The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, October 11, 1893, Image 1
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TI1UKLOW S CARTEII, Editor and Manager , A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial lutcrests. Terms $1.50 a Year. Payable in Advauce.
~SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION LANCASTEH, & i .. < )CT It, 18!?. ESTABLISHED 1842.
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A 7i?*s irllSal1 TOR CMIlMHtrr f-. 1
TL- YT--i - * LU.i _ t ? ? *
iiit- i uncu oimcp phvo inr eacn iov
miles of railway twenty locomotive?,
seventeen passenger cars and 714
freight cars. |
In the production of iron ore i
"Michigan ranks first. Her product is
nearly one half ->f the total of the entire
country.
I
In an essay on Egypt, recently pub*
fished. Dr. Philip Schnff estimates that
n?? lens than 731,000.000 mummies
have been buried in it* soil. I
Home of the richest gold and silver
mines in the world are in Japan.
Prom them ore t-> the value of #250,*
000,000 lias been extra-tod.
Gnttliiii. has Huceeeded iii adding an
electric appliance t<? the gun which
bears his name, which makes it possible
to tire thai weapon 5000 tunes a I
minute.
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The National Bank of Italy, like the
Bank of England, manages the finances
of the Government. It is n practical
monopoly anil has branches in every
large city.
. ;
Recording to the method which is
now adopted for reckoning leap years (
in England, December, .lunnnry and
February will be the summer months
about 720.(100 veers licuce.
i
Officers and soldier* of the French
fltrmv will liPi?p.pfnrtli .? ioo4.?lli??
plute fastened to their rollara for '
idenliflontion A similar Kclmipe is
l?eiu? considered f->r the benefit o(
minors. <
The Now York llecoriler HVtra Hint
Kansas farmers have reaped more
wealth <>ff the earth* HiirfHOe i?? prtiin
than hn* hern dug out of it i intcrioi
in previous metals in the kbuic turn- in
nil tho.tjtutes un-l Territories west o!
her.
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New York C'itv has $10,000,0.').') inl?-il
lli orkoul MtoK and huiWlliRn:
jJJ' cdlloiit iolii) I'Miljji I i-l Mpnlll In'1
r wu *o,50\000; ?f Italy. $8,<)Jd, 1
of Frmif#\ $'jr>,oo;>.oo >; of Great
if tnin, ?:).">,00",'JOO, and of (Jermanv,
fF *i,i)i)0,two.
W~yCalifornia people have subscribed
k),DO-) for the hupji >rt of tho Cali- (
^jR'tiia Mid v.-i tit v International l-'ajr. i
Tli Fair Structures will l>e placed in 1
tlohleii (l.itc I'arii. m lar^e plot oT reserved
land west of Shu Frau-iseo he
tvecu tin city and the IVitic Coast t
line The hud tiii'.'H will he Moorish,
Azteo and early Hpuiiali Missi >n iu
denim. Commissioners of Forsifo
Government1* it (,'liirago have been in
ferined <?f the Fair ninl united to aid
in securing exhibit* for it.
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Alligatorsnre the next animal* to be <
In danger of complete extermination
at the hinds of reck lean and merciless
hunters, oomnvutst heC'liieago Herald.
There has been h great demand foy al i
ligator skin, which foi many purposes 1
ia unsurpassed, and with even decent
killing of tin creatures the supply of
thin useful leather might be kept up 1
indefinitely. That tlieir extinction is
chine at hind is not surprising when i
we learn that ovei d,?M)0,tHW) have been
killed mi Florida since 188(1, and that
(iOO wan at on- time a fan week a work.
As it is with the alligators. hiifTalos I
and peals. s.? it ia with many species of
aouthcrii buds which have been ao relentlessly
slaughtered for their plumage
that with: a few yearn they will
become .
The commercial ami industrial fail- (
nrea m the panic of lH7.t numbered I
Til 8ft, with total liabilities of ?228,- 1
499.900. Until 1878 these failures
steadily increased hi number though
not in volume of liabilities aave in '
1878, when 10,478 failnr.it cover.-1
liabilities to th* amount of *281,383,
000. Thin, liow<?vct, we-. the yoar
prior to that ill which the bankruptcy
law wah ti? cease. an t varv many shaky i
concerns hi businoas
desired to a Ivnnt *;-<?* bj passage into
bankruptcy. In 1*74 tbe number of
name* recorded in business in the (
United Htatos and Canada, as the New
York Kvening Poet presents it, was (
594,189, while in 1H93 the number has i
more than don triad. The faihir.-s of 1
1892 are shown to b?- jn.dtl, with li- j
abilities of ft 14.011,187. For the Urst
atx month- of the cutiont 3 jar too (
nnmher of failnrea i? flt91, with lisbil*
tiea of I'.l. 'The coupari |
aotvmakea decidedly in far.ir of the 1
present situation," aide tha Pout, 1
"and many factors warrant the as |
rtion that present disaster does not ,
compare with the disaster wrought in
187JI, and leads to the hope that recovery
will be much -pucker." ,
,JL#|n? I
I had a dream,! 'M*aa j1
1? bur's n?y| U%Ju(J<,'l , again. ''
I thought I *tin tfl g' "u J,fo ""ll r
Its neaiv b*v~M crowded street and ,
n"i ^
kbore the ho#;' fj I't'tmirot), and the
s'are ikJI z'
From ?')h!^--55*)J an,T wall. and sunacorchei
I looked, it nifldflm, /?rl' frctoi on high, J'
Not strong, 'hliug. and 1 saw?Ood, 1
1'ho children'taeoi, bold or ehv c
All, all wviOi fi|ti n"ao uoomeibright or
glad; ??*
I hoard thcfssU" restless r)
{9C'- T. If?lj P
An 1 their to ,"MO'Stuh heart?, that beit
and lt'oe(B|< tl
Doi^B
Ibeii. a?= a I", /c.fHp"'- 1 h"*'ed mv eyos tt
Out to tli.j?ck tkjf'"? waters of th<? hay, |,
l'o all the tu gfi l lovilir.eas that I as nj
\\ illiln tlf^ <?rd'e gloiioua da\
I II < lulls, l')'* streams that laugh tl
tun* H l>
And the I ^19 IjTPy heaven that smiled t<
a ho M 4,89? ''
[ saw tionh "i tho cool deep grass, 1c
Aud !? ?< frBAhs that shook their bios t<
H'nu jfflfi bl
I watched o" sun-swept pinions "
rUI'Al
And th+ % .-?ijkaiii the crowded town ?
I'ho pal! ) ^^^tdiou, where they waked
Th-ii Dg faces, and 1 wept.
tiol -oin tel^^Baan and lwnt. for want of 01
br h, J
Ai:d4i ks'with foir of cnr*e ur n
tnd s<>| n' baud aud
Xtnili Hi*h^Hl>!,b> hoi"-*oss toilers
kuotv, ],
tad ? one chitdroi no more rb,
GoJ, II
1 dared iiC Ji\Vw 30 the path they to
,rod! M 15 u,
Sear me ,'hs hung, aud mutely (|(
Aud C'h i-^f'bought, wept loo, abovo it to
*11 Ml si<
A brokeu prfl>. against my #ol.l>irg swept,
And I aw.J* I weep when 1 recall 81
I lia'dre^l}':< b so strange! It can but be
O ,1; i I Hn ulr 'txvsi but a droim he
? (Mary I Do Vero, in the Ladies! mi
IF&h I ^urnal.
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M RflPljlTIG STORY. J:
BV < Ij^re^rfrou).
With n heart Illluil with plcnsurnhlc a
lit'thjllB| f 11M?K ? IM. ilU* I (t'Alttvf MI
i oiogiie. j utnuuai oa was titicr j?
l.alinstein. whore I hopu?l to spend a few
days, making excursions to the tStol/.en (
fels, F.ma, Nassau, iir.d the roinantio h
tieighlioihood of the river I.din. I h'd ^
mining my letter* of introduction one y
from my bishop, "cconimendiiig me tj i|
the kind attention of Father Ituoker the m
vencrriblo pastor of Capellen. This ] |j
determined to present immediately upon |>
my arrival. My bishop had given me an h
eloquent description of the old gentle
man. Tiny had been chiasmales at it
Home, and after their ordination Father j.
Iturkir was sent to his native village ns
assistant |>nstor. while Dr. I', returned hi
to America, became pistol tit Arlington, H
where, after twenty five years of watch- p
fill care over a vtry numerous flock, he , |
was transplanted to the hitdioprio of w
Delaware.
On the arrival of the atcannv at hi
l.ahnatcin, 1 took the ferry to Cnpel -j
len, on the opposite hank ot the Rhine, m
and in a few minutes stood at the doir rt
of llin old priest's house. My knock n
was answered by an old lady in a white hi
nap, who, in answer to my inquiry, in* in
formed nin that her brother, Father m
Kueker, was tpiite ill, hut would of
course, sea me, and leading me to his m
room, I stood unannounced at tin- bed pi
side of the good Herman priest, lie was
propped op by pillows in a sitting post m
lion, and seeing by nty dres* that I was u ui
ilergjman, he at urne made me we! fi
coinc. |
I delivered my letter from ItishopC. 1,
I >n leading it, thn tenia started to the old [j
priest's eyes, and he asked me a bun- t<
llfP.ti lllirutinllA n???ot.liw.. Si.?
, tn? maun in
n| my Birltop. and about the Church
in Araerii a and the incidents of my voy ol
aye. ni
1 found him a mutt pleasant nud f<
agreeable gentleman, although suffering <|
terribly from rheumatism, an attack of a
which had br tight him to Ids present con h|
dition. He neverthelcKSi was a merry
and entertaining host. lie ordered his r<
The iiuvc horns befotc dinner pasted rf
away pleasantly. The cottage stood on w
the very edge of the liver, the steamer* t<
and light ciaft pissing up and down, p!
and now and tlicu a great rnft with its g,
village of huts In the centre, und poo rti
pled hy rtozen* of men, women and
ihildreu, made the view from the ptiest's fe
lied room n gay and animated sight.
"The captivity enforced by this cr
plague, rheumatism, is less irksome ra
Irom the fact that this window nffordsan pi
uuinterrupted view hotli up and down nt
the Khlnc for many mih ?, und here I sit cc
and watch the liver rmft with their w
br'ght and fairy like w ings of ciiivms.
At limes,'1 said the priest, "I can count hi
ss many as forty ami fifty sail. Come, In
Hika, let us giro our guest a regular m
lierimiu dinner."
When I returned from my room,where I
I retired to arrange my dress, I found the (J
old gentleman seated in a little room
Ihnt rerved as library, study and dining o|
?al?H?n. lie had made a despenito effort, ri
and though in much pain, determined yi
lo appear at dinner in honor <>f the
"Amerikaner priest,'' as lie jocosely w
called me
After dinner pipes were in order, and in
while watching tho i-rnoke ascending ot
from our meershaunis, stories and Inci
dents of oar priest hood became topics of ac
imii conversation. te
"It is over twenty years ago," said my it
host, "when ! was awakened one night ki
to go on a aii k coll. lo
"A little ffltl llfim?>**?r rxt II.I..I.L
... , . - -> " ueinin-n j ' 11
t ink, the innkeeper, <?m<* ?o our ?lror, J ol
irking her father liad nent ber to beg wo el
to hurry *t once to the tnuro, that | fe
t
"" '"??! II
iiuugcr lay ayiug, unci that the priest'
crviccs would he inorc required than thi
hysicinn's. Hastily throwing ou in;
obevrock,' I followed tue child to liciu
ioh's 'gasthau8.'
"lie met inc at the door, and in a fev
rief sentences told inc that the sick mat
uly arrived that afternoon, that aftc
hi taking of a glass of wioo and n prct
el, he deposited a package of letters am
small pocket wallet tilled with inonc;
notes and silver?and bidding th<
uidlord good night, had gone to bed
lint some two hours after groaus am
rics were heard in the stranger's room
"On opening the door the poor mar
ms found in great agony. Ilis onh
uswer to the kind iuquirien as 1o whai
ottld he done for him was to send for ?
ricss.
"I never saw such .a sad-spectacle ni
ie man presented, stretched full lengtl
i tho bed, a large and powerfully buill
lan, Ins liair tangled and matted ovei
is < jes, his massive frame shaking witf
so,,y , ...
"I suspected suicide, and we searched
ieroom for some evidence of the case
ut discovered nothing to show an at
nipt at self destruction. I crdeicd
icinrich to bring some brandy and with
real difficulty the poor fellow swal
wed it. For a moment he ceased tc
?ss in pain?slowly he opened his grcal
la< k eyes and waving his hand tc
oinrich to leave the room, spoke 01
tther gasped out, as follows
" 'Oh, Father, I am glad you arc
ere. I lmvo much to say to you. Are
e slone?'
" 'Yes,' I said, assuriugly.
"'Well,'said he, while his eyes gave
it a most unearthly glare, 'I am a
anted man, hunted by visious of her
ho fell by my hand. I am a murderer
a double murderer! Ten years ago 1
as lending actor at the Royal Thcntic
llanau the favorite of the grnmi duke
id the Mar in tiic Rhine provinces.'
" ' Tell me your nnmc, my son,'"said
" 'Not yet, good father- not yet. At
anatt I fell in love with a girl attached
the thea're?she was as pure as an
igel?an orphan, ller father having
en for years tho bandmaster, at his
ath tho company at the theatre adopted
;r, and she was making rapid strides
wards nptoud position in tho profism
when I first met her.
" 'IVc acted many nights together.
>c jilayed Juliet to my Romeo, (loothe's
Kline Margaret to my Faust. Well,
1ii>:?= ?aw- -t-M.i
...... ....... n.uro^, pure CI1IIU WOll Illy
nit, and site loved me too?she told
U S ?.
" 'Wo lmd arranged secretly to be
me limit ami wife on licr reaching
enty. She wns not vet nineteen.
" 'My lir?if^iuwt#^|iTnce* tnlhv?)fi to
J During my absence her letter
Tre loving and trustful.
" '1 was happy then.
" 'The very secret of our love, for n<
no knew of our attachment, waa in itsol
charm, ami I thought with pride of thi
>wr ?) ?< 1 I'lewut rtic r.nriliit
irl before the world as my wife.
"'One day while at Cologne I re
cived a letter from Lena, for that wni
er name, in which the spoke of thi
reat succo-s of a plav written by a vcrj
ruing otliccr of Dragoons at Coblentz
lai. us iter noting lin<I contributed st
nn li to tho general success, tlm younj.
cutennnt d?*sircd to picsent iter with i
nuclei, ami she wished to know if ]
ad Hiiy objections to her receiving it.
" 'I (Oiifouted that she should ncccp
, though at the time I had some nits
iving.as to the propriety of the act.
" 'From that hour it seemed n? if six
a<l changed in her feelings towards 1110
Icr letters grew has frequent, end tin
nro and tender tone formerly s<
larart eristic of her nature secinai
anting.
" 'Cliristinns was approaching, and ]
ad promised myself the pleasure o
lending that day with I?enn. I coin
inuicntcd my intention to her. lie
ply to my letter suggested that it wai
long journey to make, and that shi
ird a new part to study, and it did no
i fact express the least desire to se<
c.
" 'The coldness of her letter stunf
e. I felt that another had taken in;
lace in her affections.
" 'Tha* night I paced my room al
iost fiantic with jealousy. 1 threv
ystlf on the l?ed only to rise again
ir sleep had deseitetl me. That nigh
made avow that, should my suspicim
rove true, I would kill her; and as day
ght appeared through my windows,
ipeated .ny oxth, that she should die
id by tny liarid.
" 'On Christmas eve. under pretcnei
[ a desire for study and privacy, I tolc
ij landlord that I would keep my roon
ir a day or two, and did not wish to lx
isturbed. I ordered h<?iuo biscuits am
few bottles of win'' to lie scot to my
|iartment.
' ' The moment the waiter left m;
Kim, I hastily put on my disguise I
laved off my moustache, put on a brow*
Ig, and as my |irofetsioual skill iami
> my aid, I wot completely inetamor
hosed. I then locked the door, anr
i ning the street, at once made for th<
lilway station
" 'I was just in time to take the trait
ir Cobleut r..
" '.My cotnpanioM in the third t l?s<
impartment were farmers and rattle
titers, w ho had been at Cologne inakiuj,
urchaois for their Cliris'mas holiday,
id their simple merriment and happy
mvei <a(ion uiade my poor heart sini
itlrfn me.
" 'The honest (iroplo were joyous and
sppy, while I sat there a unsalable,
sart broken inan. with uramedltMti.il
tinier on my soul.
"Jml nn they were lighting the litinpi
*tepped from the train in the station at
ohlentz.
" 'At the mine moment several imlitnrj
Vurr* alighted from the flrat-eliuM ear
ig?e, ?m<inK them a tall, handmimr
>unr; rnvalry man
"'In tinrtively I felt that tbia mat
aa my tivnl.
" 'At once mounting the hones hel?]
i wait for them hy their orderlies, them
Beers rode awny.
" My eur?< a follower! them, and
areely knowing why I did ao, I *aon
red toward* a ''Itierhalle" and entered
I he waiter*, to whom ! wa* well
nown, never au*i?ected that In the sad
oking, henry lailen man I then pre
inted, waa concealed the favorite actor
iho Khino provinces, ("ailing for a
ass of Iwer and the Z*it>otyf my eyea
II on a theatrical announcement for the
s evening. At the SM^Thoalro Fraulc
u Lena as the liaruirie in Graft vt
y lluher's new play, "The Venetit
. Bride."
" 'I shall be there to-night, ami f<
: tho last time will' --ce this base, disloy
i Lena,' murmured I to myself,
r " 'It wanted but in hour before tl
. opening of the thenti .', so I wandere
I towards the Augmtia Strauss au<l
y placiug myself in a d rh doorway oppt
j site her lodgings, watched the lights i
her windows.
I " 'Coming from the Hiorliulle I passe
. mauy of uiv professional fiiends, but s
j complete was my disj u'se that I was m
j recognized; and now s 1 was watehin
t at her window, the most sorrowful n
i flection filled my mm I.
" 'How often had I called there to ai
? company her to the (hratjcAnd aftt
i the play would A h< r home, nud at tb:
t very door would she uncw Iter ptomu
r of love. While 1 Tins ???n ployed,
, coupe paused at I tta*\ door, and, h
heavens! tho other r Iliad u?-t at tl
I station alighted, and with a latch ke
entered tie home.
" *My first impale was to follow hit
| and kill tin in la th. No, she nt leai
, must die, urn must 1 ho known as tl
. per|K.'trntor of tin- d rd 'I'lte last trai
i left for Cologne at ll.lu. If I cool
t( mauage to eat< h thai train I should he t
, my own room bcfoiu daylight, nu
throwiug off my tlisgajse it would a|
pear as if 1 had not t ft my apartincnti
i ' 'While thus tlet' running my moti
. of action, Lena nud h. r military esco
appeared, and in u in uncut wire drive
off in tho direction of the thcutre.
i " ' The iirdlit from the tower of tl
j churches wcro ringiog out the hoi
sounds that teettia 1 t<> tell of peace e
earth and good will to all men.
" 'The streets v< re crowded wit
i throngs of women a ! children, peer in
i into the shop wbillows decorated wit
evergreens and toy , al iiulicutingChris
mas time, white I made my way to tl
theatre, and, pun has ng a ticket took
seat in tho stall i Tin' curtain had ju
risen, and I enaasthe llarontm, had jm
entered from tho clnireh, followed by
tirocessiou of bride-maids. 1 wutche
icr glain c at one of the private hoxe
It fell on tin- sol 111 ant, tho voun
ofliecr of dragoons, lie threw u hi
from his gloved hand.
"'Oh, the agony of that moinen
Jealousy, rago, hate, despair, and murd<
nil seemed to pauses* me. During tl
entire perforatum e, which lasted tw
long hours, -he constantly signalled i
her admirer from tin Mage, ami aft?
each act he would leave the box and vis
her.
" 'This so increased my rage ami mort
tication that from timu to time 1 wi
forced to seek tho open air of tlio strep
PIK'. tilay nided, 1 p> sted myself whei
1 could &c\*~i'.u 1IIS "ho left tho thentn
I looked at my htiV... \\as cmuII
y eleven. la liftooi mitjiutet the train I
f for Cologne. I limit fulfill my o
3 within tho next pivoter of nil ho
, win; | was thm i?-I.fu r'ting, Lena ti
the (>IKi'H' t;" ' l'\" 11iV\r ninl enl
itip tho carriage, 1 hVard him direct
, eoiiehinnii to drive toJthe Sehwur/ Adl
3 a noted restaurant nnty < .if.- in the Km
. l'lat/, aud hut a few si jo ares from t
theatre.
} " [ followed .saw tlicui enter. I r
r tcrcd the drinking hall and preseul
^ licatd the* landlord order one of t
I waiters to go upatnii* to wait on t
Graft von lluher. i'fiu room hecai
> troweled wit'i pi'.iiile fiom tho theati
and amid the drinkers I soon nianapi
tt> slip unperceivrs through the si<
? door leadinp to thole: | lurant.
1"'I met the \s|it<r ascending ||
staiis to the privat. loom occupied I
, Lena and her I ?xlr. Tolling him
I wanted to have i j lance at tho grci
no rtss, mid givim him a couple <
I thalers, lie < vehsn :d his apron an
f jneket for my coat n d hut, and pivin
Mic the hill of fate, me to take tli
r order lor suppt r. s; ing lie would wnl
H at the feot of ti? -fairs until my rt
B turn.
1 " 'On my tappinlit the tloor thoooun
hade me enter.
" 'They were s<ld vile hy siile i
, loving converse. ?
2 " 'While the otlicl glanced over tli
list of wines, I uier pretence of ar
rauging the tahle.l.'ti|>eroeive(l placet
v a pinch of whi ' pavilsr in thei
glnsiov
[ " 'The otlii er tiered a bottle ol
, Kudeshciimr, and ijtli ail in*oluiit ail
commanded uie to istcn.
I '"At the foot o In stairs I found tin
kelucr waiting at returned him hi?
apron and jacket r my coat and hat
? lie let me into t 'frert, and in five
I minutes I was in o train and on my
^ way to Cologne.
E 'Next uioinin good people nI
I Cohlent/. were In tied at the news ol
. tho double ,ulcj at the Schwait/
Aid. .
y " 'It km given ? that the Giaf von
| lluher and tin' mi f nu had taken
, ?'?*;huinc nud d i almost instantnne
) OUSiJ. I
"At this point ?4lioman's story (eon
| tinned tho ptiest |? sound of hmaen'
; feet and tho elangi "f spurs ami sabres
were heard in tin 'In street. A moi
mcnt more, and t ohlicrs, followed
hy llelnrich, the rllotd, imbed into
I the room
"At acting the i tary. the mm gave
, awildyell, while I ; tuOttdsdtoliartA.
* uit him.
" "S > wt 'vi- foui - i it hat,' aail the
elder cf tin* t
" M>o nol l>e n!r >1, father,' mI?I tho
aergeant, mMn n me. 'lie ia p< r
fcctly secure mnv. tin spell mil soon
|?m ofl, ninl fon<>titln lie will bo
rational enough. i< oapod from the
lunatir asylum at rkfort thin utter
noon; we Irirkei l?n to the Ithinc
t>a? ki't-nteami r. ir h-re lout track of
liui; tot the f rr> t Lihnatein aaid
that a pn?oM>fji r I iw description
crowded to t'.rp< l:? > day, *o here wo
are.'
" What lore i <1 mo with the
m-'npy. tiotlivhl': I the rargeant.
" 'Curao \<<t! i t apeak to me,'
replied the mm. i tor ngony.
" "When we mi ire to day he g*ee
1 me a package <>i><ih and a p<>oket
hook tilled with u for safe keeping,'
wald the landlord
f ''Stolen from su|>erintcndcnt'a
dewk,' replied the cant. 'Von wee,
father, ho wm arly a druggiat>
. clerk in Coldent !l ht l?ve with an
i actreaa; annoyed ?dy with hi* ad*
i dreaoea, and per I in hi? ludeiiesa,
i till at length alio i led to the authori
jn lies for his arrest, u< lie hid threaten"
,u her violence. Thisdrovc him uiud. II
in believes he has killed her, aud ut tim<
. tells the tnost fearful lies?of his hnviii
jr poisoned her an.I her lover in a r.
n| taurnnt. All a fiction, sir. For the pa
year be has beoa quite rational, and tin
IC entrusted him with some light dutties i
,| the superintendent's office; but to iln
| he broke into the deputy's desk atn
j. stole his pocketbo ik and papers?but w
n have our iliac. Conic hJotliebb."'
tiLltll'SKS IN A MINT.
io
it
M Someth'ng About the I'roe ess or Coir
log the I'rerlous Mctnls.
It is wither dillieult to attempt a d?
scriptiou of how money is made. Kve
encyclopedias, which are supposed to h
,c equal to any aud all emergencies, ohjec
n to that. In a measure they are right
To get the best idea of the multiple an
inlnut.' |.r<iv<K?oa of r-itfltlOf* .>?<> i?ui?t 1
an eye-witness. It adds charm to lb
proceedings to stand by the dusty fin
|U naeia, nnutigcd in ontliiel like rows, t
sec them open their jaws and look ligh
,c down into tie- fiery cavern, where inait
)( tinblo tongues of (lame arc Hi king up lit
? molten masses of silvoi and gold.
A day or two ago Oflivtr Brown
standing beside a visitor who ha
watclnd with all the fascinatiou of
1 novice the great iron inoiiths opunin
and closing, I otrayed himself into a ilea
little explanation of the process of mint
ing money. Officer Brown has bee
many y> an at the mint, so the visit"
listened with interest, ns to one \vh
I spoke with authority. Here is the pro
cess in a nut shell:
"Makingmoney," said he. with one n
j( those eloquent waves of the hands h
keeps by him to u*c on explanatory oc
P casions such ns these, "is just 1 ik
I making cake. You mix the dough, w
mix the metal. You rollout the dougl
into shape, wo rollout the metal hit"
. bars. Yoii out the dough into cakes, w
cut the metal into coins. Then wo -tain
them. Ti e metal left over is nu Ited uj
and used again, just as the cook gatbor
up the left-overs, rolls them again tun
' cuts inoie cakes."
^ In other words, an amount of metal
say the equivalent of $t)0,0:Ml in g.>l>l
whi-h < heiiiienllv is made up < f IH pe
cent. gold and 10 iier cent, coppoi, i
pllt illlo a black lead cnicilili' nlw.iii
I si/e <>f u pi ck incssutc. 1' is Kept iti 11?
'* I furnace on.; hour nti-1 fifteen minutes
j The w 01 kman watches his gold as sacri d
jj ly as the cook her cakes, and when th
1 molten liipiiil is brought to the prope
consistency he takes a three corncrei
V hhi< k load cup, about tho sl/o thn
l"' would tit a monkey's hca?l, nnd flips u
f'2,000 worth of the metal at a time
(l> pouring it out again with that mnrvo'ou
l! dexterity wliich onlv conn s from prndie
y ......ii.i ' -Jding *1,000 each. N-'t!
|i.ftr '" rwiwn than the tier
|l,ll ing can ho more ln :uirnsiiB?^e,i us i
stream of voting and pure
,t glides into tho lockcil am s of t
i ,r iron mouhl. When tho tli^ii-t aolidil
jjj H lunnsa tini, oi, to In (trhaiwlly f
l?r rect, an ingot about twelve inches lo
' I and about half an inch tliic
lt<) I'lieac ingots nre subjected ton prom'
of rolling out w hich lengthen* mem wit
,I( mt increasing the width. Tlifi bars n
j then leady to lie cut. One mm bine ct
I1(| the coin, another stamp* them after l
lie process of milling Ins been pcrformc
1#, Milling, in mint parlance, has somewh
of adilTerent signification than in ordi
,(j try vernacular. It signifies the tollii
lrt iver of the edge of the coin proparatoi
to stamping it with the miitiitedeiitieul
? lions, whicli are commonly known us tl
milling. The latter is part of the pn
I cess of stamping, and isdouent tho tin
that the signet is put on the coin.
Speaking of stamping, iutroducor tl
(j largo corps of women w h i for.n a cm
,, sidi rahlc part of tin- wot king force of t<i
^ | mint Aooiit lot) of them arc employed
U i and they attend entirely to the adjiislin
ami stamping. It may lie said in o\
plnnation of the process of the term "ad
S nut ??w?M * 1.-*
lt ,.K iikii every coin before it i
shaped is carefully weighed. If to
|t heavy the edgo i* delicately tiled tinti
the coin it ??f lav. ful weight; if too ligli
f the |>iccu it sent t > he rormilinl
This process of weighing ate
I adjusting is an employment to which wo
men, with their delicacy of touch, nn
well suited. They ato also in eharjjc i>
I th" stamping. Incidentally it may la
j said that most prows stamp from Ml t>
I lOcoins every minute. In oue short liuui
,(XK) in tec dollar gold pieces can b
stamped around the edge and on hot!
aides.
There is another part of tho work
which comes under the charge of the wo
u?cn employed at the mint. They duth<?
sewing. At first thought It seems a trilhi
incongruous to associate sewing with
money minting, but all the hags used by
the mint are sewed in the building. Tho
bags are made of white dm k and run up
by machine, being sewed twice for ac
Ieurity The bag making is no sma'l
thiug . ueu you uno to consider the
number it lakes to pack up tho newly
coined wealth of the country eaeh year.
Tho five cent pieces nre packed iu f*iO
hags and tho pennies in $10 hags, and
the small silver in (1.0.10 and the gob'
in fo.OOO pouches. Itoiighly spcikinj
last year fully 2,00.) bags were made
for gold alone, 10,0 t) for silver, 6,Off
for half dollars, besides ninny thousand)
for the smaller coins | I'lii'ndclphia
Times.
KleetrleMy In Hardening
fly the use of electric light W VV.
Ilawson. of Arlington, .Mass., claims no
m ikes a gain of five day* in e ich of his
three c rops of lettuce?that is, two works
in a season , that the gain on one t rop pnvs
nil the expense of the elcctii<-lighting
for the season, thus giving him the gain
mi the oih< r t w >1 f.>r extra profit. His
iitrniion win ttr*t culled to *!?? useful
lie*I of the light l?y th" ftdrnni o nmdc in
the ginwtlmt the end* of htigirenhou c*
next the street nnd in the glnto ot tho
electric: light. 1 hi* * u so tnntked that
lie introduced tho light through the let
line nncl cucumber house*. )>r. Ilnilev,
of Cornell IJnhmillT, *ny?, ?* the result
of Id* own experiment*, tlint tho Irifluenre
of the light i* gicntly inodiffec I l?y J
the Interposition of n gin** roof. I'luntx
Insured lij n nuked light were benefited
fiy the protected light. Fire hour*'
light per night nt % dintnnoe of twelro
feet hastened maturity n wotk 01 ton
d?\?, hut proved injurious to joung
flant* nnd t>l?o?<; newly tr?n*plnnted,
.1
Is . Corkscrews of Stone.
Among tuu recent arrivals at Si
Francisco was Professor T. If. Mars
( Ihh-1. of the Nebraska State Unite rait
"t who lias just completed '.wo rerunr
able scientific expeditious in search
fossils. (hi9 was to Pino ltid*o, t!
I famous scene of the recent Sioux I
c dian outbreak, where lie anl othe
discovered myriads of a straugc
curious fossil, calle 1 by them devil
corivwrewH. The othavwns t<? Pliilli
County, Kansas, where Profess
Marshland discovered a wealth <
. rhinoceros, lepliant and mustodon i
mains, of whose existence nobo;
hitherto had dreamed. The cur
screws are as much as eight feet Ion
n nctmfl corkscrews in shape, and n
often eight inches through. He est
J mates that there are 400 squaro mil1
' sGfi '
5 />' y\
n I r f mij
' ?ir* ?w
is
'11 ANT DSVMi H CORKnCRKW, Kt-Uir FF.l
? tlWll, DISroVKKKU AT l'lVK liltXIK.
<<f thrill, vol. ntrnmrc to miv, notwit
p nt iioliiiK the vast iinnilior of m-iontil
* expeditious hitherto. nou? of tlioni In
J been discovered Icfori". Tli ? o >; '
pcrcwd arc nilie?t", and they urc foiu
in u nilioioiiH kmii<)hI one. In nun
, places they i-tiok through tin* mi?
r rook of tin* liilk, tie *ton lx-iny wm
* oflfliy tlio oleim-lits, nml the silion
?' spiral, being harder, having romaine
It is no trouble, tii > proVssnv says, i
strip tho siiii i nwiij' from tli >in. It
rather soft, nml tli ? men r.ni work fas
' Home of tli - str.ingn spirals ai" eoilc
'j nlioiit a central spire, like a vine h'?o"
11 tree. Thoil lit 111 liotlom of root i
tho npiro nro curious protubersnei
| outsit way, nml rising tnwar I tlio hii
, fium of tlio ground nL no nothiii . 1 ik
0 thirty-cmo dogi\?cT'i y nro o't(
i pi it" lis lon^ in tlio o >iksoi.'\v spir.i
v Thins devil's rorksoro'.v.i whi<
it t ti*k ou^ovor l*ims Kid <e nml l>or I
li' oil tho 11a I IjtWl lr," snl'l I'r.ift s
~ '-'a^td to ii t'liroinolo in-ill. ",i
Ifs- Mar sum, "*.*
niMst Miii-fiili?r~thiiT-tMr*"VoTio tv*i<if
'-f what they nro or how th-*y were ma
At first it was thought liy ho ii t
j* 'It ; npirali woro cnuo I by soim s.
of a burrowing, tho tii ?.?ry being t1
)ts so.no miiin 11 h i'I burr .wo.I. r.iU'i
he llk''' ,i,", 1,141 ,!l" Hlloil w
(j nilioioiiH sand nml linrdcuc 1. But t
;it thoory wonhlu I do, because it i
Hour...I ii. .i - '
(( , ... . ..... nuiH'VIT Illl S]>iritl'< Wl
they w?ro of marine formation, m
rv whether tininiil \ -go table, li
ii grown under the h??. From oil
ii- con I t gather we nr.- in -lin 11 > belie
ii th?- devil*.* corkscrew* nr.- e eniio
i? form of lh<- h|?iii<t<>, vol even that i-; I
no niriuiH r -rt-iin. < >t *i i i -in irknli
'c tiling were wli-it w?? foun-I inibe l?l<
' in tbetu.nud forming n purl. On
We foIII)11 til-' !.\'-|el ill of u little illl
' nrii like a r-it, nuJ at uo"tli--r time v
o foliml tile skeleton of it Klrike."
'I'll-- corkscrew region c\lciid* fr
tin N 10'irni > liner t Pin- Hidgr nn
* -dtnoM to tie- Hut Creek l'-iiin. T1
I corkscrews nr.- almost n-. inn- to
mi do l>y ii lntli nn I nr right h ui.l?j
and left li-in h- I imliHcriuiiii tl-'li. Tt
J 'Itt* I' % ir>|<l I i I O |r4 | l?rt llw ? 4?<Xi ?? ?M ?
or underground ntem*. projeM in a
e directioun out -if the haul;- ni l blnfl
f like logs. Sotue mtc :i I urge u- I
i nurv Imrrcln, others as I rrgo an hogt
head . WIhii half di*elo<trd in tli
r l-Iuf- tho\ loot; 11 k.- In- - o,vlo-;?
i- Historic Clinrrl'.
The lion-ir ?* being the oldest Mctli
v lint K|W8co|ial Church in Chin.? I*
longH t-? Tien Vug Don;/, or tli
( Cbuieli of tin Pence of Heaven tit
Chow. It was built in txv>.
From thnt beginning great thing
jB?m[5 i-IITWA'rt
OLDMtT M. F. CHCHCII. '
havo conic. Heore-i of Chriniiii:i
churrhee may now Ik- f ern I within
the bounds of tb F hi how cmifcreiicc
with an agtng.it. atten of
atiout ?> MM memb.-t , all I probationer
at their rm/nl-n- fctur. I - "
- .. .........y pri'VIC" r !' ill
! Ko cChow went out th i iii" i 'who
fotimlel (Vutt.il Chin v mi I North
China M. E. Miwioti'i, mil tliov> sw
now eonni-ctod with thim ?rvrr '
Chi neap Chriatinm. Then Aii{ I)An.',
at Foo-Chow is tin' niotb'T of nil the
clnimlit'H in which ti? ? tho'.ttanilH u ?*\
n> r~h'|'. ' '.Hi i'hiin i- V'l chief < n
ti l ?ii M. tbo In-' n.ir'i in So-.ith Chini
They biv. tli.Tisati Ausflo-'Jliiii-v r>o'
logo, theological who >1, lioyn* limr'lin
; pphuol, girl*' liTirlin; hkIim',
worn nr.* n 'hoal mi 1 wo nana' h ?l.
Th.i nnmVn o? Gliri?ti?ni onna l?l
with thf??wi inatitntiotm b vi in t ? ne I no
tha*. t*i > Ciiiicn e litle > will nit ncr.t
iinio le.le them I.tst y.*nr n gallery
w.vi ft'Mn I, lr.it oven u iw thin i
too im ill. Effort* are n ?.v being niade
to r iiao a fnn I for rebnihting tbo T'cn
Au^ l)ou# edirt;,i wtwico th i pr.*?tut
oajmeity. ?Mail no I Ezpresv.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
i l?U
i EEWIE S AFTF.RSOON TF.A.
y Underneath the plum tree,
It- Hainty as could be,
of Htood a tiny tahle
i? Only spread for three.
11- Baby Bess. the ho*t**c.
r i Very grandly dressed,
lv Dolly as the handmaid.
IV Grandpa as the goes'.
"Please to take a eookie.
They are very fine;
Only baked thi? morning.
I* Have a glass of wine?
Servant, do make haste. now
firing the fruits and '-nk<\
I hope, Mr. Grandpa, .
You'll a supper make,"
l- 1 *
e:; Then w?re plum-tree blossoms
? Served on blade* of gra?,
... 1'ebblce in the fruit dish.
Ton n ine in eneir gi"? .
Till the hostos--. rising.
Sald,"I plalnlvpeo
You must. Mr. Grandpa
t'ome again t<> tea."
t'iopr.N< t .f. Hover. Iti Frank l,?*?1io's.
TtfF. (iRAVF. OF A FA1THFPI. POO.
Prince Ijletvellvii was n man of not?
in the time of King John of England.
A leader nmotig the Welsh princes, lie
occupied his Bethgelert house only in
the hunting season. One year, while
living there with liia family, he returned
from the chase to meet his
houml (lolert running toward him,
with lipa and fangs running blood,
lb-aching the house and (hiding hi*
child missing, and the child's cradle
m .
apienred with blood, lie turned upon
ine nog and slow him. W hen he lati r
h- ilisroverpfl tho ohil<l living ami wel',
he saw that <iolert had really saved
him from death l?v hIuviok a wolf 1 hut
had stolon into tho homo. In remorse
iv for hin hasty deed, Ijlewellyn expressed
v' Iiih Horrow in tho loudest terms, and
1 ordorod iiis servants to oroot a nionuI
iiient ovor poor (ielert's grave:
"And now a Kallant toinl< thoy ra'?o
i'< With cuHlly sculpture decked.
And mnrldew utoriml with hi*
I l'-wr ftdPrt's honis prolm-t."
I fonr, howovor, that when the root
?i .
wroto these linoa ho had not visited
v- Bothgolort. For O.dert's gravo, although
romnntieally situated, i*decked
with no costly sculpture. The gravestone
itself iH a slender upright rock,
?: standing under a largo spreading tree
V1* near til" centre of a level ticl l. Al*?
t)\ough undoubtedly p'aeed in its pr
XATin'fj'i 11 *,i'
de. fit position by Juinian 11A..JL , *_ '
h' in its rough slate. No chisel
,r'i touched it. Tho gravo is onclnaei}^
ftM 'r,,n fenco, and during tho summer
jt;( months hundreds of tourists on their
In.* wnv through Snnwdonia make a point
in- to visit it. [ Harper's Young People.
iv . - *
il l gi kf.n tii iNus aborr fiuhu*.
w l'rogs are mainly juieo. If the. trv
to make more than a short jonrnov
l,y away from nioisturo, in a drought,
dc they will perish for want of water;
and then their bodies will dry nwav.
The frog's bones are so soft that he
k . scarcely leaves any skeleton.
A frog meets w ith romnrknhlo changes
I during his natural life. ' Ho begins a
' an egg slid hatches out as a lish. That
( is, a tadpole, or polliwog, at first ha?
| gills, breathing water n'oiie. In hi*
I- early days, however, the tadpole -aooit
j| loses me onisine pari oi ma gins mm
p breathes air ; so that he has to er.n.u
; to h?* surface of tli? water every few
minutes, like a porpoieo, to get a fresh
IP gul|) of breath.
During the t?i>t pnrt of his career,
he swims by sculling with his Jongtai'.
(. After a while his legs begin to grow
out, lbs tail becomes shorter an I shortc
er. and when he is a complete frog, he
has no tail at all, but swims by kicking.
When half frog ami half tndpole,
he Htill has a good deal of tail,
and, in addition, big hind legs and
mere sprouts of forelegs; so that he is
a very funny-looking fellow. A bullfrog
tadpole at this stage seems "neither
of heaven nor of eiuth."
Again, the tadpole eats water plants ; ' f
but wheu he becomes a frog, he feeds
on animal life. Tadpoles eat the green
moss or "scum" that we see so often
on logs ami plants in a stagnant poo],
and they show a good appetite for soft,
decaying water-growths. The fouler
the pool, the happier the tadpoles. As
they are numerous, an 1 thus devour a
great amount of matter that would
make it very unhealthy to live near a
stagnant pond, they are really useful
creatures.
Tn captivity they w ill generally eat
I nu?t -? *
^.ivim r goou or nml, n* noil
lirfMll RTld bltm dough ? Rll'l, NM ft
Rp^fin! relish, will ?oroHirac? lunch on
( no mother's tsils
Tho common frog gets his final
slmpc inthe first wesson ; but the bullfrog
goes under the mud for thrt winter,
while still * tadpole ; nnd it taken
nt le?st nnothsr snminsr, ?n?l sometimes
more, before he liss full right to
be celled ft frog. Ho is ftomo four
_vp?r* from tho egg in getting full
growth, and does not become old for
about ton vp.itb more.?[St. Nicholas