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From the Washington Times.
Uncle Sam has been studying the IA
nous big trees and the redwoods of Cal
ifornia. He has found that the best OF
the mighty forests are in the hands OF
| lumbermen. and will inevitably be cut
down. The gigantic trees are worth SO
much money that 1t is useles to expect
that the owners will let the forests stand
for merely sentimental reasons.
Realizing this, Uncle Sam has tried ex-
periments to see what could be done to
eral national parks now where the won
derful trees Will be preserved as long
as they live. which may be for thousands
of years. But that is not enough. He
wants to preserve all the forests, IL he
can
Now, as a first result of his study,
Uncle Sam has discovered that the great
redwoods can be grown easily from
sprouts, and that from sprout
will grow into a tree eighty feet
high. SO. by planting trees now every
time one is cut, 1t will be possible to
maintain at least a proportion of the
mammoth trees in all the forests of the
Pacific coast without interfering with
numbering.
Uncle Sam has found out a lot of in
teresting and hitherto unknown things
about redwoods and the big trees He
finds that the genuine big tree Is of the
same general family as the redwoods.
but of a different species. Both are re-
lated to the cypress. The redwood grows
higher than any other American tree,
but the big tree beats 1t in thickness and
in age.
On the fiat lands, under the best condi-
lions, the redwood grows to be as high
as $50 feet, while 225 feet is its maximum
height on the slopes Most of the red
wood that is cut Is from 400 to 800 years
old. After a redwood reaches an age of
500 years 1t begins to die from the top
down. The oldest redwood studied was
1873 years old.
The big trees are even older than this.
Many of them stood, almost as great as
they are today, while Christ walked in
Galilee.
The redwood resists decay so we'll that
there are sound trees lying today in the
redwood forests that fell long before
Columbus discovered America. Through
the periods Of Aztec and Spaniard,
through the American Revolution,
through the Mexican war that led to the
acquisition Of California, these mighty
trees lay prone, and they are sound to-
day. Recently tree that had fallen 800
years ago, as the foresters could see
readily from certain surroundings and
characteristics, was taken to a sawmill.
and 1t cut UP into slabs just as good and
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Last Capitol of the Confederate States.

eraey; that Virginia. noble state. whose
ancient renown has been eclipsed by the
still more glorious recent history; whose
bosom has been barred TO receive the
main shock of this war; whose sons and
daughters have exhibited heroism so sub
lime as to render her ilustrious In all
time to come-that Virginia, with the
help of the people and by the blessing
of Providence shall be held and defend
ed, and no peace ever made with the
Infamous invaders of her territory
If, by the stress of numbers we
should be compelled to temporary with
drawal from her limits or those of any
other border state, we will return until
the baffled and exhausted enemy shall
abandon in despair his endless and I'M
possible task of making slaves or a peo-
pie born to be free.
Let us, then not despond. my coun-
trymen, but relying on God, meet the
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STUDYING THE BIG TREES

beautiful as any taken from freshly felled
trees.
The bark of the redwood offers resist
ance to fire almost like the door OF a
steel safe. 1t will not burn except under
the fiercest heat.
The limits of the sea fogs that drift
over the Pacific coast mark the limits
of the redwood forests. Where the fogs
do not reach the redwood forests cease.
No man can tell what kind of wood will
come from any redwood tree until he
cuts into 1t. The centuries of growth
produce so many varying conditions, and
each tree meets so many uclssitudes.
that the grain of It's wood runs ex-
tremely uneven. Sometimes the fibera
formed under different rates of growth
exert so great a tension among them
selves that when the log is sawed the
wood suddenly gives way and splits with
a report like a shot.
The redwood is what foresters call
an "intolerant tree'-that is, 1t will not
tolerate too much shade, and, conse-
quently. it cannot get along with other
trees that would rob it Of its sunlight.
The seeds of redwood cannot terminate
at all in shady places.
Yet the sprouts that spring up from
''suckers'-that is, sprouts that rise from
the full-grown roots and stems of old
trees, will thrive under the most re-
markable conditions. The roots are so
strong that they support them, and, UNI
like the seedlings, which would die with
out sun, the sprouts have been known to
grow into saplings eight and ten feet
high in places so dark that no ray Of
sunlight ever enters. In some particularly
somber and damp forests sprouts have
been found growing Justify, although the
darkness was so great that it had robbed
them of all color and they were as white
as the sprouts from potatoes, while they
had only few inches of pale, almost
yellow, leaves at the very top.
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the tidings were officially confirmed.
In this contingency the only course of
action left for the consideration of the
president was to, with the greatest pos
sible celebrity, proceed further south. He
did not hesitate. Taking with him only
a grip containing important papers, he,
his cabinet and staff hastily boarded a
train which had been made up from
Greensboro.
A rather unfortunate incident occurred
in connection with this hurried depart
ure. Mr.. Memminger, who had been con-
fined to his bed at the Sutherlin man.
sion for several days suffering with an
acute attack of neuralgia, and from
whom the bad news had been sedulously
kept. accidentally heard of what had
happened, got up, dressed and insisted
upon leaving with the president. AS the
Sutherlin family carriage was al the
depot and no other conveyance immed-
lately available, he and his wife rode to
the station in farm wagon.
Party Leaves Danville.
The entire party left all of their bag
gage in Danville. taking with them only
such things as could be crowded into
bags and valises. Their extremely hur-
ried leave-taking, however, was none too
hurried. for a squad of federal cavalry
which had been sent to cut the road
reached trestle a rev miles south Oh
the city a few minutes after the train
carrying the president and party had
passed over 1t.
The last capitol of the confederate
states had been evacuated by the gov
eminent. A few more days and the gov
eminent had persisted, Yet the old cap
itol stately, solemn but well preserved
still stands. And as the landmarks of
the war, many of the closing scenes of
which took place within her portals one
by one disappear, the Sutherlin man
sion is destined to become more closely
intertwined in the affections of a people
who do not forget or despise the hopes
that died forever in their fathers
breasts when the government that she
sheltered became a wanderer.
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bored ceaselessly. He personally inspect
ed the Notifications surrounding the city
and reported same as being faulty both
in construction and design He gave
much of his time to formulating plans
relative to the design which he then had
in mind of having Lee retreat to the
Virginia state line and there join john
son, the armies as thus combined max
ing final stand in the country contlgu-
Gus to the Dan and Roanoke rivers Had
It's accomplishment proved possible the
execution Of the design would undoubt-
eddy have enabled the confederate mil
itary leaders to have obtained much
better terms than an unconditional sur
render. However, in the progress of
events, Grant, by a successful flank
movement which his position allowed
him to readily make, prevented the con-
templated move by Lee. forced the lat
ter's crippled army back toward Lynch
burg and there compelled it to eapitu-
late.
On the morning of April 10 President
Davis and Major Sutherl,n went down
town. There they were informed of Lees
surrender on the previous day The presi-
dent at first doubted the vc1 acity of the
report few hours subsequently, though
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$1275, consisting of cheviots, broad
cloths, Examines, canvas cloths, etc.
blouse jackets, collarless or with cape
position baks, new full sleeves, a
5000 suit-Monday at $12.75.
Lot of Women's and Misses 5000
Walking Skirts go at $685..
Lot of Women's and Misses $3.50
Walking Skirts go at 900.
Silk Shirt Waist Suits, made OF
changeable silks, stripes, checks, pin
dots. in the newest shades of gray,
green and black and white, waists
made with eight neat tucks in front,
piped with silk to match, full bishop
sleeve, with latest CUTS and collars,
skirts seven-gore kilt effects, $1,000
suit for $500.
Lot of Women's $3.50 Black Broad
cloth Dress Skirts go at $500.
Lot of Women's $1,000 Black Broad.
cloth Dress Skirts go at $3.50.
Lot of Women's $500 and $1,000 Eta.
mine Dress Skirts at $3.50 and $3.50
Big lot of $1,000 Wolfe Dress Skirts
go at $3.50.
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foe with fresh defiance and with uneon-
quered and unconquerable rearts.
JEFFERSON DAVIS"
The last proclamation of the president
of the confederate states is seldom
seen; therefore a literal copy of it is
here given. The table on which this
document was originally written is the
property of Mrs. w. T. Sutherlin. It is
a beautiful piece of furniture of strik-
ingly unusual design. 1t is of heavy
mahogany and its massive carved legs
are of distinctly antique pattern. It's
top is a slab of notified Egyptian mar
BILE two and half by five feet in size
Those having control of the confederate
museum at Richmond have persistently
tried to obtain possession of this unique
and interesting relic, but its owner is
naturally unwilling to relinquish so valu-
able a souvenir.
President Davis, while In Danvil1e, la
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Dress Soods OFFERINGS.

Just received, beautiful Hair-lined
Etamine, blue and white, beautiful for
Shirt Waist Suits and Skirts, at $1.19
We are also offering our 46-inch 81
Gillian Mohair, new blue and gray, for
Skirts and Shirt Waist Suits, worth
$1.00, at 89c.
Our 54-inch London Irvine Etamine,
in navy, new blue AIT black; special
at $1.39.
38-inch Etamine in all shades of blue
and black; special, 49c.
We are also going to offer all of our
46-inch Vols, the $1.25 and $1.50 value,
l. all colors and black, at $1.19.
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10 cases of A. F. C. Bingham, known
the world over as being the best Cham
bray Bingham made. A wonderful as
sortment of patterns. Price, per yard,
emily 10c.
Dirigo Batiste, over 5000 bolts to
select from, 32-inches wide, fast col
ors, irany patterns, specially printed
for wrappers, dresses, hmonas and
chlldrcr's dresses. Price, per yard,
only 10c.
Matte Madras, 80 inches wide, for
shirt waist suits and mems shirts,
stripes, rings and dots, abundance of
white and black patterns. Price, per
yard, 12c
Embroidered Swiss, white ground,
with heliotrope, black, pink, blue, green
and yellow figures, dot, leaf, scroll
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and ring patterns. Price, per yard
only 25c.
Rosemont Batiste-over 5 cases OF
this beautiful Batiste to select from
the texture is most beautiful, being of
an unusually close weave, Is smooth
silk and as sheer as the finest imported
Batistes. Price, per yard, only 15c.
Peterborough Zephyra soft, smooth
Madras, all kinds of fancy stripes and
plaids, small plaids, pink, blue and
black and white for shirt waist suits.
Price, per yard, only 15c.
Dotted Swiss, beautiful designs, pas
telle shadings, abundance Of white and
black. Price, per yard, 18c.
Engadine Batiste, just the goods TO
make a neat little dress; such pretty
patterns and only, per yard, &c.
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Haste to the Wedding.

From the London Express.
A good story is told showing the rapid
ity with which things move nowadays. A
certain servant went to her mistress and
gave notice.
I'm going to be married. ma am
ITO whom?' asked her mistress.
"Do you remember the funeral you al
lowed me to go to three weeks ago,
maam? Well, I'm going to marry the
husband of the corpse"
1t subsequently transpired that the
widower took a fancy to his fiance. as
'she was the only cheerful party there"
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Women's Shirt Waists, made from
vesting materials, made with eight
wide tucks in front, plain or tucked
back, large pearl or novelty buttons on
front pleat, plain white or white with
black stripes. Some great values in
this lot for Monday, e8c.
Women's Waists, made from import
cd yesting materials, made with large
full sleeves, tucked front and back,
latest stock collars, made with very
full dip fronts. These Waists are
worth Just double what we ask you.
Special at $1.6e.
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Very pretty Lattice Clothes, very
Tin and in all colors, at ACC.
46-inch Granite Etamine, all shades
very thing for sumer wear, 98c.
38-inch Flaked Flannel for Skirts, in
black and white and blue and white;
special at ACC.
We also have beautiful selection
OF all-wool Challie Satin stripes, worth
SOC; special, 49c.
A nice selection of SOC Challies Satin
stripe. very pretty for wrappers, at
2oc.
Be sure to see the bargains In rem
nants OF Waist and Dress Lining Less
than half price.
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SSiks.

Changeable Taffetas, very pretty
for waists and Innings, at CSC.
New Yuka-Maya Lining Silk, worth
SOC; special 3sc.
New Printed Jap Silk for Shirt
Waist suits, very pretty, at 49c.
Jap Wash Silk, white. with figures,
"a inches wide, at 75c.
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LOT /, 25c-Womens excellent
quality Lisle Thread Stockings, differ
ent designs on plain and Richelieu rib
bed grounds, with pretty cluster Per-
sian and Bayadere stripes in black and
white and coors; also splendid assort-
ment of striped and plain boot pat
terms; there are also vertical stripes,
checks, floral designs and dots, ana
many laces. The styles are so numer-
GUS they beggar description. We re-
peat, most unusual values at, per pair,
25c,
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$40 for Stylish SIS Suits,
SIPS for Stylish $40 Suits.

Lot of Women's and Misses Broad.
cloth, Cheviot and Homespun Suits,
made with blouse jacket, collarless or
with shoulder capes, position backs,
new full sleeves, worth $1,000, at $3.50.
Wonderful showing of Women's
White Shirt Waist Suits, made from
handsome lawns and pure linen. skirts
and waists neatly tucked or trimmed
with cluny lace-$4.75, $5.e5, $3.50 and
$1,000.
Lot of Women's $3.50 Walking Skirts
go at $1.e8.
Lot of Womens $3.50 Walking Skirts
go at $2.95.
Wonderful sale of odd Suits at
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SSlks.
FOR TOMORROW.

Plain Jap Silks in white, from sec ia
6ec.
A beautiful line of Pekln stripe Peau
de Cyne Silk, worth 89c, at CSC.
We are going to put all of our soc
Wash Silk at 29c.
We have new Fan-Tan SILK in
black, for suits, at CSC.
36-inch black Taffeta silk. at s1.1s.
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Wonderful Sale Of Shirt Waists at CSC and Slo9
Big Reductions.

Special lot Of White and Black Jap
Silk Waists, $2.75 values, at $1.98.
Special lot of Jap SILK Waists, $500
values, at $3.95.
Special lot of Women's Taffeta Silk
Waists go at $2.95.
Special lot of Women's Peau de Sole
Silk Waists, all colors, $500 values, at
$3.e5.
Special lot of Women's Changeable
Taffeta Silk Petticoats go at $500.
Special lot of Mercerized Petticoats
go at 98c and S1.49.
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In DraperIes, we have very 1

In Draperies, we have very
36-inch Silkoline, in allover, beauti-
full patterns: regular price lie. now
1oc.
36-inch Silkoline, large assortment
of patterns; regular 15c goods, at
f2Hc.
In figured denim and cretone we will
sell you this week any patterns of the
zoe quality at 15c-
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NWMNte Goods.

Mercerized Madras, for shirt waists,
highly mercerized, just as pretty as
silk. Price, per yard, 39c.
Satin Damask, SO inches wide, highly
mercerized, floral designs; original
price SOC per yard. Special price, per
yard, CSC.
Wash Chiffon, for graduating dresses,
extra wide Special prices, Soc, 6oc,
75c and 98c.
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DvapevY Department.

aree stock. We offer you this week:
OF the 15c quality at 12Iac.
In Dotted Swisses we have very
large stock, large assortment, at 1oc,
121ac, 15c, zoe and Csc.
We have cut the prices of Scrims
just half. This means that you can
buy the zoe kind at JOG; 15c kind at
7Hc; 10c kind at Sc; and Remnants
at 2Iac and Sc per yard.
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Batiste Del Opera, for graduating or
pretty party dresses. Prices, per yard,
Csc, 35c, 39c, 45c and ACC.
Mercerized Dot and Figured Madras,
for shirt waists and shirt waist suits.
Special price, per yard, Csc.
Silk Swiss, 48 inches wide, just as
pretty as a silk tissue, well adapted
for party or graduating dresses. Spe-
cial price, per yard, 3ec.
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LOT 2, 5oe-Women's highest class
novelty Hosiery, many have sold for
81, others at 75c. The greatest layout
we have ever placed before the people
of Birmingham. from the dainty silk
embroidered lace ankles to the most
extreme and German novelties; in
some kinds some sizes are missing,
but in the lot all sizes are to be OBJ
tained-a truly wonderful collection,
at, per pair, SOC.
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More NosAerY at Csc and SOC.

Hosiery
largest
lie
We
Hosiery BmIng-
lam al SC and
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Wash Soods Department.

WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT is THE MOST COM
UP-TO-DATE DEPARTMENT OF THE KIND IN THE
THE FABRICS, BOTH FOREIGN AND
THE REPUTATION OF HAVING MANY
HAVE STRICTLY CONFINED TO
MILLS
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Licensed. But Left.
From Punch.

From Punch
Licensed Caddy--Carry your clubs. sirf
Jones (who has chartered a small boy
at cheap rate)-No; I've got a caddy
Licensed Caddy-Carry your eaddy
sir?
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Our Suit and ReadN-to-W eav Dept.

great array sales for tomorrow II you want sy
char tomo saving Of one+hrd
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The prices of Curtains remain the
same as advertised last week
1926 Curtains, in Lace or Swiss, at
$1.98.
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Womens Muslin Drawers, with wide
umbrella ruffles, cluster tucked and
hemstitched. French yoke band, re-
duced for Monday fro-l 35c to the low
price Of only, per pair, Csc.
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Curtain Department..

/ $1.99 Curtains, in Lace or Swiss, at
$1.4e.
s1.49 Curtains, in Lace or Swiss, at
$1.25.
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Smhvolderles SpeclaA.

CAMBRIA EMeRoIDERlEs AND
INSERTIONS, MANUFACTURERS S
AND 8 STRIPS, WELL WORKED
PATTERNS, EXCELLENT VALUE.
MONDAY ONLY, AT, PER YARD, SC.
CAMBRIA EM5RolDERlEs AND
INSERTIONS, CHOICE WELL
WORKED PATTERNS, EM6RoID-
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NNdermuSins.

Women's Muslin Gowns, square OF
V-shaped yoke lined backs. neatly
tucked and embroidery trimmed. Mon.
days price reduced to, each, 4eo.
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Formerly with Company the
stand in Dos Noringon Drug Company O0l North Twentieth
pleased all of
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ERIEs UP TO az INCHES WIDE
AND INSERTIONS UP TO 2N
INCHES WIDE; MONDAY, YARD,
Toe.
JUST RECEIVED, 5000 YARDS OF
FINE HAMBURG EMBROIDERY.
WHICH WE ARE GOING TO PUT ON
SALE AT Toe PER YARD.
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$3.50 for Stylish Sl2 Suits.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-02-26

Carolina Central Halfway. 1T nv,
Springs with the Red Springs and Bow
more railroad, at Sanford with the Sea
board Air Line and Southern Railway
at Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte
Railroad
Train On the Scotland Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 3:15 p. m. Hall
fax 3:29 D. p.. arrives Scotland Mech
at 4:10 D. m, Greenville SAT p. N,
Kinston Gas p. m. Returning leaves
Kinston 7:30 a. m, Greenville $3.50 a
m, arriving Halifax at 11:05 a. N.
Weldon 11:20 a. m, daily except Sun
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leavs
Washington 500 am, and 1:45 p. m.
arrive Parmele S: 55 a. m, and $40 p
m, returning leave Parmele 9:15
m. and 5:22 p. m, arrive Washington
1925 a. m. and 6:15 p. NJ, daily ex'
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N c., daily
except Sunday 4:35 p. m. Sun
day. 4:35 p. m, arrives Plymouth
o:35 p. m, $50 p. m. Returning
leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday
1870 a. M, and Sunday 900 a. m. ar
rives Tarboro 9:o5 a. m, loo q. II.
Train on Midland N. G, Branch
leaves Goidsboro daily except Sunday
500 a. m, arriving Smithfleld 6:10 a.
m, returning leaves Smithield 700
a. m, arrives at Goldsbofo S:25 q. N
Trains on Nashville Branch les:,
Yadkin Division Main Llne-Tyail
leaves Wilmington, $40 a. m, arr.ve
Fayetteville IL: 20 p. %, leaves Fayette
vile IL: ~ p. m. arrives Sanford l: s
p. N. Returning leaves Sanford 80
p. n. arrive Fayetteville 400 o, N
leave Fayetteville 1880 p. M, arrive
Wilmington 7:16 p. m.
Bennettsville Branch-Train leave
Bennettsville $40 a. m. Maxton 8: OF
a. m. Red Springs, :32 a. NJ, Parktor
1914 a. M, Hope Mills :55 a. NJ, al
| rive Fayetteville 11:10. Returning
leaves Fayetteville 4:45 p M, Hop
Mills 500 p. m, Red Springs SAB I
m, Maxton SIS p. m, arrives Bet
nettsv!lle tbs p. m.
Connections at Fayetteville wit
train No. Is at Maxton with tn
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Oysters and Disease.

In recent scientific work by Profs.
Herdman and Boyce, entitled "Oys-
ters and Disease" they report the re-
suit of their Investigations on the
cause which produces green oysters,
Many epicures prefer their oysters to
have the emerald hue. though there
is widespread opinion that green
oysters are not edible.
The investigators arrive at the con-
clusion that there are several forms
Of greenness. Copper is said to be
present in minute quantity in all oys-
te:s. 1t was found that the greenest
American oysters contained about four
times the amount of copper which is
pre-ent in the whitest American oys-
ters. Careful chemical examination
demonstrated cOnclusively that there
is prOportiOnately more copper in the
greener parts of the oysters than in
those parts which are less green. The
green color of the highly priced Mar
ennes oysters was found to be pro-
duced by the presence of a certain
pigment and did not depend upon the
amount Of the contained copper.