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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
Bullion in the MINIS.


Uncle Sam Is carrying a heavy load
OF silver just now, Being dead
weight" the stock Of the metal now on
his hands would burden 100000 able
Bodied men. Sustaining 100 pounds
each and marching six feet apart, they
would stretch In n single file $50 miles,
or as far as from Baltimore to Boston.
Stacking their freight In single heap,
they would find that its total bulk was
I25,000 cubic feet. Transported by rail-
It would require thirty trains of TWEEN
ty-fve cars each, each car taking
twenty tons The silver-mine owners
sell their ore to the smelling and re-
fning works; the latter sell the metal
In bricks to the dealers In bullion, who
dispose Of them at the best price they
can get. What they cannot sell to Uncle
Sam they dispose Of in London, which
Is the worlds market for silver, Under
the Sherman laws which recently
caused so much discussion, the Treas
ury bought 100000 ounces of silver
every month. On three days in each
week the Director Of the Mint received
bids from dealers In bullion who wished
to sell the commodity to Uncle SAM
Offers had to be sent in before o'clock.
p. m. They came by telegraph-near-
ly all Of them between 1890 and l
o'clock, because the silver merchants
wished to take advantage of the latest
quotations. The kilograms were re-
corded in book, and those bids were
accepted which seemed reasonable
The Treasury at Washington never
handles any bullion All Of it is kept
at the mints. In the great coin factory
on Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Is
now stored Sl0l ,000,000 in silver bricks.
Uncle Sam owns at present almost ex-
actly $500 200, 900 worth Of this metal
az fhis mass of value 8175. 0O0 GOO ia i'm
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resentative of the Government on
financial matters, still the Treasurer
of the United States is the direct Gus
tcdian of Uncle SANS gold and silver.
Although it is certain that with all
the watchfulness with which the gold
and silver are guarded, none of the
contents of the huge vaults can be
stolen, nevertheless, with each change
of the treasurer all of Uncle Sans
money is carefully counted, so that the
incoming treasurer will only be held
responsible for such money as is turned
over to him and received by him dur
ing his term of Office. When the DEM
ocratic party came into power in 1885
careful count of all the money was made
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task lasted that time) may be mag
ined, especially if it was in the sum-
mer time. To walk in them was a
torture, and to get out of them no
less; but the dandy submitted to all
with the devotion Of a new-made
saint and the imperturbable flrmness
of a martyr.
The peaked bonnet Of which we give
an illustration was the fashion dur
ing the reigns Of the Plantagenets,
but died out, as it ought to have done
before, in the reign of Elizabeth.
Another of our illustrations deals
with the toilet Of a fashionable wo-
man in 1859. The TONER mode Of
dressing the hair necessitated a new
kind of headdress. This of which
we print an illustration, consisted
chiefly of laces, gauze, wire, and rib
bons and feathers, intended to pro-
tect rather than weigh down the i'm
mense head which it covered. Equal
ly ungraceful and fashionable was
the moDstrous cap of the fair Mary
Anne Robinson, the first love of King
George ".
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EVNSVNvT Even garden stuff, such
END OF az H1I l as carrots and parsnips,
BETH's REIGN, were used in the build
ing up and adornment Of a head.
These heads excited the satire of the
poets and one of them thus sings:
30 let a windmill decorate the hair,
A windmill, apter emblem of the fairl
AS every blast of air impels the vane,
So every blast Of folly whirls their brain, {"
skin-Tlght Brooches.
King George w., when he was
Prince Of Wales, first introduced
buCkskin breeches as an indiSpensa-
BILE fashionable morning garment
This article was made to fit so close
to the person that, we read, the
maker and a couple of assistants
were usually required to aid at the
ceremony of trying it on. In some
instances it was actually suspended
from the ceiling by machinery, and
the wearer descended into it, endeav-
oring, partly by the influence of his
natural gravity and partly by the
pullings and haulings Of those around
him, to get home into the shell pre-
pared for him. The effect of three
hours work of this kind land the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21

is pleased to say that the Superior
Court at Colfax has granted his petit
tion for a change Of name. II would
be infinitely obliged to you, he adds,
IF you would kindly announce tho
same In your paper, as many are ig-
norant as to the result. / have many
friends In and around Spokane who
would he pleased to w"-Spokane
Review.
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All around the sides and lining the
central corridor of the vault, these
boxes are two tiers deep and form u
large room on either side of the central
aisle of the vault. Inside these two
rooms formed by the rows of boxes the
silver is stored away in bags, $1,000 in
bag, the weight of which is sixty
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21

falls on Uncle Sam and amounts to
about g. per cent. The life" of a
standard silver dollar rolling through
the channels of trade is only fifteen or
twenty years, while quarter does not
last half as long, and dime is even more
rapidly perishable. But, whereas only
a reduction of one-half of per cent. is
allowed en- gold, no limit is set by the
treasury against silver pieces. The
latter are accepted at face value SO
long as the mint stamp on them is Wis
Ible. This rule, of course, does not
apply If they have been purposely
punched, mutilated or otherwise
Isweated."
The gold coins of the United States,
You. see, are the peoples money. Upcle
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which some of our
ne'er-satisaed sig h
over as the good old
times" The wig is
one Of those abhorred
fashions of the past,
During the reign of
Elizabeth it was the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21

hair was turned, andPEAKED BONNET.
false hair added in great curls, hobs
and ties, all powdered in profusion;
then hung all over with vulgarly
large rows of pearls, or even glass
beads. Above this came flowers and
the whole was surmounted by broad,
silken bands and great ostrich
feathers. The entire struct-
ture added about three feet to
the lady's legitimate height, and
caused the gentlemen to look like
dwarfs beside their wives. OF course
such an ediflce was to be constructed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
They Employ Ugly Old Women.

When a Chinese girl is married, her
attendants are always the oldest and
ugliest women to be found in the
neighborhood, who are. paid to act as
foils to her beauty. 1t is said that
some exceptionally ugly old women
make their living by acting as pro-
fessional attendants at weddings.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
Rufralo BiII. the Bows, Hero.

Buffalo Bi has bought a fine house
in North Platte, Neb., near the SPOT
where he killed his first Indian; and
there, it is said, he intends to make
his homo in the future.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
A simnle Way of Shielding.

Among the Kondeh people, who
live on Lake Nyassa, in Africa, the
favorite way Of suicide is to enter
the water and allow ones self to be
devoured by,a crocodile.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
FACTS ABOUT SILVER.
UNCLE SAM OWNS $500, ooo, 900
WORTH OF 1T.

II Would Take Three Hundred Thousand
Able-E3odled Mon to Garry 1.-THE Maxi
ing OF Silver Money Money Vaults Mt
Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21

al UNDERSTAND that Grabbins has
left the city," "Never mind" re-
piled the man who sneers. "He'll
probably be back after it. Life.
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pounds; the boxes each hold two bags,
so that a box of silver weighs 120
pounds, exclusive of the weight of the
box.
But this is not all the silver that
Uncle Sam has in his strong box. At
the right hand of the silver vault is
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coIFFuRE OF 1850. fashion for the dan
dies to comb their wigs in public.
The combs thus displayed were Of
large size, of ivory or tortoise shell,
curlously, ornamented, and we're car
rled in the pockets as constantly as
the snuff box. Wigs as well as nat
ural hair were dyed, red strangely
enough being the favorlte color in
Elizabcthan days. The virgin Queen
herself possessed no less than eighty
wigs. When wigs were changed
from flowing to crisp locks the ladies'
heads went through some amazing
metamorphoses. The hair was dis
posed throws Of curls towering up, one
above the other, to II tremendous
height, Then came the "cOmmode"
an actual tower Of true and false
hair, ribbons, feathers, powder and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
WE'RE NOT PRETTY.
SOME OF FASHIONS VAGARlES
IN OTHER DAYS.

with CoIRurcs Three Feet High
and Men who Had to BE Forced Into
Their skIn-tlght Breeches-Tho Wig and
the COmmOde."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21

Mr.. Onion Changes His Name.
Walter Orion (nee onion writes to
the Review from Pennington that he
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-21
Some EnormltIos.

Tyrannical as fashion is to-day her
rule is mild and commonplace COM
pared to what 1t was in ages gone BY
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only at a vast expense
Of time and labor and
could not lightly be dis
turbed. Heads, when
properly dressed, kept
for three weeks" as the
BARRIERS quietly phrased
it, To keep them long
err necessitated the en-
ployment Of numerous
preparations sold and
warranted to destroy
the vermin which bred
in the flour and poma-
tum so literally used.
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pOmatum. So en0r-
nous we're these
"heads" that women
of fashion were COM
PEELED to ride with
them thrust out Of
the carriage windows,
or kneel down in the
carriage to accommo-
date them within.
The body Of the vast
edihce was formed Of
tow. Over this the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24

Il may, indeed, be now fairly said that
the thinking leaders of theology have come
to accept the conclusions of science re
garding the origin of language, as against
the old explanations by myth aud legend
The result has been a blessing both TO
science and 70 religion. No harm has been
done TO religion: what has been done is 70
release it from the clog of theories, which
thinking men saw could no longer be
maintained No matter what has become
of the naming of the animals by Adam,
the origin of the name of Babel, the fears
of the Almighty lest men might climb up
into his realm above the armament, the
confusion of tongues and the dispersion of
nations; the essentials of Christianity, as
taught by its blessed founder. have simply
been freed, by comparative philology. from
one more great incubus and iucumbrance,
and have therefore been left to work with
more power upon the hearts. minds and
conduct of mankind.
Nor has any harm been done to the Bible
On the contrary, it has been made by this
new divine revelation through science all
the more precious to Us. In these MYTHS
and legends caught from earlier civiliza-
tions we see an evolution OF the most i'm
portxnt religious and moral truths for our
race. Myth, legend and parable seem. in
obedience to a divine law, the necessary
setting for these truths, as they are sne-
cessively evolved, ever in higher and high
er forms.-Andrew d. White in Popular
Science Monthly
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24
A silent Piano.

The piano has long been the means of in
ficting the most exquisite torture on those
who were unwiIlingiy compelled to listen
to its strains As evoked by the misceliane-
GUS performer. There has lately. however,
appeared a tendency on the part of invent
ors to attempt TO mitigate this form of flu-
man misery, and the latest variation of
q recent idea of covering the instrument
with plnsh is to bring out library
piano covered with leather. a material
which would at the same time lend itself
to ornamental effects and considerably re-
duce the volume of sound.
Another device which will doubtless be
hailed with gratitude by fathers of fam
flies, schoolmasters, schoolmistresses and
their neighbors has just heen patented.
This invention is called '-the pianophone. y
and is designed to meet the wants of stu
dents of keyboard Instruments, by allow
ing them to practice scales and exercises
without interfering with the convenience
of involuntary listeners, while still able
themselves to hear the results of their per-
Torrance 1t consists of 5 1-12 octave
keyboard with keys of the same size and
description as the ordinary pianoforte. a
simple but effective striking action, and
the substitution Of metallic plates for the
ordinary stfingA
These being accurately tuned to the or.
binary scale, yield sufficient sound to make
the playing on the instrument distinctly
audible to the player, and even las in the
case of the silent violin') a source of
pleasure to him. while it is inaudible at
any distance such, for instance, as an ad-
joining ROOM One great advantage Is
that the Instrument never gets out of tune,
and is easily moved from one place to an
other.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
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/, sleigh That Carted silver.

Dave Crosby has purchased the old
sleigh of the Bonanza company. This
cutter has probably carried more wealth
in its time than any other runnered We
hicle in the world. 1t conveyed in tbs
winter season al the bullion in the
palmy days from the mills of TIE conf
pany TO the assay office. and thence "a
the place of shipment, Ii has been in
active service as bullion carrier for up
ward of twenty years. The precious
metal it has transported. if coined into
money, would carpet with metallic cur
rency ten acre lot. with residue sutfi-
Gent to furnish half q dozen seats in the
United States senate
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1t seems not unlikely that a change Is
imminent in the method Of shoeing
horses for military work The German
papers are devoting great deal Of at
tention TO the discussion which is now
going on in the military world as to the
advisabiity of substituting compressed
paper for iron in horseshoes for the
German cavalry and artillery. After
many experiments under al manner Of
conditions it has been found that the
shoe which appears TO be most worthy OF
adoption is made up of sheets of parch-
rnent paper eemented together with .
special cement composed OF turpentine,
Spanish white, lac and boiled hnseed
oil. The separate pieces are stamped
out, eemented and pressed together IN
hydraulic press. When dry the shoe
thus formed Is rasped into the exact
form and sine required York
Commercial Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24

A perusal of the sources from which our
supplies are obtained shows that the in
crease obtained from the Russian oil wells
in the neighborhood of the Caspian is
enormous. In 1888 the Mnscovites sup
piled US with 800 barrels. In 1889 the i'm
ports from the same quarter amounted to
III 900 barrels. During the same six years
the supply from the United States had but
increased from |, 522e 600 TO .S55, 200 barrels.
That in the short space of six years Russian
shipments should increase from practically
nothing to more than half of those from
America is most remarkable. Such phe-
nomenal developments as these naturally
call into existence the provision of means
for adequate transit and storing of such
enormous quantities.-Chambers Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24

I've made so called English plum pud
dings all my life, but until | ate of them
on their native heath | didn't know the
delicacy These are made and parboiled
fully three months before, and are hung
up in bags till needed. By this method the
rich ingredients become thoroughly ANAL
gamated and the favor is vastly improved
The final cooking occurs the day of use,
and the pudding comes TO the table piping
hot. studded with blanehed almonds, and
blazing with burning cognac 4 dozen to
fifteen puddings comfortably carries fam
lily through till Twelfth Night.-Interview
in New York Times.
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N TIE AMERICAS DESERT.


Charles Dudley warner Ripds Qxsss
Houses IN sautberp CsIifernts.
We stopped one day It IAeuna. which b
on the Santa Re line west Of IsIefa, an
other Indian pueblo Il the Atlantic and
Pacific junction, where the road crosses
the Rio Grande del NoYse west o. Aibu-
luerque. Near Ia91nz Iitfle stream
called the Rio Puerco flows southwark and
Joins the Rio GSande There l. serdure
along these streams, and gardens and fruit
orchards repay the rude Irrigation. Ia
spite Of these watercourses the aspect Of
the landscape IL Wild and desert like
low barren hills and ragged Iedgss, wids
sweeps Of sand and dry gray bushes, with
mountains and long lines Of horizontal
Lodges In the distance. LAgnna = built
upon rounded elevation Of rick.
Its appearance ~ exactly thai Of Syrian
village; the same cluster Of little, square,
Nat rooted houses in terraces, the san,e
brown color, and under the same pale blue
sky. And the resemblance was comple4ed
by the appearance Ut the women on the
roofs, or moving down the slope, erect and
supple, carrying on the head water lar.
and holding together by one hand the
mantle worn like Spanish rebozo The
village II irregulariy built, without much
regard TO STREETS or alleys, and Il has NJ
special sidcof entrance or approach. Every
side presents . blank wall Of adobe. and
the entrance seems quite BY chance. Yet
the way we went over the smooth slope
was worn here and there in channels three
Or four inches deep. - il ~ the passing
feel Of many generations.
The only semblance Of architectural re9u-
laxity Is in the plaza, not perfectly square,
upon which some Of the houses look, and
where the annual dances take place The
houses have the effect Of being built In ter
races rising one above tie (h6Ct but it Il
hard to say exactly what house is
whether Il ID anything more than one
room You can reach some Of the houses
only by aid OF = ladder You enter others
from the street II you will 20 further
you must climb ladder, which brings you
10 the roof. that is used as the sitting room
or door yard of the next room From this
room you may still ascend. to others OF
you may pass through low and small door
ways to other apartments II is all hap
hazard, but exceedingly picturesque You
may find some Of the family in every room,
or they may be gathered. women and ba,
bies, on roof which Is projected by q
| parapet-
| At the time of our visit the men were al
away at work in their fields. Notwith-
standing the houses are only sun dried
bricks. and the village is without water 81
street commissioners. / was struck by ths
universal CLEANLINESS There wss no refus<
in the corners or alleys. no odors, and many
of the rooms were patterns of neatness. Te
be sure, an old woman here and there kept
her hens in an adjoining apartment abovs
her own, and there was the litter of chill
dren and of rather careless housekeeping
But, taken altogether. the town is an en-
ample for some more civilized, whose in
habitants wash oftener and dress BETTE
than these Indians--Charles Dudley War
ner in Harper's.
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A Glorious River.

The st. Lawrence is a phenomenon
among rivers. No other river is fed by
such gigantic lakes. No other river is so
independent of the elements. 1t despises
alike rain, snow and sunshine. Ice and
wind may be said TO be the only things
that affect its mighty flow. Something al
most as phenomenal as the St. Lawrence
itself is the fact that there is so little gen
orally known about it. II might be safely
affirmed that not per cent. of the Ameri-
can public are aware of the fact that
among all the great rivers of the world the
st. Lawrence is the only absolutely food
less one, Such, however. is the case.
The st. Lawrence despises rain and sun
shine. Its greatest variation caused by
drought or rain hardly ever exceeds foot
or fourteen inches. The cause of this al
most everlasting sameness of volume is
easily understood The st. Lawrence is
fed by the mightiest bodies of fresh water
on earth. Immense as is the volume of
water it pours into the ocean. any one who
has traversed all the immense lakes that
feed it, and for the surplus waters of which
it is the only channel TO the sea, wonders
that it is not even more gigantic than it is.
Not one drop of the waters of the five great
lakes finds its way to the ocean save
through this gigantic, extraordinary and
wondrously beautiful river No wonder,
then, that it should despise the rain and
defy the sunshine Realm
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Ne Clouds in Photos.

A very ingenious and perfectly new
method of avoiding the evils of exhalation
and of strong contrasts, especially of in
teriors, is the invention of an English pho
tographer. A faint print is irst made.
which is then placed as a mask in front Of
the negative, thus compelling the negative
to print equally through the elouded pos
tions, the light and dark portions of the
mask compensating the same portions Of
the negative The toning of the mask Is
immaterial The results of this method
leave. it is said. nothing to be desired
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1t Bothered Him.

The late Gen. Spinner was hunter. fish
srman. trapper, botanist and naturalist,
and could always give a good reason ex-
cept in the case of frog. He firmly be
Eeved that the creatures fore legs ought
to have been made the longer, and could
show wherein such thing would have
been a great advsntage.-Detroit Free
Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24

Sir George Mares brought home to Brit
tain not less than forty-five specimens of
true insects which had been collected
north of the seventy eighth parallel of lati-
tude in Grinnell Land, and more than 800
from Iceland. 5. II. Scudder says that not
less than 9, 600 species of insects have been
found fossiled in the various rocks of the
world, proving that the geological ages
teemed with insect life.-St. Louis Repub-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24

The Sultan of Turkey, it seems, has in
his service a marshal who is lie years old,
having been born in IFS. He is the oldest
soldier living, as one can well believe
Moreover, he has two comrades whose
united ages amount to two hundred and
tWenty-one years.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24

Preference is given by most people to
hucksback towels. The material comes by
the yard in excellent quality and in widths
exceeding that of the ready made fringed
towels The ends are hemmed below an
inch wide line of drawn work, or they may
be simply hemstitched and needle dec
grafton added with white or colored linen.
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you're in hurry said the impertt
nent conductor.
mo; you're quite wrong" retorted the
sarcastic passenger. Quite the reverse.
I'm in horse car. -Harper's Bsxar,