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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

pearls wear their necklaces n ropes,
constantly. This gives them the light and
air required by these mysterious formations,
and yet they are not exposed to the chances
of discoloration by being touched with acid
1t is easier to keep pearls in fair eondi-
ton when they are set In a lace pin or
in necklaces. 1t is hard to care for them in
a finger ring. One must be careful to re-
move them not only in washing the hands.
but they should never be worn when there
is likelihood of being touched by food or
drink.
About a month ago the owner of a beau
tiful pink pearl worn in a finger ring was
alarmed to find the stone was darkening
and becoming covered with an Opaque dark
crust. She took it to her jeweler. who pro-
nounced it a case of scale" He told her
the delicate substance had been in contact
with some acid. he reminded her that a
drop of lemonade would be sufficient to do
the mischief. She then remembered drink
ing lemonade while the ring was on her
ungloved hand.
The only remedy for scale is a removal
of a whole layer of the pearl. This Is an
excessively delicate business, which should
be done. by an expert workman. and never
undertaken by apprentice hands. 1t Is cost
ly business. and reduces the size and value
Of the pearl that must undergo the opera
ton
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
FRENCH NOTIONS OF US.
Not Quite Sure II City of Missouri Is
in State Of San Fran
From the New York Sun.

From the New York SUM-.
Foreign news excites in the Frenchman
very mild interest at best. Perhaps in no
other country is so little known about other
lands and other peoples. Whenever the
NATIONAL boundary there is a mess.
Hence. French readers are more than
likely to be furnished with careful infor-
nation about the city Of Missouri and The
state of San Francisco. The politics and
photography entering into the question are
like the geography.
The ordinary editors knowledge Of the
United State is easily summed up: 1t
is a free country; Washington was the
father of it, and Lafayette thrashed the
English for him: Lincoln emancipated the
uiation: it is the land of Barnum. the great
humbug: all Americans worship the dollar,
and say "All right and ahead" wear
boards under their chins. chew tobacco
while sitting in rocking chairs and spit on
the carpet. and dress in black ~broadcloth
frocE coats; the girls are frightfully free in
their ways and want to marry French no.
btemen. and Clara Ward is the national
type: the married women are prudes: all
Americans are rich, and the millionaires
spend their spare time either in killing pigs
or driving railway trains against time; the
great men of the land are Buffalo Bill, Edi-
Paul Bourget told them so.
Opinions are divided as to the American
government according to the politics of the
paper. the republicans affirming that 1t is
a mode government and the monarchists
that it is badly organized and Short-lived;
but they all believe that Spain could whip
us If she would half try.
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CLOSED FOR CENTURIES.
FAMOUS BORGIA ROOMS IN THE
VATICAN REOPENED.
P~rincely Apartments Which Have
Been Sealed for Four Hundred
Years Restored by tho
Pope's Orders

The New York Herald says: The famous
Borgia rooms in the Vatican in Rome are
now opened to the public for the first time
in 400 years. The guides showing visitors
through the pope's palace, in passing the
giving access into hat splendid suite
Of apartments. have piously crossed tnem-
selves and muttered an ave- With a wave
Of the hand they have passed by the apart
ments d~isdainfully. giving them the title Of
''ChambreS Maudits,' and the door La
Porte aux ENTERS"
Behind the closed doors have been hidden
some of the most beautiful frescoeS and
specimens of the masters genius TO bd
found in ROM But because the rooms
Were built and decorated for the use OF
Alexander Wis daughter Lucretia. they
were accursed in the eyes Of every good
Catholic.
So centuries passed. and the ~frescoes and
works of art SO ZealouSly hidden came to
DO looked upon as myths. but history re-
and Pope Leo NH. has finally had them
restored and opened to the public.
These rooms were added to the Vatican
and decorated by order of Pope Alexander
VI. just after Perugino had finished the
execution of his frescoes in the Sisfins
was given was Perugino. and had himself
done no inconsiderabIe portion of the deco
rations in the Sistine chapel
PlnturlcchiO was summoned to Rome in
1872 by Pope Alexander W., and employed
to decorate a suite of six rooms in tho
Vatican. which Alexander had Just built.
These rooms were called after their founder.
"Apartamenti Borgia." and now form part
of the Vatican library. Five of them stin
retain the fine series OF frescoes with which
they were decorated by Pinturicchio. the
upper part of the walls ana vaults not only
covered with paintings. but further enriched
with delicate stucco work in relief. As mas
terpieces of decorative designs. they are
considered much better models for imita.
tons than the more celebrated Stance OF
Raphael, Immediately over 1.-THE Borgia
rooms.
The main subjects Of these rooms are:
M NThs A and aTbe Re ane aatoTa!y' scenes scenes
from the lives Of St. Catharine., st.
Anthony, st; Sebastian and other saints:
ETC.: four figures in half length, with rich
arabesques. and figures OF the planets the
other subjects.
Pinturicchio, assisted by his pupils,
worked in these rooms from 1892 to 1i9S.
The models for his Madonnas. st, Catha-
rine and other female saints were Lucretia
Borgia and the famous Giulia Farnese
For his male saints Caesar Borsia posed.
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prior to his appointment to India. he was a
wise statesman, and it was during his
term that the colony had what perhaps was
its most prosperous time. Lord Lansdowne
is now secretary of war, a position which
he leaves to become foreign secretary.
Lord Salisbury will resign from the place
to make room for the marquis. but will re-
tain the premiership. Lord Lansdowne is
the fourth nobleman of his family to bear
the title Of marquis. He was educated at
McGiiI university of Canada, conferred the
degree of LII. D. upon him in 1883. When
q young man he was a captain in the
father in 1866 and very soon became promi-
nent as a statesman.
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In some of our Counties the average Is even
higher than this. In Whitman county it is
estimated that the crops have brought in a
sum equal to $50 for every man. woman
and child there. This would be $3.50 per
family. There are about 1900 people In
that county. SO you see what an enor-
nous amount 1t is"
Fifty Million Dollars From the Soil.
Where does all the money come from.
SENATOR"
1.-The amount I have been speaking of is
from the soil alone. A great deal of 1t
came from wheat. I know one man who
got $4,000 for his wheat crop. That man
last year was thinking of selling his farm
TO pay the mortgages on it. He did not ex-
pect it to bring much more than his in
d~ebtedness. He has now paid all that he
owes and has money in the bank. In the
count of Sherman. Ore, there are only
seven hundred voters, and that county pro-
duced over 100000 bushels of wheat this
year. We have one part of the Pacific
Northwest which We call the inland en-
pire.' This comprises a part Of Oregon, a
part of Washington and one or two coun-
ties in Idaho. hat region alone produced
more than 42,000,00 bushels of wheat this
summer, and IL has all been sold at good
prices"
How about the other crops. senator?"
Everything has done WELL" said Senator
Wilson. I'VE have had big crops of barley,
oats and hops, and have gotten high prices
for everything. Washington is, you know.
one of the great hop. raising countries of
the world. The vines have been loaded and
the crop has sold we'll"
Lumber I'm the Northwest.
"How about the lumber market?'
The lumber men are making money all
over the West. We have in Oregon and
Washington the bulk of the best lumber of
the country. We are now exporting millions
of dollars worth of II every year. Thelum-
Der is shipped by sea to South America,
Asia and Europe and around the Horn to
the United States. Our single trade has
never been so good. We sent 324, O0O. O0C
shingles East last September. or enough to
give five shingles to every inhabitant of the
United States. In the last nine months we
have sent about seven times that many.
As a result of the grain and lumber ship
ments. the railroads have had more than
they could do. There is no lack of work in
Washington now. l am told that $40, 0OO. COX
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and one group contains a very fine portrait
of Pope Alexander himself.
TIL models used by Pinturicchio and the
name given to the rooms by their designer
are to blame for the ostracism they have
suffered. That any pious Catholic should
be asked to gaze upon and admire a
Madonna or saint whose features and form
perpetuate the features and formo fL ucretia
Borgia or Giulia Farnese was not to be
tolerated for a moment. That the misdeeds
of Caesar Borgia should be constantly re-
called by the ever present speaking like
ness of his hated features gazing down
from a group of saints was pronounced
s~acrilegious. and the clamor became 50
great after the pope's death that his sue
cessor was finally forced to close the rooms
and seal up the door leading to them.
Pope Leo has now determined that the
masterpiece left so long to the destruction
of dampness and mould shall be opened
to sunlight and air, and the frescoes shall
be free to the art student. the artist and
the tourist.
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HER MODEST ~ REQUEST.
This Woman Wanted the Autograph,
of German Royalty for Her
Church Fair Guilt.

When Andrew D. White, now the United
States ambassador at Berlin. was minister
to Germany. nearly twenty years CO.. he
received some queer letters from Americans
asking for his influence in their behalf in
court circles.
Perhaps the funniest Of all was a very
mandatory epistle from al old lady living
In the West. who inclosed in her letter four
square.
are going to a a fair in our
church, she wrote. "and I am making
an autograph quilt. I wan you to get
me the autographs Of the emperor. the en-
press. the crown prince and Bismarck. and
tell them to be very careful not TO write
has to be allowed for putting them to-
gether."
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A HOUSE SHAPED LIKE A HEAD.
This Is to Be One of the Features of
the Paris Exhibition
in 1000.

A startling feature of the Paris exhibit
ton of 1900 will be the woman's building.
which is to be constructed In the shape
of a woman's head. The model of this
structure will be a photograph taken from
a composite made up from photographs of
the most beautiful types of modern women.
lfelike as possible. Beneath the layer of
hin wood upon which the paint covering
the face will be placed, anumberof very
powerful electric lights are to be arranged.
The wood will be of some variety which is
not opaque, and the electric lights of
sufficient force to penetrate the wood and
paint a soft glow. so that the face will
shine at night. The eyes are to consist of
powerful electric arc lights.
The hair will be of a dark brown shade.
and will consist of fine strands of rope.
The entrance to the statue will be at the
base of the neck. and most of the ROOMS
will be used by various feminine celebri-
ties for lecturing.
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are large American interests in Yuca,an.

are large American interests in Yucatan.
The state exports about 40. 900 tons Of
hemp to the United States every year. The
average price of the fiber is $50 per ton.
Large quantities OF machinery and agri-
cultural implements are shipped from this
country to Yucatan. There are four railway
lines in the country, which were built large
ly with American capital and Materials.
General Canton owns 4 large share in the
stock Of one of these railroads.
Governor-elect Cantor Is q veteran of
the revolution of 1852. He was for several
years engaged in fighting MaSayo In
dians In Yucatan. who have to this day
refused to recognize the authority of Presi.
dent DiaZ.
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ried to an Armenian princess of the illus
trious and formerly sovereign house of
Dadian through whom he is related to
several of the principal houses Of the aris-
tocracy at st. Petersburg, as well as to
some Of the most influential personases in
the encourage of the sultan. Few Euro
peans possess a more profound knowledge
than this gallant officer. who for three
years has been living upon his estate in
Luxembourg.
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hard times. I live in Spokane. We put up
500 new houses there this year, ranging
in price from $4,000 town."
Fresh News From the Klondike.
How about Seattle and Tacoma?"
"They are bob in good, healthy condi-
ton. TIL discovery of gold in h klon-
dixie has put new life into them. Three
fourths of all the men h go to Alaska
get their outfits in these towns Every
steamship line which goes there has its
headquarters on Puget sound. and goods
of all kinds are being manufactured there
for the gold miners. Everything in the
way of a vessel that will float has been
loaded with goods and taken up to Alaska
Great preparations are being made ior
next spring and these cities are having a
prosperity such as they ave never had
before"
Are there many people in Seattle who
have not been able to leave for Alaska,
NO. l think most of those who wanted
or other. Such as nave been stopped are
now waiting the coming Of spring In Alas-
ka- We LAY a number Of boats preparing
to start out next year. One ompan OF.
fers to take a man to Dawson City from
Seattle and to give him a full OUTFIT. in
GLIDING n years supplies. for $500. An
other steamship line advertises TO leave
Seattle about June 10, and every ten days
after that. Passages are already being
engaged on these boats
One Hundred thousand Gold Miners.
Have you any idea how many people
will go to the Klondike next year?"
"Of course such an m would be to
a large extent guesswork. Still. from the
letters we get at Puget sound we can form
some idea. 1 think there is no doubt but
that there will be 1O0.O OO. I ave just
heard that something like IL. 900 miners will
go from Colorado alone. All of the West
ern states will furnish a large number.
There will be thousands from New York.
Pennsylvania II Ohio, and companies
are being organized in all parts of the
United States. Some will go by. sea
around the Horn, but the most will go
across the trunk lines of railroads to Puget
sound. We expect to ave a large number
drop off and settle in Washington. and of
the gold miners who return we hope to get
a good share. In addition to this we are
going to supply parties, so you can see that
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THE CARE OF PEARLS.
even q Drop of Lemonade In Suf-
ficient to Ruin
Them

American girls are fond of pearls. and
ave no superstitious fears that they mean
tears" 1t may not be NOW to the pos
SCISSORS of these gems that pearls are re-
Earded as we'll or 'in' from a jewelers.
point of view. Like human beings they
require fresh air to be kept alive. In other
too lcng in a closed case. Judges of pearls
can tell by looking at them whether the
gem is "lucido' CLEAR and healthy. or
whether it is beginning to be an invalid.
Experts talk of pearls dying they some
times becoming discolored and turning
black.
but It has not the evanescent rainbow sug-
gestions t. be seen in a milky or rosy pearl.
italian women who know a great deal about
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'cRETE's new GOVERNOR.
He Has q Profound Knowledge OF
Oriental Life, Manners and
auRuaRe

Baron Won Schaeffer the new governor
general Of Crete. nominated by the great
powers, whose appointment has been
sanctioned by the sultan, is a native of
Luxembourg. was trained as a lawyer, and
has served first of all in the Turkish and
then in the Egyptian army, being attached
to the headquarters staff of Lord Wolseiey
during the latter's last Nile campaign, with
the rank of colonel. Fer several years he
was at the head of the department of public
safety and of the suppression of the slave
trade in Egypt. where he distinguished
and his courage in arresting some of the
leading men of the country for purchasing
slaves from traders. He has inherited a
large fortune from his mother, and Is mar
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Wflhelm,s Wardrobe.

The wardrobe of the German emperor 10
not the least remarkable thing about him.
1t Is valued at 100000 every uniform hav-
Wallets, who devote their entire attention
to its care. In the wardrobe are uniforms
and of all the Imperial German navy.
Austrian. Russian, Swedish. British, Italian
and other uniforms that are worn by the
emperor on his journeys and on the occa-
sion Of princely visits also form a part
of his wardrobe
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PROFITS OF MONTE CARLO.
THEY FELL OFF 100000 IN THE
LAST YEAR.
Ruined Gamblers Got 100000 With
Which to Go Home, and the
Prince of Monaco 100000
Suicide Record IS.

Gambling was not so popular at Monte
Carlo last year, and the profits for the
twelve months ending on October 81 were
81, 5000 O less than those for the year be-
fore. The budget gives no official reasons
for the slump.
Among the heaviest expenses of the bank
which controls the Casino and the finances
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Her Charity Work.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
mo, DR.. Whiteband, I'm sorry. but I'm
doing all I can afford to do for charity"
And may l ask through which channel
Certainly. I haven't missed a charity
card party in two seasons"
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will be paid in wages for lumber men and
wood workers this year"
4 True Fish Story.

"How about the fish,"
1.-The salmon crop this year has been ex-
eeptionally large We have pulled 5000. 900
put of the water. and Oregon has also done
IN m business of the same kind.
There are salmon canneries on all the riv-
Prs about Puget sound and on the Column
bia river. There are SO many salmon in
some parts of the Columbia river that they
use fish wheels to catch them. These
wheels are something like the water
wheels OF a grist mill. save that they
have wire basket nets attached to the outer
rim of the wheel. SO that they strike the
water. and. going down, scoop up the sal
mon which are running up the river. AS
the wheel turns it throws the fish into a
chute which carries them off into a boat.
Sometimes tons of fish are caught in this
way. and 1 heard of one instance OF a scow
which was attached to such a fish wheel
and left over night. In the morning 1t was
found that so many fish had been run into
the scow through the chute that the
weight had sunk the scow."
How about o towns and cities, sena-
tori kAre they ~growing?"
81 Fink 9sey will begin to grow from
uow{I The smaller towns have been
Gro6dh3AAther than b cities during the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
MARQUIS OF LANsD0WNE.
He Will Soon Be Made Secretary of
Foreign Affairs, 1t IL
0olI

Henry Charles Keith Fitz-Maurice. Mar
quis Of Lansdowne. who. it is said. will
soon be made secretary of foreign affairs
in the British cabinet has long been prom
inent in English governmental and dip
lomatic service. He was selected for the
post Of governor general OF India in 1853
and succeeded the Marquis of Lorne as
viceroy Of the empire. As governor gen.
eral Of Canada, n post he occupied just
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
YUcATAN's new GOVERNOR.
Satisfaction Among Prominent
American Business Men.

The election Of General Francisco Can
ton as governor Of the state of Yucatan,
Mexico. has been a source Of satisfaction to
some leading business firms in New York
and other parts of the country that have
a large trade with Yucatan.
General Canton, who is a close friend OF
President Diaz. is regarded as a progressive
and practical man, well fitted for the posi-
ton he has been called to occupy. There
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A Hint.

He stole a kiss, and, strange to say.
She did not rage nor bid him stop;
She only said. in gracious way:
Dear sir. this is no retail shop"
-CbinhRo Nawa.
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which pay them $50. coo a month. The great
,Ireadwell mine keeps pegging along turn
ing out more than 100000 worth of gold
every year. and there are undoubtedly
Great quantities of gold about Juneau.
There is gold at Cooks Inlet and on the
Copper river. and you have heard of the
recent new discoveries in the Munook re-
gion below Fort Yukon.
A Spokane Mans Rich Find.
1t is a question whether Southeastern
Alaska will not prove to be a bigger gold
held than the Klondike. There is a man
named Smith from my town of Spokane
who has Just come back, bringing a big
lot of free gold with him. He has been
prospecting along the Stickeen river. near
Fort Wrangel. and he says he has discov-
cred gold which will assay 500, 600 to the
ton. The gold is free gold. You can see
IT IN his samples. The yellow specks stick
out all over the hunks of ore. He saws
It lies In a five foot ledge between walls
OF porphyry and slate. and tina the out
Groupings can be traced a distance of 500
feet. The ledge crops out on the side OF a
mountain half a mile above the sea. II is
on salmon creek. about thirty miles north
\ east of Fort Wrangel."
rs that a hard place to reach, senator?'
NO. I think not" replied Senator VIII
son. For Wrangel is on the main Alas
gan tt route Of the steamers plying between
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the Alaska gold discoveries are a good
thing for u.s."
The Gold Mines Of Warrington.
"How about the gold mines of your own
state, senator? Have any developments
been made lately?"
New discoveries are being made right
along all over the West. The various
and re-prospected. I visited the old min
ing camp of Florence, Id, last year. This
is not far from the boundary of Washing
surrounded by mountains. The basin was
just about as big as that of Washington
city. The gold was in the shape of mug
of the grass roots. The camp was then
given up; Gold is now being found much
dred feet below the surface, and if so a
vast amount of free gold will be discov-
cred. In the Occur d'Alene country. in
M Msster Of W Iead aGd s;,y we have hay s Salun6ls
mine there is paying $4,000 a month in
dividends. The LIE Roy gold mine, in which
Senator Turner .r oeG is interested; is paving diy-
liable mines on the Colville reservation.
There is considerable placer mining. I am
doing something of this myself on the
16O acre farm, the dirt from which we are
washing in the river to get out the gold.
We find about 10 cents worth in every Gu
oNS ! oiio "a SNSai Wy SlosVUV "
$751; 900 a year. This is not a great deal,
but the property cost US very little, and
it gives us a big percentage on the invest
ment."
Our Golden Empire of Alaska.
81 suppose you have good facilities on
Puget sound for getting information con-
corning Alaska, SENATOR"
Yes" replied Senator Wilson. Our peo-
pie talk little else than gold now. 1 have
met scores of men who have just returned
from Alaska. and a number who have pros
pected in other parts of the territory than
along the Yukon. There is no doubt about
the enormous amount of gold on the Klon-
dixie. but 1 believe If anything that there
is more gold in Alaska than in British
Columbia. Old prospectors tell me hat
they have never yet washed earth from
an Alaskan stream which has not shown
some color. Nearly all the beaches of the
Alaskan islands have gold mixed with their
sand. On the big island of Kadiak there
are men who are always washing the
sand to get out the gold, and they make a
good profit. The Alaskan Commercial
Company has mines on one Of the islands