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The Penn's Grove record., 1896-11-20
knights or Labor Report.

The Report of the Executive Com
mites Of the knights Of Labor, In ses-
sion In Rochester, has been made pub
lie. 1t should be read carefully and
pondered calmly. The Report goose B'
to say:
"At last the time has come when the
lines Of battle are fairly drawn between
the laborers of America on the one hand
and their implacable ensmies-the
money kings and their minions on the
other. Although q complete victory
for the people was not won In this cleo
tioB, yet immense gains have been
made. Six millions Of American yot-
srs have arrayed themselves perman-
emily under the banner Of principles SO
long upheld by the Knights Of Labor.
At least two millions more would have
done likewise but for the frightful
forces Of Money and Coercion used In
this campaign by the plutocrats.n
The Report counsels iudiclous action
always and adds that .'basty and ill-ad-
vised strikes should be avoided as much
n possible; every strike and lockout is
incipient war. Those attacks and coun-
ssr.sttacks often develop into civil war.
Ths plutocracy Is seeking an excuse to
readily increase the standing army.
Ths petty violence connected with
Strikes and lockouts Is their most plau-
able excuse now. Let US not play into
their hands"
This Is all very sensible, as Is also the
resolution declaring that ''all money
should be Issued by the National Gov
ernmsnt."
General Miles commander Of the U.
y. Army now advocates tho enlarge.
nent standing army.
General D. W. Flagler, Chief Of Or
dinancs, In his annual report, reviews
his recommendations of last year for
arming, equipping and increasing the
efficiency Of the State militia. They
contemplate allowing the National
Guard to turn In their obsolete and nm
ssrvicsabls arms and receive their value
In an appropriation, and tile issue 10
the Guard Of Springfield rifles in place
OF old arms. This would give the MILL
tia some valuable service pattern sup
plies In exchange for practically useless
material now In possession Of the States.
The resources Of the arsenal were
fully employed during the past year in
the manufacture OF small arm and field
artillery ammunition. A number Of
new and improved machines for cart
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-11-20

Judge III. Morrow, Of Warren Coun-
~, has decided by a new Interpretation
Of q law regarding licenses, he has de-
cided The licensing OF an inn or tavern
In this State to sell liquor does not
license the sale Of beer. II the opinion
should prevail il would probably be the
means Of preventing all the hotels in
this State from selling beer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

name of Thomas Sands, and is a great
favorite Of her majesty. In whose serv-
ice he has been very long indeed. The
queen is exceedingly kind and consid-
crate to him and greets him always
with friendly "Good day." Frequent
ly when the drives are long the queen
causes the carriage to be stopped and
the tea equipage, which she generally
carries about with her, to be extracted
from the rumble. Tea Is thereupon
brewed by means Of spirit lamp, and
In partaking of this gentle stimulant
with her ladies in attendance, the
queen does not forget her coachman,
but invariably makes a point Of pour
ing out cup for him, too.
On one occasion, when her daughter,
the widowed empress Of Germany, was
with her and attempted to pour out
the tea for the coachman, the queen
took the cup away from her under the
pretext that she did not know show
Thomas liked to have his tea sugared
and creamed," and fixed 1t for him
herself Thomas is very fond Of re-
lating this story as an illustration of
his mistress kindness and considera-
ton for her old servants. Both he
and the state coachman are decorated
with the silver medal conferred upon
them by the queen on the occasion Of
her jubilee, and they wear it on the
left breast on the coat of livery.
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Costly Trophies.

The head of the musk OK Is the most
costly Of mounted game heads, and
next is the head of the bison or buffalo.
Fine buffalo heads, well mounted, bring
from $3.50 to $500. A head Of $500, how
ever, would be one exceptionally large
and choice, and a fine head can DO
bought for $3.50. Fifteen years ago Q
well-mounted buffalo head could be
bought for from $50 to 500. The in
crease In price is accounted for by the
growing scarcity of the buffalo, which
has now practically disappeared from
the United States. The wood bison of
the Great Slave lake region of British
North America, which inbabit wood
land or mountain districts, are rather
more numerous than the prairie buff
faloes of this country, but their num-
bers are limited and decreasing. The
wood bison Is not so large as the prairie
buffalo, and its hair is straighter and
very black. The musk OK heads are
held Mt $500 and upward. One musk
OK head owned by a taxidermist In
New York is valued at $3.50.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

no representatives of the law In the
city has any more authority to arrest
people than she. Hers is not a "spe-
cial" appointment, but the same as that
Of the man who wears blue and brass
and swings club. The cause of Mrs.
Roots ambition Is not desire for no
toriety, but to enable her to better aid
young girls who have fallen into evil
ways. She has long been engaged in
this work, but found herself seriously
handicapped by lack Of authority to
investigate. So she applied to the
mayor for the appointment she has re-
ceived.
Mrs. Root is president Of the Ham,
line Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, which under her management
has doubled its membership since 1894
and become the largest organization OF
its kind in the country. She made per-
sistent war on a saloon where young
girls were in the habit Of assembling,
and after a great deal of trouble Sc
cured the proprietor's conviction. 1t
was in connection with her rescue work
that she needed the police star. She Is
slight, fredericksburg woman, of
medium height and graceful demeanor.
Dark brown eyes look out from be-
meath delicately penciled eyebrows.
She wears glasses, but they add to
rather than detract from her appear
ance. Her hair is golden brown and
her age Is 46.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
THE TREASURY BUILDING An WASHINGTON

052.50 Columbian souvenir half dollars
and $10,0O5.75 Columbian silver quar-
ter dollars. The coinage of the United
States minis during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1895, comprised 4,O35, 2O5
pieces of gold Of the value of $43, $685.
ATS, and $50, III, $50 worth Of silver dol
lars, subsidiary silver and minor coins.
There are few places that are more
interesting to visit than the Philadel-
phia mint, which is the paternal insti-
tuition Of America, and the most CON-
plete Of its kind in, the world. 1t is
open to the public daily, excepting Sun
days and holidays, from to IL In the
morning. Visitors are met. by ushers,
who attend them through the various
departments. Over 1000 people have
visited the institution in the. course of
a year. Owing to the immense-amount
Of the precious metals always in course
of transition, and the swntchful care
necessary the public, is excluded from
some of the depArtnfents. The system
adopted in the mint is so precise :,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 800 ounces; the
smallest Is the thousandth part Of an
ounce. The scales are wonderfully deli
cate and are examined and adjusted on
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Meanest Man on Earth.

The meanest man has again been dis
covered, this time by Syracuse hotel
clerk, who relates to reporter how a
recent hunchback guest played scurvy
trick on a waiter and caused the latter
to lose faith in the old superstition that
to touch a hunchback's hump brings
good luck. When the guest first en-
tered the diniDg-room, after having
been assigned to his Seat, he took from
his pocket So gold piece and told the
waiter to look at it carefully, stating
that he proposed staying at the hotel
for few days and remarking that IL
he received good service the waiter
would see the coin again. The hunch-
back man stayed nearly week and re-
ceived each morning for breakfast ex-
ira choice cuts and various other little
attentions from the ambitious waiter.
When he had finished his last meal he
called the waiter and. showing him the
gold piece. askingff he remembered his
previous remark. "Oh, yes" replied the
waiter. WELL" said the hunchbacked
guests, 81 always keep my promises.
have had good service and am going
away now. Take a good look at the
coin, for 1t is the last time you will
ever see t."--Syracuse Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Pure Gold.

Gold, when refined from al impuri-
ties and alloys of inferior metals, Is de-
nominated pure. This means gold Of
twenty-four carats, and this is 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 In
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 1t 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
IL desire.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

room in bars, where it is reweighed and
n small piece cut from each lot by the
assayer. From this the fineness Of the
whole is ascertained, the value calcu-
lated and the. depositor paid. The
metal in Its rough state is then trans
ferred to the melter and refiner. To
Judge of the wonderful accuracy with
which the assayer must do his work 1t
can be stated that In his Office Is used
what is probably the smallest weight
in the world. 1t Is the thirteenth-hun-
dredth part of 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
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
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

planchets. AS the strip is of equal
thickness these samples must weigh
alike. If exact, or a shade too heavy,
they are allowed to pass, and the whole
strip used. If too light the entire strip
Is rejected, and must be remelted.
From strip worth 81, 100 there is cut
$500 worth Of planchets.
These blank disks are now almost
ready for the coin press, but must pass
very rigid examination first, to as
certain If they contain the exact amount
Of gold. Having successfully stood the
test, the planchet goes to the milling
and coming room, where an incessant
stream Of bright gold pieces flows from
the many coin presses. Both the mill
to those exasperatingly simple yet won
derfully complex affairs which it is
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 its
feed tube with the blank disks, and
these, after few revolutions, drop per-
feet into a small box ut its 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 a great deal Of
grace with Its ponderous strength. All
the steel work about 1t CLEANS with a
high polish. In the interior of the arch
is a nearly round piece of brass called
triangle. This Is fastened to a level
by two steel bands, called stirrups.
There Is tremendously strong arm
connected with the end of the lever
above by joint somewhat like that
of knee. Under the triangle is a 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. Abov q
in another triangle is fastened the OF;
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 Respondent double eaeie
Of shimmering gold.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
A Sea Hog Captured in Jersey.

A strange animal was captured In
Raritan Bay, off Keyport shore, by
Capt. A. Walling in a seine net Thurs
day. The animal is @ feet long and
feet in diameter at the center, tapering
to tail, on the end of which is 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 flocked to see the freak.
Capt. Seeley Of Way Lake calls the
animal sea hog. 1t is on exhibition at
Keyport. : New Brunswick Home
News
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

..... 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. hen got into a pavilion OF a
ladies' golf club and began to sit on a
golf ball In a corner. for which II made
q 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 1t 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 a
hundred terrors Of the Imagination due
to illusions, mainly those of sight, for
shying, the minor effect of these illu-
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-
depreciation Of what he hears. 1t is
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 a wheelbarrow upside
down, a freshly felled log or a piece Of
paper rolling before the wind. This in
stantly becomes an illusion" Is inter-
preted as something else, and 1t is a
curious question In equine homeopathy
to know what 1t 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.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

MRS. HANpERKIN. unable to work or
attend to any kind Of business. When
Handerkin was q guard at the Mid
winter Fair, in full possession Of his
mental faculties, he made note to the
Berkeley Bank Of Savings for $3.50,
giving mortgage on his home. Some
time after this his mind gave way, and
since that time he has been unable to
provide for his family or make pro-
vision for the cancellation Of the debt.
The time came at last when the mort
gage demanded the money and none
was forthcoming. Handerkin was q
mental wreck, his wife, overpowered
with her cares and her sorrow, could
do nothing to avert the blow, and the
Berkeley bank brought suit to fore
close. Thursday the case was set for
trial.
Mrs. Handerkin hoped against hope
from the day the note matured that she
could gain time to raise the money to
keep the roof over the heads Of her
husband and herself. She begged for
the one and sought for the other. She
had no success in either case, and had
almost abandoned herself to absolute
despair until Wednesday afternoon,
when hope cleaned anew. Something
like an inspiration came to her, one of
those riffs In the cloud Of poverty
which let in a promise of sunshine,
however so weak She knew that she
must have the money in Oakland be-
fore 10 o'clock Thursday or else de-
fault would be taken and her home
would be another's. Twenty miles
away, at San Pablo, she bethought her
Of sister who might help her IL she
would. She resolved to try her. Then
she made hasty preparations for her
journey. At midnight, having bor-
rowed team from a neighbour, she
started for San Pablo, twenty miles
away. Along n lonesome road, in the
chill moonlight, she drove as fast as the
animals would go.
Good fortune was with her. Without
a slip or q mishap she reached the quiet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

again the following year, 1890, in the
same fixture, but could not improve his
position, again finishing fourth after a
desperate race, in which the winner
came close to record time His parents
then came to America, going first to
the South and year later to Chicago.
He uses long overland stroke in his
races, and during stroke his entire
body and head are submerged. He OBJ
tains breath by bringing his head out Of
the water at the completion Of the pow
erful kick with the legs. His endur-
ance is marvellous and easily accounts
for his having American records to his
credit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

1850. The 2 and penny pieces were
struck in 1862. In 1855 the congress Of
the confederation adopted the plan pre-
scented by Thomas Jefferson for the ma
tionaf coinage, and in 17S6 decided up
on the names and characters Of the
coins. In 1857 a contract was made
with james Jarvis for 300 tons Of cop
Der coins. These were coined at New
Haven and bore the date Of 1877. In
1872 a 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 a martha
Washington" half-dime was struck of
as proof-piece. Two years later came
the issue of dimes, with the first golden
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
MAKING OUR MONEY.
PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH
METALS MUST PASS.
uncle Fam Boasts Perfect Mint at
Phiiad 81 phia-A Accuracy In Weight
and Fineness an Inn portant Requisite
-ss@e Facts Not Generally Known.
Facts About Coinage.

Facts About Coinage.
America Is proud Of Its Philadelphia
mint, which Is without doubt the best
equipped establishment of Its kind In
TIE world. An official OF the royal mint
q London, In visiting the Philadelphia
uint some years ago, announced that
we were fully one hundred years
ahead OF anything in this line. Here
you will find stores of bullion, immense
accumulations of wealth In the crude.
You see It stacked up here and there In
the shape OF bricks. If you had per-
mission you could not RUNWAY more
than $1,000 worth of the silver. The
Quaker City mint at present holds
11O7 100000 of these ingots, coining
value, which occupy the space of 120
cubic feet. In the treasury at Wash
rfngton and the subtreasury In various
cities there are 1856. 100000 coined sill
Sver dollars.
I Money making-that is, coming metal
began In this country 2S4 years ago.
I'm 1912 the Virginia company ordered
nm Issue of coins, and these were struck
ct Somer's islands, now called the Ber-
Inudas The earliest regular colonial
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

alternate days. Near here Is one Of the
many faults In the building. OF solid
masonry, several Of them are iron lined,
with double doors of the same metal
and most complicated and burglar
proof locks. 1t is estimated that from
$1,000, 100000 to $780, 100000 worth of
gold has been received and weighed in
this room.
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
fuxing material, is placed In pots, melt
ed and poured In iron molds, and when
cooled Is again taken to the deposit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

went east as a representative Of the
Chicago Athletic Association was Q
victory at Oconomowoc, Wis, when he
swan fast enough to justify the many
good opinions that were expressed
about him. Hart was born In London,
England, In 1870, and took to swim
ming naturally at an early age. He
showed such good form when 10 years
old that he was entered In the half-mile
race for the championship Of England.
He was not fast enough to finish better
than fourth, however, In large field.
That was considered an excellent per-
Torrance for so young man. He tried
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

town and aroused her relatives, upon
whose charity she was about to throw
herself. Her story was soon told, and
then came a hearty response. Early
next morning, sleepless with excite
ment, worn and wan with her efforts,
Mrs. Handerkin appeared at the Office
of Attorney w. II. Waste. On his
desk she counted out the money. AS
she got the receipt she told the story of
her ride in the silent moonlight. The
lawyer dismissed the case.
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end wedge shaped. After passing ~
melting room these bars reach the roll:
Ing room. Here the gold u subjected
to q terrific -rolIinE or drawing. and
the original ingot Is reduced ten times
It's size. Great care Is taken to an
neal the metal at short intervals, az 1t
becomes quite brittle after passing
through the intense pressure. When
the rolling Is completed the strip Ii
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-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

eoinnge was in Massachusetts, in pur-
suance of an order passed May 81, 1862.
The denominations of the coins were II
pence, 9 pence and 3 pence pieces,
which were put in immediate circula-
tion- There was also Massachusetts
epenny piece. One variety of this coin
age had what is known as pine tree,
another willow, and n third an oak.
The first coin of that colony was the
BOW famous pine tree shilling" Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

Young Athlete Who Has Obtained a
National Reputation.
Few athletes have attained the prom
inence of a national reputation in so
short time as Bertram A. Hart, who
won the championship of America In
the one mile swimming race at Wayne,
Pa, near Philadelphia. Before the
championship events at Wayne, Hart
was little known excepting In certain
parts of the West, although those who
knew him or had seen him perform in
the water realized he had a great
aquatic future before him. The best
thing be had done up to the time he
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

ting presses. There are a number Of
these very solidly built machines. Each
has vertical steel punch which works
in a round hole or matrix cut In solid
steel plate. The operator places one
end Of strip Of metal in the immense
jaws of the press and cuts out cou-
pie Of blanks, or, as they are called,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Animal Life.

Humboldt estimates that the number
Of animals Of the mammalia kind
tthose that suckle their young) is about
200; of birds, 1000; of insects, 10000:
Of reptiles, 700; or in all about 10000.
To Europe belong eighty of the man.
malta, 400 birds and thirty reptiles. In
the southern hemisphere, more particu-
larly In South America and Africa.
birds are five times more numerous
than the mammalia. In all countries Il
has been noticed that birds and reptiles
Increase In number toward the equator.
1t Is easier to be reformer than it
v to reform.