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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18

photographer to accompany him, and
this matter gave him some difficulty,
since he was afraid he might not find
any one in Mexico willing to undertake
the expedition. But after finding his
man arrangements were quickly made.
They made the journey partly by
rail, then along the seacoast and the
volcanic region. disembarking at
Colima and travelling by mule around
the volcanic mountain of Colima. He
described this volcano as emitting
sudden and silent explosions of vapor
which rise in the air like flower He
travelled about 95 miles from the coast,
and finally found the meteorite about
which so many rumors had reached
the scientific ear. some declaring it
was as large as a ship. 1t was found
in a cultivated cornfeld.
Prof. Ward engaged some % Next
cans to dig it out for him, paying them
IS cents a day. which was double their
regular wages. 1t took them a day and
a half to dig around the mass and ex-
pose its base. 1t rested on solid rock,
and had not this rock interviewed, it
would have disappeared in the earth,
the speaker declared. There was abso-
lutely no soil between it and the rock
on which it lay. All the surrounding
soil had undoubtedly sunk in since the
meteor fell, and if this is so. it will
carry its fall very far back in the past,
the speaker said.
Prof. Ward gave the size as IS feet
I inch in length, 6 feet 4 inches thick,
and feet inches wide, and the prob
able weight as As or so tons. The out
side was well preserved, the absence
of moisture in the atmosphere pre-
venting decomposition. The pittings
were finely distributed all over it.
There was one large crack.
By using small sticks of dynamite,
Prof. Ward was enabled to separate
several large specimens of this meteor
lite, which he declared as beautiful in
formation. The great mass will prob
ably never be removed He estimated
it would cost something like $4,000 to
get it to the seaport. But the discov-
cry is an exceedingly valuable one. in
settling once and for all the existence
of this meteorite, and is of special in
terest of scientists. 1t is stated by
Prof. Dodge. president of the academy,
that Prof. Ward possesses the largest
collection of meteorite ever gotten to-
gether by one individual. though the
latter says it ranks fourth in size in
the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
IN FASHIONS REALM.
various Bits of Feminine Finery
That Are just Now Bright
in Style"

PasSementeries and braids will be
the first and popular choice in the
autumn.
Green wells are no longer consid.
cred novelties, and they are rivaled
by brown wells, which may be found
in many different shades, SAYS a fash
ion paper.
Sashes are tied either at the side
or back, or fastened in front with
one of the many beautiful sash pins
that are shown by jewelers. and nov
city dealers.
Word comes from Paris through a
trustworthy source that all kinds of
passementeries, especially frogs and
military ornaments are favorite dec
orations on thin summer wool
gowns.
The boa has in great degree Civ
en- place to the frilly shoulder cape
finished with very long scarf ends
of handsome lace or of accordion
plated net or chiffon tied with velvet
bows, or frightened here and there
with clusters of roses or soft fluffy
silk peoples.
Pointed bodices are finished with
closely fitted darts in the old man.
ner, but cleverly draped in slightly
bloused style in front and in close
clinging fashion at the side above
the ight-fronted corset, to give
the effect of length and slenderness.
There is a fad for American Indian
things, which ranges from decora-
tions Cor the cosy corner to costume
accessories. a stylish Philadelphia
girl wears Cheyenne belt of blue
beads, decorated with green arrows.
1t looks as though the fall colors
would be those of nature in autumn.
Golden-rod yellow is making its ap-
pearance in cloth and in silk. and in
other fabrics, and one sees that deep
sumacn red which is the delight of
the fall, and the dull deep green
which comes at that time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
Cucumber Scum.

Pare three good-sized cucumbers
and two onions; cut them in slices
crosswise. Cover with pint of boil
ing water and simmer slowly until
soft, adding more water if needed.
Rub the vegetables through sieve,
pressing hard to obtain as much Of
the pulp as possible, using the wa
ter in which vegetables were boiled
to soften the pulp. Return to fire.
Put pint of milk and pint of clear
stock in double boiler to heat. Rub
two level tablesp6onfuls of butter
and two of flour to a smooth paste
and stir into the liquid. Stir until
smooth and creamy, then tadd the
vegetable pulp and water. Season to
taste with salt and pepper and lit
tie nutmeg if you like and cook five
minutes and serve with croutons.:-
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
A FIFTY TON METEOR.
One of That Weight Recently LO-
Gated by an Eastern Scientist
in Old Mexico

At meeting of the Rochester Acad-
envy of Science recently, Prof. Henry
a. Ward, of Chicago. talked informally
on his latest expedition in search of
meteors when he succeeded in I'M
earthing the largest known meteor in
the world. Prof. Ward stated that he
had Just returned from a visit to the
West Indies, South America, and Mex
leo, and that while in Mexico he found
what he went after-a very large
meteorite. reports the Rochester On.
" Democrat.
You know how many meteorites
have been found in MeXico?" he said.
why, they are so large and of iron
formation. is what puzzles. Some have
said it is due to some special attraction
of the minerals in Mexico, but this
hardly seems possible to me, owing to
the rapidity with which the earth re-
wolves; and if a meteor were attracted
to a given spot, the velocity of the
earth's momentum would throw it far
from this point of attraction. To me
1t seems likely that the explanation is
the dry atmosphere of the country
the meteor is not worn or decomposed.
Still, it is an interesting question what
has caused this meteoric fall which
has no parallel in the earth.
1.-The same question might come up
in regard to the construction of the
meteorites, which are all of iron. there
being only two or three stone found
In Arizona and Kansas the meteors
found are all of stones. 1t is very puz-
zling. The Mexican government has
been very liberal in bringing together
these meteorites, which are grouped
before building in the City of Mex
leo, and handsomely mounted, some
$4,000 being appropriated for this
purpose.
81 had heard a rumor of a very large
meteOrite in the country bordering the
gulf. These rumors were so uncertain
that they made search for it very
tempting, so having a month at my
disposal. | determined to set out and
try to settle the question one and for
all in regard to the existence of this
meteorite."
Prof. Ward here gave a very inter
esting account of his expedition in
search of the mammoth meteorite.
The first thing he did was to hunt up a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Deep sea water for study is procured
by means of specially prepared bot.
ties.
New York has go hotels, London
over 500. But New York's hotels will
hold nearly as many people as Lon
don's great number.
The population of Canada increased
only ten and one-half per cent. in the
past ten years. That of Australia in
creased 10 per cent. in the same time.
1t is not generally known that the
body of Fred Archer, the famous Eng
fish jockey, is buried within 200 yards
of the winning post for the Cambridge
shire.
What is known as an angel shark,
an ugly fish with an eight-inch mouth
containing three rows of teeth, has
been caught with hand line at Felix
town.
Bombast once signified the cotton
that was employed to stuff garments.
particularly the enormous trunk hose
worn in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries.
Too blind faith must not be placed
in the alternative effects of drugs, de-
clared the president of the annual con-
gress of the British Homeopathic So
ciety recently.
Divers boots weigh 2Opounds apiece.
The helmet weighs 40 pounds, and the
diver carries also so pounds of lead
to enable him to keep his balance at
the bottom of the sea.
The old stone chimney which stands
on the lands of the Niagara Falls
Power company is to be removed. 1t
was built by the French in 1850, and
was the first stone structure erected
in the Niagara locality.
There is a point near the famous
Stony cave in the Catskill mountains,
where ice may be found on any day
in the year. This locality is locally
known as the Notch and is walled in
on all sides by steep mountains. some
OF which are more than 5000 feet high.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
A BENEFIT TO FARMERS.
Consolidation of Harvester Plants
Means the Continuation of Low
Prices to Buyers,

The benefits that will undoubtedly
result to farmers from the recent in.
corporation of the international Har.
vester Company, which took over the
business of the five leading harvester
manufacturers have probably not
been considered by large portion of
the farming community.
The economical necessity of a con-
solidation of the interests of manu-
facturers and those of their farmer
customers must be apparent to any
one who understands the present Sit
uation.
The increased and increasing cost
of material, manufacturing and SELL
ing-the latter in consequence of ex-
IRENE and bitter competition between
manufacturers and their several SELL
ing agcnts-has made the business
Improbable.
The two alternatives left for tho
manufacturers were either the in
creasing of the prices of machines
or the reduction of the cost of man
ufacture and sales. The latter could
only be accomplished by concentrate
ing the business in one company.
As can readily be seen, the forming
of the new company was not stock
jobbing operation, but centering of
mutual interests. There is no watered
stock; the capitalization is conserva-
tive and represented by actual and
tangible assets. There is no stock
offered to the public, it having all
been subscribed and paid for by the
manufacturers and their associations.
The management of the Interna-
tional Harvester Company is in the
hands of well-known, experienced
men.
The officers are: President, Cyrus
Fl. Mccormick; Chairman Executive
Committee, Charles Deering; Chair
man Finance Committee, George w.
Perkins; Vice-Presidents, Harold F.
Mccormick, James Deering, VIM. H.
Jones and John j. Glessner; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, Richard f. Howe.
The members of the Board of Di-
rectors are as follows: Cyrus Bent
ley, William Deering, Charles Deer
ing, James Deering, Eldridge NJ. Fow-
Ter, E. H. Gary, John j. Glessner,
Richard F. Howe, Abram NJ Hyatt,
William H. Jones, Cyrus H. McCor-
mick, Harold F. Mccormick, George
W. Perkins, Norman B. Ream, Leslie
n. Ward, Paul D. Cravath.
The International Harvester Com
pany owns five of the largest har-
vester plants in existence, The Cham
pion, Deering, Mccormick, Milwaukee
and Plano-plants that have been pro-
ducing nearly or quite 90 per cent.
of the harvesting machines of the
world.
1t also owns timber and coal landS
blast furnaces and a steel plant; it
has new factory in process of con-
struction in Canada.
1t is believed that the cost of pro-
ducing grain, grass and corn har-
vesting machines will be so reduced
that the present low prices can be-
continued, and that consequently the
results cannot be otherwise than
beneficial to the farmer. To main
tain the present prices of these ma
chimes means to continue and in
crease the development of the agri-
culture of the world, for no one
cause has contributed or can con-
tribute more to this development
than the cheapness of machines for
harvesting grains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
HAS A WIRELESS STATION.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company Ess
tabiisheS Successful Line with Mar
enn1 Cnnnnny

The Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany has established a successful
wireless telegraph station, in con-
America, at Sagaponack, L. |. Mes
sages are sent to all the ships of the
great ocean-going vessels which have
been equipped with the Marconi sys-
tenn. The apparatus is being INSTALL
ed rapidly in most of the big liners,
and the list of ships which may ne
communicated with while still at sea
is growing weekly.
The new service is somewhat ex-
pensive, and of course will appeal
chiefly to persons who like luXuries
and can afford to pay for them. Thus
messages of ten words will cost the
senders So, with a rate of IL cents
for each word additional. 1t is be-
ieved that the station of Sagaponack
will soon be doing a large business in
kilograms sent from all parts of the
country.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company of America at it's offices in
New York the other day gave out
direct contradiction from the Mar
quis Solari, of Italy, in regard to the
published reports that Signor Mar
conf had yielded credit for his inven-
tions to the marquis. The official
journal of the patent office on July
&c contained a notice announcing
that Marconi sought leave to amend
his application by converting it into
an application for a patent for an
invention communicated to him from
abroad by the Marquis Solari."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
STRING CURES HICCOUGHS.
Young Russian Girl After Suffering
for Three Years Is Relieved in a
Simple Way.

Hiccoughs of three years standing
were cured at Bellevue hospital, New
York City, the other day, with a bit
of string. Miss Sarah Blockson, a
young Russian girl, was subject to
spells of melancholia, and when once
she had acquired the notion that she
could not stop hiccoughing she had
been sitting in her home waiting for
the recurring spasms. The physic-
ians tied about her waist cord so
tight that the spasmodic movements
of the diaphragIs were controlled.
She was unable to hicccugh any
more. After ten minutes the cord
was removed, and the young woman
was told she was cured. The manner
of the physicians was either so con-
vincing or the cure was so effectual
that from that moment She ceased to
be disturbed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18

SIBLE. AS is we lack POWER enforce demands.
Every has sides Corporations which stimulate
trade engage
be fettered They make foS the prosperity OF the country
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE
But everyone admit that the best Of
the country the wealth the of
few Anything which divides the people against
class S evil
favor of anything which will help the people Just
far lower the wages of workngmen opposed them
far long upon their
ployes, am opposed to them
Just far raise the Of living opposed
them
AFTER ALL, THE GREAT LAW OF LIFE IS THE GOLD
EN- RULE. 1t the highest law and day people
by it. Are opposed this law of life? IF THEY ARE
THEY MUST GO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
Not Good Advertising.

The fortune teller who said Edward
would reign but never be crowned has
decided not to use that prediction, says
the Chicago Record-Herald, for adver-
tising purposes. ..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18
Women Against the Trusts
By PHOEBE A. EANAFORD,
Of Press New

against the trusts. Perhaps an organization
Of women banded to fight the corporations
which control the industries of the country
could not accomplish much. You see, we
lack the little white slip of paper which the
men possess. We can talk and talk, we can
use Our influence we can refuse to use
trust-made articles, BUT WE CANNOT
VOTE. GIVE THE BALLOT TO WON
EN- AND REFORMS WILL BE ACCOM-
PLISHED WHICH NOW SEEM IMPOS-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18

A Michigan preacher delivered a
sermon the other Sunday of 81 words
because of the hot weather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-01
Mrs. MeynelI and Her Gown.

Roswell Field. in Chicago Evening Post.
The departure of Mrs. Meynell and her
black silk gown did not put an end to the
critical gossip caused by the appearance of
this accomplished woman. 1t seems to us
that such criticism betrayed a woeful igno-
rance of the proprieties and argued an
amazing misunderstanding of the higher
literary life. 1t is true that Mrs. Meynell
sent her trunks on to Boston under the i'm
preston so common with English women
that in Chicago we customarily array our
selves in buffalo skins and crash toweling.
and she expressed her establishment and
qualification that at the meeting of the
Fortnightly and the Twentieth Century 50
much attention was paid TO the decoration
OF the person. That she herself chose TO
appear at all functions in her honor in that
well-remembered gown of black silk should
be taken, however, as distinctly typical of
her somber, but beautiful, poems, and of
the essay character of her writings. We
do not say that all poets and authors dress
according to their literary style, but we
think that it will be conceded that the au-
thorial toilet is not marked by that preci-
sion and elegance which make the world of
womanhood so attractive. Mrs. Meynell
who is an author, and English, should not
be judged by the ordinary standards OF
American women, and we consider it likely
that an inspection Of her trunks would not
have added TO an appreciation of her de-
lightful personality. We hesitate to speak
for Mrs. Meynell, but when the average lit
erary lady undertakes to decorate herself
with fine raiment and rainbow effects there
is a combination which may be momentar-
lily expected TO eliminate in an explosion.
The pursuit of literature does not conduce
to elegance of taste in textile fabrics. Let
us be thankful for the black silk gown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-01
"Cracker Jacks at the Empire.

In Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson's sparring
match in the show given by Bobby Man
chester's Cracker jacks" yesterday at the
Empire Theater it was somewhat of a
novelty to see the woman giving her hus-
band a trouncing. The couple spar two
rounds, and in that time some good stiff
blows are struck. Jackson lands on his
wife's neck several times with his right
fist, but the wife retaliates by sending in
jabs from both fists. The Jacksons. with
their son. a boy of about fifteen years, have
an act full of athletic specialties. The trio
take turns at punching the bag The father
gives an exhibition of slack wire walking.
The vaudeville part of the show opens
badly with an act in which the man relies
on personal remarks to the audience to
arouse laughter. George Fredo imperson-
ateS a tramp, while his assistant, Sadie
Forrest, plays a soubrette part. Miss For
rest begins with an attempt at singing, but
on account of some arrangement of her
voice the song can hardly be heard beyond
the foOtligktS. Fredo's work shows that he
has failed TO keep up to the changes which
have taken place on the variety stage.
The Mayo sisters have a sidewalk turn
and sing several songs. The two women
have gorgeous gowns; Bob Van osten. in
is assisted by ten of the chorus girls in
a one-act sketch entitled THE Troubles
of Little Lord Fauntleroy.'
Brown, Harrison and Brown have a
laughable sketch entitled Wait a Minute"
Harry Brown has the principal part of this
act. He tries several times to carry on a
conversation with the audience, but becomes
so confused that he is obliged to say often
wait a minute" The other Brown in the
I sketch gives a clever exhibition Of ma
nipulating a cigarette. The act closes with
the trio dancing.
The show opens with a well-staged bur
lesque that resembles a musical comedy.
Harry Brown and Robert Van Osten are
the comedians The closing burlesque is
entitled Nature" and is mainly to show
the figures of six women in union suits.
Several songs are sung i'm this act. how
ever. and are we'll received. At the close
of the show Harvey Parker. who is well
known as a weller weight wrestler. gives
an exhibition of his skiIl on the mat with
Jean BuschOff, who is said to be from this
city. Parker threw Buschoff Yesterday af-
ternOon i'm less than five minutes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-01
wagner Opera for Housemaids.

Harper's Weekly.
A fortnight or so ago the Woman's Club
at Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago, under
took to give to the servants of it's members
quiet, pleasant evenings. under pure in
fuences." 1t is rather lonely in Wilmette
between s a.. M. and 6 p. m, especially for
domestics: and the chance remark Of one of
these. that servants have no opportunity to
meet cultured people and themselves be-
come cultured, was sufficient to enlist the
Woman'S Club in a far-reaching plan of
culture incubation. OF course the testers
made merry over the project, and it became
necessary to deny reports of afternoon teas,
musicales and readings on The Nibelun-
gen Ring for the benefit of the cook ladies
of Wilmette; which reports. according to
the local weekly, have wrought havoc in
the Wilmet real-estate market. Prob
able investors i'm Wilmette homes says
the paper, have already decided against
Wilmett because of the affair, and rival
localities are using it as an ."
And all loyal residents of the suburb are
called upon to live 1T down" The failure
of this or that experiment in culture inoc-
uIation reminds us that culture is of some
what natural growth and slow. and that
hypodermic injections of its distilled bios
SONS produce no more than a temporary
excitation. Had success attended the Will
mette experiemnt, there is no saying
whittier il might have led. Other suburban
communities. East and West, might have
followed: and it is possible To conceive of
the Lonesomehurst Cook Ladies' Cultur,
Club rapping at the door of the American
Federation of Women's Clubs. which or
ganization is just at present i'm no position
to add to its perpleXities.