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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26

A peculiar characteristic of gold
consists in Its strong cohesive prop
critics, Ii we take a sheet of gold
foil and let it fall upon another it
will be 30 Hrmly fixed that it can
not be removed. The pressure of
the atmosphere upon its upper
surface and the approximate
vacuum between the two surfaces
have some effect; but other expert
m ants show that there is some
thing beyond that-that the two
pieces by thus coming easily to-
gether are actually welded. No
other metallic surfaces iLus
brought together manifest any
such cohesive powers. 1t is this
peculiar property that makes gold
so much preferable TO any other
metal for dentists use. But for
this popularity of gold, silver
would no doubt be much used in
dentistry as cheaper material,
But its adherence is quite limited,
while the gold used in filling a
tooth is actually welded together
and fills the cavity just as COM
pletely as though it was melted
and run into 1T. Two compare
lively thin pieces of gold, with
even surfaces, may be welded to-
gether by a very little pressure
applied by running the pieces be-
tween two rollers. Gold is thus
welded to sheets of silver for the
manufacture VI cheap iewelry.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26

the gold bugs, 1t is not They
profess to believe that free silver
coinage would make this silver
standard nation, silver becoming
the money of redemption, or
standard Of value, aud gold becom-
ing a commodity, which would
fuctuate in value, and thus become
a speculative article, as silver Is
now. In other words, silver and
gold would exchange places as
commodities. We don't believe
there is any reason to think that
such would be the result. When
the government does not dlscrirai-
nate between the two metals, it
will be an impossibllity to put one
at premium over the other, until
there is such an abundance of
one metal that the other is not re-
quired, unless manipulation,
corner, other artificial means
should produce premium. These
latter are not impossibilities.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26
7------
WHY CHILLI BACKED DOWN.

An Associated. Press correspond
ent at Santiago, writing under date
of January 8, gives very inter-
esting account of the causes tbat
led to Chili's sudden back down
from her attitude of defiance to-
ward the United States. lie
writes.
Minister Kennedy of Great
Britain called upon Minister Matte
and informed HIM that he had re.
ceIved official advices which in
dicated that the United States was
preparing to enforce certain de-
mands which would place Chill in
an embarrassing position, and also
intimated that it might be we'll for
Chill to assume more reasonable
attitude toward the United States
before it was too late to do so.
minister Malta received the
British Minister'S communication
in most defiant manner, and gave
him to understand that Chili was
not alarmed at the attitude OF the
United States, and was prepared
to meet any emergency. Other
Cabinet Ministers were known to
express similar views, and to dis
play most hostile feeling toward
the United States.
"But with the advent OF the new
Ministry and the circulation Of
reports that the American Govern
ment intended to enforce proper
degree Of respect there was q
noticeable change ia the attitude
Of the government and the public.
The news that seven United States
war chips had been ordered to
Valparaiso settled the matter"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26

Tho mines OF The Tennessee
Mining Company at Brioevllle.
Tenn, will he worked upon the
co operative plan. Details have
beon agreed upon and incorpor-
ated in an amended charter which
has been filed. The miners arc
allowed to take stock aud have
taken $4,000. A subscriber is
allowed twenty months in which to
pay for 500. The company will
erect residences and allow the
miners to buy on liberal terms.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26

A proposition has been made in
the N. Y. Stock Exchange to list
gold bullion. 1t sounds ridiculous
to talk of listing the thing in
which all values are measured, but
from the professed standpoint of
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26

The Industry has many times in
the past years urged the necessity
for more crosscut prospecting in
mining. 1t has repeatedly made
the statement that "the commones,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26
QUARTZ CRUSHING IN AUS
TRALlA.


TRALIA.
The Ballarat Courier has the
following interesting account of
new process of quartz crushing.
The Nude Brothers of Elaine, have
been for some time perfectIng q
machine which promises to revolu-
tionize present appliances, inso-
much as it lowers the cost of treat
ment, pulverlzes to greater fine
ness and grants facilities for more
thorough amalgamation of the gold.
The works are situated near the
north end of the line of Elaine
gold bearing reefs, the trend of
which is marked by the mullock
heaps of now defunct mines. The
Nude patent is remarkable for its
simplicity, and the appliance, it is
claimed, banishes at once any neces-
slty for a precise adjustment of
parts, and the great wear and tear
usually found in all pulverizers,
outside of the ordinary gravitation
stamper. 1t is simply an iron
cradle. For the sake of illustra-
tion, take an ordinary steam boiler,
say seven feet long and two feet
wide, and have it cut in two
lengthways. Then take one-half
and have some inch angle iron run
across the bottom at two feet inter
walls. In these intervals place rol
lers, shaped like large cheese,
say one foot wide and one foot and
si= inches diameter. Below each
roller, which occupies one foot in
two feet space, have quicksilver
rifles in the curve OF the bottom,
and below these o grating-after
the first roller, say, thirty holes to
the inch, the second eighty aud the
thire 200 and 80 on. The greater
the number of rollers the finer the |
pulverizing. In the toe of the
cradle have three or four rifles.
These iron cheese shaped rollers
are very heavy, being about half
ton each. In Nudes machine
there is about two inches difference
in the bed levels of the different
aud 1T was surprising to
note the ease with which one man I
could set the affair in motion, a
motion which centered the effects
Of gravation, momentum and the
rebound of the rollers onto the
quartz, the water and the rocking
bore it along under the different
rollers through the silver and the
gratings. With a short lever
handle one man could work the
machine, and Mr.. Mudie's estimate
Is that it will put through twenty
i've tons per week. The whole
affair appeared to be perfection it
self, offering the maximum facility
IN return for the minimum effort,
both in pulverizlng and amalgama-
lng. A horse woald work six of
hem, and according to Mr.. David
Nudes calculation, could get
through over 100 tons per week.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-02-26

Compare The ADVOCATE With
other Sierra county papers
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-05-05

dists have their proper place for him,
but to the boys of Indiana. forty years
ago. he is still the loved president of As
bury de Pauw) university. and to the
soldiers he is still the friend and sup
porter of Abraham Lincoln. Peter Cart
wright was already so much veteran
in 1860 that it was accounted a privilege
to see and hear him. yet he lived till 1872
diving at eighty-seven. OF the elders
and revivalists who made western camp
meetings lively in 1850 and Whereabouts
there was not one.
To the western man of the early days,
however, there was a suggestion of the
humorous in seeing in the list OF dele
gates such names as Will Cumback,
Amos ShinlSle, John w. Ray, j. c. Rid
path and Newland De PAW. Their
presence. however. was living proof
that since 1868 lay representation had
become very much accomplished fact.
And it was calculated to raise smile in
the same observer to hear ON the very
first day notice of protest read against
the admission as delegates of Amanda
G. Rippey of Kansas, Mary G. Mind OF
Minnesota, Angie F. Newman of Ne
braska, Lizzie D. Van Kirk of Pennsyl-
wanna and Frances E. Willard of Illinois.
The woman question was up at the very
start. and it remained the big issue
through most Of the conference.
Bishop Simpson. who made the clos
ing address in 1884: Bishop Wiley, who
offered the closing prayer. and Bishop
Harris. who read the closing hymn. had
passed away: but Bishop Thomas Bow
man. in the fiftieth year of his work as
r minister and sixteen years a bishop,
called the conference to order. When
the reports were read, the observer was
AGAIN reminded of the fallibility of the
prophets of twenty years before. For
some time after the close of the war pre-
elections were abundant that a general
decentralization would ensue, and Tor
some reason | never could make out It
was taken for granted that the Metho-
dist church would suffer most. ntruth
the denomination had never passed Two
more prosperous decades. And as the
conferences of 1892 is soon to give us the
latest figures. it only remains for TINS
observer TO add that. so tar as the lay
mans eve can see, Methodlsm Is now ~
the full vigor of youth, going forward
I'M its work with all the advantages OF
experience and improved organization
and with no loss Of enthusiasm.
anu - J. II. BEADLE
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any idea Of the feeling-a compound of
awe and affection. curiosity and rever-
ence-with which | looked ON that re-
markable body of men.
A boy reared in the church and accus-
toned from infancy TO look ON John and
Charles Wesley as inferior only to st.
Paul aud ST. John, and to regard Bishop
Simpson as the model of piety. patriot
ism and eloquence, does not outgrow his
impressions in the first seven years of
manhood. 1t so happened that my en-
trance on the rights of manhood was
contemporary with the beginning of the
civil war. and so the events of the next
few years had raised my feelings to-
ward Bishop Simpson to a degree near
akin to personal idolatry. Even now
smile and blush alternately when | re-
member how | walked many miles to
Evansville to hear him lecture, and yet
| feel bound to assert that in the sub
sequent twenty-seven years | have not
made any investment in the lecture line
that paid me better.
Twenty years after my first view of
one it was my privilege to listen to the
proceedings of another Methodist quad
rennial conference, in New York city
this time and now it is the deliberate
Judgment of the man that the enthusi-
asm of the boy of 1S55-65 was not over
strained, for verify there were moral
giants in the west in those days. have
heard many great orators, but | have
yet to hear the man who could stir the
hearts of the common people more than
old Richard Hargrave. have listened
to logical and scholarly expositions of
the Gospel, but for plain and practical
setting forth of the whole duty of man |
have heard none TO exceed that of Elder
Aaron Wood, of the Northwest Indiana
conference. The active service of the fa-
nous Peter Cartwright and j. B. Finley
was over, but the favor of their good
works still fingered among us, and the
announcement that either of them
would be present. health and strength
permitting. at future meeting was
sufficient to rouse fierce enthusiasm
among our elders.
To one who had been all that time
out Of the current it seemed an odd and
slightly amusing fact that while in
1868 lay representation was the great
issue, in 1883 woman representation led
all other tspics; albeit, the former was
much farther advanced in 1868 than the
latter in 1888. or in 1892 for that mat
ter And while | listened to the schol-
arly and conservative remarks of DIR.
j. NJ. Buckley saw that this contrast
was fair index of the progress of the
United States in the last thirty years.
In 1860 and somewhat later voting was
universally regarded as a privilege; IN
1888 as a right. Then the advocate had
to show cause; now the burden of proof
is on the opposition. Nevertheless the
church, at a greater interval, has fol-
lowed exactly the same line as the body
polite. Delegates rights have been rap
idly extended till all adult males are ellgl-
BILE, and there. so far as the Impractical
laynlan's eye can see, it has stopped for
a very long time, if not forever. 1t
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capital, sixty-iWe miles distant. 1t IS
more than probable that the conference
delegates viii visit this institution dur
ing the month of the conference. 1t is
called the Nebraska Wesleyan universe
ty The institution has a considerable
endowment III both cash and valuable
lands and is meeting with success in the
educational field. 1t has one very hand
some college building and commodious
dor1nitofy and one Of the most extensive
and complete manual training schools III
the United States. The buildings are
valued at something over 100000. The
Educational interests of the church in
Nebraska have been unified b. making
the university the head Of all the church
schools il the state, and its success has
been remarkable ON that account
This city is the residence of Bishop j.
P. Newman, one of the most eloquent
and widely known of the Methodist
bishops. He is very popular as public
speaker, and the announcement that he
is to speak upon almost any occasion is
sufficient TO attract a large audience of
Omaha people.
Speaking of the approaching confer
ence yesterday to your correspondent,
Bishop Newman said: There will be
several very interesting and important
questions presented to the conference
for solution. The question of talking
away the limit of the minister's pastor
ate and leaving it to the judgment of
the bishop in charge of the conference
will be one of the interesting questions
that will be discussed.
"Of course the question Of admitting
women to the SIGHT of seats as delegates
in the legislative bodies of the church
will be another very interesting prob
lem that will come up in some form
during the session. The question of
electing more bishops will probably
be raised and is likely to provoke CON
siderable discussion on account of
the fact that a good deal of news
paper discussion upon that subject
has already taken place. 1t is held by
some that the present number of bish-
ops, which is eighteen, ought TO be suffi-
cient to do the work devolving upon the
episcopacy of the church, while the OPP
posite view is taken by others. The
question of restricting the work of the
bishops rather than enlarging upon their
field will no doubt be discussed with con-
siderable earnestness."
Referring to the labor devolving upon
the bishops the venerable divine said:
Il have Travelled over $4,000 miles dur
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son, winch shook the very founda-
ions OF society. Churches were di-
vlded, old friendships were sundered.
business partnerships were broken. and
IN some sections there were defiant
threats of civil war Such old and tried
and true Unionists as Fessenden of
Maine. Trumbull of Illinois and
Grlmes OF Iowa were denounced as
three shades blacker than Benedict
Arnold and little meaner than Judas.
While the comparatively obscure Ross
OF Kansas was openly threatened with
violence, and advised to follow the ex-
ample OF his predecessor and put a pistol
TO his head. If any reader thinks | ex-
agSerate, LEI him glance at the New
iofk Tribune of those days. Its ed
ltorlals now read as if they Were dictated
in n madhouse
AT the same time local conventions
We're being held TO select delegates to
the national Republican convention. 1t
went without discussion that Grant was
to be named for president. so all the
heat and fury of the contest ragged
around the vice presidency Grant be-
ing credited to Illinois, the east very
naturally claimed the second place ON
the ticket. but the central west had set
its heart on Schuyler Colfax, and in the
range of my movements at that time in
Indiana a bare suggestion of any other
candidate was resented as sort of local
treason In short, am sure do not
ezaggerate in saying that the very air
of our section was overcharged with
superheated political ozone.
And IN the midst of all this excite
ment grave body of Methodist elders
met in Chicago, and undisturbed by the
fierce party warfare raging all around
them. discussed and arranged the affairs
of the church with an eloquence and
ability which then aroused my enthusi-
assn and now demands my profound adj
miration and respect.
How different was the situation in
1888. The country had learned to take
its politics temporarily. Slavery was
a sort of historic nightmare; recon-
struction a fever, bearing much the
same relation to national life as the
diseases of childhood do to the life
of vigorous man. The age of high
heroics and flaming oratory about the
war. the flag and the eagle" had passed;
the age of the calculator and political
economist had come The most exciting
issue of the day turned on difference
of a few cents in the tariff. But sin
and misery remained as ever appalling
facts, moral accountability and retribu-
ton were as real as ever to the Metho-
dists of 1888, and while they discussed
methods of work and the civil polity of
the church the curious spectator could
not but contrast the two conferences
twenty years apart.
1t was apparent at glance that the
veterans of lS50-70 were gone. The
eloquent tones of Bishop Simpson. heard
for almost exactly fifty years in the
Methodist pulpit, were silenced for this
world in 1884. soon after he closed the
conference of that year. The Metho-
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A GREAT CONFERENCE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE MEETING
OF MeTHoDlsTs AT OMAHA.
Five Hundred Delegates and Thousand
of Visitors VIII Attend--Bishop New
man Spec Ks of Some of the bnportan
Questions That Require Settlement.
l9asclal Correspondence.l

OMAHA, April 21.-The coming of til,
quadrennial conference of the Methods
church, wl:ich meets in this city on thu
LIST of NAV. is creating great dead Of
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building in which the conference will be held.
interest among people of all religious de
nominations, and particularly among
the Methodists of Omaha and the coun
try round about.
The conference will be attended by
about 800 delegates, representing every
country where Methodism is known and
expounded, and the visitors will proba,
bly, attend by the thousand. BY the
rules of the Methodist church the quad
rennial conference must be convened OF
the first day Of May, but owing to the
fact that the LIST of May falls on Sunday
this year it is probable that the confer
.ence viii simply meet, call the roll, hold
a devotional meeting and then adjourn
until the next day. The programme
for great Sunday afternoon meeting,
during the month of May has beer
arranged On the afternoon of May
great missionary meeting will be held i,
Exposition hall Some of the most elo
quent speakers present will address the
meeting, and a chorus of 100 trained
voices will furnish the music. The sec.
ond Sunday in May will be devoted tc
the interests Of the National university
This meeting will of course be held il
the afternoon. as the special service
will not be permitted to come in confiic
with the regular church worship at the
usual hours both morning and evening
at the various churches of the city.
The third Sunday of the month will
be known as the American Sabbath
day. Colonel Elliott F. Shepard Of
New York, will deliver the principal
address of that occasion. On May %
the third Sunday in the month, the mast
meeting will discuss the interests of the
Epworth league, the vigorous organiza
ton for young people connected witt
the Methodist church. On the last Sun
day of the month the subject of national
patriotism will be the theme for tn,
mass meeting.
In addition to these great events there
will be other special occasions, when the
public win be given an opportunity tc
see and hear the brightest and brainiesi
men in the notable gathering. A grand
reception viii be rendered the delegates
by the mayor and common council OF
Omaha on the evening of May ?. This
will be the first time in the history OF
the Methodist church that the mayor
and common council of city rendered
the delegates of the conference a ban.
quet, excepting that given by the lord
mayor of London in 1881. 1t is probable
that a series of excursions will be run
into Omaha from towns and cities within
a radius of 100 miles, to accommodate
the people upon special occasions.
The Methodist people Of Omaha have
been putting forth extraordinary effort
to ret everything in readiness for the
great event. Methodisn in Omaha is
not as powerful as it might have been
had the early pillars of the church been
of that prophetic vision which
some of the early settlers seemed to pos
sess. The first Methodist church built
in Omaha stood on lots that are now
worth 800. 600, and the church owned
property twenty-five years ago that is
today worth half million dollars. But
in the early struggles and internal dis
of the church large part of
this valuable property slipped out of the
hands of the church, and while the de
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nomination is today one of the sire INCEST
in the city, it does not occupy that COM
handing position which it would have
held if greater wisdom had character
lied the management of the church
property during the pioneer days of the
city's growth.
There are sixteen Methodist churches
and three missions in Omaha. The First
Methodist church is probably the finest
church property in the city. 1t is cen
trally located and is in every way a
very desirable house of worship. 1t is q
handsome pressed brick and stone struc-
ture, completed only about one year ago
at cost of $l25.0OO. The denomina-
ton owns several other handsome church
buildings, and the work of the denom-
nation all ov~r the city seems to be
prospering. The leading educational
institution Q, ne Methodist church in
Nebraska . i5s4ted at Lincoln. the state
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-05-05
TWO METHODIST ERAS
PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES OF TWO
ouADRENNlAL CONFERENCES.

The Evolution of Lay Representation.
Women DeIegates-W Wherein the En-
thusiasm of the Boy Is Confirmed by
the Judgment of the Man.
downright. lsa2. by American Press Associa-
ton.
On or about the 18th of May, 1868. |
reached Chicago as delegate from
southern Indiana to the soldiers and
sailors convention, and as soon as my
slight duty to that meeting was done |
fastened to take look at the Methodist
ouadrennial conference. | am not able
to convey to the young reado. OF today
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needs but a glance to see that IN the
civil organization the widening of the
suffrage reached its maximum in 1870,
and that since that time more men have
been disfranchised ON one pretext or an
other than have been enfranchised, and
It Is not easy to prove that the reaction
has not had some effect in the church.
At the time / wondered why the
qusdrennial conference of 1868 did not
attract more attention, but | think
understand it now. Never since sum
ter was fired on had there been time
Of such intense excitement, particularly
N the west. as the first three weeks Of
Nay, 1868. First there was the I'M
Parchment trial of President john
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EATVNIIION bNIIaIIlNN.
ing the last four years. My CORE
spondence has run up to about 5000 let
tiers year during that time"
Nearly all the churches of Omaha will
be filled by Methodist clergymen dur
ing the month of May.
j. NJ. GILLIAN.