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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08
SECRET PROCESS FOR
WORKING COM
STOCK ORE.

Dan De Qall in Engineering and Minir
journal
Simultaneously with the mani
for patenting and putting on til
market aRalgamating pans o
novel construction came the "secre
process rage or craae. 1ItindieCe
of men began making experiment.
in the hope of hitting upon some
chemical or combination of chemi-
Gals by means of which all, or very
nearly all, Of the silver contained
in the ore would be saved Only
about one in ten among those
making these experiments had the
least knowledge of chemistry.
They poured into their patches of
pulverized ore all manner of things
prom iscuously ignorant Of the fact
one ingredient often neutralized
the action of the other acids and
alkalies were all the same to them
This search for a universal silver
solvent proved to many very
fascinating pursuit. Miners who
were wholly ignorant of metallurgy
and the nature and action of chem
icals became smitten with the pre-
vaillng mania. They ceased to
prospect, and permitted the mines
they had already located to he I'M
worked, dropping all else to 60 in
pursuit of the "great secret" which
all conceded would bring to the
lucky discoverer fortune of AN
told millions.
Many cabins of miners scattered
among the hills would for days be
found securely locked and the win
dows dsrkened One might knock
at the door of cabin so closed for
an hour without elicitlng any res
ponse, and but for the black smoke |
rolling out of the stone chimney
would be likely to conclude that
the place was tenantless. how.
ever, within, perspiring over a
hot pitch pine fire, was frowsey-
headed and SCOT begrimed IS want"
toiling over mess in his big
bake kettle that in nastiness would
have far surpassed the contents
Of the caldron of "Maeheth's"
witches.
1t being known that about so
per cent. of the silver contained /
m the ore was lost by even the
very best processes then in use,
zach man that began experiment.
Rg hoped to hit upon "the great
secret" and become millionaire
It a single stroGe. 1t was sort
If revival of the search for the
philosophers stone The
'abins in the canyons and hidden
way among the hills were the
labitations of new race of
lchemists. They had their
nortars and pestles, their
rucibles and Florentiue TASKS,
est tubes and blowpipes. aud Of
ONE we might say that, like Ben
ohnson's "Alchemist,". they had I
their alemblcs and aiudels, their |
essels for infusion, for decocLion, !
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08
WHY CLEVELAND is
STRONG


| The great majority of the OH
cago Convention did not hesitate tc
nominate the candidate of its
choice through fear that he is not
strong in New York.
Grover Cleveland is strong in
New York No other Democrat
would this year get as many votes
as he.
The Democratic leaders who
opposed his nomination will now
support him ioyally. They would
do 1t for their own future salvation
if for no other reason. The rank
and file are Democrats. Cleve-
land has many and devoted ad.
mirers among them The alter
native will be Harrison with all
that this implies 1t Is four
months to election. There will be
no bo!ting nor sulking.
Cleveland is stronger with the
nonpartisan business men than any
other Democrat would be. He IS
the candidate best fitted to divide
their vote with Harrison. He has
been tried and not found wanting.
Business likes certalnties. 1t
knows where it could find Cleve-
land
Cleveland will get thousands of
Independent and Mugwump votes
that no other Democrat could com
mand. He lost many of them in
1888, but Harrison's "wl!d dehauch
of spoils' has brought them back.
Cleveland will get m ore Republi-
can votes on the tariff issue than
auy other Democrat. He embod !
les the issue on which the campaign
mus, mainly be fought.
Cleveland will get many votes
on his character. He represents
the integrity, Independence and
best reform spirit of the Democ
racy. HIS sturdy honesty. courage
aud fidelity to duty will be more
Il an an offset to the unouesti"ned
high personal qualities of Presi-
dent Harrison.
We SAID Tins in 1884, and the
election sustained our opinion.
We did lot say it in 1888 because
tine circumstance did not warrant
it.
Cleveland can win.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08
Whitelaw Reid lives in a 81, ,00O,.

Whitelaw Reid lives in a 81, ,000.-
900 residence in the winter and a
100000 cottage in the summer.
He is greatly Interested in the
farmer who raises 5 cent cotton. the
mechanic who works for 50 per
day and the laborer who drags
along on 30 cents. Whitelaw new
er permits member of trades
union to work 10 his newspaper
office; cheap labor built his castles.
and for twenty years ha has been
the inveterate and malignant foe OF
American labor organizations.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08


them porous and frlable; also il
was supposed that the gases ,escap
ing from the particles of sawdus,
and passing out through the bricks
had good effect, while the char
coal might be of some use. The
bricks called for n second crushing
under the stamps, and finally the
material was amalgamated. Much
was claimed for this process, but it
proved failure. am not sure,
but believe THAI tins process called
for certain amount of salt and
birthstone, rs well as sawdust in
mixing the pulp to be made into
bricks.
Heap roasting was attempted at
some Of the mills, but the price of
wood (once all the surrounding
mountains were denuded of their
growths of nut pine and CEDAR
ended this open~alr roasting,
Will this was practiced ore, ashes
and charcoal all went under the
stamps together The ashes were
thought to be very beneficial in
amalgamltion.
In several of the mllls of the
early days the Mexican patio pro-
cess was used for year or two in
with pans and other
amalgamatlng apparatus. 1t WAS
thought for time to. be the best
method of working low grade ores.
Thus at the big mil of the Ophir
company, IN Washoe valley, where I
100 tons of ore wera daily crushed,
and where the Freiberg barrel
process Of amalgamation and
also amalgamation in pans was in
use, they still thought the patio
best for their poorer ores. The
patio was constructed in room
IN which were IN operation SO
'malgamating pans. This was in
,rder to obtain a good working
legree Of heat at sll seasons, the
70 pans giving out SO much heat as
o render the room very warm.
lr. Palmer, who had much expert
nee at the Real del Monte mines
II Pachuca, Mexico, was superin-
endent of the Ophir at that time
lie did very good work, but even
nth the artiicially heated room
he process proved too slow for our
eople. Even the German barrel
recess was soon voted too tedious
AT present the mills working
'omstock ores smalgamate in
.rge iron pans holding Il charge of
bout 5000 pounds of pnlyerized
re. Water is added until a pulp
formed that is sufficiently thin
} be easily stirred by the mullers.
hese mullers or "shoes" reYolve
pom plates Of chilled iron in the
ottom of the pan and therefore {
rInd as well rs stir the pulp. !
he pulp Is ground for about two
ours IN the steam heated pan, t
hen the charge of quicksilver is +
lded (nhout 300 pounds to 5000 {
>unds OF pulp), also salt and
uestone. At times, when the
requires cleaning, soda 0
caustic potash is used. The 4
me of grinding aud working 10 Y
III varies from three to five hours. L
! that short time the operation of =
is completed and u
Q whole charge Is drawn off into :
larger pan called settler, from u
Iich the aInalgam il drawn off, o
drained of fluid quick u
ver) and sent to the retort, o
lere the remainder of the quick q
yer is drawn Of by beat, leaving u
Q silver III Jumps ready to be =
slted aud nodded into bars.
Many millmen who use this
nerlcan process are unable to 81
plain the action of the salt and Il
iestnne used in connection with "
icksiiver and the metallic CON L
It's Of the ore operated upon. q,
though practically perfect in the b.
, OF their materials they are un- A
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08

BY little strategy, which was
allowable under the circums tances,
DIR. +. Fl. Atkins succeeded in
getting spread on the journals Of
the proceedings of the national
medical association at Detroit an
interesting, eve opening paper on
the climate of New Mexico LAS
Vegas Optic.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08
THE ORIGIN OF THE SCRUB.

i ii ~ ohIbIN VT II IL oIhOD. :.
We abuse and revile the scrub
on every opportune occasion, and
the scrubbier the scrub may be,
the meancr the t,eitment we be-
STOW upon IT. Miserable scrubl
And yet who made the scrub?
If it were not for mans negligence
and inhumanity to his animal
possessions there might not be any
scrub stock in our country. A
choice selection of sires and dams,
good feeding and housing, and
good treatment generally, would in
time breed up the quality of the
scrub herd to one Of frst-class
merit. Neglect and vicious breed
ing and management makes the
scrub. Bad treatment will, in
time, transform the choicest herds
of thorougabieds into the most
inferior grades of live stock. The
scrub Is u living example, monu-
mental reminder Of lnisjudgment,
neglect, lack of intel
Iigence, or intelligence unutilized.
nonappreciation OF
,he rules that underly ..clvilized.
and economic stock
breeding. The scrub is but the
result of the owners and
breeders misused advantages and
opportunities, Illustrated as living
example in tho flesh to remind the
world of it's folly.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-07-08
Louis Thinner will soou open .

Louis Thinner will soou open =
saloon in the east corner room OF
The Armij,. The gentleman is
well known in the territory. and
The Citizen believes that his large
acquaintance will be a financial
benefit to him in his business. -
Albuquerque CItizep.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
For over Fifrv Ye.r. I

MRS. WIrsLow's Soo7HIEa SYRuP has bean
u 's oy millions Of mothers for their children
h mnlle ieething. Ii disturbed at night and
and crying with pain Of Cutting Teeth SEM
s. 8 once and get bottle of "Mrs. Winslow,s
coothing Syrup" for Children Teethfng. II
WI reheve the poor little sufferer immedi.
Nsiy. depend upon it, mothers, there Is no
MISTAKE about it. 1t cures Diarrhea, recu-
f nIes Inc stomach and Bowels, cures Wind
conc, soiteps the Gums, reduces Inflamma-
uon, and gives tone and energy to the whole
system. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup y
Tor children teetbing is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of the Oldest
ana BEST female physicians and nurses in the
united states. Price twenty-five cents rot
tie. SOLD by all druggists throughout the
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

~
The young man who had just received
teonest from rich uncle had been
snfing away at his cigar in silence for
p moments. Suddenly he looked up
I'D asked his companion:
Ever do anything in real estate?'
.rve tried to-" was the guarded re-
Spouse. -,
aOnite little Want to buy ,some?'
well. don't know" said the young
man indolently. "Pd like to put my
noney to some use, and western real
estate o is pretty good investment, it
seei s to me.
"Jt is if one understands what he is
doing.
"Of course, of course. Now, if knew
when to buy
"When to bnyl" exclaimed the one
,,,bo had invested. That's the easiest
rart of it to my mind. At any rate it
never bothered me-"
"What does one want to know, Them
.sted the Young man in surprise.
"When to sell, my boyl When to selll
M trouble to buy, but if I'd know
vol let's change the subject. don't
Ike TO think of the time could have
closed ont at Il big profit just before the
boom burst Chicago Tribune.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
A Doubtful Com pIiment.

An anecdote Of the Duke of Marlbor-
ough, who is said to have bought land
In the Powell River valley, Tennessee, on
which to establish a country seat, is told
at the expense Of native winemaker in
those parts. There, Mr.. Duke" said
the Tennessee vintner, handing Mari
borough a sample glass, sis what call
honest wine:' Yes" the duke is said
to have Replied; Eyes, Mr.. Stebbins.
poor, but honestr'
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
Did Not Fill the Bin.

Old Lady-There is one thing that !
notice particularly about that young
man who calls to see you. He seems to
nave an Unborn, instructive respect for
woman. He treats every woman as
tnough she were being from a higher
sphere, to be approached only with the
utmost delicacy and Difference.
:, granddaughter Sweet eighteen -
Les, he's horribly bashful.-New York
Weekly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

Robert Gamble, superintendent o.
the southern division OF the South
Florida railroad, was in Gainesville
Thursday. While there ne visited
he United States land Office ana
entered homestead.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16

how do you understand the phrase
al 'lmpressionist picture?" asked the
country cousin Of the city cynic as they
STOOD IN the art gallery.
Why, an 'impressionist picture is
one that leaves on your mind the i'm
preston that it is picture of cow, and
sne impression fingers until you look at
we catalogue and read that it is a pic
'0re OF water spaniel. Boston Tran
script.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
Board and Clothes.

cay" said the eldeyly farmer looking
aa - want little piece put in the
paper that want woman who can
soA' wash, iron, milk four cows and
aanage market wagon"
.c, All night" said the advertising clerk.
.a, state what wages will be paidY'
wages nothinw shouted the farmer
I,a: ng man. "Iwant to marry her. -
''uianapolis Journal.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
A Gentle Reminder.

olngo-Did those trensers of mine
come from the tailor's
mrs. Bingo-No, my dear, but my
"nnet came from the milliner's.
o'ngo (savagelyeWhat do | care! !
suouid like to know what your bonnet's
sUs !" do with my trousers?
An' Bingo (meekly)-Nothing, my
s'af. only the milliner is waiting to see
'ou In the next room.-Truth.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
The Silver Ouestion.

4. m Johnsing-I has been readin in
papers about de silber queshun.
= - s de silber queshun, anyhow?
rms Crow - Fool -niggahi Don't
- what de silber queshun I'll Huh!
sDer queshun Is, lend me o quarter
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
Rucklen,. Arptsa SaIve

the bet .~ive in the world Tor cuts
~ e., suies, Ulcers, sail rn,Am, f yes s"r' s
eii.'. chapp'd hands, ciiii'nin, c"rns and
II skin eruptinns, and positively cures plies,
n no ply required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded,
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by M.
.iva1v
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
A Departure In Telephony.

Tho manager of the telephone ca
change in Lisbon achieved distinction
some time since by connecting the royal
palace with the opera house at time
when the king was in mourning. The
telephone man also connected his own
house with the transmitters ON the stage
of the opera, and had wires with recelv-
ers attached all around his drawing
room. On opera nights ne used TO IN
yite his friends to enjoy the performance
at his house, and it was curious sight
when some ten or twelve people were
sitting abon5 the room in comfortable
armchairs with receivers to their ears
head telephones were used, SO that there
was no necessity of holding up ones
hands all the time-and listening attep,
lively without uttering a sound beyond
ON occasional exclamation OF delight o.
surprise. -Electrlcity
Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
Practical Daughter,

1t is told of Miss Rusk, daughter Of
the secretary of agriculture, that she is
of an exceedingly practical turn, and
that few ladies, either young or DID,
excel her in the art of housekeeping
She takes full charge of her fathers
house, of the servants and the table.
She also plans the menus and superin-
tends the marketing. Miss Rusk is SO
dainty and nice about housekeeping
that with her it becomes an art. She
is very fond of reading, and does not
permit her household work to rob
her of the pleasure she derives from her
favorite authors; of these she has de-
cided preference for Hawthorne and
Howells. Victor Hugo is also favorite
and George Elliot and Thackeray.
When it comes to society Miss Rusk is
again at her mothers side. Because
the daughter takes up SO many cares it
must not be thought for an instant that
Mrs. Rusk does not know her house.
While she never appears to see any
thing, nothing escapes her eye, especial
ly if it is fault, and, while escaping
much of the drudgery in her care, she
contrives to keep her eyes everywhere.
Chicago Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
IL woman as the artist, the creator 81

ID woman as the artist, the creator 81
the beautiful The fifth is woman,
the genius of home, and the sacredness
OF her mission is shown in the sub
group Of three-the father, mother and
child On the right of the central fig
ure are types of the teacher, the mis-
tress of music, the student of science.
the nurse of humanity. and last, but
not least, woman as an active worker
in the industrial world.
Miss Rideout says that to carry out
her ideas with artistic finish from life
models will cost So, 500 for each of the
two smaller groups. and sS, 200 for the
pediment group. The finish of the
models will be dictated by Chief Burn
ham. and will determine the cost of the
work. Among the competitors were
Miss Kuhne Beveridge, of San Fran
cisco. Miss Blanche Nevin, of Lancas.
ter, Pa, Miss Mary Michener, of San
Francisco. Miss Enid Yandell, of Gin
cinnati, Miss Mears, of Wisconsin. Miss
Alice Ruggles, of Boston, and Miss
Lily Irene Jackson, of West Virginia
The successful young woman is de-
scribed as petite blonde. serious,
dignified and quite pretty."-SprinT
field Mass Republican.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST.

EDWIN ARNOLD says: Everything is
possible for women. l do not believe
in the inferiority of women"
MRS ANToINETTE BROwN-BLACK-
WELL, who has been called the pio-
neer woman preacher of America, lives
q life of great retirement at Elizabeth,
N. j.
Miss MARGUERITE MERINGToN, the
teacher of Greek at the New York nor
NAL college for girls, is the author of
"Letterblair,' highly successful play
written for Mr.. Sothern.
AMONG successful artists and .sculp-
tors abroad are Louise Robins, who
was represented at this years Champ
de Mars Salon in Paris, and has since
sold one of her pictures to the French
government, and Theodore Ruggles, a
Boston girl of 20, who has had two OF
her statues at the Paris Salon.
AN enterprising London woman has
discovered a new method OF earning
money pleasantly. Just before the
close of the season she advertised to
take care of valua BILE plants and palms
while their owners were out Of town.
and secured sufficient number to hire
an assistant and clear considerable
profit.
THE woman's baking company OF
Chicago has just been incorporated with
a capital stock of $780, 1t is COM
posed of woman's Christian temperance
union women Of Chicago and is pledged
to use only the purest materials, to have
the work done entirely by women anc
to run the establishment on strictly
business principles,
Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
A NOBLE WORK.
What Miss Sarah Fuller Has Accomplish
ed in q Boston School

What Miss Sarah Fuller Has Accomplish
ed in a Boston School
Miss Sarah Fuller, principal of the
Horace Mann School for the Deaf, in
Boston, has won considerable and we'll
deserved prominence as a teacher of
mutes. Her success with little Helen
Keller, who is both blind and deaf. and
whom she succeeded in teaching to
speak and write. has indeed been won
derfuL The child's rapid progress un-
der Miss Fuller's tutelage was made
the subject of an essay at the last meet
ing of the American Association to
promote the teaching of speech to the
deaf. Helen was possessed of all the
faculties and senses of healthy child,
SO far as was known, until upon recov-
cry of serious illness, at the age Of
eighteen months, it was found that she
had lost both hearing and sight In
1887 she was placed under the instruc-
tion of Miss A. NJ. Sullivan, where she
developed astonishing genius In 1888
little Helen paid visit to the Horace
Mann School, but it was nearly two
years later before any effort was made
to teach her to speak. Miss Fuller, in
her essay, describes the child's first les
son. 1t was task that required much
patience, for Helen was obliged to learn
how to use her organs of speech by feel
ing her tes cher's mouth and throat. and
the tongue and teeth She was an apt
pupil, however, and in short time
could pronounce the vowels and some
1f <ha &c hn kop
first lesson March 26, $780, and April 10
of the same year, while at the house of
friend, she gave an account of a visit
she had made to DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes.-Chicago Post
Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
Deafres. Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube When
this tube gets inflamed you have rum bling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to lis normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case o. Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
sS Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-30
THE SUCCESSFUL SCULPTOR,
Miss Alice NJ. Rideout and Her Work for
the Worlds Fair.

Miss Alice NJ. Rideout and Her Work for
the Worlds Fair.
The successful competitor for the
sculpture on the woman's building at
the Columb bus worlds fair is Miss Alice
NJ. Rideout, of San Francisco. One
group of figures is required to occupy
the space on the pediment over the
main entrance to the building. This
pediment is As feet long at the base
line and seven feet high in the center.
Besides this there is to be afgroup of
statuary on each side of the pediment
standing free above the attic cornice
resting on bases five feet long, three
feet deep and 60 feet from the ground.
In these two groups Miss Rideout rep
resents woman's virtues and woman as
the spirit of civilization. In the large
group of the pediment she depicts wom-
ans place in history. This group is
spoken of as being remarkably effec-
tive piece of work. The central figure
represents woman as prominent in sci
entific and religious work. In her
right hand she offers her myrtle wreath
as the reward for virtuous en-
deavcr, in her left she holds the
scale demanding equal rights and
the Bible as a guide to principle
and conduct On her head rests a
wreath symbolizing the celestial roses
which. women weave in Schiller's IA
nous poem. The first figure to the left
represents woman as benefactor.
Grief establishes bond of sympathy
between her and all mankind. and the
amelioration of suffering becomes her
greatest happiness The next figure is
the emblem of charity. She is protec-
tor of children fron cruelty and youth
from sin. Purity and temperance are
her watchwords. The third figure on
the left of the central figure illustrates
woman's position in literary and poetry.
Thought shines in her face and an open
scroll is in her hand. The fourth figure