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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13
LUCK IN MINING CAMPS.


From the Durango llelnoCFat,
mine al Rico for 500 II telegram from
Denver had not ann9unGef the decision Of
hoy for hernia. | lost more than S,GD,-
100 but I stopped the knife, and my boy
is healthy and rugged"
seated with group Of ,prospeetors few
evenings ago. which led up to a number
of stories relating to similar incidents.
~ knew man more fortunate than my
self however, who srasped his opportuni-
ty." continued the speaker: Dave Brown:
lumber and one fourth OF the Aspen mine.
Brown was then q stock clerk, lie is now
a millionaire. banker and operator"
at is not always management that Sc
group, 'It was luck. pure and simple, that
knew nothing about mining, bul miner
told him to sink. and nc did si4k. He ran
who were Interested in learning what
greater depths he would encounter on Dol
at last a lucky lottery ticket drew S.rO,
and this money reached the ore in the En-
'Yes, luck had great deal to do with
H." said the third speaker Several peo-
pie in Durango had an opportunily few
in La Platte for "A few dollars, when the
Dutchman who located IT owned 1t, |
chance to buy tho mine for less than 500
the price received. who had spent twice as
much in trying 10 ind something like the
'
"Chances like those are often overlooked
in Durango" SAID another OF the group.
There was "A little fellow down there from
McQuiety a couple al years ago showing
some good looking ore from a claim, which
he offered to trade "A quarter OF for rifle
He went 10 the gun store and all over town
trying to trade for "A rifle, and the kind OF
gun he wanted was selling secondhand in
stores for s. or 50 but the little fellow
couldn't get rifle. l saw the property
last fall that he offered TO trade ana saw
some OF the ore roasted in blacksmith
forge. Gold boiled ont of It very freely and
/ doubt II all the guns In San Juan county
would buy quarter interest in that prop
erty now"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13

From the Detroit Free Press.
Talking about hunger, said the thin
man with a benevolent expression. II will
never forget how near came to actual
plenty. and when ! had money enough to
buy farm. which was going West to do.
Unfortunately. did not have the money
with me-"
Stranded in a strange city,"
"No-worse; IL was on the cars; I had
started from Boston TO go to n town 100
miles west OF Chicago. and stopped over
for few days at Niagara Falls"
There was n series OF groans.
"Gentlemen. am not making any kick.
did the hackmen. But | enjoyed sightsce-
ing, and fingered at the Falls when !
should have been on my way. Then !
found that had n6-noney left-not even
eight hours. did not feel at all disturbed,
as l anticipated no other need of money,
my ticket being through all right. But we
We're delayed. and at Chicago i was trans
fcrred TO another train for my last day S
journey, and then began to feel the
pangs Of a mortal hunger. | had often
tasted the same length of time on the
plains. but the air must have been tonic.
At last the train stopped for dinner. It
was at one of these depot restaurants
and it costs you nothing to go in, but 30
or 20 cents to get out. The woman sat at
the cashiers desk.
Madam" / said. 81 have Just Is cents.
VIII you let me eat the worth OF IT,
She stared at me disagrecahly, but saw
I was speaking the truth, Then she mo.
toned me to n table. and waiter set he.
fore me n iiimsy stew, but 1t was hot and
sayory and tasted like nectar. Not an
ounce of bread or butter, nor vegetable
Rut | was thankful for what there was
and l vowed to myself that no hungry
man should ever be turned from my door,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13
PEcuLiARirIEs OF MEMORY.
Cases of Extraordinary Power Of re.
production.

From the Boston Herald.
AS an INSTANCE OF wonderful memory II
he EmssS hsoran ths u Maa1Sy Massr "
committed TO memory a whole page OF the
Lopnon Times, , and rspsaied {, verbatim attn,
reis,sd By pr. MacRiin. the eminent sm'V aS,of
ON on' ,he % Greier Fassla famous a WbS bStshman n
to display his wonderful memory, offer
required. "A. newspaper was lying on the
table, and he was requested to read II
aeeornsy na aa snse so F Without omtnn sn
gle word sn from ,hS ,tls to the mpr1, At
man man saId "oh'. this Is pSIhins. shall /
repeat the same baekward?,, 1T is impos.
% %Pstisnie z Ssss is, n H ,hsh S'hcn, @ Hs ,HHss
article beginnlng at the imprint and end
k ( stroiins iiiii player a, Edinburgh OF the
name of William Lyon had a most as
tonishing memory; He one evening made
a, yS the rehearssi the n nsxt morning. @ ~ repeat repeat
the whOe Of "a the B9ily asS AdySsr,se, from
day he handed m led the eis ewspaper % ' 10 'ne gem gem
,lemnn present. to see thai he, repeated
TSTa maxim The k he
meSts' me prices ei stocks foreiEn and nd domss-
tic news. accidents. offenses, law intelii-
Thomas Fuller was an author and wrote
the History OF the Worthless OF England"
and many other valuable works. Aston
ishing things are reported of his memory.
From once hearing sermon. he could re-
peat the whole of 1t verbatim. He under.
took in going from Temple Bar to the
farther end of Cheapside. in London. to
tell at his return. every single sign as II
stood in order. on both sides of the way.
repeating them either backwards or for
wards. which he performed exactly. He
was learned. industrious. lively writer.
but rather fond of punnng. He was very
corpulcnt man. and once. ms he was riding
with n gentleman of the name of Sparrow
hawk. he could not resist the passing of II
Joke upon him. "Pray what Is the differ
cnCe," he asked. between an owl and n
sparrow hawk" The other answered this
sarcastic question In this serrcd-him- right
way: An owl Is fuller in the head. fuller
in the body and fuller all over"
Cook. the tragedian, is another instance
of n man with n marvellous memory. He
could study n part in fraction of the
time 1t would take others to commit the
same to memory. 1t is said that. for "A
wager. on one occasion, he committed TO
memory the entire contents of daily
newspaper in the space OF eight hours.
Here is a curious case of remarkable
memory in this country. which was related
some fifty years ago. a Miss Louisa West
n girl Is years of age. committed to mem
ory, accurately. the whole of the New
Testament in six weeks, at the same time
attending to her domestic duties.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13
W. A. RULE, Cashier.

physicians can have liberty IN tho cause
of science abroad that they cannot have
h,r. There people are absolutely without
srrrlps iu the cause OF medicine. and 1t
is pnsy to got subjects Tor experiments
hospitals IN vain for here. This applies
even to the diSs'rtinr table here. where
the traffic in Enthusiastically necessary
FOR stulN-i- carried on In the most sur
Ioptitlous way
''But to tho now discoveries. conf
IDENTIFY expect TO bring back with me alb
solute data for the treatment of typhoid
HuI scarlet ftvrrs. and much for the cure
of UIuorr tho nsstiost disease doctors have
70 light Hut they are checking that also.
Take the cancer known us sHrcoma and
rolf I'M the medical annals how 1t has
trpn controlled by the bacillus pro-
d.gtosu- I am too conservative to think
we VIII cure cancer. but think 1t will
be kept down until the patient LIVES far
beyond his expectations. when his trouble
Mls mt Irnnnunrol clncer."
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13
LIKES HIS OUT-oF-DATE WHEEL.
Iins Been hit Twice by Street Cars
md Is StIll In Good Order.

Whether 1t be literally true that every
il IS certainly @ true tl' of second-hand bicycles,
at least in the opinion Of one young man
the problem and established an axiom, says
the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Ths satd young Rse man few weeks * ,sss
dition. have seen comparatively little hard
IRENE width OF It's handiebars, and some
few other characteristic pecularities which
no 1Gg opporanity Of pokns }an al hm and a2si
his purchase, He took their chatting in
WS eana aa aRd aSeTy 70 ride
on the second or third night out, while
attemp,ins to cross ,he SotI track on Alsxan:
to the pavement The hike proved prov to to BE- BE-
made the claim that had it been a new
twenty ponnder" there would have been
some repairs to pay for. and SO turned the
But there We're still other experiences in
waiting for the sensible Young man who
Why" lie had brother in Buifaio and
while spending few, days with him they
riding along by the street car tracks our
young friend carelessly turned in between
idly approaching car.
Almost simultaneously the car struck
as the brother heard the motorman's: yell VIi
and looked back he sa" : sight which
lett MN IN DOUBT as to whether to laugh
or tremble In fear of the final result OF MS
brothers predicament.
The guards on the Buffalo cars are simi
lar to those used in Rochester except that
made ike an iron grating, There on The
rope netting was lying our young rider,
under his wheel. riding with an apparent
comfort, and. as very soon APPEARED,
the best OF IL once by taking a free ride,
For at least two blocks he declares he
rode without daring to move lest the wheel
might fall on and be damaged. When The
car was finally brought to a standstill he
was helped out from under the y3 nat
tern with wide handlebars and none of the
modern improvements which proved 10 he
without even scratch, and again the
he was about when he bought second.
hand wheel and one that would stand the
racket.
Now his friends, who, have their twenty
and twenty-three pound modern wheels ii,
the "bicycle hospital, large part OF the
time Tor jnst ittle hxing up are he
wrong, and that perhaps wheels are now
being made too light for anything more
than ordinary purposes and ci<not be ex
pected to meet the emergencies of rid
Ing,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13
THEY CAN'T STAND THE FUMES
THIS Is A NEW DISCOVERY TO BAF-
FILE SAFE ROBBEits.
II IL n Combination of Powcrfal
Chemicals That upon the slight.
est shock FIJI the Air with
Most Deadly NRpOrs.


new difficulty to surmount In the near
future. us the safe manufncturers are
about 10 give additional protection to
their customers with the aid Of powerful
chemicals.
rlianre Is all but completed which VIII
lie in OF near safe or vault which has
been cracked for at least four hours after
the tNrl9slnn. ..,. , ,.,,,,,
humher OF cNperts on sate puiiuing
some tine, and, although the suggestion
was orisin9IIy mace IN novel pupilsheh
IN EhElinu. y hts pycn nul 10 prhvHgh
VS. very mngh aiLtr NE manner ihh, IN wnisn me-,
Jul,s Ntthv,a t,itILImn, Hfn's, ~ ms,
to oG iip0ss'p,s' rpeJarn oeiae times oi
''if ''iIft .vnSrt,I I'M within n very few
tNpsSt,u tnat m,t,I,ts m,t,I,,,s u ,,,-nrs ny,s i,iT,
MS.NS ttTJn ~, rtn,, ,rnri hrH.
nav w a.uI'@Um1 vi ~ M
lar. rytly.ttl anI on the mar ~ Stss ~
H. Nm Yort anyl "tbcr ritiaS who have
eonstrmctad Chemical burglar protectors OF
at iansf in one instnnes been highly sic,
SsssfilI :" '"' '''''''N'' 'e'
tairsruuh from prnirie dti CHEN MIS-.
and alleged that a banker named Il. L.
Kid. OF that city, saved thousands Of
Tba lispatch continiiSs; "Thcse chemicals
mi the air of Inc yniiit in case of ain expIo-
sion win a sort of binding and burning
suGstaucc so that the vault cannot be en-
tered for from five TO six hours after the
explosion unless the burglars wear steel
masks with glass ewes in them Mr. kidd's
safe was literally blown to pieces with
uitro-glycerinc. but the burglars were una
lilo to enter the vault after the explosion.
and the money was safe"
toned in the dispatch were actually driven
away as stated" said Assemblyman A. j.
Nittnacht Yesterday afternoon, in reply to
a question
Nr Nitirncht manufactures safes and
vnIiifs in tnis clty as well as laws in Al
b9nv Rnd Therefore knows what he is talk
ing about.
III rnnnnt stata nositiyely' he contin-
nod WIN ibis ShamiSal protection
"gnins, hurrlars will he ready for gem
all iisc but II WON'T he very long and
s,t MH'n, s' ,aSt,a" hi ~ merry Surrlnr viii
nirii,',i ni ~. ,, ~, ,no,bni of oyer"ominr
nv % ~ IL f,tls NJ, ,o otit Of bsnessS
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13

Brown-"I see that the Collateral Nation
al bank has failed. No assets-cashier
gone"
Jones-"Yes. but there is one thing TO be
said for the cashier"
Brown-"What is that?"
Jones-"He didn't desert his post willis
there was anything left in the bank.
BROOKLYN Life,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13
Not Com mon, Of Cour.c.

II wish merely to remark" said the par
rot that had come In cage all the way
from boston, THAT my name is not Poliy
and / do not desire a cracker. VIII some
person kindly bring me plate of beans I"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13

''I want to pay this hlll" he said TO the
hotel clerk. but | think YOU have made
"a slight error here In my favor. I've been
reading over the extras, and | cannot find
that You have charged me anything for
telling mo you thought 1t might RAIN
Port Gibson NidGttc,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13

Her mother asked little Dot to 20 into
the next room to see II the clock was run
ming for she had not heard II strike all
afternoon. Dot came running back, put
her head in al the door and exclaimed:
why, no, mamma, de clock amt a
runnin'. II is des stannin' still a-waggin
Its tail."-Sacred Heart Review.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13

l. the use of the new chair cars on the
Chicago Great Western railway (Mapls
Leaf Route). Shortest line, fastest lime.
best equipment and service to the sum,
mer resorts of the Northwest. Once Z
West Ninth street.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-13

The Scenic Line of the World" the
Denver a Rio Grande Railroad, oIfers to
tourists IN Colorado. Utah and New Meg,
continental traveller the grandest scenery.
The direct line to Cripple Creek. the great
service with through Pullman sleepers and
tourists cars between Denver and san
Write s. X. Hooper, q. p q T. A.. Den.
Yer: Colorado. for illustrated descriptive
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
CAPITAL AUTHORIZED CAPITAL SIOOOoO. $1,OOO,OOO.
 The Union Trust Company,

NEW HAVEN. THARTERED by the State of Connecticut, A with authority to act as Executor, Ad- ministrator. Guardian, Receiver or Trustee under win or deed.
 Is a legal depository of money paid into Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts as trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and Individuals. and administers trusts of all kinds Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds or other, evidences of indebted ness, manage sinking funds and do all busi- ness such as is usually done by Trust Con- panies.
 It also does general Banking business, collecting checks, notes, coupons, and receive deposits. The principal of each Trust is in- vested by itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Company. This Company is by law regularly examin- ed by the Bank Examiner of the State of Connecticut.
 HENRY L. HoToHKIss, VIM. T. BARTLETT,
 President. Treasurer, EuGENRS. BRISTOL, Asst Treasurer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
Famous Draughts Players.

Draughts is very easily learned, but
 It is by no means an easy game. Tn Q
 lew minutes one can understand the
 moves, but years of assiduous study and practice are required before the
 subtilties of this profound intellectual pastime can be mastered. The great
 Scottish player, James Wyllie, who i
 seyenty-seven years of age, and who is
 known throughout the English-sr
 ing world as '.the Herd Laddie''--a so-
 briquet which has stuck to htra since 1852, when his master, Biggar cattle-
 dealer, introduced him, boy of four teen, to the Edinburgh ''cracks''-has played the game necessarily since boy hood, and he affirmed recently that he is still discovering new and beautiful lines of play. Willie is the high-priest of draughts. just as Tom Morris is the high priest of golf, in virtue of years, brilliant performances and recognized worth of character. Considering his age he plays remarkably fine game. One has sorrowfully to admit, however, that he is past his best, as his great match last year with Ferrie showed. All the same, his record as a match player will probably never be excelled.
 Willie is short in stature, with a big bald head, bright eyes and a round rud- dy face. For many years, when travel ing from town to town for the purpose of playing exhibition games, he wore a woolen cravat and Kilmarnock .bon- net. He now appears in club-roons with neat collar and a natty smoking cap. While on his way to a draughts players "hpwf,'' itfis recorded that he was caught in heavy shower of rain, and got his umbrella thoroughly soaked. By the time he finished play
 the watery clouds had rolled past and the sun was shining brightly. As soon as he got outside he put up his umbrel- la. A friend who was with hlYn said:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14

MT. Endean's interest under this head, for the next question is. What is the yearly value of tishhooks made in the States?" The list ends with the re- quest for the names and addresses of the principal needle-makers in the States
 The pin question runs thus: When and where was the first pin factory set up! What kind of pin was in use in the States one hundred years agoe Can a rough sketch of it be sent or ob- tanned? Are there many pins now made by hand, or are all made by the machine? What was the yearly output or pins in 1850? What was the yearly export of pins in 1850? What is the present yearly export of pins in the united States, and the yearly export? What was the value of the Import of pins into the States in 1850? What was the value of the Import of pins into the States in 1S95?"
 MT, Woodward is just now looking up all the available information under the mead Of pinology He is by nature a polite man, and he dislixes the idea of sending no reply whatever to his Eng llsh correspondent, or of sending back word that he really cannot tell him all the things he wants to know, so he is reading up on the ubject. It is 6 good deal like the proverbial task ol finding needle in a haystack, for peo, pie generally take pins and needles very much for granted, just as though they grew on bushes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
The Home Furnishing
 Company, 755-763 Chapel St.
EinaMrtaI.
Amount of Gold Withdrawals Exagger
 ated for Speculative Effect.
755-763 Chapel St.

ated for Speculative Effect.
 New York, July 13--Not a little dis appointment was felt in stock circles to-day because of the failure of Lon don to respond to the rise in this mar ket on Saturday. This led to sales by sequently, when it became known that the posted rates of sterling exchange had been advanced one-half cent to SASS for long and $4S9 for demand, and that large withdrawals of gold from the sub-treasury were talked of, the pressure to sell increased.
 It subsequently, transpired that the amount of withdrawals from the sub- treasury had been exaggerated for speculative effect, but owing to the bearish temper of the trading element in the board this did not prevent the market ruling weak up to the close.
 Heidelbach, Ickelhei1ner x Go. will ship $375 ,000 gold by to-morrow's steam CTS, and Zimmerman & Forshay to- day got $110,000 of the yellow metal from the sub-treasury. This certainly does not look much like hoarding gold, although the bears laid particular stress upon the strength of exchange. According to those usually we'll inform ed the stock market was in the hands of comparatively small traders, the leaders apparently being disposed to await further developments concerning the political situation.
 | The market is so narrow that no par- | ticular stress is laid upon current spec ulative movements, especially as the | short interest is so large that any con- siderable movement to cover might lead | to a sharp rally any day. Speculation l closed weak. Net changes show losses of 12@21s per cent, Sugar leading. In 1 the inactive list Omaha preferred gain- | ed 2 per cent, while Brooklyn Union | Gas lost and Consolidated Gas 1% per cent.
 Bonds were weak. Sales footed up $563, ,OGO
 Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, AS Broadway, New York, and 15 Center street. New Haven: AcJ-u
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
EXBINGYISHED BONFIRE.
Test of Little Giant Fire Extingaishs

Test of Little Giant Fire Extinguishcr.
 An interesting test of the fire ex- tinguishing qualities of the Little Giant fire extinguisher was given at a vacant lot on Commerce street oppo- site D. M. Welch's last evening The test was under the supervision of Harry J. Doyle, who is the New Eng land agent for the company, and was watched by a crowd of six or eight hundred persons, including many busi- ness men of the city, among them sew eral officers of the National Paper Box company.
 !, A huge heap of combustible pine --koards covered with tar, paper, etc, about fourteen feet high and seven feet square had been erected. There was also a quantity of kindling wood and after this was lighted and the fire had been we'll started three gallons of kero- sene were poured over the flaming heap, thus augmenting the blaze. In the absence of the man who usually operates the extinguisher, Mir Doyle personally did the putting out last eve- ming. The great heat kept the crowd at a distance of about fifty feet from the flames, but MT. Doyle valiantly ad- vanced to about twenty feet from the blazing pile, and with only two squirts from the Little Giant extinguished the fierce blaze. It seems that the fluid which is thrown upon the fire is of such a nature that when coming in contact with a heat of 190 degrees a gas is generated which is a, sure fire extinguishing agent. The test was witnessed with much interest by the crowd of spectators.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
9A Furniture ', Shopping.

We're not afraid to quote prices and show goods. Estimates just as cheerfully given on recaning chair as on furnishing a house from cellar to garret. We won't be dishp- pointed if you don't purchase. Why, we're glad to have you look around. Then you'll appreciate the low prices we quote you. Some come here first and come back. Others have tried to better our prices, but cannot, and go no further until they have found what they want. Easy to proveIwhat we say.
 Come in and see. Every article marked in plain figures.
 Years of ease and comfort in our couches: We have them from s7,oo up,