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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

stream Of bright gold pieces flows FROM,
the many coin presses. Both the MILL
ing machine and the coin press belong,
to those exasperatingly simple yet won
derfully complex affairs which 1T il
much easier to look at than to describe.
The former, which does the milling,
handles the planchets automatically.
All that is necessary is to supply ito
feed tube with the blank disks, and
these, after a few revolutions, drop per-
feet into small box at it's side.
The coin presses. Of which there are
many Of various sizes, are very impos-
ing-looking affairs. Each press has
an arch Of cast iron weighing several
tons, and combines great deal Of
grace with its ponderous strength. All
the steel work about It CLEANS with q
high polish. In the interior Of the arch
is nearly round piece Of brass called
triangle. This is fastened to level
by two steel bands, called stirrups.
There is tremendously strong arm
connected with the end of the lever
above by a Joint somewhat like that
Of knee. Under the triangle is steel
cap called a "die stake" In this is
fastened the reverse die. The die stake
is arranged to rise one-eighth of an
inch, and when down rests firmly on
the solid foundation Of the arch. Above
in another triangle is fastened the OBJ
verse die When the knee is straight
ened the die fits into the collar and
presses down upon the reverse die.
What an instant before was but a
blank. meaningless piece of metal
comes out resplendent double eagle
of shimmering gold.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

Facts About Coinage,
America Is proud Of it's Philadelphia
mint, which is without doubt the best
equipped establishment of its kind in
the world. An official Of the royal mint
Of London, in visiting the Philadelphia
mint some years ago, announced that
we were fully one hundred years
ahead Of anything in this line. Here
you will fnd stores Of bullion, immense
denominations Of wealth in the crude.
You see 1t stacked up here and there in
the shape of bricks. If you had per-
mission you could not carry away more
than $1,000 worth of the silver. ~he
Quaker City mint at present holds
$1O7, 100000 of these ingots, coming
value, which occupy the space of 12o
cubic feet. In the treasury at Wash
ington and the subtreasury in various
cities there are 3ss,OOO, 900 coined sill
yer dollars.
Money making-that is. coming metal
began in this country 2S4 years ago.
In 1912 the Virginia company ordered
an issue of coins, and these were struck
at Somer's islands, now called the Ber.
mudas. The earliest regular colonial
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

ings or ingots vary from one to two
and half inches in breadth, according
to the coin they are intended for. They
are about twelve inches long and half
an inch thick. Those of gold are worth
from 5000 to 81 400 apiece and have one
end wedge-shaped. After passing the
melting room these bars reach the roll
ing room. Here the gold is subjected
to terrific rolling or drawing, and
the original ingot is reduced ten times
its size. Great care is taken to an
neal the metal at short intervals, as it
becomes quite brittle after passing
through the intense pressure. When
the rolling is completed the strip is
about six feet long, or six times as long
as the original ingot. These strips are
then given the final dressing down to
exact size and placed in copper canis-
ters for the final anncaling. The strip
is. however, not quite ready yet. 1t is
put through its turn on the drawing
bench, where the slightest irregulari-
ties are corrected. This done, 1t is
carefully cleaned and sent to the cut
eiAfs pASSSSos AClC are II AuluUGF OL
these very solidly built machines. Each
has IL vertical steel punch which works
i'll n round hole or matrix cut in n solid
steel plate. The operator places one
end of a strip of metal in the immense
jaws of the press and cuts ont Il cou-
pie of blanks. or. as they are called.
planchets. AS the strip is of equal
thickness these samples must weigh
alike. III exact. or Il shade too heavy,
they are allowed to pass. and the whole
strip used. III too light the entire strip
is rejected. and must be remeltea.
From a strip worth 81. 100 there is Gu,
$500 worth of planchets.
These blank disks are now almost
ready for the cote press. but must pass
very rigid examination first, to as
certa II II they contain the exact amoun,
of gold. Having successfully stood the
test, the planchet goes to the millin.
and coming room, where an lucessan
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA

year. Owing to the immense amount
Of the precious metals always in course
of transition, and the watchful care
necessary the public is excluded from
some Of the departments. The system
adopted in the mint is so precise s.,d
the weighing so accurate that the alb
straction of the smallest particle of
metal would lead to almost immediate
detection.
All gold and silver intended for coin
age purposes is received in the deposit
or weighing room. The largest weight
used in this room is 500 ounces; the
smallest is the thousandth part of an
ounce. The scales are wonderfully deli
cate and are examined and adjusted on
alternate days. Near here is one of the
many faults in the building OF solid
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

1850. The 2 and 1 penny pieces were
struck in 1862. In 1855 the congress of
the confederation adopted the plan pre-
sented by Thomas Jefferson for the ma
tional coinage, and in 1856 decided up
on the names and characters of the
coins. In 1887 contract was made
with James Jarvis for 300 tons of cop
per coins. These were coined ut New
Haven and bore the date of 1851. In
1892 code Of laws was enacted for
the establishment and regulation of the
mint.
The first issue from the mint in Phila-
delphia Of "the dollar Of our daddies'
was in 1884. Before that Martha
Washington" half-dime was struck of
Us proof-piece. Two years later came
the issue of dimes, with the first golden
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

The metal received is carefully
weighed in the presence of the deposit
tor and the proper officials and then
locked in iron boxes and taken to the
melting-room. There are many fur
naces in this room. The gold and sill
yer, being mixed with borax and other
fiuxing material. is placed in pots. melt
ed and poured in iron molds, and when
cooled Is again taken to the deposit
room in bars, where 1t is reweighed' and
small piece cut from each lot by the
assayer. From this the fineness of the
whole is ascertained, the value calcu-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
ANIMALS ILLUSIONS
Birds Are More Commonly tho
Victims,

Victims.
Birds are perhaps more commonly the
victims of illusions than other animals,
their stupidity about their eggs being
quite remarkable. Last year, for in
stance, a hen got into pavilion Of a
ladies' golf club and began to sit on a
golf ball in corner, for which it made
a nest with couple of pocket hand
kerchiefs. But many quadrupeds are
not only deceived for the moment by
reflections, shadows and such unreali-
ties, but often seem victims to illusions
largely developed by the Imagination.
The horse, for instance, is one of the
bravest of animals when face to face
with dangers which it can understand,
such as the charge of an elephant or
wild boar at bay. Yet the courageous
and devoted horse, so steadfast against
the dangers he knows, is prey to al
hundred terrors of the Imagination due
to illusions. mainly those OF sight, for
shying, the minor effect OF these illu-l
sions, and "bolting," in which panic,
gains complete possession of his soul,
are caused, as rule by mistakes as to-
what the horse sees, and not by misin-i
terpretation of what he hears. 1t Isl
noticed, for instance, that many horses
which shy usually start away from the
objects on one side more frequently
than from objects on the other. This
is probably due to defects in the vision
of one or other eye.
In nearly all cases of shying the
horse takes fright at some unfamiliar
object though this is commonly quite
harmless, such as wheelbarrow upside
down, a freshly fellcd log or a piece of
paper rolling before the wind. This in
stantly becomes an "illusion,' is inter-
preted as something else, and it is a
curious question in equine neuropathy
to know what it is that the horse fig
ures these harmless objects to be.
When Russian ponies first began to be
shipped to Harwich they usually OBJ
jected to pass near a donkey. This re-
luctance was explained ON the hypothe-
sis that the ponies seldom saw donkeys
in Russia and mistook them for bears,
Spectator.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
Pure Gold.

Gold, when refined from all impuri-
ties and alloys of inferior metals, is de-
nominated pure. This means gold of
twenty -four carats. and thisis the recog-
nized standard by the mint master and
dealers in gold. AS a matter of fact,
however, there is no gold so pure. Gold
Of twenty-five carats is about as pure
as 1t can be got. 1t has two parts of,
silver or one part of silver and one part
of copper. The copper darkens the
color of gold. while silver lightens it I'M
color. Twenty-three-carat gold is oc-.
casionally seen, which means a half
carat of silver and Of copper. Ordin-
arily eighteen-carat gold is the best
gold that can be had. Certainly it is
the best for jewelry, for pure gold, as
it is called, Is too soft and will wear
away much faster than the owners OF
it desire.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

coinage was in Massachusetts, in pur-
suance of an order passed May %, 1862.
The denominations Of the coins were II
pence, pence and 3 pence pieces,
which were put in immediate circula-
tion. There was also a Massachusetts
2-penny piece. One variety of this coin
age had what is known as a pine tree,
another willow, and third an oak.
The first coin Of that colony was the
now famous "pine tree shilling" of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
A Sea Hog Captured in Jersey.

A strange animal was captured in
Raritan Bay, Off Keyport shore, by
Capt. A. Walling in seine net Thurs
day. The animal is feet long and 3
feet in diameter at the center. tapering
to n tail, on the end of which is a bunch
of heavy fins. The head is large and
resembles that Of huge pug dog. The
animal has coat of fine silky hair and
growls like dog.
1t was reported about the country
that the sea serpent had been captured
and people fockcd to see the freak.
Capt. Seeley of Way Lake calls the
animal a sen hog. 1t is on exhibition at
News
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

what is probably the smallest weight
in the world. 1t is the thirteenth-hun-
dredth part of a grain and can scarcely
be seen with the naked eye, unless on
white ground.
In the melting room all the metal
used in coming is alleged, melted and
poured into narrow molds. The cart
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

masonry, several of Their are iron Incl.
! with double doors of the same metal
and most complicated and burglar
proof locks. Ii is estimated that =, M
$4,000. .OO0. 600 to $500. .OC0 600 worth o!
gold has been received and ...eighed in
! this room.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
A Billion.

In this country billion is consider
ct. to be one thousand million-1. .OOO,-
0O0GCO: in England it is considered to
he one million million-1,O ,OO0, ,OOG, OOO,-
600.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

coinage Of eagles and half eagles oc-
curing intermediate. The record since
then is an interesting one. and it is re-
freshing to read of how much money is
lying around to be gathered in the
total output of the mints since 1902. be-
Ing az follows:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
RUIN IN IT'S Path.
Widespread Damage Caused by
the Big Storm.
SCORES MEET DEATH.
One Hundred Reported Lost
in the Sea islands.

Terrific Hurricane Sweeps Over a
Portion OF Several states-Number
of the Smaller Towns Are Com.
pletely Swept from the Earth
Destruction Of Life and Property in
Florida, Georgia, Virgins, Mary
land and Pennsylvania Is APPALLING
Great Lakes Feel the Blow.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
About Ewes.

The eyes of fish and birds are round,
with no angles ut the corners. The
eyes of birds that fly by night are gem
orally about double the size of day
birds
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
MAKING OUR MONEY.
PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH
METALS MUST PASS.

Uncle Sam Boasts a Perfect Mint at
Philadelphia-Accur In Weight
and Fineness an Important Requisite
some Facts Not Generally known.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

You will find Of every man who ever
lived in Oklahoma. that somebody
robbed him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

GOLD COINS.
Double eagles $50 pieces) 81 ,21o, ,7os, 700
Eagles ($1O pieces) ....... 259, ,127, ,23O
Half eagles ($5 pieces) go. 212921,6 ,675
Three-dollar pieces ....... 1,619.376
Quarter eagles $3.50
pieces) %. ........ 49,. 2s,es1,oo5
Dollars .......... 5000. 19,499,3 ,337
Total 10000. ........s1, ,7s2, ,5522, saa
SILVER COIN.
Dollars ......... ...... .$43O, ,457, ,9s7. 90
Trade dollars .... 5000. 1896, ,924.OO
Half dollars ...... ...... 132,259,O41.O .OG
Quarter dollars ...... =. 4S,1S3,17
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09

1t is easier to be a retormer than it
Is to reform.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-09
THE TREASURY BUILDING AT WASHINGTON.

lated and the dcpositor paid. The
metal in it's rough state Is then trans
ferred to the meltcr and refiner. To
judge of the wonderful accuracy with
which the assayer must do his work it
can be stated that in his office is used
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-30
A Letter From Congl essman Ellis

Captain John w. Lewis received today
the following letter from Congressman
Ellis, which just at this time is full of
interest to the people of Eastern Oregon.
Congressman Ellis corroborates the
statements made by Senator Mitchell.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 25, 1896.
MY DEAR CAPTAIN:
Yours of the 18th inst. received and
contents noted. The resolution making
the 500, 900 Immediately available was
prepared by the engineers department
with the full understanding with the
delegation that it would be used for the
purpose of doing the work necessary to
open the locks at once. Senator Nit
chell yesterday got an amendment on
the sundry civil bill, making 500, 900 of
the $l79, ,796 Immediately available for
the work, and it will no doubt become a
law and will surely be used for the pur-
pose of dong the work necessary to open
the locks at once. And it will not be
used for another purpose. Any one in
any way connected with any of the COM
mittees or the departments having this
matter in charge will bear me out in
saying the delegation has lost no op
portunity to push the matter. We will
continue to do so Notwithstanding the
| fact some gentlemen, no doubt, would
be willing to have US fail, if they
thought we would suffer bv that failure,
even though the country did lose
heavily. Assuring you that the whole
delegation ls alive to this interest, and
as anxious as any of our constituents
can be for the early completion of the
locks, and will leave no opportunity un'
| i'm proved to hurry the matter along.
lam yours sincerely,
W. R. ELLIS.
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A Voice from Hood River.
Hoop RIVER, April 20, 1ss

HOOD RIVER, April 30, 1896.
EDITOR CHRONICLE:
After having carefully read Senator
Mitchell's reply to Mr.. Mac Allister and
others, 1 find myself but little wiser
than before, as it is simply reiteration
of Major POSTS statements from begin
ming to end. Three points, however,
are quite pronounced. First, that fifty
thousand dollars unexpended balance
n1iraculously disappeared while the gov
ernment was signing a draft on the
treasury for $40, 900. of it, and Mr.. Day
was in Washington to-[How could it
have happened.) Second, Mr.. Mitchell
says the $4,000 approp priation is sure
to stick and become law. My recol
.lections is Major Post said the govern
ment owed the Days 100000, so that
there would still be a deficiency of $21,-
600, and no side walls built. Lastly,
that an investigation is badly needed.
Instead of the government holding
back a ten per cent guarantee, Mr.. Day
has reversed the situation and holds a
twenty per cent club over the govern
ment's head, and as security has posses
sion of the locks. ''What fools we NOR
tails beI'' Does our delegation believe
we can be longer deceived2 Twenty
thousand dollars forsooth to complete
the locks, with Mr.. Days 100000 be-
hind, and not school boy in Wasco
county but knows that half million in
clear money will not more than COM
plete the job. Twenty thousand dollars
would not buy plaster for Mr.. Days
shins.
But unlike THE Chronicle, I have nc
particular fault to find with Mr.. Day
Mr.. Day did not come to the Locks fol
his health nor recreation. The trouble
is elsewhere. With the citizens of East
ern Oregon, in the first place, in no
letting we'll enough alone. In substitut
ing contractor for the government, {
party was introduced whose business /
was to make money out of the job
The engineers were not done away with
Their duties are just the same, contract
or or no contractor. The contractor il
merely a complication.
The echo of the whole matter is hearC
in the appropriation of 100000 to tn
o. R. & N. Co. for right of way for tn
ship railway over route that is no
sufficiently wide for their own roadbed
while on the Washington side there i
ample room above all high water, an,
no railroad to interfere with.
Let our outgoing delegation solve tn
mystery and get violent move on, o
they will find other corns and bunion
tripping up and down the congressions
corridors in their number IL gaitert
The election is close at hand. TAX
heed to yourselves. CITIZEN.
[Did not the writer refer to Cap
Fiske instead of Major Post, when th
latter's name was used above?-ED.]
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CdA OC S0AC0s -
the evidence of
hundreds of liv-
ing witnesses to
the fact that, in
all it's c ar1y
stages, consump-
ton is a curable
dis e a 8 e. N OF
every case, but a
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TAKE STEPS

In time, ifyou are a suf-
ferer from that scourge
of humanity known as
consumption, and you
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An IMPORTANT MATER.
MI. Mays Expresses His Opinion =
Query and Answer.

The open letter addressed to Hon.
Robert Mays, the Republican candidate
for county judge, was received by The
CHRoNIoLE this morning. 1t is needless
to say that Mr.. Mays is in favor of free
roads and would never, while he is
county Judge, favor any proposition to
make Tygh grade a toll road. Mr.. Mays
published in yesterdays CHRONICLE a
denial of any such rumor. We re-pub-
lish this denial so that it may appear as
an answer to the letter from Wamic re-
ceived today.
WAM1c, Or, April 27, 1896.
To Hon. Robert Mays:
DEAR SIR 1T is reported, and exten-
siyelv circulated by certain parties in
this part of the county, that should you
be elected county judge of Wasco county
at the June election, you would use your
influence, and work to make toll road
of the grade on the county road running
from Tygh Valley to The Dalles, sald
grade known as the Tygh hill grade.
The question is, will you, if elected,
favor or aid the making of that certain
grade toll road?
Please answer through the WEEKLY
CHRoNIcLE s'Y esq OF. mo" The voters
will then know how you stand on the
road question, and can vote more intel
ligently for their best interest.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN END.
EDITOR CHRONICLE There is a re-
port in circulation in the southern part
of the county that am in favor of max
ing the Tygh Hill grade toll road.
Such is not the case, and if am elected
county Judge the people interested in the
matter can feel assured that will not
allow any toll roads made on Tygh Hill
during my term of Office.
RoBT. MAYS.
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Piles of peoples have piles, but De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve win cure them.
When promptly applied it cures scalds
burns without the slightest pain.
Snipes- Kinersly Drug Co.
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During their annual sale, Pease &
Mays were compelled to discontinue the
Photographic tickets, but persons now
holding them can present them for can
collation. as before. apr25-1w
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Low Rates 10 all Eastern Cities.
OCEAN STEAMERS Leave Portland
Every Five DAYS for
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

For fun details call on Q. R. & Co.'S Agent
Tho Dalles, or address
W, H. HURLBgRT, Gen. Pass. Agt
Portland, Oregon
New Schedule.
Effective Tuesday, April 9TH, the fol-
lowing will be the new schedule:
Train No. 1 arrives at The Dalles 4 40
a. M, and leaves :45 a. M.
Train No. 2 arrives at The Dalles 10 100
%. M, and leaves 1 p. m.
Train No. arrives at The Dalles ] 2 :05
o. M, and west-bound train No. z leaves
at 2 80 p. M.
Train % and "a will carry passengers
between The Dalles and Umatilla, leav-
ing The Dalles at p. m. daily and ar
irving at The Dalles p. m. daiiys con
Meeting with train Nos. 8 and Z from
Portland. E. E. LYLE,
Agent.
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LEAVE.

%Daily. tDaily, except Sunday.
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
PULLMAN BUFFET sLEEPERS
AND sECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CARS
Attached to all Through Trains.
Through Ticket once, 1s4 Third street, where
through tickets to all points in the Eastern
States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rates from
J. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent.
All above trains arrive at and depart from
Grand Central Station, Fifth and streets.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street.
Leave for oswEGo, week days, at 100, 7:2o,
IO:15 a. M, 2:15 1856 Sis, 80 p. M, 500 p. m,
ana IL 80 p. m. on Saturday only.
Arrive at Portland, 7:10, $3.50, IL ;25 a. m 1:3O,
4:15, 6:20, 7:40, 9;05 p. m.
Leave for Sheridan, week days, at 4:SO p m.
Arrive at Portland, $3.50 a. m
Leave for AtRLIE on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 9:40 a. m. Arrive at Portland, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday at 3:05 p m.
Sunday trains for OSWEGO leave at 7:S0, 900,
IL 100 a. m, II 40, 200, $3.50, $3.50, $50 Pm.
Arrive at Portlsnd at 12:35, $40, 10:3O a. M,
:15, 1:50, 3:15, 445, 6:30, 1855 p. m.
r. KOEHLER E. P. ROGERS,
Manager Asst. G. F. q Pass. Agt.
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