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HOARDED GOLD MYSTERY. What Becomes of Metal Poured Into India a Puzzle. The report of the royal commission on Indian finance and currency. 1 which has just been issued, settles < some controversies and starts others, i < but it does not clear up the mystery ; s of the hoarded gold of India. ! From time immemorial India has;' absorbed gold as a sponge absorbs water. The flow of gold to India has 1 always continued. In the last twelve j A years she has received 136,000,000 i 1 pounds in gold, partly in sovereigns and partly in bullion, in addition to j ^ r enormous quantities of silver, says * the London Mail. It all goes into the : ( li+tlo pvpr r>nmw;i < LV/UUll J , UlU iivuv w-w* . out.; Lord Rothschild observed some! years ago that he had noticed that ( none of the smooth gold bars sent to | India from this country ever came' ( back. What happens to this great stream of precious metal, which con- ( tinuously disappears like those rivers 1 in desert lands which lose themselves 3 underground. 3 ' The testimony of experts is most 1 conflicting. Some say it is hoarded, while a few are ready to prove by a formidable array of statistics that it cannot be extensively hoarded. Those ' who believe that India possesses a vast store of hoarded treasure make the wildest guesses at its probable total. The most popular estimate of j the hoarded wealth of India puts the ] total at 300,000,000 pounds, which ] would amount to 1 pound per head of < the population; but some credible < estimates are far higher. The ex- 1 perts quarrel, again, about the prob- j able effect of India's absorption of < gold upon the world's money mar- j kets and the prices of commodities, j Some say that all gold-using coun- <tries benefit thereby, while others. <t such as Sir Edward Holden, appear 1 to hold that "the drain of gold to i India" is a potential menace. The t commission, while declining to in- 1 dorse either of these mutually de- 1 structive contentions, has declared 1 in effect that an increased use of ] gold in India should not in future 1 be encouraged by the government, but India already seems disposed to * resent this recommendation. 1 Whether gold is hoarded in India < is really a question of terms. All na- 1 tions hoard gold upon occasion. If J England were threatened with a * great war to-morrow we may depend | 1 upon it that there would be a rush < for gold on the part of those people 1 who possessed both foresight and a * balance at the bank. It is estimated * that during the Balkan crisis the peo- t pies of central Europe obtained and * hoarded 60,000,000 pounds. India has been subjected to repeated invas- 1 ions and innumerable internal wars, 1 and her people have never completely 1 t lost their hereditary sense of inse- * curitv. Banking facilities are still ---> --1 -3 o- ( f sparse, aiiu iu wuuiu uc suipusiub n Indians did not hoard. 1 But hoarding does not necessarily ( mean burying in the ground or concealment in the roofs of houses * though those practices are doubtless J extensive. Mr. J. M. Keynes, a mem- 1 ber of the commission, tells a story ( of a Brahman in eastern Bengal who 1 even hoards currency notes in his ? roof. Once a week he retires privily and spreads them out in the sun to re- J move the damp. A very large proportion of the hoarded wealth of In- ' dia is, however, in the form of gold ( and silver ornaments. It is into these 1 ornaments that the bulk of the bul- ' lion and sovereigns as well as much } of the silver, disappears. Correct. ?? < One day the class in a small-sized ; grammar school was holding forth. 1 when the youngsters collided with 1 the word "notwithstanding." Imme- 1 diately the teacher dropped upon it t as a ripe^subject for an example. < "Phil^ron " cVip saiH xcith an im- .( pressive glance at the class, "we 1 have here the word "notwithstand- 1 T ing.' Can any little boy or girl here < give me a sentence containing it?" < Came a moment of intense silence. Every little mind was churning hard. * Then the hand of Willie Jones shot J up and vigorously wriggled. J Tve got one Miss Mary,"' exclaimed Willie on receiving recognition. ' "Very well, Willie,'' smiled the teacher encouragingly, "you may tell 1 ; it to the class." ! "The man's trousers were worn 1 out not with standing." was the ^ triumphant rejoinder of Willie. 1 1 A Crabpecked Husband. j The little mild, bald man had set ? tied down in the train to read, and, ; feeling drowsy after a trying day at ; business, fell asleep. On the hatrack i above was a ferocious crab in a buck- , et, and, reaching the edge of the rack , it fell, alighting on the little man's ; shoulder and grabbed his ear to ; steady itself. All of the passengers waited ex pectantly for developments, but all , they heard was: "Let go, Sarah! I tell you I've been at the office all the evening." v r 35 OFFICERS EXECUTED. Taken to Cemetery at Tepic and Shot Down in Squads. Xogales, Ariz., May 28.?Thirtyive Federal officers captured by the Constitutionalists at Tepic were executed May 24, according to a message received here to-day from Gen. \lvaro Obregon, the Constitutionilist commander. Gen. Obregon's message says that Ftear Admiral Howard, American na ral commander or tne racinc coasi, ;elegraphed to the German consul at : Tepic to intercede for the lives of the < federals "for the sake of humani:y," but Obregon answered the exe- i cution was necssarv to'keep the officers from makings trouble in future, i The Federals were taken to the : cemetery and shot in squads. Gen. Obregon's reply to the offer i 5f intercession said: "When the assassin, Huerta, murlered Madero the nations hastened to -ecognize his Government and hu- i uanitv was forgotten. Now that punshment is about to overtake Huerta ! rnd his minions it is no time to cry humanity'." Soldiers of the Tepic garrison, for ivhose lives the American admiral ; ilso interceded, were paroled. Caught 50 Hawks in 60 Days. For 20 years I have been in the i poultry business. My fowls run at : liberty over a farm of 230 acres. From the beginning of my poultry career I was greatly annoyed by chicken hawks. I lost chickens by ] :he hundreds. My fowls would range : away and be picked up by the hawks. di course. I would shoot one occas- 1 lonally, but this method was slow , and uncertain. I would possibly lose i i dozen or two chicks before I could let a chance to kill the hawk, and ;vhen I did finally kill it there was ilways another one immediately to , :ake its place. After losing an unus- j, ial number of full grown fowls one "all two years ago, after I had exlausted every effort to shoot and i poison the hawks, I decided to try Tapping them. I had learned quite a good deal . ibout the nature and habit of hawks , 3y this time, so I began a simple plan ? )f trapping them that gave me as- ? ;onishing results. Since I began my plan of trapping I have not lost a single fowl to my knowledge, al- , ;hough my fowls roam at will all )ver the farm. I find that chicken ( lawks are as easily trapped as rats f one knows how and where to place ( ;he traps. Otherwise a thousand :raps might be set for a^vear and not i single hawk caught. I find that 99 times out of 100 a aawk will fly to the poultry yard and perch himseif upon some fence post, ( :elephone pole or tree top and select ( iome certain chicken for his feast. . s'ow right here is where I catch many j )f my hawks. If there is no fence post for him to perch on, I accommolate him by putting up a few perches ( svith steel traps on them. If a wire :ence is handy I need nothing more. [ simply go along to about every :hird or fourth post and place a trap )n it, anchoring it to the post by neans of an ordinary fence staple. But something must be done to 3revent the hawks lighting on , :he posts that do not contain traps. To overcome this difficulty I drive a JO or 40-penny spike in the top of jvery post not containing a trap. I 3nd a hawk cannot light on a post ivith a spike driven in the center of t. The spikes should not be driven ?ar into the posts?just enough to aold them in place. By using these spikes as described )n all posts that do not contain traps, iust a few traps will protect quite a large poultry yard. To keep my * ? * J 1- -V ? "U I ;raps always in piace ami iu tveey lug wind from blowing them from the :ops of posts and stakes. I drive three 3r four small nails around the frame )f the trap. This keeps the trap always in the right position and presents it turning to one side in case :he hawk does not light squarely up3n it. When I wish to set traps on an old 5take-and-rider fence I select the iargest stakes for my traps, placing spikes in all the others. During the winter months I catch juite a lot of hawks by baiting them with chicken. Every farmer or poultrvman loses a fowl occasionally by some disease. When I lose a fowl by disease during the winter months 1 turn it into cash by catching hawks from it as bait. I take the dead fowl to the back end of the farm, away from any house or where anyone is working (the quieter the spot the I better), and lay it flat on the ground about 20 feet from some fence. Now 1 begin pulling feathers and scatter them all around the dead fowl in a circle about as large as the big wheel 3f a farm wragon. After I have the feathers pretty well scattered I set Ave steel traps close around the dead fowl, carefully covering eacn trap with feathers. When the traps are all set I anchor them to the fence with the wire because I have found from experience that it will not do to drive a stake near the dead fowl. I UNDERSTOOD ALL THE REST. The Juror Wanted to Know the Meaning of Two Words. It quite often happens that in ad- < dressing a jury the lawyers will de liver their appeals to the one mem ber who seems to them the most in- ; telligent. They consider that by so doing they can impress him, and hisj-' influence upon the other members jj will be valuable. i In a recent case all the testimonyhad been taken, the lawyers had summed up, and the judge had . charged the jury, when the juror who appeared the most intelligent and to whom both counsel had made their impassioned appeal, arose and stated that he wished the court to give him some more information. 1 "I have been bothered a good ] deal," he said, "about two words the lawyers have been using all the , time." i "What are they?" asked the court, expecting to be called upon to ex- ] plain the meaning of some words ; like res inter alios acta. "Why, the words that I don't < ftr know the meaning of," said the ] juror, "are 'plaintiff' and 'defend- 1 ant.' "?Case and Comment. J Persia's Royal Treasures. Among the royal treasures of Persia is a pipe set with diamonds, " rubies and emeralds to the value, it is estimated of no less than $500,000. This pipe was made for the late shah, and is said to be even more valuable than his famous sword, according to the Washington Star. In the matter of swords, it is said that the Gaekwar of Baroda, who on the occasion of the coronation of v in Tndia. added to his fame by snubbing that monarch, possesses the most precious blade in existence. Its hilt and belt are incrusted with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, and its value has been put at $1,000,000. There are many costly swords in the treasure rooms of eastern and European rulers, notably those of the czar of Russia, t ie sultan of Turkey ( and the king of Siam, but the sword ' Of the gaekwar outshines them all. 1 The most valuable sword in Europe is , that presented by the Egyptians to ] Lord Wolseley. The hilt is set with I brilliants and the whole sabre is j estimated to be worth $10,000. The Maharajah of Ghened'is the ; owner of the most costly brougham J in the world. The handles of the . doors are of solid gold, while the ] rest of the vehicle is of silver. The new emperor of Morocco came ' into possession of a curious piano, manufactured to the order of his predecessor, which is probably the most expensive instrument of the kind ever made. This piano was made in . parts, each being small enough to be carried by a slave, as it appeared that the former emperor firmly refused 1 to trust them to the care of his J camels, which formed the only other available means of transport. This expensive musical instrument was ' made principally of tulip and orris woods, inlaid with unpolished jacaranda parquetry and decorated with scroll work of pure gold. The actual sum paid for it was $20,000. also find from experience that a chicken hawk will not notice a dead fowl carried out as I have described unless the feathers are partly plucked and scattered around. Leave the job looking like a hawk had killed the fowl and you will be surprised how easy they are to catch in this way. I recently caught seven large hawks from one dead hen. I use the ordinary steel trap, costing about 15 cents each. In setting ( traps for hawks they should be set . to trip lightly. I catch hawks of all species in my trap. Btefore I began trapping them I never felt at ease away from home, for I knew that when my back was turned the hawks were feasting on my chickens. Now I guard them with a few cheap steel traps and go where I please, knowing that my chickens are safe. Did I have to fight chicken hawks as I once did, I would go out of the poultry business. Editorial Comment.?When Mr. Conyer sent us this article we wrote him as follows: "We should also like to know how many chickens have been caught in your steel trap. It seems to us this point is worth adding a paragraph about." In reply he 4 says: "As to the number of chickens I have caught in my traps I will say that I have not caught a single one. < I consider the danger here so slight that it is not worth mentioning. Though if you care to, you might say that where poultry fences are so low , there is danger of fowls flying up to the traps, it is best to elevate the * ~ ~ r?l a r\f foot Ktt niDOIlC nf ' tiapj) a tuuj;ic KJL KJ J iiivuuu XX ? few additional stakes nailed to the i fence posts. Drive a spike in the tops of all posts not containing traps. I have given you a system of trapping hawks that is a complete success and worth thousands of dollars . to the people."?C. C. Conyers, Jr., in The Progressive Farmer. 1785 1914 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest College 130th Year Begins Sept. 25. Entrance examinations at all the ?ounty seats on Friday, July 3rd, at 9 a. m. Full four year courses lead to the B. A. and B. S. degrees. A twoyear pre-medical course is given. 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