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Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
CYANIDE SUPPLY IS
 FAR FROM LOW TIDE
 SOME WOULD BELIEVE
w. E. Deity, One Of States Best
 Mining Writers, Says There Is
 Plenty In Country;GiveS Small Account Of Origin And History
CBy W. E. DeftyD

There has been a great deal of mis understanding and misapprehension regarding the present supply of this chemical, and. without knowledge, itl is constantly being repeated that there is a tremendous shortage; that all the supply may be cut off, and the price has msen to an extraordinarily high figure. All of which is absolutely at variance with the actual facts. The largest importers lof supplies from Germany have large stocks on hand. The Pacific coast agents have guar anteed full supplies to all their GUS toners, and only at a very slight raise
 in price above normal figures The only manufactory in the United States was compelled to close down when the tariff was taken off cyanide But these works have again engaged in the manufacture Of the chemical, and undoubtedly will establish a perma- nent basis for continuance. have made 1t my business to inquire of the operators of good properties in Ari- zona. and without exception they state they are getting all the supply naediul for their requirements and with a very small advance in price.
 Cyanide is produced from varied sources. Accidentally and chemically cyanide is combination of cyanogen with a metallic base. It is deadly poison
 Cyanogen does not occur native, and it derives its name from Kuanos Cblue). and gennao q generate). The chief chemical character of cyanogen is that 1t forms, with iron. the differ ing varieties of Prussian blue. and "it was from Prussia bule that Scheele, in 17S2, first obtained what we now from our knowledge of it's compost tion-term hydrocyanic acid, but which he called Prussic acid. Cyano
 gen was isolated by Gay-Lussac ir 1914. and was the first compound rad
 teal distinctly proved to exist"
 ' Cyanogen is present in minute Quan
 titles among the iron furnace gases 2 and IS sparingly present in the distil lations Of coal for gas. Ferrocyanid' of potassium is easily obtained bl heating horns, hoofs, hides, and othel
 animal matter contining nitrogen
 with potassium carbonate and irol filings in a covered iron pot In pro
 portions, horns. hOofs and hides (hy'
 partsl. potassium carbonate (tw
 parts,, waste iron, as. "The residua ! mass is boiled with water the mixtur' b filtered. and the nitrate eyapOratel n and set aside for crystals to form Tn 2. cyanogen. produced from the carbo
 and nitrogen of the animal matter
 unites with the potassium and after
 wards. on boiling with water, wit
 iron. 10 form what is often terme n the yellow prussiate of potash c ferrocyauide of potassium It col
 tains the elenen of eyanogen " 1t is not a cyanide for 1t Is not poisor e ous, end is otharwise different froi n cyanides From this salt all cyanide T are directly or indirectly prepared.
 Potassium cyanide ken, is form6
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
NORTH STAR

Some time ago Ben Rybon, while drifting in the North Star claim. in Yavapai county picked up the yana- dium streak and an analysis shows that it runs 1895 vanadium. This Is Gne of the highest priced minerals In the list Since it was discovered that vanadium-steel is the very hardest form ci steel, the demand has in creased, and there is now being con structed in New Jersey a plant fo, the reduction of the ores of vanadium The development of the silver ore h the mine also goes ahead steadily with good results.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
CHLORIDE

A pumping plant has been installed at the Rainbow and sinking resumed. The shaft will be carried from tho 4OOft to 5OO-ft level George John ston has taken lease on the Lucky Boy. At the Distaff mine, which is under option to purchase to John Campbell, exploration work is show ing excellent results. The shaft will be continued and the drifts on the lowest level are to be advanced.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
SCIENCE IS SAVING
 WOUNDED SOLDIERS

PARIS, Oct 24.AThe Journal Des Debates says that during the first month after the first arrival of wound ed at the Vichy hospital, where the most important operations are per formed, the average of the operations was twenty per day out of 5000 cases treated.
 Of tnese six hundred operations no more than ten were amputations and among the ten were some of single inSers and parts of fingers only. Two legs, one arm and one wrist were all the serious amputstions that proved necessary at this great hospital
 This very small proportion of am rutauCns in comparison with wounded cf preceding wars is accounted for, first, by the difference in the effects Of modern projecties, which have not SO much tendency to produce sllv- CTS of bone The wound is more To- CaIized and cleaner out than former ly. in the second place surgical science has progressed and wounds that would have seemingly required the amputation of a member of forty years ago are now treated with view to saving it
 In connection with the treatment of bullet and shrapnel wounds the , Temps states that experiments made in a Lyons hospital have demonstrate ed that the German bullets are mag netic and are in many cases easily extracted by the application Of a powerful magnet
 . In one case at the Desenettes hos pital at Lyons a bullet was extracted from depth of three anu hal, inches by an electro magnet powerful enough to lift a ton while it's extrac ton would have been extremely afr acult by any other process. The mag net is also being used together witl radiography to locate bullets, spilnt CTS of shells. etc, under the flesh rendering immense services to the surgeons
 There is less sickness fin the French army after two months on the battlefield than in time of peace. du' to the efficiency and preparedness o the military health service, according
 to Professor Edmond Delorme, medi cal inspector general of the army and a member of the Academy of Medicine
 Since the beginning of the war h' has been on an official mission of in
 spection of field and other hospital
 were the rencn wounded have beer
 treated
 "He established in the first place
 says the Figaro that sanitary condi
 lions in our army are perfect Th' ,i wounded Frenchman is a healthy man !, sickness Is exceptional During Uni
 war the number of cases of sicknes is less than in time of peace"
 Complications from wounds eaus the most serious trouble. They occu | with surprising frequency and gravity says Frof, Delorme They chiefly r' D suit .n gaseous gangrene and tetanus
 Unjections of oxygenated water ar efficaeious in both cases, but for te } tanus, injections of anti tetanic serur 9 are being used as preventative, Nor B than Six hundred thousand does c 8 this serum have been turned over ( t the army health service by the Pasteu D Institute since the beginning of th h war. By this means 1t is expected tha l- the lives of thousands of wounded vii
 be saved.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
CONSOLIDATED ARIZONA
 SIMPLIFYING COMPANY

General Manager c. h. Calvocoress- es' states that shelter at Humboldt is running with a force of 145 men. and the Blue Bell had on the payroll 75 miners, with no further curtailing of eitEer force if the situation re- mains undisturbed.
 He further states that under pres. ent conditions no reduction will be made, and if the red metal caches tc a lower figure or around 1-2 cents per pound, it is probable the mine and smeteT will be closed down. The Blue Bell is going through a very extensive line of development and underground conditions are gratifying
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
STANTON

Recent heavy rains have caused an influx Of placer miners to the district The roao leading from Congress June ton to stanton and Weaver gulch are the most favored localities, though Rich hill is being worked in a small way.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25
UNITED VERDE IS
 USING ELECTRICITY

Electrical power consumption Dy the United Verde Copper company is assuming huge proportions, the Ari- zona Power company having closed another contract fer the Clarkdale smelter that will require the gener- ating of an additional 2.0O0 horse power This service is to be ready by the first of November and will not affect the capacity of the Jerome di- vision. which consumes a total of 5000 horsepower
 Work will begin on the new con tract at once, and the stringing of the second transmission line is al- ready under way Upon the arrival of generators the current will be turned into the new plant The blow ing in O fthe big shelter is contin- gent oG the electrical service being available
 The CiarFdale shelter is located at Charitable, near Jerome, Arizona, and is the largest custom smelter in the world
 when potassium is burnt in cyanogen or in hydrocyanic acid gas, or when potash is added to aqueous hydro cyanic acid It is prepared on a large scale by fusing potassium ferrocynide with potassium carbonate The iron is thus separJ ed, and potassium takes it's place. Potassium cyanide is a white salt, very soluble in water and hot alcohol It fuses easily with de composition. and, as previously stated, is a deadly poison. It is largely used as solvent for gold in the cyanide | process. It is used in photography | for dissolving the unaltered silver
 salts. forming a soluble double salt; also in still greater quantity in the art Of eieetrotyping in gold and silver serving as a solvent for those metals The sodium and ammonium cyanides are also soluble. very poisonous salts | The great chemist Faraday was tht
 first to discover the solvent power on | gold, and 1t remained for the two
 Scotchmen, McArthur and Forrest, tC apply 1t on a large practical scale, ana !
 they for manw years derived enormous
 revenues from it's use under their pat
 ent rights. The practical use of cy
 anlde greatly revolutionized gold eX
 traction al lover the world, both sim
 plifying and economizing, beside
 gaining greater extraction from th
 gold ores, and establishing the possi
 bnity of working lower-grade ores a
 greater profit than could ever be don' previously to it's adoption in gold mil
 ing
 Another base for it's manufacture i . potash and this is being found more or less quantities, in severs parts of the United States. and 1t ma be possible that in a few years Amer lea win be able to supply full amour for it's own demand without being d' pendent upon Germany or England
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
WILLIAM j. BRYAN'S
TRIBUTE TO MRS. WILSON
compares Her With The Ideal Wife
SOIOmOn Portray in Proverbs.

w. J. Bryan in The Commoner.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson'S life recalls
the words in which Solomon (Pro-
verbs, XxXi) describes the ideal wife:
10. Who can find a v%irtuous wo-
man.? for her price is far above
rubieS.
IL. The heart Of her husband doth
safely trust her, SO that he shall have
no need of spoil.
IL. She will do him good and not
evil all the days of her life.
Is. She seeketh wool. and flax, and
worketh willingly with her hands.
ID. She is like the merchants ships:
she brinSeth her food from afar.
Is. She ariseth also while it is yet
night, and giveth meat to her house
hold. and a portion to her maidenS.
Is. n c~onsidereth d field. and
bueth it; with the fruit of her hands
n planteth a vineyard.
II. She girdeth her loins with
strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Is. She perceiveth that her mer-
chandise is good; her candle goeth
not out by night.
10. She layeth her hands to the
spindle, and her hands hold the
distaff.
20. She stretcheth out her hand to
the poor; year, she reaCheth forth her
hands to the needy.
81. Sc is not afraid of the snow for
her household; for all her household
are clothed with scarlet.
She maket herself coverings Of
tapestry; her clothing is silk and
purple.
%. Her husband is known in the
gates, When he Sitteth among the
elders of the land.
"a. She maketh fine linen. and
selleth it: and deIivereth girdles unto
the merchant.
25. Strength and honor are her
clothing; and she shall rejoice in
time to come.
26. She openeth her mouth with
wisdom; and in her tongue the law OF
kindneSS.
81. She loOketh we'll to the ways OF
her household: and eateth not the
the bread of idleneSS.
%. Her children arise up and cal
her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
%. Many daughters have done
virtuouSly. but thou eXcellest then
all.
80. Favor lis deceitful. and beaut,
is vain; but a woman that feareth The
Lord, she shall be praised.
Al. Give her Of the fruit of hel
hands: and let her own works praise
her in the gates.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25

Duke Of Manchester Says Armaments
VIII Be Reduced.

The Duke of Manchester. who is en-
gagged in the organization of the Inter-
national Educational League in this
country, said yesterday that he had
offered his services to England in any
capacity in which he might be used.
The one difficulty. he said. in the ac-
ceptanCe of his offer is that he is not
in the reserves. Also. owing to his
position as a captain in the Kings
Body Guard, which gives to him the
rank of general. he could not be used
as a general and he could not go back
to his original rank Of major in tho
army.
Il have. nevertheless" ne aid of
fered my services, and If England calls
on me to deliver those services l shall.
Of course, go.
Asked to give some opinion regard
ing the present CUB in Europe. no
said:
The war had to come. and IL will
be a good thing in the end. After
Germany gets her licking the big re-
suit will be a reduction in the enor-
nous ornaments which have been
choking the life out of all European
nations in the recent past"-New York
Times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25

fesses u~nblushingly to his fondness
LOT detective stories and magazine
stories generally. Bat Secretary of
war Garrison prefers biographies.
n the diaries Of men who
nave been prominent In public
life.
Judge Judson c. Clements of the
interstate commission does
TINS sort Of reading. too. when he can
let go OF a law brief long enough.
But Tor a relish for of the
real sort take two southern men like
Representative Flood. chairman OF
he foreign affairs committee of the
House, and Wyatt Aiken OF South
Carolina They like Walter Scott N
Smoiiett and Fielding and all those
good old English novels which form
a part of every southern mans Ii
Drary- They, too. however, confess
10 A weakness for tales of adventure,
ana when affairs at the CAPITOL will
permit Representative Flood enjoys
a chase with the sieuth hounds and
foreign affairs are forgotten.
Mr.. Aiken likes a real thing better
and takes his detective stories out in
the movies, where he can enjoy tht
story and sit in the open at the same
time. He likes sea tales and war-tirns
stories. such as his old black mamm,
used to tell him: and to hear hin
read Uncle Remus' to his children
is fascinating.
Representative Lincoln Dixon o
the Ways and Means committee i
another one who likes to take nj
summer reading by absorption and i
q frequent attendant at the movies
He is fond of a good wild west tale
with plenty Of action and powder
and also a good up-to-date owe story
He says he has great respect for tn
classics. but has had no time 70
them since he left college.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
STRANGE LIGHT IS
SEEN ON MOUNTAIN
Phenomena Still Appears at
Night on Burke County
Foot Hill
tSs~~tsi te Tf.~ N~~z end Ou~rvr

Statesville. Aug ,--Rev j. r.
Kirk. who has just returned from
Cold Springs. Burke county. where
he spent a months vacation. says that
the stories which have been sent out
from Burke about A strange light on
brown mountai are correct. Mr.
Kirk saw the light himself /. or Is
different nights during his stay in the
mountains. The light shoots from the
crest OF Brown mountain every night,
usually about nine O'Clock. and some
tunes makes its appearance two or
three times during the night. What
II Is and its cause Is A mystery IL
is a problem for the scientists.
Brown mountain is about IL miles
in length. the south end being about
II miles from Morganton and about
the same distance from Cold Springs
The light does not rise from the same
point every night One night MIR.
Kirk saw il rise from two different
points. apparently about six miles
apart. within a period OF A few min
utes. In appearance the light is
something like a sky rocket such AZ
is used at Christmas and other times
of celebration. though its actions are
not the same each night. II rises
from the crest of the mountain to an
apparent distance OF from five to 30
feet, and sometimes zigzaes as IL
rises oH one occasion MI. MIX says
the movements of the bali Of fire or
whatever il is formed an : above the
mountain. ON one or two nights the
light rose slowly and was visible for
several minutes. Il ball of fire ap-
parently "A little larger than a star
remaining III the air possibly five
minutes. Sometimes the light shoots
up only Il short distance and then
fades away while at other times II
rises to a considerable diStanc. and
remains visible from a few seconds to
a few minutes
Mr.. Kirk spent one night on Roar
mountain, about 25 miles from Brown
mountain, and he also saw the light
from this point. He called the at
tention Of others to it and after re-
turning to Cold Spring he received
cards from friends at Roam mountain
saying they observed the light two
l nights after he had left This was the
first time it had been observed from
that point.
1 The government sent a man 10
Burke last year to investigate this
Z range phenomena. but ii is claimed
t that the government man drove out
only eight miles from M~orsanton and
D took a lOok at the country and left
I without seeing the light. saying it was
probably the headlight of a iocomo
I tive.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
VANN AND LONG WIN OUT.

Monroe. Aug. 22.-The result Of
the second primary held in Cnion
county today was d vote of 1871 for
J. G. NJ. ann and 1,70l for w. G..
Long for the Legislature. Mr.. J. ID.
Bundy was defeated by a vote of 1906.
In the primary last Saturday eight
candidates were in the race. leaving
the three above named and Mr.. w. \.
Eubanks in the race. Today with an
election for but two. Mr.. Eubanks
withdrew from the race. leaving the
three. which resulted in the election Of
Vann and Long as stated.
Mr.. H. b. Adams. il, was renom-
mated for recorder for the city OF
Monroe by a vote of 1,473. Mr.. M.
L. Flow, his opponent. led him a close
race. with a vote of l.lSI.
Mr.. J.. G. Winchester was elected
cotton weigher over c. +. Barden
| the present incumbent, with a vote OIL
1902.
The vote in today's primary was the
largest ever cast in a second rlnar
in the county. The election was con
| Quoted under the new plan and il
was h most satisfactory held in tbs
! county.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
CARTER HELD NOT GUILTY.
Fail, To Make Case
Against Ashcyillr Banker

ASheville. Aug. 22-Declaring that
the evidence adduced by the govern
ment. in the case Of the United States
versus John II. Carter. former presi-
dent of the American National Bank
Of Asheville. on trial here upon the
indictment returned at Greensboro
two years ago. charging the ~defendant
with alleged violations Of the national
banking laws. failed to establish a
prima facie case Of guilt. Judge James
r. Boyd. of the United States court.
today directed the jury to return a
verdict Of not guilty from the box.
Today's verde followed A weeks
hearing Of the governments evidence.
At the conclusion counsel for defend
ant announced to the court that the
government having failed to make A
case. no evidence would he offered for
the defendant.
Counsel ~thereupon submitted a re-
quest to the court for q verdict OF
acquittai.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
WHAT CABINET MEMBERS AND
STATESMEN READ IN SUMMER
They Like Light Stuff for Relaxation-Some OF. Them
Actually Read ~Trash-President Likes Detective
Stories-Sentiment in Marshalps Makeup

dinner and. with a s'cheap John"
novel. will read until daylight dims
the electric lights. If asked at break |
iast now ne liked the story. he is apt
TO say that it was fairly good but
trash. But. whie it, he had for
gotten everything. and when the
covers were closed forgot tie story.
Inc Speaker especially likes the
novels of Thomas Hardy. Du Maurier
books on sociology. psychology and
reviews; his education was a classical
one, so he enjoys the Greek and
Latin poets and philosophers. Rnt
not for tired summer evenings. ex-
cept the comedies and satires of
Lines from the
Birds n Frogs must involun-
tarly come to him when Represen-
tative Underwood and Minority Lead
er Mann are having j set-to on the
floor of the House.
when 1t comes to literature, James
K Mann does 40 filibustering, but
gOes straight for his subject, whether
It be summer or winter. for he is a
hIghbrOW" in literary taste. and the
state of the thermometer makes but
little difference in his reading. News
paper articles from which he can
! gather what the country at large is
interested in, magazines. reviews
both domestic and foreign.come in
Tor a big share of his attention.
Beside his bed and within easy
reach is a little shelf on which are
the standard poets and a few novels
and plays. In the books on this shelf.
Mr.. Mann does not have to use a
bOokmark. neither does he need a
powerful light to find his favorite
lines. for he knows, and loses no
time in turning to them. Here John
Galsworthy's plays and Maurice Hew-
let's novels will be found in com
pany with the classics and books on
political and history.
n literary epicure of the Senate
is John Sharp Williams OF Mississippi
a man of rare taste in literature, and
whose love Of it is innate: if he had
not taken SO early to law and poll
tics he would probably have made g
brilliant reputation among the sole
writer's of the period. His SUDDEN
life at the University of Heidelberg
and the College de France surround
ed him with an atmosphere congenia
+, to him, and helped to foster hi
taste for the Greek classics. He like
to cad aloud from the Had o
l Homer, or some German or French
poet; he is a student of history an,
politics, as his book, THE Influence
Of Thomas Jefferson on American In
stitutiOns," will show. But witt
what enthusiasm he reads aloud t
S his family from some good detectiv
story or sentimental tale of love i
/ delightful.