The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-05
A TRIP TO THE HOT SPRINGS.

England party agreed to keep together
and visit the Charleston Exposition;
but as the days passed disintegration
set in, and the transportation problem
seemed difficult of solution. A special
train from St Louis to Charleston
would cost $3.50, and beyond it would
have to be a 60 as you please. Some of
the delegates had transportation from
Richmond or Norfolk to New York by
the Dominion line, but that left out
least was of more interest than
Charleston Friday Mr. Fairbanks of
the Natick Bulletin received telegram
stating that there had been a fire III the
block in which his office is located and
that the plant was considerably dam
aged. Saturday afternoon | learned
that he had decided to start for home
that evening and that another delegate
would accompany him. The conven-
ton had adjourned. the Hot Springs
been done" Sunday was coming with
nothing to do but lounge on the hotel
veranda. the mercury was mounting
higher and CHER, ana thoughts of home
and tie cool breezes of the Maine coast
brought about a sudden determination
to cut loose from the coming festivities
at Little Rock AMI st. Louis-the
Charleston trip had then been given up
i.1ft, tl,.1 ! Z la a,+y- hnn,lB mort h.
ward. At 71p y. m. we boarded our
Pullman at Hot Springs for st. Louis.
1t was new car very handsomely fin
nished. but somehow did not seem as
home-liNe as the Pandora in which we
made the outward trip. and we missed
tGeur-t." OUT very attentive porter.
1t would have been a duh evening if We
had hot had as a fellow passenger, Mr..
J NJ Page spending Secretary of
tae \. +. y. who had been called home
ON business. He entertained us with
what seems now, as recall bits of the
talk. Ike fairy tale. While at the
Hot springs he had closed a deal by
WIG I which $50 00o was paid for one
pig}-it-h interest in d company owning
"A ue,, process fol extracting gold from
0re. THE purchase carried with it the
Iiglt IT, use the process in mines owned
10y MI Taee and his friends, ore or
dirt We ding - 10 pei ton under the Old
process lai produced 5000 10y the new
method, Will proportionate yield
from higher Grade ones. Mr. Page told
us Of numerous tests and their results.
but made no notes at tine time and
will not undertake to give the figures.
He showed us button of pure gold,
and a vial contain ing a dark cOl0r6d
mixture which did not look in the least
like cold. but when some of it was taken
on a knife blade and spread on the
margin of a newspaper it assumed the
propel yellow color. Ia extracting
gold hy washing the yellow metal is
deposited hut by this new process the
gold is obtained from a scum composed
ot iuhnlteSjmal particles. This is as
}nu.h rs | can lecollect Of the talk. but
of course the process used is secret.
I'M nearing St Louis tive next morning
7 Was rnuch interested in the river boats
NOT having seen any craft of this kind
more than Third of century, and
stiII recalling many pleasant trips on
them on the " Big Muddy" and other
western rivers But tile boats | SAW
,ya,,. only t}lp comDalatjvpIy LITTLE stern
,,t.a'..rs- sometimes called vhee1-har-
rom. hoa+s-aud wondered if fine hio
.ids .,,t.aa7 ,,assenoAr hoats had Uona
n,,.Ire.I, ,14 nf existence The Fcinse
and -,4 i 7 SIotwplI We're thn most
NOTED ,oa+s nf ante bplh,m DAYS and
1l4,r tame was Worldwide At the
Paris Eylosition an oil painting of the
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,... said IA q wealthy Frpnchman for
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