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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.
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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20,
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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
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She You shouldn't make a face even
Terr bad taste.
He Yes; I think it does. Judge.
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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.
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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.-
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