The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23

These ngureS give cage n1aJor1Ly IN
those seven counties of 47S1. Kern Coun-
ty, in which Tehachapi is located, gave
Mcguire majority of 1853 over Gage.
INTERNAL REVENUE DISTRICTS
T. N H, Pacheco, Cal. There are two
internal revenue districts in the State or
California-the First and the Fourth Inc
salary of the Collector of the First. whose
office is in San Francisco, is $4,000 per
year while that of the Collector or the
Fourth, whose office is at Sacramento, IS
$350o The term OF otfice IS to4r years: years or
appointed and qualities. In the First Dis
trict are the counties of Alameda, GAIA
veras, Contra Costa, Fresno, Inyo, Kern,
Mariposa, Mono, Monterey, Orange, Rlv-
erside, San Benito. San Bernardtno, san
Diego San Francisco, San Joaquin. San
Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara.
Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne
and Ventura. All the other counties or
the State are in the Fourth District
BICYCLE AND HORsE-A NJ, City.
The following are the best bicycle and
horse records for one mile: Bicycle-S1n-
gle safety flying start, America, profess
sionaI. 1:31 40, Major Taylor against time,
Philadelphia November 6, 1898; unpaced,
| 1855 AS, w w. Hamilton against time,
/ teur, 1:42 %. H. G. Gardiner, Louisville,
/ KY. November 4, 1895: England, profess
Sonal 1:S5 j. Plat lat Belts against ga i5me'
/ c. Chase, same place and date; Staandlng
start, America, professional, l;41 20, IN
Beach, n Y. September q, 1897; amateur,
1:50 70. against time, Otto Zetgler, Louis
vile, KY, November 6, 1895; England. pro
fessionaI, 1:44 against time, J. w. Stocks,
London, September IL, 1897; amateur,
1854 Is. A. S. Ingram against time, Lon
The best records by horse Running,
1862. Salvador, years, 10 pounds,
straight track against time, Monmouth
gle harness, 2:03%. Altx against time, ac-
companied by runner, Galesburg, Ill, Sep
tember TO- 1894; pacing. 1:5914, Star Pointer.
Readville, Mass, August 2S, 1897.
PLATINUM-E. C. s., Livermore, Cal.
There are two methods of obtaining plati-
Wollaston. The chief steps are as fol-
lows:
After removal Of the metals associated with
platinum by the successive action of nitric
and hydrochloric acids the platinum itself is
dissolved in aqua regia, from which it is pre-
cipitated by a solution of sal ammoniac in the
form of a sparingIy soluble double salt, am
monium platinochloride. This salt is washed
and heated to rednesss by which the chlorine
and ammonia expelled, leaving the metal
in the form of a gray spongy soft mass,
known to chemists as spongy platinum. In this
form by ordinary furnace heat but, like iron,
it can be welded at high temperature. Ac-
cordingly it is made into thin paste with
water. then introduced into a brass mold and
subjected to graduated pressure, by which the
sufficiently firm to bear handling. 1t is then
dried, very carefully heated to whiteness and
The Deville-Debray method.-This is a very
simple furnace Two fat pieces of quickline
form the bottom and the lid Of the furnace. The
lower cupel has notch cut in its side
serve exit for the liquefed platinum: The
slightly conical round hole, through which the
(piatinum) nozzle of an oxyhydrogen blowpipe
enters, so that the fame beats down on the
metal within.