The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1910 Page: 3 of 10
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MOB CHASES "WHEAT KING" HINDUS ALARMED AND ASTIR
Warm Reception Given Jamee A. Pat-
ten on Hla Vlait to Engliah
Exchange.
Chicago.—James A. Patten can't 1
keep out of the limelight. Last fall
he thought there was going to be a
shortage In wheat and he boosted the
price to the sky. Then he was callrd
the "wheat king."
Next we find Mr. Patten dallying In
cotton, and It was announced that he
had a corner on thlB Important prod-
uct. Shortly afterward It was an-
nounced that Mr. Patten was going to
get out of active business and take a
trip to Europe.
If it were not for that trip to Eu-
rope there would be no occasion for
Mr. Patten's picture appearing on this
page. When the "wheat-cotton king"
, OWEVEH many
diamonds t h <i
lady of wealth
tcay possess to
deck her fingers,
ears and neck,
the Is always
roused to covet-
ousnesa by the
sight of pearls.
| There is some-
thing alluring
In the sight of a rope or a collar
of pearls around a white neck, and
they are to most women the most
des!rab!o Jewel of all. But they
must be large or In quantity and
they are. If good, costly In the
extreme. The small pearls one
■•es—seed pearls -are cheap, but
still set about a large diamond in
si ring they seem to Improve the
diamond, and at the same time to
derive some of its virtue ' from
their neighborhood.
The pearl is all the more sought
after because, unlike other pre-
cious stones, no amount of artifi-
cial treatment, such as cutting or
polishing, can enhance its beau-
ties. Nature's workmanship must
be perfect and untouched nnd the
pearl tomes to you exactly as It
«mergos from the oyster. On the
other hand, it has this disadvan-
tage. It Is liable to discoloration
and the only way is to give it a
rest from too much contact with
the skin. Still that Is not the only
stone which suffers discoloration.
Was it not the famous necklace of
Marie Antoinette, preserved In a
guarded case in a museum, which
after' years of nonuse began to
lose color and had to be. worn at
Intervals in order to give it its
pristine beauty?
The value of the pearl is com-
parable with that of the most cost-
ly gems. Its price varies with its
size, form and general beauty of
appearance. A pearl of the first
■water must have symmetrical
form, a smooth surface, be free
from all blomlshes or fractures, be
translucent, and have a fine while
■color and a perfect luster; and It
so happens that It is rate to get
this combination. The perfect
«hape is spherical, eg« shaped or
pear shaped. The perfect color Is a silvery milk
white, hut there are yellowish pearls much es-
teemed In India and China.
It Is not generally known, however, that there
are pearls which in color are red-brown, bronze,
garnet red. rose red, pale blue, greenish white,
violet and purple, but most curious of all Is the
black pearl, which on account of Its hardness is
much sought after. When It Is of a beautiful and
uniform color and of a perfect form. It Is worth
almost as much as pearls of the purest white.
The price of a string of perfectly matched
pearls is much more In proportion than that of
a single pearl, for it may take years to get to-
gether a collection of pearls w hich are alike In
size, shape and quality. A string of yellowish In-
dian pearls costs $20,000. of white $25,000, of
black Pacific pearls $30,000, and even then you
could not think that your string was anyway
unique.
To seek a unique pearl one must go to the Hope
collection, where there Is one almost as large as
a hen's egg, utmost but not quite faultlesB. which
Is valued at $75,000—a pearl of 454 carats. Again,
there is a much smaller one of 27 5-16 carats
among the French crown jewels which la valued
at $40,000.
There are other pearls, however, of distorted
shape, called baroque pearls, and of these the
rnost famous la the great Southern Cross. which
is formed of nine beautiful pure white lustrous
pearls, naturally formed In the shape of a cross,
one Inch in length, for which your ofTer would
start at $50,000 If you wished to buy It.
To supply the world of women with pearls, the
Ceylon government administration yearly pro-
claims a "fishery." determining whether or not it
should be held by examination and a sample
catch from the government banks. Then If the
marine biologist who is in charge declares that
the number of oysters warrants a fishery, the
news files like lightning through the east and the
army of pearl divers, coolies, merchants, pearl
buyers and speculators move aa fast as they can
to the Qulf of Manar-the ornate and oriental
"Sea Abounding In Pearls." Almost as If by
magic a town or 40.000 inhabitants arises out
of the sand. There Is no magic about it, for the
houses of the town are easily built. A rough
framework of tree branches is formed and over
It as roof and walls are put the mats known as
cadjan—formed of the woven leaves of the cocoa-
nut or date palm. But there are also more pre-
tentious buildings erected for the use of the gov-
ernment officials, residency, postolllce, hospital,
court house, while there are streets, lanes, street
lamps, all the conveniences of a proper town.
The aristocrats of the town, outside of the
officials, are the divers, and they disdain to do
anything but dive, having their own servants,
who attend to the ropes and keep an eye on the
oyxters brought up.
Kach morning the fishing fleet sets out. some
300 odd vessels, some of them carrying as many
aa 30 divers, their servants, sailors and hangers-
<>n When the fishing ground la reached the diver
tasos ills basket, draws a long breath, steps on
to the heavy stone hung by a rope, and is plunged
James A. Patten.
phenson. gives some interesting fig-
ures about the number of nurses and
doctors in the Orient. "There are
probably." he says, "not more than
100 nurses in the entire missionary
world and thpre 80.000,000 people in
non-Christian lands who have no med-
ical aid except missionary psysicians.
All Christendom has sent out only
689 medical missionaries, male or fe-
male, and this body maintains 348
hospitals. 97 leper asylums and 21
clasres for native women.
"One physician who had no nurse
to help him treated 18,000 cases In a
year. So you see that the supply of
trained medical assistance Is wofully
inadequate.
"In Calcutta, which has the best
facilities in the Orient, three-fifths of can "wheat-cotton king " They made
the population die without any doctor him run and seek shelter In a nearby
or other trained medical assistance shop. The police had to rescue him
and cart him away in a carriage.
Those Britishers did not like It be-
cause Mr. Patten, honored citizen of
Evanston, 111., that select suburb of
Chicago, had cornered cotton and
made the price so high that some of
the English mills have had to close
down. It wasn't a gentlemanly thing
to do, but they didn't take that into
consideration.
They say Mr. Patten was Indignant.
It Is predicted that his indignation
may result in tacking a few more
cents on to the price of cotton. Most
anybody would get even if he could.
8pread of Christianity Threatens
Whole Structure of Hinduism
With Overthrow.
Hinduism is awakening to the fact
that if the great sub-strata of Hindu
society known as tlie-depressed classes
be raised by Christianity, the whole
structure of Hinduism is theatened
with overthrow. This awakening la
being followed by efforts In various
parts for the Improvement of these
poor people. The latest Is a move-
ment in Abmedabad. In that city, on
August 29, a meeting was held at
which the attendance of the depressed
classes was encouraged and In which
they were allowed to sit beside caste
people Resolutions were passed for
the formation of a Central Hindu asso-
ciation, which should have for Its ob-
jects the raising of the depressed
classes and their readmlssion Into
Hinduism after being converts to for-
eign faiths. As to the means to be
adopted for realizing these objects,
the following suggestions were made:
(a) Starting schools, clubs and asso-
ciations; (b) establishing preaching
missions; (c) publishing papers,
periodicals, magazines and leaflets;
(d) adopting such other means as may
be conducive to the above objects.
Somewhat Disappointing.
He was a doctor and was patiently
waiting for his first patient. Thought
he; "if the mountain will not come
to Mohammed, Mohammed must go
to the mountain. And as patients will
not seek me out I must needs seek
them out." He strolled through the
cheap market and presently saw a
man buy six nice cucumbers. "Here'e
a chance!" said he, and followed him
home. Patiently he waited for four
long and lonely hours and about mid-
landed in England he naturally wanted n|ght the front door quickly opened,
to visit the cotton exchange at Man- anj ,j,e man dashed down the steps,
chester. He went. Now, If the tele- jje 8eiZed him by the arm and cried
graphic reports are true, he wishes earnestly: "Do you want a doctor?"
he hadn't. They mobbed the Amerl- «Xo!" replied the man roughly.
"Want more cucumbers!"
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How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward tor Imf
emw of < st&rrb that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh cure. . , _
F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, a
We. the undereUrned. have known F. J- Chenef
for the last 15 yrare, and believe him perfectly hon-
orable In all business transactions and financially
ftble to carry out any obturations made by his firm.
YValdijuo. KINNAM * MARVIN. 1
Wholes*!* DruMlsta. Toledo. <X
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, art in#
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tha
system I ;rnoi lals sent free. Prise f& cents ym
bottle. Sold by ail DnurKUts.
laks ilaii s Family i'LUs for constipation.
An Ungentltmanly Reply.
' Once you called me the light of
your existence."
"Yes, I know it. That was before I
had any Idea you were going to be-
0N HIS WAY TO THE ORIENT come the dcad vel«ht ot u"
by his attendant to the bottom, seven or eight
fathoms below. Pilling his basket rapidly, be is
drawn up aud repeats the operation as often as
lie can. About two In the afternoon the government
gunboat fires a gun and the fleet sets sail back.
As there are no wharves, the oysters are carried
on shore and deposited In the "kottu" by the
strong porters. As soon as the shells are depos-
ited they are counted, two-thirds going to the
government as their share, the other one-third
going to the boat which brings them in. At sun-
set the shells are auctioned by the thousand, and
there is fierce competition, for who knows what
the lottery of chance may bring them In pearls.
The oysters brought are then removed apart by
each buyer and placed In his compound, where
they are carefully guarded till the sun beats upon
them, putrefaction sets in and the oyster begins
to disgorge its treasure. Then the malodorous
contents of the shell are washed In vats and the
residue yields—my lady's pearls.
0^ "T5Tnrimnrra"ir8_ir rBTmnmnri STTSTTSTTI
WOE OF HIND03 WOMEN
When a Buddhist prays he Implores his god
that when he dies he shall not be cursed by be-
ing born again as a woman or as vermin. That
is the attitude of the native men of India toward
women and against which the missionaries In the
Orient are directing all their energy.
Dr. Eleanor Stephenson, a Brooklyn woman
who has been practicing medicine In India for
three years and who will return to her work
there soon, makes an appeal to American women
to go out there, the New York Evening Telegram
says.
"1 want the women here to realise what It
meani to be born In America," she said recently
"To be born where a woman is the backbone of
the man, his strength and help In every way!
Why, out In Ahmednagar, where my work is, a
woman is no more than an animal. She Is for
the purpose of raising children and that Is all.
A man thinks more of his ctow—If he Is lucky
euough to have one— than he does of his wife.
"A Hindoo husband will let his wife die before
he will call In a man to give her medical or sur-
gical treatment. That shows the need for women
physicians In the Orient."
In Ahmednagar, which Is an Inland plateau
nbout a hundred miles from Bombay, there are
two physicians, I)r. Kuth Hume and Dr. Stephen-
son. and one American trained nurse, Miss John-
son. Under Miss Johnson there are 14 native
women who have had some slight training and
theBO help with the nursing. In the mission hos-
pital which this handful of women run 15,000
people were treated last year, an average of 41
a day. These folk have come from a radiua of
about CO miles, though some special cuses have
come as far as 300 miles.
The Rev. Alden II. Clark, who la an educa-
tional missionary at the same place as Dr. Sie-
Is probably one American or European trained doc-
tor to every million and a half of people-, in the
United States there are 160,000 physicians and 22,-
000 nurses, an average of one physician to every J
650 people."
"Of course we do a great deal of actual nurs-
ing and that is most important," Dr. Stephenson
says, "but another thing, which Is even bigger, is
this: We Fhow women who have thought them-
selves wholly unloved that some one cares for
them. They know that there Is a very small
money consideration given us and that what we
do Is done for love. So they love us.
"When 1 see woman physicians struggling for a
living here and know what a field there is in India,
1 feel as though they must be told.
"The kind of work I have been doing Is a ter-
rific appeal to the sympathies. We have to respect
caste, which makes nearly all of our cases long
standing. One woman whom I treated came to me
with her entire arm in a gangrenous condition.
She had pricked her finger seven months before,
at the time of her husband's death. On account
of her caste she could not so much as leave the
house for the seven months, during which time
septicemia set In and went up as far as her shoul-
der. I told her that her arm would have to be am-
putated. She refused absolutely to part with It,
and died as a result.
"Another woman burned her knee and turned
up at the hospital five months later with that part
of her leg In terrible condition. The leg was cut
off and the woman made a perfect recovery.
"I went many miles into the Interior to see an
Injured woman. She had fallen down a well and
was fearfully bruised all over. I found her lying
on the floor grinding corn, every turn of her arm
causing the most intense agony. She couldn't
bear to have me even touch her, she was suffering
so. 1 told her husband she had to be taken to the
hospital or she would die and he asked who would
cook the bread if she were gone. He refused to
allow her to go. All I could do was to leave a
little medicine."
Dr. Stephenson finds that the natives Invariably
prefer using ointments to clean dressings. Wocaca
come In large numbers to get ointments fo raw
sores where their husbands have beaten and cut
them aud they are full of gratitude to the doctor.
She finds that those of high class are Just as bru-
tally treated and Just as grateful as the lowest.
"Transmigration is one of the strongest beliefs
In India," she says, "and on that account the
people will not kill any animal, not even a flea. As
a result the poor homes are overrun with bedbugs
and other vermin, which spread nil sorts of fevers
aud diseases.
"And another of their ideas is that we don't
know anything about raising babies. Hindoo
mothers, without exception, give opium to their
babies to make them sleep while they work in the
fields. As a result a large pioportlon of the little
Hindoo babies die before they are a year old. Most
of the work among the natives is surgical and the
obstetric cases are the most Interesting. This Is
because the natives have medicines ot their own.
but know nothing of the use of the knife."
William J. Calhoun Goes to China as
Minister from the United
States.
San Francisco —William J. Calhoun,
Phlcago. the man who is to have the
honor of representing the United
States in China because another man
talked too much, sailed with Mrs. Cal-
houn on the steamer Tenyo Maru.
March 15 for the orient.
Mr. Calhoun was selected for the
place after Charles R. Crane, also of
Chicago, had been recalled Just as he
was about to leave this city for
China as minister from the United
States. Secretary Knox wasn't pleased
with some of Mr. Crane's utterances
about affairs in the far east so he let
Mr. Crane go and called upon Mr.
("alhoun to take up the duties. Mr.
Calhoun has made no such mistake as
that credited to Crane and he has re-
fused to discuss Japan. China, Russia
or any other old country or its affairs.
On April 2 Mr. Calhoun \expects to
land In Yokohama. Japan, where he
Takers of the United States Census
will use Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen
because it Is always ready and sure.
Light to Banish Sorrow.
Sorrow dwells longest where the
sun Is shut out.—Florida Times-Union.
Lew-i- ' Single Binder straight 5c cigar
is made to satisfy the smoker.
Give truth a square deal and It will
not be crushed to earth.
Stomach Ills May
Seem Trifles
At the start, bat that is when you want
to take the matter in hand. Neglect
can only result the one way—sick-
ness. The stomach is largely respon-
sible for one's health and strength and
as such it needs to be kept in a nor-
mal condition. If it becomes weak,
the food remains undigested, ferments,
and causes untold suffering. Thus
you lose the strength-giving properties
of your food and you become weak
and run down. This is very notice-
able at the beginning of Spring when
the system is overloaded with Winter
impurities, the bowels clogged and the
blood thick. No wonder you have the
"Spring Fever." Commence taking
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters this very
day and cleanse the entire system.
Then your Stomach Ills will also van-
ish. It is for Sick Headache. Indiges-
tion, Dyspepsia, Spring Fever, Gen-
erel Debility and Malaria.
William J. Calhoun.
will remain about a week Thence he
will proceed to Shanghai. China,
where the acting minister. H B
Fletcher, who was recently appointed
minister o Chile, will meet him. W
W. Itorkhtll. now ambassador of the
United States to Russia, who was for-
mer minister to China, uiay also meet
Mr Calhoun In China
Reslism Too Great.
The recent attempt of Florence
Srhenck, quondam "Virginia beauty,"
• ■ ther life recalls a little Inci-
dent •« Sehenck's career that oc-
curred during her brief appearance In
'The Queen of the Moulin Rouge" at
Circle theater. New York.
One evening during the restaurant
scene Thomas W. Ryley, the manager,
observed that amid all the revelry
Ml«a Sch *ntk slept soundly and peace-
fully. At the end of the act he gently
reprimanded her.
"I don't see why you should kick
ibout that," retorted Miss Schenck.
"Girl of the class 1 am supposed to be
representing In the play frequently
all askep lu restaurants."
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine time* in ten when the liter ia
stomach and bowel* are right.
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gently but finnly ct
"^■CARTERS
•tip*lion, I IV ER
Indigos- I I MLLS.
tion,
Sick
HudicU and Distress after Eating.
Small PilL Small D«m. Small
GENUINE mutt bear agnature:
MOTHER CRAY'S
SWEET POWDERS
FOR CHILDREN.
A CWtsIn RsM**Mo Pavrrioting
Don't accept Bsmpls maitori FRKK. A«Mr«sS|
an> tubstitiits. A. S. OLMSTED. La Roy. N.Y*
A Remarkable invention
NO STROPPING NO HONING
WORLD SUM
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