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The Western news., 1903-10-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The power plants now In operation
at the falls divert one-seventeenth Of
the volume of Niagara river, and
when the fumes now building are COM
pleted one-eighth less water will go
over the falls. this aside from the water
diverted by the Welland canal and by
great volume of the Chicago drainage
canal.
The Protector differs chiefly from the
Holland and other types of submarine
Doats In being able to run along on
wheels upon the floor OF the ocean.
Travelling on the bottom is declared to
De the most simple, safe and reliable
method known to underwater naviga-
ton. There are two wheels fitted to
the keel-one in advance Of the other.
They are three feet In diameter, with
nine-inch face.
A Russian woman physician has
proved that Infection may be carried
by bullet from the clothing to a
wound. Using = Swiss military rifle,
shots were fired-before and after the
gun had become hot-through cloth
saturated with cultures of various
micro-organisms, and in every case the
sterilized bullet took up the germs
from the cloth. Neither high velocity
nor heat were sufficient to prevent in
fection.
instantaneous photography is being
applied by German biologist to an in
vestigation of the action of insects
wings. AS many as $500 exposures
per second are obtained by revolving
a cog wheel in the focus of concen-
trateo sunlight, the Photographic i'm
ages OF the insect being separated by
means OF a revolving mirror. A great
difficulty is to get the insect to fly in
the narrow limits in which it can be
Photographed.
In recent paper to the London In
stituton of the Mechanical Engineers,
Mr.. j. H. Wicksteed showed that
sponey, malleabie iron, made direct
from the ore, was much employed for
tools and weapons about 400 B. c., the
time OF the earliest record Of accurate
~ Snown date, and received great at
te1Ion in the time OF Homer, $50 G.
Until about 400 years ago, however.
bronze held the field for objects that
could not be shaped by hand hammer
ing The pest authorities have de-
cided that cast-ron was discovered be-
tween 1890 and 1900 and from that
time the iron foundry was added to the
forge.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
Your Liuer
Is 1t acting we'll? Bowels
regular? Digestion good? If
not, remember Ayers Pills.
The kind you have known all
yOuI lie. &c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass
Want your m0ustache or beard|
a beautiful brown or rich black? Use
bUCkINGHAm'S DYE|
STAGE LIGHTS.

Julia Marlowe will act next season in
Fools OF Nature" a new play written
by H. V. Esmond.
When "The Eternal City" goes on the
road next fall Sarah Truax will have
Viola Aliens role and F. c. Bangs will
play the pope. E. D. Morgan will have
his original part.
THE Belle of New York" Is being pre-
sented in Paris with great success, but
without the belle. All the music allot-
ted to the Salvation Army lass is sung
by eight Fits, the piece being made as
Frenchy as possible.
Mrs. Stuart Robson, who was known
several years back as May Waldron, has
decided to accept contract from David
Belasco covering next season. 1t is not
known whether she will be starred or
go into the support Of one of Mr.. Be-
lascos companies.
Ethel Barrymore is to open the new
Hudson theater, New York, in October
in the Hubert Henry Davies play,
Cousin Kate" Charles Frohman
bought the play over year ago, and
now gives the title role to Miss Barry
more at the request OF the author.
1t is said that red hair will be fashion,
able among stage beauties next season,
the fad having been started by two
French vaudeville performers. who
made hit in New Yorl, not long ago.
Already the torrid coiffure shows signs
OF coming into great favor. and the girl
with such tint in headgear is the pres
ent acknowledged type of beauty
Speaking about this d hairdresser says:
We do great deal of theatrical work
and | can tell you in confidence that in
half dozen new theatrical ventures for
next season the leading woman has
chosen to have red hair"
The Western news., 1903-10-21
ART AND ARTISTS.

The Copley society, of Boston, intends
to hold memorial Whistler exhibition
in February which will be representa-
tive of the artists life work
Charles H. Nienaus, of New York.
has been commissioned to execute the
statue of John ]. ingalls, which is to
represent the state of Kansas in the
statuary hall Of the United States cap
itol.
The committee for Great Britain and
ireland to represent the fine art Of the
empire at the Louisiana Purchase ex-
hibiion has been widened so as to in
clude other art organizations beside the
Royal academy.
The German emperor has conferred
upon John S. Sargent, the American
painter, large gold medal for art in
connection with the Berlin art exhibi-
tion. A small gold medal also was con-
ferred upon Edwin A. Abbey.
There are, it would seem. many fine
points In sculptural criticism which the
art world overlooks. for Mr.. st. Gaudens
has told how recently he heard an Irish
man. passing his Sherman statue, but
lately unveiled in New York. remark
that it was all wrong; for" said he.
would an illigant military gintleman
like the gineral be riding and let the
lady [Fame] walk?'
The Mozart union. of Dresden, of
which Alois Schmidt is the chief spirit
decided some years ago to erect monu-
ment to the composer in Dresden. and
$4,000 has been raised for that purpose
Recently designs were invited from
Dresden sculptors, and a site in the
Burgewiese. one of the prettiest of the
smaller Dresden parks. was awarded to
the union by the city authorities. Eight
designs have been received SO far. not
one OF which has proved to be satisfac-
tory enough to warrant the committee
in accepting 1t.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
TUNEFUL AND MELODIOUS.

L. o. Emerson, the composer of "a
ife on the Ocean Wave" "The Ivy
, zen" and other popular songs. cele-
I'd 4 a;ghty-third birthday in Bos-
,ol last Week.
Productions of "Griseldis" end
d" his" b.. Massenet; lie Roi Ia rit."
go Deii5es. and Siberie," the new
~S'1H . 80, are "eheduled for next
son IT - Scala, MILAN.
% r:6cT Of ,"anz Won S,1rre has
- -"l TO IT, Tienr. :nuscTr7 the 1ntc-
"1%hic scores of her husbands o. er-
taT. : 49, her of unpublished pieces
'.'di"'- : overture, and a clavecin
#lich is l1 Years old
A new = n Der Meistersinaer. ;"
'H'l FeUce Cleiss. seems to i've - de
lo iMn.'7 on at a re"e-t ,.cr'~2~ M
'~"n ~ T@--a~' ernr1cn 60 : SIS = 20
70 81 o>,. ''~~''- light voice. which
- "eoE - cough, but she was
'~ ,-'"r. "oi. -, We
rf '-'t"- inch pianist. Fran
'1"7t" - = Geneva went to r>~v
visit - HN'c-cw's' i who AS IT Nsa
e'"ce near 7 n EJOr~,les In ro-,r~r -
iAeir conversation Hassenet's piano
concerto, lately published, which hap
pened to be lying on table. was men
toned They discussed it but moment,
the same idea occurred to both, and they
moved toward the two grand pianos for
mutual satisfaction. Their perform
ance of this latest masterpiece of Mas
senet's is said to have been marvellous.
and emotional in it's effect to the last
degree.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
FACT AND FANCY.

Siam Is adol ing Japanese customs.
European Russia has less per cent
Of forest than the United States.
The French domain in Africa COM
prises one-third of the surface OF the
continent.
The Canadian exhibit won first prize
in the Japanese international exhibi-
ton at Osaka
A number worth noticing is 142,857,
which when multiplied by either OF
the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and gives the
same figures in the same order, begin
ming at different point.
The Palais de Costume at the St.
Louis fair will show the dress cost
umes. house furnishings. and to GER
tain extent the manners of various
periods in the history Of man.
A model school for the deaf and the
blind will be a feature of the depart
ment of education at the worlds fair
st. Louis. How the afflicted are taught
to read and write will be practically
shown for the benefit of visitors.
If the present system of land acts
continues five years longer. the entire
present public domain of five hundred
million acres suitable for settlement
will be exhausted. The senate COM
mittee on public lands urges restricted
homestead residence provisions to pre-
vent monopoly by grazing, railroad
and other corporation interests.
A British expedition has been sent
to explore Hudson bay for the purpose
of determining whether new grain
rlute is practicable. The plan is to
ship grain from the western portion Of
: anlGa, 10 be stored in elevators on
..udson bay, and shipped by water
G.,rlng the brief summer season in
which navigation is open,
The Western news., 1903-10-21
RECREATIVE INTERESTS

Fitzsimmons is learning to trim the
light fantastic. Mrs. Fitz III. has taken
him in hand and is teaching him to ct on
around.
kankakee Qll.) hospital for the in
sane has baseball team. We elearn from
the amateur column that the players are
just crazy to arrange games.
Sir Thomas Lipton says Americans
are good sportsmen. They have certain
ly made good in that branch of sport in
which Sir Thomas is most deeply inter-
ested.
Sir Thomas Upton has so many nice
things to say about the speed of Reli-
ance. says the Chicago Record Herald.
that We suspect he has given orders to
begin work on design for Shamrock Nv.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
"ulEBSCHEN."

When the god Of dreams is good sometime
Ah then soft accents flow,
And visions Of the glory vines
And ways | used to go
Come down through Sunderland to me-
We're back beneath the Old elm tree
We're back to where l long to be.
/ hear her whisper low. y
/ hear the "liebschen" like sigh
Well from her ripe red lips.
i see the ioveiight in her eye.
Days orb swings low and dips
Below the tar horizon line
The world. my world, is all, all mine.
Our lips mcet-tingers intertwine.
Ah, heavens in those sips!
She is my world! All mine! My own!
Beneath the old elm tree
1 learned she loved. loved me alone!
All, l would tonight that we
Were whore we stood that far-on timas
Beneath the elm. and glory vine:
Just she and l; just me and mine;
Would we might ever be!
Eut Well win back and scorn the years
That seek to intervene,
And we'll forget the longing tears
And miles that stretch between.
And love shall make us glad again.
AS glad again as We were then,
HI hear the "Liebschen" soft as when
No years had come between!
~. Nd. Lewis. in Houston Post
The Western news., 1903-10-21
Market Report.

The quotations given below are the
prevailing prices Wednesday morning
and are subject to change at any time
Butter, Ranch Zoe per h.,
Creamery, 3Oc per lb
Eggs, 25c doz
Potatoes, SO so per 100 lbs
Hay-Mixed, $500.
Timothy, $1,000 Baled.
Oats, $1.1O per 100 lbs.
Wheat, 81 10 per 100 lbs.
Apples, 7Sc.
Cabbage, $O.75 per 100 lbs.
Onions, SOC per 100 lbs.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
A LITTLE OF ALL SORTS.

To remove rust from knitting needles
rub them up and down with a cinder.
The number of women students at the
German universities this summer is S72
Last summer it was 900
In honor of Peter Henlein. the in
ventor OF the watch, monument is to
be erected at Nuremberg.
Refreshment kiosks are being opened
at small stations on the French RAILWAYS
where there are no buffets.
Permitting the use of a school bn;,d-
Ing for theatrical performances as a
business is held. in Sugar VS., Monroe
tLao. SO L. r. A. 723. to be breach of
faith and properly enjoined where the
building has been constructed with tho
proceeds of bonds based upon a fay
voted to be imposed to erect a building
for schoo, purposes
The Western news., 1903-10-21
SUPERSTITIOUS MOTHERS

Binding the baby's right hand is SUM-
posed in some parts of England to Sc
cure it future wealth.
In the Isle of Man it is said that if any,
one walk round, or step over, baby. it
will be dwarfed or wizened.
A newborn Yorkshire infant is placed
IN the arms of maiden before being
touched by anyone else, in order to Sc
cure good luck
Scottish mothers believe their babies
Will be lucky if they handle their spoons
with their left hands and prosperity in
later life is supposed to follow manv
tumbles in the first year.
In Germany, as in some parts of Eng
land. the infant must be carried m
stairs before it goes down. fit happens
to be born in an attic the nurse over
comes the difficulty by mounting a chair
with the babe in her arms,
The Western news., 1903-10-21
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

The fiercest OF all animals are the
black panthers.
Constantinople Is sometimes called
the city of dogs. but 1t might be called
quite as we'll the city of pigeons, for the
pretty gray-white birds are there in in
Vulnerable tlocks.
Monkeys are very numerous along the
northwest coast of South America but
are not found west of the Andes from
northern Peru to the south end of the
continent. Their home in South Amer
ica is chiefly in the great Amazon basin
and along the fluvial systems of the up-
per half Of the Paraguay and the Parana
rivers
The Western news., 1903-10-21
Size of Great Britain.

Great Britain is only half as big
as Sumatra and double the size of
Newfoundland. 1t stands fifth in
point of size in the list of the worlds
islands. England, without Wales, is
Roumana. 1t is less than one-quar-
ter as big as France or Germany.
The whole British isles only occupy
the one-sixteenth hundredth part of
the surface of the globe.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
Distress after Eating Cured.

Judge w. 7. Holland of Greensburg,
La, who is we'll and favorably known
says: 1.-TWO years ago l suffered
greatly from indigestion. After eat
ing, great distress would invariably
result, lasting for an hour or two and
my nights were restless. l concluded
to try kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it
cured me entirely. Now my sleep is
refreshing and my digestion perfect" !"
Sold by Bitter Root Drug Co.
The Western news., 1903-10-21

thin that mowt a-spiled by gettin'
that bile.' he says And mebbe he mowt
do it again. That bear must be settled,
he says. and over he goes to Joes lum-
Der camp, borries Joe's rifle. and comes
back to the creek.
1T was his belief not KNOWN much
about bear, that this aggravatin' old fell
Ter had headed for the swamp up the
creek mile or SO, and SO Cyrus took
short cut through the down timber for
the swamp. When he got there he didn't
see no sign o bear, but pretty soon he
heerd snort and grunt, and lookin'
toward where they came from, he see
a bears head stickin' up out of muck
hole at the edge of an old log road.
when the bear see that Cyrus see him
too he stuck his head little further out
of the hole, and snorted louder snort
Rily up the creek on me when I'm
fishin' will you?' says Cyrus. n he
whanged away.
THE bear sunk back in the muck hole,
and Cyrus had sweatin' time gittin'
him out on hard ground. He was LOOK
iA lAAC uClu UCdl Otcl W lcu lC HCCA u q
noise in the bushes on t'other side o the
road.
Cyrus looked that way, and If Ellis
Sam could a-see him then he'd a-been
sorry. | bet you, that he hadn't put his
weddin off till Cyrus got back from the
Jond a-fishin'. for Cyrus's eyes vas bulg-
N at the great big head OF another bear
hat was stickin' ou; O. the bushes with
| look on it's face that said as plain as
.uld be that it was lCo..in' for somc thin
% clutch and claw, and didn't calc'l2te %
-ool1 no further than Cyrus. But there
vas another load in Joe's rifle, and hav-
n gone as fur as he Lad in burnin pow
-er and scatterin' lead, Cyrus throwed
conscience 10 the winds and banged
away. Tother bear come tumplin'
down, and Cyrus says:
I'm sorry for you,' he say, but you're
jest as dead as the unmannerly bear
yender that made the creek rily on me,
he says.
But the bear wasn't. Not Jest then
1t riz on its hind feet and started fer
Cyrus and Cyrus didn't have no more
lead to scatter.
'Prcvidence,' says he, 1t looks to me
now that if you don't take care O. them
boots of Ellis Sam he'll have to go bare
foot to his Weddin'.' he says.
But Cyrus was wrong. The bear only
come few steps. Then he fell over back
ward and was deader than June shad.
Two bears. says Cyrus. "and l only
started out to git sole leather to finish
them weddin' boots, and mebbe some
trout for supper he says.
And then what do you think? Cyrus
discovered that the first bear he killed,
and the one that ought to had six pistol
bullets in it for rlying' up the creek,
didn't have nothin' but rifle bullet
right bctwixt the eyes, and the bear that
stuck his head out O the bushes and that
cyrus wasn't expectin, had six pistol
|, bullets right scattered around in him
besides rifle bullet betwixt the eyes!
Ding it,. says Cyrus, looSin' at the
first bear 4 didn't have nothin' ag'ir
you! What did you go and raise you1
conk up out O that muckhole for, ant
snort"
But 1t was too late then. And, Provi-
dence or not, Ellis Sam got his weddin
boots; but If they don't give him corns
then Cyrus is the fergivin est feller-cit-
lzen that ever disappointed his ownself
TO ,commodate neighbor IN. Y. Sun
The Western news., 1903-10-21

attacks of most microbes.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoy-
cry purities and enriches the blood, and
gives the body vigorous vitality. It
cures scrofula, eczema, boils, pilnples
and other eruptive diseases which are
caused by impure blood.
III had been troubled for about four wears with
eczema, or skin disease, which at times was
almost unbearable as it would itch so , writes
air John I.arison, of lis Powhattan St Dallas.
Texas. II concluded to try DIR. Piercc's Golden
Meelcal Discovery, and after using five bottles
iound that was entirely cured. Please accept
many thanksr
Accept no substitute for vGolden Med
-cal Discovery" There is nothing viust
IS cy23" for diseases of the blood.
= 'lerce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
"l and its consequences.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
A Purgative Pleasure.

II you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or con-
stipation you know what purgative
pleasure is. These famous little pills
cleanse the liver and rid the system of
all bile without producing unpleasant
effects. They do not gripe, sicken or
weaken, but give tone and strene tn to
the tissues and organs involved. w.
II. Howell Of Houston, Texas, says:
mo better pill can be used than Lit
tle Early Risers for constipation, sick
headache, etc. Sold by Bitter Root
Drug Co.
The Western. News job department
h.Ah g., 4.
The Western news., 1903-10-21

And yet the minute mi
crobe is more dangerous
than the widest horse.
The only people who can
afford not to fear the mi-
crobes of disease are those
who keep their blood pure
and rich. These are prac-
tically immune from tl,a
The Western news., 1903-10-21

We seldom fear a
danger that we cannot
se.. The danger of
being rundown by a
horse is a very real
one to everybody, the
danger of being mur-
dered by a lnicrobe
does not trouble us.
Evening journal., 1903-05-14
DRAWINGS OF ARTISTS
Exhibitions Of Cartoons Will Be Finest
Ever Seen Here.

since announcement was made that
the Newspaper Artists Association had
decided 70 give an exhibition in this
city. there have been numerous ques-
tions asked concerning the association
and who composes the organization. The
association is composed Of the leading
newspaper artists of the country. ana
the exhibition Is a social as well as an
artistic event There are no newspaper
artists in Wilmington, and for this rea-
son the coming loan and sale exhibition
is not as well understood here as in
larger cities wnere it has been GUS
tomary TO hold exhibitions.
The plan followed here will be the
same as in LANCER cities. The exhi-
bition, as has been explained before.
will consist Of 1900 or more pictures,
nicely framed, of original newspaper
sketches and cartoons, as we'll as the
more finished works OF the newspaper
artists in water colors. oils. etchings.
pastels, pen and ink sketches. etc. A
number OF Wilmington's most prOmi-
nent citizens will be selected as pa
irons, and while the artists Will be
from outside the city the exhibition
ilotAA Will lidNliN4illl ht a. lNtdl dlltill
because it will have the support o.
prominent patrons and the social fea,-
lures will receive especial attention. r..
j. Parker. who'is nfarfager -of the as
.sociation and the sale, has had charge
of the previous exhibitions. and rep
.rosents the artists who will participate
in the exhibition. There has never
been a display of pictures like tho
coming one will be in Wilmington be-
fore. and for this reason alone the ex-
hibition ought TO be elccess.
This will be the first time that VIII
mington people will have an oppor-
tunity to see the originals of a number
OF famous newspaper cartoons and
drawings, and they may have an op-
portunity of securing some Of them il
they so desire In other cities fee-
ture of the exhibition has been an ex-
hiblt Of cartoons Of prominent citi-
zens. good natured and clever, and this
idea will he followed in the local eX-
hibition II the prominent citizens asked
will agree 20 figure in this way.
Evening journal., 1903-05-14
COLOMBIA IN
A BAD PLIGHT
Four Years Of Rebellion Have
Brought Bankruptcy to
the Republic
INTEREST ON ITS DEBTS UNPAID

f.g D. May l-.-A gloomy pic
"~e .s iaJ!e g.lg1. ia which
'oic-0..a fa.s .,seA 3 the result Of
he exn9' n5 l..r years ci rebellion
g ccI, -Isa M q ton,ilai-ution which
has 70 .rarf this Ci,g lrm source
II uhQe ocraDle rcifbri.y
TLes- aGv.ces st1,e tact on March
last 4, goy- rEIcHt gave notice tAat
Vt had sea-ed the issue Of The paper
rorey that w1l fcoli2y the country
and ial tIaol the itnograph plst.s
from ui4rh ll was made over t1 q con-
nittce Ct .ts.I or rrcA.nclt m-m-
bcrs OF Dircfcat political parties Con.
sCQueniiy tho government. carly IN
April was alno1t entirely without
funds. 1t lld NOT enough to pay run
Mag c.b-Eles, to Say nothing of for
eign C..ins and demands. Not a ccat
Of irtcr1.l had be-a paid on the ma
tional Gclt s,nce the war commenced,
IN 1899. the claims growing out Of
the recent revolution were assuming
tremendous proportions, and as there
was no ether mems OF relief it was
apparent that the government again
must have recourse 10 the lithoBraph
stones arc start the presses running
again. Moreover, Il was the general
opinicn that even tie small measure
OF relief which might follow the re-
ceipt Of the SIJ,000000 from the
United States on account of the Pan
anna canal could not be obtained, as
il wcs net expected that Congress-
would ratify the treaty. AT one time
last year C.Change on New York was
$4,000 that is 10 say $4,000 Colon
bian dollars were required TO purchase
one dollars worth OF goods in the
United States. It was feared that the
rate would be even higher this sum
mer for there was over one billion
dcllars worth of this paper money
a1oat, and Il was expected that $780,
100000 more would be issued imme-
diatoly to pay war expenses.
The foreign debt in 1896 amounted
TO S2,70O,O00, On which tho interest
rate was first 2ia. then 8 per cent,
but this interest has not been paid
for several years Il was the general
opinion. according TO the correspond
ent, that the Colombian government
never could pay its debts, and appre-
hension was expressed as to what
might happen In case the foreign cred
itors pushed for a final settlement OF
their claims. The correspondent said
the conditions IN Colombia at the be-
ginning of April were comparable to
those existing in France in 1896.