Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1899 — Valuable Relic. [ARTICLE]

Valuable Relic.

The Duchess of Northumberland possesses a shawl given her by Charles X. of France which cost a fabulous sum. It is manufactured from the fur of a species of Persian cat, the hair of Which is so fine that one strand IS hardly visible to the naked eye. The spinning, weaving and fashioning of the material required several years of labor and thousands of cat skins.