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LAKE OF PURE PETROLEUM.
Find i'm Alaska That lis as Valuable as
IL Gold Mine.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-While the
whole world is excited over the gold dis
coveries in the north sight has been lost
of another discovery that promises to be
of great value in the development of tina
section. Some months ago d lake of almost
pure petroleum was discovered. and
samples We're sent to Seattle for analysis.
The report on these has been made public.
and the find is reported to be of the most
marvellous richness. A company has been
formed in Seattle to handle the product
and travellers from there say the COMPANY
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..MiII, ON an Island.

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, Aug. "A twenty
round fight between Eddie Sanley, of Chi
cago, and William Lambert, of Davenport,
was pulled off last night on a small island
in the Mississippi ten miles below this city
and was declared a draw by Referee Jack
Feeney. Sanley broke one of his fingers in
the first round, but otherwise suffered less
than his antagonist, who in the last rounds
saved himself from a Knockout by clinch-
ing.
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KIondike Gold at the Mint.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2.-The United
States mint, which has been closed since
June Is, reopened to-day and Frank A.
Leach assumed his new duties as superin-
tendent. Several Klondike miners appeared
with dust and nuggets in buckSkin pouches
and stout sacks of canvas, which had been
stored at the Wells-Fargo express office in
anticipation of the opening of the mint.
The whole amount of Klondike gold which
mas accumulated since the mint closed will
not exceed $500. coo.
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Relief at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 2.-After three
days of over 100 degrees of heat the highest
temperature recorded to-day by the govern
ment observer in Kansas City was SO at 4
p. M, and the indications are for some
cooler weather tomorrow.
Reports as to the condition of the corn
crop in Kansas and western Missouri con-
tinue to be d~iscouraging. Throughout the
district the weather continues scorching
hot, and nothing but a soaking rain can
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Chicago Post.

A gentleman just from Kansas tells us
that only a few days ago he stood at the
deathbed OF an old friend. whose life had
not been wholly free from reproach In GER
tain minor particulars. When the clergy
man asked him if he was prepared for the
life beyond the grave he replied that from
his experience Of Kansas weather during
the last thirty days he was prepared for
ANYTHING. Our informant adds that as he
closed his eyes for the last time. Wit the
mercury at 1O1 and still rising. the smile
on his face betokcned that the king OF ter
rors had been bafiied.
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Corn whitening.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Aug. 2.-To-day was
a little cooler than yesterday, when the
mercury reached 102 degrees. Reports re-
ceived at the Burlington offices are to the
effect that if rain does not come along the
line of the Council Bluffs road this week
the corn crop will be reduced one-half.
Many fields are already damaged. Grand
Island officials report a rain on their lines
in Kansas, helping crops greatly. In the
immediate vicinity of st. Joseph some corn
is beginning to wither and the crop will
he shortened.
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steamer Portland Not Wrecked.

PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 2. The story
sent out from Port Townsend that the
steamer Portland, en- route to st. Michael's,
had been lost is untrue. The rumor that
the Portland had been wrecked caused con-
Sternatlon here, as there were on board
about four hundred passengers, most of
whom are from this city.
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intends to put it on the Alaska market at
once. The lake is of unknown deptH sew
eral miles wide. and five to SIX ii.lles in
length. and the quality Of petroleum Is
said TO be Of The finest. This lake Is only
two miles from the ocean. The hills sur
rounding are said 10 be rich n coal and
asphalt. Ii is the expectation OF the owners
of the lake to take It's products into the
mining camps of northern Alaska when
ever the water WAYS will permit.
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AKOdesty.
New York

L-ight-minded young thing in a bathing
s~uit-Surely. Aunt Margaret. you are not
going TO wear your spectacles in the Wa
ter.
Aunt Margaret-Indeed / ain. Nothing
shall induce me 10 take off another thing.
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AT ACTON PARK.
Yesterday Was pull Monday" with
the Campers-The -rOG mme.

The week of power at Acton Park cx-
perienced a calm yesterday. 1t was the
dullest Of dull Mondays and besides it was
toe hot to stir. Many of the campers. as
is the usual Monday custom. went TO town
and the new arrivals were very few. AS
a consequence, the attendance on divine
worship was rather small. although the
audiences were regarded as good ones for
the first day OF the week.
Evangelist Hartsock is meeting with
some diGiculty In overcoming the religious
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Deaths in kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 1.-The hot wave has
not been broken in Kentucky and all reports from
Interior towns are filled with the havoc wrought
by the intense heat. Five deaths from the heat
have occurred at Hopkinsville within the past two
days. They are: Benjamin Carter, Mrs. James
Cayce, Mrs. John l.. Abor, Mrs. John Sands and
Miss Fruit, All are white,
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LETOHATCHIE. Ala. Aug. 2.-The most dis
astrous storm ever known here passed over the
town to-day. The cloud. which was funnel
shaped. gathered three miles north of here and
passed off in a southwestern direction. Houses,
fences. trees and crops were laid low in its path.
Two new churches in this place are total wrecks
and many residences and stores were seriously
damaged. No loss of life has been reported.
The direction IL took is in the country without
telegraphic communication
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Making a Good BEGINNING.
Chicago Tribune.

Western Cousin-I am glad you ride a
bicycle. Have you ever cone a century,
Boston Girl-O no. Several times. how
ever. l have ridden what 1 suppose you
would call a decade"
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Pneumatic-seated bicycle breaches are a
late invention. They ought TO be popular
at least among the class OF SWANS who
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Local observations Monday.

Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre-.
Z a. m. .2S@ q 4 S'east. Clear. I
Maximum temperature. SO; minimum tenn
perature Is.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation Aug. ,:
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Yesterdny's Tempernturcs.

C. +. r.
Local Forecast Official
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louisville Courier-Journal.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-The hercdity of genius is illustrated
by the Harvard senior class elections, in
which the SOD of Carl Schurz was
chosen as ivy orator and the son of
Joseph II. Choate as poet.
"A Yale Alumni association has been
formed at Portland, Ore, with Robert
I. Platt as president, Henry F. Connor
as secretary, and an executive commit
tee composed of the two men mentioned
and DR.. J. w. Hill.
There is considerable interest in the
appointment of Rev. c. S. Rice to the
pastorate of the old Congregational
church in Stockbridge, Mass.-not be-
cause OF the new minister's personality,
for he is fresh from Bowdoin and An
dover seminary and only 26 years old,
hut because it was in this pulpit that
Jonathan Edwards preached before he
went to Princeton, and David Dudley
Field before his sons had eclipsed his
own generous fame.
About 100000 was bequeathed to
for the Propagation of the Gospel by the
late Alfred Marriott of Grange Hopton.
Mrfield, Yorkshire. The testator di-
rects that the money shall be devoted
towards the erection of churches in the
poorest and most thickly populated
districts in the metropolis or in foreign
parts, or in endowing and enlarging
hospitals or refugees for orphan children
or fallen women.
DR.. Creighton, the new bishop of
London, has q keen sense of humor.
Some time ago when he was making n
| visitation of his diocese Peterborough
| he was entertained in an old manor
house, and slept in room supposed to
he haunted. Next morning at break
fast the bishop was asked whether he
had seen the ghost. "Yes," he replied,
with great solemnity. But have laid
the spirit; it will never trouble you
again." On being further interrogated
as to what he had done, the bishop said:
"The ghost instantly vanished when I
asked for a subscription toward the res.
toration of Peterborough cathedral"
| A writer in Goodwill says that Tom
Mann once accused the clergy Of not
sympathizing with the poor. Arch
bishop Benson hearing of this invited
him to Lambeth and taxed him with it
Going up to the bookshelf he tool
down book and began reading. This,
said the archbishop, "is written by O
clergyman; what do you think of it?'
80, that's all right" said Tom Mann;
"who wrote it?" 81 did," said the arch
bishop, somewhat triumphantly, pre-
senting him with the book The bool
was Christ and His Times" and the
passage which the archbishop read was
from the chapter on Suffering Popula
tons" Tom Mann often made use o.
the book at socialist meetings.
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peculiar way. A lot of brick at yard
had been spoiled by rain before it way

peculiar way. A lot of brick at yard
had been spoiled by rain before it was
dry.
"What do you want for that?" asked
man who happened to be at the yard,
and who was about to build q, fashion
able residence.
Its no use to me-" thought the brick
maker, and he quoted u price Of IS cents
off or thcreabout.
The visitor bought the speckled brick
and used 1t with such good effect that
n demand for the new variety was at
once crea.ed and brick yards begun
ss scientifically 10 manufacture rain
washed brick by turning streams OF
water over the nodded clay.
"Rock- faced" terra cotta is becom-
Ing very popular. 1t Is made from
plaster Of paris molds cast from actual
rock With such fancy bricks as the
Pompelian, beautiful and striking eff
fccts may be had by throwing iron.
copper, cobalt and other substances
over the unburnt surface.
The height of the terra Gotta art is
designs. Beautiful mantel-pieces,
friezes, ornamental columns and the
like are made. The modeleIs are art
lists of ability and get from six 10 ten
dollars day and upwards.
visited some brick yards recently
and was quite interested in the niccty
with which work Of such outward
crudeness as burning earth Is conduct
ed. Whether making common brick, or
constitutional or architectural terra
Gotta, the brickman must pay miaute
attention to every step in the process.
Horses or small engines haul the mud
up an inclined track to the disinte-
orator. This machine consists of two
rollers, the smaller Of which revolves
at very rapid rate and throws all
hard substances, such as pebbles, off at
tangent against an iron grating.
The purified clay is thrown by a huge
steam shovel into the tempering MA
chine. Here it is mixed with water
and thoroughly mashed by spirally-se
knives. The feeder in the front of the
machine forces the mud into molds
holding IL bricks each, meanwhile
sprinkling it with sand. AS soon a<
cne mold is filled it runs forward and is
replaced by an empty one.
All the work is also still done by
hand. The so-called molder takes {
piece of prepared clay, throws it with
considerable force into the mold ane
scrapes it into proper shape by mean:
of plain board. The filled molds ar
carted off in wheelbarrows and ar,
dumped in sunny clay field covered
with sand. After a few days, whel
fairly dry, they are "baked;" that is
placed in upright walls almost four fee
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the old and conservative men still pre-
fer the stone"
Fashions in brick have also been sub
ject to many marked changes. The
craze for fancy" styles began some
five or eight years ago. In order to OBJ
tain an effect of the slightest novelty
thousands of dollars are often spent in
experiments. Thus few weeks ago a
wealthy merchant ordered a sky-blue
terra Gotta of Boston firm. The firm
is now working on the problem; it has
succeeded in making several blue
bricks, but they were not of the exact
shade that the whimsical patron de-
sired.
Several of the latest residences at
Newport were built after a perfect
crazy quilt fashion. They were made
from special selections of spoiled
bricks, peculiarly broken, melted,
twisted and charred pieces, which had
been thrown aside at the kilns as worth
less.
Everybody has seen the fancy rain
washed brick with its rough porous
surface. It came into fashion in q
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NO. 49,.
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Fuddy-"I wonder how Cransr
came to marry that Berley woman?'
Duddy--"Perhaps he had to do it in
payment of an election bet."-Boston
Transcript.
-Mamma-"Where's papa?' Flora
Hes downstairs" Mamma-"What's
he dong?" Flora-"His bicycle is out
of breaff and he's giving it some more
London Figaro.
Her ConceSsion.-"Rose, is your
theater bonnet any smaller since all
this fuss has been made about big
hats?" Yes, the strings ire much mar
rower."-Chicago Record.
What makes you say that women
have more sense than men?" well,
you haven't seen any women riding
around town in wheelbarrows since the
election, have ?"-Chicago Record.
There doesn't seem to be so much
Of demand for the elevation of the
stage now as formerly; do you think
SOP No; but you know that's be-
cause women are giving up wearing
high hats at the theaters. rs.'-RoXbury
Gazette.
Mrs. Church of Brooklyn-"Don't
you know that, staying out so late at
night, you run chance of shortening
your days?" Mr.. Church-"Why, no,
dear; the trolley cars do not run as
often at night, you know.'-Ionkers
Statesman.
Mother Boycott.-"Now come right
down to the meat of the matter, Shaver;
what are you forming this BARRIERS
union for?" ITO boycott the football
players that are running the haircut
ting branch of the trade. Free
| lress.
| 1T is told of certain music hall
manager that he once engaged song
ambulance man who was fearfully bad.
The artist" was just making his exit,
singing the last bars of "Where are the
friends of My YOUTH" when the man
ager, who was standing in the wings,
said: Take the rest of the week and
| find them"-London Figaro.
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tie affected by the advance of modern
Industrial improvements. The mud
cake Of the later pyramids and of the
c.oaca maxima was manufactured by
essentially the same methods employed
two decades ago.
Then. the change to the. use of ma
chinery began. England brought out
the first improvement, but the mid
die west of this country, especially
Indiana and Illinois, soon took the
lead. 1t is true that many small yards
both in the west and in New Eng land
are still making brick by the hand
process, but the larger plants have in-
troduced improvement upon improve
ment; every year has brought out
more and more elaborate machinery,
simplifying step by step the work OF
brick making, until to-day the clay is
dug, disintegrated, dried and burned
almost without being touched by hui
man hand.
Not only have we in America made
the greatest progress in the direction
Of improved machinery, but we are
dlSp lliO Oi iSh aS'i'S ~"
pie The beautiful stones and marbles
that ornament European cities are lux
uries in which we rarely indulge. Gram
ite has been used in the larger build
ings, but this, too, is being crowded
out of the market by an erer-increas-
ing demand for brick work. Terra
Gotta, especially, term now given 10
all refined bricks, has trebled its out
put in the last few years.
| "The building business is at present
in q transition stage" remarked a
prominent Boston architect, speak king
on, the subject.
THE old-fashioned method of build
ing a cumbrous stone wall backed by
brick, the strength of which is de.
pendent upon the adhesiveness of the
mortar, is fast giving way to what i:
known as skeleton construction. Struc
lures are now erected to the height C1
is and 20 stories in skeletons of iron
bars. Then the walls of terra Gotta ant
ire brick, held firm on all sides by the
iron, are fitted in. The lightest brick i:
the strongest, as it exerts the Least
pressure upon the lower strata of tn,
wall. So the bricks are made hollow an
of late porous variety has come into
use. While the younger architects art
fast adopting the new system, many o
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THE "SlMPLE" MAN.

;, ,sea to seem sad 10 see the children
gather round
u,,h him a-playtng Notwithstanding
With them on the eround:
,,, when their tops were spinning and
vou heard their srows whiZ.
=, voice among the youngsters was as
happylke as his
rot one of all the boys there could a bet
ter whistle make
Than those so oeie'y 1ashloneo ny VI"
Jud Drake.
p.refooted, gray and -~rinkled. ,.o,l,nr
through the sum .naer dav,
lie used to seem so oily w,.,en he Joined
them In their rIay:
He won Tom CulVe.>~+ 'chineys"-which he
lost to Cha dc S,ohe:
He fought VII a Charlie Parker for ball
he thoo <ht his own:
A man IN ears and stature, but boy still,
nao ltt could shake
The hol 1esty and Justice of Old Jud Drake.
An. nne: sometimes l wonder II it wasn't
Just as we'll
de was concerned so little in the matters
that bcfell;
His Nfe was smooth and placid, fre!ghted
with the childish Joys
That tame from the championship Of VII
lage girls and boys;
And !, who won his marbles-even now |
sometimes take
A stealthy, wistful glance back to Old Jud
Drake.
Els grave is in the churchyard. where the
sun in summer smiled.
And now l deem he wanders hand in hand
with some sweet child,
And that the Younger angels gather with
[ him through the day,
And-as we used to yonder-join him gay!y
in his play.
For we'll he loved the children, and know
his heart would break
II no child in Heaven came to play with Old
Jud Drake.
Chicago Record.
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high. While bricks are drying con-
slant watch mnst be kept lest rain
should get upon them.
I'VE don't. want rainwashed bricks
all the time" said one foreman, land
so I've got to get up whenever it looks
Ike rain and cover my brick"
In many yards, the season ends in
September and does not reopen until the
1st of May, but the use of artificial dry
houses has made it possible to run all
winter The fresh brick as it issuesfrom
the tempering machine is placed by an
automatic attachment upon pallets
which are hauled off to huge drying
chambers filed with moderately heated
air.
When quite dry, the bricks are ready
for the kiln. They are stacked $4,000 to
100000 at time in a long wall 12 to II
feet high, about three times as broad
and over 100 feet long. First series
of arches of bricks projecting enc over
The other is constructed. Above these
the bricks are stacked loosely enough to
permit the passage of the heated air
This done the kiln is encased by wall
of old brick and mortar and the fire
is started in the arches. | was stand
ing on a ladder looking over the top oi
burning kiln, and the intense hea,
made the air vibrate visibly. The men
however, walked quite unconcernedly
over the top.
Our feet are used to it," explained
the foreman. We've got to keep clos'
watch up here, you know, cause WI
| tell when the bricks are through burn
| ing by the amount they have settled
| With the temperature at 2,7o0 degrees
the burning is completed in about tel
days"
! Strictly speaking, of course, the bricl
| is not burned, but merely dried unde
| intense heat. In porous terra Gotta
however, the clay of which was mixe'
with saw dust, the latter is actually con
sumed by the fire, thus leaving tn
pores.
All fancy earthenware is burned il
specially constructed kilns, and the fin
est pieces are each placed into separat
vessels. E. T. GUNDLACH.
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Jewels in English Banks.

There is in the strong rooms Of one
of the oldest private banks in London
large quantity of jewels, plate and
other valuables which were deposited
by French refugees shortly before the
outbreak of the revolution. Several OF
the depositors claimed their belong
ings after the coup d'etat, but the pres
ent deposits are still awaiting claim
ants. and probably always will.-Al-
hanY Argus.
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INDIAN WEAPONS.
Remains of an Arsenal or Encampmen mt
on the Nesseguake River.


on the Nessequake River.
In the vicinity of the headwaters of
the Nessaquake river in the ancient
village of Hauppauge is the site of an
Indian implement and weapon factory.
1t probably adjoined or was in the i'm
mediate vicinity of q village of the
Nessaquake Indians. The location is an
admirable one for such a village, as the
Nessaquake even now abounds with
trout and the woods are filled with
game. The tract of land on which the
relics are found, which indicate the To-
cation of the village and mandatory.
IS perhaps a quarter of mile long and
from 500 to 1000 feet wide. The relics
which are turned to the surface with
every blowing Of the soil consist at this
time of broken pieces of quartz, partial
" completed arrowheads and great
rumber of chips, evidently broken from
the completed weapons. Perfect speci-
mems of arrow or spear heads are very
seldom found, except Immediately after
the land is plowed or after heavy rain
storm.
1t is a remarkable fact that but two
patterns of arrowheads have been found
in this vicinity. They both have the
yrooved shank. One is long and mar
r. w, very sharply pointed, and the other
is broad and short. Not single speci-
men of the form known as war arrows,
the kind which are sharpened Mt one
end and partially sharpened at the
other, have ever been found in this
vicinity. No spear heads, or the larger
| forms of arrowheads have been turned
up Some archaeologists think that
these facts prove either that each tribe
| made its arrowheads after peculiar
| pattern or that certain patterns were
made by each artisan and bartered for
other patterns made elsewhere.
1t is peculiar fact that while arrow
heads in all stages of manufacture have
been found, including many broken
after their completion, no sort of tool
or stones for making them has ever
been discovered. There are no stones
OF any considerable size in the vicinity
and the problem is how did the Indians
ever chip the delicate and beautifully
fashioned arrow points from the quartz
cobble stones found in the vicinity
without implements to do the work.
The arrowheads in every stage of
manufacture, from the rudely-broken
stone to the completed weapon, to-
gether with the white quartz chips and
the small stones from which they were
made are turned up in quantities with
every fresh plowing and seem to re-
main on or near the surface.
Many Indian relics, chiey arrowheads,
from this section Of the island are on
I exhibition in the rooms of the Long Is.
and Historical society.-Brooklyn
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