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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-15

have to be assorted by hand For this
purpose girls are employed, locally
called bal maidens." from the Cornish
word "nal." which signifies mine.
These girls, five in row. reciine on
sloping shelves of board, with table
before them and trough. On each
side of the ia BILE are three wooden boxes.
With a curved iron tool the girls rake
the stones to them and sort them ac-
cording to color The yellow and pea
cock copper is thrown into the trough
under their noses The mundic is tossed
adroitly into the nearest box on right
or left: the elvan. inferior. into the Sec
ond, and the rubbish into the third.
Before the table flows a stream of
water. The stones are brought in bar
rows from the jiggers and tipped into
the water. Then ii young man with a
fork dips them out and throws them
upon the table, AMI so continuously
supplies the bal maidens with material
for selection. The boxes have to be
examined by the overlooSer, to make
sure that the girls have not been
careless and have not thrown away
good stuff. Then the copper ore is sent
away to be melted. As it requires four
tons of coal to melt one ton of ore. it is
obviously to convey the ore to the coal,
and not to bring the coal to the ore.
The mundic is now taken to the fur
naces, where it is first subjected to
fires made of ordinary common coal.
1t passes along with the smoke into
condensers When condensed it is
gray, being mixed with smoke SCOT.
In this condition it Is called arsenic
SCOT" The condensat ton takes place
on the floor and the sides Of the chin
ney, which is carried many hundred feet
at an incline to the main shaft. From
the condenser the arsenic is scraped
out by the workmen closely muffied;
then it is again subjected to fire in cal
ciners. the fire being anthracite coal.
The heat of the furnace consumes all
dross and the arsenic comes out as
white as paper. Some of the clusters
of rhombohedral crystals are very
beautiful The arsenic has to be re-
moved while warm to the mill to be
ground; if left to get cold the hard
ness of the crystals would cut the
grinders to pieces At the mill the
workmen are again closely muffled.
They have to heave the arsenic turned
out from barrows into the mill hopper.
When reduced to powder in the mill it
is put into casks that contain from
three hundredweight to three hundred
and twenty-five pounds. which are con-
veyed to the stores. es.-Waverly Maga.
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CHASING TRAIN ROBBERS.

LINCOLN, His, Nov. II Three posses
nre in pursuit of the Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville train robbers. All the country
roads are guarded, and the farmers for
many miles around are on the alert. The
capture of the trio is believed TO be only a
question of few hours. The train at
lacked carries the American express con-
signments, and has in the past conveyed
large sums from Peoria for Evansville,
Ind, and intermediate points.
Conductor Chris Richmond said, in an
interview: 81 WAS taking tickets coming;
out of Lincoln. l WIS Oh the platform be-
bween the com binatloD Car and the ladies
car, and saw a man looking in the window.
He turned around, threw gun i'll my
lace. and ordered me to hold up my hands.
ran back and told the express messenger
That We were being held up. | then cut
the bell cord, aud Messenger McManus
put out the lights and barred the door.
brakeman TroLt came and asked for my
gun, saying that he would go out aud get
hem. L did not havS a gun, aud he took
my billy and started out. just AS he
Oegan the struggle one of the robbers shot
him in the stomach. One man jumped
while we were going at fun speed, An
sDther rode into Mount Pulaski, and the
messenger shot at him as he was running
from the depot, but he escaped. did not
zee any more of the third man"
;. ii. .Iosephs, q travelling salesman for
New York JewelIy house, had sample
trunk containing several thousand dollars
worth of diamonds, which he thinks the
robbers were after.
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Neuralgic headaches promptly cured by
Bromo-SeltZer-trial bottle 10 cents.
THE KNIGHTS OFIABOR.


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l4-Prior to the
opening OF the general assembly of the
Knights Of Labor ut Industrial hall this
morning. Mr.. Powderly took occasion to
smphaticslly deny the story that this
would be the last convention of the order
ana thaGthere was scheme to disrupt it,
''The story is absolutely false" said Mr..
Powderly. There VIII certainly be a mo-
non To adJourn without day for future
hearing, but not with che view to the dis
ruption of rhe order Other orders. pota-
hy the American Federation of Labor
which meets in December, will take SINH
ar action. VIII then confer with the
leaders of these other orders, and agree
npon "A common day and place of meeting
Tor all these orders. Each order will have
is individual meetings and retain its
autonomy. by meeting at a common
place the delegates ot the various orders
will learn that their aims and ends are
similar. and the result will be unanimous
ac''or N aisny things where now we dis
sgree."
Iue afternoon session was devoted to
he report of General Master Workman
Powaer!y. The report denied that the
STder was re;rogradiDg, aud asserted that
II was prosperous. IL also denied emphat-
ically that the Knights of Labor or their
The Catholic church in this country 10
subvert the national government. Ii ey-
tols Pope Leo NH. and SAYS that even
hose who belong TO no church will say
that n" better friend TO humanity ever
occupied the papal chair. The report
rharacteriZes the stale national guard as
standing army, and says that the militi, is
dram upon the workmen and "A friend To
The capitalist In time of trouble The r.
port favors gold, silver anu paper money
and l. IN favor of silver coluaye at the
sstio OF Is TO l.
lnere mas nothing in the proceedings 10
indicate that the convention viii be
marked by bitter personalities.
GALESBURG, His. Nov IA -Th. Illinois
state feaeratloi. OF labor opened here TODAY
In annual session, with delegates repre-
Senting 100000 members present. A mo-
ton 10 appoint an out-of-work committee
precipitsted au exciting discussion The
committee is TO take steps To SECURE work
for the unemployed In Illinois. President
Madden denounced Governor Altgeld for
refusing TO answer a letter op the subiect
ot sta.e help for those ont of work, ad-
dressed TO him by a union, and his disiu-
ciinatlon 10 receive Il committee that tried
10 see him Oh the same erranu Other
speakers Joined in the condemnation. The
discussion WAS concluded with the ap-
polntment OF the committee. The general
sentiment l. that the committee should
demand assistance, and should uat beg in
= cripxing manner.
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SHORTHAND NOW A NECESSITY.
1t MAS Become an Important Feature IN
the Business World at Large.


the Business World at Large.
The bureau of education at Washing
! ton has done good piece of work,
saws the Boston Herald. in the mono
graph which has just been sent out
from the government printing Office on
Shorthand Instruction and Practice. T"
In 1884 it published circular of infor-
nation on the teaching, practice and
literature of shorthand. Twenty thou
sand copies were distributed and an
other edition of equal size has been ex-
hausted.
The present work furnishes not only
an account of shorthand in foreign
countries and in the United States. but
nearly the full statistics of instruction
from 1859 up TO the summer OF 1891 in
this country, with an account Of the
extent To which stenogra have
been employed in courts. in legal de-
cisions. and in other public services.
There are thousands of shorthand So
cieties in Germany, France and Eng
land. and in this country. whose WORK
is To disseminate a knowledge of the
4.
into the public schools is 20 be one of
the next steps in secondary education.
The typewriter is next 20 shorthand
as labor-saving instrument, and the
shorthand systems and the principal
tvpewriting machines hare already
wrought revolution not only in the
courts but in the business Offices. in
~
in every department of life where
writing is indispensable. Until speed
can be reached on the typewriter equal
to that which can b.. obtained by ex-
pert stenographers, stcnographv will
take the lead as "a system by which the
spoken word can be taken down exact
iY as IL Is uttered and made To serve
the purpose for which il il designed
II i snch IN aid in all sorts of busi-
ness transactions that We could M
more 90 back 30 the Old habits than sTe
could 90 back TO the stage coaches
which ffty years ago conveyed onr
grandfatbers across the country In
this country the number Of persons re-
ceiving instruction in shorthand from
July I.-iss9. To june 80. 1890. was So
3zs. and cf this number 23.38s were
males and -. eo5 females All these
were taught IN schools and classes.
and out of the whole number 7.22s
were instructed BIZ nail
In 23a schools aud classes in which
shorthand was introduced during the
sc l,olastie rsar ending June 20, 1921.
tsae number Of persons taught orally
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ILLINOIS BANKERS

DECATUR. His. Nov. 14.-The State
Bankers association met in convention to-
day. Professor J. Lawrence Laughton of
Chicago read paper on ''The Abundance
of Gold" contending that it is the only
money metal; that is not getting scarcsr,
and that the financial question should be
removed from politics aud government
commission appointed to decide upon u
financial policy.
j. Carl Russell cashier of the Bank Of
the Republic OF ST. Louis created stir by
talking about the International coinage of
gold and silqer. The present plan of
government he characterized as dishonest
w. P. HALEY called him to order and
said that his statements were an insult to
any intelligence john Z. Odell of Chicago,
who was president, denounced Russell 5
statement AS rank heresy.
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THeLEAvENWORTH COAL CASE.

Topeka. Kan, Nov. 14.-in the suit
brought bv the government against the
Leavenworth Coal company Judge Will
Jams of the United States court has ap-
pointed Eugene Hagan of Topeka as
referee to take evidence and determine
the rights of the respective parties. The
question in controversy Is in regard to the
authority of the company TO mine coal on
government land near Lsavenworth. the
United States claiming that by the failure
ot the company to comply with certain
conditions 1t has forfeited tie lease under
which it operating. The case involves
about $500, 00D and has been pending Ill
court some time, the action having 10 N
commenced under the direction OF At
torney General Miller.
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THE CUBAN REBELS.

NEW York, Nov. 14-Tbe steamer
Yumuri, from Havana. brings large
number of Havana papers. They gave
lengthy accounts of what appears to be a
spontaneous uprising of small bands OF
revolut;onisis all over the island. Accord
ing to a paper dated November Z, the up
rising started on November ). Twenty
men rode into l. jos. eutered the store OF
"A dealer in firearms, and demanded the SUR
render of the place. He refused. and WAS
shot, and the place looted The men pa'-
ing thus armed themselves went To forage
They took thirty horses and were rein
forced by more revolutionists. In another
small town twenty men arose IN arms.
An engagement followed with the govern
nent troops, in which five men were
taken prisoners aud the rebels dispersed.
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H.,rh, Of pin.,.as s.t,ss.nr...

The EngIish professional classes are
the talscst - adult nssieN. attaining
the average beiyb, of Eve Zee. nine
and one-fonr,h inches Taken righ.
through ths English and American
raees are approximately Of the sane
height Mos, European nstiors aver
are. for the adul, male. Gre fee, .lr
ine5es: ha. The Anstrians sraniards
and Portuguese just fan short Of this
tssrdard.
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IN THE ARSENIC MINES.

Work That Is Dangerous to the Health oi
Those Engaged in 1t.
The utilization of waste is one of the
great lessons we are learning at the
close of the nineteenth century. What
our fathers and grandfathers threw
| away, that we find profitable to work
for something it contains which was
unknown or disregarded by them, or
which has since acquired new value.
This is notably the case with the
arsenical pyrites, or mundic, turned
out in vast quantities from the copper
mines in Devon and Cornwall, princi-
pally on the banks of the lamar. At
one time these mines. rich in copper,
were worked vigorously for that metal,
and the mundic was cast away, form
ing enormous ramps" as they are
locally termed or mounds of this waste.
After a while the price of copper de-
clined and the richness of the lodes
became less. simultaneously a de-
mand sprang Up for arsenic, and now
the old copper mines are worked not
exclusively but mainly for arsenic
The cost of production is of course
greatly reduced by the fact that enor-
nous quantities had been brought up
from underground and had been
thrown out under the previous system,
and these waste heaps were now re-
worked for the sake of the arsenic.
The value of arsenic as something
other than poison or pigment is OF re-
cent discovery. In ancient classic
times the beauty of orphiment, the vel
low sulphide, was known, hut not real
go. the disul phate of arsenic, which is
of a ruby color. Arsenic as pigment
has been. and we fear still is. much
used in the coloring of wall paper-in
fact, the paper stainers can hardly do
without it, if purchasers will have
esthetic greens and yellows
The question naturally arises: Is the
manufacture of arsenic prejudicial to
the health of the workers? To GER
tain extent it must ne SO, but it is not
so to anything like the extent that
might be supposed The best means of
resisting arsenic is by the use of soap
land water. The workmen engaged in
the manufacture have their mouths
and noses muffled 10 prevent their in
haling the dust.
They wash and completely change
their clothing on leaving work. ana
they enjoy complete freedom from
zvmotic diseases. as all germs are killed
either bv the arsenic dust or b. the
sulphurous acid given of by the manu-
fscture- The men believe that the ar
sen!c produces shortness ~ breath and
asthma, hut this is really the result os
their having to work all day with their
noses and mouths covered by wooien
muffiers-
Let Us now look at the manufacture
Arsenical mundic contains from twelve
and one-half to seventeen per cent of
arsenic and from twenty-five TO thirty
per cent. of iron 1t has silvery
lead look, with yellow stains V II
where is copper The FIRST process con-
sists IN dividing the copper ore from
the mundic- For this purpose all
the rock brought up from the mine IS
broken into pieces of the size of a nut;
then this as we'll as the refuse Is
'.jigged. tina, IS TO say. is subjected Ia
shaking in sieveS which les small par
ticles fall through and reserve oniy
the nuggets
The Jumps Of broken stone cannot be
kaDaTa.ed thus essilr b. water. they
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HE NICARAGUA CANAL.

WASHINGTON, Nov l4-Hiram Hitch
cock, president of the Maritime Canal
company of Nicaragua, has submitted to
the secretary of the interior the annual re-
port of the compay. The report says that
since ahe appointment of receiver for the
canal construction company little work
has been done. Since its organization the
total cash receipts Of the company hava
been 81 ,O55,Sll. 1t has paid out $3.50, 7SS In
cash and 81 800 shares of stock, the par
value of which is s., 1879, 600, and IS OBJ
ligated for Sc SJ5 900 of It's first mortgage
bonds. II has issued 10000 shares OF
stock of the par value of SIS, 600 600 IN pay
ment OF concessionary rights, privileges
and franchises aud for its property.
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was 4.l50. which with those by mail
made a grand total of Ass. OF those
taught orally 2.474 were males and
1858 were females. This IL as near a
correct statement of statistics as Hr.
Rockwell has been able to arrive at
and il shows the vast extent and use
OF shorthand instruction in this coun-
try in all the departments Of life,
Stenography has come to stay, an.
typewriting has come To stay with IL,
and the two. combined with the tele-
graph and telephone. have been great
ly instrumental in aeecieratin9 th.
progress Of ideas and facilitating thu
methods 81 business and the produe
ton of literature.
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FACTS ABOUT LOTTERIES.

Once COuntenanced a. Proper Public Insti-
tutions. but Now "Howied Down"
There is continual howl nowadays
about the perniciousness of lotteries
and the evils that they have worked or
are working upon our social institu.
tions, yet it is not hundred years age
that the whole scheme of giving lot.
teries was partly indorsed by such a
great man as Thomas jefferson and ad.
vocated by other famous statesmen.
The foundation of so prominent an
educational institution as Columbia
college traces directly back to lot
terry, and perhaps if it had not been for
that method of raising funds this city
might never have had that great seat
of learning Few of those highly up
right citizens of this broad land who
have unintermittingly cried out upon
the evils wrought by the Louisiana lot
terry are aware of the fact that one of
the first acts of the American congress
of 1776 was to institute a national lot
terry, and that the people welcomed il
with great joy. Yet such was the
case, as history records it
The origin of lotteries is yelled in
considera BILE darkness. and it is almost
impossible to find the record of the
first esta blishment of one In the Ro-
man Saturnalia and in the banquets of
the aristocratic Romans lotteries were
instituted for the distribution of favors
or prizes as source OF amusement.
Augustus was wont TO distribute
to the guests at mis- feasts pack
cts similar in appearance, but con-
tanning articles varying widely
in value. This custom was followed on
magnificent scale by succeeding em-
perors, Nero giving such prizes as n
house or slave iIcliora balns intro
dueed the element of absurdity. one
ticket in his distribution calling. per-
haps for golden vase, while another
was for six flies
The Italian merchants of the middle
ages used lotteries for the distribution
of their wares. The government OF
Florence in 1880 instituted a money lot
terry for the benefit OF the state. and in
Venice half a century later lotteries ex-
isted under public control From that
hiiHc Ai6LF EHFOpEaH sAd tsS SE7fss hs-'t ~
the lottery as means OF raising rs,ve-
nue The first lottery IN England 'rss
esia blished in 1859 for the repair of
harbors and was soon followed BIZ an
other for the benefit ot the Xirg MA
colony.
As ALREADY noticed the iottcry was
from the very first settling Of the gov
ernment OF this ceuntry a familiar
means of raising funds. and mp 10 1870
at least seventy acts were passed bv
congress authorizing lo,tAies for
various public purposes But the nu-
merous private lotteries which gave
rise To uIAnv scandalous buses aroused
public opinion against them, and a So
cietr was formed n Pennsylvania in
1855 II advocate their suppression This
society led a stroag crusade against thu
lottery principle, and is efforts were
ultimately rewarded by the passage o.
acts in most OF the states entirely nro-
bioiting the esta olishmenf Of ANYTHING
having the nature .. io;tery-N i.
Herald
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Hicks - Education is a good
thing" Wichs-'I believe you. With
out education it would be quite impos-
sible to bamboozle the fellows who
have no education. Boston Tran
script.
Mrs. Clinker-'I understand, Mrs
Vaulters. that your son is going up
rapidly in college" Mrs. Vaulters-
"Yes, indeed. He's already broken
the high jump record d"-Cleveland
Plaindealer.
-Tenderfoot-'And you say that
tough-looking party is one of your
leading citizens?" 5Westerner@.'Ye es,
sir: there hain't been lynehing in this
section for FIVE years which he hasn't
led. ."-Raymond's Monthly.
-Orator-''Where else will YOU find
in one spot such products as marble,
iron, clay. chalk. copper. lead, slate,
glucose, fruits of all kinds, hemp. fax.
and all manner of grains?" Man in
the Audience-'In my boys pocket. -
Waif
His Mind Was on Business PAW"
said Tommy Doddles. 'hab by has swal-
lowed twenty-five cents You don't
say so,- YES, sir. Great Scott
Why can't people realize that the time
for boarding money is past?"-Wash-
ing.on Star.
-Hus band-''As ] came along the
street just now l passed the hail where
the anarchists meet. and heard them
shouting: Death to tyrants" Wife
SIS that so? Then it will be bad day
for our cock when those men get loose. "
N. y. Press
II wish. sir to ask for the hand of
your daughter iu marriage" But are
you in position to support samily?"
20. / think SO. sir Yes, but YOU
must consider the matter pretty care
fully. for there are ten of us,~-Flie-
geude Blaetter.
Tommy twho has been studying
with but poor success ssl-"Pop, nv
teacher says history repeats itself. does
it?" Tommy's fa;her-"Yes, my boy
sometimes Tommy | wish
mine would repeat itself. cause
can't t'-Philadslpbia Racord
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VILLAGE BLAZES,

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Nov. 1.-THE bust
ness portion of the town oe Portland, sixty
miles south. was wiped out by fire this
morning, leaving nothing but the store
houses of Dean & Co. and f. Carmak. The
fire started in the building of Pugh Bros.
and spread with such fury that the busi-
ness section was consumed in very short
time Edward Sidberry was burned to
death in the store Of the Pugh company,
whers ne was sleeping Thomas Pugh
narrowly escaped a like death in enGeavor-
ing To save Sidberry. The total loss is 500,
000 with insurance of One-third.
REGINA, Man, Nov. 14.-Fourteen of the
leading business houses of the town were
destroyed by fire this morning. Tae aggre-
gate loss is $50 900
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POLITICAL CHESTNUTS.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov 14-It is understood
that the populists have delegated to Seua-
tor Martin the delicate mission of persuade
ing Mrs. Lease TO recant and give diff
terenJ coiorinx TO her recent interviews.
He laid the groundwork for his negotla-
with her to-day, when he stated that he
had seen what purported to be interviews
with Mrs. Lease, but that he did not be-
lieve them. If Mrs. Lease will accept this
as a cue she Can easily square herself with
the DarCy
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SHOT AND BURNED.

PINE BLUFF Ark. Nov. 14-Great ex-
element exists at Parker Station, on the
Iron Mountain road, twenty miles south
of here, over the shooting and burning
early this morning. of negro named Mel
son. A year ago he murdered another
negro. A mob, consisting exclusively of
colored people, broke INTO the Jail, hung
Nelson TO a convenient tree. riddled his
body with bullets, aud set fire to it.
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CHOLERA-STRICkEN.

BARBADoES, Nov. IA. 1t is reported that
during the voyage of the British bark
Mendosa, Captain Martin, bound from the
west coast of Africa. cholera broke out Oh
board. aud that the captain and eleven
men died from the disease, Oaly four
men were lett to navigate the vessel,
which drifted helplessly ashore on Vauin
reef, on the southeast coast Of Martinique,
aud became total wreck
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TIE KANSAS ELECTION.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 1.-The full re-
turns OF the counties show that the Repub
lcans made decided gains over 1891, when,
as this year, there WAS no general fusion
between the Democrats and the populists.
OK the $50 officers elec ed the Republicans
got 453, gain OF 53; the populis;s got ISL.
a loss of 10; the Democrats got "A. loss OF
81, and there are two ties. Tie R=publi-
cans poiled - per cent of the vote, and
had clear majority OF about 9,VOO.