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in the body of the paste in so ingenious a
manner to be visible only when the YES
sci is filled with liquid or held to the light.
One of the snares set for the porcelain
collector is the imitation of the so-called
egg SHELF china. Some of the counter
feits are remarkably good, but the true
egg shell porcelain is made only in China
from paste compounded after a secret
formula; and ii would be simply impossible
for third of the specimens shown to be
genuine. The china is extremely thin and
the plates have -colored borders on the
back
Vases OF the famous "crackle" china are
among the rarest and most highly priced of
antique Chinese porcelains. This, too, was
made by secret process. and there is much
discussion among connosseurs as to how
the fine cracks which appear on the surface
were produced. These cracks are Some
times filled with red coloring and resemble
tiny veins. They evidently made in the
paste under the glaze.
1t is extremely difficult for the anna
teur 10 distinguish the true Chinese an
ttques from the false, and inability to
decpher the native characters increases
the difficulty. Rare Japanese porcelains
often display no marks at all. Satsuma
is one variety which is seldom marked. A
distinguishing feature of antique Satsuma
is Its gray, waxy glaze, at once thick and
transparent and covered with minute
cracks. The ornamentation is on the glaze,
not under it, and is painted with exquisite
finish in gold and colors. The rarest Kioto
is richly decorated with gold chrysanthe-
NUNS and other flowers. The genuine tea
bowls of this ware usually have small
triangular nick cut out of the foot rim
The rarest bits of antique pottery are
Of majolica and faience. The former, which
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is properly spelled 'maiolica," from the
name of it's inventor, Maioi, is a rich
yellow ware of Italian origin and 1t Is
doubtful If any genuine specimens exist
outside of recognized collections. Faience
undoubtedly originated in Persia, though
most of the known specimens were made in
Europe. Persian faience is distinguished
by the marvellous brilliancy of its enamel
colors. OF French faience the finest speci-
mems are of Sevres make, while the rarest
and most beautiful Of these are of the IA
nous Henri II (Oiron) ware. of which only
ffty-three known pieces are In existence,
all in collections.
Antique Sevres porcelains are much
sought after, but genuine antiques are rare,
brated jeweled Sevres was first made in
1850, and is marked with a double c. AS
many counterfeits are In existence, 1t is
well to bear in mind that pieces bearing
an earlier date are false
The double L is the distinctive mark
of antique Sevres, and is accompanied by
the personal signs of the painter and gild-
er, and either the date year or the letter
signifying 1t. Previous to 1853 the year
was marked in full, but in that year a let
ter was substituted, as A for 1853, for
1904, and so on to q, when q new start
was made with A. After the revolution the
double l. was replaced by "R. F." signify
ing Republique Franchise, though the royal
monogram was again used during the brief
Restoration period.
The distinctive marks of antique Dresden
ony, sometimes with and sometimes with
out dates and initials. Other pieces bear
the caduceus mark-more correctly the
wand OF Esculaptus. There are many irai-
tations, however, and the royal porcelain
factory Itself turns out numerous counter
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ating in thunder storms. He will study the
chemical compositions of air taken from
various portions Of large cities and else
where, and also from the plain in front OF
the laboratory and the Loudoun valley be-
low. He will also have his seismic instru-
ments, and instruments for measuring the
neat OF the sun and for the investigation of
other interesting problems that concern the
practical meteorologist
me instruments in the physical labcra-
tory will be quite as rema rkable as any
nave mentioned. Some to be used in re.
cordlng the vibrations are so delicate
that they would record the impression or
dent made in the earth by person step
ping on the ground floor of the labora-
tory or walking by outside. The instrr-
ments now used by the station will regis
ter the minutest vibrations of the earth,
thousands Of miles away. They recorded
the earthquake at San Francisco a Jew
seconds after Its occurrence. Indeed. it Is
said that the best of the seismic instru-
ments of today have recorded earthquake
waves which have gone clear around the
world. This was so in the Osaka observa-
tory of Japan as to the Indian earthquake
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asked DR.. Moore what percentage Of its pre-
dictions turned out to be true.
We are right about lightweight times
out of every hundred" was the reply. This
has been the average during the past five
or ten years. and / believe 1t is about as
we'll as we can expect to do with our pres
ent knowledge and ma chnery. We hope
to learn things here which will better our
forecasts"
rs the value of your work increasingly
Yes. The reports of the weather bureau
are now annually worth millions TO the
people of the United States. Indeed. they
are so valuable that the various maritime,
agricultural and manufacturing interests
will not permit them to be curtailed in any
way. We have demands for new stations
daily and. as IT is. L cannon recon-
uapd the establishment of one In every
fifty of the applications receive. AT pres
ent the increase in the bureau is NOT nnore
than 4 ner cent a year. We believe that il
should have a slow and healthy growth,
and 1t is upon that basis that we are ex-
tending II as fast as we can"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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A N TIQUE POTTERY
A FEW EARMARKS TO TELL THE
REAL THING.
Much of What is Sold Nova
days is Counter
felt.
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star
The collection OF rare specimens of
ceramic art. II undertaken in the proper
spirit, is something more than a fad 1t
is an education, but. alas, an expensive
one; for the wiles OF the dealer in antiques
are many and varied and even the expert
connoisseur is occasionally deceived. AS
for the amateur collector his pathway is
fairly lined with pitfalls
Strictly speaking, the word china is
misnomer, as applied to any but Chinese
porcelains. which the finest in the
world. The rarest examples, however, are
not exported, being kept exclusively for
the imperial use; but, in spite of the fact
that ii amounts TO crime for any person
other than the Son of Heaven or his next
of kin 10 make use OF them, some beautiful
specimens have found their way across seas
and into collectors hands. One exquisite
imperial porcelain Is pure white ornament
ed with blind designs painted or engraved
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in order to improve our weather forecasts
of the future. To do this they must have
the finest Of machinery and also a location
absolutely free from disturbances Of any
kind. Some Of the instruments here are so
delicate that they would be affected by the
electrical current Of street car passing
the door, and others in the magnetic labo-
ratory would show great variations II the
or certain other metals.
For these reasons this place In the wilds
of Virginia, on the top Of the Blue Ridge
mountains, six miles away from railroad
station, was chosen. Before 1t was de-
cided upon the rocks had to be analysed,
and in making certain Of the buildings
copper was used in place of Iron, and the
horses. which did the hauling about the
grounds nearby had their iron shoes re-
moved before being put to work. The
same care has been taken as to every con-
the machinery and buildings are, as far
as possible. absolutely perfect Of their kind.
Worked by Woman's Hair.
the delcacy Of the instruments already in
stalled. Take for instance the automatic
recorders, which are sent mile or so up
in the air inside box kites to chronicle the
temperature, humidity and other conditions
of the atmosphere. as well as to write down
the velocity of the wind from time to time.
The aluminium box containing these instru-
ments is SO small that you could put it in
SooA hat' out AeS HiacHi1eTy Is sucn tnat II
keeps record of all these and other things
as long as it is in the air. giving the differ
ent conditions at every altitude. The instru-
ment in the box which measures the hu-
nudity of the air Is one human hair. and
that the fine silky hair of woman. The
hair has been so treated that its oily par
ticles are removed, and 1t records the
changes in moisture by it's expansion and
contraction. The thermometer which re-
cords the differences in temperature is a
little metal bow, with liquid inside, which
also expands and contracts, and all the in
struments Of this kind are such that they
must work In temperatures which vary
from 100 degrees below zero to 100 degrees
above It, AS the kite goes up into the air
it soon reaches the freezing point, and the
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Two Indictments at st. Louis.

The grand jury at st. Louis yes
terday returned indictments against
Robert M. Snyder Of Kansas City.
charging bribery in connection with the
passage of the Central Traction franchise
bill through the municipal assembly In
1898. and former Councilman Frederick G.
Uthoff. now Of Denver. on the charge Of
having given perjured testimony on the
same matter before the grand jury In 1902
The indictments followed Uthoff's an
pearance before the grand jury for two
hours yesterday He arrived Thursday
night from Denver and expressed his viii
lingness to testify at once Uthoff was
arrested and released on S., 900 bond.
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feits OF its antique productions bearing all
the old marks.
Old Worcester porcelain is hard to rec
ognize by marks, because its makers i'm
tated most of the celebrated marks instead
OF originating one of their own. The dou-
BILE l. OF Sevres has been found on some
pieces and the crossed swords of Dresden
on others.
Old Wedgewood is marked simply with
the name Of the maker. A great variety
or ware was made by this great family Of
potters, and nearly all the antique wares
were initiated more or less closely. Jas
per and black basalt ware were invented
by the elder Wedgewood. The cream col
ored table ware which was afterward
known as Queens ware was at first quite
without color Or ornament, but when a
method of transferring prints to the glaze
had been discovered the porcelain was so
decorated. The tea ware was always
painted by hand
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At MOUNT WEATHER
Visit to Uncle Sans Scientific
Station 49,.
ON TOP OF THE BLUE RIDGE
Laboratories and Their Wonderful
instruments.
WORKED BY A WOMAN'S HAIR
Kite Investigations of the Upper Air
Testing Temperatures Below
Ground-Weather Predictions.
WORKED BY A WOMAN'S HAIR
Copyright, 1905, by Frank G. carpenter)

MOUNT WEATHER, Va.
am at Uncle Sans scientific weather
station the top of the Blue Ridge noun
tains. 1t lies near the northern boundary
Of Virginia and within almost a stones
throw of the West Virginia line. At my
left 1 can see the Maryland hills which
look down upon Harpers Ferry. and just
to the west of them Is Charlestown, where
John Brown was hung. Right IN front
of me Is the Loudoun valley, famed as
the home of the Lees and FairfaXes, with
the Bull Run mountains bounding it's hori-
zon; while at my back lies the Valley of
Virginia with the Shenandoah winding Its
way through 1t and with Winchester and
the scenes Of Sheridans ride in plain sight.
not more than twenty miles away. i am
just about sixty miles from our national
capital. and high up that, by standing
on the roof of the administration building
here, 1 can see the white shaft Of the Wash
ington Monument kissed by the rays of
the setting sun.
Above the Clouds.
That shows how clear today is Tomor-
row we may be shrouded In mist so thick
that one can see but few feet. The
weather station Is often hidden in the
clouds, and the clouds come and go, wrap
ping it as in a blanket and then passing on
I have a summer home a neighboring
peak and know the region well. We have
here all the cloud effects Of the Himalayas
or the Alps. In midsummer we are often
above the clouds, and the Shenandoah val
ley is a sea of f1eecy wool, rolling in bill
Lowry waves to the mountain range on the
opposite side. We can the storms COM
ing and going. The hills clap their hands
as the thunder reverberateS through them,
and the gods of the lightning give us fire
works more grand than any ever conceived
by man. We are high up in the skies. in
the very heart of the weather, and often
above 1t; and in one of the best places on
earth to study and investigate Its phenom-
ena.
Why Mount Weather Was Chosen.
A location like this is indispensable to a
station such as Uncle Sam has here. We
have more than 200 weather stations scat
tered over the United States and we spend
almost a million and half dollars annual
ly in forecasting the weather. They fore
tell the storms, the heat and cold, and are
worth to American industries at least $780,
OOO, coo year. Those stations are however,
mere working stations; they apply the SCI
entifc principles already discovered, and
have neither time nor the machinery and
surroundings to make further Investigations
and studies.
This station at Mount Weather has little
to do with our daily reports. 1t will be de-
will investigate the laws governing the
trical and otherwise connected with them,
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atmosphere grows colder and colder as It
rises. The ink must be such that 1t will
not freeze. and the oil must work down to
100 degrees of cold. In the shops here saw
instruments for testing such machinery
down to 100 degrees below zero. One, l
remember was great can of about the size
of half -four barrel. with a coil of copper
pipes inside 1t, and good arrangements for
packing. BY putting liquid air in the pipes
the temperature IS reduced to the desired
nOint.
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OF 1905. The waves which reached Japan.
passed on across the Pacific ocean TO
America and Europe. and finally returned
to Japan, having completely e1circled tho
globe. The time required was two hours.
three minutes and thirty -fiNe seconds.
Similar instruments Will be installed here
al Mount Weather.
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foreign commercial houses. Other cabinets
were filled with clippings and other litera-
ture relating to foreign products, and all
alphabetically arranged
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Observations CT the Sun.

The conversation here turned to the pres
ent efficiency of the weather bureau. and
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The marriage of Mrs. L. F. Ham
mons, of the Hampshire Arms, and
Frank Winter Of La Crosse, Wis, will
take place Saturday evening, at s
o'clock at the home of Mrs. William
Walker on Hawthorn avenue.
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the University of Minnesota. She be-
longs to the Kappa Kappa Gamma sor-
GRITTY. For five years she was with the
department Of expression at the Uni
versity Of Iowa and during 1904, 1905
and 1906 she was dean Of the women 8
building at Iowa university. Mr.. Ew-
ING is a graduate of Yale and Oberlin
colleges, and is one Of the prominent
young business men Of Chicago. He is
nephew Of Miss Culver, who is one
of the trustees of Chicago university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing will be at Rock
wood, Lake Forest, ILL.,, the summer
Later they will live in Chicago.
The guests at the wedding were DR..
and Mrs. P. III. Everts, A. B. Everts,
the brother of the bride, Mrs. Everts,
and Dexter, Carolyn and Gertrude
Everts, the bride IS sisters, Mrs. J. Sire
Green Of Oregon and Miss Katherine
Jewel Everts Of Boston, Mr.. Ewing s
mother, Mrs. Aurelia Ewing; his sister,
Mrs. E. E. Peck and her daughter
Helen, Miss Helen Culver, Mrs. r.. G..
Wilson, Miss French Of Chicago, Mr..
and Mrs. Roscoe Horton and daughter
Maura Of Winona, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Underwood of Lake City, Mr.. and Mrs
T. L. Edwards of st. Louis, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. w. Burr Of St. Paul, Mrs. T. X.
Stevenson Of Iowa City, Mrs. Sprague
and daughter Elizabeth, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. Grouse and son Stephen, Mr.. and
Mrs. G., II. Pratt, Miss Nancy Wells,
Minneapolis. 81. r.. -
It is several years since the people of
tunity of meeting Bishop Arson R.
Graves and Mrs Graves has on1v hean
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The Dovre Norwegian Ladies Aid
society will give it's tenth annual char
ity ball in Masonic Temple Tuesday
evening, Nov. 90. The committee in
Mines. Z. 2. Foster, .A. N. Wasmnth, T.
nldbrandsens and Miss Z. N. Biorhus.
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'THE list for the hostesses ball
n this year shows several changes,
~ &c r. does avery season for alb

HE list for the hostesses ball
this year shows several changes,
~ as it does every season, for alb
sence from the city or mourning taxes
some names from the group and adds
others in the role OF substitutes. MINES
ton, Preston King, F. w. Forman and
David F. Simpson have their names
again on the list Mrs. Louis B. Newell
is a hostess and takes the place Of her
sister, Mrs James s. Thurston. Mines.
W. P. Hallowell Volney s: Ireys, A. =.
jackson, E. j. Phelps and W. G. North
up, who were hostesses last year, are are
first time in several years the list IS
full so there will be fifty gracious wo-
men arranging for the ball. The host
esses are as follows:
Mines. Alfred H. Bright: Eugene mes j.:
Carpenter E5ers T. oarPerter G FranI
lin M. Crosby, John Crosby, Frederick
"A. Dunsmoor. L. Forman Day, l.: An
inette Dav, Give 7. .Jaffray, Louis K.
Hull, Frank r. Heffelfinger, Frank W.
Forman, Hugh G.. Harrison, Calvin G.
Goodrich. John p, Gilfillan. Edward e.
Dunwoody, George H. Christian, Oliver
G. Wyman, George W. Porter, Robert 3.
Linton, Charles j. Martin, Elder H.
Moulton. John R. Marfeld, Alfred F.
Pillsbury. Reginald H. Passmore7,
George H. Partridge, Louis B. Newell,
William J: Murphy, S; Arthur Harris Harris
r. Rand, Thomas G. Winter, Marion D..
Shutter, Rufus R. Rand, David P. Simp-
son. II. Alden Smith, Philip B. Winston,
Henry L. Staples, Charles G. Weber,
Frederick B. Wells. John Washburn,
Charles F. Welles and Edward P. Wells.
The charity ball will follow the host
esses' ball jas it did last year, for at a
meeng of the Te ha nS Te Ganc u,
on Dec. one week later than the host
esses'. The charity ball used to formally
open the social season in Minneapo-
lis when it was given on the first Fri
day in November. No one thought of
any other date and hostesses chose fol-
lowing days for their dinners, dances
and receptions.
The board of the Home for Children
and Aged Women. the beneficiary of
the charity ball. will also follow the ex-
ample of the hostesses and return to
the West hotel. Last year both balls
were given at the Auditorium, but it
was really a lot Of work to prepare the
big, rather bare, place for smart
dance, and altho the result fully re-
paid the trouble the memory Of what
has been done in the past in the way of
transforming the hotel corridors into
gardens and vistas gives promise that
neither affair will suffer for return
to old customs. There has been a char
ity ball at the West hotel every season
since the hotel was built, fancy. IN
til last year anad the hostesses have
also held all Of their balls there until
that of season ago.
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Heffelfnge1
will entertain at a dinner Tuesday
pie and Allan West of St. Louis.
One Of the first Of the large and bril-
liant November church weddings will
be that Of well-known Minneapolis
girl and western man, who have not
yet announced their engagement. In
deed, they say that the engagement
may not be announced and that thei,
friends may receive the first news OF
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A wedding that will bring bride to
Minneapolis will take place in St.
Cloud, Wednesday, at high noon, when
Miss Bertha Stevenson, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. Stevenson and DR.. G. H.
Kohler Of this city will be married.
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ciennes lace, and carried white roses and

ciennes lace, and carried white roses and
ferns.
1 In the diningroom, which was ap-
pointed in white and green, the center
piece was Of carnations. ferns and smi7
lax, in front, Of which rested the bride IS
cake, tied with white ribbon, Beside
the cake was a candlestick, loo years
old, containing a candle made sixty
years Z, ago, and left to the mother Of
wedding Tn the soft light Of the flick
ering old candle, the bride cut the cake,
and the portions were served to the
guests. s
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsden left for short
trip to Wisconsin, and they will be at
home at IL E. Fourteenth street.
Misses Alma Sawyer and Alice Brown
entertained Thursday afternoon at the
home of the former, 1906 Emerson ave-
nue. N, for Miss Louise Shore, bride
table decked in red and carnations
formed the centerpiece and marked the
BRIDES place. Covers were placed for
fourteen.
Mrs. G. F. Wachuta entertained at
luncheon and at an informal house
warming yesterday at her new home on
queen avenue. The guests were Mines.
Walker, Bailey, Tween, Garter. Clasen,
Gray, Wachuta, Edward Best, Rathman
and Miss Dunning.
Mrs. T.. A. Dahlgren gave a parcel
shower at her home in Northeast Min.
neapolis last week for Miss Lila Pill
kington, a bride Of next week. About
twenty-five guests were present and
many beautiful and useful gifts were
shoWered upon the bride.
| Christ Episcopal church on Blaisdel
avenue was the scene of a quiet wed
ding Wednesday evening, when Miss
| Maude II. Bourquin and David F.. Mar
tin. were married. Rev. Andrew Stone
read the service. Miss Bronson presided
| at the organ and played g Lohengrin
and Mendelssohn wedding marches al
the professional and occasional music
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Mrs. Emelia Knoblauch announces
the engagement of her daughter, Eme-
liza, to Herbert Lincoln Morris. The
wedding will take place at the Knob
LAUGH residence, 1927 Hennepins avenue,
Wednesday evening, Oct. "a, at 8
O'Clock. -.
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the wedding Of their niece. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene H. Day have also gone to
California and will remain until after
the wedding. Mr.. Mccall and his bride
their return from California.
The marriage of Miss Mary Everts,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. T. H. Everts,
and Charles Hull Ewing of Chicago,
took place Monday at the summer home
Of the bride g brother and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Everts, at Zumbra
Heights, Lake Minnetonka. Dr.. Jen-
kins Lloyd Of the People S church, Lin
coin Center, Chicago, a friend Of DR..
Everts read the service in the presence
of the relatives Of the two families.
Maple and oak leaves made a beautiful
setting in the parlor, where the vows
were, spoken under canopy Of bril-
liantly colored foliage. lila %s@@t.~.9.s
Mrs. Ewing is a graduate Of the
East high school and she also attended
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank T.. Hefelfnger
will entertain at dinner Tuesday
evening, Nov 6, for Miss Rebecca Sem
pie and Allan West Of st. Louis.
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Mr. and Mrs. John H. Webster <of
Red Wing, announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Maude Pauline, to AZ
fFed nay w meft TAXI p AaDp Me-