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VOL. 16, NO. 40.
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD.
Nineteen Metals That Are Worth More
Than $1,000 Pound.
lColliery Engineer.l


[Colliery Engineer.l
Following are tho names of those metals
valued at over 81, 900 an avoirdupois pound,
the figures given repre- enting the value FER
pound:
1880, $4,000.
Rubidium-An ak aline metal, so-called for
exhibiting dark red lines in the spectrum
analysis, 5000.
Zirconium-A metal obtained from the
minerals zircon and hyacinth, in the form Of
black powder, $1,000.
Lithium-An alkaline metal; the ightest
metal known, $1,000.
Glucnum-A metal in the form Of a gray
ish black powder, S., 400.
Calcium-The metallic base Of lims,
$500. a.a.--.--.-a. ~. VS..
Strontium-A maIleable metal of yell
lowish color, $1,000.
Terbium-Obtained from the mineral gad-
olinite, found in Sweden, st0s0
Yttrium-D Discovered in 1928, is Of a gray
ish black color, and its luster perfectly
mctalGc, S4,0S0.
Erbium-The metal found associated
with yttrium. S3, 400
Cerium-A metal of high specific gravity,
grayish white color, and lamellar text.
ure, S3, 400
Didymium-A metal found associated
with cerium, s., 200.
Ruthenium-Of "A gray color, very hard
and brittle, extracted from the ores Of pla.
tinum, 81, 400.
Rhodium-Of white color and metallic
luster, and extremely hard and brittle. 1t
requires the strongest heat that can be pro-
duced by wind furnace for its fusion,
$4,000.
Nlolium-Previously named columbinum,
first discovered in an ore found at New Lon
don, Conn, s., 800
Barium-The metallic base of baryta,
Sl,s00
Palladium-A metal discovered in 1872
and found in very small grains, OF steel
gray color and ibrous structure, 81, 400.
Osmium-A brittle gray -colored metal,
found with platium, 81 800
Iridium-Found native as an alloy with
osmium in lead-gray scales, and is the heav-
lest of known substances $1,000.
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A Wise Parent.
philadelphia Call

Young Algernon Gn love with Miss d.
Blank)-I called, sir, at your daughters
suggestion to ask Of you very great favor,
the greatest favor a father can grant,
and
Old Mr.. De Blank-Ahl my dear boy
Come in. Did not recognize you By the
way. have you a pin about you' ...
Young Algernon with alacrity)-Oh yes,
sir, here is one.
Thanks. Win you be SO kind as to pin
my collar in placei Buttons all of, you
see"
with pleasure. As was saying, your
daughter and have"
Pardon me; but have you piece Of bent
wire or a nail about your
"Why-why, no. sirl I-but perhaps this
toothpick will do"
@No, not strong enough. want IL to hold
up my suspender. The hairpin / was using
has got lost But never mind-go on.'
Il merely called to say would like to take
your daughter 10 the-tbe-concert this
evening"
1Ohl certainly
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Chemistry of tho Day.
TC'hicapo HaraId

"Young gentlemen" said the lecturer In
chemistry, "coal exposed to the elements
loses 10 per cent of its weight and heating
power. This Is due to the action OF the al
kali constituents Of"
"But what II there Is dog sleeping near
the coal, professorp
1None Of your levity, young man. This IL
q serious matter" ......
"That's what dad thought when 70 per
cent Of his coal pile disappeared during
three nights Of exposure Then he asked
my advice as student Of chemistry, and
told him to buy dog. He bought . dog,
with bay-window teeth and the string -ha IL
In his upper lip, and now we don't lose per
cent Of our coal month. That's tho kind
Of practical chemist am. Now 60 on
with your theory
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The Prefix Must Go.
New York Mail and Express.


@The dudes AMI swells, especially those
who attern after English style, are begin
ming to drop the prefix Mr.. from their visit
ing cards" said fashionable designer and
card engraver TO a reporter.
"What is the reasonF
"They say too many people are putting
Mr.. TO their names VINO have no style, no
prestige, and no social elevation to warra mt
it. They add that 1t is becoming too vulgar
and common. and they do not propose TO
have the style of the general
masses Hence they drop tho prefix.
Ny experience In the business teaches
me that the Americans proper, ]
mean those who do not suffer from Anglo
mania, do not use the prefix in their cards to
a great degree. Il Is merely matter Of
taste with them John Jacob Astor always
has Mr.. put ON his visiting-card. He uses a
small, neat white card. Jay Gould, Vanler-
bilt, and men Of great wealth as usual
thing have plain cards without prefix
Some few Murray Hill millionaires use the
prefix Mr., but they are rather exceptions
But the, swells are dropping 1t because they
think 1t Ia becoming too common. by Jove,
old boy, don't yer know.' There is nothing
q swell hates more than for style TO become
popular with the mas O.. He wants some.
thing odd
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Drifting of to other matters, this curious
and, believe, new story about Gen. Grant
came out Grant bad just been appointed
to the command Of all the armies In the
west. In the east he was not so we'll known
as aftsrward, and men began to make close
inquiries about him. Judge Porter asked an
old friend who had been made pension agent
what he knew about him @Only this" was
the reply, land 1t singularly impressed me.
"An old gentleman came to my Office about
his pension, whose name proved to be Jesse
Grant asked him II he knew this new
general He asked, You mean "Lisp
And then he told me that he was his son,
and be had just received letter from him.
which he showed me. It read something
like this: You are perfectly right In think
ing that recognize my unfitness to com.
mand this great army. But I look around
me and wonder who Is moro fit may not
succeed. But II I am beaten 1t will be 50
badly that viii never be heard Of again."
That certainly sounds like Grant
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Sarah Althsa ~ . Manicure.


DIR. R. N. Piper, Of this city, appeared last
week before the master in chancery at San
Francisco to examine as an expert the celc-
brated marriage certificate Of Sarah Althea
Hill, whom jury has just decided Is en-
titled to the name Of Mrs. Sharon. The
lady stopped him just as he was about to
take hold Of the paper and demanded to
know il his fingers were clean. a.
The Chicago expert In chemicals and NH
croscopic subjects was rather nonplussed ct
this sudden question, and did not recover
himself until Mrs. Sharon had with a sharp
knife trimmed his finger nails as dexter
ously and expeditiously az would mani
cure. After scraping the nails and, with
delicate snow-white handkerchief, rubbing
his hands, she gave him permission to take
the paper and place 1t under his magnifying
glass, since, as she said, she did not discover
that he carried any dangerous chemicals
concealed under the nails.
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why Her Glasses Glowed.

"Nov," said the business man to the prim
Boston girl, whom he had engaged to do his
type whiting, address this letter to Messrs.
Jones & Jones, Amsterdam, N. Y" The
types clicked for a moment and then the
fair operator stopped and blushed till her
glasses fairly glowei ~ cannot swear,
SIR" she said, timidly. with her soft Aths.
nian acc,nt May not write It 'Amster-
dashf" The merchant lcanei forward as IL
to imprint fatherly kiss upon her chasts
brow and touched the keys There" he
said, "Ihave written dam Now you 90
ahead.n
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A Kentucky Family Feud.


"Well," says Buck, "a feud is this way, A
man has quarrel with another man, and
kills him; then that other mans brother
kills him; then the other brothers, on both
sides, goes for one another; then the cousins
chip inland by and by everybody's killed
off, and their amt no more feud. But it's
kind Of slow, and takes long time"
"Has this one been gong on long, Bucki"
"Wen should reckonl It started thirty
year ago, or som'ers along there. There was
trouble about something, and then q lawsuit
to settle it; and the suit went agin ons Of the
men, and so he up and shot the man that
won the suit-which he would naturally do,
Of course. Any body would"
"Has there been many killed, Buckf"
"Yes; right smart chance Of funerals But
they don't always kill PAS got few buck
shot In him; but he don't mind 1t, 'cuz he
don'tweigh much, anyway. Bob's been carved
up some with a bowie, and Toms been hurt
once or twice"
"Has anybody been killed this year,
Buck"
"Yes, we got one and they got one."
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03
Concerning Athletic Sports.

President Eliot's remarks about college
athletics in his annual report to the over
seers Of Harvard college win command gen
erai approval He says that the game Of
football came to be @played in such brutal
and dishonorable way" that the faculty felt
compelled to prohibit intercollegiate games
Of football altogether, and his language is
none too strong. He lays down an excellent
ruls when be says that 1ths athletic sports
ought to cultivate moral IS we'll as physical
courage, fair dealing sud the sense Of honor" {"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03
Something to Think About
lSait Lake City Tribune.l

A Mormon bishop told friend OF tho
writer OF this, few days ago. that he had
suffered with the blues all day becaue OF
something one OF his dau ,hters had said to
him. When n ked TO explain, he said: You
know my daughter Mary. the eldest child OF
my second wife. She Is ABOUT the age OF
Lizzie, who Il the daughter OF my first
wife. Well. this morning ! was going with
Mary over to Lxzies mothers when she sud-
denly said: Father, wish was Lizzie !
asked her why and reminded her that she
was quite a. bright and pretty as Lizzie.
It Is not that she said; 'Lizzie's mother Is
your first wife We did not speak again all
the way ami have had the blues ever
sipcs,n This is true story all but the
names
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OF Distinguished Persons of General In.
IHE LArE REuREN r. sPRINGER.

In tie death of Reuben r. Springer. Gin
cinnai loses one who filed position in that
city analogous to that of George Peabody,
in LoIdon, w. w. Corcoran in Washington,
or Peter Cooper in New York, as an intel
hgent and generous benefactor. Though
the extent of Mr. springer's public bene.
factions are well known. amounting to
nearlyons half million dollars. the amount
he gaze in private charity will never be
known He was born 81 years ago in Ken
lucky, and began life as clerk on Mississippi
Steamboat in 1921. At his death his fort una
was estimated at $50, ,000, 600 Mr. Spring n
died Roman Catholic, though he was not
born In that faith
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True to Nature.
IExchanoel

An aged lansing lMich.) couple lately
watched the quarrel between Glenn and
Martha in the @AWhite Slave" with intense
interest, and when the negro intimated that
it was impossible to live with any woman
forty years without row. the old gentle
man nudged his aged companion in the ribs
and exclaimed In an eager whisper that was
distinctly audible to the smiling circle
within distance OF twenty feet: @There,
thsrs, mother, what did tell you?"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03
A Prominent Democratic Senator.

Thirty-twc years ago Arthur p. German
wns appoiLt,d Iage in the United States
senate. He continued in the service of the
senate until 1865, when he was postmaster
Fourteen y, ars later he returned as a senator
from Marylan |, and is now one OF the lead
ing lights in that august body, and is spoken
of for a cabinet position under the incoming
administration, as it is generally admitted
that his individualefforts contributed very
largely to Democratic success. Senator
German Is a naive Of Howard county,
Maryland; is As years old and had a good
deal of legislative experience before enter
ing the senate, having served several terms
in the Maryland state legislature and SEN
ate He is ioval host, his house at Wash
ington is next but one to Senator Bayard's
and is the meeting place for Democratic
DOW vows this winter.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03

Fans Makart, who died in Vienna on Oct.
8, vas painter noted as a brilliant colorist.
lie searched history and fable for the most
seisuous scenes 20 depict in all their giaring
nucity on canvas. A decorative painting of
his entitled "Abundaniia,n attracted con-
siderable attention al our late centennial.
Hemarried young a voted wife who was
his guiding star. Blu; after her death he
married an actress who brought on his down
fall driving him to insanity and death
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03

Ministers need no longer preach against
roller skating. The rink has had its day,
and its new rival, the toboggan slide, will
ruin the roller skate trade. Tobogganing b
tie sport of tha future. and IL win be usslass
for any man to resist it.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03
bounty for Tree-PIanting.

The Connecticut senate has passed the bill
providing a state bounty OF 10 cents to any
person planting, protecting and cultivating
elm, maple tulip, ash, basswood. oak, black
walnut, hickory, apple, pear or cherry trees,
not more than sixty feet apart, for three
years. along any hiSh~av.
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just Like an Arab.
rTexas Siftings.l

80 the Arabians 60 to lodges and coma
home a. late as you dor said Mrs. Mannsriy
TO her husband, who was Of . convivial turn
CT mind. II don't know" he stammsrsd.
''But know they do. for read In paper
that when an Arabian enters his house he
removes bis shoes and keeps on his hat
That 10 what you dc when you como homo
Iat1 from tho LODGE
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Reasoning by Analogy.
TphiladelDhia Call

Nr. Winks-I see they ara finding new
relics OF the mound builders every day.
Mrs. Winks-What Is the latesti
Mr.. Winks-The paper says: IAN
earthen pot discovered by workmsn at Egg
Harbor, and supposed to be remnant OF
mound builders, had grease and finger
marks upon its brim."
Mrs. Winks-Why, tho mound builders
Kept servant girls. didn't theyi
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French Novel Writers.

awhen ! am correcting the proofs OF my
writings" said the lace IL Edmond About
aif come to . sentsncs, or even word,
which should not like my daughter 70 read,
I at once strike 1t out" The elder Dumas
uSed to maintain that soma Of his works were
nc reading for his wife. but not for hif
daughtera
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A Policeman In Power.

:" IChicago Herald.I ~
The New York policeman who went down
to Guatamala to organize the poles
force there Is now the most powerful
man In the republic, next to President Bar
rios and gets q salary Of 5000 year, an
immense sum in Quatamala.
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By msans OF ropes and pulleys Detroit
man. upon retiring at night. draws his bed
up TO the ceiling In order TO get the greatest
benefit Of the warmth that comes from hi
lsttl~ rx<~~
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A Kentucky man was cured Of stammer-
ing by the kick of = mule land the cure was
not followed by funeral either. II there
h period In the life Of . stammsring man
when hs wants his language 10 iow - rap
Idly and volnminously - tho .'watsrs coms
down At Lodore." 10 is when hs 10 kicked BY
q rauls-and lives.
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There was recently performed IN Masonic
Temple new YORK, s. ceremony re- sh ,I snas mas s
Freemasorry - the crowning of Robert
Morris poet laureate of the brotherhood.
The other poet similarly crowned was
Robert Burns, which coronation took place
100 years ago. Burns had written but one
Masonic lyric, while Robert Morris has
written several hundred, his best known
poem appearing as cary as 1854, entitled
''Ths Level and the Square" Mr.. Morris is
an enthusiast on the subject of Freemasonry,
giving his whole life to travel, lec.uring,
and research in the interest Of the order, and
promises from his appearance TO continue
this servicB for many years to come.
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OId-FMhioue<l,

Writing ESQ after . name is now con.
sidered old-fashioned in America Il must
- Mr.. John Smith Military titles are also
regarded - In equally bod taste, unless ths
gentleman has right to U. s. A. or U. 8
". after his mama
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Income frsn Condensed aIilk.


Gen Borden patented the process for oon-
denxing milk Tho royalty on this patent
has produced an immense fortune. and now
yields an income OF about $4,000 . year.
The Bordens, nephews perhaps OF the dead
inventor, are large cattle owners in Texas
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An Ola Roc.

Tle old coiuroy road. built early In the
seventeenth century. which lead to the fort
In schenectady at the tims Of the massacre
OF the Indians, has bsen discovered sixteen
feef,ndar fxround
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IE4xCHHnKe.1
An old negro at Weldoe. N. c.. at recent
lecture said: aWhen ! sees q man going
home with gallon of whisky and half 8
pound Of meat, dat's temperance lecture
enough fer ms, and sees it sbery dayi ]
knows dat cherry ting in his home Is on de
same scale-gallon Of misery 70 cherry half
pound Of comfort
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In Addition to the '-Thud. /"

An innovation in the hanging Of murder
ers is reported from Philadelphia. where one
the other day fell. not In the old.fashionsd
way. but with thud, mingled with q deep
sounding crash that shattered the nerves Of
urobahlv 100 p~anAn
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The free lunch system so common in lager
beer saloons has been successfully initiated
by q Bridgeton, N. j.. store-kesper. who
treats all his customers to . cup Of coffee
aAd a hiscss'A
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Pdnce Lubomirsky won si2o. 0oo at Monte
Carb one night Ia week. Il was won al
the trente ct quarants table, the primes
mailing the highest allowable bets frs-
uuatly.
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BRllliANTa
No life

Can be pure In It's purpose and strong In tn
strife
And all life not be purer and stronger
thereby. -fOwen Meredith.
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NV Orleans Picxyune: One good com.
binaion dog. II kept in an alley vsy b.
twsn yards can do ths barking for two
houss ct night
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TAs wAysses.

Io@ Az0us1 KU9FD1P8kSUI
The American il not wine drinksr simply
because be finds whisky handler and moro
effective.
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OF Ages avarice I cannot see
What color, ground or reason there can be;
L it not folly, when the way we ride
Is short. for q long journey to provided
-lDenham.
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Uncls Esek: Eccsntricity, ct best, = but
. fungus. just ~ apt 70 grow out Of ~ soh
of niiisssns.hs~ - = fool
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Critics to plays for the same end resort
That surgeons wait on trials In . court;
For innocence condemned they've no respect,
Provided they've body to dissect
-T(,nnOraya
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swear not Il ali; but u you must swear
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He Is the greatest artist, then,
Whether of pencil or OF pen,
Who follows nature. Never man
As artist or as artisan,
Pursuing hts own fantasies,
Can touch the human heart, or phase,
Or satisfy our noble needs.
-[Longfellow.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-10-14
AN ENGLISH PAPER has the following

AN ENGLISH PAPER has the following
item:
"St. James's-day was curiously OBJ
served at Stratford- on Avon. There
was choral celebration of the com
munion at $50 A. NJ. In the afternoon
a cricket match took place between the
clergy and choir and the congregation.
Afterwards there were prizes for the
heaviest baby baptized within two
years at st. James's Church, and for
the member of the congregation who
could make the ugliest face. And then
the clergy and choir, surpliced, walked
in procession singing hymns"
The Belfast Witness makes the fol-
lowing comment:
"Such is brief account of that days
proceedings at Stratford- on-Avon. One
reads it with feeling of shame and
deep depression of heart. Nor can we
help asking the question, Is it meet for
a Christian nation to retain as minis
ters of the gospel mysteries men who
will so degrade their office and secular
Use the very sanctities of divine ordi-
nances? Time was when the move
ments and the equipments of the min.
listers of God were for glory and for
beauty. But these Stratford clerics
delight not only to reward ugliness,
but the man who will uglify the human
face divine"
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to have both lit on the eartn together
like pair of angels. No scientific
man is going to accept such a mutt
lated gospel of evolution as this, and
DR.. Woodrow will find that he cannot
put one leg in the boat of theology,
and the other leg in the boat of science,
without parting company with both
theologians and scientists. We publish
letter this week from one of the dis
tinguished scientists of Harvard Uni
versity (whom DR.. Woodrow or one 5
his followers had appealed toy putting
an extinguisher on the Columbia theo-
nv
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-10-14

WE have received communication
from the Rev. DR.. J. l.. Martin, of Mem
phis, complaining that we held DIR.
Woodrow and the friends of DR.. Wood
row responsible for his CDR. Martin's)
opinions in an article by him in the
Memphis appeal, and that we held all
of them responsible for an editorial ar
ticle on evolution in the same paper.
We hardly think it was necessary to
ask us to explain this. Nobody, fairly
Interpreting our article, could suppose
that we meant to suggest that DIR.
Woodrow or those ministers who agree
with him entertained all the senti-
ments on evolution or Calvinism utter
ed by the Memphis appeal. Two par
ties may work together for common
end, who are yet widely apart on many
issues. The secular press in Memphis,
New Orleans, Little Rock, Charleston,
are helping Dr. Woodrow, and we
merely spoke of such papers as his
"allies." They seem to be deeply in
terested in his case, and in correcting
the theology of the Presbyterian
Church.
Whether DR.. Woodrow or others en-
terrain all the opinions of DR.. Martin
expressed in his article we do not know.
All that we were attempting to show
was to what the agitation on this sub
ject was tending. Both of the writer's
in the appeal defend DR.. Woodrow, and
each in his own way is trying to help
him. That is all we meant, or that
we could be fairly construed to mean.