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particularly In ceramics. Early in the present
century, during the time OF the threatened in
yasion OF England by the French. English pot
tors devoted considerable attention to tho
great conqueror. may bo seen by examining
collections Of old English china. Jugs and
other pieces bearing caricatures OF Bonaparte
in black print were plentiful early in the pres.
ent century. in which the Emperor is derisive-
ly called "Boney." Among the multiplicity
Of such ceramic devices we find Little Boney
sneaking into Paris with feather in his tall"
"Jack Frost attacking Boney in Russia"
Johnny Bull giving Boney . pull, '" John
Bull Drubbing Bonaparte." John Bull and
his Companion challenging Bonaparte and his
Relation" the Companion" being represent
cd bv the British lion. and tho Relation" by
the devil.
A pitcher of this period gives An interview
between Bonaparte and the Quakers, whore the
Numbering Corsican Tyrant" exclaims: 80
they are all great men in your country chr
But suppose they are like you. not very fond
Of fighting. Is not that tho case, Master
Quaker2" To which the English Friend re-
plies Little man. 1t Is not the case. l my
self encourage not fighting, but II thou or any
Of thy comrades darest to cross tho waters,
my countrymen shall make ouakers Of ye ALL"
Curiously enough. ono Of these English CO.
ramic facetise relates to America. Tho design
consists of a COW. whose horns are held by
man from whose mouth issues . scroll in
scribed John Bull" A second man, wear
ing q cooked hat with plume labelled. "Buona-
parte." is pulling at tho cows tail. while
third. indicated as Jefferson. is milking her.
Prof. John B. McMaster. the historian, says
that the original caricature from which this
design was taken was published by the Feder-
alists in the days Of the long embargo. 1907
1909. The COW is typical OF the United States;
John Bull holds her horns: Napoleon her tail.
while Jefferson, looking to Napoleon for orders.
scatters the milk upon the ground.
The old blue and white Delft ware Of our
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SKATERS CARRIED TO SEA.
Three Young Men Drlrted to Their Death
In Lake Erie leo Floe.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

r,o,, n. c,,r>,ond Plain Dealer.
~ ..- =, ..
Early yesterday afternoon, Jan. IA, three
young men alghted from Glenville street
cor A. Doan street and entered n near.b nv cigar
a' ' M. 80 Id ~ Iona ou.r,on,s nm5
store. lhey were ciaa III iohk o'orco"ts hiiu
cloth caps and carried skates over their shoul-
d.r. Th.v atood about the store warming
D' 80 49,, ,s 49,, s...,,,s
themselves ior some tihe anu sooh oec"iho
engaged in conversation with several other
voupo man Skating was discussed and the
'oe ~ ~, -, . -, a.
young men SAID they LAD como out from inc
city 10 skate. All Of the down-to town ponds
,vere too crowded for them and they had been
"eIe wv ol""ue, r,"''.,,l ~. ..'.''.' I 80
told that ulehVlue was Roou plAco W bAa'e'
as 1t had several good ponds.
Tn v,ew NJ the fact that thev had no work
w" " w Is a. ,sh.a
at once taken the car for Glenville. They
asted IN be directed To a good pond and were
aeheu M '" w .on W 10 IL 80, Daa,,
told that Park 8 pohd' hait mlle from Doah
street, was an admirable place to skate.
Att.r ta,k;no r,ttle longer thew left the stors
aa . .ha Ia IT,. th.v ,,ora
seen skating for some time Finally they decid-
"a bo, tho leo y.s too rough and went In search
GU 'i,". .'o 80 VOC w. 49, -, So " N ' 80 - ' :.
OF better place 10 skate' several persons sa"
them going down Doan street toward the lake,
,.uohinn and chatt,no among themselves In
iauRh'ne anu 'h..,'ns "niu"k ,' 'A'"'''o' ~
Shortly before O'Clock several carpenters
NJ yorL op n nav bouse for William Hughes
~ WIN VII I.o" A.u'o ., .o .'m,,. ~, ",
started away from the new bulidlnR. Iheir
steps were arrested by cries for help, and. look
ing out into the lake. a terrifying spectacle met
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gold to fall back into the pan: Water to drink
all driven away. till measures could be taken
for procuring a regular supply,
Reef after reef of gold was discovered. The
er the machinery. the capital. nor the time
to crush the quart % and iNod hunted for alTvial
f fsos, by the man ny whose name name it bears. ar He
lost his pack horses in the scrub, and while
hunting for them stumbled upon the gold,
and specked OIL n two ounce nugget. In the
needless rush into the waterless bush, on the
announcement of, new alluvial finds. many
rescued at the last extremity by the securing
parties on camels which the Government sent
after straggers
At Kurnalpi the finder managed to work
for some weeks In secret. helped by Austria
a natives and hsa to SECURE @ Of
beaten track before he left. This was discov:
cred by two other pr9spectors. who followed
three other white men. These five gathered
Of water. Their appearance at Coolgardie
was the cause OF great rush to the new eka held,
sg od was MsoIa 10 tI Ss
place was named Social Flat. The London.
derry mine was discovered, by six men who
Hs,e :rsy punn's wealth Of Nations from which
1000 ounces Of specimen gold have been taken
every week new discoveries In the unex plored
parts are announced.
The mining has so far been largely boot
mans mining. There Is phenomenally rich
surface show, with pockets and shoots OF gold
often astonishingly rich. but the surface indl.
places the gold bearing stone is soft and rot
ten. so that u can be worked without mschin-
lodes. well defined, running across tho coun-
try for many miles. While the amount OF
| well disseminated through the quartz, and so
| far these reefs have Improved with depth. II
| Is from them that permanent supply Is to be
| expected. Frequently there are from four to
six parallel lodes close together, five, seven,
| ten miles long. There Is stone enough yield
| ing from one TO two ounces a ton to keep Cool
! garde busy for many years to come. The
| great requirements of the place are honest
! cry and economic mining. Town blocks In
! Coolgarde are very high, because the men
' 10 stay.
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"That pointer of mine Is a great dog" de-
clared Howard Vernon rs he petted his 81 900
dog Glenbeigh. 81 can always depend on him.
When he makes n point ! know that he has
scented "a bird. and know that he will not
move a muscle while have a chance at IT,
Z" was hunting quail up at Point Reys last
month when lost GlenbeiEh. knew no must
be pointing In the brush somewhere. but
looked everywhere for him and could not lind
him The next day | resumed tho search. with
no better success. but on the third DAY ! found
him in u dense thcket. standing perfectly rigid;
with his tail sticking straight out behind and
tree, and the dog stood at the opening pointing.
The quail dared not come out, and the dog true
TO his training, wouldn't move. He had been
standing in that position, without 80 much as
moving foot, for sixty-hv hours, and when
tried 70 lead him away he could not walk"
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rnSe eesinamosners sgsin & mas recently become sne
sess good examples of IT, Crude and coarse
though II may be. IL IL often moro fascinating
70 the collector and tho lover OF things ancient
than the finest china. Its heavy white tin
glaze or enamel on the light, porous pottery
which has trickled OF at the edges. gives IT
character all Its own. and renders IL easy Of
recognition. and the three scars which are gen.
other pieces. showing where they have rested
on the stiits or triangles while being fired in
rather than blemishes.
Now fashion has brought this old Dutch
waro Into vogue again and many u piece which
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COOLGARDIE'S GOLD FIELDS.
Extent OF tho New West Australian Eldo-
rado and Its Prospects.

Coolgardie, in West Australia, the scene of
the latest gold finds. is a new township. 1854
miles almost due east of PERTH with which 1t
will soon be connected by railroad: but by the
Coogardie gold field is really meant an i'm
mense tract of land, nearly 100000 square
miles in area. Much OF 1t is still unexplored,
but in many parts gold in quantity has been
discovered. 1t is the collective name for many
gold fields. some of which will be soon ex-
haustcd. while others give every promise of
being permanent. and most OF which are sit
uated within radius OF ninety miles Of Cool
gardie itself. The whole district is an unin-
habited desert save for the gold mines. and
most Of the names are not TO be found In even
recent maps. The limits are Mount Margaret
and ularing on the north and Lake Lefray
and the Dundas Hills in the south. An elab-
orate account OF the recent discoveries is given
by the London Times.
Prospcctors from Southern Cross, the late
settlement on the edge OF the desert, found
goId-bearing quartz reefs in the Uilaring and
Mt. jackson district in 1901. but no alluval
gold, and the value of their discovery was not
believed in The following year was extraor-
dihariiy wet, making 1t possible for men to
20 FAR into the desert and stay there for an un-
usually long time. Two men, named Bailey
AMI Ford, followed a track made many years
ago by gang OF convicts. and pushed their
way to Bailey's Hill. near Coolgardie, where
they collected between 800 and 700 ounces Of
gold. Within twenty-four hours OF their re-
turn to Southern Cross the town was deserted,
every man having rushed off to the new Edo
radio. This was in September, 1892. That
year there were running creeks where no trace
OF water had ever been seen: horses and carts
were begged, and tho gold seekers were disap-
pointed. rs the moisture made II difficult to get
al the gold. Many returned home thinking
That they had been swindled. In a few weeks,
however, the soil dried up. and gold In plenty
was obtained by those who remained by the
simple process-of dry blowing throwing the
contents of u pan into the air and letting the
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IL the Hostess or To-day Less Sincere Thar
Was Her Graz udmothers

"The insncerity OF our age" Ia q phrase OF
such surprising popularity, so dotted upon by so
many Of our writer's and SO frequently used by
them that one 10 tempted to act In its presence
as he would before u time honored proverb, to
stand with no question raised and with judg-
ment respectively bowed. Certain signs lead
one. although he be In closest sympathy with
those writer's, 10 doubt the durability OF this
much honorcd phrase. viii 1t wear much
longer2 Even now Is there not danger that poo
Pile are growing sincere2 Take, for an example,
the afternoon ten.
Formerly when Miss Mehitable winton asked
Miss Mary Ann Evans to take tea with her at
she "bcsouRht the honor" OF the presence OF
Miss Evans" and when Miss Evans arrived
she was greeted cordially. requested to lay Off
her bonnet and to be seated, after which laying
of and being seated she was expected to drink
much tea aud to stay q long time. There
was apparent about the whole afternoon q
spirit OF friendliness. Miss Mary Ann was
asked about her conversation with the
minister at sewing circle. and was al
lowed to describe her favorte kind OF cross
stitch. In return for these condolences she
learned Miss Mehitable's opinion OF cross-stitch
and Of tho minister, and through these and
kindred topics a close bond of union was made
between Miss Mehitable and her friends. 30 that
at tho close of the afternoon Miss Mary Ann
and the rest are not to bo much blamed II they
carried with them from tho Winton homestead
the impression that their company had been
really enjoyed by Miss Mohitable.
As time went on and tho rush Of our mod
ern civilization" together with "the complex
ity of our modern life and other influences of
environment" and "heredity," such as ac-
count for all Of our present actions. even to tho
purchase Of our shoe buttons-as some one or
all t1,aeA tal H.. Nohl
bles Of our day they were led at last to dosire
less ardently, perhaps. the company Of the Miss
Mary AIMS, or Marannes as we spell them now
adays. How easy to have retained the old form,
to have still requested" her to come and to
have feigned the visit still held as an honor"
But no. the conscience. awakened probably by
the papers upon the decline OF Sincerity"
which Miss Mehitable has read, now con trolls
her action. She will ask Marianne because 1t is
hor duty, but she will on no account permit her
to think for one instant that her presence 10
anything but a matter Of Indifference to her
hostess. So In place of the old time invitation
the nowaday notice Is served
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lrDm the 81. Louls GloL,. nemocrat.

FLORENCE, Ala, Jan. 2l,-A few days ago
a party OF Florcntincs made an important
discovery in cave nigh W. in the blum,
near lantridge Ferry, iew miles above
Florence The cave Is far above high water.
and is accessible only by means OF u ladder hfty
feet Long Within the cave were found human
bone. and curious pottery. The bones bore e'i
denCo OF having belonged to race heroic In
size, and the pottery is unlike any found In the
Indian mounds in this section. The cave Is u
large one. and leading on from it are several
smaller cayerns. which appear 10 have hern the
work of men. Old residents in the Hesghhor-
hood tell of another cave which WAS found near
tho same place years ago, but which WAS closed
by an earthquake.
The bluh at the point where this last cave was
found Is fully roo feet high, and ii Is believed
there are other caves in IL similar To the one ex-
plored that have been closed up with lar-c
rocks by the people who used them as burial
place for their dead.
Some months ago a similar cave was found
below Sheffield by parties from Barton station,
which had been cleyerly closed, and in 1t were
also found human bones and pottery,
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has been extended to cover ail grades Of white
warc, from tho finest translucent porcelain TO
the cheapest pottery decorated in this style.
The factories OF Holland. Germany. and France
are being drawn upon to supply the demand
for blue and white designs in the United states,
and within n year or 30 several OF the more
progressive American potteries have entered
thls field and are now producing so-callcd
Delft ware, fully equal. from an artistic stand
ropean factories. Among the foremost pro-
ducers of this style of ware is the Ceramic
Art Company OF Trenton. which has lately
hagons, vases. candlesticks, clock cnses.
toilet sets, and what not. embellishcd with
representations Of monks, ships. and wind
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PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DECORATED PIE Dish.
which repose in tho antique bureau drawer. An
invitation to Join the family At dinner. for
they are q hospitable race, will be extended to
him. should he happen along at midday. and
this will afford him an opportunity to study the
people at their best and, perhaps, to gain sight
of some OF the old crockery which has descended
down for a hundred years as heirlooms in tho
family On ono of my excursions III this section
CHANGED. with my German guide, upon
rambling old structure which was occupied by q
grandson of one Of tho pioneer potters of
tho district. himself we'll advanced in years.
but remarkably active. intelligent, and we'll
versed in local history. Upon our accepting
his urgent invitation to dine he devout!y pro-
nounced a blessing upon tho meal. while his
good woman deferentiaily stood behind his
chair with her apron to her eyes In silent
thanksgiving. The words being spoken In the
Pennsylvania German dialect, could not un-
derstand them, but 1t was evident that they
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AN ANCIENT PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN POTTERY: SHOWING KILN

there "she" still remains: and yet have
bought equally good pecimens from his neigh
bors at prices ranging from 80 cents to $5.
Frequently these old pieces bear the dates Of
manufacture. the earliest thus far brought to
light having been made in 1899. These dates
continue down to 1S49 when they cease, show
ing that the manufacture seems to have been
discontinued about fifty years ago.
From q study OF these extremely interesting
objects we may learn something of the processes
of their fabrication. The larger circular dishes.
up to eighteen inches in diameter, were made in
tho form Of shallow milk pans, with sloping
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LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Tho elections for directors Of many Of the
banks and trust companies In Now York city
occur in January. Not infrequently thero arc q
number of changes in tho boards. and many
times misleading reports are circulated in Wall
street as to the causes for tho changes. Some
times directors have not been dilRent In at
tending to their duties. and very frequently
they have not attended to them at ALL An
active President OF q banking corporation and
his associate directors in immediate charge be-
lieve that all directors should attend the meet;
inRs. There is always a fee Of S5 or $40 gold
re
which divert their attention; There have
been directors, too; who have counted
out out to- to be 60 of no service Whatever
to their Corporations. Invariably such
Is unpleasant to record. but nevertheless true.
that from some Of those directors start reports
TSey a1s against sna Ss bank
President who has cen instrumental In having
them dropped. Within the last two weeks the
Wall street reporters have worn out case OF
shoe leather. running down false reports circu-
lated by directors who have been tumbled out
of their places.
The belief is gaining ground that the standard
set by the Police Commissioners for appoint
ment to the force is too high. While the force
is 500 or moro men short, and the services of
each one of these men are required. the vacan-
hardly keep pace with deaths and dismissals.
II interested myself" said a very prominent
business man, in behalf Of strong young fel
low who thought he would like to get on tho
force. He was just the type Of man physically
who would make first class policeman. had
known him personally for very long time. He
was a man of excellent judgment and sound
horse sense. He had common school edu-
s. scheoi in n New wy York. ' He was xeii aeaasinssd
lie ." was what hat Would consider an ideal man Tor
a policeman. would trust him In any situation
Sna S@ sS
sent to the civil service examiners. His physi-
eIamInatlon; looked u into theme, the matter n and I'd
the writing is not good but 1t is plain. Every
words word I in '' Il and Just three Of them are mis-
spelled. 1t seems to me that In rejecting this
Wond have ered to the force and his
case cannot be an isolated one, There must be
hundreds like him, The Oommissioners, Il
with the physique, are not the Kind Of mon who
something better TO do"
The New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad has a Communication system that is
unique. Instead OF selling strip trip tickets or
cards emitting the buyer to SO many rides
within the month between points named, 1t
sells a pass. Tho buyer can ride up and down
month for which the ticket Is Issued. The con-
ductor doesn't have to punch It and II say saves
time and trouble all around. IT also enables a
| man whose business IL In New York to 20
home to dinner after business hnrrs and then
the theatre 'S or sbout TT town Without extra fare
The system is said to have increased the popu-
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bered that the capital Of Venezuela has not boon
thrown wide open to tho influences Of modern
architectural ideas until within the past thirty
years. and that the terrible ravages caused by
tho earthquake of 1912. which laid the city in
ruins, have not been effaced without great cost
and labor.
undefnable: for instance. tho church of Spanish
architecture Is surmounted by o Byzantine tow
or In red and white bricks: or the Parliament
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ture Is one of tho finest buidinR in tho country.
In tho Pantheon rest tho bodies of Bolivar and
several other heroes of the war Of Independence
and lines OF street cars make 1t easy TO reach
every part of the town. Society ia very gay, and
oil pleasant evenings the open squares are
thronged with happy crowds.
This view Of Caracas Is taken from tho south.
and 1t shows most of the capital and the north
ern mountains. Down those great hills flow
several streams that literally supply tho city
with good water.
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building. q gloomy structure with a massive
and unsymmetrical cupola. But these not
Seventy thousand people live there. Tho city
owes much Of its prosperity and adorlings to
rections the bane Of Venezuela with heavy
hand when he was President. and gave his
country q vigorous impulsion in the way of
abroad architects, engineers, and learned mon.
and in a few years he greatly improved the ap-
pearance of the oity.
Tho university whose tower IL seen in tho pic
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VENEzUELA's CAPITAL.
The City that Has Risen Above tho Rains
OF the Great Earth quake Of 1919.

or the Great Earthquake OF 1919.
Caracas. IN It's beautiful valley overlooked
by tho magnificent mountains that wall 1t in
from tho sea. Is one of the most pleasing sights
in Spanish America It bears close inspection,
too. though very likely good deal Of Its archi-
lecture would not meet the approval Of the
most critical taste. But 1t should be remem-
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pESSsYLvANIA GERMAN DISH.

sides. and these answered the double purpose Of
meat platters and vegetable dishes. The
smaller sizes, ranging from eight to four
teen inches were curved like our modern
earthenware pie plates. and these two
forms seem to have sufficed for the SIM
pie needs of these unpretentious people,
Usually the common red pottery was covered
with thin coating OF white clay, which was
spread over the surface in q liquid state then
allowed to dry. after which the device was
scratched through Then the whole was covered
with red lead glaze and finished by burning IN
the kiln. One Of these curious dishes. with
design OF n leaping stag. supported at each side
by q rude drawing Of tulip. Is here shown.
Around the margin occurs the Pennsylvania
German inscription:
!ch hin gemacht Won hafner sin:
Wan ich yer brech so bin ich hin.
No i'm iahr 1914,
which, translated into English. would read,
am made of potter's earth;
When am broken then am Rono
November In the year 1914
1t has been possible to identify many Of the
to particular potteries. and have been able
to locate many OF the old potteries themselves.
The manufacture of this ware presents curious
phase of provincial art which fiOurished n one
small section Of the United States for at least u
hundred and fifty years and then disappeared.
The old potters have all gone. and their de-
sccndnnts, grown more practical, have discon-
tinued the making Of "slip-decorated" or en-
Graved (sgrdgitO) ware. What pottery is now
being made In the Pennsylvania German settle
ments is commonplace and Of little interest to
tho collector or the historian.
EDWIN ATLEE BARBER.
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closet. Tho supply of genuine old Delft being
limited. Its underglaze blue effects are being
reproduced in large quantities., and the name
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was once consigned 70 tho kitchen occupies
room or hangs consoicuous,v In the best china
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-05
DICKINSON ROMANCE.
In which the Mother of the Young
Lady Settled Mntters.

CLINTWOOD. VA. February 4-(Spe-
cial.)-Two of her suitors. Henry Stanley
and Enoch Mullins, have been stoutly
contending against each other for the
hand Of Miss Clementine Vanover. OF
Freezing, this county, for some time. 1t
seems that the girl was not decided as
TO her choice between them, and encour-
aged both I'm their suits, but her parents
were decidedly opposed 10 Mullins.
Thus matter stood for a time, till a
day or two a. when Mullins presented
himself at the house Of the girls parents,
demanding her in marriage. At this the
mother of the girl grew mad, and orhered
her woud-be sOn-in-law OFF the premises
lie stood upon the order OF his going.
and the old lady seized a clapboard and
sOundly belabOred him with il til il
broke into pieces. when she seized the
first thing in reach with which she could
cudgei him, and renewed the war with
increased vigor.
Poor Mullins. seeing no chance TO Sc
cure the object Of his devotons. with
drew. doubtless meditating vengeance.
and repaired TO the Office Of the MAYOR OF
Clintwood. where he secured a warrant
for the old lady. charging her with as
sault and battery. She was promptly
brought to trial before the Mayor, but
upon a hearing she was as promptly ac-
quilted Of the charge. She then with
some show OF ceremony. turned the girl
over to Stanley, who carried her away in
triumph.