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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-04-26
The Coterie.
May<f, May day.
Mrs. Rose Rowland,
Lenders, Mrs. Mabelle Briggs.

etching hemorrhoids were the plague
of my life Was almost wild. Doan's
Ointment cured me quickly and per-
manently. after doctors haG failed" G.. r.
Cornweli. Valley Street, Saugerties, N. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-04-26
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WITH A LAME BACK i?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure TO know of the wonderful
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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

"A splendid system for illustrating and
ore which Miss HYDE has used to illus
trate the book Of Japanese Jingles," now
at tFe publishers and which was written
by Miss Mabel Hyde, who spent the
greater part of the two years with her
sister in Nikko. The effect is quaint, and
the little figures done with few bold
strokes are like story simply told-ex-
quisite in simplicity. yet quite as con-
vncing as more detail.
In the quaint little village of Nikko. lit
tie City of Temples. nestled cozily in the
midst of sweet-smelling foliage, Miss
Hyde made her homo, and there every
day. with the regularity of clockwork
click, click on the porch fell the wooden
shoes of the closely shaven and bald
headed old Master Kano, come to give
lesson to his foreign pupil, of whom he
was more than proud. Down on his knees
IN the studio he would mark out the les
son. Then withdraw to a soft mat and
with his cup of tea proceed to enjoy him
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toward it, Arrived at the tent their sharp
knife makes them door in the canvas
ard they glide undiscovered into the in
terror. Indeed. so wonderfully adrOit are
they that even the very watchdogs DO
not discover them, and a thief has been
known to actually step over dog with
out disturbing .he animal.
But the most marveiOUsly clever device
practiced BY the thieves of lower Bombay
is that used by the MOOches in throwing
ptrsuers eff their track. The Mooches
come down in gangs from the back coun-
try and raid the settlements. Their spe-
cialty is POISONING cattle. They smea<
plantain leaves with their own particu-l
lar brand OF cattle exterminator and scat
ter them about among the herds at night
In the morning as many of the cattle
have partaken are dead and have been
abandoned by their owners. The MOOches
flay the dead animals and sell their hides
Pursued. these honest creatures make at
full speed for the jungle. If they reach it
all hope of capturing them is at an end.
but even when they discover that they
must be oVertaken before they reach it
they BY no means lose heart, and are
measurably sure of escaping, especially
if as is often the case in India, the sur
face is burned over and the trees and
bushes that have not been consumed are
foliage, and many perhaps reduced to lit
tie more than blackened stumps by the
fire by which the fields are annually
burned over. If hard pressed in such a
country as this they cease to fly and i'm
mediateIy disappear For long time the
English troops watch police districts
where they made their raids were COM
pleteIy nonplused; again and again, on
the very point of being captured, the
Mooches escaped by miraculOusly vanish
ing and the officers as well as the SOL
diers became superstitiOus- With the
power of maintaining fixed. immovable
postures, in which their race seems to ex-
eel. these Indians, grasping in their hands
such blackened branches as they pick =
in their flight, can instantly assume and
retain for a long time an almost perfect
mimicry of the groups of blackened
stuups and haIf-burned, stunted trees
with which the country abOunds. In Abys-
sinia the Bareas tribe have the same trick
of becoming invisible, added to which
they place their rounded shields, that dis
posed in the grass look exactly like
powders, before them for screens, while
they lie flat, watching unseen for travel
ers to rob or enemies to kill-New Penny
Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

graphcd. This accounts for the lack of
detail in all japanese work, hut aside from
a poor drawing there are many things in
the ancient japanese school from which
our artists could learn much-for instance,
deftness, accuracy and rapid execution.
There is no scraping out with a palette
knife, no retracing of a step once made
for most of the painting is done on silk
and absorbent material. and each stroke
each tone must be clear to the minds eye
before the brush is touched; then with
firm, bold strokes the flowers, trees and
birds are. painted in with almost one
flourish of the brush. To illustrate how
accurate execution is taught by Kano
Miss Hyde selected a brush from a num-
Der of unwieldly looking tools appearing
more like whiskbrocms than anything
else, lor some Of them are fully three
inches in width and are made from a
stiff, wiry rice straw Then laying pa
per on the floor she knelt after the man
ner of all japanese. painters and bending
over made a quick dab, a flourish. then
with lightning turn Of the wrist twas
done and all in ore stroke without re-
moving the brush from the paper, CRANE
leaf perfect in shading finished in detail
all but the veining, which was traced in
with tiny hairbrush How did Won n,
it?' L gasped, remembering that some
artists take fully five minutes to get the
proper shading of leaf "Weu If took
me just a year to find out" laughed Mss
Hyde The secretof blending is to let tha
brush make its own blend. For instance.
a figure like this you have two saucers-
one with dark gray ink, another with
light. You dip one Side of the brush in
the dark, the other in the light. The col
ofs run together and blend in the bris.les.
So prepared, make one long sweep. heavy
pressure on the shoulder for the shadine.
then lightly. You see this makes the gar
ment. Then one upward stroke without
removing the brush. One stroke for tho
hat. Slap dash flourish. It's done AT
least that's the way it looked while try
ing to fellow the movements of her brush
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self while he watched with admiring eyes
the struggle of the American girl to ac-
quire the deft turn of the wrist wherein
lies the secret of success in Japanese art.
He is not accustomed to the sticktoitive-
ness of our American people, and he shook
his wise old head and marveled at the
great progress made in so short time by
his apt pupil.
Through his advice two of Miss Hyde's
pictures We're sent to the Japanese eXhi-
bition in Toxic and there. received the
first prize, an honor not often given to a
foreigner. Miss Hyde has still another
art at her command and also another
honor, for she has the distinction of being
the first foreign woman to learn the pro-
cess of printing in color from wood
blocks, a system which is nearly two cen
turies old. The technique of wood engrav-
ing for book illustrating and color print
ing is an important study. Boards planed
to smooth surface are used; upon this
a thin transparent paper upon which a
design has been traced is pasted face
down on the block. Sometimes to make
this more clear the paper is oiled to make
every line visible: the outline is then cut
completely away with a knife and the
engraved block is ready for use. In black
and white one block only is used, but in
color printing a separate block for each
color must be made, sometimes for an
elaborate design a series of as many as
eight or ten blocks being used. The color
is mixed and laid on the block with fiat,
thick brush, rice paste being used to set
the shade; then paper, generally that
made from the mulberry bark, is damp
ened and laid on the design, and the inn
preston is taken. This process is repeated
with each color on separate blocks, the
result being beautiful prints in soft tone,
which can be obtained in no other way.
Miss Hyde has mastered the art of
nrinting in color. and also that of max
ing her own blocks, and soon in an aux
i,iary studio there will be pile of
smoothly planed boards and this young
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lady viii do her own carving.

lady will do her own carving.
This color printing in it's exquisite
daintiness is sure to be popular in Amer
lea. Miss Hyde has an exhibition of her
recent work in Vickery's gallery on Post
street. Exhibitions in New York, Chicago
and Denver will be given also. Miss Hyde
says that when she sees our old China
town again she is tempted to paint. for
the field is rich in material. This young
ladys work in Chinatown scenes, figure
and etching, is we'll known throughout
the United States, and the fact that she
has returned with fresh themes and new
ideas, which she will use to perfect and
make more forcible her old line, will be
heralded with pleasure by her admirers
everywhere.
OF the Japanese people Miss Hyde has
many interesting things to say. but the
most salient point is the one that is
Amercanizing Japan-the tendency to
adopt our less beautiful less picturesque.
and, pity it's, tbs true, far less COM
Portable mode of dress. The Empress
and all ladies of high degree now never
appear in public in native. costume, but
are finely decorated in the prevailing
fashion of high heels and tight corsets.
There is club called the Monday Club
organized by. the wives of the foreign
Ministers, and here the society of Nikko
gather, dispense business. chat and drink
ocha, honorable tea,'' very much after
the fashion honorable tea is dispensed
in San Francisco; and here, too, educa-
tional problems are discussed, and at one
meeting at which the Misses Hyde were
guests of honor paper on astronomy
and the forces of gravity was read
Japan is surely progressing-th is,
from one point of view. There has also
recently been organized in Niklxo a bicy-
Gle club. Think of the dear little doll
faced Oriental women on bicycles. l askei
if, bloomers We're worn, but they are nos.
Up to the present date emancipation has
only perched them on wheels, and over
the Eimonos 'hakama," a pleated
heavy material, is worn But one thing
particularly fascinating about these peo-
pie is their cool way of looking at things.
Whatever goes ON in the inner hearts of
the little brown men, they. certainly al
ways present a calm exterior. Should a
train break down and a delay of an hour
is made imperative, the business mar
thereon with an important engagement
at a certain hour does not rave, stamp
and tear his hair. lie simply takes oft
little pocket pamphlet and smilingly says,
"Ihikata ga nai.'' cit can't be helped.)
to the manner born, and no!
a bad trait after ALL But throughout the
empire, fear is the power, that inherited
fear which has been handed down from
to generation from the days
when treachery and bloodshed were prev
alent. when men were dragged to the
block without I word of defense; and now
when this condition no longer exists fear
has still become second nature and there
is mock courtesy, system of elaborate
salaams which are so fascinating to the
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

~ RESH from the realms OF the Nj
IL kado,. from the land Of poetry
y and wistaria, Of romance and
contentment. comes Helen Hyde
with a goodly store of new ideas
IN her head and an equally goodly store
Of beautiful water colors and illuminate
etchings in her trunk. In fact, the giant
saratOgas are filed to the brin with
treasures, to say nothing CT the boxes
and bundles. round, oblong and square,
all sizes and shapes. I found her in her
roomy studio, away out on Union street,
in the confusion and fascination of un-
packing these various bundles of en-
broidered draperies, duh red, cid Colds
and bites; dragons, sOhjis, thunder gods.
Miss Hyde journeyed to Japan two
years ago, expressly to make a study of
the children. but after a year there so
many possibilities presented themselves
that the time was heightened in order to
make a study of the once famous Kano
school of painting, which has won DIS
dinction from its individuality. it's bold
ness Of execution and simplicity in finish.
In all Japan but one representative of
this long Unbroken line OF ancestry, dat
ing from the fifteenth century, remains
Each generation has been marked by
painters whose names are famous
throughout the world, and whose works
are still preserved in the British Ma
tional Museum. Old Kano, the one sur
vivor, already bent with age, lacks am
bition, and unless some one comes forth
from the student element with force and
rl,o Il @
revival of this method, the once famous
Academy of Kano, which was to Japan
what the Beaux Arts and Julien Academy
are now to France, will become but d
memory. With the ingress of foreign in
1uence, togther with that sometimes fatal
trait Of imitation, new school, a COM
posite of the French, German, Chinese,
and a dash of the ancient japanese, has
been adopted, and the result is not very
satisfactory.
The art of Japan is losing its iadividu-
ality. The japanese are generally ac-
cused of one great fault IN landscape, the
failure TO get perspective, but from the
originals which Miss Hyde brought with
ber-work from the brush of Hiroshigo,
one of the most prolific of the present
day landscape painters; also that of
HOkusai-the perspective is excellent. and
Miss Hyde says while attending the ex-.
position given in Toxic she found only
one fault particularly noticeable; good
IN composition. good in color, good in
technique. but atrociOusly bad in draw
ing, and this applies to nearly all of the
modern schools in Japan. This fact is due
probably to the general aversion to work
ing from models.
In Japan it is only in very exceptional
cases where models are employed; all is
trusted to the memory which is certainly
marvellous. Sometimes the landscape
painters make sketch studies. but even
ct vision which the brain had photo
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

VERY interesting and valuable re-
1nN port was issued several years aSo
A BY the inspector OF plisoDs CI tlo
u y Indian empire, in which Almost
Incredible accounts are given OF the ple'o-
tice of invisibility by the thieves OF 4oWeo
Bombay. The thieves themselves, VIZ.
better reason, feel dOubiy secure. IoI a.
in spite of his invisibility. by some uli-
looked for and unlucky chance one -
seized his oily body slips away IKE an
eePs. and in the still more unlikely con-
tfngency of his being held with an IN
breakabIe grip he has. slurS by a siehuer
cord about his neck, little knife WIN an
edge as sharp as that or, the keeiieSs :
razor. with. which he cuts the tRudOns OF
the intruding wrist This however ne
considers a last resort, for he prldeS hlin-
self upon doing his work without 1Ililict-
ing bodily harm upon his Victims 10 en-
ter a zenana, or the women's apartment
in native house, where all the FAMILY
treasures are kept is the ambition of
every native thief. This is no easy mat
ter, for the zenana is the center OF the
house, surrounded by other apartments
occupied by ever wakeful sentinels. In
order to reach it the thief burrows under
the house until his tunnel reaches a point
beneath the floor of the room to which
access is sought But the cautious native
Goes not at once enter II III well A4C
knows that the inmates of the house
sometimes detect the miner at work and
stand over the hole armed with deadly
weapons, silently awaiting his appear
ance.
He has with him piece of bamboo. at
one end of which a bunch of grass repre-
sents a human head, and this he thrusts
up through the completed breach. If the
vicarious head does not come to grief the
real one takes it's place, and the thief en-
tering the zenana secretes himself, or,
finding everything already favorable for
the purpose proceeds to. attempt what
seems an impossible undertaking. This,
indeed, is no less a task than to remove
irom the ears and arms and noses the
earrings, bracelets, armlets, bangles and
nose rings of the sleepers without awak-
ening them and to get safely away with
his plunder. Who but a dacoit would be
squal to so delicate, dangerous and diff
cult a piece of work? But the dacoit sell
dom fails. THESE adroit burglars says
my authority, commit the most daring
robberfes in the midst of the English
army. Knowing the position of the tents,
they mark out one which is occupied by
an officer of high rank and creep silently
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

foreigner, but are really only veneer. n
man may address his worst enemy as
your honorable worship, and with many
smiles express wishes for his good health.
all the time. perhaps. locating a part OF
his anatomy wherein a knife thrust would
be most efficacious. Through fear every
thing is accomplished. If one wishes
favor he must hunt up some one who is
under obligation to him. and who in turn
finds some one in the same condition. an
so on until the last unhappy victim is
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

Is strong as an OK and full Of health and
M olsor, lie endures life without the slight
Sst Est inconvenience from the bullet in his
nedrt and visited the specialist in X-rays
merely to learn whether the bullet had
slnLIeu lts position. Nelson's case is re-
81 shooting was as mysterious as the result
one evening in the summer of 1896 Mel
son and Miss Marguerite Staples were
sitting on the banks of a lagoon in Wash
mgton Park Suddenly negro thrust his
head from a clump of bushes and fired a
revolver at Mr.. Nelson Nelson fell to
the ground and the police came in answer
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

to Miss Staples screams. The negro,
who was presumably insane, was never
captured. 1r.,.,,
The surgeons at the Chicago Hospital
found the bullet in the ,pericardium,
where it had become imbedded in the
muscles Tshev told Nelson that he had
one chance in a thousand to live, and that
an operation would mean quicker death;
Nelson took the chance. He said he would
live and carry the bullet with him. TO
the wonder of the medical world his pro-
phecy proved true.
The examination showed that the posi-
tion of the bullet has not changed in the
slightest degree.-Denver Republican.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

IN BULLET in living, pulsating hu-
~ man heart, rising and throbbing
with each throb of that engine of
life. leaden defiance of the laws
and traditions Of surgery. was seen when
W. 9. Frchs, in his laboratory in the
schiller building, turned the Roentgcn
rays upon the chest of c. B. Nelson of
Cadillac, Mich
MI. Nelson has carried this unique
souvenir OF murderous attack for more
lhan lour years. He expects to carry it
many more years, for at the age OF So he
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

run tc the ground and he then turnc.
smiles and says what pleasure it will
give him to do as his honorable friend
desires OH the art Of diplomacy. 1t -
the keynote of Japan. Yet with an this
little vein of tragedy 1t is a land of poe
try. of sunshine, of many children, of
comparatively good circumstances ami
immaculate cleanliness. Put the good
the evil points in a scale. the former w
be found the heavier
HARRIET. OUIMBY.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

OF INTEREST TO ART
ISTS AND THOSE ARTS
TICALLY INCLINED.
DRAWING AND PAINTING
rs PRlCTICED IN THE
REALMS OF THE MlKAD0,
THE LAND OF SONGBIRDS
AND FLOWERS.
WHAT A SAN FRANCISCO
GIRL has SEEN AND DONE
THERE.
THE DAINTY COLOR
PRINTING OF JAPAN.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-24
MOBBED BY MOSQUITOES

New York, Aug. "A. - Mosquitoes
are not usually taken into considera.
tic n among the perils that aeronauts
are heir to. Prof. Benjamin Benja-
min, however, is confined to bis house
today as the result Of mishap in
which Jersey insects played a large
and painful part.
the aeronauJ had been star at
traction Of the platrdeutScnerfeSt at
Scheu,zen park, Union Hid, N. j..
His p4rucuulc desCentS have been the
wonder Vi Tic asoo.nol i ptaJ,deut-
ScherS
But yesterday the p rachute failed
To optu properly, a,.d H. dtopped
swiftly huldreus Of ilct. lie Itll III
the soft mud OF tue HackensaCk rlver,
sinking deep. Before aid could reach
him a my Rad of mosquitoes hao az
tackled lin, and when Henry Ross,
boatman rescued him the acronau1
was unconscious from the onslaught
His face and hands are frighJiuily
swollen IRON the poisonous bites.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-24
ADVERTISED LErrE1s.

Men-Matthew Allen, T. SANDER.
son, B. Bianchi, B. Bargini, GA. Bal
lard, H. E. Bond, Mer on Briggs. r
Broggi, Carmimio Calabrese, O. Clem-
entine, Tom Cory, Sam Cauddy, San.
ford Church, Jos M. Deavitt A. S.
Dodge, Daniel Dauther. I. s. Dawley,
Calebre.ta Francescani, John Fields,
Gurden Holmes, James Geake 2, X Q.
Hodge, Willie Harson, George ieClair,
Pearl Kingst on, P. T. GranitA Co., M.
D Mcleod, George Marsini, James S.
Morgan, John Nicholson, A. REM,
David Russell, Geo. Stoughton, Geo.
Shurtleti, Nicholas ST.. Johns Pana-
gihi Viechos, c. B Waterman, W.
Woodcroft, w. Willard.
Women-Miss RDsey Abbott. Mrs.
Hannah F. Barnes, Mrs. Addie Glow,
Mrt. Chas. W Ellis, Carrie Farrand,
Miss G. S. Hubbard, Mrs. G. & Geod-
win, Mrs. Laura Haley, Mmma Lafay.
cite, Minnie NJ. Barnes, Mrs. Charles
M. Mellon, Mrs. Margie Odell, Mrs.
David Ryan. Mrs. Jas. Sullivan, Min
ME S. Stone, Maud Townsend, Mrs.
John Wilson.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-24
NO MORE
The Teachers List At
Manila
IS NOW FULL
Positions Will Be Filled By
Local Residents

Washington, Aug. 24.-The arrival
at Manila of the 500 school teachers,
who sailed on the transport Tnomas
practically marks the completion OF
the work Of selecting American teach.
ers for service in the Philippines, The
great food Of inquiries and applica-
tions continues, however, and the
writers are informed that Prof. At
kinson, general superint. ndent Of
public instruction at Manila, has
c4bled that no more appointments
will be made.
The annual report of that Official,
dated May p, showed that Of the
1000 teachers desired 781 had been
appointed either absolutely or pro-
yisionally, and stree that time other
appointments have been made, thus
completing the quota.
The colleges thr ugh which the pro-
yoonal appointments were made CO.
op rated with the inSular authorities
in endeav BRING to secure only the
most desirable teachers for service in
the Islands, but the time limit within
which this work had to be done is at
hand Hereafter the few teachers
that may be needed from time to time
will be appointed directly from Manila.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-24
PROGRAM Is OUT

Th' progrom for the grand Labor
Day Picnic is out. and will be publish
ed 10 the TELEGRAM all next week.
We were unable to get it into type in
time for publication today owing to
the earl, hour OF going to press with
the first edition.
1t will be held under the auspices
of the labor organizations of Barre at
Cherryvale Glove on Monday Sept.
2nd.
The Hon. Geo. T. SwaSey will speak
On the labor question. $3.50 Will be
given away 10 priz-S.
There will be a great and exciting
tug-of war Tournament between the
different societies of Barre for prize
of 500
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-24
Still Keeps Manfu||y At
The Head
ONE week MORE
Only Six Week Days Remain
For The Contest

Are you Buffalo? No matter
whether you are or not but II you
wish to take in the Pan.American
Exposition at our expense you must
hustle. Remember tL.-t the candi-
date having the most votes at 8 pm,
Aug. 81, 1901, caE take friend along
at our expense. ANY person having
10000 votes TO bis credit at 8 O'Clock
Sept. 7th, is entitled t. a single free
trip at our expense.
Now don't forget these essential
points, and don't forget to hustle for
that's the only way you can win.
The Alcazar where the TELEGRAM
guests will be entertained for five
days is situated near thelExposition
grounds and for that reason is very
popular.
Today W. H. Spear gains 1850
votes, W. Fl. Buchanan 625 and
Frank W. Jackson $50. Mr.. Spear
still leads.
W. II. Spear, Graniteville, l3075
Frank W. Jackson. Barre, l2200
W. H. Buchanan, Barre, 1915
B. II. Townshend, Plainheld, 5000
Frank L. Whitcomb, Waterbury, 2100
Chas. P. Mcknight. E. Mont
pelier, 1850
Robert Kynoch, Barre, 1900
j. Henry Moore, Barre, 425
William Ward, So. Barre, 400