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Striving for gain Is oar only pleasure,
Gold to the prise of oar life's mad race.
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Kettle humming on open hearth,
lire sll this artifice knew beginning,
Dear old daya of our nation's birth.
Days when the slow old coaches, crawling.
Gave ua a chance to enjoy the scene.
(Mow we fly with a speed appalling.
Nothing we see but a blur of green. )
Fine old inns by the road inviting,
Smoked and soaked with an honest cheer.
Mono of your rooms all paint and whiting.
wmi ana coia with eloottio glare.
Sweet old games in the candle's glimmer, -
fjorners dim where we loved to sit. '
Brighter our lights, but our joys are dimmer.
Homanee an, little is loft of itl
Ghost yarn telling was grandpa's glory
Ugh I tho ghost was there at your backl
Fancy telling that sort of story
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Home dollghts one could revel deep in
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Good old parsons with good old sermons,
Slow, but sure in the narrow way.
None of your theological Herrmanns
Juggling the Word for a banker's pay.
What though the mall came but fortnightly
Lietters were letters in days of old
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Everything's folly but gathering cash.
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JACOB A. LONG, "4r
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, - - - -
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ftxifirinrTlifoct route loa)Oiiri To- j
ward a little flat, where lie saw three '
or four cows feeding and a pony near T
by, which, even at a distance, he reeog-
nied ai Boly'g. A few yardi away, teat-5
ed in the shadow of a great rook, he
raoognized the bine olad figure of Boly
herself. I
"I allowed yon'd . be over before '
long," she said, with a smile, "I kind j
of expeoted you'd be in yesterday even- !
In." . ; . I
Morgan's oonrtehlp progressed with
rapid strides. Within a fortnight after
this visit he had been over to see Boly
several times, and she, after an interval
of a week when he did not come, know
ing him to be tied down by his work at
the Belshazzar camp, with a natural
disregard lor empty convention, had
herself gone over to chat with him at
the arastra.
It was on the occasion of this visit
that Morgan declared himself. The
arastra was stopped. The mule still dis
creetly blinded, dozed in the tng path,
and Morgan in beatitude sat with his
arm around what for the time being
was the only waist in the world.
There's one thing I ought to tell
yon," continued Morgan, "before ever
you says yea or no. You see, when J
first met the old man he kind of jump
ed at tho idee that I was the owner of
this here property. I didn't say so, but
seeln as be took it that a way I didn't
see no call to undeceive him; bnt J
ain't co owner. I'm just up here work'
in for Biggs, an old pard of mine, on
wages, and I simply don't own nothin."
"That don't make no difference to me.
Chris," said Boly, with a sigh, "but I
reckon it will with por about oonsent
in. He sets such a heap on a man's be-
in well fixed. " There was silence for a
moment, and then Boly continued:
"I've been thinkin this a way. Why
don't you branch out for yourself and
get some property of your own? Then
you'd beel'cibie,"
"That's easy to say about branohin
out and gettin property," responded
Chris despondently. "But however 'm
I to do it? I don't see no openin."
"You'll never see no openin sitting
Christopher Morgan sat upon a box
in the shade of some large bowlders and
within whip reach of the circular path
about the arastra, and at each rotation
of the mule stimulated him by a touch
of the whiplash.
It was a drowsy occupation. The
monotonous creaking of the wooden
shaft, the grating of the crush stones
and the sound of the dull, thick wash of
the tailings thus kept in muddy commo
tion acted as a sedative on Morgan,
who had already almost dropped asleep.
He was about falling into a still deeper
doze when he was made alert in a mo
ment at the sound of voices from a lit
tie mesa above the camp.
Presently, riding down the steep and
almost obliterated trail, came first
lank, elderly man in faded overalls and
. flannel shut, and after bim a girl
dressed in coarse blue denim and a tun
bonnet of the tame material, riding
astride on a man's saddle.
She had a light, girlish figure, and
her face was to Morgan a revelation of
loveliness, and bis estimate of her at
tractions was not altogether without
tome foundation. Her mouth was per
haps a little too large aad her nose
trifle too "tip tilted" for an exaotlng
taste, but her gray eyes were full of
life and sympathetic intelligence, her
hair golden, her teeth as white and
regular as a young animal's, and her
complexion freeh and blooming.
The elderly man hailed Morgan in a
loud voice, which woke the echoes all
about: "Good morn In, oompanerol How
goes it?"
Morgan acknowledged toe vociferous
greeting, and went to meet bis visitor
aa they rode up toward the arastra. "My
name's Basoom, taid the man, "and
thil here's my daughter Boly, abort for
Boiivyer. A man passin along the road
night before last taid a9 how you'd
bought in this here Belshazzar prop
erty, and Boly and me 'lowed it'd be
the square thing to come over and get
acquainted. '
Meantime his guests bad dismounted
and, holding their ponies by their
bridles, sat down on a broad flat rock
near the arastra, while Morgan resumed
his seat on the box facing them.
You done well when yon bought
this here property," continued Basoom.
"I've known the ledge this ten years.
and if yon go alow you'll come out
ahead of the game. Them there fellers,
the creditors, shut down on and butted
up all natural enough, at I teen they
would when I first set eyes on em.
Bull Horn's all right"
Mist Boly said nothing, bnt fixed her
gray eyes on Morgan and sat silently
regarding him in a frank and interested
way which tomewhat em barraased bim,
Mr. Btucom was not only curious aa
to the past, present and future of bis
host, but was loudly overflowing with
information at to himself. "My place
just over t'other aide of this hen
ridge in the other oanyon," he explain
ed. I took op land there ten years
ago, never thinkin I'd stay there this
time, and I wouldn't if it hadn't
for a thievin pardoer of mine. "
How's thatrv
Why, this away. I'd made a ttaka
before ever I'd come in here, landin arms
tor Bolivyun insurgents, and this pard-
this 'ere triflin feller Meek, was
tn with me. We had $16,000 profits be
tween us, mostly in big yellow twen
ties, and ha eatnea np to my plao bar
sayin aa he'4 help develop the claims
back over the ridge on which w had
located together. W was goia to pot
that ooin all in to WvJopin, hot on
mors in I wakes np to find bim clean
gons, along with his aharaof the auoney
and mine too. I tracked bim out on to
the deeert down Mod Bprings way, and
lost his trail altogether, and I
never teen bid nor hair of nun or
taard where be went ta Since then
v hd to rattle far a livio. Boly, hers.
the help out herdina feweowt I'v
got on the banco grata flats on t'other
side (to ridge."
When bis attests had maoamUd and
slowly climbed th trail again, Morgan
watched ttmm till they wr oat of tifht
with aa ajMoootmtasbJe Mixed feeling of
wiM fay and deep ospraadon In hi
heart, to which h had hithsrto bean
stranger.
Darin th next tww day th hxaagt
of BoJr arew atore and ntor dMrplyira-
prataed on hi hitherto mawatBeptlbt
heart. This state of nuaa waa auiaw
. M t. w Slil..t Amm Mfl
1 r" "rr. HrZ.7r. JZl tambled roU of
COiV B vww, B Baasa - - l .k-
TT JlZS.ZirSlJIZ i th damp obill of th
eg sptnia vm mm esrwausssn. -m-tot-Umvmwtmcm.
front work ana ittnia manna- , Utmm . th- . su. snMcfc, i
Vltat, ... J a-M-l, mmMirmitmA hi hia SnXttaasMBt.
around this arastra belongin to another
man," retorted Boly, with some spirit
"I'll tell you what I'd do if I was a
man and wanted to make a stake. I'd
quit here too quick and go right away
over into this beie new Mud Springs
deestreeot that they're all runnin to and
stake out some claims for myself. That
would make it all right with por. He'd
say your bein a man with jnst wages
is one thing, bnt you bein a man with
some promisin claims is another. "
"But," said Morgan, inspirited by
the plan, but yet aware of obstacles,
"wbat'd I say to Biggs if he should
oome back here and find I'd quit work
in the arastra. and pulled out with his
mule? He's done a heap for me, and I
couldn't go book on him. "
"I've got a plan about that too,"
said Boly, contemplatively drawing
lines in the trailing dust with her riding
switch. "You start right in and clean
up this here rnn and then go and
rock down from the drifts and I'll oome
over every mornin and run the arastra
while you're gone with Gyp" (Indicat
ing her pony). "He's small for the
work, but he'll do, and you take the
mule and start off for the new Mud
Springs range. I'll herd the cowl into
a little rincon that I know of, where
the feed's good and they won't leave
till I oome for 'em. For is repairin the
road every day now, and he'll never
suspicion what's up. "
Thus it was that on the third morn
ing after this conversation Morgan was
on his way oh the'trail to Mud Springs
district with a fixed determination to
find something rich and become "el'gi
Die ' or die in the attempt
He wasted no time in entering ac
tively on bis work. He rode here and
there over the country, working up dry
gulches in search of placers and climb
ing rocky buttes and ridges in tbe hope
of finding some rich ledge. Promising
discoveries were being constantly made
by others, but his own luck was of tbe
worst
Tbe month's time whioh be bad al
lowed himself was already drawing to
a close, and be seemed as far from bis
goal as ever, and it was In a state of
deep despondency and discouragement
that be started upon hit laat trip into
tbe adjacent mountains.
He followed for several hours an old,
deeply worn Indian trail tending to
ward tbe Colorado. Tbe trail bad evi
dently been but little traveled for years,
for in many place it was quit blocked
with bowlders which bad roiled down
the hillside, and finally came to a point
where it had been completely burled by
an enormous slide of loose rock.
Her be dismounted and tied . bis
mule to a stunted pinon. He wnVttnxv
ions to proceed in tbe direction be bad
been going, for not more than a mile
ahead there wat in plain view a rocky
bluff, onrioosly marked and mottled In
lull red and faded yellows that rag'
gested strong mineral possibilities.
Morgan had clambered half way
across tbe rough and difficult barrier,
tilt following the general tin of th
trail, when, as he paused for a moment
to tak breath, be saw with some- sur
prise a few yard abort him on the bill-
a high, narrow opening in th
looks. It waa partially blocked by
few fragmeot of broken bowlder and
was twidently th month of on of
tho mountain cavern not iniwqassnt
ly found near th summit of tbiti de-
rt motinUina With hat lirtU difficulty
away a fw of th larger
be rstabed
that blocked the way and found
room to snttr.
H had with hint a imall anpply of
nuton, and as h lighted cm after
aisotbsr he taw that he was in a fairly
good siaed chamber, 7 or 8 feet la height
and perhaps 10 feet hi length and half
as broad. H advaMed to th center of
th cave and by the dim match llgbt
saw that there were clear eriiexot of
form habitation. At on aid on th
floor war twe broken olio and other
tratrmsnts of pxHtery.
Jnst tram old Indian hiding plao,"
thowgbt Morgan, and, lacking aBtiqoav
rlan taster, ha waa about ataatdtming
forth exploration when bis attention
attracted to otrtain dark bowlle-
lik ohjeoai at the rear of thcav. Ha
apps-osasbtd then with a tningled ftef.
log of cariosity and dittrwst. He was
lmpnaarioikBblA, bat wben bit nrt
view assmed him that on wa
petl it and wat left inHarktlega. It was
but a seoond before he lighted another,
and then for the first time be noticed
that close to the blankets lay a pair of
leathern saddlebags. He stooped to lift
them and was inrptised at their weight
They were unstrapped, and bis curiosity
now overmastering all other feelings be
threw back tbe flap of one and holding
a freshly lighted match close to the
opening was speechless with amazement
at what he saw. The bag was half fill
ed with coined gold.
For the seoond time, in his excite
ment, he bad nearly allowed bis match
to burn out Hia stock was now reduced
to fonr, and, realizing that be mutt
make haste to leave the cave, be seized
the leather neck connecting the two
bags and dragged them to tbe opening.
In another moment be was again
standing in the sunlight and threw the
remains of bis last match among tbe
rocks outside. It was all so strange and
passed so quickly that it seemed to him
almost that he had been dreaming and
still dreamed, but wben be opened , tbe
mouth of the saddlebags and plunged
bis hands into the jingling, shining
yellow coin whioh both contained there
was an end to all bia doubts. "This
beats dry washing or striking a ledge,"
he exclaimed aloud. "If Boly don't
think I'm el'gible now, I'll, give up
beat."
On the side of eaohof tbe heavy calf
skin bags in sprawling, pen printed let
ters, was the name "H. Meeks" and a
date some 13 years baok. "That's tbe
name of the feller that robbed old man
Basoom, and it waa down in this Mud
Spring oountry that the old man lost
the trail. While I am out disooverin
things, I seem to be workin up the
whole job to once, "said the now exult
ant Morgan to himself. "Old C'lumbus
ain't in it with me."
When he, reached Mud Springs late
in the afternoon, be was discreetly
silent about bis discovery in the cave.
is saddlebags sj m
more back on tbe trail, and his prepa
rations for an immediate and impressive
return to tbe Belshazzar camp were un
dertaken at once.1 These oonsisted in va
rious purchases. From the proprietor
of the Magnolia saloon be obtained a
black mule, with a silver mounted sad
dle and bridle and a pair of deep rowel
ed spurs, with little, jingling chains.
These bod been loft for sale by tome
newcomer from Soaora with bad luck
and extravagant tastes. He also obtain
ed at the same plaoe a diamond of large
size, but of doubtful purity, whioh he
pinned in bis bine flannel shirt front
He added to this a guitar for Boly, se
cured at an exorbitant price from
impecunious Mexican, and, having bade
bia friends goodby, started on his tri
umpbal homeward maiob jnst aa tbe
fnll moen was rising over tbe eastern
ridges.
He reduced tbe four days' time of his
outward trip to less thsn three on bis
return, and an hour before sunset was
riding up the last heavy grade on tbe
trail into tbe Belshazzar camp. He
hardly expected to find Boly so late at
the arastra, but still on tbe ohanoe be
gathered himself together for an im
pressive entree. His new mule, laden
with the precious bags, trotted! in ad
van oe. He followed with the guitar
swung by its bright ribbon about bit
neck and held in plaoe before bim, bis
questionable diamond flashing resplen-
dently, his spurs jingling and his torn
brero well back on bis bead.
As; he neared the camp bit spirits
tank I for the moment at be recognized
tbe loud voloe of old Basoom raised
to even a higher pitch than usual. He
hurried his animals, and in another mo
ment was in camp. Boly I pony, Gyp,
waa In harness in tbe arastra. She her'
self wa sitting despondently on a flat
rook near by with her face buried In
her hand and fobbing at abort inter'
valt, while old Basoom wa vociferously
upbraiding her for tbe infatuation
which bad led ber to deceive her father
nd clandestinely operate the arastra in
ber penniless lover's absence. Tbe situ
ation, however, waa soon changed; to
one of glad excitement and friendly
greeting and congratulation when MoT'
gan appeared and, briefly recounting
bis adventure, astonished them with
tbe sight of tbe ooin In the saddlebags.
"Two-thirds of that there coin nater
ally belongs to me," shouted old mat
Basoom, "and one-third of it" (mean
ing Meeks' part) "of oourse goes to yon.
but I won't stand on that This is my
day for bein lib'ral, and I'm goin to
allow yon balf of tbe whole pot and
throw tn Boly as an extra, alow'n, of
lourae, aa she' agreeable to the arranga
aient"
I ain't got no objection as I know
tf," said Boly, with a laugb, as ah
looked down and shamed one foot in
the dry tailings. j,,-w
And all this oome," said Morgan
to Boly, with glad impretsiveneta, "of
tny just follerin your ad vie and rustlin
round and gettin l'gibl." Kdmuad
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MrVAl fjtJtrlfS PtfMOtH W..MW YORK.
PENNSYLVANIA ROADS.
In
Oow Hlf hwiyi Aro Coaatraated
'Alleghany County.
Tbo highway! of Alleghany connty
tre-superviectl by a practical -engineer
of wide exparionco, F, W. Pattureon,
and tho method of construction is de
scribed iu tbo Pittsburg Press.
, Tbe transforming of the bad roads of
this mountainous comity into good ones
was begun iu September, 18(17,. and ns
a result 10 miles arc completed and in
use, and about , 20 miles are now in
oourse of construction. The traveler or
casus objervrr pacing over one of these
now rouda has little idea of the amount
of material and labor required to pro
duce tbe bard, smooth surface and the
easy grade.
The method of construction adopted
for these roads is what is known as mac
adamizing, that system of building be
ing best adapted to tbe highways of
this county. Tbe surface of the road
dues not Indicate its substantial quali
ties, as it is much like any smooth road
would appear under favorable circum
stances, eicept that it is carefully
crowned in tbe center and rounds so
nicely into the clay road on cither side
that were it not for tbedifforouoe in the
color it would be difficult to tell Just
where the macadamized portion began.
Tbis statement is applicable only wben
the clay portion is at its best, neither
THE OLD UTAH MINT.
A COINAGE 8Y8TEM THAT WAS BORN
OF BRIQHAM YOUNG.
eax4 Maaaar rrorlalaa tba tjeail-
Good manners are a social obligation,
and a yooiig man should never mak
ligbt of them nor pan them over a on
worthy of notice. Tbe extreme manner
of the fop are silly and nnneceMary, sal
th way a well bred man deports bim-
If I always worth a young man's
closest study. Good maniiert mean com'
fort for others and ' th recognition of
little social right, which to past ovt
to to degenarata. Etiquett book oaa-
not instill good mDOr. One's deport
ment cornea from within. Few men ar
bora without an intuitive Imowledg of
what I wrong or right In deportment
It la limply esperiaoo that develop
th quality. To b good mannered gen
erally mtian to hav consideration for
women of very rank in life, and that I
a quality which young raan can not po
Mat to strongly. Indies' Horn Jowrr
-f
Coaa4wi coaching i wtraBaxrruiat.
and th tmottnaoos hacking and irrv.
tetion will eooa attack aad Injur too
deiicaia Uning of the throat nod air
pasgnL Tako advtoa and an Dr.
Boll' Congh Bjrnp la tim. This
m 1 fill laetsssrlw arill ssuia vntl.
1MTW iTOTrawM W at a .., m a s a. m -, a awaak.
of
unfavorable circumstances that tbe
macadamized road stands pre-eminont
Continued wot weather does not affect
it in tbe least, and a long drought only
produces a tbin blue dust on tbe surface,
caused by the grinding of the ligonier
screenings under the wheels of passing
vehicles,
The standard construction adapted for
tbe Alleghany county roads is as fol
lows: After tbe road has been graded,
sloped and guttered an excavation
made in the center 14 feet wide and
sufficiently deep to bring the surface
wben completed 18 inches above tbe
surface of tbe gutters, to provide
crown, in order that the water may be
sbod rapidly. Tbe bottom of tbis exca
vation is then rolled with a ten ton
steam roller. Kigbt inoben of native
stone, broken to 8)6 inches in diamo
ter, is filled In and tho roller again ap
plied. If the ground be low or toft tel
ford foundation it substituted for tb
broken ttonoa On tbis Is a layer
ligouior stone, crashed to 2 inches in
diameter, which it alto rolled. Then
comes another layer of the same nut
rial, but of smaller size, inches
thick, which serves to koy the larger
stone. Tbe roller is again brought into
requisition.
Tbe whole is Sole-lied with a layer of
fine, ligonier screenings, which Oil tbe
interstices and form a smooth surface.
Tbis is wet and rolled firm. Wben used
fair a time, it becomes so hard that it is
almost likeooncrete. The road engineers
adopted the foregoing as tbe standard
construction for all the oountry roads
improved, after a careful study of the
methods employed byroad builders both
In this country and abroad. The IS
mile of road now completed have cost
tbe oountry on au avenge 113,000 per
mile, whioh, when the enormoue cuts
and fills Diode necessary to reduce tbe
grade In mauy placet are considered, is
not excessive The cost of grading alone
hat averaged nearly $0,000 a milo.
Tbis, of conrsn, varies aooordiug tn tbe
physical tud topographical character of
the country through which tbe road
pastes. "
OYSTER SHELL ROADS.
The Starr ef the Aaeleat aad Alsnoat
Porgottea Deserel Oold Money Few
of tb Pieces Ar la Exlateae at
the Preaent Time.
The ancient coinage of Utah, the
period when the glittering partielea of
yellow gold from California were dint
ed in a little adobe building in Salt
Lake, bat been half forgotten. The
written and printed records of that time,
by a strange oversight throw no light
on the subject
Those Utabana whose memory dates
back to 1849 remember the establish
ment of the mint, but the exact dates
ate confused. It was some time toward
the close of 1849 that the mint waa in
augurated as a measure of publio con
venience. Brigbam Young waa tbe in
stigator of tbe coinage system and exer
cised a personal supervision over the
work.
Prior to tho establishment of tbe mint
all gold dust' had to be weighed when
payments for merchandise or other ar
ticles were made, in many cases the
merchant with whom the purchaser
"
All Clothing Buyers
Travel Towards
The.
IS
KIR' CO..
High Art Clothiers,
OPPOSITE McADOO HOTEL,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
was dealing had ne gold scales, and
nddy nor 'dusty, it lsffndel TnclrtroubhrTetnltqnV The nretal'was"
Inferior la Maay Way to Hlakwaya
Ball! of Stone.
While it Is conceded by tbo who
bavo knowledge of roads constructed oi
oyster shells that they are better than
tbe common dirt roads they also have
tbeir disadvantage aud are far from
ideal. A correspondent of The L. A.
W. Bulletin make tbe following ttate-
nienl:
'These roads become tb excessively
dotty in dry weather that tbey an
practically unfit to travel over. This
fault can be orercom by tbe liberal CM
of tbe street sprinkler, bnt it I, not al
ways possible to pros tbo sprinkler intc
service. Just outside tbe city of Wll
niiugton, Del., there It a causeway over
torn marshy Isnd wbiab is built almost
entirely of oyster shells. I bava driven
over tbis caoaewsy wben tbe dust war
fully tbree Inches thick, and being sr.
light and of snob fin particle clouds
of II would rise after each pausing tram.
At time it would b impocsibl to at
a team ten yards ahead, it may readily
be Imagined that tbi was not pleasant
going, and I would have very much pre
ferred tbe oommon dirt road. Wbil f
"believe that th oyster shell road Is In
th main superior to tb ordinary din
road, yet there ar few practical road
maker who will not eooced that It I
Inferior In vry way to a road built oi
tb oommooost grad of ttooe. "
Ctr a
tv
S3
b r Cold at one.
Road kafMalelaa.
Bond Inspector Thomas Malley of
Morris connty, N. ?., says that "the
scheme of pouring creaningi on a road
to repair It It very ezpeotive and utter
ly wonbleas, Tb first hard rain rarriai
away th screenings or they grind op
ar blown away In tb first dry
spell. Experience abowt that antfl a
road need three-quarter loch stona It
nothing, with this sua stooa a
a baalf, a little binder aad acreralnga.
all well rolled, will mak tb road as
good as new."
Best . j
Tb Long bland famen carry trior
doable leads to tb Kew York
market aino tb main roads oa tb is
land wer Biox-sdamtseri,
Bemov loo Moo from tb alga-
wtya la many ttate th law uprn ly
require road ovrrterrt to do it.
SirMotb roadwayt reduce diet do.
Start road Improvement bow, Tb
longer the delay, lb frtaier tb cost
A vent road repairing it road t poll
DwWitt' Witch Haiti Salva
Car PHm. wtmStm. bus.
too preoiout to admit of guesswork in as
certaining the weight required to cover
a given sum, and the customer would
be put to the trouble of looking up
scales to aid him in bis payment .
Old timers disagree as to who made
the dies with which the gold was
stamped Into 1 3. B0, 5, $10 and 30
coins. The honor lies between John
Kay and James M. Barlow. Kay was a
mechanic and Barlow a jeweler and
dentist Judge Hammond of San Juan,
who came to Utah in 1848, says that
diet were made by both men.
He think! Kiy made the first, which
were unsatisfactory and Imperfect, and
that Barlow made tbe later ones.
Thomas Bullock was chief clerk and
aotive director of the mint during its
entire operation. The gold which was
used oame chiefly from California, much
of it being brought here by members of
tbe Mormon battalion on tbeir return
from tbe Mexican war.
Tbey carried the precious dust and
nuggets in buckskin poaches to. the
mint, where it was weighed and coined
absolutely without alloy. Tbe mint
building was at that time a oonsidera
bly mora pretentious structure than it
is today. It wat two stories high and
contained balf a dozen rooms.
The crucibles in wblch tbe gold wat
melted were in tbe oellar. The primi
tive machine with which tbe cooling
metal wat stamped into ooin stood in a
back room on tbe first floor. All the
work wat done by band and every piece
of tbe machinery was made by Salt
Lake artisans. Of necessity, no bate
motal appeared in tbe finished product.
Twenty-flve graint of gold waa tba
equivalent of a dollar.
Tbe man who bad 07 W grains turned
tbat amount over to Mr. Bullock, who
tent It at oooe to Messrs. Kay and Bar
low. It waa Immediately melted and
turned into a coin of the value of $3.o0.
So it was with tbe pieces of larger de
nomination, and tbe mint customer, if
be to desired, oould follow bit metal
with bit eyes from bis pooch through
the crucible, press and stamp.
No loll waa taken out of tbe gold.
tbe coinage being absolutely free. At
first tbe $.A0 piece were moat plenti
ful and popular. Then a large number
of (5 coint were made, and these, with
the first named, constituted the bulk of
the mint't work. Mot many $10 pleooa
were minted, and the $20 coins were
till fewer.
Tbe mint ceased operations in 1800
because of .tbe appearance in sufficient
quantities of Uriited State gold and
silver coins. Although the space of time
aino the last pouch was emptied into
Thomas Bullock's "money mill," a it
was called. Is comparatively short fw
of th coins are known to be in exist-
e today. Because of tbeir purity they
wore rapidly, and as a oontequance de
teriorated in value by erosion.
Many of tbam weroieuieltcd and
made into necklace, chain, and otbor
article of jewelry. Apostle Bright
Young baa a watch cbaln tbat waa
made from two of tba 130 piece. H
bad tbe chain made in Switzerland while
In tbat oountry torn yean ago. . II.
Pierce bat one $30 coin, and several
others are In poaaeaslon of Salt Lakers.
Wben President Brigbam Young died
in 1877, hit executors. In going over
bit personal property, found a locked
trnog box. On forcing the lid a nam
ber of tb coint of tb period deacribed
were found. Tbey covered all th d
nomination!, and were sold at a not ion.
bringing a premium ovct tbeir face
valuA, President Young' ton, Apostl
Bilgbam Young, at that time secured
dx of th $5 denomination, which be
ttill bat. " Tba other were toattered In
mcb a way as to make it Impossible to
mo wem. , ,
Two tela of die war oted for th $
Tb first tat, at hat bean stated.
proving unsatisfactory, another set was
No milling appeara on th dge
except la the last iassea.
Tb lettering and other technical
point on both asta war imperfeot, bat
tb coin tetrad their day aad porpoee
well. Tbey ptaaed oarrant at tbeir face
vain a readily oatsid of Utah a
within its border.
Th California ting circulaied also
vary freely here and was need far other
porposi btaide taorjey. Apostl Brig-
ham Yoong said recently that as a boy
be had traqoently teas bmo pitching
quoitt with OaJiforala alugsi Salt Lake
Tribaa.
HaT tb e,
Mrs. Mildey Charles ie tneh a dear
fallow I H never goa away without
kiaatngBML
- Mrs.' Sowecby Ton don't nppo
that- it anything Ilk ''band Dee Before
pleasure" in hi mind wben be I going
away, do yon, dear? -Boston Traaortpt.
Dc Witt' Uttto Early Rlaerm,
Sole Agents
For this line of
Pants
And
Overalls.
Biitcness ted
I i'.l aad Workmanship TcrfivL '
T!ic Appearance witiiout tbe Lost.
All the Leading
Clothing Lines
Are confined to
Our House. .
Our guarantee is
"Your Mpney.Back ,
If You want it"
Fishblate-Katz Company,
IGHEEXSBOKO, N. C.
t&" Salesmen : Dolph Moore, C. W. Lindsar. W. L. Cranford.
T. B. Ocburn, L. C. Howlett. .
1 II f 1
Greensboro Tobacco Market
ROR HIGH PRICES.
Sold over 5.000,000 pounds lout year for an averaeo of 17.57 rer 100
pmindri.
Thin in tho hitthcfit average made by any market in piedmont North
Carolina,
Over $1,200.00 pnid out daily to farmers for tobacco during the past
year.
It is the beat market in the State for the farmer
Our Warehouse are large, commodious and up-to date, whose propri
etors stand without n peer as sleemen of the weed.
Every largo firm in the United States and a number of foreign firms are
represented by our buyers.
Tobacco centre, manufacturing centro, trade centre, railroad centre,
educational centre.
Our own rnanulaclurcrs have a large capacity and ore increasing their
tmdo daily and muHt have tobacco. , , ,
Wo have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for, the warehouse
capacity. . , -
Wo want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will bring it.
Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit.
.Greensboro Tobacco Association..
INSURANCE!
lr-.-ar--"
I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county
- to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in
1893 by the late firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring.
There is no insurance agency in Jorth Carolina with bctttt-
facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low
er rale or better indemnity.' Only Graf-class companies, in every
" branch of the business, find a lodgement in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
salUfitction in every instance. Correripondence solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance, '
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica
tions to other agents. 1 t
Very respectfully,
JAME3 P. ALBKIGHT, 1
UTTBT TVHTnV V P '
8wauaswsav., a.
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