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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
HOW GOLD LEAF Is MADE.
Hammered Until the Gold Becomes as
Thin as Tissue Paper.

From the Rehoboth Herald.
The gold, % carats fine, Is run through
heavy rollers, coming out a ribbon about
an inch wide and of the thickness Of blot
ting paper. The ribbon is clipped into inch
squares and placed between the leaves Of
parchment book three inches square. This
book Is called the clutch, and contains 200
leaves. When it has been placed In heavy
parchment envelope it is given to a brawny
workman. He stands before pounding
block Of solid granite and with an iron
hammer weighing fifteen pounds beats the
Clutch until the gold within is three inches
square instead of one inch The blow
struck is not the crushing blow Of a butch
er's ak; 1t must rebound lightly
The gold Is next cut in quarters and
placed In another book called the shoda,
which contains some $50 leaves. This
book consists Of peculiar substance made
from the entrai1s of oxen. 1t is as fine
and smooth and flexible as the lining Of
an eggshell. 1t is very costly. the price of
single book being $40. A book will stand
$50 beatings. after which 1t Is sold to manu-
facturers of imitation god leaf.
The shoda Is beaten with lighter ham
mer and a more expert strike. The idea is
to make the leaf little thicker on the
edges than in the middle. This Is In order
that when the leaf Is finally trimmed and
sold the manufacturer and not the buyer
will get the advantage of the heavier part.
Up to this time all the work Is In the
hands Of the men. The transferring of the
leaf from the shoda to the next book and
the final beating has always been the work
of women light touch and def hand
are required to do this without breaking
the leaf. which has now been beaten to the
xnfnness Of the thinnest tissue paper.
The last book is called the mold. and
has 600 leaves. In 1t the gold tissue g
beaten to one-fourth that delicate thick
ness
The girls sit at little inciosed desks In
an almost airiess room. The smallest draft
of wind mist be excluded, 50 light Is the
substance handled. As II Is. quantities fly
about and settle In the girls hair and
clothing. The walls and corners giistf y
with II. In front Of each girl Is a Hne
leather cushion. and at her side are pie ]
the malds. She turns the leaves. and with
the aid Of two slender wooden Tools one a
pincers and the other kind Of stiletto.
lifts the shimmering gold. drops ii on the
leather cushion and hreathes on Il gent y
to Aatten It. This must all be done lightly
and quickly.
With two strokes of a wooden stamp,
called wagon. something like a cnoky
| cutter, the gold II cut into s 3-S inches
square. The trimmings are swe pit back
| into box and the gold Is again lifted and
dropped between the leaves of a tissue
paeer book. where II becomes the gold leai
| Of commerce. Twenty Of them are sold to-
gethar In q package. The retail price &
$7.5O.- An expert workman can make from
| sixty to eighty books a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
Too Long "Primping."
From the Landen Lady.

A medical paper has discovered curious
drawback Incidental to the practice of med
ieine hv women. and that Is the long time
lady doctors require before they are ready
to respond TO night cali A man Jumps
into his dressing gown. according to my au-
thority. and trips lightly downstairs. twist
ing his -mustaehe into shape as he goes.
The woman doctor. on the other hand. has
to go through numerous solemn rites before
she dare show herself In public. Has she
really. now? Well. judging by the appear
anee Of the lady doctors whose acquaint-
anca / have made. should believe those
rites to exist In the Imagination Of the med
ical Journals reporter, and nowhere else.
IT this were the only drawback to Womens
praetieing medicine. they were happy In
deed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
Picture Copyists.

The industrious folk who copy pictures
who are they? On1cialiy they are called
students; you may see them any students
day at the National Gallery making copies
without a quaim. of Titan or Turner. or
Tintoretto. And what becomes OF all the
copies? A dark question that. Address II
to the right person and he will smile. and.
like the beaver. look the ether way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
Progress of Egypt.
International Quarterly.

From the International Quarterly.
1t IL quite possible that other states may
have made as great progress a. Egypt has
during the last twenty years. It IL. how
ever, doubtful III In any other country the
GOOD results Of constructive statesmanship
can be SO accurately measured In easnels
of produce, in pounds and pence OF reve-
nue.. In decreasing percentages o. hitteracy
and In increasing numhers of righteous In
stead of corrupt court decistona-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

.NHCdF8.
The rneteortte reported as having fallen
recently at Crumlin. near Belfast. proves to
be the largest stone which has been seen
to fall from the sky to the British Isles for
eighty-n.rle years. and II larger than any
which has fallen In England itself since the
1885.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
SPRINGS AND BATHS.
CarrollSprings Sanitarium

OPEN ALL THE YEAR Baths. electricity. sun
parior covered verandas. hot water heat open
fires. acetylene gas pure spring water piped
through tire buildings. Send for illustrated eircu
lar. Address @. n. WRIGHT. H. D.,
AUS 1St Forest Glen Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

From the Dublin Express.
The impossibility of communicating with
tenants, except through the local political
tyrants who form the backbone Of the
United Irish League. makes the idea OF a
land conferences so utterly tmpractfcable
that 1t is mere waate OF time to discuss it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
SUBSTANCE OF ISSUES:

SUBSTANCE OF ISSUES:
Were said paper writings in fact executed BY
said George Brown?
Was he ct the time of the execution of tine
Of sound mind?
Were they executed by him under the undue in
fuence Of Mary ]. Brown Of any other person !?
Was the execution of the same procured by
fraud msrepresentat ton and artifce and
Are said paper writings the last will and codicil
Of said George Brown oc25 s&w 4w
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

It pays to read the want eoinanns Of The
Star. Hundreds Of situations are hlied
through them.
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IA Rtver Of Fire.

On one side Of the fiery river little sluice
gate let's q current Of 4Irideseent. floating
Stag drasn or from the top Of the pure
metal and so meandexing away in a vivid.
CLASSY brook to the iron Stag car which
awaits 1t. A carload of the half-cooled
stun looks like nothing SO much as the lava
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

FOR EXCHANGE-On lots. one or ten new Groom
brick houses, with baths; hot and cold water
each. 50, $50.
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FOR EXCHASGE-A new 10-room house neal
British embassy: lot 2111OO: alley: $40. 600
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FOR EXCHANGE-A new 1o-room house on CO.
Iunbia Heights; hot-water heat; baths: value,
$4,000; will trade for ground smaller house.
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FOR EXCHANGE-For building lots. We have
10-roOm houses. with tiled baths: stean
heat; price each, $500; we'll located north
west; 10 exchange for building lots.
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PALMISTRY

HAVE YOUR HANDS READ BY NINE RITA
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FOR EXCHANGED Groom house near 10th and
X st: free Of fnrumbranee; price, $500; will
trade for an So 900 house.
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FOR ENCHANGE-A FINE BUSINESS PROP
erty on 18th st. NV, rented for 800 per month
trust, 5000, 415cs. price SIS 600, for dwelling
NV. about 10 rooms. Send full description and
price. A y. u. Star office. noS-3t
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FOR EXCHANGED FINE BUSINESS PROP
erty on 1ith ST. NV, rented for 500 Per month:
trust So 900, 49, price, $4,000, for dwelling
NV, about 10 rooms. Send full description tnd
price. A. Y. u, Star office MOIST.
FOR EXCHANGED BEAUTIFUL FARM IN
Charlotte county Va. 200 acres. unincumbereI,
go miles from Richmond, for a small farm mar
Washington, D. C. EARLY & HAMPTON. 6l5
18th st. NV oc2S-i 1T
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DENTISTRY.

TEETH WITHOUT PLATES: FIRM COMFORT
able. iurAble, beautiful undetectable positively
painless. DIR. L. b. WILSON. $40 18th Ut. NV.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
SIX KILLED BY CAvE-IN.
LabOrers Buried Under Falling Clay
Bank Mt Cleveland, o.


Cleveland. o., March 25.-As the re-
suit of a CAVERN of a huge bank of
earth at the Main street plant Of the
Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Com
pany this afternoon. six men are
dead. Their names are: Colegero Am
att % years old; ,Guiseppi Bergozzo, SO
years; Vincenzo Lisuzzo, rs years old;
Andrew Hahn. % years old; Peter
Peast. aged 2S years; an Italian. name
not known yet.
Edward Lynch, another laborer, was
injured, but it is believed not seriously.
The men were working close to a
bank of clay when it suddenly gave
way without the slightest warning,
burying them beneath the mass of
earth. Fellow workmen Immediately
began the work of rescuing the vic
Tins, and in a very short .ime six of
the men had been taken out. Some of
them were alive, others already dead,
their lives having been smother al out.
The living were started to the several
hospitals, but died en- route, and their
bodies We're then taken to undertaking
establishments.
The workmen employed at the scene
oi the ulSdSleT give as cause TOT the
fall of clay the thawing of the ground
by the warm sun. which made the clay
looser than it had been previously
There were thirty-five or more men
at work on the excavation, which IL
being made for the erection of a new
building, and as they all lived near
by, their wives and children, who had
learned of the disaster, rushed to the
place and added to the confusion by
their cries for their relatives, whom
they were not able to locate instantly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
POISONED A WHOLE FAMILY.
Body of Negro Youth Found Dang
Hing From Three.

Washington, N. c.. March 25,-The
body of James Walker, the negro who
poisoned the whole family of DR.. Da-
vid T. Tayloe of the State Board of
Medical Examiners, was found dang
ling from a limb of a gum tree on
the Greenville road, just outside of
the town limits of Washington, early
this morning. A man coming to town
ran into the body, which hung out
over the walking path. He fastened in
tc town to inform the authorities Cor
oner Tayloe was summoned and he
impanelled a jury who brought in a
verdict that the negro came 10 his
death by lynching at the hands of
unknown persons. The negro was
about 10 years old.
When some one attempted to use the
wires to Williamson this morning they
found that the telegraph and telephone
wires were both cut. The lynching par
ty came from the Williamson direc-
ton, and when the body was found
this morning it had not been long
since the lynching took place, as the
body was not then rigid.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
CYCLONE IN LOUISIANA.
Three Men KILLED and Great Damage
Done in VermilIiOn Parish.

Three Men KILLED and Great Damage
Done in vermilIiOn Parish.
Crowley, La, March 25.-A great
storm of wind swept through the
neighborhood of Bayou Quene de Tor
tue twelve miles south of Crowley, in
Vemilion parish. last night, and 1t
is reported great damage was in
Cured. According to information re-
ceived to-day three men died in the
storm.
At the residence of John c. Ellis,
twelve miles south of Crowley, Del
mas Richard was killed and MIR. Ellis
sister considerably bruised by the fall
ing timbers. At a farm nearby a man
by the name of Stills was killed while
trying to escape from his home which
was completely wrecked and three
other members of The family were Sc
riously injured.
The house of a Mr.. Burleigh was
blown down, but the family escaped
with slight injuries. About three miles
from the Ellis place Mr.. Donnellys
house was blown from the foundations
and the stables were destroyed. A man
by the name of Bigue Abshire was ia
tally crushed by the falling debris.
Twelve houses are reported as to-
tally demolished. fruit trees were torn
out of the ground and destroyed. 1t is
thought that there were several other
fatalities In the remote parts of the
parish. The property loss will be very
heavy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
TO BUY UP IRISH ESTATES.
Land Bill and Tells of Crisis in
IreIand's Agriculture.

Secretary Wyndham Introduces the
Land Bill and Tells of Crisis in
Ireland's Agriculture.
London, March 25-The chief secre-
tary of Ireland, George Wyndham, in
troduced the Irish land bill in the
House of Commons to-day.
Mr.. Wyndham said the object of the
bill was to amend the land purchase
law. The government could not ig-
more the problem, owing to the acute
crisis in agriculture, which was now
at standstill, and in view of the fact
that there was an alarming deer ease
in the advances for the purchase of
land, owing to the unwillingness of
the land owners to sell.
The main provision of the bill au-
thorizes the Land Commission to take
over the whole or any part
of an estate whose owner is willing to
sell. The commission will then resell
to the tenants, but the assent of three
quarters of the number of tenants is
necessary before the commission will
undertake the transfer of any portion
of an estate. The landlord may him
self repurchase part of his estate, not
exceeding one-fifth of the total area,
from the conImissions thus becoming
a tenant-puchaser, in case he desires
to continue to reside on the estate.
The bill does not provide for COM
pulsory purchase. All the trasfer ar
rangements are in the hands of the
commission and are simplified as much
as possible.
The bill provides that cash, not ex-
.ceeding 100000 900 to be outstanding at
any time, may be advanced to the COM
mission by the exchequer, thus en-
abling the purchase to be made on a
vastly, larger scale than ever before.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
WAREHOUSES; FOR THE SOUTH
New York Sfiliionaires Organize
Company to Carry Ont Famous
Populist scheme.

New York Sfiliionaires Organize
Company to Carry Ont Famous
PopuIist scheme.
New York. March 25-The stockhold-
ers of the Trust Company of the Re-
public met to-day and elected D.. Lee
Roy Dresser president; Alexander
Greig, vice president: F. F. Robertson
second vice president, and James L.
Livingston, third vice president. Thorn
as c. Clarke will be the secretary and
treasurer. The following, with the
president and vice presidents, were
elected directors: Perry Belmont, Stuy-
vesant Fish, Henry c. Rouse,
Charles F. BROKER, Thomas f.
Goodrich, Ballard Mccall, John NJ,
Parker, James Mcmahon, w. D. Bald
win, Thomas Crimmins, Charles d.
Marvin, Charles w. Wetmore, George
C Boldt James H. Eckels, George j.
Gould, e. c. Knight, Tom Randolph,
r. w. Smith, Herbert L. Satterlee. E.
G. Snow, Daniel c. Wing, Boston, and
Edward Whitaker, st. Louis.
The capital of this new company is
$1,000, 900 and its surplus 100000
The company was organized princi-
pally to develop, in conjunction with
the Security Warehousing Company, a
system of warehouses through the cot
ton belt, and to finance issues of invest
ment certificates based on guaranteed
warehouse certificates. To carry out
this plan the Security Warehousing
Company will enlarge it's capital and
build about $50 fire proof warehouses
through the South. Connections will
also be established with a large num-
Der of Southern banks. and it is in
tended TO reduce the rates of insur-
ance and interest to the producers.
The company plans also to extend this
system eventually to other industries,
such as mining, numbering and grain
growing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
MISCONDUCT OF NATIVES.
We're Selfish With Their Food and
Attempted Lives of Maj. Waller
and Lieut.. williams.


= Manila, March 25.-When the trial
by court martial of Maj. L. w. T.
Waller on the charge of executing ma
tiyes of the Island of Samar without
trial, was continued to-day, Lieut.. AL
exander S. Williams of the Marine
Corps, for the defense, testified that
undoubtedly the plan of the natives
was to get all the food for themselves.
The witness thought that the precau-
items which had been taken prevented
a general massacre. He described how
three men attacked him.
Capt. H. 1. Bears of the Marine
Corps testified to an attempt on Maj
Walters life.
Commander William Swift of the
United States gunboat Yorktown said
that he thought the natives of the
province of Basey, South Samar. We're
treated with more trust and consider
alton than they were entitled to.
Three enlisted men testified that the
natives were selfish in regard to food
When the Wright party returned they
found that the inhabitants of Capiz,
North Samar, were suffering from par
t:al famine, and Lieut.. John N Wright
of the Marine Corps gave several or
ders to supply them with all the gov
ernmental work possible and harmon
lied several places where there was
friction between the different officials.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
CECIL RHODES IN A BAD WAY.
Kept Up by Oxygen md Frequently
Tapped for Dropsy

Cape Town, March 26.-Cecil Rhodes
experienced bad heart attack yester-
day evening, from which he did not
rally. as he has done from previous
attacks of this kind. At midnight he
was weaker than at any time during
his illness. Oxygen is administered to
the patient daily, and he is frequently
tapped for ,dropsy. His friends enter
tain little hope for his recovery
a. m.-Cecil Rhodes passed a bad
night last night. He rallied early this
morning. however. and took some
nolIrishrnent
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
A BRUTAL GERMAN CARTOON.
Miss Alice Roosevelt Caricatured In
Unpleasant Light.

Berlin, March 25.-Simplicissimus
an illustrated journal noted for the
brutality of its cartoons and which has
often been confiscated by the police be-
cause of its irreverence towards high
personages, appears to-day with a
drawing representing Miss Alice Roose-
Welt at sea in an open boat, an i'm
mense fat hog in one end of the boat
and Miss Roosevelt standing in the
other holding a pig wrapped in the
stars and stripes. The drawing is in
scribed:
I'VE received your princes, you must
admit our hogs
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
MONEY ATTACKED oLEO BILL.
Protection Gone Mad, Said Mississip-
pi Senator.

Washington, March 25.-A sharp at
tack upon THE pending cleo bill was
made in the Senate to-day by Mr..
Money of Mississippi. He denounced
the measure as unconstitutional, i'm
moral, dishonest and unjust. He said
II Was proposition to tax out of ex-
istence one industry for the benefit of
another and was protection gone
mad. On behalf OF the working people
of the country he appealed Ito the Sem
ate not to enact the bill into law, and
declared If 1t could be voted on by a
secret ballot 1t would not receive a
dozen Yates in the Senate.
Mr.. Hansbrough of North Dakota
began an argument in support of the
measure, but yielded the floor until
tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
AGREED ON SALOON RATES.
Continental and British Lines Settle
Their Differences

London, March 25.-The Liverpool
Post to-day says 1t understands that
the Continental and British steamship
lines have settled their differences and
that an agreement in regard to saloon
rates between Europe and the United
States will be announced in a few DAYS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
TO BAR CHINESE CHEAP LABOR.
Exclusion Bill Very Thorough In
This Particular.

Washington, March 25.-The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day
completed consideration of the Chinese
exclusion bill and by practically UNI
animous vote ordered it favorabIy re-
ported to the House. The exclusion Of
Chinese Laborers is made complete,
both as to the main land territory of
the United States and all insular pos
sessions, including the Philippines and
Hawaii.
San Juan, Porto Rico, was struck
out from the list of ports where Chin
csc may enter, as it was feared there
would be a Chinese influx at that
point owing to the lack of sufficient
official force to make careful inspec-
ton.
The prohibition against Chinese sail
ors on American ships was struck out.
thus permitting such Chinese sailors
to be employed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26

Washington. March 25.-The Presi-
dent has decided to appoint Jonas w.
Mullen postmaster at Charlotte, n. c.,
and Joseph L. Crupper postmaster at
Alexandria, Va. The selections end
warm fights for the Offices and both
are reappointments
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
RoBBED COUNTY TREASURER.
burglars Used NitrO-GIycerine on
safe at Hampton, s. c.

Columbia. S. G.. March 25.-Two
burglars, using nitro glycerine, blew
open the safe in the county treasurer's
office at Hampton this morning before
daylight and got away with 5000 in cash
and many checks. w. B. Causer fired
at them with buckshot at long range
without effect
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
SUFFRAGE IN ALABAMA.
Negroes Organise to Fight the New
Constitution.

Montgomery, Ala. March 25.--At q
mass meeting of negroes held here to-
night the Colored Mans Suffrage. AS
ISOLATION was organized. ]. w. Giles
was elected president, and j. S. Julian
secretary. The object of the associa-
of Alabama in the courts and to aup-
port this movement it was agreed to
raise $1,000 by appealing to negroes Of
the state. The Crumpacker bill was
Endorsed and the resolution adopted by
the negroes are to be forwarded to the
Indiana congressman
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
TRANsyAALERs WELL ESCORTED.
Six Members of kitchener's star
Accompany Peace Advocates.

Wolvehoek, Orange River Colony,
March 24.-The train having on board
Acting President Schalk- Burger and
his party passed this place on its way
to Kroons tad yesterday. The Trans
vaal government officials were accom-
panied by Capt. Marker, Lord Kltch-
ener's aide de camp. and five other
members of the staff of the British
COMMUNICATIVE chief in South Africa.
The impression here is that the Trans
walters favor a general surrender of
the Boer forces
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
No Further Light on Ioer Mission.

London, March 25.-Replying to a
question in the House of Commons to-
day the government leader A. J. Bal
four, said His Majesty's Government
had no further information in regard to
the mission of Mr.. Schalk- Burger.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-26
SWINDLED PQSTMASTERS.

Lawyer Arrested MT Roanoke for
Collecting Alleged Campaign Con-
tributiOns.
Roanoke. Va, March 25.-D. K. Pope
of Charlotte, N. c., was arrested here
to-day on telegram from Madison,
N. c., asking the police to arrest and
hold the man for swindling 1t is said
that the charge against him is that he
has been collecting contributions from
postmasters under the plea that the
money WAS for campaign purposes. The
man persists in his innocence of any
wrong doing and claims that he is the
regular authorized agent to solicit
campaign funds. He is a lawyer and
q man of fine annearance