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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23
THE LADIES

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use Syrup OF Figs. under
all conditions. makes 1t their favorite
remedy. To get the true and genuine arti-
Gle. look for the name of the California Fig
syrup Co. printed near the bottom Of the
package. For sale by all ~ggts
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23

Only Cure for some Optical Defects
Is to wear perfect glasses. properly fitted
to the eyes. Have your eyes examined Gree
CT charged by Doctor Bond. expert optician.
at Mermod & Jaccard's. Broadway and Lo.
Gust. Steel frames, 81 and up; gold, = n up.
zyYs cerds FOR Tsstteg Eyes Nailed Frss.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23

Busch Brewing Assn" on the
label of a bottle of beer. you are assured OF
having the pure product of the best brewery
in the world, where. highest quality Is IN
sisted upon and maintained at any cost.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23
BEAR WENT TO CHURCH.
Worshipers stampeded and Then
Chased and Killed the Beast.

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. IA fonr-hun-
! dred-pound bear entered a church in the
mountains Of Carter County to-day. causing
a panic. After a,chase OF two miles 1t was
killed. ;
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23
sINGLETON-LEPHIEW.

SPECIAL.
Pine Blutf, Ark. Sept. 22-Miss Lissie Le-
phlew q Baxter. Ark, and W. D.. Singleton,
travelling salesman Of this city. were mar
REG az Baxter Saturday afternoon. The
6Tloe peiongs TO one o. the best known fam
will be 1t Baxter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23

The one great virtue OF Burnett's Vanilla
Extract. y purity. It u real vanilla extract
and nothing but vanilla extract.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23
CITY ITEMS.

BEFORE buying your Range this winter
see the handsome steel range CRAW-
:. FoRD'S are showing on the fourth floor of
their Store. 1t is without a doubt the best
Range to-day on the market. and. will be
sold on easy payments to responsible par
Ties. ALL SIZES.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23
@-Cinci1nsti

H.k O. S.w.
Ns-Cincinnati and RetuHn-90.
Account Fall Festival. Going September
70. u. . and q. Returning seven days. Par
tcuiars Broadway and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23

Prescription No. 2s5I. by Elmer & Amend.
viii not cure all complaints. but 1t will cure
rheumatism.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23

stops Diarrhoea and Stomach Cramps
DR.. Siegert's Genuine Angostura Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05

curely fastened in an extended posi-
ton by means of pins running through
eyelets, the pins being secured by
small chains to prevent loss. The ribs
are jointed near the center, the inner
ends being attached to the stick in
the usual manner, while the outer Sec
ton of each rib overlaps past the joint
far enough to allow a sliding clip to Sc
cure it to the inner section. The clips
are all connected by cords which join
together near the stick and form a
single rope extending down within
reach of the rider, which enables him
to release the ribs and fold the umbre.-
la by pull on the cord, the braces
having been previously lowered on the
stick to allow the ribs to drop, when
the cover and ribs fold through the
center. With the telescoping handle
and jointed ribs the umbrella can be
folded into small compass and sus-
pended below the bar by loosening the
clamping band.-St. Louis G.obe-Dem-
ocrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
SHAPELY FINGER NAILS.
MnnicurinE Is a Simple Art, Requir-
ing Very Little Talent But
Lots of Patience

Where is the woman who does not
like to have pretty nails and nicely
kept hands? But how many women
know how to care for their hands in
the proper way? Not one out of ten
knows how to manicure the nails,
and in consequence we have ragged
selvages, uneven nails and little
white spots at the base of the nails.
1t takes a great deal of patience for
these to grow out as they must, de-
clares an authority.
To scrape the nails, as some do,
thinking to remove the rough ap-
pearance the enamel sometimes has,
is almost fatal. The enamel once re-
moved takes a long time to grow on
again-indeed, it must grow out with
the nail, and the new nail is never
as nice as before the scraping.
The instruments needed to proper
ly manicure the nails are not many
and are inexpensive. Get a good
buffer, nail file and clippers, orange
stick and cuticle knife. This is all
that is really necessary for the prop
er care of the hands.
When manicuring the hands first
place the tips of the fingers in a
bowl of water, in which a few drops
of lemon juice has been squeezed.
Let them remain there few minutes
and then wipe.
Take one of the pieces of orange
stick and carefully push the selvage
back all around the nail. Be careful
not to bear on the nail heavily, for
this will cause little white spots to
appear.
When you have pushed the selvage
back if there happens to be hang
nail or a little ragged piece clip it
with the cuticle knife very carefully;
then put that instrument, with which
so much harm is done to the nails,
out of sight and out of mind.
Many persons keep the selvage en-
tirely cut around the nails. This
gives them a raw, sore look and in
creases the tendency of the flesh to
grow up around the nails. The sell
wage should never be cut unless little
ragged pieces appear.
Clean the nails with the orange
stick and then clip them if necessary.
File the nails to remove any little
rough corners that may have been
left by the clipping. Touch with
rosline dust, with nail powder and
use the buffer lightly. Remember
that very highly-polished nail is
not considered good taste.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
A woMAN'S INVENTION.
Especial Benefit of CycIers and
AutomObOIists.

Elma Eta Morrison, residing at An.
thony, Fla, has been granted a patent
on the folding umbrella shown in the
illustration, the invention being in
tended principally for cyclers' use.
When an ordinary umbrella is attached
to the head of a wheel it is either too
far forward to afford much protection
or else lies in slanting position. In
the new umbrella this fault is over
come by the double angle formed in
the handle, the elbows being strength
ened by jointed braces to support the
frame as rigidly as straight stick.
The lower portion of the handle is in
three telescoping sections, and at the
lower end is a steel clamping band by
which the umbrella is attached to the
handle-bar of the bicycle. The tele-
scoping sections of the handle are Sc
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NNo -RgN -
SAVED BY A TOY.
A Little Tin Watch That Proved ms
EmcaciOus as a Temperance
Pledge.

1t was hot, sultry day in August,
kept indoors; but in some way Babe
Sweet and James Holton managed to,
be out. 1t is probable that they had
slipped out of the large hotel unob-
served by their nurses. AT any rate,
they were having a glorious time play
ing in the sand on the shore.
James remarked that the sand was
lots finer in front of the hotel.
Babe peeped out from behind the
boat house and answered.: Il rather
play here"
'Yes, so would l." answered the boy.
Whether it was because the boat
house afforded shade, or because they
didn't want the other children to join
them, it is hard to tell, but probab bly,
the true reason was that the boat
house sheltered them from the hotel,
and so from the mothers and nurses
eyes.
James Holton and Bertha Sweet flor
that was Babes real name), were
strangers only three weeks before.
In the middle of July little ten-year-
Old James had come to the Thousand
Islands with his parents to spend the
warm summer months. At first he
thought it rather dry. He did not get
along with the children. 1t was too
hot to have any fun, and he wished he
was back home.
One day about two weeks after his
arrival, he was sitting on the steps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
lNMDUS1lRY&@A1 81
: A.NECHkHSs
THE COMPASS NEEDLE.
II Points to the Magnetic Pole, Not to
the North Pole, as Most PeO-
pie Believe.

The compass-needle points north
because practically the earth is a
magnet, not differing essentially in
its magnetic properties from bar
of magnetized steel, says American
Notes and Queries.
1t has two poles of greatest in
tensity, and, like most large steel
magnets, there are several supple
mental poles of lesser intensity.
Just as the pole of one bar magnet
attracts the end of another, so
the magnet poles of the earth be-
have toward poles of the compass
needle, unlike poles attracting, and
like poles repelling each other.
But it is not correct to say that the
needle always points north; as a mat
ter of fact there are but few local
tiles on the earth where it does so,
and even those are constantly chang
ing.
An irregular line drawn from the
mouth of the Orinoco river through
the east coast of Hayti, Charleston,
S. c., and Detroit, Mich, represents
very nearly the line in which there is
no variation at the present time.
In all places east of this line the
north end of the needle swings
slightly to the westward; in all places
west of it to the eastward. At the
mouth of the Columbia river the vari-
alton of the compass is about % de-
grees east; in Alaska it is from 40 to
60 degrees east; midway between
New York and Liverpool it is about
35 degrees.
Of course there is reason for this
variation, and the explanation is that
the needle does not point to the north
pole, as so many people suppose, but
to the magnetic pole, which is some
thing entirely different.
The magnetic north pole is at pres
ent on or near the northwestern
shore of Boothia peninsula, in the
northern part of North America It's
position is constantly changing, and
in the last 600 years it has moved
about half the distance round the
geographical pole.
During period of 800 years, in
which observations have been care
fully made at the magnetic observa-
tory in Paris, the variations have
changed from IL degrees, 20 minutes
east of north to % degrees, ten min
utes west.
In the United States the rate of the
change in variation differs much in
different parts of the country. In
Washington state it changes at the
rate of about seven minutes a year;
in Arizona and New Mexico it is sta
tionary; in the New England states
it is from one to three minutes per
year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
A TALK ABOUT ICE.
Some Facts and Comparisons Which
+ VIII Surprise Scores of Well
Informed Readers.

The college professor asked the
rest of US whether ice was colder in
winter than it was in summer. Now,
to the rest of us, ice was ice, and
therefore we could not see how it
could remain ice and be either cold
er or warmer. Then the professor
explained the thing in this fashion,:
''If thermometer is buried in ice
in summer it will indicate 80 degrees.
If you throw a piece of ice into boil
ing water, and leave it there until it
is almost gone, what is left will be
still at 80 degrees. Ice can never be
gotten above that temperature.
But while ice can never be warmed
above 80 degrees, it will go as much
below that as the weather does. An
iceman delivering ice one zero day in
January was asked whether his ice
was any colder than in July. He
thought not. But, as a matter of
fact, piece of summer ice, if he had
had it, would have been something
of foot warmer for him, as it would
have been 30 degrees warmer than
the air of the bottom of his wagon.
Mixing salt with ice makes it much
cooler. The ice in wine cooler goes
down to about zero. This is why the
point zero on our common Their
mometers was fixed where it is. 1t
was supposed to be the lowest point
which could be reached by artificial
means. Since then we have reached
about 1888 degrees below zero by
chemical processes.
"Ice will cool down with everything
else on a cold night to zero or below.
What should prevent it? On a day
when it is just freezing a block Of
iron, block of ice, outdoors will
stay at 80 degrees. If the weather
grows warmer the iron will warm up
with the weather, but the ice will
stay at 80 degrees and melt away.
But if the weather grows colder the
iron and the ice will cool off, and one
just as much as the other.
''As the ice grows colder it gets
harder and more brittle. There can
be no hickory bend on skating pond
on zero day, for ice is then too brit
tie. Slivers of ice dipped in liquid air
become so hard that they will cut
glass. Water thrown on ice in the
arctic regions will SILVER it like
pouring boiling water upon cold glass.
This is because the ice is so much
colder than the water."-Beverage s.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
TALKS TEMPERANCE.
Chamberlain Declares That Drunk
enness Cannot Be Put Down by
COercive Legislation.

Mr.. Chamberlain, says the New York
Tribune's London representative, de-
voted himself in a recent address to a
Birmingham (EnglandD temperance
society to showing that it is not by
coercive legislation that drunkenness
can be put down, but by gradual i'm
provement of the physical and moral
condition of the people. If the figures
which he read are to be relied upon,
there are 100000 total abstainers in
Great Britain at this moment, which
is proof that the leayen of moral
suasion is working rapidly. He re
ferred to his old doctrine of municipal
control of public houses, and suggest
ed that the sale of intoXicants by
grocers and clubs should be subject
to the approval of the licensing au-
thorities. No scheme of reform
which assumed the possibility of con-
fiscating the interests of the pub
Leans would, he asserted, with the
emphasis of conviction, ever be toll
Grated by public opinion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
The Art of Skipping.

The Living Age remarks that some
of the fundamental principles of the
useful art of skipping are suggested
by Mr.. Anthony Deane, in the follow
ing passage in the London Pilot:
When l meet paragraph which be.
gins: st is now necessary to retrace
our steps somewhat to explain;" or,
''The crimson sun by this time neared
the horizon. Far over the hills
stretched a vault of heavy cloud, its
strange, purple tints fading and dis
solving into"-or, But the contents
of this room, his sanctum sanctorum,
deserve more detailed description; I"
or, 80 strange, unfathomable mystery
of existence, compelling our purblind
race"-when, l say, 1 meet a passage
in a novel which begins thus, skip
like anything.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05

the keynote that is sounded. This is
not saying there is not plenty of life
and jollity, for merriment reigns SUI
preme with young and old, and never
has it been allowed that the cares
of office or the anxieties of politics
should intrude upon the fun and mer-
riment that go on increasingly.
The Roosevelt household has al
ways been democratic in its simplic-
ity. There have never been any at
tempts made at elaborate entertain
ing. There have been no gorgeous
banquets to be chronicled among So
cial events, and when the news coli
umns gave the information that Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt enter
tanned at dinner, there have never
been any wonderful table decorations
to chronicle.
All about the management of the
household has been charmingly SIM
pie. A true spirit of hospitality well
coined every guest, who was made to
feel that his or her presence was to
be desired. Wine was always served,
wife cared for it.
The menu was always simple and
never comprised many courses, for
Mr.. Roosevelt disliked long dinner.
Everything was well served, but on
most simple lines. This, however,
with an appearance of absolute COM
fort everywhere-comfort, not show,
being apparently the watchword.
Mrs. Roosevelt, says the Kansas
City Star, is not very great talker,
but is brilliant conversationalist-
an apparent inconsistency explain
able by her being a remarkably good
listener, and possessing that rare
charm of drawing out the very best
in anyone she talks to. She has a
keen sense of humor.
Not a beauty, Mrs. Roosevelt is
nevertheless an unusually pretty
woman, rather above middle height,
with slight, girlish figure. She is
brunette in coloring, with brown
eyes and hair, but fair skin.
She rarely, if ever, wears a large
hat, and is generally seen in a small
bonnet, and she does not change the
style of her hat as the fashions
change. Her brown hair curls in soft
ringlets around her face, but is
brushed smoothly back from her
temples and arranged in a soft coil
at the back of her head.
She wears it in the same STYLE.
whether for day or evening, but with
evening dress she wears an aigrette,
which adds height and emphasizes the
long line of her shoulders, one of her
chief beauties. She is woman who
looks much better in evening dress
than in street dress, and her evening
gowns are always rather elaborate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05

placed at the disposal of those nations
whom He loves.
This strange tree at first sight has
nothing remarkable which distin-
guishes it from other trees, but close
examination made by the French ex-
plorer DaillsuX reveals that the trunk
and the branches of this tree are COW
cred with an infinite number of pores,
which open at certain moment to let
the liquid which has been absorbed by
the roots fall down in the shape of
rain. Its roots penetrate vertically
and very deeply in the soil in search
of water to supply the tree.
The rain produced by this tree is
very irregular as to its amount of
moisture. Sometimes it rains only
twice a week, while at other times it
rains three times day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05

wishing for something to do, when a
carriage drove up. An elderly gentle
man alighted and assisted very styl-
ish lady. She looked like an invalid,
for she leaned heavily on the gentle
mans arm. Besides these two, there
was a very attractive little girl of
about six.
"Oh, papa" she exclaimed, "can you
carry this fruit? have these flowers
and Dolly"
"Not now" replied the gentleman,
kindly. "Wait until see mamma in,
and then if nurse is not here 1 will
come back and help YOU"
"All right" replied the girl.
just then James arose, walked down
toward the carriage and offered to
help the maiden. Babe (for it was she)
gladly accepted his help, and thus be-
gan their friendship. These two
seemed to enjoy each others society
better than that of the other children.
Wherever you would see one you were
sure to see the other.
On the day that our story opens
arose their first dispute. After they
had played together for several hours
beside the boathouse they wandered
down nearer the water. They were
busy playing and did not notice the
rising tide until Babe jumped up and
said: "Why, my dress is wet" She
dove her hand into her pocket for her
handkerchief; aa she pulled it out
string of beads fell Into the water.
They were Immediately washed about
two yards from shore, where they
caught on some seaweed.
"Oh, my beads!" exclaimed Babe;
sget them for me, James,"
What are they good for?" asked the
boy.
"Oh, they are dolly's necklace" an
swered Babe.
swell, it won't hurt her to lose
them" replied the boy.
"Oh, James, won't you get them ?"
begged Babe. 81 will give you anything
you want if you will only get them"
"The only thing want is a watch
and chain, and you won't get that"
he answered.
For an instant Babes face clouded;
then it frightened, and she said: 81
will give you watch and chain if you
will only get the beads.'
"HoDest?" he demanded
"Yes, honest, truly" she said.
The beads were soon restored to
their owner, Babes tears dried and she
was happy again.
In a few minutes Mr.. Holton came
after the children. He said: "They
have been hunting everywhere for
you"
James did not even seem to mind the
scolding he received on account of his
wet shoes, for the thought of the
watch and chain was uppermost in his
mind.
'Now, don't forget, Babe" were his
parting words.
81 will give il to you at tea," she re-
piled.
When James went down to tea he
found little box under his plate. Well
he knew what it was. He didn't want
his people to see it, so he put it in his
pocket. After supper he hurried off
by himself to have a peep at his new
treasure. When he opened the box he
found little tin watch and chain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
A Happy Idea from France,

"White coal' is the striking name
given by French paper to the force
generating electricity by harnessed
mountain streams. In California, at
Niagara and the 500 the power of
cataracts and rapids is already util-
lied. The white coal produces no
smoke or ashes, and, after transform
ing water power into electrical ener-
gy, continues it's journey to the
rivers, lakes and sea. Even if black
coal should be exhausted the white
coal will last as long as clouds form
and water runs from elevations.
White coal broadens the field of man
ufacturing far beyond the limits of
towns and cities, and there are
writers who look to it for a happy
revolution in the conditions of labor,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05

follow these directions, they may cul-
tivate very pretty hanging basket.
Let them ask the greengrocer for
carrot from which the top foliage
has not been cut away. Cut away
the carrot, leaving only about a
couple of inches at the end where it
joins the fern. Scoop out the inside
of this short piece of carrot and
pour little water into it. Thea
hang up this little bowl, still leaving
the foliage upon it. At first the fern
will appear to be growing upside
down, but after time it will grow
upward in the right direction.
Fill the hollow part with water
from time to time as the water
dries up, and occasionally place the
carrot end in a different position,
for the side nearest the window will
grow thicker and quicker than that
which has less light,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
An Automobile Bakery

Consul Hughes thus describes a
novel automobile invented in Ger
many for military use: at will follow
the regiments on the march and make
fresh bread from the wheat obtained
on the spot. There is mounted on an
automobile car mill with boilers
and kneading troughs, all run by the
same motor which runs the automo-
bile. The oven is drawn along in the
rear. The bran obtained serves as
food for the cavalry horses. By this
method 5000 men can be fed daily"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS WIFE.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is Devoted to Her Hus-
band and Children and Fond
of a Simple Life. !

Though Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
from early childhood, has never been
publicly before the world, hers is one
of those rare personalities which are
bound to assert themselves under any
and all circumstances.
And those friends who have known
her from childhood are waiting to see
how well every duty will be fulfilled,i
for they know her perfectly balanced
character, her reserve force and her
calm, cool judgment of people and
things.
There is no gossip or scandal al.
lowed in the Roosevelt household,
and there is no guest who does not
feel irresistibly compelled to stand up
for what is best and right, so high il
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05

On the Amazon river several Indian
tribes use snuff, called pareca, which
is made of the seeds of a species of
plant When bout of snuff-taking is
determined on the people become
highly intoxicated and then use the
snuff. The effect of pareca is so vio-
lent that the taker drops as if shot
and lies insensible for some time;
those more accustomed to it are high
ly excited. dancing and singing as if
mad. The effect soon subsidies.
Other tribes use it to repel ague dur
ing the wet season.