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Republican News Journal.
NEWKIRK, ,
OKLAHOMA
THE OLD SWEET STORY.
What of the story olden
Of love that may not cease?
Pass we through portals golden
To dreamed-of realms of peace?
Over the way so lonely
We fare from lands like this.
Hut ever we feel only
Love's clasp, dear, and Its kiss.
What of the storms above me
In all the shrouded skies?
Since you have suld you love me
The lovelier lights arise!
What of all earthly splendor—
What of all earthly ties
If that your lips are tender
I'pon life's dying eyes?
Sweetheart! through vales of sorrow
f ever dream I see
A beautiful to-morrow
Dawn from your eyes to me!
No dream is sweet as this Is—
Though dreams have llPtting breath—
To know I'll feel your kisses
Down to the gates of Death!
—P. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
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| A Detective’s Adventure f
‘I
AM in a rather awkward posi-
tion," said the visitor, slowly,
and 1 want, you to extricate me. I
,m very confiden t of your ability to
lo so, because of the successful way
n which you solved the Working-ham
nvstery.”
“If you will stale your case I will
five it my attention," replied Des-
nond, ignoring the compliment.
"Then you'll come with me to my
louse?” went on the other, who had
riven the name of Phillips. “All my
tocuments are there, for. not count-
ng upon a refusal, I did not bring
diem."
“What is the distance to your
louse?”
“Three miles or so. I have a cab
mfside.”
The jeliu evidently knew where to
Irive, for no instructions were given
lim before the two entered the ve-
lide. Phillips relapsed into silence
lor did he speak again until the cab
frew tip at the door of a large brick
louse, situated in a street that Des-
nond did not remember having seen
lefore.
"Here we are," lie said, ascending
lie steps and throwing open the door,
•follow me." And Phillips led the
vay along a dimly-lit passage and
Mitered a cozy room at the other end.
“Now that you have brought me
bis long distance you will kindly give
Tie the facts of your case at once,”
;uid Desmond, sharply. "I may say
•’rankly I <io not like this secrecy.”
"Von are safe in our hands," said
he other. “There is r.o need to be
ifraid."
Desmond noticed the plural. “You
ire not alone, then?" he said, with a
puck glance around the room.
“By no means. I have a few friends
lere." He touched a bell as lie spoke,
ind four men entered the room. The
detective was startled, but he did not
ihow it.
Phillips burst into a laugh. "Draw
vour chair up to the table and take a
•igar." said lie,
The others all proceeded to make
1 hemsclvcs comfortable, so the detec-
ivc decided to do likewise; so far ns
he could see there was at present no
•arise for alarm.
"Now. sir," began rhillips, “l must
tell you. first of all. that you are not
required to . olve any real case of
mine. I and Mr. Smithson have made
a het regarding you. We were talk-
ing the other day about the Yvorking-
liam affair, and as T said you had
found ihe truth very cleverly, lie re-
marked that, circumstances were
greatly in your favor. We began to
argue, with this result. We have im-
agined a case and wish you to solve
it. \Vt> shall tell you a story and act
part of it. If you succeed in proving
to our satisfaction who the murderer
is—for the case is one of murder—
you will receive the sum of £100. If
von fail, you will receive £ Hi for your
trouble. What have you to say?”
“1 do not line being made the sub-
ject of a bet,” said Desmond.
“You must go in for it," put in Ver-
non. The almost pleading tone caused
the detective to look more closely at
tils pale, thin features.
“Very well, then, 1 agree," said he,
nnd. his eyes still upon the other's
face, he thought an expression of re-
lief crossed it.
“Thank you," said Phillips. “We
will start right away. It has been de-
cided that I tell the first portion of
tin* story. Last night I and Lovely
there entered this house at ten
o’clock. 1 called Smithson up from
bis chemical laboratory in the base-
ment, and Walters from his portion
of the house, and we awaited the ap-
pearance of Vernon and Jacks-on.
Tint ns these two failed to come after
ten minutes had passed we all went
npslnira to Jackson's room. There a
•dreadful sight met our gaze. He was
lying dead upon the floor, and close
by was Vernon, just recovering con-
sciousness.
“It was plain that Jackson had been
murdered, and all things pointed to
Vernon as the one who had done the
dastardly deed. He had been stabbed
by the latter’s knife! We formed the
idea that he himself had been kuocked
senseless by a blow upon the head,
dealt by the dying man in n supreme
■final effort. We charged Vernon with
the crime, and he denied it, but you
shall hear liis explanation from his
own lips, Mr. Desmond."
“At nine o'clock," began Vernon,
trying to keep his voice steady, "I
entered the house at the front and
proceeded straight upstairs to Jack-
son's room, having to see him upon a
purely private matter. There was no
one about that 1 could see; indeed,
everything was so quiet, when I
opened the door that I thought Jack-
son himself must be out. But as I
went inside a quick footstep sounded
behind me. I was about to turn w hen
I received a crushing blow upon the
back of my head. I staggered for-
ward. caught a glimpse of Jackson
lying on the floor in a pool of blood,
and then fell down senseless, to awake
some time later and find myself ac-
cused by you gentlemen as his mur-
derer. But I am innocent, I swear it.”
He made this declaration so ear-
nestly as to call forth sarcastic com-
ment* from Smithson.
“JIuve you anything more to say?”
questioned Phillips. “Can you account
for the fact that your knife caused
Jackson’s death?"
“1 cannot. Until it was shown to
mo as the one used, I had not seen it
for a week," responded Vernon, with
emphasis.
“That will do. Now, Mr. Desmond,
you have heard the main facts, Cir-
cumstantial evidence of the strongest
kind is brought against Vernon. His
story is a simple one. Can you prove
his guilt more conclusively, or estab-
lish his innocence? You may ask any
questions you please."
“Had Vernon any motive? Had
Jackson ever quarreled with him.
Smithson or Walters?" said Desmond,
after a moment’s thought.
"Ho had quarreled both with me
and with the accused," put. in Smith-
son, rather sullenly.
“Did you see Jackson last night?”
said the detective, turning and look-
ing at him.
"Me? Yes, but i left aim well and
hearty at about ten minutes to nine,
and proceeded downstairs to my lab-
oratory. Jackson loosed at his
watch and gave me the time.”
“Walters can be left out of it,"
thought Desmond. “It rests between
Smithson and Vernon."
"Have you any more questions to
ask here? If not, you shall see the
position in which wc found the two
men," said Phillips.
"I have no more questions at pres-
ent," was the reply.
“All right. Vernon, you and Lovely
go upstairs and get ready for the
parts you have to play. You under-
stand what to do. Knock when
ready.”
The men addressed rose and left the
room, Vernon giving a hack ward glance
that puzzled the detective.
“1 think they will be ready for us
shortly," said Phillips. "This sort of
thing is rather nerve-shaking. Smith-
son looks really ill!”
“Do you mean to accuse me of—” be-
gan Smithson.
“Of poor nerves?” put In Phillips,
with a warning glance at the other.
“Oh. no! You look white and troubled,
that is all!”
i “He wants some of his own drugs,"
said Walters, with a forced laugh.
“Come, come, don’t get to words.
Listen, Vernon is knocking. He is
awaiting us.”
Phillips put down his cigar and led
the way upstairs, the others following.
"This is the room,” he said to Desmond.
"Lovely is in the position in which we
supposedly found Jackson. Enter,
please."
The detective did so. He could not
suppress a start of surprise. There, ly-
ing upon the carpet, was Lovely, at-
tired in a brown check suit, liis arms
were outstretched; his face fixed as if
in death. A small, blood-stained knife
and a heavy knobbed stick were by
his side. The uffair seemed too grim
to be mere play.
“Vernon will show us how he entered
into the room,” said Phillips. “This
may seem unnecessary, but it is liis
own wish. Perhaps he wants to do a
bit of realistic acting. Beady, Ver-
non ?”
"I am!" The man, having first turned
the gas low, proceeded to the door and
closed it behind him. Afteru moment's
wait, he opened it again, and. stepping
inside, spoke us if to himself: “Evi-
dently Jackson's out. I'll go down-
stairs and await his return. The busi-
ness—”
He stopped suddenly and made as if
to turn. To the watchers it was as if
some invisible person had struck him
an unseen blow. He uttered an ex-
clamation, half of (error, as he stag-
gered toward the center of the room
with liis hand pressed to his head. “My
God!" he muttered, as he came to the
body of the pseudo Jackson: then lie
fell down in a dead faint. He had gone
too far with his acting. This latter was
reality.
“He's overdone it." cried Phillips.
“Fetch water. Here, Lovely, get up and
help."
In a very short time Vernon opened
his eyes and glanced quickly round.
The others had their attention else-
where for a moment. "Bend down,
quick!” he whispered, just loud enough
for I lie detective to hear. “Save me,
for God’s sake! Save me! It is—"
“Here you are!" shouted Lovely,
running up with brandy. “Pour it
down his throat. Now help him on to
the couch.”
The whispered words of the pros-
trate Vernon had brought the detec-
tive to the conclusion that there was
something behind all this>; what at
present he could not imagine. He saw
that the best thing to do would be to
proceed as if he suspected nothing. So.
with a jesting remark, he. proceeded;
"Where was the supposed Jackson
stabbed ?"
Lovely pointed out the place.
"But a stab there would not be
fatal,” said Desmond.
Phillips frowned sharply at him. "He
bled to death,” he said. “You will un-
derstand that a large quantity of
blood would flow from such u wound."
“Certainly, certainly. I suppose I
can examine the clothes?"
“There is absolutely nothing in any
of the pockets. No clew is to be found
there.”
“Nothing whatever? This is the
watch that Mr. Smithson referred to, 1
suppose?"
“Yes, Jackson looked at that when
he told me the time,”replied Smithson.
“Very good.” Desmond drew it out
of Lovely's pocket and opened the case
to glance at the dial. His heart gave a
sudden jump; only with difficulty did
he restrain a feeling of triumph. But
his face was unmoved as before when
he went on with his inquiries.
“There is a dark corner here.” he
said, entering the passage. “Anyone
hiding in it would be unseen by a man
ascending the stairs. You could have
waited here, Mr. Smithson.”
“W'hat the—of course, but I went
straight downstairs after leaving
Jackson. It must be plain that I could
not be the one Vernon alleges—alleges,
bear in mind—struck him."
"Quite plain, eh? Y'et 6uch a thing
is as probable as t.he supposition that
a dying man struck him with such
force as to render him unconscious for
nearly an hour. But I have seen all I
require. Shall we go below again?”
Phillips agreed, and the five men
went downstairs, Vernon having by
this quite recovered. They seated
themselves round the table again, and
after a moment or two the question
was put to Desmond whether lie had
formeo his conclusions.
**¥e», to my own satisfaction, If not
to yours," was the reply. “In the first
place, Vernon is quite innocent. His
story I believe to be true. Perhaps in
a law court iny evidence would be in-
sufficient to convict, but I unhesitat-
ingly declare Mr. Smithson to be the
murderer!”
For a in omen I there was a strained
silence in the room, to be broken by a
loud oath from Smithson, whose face
had suddenly become livid. “Y’our
proofs?" lie shouted, hoarsely.
“Yes, your proofs?" echoed the
others, eagerly.
“First, this shred of cloth that I
found in that dark corner of the pas-
sage upstairs belongs, if 1 mistake not,
to the coat Mr. Smithson has on. That
proves that he stood there against the
wall, does it not" Secondly, let me ask
a question. Has any one of you been
in Jackson's company of late between
the hours of 8:30 and 9 o’clock? But,
of course, as lie only exists in the imag-
ination. the question is—”
"No. no! 1 have been in hisoonipnny
about that time," put in Phillips,
quickly. “You see, the real Jackson is
Lovely,” he added, in explanation.
“Have you seen him, then, do any-
thing with his watch?”
“1 have seen him take it out and
ripen the front, but what he did I can-
not say.”
“Your watch, please. Mr. Lovely.
Thank you. Now, observe the hands.
Do you sec anything peculiar? llut, of
course, you know about it, don't you?”
"No! Why, the hands have caught in
one another. The watch has stopped
about 17 minutes to 9! And Smith-
son declared that Jackson told him the
time from the watch later than that.
That statement was untrue! You,
Smithson, must have been in the room
when Vernon entered the house. Y’ou
heard him ascending the stairs, and
look Jackson’s stick and hid in the pas-
sage with the rest, as Vernov has
stated. . . . You arc correct, Mr.
Desmond. Allow me to congrut—”
Smithson sprang up with a cry of
rage. "Curse you!” he shouted. “Curse
you!” And before the unfortunate de-
tective could do anything to defend
himself the man lifted the chair high
in the air and brought it down with a
dull thud itpon Ills skull, knocking him
senseless to the floor. .
Desmond knew no more until he
found himself in bed in his own home,
with a nurse sitting beside him.
“How long have I been here?” he
asked, weakly.
You were brought in a cab early
this morning. 1 and the doctor were
sent on bv a stranger. Do you feel bet-
ter now?”
“I’m getting stronger every minute.
What was the si ranger like? Can you
describe him?”
“Neither the doctor nor I saw him,
but here is a let ter he left for you with
instructions that you had to read it as
soon ns you were bettor. Will you sit
up?”
When tlir nurse had arranged the
pillows he tore the envelope open. His
head was aching badly, but iti his
anxiety lo hear the truth about his ad-
venture he forgot that. The first thing
he pulled out was a C100 bank note;
then came the following letter:
"My Dear Friend: T call you this be-
cause you have saved my life. As you
will no doubt zuess. Inst night's affair
Imd more reason for tt than a mere bet;
It was a matter of life and death. We
are a peculiar society of American ori-
gin: more I cannot say for obvious rea-
sons. The story we told and acted for
you had actually occurred, only the real
Jackson was not killed outright. He was
lying unconscious In the house the whole
of the time. It was absolutely necessary
that we should know who had attacked
him, so your aid was Invoked. You
proved that I, who was accused, with
great, reason I admit, am innocent, and
found Smithson guilty, for after hts
assault uoon you he confessed all. Ac-
cording to our rules he will not live
long. I must warn you not to attempt
to trace us. By the time you read this
we shall have vanished. Again do I
thunk you. Believe me to be, always your
debtor,
' 'JAMESTON E VERNON.''
And this was all. Though Desmond
has since devoted days to the search of
the street nnd the brick house, or to
some of Ihe men whom he saw therein,
he has not succeeded. They have dis-
appeared as utterly as if the earth had
swallowed them up. Did the real.Tack-
son recover from his wound? Did
Smithson meet with the penalty hinted
at in the letter? These are questions
he may never have answered. Hut ho
will never forget that night's strange
adventure, when he solved a mystery
by the two hands of a watch catching
in each other.—Tit-Hits.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
tenon In the International Serlulof
October It, 11)00—I'ltruble of the
tireut Supper.
[Prepared by H. C. Bonington ]
THE LESSON TEXT.
(Luke 14:15-24.)
13. And when one of them that sat nt meat
with him heard these things, he said unto
aim, Blessed Is he that shull eat bread In
;he kingdom of Clod.
1C. Then said Ho unto him, A certain man
made a great supper, and bade innny;
17. And sent his servant at supper time
lo say to them that were bidden, Come; tor
all things are now ready.
18. And they all with one consent began
to make excuse. The tirst said unto him,
' have bought a piece of ground, and 1 must
jeeds go and see It: l pray thee have me
excused.
19. And another said, I have bought live
yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: 1
pray thee have me excused.
20. And another said, 1 have married a
wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21. So that servant came, and showed his
lord these things. Then the master of Ilia
■ouse being angry said to his servants, Go
out quickly Into the streets amt lanes of Dio
city, and bring In hitter the poor, and tho
maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22. And the servant said, Lord, it is done
ks thou hast commanded, and yet there is
room.
23. And the lord said unto the servant, Go
out into the highways and hedges, and com-
pel them to come In, that my house may be
tilled.
24. For I say unto you, That none of those
men which were bidden shall taste of my
lupper.
fiOLDKAi TEXT,—Come)for all things
■re now ready.—I>ake 1 -t: 1T.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Jesus had been invited to dine at the
home of a chief pharisee. Three of the
teachings of Jesus brought out on that
occasion we have already studied. It
was at this same dinner that Jesus gave
Utterance to the parable of the great
supper contained in this lesson. The
Verses to he studied suggest the fol-
lowing outline:
FASHION NOTES. ,
firm* on firm* That XV11I Intern!
Moniker* of the Fem-
inine Sex.
Piety and Cant......................
Invitation to the Great Supper...
Excuses of Those Invited.........
Thu Wider Invitation..............
......v. 15
.vs. 16,17
..vs. 18-20
..vs. 21-21
PRAYERS TO INK GOD.
Dlneovery That Indian Ink la Xot
Made In India—Can Now Dr
Made by Anyone.
Indian ink is not made in India, nor
do any of the materials used in the
manufacture come from that country,
says London Answers. It was first
made in China 3,000 years ago by a
Chinese u'.ehemist. Tientxchen by name,
who, while experimenting upon some
nostrum for the ternal preservation of
life, accidentally produced a black sub-
stance in the form of a liquid paint
or varnish. This was the first In-
dian ink.
Until recently the process of manu-
facture has been a secret: but it has
at. last been discovered and the ink
can now be made by anyone.
The black pigment, which forms the
base of the Ir.k is the soot obtained by
burning lot and pine charcoal. This
soot is powdered finely and mixed with
fishglue, isinglass, or horuglue, and
sometimes, in making the finer qual-
ities of ink. pearls are boiled in glue.
Sometimes dried ox tongues are
added to give the ink a purple tint, and
the bark of the peppermint trees has
been used to produce a tinge of blue.
The ink is carefully molded, dried and
packed in wormwood leaves, with lime
or ashes until well-seasoned.
Sepia, the coloring liquid of the cut-
tlefish, was not added to the ink orig-
inally, but as the best Indian ink in
use at present has a brownish tint,
it is evident that sepia is used. Sepia
alone is used frequently in China in
preference to the black ink.
In China all “good" Indian ink is sup-
posed to be inhabited by gods, to whom
prayers are sometimes addressed.
There are so many gods that it is dif-
ficult to find lodgings for them all;
they are billeted therefore upon any
convenient article, such as a stick of
Indian ink.
Journal for Theater Physician*.
In Paris a journal is published for
theater physicians. Nearly every spe-
cial branch of medical service now hat
ita own particular organ.
POWER OF SUNLIGHT
Piety and Cant.—Jesus’ parable of
the great supper was brought out by
the remarks of one of those who sat
at the table with Him. The man who
made this remark was probably a
pharisee. The pharisees as we know
them made a great ostentation of Iheir
prayers on the street corners nnd their
hearts. They were known by their
prayers on the street, corner and their
pious phrases. Their religion was ono
of cant, not of piety. We have an ex-
ample before tis. A pharisee to whom
the practical teachings of Jesus were
becoming distasteful sought to change
Ihe subject, and we have the remark
while absolutely true, yet, under the
circumstances and coming from the
source it did, teemed with pious cant,
lie said: “Blessed is he that shall eat
bread in the kingdom of God." To
“eat bread in 'the kingdom of God"
meant being a member of that king-
dom. To the pharisees keeping the
ceremonials of the law and traditions
meant- entrance into the kingdom. It
is to this thought that Jesus replies.
Invitations to the Great. Supper.—A
tertain man made a great supper and
sqfit invitations to those in the close
circle of his friends. The application
is plain when we remember that the
Jews were the chosen people of God.
Oriental suppers were not served with
the regularity to which we are used in
this day in the western world. When
the supper was ready a servant would
be sent around with a second sum-
mons. When the second summons came
the invited guest# began to make ex-
cuses.
Excuses of Those Invited.—The va-
rious excuses made are expressed in
oriental terms, w hich, translated to fit
in with our modern life .and thought,
cover all the field of excuses we can
make for not accepting the invitation
of Jesus. Tlie first was care of prop-
erty; the second, interference with
business; the third, pleasures and home
ties. IIow accurately all this fits in
with our course of life. The invitation
to the better life comes to us. Wc can
live it here and now, hut- in a fuller
sense hereafter. The day and hour of
the second summons (which we call
death) wc cannot know. In the mean-
time we let property, business and
pleasure occupy our time to the exclu-
sion of all else. When the second sum-
mons comes we could not go if we
would; these other things stand in the
way.
The Wider Invitation.—The banquet
awaited the gnosis, and few if any had
come. A wider invitation was this
time issued. “Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city and bring
in hither the poor, and the maimed,
and the halt, and the blind.” But still
there was room. “Go out Into the high-
ways and hedges and compel them to
come in. that my house may be filled."1
Of course we know that parables are
not to be stretched and strained to put
a meaning into every phrase and word.
So here we may say lhat this parable
does not teach that any will gain ad-
mission to the Heavenly mansion with-
out-due preparation. Jesus hue taught
otherwise in that parable of a supjter
where there came iti one without a
proper garment and who was forth-
with ejected. Jesus was talking to the
pharisees, elile among the chosen- of
God, so they themselves thought. Jesus
here teaches plainly that the chosen
ones may be rejected, and those they
looked upon as dogs. Samaritans and
Gentile# might after all become the ac-
cepted.
Fla* and Thistle*.
lie who helps another shows him-
self a brother.
The bread of life is a necessity
rather ihnn a luxury.
Some of us must have much care or
we Bhall cease from prayer.
Victories must be won in the will
before they nre won in the world.
He who would be delive.red from
evil must not lea 1 himself into temp-
tation.
If, when men are driven lo sin,
they would btdk a little more they
would be safe.— K im's Horn.
The short or rainy-duy skirt- is be-
coming very popular, not only for
stormy days, but for sunshiny days
as well, says Ladies' World.
Women are getting to be very sen-
sible about wearing these short,
skirts, and it is surprising how many
one sees of them now in the shopping
ddfitrict. '\t one time they were only
worn for wheeling, golf and stormy
days; but now one secs them at all
times, anti there is no skirt more,
comfortable than I his. Hut if they
are worn one most also wear nice
shoes with them, otherwise they do
not look well.
Tubular braid makes a pretty trim-
ming for gowns of wool or cloth, and
if laid over a color for Instance, red
or white it is very stylish. The
waist of a gray and black gown was
made with bolero fronts and the
vest was strapped with hands of veil
cloth with black tubular braid over,
nnd this same trimming went around
the edges oT the jacket, collar and
cuffs.
Kedhatswillbemuch worn for early
fall, either all red or black trimmed
with red. It is at- this season that
the red hats look pretty when worn
with black or durk blue suits. A
pretty hat was of red straw with a
trimming around the crown of red
chiffon, and a little to the left was
an immense rosette of the same ma-
terial.
A short-back sailor in an ecru
straw was trimmed with wide black
velvet ribbon bows in front, and at
the hack under the rim was a bunch
of deep red roses nnd black velvet
bow.
Another red hat, which was very
stunning, had bias bands of red vel-
vet around the crown nnd on the un-
der side of the brim, nnd in front was
a large how of grenadine silk-striped
red ribbon, with a bunch of light red
and dark red roses.
Very stylish and pretty was a large
white hat trimmed with white tulle
and delicately veiled with black, and
on either side of the crown was a
long black ostrich plume, nnd under
the rim at. the left side were two
large black silk flowers with yellow
centers. A Tuscan straw faced with
white chiffon had bands of black vel-
vet around the crown, with large
black velvet bow in front and pink
roses at the back, nnd another was
a rice straw trimmed with white
silk, and just tv little to the left was
an immense bunch of "Jack” roses.
Collars made of crinoline, to be
worn under ribbon stocks, etc., in-
stead ot' a linen collar, can be bought
for 10 or 15 cents. These collars
come in all sizes, and are wired lop
and bottom. with feather-bone
through the middle; they are said to
be very nice.
The white and black chiffon lions
nre pretty worn with light or thin
gowns, and they still have many ud-
mirers. Some of the all-white ones
are trimmed with a narrow niching
edged with black and long accordion
plaited ends.
A dainty and simple gown for an
informal evening affair is a pale
yellow organdie spotted with black.
Around the foot of the skirt are three
narrow ruffles of plain yellow,
trimmed on the edges with narrow
black lace. The lower pnrf of the
waist is of the dotted organdie with
a Lucked yoke of the plain yellow
and black lace insertion, and a bertha
of the yellow trimmed with lace.
The Kimonn dressing jacket Is a
most, convenient nnd comfortnble ar-
ticle to have in one’s wardrobe, and
is made of lawn, clinlli and flannel
and cashmere. Other dressing jack-
ets are made with tucks, yokes and
bolero fronts and trimmed with luce
nnd embroidery, and with full or
three-quarter length sleeves.
Shirt, waists nnd corset covers arc
cut off in front nt the'waist line, so
ns to have as little fullness over the
stomach as possible, for skirts now
must set; perfectly smooth nnd plain
over the hips nnd stomach. The
seamless corset cover reaches to Ihe
waist line only and is finished with
belt or drawing string.
The blazer is a stylish little coat
for wheeling; if is open in front with
small revers and extends a few inches
below the waist.
A very handsome street, gown of
fawn colored cloth polka dotted with
white was trimmed with bands of
plain cloth of the same color. The
back of this skirt was box plaited
and on the front and sides were per-
pendicular bands of the plain cloth
of different lengths, some reaching
half way nnd others not quite so far.
The Eton was of the polka dolled
cloth, while the sleeves anil collar
were of the plain.
Both the turn down and standing
linen collar sire worn with shirt
waists, ami there arc all kinds and
styles of pretty bows, stocks and ties
of ribbon, silk, pique and lace for the
neck.
Experiments Prove That It Will
Penetrate Human Tissues.
Xfn Commander-In-Chief of ifca
Grand Army of Ihe Republic
Wa* Dura la Germany.
Photograph* of Varloa* Object* Made
Through the Hand and Cheek of
a Man—Medical Value of
the llUcovery,
A remarkable discovery in the pos-
sibilities of photography has been
made by Dr. J. \Y. Kime, of Fort
Dodge, formerly editor of the Iowa
Medical Journal. Dr. Kime by his ex-
periments has proven that sunlight
will penetrate the human tissues, and
that n picture can he taken with light
that has first filtered through the
human body. Dr. Kime’s discovery
was made in connection with experi-
ments for the cure of tubercular
germs by the use of sunlight as n
germicide. This discovery was the re-
sult of long study of tuberculosis and
promises to be the greatest aid to the
thousands of people suffering from
tubercular troubles.
It is well known that sunlight is the
most effective germicide. The diffi-
culty that has confronted the scien-
tific world lias been the belief thnt
light could not be made to penetrate
the human tissues, and that, there-
fore, the parts suffering from tuber-
cular affections could not be reached.
Dr. Kime combated this theory, and
advocated thnt light, could be made
to reach the affected pnrts. To do this
he invented a disk of colored glass for
the purpose of securing the actinic
or light rays as differentiated from
the heat rays, The light was reflected
from tliiR circular mirror upon the
body of the patient.
To prove his theory thnt light
would penetrate the body Dr. Kime
began to perform some experiments
in photography. In this he was as-
sisted by (L L. Hostetler, a photogra-
pher. The results obtained . were of
such a character us to prove the cor-
rectness of the theory.
The subject upon whom the experi-
ment. was to be made was taken into
the dark room of Photographer Hos
tctler, aid the plates were applied
Judge Rnssieur, the new command-
er in chief of the Grand Army, was
born in Germany in 1S44. He came to
this country in 1951 with his parents,
who settled in St. Louis. He was ed-
ucated in the public schools nnd at-
tended the high school. He did not
complete the high school course, how-
ever, and at the age of til years took
position in a law office. He was
thus engaged at the breaking out of
the civil war, in the spring of 1861.
When not quite 17 he was selected by
the loyal Germans of South St. Louis
ns their spokesman at a meeting held
CHURCH AND CLERGY.
Mgr- James McMahon, the Sulpician
priest who gave $500,000 to the Cath-
jlic University of America in Wash-
ington a few years ago, has now
given that institution 11 lots of land
in Washington valued at $100,000.
A recent traveler in South Africa
tells of Benedictine nuns who have
undertaken not only to build their
house, but even to manufacture the
bricks. These devoted women have
ilready made over 100,000 bricks with
| their own hands.
Coffee Mou«*e.
Put four tablespoon fills finely
ground coffee in a small double boiler
and add half a pint of boiling water;
cover and let stand in a warm place 15
minutes; then strain. Return the
strained coffee to the double boiler;
add the yolks of six eggs and six la-
blespoonfuls sugar; stir over the fire
till nearly boiling or till it eoats Ihe
spoon, then add one teaspoonful vn-
nillu. and when cold, aod one pint of
whipped cream. Fill this in a mold;
lay over a sheet of paper; then put
on a tight-fitting cover anu pack the
mold in rock salt and ice: let freeze
four hours, then serve. Another way
is by adding one gill of cold, strong
coffee to one pint of whipped cream,
sweeten with three-quarter cupful
sugar and flavor with one tea spoon-
ful vanilla.—Ledger Monthly.
I'aneuke*.
Housewives, if your bread sponge
happens to sour, do not tnrow it way.
Simply add water to thin it. if too
thick, allowing one-half teaspoonful
of soda to every quart of sponge, nnd
fry like any pancake. They hove a
delicious flavor, resembling that of
the best buckwheat cakes, for which
they are sometimes mistaken.—La-
dies' World.
* True Greatness.
True greatness is always retiring
tad yet self-revealing.—Ram's Horn
GEN. LEO RASSIEUR.
■ • ’1 >'
■■ Y'
m
TAKEN THROUGH CHEEK.
(Picture of Mason City & Fort Dodge Rail-
way Station.)
with the greatest care that all rays
of light were excluded save those
which traversed the body from front
to back. The reflector used in the ex-
periment is a compound circular mir-
ror, 30 inches in diameter and over-
laid with blue glass. It is so con-
structed that all the light which falls
upon it is focused upon a spot eight
inches in diameter, about eight feet
in front of it. Thus an extraordinar-
ily powerful blue light is brought to
bear upon the part. Blue light is used
on account of the high percentage of
actinic rays of light in it as com-
pared with the number of heat rays.
A transparency on glass of a valley
in the Klondike region was used as
the original from' which the picture
was to be made. This was fastened to
a photographic dry plate which had
not been exposed to light, and the two
were placed upon the bnck between
the shoulder blades of a well-devel-
oped man, weighing 160 pounds, the
transparency being placed next to the
skin with the new plate immediately
behind it. Over these were placed
black paper, black cotton wadding,
some large, black cloths, and all were
bound down firmly with black
bandages. He was then taken into
the light room and the reflector was
turned upon the chest 15 minutes.
After exposure he was again taken
into the dark room and the plates
were removed and the illustration
shown was developed on the dTy plate.
All sources of air were carefully ex-
cluded, nnd the experiment was re-
peated on different occasions nnd with
like results. To further test the re-
liability of the procedure, nnd to in-
sure that- the picture was not pro-
duced by contact of the transparency
with the plate aided by body heat or
by some undertermined influence
other than the light transmitted
through tho body, plates were ar-
ranged in the same manner and for
like periods of time without attempt-
ing to pass light through the body
and no pictures were developed upon
the plate. The illustration accom-
panying shows a picture taken
through the cheek with the same
fidelity and care.
.Hive Oil Indnutry Declining.
In a recent report Consul Skinner,
of Marseilles, states that the impres-
sion prevails in his district thut the
olive crop of France will be a disap-
pointment thiH year, as it was last.
Meager reports from Spain. Italy,
Tunis and Algeria point to much the
same yield as last year. Consul Skin-
ner adds: “French farmers are dis-
posed to abandon the cultivation of
olive groves, as in recent years the
prices obtained for the oil have not
been satisfactory. Spain and Italy,
with cheaper land and eheaper labor,
and more particularly Tunis and Al-
geria*-are offering a competition too
severe for southern France. It is
doubtful if olive oil will ever recover
its old-time place, as many vegetable
oils, notably American cottonseed oil,
are being produced in increased quan-
tities from year to year, and are gain-
ing in the estimation of the public.”
Something About Thibet.
Thibet is larger than France. Ger-
many and Spain combined and has a
population of 6.000,004). It is ruled
over by Dalai Lama, who acknowl-
edges only a nominal allegiance to
China. He is tY*! head of Lamaism.
which is the oldest and strictest sect
of Buddhism. Nearly all Mongolia
is of the religion of tne Dalai Lama
of Lassa, and an ambitous man in the
glace would make trouble for China.
Organist with a Record.
An organist who dfed in • Sweden
had held the position of choirmaster
and organist in one church for 73
years without missing a service. He
and his ancestors had played the
organ in the same church for IW
year*.
m
teg
'JIM
GEN. LEO RASSIEUR.
(New Commander In Chief, Grand Army of
the Republic.)
for the purpose of deciding whether
the citizens of the locality ah'ould ex-
press their intention of standing by
the union or remaining neutral. At
the call of young Kassieur, who had
been ruled out of order by the chair-
man of the meeting, the loyal men in
attendance repaired to another place
and adopted a set of resolutions in
favor of the union, which has become
historic in the annals of Missouri.
Kassieur enlisted in the First United
States reserve corps, volunteers, May
7, 1861, and was made orderly ser-
geant of company B, He was mus-
tered out of service August 20, 1865,
with the rank of major, which com-
mission he received at the age of 20
years. At the close of the war be
studied law and was admitted to the
bar in St. Louis April 1, 1867. He
practiced law in St. Louis until 1894,
when he was elected judge of the St.
Louis probate court on the republican
ticket. At the expiration of his term
in 1898 he resumed the practice of
law, in which he is still engaged.
From 1874 until 1878 he was a member
of the board of directors of the pub-
lic schools of St. Louis, holding the
office of vice president during the last
year of his Incumbency. In 1889 he
was selected as attorney for the
school board, and held the position
for ten years. He is commander ot
Frank P. Blair poat, No. 1, O. A. B.,
of St. Louis. He was judge advocate
general of the Grand Army of the Re-
public in 1893, and department com-
mander of Missouri in 1891.
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. >
Relief Work for tko Safferera of tho
Terrible IWm In Ike Qnlf Const
Is In Hlo Charge.
Gov. Joseph D. Sayers of Texas,
who has general supervision of the
movements throughout the country
for the relief of the sufferers in the
big storm, is well known ia Washing-
ton, where he was a representative
from Texas for many years. He was a
heroic figure in the house. Modest,
brave, honest, sturdy, with rosy fact
JOSEPH D. SAYERS.
(Governor of Texas. In Charge of Gulf Re-
lief Movement.)
and with locks which, before they
were touched with gray, might have
made Absalom envious, Mr. Sayera
was popular with his fellow members
if he was not with the jobbers who
were after the money of Uncle Sam.
The governor is a Mississippian who
removed to Texas as a child. He wan
educated in that state, fought in the
confederate army and waa several
times wounded, studied law, and in
1878 Was elected lieutenant governor.
He was first elected to congress in
1884, and was returned until hia re-
cent election ns governor. He is 59'
years old. In Lnnman'a biographical
annals of congress Gov. Sayers is
given an unusually long notice.
Export* Show Ho Shrinkage.
Kxports of American tools and ma-
chinery do not show the shrinkage iu
volume which recent reports would in-
dicate. Some concern has been ex-
pressed by leading export houses byi
reason of a falling off in foreign or-
ders due to the high prices of iron andi
steel. In this connection it will be,
interesting to note that the exports
of builders’ hardware, saws and tool*
during the fiscal year 1900 were the
largest in the history of our export
trade, being $9,646,017, against $7,842,-
372 in 1899. $6,627,466 in 1897, and $5,-
509,188 in 1996, prior to which year
the exports in this line had never ag-
gregated so much as $5,000,000. In ex-
ports of sewing machines, typewriters,
electrical and other intricate ma-
chinery there are also gratifying in-
creases.
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