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I may terminate this review of these exquisite organic pro- 
ducts by a pretty tale from the Talmud, teaching us that the 
people of that day esteemed but one object in nature of higher 
value than pearls, 
It tells us that when Abraham approached Egypt he locked 
Sarah, his wife, in a chest that none might behold her beauty. 
But when he came to the place of paying customs the officer 
said to him, “ Pay custom.” And he said, “I will pay the cus- 
tom.” They said to him, “Thou carriest clothes ;” and he said, 
“I will pay for clothes.’ Then they said, “ Thou carriest gold;” 
and he replied, “I will pay for gold.” On this they cried, 
“Surely thou bearest the fine silk ;’ and he answered, “I will 
pay custom for the finest silk.” Then they said, “ Surely it must 
be pearls that thou takest with thee ;’ and he only answered, “I 
will pay for pearls.” As they knew of nothing more valuable 
than pearls, they demanded that the box should be opened in 
order that it might be determined what concealed treasure it was 
for which the owner was willing to pay customs even as for fine 
pearls. And the box was opened, and then, as now, beauty and . 
Virtue, idealized in woman, were acknowledged of earthly trea- 
sures to be as pearls of great price. 
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CATLINITE. 
Its ANTIQUITY AS A MATERIAL FoR TOBACCO PIPES. 
BY EDWIN A. BARBER. 
“ From the redstone of the quarry 
With his hand he broke a fragment, 
Moulded it into a pipe-head, 
Shaped and fashioned it with figures ; 
From the margin of the river 
Took a long reed for a pipe-stem, 
With its dark green leaves upon it; 
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And erect upon the mountains, 
Gitche Manito, the mighty, 
Smoked the calumet, the Peace-pipe, 
As a signal to the nations.” 
Hiawatha. 
For Many generations the native tribes of the United States 
have procured a highly-prized material for the manufacture of their 
tobacco Pipes at the Great Red Pipestone quarry, situated on that 
