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From the Chicago Evening Post.
If the men in Chicago who are dissatis
fied with their work and impair nt with
their daily associates wish to acquire a
little patience and contentment, let them
consider the ways of the animal trainers
In Bostock's winter quarters, opposite
Battery D. A day thus spent will not
only be full of entertainment, but wilt
leave the conviction that of ali the vari
eties of work now being performed in th -
city that of "working the animals" in a
big menagerie is the least to be desired.
The hard lai or of the ditch digger, the
exacting and monotouou task of the ac -
countant and Ihe large and responsibk
problems which confront the business
man put on anew and Inviting appearance
when contrasted with the work of u pro
fessional trainer of animals.
An object lesson in courage, tact, pa
tience and perseverance, the routine la
bors of the men who leach the most sav
age beasts of the jungle pleasing tricka
and accomplishments for the entertain
ment of mankind cannot he exceeded. And
such lessons hav. a distintl moral value
in that they make the spectator, who may
regard his lot in life as a hard one, and
finds difficulty in living in pace with his
daily associates, ashamed of losing his
temper and of his la it of application in
overcoming obstacles and difficulties. Then
he also learns how potent is a wise anti
discriminating administration of kind
ness and firmness in dealing with a stut>-
bern pupil. The value of an approving
caress and of the quick anti unhesitating
application of discipline is vividly ex
emplified in the methods of these teachers
of lions arid tigers.
“You wont to see how animals are
trained?" inquired the manu or of the
menagc-rle's Chicago winter quarters of
his newspaper caller. "Well, you've come
at just the right time. Thens Prof. Can
lhac Just going Into a cage containing an
Indian leopard and a South American
Jaguar—two of the meanest brutes in tile
world to do anything with, with 'he j>os
sible exception of the iiger. Those ani
mals have never beeen worked, mid you
can see the process from the very begin
ning.”
Although below the average in stature,
this French trainer has an athletic, mil
itary figure and is quick and sprightly In
his movements. Besides a short iron rend
with a sharp point, he took into the cage
a stout kitchen chair, which he carried
by the back, with the legs extending in
front of him. Not a trace of fear or hes
itancy was apparent in his face or man
ner as the door of the cage was locked l>e
hind him by an attendant who remained
outside, leaning upon a long iron tipped
with two sharp prongs. The big, spotted
eats crouched in the corner witli menac
ing growls and hisses. He approacned
them slowly hut without faltering. Their
backs were elevated and their eyes Hash
ed with rage, hut they di.l not spring at
him. He then took a portable bracket, or
shelf, and hooked it firmly upon a strong
horizontal bar which extended Ihe length
of the face of the cage.
Taking a firmer grip upon the chair and
holding the sharp iron rod in position for
Instftnt use, he made a quick advance up
on the couehant animals. Ii was clearly
evident thru he was about to teach them
to leap, at his command, from the floor
to the bracket. As the extended chair legs
came within a few inches of Ihe leopard's
head the creature gave it a vigorous slap,
which splintered a "round, ’ and slipped
to the other end of th“ cage. The jaguar
held to its original position, directly fac
ing the human invader of its den, its tail
lashing slowly from side to'slde. The at
tendant outside the cage dearly anticipat
ed trouble, for he raised the long prod upon
which he had lieen leaning and gripped it
firmly wit It both hands.
“Sauterl" exclaimed the Frenchman
within, as he thrust his iron rod under
neath the chair and moved sharply to
ward the belligerent jaguar. The latter
obeyed the command to "jump” to the
letter, but not according to the spirit of
the tutor's instructions. It leaped direct,
ly at Canihac with a growl that was half
tt scream. The jaws of the enraged beast
snapped upon a portion of the interposed
chair and shattered it in a trlcft As the
trainer, with every muscle strained to the
utrrfost, retained his grip upon the chair,
he employed his right hand in jabbing the
point of his prod in the breast and neck
of the creature, making his thrusts un
derneath his novel shield with ihe dex
terity of an accomplished master of the
fencing foils.
The brute relinquished its attack and
again skulked into thi| corner. Reforo it
had time to gather itself for another
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spring the trainer again advanced, more
quickly than before. His savage pupit at
tempted to slip past him as its companion
had Hone, but its way was blocked by a
sudden thrust of Ihe Iron between the per
pendicular bars of the cage. One moment
the animal hesitated and turned toward
the trainer, but finding the bottom of the
chair firmly Interposed between them It
sprang lightly upon the bracket. No
sooner had il accomplished this desired
feat than Oanihac quickly reached for
ward his training real and rubbed it ca
ressingly along the creature's back. The
angry lashings of the jaguar's tail grew
less violent, and it apparently yielded un
willingly, evidence that it understood this
signiil of approval, and made a slight con
cession in the direction of friendliness.
These maeuvors were patiently repeat
ed with the leopard until the latter was
landed upon the shelf. Then the trainer
came out of the cage and leaned upon a
platform formerly occupied by Tess, the
celebrated chimpanzee, now the throne of
a handsome lion cub who carries himself
as if thoroughly conscious of the admir
ing glances of all visitors. As Canihac
fondled the creature's head he said
through an interpreter: •
“Those two animals will prove very easy
to work. Thev have just enough fight In
them io make good, spirited performers.
The first lime I go into a cage X take with
me a kitchen chair, and by the time the
creatures have knocked it into pieces I
have determined their dispositions and
whether or not they can be safely Worked.
If they are vicious and mean, I know that
I must use the prod and prove to them
that lain master of the situation. Others
demand a great deal of kindness. There
is as much difference in the dispositions of
wild animals as in human beings. The
big thing in this profession is to under
stand animal nature and to adapt your
methods pa each individual case. But there
is one invariable rule to follow: Always
show approval to an act of obedience, be
piomnt in the putishrn. nt of disobedience
and never become Impatient. It is a dis
grace for an aniirtal trainer to lose his
temner or lo give up until he has accom
plished his purpose.
“I would rather train a tiger or a leopard
fresh from the jungle than one raised in
captivity, for the former has a natural
and wholesome fear of man, while the lat
ter has all of its brute instincts without
that fear. Then the captured animals
make the best performers. They act with
greater spirit and do not slouch through
their trleks In the mechanical fashion com
mon to those born in captivity. Tigers,
leopards and panther are the most dang
erous to handle. Why? Because lions
and nearly all other animals will naturally
run awav from man, while the members
of the cat tribe will pounce straight for a
human being. Again, if one of the cat
species fastens its teeth into you it Will
stick or tear awav the flesh, while a lion
fights by a series of bites. It releases
its victim for a moment after the first at
tack and gives him u chance to escape or
fight."
When asked how he came to enter this
profession Canihac replied:
"My boyhood was spent In Algiers,
where my father owned a concession front
the French government. Early in my teens
I began to engage in leopard hunting,
which was the great sport for foreigners
in that region. Once, in pasing along a
forest, a leopard leaped down from a tree
and sprang upon me before I could use
my gun. Luckily, I had sufficient presence
of mind to draw my poniard from my belt
and stab (he brute just ns it was sinking
Its loeth into my shoulder. Although I
was badly scratched and torn, I had the
satisfaction of killing a big leoqard in
what might be culled a hand-to-hand en
counter. The old hunters made much of
me on account of this adventure, and I
naturally kept at the sport. For a timo
I hunted with Chigll, the Prince of Tunis,
and while in his party I had a repetition
of the experience which 1 have just re
lated.
“Gradually I drifted into the business of
buying nninials lor l!affqt)l>nrk amt tin
other largo buyers of captured beasts. I
also hunted lion* in Abyssinia. When 17
years old 1 made my first entrance Into a
cage, beginning with the very animal that
1 had captured. Was I afraid? Not In the
least. You see, I had worked about them
so long (hat I was familiar with all Ihelr
ways. But one of my first experiences in
a lion’s cage was not particularly encour
aging. He was fresh from Ihe jungle, and
n powerful fellow. Four times he got me
down before the attendants could get into
ihe cage and drive him away with red hot
irons. 1 was badly mangled, but after 1
recovered from my wounds I soon forgot
my narrow escape and was just as willing
as before to face a lion as a tiger.
“In the old country an expert trainer
gets big wages. Some of Hasten back's
le st men are paid several hundred dollars
a week The trainer should not bo con
found—! with the performer. The latter
simply lakes (he subdued and thoroughly
educated creature and puls it through the
motions to which It has been accustomed
bv the trainer’s long and hard work. In
this country, however, some of the trainers
appear in the public performances."
Canihac was then railed away to teach
a big cinnamon ts ar to mount a step lad
der. As ho piled all the arts at his com-
THE 31 OIINIXG NEWS: TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1893.
mand to accomplish this purpose, Henry
Haas, the youngest lion tamer in America,
came out of a cage Xn which he had been
teaching six of these monarchs of the
jungle to mount chairs, assume a devo
tional attitude and then retire to their bed
on the floor. He is now scarcely more
than 20 years of age and began his haz
ardous profession at the age of 15.
"This is the boy,” said the manager,
"who does the wresting act with Prince,
that big lion over there. It's a line per
formance from a showman’s standpoint,
but there's no telling when the lion may
get ill-natured and handle him too rough
ly. That sort of thing happens right along
in this business and the only way such
disasters are avoided is by the watchful
ness of the man in charge. He can see
expressions on the faces of the brutes that
sometimes escape the man in the cage.
And when he detects a mean took in the
creature's eye it's his duty to call a halt
and order that no more performances be
allowed.”
“That's right.” interrupted “Captain”
Lawrence, a Yankee youth who ran away
from his New England home eight years
ago to become an animal man." Take old
Bob, the tiger in the cage behind you. For
several years he was a tine performer, and
a woman handled him without the least
difficulty. But one day he leaped from
the 'op of his wagon during a parade and
killed one of the horses. We roped him
before he did anv more damage, but from
that moment his whole disposition seemed
to be completely changed. There was no
use trving to work him, for he was sulky
and ill-natured. Now the best trainer in
America wouldn’t be allowed to enter his
cage, which is cleaned from the outside.”
"Is there any basis for the popular be
lief that trainers subdue animals by look
ing them straight in the eye?" Lawrence
was asked.
"I’ve been asked that a thousand times.”
he answered. “There isn't a thing in that
theory. If we had to depend wholly on
that for safety we would probably be kill
ed the first time on entering a cage of un
worked animals. How can a man look a
half dozen lions in the eye at the same
instant, when they are prancing all
aroupd him? That’s simply nonsense.
The meanest experience I ever had was
j with a lion that came directly toward me.
The eye theory didn't work that time, for
the old brute came straight at me and
sunk her teeth into my shoulder just as I
was about to back/out of the door. Her
claws tore into the flesh of my leg. and
she also got my arm between her jaws.
It was during a public performance down
in Maine, and not one of the whole audi
ence knew I was being hurt. I was able
to control myself until the lion released
her grip on me and then I slipped out of
the cage. Just as soon as I recovered I
made it my first business to go back into
that cage and teach that brute who was
master of the situation. She had a whole
meal of humble pie that time, and I have
never had any trouble with her since. If
I hadn't gone back and punished her she
would probably have been spoiled Jtr
performing.
"I've never been afraid of the animals,
but my heart used to pound like a trip
hammer when entering a cage for a pub
lic exhibition for fear that I would do
something awkward that would cause the
people to laugh at me. Some people sup
pose that a trainer takes weeks in which
to got acquainted with the animals before
lie goes in with them. This is a mistake.
No showman is going to pay a trainer big
wages for time spent getting used to the
creatures, no matter if they have been
captured but a few weeks before. If ho
hasn’t the nerve to go into any- strange
cage on a minute's notice and act as if
he’d always lieen there, he'd better get
out of the business."
Hook* That Have Helped Mark
Twain.
From Harper's Weekly.
The Critic says that Mark Twain has
reached the terrible frankness of maturity
and fame, and "tells tales like Bismarck,
regardless whom he hits, so long as the
blow is deserved.” The example given is
this Pudrt'nhead Wilson sentence at the
beginning of a chapter in his latest book:
"She was not what you would coil refined;
she was not what you would call unrefined.
She was the kind of woman who keeps a
parrot.”
That is Indeed on illuminating Instance
of the working of Mark's mind. A pri
vate letter from Mr. Clemens to a friend
in New York who is Interested in statistics
affords an analogous example of candor in
this passage:
"The books which have most influenced
,ray life? With pleasure. This is the list:
‘The Innocents Abroad,’ ‘Boughing tt,’
‘Tramp Abroad,’ ‘Prince and Pauper,’
‘Huckleberry Finn.' 'Tom Sawyer,’ ‘Yan
kee at the Court of Prince Arthur,’ 'Per
sona! Reminiscences of Joan of Arc.’
‘Pudct'nhead Wilson,’ ‘Following the
Equator,' and the publications of the late
firm of Charles L. Webster & Cos."
Yes, and that veracious story-book, The
Jumping Frog,' the predecessor of all the
works named, and possibly the most in
fluential of the lot.
HE GOT A WOLF DOG.
ItB! BEX PETTI HO XE'k DEAL WITH
IMS nitOTHEH VXD ITS RESULT.
The Nicgty of Word*—Seller'* War
ranty \Va Alt Right When Prop
erly Read—A Contest Between
Brotherly Love anil a. Stickling
for Ihe Technical I Hen.
From lie Chicago Inter Ocean.
Roulette, Pa.—"My uncle. Shiftlock Pet
tibone," said the man from over Slnnema
honing way, "was prone to be a stickler
for technicalities. But then he was a
horse trader, and dickered some in sheep
!** handled patent rights; so I ap
pose he had to rely a li'tle on technical
points, and run ’em to the front as a mat
ter of self-protection. Hut It always seem
ed to me that he earn. 1 the principal a
trifle beyond tiie limit when he Insisted on
applying it, in the ntos: radical manner, to
a transaction between turn and my remark
able father, Reuben Pettibone, a transac
tion that involved the standing and char
acter of a dog Uncle Shiftlock sold to Reu
ben Pettibone, once upon a t HI. , Reuben
being Uncle Shiftlock a brother, and they
twins, ut that. Still, as rny remarkable
father never took that view of It, but
rather held it up as a shining evidence of
how smart Uncle Shiftlock was, and how
unoompiomising he was when It came to
a matter of testing that business principle
of his, even in dealing with his beloved
brother, Reuben, I don't see why X should
criticise Uncle Shiftlock adversely at inis
late day. Reuben Pettibone was wont lo
dote on the telling of that transaction,
showing how soaked with brotherly kind
ness he was; how full to running over iie
was with fraternal love. If a brother of
mine should do me up to the tune of $15.50
I fear I could not sit dowa and gloat over
the telling of how he did it. I fear, rather,
that 1 would be. tempted to punch his head.
Which. cjfity shows again how r. markable
my father. Reuben Pettibone, really was.
"As J have heard my father tell it, he
was bothered tremendously by wolves at
his clearing one season in the early days
of the old Sinnernahone, and, do ail he
could, they we/e so wily that he couldn't
coax any of 'em to get into his traps, and
so cunning that he could not get near
enough to shoot any of them—all of which
was particularly- distressing to him, be
cause there was a bounty of $lO a scalp
on wolves. So he looked around to find
someone who had a good wolf dog that
he coual buy, intending to run the shy
and pestiferous creatures down and gather
in a crop of pelts. Uncle Shiftlock Petti
bone had been on a dickering tour and
got back home just about the time my re
markable father was inquiring around for
a wolf dog. He heard about it, and one
day he appeared at his brother Reuben’s
clearing, fetching a dog with him.
" 'Got a wolf yet, Reuben?' said he.
" 'No,’ replied father. "Wolf dogs are
scarcer than eierdhants.’
" 'Not quite,’ said Uncle Shiflioek. ‘l’ve
got one here that I can let you have. Trad
ed a township right in a patent hog ringer
for him. This dbg will surprise you, Reu
ben. Just let this dog hunt wolves once,
and you’ll feel like falling on his neck
with joy, the way he tussels 'em. Just
let him hunt waive) once! All I want for
him is $3.50’
"Reuben Pettibone bought the dog at
once and went to bed happy that night,
because he felt that he would now soon
show those wolves a thing or two, and
soon depopulate the Sinnemahoning coun
try of 'em. That night was a nice, frosty,
moonlight niglu. late in October. There
wasn't anybody home but my remarkable
father. Fact of the matter is, strictly
speaking, my remarkable father wasn't
home, either, for he hadn’t fallen to that
distinction yet, this being some years be
fore I was born. But Reuben Pettibone
was home, .the rest of the folks having
gone visiting. He left the new wolf dog
to kind o’ get the hang of the premises.
“Along about 10 o'clock Reuben Petti
bone was awakened by the all-firedest com
motion outside, he said, that he had ever
heard. It was moving commotion, and it
seemed to have a regular orbit, with the
house as its center. My subsequent fa
ther jumped out of bod and ran to a win
dow. The moon was shining bright. Reu
ben Pettibone had hardly got to the win
dow when be saw his new wolf dog go (ear
ing by, going like a steam engine, and two
or three jumps behind him were two big
wolves. They were after the dog dead
set, and he was doing his best to keep ’em
from getting any nearer to him. The
wolves were snapping their jaws and
snarling, and the dog was ki-yi-ing as if
someone was dressing him out with a
club. The chase was round and round the
house, and the circuit was made so quick
ly every time that it seemed to Reuben
as if the procession had scarcely got by
the window before it was heading for it
again. It went by five times before he
recovered from hi3 surprise sufficiently to
do much thinking. When he got in shape
to think at last, he said lo himself:
“ 'I don’t know much about wolf dogs,
but seems to me this one ain't acting as if
I was going to fall very heavily on its neck
with joy. Can it be that brother Shift
lock has been crueiiy deceived in that
dicker of his?’
"Whether Uncle Shiftlock had been de
ceived or not, Reuben Pettibone could see,
even by the transitory glimpses he got of
the dog and the wolves as they flashed by
tile window, that the chunk of moonlight
between the dog and the woives grew
smaller at every circuit.
” ‘That dog may know his business,’ re
marked Reuben Pettibone, ’and I may be
interfering where I'm not wanted, but the
way It looks to tnc is that unless some
thing is dOne pretty quick that little three
dollars and four shillings I Invested in dog
wid tie sunk ill wolves.’
"So he ran to the corner, where he kept
his gun, got it, and hurried to the door.
He opened the door a few inches. Kls
intention was to shove the gun barrel out
of the opening and give a broadside to one
of the wolves as they came tearing niotig
in the wake of the dog. My remarkable
father had planned all right, but he hadn't
counted oft the tactics of his dog. When
the t\dg came around that time he discov
ered the crack in the door and made a
dive for It. lie squeezed his way through,
collided with Reubefl Pettibone, tumbled
him on hi* back on the floor, and sprang
on the bed in the corder. The two wolves
came right on through Lh door, trampled
all over Reuben Pettibone, and followed
the deg on the lad. Reutxui Jumixxi to nis
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feet and put a-bullet through one of the
wolves, and. as tr,y remarkable father
us.d to chuckle and say, 'that wolf took
no more interest in the evening's enter
tainment.’
"Reuben had kicked the door shut in
scrambling to h,s feet, and his appearance
with the gun made a change- in the calcu
lations of the remaining wolf. This wclf
made a dash for the window. He sent
the glass'flying, but the sash held, and he
tumbled back into the room. Before he
had time for another move, Reuben Petti
bone had a bullet through him, and that
wolf never knew v. httt hurt him. Having
disposed of the wolves, Reuben turned his
attention so the dog. The dog had crawl
ed under the tx-d, and from the way lie
whin,-l and shook and declined to come
out, Reuben'Pettibone couldn’t come to
any other conclusion than that the dog
was scared. .
“ ‘Sti.fj.iook has been stuck in that dick
er, sure as meat axes!' said he. 'I must
take his dog back and tell him so. It'll
never do to waste patent hog-riager rights
on such a .log as this!’
"So next morning Reuben Pettibone took
the .wolf dog down to Pncle Shifilock's.
'Shiftlock,' said he, ‘you had better
take this dog where you got him and get
township rights in the patent hog-ringer
back. And before you go you might hand
me back my $3.50.'
“ ‘What for?' said Uncle Shiftlock, look
ing surprised
"Then Reuben Pettihor.e relate.-! the ad
ventures of the night and berated the dogs
soundly to Uncle Shiftlock.
'You said this dog would tussle wolves
so that I'd feel like falling on his neck
with joy,' said Reuben. ‘lnstead of that
l feel like falling on his neck with an ax!
You've been deceived, Shiftlock,' said he.
“ ‘Wait a minule, Reuben,” said Uncle
Shiftlock. ’What did I tell you about the
dog? 1 told you to just let the dog hunt
wolves once and he'd tussle ’em till you’d
feel like falling on his neck with joy,
didn’t I?’
“ 'That’s what you said, Shiftlock,' said
Reuben Pettibone, ‘and I'll take my $3.50
now.’
" 'I said just let that dog hunt -wolves,
Reuben,' said Uncle Shiftlock. ‘That's
what I said, and you didn’t do it. You
went and let the wolves hunt the dog,
and he wasn't broke for that. I’ll have
to keep the three fifty, Reuben.’
"And Reuben Pettibone, rejoicing that
his brother Shiftlock had not been deceived
in the patent rights trade, let him keep
the three fifty. Not only that, but he
invested a little more in the wolf dog. It
was a few grains of powder and an ounce
or two of lead. All the same, I can't help
but feel that that was insisting on a tech
nical point a little beyond the limit, even
if it was my remarkable father's twin
brother and my Uncle Shiftlock Pettibone.
What do you think, Mackinaw? Don't
you think he wont 100 far?"
The man in the red. blue, yellow, pink,
green and purple Mackinaw jacket crack
ed all his fingers at once and said:
“No, I don't. He bein’ a Sinnernahone
Pettibone, I think he was durn consider
ate.”
"How so?” asked the man from over S'n
nemahoning way, looking surprised.
"Because he didn't step up and steal the
pelts o' them two wolves, too," said th*
man in the many-hued jacket.
HOW l MULE SAJI MINTS HIS GOLD.
Process by AYliieli Dost and Nuggets
Are Converted Into Coin.
From the Boston Transcript.
Ever so much has been written about the
gold that comes from the Klondike, but
nobody seems to have thought of inquir
ing as to what becomes of tt after it has
left the placer mines and the Yukon re
gion.
Of course, the miners bring It into the
United States by steamer, done up in can
vass bags and ail sorts of other packages.
And the bulk of it is thus brought into
Seattle, which is a convenient port. In
Seattle there is no trouble in converting
the raw metal into the ordinary currency
of the realm. The merchants accept it, by
weight, as readily as any other form of
money, and the banks are always readj
cuslomers for gold.
Most of Ihe miners, laden with the yellow
weaith, take it directly to the Seattle
banks, and deposit it, just as if it were
dollars. They receive credit for it in the
same way; but ordinarily the banks act
simply as agents for the sale of the gold
to the government. Uncle Sam, you see,
advertises to buy all gold that Is offered,
with no limit on the quantity. His pur.
chasing office nearest to Seattle is at
Helena, Mont. So the banks, which event
ually get all the gold accepted by the
merchants, forward the stuff to the assay
office at Helena, and there it Is received
and paid for. The payment is made imme
diately on its receipt by treasury checks.
If, then, you are a miner just returned
from the Klondike with a bag of gold, you
may convert it into everyday money at
very short notice. The treasury check re
turned to you through the bank is for only
98 per cent, of the estimated value of the
dust and nuggets. That you get without
any delay at all, beyond the time requir
ed for expressing the stuff to Helena and
for the return of the check by mail. The
balance due to you comes os soon as your
gold has been subjected to the necessary
assay. You have a right, under the law to
receive gold coin for your
check. if you choose to ask
for it. If you make so much demand,
the treasury will give you paper money,
hut the check is really payable In gold, if
you want it. The idea back of this is that
any man has a right to offer raw gold to
the United States government, and to re
ceive gold coin in return.
This legal obligation is fulfilled at con
siderable cost by the government. Every
gold coin conta ns its full lace value in that
metal, plus a percentage of copper added
to harden it. The minting of it costs some
thing, and for this nothing is charged. In
other words, Uncle Sam gives a manufac
tured article of money in return for raw
material. Furthermore, it must be consid
ered that gold pieces suffer appreciable
loss by abrasion while in circulation.
Even gold coins in bags at the treasury
lose something of their value by being jos
tled about. This is a dead loss to the gov
ernment, which only protects itself by fix
ing a "limit of tolerance," as it is called.
When more ihan a certain fraction of a
gold piece has bc< n lo.t by abrasion it is
accepted only by weight.
dt is a rather interesting fact that a good
deal of gold from Australia is now coming
into this country by way of San Francis
co. It goes directly to the mint in that city,
and is there converted into coin. But, what
soever the source of the raw gold, the
treatment it receives on reaching the mint
or assay office is the same. Each lot of
Klondike dust, with Us sprinkling of tiny
nuggets. Is put into a closed vessel called
a crucible. The crucible is placed in a fur
nace. and, when the metal is melted, it is
poured into a mould, which forms it into
a brick called a "bar.” While in the cru
cible the molten yellow stuff is stirred con
stantly and thoroughly, so that all the ma
terials it contains may bo distributed
equally through the bur. For, of course,
the raw gold is apt to be combined with
more or less silver, copper and even lead.
The bar, when cool. Is sent to the weigh
ing-room, where the assayer chips from
it a very small scrap, and this scrap is
put through an elaborate process, for the
for infants and Children,,
The rac-simile Signature of
Appears on Every Wrapper.
THt CCKTAUH COMPANY. TT MURRAY 6T'
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Are World Beaters.
The 189S wheel is the finest and handsomest one on the market. Pay what
you will for a wheel, but you cannot find one that is the equal of the Crawford. We
have sold over two thousand of them, and we are to have the first one returned to
us broken. What other wheel has such a record? Take all the other wheels put
together and you will not find-as many on the streets as Crawfords, but look into
the repair'shops and see how many you will find there of other makes and how few
Crawfords. The next best thing on the market is
READS ODORLESS REFRIGERATORS.
No smell, no foul air, no contamination of the milk and butter if you shoflld
have Limburger cheese or an onion alongside. We give you a positive guarantee.
Who elge will? After this in the way of good things comes our tine of
BUCK’S STOVES AND RANGES.
Every one of the thousand we have sold is giving satisfaction.
SIX HUNDRED ROLLS STRAW MATTINGS
in stock, and at such prices that no one else can touch. iThe line of patterns
are superb.
PARLOR SUITS.
50 PER CENT. REDUCTION on-al! Suits in the house. This is a chance of
a lifetime. Visit us often. Even if you do not want to buy now, you will want to
buv some time.
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
MCDONOUGH S BRUfUITYNE, V
lion Founders, Machinists, a i
Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, manufacturers of Stationary and
Portable Engines, Vertical and Top Running torn Mills,
Sugar Mill and Pans. SHAFTING, PULLEYS, etc.
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purpose of determining exactly how much
gold it contains. Eventually it is reduced
to a bit of absolutely pure gold, and the
weight of this bit gives to the assayer his
data for reckoning the exact value of the
bar. On this reckoning the payment
check is made out. The gold brick, being
now the property of Uncle Sam, is sub
jected to a chemical treatment, by widen
the silver and other impurities are sepa
rated from it and the yellow metal is ob
tained in a perfectly pure state. In this
state it looks more like red gravel than
anything else, and nobody would think of
stopping by the wayside to pick up a
handful of such stuff.
The “red gravel” is pressed by hydraulic
power inlo # big cakes, resembling angei
food cakes in shape, but much bigger.
These cakes are worth about SBO,OOO apiece.
Next the material of which the cakes are
made is melted again in crucibles, with the
addition of 10 per cent, of copper, and
the stuff is cast in bars for coining. Eacn
bar is sliced by a machine into several
strips, which are put under a powerful
roller and squeezed to just the required
thickness for the coins. Then the strip*
are passed beneath a punch, which cuts
6ut of them the blanks for the gold pieces
that are to be. Various mechanical pro
cesses, requiring no detailed description
here, are gone through incidentally, but
at length the coin-blanks are put one by
one in a stamping machine, which gives
to them the beautiful designs that make
the gold pieces of the United States cur
rent at face value all over the world.
Cnt of I<> Per Cent.
Waltham, Mass., Feb. 28.—A 10 per cent,
reduction in wages went into effect to
day in all deportments of the Boston Man
ufacturing Company’s mills here. The
1,500 operatives accepted the cut-
GEoiffl m'mjf sn oms
These ran were mined in ul
section and are of a superior qun.it/
TEXAS SEED OATS.
OEOIIGIA SEED RYE.
CRIMSON CI.OYER.
HAY, GRAIN, ETC., CHICKEN FEED,
COW FEED, ETC.
T. J. DAVIS*
*I’UO.\E gg.i, ns it AT ST., WEST.
JAMES F. IMJTLEK,
HOIK Sip S OFIHII Filial
Graining, Kalsomining,
Paper Hanginj ani Plctin Mouiainj.
-Fitouo is. As, go W. Congress,
FLORIDA
AND THE
"THE LAND OF THE SKY,"
Asheville $, Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta.
The winter season at these well-known ani
wonderful resorts is now opening and the
many improvements in hotel facilities ani
railroad service will draw a larjrer number
and more enthusiastic pleasure ani hoaKi
seekers than ever before.
The schedules and service of tin
SOUTHERN RATLWAY
to each and all or them will ba unequalol.
III? ft foil il Mi till
wilt again bo operated, commencing
January 17, 1888.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio K-v '■
Gateways go on sale Oot. 15, 13Jf. Froat
other points." \ov. I, 1807.
SIDE TRIPS
aie made a feature by the Sou' hern
Railway. Tourists and all patrons of
the Southern Railway have must care
ful attention at the hands of its manf
representatives, who are fully ,n “
formed on all subjects incident td
travel.
VIRGINIA SECOND CROP
"BLISS TRIUMPH”
SEED rOTATOES.
We have a small tot of this popu
lar and very prolific POTATO left-
Special Price to Close.
W, D. £(MKiN3 S, CO.
IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your lithographed
printed stationery and blank books Itv®
Morning News, Savannah. Uu.