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The herald., 1897-11-21
CHANGE COMING
in MEMS DRESS.
Prominent Clothier Ayers That
"knickers " Are Slated for
Evening Wear.
FASHION LONG ADVOCATED.
And Now the Craze for Bikins and
Golf Has Removed Or
jectons.

Just about this season eyery wear
.he optimistic tailors launch a little
poom Tor knee breeches, to be worn
with evening dress. Heretofore the
movement has been fostered by custom
tailors solely, but this fall the matter
mas oeen taken up by some of the large
ciothlng houses. in the belief that they
iiaNe the real thing in booms at last
Ohe argument advanced for the adop-
tion OF knickerbockers has at least the
merit OF novelty. The chief objection
heretofore has been that we are such
an lil-developed race that to show our
iees 10 the public gaze would be too
severe shock. But now. the advocates
OF knee breeches declare we have
grown SO athletic-thanks to the bicy-
cie-,nat our legs may be displayed
with immunity.
"oN BE TAKEN FOR A WAITER.
VI course the adoption of this style
wouio eHectually prevent guests from
peing confounded with the servants
since the knee-breeched "Jeems" is not
yet common article in this country
ana the element of cheapness suggest.
ed py the dealer adds considerably 70
tne attractiveness OF the scheme. This
Is the way he put it:
VI course you know that the NOR.
chant tailors have made MANY despar-
ate attempts to induce their customers
TO wear something besides the funereai
waiter suit for evening dress. There is
very little for tailors in dress suits. for
customers wear them so long that the
average man orders one only once in
two OF three years; the fashion in dress
suits has not changed appreciably in
ten or fifteen years. But the clientare
or the merchant tailors has not been
large enough to enable them to make
any impression on the general public
ana men have gone on wearing the
standard dress suit. The only success.
ful innovation in this line has been the
dinner coat
USED TO "KNICKERS" NOW.
Tennis, golf and bicycling have, how
ever, in the last three or four years
made the wearing of .knickerbockers
so common that they no longer occa-
sion remark. Men who would not for
any consideration have appeared on
the street in bicycle 'knickers' few
years ago now wear them as a matter
OF course. and it will require no more
hardlhood to wear knee breeches in q
ball room than on the street.
"As to the old-tme attire being suit-
able for the ball room, there can be no
question about it. Dancing is more
violent exercise than wheeling, and no
The herald., 1897-11-21

my theory is that this protection has
been acquired by constant exposure to
the disease through so many ages of
civilization. Pulmonary consumption
is notably disease of civilization, and
the Hebrew is the Oldest of pure blood
ed nations.
Now in yellow fever there are two
sorts Of protected people,--the whites
who have become protected by a previ-
GUS attack, and the negro who Is pro-
tected by ages Of exposure to condi-
tions conducive to the disease in Africa.
after experimenting with the trans
fusion Of blood for the cure of con-
sumption, l am convinced that the
same protecting influence can be exer-
cised in the case OF yellow fever by
the TRANSMISSION of the blood of the ne
gro to that of white men. 1t will be
necessary. If the experts now treating
yellow fever adopt my suggestions.
that they procure the blood of the
purest blooded negro obtainable, and
make the experiment not later than
during the earliest stages OF the disease.
Wy method Of TRANSMISSION Of blood
from one human being to another Is
to open the vein at the elbow Of each
The herald., 1897-11-21

The Canadian government has just
had built, in accordance with designs
furnished by the military authorities, a
car that will play an important part
in any future warfare in which Cana
dian soldiers take part,F. The ear is a
gigantic kitchen, capable of furnishing
meals, on a pinch, to as many as 1,500
hungry soldiers without overtaxing its
capacity. The immense extent of ter
ritory which it would be necessary to
protect in case of a general war has
been for some time source of un-
easiness to the Canadian government.
1t has been evident that the sparsely
settled country, so different from the
thickly populated States on this side of
the border would be very weak basis
for q line of battle. While the United
States would have rich aging should
supplies run short the British would
find only barren hills apd er.pty wastes
in large part of the region over which
they would be spread to guard the
frontier. To provide against this e,ner-
gency it was decided to build car
The herald., 1897-11-21
ROLLING KITCHEN TO FEED 800 HUNGRY SOLDIERS
Novel and Important Military Experiment Soon Be Tried by
the Canadian Government

that would be gigantic kitchen on
wheels, and to make a careful test of
it's capacity for feeding troops with n
view to ascertaining how many of
such cars would be required in time
of war to feed the entire military force
Of the Dominion.
The car is now finished, and expert
ments will begin at. once. A train is
to be despatched over the Canadian
Pacific Railway from one side Of the
continent to the, ,oth.r. On this train
there will be a body OF soldiers which
will depend for subsistence entirely up
on the rolling kitchen that accompanies
them. Meals will be served according
to a carefully prepared schedule, and
the officer in command will take notes
of the incidents of the trip in order
that the government may have the full
est possible data to guide them in their
calculations to determine the value of
the idea.
The car from which Tommy Atkins"
will draw his sustenance in future
ights-and on excursions and field days
The herald., 1897-11-21

skin Of the back Of each of the pa
tientS. This process was repeated
three times in the space of six weeks
1t was then discontinued. the butcher
refusing to submit further. The pa
tients improved wonderfully One
gained ten pounds in eight weeks, an
other doing nearly as we'll. The Lupus
was cured. These cases had all been
treated with Kochs Lymph, so the
test was not SO satisfactory on that
account. 1t demonstrated, though,
that the treatment was most efiica-
cious. The reason for this eXperume ent
was this-persons belonging to the Sc
mitic race are not nearly SO sus 'cptible
to consumption as is the Aryan. There
is something in them that resists the
disease. Modern psychologists believe
that this resisting element is the white
blood corpuscle
The herald., 1897-11-21

"Of course. we have looked out foS
the question Of expense. Formerly knee
breeches for men were made only to
order and were expensive. Now there
are thousands of expert makers OF
these garments, and knee breeches can
be made for S.. Suitable stockings can
be sold for 81, and patent leather
pumps for SO. So it would cost the
average man only 81 to change from
trousers to the costume of Washington.
oh you will see the new-old fashion
catch on and what's more, when
swallow-tail coats wear out, you will
see long dinner coats replace them, SO
that by 1900 evening dress will consist
of dinner coat. waist-cOat, knee
breeches. silk stockings and pumps"
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-11-21
Earnest Renan's Boyhood,

Earnest Renan was the son of a poor
Norman sailor, and his first days were
passed, as he confesses candidly, in
comparative poverty. Shortly after the
death Of his father, Earnest entered
the little seminary in Trequier his ma
tive place, and began his studies for
the priesthood. In his fifteenth year.
when circumstances seemed to have
destined him for the quiet, humble du-
ties of a village pastor, he attracted
the attention of the then still unknown
Monsignor Dupanloup, who at glance
discovered his great capabilities, and
took charge of his further educat ation.
The herald., 1897-11-21

Mexico's compulsory education law
provides for the following course Of in
struction in the public schools of the
federal district and territories: Read
ing and writing in the Spanish lam
guage, moral instruction, principles of
arithmetic and geometry, elements of
geography, national history, drawing.
use of mechanical tools, gymnastics.
military exercises for boys, and sewing,
etc, for girls. Attendance is to be COM
pulsory for ten months in the year be-
tween the ages of six and twelve years
The herald., 1897-11-21
The Blind in Russia.

An elaborate investigation has shown
that the number of blind people in Rus
sia is very unequally divided among
the different races. there being only s
blind i'll each 10000 Poles, 19 in each
10000 Russians, and as many as SO in
eighth Of the cases of blindness are due
to smallpox, and only one-half to di-
rect eye diseases.
The herald., 1897-11-21
THE COMING KN1cKERBocKER DRESS SUIT

sensible man likes to have trousers
flapping around his ankles when dane
ing. Again. knee buckles and silk
st kings give man ap air Of dis
tinction he can never have when
wearing trousers, and render it impos-
sible to mistake him for a waiter.
One reason why men would not take
up the fashion of wearing knee
breeches was that Americans were for
merly thin and scrawny, and had pc Dr.
ly developed legs. Athletics and Wheel
ing have changed all that. The aver
age man now has legs he need not be
ashamed of; moreover. the man who
wears a dress suit is usually a man
who is we'll fed and tolerably prosper
Gus. and who has some flesh on his
bones
The herald., 1897-11-21
NATIONS Of EUROPE IN THE YEAR 1897,
Remarkable Predictions Based on Study
of Statistics===Pet Theories Upset===
Hygiene Mightier Than the Sword.

If the present rate of increase in
population in Europe is continued,
some startling national changes are
going to be wrought within the next
century
In the little table which follows. the
average birth and death rates of the
principal countries in Europe, as oh
served for twenty years prior to the
taking of the last general censuscs, are
made the basis for predicting the pop
ulation of the same countries in 1891,
disregardinS emigration for the mo-
ment.
The herald., 1897-11-21
Compulsorv Education in Mexico.

Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-10
Hendficks turned TO bis Communion.

Hendricks turned TO his companion.
GOOD so farr' he calculated. "They
are all here, every one Of them. / was
afraid some one would back out on some
pretext or other''
An hour passed Not word was
spoken by the two men. Hendricks sat
at the open fire, his hands clasped over
his knee. Suddenly he sprang up. They
had heard the door of the drawing
room open. The hall was filed with the
sound OF footsteps and voices. Then the
front door closed, and Farnhall came
into the room
II made an ass Of myself" he said.
"That fellow Ralph is young dare
devil He dropped on to me in a very
short time and knocked my feet from
under me. He offered to bet $1,000
that l suspected one of them to be
guilty OF the theft, and he laughed at
the idea of the papers having been
stolen. He said the old man had simply
mislaid them and that they would turn
up all right"
Hendricks did not seem to be listen
ing.
"Quick, doctorp' he said. "We must
be after them. Good night, Farnhall.
] did not think your scheme would
work"
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CHAPTER XIV.


When they reached the street, they
saw the Benton party about half block
ahead Of them.
"Making for the Fourteenth street
elevated station" said Hendricks.
"That's all right. Kola will catch
them a little farther on.
"Kolaa Who's that-your East In
dian pupil?'
my teacher in some things-uncan-
ny roles, for instance. He will take
them in tow. I am sure of it, for he
has never said he would do thing and
failed. There he is now.''
A man dressed in the costume Of the
East Indies emerged from the dark
doorway Of an uninhabited apartment
house in the middle Of the block and
stepped in front of the Benton party.
Hendricks drew his companion into the
shadow Of wall and held his breath
Kola seemed to be talking to them
earnestly, and they seemed to be hest
tating.
After few minutes the group moved
on, and Kola came toward Hendricks
and Lampkin. They heard him laugh
as he drew near.
"All right" he said in his strange,
musical accent. "They will go as soon
as ! join them again. made pretext
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you've never felt of it either?'
gfnf nnnrCn not
'OssOo. 90 o.-oo~e's

you've never felt Of it either?'
"Of course not
"Well, don't talk to me about what
you are as ignorant Of as a newborn
baby"
DR.. Lampkin opened his lips to speak,
but could think Of nothing to say and
remained silent.
The patient grasped the arms of the
chair and raised himself a few inches.
"What sort of medicine are you 60
ing to give me? Joe thrives Oh every
thing in the way of physic. He seems
to look on it as a sort of dessert. can
feel him wag his tail with satisfaction
when he gets a dose of medicine. be-
lieve on my life if I was to take half
pound of arsenic he'd reach up to the
root of my tongue to receive it,"
"You must not talk SO much" said
Lampkin, red in the face and still con-
fused. II shall not use physio. My
treatment is through what is known as
hypnotic suggestion"
"a new one on me-" said the pa
TENT ~ don't know as I care to mon
key with it. 1t is something you fell
lows amt quite sure of and want to try
it on dog, suppose.
Lampkin stared helplessly for fully
minute. He looked at his watch and
shrugged his shoulders. He could not
remember ever having had such per-
picking experience. He almost felt as
If the old man were jesting with him,
and yet the idea was not tenable when
he met his mild glance and heard his
plaintive voice.
cit won't hurt you Bit" began
Lampkin in tone of gentle persuasion.
"You see, I simply put you to sleep,
and when you wake"-Lampkin was
thinking of reptile Of more magnifi-
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He sprd'g up, took hold of the knob and
pulled 1t eTcttedly.
place left where it usually stays, which
might feel rather uncomfortable. even
if it does seem to get more good nnt 90
my victuals THANH do. !"
Lampkin bit his lip and turned aside
to hide a smile.
"Sit in this big chair" he said.
Your trouble is very common one
nowadays" he went on, to prepare the
mind of his patient for hypnotism.
II don't doubt it, - returned the old
man, stretching himself in the chair.
~ sometimes 60 into corner bar to
take drink, and one night met three
men there who claimed to have had
them. ! don't know what they took to
get shet of them. Seems like have
tried every concoction under the sun.
Joe isn't bit particular about his
diet''-
"Joe?" interrupted Lampkin. Whom
do you meanG"
"That's my snakes name" ex-
planned the old man, raising mild
glance of surprise to the doctor. "You
see, have daughter who keeps COM
pany with young man, and she didn't
want me to talk snake so much before
him, so I got to calling it Joe, to be
polite, you know. don't see why a
man can't talk about snake he has
had one as long as have. )"
Or. Lampkin burst into an impulsive
laugh and then attempted to disguise
Il by plunging at oDce into the case.
He reached up to o shelf and took down
q glass jar containing snake in alco-
hol. To hypnotize a patient he found 1t
necessary to first secuAe his entire con-
f1dence.
"This," he began, "came from the
stomach of one of the wealthiest bank
ers in New York. removed 1t without
the slightest difficulty"
"Huhp' sneered the old man, his
tone containing tinge OF pride. Joe
can't be compared to that thing. He is
ten times as large. He'd have tn be
ouartered or stretched out like rubber
gas tube to get through my throat.
at only seems larger to you because
IL is inside of You" said the doctor,
floundering helplessly. Already no was
beginning to think he had come across
an, unmanageable patient.
''If you are going to begin such rot
as that, shan't take a drop OF your
medicine, " the old man blurted out II
oupht TO know more about it than you.
Have you ever seen my shaker"
ssNo, " replied the doctor, avoiding
the contepptuous gaze OF his patient
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Kola touched his Tichlv c0lored tlrb0n
and SGuntered after the group.
to leave to speak to you. Go on to my
house and wait for me. I'll be there
with Them"
Good" said the detective. "Glad
you put on those toys. Such things
work on the average American mind"
Kola touched his richly colored tur-
ban and turned and sauntered on after
the group. Hendricks drew Lampkin
round and hurried him toward Ninth
avenue.
81 am completely at sea-" remarked
the doctor as they turned the corner
and started up town.
The detective laughed. "It's all on
the programme, he said. "It would
spoil your fun if were to let you in
to the secret just now" Hendricks
smoothed out his long beard with both
hands. BLASTED hot, these things" he
muttered. II say, doctor, did you ever
investigate the psychic powers OF the
East Indian adepts?"
"No," answered the doctor.
"Do you believe in their SO called
supernatural pOwers!
DR.. Lampkin reflected.
II am forced to bellows that they are
much more deeply versed in psychology
than we are" he admitted.
"Kola is a marvel. said Hendricks.
"The other day when I decided on get
ting him to help me in this matter ]
sat down and wrote him note telling
him what ! had in view. After had
finished il I laid IL aside to write some
other things, intending to send 1t by a
messenger. I give you my word that as
was going ont half an hour later met
Kola at the door. His face was beam
ing, and the first thing he said was: i
am glad to do it, Mr.. Hendricks. am
ready any moment to aid you.
IT stared at him in surprise, and then
the fellow began to blush like school
girl.
"'I forgot, he said, that you have
not yet told me, but already knew.
"'You knew that had written you?
! asked in establishment.
eyes, he replied, and then he told
me exactly what had written. l asked
him how he did it, but he made no reply"
az have heard that East Indians are
able to do such things" remarked
Lampkin. 81 am awfully glad l met
him. want to get at the truth about
some of the things that / have heard of
his people"
"He could lay your bypnotism in the
shade" TESTED the detective. ''He told
me he could convince awhole room full
of people that he had cut off his own
head. "
81 don't doubt it, replied the doc
tor. "What did he say to the Benton
party?"
"Oh, he gave them some song and
dance about having received some mes
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cent proportions which he had in an
other jar of alcohol-"Ill show you the
snake"
"I don't quite approve Of the plan,"
replied the patient obviously. "You
see, Joe and me has been companions,
so to speak, for more than 30 years,
and I haven't ever laid eyes on him.
Now, it don't seem to me that it would
be treating him with due respect for me
to be sound asleep when he makes his
first bow to daylight, don't you know"
DR.. Lampkin smothered an oath with
his hand, and, turning to seat at the
window, sat down. The patient sat up
in his chair and stared at him critic
ally, then stood up, reached out to a
table and took possession of cigar and
a match.
eff you don't mind" he said, with a
snigger, "I'll take puff or two. Just
about this time of day me and Joe are
accustomed to a smoke. He's as fond of
it as''-
"Hane your impudencep said the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-10
CHAPTER XIII.

At about half after O'Clock that
evening the figures Of two aged men
mounted the steps of one of the new
residences in West Thirteenth street,
near Eighth avenue.
Farnhall himself met them at the
door.
"Come in" he said, with laugh.
II suppose it is you, though I couldn't
swear to it. was awfully afraid you'd
be late and get here after the others"
II knew the train they'd take" an
swered Hendricks, and then he intro
duced DR.. Lampkin.
"Come right back into the dining
room," said the lawyer, shaking hands
with the doctor. II shall have to leave
you to yourselves, as must look over
some documents before they arrive"
1--WE can manage very well" replied
Hendricks. Don't let us disturb you. /"
~ presume il my plan succeeds that
you won't object to make the arrest.
thought you would not, 80 did not in
form the police.
at would be genuine pleasure, -
answered Hendricks; but, as told you
the other day, I don't believe you can
succeed"
Farnhall looked little crestfallen.
"You don't think so? And in case
fail suppose you won't let me help
you in the plans you have in view."
Sorry, but it is impossible" said
the detective. lyon see, we are in dis
guise, and it would not do to run the
risk of adding another man. But shall
do all can toward recovering the miss
ing papers.
81 am sure of that" said Farnhall
"Well, amuse yourselves as well as you
can. If / fail, I'll let you know in
stantly."
"Be sure to do that" cautioned
Hendricks. II want to follow them as
soon as they leave the house."
Half an hour later Hendricks and
Lampkin heard the front doorbell ring.
The detective sprang to the door of the
dining room, drew aside the curtain
and peered cautiously into the hall.
Voices were heard exchanging greet
ings, and then they ceased as the draw
inc room door closed.
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tTo BE Continued
state Notes.

state Notes.
Mrs. Catherine Hyde, of Lccirct3n.
Mich. is 1O5 years old. She has :
six grandchildren. thirteen great n VI
children and four great-great- :. 40
children.
A farmer drilling a well near To-
,ico Bay. Mich. seven miles noil 81;
Bay City, reports having penetrate g
vein Of coal six feet, four Inches IL
thickness.
Miss Lulu Weiss, Of McnrCe. M.ch.,
on March % last, started letter around
the world After about eight months.
it had returned with postmarks from
Japan, Friendly Islands. the Transvaal,
Germany and Newfoundland.
The Souvenir Wheel company, manu-
featuring bicycles at Grand Rapids,
Mich, filed a chattel mortgage for $1o,-
GA to George Clapperton, trustee.
Farmers Of Hamlin township. Eaton
county, Mich. have formed an organi-
cation for mutual benefit and protection
in disposing Of their crops.
Captain C. w. Gray of Saginaw, Mich,
committed suicide by shooting, as a
result of quarrel with one Of his chill
dren.
The board Of trustees Of Albion col
lege, Michigan, have elected I'm p.
Ashley, Phi. D., of Lima, N. Y, presi-
dent, to succeed DR.. Lewis r. Fiske.
who resigned last May because Of adj
vanced age, after twenty years of SER
vice.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-10

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