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sands Of his enthusiastic fellow country
men assembled on the docks and the har-
Dor was filed with every variety Of craft,
from kyak canoe to a steam launch, all
gayly decorated with bunting and silver
birch. As the Fran passed the point on
which his home Is located DIR. Nansen was
on deck to wave farewell salute to his
wife, who stood in front of the house,
clad in a dress of pure white. Salutes
of three guns were fired from the various
batteries as the Fran passed them on
her way to the perilous Arctic seas.
Various messages, some OF extremely
doubtful authenticity, have been receiv-
ed during the long interval since the ex-
pedition embarked. One of these was a
dispatch sent out from Christiania Dec.
q, 1895, which said that Mrs. Nansen had
received letter tied to carrier pigeon,
stating that DIR. Nansen and his venture
some associates were safe and that the
expedition was progressing satisfactorily.
The well-known fact that no pigeons were
taken in the Fran. together with lack OF
definiteness as to the location of the party,
combined to discredit in popular estima-
ton the authenticity of the letter.
April II last year great excitement was
Figaro of u dispatch that DR.. Nansen had
reached the north pole, planted flag of
caused by the publication in the Paris
Norway upon it and was returning in tri-
umph. This rumor was not generally
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All the powers except England have as
sented TO, the Sultan's proposal to recog-
nize Prince Ferdinand, Of Bulgaria.
Andrew Boyd. of Montreal. accused of
forgery and arson, was remanded,in Lon
don to await the arrival of extraditon
papers.
Two young women have been appoint
ed gardeners at Kew Gardens on condi.
ton that they wear trousers when at
work.
Emanuel Church. Lambeth. has just set
up an alabaster and green marble reredos.
carved by workingman in the congrega.
ton In memory of his wife.
Since Cambridge University admitted
women to the honor Of examina tons fif-
teen years ago go women have obtained
honors in mathematics. classics. morl
anG natural sciences. theology, history.
law and Oriental. medieval and mod
ern languages.
Admiral McClintock. in London inter
view. said he could not believe DIR. Nan
sen has discovered the north pole. III he
had succeeded in drifting around the pole.
he said the news could not come from the
Siberian side and the idea Of sledge
Journey was incredible on account Of the
distance to be trayersed.
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CROP REPORTS.
"Farmers' Review" Correspondents
Tell About Wheat and Rye.

Reports have been received from the
Farmers Review correspondents in ten
States on the condition Of winter whea I
and winter rye.
In Illinois the condition il at present
about fair, though presenting u great va.
riety of developments. In the counties
that report Il low condition. the present
state has been brought about by dry
fall and late seeding. In Indiana the
growth has been fair, but there has been
some damage by freezing and thawing.
Ohio reports Indicate the general condition
as fair TO poor. IA great deal of the wheat
not having made fair growth by reason
of dry fall. Some of the seed sown
did not come up at all. In Michigan the
crop is in better condition. and has been
covered with snow nearly all winter.
though the plant generally made little
growth in the fall. The condition in Ken
.tucky is hardly fair. at present. and in
some counties is very poor. Missouri
reports that in a good many counties the
plant is yet very small. 1t seems, how
ever, TO be healthy. and 10 have been in
jured little as yet by thawing and freez-
ing. In Kansas the present outlook for
wheat is good. Some localities report
freezing and thawing Of the crop. and
there may be some little loss on this ac-
count. Nebraska reports a general aver
age of fair. though in some counties the
outlook is very poor. In Iowa the crop is
very uneven. and the reports vary all the
way from very fair to very good. Wis
consin reports indicate that the general
condition for the State is low. Some
counties report good, but in many the
plant is in bad shape. Some counties have
planted very little winter wheat.
Winter rye is in fair to good condition
in Illinois. Indiana. Ohio. Michigan, poor
in Kentucky. fair in Missouri, generally
good in Kansas. fair to good in Nebraska,
Iowa and Wisconsin. In most of the
States the plant is small. on account OF
dry weather in the fall.
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SLAIN BY DYNAMITE.
Explosion Lays Part of Johannes
burg in Ruins.

Explosion Lays fart Oh JOHuuues-
burg in Ruins.
An explosion of dynamite has occurred
at Viendendorp and the poor quarter of
Johannesburg. Transvaal. has been
blown to pieces. The windows of every
house in the city were broken by the
force of the concussion. The scene of the
explosion IS thc old town and is fortunate
ly at distance from the main business
and residence portion of the city. 1t was
inhabited largely by Kaflirs. the dwellings
being of an inferior order for the most
part.
The explosion caused much excitement
at first because of the recent disturbances
in the Transvaal and the fear that it
might have been due 10 a political coup.
out of the guards 10 see that no violence
followed the wreck. The cause was soon
learned and the excitement subsidized in a
measure. 1t rose again when the fearful
nature of the catastrophe became known.
The portion of the city demolished was
thickly populated. although there were
comparatively few whites who lived
there. The dynamite which caused the
catastrophe tilled eight trucks. which
We're being shunted. The explosion caused
an immense hole thirty feet deep. Every
house within "A radius Of half Il mile Of the
explosion was raZed 10 the ground. Forty
dead, nearly all terribly mutilated. have
been taken from ruins. Two hundred OF
the most severely injured were admitted
to the hospital, where several died.
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credited by scientists or navigators and
was not confirmed by any subsequent
and reliable information from the plucky
party of Arctic explorers. Other alleged
news from DIR. Nansen mas been publishey
from time to time. One dispatch, bearing
date of March 4, 1885, was sent from
London and contained the statement that
a letter had been received at Hammer
fest Norway, dated at Kjollefjord Feb.
24. This letter contained the statement
that balloon had been sighted by q
telegraph inspector. located between Ile-
besy and Langfjord, and that ii doubtless
contained a message from Nansen.
The last reliable information from the
explorer was dispatch from Vardoe,
dated Aug. 23, 1893, and signed by Chara-
bowa, stating that the Fran was about
to enter the Kara sea.
Nansen's Arctic Theory.
Since his twenty second year DR.. Nan
sen has been contemplating crossing the
north pole, and with that end in view has
been diligently studying the Arctic ocean
currents. He noticed the two large cur
rents flowing down the coast of Green
land out of the polar regions. Approx
mate calculations showed that an enor-
nous quantity of water was thus trans
ported southwardly. OF course it would
be impossible for the polar ocean to con-
tinue to yield such great volumes Of water
unless similar streams were somewhere
flowing into it, DIR. Nansen sought their
source on the opposite side of the pole off
the coast of Siberia, where he discovered
great current which moved steadily
toward the pole. Not only did the water
flow toward the pole, but the thick ice
crust was carried by the stream in the
same direction. The idea struck DIR. Nan
sen that it would be possible to drift
across the pole starting off the coast of ST.
IBERIA and coming out by way of Green
land. This idea was strengthened by
the result of James Gordon Bennett s
Jeanette expedition of 1928.
DIR. Nansen considered this theory dem
onstrated and reasoned that If he could
have placed himself upon the stores lost
by the Jeanette he would have crossed
with them the polar sea. But this is far
from the only proof OF a transpolar cur
rent. Every week large quantities of
driftwood arrive on Spitzbergen island
and Greenland coasts by the polar route
from Siberia. In this way the Eskimo is
provided with all the wood he needs for
houses, tools and fire. Without it he
could not exist. Furthermore, DIR. Nam
sen caused experts to examine the earth
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mouths in latitude 10 degrees north and
longitude 1871 degrees east of Greenwich.
Ust Yacht, or Ust Yansk, is oneof these.
In fact, Ust, or Ost is the Russian name
for the mouth of a river. Ust Iansk is
only little more than 100 miles from
Liakov island. which is one of the new
Siberian islands. The mouth of the Yana
is considerably over 100 miles east of the
Lena delta.
The ill-fated jeanette was crushed in
the ice in - degrees II minutes north
latitude and 15j degrees east longitude on
June 13. 1881. This point is TO the north
east of the New Siberian islands. Those
of the expedition who reached land came
500 miles in boats and sleds to do il. Their
point of arrival was west and north of
Ust Iansk.
When Lieut.. Peary was seen at New
York and asked whether in his judgment
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any reliance was to be placed on the re-
port that DR.. Nansen had reached the
north pole and is now returning he
promptly replied that what with the mea-
gerness Of the dispatch, the locality from
which the news comes, and the season, it
does not seem to him as likely to be au-
thentic. DIR. Nansen, if his theory in re-
gard to the current be correct, Lieut..
Peary said, would not be likely to ever
get back in that direction. He expected
to cross the pole and 20 come out some
where on the east coast of Greenland.
If Nansen or any of his party is where
II is said he is. the Lieutenant thought the
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-NANSEN ANDTHEPOL
NORWEGIAN EXPLORERS sue.
CESS NOT CONFIRMED.
Report Reaches ST. Petersburg that
the Daring Navigator Has Found
tho Poie-News Not Authentic, and
Scientists Are Skeptical.
Further News Aw aited.

The reported north pole discovery by
DIR. Nansen is being given much atten-
ton by the press, but scientists generally
are inclined TO be skeptical, without de-
nying the possibilities or truth of the re-
port. The story comes as a telegram from
Irkutsk, Siberia, and says that Sibe-
rian trader named Kouchnareff. agent of
DIR. Fridtjef Nansen, the Norwegian ex-
plorer, who sailed in the Fran June ~.
1893, for the Arctic regions, has received
information that DIR. Nansen reached the
north pole. found land there, and is now
returning toward civilization.
The news from DIR. Nansen was receiv-
ed at Irkutsk from Ust Yacht, at the
mouth of the Yana river. The Yana river
falls into the Arctic ocean 10y several
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there for twenty-four hours all these
germs died 1t naturally occurred to
them that If carbolic acid would kill germs
outside the body it would kill them inside,
and the conclusion that if they could kill
all the germs in the body they could de-
stroy the cause of the disease and thus
cure the latter was apparent. The ex-
pertinent was promptly tried. The result
was some of those in whom these injec
tons were put developed assesses at the
point of injection. Far more, however
were poisoned by the acid and the idea
had to be given up. 1t was too fascinat-
ing. though. Declat of Paris made a
mixture of one part of the acid to one
hundred of water and, putting in little
salt, continued the injections, getting from
them larger percentage of cures.
AseptOIiu Is Produced.
Dr. Edison had his attention directed
to this subject in the early part of 1895,
and after Il long and tedious experiment
produced a fluid which he called aseptolin.
1t is perfectly colorless, looks like crys-
tai, and smells strongly of carbolic acid.
1t contains 2.1j per cent of carbolic acid.
and to every ounce of it there is added
One-hundredth of a grain of n new salt
discovered by DR.. Edison during his work
"a salt called pilocarpin-phenyl-hyd
ide. The aseptolin is injected under the
skin and thus directly into the blood. The
dose is 100 minms, or drops, injected with
"A hypodermic syringe once in twenty
four hours.
Now, what happens after the injection
III the total amount of blood in the per-
son be remembered il will be seen that
after the injection the blood becomes a
liquid, having one part of carbolic acid to
from 100 to 1.oOO parts of blood In
other words it is liquid from 2 to 2Ih
times as strong with the acid as was the
one to 5000 solution which killed the cul-
tivated germs. The circulation of the
blood applies this calboic solution to
every part of the body many times in an
hour. Wherever there is disease and the
germs which cause it that spot is being
continually washed with this carboic
solution, in which no germ can live more
than FIVE hours.
Tuberculosis-cons germ
disease, being caused by what are called
tubercle bacilli.N
DIR. Edison discovered aseptolin in Sep
rember, 1895. To date. according to the
doctors statement, 217 persons having
consumption have been treated with it.
OF these, four showed no Improvement
and OF the four one died. The rest, 213,
showed improvement. OF these, twenty
three have been discharged cured. sixty.
seven will. in the opinion of the physi.
clans having the cases, be discharged
cured. making ninety in all. In ninety.
one cases the patients have been under
treatment for too short time to enable
the attending physicians to say anything
except. The patients are better" I'm
thirty-two cases the improvement was
only temporary. but this record means
about 40 per cent of cures, and these cases
have been those Of patients with the dis
ease in all stages.
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Mrs. Brown was an elderly lady,
quite deaf, and somewhat inclined to
loci upon this world as vale Of tears.
A neighbor. passing the house one
day. and seeing the old lady sitting by
an open window, greeted her with un-
usual warmth, hoping to bring n smile
to her doleful countenance.
Good morning" she screamed. This
is very fine weather we're having"
"Yes." replied Mrs. Brown, but I
can't eat with 'em yit.''
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message should come direct from him. At
the time this Is written the report has
not yet been confirmed and cannot be
considered authentic.
Sailing of the FRAN.
DIR. Nansen and his crew of eleven men
sailed out Of the port of Christiania at
uoon on the oath of June, 1893. Thou
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CURE FOR PHTHISIS.
"ASEPTOliN" SAID TO BE A
CERTAIN REMEDY.
Dr. Edson Discovers Benefcent Form
Of Carboiic Acid-It Kills Germs,
but Does Not Harm the Human Tis-
sues.
Encouraging Number of Recoveries

Encouraging Mum ber of Recoveries.
DIR. Cyrus Edison, ex-commissioner OF
health for the city and county OF New
York, announces that he has discovered
a remedy for consumption. Already he
declares. many victims of the dread dis
ease have been cured by it. In the
last issue of the Medical Record, under
the caption "A Rational Treatment for
Phthisis Pulmonalis, Together With
Some Notes on New Remedial SOlu-
tion," the doctor gives a description
of his discovery The name of the new
remedy is "Aseptolin." 1t is a beneficient
form of the ordinarily dangerous carbolic
acid and is injected under the skin, by
which operation it finds its way into the
blood and to the seat of disease. Upon
authority of Prof Henry A. Mott, asep-
tolin is composed as follows:
Water ................ .97.2411 per cent
Phenol .............. 2.74O1 per cent
Pilocarpin-phenyl-hy
ide .................. O.lSS per cent
In order to understand DIR. Edson's dis
covery it is necessary to remember that
Pasteur and Koch discovered and estab-
hshed the fact that germ diseases had as
their ultimate cause the presence in the
body of minute organisms, called germs,
microbes and the like. 1t was not long
before these germs were cultivated. as it
was called.
Having these cultivated colonies, scien-
titic men made many experiments. They
found disinfectants would kill these germs.
They found, for example, that if a mix
ture of one part phenol or carbolic acid
to three e-thousand parts of water were
foated over a colony of germs and left
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1t is stated that movement is under
way by large stockholders in the United
States wall paper trust to dissolve that
corporation because OF its failure to pass
any dividends since last April on SS,OOO,-
600 of preferred stock.
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The total amount received and for
warjed to Turkey for relief work thus
far by Frank II. Wiggin, assistant treas
urer of the American board, is $70,022. 50.
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As the result Of Secretary Chamber
kin's representations, Messrs. Philips.
Farrar and Fitzpatrick and Col. Rhodes
have been released on bail at Johannes
burg by the Transvaal authorities.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-02-27

After having been aground of Fire
Island for nearly a week the Wilson Line
steaher Otranto has been Hoated.
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and rocks found on the ice which drifts
along the Greenland coast, and II was de-
cided that these were identical with those
Of Siberia and must have drifted on the
ice across the pole.
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SCORES DIE in A MINE
NEWCASTLE, COL, SCENE or
THE DISASTER.

Gas Explosion i'm the Vulcan Rends
the Earth and Entombs sixty Work.
men-Nauseating Fumes Repel Res.
cuers-Not Soul Escapes.
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A lie that is half truth Is ever the
blacklist OF lies.--Iennyson.
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venezuela's export trade with New
York reaches s5,000,0O0 q year.
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Long a Death Tran.

With report that shook Elk mountain
to its base and caused the neighboring
peaks to totter apd reel, the Vulcan mine
at Newcastle. Colo. went up in smoke
Tuesday morning and sixty lives were sac
rificed.
The following are all the names of min
ers known to be at work that can be OBJ
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DANISH Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH = Rev.
A. Henrit.y. Pastor. Services every Sunday 80
1880 a. IN. and : y. m, and every Thursday AZ
7:3o D. M. Sunday School at 2 y. IN.
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CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. Il. NJ. No. l02 :
Meets every saturday evening.
A. MCKAY, Com.
T. NOLAN II. X
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CRAWLING LODGE, /. o. o. T., No. 1y7. :
Meets every Tuesday evening
J. PATTERSON, N. g.
NJ. SIMPSON, Sec.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-RsvA A. u. Akosse9
Pastor Services every Sunday morning and
evening ~ the usual hour. Sunday school foi-
lowing morning ser vice Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening
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ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.-FatheS
II. Webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
in each month.
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CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF EAST
ERN STAR, o. 80, meets Monday evening on
or before the full of the moon.
DIR. ETTE RgADEN, ". NJ.
JOSIE TAYLOR, see.
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COURT CRAWLING, 1. o. F., No 79o.-Meeta
second and last Wednesday OF each month.
j. WooDBURN, G. T.
ERE BELL, X. =.
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-~~N~>D~~~o~-~~~~o>~~ >~~~~>~~>~c~~~~~~~~~>
n. 4. CHURCH-Rsv. r. L. Cops. Pastor.
Services at 10 80 O'Clock a. m. and ~ pm. Sun,
day school ut IL N. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 7,a o'clock. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rsv A. II. .Akosse5
Pastor Services every Sunday morning and
evening ~ the usual hour. Sunday school fol-
lowing morning ser vice. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening.
DANISH Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH = Rev,
A. HenrIt2y Pastor. Services every Sunday 80
1880 a. IN. and y. m, and every Thursday az
7:3o y. M. Sunday School at 2p m
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. w. Ii. Mawhorter, Pastor. Services every
Sunday at ,:G0 p. m, and alternate Sundays AZ
10:3) a. IN. Sunday-school at 2 p. m.
ST. MARy's CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Fathes
II. Webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
in each month.
GpAYLING LODGE. No. $50. =. h A. NJ
meets in regular communication ON Thursday
evening on OF before the fall Of the moons
NJ. A. BATES, w. NJ.
i A. TAYLOR. Secretary.
MARVIN POST. No. 40, q. A. r., meets the
second and fourth Saturdays in each month.
w. s. CHALKER Post Com.
J.J. COVENTRY, Adiutant.
WOMEN RELIEF CORPS. No. 162. meets ON
the I'd and 4th Saturdays az , o'clock in the AZ
ternoon. MRS. n. f. HANSON, President.
REBEccA wIGHT Sec
GRAlLING CHAPTER, r.. A. NJ. No. 121.--
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
W. II. BENKLEMAN, h. =.
A. TAYLOR, sec.
CRAWLING LODGE, l. o. o. T., No. 49,
Meets every Tuesday evening
j. PATTERSON, N. q.
NJ. SIMPSON, Sec.
CRAVE cRD TENT, X. O. r. NJ. No. 102 :
Meets every saturday evening.
A. MCKAY, Com.
T. NOLAN, r. X.
CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF FAST
ERN STAR, o. 80, meets Monday evening on
or before the full of the moon
DR. ETTE RgADEN, ". NJ
JOSIE TAYLOR, sec.
COURT CRAWLING, 1. o. F., No 7oO.-Meeta
second and iast Wednesday OF each month.
j. WooDBURN. G. T.
ERE BELL, X. =.
CRAWLING HIVE. No. -, i. o. 4. M.-Meets
every first and third Wednesday of each month
JULIE1TE BUTLER, Lady CON-
POLLY CRoTooN, Record Keeper.
LEBANON CAMP, No. 2i. W. o. w--Meets in
regular session every Monday evening
GEO. ii. 'BoNNELB, Counsel Com.
HARRY EVANS, Clerk.
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Matteve, August,
Merchant, Chas.,
McCourty, Frank,
Morris, Dan,
Patricio, Peter,
Patricio, Antonio,
driver,
Rache, Philip,
Reno, Alex,
Rolando, Andrew,
Rosetti, Domenic.
B. Scaife, John,
!, Scaife, Alex,
Settiger, Robert.
Simonic, Frank.
Sigimual, Peter,
Tappero, Peter,
Tappero, Antonio,
Tossio, Frank,
Ward, George,
WEIGH, Edward,
Webb, William.
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Addison, Tom,
Becker, Peter,
Bodanski, Fred,
home in Illinois.
Chowchett, b.,
Cottle, Ben. Jr.,
Coughlin. John,
Dorr, Abel.
Dorr, Joseph,
Dorr, VIII,
Evans, David j..
Funke, John, and 1:
ycar-old son Emil
Ginotti. Louis,
EIagerty, William,
Harrison. James,
jenkins, Jack
Jones. Sam.
Lawigan. Thomas,
Lecce, Gabriel,
Magenta, Peter,
Martino. Antonio,
Matteno, Domenic,
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CRAWLING HIVE, No. "a, i. o. I. M.-Meets
every first and third Wednesday of each month.
JULIE1TE BUTLER, Lady Com.
POLLY CRoTooN Record Keeper.
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1896-05-13
SOM 3 POINTS ON SILVER.
The Real Cost of Production is not
Known.
Few Thoughts in Relation to AN In
ternatiOnal Agreement.

We are told that silver is cheaper than
formerly because it costs less to produce
it.
This is bald assumption. No one
knows what it costs to produce either
gold or silver in the aggregate; bat in
teligent investigators believe that they
both cost great deal more than they
are worth after they are produced.
Mining for the precious metals is very
largely game OF chance Occasionally
there is rich find, and the lucky miner
amasses fortune very quickly. This
stimulates Others, who waste both time
and money in vain search. Every esti-
mate OF the cost OF production is based
upon productive mines only. Norccord
has ever been kept OF the countless days
OF labor spent in prospecting, or the un-
told millions OF money expended upon
so-called mines that were simply shafts
and tunnels.
Nothing could more conclusively de-
monstrate the recklessness of the gold
champion han the attempt to show that
silver has fallen in value because Of re-
duced cost in producing, when there is
not all authoritative record eXtant which
pretends to give the cost. There is no
doubt that given amount OF mining
development can now be performed with
less money than twenty years ago; but
that is owing rather to the general fall
OF prices, than to improvements in min
ing processes. Moreover it applies to
gold mining just as much as to silver.
A very large proportion OF the gold and
the silver produced are found together,
in the somemine, in the same ore, and
are extracted by the same identical pro-
cess. Still they tell us that gold is
worth 500 an ounce because it costs that
amount to produce it, while silver is
only worth 6S cents, because it can be
produced at that cost.
A few years ago prominent gold ad,
vocates were busiy engaged proving
that silver could be produced for iron
IA to II cents an ounce" According
to the theory OF labor cost, 1t shoulC
only have been worth IA to II cents al
ounce. But it so happens that it wa