Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-31
.rs A mCNDRED YEARS
AGO.

..rs A HUNDRED YEARS
AGO.
:. hundred wears ago, what man
nv"red in the arts he concealed.
LINEN were put upon oath, IN the
70 of God, never to reveal the pro-
used bv their employers. Doors
Font closed. artizans going out
.earched, visitors were vigorously
rdnd from admission, and false
r,,;ons blinded the workmen them
.as The mysteries of every craft
% hedred in by quickest fences of
n;rical prctcnSions and judicial af-
,a,ion The royal manufactures of
celain. for example, were long car
on in Europe with a spite of jeal-
exclusiveness. Ills Mallecty OF
[onv was especially circumspect,
content with the oath of secrcsy
no,eI upon his workpeople, he
I'D not aba,e his kingly suspicion
hyor of a brother monarch. Nei-
king nor kings delegate might en-
the talOocd walls of MeiSsen.
at i, crroneouSly called the Dres-
porelain-that eNqisite pottery of
ich the world has never seen the
vas produced for two hundred
rs by a process so secret that nei-
the bribery of princes nor the
rulity of the operatives ever re-
Med it.
ther discoveries have been less sue
sfullv guarded, fortunately tor the
i'd. The manufacture OF tin-ware
England originated in stolen Sc
Few readers need 10 be informed
i tin-ware is simply thin iron plat
with tir by heing dipped into the
lten metal. In theory it is an easy
liter to clean the surface of iron, dip
bath of the boiling lin, and re-
we it, enveloped in the silvery me-
H. place for cooling. In practice,
kevcr, the process is one of the
s difficult in the arts. 1t was dis
(ere in Holland, and guarded with
utmost vigilance for nearly half Il
hurry. En- gland tried hard in vain
discover the secret, until James
ernan, q Cornish miner, crossed the
annel, inSinua:ed himself master of
Secre', and brought it home. The
ere, OF manufacturing cast-stCel vas
% steal hi!y oh "A II u, and it is now
Thin the reach of all arlizanS.
Another solen secret is the method
inven ing ci;ric acid. The inventor
the proce>s-wlo was a rcsidcn. OF
>ndon, EnIland-ior II long time en-
Tea the monopoly of his invention.
pre- tavorably circum>tanced than
her secret manufacturers, his WAS II
Dces> that required no assistance.
employcd no workmen. Experts
ne 10 sample and a'>ort and bottle
produces. They never entered his
Poraiory. The mys,ic operations by
:ch no grew rich We're confined to
n'elf. One day, havin. loo ed the
prs and b indel the windows, sure
aiS'lal OF the safely Of his secret, the
eml>t went home to dinner. \ chin
-sweep. or a boy disguised as such.
ie,awake i'll chemistry, was on the
zen. Following the secret keeper
tar on his way toward Char
cross as to Ge sure he
euld not return that day, the Sootv
llosopher hied rapidly back to Tenn
BAR. assembled the low building,
ppped down the flue, saw all he
htcd, and returned. carrying with
III 'he mystery of making ci;r acid.
monopoly OF the inventor was
ne. a few months af,er, and the
re oi the article was reduced four
IS. The poor man was heart
Dken, and died shortly af.erward.
poranf OF the trick by which he had
en- 'lc,lnlizel. lie was to be pitied
an individual sufferer; but the
peei OF progress is bound to crush all
s'acieS which threa. en- to impede S
ar>e, sacrificing the man to the needs
the multitude. Fortunately, in
i. "rS OF the present day can work
thiH' and enrich themselves whilst
peneht OtherS.-Er.
isH IN THE CASPIAN. - The Cas-
~ sea Is extremely rich i'm various
e'es Oh t>h, many of these occur
III prodl,!ious numbers. Accord
!" Alexander Schultz the Weld is
nuch greater than that of the
ga. a Lahk OF newfoundland. In rne
s, S,e district $4,000 sturgeon are fire.
.'H taken in Il day. and when the
S .n IS Interrupted for ~ hours the
, .', oecome almost choked by the
sr",'ce ahce OF fish, which are 80 nu-
Ju, sh DIS ~ press each other out upon
'lore: more The total yield of the Cas-
nJne Jua ior one year in fish and fish
e.s ns mas been estimated at l3,0OO,-
rInuHuS labOut 469, ,43O 900 pounds
nu'r"i>)' na worth about 81, ,lWO, ,Ol,O.
r,l,, nu''r phenomenon observed es-
l%;i' among the sturgeon is that of
In,''. nu OF Winter sleep. At the ap-
"'n "i cold weather thev seek the
Ep portion of the rivers. and remain
ev ~ a state of torpor, during which
m. secrete vi>cid matter which
lan coating over the entire body.
mr., " ny the fishermen peiixse.
,h;n;. inns period they appear to eat
,nn thelr Stomachs ALWAYS being
"''a entirely empty.
,,nn., @ reward of the discoverer i'm
"' pa, ~ science is, in all contingencies.
n ~" 10 stand, as were, between God
!" man, il the laboratory the min"
Thin H' ,,'H' anywhere, and feel that
!, s,ain 'he lew by-past minutes there
herr oleh INTO his mind what has
flee. ,' neeh known to God alone, to
,born "',i'er ''., on the many born and
cir hao VINO are to take this truth into
a, ,,;. osoiiiS as part of their sen O of
Oh AMI .'' a mystery, is Il privilege so
10 S;''t pleasure so overw helminr
erely thn "'" utter insigniticancc not
c el,,nn, m,u Tolls of research, but all
cc Which, ht'ohs Of jealousy and preiu-
'ulinr "c SO often attend tho first