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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-19

All OF which are possessed by Or. TerrIlI,
and are necessary for the successful and
satisfactory treatment Of any disease
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
ANTIQUITY OF GOLD MINING.
Methods Employed by the Ancients to
Extract the Precious Metal.

Gold was probably the first metal
observed and collected, because OF the
instructive understanding Of it's intrin-
sic value About it superstitions grew,
religious and ceremonious rites, and
strange crimes were committed for its
possession in the days when 1t was
believed that ii was of such stuff as
the sun itself was made, and the halls
Of Valhalla paved. Rock paintings ana
carvings I'm Egyptian tombs earlier
than the days of Joseph indicate the
operation of washing auriferous sand,
and subsequent melting in furnaces by
the aid or blow pipes. Less than
twenty years ago the old mines of
Nubia, so graphically described by
Diodorus, were rediscovered on the
shores of the Red sea, together with
a line Of ancient wells across the des-
ert, the underground workings where
ore veins had been followed with the
pick, the rude cupelling furnaces for
assaying, picks, oil lamps, stone mills.
mortars and pestles, inclined washing
tables of stone, crucibles. and retort-
ing furnaces of burnt tile, by which the
entire process could be traced. Here
slaves and hapless prisoners of war
exchanged their blood for glitteriug
dust to fill the treasures of their cap
tors. In India and Asia Minor the
powdered ore was washed down over
smooth. sloping rocks and gold caugh,
in the fieeces OF sheepskins sunk In
the stream II was literally a golden
fleece that Jason brought back from
the Caucasus. Further north. and fol-
lowing the eastern foothills OF Mount
Ararat TO tue southern slopes OF the
Ural mountains in Russian Siberia
where last year millions were taken
out of the old mines. the ancient
Scythians broke up rock and gravel
with copper implements, scraped out
the glittering dust and nuggets with
the fangs OF wild boars. and carried
their gain away IN bags OF leather. All
through this region miners OF to-day
know that one OF the chief dangers TO
be avoided are the Scythian pits, sixty
feet deep in the gravel, and shaped like
we'll The remains OF thousands OF
small furnaces of burnt clay testify to
the long period over which the work
lngs OF the mines extended.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

dow, with great tears rolling down
her cheeks and dropping heavily on
the chrysanthemum leaves.
DO you think, dear. we might look
at the conservatory? it would be
quiet in there
Esperance caught at the idea, and
led the way to little inclosed YER
anda whcih opened out OF the draw
ing -roOm. Unfortunately, Cornelia
happened to look up at the moment.
and fearing that she had been neg
Letting Miss Neville, FASTENED for
ward.
viii you not come nearer the fire.
Esperance has not been taking care
OF you, | am afraid"
ooh, yes, indeed replied Frances.
smiling. Il have been admiring
your chrysanthemums, and your
cousin was going to show me the
conservatory"
Il am afraid it is scarcely worth
seeing; our gardner has not managed
we'll this autumn"
Frances was afraid there would be
no getting rid of Miss Collinson after
this, but happily Lady Worthington
managed a skillful appeal to her
judgment in the question which she
and Mrs. Mortlake were discussing,
and Cornelia, nothing loath, left
Frances t1d Lsperance &c admire the
flowers alone,
Frances, hardly bestowing a glance
on the shabby array of plants, took
Esperance's hand in hers. and still
speaking in French, said, Will you
not tell me about your troubles?
then, perhaps. | could understand a
little. Claude Masnay told my sis
ter that you were living here, and
she knew your father and mother,
as perhaps you have heard
mo, | think not replied Esper-
ance, but | have heard papa speak
of Sir Henry Worthington. He-he
spoke of him once, | remember, be-
fore all the trouble began-so long
ago it seems now"
Was that before you left the
chateau asked Frances, convinced
that talking was a relief.
mo. we We're at Paris, papa and
Gaspard. and Javotte and | we were
so happy, madomoiselle, so very
happy. But then came the war and
then the dreadful siege, and from
then till now things have grown
worse and worse"
Poor child" said Frances gently,
Her words caused another rush of
tears, however for what memories
did they not recall to Esperance;
and how long it was since she had
heard such a term of endearment'
Frances could only hold her close, and
Esperance. as she grew a little more
calm, looked up gratefully, for no.
thing could have soothed her so
well as the gentle, caressing sym
pathy which Frances knew so
we'll how to bestow.
Conscious that the time left them
was short, neither attempted to enter
any more into detail, but Frances,
anxious to show that this was to be
the beginning of a closer intimacy,
began TO speak Of the future,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

Secured Currency. My husband"
she exclaimed with glistening eyes,
lis a national bank"
The currency OF national bank
It may be remarked en- PEASANT, is Sc
cured.
The fact that she had to get M in
the middle Of the night AMI 20
through a vest as well as q pair OF
trousers in order 10 secure her hus-
hands currency didn't seem 70 cut
any ice with her.-Detroit Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
GEN. ROBINSON'S STORY.

General Robinson tells a story Of II
late General Benjamin F. Butler whic
IS new to me, ana as the old hero hin
self told it to General Robinson
may be new to you as well. II nay
pened one time when General Butte
was in Portland. A great receptlo
had been arranged in his honor, an
the largest hall In town was engage
70 hold II in The place was LAVISH
decorated. and one white muslin oal
ner especially attracted the genera
attention, On it was painted in arg
black letters:
General Benjamin F. Butler, "a
hero Of Five Forks
And beneath the big letters some
body had written:
And goodness only knows ao'
many spoons. Washington Post
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

Hudson Maxim, the inventor OF e
plosiyes, who has offered to the Lni's
states government his free serFls'
and all his inventions free OF royal.
for the building OF a torpedo cr1ls'
70 cost 5000 600, says the boat ne %
in Mid could destroy every SPAN.
wa-ship which 1t might encounter ?
Is willing to come 10 America 10 supe
intend its building.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

BerIin's servant girls are losi1
the steady habits OF the Germs
Diarstmadchen: their average ~
OF service in one place IS ouly I'D
months and a half.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

The Chinese cultivate an onion =
possesses no odo- Whatever.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
THE BOYS IN BLUE
HOLD A MONSTER MEETING AT
CAMP RANDALL.
PROMINENT VETS TALK

Rousing Speeches by Senator Welton.
Mayor Whelan, Col. Gray, ex-Gov.
Hoard. Prof. Freeman. Rev. Kulp
and J. A Watrous Weissert
Presides at Meeting-Camp Notes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16


housemaid in stiff rows, though Es-
perance perservingly tried to group
them after her fancy.
The brass band was now still more
audible and Frances was more
grieyed than surprised 10 see that
the little French girls eyes We're
brimming over with tears.
1T must be hard 10 hear ones
national song In a strange land" she
said, gently
Esperance started, her cheeks glow
ed, and she even smiled though her
tears, for Frances had spoken in
her own language.
You speak French like natiye'"
she exclaimed, rapturously. Made
moiselle is too gooi-it makes the
land no more strange And yet. she
added, with a slight shiyer. rs part
ant pour Ia Syrie" succeeded the
Mavseillaise. Fl think II only
makes me long the more Mademoi-
selle will pardon me-but today-le
Jour des Morris, ! can not help being
sad. and no one here win understand,
and-aud with a rush OF tears
Je suiS desolee"
Frances was for a moment greatly
perp)eNed To attempt any comfort
under the circumstances was almost
impossible, vet So 20 to still more
retired place would probably attract
Mrs. Mortlaks or Cornelia- She re-
solved to risk Is however. and turned
once more " E.9erance. who was still
standing fiseanso'ately by the win
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05

the men home. Their route lay nearly
300 miles north to Washington, and
every foot of that, through rain and
alternate blistering heat and chill,
they marched footsore, though they
were from winter campaign of more
than 600 miles of march and battle,
1t was a JOY when they left Washing
ton that they could get box cars to
ride in and on-for all could not get
in. With this sort of transportation
they rode to the Ohio river; then
crowded on hurricane and boiler decks
of freightboats they lay down at night
with no covering but the stars.
Arrived at Louisville, KY, where the
veterans were modified, they put up
their frayed and worn dog tents in
open fields under the burning SUM-
when it shone; in the drenching rain
when it fell. There was no extra ac'
commodation for the sick, even though
the war was over. Indeed, the writer
of this knows as a fact that his regi
ment was without even its regimental
surgeons, those officers having been
left behind with the sick and wounded
at Goldsboro and Washington, and the
men had to go to the surgeon of an
Ohio regiment for their "quinine.'
When at last, after weeks and weeks
of waiting through the hot month Of
June and into July, the regiment was
mustered out, the men were again
loaded on box cars and transported uF
through Indiana and across Illinois tc
the vicinity of Springfield, where they
went into bivouac in the hazel "ruffs'
and underbrush some ten days, get
ting final pay and discharge. And
from this point they went to their vari
Gus homes in the distant parts of the
state, and some to other states, eacl
paying his own fare and for what he
ate along the way.-Macomb Gill;
Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05
AN INCIDENT OF WAR.
How a Southern officer Informed
His Friends of His
Capture.

The unconcern with which con-
federate soldier became q prisoner of
war near the close of the conflict is
quantity shown in a private letter re-
Gently brought to light in Virginia.
The letter was found the other day
by Mrs. b. Eichberg, of Petersburg,
among her mothers papers, and was
sent by her to its author, Maj NJ. NJ.
Newman, who was at the time men,
Der of Gen. John B. Gordon's staff,
and is now judge of probate in Wash
ington county, Ga. He had done his
best for the cause, and then, submit
ting to the fortunes of war, had evil
IDENTIFY yielded to his union captors
without apprehension. The letter was
written in the Old Capitol prison.
Washington, d. c., three days after he
was taken prisoner. 1t was addressed
to Mrs. NJ. Shields, of Petersburg, who
with her entire family had done many
kindnesses to Maj. Newman and the
boys of the Forty-ninth Georgia regi-
ment while they were in the trenches
and engaged in the defense of the city.
1t was inclosed in camp-made enve-
lope, bore the postmark Washington,
D. c., April 6, 1855, and was stamped;
Passed; Military Prison; w. G..
Wood" In part, it says:
Kind Friend: Knowing the inter
est you take in my welfare, hereby
inform you that l was captured last
Sunday in Fort Gregg, 21s miles from
Petersburg, after having been in the
fight from four in the morning until
IL o'clock. came out safe, thank God,
l only received slight bruise on my
head Hyman was captured in the
same fort. l saw him, and we ate din
ner together Sunday evening, while
ON the march as prisoners. All of
the officer prisoners are here together
in the old Capitol prison at present.
l don't know yet where we will be sent
to. As soon as we know what
prison we will be sent to l will write
to you again. Thanking you for all
your kindness to me, and rendering my
regards TO all the family, l remain
your friend,
IN. NEWMAN"
l-Sandersyille lGa.l Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05
MANURE ON THE FARM.
The Subject Set Forth by One Who Has
Made 1t a Study aud Speaks
by the Card

The preponderance of experience is
In favor of keeping the manure near
the surface as a rule, and we believe
that this is the true plan, and we
would add, on the surface as nearly as
possible. Many of our friends still
seem to be imbued with the old liking
for well-roted manure. We do not
want to let our manure get well rotted
before we apply it to the land. The
place to rot the manure is in the soil,
where you have the soil to absorb ev-
erything. If the manure is spread on
the surface the soluble parts wash inn
mediately into the land, and the loss
is smaller than in any way the manure
can be treated, far less than piling in
the barnyard, either under cover or
out. The evaporation from manure
spread on the surface is mainly only
water, while the evaporation from
piled manure is largely ammonia in a
volatile form. No matter how we'll
the manure is handled there will al
ways be more loss from it in the barn
yard than in the field. Manure on tie
surface keeps the soil moist aad pre-
vents the baking of clay soil. IN
our experience, right on top as nesr
rs may be is the best possible place
for the manure.
Lately | have had an example on a
small scale of the value of surface ma.
nuring on clay soil. A year ago we
built at our college new lecture hall
! laboratory and greenhouse for my de-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05

arms, and damned the government,
and frequently borrowed my chewing
tobacco
"'But we demand our rights said
the man whom we had chosen to
speak. We demand to be released on
habeas corpus, that bulwark Of
Don't make fools of yourselves,
gentlemen said Col. Bassett. The
writ of habeas corpus has been sus-
pended, and we are now under martial
law
"'But you can't suspend the writ of
habeas corpus said our speaker, with
out invalidating the constitution
"The colonel took fresh cut on his
natural leaf, and was silent while he
was getting it at the proper angle,
after which he said: 1T depends And
he said it so naturally and in his old
time knowing thatwe gave in. Just
how he got the confidence of the gov
eminent to secure his appointment as
| provost marshal we never knew. But
he did practice martial law in that
country for long time, in way
which will never be forgotten" IN. Y
Sun
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05

swapping You can now crowd on sail
without end, and if you tip over, which is
not probable, you can easily right your boat
again and continue with the loss of very
little time.
The course for sailing tandem must be
determined at the time by the direction Of
the wind, for these racers, extremely sea-
worthy, as far as carrying sail or standing
rough water is concerned, have decided
tendency to steer their own course, in spite
Of all that hands and feet can do. A sailing
tandem is supposed to hold but one occu-
plank, land he sits astridethe connectingplank.
A good programme for days racing is
as follows: A 25 so and l00-yards single
tub race, 100 and 200-yards tandem soul
race, 200-yards tandem, with paddles and
balance pole; sailing tandem race, course
to be decided by the wind. Such a pro.
gramme should be easily carried out at any
resort near the water.
Choose a committee of three, who shall
attend the entries, and have the date of The
races announced.
Entry fees are a mistake, for anything
| which tends to lessen the number of con
testants encourages failure.
A small flag upon which has been EN-
broidered the event will be a sufficient
reward to the winner. These the girll
should furnish as a just equivalent for the
fun they will have in watching the races.
| The embroidery should read; First, 100
yards single; second, etc.; first 2O0-yard,
tandem, scull; first, 200-yards, tandem, pad
! die; first, sailing tandem.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05


partment. To get q level site for the
buildings we had TO eXeavate into u
red clay hillside and pile the clay tax
en- from the excavation in the lower
levels. On the grounds around this
building | have been trying to convert
this clay into garden. Grass plats
were formedand large shrubbery BEDS
prepat"d and planted in the untamed
clay. After everything was planted u
good coat OF manure was placed on the
was the hottest and dryest everkpown
here, but it was pleasant to Gee how
things grew and flourished in that
clay, which was merely the subSoil
piled three or four feet deep.
This spring the soil in these beds
works as mellow as the traditional
ash heap, and the bloom of the roses
and shrubbery of all kinds is simply
amazing, being fully twice as great as
with the same kinds of plants set in
natural soil elsewhere. | use all ma
nure as mulch, either in garden or
field. In the garden. after setting
plants or planting seed, the manure
is spread over the surface and left
there to be slightly worked in during
cultivation. On the farm the place for
the farm manure is on the clover as
fast as it can be gotten from the sta
bles. There is but little while dur
ing the early summer when it can not
be put there, and then we are usually
too busy to haul it out. But except
in making fine compost for green
house use, composing is about the
worst waste of time and labor that a
farmer can engage in. Manure is
heavy and expensive stuff to handle
in proportion to it's value, and it does
not pay on the ordinary farm crops to
spend time piling and turning lot of
earth, litter and droppings, and mag
inc that it is all manure. Far better
get the droppings out as fast as made
where they will help to grow the COM
post all over the land in the shape of
peas or clover. A pile of well rotted
manure containing half dozen or
more loads is simply all that is left of
four or five times the amount which
has largely gone to waste in the turn
ing and fining.
The silliest of all ways to handle
manure is to haul it to the field and
laboriously fork it into little piles,
when the spreading should be better
done at once from the wagon. Do not
be afraid of the sun shining on it or
the winds drying it, or of its running
down hill, for if the soil has goodly
proportion of the clay in it. it will take
and hold the manure, and when the
sod is plowed for q hoed crop and
plant food is right where the corn
needs it near the surface.
There is nothing in which there is
more waste on the farm, both of FER
tility and labor, than in the handling
of the manure. Manure is not thing
to hoard, but, like money, should be
put at once to interest. Every day
you keep it idle in the barnyard you
are losing the interest it would be
making on the field. Rotting manure
Ia simply wasting manure. Let it rot
on the land where every drop will feed
a plant.-Prof. Massey, in Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05

A tub race usually extends over distance
of from % to 100 yards. Longer races are
occasionally INDUCED in, but will be found
rather exhausting,
The different courses shord he staked
out by anchored flags. (See Fig. 81
The start may be made from float or
shallow water, each contestant being obliged
to climb into his tub after the word, Go!
Or the racers may line up for the start in
deep water under the direction of Judge or
starter and commence padding at the COM
mand.
A raft or skiff must be anchored at the
finish, and should contain three judges. The
judges must draw an imaginary line between
the two floats which mark the finish. The
first to completely cross this line wins.
Tandem races are popular, and quite
exciting, because considerable skill 10 nee
essary in order to avoid tipping over.
A tandem consists of two tubs connected
by plank about three feet long and one
hall foot wide. Fig. 4 shows the manner of
connecting each end of the planks to the
tubs. A is the rim of a tub; B piece of
some tough wood, cut convexly to fit on the
inside, and C,ltwo bolts which run through
the sides Of the tub
Paddles are often used with tandems, but
in order to keep the balance what
is knownas balance pole must be resorted
to. Fig. 5 shows this. Its size must be regu-
lated by the taste and strength of him who
uses it.
Fig. shows one of the so-called feet be-
fore being decked over. You will, of
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05
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AN EQUESTRIAN LION.
He Was Thoroughly mt Home on the
Back of His Friend, n Pretty
Piebald Pony.

The performance of the lion whose
equestrian portrait is here given was
even more distinguished than the pho
tograph suggests. He would not only
mount into the pad saddle shown
above, hut would ride round the whole
arena, keeping his balance without
any apparent effort. A cat on horses
back in the stable was not more at
home than this nalf- grown cub on his
piebald pony. The wonder increased
as he grew older, for he continued to
take his ride until he was nearly twice
as big as when ri is portrait was taken.
There was not the slightest make
believe in this performance. The lion
was one of the exceptionally good
tempered ones which are the JOY of the
trainer, and instead of wanting to eat
his pony he was much attached to it,
and looked upon the whole thing as a
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-05
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WHEN MARTIAL LAW CAME.
Experience of Amateur COnspirators
in Western Town in
the Civil War.

martial law has not yet been ne
clared in this country, and | reckon
there will be no occasion for il" said a
man who had all sorts of experiences
In the civil war Next to being shot
at, there is nothing that annoys an
American more than martial law. 1t
was that which caused me to go into
the conspiracy to smash the govern
ment.
I'm the town where | lived in the
west during the civil war was man
who had been my lawyer many years.
He had won his spurs in the Mexican
war. He was colonel. For long
time we did not know where he stood
ON the proposition to separate the
country. But as he was noted for his
reticence, we did not think it strange
and concluded that he was with us.
His office was on the shady side of the
'street, and the first summer OF the war
found row of tilted chairs, filled with
whittlers cussin' the government, in
front of his office. Occasionally we
would spring constitutional point,
and if we disagreed we left it to Col.
Bassett, who sat at window. After
extracting the juice from select ar
ticle of natural leaf he would give his
decision, to wit. 1t depends and when
lie got through we dropped the point
and returned to conspiring.
"One day a squad Differed by a
Dutch barber of the place marched six
men across the town to headquarters,
which was about two miles from the
business section. We did not sprinkle
the streets of that town during the
war, and when the dry spell was on the
dust was ankle deep. was one of the
prisoners. When we reached our des-
tination we huddled together and ex-
changed views. We had been taken
from our business. We had been re-
| moved from our homes. Our rights
had been outraged. We were kept in
| a condition of uncertainty until late in
the day, when we were told that we
were held on the charge of giving aid
| and comfort to the enemies of the gov
eminent. We demanded lawyer and
named Col. Bassett.
"'He's not likely to help you out re-
Piled the officer. He has just been ap'
pointed provost marshall
eve retired for consultation. We
concluded to continue our bluff an6
demanded that we be taken before the
provost marshal. This was conceded
and when we were before our old-timt
friend and lawyer, who was still al
work with his jaws, he said:
az don't see what / can do for yor
fellows. am the witness against you
For six months you have worn out my
office chairs, whitfield the rounds ant