The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, November 13, 1900, Page 6, Image 6

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6 II A1K.1.1) WITH 4 UU.I *lO>, Frmntnrnl 'lnn I'lnred I ul r Arrrnt. Nn#l*vill<\ Tffin , Nov 12 Th# orrmi of T. P. hind) tur*n a f* i-ral warrant • *orn out by F. O War < . of th First National Hank, i# tirl U| i #~r>n#tion In Nditi’lllf. Th- “ m of Ut>- tior St Brad> comi*> •• of J. 11. Con nor arvl T I*. Brady. miv.-l* U* irncm siui liquor i • i in a?>lKnnrnt to-day and t • urr-> f i-f lv followed ! rT* U July of W. \N i.' .i, r In'llvt lual Hoa>k* k<**p*r of tin 1 : *<•' N*. n.i Hank. ;# x -plalnid Th* two arc churpcd with rolluvton In dafraudira; t*ic u.i.k oui of $44 It a • p**mrs * r Ikiobk* cjx-r left on hi* va cation July L#l. aid at th <xpri u> nl hc •" aeehi rr*M. failed to i.turn to hi# Inj-k L** had been a trutt I*m ploy e of the institution for over la r.iy. two y ear*, ami turn failure to return upon the- Amte #e: caused little concern am • the look officials, hut ms the da roil-* on without tldtnjn# from the mlsMii b*wk kee|H r they commenced iui inviaugatl . of hi* tank fT.rs It was diacoven t the account# of Hr * 1v wr.d 4\>nnor Wfta wrong and experts w*re put to work It is charged th.it • t*- tnea aggregating $5*1,000 had brn ma le by the bookkeeper In the a* quid# f this Arm extending over p-riod of five ymorr. that over s23.** *> of th.* amount had boon fraudulently obtained nince May 1 3*9#, up to the dale of U,i e departure, and that the work wa# irtied on l> Ui by tnorfftinf the amounts of the firm # deposl's on th* J ;mi.* th*- irstl'ution and 4k cr#j*>ng the amount of the ch* k* drawn by th* Arm against the hank, fol lowing this transaction with false exten sion balances It is alleged that the ► ok keeper would. upon a cert an date, make ar. entry through which th* bank would be defrauded of t certain sum uf money, and later on m ike such altet •tlona. always through the amount of the firm, as would reduce the shortage By operating thl# scheme It I* alleged that the two men drew from the bank $#- in cash, but through the system of etitrles hl paid back, through tne firm's account, tne sum of |l2 <* leaving a net shortage to the bank *>f 144.00 b The bank officials held a 4*oiw aultatlon with Connor A Brady. It Is *aid that Prady acknowledged th* crooked transactions, taking all the r sponslbjllty upon himself, stating that he had put the money into the firm's busi ness with tho exception of a small amount, which he used as an Indßtdru! The m*mher* of the firm after th* facts were talked over, figure*! out thv Hrady hal secured something like |2 ‘*n and Agreed to reimhume the )ank to this extent. Meanwhile the guamnt*e c >m jwny. whJ. h was on the bond of I.**i, (suehed the matter, with the result th.it h <U*e*| of assignment by Connor uni Brady w. flie*! yesterday with th*- Un n Hank and Trust Company a•* trustee In the inatrunwmt an overdraft of the Flr-t Natlonnl Hank for the sum of 5>.714 72 ws mentioned, covering the part of the 144,0fd Hrady Halm* to hav* received un known to his partner. TIIOH I' HBLIMSKO ON HAIL Hork of %letho|lt Hrearhere—Other Wnycr Ness a. Wayrross. Oa . Nov. 12 —Judge Jo*-e; h p. Hennett reconvened \V r* Hup ror Court this morning and criminal buaine s Is being disposed of. Tofn Thomas, who was put In Jail last we*'k. charged with murdering hi# wife, bas been liberated on hall Ills bond was at S&.OW. which he gave Thom*? is represented by Col. L. A. Wilson and judge J. I.* Bwat. Pending the anly sds of the woman*# stomach, no further action will be taken in the oa-e. W. M. Baker and family leave this week for kludge, where Mr. Baker as sumes charge of the turpentine business formerly operate by W 11. Baker Ar Cos. The style of the new firm will be \V. M Baker At Cos. Walter B. Buker movea to Florida. C. C. Buchanan left this morning over the Air Line for Douglas, where he will assist Kev. C. D. Adam# In a two-weeks meeting The Methodist preachers of Way cross are closing up their year's work prepant iory to attending the annual meeting of the Houth Gaorgla Conference, which meets in Cuthbert. Dec. . Hev. K V Wnkny presldUig Her of the Way ross district, whose bouse is in this city, has been on this work three year#, it* haa also Rev. J. M Oien). pastor of Trinity I'Yi der the law of the church they can serve but one year more In their present |osl ttons. R*v. T. M. Christian. i*ator First Church, has been here one year All ore popular and their return will be accep table. 1). R Walker, one of Ware county ► farmers living near Upchurch, was pret ty badly shaken up a few day# ago by bis mule running away with anew hay rake he was operating- The mule w.a* not accustomed to #o much noise as the ma chine ma le, and she made a dash across the field The effort being made by # of our young men to establish n distinctive young men'# meeting .is the p’c'lmlna’y work to the organisation o ft he Y. M C A In Waycroas. 1# meeting with some success Two or three Interesting me- i tngs have been held already and another is called for Friday night nt the Rap's; Church Th* regular course map 1 out by the Y. U. C. A. will be adopted and used. CHOPS HI INF.D IN V||(|||G%N. l.o#r to the Farmera Are Estimated nt fi.~riMMr.Ml. St. Joseph. Mich . Nov. 12.—'Two-third** of the entire potato crop of the state of Michigan has been ruined by the recent atorms The loss to farmers is estimate! a, over t&OO.OOO. Ilia Order for Itallrond t ar#. Philadelphia. Nov. 12 —The Pennsyl vania Railroad Company to-day gave or <lers for 2,40 ft freight cars, which makes 5.40* car# contrartc-d f.r within n week Order# for I.<M flat cats, the bids f* r whtch have already l*een receive I. h i t* not yet been placed La t w-k the com pany placed an order for 3.*00 pr el #teel hopper coal cars of 10*1,000 pounds c i pcclty with the Preaaed Steel Car Com pany of Idttsburg. Turkrr for a Peerage, Halifax. N. 8., Nov. 12.—A Montreal dis patch say# it 1# said Sir Wilfrid Laurier will rtt'ommeml Charles Tucker, the re tire,! Conservative, for a |erag* for his work in liringlng about the confederation of Canada, and for the Introduction of Ire* schools. .Against Revision of Fnlfli. Philadelphia. Nov. 12.—The I’resbyterv of Phftladelphin to- v \ ** vtsion of the Westminster faith and ommornled to the general MimtmUiy Hut the whol* matter ot icvis be dismiss**!. >A rlroar to Mnrk I nslii. New York. Nov. 12.-The newspaper men of New York paid their welcome horn* to Mark Twain at u raceptlon given to the dMinguLhed humorist at the New York Press Club to-night. i * omlnat roni.niliin of |:IU*. Milwaukee. \M , Nov. li-The <lete of the national convention of *h Ocncvolcnt uivl Protective Order of Klk. whlcii meet, here neat year hi* been rhn#wi from Um waak of July M to that of July IH % Til FROM Nt:i.l.t:tT. trite'# Laying u f Hand* l-'ailed to 4 lire. I.eaeur. Minn.. Nov. *l2 —This place is rmi h ex<*Hed over the death *>f Mabel Harden, daughter of John liabler The llabtcns are Dowlelte* iik! It is Mi.es**! that the only thing don* for the child, who was sl< k with i.j* thefts, wa- to have J w Crane of Wtndom. who is an elder of the church. li> hi* hard on her The coroner tendered ‘ v**r b of death fr*ni negie t Tn will l*r brought bcfuit- the grand Ju:> Mt.ui: ••I:* Hi t* oi iais. Mysteries %tiui ilir i oniposltton of Perfumes. Fr< rn tne Lon L>n Mail Her Maje-iy fh* Vjueen !r very fond of **yally keeptng *| the oil istoms of her piwl* * ('h be: .ihl* dishes that w■ :* ( ■ fa\ 1* i;. ; K '■*.- i IQue. i. it*ng * e. s ,rt-i t; -.i, t b found, and • veil th* mu- h-llk* I !•* rfune she ise-fcUh IbuiUct |m,#s*ss> -a right ro>ai past. Th* history of a 's-hloi.able >< m l a interesting a# a love story, and truly th* r -m.in ** that a t i he** to MaJrsty’^ favorite otif* is i thrilling an I tender on* Long years ag upon an o-'oisiun wh.i. King tleorge IV gave a H at*- hil!, he ws attracted by the exquisite ar mu o' cer tain perfume used by priii • K-terhaxv His Majesty irqulr* 1 the mm* f*h scent and w.* told Hat It w Ess Bouquet im m* uatily h* sen a lira* order t*> the in vertor ar! maker *>f tr.e j*erfume. Mr Hi \| \ a far-famed purveyor, wh- w - the maker of scents nnl powders fo royaltv and sot lety sin • ttie <la -of tjueen Anne, and from that time onward until hi* death I># Bouquet team# th* monarch # favorite i erfum* Still fr n their treasu • house In S? Martin *> !ai th* *-ame firm send out th<- same # ent It hoi- a t*e uliarlv I* iicnte and refined aroma an-1 tor that reason the Queen find* It a.ways arreotable and pleasant *;*od scents ar not heap luxuries, hot toor ones are very bad Investments Thef* 1h something i x wllngly vulgar aiout h ermmon perfum# wheieas a dainty aroma gives its own* ' . If she be a woman—for men still use v* rv litt’o a ca< het or smart n ss w hich is un*leidahle A perfume that ins a triumphant vogue among the* Russians in high life is railed Ksptrit T’t* s The Czarina hers**lf uses It. and sends to Loudon for i? The Russians ar** very gool and lucrative customers to th* makers of perfumery*, for it flow like water as a spray in their apartments, and in the little ornamental f tint ln# that dw < rate their draw tng rooms an l state apatt rients. among th* uttno-t luxury that pre va.ls In rare fl-.wers and plants, *epe*ially in Ht Petersburg luring the long winter season. The re ripe of a favorite and popular srrrit such as the !** - Bouquet men tioned ts ns precious as a big fortune ; o Its owner, only the heads cf the firm know to this day what they knew in th* day# of Queen Anne—nnmelv. the precise treat ment that is needed to compos** it—and from generati*M to generation th** secret has t>een hande*l d*wn A neat little bvisi ness |s done by fraudulent |*ers*ns who profess to sell recipe# of famous fwrfumes wh eh. when cartl***! out. will co#t per lot tle a box it half a*> much as the ordinary *.*eiit; hut those w iio are foolish enough to be token In always find tha*. even though the Ingredient# may have been correctly plirlolned. the process of *lis tillation Is Incompletely stand, and so the result Is not what it ought to be Tons of roses and o*her deliriously “•■anted flowers ar* *pe Wily grown and expressed every year fw tbe p*rfxime market. Chemistry Is so wonderfully de veloped a science now* that s**ents closely imitative f tKoee produced by the flowers themselves are procured from coal tar but' old fashioned method# are best, an*l perfumes xpressed from real flowers can not ie f*<|uah'd *v “made-up" scents for beauty and refinement. Bulgaria Is t great country for the distillation of atinr of roses which Is u*ed in m* many ways by p rfunu rs and soaptnak* r* It Is a previous product that costs a*out ii per ounce. Hut It Is not only from flowers that S' ••nis are obtained Civet, for example, coins*# from the dvet *st. ami comee to this country in rhinoceros horns from Africa, tnusk from the musk deer; castor from the beaver, and ambergris, which fetches £2 10s. psr ounce, from the sremi whale. One of the chief uses of these (* Hlts. which In themfeives are detesta ble. Is to “fix" other i*erfume#—in other words, to prev*nt them from bedng their [.ow’fr Fruit is also a scent producer. Try if there Is not the most enchanting aroma in the skin of a tangerine orange next time you i*nt one. and to se<* the oil. - lUceiM the peel against the flame of candle. n„. way in which the tru** ar*ima of a perfume can >e thoroughly enjoyed Is not by putting some on a handkerchief an -melting It that way through cambric, bin by employing m spray, which #e ins to dt vide the |*crfum* into its exponent parts The person who wishes to njoy th* aroma to the full should stand some two feet or so from the oierator Dabbed on the tem ples lw*hin*l the tars, beneath the nostrils, and on the wrists, scent is most patent, and refreshing waters like eau dc cologne nl lavttder can be use.l in such w w.\ upon #i-k people with a very pleasant ami vitalising effect. Old-fashioned scents such as the above, as well as Illy of the valley, wallflower, und violet, continue to have a st.-ady sale There Is a now Japanese valor called Fusl , ima which 1# building up its claim lO fame, while any otw who tines for the Scotch moors In vain can almost fancy lie U there in person as well as in thought by sniffing a bottle of i*erfume appropri ately called "Brnemar.” Many ladies use scent In the form of sachets to perfume their clothes The new t-M sachet 1# of enormous else. Mad** to lit th* bottom of a drawer, laying quite flat. It is composed uf layers of scented dar nel. Wealthy women often have their wardrobes lined with sachets. Bon’tßundle our Throat du c*n cough your :lf into bronchitis, ncunionia andcon sumptton. Bandag ing and bundling your throat will do > good. You must c your throat and i rest, and allow o heal. A 25 cent f the Pectoral is cure an ordinary rder cases a larger t economical. Sectoral . It s the best remedy in the world for hoarseness, bronchi tis, croup, asthma, sore lungs, ancJ consumption. *• On# of nv il#ucht#rt h*d # rtry tmd •### of authraa. W# ui#.l #ll kind# of ronxMii##* tra£ without r#U#f. Thrt and <#* half bottle# of Ayer * Cherry Pectoral rtired her. 'Vo think It la # most wonderful remedy. ** LmmaJ. f;*T#*ixo rr, Jan. 2, 1 m. LangaviUt, Ohio. || Tkm .l.e. : 2k. v Hi . ao# sl. Ail 4ntff>. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1000. >^oo w '** not * eel Jj f i the morninq if you drLrth,^|| te/-Wu ■ "IIMmI Yellow Label - ,v . Whiskey > You’ve experienced that “awful head” or the “splitting headache?” Young, imuw ■■ ■■ ■ mi——l harsh whiskies cause it. There are q no “after effects" with Yellow Labol. It’* mellow, old and smooth x gentleman’s drink for sociability. EM Places Sell It. wn-r I TDPAT Th* diaeteDO* li great Wtan thl, xn< orll- I L LL 1 h L f\ I * fj4fv h “k’V to *hnw tlw ulffErsncs will ri* 4/ H * nr !•■. |-I|.| I,(l.’rl* to defray parkin* etc. Addrcv,. chas r miniiaco tit chicimsati o t.., wi-r •*- A 1 % N KEF. MONTE i HINTO. The Msrveliisa Career of Henry Mriitu* of 4 nll fornla. (Douglas White in Aln*lec‘s > “No tab of the fortunes which have been built up by North America in the republics of Latin America would be com plete w ithout ref'r* nee to the career of Herry Meiggs Hi otcratlon in C’hlla at.d Peru form the most spectacular story of finance which Houth America has ever furnished, and beyond n doubt, had he been granted but a few more years of life, he would have died one of the richest, if rot the tic hast m**n in the world To him :h* amount of money Involved in a trans action cut no figure, and he d* alt in mil .>*iis with lees worry than ordinary op erator* handle thousands Henry MeUrg* learned the lesson of finance in a school where large figures were common Asa young mar he passed through the years when California was the world's Eldorado aid gold was more plentiful in som* sections than was the water with which to wash it. He rose to the crest of the golden wave, and ht# for tune was estimated then at several mil lions The time of reaction caught him I aided with properties upon which he could not quickly realize ready coin, and with many others he sank before the flood, not only losing his property, but burled under an avalanche of debt. % Fugitive Debtor. “In October. I*’*4 Meiggs left Han Fran . isco not only ruined, but i fujrttivedehtor. “For several >ears h s whereabouts were unknown, and then word came up from tne Booth RacMlc of ihe gigantic ooera t'ons then being engineered by a daring “peculator named Metggs Investigation allowed this to bo none other than Henry Meiggs the man who had fled from debt to California Then Meiggs' creditors be gan to hear from him. and one by one the California debt# w* re wl|*ed out. Even i wahherwumun to whom he owed a few dollars was sought out by his agents, who wer** instructed r.ot only to pay the longstanding laundry bill, but add enough gold to place the poor woman forever be yond want. One lot of debts M*dgss *'• <-lined to i*a> until by a readjustment th.* full amount of the claims might be pas no*! to tlc original creditors These were claims which had been purchased for a song by speculator# when the first rumor of Mcigg# Houth American success reach and the California coast To the clamorous brokers he turned a deaf ear. but declared himself ready at any time to meet the full obligations with Interest If he could pay the sum claimed Into the hands of Ids original creditors For a time the brokers held out. but as Metggs was safe fiom attack they finally were obliged to yield, and the money for thousands of Meiggs' debts was thus forced by him into the possession of Its rightful owners “Meanwhile the South American fortune had grown Metggs cleared a full million from a contract for the building of (Tille’s first railroad between the port of Val paraiso and Santiago de Chile. \ Multi-Millionaire, “Next came the construction of Peru’s original railway line between Mollendo and Arequlpa. which doubled Meiggs’ for tune Every contract was made directly with ihe government of the republic where in the road was to te built, Hchem* after seneme. each more g gantic than the otner, was successfully carried out. Metggs at one tlm* offered to build a breakwa e at the mouth of Valparaiso’s harbor if tha Chilean government would give him a ninety-nine years lease of its sheltered M*le. Forty millions would this venture nave cost, but the principal harbor of Chile would have been rendered safe for all time The Chileans feared Meiggs ripkl strides to wealth, and demanded a krge price for the rental of the shelter ♦ and side of the breakwater, even should the work be done without cost to the re public. Consequently, the project failed, and to-day the wind-swept bay Is with out protection. •In I*7*> th* nnancUl n-orM w, amasad hy thr mairnlitn!* of a contract cntrrcit into between Melics* anl the Peruvian government. Tht* called for the conetruc tl m of a complete Perm ian railway ayr tm. eve* to a line croamng the riimmlt of the Amtee. Mel**, wa to deliver the line, reatty for operation and receive the sum of one hundred and twentv-flve mil lion, In gold, payable In Inatallment*. a, the work progressed 'At ttrt the monty came promptly, rhen Peru wo, forced to borrow to meet the Metmc, contract, and finally when Kuropean loan, could not be effected, Melßg, accepted the obligation* of the Peruvian iortirm.nl until he practically owned the republic. Kven the aaa,,lna tion of hi, fr end. Col Balia, then Prel dent of reru. failed to Interfere with the tollway p'an, •'Finally Peru could do no more, and Mel**,' own fortune wa, tied up In the lulldln* of the railway. So for lack of money the work , ,looped Ne*o!!ti t.on, for a further loan from Kurope, wPh Mel***' al,tance were almo,t ron,tim •naled when In 1*77 death cut off the moat remarkable eareer of any Yankee In South America With hi, death the loan rogoll ailon, failed, and then followed Peru', unfortunate war with Chile. I’nll! 1W the Mel*** railway operation, ,1 imhered. In that vear when peace came to the two republic, the firm of W R. tiraee A Cos. took up the Mel**, contract, and work 11, lnce been |>u,hed Intermittently. "In ,plte of hi, ,ueee„. Mel**, never revlelled the Slate of California Hl* trial, there reemed to have created In him on nverelon for the place. Even * resolution pa,ed by the California Ue*llature a,k- In* him to return, felled to Influence him to vlll the ,t*te •‘One of the peuutlarltle, which charac trrlt.d thl, brilliant operator wa, that he nlway, worked alone There never wa, a rnrtner In hi, dealln*,. and he never ,nu(ht advice. He looked Into the future thrmißh no mind eeve hi, own. and when once hi, couree wa, shaped he never chanced It. • III* personality *, mo,t attractive ht, manner never changing no matterwhat the provocation. HI, llghtct peech !n --,p!red confldence. and to thl, fact I, due In a *teat tnea'Ure the auccee, he ■ ■nteyed in the manipulation of h' giganticapecula t,->n. Neither cf the American continent, will ever ahow another career exactly paralleling that of ihl, daring operator - Sweden la suffering from the effect, of t boom In manufacturing which hart, drawn thousand, of the country people to i*"# larger town, and caused home rent, i.. advance 30 or SO per cent Many of the manufacturer* have Inveated heyond thetr capital and are tn dl,tre„. Money la very ■care* and a orUla la threatened. CHEESE OF SOLID GOLD. moss PRBt ini a metal. i ii v\iii,l:ii IN THE ASM! OKKKK. Twrned in Onld or silver llnra—Ven lliucnl In Hirer Plate Revealed by Some of |he Patron, of the I nlle.l state, A,a> Otllee in New A ark • lly—l auilly Pride and l.wat Altec* 11 an l*urlHed In Flame by the A.- a > r re— Vlelhod, of \V orltln* lioltl and Silver llefare llelo* Knrnted. From the New York Ma 1 and Express For fifty year, ih>- aim* two men have ) been making thv same kind of cheeses In ihe Sam. little oki building on Wall ; .-treei. These chee-es are tremendously valuable, and when a Mail and Express reporter, who *ted >e*terda> nficrnoon watehliif the men .11 work. Jabbed hit (m red. deep Into a lube of yellow meal that •to .1 ready to l>e molded, one of the men cried out In alarm; ' lton‘l touch It. - ’ ?o ihe reporter care fully wiped off Ihe pencil on ihe side of Ihe tub so that no particle of tho precious meal remained—for the meal In the tub was worth S3e>oue>-U wa, gold Mo line and stood ready to be prepared for melt ing Into bars Th* man who stood guarding It ao leal ously wa, Henry Doherty, who ha, han. died gold meal In that room of th# United Slates a„ay orttoe lnce IMS He pre isare, 11 for Cyrua O. Brunner, who lor flfiy year, ha, stood every day In his cor ner h> ihe hydraulic pres, spooling gold and sliver meal Into cheese, Thete were other tubs of meal—the gold like rtd clay ground tine and the ellver llke crushed *la?a. The meal represented a strange mingling of family pride and poverty. loat love and ruined ambitions, !-oshlcs a wraith of adventure within the very teeth of disaster. Anybody can take gold and silver to the assay office in lots of not les, than SIOU and have It melted or refined by paying a small marge. It I, In Ihe character of ihe wares thu* brought for melitn* that the human Interest of the office 1, found of a hundred mtillons of precious metal melted last year, about seven million- wa, old silver, owing to the fact that plated ware I, accepted, the *||ver hu.llon made Ihe great*,l bulk. It consisted of old watch case, and abandoned plate An odd feature Is that often a ao-cal ed old fam lly, forced to part with It, venerable plate Ihmugh untoward circumstance*, mil have cosily and artistic form# turned Into mere bullion before ll I* offered on the market The value that was lent to the metal by Ihe artist I, thus lost, but that 1, equaled. In Ihe mind* of the owner*, by Ihe consolation that vulgar hand, will never use Ihe family plate. Where there |, no especial artistic value In the old plate It |, wise, from a busln-sw ,tand|„tnt. to melt II befop. „l i n g g. Dealer* In old (date buy It for It, bullldri value only. They being expert, can fell w hat thl, value l*. and If they be not rx actly honeat. might get much the best of ihe bargain But when It Is mHted In the ***•>• office rarh bar la stamped with ihe exact weight and tlijene*,. that a child might take It to market and get It, value. I'reelna, Metal Brerlastlng. Nol old plate alone goes Into the melt ing pot* of Uncle Ham Every year hun dred, of set* of Uv*rwear that have never left the manufacturer * ham'* are melted up. Thc<e are wares that have been made In excess of the demon I and have gone out of fashion. ,0 that ihe best way to realise on them Is to remelt ihem and reform Ihem. Some manufacturer.' do this melting fhcmselvew. but the go/ eminent does it well and cheaply. ,0 #i, much of It to do. Thu*, no Mt of silver I ever lost to ihe world, and baitere! o I relics may reappear to-morrow In ec gantly chased new designs. A, oj.l candy I, made over and over Into new carim I, until finally eaten. ,0 I, old silver nude over and ovrr Indefinitely. In Ihe smaller bits of gold and silver that come, to the mint tire ring, and broken Jewel, that eem to thrill with -enllroent as they *0 to liquid In the flerca furnaces. It Is surplrslng how many love token, find thetr way there to he purified In flame. Toys, engagement rings, pres entation badge*, and odd coins are min gled Into a common mas* In the furnace. Often article* of exiremc value come to the furnace* In theae odd lot*, hut even If the ■'•*v office employee recognise a treasure, they may not save It without ihe consent of tho owner, for he may have an especial reason for wanting Ii destroyed. Employ** occasionally do save rare article, but with the content of the owner and by replacing It whh metal of equal value. All Ihe sliver or gold brought In by one owner I, known as a melt. Each melt I* handled sepalately up to the moment the refining process begins. If the owner take It awy before It Is refined, he will take the Identical metal he brought. Re fining I, done In wholesale quantities, and If an owner want* refined metal he must urremler his Impure bullion and receive In refined metal the quantity the tests have shown to exist In the gross bar,. The melting furnace* are run from 8 o'clock to t dally, The fuel I, gas, aided by a blast. To melt silver It de gree, Fahrenheit; to melt gold. I.MO de gree, Thl, heat will turn the metal Into dquld In neventy-flve minute. One fur nace will run off 25,000 ounce* of gold In a day, or Soon of silver. Molten silver look, like weak tea heavy with sugar ,yrup; gold like rare oil Tokay. Each ha, an Indefinite, elthereal appearance that may really eslet, but which more probably exist. In the mind of the ob servers only because he trie, to appreciate the extreme value of the liquid a. It 1* poured like water from furnace to mold. The ordinary mold I* of the slxe of a building brick. It ! of sleel. the Inner surface highly polished and smeaerd with ■wwt lard A, the rich flood fall, Into It the lard spring, Into flame, and keep, on burning after the metal ha, come to tet, miking a little wall of fire about It. The odor of burning lard I, strong In th# turnace-room w hile a melt Is being pour ed off Each mold when full will hold ;<*> ounces of silver or JOO of gold. The metal Is left to etand In the mold, but a moment, for Ihe Instant It I* hard enough to stand alone It ! turned out onto a metal table At first H Is a deep red then gradually cool* and assumes Its proper color. The weight and fineness are stamped before the brick, leave thl, ta ble. The Aeenyers at Work. Perhaps the most Interesting process, however, le that of refining The usual method le to put gold and silver Into one riellipg pot in ihe proportion eX two paru 1 f silver to one of gokl This I, poured off Into broad, shallow mold*, that leave It, when cold. In the *hape of waffle*, a foot *quare and * quarter of an inch thick, and permeated with round hole* There plates ire hoisted to the fifth floor, where they sre lolled for six hour, In great pot, filled with sulphuric acid There an ten of these boiling pois. and they are kept busy, consuming aliout V.- lui pounds of acid dally. As you enter this bolilng-room the fumes that ar* driven from the prgetou* porridge sting your throat and make you gasp and cough, bui tlie men who work here have been yean at It, and they say their health Is excel lent When the boiling process I* finished It is found lhai the acid ha* eaten up all of the metal but the gold The gold lies as meal In the bottom of the pot,, th sliver and gross metal* being held In su* pension. The liquid l syphoned off and run to the floor below, where It Is put Into grat copf*r-Unc! vats Plate* of pure copper are put Into H Here M steam la forced Into It Gradually the silver In the solution Is deposited on the bottom and sides of the vats In a white meal, Its pla'" In the solution blrg taken by copper, un til all Ihe sliver has been deposited The liquid syphoned from the gold I* sulphate of silver, now It Is syphoned from the silver as sulphate of copper Tht, sulphate of copper Is run now Into \at, on floor below,where It Is left stand ing for five days In xinc-llned vat*. In’o w hich strips of pure xlni ar* suspended. The copper In the liquid crystallies on the strip, of sine a, blue vitriol. The firs: of these crystals sre wenk and dull, and they are mode Ir. o a second so lution, after which they fi rm crystals of .1 blue so brilliant that ll delight, ihe eye and seems ico beautiful to lx- the deadly poison that It ts. Tnl* blue vitriol Is sold for Sij cents a pound, for making elec tric batteries. It can he reduced hack to the original copper, but the government ha, noi room to handle It and finds It simpler to sell It and buy fresh copper. There Is sill. 1 per cent, of copper In the liquid, beside* lead and any ether gross metals that might have been In the orig inal plate or gold 'lust. T!.l dquld 1* so.d to manufacture!s. who make out of It copperas, parts green or f<rn|:x,r. Thu, every lota of 1 hr- original muss I* necount ed for. If there be not too murh dross In the metal the silver and Ihe gold mtal left behind Is very pure The gold and sliver con be remixed and re-refined over and over urntl practically purr They are seldom made more than 1W pure. Now the gold and sliver meal has been left behind In the bottoms of the respect ive pots and vats. Each metal Is treated alike. It 1* collect'd from pit und vat with copper hose anal put Into tub,, where hot water Is poured upon It while i> Is stirred with .1 woolen ladle The washing process Is kept up until the wat r that runs off I, clean. Then It Is put Into large tubs and hot water Is run over It with a hose. The water run off In this washing I, carefully rolirnel and ,tr.lined ten lime,, so 1 hat 1.0 partl-le of precious metal escapes. OrMnK *hr Mrtnl. AMrr th* meal ha* brrn washni clean 11 goes to the Jh’Mon hydraulic prr*. eh err n is pressed Into cheeses a foot In diameter and three Inches thick This pressing Is to dry It. As the mights plunger descends on i: water t forces! out on ail side* through minute silts. This water is strulm-d through muslin ten times. The finished cheese Is worth. In gold. Cii.onfi; In sliver, *(>’ It looks hard anil dry. but It still eontslns so BSUCh water that if put Into one of the super* nested furnaces the atoms of water would he converted Into steam and explode. So the cheeses are lined up In a drying vat heated with steam and with hot steam p’pes as shelves. There they are baked en hours, after which they are ready for any use. The extreme value of the meal of gold makes It necessary that the men in this department be of unquestioned honesiy and ability That accounts for the fact • hat they have been there many yen re, for a faithful man once found is never discharged, and the pay is so certain nr.d the fascination of the work such that few ever resign One of the oldest em ployes of the place Is Supt Andrew Mn scn. who has tieen in the office for about fifty years. All the gold hat come* to this office |s bought by the government for nothin'; Much of this Klondyke gold flnd*ts wav here In nuggets or bars Lost year the*,, was 153,400.000 of this gold bought. No sli b’ ln •he gold There was tn tho gold aaken last year. i _ Ikolse ns Us.i, Ei,.-rgy. From the Literary Dlg>st. Bound is a form of energy, and nedey sound Is generally Indicative of waste energy. "\V> are so accustomed." says Cassler's Magaxlne. “to regard soun.l as the natural acotnpanlment of mechanical motion that the fact that It is a monltor lal voice, ever telling us of energy wasted generally escapes attention The noise of running wheels, of moving water, the crackling of a belt, the hum of a dynamo, the cattle of a motor ear or a railway train, are as sure Indications of energy resolved into a useless form as the crash of broken crockery ard the lamentations of a careless servant. Does one grasp that every puff of PX I haust (In a locomotivei means that * s still full of energy art allow.d to expend I It valuelessly in disturbing the atmos phere; that every jar and rumble and shake means expenditure of power which the engine has to provide’ A mile on the bone-shaker of thirty years ago was harder work than ten on a modern bicycle and it proclaimed the fact that It was a.i In tfflclent and extravagant machln. In a sufficiently noisy manner Even with t>pe writers and sewing-machines, the lees noise they make the less lower Is absorb ed in working them. Generally speaking • • the less noise machinery makes the more efficient It Is likely to tie. Even the Inter losltlon of some non-resonant material, as. for example, the use of wooden or hide teeth In wheels, while reducing sound. If we may so put It In a more or less ficti tious manner, adds to the efficiency, be, cause It Introduces a resilience which minimises shocks. Just as the springs of a coach make It not only more comfort able for the passenger, but easier going for the horses. The question of friction and the noise produced by rubbing sur face* Is of very considerable and much more frequently recognised Importance, but materially It differs but little either In expression or In effect from the noise of shock A tod or wlte can as readily be caused to produce a note by rubblni: It with a resinous glove as by strik ng It with a hammer ltow close the c nne 1:0.1 Is a moment's consideration will show, and will give us tile hint lh.it we cure f.nle halt the complaints In ollb g machinery If we still allow knock, and Jump from one evil to anolher If In older to reduce fric tion we leave excerslve play." ARE YOU’ BANKRUPT inhealth, constitution undermined by ex travagance in eating, by disre garding the laws of nature, or physical capital all gone, if so. NEVER DESPAIR Tutt’s Liver Pills will cure you. 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