Tllfi OMAITA DAILY IlKTCi BTjyPAYs MAY 1ft, 1902.
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I EED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER
V)- Far This Ancient Adrioe Ifaj Ba
Followed with Safety.
ASONABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR ATHLETES
rfla and Seat ef the Trouble
BeaneOIra Wltkla Rear a Bet.
ter Thaa Car la
Prevention.
Long ago Sydenham said that dlseese
Wat an effort of nature to restore health.
But we do not treat a cola at If It were
of this character; we regard It usually ae
a thing to be topped rather than to be
helped aloes geatly lo He owa direction.
That i a wrong oollcy altogether.
There le an old prorerb, "Peed a cold
and etarve fever." Thle hae led many
people to take a heavy meal when a cold
le on them, and each a heavy meal may
have eo cumulating an effect upon the
ayetein that the eyitem will be put Into
working order for a abort time, and then
may be able to go on by Haelf. Dut the
original proverb wae not a command. The
flrat part of It wae a condition. If you
14 a cold you will have to etarve a fever
later on. That wae the real eenae and the
ewnl advice conveyed by It waa "etarve a
odd."
Thle gtvee ua the beat, or at lesst the
Boot economical meane of prevention and
eure. When we have a cold the balance
of nature hat aomebow been upset. The
eold generally etarte from the etomach.
Olvs ths stomach a real fast for a day or
two, or for aeveral meals and probably
the cold Iteelf will dlaappear. It le doubt
ful whether the mtechlef haa ever come
ynerely from a draft or mere! from
weakness. It la probable that there
a I ware muet be eorr.e clogging of the sys
tem aa well. Ae a rule, come thock, tome
chill, throwa back the polaone upon the
eyetem Inatead of letting them work them
selves out through the pores of the ekln,
which are eo many mouths for the purpoee
"t breathing out. The primitive animal
breathed out and breathed In all over him
and eo do we. For we ahould look upon
our whole surface aa covered with mouthe.
Faint a dog all over with eome air-tight
mixture and he will toon die, not from
the poison of the mixture, but from the
polaone from his own tiasuea. It le essso
Hal, therefore. If we would cure a cold, to
remove the clogging eauae or to let nature
remove It, and, meanwhile to open the
porea of the ekln.
Heat ta Carina- Col.
Bo we come to the aecond cure, namely,
heat or warmth. Thle can be produced by
exercise, by maaaage, by Turkish or Rus
elan hatha, by warm bathe, by eompreeeea,
by wrappings in blanketa oi wet packs;
only let euch helps be followed by cool or
eold water and friction, to close the poree
of the ekln again, and to harden them
against a freah cold. The water ahould al
ways be eoft; distilled water will take up
more impurities than hard water. If thle
cannot be obtained, then let eome bath Bait
or alee eome bath oatmeal be added. Not
ono parson In a thousand knowa the value
of eoft water ae contrasted with hard. Let
the body be eoakedlln the warm water, and
let It be rubbed. Afterward (I must repeat)
let a eool or cold application, together with
the friction of exercise, restors the circula
tion and invigorate the nerves.
Thle, one would , say, wae surface work,
whereas the trouble la fn the etomach.
We ehould not add a weight of food to
overtax the nervous system, whloh le al
ready heavily handicapped by having to get
rid of ezceas. We ehould do what wo eaa
to waah out the etomach wtth water, not
taken together with food, but perhaps taken
with lemon Juice or Juice boiled from fruits
or vegetables. -
There are some who, after drinking two
(lessee of hot water, will apply the etom
ach tube to remove the contents of the
stomach. Thle le not to be confused with
the etomach pump, a far more unpleasant
mrehanlsm. The atomaoh tube le flexible
and mall. It goes down the throat, It
Skillfully manipulated, without difficulty
and without discomfort. Then one closes
the mouth, breathes deeply and the con
tents of the etomach eome up naturally
Without tile violent etraln of nausea.
Those who object to thle can flush the
orgaae from below wtth the enemla; the
, r quantity of water, whirl) should be warm
- and mixed with oil and' the pureet eoap,
can be gradually Increased.
I Prevention Better Tana Car.
t
t , This, sgaln. Is remedial. How much bet-
I ter it would be not to let the causes enter
! the eyetem at all I It la eo weak and oega
jj tlve to have to ehun drafts, or even
I freah air. He la better off who recognises
the draft! ae something refreshing. And
ieThere la no doubt that careful attention to
: diet will put nearly, if not quite, everyone
t la this positive and masterful position.
. Of drink we ehall eay nothing, except
t that stimulants should be avoided. Of
food we shall say little; the problem Is so
t Immense. But acid and fermenting foods
ehould be avoided, becauss of their tend-
a ency to produce fever or feverish condl-
; ilom-
S The flesh foods are aetd. They contain
" prlc acid and other chemlcale, whloh, under
.; pertain condltloaa, are deadly polaone. Vrle
i add le one of the reaulte of the wearing
out of the tissues by ths animsl during Its
movements snd during Its life. Animals
cannot live without destroying themcelvee.
- Flesh foods also contain In many eaaes
the cauaes of fsrmentatlon. Ton may make
elder ferment, not merely by yeast, but
alee by a piece of meat put In It.
' But It le a mletake to give up meat and
to substitute no etsple or basis for It.
What this basis shall be we cannot eay.
If wheat were properly prepared aad not
deprived of lte moat preeloua parte it
might form one of the beet foundations
of diet. Qraham bread or graham biscuits
will be a food Instance. Or perhape milled
! kg EAT
.Rat. and Roach Pacto
aai die out of ti faouee. Ooe bredlcot
(Srks erp their boeUea, fcavtaf M odor.
It b safe bad sore exterminator also of Mice,
Water Ban, Crotoo Bags, Cockroaches and all other
vermin. It has been in general use in houses, stores,
hotels, factories, offices, public building, eta, lor
twenty-five years. Absolutely guaranteed.
O A I ITirW. SnfcstaM end InvKeMeao nea worthies.
UAUIlUn: r-- -.- t.u-i leMsMaiaian.
ta eeots a boa at PrnggisU and Unseats ar anirf rae by sUpree propeM.
-STEARNS ELECTRIO PASTE CO, Chisago. IB.
nnte might be thoroughly ssttsfactory. for
my own part eolda are almost unknown to
me since I have made the backbone of my
diet not flesh fooda, for I never eat them
but oroteid.
Many starchy foods tend toward acid
fermeatatloa, not only because thsy are
eaten without their nstural eccorapaal
menu. L e.. that which nature euppllee
with the flour In the grain, hut 1ao because
bread la frequently ralaed by meane of
chemicals, end these chemlcale tend toward
the fever of fermentation. The Inorganle
ealta eeetn scarcely profitable to the
human system. Besides this both meat and
ordinary Boo flour are constipating In their
affects.
It Is necessary, above all, for him whe
haa to prevent or cure a cold to get rid
of constipation. If alr-ralaed whole wheat
bread or biscuits can be eaten, then It le
probable that the bowels will work freely;
or fruits csn be eaten, or proper exercises
can be taken. But constipation must some
how be removed.
Herat In Plenty Is Needed.
Ths next meane le light. It te probable
that. If the whole body were allowed suffi
cient light, colds would be unknown. Dr
Forbes Winslow and Sir Jamss Wylle, late
physician to the emperor of Russia, and
many other physicians, all emphasise the
Importance of light. The last of tha
authorities calculated the effects of light
In the St. Petersburg hospitals. He found
that the number of patients cured In rooms
which were properly lighted waa three
times greater than the number cured In
dark roome. If natural light cannot be
obtained, then electric llgla la good for the
body. At any rate, the undcthlng should
be white, and certainly not Black, which
let In very few of the rays. Every morn
ing and every evening there should be a
light aa air bath, with exercise and brisk
friction.
Air Is of Importance. The whole body
should breathe ae often as posslbls daily
In Germany the air euro alone has for
some decades been employed In curing con
sumption and nervousness. There Is no
fear of a chill If only massage and brisk
movement be Insisted upon.
Deep breathing will also help to keep
the body warm. It ehould form the basis
of national education. At present not one
word le ever said about It In an ordinary
echool. It should always he through the
nose. The noee passage muet be clear
at all costs, even If an operation be neces
sary.
Buoh are a few of the cures for colds: a
few out of very msny. No single drug can
be recommended; no single drug would be
advised by the majority of doctors; no
single drug has stood the teet of ten years'
experience, although It Is possible that. In
some cases, a drug may restore the upeet
equilibrium of the system.
A cold seems to be an attsmpt of the
tiny Uvea within us we have myriads of
them to get rid of some mischief, to get
rid of the results of mistakes that we have
made. If the ekln will not throw off the
trouble, then the noee and the mouth will
have to do extra work In the republic of
the body. But the root of the mischief is
generally In the stomach. The draft on
which wo lay ths blame, or the wet feet,
perhaps, are only the match that lfghta the
Ore; the fire hae been already laid ready
for lighting by errors of diet, laslnees. etc.
Even slow eating and maatiBcatlon of food
might by Itself be suffloient to prevent any
cold; even deep, slow, full breathing
through the nose might be sufficient; even
cleansing, followed by Invigorating water
treatmente, with rubbings and exsretse,
might be sufficient; In fact there are
numerous avenues to Immunity, We must
never Imagine that the draft or the wet
feet ean ever be by tbemeelvee the real
and vital cause, They never light the Are
nor (to carry out the metaphor) help to
bam up any refuse.
We, for our part, muet not stop nature
In getting rid of her clogglness; rather we
muet help her, we must add no more
poisons and we must expel those which are
already within us. And the channele of
expulsion are eurely obvious. -
BC8TACK MILES.
LABOR AJTD INDUSTRY.
There are many labor unions In Porto
Rico, organised according to the principles
of ths American labor movement.
An Ame can syndicate la seeklnr sites
near Manchester, England, upon which to
erect two mammoth mills for the spinning
Of American-grown cotton.
During last April shipments of csttle and
hogs to Rurope were valued at $1,666,133. aa
against I2.0OO.44T for March. In the matter
of provision, which Include fresh and pre
served meets of all kinds, exports for April
were tlB.t2,S24, or about S2"0.000 more than
during the preceding month.
Samuel Qompers, the labor leader, Is
master of Ave languages. At a convention
ef the American Federation of Labor some
years ago some delegates made speeches
In Italian, In French, In German and In
Spanish. Mr. Compere waa at home with
them ad. He made notes on their sd
dreesee and when necessary Interrupted
them on obecure points In tnelr own lan
guage. The thirty-six leading Industries of New
Tork state In 1100 embraced I4.41T establish
ments, or II per cent of tha total; used
a capital of $MM.ttt.94. or TO par cent
Of the total; gave employment to 602, gXS
wasre-eamers, or M t per cent of the total
number, and pay ta4.J22.9Bt, or 67.6 per cent
of the total wages. The value of their
products waa IUMI.r7S.l68, or 63.6 per cent
of tha total.
The American Flint Glass Workers' union
may take a stp In the annual convention
to be held in Wheeling In July that may be
but the first In a general movement for the
ownership and control of mills and factor,
lea by national and International labor or
ganisations. It la proposed, on account
of the Impending strike In the chimney
branch ot the trade, to use the money
which would be paid out In strike benefits
In erecting factories to gtv employment
to the strikers.
Greensboro, N. C, expects to have the
larcest mill for the manufacture of colored
goods In the world, the equipment at the
start to be 60.000 spindles and 1.000 looms, to
be doubled later on If conditions warrant.
The manufsctorles of the United States
produced silk goods to the value of 1107,.
K4.36K In im. Silk manufacturing la now
one ot the leading Industries of the nation.
A bulletin Just published by ths Depart
ment of Agriculture shows that for the
Aecal year 11 the United States Imported
nearly 6391.000,030 worth of agricultural pro
ducts, or mere than one-fourth aa much
It exported of such products. Over
tsO.000.000 ot this total waa paid for Im
ported sugar.
PEARLS TRUE AND FALSE
Genuine Genu of the Boa Pra-Eminent for
Satural Beauty.
THEIR FORMATION AND MANUFACTURE
Where the Meet Valaable Are round
Shape and Color Determine
Value Method ef Making;
Artlnelul Pearls.
Among all the products of the eea, says
a writer In the New Tork Times, the peart
Is pre-eminent for natural beauty, and
rivals In splendor and value the choicest
geme of tha earth. Unlike the latter, It
requlree no aid from art to reveal Its
beauty and lustre, and doubtless for this
reason It met with hlgheat favor among
ths aatleate. Love for the pearl hae been
universal, shared alike by civilised and
uncivilised people and It le more frequently
spoken of in history than any other Jewela
combined. For ages It has been an emblem
of purity snd beauty, finding favor In the
eyes of the simplest savage as well as
those of the meet cultured.
The formation of pear la haa been a tub-
Ject of much speculation. It waa formerly
attributed to drops ot dew falling Into tha
pearl oyster when the ehetl waa open. The
natural Inquiry ea to how the dew "fell
Into the oyster" te met wtth the eiplana
tlon that the oyster floated to the surface
of tha water and thus caught the dew. At
present the pearl Is considered to be the
result of a small foreign substance, as
grain of sand, a minute parasite, or even
aa are of the molluak, which haa accl
dentally penetrated under the mantle and
Irritated the animal. Unable to rid Itsel
or the foreign substance the mollusk
deposits over It layer after layer of secre
tions of lime lnterstratlfled with animal
aubetance, and thus covers the Irritating
eunstance with luatrous nacra or mother
of-pearl. reaultlng In a pearl. However
some naturalists claim that the choicest
pearls are not formed by the mantle, but
are concretions of the kidneys, being
simply urinary or nephrltlo atones. In
either case their formation le an abnormal
condition, while the formation of mother
or-pearl Is a natural process. While there
le no outward Indication of the existence
of a pearl, they are more frequently con
tained In Irregular and distorted shells
than In regular and smooth ones.
Shape and Color.
Ths value of pearls depend on their form.
else, color, texture and orient. Ae retards
form, they are epherlcal, pear-shaped, button-shaped,
ovate, conical and Irregular or
baroque. The perfectly round pearl is gen
erally the most valuable, other things being
equal. Those over 100 grains In welsht
and of fine orient are scarce, and are usually
prontaDie investments, the price gradually
Increasing on account of the enhanced de
mand and the exhaustion of the fisheries.
They are most commonly employed to form
the center of necklaces. The button-shaped
pearls rank second In order of valuation,
and then come those pear-shaped. A button-shaped
pearl Is worth only about one
quarter as much as a round pearl of equal
weight and quality, and a pear-shaped pearl
only about one-elxth or one-eighth ae much.
A perfect pearl should be without Irregu
larities of surface whatever lte form. The
irregularly ehaped pearl-like formations
known as baroques are rarely of much value
unless unusually lustrous. They are used
for the formation of unique and fanciful
objecte of Jewelry, advantage being taken
of the odd reeemblance which they bear to
common objects of everyday life, eome re
markable examples of whloh have been
produced. They have very little value apart
from their estimation In the eyee of ad
mirers of the curious and unusual.
Pearls are ef many colors. The cholceet
In the estimation ot Europeana and Ameri
cana is generally of a silvery white, slightly
blue, or more properly, asure tinted. Black
pearls of perfect form and luster fetch very
high prices, frequently exceeding the ell
very white pearls In value. It eeeme that
black pearls were little esteemed by 'the
aaolents, no mention of them being made
by mediaeval wrltere. Even aa recently
as I860 they were slightly valued. At
present, howsver, they are quite fashion
able, and owing to their scarcity the mar
ket price Is very high. This fashion Is
said to have been established by the Em-
How Harney Fooled the
He was an old cavalryman who had seen
service on the plains In ths wayback, when
Indiana had their war paint on. But no
one euspected It, because for yeare past
he followed the Inactive and monotonous
life ot a real estate agent In Kansas City.-
The recent crltlclam of the army In the
Philippines aroused his fighting and his
recollections of Indian warfare, and be
filed a tow kicks In this style, In the Kan
sas City Star:
'I oughtn't to have said anything, about
thoae days," he said, "but this talk about
the war In Samar snd the court-martial of
old General Smith for trying to end hostili
ties brought something back to me. I
knew' Smith when he was captain and then
aa now he was Jake Smith with bis men
when he was out of hearing. But Smith
haa nothing to do with this, tale except
that hie case la nearly a parallel with the
one I have in mind. He's fighting Moham
medan savages la Samar while my man
fought the painted variety on the Ameri
can plains. From what I hear about the
Samar people they're about as bad as ths
Sioux were when they were In control west
of here.
"None of you remember Harney, old
General William 8. Harney. He was a
mighty big man In his day and hasn't been
dead so long died a major geaeral. I be
lieve. Harney waa a Tenneaaee product
Tennessee grows the runtlest and ths big
gest men on esrth 6 feet $ Inches.
When be was IT he got hie com
mission and from that tlms until he was
rsttrsd he fought when he wasn't sleeping.
He helped to clear Florida of Indians snd
was brsvetted and court-martialed with
equal .regularity. Through the Black
Hawk war, through Mexico back to Florida
and then to the west Along In 18S5 or
1I6 the old man had aa ambition to bs-
eome acquainted with his family and asksd
for a lsavs. Hs got It, you bet, aad waa
Just Irimmlsg himself into ehapo far civili
sation whsa President Plerca seat for
htm.
'General, I doa't like to ask yoa to go
weet after all the serrtae you hav. had.' he
said, "but I would be glad If you'd whip
the Bloux bands that are Ureatealng.
"Karaey saw hla raavo gone aad waa
eooa In tha Sioux country. As I remember
the etory, he established his headquarters
at Wmrt lMveaworth. Little Thunder waa
at the head ef tke Sioux, aad sent ward
that as wa. willing either to fight or shake
hands with the nhue eoldler. Uarnay re
plied that If the ladlaa waa without chotoe
ta the esauer It might as w.U ho tight;
he idea, as ha rwnawssbered hla orders, he
was to whip swesoaa.. Sa Harney net Lit
tle Tanadar aad about l.Ofcd war saea oa
the Narth Platte to Naarsaka. Ha whleaad
thsss aad soma ef tha Indian.' frteada hack
one tried ta maks Uonbts par Harney be
cause) ho had not had a loog- preliminary
aoaiab wlU UlU Taaadsr. That Sioua
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Solid oak wood seat, polish
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Good quality tapestry brussele car
pets, worth 660, for
Good quality velvet carpets.
the ll.OO kind, for
Oood quality WHtoa, the l.M
kind, for
Good quality body bruasela.
11.26 kind, for
Extra quality axminater carpets.
the 11.60 kind, for
Imperial velvets, the $1.76
kind, for
Blgelow and Bondhaf Wlltont,
ths $2.26 kind, for
We will place on sale Monday 25
ot. double faced 3 toned velour
curtains. These goods are cheap
at from $60 to $66 a pair
on sale this week at
SHIVERICK FURNITURE COMPANY
press Eugenie, who possessed a string of
magnificent black pearls which at aae time
wae valued at 600,000 franca. Black pearls
are obtained from the Gulf of California,
Tahiti, FIJI and In very email numbers
from Panama and Western Australia. Ths
very rare greenish-black pearls are more
coveted than the true black, and whea
poaaeased of the right orient exceed la
value thoeo ot any other color.
Choice pearls ot other colors command
high prices, yellow, pink and red ones each
having their admirers. In China and India
those of a bright yellow ehade rank Srat ha
value, elaco they ault the dark complex lona
of the Orientals better thaa the pur. whit,
pearls. Of the fresh-water pearls of the
United States, the pink onee usually com
mand the highest prtcee.
Pearl. Have sv Prlee.
It Is difficult to state the value of ths
choicest pearle, thle depending entirely on
the special demand. There are very many
la existence which are worth upward ot
$10,000, and doubtless there are a number
worth $26,000 each, and possibly one or
two could not be purchssed for ten times
that amount. The smallest, known as need
pearls, are eold by weight, an a fair value
tloa would probably bo from $15 to $40 per
ounce. ....
While pearle require none of the lapid
ary's art to revesl their beauty, in excep
tional cases they ar. Improved by various
operations A pearl, like an onion, le made
up of many coaoentrle spherical layers of
extreme tenuity, which may be peeled off.
leaving each successive layer underneath
In perfect color and lustre. Thus, when the
outer covering is ipotted or otherwise Im
perfect, that and successive layers may' he
peeled - off until a spotless surface ta
reached. To prevent loss of brilliancy pearls
should not be brought In contact with eoap
or greass, or with euch acids as vinegar,
fruit Juices, ete.
In reeent years there haa been a renewal
band was a mild-mannered get long
Harney w-nt back to Leavenworth.
after
"It was after this fight that Harney threw
the Society for the Protection ot Western
Savagee Into a particular frenxy. Tha
wagon trail for Oregon and California led
from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney,
Neb., then to Julesburg, In Colorado, front
there to Fort Laramie, through old South
Pass to Bsdger and then to Salt Lake. The
trip by ex train took about 100 days with
good luck. I know of a party that wae eo
the road 100 daya, delayed by Iodises and
tbea snowbound. That wasn't a pleasant
winter for a boy of 16.
"Every now and then a band of Sioux
would ride np to an ox trala, kill If they
felt like It and always drive away the atoek.
Soldtere would be sent out and have the
pleasure ot following th. Indians' trail un
til ths weather would make winter quarters
necessary. Harney started from Leaven
worth after one band, taking about 400 cav
alrymen, or dragoons. The Indiana loafed
along ahssd of him till they reached the
mountains, and thea Harney turned back.
It was ths old story, the Sioux said, and
thslr scuts followed the soldiers until they
were well Into Ksnsss. Thsa the Sioux
knew the country was clear for aew opera
tions. "Harney stopped on the Blue river ta
northern Kansas nesr where Msrysvtlls
now stands. A wagon train reached there
from Leavenworth and Haraey had all the
freight unloaded simply seised the train
then he put 00 soldiers Into thoss wagons
and la two wsre mountain guns. The great
covers were pulled close and, leaving a
guard over tha abandoned freight and
horsee, Harney started 04 his Journey as a
bull-whacker. Not a soldier or officer was
permitted to put his head from under a
oever In the day time snd only at night a
fsw got leave to stretch their lege. All day
they sat ta these wage beda, hot and dusty,
playing carda, Oghtlag aad chewing tobacco
far pastime.
"There were twesty-ilx of those wagons
aad they trailed along ae if they were car
rying dead freight; ae teeter aor alowcr
thaa tha ordinary freighters, aad making
camp at tha usual places, forming ths usual
corral of wagons aad herding stock at
night. The trala reached Fort Kearney
and slowly wsnt serosa the South Piatt, ta
Julesburg. Occasional ladlaa algae anad.
Haraey gave bop.
"Th. outfit wae eeventy miles on the way
to Laramie whsa the big day cam., aad tt
eaano aalch. Behind thaca oa the trail the
men ea the outside caw a war party come
aay there war. (00 Indians la lu Eve If
they hadn't been painted th. feet that they
were without women or rhltdrea wauld hav.
told th. story. The traks gaada the usual
preparations lay a ladlaa attack, throwing
th. wagons into a circle, or mors ot sa
cUlpse, aad unhooking th. Sv. lend rotes
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We will place on aale Monday 760
pair ot fine quality Arabian, Irish
point and brueeel curtains, Oft
worth from $5 to $7 a pair, at XJ'ZfiJ
250 pair extra fine quality Arabian,
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1.10
Irish Point, Cluny ana orusseis
eurtsiae, eome ot them are
worth up to $10, at
Tour choice ot about 16 pairs of
hand-made curtains, worth
.1.10
125
.150
from $1150 to $17.60, for
j Tour choice of 25 pairs of
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ental tapesiry poruers
eoueh covers, all worth
pairs
pairs
$45
$7.60, for
Porch Shades Sii
6-8x8, all colors...
of the iaterest In the possibility of aldiug
or starting the growth of pearle In mol
luak. This wae first suggested In Europe
by the Swedish naluraliet Uaaa.ua In 1741.
It Is stated that an uasucceesful attempt
wae made to sell the secret ot the procese
to the 8 wed la h gsvernment, and finally t
was purchased by a merchant of Oothea
burg for 600 ducate. In 16T0 tha executors
ot this merchant ottered the sscret to ths
highest bidder, with what result does not
appear. Linnaeus' method constated In the
artificial latroduotlon ot gralne of sand or
other foreign matter within the shell ot ths
living mollusk, ths resulting Irritation
causing the formation of pearly layers
about the foreign body, resulting In a pearl.
Many years later It became known that this
method of producing pearls had been prac.
tied by the Chlaeae for many centuries.
These artificial pearls are usually crude In
shape and of comparatively little commer
cial value.
Artiaeta.1 Pesvria.
Experiments In growing pearls artificially
In abalones or ball lot Is were made In 18IT
by M. M. U Beaton, an account ot which
was given at the meeting of the Parle
Academy ot Sciences In 1696. The tenacity
of life in this mollusk makee it especially
deelrablo tor experiments of this nature.
Round ntasaes of pearl shsll were Inserted
through a email hole bored Into the shell
and placed within the mantle, the small
hole being afterward cloead. Others were
Introduced dlreetty Into the bronchial cav
ity. The objects were soon oovered with
thin pearly layers, resulting la a few
months la globules of much beauty closely
resembling the genuine pearle produced
by these mollusks. Ths reeult of these
experiments seemed to encourage further
sfforta, and possibly In the course ot time
there may be a profitable business In
growing pearls la abalonea on the Pacific
coast of the United States. Indeed, the
experiments of M. Savlllo-Kent, a Queens
land commissioner of flsherlee. In trans-
Sioux
As Indian Killing
that Shocked
the Eatt
to each wagon. A front wheel of each
wagon touched a hind wheal of the one In
front and the tongues were turned to the
outside. At the front end of the corral an
opening about fifteen feet wide wss left,
but at the rear the opening Into the corral
waa about fifty feat wride. That, also, was
aocordtng to the freighters' methods; after
a night camp the cattle would be driven
Into the corral through the big end to be
yoked tor the day.
"Harney didn't have time to drive his
oxea lata the corral, or elee he didn't want
to. Only the five yoke of leader were un
hoeked, aad they were then chained to the
front wheel ef their wagon. The space in
the corral was all clear for the Indiana,
whose method of attacking a wagon trala
wss to rush lnV the corral and do their
shooting. Thsy ware a happy lot of brave
this day; the war band started for the train
when the corral was forming; they epresd
out like a faa and then came together again
and started for the big opening as bard as
thslr war ponies could carry them. A
whooping, variegated mob with no more
clothe than the paint gave, It fell Into the
corral aad thea real foe began.
"Those soldiers, who had been tweeting
under canvas for a fsw wseks, wanted ex
citement and revenge. The tarpaulins went
up and they shot dowa Into that mess of
bravee aa fast as thsy could load. The twe
mountain gune completed the Curpris. aad
th. bucks hsrdly fired a shot before their
ponies were climbing over one another te
get out the way they came. It waa the only
real Indian panic. When the lest Sioux
brave able to ride disappeared across ths
prairie there was a big mess to clean ap.
I've beard all kinds of atorle from mea
who said they were there giving Harney1
bag of dead Indian aa ranging from 100 to
400. Nobody eeemed to know the exact
number, but It wa enough te cauee the
eastern friend of the poor Indian to de
mand Haraey' court-martial. I think there
wss a court of Inquiry, but It wa held that
the method used wss not only ons with re
sult, but wa instructive to the Sioux as
well."
'Did It put an end to attack on wagon
trainer'
"Tee, for Juat about three months maybe
leee. la those days ths Indians needed
school nil the year areuad. However, on.
old buck, a little chief, seemed to be Im
pressed. Hs wae nsar a mountain gun when
ths fire opened. 'Harney Is the maa who
shot, wagons st us,' Is ths wsy be told about
It year later.
"Haraey cured oa the plelae for corns
years aad wa to command of Missouri I
tha early years of the civil war. As usual
hs got Int. treubl. and got out of IL They
said he wa toe friendly to the southern
element sad he waa relieved frost eommaad.
Later be waa retired aa a major general.
The old aaaa died about tea years agei
must hav. bee sooiewnere a ear so year
id,"
Sideboards
Wo bars a few ol the
carload ot sideboards left,
which we will eontlnue the
wholesale price oa lor this
week
114.00 Sideboards for.. (10.00
IK.OO Sideboards for .. II. TS
117.60 Sideboards tor . 13.75
120.00 Sideboards tor.. 18 00
$26.00 Sideboards for.. 18.75
l-rech all wool
Smyrna
10-Inch all wool
Smyrna
K-Inch all wool
Smyrna
4 feet by ? feet all
Smyrna
6x12 Axmlnsters,
for
9x12 Smyrna,
498
.998
for
9x12 Wlltone,
for
ori
uu
5.00
We have Just received 25 oriental
rugs, la sixes 9x12, la some very
hacdaome patterne and color
ings; they are all worth $50
on eale this week tor
3.25
planting and cultivating the pearl oyster
ot Australia lead one to eupposc that
pearl-ostrelculture in the warm waters of
the United State Is by no means an Im
possibility. In contemplating tha elm pie yet perfect
beauty ot the pearl, the thought ot It
uccesaful Imitation seems absurd. Yet no
gem Is imitated with better result or to a
greater extent Some ot tbece imltattona
are so perfectly constructed, even to the
copying of defects, that, except In lack ot
weight and durability, they ran ecarcely
be distinguished from the genuine even
Whea placed aide by aide.
The making of rtlficla pearl origin
ated at leaet 600 yeara ago. M. Laaarl, In
hie "Notlile delle opere d'arte o d'autlch
Ita," speaks of pearl-making having been
established at Vienna and Muraao aa
early ae 1816, and waa even then of suffi
cient Importance to warrant aa exprecs
tatute for lte regulation. These esrty
Imitations were made ot pearl shell and of
alabaster shaped like pearls and covered
with, cement composed largely of powdered
mother-of-pearl.
An Old Method.
A more Important discovery wa th us
ot glass beads lined with pearl-like ma
terial. This process confers Immortality
en the name of Andrea vidoare, to whom
WO owe If not ths discovery at leaet the
perfecting of thle method about 1628. Hol
low glass beads or spheres wsre lined on
the Interior with tinted varnishes contain
ing a quantity of mercurial preparatlona.
Imitation pearle are yet made In thai man
ner in Venice. They are very cheap, how
ever, and the Imitation Is a poor one,
rarely deceiving even the uninitiated.
The greatest Improvement In making ar
tificial pearle wa the use of sn extract
from fish scales, commonly known as es
sence d'orlcnt. This Is sad to have been
the Invention of Molsc M. Jsquln, or Jac
quln, a rosary msker In Paris, about the
year 1660. Jaquln's gensral procese Is la
use at the preceot time, but It has been
Improved In certain details. So excellent
I the result that eome ot the choloest ot
the Imitations are scarcely distinguishable
from th. genuln. In regard to eolor, orient
and luster.
The scales most commonly used for pro
ducing the eeaence d'orlcnt are of the blesk
(Lecaeclsous albums), but most of the
cyprinldae, or herring, family, are avail
able, as well as many othsr varieties hav
ing email scales with a silvery cheen. The
brighter the scalec the more deslrabls
thsy are for this purpose. As eooa as
practicable after the ash are caught the
lower surface of each le acaled, care being
taken not to Include acalea from the dorsal
part of ths fish, since those are dark and
only the white ones possess value. If the
scales are collected at a greet distance
from the factory aa ta the United States
to bo transported to Prance, for instance
they ehould be freed from all organlo mat
ter that may cauae decay and then left
euapended in a slsove of horsehair or mos
quito netting uotll the surplus slime oosee
off. They ar next packed with a email
quantity of salt In a sine can, wth ten or
twelve pounds' capacity. Tin cane arc not
deelrablo, owing to their tendency to oxi
dise. Care must bs taken la aoldertng not
to overheat the content of the can. Lyons,
la Francs, la ths principal buyer of thess
scales, and according to a recent letter
from the United St a tea consul at that port
$6,000 pound are purchassd annually, at a
coat ranging from the equivalent ot SO
cento to $1.26 per pound, according to qual
NATURE TELLS YOU
When the kidneys are sick,
attire tells you all about It. .
The back aches, Is weak
The urinary diachargea Indicate trouWey"s"' ""
luirefjient or too frequent In action,
Calling for jrompt attention.
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
Cure all urinary disorders.
Cure the aching back.
Cure every Kidney 111.
Omaha testimony to prove it.
Mr. Fred Hera of $001 Cum lag .tree eeyet "la the winter ef ll$
t oould not deep ea noeeant ef pa la la aay back. It also bothered me
daring the day aad I often had (harp auttlag pains to the kidney
wjummi stoop lag or canal sg aay strain on my back. At the tkaoe I coca,
aaeaocd using Pee' Kidney Pllla I was vary had. They war pro.
cured at Kuha 4 Co. 'a drug store and the first bog relieved me. I
continued too treatment until I had taken three boxes, whea there
wne ae longer aay aeed te take mere. I knew Deaa'c Kidney nib) aa -tha
vara that U U ds Imcd they do."
A mU dbmar eCeewa, eenta. Fee
AFTER
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2125
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2175
2650
32.50
wool
$40
ity. As the buslosss la Increasing, It la
probable that twice that quantity may bo
ussd In a few years.
Flen Sonlea for Imitation.
The method of manipulating the ecales
varlee somewhat In the different factories,
but the general principle la much the earn.
First, they are thoroughly washed to re
move the blood and other foreign matter.
Freah, clean water le then added, and they
re cocked and proceed to remove the pearly
eeaence which alnke to the bottom of the
vessel In the form of a blue-white oily maa.
When the water le drawn off thla le col
lected and preaerved from decomposition by
the addition of ammonia or come other
volatile alkali. The quantity of the eeeeaco
obtained Is so very small that about 1,000
fish are required to produce ope ounce of
the material.
From fine glass, noesesslng a bluish tint,
hollow beads are blown In the stsss aad
shspes required for the pearls. For. cheap
Imitations this Is accomplished very rspldly,
several thousand being made by a single
workman in one day. For choice producta,
however, more care 1 exercised, aad tha
shapes and forms of soms pearls are closely
Imitated even to the defects. When the
hollow glass bead Is completed suffloient
ot the essence of the scales, combined with
melted lelaglass, Is blown Into It uotll the
inner surface Is completely covered. The
beads are steeped In alcohol and dried, filled
with cement and wax to give them weight
and consistence, carefully drilled and lined
with slender tubes of tinted paper to guard
the Interior from coming In contact with
the thread on which they are to be strung.
Some manufacturers Improve the appear
ance of the finished pearls by expoelng them
to the action ot the tumee of bismuth, com
bined with some mercurial preparation, the
exact nature of which le not revealed. In
eome factorlea each pearl la washed In a
fluid obtained by repeated diatlllatlon of a
mercurial compound. Meet of thess Imita
tions are manufactured la France, and
Lyons is ths headquarters ef the Industry.
Where Den a ins Fall Dress le Irksome.
A belated traveler, who wa compelled to
stay all night In a backwoods cabin, re
late In the Detroit Free Press, that sooa
after the frugal aupper of "eody blaklts"
aad fried "aide meat," swimming In grease,
had been eaten, a tall, gaunt youth of about
18 and aa equally sallow and gaunt girl ef
17, both barefooted, took their hat from
wooden pegs on the wall and prepared to
go out, whereupon their mother, taking ber
pipe from between her yellow teeth, said
reprovingly)
"Go 'long an' wash your feet, Levi, you
an' Looly both! Hain't you 'shamed to go
off to aa evenin' party without washln' your
feetT"
They obeyed, but aa Levi took th waah
pan from a bench by the door he said, with
a grumbls:
"I'd 'bout ss soon stay horns from a party
as to have to fix up so for bit!"
ST. LOUIS, Msy IT. Before adjourning
th. convention of the National Hardwood
Lumbermen's association selected Indian
apolis as the meeting plsee next year. A
rreolutlon was adopted reciting the fact
that ell the national foreet reserves are tn
the west and urging upon comcress ths im
portance of establishing a national forest
reserve In tne hardwood region of the
southern Appalachian mountains, aa a
means of preserving three mountains and
preventing the disastrous flood to that
region.
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