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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20

bearing quartz is found, and in many
places is being proitably worked.
There seems to be little doubt among
mining experts that extensive quartz
mines viii be located in this Yukon
country before long. This will mean
the introduction into that country of
all sorts of improved mining machin.,
cry, rock drills, stamp mills and so on.
Just what method will be employed to-
extract the ore from the rock will de-
pend on what kind of ore is found. 1t:
may only have to be crushed, and
separated by mercury. 1t may be re-
fractory ore and have to 60 through
some one Of the various processes now
in use for separating such ore.
AS soon as the mines are found,
means of transporting the machinery
will be provided and the mines will be
started. Mines in rock, of course, will:
not be delayed by the weather condi-'
tions which make placer mining so diff
ficult in that country, Rock doesn't,
freeze and the deeper down the mines
60 the warmer it will get, SO perhaps
this kind of mining will be the pleas
anter of the two.
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most always there is sound with gold a
fine black sand, which is magnetic iron
ore, and from this the gold has to be
separated. OF course, if the gold IS
in nuggets of any size this is a simple
process, but if it is in fine dust, as is
generally the case, the mercury pro-
cess is employed.
In this the residue in the pan is
placed in a barrel with some water and
mercury. The gold, when 1t touches
the mercury, forms an amalgam, After
quantity Of gold has been put III the
barrel tie mercury is taken out,
squeezed through bucksiin bag, and
what remains in the bag is heated,
either in q retort or in some other
way, until what mercury is left IS va
porized, and the gold remains, nearly
pure.
This is placer mining in its most
primitive form, but is slow work, anc
long ago various methods We're devised
to shorten it where it was to be carried
on to any extent.
The first step in advance in place'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
ro,ts Like Big Baskets.

Curious boats which look like big
ba,kets are used in Busrah, the Ven.
ica of Turkish Arabia. As q mattor OF
ract, they are practically Baskets, be-
ing made of wicizerwork, plastered TO
keep out the wafer. They are known
rs cophers, and the European VINO
boards them feels himself to be mueh
like tho three men Of Gotham who
went to sea in bowl. Until compare
lively recent times boat something !e, IN
similar in shape and made with the
same material, called coracles, were
used by fishermen on many OF the
turbulent streams in Wales. Noother
form of n boat could hope to survive
the navigation of those streams, ano
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
JohnsOn'S Chill and Fee
yer Tonic is q ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever i'm
n Hours.
What a Steamship Carries.

The famous steamship Great East.
ern, historically associated with the
first efforts to lay Atlantic telegraph
cables, has hitherto been regarded as
the largest vessel ever launched. Its
laurels as sea leviathan, however,
are of late endangered. The new
ocean freighter, Pennsylvania, al.
though scarcely attaining the external
measurements of the former celebrated
ship, will carry far more cargo. The
capacity, indeed, of these new freight
ships is matter for astonishment to
landsman.
The Pennsylvania, for example, is
rated at twenty thousand tons burden,
and will carry loads such as may be
briefly itemized thus:
One hundred and sixty thousand
bushels of wheat, equal to 320 car
loads, or sixteen trains of twenty cars
each; 1000 tons of -four, eighty car
loads; 1900 boxes of bacon, seventy
five car loads; 5000 tierces Of lard,
forty-eight car loads; 1900 bales of
cotton, forty car loads; 1000 head OF
live cattle, eighty car loads; $500
quarters of dressed beef.
In addition there will probably be
thousand tons of miscellaneous mer.
chandise, say eighty car loads more;
in all not less than 7S0 car loads, OF
thirty-nine long trains of twenty cars
each.
Nor is the above by any means the
entire load of the modern ark. The
Pennsylvania will have accommoda-
tions for from eight hundred to one
thousand steerage passengers, as also
for a crew of one hundred and fifty
cattlemen, with food and fodder for
all. In the fuel bins, too, there will
be carried burden of 1900 tons OF
coal, or more than 100 car loads.
If we were to say that the entire
agricultural products of sixty New
England towns, or twenty western
counties, could all be slowed away in
this mammoth ship; we should not
exceed the facts.-Atlanta Cclstitu.
&ioD
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.4..
or som etimes the bottoms IRE boFed9eaa
of holes and mercury placed under
meath. A long line of these boxes IS
placed at a considerable slant and the
miner shovels his gravel in At the up
per end, lets the water run down the
sluice and the gold, if in nuggets, sinks
and is held by the Stats, OF, if fine, ls
caught by the mercury. Three times
as much gold can be washed out in
this way as by q rocker, because three
times rs much dirt can be washed.
And after the boxes are all done with
they are burned and the ashes washed
for the gold held by the wood.
These are the various methods OF
placer mining and thus they are prac-
iised in the Klondike region, hampered
only by the natural conditions OF the
country. Let us now look for a mo.
mcnt at what these conditions compel
the Klondike miner to do.
Let us suppose the gold-hunter has
passed through the difficult Journey
and arrived at the gold fields. He frs
goes out and prospects until he find:
a claim where the "colors" in his PAL
encourage him to locate. If he shoule
happen to be early on q new field h'
would probably stake out claim mex
to one that was already paying III th'
hope that his would pay, too. 4
Illondike claim is supposed to be lait
out 500 feet long parallel with tn
general direction OF the creek, AM
66G feet crosswise, the idea being t.
give each location the width OF tn
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
PLACER MINING
in THE KLONDIKE.
Full Description of the Way the Precious Dust is Taken
Out of the Earth
10000 10000 100000

wards the end of the box stats are
placed across, with mercury behind
them, to catch what gold gets by
above.
The miner sets up his rocker near
the stream and piles his gravel on the
the sheet iron, keeping it wet all the
while and keeping the rocker in motion,
The fine gold and sand sift through to
the blanket, while nuggets of any size
remain on tho iron. The finer gold
settles on the blanket and the dust IS
caught by the mercury behind the
Stats. The blanketis frequently rinsed
in q barrel of water with mercury at the
bottom, aud this mercury, together
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Z Z EsS - sd 5 i q

saf over the European continent. is
described in German medical paper.
dfhis preparation has long been known
af1i d. Russia, where it is sold under the
saams of ''rogogeski." 1t is made in
tRe following way: The manufacturers
of this adulterate buy in the tea houses
the residue from the teapots-leaves
which have already been used-end
mix these leaves, while still moist,
with other leaves and very little
genuine tea. The mixture is heated
with on addition of extract of caramel
and cempeche wood, in order to I'M
prove the color and the taste. The
weight is also increased by the addi-
ton of sand or soil, and just before
being dried, the leaves are rolled be-
tween the hands. The adulteration
is so difficult to recognize that q
chemical test is necessary to prove it.
If tea prepared in this way is dipped
into u cold saturated solution OF cop
per. the blue color Of this solution
will not be changed, not even if the
adulterated tea is allowed to remain
in it for three Or four months. II the
tea is fresh and has not previously
been soaked, the solution will turl
green within e short time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
THE c1oAK THAT rs WORTH 4 MfnhieNs
in 1871 this chief rebelled and tried to
va osto1,lish the ancient religion. A

in 1871 this chief rebelled and tried to
re-estnblish the ancient religion. A
bloody battle was fought, the King and
Queen were slain, and the cloak fell
into the hands of the victors, thus be-
coming the property Of King Kane
hameha III, and by him given to Cap
tain j. b. Aulick, U. s. n.
The foundation of the cape is net
work of oloua, or native hemp, and to
it are attached by means of fine threads
Of the came material the feathers OF
native birds found only on the islands,
tho feathers overlapping and forming
n smooth surface. The feathers form
on The outside crescents Of red. yellow
and black. The inner lining is with
out quilting and shows the network
and ends Of the feathers.
The yellow and black feathers ore
obtained from the %, or Ohio, the vel
low ones being Of great value, as the
bird is comparatively rare, shy ana
hard to capture. So very rare is thu
bird, and so small its stock Of feathers
that three yellow ones once sold for
large sum. From fifty to hundred
Years was the time expendedin making
this cloak, so that itsworth in labor i
estimated at million dollars.
The making of these cloaks, which
were once worn by royalty alone, AM
REGARDED as the treasures of the Crown
was common in the islands prior Z
the coming of the whites. I'm
precious yellow feathers were e1acte
rs tribute by the king, the bird beln
caught alive with bird lime and the
set free. But itrequired a great man
years to get enough material to max
the cloak, which is four feet in lenst
and over six feet in width.
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Gravel from rim rock to rim rock.
Most of the creeks up there have q
slight fall with wide bottoms. Bed
rock is anywhere from four to twenty
feet below the surface and pay dirt IS
apt to extend clear down to bedrock.
OF course, the great difficulty that
the miner has to contend with is the
fact that tho ground is frozen solid
about all the year, and even in summer
thaws only few inches. This ma&es
it necessary to thaw the ground arti-
ticially, and this is done by "burn-
ing
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"house journal" The deck-watch sees
that other boats do not run into his
vessel, and also keeps a sharp LOOKOUT
for fires along the river. In the sum
mer when there are few fires, posi-
tion on the fre-boat is a pleasant
berth, for there is plenty OF outdoor
life and sunshine; but in winter, "nen
keen norwester is blowing, and every
bit of spray freezes hard wherever 1t
strikes, the land companies no DOUBT
have the advantage.
Fighting fire along the Waterfront
in midwinter has all the dangers ana
the suffering of fire-duty ashore; ana
climbing up the sides OF vessels ana
upon wharfs and piers, getting lines
into position, when every bit Of SURFACE
is covered with a thick coating Oh ice
| is risky business; but, as one OF the
| crew of Zophar Mills remarked pcs'o-
sonhically, "You have to take 1t as IL !.
comes-the fat and the lean togethef.
st. Nicholas.
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India Rubber Streets.

India rubber as a paving for streets
was tried on a bridge in Hanover,
Germany, q little more thah a year
ago, and proved so satisfactory that
experiments are being made III Ber-
lin and Hamburg with it from ordl'
nary roadways. 1t is sai,l to be per-
fectly noiseless, unaffected by heat or
cold, and less slippery ana more dur
able than asphalt,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20

Treadwell mines, having been bought
by John Treadwell in 1884, and, says
Mr.. Coolidge, 'sfrom these enough ore
has been taken out to pay the purchase
money of Alaska and more" The ore
of these mines average only from $3.50
to So ton, but owing to the enormous
scale on which they are worked and
the low cost of extracting the ore
there is large profit in working them.
All around Juneau and, for that mat
ter, all along the Alaskan coast, gold
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
Johnson's Chill and Fe"
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. IT cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
80, vxow1FneE MEANT POWER.

WHERE KNOWLEDGE MEANT POWER.
"What a lovely bouquet !"
eyes; I'm taking it to Mrs. Wells,
as this is her birthday"
"But I thought you were not on
very good terms with her no".'
@Neither I am, but this is her
fortieth birthday, and she knows that
I am the only one who knows IT."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
humping against powders and drop,
ming over small cataEacts In them did
them no material damage.

Since 1912, the year Queen Victoria
first entered railway carriage, she
has travelled something like 1000, ooo
miles, This beats the Prince OF Walss
bv about 800, 900 miles, and the Duke
OF Cambridge by nearly l,Ooo,ooo
miles. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
A MILLIoN.DoLLAR CLOAK.

Richest Garment in the World Now In
the National Museum.
What is probably the most costly
cloak in the world is now in the Ma
tional Museum, and was once the
property Of the Queens Of the Hawaiian
Islands in barbarous days. This cape
belonged to the wife of Kehuaskalani.
one of the most powerful chiefs of the
islands. After the abolition Of slavery
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road proceeded, and finally swallow
ing it up in an impenetrable jungle.
It was on this road [ intended
to train. Fred had found n circular
path round some native huts q
short way from the station, measur-
ing about six laps to the mile, and
there he prepared himself for the COM
ing struggle.
After a week of such training as
would make modern athletes hair
stand on end-meat almost raw,
chopped very finely, etc.-we con-
sidered ourselves fit for the contest;
and the adventure I am about to'relate
occurred the evening before the race
day. + was just starting for last ride
over my favorite training course, when
an officer stopped HE and said:
"Have you heard OF the tiger, liar
vie?"
"No," answered.
'sThe natives have just brought
word that some tiger is marked down
in O. Jungle about ten miles from here
so don't go too far, this evening"
cali right" 1 laughed; II think
tiger would find it difficult matter tc
catch me-my training would tell on
him."
I had not seen any large wild beast
as yet, and my notion Of tiger was {
thin, sleepy looking animal, such us
had once seen in travelling menag
ellie.
Away I rode, my comrades caution
forgotten before I had gone mile.
I started ut good pace, but no
racing, IS I intended to do all knew
coming home. In an hou
I reached my usual haltin,
place, ten miles from the camp; bu
this being the last night of my train
ing, I made up my mind to rid
another couple of miles, and then d
the whole distance back at ''scorch
ing" pace.
/ rode on, and in another ten min
utes found myself in the jungle.
Now for the race home.
Dismounting, T oiled my machine
frightened up every screw, and the
sat down on bowlder to rest and Ell
Joy he prospect. A beautiful scene
was, too!
Above me rose the grand mour
tains; their snowy tops blushin
crimson in the setting sun; here
waterfall, like @ thread of gold an
silver, flashing down the mountai
side and twining in and out among II
masses of trees and rocks; there,
glimpse of fairyland through jung
vista.
Bnt now the shadows were deeper
ing, the crimson on the mountain tol
had disappeared, and the snow begn
to look gray and ghastly. A fylr
fox went rustling past me, and
hastily prepared to mount; for the
is scarcely any twilight in India, al
I knew it would soon be dark.
As rose my eyes encountered som
thing which made me start and near
drop my bicycle.
There, not forty yards off, vas
tiger. Iknew the animal well enoug
but how different he looked from II
lean, half-starved little beast [ h'
seen at home! He had Just come IN
the open space from a dense iungl
brake, and sat there washing his ia
and purring in contented sort OF wa
like huge cat.
Was frightened? Not on atom;
had my bicycle and q start OF for
yards, SO if I could not beat him
was apity.
He had not seen me yet, and ] sto
for another minute admiring the han
some creature, and then qnie
mounted-(the tiger was directly
my right, while the road stretch
straight away in front Of mel. I
noise I made reused him; he look
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seemed like long hours!
Another mile passed, then another.
I could him behind me now, pad. pad,
pad, quicker and quicker and quicker,
louder and louder. [ turned in my
saddle for a moment and saw there
were not twenty yards separating us!
How enormous the brute looked, and
how terrible! His huge tongue hung
out, and the only sound he made was
continual hoarse growl of rage,
while his eyes seemed literally to Hash
fire.
It was like some awful nightmare,
and with shudder I bent down over
the handles and few on.
On. on, on, I scorched. the slight
est slip I knew would be fatal; q sud
den Jolt, a screw giving, pedal break
ing. and I should he hurled to instant
death.
My strength would not stand much
more; the prolonged strain had told
upon me, and I felt all would soon be
over. My breath came in thick sobs,
mist gathered before my eyes-I was
stopping; my legs refused to move and
thousand fends seemed to be fitting
about me, holding me back! A weight
like lead was on my chest; Twas dying.
Then few moments which seemed q
lifetime, and then-crash-with roar
like thunder the tiger was on me and
I was crushed to the ground.
Then heard shots fired, babel OF
mems voices, and all was blank.
After many days of unconSciousness
and raging fever, reason gradually re-
turned, and I learned the particulars
, of my deliverance. -,
A party of officers had started with
shikaree native hunter) to traE
, which had been prepared for the tiger,
, They were talking of our coming bl
cycle race, as they went along, and ex
pecting every moment to meet me OF
nv return journey. AS they passed
clump of bushes I came in sight. whiri
ing along in a cloud of dust, which
hid my terrible pursuer.
a They soon, however, saw my aw11
danger. The huge brute, mad witt
I rage, hurled itself upon me just as w
reached them.
Ny friends stood almost petritie'
g with terror and did not dare to ire
a but the shikaree sprang quickly t
a within yard of the tiger, and putin
n his rifle almost to the animals ear
e firedtwice and blew its brains out, jus
a in time to save my life. I was draw
Z from under the palpitatins body OF m
dead enemy, everyone present bellev
l. ing it was all up with me.
IS Making litter of boughs they cal
n ried me into camp. where 1 lay to
g many weeks, lingering between lii
I and death.
e The tigers skin now adorns m
d study, as my first and last prize wo
in bicycle race.-The White Ele
pbont
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20
WAS ALWAYS yer

WAS always very
fond of bicycling,
and from the
time when [ was
a small boy, and
labored for hours
with a bon Q
shaker, to the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-20

came the proud posseSsor OF one OF
the first "safeties" ever made, re-
veled in the enchanting pastime, spend
ing hours on the back of my steel
steed, thus putting my physical powers
a long way ahead of my mental. In
fact, I hated the sight of book, and
was never happy unless "scorching"
through the country on my bicycle.
My father was doctor in an Eng
lish village, and having large family,
he was thankful indeed when, at the
age of nineteen, commission was OBJ
tanned for me by q wealthy friend in a
regiment about to sail for India.
A grand new bicyclewas my fathers
parting present, and great was my de-
light at finding that another young
'sub" in my regiment was also BIZ
cyclist.
In these days, when the bicycle has
Sc many votaries, this may seem
nothing strange; but to realize my
surprise and pleasure, you must re-
member that a bicycle was then a
comparative curiosity, and bicyclist
person to be stared at and admired
or otherwise. Our bicycles were. [
believe, the first ever seen in India;
and as we rode together in the town,
some days after our arrival, one would
have thought it was the triumphal
entry of some Eastern potentate.
7 could fiji book with the curious
incidents and accidents which befell
us going cup country" Our regiment
was always on the move, and panics
of one kind OF another were very fre-
quent on our bicycling excursions.
One evening, after mess, Fred and 1
signed articles to ride ten mile race.
There was q grand native road with
in a short distance of our camp, run
ming away for ten miles as fiat as q
drawing-board. It lay through the
open plain, and then q deserted tract
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THOs. j. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.

PATIENCE
voo,np nretv Patience A-woong cruel Patience
oye.scks
dfoundhe n concert
Forl found donlyp
therw n nv
tdone me
mocking And while pondered to
maid There
patience Kind sir--haye Patience
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with that: behind the Stats, is ..rof-. s

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100000 100000
A BICYCLE RACE WITH A TIGER.
9a0@DA0Ds@QDg gDDgQgQDgDQDQDDgD
BY G. N1uMFoRD ROBINSON.

up, and then, after deliberately
stretching himself, came leaping with
long, graceful bounds over the rank
grass and rocks which separated him
from the road. He did not seem bit
angry, but evidently wished to get a
nearer view Of such an extraordinary
object.
Forty yards, however, thought was
quite near enough for safety. The
tiger was in the road behind me now;
so pulled myself together and began
to quicken my pace.
Would he stop disgusted after the
first hundred yards and give MP the
chase, or would he stick to it? Iquite
hoped he would follow me, and already
pictured in my mind the graphic des
cription would write home of my BIZ
cycle race with tiger
Little did I think what q terrible
race it was going to be. looked be-
hind me. BY ioye! he was sticking
to it" could not Judge the distance;
but at any rate I was not farther from
him than when we started. Now for d
squirt. rode the next half mile at
lively pace, but on again looking round,
found T had not gained yard.
The tiger was on my track, moving
with long, swinging trot, and going
quite as quickly as L was.
For the first time I began to feel
anxious, and thought uneasily of the
ten long miles which separated me
from safety.
However, it was no good thinking
now; itwas my muscle and "bike"
against the tiger Icould only do my
best and trust to Providence
Now there was no doubt about the
tigers intentions; his blood was up
and on he came, occasionally giving
vent to a roar which made the ground
tremble. Another mile had been ira
versed aud the brute WIS slowly but
surely closing up.
I dashed my pouch to the ground,
hoping it would stop him for a few Sec
onds; but he kept steadily on and 1
felt it was then grim earnest.
calculated we must be about seven
miles from camp now, and before I
could ride another four miles my pur-
suer, knew, must reach me. soh,s