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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27

Twelve western members of Roosc-
yelt's rough riders have Just sailed for
Cuba to prospect for gold. Most of
them are old miners. and they say they
saw unmistakable indications of
gold-bcaring quartz on San Juan hin.
If they find anything worth Will.
they will stake ont claims.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27

Paul Cambon the new French am
bassador to England. was in his youth
devoted to theatricals. He was highly
successful in private performances.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27

John Quincy Adams: A mans diary
is record in his youth of his senti-
ments, in middle age oil his actions, in
old age OF his refect:enS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27
UNABLE TO AGREE.

Jury in the Lake City Lynchine
Case Discharged.
Charleston, S. c., April 25.-The jury
in the Lake City lynching case this
morning reported to the Sourt its in
ability to agree and was discharged.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27

point to the exclusion of all others.
Marconi will visit the United State,
next October.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27

In Austria Christian witness is
sworn before crucifiN. between two
lighted candles and, holding up his
right hand, says: II swear by God the
almighty, and all wise, that speak the
pure and full truth. and nothing but
the truth, in answer to anything | may
be asked by the court" Probably the
most curious European oath is admin
istcrcd in Norway. The witness raises
his thumb, his forctingcr and his mid
die finger. These signify the Trinity
while the larger of the upliftcd fingers
is supposed 10 represent the soul of the
witness, and the smaller to indicate his
body.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27
Fourth Cavalry.
ANIiIC0.
PRIvATEs WIN. b. JACKSON and
WIN. ID. SKINNER, Company i.
I'ilty-t'irst Iowa

Wounded: Company E-Corporal
George T.. Mariner, forearm, severe;
Lewis Hunter, hand, severe; Privates
Carl Gardner, thigh, severe; Walter
Larson, thigh, moderate; Robert l.. Dali
ley, dorsal region, severe. Company
M-Adrian Packet, leg, severe; Bert,
Thomas, thigh, severe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-27
In no place on earth do villages have

In no place on earth do villages have
perhaps such curious and sometimes
quaint names as in kentucky. Here
arc Il few of the postoflices: Tywhop
pity, lngicrubber Possum Trot. Frog
Levee, Dog Walk, Bully Boy, Slaugh-
ter House, Broken Bridge, Misery
Mount, Maiden Blush, 1ipsey Creek,
BARLOW Flats, Rabbit Hash, Riddle
merock. Redberryrock, Ransom Free,
Buncombe Bog, ubctyou. uno, Init,
Democrat, Darling, Digitont, Fossil
Fork, Ratsnest, lightweight, Sunset.
Salt Greek. lnsomar, Limberneck.
Chickory Creek. llickorynut, Holy
Haunt, Tinklcyturn, Tadpole Bank.
Iovelyville, l'atchtown, Chestnut
Grove, Whangdoodlc, Whercaway,
Cricllmorccrack, Caesars Coast, I.ibcr-
ty, Love, Mud. Money, Gold Buckle,
Silver Dust, Gooscbonc. Becfburg Bul-
yards Roost and Tipplctub.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-06-16
che Comb Of Esther ano Noroecai.

The tomb of Esther and Mordecai, the famous
characters in the Biblical book of Esther has been
discovered in Hamedan, Persia, and the inscriptions
the sarcophag and the tombtsel read and trans
lated The discovery is most timely for wri-
tiers have tried to dscredit the Biblical story and the
festival of Purim, which goes back to it for basis.
This tomb has evidently been added to at various
periods, and is now sixty feet high. The entrance is
to the left of the center leading into outer pass
age. To the lett is the tomb OF ancient sage,
and to the right the tomb Of old physician, with
a stand bearing lamps and oil in front oft.
wall separates the sacred part from this outer
section. At its western end door leads the prn
cipal part of the tomb To the right is Mordecai's
tomb, and to the left Esthefs, parated from each
other by corridor, along which pilgrims pass going
around the sarcophag In niche is scroll of the
law, and ostrich egg is suspended beneath the
dome, as is the custom in all Persian tombs.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-06-16
Che president OF the Russian Court OF Gassacn on the
Rffatre Drepfus.

The "Petersburgkaja WJedomost7 publishes an
interview with M. Ignatz Saikewsk with reference
to the Dreyfus affair. He pointed that the anti
Semitic campaign was responsible for the scandal.
Anti-Semitism nothing more than socialist ag-
itaton and one of the most dangerous forms of that
agitation. AS 1t was known in Paris that
the condemnation of Jewish officer was judicial
error the antiSemites and Chauvinists knew how to
act There should beno justice for Jews and at once
there the fable of the German Jewish Syndi-
cate, which had for its object the release of Dreys
by of colossal bribes of the conspiracy Of the
Dreyfusards, and the dispatch of large across
the French frontier. The Dreyfus affair plainly shows
how dangerous it is to attempt to undermine an old
civilization and how unpatriotic is the action Of
those who show their false love for the Fatherland
through the persecution of followers of religious
faith, and sow hatred and discord. and who arouse
dissatisfaction with the existing order of things
the land M Saikewskidoes not say, however, what
will be the effect of the continued religious pcrsecu-
tions III. his own country. 4
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-06-16
Caleb 5ekartm.

1I61WO lights wed with each other in little attic
SlpN the light Of hafconsumed candle, and that OF
the morning sum- the latter penetrating eeby through
shabby green curtain. One resembled the last sigh
of the dying the other the breath of child
one a spirit about to take it's flight the other soul
awakening from sleep. The fulvous, trembling light
of the candle fell upon the tme-staned leaves Of
large book lying open the table, while the rosy
light of dawn caressed the pale forehead of young
man who had sunk back in moth-eaten armchair
and was deeply buried in revere that for him time
not.
His emaciated frame was enveloped in thread
bare caftan; from beneath small black velvet capa
mass of brown, tangled, curly hair fell loosely over
face that had evidently never known the joys of
happy sprngtime, face the lines of which spoke Of
suffering resignation and tireess study His great
eyes shone with glory of their own-sombre eyes
!. that gazed heavenward, eyes that had detached
themselves from earth, and were turned toward
another world--a world where the sight was not
dimmed by brilliant co1ors, where there was no
sound, no consciousness Of space; a world where
mind freed from matter, reigned solitary and
sublime.
Sick and poor was Caleb Jekarim, this Jewish
student who had sat through the watches OF the
night porting over his books and yet he was happy,
He had no mother his lips had never touched the
perfumed lips Of woman and yet he had found
mistress more beautiful than any mortal creature,
more richly adorned than all the queens of the
East
He was sowretchedly poor that he had abso-
lutely nothing he could call his own; even the Tai
mud before him. the welspring of all his delights,
did not belong to him; but when he had lost himself
in its yellow, WE'LL humbed leaves, the heaviness
and oppression of this earth would fall away and,
Welding the ecstasy that possessed him, he would
be borne alot toward radiant heights upward,
upward into the realms Of light and spendor.
The smoke and traffic of cities; narrow, darksome
valleys; broad, fertile PLANS the mitess expanse OF
waters-all all would sink from view would be lost
in the luminous immensely in which his spirit
hoated.
He would forget everything his misery, his soil
tude his yearning for love- the visions Of bliss that
futtered to him from the wings Of night He would
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-06-16
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

morning at his residence west Clay street He
was in his sixty-fourth year, and is survived by
widow, who was Miss Sarah Bachrach, and seven
children. The deceased had been in bad health for
some time.
The hour of the funeral, which will probably be
time to-day, had not been set at this writing.
The times., 1899-10-22
How to MaI.e Good Beef Ten.

Illness is a possible calamity in every
house. and one never knows when one may
be called upon to undertake the duties Of
temporary nurse. lnowledge of how to
make cup OF really good and nourishing
beef tea should, therefore, be at every
woman's finger ends First, chop very fine
or mace with a machine a pound and a
half Of gravy beef from which every par
ticle Of fat has been removed. Place il in
AN earthenware jar with lid, add pint
OF cold water, and let it remain an hour
occasionally stirring and pressing firmly
with a spoon Then place the jar. with the
lid on, IN a saucepan large enough TO COW
er IT, with sufficient water to reach nearly
TO the i'd but not near enough to rise
above il, and enter the jar. The water
in the saucepan is TO be kept just under
boiling point, at the corner Of the fire. for
three hours. adding a little water occas-
ionally, and when the time has
expired the jar may be re-
moved. the beef tea drained from the
meat, which is then 10 be pressed closely
as possible through a coarse straining
cloth. so as to extract all the liquid. After
standing a short time, the beef tea viii
become clear much light brown fially mat
ter falling TO the bottom. BY no means
remove this, as it is nutritious material.
The times., 1899-10-22
Copyrgnt, 1892, by s. n. Baldwin.

PARIS, Oct. 6.-Among the various de-
corations which grow more elaborate and
fanciful as the season grows apace fringes
take the lead. They are considered just
the thing to intensity the long, slender
lines OF the present styles, more apparent
in evening wear perhaps than on the
street. for according to the modern
Parisienne's taste the evening gown must
appear like a shroud, tightly enveloping
the body and caught here and there into
long. flowing folds with knots Of ribbon
or velvet or buckles of precious stones.
Beautiful. hand made, and undulating with
every movement of the wearer, these
fringes lend themselves particularly TO
these ideas, and as they are both novel
and costly they have somewhat supplanted
the omnipresent laces in the favor of the
ultra fashionable. One beautiful dinner
gown is an example of the effectiveness
of fringe garniture. 1t has a Prlncesse
foundation Of white silk, made very cling
ing and with modified train, which IS
finished with pleated iounce Of white
chiffon. There is a redingote made of a
"hlet' of netted white silk done by hand
and finishing with a wide fringe. The
meshes are drawn tightly over the back,
but fall in graceful dTaperies in front and
are caught with chouX of white velvet
with centres of strass buttons. The drap-
cry is a chef d d'oeuyrss of dressmaking and
is so arranged that the fringe forms
jabot at the draped left side and also falls
over the chiffon founce of the foundation
skirt. The under bodice IS decollete and
The times., 1899-10-22

fume from the Fat, having a stronger at
traction therefor than the lard. and the
result is the finest eau de cologne. Most
Of this pomade is shipped as it stands 70
all parts OF Europe and America. but some
Of IL is reserved and the oils are extracted
by distiliIng processes, making the purest
extracts. So much for the industry which
has made Grasse rich and famous But
in this story lies much that is suggestive
for US in the United States.
Ii is beyond question that in many por-
tions of the United States just as fine
and strongly psrfumed flowers can be raIs-
ed as in France. The varieties OF rCses.
for instance, which are best for making
perfumes, are not the American Beauties
or La France. but the commouer varieties,
which will grow Iuxuriously almost any
where in the States. Ii is certain that if
the attention Of some OF our women were
directed. to this matter they could earn
many dollar pleasantly by the manufac-
ture Of perfumes. Ii would require no con-
pltcated machinery to make pomade just
as it is made in Grasse. The lard could be
bought and retinde. it could be spread on
the plates OF glass. and il would be both
pleasant and profitable to spend q few
weeks in June picking roses and spreading
the leaves on the absorbing fat. Then II
you did not care to make the cologne your
self, you could sell your pomade and get a
good price for it.
The times., 1899-10-22
HALLOWEEN DRAWS NEAR.
A Mystic Night when MHidens In
woke the Future.

A Mystic Night when Mnidens In
woke the Future.
The night Of October 81 is the one pc
rlod in all the year when the future is
made known-for is it not the vigil Of
HalIowmass, or All Saints Eve? On this
night. says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
above all others, spirits were supposed to
walk the earth, strange dreams foretold
prosperity or adversely, lovers were tested
by various charms, future marriages were
arranged, and the wilder the superstition
the more current its belief According to
ancient tradition, that which is human is
endowed on All Halloween with the Won
drous power of detaching itself from the
visible and allowing the spirit individuali-
ty to leave its house Of flesh and blood
and soar away to the realms of the imma-
terial Out OF this Union Of spirits came
the belief in the great power of diyinatton
on that night TO obtain whatever was wish
ed or longed for. In modern times RSllo-
ween has always been enjoyable becarse of
the popular superstitions attaching to it.
, There is something attractive, especially to
the young in that which is weird and ian
tastic, and a night when imagination may
run riot, when any supernatural story may
be believed. when FAIRIES and goblins are
supposed to hold high revelTy, and any
ceremony, however eXtrdyagant, may be
INDUCED in, Is sure to be popular.
One of the most entertaining tests of mod
ern times is the baking Of a dumb cake"
By it can be learned which of a party Of
young women viii be married first
The sterner sex is banished. A cake is
mixed in silence II anyone speaks she is
( thrown out Of the charmed circle. She will
be the last to be married and will make
a poor match at that When the cake is
finished and set in the oven the door
Will open. A man will walk into the room.
The girl upon whom his eye first falls Will
be the first led to the altar
II a young woman has the courage she
may gaze upon the face Of the man the
gods have chosen for her. Just at y
O'Clock she must walk backward down the
cellar stairs. She must be alone and have
no light except the candle she carries.
She must eat an apple on the way down,
and on the bottom step the core must fall
Then, il she raises a small glass which is
fastened about her neck over her shoulder
she will see the face of the man who is to
be all in all - her and whose dinners she
| must order in the future.
1t is not necessary to wait for time to
The times., 1899-10-22
E. AINE MoSTAILLE.~

The stylish hat is of black chenille and felt
braided, and is trimmed with black plumes
and red black velvet ribbon.
With her. usual fckleness, Dame Fashion
leads us with a jump from muti-toned
creations to dark hues and black, not with
out an evident pang of regret, for even
the somberest toilette is enhanced with a
bit of color somewhere. Thus the perfo-
rated "a jour- cloths are invariably black
or dark, while the silk Innings are white
Or OF some bright, harmOnizing or con-
trasting shade.
Capes are on a decline since the de-
crease of the sleeve has again brought for
ward the jaunty jackets and coats which
impart au air of youthfuIness and a style
to the figure which the capes ever failed
to do. Yet there is no denying their prac-
ticability and pretty models for matrons or
for evening wear are constantly created.
They are usually close fitting over the
shoulders and finish with a long but mar
row flare Matrons are pleased at the re-
incarnation of the dolman which varies
little in its present shape from that of
twenty years ago. White or biscuit col
ored cloth is prominent for evening cape5,
which are made quite long and roomy. The
rage for Persian and Oriental designs has
also invaded this realm. One pretty model
is made of velvet covered with an Oriental
pattern in soft dull shades, and is finished
with two very slightly hared bands of
stitched cream colored cloth, set one upon
the other, like to simulate wide tucks.
The high flaring collar, as well as the en-
tire cape, is lined with fur.
FELIX FOURNERY.
The times., 1899-10-22

sleeveless, but the white silk net reaches
to the neck which is encircled by a wide
collar of pearls, and the tight elbow
sleeves of unlined ''hlet" also finish with
strings OF pearls and choux of white vel
vet The same gown is successfully dupli-
Gated in black silk and black "flet" with
collar and bracelets of jet.
That fringes are not less effective on
street costumes is proven by our illus
tration. Black cloth composes this cos
tune, and is lined with black satin. The
serpentine flounce Of black cloth is very
slightly fared and is surmounted by deep
fringe of black silk with a "hlet' body,
like that which figures in the description
of the white dinner toilette. The short
tunic of black cloth closes invisibly at the
back and is encircled near the waist line
with four rows of cordings. The corded ef-
feet continues on the tight fitting bodice,
which closes in the underarm seam and is
partly veiled by fringe matching the one
on the skirt and attached to form a point
in front, while at the back 1t Is straight.
The small double bolero follows the lines
Of the fringe in front and back and is fin
ished with sCallops which are lined with
black satin and decorated with two rows
Of black silk stitchings and small crystal
buttons. The tight sleeves of black cloth
are capped with satin and stitched like the
bolero The wrists are perfectly plain. but
white linen cuffs are worn with crystal cuff
buttons. The collar forms a bright con-
trast 20 the sombre black 1t is Of bright
red velvet, with a stiff crayat bow of the
same and the belt follows suit. being of
red leather, closing with a crystal buckle.
The times., 1899-10-22
USE OF POCKET WHISTLES.
They 8iake Acceptable Gifts for
Country Friends.

Country Friends.
Those who are looking around for some
little gift for a friend who lives part or
the whole of the year in the country can
not please him better than by selecting one
Of the new whistles. It is well, therefore,
TO bear in mind how accsptible, as souve-
Mrs. are these trifies Indeed, whistles are
for the moment the smartest little dooda-
dies that are TO be seen. 1t is astonishing
how many times day men, and women,
too, for that matter, find the occasion to
use them. They call their dogs by one;
sometimes their children.
That is Mary's, or Henry's whistle" is
an expression heard all over the place.
When returning from a drive iE a run
about or single trap the whistle 3 a splen-
did means of communication rith the sta
bic, and so soon as its thElliug note is
heard, groom comes running up 20 the
house to be on the spot wheu he IS needed.
In fact, one never knows how iudispensa-
bic this little signal is until, after having
once possessed one. II has been lost or mis-
laid. To prevent such grievance as this,
the new ones have attached 20 them a fine
safety chain, similar TO the ones worn on
eye glasses, with a pin at one end which
iastens Il to the coat That Is, men wear
their whistles fastened to them in this way
and drop them in their upper vest pockets.
Women usually wear them suspended from
the belt.
The newest whistles are extremely dain-
ty and pretty. They are made OF gold or
gun metal. The gold ones are most at
tractive when perfectly plain in design.
Some of them are quite unique in shape
and suggestive Of tiny toboggsns. Again
others are most elaborate. One that was
recently seen and which had just come
from London was of gun metal in the old
fashioned orthodox shape. A large spider
was wrought upon it and the cylinder part
was encircled by its claws. IN the back
Of the spider was sunken a very large en-
erald. Many of them are seeen with to-
pazes and amethysts in the top. and they
are quite enchanting. At a gay dinner
party given at LenOx, hardly a fortnight
ago, three OF the men present took out
their whistles TO test the quality of
The times., 1899-10-22

bits figure is as slim and straight as a
girls, and this fine feature she never al
lows her dressmaker 10 obscure. one
never ending source of interest TO opera
Eoers was Mrs. NandeTbiit's pearls. for un-
like Mrs. Astor, she preferred them TO dia-
monds, and though her evening gowns We're
cut decollete her throat shoulders and
bust We're absolutely clothed in first a tall
pearl dog collar and then row after row
Of rare pink and white beads until COM
pietc CAMP TO her open neCked gown was
formed. There were twenty-five strings
i'm all, the last one falling into her lap
when she assumed her chair in the front
of the box
Mrs. Oliver Belmont and Mrs. George
Gould can always be distinguished in the
gay opera circle by the exceedingly brill
liant costumes OF many mixed hues that
their rich, almost uniquely Oriental. bzau-
~ entities them TO assume. They are the
only two women who dare wear clear
fame color and bright orange, and at the
maunees, though in high -necked and long
slgeved costumes. their jewels are as gor-
geous and their toilets as sumptuous IS for
the evening.
Mrs. Henry Clews, by even her closest
rivals. is admittedly the most richly dress
ed woman IN the b0X-g going sisterhood,
and through a strong glass from a gall
lery or orchestra chair il is easy to under
stand wherein the great value Of her COS
tunes lies Like the princesses in the
Arabian Nights. she loves jewel-worked
cloths and gown woven almost wholly
of solid silver and gold threads, or one OF
satin encrusted in pearls. is the setting she
oGenest uses for her unusual beauty. So
weighted with bullion thread and gems are
some Of her ball gowns that, faultless dan
Ger that she is, her muscular partners find
their sineWs fully tested in turning her
through a waltz. Slight of figure as she is,
she wears her queenly trappings as though
they We're draperies of chiffon.
For her Incompatible furs If for moth
ing else, would Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish fig
ure with distinction even at the st. Peters
burg opera house. Among her friends her
furs are yariously estimated as 9TH if
teen to twenty thousand dollars. an1 a deli
cate sight OF appreciation and envy runs
round the opera house when this swell
little lady trips into her box folded in
$1,000 cape Of Russian sable. trimmed
about the fronts and collar with point lace
nearly as valuable. When she caTelessly
losses il back she invariably reveals her
self clothed in Liberty satin or Chinese
crepe, and the string OF queen pearls about
her neck that is the only ornament Of its
kind in the world.