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RARE COPPER CENTS.
Coin ColUetorV Theory to Account For
Thsir 8crcity.
That some of the rarest and most,
valuable of the United States cents,
particularly those dated 1700 and 1804,
owe their scarcity to the fact that Ful
ton built the steamboat Clermont Is
the theory held by some coin collectors.
They believe that thousands of the old
time large copper cents went toward
making the copper boiler for the pio
neer steamboat
This theory would explain the mys
tery that baa long puzzled coin collect
ors as to the reason for the almost to
tal disappearance of the cents of the
dates mentioned.
The first cents struck st the United
States mints at Philadelphia were of
large size. The copper blanks, or
plancheta. were Imported from Eng
land, being sent over In kegs.
Copper at this period was scarce
article In this country. With the ex
ception of the small quantity pro
duced at the only copper mines then
known In the United States, those at
Granby. Conn., nearly all the metal
used hers cams from England.
Builders of steam engines In those
days were of the opinion that boilers
constructed of Iron were unsafe and
Impracticable, and as consequence
boilers wars made of copper, all the
boilers that came from England being.
It Is said, constructed of that metaL
Fulton was likewise of the belief that
copper was the only fit metal to be
used In boilers.
It Is therefore possible that, finding
a scarcity of metal with which to con
struct the boiler of the Clermont, be
finally resorted to the most convenient
source of supply, which happened to
be the large United Statea copper
cents. Of course the cost of such a
boiler would represent a large sum,
but It is on the records that'the steam
frigate Fulton, launched in 1815, the
year of the inventor's death, had a
boiler entirely constructed of copper,
which alone cost the large sum of $23,
000. That the supply of cents of this pe
riod wss large enough to meet such a
demand Is slso likely enough. From
1793 to snd Including 1700 1,060,033
cents were coined and In 1700 074,000
were struck.
Transformation.
Whs I bear Jack Gale christened his
new boat the Lobster. He Ies, but
It's no longer a Lobster. She Why?
He Because it turned turtle. London
Scraps.
And the World Isn't Thoirot
Tsere are hundreds of men today
whe are richer than Monte Crlsto ever
dreamed of being. New Tork Globe.
No man Is hero to bis wife's rela
tlTes.-Llfe.
I Lady Gwendolin's Quest.
Original
Lady Gwsndolin Piercey, the daugh
ter of an earl whose estate was en
tailed to the eldest son, at her father's
death looked out at the changed pros
pect before her with deep solicitude.
There was little enough Income to en
able her brother to keep up the title,
and she must necessurily from having
been the presldlug ludy of her father's
household he was a widower be rele
gated to what oue In America would
call a "back seat." As to a desirable
marriage. Lady Gwendolin complained
that the rich American girls had taken
possession of the English field. But It
eccurred to her thut If the titled men
of England could get rich wives In
America, why should not the titled
women get rich husbands? She re
solved to go to America.
Lady Gwendolin had a friend, Lucy
Kennerly, also a member of a titled
family, who was desirous of seeing the
world. Lady Gwendolin, who was
nearly thirty, brought it about that the
two should visit America together.
Lucy Kennerly preferred Egypt, but
since her friend's mind was set on
America she conseuted. Had she
known the object of the visit she would
not likely have been so complaisant.
The two ladles brought with them In
troductory letters. Lady Gwendolin,
who managed her campaign with great
foresight, secured a number to people
of the commercial and manufacturing
classes. Her object wae to leave society
men out of her calculations, rather di
recting her efforts to those directly In
terested in great money making con
cerns. In this she was wise. Society
men are not usually matrimonially In
clined, and the rich manufacturers
who largely are without the prestige
of family no sooner get rich than they
begin to crave a family tree
One of the visitors' letters gave them
an Invitation to visit the owner and
president of the Mix Manufacturing
company. There was no man present
except old Mr. Mix, who was married,
and Lady Gwendolin at once resolved
to cut the visit short But Mr. Mix in
sisted on showing them through the
works of the company. They were
obliged to comply that is, Lady Gwen
dolin was. Her friend was quite anx
ious to see the plant. The president In
tended ( -conduct his titled guests him
self, 'but -arriving at his office found
matter awaiting him requiring his Im
mediate attention, so be turned them
over to the secretary. The secretary
led them through various workshops
till be came to the foundry. There b
turned them over to a workman la
overalls with grimy hands and a
smudged face.
Now, Lady Gwendolin had no mind
Save Your
MONEY
Como and get my"irieos on Furniture and anything in the household furnishing
line. I have just received a big stock of new goods and
Prices Will Be Slaughtered
As i want to move the goods and make room fot more. Everything is new and
nice. These things have been bought at rock bottom prices and I mean to give
my ccstomers the benefit of the big reduction.
Seeing' is Believing'
And I am sure that if you come and inspect my stock and get thejpriccs, that you
are sure to buy of me. Come and see for yourself.
Gome Earlv and Get Your Choice
ItLMENHElt that I mean just what I say an J will sell
just as I advertise.
Yours For Bargains,
VIE
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FRONT STIU-KT GRANTS PASS, OREGON
Imnnntnnt 1 NVi11 pay tllc 'ral,r(xul an Metim
llllJUI UUIl customers who buy as much as $10 cash.
to snend her time In America looking
at mechanical contrivances explained
by a greasy mechanic, and throughout
the tour of Inspection of the foundry
she' showed ber Impatience. Not so her
friend. She listened politely to all the
workman said, asking hlri many ques
tions. Indeed so minutely did she look
Into everything that Lady Gwendolin
snapped:
"Well, If you want to make a foun
dry woman of yourself, I'm going to
sit here and wait till you get through."
She threw herself on a bench, raising
her skirts so as not to come In contact
with the cinder floor, and waited Impa
tiently for the end of the Inspection.
When Lucy Kennerly could find noth
ing more of Interest she thanked her
conductor with her sweetest smile, and
the two ladieB left the foundry.
"Good gracious, Lucy," exclaimed
Lady Gwendolin, "how could yon be so
familiar with a common workman?"
"I found him perfectly familiar with
the manufacturing processes, and all
such things Interest me," replied the
other.
Lady Gwendolin's American trip was
a failure. She received a number of
bites, but there were no fortunes
among them, and nothing except a
fortune would avail. She went back
to England protesting that she would
rather marry a government clerk than
an American. The latter bad no re
spect for birth and were too busy mak
ing money to become genUemen. Lucy
Kennerly, on the contrary, expressed
herself as much pleased with the coun
try and the people and fancied the way
many rich men's sons devoted them
selves to active business Instead of be
coming social puppets.
The fellow travelers failed to see
much of each other for some months
after their return. Then one day Miss
Kennerly wrote Lady Gwendolin an
nouncing ber engagement and asking
her friend to officiate at the wedding.
It must come off at once, since she was
to marry one of those busy Americans
who couldn't spare enough time even
to consummate tbelr marriages prop
erly. Miss Kennerly wrote an Illegible
hand and the recipient' of the note
could not make out the groom's name.
Lady Gwendolin had noticed while In
America the attenUons of a poor so
ciety maa to ber friend- and bad warn
ed Lucy against him.
On the day of the wedding Lady
Gwendolin drove up to Hawoth, the
seat of Mlsa Kennerly's father, and
was met at the ports cochere by her
friend and her friend's fiance. He was
not Mr. Fox. Bat who was he? His
face was familiar, though she conld
not place him. Miss Kennerly was
evidently enjoying ber confusion.
"Don't you remember the workman
who showed us through the Mix com
pany's foundry?" she asked. "This Is
be Mr. Mix. th son of the president
He was learning the business, with a
view to fitting himself to manage it"
Lady Gwendolin stood petrified; not
ven the two smiling faces before her
could bring a responsive expression to
her own face. Then without a word
she swept by them snd Into the house.
BERTHA HURIEY.
DINING IN WALL STREET.
What Lunch Hour Msans to Nsv
York's Financial District
When one descends upon Wall street,
either from the Broadway slope of
Trinity church or from the Nassau
street hill, at noontime any week day
the air Is fraught with many conflict
ing odors of the kitchen. From over
the roaw of the clamoring curb folk
way down in the valley of Broad street
there arises from a score of cookeries
and "handouts" a decided smell of the
stewpot blended with the ever glori
ous onion. From the eaves of the New
York Stock Exchange come the more
pretentious fragrance of spiced meats
and strong coffee. From the basement
and attic alike, from cloud tickler and
antiquated frame bouse as well, come
all sorts of fuming evidences that the
men of affairs are eating. To realize
what this luncheon hour means to
Wall street oue must stop to think of
the thousands of persons who are In
that small district of the city at this
particular part of the day. Hundreds
of restaurants meet the rush with
their doors flung wide, and their keep
ers have grown rich upou nickels and
dimes Unit fall into their tills like a
mighty rataplan during those brief
hours of midday. Men have grown
rich and retired to iialuttal mansions
In tin' suburbs helling cup custards and
"sinkers" to millionaires, stenogra
phers, clerks and bankers alike during
the busy hour or two at noon. Thou
sands of pounds of meat countless
oysters nud clams, barrels of grsTy,
unaccountable gallons of coffee and
tea and tons of bread are consumed
every day In a very brief period of
time, and here, of all other places, tbe
foreigner has found Justification for hla
; criticism of Americans for fast eating,
j -rittsbnrg Dispatch.
Storm a Wooden Statue of An
drew Jackson Raised.
ON A FAMOUS OLD FRIGATE.
A Bold Boston Sea Captain Mutilated
tha Constitution's Figurehead and
Then Want to Washingtop and Dsfiad
the Authorities.
The figurehead which was placed on
the frigate ConsUtution is now at the
Naval academy In Annapolis. It is a
figure of Andrew Jackson, and con
nected with it Is a curious Incident
The original figurehead of the Con
sUtution was a figure of Hercules.
This was destroyed by a cannon ball
at Tripoli, and then a figure of Nep
tune was erected. This also came to
grief, and at the time the vessel was
rebuilt there waa no figurehead ex
cept a billet
At the time the new ship was finish
ed Captain Jesse Duncan Elliott of
Hagerstown, Md., who had distinguish
ed himself In the battle of Lake Erie,
was In command at the Boston navy
yard. Captain Elliott was an enthu
siastic Democrat and an ardent ad
mirer of President Andrew Jackson.
Tbe president bad lately been In Bos
ton and had been most hospitably re
ceived, and Captain Elliott conceived'
tbe idea of placing a figure .of the
president at the prow of the Constitu
tion, believing that It would give the
people of Boston much pleasure. The
navy department gave him permission,
and so a wooden figure of "Old Hick
ory" was put In position on the ship.
This act raised a storm of dissent
In the Hub, and Captain Elliott was
threatened with a coat of tar and
feathers. The excitement was Intense,
and the language was virulent Hand
bills denouncing the act, denouncing
the president and Elliott were circulat
ed In the streets, and the newspapers
took np the cry, and In this day and
generation the partisan violence and
vituperation which raged In New Eng
land are inconceivable.
On a dark night In July the deck of
the ship was invaded, and, although
sentry waa close at band, the bead of
Jackson wss sawed off and takes
away. New England was delirious,
and for a time the perpetrator of tbe
act waa unknown to tbe public.
Six months later one Samuel W.
Dewey, a Boston sea captain, took the
dissevered head In a bag to the secre
tary of the navy at Washington and
avowed himself aa the criminal. That
official waa amated at the man's au
dacity and asked him if he did not
know that he would be severely pun
ished. Dewey calmly replied that he
had considered the matter and bad as
certained that the legal penalty was
slight and could not be applied until
he waa convicted by a jury In Essex
county, Mass.
"And If you think a jury In that
county," he added, "will punish a maa
for cutting off the bead of Andrew
Jackson you are welcome to try It"
The secretary went to the White
House for instruction, while Dewey
was detained. General Jackson laugh
ed heartily at the whole Incident and
forbade tbe man's arrest Before this
Captain Elliott had provided a new
head for tbe figure, and tbe wooden
statue of Jackson that is now at An
napolis was at the prow of the vessel
for forty years.
Captain Elliott's last voyage on the
Constitution was from the Mediterra
nean to Hampton Roads in 1838. Here
be was removed from command be
cause of charges of severity to the
men and of having Incumbered the
berth deck of the ship on the home
ward voyage with jackasses for the
Improvement of the breed in tbe Unit
ed States. Tbe Constitution finally
went out of commission for active
service at Portsmouth, N. H., after a
career of nearly fifty-eight years, in the
service. In IStiO she was transferred
to Annapolis for the use of the mid
shipmen. When the civil war began her posl
tlon there was deemed unsafe, and she
wss sent to the New Tork navy yard.
In 1S05 she was returned to Annapo
lis, where she remained until 187L
when she waa taken to Philadelphia,
where she was again rebuilt In 1878
she was used to transport exhibits to
France for the Paris exposition of
1S7S, and her career at sea finally
ended In 188L The centennial of her
launching was celebrated at Boston in
1S9 7, where she was built Baltimore
Sun.
Babies In the East
In Cypress, at the Important date of
me nrsi loom appearing, friends gath
er, slnglug songs, while tbe child Is !
bathed In water and boiled wheat ;
Afterward thirty-two of the boiled I
grains are strung on a thread and
stitched to the baby's cap. which, of
course, promptly produces the safe cut
ting of the other teeth. I
A pretty custom prevails on the Isle '
of r. bodes, for there, on the eighth day 1
from birth, the Infant after a final
bath of wine and myrtle. Is tenderly
laid In a cradle surrounded by lighted
tspors while a child approaches, touch
es Its lis with honey and says, "He
thou as sweet as this honey." Los
Angeles Times.
A Lib.l.
"I see by the county paper," said the
visitor, "that Jonas Jones, the prosper
ous druggist of your town. Is sojourn
ing" "I saw that too, and It's a libel, ex
claimed the native, with some heat.
"Why, isn't he your druggist V
"Yes, but this town's too healthy for
him to be prosperous." Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
A Sure Way.
Country Doctor Thet's the worst
case of wryneck I ever see. Peleg.
How'd you get It? Peleg-Drtvln' thet
new mare o" mine an' everlastln'ly
lookln' behind t' see If an auto was
eomln'. Puck.
No Giving Up.
"I am determined, to collect this bill
eventually," said the dun. "I assure
Tu Ml never give up."
"Neither will I," replied the man
who disputed the debt-Exchange.
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