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stones shows that the tariff is not high
enough for that purpose In 1906, the
United States imported about $4,000
600 worth of diamonds, and of these
only sl0.00O.000 worth We're in the
rough, while s2,000,000 worth were cut
stones. Rough diamonds are free OF
duty
"But Mr.. Williams, are the American
diamond cutters equal to those OF Eu-
rope? Can the stones be as beautifully
shaped and polished at homo as
abroad?"
yes. Our diamond cutters are main
~ from Holland and Belgium, and the
most or them learned their trade be-
fore they emgrated. AS 1t Is now, we
have over 400 such workmen in and
about New York, which is the center
of the industry. This is a small mum
Der compared with the thousands en-
ployed In Antwerp and Amsterdam"
SAVING AND POLISHING DIA-
MONDS.
b 1.-THE business OF diamond cutting
has materially changed of late years,
continued Mr.. Williams. I'VE have
now diamond saws by which we can
cut pieces from a diamond and make
two or more diamonds out of one.
Here, for instance, is the kind OF saw
which Is most commonly used"
At this point Mr.. Williams handed
me q copper disk about as thick as
my thumb nail and as big around as
the bottom of q teacup. The metal
was comparatively soft, and I could
not see how 1t could cut diamond.
which Is harder than the finest Of
steel, auntil Mr.. Williams said that the
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PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ANTHoN H. LUND.
0

At thu close of the fair tonight, the
portrait will be shipped to Logan to
become permanently the property of
the college.
A. b. Wright who executed it. is a
rising young Utah artist who Is now
employed as art instructor at the B.
Y. college in Logan. He began his ca
rear in 1895, completing his studies
with two years in Paris from 1902 to
1904. Since his return he has been at
the B. Y college steadily. He has ex-
hibited twioe at the autumn salon in
Paris, at the st. Louis exposition and
at an exhibit of the American Art as
ISOLATION. In Utah he won the state
prize given by the Utah Art Institute in
1904 and the medal of honor of this
organization in 1904. Besides this por-
trait OF President Lund he has execut-
ed a number of other excellent por-
traits this summer.
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A JEWELLERS EXPERIENCE

c, r. Kluger, The Jeweler. 1860 Vir-
ginia Ave, Indianapolis, Ind, writes:
II was SO weak from kidney trouble
that I could hardly walk hundred
feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complexion, cured
my backache and the Irregularities dis
appeared, and / can now attend to busi-
ness every day and recommend Fo
ley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers,
as it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies had failed. F. j. Hill
Drug Co. ("The never substltutors"),
Salt Lake City.
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Visitors at the state fair have been
much impressed by an excellent por-
trait of President Anthem III. Lund.
hung prominently in the art room. The
portrait is one that has just been COM
pleted by Artist A. p. Wright, under a
commission from the Agricultural col
lege The reason the college thus
wishes to honor President Lund harks
back to the first legislative sessions
after statehood when. as member Of
the Legislature, he fathered the meas
ura upon which the status of the
Agricultural college as public lnstltu-
ton rests.
The portrait shows President Lund
seated beside table. his left hand
resting on a book and his right upon
his knee. In the handling of the flesh
colors bright. life-like hues predomi-
nate, while the background Is sombre.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

We do not guarantee to get
positions for every one, but we
have qualified a great number
Of young people for better
places in life. Already scores of
our students are managing bust
ness enterprises, and hundreds
of others are holding positions
of trust. Our students are In de-
mand because our courses quail
ify-ask the business men.
NIGHT SCHOOL.
Opens Wednesday. Oct. Z, z pm.
L. D. S. BUSINESS COLLEGE.
The school with reputation.
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A1ARnulp Man IN TROUBLE

A married man who permlts ! any
member of the family to take anything
except Foley's Honey and Tar, for
coughs, colds and lung trouble Is
guilty of neglect. Nothing else is s, as
good for all pulmonary troubles me
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con-
@tains no opiates and is in n yellow
package f. j. Hill Drug Co. C'The
never substitutors"), Salt Lake. CITY.
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FASHIONS OF YER
BORN AT MAR|ENBAD
Continued from page seventeen.o
SO that the visible eXpanse OF SHIRT
front is shaped like a "
WATCH HIS DIAMONDS.

In the theater. all the jewellers are
able with the help of their opera glass
es, to note the exact size and form OF
the kings diamond or pearl shirt studs,
and the particular kind of ornament
which he uses as cuff studs. Many of
these enterprising tailors and outfitters
endeavor to obtain snapshots of the
King to supplement their notes and
sketches, but they experience great diff
ficulties in so doing, because the police
are ever on the alert to prevent the
cameras from coming into play.
SWARM OF TAILoRs.
When the observations ara completed
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In and about Kimberley. 1t has $780,
900 acres of land, a great farm for rails.
ing its horses and mules, an electric
railroad, q hotel, and hospitals and
clubs. 1t practically controls the town
of Kimberley. which has . population
of 10000, SO that altogether the mine
manager has little time to spare.
A TALK ABOUT DIAMONDS.
1t was in the offices of the De Beers
company that ! had a talk with the
man who controls all the institutions.
Mr.. Alpheus Williams is not yet over
5tnirtS-tiHe years of age. He was born
In the United States, and educated ut
Cornell and the University OF Gaii-.
fornia before he came out here some
years ago 10 be his fathcr's assistant.
When the latter retired in 1905. he Was
elected in his place. and since then he
has been i'll charge Of all the De Beers.
company's properties here During my
talk with him the subject of the di;-
rnond demand came up, and he replied
that 1t had been excellent until our
great panic occurred. Up to that tine
the world was taking the whole of the
i Kimberley output, and the company
had but comparatively few diamonds.
on hand The people were everywhere
prosperous. and they were buying dia
monds as never before. This was es-s
pecialy so in the United States. which
was taking almost three fourths of all
the diamonds produced here. Then the.
panic came. and our demand dropped.
Fortunately the De Beers company had
an enormous amount of blue ground on
it's floors, and 1t has been able to re-
duce its expenses without any danger
of being unable to supply the demand
Of the near future. Today the mines
are running with much decreased
force, and they will be operated on u
very conservative basis until the times
improve.
THT AMERICAN MARKET,
In talking With Mr. Williams about
the American market, ] asked him
what kind of stones were purchased by
us. lie replied:
THE very best. The finest and pur-
est of our diamonds go to the United
States. and within past years that
country has been by far our best Gus
toner. For some time 1t took two
thirds of all the diamonds we mined,
and during the past year or SO 1t has
bought even more. We send also
many ordinary stones there There Is
great demand in our country for dia-
mond engagement rings, In fact. we
arc about the only people among whom
every young man thinks he must give
a diamond ring to his sweetheart to
seal the promise of marriage. This is
so much the custom that many pros
pactive grooms are now buying such
rings on the installment plan, and
there is regular business of selling
them on long time. at so much down
and at so much per month, until paid.
Diamonds are also used largely as we'd
ding presents and as birthday gifts"
AMERICAN DIAMOND CUTTERS.
In what shape do the diamonds go
to the United States. Mr.. Williams?" L
asked.
e 1.-THE most Of them are first cut in
Europe" was the reply. I'VE have a
duty of 10 per cent on cut diamonds
which is levied to protect the American
diamond -cutting industry, but the fact
that more than two-trirds of the im-
portatiors are in the shape of cut
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Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly. strengthens the lungs and ex-
pels colds. Get the genuine in a yell
low package. f. j. Hill Drug Co ('HThe
never substitutors'l, Salt Lake City.
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desired Information they hurry home
wards and give their own orders to
their own particular makers. in order
to forestall the professional watchers
at Marienbad Within Il few days of
King Edwards appearance on the
public promenade at Marenbad, these
young dudes reappear IN their resrec-
tive residences in Buda Pesth, or Vien-
ma or Paris, as the case may be. and
strut about the streets with hats of the
same styia, coats of the same cut coll
lars of the same color shirts and stock
ings Of the same hue, as his Britannia
majesty's. They are immensely proud
of this. and their claim to be leaders
Of fashions in their respective capitals
is acknowledged because they are faith
full models of the English king.
EDWARD oBsERvANT.
Obviously it is impossible for all
these systematic observations of his
person to escape the notice of the OBJ
ject of them. AS a matter of fact, King
Edward knows all about the way In
Which he is Swallowed and is familiar
with the names of most of the firms
who model their fashions after his roy
al person. He pretends to be bored
and even annoyed by the enterprising
attention thus shouered upon him. but
as a matter of fact he is Immensely
proud of his position as the leader of
international fashions. He thoroughly
enjoys the power which he possesses to
modify and alter the style Of mems
clothes in all the countries of Europe
and he would be hurt and offended If
the tailors and outfitters ommitted to
modest him during his Marienbad visit.
1t IS a fact that he gives much time and
thought to the invention of the new
styles for which he is responsible
RUDOLPH Won ELPHBERG.
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REAR ADMIRAL CONWAY H1L1YER ARNOLD.

Admiral Conway Hyer Arnold who selected
rom
spuadro on active seaduty s. =
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TAFT OR BRYAN.

ANY Daily Subscriber paying three
months in advance will be given FREE
a large Autograph Of TAFT or
BRYAN.
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A Low-GRADE PROPOSITION.

l."There is one thing that should be
said in respect to the diamonds OF tnis
part of the world continued Mr.
Williams. THE mining of them Is
low-grade proposition, and 1t pays
we'll only because 1t is scientifically
and economically handled, and that
on a large scale. Indeed, 1t Is Won
derful how much work it takes to get
out the diamonds. In the Dutoltspan
we have to handle four tons of earth
to every carat: and it is about as BAD
in the Kimberley. Now, when you re-
member that a diamond weighing
caret is not as big as a pea, and that
it has to be found and taken out or
this great mass of earth and rock, you
will; see how difficult the problem Is.
In the first place, we have TO blast
down the blue ground. We then
carry 1t to the surface and allow 1t TO
lie out in the open for one year to
soften it. After that it must be
washed and crushed and handled
again and again to find the stones. All
this means an enormous amount of
labor as well as expensive machinery
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well-to-do TO influence their verdict.
Men without the necessary bribe VIII
knock out the teeth or cut OFT
thumb or u couple of fingers TO es-
cape the compulsory service, which
ranges from one to eight years, ac-
zcording to the number of classes they
have been through at school. Many
physically unfit are passed into the
army and navy because they have
not the money to bride the doctors. or
In order to replace a sound man who
has the ready cash.
"A well-known doctor In Moscow
made a large fortune out of military
candidates, replacing sound men BY
unhealthy ones in ortier TO Keep up
ties At last his practise became so no.
torious that the authorities We're
forced to take action. Two candi-
dates came up for examination last
fall. One. healthy youth. who had
been lazy at school and passed through
the lowest class only. was doomed
thereby to serve five years, The
other, who was consumptive. was sup
posed to serve five years but for his
physical unftness. The parents Of the
first candidate paid the examining
physician $1,000 and those OF the sec
Eond could afford nothing. The con-
sumptive recruit replaced the healthy
one and died before the regiment
reached It's destination in Central
Asia high official. honestly dis
posed, who had influence at the war
office. heard OF the story and do.
nounced tho doctor. The latter was
tried, found guilty, and sentenced to
a couple of years imprisonment
which afterwards was committed to
fine which was paid promptly from
mis- bribe-fattened bank account.
NAVY 5SllLA "ohoH'
Bad as the army is the navy is in
an even worse condition. The battle
ships are bereft OF oliieers because
STAY on land Indeed. most of the
Ethay ON bark only once {; wear for a
short VOYAGE. strange as it may
seem If is a fact that only one-thrd
Of the Russian slavy-oilicers, men
and ships-ever 20 to sea. TRUTH to
tell there are not enough ships for
them. though more than S160,000,000
have been spent on the Russian fleet
IN the last 10 wears But this enor-.
nous amount instead of going into
battieships and guns and ammunition
has found its way into the pockets of
the Grand Duke Alexis VINO has COW
cred his fayorite ballet girls with jew
els. One of the Grand Dukes favor
ties who appeared on the stage at a
st. Petersburg theater in a glitter of
diamonds recently was greeted with
the cry from the audience:
.Dral,e ar those ieyvelst you know
they cost us three battleships.,'
n
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VISIT rs ANNUAL.

King Edwards annual visit to Mari
enbad which. I am told, he intends to
pay as long as he lives, has thus be-
come matter of great Importance to
all men of fashion and those employed
In dress and industries connected with
mems modes. 1t Is noteworthy that
tailors and outf1tters are not the only
ones who crowd to Marienbad to sha-
dow the king. their example being fol-
lowed by the most ambitious and most
exquisite Of the young dudes in the
continental capitals. These men of
fashion who desire to be ultra up-to-
date In their clothes, proceed to Marien-
bad to carry out their own observa-
lions OF King Edwards articles OF
dress, and when they have obtained the
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the swarm of tailors and outtitters OF
all classes rush back to their respective
capitals to order garments In accord
ance with their Marienbad records. The
clothes which King Edward wears dur
ing his summer vacation in the Austri-
an watering place thus form the basis
for the fashions in all the countries OF
Europe, and these modes and styles
hold good until the army of watchers
are able to revise their knowledge of
Europe's first gentleman's style of
dressing himself a year later.
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DIAMOND PIPES.

'fTell me something about these dla-
mond pipes? DO they occur any,
where else in the world than here
Yes. There are some others ~
South Africa, notable one being the
Premier diamond mine, near Pretoria.
There are similar pipes near syracuse.
N. Y, and elsewhere. but with me
exception OF South Africa, the ground
within the pipes does not contain Qua
5monds. L understand that the Bra.
lillian diamonds are found in sort OIL
springy sandstone" ~,
"Are the pipes regular in shape"
NO: they vary as they. go down
ward The Kimberley mine at inc
top is shaped like pear. ~ a
depth of few hundred feet 1t be-
comes somewhat like a gourd, and 1t
changes 4s 1t goes on. ln,some places
the rocky walls bulge out and in
Others they contract so that we can
not tell Just how they will run, al
though their direction is compare
lively straight"
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stones in the various pipes have not.
Increased as. we have gone down, plll
they hold their own. At the klmper.
ley mine we are now working nan
mile below the grass roots, and the
blue ground there is about as rich IN
diamonds as it as all the Way down.
M the DE Beers we IRE down 2,VVos
feet and in the Kimberley and the
De Beers they have been working al
most constantly for &c years, and 4. !,
is believed that the. mines have sun
/; long life before them. The Wes-
SETON. Bulfontein and Dutoitspan
have altogether all area about four
and une-half times as large as the
Kimberley and De Beers combined.
and, although an enormous amount
Of diamonds have been taken from
them. there are still $4,000, 900 LOADS
of blue ground above the 500 boo anu
$50 foot levels. There is no reason
to think that the diamonds may not
go as far down in these pipes as IN
the De Beers and the Kimberley, and
the prospect is that there will be no
diamond famine for many, many
years to come"
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'"The most of them are first cut in
Europe" was the reply We have a
duty of 10 per cent on cut diamonds
which is levied to protect the American
diamond cutting industry, but the fact
that more than two-trirds of the inn
portations are in the shape of cut
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-07

lawyers who have given the dissent
ing opinion to the views of the reform
"four-fushers."
Then some scintillating genius
among the brethren suggests that an
injunction be obtained from some per.
fectly unbiased" Judge. A descent
Is made upon the courts, a perfectly
unbiased" and complaisaat jurist Is
picked out, who issues an inEnction,
and the "fourfashers" gather to offer
up thanks. An appeal being taken
from his ruling, the state court, or the
supreme court of the United States
hands down an opinion that the "un-
biased" judge is an Ass" or words to
that effect, and the injunction Is dis.
solved.
Thereupon the "four-fushers" hold
additional meetings in which they de.
nounce the supreme courts, and, as
soon as new set of authorities come
into power, resume the old blur of
asking that the business which thew
do not like be suppressed.
One of the most unique of political
"four-aushers" is the man who is
"bucking the game" solely on his
nerve. l recollect one such indivjd.
aai' and no was certainly q classic
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-07

stronger OF the two "A" finances the
nomination of an independent" can.
aioate, or a Prohibition, Labor-Social
ISL or any old candidate whom he NAV
think will weaken BIS" chances. II
Is thinks the move will weaken him.
ne may up with an independent" can.
dldate OF AS party stripe. and paw
Ills expenses to cut into AS" vote,
All this is "four.fushing" to make
the voters believe there are four or
hVe Richmonds in the field when in
fact. "A" and B" are the only real
figures in the contest, and the extra
candidates are fakes" And the
beauty about it is that these "inde.
pendent or other campaigns are often
waged valiantly and a tremendous
amount Of dust and excitement kicked
up about them.
REFORM Is a prolific source of politi.
cal "tour'fushins." Take some busi.
ness which offends certain of the more
inclined citizens. This
business may be regularly licensed
and declared legal, and there may be-
constitutional grounds which, until a
change In the constitution. would ali.
solutely prevent interference In the
business on the part OF tks authors
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-07

vote we can rake and scrape. There's
lots of ugly talk about this thing in
my neighborhooG, and it's the same
everywhere. Well, so long"
No one but rank -four fusher"
makes these senseless breaks" but
the large cities simply swarm with
rank "four-fushers.
A favorite scheme of the standard
''four-fiushers IN elections was to put
up an independent dummy" candi-
date. Sometimes two dummy" can.
didates We're put forward in the race.
Suppose, for instance, that "a" and
"B" are the regular candidates of the
main parties. b" We will say, is the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-07

the others at the card table and there.
oy rake down the poi" But it does
not always work.
In politics have seen enormous
quantities of "four-fushing" INDUCED
IN; and in fact about two-fifths of all
politics is "four-fushing."
In the various angles of the political
game there may be counter -four
nushing,' or practicing the art on
both sides, or il there are four or five
candidates in The field, there may be
only one candidate who really stands
any show of election, and a quartette
OF 'four,fiushers" ga:ly bringing I'M
the rear. The also rams" have entered
the race for various reasons. Some
OF them get a little notoriety. some of
them to try their political strength
and others for the purpose of leading
torlorn hope against the probable
winner
recollect particularly one of this
Kind. He was always going to do
great things. And he would demon
stfate by verba! mathematics Just how
II was "cinch' that he had the ward
tied up as tight as a snare drum All
suggestions that he might possibly be
mistaken were either pooh-poobed
away or you were given to under.
stand that you were dead NIFTY /"
Ihis gentleman would keen on swell.
ing until the morning after election
ahk then he would disappear for a few
days When he reappeared, with HE
ward Knocked "galley-west" in tho
election, and about 80 per cent Of his
predictions gone wrong, he would still
nave that old ''bluffy" walk IN h;n,
and would be Cabling triumnhantly
ABOUT some precinct that had gone bis
way, and explaining how thew would
nave all went the same way if "Rjll
Botsford' or Joe Sammons" or "pato
Highbalr' had stuck" The only ~
1ensive thing about this Holsters stti-
tude was that he assumed that somo
one was going to believe him, He was
per Sc a stiff" as such cattle aro
termed in politics, and laugbinq.
STOCK among seasoned politicians but
he went about imagining that he was
a real factor In politics, when he eou,d
scarcely control his own vote.
You know how that is, Mac" he
would go on, THE people out there |
feel that way, and that's the way they
'eel all over the city. It's strange to |
ne that some one hasn't pointed it out
o the mayor. If something isn't done
veil lose ont election day. Such
comparatively small thing, too. 1t
Ion't make any difference to me per.
onally, for don't care. But don't
1ant to see our boys lose. Somebody
ught to see his honor about it. I'm
lst telling you because You can see
n yourself how 1t Is. We need every
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ties. Does this daunt the "four-fush.
err who wishes little advertising?
Not bit Of it. He gets together his
cohorts and bes.~ses the political au-
thorities demanding that they do those
things which are under the law abso-
lutely forbidden.
The authorities consult the law de.
partmept, and the department gives
an opinion, based on the soundest au-
thority, that the proposition is unten.
able. Then the reforming -four.
fiusher' holds a few public meetings
and adds some more eur-hushers" to
the list. Speeches are made and the
authorities are denounced, also the