gjqwg'ux.a.t MMSkflPJ "JJfiH i'-'4""(VT ' TV 1 THE. POINTS OF fill r ' J3- ' I PLEASE POy'T STAND Oy 'So yon think that Charley means to marry you?" Tm sure of it." "Did he say so?" "2so, but he asked permission in future to only give me useful presents. "Marper't Weelly. HER MANY MILLIONS. Hetty Green Tells How She Has Made Her Enormous Fortune. TALK WITH A WONDERFUL WOMAN Who Is Credited With naTinj; Accumulated Oter 940,000,000. JHE FOUNDATION OF DEE FORTUNE rconnrsrojfDENCE or the pispatctm Xew York, Not. 18. The other day ap peared a list of the wealthiest Americans. Seventh in it was a woman. Those who preceded her in the category were Yander bilts, Ahtors and a Rockefeller. The richest woman in the United States, if not in her individual right,at least by her own talents, is Hetty Howland Itobinson Green. Her estate is valued at ?40,000,000. But the truth is, that neither she nor anybody else can estimate its full value, and she, who knows better than anyone else approxi mately what she is worth, is adroit in de clining to make an estimate. Eecently a friend of Mrs. Green said to her: "Will you tell me how you made your fortune?" Mrs. Green, who is far more a woman of action than of words, was at first wary and reluctant; but when satisfied, as she speedily was, that the question was put in good faith, and that her reply to it would be employed honorably and truthfully, she consented to tell what is assuredly a re markable tale, the more absorbing because Mrs. Green never before consented to tell the tale herself. As it was not taken down in shorthand, but is given substantially from memory, it may err in unimportant particulars. In the main it is absolutely authentic. A ruenomenal 'Woman's Looks. Mrs. Green, it may be well to state before the story itself begins, is a phenomenal woman. Her head is shapely, strong and compact. It is. singularly square. The average woman's head is low above the brows, broad across the eyes, narrow at the tips of the cheek boues, round at the blending of cheek with chin, dimpled and bubble-like at the chin itself, bow like in the lips, with fullness and redness, where poets delight to find cherries parted to show pearls. The average woman's head is more round than square; and the portion phrenol ogists designate the temporal ridge of the frontal bone that is, the sides of the head from tne eyes to the hair line and an inch or two under that is generally well ex panded. Hetty Howland Robinson Green's head diners essentially irom the head of the typical woman. It possesses nothing indeed of that sentimental and aesthetic conforma tion which' sculptors have handed down from Greek days as the ideal feminine head round, mild, delicate, and if extremely beautiful in perfection of mould and sym metrr of lines suggestive of imagination and taste, likely also to suggest indecision, if not feebleness. Mrs. Green's head is shapely, bat it is square. It is almost rectilinear. Take a block of good proportions; take a keen hatchet, square the sides, front and back, square the chin, accentuate the tips of the cheek bones, square the bumps indicating reasoning powers and resolution, omit the swelling oh either side of the upper part, supposed to sujrgest imagination, cive this square head a firm, straight nose, a little broader at the nostrils than straight noses generally are; thin out the lips, but leave them ruddy; insert sharp cray eyes, setting them back well under the bony gables; make them furtive, watchtnl, perhaps sus picious; develop the preceptive line across the eyes square the entire hcadnow to these thin lips, keen eyes, and high cheek-bones, and there is the richest woman in the United States,-perfectly preserved, brown in her hair beginning to gray; her age, say, The Story or Her fortune. "How did I make my fortune?" Mrs. Green said with amiable and yet abstracted interest. "Well, to be candid, I did not IHE PLATFORM. Philadelphia Freti. make it. I inherited a large part of it. My ancestors were English Quakers. A Robin son wns Tory Governor of Massachusetts Bar, and I have the silver seal that attested the official deeds of his office. I own the house not far from Xew Bed lord which he built on ground he bought direct from the Indians. J was sole heir on both father's, grandfather's, mother's and grandmother's side I was born in New Bedford, and went to school to Mrs. Lowell in Boston. Mrs. Lowell was wife to the brother of James Russell LowelL Being my father s only child, and living alone with him and my grandfather, I eradually fell into the habit of reading his business letters to him and writing answers at his dictation; and I acquired quite without thinking over it knowledge of the many kinds of in vestment in whic'a he was concerned. We lived, when I was crowing up in Salem, on Federal street, near the Government building. "My father was one of the pioneers of the industries of the l'acihc coast, and built the first street railroad in San Francisco. He was largely interested also in commerce, and many of the ships that came in and went out at Salem he owned or sent off with cargoes. I married Edward Henry Green, whom I met throuch my father's connec tion with sea-going investments. Mr. Green" (who is still living), "was in the Eat India trade, and had a large fortune of his own. His father was a judge and a great friend of Captain Marryatt." A Reminiscence of Lady Franklin. "Ah!" said Mrs. Green's friend; "then you can tell me something of interest about that delichtfnl romancer?" "So," replied Mrs. Green, shaking her square head; "J. don t enow anything espe- , mercial affairs," Mrs. Green went on, after a bnet pause, "naturally toot us trequent lr to 2few York. I was married, indeed, from the house of Henry Grinnell, in Bond street pretty far downtown now. Lady Franklin lived there for a time while the expedition was gone in search of Sir John Franklin." "Ah!" said Mrs. Green's friend, aeain de lighted at the -prospect of an engaging per sonal reminiscence; "you saw a beautiful and charming woman at a time when rare pathos must have been added to a person ality otherwise-deeply attractive. Do you recollect anything about her? How 'did she appear? What did she wear? How did she talk? Was she in but, of course, she was suffering the keenest torture con cerning the fate ot her husband. You saw her.frequently?" "Ye-e-s," answered Mrs. Green, sur prised at the eagerness of the questions. "There wasn't much noticeable about her's I remember" for Mrs. Gretn is unaffected in her language, and drops unconsciously now aud then into Nantucket and Cape Cod dia lect. Mrs. Green was specific in her character ization of,lawyers she distrusted and judge, she was certain were purchasable, and she excepted only one on the United States bench and one in the State Circuit Courts As her experience in litigation in that city was not sufficient to give her personal grounds for her suspicious views ot the judiciary it seemed that her feelings had for the moment got the better of her usually calm and reasonable judgment. Indeed, Mrs. Green is prone to take a dejected view ot the judiciary of the United States gener ally, and of American lawyers she thinks even Jess than of the judges when she loses actions. How Many Millions Haro Ton? "Mrs. Green," said her interlocutor, "will yon tell me in what you have your millions? And, by the way, is it proper to ask how many millions you have?" A faint flush of perso'nal interest over spread Mri. Green countenance. "Well, I a'n't going to say how much I am worth. It a'n't necessary lor anyone to tell things be don't want to, and enemies might turn against him. No," said the richest woman in the country, lowering her voice, lest a word should be overheard "no, I don't tell anybody how much I am worth. Men that have no right to know it are mousing into my affairsall the time, and I am not eoing to furnish them with information tber will use to hurt me and my chil dren." "Your children are with jou, Mrs. Green?" "Yes, two of em; that is all there is Henry Rowland and ray daughter." Mrs; Green's devotion to her only ion, who is slightly crippled, is interne. Both CURRENT greater than IS DATT hilt, X.AT7GHING her children have reached maturity, and neither is permitted to waste the fortune that will be theirs to do as they please with in a few years. The vonng man is rather cood looking, disposed to take life more agreeably than his mother, and will cut-a wide swathe when he comes into his share of hermillions. "What do you propose to do with your son, Mrs. Green?" asked the friendly caller. A Simple, lint Comprehensive Reply. "Business," was the simple, terse and comprehensive reply. "Has he any-special training for busi ness?" "Bless yon, no. - Just out of the uni versity. Don't know a thing." Young Mr. Green is a graduate of Yale "Mrs. Green, how did you come to own a carriage factory?" "Mawgase. Lent money to it befo' the Chicago fire. Fi' mined everybody ont there. No 52,500 ca'ages bought there for a year or two. Had to take ca'age fact'ry to save my mawgase. 'Ned,' says I, 'here's a nickle tor you' street-ca' fare. You go out to the ca'age fact'ry and look into its af fairs. Door out there needs pain tin'. You buy a little paint, put it in an old tin can lots of 'em out there; buy the cheapest brush you can find, and paint that. door. You know how much the paint cost, you know how much the brush cost. You can watch how long it takes to paint that do'. Then you will know what paintin' a door ought to cost. You see, if we don't look after these little things they run away with, a lot o' money. Men swindled me dreadfully out there repairin' a chimblev. Then I went out and attended to it myself, and now it's all right." "Did Mr. Green take kindly to the car riage factory?" "Oh, bless you, he a'n't got anything to say about such things. He does what I tell him. Big concern. I look after everything in it myself. When Ned went out there first folks said the Anarchists would kill him be:ause he is a rich woman's son. I said, 'Ned, don't you be afraid. Mind yon' own business; Anarchists mind theirs. Pay for everything you want, and don't spend a cent on what a'n't of value to you.' Got on first-rate. Why, after he was" out there six months in that ward, way out on front yard of Chicago, among roilin' mills and railroad tracks, they wanted to run him for Alderman." . Has a Little of Everything. "Your other investments, Mrs. Green?" "Pretty well scattered, "said Mrs. Green, who seemed to dream pleasantly in enumer ating them "coal, iron, copper, lead. tin. 'cotton, land, especially on margins of cities uuu piuiiius iun us, miere it is easy 10 uoia it until time brings it into tow n, villages, and all their plants, railroads, shipping in fact, everything it is prudent to put money in, but especially real estate. I own a square mile to the west of Chicago, and those miserable people have been trying to steal it from me. To improve it, I had better train service, put on between it and the city, for you know you can't get nice jeople'to ride in cars that a'n't nice, and in every way possible I made that property worth keepin' for my children. Now these people claim that title was not clear, and that my father had no claim on it, and I have had to fight that for years, and I am going to keep up the fight to the last court. " Mrs. Green is well known as a litigant. She knows asmuchliw as her. attorneys generally do, and sits at their table during a trial to keep them on the right tack. That she has been tor many years a formidable figure in Wall street goes with out saying. "Will you tell me some of your experi ences on Wail street?" asked her interested acquaintance. "Ob, I never speculate!" instantly replied Mrs. Green, with a lortv-million-dollar twinkle in her gray eye, as she looked down on her well-worn ten-dollar sown. From which it appears that the richest woman in the United States is not alto gether without humor. "Mrs. Green, you must take wonderful delight in your gigantic business affairs?" "Oh, no, indeed. I hate business. I just attend to it for my -children's sake. I would a great deal rather be a society woman." Profitable Real Estate. To invest for suro and larpe returns buy in New Castle l'a., the place In which so many Immense works arelu operation and building. For the lacts address field ft DuSnane. liana J - s$T smve i &KjA V$4 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20, -INTEREST grover. Sea York Recorder. OH CRYING? Chicago Inter-Ocean. HOW TIM GOT Y0TES. Dry-Dollar Sullivan Nearly Makes His District Unanimous. ONLY FOUR VOTES AGAINST-HI1T. Out of "342 He Bags 338 for Cleveland and the Vthole Ticket. HOW HE PULIiED FOE CHOKER'S BANNER It is rather late for election day stories, but the New York World tells a good one. The Fortieth election district of the Second Assembly went as follows: Cleveland, 338; Harrison, 4. Of course it was "Dry-Dollar" Sullivan's own distriot. Who else could make such a showing? The Fortieth election district is bounded by Franklin, Walker, Broadway and Baxter streets. It is the home of mighty and numerous 'Sullivans, who this year outdid thrmselves. Tim was in charge personally. "I know I am going to be elected," phil osophized Tim at 5 o'clock in the morning on election day, "so what's th' use o' run nin 'round th' district?' I'll stay in me own distric', carry it unanimous an' get Croker's banner." In every election district in the city the law provides there shall be one Republican inspector, one Republican poll clerk and one Republican supervisor. That makes three votes sure. Then, of course, there is a Republican officeholder in every district who acts as district captain. That makes , four yotes sure, and that is how Harrison got fonr votes in Tim Sullivan's district. There was no getting around that Harri son was bound to get those four votes. Marshals Not In the Way. True, there were eight Davenport mar shals in this election district, but then Tim doesn't mind Federal marshals. He knows how to take care of them. Before 8 o'clock all einht had voted for Cleveland. Voting began early. There were 25 men in line before the polls were opened. All were given pasters, which were slapped on in silence and without error. Tim Sullivan keeps his constituents in good training. Fifteen Sullivans scoured the district con tinually to see that not a man went to work without voting. By noon 290 had voted. "Now here comes .a duck," whispered Tim to his cousin Florry, "who's been get tin' drunk on Denny Shea. Watch me fix him." "Say, young feller," demanded Tim, with a Irown, surrounded by eight fierce looking Sullivans, "how ere y' goin' to vote?" , "I'm fer Clevelan' an th' hull ticket," replied the fellow, with apparent enthu siasm. "You're lyin' an' y' know it," said Tim, with painful lrankness. "Do v' see this paster?" He did. Noise Speaks Loader Than Words. "Well, jes' take it, an slap it on a bal lot. An' I want y' to slap it on so I can hear it, too. See? "All right," was the reply, "but you've gotto do dis fer me. You gotta promise to look out fer me if de cops take me in fer hittin' de bowl. ", The agreement was made on the spot. This was followed by 60 Tammany ballots which were above suspicion. Then the Re. publican district captain cast his vote. "That's one fer Harrison," commented Tim, sadly. Just then a woman came up to Tim and called him aside, confidentially. "My husband's so drunk, begorra, he can't walk," she said. "Pihat are yez goin' to do?" "Ho w man y times have I told that duok, " said Tim indignantly, "uot to getta Ja? until after he voted. .Here, .Florry, get 10 cents' worth o' ammonia and straigthem 'imout" Five minutes later the fellow came, sup ported by two Sullivans. "You don't needa think I've been drink, in', Mr. SuUiyan," he apologized. "I wm workin' all night, an' I ttlt 10 tired-1 fell -c? ' Oft -.PICKED She You shouldn't make a face even Terr bad taste. He Yes; I think it does. Judge. "' s- ' ''itL'-0 X. lrTrTK THE OVERWORKED POLITICAL ZOO WILL NOW GIVE ITS ANIMALS A VACA TION. Sew York World. asleep. Hooray for Tim Sullivan an' Cleveland!" It Won't Happen Again. Then there was a lull of five minutes. It was broken by the -Republican Super visor .-'," "That's two' said Tim, mournfully, "but I'll see that duck don't -sling ink around here next veaf. The Cloke who was here last ; ,year was a square feller. There were 28 yotes still out by 3 o'clock, and among them were several who were un der suspicion. ' "Go hunt up Lake," he instructed his nephew, Tim, Jr.; "he's another one o' Den ny Shea's gang." When Lake came he admitted frankly that he was going to vote for Harrison, but he promised to vote the Tammany ticket. , "Do you wantta ruin my chances to get to th' Senate?" demanded Tim. "Are you goin' to be .th' only man in the district who's goin back on me? What do you think Grover C'eveland'll say to me when he sees I let'Gilroy have an extra vote? You'll be wantin' a favor, but when I go to Cleveland he'll fire me out." Much as he loved Harrison, Jake would not have Tim put on the black list if he could help it. So he voted for Cleveland. "But don't yer tell Denny," he enjoined Tim. Next the Republican poll clerk voted. How aggravatingit was to see him with his cynical smile hand over a Republican bal lot! "That duck thinks he's smart," growled Tim, "but 1 know how to get even with 'im." There were still half a dozen Baxter street clothiers who had not voted. Tim, Jr., re ported they were busy selling clothing. Tim concluded to go around himself! Two Dollars Not In the Way at AIL "Now here, Jake," he said to Jacob Har ris, who keeps a store near Walker street, "you gotta go out an' vote now." "How can I, Mr. Sullivan," was protested. "I'm waiting on a customer." "Yes," responded Dry Dollar, "an yon've been waitin' on him fer two hours. "How mnch are yer dickering over?" "The gentleman wants it for 52 less was explained. N 'Well, hnlly gee!" ejaculated Tim, "is thatall? 1 I'll pay the difference." The Republican inspector had not yet voted. Tim looked in at him wistfully. Then be lodked at him aud made a frantic endeavor to coax him out into the street, but the inspector was not in the market A few minutes later he cast his ballot for Har rison and the agony was over. ' "Now, look here, Tinf," consoled Florry, "wot's the Use o' gettin' huffy over four votes?- Those ducks couldn't get out 0' it. They had to vote for Harrison." "I know," admitted Tim; "but it's pretty tough to come so near carryin' the distric' unanimous'an' have four stubborn ducks hold out like that." Judge Patrick Divver. when seen by a reporter, said: "Yes, Tim did first rate. He did all that could be expected of him. That boy's a good politician, and when ne gets "older he'll be a wonder." GAMBLING OH A FARM. New York Produce Exchange Members Utilize the Rotating Blades. IWDITTKT FOB THE DISPATCH.1 Not long ago the electric fan was accused of causing influenza in the case of those who, when overheated, yielded themselves to its soothing influence, now another more serious charge is laid at its door. It is cor rupting the morals of the members of the New York Produce Exchange. Transactions in produce are apt to lag from time to time, and to supply the instinctive need for excitement in some form or other during these dull moments, certain leading spirits conceive I the plan pt turning (the fan motor into a gambling apparatus. The blades of the fan were marked, and by the manipulation of the switch the fan was made to perform the duties of a roulette wheel. The action of the members of the Exchange are regulated by by-laws, but as no enactment was found to cover this par ticular form of disorder, the chairman has been unable to put a stop to the sport. Attempts have been made to do so, but as soon as a group is dispersed from one fan it moves to, another, and the game is en thusiastically resumed. 1892. OUT BY when yon have found a bad oyster. It shows ELECTRICAL ADVANCE. The New Incandescent Lamp Attract ing World-Wide Attention. HIGHT SIGHT FOE HEAT! GDKS. An Entirely Keir Procesj.for the Decoration ofiletal tbje'ets. A CHECK PDT TO B0GU3 APPLIANCES rwMTTXN FOR THE PISPATOn.1 A sensation has been produced in electri cal circles by the advent of the new West inghouse incadescent lamp, which is said to be no infringement of the Edison claim, which has lately been finally sus tained in the United States Courts. The lamp is unquestionably a new departure in so far that it is separable that is, that the filament can be removed-and the bulb used over again. Another point of difference Irom the ordinary lamp is the composition of the material from which the leading-in wires are made. In all the ordinary glow lamps this material is platinum, but in the new lamp an alloy is used the composition of which is kept secret. Regarding the im portant matter of the filament of the lamp no imformation is vouchsafed, and this omission has been adduced as affording evi dence of possible weakness in the mainte nance of the new patent against the Edison claim. By way of illustrating this possible contingency, an English electrieal journal cites a case that occurred some five or six years ngo. A lamp was brought to E ngland from the United States, the filament of which was said to contain a sutfic ient quan tity of aluminum to render it independent of the Edison claim. The inventor asked 500,000 for the patent, and negotiations were entered into between him and some of the leading English electrical firms for the purchase of the patent rights. Pending these negptiations the inventor sent an azent to Germany and Austria with a view to disposing of the patent rights in those countries. In Austria one of the most in fluential firms at once declared their willing ness to buy; but only on one condition namely, that they should be allowed to 'break one of the lamps and to submit the filament to careful chemical analysis. The agent, fully confident from the analysis of one of the most eminent Enciish chemists that the hlament 01 tne lamp contained a satisfactory percentage of aluminum, freely granted tne request, asking only that he shonld be allowed to be present when the tests were made. One of the lamps was marked, and every particle of the slender thread was carefully collected and ignited to a white heat in a platinum crucible. Scarcely a trace of residue was left behind, and not a ves tige of aluminum could be found in this residue. The filament was carbon, pure and simnle. The agent coald only re tire in confusion and vent his indgnation on the inventor who had sent him on such a fool's errand. The journal. which thus illus trates the uncertainty that hovers around new patents recommends that the new lamp filament be similarly treated. That it should stand such a test is earnestly to be wished, for the result would be tnat the public would henceforth be able to buy its incadescent lamps at less than one-halt their present cost. A Check to Bogus Appliances. The marvelous increase inthe sale of bo gus electrical appliances in England has filled English electricians with despair, as they are practically powerless to deter the public from being victimized. America, however, has taken a practical way of grap pling with the abuse, and it has been for mally announced that no electric belt, or so-called "electro-medical appliance," shall have space in the electricity building at the World's Fair. The head of the electrieal department of the exhibition bases his ex clusion on the general rules governing ex THE .CARTOONISTS. XllF 2?PUBl5Cw -4-S THTS ANIMAL "WIIX BE HEEDED TET. .VflB Tori PreH. "What are you doing now that the campaign is over?" "Getting myself mentioned for a Cabinet position." "What do you expect to get?" "A postoffice clerkship." Chicago Sews Beeord. hibits that no patent medicine or "secret nostrum." shall be afforded space, and he has classed the "electric belt" people under these general heads. That such a step required no small amount of moral courage will be seen from the fact that more than 100 applications of this description have come before the de partment The English electrical papers soea in terms 01 tne strongest commenda tion of the decision, admitting that the atti tude taken by the authorities of the electri cal department at the Chicago Exposition contrasts favorably with that assumed by the managing committee of the late Crystal Palace Exhibition. Night Sight for Heavy Cans. The electric night sight for heavy guns, which was introduced some time ago, has now been adopted by the navies of nearly every important nation. The fore sight consists of a socket which fits onto the ordinary day sight, and which carries a small electric lamp inside it. The light given bv'the lamp serves to illuminate a small glass cone which forms the tip of the fore sight. The rear, sight is constructed on the same principle; but the illumination in this case extends to a wire placed over the lamp. This wire forms the cross of the "H'Hn variably used by the navy for the rear sight. A red light is used with the rear sight, in order to distinguish it from the fore sight, and this color is produced either oV tintme the- small electric lamp red, 6t by painting the cross wire with red enamel. The ciirrent for illuminating the lamps" is usually provided by a three-cell Leclanche battery, but it is. not unlikely that before long a small dynamo will be used for this purpose, 'as well as for firing the guns. Electro-Chemical Decoration. The new process for the decoration of metal objects by electro-chemical means has been so successfully applied that its general adoption cannot be long delayed. Tbe metal is first painted over with bitumen, and the design is reproduced directly by means of a photographic negative proof, or is'made in the ordinary way on, the bitumen coating and developed with turpentine. The ob ject is , then placed in an acid biting bath, composed of two parts ot nitric acid and one of concentrated sulphuric acid, with three parts of water. When sufficiently bitten it is taken' out, washed well to re move every trace of acid, and rapidly dried in a warm place. It is then placed in an electroplatmg bath composed of the follow ing parts byweight: 12 of cream of tartar, 1 of carbonate of copper, 24 of water. The bath for other metals is obtained by replac ing thecopper salt by a salt of tbe required metal; for instance, chloride of silver or gold, or the ( ordinary electroplating solu tions. A Process k for Drying Tea. It has been shown that the practice of electrical engineering is very different from other branches of engineering for instance, hydraulics .and mechanics, inasmuch a, while tbe latter are fairly well defined in their scope, it is impossible to tell wnat branch of business electricity will not next invade. It has been discovered that tea can be dried more simply and effectively by electricity than by any other method, and arrangements are 'beiifg made for the erec tion o'f plants for this purpose in Ceylon. The plant will also be utilized for various other operations connected with the turning out of the finished prodnct, with the result of effecting a considerable economy intro duction. , To See tho Heart Beat. ' M. Marcey, the well-known invctiga tor of animal movements by means of instan tan eons photography ancTthe zoetrope, has now succeeded in rendering the beatintr of a liv ing heart visible to ye eve. All the phases Of the movement cau be followed and prop erly examined bj this new method. The heart employed in his experiments was that 01 a tunic The Women In Finland. In Finland, above-all other countries, do women enter into the business oflile. They are elerks, doctors, dentists, builders, man agers of small companies, and bank cashiers, Tney are especially sought for in the last capacity, onjaecount of their reputation for honesty. 19 THE GREATEST GROVE Discovered in California Jnst Fonnd by a Stanford Student. ONLY SIX TREES YET STANDING,' Ent They Are the last of the Giants of the famous i'eqaoias. NEAR THE LAST CIIAXCE 1TI5I5G CA11P San Fbax Cisco, Nov. ID. William W. .Price, a student of the, Leland Stanford Jr. University, lately discovered a new grofo of bis trees or sequoia gigautea while out collecting plants during hi3 vacation. Tha only description yet given of the grove was in a short paper recently read by himself at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences. So far the scientific world has received no further information on the subject. Jlr. Price believes that this grove is tha most northern known of'seqaoix jig-inea It is situated in Placer county, about IS miles east of Forrest Hill, on a branch of the Jliddle Fork of the American river. The altitude is about 5,000 feet Only Six Trees Now Standing. "Only six trees are standing," said the discoverer, "and these do not spread over an acre or two of ground. This is, perhaps, the last stand made by sequoia gigantea, and for 1,000 years or more this gnve has beaten back the fierce onslaughts of fire, storm and cold. ,The two largest standinc trees are about 12 feet in diameter. The fonr others are smaller. One fallen tree is 20 feet in diameter at the base and 12 feet at a distance of 15 feet from tha root. There are other smaller fallen trees. There had been years before a much larger fallen trunk, some 28 feet in diameter, but a fire haa destroyed it. The height is not great, for sugar' pines standing near tower above them." Mr. Price is credited with being the di coverer of tbe grove because he was tha first to give a description to the world. But he was not the first actually to behold these big' trees. On the occasion of his visit to the locality on June 20 last, he was t accompanied by Messrs. Hoffman and' Ferguson, residents ot Placer county. The explorers were guided by vague rumors that sucu a grove existed, although none in the party had ever met any person who had seen such a gro ve or who was able to say whether or not the trees were seuoias or some other kind of conifers. Originally In Greater Troraslon. When the trio arrived in the vicinity they found numerous dates, such as 1860, 1862, 1868, 1872, 1880, 1890, cut in the bark of alders growing along the stream. Probably the old prospectors and others who saw tha grove prior to the arrival of Mr. Price did not realize the value of the discovery, which L seems to prove that the big trees originally extended much lartner norm man nu oeea generally supposed. The Placer grove is about eight miles from an old nilning camp known as "Last Chance." Mr. Price describes the forest through which he and his .companions passed in their search as one unbroken soli tude without any traveled trails and with, only a few chipmunks, jays and chickadees to disturb-the great monotony. The woods were mostly sugar pines. All about tha grovaofbig trees the party found the tracka of California linns and other wild animals. The grove cannot be seen until one is within 100 yards of it, as the sides ofa densely wooded canyon close it all about it. Mr. Price expects to make a more ex. tended exploration of the "Northern Groye" at his earliest opportunity. Teaching History In Turkey. For the use of the Lyceum of Galata Seria, at Pera, special editions of the modern his- tory text-books have to be prepared, Irom, which every mention of revolutions has been excised. It is also forbidden to teach anything about the reign of the Sul tan until 33 years have elapsed since his death. Consequently, pupils in Turkish schools will learn nothing about that reign) .of. the late Sultan Abeul Aziz for some jean to come.- 1- 1, A - . . , . If-,1 I St4a09V daf KaSSSEKSSSs S!SililtmliMtK0m ,,imJMwki
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