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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
LOST QUICKSILVER.
Millions of Pounds of the Metal Have
Disappeared in Nevada Mines.

Millions of Pounds of the Metal Have
Disappeared in Nevada Mines.
In the silver mines of certain region,
in order to ascertain the amount of
quicksilver dissipated and lost, it is only
necessary to know the amount bought,
for not an ounce is ever sent out from
the mines to be sold. Millions on mill
ions of pounds of quicksilver have been
taken to the Comstock silver mines in
Nevada, where every ounce has disap-
peared-has gone up into the atmos-
phere or down into the streams with
the water from the mills.
The amount of quicksilver used in
working the ores of the Comstock mines
from 1865 to 1875 was 800 TASKS of 75H
pounds each (61, 200 pounds) month, or
1874, 400 pounds year, total of Z, S44, 600
pounds in ten years. From 1860 to 1865
about one-half of that amount was used
and wasted. In the first five years there
was not so much ore worked as in the
second period of five years, but there
was an immense waste, not only of
quicksilver, but also of precious metals
1t was an era of experiment in processes,
in machinery and appliances of all
kinds, and the rocky beds of the canyons
were strewn with both liquid quicksil-
yer and amalgam for miles below the
mills.
In the fourteen years between 1875
and 1889 the quantity of quicksilver
used monthly has not been so great in
all the years as was averaged in the ten
years of greatest ore production, but it
has not been less than $500, 900 pounds.
This would give total of 20,516, 900
pounds Of quicksilver that has disap-
peared at the Comstock mines alone,
not to speak of the other Nevada mines
in which quicksilver is used.
The great part of this lost quicksilver
is no doubt strewn along the channels
of the Carson river, though vast deal
lies in the soil in the vicinity of mining
works. When an old silver mill is torn
down and removed its site is a rich
mine in which to delve. The soil be-
meath where the mill stood is found to
be impregnated to depth of several
feet with quicksilver and amalgam of
/ the precious metals. The wealth found
under mill that had been running for
/ ten or twelve years would be fortune
for any lnan.-Alta California.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
PITH AND POINT.

Every body in the world wants
watching, but none more than ourselves.
The consciousness Of duty performed
gives us music at midnight.-George
Herbert.
Poverty may not be a crime, but it
gets more punishment than crime does.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Only a very pretty young girl and
very rich old man can afford to be
independent of pleasing others.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Only believe half of what you hear
that great people say ; only believe
half of what you hear that little people
do.
1t is a sad reflection on human nat
ure that almost any crooked trans
action can be squared by good round
sum.-Baltimore American.
II Heaven should grant one more
gift to this country, the mistake would
not be great were it more sacred OBJ
servance of parentage. Century.
Sydney Smith advised men to look
downwards as we'll as upwards in human
life. Though many have passed US in
the race, there are many we have left
behind.
When you are inclined to be censori-
GUS, look within and see if there is not
root of that which you profess to think
SO vile in another lurking within your
own heart.-Farrar.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Dartmouth College is to receive
$40, 600 through the will of the late Rev.
Cyrus W. Wallace, D. D., of Manches-
ter, n. H.
Mr.. Jacob H. Schiff, of New York,
has made gift of $4,000 to Harvard
University for the establishment of a
museum for the study of the literature,
history and remains of the Semitic peo-
pies.
A Lilliputian finger prayer-book
has been issued by the Oxford ynlver-
sity Press. 1t is only three and half
inches long and one inch broad, weighs
three-quarters of an ounce and contains
$40 pages.
Along the valley of the Nile from
Alexandria to the first cataract are
70 mission stations and 20 Sunday
schools, numbering 4,017 scholars, while
the day and boarding-schools have over
5000 pupils. Religious Herald.
In the statistics of the Protestant
Episcopal church in the United States
there is an increase in the number Of
Sunday-school scholars for the year
16SS-S9 amounting to nearly $4,000,
nearly a quarter of the increase being
in the diocese of Pennsylvania.
There is only one Methodist theo-
logical seminary among the $50, 900, 900
of India. 1t was founded in 1872 by the
gift of $40, 900 from Rev. D. w. Thomas,
of the North India conference. 1t has
so far turned out 1875 native missionaries
faachnrS
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
A TOKEN OF ESTEEM.
It Touches the ColOners Heart-Strings, Blu
For a Few Moments Only.

It Touches the Coloners Heart-Strings, But
For a Few Moments Only.
AS the train stopped at station about
thirty miles west of Indianapolis we no.
ticed an unusually large crowd on the
depot platform and it was evident that
Bpeech-making had been INDUCED in and
that somebody of note was taking his
departure. We soon discovered that
this person was certain Colonel Blank,
who came into the car with package
under his arm, and whose cheeks were
wet with farewell tears. He called
''Good-bye!" a score of times from the
window, and as the train finally rolled
on he blew his nose, wiped his eyes and
turned to US:
Gentlemen, it touches the heart
strings to part with old friends and
neighbors."
"You are saying farewell, then?"
Eyes. l am going up to Indianapolis
to reside. The field here is too limited,
as l have discovered after ten years res
idence."
"Well, it is certainly pleasant to part
from friends the way you have"
1uueeU, IL Is! over TWO uu0ur6u Ol
the best people in town came down to
see me off, and the president of the bank
made a beautiful speech, wished me
every success, and all that, and then
handed me this as token of respect
and esteem"
"Ahl Made you a present, Ell? Evil
IDENTIFY something nice"
Bound to be" replied the Colonel, as
he took package from the seat.
Perhaps you don't want to reveal the
contents here?"
'Oh, have no objections. Well undo
1t and see what they have given me-"
He carefully united the string and re-
moved the several papers which wrapped
the precious memento, and 10! there was
exposed to our gaze a-sponge! Yes, sir;
great big bath sponge, which never
cost less than dollar! We pressed for
ward to see it, and the Colonel turned
red and white by turns, bit his lips and
bobbed about on the seat, and as we held
our breaths he burst out with:
gentlemen. heart-strings be bowed.
The emery, thieving, loafing, lying crowd
have gone and heaped deadly insult
upon me, and the next two hundred and
fifty years of my life shall be devoted to
wading in human blood clear up to the
top vest buttonl'-N. Y. Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
Pullman Herald
A WICKED REPORTER.
How He Got More Than Even with Sen
ator Ingalls,, of Kansas.

How He Got More Than Even with Sem
ator ingalls,, of Kansas
With profound regret we learn that
His ROYAL Highness, the Prince of
Wales, has resolved so far to withdraw
his patronage and sanction from En-
glish literature as to permit nobody to
use his name in a soap advertisement.
BY the way, this reminds us Of some
thing that once happened to Senator In
gals. Mr.. David Lewsley, who was at
that time reporter for Washington
journal, was sent to hold a interview
with the Senator upon an important
matter of state. The Senator, who had
no intention whatever of being drawn
into a conversation on that subject, met
Mr.. Lewsley with his accustomed grace,
and courteously veered the conversation
into other channels. Somehow, for want
Of another handy subject, the Senator
said something about boards, which led
to BARRIERS, and, of course, to the gen
eral subject Of shaving.
by all MEANS" said Senator ingalls,,
''you should learn to shave yourself"
and then he went on with a learned,
thoughtful and highly entertaining dis
QUESTION on the advantages, economic
and metaphysic, of shaving oneself
rather than hiring barber to do it.
Mr.. Lewsley paid careful attention to
all the Senator said, fixed facts and
dates in his mind, and said nothing.
When the Senator had related his own
varied EXPERIENCES with razors and
brushes and soaps, recommending this
make of blade and that brand of lather
to Mr.. Lewsley's use, the reporter, con-
WINGED that he could not learn what he
had come TO learn, arose to go. There
was, or the reporter imagined there was,
a sort of merry, triumphant twinkle in
Senator Ingalls, eye as he politely
bowed his caller from the room-a
twinkle which seemed to say: II have
made the young man really forget what
he came for"
The next morning Senator Ingalls,
was more or less Mortified at finding in
the local newspapers true report of all
he had said, including an earnest rec
ommendation of a certain shaving soap,
which he unqualifiedly pronounced to
be the very best that could be had.
But the reporters vengence was not yet
satisfied. He marked the article and
sent it to the manufacturer of the rec
commended soap. In a fortnight the
newspapers, tie periodicals, and all the
many means employed by advertisers,
we're brought into use, and Senator In
gals eloquent eulogy of that soap was
printed in every form that could be de-
vised to attract popular attention. And
the worst of it was the Senator could
not deny that the very expressions,
earnest and glowing as they were, were
all his own.-Washingt Post
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
BROWNING'S ENERGY.
To 1t More Than to Any Thing Else Was
Due the Poets Success.

To 1t More Ihan TO ANY IninS Else W as
Due the Poets Success.
The energy of action in Browning's
work has also counted for much in the
appeal to his contemporaries. Energy
tells at all times, but in century re-
markable for its vigor, in ceaseless I'M
rest, seeking outlets for its life in every
direction, excited by its more constant
and direct consciousness of its daily life
throughout the world and also better
acquainted with the history of the past,
filled with great popular movements and
wide-reaching philanthropy and SYM
pathy, poet who infuses his work with
vitality and seems to prize it for its own
sake breathes the air of the times. 1t
is said that the purest artistic pleasure
lies in contemplation; in action there is
pleasure of another kind, more strenu-
Gus. A poet who sets forth the en-
ergy of life appeals to this latter
sensibility, aroused through sympathy
with the doing of a deed, rather
than to the former, which involves
disinterestedness and disengagement
of the mind. Browning himself,
in many exculpatory verses, sets
forth his claim to the virtue of strength;
he is ever praising force for its own
sake, in the vein of Carlyle; he likes to
exhibit it in others at its highest pitch.
Our own age sympathizes with this
spirit, and finds it more native to itself
than the mood of contemplation, which
is the condition of more ideal art
Browning, however, had reinforced even
this powerful attraction by presenting
life, not only with great vital force, but
upon the broadcast scale. He works in
the whole field of history, brings his
reading in forgotten books TO bear, and
crowds the stage with marvelously
diverse gathering of great and obscure
men, of artists and musicians. of Jew,
Arab and Greek, of real and imaginary
characters: and thus he has satisfied the
intelligent curiosity of his readers, play
ing on the past of the races history, and
seeking to reconstruct it. He has dealt
with the life of man in this varied way,
1 in all ages, in all moods of the mind,
and has added to his observation mass
/ of reflection which keeps curiosity itself
alive and supports it. He is possibly as
4 much obliged to the intellect of his
readers, to their appetite for knowl-
edge, as to their poetical sense, in a
large portion of his writings. Atlantic.
Human nature requires change for
its recreation. Variety is charming"
not only because it is variety, but be-
cause continuous effort in one direction
produces lassitude, staleness and de-
crease of power.-N. Y. Ledger.
1t really seems worth while for some
of our dilettante young mel to give the
! pillow chance to make living for them,
and their possible families; and, Incl
dentally, to bring the wholesomeness
and the yigor of agricultural pursuits to
bear upon the task of making sinewy
good for-something men of themselves
Boston Commonwealth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
HOW The SUN WENT DOWN.

we were together, my love and !.
We roamed the meadows ana lie was
sweet;
Never a cloud in the summer sky,
And flowers ALLOWING about our feet
our hearts were glad for that one glad day
So bright it seemed of all Joy the crown
But the beautiful brightness passed aways
oh, how quickly the sun went down.
Golden light upon land and seal
Golden light for my love and mel
Never can dawn day so bright,
Linger little with us tonight
We have been parted, my love and l.
Many year by time and tide.
Not till we reach the home on high
Shall stand again at my lost one sloe.
The flowers are faded, the world is cold,
The trees are naked, and gaunt, and broWn'
And youth has fed and my heart is old,
oh, how slowly the sun goes down.
Evening shadows of dreamy gray,
Draw your vail DER my weary wayi
TIL day shall break and the shadows nee
And morning bringeth my love to me.
Florence Tylee, in Once week.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29

Mrs McCrackle (reading the paper)
HERES an account of a man being
shot through the window" Mr.. Nc
Crackle-"A paneful wound, doubtless. .
brakes Magazine.
The horse editor-''You are little
too late. We just finished bottle OF
wine before you came" The funny
editor-eOh, of course. When the
wines in, the wits out "-Terre Haute
Express.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
Sufficient Credentials.

Careful Parent-Before can give con-
sent to your proposed marriage to my
daughter l must know something about
your character.
Suitor-Certainly, sir, certainly. Here
is my bank book.
Careful Parent latter glance) -Take
her, my son, and be happy = N. Y.
Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29

through the head. Harper protested,
and shared the same fate, while one OF
the villains slashed our captain across
the face and gave him wound which
was months in healing. The dead
bodies were searched and thrown over
board, and the living transferred to the
dhow. They ~Were found in her hold
half dead for want of air, and momen-
tarily expecting to be led out and muir
dered. The Algerine was caught red
handed, and could trump up no excuse.
He and his whole gang were trans
ferred to the frigate, prize crew put
aboard of the dhow, and we sailed away
for Malta. | was taken very i'll there
and had no part in the proceedings.
The captain, mate and one Or two
others were condemned and executed,
and the dhow was made prize to the
frigate. 1t was currently reported that
a large sum of money was found under
her cabin floor, and that every man
aboard the frigate was well rewarded.
The remaining prisoners, numbering
over forty men, were after time ex-
changed for the shipwrecked French
men, while our brig sailed home empty
handed and much the worse off for the
strange vovage.-N. Y. Sun
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29

Strangely do some people talk OF
getting over" a great sorrow, over
leaping it, passing by it, thrusting 1t
into oblivion. Not so. No one ever
does that, at least no nature which can
be touched by the feeling of grief at all.
The only way is to pass through the
ocean of affection solemnly, slowly
with humility and faith, as the Israeli
ties passed through the sea. Then lts
very waves of misery will divide and De,
come to us a wall on the right side ana
on the left. until the gulf narrows and
nasrows before our eyes, and We lana
safe on the opposite shore.-Dinan Mu-
lock Craik.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

So far the City Auditor has issued about
225 dog licenses.
The Hydrsulion engine horses will &C.
morrow be sent out to pasture.
A regular semi-monthiy meeting of the
City Council! will be held tonight.
The torpedo boat Cushing has returned to
the Washington navy yard from Annapolis.
The Corporation Court, without transac!
Ing any business to-day, ocjcurned I'LL tc-
morrow.
The graduating exercises OF Georgetown
University law department took place in
Washington last night.
Mr.. J. o. Kerby has on his farm, in Fair.
fax county, below this city, chicken with
four legs. The chicken Is alive ana grow.
ing finely.
1t is stated by the officers that the price
paid for land recently purchased by the
Northwest Improvement Company YVES
much less than the sum named when the az
nouncsment was first made.
Marriage licenses were Issued in Wash
ington yesterday to @. +. W. Starr, of Herr
don, and Eva III. Jones, of Washington, and
to a. D. Gordon, of Fairfax county, aud Is
abel ]. Haddaway, of Washington.
The Washington and Norfolk Steamboat
Company has signed a contract with Harlan
& Hollingsworth, OF Wilmington, Del, to
build two feet iron propellers for the route
between Norfolk, this city and Washington.
The two vessels are to be completed within
i've months.
Mr.. Thomas Terrett, with sufficient force,
yesterday commenced the work of improving Shu-
tors Hill road.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
DRY GOODS.
OFFICE OF WOODWARD & LoTHRoP, J
CORNER 18th and F STREETS N. W
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Tuesday, June 10, 1890.

Tuesday, June 10, 1890.
Continuation of our Great Sale
of Ladies White Lawn Suits, Wrap
pers, Waists, &c.-We are still
continuing our great sale of Ladies'
White Lawn Suits, Wrappers,
Waists, &c. 1t will pay you to
read these extraordinary values:
Ladies white India lawn suits,
with tucked skirt and waists. $2.75
each.
Ladies white India lawn suits,
with full tucked skirt and waist,
sash four yards long. $3.50 each
Ladies India lawn suits, side
plated skirt, waist finely tucked
and trimmed with embroidery. 81
each.
Ladies' India lawn suits, full
tucked skirt, with waist and side
sash tucked and trimmed with en-
broidery. SIS each.
Ladies' India lawn suits, skirt of
panel embroidery, full tucked back,
and newstyle tucked waist. $3.50
each.
Ladies India lawn suits. plain
and embroidered box. plated double
skirt. new style waist. SO each
Ladies White Suits of fine pat
terms of Flouncing. $40 each.
Ladies Plain White Box-plaited
and Tucked Suits, with double
skirt, suitable for mourning. $40
each.
Ladies White Null Suits, fine
polka dot hemstitched Aouncing
suitable for second mourning. SIS
each.
Ladies White Suits of Finest
Plisse, embroidered and hem
stitched nouncing, double skirt.
SIS each.
An excellent line Of ladies' high
class plain hemstitched and en-
broidered novelties in ladies' white
dresses. $40, $25 and $27.5O each.
In addition to our special open
ing Of Ladies White Suits we will
offer 500 ladies' new wash wrap
pers and waists, in print, domestic
and imported ginghams, linen
lawns, mulls, batiste, and French
dimities, ranging in price from 81
to $3.50 each.
Third hoorl
n Goods delivered in Alex
andria.
WooDWA ARD & LoTHRoP,
CORNER 18th AND F STREETS N. w.,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
a Safe Investment

tory results, in case of failure return of pur-
chase price. On this safe plan You can buy from
our advertised druggist bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. 1t is guaranteed to
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lection of the throat, lungs chest such as con-
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pleasant and agreeable to tho tasto perfectly safe
and can always be depended upon.
Trial bottles free at E. s. Leadbeator & Bros.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
Chilis and Fewer. malaria

Many cases of fever and aeue, dumb
ague and congestive chlls we're promptly
arrested snd entirely banished by the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator You don't say
half enough in regard to the efficacy Of this
valuable medicine in cases of ague, inter-
mittent fevers, etc. Every case has been
arrested Immediately. l was sufferer for
years with the liver disease, and only found
relief by using the Regulator "-RoBERT J..
WEEKS, Batavia, Kane Co.. Ill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
Breeders of Fine Fowls

indorae S,onet reker's Chicken Powders as
the only powder for the production Of eggp,
the prevention and cure of diseases in
Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys. Geese, Pigeons
and the feathered family. Nothing 30
hsalthiul for young chicks cold In the
United States. Price 25 cents per package.
II you wish yonr horses, cattle and sheep
TO thrive and your farm to prosper, don't
neglect to keep good supply OF Stone
braker's Horse and Cattle Powders on
hand
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10

NoLLE PRosSQUI The Unlted States gu
preme Court having decided that the spe-
ciaI license lax of 81 900 which the Virginia
Legislature imposed upon coupon brokers
wa unconstitutional, the case against Mr.
George Slim, who was indicted in the
Corporation Court Of Fceder!cks aurg for fail
ing to pay snid tax. was settled at the June
term OF that Cou;t, nole pros. qni having
been entered by the Commonwealth's AT.
torney.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10

CITY SCHOOL BoARD.-An adjourned
meeting of the City School Board was held
last night with MIR. w. H. Marbury III the
chair. The Clerk was directed to have pre- :
pared the memorial medal and the certif-
Gates OF distinction TO be awarded to the
pupils at the closing exercises. The Super
intendent gave notice that the schools
would be closed during the last week OF the
month and that be would give public notice
of the order of cues closing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pleasant Lemon Drink

a Pleasant Lemon Drink
For biliousness and constipation, take Lemon
Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach, take Lemon
Elixir
For sick and nervous headaches, take Lemon
Elixir
For sleeplossness and nervousness take Lemon
Elixir
For loss of appetite and debility, take Lemon
Elixir.
For fevers, chills and malaria, take Lemon
Elixir.
above diseases, all of which arise from torpid
diseased liver, stomach, kidneys bowels or blood.
Prepared ouly by DR.. II. MOTLEY, Atlanta, Ga
Soc and 81 per bottle. Sold by druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsi and Liver
Com plant Shiloh's Vitalizer is guaranteed To
cure you. E. S. Lesdbeater & Bro, Agents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10

ENCAMrMENT-A company OF the cadet
corps of ST Johns Academy under the
command of lat Lieut.. c. Arnnah Roger,
viii leave here tomorrow on the $40 a. M
5rsip for Washington or special car which
vii. ne attached to the 10 o'clock train for
baltimore. They will there take the 800
u. n. boat for COLCHESTER Beach, in Kent
county, Md, opposite the mouth OF the "a,
the 18Th or 10 h. An advance party, under
the cuu,mand Of Capt VIM T. Carne, jr,
left Yesterday with the tents and baggage,
and viii have everything in readiness when
the cadets arrive. The principal OF the
Academy will accompany the cadets, as
usual, but Capt W. II. Sweeney, tha teach
err Of mathematics, will remain here in
charge Of the school, the exercises OF which
will be continued for such cadets az DO not
90 into camp
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-10
a Prominent Minister Writes

After ten years of great suffering from indiges
ton, with great nervous prostration, bilousness,
disordered kidneys and constipation, have been
cured by DR.. Motley Lemon Elixir, and am now
well man.
Rev. C. c. DAVIS, ED. III. E. Church South,
No % Tatnall at. Atlanta ia.