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HOUX I ALUS' DIVORCE INDUSTBY
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the Cola.
The chief clearing house of matrimonial
romincri gone wrong ti Sioux Falls, tha
rranlte rooted town In tha land of tha
Dakota, where the mlamatod gather from
many quarters of tha land. Divorces are
not now granted "while jou wait," recent
laws requiring sufficient residence so that
hotel keepers and lawyers get fairly well
acquainted with the plaintiffs and size up
them up ns u business asset. How the
Industry thrives and what It thrives on
Is sketched by J. W. Foley, a Dakota
newspaper man, In the New York Tlmea.
Some of his statement are Instructive If
not edifying. A few are appended:
A great many families prefer to send
the washing out to doing It at home.
It spares us tha steam and smell about
the house. 80 a great many unhappily
married couples, learning that tha Da
kota had set up a washery for soiled
linen, preferred to send their linen over
for cleansing and airing. It spared
them unpleasant notoriety at home.
The ninety-day divorce law brought
In transient matrimonial misfits, first
by the dozens, then by the scores, and
then by the hundreds. The business
grew because the system gave perfect
satisfaction to customers. Ninety days
was barely more than an outing, and
the cost of It could be made to fit the
purse. It was almost as cheap to get a
divorce ss to remain married. There
were rumors of wealthy applicants and
big fees, easily earned.
An attorney of the old nlnetv-day period,
who had obtained a decree for a wealthy
woman, was called upon at the end of the
case to fix his fee. He turned his face
away, as If In study, tapped upon his desk
with his fingers, wrinkled up his forehead
as If recalling the quantity and difficulty of
his labors, and suggested $10,000. He said
afterward that his heart beat wildly and
came up In his throat. 80 magnificent a
um seemed Impossible of gaining In one
case. He expected fully his client would
T nale and sink at the Infamous aiie-
1 of a $10,000 fee. 8he drew her check
sum as though she were paying
eklv milk bill. To her It was a
more than a month's Income,
ds of business shares In the
profits of the system. The num-
f colonists In SI mix Falls reaches as
as 400 or SfO a year. Their average
ndltures are more than $1.f,oii. Various
ates are placed upon tho total annual
per.dltures from $30fU00 to ITIAOnO. The
keeper sells rooms, hot and cold
water, cams, tame a note, nnu suen oilier
ngs as are kept In stock. The hotel ha.-
sells various liquors. Including liberal ,
quantities of champa-jne for "high rollers.-'
The lady wit,h. the boarding house sells hali
oedroorrs. prunes, advice, and em'nent
respectability of association at dinner. The
tttorr.cy sells typewritten documents, lore,
loquence, and legal services. The dry
foctls merchants sell quantities of mcr
handlee. For the divorce colonists those
f the wealthier class-are nror.e to dress
sctravagantly, stylishly, and stunningly,
ind the women of Sioux Falls, they say,
ire better gowped than those of their
Istcrs of other smaller towns m the west,
or the reason thst divorcees bilng out the
'ciy newest In styles and fabrics, and the
mltatlve capabilities of women are prover
isl. The local garages end automobile liveries
ircflt frcm thin transient business. Om
. ;arage at Sioux Fal's numbered at one
.lme seven customers of tho divorce col
sny whose monthly Hlli averaged each
juira iimn .oo mr nvrry ami repairs. iocai
x lahmen are alive to the opportunities, and
let n $" fare where the real resident Is
transported for a quarter. What cabman,
running himself on his box at $2 an hou.
which Is the sum cheerfully paid by the
divorcee of the richer class, does not see
the merits of the system?
They are what are known ns "good
spenders" these wealthy persons who seek
frDPltnm from imhannv alllantA, Tkau
pay the best prices for lodging, for accom
modations of all kinds, for cab . hire, for
whatever Is desired. Some of them may
be a bit noisy o' nights, but this Is ex
cused from the readiness with which they
draw checks. Money In hand Is a great
sedative.
When a few wealthy members of the col.
ony took charge of the bar at a local
caravansary one night, discharged the bar
tenders, constituted themselves an enter
tainment committee, and served all sorts
Of liquors to all sorts of comers without
price, they footed the bill to the "house"
without complaint or Inquiry. It was only
one of many little nights out, the desire
of ennui for real entertainment, and money
was plentiful. The time must be passed
somehow for six months. Whst's the use?
All sorts and conditions of men and
women hove been numbered at one time
The Farmer's Wife
h very careful vbout her churn. Sho
C4ld it IhorouKlily alter u-ing. and flf s
it a sun bath 10 tiwoeten It. ssho knowi
that if her churn is sour It will tnint the
butter that Is made In It. The stomuch 1
a churn. In tho stomach and dlvcniva
and nutritivo tracts arc pcrfurmoj pro
cesses which arc almost exactly lite tho
churning of butter. Is It nut annrent
then that If this stomach-churn h lual it
makes foul all which is put Into it?
The evil of a foul stomach Is no, alons
the bad tasU In tha mouth aud the foul
breath causwd by it, but tho corruption of
the pure current of blood and the dlssem
Ination of disease throughout the body.
Dr. Pierce's (ioldon Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
It does for the stomach whnt tho w ashing
and sun bath do for thechurn absolutely
removes every tainting; or corruptinn ele
ment, Jn tills way It cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions, scrofulous-swelling,
ores, or open eating ulcers and all
humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste la
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, depressed
and despondent, have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks, gnawing or distress In stom
ach, constipated or Irregular bowels, sour
or bitter risings after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able number of them. Indicate that you are
fullering front biliousness, torpid or lazy
liver with the usual accompanying Indi
gestion, ordyspopsia and their attendant
derangemeuta.
The best agents known to medical sci
ence for the cure of the above symptoms
and conditions, as attested by the writings
of leading teachers and practitioners of
all the several schvols of medical practice,
save been skillfully and hartuoukmsty
combined In Dr. I'U rce's Golden Medical
Discovery. That tills Is absolutely true
will be readily prov. . four satisfaction
It you will hut nin 'l card reooeot
to Dr. R. V. '.. K. Y., for a
frweopy of his . ( extracts from
the standard Ak-u. ..utuorities, giving
the name of alVtho li.gredu nw entering
" lute his world-famed medicine and show
ing what the most eniturst saedtcal suea
. mt the ags say ef thaav
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On account of the crowded transportation facilities on the Fourth
Making it impossibile for many to attend.
Take Burlington Train Leaving Omaha Station 1:45 p. m.
Leave Ralston for Omaha at 6:00 p. m. ?
SALESMEN ON THE GROUND ALL DAY MONDAY
$10 Down and 152 per week Secures you a Good Lot. Very Low Prices
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iSii 1 1 mi r I" If 1 ' -nun ill M 11 in 1
or another as members of the divorce
colony from near-royalty down. Not all
of them are full-rigged treasure ships that
enmo' with swelling sails Into this pert
of separation. There' are water-logged
derelicts of the matrlmdnlal sea that bea'.
upon the beach with masts gone, sails in
shreds, and both sides stove In, crying
out for such repairs as will enable them
again to embark upon the stormy waters
uf marriage.
These of the poorer cla!3 must needs
be enroful about expenditures. Board and
loupring the chief expense may be obtained
from o tt a week not bad. The com
petition la keen among the lawyers. There
nre more than sixty of them In Sioux runs
good bargainer may get a cut rate. There
is no union scale of prices. .The client wnr
starts out with one lawyer at a flat rat
of J150 may find another to do the work
at tr.a, and still another at a lower rate
He may have had three, or even four.
lawyera before he has finally obtained hi?
decree at the lowest possible cost, ror in
can forfeit several retainers of $10 and i i!
save money.
With the weather class money Is not an
jblect. Some of them have set up ex
pensive establishments, maintained stables
of horses, three of four automoDiies. re
tinues of servants, ar.fl scattered funds in
all directions for the thrifty to gather In
n vmini millionaire evidenced his bona
fide residence by setting up a private reel
dence at a cost of sime 12.nc0 or l5,00a en
tertaining those who cared to accept and
who were on the eligible list for entertain
ment, squandering easy money right and
left, and finally finding a hitch in thel
divorce ceremony that precluded his obtain
ing tho legal separation he sought such
cards!
What is money where the heart Is con
cerned? A wealthy Braslllan coffee ex
porter brought out his niece and established
her In the colony. He engaged the best
lawyer in Sioux Falls, as he Judged, to
handle her case for divorce, and In his
avuncular capacity oversaw the proceed
ings from start to finish. He dwelt upon
the cruelties to which she had been mb
Jected, and' cheerfully paid the bills for
witnesses, board, lodgings, lawyers, and
Incidentals. She was a rarely, beautiful
young woman fce was an uncle to tie to.
After the decree was grspted she did tie to
him they Were married In San Francisco
within a week and went around the horn
to Rio. All is not gold that glitters.
Neither are all uncles who claim to be so.
The wealthy applicant fur the benefits
of the South Dakota divorce courts has
llttlo to do with the actual details of
divorce-getting, except to furnish the testi
mony and the chief facts that are to be
put In the form of depositions and laid be
fore the court. The matter of lodgings, of
accommodations, of domiciling there are
attended to by attorneys.
Monday which Is wash day, and ap
propriately the day for the laundering of
linen Is divorce day In the clrcu't coi'rt
at Sioux Falls. That Is the day the Judge
has fixed for the hearing of this class of
cases. There Is no necessary fuss an
feathers about It no straining of throats,
no pounding of desks and books, no thun
derlngs of eloquence. The hearings are
had In the chamber where there are none
but the Judge, the attorneys, the court
stenographer, the plaintiff and the wit
nesses. The papers are regular, the tes
timony Is sufficient to estab'leh the cause
alleged, the motion Is made for Judgment
according to the complaint, everything Is,
on Its face, Nina fide, and the order Is-entered
granting the decree. And the bona
fide resident. In most cases, goes home to
pack up.
The newspapers of Sloua Falls py lUtle
attention to the business, except In un
usual cases, where Inquiries with regard
to persons of especial distinction or noto
riety who are reported as being In Sioux
Falls for the usual purpose coma fro:n
eastern cities. There Is no aim to give the
business too much publicity or notorty.
It seems to be a general pellcy io say noth
ing and saw wood.
The presence of so much wlnsomenesi,
beauty, style, gr,ce and a spice of the
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imfS'"t m f iiis i.'SfK- ii is iin.nu.tw
msnntaiasiim susiiMtniimMirtl mm tn
devil-may-care, all done up In well-tailored
gowns and fetching bonnets, is a bevere
tax upon the unsophisticated the local
Johnnies who hang about the stage door
of this theater of the dlcorce court. For
there are local Johnnies, who may be seen
about the hotel lobbies and parlors, who
exchange heartbreaking glances, tend up
flowers. Indulge In little suppers, vary the
monotony with poker games, and Fe k
otherwise to bask lp the reflected sunshine
from Broadway or Fifth aventre. These
are the associations and flirtations arising
out of this promiscuity of divorce colonists
that send a cold chill up the back of Sioux
Falls conservatism.
The divorce colony runs the whole gamut
of human love, hope, disappointment, fear,
passion, and all the other elements that g
to make up humanity. It Is full f genius,
ability, spendthriftlsm, wealtn, distinction,
mediocrity, notoriety, flowing in a stevly
stream from all parts of the couniry,
awaliSrg the grinding of the divorce m II.
There are life tragedies bounded on tin
one side by the modest spire of some little
church around the corner, and on tl.e oth -r
by the tall tower of the Minnehaha county
couit house from orange blossoms to
lemons. There are human frailty and
weakness In all of its phases and color..
There are moody reflection, broken pride,
thoughtless devil-may-carenesa, wearing
anxiety, whispering hope,, shame, sorrow,
suffering. It Is the great hospital for th
heartbroken, where there are balm for thi
suffering, rest for the heavy laden, free
dom for the fickle, relief for the op
pressed. It Is fhe great surgery for the cure of
matrimonial appendicitis.
HYSTERIA RESTORES SIGHT
t'ase of Ball Player Cantlllon of Des
Jlolnn Verse on m
Miracle.
James Cantlllon, a member of the Des
Moines (Iowa) base ball team, regained the
sight of his right eye In Bellevue hospital,
New York, In a manner that has given the
specialists there a puzzling problem. The
man had been in hysterics for several
hours, due to illness, and when he grew
normal he discovered that he could see out
of the eye for the first time In five weeks.
Cantllion's brother, Joseph, Is manager
of the Washington American league team.
He will come to New York for his brother
in a few days and take him home.
While Cantlllon was working In Chicago,
more than seven months ago, he was struck
In the left eye by a flying piece of iron.
After suffering agony for a week, the
young base ball player went to the Pres
byterian hospital In Chicago. His right eye
had also become Infected, and the C'htcago
physiclana removed the left eye. The other
eye grew weaker until the man was blind.
On advice of friends he placed himself
under the care of Dr. Wurtele, eye spe
cialist of Bellevue hospital, and his four
assistants, all of whom took -great Interest
in the case, but their efforts were not suc
cessful. Added to his blindness Cantlllon
grew ill from worry and became too weak
for an operation.
It waa thought that the operation has
been postponed too long, and Dr. Wurtele
told Cantlllon that he probably would be
permanently blind. The shock threw the
young man Into hysterics. When he re
gained his normal mind he suddenly grew
excited.
"I can see! I can see!" he shrieked.
Dr. Wurtele appl ed a test. To his amaze
ment he found that the patient could dis
tinguish different objects, and now the spe
cialists expect to restore the sight of the
right eye.
"It Is a most puzzling rase," said Dr.
Wurtele. "I'pdoubtedly the hysterical at
tack he underwent Is responsible for the
restoration. The trouble must have had
something to do with the nervous system
and the hysteria effected a cure." New
York Hersld.
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PLUTOCRAT AMONG INDIANS
l.on Hill, the Richest of Ills Rare,
Ills Itue Farms and Hie
Waye.
The richest Indian In the world is Lon
Hill, of Harllngen, Tex. His wealth Is
conservatively estimated at IH.SOO.non. He
owns more than 300,0'fl acres of the best
land In the Rio Grande valley. Every foot
of It can be irrigated. At the rate which
other land In this section of the same
character Is " selling, $20 per acre for
this SOft.ono acres would not he an excessive
figure. Figured on that basis this Indian
is worth S,000,oriO. He Is not given to over
rating things and the first estimate Is his
own.
Lon HiU is a full blood Choctaw. He Is
pmud cf his Indian blood, and a stranger
is not long In his presence before the fact
la made, known by Mr. Hill that ho Is an
Imllnn.
"This Indian has been able to take care
of himself," he will say. "I never have re
ceived anything from the government and
I am not expecting anything."
This Is true. He has never shared In any
of the allotments In Indian territory. He
has been making his way alone and un
aided ever since he was a boy.
The marvelous thing about the great for
tune which Hill now possesses Is that he
has accumulated It all during the last six
years. He located at Brownsville, twenty
five miles below Harlingen, a little more
than six years ago. That was before a
rallrVad had been built Into tho region. It
was then lfiO miles to the nearest railroad
outlet to the outside world. Hill says that
when he arrived In Brownsville he was
"worse than broke." He did not have any
money and his debts amounted to $300. He
had been practicing law at Beevllle, Tex.
lie had made a good reputation as a lawyer
in southwest Texas, but he reached the
conclusion that the time was not far dis
tant when the valley of the Lower Rio
Grande would be transformed from it.s
primitive wilderness of chaparral Into cul
tivated farms and gardens.
When he had' got well settled In the
border town, this progressive Indian began
the work of Interesting capital to build a
railroad to the place. He enlisted the ef
forts of wealthy land owners In the pro
ject, and a party of them, accompanied by
Hill, went to St. Louis to lay the scheme
before men of means of that city. It was
the original Intention to submit the propo
sition to the chief officials of the Mis
souri,- Kansas and Texas Railroad com
pany, which was at that time building Into
San Antonio, and was headed In the direc
tion of tho Lower Rio Grande region.
It happened that B. F. Yoakum, now
chairman of the executive committee of the
Rock Island and 'Frisco systems, was per
sonally known to Hill and othere members
of his party, and they naturally thought It
would he a good plan to get his advice be
fore calling on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas people. They called upon Mr. Yoa
kum at tie general offices of the 'Frisco
in St. Louis and laid their plans before
him. Mr. Yoakum listened to what they
had to say. He then surprised the commit
tee by telling them that they need go no
further, that he was perfectly familiar
with the resources and requirements of the
region which was so badly lacking In
transportation tatilillfs, and that he would
enlist the necessary capital arid build tht
rosd.
Possessed of this knowledge of the practi
cal certainty of the building of the road,
the redskin lawyer began to secure option
upon the rich valley land adjacent to
Brownsville This land was covered wltt.
an almost Impenetrable growtli of brush
and small tries. It was considered almos
qnlit for g:azing purposes, so thick was
he chaparral upon It. The vulu placei
jpon the land ranged from $3 to $1 i) pe
ind some of the owners thoUKht that the
were robbing the prospective purchase
when they fixed those prices In the optiont
Hill, for his own purposes was willing at
'hat time to concede thai he was agreeing
pay an exorbitant price for the land
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When- the plans for building the railroad
had progressed sufficiently far. Mr. Yoa
kum and his associates secured the services
of Hill In getting options on other vast
tiacts of land for them. He was well paid
for his work, and was able to purchase
outright the many thousands of acres upon
which he had secured options to buy on
his own account.
The building of the railroad was begun,
and as soon, as each mile of track was
completed the land adjacent thereto and
extending bnck for several miles came Into
demand for farming purposes, and Its value
doubled, trebled, quadrupled In a short
time. In the meantime 1m Hill was buy
ing moro land and loading himself up with
options to purchase still more. The land
which he had bought for $1 and $1.50 per
acre went to $6 per acre before the rail
road had reached Brownsville. When the
line was finished and ihe influx of Invest
ors and home-Beckers began land values
mounted higher and higher.
In addition to his vast landed holdings,
Hill owns the townsite of Harlingen. ThlB
place Is situated at the Junction of the
main line of the St. Ixiuls, Brownsville
and Mexico railroad, and Its branch lint,
which runs to San Fordyce, , I
Hill Is married. He Is devoted to his wife
and children. Concerning, his early life
he says:
"I punched cattle In Indian territory when
a young man. I sw the need of an
education, and had acquired a fairly good
start In that direction when I entered the
I'nlversfty of Texas. I was 27 years
old when I began to study law. I
went through the University of Texas
and graduated from the law department
of the University of Virginia. I now am
4H years of as." Washington Herald.
IVORY HUNTINGJS NO "SNAP"
Fascination of the Business Prompts
Devotees to Fare Many
Manners.
There Is one profession and only one
that a man can't be trained Into or kkk-d
nto, or driven Into, unless he's born into
It as well. By this I mean that unless he
has a natural love for It. he'll be worse
than use'.e-s In it, for he will never be able
to stand the grueling he's bound to get In
It. That is my prof salon Ivory hunting.
Vou cr.n make a lawyer, or a merchant, or
a banker, or even a doctor or a sailor out
of almost any man of average Intelligence,
but you can't make a hunter out of him
unless he was born a hunier. i
Many a time I've come back from a trip,
leaving half my men and all my Ivory'rot
ting In some deadly African swamp, half
dead with fever, swearing that I'm done
with the business for good. And some
bright day, In six months, r.r even In three,
the smell of the Junglo get! Into my nos
trils; through all the roar of the stiet
irafllc I hear the squeal of the elephant
or the coughing roar of a lion's challenge
and that settha the business. Bock I go
upa'n, knowing precisely what Is earning
he sweating days and the chilling nights,
the torments of Insects and of thirst, the
I ks and hardships, and the privations.
For once Afrl a has laid her spell upon
i man he's hers forever. He'll dream of
r of the bhuk tangle of forests he's
hroken through, hot on the trail of a
wi unded hull tusker; of the parched and
b! stered eidts he's crossed under the bat
in sunlight; of the nights, those moonlit,
-.aunted nights, when he-a watched beside
i runway, waiting for the game to come
1 iwn to drink, and listened to the rlikple
f the water on the flats, the splash of tha
ro odlle, the stealthy snapping of branches
II arjund him, the s urry rf mo keys oer
eal. listened to the vast blaik silence, into
til h all smaller sounds are cast as eb
e are dropped into a pool.
1 am the son of a clergyman and tho
, ratios jn (fa ihrgyman, and from whom
grt my love for the wild life 'at thi
ack of beyond" is a mystery suiely not
ro n these. I went through Dulwiiii, was
eft an oiphan with little mun-y, and
'rifted Into what proved to be my lite
work In the haphasaj-d way to which ( fty
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men out of a hundred stumble Into the pro
fessions or occupations they eventually fol
low. Stranded In London and doing odd
jobs to earn a somewhat precarious living,
I met a man at the docks who was agent
for a firm of Ivory" merchants. He waa
"going out after Ivory;" I wont along. Tha'.
was when I was 20. I've be-n "going out
after Ivory" ever alnce. Berkley Hutton In
Everybody's.
WARM WELCOME FOR SHERMAN
Republican Candidate for lce Presi
dent Returns to Home at 1
I'tlea.
t'TICA. N. Y., July 2. The home-comln.g
tonight of Congressman James S. Sherman
was made the occasion of such a demon
stration as has rarely been seen In this
section of the state. The welcome to the
republican candidate for vice presidential
honors was a non-partisan affair and to
a great extent personal, for the congress
man's recovery from his recent somewhat
alarming Illness gave added reason for pub
lic rejoicing on his safe return.
Mr. Sherman, accompanied by Mrs. Bher.
man and Dr. Carter, reached here on the
New York express from the west at :18
o'clock this afternoon. As his train drew
into the station bands played, fireworks
were set off and church chimes rang out.
In Bags square and every other spot ad
jacent to the New York Central station
thousands of persons were crowded. Mr.
Sherman stepped from the train slowly,
looking pale and worn. t But he had stood
the Journey very well, his physicians said.
A monster procession formed In the vicin
ity of the station and escorted the candi
date to his home. The line of march cov
ered fully a mile and the paraders Included
representative civic, military and fraternal
organizations. The route lay through the
principal streets, the buildings of which
were decorated with flags, streamers and
mottoes, all illuminated by electric lights.
A dosen bands furnished music, fireworks
added a spectacular feature and tens of
thousands- of persons along the route
shouted themselves hoarse. At Mr, Sher
man's home the formal welcome took place.
the principal speaker being Mayor J. D.
Kernan.
The parade was close to two miles long
and as the Sherman home is less than this
distance from the depot and the line of
march followed a direct course, Mr. Sher
man at the head of the parade had reached
his home before the last division had
formed in column. The course along
Genesee street was Illuminated as it had
never been before. Business blocks and
municipal buildings were decorated with
myriads of electric lights, flags and bunt
ing and pictures of Mr. Sherman.
Mr. Sherman arrived here at 9:U and the
news was signalled all over the city by
the booming of cannon, ringing of bells
and blowing of whistles. A search light
was played upon his private car and fol
lowed his carriage for a considerable dis
tance. Mr. Sherman alighted from the car
without assistance and stepped directly to
the carriage 'which awaited him. The can
didate appeared paler than usual, but
showed no signs of fatigue. He acknowl
edged the enthusiastic greeting he re
ceived with a broad smile, which- hardly
relaxed until he had reached his home. A
blaze of red fire and rockets greeted him
along the entire course, several truck load
having previously been distributed.
Wealth Hidden la Tsblt,
Cunningly hidden In a secret receptacle
deftly carved In the leg of an antique table,
the fortane of the late Mrs. Jessie Fremont
Dletsch of San Frsnclsco, relative of the
noted psthflnder. General John C. Fremont,
was found recently by the deputy public
administrator. W. J. Itynes. The neatly
fastened little bundle gave up a bank book
showing 'deposits of $4,200. a costly collec
tion of time honored Jewelry and countless
shares In wildcat concerns worth their
waste paper value.
The discovery of the effects of the erratic
woman of historic lineage ends a search
that Hynes and his men pursued for aev-
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Mrs. Dletsch died, on April 28, alone and
in seclusion, her effects were taken chargn
if by the public administrator In the uh
ence of any near relatives. The officers
wore Informed that the old woman was
oossessed of great wealth and the stories
sme from such reliable sources that it
was deemed advisable to make a complcto
learch of the premises.
With this end in view Hynes and his as
sistants strained every effort to locate tha
hidden treasure. Every article In tho
house was overturned and thoroughly
learched without avail. Even the carpets
and tapestries were' ripped open In the
hope that they would yield some of tin
glittering gold which the aged recluse waa
supposed to possess.
Just as Hynes was about to abandon tl.e
search he accidentally knocked off tho hol
low leg of an ancient table. In a cleverly
contrived cache the public administrator
spied nn old wallet. Opening the hag,
nynes oiscoverea mot it ennta ned the
ibank book. Jewels and stock certificates.
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Satisfactory .Test of Asbestos Sheath
Gown by India Ghost
Dancers.
Six thousand Hindus and a select few
English olflrials have recently witnessed
In the liflghliorhood of Madras a remark
able religious ceremony, the principal ac
tors being Solvrastas, a sect of Brahmins.
The festival wbb called "the march
through fire," and It Is i: pproprliitely
enough named. The proceedings were In
honor of Rrnhma and Vishnu, the gods of
water and fire.
Preparations for the ceremony had been
going on for a month. A trench twenty
three feet long and nineteen feet deep wn.-.
dug. and in it a fire was kindled. At sun
rise forty fanatics, who wero to d'-riSon-'trsie
their asbestos nature, slowly march
d around the furnaie bearing the curious
Idols. The Solvrastas were clothed an yel.
low turtles, und without hesitutlon entered
he fire trench singing a hymn, the refrain
o( which was "Govliula! Oovlridii'"
After ws'.k'ng arf.iind this artificial Ge-
hnna three times they emerged apparently
lone the worse for their experience, and
have established nr. unassailable claim for
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