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VOL. V.-NO. 16.
news gleanings.
The echo®! population of Georgia i
507,861.
Alabama has a bonded indebtedness
pi $9,500,000-
Alexandria, Va., gets oysters at thir
ty five cents a bushel.
Twenty thousand Le Conte pear trees
are being set out in Leon county, Fla
Cedar Key, Fla., bears the distinction
of being a town in which not a single
COW is owned or kept,
Alabama is in such a prosperous con
dition that the Governor recommends
j reduction of taxation.
A gold mine has been discovered in
Warren county, Ga., which promises to
be one of the richest in the State.
In Georgia this year 140,515 white
voters paid their poll taxes, and 93,153
colored voters did the same thing.
A billhas been introduced in the Ala
bama. Legislature to prevent persons
playing “crac-a-loo’’ in public places,
The iron bridge across Yazoo river,
twelve miles above Vicksburg, Miss., is
to cost $250,000. It is now under way.
The actual capital now invested in
Southern cotton mills is placed at SSO,
000,000, giving employment to 40,000
hands.
A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia Legislature to require railroad
companies to fence in their roads and
erect cattle guards.
Georgia farmers, elated and encour
aged by the immense oat crop harvested
this year, are putting in a larger crop
than ever this fall.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
and Charleston News and Courier are
agitating the project of organizing a
Southern Associated Press.
The Commercial says Vickburg is on
a regular business boom, forging ahead
at a lively rate, but the condition of
the city finances is deplorable.
The award of SIOO for a design for
the Confederate monument to be erected
at Nashville has been ordered paid to
Henry O. Avery, of New York.
Waverly, Tenn., takes pride in point
ing out to visitors the site on which
stood the log school-house in which Cob
RobL’.G. Ingersoll taught school twenty
five years ago.
Virginia ranks seventeenth in the
of hjh-producing States, the oyster,
menhaden a r ld ghad figherieg beiog th(j
e e ra uches in which her citizens are
08t extensively inteiested,
A Mississippi man has discovered that
an excellent quality of sugar can be
tde from sweet potatoes. If this
proves true, a new use has been found
or one of the best and most prolific o
American products.
The News says Galveston may as well
iMrtT e hope of being » great cotton
et . m consequence of direct expor
a ion of thecotton of Northern Texas to
Breme ” by
gents, throughout the State.
A bill providing for the erection of a
»ew Capitol has been introduced in the
bill provides
marble * i^' U ° f Georgia granite and
“ a rble decorated with Georgia pine
1 walnut, and cost $1,000,000.
Bu O c D ki t n h V arm ° f Wm - J - Watki <«>
Mween t? a mound
which is fiITZ thlFty feet high<
and 1 Wlth the bones of men
dian n< d !? together with pieces of In
relics. fy ’ arr ° W beads and otb er
“•Hng'X”’ ' H " , '! red of cane
v«, . " 1 in «“> North each
cotton
gar Plantation ’ rm ° Uß, S ° me of the B «-
h^ofX^ri dingthreehogß
* 8 the acre Th- * barrels ° f molaß '
Planters are in Ju 18 remarka We. The
from SSO 000 ♦ * g ' ee - Incomes
LynchV 50 °’ 000 ar * talked of.
DUal "mT? u anCe: The an ’
«chool nhowsthirvi u ampt ° n Indian
‘Hour Indi an k ty Indlan girls and «
stud cnts made mJ attendance - The
"venty-five ,W 0 P airs of shoes and
man y other article. 0 d harnew ’
year. ’ uring the present
C harleston (R n \
' d her hair with WOman hlondin
and the “ while’ h 8 0"?. Vile conc °ction,
'' t>r.,d, ng K heW i( /
Halton Stogns.
her mouth. The stuff poisoned her lips,
and the poison soon found its way
throughout her entire system. After
weeks of doctering, she recovered, but
only by the merest chance.
Montgomery Advertiser: Among the
fruits exhibited at the fair during the
present week was a barrel as Alabama
oranges, raised by Mr. Tatum, Repre*
sentative in the Legislature from Bald
win county. They attracted general
attention by their rich color and large
size, and compare very favorably with
the best Florida oranges.
Mellomaize is a Sou th American ce
real, superior to both corn and wheat
for cakes and bread, which experiment
ing has proved will grow successfully in
the * South, making from fifty to one
hundred bushels to the acre. In South
Carolina it has been grown for several
years by Rev. H. H. Pratt, who intro
duced it to this country.
The Fate of Explorers.
From Singapore we learn that Mr.
Witti (formerly an officer in the Austrian
army), an explorer in the service of the
British North Borneo Company,has been
treacherously murdered by “head hunt
ers,” who also killed several of his
native attendants. Mr. Witti had, it
seems, been making his Way to the head
of the Sibnco Itiveri This region may
be considered at present quite beyond
the active administration of the British
Borneo Company. The Governor was
not aware that Mr. Witti intended to
make so long and hazardous a journey.
At the same time, Mr. Witti being an
experienced traveler, a brave man, and
on good terms with the naives gener
ally, there was no reason to fear that he
might not go through the verv heart of
the country without molestation. He
had made, it seems, an important trip,
and was, it is believed, on his Wftv to
Kimanis. Near the head of the Sibuno
Biver he would be on the frontier of
Dutch Borneo, and in a region where
Mr. Carl Bock found the natives un
uually savage and unfriendly. Witti had
a party of seventeen men, ' He divided
them. Some nine or ten were told off
to attend to the boats. They were navi
gating a river, and Witti had bought
boats from the natives. The other men
remained to push on ahead in company
with the explorer.
The natives had shown no disposition
to hostility. The local chiefs (the tribes
are, no doubt, the Muruts, though one
account says they are Tandjoeing
Dyaks) had hospitably entertained Witti,
which is generally a guarantee of friend
ship. While his little party were pre
paring to move forward, Witti sat down
to make some notes in his diary. Sud
denly,from an ambush in the river,some
three hundred natives, armed with
poisoned arrows and spears, rushed in
upon Witti and his men. Three of the
latter fell almost immediately. Witti
defended himself with his revolver and
killed two of his assailants. The rest
crowded upon him,however,and speared
him to death. The others of the party
had already run away, one of them,who
was carrying Witti’s Winchester rifle,
taking it off in his flight. From a hiding
place they saw one of the attacking
party decapitate Witti, while others cut
off the lower limbs of his dead attend
ants, fling them, with the explorer’s
head, into a boat, and make off with
their bleeding trophies down stream.
They also carried off Witti’s papers and
dispatch-box.
The event has created ♦ sensation at
Singapore and at Labaun. A police
party, of the Borneo Company, has
been, or is about to be, dispatched to
the scene of the massacre, with a view
to a complete investigation of the affa r
and the punishment of the Muruts. I'he
head of the Sibuco River is on the con
fines of the British North Borneo Com
pany’s territory, occupied by trih *s of
an entirely different character (<• t i >se
among whom Mr. Frank Hatt n an
other scientific explorer, is at w ..x in
the northern regions around about Kini
Bolu. He and his party, including an
Australian engineer, have been well re
ceived. They found the company's fl <g
flying at several somewhat remote
points, and, so far as the real work of
the company goes, it is moving on sat
isfactorily.
Mr. Witti must have had the dangers
of his expedition in his mind at the out
set. It is quite likely, from what is
known of his adventurous spirit, that he
had resolved to accomplish a great
achievement even at the risk of his life,
for, prior to setting out, he made his
will and left behind him full instructions
as to the distribution of his property.
He was known to the Geographical So
ciety of London, whose “Journal of
Transactions” contains several of his
contributions to the geographical his
tory of Borneo. The commercial civili
zation of North Borneo is of great im
portanceto tradinginterests in the eastern
sea«, and it will be necessary in the in
terests of Borneo and adjacent islands to
make an example of the murderers —
London Telegraph.
—Robert Harris, a poor boatman,
found 300 Spanish doubloons under the
stump of a tree near the I’amlico River,
in North Carolina, the other day. The
finding of the coin has caused great ex
citement Harris was offered $5,(00
for his treasure. During the past hun
dred years periodical searches have
been made on desolate sand-bars and
islands on the North < arolina coast for
treasure supposed to have been buried
by the pirates, Captains Kidd and Black
beard. From time to time money has ,
been found.— N. O. Picayune.
DALTON, GEORGIA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1882.
TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Malignant diphtheria prevail* in and
wound Philadelphia, Pa.
“The Grover Cleveland” is the name
as a new overcoat just placed upon the
market by a Chicago firm.
Florists are endeavoring to introduce
the English custom of using bright
lowers at funerals in this country.
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EmigranYs to Texas are returning to
their old homes in great numbers. They
jomplain of great sickness, and their
inability to become acclimated.
There is some style at Omaha. The
social season was opened by Mr, and
Mrs. Levi Carter at the Baxton Hotel
by a party which cost $6,000. The hotel
nas just been finished.
at «
At Chattanooga, Tenn., they are ex
pecting very high prices for beef. The
jause of the scarcity is that nearly all
the cattle from that vicinity is being
shipped to Cincinnati and the West.
The report is current in society circles
that General George T. Beauregard, of
New Orleans, La., is soon to marry
Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New
York, widow of the late Commodore
Vanderbilt,
Pastor Tucker, of the Methodist
Church at Norwich, Connecticut, is a
most strenuous opponent of the Revival
ist Barnes. He calls his doctrines
“ damnable nonsense, and the fag ends
of Calvinism.”
Dr. Talmage says that when Governor
Waller is inaugurated in Connecticut all
the newsboys of Ameficia should have a
torchlight procession in honor of the
man who was once a newsboy in the city
of New York.
After two weeks’ observation, Willie
Winter, the admirable dramatic critic of
the New York Tribune, announces his
conviction that Mrs. Langtry’s attain
ments fully warrant her adoption of the
dramatic profession.
Ex-Gov. Leland Sfanford, of Cali
fornia, it is reported, has leased William
H. Vanderbilt’s old residence for the
winter, at SI,OOO a month. Dr. Webb,
Mr. Vanderbilt’s son-in-law, has occu
pied the house until recently.
There are in the District comprising
the State of Florida, 120 cigar manufac
tories, 89 of which are at Key West, and
25 at Jacksonville. During the quarter
ending October 1, the number of cigars
made in the District was 10,571,825.
A gentleman who has been visiting
the far Northwest of British America,
with a Government surveying party, re
ports that the buffalo is fast becoming
scarce, but that antelope are numerous..
Badgers and gophers infest the whole
Western country, and seem to have
honey-combed the soil.
Engineer Melville is reported to
feel very keenly the humiliation of pub
lic discussion of his private affairs. He
does not care to talk for publication.
But it seems to be understood that he
still believes his wife insane, and that
while he will provide for her, he will
not live with her any more.
It is stated on good authority that the
public pays for twice the gas they would
need with good burners. The gas com
panies are pressing the subject now, as
they fear the electric light, and wish to
make a good showing. As long as they
had only candles and lamps to contend
with they did not object to this waste.
When Mrs. McElroy, the President’s
sister, was asked why she did not be
come mistress of the White House, she
replied that she owed her time, first of
all, to her husband and five children.
Her admirers in Washington say that if
she chose to “do the honors” she would
be popular for her gentle self-possession
and her quiet elegance of manner.
The Sultan evidently considers him
self blessed with loyal household retain
ers. At the recent imposing public feast of
Kurban, he called to himself his chief
eunuch, and, in the presence of the min
isters and other officers, thanked him
for his good services in the past, and
gave him a golden star, bearing in dia
monds the word “Faithful.” This is a
rare and highly-prized decoration, which
has only been bestowed upon seven per
sons. To the other eunuchs of his harem
he gave rich gifts of clothing and money,
in token of their honesty and diligence.
Two physicians whose names became
familiar to the public during the illness
of President Garfield, are seriously and
fatally ill Surgeon General Barnes has
been very low, and his life was despaired
of from day to day a month ago. He 1
has rallied since, but his friends are not J
much encouraged by his condition. ,H
trouble is pronouced Bright’s disease of
the kidneys. Another of Garfield’s
physicians, Dr. Woodward, is rapidly
failing of softening of the brain. He
has returned from Italy where he spent
the past summer, without signs of im
provement; but, on the contrary has
grown worse, and little hope is enter
tained that he may recuperate, and it is
feared the Worst may be looked for at
any time.
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A few months ago the discovery by
Koch that tubercles were daused by a
living parasite called a bacillus was con
fidently announced. Now comes the
Chicago Medical Journal with the an
nouncement that it will soon publish an
article by Dr. H. D. Schmidt, a dis
tinguished microscopist of New Orleans,
who claims that the bacillus is not an
organized body, but a fat crystal. Dr.
Schmidt declares that he can produce
artificially every form of Koch’s bacillus.
He reached his conclusions by employ
ing the so-called Baumgarten process of
soaking sections of tuberculous lung in
a 30 per cent, solution of caustic potash.
This produced minute deposits of red in
tissue and sputa, thus facilitating the
work of observation. His conclusions,
if true, ate of great importance, for they
render nugatory what has been deemed
an important advance in science.
The Solicitor of the Treasury has
recommended the acceptance of an offer
of SI,OOO as a compromise in the case of
the United States against the bondsmen
of a former Receiver of Public Moneys
in Louisiana during the war of the re
bellion, whose accounts were found to be
some SB,OOO short, when a settlement
was finally made. This suit has been
pending for many years, and was about
to come to trial when the offer was made.
The defense of the Receiver was that he
was compelled to turn this amount of
money over to the Confederate authori
ties under duress. The Solicitor’s
opinion states that under a decision of
the Supreme Court claims against of
ficials for deficits during war times are
void, if it can be shown that there was
either moral or physical force used to
compel a surrender of the moneys in
their possession. This was not only
proved in this case, but indisputable ev
idence was also given to show that the
Receiver was a loyal man to the Union
at that time.
The translation of Arabi Pasha’s let
ters, captured after his surrender, has
been completed, and they are held by
the counsel for the defense to prove
three points: “Firstly, that he received
direct encouragement from the Sultan,
who, expressing entire disregard for the
Khedive, appeals directly to Arabi tc
defend the interests of Egypt and the
rights of the Khalif against foreign ag
gression. Secondly, that Arabi had the
unanimous support of the Egyptian peo
ple, as is proved by numerous petitions,
bearing the signatures of twenty-five
thousand of the most influential repre
sentatives of every class and section of
the population—officials, military offi
cers, civilians, merchants, land owners
and Bedouin chiefs. Thirdly, that he
had the sanction of the representatives
of the religion of the country, as shown
by the Fetwa, signed by the heads of
all the four Mahometan rites, pronounc
ing the deposition of the Khedive, and
enjoining the continuance of war.” The
evidence taken in the trial so far has
been chiefly to show that Alexandria
was fired by Arabi’s orders, and othei
outrages committed at his command
which make him criminally liable, since
they exceeded the laws and usages of
war. If guilt is fastened upon him it
will hardly be necessary to consider the
above three points.
Influence of Poetry on Snake-Bites.
There is probably nothing older in
medicine than thebel cl that a hymn, if
sung at the right time and place, will cure
almost any complaint. When Odvsseus
was struck by the wild boar, Homer tells
us that his friends sang a song oi healing
over the wound. Another classical writer
advises us not to sing songs over hurts
that need the knife, and this advice might
have been recalled with prolit by Ram
chtinder Ghose, lately a serpent charmer
a good business in I uddoopookur.
A coTira was found in a shop where poor
Ghose happened to be sitting, and the
public were anxious to put it to death.
Ghose, from motives of humanity, and,
perhaps, to adverti-e his skill, o eied
to “charm” the < obra. He d d manage
to collar it, and was about to place it n
a chattv, when the cobra bit its charmer.
Ramehunder Ghose, who seems to have
been an earnest man in his way, refused
to go to hospital, or to stiller any med
icaT treatment. He repeated some
mantra, or sa red strains from the
Vedas, and said it would be all right. The
mannas however, failed on thisoccasion,
and Ghose expired, the victim of mis
placed contiden e in his professional
skill, and in the influence of poetry on
snake-bites. London hraphtc.
—Mrs. Mehnert, who is ntoety-nine
veins old, has kept the Golden Irumpet
Hotel, Reichenbach Germanj fir gl L
consecutive years, and 1 1
hearty.
BEN HILL NOT BEAD.
Cm he be dead ? Then fame is less, indeed,
Than poets sing or seers accredit it:
Exceeding small, if words heard to earth’s
end,
Bearing the truths of deathless principles
To heights so rare that all the world may
read,
Can cease to be.
Dost say the maize seed dies
Just when its glist’ning spears burst from
the ground ?
To die is to lie down in dust for aye,
Death hopes nor knows no waking. Why
say “dead ?”
Humanity’s irail husk, but ’nils away
I'o give the germ, the seed, the soul new life.
A child may weep whene’er the sun goes
down,
And say “there is no light,” but wise men
know
That other lands are glowing in bright rays.
Those on the heights see clouds as speeds
below
Floating in endless sunshine ; we alone
Wco dwell down in the vale are shutout
from
Desired light, and still must grope in dark
ness.
And so because we see no more the glow
Fiom Ben Hill’s soul, we say it has gone
out. .
Theie is no answer when you say “the babe
Is dead,” the little one that only lived
\ mement and was buried ere you knew
T’was born. The mother wond’ring hears
you say
Her hopes, her quenchlets love, her agony
Were all for naught; no more than brutes
have felt,
Brutes without past or future, nor can feet
A hope, nor know but present fear or pain.
You may say true the babe shall wake no
more,
The precious hopes shall never fiuited be,
The mother’s arms may never clasp that
form
Which only she has lov’d, nor may she see
Nor know the meaning in an after life (
Os this life’s unfilled hopes, desires and
dreams.
The infant breathed—then ceased to breathe
This was its all of time. You may believe
It dead, but not this man, who yesterday
Held out a warm -right hand to grasp his
friend’s.
That strong right hand that did but short
time since
Pen peerless sentences, priceless and pur t
As pearls purloined from ocean’s treasures,
That toft, white hand that held witbjn its
palm
All that is good of earth.
What had he not ?
Wealth was his to spare, loved offspring
Ciuelered around his hearth, and loving wife
Most like to Csezir’s. To fame he climbed
The (harmed rounds, and held a helping
hand
To tottereis on the dizzy heights below.
Dead? He whose voice held all the woild
spell bound,
And fired its heart with matchless eloquence.
Holding by right of innate puissance
The sesame to laughter an 1 to tears.
Call you him dead who bravely neared that
shade
By man more feared than all his enemies,
Arid smiling, stepped into that awtul stream
Leading to waere man’s mystery is solved ?
He must have seen that hoped for afte.l life
Which those yet faraway pretend to dou’it.
He must have look’d that way and been as
sur’d.
Could reasoning man go down to endless
night
With smiles, and steady step, and cloudless
brow ?
No, not dead, but gone towards perfection.
Louella Styles Vincent.
Jonesboro, Texas, August 188 2.
Sable, Marton and Mink Fnrs.
The Russian sable—though why so
named is an enigma, the choicest speci
mens coming from Kamtchatka —is ex
tremely fashionable throughout the
world, the fur being valued for its great
beauty, and being unique from the fact
that the hairs turn and lie equally well
in any position. The animal is related
to the weasel, pine and stone martens,
mink, etc., but exceeds them all in the
beautyand length of the over hair; that is
long, flowing, and of a rich blui h dark
shade, wearing extremely well, the pelt
being tough and durable. Nearly 100,-
000 are caught yearly at all points,
bringing from S3O to $l5O a skin, and
the lady who would wear a perfect set
of furs from it must pay nearly $2,000.
Other kinds are more or less used in the
trade, the Kolinski of Japan being a
favorit* in England, and 75,000 of them
are used on an average yearly in Eu
rope and Asia. The American m nten
—from Ixibrador and Great \\ hale
River—is much in demand. Aiti-ts’
brushes are made from the hairs of the
tail, and for this and other purposes
over 130,000 are captured yearly, va)
ued at $25 per skin for the be-t. Os
pine martens 200,000 arc used. It is a rich
brown, being often passed off by dis
honest dealers as Russian sable. Thirty
years ago the stone marten from Hun
gary and Turkey was the fashion, but
now there is hardly a demand for it in
this country, though in Europe 150,000
skins are annually prepared and col
ored. The entire industry may be val
ued at SBOO,OOO. The fisher-marten is
rare and valuable in Europe, as well as
various other members of the family.
In this country the better class of mink
retains its popularity, the dark chestnut
browns and blacks being rich and ele
gant in the extreme, and often passed
off upon the innocent purchaser as Rus
sian sable. The dark blue, lustrous
shades are most admired, and come
from Maine, Nova Scotia, the Middle
and Northwestern States. The trap
pers realize, or should, from $5 to $25
per skin for the 250,000 animals killed
vearly. Fifty thousand Russian minks
are used a year, but they are smaller
and of a much inferior quality.—A. I.
Post.
-Thomas Hughes, Judge ofjhe
Nautwich County Co ” ’ T m Hrovv n's
known as the author o fnt ( j (; - I
School Days,” deciding
cision on the law of 1
that an editor might alter a /
meat to prevent a hbet-
TERMS; SI.OO A YEAR
PITH AND POINT.
—“The baking-powder war” is tha
heading of an advertisement in some of
our exchanges. Another Yeastern diffi
culty, it is presumed.— Norristown Her
ald.
—Said Brown, looking about the es
tablishment: “I don’t see Belcher
around. How do you get along without
him? You told me he was your right
hand man.” “So he was,” replied the
storekeeper, “but now he is left.”—Bos
ton Transcript.
—A medical journal explains how to
make a “dropper”—an arrangement to
drop medicine out of a bottle. The
quickest and most emphatic dropper we
ever saw was a young man who en
tered a blacksmith shop and picked up
a horse-shoe that had just come out of
the forge. He dropped it with so much
dropableness, so to speak, that it made
him perspire—and swear.— The Judge.
—The New York Graphic prints pic
tures of “the great diamonds of the
world.” There are about thirty of these
precious stones, and the most surprising
thing about them is the fact that not a
single one of them is owned by an edi
tor. Newspaper men never did care
much for jewelry, anyhow.
—“Oh, I’ve just had such a scare!”
exclaimed a prim and pale housewife:
“I feel as if I should faint.” “Why,
what’s the matter?” was asked. “Well,”
she replied, “you may not believe it, but
as sure as I live that new girl deliber
ately opened the parlor shutters and the
sun was shining right in.”
—“ Have you ever before been pun
ished by the law?” asked an Austin
Justice of a colored culprit. “Yes, I
called a man a liar, and I had to pay a
fine.” “Is that the only time you have
come in conflict with the law?” “Now
dat yer speaks ob hit, Jedge, I bleeves I
was in de penitentiary for ten yeahs, es
I disremember myself”— Texas Siftings.
—A society drama was presented at
the theater at Salt Lake City recently,
but when in the third act the husband
began to rave and tear around because
his wife had run away with another
man, the audience with one accord rose
from their seats and exclaimed: “The
idea of making all this fuss about one
woman!” and left the place in disgust.
-—San Francisco Chronicle.
—The firm, steadfast character of
Massachusetts men is seen also in things
material. Look at the weathercock, for
instance. This, elsewhere the symbol
of instability and fickleness, is here
transformed into stability itself. When
the thing gets turned toward the rising
sun, its fixity of purpose, its staying
power, its rigid inflexibility, is simply
sublime. It knows no north, no south,
no west. — Boston Transcript.
? —A distinguished physician says that
! the garments worn by women are
preferable to those worn by men. Ha
may speak from experience, but we
i don’t believe he ever wore a walking cos
tume of royal blue cloth, with facings,
1 revers, and pelerine of velvet plush,with
a velvet basque, a long, clinging pelisse
trimmed with lace jabots down the front
and back, Charles 11. collar, and a tiny
black velvet poke and a rib-compressing
corset cut entrain, and so forth. Hardly.
Chicago Times.
Pearl*.
Pearls are perhaps the most valuable
of all the offerings of animate nature,
and are the results of the efforts of the
bivalve to protect itself from injury. A
parasite bores into the shell of the pearl
bearer, and when felt by the animal it
immediately fortifies itself by covering
up the spot with its pearly secretion; the
parasite pushes on, the oyster piling up
until an imperfect pearl attached to the
shell is the result. The clear oval pearls
are formed in a similar way, only in this
case a bit of sand has become lodged in
the folds of the creature, and in its
efforts to protect itself from the sharp
ed<>es, the bit becomes covered, layer
by"layer, and assumes naturally an oval
shape. This growth of the pearl, as ft
is incorrectly termed, can be seen by
breaking open a SSOO gem, when the
macre will be seen in layers resembling
the section of an onion. The Romans
were particularly fond of pearls, and, .
according to Pliny, the wife of Laius
Caligula possessed a collection valued
at over $3,000,000 of our money.
Julius Caesar presented a jew® l ,. l ®‘“ e
mother of Brutus valued at s2w,wu,
while the pearl drunk by Cleopatra was
estimated at SIOO,OOO. Tavernier the
famous traveler, sold a pearl to thelhah
of Persia for $5.50,000. A $20,000
pearl was taken from American waters
fn the time of Philip H- « was pear
shaped, and as large as a pigeon s egg.
Another, taken from the same locality,
is now owned by a lady in Madrid who
values it at $30,000. .
Fresh-water pearls are often of great
value. The streams of St. Clair County,
111., and Rutherford County, Tenn.,
produce large quantities, but the larges
one was found near Salem, N. J..
was about an inch across, and brought
$2,000 in Paris. The pearls from th
Tav. Doon and Isla rivers, in Scotland,
are nreferred by many to the Oriental,
and in one summer $50,000 worth of
nearls were taken from these localities by
mem and children. Mother-of-pearl
used in the arts is sold by the ton, from
$.50 to S7OO being an average price, ine
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