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Evening star., 1907-11-02
French "Raes' in Tolls Tells Of Extraordinary Bur
elary of Priceless Reiquary Called Dickens
"Od Curiosity Shop of London Ap-
parently Involved in Affair.

and secretly. but in force. with TWO
strong men, high handed; and tie first
thing lie discovered in the factory owner :
sumDtGous villa was trembling Old lady
seeking To hastily concca. a paper In her
bosom.
1t was the business mans mother: and
~" paper was a photograph of the 900, 900
frame Amha Zac Reliquary.
The business man was Antoine Thomas
Today famous as "the business man
narsiar' or the French Rallies a
French adaptation of the Rallies play
nov happening to run at the Theater
Eridnc.
Antoine Thomas was absent in London
on business; but the juge Construction
ana his aids went from establishment
10 astonisiment. In locked drawers they
came on whole series of photographs Of
rich church and museum antiquities and
volumes of printed and MS lists of the
treasures of French churches In other
locked drawers they found whole sets of
very perfect burglars tools.
Other Rich Finds.
n q storeroom of the faCtory-Cased up
ike ordinary merchandise-they came on
IT," spoil of the Museum of Gueret. mys-
teriousiy ro-Jed month ago of 100000
fTaHcs worth of art objects. inter ALA
an ivory bust OF ST. Paddoux, a thir- -eenth
century c!olsonne cross. q gold bronze
thirteenth century reliquary. six four
t"sUth century Golfers and lot of price
less old emAro!deries. For the news
papers II was already the great story of
. a business man burglar: when, suddenly
/ into the invest CATION walked Antoine
{ Thomas. fresh from London, with the far
/ more sensational information: Il stole
tns Am5aZar Reliquary, the Crown of St
Michael. the alabaster Knight Templar o.
'"loguac and other priceless objects for
\ merical''
Why did he come back to France. sur
render and make such 4 strange c0nfes-
sion? Here he strikes the French heart
| IN a tender spot.
| Il was free In London with a lot OF
! money. | read in the papers that the
| thing had been discovered | could have
/ got away: but | knew that the inyestt-
eating magistrates would find among my
papers certain letters from a woman who
il dearer TO me than my liberty Let me
/ burn those letters and I'll tell YOU all the
I rest"
Even the inSinuation that Thomas will
! be got off finally by the great business
| aud social interests lie has in his power
/ to incriminate cannot destroy French ad.
miratiun for such gallantry to "A beloved
| woman.
| He gives himself up to safeguard a
iady's reputation?" | heard a time bat
: tered hard-faced Paris business man ex.
Evening star., 1907-11-02

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afar off-you will not be annoyed by any
| talk of 1t in the future. | can, at that
| price, even furnish you with an imita-
| ttOn and good one. ! sent him away
| on this. merely mentioning that | was
| not the master: that he must procure
| the authorization of the prefect, the
| mayor and the bishop before coming to
me"
Would you recognize him?" was asked
! Not at ALL reulied the cure of Am
baZaC. He was an Englishman or an
American, big. blonde. with ruddy face
and curly hair, that's all l remember"
Order Came in Two Years.
| Two years later Antoine Thomas got
the order and while his story does not
agree with the finding OF the reliquary in
London storage house. there are Ger
tain curious clues, one ending in no less
known London landmark than the So
| called Dickens Old Curiosity Shop" that
with the 'CLesshire Cheese in Fleet
street, and the barber shop that was tn
palace of Henry VIII, has made good
money from American tourists for long
years back.
Among the papers found in Thomas vii
Ia was postcard photograph OF The
Old Curiosity Shop" with the mention in
Thomas handwriting, Here is my an
tlquity dealer"
Remember. he wrote this when not sus-
pected. All was going well The fact
that the building is about to be torn down
in the march of Improvement does not
initiate against its temporary use by L
high-class fence, on the contrary.
After procuring the ReIiquary of Am
bazac says Thomas. L took It myself
10 London. All | can say now is that 1
there received its price-a draft on Paris
for 81 500 for my Paris principal, and
e5oO in English banhnotes as my com
miss on
Picked Up in Seine.
Scarcely were Chese lines printed in the
Paris papers. when "a Seine waterman
picked up a floating portfolio, such as
lawyers carry. In It he found the re-
ceipt of The Regent Street Deposit and
Forwarding Company Tor a trunk con-
tanning an antique reliquary
Inquiry in London shows that il is th-
true too.coo-franc Reiiquary of Anbazac.
carved gold of the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries, with many an antique cut Jewel
OF Roman and Byzantine or. gin still in il.
What IS tEe true story OF that scare in
London? Did All American give up its
price? Did the London intermediary lose
his good money N paying Thomas? When
the story came Jut 50 inopportunely. III
the Paris papers, Mo forced Thomas to
store the trunk? Was it Thomas? Wny
was the receipt found in the Seine. at
Paris?
Thomas laughs at all this
'Th can stand loss" he says They
have made enough money in the past two
years. And the Americans have had their
moneys worth, quoi.'
STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1907-11-02

PARIS October ~ 1907.
UE millionaire American col
j-"iors Of historic ant antiquities
WI ne sao. krd. Are tae yeritr-
~ bic treasures snapped mp hs
lh-m ia jLe past ,wp years 4.
such guusual proflsiun the stolen prop
erty II rLe Fren.n government.
l. ,rr annoying doubt wa'.. ended b.
-n' F.,rI,ut Mo'gau.s returning To- Italy
TIE famous Ascot cope TO Doe repeated $50 "a
hundred American coIectiDuSr
Tn discovery Jf "A Parts London busi-
hess mems conspiracy Involving Il Raj
fes burglar points 10 A!-cri"a as
temrL-r. "Raffies himself = under lock
rt. Agy. tlgh-Ep names among the an
t.qGfy brokers' are iaorimtuatcd and the
dis. .n~.s.-a already show such systematic
rot VI churches and museums that
the government must take NV measures
to protect the millions Of art treasures left
Prer tjc.tliy unguaIdri by The law of sep
Hr&ttuu.
a Postcard Photographer pf Limoges.
desiring g. photograph the famous Reii-
quar- of AmbazHr for his collection made
Z, sensational discovery. With Ais appa-
ratus rudy n tie remote little church he
and jtr r'rr were COnstcrnatcd 10 find
the rah .oA behind the altar empty of its
Fu4d-u 1alft-eutl4 century treasure. valued
tOdaF AZ 80 '4'r francs without the rJibes
thGt disappeared from i after Tn: sack
OF H." Abbey OF Granr"Ht as the French
yevuiu'..ii-
r. Limoges juge diustrucrjuil learned
that .f week previously. - swell tourist
AUTOMOBILE with lady and three gentle
mes Ha4 arrived Al the church At the
sam. time lie received an Anonymous let
ter .Iai ai-.stjius Il foremost Paris autiqujty y
u"a.,- tat the Paris surveillance of the
i'Iu Hst.l disclosed nothing from the re-
Evening star., 1907-11-02

Copyright 1907 by Frank g Cealon.er)
Special Correspondence OF The star
NyAvy TTATEHA
Evening star., 1907-11-02
Pumpkin as a Vegetablef

FuMpkln as VegsLaDIeF
II you have never served pumpkin as 4
vegetable. try this Italian method: Place
sliced pumpkin (peeledl In sa.ted boiling
water and cook fifteen minutes Drain.
Put generous piece of butter in a frying
pan, and as soon as hot lay in the sliced
pumpkin. seasoning with salt and pepper
Toast over the fire few moments Lay
the slices in a baking dish. pour the but
ter over them. sprinkle grated cheese on
top and bake until nicely Drowned. S-rve
very hot.
Evening star., 1907-11-02
Mashed Pumpkin.

Not every one knows that pumpkin Is
readily dried to keep for use when fresh
pumpkins are out Of season Peel and
cut into thin strips. Lay on sheets Of
brown paper or plates in the oven and
dry slowly all day, leaving the oven door
open When dried into chips wrap in
paraItin paper and pack in bags hanging
in pantry or st0reroOm, whore they will
be entirely free from danpnrss. WEeu
needed for pies, soak IN u htue water
and cook until soft.
Evening star., 1907-11-02

OR :he past tgso DAYS Z have he"n
- steam.ug ~ f.s &la. ahov3
F:syp-. through one os ra7 oldest
Lands Of the g.c1a. { .arn been
travelling thr.-z. Ita county
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
Three Memorable Trials For Homicide
Murder of DR. George Parkman Of Phillip Barton King and
Jim Fiske Recalled

Probably the most famous criminal
case ever known in New England was
the trial, many years ago, Of Professor
John W. Webster for the murder OF
DR.. George Parkham. Some older
readers may recall it. The case pro
duced extraordinary interest ali over
the country. 1t was of interest TO
lawyers because Of the important legal
points involved, and to everybody on
account Of the great prominence and
high standing Of the parties and the
unique and curious facts in the case.
John w. Webster was an alumnus of
Harvard of the class CT 1911, and had
long been a professor OF much repa-
tation and Of supposed high character
He owed a good deal of money, but to
DR.. Parkham he was in debt for but
S483.63 l lately wrote TO a lawyer.
an old friend of mine, and himself a
graduate of Harvard of 1869, and got
from him the main facts. | can dis
tinctIy remember the great interest
the published accounts awakened all
over the country, though but small!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
DRAINAGE WORK IN ILLINOIS.
Much Swamp and Overflow Lands

The advisability Of Systematically
draining swamp and overflow lands is
nowhere more forcibly Illustrated
than in the state of Illinois.
The pioneer settlers OF the state
first selected for homesteads the lands
| bordering the stream courses, where
narrow strips of timber afforded them
| shelter and fuel. The open stretches
of prairie lands before them seemed
, to the housekeeper only a menace to
health and comfort. In many places
! the waters OF shallow and sluggish
streams overspread the land during
many months of each year. So UNI
promising was the land that large sec.
! tons were sold at auction for Is to
| 1872 cents an acre.
Drainage laws were enacted by the
state legislature and the enormous
! task of retaining the state began
slowly and labOriously. After the sue
! cess of underground tile drainag9
was assured the work progressed with
much greater speed This method Of
draining also stimulated the work OF
providing better outlets and the inn
proyement of small stream channels.
| As recently as 1880 large areas in
the central part of the state were sold
at $40 to $25 an acre. Today these
| lands have a value of $3.50 to $l75 an
acre and are considered the choice
farm lands Of the state. Many owners
inf N0-
their lands were bought for 1-3 and
i121R cents an acre by their fathers
/ from either railroad or government
but that they would not now consider
an offer of $50 an acre from a pur-
] chaser.
| So rapid and certain has been the
rise il value of these wet lands when
once reclaimed that it is not surpris-
: ing that the legislature of the state
! has begun the investigation of condi-
tons which retard the reclamation of
the remaining 100000 acres of swamp
and overflow lands within the limits
/ of the state. 1t is assumed that the
/ drainage of the remaining swamp and
overflow lands of the state will prove
j the most difficult and expensive. 1t
may mean an investment Of lager
funds that can be borne by the pri-
vate citizen DR.. II. Foster Balm, state
, geologist. is at present collecting data
throughout the state which may DE
presented to the legislature as a help
in the consideration of the situation.
As much of this wet land is found
along river bottoms, the drainage
problem is closely related to that OF
the Improvement of the river channels.
The need of reliable topographic maps
lof each region is apparent and VIII
) probably be secured in the near IL
ture through the geological survey OF
5 the state. which is now cooperating
/ with the federal survey in the tono
: graphic mapping of Illinois.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
BRAVE DEED OF VOLUNTEER.
Civilian Does Great Service in Battle
to the Iron Duke

London Standard-It is not always
the information carried by the recog-
nized aidde-camp to and from the
commanding officer in battle which is
of highest value. There was a SUI
preme moment during the battle Of
Waterloo when the Duke of yelling
ton was left absolutely aione-ani
that not when he was running the
risk of capture by sailing through the
enemy's lines. It simply meant THAI
every galloper had gone his way, each
with his message.
At this moment a stranger rode up
to the duke and quietly asked: Can
be of any use, sir?'' The duke took
one glance at him and unhesitatingly
answered: Yes, take this pencil
note to the commanding officer" point
ing to a regiment in the heat of bat.
tie. The stranger took the note and
galloped away with it, through the
thick of the fight He delivered it,
but what happened to him no man
knows. The duke always declared
that to be one of the most gallant
deeds that had ever come under his
notice 1t was done without prospect
Of acknowledgment or reward and nei-
ther attended its successful accom-
Dlishment.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
The Case Was Safe.

follows: A states attorney was
called into small town to prosecute
a popular hotelkeeper for violating
the liQ1Cr laws, and, when "a jury
was called for by the defendant and
was being impaneled, he concluded
that with such a jury as that it woulo
be best not to proceed in court So
he moved that he be allowed to enter
a nolle pros. While the court was
thinking just what he should do with
the motion one of the jurymen broke
out, saying: Your honor, let EN-
have their noller PROSE- well beat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
PAPER FhOM PINE TREES.
Experiments In the South Show Manu-
facture Practicable.

facture Practicable.
Manufacturers Record-It has been
| the ambition of many inventors for d
number of years past to perfect some
plan or process whereby the resinous
substance that so largely dominates
the long-leaf yellow pine should be re,
moved and make the wood suitable
| for paper manufacture. In the first
place, it has been clearly seen that The
old process of tapping the trees for
| turpentine was becoming less prac-
ticable as the great forests of the
south were gone over by this plan for
obtaining turpentine gum and it has,
therefore, become apparent that some
process other than this must be re-
sorted to for extracting turpentine
from the stumps and offal wood OF
the yellow pine forests.
A number of experimental plants
have been erected at different times
throughout he south, having in view
the distillation of turpentine and ros-
in from southern pine, and there re
a few plants that are getting out tur-
pentine through destructive distillation
and are making money. But the most
valuable portion of their product is
being destroyed-the wood residue
A year or two ago some men in
Lynchburg, who were interested in the
large works erected there for manu-
70
ceived the idea of a plan for getting
the turpentine and rosin out of the
pitchpine wood.
Their investigation and experiments
led them to the point where they
were able successfully to extract tie
resinous substances, and in addition
further investigation led them to real
ize that the wood, after having all
the resinous matter taken therefrCn,
was suitable for paper making. They
found that an excellent wood pulp
could be made by the soda process
suitable for news, manila, book or
writing papers.
The value of this discovery can
all that it means to the owners of tim
Der lands in the south. The vast for
ests of the north and east have been
largely devastated through the neces
sites of the paper maker and it has
been a serious question as to where
the supply of wood was to come from
for the paper manufacturers Of the
future.
The long-leaf yellow pine forests of
the south offer an almost inexhausti-
BILE supply Of wood. A plant capable
Of utilizing twenty-odd cords of wood
per day has been erected in Lynchburg
and the process, which was simply
considered an experiment until re-
Gently, is now an assured commercial
success. Between twenty and thirty
gallons of turpentine, 700 to 1000
pounds of resinate and over 1900
pounds of paper pulp can be gotten
from cord of stumps Or branches Of
the long-leaf yellow pine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04

Wisconsin, farmers from oat smut
and the most effective remedy for It's
eradication. Members of the Wis
consin experiment association and
many other farmers took part in the
investigations, which were made IN
al the grain growing counties and in
practical Y every toWI. ship, until the
farmers were made acquainted with
the smut disease affecting oats, and
its remedy. From the tests made it
was found that no less than 20 per
cent. of the oats grown III the STATE
were lost through smut. This m amt
q loss Of $4,000, 900 annually-more
than the amount found necessary for
the support of the rural public
schools.
The oct smut remedy was SO gener-
ally adopted that in 1904 the cats
throughout the state with few excep-
tions were snut-free or nearly 50.
The formaldehyde treatment used eff
fectively destroyed the germ. The
solution was made by using one pint
of 40 per cent fOrmaIsehyde to IS gal
Ions Of water. The seed was sub
merged in this solution for ten min
utes, after which the sacks were re
moved and allowed to drain. The
seed was then emptied INTO floor AMI
to dry N this treatment
however, it was found advisable to
cover the oats for an hour by canvas
or some other material so that the
fumes Of the formaldehyde might be
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
HEALTHY PLAY AND YOUR BOY.
Outdoor Sport Just the Kind That Is
Needed,

Every now and then, on the ocCa-
s.Onal sunshiny afternoon that comes
this season as a harbinger of spring,
there floats in at the window a babel
of bOyish voices from the vacant lot,
where are gathered all the youngsters
Of the neighborhood, your boy among
them, hatless, coatless; and as you.
look out you see your promising scion
bare his white arm, strike world
conquering pose, and shout:
Hey, fellows!-watch this inshoot!'
There's that Tommy wasting snr
other afternoon" Was that what
you sal. You shouldn't have, be-
afternoon at all
OF course, in work time work must
be done, and Tommy must do his just
as we must do ours; but N the gospea
of boyhood healthy play is legitt-
mate species of work.
A vacant lot, a dozen urchins, a ten
cent baseball and a halfdozen Invalid
bats-dO you know what these are
doing for Tommy? They are helping
him to develop into a manly boy. If
you have never played baseball
mothers seldom haye-it may inter
est you to know that this combination
IS teaching Tommy to think quickly, TO.
adapt himself to sudden and uneXpect-
ed occurrences, to dare q little but
not too much 1t is a kind Of kinder
garten for matchmaking keen seLse
of responsibility 1t is forcing him to
learn how to associate with other
boys, and therefore later on with niCn
1t is teaching him self-reliance a
also wise dependence. It is adding
tremendously to his-bravery, y1i
would call it, boys speak Of it more
APPLY as nerve" And in addition to
all these things that it is doing for
! him in mind and spirit, it is sending
the red blood through HIM with re-
newed yigor.
Every time boy yelIs during invig-
Grating play ought to be worth SIX
months more of life to him and at
least another 800 in the bank.
Don't fret becauses you are afraid
some of those boys are bad boys.
They probably are Very few boys
are altogether good. Boys of twelve.
who want to go out as missionaries
are accidents. Boys are not burdened
with goodness, but neither is the
world, and your boy will never win
heaven beneath your apron. But
boys are healthy, and if there ever
was factor in building up manly
man, it is the kind of outdoor play
that makes for rudy cheeks and
bright eyes and cold bath.
Let the boy play when playtime
comes. Let him get out In the open
with his kind and run his legs off IL
he likes. 1t won't hurt him. II he's
got it in him. it will mean a happier
boy and a better man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04
STUNTS OF THE AGILE Loe-MAN

Skill of an individual sort is presup,
posed; just as is skill in horseman-
ship with a cowboy. Without It 2
man is absolutely useless And just
as a cowoby likes to show off or com,
pete in a kind of Craftsmanship which
can have no practical application to
his trade, so does the riverman 10
his tricks. A man in Marinette
whose name I have forgotten, could
turn a somersault on log; innumeT-
able others like to lie down at length
while floating with the current; Jack
Boyd could "up-end" a railroad tie
without falling into the water; and it
is very cold water indeed that can
scare off an occas' onal birling match
Stewart Edward White in Outing
Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04

strike other animals though the time
between the purchase and the test
was only three months.
Maps Show Wide Infection.
Maps of various districts Of the
state upon which are indicated In.
fected herds show that the disease Is
widespread BY means of the tests
carried on during the past four years
it has been possible in many cases to
locate the centers of infection and TO
show how in almost all cases the
disease has been carried from these
centers to surrounding herds by the
purchase of infected animals. Since
from six to twelve per cent of the
animals tested have reacted and thus
shown the presence of the disease, the
average of one animal in ten tested
has tuberculosis. The buyer of I'M
tested cattle of any grade, therefore.
runs one chance in ten, the authori-
ties point out, of getting infected
cattle.
Causes Large Loss.
The loss to the farmers and breed
ers of the state caused by tuberculosis
each year is serious. Although the
state pays two-thirds Of the value Of
tubercular cattle slaughtered by the
state board the maximum indemnify
is only $37. The breeders of high
grade cattle that are very much more
valuable accordingly get much
smaller proportion of the value of the
animals slaughtered. The tests
have shown that the blooded stock is
as likely to be infected as grade cat
tie The loss of money, time, and
effort caused by the purchase of tn
berculos animals the spread of tu-
berculosis consequent compulsory
slaughter can not DE estimated.
How Tests are Made.
To make the tuberculin tests it is
not necessary that one be a vetrinar-
ian. Anyone whose test is acceptablo
to the state Board,-students of the
college of agriculture, who have been
given the necessary instruction at the
ten days farmers course or else
fact, anyone who can make
the hypedermic injection and read the
correctly, making out the
requisite reports and preserving the
prescribed by the board.
can test herds acceptably. The tuber-
culin test is the only effective method
yet discovered for ascertaining the
condition of the animals and it is
therefore invaluable to the dairyman
and farmer in preserving the health Of
their herds.
The testing process is very simple.
The tuberculin, which is a product of
the growth of the tubercule organism
in artificial cultures, is injected with
a hypodermic syringe into the Shout
der of the animal. If the disease is.
present the animals temperature will
show a decided rise above the nor
NAL, ascertained before the injection,
within from eight to fourteen hours
after The temperature is taken
with a veterinary thermometer every
two hours until four or five readings
have been made. If, as is usually
the case with infected cattle, the tenn
perature rise is three to five degrees,
it is crtain that the disease is pres
ent. A rise of one and five-tenths,
degrees is considered suspicious, and
animals so responding are retested six
or eight weeks afterward, when there
has been time for the elimination Of
the first tuberculin from the system
Meanwhile suspicious animals are
strictly segregated from the rest OF
the herd, and the stables carefully
disinfected.