Year: 1872

| iJOSlJOI u lJcdFcQ DElHRlng With uiIH


a much larger piece of the same


metal as formerly, which, with some


ceremony and dignity, he submitted


for inspection. This was done, and


then the stranger inquired if the


banker was entirely satisfied Of its


genuineness.


Perfectly, perfectly" was the an


swer. 1T is gold. Where did you
get it?"


The answer nearly caused him to


faint. He sat for a few moments
like one in a trance. His ears were
| filled with strange sounds. His eyes
grew dim. His hands trembled
ner yously, and his heart beat a queer
tattoo which alarmed him for his
personal safety. It was a very brief
answer; yet IN it were involved the
most mementous consequences to
commerce, to the vast system of In p
Dor and capital employed in the
mining enterprises CT the State, to
the precious metal basis of trade
in every land, and to the mainten
ance Of government itself. It con
tanned q revolution with in itself.


81 MADE 1T MYSELF"
It is no wonder that the amazing
disclosure almost unnamed the lis
tener. The stranger quietly said:


II made it myself;' and after a
pause he added: 81 can make it by
the ton. I can freight a ship with
it within a month from the time
have enlarged myPresent laboratory,
as 1 am about to do"


The banker piled him with qucs-
tions as to its locality, and with
prayers to be permitted to visit the
scene of his marvellous labors, but
to no purpose. He then held up
before the discover the power which
they could WELD in the community,
the vast possessions which they
might acquire, and the certainty of
making together a fame unequaled
since the world began. He repre-
sented to him the impossibility of
cOncealment, except with the aid of
| one situated like himself, who could
turn this new accession into the now
steady money tide of commercial
exchanges, and swell without de-
strOying them. He attempted to
show him the danger to himself from
the chagrin of those whose values
he might impair or destroy, and the
need of caution in utilizing for him.
self his terrible secret.


THE SECRET NOT DISCLOSED.


His hearer sat with imperturbable
cOuntenance until the close of the
bankers harangue, and then replied


81 will make you the depository
of my gold. You may control its
issue, and we will together share the
power it brings. But my process
must remain forever in my own
heart. I shall never reveal it. 1
will bring you in a very few days
more than you have now in your
vaults. My laboratory is near the
New Park in building which would
attract no attention, save from its
dilaPidated appearance. was at
work there during the most of the
past winter, and have by degrees
succeeded in making myself quite
comfortable without attracting at
tentiOn. I have several ways of ac-
cess to it, and never use the same
way twice in succession. 1 admit
have experienced some fear of dis
cOvery and attacks; but my guards |
are my dogs, and they are faithful !
and silent. There is now more dan !
ger than ever in the increasing vol |
ume of my product, which will need |
other means Of transporting it back |
in the shape of gold than this old |
valise and my hands"


THE CHEMISTS LABORATORY.


He then turned to a convenient ta-
BILE and wrote few lines, which he
sealed in an envelope and handed to
the banker.


'"This is the direction to my re-
treat 1 shall return in a week with
more gold, and if fail to come, you
may know some evil has befallen me.
Then come to me-"


The banker promised faithful OBJ
servance of the injuncture, and with
many protestatiOns of mutual good
will and fidelity they parted, and the
manufacturer of gold has steadily
and punCtually reappeared, bringing
his weekly enormous additions to
the bank. It is said that more than
half tt million has been manufactured
within the past two months and de-
posted in the bank.


THE MANUFACTURED COIN IN CIRCCLA-


TON.


Some of it has been converted in
to coin and put in circulation
Many of our readers who believe
that they are handling the products
of our gold mines, now daily receive
and pay out this substance, created
from base metals by one of our most
citizens. Some of it
has been run into the customary
form of bars, and stamped with the
brand and records of our most IA
nous refinery, has been shipped
as the basis of exchange for
a banking institution on a colossal
scale, to be established on the com
small beginning of one of
our noted banks, and the effort will
be to make San Francisco the cen
tre Of all commercial exchanges and
the great depository of the products !
Of the world. The scheme is vast,
to the power which
two men hold IN their grasp. 1t is
Irightful to reflect what may be the {
result Of their ambition, if it should {
pass beyond its present reasonable
limits, No human imagination can
the end 70 which the wealth
IF our modern Midas and his banker {
nay bring all established modes of |
Ioing business, and, indeed, as We
nave said, the Government itself.


A traveller who has seen much Of I
he world, and been thrown among I
III classes of people, is apt to take :
hings easy and grow careless in
lress and habits. But George /
Whitfield, the famous field-preaeher, '
Who was in his glory when address {