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The silver star., 1900-03-09
ORION OF THE WALTZ.
Il supposed to BE . Reilo of HsatheA
worship

WOfDhip
Like everything else that touches
humanity. the waltz did not emanate
in its present form from the brain oi
dancing master. Long before i'oo.
the time we find 1t first ment1onea
under this name, its graceful curves
and cadences we're displayed on the
village greens, as well as In the grand
salons of the palaces; 1t had It's AFTER
natives Of vogue and neglect. It's sup
porters and detractors. The waltz, ike
many other secular things, we hho
first in the church. where, In spite Oh
barbaric disorder, 1t serves to trace tne
union between ancient civilization anu
that Of the middle ages. The sacreu
dance OF the pagans is preserved TO
certain exte1t in Christian rites; 1t Is
transformed to series OF revolutions
made to the sound Of the tamporiue'
st. Isadore, archbishop OF Seville. oorn
about A. d. $50. was intrusted by 'ne
council of Toledo with the revision 81
the liturgy, as 1t was then pract'ss"
In the Roman Catholic churcn' Ia
which there was tamborine dance
The council decided to adopt the isa-
dorian liturgy in all Spain, and IL dii-
fered but little from that used IN other
countries at that time. This rite, Gel
ebrated before the eighth century
when the Moors first invaded Spain,
was still celebrated by the CHRISTIANS
in the seven churches of Toledo, which
the Moors abandoned after their cap
ture OF the city and was, after that
time. called the Moorish rite. rms
was known and employed in provence
and Italy The tamborine IN use III
this religious dance was called py 81.
Isadore "moite de symphonic, ana
evidently corresponded to the instru-
ment which. in the ancient sacreu
dances. accompanied the flute, sort
of bagpipe invented two centuries pc
fore Christ. And thus. as the religious
dance of the middle ages is allied 10 the
ancient sacred dance. SO the waltz is an
evolution of this religious dance nav
ing passed through many changes be-
fore arriving at its present form. III
the eleventh century, when the ure-
gorian rite supplanted the Moorish rite.
the dance disappeared from the church.
1t appeared very quickly In society un-
der the name carole. word derived
from the Latin ''caroler," afterward
under that of basse dance, in which the
grand relates, kings and dignitaries did
not disdain to join. composed oil three
parts. two very slow and one very
lively. The people-and at this time
all who were not of the clergy or roy
atty were the people-used the latter
part-called the tourdian, which. light
er and more lively, appealed to them
and. little by little, it became changed
In Italy ii was first separated from the
rest under the name of romancesca,
and from there it passed into Provence
and southern Germany. In Germany
it was developed into the gailiard and
volte. while the Germans. more dreamy
and slow. changed the romancasca In
| TO the allemand and waltz. The volte
succumbed while young, to oblivion, In
| the sixteenth century. by the very rea-
| son of its excess. but the German lived
long. and produced the waltz which
reigns today.-London Musical Courier
The silver star., 1900-03-09
A KING OF FINANCE.
FRANCIS p. OwINos' GREAT
MONETARY DEALINGS.
Re Owes More Than Five Millions Of
Dollars and How He Got That Far
Into Debt L. Ono of the Msrveis Of
che Age.
Chicago letter.

\ Chicago man remarkable in the
world OF finance Is Francis p. Owings.
He is remarkable not for his vast
wealth. but for the enormous debts ne
amassed. his liabilities amounting TO
exactly $5.564.917. The fact that ne
owes this huge sum makes the situA-
ton more notable than II he had ac-
cumulated the amount in the same pc
riod, decade. While 1t Is. to the
majority. a hard matter to become rlch,
il is granted that 1t is easier OF accom-
plishment than to get so deeply in
debt as has Owings. The story of the
man who deals in debts so splendidly
and who has failed on the most mag
nificent scale yet known is part OF
Chicago's history. Francis p. Owings
is the man who originated the idea OF
using the 99-year lease as a basis Tor
building operations. He invented the
process and put up at least thirty
buildings in the business district OF the
city. For ten years the theory which
he originated controlled real estate
values in the downtown district and
led to the erection of three-quarters OF
the skyscrapers in Chicago. Owings
started practically without dollar. but
his dealings in the business world
brought him so prominently before the
public as a successful promoter that he
can, as soon as his affairs in bank
ruptcy courts are settled. secure unlim-
tied capital for new start. 1t was
he who brought to the west the idea
of building skyscrapers. Architects
refused, owing to wind pressure and
to the quicksand formation upon
which downtown buildings rested. to
be responsible for damages in case the
buildings were wrecked, but Owings
accepted the responsibility and they
were successfully erected.
Owing to unfortunate circumstances
The silver star., 1900-03-09
LAND SLIPPING AwAx
Entire Biun sliding Into IN. M,....
River.

Entire fslum hu0lnI IntO the Na1..-
River.
A mile south Of Atchison. K.n
the entire side Of a blum IL sliding ~,
the missouri river. The avalanche -
n quarter Of mile long, and nj IT,
base is the most expensive piece Of ran
rond track ON the Missouri Pncifo 80
TEN. There is probably not ano,Ss'
quarter of II mile OF track In tho TIr,.
cd States which 1t costs more to ma,s
tain. The odd thing about this monsta.
landslide il that 1t has been slinnIn.
down for twenty years, and unless !,
takes an unexpected plunge will nroh
ably be slipping for the next twentv
years, and possibly fifty or hundred
The avalanche Is moving more or les.
all the time, but not enough to reouiro
watching by the Missouri Pacific av
cept about two months in the spring
During the winter the moisture l.
held in the ground, and when the fros,
thaws and the spring rains come ths
great mass of earth begins slippinc
Sometimes II comes down II foot IN
twenty-four hours, and once in awhiIa
1t slides six feet. The Missouri Pa.
cific then puts a force OF from twenty
to fifty men at work pulling the tract
back to It's proper place and keeping Il
level. A man is employed to watch the
track ut night and see that it does moi
get so far out of line as to topple
train over into the river. Orders are IL.
sued to engineers TO go slow over the
bad track. for the jar of n train might
cause an unprecedented move. The
current of the Missouri is always very
swift In the spring. and 1t wears away
the earth as it slides in. and it appears
n few, miles below in the form of nm is.
| land.
II costs the Missouri Pacific several
thousand dollars and causes great
deal of anxiety every spring. but there
| is no way of avoiding II.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
Celestial Chan.

The young daughter of former
Philadelphia is a schoolnate of little
WI, the son OF the Chinese ambassa-
dor at Washington. During a recent
visit here she often talked about the
little Celestial, and told tales about
him that seemed to indicate that little
WI at times gently guys his Christian
schoolmates. HE is awfully cute" she
said, land speaks very correct Eng
lish. He's Just my age. yet he's ahead
OF me. What he likes best to eat. he
says. is milhi. That is young mise,
dipped In honey and swallowed raw.
A horrible thing. isn't It? But WI
says that milhi aren't half so squashy
and slimy as raw oysters. His moth
er's feet are SO tiny that she can hard
ly walk at all She Is pushed about
in a wheeled chair. | asked WI once
II he didn't think 1t was crael to tor
ture the Chinese ladies' feet like that
He said: Virginia, my papa says tina,
whenever any person asks me that
question must make the following re-
ply: 1t is not more cruel than for
American ladies' to torture their waists
In steel corsets until their noses are
beet red and their shapes like an hour
glass; Then he gave n loud laugh
and walked away with his little hands
In the pockets Of his baggy brocade
trousers. He looks awfully grave and
funny. y."-Philadelphia Press.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
LAMP BULBS HIS WEAPONS.
Burglar Put to Flight by lombard
ment From the Householder.

"Of all the outlandish weapons ever
employed in a fight" said business
man of the south side. Il think
brought the most fantastic on record
into play one night last week. My fam
ily are away on a visit at present and
| am keeping bachelor hall out at the
house. On the night to which | refer
| was aroused at about 3 a. m. by
noise somewhere in the region of the
dining room and. thinking | had shut
up the dog there, | jumped up very
foolishly and came down stairs in my
night clothes. without so much as Il
pocketknife When | opened the din
ing room door | was startled to see a
big, rough looking fellow bending over
the sideboard at the far end of the
ROOM and after we had stood there en-
tableau for a moment the fellow made
a rush at ne. leaped baik into the
hall and glared around for a weapon
On table near by were a Oxen incan-
descent light bulbs. which I had
brought home TO replace some that had
burned out. and purely by instinct I
grabbed one OF them and threw II at
the burglar. II hit the door casing
close to his head. and. to my amaze
ment. exploded with a noise like n
young lyddite she'll | suppose 1t was
still greater surprise TO the other fel-
low. for he let out a yell and broke for
the rear, followed by a rapidfire bonn
bardment OF 16-candle power incandes-
cents. which ! continued TO chuck at
him as long as he remained in range
They smashed against the furniture
with a series OF crashes that alarmed
the whole neighborhood. and have
been gathering up fragments OF broken
| glass ever since The burglar mus,
have thought | was chasing him with
hand grenades. II was the first time
ever knew incandescents made such
a row when they broke. An electrician
tells me II is caused by the air rushing
Into the vacuum. New Orleans
! Timcs-Democrat.
The silver star., 1900-03-09

Then Larkins and the boy would
proceed TO have the time" and while
it lasted the onlookers would declare
that the frowzIy- baby was quite
as old as the big. bearded miner who
would toss him in the air and gallop
about the room as a horse for the little
driver. To the baby this play was a
serious matter. as it clutched its IA
ther's suspenders and lisped commands
for which he labored all day, and the
room would ring with merriment.
One day while Larkins was at woTk
the child wandered from the cabin and
was drowned in otter creek. That day
every pick in the camp was laid down.
No man could work when Larkins'
kid" was dead.
The miners went At once to Larkins'
shanty and found him there, sitting on
Il barrel. his head buried in his hands.
He did not look up when they ap-
preached, and BIZ Wheeler. gambler.
who was with the party. touched him
On the shoulder and said:
"Larkins. we've come to do what we
can. II amt much. but we can search
the creek for the boy. Cheer up"
Larkins raised his head. glanced
about him. and smiled. No one but
Wheeler. perhaps, who was accus-
toned to reading the faces OF men. no.
tlced the CLEAN in his eye.
THANK you. boys" said Larkins.
simply. You're good. but you don't
you can't-understand. The kid Is
gone. and It's fathers place to find
find him. ri start out after time
when feel better. I'll ind the kid
boys. never worry. You don't think
his dad would desert him now? Good
by"
Larklns spoke earnestly. and the
miners left him by himself stiil sitting
there on the barrel. They knew that
nothing they could 90 could soften his
grief.
That night practically every man In
Digger City assembled at the Screect
Eagle. but there was little drinking
and no stories. They were there tc
wait and could not tell for what Some
Dne had suggested that Wheeler ant
another go to Larkins' cabin to fine
how he was coming on. when laugh
1T was Larkins'-was heard jus
outside the door. Then the man, with
L dripping burden held tenderly In hi
arms. stalked into the room.
Late, ain't !. boys?" said Larkins
,heerily. Couldn't help 1t. though. 70
The Kid and have been having Il ROM
That pretty near played his dad out
Pretty soon now he'll be too old 4
play. and his dad won't be much u.s.
ihcn Rut wp hui "A prput time didn'
ne. my boy? Now baby, let's pin!
aorse. Come on! Ha! ha! hal"
But Larkins laughed alone. for the.
knew that he was mad.-Ch!cago Tri
pune.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
WHEN HE LAUGHED.

When Larkins laughed all Digger
City laughed with him. Never was a
augh more merry. more contagious.
rhe men of Digger City were a sober
sot. and to them the bright side of life
was generally reflected in and meas
ared by the gold they dug. but be luck
good or bad, not one of the rough men
that made up the mining camp ever
had the temerity to dispute Larkins'
tight to- laugh and make others laugh
with him.
And yet there was suspicion that
Larkins laughed because he was sad.
Larkins arrived in Digger City one
stormy winter night, no one knew
from where. With him was a child.
chubby. golden-haired boy of years.
Some one asked how long the journey
had been. and Digger City then heard
The laugh it was to know SO well.
''The kid and H. said Larkins, with
wave of his hand toward the east,
come from there. We didn't leave
much behind. and mebbe we haven't
got much in store ahead. But well
stick together, won't we. old boy? Dad
and his kid will stick together. eh?"
Then Larkins smoothed the baby's
hair and laughed until the crowd had
caught the infection.
Months passed and still Digger City
learned little of Larkins or his boy.
In mining camps man is Judged for
what he is. The man with a past can
bury 1t. Digger City learned to know
and to love Larkins for himself and
for his boy. The man lived for the
child, and when other miners were at
the Screech Eagle bar trading their
dust for drinks Larkins might be
found at his cabin humming some lul-
laby to the baby.
Often Larkins and the boy would
visit the Sereech Eagle. It's just to
give the boy 4 time. Larkins would
explain. His dads TOO old to care on
his own account" Yet the man could
not have been over 30 at the most
The silver star., 1900-03-09
RAILS ARE MADE TOO HASTILY
They Cannot Withstand the Wear of
Present-Da Heavy Tranr.

A high authority on railroading says
that with locomotives weighing li0
tons and upward and freight cars OF
100000 pounds capacity and a steadily
increasing speed. the time is fast APP
preaching when all the old rails will
have to be taken up and heavier rails
laid. For some reason the steel rails
made now are not as durable as those
made twenty years ago. One reason Is
that the blast furnace iron. instead of
being cooked and run into pigs is pun
fluid from the furnace to the mixer.
thence to the converter. where 1t Is east
into ingots. Eleven passes through
the rolls turn an ingot into bloom.
and the bloom. before 1t has chance
to know It, Is tossed into heating
furnace and turned into rail, with
only nine passes through train of
rolls running at n terrific speed OF 900
feet a minute. The rail IL. 1t is said.
finished too hot and too quickly by the
last passes through the rolls being
made with the rail at u temperature OF
1000 to 200 degrees. while twenty
years ago It was not hotter than 400
to 1.6O0 degrees. This lower tempcra-
ture allowed the steel to take a GER
tain set" and 1t was. therefore.
stronger.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
ENrERpRlslNo YANKEE WIDOW
She Kew the Value of Life Pass anA
Made Use OF II. tttyl

She Kew the Value of = Life Pass and
Made Use OF II. st{i
One of the islands in Panama bay
used to belong to an enterprising old
woman from Connecticut. the widow OF
sea captain. and she lived all alone
there in little cabin for several years
after her husband died. In the course
OF time-that is. about ten years ago
the Pacific Steam Navigation COM
pany desired that particular island for
warehouses and repair shops. and when
II came to make the purchase the an
cient Yankee dame drove very hard
bargain. She made it condition OF
the sale that the company should give
her life pass upon its steamers be-
tween Panama and Valparaiso for her
self and a maid to be used at her pleas
ure. This was done without misgiv-
ings. The manager of the company
thought ii was only right to give the
old woman sea voyage now and then,
but experience caused him to think diff
ferently, for as soon as she had con-
veyed the title to the property. and had
received a card signed by the presi-
dent and general manager granting
her passage at all times on their line,
she calmly moved aboard their test
steamer. selected stateroom and
cruised up and down the coast for sew
eral months. At Guayaquil, Ca,lao
Valparaiso and other of the large Forts
she would go ashore while the ship was
loading and unloading, but she always
left most of her traps in the stateroom
and came aboard again before the sail
ing date. When she got tired of one
steamer she would try another, and was
not contented with getting her living
free of cost. but actually attempted to
make profit out of the arrangement.
The old woman had never enjoyed the
luxury of maid in her life before she
entered into this contract with the
steamship company. but on several oc-
casions brought woman aboard whom
she introduced as such, and she de-
manded that she be allowed free pas
sage. The company's officers discov-
cred that she was collecting fare from
these women-that is.scalp.ng her pass
and declined TO carry any more of
them The old woman made terri
BILE fuss about it. and threatened to sue
the company for violating its agree
ment, but a lawyer she consulted ad-
vised her not TO prosecute the case and
she reluctantly abandoned 1t. She
continued to live aboard the Pacific
steamers until her death few years
ago.-Chicago Record.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
MANS MECHANISM
Delicate Machinery That Needs
Constant Care.
Absolute Cleanliness and Regulation as Nece,
sary as for Any Other kind Of
Machinery. How to Keep It
10 Working Order.

There's n screw loose somewhere,
one little screw in the big machine gets
"A trfie loose and the whole apparatus
clogs. balks and refuses to work properly
A skilful engineer can tell by the feel"
of his engine when there's screw loose
Occasional constipaton-call II costye.
ness or biliousness--necds prompt atten-
tion. II clogs the whole delicate mechan-
ism of man. and must be removed skill
fully without force or shock Only a
vegetable laxative should be used. and
cascarets Candy Cathartic. which you
can eat like piece OF candy. are the
most agreeable. natural and effective Of
all laxatives.
Cascsrets are the only antiseptic cathar-
tic. and not only make the liver lively. re-
move distractions in the bowels. strength
en- the intestines but kill all germs OF dis
ease in the body. Therefore prevent a
well ms cure.
Buy and try cascarets to-day. You'll
find that It's what they do. not what w
say they'll do. that Will please you. All
druggists. 10c. 25c and Zoe. or will mail for
price. Send for booklet and free sample.
Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago:
Montreal, Can: New York.
This Is the cASCARET tab
/\ let Every tablet OF the only
lT If0r genuine cnscarets bears the
v " magic letters &C e c." Look
at the tablet before you buy.
" and beware OF frauds, imita-
tions and substitutes.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
THE NEW CENTURY.
Friendly I.l.ndsrs WIN Be the First to
Greet It.

Greet It.
The first people to breathe the breath
OF the twentieth century will be the
inhabitants of the Friendly islands.
Though they are not by any means the
most progressive people on the face OF
the globe they will be living in the
twentieth century while all other peo-
pie will still be living in the nineteenth
century. 1t will be Tuesday. Jan. l..
1901, to the Friendly islanders at a
time when the rest of the world will
be at the flag end of the nineteenth CEN
tury; will be eating. or working, or
playing. or sleeping during some phase
of Monday. Dec. 81. 1900. The first
dawn of the new century will break
upon a point in the Pacific ocean just
to the east of the Friendly islands.
along line conforming in general to
the meridian of $50 degrees east and
west longitude from Greenwich. On
this meridian is what is known as the
date line. The date line in theory
follows the meridian. but in reality it
varies from the theoretical line in a
number of places. At the date line
comes the change of day which navi-
gators in the Pacific ocean experience.
A vessel sailing eastward skips a day
when reaching this line. but vessel
sailing westward repeats day. The
Friendly islanders will, for brief pc
riod be in advance of the century, so
far as we or any other nation are con
cerned In New York people Will be
at breakfast on Monday morning. Dec.
81, when the Friendly islands VIII be
celebrating the advent of the new
year. At that time San Francisco VIII
be sleeping the sleep of the just after
a well-spent Sunday. At London 1t
will be lunch time on Monday, while
at Melbourne 1t win be about 10 O'Clock
in the evening. At Calcutta It will be
about o'clock in the evening. So
over this whole globe there will be
time when the Friendly islanders alone
among the people OF the earth will be-
long to the twentieth century. Oi
course. it may be that some ship may
be crossing the meridian at the point
in the Pacific where the twentieth CEN
tury will begin. Then those on board
the ship will get ahead even of the
Friendly islanders. Indeed. just at the
moment of crossing the date line the
people in the forepart OF the ship
would be in the twentieth century.
while those in the rear would be still
in the nineteenth. An east bound yes
sci approaching the meridian at night
might have the unique opportunity OF
celebrating two New Years day.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
Type ne Ammunition.

At the time OF the MAORI war in New
Zealand "a newspaper correspondent
had strange experience. The pub
fishing Office of IA newspaper was close
to the scene Of some Of the hottest
fighting. During the struggle the
Maoris ran out OF ammunition for their
guns. and. raiding the newspaper Of
fees. charged their guns with type and
stereo blocks. This novel ammunition
proved very effective. One of the
white invaders was severely wounded
with patent medicine advertisement,
md another was crippled for life by n
church bazar announcement. and the
editor. who had taken refuge with the
British troops. had narrow escape
from being hit with one Of his own
poems.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
Cold Doe. No. c.u.. cs,a..

According to Its natural meaning
u would seem that "a cold was an af-
fecti0n produced by exposure to low
temperatures. TO cold weather. Moth
Ing could very well be farther from
tho truth than this. Colds nre not
nearly 80 common In extremely cold
countries ns In the temperate zone
they are not nearly 30 frequent high
up amid the Alps as In the cities nj
the foot OF the mountains. Nansen
the Arctic explorer, spent over two
yenrs amid the Arctic SHOWS. with
the temperature no low most Of the
time that the mercury was frozen In
his thermometer. yet hc and his men
never suffered from cold. They hnd
been back In civilization scarcely q
week before some Of his companions
were laid up with the grip.
The silver star., 1900-03-09
irnw to rnuxhrn Paper.

A plan for rendering paper as tough
,s wood or leather. II Is said. has been
recently introduced on the continent
II consists In mixing chloride OF zinc
with the pulp in the course OF manu-
.acture. II has been found that the
greater the degree Of concentration Of
nc zinc solution the greater will be
lsc fcughness OF the paper.