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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-02-21
THE WAY 70 BE WE'LL.

DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription makes weak
women strong and sick
women well. 1t estab-.
fishes regularity, dries
the drains which weaken
women, heals inflamma-
ton and liberation and
cures female weakness.
VIII Ell the won a My
h e alth is established,
fainting, headache, dizzi-
ness, and all the other
maladies VIII ic h h a We
their cause in womanly
weakness and disease, are
entirely cured.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is essential
ly and particularly a
woman's medicine. It
has perfectly and per-
manently cured the most
complicated WON a n ly
diseases when all other
means and medicines had
failed to give more than
temporary relief.
~ suffered int e nse
agony at times both in
mind and body for about
tw ty years." writes
Mrs. M. A. HARRINGTON.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-02-21

| EDWARD BLAKE: COLLEGE student. !
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON,

uor of Yin His Steps," "Macom Kirk wThe Philip Strong
"Robert Hardys Seven Days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
THE COLLECTING HABIT.
A Mania Which Attacks Men o.
Every Kind

From the New York Evening Post
The collecting habit is a malady that few
have escaped. the evidences of it being ap-
the years Of mans susceptibility limit ed
as they range from infancy to honorable
age. Not even poverty can insure immunity
from the contagion spontaneous develop
ment Of the symptoms; on the contrary,
the purest type of the collector is the man
who has not the wherewithal to acquire on
sight the prize he discovers, but must I'M
Of necessity, in order to hope for the ulti-
antiquity Of this absorbing pastime, the
most famous collection was the most an
cient-namely, the specimens selected and
placed in Noahs ark, the first cabinet
One form OF the craze which has turned
to the lasting good Of science Is thesdeight
which the naturalist takes in hunting out
specimens Of various forms of life. The
career Of the natural scientist of an adven-
turous spirit Is a romantic one as he beats
his path into the heart of the jungle in
quest of a suspected orchid, or digs into the
depths of the earth for relic Of former
mineral or animal life. Then, too, what
great pleasure is gained from the collec-
tons Of really beautiful things, the can
vases of some inspired master the mimi
table Japanese prints which have but re-
Gently become accessible to the countries
outside that of their origin, or the wonder
full Italian marbles cut in a graceful age
less grave motives than these, more mixed
enjoyment is had by the owners of them
and the general public when it is admitted
to the cherished presences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
THE WHITE PLAGUE.
Bacteriologist Obtains Serum for Cure
of Consumption.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers weekly.
The announcement made recently to the
Berlin Academy Of Sciences by Prof. Emil
Won Behring Of the results of his researches
In consumption Is of the deepest import.
Briefly. as the result of six years invesu-
CATION. Prof Behring finds that tuberculosis
in man and in cattle (and other animals) is
one and the same disease-orig mating with
one and the same germ This. 1t need hardly
be said, IS Numerically opposed to the
views Of the famous DIR. Koch of Berlin.
Prof. Behring has found that the disease
bearing germ is altered in passing from the
blood Of man to cattle, or the reverse; hence
the confusion which has existed.
But what Is most important is that Prof.
Behring has been able TO inocuIate very
young animals (hitherto found impossble),
and has obtained from these an antitoxine
poN vaccine is cultivated. This is stirring
news. and should 1t prove well grounded,
another Nobel prize should be awarded this
great bacter!QlOgiSt. The event will be
awaited with the keenest interest. The
hopes Of a genuine cure for the white
plague have been blighted so often that
skepticism IN this field has grown a habit.
No known physical force, no ina gined I'M
reality. no fad or folly known to the hu-
seem, in the geafch foF ! remedy against
this most deadly enemy OF the Face. Every
thing. from bare feet and electricity TO a
close semblance of the Filipino water cure
has been tried-nay. Wanted. The scourge
goes on Unto Prof. Behring. or whomso-
ever wrests the secret at last. every 1fation
upon earth should erect a great memorial,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
Wine Opening Habit.
From the New York Sun.

From the New YORK Sun.
An embezzling cashier examined in the
Tombs police court had the habit of buy
ing champagne The technical name of
this offense is Opening wine'' 1t is one
Of the characteristics of the "chump'' or
sucker" and seems to be especially dear
to persons of limited or doubtful incomes.
Thousands of men and office boys have
cooked accounts or tapped the till for the
brief glory of a few hours of Opening
wine The uptown lobster palace or even
an ordinary bar room will serve as the the
alter for these intellectual performances.
Local politicians have somewhat outgrown
the wine opening" habit, we believe. A
few years ago some of them were only too
happy to open wine" on the bar. The
manners Of politicians have been much i'm
proved: and even sports Of the more
conservative SCHOOL have acquired higher
taste in this matter, but unchanged by
time, unafrafd of want and the peniten-
tiary, the wine opener or wine buyer
survives. He has his knot of parasites and
his little fling. The born wine opener is
fated. He can't escape the habit or dis
ease. Probably disease: and disease that
seems to prevail most among those who can
least afford II. L. I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
such as the people of France raised to their
beloved PaSteur.
PARKS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Turf Not So Much Hurt by Feet as
Soil Exhaustion.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The question of removing or replacing
Keep off the grass signs in public parks
has become one of lively interest in many
cities because of report that the turf in
Central Park, New York, Is In danger, on
account of the crowds not being kept to the
roads and paths.
Comparison of experiences leads to the
conclusion that it is not so much the feet
of the people straying over the grass that
has caused the mischief as the raisjudgment
of the park management. The turf is
perishing because the soil is becoming ex-
hausted. Others parks have for years been
free to the people. who are allowed to wan
der where they please and settle themselves
down on the cool turf in twos ami threes,
and in larger family groups. Park parties
gather and school picnics bivouac under
the shade Of the trees, while the children
romp and scamper in the open spaces with
no Keep of the grass signs to scare them
10 the roads made perilous by swift auto
mobiles or thronged with carriages. In
spite of all this the grass in these parks
fiourishes the turf seeming i be the better
instead of the worse for this usage.
The parks are for the people. The only
way the masses of the people can enjoy
theri is by having the freedom o. the grass
The experience of other cities, as well as
that OF Cleveland, is that under reasonable
regulations such use of the parks is not IN
furious to the turf, provided care is taken
To keep the soil in condition to supply the
grass roots with proper nouriShment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
Beautifying Cities.

From the Dayton Herald.
There has been no one agent so far-reach-
ing in its effect in identifying cities as the
street paving material, whether 1t be block
brick or asphalt. When gravel or cobbles
or boulders were done away with and brick
or asphalt was substituted for the i'm
provement and building of streets the first
foundation OF clean and handsome cities
was laid. These materials have not only
enabled the making of clean and noiseless
streets. but they have forced other i'm
provements-better sidewalks, graceful
curbing and a general fixing up of resi-
dence frontings, no matter In what part of
the city they have been put. Asphalt and
cement have worked wonders, have become
substitutes for stone and at a much less
cost. There never has been such q senti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
CHEMICALLY MADE GEMS.
A New Industry Which is Doing Won
ders in the Jewelry Trade.

From the New York Sun.
"A new industry has grown up in this
country in the last few years." a down.
town ,jeweler told a Sun reporter. ut is
the treatment and setting of crystals and
minerals partly as limitations of real pre-
cious stones and partly art objects and
ornaments which do not pretend to be any
other than they are--simply pretty things.
The extent of this industry and the success
of its products hardly be realized by
any one outside the jewelry trade.
Chemistry plays important part in
the industry. 1t Is remarkable what beau
tiful effects can be secured with bit of
quartz by chemist who has studied this
phase of mneralogy. There is. for instance,
the so-called golden opal, which is not an
opal at all. 1t is made by boiling chalce-
dony, which is merely a species Of quartz,
in honey, then in a solution of chromate
of lead, and finally baking it in hydrochloric
acid kept at moderate heat for few
weeks,
I'm the same way deep red carnelians
are produced by skillfully burning the pale
or dull chalcedonies. Black agate, popular
for mourning jewelry, Is made by similar
methods. Other colors and stripes are OBJ
tanned by boiling chalcedony in such solu-
tions as blood and water, sugar and water
and molasses and water, and after it has
absorbed these boiling it in su1phuric acid.
Agates are easily converted into onyx
like substances which lapidaries use for
canoes and 1ntagl1os. Any cOlored onyx
can be obtained by simple chemical pro-
cesses. In fact modern chemistry has pro-
duced such changes in stones and minerals
that 1t is possible to initiate many of them
and improve upon all but very few.
Not only can the whole stone be made
to change its color, but sections and lines
of it can be made to assume a red. black,
yellow or white tone, while the rest stays
pure white es black. Rock crystal. which
Is simply pure quartz. is employed to
much greater extent than ever before for
initiating diamonds and other precious
stones These can be cut and polished to
almost rich 4 brilliaucy as the real
stones. though, Of course, they soon lose
their luster and must be recut to regain 1t.
Agate is used in many different ways
for oTnamenting trinkets. Small but beau
tiful amethysts are found in Pennsylvania,
Maine and North Carolina and in Wyo-
ming are large masses of moss agates In
fact. chemistry applied to comparatively
cheap minerals and skillful treatment of
them has made 1t possible for people far
from wealthy to possess excellent imita-
tons Of jewelry which themselves are al
most priceless"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
SAKABULA PLUMES.
Feathers From a Rare South African
Bird
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
An echo of the late war in South AFRICA
Is to be found in New York in the form OF
ornaments made from the sakabula plumes.
They are very beautiful. They are made
by a widow of a Boer officer, who is now
trying to support herself in this way. The
sakabula is as rare a bird In South Africa
as the impeyan is in the Himalayas. 1t be-
longs to the pheasant family. and bears
some resemblance to the bankiva In the
Philippines. The tail feathers are curved.
slender and of wonderful chestnut color,
Which shades from the lightest hue into a
red brown, almost maroon. AT the tip or
each feather is a white eye. which throws
the surrounding tint into very high relief.
The other feathers are small and brilliant
some of them having a semi-metallic luster
on the edge.
They were used by the Zulu and Mata-
belle Warriors~as an ornament of the high
est value and are said to have many ST.
perstitions attaching to them. They are
part of the head dressing Of the chiefs ana
of the professional uniform Of the witch
finders. These medicine men manufac-
tured a head-dressing of the plumage, COM
bined with small dried bladders. skewers
and ornaments. fashioned out of tusks and
lions teeth The tail feathers stood up and
produced an effect that was both pictur-
esuue and CHASTITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
Kaiser's Childless Ancestor"

From the London Chronicle.
In his telegram to President Roosevelt
offering a statue of Frederick the Great
to the American people the German en-
peror refers to his "ancestor's' well-known
friendly attitude toward the young Amcri-
can republic during the course OF her for
nation; but his majesty might have been
more explicit by saying that Frederick was
the first European sovereign to recognize
the independence of our rebellious colo
nists 1t is also notorious, though it was
not to be expected of the kaiser that he
should have alluded to the fact, that In
recognizing this Independence the hero OF
Rossbach was not so much animated by
love of the Americans, least Of all their
republic-which was form of government
abhorrent to him-as by hatred of Great
Britain The present action Of the emperor
may be paralleled with that of his grand
father William 1, who presented to the
town Of Peterhead. in Aberdesnshire, re-
plica of the statue of Field Mar
shall Keith, which stands. with
other similar monuments to the MEM
ory Of the seven years war, on the VIII
heimsplatz Berlin, over against Bismarck
old palace For the rest, 1t is strictly speak
ing not correct of the emperor to refer to
Frederick as his ancestor" seeing that
his majesty is only descended from
brother of the great king, who never bad
any children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
B. Taylor, any ors of whom. It Is believed,
would fill the position creditably.
General Matters.


would I'LL the position creditably.
General Matters.
The Washington Wholesale Drug Com
pany, the objects OF which are to conduct a
wholesale drug business in all its branches,
has been granted charter in the corporation
court by Judge ]. X. NJ. Norton. The sum
of $4,000 is named as the capital stock, and
1t is not to 4e incf ased to more than $780,
GOO. The QhcArS are as follows: w. s..
Duckett ofAWSslRgton. president; H. E.
yesterday OF LeesB0rg, Va, secretary; r. N.
Harper, also OF Leesburg, Va, treasurer.
Gardner i. Boothe is named as local attor-
ney.
A certified copy Of the charter of the Belle
Pre- Bottling Company, which was granted
in Dover, Del, has been filed in the Office of
the clerk of the corporation court The
capital stock is 100000. and F1rman b.
Horner of Washington is president and j..
H. Ramsay of this city Is local agent. The
company will shortly erect a factory here,
where they will manufacture bottles.
The Epworth League, NJ E. Church South.
will hold a devotional meeting this evening.
AT the close business session will be
held, when the semi-annual election of Of
ficers will take place.
The closing exercises Of the Potomac
Academy on North Washington street, of
which Mr.. John S. Blackburn is principal,
took place this morning at the school build
ing. : -
Mayor Simpson was reported this morning
to be slightly III at his home on North
Columbus street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
Syrian Asphalt.
Asphalt Journal.

From the American Asphalt Journal.
Asphalt is found in the provinces of Syria
on the banks of the Dead sea, floating on
the surface of it's waters. Through the &C
ton of earthquakes the asphalt has been
torn from the bottom of the sea and driven
toward the shores, especially to the east.
The narratives of the Greek and Roman
historian to the effect that asphalt as small
islands was upheld by the salt water and
driven over the surface of the sea are
without doubt true. This asphalt, and gen.
orally the oriental or Egyptian, Is pure and
expensive and used principally in the man
ufacture of a certain kind Of varnish, but
for general purposes. owing to Its brittle
ness as well, Is useless in the asphalt in
dustry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
II 80
Death in Old Wall PAPER.

From The New York Herald.
Union painters affiliated with the Hudson
County On. J9 Building Trades Council have
sent petitions to the various health boards
in the county asking them to adopt ordi-
nances compelling paperhangers to remove
old wall paper in rooms before new paper
Is placed on the walls, the painters claim
ing that disease germs Turk in old wall
paper This action is the result of the
death OF Mr.. Atkins, a painter, who died
of smallpox few days ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
Parliamentary Frontiers.
From the Westminster Gazette.

On either side OF the commons chamber
of our parliament house there Is a distinct
line along the floor. and any member who.
when speaking. steps outside the line on
his side is liable to be called to order. These
lines are supposed to be scientific frontiers,
and the neutral zone between is beyond the
length of q sword thrust, and although
members no longer wear swords, except
those who are selected to move and second
addresses to. the throne on. certain occa-
sions the old precaution still fingers on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
The Bridge" Woman Pays.

From the Lady's Pictorial Magazine.
Many women appear to devote their whole
lives to gambling But they pay-they pay!
The bridge woman, by her faded face, her
early-wrinkled features, by her pitiable
state of nerves, the whisky and soda that
she drinks instead of tea. the ceaseless eff
fort by drug and stimuiant to string her
self up to the necessary gambling pitch,
and you know that nothing short of mir
gambler can. and often does. save himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
Bows Hats and Cans.

ment for beautifying cities as there is now,
and in many places persons are devoting
all their energies to the work. not for
profit. but for the general good. Future
generations Will rise up and call them
blessed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20

There is considerable speculation here as
to whom Judge ]. K. M. Norton of the cor
poration court will appoint to the position
of commemorative attorney to fill the va
cancy caused by the death OF former Com
monwealths Attorney Leonard Marbury.
Judge Norton states that he has the names
of several attorneys under consideration,
among them Messrs. Harry B. Cation, Sam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20

Mrs. Ernestine Schaffner, the original
''Tonbs Angel" is dead, at her home, 20
West 50th street New York, at the age Of
seventy. d..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
$500 Patent ONfords.

We secured ] 500 Pairs Reliable Pat
ent leather OXfords at a hig price conces.
sion-and you may secure
'S f: mo, "."S'' or our ''' $1.10
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-04-07
HOW Beers
ARE FARINC

NEW YORK. April Frederick
Taylor OF this city, a fellow OF tho
Royal Geographical Society and OF
the Folklore Society. who arrived on
the Nord America. studied tho CON
dition OF the huer ~ laonors Ia Ser
muda and Ccyinn.
Were one thud Of the laboring
classes In New York city as we'll
provided for. aud as well looked az
ter as the prisoners In bermuda. {"
he said. they ought 20 be quite
happy,
Conditions IN Ccylon are not 20
good. found 500 prisoners near the
town OF Mount ieyinia In frame
building. rudcly put together and
nlled with cots. They are not fed
iuNuriously, nor are they given
clothing TO any extent. There IL no
shade Tor them. though the eneamp-
ment faces the sea. and the glass
stands at So There are old men or
81 years and young men Of 10. Most
OF them have fever and are home
sick. OF course. The Enclosure II or
hArbcd wire. and. though they are
allowed out IN small squads. none Of
them has escaped They are too
closely watched. both BY the sol
dierH and by natives. who have the
cunning uf sieuths. Seven or eight
miles inland are more prisoners
some OF them Americans only one
from this camp has escaped. Rus
sian"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-04-07
FIRE SIGNALS
The Seattle Electric Company Will
Prevent Collisions

To prevont a repetition % the col.
lislon sach a. occurred az Third avenue
and Columbia street some weeks AEo.
the Seattle Electric Company has De
eldcd 90 install red lights at the most
dangerous street Intersections a. q warn.
ing 10 motormsn and conductors that
the IRE department 10 making q run.
The work o. NtrtnEing the wires will
b begun az once. Tha system will -
handled from frs headquarters. when
an alarm Ia turned In thu eurr~nt sup
plying tho liEhsA will b. turned on By
tho man In charge at the station or the
switch Will be thrown automatically
The lights viii be arranged at the stree,
corners 80 that they will revoive and
will thus attract attsution At once. The
electric company will also install gonrs
at some OF On. CORNERS fer use IN the
day time la case the car men might not
see she lights.
The streets a. which the lights or
xenEa viii b. put up are as follows
First. Second and Third avenues and
Mndiaon. Columbia. JAmea streets ana
NesieF way. First. Second. Third .nd
fifth avenues and Pike street and Kiag
street and FIRST avenue south. Ths
lights wiii b Kept bnrninx Until the are
engines have reached The ioestton % the
Gre or the boz from xhieh tho alarm has
besn sent In.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-04-07
BRIEFS

Arizona has IS telephone sr.
changes.
Thirty millions Of artificial teeth
are used each year.
Los Angeles will have a hospital
Tor INDECENT consumptivea.
France has 10. 900 physicians. their
Incomes average but 500 a year.
The vatican now has an instnlia-
lion Of electric lights which Goa,
SIX persons recently started from
Paris to Picking IN an automobils
via Siberia
Mediterranean oranges and those
from Florida come TO Us in birch
boxes made In Maine.
The General Electric Company
sold apparatus during last year 10
the amount OF f7t00o. 900.
The quarterly target practice OF
the North Atlantic naval squadron
costs uTs. 900 for ammunition.
ThGra II a general crisis for wine
growers because OF an overproduc-
ton IN the entire world.
The principal rubber port IL now
Aanoa, on the Amazon. Para having
taken second place.
A department for inatructing in
telephone engineering II 20 be es-
tabiished at Purdue university.
Maryland's industry employing the
greatest number Of persons a. the
canning Of fruits and vegetables.
A. the height Of one mile the aver
age velocity OF the wind is four
times as great as the carths sur
face.
There are In Germany about 1 600
mines or shafts In operation. which
4 IA 49,
There were in Cuba IN 1893 81. III
farms. with an average size OF ia
acres and an average cultivation OF
- acres