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Resources of Latter Seem Small Compared With Those ot
Russian Emperor.
The eyes of the civilized world are now
turned with ever increasing interest to
the vast possibilities for commerce and
trade in the far East, by which is meant
China and Japan, and it Is a patent fact
that coupled with the commercial inter
est in the situation Is the constant
thought of what nation is going to reap
the greatest rewards from the opening
of the trade routes of the East.
Leaving aside Great Britain, whose in
- are n ainly commercial and not
political, the two nations most intimately
in touch .vith the political and commercial
situations* are Japan and Russia. And in
view of these facts a brief examination
of the righting ability of the two nations
cannot fail of interest.
The large shipbuilding programme for
the increase of the czar's navy, inclu ilng
a budget of some $15,000,000 estimated for
in ISitS. proposes a gross expenditure for
the period ending in IHO4 of not less than
$250.t■00,000, and when it is understood this
sum is for new c\ nstrnction exclusively it
RUSSIfm HHD JflPflflESE NfIVIES COtfimED.
Russia Japan
Vessels. Vessels Vessels Vessels
Built. Building. Built. Building.
Battle ships 12 6 3 3
Armored cruisers 10 1 1 6
Protected cruisers 3 3 16 6
Unprotected cruisers 3 .. 8 1
Armored coast defense vessels 15 1 3
Special vessels 5
Torpedo vessels 17 .. 1
Torpedo boat destroyers 1 28 .. 8
Torpedo boats 174 .. 44 12
Totals 240 39 70 36
may well appear that the ambition of the
Russian empire has a definite and stren
uous objective.
The building of eight battleships forms
the leading feature In the programme,
and they are already In hand, ordered or
projected.
The protected first-class cruisers, which
will be of some 6.500 tons displacement
each, are all in hand, and one of the num
ber, the Variag, is being pushed to com
pletion by the Cramps in Philadelphia.
Up to the present time the Russian gov
ernment has been badly handicapped in
the race for naval supremacy by the al
most total lack of construction facilities
in both ships and machinery. This, how
ever, is being rapidly improved, and in
the programme here outlined the intent! n
Is to enter into competition with the ship
builders of the world in the rehabilitation
of the naval strength of the empire.
Notwithstanding the meagre showing
made by the material branch of the Rus
sian navy, the personnel has been brought
mssim hud JflpflNESE lhm forces cowshed.
Russia Japan
Active Service — Officers. Men. Officers. Men.
Infantry 19.300 984,000 8,266 58,108
Cavalry 3,900 120.000 646 2,532
Artillery 3,000 100.000 1,635 12,811
Engineers 800 40,000 583 5 039
Transportation 400 25,000
Totals 27,400 1,269,000 11,130 75.540
Reserve —
Infantry 15,700 SoO.OOO'
Cavalry 2.500 100,0001
Artillery 900 30,000! 17,477 231,914
Engineers 200 9.000J
Totals 14,300 789,000
National Defense —
Infantry 9,500 6SS.OOOJ
Cavalry 350 22,000!
Artillery 450 28,000 500 63.236
Kngineers 100 4,000
Totals 10,400 740,000
Grand totals 52,100 2.798.000 29,113 373,720
v/cll abreast of the ultimate requirements
of the nation, and so far as can be de
termined by the often misleading da' a
permitted for publication, the following
table shows the effective strength of the
czar's navy:
General admiral 1
Admirals 12
Vk-e admirals 19
Hear admir.ils 3$
Captains of the first class SI
Captains of the second class (eoni
m;mder:.O 313
lieutenants 6?3
Sublieutenants 235
• — _
Total officers 1 ?&
Of ;he rank and file there are 200 me
n«l-an enlisted force of 41,95,
This number, however, represents only
footing, for in time of war
a practically unlimited number of re-
DUMMY DECK
Of Card* Iliini; In on Four Poker
J'layers In Camp.
New Y. >rk Tribune.
"A rather amusng- thing happened at a
fi-l;i:;j; -camp at which I was last sum
in.:, 1 satf) K. R. Reynolds, of Hartford,
at the Hotel Manilattan. "One of our
party, while otherwise a. (borough-going
good fellaxv, was an interminable talker.
and, aS swh, as awful bore. The deScrip
lion, dim • applied to a ofit.;ln statesman,
' that he used to set his mouth going, then
go away and leave it talking, lit ted him
to aT. We stood it for a couple of days,
and; thtn vrc put up a. gum on him. After
when he started In on his regular
< vt-nmg conversazione, we got up in a
l>dy and decamped. Ha saw the point
and gracefully yi;lde:l to the inimitable,
although he swore revenge. About ti.i.s
time we found we had no playing cards
with us md telagmphec back to the club
for twenty packs, which arrived ir. due
Time, and that right we had a game.
-Alter we had played some time the eon
virtationL'l-st dealt the cards. I held th^
*»ge, a-Rd when I picked up my hand I
h*ld four tens.
"The next man simply stayed, so did
the next, but the other two whooped her
for the limit The dealer dropping out, I
"raided asrain, and so did every one clou in
emits can be transferred from the army
to the naval service, on ihe theory held
by the government that any man can be
a sailor, but drill alone can make a sol
dier.
The Russian fleet consists of 210 vessels
of all classes, aggregating 294.52) tons dis
placement, and mounting 1,5 5 guns of all
calibres.
Nothing in history has been more re
markable than the sudden rise of Japan
to the rank of one of the leading naval
powers.
The building programme outlined dur
ing the year IS9S has been vigorously cir
ried out, and a reference to the table
shows with what strides the new member
of the family of nations is pressing to the
front in her naval preparations for su
premacy in the East.
The building programme will be best
understood by reference to the table giv
en, which is compiled from the latest of
fllcal sources.
A notable fact in this connection is
that the navy of Japan is and will be
composed of the latest types under th«
various classifications, ami the newest
ships of this progressive nation combin*
every improvement yet devised in every
department. In motive power, sspeed, of
fensive and defensive power, guns, every
detail is of the latest type and asstmbled
by the best builders In the world.
The following is the personnel compiled
from the latest data:
Admirals £5
Officers of command rank 425
Officers of all grades below command
milk - 727
Officers of all grades 1,177
Petty non-commlssloned officers 2.579
The enlisted personnel aggregates abut
15,000. This is on a strictly peace ba^.s.
In case of war Japan can place a large
force of seafaring men afloat in the navy
recruited from the multitude of coasting
craft with which the waters of Japan
are literally swarming.
Japan's navy compiises s venty shirs of
all classes, with a total displacement of
106,665 tons, and the ships carry 543 guns.
Glancing now at the land forces of Rus
sia and Japan, a greater apparent dispro
portion exists than that between the two
navies. This disproportion, however, is
more apparent than real, and for vari
ous reasons the most important factor
arises from the geographical positions of
the two nations.
Japan is, so to speak, on the ground,
while the forces of Russia, whether for
land or sea service, are forced to travel
practically half the circumference of the
earth before arrival at the point of in
fluence.
Another most Important tact li?s in ih->
thorough familiarity with the character
istics of the Eastern r.esples possessed by
the Japanese as compared wirh their ri
val." the Muscovites*
turn. This w?ut pn until we .all got tired,
and then came the draw. Seme stood pat!
and the balance drew one card each.
After tba draw we went at it fast and
furious. All the chips ha* gone >up long
since, and the falling: of I O U's looked
like a snow. . rm. It finalty resulted in
a showdown, and every bles.ed man pres
ent laid down four tens. Wh»n we re
covered from the trance we were at first
thrown into we looked for the dealer,
in his day and: g.»n-eration, he had
disappeared and returned no more that
nigrht. It took about an hrivr and a half's
hjrd work to get that pot straightened
out. It seems that the dealer harl been
alone in camp v hen the cards arrived
«u;d all the twenty packs happening to
have the sf.ffie b* cks suggostfd tho idea
to him, and he put up the dummy pa^k.
which he held In lis lap. The substitu
tion was easy, and we dki the rest."
Ordinary Household accidents have no
terrors when there"s a bottle of Dr
Thomas' Electric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts, brul-ea.
sprains. Instant relief.
Soo Line Rate* En*t.
Boston, Ma 33 $19 00
Buffalo, N. V .......... 1700
Montreal. Quo. \ 1700
Mew York, N. V _ 1 m
Toronto. 6nt ..........I""" I7'oo
Other points at proportionate'rates. Soo
L.!ne iijiict Office. 358 Robert street.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUttllAY, NOVErVILJISK 26, l»yy.
TRAGEDY IN COLOR
THE PATHETIC STORY OF YETTE
IVEI.VA, WHO IS PASSIWQ
AWAY AT PARIS
WAS WEABY OF THE WORLD
Rich and Handaome, Awured of So
cial Position In Parla, bat Pre
vented by a Trace of Mulatto
Blood Prom Marrying a Virginian
With Whom She Was In I.ove—
Poison Cap Her Remedy.
It Is a strange, tragically picturesque
history, that of Yette d'Elva, the beauti
ful New Orleans girl who lies in the em
brace of death—death which she herself
has Invoked, says a Paris cablegram to
the New York World.
What will you not find in this teeming,
bustling capital when you scratch the
surface, go beyond the shimmering out
wardness of gayt'ty?
Yette d'Elva has long been recognized
as one of the beauties of Paris. She ls
twenty-five—not quite; of gorgeous phy-
TBTTE3 U'ELVA,
The Beautiful Octoroon, From Her Latest Portrait.
sique—tall, strong, luxuriantly modeled,
yet enehantlngly sinuous.
Countess—she was a countess, like Anna
Gould*. She was more. Her husband, for
many years attache to the Spanish em
bassy at Paris, was the very' nob'e Cjunt
d'Elva, Marquis de la Picdra, a scon of
grandees whose plumed hats were never
doffed to royalty.
Her name before her marriage was
Henriette Bushnell. She Is the daughter
of William Bushnell, a wealthy planter
and speculator of Plaquemine parish,
l^oulslana. Her mother was one of tho^e
splendid mulatto girls that you see down
there. Her grandmother—now living in
Paris with Tette d'Elva—her grandmoth
er is black!
More easily aristocratic than the proul
daughters of aristocracy among whom
stag once reigned, this youngr m.rqube U
an octoroon.
In his way of dealing wkn life, W lliam
Bushnell had always b?en amb.ticus, rash
and lucky. There came a tme when mon
ey making had lost all power of interest
ing him, when the pleasures of his native
land lest all flavor to h"s palate. He real
ized on his property and came to see
what Paris could yield in the way of
excitement.
The whole family—black mother-in-law,
mulatto wife and octoroon child—Bush
nell installed in the palace that Djevad
Bey had built with Oriental magnifljenc \
A novelist could wish no better environ
ment of his romance than that house
while Bushnell and his wife (each quite
independently of the other) kept things
humming. It was a curious h u~eho!d.
Nevertheless it was the one per.-istent
fancy of the Louisiana planter that his
daughter should be kept apart from tha
turmoil, educated with all the loving c ire
lavished uj on the heiress whose innoctnee
of mind is held mest precious.
Bushnell loved Henriette—Yette, as he
called her fondly—Yette, \rho was bud
ding into the beauteous flower of the far
away, warmer clime of their native land.
No sooner was she out of the convent
than suitors were legion. And when rue
was near their love never thought of her
vast wealth.
Suitors wpre many, but Bushnell was
on guard. He died suddenly, however,
and for some reason his wife gave Hen
riette away to the Marquis de la Piedra.
The marquis wis forty; the young cc
toroon was sixteen. She submitted, as a
girl raised in a Fiench convent wiil; she
went to the sacrifice with obedient resig
nation.
The marriage to the Spanish attache
opened to her the exclusive salons of sev
eral capitals, for in Europe the prejuJioo
against dark blood does not obtain. But
Mrs. Bushnell was compelled to witness
the triumph of her child from afar. She
herself was ignored by society.
The widow a little later married Raoul
Toche, the French dramatist,. whose
plays *re still giving Joy to the world.
In two years he went into an insane
asylum. There, after a few weeks, he
died. Sh> soon followed him, killed at
last in her attempt at enjoying all the
pleasures of Par^ at once.
Meanwhile tragic things were brewing
elsewhere. During four years the Mar
qr.i.se de la Piedra had lived her new life
serenely. She was quite at home in high
spheres, an amiable matron of twenty,
who coached with enthusiasm, enter
tained sumptuously; whose victoria at the
Bois was the mod?l of elegance, just as
her gowns were the despair of imitators.
The sudden separation of the young
wife from the marquis came as a bolt
from a clear sky. Almost immediately
things began to be whispered from ear
to car. The husband had been brutal; in
fact, a constant, relentless torturer. The
marquis did not yield gracefully. Finally
he lost his wife and had to resign from,
the diplomatic corps.
Now the Marquis de la Picdra Is living
on the Avenue Niel. Not far away his
wife, content with the lesser title of
Countess d'Elva, occupies a luxurious
house in the Rue Theodule Ribot. Oc
casionally, when the pension she serves
does not satisfy him, the old man sends
a very polite note to his former wife, who
forthwith writes an extra check.
They never visit, never see »ach other.
Now to go back a little. To the friends
Yette d"Elva had made in the high set
she remained Just as dear as ever; for
nothing was advanced against her. But
everybody who approached her soon no
ticed a curious change in her manners.
She became capriciously gloomy or un
becomingly gay, always jealously inde
pendent.
Was it the Inconsolable grief of having
been cheated In life which she sought to
amuse away? Or had brooding trans
formed her hatred of the one responsible
man into a desire for revenge on the set
at large? At any rate she began to play
havoc among the men who congregated
about her.
Her mansion became the rendezvous of
a fast set. But in the midst of all that
dancing and banqueting to the music of
those orchestras, men's careers were be
ing ruined, men's lives wrecked, suicides
prepared.
Nobody knew the extent of this work;
nobody will ever know. 'STor if one poor
young fellow, Pierre* !<se Fantanes, actual
ly did blow out hia'brafna on her door
steps, how many weht away to die?
During two years 1 the 'Countess d'Elva
presided over the revels* with the same
maddening smile. !> '
But one night a friend of the house pre
sented Edward SandfofdV of Virginia. "I
have come to face 'the'evil genius that
they tell me you are," said he laughing
ly. • :1
The mistress of the house extended her
hand with a languid smile.
"Do my friends give me such a reputa
tion?" rt!H
"Fascinating and .dangerous, they say.
But I do not believe, 1t.7
It may be inferred that once again—
and this time more .severely than before,
for she was in love—Y«tte met with dis
appointment.
A month or so ago she returned from
no one knows wheie. She whs sad, silent,
evidently ready for an other plunge into
the whirl of Paris-. The associates that
Sandford's presence had dispersed flocked
to her, and new revels began.
Finally Paris was startled by ihe an-
nouneement that the famous American
octoroon -would be: on the stage of the
Olympia, the mu^ic hall of the Boulevards
dcs Capucines.
Clad in black saitn. with a scarlet cloik
fastened at one shoulder by a jewe'.ed
buckle, she was a vision of arrogant
beauty, rorabre and defiant.
For some days the hall was. packed, the
papers fun of.her nam.\ Then she rlayej
no more.
The Virgininn had come and appealed
to the countess. Such conduct was un
worthy of-her, h» siiti.
"Am I not unwotffcy,,: of all that is.
good?"
"Nonsense! You af* a good jrirl. anij,
despite all y«ii" ha^e "dptie, woman Ot
noble Instinct*?*
"But you wiii not marry me "
No. he would not, could r.ot. He was a
Virginian and Yette fl-Eiva had daric
blood.
She did not rebel. £h^ cried long on his
shoulder, gently; that was all.
That night at 12, around* a magnificent
ly decorated table, she g-athercd- twority
<ivf. of her preferred guests. It wag -i
joyous company and a joyous occasion.
When the merriment was at its. -height tha.
Countess -I'Elva rose with a champagna
g!a?.« in her hand.
From the conservatory came the strains
of a musical caress, sometimes warmly
amorous, sometimes a* moaning appeal to
mercy.
More beautiful that*,; "Before, more rebel
lion's than ever, thfi%fc^pro-in spoke:
"I drink to the G«)Sf|p|o gives happiness
to pome of his credtiitet^ and tortures the
others; to Him %^ho? miide some of us
white ai;d others n.^errocs de-pls-ed by the
rest. I drir.k to shew, that I run quitting
the same with no fiitufl. -fetlings."
And with the blafpherfy en her lips slj;;
emptied the cup of. poison before her pet
rified guests. X *
Three of the beit physicians of Paris
worked long and sftilfuHy, and -saved her
for the time being.
Less than a week r.fter, taking ad
vantage of lax vigilance on the part of
her nurses, she got hold of another vial
cf poison and again tried self .murder
She is lying at the point of death and
the omine'it physclars in charge have lit
tle hope of effeciir»&-jftc.'jn<l re?cu?.
Thnnk»Blvin S Rntea to Bastern
Polu't*.
Nov. 27 to 30 inclusive, the Wisconsin
Central Railway will sell round trip tick
ets, good to return until Dec. 15, to
Boston, Mass 336.00
Buffalo, N. V ;..., 30.75
Burlington, V't ; 32.00
Montreal, Que v ..^ 32.00
Toronto, Ont :..T. 30.73
Springfield, Mass 34.00
Portland, Me 37.00
Other points in proportion. P&r fur
ther information, call on or address Her
man Brown, C. P. & 1. A.-., 373 Robert
street, St. Paul, Minn.
Singrle Fare for Round Trip
Between all stations on the Soo T«ine
Nov. 29 and 30. Good returning until Dec.
4, 1599. "...
New York $17.00 by the SOO LINE.
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A refined hi^h-gradc
stimulant for discrim
inating palates, sold
OLD COPPER COINS
THEY ARE MORE] VALUABLE THAU
THOSE OF GOLD OR
SILVER
BEST COME FROM EUROPE
American* Compelled to Depend
Upon the Old World for Collec
tions of the Coins of Their Own
Country—Clever Work of Experts,
'Who Endeavor to Deceive Deal
ers and Collectors—Sad Side of It.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—(Special.)—
"To the dealer in old coins copper is in
finitely more valuable than gold or sil
ver." said B. F Collins, leading numis
matic expert of this city. "A great many
people do not understand this, and Jump
naturally to the conclusion that gold or
silver coins command the greatest pre
mium. A little explanation, however, will
show why this is m t the case. To the
collector condition is the main considera
tion A coin must be perfect to have the
high premium values. Gold and silver will
keep. The former never corrodes, and
silver does very little. Coins of this ma
terial, unless defaced by wear or mutila
tion, will keep ir. good condition almost
indefinitely. But copper is very perish
able. Take a copper cent today, fresh
from the mint and put it out doors over
.night, and in the morning it will be cor
roded, pitted, pockmarked and, from the
standpoint of the collector, greatly dam
aged.
"There is not an absolutely perfect set
of American copper coins in the world,"
continued Mr. Collins. "I claim to have
the finest. I bought it in England a few
years ago. But in many ways it could be
improved. I am substituting and altering
all the time. There is a lot of talk about
the value of the 1804 silver dollar, one of
which sold for over $2,u00. A copper cent
of 1799 in perfect condition 1b infinitely
mon- scarce, and will bring a much high
er price. But I car. say with confidence
thai, it does not exist.
"Mere age counts for very little. I can
furnish Greek and Roman coins of abso
lutely undoubted authenticity over 2.U00
years old, for 75 cents. All you wain.
But a silver half-d me of 1846 in perfect
condition I will gladly pay ten times that
price for.
"On account of its fine condition a half
cent piece of 1796 recently sold in Phil
adelphia for $300. And just a short time
ago an old woman came over from Alex
andria with a half-cent piece of 1811, for
which I paid her $67. It had been put
away for her as a birth piece when she
was born, and had been kept carefully
' wrapped in cotton and tissue paper, and
had never been exposed to dampness.
Consequently it was In fine condition.
Rare copper coins are kept by a dealer
more carefully than precious stones. Each
his its own little pill box, ar.d they are
never permitted to- be handled. Of course
they are nevei polished.
COME FROM ABROAD.
"Stiange as it might app.ar, cur bsst
Ameiiean coins come from abroad. The
reason is that the best preserved coins
are those which have been h.araed. Snip
captains very likely have received th:m
in the course of business, and having
difficulty in pass ng them in thair na.i/e
land, they put them aside, partly as sav
ings and partly as cuiiosities. Years lat
er, when the captain and his collateral
heirs are dead, they are fished out and
get into the hands of
"Heirlooms are also apt to be rare and
in good condition. Many years ago it
'' used to be the fad/wbena child was born
to set aside a ciilnp'ete set Of the smaller
coins of the date of the child's birth.
Generally they wtre seemed fresh fiom
the mint. If they Were carefully kept
and had been handed down a couple o:'
generations they are apt to have a p e
mium value.
'Rare coins which are discovered now
adays are apt to come from the farm.
Some chap who livts in a very rural re
gion far from the railroad and who earn?
his money slowly and dues h s own bank
ing, may decide to buy a bull or a new
wagon, and he asks Maria where those
old coins done up in a stocking are. They
go to the local bank, and the cashier,
.who has a Ist of premium coins pinned
up beside the window, takes out any
which are worth more than their face
value. If he lets them go by they are
caught in the city bank, or again at the
subtieasury. Very few get as fir as the
United States treasury. During all the
years I w;;s in the treasury I n«ver cam*
across anything which had any special
value."
When his attention was called to the
late report of the register of the treas
ury showing that ccns:d:-rabe of the old
paper fractional currency had been de
stroyed during the past year, Mr. Col
lins said it was undoubted y in very bid
condition and worthless for numismat
ic purposes. According to the re
port there was destroyed SG.O3 worth of
3-cent notes, $31.45 worth of 5-cent noles,
$643.60 worth of 10-cent not?s, $J5 0 worth
of 15-cent notes, $1,207 worih of 25-cent
notes and $1,415 worth of 50-cent notes.
It seems that the employes of the treas
ury are engaged in a sm;ill way in the
coin and note coll?c:i -g bus"ne.=s, and are
permitted to abstract goo v numismatic
specimens and substi.ute their value in
other coinage.
BOTHERED BY ERROR.
Professional coin dealers, not only in
"Washington, but all over the country,
are being bothered to death as a result
of a typographical error in a newspaper
article which has been going through the
exchanges. Among other things the ar
ticte tells* of the payment not long ago
of $I,JOO for a $» gold piece of ;he date of
1822. But the date was accidentally
changed to read ISS2. There art- over
$3,000,000 Worth of the 18^2 gold pieces in
circulation, and about every man whp
happened to have read that story has
been able to secure a gold piece which
agreed with the description. And they
h£.ve been taking them to the dealers
and demanding all the way from ?103
to $1,000 for them. Many dealers have
posted a sign near tlie door leading:
"Which have you? A ?>5 gold piece of
ISS2 or one of 1822? The price of the
former is $*; of the- latter $1,000.". When
a customer enters in a staio of evident
excitement his attention is called to the
.sijjn.
in a Washington pawnshop Mr. Col
lins recently discovered an articlr which
he prizos highly. It Is a gold badge of
the Order of The Cincinnati, which was
founded by George Washington, and was
composed exci-usively of the officers of
the army of the Revolution. It bears
the date 1793. The order is undoubtedly
the oldest ajid most honorable of its
kind in the United States, and these
badges of membership have been handed
down as heirlooms, and are naturally
regarded most highly by the possessors.
How it came into the possession of the
pawnbroker, whether by theft or by dire
necessity, is not known.
The dosign is an heraldic <>agle carry
ing a laurel wreath in Its beak. In red
and blue enamel in the center is a min
iature which seems to represent a meet
ing of officers under a tree. It is pendant
from a bar and ribbon and is finished
on both sides. The gold In It Is worth
about $20, but its value as a. curiosity is
very much greater The Order of tho
Cincinnati Is still in existence, and up
to a short time ago Its president was
Hamilton Fish, of New York.
AID THE DETECTIVES.
The government secret service fre
quently receives material assistance from
the collectors of and dealers in rare coins
in detecting and punishing counterfe!ters.
The premium values paid for rare coins
furnish a strong motive for making: the
BALDNESS CURE FREE.
CHAS. W. BISHOP.
HAS THE HAIR.
Well Known Michigan Man No Longer
Bald.
Heavy Growth Induced by a Wonder
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While Prof. Stokes' arguments makes
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do likewise," Mr. Bishop sent for a free
trial of,the Altenheim, Dispensary's rem
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"Although I am 57 years ol_d and had a ;
shining crown for many, years I am
glad to say that this wonderful remedy
has made my hair grow, out lii a most
remarkable manner. It began with a j
imitation article, and dealers are obliged
to be on the alert all the time. Altering
dates is the practice most frequently re
sorted to by. the operators who calculate
to impose upon the numismatic man.
This is a much simpler thing to do than
the manufacture of. an entirely new coin.
In fact it is so simple and has be en prac
ticed so successfully that few dealers in
the country would accept fine specimens
of some of the most rare coins withcut a
careful investigation of their history.
This is notably true of the 1804 dollar,
which commands a, price in the thou
sands, and of which there are supposed
to be only three or four- specimens in
existence. In altering the date the elec
troplating process is employed. An 1801
dollar is secured as the basis of opera
tions. The figure 1 is removed and then
the whole is .coated with a thin layer of
wax. Through this a figure 4 is etched.
When the coin is put into the plating so
lution the silver is deposited only on that
part from which the wax has been re
moved. The "4" thus made is carefully
finished off with engraving tools, and the
result is something calculated to deceive
the very elect.
About the only way these counterfeits
can be detected is by the uncertainty of
their origin. The man who offers it to
the dealer cannot give a connected and
substantiated account of the channels
through which it came into his posses
sion. Usually the coin's biography goes
back to a tramp or a saloonkeeper, be
yond which point it is vague and misty.
The story usually told to account for the
scarcity of the dollar of 1804 is that near
ly the entire mintage was on board the
frigate Philadelphia when she was blown
up in the bay of Algiers to keen her from
falling Into the hands of the pirates
with whom the United States was then
at war. If this is true, the genuine arti
cle is not apt to become plentiful, unless
some one does successful prospecting In
the waters of the Mediterranean along
the coast of Algiers.
SAD SIDE OF IT.
During the years Mr. Collins has been
collecting curios and old coins many
things have come into his possession,
each telling a pathetic story of faded
grandeur and broken fortunes. Heir
looms, family jewels, bric-a-brac and ar
ticles of vertu, which the original owner
spent a lifetime of travel in every ;>art
of the world to get together, are dis
posed of in one lot or let go piece by
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"Broken fortunes and unworthy sons
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"Yes," he continued, "Washington .in
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hears of them. They have gone down
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families of ministers, army officers and
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Other things have little intrinsic beauty
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was formerly in the White house. No
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the reason that it was presented to Gen
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the If. S. G. monogram in the center
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would be a merry ghost dance."
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