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ity of stones being too poor and in other cases
the cost of mining too great The present sup
ply comes from Peru, South America, from what
is known as the MuZo district.
The method of obtaining the gems from pri-
vate sources is unique. individuals known to
have large collections of precious stones are
communicated with and offered double the
amount they paid for an emerald. In many
cases advertising and personal solicitation are
resorted to and stones have recently been OBJ
tanned by dealers at cost three times as great
as the same stone was valued at ten or fifteen
years ago.
Because the emerald was originally an Orien-
tai stone and known to be quite plentiful
in the days of the ancients, many of the most
enterprising emerald hunters now circulat-
ing among the eastern rajahs and Indian rulers
in search of them. In many cases they are
very successful, for the emerald was much
priced by the early Asiatic and Egyptian ma
tons and valuable stones have been handed
down In the same families for centuries till the
present day.
The scarcity of the pearl results from two
causes The demand is greater than ever before
and the fisheries are not being sufficiently pro-
tected It is estimated that in few years
Oriental pearls will be selling at almost double
the price they are bringing now The discovery
of the valuable pearl fisheries in Alaska a year
ago has helped to keep the Oriental variety
from soaring too high in price, but the, Ameri-
can supply has practically run out now and
less measures to protect the fisheries adopt
ed soon they will be almost totally destroyed.
dispatch from London In the last week
sounds a warning note in regard to the pearl
supply of Europe and declares that the stock Is
being rapidly exhausted, while there is no hope
of the demand abating. Prices are going higher
almost weekly and owners of pearl jewelry who
have had them for years are beginning to real
lie them at double the amounts they cost
$SSSS SSSSSS
and after all that the main purpose of our
creation think. If woman Is good and moth
ing else she will be as dull as anything the
world made. but If she be good and charm
ing her heritage and posterity can ask abso-
Iutely nothing better
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ting the old man, Napoleon, out of the way
with the young wife and the oil driller. AS the
oil driller has left the country, the poor young
wife is left to bear the brunt of the investiga-
ton and clear herself as best she may
ar
The defense dscredits this story-on its part
of the court programmed attempts, or will at
tempt to prove that certain one of the old
mans relations, other than his wife, committed
the deed. They will prove jealousy on the part
Of this relation, as well as desire for the old
mans wealth, which listed into the thou
sands of dollars.
Mrs Martha Dixon was tried at Cannellton,
Ind. last week before Judge c. w. Cook on the
charge of having poisoned her husband. Ma
poleon B. Dixon. near Adyeville, March last
Her trial was on a writ of habeas corpus. Her
attorneys for defense Zoecyher & Patrick
of Tell City. Their line of defense has not
been disclosed, both attorneys refusing to talk
the subject before trial. They assert that
she is innocent and that they place their
hands the person who performed the deed,
evidently believing that Dixon poisoned.
Mrs. Dixon does not seem at all uneasy about
the coming trial Her husband took suddenly
Ill March and fingered two weeks, when he
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of Tell City and corps of oil drillers took up
residence in the neighborhood Among this
number was one, a young, handsome felioy, Of
striking and attractive appearance and man
ners, who boarded at the Dixon homestead
After a time it began to be noticed that he
and Mrs Dixon on the best of terms
some whispered intimate terms-others scoffed
at the idea In this latter contingent was Ma
poleon Dixon, who, while forced to hear all
manner of stories regarding his beautiful wife.
discredited them entirely. 1t may be that he
was one of those poor souls who accept the
world and It's ways too lightly-it may be that
he was right AS yet no one has the authority
to speak with decision
At any rate. current gossip awoke morn
ing with a choice morsel to cud 1t was said
that Mrs Dixon had declared that the hand
some young oil driller was the living reincarna-
ton of her first love and husband, and that
afinties they could not live apart. All. how
the countryside gossips did loH this lovely piece
of news around their tongues!' 1t went from
Joneses to Smiths. from Smiths to Williamses,
from the Wiiamses to the Moores, ETC.. ETC.,
with the rapidity of Marconigram. And with
each transcription it was hyperbolated until it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

died. Burial took place, and some days after
talk rife that he had been poisoned Sus-
picion fell her. and court was in session
in February, the case came before the grand
jury. Judge Cook ordered Drs. Eads and Ben
nett to go to where Dixon buried exhume
the body and take out the stomach for chemi-
cal analysis. 1t sent to Indianapolis and
was found to contain arsenic. The grand jury
returned an Indictment against Mrs Dixon,
charging her with murder. AT the time she
sick and was not arrested. She recovered, and
two weeks ago lodged in jail.
AS to the eventual outcome of the case no
one knows. The pertinent facts, however. still
bewilder, indeliby imprinted on public MEM
Dry.
as there such a thing as reincarnation?'
"Was the young oil driller Mrs. Dixon's
former husband returned to flesh and blood?"
"were the two new lovers responsible for the
crime?'
"Is Mrs Dixon in her right mind?'
(Which, who and why?"
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One Viewpoint Of the Increasing

his bank book. He may give us everything
else, including his latchkey.
1T think there is a great deal of unnecessary
twaddie these days about the increasing strenu-
BUSINESS of the young girl. don't think she mas
changed so much. / don't think these little fads
of the modern girl and modern women. such as
nhysieaI culture or vegetarianism Greek
grammar, to which she must devote at least a
morning week have changed the woman I'M
derneath. She has no more mind She may
use her mind little differently, but it's the
same old mind, the same energy that she uses.
'There are two things which women must al
ways have had since the creation to be success
full, and these two things are the same in the
far-off islands of the Pacific and in the high
school Of Massachusetts,. A woman to be sue
cessful must be good and she must be charming
You may think of her charm as her parliament
tary ability, her oratorieal power or her excel
lent canning of peaches, but she has got to have
it. And If she is not good the world can't pro-
gress.
There may be something interesting in the
bad woman, but she can't perpetuate nations.
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Railroads in the
Wilderness.

OUR of the five great wider
nesses of the world are be-
ing opened by transconti-
~ mental railroads They are
81 Siberia, Central Africa,
Northern Canada and Cen
o. trail Australia. The fifth is
Central South America, fer
which transcontiGental transportation
has yet to be planned.
The area of richly productive country.
today almost UNEMPLOYED, that will be
made available for development by these
four enterprises, could be computed only
in millions of square miles.
The population which these vast areas
will support must also be reckoned in
millions.
Their producing capacity is almost be-
yond the imagining powers of man.
These four great railroad enterprises
are among the most remarkable ever I'M
dertaken.
The Trans-Siberian railroad is the long
est in the world, and in many other re-
spects the most gigantic undertaking. 1t
is more than 5000 miles long. and most
OF this distance is through an almost
trackless country; rich in resources. it is
true. but practically unpopulated.
This railroad is almost completed, and
already vast developments in the great
tributary territory have taken place.
Last year two million passengers and
million and a half tons of freight were
carried on the railroad. Cities and towns
of many thousands of inhabitants have
sprung up everywhere in the wilderness.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land
has been put under civilization. Mineral
resources are being developed and manu-
featuring industries are springing into ex-
istence.
The country traversed by this railroad is
roughly Of four stretches of varying
character. On the one hand are the vast
plains of West Siberia, more than 1,5O0
miles across, then a thousand miles of
rolling wooded country beyond In all
this half of the total distance there is
not tunnel hardly even rock cut.
The road runs almost perfectly level
and there is not a hill to be seen as high
as a first-class skyscraper.
Beyond this is thousand miles of
mountainous Countrywide rugged ranges
of the Baikal region-where the road
winds a perilous way in and out of great
canyons. climbing, climbing. then whirl-
ing snake-like for 1,5O0 miles down
through a great irregular stretch of hills
and rocks to the Pacific ocean at Vladi-
vostock.
Despite the excellencies of engineering
required to put through this road and the
grea tness of the entire achievement the
actual construction has been so faulty
that large part of the road will have
to be rebuilt. The roadbed was insult
ficient and many miles of it was washed
away; the Russian rails proved too light
for the traffic and they are being re-
placed by heavy American rails
The projected new Canadian railroad
from Quebec to Port Simpson far up on
the coast of British Columbia. although
only 1850 miles long. is an enormous en-
terprise.
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The woman of today has all these and about 753
more and yet her shoulders are no broader and
her back is no stronger than 1T ever was ! ne
girl of the future will be obliged to chpose be-
tween her present privileges and her rights. II
this evolution continues should advise,a ypung
girl who asked me what to choose to hang on
to her privileges and let her rights go.
'If you cannot in this generation get your
vote you always can get your voter..0 Women
have always influenced men and don't see but
what that's just as good There is s0snes dan
ger Of women getting what our brothers call
the big head If the young girl isn't careful
her brother may turn like the worm Whatever
these is the conviction that he knows and can
do more than we can (as for instance looking
up our trains for ISL and we should leave him
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

resembled in the end nothing like it's original
self. That was nothing extraordinary when one
knows the ability of country gossip associa-
tom
AS creditabe information has it, however
Mrs, Dixon did make some such remark, and her
subsequent actions tended strongly to prove its
authenticity. She was often seen in the COM
pany of the young oil driller She showered
upon him all the attention possible under the
conventional restrictions placed upon married
woman. She acquired air, a disposition not
appreciated since the death of her first hus-
band. She seemed altogether at peace with the
world and its vicisstudes, and with that mex
pressiby happy.
In time, when the stories of the gossips be-
came pregnant with illy-designed motives peo-
pie began. to regard her as slightly liberated
mentally. They said the death of her first hus-
band was it's cause and with this they named
a hundred different others. Be it chronicled, in
justice to all concerned, there were many who
diScredited the entire
This story is used by tate in it's case, at
tempting to show that it was question of get
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

and accent of stem and leaf We
cannot as yet come anywhere near their perfec-
tion but we have learned already much from
eheir subtle taste of flower arrangements, as we
Hnd it in their embroideres their carvings and
On their china. The mound of flowers carefully
wired and encased in lace paper that our grand
mothers called a nosegay would fail to please
the least sensitive of US now.
The short stem flowers are the least easy to
deal with in arranging. They look best in clus-
tered masses generally, in china rather than in
glass
The deep blue and white plates or very shallow
bowls of Japanese ware to be bought for con-
siderably less than dollar form a charming
receptacle for sweet aslyssum prinked out here
and there with the gay, almost stemless, bios
SONS of the balsam or touch-me-not Forget
me-nots in shallow porringer of pewter blend
their delicious blue with the pearly tones of
the metal in way to delight even the least APP
preciative. Violets, too. with interminging
of green leaves, lock- best in a shallow pewter
dish and withdraw of their charm when
placed in squatty, gray ginger jar.
The Japanese have flower bowls with perfor-
~tad covers or they take old incense burners
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
EMERALDS VERY SCARCE
Freedoms Stones Forced Dealers to Buy Back Gem

carats in size and are not free from imperfec
TONS s-
In spite of the fact that emeralds were among
the earliest stones mined by the ancients and
have since been discovered in different parts Of
the globe, there is practically but one country in
the world today where they, are still being
mined at a profit And even the mines there
are not considered valuable enough to merit an
expenditure of money for improvements and
more modern machinery and are still being
worked by the same crude method that was
employed almost century ago.
Within the past fifty sixty years emeralds
have been discovered in Russia, on the Asatic
slope of the UraI mountains in Austria, Aus
tralia and in North Carolina Mines were
opened at all these places and companies formed
to work them, but in short time they were
abandoned profitless, in some cases the quail
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

1t is not so much the result or an lncreaseo
demand although pearls are becoming more
popular each. year, on account of falling OH
In the worlds supply of gems
The decrease In the worlds output of emer-
aids during the past few years has been such as
to cause grave alarm among the most conserva-
tive of precious stone dealers of the world IN
less new mines are discovered soon 1t is not I'M
likely that emeralds will become the rarest pre-
cious stones in the world
AS the condition of the market is now they
are worth in stones larger than five carats from
two to ten times much as frst-water ola-
monds Several stones now in the hands OF
New York dealers worth from s25.Ooo TO soo,-
200 anieoa while thew range from ten to thirty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

HE women who are most valiantfy
anxious to get their rights seem to
forget one thing" said she. They
forget that the party of thes first
PARTLY that mean our sprotper-
is today right where he was In the
beginning. He has the same NUM-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

: :: ::
EALERS in precious stones realize
| 80 that al famine is threatened in
81 VI gems, notably in emeralds and
pearls In instances these
q y have outstripped the diamond in
price and dealers are forced to sup
s- ply the demands of their custom
ers from private This
condition of the market has been coming
on gradually; until now it is an important
feature in the buying and selling of the stones
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
ARRANGEMENT OF BLOWERS


He Japanese long ago developed
complete system of flower arrange
ment. Today no young lady of
good birth considers her education
complete until she has learned that
art well. 1t considers every flower
in its entirety, each twig and bud
ODd aooont nf stow o,,d loof VIZ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
Cannon Balls Of
Pure Gold.

ANDERING in the jungle
half a mile outside the In
dian city of Ahmadnagar an
old peasant came across a
round ball of metal. 1t was
black and looked like an old
iron round shot. but when
Il
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04
DISTINGUISHED cHINAMEN.
New Minister to United states and
Numerous Suite Arrive at San
Francisco from Orient.

San Francisco, March 27.-Among
the passengers on the steamer Korea,
which arrived Thursday from the
orient, was Sir Chen Tung LANG Cheng,
X. X. NJ. c., the new Chinese minister
to the United States. Minister Cheng
is accompanied by his entire suite and
party, which includes about 20 stu
dents. Most prominent among the
last category is the eldest son of Vice
roy Chang Chin Tung. There is also in
the student party the only son of Tuan
Fang, the enlightened Manchu COVER
nor of Hupeh. and third distinguished
figure among the students is the son OF
the late Hsi Tung Shan, chief imperial
tutor of the late Emperor Tung Chin.
These three scions Of nobility and two
others in the party came to the United
States to study at their own expense,
while the remaining members of the
student body enter the colleges of this
country under the auspices of the Chi
nese government.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04

can heartily recommend Peruna as a
catarrh remedy."-Mrs.E Elmer Fleming.
Treat Catnrrh In Spring.
The spring is the time to treat catarrh.
Cold, wet winter weather often retards
a cure of catarrh. If a course of Peruna
is taken during the early spring months
the cure will be prompt and permanent.
There can be no failures il Peruna is
taken intelligently during the favorable
weather of spring.
As a systemic catarrh remedy Peruna
eradicates catarrh from the system
wherever it may be located. 1t cures
catarrh of the stomach or bowels with
the same certainty as catarrh of the
head.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
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write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving u
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04

81 can c0nscienfiously recommend
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A Congressman's Letter.
Congressman ii. Bowen, RuslSin, Taze-
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~ can cheerfaily recommend your
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1 give Peruna my hearty Endorsement"
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81 am fully convinced that your rem
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04
Fears No Trouble. :

San Francisco. March 2S.-Rev. Dr.
r. II. Ryan, of the Southern Baptist
church, who for the last II years has
been a, missionary in China, has
reached this city en- route to his home
in North Carolina. He reports that the
rumors of prospective trouble from an
insurrection in southern China have
been greatly exaggerated. He does not
believe any serious trouble is to be
feared
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04
KILLED His Brother.

Grand Rapids. Mich. March as
Clyde w. and Archie Whittel. living
with their parents, well-to-do farmers
four miles northeast of Sparta, en-
gagged in quarrel Friday in their
home. Clyde snatched up butcher
knife from the kitchen table and
plunged it into his younger brothers
breast. just above the heart. Archie
died and Clyde has been arrested.
They were aged "a and 22 years re-
spectiyely.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04
INDUSTRY AND INVENTION.

Microphones are now made SO SEN
sitive that by their use one may hear
the groans of dying fly.
The secret of making carbon paper
and typewriter ribbons is known to
scarcely two dozen people.
The sand blast as substitute for
soap. water and scrubbing brush is
a novel idea, but this has been used
recently in the renovation of the
exteriors of the government printing
Office and the treasury building at
Washington.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04

urine, infrequent and too frequent
urinary discharges tell of kidneys
out of order.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
| ills from Common backache to dan
gerous diabetes.
A. L. Ritenour, owner of the wood
yard at 1875 East Cork Street, Win
chester; Va, says: Ever since had
La Grippe l have been sufferer
from kidney troubles, which made
themselves apparent in racking
pains through the region of the kid
neys and across the small of my
back. The pains were always Sc
we're, and sometimes so sharp and
biting that they compelled me to
take to my bed. The kidney secre-
lions furnished further evidence of
disorders. They were off color, ir-
regular, and painful of passage.
Added to this there was an annoying
weakness. The newspaper advertise
ments of Doan's Kidney Pills attract
ed my attention, and l procured
box of that remedy at Franck Baker
G. Sons drug store. The relief l ex-
perienced was magical. The pills
lifted me from my bed of sickness,
placed me on my feet, and made me
a well man. I can work as well as
ever. Doan's Kidney Pills, believe,
saved my life. They are great
remedy to stop kidney troubles re-
sulting from colds"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Rit-
enour will be mailed on application
to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists;
price so cents per box.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04
one Answer for All

Lancaster, N. Y, Mar. 30th.-Postmaster
Remers is still IN receipt OF many letters
asking if his cure has held good.
1t will be remembered, that some time
ago the particulars OF Mr.. kemers' case
were publlsned in these columns. de had
been very low with Diabetes. Physicians
could do nothing TO save him and ne grew
worse and worse till some one recommended
Dodd,s Kidney Pills. A treatment Of this
:emedy was begun and when eight boxes
had been taken MIR. Remers began TO see an
improvement which continued as the treat
ment proceeded till he was completely re-
stored. = 81
He has since enjoyed perfect health and
is as robust and able a man as any in Lancas-
ter. Interviewed the other day he said:
Many people wrote to me when the story
OF my case was first printed and some write
to me yet asking il the cure was only tenn
porary and if the diabetes has returned.
have only one answer TO everybody. Three'
years ago Iwas very low with Diabetes. The
best physicians failed to help me and Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured me. lam well and strong
and have not had the slightest return OF the
old trouble"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-04

The most fastidious man in Missouri has
Nevada. One day tracks that had been made
by bare feet were found on what il known
as the Autenrieth road II has been learned
that they were made by . young man living
in the neighborhood who had had his shoes
nicely shined and was carrying them under
his arm to keep them from getting muddy
Kansas City Journal.