12 THE OlSrAlIA DAILY BETS : TUESDAY , DEOEM-BEt * 21 , 18fT. )
4t f The Way a Tugboat Saved tht.
: f Ritmttlnn , , . .
It Is only after much consideration and
Hitch weighing of the matter that I Am a.blo
! o force myself to the point of telling the
Iruth nfbout the marriage nnd the attempt
it elopement mJiIch preceded the ceremony ,
Ind the determination to explain the matter
rlofly but fully Is made simply In Justice to
Petlence and her father , Samuel X Yelnlk.
Esq. , president of the .Mrgul mines and half
1 dozen other great financial concerns , for
sow I can affo.'d both to pity him and to
Vii-gb at him.
FilrUicrniorc , the newspapers published
luch ridiculous stories at the time that they
really hiadc us all ashamed , telling , as they
did. how I chartered a steam yacht and
tcatchcJ .Patience . 'irom ' her father's arms and
: aiiled her away to sea In the palatial craft
3n which n clergyman was awaiting us , and
of the demands Mr. Yelnlk made upon the
Nixvy department to send a war ship after
as , nnd how Jio nearly succeeded because of
Immense contributions to Ihe presidential
taropalgn fund.
Of courro only the antUarnvlnlstratlon pa-
ptvs printed this last stuff , for It was pure
ituft and"nonsense. . Nevertheless the wild
itorics were sent all over this country , and
I have even seen cable dispatches which were
printed about them In one or two Journals of
London and Paris. And naturally , as you
can understand , all this was very disagree-
dole.
dole.Wei. . to begin with , I did think a srcat
deal of Patience there's no use denying
facts and I had 1/eea half In love with her
from boyhood. During tho.last year I had
been with htr more than usual , stelng her
at home , or en thu links ot the Countrj
club , and at various leas and club fetes.
And ly oliecr accident , I assure you , 1
ppcnt thu summer on the shores of Lake '
Champlaln , making ntudhs for two or three
for looking quickly at the parsing craft 1
MW her frightened half to death ua she
realized our plot had been discovered , But
In desperation I shouted !
"Walt for me In Jersey City. "
She nodded and then we were gone again.
Klft n minutes eMps l before our boa.t left
the New York ferry slip and during that
time Mr. Yelnlk chuckled and slappci hi *
knees and acted like a inlld lunatic , lie -was
so overjoyed.
"Yes , 'Walt for me In Jerc-oy City,1 " he
mimicked , "Oh ( sho'll wait dcn't jou tc
a f j.i Id Bho'll wait , but for me and not foi
you : and , let mo tell you one thing , sir ,
as soon as I caa get a warrant jou'll ba
locked Up , nnd , by heavens , I'll see you In
Sbg Sing before I'm done with you , "
He went on In this fashjon uatll wo ha-1
crci sodi the North river again and' ' had come
to a dead stop obout 100 feet from the Jer
sey City ferry e'.lp , blocked' by . fleet ol
canal boats that were lazily crawling up
stream against the tide. I looked acroE/s
them to the boat she had come over on. It
was blocked Inside the slip , and horror ot
horrors , there the stood on the deck ( ready ,
to croai the river once more , having totallj
misunderstood the/ message I had shouted.
A tug boat , waiting to get down stream
clowly approached our craft rnd came to a
dead stop , so cloic that I could have stepped
aboard her Mr. Yelnlk had walked to th&
ether side of our deck , feeling uufo no long
as I was there and we were afloat. Like a
flash I saw a chance to escape and called
to the pilot of thoitug :
"Want a job ? "
"That's my" watermelon , " he replied.
Instantly 1 cleared our rail nnd leaped to
the towboat , shouting :
"Sheer off , quick 1 Sheer off ! "
The pilot rang the bslls , the propeller
whirled viciously and wo shot backwards
from the- ferry beat R * Mr. Yelnlk rushed to
Its rail and sworo' ' at us.
rather ambitious paintings to bo finishes
when- cold Weather came : aud Patience wit
there , too with her deep , brown eyes , and
wavy hair and superb piesenci. I Kr\ow this
sounds llko cxtravaEinl description , but It
Is accurate , for Patience Is one , of the finest
specimens of young womanhood I have ovei
seen , thanks to Inheritance , and wheeling
nnd tennis , and golf , and boiling. She wai
vlaltlfiK " couElm at Port Kent a brunette
with red lips and white teeth , and the vcr >
mlsch'cf dancing In her eyes ! And , natu
pilly. Miss Blalm was Interested In helping
along a love affair for where Is the girl
who wouldn't be ?
I don't know how It happened , but In
some way od ! Moneybags Yelnlk heard o'
the situation and appeared suddenly one
evening at the residence of Miss Blalm'f
paren',8. At the time hW train from Ne
York arrived Patience and I were strolling
along the shores of Champlaln In the moon [
light , I'lf confess , and when we returned
to the Blalm horns , some time after 10
o'clock , we found the callous-hearted old
fellow tramping up and down the verands ,
smoking furiously , and stroking his \\hitt
whiskers In a manner that boded no gix > d
( or us.
Ho never spoke to me never acknowl
edged my presence by so much as a atare :
fact IB , ho i.Olerly Igu red me , and I'll ad
mit that hurt my pilde , confound him ! He
simply topk Puttence by the arm and marched
her Indoors nnd otxt morning they went to
Now York before I had a chance to wy fare
well. But I was at the station , and as the
train pulled out tbo dear girl called :
"Goodby , Fred. Don't worry It's all right. "
And then her father slammed down the
window and iwowled aa It he would like to
blto mo In half.
During 'be ' ensuing six weeks I worked as
bird MB a nun could , but never did I write
Patience , although I sent messages to her
Iri Marion Elalm's letters and heard from
her now aud Htun through 'the ' same medium ,
so I watn't really cut oil , you ECO. I came
lx > ck to 'town about tie mltldlo of September ,
and a week later ( Miss Elclm arrived1 at the
Yelntk hoinn In New Jur&cy to make u visit ,
but ot osuroe old Manovbai ; wouldn't allow
mil < to uti 1'atlniee , ttul natumlly I had < too
much seiibo to call , but the ( loprhatlcti was
hard In more wajs than mo , as you will
understand mcscntly ,
A month dragged by and the time wiis op-
proichl'g tor Marlon's vlnlt to be concluded ,
when one Saturday aftemon I went aboard
a ferryboat bounl fur Jcrs-ey City , whither
I was to taku a tmln for ttoe town whcro
Patience lived. And on tie boat , for the
iflibt time In three months , I < met Mr. Yel
nlk. Hf was ( filling particularly mutable ,
probably because ho had managed to "frcejo
out" same business rival In one of hts great
schemes , and ho approached me. suyliig , with
a grim smile :
"How do jou do , sir ? "
"I'm woll. "
"Haven't seen you lately out at the house , '
ho continued , sarcastically.
"No , and you're not likely to , " I replied
with einplcisls. How long this conversation
might t'-ive continued I don't know , but at
that moment wo passed In midstream cloo
by a ferrjbrat steaming from Jersey Clt >
to Now York , and ouo ot thu passengers on
It , a girl wo both know , waved her hand to
me , and I called out :
"Walt there ! I'll bo over at once ! "
Then the beats bad swept by each oilier
and I turned to look < tt Mr , Yelnlk. Ho ua
cilniwt livid with luge , and he trembled as
with a chill.
"You villain ! " he Bald , threateningly. "So
this Is how you ECO cadi other ! lly heavens
I'll make you t > ay for this ! I nun > ese you hat
arranged an elopement ! " ho exclaimed , giH
' tliig more and mcro excited. And ho dldn'
bi'como calm when I told him hU surmise
Van true.
There were few other pasicngera aboard
and Patlenco's father had the awiae to epcal
in law tpnes , to avoid a scene , but U vua
o\vJul the way he swore he would put mo
In prlaou ( of life , und shoot me dead it I over
BO much as dared to look at hi * daughter
again. Of course be didn't get off tbo boat
, < U Jeney City , ho atayed cloao to mo ; and , of
course , I came back to New York to mjst
tbo dear girl. Hut , alas , and ulackt "When
e reached the middle of the river again
and met the other boat , bound this time for
Jernoy City , old Yelnlk fairly trembled for
Joy and ihouted :
"There aho la ! I could recognize that hat
and coat anywhere , So you eeo sno won't
elope \yth | you , you m'eerablo aocaklng
bound you young villain you abductor "
Hy betrt suik within ; mo as lie epoke ,
\ \
"Skim around that fleet , quick ! " I called
( hurrying up to the pilot , house nnd pulling a
$20 bill out of ray pocket. "Now make for
thnt boat'"tn the slip and stand by till I get
ther young lady there , waiting for me ! "
"You bet I .will1' ! the pilot responded
heartily. "Bully for you , young feller ! I
ain't been married long myself. "
In less tlmo almcot than It takes to tell
It wo had. como alongside the other ferry
boat and tlio dear , girl was aboard with me
and wo werS speeding down toward the bay.
When we were quite out of reach the pilot
caked :
"Now , where do you want to go to ? "
" 0 , anywhere In New Jersey , so we can
bo married without stopping 'for a license-
say to Atlantic Highlands or Long Branch ,
or anywhere ! "
"You dear old geese ! " exclaimed my bride.
"Why , we cah't get there under two hours
and by that ilmo ho will have telegraphed
all along tha.coast to' arrest us on sight. "
"Good Lordl" I groaned. "What'll wo do ?
I hadn't thought of that "
"Why. Just let's sill up the Kill von Kuli
here to Dayon'riodhd land In fifteen minutes , "
she replied , in unbusinesslike way. "He nevpr
would dream ot our going ashore so close ,
but It's all New Jersey and In ten minutes
nero we can ( lad"a minister and be m-m-mar
ried , " she 'concluded , whispering and bluah-
' * *
Aml we 'dldl8oaol took the first train
back to NowYorlc and telegraphed to Mr.
Yelnlk that wo would bo glad to have him
call'on us wltti-ihlB wlfo that evening ,
Since then wo have been told that when
the old geiitljPinaii reiched home that after
noon ho almost 'lud'an Attack of apoplexy ,
for when ho went up the veranda steps the
front door was opened by his daughter
Patience , who confessed everything how she
cad I had never been really In love , but how
Marlon had become engaged to mo that sum
mer and wo simply had to be married clan
destinely , because "Mr. Yelnlk finally suc
ceeded In prejudlcfng Mr. and Mrs. Elalm
against mo so that they refused to eanctlon
a wedding.
A Clevi-r Trie-It.
It certainly looks like It , but there is really
no trick about H , Anybody can try It who
haa I xi i no Hack and Weak Kidneys , Malaria
or nervous troubles We mean ho can cure
himself right , away by taking Electric Hit
ters. This muillclno tones up the whole sys
tem , acts as n''sflmulant to the Liver and
Kidneys , Is a blood purldcr and nerve tonic.
It cures Constipation , Headucho , Fainting
Spoils , Sleeplessness d Melancholy. It is
purely vegetable ; ! a mild laxative and restores
the system to Its-natural vigor. Tfy Electric
Hitters and ho convinced that they are a
miracle worker , Kvery bottle guaranteed.
Only 60c a bottleat Kuhn & Co.'s drug store.
llnr ( mill Cliit'lc Stiii
Philip Wlsscr , nscd 82. died Sunday mornIng -
Ing at 7i7 : o'clock , siiya the St. Louis Itc-
publtc. The time was recorded by the
clock , which for more than twenty-live
years lina told thu hour of day to the WIs-
MT family , Tl.le old timepiece stopped tick
ing IIB the octogenarian breathed his lust
It was nn Incident foretold by Wlsser.
"Thnt clock Is my friend. " Bald ho one
day. "I hnvq listened to Us beat for these
many years'until now I think Its notion
Is In unison with Urn lie.its of my heart , I
bellevo UB seemingly sympathetic move
ments will cense when 1 die. "
And HO it came to pass. The very moment
that the venerable man dropped off the
familiar "tlck-tock" of the timepiece wns
heard no more. The ixjiululum came to n
standstill suddenly and without apparent
reason. The clock \vn wound the evening
before by Winner , and should have run for
eight days. "When It wns examined It
was found tp bo. In wood order ,
but the members of the family will not
iigaln use It s a , timepiece. They will
keep It In rnemory of the-departfd ,
Mra. Mary Bird , " llarrUburg , Pa. , says ,
"My ( hlld Is worth millions to mo ; yet I
would have lost her ; by croup had I not in
vested twenty-five1 ceiita In a bottle of OIK
Minute Cough Cure. " It cures coughs , coldt
and ill throat and lung troubles.
11 > > " ! riui.iu. _ ,
.All American newspaper man In Berlin
says that once on the Imperial yarht Ilia
German fmppror 'vuinted n glass of bwr.
and n sailor was ordered to fetch him
one , The man -was new to the- yacht , and
the presence of the emperor completely
overcame him. In lily i-mbarr-issment he
mumbled nnd ttpljlQd part of the bc r "Ah "
ald the ermwror , "I see you do not know-
how to do It Conic. I will Hho\v you how
to bring" the kaiser u glata of beer " Where
upon ho arosu from his chulr and went be
low for a clans of beer. Presently ho re
turned , walk-tO across -th UeckimltU " '
e < l rasp and , pvlth n low bow ; presented
ho drink to the sailor , The enllor hail
ulto recovered his compoMiro. Ho put fbrth
hl hnml and took thh ulnSw. "To the
knlqerl" he caM. nnd drttntt" It off. Anil
he knlser well , it's * a story the knlser < ells
n himself ,
TUB M3W AUMV T.VIUJHT.
tH 1C ( ! < < In tllflc SliooUuK
nlrnlril \ nxix-rlim-tit * .
Th recent nnntml rlflo meeting nt Sen
dirt , N. J. , theiMeccn ot the expert military
hot. .was signalized by remarkable tenm
corrs nhd phenomenal Individual ahoollnp.
llevlewlnp the rrsulH of the mevtlnff n
vrltcr In HntnerV Wcek'.y snyn : A gradual
mproverr.cnt In rifle shooting- would bo but
he nnturnl remilt of the intense Interest
ind constant prnrtlce now provplein In the
tnte troops , nnd the winningby tic GeorRln
cum of practically every mntoh It could
nter Is but the logical result of Its thorough
TI ? .mini tlon , entcrprloc nnd rarly .nrnctlee ,
loth nt home nnd a [ S t Ql t , I lit I s tccord.
ireaklnp ; SCOIP In the IntcrM'.atr match , with
a ironrgln of fifty-six po'nts ov r the former
ocord , made by Pennsylvania In 1SP2 , can
inrilly be attributed either to exceptionally
nvorablo clrcumst-inccs or to the prowess
f the phenomenal rhotswho constituted fie !
jeer lni team , for the Nra- York tonm alno
iroke the previous record , with a margin of
wenty-one points.
Utsplte thp mninlflcenl plioothiK ot both
heso teams * the remarkable scores must be
n part attributed to the nn * style of target ,
iRort for the first time nt thla meeting.
Kor many year the mlllt.iry target In this
lountry consisted of a central circular
'hlilrs-eyo" ftiirroiindcd by eoncontric clrcn-
nr rings. A few yearsngo this was c'snged
o the clllptlc.il litiH'r-eye , with elliptical
lnR , the vcrtleal nxla belnir the greitter.
The area of the bull's-eye nnd rlnsa of this
unct were the nimc np In the circular tylt
mil no perceptible changeIn scores was
noticed.
In the fprlnjr of the present year , as thp
result of the recoT.ciienda lions of the army
small arms board , n radical chunsevaa
ma'lo In * the adoption of the rllhouetto tar
ed. The theorv of tills inrce.t . Is that thn
soldier should be trained to shoot at a innrk
such as the enemy would present. The
iull's-eve , or. ar. It It now called , the
flirurc , " In the , 200-vnrcl tarcet Is therefore
he sll'-ouct'e In black , on a rvMte croutid of
a soIOIer lylnp down , "heii-1 on " In the
VX-'ard ) tnrRet Jhe lluure 1 kneeling ; In the
SW-yurd tiirsret the fltftire Is stall lntr. ! anil
ho JOCO-vard nsure 1st thnt o' a soldier on
lorrohaelc. The tendency of all troops beliift
o shoot hlRh. an cndeuvor ls tniulc In the
new target to overcome this tendency by
olaclHK the flcurc at the bottom Instead of
n the center ,
Tic divisions regulating- vnluo of shots
ire entirely different nnd the area of the
figure Is much greater than In the old bull's-
eye.
eye.The effect on the scores of this Rrenter
area In the central objective l moit nn-
narcnt at 200 yard * . At this ransc the
Iqure Is comD.ict and comparatively regular
n shnpc and the element of ehnnce enters
OEp than In the other targets , in tvhlc'i It Is
evli'ent ' that a shot either close to the nrm-
pit In the EDO-yard target or high up between
the legs In the SOO-ynnl Is closer to the
center and unquestionably better than one
which chance inlgtit lodge In the elbow or
n the foot of the flsure , but > whlch counts
'or more.
It Is at 200 yards , therefore , that accurate
loldlngsurest ! of eountlnjr , and whl'c
: hc new and larger objective contributes
o a higher score , fhe records made at Sea
Girt are none the ICFS remarkable. In the
company team mitch , open to teams of
Jive , ten shots each nt 200 vards and fiOO
yards , Ciip'nln Cnnn and Private Austin
of company C , First GeorRla infantry , both
made ten cansecuUve nt 200 yards , two
others of thifc team irmklwz nine , nnd one
elRht Es out of the ten sliots. Jlore re
markable still , lK > th Cap'aln Canii nnd Pri
vate Austin duplicated this fent In the inter-
s'ate match , three others of the Georgia
team of twelve also making a possible ten
straight f > a at this ranpe.
Upon the old style oC tanret It was usual
Tor teams to make t"ic hlcher score at the
longer distance , owing -to the prone position
allowed at 300 yards , the winning team In
the Interstate match havlnu : made the
ilghcr score nt the lonper raivo for the
last seventeen consecutive years ; but It Is. .
noteworthy that while five of the Georgia
team made a possible ro at SCO ynrds , one
made 49 , nnd two mode -IS. the hlR-hcFt scnro
made at MO years was -IS , the total at the
lonpir range being13 points less than nt the
shorter.
\ As before stated. It Is believed that this
is because fno size of the o ! > | ectlve and the
divisions of the. tarpct render It easier to
make a perfect Fcore at 200 yards thin
heretofore , while the conditions at GOO yards
are not very different , tn Georgia team
( making- precisely the same total at this
range thnt It made last year. . j- ,
11 lore Is much criticism of-the new targets
among military men , especially of trne < oo
Iart7i3 figure In the short range targets" , and1
of the chance of close sliots at the longer
ranges counting less than wider shots which
happen to iJilt nn nrm or leg. The advocates
of the target , on the other hand , contend
that It Is thoroughly practical , since a shot
missing a man's trunk by half nn Inch Is
'harmless , nnd fftould * therefore count less
than one which strikes his * elbow or foot ,
rendering him liorg do combat.
Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whoso liver la In good condition. DeWltt's
Cdttlo Early Risers are famous little pills
for constipation , biliousness , Indigestion aad
till stomach and liver troubles.
S 1MOXREHS.
Expedients of Piith MnUi-rx In ' .Vow
I'd r IM of i In' "Wiii-lil.
In Harper's Round Table there Is nn arti
cle on "Ingenious Plonecis , " from which
thtl following Incidents are culled :
Men who pioneer the way In new parts of
the world , where wild nature reigns , and no
resource of civilization Is there to comfort
and Ciolp , must needs be full of expedients
anil keen of wit to get along and come out
winners. Some pioneers succeed w'.iere oth
ers full , simply because , when driven to It ,
they can build a boat or a 'house ' without
tools , make palatable bread without yeast ,
eat stewed monkey or fried ants without
a qualm or with retdy tact transform ex
cited savages , howling for war. Into a crowd
of laughing friends.
Ten years ago a French expedition was
sent Into the western Soudan to occupy u
new region and build a fort nt Slgiilrl , where
the Tangisso river Joins the Niger Ono
day they came to KoKobo river , whldi could
be forded , and there were no native canoes
to carry tliem across. The whites sat down
on the bank to talk the problem over. ' J'on-
teens made from felled trees , and other
schemes , were discussed. At last ono of
them Hakl :
"Look here. "We hnvo 0,000 feet of tcle-
prap'i wire , and wo can build n suspension
bridge , There nre plenty of trees on both
banks. Let the boys pass the wlro from
shore to shore , drawing it taut nround the
foot of the trees. We can make a wide ,
strong roadway by covering , the wlro with
small straight branches , and putting on
these a layer of cartri nnd grass : anu
there's our bridge. "
It was a vexed question in 1890 whether
the Plleomnyo river , which Hews for hun
dreds of miles from the liollvlan Andes to
the Paraguay , might bo used ns a commer
cial highway from Bolivia to the ocean
Our countryman , Captain Page , settled this
question so conclusively that no further ef.
fort to utilize the Plleomnyo Is likely to be
made : and In this work , that cost"him his
life , for ho died of privations after being
lemtned In for months by hostile Indians ,
he devised a plan of steaming up river
when the wuter was so low that 'his vessel
wns etuck In the mud. He was determined
to go still further , thouglh his llttlo steamer ,
which drew only eighteen Inches , rested on
the river bottom : so behind the boat ho
throw up nn embankment of earth clear
across the channel , bucked It with palm
trunks and brushwood , nnd before long the
water hud risen a couple of feet , and the
little Uollvla wns able to go on 'her ' way
four miles before she stuck asnln , Then
another dam was built , nnd this process
wns repeated seven times , and with the aid
of thu tlams 'the vessel advanced about
tlilrly-flvo mllea above the highest point
she coultl reach at the natural low-water
stage.
Dr. Junker , the , Russian explorer , who did
not see a whlto person for years while he
was studying the natives and natural hlfttory
of the Upner ' .MobanglIukua river , made
use of an Ingenious expedient to get to the ,
coast on his way homo In USD , He couhl not
descent ! the Nile , for the Malullsts blocked
the way. Ho could not follow the beaten
road by way of Victoria Nynnza for the
Wagamtu nnd other tribes had beeiv killing
whites , and If- they did not murder Junker
they would nt least detain him a a prisoner.
Arab traders would not take htm In their
ciir.ivnus for fear they would lose , the friend.
Mp of the nutlvo phlefH along the road ,
At lost the doctor went to one of the trod urn
with this proposal :
"You cannot take me with- you as a
friend , " ho said , "but you eari take mo $ a
Hlnvr. Loo' : , at thlH.1' And , lr. ) Junker
showed the trader un orderswrjtien In Xanzl-
liar , authorizing the doctor ta make any ar
rangements lie c.e Ired with Ar.ibi o ! Central
Africa , and thu ilrm would honor hU-driiftH ,
"Now , " continued Dr. Junker , "I have
written out a contract , nnd if you i * 111 sign
l ivlth mo I H'lall ' rcnchi the coast. It pro-
vldru that when you deliver me alive at
Zanzibar the * um of (1 f0 > ( Austrian tlirilcrs )
will be paid to you by this Ilrm. You cannot
take me ylth you TIB a traveler or a friend ,
und you must , therefore , take mo an u
.
Tlio bargain WIIH made on ttila basU. In
partilng through the hostile tribes the- white
man wiia represented to bo a slave who had
been purcnnvcd from n > negro trlbo further
north As a ultivo lie ] > ai > ! > cd mutter even at
the con" cf cruel King Mwiuign and was
ixl'.c.a'cj a uass on in peace ivuth his BUP-
poacd
PLATINUM IN THE PLACERS
Minors Have Overlooked Ono Source of
Qroit Wealth ,
METAL IS FCUND IN THE GRAVEL
Moiitttnrt Mlticm AiIvliuMl to Stuily Hie
of
( lie Mctnl i.I.ltllc ICnvii _
mid Sonrvo.
"We do not knovrthow much platinum rr.oy
have been throwmaway by t'ao placer miners ;
of Montcmawho "have been neglecting n
source of consldevAblo revenue If my Inform.-
tlon Is correct , " tald Cyrus 0. Baker , Jr. , of
Now York , whileIn Helena , Mont. , to a
representative cf itlie Independent. "It would
the miners otcthls statu to study plat-
nim , at ony rate } for whenever It la found It
s nearly as viluabloois gold. U Is worth $14
n ounce and makes a nice addition to the
aluc of the grati'l wherein it Is found. A
of the purposeiot my Journey here Is to
cqualnt miners with the ( act that It Is worth
avlngand to inform them wlxit It is like nnd
iow to obtain It in it la found to exist. Wo
cllovf that it is'present , in much of the
; mvel that Is washed for gold We know
( It having existed to some extent In Urltlsh
Columbia and la Montanu , where it haa been
ailed 'whlto Iron , ' and has been thrown
vtay. It Is 5 per cent heavier than gold and
i saved nt the Riaie time by the eamo
recess , but piobably in giifltrr or less quan-
Itles Is thrown away with tlio black cam !
nd residue thut the miner finds In his pan.
'ho method generally adopted to extract
'latlnum ' is toi pass the sand and gravel with
rater through | luddllug machines or revolv-
ng conical screens. The platinum and flno
and oass through Into sluice boxes beneath ,
vhlle the coarser materials are discharged at
no side. The contents of the sluice boxes
are worked Ici the usual manner nnd when
gold In present In payl" ? quantities It Is rc-
noved by amalgamation with quicksilver , the
latlnum remaining behind , "
Mr. Baker is senior member of the firm of
Baker ft Co. , one ot four firms In the world
refine platinum , the other rcflnerlcs being
n Hanover , Paris end London. His purpose
n making this western tour Is to awaken
nlncrs to the Importance of studying pl.itl-
um and saving It , for he anticipates a grow-
< ig demand that may not bo mot It a now
ourcc of supply Is not established. He hopes
0 stimulate Its produrtlcci , not only that the
irescnt large and growing demand hi all the
; clences for the metal may bo met , but that
omo day the platinum workers of the United
tales may be able to buy from the American
miner that which they arc now compelled to
purchaBo almost exclusively from Russia.
USES OF PLATINUM.
"I often say , and I believe It. " Mr. Baker
continued , "that the ptogress of nations 1ms
> een coincident with their Increased use of
) latlnum. Tlio uses of platinum are numer
ous and varied. As you probably know. It Is
'erhnps ' In greatest demand In electrical
ipparatus and workings. For Incandescent
lights It Is absolutely essential. Every
! imp has two pieces , and It IP Indispensable
Decauso Its co-tfllclent of cxpan&Ion Is the-
same as that ot glcss. It expands under beat
less thun any known metal. U Is also
greatly In demand In the arts and sciences ,
and one ot the late chemicals which we owe
to platinum Is of immensa value to that re
cent dlBcovery In electrical science the
Roentgen rjy. It is barium platlno-cyanlde
salt'-that , thrown on the screen , makes It
fluorescent under the. X-ray , enabling the
light to penetrate the most solid substances.
It Is true that tungstate of calcium , a cheaper
compound. Is generally used In X-ray demon- ]
strntlono , but with the salt I have named
better effects can bo procured , and really
the most Intricate and dlHlcult operations
demand 'It. The salts ot platinum nre used
In photography , in making what-aro kuown
as 'plotlnotypo' pictures. Every gopd artlfl-
clal tooth contains.two pieces. Therp Is not
an electrical Instrument mide where abso
lute contact U necessary that does not re-
qutro platinum. The metal Is unaffected by
oxygen or sulphur.and Is always bright. It
Is a curious technical fuel that It possesses
a peculiar property In uniting oxygen and
hydrogen. If you combine these elements In
the dark they remain separate. A piece ot
platinum foil inserted within causes them to
unlto with a sharptcxploelon. The platinum
Is unaffected , and why the result is brought
about no man knaws ,
SUPPLY OOAEES PROM RUSSIA.
"At present thol-platlnum workers of the
whole world artude'pendent solely upon Rus
sia for this extremely precious metal. Small
quantities have bei5u received from the west
coast ot South rAmerlca , and there Is also
some In Oregoni and California. But no
gicat a men int of the metal has over been
found on this continent. Platinum is usually
foundIn / conjunction with placer gold , and
1 cm Informed and believe that where
platinum exists In'tho placer mines of the
w st it l.s lost by the miners , who are either
unacquainted with its characteristics and
properties , or else arc ignorant of Its
value.
"Contrary to popular impression , plati
num and associate metals arc widely dis
tributed , although they have thus far besn
found In paying quantities In but few lo
calities. This condition is duo perhaps to
tho' higher value of gold and to the limited
acquaintance of prospectors and miners with
the means of Identifying platinum ore , and
of Its economic separation. The platinum
of commerce Is obtained entirely from ai-
luvial deposits. .Eighty per cent of the
present supply is derived from the Uraf
mountains , but there are- hut few of thu
gold-bearing gravel beds ot the world that
have failed to yield platinum.
"In. Its natural form platinum is usu-
ually found In rounded or flattened grains
of sand , and occasionally In lumps of the
size of a pea. Tlio largest , nugget of plati
num that has over been found In 'this ' henil-
Isphcre weighs twenty-two ounces , " and Mr.
Baker .pulled from his pocket the Identical
nugget , which ds Intrinsically worth a trlflo
over $200 , but as a ; specimen is valued at a
much larger figure.
"In Russia , " continued Mr. Baker , "ths
platinum-bearing sand Is found nt depths
ranging between six and forty foot , the
pay streak averaging less than u foot In
depth , resting on serpentine bedrock. In
Now South Wales the pay streak Is from
sixty to ISO feet wide and underlies a loam
bed sixty to seventy feet deep , the ore oc-
icurrlug In the crevices of the bedrock arul
in the gravel resting thereon. "
AN IDEAL COIN METAL.
Mr. Baker carrlcwwith him a Russian
6-roublo piece , worth as money $5.25 , but
as platinum worth $11.20. It dues not need
an elaborate explanation to tell why thu
cola Is now out ot circulation. It Is one
of the ruiest coins of the world nnd boarr *
the date 1830. At that time tbo Russian
government used It as money. It wair
then valued as metal at $6 an ounce. Since
then platinum haa Increased in prlco , mak
ing the piece worth much , more intrinsically
thnn Its coinage vnluo. There ore few ot
ditch Instances In the world ,
"Platinum Is nn Ideal coin metal , " said
Mr Baiter , "as for as Us metallic properties
mny b considered. Its scarcity and the
absence of agreement between countries la
use It stand ) in Its way of course. Political
res son a mftkci It not the best coin , perhaps.
There are nn commercial drawbacks. It
RCIIIS to me , any more than there would b&
with gold. When the prlco of gold goes
up 1I 1 there IB no damage to itho coin , Is
thoro7 I
"Thcio are the alpha and omcgn ot
1n weights In metals , he continued'1 producing
a medal of aluminum. "Platinum Is the
heaviest 1t 1 , the- other the lightest metal In UHO
1C today. t Notice" the difference- weight. "
Mrf Dnker , In speaking of the wonder
ful C ductility of platinum , raid that at the
u6rks of his company wire was made 1,000th
of , un Inch In diameter , or one-seventh the
diameter of a hair ,
Mr. Baker was asked If ho believed that
platinum ) exists In the gold fields ot Alaska
and the Northwest territory. Ho sold that
he did , and that efforts \\ould bo made to
ascertain to whnt extent the ore Is found
In the placer mints ot that section.
So much Intrrrstod U the company In In
creasing the production of platinum that
it Issms < a pamphlet telling about It and
explaining thv methods of saving It. The
book Is dlslioMnl of without coat In any
qiitiutltlcu desired for practical tuo.
Illicit tcii'it Ariilcu Snlic.
The best salvo In the world tor Cuts ,
Bruises , Sores , Ulcers , Salt Hheum , Fever
Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Chilblains ,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and tiosltlvoly
cures Piles < , r no pay required. It Is guar
anteed to G'.VO perfect satisfaction or moiiey
refunded. Prlco 25 cents per box. For sa'.a '
by Kuhn Se Co.
MiniVlVTKR \\MI\K OX THH YUKON.
I'ritpiiKcit K\if 1Kliiu for the Itt-llcf of
KluiiillUrrs ,
Visions of COO reindeer stamped "U. S , A. "
strengthen the Idea that the government
must now take the role of' S-mta Clius
for the benefit of those who have ventured
Into the Interior of Alaska without sutllclcnt
supplies , says the Olobc-Deniocrat. Secre
tary Algcr recommends thnt 500 reindeer
be purchased in Lapland nnd placed In
chatgo of expert drivers to carry provision ?
for the Tcllcf ot the thousands of Americans
wintering on the headwaters of the Yukon.
Probably this Is the best that can be done
under the circumstances. The pinch of
famine will hardly come before March , but
that month In Alaska Is equivalent to mld-
wlntor. Spring arrives along the Yukon In
June , and up to that time , unless some
touto for the transportation of supplies Is
opened , there is danger ot extreme suffering
from hunger. It Is to be hoped that report
Is true that work on the railroad over one
of 1ho parses near Talya Is going forward
with energy. If Chllkoot can bo sur
mounted by some sort ot steam freighting
by j March 1 the business of sending food for.
ward will be greatly facilitated.
Not much news comes from the Klondike ,
and this Is a favorable sign. No doubt th *
miners are busy thawing the ground to
reach the gold bearing stratum. This Is the
scaison for digging the rich earth from Its
ancient bed deep In the soil , and the fact
that 'stragglers are not making their way
out In any number1 Is reasonable proof that
Dawson City as yet Is not In distress. A
mining : engineer , writing from the town
early In October , said people were still com
ing In over the trail without provisions , but
that the police forced everyone who arrived
empty-handed to go down ! the river at once
to points reached by belated boats with su _
piles. The engineer , or someone of his party ,
stood guard nightly over their rations.
Nothing was sold at the stores , and robberies
ot herded provls'ons ' WPTO not uncommon.
Not a hotel , restaurant or bakery1 was open
In the town , and there are uo lodging
houses. The strange spectacle Is presentsd
of a town of 5,000 Americans on the barren
bank of an Arctic river cut off from the
world and anxious about food enough to sus
tain lito through the long winter. No jail
Is maintained , because the feeding of prison
ers 'Is out of the question.
Some parties at Talya have ottered to 'de '
liver 50,000 pounds of provisions within fifty
days\-"at \ Da.vson City provided the govern
ment will pay $75,000 , 'for ' the ( service. This
is at the rate of $1.50 a pound , and recalls
the days when everything In the remote
diggings of California was $2 a pound , no
matter whether the article sold was rlc ;
or soap or tea. The cost of freighting wiped
out that of the commodity. Early In Oc
tober flour was $2.25 a pound at Dawson City
coal oil $15 a gallon , dried fish , the standarc
food for ] dogs. $1 a pound , and wood , sawec' '
and split , $50 a cord. Wages were $15 a
day , but this would buy loss than ssvcn
pounds of flour. It may well be said that
the gold hunters on the Upper Yukon are
confronted by a condition. But the mos
of them arc citizens ot the United States
and the government Is not Indifferent to the
perils that threaten them.
J. A. Perkins of Antiquity , O , , was for
thirty years needlessly tortured by physi
clans for the cure of eczema. HP was
quickly cured by ucIng DeWltt's Witch Haze
Salve , the famous hraling salvo tor piles and
skin diseases.
AI1OUT TUB MOKXIXG III3VI3H.YOE
IniInrtn < i iiN of tin * Co ( Toe Ilt-rry mill
Is Vnliie.
During the ntno months of the calendar
year ended September 30 , 1SB7 , the Imports
of coffee Into the United States amounted to
550,052,921 pounds , of the value of $58,433-
892 , against 440,323,337 pounds , of the value
of $39,403,748 , In the corresponding months of
1S90 , says the Philadelphia Record. The
average Invoice cost to the Importers of the
coffee in 1S9C was a illttlo more than 121&
cents a pound. , In 1897 the average impori
cost was a llttlo more than 10 cents a
pound , This is what helps to account for the
reduction In the retail price of coffee In the
war between the sugar trust and the Ar-
buckle Brothers. Coffee has not been so
cheap for many a day at least to the dealers
If none should bo Imported for a year ttiero
would still bo a supply In the country.
Of this coffee the bulk comes from Brazil ,
the Importations from which country In the
nine months of the present year amounted
to 414,481,407 pounds , of the value of $34-
744,637 , against 288,793,744 pounds , of the
value of $35,094,567 , In the corresponding nlno
months last year. The Import cost ot this
"Rio" coffee last year waa a little over 12
cents a pound , aud this year it Is 8.3 cents a
pounds.
The next largest supplies of coffee are from
other parts of South America , 'the ' Importa
tions from 'those regions having amounted litho
the nlno motitlu of this year to C0,271,03 (
poundu , valupd at $7,892,718 , against 50,204-
834 pounds , of tbo value of $8,575,937 , in the
corresponding months of 1890. Quantities
anl values 'of ' Importations from tlieho coun-
trloj have not varied BO much as In the Im
portations from Brazil , wMch had un extra
ordinarily large crop this year. The next
contributor of coffee to this country la Ccn
tral ( America , the Importations from that re
glen having amounted t : > 42,670,114 pounds
valued at $0,214,802 , or nearly 15 ccnta a
pound , In the nlno months of 1897 a sllgu
lacreaEo over the importations in tbo corre
GOLD DUST.
Insist on the
Genuine
The test Washing Powder
made. Best for all clean
ing , does the work quickly ,
cheaply nnd thoroughly.
Largest package greatest economy.
THE N. K , FAIRBANK COMPANY ,
Chicago , Bt-Louii , Now York , Boston ,
* plnillns months of 1806. Next , Mexico scnl
o the rrino months of this year 30,016,967
> oumls , of the value of $4,67 , < ,263 iv little
more than 15 cents a pound.
The total Importations of "Java" coffee
torn the Ncthcrlanls and from the Hast In
dies In the nine months of thin year amounted
o 14,054,168 pounds , ot the value of $2,461-
46 , or an Invoice cost of n little more than
7 < ? ii n pound. Thit la .he hlRhwt priced
: oJfco thnt comes to this market. Hut the
mportatlons , cfl may bo seen , ore small In
ompnrlson with the enormous shipments
torn llrazll , More than SO per cent of the
offoo that conies to fils country Is "Hlo , " or
of llko quality oral prlco. "Hlo" Is , In fact ,
ho coffee that the American people drink , al-
hoiiRh much of It Is , no doubt , sold to them
or a hlRher priced article. As for the fa *
nous "Mocha" coffee , Httlo or none of It
omca to this market.
THIS 01,1) 'I'lMKltS.
William M. JacUmnn , of Sweet Springs , Mo. ,
s cuttlni ; a third set ot teeth at the nee
of SO.
Miss Kllcn Nussey , vv'ions bridesmaid
at Charlotte Ilrouto'.s wcddfciB , has just died
at the age of 83 years.
Ctittiiln JcliuV. . LMnkhcna , who died re
cently , was a Krcat randson of TViomas Jcf-
erson and WIH born nt LMcatlccllo.
Captain John UIUEDII , w.io is now in St.
< ouls. ran Hbberl Stovenscn's first sttam en-
; lno , between London nnd Lhcrpool. He Is
ha oldest engineer In America , end ran the
Iret onslno on LUncrlcnn soil.
' .Mrs. Scnnile , the only living daughter of
'resident Tyler , and cousin to I'reflldcnts
Monroe , William Henry Hnrrlscil .inJ Denja-
mln Harrison , Is ca Inma'.c of an ohl wo
man's homo In Vlrslnla a nit Is nearly blind.
ler friends are askltiK for a pension for her.
Charles Plumb of Itanws , brother of the
atePrrstcii 'U. Plumb , walked a distance of
elxtcou miles recently to vlalt frlcnils , r.iot-
vltiUitandlnR the fact he la In his ninetieth
year. Mr. Plumb Is bile nnl hearty , and
iclUicr acts nor looks more than fifty jcars
old ,
Prof , iMommsen of Berlin , who has Just
celebrated his eightieth blrtlulny , is very ab
sent-minded. On ie occasion his llttlo son
\MS traveling in a tramcar from his home
o Charlcttenburg. .Mommscn , sunk In ab
itractlon , failed to re Kolzo the boy , told
ilm not to make so much noUcIn a public
ranioir , and nnUhed by asking ols name.
'Hoppers In
Despite the efforts of the Kovuriiineiu the
ocucts have been Uevustutln ! thu eioiis In
he Argentine llcpubllc , -
acL-oulliiK to ud-
vlces received by thu bark Maria t , Tnc
'hlladelphla Record Hays. "One way ile-
'Ised by the government's olllcla.s : to de-
troy the locusts was to collect the PCK.X
ind burn them , u bounty being given to
hose who did t'he ' work. No letj than LOW
eng of the Insects hau been collected at
M Plata iilonc wlierftihe Maria L , left theriT
t wag with Bomu clllllculty that the nilln
of thu Maria L.vrc stretched when she
vns getting untied way nt I.u Plata , an
housands of tCie 16custs had made the folds
of the palls their" horms. Captain D'Urso
states that the futuru of the republic was
never gloomier , the - crops having been
anuely ruined , and a famine la threat
ened. "
TOILET AND BATH
requirements nro
perfectly met In
Wool Soap.
There may ba
.more e.xpenMvo
'soaps , but none
better. / / u < 6.
ioltittlrfiiirt. For
the bath It Is
pleasant , sooth-
Inp and delight *
( til.
til.There's
There's only
one Fonp thnt
won't ' shrink
woolens. You
My Mama must choose be *
UBOi Had twccn no soap ,
.ind
Searles
& Searles.
6PHCIAL1STSIN
PRIVfflJplB.
WEAK MEN
All Private llNcaie *
& Disorder * nt Men.
Trcntmuitt by Mall.
CoiiMiltntlou Frc .
SYPHILIS
Cured ( or life and the poison thorouchl ; cloauswi
from llio ByBlcm.
Six'nn.ttorrlii'n , Srmln.ilVnakn Ri ! , Ixial Miin-
hoocl , Nlirlit EniliBloiiit IK cayod Kacultton. Po-
mnlo WcnknoSB , inul nil ilrllcuta illuonlcrn pecu >
lliir lo elllicr ocx , jitHltlvoly enrol. I'll.KS
FISTULA nnd RKCTAI. U1CKUS , HYDUOCKr.l
AND VAIllCOnBLK p ermniu-iitly and BUccossJully
cured. Method now nnd 1111(11111117.
Cured
itt horn *
by nrw method without pain or cutting. Call o
or address with alaiup
flD < ! QCflDIIQ X VC8DICQ MO * MthSt. .
UUd. otHtiLto -itAnLta OMAHA. HO *
CORt
Uit lllgU tor nnn tun4
Jliclmruei. Inflntnmntloni.
Irrltitloai or ulcrntloni
. . . of inur.um meiubranti.
Irmtau eonuiUo. r tal > i > , > n < l not
lTHtE CHtMiCUCo. "
1 S l l lijr
'or icut in pUIn .
l > 7 izprcu , ritpulil , tot
tl.lO , or 1 UlVUi. 12.79.
Clrcal j MMI M r4EMfe
; Vi *
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THAT TH
IFAC-SIMILE
VcgetablcPrcparation for As SIGNATURE
similating iheToodandRegula-
ling the Stomachs andBowels of -OF-
Promotes DigesUonCheerful-
nessandRest.Contains neither
) pium.Morphine iwr Mineral. IS O3ST THE
KOT N AR c o TIC .
n Sati *
OF EVERY
Jlppanunt -
Jfl CarianalnSv
IKmStcd- BOTTLE OF
CJmtud Suaar
n'mCaynxii' rtai'oK
Apctfcct Remedy forConslipa-
ioix , Sq'ur Stomach , Diarrhoea ,
Worms .Convulsions Jcverish-
ness endLess OF SLEEP.
Tac Simile Signature of
NEW -YORK. Gastorla Is pat up la onc-slin bottles only. It
not cold la balk. Don't ' allow anyone to cell
yon anything clso en the plea or promlso that It
la "just as goeJ" nnd "will answer every pur
pose. " /-Bco tint yon fjot C-A-fl-T-0-B-I-A.
U
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER
BEAR IN MIND THAT "THE GODS HELP
THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. " SELF
HELP SHOULD TEACH YOU TO USE
MANHOOD RESTORED CUPIDENB1 *
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tlon of a fatuous 1'rcncli pliyelcliin , will ( lulcklycurojou of all ncr-
. of ( lie Bencrallvu urvunn , micli MI f/utt Mu
1'iilnslii tliu JlnoU.Boniliml Jimliilonn , Men cms I'dtllll.v
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ipation. It Btopfl ull IOVJSCH tjyilay < ir nlK.M. I'levcnts ( | iilrk-
IK 6s of iliac liarge , whlcli II not I'lif-cKnl lorjl.s Ui HprrnmlorrhcDu mi J
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ProiUnlllti. CUl'IWJNIJU the only krown rernfil/ to euro wliliout nn opurittlun. MODlmllmonl.
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