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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1896)
PENNIES OF ALUMINUM. rhe Mint Makine Tenia to See if They Are Practicable. In tlie short period that will elapse before Congress convenes njtain in Iie- ceniher a series 01 iucitcsuiik experi eoiiiajie will be conducted at i ments m .1,0 mint in this city. Metals and al- lloj-s heretofore untried for the purpose I 'will to tested and stamped into token coins. Their availability as substitutes for the alloys of which the minor coins -nickels and cents are now made ffill be ascertained and samples sub mitted to Coiiffi-ess. Of all the countless possible alloys to lie obtained from copper, tin, nickel and aluminum In different combina tions, perhaps fifteen or twenty may be found fairly satisfactory. It Is possible that one or two of these may advan tageously be brought Into use for gen eral coinage. No fault has been found with the present lc. nnd 5e. pieces. The experiments are merely ordered to keep in touch with the times and to gain a knowledge of resources. The Philadelphia mint, while having no regular experimental department, is well quipped to make the tests. Aluminum, which has never yet found a place in the currency of any nt'nn. is to b worVnd nn into trl:il coins. It is also to lie given a chance in new alloys. Aluminum is a metal of which but little has been known un til recently, and it has been found use ful,lu so many ways that a sort of pop ular Idea prevails that It would be good for coins. Chief among Its advantages would he Its very light weight. Cents made of it could be readily distinguish ed from coins of the same size by this remarkable lightness alone. Dr. D. K. Tuttle, the chief refiner of the mint, who knows all about the properties of metals, is somewhat skeptical, however, as to whether alu minum will come out of the proposed tests with flying colors. It Is extremely difficult to anneal, and when heated will suddenly run like butter inslead ef becoming plastic. There would be trouble in rolling it into the long strips from which disks are cut preparatory to stamping. Of course, it cau be worked, but not with sufiicient ease and rapidity to make it practicable for coining on a large scale. Pure nickel has recently been coined In Switzerland, but It has been found just as dillicult to handle as ahiininuin, though for a different reason. Such great heat Is necessary to bring It into condllion for coining that the operation is slow and expensive. While pure nickel coins might be satisfactorily made In the minis of Switzerland, it does not follow that the same would lie true at the Philadelphia mint, which Is called upon to turn out fifty times as many Ti-cent pieces as the mints of that country, and could not spare the time to work over them. The ,r)-cent coin now in use contains only 2." per cent, of nickel, the remain ing 7") per cent, being of copper. Nickel, more than any oilier metal, has the property of giving its color to nn alloy. Even an alloy of !)0 per cent, of copper and 10 per cent, of nickel will be nearly white. The advantage of using a great er proportion of nickel In the o-cent piece is therefore not apparent, espe cially as more than per cent, of it makes the alloy refractory. The experiments, at the mint will In clude different conibinaiions of nickel, topper a ml zinc, forming the alloys known under the head of (ieriiiuu sil ver; copper and tin, which produce bronze; alumluuin and copper, which make aluminum bronze. tJerinan sil ver lins been used for coins by one of the small South American states, and proved fairly adapted for the purpose. Bronze is commonly used for coins of small value. It is doubtful if aluminum hronze in any form will be found ac ceptable, as It Is hard to work, and has it 5'ellow, brassy appearance, resem M'8 gold, which Is to lie avoided in "11 coins of small denominations. I'lilladelphia Record. Worn Out Itillinrd Palls. "Did you ever know what became of old billiard balls';" asked a well-known expert, who keeps a billiard parlor on Chestnut street. "Well, It's rather In teresting. Billiard balls, of course you know, are made of ivory that is, the 'est of them are. They don't last more tlinn a year or so with constant trae; after that they get cracked or knocked out of shape a bit. It has to be 'turned' over again, nnd after undergoing that process a couple of times It gets to be sniull for a regulation game. Its days a a billiard ball being over, It is now colored, and for several years more does duty as a pool ball. Naturally, in Wurse of time it gets badly chipped or tracked, and is then usually sold to nn Ivory worker. "An ivory ball can be cut up Into but tons, electric bell pushes, tips for con ductors' batons, nud numerous other little tilings of the kind. Even the tini ost chips aren't wasted, for they can "o ed in fancy Inlaid work. I can assure you that small llnus of Ivory workers are only too glad to purchase seasoned material second hand; and. as a matter of fact, there Is hardly a more Mlable article In this world than a worn-out billiard ball."-Phlladolphia Hec-ord. reople are never too old to fall in love or to light over politics. iviusjic OF ST. PETER'S. The Si, ltn(Slaht Kh-oral. Opposite the Chapel of the Slmmra. the Chapel of niuil, s a cathedral, nn.l i ' . "r' fuapter of '""""geu iiv a Lis seat In the choir , IT" "!lS lllUUlIK l)tn 1 ...1. when Is considerable. Thechante ntains ,, ,,loi, uf P" body of musicians ue Independent' o" the so-called "Pope's choir." which ! properly termed the "choir of the Sl, ! No musieal Instruments are ever used ' n theS stine. In the choir, on the con-I tMij. there nre two large organs. The I one 011 the west side U employed 011 all ! c ulinary occasions; it Is over two bun- i tired years old. and Is tnmi .,1 ..... whole tone below the modern pitch. It s so worn out that an organ-builder is lu attendance during every sen-Ice to ix'tn it- airn nr n mnixn.v, ....... i The bellows leak, the tn .ni " ' ... ! notes nave a chronic tendon t oiiiu,, DUlllt Il"er. nnd the pedal "tmckers" nm hook themselves unexpectedly. But the canons would certainly not think if building a new organ. Should they ever do so. nnd tune rh. Instrument to the modern pitch, tilt consternation of the singers would be great; for the music is all written foi the existing organ, and could not be performed two notes higher, not to men tion the confusion that would arise wnere nu the music is sung at sight. 'Plllu o . .. , " ' , "ut kuowu, nut worthy of notice. The music sun.? In 1 Sr. ....1 , ... . .. - .. - o, ouu, inueeu, 111 most Komnrj churches, is never rehearsed or prac ticed. The music itself is entirely in manuscript, and Is the property of the choirmaster, or, as Is the case lu St. Pe ter's, of the chapter, and there is no copyright In it beyond this fact of ne. tual possession, protected by the simple ' Cliulvl1'" or "S;"",,lli,,l Hand," which plan of never allowing any musician to ls lo(';lU'J on tluj ('liowau river, near have his part In his hands except while ! Moutrose, N. C. The unsanctitied do : he ls actually performing It. I Ul,t approve of their ways, and recently ' In the course of a year the same piece ! 1111 iUti"'k was made on what is known j may he sung several times, and the I "s tut' Albemarle section, which result old choristers may become acquainted j cJ 'u t!l kHHns (if one woman, nnd the with a good deal of the music in this 1 wounding of three or four men. These j way, but never otherwise. Mozart la ' people live In boats, which they call ; reported to have learned Allegrl's Mis- 1 erere by ear, and to have written II dowii from memory. The other (anions Misereres, which are now published, were pirated In a similar way. The choirmaster of that day was very un popular. Some of the leading singer! who had sung the Misereres durins many years In succession, ami had thus learned their several parts, met and put together what they kueiv into a whole, which was at once published, to the no small annoyance and discomfi ture of their enemy. But much good music is quite beyond the reach of the j public Palestrina's best motets, airs by Alessandro Stradella, the famous hymn of Italmondl, In short, a great musical library, an nrchlvlo, as the Itoninns call such a collection, all of which is practi cally lost to the world. It Is wonderful that under such cir cumstances the choir of St. Peter's should obtain even such creditable re sults. At a moment's notice an organ ist and about a hundred singers arc called upon to execute a florid piece of music which many of them have uevei seen or heard; the accompaniment is played at sight from a mere figured bass, on a tumble-down instrument two htinnred years old, nnd the singers, both the soloists aud the chorus, sing from thumbed lilts of manuscript parts writ ten in old-fashioned characters on pa per often green with age. No one has ever denied the extraordinary musical facility of Italians, but Ifttlie general musiciil world knew how Italian church music ls pel-formed it would lie very much astonished. It Is no wonder that such music i? sometimes bad. But sometimes It Is very good; for there are splendid voices among the singers and the Maestro Henzl, the chief organist, Is a man of real talent as well as of amazing facil ity. His modernizing Influence ls coun terbalanced by that of the old choir master. Maestro Meluz.i, a first-rate musician, who would not for his life change a hair of the old-fashioned tra ditions. Yet there are moments, on certain days, when the effect of the great old organ, with the rich voices blending In some good harmony, Is very solemn and stirring. The outward per suasive force of religion lies largely In Its rousle. and the religions that have no songs make few proselytes.-Ceu- tury A ftrong solution of washing soda ( odium ciruom.tr) in hot winer atih e it nnd to be exceKent as a clauusu-g agent for dirty lamps. To attack a man with any weapon i aci,,, m in,. iter iii Madagascar. It i uunishable by death. Your grocer will sell you Schilling's BcstX.cn. and re turn your money in full if you don't like it. He is our agent to this extent; and we want no better business. fcu riiKi.t A FORTUNE FOR SOME ONE. The Treasure of the Inc. Still Buried In the -Muuutnintt. Adventurers who seek gold should turn to Peru. To begin with, the re mainder of the I liens ransom is buried somewhere in the mountains between t'axamaiva and C'uzco. We may confi dently assupie. says an English paper, that it lias not been discovered, for If put into circulation at home the money market would have been convulsed, whereas the tinders would have no reason for keeping the secret had they gotten wifely away to Europe. As for the evidence of deposit, there is l'izar ro's ollieial report that his comrades would not wait until the celebrated room was full. They were too impa tient to murder their captive, though they knew that the bullion levied up on the temple at Cuzco was on its way, transported by 1110.000 Hamas, e.icU carrying loo pounds of purest gold. The liguie Is not iucredilile, seeing how ' Il'n'"', when the counuiMa. (lores sacked Cuzco. News of tile murder reached that precious caravan lu the mountains; forthwith the priests buried their gold and returned. Every one concerned with the expedition, who could be Identified, was tortured to iK-ath, but none would speak. Such is the con temporary nccount. Sir Clements Markham, president of the ltoynl (ieographical Society, obtained somo Information during ids memorable ex pedition to Peru. He states, as if it were well known In the neighborhood, "wl "l that the caravan left the highway at a ..., cue Aiujuiu. THE "SANCTIFIED ChURCH.' Peculiar KcHsious Feet with Head quarters Nenr Motitroac, N, C. One of the most peculiar religious sects In America is the "Sanctified arks, Coustrucled of rough lumber, f ' i , 'O i AI1K OF THE BAXCTiriKIi HAND. these arks are merely houseboats, with neither sails, oars nor other means of locomotion. Sometimes they are drag ged up en the hank, when it Is decided to make a protracted stay. The arks vary In si:, but they are all the same. In one end is a small room containing a cooking slove and kitchen utensils. Here the tond for the inhabitants of the craft is prepared. Adjoining Is a larger room used alternately as a dining room and meeting place, where public am private worship Is conducted. Why There Are So Mnny Smiths. At the time of the adoption of sur names every artisan whose work re quired the striking of blows 011 metal was known as a smlfer or smith, and the community therefore had Its black smith, arrowsmilli and several of hers of the same character. The number of Smiths of the present day may, there fore, be readily accounlt d for. when we remember that each of the different kinds of smiths was as much entitled to the use of his trade inline for a cog nomen as any other artisan. John, the blacksmith, and John, the coppersmith, were both known as John, the smith, an appellation which naturally resolved Itself into the family name of John Smith. Ladies' Home Journal. Castor O 1 a Hair Tonlo. The fashionable coiffure for young women and girls Is waved at the sides, where it droops a little. Small combs hold these waves in place. The coil at the back Is placed rather high. Castor oil, pure nnd simple, Is said to be an excellent tonic for the hair, used once a mouth. It Is applied with a small, fine sponge, which is dipped in the nil nnd rublied on the scalp, the hair being parted with the fingers. Pishing Hmnckfl. The number of smacks employed In deep sea fishing in the North sea Is over o.iKK). They fisli in fleets of loO ves sels. Over ai.WiU men are employed In tills fishery alone and they remain at sea never lie tiiuu two mouths at a time. When i preacher can attract no at tention with ids religion he still has the chance left of being tried for here sy. A few of the election orators have returned to work, but a good many are out who should be arrested for vagrancy. w'v; f'J x': i ' CLIMATE AND rOHFOKT. Either way, whether we are to have a' prolonged winter of extreme cold or a mild one, through the dampness and chill neu ralgia will And its victims, and 11 great many imprudent people will tind neuralgia. In either case, when it does come, with its nicking torture, let's look about for ihe hot that can be done. We need not go far. The reputation of !rt. Jacobs Oil us a cer tain cure for neuralgia has gone before it. and it is an established fact that it cures surely, soothes and restores the troubled nerves. To enjoy, therefore, a coinfortablt winter, whether it is cold or mild, bear ir. mind thai for tiiis complaint one shouh have the great remedy for pain ready to use. It is by putting off lliat the airmen grows worse, and the worst cases grow lcs us soon as it is used. rrogressWo Civilization. A lady recently took Into her servlei , a Chluaniau, aud began to Chrlstiaauiz, J him. Shortly afterward some silvei spoons were missing. Then she taughi him the Apostles' Creed, nud It was ' discovered that a valuable piece 01 plate bad been stolen. His benefac ; tress, loath to suspect her new convert, j started lu to tench him the Teu Com I maudineuts. By the time he was abh to repeat the First Commandment, the scamp stole her watch. Then the phi lanthropic lady's son rebelled. "Moth er," he exclaimed, "for heaven's sake, litm'l u-ucu liiui. pi-Uiied Kcaiuuag I any more, or by the time you've got : liini to the Tenth Commandment he j will have stolen the house and taker j the cellar along with It!" . mi., t l tie uiguesi tiaim iui um-i tobaccos is "Just as good os Durham." Every old smoker knows there as good 5? You will Cud one each two ounce oag.nnd two cou nnna insido each four ounce Buy a bat; cf bratcd tobacco counon which of valuable v., In r-nt - " Ij- - I "Contains More if? 11 4 irsor Mcittpr Than Rppf " lAls, J.I1U I-IvX UUU UWVla That is what an eminent physician says of good cocoa. The Cocoa made by Walter Baker & Co.', Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., is the best. See that Imitations arc not palmed o!T on yon. LACE CURTAINS. THE LOWERING PRICES..... Wh'ch we Imve effected tn three linn linen t'V;n kp'iiUt Hutu tn hiDht kooiIh. They tire mi lonircr expnivi', !lf you Imve not iiirriiitoud recently we Jnivf u nuriiribu in htore fur you. It lb a Special Offering to Mail Order Purchasers at $1.00, $135 $1.55 and $1.85 a pair for VAj yiml lenmh whit- or ereum lrt'i curttiifis thoroughly to-dnte fttylea. fcxprrxMiKe or poniiiKO fund by uk. 'l bey ure Mi'-h Roods and values as we art re rutin will bo friend in it hers ior us. Ah a holiday niil to n housekeeper they will be among Die mot-l web ome teeetlnnn. We will fend Mir new J-'ull Catalogue Free for the HkntK fcemt your order at once. olds Zc Kiryc, 302 Wi-hlngton St. PCR'LAN-), OR WHEAT. Mnko inonev hv uc- Fhinl Bi.eeiilatiou in htCHK". hiiy and whent there on marKiii'. Fortunes have Ueri triale on a mum II lHTinuiiiK hy trading In future". Write ior full partieuliirx. Iiei of re erenee given. Hev ernl yenrK1 experience on (lie t hleitKo hoard of Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the hu-d-lief"-. I tow iti tig, HopkitiN At a., hieuL'o Hmtrd of Trade Hroker. OIliceH in Portland, Oicgon, and Hpokaue, nh. t0,l HtOi Lc 1 .in I ,t SICK or "Jont Don't Feel Woll," LVffiLIVER FILLS ra the Odm 1 nine tou. Only Onm for n Dote, pfjlrt i t Di-iiRgtita t fiGO. a bor V5 iron, Aoatfm A lh botanlrn m. ri. Hi lia. I'a, Cl'TI'ltK and I'IKKH cured; no pay until It eureil ; tend for hook. Ittw, ManHKI.d 4 1'OKTthHti t, bJ5 Markvlbt., bau Frauclacu. FA 1.8 K WITSKSSKS. There are knaves now nnd ihen met wbh who represent rerlitin lcent Liners tu.,1 voisoiumi stimuli us utriuicul with or p ssessilii: i:,j'(r ties iikill to tltose of Hosfettcr's Slon.ii-'h Itit tcrs. These semims only sucee'1! In hiist iti th 'ir trashy coml'Oltmi minll untie !U::l:it'(i with the ifcmiinc urticie, 'which is n's ntit,-h their. n'e"siic us diiy is to liiiilit. Ask tout tnk no Milisiuute ior ihe raml ri-n.edy ior nm r'a, dyspepsia, constipation, rltetltnutism unit Kid ney trouble, Chioago nniversity has just roeeived u gift of property worth $500,000 to be used for a new biological Btatiou. State of Ohio, City ok Toi kdo, I I.vcas Cocnty, i Frank J. 1 'iiesi-.y tnnkes onth thnt he Is the -enior piirtnet'oi the tinn ol K..l.i'HKNKYi:Co., ioing l.usiness in the city Toledo, County md MHte iMorcstud, tend Unit said linn m ill pay he rum of i).K HI' N I uti-.o 1ml, I. Alls for 'iich rtttdevery case of Cataimui thnt eunnot be cured by the use of 11 all's ( at.viiuii Cckk. FltASK J. t'lliiNKV. Sworn to before nc and suhscrilwd In my presence, this lith day ol liecember, A. P. lt-tsl. ii SKAl. I A. W. fil.KASON Notnrv I'nldie. Hull's Cntiirrh Cure is tuken Internally, and nets directly on the blood anil inncoiis siinactfl 01 the syslem. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. I'll K.N KX & IU, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. 7.c. Hull's Family t'illg are the best. Brioks of glass are now manufao tured in Silesia. They are cheap and morj durable than mud bricks. l'iso's Cure tor Consumption is the best of all cough cures. (leorge W. Lotl, A scheme is on foot to have a genet al census of the wholo world taken to mark the end of the century. r, iur mfi (& i:i none just as coupon insido this ecle- rftf and read the ?v..M gives n list t-if f-J presents uud how 1 mm. r- Flesh Fora- Webster's International IDidiionarv Invaluable In OiVxo, 5cliosl, ind liomc . .1 ' 1 J 1. I t ( : .1 t . 1 . J.j, ' y J . r t WEIKfEirS lNThHS'.MIoyAL ) . DICTlOhiAHV i l:y.',i t u y.-orj; v.Mi h p illihi ht'ltr i i f iA eriM lli l,r. i 1 u.i-(i in 11:1 f.tr-1 t!rrrf tl; ftivnr ri.l e.njl((-vr-ni rcl-ol.; ITSIlIlfl Ijf ll''t tr.i-i r- I a lie .iioaccst ol Gills lr Cluristitias. I AUIOI .1 MllXil OF 1 lllM)rfi. .".Rca nent on npj-iicaUon to C.&T. Mi.KKTAM f'O., I'ubHshvm, lrlniifl"1tlt MttHH.. jr.S.A. . miii rn rprr T fln mm ouVT. . . lllBILLU rilLC eenl l lle l.Ul of Thin elreular is lumied for the henefil of nur country eiiHtoiiierf w iioeiuiuot avail theniH-lveti of our Jmlly hpeeiHl iiie-. hend us vour ad (wsn. Vou will liud hotii gn(,U ii ii-l prices right. W1U, ,t FIM K CO 81MCJ0 Market Ktrvet, Han Francisco, Cal. DOLL 1-iuiry fircsr-ed nnd jointed, hi'ven-iiieii diuuiK, 2.e; I'lllr IH-!, H: plll'KHKQ XllllLO l!HM. IC- llllbl.V ll.t.'i; dozen emoro'ih-ry Kilk, 1' e; ti'-fel ial, hiiv (Uilor, ie; diotogrnph i.lhnin, .Vir; ni n't M.ekf, 4e a an-; t in x dJered i-iik hmdker- r-bli. . 1 .l,li,l t... ii...... .1.. i I'"" rl'll'' n i MIK1-, ii", mini iiimiki. ., n poo.; criiiic,! ooys hi avy thoe( X'M orderH pro'iintiy ntietid d to. !.! V I'll K in, iVi Vri!.hiiii;t(,u Hireet, I'ortliuid, Or. SURECURE for POLES I toil i u -til jirni, niiliiir ur iVMrndiii I'll- tl-ii u ( PR. BO-tN-KO'b PILE HE.ilt.C.y. .t.fc- if.K,ftiBU(ll. u,.u,, A p.,!,. . t .,, .,, ,. i.i ltr. Ttim M. UoiMl.u ut tumH. Illf. I.OMASkO. I'll Ha.. (. w . m j l ft- -l a k LI1IIJI HII.Hil I IrVtilUr,,,,,! i.kii.o ii.,,.. .,i.r.m Cur.d. DR. J.L. 6TEPHLN8, l-tUAMl.V,olilo. U1 BMt l..:;.ll tyrut). Taile U. 4 I ni - . r- ikwi r. 151 N. F. N. V. No. Oou.-H. F. N. U. No. 757