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Auditor's Notice Z.uo
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l"D '.he ulaced on the same fooUng as tliose who
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E BENS BURG. PA., FRIDAY. ITOVEMBER 27, IS91.
NUMBER 4(.
ltTt',Ur 8ralwaji llle ! loo iliort.
l4Eb w tl W aP w v (PI
We are the People
To supply )'ou or your boy with honest, reliable Clothing, Furnish
jDffS iiml Hats at LOWER PRICES than any other house in the
city. T'ie l;irSe business we are doing enab'es us to offer Extra
... Unary Bargains every day in the year. We want to make this j
, b 'inner moncn, ana nave m;trK.tii
cun't buincr them if you see
. (vi rioiits iiml Suits at-.'.!!".
4."'
IV. I IV I'll I il I illl .-Mil-
I ' - . I - . . . .. . 'J -.j
;.,- l ivi ivnm linn riiii i ....
li,,v-' ivi-n iKits ami Suits at ..
COME EARLY ,'JMD AVOID THE CROWD.
nimbi GANSMAN'S dbwar
Lnrscst Clothiers and Fumishers,
ALTCONA, PA.
A.k biv iiunt, for W. I.. Doneln, Sliors,
II mil lor mile In your ulnco nk your
i'alrr ! wnil lor rnliiliisiir, wi'orc llu.
niul L-i't I In' m lor u
iJTTAKK srilSTITirTE.
jfN
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE CENTLEMEN
H BEST SHOE IN THE WOtlU) FOR THE MONEY?
it is :t -AMi-ili---. lnn. wttb no tuckM ir wax thr :id
tn Itiirt tfi t' t; in.ulf of tbo lMt line cuif, Htvlth
anil t-.i-. mill h-ruu. tre make more nhura tf thia
'ni i i' "tht r mttnuin tnrer, it eUuU liainl-M--V.-1
- "-U114 fn-in $Ht to &ViO.
CC OM f st-uiiiur HniwIeHrniMl. the Hm-st calf
5D -'-r nili rfl for $.'.; tMiuala I'l-fuch
. -..ri'-t -ii"- - w st fmm "i." to &!:.-.
C M M M i n mI lf Shoe, lino ralf,
u 1 int rtallr aul ilurablc. Tht let
u, , v r . tT r ! ;'t this .rk f ; saint' radu as cua
t rii.i 1 " '!'"t "i from t..tt to 'i.ui.
CI "0 I'-ili r Mian 1'aniicrH, );nilnn. Men
JOi w. 1 1 tt.rt "urrtt-rHall wear them; 11 uo calf,
(umii, ii iu.-hlf, heavy tlirxu solt, t'Xttn-
!- ' i; )'.:ir w ill wear a rar.
.jil t'-ir n il ; n tn-ttci- shot evrr ticretl nt
9&. i: f'f.. iiiiv trial v. ill t aviucc those
-,irf i -in f r 'in?- rt au'l tw-rx it-e.
frf l mi. I w J.Otl oi l.iiiinriH? hhot-s
af rv n-oi!kf rt it I lurallL. Th;e who
b v,. iv. ii i)" in :t trial will wcur no other nutke.
Due' kcIhufI shofH art
0 JjO w.-rti hy tht lHytf vcrvwhrrv; tht-yftetl
pb .r r,i r:i , t- t In luiTfastn,? tuiltit thiv.
1 4ia2 Ilniirf'-wewrfl Hhoe. Inst
LtiU lC5 J "iiu'.il;i. vt'i v si li-h; tiUiaUi'rvuc-li
iu.j.-.r!--! -u-('"stliiir f pmi l.iir to ftti.tm.
Lailit J.iO. vj.oo nuil l.?.? kIkx for
H.-.m tfie i -t fltii 1oiikou. Stylirth uii'l tiurahlc.
iauiion. that V. L. LrtiUKtas name aiul
pice are s;aii4 '1 m tht' tottom of earh shoe.
W. L. lxL.-LAS, Unn kton, floss.
C. T. ROBERTS, j
Agent. I hfnuhnrir, F. lll'.-23 6n
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Jitc., 'iinei-is ot tootntul tm.n, ear
i : 'iiu -..knes, lout tnauhiiud. elo . I
"II ,,,,;""Mr treatise ealerl( contalnlOK
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V
IV I5Q TUP
s1siTaiii' aisijw'''-'" JJ 'j, jf
U ISA QnliJ L'TOl : i
Vinyour nexhhousc-cleftiiing &nd be happy
v j tig out over the many homes of this eorjitry , we see thousands
fcj.J11 rearing away their lives in household drudgery that might be
av!a 7 le!,ened by the use of a few cake ot S AP0LI0. If ea hour
blc 81011 time a cako " usad one leBS wrinklo gathers upon the
WL4 l,aU8(J tlie t041 is gateaed, she must be a foolish woman -who
sr??1 t0 make the experiment, he a churlih husband who
Pfudfe the few cents which it cost.
weii;uiit3 ami ouus so low you
them.
?1V() ) Mru's OviTi-oat ami Suits at ?!).tlo.
$IS.i) Mi'n's Ovi-tcoais ami Suits at rT-M).
.0.011 Mi'ii"s Overcnats ami Suits at 1.Y(J().
$.'."i.(iO Mi-n's Overcoats ami Suits at ?is.oo.
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jrpl. as It la certain In ltseSocts anil dues not
llnter. Read proof below :
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURL
Bttt.vKiuiO!c, Pa., Not. 21. '0.
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ion- I would like to makr known to thom wH
itr ttlmofit persuatled V UM-KeutlalPa Sjwvin Citre
the face ttiat I think ltUa most excellent Llntmrart
i have used It oil a Blootl Spavin, The hors wrnt ku
hrtte Ik for three years when 1 con in rear-, ta
Qse your Kendair Smvlu Cure. I tiitetl tett boi
tlenoDthe hrse and hae worked him furtana
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Yours truly. W3L A. CTlU
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Enofibnnrts Fall. Vu
Gonts : In praiseof KetulnU's Spavin Cure- I
aay. that a year auo I had a valuable youim Iioi m e
Coine ery lanie, iiot k ciiljirvtJ uiidwo:li n. Ti.
horwemen about lien(w hav no Vei-rltiajv Sur
geon here) iiroitounct-tl hU lanicua.- Bit! isavia
;r TborrHiKhpin, ihev all told me there wdum
jU9e lor It, lie liveaitM? aumt useleHH,and 1
Sidered him alnir-t orMSH A rri-rtJ told me of
the n ten La of your KctMltdl' SjmavIu Curf, i-o I
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BiK'nnof lu 1 consider your K; lair Wiavtnt 'ure
a valuable mediciuc, and It sltoulti Ire ill every
fttable iU the land. Ke.iettf iHy oi;rs.
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Ifistjj have It or can pet It fer you, or it will be sens
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WORTH HliiViEMBERING.
" He learns to limp who Itveth with the lame,'
So in the Lntin recently I read:
And who coul I maxim terser, truer frame
Than the sound caunsvl thus Interpreted?
Tis tho old truth expressed in striking
phrase.
That evermore surrounding friends and
tacts
Do lower life, or else life hlpher raise;
That what one chooses on himself reacts.
So books we read do e'er the mind a fleet
The pure or prurient in prose or Terse;
The mind will what is civen it rctlcet
As doth the mirror light received disperse.
Yea, and from trifling things we scarce do
see.
Or deem forgotten iulte as soon as seen,
Tho soul impressions takes indelibly
The camera', plate is not more sure and
keen.
But further stilt, and more Important far.
The influence of a friend the life displays;
Men imitators ot their fellows arc
From earliest youth to manhood's latest
days.
Ah! true tbe proverb Is as quaint its iruims
And well it would be did more heed we
give
To this odd say in t, witty yet most wise:
"lie learns to liuip who with the lame doth
live."
liev. Philip B. Strong, in Golden Days.
OLD CLOTHES.
A Made-Over Jacket and What It
Did for Its Owner.
If Carlyle hail had my experience his
philosophy of clothes would have been
raodilicd thereby. I cannot say in just
what particular, but I am sure such an
experience could not have failed to af
fect his views on the subject.
I was the youngest of a family of
six, and the law of succession to cast
off garments beinjr firmly established
in the family, I was brought up in old
clothes. My sister Hannah was the
ehlest, next to her camu Maria, then
catne Tom, my only brother, followed
by the twins, Ludora and Isabella, and
last, and iu all respects least, I made
uiy entrance into the family.
I suppose the law of succession afore
mentioned was a necessary feature of
my mother's domestic economy, for she
was left a widow shortly after my
birth, without an abundance with
which to support the family. Maria,
boiny but a j'ear and a half younger
than Hannah, was very near her in
size, and seldom had to suffer the infe
licity of wearing her outgrrown or out
worn clothes. The fact of Hannah's
having a new article of dress or adorn
ment was gvnerally considered a suffi
cient reason that Maria should have it
Tom. bcin;r the only boy, was favored;
and he was the only one who was per
mitted anything like extravug-ance in
dress. His cast-off parineuts were
given to our neighbor, Mrs. llobbs,
still poorer than we, to Iks converted
iuto garments for "the little Hobbses,"
awe used to call her numerous off
spring. Lu lora and Isabella openly
resented the "made-over" garments
furnished them from Hannah and Ma
ria's wardrobes, and soon outgrew
the possibility of being forced to
wear them; but 1 think 1 must hav
boon a poor-spirited child, for I not
only "stayed little" so long that when
I had, at last, grown tall the fact was
quite ignored, but I generally accepted
what was given me uncomplainingly,
and when, on one occasion, I did give
an angry expression to my detestation
of our clothes and my desire for new
ones, the family were astounded. My
mother said she would n t have
thought it possible for her little I!ab to
show such a naughty temper and selfish
spirit; and, seeing that 1 had brought
her to the verge of tears, 1 refrained
from further complaint, though the
"little Dab" was, at that moment, as
offensive to me as the cast-off gar
ments. I never liked the name of 'Itab,"
which, in fact, is not my name, and
really is not a name at all, being mere
ly a contraction of baby, which had
bct-n worn for a short time by every
child in the family, except the twins,
to whom it could not be conveniently
npp iod, and had. at last, like the old
clothes, been given to me in final pos
session, while my own regal-sounding
name of . "M inerva" had been laid
away, presumedly as too good for my
everyday wear. To the title of "Ilab,"
sutliciently diminutive in itself, was
gem-rally added the diminutive ad
jective "little." and I was c:illed "little
Jiab" nntil I was fully five feet five,
which is a little more than the height
of cither Hannah or Maria; but they
possessing more avoirdupois and im
portance than I, no one ever thought
of calling them little.
That this much wearing of
clothes had a manifest effect upon
destiny will clearly appear from
facts which I am about to re lata.
old
my
the
At
the time of which I shall speak,
Hannah and Maria were both married,
and Tom was in his senior year in the
college at I) . "An epidemic of
measles causing the college to close
earlier than usual, he came home in
March, accompanied by a friend who
was a teacher there. I was absent on
a visit to my Aunt Maria when they
arrived, and when I returned home,
thia friend, Randolph Morey by name
whom Ludora and Isabella, though
they were both engaged, declared to
be splndid!"bad gone on, taking Tom
with him, to visit relatives in N .
Soon after my return. Ludora and
Isabella went to spend a week with
Aunt Maria and do some special shop
ping with reference to tbe double wed
ding in which they were to figure not
many weeks laer. The next day
after their departure my mother said:
"Iiab, I wish you would see that Tom's
room is in order. He will be back
Saturday, and Ludora and Isabella were
so busy with their sewing I don't think
they made his room as neat as it might
be."
I found that the room might be made
neater. I picked up a garment which
Tom had flung across a chair, and car
ried it to his closet, on entering which
my eye fell upon a well-worn blue flan
nel coat and nether garments hanging
there, and a novel idea flashed into my
mind. Not long since a dress of dark
blue serge had been made for me out
of Ludora's and Isabella's old ones, and
I needed a jacket of some heavier ma
terial, but matching the dress in color,
to make it quite complete and com
fortable for the cool autumn days, ily
ripping up those garments and washing
and pressing the better parts of them
I could get quite a respectable jacket
out of them, and who would ever know
from whence I obtained it? I knew
Toui would not care, for, although
there was still "right smart of wear in
them,' as Mr Jlol.bn would liave twii.
-y could be worn but little more
without patching, and Tom abhorred
patches. ,
I carried the garments to my mother
to consult her. She, poor dear, having
practiced making over until she had
reduced the work to a science, "jumped
at the idea," to use another of Mrs.
Hobbs expressions. Uy the close of
the next day our united efforts had
produced a jacket which, with the ad
dition of some pretty buttons and a
neat binding of braid, was really quite
stylish looking. The next evening I
drove to the station to meet Tom and
his friend, feeling quite "dressed up"
and complacent in my new old dress
and jacket. liut ala for my compla
cency! I was soon to know the bitter
est mortification of my life.
The next morning Tom came to me
in' the dining-room and said: "Ilab.
what became of that blue flannel suit
that was hanging in my closet?"
"Do you want it?" I asked.
"Morey wants it, it's his. We're go
ing fishing, and as it's a little rainy he
wants to wear it He's a careful fel
low of his clothes."
I think the power to faint is not in
me, or it would have asserted itself at
that moment If the earth had sud
denly opened at my feet gladly would
I have sunk into the yawning chasm.
"Oh! Tom!" I gasped. "I tIon;ht
those things were yours, and I cut tlieui
up and made them into that jacket I
wore to the station yesterday."
"Cut them up!" exclaimed Tom, in
consternation, which soon gave way to
uncontrollable laughter.
While he was laughing, I was des
perately considering. I had always
been considered truthful; I had always
been truthful, whether from inherent
goodness or lack of temptation, I can
not say, but I have a humiliating sus
picion that it may have been the latter,
as, now that temptation presentel it
self, I was willing to falsify, or rather,
to have some one else do so for me.
When Tom had subsided sutliciently to
"near me, I said: "Tell him a tramp
stole the clothes."
"A likely story." replied Tom, "that
a tramp should find his way up into !
my closet and select tuat particular suit
of old clothes as booty."
"Well, tell him we thought the
clothes were yours and gave them
away," I urged.
"I shall tell him the truth" said
loin, in atone ol moral severity quite
unusual with him.
He went up to his room, where Mr.
Morey was waiting. A few moments
later I followed him up the steps and
slipped into my own room, which ad
joined his, that I might see.'or, rather.
har, how he performed the delicate
j ta-ik in hand. Other emotions were too
strong wuinn me tr permit me to feel
any scruples In playing eavevlropper.
When I reached my room I heard Tom
assuring Mr. Morey, in a grave tone,
the frequent tremors of which gave
evidence of suppressed emotion, that I
had deliberately appropriated the miss
ing articles to my own use.
"Tom. you are trying to sell me,"
said Mr. Morey.
"No, she cut them u-u-p," replied
Tom, the crescendo on the word "up"
being caused by a burst of laughter,
"and made "
I determined to go in and explain the
matter myself. It would be easier
than meeting Mr. Morey after he had
received Tom's explanation. I don"t
know what I said, but I made him un
derstand the situation, and he assured
me the matter was of no consequence.
"I should have had but little further
use for the clothes," said he. "I in
tended to take them home for my
mother to make over for my little
brothers; and I doubt not the boys
would give you a vote of thanks, if
they knew, for they don't like wearin g
made-over garments."
My heart went out, at once, to tbe
little brothers.
Mr. Morey managed somehow, with
a delicacy of which I am sure no other
man could have been capable, to con
vey to me a compliment on the feminine
ingenuity which could produce so
pretty a garment from such poor
materials, and even expressed the hope
that I would continue to wear it Hut
that I averred I never could do again,
when Tom put in:
"See here, llab, if you go on wearing
it, not even mother need ever know
but what the things were mine; but if
you don't the truth mast come out,
and you never will hear the last of it
from Ludora and Isabella."
Reflection convinced me of the truth
of the argument and 1 concluded that
it would be letter to wear the jacket
occasionally, though I knew I should
always feel "queer" in it
This ludicrous incident made Mr.
Morey and me feel better acquainted
in a few days than we should other
wise have done in weeks; and that the
attack I had made on his wardrobe did
not forever disgrace me in his mind was
proved by ths fact that at the end of
his visit he asked permission to write
to me, and within a year a&ked me to
be his wife.
I have told this bit of personal ex
perience, not merely, as the casual
reader may suppose, to make known
how I happened to become Mrs. Ran
dolph Morey, but to point the moral to
parents that tbe garments in which
their children are clad may seriously
affect the events which clothe their
life's history. Martha Gion S per beck,
in Demorest's Monthly.
A WONDERFUL PONY.
He Was a Veritable Magnet for Lsxwtlna;
Mineral Itrsioaita.
The venerable judge mentioned be
low had a veritable mascot, and the
reason why he did not own all the
wealth in the west was probably be
cause the pony was short winded and
short legged. The Topeka Capital dis
covered him.
Reference to the "old roan pony" is
of local interest because of the 4 'mag
netic influence" frequently in times
past claimed by Judge Sloan for this
humble representative of the equine
family, now supposed to be dead.
It is related that this pony was a ver
itable magnet for the finding of gold,
silver, lead or copper deposits in fact,
it is said that whenever, in going along
any street road or mountain path he
crossed ground beneath which was pay
mineral, his hair would immediately
stand erect, quite on end, like the quills
of a fretful porcupine, and that his
rider. Judge Sloan, would receive a
shock which warned h im of the pres
ence of mineral beneath the ground,
and that it is said, is the secret of the
judge's numerous mineral locations all
over northern New Mexico.
NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Not understood. We move along asunder.
Our paths grow wider as the seasons creep
A!ouu the years, we marvel and we wonder
Willie life is life, and tbi n we fad asleep.
Not understood.
Not understood. We Rather false impressions,
nd hug them closer as t'ue years i;o Uy,
Till virt mil o.'t en seem to us transgressions.
And thus men rise and fall, and live and die.
Not understood
Not understood. Poor souls with stunted vision
Oft uii-asurc giants by their narrow gaui;e;
Tbe i-oi-Kiued shafts of falac'.io l and derision
Are oft impelled against those who mold the
aje.
Not understood.
Not understood. The secret sprint's of actioa
Wnic i li boaeath the surface a:id tbe show
Are disregarded: with s-rif-satisfartion
We judge our neighbors, and they often go.
Not understood.
Not understood. How trifles often change en.
Tbe thoughtless eentonee and the fancied
sU'!it
Destroy lon years of friendship and estrange
us.
And on our soul there falls a freezing blight;
Not understood.
Not understood. How many nearts are aching
For a lack of sympathy! Ah! day by day.
How many cheerless, lonely hearts are break
iu.j! How many noble spirits pass away
Not uuder&tood.
O Oo;!! thr.t men would are a litt'e clearer.
O- j id 1 '-s harshly when they e i i d see!
O U.i i : ..:.t :n -n wouli d. ax a tut. a arer
To oue aooili r! they'd bo nearer Tuec;
And undcrsto-td.
N. O. Picayune.
A WILD WEST EPISODE.
How "Our Carria" Saved
Husband's Life.
Her
There ha-'l been a nnmtier of robbe
ries committed in Halt in. a s aa 1 Mis
souri town where I spent a few years
of my life, and my husband cautioned
me not t leave the house al:m- or to
let any str.tnger in during my absence.
I in turn instructed the servant a capa
ble girl who had lived with me several
months, and we were both careful to
lock up at night in a secure manner.
Carrie, the girl, carried the key of a
sid-j door and let herself in and out
when she wished I did not even know
when she came or went so thor
oughly did I trust her, and the back
part of the house was entirely cut off
from the front She was always on
hand when needed, and sho had entire
charge of the silver and ire ? aecss to
all our valuables. Hut she never t.n!t
a pin from us or in any way betrayed
our trust in her.
Dalton was a wild west town made
up of all nationalities anJ at times
overrun with desperadoes, but there
had been a long interval of eiee,
when one lively Sabbath aft.Tdo-jn my
husband took me out for a drive. We
were jogging along quietly on a p'.eas
ant country road, skirted by a d:ise
forest when there came crashing
through the woods the tramping of
men and horses. They made a great
tumult before we could see them, and
: as they burst into sight we saw that
they hail a prisoner, a young man,
whom they dragged between them.
I "Horse thief!" said my husband; "I
; should nt wonder tf they nang htm"
"Oh! I hope not he is so young," I
exclaimed, and I thought the man
caught my words, for he looked op sud
denly and flashed ' on me a glance of
quick intelligence.
J "Why, who is he? Where have I
j seen him before?" I asked. My hus
j band inquired of a man in the party,
and he said the fellow was a stranger.
t"liut he is a slick one, aad we cuuht
. him red handed He ain't no common
rascal, and he has pals to help bi;n. If
) they'll let law and justice take their
course we will get tbe whole gang.
"Hut they won't"
My husband shook his head ominous
ly as he said this. The men were
walking along with their prisoner in
that dead quiet of speech and raanuer
which is natural to the vigilantes on
their desperate em.nds.
"If it wasn't Sunday," he continued,
"there might be a chance for the fel
low, but they are just ripe for such
work, and I fear the poor wretch will
never ee daylight again."
"Cannot you help him?" I asked,
eagerly. "That man's face looked so
familiar. Could we have seen him or
known him somewhere in our liv s?"
"I never saw him till now, I am
sure," he answered; "and yet he dots
remind me of some one, but we may
have seen him on the streets. He is
rather better looking than the average
man of his profession."
"Will you try to save him? You
know they will listen to you."
My husband held a prominent position
in state pontics and I knew he was
very popular. But he said the city of
ficials would protect him. if any could,
and we rode home, talking over other
matters.
At supper we referred to it again.
Carrie was coming in with a plate of
hot biscuits and sho dropped them on
the floor, breaking the dish into
pieces. She muttered an excuse, say
ing that she was frightened at hearing
of such things happening in a Christian
community, and withdrew from the
room.
"1 hope she won't want to leave us"
I remarked; "she is such a good girl, I
could never replace her. I always
thought she was well brought up, and
she has a good education."
"Yes," said George rather indiffer
ently, "she seems to have more rcfin
ment than the native girls, but I dare
say we could find someeone to replace
her."
After supper, when the tea things
were wa.ied, Carrie went oat She
did not usually ask leave, and I never
;arrd how much she was away after
her duties were performed
I watched her going out of the gate,
and wondered idly why a tall, food
looking girl like her had no lovers or
followers. And then it occurred to me
that there was just a little ray s' cry
about the girl. I had taken her with
out any recommendation. I bu It up
a little theory of my own, in which I
made her a heroine in a love story,
and had her run away from home to
avoid an unhanpy marriage.
George in the meantime had heard
in tbe value. Nothing is more essen
tial than the accurate determination of
the weiirht of the sample and of the
metal obtained from it It requires
keen sight and most delicate adjust
ment in the hand which manipulates
the hlliputian scales of an assayer's
table. The smallest weight used in the
mint is fouml in the assay room; it is
the thirteen-hundredth part of a grain,
and can scarcely be seen with the
naked eye. unless on a white ground.
The assay department is strictly a
technical branch of the service. It has
been practically nnder one regime for
the last fifty years.
AVter the gold and silver used by the
mint have been separated from each
other and purifieL, they are conveyed
to the drying cellar, put under pressure
of some eighty tons, and all the water
pressed out The metal is then dried
with heat, and afterwards taken in
large cakes to the furnaces. The melt
ing rooms are on the first floor. Here
all the metal used in coining is alloyed,
melted and poured into narrow molds.
These eastings, called ingots, are about
a foot long, a half inch thick and from
one to two aud a half inches in breadth.
The Talue of gold ingots is from six
hundred to fourteen hundred dollars
each; those of silvar about sixty dol
lars. The floors that cover the melting
rooms are made of iron in honeycomb
pattern, so that they can be readily
taken up to save the dust, their rough
ness acting as a scraper and preventing
any metallic particles from clinin.- to
the soles of the shoes of those who pass
through the department The sweep
ings of the entire building have aver
aged twenty-three thousand dollars per
annum for the last five years'
The methods of coining money have
varied with the progress in mechanic
arts, and are but vaguely traced from
the beginning, the primitive niode be
ing by the easting of the piece in saml,
the impr.-s.sion being made with a
punch. In the middle ages the metal
was hammered into sheets of the re
quired thickness, cut with shears into
shape and then stamped by hand with
the design. The mill and screw, by
which greater increase in power, with
finer finish, was gained, dates back to
the sixteenth century. This process,
with various modifications and improve
ments continued in use in the Phila
delphia mint until 1S3G.
The first steam coining press was in
vented by M. Thonnelier, of France,
in and was first used in the L'nited
States mint in 1S.".S. It was remodeled
and rebuilt in 1S.1S, but in 1S.74 was su
perseded by the one now in operation,
the very perfection of mechanism, in
which the vibration a uastcady War
ing of the former press were entirely
obviated and precision attained by the
solid stroke, with a saving of over seventy-five
per cer.t in the wearing and
breaking of the dies. The dies for coin
ing are prepared by engravers especial
ly employed at the mint for that pur
pose. The process of engraving them
consists in cutting the devices and le
gends in soft steel, those parts leing
depressed whirh in the coin appear in
relief. This, having been finished and
hardened, constitutes an "original
die," too precious to be directly em
ployed in striking coins, but used for
multiplying dies. It is first err. ployed
to impress another piece of soft steel,
which then presents the appearance of
a coin and is called a hub. This hub.
lieing hardened, is. used to impress
other pieces of steel in like manner,
which, b.'ing like the original die, are
hardened and used for striking the
coin A pair of these will on an av
erage perform two weeks work.
The planehets, or discs of metal not
yet stamped, after lieing adjusted, are
first in order to protect the surface of
the coin, passed through the milling
machine. They are fed to it through an
upright tube, and as they descend from
the lower aperture are caught upon
the edge of a revolving wheel and "car
ried about a quarter of a revolution,
during which the edge is compressed
and forced up, the t.paee between the
wheel ami the rim being a little less
than the diameter of the planchet This
apparatus moves so nimbly that five
bun Ired and sixty half -dimes can be
milled in a minute, but for large pieces
the average is about one hundred and
twenty. In this room are tbe milling
machines and the massive but delicate
coining presses ten in number. Each
of these is capable of coining from
eighty to one hundred perfect pieces a
minute. Only the largest are used in
making coins of large denominations.
After being stamped the coins are
taken to the coiner's room and placed
on a long table the double-cables in
piles of ten each. The light and heavy
ones are kept separate in coining, and
when delivered to the treasurer they
are mixed together in such proportions
as to give him full weight in every de
livery. Uy law the deviation in the
standard weight in delivering to birn
must not exceed three pennyweights
in one thousand double-eagles. The
gold coins as small as quarter-eagles
being counted and weighed to verify
the count are put up in bags of five
thousand dollars each. The three-dollar
pieces are put in bags of three
thousand dollars and one-dollar pieces
in one thousand-dollar bags. The silver
pieces and sometimes small gold, ars
counted on a very ingenious contriv
ance called a "counting board" lly
this process twenty-five dollars in
five-cent pieces can be counted in less
than a minute. The "boards" are a sim
ple flat surface of wood with copper
partitions the height and size of the
coin to be counted, rising from the sur
face at regular intervals and running
parallel with each other from top to
bottom. They somewhat resemble a
common household "washing-lioard."
with the grooves running parallel with
the sides but much larger. The boards
are worked by hand over a box, and
as the pieces are counted they slide
into a drawer prepared to receive them.
They are then put into bags and are
ready for shipment
For the various duties of the mint
there are over three hundred persons
employed as clerks workmen, etc.
say about two-thirds men and one
third women the number depending
largely, of course, upon the amount of
work to be done. Melville l'hillips, in
Once a Week.
Oil from Smoke.
It appears that in Scotland there is a
company which pays a certain amount
yearly to a number of iron works for
the privilege of collecting the smoke
and gases from the blast furnaces.
These are passed through several u les
it wroulit iron tubing, and as the
jases cool there is deposited a consider
able yi !.l of oil; one plant is reported
to yk-id tv.vnty-fivc thousand gallons of
furnace oil per week. The sum paid
for this privilege is such as to be profit
aide, it is b.-id, to both parties. The
oil thus obtained Ls distilled, and a con
siderable quantity of cresoL, phenol
and some other substances are procured
from it while the oil remainin-r is used
as an enricher of gas for illuminating
purposes.
SLUMBER SONG.
Adown the twilight river we float.
Baby and 1 top-ther.
Uliding along in our little tioat,
Hady and I to;n-tlier. 4
rown to tho wonderful land that waits
Where the river Hows througu the sunstt
. gates.
While the silvery stars keep watch and ward
As we drift tvncalh their loving guar-
Ilaby and I together.
Adown the river we sof.'.y elide,
Ilaby and I together.
As the day giK-s out on the ebbing tide,
llaby and I together.
The twilight riv.T is b road and deep,
Si clone to the shadowy batiks we keep,
While drowsy poppies nid and sway
And sleepliy iK-cUon us to stay.
liaby and I together.
To Slumberlnnd our craft we steer,
Ilaoy and I together.
Slowly but surely fur 'rt we near,
liaby and I to'-th-r.
Where the L'roam tree spread, Its branches
wide
And scatters rare fruit on every side,
I town the twl'.i jhl river wo float ainng
While l:ippiug wares rrnon a Wilder song,
liaoy and I together.
The fair little head is drooping low
H:iliy an 1 I to tiler.
Gently into the harlior go.
lijiliy a.d I tO-T'-hT
Have reached th'j shores of Slnmrland
Uy hi-p -r.a-r bre-zes s .r.lv fi ineJ.
Aw:d the Uect ta:it ar- aneh re 1 faht
Hush, we arc safely rooc r 'rt at last,'
Haby and I to ;i. tli. r.
Mrs. George l'-ull, int. ol Housekeeping.
HIS AUNT'S LEGACY.
It Serves aa a Stepping Stone to
Fortune and Matrimony.
Charles Fames stepped into the office
of his friend Howies editor of the
Glenville Courant
'How are you, Fames? asked the
editor.
"I ought to feel happy. I suppose,"
said the young man, a little ruefully,
"for I've just received notice of a leg
acy." "Indeed! I congratulate you"
"Wait till you h;ar what it is."
"Well, what is it?"
"My Aunt Martha has just died,
leaving lifty thousand dollars."
"To you? I congratulate you heart-
"No; she leaves it to a public insti
tution. She leaves me only her silver
watch, which she carried forty years."
"How is that?"
"She didn't approve of my becoming
an artist She wished me to be a
merchant If I bad consulted her
wishes I should, doubtless have Wen
her sole heir. This small legacy is
meant more as an aggravation than
anything ele."
"Hut you can make your own way."
"I can earn a scanty livin at pres
ent I hope to do Wtter by and by.
Hut you know my admiration for Mary
IJrooks. If I had b.'en Aunt Martha's
sole heir I could have gained Mr.
I.rooks' consent to our marriage. Now
it is hopeless."
"I am not so sure of that This leg
acy may help you. If you will agree
for one calendar month not to mention
or convey the least idea of the nature
of your aunt's bequest I will manage
the rest"
"1 don't at all know what you mean,
Bowles." said the young artist; "but I
am in your hands."
"That is all I wish. Now, remember
to express surprise at nothing; but let
matters take their course."
"Very welL"
In the next issue of the Courant the
young artist was surprised to read the
following paragraph:
"We are gratified to record a piece of
good luck which has just befallen our
esteemed fellow citizen, the promising
young artist, Charles Fames, liy the
will of an aunt recently deeeasetl, he
comes into possession of a piece of
property which has been in the family
for many years. Miss Fames is re
ported to have left S50.0i0."
"Really," thought the young man,
"anyliody would naturally suppose
from this paragraph that I had inher
ited my aunt's entire property." He
put on his hat and walked down the
street He met Ezekiel Hrooks presi
dent of the tilenville national bank.
Mr. Hrooks tieamed with cordiality.
"My dear sir. permit me to congratu
late you," he said
"Von have read the Courant?" said
Fames
"Yes; an:l I am delighted to hear of
your good fortune. Can I speak to you
on business a moment?"
"Certainly. Mr. Hrooks."
"You'll excuse my advice, but I know
you are not a business man. while I
am. My young mau, do you want to
make some money?"
"Certainly, I should lie glad to do so."
"James 1'arker has five hundred
shares of the Wimbledon railway. It
stands at fifty-six. a figure much 1elow
its real value. Hut 1'arker is nervous
and wants to sell out I want you to
buy out his entire stock."
"Hut Mr. Hrooks"
"I know what you would say. U
may go down, but it won't I have ad
vices that a speedy rise is almost cer
tain. Huy him out and you'll make a
handsome thing of it" -
'Hut how shall I find the money?"
"Of course you haven't received your
legacy yet I know there are delays.
No trouble aliout that Give your note
at ninety days and I'll indorse it You'll
sell out before that time at a handsome
advanc?.'
"I will place myself in your hands
Mr. Hrooks hut you must manage the
business."
"Certainly; I shall only want your
signature when the documents are
made out Hy the bye, come round and
dine with us or have you another en
gagement?" Another engagement! If Fames had
fifty engagements he would have
broken them all for the privilege of
meeting Mary Hrooks. This was the
first time he had licen invited to the
banker's table. The fact is, until this
morning Mr. Hrooks had scarcely
vouchsafed him tnor? than a cool nod
on meeting. Hut circumstances had
changed, or appeared to, and his be
havior altered with it Such is the
way of the world! It was a very pleas
ant dinner. The young artist remained
afterward.
i iiave an engagement, Mr. Fames"
said Mr. Hrooks; "a meeting of the
bank directors; but you rnusu't go
away. Mary will entertain you."
The young man did not go away, and
, apparently was satisfied by the enter
tainment he received. He blessed his
aunt for her legacy, if only it had pro
cured him this afternoon interview
with the young lady he admired. Hut
it pained him more. Kvery few days
he receive.! a similar invitation. The
young art ist could not fail to see that
Fzi-kii l Hrooks looked with evident
complacency on the good understand
ing l- tween bis daughter and himself.
"What will he say," thought the
youn-' tn'-.n, "when he finds out what
sort 1l a legacy I have received from
my aunt?" Occasionally, too, he felt
nervous alxiut bis hasty assent to th s
proposition to buy five hundred shates
of railroad stock at fifty-f ix when he
hadn't fifty dollars ahead, lie reck
oned up one day what his purchase
would amount to, and his breath was
nearly taken away when he found it
amounted to twenty-eight thousand
dollars! Still, it had been in a innn
mr forced upon him. II" askid no
questions, lint every now and then the
old ;T-Tdl man said: "All going wclL
SUicli advancing rapidly."
With that he was content Indeed,
he was so carried away by the love of
Mary Brooks that he gave iittte
thought to anj other subject On - lay
Mr. Hrooks came up, his face beaming
with joy.
"Wish you joy. Fames" he said
"Wimbledon has gone tip like a rocket
to par. Give me authority and I'll sell
out for you. "
The artist did so, hardly renlizing
what it meant till three days after he
received a little note tothis effect:
Dkah Eamls: Have sold out yr.i:r I've hun
dred thares of Wimbledon nt K1. As you
bought at 50 this r'ves you a clear proilt ot
forty-five dollars per h;ire, or twei.ty two
thousand five hundred dollars. Vou had better
ttUe Hi" tide and reinvest your s'in.lu- Call
ot my office ut ouce. Yours very truly,
lC.Llvll L liltOOKS.
Charles Fames read this lett-r several
times In-fore he could realize its mean
ing. Could it be that without investing
a cent he had made over twenty thou
sand dollars? It must be a dream, ha
thought But when he called at tho
old gentleman's ofiice he found it was
really true.
"Mr. Fames, how about this money?
Shall I reinvest it for you?"
"Thank you, sir. I wish you would.
I should like a little iu hand, how
ever." "Certainly. Will that answer?" and
the old gentleman wrote a check for
five hundred dollars and placed it in
the young man's hand. It was more
money than be had ever In-fore ios
sessed at one time. This was convinc
ing proof of the reality of his good
fortune.
The next day be went to the city and
ordered a handsome suit of clothes at
a fashionable tailor's. The fact was
his ld coat was getting threadbare
and his overcoat decidedly seedy.
While be was alxiut it he lo;ight a new
coat and boots, as well as other needed
articles, and still returned with money
enough in his pocket to make him feci
rich. lie changed his boarding-house,
engaging a nanusoine room at a much
nicer place.
"It seems to me you are da -Inn? out
Fames' said his friend the editor.
"You know I've had a legacy," said
Fames, laughing.
"I begin to think you have," said the
editor.
When Fames appeared on the Mreet
in his new suit it v.-as taken as n.n
firmation of the news of his inherit
ance. His removal to a fashionable
lioarding-house was aJditional con
firmation. It was wonderful how he
rose in the estimation of people who
had before looked upon him as a sbift
lcS5 artist All at once it occurred to
him:
'Why shouldn't I propose for Mary
Brooks? W ith twt nty thousand dol
lars 1 could certainly suptiot t her com
fortably. There is a very pretty cot
tage and tasteful grounds for f-ale at
five thousand dollars: this would make
a charming home." One morning, with
considerable trepidation, 'young Fames
broached the subject to Mr. Br-oks.
"No one I should like lietter for a
son-in-law, if Mary is willing," was
the prompt answer. Mary was willing,
and, as there seemed no j,ood reason
for waiting, the marriage was cele
brated within a few weeks.
'Charles" said the father-in-law
after the young p;op!i returned from
their wedding journey, "it is time for
me to give you an account of your
money affairs. 1 have lieen lucky in
my investments, and 1 have thirty-one
thousand dollars to your credit, or. de
ducting the amount paid for jour
house, twenty-six thousand dollars. By
the way, have you received your aunt's
bequest?"
"I received ityesterday,"said Charlie.
"Indeed."
"Here it is," said the young man,
and ho produced a battered silver watch.
"Do you mean to say that is all she
left you?" asked his father-in-law,
stupefied
"Yes, sir."
Kzekiel Brooks whistled in sheer
amazement and his countenance fell.
For a moment he regretted his daugh
ter's marriage, but then came the
thought that his son-in-law, through a
lucky mistake, was really the possessor
of quite a comfortable property, which,
under his management might lie in
creased, so he submitted with good
grace and is on the ln-st of terms with
his daughter's husband, who is now in
Italy with his wife pursuing a course
of artistic btudj'. Charles Lames care
fully treasures the old watch, which
he regards as the foundation of his
prosperity. Jewelers' Weekly.
St mn e Capture uf a leer.
In England, it is uo uncommon thing
for hunted deer to enter buildings. Last
year, a stag that was being run
Iird Rothschild's bounds, savs
the
Times. crossed the orehnril tif
Mr.
George, in Woburn Sands, and dashed
tiirougu tlie dining-room window-,
where Mrs. George was sitting. She
flung open the hall door, to let out the
visitor, but he rushed into the drawing
room, and, placing his fore-foot on &
lounge, looked out upon the street.
Then, hearinir the hounds, and the
shouts of the huiiters..he lied to the
kdelien. and attempted to break
way through a rear window, but
the
sash held him fast, and the men
came
in and captured, him.
C heap Kunugli.
A stranger once walked into a Massa
chusetts court and spent some time
watching the procced'uurs. Hy and by
a man was brought up for contempt of
court and fined, w hereupon the stranger
rose and said: "How much was the
fine?" "Five dollars" replied the clerk.
"Well," said the stranger, luyingdowu
the money, "if that's all. IM like tojiue
.in. I've had a few hours' experU-nee of
this court JAnd no one can feel a gtvutcr
contempt for it than I do, mid I am w ill
ing to pay fur it."
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