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The Natural Home of the Human Racc.

Man instinctively turns to the tropics
with a sure inspiration, for his body
knows, if his brain does not, that here,
under the brilliant sun, here in the warm
southland, man ori ginated. It was Grant
Duff, I think, who recently wrote that
no man had been literally educated till
he had passed some part of his life in the
+ropics. Here one feels as if admitted to
natures laboratory; here she began her
experiments which we call evolution, the
result of which was man. Down in the
TERRA caliente, the hot country, air,
earth and water TEEN with life. There is
inexhaustible vitality derived from the
ardent sun. Agassiz records that the
Brazilian tribes are models of perfect
human form, for the sun is a sculptor,
shaping everything to beauty. One sees
how true this is when looking at the men
and women of the terra caliente. Even
a little higher up in the terra templada,
or temperate country, one sees clearly the
effects of the constant sunshine. How
supple and strong are the shapely women
How broad chested and vigorous the
well-nourished men! Where grow the
sugar cane and the coffee tree, where
flourish the fig and platauo, there man
also increases in strength and in physical
perfection.
In the tropics the existence of "nerves"
is unknown. What jolly good thingit is
for tirod Northerner to lie for hours on
a bench in sun-warmed Mexican plaza
and breathe in the perfumed air! And
how, after days of this most pleasant
regimen, a man begins to feel that it is
good to live. He forgets the cares Of his
business or professional life; he learns,
under the magic influence of the tropics,
that human speculation in philosophy
and theology are not worth the price of
the paper they are printed on, and he
finds his nights sleep sweet and refresh
ing.-Bost0n Herald.
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Seed Corn 1000 Years Old.

During the season of 1889 most re-
markable crop was raised by David Drew,
at Plymouth, N. H. In 1888 Mr. Drew
came into possession of some corn grains
found wrapped with mummy IN Egypt,
supposed to be 1000 years old. These
were planted and grew. 1t had many of
the characteristics of seed corn; the
leaves were alternate; it grew to be over
six feet high; the mid-ribs were white !;
but the product of the stock, there is
where the curious part comes in. In
stead of growing in an ear like modern
maize, it hung in heavy clusters at the
top, on spikelets; there was no tassel !;
no silk; each sprig was thickly studded
with grains, each provided with a sepa-
rate husk, like wheat grains.-st. Louis
Republic.
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them, when he was brought to halt
by the blare of trumpets around the
corner, that told the imperial cortege
was approaching, and which warned all
people not to attempt to cross the
street.
He drew back, but he could see the
Nihilists in q g:oup near the burned
building, the giant Maux standing on
the curb with paper in his hand.
On came the advance guards, re-
splendent in STEEL and gold, but as they
turned the corner, the sun, which had
been shining brightly, dropped behind
q cloud.
On came other mounted men, and
passed where the Nihilists were stand
ing.
On came the royal sleigh, with the
Gear still sitting proudly erect, and
evidently as secure as If the seat OF
that sleigh were his throne.
With the fierce bound of tiger, the
giant Maux leaped into the center OF
the street, seized the bits OF the
horses. and threw them back on their
launches.
Then he sprang to the side of the
sleigh with his right hand upraised,
as he shouted:
"Oh, tyrans, who has slain so many,
thy hour of death has come"
As he spoke, the bomb fell into the
sleigh and exploded.
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Through Superintendent Masons kind
ness, however, the photographer of this
paper was allowed to take all the pictures
he wanted save one. In the Assay
Office, as in Bluebeard's palace, there is
one room into which the public must
not look through the medium of the
camera. Of course, that was the room
of which photograph was most desired,
but Nlr. Mason thought 1t best that it be
PISSED. He thought it would be i'll ad
vised to furnish enterprising burglars
with photographs of room containing
over 100000, 900 in solid gold and
silver which is only protected by half a
dozen massive steel doors and small
army of watchmen, fully armed. But
for the information of such as may con-
template trying to force their way
into this impregnable stronghold, it
might be we'll to say that the bars of gold,
piled up like building stone in wall,
are so heavy that they could not be
moved, if the opportunity TO try to take
them away were allowed; so it is safe to
presume that they will remain where
they are, we'll guarded and in absolute
security, as they have been for thirty
years past.
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THE ASSAY OFFICE.
HOW GOLD AND SILVEIi ORE Is
REFINED.
A Full Description of the Process and
the Instruments Csed-S1OO,-
100000 in Bullion i'll
One Room.

On Wall street, to the cast Of the mas
sive and imposing Sub b-TrcaSury. stands
IN odd building OF white marble, flush
with the street. In architectural design
it resembles one of those colonial wooden
structures that are still to be seen in GER
tain parts of New England. Its staid
simplicity seems out of place, situated as
it is in the very centre of all financial ar-
tivity. The quiet elegance of its front is
in singular contrast with the rear of the
building, which is of brick and built in
the style of an old Dutch burgomaster' 5
house.
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dumped side by side with it, ,Superintend-
ent Mason would as likely as not be ar
rested for throwing ashes into Wall street.
But the golden sand and the silver
ashes have yet many hands to pass
through before the Office is ready, to re-
polt as to the quality and ineness of the
metal. It is next saturated with hot
water and allowed to stand half an hour.
Then it is shoveled into copper-hned
box on wheels, and carted off to the
press room to be made into cheese.
Queer stuff to make cheese of, it IS true,
but if the average corner grocer had just
one of those cheeses in stock, he could
we'll afford to retire from business.
In the press-room is hydraulic-hydro-
static eng CINE of immense power. Be-
side it stands the hydraulic press, whose
power is so great, yet so delicately ap-
Piled, that mans skull might be gently
crushed and no abrasion of the skin be
perceptible. The terrific power can be
instantly released as We Il as applied. 1t
is dangerous machine to handle, but in
skillful hands it is a faithful servant and
does its work we'll. G. G.. Brunner,
veteran in the service, and who has been
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CHAPTER XXXIH.
DEATH AND I.IBEITY.

So sudden was the action of Mau1,
the ex-recorder of the Neva Prison,
that the driver of the Cars sleigh, and
the cavalcade of horsemen in front and
rear, could not surmise what had hap
pened, much less offer any resistance to
| the swarm of desperate men who
sprang forward on the explosion OF the
first bomb.
The bomb shattered the sleigh to
pieces, but, wonderful to relate, it did
not harm the principal occupant of the
vehicle.
DID the Car think in that awful
moment of the myriad murders he had
himself porpetrated in the name of the
law?
Did a vision OF the dead and dying
in Siberian mines flash across his
mind?
Did he recall the warning given
him by Lola Pulaski that morning,
and the cruel way in which he had re-
paid her?
No one can tell what he thought; the
world knows how he acted.
Tyrants and monsters the men,
aye, and the women, too, of the house
OF Romanoff have ever been, but it
was never truthfully said that even
the meanest of them was physical
coward.
The explosion of the bomb thrown
by Mau1 dashed the Car from the
sleigh to the hard, snow-covercd road,
but in an instant lie was on his feet,
with his fur mantle thrown aside, and
his hand on the jeweled hilt OF his
sword.
"Back, traitors! murderers" he
shouted, and with lis tall form drawn
up, and his cold eyes aLlaze, he looked
for the instant like hero.
But more daring and desperate than
the Gar and all his followers were
the men now pressing forward to take
his life.
They had struck one blow, /. hous-
and other blows could not add whit
to tleir crime.
Quick as the ligltning's fash, every
Nilrilist threw ASIDE his disguise and
formed between tiie IZaf anu uls
guards.
"Oh, merciless, tvrant." shouted old
George Nevski, "thy end has eomel
Pass from this world, but We shall be
with thee as accu5ers and witnesses to
thy crimes before the great white
throne"
Liberty for the people," shouted
Lance.
To death with all kings"
brothers in Siberia, we ayenge
YOU"
As these cries rang ont rain of
bombs fell about the great White Car,
and the next instant the life-blood Of
the Emperor crimsoned the snow.
fro RE coyTrNuED
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ness, is determined Little crucibIes made
from bone dust are used to melt the
metal. Whatever weight is used for as
saying-usually only fraction of an
ounce-is represented as 1000 parts. The
weight is taken to the 1-1000th Of a
grain, and after the assay has been made
and the metal tested in the various tech
nical ways in vogue there, the residue is
weighed. The missing parts represent
base metals or dirt, and are deducted
from the whole as originally weighed.
Gold or silver therefore, that is .999 fine,
contains but one part in a thousand of
base metal. alloy or dirt. And this is
what some of those bars of Mexican bull
ion showed when they were put through
the various processes herein described
Ne,o York Sum-.
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in charge of this department from the
day the Assay Office was instituted, stood
at the throttle of his engine. He had
lust filled the drum in the press with the
saturated gold sand and was in the act
of applying the power when the visitor
entered. The drum in the press is twelve
inches in diameter, and fourteen inches
deep. 1t was filled to the top and packed
tightly when the solid piston head en-
tered it. Slowly, almost impcrceptibly,
the drum assembled and the piston was
forced into it. The gauge on the en-
CINE began to register the pressure.
Assuming the cake of metal to be
a triAe less than a foot in
diameter and to contain 113 square in
ches of area on its upper surface, the
gauge showed that it was receiving
frightful squeezing. The hand pointed
at 5000 pounds to the area when the
machinery had been IN motion half a
minute. Thirty seconds later 10000
pounds pressure was recorded, yet the
engine ran merrily along without a
squeak or a jar. There wasn't sound
to indicate that the powerful machine
was doing anything beyond running its
own fly wheel. Then 20,0O0. pounds
and 10000 pounds were recorded and
still the steel finger moved on. 1t was
almost agonizing to watch it. The pres
sure of that terrible engine can almost
be felt in ones imagination; 40, 900, then
$4,000, and the grim engineer lets his
hand steal gently t, the throttle of the
great machine. 1t IS now running a
trihe slower, but just as quietly as before.
The dome full of golden sand has risen
almost foot, and it seems that there can
not be drop of water left in it, yet that
merciless machine keeps on, and the Tin
ger on the dial marks more and moro
pressure. 1t has reached Sc, 900 pounds,
or more than 500 pounds per square
inch. What steam boiler was ever made
that could Withstand such pressuree yet
this little brass cylinder in the press had
withstood that awful power of twenty
tons thousands upon thousands of times.
The engine was stopped and the drum
was released. AS it dropped down of its
own weight glittering disc of gold was
revealed beneath it. 1t looked for al! the
world like bright, rich cheese. 1t was
weighed and placed in drying oven to
destroy the last traces of moisture.
"That cheese" remarked Mr.. Drummer,
"you can have for $50, 900 if you will
carry it home"
The silver granules are treated in the
same manner in this room, and when all
arc thoroughly dried and baked they go
to the melting room on the first floor of
the main building, where the beautiful
checscs arc broken up with slcdge
hammer aud melted i'll gigantic crucibes
of plumbago. The molten metal is run
into bars, weighed when cooled, num-
bcrcd, stamped and registered, and at
last, after portion has been assaycd in
the room above, is stored away in the
big steel vaults to remain until it is
needed at the mints for coming or by
manufacturers for making watch cases or
jewelry.
In the assay rooms everything is con-
Quoted upon very minute scale. The
small samples, taken from various lots Of
metal in the melting room, are here sub
mitted to the tests by which their fine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-05

A SCRANTON man who gives his at
tention to raising pigeons says that the
only bigamist he has ever seen among
pigeons is male now owned by him.
During the breeding season the big,
amist maintained two separate wives
aud households, devoting just about as
much attention 20 one as to the other.
He helped raise the broods of each
female, and his affection for each was
equal. The double duty kept him very
busy, but he seemed to take pride In
having 30 much responsibility.
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RESuRGAM.
By MRS. J. Y. a. KoONa.
In tho garden OF the godA
'Mong the flowers and poppy pods,

In tho garden OF the godA
'Mong the flowers and poppy pods,
Wandered Prospeiine.
Pluto. from his throne OF night.
Saw the virgin pure and bright.
Mad with loves hot wine,
Seized her in her happiness.
Bore her in a strong caress
To his dark abyss.
Spirit, fresh from fields OF light,
What couldst thou IN mornless night
Feel Of life or bliss2
How, on that po;regranate seed,
Couldst thy lofty nature feed,
Lady, Queen OF Dis?
Brave with love of laughing years,
Wild With burning wine OF tears,
Lone. unreconcilol.
Armed with flaming brand Of truth,
Thro' the haunts of age and youth.
Ceres sought her child.
Found; but, oh, most cruel fate.
Those who enter Pluto's gate
Never know returnl
Wilder now her anguish grew,
Plying Jove a secret know
Proserpine should learn
That her prince!y palace door
Opened then and evermore,
Once in every year.
Joy Of hopel Oh, hope OF ioyl
Works Of love the hours employ,
Music ills the car.
Light, the mystic lGck ut last,
Touches, winter duys have past,
Ceros claims her own
Halt the year. While rluto now.
Those who bring gnldou bouSh
Unto Proserpine,
Welcome gives aud liberty
Euhr arro nan N cnrai IN
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VIZ observe that somebody has been
writing to the Philadelphia Press to
inquire the names of the six most
famous diamonds in the world. 1t is
always wise when one is in search OF
knowledge to apply to headquarters.
Why, then, did not this curious per-
son, instead Of sending a letter to q
newspaper. address his query to some
representative hotel clerk of the pc
riod?
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years past.

There was q quantity of Mexican silver
bullion received at the Assay Office the
other day, and its peculiar shape and the
size of the bars were such as to call forth
comment from those who handled it. The
bars, or slabs, were about twenty inches
long, an inch or more in thickness, and
eight inches wide. Each of the bars was
curved like barrel stave. This pc
cularity in shape, Mr.. Graham OF the
weighing room said, was to facilitate the
packing'of the bullion on the backs Of
burros. The bars contained silver and
gold in unequal weights. They were
very heavy, some of them weighing eight
or nine kilogrammes. The process of re-
fining and assaying this metal is an in
teresting one.
In the weighing room, which is in
charge of Mr.. Graham, stand an immense
pair of scales, towering up to height OF
perhaps ten feet and stretching out their
gigantic arms fully as far latcrally. The
scales, although immense in size, are so
delicate that they will accurately weigh
l.100th of an ounce or 10, 600 ounces.
After the silver bars had been weighed
they were taken to number Of furnaces
in another department, where the weight
of silver was added to half its weight of
gold, making mixture of cne-third gold
and twu-thirds silver. When in molten
state the workmen drew forth the white
hot crucibles from the furnaces, dipped
into them with shallow ladle, and with
a dett twist of the hand tossed the
molten metal into vats filled with water.
So expert arc these men in this work
that the metal, when removed from the
water tanks, is in thin, curly shavings,
much like the turnings from lathe.
After the silver and gold shavings, if
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-05
Odd Wandering Rocks.

Near the village of San Jose, Peru, on
the shores of the great Lake Titicaca-
the loftiest lake in the whole world, are
three large pillars of stone, of which we
give a picture. They are of unusual
height, and the condors that perch on
the top of them add by their gaunt figures
and black plumage to the weird effect OF
the solitude.
On one of these huge blocks the features
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-05

FRANK HA7ToN 1s a ryp1caI Amerl-
con. He commenced life Us u news
boy, and was Postmaster General I'M
der the administration of President
Arthur. He has been everything on a
newspaper. from newsboy to editor,
and would rather be the editor of a
live newspaper than President of the
Unsted States 3
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of human face are cut, and the others
are covered with designs of various kinds;
and they all have some reference to sun
worship. The pillars were probably en-
graved by the original natives of the
land, who are now known only by these
and other relics in this quarter of Peru.
They are supposed to have been highly
civilized race. 1t is not believed that
the people brought these stones to their
present position. The rocks ore those
called "erratic," or wandering stones,
and were probably left by a glacier,
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A SONG OF PLEASURE.

All, mo! for tho SHOWS OF winter;
Aud obi for the winds OF March,
The crocus in the garden,
And the whorl upon the larch.
There has been no time for mourning,
There is al time now for inirth,
In the sweet fair face OF heaven
A ID the dear close face Of earth
There Is laughter in the snowflake.
The wind sings q roundo!ay,
And the green green grass is luscious
In the i.fe OF a summer dny.
Then ah for tho SHOWS Of wintor.
And oh for the winds OF March,
The crocus in the garden.
And tho whorl upon the iarch.
ASerib1,er's
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JUSTICE LAMAR thinks that Justice
Matthews died from overwork, and ap-
prehends that others will break down
unless the Supreme Court can be re-
Eeved from some of the strain to which
it is constantly subjected. i
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The fright whale is the most vicious
of all the whslebone whales, and at
times fights desperately for its life.
The fnbacks were very rarely cap.
tureI before the invention of the bomb
lance, as they ran so fast boats could
not stand the strain.
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A young man may have the worst
memory on record, but he will not forget
to remove the price mark from the pres
ent he buys for his best girl-if the arti-
Gle cost loss than $40. On the other
hand, be may have the best memory in
the world, but if the present costs s25 the
price mark is inadvertently overlooked.
-Norristo1n Herald.
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LAST year Germany granted only
1921 patents, against England's 9,779,
and 20, 420 in the United States.
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The only weigh to be honest-sixteeu
ounces to the pound. - Washsn1ton Star
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1890-04-10

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No. oil.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
No. oil.
UNITED STATES LAND OFPIcK
Eureka, Nevada, September 9th, 1889.

NOTICE II HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ A, White, by his Attorney -in-fact, James
LOWE, whose Postoince address is Fris bic. Lam
der County, Nevada, has this day filed his an.
plica'ion fora patent for l420 linear feet of the
Silver frize ni.ne or vein bearing silver vii h
surface ground 600 feet in width. situated in
Bullion mining district. County of Lander and
State of Nevada, and designated by the ueld
notes and official plat file in this Office as Lot
Number 80 on unsnryeyed land, said Lot No SO
be"g described as follows, to-wit
Beginning at post marked No. ], U s 20.
whence Mineral Monument No Bullion
District. bears N deg 20 min T., 26ol feet. u s
Mineral Monument No bears rs deg rs min
W 992aa feet aud run thence
1st tCourse-N ~ deg 81 min 425 feet to
post No. U s Survey SO on Grand Prize lode
thence, on same course, l75 feet to post No 2
U 80, thence for
I'd course-N As deg 81 min W. 1920 feet to
post mark ed No u s Survey 80 thence
81 course, S 40 deg 81 min W 900 TO post
marked No4 U \ 80, thence
4th course, 45 deg 81 min L 1420 IL to post
marked No U S 80 the place of beginning.
Containing 10. So acres.
The location Of this mine is recorded In the
Recorders Office of Lander County, Nevada, in
Book Of Duplicate Mining Records. The ad
joining clAimsnts are owner OF Gland Prize lode.
Any aud all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said Silver Prize mine or
surface ground are required to fle their adverse
claims with the Register of the United States
Land Once at Eureka in the Co. of Eur ska State
Of New. during the sixty days period OF publiea-
ton hereof, or they will be barred by virtue of
the provisions Of the Statute.
ID. II. HALL, Register.
tits hereby ordered that the foregoing Notice of
Application for Patent be published for the
period Of 20 days (ten consecutive weeks) in the
Central Nevadan, o weekly newspaper pub
lished at Battle Mountain. Lander Co.. New.
ID. II. HALL, Register.