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RICHLY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY!
Copying Ink dispensed with.

After years of efforts and experiments
q pencil has been perfected that writes
as pleasantly as black lead pencil. but
possesses all the qualities Of the finest
copying ink, and is indelible. 1t car
be used on the cheapest grades Of paper
without blurTing or spres ding on the pa
per, as ink will at times. Il will take
g perfect copy months after the writing
Il viii he found invaluable to the trav-
e.cr, requiring no risk Of an iGkstand
and is always ready for use. There are
many other GdvaDtsg IS aCcTuiug, which
will be se'fevidsnt il its use. Twenty
five cents each; two dollars and q half
per dozen. For sale by
boyle d CHAPMAN. ssatEoGeTs,
20 Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
We will send one pencil by mail on
receip. Of thirty cents.
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REMEMBER

The Best Goods at tae lowest Prices
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FRANCISCO 4 WIGGIN-STRAW
GOODS.

Francisco & Wiggin, the great hat
tiers st No. 3lS Main street, have re-
ceiyed another well selected stock OF
straw hats, embracing the most beauti-
full, fashionable and comfortable yet in
troduced. They offer these goods At
very low prices and guarantee to satisfy
every customer. Their stock Of straw
goods, to say nothing OF the silk and
felt hats, is Of unsurpassed excellence.
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CLEARING SALE
OF
MILLINERY GOODS!
The Greatest Bargains Ever Offered
BBIE BROTHE RS,
.o0O md 900 Eas,s,-aer
CLEARING SALE
22O and 222 MaiEa stree

We have determined to close out our
millinery regardless of cost in prefer
ence TO carrying them over until next
season.
LOOK AT OUR PRICES!
Fine I,eghorn hats, 81 80, former
price s. SO; fine hair hats, 81 80, former
price 81 25; suDdOWns, so cents, former
price 81; school hats, %, 50 and IS cents,
worth double; all-silk parssOls, so cents,
worth 81; large sun-umbIeIIas, s.,
worth So 80. Ribbons, sashes, flowers,
at prices thet will insure 8 purchase.
LEUBRIE BROS,
go and 222 Main street.
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MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR
springs.

The most popular Of Virginia springs
is now filing up rapidly with guests
from ali parts Of the country. Memphis
will be largely represented by the lead
ing business men and their families,
and many bellies and besux. Among
the many attractions We mention the
popular senior partner and manager,
Captain c. 4. CoIhoun, well furnished
rooms, fiae living, and the band from
Annapolis naval academy, the finest in
the mountains. Mr.. c. NJ. Obenchain,
of Walnut Bend, Arkansas, will make
for any parties who may
wish to 90.
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LAW KEPORTGs

Criminal COurt-TII3uiH, IuGgs.
The following cases are set fer trial on
Monday next: 252, George ". Weible,
Fsyette Coleman, Abe Galloway; 243,
Aleck Newbern, Sol Person; 423 Mary
Wells; $50, George Johnson; 5S7, Charles
Lawrence; 5l7, Bill ConueTs; 627, George
Patterson; 1872, Henry Young: 526, Lucy
Stanley; 254, NJ Payne; 625, JOAN Mil
Ter; 625, Jane Wheeler; 626, Mike
M'DOnald; 655, George Johnson; 531,
Charley Wolf; $40. Andy Wheelan;
$40, Martin Shay: 473, Ed. Miller; AL,
Mat. OHars.
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LIVINGSTON & GGMPANY,
ESEsEf ESETG ARD FOREyaN EANAEEa,
10 PINE STREET, NEW YORK,

ConseTvstively organized for doing
the business of out-of-tOwn banks, bankers,
corporations, merchants and individuals,
Usual interest allowed on daily balances,
Collections made and promptly RENTED.
CCTFaEsG HGCYlcs solicited. Exchange on pTinct-
pal citiss of Europe.
LIVINGSTON, NEWBEBN q CO,
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Second Circuit COurI-EEaIaey. Judge.
Tomorrow is motion day. No more
cases will be specially set for trial or
passed over after being called during the
present term. After the conclusion of
the case now on trial, the cases not
heretofore disposed Of on the trisl-dock-
ct will be called in numerical order, and
every case wherein parties are not ready
to try will be continued.
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a GREAT MANY from New Orleans
and other parts Of the south are expect
ed 10 join the California excursion to
leave here on the tenth of July.
W. II, TCLFP,
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FOE LEASE on SALE.

4 OTS-situated on Madison and Court streets
extended, in eighth ARD, Preston S sub
division. These grounds 0re shaded 10y forest
trees. and are Ia a uei-hbGTL0Od uu-EcepuOD-
ably good. A rare opportunity IFS here offered
10 tenants or pure s~eT-. Price suited 10 The
times, and terms 10 the convenience Of april
cants IEELEFANI& CO,
r0v.8 Eg Mad son street.
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There will be a meeting Of this asso-
citation in the chamber of commerce.
No. Is Madison street, on Monday,
twenty-eighth instant, at eight o'clock
in the evening. Election Of q secretary
to i'll the place vacated by the resigBa-
ton Of Colonel @. w. Alexander, who
has been called elsewhere. A full at
tendance is requested.
PLAIN GRENADINES in exquisite
styles, just received at
b. Low ENSTEIN & BROS.
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THE examination and closing exer-
cises Of the Hebrew Sabbath-schoOl con-
nected with the Hebrew Reformed Con-
gregatioD, will take plsce this morning
at nine o'clock. Teachers and parents
ofthe pupils are specially requested to
attend, n. SAMFIELD,
Superintendent.
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TIE private picnic to be given by the
Young MemphiGns' Southern club, viii
positively come Off al Leath orphan asy-
lum, Monday, July ), 1875.
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A RARE CHANCE.

Intending purchasers Of ready-made
clothing will find their Interests well
served by q visit to LoWenstein's NAM
moth clothing store, 238 Main street,
where, forithe next thirty days, they in
tend sacrincing their immense stock OF
custom. made clothing, suitable for men,
boys and children, at prices so low as to
appeal to the pockets Of the most eco
inclined.
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FOR SALE.

CEwlNG MACHISE-Ihe best singer Sow
= ing Machine, almost new for s-5-Cost SO
Call 81 a55 MAIN So
TNGINE AND BOIL Era good second
IL hand steam engine and boiler, with eve ~
thing complete and ln good running order
has run only three MOI tf-. Governor, Lg ..er
two pumps and ruuE-t,E shafts TO- same, boiler
stand aud grsIe bars, go feet chimney, F'
horse power. All guaranteed Price So.
cash. address .. W.-tlls Office.
uORsES. MULES. EUr.-Ju-t received 90
II City sbles, superior lui II saddle and
harness horses; also a Jew good mules which
we VIII sell on Iall time. a few gclu milgu
je23 FORREST q FAIRIES.
nRESs, GINS. ETC-gls WInshIp power
press; one -3-ssw carver gin; enc 5J-say
Gullett gin, one Ray-old'- revolving cotton
press; one large writing desk lyi pi shalt
IN. PATRICK d. co,
Jun up stairs, corner Ih.Id and MADISON.
HoUsE-The convenient two-e'o-y brick
III dwelling house, NO. s. Market street
Terms 20 suit the times Apply q
JUS PRAII Oh 20 - Front 81.
OAKLAND FEMALE SEHINARI-suu-
" ated IA he town q Oakland, ON the n.
q +. K. r., ~ miles from Memphis. The bu- a.
ings are new and easy OF access. surrounding
country thicl-y settled guu community Te-
fined. Il is Vel adapted for teachers, family
and boarders; good gardens and two good els
terms. Terms very liberal. Apply To
JAMES -.DJhE, or q. A. 4 Lien
juI5 Oakland, Mls-issp pi.
HOUSE AND LOTS Poplar st~eet-ona o.
III the most pleasant Te-lLeuees on that
fASorite street,. .el H.. sale So moderate
price and on easy .s-w-- AVl.vtu
fuB TREZEkaN NJ q. , g., lH EaI son 80.
CTEAM-ESGINE- md Bo.IgTs, portable and
- stationary, new a-d secondhand. suIla-
ole 70 run saw and -twIl.- and CurrDl-Elu-,
lev for cash or ClLy .agg-n f..D.. Apply 90
iC3 tLbbIN0 G. GUM.
AT AUCTIOS-THe ID. owing Lots viii be
"a sold TO the highest bidder on THURSDAY,
July LIST, on the northwest corner OF nam
Sud Madison streets: Part lot jJl, being
by 1855 feet, south side Jtfiar-DI street. next
west OF Nj. +. NJ. Patterson. also, the follow
ing lots, in block II EiuEley SuoW-e
vision: :, =, - and H. ga. side OF Marley
avenue, and u, d, 20 and -, west side Ha-.il--
street; and the following iu block Is Of said
subdivision =, 4, o. s. "a and llr g-- side -lg-E
avenue, and Slllr j and ~, ea-- SIDE pl t-ao-
fiags street; each OF said lots tN feet front 10y
$50 BIO feet depth. TENS, half cash. half IN
one year, with Interest fIJI date OF sale al So
Ger cent, secured by trust deed.
iui IRRELEVANT & co. |
m EsIDEECE-My late residence on Jesss- /
rs main street, third door east OF Lauder /
dale Btreef House and gTgunds Ia perfect 4
pEcsrs JOHN OYEkTOS JE. !
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40 BARRELS TUREIP SEED,
Best varieties, wholesale. r q. Craig
& Co, 81 and 379 Main street, Mem
phis, Tennessee.
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CTEAM- ENGINE md BoIgrs, Portable and
- stationary, new aad secondhand. sllla-
ole 70 run saw and q -tmIl.- ana CurrUl-ELi-,
lev Tor cash OF C.Iy acceptance. Apply 10
fC8 CUBBINS & GUM.
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THE best place to get your harness re-
paired is at John q. Sticks, 297 Second
street.
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"TRE STANDARD PAPEFERIF,n

Is the ne p2atS ultra ofstationery packets.
For sale ct 81 Main street, Third door
south of Union. A. f. DOD d co.
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GREAT BARGAINS in dry goods for
the fourth OF July at B. LOwenstein &
Bros. Read their new advertisement in
to-day's issue.
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CHEAP DRESS GOODS.
5000 yards assorted dress goods at 10
cents yard.
NENKEN BROTHERS.

WANTED-To pay cash FOR wool,
hides, sheep peIts, deer skins, feathers,
taiIow, gensiEc, new wheat, in carload
lots or less. Wife to Hughes IL CO.,
general commission merchants, ST..
Louie, who have large consignments Of
country hog products and western pro
auos for sale very low FOR cash.
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DIR. I. z. TURNER,

DENTIST,
Nc. 265 Main Street Over BaEnUms
Improved EIy-TTsps, see, for sale by
r.. WETTER d 40.
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THE EUROPEAN HOTEL.

The European hotel, Second street,
opposite Court square, is the cutest
place in Memphis. Elegant rooms,
sumptuOus fare and reasonable rates are
some of its features. Meals at all hours,
both day and night.
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PLAIN and plaid hat searfs at IS cents
each; reduced from 81, 81 % and 81 SO,
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LACE CAPES.

LACE CAPEs,
Lace lies,
Lace novelties.
Lace scarfs, black and cOlOred,
ct reduced prices,
Al
B. LOWEESTEIN & BROS.
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L. Il. DEAN & CO.'S ART PAIL ACE

The great art store of L. M. Dean &
Co, at No. 38I Main street, is daily
thrOnged with ladies and gentlemen to
examine and view the many useful and
beautiful articles offered for sale by the
members Of this popular
firm, which deals exclusively in wall
paper, Window-shades, paints, oils, glass,
house ornaments, decorations, etc. They
have Just received q well assorted stock,
which will be sold at the lowest possible
figures. All orders to them will be filled
satisfactorily. Calcimining is a spe-
cialty with l.. NJ. Dean &. Co.
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JUST OPENED
ENKEN BRO RS

NEW BLACK LACE JACKETS
Atfrom So upwards.
NEW PARAS0LS,
LADIES' LINEN SUITS,
At greatly reduced prices.
Children's Linen Suits,
at fTom 81 p up.
Children's Pique Suits,
at 81 80 and upward.
u Il n Z n II II - ~ ~ n n 4,
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CHEAPEST plaid grenadines in the
southwest at
B. LOWENSTEIN & RROS.
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lie LU1 W ENS1EEN y Bhg -
ARARE CHANGE.

Intending purchasers Of ready-made
clothing will find their interests well
served by q visit TO L6wenstein'5 mann
moth clothing stole, 23S Main street,
where, for the next thirty days, they il
tend sacrificing their immense stock Of
custon-made clothing, sUit9 Die for men,
boys ana children, at prices so low SIS 10
appeal TO the pockets Of the most eec-
n0micslIy inclined.
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PEEEsDEaGE

E7E EEvEDY Us sure cure for murrsiu IN
81 cattle. $. j. BELL, v. s,
#n|- No. 81 second So.
FAR ALFRED VOORHEES, makes spe@l-
, atty % treating Eye and Ear Diseases.
ono. ~. Pop ar street. my2s
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SUMNER UNDERWEAR.

Gents gaUzs summer UndershiFts at
40, 90 and rs cents; gents euperhne
gaUZe summer uudeTshiTts at 81; gents
Nainso0k ugdershiits at IS cents and
81; gents superfine Undershirts atSl %;
superior quality Angola shirts and
drawers, extremely low. ladies' gaUze
and hsle.thread vests, in full assort-
ment. Children'5 gsUze and lisle-thTead
vests, all sizes.
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Go TO Leddin's Business College.

Improved FIy-Traps, soc, f'r sale by
"A. " EETE8 81 S8.
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B. LOWENSTEIK BROS.
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Go TO Kenealy's Business College.
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GRUBBS & AUSTIN,

Continue their closing-out sale Of olo-
thing, and, to aid the working-peOple,
will take the new issue Of city warrants
at par for all goods in their line.
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Mammoth Clothing Store,
23S Main street.
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BARGAINS for the fourth Of July at
3. LOWENSTEIN & BROS.

Improved FIy.Traps. soc, for sale by
y. WETFkR & 60.
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Go TO John G. Sick, 297 Second
street, for your buggy, butcher and
wagon harness.
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REMEMBER

The Best Goods at the Lowest Prices
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FOR VICKBBUR8.
FOR VICKSBURG.
ZOE ARKANsAs RIVER.

FOR a kk NSAS RIVER
Regular Memphis and Pine Ri00 $
Hell Line.
For Fed Fork, Auburn, New GascOny I'D all
points through to Pine BlunI conn citing
with light boats through 10 Fort Smith.
BEEE4E 0E TEXAS sGD
mo. OOuDu II 10 toL
Leaves EVERY TUESDAY, at PA.
LEGAL FEEDER.
Ed. Rowland m asteT -Essz1zz t8iss
Leaves EVERY SATURDAY, at 3 pm.
For freight or passage apply TO
JSO. n. HARDIN, SUpt.y
Is Madison street.
r. ?. GLENN, Agent,
lanl5 WharfDOat, foot Cont street.
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NKURIL--Ehs instantaneous cure fol
ssssTalcta. Gs1. ". Zones q Co., keep 1t.
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LOWenst6in's Mammoth Clothing Store,
26S Eainstreet.
A.C. TBEADWELL & BROS

Wholesale GrOCeTE and Cotton Factors,
HO. II UgfOn StFset-Aei EzeE-
chants Fake Heed,
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The cheapest and best STEAM DYaIEG
and CLEANING HoUgE in the city is al 245 Ss-
cond stTest HANSON q WALKER.
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EsIDEHCE-My late residence on Jssss-
- main street, third door east Of Lauder
dale sfreef House and grounds IN perfect
pEceEs JOHN OfERIOS il.
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PLANTs-Cabbage, Tomato, Egg, Craig
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-30
MEMPHIS TENNa TUESDAY EVENING" NOVEMBER go ISIS.

presupposes the existence OF vast foun-
dries and skilled workmeu, of food to
support them in their work, of division
of labor, and, in short, of all that we
know under the nan.e of civilization
out civilization of degree Of perfec-
ton which we, at least, have not yet
reached.
There are other considerations which
render this great discovery highly prob
able. The moon, during the long ages
since it was FIRST cut of from the earth,
has passed through all the phases of the
earth. Meteoric stones which have fallen
on the earth show that the celestial
bodies are comp. .sed OF the same sub
stances as the earth. The moon must
have passed through changes analogous
with those which have taken place in the
earth; it must have had its azoie, plezoic
and mesozoic ages; and, as time passed
on, and it grew into such a condition as
that which on earth rendered possible
the existence of mnn, beings like him
must have appeared ON the moon. Where
we now are the lunar men we're ages ago,
and if they have bad that peculiarly
human ability to adapt themselves to
their surroundings, so that, through eli.
matte changes which kill off less intel!i
gent beings, we are enabled to live on,
they would certainly, in modified form
be able to cope with such adverse cir.
cumstances which, without human intel
ligence, would crush off other animals
except those which, like the birds seen
by NJ. Lastnai. Coreau, they chose to
keep for their own uses.
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The Hu,nbIs.Ree.

We noted, a few weeks ago, that an
acclimatization society of New Zealand
had applied to authorities in England
for transportation of humble.be to
their island In answer to that request,
two nests of the required insects we're
lately dispatched TO New Zealand by Mr.
Frank Bnckland. They were packed in
separate boxes, and every provision
made for their welfare during the voy.
age, which, it is expected, will terminate
in January. Humble bees are not ma
tives Of New Zealand, and their pres
ence is desired there for the purpose of
iertilizing the red clover. The proboscis
of the honey-bee does not reach down to
the pollen of the clover, and, therefore,
it is no help in Transporting the grains
from flower TO flower, 1t is expected
that, by performing this essential ser.
vice, the humble bee will secure the pro.
duction of clover seed, and thereby
enable the sgriculturalist to extend the
cultivation OF this useful crop.
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DIAMOND.
The Nearest Approaches 90 an ArIi.
fIciRl Production of tlse Genuine
GJana

The Nearest Approaches 90 an ArIi.
nciRI Production of tISe Genuine
Gem.
Scientific American.
Sydney Smith once observed that it re-
quired a surgical operation to get joke
into a Scotchman's head. We do not
know whether the anonymous individual
who has just sent US a letter signed, "a
Fried" halls from the o cakes; but we
fear such must be the case, in view Of the
merciless hauling ever the Goals which
he inaicts upon us for our recent limo.
cent remarks on a cheap jewelry swim
die. We might endure the letter in ST.
lence and lock the suffering it causes in
our lacerated breast, but now the We
neered diamond man himself twists our
paragraph into q commendatory testimo-
nial, and publishes it as such in his bra
zen advertisements.
Seriously however, for the sake posi-
lily of others who may also have misun-
ders;ood our meaning, aud in order to
iurnish the diamond ~ merchant with
a new paragraph for future advertise
ments, we may plainly state that the
wonderful discovery is miserable de-
ception. Science has never been able to
produce the diamond arti6cally, though
countless attempts have been made.
Professor Silliman, by the aid of an in.
tense heat, has made little globules
from plumbago, which were trans.
parent, and which resembled the
genuine stone; so also globules have
been obtained from apparently fused
charcoal, but close examination showed
them to contain iron and carbon, which
proved that the charcoal had never been
perfectly fused DR.. Hare, of Philadel-
phia, by means Of dehagrstor, sue
ceeded in obtaining q metallic luster
from intensely heated charcoal. Gag
niard de Latour pretended to have dis
covered the Ingredients of the gem;
but the small crystals shown by him
turned out to be peculiar silicates, which
polarized light differently from the dia-
mond. M. Despretz has conducted ex-
periments which are probably the fur
thest advanced of any. By Violate &C.
ton he prepared a pure carbon from
sugar candy, which was deposited in the
shape of microscopic crystals in black
ootohedrons, or colorless translucent
plates, the whole of which had the hard
ness Of the powder of the diamond, and
which disappeared on combustion with
out leaving any perceptible residue. Be-
ing, however, only in powder, it was inn
possible to isolate and weigh these crys-
tails, or to determine their index of re-
fraction or angles of polarization, the
two tests which infallibly distinguish the
true diamond. 1t is reported, but we
know of no con6rmatory evidence, that
mixture of chloride Of carbon and
alcohol, when acted upon by galvanic
currents for six months, is deconposed
with result similar to the above.
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origin and secrecy of Invention.

A century ago what man discovered
in the arts ne concealed. Workmen we're
put upon oath never to reveal the pro-
cess used by their employers. Doors
were kept closed, visitors vigorously ex-
cluded from admission, and false opera
tions blinded workmen themselves. The
mysteries Of every craft we're hedged in
BY the set fences Of empirical preten-
tions and judicial affirmation. The royal
manufactures Of porcelain, for example,
were carried on in Europe with spirit
Of jealous exclusiveness. His majesty
of Ssxony was especially circumspect.
Not content with the oath Of secrecy i'm
posed upon his people, he would not
abate his kingly suspicion in favor of a
brother monarch. Neither king nor
kings delegate might enter the tabooed
walls of Nielsen. What is enormously
called the Dresden porcelain, that ex-
quisite pottery of which the world has
never seen the equal, was manufactured
for 200 years by process so secret that
neither the bribery of princes nor the
garrulity Of the operatives ever re-
veale1 it.
Other discoveries have been less sue
cessfully guarded, fortunately for the
world. The manufacture of tinWare in
Europe originated in stolen secret.
Few readers need to be informed that
tinware is simply thin iron plated with
tin by being dipped into the molten
metal In theory it is an easy matter to
clean the surface of iron; dip it into a
bath Of the boiling tin aud remove it
enveloped with the silvery metal to a
place Of cooling. In practice, however,
the process is one of the most difficult in
the arts. 1t was discovered in Holland
and guarded from publicity with the ut
most vigilance for nearly half century.
England tried in vain to discover the
secret until James Sherman, a Cornish
miner, crossed the channel, insinuated
himself master of the secret and brought
it home. The secret of manufacturing
cast steel was also steslthily obtained,
and is now within the reach of all arti-
cana