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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1893)
SOI D1MAPES. Many Adventures Which Hare - Passed Into History FRITH STRANUKR THAN FICTION teas arkebla Tnrllllag Imih Hw -l lleea (oana I teOa t'laaa Fi Mar;. )mmtm ml Seats, Treeeb aa fla- alaa llawa la ! aa aa Haas. ICoprrliiht. IMS. by America Proas Assort. siloa. -.i'ni ill ft feneration hu furnished its nota ble escape. Wtarrt I he hero or heroin baa bran a person of nolila birth or high posit i tlia episode haa passed Into history, aod bat iu r 1 1 rid through centu riot, but even li there prosaic, fin da elecle days ordinary peonl go through ail ventures and effect escape which ar a thrilling aa mot of Ibuai with which every school rliilfl la familiar. Napoleon lltMiaparte' escape from tb Ialaixl uf Elba la perhaps the most notable oiirou record, for wbih- it waa attended w.ih do remarkably exciting feature it baa Irft It Indelible Imprest upaB the1 pages of history anil inl up to that treat Waterloo which baa paased luto language aa a synonym (or overwhelming ami final defeat. Cbarlea II, whoa father's head waa chopiCd off through the instrumentality of Oliver Cromwell, "lord blub protectiw," bail an adventure of wblrh all children studying blsiory delight to resil. It tbrilla tli young hlissl to paruna tlia details of the story of tlia man who waa rightfully Euuhinii's monarch climbing a trew and Isikingilowo from bia leafy bright upon tli mrn who were ararrhiug (or him be nrath bla temporary asylum, which will forever be (ainoua aa tbe oak of IkswolN-l. Tha escape of Mary, queen of Scuta, from (.nchlrvcn castle ia one of the most striking pawagee in the history of frmale royalty. There waa connected with ths castle a an attendant on the person of tbe lady of l-h-leven a foundling, who waa kmiwn about tb place aa Orphan Willie. Tlia lad waa very hright iiihI l-ei-r-edevotedly attached toll union :in;.ic gui ii who waa Incar cerated on lh dreary inland In tha middle of the stormy loch. Ha accordingly deter Mined to rent-lie brr. . Uneday while waiting upon biamlatreaa It table he coiilrired to drop a handker chief over brr kryt, which were alway -ar brr aide during meula, lie easily ftund a pretext to get away, and hurrying tiyuifii Miiry conducted her outside to . tie boat, which wna the only mean of cttnmuniration with theahore. The gate Md doom of the east le had brrn Ita-ked n little party passed through, and when ! l4lf way acroM the loch Willie throw the I inch of five keya into tbe water, where lityvrer found In tha early part uf tbe PTeiit century. Un the abnre of themsin Ukf a party of loyal followers were wait InHwlth horse, and tb nnfortunateqneeo Wttimrne to safety In a few hours. r. irons haa doubt less read of the num ber. f eraM-e and adventure through whit the "Vouug Pretender" passed whej he went to England to urge bis clalit to the throne1, li.lng hanl pressed on on occasion, ha made hi way lalxiri oualhroigh Intricate passage Into a largeVve, which, to hi dismay, he found waoiie. by four roblier. Ilclng drs prrnlehe Informed the quartet of bit ; ldentit;and advi-rd them to give him up to tbe attiiiritlra.and then hy aerure their panlonxn M the rewnnl of i.'VI.UiQ which s nfrrrl for hi Imly. With tears in VI r ryes, the men fell upon their knees an, the 'Voting I'rrtciHlcr" that they wcrenhlwr, and hen driven luto eornrr wot "bui." they added, "we are Hcotclvn, you are our king, and we will prot-T0, as long as yoo remain ' here. " Akoiigh this waa an evnpe rather by iiljiou than hr a daring tired. It was none , Una narrow and alTecting aa well. A similar rl 0f escaie was that of Prince Artlm hie e-;ea were ordered to be burned oin., whose plrailinga so niove.1 Hula-rtW ha releulcd and made a fale reorl his auprrlta-a, declaring that their dec bad brrn carried into effect. Uenedlct ArnM', escape from Wet Point Immediate afur Major Andrr'a arret with the teu,, dispatchea in bia powraxion was narkable one. lleor derwl his crew tori him to tbe UritNb , frigate Vulture. .Vvwj oq board be at once surrendered olietlienl men to the enemy, lint 8iri,.lirT Clinton ery promptly onlrred thiUcy should be re leased. Andre, tboik i,, WM finally captured, paxv d thn.k, . Bj. Trnturea on bis way Tarrytown that were eootigb to dlscona. a p,,,, f the atoulest baiirt. Marshal lUzalne a esc .1 . or. treason tbe little lle 'Alnrgurrite, off the aoutbrast roast of FrL,f whither be had been sent after fiia s-A,( 0( jrath hwl been cotiuntited to lifL,nniciit fur i life, waa one of the intsit rrkable and ensatiouol lu the history 'Vrnncs. It baa been stated that on tbfcjlartrtar niicht lu Auuusl, 187. theVart manded the visw of the entlruL, along which tbe great e m must ocTwimso a DtTixTivr, have walked to the rone, by mean which it ia brlit ired that be lowered ae If to the ground at a point near the rescuing party waa lying lo wait awl ft boat. Tbe famous escape of tbe Titian acidic from Labor prison Is familiar to all readc of the ailrrw eveuta of the late war. ai it ia therefore unnecessary to go Into d tails. t Tbe greatest escape hero, however, thai tbe world bas ever area waa tbe Prussian Uaroa T re nek. whose adventure occurred duriutc tbe iddle of tbe Uat century. Tbe greater part of his life terms to have been devoted ta planning methods for get ting out of pripco, and while be waa prob ably aa expert a "yarn tpinnar" aa an "sacaper" bis autobiography is one of the most thrilling books ia exisUnre. It would tedtScnltto aay which of tbe msny ad eacoree of this remarkable man waa tbe Mat exciting, for It seemed to be bis f ita never to have anything work real smoothly for him. and the worst feature of but es caping waa that aftr getting away be was almost Invariably retaken within a abort time, Trenck mortal career ended on Ibe scaffold aa tbe result of bia having snmel one of tbe star rola la a little pyrotechnic retwllion. 'J A grral many persool at ill remember now inwa nm rm.y Uuu , guards and went to Cooey LsUimL where k. ir.,k ruuL?a l tbe West Iodic oa e.r.1 a vl wklck balooced to a friend, fcpd bad f jpa dowa UuK M take hiat oO. I mi IniMliil in i.r.rt DU Irs, but . he had gone ahore In a local water boat nh a fnro.1 nnmrd Hunt, who acrom panied hi in on bis wanderings, the pail were arrrtl a "in.prcta." They Wert pnrolt-d and Vrry f..l.hly trlnl to get awn; mi a rtruiiM r IkhiimI forHaili. Whr Ihrv arr'.-.l nil thr other su!e lluy found Ihst a i .ilihurutii hud preceded them, aod Twnil ks srrrotrd and rriumrd to the 1'liitrd Slates, a here, aa rVeryone knows, he riulnl his list slu priwin. To come down to the present year, the rrn;iriif M. Kdounrd !. l Uymn-Uumaa (nun a ChUngo detective recently would Live In-tii iiniiioiini-nl , 11 ureal and un list u ml If rimdnl ujion the stage aa one of the wonderful episodes of the hero's brillinnt (our act career. It seems that the mlice ofticiulsof lltwtmi were possessed with a aril ih tlne.1 suplcioo that Dumas hail alsM-iituiindrdly signed another gen tlriiinu's tinuie to a parr. which 1( genu ine would have been of considerable mone tary value, Aa Is usual In sucL casee tbe police of the prliicljud cil lea were notified that the prewnce of M. Dumas waa ear ly desired in liostou. and a tealoui I hlcagnj, idist named Itatlry considered himself particularly fortunate alien be rnet the mm h sought after Dumaa one "instead of Mag proud of bis Identity and avowing It to tbe world, the Krench fencing master and s. rlvrnrr "went bw k ou" hiiiiM-lf, to use the vernacular, and of- fi-rrd to produce evldmre to show that the wrong man hnd Is en arrraietl. If the officer would "kindly" accompany him to bla mom. Theolllcep'-kltidly did as request ed, and while thlscnihrynuic "Old .Sleuth," with the characteristic acumen of hit kind, was rummaging In the trunk of the presumptive "Jim the Penman," the lat-. ter bundled the officer Into bia Saratoga, ' thut down the lid. and then nmrenlrd to mhke Chicago miss his prearnce by mtmrn- lug hit alwence. Dumaa afterwards went tOtt. Louis, but as that city hail already bad a great "trunk mystery" the Preller- Maxwell case the olllcera were on their guard, and he got Into prison fur keeps. Mi gens Hunch, who waa recently shot to death In tbe wilds of Honey Island, lwis- Inna, was an outlaw who bad robbed as press trains lu perhaps a doxrn states. 11 J started life aa an editor and county clerk lu Texas, but tbe strain of bring a n-puta hie citiien was too severe for him, and he concluded to vary the monotony by col lecting money In bulk in tbe express ran of Ml rood triflns. lie alwaya carrir-l two potent arguments with him In the shape ticrvK BUNCH. of a pair of enormous srveusbootera, and so convincing was I lunch 'a manner when engaged In his financial operations that In bia entire rx)ierirnre be never had a busiuesa transaction with a messenger ho did not yield promptly to the reason ing so forcefullf presented by tbe cour teous advocate of the theory that all Wealth should be distributed among the members of the Hunch household. This remarkable rascal was so aucceanful and darlurj In his deprediit iona that It u lie llurrowa, the noted outlaw, mho, aa au Ahiltuina detective once expressed it, waa "no slouch at the business himself," ad milted that In tbe "profession" w hich tbey both affected, be waa "a chicken alongside of Kugrne Hunch." Hunch waa the "hero" of a score of hair breadth escaM-s, and a narrative of bla ad vent urea would read UO less pleasingly to the small boy than the lurid "IJfeof Jesse James." Daring esraira. It will be otaierved, hire not Is-rn eflerted by one class of people only. Any man who gets into a tight phv-t seta bis brain at work immediately to de vise ways and means of ecaM-, but tbe elements of boldness and craftiness were at much present ill the case of Iuis Na poleon, who walked out of the prison uf Ham, disguised aa a laloirer, with J plank on hit shoulder, as In the raaea of ,M. Dumaa, who seems to ptawaa the taste for writing common to the distinguished f nilly whose name be bears, and Kugroe Dumb, who simply "took things" from express trains. OtTsVt a C'OIU.X. aeklaefortiiaplBgaBd liorlaa; Past Arose An ingenious machine it usexl In Eng land for preparing U-Iegrajih poet arnw. Thren arnit are usually mail frutn the beat selected English oak, ami vary in length from two feet to four feet. They are in the first case planed on the four tidi-a by meant of a njs-cial jdaning ma chine, and then sawed to tha exact length required by meant of m doable Croat cut tawing tnachino tnadeKjiecially for the punxw". The anna are then passed oo to the shaping machine, which rapidly and effectively doe ita work. The machine is quite self contained, and bat thedriring shaft placed overhead and supported nNn standard! fixed to the main bed. The arrangemrnu for deal ing with the vanoua length of arm have been cart-fully worked out. At the oflk-inl trat of the machine the wooden amis were fini-bed at the rat of three per minute. New Vork Com mervial Ad vertiser. Csecfe's Claaslflcalloaw Dr. Van Dykrt told this story: 1 am reminded of a preacher who preached from the text. "And Enoch waa not" He went on to explain that this text waa incomplete. "Now, brethren," said he, "you may not know in what way Enoch Wat not To find thit ont, we tuoat ex amine tbe text carefully ia the light of the context Firstly, Enoch waa not an picopalian. becansa he 'walked' with l and did not dance. He waa not a ptist, because he 'walked' with Uod d did not twim. Lie waa not a Prea- tertan. because the context tella oa lie walked with Uod at all. ami ha not a Methodist, Wans we art nlv told that Owl took him," New k 3on. A aiartliag Casartsav it autistic show that French art annually kill one person out of .OO.UU) earned, while in England U00 are carried before one meets a death in a railway aoctdeat railway annually woond oo er out ? each SuO.OtiO carried; on In each TV.WX; IVlffiam, (h l.6.V).0f, add lYnaena oaly b .00J,tsjO. ot. Loni Ilpab- Wars Tbae That. -Did she tay you nay. old tnafi wasn't so ci tisj Jrrat at that nerd t plaitt aid t-nphatat "no. Stuey t Weekly. it V The Latest Tragedy in Aero nautics, and the Earliest nu.i.oiM.(j liitowH DANUEnora. rasl Is Taal rearfsl rasalaatleo Whlea Makes 1 Kagat to Risk Taste I -! t.srtls Carsse Wise as 4 dries wamt Tke Mealgelaera. "I will go op In that balloon tonight If I lie fur It. There has been fooling enough bout my part of tbia ti poaitioa pro gramme.' 8o spoke brave little Gertie Cannooo the Detroit Exposllloo grounds the other evening, when brr friends urged that the i Weather waa very unfavorable. The wind waa coming and going In abort and Btful gu.ts. A light rain was falling, and at oVtock lt wa. .Uly beginning to w"r d,rk- Uut lrT ln i Put 0,T ,rom to,1 00 ooonl of the weather, the spirit of bar art waa aroused, n'' lo remonstrance she said: o use talking. It will probably be ne lost ascension that I will ever make, but I am going up. You people are all tinging tbe tame song tonight. I tell tou. as 1 told them, that nothing will prevent my going up. Pee that tbe balloon to In thaiie to do tbe fair thing by me. Curlr." 1 bla last toher assistant, who waa ta- Bating the globe with hot air. Itlaimpoa- i'denot to ail nil re tnrh nerve It looks '""Ihardy, but It ia lust aurh spirits at 'me lantio who bare mails all tbe 'rtllng discover lea. It waa the spirit of ' "lumbua and Mungo Park, of Uernard J'"H"ler and Montgolflrr, the first great """nias. .nany tan, out wneo one suo Ceeds the world la enriched by hit aueresa. Tbe glols waa toon Inflated and o.WO people looked on as Gertie Carmo look bold of the trsprre, and the swaying bulk waa released and shot upward. Tbe next instant a strong air current struck tod iwrpt it against tbe electric light tower. 'I swung off a-aln. Tbe crowd held Ita breath. i:imt carsio. At tha height of 130 feet another eti rrent hurled It directly upon the tower. There waa a rrah aa tbe electric light glola) tiiiashoL The aeronaut found herself for a moment tangled in an electric, light burner. ben aha succeeded in extricat ing herself she waa hanging by her handt blie bung there in mid air a second and then Ifssiened her bold and fell When they reached ber the waa at HI breathing, but lu a few seconds all wax over. The rest may be left to tbe Imagine tiou. She wot but twenty two year old, rat Ira of Germany, and her true name so Margaret Clausen. Tbe aaddeat feat ure of the rose is that her pa rente arrived at Detroit that evening to visit ber, whom they had not aeen for three year. Tbey foil ml only her mangled corpse and weep lug sister. Tbe spirit of aeronaut is necessarily that of extreme daring, and the record of tragedies aiming them la appalling. Tbt eingular fact Is, however, that the earliest aeronauts were most successful In landing, and aa late as ISTO a historian of the art as serted t bat dowu to that time only twenty live persona bail lost their live in balloon accident. Certainly twice that many bare since Is-en killed. Tbe first balloon of which we have a cer tain record was scut up by Stephen and Joseph .Montgolflrr. June S, 17X1. They used hot air. (July five months later It Intra de ltozlcr and tbe Marquis d' Arlaa le made the first ascent, rlsiug 3.0UU feet. The world went w ild over It, and before tha close of 7M nearly 100 ascents were made. The text year lilancbanl, the greatest tiloouist of the age, with Dr. John Jeffries, of I halt on, crossed over tbe channel from England to r'rance, and sona after occurred the first accident. Pilatrt de Hoxicr and Komaln Inline tried to cross the channel by a combination of by drogrn gas and hot air. Their "ilontgol Uere."aa It was called, or heater to tup ply the hot air as fast aa it waa exhausted, art the gat on lire and they fell 8,110 feel, striking ou a r"k on Ilia French cost. 1 lilaiichard died lu lU and his wife, who bad often ascended with bim. mad many daring ascents alone. At length In 1819 she attempted to go up from the Tlvoll garden in Pari with fl -works exploding below the car as she arose. The wind car lied the Ore Into tbe globe; It exploded and the brave lady was daubed to piece on a bonsetop. Green, the eminent English aeronaut, moil 1. 400 ascent lu thirty-six year and (ell Into Ibe sea twice. Mr. John Wise, the American aeronaut, pasaad from fct. Iuls to llendrrson, N. V. 1.130 mile In a little over nineteen hours, or very early a mile per minute. In loot Gay Lussac outdid all his predecessors by rising 13,000 feet, and a little later reached 23.000 fret; but in IWJ Messrs. Glaiaber and Cox well, for the Itoyal society, outdid all be fore and after them by rising 87,000 feet or seven mile above the earth. Hirdi thrown out of tbe car fell like stone, aod must bav goo down nearly tlx mile before reaching a austaining atmosphere. In POO Mr. Thurston waa carried up from Adrian. Ml. b.. while holding to the rope of a balloon, and what waa thought lo be his akelrtoo waa afterward found la tbe northern wwala. fcinre tbe paraebnie descent and the traprxe bare been added tbe a-riileuts have brrn very numerous, yet the number wbowfll venture Iprrnin rapidly. There ia a wild fascination. The ease of Gnrawood. tbe Chicago journalist who waa lost with Professor Donaldson, ia Will fre-h in tbe public memory. Pretty sod daring Gertie Carmo ia but tbe last ef man;, the brave aod tbe rash who hart found drata la t-r sir. There I no department of British mer cantile industry which hat developed with tnch ui-trvelou rapidity aa the pe troleum trade. Since it beginning in 18.-.8. when tli total importaiioikS were about 1.000,000 gail'in. it haa increased by leap and booud nnul. In 189. the amount brotight into tha United King dom reached the total of 02,HTA' vaUona. Josephs tpeea of Jew who waa IS feet 1 Incbe in height. And Pliny tell of t'. Arabian giant Gabara, who waa I fet 9 Incbe. "the tallest la the dart of Claadias." AUCTIONEERING DODGES. ml Sharp aa4 tar ta Meat Ibe Msa mm the MUs. Very few people are eware, when goluf to aa auction, that there exists a motif tbe furniture dealers, and other gentlemen of Ibelr "kidnev" wbo patronise I has placet wbat I koo a to those In the swim aa "ring." Ua arriving at a furniture sale these worthies agree nut lo bid against each other. Hupposea rather valuable antique sofa (which. If we may trust to the voluble eloquence of tbe auctioneer, waa mails by Noah at about Ike same time be built tbt ark) waa put up. Una of tbe ring, we will sail him A. wanta Just such an article. Tbe sofa 1 wort h perhaps a coupl of sov ereign. A bids fi It, and all lb other dealer are silent. After a few bids from the ven erable old dame wbo frequent these auc tions, it I knocked down to him for Bve aod twenty shillings. Wbea a few mo lota are disposed of a Due old armchair It brought out, which It purchased undri tbe sams conditions by 11, also uf tbe ring. Each of these worthies knuar perfectly well what each article la worth, hut under the principle that there la honor among thieve, none of tbe dealur ever bid against one another. Wbea tbe sale to over all the ring rrpalt to some out of the way place. A thro put np tha sofa which was knocked down lo bim at Ave and twenty shilling. H raises the price to twenty-six ah'lllnga, placing the shilling Into the "pool." C follows suit and adds bis shilling. Tbe others keep on bidding until a fair sum Is reached, wbea the article Is knocked down to the highest bidder, wbo pays A tbs original sum be paid for the sofa at the auction. The other money it left la tht pooL All the pur rhaaea are dealt with In a similar manner. When all are disposed of, tbe money in tbe pool, which by thit time amonntaof course to a considerable sum, la equally divided among tbe mem ben of the ring. It may be asked: "Why la aurh? a great deal of trouble taken? Why could not tbe goods at once become the property of the buyerf" It must, however, be remem bered thai the policy of such mro !"i "dia mond cut diamond" with a vengeance, and a division of prollta among themselves. Instead of the auctioneer getting tha bene fit, I naturally more likely to conduce to tbs advantage of them alL Should one broker by mistake at tbe suc tion bid more for sa article tban It la after ward found to be worth, tbe ring share tht loaa la the same manner as tbey share tbe proflta. Tbla, however, very seldom oc cur. It may lw thought th auctioneer dor not eagerly seek the bids of the gentry. This I often tbe case. and when their bid are really too absurdly low he run np the price by th aid of Imaginary bidder. Hut th broker will not go any further tban tbey think will answer their purpose, and th lot I bought In by th auctioneer blmaelf. To make private pun baser transact their bust nee through them tbeae dealer will frequently bid against blin or her, and run tbe article op to about treble Ita real value. Had tbe purchaser "tipped the wink" to one of their number he would moat probably, fisr reason 1 bav stated above, have been able to obtain It at much lower figure. The article would be put np again in the tame way by the broker, and would make, aay, thirty shil lings. The broker would most likely charge bis client two guinea and pocket th difference, besides taking his share of th pooL London Tit-Uits. la a lllg ateee. A short tlms ago while visiting In th city of Hyracuse I concluded to go shop ping. As my frirud bsd sums household duties which needed ber personal atten tion I started out alone. Among other things I wanted to pur chase waa a bat for my little boy. At I had alwayt lived In a amall town I was somewhat confused by tbe also of tbe store at which my friend directed me to make my purchase. 1 knew enough to find tbe floorwalker, however, and have bim show me to tbe hat department, As is usually the esse where there la a large assortment to choose from, I could not decide which to take, to walked away, saying, "I did not see any to suit ma." After awhile I managed to find the door I bail entered and passed out. With a great deal of confidence In my ability to find a hat store without sid I turned the corner and started down the street. At tbs very next corner I saw a very large number ot hata In th window and concluded to enter. To my utter chagrin I found myself at th Identical counter in the same store, ami the tame. clerk trailing at my rmtsura . inenU In my confusion and hurry to get out I rushed toward a lady coming from tha op posite aide, when to my horror I rame forci bly against a large mirror, which I had mistaken for an archway, and found that tbe woman I saw coming was myself. Im agine my feelings when, upon turning around, I found a dnten pair of ryea and aa many people watching me, trylug to re strain their laughter. I think you will agree with me tbst one experience of lbs kind to enough. Cor. New York Itecorder. Tfc laveatUa ml the IMaae, Th hooor of Inventing the plaoo ia elsimed by the English, the French and tbe Germans, rather Wood, an English monk at Kona is said to have been tbe real Inventor la 1711, and to have menu fast u red one, which ht sold to famiiel Crisp), the author of "Virginia," from whom It was purchased by FalkeGreville, though Count Carl! claims tbs credit fur ilartholemmeo Cbrtstlforlcof Paduavdur- ing bit atay in Florence, tome three year later (1714). The French attribute tbe In vention to a Parisian named Marius, who tbey alleged produced In 17)0 a harpsi chord In which hammer had been substi tuted for th old plectrum or quills. Th German are tbe last In tbe Arid with J. V. Hcbroder, of Dresden, who claimed (1717), wbea eighteen year of age, lo have 'constructed after much consideration the model of n new clavier with hammers, upon which be could play loudly or softly." llrooklyn Eagle. Aa Easrlare While la a Traaea. Dr. Ulnua mentions tbe case of a sdrl wbo lay la a trance for a considerable time and then revived. th actually beard every word that was said around her, but waa unable to glvs ths slightest evidence of ber continued vitality. Hhe afterward said tbst her horror waa limply Indescrib able, cb bad endeavored to shout and to move, but to vain. At length ber state of mind wbea she waa being prepared for burial such as to cause brr to break out ia a profuse perspiration, and she re covered. Bbe described lb st nsation very much ia tbe same way aa tbe somnam bulists aay tbey feel. Her soul, aha said. easrd to beve no power to act upon her buoy. It semed to be In tbe toaly and out tt il at the saute lime.- Yankee Iliads. The first crematoriam in the United Bute was erected at Washington, Pa., by Dr. T. J. L Moine at a cost of $1 .. The first body to be cremated wa that of Baron de I'alin, Dec , DCS. Tbo time occupied in reducing th body lo ashes wa two hours aod ten ruinate. M acacia V waa 44 when ha iaaned the first and aecopd Volnmea of bis "HisLot-r of England." and the third and fourth I did not appear nntil be wat U. Good ae ' are the essay of hi early manhood they : pale when compared with th work if Li avatnrrr year. ASSAYING FIXE (iOLD. HOW IMPURITIES ARE DETECTED IN A SOLID 00L0 BRICK. r4lwlag Isgal (.sis' Thr-aa Several lag t:slrarllag Silver frasa lbs lrls Mslal-laleresllag Blspe la a C'beasM' Laawralary, About 9 o'chsk In the morning two mro toleml the .Mitchell building, and gelling Into tbs elevsliar niotiuted to ths sixth (liNirand went straight lu the nsmisof ths 1 oiled Slates assay office. On of tbrm tarried In his band a bundle the site of a tbiu brick, wrapasl In psprr. lie laid it duwa on tbe counter In Uie office and slow ly unwrapped the bundle. It waa a gold brick. The rlerk took the bulllou, and stepping acrma tbe fhr placed it in one of the pans of a large pair of scales. Then he closed the office windows and placed some weights lo tbe other. Wbru It balanced nicely be went to bis desk, lxk out a blank form and wrote lo the effect that iU ounce of gold bullion had been re ceived from th tk Louis hUiiedlng and Itrflning norka at the I'nilrd Mate as say offl.e, lo be assayed. This waa signed by E. C. Jewell, the assayer In charge, and the men aei away. This is the first step the government takrs tovitrd vbtaluing previous Hiatal for coining purjH -, Il Is extremely Interesting to follow this process of aaaa) ing through sll the steps until the vein of the gold It determined snd th goteniment't check given lor It. While Clerk Hex was filling out tbe re ceipt hlr. Jewell explained tbe marvelous delicacy of I he scales. Their weighing ra uk Ity ia ft.OUU ounce, ami it Is possible to Indicate by them a difference in weight if ouegram. To illustrate so ihst Una may he easily grasped, two heavy men could be placed In one of the Htiis, ami by removing a pin from the cist I id on of them the ba. mice would he changed. Mill it would l difficult lo obtain tli exact wel.bt of the men. owing to the constant change lu I lie men's bodies by perspirallcn ami other cause. After th bullion 'a weight waa deter tnlued on the st ale II waa taken lo Ilia furnace ns.iti and placed In a blai klead crucible. This was set ou a tlrrbrlt-k rest ing on a grate ami a fir built around It, Tbe fuel used la a mixture of anthracite ossl ami chsmstl. After ai hour's melt ing, during which time It was f luently at i r red with a plumbago poker, lo which gold dors not cling, a sample of lb metal aa dipped out with an culinary clay pip aud poured Into a small mold. The aay la mad from i,s,a it Uikes so much lon,9r ft tbe larger quantity lorooL A piece of the sample waa cut off. pounded and then ml Inl through a mllrr of tiad' steel, lisiking soiiirlbilig like a clothe wringer. 1 5 make It tnlii. U hen this wat done, Herman, the German who aide the assayrr In bla work, banded tbe Ihlu goldru.ariu III him ami tl I Oft IsV sail taass.s the furnace room lo pour out th molten uiisaiiiis iiiioine lllg ninlil. Mr. Jrwett rut ths ttri .....it pleree. and then, formlug little lend rornii coplaa of uniform weight, droped into two of them 500 milligrams (one sixteenth oi an ounce) or accurately weighed gold to be aasarrd. Into twn ml..-, l.. ..... . same quantity of absolutely pure gold. r.uouKu surer was men auiieit to make Ibe pnKHrtloo of silver to gold two to oue, aa ..... piiinm ib necessary in onirr that the void ahniiM sense! r ...... k. .ii-... when boiled in n I trio achL There I In sll irriM eMrialn - silver, ami It to owing to Its presence ami certain other foreign auhstanree that tha wior Koiii vsnea. i ns lilea that gold found In California or Australia la of aurh s coior urcaust louna inert is a mistaken one. After, the silver bsd been added Ibe leaden cornucopias were tquerted up aod each on placed iu what ia called a cupel. A cupel ia a little cup made of sheep bones burned to ashes, ground Una, moistened and molded into a mold an inch long, an inch in diameter, with a cup sbspad de pression at one end. Tbe cop la were placed lo a small furnace with a tempera ture of about 1,100 dega. centigrade, and when heated lo a white heat tbe little metal chunks were laid by the aid of tonus one In each cupel They melted, sputtered and bubbled, and then began to grow smaller. In about ten minutes they were taken out and all lbs lead ami foreign sub stances nau oeen aiworbed by tbe cupel, leaving only the noble metals In little round bslls, When I brae were boiled In nitrio acid the silver passed Into nitrate of silver and the gold waa Irft In It pure state. Ily thia waa found ths rstio of pure gold In the bullion. Tbe weighings of pure gold are used aa a check to any particular condiliona of heat, etc. Tbe asaayer know tht destitution, weight and s peel Mo gravity of th pure gold used. When It la weighed after the healing proorsa, if ha changed II welght.lt to fair to suppose that It ia ow ing to tbe condition of beat or strength of acid, aud that tbe tame Influences have been at work oo the assay gold. Hy al lowing for this In lb assay gold a true re mit I reached. Tb next step wa lo find th weight of lb gold and silver together. Tb lead cornucoplaa were again 111 led with certain weight of tbe pure and assay gold, but no silver added. When melted In the cupels the baser metale diaappeared as Is-for, snd the gold and sliver were left to gether. Hy subtract lug from lbs weight of gold and silver the weight of the gold. the exact weight or the silver was ob tained. Of course the proportion is osusliy very small. If tbe amount to not au fflvieut to pay for extracting, lb government do not pay for It, and charges nothing for ex traction. Tb entire amount of gold In lb bullion to found by multiplying lu weight by th proportion of th gold. Thit it reduced to etandard or coin gold by multiplying thia mount by tea and dividing by niue, aa tiaudard gold la only W0 per cent, fine, and lb depositor ia paid by tb government t SO per ounce of standard metal, equal to t-JO.fTT (or fln gold. Tbe aasay (re to one elgbthof 1 percent, of the total valu of due gold, Ibe melting fee to one dollar, and tbe alloy charge about one cent on IHO, and after thia to deducted tbe aanayer band a check to tb owner of tbe gold. Tbe entire time occupied by tbla com plicated operation waa from Ha. in. until 1 p. bv, only four hours. Bt. ImiI lb-public las rl4 by a Hack.) Postmaster Peacock tells us, ssys a Florida paper, that a son of Indian Hilly Jewel, belter know as Hilly Key West, s young man twenty-one year old, met bit death in a singular manner while hunting la tb Indian bunting grounds la Dad county. Hilly, who I a good hunter, went out ami shot a Urg bock. Think ing him dead, b stooped down oo coming np to him to cut bla throat. Tb bock, la bit hut agonies, mails for bim and drov bia borne into the abdomen of Ih Indian, ripping him open. After three day. Hilly not returning, a party was msda np. and, attracted by tb buxsards, both hunter and hunted were found dead together, the Indlsa still Impaled oa tbe hum of the bwtk. It la a mistake to t appose that the' knot or waru which are very oomann ! on some specie of furewt tree are dne to I taarr-ta, fnngna, or accident, or are lo any way unnatural growth. They 6V Velop aa reetilta neither of tbe health nor disease of the tree, nor of inch condi tion ae special kind of noil or sitaa- i Ha lie ! Ills Tart. In on of Chiragu'a suliurh there la an oidilarky noted lor his originality of ex pression. He Is employed aa man of all work aisxil the lioo of a wtll to do law yer, while his wife.au a.rd though bnxom mammy, conies once a week to scrub ami do I he (aiiuly washiug. Years of Industry have rewarded theeln.u lined couple with a neat little bang account, and outward rvlilrin-e of thelrtbrlft ia shown lu a cisuly furnished cottage situated not far from their employer's residence. Prrhatie their thrift might also be nlie.1 to mammy's propensity for taking things that tlnlu t Is-long lo hrr. tor sev eral weeks the lawtrr's wife noticed that wlih rai h ahday some iVltln k nil k knack or ornament would disappear, but aalhe articles were of trilling value aha demurred acctiaiug the old negn-ssof stealing them. On day, however, a I.sihIimiiu piece of hiir-a-hrac waa miued. and she communi cated her suspicious lo her hustnd. The latter volunteered Intake the matter in charge, and that evening set out for the old folks' cottage. Arriving Ibere he found themal bull id I he household silting on Ih vrramla, so tat dow n to chat with bim. When the lawyer boil a gissl thane he trred through the is-n disnrway Into the muse, and much to his surprise(f) the lirsl thing that met hi gaxe waa tbe miss ing brir-a-brsc. He turned to tha old mau ml asked bow tbs srtlcle happened to la In their sssw Ion. The old fellow (airly grew pale with (right and tremblingly gas-il: "Ko'd lead's sake, ash, Idoueepeemy Wire tisk It." "Hill, unrtr," continued his questioner, "didn't you know that was stealing t" "Ye, aab," waa th mournful response, "an ft prayed to' ber, I'm reasoned with ber, l'x Whld her, but 'Uln'l no Us. ash; It'a beredllorial in ths family. "-Chi cago Nrwa. Waa II sa Oatreget A shabbily dress I young man aland in tbe shwlow of tbe stairway loading lo the Haltrry place atatlon of Ihe f. road Tburs- dsy sfienioon. lis waa talsing with tbt proprietor of a new sstand whose wares art diplyed beneath the stair. A stalwart policeman was strolling leisurely along tbt sidewalk whirling hit day stick, which waa attached lo bla wrist by a leather thong. The young man did not see tbe pel Ire- man coming, ami ihe policeman apparently had no Idea that she young maa waa there until be bad passed the entrance loth stairway. A great chaug cam O'er tht policeman whea h taw th men by tb newsstand. Without a word he stepped up to the young man and gave him a sling ing blow on the Jaw. There was so much force la tbe blow that Ibe young man nar rowly escaped (ailing down and th polii man's stick dmpa-d from bia wrist. All this looked exactly Ilk one of tht l-rutal police outrage that occasionally arouse th Indignation of citixena. Cer tainly It had all tbe appearance ot unpro voked assault. When I asked the police man what hit action meant, be replied pleasantlyi "Why, be'a Just one of a gang of about Dfty professions! beggars aud toughs wbo Infest tbla aide of t he street. Tenant have tried In vain to dislodge them or break np Ibe gang. They're not only a nuisance. but a menace lo people wbo have to pas brr. They go further than begging. They've been kuown actually to lay bold of a man and not let go until he gave Ihem money. 1 try to keep the sidewalk clear of tbem, and almut Ihe only effective way la to punch tbem once In awhile. New York Herald. A Kwsslaa Cosies. In compliance with an ancient Itusslaa custom, all the young men and women of lbs mercantile class In hit, Petersburg aa- sembls on Whit Moudsy, lbs former lo stare and the latter to be stared at. Tb young girls, dressed aa richly as their means will allow, are arranged In long rows by the sides of the flower lied a In the Hummer garden with their mammas stand Ing ls-hlnd them. The wardroliee of their mother and grandmother are laid under contribution, and everything bright and study to carefully brought forward to en rich Ihe drapery, lb headdress or lbs girdle. Home of the young ladle are so covered with gold snd Jewelry on these occasions that their natural charms are altogether concealed; indeed th ludicrous axees to which tbla tort of decorslloo I sometime carried gia-a beyond what baa ever been at tempted elsewhere. Tlllla bedlxetied, Ib blushing damsels are drawn up In mute rows, whils the papa, lu (lowing raftant aud curling beards, parade their aona up and down. Here ami trier th pan and mammas try to lead th young (oik into conversation with on another, in th coiirsa of which certain little looks aod emotions may arise, pregnant with future circumstance. Eight day or so after this bridal exhibition prlvats family meetings take place, at which this whoa heart are captivated at Ih grand show are more formally affianced lo ou another by their parent and relative, "Sketches of BU Petersburg." Trsataaeal ml lb kick Aasaag Aalssals, It must be admitted that there to of leu a strong and apparently natural Impulse among animals, aa among ssrsge men, to baaun lbs death of a tick comrade, which In some cos. lakes ths form of drliberHta snd premeditated murder of the sufferer. If even bumau sentiment at the sight of fellow creatures' suffering be analysed, tbt two ruiotlout of pity and disgust are constantly at war. Pity la generally prior, but except iu the highest nat urea It weak en with time. "Pity." said Corbet t, "to not a lasting emotion." and Instead of pity paaalug to love, disgust often become dis like, after a lung coulemplatlon of disease and deformity. Tbe ruder the stale of society, ths harslier brcomee tht law, (or we may assume that the dislike o( Ihe weak aud sickly by the bealtby aud vigorous Is an Indirect if most tinnlraalng form of the taw of natural as leciion. Maternal affection must of course be excepted from this general tendency. So long aa any young creature are dependent upon tbelr parents, th tendency of Ib old I to give must to th young wbo need it most. Ths devotion of Urd or animal varies directly with th helplessness of their off spring. Loudon spectator. Dlspaslag mt sa OfBe ekr, "Hie art of putting the right men In tb rlht places." Talleyrand once aaid, "U first in the science of government; bat that of finding place for the discon tented I th moat difficult" It would seem from thit that the dis tinguished French slat man was a ranch a prey to office seeker a are tbe public men of onr own time. , Hi man ner of disposing of tbem 1 amusingly ill tut rated in the following anecdotes One day one of timet troublesome per son prnerntfd himself to M. de Talley rand and reminded him that he had been promised a place. "Very well." said Talh-yTand, "bot b-U something that suit and which ran be given. You don't know of anything Well, Dud avuwtliing. Yon most admit that I haven't the time to search for yoo," The applicant was that deposed of for tbe time being, but a day or two later he again pir -ntl himself, hi face radiant with hope, and aaid: "Sir, such ami anrh a place U vacant" "Vacant." replied Talleyrand. "Well, what do yon wi-.)i me U do? Yon ought to know that when a place 1 vacant it hat already been promised." Uostoa Transcript. MEN WHO DO WOMEN'S WORK. eras ef the 0-s sails I Walsh Mal ts lb Ware ef ra aUa. While it I true that women hare to a great extent of late year taken to doing mro work, it la also true that some innn do women' work. In Call fomia Chinese men are largely employ ed aa dorui-stio servants, and wherever Chinamen go they are chiefly employed in littindrie. In many large laundries where new shirt are dime np expert men are em ployed who make good wage. The reason why men are em ployed on new tlurts it became the new shirts require mure strength to Iron them properly than shirt that have been previously lautidriod, and few women hare the strength to do the work prop erly. In the t Late prison men are common ly employed at laundry work, mainly on shirt. It It curious, by the way, how differently a Chinaman uses an iron fnuu the method employed by women. When a woman usee an iron th begin wit;iitt the right heat for use, and nitisequcntly it soon cool, and the coo-tumi-s much time In changing her Irons. The Chinaman, An the contrary, get hit Iron very hot much U hot fur Use, When he begin to use the iron be plunge it quickly luto cold water. This cools the surface for a moment. The heat from tbe interior then begin to come to the surface, and continue to do to fur anme time about aa fast aa it 1 cooled by use, so that th necessity for the frequeut changing of Iron U obvi ated. Worth, the man dressmaker of Paris, ha counterpart in other countries. The lartMt producer of dree pattern for women in New York it a man, although hi business ha been for many years conducted In the name of hi wife. Th must expensive and best fitting dmsem that women wear are tailor made dresses which are made by urn. The design for new drvaaea are mostly mad by men. The must expensive ladies' hata are mad by men. The man milliner 1 pro verbial. In the department of nundng, which hi considered specially women's work, many men are employed. Where pa tient are helpless and require much lift ing It has been found nsoeaanry to pro euro strong men, because women are not equal to the hard labor. Mewing la ewcially women' work, hut the very finest and beat paid tewing U dou by men in fancy tailoring. Since the introduction of th tewing machine the proportion of men sewer haa In creased In those branches where th work I heavy and require strength for long hour of labor. Although coukiug I regarded general ly as women' work, the best paid cook are men. In the great clubs, hotels, restaurant and private house where fin cooking la required the beat cook are men. It is the men wbo have made cooking one of tbe fine arts. It U true, however, that the great artists in food disdain to be called osiks, and are known at rhi-fa, and tliey command sal aries of which tha average lawyer would be proud. Liouaerlcauing It looked upon a wom en' work, yet there are establishment that will i loan a house from top to bot tom and put it in order, and employ mostly men to do it Boarding house keeping ia mostly women' buaiueaa, but there are many large and utx-csaul boarding boo e in New York that are managed by men. Often they get two or three house to gether, and the tendency of men in that bttninea is to enlarge it to a to make these place) approach the character of boU'l. It la a rare thing for a woman to keep a hotel. There are even men chambermaids. On steamboat and steamship miatt of the chamber work it done by men. Even In large hoarding house it hat been found expedient to have men to do the chamber work. New York Ban. Mr. Aster's nos. Mia Ava Willing, of Philadelphia, the betrothed of John Jacob Attur, son of the late William AUr, has a softly brilliant complexion, with a lovely pink flush that comes and goes In her cheeks. Her face U round, and ita beauty ia em phasised by the daintiest oval chin with a dimple in it. Her hair la very dark brovru, almost blin k, und her eye, which are of deep violet blue, look mncb darker for the long black laslma which carta! a them. Mist Willing tgnrr it extremely pretty and graceful, with a rounded waist aud lovely shoulder. She la a trifle above mediant height, and while she luipn-sse yon aa being very slender, the U, as matter of fact, quite plump, and there U not a thorp angle about her. She appear to be thoroughly natural and unaffected. Her manner la tweet and winning. Iter Intimate tay th ha the loveliest dinnitiun lmais&b!e, and if only half of tbe nice thing said of ber are true young Mr. Attor 1 to be miwt heartily congratulated on winning to fair and to charming a bride. U Loul Republic - aal by a Dalrpla. The hairpin in the trolley hat again corn to lii;ht. Several week ago The Herald printed a story telling how a hairpin furnished by a lady passenger enabled one of the electric cart to con tinue on iu trip to tbe hilt. Friday morning the hairpin waa removed and replaced by on made for the purpose. It is only justice to the hairpin, bow- aver, to say that It could have satisfac torily performed the duty allotted to It fur several month to come. It was ia the trolley of car No. 7, now running oa theTurpin hill line, with Fred Merritt at the motor twitch. Aognsta (Oa.) Herald. ' tkMS fssk Among the latest attempted aula (ion of the cliesp furl problem U the method of a Herman inventor, who propo re to manufacture go by dropping a stream of crude petroleum through a blast of cold air from a force pomp. Tbe gaa thus obtained will be coniwed in a regc iar cylin J.-r open at one end, where It will be lighted. This produce aa In tensely hot flame of several feet hi length. By mean of thit nam th In ventor propose to beat boihtv, and be maintain that tb heating of Urge block can thus be reduced very consid erably. New York TelegTtm. nslisft Is Sight, The policemen of Savannah carry r volvor strappKxl to Uie.r belts in plain tight Thev ar armed with short club as well. Tbey canuot uuliiuber their shouting iron any quicker than a .New York policeman, who tunally cam. Uij In hit hip puck-t, can d. it; bet w.'. mot of tha ofT-ndcr t?vo ' t of a wears-n in ilw-lf has sl lUry e t oa many of LUm. i. tw Yrk vu