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Ä PRESIDENT’S CABINET.
SOME SECRETARIES HAVE AT.
TAINEP GREATER FAME THAN
THEIR CHIEF.
While Appointments Are Political,
the Cabinet is
the Presi­
dent’s Closest Adviser.
JOB PRINTING.
dent McKinley and President Roose-
?'et a llviDK aclual Per­
sonality in the affairs of the world If
“?
F monument had been establish­
ed by his long public service, the “open
door ’ policy for which he obtained rec­
ognition in the Far East would mark
his statesmanship for all time With
his colleague, Ellhu Root, who is now
his successor, he shared the glory of
the late President McKinley’s admin­
istration in which both men were su­
perlative influences.
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LEPERS IN AMERICA,
Three Hundred of Them in Twenty
States and Territories,
“Unclean, unclean.” This is a cry
which has struck terror to the hearts
of many people who have journeyed
through the Orient and our Asiatic
and Pacific possessions, but it has
probably never ocurred to them, that
in the United States proper there are
nearly Joo I cikts . These are scatter­
Sherman’s Earlier Fame.
ed over 20 states and territories, but
Going back a little further we find the states of Louisiana, California,
the late John Sherman standing as * lorida, Minnesota aud North Dakota
the monument of sound finance and
marking the otherwise colorless Hayes
administration from 1877 to 1881 as an
epoch in the financial history of the
country. In the days of the Civil War,
Stanton, at the head of the War De­
partment, earned the name of being
the greatest Secretary of War the
United States ever had and was the
mainstay of the immortal Lincoln In
the latter’s heartbreaking experiences
with traitors, politicians and self-seek­
ing army officers. The 130 years of
national life of the United States fur­
nished many brilliant examples of
what a Cabinet officer can accomplish
and the Influential part he can play in
the achievements of an administration.
It depends largely upon the Presi­
dent of the United States to what ex­
tent a Cabinet officer may achieve
prominence in national affairs. Dur­
ing the last generation most of the
Presidents of the United States have
been men of iron will and command­
ing personality. Most of them, how­
ever, have depended upon members of
their Cabinet for expert advice on
great national and international Issues.
In the administration of Grant, Cleve­
land, Harrison, McKinley and Roose­ SENATOR CRANE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
velt certain of their ministers were
pre-eminent in the direction of affairs have all but about 50. Over 155 cases
in Louisiana alone; a number of
of state and domestic policies. These are
these, however, are among people who
Presidents were and are strong men, have
come from Southern Europe. In
but ever ready to listen to the advice something
like 190 cases the disease
and appreciate the statemanship of the was contracted in this country.
strong men they had chosen for their
Cabinet.
For Federal Supervision.
MILADY'S DIAMONDS
ture of oil and diamond dust rubbed
into the edge. The saw rotates at a
tremendous sliced, being turned by a
belt running from an engine.
HISTORY OF THE NECKLACE. leather
An expert cleaver, if paid so much per
ITS MANUFACTURE AFFORDS diamond cut could make from $60 to
$80, and as one cleaver furnishes
MUCH EMPLOYMENT.
work for 50 or 60 shapers, would
quickly work himself out of a job.
Consequently,
he prefers to go slowly
Raw Diamonds as Dug Are Com­
paratively Cheap—Great Cost Comes and receive a monthly wage of $120.
from the Polishing. Cutting and
The shapers or "Imiteurs' i” outline
Filling.
the form in which the diamond will
ultimately appear. In this operation,
One morning last spring there ap­ tile “bruteur” takes two stones of sim­
peared in the London papers graphic ilar size and hardness, lits each into
descriptions of the arrival at South a metal cap. sets one in a machine
ampton of the “Cullinan,” the 3,032 that resembles a carpenter's lathe, and
carat (25 oz.) diamond found in the as it revolves the second stone is
Premier mine, Johannesburg, in Jan­ pressed against it. The dust caused
uary. Details of the appearance of by the friction is caught in a tiny box.
tlie two agents from South Africa, the Before the Invention of this machine,
black bag carried by the older and the "bruteur” held the diamonds be­
said to contain the biggest diamond in tween the thumb and forefinger of
tlie world, the crowd at the docks, the each hand and rested the little lingers
detectives sent from Scotland Yard, on the sides of the tank, which is
tilled a column. As a matter of fact, made of brass, In time the constant
the Cullinan made the trip from pressure on the brass wore tile sides
Johannesburg to London in an ordin 1 of the box into grooves, while
metal fork which form part of the
apparatus, the diamond is held against
the revolving disc, aud as sometime«
a stone less than an eighth of an inch
in diameter has 100 facets, great nice­
ty on the part of the workman Is re-
quired, and the position of the dia­
mond is changed more than 100 times
liefore tlie requisite lustre and finish
are secured. The polisher works al-
ways with h magnifying glass, and
makes from $3.00 to $4.00 a day.
A*"
-
,
,
James S. Henry.
Three Hundred Diamonds In Necklace
In the $200.000 necklace mentioned
According to the old saw "it takes
there were 300 diamonds. Allowing
nine tailors to make a man,” so in the
three days’ brutage (rough shaping),
Government of the United States it
and three months’ polishing on each,
takes nine Cabinet officers to make
the sum expended for these two items
an administration. Primarily Ameri­
alone amounts to $110,700.
can cabinet officers are selected to be­
After the stones arrived at the jew­ f.
come the heads of the nine great ex­
eller's, they had, of course, to be
ecutive departments of the Govern­
mounted. To this end the big shops
ment. As one star dlffereth from an­
of Paris employ a staff sf designers,
other star in glory so one cabinet offi­
goldsmiths, silversmiths, setters and
cer differs from another in opportun­
polishers. Usually, the designers are
ity, ability and the power to make a
men who have come into the shop in a
lasting impression upon the history of
less important capacity, shown talent,
the country. These nine heads of de­
been sent by the firm to an art school
partments are chosen by the Presi­
and put through a course of instruc­
dent and although the approval of the
tion. According to his ability, a de­
Senate of the United States is required
signer earns from $60 to $160 a month.
to make their appointment legal and
He may work for months without pro­
constitutional, the preference of the
ducing a single sketch that goes to tho
Executive is invariably respected and
studios, then in a week lie will tur»
the nine Cabinet, officers represent his
out two or three that meet the dim-
personal choice, so far as politics
cult taste of the employer, Designs
leaves him a free agent.
are done in water colors.
To be a member of the President’s
In Parts, the real jeweller Is not the
Cabinet has filled the ambition of many
owner of the shop, but the craftsmaa
statesmen. It is a place only one re­
who fashions the gold or platinum in­ 1
move from that to which all native
to the skefeton that holds the precious
born citizens of the United States have
stones. In America be is called a
j
gold or silversmith. Each separate
a right to aspire—the Presidency it­
clasp
or
gem-holder,
goes
first
to
the
self. If there have been disappoint­
polisher. Then to a jeweller who
ments and unrealized ambitions on the
assembles, or joins together, the entire
part of the great men who have been
frame for the necklace, tiara, or • 1
President the world has not heard of
whatever the design may call for, and
them. The disappointments, the dis­
again to the polisher.
couragements, the disillusionment, the
The setter, as his name Indicates,
restrictions that have been experienced
fastens or sets the diamonds into the
by statesmen who had hoped to
framework,
and sends it on a last visit *
achieve glory and fame as Cabinet offi­
to the polisher.
cers can be read in the national rec­
ords from the foundation of the Gov­
Polishers are Women.
ernment to the present time. Fail-
Different
Treatment
of
Cabinets.
The
polishers
are usually women.
’’’■<> to accomplish great plans and to
Senator W. M. Crane, who succeed­
As a rule they work in groups of five
Each President has had his own ed the late Senator Hoar, at the last
realize hopes of a lasting place in his­
or six under a patroness, who keeps ’
tory has sent many Cabinet officers conception of the functions of a Cab- session of Congress introduced a bill
a little apartment in a narrow street
providing for government supervision.
of Montmartre, Gallion, Mail, or some
It was passed by the Senate, but
other cheap and crowded quarter of
when it came up for consideration
Paris. With good luck the patroness
at the hands of the Representatives,
makes from $1,000 to $1,200 a year.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico,
The polishers are taken as apprentice«
smarting under the sting left by the
at 14 years of age. At 16 they may
failure of his statehood plans, charged
get forty to sixty cents a day, and at
that the provision in this bill which
18 a dollar to a dollar twenty.
«
planned
to
locate
a
leper
colony
on
lx
,
••
Î
The
labor
of
all
these
craftsmen
•n
some
abandoned
military
reservation
■
the necklace In mind amounted to
was, in fact, a plan to foist the
w
about
$300,
which
added
to
$110,700
ST
"unclean” upon New Mexico, as there
r
: ■
F
for preparing the diamonds, aud
are several abandoned reservations in
deducted from the selling price of
that territory.
$200,000 left only $80,000 to cover cost
The bill failed to pass the House.
of rough stones, incidental expense of
It Is believed that Senator Crane pro­
handling, etc., could not have left
poses to again introduce this bill ear­
any phenomenal profit for the mine
ly in the next session. It will be in­
owner who dug and delivered them to
troduced in a somewhat different man­
tlie cutter. Such a necklace is said to •
ner from the old one. It will provide
furnish work enough to support 400
for a “Lepers Home” Instead of
families for a year. Of course, this .
"Leprosarium”, as this latter term
does
not take into consideration
_______ the
__
conveyed tlie Impression that the dis­
workers in the mines, nor the heavy .
ease was more prevalent in the Unit­
staff of clerks and officials necessary
This necklace took the highest award at the Saint Louis Exposition.
ed States than it really is.
to carry on the big diamond producing
Jts value is $250,000. It contains Dronek Crown Diamonds presented
fields. The business of finishing the
To Search For Cure.
bv NaPolean to Josephine on their divorce, and which later Passed
raw diamond for the final purchaser
through manv hands including the notorious Mme. Humbert. It has
Leprosy was regarded by the Israel­
offers
the best paid labor to be found
through
many
aster
to
the
Possessor.
It
also
contains
two
big
ites as incurable. In fact the records
always
.. Bost« Tweedof New York;
in Europe. Owing to the duty on cut
of ancient times show the great fear
gems brought into tills country, Amer­
Sfhree diamonds from Lady Hope's (May Yoke} collection ; Alvin Joslin
in which it has always been held.
gems and Malimdlian "diamonds'. ¿xhibited by Maurice Dower of
ican dealers are building up a similar
Medical science has learned little or
industry in the United States, and it »
Copyright 1804, Clinedmst. Wash. D.C.
nothing regarding leprosy. One of
New York.
is rational to suppose that the crafts­
the strongest arguments for the care arv, inconspicuous package through continued effort of rubbing the dia­ men employed in this country will
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HIS CABINET' I»«*-
of the "unclean” is, that such an insti­ the registered mail, postage two shill­ monds against each other brought on receive even still higher wages than
Taft, Wilson, Hay, Morton, Hitchcock, Moody, Wynne, Mete ,
a nervous jerking of the forearms, thoae paid abroad.
inet officer. Each one has adopted tution would make possible a careful ings. It Is not Impossible that the
embittered and disappointed back into his own method of Cabinet consulta­ study of the disease and, perhaps, in Southampton romance was conceived and the strained attitude of the head,
time result in the discovery of a and paid for at advertising rates by always bent forward to watch the
private life.
tion. President Roosevelt might be cure.
shaping of the gems, caused great
There is a government institu­
Have Several Li vet.
said to have a Cabinet of specia late- tion for the care of lepers in Hawaii, the owners or underwriters to divert swellings nt the back of the neck.
May Not be Personal Friends.
attention, for tbe diamond was valued Usually the ‘'bruteur” spends three
While the President of the United He has selected men whom he believed
“
At
this
” said the guide, as
at four million aud insured for two days on the shaping of a stone and they paused height.
States is entitled to choose the nine peculiarly fitted to administer the af­
on the mountain side to
and
a
half
million
dollars.
gentlemen who shall sit about his fairs of the different departments. At
gaze down the valley, fpr below, “peo­
Two more large diamonds have since makes from $2.40 to $3.00 a day.
council table as his Cabinet advisors, the bi-weekly Cabinet meetings, which
The polisher who makes the facets, ple with weak lungs often die."
been
found
In
the
same
mine,
one
are
held
when
the
President
is
in
his
the political system in effect in the
“Wonderful country, wonderful Cli­
weighing 334 carats and tlie other 460 uses a machine which carries a metal mate,
United States often robs this selection executive office in Washington, each
” murmured the visitor.
carats. One wonders who can afford disc placed horizontally and revolving
of its personal character. A newly Cabinet officer presents a short re­
“How’s that7” said the guide, sus­
to buy these stones. It will cost enor­ at tlie rate of 2,800 revolutions per piciously.
elected President may know of nine sume of the condition of his depart­
mously to put them on tbe market. minute. The disc is of steel with a
men in his circle of business, social and ment. It there is any matter that has
"Why I suppose of course you have
Most diamonds are sold outright by preparation of diamond dust aud purl-
political acquaintances whom he would arisen under his jurisdiction that s of
tlie
miner to the cutter, and one of the lied olive oil rubbed Into the surface. a way of bringing them to life again
like to have around him as counsellors a widespread, general ®haj;acter it is
By
means
of
a
copper
holder
and
a
for
the next dying.’’
biggest South African diamond kings
and whom he believes would make ef­ reserved for discussion by himself and
has
said
that
the
margin
of
profit
up
­
ficient heads of departments in the the President, and perhaps one or two
on which the entire diamond industry
administration of Government laws other members of the Cabinet who re­
is carried on is but little larger than
main
after
the
formal
meeting.
Great
and business. The exigencies of poli­
Every reader of this paper should have this book.
the percentage of gain in any other
questions
of
national
and
international
tics, however, usually compel him to
line of business.
choose his Cabinet officers from differ­ policy are not matters of general dis­
Cut off the coupon and tn ail-to us with $1.50.
The jewellers of Paris claim that in
ent sections of the country and in ac­ cussion in Mr. R»»»»™11’ bv the
proportion as the value of the dia­
knowledgement of certain potent influ­ They are taken up and debated by the
monds in a necklace decreases, so does
By
ences, sometit'es commercial, some­ President and those Cabinet officers
the cost of setting increase. A dia­
times economic, sometimes religious, whom he believes are specially quali­
Illustrated
mond
necklace
that
sells
for
$14,000
Eugene
P. Lyle, Jr.
and often purely political that helped fied to give expert opinion upon them.
has cost tbe jeweller $600 in mount­
The late President McKinley had an
make his election sure. The Chief
by
ing. while one that sells for $200,(XX)
Published August 1st
Executive before deciding upon the entirely different method and the
will require an expenditure of only
composition of his Cabinet inquires meetings of his Cabinet were actual
$300
in
the
mounting.
From
the
Ernest
carefully into the qualifications, ability ,™ate councils. Every matter affecting
$199,700 remaining in the latter case,
18TH
and character of the men whom he will the nation at large or bearing upon our
still further deduction must be made
Haskell
International
relations
was
brought
up
THOUSAND
Invite to sit at his council table, but
for the expense of preparing the
it often happens that the first time he at these meetings and each one of the
ALREADY
stones. The figures obtained on a
has come in personal contact with hiB President s advisors was requested to
$200.000 necklace in a Paris shop indi­
future advisor is when he meets him submit his opinion. The Secretary of
cated that the diamonds composing it
All Bookstore«,
to extend the invitation to him to en­ Agriculture was asked for his vle’’
were valued at much less than $89,000
on the advance on Pekln’
«1.30
when rough. The woman who buys
ter the Cabinet
In the economy of Government and opinion of the Secretary of State on
such an ornament contributes more to
the
type
of
battleships
to
be
adopted
in the social life at the nation’s Cap­
the actual prosperity of the working
class than many of the so-called
ital, an American Cabinet officer oc­ by the Navy was welcomed. Mr. Me
Kinley
believed
in
this
way
that
he
se
­
social reformers who rave at her ex­
cupies a commanding position, but in
cured
the
best
results
and
It
also
>
gave
travagance.
the accomplishment of great deeds of
statesmanship and as a power in fash­ his cabinet officers an opportunity to
How Diamonds are Cut.
The romantic adventures of John Dinwiddie Driscoll inicknataed “The Storm Centra
ioning the policies of the nation, the exhibit whatever of talent or genius
at the Court of Maximilian in Mexico, where his secret mission comes into conflict
Cabinet minister's own personality, his of statesmanship they possessed.
So far. Europe has been tho center
with that of the beautiful Jacqueline. The best romantic American novel of re-
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ability and genius can alone make
of
the
diamond-cutting
industry.
In
LEPER AT WALLS OF JERUSALEM,
cent years.
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To Remove a Tight Ring.
success. There are conspicuous ex­
Amsterdam there are more than 15,000
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amples in the history of the United
**Ha» what 90 few of it» clou po»iw»», the element» of reality, wrought
S J* ■£
A very simple way of removing a nt Molokai, where often a leper is sep­ cutters. In Antwerp 3,000, In the Jura
States where Cabinet ministers have very tight ring from the finger is t« arated from his family by forcible Mountain district 000, in Paris 200
by infinite pain» of detail, verieimilitude, euggeetion.^
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dominated the Executive and carved take a piece of small con or wrapping means. Bathers and mothers are tak­ and in London only 150. They are
-8t. I^uls Republic.
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their names higher on the pillar of thread and push one end of it under en from their children, a child from divided Into three classes, cleavers,
“A remarkable fir»t book, of epic breadth, carried through un- /
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fame than the Presidents with whom the ring Then, taking hold of the Its parents, a friend from friend-and shapers and polishers. The cleaver
ewervingly. A brilliant »tory,,-Jf. T Times Saturday Review.
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they served. The impress made on other end of the string, begin
"There 1» no more dramatic period in history, and the
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al! this at a time when the afflicted examines the rough diamond, and if
national affairs by such men as Daniel around the finger from close up’against is to all intents and purposes perfect­ he finds a flaw cuts it into as many
Mary bear» every evidence of careful and p>unetakmg /
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Webster. John C. Calhoun and James the ring to the very tip of the finger ly well. Government officials state, perfect gems as the grain of file car­
ttvdy."-V. T. Globe.
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O. Blaine, as ministers of state, 1* Then, to remove the ring. ,ake *'/. however, that is not the idea in the ban will permit For this piirptse the
establishment of this new institution rough stone is set In a mold to which
greater than that of many Presidents
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the end «f the cord ‘»•‘J*’•
the Crane bill, to take any leper It is securely attached with aluminum,
of the United States. It is not neces­ of
under tbe rise «nd «nwmd the «£- under
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and
then
applied
to
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cutting
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from his family by forcible means.
sary to refer to musty history for ex­ As the unwinding
a circular saw about 5 Inches In diam­
amples of Cabinet ministers who have will
be carried along with it and re­ The plaa will be merely to Isolate all eter, made of soft copper, with a mix-
won international fame. The late John moved without difficulty.
case«.
Hay, Secretary of State under Presl-
M issourian
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