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ing marble trough. and there are sew
en- small marble statues all left where
they we're found.
Two fountains are at either end Of
the peYistyIium the water Of which
flowed through leaden pipes under the
arms of the statuettes placed on either
side of the adjacent basin that stood
there to receive the cooling streams
and which overlooked into the shallow
ditch of red cement that ran round the
garden between it and the colonnade
formed by the fat roof that must
have stretched from the walls to the
columns. Leaden pipes lie by this ditch.
Other marble troughs and other stat
uettes at the sides Of the garden were
similarly arranged. a small basin &C.
cupied each corner of the peristy-
lium, into which also poured water
from the hand of a garIand-crowned
figure.
To describe in detail the numbers of
paintings would consume too much
space and the countless other orna-
mentations must also be ignored.
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A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT
STEAMBOAT RAISED IN FIVE
HOURS WITH A SMALL PUMP.
Lay In the Water Three Years, Yet
When Raised She Returned to
Stockholm Under Her Own Steam.

Stockholm, Oct. IA few days ago I
had a steamboat ride down the blue
waters of the Malar in this beautiful
northern city. which in some respects
had unique elements-indeed I do not
think there ever was another steam
boat ride just like it. I had been in
Vited to go with party of gentlemen
up the MaIar a few miles to meet an
incoming steamer fresh from the bot
tom of the ocean, and it was upon her
that rode.
Our little steamer swung alongside
the great boat and after much difficulty
the smaller craft was made fast and
we went on board. A strange looking
craft she was as she lay in the smooth
stream. her monstrous bulk free OF
all cargo, but lightly resting upon the
water On her sides we're the deep
sea incrustations and much show Of
rust. even to the top1nost inch of hel
tunnels the rust could be seen. She
had been at the bottom of the Baltic
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WONDERS OF THE COPPER CENT
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT
OUR CoAINoNEsT CoIN.
s Billion Cents Required For our
Present Needs, and the Demand is
Rapidly Growing.

Notwithstanding tie runpus raised
by the disputtrlg friends Of gold and sill
Yer, inc most useful ara laard-worklAS
member of the coin family is of ne5sher
of these materials 1t consists of 95 PER
cent Of copper and per cent tim AMI
zinc. and bears On its face the legen5
"ons4 caslf.7 TNe rise Of the cent % this
position Of supremacy has been Iaps4Ay
going ON the past FEW years 1t doecn't
require q person OF advanced age q
I6sng memory 10 recall the TINA When
tine humble coin Vas practically up-
known west OF the MissiSsiDpi. Nom
its use is Well-nlgh universal, and nhe
demand for il is increasing 50 Ta11i12y
That the Philadelphia anslat Is competed
70 turn out orle-cent PIECES at the rate
of neaTlv 4. 000, 600 per month 10 keep up
the supply. According 10 the estimate
Of the directors Of the mint, there are
at present Something like 1000 COS. 900
pennies in circulation, engaged in carry
Eng en- tina ernan business OF the o3In-
Try.
r-espozlstSle Tor the increased use of Cur
ordy copper coin One is the penny in
fg,e-eC,,t machine, which has spread over
tfle land nike the locuSts of Egypt wl8A-
in the past two or three years. a single
automatic Machine COCnDaay in New
Y,s3sls city takes in half q million pennies
n 5ay. As there ss,A't y CROSSROADS vi
iags in the country that hasn't a chevy
ing gum. loin.atosr1De. music or Weigh
5syg YAaehsCg ooerauad in this way [dle
number of coins required 20 keep them
sfl going is enormous. The other inren-
ealln responsible for the rise Of uhe cent
IS the bargain counter The craze for
4g-ese1t and 99-cent bargains makes
work for a lot of pennies. Supe7sntez
err NIflrnan OF the New York sub tred-
sury said the other day that 1t Was no
unusual tliinty for one OF the great da-
partrrlealt stores which make q specially
of --llar-basns' TO take $4,000 worth Of
cerll.s-1 000, 600 Dieces-at a time. The
Yyes.ny newspapers and in some places
ilfree-cent street car fares nave also
Increased the field Of operations Of The
ene-cent piece
THE cent * ready the most lrtereSt-
ing and least known Of our COINS, said
MIR altl7nan q and there are some very
curious facts about 1t The sub treasury
s. the clearing house for the pennies in
circulation in the metropolitan district,
and the penny IS for rs a, barometer. a
calendar and an accurate index OF buSi-
ness conditions.
THE CENT AS \ BAROMETER
WHY. in the middle of July there wa5
a. week or more OF cold, rainy weather,
and the supply of pennies coming in for
exchange 5N larger demon laations fell
off ore-third 4 heavy storm or the
sudden coming Of cold weather any
tllIng that keeps tlle penny-spandlnG
part Of our population at nome. IS ae-
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they were painted was probably first
laid on a board to afford greater facil-
ity to the artist, and then when 1t had
dried, was inserted in the space pre-
pared for it in the stueco on the Walls
surface; the brown. yellow OF some
times black band Of paint that Usually
borders them hides the Joining line
IN the frieze is seen Leda and the
swan, a bacehant with thyTsus. and a
baschante with a tambourine. while
two centaurs appear on the tops of this
delicate painting. In another part OF the
frieZe are betuaifully painted peacocks.
and a beardless JoVe. in his youth. is
seated on his throne holding the thun-
derbolts- The garlands painted on the
white wall, the architectural studies
capped with winged sphinxes. and the
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profit. During a part of the past sum-
mer the various ub-treasuries have re
ceived as high as 80 or s. per day in
spurious cents. AS fast as they come
in they are split in two and the mu-
tilated pieces returned to the owners.
The eounteFfeiting Of 1-cent pieces +has
recently reached such proportions that
the United States secret service is now
engaged in trying to trace out the
gang of counterfeiters that is doing
this work.
There are several unique features
about the coinage OF pennies, ard the
work is managed in somewhat diff
ferent fashion from the turning out of
gold and silver coins.
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and having various chambers opening
on 20 st: peristyle, or inner reception
room. also having sleeping rooms,
kitchens and other offices ranged
around it. The room on the left Of the
passage contains two small and ordi
nary pictures Of The stereotyped hind;
one represents Leander swimming
across the Hellesp0nt to Hero, the other
Perseus in his ship deserving Ariadne.
The walls Of The room beyond this are
profuseIy decorated. In the center 5 Il
picture of Ariadne seated by BacchIs,
a train of fauns and bacchantes in the
rear, watching q struggle between Par
and Eros.
On the opposite wall IS picture Of
Cephalus and his devoted wife. Fr0cris.
in the form Of q wounded deer, ne at
ter being probably also represented by
a woman high in the left Of the same
painting. gazing earnestly At her nus
band. These pictures are let INTO the
wall and the prepared sUuccO on which
rum consisted OF an antrium entered
from the street by a narrow passage,
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corn4ees of red, white and blue mould
ings above and belo0 the frieze and
separating it from the curve of the
ached ceiling, add immensely to the
appearance Of the eolors and this Ella
borately painted apartment is the more
attractive by the amount of brilliant
red cinnabar that has been used in
its decoration, and that adds con-
siderabIy to the spIendor of the effect.
The antrium walls are betuaifully
adorned With representations of huge
ornamental golden candelbra on bril-
liant red panels; and small pictures oc-
cupy the upper part Of the dado, and
give glimpses of a }lneeling cupid offer
ing a basin Of water to q panther who
draws a chariot containing a vase,
while another cupid in a chariot
drives dolphins, or is seen riding
a lobster or a crab, or contestng a
chariot race.
Holes in various walls Of the house
testify to where the anctents had dug
down and broken through. The last
room on the left is separated curiously
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visiting his mother and recuperatfug
from an attack of plurisy- The sena-
tor vas very much Interested in the
dispatch from Omaha in yesterdays
Examiner announcing that the heirs of
Ex-Governor John Evans CT Colorado,
had sued out an injunction to prevent
the sale of the real estate of the Union
Pacific company at Omaha on Nov. 1
next.
The telegram stated that Ex-Governor
John Evans had an understanding with
Russell Sage and Gould regarding the
disposal OF the 100000 acres land grant
of the government to the Union Pa
ctfc His heirs desire to realize their
interest before the government debt
and other claims against the Union Pa
cific are wiped out by the public auc-
tiCn sale
L do not quite understand the dis
, PATCH" said Senator White. u am III
doubt as to whether the suit Of the
Evans heirs is in the state or federal
courts. If the suit viii delay the public
auction sale Of the Union Pacific to
Depew, Hughitt and Fitzgerald it viii
be a public benefit
'|Depew and his colleagues want the
sale rushed through in order to cinch
their Klondike cleanup. If the Evans
suit should make q long delay IN Jha
contamination of the job, it might be
DO5SlDic tH1t AEolllEIf 4lE0tiIilI %
{ Co.. on behalf Of the government would
increase the price At McKenna's own
figures the government now stands 70
/ lost 500, 000 600
{ AS matter of fact. I think the Job
( will go through DepeW and the other
! members of the syndicate have, IN
| doubtedly, the backing Of Marx Hanna
I They were very shrewd in subscribing
{ GO Mark Hannd'S campaign fund last
! year. Now they want their pound of
/ flesh. and Hanna is helping them to
/ obtain IL. In other words. they want a
| good rake off. so to speak. in the shape
! of a cheap price for the Union Pacific,
! for tAeir campaign favors TO Hanna.
( "The sale Of the Union Pacific to the
Depew combination for $50. O00. 900. or
/ S2S. 600 900 in cash in addition to the
roads sinking fund in the possession
7 Of the government VIII be one of the
most scandalOus jobs in the history OF
! the nation 1t win result in giving
/ great fortunes to men already million
| aires. The Mckinley administration in
tolerating the deal should reap a har-
| vest of ignOminy and disgrace.
| No honest man can understand why
/ the United States government should
! consent to a sale Of the road whereby
the PEOPLE are to lose from $50. coo to
81, 600 goo. especially when the govern
I ment officials ara not ignorant of the
| faCt mat the SyilAlcate. 4hLehNS TO cap
itaIize the property for 1926. 900 900.
The syndicate intends to float 500,
600, 600 of per cent gold bonds on the
Union Pacific, besides having $4,000.
900 of per cent preferred stock and
SCI. 900. 900 of common stock. This rich
financial harvest is to be reaped by
the payment of SIS, GOO, 600 in cash TO
the governments, or at the outside S99.
100000 1t is dishonest and scandal
lous''
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COUNTING 500 AT A TIME.

Pennies are not counted by the labo-
rious process of handling each piece,
but by a device known as the count
ing board" by which 500 are counted
at time. The counting board is an
inclined plane with columns the exact
width of a cent separated by copper
partitions in height exactly equal to the
thickness of the coin. The cents are
spread over this board and fall into the
grooves prepared for them, all surplus
coins falling off into a trough. Then
the counting board is emptied into the
canvas bags which are carried away to
be shipped to any part of the country
The figures of distribution kept by
the mint are interesting. as showing
the localities where pennies are most
in use. Last year the demand for
pennies was greatest from Pennsylva-
MIA, which took over II 600, 600 of them.
New York was the second largest Gus
toner. adding 100000 to her supply
In New Mexico On the other hand, the
cent is still unappreciated and little
used, and in 1896 only 1000 pieces-s40-
were sent to this territory.
EARL MAYO
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evidently after the first earthquake of
a n 6S. when the apartment Was then
evidently converted into q sort of green
house.
The peristyIium is one of the richest
in marble ornaments ever discovered,
and possesses Is large, white fluted col
umns. These columns surround gar
den. the bed of which can be seen and
have been freshly planted with fow erst
the places, too, where stood trees. or
probably shrubs of boX-tree or myrtle,
can still be pointed out.
There are II marble basins of various
forms in this splendid court. all just as
they we're; there are two small bronze
statues of boys with silver eyes-they
are holding geese; one is overlook
from the antrium by two steps built up
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She Was a, Peach,

Chicaso News: Mamma" duertsd
little 5-year-old Bobby, "all. peaches
don't grow on trees. do they"
Eyes. dear. of course they do, replied
the fond mother. But what made you
tdltEl1 they didn't, Bobby2"
"Oh, [ was just Wondering if papa S
typewriter grew ON a tree. l heard him
ten Mr.. GaVfboy the other day that she
was the only peach in the, basket,
auI-''
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The True Remedy.

" NJ Repine, editor Tiskilwa. MS.
Chief" says: I'VE won't keep house
without Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds Ex-
perimented with many Others, but never
got the true remedy until we used DR..
Kings New Discovery. No other rem
edy can take its place in our home, as
in it we have a certain and sure cure
for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough,
etc" II is idle to experiment with other
remedies. even if they are urged on you
as Just as good as DR.. Kings New BIS
coVery. They are not as good, because
this remedy has a record of cures and
to satisfy Trial bottles at 4. c. M. I,
Drug Dept
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BLANK CENTS 81 PER THOusANn.

In the first place. although the United
States government is the only author
tty entitled to indulge in the manufac-
ture of coins, our Uncle Samue! does
not prepare the blanks from which
pennies are made. He finds lit cheaper
to let out the work by contract than
to do it himself and it is at present in
the hands OF a Cincinnati firm. They
prepare the copper blanks IN sheets
large enough TO turn out leo pieces
each. Ii is not known exactly how
much the government pays for these
blanks, out the price is in the vicinity
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HOW CENTS ARE COINED.

When the copper sheets ready for
stamping reach the Philadelphia mint,
where all our minor coins are made,
each one is tested to see that the al
| 10y is in the right proportion Thence
| they pass directly to the coming room.
! Here the sheets are cut into strips,
| from which the round blanks called
! ''planchets" are punched, and these are
run directly through the stamping ma
! chimes, where they receive the impress
sions from the dies.
| The stamping machine consists of a
| heavy cast iron arch above a small
round table al which the operator sits,
A nearly round brass plate called a
triangle" is fastened by knee"
Joint to the lever of the arch This
triangle holds the die which is forced
down on the blanks and leaves the i'm
preston. The brass blanks or plan
chefs" drop through a hollow tube upon
| feeders which carry them beneath the
dies Amy imperfect pieces are re-
Jected by the women operators. who
acquire wonderful de0terity in detect
ing them.
From the stamp the coins go to an
automatic Weighing machine. This in
telligent piece of mechanisn-a Ger
man invention perfected by a former
director OF the mint throws out all
pieces that are above or below the re-
CURED weight, and an electric alarm
attached to it warns the operator in
case two COINS try to pass into the re-
ceptacle at once. The pieces of cor
rect weight pass on to the counting
room, and the others are sent back tc
| be recaSt.
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the sunlQsn boat, 50 That tla divers
could work in the hold in the water and
ON the outside to patch up the G1GJe.
PUMPED DRY IN FIVE HOURS.
Finally a huge caisSon of tirlhers and
boards. the laid1er about two inches in
thickness, was made and sunk TO the
deck OF the boat. With infinite difficulty
dl1a5 ca6sson was made fast to the deck
With a water tight Joint When every
thing was in readiness the tiny engine,
not more than foTsr feet in leGth by
Three feet in hight, was set to work.
and in Just FIVE hours the entire boat
was pumped dry by this tiny but all
powerful token of the magic of De
Laval The old boat rose 10 the surface
the moment the water was out of slST
hold. and as she did so she gave a
splendid proof of tie progress of tha
world-tihe raising of this boat is of
great significance to the maritime in
teresits of an lands.
You may be quite sure there was
great rejoicing when it became evident
that the TINY pump attached to its great
steel tubes had done its work and the
ship was ahoat The cargo was UNI
loaded and turned over TO the owners
! $500 tons of ore worth II 900 lIOIlor. and
! the beat became the property of the
I Stockholm gentlemen who had had sucf
I faith in the enterprise. The boat was
( not SO seriously damaged as might b5
/ supposed and vas worth at the least
! calculation e10,000, a, neat little sum OF
( $50. 900 pumped into the pockets of thest
gentlemen in five hours time.
UNDER HER OWN STEAM
So we'll preserved was the boat In
! 70 or that with S7r1f9 careful ciednine
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SALE OF THE U. P.

Senator White Says Hanna Is Behind
the Job
san Francisco Examiner. United
States Senator White is in the city
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In the disparity between the real and
face value of the cent there is consid-
cradle profit for the government for
the reason that a great proportion of
the pennies coined viii never be pre-
scented for final redemption An enor-
nous number of cents are lost in one
way or another every year. They work
their way into the sewers of the ground.
children place them on railway tracks
10 he flattened out or otherwise mutt
lated so that they viii not pass current.
One hundred Thousand per year is q
small estimate OF the loss in this way.
Another source of profit for the gov
eminent is in the recoinage of old
pieces, which were all larger and in
trinsically more valuable than those
now in use. In the three years 1896
the gain from recotning old copper
cents, three-ceht and two-cent pieces
into current pennies and nickels was
SS7, 553.39
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impossible to SAY.

Philadelphia Record. Mrs. Reilly
OF near Casey was discharged from
tn quarry Has he anything to do yitY
Mrs. Casey-Oi don't know. He
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Pure as the dyifted snow is Hew-
lett Bros Three Crown Baking
powder.
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FAYORITE WITH COUNTERFEIT
ERS.

Nine out Of ten persons would say
that the cent is the last coin coun-
terfeiteF would think of for YeDroduc-
ton. AS a matter of fact ii is some
thing OF a faVorite with this gentry
There are several reasons for this. No
counterfeit is ever perfect and 4 cent
can be passed With some slight i'm
perfection where a similar fraud in a
larger coin would mean detection.
When man receives a cent 81 change
he doesn't examine 1t as a rule. but q
silver dollar he will scan closely to
see il it is spurious Then, too, there
is about as much profit il counterfei-
ing cents. considering the labor Of pro-
ducins them, as there is in the larger
coins. a pound OF copper costs Il cents
and contains material for oyer 1876
pieces. Even allowing for the labor in
TolYed, this leaves good margin Tor
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Only SIS to Boise City and Return
Monday, October II.

Via Oregon Short Line. for the Idaho
Inter-Mountain fair Tickets good re
turning until Oct II.
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curaaely reflected IN the failing off in
1na supply OF cents coming To Us Ter
exchange. All tnC0ugh cdaa summer the
pennies accumulate on our hands, but
N,hen cold weather comes and the clla'd-
rem get back to school. and retail trade
raVtVeE laeTa is Z grGQt demand fer
them. Al present Uae miEpr ecla c-V4-
sion mas tel5 Of thousands Of dol1ars'
worth Of pennies on hand, but they are
beginning to go cut ami by Nov 1 we
SHAH ucaEably be compelled 10 call ca
the mint for fresh supply, The hcli-
days demand a lot Of pennies, AND wlti1
the approach Of Christmas cur cent pile
melts away amazingly
There IS no better indication Of live
IN trade conditions than the cent. Dur
ing the periods of dullnes5 they always
accumulate On our hands, and when
trade reyives they begin TO circulate
rapidly again.
They come to US from the slot ma
chine companies, the newspaper offices
and the street railways, and they go
out TO the department stores, the TOY
and confectionery shops and the small
trader generally. OF course, some OF
them come and 60 through the banks.
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We have standard extracts, but
would advise you to use Hewlett Bros.
Three Crown triple haVorings, you
viii find them cheaper in the end.
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S-&-

Hewlett Bros Three Crown triple
havoring extracts are made direct
from the fruit and cannot be ex-
celled.
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For nice, mild smoke call for But
tons, the high ------' 49,
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MOUNTAINS OF PENNIES.

Come this way, said Mr- Milman,
If you want to see the way we handle
pennies" and he led the way 10 the
minor coin division. where half a dozen
clerks were busily at work. In one
corner of the room vas q stack Of can
vas bags reaching nearly 30 the ceiling
and making d g0od-5ized pyramid
Those are all pennies" said the di-
rector. I suppose there are some 1o0,-
000,000 pieces there, and We have more
below" In another corner of the room
was a stack OF loose coins piled high
above the heads o. the clerks, WHO
were busily counting them off into the
canvas bags. The pennies are kept IN
bags of 1000 each. and when they come
in they are all counted over an OK
press wagon drew up at ne door and
behind its grated DIOR could be seen
the canvas bags piled high There's
a sample lot of hair a million or so
from the slot machine company, said
the superintendent, and here's a Boy
With hundred-doIlar bill who will get
ten bags Of pennies for it. That's the
way they come and go. Talk about
the volume OF currency affecting bust
ness, ! wonder what some kinds Of
business would do if ne locked up just
what pennies We have on hand and
didn't allow them TO SO out. II some
body should corner the penny market
people would realize what d highly inn
pOrJant coin il is for the reason that
there is no substitute for it.
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now coNaGoN COPPER PIECE FIGURES IN aoDERn LIE

But just then the door opened and tgae
mother aroga 10 great her peach-lovaaly
husband, and q few nlomeuts later ne
was adrntriag some newly discovered
wrinkles on the family skeleton that
she was pointing cut 70 him.