unstable, and thai another 1lapse from tiie surface was likely to occur at any moment, enveloping ail within reach. Various attempts were mad time and again t reach the edg" of the gap by men equipped with respirators, but each time they returned to announce failure. Tin management insists that the reporttd loss of life is not as bad as first accounts say. but tin-re is apparently no hope for a single survivor, according to the judgment of men who have been cmployed in the mine. Loiig Itcen a Death Trap. The Vulcan has always been a fruitful source of iispiie( to the Canon City Yo Company, which operates the proerty. ami for years rim interior of the mine was abamlimed on account of the spontaneous generating of gases that coel.I not Im overcome. Fire for years defied the most strenuous exertions of the operators to extinguish it and the workings were transformed into a huge cauldron, into which no one dared venture. Despite its bal reputation, the company maintains that if only an explosion occurred that was not followed by tire there wen frequent places in the tunnels and lrifts for the men to seek refuge. Hut the violent surfa e lNturbanee does not tolerate the belief that anyone is saved from the wreck, and miners have abandoned hope. The mine was running almost to its full capacity owing to (he fuel war that has been waged in the West ami was shipping at the rate of ten to fifteen cars a day. Ow ing to the dangerous character f the mine the miners were not allowed to enter the slope with any matches in their possession, but the rule w as not nfireel. for, although death was imminent for unyone venturing to strike a light, some of tho more ignorant miners could not be taught that their lives depemhsl on the observance f the order ami frequent infractions of the rule were reported at headquarters. 1 1 or New Teeth. Mrs. Frown was an elderly lady, quite deaf, ami somewhat inclined to look rpon this world as a vale of tear-:. A neighbor, passing the house oneday, and st'oing; the old lady sitting; by an open window, greeted her with tinusual warmth. Imping to liring a smile to her doleful countenance. "Cod morning." sho screamed. ' This Is very line weather we're having." 'Yes." replied Mrs. Frown, "but 1 can't eat wilh 'ein yiU"

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