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GOLD IN THE TRANSVAAL,
The Average Product Per Ton IL Very
Small, bat Still Proatable.-

The Average Product Per Ton IL Very
Small, bat Still Profitable.
From the Review Of Reviews.
Meanwhile there are many notable mines
worked with large profit. whose ores are of
surprisingly low value. In the Deadwood-
Terra mine in South Dakota it costs but
$1.25 per ton to mine and mill the ore and
famous Treadwell mine, in Alaska, the av-
erage total cost last year was about ST. 30
a ton, nfnetythree cents for mining and the
balance for milling. treatment and shipping
the bullion to market. These are, of course
exceptional instances. and. in general, In
this country at least. the rock must carry at
least half an ounce Of gold to be treated with
profit. Nevertheless. this limit is being grad
ually reduced. not merely in this country
but everywhere over the earth. Five years
ago the average amount Of gold per ton
from the mines of the Transvaal was
twenty-five pennyweights. or above an
ounce. Today this average is not more than
seven or eight pennyweights. or 81 or s. in
the ton, and still the mines are worked to
enormous profit: Probably nowhere else has
mining been reduced to so fine an art; no.
where else are such wonderful machinery
and mechanical devices to be found Par
entheticaily. it is not unworthy of note that
the brains which have developed the South
African mines. alike with the machinery
these brains have employed. have come
from the United States. South Africa has
found its best mining and engineering
talent, and it's machinery as WELL not in
England, where its mines are owned but in
this country.
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From the Minneapolis News
"A scotch tradesman, who had amassad
as he believed, $4,000, was surprised at his
Old clerk showing by balance sheet that
MS fortune was f6tr). 1T Gamma be; count
again, said the old man. The clerk did
count again, and again declared the bal
ance 10 be f6,OU0
The master himself counted. and he also
brought out clear balance of f6.OW Time
after time he cast up the columns; it was
sun six. and not four. that rewarded
ms iabors. So the old merchant. on the
strength of his good fortune, modernized
ms mouse, and put money in the purse OF
tne carpenter, the painter and the up-
hoisterer Still. however, he had a lurking
doubt OF the existence of the extra foMue:
SO one winter night he sat down to give the
Columns one count more
At the close of the task he jumped I'm
as though he had been galvanized. and
rushed out in a shower of rain to the house
OF the clerk. who. capped and drowsy, put
out his head from an attic window at the
sound OF the knocker. mumbling: who's
there. and what dye want" 'Ye scoun-
drei. exclaimed his employer "Ye'ye add
ed the year of our Lord amang the poons:,
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oy Judge Cole. in April. 1894. to fifty years
Imprisonment. twenty years of the sentence
being suspended.
The penitentiary officials. or some of
them. at least, believe that this most
wonderfully successful criminal is insane
or 1ast becoming SO. and It would not
be less than mercifui for the proper oti-
Gals OF the government. whose prisoner
he Is, to have an investigation made of the
mans mental condition. At his trial he
was declared. by medical testimony to be
capable of understanding right from wrong
and Ii may be that he is feigning.
Moore. Cros. and Taylor.
There Is another District prisoner about
whose mental condition there is a difference
of opinion. and that unfortunate being,
The Star man observed. wore chain and
heavy bail. He is ''lifer." as one serving
a life sentence is called in the prison, a
negro. and as Sam Moore was well known
in Washington police circles as a most
desperate criminal. In the fall of 1881,
while prisoner in the District Jail, Moore,
young man. by the way. killed another
prisoner. Henry Jarndorf. by striking him
over the head with a shovel
He was sentenced by Judge Bradley to
be hanged January H. 1892. but President
Harrison commuted the sentence to one of
Efe imprisonment. Moore wears the ball
and chain because of an assault on one Of
the penitent;ary officers and is kept hard
at work making shoe brushes at a little
StaHu directly IN front of the officer in
charge of the shop. He is a most dangerous
man. according to the officers. and it is be-
iteVed he is suffering from insanity with a
hom;c.dai tendency.
another Iife-term man noticed was VIM
ID. Cross. the colored man who escaped the
gallows in 1898 by a Communication of SEN
tence for the murder of his wife in the fail
OF 1883. He IS employed in the shirt-making
department, where the men are seated at
sewing machines run by steam He looked
Wen. and near him was seated Thomas J.
Taylor, the young white man who was
sentenced last July to be hanged here for
wife murder. Taylor did not appear to be
SO well. looking pale and thin.
Appearances Arc DeceftfuI
Just across from them was seated n
young boyish-looking fellow. small and
slight, with a most innocent air He was
threading needles. and the reporter was
not little astonished to learn that he was
man who came to the prison with a repu-
tation for daring and criminal deeds sec
ond to none ever received there. The in
nocent-look:ng young fellow was the no.
tor:ous Bill Cook, who was sentenced in
western court about year ago to nearly
fifty years imprisonment, having been con-
victed of about all the crimes in the cal
endar of the wild and wooliy west.
The man sitting next to Cook was a
heavy-browed. ugly-featured. desperate
looking .be:ng. and out of mere curiosity
The Star man inquired what his offense
was. expecting. of course. to learn that 1t
was murder or some kindred crime He
that he had only been convicted of petty
larceny. And further inquiries developed
the fact that in penitentiaries, as else
where, appearances are deceitfui.
Evening star., 1896-03-07
WILD HORSES IN AUSTRALIA.
Methods Employed TO Capture These
Animals.
From Chambers journal

From Chambers Journal.
AS a rule the herds number from ten to
twelve made up of mares ard one stallion.
No stallion will allow another stallion in his
Eerd, and stubborn fights frequently occur
between horses owing to this. The beaten
males. after being expelled. join herds ex-
clusively of stations. On any herd being
sighted by hunters, a good idea can gen
orally be formed by the experienced man as
to which route the animals will take in their
way to the rugged hills for which they in
variably make when disturbed A scheme
is mapped out to cut them off. If possible.
ana the party scatters each TO take up his
allotted position. OF course. while doing
ms every advantage Is taken Of the natural
inequalities OF the ground, so as to esc9f,e
observation. When the alarm is given how
ever, all need :or caution is al an end and
each hunter puts his steed to fun gallop.
The stallion, the head OF the herd belIiy
comes out to meet him, and cndes vors TO
distract attention from the rest
In some rare instances he is lassoci and
captured at once. but he generally manages
10 reloin his wives, which by this time have
tfooped into single file, with his favorite
mare in the lead. Should the herd he turned
and get into difficulties, the stallion takes
UP ms position in the van and the great
object is to cut him off from the rest, Should
this be accomplished. both he and the mares
become confused, and the lassoers often
manage to make two or three per ma, In
stances have been known where horses have
been thrown to the ground by the hunters
giving violent jerk to the animals tail
wnen 1t was making an abrupt turn. When
tniS quarry is brought down, either by this
method or the use of the lasso, the rider
Jumps from his steed, whips "bl;n!er'' "a
handkerchief is used when there is nothing
else procurable) over the PROSTATE horse'a
eyes and straps up one of his foreiees So
curelE. Ii this is properly done the animal
may safety be left until called for" for no
horse thus secured can stray far
Should man be SO unlucky as to capture
branded horse or foal running with
branded mare, he cannot keep it, but all
others become the property of the hun-er
ana after they undergo a rough-and- ready
process OF breaking in, are sold at prices
ranging from 25s. to f15. The latter Jigure
is, however, seldom reached unless in the
case of exceptionally fire stations. Great
numbers of these horses die from starvation
In the winter time. but still the herds show
no signs of diminution.
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There II No CnbeIief.

There Is 10 rnbelief.
WhOeHe er plants a seed beneath the sod
And waits to see 1t push away the clod.
Trusts he In God
There il no Cnbelief.
whoever says when clouds are in the sky
BE patient, teart. light breakcth by and bv
Trusts the most High.
There is no Cnbelief.
whoever sees meath winters fields of snow
The Silent harvests Of the future grow
Gods power must know.
There Is 10 Unbelief,
whoever lies down on his couch to sleep
Content to lock each sense in sluunber deem
Knows God will keep
There Is no Unbelief,
whoever says tomorrow, the unknown,
1ne future, trusts that power alone
He dare disOwn.
There Is 10 Cnbclicf.
The he.rt that looks on when dear ,yeIds c,oso
And dares to live when life has only woes.
Gods comfort knows.
The re is no Unhelief.
For thus By day and night unconsciorsiy
The heart lives by that faith the lips DENY
God knOweth why.
LIZZIE YORK CASE
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A Soft AnAWer.

From Harper's Magazine.
Young Sloan was ever noted for his per-
feet breeding. and though as a college
student he was sometimes a trifie the worse
for late supper. he never forgot to be
true to his code. On one such occasion.
after most determined effort to enter a
house which he believed his own. he was
met at the door by the scantily attfred
master of the mansion with information as
to his whereabouts. and the added news
that the householder had a sick wife and
child upstairs. who had been disturbed.
Sloan made abject apologies. and depart
ed; but his home seemed to elude him. and
again the same irate householder was
brought TO his door by Sloam's knocks for
admission.
Didn't l tell you this was my housey'
cried the indignant man. "And don't Won
remember that my wife and child are ill.,
remember perfectly" answered Sloan.
sObered for the moment. "and 1 merely re-
turned, sir, to ask how they were getting
along"
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I
Curing the war. or for some cotton in the
possession OF loyal families which was sent
north and sold. and the proceeds of which
sale are row in the treasury. This gentle.
man. or one OF his kind. turns up at every
congress. and is frequently supplemented
by dainty little woman in black, soft OF
speech. persuasive of tongue and with a
world of trouble in her past
IL sometimes happens that this war
Claims man has colleague from north of
Mason and Dixon's line Substantial
Dutch bursher of one of the Pennsylvania
border counties. who suffered when the con-
iederates made their dash for Gettysburg
This latter gentleman is utterly unable to
understand why his claim is Eot paid, be-
cause there cannot be the slightest imputa-
ton upon his loyalty. and he feels sure tina,
the government Is responsible for the loss
OF his weli-filled. high-roofed, red Dutch
federate hordes swept through the countv
and for the sleek cattle that fell under the
raiders knife. and the sturdy horses upon
which they rode off after their work of de-
vaStation.
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The New Calling Card.

From the New York Herald
An effort is being made by those who de-
sire variety to introd ice the fashion in
vogue thirty years ago OF having names on
calling cards put in Roman letters. Howl
Ing swells have their cards engraved in
this style. 1t Is more expensive than the
old-fashiobed script. Certain conservatives
Of the fashion able world look askance AZ
these cards engraved in Roman letters. for
no matter how exqusitely they ere executed
they suggest at filst glance common print
ing. However, il you wish to be very fit,
have thin card embelishei with Ysur
name in snail Roman capitals
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indulged in is the effort to have Congress
acknowledge some flower as national en-
blen. Tie rose, panSy, golden rod ana
the lowly jimson weed have often been ad-
vocated, and it is surprising what bitter
ress of feeling is engendered between the
advocates Of the several flowers. Several
yecrs age Mr.. Butler of Iowa introduced
bill making the pansy the national flower,
and from that day to this he has been
known as Psi sy'' Butler. There are also
the people who want Congress to insert
the word God in the Constitution, and
the people who make it their business to
see that this is not done. They watch each
other like hawks, so afraid that one side
will steal march and accomplish its
full purpose. The prohibition crank is a
constant visitor. He thinks that the liquor
question can be settled for all time by
the passage of bill prohibiting it's sale
ard manufacture in the United States. So
impressed is this man with the simplicity
of the scheme and 50 irritated that Con-
gress will not see 1t his way and effect the
reform that he soon wears himself out
chafing against the stiff-necked and de-
generate Congress, and goes his way to
give place to another. The dangerous
crank is an occasional visitor. but as soon
as he makes his presence known ne is
promptly elected.
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nded as No Remedy Of Any Kind Eve
Thousands Whom It Has Made Well.
Prescribed by the .Ablest
Every City in America.

indorsed by the best practitioners every city OF
America 1t has been go enthusiastically recon-
incndpd by grateful men and women in every walk
"t ne that it is today in every the most
popular remedy in the world.
It. has proven itself so easily the greatest of all
spring medicines making the weak strong and the
lhiirm we'll. that In the big cities. New York,
chicago. Philadelphia. Boston, st. Louis and the
rest, the leading newspapers making their own can
Fasses again this year. have found that the de-
hi:nd Tor Pane's celery compound far surI,asses
that Of all other remedies as the curative rower OF
this great compound surpasscs that Of all others
together.
Paines celery compound taken during the early
spring days. has more than its usual remark
able efficacy in making people Well. 1t makes
short work OF all diseases of debility and nervous
exhaustion. II rapidly drives cut neuralgia sleep
iessness. dyspepsia ard rheuma tism from the sys-
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tEey all kroW him and his little
story and Know the Congressman he
wants to see. Everybody is kind TO
the Old fellow, and it IS seldom that the
congressman try to dodge him. The trou-
b!e with his case is that there are so many
others Ike II. equally deserving. and maybe
CT longer standing. The Congressman has
lots OF the same kind in his own district
tut the Grand Army button that the old
fellow carries in MS lapel, the faded
blue coat which he wears, is the omen
sesame 20 give nim patient audience with
ali congressman. After a while this old
soldier Will give it up and go home to
await the committees action on his bill
having. perhaps. interested some member
IN its fate. but his place Will be taken by
another ore, and after him another. SO
that there is always contingent of the
same class on hand.
Ever since the war a familiar figure has
haunted the corridors of the Capitol He
hs,S not been the same person all the time
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dren years before he looked for the remedy Painas
celery compound was the of his entire pr,,-
iessional Hfe A fitting memorial TO life Of hard
study and close observation remedy that ,h..
wofid could not lose today, at any price,
Take advantage Of the remarkable power of this
greatest of all remedies for restoring vigor 10 the
blood and strength 10 the system In ;hes.
hrst days OF spring has every chance for getting
we'll Don't neglect it.
Paine's celery compound calms and equalzes all
the nervous tissues and induces the body 10 tax.
on solid flesh II purifes the blood is so clearly
shown by the rapid clearing Of the skin Of all ey-
denccs Of bad humors within. II is an infai!fl,ls
relief for salt rheum, eczema and all blood diseases
Physicians recognize Paine's celery compound ns
The one scientific spring remedy. and IL Is uni
versaly prescribed by them wherever there is
need OF a vigorous and prompt restoring Of health
aid strength to the WORKOUT system.
Evening star., 1896-03-07

ten. 1t removes that lassitude, or tired feeling
which betOkens weakened nerves and pocr blood
Orerwsrked and tired women but class
OF persons who in urgent need OF this wonderful
remedy to make and keep them well. Business
men who are not sleeping soundly. shop girls made
pale and sickly by long hours of indoor work, and
the countless sufferers from dyspepsia, kidney and
liver trouble need the invigorating effect Paine
celery compound now that spring, with ali its dan
gers. Is at hand Its preeminence health
maker comes from its extraordinary powers of SUP
plying appropriate nutriment to the blood nerves
and brair.
Just as the great lawyer studies each of his
cases till he knows it every side and in every
possible aspect. so Prof. Edward +. Phelps. Md.
Lib, OF Dartmouth College, the dscoyerer OF
Paines cele-y compound. had studied the nerves
in health and disease, when Well nourisAed and
when under-nourished in and women and chil-
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Jib. as the sailors say. The persons them
selves may change. but the types they
represent do not. Death and the muta-
tions of time OF circumstances may shift
the actors themselves, but their parts are
always represented. and the play is con-
stantly on the boards.
All day long they surge through the Cap
itol on the stream of humanity that sweeps
along the corridors. or remain stationary
in inches and hooks. like driftwood caught
In a sluggish -shoreward eddy. Here you
will see some of them standing for hours,
watching and waiting for the Congress
man whom they will not see If the Con-
gresham sees them first. There are 9TH
ers who do not haunt the corridors
with wiStful face and despairing step, but
who sally boldly in. and are greeted effu-
sively. joyously and with enthusiasm by
the Congressman. as he stumbles over OF n
ers to get to them.
One of the stock characters at the Capt.
tol is the old soldier. the applicant for a
pension an increase of pension. He is
Evening star., 1896-03-07
Tho Mnr.i PnIit

The Ward PDliticiaR. with eagerness
The politician is gentleman of f1orid COM
plexion, suspiciously dark hair wears a
shirt and collar of somewhat pronounced
stripe. About lunch time you will see the
two in the restaurant. with'a big porter
house steak and bottle of ale for the pol
itician and a more modest lunch for the
Congressman. while the talk of ward and
county matters goes on.
Out In Statuary Hall. in a corner filled
with chairs and sofas, you will often find
Evening star., 1896-03-07

or may be urging a pension case them
selves, or be urging action on that long
standing claim, which will very likely still
be shunted back and forth between the
committees of the House and Senate long
after the claimant is dead and gone.
A constant visitor is the old lady whose
wayward son has enlisted in the army and
is repenting his rash act at leisure while
efforts are being made through the Congress-
men to get'the Secretary of War to order the
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young's mans dis
charge.
Another visitor
in this ladies' re-
ception room is
the young woman
who wants a posi-
ton in the depart
ments. There is a
prevailing impress
sion among many
that she is always
beautiful, Viv a
cioUs and bewitch-
ing, but this is not
necessarily t h e
case. Plain girls
a r e sometimes
poor and In need
of " ork. The
chances are ten to
one that the young
woman will sup
port two or three
otuer nconIa nr
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Cn Fhf1r BFfdnF Tour. ua!Iy cFlmb the
long. winding stairs to the dome. This is
an ideal journey for d bride and groom
There are any number of obscure turns on
the stairway where a hasty kiss can be
stolen. and the participators emerge into
the lght looking pleased and foolish. 1t Is
a fact frequently observed and commented
upon. although never explained, that bridal
couple at the Capitol cannot stand for five
minutes looking at painting but that their
hands will inStinctively meet, and with fin
gers entwined and uplifted gaze, they look
the picture of trusting innocence.
The crank, of course, is always on hand
Usually he is harmless, although some
times he IS not A great many people,
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mistakable propr:-
etary interest in
the legislator and
would n OF miss
S e e i n g him for
anything. He is
often accompanied
by his wife. and
sends in his card
and waits with an
expectant air, as
though anticipat-
ing a hearty well
come and effusive
gr e G I i n g from
the Congressman,
VINO ne I h / n k 8
will surely be glad
TO meet him. and
fattered at his
calling upon him.
The chances are
the Congressman
VIII send ord
that he is out and
skip into the lobby
to smoke a cigar
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uIilll the honest granger disappears. If.
however. the visitor is a man Of conseuuenc q,
IN ms neighborhood known to the Congress.
man the latter will come forth in a hurry
anu escort the delighted granger to the re-
served gallery. whence ne will point to
MN the dlgnitaries upon the floor OF the
rouse or Senate and there leave him in a
state OF awe and admra ton.
Like the poor. whom we have aIv,ys with
us. IS the disappointed office seeker at tba
Capitol He is there every day: .hopeful in
the forenoon. detected in the afternoon 80
oespairins in the evening. but con,ice ar,in
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perhaps educate a younger brother or sis
ter, and she is in dead earnest about her
application.
\ CHEEKY sight is tine honest farmer who
drops into the Capitol on visit to Washing
ton or the east, and must cali upon his men,
Der. Although he may reside hundred miles
away from the Congressman's home and
never have laid eyes upon him, he feels an. un-
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find for him. He is not a man to be made
fun of, for his case is too serious When he
goes down the great marble steps at the
ciose CT another fruitless days effort you
could not look into his face and read the
anguish there without feeling sorry for him.
and picturing also the added grief he NAV
feel when lie gets home TO repeat the same
Old tale of sappointment to those awaiting
MS return.
In all seasons of the year, when Congress
Is IN session, and when it is not. the new
ly-maTried couple forms an interesting fca-
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on the morrow to
renew his suit and
revive his hopes.
You can see him al
most anywhere in
the building, and
know him by his
hstless air, his anx-
'ouS, C are W orn
look, and the frayed
fringes of his coat
sleeves and trous-
ers. Too poor to
get home, perhaps,
or at ! e a st too
proud 10 return
empty-handed and
meet the questions
and Sneers of his
old-time associates,
he hangs on in
WashiE Egton. living
as best he may. and
besieging the men,
ber5 of his state
delegation for work
that they cannot
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ture of the visi {
ing class at the
Capitol. Of course,
everybody is ION
to them" the mo-
III e n t t h e Y get
into the building.
He has hold of
her orm as though
fearful that she
will get away
from him. or that
some bad Con-
greSSman W ill
steal her, and they
& o a n b | i n e
through the corri-
dors, blissfully un-
C o n 9 C lou s Of
everything except
themselves. They
admire the sta
tues, gaze at the
aintings and US
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some cnaraCler-
ist:c types. This
Is the ladies' re-
ception room In
the House wing
of the Capitol.
where ladies de-
string to converse
with a member
of the House can
send in their card
ard meet the man
they desire to
See The major
ity OF those who
throng this por-
tion of the build
ing are elderly
women. sad-faced
women. as a rule.
with trouble and
Hrf " a t 4 o n too
plainly stamped
upon them. They
may want work
a. kA