New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Letters patent have been granted TO ii. Augustus
Uuncke a mining engineer and chemist, OF ST. Louis,
on process for the treatment OF argentierous lead
ore containing zinc. Mr.. Hunicke Claims that MS
process will bring large amount OF zinc when
has hitherto gone TO loss. There are annually mlned
in the Western States he says thousands OF tons OF
valuable ore which has only had the great deriment
that II contains zinc. The zinc cannot be expelled
but by crushing and washing processes, and that
only when the grained and although TINS
washing process f. quite effective IN getting fid oi 'he
Zinc It also washes out some silver The zinc winch
has thus been washed out cannot be treated as zinc
ore because there present with too much iron 50
the only place Cor It IS the dump pile. lie can
smclt this ore in such way TO not only save tie
lead and silver as usual. but also large part OF the
zinc The zinc collector IS then treated TO produce
spelter From Mr.. llunlches experiments II was
found that profit OF from 80 to $40 per ton OF ore
Is earned over and above the usual profit In the smelt
Ing OF these ores.
This Was in Bookstore. -Colncldences occur In
Detroit not less h ts n no receHy o LADY, Q.
this town went into bookstore no matter WHICH
Have you" she said to a sweet-faced clerk, who
looked as Il he had been brought up on s ana
honey r he rssp5 SUh 4S sa rudy
glow suGused his face and coruscated from the tips
lave YOU got David Aliens Daughterr'
He braced up msnfuiy. ,, ,..,.,r Ono, 70,
"No'm: | haven't he said 6rsvey o,s nor d, YET.
about a month longer you bet Will have her.'-(De-
troit Free Press.
A company for the manufacture Of electric bicycles
Is being organized In England.
And She Faded" What's the matter. deari.
asked Mr.. Justwed as he came Into the house ana
1 s "a S.rrasei1 she sobSed What has bothered
NV little wife ~ worked all the afternoon making
them and and Here she began weeping hys-
turned out to be sponge cakes"-(Buffao Express
A local paper of santa Ana. Cal, tells about
spider which had web in a tree, in which canary
was caught The ends OF the wings, tail and feet OF
the bird wero bound together By some sticky sub
stance 10 which were attached the threads Of tie
spIder. which was slowly but surely drawing up
the bird by an ingenious pulley arrangement. The
bird hung head downward and was 80 securely bound
with little threads that It could not struggle. and would
have soon been prey Its great usl' captor had not
an Onooker rescued II.
The high character of "The New-iork Ledger Is
vol sustained by its recent ISSUES. The Christmas
number contained contributions by Maurice IhSmlson'
Minnie Ilauk he prma donnal Helen Marshall North.
Gnste,r.i. Mrs. f. d. f. y. southworth and other
well'hnown authors A new serial story b.. Amelia
E SS f Sy Miss Marietta Hoey Josiah Aliens
Wife1l are among the good things which VIII shorty
appear Msssr o hGU announce trait there
vii be no step backward In maintaining the character
and attractveness or line Ledger
II ia said that $1,000 varieties OF goods are now
manufactured from wood.
solcitude. -Mother-Your little sister has been pull
inc Won on the sled for the last half hour. Why don't
you pull herr At, ,,u o.o, .o,a fctra.A
& Smiths Good News.
Four wears ago Mary NJ. Anderson, OF seatue'
WASH. got divorce from her husband, Louis Z.
Anderson. SHE says that since then he cowted her
again. and Ler affections to snch an extent Una.
she prou,ised to marry him again. Then ne went
a, and married another woman. and she Is now
suing him for $4,000 for breach Of promise.
Something Useful.-Mr. suburb ION n cold day.
That hack ward Is one glare OF Ice. ana nearly
hroLo INV neck Who's been using the hose out
Mrs suburb-LIttle George asked permission 70
w.sh the carriage, and Il was such an unusual
thing for him TO want to do anything usefD told
"'' Mr. ssbnrb-Humphi He wanted tcboggan sids.
-lstreet smiths Good News.