Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1897, Page 11

‘at Ie. pound. ‘There -are .. 75 es, Nut-filled Bonbons, Jellies, Fig and they are fiesi every day. BON MARCHE Is Headquarters for ‘oaks & Suits, TAILOR-MADE COSTUMES. ‘Ther: made tail. fi is an elegant simplicity about our Taflor- jarments that shows refinement tm every de- Everything Is cut by experts in men’s tailor- fcr desten sts In thelr Hine, and only Jass of Sewing that will pass the most inspection is employed on the work; hence the successful creations of “Bon Marche” Cos tumes and Coats. A Tailor-Made Costume for.$9.98 ‘That is worth at least $12.50, is made of Brown, Black wy Serge—n-ade up in the latest style— Man-taflored. ef course—the coat ts satin-lined throughout suit for.. Tailor-Made Costumes for.$11.98 That cannot be duplicated for less than $15.00— Qne style made of broadcloth, in navy, black or other style made of ‘navy or black chev- ‘The coats of these are lined through- changeable silk, and the coats and » seam $11.98 E> We alter any suit or garment without extra charge—having the experts for that purpose—ami we guarantee an absolutely perfect fit—or we kt the garment. ~ pe! SKIRTS. A few prices quoted here will give ab fdea as to the assortment carried In this Hine Black Figured Brilliantine Skirts f ‘umel's Hair Skirts for ty Skirts for. ded Brilliantine Skirts for- Brilliantine Skirt with skirts are finished with la; for... Fine Black Satin Black Brocaded Grow Grain Skirts oraded Satin Skirts for. ni Jed Crepon Skirts for. Brocaded Satin Silk-lined Skirts for. COAT - A few specials— Black Astrakhan Conts—fly fr reet- er stelehalt satin dina tore G4. 98 Black Kersey Cloth Coate—reefer _style—with mn colltr—lined throughout — with satin SER 7-98 Tan t Cloth Coats—lined throughout with velvet collar—a very “garment in every way—for.. Reciets, lined with satis tor. ee? 911.98 Children’s Reefers. Our assortment comprises almost every style— ranging in price from $2.98 to $12.00. A special bargain for tomorrow Is a “Gretchen” Reefer, made of novelty cloth—with large expe collar, trimmed with plain cloth, empire Dack—for ...- pire $3.98 GLOVES A Saturday Glove Bargain that will cause a sensation— Ladies’ and Misses’ Real Kid Gloves, in all the new fall shades, black and white. They have fancy embroidered backs, large pearl buttons, and are considered cheap at $1. For Saturday, 68 cts. BON MARCHE 314-316 7th St. 68° — INTERESTING DEED. Conveyance of a Utah County to the Mormon Chaurc! Ephraim Correspondence Salt Lake City Tribune. Some time ago the county recorder of Sanpete county, in looking through his vault, discovered an old record of transfers, @ perusal! of which is very interesting from the fact that it contains the record of the transfer of all property in the county from the several owners to the president of the church. Many men whore names appear on the record now deny ever having made any such transfer, but their names are there just the same. Perhaps the most interesting of these old deeds, which are all alike except as to de- scription of property, is the one executed by old Arropine, an old Ute chief, who was formerly raler over what is now Sanpete county, in which he deeded the whole of fauien county to Brigham Young, in trust. The deed reads as follows: “Be it known by these presents that I, Arropine (Sieguerauch), of Manti City, in the county of Sanpete, and territory of Utah, for and in consideration of the good- will which I have to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, give and con- vey unto Brigham Young, trustee, in trust for said church, his successors in office and assigns, all my claim to and ownership of the fellowing deserthed property, to wit: “That portion of land and country known as Sanpete county, together with all timber and material on the same, value, $155,000; ten horses, value, $300; four cows, value, $120, total, $620; one bull, value, $40; ox, value, $50; one calf, value, $5; total, $05; two guns, value, $40; farming tools, value. $10; total, $50; total amount, $155,745, to- gether with all the rights, privileges and @ppurtenances thereunto belonging or ap- ‘taining. I also covenant and agree that am the lawful claimant and owner of suid property, and will warrant and forever de- fend the same unto the said trustee in trust, his successors in office and assigns, Sgainst the claims of my heirs, assigns er any persons whomsoever. “SIEGUERAUCH (ARROPINE). his X mark. “Witresses. George Snow, R. Wilson — John Patten. “Territory of Utah, county of Sanpete: John Rager, county fesorden: Sanpete Soe ty, Utah territory, certify that the cf the above transfer, personally known to me, appeared this 24d day of December, A. D. 1856, and acknowledged that he, of his own choice, executed the transfer. JOHN EAGER, “County Recorder.” Couldn’t Rob That House. From Tid-Bits, A burglar had entered a house as quietly &s possible, but his shoes were not padded, and they made some noise, He had just reached the door of a bed room when he heard some one moving within as if about to get up, und he paused, Then a woman's voice said; “If you don’t take off your boots when you come into this house there’ going to be troubie, and a lot of it! Here it’s been raining for three hours, and you Gare to tramp over my carpets with your inuddy boots on! Go downstairs and take them off this minute!’t He went downstairs without a werd, but he did not take off his boots. Instead, he ‘went straight out into the night again, ‘and the “pal” who was waiting for him saw a tear glistening jn his eye, “I can’t rob that house," minds me of home,” he said; “it re- oo ____, It matters jittie what it is that you want scwhether a@ situation os @ servant—a “want” ad. im The Star will reach the person who can fill your need, PEARLS IN PLENTY Rich Gems That Have Been Recently Found in This Country. DISCOVERIES MADE IN MALARIAL LAKES Are Not as Valuable as Those From the Orient. TO DEVELOP THE FIELD ‘The pearl boom is the latest successor of Kloncike and its attendant excitement: For several weeks the people of Arkansas have been worked up over the discovery of pearls in some of the lakes and rivers of that state, and in some places half the pop- ulation have been industriously digging mussels in the hope of sudden wealth, while the rest of the country has beer agitating itself on the subject of dollar wheat. A New York Giamond broker recently ex- hibited a very large pearl which had been sent to him from the Arkansas field, just what part of it he refused to say. The stone is one of the finest spetimens of the “‘swe2twater’” variety ever seen In New York. It is perfectly formed, slightly oval in shape, of a pure white, and weighs 35 grains. It is valued at $800. Another broker recently received a consignment of Arkansas pearls, which included a _ pink pearl, weighing 26 grains. It is worth not more than $100, however, on account of a slight blemish on one side. Many smaller pearls have come from this same region @uring the past week, and there is talk of a New York company to work some of the Arkansas pearl lakes. It is possible, how- ever, thhat they will be late in the field, as a Memphis ccrmpary has already leased one of the most promising lakes for a term of five years for $4,500, and individual specu- lators have obtained control of severat others. The Klondike excitement is not to be compared with the enthusiasm in northern Arkansas over the resent finds of pearls At Helena and Little Rock family parties are going out to camp along the river and hunt for pearls. Most of these parties have found only small ones, but one woman picked up a pink pearl worth $50, and two small Lcys who were leoking for ciams and not for pearls found two which they sold for $25 apiece. Most of the valuable finds, however, have been made in the lakes and ponds, which are controlled by private individuals or by companies. In some places the owners have had to stand guard with shotguns to keep off the en- thusiastic pearl seekers, why have been accustomed to hunt clams wherever they wished, and who think that the mere fact that the skells may contain gems worth $100 or so ought not to make any differ- ence in this right. As Dangerons as Klondike. ‘The Arkansas pearl fisheries are recom- mended as a good substitute for Alaska for those who are in search of hardship and adventure. There is not so much frost and snow, but there is plenty of malaria, which is apt to carry off the unacclimated visitor, and the swamps and forests which one has to traverse in order to reach the lak: where the treasures lie will supply the a venturer with as manv unpleasant expe- ricnces as Chilkoot pass. Besides the ma- laria that hangs round the lakes and Swamps, they contain sulphur and tron, which gives the water a decidedly unpleas- ant, yellowish tinge. The places in which pearls have thus far been discovered are Murphy and Walker lakes, Cross lake, Sul- phur and Four-mile ponds and the creeks flowing into them. These are all in the Bald Knob country, southwest of Mem- phis. Several Memphis citizens have invested money in leases in White county, and the concern already referred to will make an organized effort to develop the industry in the lakes and ponds which {t controls. This company has already taken out several hundred dollars’ worth of pearls, but so far the work has all been done by negro diggers and divers, who are paid $2 per day for their services. On account of the color of the water they have to feel for the clams, which are buried in the mud, with their hands or bare feet, arid so can work effectively only in shallow places. As soon as machinery can be put in, however, the bottom of the lakes, including the deeper Parts, will be thoroughly dredged, and it is expected that more satisfactory results will be obtained. It is the theory of the Memphis men who are packing the enter- prise that the mussels occasionally shed their pearls, and that others that have died still contain the gems, and will be found buried deep down in the mud at the bottom of the lakes. Jt is possible, too, that the manufacture of mother-of-pearl will be started, to util- ize the shells, as is done in Lower Califor- nia, whence most of the pearls used in but- tons for our waistcoats and dresses now comes from. Motlier-of-pearl, it may be explained, is simply the smooth inside lining of the shell, which is cut up and used for buttons and ornaments. Some Rich Strikes. Instances of rich finds are reported every few days from Bald Knob or the adjoining couniry. A few days ago a negro, who’ gave his name as Harris, walked into a Memphis jewelry store, and exhibited a small bag of pearls. Most of the stones were small, and worth not more than $4 or $5 each, but there were a few of larger size, including ene or two pink pearls of very good quality. An offer of $100 was made for the lot. The negro held out for more, and finally accepted $150. He said that he had worked for a month, and had opened thousands of shells to get the He acknowledged that he was “down White county way,” but re- fused to tell where he had found the gems, as he said that there were more in the same place, and he was going back after them. A man named Deale in Bald Knob sent a dozen pearls to New York, and has re- ceived an offer of $100. He found them all in the course of a week. J. P. Smith of Four Mile lake has been gathering pearls for several months, but has been keeping quiet about it. He says that he has sold about $1,000 worth, and still has some very good stones in his pos- session. John Gorman found a $100 pearl at the mouth of a creek that runs into the Little Red river. Three brothers, negrces, named Hopkins, claim to have taken $1,200 worth of stones from the river and the ponds near it, Many of the natives in White county have in their possession pearls of more or less value taken from the ponds before the excitement set in. Many of them de- cline to suy anything about their finds, Bs they don’t wish to encourage a rush to the spot. New York and Wiscons! There are two other places in this coun- try where pearls have been taken in con- siderable numbers. One of these is the | Wisconsin lake region, where the stones have been found for several years past, In these lakes and streams the water is perfectly clear, and the shells are obtained by wading end diving. Several New York dealers bes # that they have had stones of considerable value from the Wisconsin fields, and some thousands of dollars have been taken out of the lakes and streams of this region within the few years, theugh there is no systematized effort to carry on the work such as Is to be made in_ Arkansas, ‘The other field where pearls have been found recently is in the Grasse river in northern New York, Three years ago an Adirondack guide exhibited to a New Yorker for whom he was working a half dozen smooth white stones that had taken from clams which he dug up for bait, The New York man was convinced that they were pearls and took them back to the city with him. A few weeks later the guide was considerably startled tg receive for what he had considered a wi had find. Since then ihe natives along the Grasse have spent thelr spare time in hunting clams and have found a ber of gems, One found last year over fi ‘oe ay and brought: $00, M, C, Rowe of Russell, a little town on the Grasse has devoted his time to pearl hunting for the two years and has feund 32,000 worth. His largest gem, the most valuable that been taken from this ti weighed pixty-eight graing and sold set In the Grasse river district the pearis W) “Good wine needs no bush.” sale needs no talking up. prices-=-wonderful, indeed--are call- ing to you=-holding your interest-- fascinating you. the highest grades of shoes--shoes that you may perhaps think you can only purchase for double the money at a “‘swell’’ store. This Below the This sale embraces Not so. dium shapes. season. very extensively Men’s $4 & $5 Box Calf Shoes. “English Bal” —tri ples soles. Bulldog or egg toes and me- att sf ae The shoe of the Sale price = = = = = Men’s$4& $5 Enameled English Shoes. The latest styles out—in- cluding the bulldog and egg toes=--a reguiar $4 and $5 shoe--3 soles = = ==-+===5 Men’s $4 & $5 Winter Tans. These shoes will be worn Heavy triple soles--ali the newest styles of toes = = = = 9 Has A fs J this year. ILL Bi W WILL SAVE BIG MONEY ON EVENT A STOLL ‘E FOUND TO BE THER W ED | eae Misses...... Women’s $4 “Columbian Lace.” The fashionabie English storm shoe--cut very high=- heavy winter soles==box calf. wonderfully pretty shoe = - Women’s $3.50 Vici Tan Lace Shoes. Ox blood, with coin toes-= extra quality of Vici Kid--ex- tremely well made = Women’s $3 Black Vici Kid Shoes. Button or lace--London, coin, opera, or needle toes. This line is a very special bargain = -=+ +22 «ss 5 Still a few pairs of those $7.05 7 A full line of Children’s $3.00 Tam Shoes at = = = = = fe Not all sizes. Spring Heel Shoes=-worth $1.50==at SAL. {WAYS HAS BEEN IN THE PAST: TOMORROW STARTS A GREAT EXACHLY AS DESCRIBED. THERE WILL Bi INTER SHOES. THAT'S STOLL’§ GUARANTEE. ‘S FIRST SALE OF WINTER SHIOES. WINTER SHOES FOR Ladies...... 668 1 0” Seventh. 8. iE NO DISAPPUINTMENTS—NO RU Splendidly _ opal tips. $3-00 ma Women’s $3 Cloth Top Shoes. and Vici Kid Button with patent leather tips--one of the features of the Women’s $3.00 Vici Kid Shoes. " Splendid vaiues in Lace or Button Shoes- London toes--patent leather Big value in Ladies’ Kid en or Lace Shoes--worth eae ee ee Misses’ $2 School Shoes. A Tremendous range OF FALL FOOTWEAR ING SHORT OF BAR- $3 and $4 Shoes for $1.98. ta $4 and $5 ta Shoes be for fa $298 = $1.50 bed Shoes fed for Za 97¢. e made Cloth Top = Shoes, $ fl 47 sale = = =in coin, opera, 7 O7" values = = 2. = of Children’s $1.25 Spring Heel Shoes, 75c MISSES’ SCHOOL SHOES-- some with stout, double soles = others for tender feet-a hun- 5° dred different styles--worth Q up to $2. All reduced “The Satisfactory Store.” to=-- nae oe are found under different conditions from these of either Arkansas or Wisconsin, as the clams are found in the swift shal- lows of the Adirondack stream. The pearl fisher has a special outfit consisting of a rubber suit and a sort of abbreviated diver’s mask, which is strapped to his head. This mask is simply a light wooden box with a glass in front of the eyes. When this is immersed In the water the hunter can clearly scan the rocky bottom, and can find“the mussels which he could not get by feeling for them, as they do in the Ar- kansas mud. The novices open all the clams they find, but the more experienced hunters can tell by the appearance of a shell whether it ts likely to contain a stone, and throw back all but the most promising ones. Mr. Charles 8. Crossman of New York, who is recognized as an authority on prec- fous stones, said, in discussing the ‘recent discoveries: Of Some Importance, “There 1s a very good prospect that the American pearl fisheries will develop an industry of considerable importance, as there is a steady and apparently a grow- ing demand for this gem. Some of the stones found in this country are excellent in size, quality and coloring. They do not command the highest prices, however, as they are all “‘sweetwater” pearis, that is, they are obtained from shells found in fresh water, and the finest pearls, the orientals, come from the Persian gulf, and they have a peculiar sheen not found in the native product. It is not always easy to distinguish thé difference, and it 1s still harder to describe it, but in general the oriental pearl has a creamy tint rather than the pure white of the American stones. Still, some of the latter are beau- tiful gems and they frequently bring very good prices. “The theory of the growth of pearls !s that a tiny grain of sand in some way gets into the shell. In his effort to get rid of this intruder, the clam immediately begins to coat it over with a secretion from his shell, making it round and smooth. The Chinese take advantage of this fact to pro- duce*the curious pearl gods which are pre- served as curios in some of our museums. Diminutive leaden disks are prepared on which the distorted features of the god are marked. The clam shell is opened, and this lead pellet is slipped in. Some of the clams die, but others live and coat over the lead piece with their secretion. After a time the Chinaman collects the clams. This is a case of ‘deus. ex machina’ well worthy the oriental mind.” It is an interesting fact that the first pearl excitement in this country occurred a little over forty years ago, directly after the first great gold discovery. In 1836 a New Jersey fisherman cut open a clam and found in it a large pearl, for which he was for a time, and all the New Jersey tisher- men went to hunting pearls, but as no more gems were found.the enthusiasm sooh died out. The present boom is likely to be more enduring. —_._—_ SPOIL THE SERVANTS, Wheels Make Maids and Men Alike Decrease in Value. From the Chicago Post, “Does she ride a bicycle?” “Like a bird,” a “Then I don’t want her at any price: “But she is an excellent cook.” “Don't care.” “Kind to children, and perfectly honest,” “She may be.” Has no cousins on tho police force, and famor 2 ee mind, I don’t need her, I don't egestas domestic who rides anything better than @ street car, When you have @ ods fowin pay $10 a week, But a 2, = 3 ees ‘Bide residence paid $1,000. There was great excitement | district, once fashionable, now given up to furnished rcoms and” boarding, who makes a living getting positions for coachmen out of employment, footmen-in need of a foot- ing and butlers who have opentd no front door since the last engagement. This brok- er in situations has a similar tale of woe to tell. “I have been furnishing men servants for the best families for years,” said the agént, With a proper English dependence upon the nasal channel as an organ of speech. “I have never heard a complaint until this year. But now my men do not stay a week. I ask them why and they all say their employers became angry because they de- sire to take a little spin on the wheel, and they wouldn’t allow any man to interfere with them in a thing of that kind. To be sure, I have called on a number of the patrons and they simply tell the other side of the story. One of them said: ‘‘James was a good man, but he would go out on his wheel. I found he took the Uberty of representing himself as in some way related to my family. He met people in parks and on the road—wheelmen and women—and as he had as good a bicycle sult_as anybody and talked well and-with an English accent, he complicated matters. I had to let him ga. A lawyer with an office in the Chamber of Commerce building tells the following ‘y! ‘My coachman was one of the best of his kind. He had been with me eleven years. But last spring he caught the bicycle craze, and It affected him just as it did me. When he wished to take a spin he took it. My wife doesn’t ride the wheel, and when she desired to go for a drive in the park she couldn’t find the coachman. She complain- ed to me, and I laughed at her, as one man will when the bicycle riding vagaries of an- other wheelman are complained of. But when he borrowed my wheel I drew the line. He said he understood there was a fellowship among riders that permitted that sort of thing, and I believe there is—within limits. But I could not stand everything.” “Did he damage your wheel?” “Oh, no. Does look mean, doesn’t it? And yet I don’t wish my coachman to be borrowing even from me." With cooks and housemaids generally the cese 1s worse. “Why, it got so,” said an Astor street wo- man, “that they would insist on at least two hours a day of liberty, so they could ride. One of my girls was gone every night and went out every morning as well. She Was as good a girl'as ever lived till the bi- cycle came into such general use, and then she seemed to lose her head. She couldn't become interested in anything but wheels and riding and things of that kind.” The Growth of Pablic Expenditure. From the Yale Review. The French government in 1820 levied taxes of 939 millions of francs; in 1840 this sum-Fed risen to 1,235 millions, in 1860 ‘to’ 1,962 millions, in 1880 te 3,130 millions and in 1895 the sum reached 3,875 millions of francs. It has been calculated how much government in France has cost per hour at aenous, sens in this con ury ‘apoleon 8 -@xpenditure was 150,000 francs; under Louis XVHI, 119,000 francs; under Louis Philippe, 150,000 francs; under Napoleon. 3H, 249,090 francs, and in 1882, 463,000 fran Evidently we are far from the time of Charlemagne,ithat great and power- ful sovereign who met the; expenses of his vast empire by selling the grain crops of his domains. It is a,eurinus phenomenon: never did public e: rease 80 prodigiously and sums as when: taxes couldibe imposed only with the consent e taxpayer : But that neither the politicians nor mists of our time stand in fear conceivable, in fact, as little as ponible tae shonomescs cee as public ture steadily-and Scr ere radienia describe it as : complacently * , ol ae Some Have Won Distinction in the Universities. Berlin Letter to the Chicago Record. Frau Schulrath Caur is the leader of the Progressive women of Germany, and she received her inspiration from Hainah Whitehall Smith, who came to Berlin twelve years ego to visit her son in the university and learned of the restrictions that surrounded the women of Germany. “Why don’t they rise and throw off their shackles?” she asked of Frau Caur. “Because they are too contented,” was the reply. “Then make them discontented,” said Mrs. Smith, and Frau Caur has been en- Geavoring to do so ever since. The original agitation commenced at a meeting called in her parlors by Mrs. Mary D. Willard, formerly of Chicago, and a sis- ter-in-law of Frances A. Willard, who has since been the high counsellor of its lead- ers, although she has kept herself in the background. Mrs. Willard Is the sun of the intellectual solar system of the women of Germany. She warms and lights the movement from her home in Berlin. She is a quiet, unassuming woman, but has a ciear head, a strong character and is thor- oughly respected by every one. The lead- ers who organized under Mrs. Willard’s ad- vice have, however, split into factions, be- cause of differences of opinion, the conflict of ambitions and other causes of friction, and each faction has branched out into its own field. Some of them have taken up charity, some education, some political af- fairs, and have thus probably done more good and made greater progress than they Would have made if they had kept together in a single crganization. The Dowager Empress Frederick is the protector and patron of all cnterprises in which women are engaged, and her in- fluence haS been powerful to encourage their advancement. She never fails to lend her aid and her name to any good cause and has done a great deal to unite their forces and settle their disputes. Her son, William TI, however, is not favurable to the education of women. He announced his platform on this subject to a party of ladies who visited him to secure nis in- fluence for the modification of =e laws of the empire that are very unjust and aurbi- trary in regard to the rights and Privileges of that sex. He told them that he waated the women of Germany to keep out of pub- lic affairs. They had enough to do in look- ing after their families without meddling with matters of state. “Fear God, keep a good home and raise soldiers for my army,” was the way in which he summed up the duty of women. The empress, his wife, follows his teach- ngs. His words describe her object in life: Miss Luce and Miss Hyde obtained ad- mission to the University of Heidelberg by making application to the minister of edu- cation of the grand duchy cf Baden, ana have becn treated with great respect through their entire course. Miss Elizabeth de Neyo of Wellesley. is very likely to be the frat woman. to. ; a degree trom the University of “Berha, fer prospects are id to be excellent.-She has been taking a course art, under Professor Frye, and has made some original investigations which are of great value in that line of researc! This has commanded the respect and admiration of the art critics and university faculties. been published by- the government and are accepted as stan authority. For this reason it is believed that when she makes an application next year for an examira- tien for a degree it will be granted, and there reap aueston as to the oatcome, al- ough never been formally ma- triculated and ts not officially recognized as @ student at the institution. Miss Rock of Washington, a daughter cf Miles Rock of the United States geological survey, who was selected to determine the between mala after the row between those two na- tions several years ago, has been di some remarkable work in physics chemistry in the University of Berlin, it is theught also may Eu that she ; tte Hn? il medified. He received Miss Breyfogle cor- @ially and takes great interest in her work. Miss Janet Richards of the University of Chicago is distinguishing herself !n labora- tory work in botany, an who was formerly conne: Side High School, and Miss Seidensticker, al of Chicago, have distinguished them_ Selves at Berlin in literature. Th other lady students from Chicago and the northwest at Berlin and other universities. That section of our country is better repre- sented than New England, and people of the United States have reason to be proud of their representatives in the educational institutions here ° ——__ ————_+e. PECULIAR LAUGH OF THE NEGRO, It Can Re Easily Distinguished From That of His White Brother. From the St. Louis Republic. “The negro’s laugh is as distinct from the laugh of all other races of people as is the color of his skin,” remarked J. M. Ken- neth of Atlanta, Ga. “The best negro min- strel I ever saw fails lamentably in imi- tating the African laugh. The negro’s cachination is full and round and hearty. It isn’t emitted grudgingly, like the Ger- man’s, or shriekingly, like the American's. It comes out with explosive spontaneity, and ceases gradually; not suddenly, like the Irishman’s. It is long drawn out and unctuous. Probably the white man could imitate it if he had the peculiar timbre of voice which the negro possesses, and which gives the black man such melody in song. It is a curious fact that, however little negro blood may be in a person, its pres- ence is proclaimed to the trained ear by the laugh. “Some time ago a Georgia court had be- fore it a couple charged with miscegena- tion. The woman's parentage was so well known that there was no question of her being full-blooded white. But her husband had drifted into the community from no- body knew where. There was just the faintest suggestion of kink in his hair, but his skin was as white as any man’s. The community regarded him with suspicion from the first, and when he eloped with a white girl her family filed against them a charge of miscegenation. The couple were overhauled and brought back for trial on a grand jury indictment. The proceeding was bold and dangerous, I admit, but it turned out all right. “No trace of the man’s history or par- entage could be obtained. He claimed to have come to Georgia from Louisville, Ky. This proved to be true, and at Louisville he passed for a white man. But nothing could be learned of his antecedents. How, then, do you think that the wronged gir!’s family established the taint of negro blood in him? At the trial they put_upon the witness stand twenty of the most honor- able and conservative men in the country, who swore they knew the culprit was a negro by his This was unusual tes- timony, but it satisfied the jury all right, and he was given two years in the peniten- ary. he arrived at the prison he sonfessed that he, was part negro. —— Thrift Never Strikes. From the Buffalo Express. in the opening sentences, and everybody understood it. It was a demonstration ot the triumphs that are possible under in- dividualism, as opposed to the theoretical advantages of collectivism. He had risen to opulence bv his own thrift, sobriety and energy, starting with as few advantages as any working boy has. He had no patience with a system which proposed to subst!- tute for the thrift of the individual the co- operative agitation of a class. —_ Paintings en Plaster Removed, From the Boston Transcript. In removing ali the furnishiags and deco- rations from the Masonic Temple, in prep- aration for its demolition to make room for the new structure which it Is proposed to erect, the four mural paintings in the Grand Lodge assembly room were at first left untouched, as it was thought it would be impossible to transfer them, as they are painted dir®®y on the plaster. They are portraits of Washington, Warren, La- fayette and Franklin, all old-time Masons, and were painted by the late E. T. Billings. Secretary Nickerson resolved that, if pos- Sible, the paintings should be saved, and sought the assistance of a fellow-Mason, Caproni, a maker of statuary. Yesterday the last of the paintings was taken down. At first a strip of the plastering extend- ing entirely around the painting was re- moved with the chisel, laying bare the laths. Then, very cautiousiy, a saw was inserted, and the laths upon one side were severed. At the top and corners a great difficulty appeared, and it w also ap- parent that the hidden studs were closely interwoven with the arched mework of the top of the niche belew. After several hours’ careful work, it became evident that it would be necesssary to the successful completion of the operation to penetrate behind the wall upon which was the paint- ing. A portion of the covered top of the niche was broken away and removed, thus forming an opening which gave access to the little corner recess in the rear of the wall. Mr. Caproni then ascended by a lad- der and entered the recess. The utmost caution was necessary, for the reason that this hidden recess had been utilized for the concealment of electric wires. From this point of view the contractor was able to direct the movements of the tools of the workmen without, and, one by one, the in- tertwined and thoroughly braced studs and heavy planks were pierced or severed at the proper points. In one place, across the top of the portrait, it was necessary to split a heavy plank throughout the entire length, a slow and tedious ad The painting, with its heavy backing of plastering and rough joists and planks, was then carefully dislodged from its position, lowered to the floor and borne to the an- te-room. Not the slightest crack or injury of any kind appeared in the plastering on which the portrait had been painted, and to restore it to the wall of the new temple will be a comparatively easy task. The ex- perience gained in the removal of the La- fayette owe ge ted valuable in the work of Temoving the por- traits of Washington and Warren was be- gun and safely completed without the slightest accident. ————_coo__ : *s ¥e ij Hy i ney | iif i: i i ul it h i i iv i i s 5 i ie