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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW. YORK. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 24.

1905. 3 THE Some Wild Animals That Become Tame In Grim Erie Basin Graveyard for Ships i I carrying coal along the coast now and Erie Basin, as a graveyard, has outlived Its usefulness. The view on the left Is pathetic. A lumberman would not give half a dollar for the wood that remains of the shattered hulks that are resting on the mud on the left of the long dock. Yet two of these old hulks have histories more striking than any histories attached to the larger vessels that used to abound Inside the breakwater.

The first relic that will be pointed out to you Is tbe wreck of the Caribbean, a little schooner that once braved shot and shell In the fight for Cuban independence. It was years ago, during the famous Ten Years War, that the Caribbean carried a small but determined party of filibusters down the coast, her deck fairly sizzling with the explosive charge beneath. Whaleback Bay View In Dry Dock. "Dynamite Johnnie's" Old Filibuster. All That Is left of the Caribbean, work.

Another winter and there will be nothing left of the hull. The Caribbean's sides barely hold together now and one more winter's storm will wipe out every sign of the former stanch little craft. Half a dozen yards away from what Is left of the Caribbean a rudder post with a portion of the rudder still clinging to it is all that remains of the former British bark Bettriford. There Isn't much of the Bettriford left upon which to erect a flagpole, and yet the colored population of Greater New York might do worse than to mark the spot where the baric gradually went to pieces. For the Bettriford, pursued by a Southern gunboat, safely brought to this port a lot of unhappy refugees from the Southern slave marts shortly before Fort Sumter was Bred upon.

The historians of Erie Basin tell the story how the Bettriford got away from the Southern coast one dark night loaded to ber capacity with escaping slaves. Tb? ship had been chartered by Northern philanthropists and every precaution had been taken to make the getaway a success. The bark made good headway during the night, but was becalmed when dawn broke. While lying helplessly a speck on the southern horizon was soon made out to be a gunboat sent out to patrol the coast against Just such an emergency as the flight of the Bettriford. The bark's crew was In despair when suddenly the wind freshened and the ship got under way.

The speck got bigger and bigger, vt'y slowly b'lt still very surely. Then a fog came down over tbe sea and pursued and pursuers were hidden from each other In the dense mist. When the fog lifted the gunboat was not in sight, and two weeks This vSteer Ruces Horses OME strange stories about animals are told by the members of the British arbitration mission to fielstan, who have recently returned home. There was in particular a tame wolf which followed the mission for a long because it bad the kindliest feel-toward the generous cook. Nothing time ings would induce the animal to leave the camp until at last the mission, having to return to India, conveniently lost it In the jungle, although it had become quite tame.

One of the terrors of the mission were the mad Jackals. One night they bit seventy-eight camels, of which forty died. They also bit two natives, who succumbed soon after to A Tame Wolf in the Wilds of Seistan. hydrophobia. If these animals were a terror, they also gave much pleasure tq the arbitration missionaries, who hunted them Just as they would chase the fox.

Jackals are in many respects intermediate between the wolf and the fox. The picture of the shepherd is quite a familiar one to all visitors to the northern latitudes in India and Persia. There is something curiously reminiscent of the old-fashioned illustrations of our Bibles in this up-to-date photograph which was taken by one of the officers with the Seistan mission. Sportsmen In India may have their choice In shooting tigers, leopards, bison, bears, deer, and last, but not least, wild elephants, and one of the most exciting experiences is to whness these last being caught alive in a "keddah." The Government of India has a large keddah establishment In Mysore, from which tamed elephants are sent all over the presidencies, the finest being sold to great rajahs for their Btate processions, sometimes selling for as much as $9,000 or $10,000. By the keddah system a herd of wild elephants is driven Into a stockade, and there impounded alive and tamed by trained elephants.

Sometimes the "drive" may take weeks, or even months, the beaters behind gradually gliding inward as the great beasts retreat before them until at last the order to close In Is given and the herd passes into the keddah, the great gate falling with a crash behind them. Then the tame keddah elephants file in with their riders and "corner" the most obstrcDerous In such a wiv that he Is unable to resist the noose and ropes which are passed round him. Two or three months later he passes out with hit mahout, completely tamed, a "government servant" for tho rest of his days. A Shepherd of India. jwomen's Letters row few women on this side of the realize the importance of water promptly answering a letter or note.

American women are way behind English women in the matter of prompt note and letter writing," says an American, who spends much of her time In London. "A note should be answered at once, says the English woman, and she brings up her daughters to believe that when they fail to live up to this rule they are committing one of the most serious crimes against eti quette. When I began going to London I found that even my writing rules, which I bad thought strict, were by no means up to the English standard. It was then that I found out one great help toward punctilious correspondence the English woman's methods of running her writing table. It Is al ways perfectly stocked with writing necessities.

She provides for this table with exactly the same precision that she provides for any other department of her housekeeping. Just as she does not permit the kitchen cupboard to run out of eggs or flour, so does she not let her writing table run out of paper, stamps, calendar, blotting paper, ink. pens, postal cards and paper wrappers. There is every Inducement for prompt answering of notes and letters If all the materials are at hand. But most American women buy these materials spasmodically.

They get fresh paper when they are out of their supply. They buy new pens wben the ones they have refuse to work. Stamps they get In little dribbles, instead of keeping a big stamp box full of tbem. When the Ink pot goes dry, that Is the time for running out to buy a little bottle of ink. Very few are tbe women who keep In stock a great bottle of Ink from which ink stands are replenished regularly by tho maid when their contents lower Just the least degree from the edge.

"Run your writing table with the busi ness acumen with which you run the rest of your house. Train your maids to carry out letters to post any time you wish letters posted. If you do you will find that you, will have half the battle over." Ostrich Attacks Man. Robert Reed, a keeper at the ostrich farm, was knocked down and severely In jured by a grown ostrich Tuesday afternoon. Keed Injuries consist ot a broken rib and number of minor bruises caused by the terrific blow from the bird's feet.

Reed and several Japanese were at work In the nclosure when a male bird known as Teddy Roosevelt made an attack on the party. All rushed for a place of Bafety, but Reed was not quick enough and the ostrich felled Im with the first blow, following up with vicious onslaught. Heed managed to roll against a fenco which partially saved him from severe knocks and the other men rescued him by pushing away the big bird with the aid boards and shovels. The Injured man was taken to a hospital. Lo LL THE old relics In the ship grave- yard at Erie Basin are fast disappearing and it will not be long before the last traces of days gone by In the merchant marine will have been obliterated from that Interesting section of Brooklyn.

Time was when one could take a stroll through the narrow, long dock and see the forgotten hulks that once represented the active merchant marine of the country. There used to be large numbers of old steamers, once of tbe coastwise service. Even the Civil War was represented with old vessels that had seen service either In the North or In the South. Shortly after the Spanish war, Erie Basin contained several of the old Spanish ships, captured as prizes, and a visit to the old timers was always productive of good yarns by old "Bill," who kept watch over the deserted bulls. Old Bill has left Erie Basin, i When his charges were bought up, one by one, by the coal men who transformed the old hulks Into coal barges, "Bill's" vocation as sexton of the ship graveyard went also.

As you pass along the long dock, from the terminus of the little three-cent car line, you see on the left all that remains of the graveyard of the ships that once passed In the night. On the right are a few lighters, tugs and canalboats that have been waiting for purchasers for many years. But there are no more large steamers. They are all Rudder Post of the Bettriford, a What It Costs College Girls the last few years the cost of sending young women to college has Increased rapidly. To-day it costs three times as much for a girl to go through col-lno-o oa it twentv years ago.

This rate of Increase has been steady and uniform in all the colleges for women. Vas-sar declared this year the Increase of $100 in Its yearly rate. Wellesley, likewise, for the fourth time since its foundation in 1875, advanced its price for board and tuition. Bryn Mawr, Smith. Radcliffe and Cornell have all within the last five years added from $50 to $100 to the charges for fcoard.

tuition. Then. also, me of the millionaire, like the son, has invaded the college domain and with her trunks full of pretty clothes, her extravagant tastes, and her loads of spending money, has oreated a dissatisfaction with the simple life that borders on revolution. In the West, at schools like Northwestern, the Universities of Chicago, Wisconsin and Michigan, and at all other great Institutions of learning, as well as at the numerous secondary schools, it has been the aim of the college authorities to reduce the expenses. This has hardly been done.

In nearly every Instance there has, during the last ten years, been an increase In the cost of a year's stay at college. But the increase has not oeeu so marked as in the East, and the Western college, for this reason as well as for many others, is the most available institution for the young -women of the West. At nearly every Western school the young women are to a certain extent given an opportunity to earn some money, which reduces the cost of a year's attendance at college. Many young women act as tutors, some teach music In the college towns, others wait on table at the college dining rooms and still others find other work to do. So far as the Western colleges are concerned, It may be said that what real Increase there has been In the cost of attendance has been brought about largely by the vivuni women themselves.

They have de- mndM hiaher priced board and finer rooms, and have been given them, although in some cases, as at Northwestern ana me uu-slty of Chicago, these demands have been supplied by the institutions and not by speculative landladies. Eighteen or twenty years ago the attendance at women's colleges was made up largely nf women Dossessed of an abnormal desire for learning" or of those compelled to earn their living by teaching. In either case they were usually girls of small means and glad to exchange in part payment for their tuition a certain amount of domestic labor done In the college hall. With the coming of the girl of wealth, desirous of having her Intellectual pursuits untainted by odors of the kitchen, the domestic duties have been flj-opped one by ono. Now colleges have sprung up with a new order of magnificence In their equipment to meet the new demands, and my lady Minerva no longer employs her spare hours in cleaning lamps and washing windows, but In riding, driving, golfing, playing tennis and funning an automobile.

Her rooms are elegantly furnlshed-no longer fe bare little chamber with a worn carpet, a deal chair and an iron bedstead but a "suite" crammed with pictures, statuary, rich rugs, couches and artistic draperies. The college menage, too, has undergone transformation at her request. The simple diet of roast beef and baked potatoes, beans and cabbage, with a baker's paste or roasted peanuts for dessert, has disappeared under the torrent of her scom; game and fresh vegetables fruit, entrees and Ice cream have found their way slowly but surely into the collego bill of fare. Six year ago a college girl was content to appear anywhere In a shirt wnlst and skirt, a fresh blouse being considered sufficient adornment for tho most elaborate so-'clal function. Now, however, tho agents of fashionable ttillors visit the collego regularly in fall and spring and take orders for afternoon and evening gowns, for golf and tennis suits, for riding habits and walking skirts.

Milkers of gloves, hats, shirt waists, shoes and neckwear have established resident agencies In tho dormitories, which do a thriving business. Mnny of the girls have brought tholr own riding and driving horsca and their fine dogs, for which they find board in the vicinity of the college. Tho shopping excursion of a freshman Is quite a likely to lnolude a "runabout" as an ink bottle. The luxury of a personal maid however, it still denied tbe girls living in A after the Bettriford safely entered New York harbor. On a subsequent trip the vessel was bo battered by gales that she all but foundered.

She was brought Into port, however, and took her berth In Erie Basin. She never left that berth and to-day all that stands for the great bark is the rudder post and part of the rudder. Just to the east of the Bettrlford's remains Is the clubhouse of the Erie Basin iifoi-i i hii'iSi Fleetwing, Once a Transatlantic authorities that the breed sprang from animals imported by Spaniards Into Mexico. They were not fitted for the hard life of the range, however, and gave way gradually before the hardy "long-horns." Pete was born near San Antonio, Texas, and is an animal of remarkable beauty. Ho travels in a special car and Is as well cared for as any race horse.

He' races almost His Half Mile in 2:10 1-4. every day against horseB, the owners of which think they can trot the mile while Pete covers the half. The start always Is made under the wire, with steer and horse abreast, and the thoroughbred has yet to be found who can close up the gap. Numerous attempts have been made to secure Pete as an attraction In the East, but his owner has declined all offers for the present season, as he is booked to exhibit at Portland, before the exposition closes. modern china.

This Is where the faker's art comes In. The first thing usually done Is to let them lie for some six or eight hours in a strong decoction of either tea, coffee or stout, different fakers having different fancies, but all with the same result, to leave behind a light brown stain inside and out to imply age. When taken out they are laid to dry, and then, by delicately touching up the crevices and corners, where In the ordinary course of lime dust would accumulate, with a slight suspicion of gum and dusting over with some fine powder, they have only to be finished off with a soft rag to complete the transformation. They are then offered, one at a time, for anything from $1.25 to $3.25 each, usually by a poorly dressed person, preferably a woman, who has a ready tale of being hard up and obliged to sell the old Jug that has been in the family for years. The same remarks apply to every description of pottery and purcelain, different methods being employed on different articles, but all with the same object In view, namely, to add the necessary appearance of age.

Most people know that the old engravings, both plain and colored, of the Bartolozzl and other periods, when put up at auction, realize fabulous sums. Small wonder then, that hero again the "faker" sees his opportunity. It Is quite possible to purchase a fine engraving printed In color on old paper for $2.50, which, when put through the process of "having a bath," requires an expert eye to detect It from the original. It can then bo sold for anything from $6 to $25 quite readily, according to the subject. That tho second-hand book trade Is not exempt from these practices Is well known to a few.

One instance will suffice to show. Tho first edition of Lang's "Blue Fairy Book" Is now worth about $4 in good condition, the only difference between this one and the last edition beng the title page. All the "faker" has to do is to buy as many copies as he requires from the publishers of the present edition and supply a new title page, which In most cases he prints himself A on a to of by Yacht Club. The Erie Basin Yacht Club Is not a very pretentious affair, but, In its was, it Is highly aristocratic. It Is pointed to with pride by the denizens of the Basin and It will not do to make sport of the little clubhouse on stilts.

As If to mock the departed ones, the other side of the long dock presents a vivid contrast to the left hand side. There you will see the millionaires' yachts in Manning's, and a little beyond the Racer Now a Gospel Boat. by a hand press. He thus clears more than I $2.50 on each copy and as there are sev- eral hundreds of books which can be treated In a similar fashion it will be seen that a i good income can be earned by these folk. few years ago a number of copies came on the market of that scarce little pamphlet "Mr.

Thackeray, Mr. Yates and the Gar-rlck Club." A large number of the principal book sellers all over the country were offered copies at $10 to $15 a piece, which were readily bought, as $25 Is the ordinary price, and it was only when the person by whom they were sold had reaped a rich harvest that it was found out they were frauds, the getup being so good down to the smallest detail that some of the buyers with years of experience was taken In. Articles made of brass, bronze, pewter and all other metals are being turned out at- an alarming rate at the present day to Imitate the old ones, and in some cases the Imitations are really fine examples of the "antique maker's" art. It has been Bald by more than one authority that If all the articles in our museums and some of the great private collections were examined and thor oughly overhauled by experts it would be found that a great proportion were spurious. Relics of the South African war were turned out in large numbers by a firm In England and It must have netted a considerable sum over the Bales during the past year or two Old postage stamps were formerly forged such a large scale In England that a well known stamp dealer took the matter up and waged war against the forger to such an ex tent that Parliament passed a bill dealing with the question.

On one occasion the writer was Invited to Inspect some paintings with a view to purchase. Among them was reputed Morland. It was only after it had been examined by three different experts that it was pronounced "wrong," the canvas coloring and finish alike being almost per fect. It must not be supposed that It Is always the dealer's fault when he sells a spurious article for a genuine one, as he may have been deceived himself, and any respectable firm with a reputation would scorn have dealings In any article about the genuineness of which there was any doubt. Firemen in Germany.

Nowhere in Europe bas the use of the long ladder at fires obtained such a high standard of efficiency as in Germany. Two types ladders are used by the Berlin Royal Police Fire Brigade. Of these one Is raised hand, the olher mechanically. The majority of the long ladders of the German professional service are eighty feet In length, and manually raised; but tbe more recent acquisitions are ninety feet, mechanically raised long ladders, and In some few Instances these last-named appliances are self-propelled. Thus the efficiency of the long ladder of a German professional brigade may generally be rated as that of an eighty-foot ladder or rapid action, with ex- ceptlonal instances of ninety-feet ladders, with high-speed action 1.

mechanical raising. Latest Picture of i I 1 Prince John, the Infant Son of the Prince Already Been Photographea Manx Tim.ea. a If is If of dry docks of the Robins company. You can stand on thb long dock and, with one sweeping glance about you, see the remnants of the ships of other days and the latest examples of shipbuilding. There is the little, deserted towboat that did service half a century ago and the huge whaleback in dry dock at Robins'.

There is one little ship in the basin that must not be forgotten. She is one of the oldtimcrs, too, but with a new lease of life as well as a new conscience if ships may be said to have a conscience. It is the goBpel yacht Fleetwing, once the famous Trans-Atlantic racer of the same name. The old Fleetwing crossed the Atlantic In 1856, making the voyage In a little less than fourteen days, being second In the race that was won by the Henrietta. It was a terrible trip, however.

Of tbe crew of twenty-two six seamen were washed overboard by the gales that the trim little yacht encountered. Her adventureB ended when she was laid up In Erie Basin. Then the Baptist Missions, years after the little yacht had finished her career as a sporting boat, bought her and fitted her out as a gospel ship. She was renovated throughout and her old record washed and scraped off as much as possible. To-day, lying at the long dock, the old Fleetwing extends a cordial welcome to the sailor men who happen In the old "grave yard," as well as to the men who live on the palatial vessels moored in Manning's basin.

It is a strange mixture of past and present over In the old "graveyard." It Is a cemetery without tombstones and with only the bells of those boats still In service to toll the death knell of those that are fast falling into decay. Indiana's Odd Marriage Laws p' ERHAPS now Indiana will be sorry she fixed up such horrid marriage laws. Ever since Mrs. Fern Shriner, formerly Miss Trolley, of Logans-port, Indiana, refused to answer the twenty-three "personal and Impertinent questions contained In the Indiana application for a marriage license, and went to another state to wed, there has been a regular exodus of marrying couples from the border counties of the "Hoosier" state. Instead of being married In their home towns, many Indiana couples now cross into Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky to have the sacred bonds tied.

The ministers and justices of neighboring states are taking the fees that logically belong to clergymen, and these latter are beginning to be worried by the falling off in business. Indiana peo pie bad endured the odious marriage license law of their state In silence until Mrs, Shriner made her bold stroke, but once revolt had been started, It grew rapidly, A short time after Mrs. Shrlner's refusal to answer the questions, Mrs. Bertha Gattle, one of the society leaders of Knox County, followed the lead and went to Chicago to wed. Then couples from Elkhart, For Wayne and Indianapolis and the most central counties rebelled against the law, until now majority of Indiana lovers are married in other states.

And all this because there are more than twenty questions in the license applications, When a couple go before their county clerk to got a license they have two forms passed to them, one for the man and one for hi fiancee, and until they have answered every question printed thereon and sworn to the truth of their answers before a notary public they may not marry. "What Is your color?" asks the clerk, and. not content with this, he asks the father's color and then the mother's, seeming to Im ply that, although the person directly concerned is white he or she might have black parents. "Are you an Idiot?" continues the clerk, and then people begin to lose their tempers, But the trial has scarcely begun as yet. The applicants are asked if there has ever been insanity in their family, If they or any of their people have ever been In a poor house, they are sound physically.

This question followed by others pertaining to matters which are described by Indiana people impertinent and shameful. Men must tell how much they earn and how they earn it women must give their correct age and tell they have ever been divorced. As a re suit of these questions Indiana has fallen far behind her sister states In the number her marriages. It Is expected that the present marriage law will be done away with at the next session of the Legislature. Little Prince John and Princess of Wales, Who Has Altftougli Not Yet 8 Months Old.

I It was the famous "Dynamite Johnnie" O'Brien, who had charge of the little Car ibbean. Six trips did the trim little schooner make between the American coast and that of Cuba and before time and the elements played havoc with her hull the marks of many Spanish bullets were discernible along her sides. A bit of tbe stump of the mainmast of the Caribbean still remains sticking up from the water soaked bottom. On tbe day that the camera caught tbe scene, a snow-white dove was perched on Kbe top of this stump, a silent emblem of the peace that now reigns over the island In the service of which the little schooner did such effective Famous Old Slave Refugee Ship. the college dormitories, and in this sense the atmosphere la democratic.

7 The lavish expenditure of the wealthy girl at college Inevitably has a disastrous effect upon some girls of lesser means, although the little tragedies of strained accounts are not known generally, either to college' authorities or to classmates. The proud little freshman who comes bursting with life and ambition from the small town where she was adored as a genius, eager only to make a "record" at college and to prove that she was born for great work In the world, is overwhelmed for the flrBt time by the manifold elegancies of life. Her dream of sacrificing herself on learning's altar pales perceptibly. Before long Bhe finds herself foregoing the price of a Latin grammar to buy a silk petticoat, or stealing precious hours from "math" to fashion paper lamp shades or sofa cushions for her room. If her four years course has been planned with a narrow margin, the accomplishment of that longed for degree is seriously endangered.

This falling a victim to extravagance Is rather the fate of the girl of moderate means than of her with very limited resources. For the girl who comes to college well aware that she must economize strictly, or with the determination to work her way through, usually has the strength of mind to stick to her purpose, undisturbed by outside circumstances. And her victory is won through no cost of friends or a good time, for a girl stands above all things at college for what she is. Whether she evinces the strength of a leader, the brilliancy of a scholar, or the charm of a friend, she is prized for that trait, irrespective of the size of her tea table or the price of her hat. Nevertheless, there Is real danger of the impressionable girl being led astray by false standards.

In general, it may be said that the newer colleges are more expensive and the coeducational Institutions cheaper than the old standard trio, Vassar, Smith and Wellesley. One element of democracy in the latter colleges is the uniform charge for all rooms, Irrespective of their location in the college dormitories. Until the recent raise at Vassar the price for bftard and room was alike; $300 for the three colleges, and the charge for tuition, $100. At Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe and Barnard, however, the rate of tuition is now $200, and the charge for room and board, varying according to the size and location of the rooms. Is from $300 to $600 a year.

A considerably lower rate obtains at Cornell, which may be taken as representative of the cost of all coeducational universities East and West, as well as of such coeducational colleges as Oberlln and Swarthmore. Rooms at some colleges range in price from $40 to $150 per year, and board Is $4 per week. Adding to this the charge of $100 for tuition, a girl may live, even with the most expensive rooms, more cheaply than at any of the women's colleges, with the possible exception of Mount Holyoke. To the girl who expects to be self supporting at college, there Is presented a larger number of opportunities for self help than existed fifteen years ago. But this does not mean that she can earn more money than she could then by doing domestic labor or by teaching.

Her field of labor is still restricted to the tasks essentially feminine. At Bryn Mawr a partiality for the purely intelligent forms of work prevails. Unless one has secured a scholarship, of which there Is a limited supply for the clever, one tutors or assists in the college library or scientific laboratories. Tutoring Is the most popular vocation. At Vassar and Smltb more varied forms of industry flourish.

From the appearance of the bulletin boards, gay with manifold posters proclaiming sales of handiwork and others of domestic service an outsider would imagine that every girl In college was engaged in some financial enterprise. The profits from these desultory accomplishments are meager. One of the most successful of enterprising young women at Vassar last year was the girl who made such delicious "fudge" that the fame of it Bpread throughout the college and the town. At Smith Collrgo many of the students teach In the evening schools at Northampton, others form dnnclng elapses In the fall for ambitious freshmen who lack the social grace. Still others solve the financial difficulty by acting as agents for large business firms at a distance.

With each succeeding year tho opportunities for the self-supporting college woman are broadening, tho prices paid for her services rising and her own prejudice against certain formB of labor vanishing. The advent of the wealthy girl has Indeed produced luxury and Increased expense. It has added, too. an element of gaycty even frlvolous-ness which has served to lift some of the gloom of ultra seriousness that formerly hung over the college lite for wotoca, 0 NE of the attractions this year on the Western state fair circuits Is San Antone Pete, a Cherokee steer, which trots in harness to sulky and can do his half mile in with apparent ease and with all tho evidences of keen enjoyment displayed by a thoroughbred, fighting for his head and impatient of restraint. The animal Is owned and driven by "Al" This Race Steer Trots Dougherty, of Logan, Kansas, who says Pete Is the only steer ever trained for speed in harness.

Pete belongs to a bovine race now rapidly becoming extinct. A quarter of a century ago Cherokee cattle were famous In the Southwect. The Cherokees differ greatly from the Texas "long-horns," being well set up and famous for horns of remarkable grace and beauty. They closely re semble the Spanish bulls bred soely for fight ing purposes, and It Is believed by many ONSIDERABLE controversy has arisen of late concerning the picture which the Prince of Wales presented to the Dublin Gallery of Modern Art and which was supposed to be an original Corot. It has been now almost conclusively proved to be a forgery, as It Is evidently a copy of a picture by Meszoly two years after Corot's death and which now hangs in the Hungarian National Museum, at Budapest.

That It Is a very clever forgery will not be denied when it Is stated that some of the best London experts were deceived by It and pronounced it a genuine specimen of Corot's art. This Is no Isolated Instance, as now and again reports of cases appear In the dally papers respecting "faked" or modern articles being sold as tbe genuine antique. Only quite recently there was a case at Huddersfleld police court, London, In which an artist and bis daughter were charged with fraud In connection with tho sale of spurious water-color drawings bearing the signature of David Cox, culminating in the man receiving three months and the daughter one month, with hard labor. The case for the prosecution showed the drawings were very cleverly manufactured On old, yellowish paper and taken by the female prisoner singly, or in pairs, to art dealors and private collectors, to whom they were offered at $20 td $25 a pair. It Is -not only on pictures that tho faker works, but whether you buy pictures, prints, engravings, booliB, china or antiques generally there is always the chanco of some ono with more expert knowledge coming along sooner or later and pronouncing them frauds.

As tho Staffordshire To'by jugs, for which there 1b such a demnnd at the present day, easily sell for $5 or $25, It Is no wonder tho old oncB are copied to an alarming extent. The writer has seen tbe "factory" where spurious ones are turned out and which cost at first hand $5.25 a dozen. Of course, wben bought in tills way there Is all tbe freshness on them tbe same as on any other piece of Articles of Bogus Antique Art Angeles Times,.