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Journalists In England,

There are to be no ignoramuses in the
English journalism of the future A
special committee of the institute OF the
profession has prepared a report in
which 1t is recommended that candi
dates to membership must pass, an ex-
animation in (a) the English language,
10y English literature, (c) English con-
stitutional and political history, (dO po-
litical and physical geography, They
must also have sufficient knowledge
(e) OF Latin, (f) either French or Ger
man, and 'some acquaintance" with
(g) universal history, But perhaps the
most Important recommendation of all
Is that every candidate shall be examined
In "the principles OF the law of news
paper libel" This Is certainly poser,
and any journalist who succeeds In
showing that he has mastered tho Inv
OF libel will DO we'll worthy Of all the
honors which hls colleagues can DO,
stow, The only addition that can be
suggested II an examination In the law
OF newspaper copyright but who would
DO competent to examlne9--Psll Mall
Budget.
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M'r'neAoon

fornia, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, ILL
| nois, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,
South Dakota and West Virginia fol.
lowed the example which had been set.
In 1892 those states, like Iowa, whose
legislatures were in session, passed laws
either conforming to the first framed
secret ballot law, or at least took steps
looking to that end. So that on Novem-
Der but nine states will vote as of old,
and even in these slight changes show
the tendency of the times
Francis S. Dutton, the Trainer of the
Australian ballot system, did not, per-
haps, in his widest fancies dream that
the idea which he gave to the An
tipodes in 1851 would circumnavigate
the globe. be adopted alike by the
voter of Belgium and of England, of
Italy and of Greece and by Canada and
the United States. While Cavour con-
sidered it the very foundation of the
sanctity of the ballot, the statesmen of
France threw it aside. Michigan, in
1885, felt that it was not wanted. But
the idea needed comparatively little
agitation. No session of a state legis-
lature passed in which some effort at
reform was not made, and when Mas
sachusetts and Kentucky set the exam
pie the other states followed quickly
with like legislation
And yet the old Australian system
has undergone vast notifications in its
Legislative peregrinations. It's dis
tinctive feature when first enacted in
New South Wales was that providing
for crossing off the names of all the
candidates not voted for. These were
on one ticket, and in red ink were ex-
plicit directions as to the number Of
candidates to be voted for. Under the
New York and New Jersey law the So
called blanket ballot is set aside and
each ticket is printed on separate
form. For ''straight' voting no mark
ing is required, and for the benefit
largely of the blind and the illiterat2
the paster or ''sticl1er'' ballot is per-
mitted
Where the blanket ballot is in use the
names Of the candidates of all parties
are printsd On one sheet, the voter
making his choice with a cross. Many
states follow the original Australian
plan of arranging the names of candi-
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of the value of the little stones, and
now positively refused to allow the
trader to see them again, or to even
stop over night on his farm. However,
the news had gone abroad that dia-
monls had been found in this vicinity,
and soon the country was overrun with
searchcrs for diamonds. This rush was
attended with meager success, few
stones being found, and the excitement
finally subsidized. Two years later,
prospectors wandered north of the
Orange river far out on the desert,
some Is miles from Van Nclkerk's
sheep farm, and there discovered what
has since become famous throughout
the world as the Kimberley Diamond
Mines of South Africa.
The news of this new discovery
spread like wildfre throughout the
country, and a general rush from all
parts of Cape Colony was made for the
new EldoradO.
Kimberley is about 500 miles from the
coast, and the way there lay mostly
through a roadless desert, where water
could only be had at long intervals and
difficult to obtain. Yet men by thou
sands and tens of thousands conquered
these obstacles and found their way
there, while many others left their
bones to bleach on the hot sands of the
African desert. The thirst for wealth be-
came epidemic, and made'men oblivious
to every other thought or consideration.
Some made fortunes in few days;
others, less fortunate, became despon-
dent and blew their brains out, or
wandered off into the desert to perish
OF hunger and exposure.
But the days of the private digger in
the South African mines have long since
passed. A great syndicate of capt.
talists has absorbed the entire
Kimberley mining interests, and now
regulates the output Of the precious
gems according to the demand. After
years of prospecting over many square
miles of adjacent territory it has been
ascertained that the only paying
diamondiferous ground in the whole
region is situated on the spot where the
town of Kimberley has been built, and
this entire area does not exceed three
miles in diameter. From this little
spot are urearthed nincty-nine hun
dredths of all the diamonds now sup
piled to the world.
The benefits accruing to South Al
RIGA through the discovery of the dia-
mond fields have been enormous.
Kimberley is now reached by rail from
two different points on the coast; and
by system of irrigation large por-
ton of the desert country has been
transformed into flourishirs farms and
stock runs.
The lowest depth reached in the Kim
berley mines is about 700 feet, and no
diminution of the yield from the
ground has been observed, All
the manual labor is performed by
native blacks, who, attracted by the
high wages paid is per week., come
here from the far interior They are
engaged for sixty days, at which time
they are paid off in English sovcreigns,
and return to their native Kraals with
wealth enough with which to purchase
at least a couple of mines each, and
thenceforth are. looked upon as men of
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boy, Jan, was sent for and closely ques.
toned to the precise localities at
which he had found the, bright little
stones, and the interview closed by the
trader giving the boy red cotton hand.
kerchief for his choice of the pebbles
With this mysterious little stone in his
possession Trader O'Reilly wended his
way southwark, and in due course
arrived at the settlement on the coast,
and at once submitted it to the inspec.
ton of distinguished mineralogist and
scientist who, after thorough testing,
unhesitatingly pronounced it veritable
diamond, weighing 91h carats and
worth $4,000. This lucky speculation
prompted the trader to retrace his
steps, with as little delay as possible, to
the sheep farm of Van Neikerk, but the
boer had in some way become appraised
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elevator machinery, as we'll as a con-

elevator machinery, as we'll as q con-
venient room for the storage of bicycles
The reading-room will be on the second
floor, together with the reception room
and offices. On the same floor will also
be the hall for the MONDAY prayer
meeting, and behind it the main audi
forum which, including the gallery,
will seat 1000 people. The third floor
will also be occupied by the association,
the rear part being taken by the gal
lery of the auditorium of the floor be-
low. On the fourth floor will be thirty
five bath rooms, dressing rooms and
two thousand lockers. The fifth and
sixth floors are to be devoted to the
gymnasium, which will have a twenty
foot running, track, visitors gallery
and all the latest apparatus. The
offices Of the general board of the asso-
citation and the class rooms will occupy
the seventh floor. The remainder of
the building is to be rented for office
purposes.
The entire structure will, of course,
be tireproof, or as near freproof as it
can be made. 1t will cost, when COM
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HISTORY OF DIAMONDS.
Story Of Their Discovery in Many
Strange Lands.
Mentioned In the Bible and Other Sacred
BOoks-The Famous Brazilian Mines
The Productive Fields OF
South Africa.
Especial South African Letter. I

| Especial South African Letter
| What has become of all the diamonds
unearthed during the by-gone ages?
This question has been asked times
| without number and no satisfactory an
swer has yet been given it, and proba-
bly, never will be.
| All precious metals, and, indeed,
every other known substance in nature,
succumb to time either by process of
abrasion or gradual decay. But not so
with the diamond which, after CEN
turtles of constant use, has been shown
not to have deteriorated in weight one
perceptible fraction of caret. 1t is
practically indestructible, and yet the
immense annual production of these
brilliants has failed to make them less
priced or materially affected their in
trinsic value
When the diamond first came into
use as an article OF ornament it is i'm
possible to say. That it was thus used
: long before the Christian era there is
no room for doubt. But the earliest
historical mention of diamonds proba-
ably is to be found recorded in the book
of Exodus, chapter 80, verse 2, where
they are mentioned as forming the Jewels
in the breastplate of the high priest. The
history of the famous Koh-i-noor, the
principal jewel in the royal crown of
England, it is claimed, has been traced
back 5000 years, at which remote pc
Rod the songs of the Vedas locate it
among the treasures of distinguished
Indian nabob.
There is little doubt but that the first
diamonds to come into use were gath
cred in India; for reference is only
made to Indian mines by al writer's on
the subject under the Roman empire as
well as by those of the middle ages.
Indeed, until comparatively modern
times India supplied the worlds de-
mand fol- diamonds, and most of the
historical crown jewels Of Europe are
of Indian origin.
Nearly two centuries ago Brazil sud-
denly became famous as diamond-pro-
ducing country, and soon supplanted
India, whose mines had become much
depleted. Then for many years the
world of fashion had to depend princi-
pally upon the Terro do Espinhaco
mines, in central Brazil, for it's supply
of diamonds. But the time came when
these mines also became exhausted,
and the great companies retired, leaving
the field in the hands of individual
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-10-08
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS
Chicagos Latest Additions to Her
Architectural wonders.
Cook County's New Criminal Court Build
inE-The Elegant Home OF the Y. Nj.
C. A.-A New Home for Chicago's
Historical Treasures.
Especial Chicago letter.


Chicago architecture, by which is
meant structures reaching into the very
skies, is making the metropolis at the
foot of Lake Michigan even more ia
nous than it's worlds fair. The tech
meal papers Of Europe have sent
representatives to this city to examine
into the strength of the new style of
architecture which. as every body knows
by this time, depends on foundations
placed on railroad iron and cement,
and on iron superstructures Wood
does not enter into the tallest buildings,
and much surprise has been excited
among believers in old ideas that so
much strength and durability rest in
gigantic structures which look like
veritable skeletons, and in reality are
giants among their burly brothers of
stone. This building era was called
into life by demand for light and
clean offices, but it was never supposed,
when first started, that the craze would
extend to public buildings.
We are informed that the county of
Cook contemplates the erection of a
new criminal court building. which. in
its way, is to be a veritable Sky scraper.
The history Of the old Cook County
crinlinal court building is rich in Incl
dents that have become of national i'm
portance. In it's halls the famous anar-
chist trial took place, and in the jail
yard adjoining the venerable pile Par
sons and his colleagues paid with their
lives for teaching doctrines which, if
generally accepted, would lead to the
downfall Of free institutions.
The new building, which is to take
the place of this historic court house,
will cover an area having 2O4 feet front
on Michigan street, by Is feet on Dear
born avenue. 1t will rest on a founda-
ton of cement and will be seven stories
high. The facade of the first two sto-
ries will be of blue Bedford stone and
the remaining five stories will be buff in
color and of the same material of rock,
finished and laid in ten by twelve inch
courses. The main entrance is to be
deliberately carved in stone The inte-
rior will be constructed of steel beams
and the archways and partitions sup
ported and encased by handsomely fin
ished columns treated to represent mar
bic. The corridors are to be finished in
mosaics, wainscoted with selected mar
bles' Private rooms will be supplied for
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dates alphabetically. This is the case
in Massachusetts,, California, kentucky,
Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Oregon. Rhode Island,
Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and
Wyoming, In the other ballot.reform
states the blanket ballot has the names
grouped by parties and tho straight"
voter marks his cross ut the head of the
ticket he selects, The man who wants
to scratch marks the squares opposite
the names of the various candidates,
The polling arrangements differ ma.
terially and tho time allowed voters in
compartments Is strangely dissimilar
Belgium has perhaps the best system In
vogue The electors are kept In a wait.
ing room behind movable partitions,
and as their names are called proceed
into tho voting room, receive the bal.
lots and prepare them In roomy com.
partments, They fold and stamp them
and deposit them, stamp up, In the cleo.
uon urn, The counting of the ballots
Is rs strictly guarded,
Kentucky allows voter three min.
utes In the election booth, New York
i've minutes, Connecticut Ave minutes
and no on, laws varying all tho way
from two TO ton minutes.
In Greece the Australian systsm 10 In
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tor is marked on the cOunterfoil. 1t is
then taken into a closed compartment,
marked and folded and placed into tho
ballot box, the official seal uppermost
The returning officer at the close of the
polls counts the ballots in the presence
of the candidates or their agents ami
at cnce declares the candidate or candi-
dates receiving the largest number of
votes elected. The returning officer
casts vote only in case Of a tie. dc
fixes the day Of election in case of p
county or district borough not later
han nine days after the receipt of too
writ, and for other borouGhs than that
1} the district, not later than four days
after receiving the writ. The election
hours are two and must be some time
tctween ten u. m and three p. IN.
incidentally, it might be well to call
the attention Of the American voters to
the ease with which a vote can be in
validated The courts have decided
that the following markings on ballot
are illegal and make the ballot void: A
cross in the upper left hand corner out
side the space for names; a cross at the
t>'t and below; cross at both the right
and left; cross on the back of ballot,
opposite the name of the candidate; two
crosses; cross with letter above or be-
low; cross with additional marks Of
any kind; cross with the candidates
name in addition; cross with another
meme written in; cross and voters Sig
nature on any part of ballot; cross in
form OF ornate script; cross with small
lines running in several directions; cir
clcs or ovals; spiral designs; star or
asterisk; lines not forming cross;
single line instead of cross; blot or
scratch in ink below candidates name;
straight line CID the back :
So the voter has numerous pitfalls to
avoid, Let him make his mark in the
shape OF plain cross and his vote will
count
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pleted, $780, and it is now supposed
that the association will be able to
move into it's new home by the first of
next May.
The Chicago Historical society, which
for sixteen years has occupied a ram
shackle brick box on Dearborn avenue
and Ontario street, has also succeeded
at last in securing building site and
enough money to erect a handsome
building, specially devised for the
peculiar purposes of the association.
The new structure will be two stories
in height, with high gothic
roof, and will be so arranged
that plenty of light can be admitted,
the skylight covering the entire roof
The stories will be 16 feet in height and
the distance from base to ridge so feet
The material will be light sandstone
AS can be seen from the picture, the
building will present not only hand
some, but a really artistic appearance
On the first floor will be the lecture
hall, picture gallery, reception and
reading rooms. The peculiar feature of
the building is that the lecture room
and picture gallery extend upward two
stories, receiving light from the roof
skylight. Other rooms on the second
floor include directors quarters and a
room for the curios and historical
works. In the basement will be sup
per room and storage rooms for books
and pamphlets.
AS the collection of rare and histor-
ical documents and curios owned bv
the society are Of great value, it is per-
haps needless to say that the new
building will be freproof throughout,
and, despite it's comparative smallness,
it will cost not less than 100000. The
society is now making efforts to raise
100000 of this money, and there seems
to be no doubt that it will succeed in
securing the amount, as it is not only
one of the most generous, but also the
most interesting enterprises of the kind
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substance In their tribe, From l0,lo0
to $4,000 OF these natives find employ,
ment In the mines all the year round,
They work In state of perfect nudity,
The amount of wealth extracted from
the Kimberley mines within the last 90
years Is bewildering to contemplate,
At tho end Of 1855, calculation based on
the most reliable data placed tho ont,
put at aa,000,000 carats Of diamonds, 1T
tho valuation, In round numbers, of
s@00,000,000 To this add the estima cd
production for the seven years since,
l',5o0,00o carRts, of tho value Of S.;,,
100000, or n total production IN ~
years OF 50,a00,000 earats, (about nine
tons welght) Of diamonds, OF the
Wholesale market value OF eas7, 200, 900,
and conception OF tho value OF these
mines may DO had. j, w. SILEa.
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searchers who even to this day have
their patient toll rewarded by an occa-
sional find Of an overlooked gem.
Since the Brazilian mines were prac-
tically closed as the source of diamond
supply, the precious stones have been
found, in limited quantities, in several
widely different countries. They have
been found in North Carolina, Georgia.
Arizona and California, in the United
States. And in 1920 diamonds were
found in the gold washings on the
European side of the Ural mountains,
and small quantities have been found in
Algeria, as well as in the mining dis
tricts of Siberia. About fifty years ago
diamonds in considerable quantities
were found in the island of Sumatra,
and subsequently in Celebes. But about
that time Borneo won the distinction of
yielding the largest diamond in the
world, a pure white gem of 367 carats
weight, which is now in the possession
of the rajah of Matam, and which
money cannot buy.
But of all diamond discoveries known
to history, and excepting these of India
and Brazil, the recently opened South
African mines are by far the most pro-
ductive. The discovery of diamonds in
Africa dates back less than a quar-
ter of a century, and the personages
most prominently identified in an event
which has since grown to such marvel
Gus dimensions in tho commerce Of the
world never aspired to fame.
The story of the discovery, Of which
many different versions have been pub
lished, Is as follows; A trader named
John O'Reilly, travelling southwark
from the Orange river outspanned his
oxen for rest near the house of a
boer HtoclS-farmer named Van Niekerk
The trader, having established friendly
relations with the farmer, was invited
into the house OF the latter, and while
the two We're enjoying their pipes and
exchanging bits of frontier gossip the
traders attention became suddenly
liked upon several peculiarly bright
looking stones lying on n table near by,
Taking them In his hand he examined
them closely, and asked the farmer
what they We're and where he had got
ton them from, To this the farmer re-
piled that no supposed they were
bright pebbles Of some kind; that they
had been brought In ut different times
by that scamp, Jan, the Hottentot herd
BOY, whose eyes were everywhere on
sept upon his sheep, where they should
DO,
Az ORellly's request tho uottentot