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ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET co

CTEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL MA
- forInighty for tho West Indies and &X
Southampton, calling On route at Cherbourg.
France and Plymouth. to land passengers.
Through Bills Of Lading, In connection with thu
Pacific Mail S.S. Co.. issued for freight and treas
ure to direct ports in England and Germany.
Through tickets from San Francisco TO Ply
Sl95: third class, S97 50. For further particu-.
lars apply to PARROTT Co AGENTS.
II 3O6 California St
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THE STOCK MARKET.

There was no particular change in the market
resterday and prices hung fire under light sales.
usual weekly reports did not snow anything
I of the ordinary.
the Wine below the 1l00-foot level of the
acket they are still in punches OF good ore ASSAY
ing from SO rs to S26 per ton. There is % change
in either the north south drifts on this level,
nor IN the raise from the l20Ofoot level
NOTES
The following dividends will be paid on the
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FOR PORTLAND & ASTORIA, OREGON

THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM RxA
j ocean Dvsion-and PACIFIC COAST G&0
STEAMSHIP COMPANY will dispatch from
Spearstreet wharf. at 10 A. NJ. for the above ports
one OF their AL iron steamships viz:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-June s. II, 70. July
IL, %.
OREGON-June 9, II, July 3. Is. II.
Connecting via Portland with the Union Pacific
and other diverging lines for all points In Oregon
Washington. British Columbia. Alaska, Idaho
Montana, Dakota. Utah. Wyoming, Yellowstone
Park and all points east and south and TO Europe
Fare to Portlanu-Cabin, SIC: steerage, 81:
round trip. cabin, $50.
Ticket ofices-l Montgomery ST., and Palace
Hotel, New Montgomery ST..
Freight of1ce-2OO California Sc.
GOODALL, PERKINS 4 CO.. Supt. Ocean Line
/ tt 10 Market ST., San Francisco.
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COMpAGNIE GENERATE

I'll, a A L l. A :, / q e
French Line to Hsvre.
GOMPANY'S PIER (NEW), AZ NORTH Ae0
River, foot OF Morton St Travellers 49,
by this line avoid both transit by English railway
and the discomfort Of crossing the channel in 5
small boat.
LA TOURAINE. Capt. Frangeul .............
................ SATURDAY, July 20, IL 100 A. N.
LA BRErAGNE. CAPT. Collier
...................Sat Saturday, July 20, 4 90 A. NJ
LA BoURGoGNE. Capt. Leboeuf. .............
................ Saturday. August 8, 1000 A. N.
LA CHAMPAGNE Laurent.
................ Saturday, August IL, A 100 A. NJ
NJ For further particulars apply to
A. FORGET, Agent,
NO. Bowling Green, New ork.
j. +. FUGAzI CO., Agents, Montgomery
ave-, San Francisco.
Branch Office. IL Montgomery ST. au3l Il
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD s. s. co.

SPREE, HAyEL, LAIN, TRAvE, SAALE. AL
81 LER. ELDER, EMS. VERA, FULDA,
ELBE. KAISER WILHELM H.
New York. Southa mpton Bremen. The fast ex-
press steamers of this company sail every TUES
DAY and SATURDAY. Landing passengers In
southampton in IN days or less from New York
These teamers are celebrated for their speed and
the comfort afforded passengers.
RORERT CAPELLE, Gen. Agent for Pacinc
Coast, llS Montgomery street. under Oeciuentai
Hotel. San Francisco. ja7 1y THU
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OREGON PACIFIC R. n. CO. STEAMER

For Portland, SaIem H.. Albany Eugene
STEAMSHIP LINE TO YAQUINA Aa.
~ BAY-By this route 235 miles by 4i43
built OF iron, with water-tgnr compartments
Will sail from section 4, seawalI foot of Battery
street. Steamer WILLAMETTE VALLEY VIII
sail from San Francisco Tuesday, July II. at 9
A. NJ. No freight received after o'clock A. n. On
day OF sailing
Passenger rates to Portland, first class, $14:
second class. 3d. Albany, first class, $l2; second
class 81 For freight rates apply to ID. R.
VAUGHN, General Agent section 4, Seawall. 20 IT
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BAGs-Calcutta. 6@6Ac: Wool Bags. 3U1s @32c.
SUGAR-The western Sugar Refining Company
quotes terms net cash: Cube, Crushed, Powdered
and Fine Crushed. all $50 p ID; Dry formulated
61sc p 10; Confectoners' A. &c v 10: Magnolia.
Standard A. 61sc; half bbls. 1sc more than bbls
and boxes 12c more.
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PALACE HOTEL.

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE
block In the center OF San Francisco 1t Is the
model hotel OF the world FIRE ana earth quake
proof. Has nine elevators. Every room Is large.
light and airy The ventilation Ia perfect. A bath
ana closet adjoin every room. All rooms are easy
OF access from broad. light corridors The contrai
court. Illuminated By electric light its immense
glass roof broad balconies. carrIaSe-way and trop
teal plants are features hitherto unknown In Amer
,csn nctss Guests sntetraineo on etner tne Amer
In the city. Bseurs fooms In advInce BY Sele-
graphing. TINE PALACE uOTEL.
1Btn San FrRAoiseO. Cal.
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San Francisco Meat Market.

Wholesale rates from slaughterers are as follows:
BEEF-First quality. &c: extra choice. 61ac;
second quality. 4Lac: third do. 394c y 10.
VEAL Large. 5(G6c p 10; small Calves, 6@7c;
Dairy Calves, 71a@S1ac p 10.
MOTTON-Wethers 69612c: Ewes. &c y ID.
SPRING LAMB-71sQl819c p 10.
PORK-Live Hogs. 63s@613c for heavy and me-
dunn granted: stock Hogs 66s@6Ac; dressed
do, 9@91ac y ID.
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RAILROAD SHARES.

GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE.
wheat-JuIy. 721sc.
Flour-Steady.
HouS-Quet and steady
Cofee-options closed firm at 10 TO 30 points
up. Sales $500 bags; July, $16 25@l6 40;
August. el6 2O@16 as, September. Sl6 $50
16 25; December. SIS 80 a 10; March, SIS so
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co.

DISPATCH STEAMERS FROM SAN 1eEz,
~ Francisco for ports In Alaska A. NJ. Hd41EI.E
July IA 10, &c. August 8. H. 10. 2S.
For British Columbia and Puget Sound ports.
June a, and every NTH day thereafter.
For Eureka. Humboldt Bay. w ednesoays. A. NJ.
For Newport, Los Angeles and ali way ports
every fourth and fifth day, A.
For San Diego, stopping only at Port Hartford,
Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles (Santa Maria),
Redondo and Newport CLOS Augeles). every
fourth and fifth day. at i A. NJ.
For ports in Mexico. July %, August rs.
Ticket Ofhce-Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery
street.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., General Agents
l tt 10 Market st. San Francisco.
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Builders Contracts.

July 9. lS95-D. Barton and L. Ewell with Jean
Rteu. owner. to build on Sc line of Minna street
40 SW OF Third, sW 20 by Sc 70: 1925.
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@*l5 So. Spot Rio. frmer and in fair demand
Not 17Ac
Suear-Raw, firm and dull refined fairly active
and firm.
Copper-Easy: Lake. SO IS.
Lead-steady: Domestic. 81 70
Tln-Steady; Straits. $l5 80; plates, quiet ana
and steady.
Spelter-Weak: Domestic. 81 Is.
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.
Following is the visible supply Of grain on
hand: Wheat, 81, 800, 900 bushels, decrease OF
$1,000: corn, 1854. 900 bushels. An increase OF
ASSOC; oats, 3.U16.OU0 bushels, decrease OF
3a4,0O0; rye, $4,000 bushels, a decrease Of
10000: barley, 5000 bushels. decrease Of
1900.
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BOARD SALES.

Following were the safes In the San Franc
Stock Board yesterday:
REGULAR MORNING SESSIONS 80 A. NJ.
400 Bscnr. ...40l20O & q C....40I550 SAVAGE. .25
100 & B....704U0 & y. .,.25 100 New. 55
300 Bullion .25l300 Kentck. ..l0l100 Union 40
100 ChsliC Id so Ophir.. l.0040 YJackt.. IS
$40 Point 2Oil00 overm. ...2O2o0 ..........50
AFTERNOON SESSION-2:30
100 Belchr.. $50 & .2b450 Potosi. 10
PIG ........-. 2O1OO kentuck..10lO0 ..........65
500 Il & B....7Ol20O Mexicn.. so so Nev....55
800 Bullion. .25 100 Ophir 100 100 Union AS
$50 { 4 az. j. 5il00 Uverm -. 20 500 YJAckr, SO
200 Point. 20
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Rodeo Cattle Market.

RoDEo CAL. July IO.-Report Union Stockyard
Company-Market steady; cattle closed a shade
higher. Prime steers. 81 4092 rs: cows, $292 20;
Gamers, 81 25@l SO.
Sheep-Good fat wethers. 1898 rs; ewes, 81 70
@3: lambs. So 1894.
IS 1906.
Calves-Good light weights, $3@3 so.
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Chicago Markets.

~
CHICAGO. July 1O.-wheat was quiet and opened
3sc lower on the easy feeling prevailing in the pit,
advanced 12c on gloomy reports from the North
west, declined CSC on lack of demand. trad erS
waiting for the Government report, and closed
easy at 12c lower than on Saturday. Receipts
2l,OOU bushels; shipments 39,0 900 bushels.
CATTLE.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000; 10@l5c lower; prime
Beeves 81 5000 40; good. 81 1904 So: medium
81 1904 So: common, So 5094: Texans. 50 500
10; stockers, So 1908 70.
Hogs - Receipts Al. 900: the market opened
10@l5c lower and closed strong, with the decline
mostly regaiEed. Mixed and packers. IS as 90;
prime heavy and butchers weights, s. 2O@D6 80 /;
light. So 1906 30.
Sheep-Receipts. 10, 900: tho market was steady
to strong; natives. $4@5 40: Westerns, SAC
4 so; Texans. SO 1894 so: ewes, $4@4 80.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Wheat, easy: cash. 65s4c; September. 7O1se.
Corn, lower: cash. 40s4 C: September. Al 7sc. Oats
steady: cash, 2S34c; September, 1880. Pork,
strong; cash, $40 so: September. $40 as. Lard,
strong: cash, $40 Is; September, $40 IS. Ribs.
strong; cash, So So; September. 50 so. Rye SOC.
Barley, nominal. Flax, 81 O91a. Timothy, 81 10.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT SALES.
The Earl Fruit Company sold to-day at auction.
realizing the following prices: Bartlett Pears,
" 2592 40: Peach plums 81 IS: Royal Anne
Cherries 81 1901 30: Apricots, 75D90c; Peaches
90@95c.
AT private sale repacked Seeding Oranges
brought $2@2 rs. sweets 81 1903 rs. naveIs
50 1908 25.
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WILLIAM BUTTeRFIELD.

WILLIAM BUT TERFIELG,
Real Estate Agent ana General Auctioneer
once and Salesroom-543 California street. cor.
Kearny.
THIS DAY.
1ueSuay Aooos
At IL O'Clock A. NJ. on the premises.
22O7 BR0DERICK STREET, NEAR JACKSON,
....I WILL SELL.
On Account OF Departure,
THE ELEGANT FURNITURE OF RESIDENCE
COMPRISING.
Sofas; Easy and Reception Chairs: Patent Rock
ers: Lace CurtaDs Fine Water C6lors: Portleres:
fonier; Oak Chamber Suits: Spring and Hair-tOp
Mattresses; Blankets: Feather Pillows; Oak Side
board; Extension Table ana Chairs to match !:
China, Cutlery and Glassware; nearly new Carpets
over the house; Hall Rack Kitchen Utensils etc.
VIM. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer.
643 California street.
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THOS. MAGEE,
20 Montgomery Street.
AUCTION SALES.
CHAS. LEVY r. CO..

GhA0. LEVY e GU.,
AUCTIONEERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Saesroom-1135 Market ST., bet. 7th and Stn.
Regular Salesdays-Tuesuay and Friday.
THIS DAY.
Tuesday ..........................J July IL 1898
AT 10 O'Clock A NJ. at salesroom
1135 MARKET, BET. SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.
I'VE WILL SELL.
Two Square Pi nos, Mirrpr-FrOnt Fold
ing bed, ) Mantel Mirrors,
Paror Sets. Bedroom Sets, with Clipper and
Curled Hair Top Mattresses: Bedding Carpets.
Sideboards, Patent Rockers, Ice-box aintings,
Lace:Curtains Portieres. Clocks Croc. cry, Glass
ware Stoves and Ranges. ETC. OF broom house.
removed to our store TOR convenience of sale.
CHAS. LEVY Il CO.. Auctioneers
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Exchange and Bullion.

PORTLAND. Or. July 10.-Clearsnces. &255,00O;
balances, $4,000.
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Foreign Markets.

Foreign Markets.
WHEAT IN LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL, July 10.-The spot msrket Is firm
at IS lid. Cargoes steady at 29s for of
coast, 30s for prompt shipment and 29s tor
nearly due.
The Produce Exchange cable gives the foil owing
Liverpool quotations for No. 2 Red Winter: July
IS Sd: August. IS 91ad: September. 6s lO14d;
october. IS ll12d: November. 6s 1sd; December
u.s.
SECURITIES.
LONDON, July 10.-Consols. 80 3-16; Silver. 33d
french rentes, 9Sf S5c: Bullion - Bank OF Eng
BRITISH GRAIN MARKET.
The Marx Lane Express in its weekly review
of the British trade says: The harvest has begun
and win be in full sway by the 18th. On the best
lands crops of good quality condition and weight
is expected but the plant is TOO thin in the ground
for big yield. lie is expected the yield generally
VIII be 10 per cent under the average The aver
price of English Wheat is still long way on
the wrong side of 30s
POrtland's Business.
PORTLAND. Or. July 10.-Clearsnces 4255,000;
balances, $50, 900.
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for Morning. P for Afternoon.
Sundays excepted. tSaturdays only
tSundays only.
The PACIFIC TRANSFER COMPANY
Vill call for and check baggage from hotels ana
esiGences. Inquire OF Ticket Agents for limo
asds and other Information.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board-20 s v Water. 1854.
Street-Sl000 s V 6L Bonds, 1I9.
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CEAN STEAMERS.
sun AND TIDE TABLE.

= HIGH wATERlLow WATER sun. MOON.
Large Small Large ISmal lRsesl Sets Rises
IL ! 9.33rll.l1AI 4 08Al SPAR 4.56l 7.34 2.34 A
II IlU.22P 0.05Pl 45SAl 419Pl 4.56l 7.33 1856
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TRIAL BY ORDEAL.
Remarkable Story From India About
Catching a Postal Thief.

Remarkable Story From India About
Catching Postal Thief.
The narrator of the following story
some years ago had charge of postal
division on the western coast, parts of
which had seldom been visited by a
European officer. The people were for
the most part simple country folk and
very superstitious. One morning the
narrator received information that q
considerable sum of money, forming part
of the contents Of the mail from a head
to suboffice, had been stolen on the
road. The whole affair was wrapped in
mystery.
The only clew the police had been able
to obtain was that one runner, whom we
shall call Rama, had since the theft paid
off certain debts in the village which had
long pressed upon him, but there were
no other suspicious circumstances, and
the man had 10 years good service. As
q last resource it was determined to re-
sort to trial by ordeal and for this pur-
pose an aged Brahman, who was sup
posed to possess occult powers and to be
in daily communion with the gods, was
consulted and readily undertook to dis
cover the thief All the runners-a good
ly array of sturdy Mahratta peasants
were summoned to the office, and under
the guidance Of cheyla, or disciple, of
the old Brahman we all proceeded to q
small deserted temple of Mahadeo, stu
ated at some distance from the village.
1t was desolate spot and bore an evil
reputation. The temple, owing to some
act of dissertation in the past, had been
abandoned and was almost buried
among weeds and tangled brushwood.
The hour selected was about p. M,
and the long twilight shadows gave the
place a weird, uncanny look. The old
Brahmnn was awaiting MS, and as we APP
preached appeared to be busy mutter-
ing incantations The runners all seemed
to be more or less under the spell of the
hour, but the look of real fright in
Rama's face was quite distinct The
Brahman, having finished his incanta-
tions, rose and addressing the men said;
"You are about to face the gods. To
the innocent the trial viii be nothing,
but to the guilty much. In the temple
a magic wand has been placed on the
altar. Each of you must go in by turns,
take up the wand and turn round three
times, repeating the name Of Mahadeo
The wand will stick to the hand of the
guilty one" BY this time it was nearly
dark. glanced in through the door Of
the temple. A solitary oil buttee threw
a fitful light on the altar, on which an
ordinary bamboo stick about two feet
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There were seats enough for all except
one young man, whose party of two
pairs sat down near the door. It was
the high spirits of this group doubtless
that prompted the suggestion by one of
them that the standing young man
should sit in the lap of hisyoung woman
for greater comfort. This he promptly
did, and not being repulsed sat there
with great content to himself.
At Reade street a young Irish girl
boarded the car 1t was evident to ev-
cry one that she was recently landed,
well intentioned and little informed.
She stood at the door minute and
looked bewildered up and down the filed
seats Then her eye fell upon young
man sitting at ease in a young woman's
lap. She darted forward, and before any
one had the slightest idea Of her inten-
ton she seated herself respectfully but
firmly on the lap of the other young man.
1t was hard to tell which was the fun
NEST, the agitation of the young man, the
calm of the young woman or the hyster-
ical laughter of the colored girl in the
corner, who explained to the passengers
between her peals:
''She thinks dem as comes fust sits on
de seats, an dem as comes next sits on de
people"
Which was evidently just what she
did think until the conductor came to
the rescue.-New York Recorder.
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Sometimes names have been made to
appear unnecessarily grotesque in their
writing-in some instances as much so
as the rude savage himself appears per-
sonally-the fact illustrated in the writ
ing Youghiogheny for simply Ya-og-ha-
ma and in Esquemeaux for Es-ka-mo
Many purely poetic CARDS of the old
words have become incorporated into
our permanent geographical literature.
The names Mississippi and Tennessee
are examples of the fanciful versions of
the old aboriginal titles-the former is
supposed to have been in sounds repre-
sented by the English writing Mes-sis-a-
pa, while the oldest historic records ex-
tant showing the latter give the writing
as Ten-as-sa. What is evidently one an
cestral word appears in the modern YER
sions of Shewanee, Sewanee, Suwanee,
Swanan and Chowan. The French writ
ing Cheyenne is the same word in the
remote ancestry, as is now believed
Popular Science Monthly.
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long reposed among grains of uncooked
rice and nut lines, the whole sprinkled
with red powder.
A curtain was drawn across the door
and the men entered one at time AS
each one appeared the Brahman seized
his hands and raised them to his fore
head, and then allowed them to pass on
and join his fellows. Coming to Rama,
he went through the same pantomime,
but instead of allowing him to pass on
babe him stand aside. When the last
man had gone through the ordeal the
Brahman turned to Rama and said qui-
city:
"Tell the sahib how you stole the
money"
"To my utter amazement," continues
the writer, Rama fell on his knees,
fered to show where he had hidden the
balance of the money. He had succeed
ed in opening the mail bag without
seriously disturbing the seals. The post
master had not really examined them
and SO their having been manipulated
had escaped notice. Needless to say,
the Brahman was rewarded and poor
Rama was sent to repent at leisure in
the district Jail"
Now the natural question is: "How
was it done?" Very simply. The tenn
pie, the lonely glen, the uncanny hour,
the incantations, all were merely Access
series to appeal to the superstitions of
the ignorant peasants. The "magic
wand" was thickly smeared with strong
ly scented sandalwood oil Rama's
guilty conscience prevented him from
touhcing it, as he firmly believed the
wand would stick to his hands, and his
of course was the only hand that did
not smell of oil.-Times of India.
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srEAMBoATINe FOR GOLD.
Getting Metal at the Rate of 500 a Dal
From the Bed of River.

Getting Metal at the Rate of 800 Day
From the Bed of a River.
Extravagant stories are told about the
wealth of gold sprinkled throughout the
Snake river country in Idaho. As gen
eral thing the gold is very fine, the par
ticles being of so light weight as to be
elusive. Save when worked on large
scale, it is difficult to make good wages
in recovering the gold. Numerous bars
along the river would prove profitable
could water be commanded for sluicing
or hydraulic purposes. An adequate sup
ply is hard to obtain on account OF the
slight and gradual fall of the stream and
the level character of the outlying lands
To overcome this lack of water, as well
as insure sufficient dumping ground,
big floating gold saving dredge has been
constructed and is now at work on the
Idaho bank of the Snake river, about 10
miles above Payette.
1t is a stern wheel flatboat propelled by
steam. Substantially constructed, So
feet long and % feet wide, it is equipped
with 35 horsepower marine engine and
boiler and adapted in every way for navi-
eating Idaho's great waterway. With
slight alteration it could be transformed
into steam dredge and used to scoop
up sand and gravel from the bottom OF
the stream That has never been at
tempted As in the past, operations are
now confined to working bars out OF the
bed or channel Of the river. The method
pursued is to anchor alongside one of
these gravel deposits and by the use OF
scrapers bring the material to be ham
died within the reach Of the gold wash
ing machinery with which the craft Is
rugged. The gravel is scooped up by
buckets attached to an endless chain.
There are 48 of these receptacles on a
belt 90 feet in length, and each has ca
pacity of about 20 pounds of dirt. which
is delivered into hopper. This is also
an agitator, and the process employed
may be described as a steam rocker,
with the exception that it has an end
motion instead Of one sidewise. The
gold is caught on copper plates with
quicksilver. The tailings are carried off
In sluice boxes by the force Of stream
of water of 100 mineral inches, supplied
by China pump, run by the engine
which drives all the other machinery.
The gravel is worked so thoroughly that
no gold escapes in the tailings that are
dumped into the river. An average Of
100 tons of gravel Is daily handled, and
for this work three men are employed
an engineer. one to work the scraper
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Acute vision Of Birds.

Birds have very acute vision-perhaps
the most acute of any creature-and the
sense is almost more widely diffused over
the retina than is the case with man;
consequently bird can see objects side
ways as well as in front of it. A bird
sees-showing great uneasiness in conse-
quence-a hawk long before it is visible
to man. So, too, fowls and pigeons find
minute scraps of food, distinguishing
them from what appear to us exactly
similar pieces of earth or gravel. Young
chickens are also able to find their own
food, knowing its position and how dis
tant it is as soon as they are Matched,
whereas a child only very gradually
learns either to see or to understand the
distance of an object. Several birds
apparently the young of all those that
nest on the ground-can see quite well
directly they come out of the shell, but
the young of birds that nest in trees or
on rocks are born blind and have to be
fed.-Chambers' Journal.