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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
QUEER CoFFINs USED BY THE BAULE TRIBE IN WEST AFRICA.

WRITTEN FOR tn 0UMDAY 1EYU1II0
On he Ivory Coase IN Wet Africa. b.
tween the StvsEs BandAmA and Nh. there
lives . curious negro trfbe. Known - the
0au1A and which - Q mixture Of several
saoeA 30 curious u Il that n. Maurice
OslASossA . colonial oficial. has thought Il
ven worthy q study. and he naxratss rome
fntoRU0elng faets about Il.
The oodlne used b. these negFosA he SayA
aEo rectangular and eacA u fashioned care
fo3fy cut a . large block Of acajou wood.
TAo adse. moreovse. are ornamented With
eelorsd bas-rsliefh, M the cover 10 usually
wrought IN most artistic stylsL A. an ex-
ample Of such . cover. n. Delafosss pre-
me-. which VA mad In 1875 for thu
mummy q chieftain., NAMED Nyango
Kuassi. On Il the chisftain h represented
lying % . leopard s1in. which has been ar
tistically engraved. thu gpots therein being
shown BY squares. cut out Of the wood.
Above the dead man h IN engraving q
IN umbrella. the symbol Of his high 20
oition on earth. md beneath II . box Of
cartridges has been drawn. On the left -
rupeeoented the gold-hilted sabre which he
wors on parade. and above II II IN ensrav-
ing Of his favorite Drinking cup. On the
right In IKE manner may Be seen drawinss
Of his dagger and Of his gun Below the
corpse are . Deaths head and the figure OF Q
woman, who b holding in her hand . saucer
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

The monument TO the second German In.
museum ISLAM" near the ,palece IN Her.
Iin has been modelled BY Hndolf Nfaisou At
Munich. Of the cleverest Of German
scuiptors: b cost Of tie monument viii
De paid by the Empire. Il Aas long been
noted that while the present Empsror can
never 90 TOO much 70 keep ths msmnEy Of
ny Ssenoisfner ereea. - elbows No ssal In
recalling that a hio fAthar: tbo inAf0er.
ence ne has svtnca1 In this respect has BE-
almost . scandal Tho new monu-
ment u 70 overcome this impression. MAJ
on naI ffederick On . quiet horsa. He
carries the baton Of q VarShsi m II. xiSnt
nand: Which y IoWered- On his head . the
1sosesan helmet The themes d cons6a@Ud
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

nnlsd With bread. The Deaths head repre-
SCENTS that one among the dead mans slaves
who. according to ancient custom. shouid
have been sacrt1ced at the time Of his
death. but whose. life was spared 1t the
intercession Of n. Delafosse.
Ordinarily Baule negroes are buried as
soon q they die. but those Of high rank
are rarely buried for seven month and
some even are not buried for seven years.
In the latter Gases the body Il duly en-
balmed. and then remains In the room where
death occurs until II 10 placed in the coffin.
Salt. alcohol and palm wine are the main
ingredients used In embalming. and cotton,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

0ufering humanity is again beginning to
consider the annual return of the mosquito
Pest. Since physicians have told US that the
mosquito II the bea-er Of malarial fever
germs. and that she carefully deposits them
IN our circulation. much to our discomfort.
her return means mich more III simple
temporary annoyance. How to materially
reduce the number OF mosquitoes. or elfmi-
nate them altogether. n . problem very far
nom solution. Kerosene oil on the water
ealms the wiggletails. but the remedy -
greatly restricted In practice.
Now comes the suggestion that the best
friend We have between u n the mos
quito. and the very greatest enemy to the
mosquito. h the fsh, which eats the wiegie-
tails before they take wings and bring an
noyanco n disease to ". Therefore, Il -
0uGge0eed that Ne spare the nsh In moo
embarrassing districts and encourage them
In ~propagating and feeding on young mos
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

lady b IN athlets Of no mean powefA o.
several occasions she has played m tennis
tournaments. and - regarded ~ the best
horsewoman among the younger Washing.
ton giris.
has seen much Of the world. having
Travelled through Europe. visited Alaska ana
seen Tar moro Of her own country than the
average young woman who has much moro
money At her command than has fallen to
the lot Of Miss Mason. A great deal Of
knowiedD 10 slowed away behind the keen
pair OF eyes with which Miss Mason re-
CARDS the world. and II has been acquired
BY dfligent study. Tho young woman grad
uated at the West Division High School
In Chicago with the record Of Q soper-cent
average in her studies during the four
years course. which entitled her to b. .
teacher without examination.
With all her learning and accomplish
ments. Misc Mason n . thoroughly femi-
nine parsonage. I'M secs no reason because
. profession attracts her that she should
forfeit any Of the delights q being q
woman h can say - much 70 . Jury
with her eyes - with hss VOICE
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

Law. n would labor IN the sams aad -
hsr father. why" said she TIN Going
to call the 0rm. Ruth Mason, En1AQr 3
Brother and I'm surs It win 0uccssd.~
TIT young lady has . decided win of hee
own. and her one sorrow - that her ff1snds
refuse to take seriously her detsrminaSaon
to practice law. They cay she win take up
her musical studies. and devote hesssle to
the violin snd piano Of which shs b vesy
fond. 0o1deo being Q musician, tho ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

Ms Ruth Mason. daughter Il Senator
Mason oe ulfneis. WIN graduate from the
Wasmsgtou College Of Law, Wilmington,
DC. this month. Alss Mason = tha posses
oof ok the same fund Of shrewdness and
good AuMor that has been % potent Z
66nooe n the success her father has
achasvD4. . fAot evidenced b. her answer
20 tbo 0uaEY q . friend - to the manner
IN WhDoA Gho would announce to the world
- Sao9 that sho had begun the practice Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
THOMAS Y. FLEMING.
Paris, III.

1T would be worth several million DOL
hrs.' he replied.
Then We produced our modal and set
Il up.
I'm two minutes thers wasn't . more ex-
cited man In Washington than that Same
languid lawyer. He Examined every feat
ure eagerly. then positively said:
":Boys. you've got the real thing sure
enough
FLEMING and I grinnod."
Acting on the lawyers advice The iuvsn-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
GENE FIELDS DAUGHTER IS ENGAGED.

She 1t Was Whom Her PoetFather Called ~Her Serene Little High
ness, Trotuc."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

49, - seGhts In &c 80
Cl,knnD aaA ~oOVuuooon ether e0unfy4A Am
returned homo.
A twelve-horse power engine ~ con-
structed At Duquoin. It weighs 80 poundA
makes 1000 revolutions . minute. and tn
construction cost only SO It saves half
the fuel Of an ordinary engine. e can b
constructed at one-hfth the cost. Il only
requires ono tlbricator. . saving IN oil.
With the same pattern. the cost Of the en-
sine's construction canobs reduced to SIS
One Of Their Engines
Operates a Sawmill.
The principle Of its propulsion Is simple.
The steam from a boiler enters one pipe
and. after propelling four pieces Of iron
which drive the main axle to which the
ny wheels are attached. passes ont the ex-
haust pipe. The lever. OF throttle. 10 % ar
ranged that BY turning Il to the right the
steam Will enter one pipe and leave by the
other: by turning II to the left tho steam
will enter the other pipe md come out the
opposite side. This enables the engine to be
reversed BY simply manipulating the lever
from right to left. There Is Q solid steam
pressure on the wheels at all times. - II
can lie cut on four-fifths and the engine b
oy expansion. The only working
parts Of the motor which will wear out are
the four pieces Of iron in the cyiindae. It
Is estimated that these can b replaced Il
a cost Of not moro than = cents each.
Tho first pubic test was made 1t Hood
iumville' and was witnessed BY 10 members
Of the logging camp and the leading busi-
ness ma Of Herrin- Tho engine VA At
tached to the awmill and propelled every
with casa Enthusiasm Vas marked
and . New York arm offered $4,000 OUT
right for the invention II was refused
Ever since being attached TO the mill the
engine has been the only motive power
used. and its success II complete
Messrs. Craig and Fleming do not intend
70 manufacture their invsntion TAsy are
negotiating to ssn their patent Etghts
abroad. and win dispose e tha1R E1ghtD
the United States on r0yalteA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

MY Ysuoeh ~. 1nnUAAR e tAs -
DoO 11ssosztboe1 post DnOsas y3ssd =
Engaged - b married % Wnnam C. Ens1ar
Of Chicago. The cses0oay YIN tain place
this fan.
To Gene Field she vas' aiw,ys Tier 80
rene little h1ghneoe. Trottie." and Among
her intimate friends she - e1u called
sTrottia."
After Eugens y1eid's sudden death. i've
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
Both Men Were
Born In illinois,

John r. Craig aAd Thomas F. Fleming OF
( Warenton. Edgar County: M. ars tho IN
e%vsn.ors. Ths pruhaam thsy sssm to havs
s!soived has saudsd master mechanics since
sSSsso years bsfcrs Christ's advent. whom the
model Of the nrst attempt At . rotary en-
CINE was placed @ exhibition.
Both were born and reared within . few
/, miles Of PariA m Thsy were farmers. and
It odd moments did the blacksmith WORK
for the community. They combined the
y duties oe Postmaster. storekeeper. black
>Umith and farmer; and while they never
studied mechanics In the orthodox scientific
Fsmay, they devoted many Of their spare mo-
<ments 70 the Investigation Of steam en-
,Einss. Craig. who - connected with pioneer
Illinois families and II Q cousin Of former
; A6tats Senator Isaac B. Craig Of Nation.
.nnaliy removed to wazrsnton. where he
leeneagsd IA b~lacksmithing N . larger scale
sRsesntly: he purchased nearly 1000 acres Of
x3mber land near HerT1n. Williamson
'sCpunty, md took in Flaming q . partner.
sNlsming Wa mads manager Of their saw
i$miu ana lumb8 camp known - "Hoodlum-
f~flie" three and . half mras north q Hes-
sxfn-
FOR several ysaxs Tamtng had bssn en-
- peE1sa4 . Fueazy enigma HIS
made fnese3ou0 rsmAxke and
Lcsacaked 3oAss e his sDnsA His rotary
sheds waD Q Standing 5ohs IN the commu-
sxfty. Yse he nsvsr lose confidence In his
2 Intimate 0uooeaA
IT'S not onfy poasdhsa Suf peobablA." he
1nvaz1ahH Espnsd 70 hAD rtoemntsrA q
thy gradually Nsw intsCssesd IN has sx-
peg1msuta
Several months ago. Craig ran town 10
-pHoodlmvTls" 70 consult his partner On .
1usiness project. h nv The incomplete
engine and studied III defsctA
~1he engine - too cumbaE1pmA" he d.
elAred 10 B1emine. We must Ct I'd Of
these extra aocaaDog1eA"
He began - Xpag1mant and speedily the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

DWARHs1 INNOCENT DECEPTION.
A Ffsnch dwarf made II his hobby dun.
ing hour0 spared nom business to collect
AeuntAin0 IN tho world. n dwaef showed
hi tyoaSuloo and Gpoko - q ~ had made
al b aeoons1one and painted IN tho
pictures. tbough from tar Of rldlculo -
never left In 6ouso TN aftR l6Sk anA
I'll II NE nGvoe quilted D011A
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

or THE P4UXu
Sing u you viii
OF berry and fruit,
Sound tha1r praisae
On Tyre and late
Berry % 0nA
Oranvs - I'm,
The l1ss1euo psaeA
And dslioats peaA
Snort arU their Gays:
Tnon 9EoAeeR roaaoo
-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

0fOm our back door,,
Ilko nlloWU tossed upon tho ohorA
me prairiee Dip. and fall. and TtsA
Ahd In b distance kiss the sk1oa.
Tho corn rows stretch IN long axsayV
The epeee 6ees. With burden gay.
O'ershadA q Ill the dear old doW0D
You loved In childhood's sunny hours
Upltft and nod their fAeao faif,
And with their ffagranco M TIE aeA
Coma fso0 u ofty's duse end hsaA.
Conc ffo0 tho eDamoe a The strUeoe
And IT end watch tho cloudg pGlo1 Ma
Forming thsir pictures IN The ~.
WIN the long summer day . 69.
~ ca baek oaeD
=. -Hcpo xfuA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPuBLlc
Two plain Edgar County. Illinois. farmer
b~iacksmiths claim to have solved q problem
in mechanics which has been hotherans
scientists and inventors for 1000 years.
They have invented what they consider
the simplest as well as the most perfect
rotary engine ever produced.
They prove i,s prac,icability By operat-
.ng a large sawm,n with the first OF their
engines ever built-a 2so-pound thing-tne
conservation Of which cost them SD
They have refused an offer Of 5000 cash
>or ,rsir ns,ent rights. which they hold in
the Init d States ard seventeen other coun-
tries. -.
Tbcv saw tina. subsequent engines OF theif
.yra can he built for SIS each. as there are
M n;s.on rods. friction clutches. governors
and panderous engine beds about H. IL Is
simply an iron box. pierced by n smart ior
the ,ransm ssion Of power. i'fiGe OF "hicn
= sopr n;eces Of iron. and outside Of which
ore four mines and a lever. which conjoin
in a small box above the engine proper.
Trey saw they can easily make an engine
~r,;ch vii, cause n shaft to revolve 2oO
times a minute. and which would furnish
e,o,ch mower 70 frtve a railway locomotive
q. a speed Of $50 miles an hour. or course
+hev realize the fact that something would
frs. have to he done to the locomotive ana
the cars following II before such a speed. or
ANYTHING like II. could he obtained; Tor
there is a theory among scientists that the
law Of gravitation ~fntervenes against the
feasibility of such speed for anything that
IS supposed to run on rails. But they claim
that these facts are things that their en-
CINE Is not responsible for. and that II
locomotives and railroad tracks ana the law
of gravitation could be properly adjusted,
their eneine could give the motive power to
20 from St. Louis to Chicago. making all
stops, In an hour.
The Iola register., 1901-08-16
THE REVIEW OF TRADE
No Complaint Over the Volume o
Current Business

New York, August 9.-R. G. Dun q
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
There is no complaint from any
part of the country over the volume of
current distribution of merchandise,
and what hesitation is observed in
trade is chiefly due to the uncertainty
as to the duration of the labor
troubles in the steel manufacture.
Collections continue good, better
weather has helped the agricultural
classes, money is easy and stocks OF
merchandise carried are not above the
average for this season of the year,
particularly in the West and South
west. Relief is felt in all departments
of the iron and steel industry, now
that uncertainty is ended and the posi-
tion of the contestants made clear.
The Iola register., 1901-08-16
DEFENDER HARD TO PICK
Constitution Has Not bone as Well
as Expected.

New York, Aug S.-According to the
New York Tribune's yachting expert,
members of the New York Yacht club
now admit that the choice of Il yacht
to defend the American cup is not
becoming easier through the lapse of
time, In 1893 when there was a
larger fleet in the field, the selection
was more quickly made. This year
the issue has become more obscure as
the number Of races increased. Mr..
Duncan makes no excuses for the Con-
stitution and his disappointment when
the boat failed to win the Astor cup
was shared by many of his club. He is
now giving the Constitution spar
with longer mast head which will
supply better lead to the peak hal
yards and hold the mainsail up to its
work better while tending to keep the
upper part of it from sagging off q.
Neither of the main sails on this
craft have been as promising for wind
ward work as the Columbia's and the
gaff swings away much as it did on
Shamrock |, apparently helping to
produce similar results in leeward
sailing. Still, some yachtsmen are
doubtful whether the coming altera-
tiOns will do much for the boat.
The final decision in the trial races
may be rendered still more difficult by
the entry OF the Indepe ldence in an
improved condition. In spite of all
the correspondence and discussion, an
official of the Now York Yacht club
says that everything is in trim for the
transfer of the Independence to a
member of the club who is friend of
Mr.. Lawson and personally interested
in the sailing of the boat. He adds
that the last race of the Independence,
when she gave the Columbia the hard =.
est race of her life and finished only
forty seconds behind decided the mat
ter with Mr.. Lawson.
The Iola register., 1901-08-16
Arkansas Oil Strike

Eureka Spring, Ark, Aug. IL
Boring for oil in the North Arkansas
field began in earnest August |.
In the sleepy little mountain hamle.
of st. Joe, Searcy county, remote
from railroads and the touch of civil
ization, the first oil drill struck its
nose into the bed of oleous shale
which here crops to the surface.
John Brubaker is practical
developer from Pennsylvania, who has
examined every important oil field
west to lola and south to the Gulf.
Thence, by way of Corsicana, follow
ing the trail trending to the north
east, the conviction finally fixed itself
upon Brubaker's mind that some
where in North Arkansas existed a
basin OF oil. In hisquest for evidence
he spent three months and tramped a
thousand miles through the mountains
Of Boone, Carroll, Marionand Searcy
counties.
Throughout the region the surface
indications are many. Besides the
contour of the country and the pres
ence of salt (which invariably attends
oil deposits }, the oil itself actually
flows from the cavities and pockets in
turtle rocks when broken, and seeps
from ledges of shale which extend
from the surface TO unknown depths.
Turtle rocks, which have probably
become isolated from the parent beds
of shale by erosionIare strewn over
the surface; and oil shale everywhere
abounds.
A half mile east of the st. Joe der
rick is an abandoned we'll, dug by
Confederate soldiers during the war.
for the purpose of obtaining salt from
the evaporation of its saline waters.
A few hundred yards north of the
plant is an old deer lick, where many
IA noble buck succumbed to the unerr-
ing fire OF the mountaineer concealed
behind a sheltering rock or clump of
sassafras.
All over the district are wells dug
in the shale and abandoned because of
the oily impregnations Oftheir waters.
Near Batavia workmen digging
well in bed of shale struck flow of
gas, ten feet down, which drove them
to the surface; and the water which
The Iola register., 1901-08-16
A GLASS TRUST NEXT
Intention is to Control the Window
Glass of the World

Pittsburg, Pa, August S.-Another
vast industrial combination, one of
the greatest that has ever been plan
ned, is evidently under way ana Two
prominent Pittsburgers are taking Il
leading part in the cousummation of
the project, that has for its object the
control of the worlds supply of win
dow glass by one corporation.
The proposed combination is to
take in all of the window glass manu-
facturers OF the world, and If effected
the business will be conducted from
Pittsburg, Us the nucleus Of the or
ganization is the American Window
Glass Company, of this city. This
company practically controls the win
dow glass business OF the United
States and the only factories in
Europe that amount to anything are
located in Belgium.
a combination of these, Judging
from the item from Brussels, is now
under way, and as one of the men is
accredited with being one of Pitts
burg's leading financiers, one who
has participated successfully in pre-
vious deals of like manner. it is
safe to assume that the present one
will be consummated.
The Iola register., 1901-08-16

accumulated was found unfit for use.
A water shaft being sunk beside the
boiler at st. Joe is through shale
which emts at every stroke ofthe pick
an odor of oil plainly perceptible at
the surface. Apply heat to the shale
which lies on the dump and ther
eXhales a .yellowish vapor with the
distinctive smell Of car grease.
Whether oil at the surface indicates
that the sources Of impregnation lie
in vast quantities below or whether.
they are but the residue of vast cald-
rons long since eroded and drained
remains for the drill to disclose.
The surface indications, which ex-
tend over many thousands of acres.
accumulate and iutensifyin the St. Joe
basin, Il circular valley comprising
an area Of about four square miles,
with an altitude OF less than 900 feet.
Here the clues which Brubaker and
others had followed seemed to con-
verge. And here it was decided that
the company which they had formed
should begin its operations.
The Iola register., 1901-08-16
HAVE 100 MUCH WHEAT
The Kansas City Railroads
Can't Handle it
NAY FORM A BLOCKADE.
Too Much Time is Consumed
in Unloading
Farmers After the Roads for Empty
Cars and the Roads are Unable
to Furnish Them

Kansas City, Aug. l0.-Kansas City
is face to face with conditions that
endanger its grain market. Inade-
quate terminal facilities to handle the
volume of traffic passing through the
Kansas City yards of the different
railroads has resulted in extraordi-
nary delays to cars handled here, and
the Santa Fe railroad, which is the
largest grain originator, has prac-
tically said that something must be
done or it would discontinue receiv-
ing grain for shipment to Kansas City
except under guaranty of immediate
disposition.
Operating and traffic officials repre-
senting ten of the Kansas City rail-
roads held a meeting at the Coates
House yesterday afternoon to en-
deavor to find a solution of the prob
lem confronting them. The situation
here was gone over thoroughly and it
developed that business was being
contracted by several of the recon-
signing railroads in excess of their
facilities to handle it. The result has
been congestion in the yards with
frequent hardship on the lines that
originate the grain aud bring it to
Kansas City. Tie Santa Fe had 200
loaded grain cars in its yards yes
terday.
Kansas shippers are clamorjng for
wheaticars and calling upon the rail-
road commissioners to compel the
Santa Fe to furnish them.
According to Freight Traffic Mana
ager Biddle, of the Santa Fe, the
average detention Of Santa Fe cars in
Kansas City is from seven to ten days
while the average detention in Chi
cago is but three days. He says that
cars can be hauled from the Kansas
wheat stations to Chicago, unloaded,
returned to Kansas City and reloaded
in less time than the average detention
in the yards here. He says his de-
partment has been notified that it must
take action to avoid this detention of
cars here. He sees one way-that is
to refuse to let the cars stop here, and
he has written to Commissioner Trick
EFT of the Transportation bureau, to
get the grain men together and try to
find some other way.
As result Of Mr. Biddle's position
the grainmen have been straining
every nerve to get the conditions
righted, but they have been unable to
do much because the connecting lines
were either blocked or short of cars
and unable to take from the Santa Fe
the grain ordered delivered to them.