The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
AFTER DIAMOND DUST.
British Scheme to Dig Into the Graves
OF the Suitnn's Victims.


At least one English paper puts news con-
siderations above those OF business This
II mas dem0nStr ated by revealing the de-
tails OF a most remarkable scheme
scneme the originatorS were trying to keen
quiet Tor the present, and OF which thev
had intended to reap all the profits leaving
the eager public nothing better for the in
Vestment or its money than Barnato COM
panes- Such greed and selfshness has
peen thwarted. and most properly by our
London contemporary. In a single para
graph IL has drawn away the veil, and an
nounces that stock company rich in capt.
tai and titled directors has been formed
Tor the purpose of exploiting a curious and
valuable concession obtained after much
dificult negotiation from the Sultan of Tur-
Key Here are the details:
AS everybody is aware. vast numbers of
lnconventient young ladies have to be put
out or the way IN Abdul Hamid's realm
eacn year, and IL is no less a matter of
common knowledge that the favorite and
most common method OF accomplishing the
painful but necessary duty Is by adminis-
tering powdered diamonds. concealed In
snick, black coffee. A few doses OF this
poetic mixture prove quite as effective for
the removal OF superfiuous feminity as were
the oowstring and sack Instruments once
popular. but now reprehended by the more
progressive Turks as tending. in the long
run, TO make navigation in the Bosphorus
cif1cult II not impossible. For years. now.
in all Constantfh opoiitan families Of anv
pretensions TO good taste or public spirit.
ana, as consequence. enormous quantities
IN the cemeteries OF that capital and i'm sew
eral other Turkish cities where the fash
IONS OF polite society are followed.
Test shafts have been sunk in several of
these cemeteries, and in each instance the
prospectors reached. not far below the sur
race, stratum OF earth rich enough i'm
diamond dust TO yield large returns when
treated by those delicate methods with
which modern science has practically rev.
olutioniZed the mining industry.
These preliminary investigations were
made with great secrecy, but with not less
thoroughness. and soon as the feasibil-
fty OF rapidly and easily acquiring great
wealth was assured the enterprisng Brit
fshers proceeded to obtain control of the
deposits. This. OF course. took much time
diplomacy and money. Palace officials are
expensive. and popular prejudice I'm Moslem
countries against the disturbance OF graves
Is strong, but every difficulty has been over
come at last, and. with the concession in
their pockets, the directors OF the new COM
pany have ordered the construction OF such
machinery as may be necessary for the
prosecution OF their work
No stock has yet been placed on the mar
ket. but IL is understood that a good deal
OF IL has been sod by the original holders
They were, II seems. unable TO refuse the
offers made to them by would-be investors
and. for the sake of ready money were
short-sighted enough TO decrease their hold
fngs in an enterprise from which the ulti-
mate profits are simply beyond calculation
IL seems 10 us that the London paper has
done well to make this matter public. The
tendency 10 monopolize advantages in
which all should share cannot be too firmly
sod