QUICKSILVER IN TEXAS.
Important Mineral Discoveries In the
Lone Star State.
Texas has already taken her place
among the States as a prominent pro
ducer of fuel oil, supplementing Cali
fornia's output of this product in par
ticular. Important developments last
year in her quicksilver mines in the
Terlingua district show that the de
posits of cinnabar are much more ex
tensive than was at first believed.
It is probable that Texas will there
fore become second only to California
In her output of quicksilver. Recent
prospecting shows that the mineral
ler area is about eight miles long,
lying in an east and west direction.
The production of quicksilver in Cal
ifornia is large enough to supply the
entire home market. Several mines
In the Texas district are being opened
p op and extended.
The only member of the President's
Cabinet not a native of the United
States Is the Secretary of Agricul
<' ture, James Wilson, who was born in
Ayrshire, Scotland.
FITS permanently cured. Noflts ornervone
nee after flrat day's uie of Dr. Kline'i Great
. Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottloand treatise frae
Dr. It. H. Kx.iXE.Ltd., 'JBI Arch Ht., Phila. Pa.
The revolver may not be a sociable
Weapon, but it never goes off by itself.
Mrß. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain, cures wind colic, 25cabottla.
The chap who built obelisks must have
been paid by the column,
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and colds,—Jonx
F. BOXER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
When a tramp asks for a meal he makes
a sort of after-dinner speech.
The Handsomest Calendar
of the season (in ten colors) six beautiful
beads (on six sheets, 10x12 inches), reproduo
t.ons or paintings by Moran, issued by Gen
eral Passenger Department, Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul P,ailwav, will be sent on
receipt of 25 cents. Address F. A. Miller.
Gonoral I'aßßenger Agent, Chicago.
The ratio of mortality in Switzerland
has decreased one-fourth in thirty years.
mmvrtrslr teva r, _a -s'-'fO
Hair Falls
"I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to
stop my hair from falling. One
half a bottle cured me."
• J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, 111.
Ayer's Hair Vigor is |
certainly the most eco- 8
nomical preparation of its I
kind on the market. A
little of it goes a long way.
It doesn't take much of
it to stop falling of the
hair, make the hair grow,
and restore color to gray
hair. 11.09 a bottle. All (lragflsts.
If your drupclst cannot supply you, ■
send us ono dollar and we will express I
you a bottle. Jto suro anil give the name 8
of your nearest joxnrcss nftioo. Address, fl
J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.
W-I'
II UNION MADE
■ Notice increase of sales in table below :
189Sf=a148,f <1 l'ali-8.
Pair*.
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1901 —i. s ygol'iijrg*
Business More Than Doubled In four Years.
THE REASOUS i
\V. Is. Douglas makes and sells more inen s
$3.00 and 33.50 shoes than any other two man
ufacturers in the world.
W. L. Douglas 83.00 and $3.50 shoes placed
side by side with 33.00 a:ul sft.(<o shoes of
other tnnkes, aro found t< ho just as good.
They will outwear two pairs of ordinary
83.06 aud $3.50 shoes.
Mcde of the best leathers, Including Patent
Corona Kid, Corona Colt, and National Karwaroo.
Fact Color KreMa an.l tlwnya It I act llooka tar*.
W. L. Douglas &4.00 "Gilt Edge Liu®"
cannot bo equalled at any price,
j fSii.M A by mull ttfto *-,ra. ( nti'lnu'frrr.
XV. J-
Capsicum Vaseline
Put up In Collapsible Tubes.
A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any
other plaster, and will not blister tho most delicate
skin. The pain allaying and curative qna'itios ot
this arti le are wonderful. It will stop the tot hwjhe
st once, and relieve headache and sciatica.
We recoiummid It as the best and safest external
counter-irritant known, also na nn external remedy
for pains in the chest end stomach aud all rheumatic,
neuralgic and gouty e >mplaints.
A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will
tie found to bo invaluable in the household. Mrui,
people say "It is the best of all y\.ur preparations."
Prictt 15 cents, at all druggists, or other deal i a,
or by sen ling this amount to us luYostage stamps
we will send you a tube by mail.
No article should be accep e 1 by the public unles*
the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not
geunine. *
CHLESEBRDUGII MANUFACTURING CO.,
17 St-U Streot, Now Tor's City.
ALL ELSE FAILS. ST
m IS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Due g|
/ ' Iv in tirmo. Sold by druggists.
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BY-PRODUCTS EXPLOITED
THE RESULT OF DISCOVERIES IN THE
OIL INDUSTRY.
Amazing Number of Tiling* Which ITaTo
Iteen Taken From Petroleum Residue—
-I'rogrcKH of the Art—New York the Cen
tre of the "Work.
Among the manufacturing industries
in the neighborhood of New York few
are larger than those connected with
the preparation of petroleum for the
market. Like thousands of other en
terprises, the oil industry owes no
small part of its present development
to the little savings which progressive
ingenuity has devised. The story of
the discovery and application of nu
merous by-products of kerosene is typ
ical of the advance and enrichment
which modern methods and chemistry
have contributed in many and varied
fields.
When the discovery of petroleum la
quantity first permitted the use of the
mineral on a largo scale, it was man
ufactured only for the illuminating oil
which it contained. Of the Pennsyl
vania crude oil, this constituted fifty
to fifty-four per cent., or even more;
by one process as much as seventy
per cent, in illuminating oil was ob
tained. The remainder was all, or
practically all, waste. Gas was pro
duced in the earlier stages of the dis
tillation, but whatever inflammable
vapors the crude gave off before it
reached the temperature at which il
luminating oil would boil, were burned,
though sometimes as fuel. Tar, pitch,
or residuum remained in the stills
after the illuminating oil had been got
out This was thrown away; more
often than not, run into the creeks
near the refineries. The manipulation
of petroleum was thus the manufac
ture of kerosene; It was like the separ
ation of lead only from an ore which
also contained paying quantities of
copper, silver and gold.
For in the crude petroleum were a
variety of other substances awaiting
only isolation from the compounds
with which they were mixed. Of fluids
more volatile than kerosene, there was
a whole group of naphthas; of sub
jects less easily brought to a boll, there
was such products as paraffine, par
attine oil, vaseline, a wide variety of
other lubricating oils, and a number of
sorts of pitch. Some of these were to
be had simply by condensing and sav
ing the vapors given off by distillation,
at different degrees of heat; some
were available only after special pro
cesses supplementary to distillation,
had been carried out. In almost all
cases, the product, once separated from
other components of the petroleum
or its distillates, needed to be careful
ly refined.
Little time passed before kerosene
ceasod to bo the only material for
which crude oil was treated by water,
acid, alkali and fire. The chemistry
of the substance was fairly well known
before the discovery of the great Penn
sylvania fields in ISGI. A substance
very much like petroleum had been
distilled in the late forties from the bi
tuminous cannel found in parts of
Scotland. Even the heavy fluid ob
tained by heating tills shale to about
SOO degrees Fahrenheit and condens
ing the vapors resulting, the Scotch
manufacturers were making an illum
inating oil already in 1848. For nearly
forty years the competition has pro
ceeded, thougli ever, to be sure, with
growing proof that the British conl
oil, despite economies of manufacture
and ingenuities of invention, was no
commercial match for the rock oil of
the Americans. Partly in Scotland,
partly in America, there has been
worked out a system of the utiliza
tion of the by-products for which, in
brilliance and completeness, there are
few parallels in the whole history of
manufacturing technique.
The products other than kerosene
finally derived from petroleum show
wide divergences in both their physical
characteristics and the uses to which
they can be put. Some of them are so
volatile that at ordinary temperatures
they take the gaseous form; others
cannot be separated from the mother
liquid short of a red heat. Certain of
the commodities are solid; the major
ity, however, are fluids, though here
again there Is a wide range of differ
ence in point of specific gravity. In
a broad way they may be grouped as
products obtained before and after
the distillation of kerosene.
After the kerosene of commerce has
been boiled off, with the help of jets
of live steam, the tar, which used to
be thrown away, is made to give up a
large proportion of lubricating oil,
about seventeen and one-half per cent,
of the total weight of the crude ma
terial. Into the condensers, along with
tills oil, there passes also about two
per cent, of paraffin, which can be sep
arated by pressing after the distillate
has cooled, and is then ready for the
filtering and other purifications which
fetch it out finally as a white wax.
Of the whole weight of the petroleum
scarcely ten per cent, is lost in manu
facture when the process is arranged
to extract this considerable proportion
of lubricants. When the still is so
built and the firing conducted that the
highest practicable quantity (about
seventy per cent.) of illuminating oil
Is taken out—this by continually con
densing n part of the evaporated oil—
the waste is less than eleven and one
half per cent The products of click
stage of the process are put to some
use. Valuable chemicals even are re
covered from the sludge or tar precipi
tated when the kerosene is mixed with
oil of vitriol, and portions of it serve
well as fertilizer. The refining of the
lubricating oils by further distillation
produces small quantities of an illum
inating oil. less inflammable than ker
osene, and this is used by railways and
steamboats as a substitute for sperm
oik
Of the lubricating oils, as of the ker
osenes. thers are many varieties and
grades, each group more or less adapt
ed to some special group of uses. A
different sort of oil is used in a library
lamp from that served to the heater
of a steam automobile; the ball-bearing
of a bicycle needs a grease different
from that used on heavy, slow-mov
ing gears. The preparation of tlieso
varieties forms an elaborate technique
of itself, the subject matter being com
plicated by the fact that petroleum
lubricants, when added to animal fnts,
impart to them their non-inflammabil
ity except at high temperatures; and
their qualities of not gumming and
of resisting the deteriorating effect
of the air.
When the distillation is carried on
In a vacuum, the residue, once the
paraffin is extracted, has characteris
tics of its own. One of the last prod
ucts to be thrown off is the neutral
and heavy grease, the petroleum,
known indifferently when refined as
cosraoline or vaseline. Tlio purifica
tion of this material is accomplished
while it is hot by filtering through ani
mal charcoal, like many of the lighter
oils. It serves either as a lubricant
or as a base for ointments, preferable
in many respects to animal fats, for
which it lias been largely substituted
in the pharmacopoca. The residuum,
after everything possible has been ta
ken out of the crude oil, still has some,
though only a slight, value. Enough
heavy oil remains, in certnin varieties,
to make them useful as coarse, cheap
lubricants, while others serve as tar.
Petroleum and its products are ap
plied in surgery and medicine; in the
making of ice and the production of
light: in paint manufacture and the
preparation of oil cloths; in the manip
ulation of rubber and in washing wool.
Where it is cheap, it replaces coal; in
almost all modern plants some one
of the petroleum derivatives is used
for the enrichment of gas. For gen
eral lubrication, the paraffin oils nre
the most serviceable products machine
users know. Altogether, over 200 dif
ferent products are now derived from
this treasure of tlio rocks, which re
finers first treated merely for the sake
of a fluid used in filling lamps.—New
York Post.
A fifty-Wile-a 11-Ilotir Yacht.
A new steam yacht whose owner
hopes to make fifty miles an hour in
her is the latest sensational product
of an American shipyard. Whether
achieved in this instance or not, such
speed is not impossible, but its cost
is heavy. The Arrow is more than
twelve times as long as she is broad.
In rough water she would be very un
comfortable, if not unsafe. Two Brit
ish torpedo boats designed for less ex
treme speed have been lately wrecked
by their own weight, as bow and stern
rose on two big waves. The cost of
building the new yacht is very great,
her consumption of coal equals that
of a fair-sized Atlantic liner, and she
can carry only enough to last a short
time. Still, so long as her owners are
willing to sacrifice for speed all other
considerations, it pleases the pride of
hurrying America to realize that our
shipbuilders lead the world in furnish
ing it.—New York World.
A Brilliant Clerk.
A certain hardware store recently
employed as a clerk a genuine eigh
teen-karat genius. They did not know
It at the time, but they are firmly con
vinced of It now.
A few days ago a country customer
came in to buy some powder to use on
a hunting trip. The man waited on
him, and, not being thoroughly "on to
the ropes," gave him blasting powder
by mistake.
The next day the customer brought
back the lumpy blasting powder tc
exchange for what he originally asked
for. Here is where the new clerk's
genius displayed itself. Instead of tak
ing the blasting powder back on tlio
spot he tried to argue the country cus
tomer into buying a coffee grinder with
which the blasting powder might bo
ground to the requisite fineness.
Sad to relate he failed, but he made
a great hit with his employers, never
theless.—Syracuse Herald.
Noglect of Patent Model*.
"I have one criticism to make," said
a stranger who had been praising
Washington. "You do not treat the
models of great, ingenious or otherwise
interesting patents with consideration.
Many of these are crowded in case 3
in an ill-lighted room, on tile top floor
of the Patent Office, and visitors are
admitted only between the hours of
'.) and 2. Many other models are stored
in the old city postoffice building on
G street. These ought to be brought
together, grouped, properly displayed,
labeled and catalogued. The Govern
ment should create an inventors' mu
seum. A great deal move space is giv
en to collections of Indian relics,
chipped tomahawks and broken ur
how-lieads than to models of devices
with which man has pulled himself up
to the present level of civilization."—
Washington Star.
Why tho Know In Not lllitck or Itcd*
Why is the snow white? is a question
frequently asked. Because black snow
would be dangerous, so would red or
yellow. These are "warming-up eol
ors," aud they change tbd sun's rays
to heat. Such snow would soon melt
again and prove a very poor protec
tion. But white snow throws back
the sunlight In just the form in which
it receives it, and thus the snow can be
long on the ground. Tfcjow dirt 011
the suow, and its dark color quickly
makes it eat its way in whenever the
sun shines on it. After a snowstorm,
once let the horses' feet mingle the
dirt of the road with the snow and
sleighing will scon be over.—Professor
S. C. Schmuekcr, in the Ladies' Home
Journal.
JkHoUSEHoLD
A Novelty In Fenders.
The latest thing in fenders is a high
shape that recalls the good old safe
nursery fenders of yore. The fashion
able article, however, is a very differ
ent thing, being highly ornate and ar
tistic. Neither Is it as high as the
nursery fender. Indeed, it is whis
pered that its ruison d'etre is to allow
fair gossipers at the fireside a resting
place for their feet, and that dalntj
shoes and hose are indispensable for
this not exactly graceful position. A
handsome high fender, made to order
by a Bond street house, was of copper,
the centre in fine netting, and with
tall branches of lilies up the middle
and at either side. A regular frieze
of the flowers made an effective top,
aud the fender rested on a dado in
very open floral design, so nB to permit
ladies who do not care to elevate their
feet to the summit, to warm their toes
between the lower spaces.—London
Graphic.
Cement For Broken China.
The most dependable cement for
china is pure white lead, ground in lin
seed oil, so thick It will barely spread
bmootlily with a knife. Given time
enough to harden, some three months,
it makes a seam practically indestruc
tible. The objection to it is that it
always shows In the staring white
line. A better cement for fine china
is white of egg and plaster. Sift the
plaster three times, and tie a generous
pinch of it loosely in mosquito netting.
Then beat the egg until it will stick to
the platter. Have the broken edges
very clean, cover both with the beaten
egg, dust well with the plaster, fit to
gether at once, tip, using rubber bands
if possible, wrap loosely in very soft
tissue paper and bury bead and ears in
the sand box, taking care that the
break lies so tlint the sand will hold
it together. Leave in the box twenty
lour hours. After u week the super
fluous plaster may he gently scraped
away.
A Cozy Cornel- Decoration.
Cozy corners in Oriental or Indian
effects remain as popular as they have
been for years, the latest additions
to them being Indian grass baskets,
moccasins, boxes of quaint design and
bends of all descriptions. These ac
cessories are either suspended from
the drapery placed on a low taborct
or laid carelessly about upon the couch.
The couch and drapery are of the
highest materials possible, aud highly
colored pillows nestle upon and about
the couch. Tho now sofa pillows nre
made of solid colors with effective and
bright designs appliqued upon them,
the stitch used In the applique being
a close buttonhole. All sofa pillows
should be perfectly plain around the
edge; cords are uncomfortable to lay
one's head upon. Of course, all pil
lows upon the couch should not be
of plain colors—the more varied the
selection the better—but the plain ones
are very effective among those of
brighter and more varied hues. Flags
also make excellent additions to the
effectiveness of a cozy corner when
they are not too conspicuously dis
played.—American Queen.
\M©66EHOW^
Stirred Eggs—One gill rich gravy,
five eggs, one tablespoonful butter,
one tablespoonful minced parsley, oue
lialf teaspocuful salt, dash of whits
pepper. To tlio melted butter add the
gravy, and when hissing hot stir in
the beaten eggs until they thicken.
Season and sprinkle with minced
parsley. Serve on toast.
Veal Hamburg, Tomato Sauce—Sea
son with one tea spoonful of salt, one
saltspoonful of pepper and a saltspoon
l'ul of curry powder, two pounds of
finely chopped veal and l'orm into com
pact cakes. Put two scnut tablespoons
of butter in a skillet; when hot add one
heaping tablespoon! ul of chopped on
ion; when brown, saute the meat cakes
in the skillet five minutes on cue side
and live minutes on the other. Remove
to a platter and pour around them a
tomato sauce.
Scotch Cones—rut one-quarter of n
cupful of lard into two cupfuls of Hour
with which two teaspooufills of baking
powder lias been sifted. Add one
well-beaten egg and milk enough to
make a paste that cau be handled.
Turn the paste onto a flouring board,
roll it out into a sheet one-half inch
thick and cut into pieces about three
inches square. Fold each square cor
uerwise to make a three-cornered piece.
Bake ou a hot griddle until u light
brown. Send to the table in a napkin. ;
In Austrian theatres no one Is per- I
mitred to appear on the stage in a uni
form bearing any resemblance to thjse
used in the army of that country.
Siberian butter is now sent in larg*
quantities to London and Hamburg,
under the label of Danish bjtter.
Each package of Pctkam FadeizEbi Dye
tolora more goods than any other dye and
colors them better too. Sold by all druggists.
Tho trouble with most men who once
do good deeds is that they waste the rest
of th eir lives admiring them.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. Tbero is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of th© mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tubo. When this tube is inflamed
you hive a rumbling sound or iraperfoct hear
ing, and when it is entirelv closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the fnflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever.
Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will gr-j One Ilundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh), that can
not be cured by flail's Catarrh Cure. Circulars
lent free. F. J. Chenrt & Co., Toledo, O.
Bold by Druggists, 75c.
Ball's Family Pills are the boat.
''This is uncalled for," remarked the
facetious postmaster, as he put the letter
ia the unclaimed box.
Best For tl#-' Rowoli.
No matter whai ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get woll until your
bowels aro put right. Cascabktb help nature,
ouro you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
conts to start getting your health back. Cab
carets Candy Cothurtic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C.
■tamped on it. Beware of imitutions.
A man might be said to have reached a
ripe old age when he begins to fall off. J
I THE OIiLY CURE FOR
RHEUMATISM
And All Aches and Pains.
25c. und 50c. Sizes.
PURITY!
FLA¥OR!
SoBeS only in H-Bh. Packages.
Premium List in Every Package.
Fcr tho ir:jr:rf Lien heads cut from the fronts of LION COFFEE
ivrappora LVO mail FREE the most valuable presents ever
offered.
Hero Aso C.O;TSO of tho LIOM'S LATESI QBIRTS 5
Colored Wax Crayons—scholars' joys*
Cornelian A nates for theboyst
Nice Disc Dolls for little girls,
String Tops which the 11 reliin twlrlsi
llox ol Jiu'kNtrnwr-ii lively name,
Fine Pictures, nil well-known to fnmor
"Childhood Days'* is sure to please*
As will "Violets and Sweet Peas,"
•'A Gift from Heaven" 's a gem of art*
•'A Lively Tussle" shows puppies smart|
"Little Sweethearts" is very onto —
All are pretty, beyond dispute !
Host Steel Shears and Scissors too
Among the presents hero for you t
Itiittonbole Scissors we send nlong.
Ladies' Penknives or .Inckknives strong!
Religious Pictures* rich and rare*
Cloth-bound Novels read everywhere!
Dictionaries for daily use.
And Tapestry Covers we can produce!
Subscription to "American Queen,**
Pocket Mntcli Safes, the best yet seeni
HI en's Neckties, varied in design—
Suspenders that are really fine !
And good Steel Razors, hollow ground.
With Leather ltazor Straps nro found!
A Wedding Ring, u Turquoise Riug,
An Opal Ring will plensure bring.
A Garnet Ring for youth or innn,
A Brooch-Pin made on neatest plant
A Silver Brucelet for the wrist.
And licit Iluckles are In the llstt
Hair Combs made of Tortoise-shell
fclx Hairpins of tho same, aswollt
And Rubber Dressing Combs so fine.
With linlr Brushes-a varied Due 1
A Porcelain Clock surely chartns.
We've nlso those that give alarms-
And Watches, too, for either sex.
Which man or woman can annext
There's Handkerchiefs for tw.un and wlf;,
Lace lluudkcrehlefs to last a life;
And, for the Ladies* special use.
Supporters, Garters, wo produTct
A Shopping Dag, or Ladles' Delt,
Or Pocket-Book to hold the "geldt,**
And Silver Tea or Tnblo Spoons
Are listod in our Premium boons !
A Kitchen Knife so sharp and keen.
Conspicuous 1M tho List is seen.
And Lliicn Towels— honnewlfb's pride.
For Lion Heads wo will provide.
Tooth-Drashoo that are strong and One,
With brlstlos white and ronnlnei
And Silver Nnpkin Rings so neat
Tholr eqnnl yon but seldom mnct i
A host of gifts both small and gront,—
Too n timorous to enumerate)
They're lioro to meet the varied vletvo
Of I hose who LION COFFEE use!
Illustrated Premium List in Every Package.
Woolson Spice Co., TOLEDO, OHIO.
The German law forbids teachers
in the school to pull the ears of their
pupils. Many cases of deafness havs
been shown to have resulted from
such punishment.
A PERFECT LIQUID DENTIFRICE FOR THE
TtET'l BREATH
25° EACH
TOOTH POWDER
HALL & RUCKEL, NEW YORK
dropsy:kks.'S
canes- Boon of testimonials and |(j dnye' treatment
Mf roe. Or. U. H. OAKEN B 6UHB, Box B, AtUnt*, Qa.
.llfda! Nt Uiiflalo Exposition.
McILHENNY'S TABASCO
Siria Thompson's Eye Water