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The morning call., 1895-02-24

gold mines, some of which produce mug
gets weighing quarter of a pound. and
the grains of gold there average as large as
they do anywhere in the world. Mr.
Bryner told me that the Government of
Russia insisted that all gold found in
Siberia should be sold to it, and he told
me that many men were making fortunes
out of the gold mines. The mining is done
IN curious way. The soil of all Siberia e
frozen for more than half the wear. and
the gold-bearing rock is often in per-
petually frozen state A hole is dug and a
lire IS built on top of it, and when the soil
Is melted 1t is Graded out or shaken out in
iron barrels, which are made for the mr.
pose. These iron barrels have sleeves with
in them. They are made of boiler plate
and they are from 10 to II feet lone
They are so arranged that they can be
whlrled about by machinery and steam.
and they are laid Upon an inclined plane
and a sluice of water running THROUGH
them. The water is introduced into the
barrel by means of hose, and the inside
fitting of the barrel is such that the sand
is ground up and the small particles of
gold are saved by means of mercury
There are vast gold mines along the AMOR
River, and in some regions of Eastern ST.
IBERIA quartz-mining is extensively done.
Mr.. Bryner says that the completion of the
railroad will lead to the exploration of a
large part of unknown Siberia. and that
the country may yet produce enough gold
to raise silver to its old standing. The
mines are not confined to the east but
they seem to exist throughout the whole
country. They are found in the Ural
Mountains, and in the northern part of
the country the gold has been frozen for
ages, and it is said. to be in the same condi-
ton as it was in the glacial period. To-day
there are something like 10000 miners at
work in Siberia and the industry increases
every year.
Every one knows that Western Siberia
has great copper mines, and the iron mines
of the Ural Mountains produce some of the
best ore in the world. | am told that there
are iron deposits of vast extent throughout
Eastern Siberia, and there is a great deal
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Copyright, 1895.
TRIALS OF STREET ROCK.

The Supervisors Use the New Testing
Machine.
The last Board of Supervisors passed an
ordinance requiring that rock used for the
foundation for bitumen in street paving
and for sidewalks must pass test of rs
per cent in testing machine such as has
been used in Oakland for a number of
years, and purchased one of the machines
for that purpose On Thursday last the
superintendent made the first test of rocks
for sidewalks, and none of them came up
to the requirements. The results were as
follows: Gray Bros, 6711 per cent; Cham
plon 81 Croker, 621@ per cent, and Dig
gins Bros, 60 per cent.
The Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors have lately been receiving a
great many complaints about faulty work
and secured rock from several quarries and
made tests for themselves yesterday. The
results were as follows on rock such as is
used on the streets: Dlggins Bros, II per
cent; Champion & Croker, 5615 per cent,
and Gray Bros, 70 per cent. Deputy
Garland, who was present, said that he
believed that these results We're even more
satisfactory than would be obtained from
rock used on the streets, as that used for
the tests was picked. Further tests will
be made
Members of the committee said that they
were determined to find out which was the
best rock under the tests, and would have
to use that even if it does not come mn to
the required standard.
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as muddy as those of the Black Swamp,
and our two horses went on the gallop.
We first drove through the main street of
the city This is about two miles long,
and the town runs around the hills on the
edge of the harbor. The houses are of two
stories with wide porches in front of them,
and there are some substantial business
blocks. The biggest houses of the place
outside of the barracks are those of the
Governor-General, the police station and
the new railroad depot.
My first call was, of course, upon the po-
lice. You can do nothing in Siberia with
out passport, and 1 knew [ would be in
danger of arrest until | had had an inter-
view with the chief of the police. l had
letters of introduction to j. Bryner, a
wealthy Swiss, who had married Russian
lady, and who has one of the biggest houses
in Siberia. He has large interests in tim
Der and mines, and he is one of the most
influential men in the country. 1t was
with him that | went to call upon the high
military officer who governs all police
matters of this port. The police station
is a big, two-story, red brick build
ing which looks for all the world like
a country courthouse, and which is sur
rounded by soldiers and policemen. We
took off our coats and our rubbers and
combed our hair with our fingers before we
went in to call upon the officials. We
went through room after room, filled with
The morning call., 1895-02-24
SOCIETY FAVORED SCHEEL
The FOUR HUNDRED ATTEND A
BENEFIT FOR HIS CONCERT
FUND.
BRILLIANT EVENT AT Mrs. Nc
LEANS RESIDENCE ON PACIFIC
HEIGHTS.

A brilliant musicale and tea was given
yesterday afternoon at the residence of DR..
Mclean, Broderick street and Pacific
avenue, for the benefit of the Scheel con-
cert fund. Fully thousand invitations
had been issued to the fashionable people
of San Francisco, and every one, it seemed
was gladly accepted as a constant stream
of ladies passed in and out through the
doorway from until P. NJ.
With very few exceptions the best
known ladies in society attended the
musicale. The large parlors, hall and
other apartments, all thrown open, were
packed from the beginning to the end of
the reception. Windows were darkened to
shut out the light of day, and an evening
effect was reached with gaslights burning
among decorations of flowers and or cen
garlands.
Mrs Henry Crocker, Mrs Horace Hill,
Mrs. William Thomas, Mrs. Martin Kel-
logg, Miss Bourn, Mrs. II. L. Dodge and
Mrs. Mclean, who gave the musicale,
LYDIA Hill, Miss Clementina Kip, Miss
Julia Croker, Miss Elsie Smith, Miss
Mollie Thomas, Miss Daisy Van Ness, Miss
| Ives, the Misses Younger, Miss Woolworth,
Miss Sophie Coleman, Miss Burling, Mrs.
r. Fry, Mrs. William Wood Mrs. Samuel
u. mayer, Mrs. Paxton Howard and Mrs.
+. Pickering received the guests
| At intervals during the delightful after
noon the company was entertained with
excellent music. Mr.. John Marouardt
charmed his hearers with his exquisite
violin solos and Nine. Mareuardt performed
on the harp The Berkeley Glee Club sang
| repeatedly. Miss Anna Sel1irk sang an
| ave Maria and Miss Younger also con-
tributed to the entertainment with a simple
ballad.
dainty tea was served in the dining
and reception rooms, where between musi-
cal numbers on the programme the ladies
enjoyed themselves.
Viewed in the light of a financial benefit
the, affair was an unqualified success, and
1t also showed that Herr Scheel is sincerely
appreciated by the four hundred of San
Francisco.
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LIron1 pA0gOgrdphS. I

pompous soldiers, until we came into the
presence of a short, stocky man, with a
head like cannon-ball, and with eyes as
sharp as q shoemaker's awl. This was
Colonel f. Petroff, the chief of police,
without whose assistance you can do moth
ing in Eastern Siberia. Every permit has
to pass through him, and my passport,
vised by the Russian Minister in Korea,
was laid before him, while Mr.. Bryner in
troduced me as a respectable American
citizen and as his friend. Nothing was
said about my being newspaper CORE
spondent, and the chief was told that I
wanted permit to go over the trans
Siberian railroad. He received me very
politely, and after some time, which I sup
pose was spent in looking up my record. I
was told that my credentials were GOOD,
and that l would have a permit issued to
me to pass over the road.
The Chief of Police told me that | could
not start on my railroad journey before the
next day, and | spent the meantime travel
ing about the city of VIadivostock. It is
one of the queerest places I have ever
visited. The hills are as steep as those of
Kansas City, and the houses are built at
all sorts of angles upon them. Back of
the town found three Asiatic settlements.
One was japanese quarter, with buildings
just like those you find in Japan. Another
was made up OF Chinese houses, and a
third was collection of dugouts and huts,
which were occupied by the Koreans. The
town proper looks more like officers quar-
ters than commercial settlement. 1t has
one pretty Russian church, which was
built, think, when the present Emperor
made his trip through Siberia several years
ago, and dug the first spadeful of earth
that was thrown up for the first trans
Siberian railroad. I found one large Ger
man business house, known as Kunst &
Albers, where l was able to get my letter
of credit cashed, and was thus supplied
with plenty OF money for the rest Of my
trip This firm does business all over
Siberia 1t has ships which go thousand
miles northward to the mouth of the
Amoor River, and which sail a long way
up that mighty stream. 1t does banking
The morning call., 1895-02-24

business and all kinds of exporting and inn
porting, and it is type of the big business
houses of Siberia, of which there are
perhaps score. | met all sorts of
people who had all kinds of adven
lures. Ny friend Bryner, for instance, had
come out to Japan as boy from Switzer-
land. He had been in business in different
parts of China. He had travelled all over
Korea and Siberia, and he spoke fuently
Chinese, japanese, Russian, English, Ital-
ian, French and German. He was only
40 years old, but he had made fortune in
trade and mines. He told me of the Won
derful resources of Siberia, and said that
the world knew nothing about them. He
referred to one gold mine of which he
knew, 200 shares of which sold not long
ago for $4,000, and which were now worth
$500 per share. He has wonderful stories
to tell about the coal, iron and timber re-
sources of the country, and [ will give
some of his statements further on. With
him l went to the Marine Club of Vladi-
vostock and met many of the officials. |
found that the town has a hospital, a gym
nasium, good schools and a college. 1t has
fairly good society, and the people who
live in it seem to be well satisfied with
their condition.
In connection with Mr.. Bryner made
some inquiries into the resources of East
ern Siberia and the possibilities of the
great trans-Siberian railroad. Few people
have any idea of the enormous extent of
the possessions of the Russians in Asia.
They number all told about 100000
square miles, or about twice the area of the
whole United States. Siberia alone is
twenty-five times as big as Germany. It
contains 4,80O,OOO square miles, or nearly
one and a half times the area of the whole
United States. 1t has population of less
than one TO the square mile, and is one OF
the richest countries in mineral wealth on
the globe. Eastern Siberia alone is almost
as big as the United States, and its resources
are practically unexplored. All along the
line of the trans-Siberian road there are rich
The morning call., 1895-02-24
CATARRH OF THE EARS.

Catarrh extends from the throat along the
Eustachian tubes into the ears, causing defec-
tive hearing. Speedy and inexpensive cure by
the Copeland system.
''Is your hearing failing?"
"Do your ears discharge?'
''Are the ears dry and scaly?''
'Do the ears itch ard buIn?"
"Is the wax dry in the ears?"
ais there q throbbing in ears9"
care you gradually getting deaf?"
''Have you pain behind the ears?"
sis there buzZing sound heard?'
'Do you have ringing in the ears?"
"Are there cracking sounds heard?"
SIS your hearing bad cloudy days?"
"Do you have earache occaSiOnaly?'
''Are the sounds like steam escaping?"
"Do you constantly hear noises in the ears?"
''DO your ears hurt when you blow the nose?'
as there roaring like q waterfall in head?"
"Do you hear better some days than others?"
"Do the noises in the ears keep you awakec''
'When you blow your nose do the ears crack"
els your hearing worse when you have cold?"
The morning call., 1895-02-24

M KOREA. = / n b S
newly published work, Korea" Henry
Savage Landor tells good tale of the tele-
phone. Some months before he arrived in
Seoul, foreigner had visited the King, So
Letting orders for installations of tele-
phones. The King, being much astounded
and pleased at the wonderful invention, inn
mediately, at great expense, set about con-
Meeting by telephone the tomb of the
Queen dowager with the royal palace.
Many hours a day were afterward spent
by his Majesty and his suite in listening at
their end of the telephone and Waterman
was kept all night in case the Queen dow
ager should wake up from her eternal
sleep. But not message, or sound or a
murmur, even, was heard. The King was
disguised, and the telephone was con
demned as a fraud by his Majesty OF
Chosen. He approves of the electric light
because it keeps off ghosts, and condemns
the telephone because it does not raise
them"
ELECTRICAL TROUBLES IN CoTToN-SPIN-
N1NG.-A large cotton-spinning firm in this
country had number of combers made to
comb the same width OF laps as they had
seen successfully combed in mill in Eng
land, but after years trial they found So
much difficulty and SO much waste made
that they went to the extreme length Oh
sending their manager to England to see
again the machines which had served as a
sample for the giving of the order to ascer-
tam whether they did work as satisfac-
| torily as the firm had supposed They
found that the machine did so and the
| firm were forced to the conclusion that
they would have to comb lap one inch
narrower than they do in Lancashire on
| account of the effect of the latent "static''
electricity upon the loose fbers of cotton.
The action is TO separate the fibers.
Fibers under this influence cannot be
brought together, consequently more room
| is required for the operation. What is true
of the card -comber and draw-frame is also
true of the fly frames and spinning ma
chimes. But in the spinning machines the
presence of electricity is shown by accumu-
1ation of fly on the working parts, the
rough furry character OF the thread made
and its brittleness and liability to snap.
DYNAMO ELECTRICITY IN FIRE ALARM
TELEeRAPHY.- There is steady tendency
to replace in telegraph and telephone
offices the primary battery by current gen.
Grated by dynamo. Superintendent B.
| S. Flanders of the Boston municipal fire
alarm telegraph gives an account of certain
The morning call., 1895-02-24
The weeks Death Record

The total number of deaths in the city dur
ing the week was lis, of which ITO were eau
casian, Monaghan and 1 African. Twenty
three were under year of age, forty-seven be-
tween 20 and SO, and thirty between 90 and
80. Two were over 80 years of age. The dis
eases which carried off the largest number of
victims We're: Phthisis 1S and pneumonia 10.
There were seven deaths from violence, OF
which three were suicides.
The morning call., 1895-02-24
ALL DISEASES.

The Treatment for All Chronic Diseases
Is Only So Month, Medicines
Included.
Are you afflicted with DEAFNESS?
Do you suffer from DYSPEPSIA?
Have you severe BRONCHIAL trouble?
Are you sufferer from ASTHMA?
Do you suffer from RHEUMATISM?
Do you suffer from HEART troubles?
Do you suffer from LIVER complaint?
Do you suffer from NERVOUS troubles?
Do you suffer from any CHRONIC DISEASE?
If you do, the only cost for all treatment and
medicine is IS month, and no better treat
ment is known than that of the Copeland sys-
The morning call., 1895-02-24
CATARRH of the BRONCHIAL TUBES

When catarrh of the head and throat is lett
unchecked it extends down the windpipe into
the bronchial tubes and after time attacks the
lungs. Speedy and inexpensive cure by the
Copeland system.
''Haye you cough?"
care you losing hesh?'
i'Do you cough at nght?"
''Have you pain in side2"
ado you take cold easily?''
''Is your appetite varable?"
''Haye you stitches in sde?"
"DO you cough until you gag?"
''Are you low spirited at times?"
''Do you raise frothy mucus9"
edo you spit up yellow natter"
''Do you cough on going to bed?"
"Do you cough in the mornings?"
ais your cough short and hacking?"
''Do you spit up little cheesy lumps?"
"Have you a disgust for fatty foods?"
ais there tickling behind the palate?"
"Have you pain behind breast bone?'
"Do you feel you are growing weaker"
els there burning pain in the throat?"
ado you cough worse night and morningf"
"Do you have to sit up at night TO get breath7''
If you have these symptoms you have Catarrh
Of the Bronchial Tubes.
The morning call., 1895-02-24

as there nausea?"
care you constipated?'
SIS there vOmiting?"
"Do you bech up gas?"
"Are you light headed?"
SIS your tongue coated?"
''Have you water brash?"
"Do you hawk and sptf'
ais there pain after eating?"
"Are You nervous and weak1?"
''Do you have sick headaches"
"Do you bloat up after eating?"
els there disgust for breakfast"
"Have you distress after eating?"
SIS your throat filled with slime?"
"Do you at times have darrhoea?"
sis there rush OF blood to the head?"
as there constant bad taste in the mouth"
SIS there gnawing sensation in the stomach"
"Do You feel as if you had lead in stomach?"
"When you get up suddenly you dizZy?"
when stomach is empty do you feel faint?'
"Do you belch up substance that burns throat?n
"When stomach is full do You feel oppressed?'
If you have you have Catarrh of the Stomach,
or what is commonly called Dyspepsia.
The morning call., 1895-02-24
TREATMENT BY MAIL.

For those desiring the treatment by mai the
first step is to drop line to Drs. Copeland
and Neal for a question list or symptom
blank. Return same with answers filed out
and treatment may be commenced at once.
Every mail brings additional proof of the sue
cess of the mail treatment.
The morning call., 1895-02-24

John Mays, Santa Rosa, Cal, writes: "I have
not had symptom of catarrh since taking
your treatment last winter. i was alarmed
during the recent rains, but did not even
take cold.n
The morning call., 1895-02-24

George Burns, Fresno, Cal, writes: 'I did
again, but 1 am different being. 1t is now
three months since 1 took any medicines, but
there is no indications of any return of the
trOuble -
The morning call., 1895-02-24
NEW TO-DAY.
THE SY MPT'ON LIST
Common Signs Of The Catarrhal Maladi0S
Now Epidemic.
Proper Course for Those Alphabetically
Treatment Not Necessary-S5 month
Including Medicines at the Copeland
Medical Institute.

Now that catarrhal affections of every de-
scription seem to have assumed something Of
an epidemic form on this coast it would seem
timely and proper TO present the list of symp-
toms prepared by Drs. Copeland and Neal to-
enable sufferers to understand the specific
nature OF their ailment. Probably more than
so per cent of the climatic sickness now preva-
lent,though known undermany different names
would be found under competent diagnosis
TO be simply subtle catarrhal infection and
poisoning OF some vital part or vital organ of
the body. For those desiring the treatment of
Drs. Copeland and Neal it may be stated that
the proper course is this: Read these symp-
toms carefully over; mark those that apply 10
your case, and bring this with you to Drs. Cope
land and n cal. If you live away from the city
send them By mail and ask for mail eatment.
In either instance, whether by mail or Office
treatment, the patient may be assured OF the
speediest relief and cure possible to enlight-
ened science. Bear in mind that any chronic
sufferer, whether from catarrh or other seated
and distressing chronic malady, may apply at
any time, either in person or by letter to GIG
Market street, in the Columbian building, and
receive the most efficient treatment now in
vogue at the nominal fee rate of s. month,
including all necessary medicines.
CATARRH of the HEAD and THROAT.
The most prevalent form of catarrh and re-
suits from neglected colds. Speedy and mex.
pensive cure by the Copeland system.
ais the breath foul?"
lis the voice husky?'
"Do you spit up slime?"
"Do you ache all over?"
"Do you blow out scabs?"
"Is the nose stopped up?'
''Do you Snore at night2"
"Does your nose discharge?"
''DOes the nose bleed easily? r
is there tickling in thToat?''
"Do crusts form in the nOse?'
as the nose sore and tender?'
'Do you SneeZe a great deal9'
els this toward night?'
''Does the nose itch and burn?"
els there pain in front of head?'
"Is there pain across the eyes,"
els there pain in back OF head?"
tIs your sense of smell eaviIig?"
''Do you hawk to clear the throat9'
els there dropping in the throat?"
els the throat dry in the mornngs?"
"Are you losing your sense of taste?'
"Do you sleep with the mouth open?"
"DoeS the nose stop up toward nighte'
This form OF Catarrh is the easiest to cure.
The morning call., 1895-02-24

Paul Haverhin, Roseburg, Or. writes: T
am feeling fine now, never felt better in my
life; send me another supply of medicine,
want to be on the safe side. Send me some
symptom sheets for friends"
The morning call., 1895-02-24
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.

Catarrh of the stomach is usually caused by
swallowing poisonous mueus, which drops
down from the head and throat at night.
Speedy and inexpensive cure by the Copeland
system
The morning call., 1895-02-24
CATARRH of the HEAD and THROAT.

The most prevalent form of catarrh and re-
suits from neglected colds. Speedy and mex.
pensive cure by the Copeland system.
The morning call., 1895-02-24

diers in Eastern Siberia, or more than we
have in our army.
AS soon as the ship came to anchor l
took boat and was rowed to the shore.
We went through all kinds of shipping.
There were great Russian steamers from
Odessa, on the Black Sea, which were filled
with immigrants and stores. There were
ships from Japan, in the passenger and
carrying trade, and there were hundreds
OF Chinese iunks, which had sails like bats
wings and which had brought vegetables
and fruits from Chefoo and Shanghai for
sale. There were Korean boats, with straight
sails and wooden anchors, and there were
dozens Of Chinese sampans, which were
sculed through the water by swarthy Tar
lars. 1t was in one of these that | rowed
10 the shore. At the landing | seemed
70 nave got into a mixture of China and
I'ussla. There were droschky men, who
wore mats like inverted spittoons and who
nad long blue gowns, for all the world like
tHe coachmen l saw in st. Petersburg three
vars ago. Their horses were Russian
S'allons, and their cabs were driven like
mao through the streets. There were
phInamen by the hundred, who had come
10 siberia TO work for the summer, and
'ieIe We're dozens of Koreans, with packs
oA thelr backs, ready to take my baggage
up 70 the city. | hired droschky and took
i'ue through the streets. The roads were
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10
Thursday, Nov. II, 1896,

sell at public auction, to IT, highest bidder, 70
cash, 81 80 tracts of land in Wake county. NC
situated about S ven miles east of Raleigh, 3D.
described as follows:
FIRST TRACT, containing 22l34 acre nor
or less, andadjOining ii e lands of the lattDSNc
Hinton, said Hodge and Neuse river.
> SECOND TR ACT, containing 1873 acres NOR
or Il So, and ad~ jOining the lands of the late Davh
Hinton. MingO Greek and Neure River.
THIRD TRACT, containing lis acres, more 9
less and adjoining the lands of the late WI
Poole and Tarb0rO road.
FOURTH TRACT, containing 79N a res nor
or less, and adjoining the lands Of }. b. Poole
the late David Hinton and the Hodge Road.
FIFTH TRACT. COL tanning twenty-five aGr8
more OF less, adjOioing the lands OF kqf19 VII
/ ans, B. p. Williamson, William Smith, JOSEPH
J. Andrews and Muse River.
SIXTH TRACT. containing eigl t acres sT9
25 perch more or less a. jOining the landS@W
Il. Poo e, Jesse Watkins, deceased, and t'
Hodge road.
Some of h Sc farms are very p~rOdICuye am
have improvements up n them. A IoEI0n "
these lands are in original growth. T.
Place of sale: I Ounty Court house dOoE' IL
Raleigh, N. G. Time Of sale: IL O'CLOCK u.
FRNESE HAY WOOD, Iiu''V'
October Is, 1895. .rr.,.5,,
Hne for, going sale is postponed until Ilssos5
December 18th, 1895. Same hour pace ''
terms of sale. r,ust.s
ERNEST HAYWOOD, IIus"e'
November IA. 1895