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The New York herald., 1879-09-07

s1Ooo.OOo. There is discrimination either as to
amounts or individuals.
Issurr1cIKsr FACILITIES
As remarked above. the Office has not one-halt
sufficient facilities to meet an emergency like The
present 1t possesses only six furnaces for deposit
melting. three OF which devoted to melting the
large deposits Of the importers while the Others
in constant use melting small deposits and silver.
Of the latter metal. about ton is received every
day. most OF 1t deposited by people who hope to sell
required to melt 5000 varies from two hours
TO two hours and half supposing there
is no difficulty with the are and no
unfavorable circumstance. The entire capacity of
the establis ishment in the melting department. is
about seventy-fve thousand ounces per day. aside
from the three furnaces reserved for the small de-
posts and silver This $4,000 ounces represents
81 100000 While the reporter was in the Office yes
terday afternoon banker who had deposited
81 900 900 Friday morning called. and was told that
he would be paid before noon to-day. When as
much 81. 900 received in single day how
ever 1t is clear that until the capacity of the estab
lishlent shall be enlarged somebody has to wait.
WHY DO THEY MELT TT?
why do they melt up all the foreign coinY Is .
question asked frequently by the bankers. Why not
accept the stamps of the British and the French
mints guarantee for the hneness of the metal.
and keep the coins until need them for shipment
in turn, just the Bank OF England keeps our
coins? The government long ago, however, decided
that the safest way was to- consign every
thing to the melting pot. 1t would require
deal Of time to examine every coin sep
arately, and IL they were not so examined counter
deposit Is in bars holes might be bored into them
after the foreign assay stamp was affixed. and the
cavity filed with lead ana the ornce concealed by
smelling it. These things have all been done.
In the days when dust and nuggets we're frequently
received California these natural forms OF
the precious metal were initiated with great skill
The smelling and asssyng Of every deposit is
'.slow but sure" process.
Not the least able feature Of the Assay Office
is the fact that Of the very few
institutions in which political influence is I'M
known. Nearly the whole staff from the superin-
tendent and assayer down. have been employed there
since it was instituted. and some of them
gagged in the Mint at Phladelphis previous to that
Nobody ever questions their skill in their respective
branches and they take pride in this TACT. and de-
vote themselves to their work with zeal unknown
in institutions where mon work under the conscious
ness that they may be removed ut moments notice
BY politicians.
The New York herald., 1879-09-07
MARY MESTAYER'S DEFENCE.

Mary Mestayer. tho actress. whose stage name is
Mary Williams, and who arrested Thursday
night she leaving Niblos Garden on
charge OF larceny preferred by Fanny
Prestige. another actress. after spending Thurs
day night in the Fourteenth precinct sta
ton house and Friday night in the Tombs
prison. yesterday arrsgned for examination be-
fore Justice Oterbourg in the Tombs Court. 1t is
now said that the value of the stage dresses and
jewery claimed to have been stolen Instead Of
being $3.50. formerly stated, is really $35.
The complainant was not present. but her husband.
W. j. Pitt. showed the magistrate u telegram from
her dated Philadelphia. stating that she was un-
avoidaby detained there. She is playing an engage
the defendant had stolen the above named
property from his wife. 1t will be remem-
bered that the police tound the property In
Mrs. Mestaycr's possession. Mr.. Morrison, the
counsel for the accused said that his client had in
tended to accompany Mrs Pitt to Phladelphia; that
their trunks were packed by strange woman.
who by mistake put the property of Mrs. Pitt
into his clients trunk Mrs. Mestayer did not,
however, go to Philadephia, aud when on
opening her trunk she found Mrs. Pitts property
there she informed the latter's husband Of
the fact. Mr.. Pitt, when questioned by
the Court, admitted that the defendant bad
given him the property. but only after
she learned that q detective looking
tor hcr. Justice Oterbourg held Mrs. Mestayer for
examination, on Friday morning next, In default Of
shD bstl. The accused lady is indignant about her
arrest. which, she says. was unwarrantcd.
The New York herald., 1879-09-07
THE HOUSE OF REFUGE.
NEW YoRK, Sept. s. 1879.

NEW YORK, sept. o. 1917
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-
Having returned home am shown by a friend
copy of New York journal of August 30. In which
an interview with Mr. Edgar Ketcbam is reported.
wherein he puts on bold face TO certain charges.
which he says to be brought against the House
OF Refuge on Randall's Island. am glad that some
one to open mp to the eyes Of the public the rot
tenness Of that place. For several years past
I have known of the wrongs done the boys
sent to that institution and thcse wrongs have been
common talk among tho people employed there.
who. like myself, have seen tho unntncss OF those
who held Office from tho head down. II the people
knew the true inwarsIness of the Refuge there would
bo but few children committed to It. 1t is school
of vice. and children made by being there.
know they steal. swear, smoke chew, lie. and are
given 10 degrading practices without being cor.
rcctcd. know that they cruelty logged, that
know that they not fed properly for the brcad
which IL the principal article OF food, IL often
sour and dirty, and the scurvy they had
there last spring and the year before
sooner u child of mine sent any whore than 10
the House of Refuge under the preeent admuistra-
tion. IL docs not seem good Judgment To-
boys at the House of Refuge who old In ain and
years who have been there two three times be-
fore, some of whom have been in the Peuitcntiary,
and then to put with thcm green country bows
and little boys who have committed crime
Nothing but harm como out of II. The contract
hystem OF work is disgraccful and can never do
justice to the children. They are worked TO thor
utmost capacity. and often beyond, aud at some
thing that can do them good wnen they go out.
The only contract they had that was any beuoht
was from the National Printing Company. aud 1t was
' AN EYE WITNESS.
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e,yhat does trensatlantic mean,
mamma ~ Across the Atlantic.
child" a.Then does Transparent
mean cross parent, mamma p
"Hold your tongue and ask me no
more questions"
As an illustration of the cosmo-
[politan character Of San Francisco,
an English traveller lately visiting
there writes: II had my boots
BACKED by an African, my chin
shaved by European, and my bed
made by au Asiatic; Frenchman
cooked my dinner, and Engllshnan
showed me to my seat, an freshman
changed my plate, q Cinnamon
washed my table napkin and q
German handed me my bill.
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Big Words.

How easyit is for as.to a'ses large
words when short ones would do
a great deal better! How silly it
seems to bear a girl say thai a
dress, or any common thing, is
perfectly splendid" when such
words belong to the blazing and
dazzling sun, or come other similar
object. We once knew boy to
say that his friend could run
"quicker than tightening II he
had known that tightening can
Jump clear around the earth eigh,
times while his friend could move
out of his own tracks, he would
not have spoken 30 foolishly. Let
him beat q locomotive on tel
mile run before be pretends to rur
a race with lightning. Such big
words lead to lying, for they teact
us to disregard the truth. Lee
learned men and public speaker
have the big words, for they know
how to use them properly. Cannon
balls are useful in knocking dow
| forts, but man or boy would no
want such things to kill quail with
for o load Of fine shot would d.
much better.
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Curious Facts.

The heart throws out about
three ounces of blood every pull
sation, and does as much work IN
twenty-four hours as the arms
Carbonic acid gas, the peculiar
substance used in making soda
water, is instantaneous death II
breathed into the lungs.
It is mistake to speak OF the
purity Of the driven snow. Chem
lists tell us that fresh show sboundf
with impurities.
Snow should never be eaten te
allay thirst, as it increases thirst
on account OF the heartshorn, Oh
sn,monia, contained in 1t. rifag
! It has been calculated that
man has been on earth 5000 years
all who have died could be- buried
| in the State of Ohio.
| In the Arctic regions the snov
is sometimes red, owing to smal
plants which grow in those hlgl
aud bleak ATTITUDES.
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an so,r.

- o4. ~.
II is always leap year with the
frogs.
No one ever tried to punch the
head Of navigation.
Naomi was $50 years old when
she was married. Don't be IN a
hurry, girls.
"There ia no place like home
unless it is some nice girls home,
when the old folks are ut class
meeting.
"AIissus Browns mighty kind,
said Sambo johnson; "dis mornin
she boil free eggs for herself, and
Cub dis chile de brof."
| always pay as you 60" said an
old man to his nephew. "But. I'M
Gle. suppose I havn't anything to
nav with p "Then don't so.
| Four things are most grievonsly
empty: a head without brains, u
wit without Judgment, heart
without honesty, and a purse WITH
out money.
A Young lady sent twenty -fve
cents and postage stamp in reply
TO an advertisement OF chow 70
make an impression aud received
for answer, "Sit down on sipan
OF dough"
No commedian can make al
laurhsble a face as that made by
the small boy when be brings
jelly lar down from the closet shei
and discovers it to be full Of ten
penny nails.
Atmospheric air is SO heav.
that it's weight upon the huna'
body is fifteen pounds to the squai
; inch. So people who find it har'
to raise the wind, say it Is on &c
count of the pressure.
/, "Do you think. asked Mrs. PEP
per, THAT temper is bad thin
in a woman 2" Certainly mol
, una am, replied a gallant phiioss
! pher;; 1t is good thing, and SD
: ought never to loose it.
LAP exclaimed maiden lad,
looking up from a paper she wa
u reading, "When / went to schoo
I'VE were taught that we had b.
= senses, but here is an article tall
, ing about the tenth sensus.
1 There are two things when vi
i make us happy in this life, II "
/ attend to them: The hrst Is aev'
r to vex ourselves about what v
q canrot help; and the second nes'
4 to vex ourselves about what
70 can help.
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louachita Telegraph !

q E& Ouacnita Ieicsi"Pn
III, discussing in the United
States Senate the repeal OF the
Jurors test oath law, Senator
Conklipp on the floor the follow
ing relisble information was CIV
Ell: =,
Mr.. President, the honorable
Senator from Iowa lMr. kirkwood)
brings 10 my notice kindred in,
stance, one between which ana
this from Alabama there is striking
resemblance, the case Of the State
of Louisiana, 10 which, I under
stand from his hasty statement, a
Statute clothes the Governor with
the power At his option, when ne
chooses. and where he chooses, to
appoint for parish--which means
q county-agents OF bis, l care not
what they are called, to make up
the body Of men and the selection
from which the jurors are to be
drawn.
Mr., Kirkwood. The Senator
win allow me a moment to state
that.
Mr.. Conkling wish you would
stateit.
Mr.. Kirkwood--By the laws OF
I.ouisians Jurors are selected BY q
body Of men, five in each parish,
called police jurors 1t is so hap
psned, of course, that in Republi-
can parishes v portion at least OF
those police jurors were Republi-
cans. At the first session OF the
legislature after the advent OF Gov
Nicholjs 10 Office a law passed au-
thorizing him to add to the number
OF police jurors in any parish IN
which hs chose to do 30 five add
tional Jurors Of his own selection
the result of which WAS that II
parishes where there was majority
Of Republican police jurors the ad
ditional five were added, giving t.
our Democratic friends the con
troll of the body.
Mr.. Conkling This dispensing
claase give,s permission to an.
i,dgs, who ever be may be. to re
sort 20 the State boxes for jurie
when those boxes have been flle'
by the most .icentious exercise Q
the power described BY the honor
able Senator from Iowa; and thus
upon tho option Of any judge
questions Of the last moment, quss
tons involving the national right
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AarA0TO $4,000 A YEAR, or
XII hH1lS5 to SO day In your
d IVVown locality. No rlsk.

Women do as we'll as men. Nans ii,Ho
more than the amount stated ABOVE NO
one can fail to make money fast ANY
one car do the work. You can make
from so cents to 81 an hour by devoting
your evenings and spare time to the
business. 1t costs nothing to try the
business. Nothing like it for money
making ever offered before. Business
pleasant and strictly honorable. Reader,
# YOU want to know all about the best
paving business before the public, send
rs yonr address and we viii send you
full particulars and private terms free
samples worth S. also, free = yon can
then make up your mind for yourself.
Address GEO. S'f1SSoN & CO.
;vs~ix Portland. Maine
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To clear cistern water, add two
ounces OF powdered alum and two
ounces of borax to twenty-barrel
cistern of rain water that is black
or oily, and in few hours the sed-
imept will settle, and the wster be
clarified and fit for washing, and
even for cooking PURPOSES.
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Never send an article for publ
cation without giving the editor
thy name, for tbs name often 90.
cures publication to worthless ar
ticles. :. ~ 81. .s,s.,s q.
Thou shouldst not rap ut the
door of . printing Office, for he
that answereth the rap sneereth in
his sleeve and lossth time.
Never do thou. loaf. nor knock
down type. or the boys will love
thee as they do the shade trees
when thou leavest.
Thou shouldst never read the
copy on the printers case, or the
sharp and hooked oontsiner there
Of, or he may knock thee down.
Never inquire Of the editor fol
news, for, behold, it is his business
to give it to thee at the appointed
time without asking forit,
II ie not right that thon sbonlds
ask him Who is the anthor of oil
article, for it is his duty to seel
such things to himself
When thou dost enter an ofic'
take heed unto thyself that tho'
dost not look at what concern
thee not, for that is not meet II
the sight Of good breeding.
Neither examine thou the prooI
sheet, TOR il is not ready 10 ilst
thine eye that thou mayest urde'
stand. 49,
Thou shouldst not delude thy
self with the thought that tho
hast saved . few cents when tho
hast secured . dead head copy
his paper, for whilst the prints
may smile and say it's all RICH
hen nsvef forget thy msannsss.
-
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GILMORE & CO..
6as F. ST., WASHINGTON, D. G..
WILL PROSECUTE BEFORE THE

General Land Office. Office Of Indian AZ
fails, Department of the Interior. the
Court of Claims, aud United States Su-
preme Court, Claims Of all kinds srising
nnder laws governing the disposal OF
Public Land, OF the adjustment OF
French, Spanish and Mexican Grants, or
other Private Land Claims. Special at
tention given TO cases involving Title to
Grant Lands and Mining Claims Land
Warrants and Land Scrip bought Cash
mid for Soldiers Additional Homestead
Rights. Send stamp for circular Of in
structions. Three stamps to pay postage
II yeu want full set of blanks and IN
:, r,,rt;ons n9-fy
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'oifax, Grant -
At TIE 70" ','as |
TWO DOLLARS sll
invariably m .assl. |
The casoAl
SELECTIONS,
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31
The Yellow Fever.

There was only one new case OF yell
low Fever at Memphis, on the 23rd inst,
and one death; on the 2i;h. two cases
and three deaths; on the 25th, one case
and two deaths. The total number of
cases for the week was 81; total cases
10 date, l,5ll; total deaths from yellow
fever during the week, IA ; TO date, 40.
Another heavy frost fell at Memphis
Friday night last, and thin ice formed
in the suburbs. The epidemic being de-
clai ell ended, absentees have commenc-
ed returning from st. Louis, Louisville,
Cincinnati and other places OF refuge,
the railroads and water lines reducing
fares for their benefit. Several hundred
passed in on Sunday last. On the same
day, the Goth, there was one new case
and three deaths.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31
The Return to Memphis.

MEMPHIS. October 2S.-Camp Father
Mathew was broken up this afternoon.
The people in the camp formed a pro-
cession and marched to St. Bridgets
Catholic Church, where services were
held and n bcnediction pronounced.-
Fathers Kelly. Quinn and Walsh ofllcia-
ted. Undertakers report one inter
ment to-day-llenry Green, who died
las, night. The Howards have hal no
calls for nurses in the city to-day. DIR.
w. T.. Rogers and nurse leave to-mor-
row for Harrison Station. Mississippi, in
response to an appeal received by the
Towards this sfternoon, the sick person
being L. A. Crow. The telegram does
not state whether the sickness is yellow
fever. The Louisville train tonight
brought 700 returning people.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31
The Indian HostilitieS.
The Story OF the Released osptives time If
TriA. and Narrow Eso,pe from Death.


Los PiNos. Col. October ~. via DEL
NoRTE, Col. Oct. "a we have just ar
rived from the indian camp on platcau
creek. Toe women and children are
safe at Chief Onray's house. nine miles
below. They stood the journey we'll.
anti Mrs. Meeker has improved in health
every day since we started. We left on
the morning OF the 22nd. The Indians
seemed unwilling TO have as leave until
they had learned what success Gen. Ad-
ans had in stopping the further advance
Ot Gen. Merritt's com mand. Mr.. Meek
ers papers were burned and what mon
ely Mrs. Mee<er had was taken from her
by Douglas. The intentions were to
kill the women and children, "a the win
dows of the room in which they first
took refuge were riddled with bullets
the instant they had left it for more
secure place in the milkroon. Mrs.
Mceker thinks that Susan. the squaw
wife of Chief Johnson. q sister OF Ouray,
did more than all others TO save their
lives. She was as kind to them az a
mother, and their parting was very touch
ing. Jacks band fought the troops, and
Douglas men killed the agent aud en-
P'Ogts. AEtul -ItNktI WIS hltit'l IVY
Antelope and Waupattits. Mrs. Meeker
was shot at while running from the
house attempting To hide in the sage
brush. The bal! passed through her
dress aud made n slight flesh wound in
her thigh about four inches long. Ar
rangcmcn,s for night with Merritts
command were most complete. Two
hundred ArapahDes had Joined Jack.
with many others from ncighboring
tribes, tS had it not been for the timely
arrival OF Chief Ouray's orders to cease
fighting the name of Merritt and his
command woulj have passed Into histo-
~ by the side Of Custer, with the same
epitaph-ann;hlGtod by Indians. The
outbreak may he attributed TO fuurthings
VIZ: the repeated change and the les.
seuing of the amount OF rations issued
II the Indians; there being no head
chief the same "a Onray is here: Ute
Indian for an interpreter unfriendlv to
Mecker. and plenty of bad whisky, which
was furnished Ivy ranchmen.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

In Baltimore, on the 2Jth inst. Sou
thern wheat was lower. and closed dull
and heavy. The range of sales was at
25aSl 30 iot fair 20 good Ful,z. and
/ 47aSl 90 for good TO prime Longber
~. No. Maryland sold at 81 81. The
market for Western was weak and de-
cliEing, closing with rather more stea-
dv feeling. The sales include rejected
At 81 Is; stceuer at 81 "a. No. S
Winter red at 81 %.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31
General Mcdowell repor,st to tho w

General Mcdowell reports TO the War
Department that the uuIla PAL Indians,
in Northern Arizona. are starving, and
asking if they could not he fed by the
War Department. There being no APP
preparation available for such purpose
in the War Department. the matter was
referred to lhc Interior Department.
This is the third dispatch Of "a similar
character received.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

w. r. Kelly. treasurer OF the Grand
10 dye OF Oid-Fellows of " est Virginia,
claims That his pocket was picked Of
81 300 OF the iolLU's fu1Is whiic lie vas
cnroute from Pa kcrsburg to Wfeol-
ing, on Monday. Tie lodge appointed
an investigating committee, which has
preferred a charge ofnoglcct against Mr,
Kelly.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

"PEENLEss" POFAToEs.-On Slturllv
last, Mr.. Joshua R Arnold delivered to
Messrs. Russell, merchants, here, lot
of "pcerless' POTATOES. which. for unj-
formity in size, soundness and tho best:
qualities Of the vegetable, recommend
them for extended use and cultivation.
They grow TO one or two pounds weight
and their irmness ana so'il;ty indicate
the best keeping" qualities. No better
recommendation for their general growth
could be presented than this lot Of Mr.
Arnold's affords. 1t is good evidence of
general improvement, in a county, whom
it increases its productions all APPROX
ed stocks. We observe that Fultz wheat
is quoted at the top OF the market, and
our farmers arc raising it extensively.
This shows hat they are Mp to the times,
and they ought always to keep pace with
the progress that science, knowledge and
experience are making. The best agri.
cultural products, fruits, vegetables and
live stock, are che grcot resources o.
prosperity and certain wealth. Advance
these and all other healthy doyclopc-
mcuts Of industry follow in their train.
Communicated.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

The residence o. Mr. VIM. . II. ne. +
Psrkerburg, this State, was destroyed
by tire, early on the morning of tho 25th
inst. The lives OF the family were bare
ly saved. Loss $500. The fire was
the work of an inccnlilvy.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

At the Nicoll House, in Oakland. Ca
lifornia. on Tuesdty Last, Herbert Ben
ton ami Frankie w Woodward, young
woman, committed suicide hy shooting
themselves with the sumo pistol, the man
killing himself first 1t was premedi.
tated deed, bat nothing is known Of the
cause.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

The new African Methodist Episco-
pal church at Wheeling was dedicated
Sunday last. The services wero con-
ducted ny Bishop Wayrn.n. Of Ralti-
more city, assisted by other clergYmen,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-31

The severest storm ever known at this
time OF the year occurred on MI. Wash
incton. y. H., on Wednesday last. The
wind. a. 10 a. NJ, attained velocity
Of 1872 miles an hour. accompanied by
snow, which has been falling for "a
hours.