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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14

wonderful discovery
and a book that tell:
more aboutit, both sem
absolutely free by mail.
address DR.. Kilmer &
Co., Binghamton, N. Y
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14

Democrats the country over will be
glad to know that the Democrats OF
the house are working together in
greater harmony than at any time
within ten years. Every Democratic
representative appears to be willing to
do his level best to bring order out OF
chaos and DESTROYS that the De
mocracy shall present an unbroken
front to the enemy.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
A CURIOUS SECT.
VISIT TO PROSPEROUS AMANA
COMMUNITY OF IOWA.
Their Simplicity Of Life and Peculiar
Beliefs - Rigid Separation
from the World Is
Enforced.

A simple, honest, devout people
known as Inspirationists are to be found
in Iowa. At a most picturesque and
productive spot on the Iowa river, not
many miles from Iowa City, five villages
of these people thrive under the care
full leadership OF the so elders OF the
community. Everything is held inconi-
mon. There is one store in each village.
from which supplies are obtained and
everything used in the community is
made or raised there. There are COM
mon kitchens at which all eat the SIM
Pile but wholesome fare provided.
they salute each other as brother and
sister. and practice the Christian
graces. While the home is as private
as anywhere in America, there is COM
mon interest which draws them toge Their
as one great family. They believe that
religion should be of the heart and not
In the outward show. and wear the sim
pie apparel of old Germany. from which
country the sect came in 1912.
Driven out by persecution. they came
to America under the leadership Of
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

As 1t is the statue has had its
trials. 1t was designed for the GEN.
trail court of the Boston Public IL
brary and was rejected as unsuitable
for the purpose. after hot controversy
by the trustees.
The Boston Public library people had
another sensation In the stalwart figures
Of two young men In one Of the famous
frescoes which adorn the interior of that
much-discussed little building. Alto
gether, New York has had less than its
share of art quarrels OF the Biondi sort.
Though there was an outburst some
years ago Of outraged delicacy concern
ing Diana poised on one foot at the top
of the Madison Square Garden tower,
where no one without q telescope could
possibly see whether she was clad for
summer or winter.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

transmitted by cable throughout the
grounds to the electric railways, the
machinery In operation In the EXPOSE
ion buildings. the pumps supplying
water to the cascades and fountains,
The refrigerating plant and for other
purposes. The total horsepower used
at Chicago did not exceed 10000 and at
the Pan-American not over S,OOO. in
comparison with the 10000 to $4,000
here.
electricity had only five and one
naif acres at Chicago. while at st. Louis
nine acres are given to the same de-
partment, besides a large display of
electrical generators in the Palace of
Machinery.
NO one should be deferred from visit
ing the worlds fair because of the fear
tnat living expenses in St Louis are too
nigh. II anyone has this notion 1t Is
nigh tine that it be dispelled. There is
absolutely no doubt OF the fact that one
can find excellent living accommoda-
tons In St Louis now at rates not ex-
ceeding the charges this same month in
New York. Chicago or any other great
American city.
No one need pay more than one dollar
q day for good room. That Is an aver.
age rate. though many accommodation
OF excellent character may be had for
less. There are many unrented rooms
at hve dollars week. advertised every
day In the newspapers. Hundreds Of
restaurants serve meals or give short
order service at the same rates
that prevailed before the exposition
opened.
It is suggested that the stranger in
st. Louis, who wishes to find reasonable
clearinghouse rates. make inquiry at
grocery store or meat market in the
vicinity where he desires to stop. The
grocers and butchers know nearly all
the boarding houses in their neighbour
hoods, and they are quite willing to
oblige the stranger by directing him to
q place to suit his purse and his tastes.
The want" columns of the daily news
papers also contain columns of small
advertisements for boarders or dodgers.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

THE POWER CANAL IN AMANA.
Christian Metz. George Weber. William
Noe and Gottlieb Alderman. They first
went to Buffalo and soon secured part
of the reservation vacated by the Seneca
Indians, where they built their first viii
lage and called 1t Ebenezer. More than
500 followers came over In the course
Of the next year or two. and being an
noyed by the crowding Of population
all about them, they decided to move.
The site of their present location was
selected by the sagacious leaders, and
the community gradually moved there.
and in 1855 the first village was incor-
porated and named Amana. which
means Remain true"
But the special matter OF interest at
this time Is not the peculiarities Of their
belief, or their simple habits, but the
Tact that the younger generations grow
ing up in the community are becoming
FESTIVE under the restraints thrown
around them. They feel the throb Ut
The twentieth century life. and want TO
ningle with 1t. This is causing the
elders great concern. and the older and
deyout members of the community are
expectantly watching for the coming Of
a prophet who shall reveal to them .
solution of the problem which con-
fronts them.
The last prophet was 9 woman-and
by the way equal rights for women pre-
vail, and they exercise the right Of SUI
frage in the elections forcommunity and
church officers-by the name OF Barbara
Heinman. poor, ignorant girl born in
Lower Elsass, in 1876. She was one of
the first to be inspired after the death of
Jonathan Rock, the founder Of the
faith. She came to this country with
the little flock, and continued to proph-
ecy until her death. in 1883. Since then
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

scum that 1t should be exhibited one
year. The museum peopls exhibited
it in the cellar. Now Blondi is
angry. He says that cellar exhibition
doesn't count.
There is here no question OF nudity;
none Of the several figures of the group
has forgotten his clothes. The great
mass of bronze, 80 feet long, was ex-
hibited in Paris. in Buffalo. Mrs. Nation
would find in it nothing to object to. She
would probably agree with the sculptor's
moral purpose.
For Biondi has tried to portray the
degeneracy Of alcohol. from which
France and Italy are suffering far more
than the United States. A soldier, a low
woman. a girl and three pagan priests
are the drunken figures. They stumble
and leer at a smaller group in the middle
"a stalwart young man, his wife and a
little boy.
These splendid figures OF yigor and
scorn represent the sane and healthy i'm
pulses and reserves against alcoholism
of humanity at its best. 1t is a temper
ance sermon, powerful indeed. but New
York art experts have decided that 1t is
no part Of scuirtor's trade to teach
morals by portraying the disagreeable.
and the statue is likely to remain I'M
shown. A mastery work, but vulgar il
the New York verdict. London's woult
be the same. Paris or Rome would &C
cept it without question.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

remote corner Of earth are engaged Ia
! reproduce the life Of Is different peoples
Fifteen hundred animals are required to
lend reality to the varied scenes. Two
shows in the list Of 40 represent an out
lay OF $f.4O0.000. Twenty of them cost
not less than 500. 900 apiece, and hardly
an attraction less than $50, G00.-
Some idea Of what there is to be seen
OF Pike features may be had from a list
OF the educational amusement features
which this section Of the fair contains:
Alaska and EsQuimaux Village; An
cient Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat
tie Abbey; Bohemia; Crystal Palace;
Clin Dwellers: Chinese Village; Colorado
Gold Mine; Creation; Coal Breaker;
Cairo; Constantinople; Fire-Fighting
Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian
Congress and Wild West: Irish Village;
japanese Village: Jerusalem: Jim Key
Educated Horse); Lincoln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace: Model Playground;
Miniature Railway; Magic whirlpool:
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old st. Louis,
Mo-: Old Cahokia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; Palais Du Costume: Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets Of Seville: Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals: Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes: Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What runs In all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round? The majority Of visitors are
intensely interested In the mechanical
motive force OF this greatest Of EXPOSE
tons, and well they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
THE WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
they Are to Be Found in the Great Palaces and Alono
"The Pike"

= I.ouis-Early visitors to the Louis
,..a Purchase exposition have found
stet Louis an exposition SO nearly COM
rlete that they have in no way missed
ia few minor details that were unfin-
ished on the opening day. and which
havs since been completed. In fact in
q exposition Of such proportions a.
thIs IL would be impossible to discover
: thousand little details that might lack
completion.
weather conditions were against the
eruosition management for few days
preceding the opening. Now every
fhing Is favorable, and the great fair
l Il entirely complete. completeness, We
INST repeat, that is so enormous that
Il L Ill but impossible to comprehend
that It has meant to the builders. The
last vestige OF scaffolding that for Z
fev DAYS surrounded some of the less i'm
rnrtant buildings has been torn away;
he last wagon load of refuse hauled
nm the grounds; every flower and
lhrub the landscape gardeners included
II their scheme OF decoration growing
urder the benign influence of q spring
"a. and the exposition stands forth !
completed giant. beautiful in concep-
Hon. wonderful In execution. stupendous
d sire, by far the masterpiece of the
worlds expositions.
stupendous size does not half express
II This worlds fair has many sur
psises for the visitor, but its immense
ese Is the greatest astonisher OF Ill.
Amusement ct the extent of the fair Is
heard from every visitor.
II has been interesting to watch the
slsitors these first days OF the fair. In
tsresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest, but after one has studied
ne mass Of humanity in their quest for
the wonders it is hard to select any one
nature that could be designated as q
eoneral favorite with all. OF course all
visitors are enthusiastic over the general
1icture, the grand en- semble, which has
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
WOMEN "BUcK THE TIGER. /"
How the Dealers in a Montana Gam.
bling Resort Get the Work.
ing Girls Wages.

In Butte, Mont, there Is gambling
house where the patronage of ladies'
is the special feature Of the manage
ment. and where all kinds Of women
play the good old game Of faro, perfectly
at home and without fear Of Interrupt
ton. The entrance is from an alley near
Broadway. and the house is luxuriously
furnished. Carpets are laid on the
floors. softened lights shine over the
players. courteous attendants deal and
shuMle the cards and pay bets or take
winnings without the slightest sugges-
ton Of the incongruity of the situation,
says the Denver Republican.
Here many fashionably gowned wom-
en- Of Butte's elite come In parties or in
pairs with escorts, to quietly venture sil-
yer or goldpieces coined from copper by
their husbands, who busy themselves in
Butte's continuous political war.
Women of the business world keep
track OF the game, and both dealer and
player usually maintain q rigid silence.
Money Is passed out for chips with the
simple word, five" or ten, "and con-
versation Is economical to minimum.
And there are schemes to inveigle the
unsuspecting that only the initiated I'M
derstand. Many women Of the middle
classes are among the most regular pa
irons Of the place. A waiter girl was re-
Gently observed rlaying her weeks
wages with phenomenal luck. With SIS
she had won $50 and had cashed in her
chips with charming coolpess prepared
to 90 home winner" The dealer paid
her without comment He counted out
the money-two twenty dollar bills, ono
ten, one i've. four dollars in silver, two
half-doliars. She picked up the money,
put the bills In her purse and laid q
half dollar on the ace. 1t lost. She laid
down dollar. 1t won. Another few
moments and she had lost the silver. Re-
luctantly she drew out fve-dollar note
and began to play again. In q few deals
she was playing heavily again. In half
an hour she was broke. 1t was simple
trick which has won the bank many mil.
lions OF dollars after the player cashed
in-the manner Of payment. One is re-
luctant to break bill. but silver Is con-
venient to lay down on card. and most
gamblers viii do 1t. Before they know Il
they are again drawn in to the game.
They sometimes win, It Is true, for the
games are on the square, but one cannot
win always, and the chance on second
round b In favor Of the tiger"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

pretty well developed when q man can
leave New York. return on the
same boat in less than three weeks
and spend eight days in Paris and
London meanwhile.
Passengers in increasing numbers
avail themselves of these hurried trips.
The old-fashioned grand tour" is still
common enough with plain people who
really 60 to Europe with some idea OF
self-improvement, but business men
strike straight for London or whatever
poirt their needs indicate. Society
women in early spring seek the Riviera,
whe re there is complete absence of the
usual art galleries and the like. A little
later London for the season." Paris for
shoT ping-less of the latter than for
merly-and they are ready to return in
time for Newport or for country house
life.
The height Of the London season is
June. At that blessed time of year even
London sometimes passes whole days
without rain. The long twilight lends
itself 10 garden fetes. The terraces of
the Parliament house are In their glory.
Long before August L. the season begins
to break up.
Steamship travel feels the cross cur
rent The heaviest passenger lists are
taken over in June, the most crowded
shiploads Of returning tourists are looked
for between August Is and September 20.
There is supplementary season Of fash
ionables who go over in April and return
In early July. These do not Ill up the
ship. They are the kind who do fill the
most expensive rooms. At such times
the 1850 bridal suites" of the Deutsch-
land are eagerly sought. Parlor. bed
room-real beds, not berths-bath and
toilet, cost q man and his wife 800 day
each for the brief, swift passage. No
hotel rates in the world are to be men
tione In the same breath. People who
pay $500 to $1,000 for couple of rooms
de luxe for one passage are by no
means uncommon. All the newer and
bigger ships make elaborate prepare
lions for this profitable class OF passen-
gers.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

the most Of their one chance.
Then the Yale and Princeton cere-
monies are practically New York events.
Up the river Vassar and West Point face
each other across the Hudson. the most
notable woman's college and the college
that OF Ill others belongs to Uncle Sam
and attracts the interest Of the whole
country. Finally. there u Columbia.
Columbia, with the second largest group
OF students in the country. second only
to Harvard.
Commencement 1t either Of these
places, except Of course West Point, IA
likely to be signalized by announcements
Of gifts Of money or buildings But moth
ing that can be announced can lead to
more picturesque scene than that which
took place in Providence. r. l.. when lit
tie tour-year-old John Nicholas Brown.
this OF his name, and 1t one time called
the richest baby in the world" handed
the keys Of the library which commemo-
rates his father to President Faunce.
Young Browns father died when he
was less than . year old. leaving him
fortune OF some seven millions OF doilars-
Mra. Brown II . sister Of Mrs. George
Vanderbilt. and also Of Leroy Dresser,
Who came such . cropper trying to organ
Ire the Shipbuilding trust The library
fund Of 3e50.O00 vas given BY the lats
John N. Brown IN his viii. together with
Z valuable collection Of books. It almost
rivals the great library given to Colum-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

June-the latter the most important, ii
= fair degree of success attends it.
The lDcial prestige Of Newport as the
only A, gust resort Of the exclusive has
been ST AIKEN by the growing practice OF
owning country homes Of large extent.
and Of giving numerous ''week's-end
house Iarties" at them. Many old hab-
itues OF Newport md the place almost
unendusab now because of the compli-
cation # divorced couples. Itisn't pleas
ant, to say the least, for people in high
,ociety to meet sundered fragments OF
once presumably happy couples now
gathered into new relationships.
Bishop Burgess, OF the fashionable
Long Island diocese, which half the year
includes SO many social elite. heads .
movement for the cutting on OF the privi-
lege Of remarriage by the Episcopalian
church to divorced persons. It Is q
curious coincidence that . very close re-
lative of Bishop BURGESS predecessor
was herself divorced and remarked
within the church. It Is not an easy
problem
Newport has one tower OF strength. 1t
Is the summer home of the British lega-
ton. IS Therapia Is the summer home Of
the foreign embassies At CoDstantinople.
The young men Of the British embassy
are Of excellent family-the foreign Of
fice knows our American foibles-and
they can dance.
The presence Of the naval element In
Newport much of the time counts for
less socially than one might suppose.
since the considerable increase iu>the
number Of the oflcers. A naval omceri II
n society II he happens to be: once he
would have been In society because he
vas naval oncef. The North Atlantic
squadron divides its favors between
Newport and Bar Harbor. Last year 1t
even visited Oyster BAY.
The strangest thing Il the social resus-
citation Of 6arato4a, mainly accom-
plished By the late william c. Whitney
ana tho racing element. For 20 yeazs Il
had be9n without hope Of recognition.
though prosperous IN way. Then Al A
oaee the apparently impossible WAS &C.
couapliahed. earatoga again had its ''sea-
scn.s u Vim hays another this year. ]
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
The Case Of the Bacchante.

I'll IN the same mu-
scum stands on ex-
hibition an entirely
nude figure Of q
woman dancing un-
der the influence Of
wine, MacMonnies's
IA m o U 8 "B q c.
c b q n t e." H ere
there is no sugges-
ton, as in Biondi's
group. Of. degener-
acy due to alcohol
ism and inherited
from father to son.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

Large numbers Of people In prosper
Gus circumstances die Is sexagenariars
from maladles which are evidences 81
degeneration and Of premature senil-
ity, while many who pass this period
go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade Of life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without re-
straint Of their appetites and who have
sought to allay some Of the conse-
Queuces BY Standardization. while the
latter class comprise those who have
lived reasonably. and who, II annoyed
BY imperfect digestion. have sought re-
lief BY abandoning the errors from
which It sprang.-London Lancet.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
THE SUMMER SEASON
PLACES THAT ARE POPULAR
WITH NEW WORKERS.
MODERN TRIPS TO EUROPE
Majority Of Them Are Made in q
Hurry Ncwadays-Where So
ciety Goes in August
Other Gossip.

EW York; oy.
Odell is in London.
He started from
New York May "a
for c h e r b @ IL re-,
spent four days in
Paris, went to Lon
don, and at the end
OF four days there
will sail for New
Y ork. H e will
reach this city after
an absence of only
20 days.
The A tlanti C
cfnn r,Ar ra~-,n@ a.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

sort season, which
Is August here,
finds ready for its
diversions hosts OF
smart" people who
have already en-
joyed = Lenox sea-
son In September,
an Aiken season In
midwinter, q RI
viera season In
March, a Paris sea-
SON in May and .
London season in
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

do not quite know how the new public
temper towards gambling will affect
Saratoga; local sentiment, at least, will
not favor a strait-laced puritanism.- Sar-
atog has tried that.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
The B:ondi Statue Dispute.

UGH to its amaze
m e n t, easy-going
New York finds it.
self immersed in a
dispute about the
pure in art, just as
If it were Boston or
Cincinnati.
The Italian sculp-
tor, Biondi, made .
work of unques-
toned beauty, SO
far as workmanship
goes, and made a
contract with the
Metropolitan mu-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
The Commencement Season.

EW YORK Is just at
present the center
Of . vast business Of
holding commence
ment services. The
public schools make
more and more
every year Of the
closing exercises,
upon the sound
principle that .
good many of the
pupils will never
have another COM
m e n c ement, and
may as well make
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

Arnold and his little sister had both
been naughty. and their father vaa
going to whip them. He was about to
begin ON Arnold. when the little fell
low said:
~Ladies arst--Ltttls Chronicle. j
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
Small, But selsc,

Mrs. Fourthly-Was there Z good au-
dience 1t church this rainy morning?
The Rev. Dr.. Fourthly-Absolutely
the best Of the year. Thirty-seyen per-
sons were present, and not one fair
weather Christian among them. Il din.
uer ready, Chicago Tribune.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

the community has been watching for
the coming Of another prophet
Compulsory education prevails In the
community, and as 1t Is the unwritten
rule that he who win Tot work shall mot
eat All musical instruments are ex-
cluded, and God II worshiped with the
voice only. They are opposed to war.
do not believe In oaths, and do not ofReT
prayers for the dead who are laid away
without mourning. They practice feet
washing and hold love feasts. Marriage
Is q sacred relationship. and when .
young man has decided to make Z Ger
tain maiden his wife. he IL required to
go to one of the other villages OF the
community. and remain without com.
munication with the object of his At
fections for . whole year to test the
genuineness Of his lore. Celibacy. how
ever, Is the highest ideal of life.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07

"Huh!" snorted the home-seeker.
scornfully. there isn't room In this
nat to swing . eat"
my dear sir" replied the agent,
haughtily. I'VE do not allow cats II
these fiats."-Philadelphla Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
The Summer Resorts.

HUS the summer re-