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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
THE ORIGINAL HIGH LICENSE me :

The Town Council of Fulton, Mo. has
 raised the fee for saloon license from
 S1.50O to $s,000 per year. Fulton, accord 1 ing to local tradition says the Ga zette, is the original high license town in the United States. The City Council
 in the year 1874. acting under the au-
 thority granted it by the special charer under which the city was governed un- ! til last September. fixed the saloon Ii- Icense at $l,50O year Such tax had
 never before that time been placed on saloons, and the action of the local 1 Icity fathers attracted much attention in this and other States.
 The high license measure in Fulton was adopted to rid the town of places where a great deal of disorder was created. After the Civil War Fulton
 had something like a dozen groggeries on West Broadway, the street now
 known as West Fourth, and the dis trict was called ''Whiskey Row A fight was an every night occurrence, and to better regulate the sale of liquor and to preserve order, the high license ordinance was devised. It had the desired effect for since that time l the liquor establishments in the city
 have neayer numbered more then four. l and generally there have been but two.
 People are living in Fulton who remembered the olden time when
 whiskey, was free as water. The pioneers who came to Missouri when lit was wilderness made their own
 whiskey, and, according to a local sage, whose memory goes back some TO years, they kept it in water buckets in the dining room and drank it from gourds Tn those days, too, it was the custom for every merchant to keep a barrel in his warhouse, which customers
 were expected to freely use.
 But the intoxicant was not worth $3 or $4 a gallon iii those days. A tenth of that price was more nearly the precise value of it."-Kansas City Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
CoLoRs THAT, ARE NOT EASY TO
 f 3s 'SIrI


 What color is least seen at q dis tance? One would naturally say some dull neutral tint. sombre gray or brown This has been the conclusion of most military men, and our brilliant uniforms have given way for practical campaigning to khaki and other dull colors. Is this mistake? Possibly so, according to the results obtained in recent experiments in England. It has been found there that masses of dull colors are much more conspicuous at a distance than mixtures of bright tints. For instance, battery of field artillery whose carriages are caissons were dec orated with stripes of red, blue and yel- low could be made out with difficulty lat thousand yards, while other bat teries painted uniform brown or drab were easily seen at great distances, It would seem as if. on the same principle, Ia regiment of gayly dressed troops might be less easily visible than one wholly garbed in dull colored khaki.- Success,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
THE sWEATBox.

The mediaeval torture chamber still exists, if we may judge from the re- ports as to the "sweatbox'' and the third degree. What the concealed infany of the last may be it is difficult to learn. The 'sweatbox" is a method of confining suspects in heated air un- til the torture becomes as irritating as to elicit almost any confession desired, especially when coupled with cunning questions and problems of the prosecu- tors. But where is the boasted trial by jury and by his fellows of the Anglo Saxon love of justice? It has been SUD- posed, wrongly it seems, that man is held to be innocent until his crime has been proved by orderly and just trial. Punishment should not, therefore, be- gin until after conviction. The poor de- generates at best are poor matches for the subtle and astute questioners, with out the added perplexlty resulting from the screw and be done with them quicker and without trial? Will some one tell the simple truth about the abuses of the so-called examinations of prisoners before trial? What exactly is the proceeding in the third degree' torture business? By what law are such things allowed, and what have the judges and lawyers been about to per- init such barbaric ancronisms in the twentieth century ?--American Medi- cine. - .a5 g-.-.-. a ,....
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the face with the greatest care. and he could guarantee that no one had had touched either the negative or the photograph in any way Yet it was not the cardboard features that looked out of the photograph, but living Egyp- tian woman staring straight before her with an expression of singular maleyo- lence. Shortly after the photographer died suddenly and mysteriously.
 It was about this time that AIr. D. happened to meet the owner of the cof- fin lid and begged her, upon hearing her story, to get rid of it at once She agreed, and carrier was found to con vey it to the British Museum. The car rier died within a week. "- London Ex- press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
BROUGHT BAD LUCK.
Queer Stories of a Paper Model From Egypt-Death Follows.

Queer Stories of a Paper Model From Egypt-Death Follows.
 In corner of the first Egyptian room at the British Museum, behind the crouching body of the prehistoric chief who lived before there were ,Pha- |roahs in Egypt or pyramids on the Nile, stands woman moulded from some ancient form of cardboard. She lis merely shell, the. cover of a num- |my case. Her hands are crossed above her breast and her dark eyes stare forward into vacancy. ...
 According to the catalogue she is No. 22,542, a problematical royal parsonage and priestess of the College of Amen Ra. She lived in the mighty city of Thebes some sixteen hundred years be- fore Christ .-<.. 4ae
 And about this same coffin there hangs as terrible a story as ever an Edgar Allan Poe or Balzac or a Kipling produced from a gloomy inn aginations
 If you question the attendants in the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
SHORT sKIRTED GIRL sALE OF
 SHOES.

A shoe retailer tells the writer that womens fashionable short skirts are of much help to the trade. Short skirts make women very much more watchful of their shoes. A woman who cares anything at all for her dress has to look sharply after her footwear. The short skirted girl of a year or two ago is not in it at all with the short sklrted girl of the present season. The swing clear skirt no more resembles the short skirt of few years ago than the dress of to-day resembles the dress of the tailor made period. One was all severity; the other Is all grace. One made wo- man angular and awkward and mascu- line. The other adds a feminine touch. even to the homeliest figure. The sgirts of this season, those that are made on the new art lines, all swing clear. If they touch they are of the round length-that is, the length. which just touches the floor all the way around, making the shoes a prominent feature |of the costume. All of which argues well for the shoe business Shoe Deal- CT.
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ty. In another place tn the eastern part of the state more than five hun dred occur within a three mile radius. If each Of these mounds was once oc- cupied by separate habitation. they indicate therefore the presence of a very large prehistoric population een- tered in this part of North America.
 INCIDENTAL FINDS.
 In some of the smaller mounds, how ever, skeletons have been discovered, but not in such condition as to suggest that the mound was necessarily the original place of sepulcher. The bones had evidently been disturbed after their original internent, and in their imme- diate neighborhood fragments of pot tery and indications of fire suggest rather the floor of a prehistoric home than the bottom of a tomb.
 Very few of the mounds have been carefully investigated, the excavations demanding sum of money that has never yet been at the command of the investigators. What may be concealed under the surface of such a monumen- tai pile of earth as Cahokia is therefore a tempting question for archaeologists. Cahokia may be rich in information about itself; on the other hand, it may contain nothing but the earth of which lit is composed and an occasional bit of personal property caretessly dropped by one workman and carelessly covered up by the next
 On the surface surrounding the mounds and in different parts of the re- zion in which they stand, however, there have beeh many important finds that throw light upon the past of the region as a whole. although they do not answer the question, How old are the mounds? Nearly all the specimens yet discovered have been turned up by the blow, and belong therefore to a pe- Iriod that may have been centuries later than the building of the American pyramids" The objects discovered are chiefly utensils and implements of stone. shell and pottery, often indiea- ting that the owners had either tray- eed far to the south or that there exist led primitive commercial relations be- tween widely separated parts of early North America. The large so-called agricultural implements have also been found in considerable numbers, in one case small store of these implements having been found together. The most interesting object yet discovered was an Indian pipe, carved to represent a human figure, which was unfortunately badly shattered by the blow that acci- dentally unearthed it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31

from four to six feet deep, the bed Of
which ls q from SIX to eight feet above
the level OF land below, where on either
side We see great herds of fine TIolsteins
cattle cropping the l,lxuriant green grass
or farmers, bothgmen and women, busy
making hay !. 81 IA Z, I'll 50,
We are told that theFlas serious break
In the dyke occurred In 1865, when NUM-
bers OF chi tile were drowned, but soma
succeeded reaching higher ground and
were driven into a church to be saved.
From that time It has been known q s.
S the Cow Church.
Ed we now pass out OF the town canal
Into the larger North Holland Canal
and reach Amsterdam III time to catch
the afternoon Paris express for The
Hague. While walking from pier to the
railway station we pass on the water Y
front an ancient structure from which.
In days Of strife, the war ships left and
where ts brave sailors took leave Of
home and friends News of their death
was first received here. and hence gained
the name of$'"Tear Tower. y on tn'lr y,
to The Hague we pass through great
farms for the culture of flower bplps
snnd through the town q 4 Leyden,5 = = mere
the famous artist 4 Rembrandt is reputedt
to have been born II, a windmill rs
The history of three princl PAL 6cltles ~
Holland is told L in brief; Amsterdam o.,
produces: Rotterdam exports, and the
Hague spends the Income. On or tar-
rival at the latter5city We take a carriage
and inStwentys minutes are at scheve-f
sningen, aaclean fishing Village. and now
8s.e Rr,nst fnshionahle bathing! resort "
Holland. The cargoes from It's fishing
boats are sold by auction on the. beacll
on arrival "a fter witnessing
an auction sale we find donkeys sa Y, y,
for both ladies and gentlemen g flae
IN the beach to where the ,bathars a!e
enjoying a plunge In tho surf There arg
three such. places, lone for "a dies, o,'e
for gentlemen and one where ho'll pa l'li'
together In French style. il5
.TIa hen ~ IS lined Wit pre- ~ w
which proyide each bather with 2 private.
dressing room; When ready, p morse 'rle I. ~
ghitched I'd the wagon and driven ont y,
the surf where the wagon y 2iett, un y
tho renter Is ready to return 70 ms ho!el.i
b Ine returning to The Hague We ari ,,
through magnificent forest ~ none 7,
trees until we reach the Palace ~ me
WOOD. Z" witch has not been nccuplsd 9 :;
"a nalace since the. death Of Il he.oltd nheeh
al whom tho present queen IS q sep
daughter), nut It's mRgnifl eent furn'Nh'ne' e
are LEFT to-day Just as they were thsSd
the old Queen died., With mufsled tread We
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S5jIg
closets in the walls 81 the room and are
hid froom view by a. curt tain or BY wood
en- doors. They suggest no. comfort to-
one accustomed IN to Il; the luxury N Of ss an
American couch. NJ the length N being only
between four and five feet $S
The Dutch, like n the Gerrnan rs. use
thick feat her quilts for 4 bed Il covering
Just beneath he. bed used by gro "ll 5l,eost
pie ARE two folding doors, n OF N over two
feet In height. which Y nre Sso opened, at
might thai III the chi dren! mi crawl 3$ IN
like kitten 8. s IN i i8aS 'sS
The island boasts OF but one public
house for entertainment. and this Isl q
small restaurant with three or our,
lodging rooms visitor remains over t's'
night, except occasionally some III over
enthusiastic artist. who Is crank enough
Z toEtarrY a few weeks. WI t5#
5 So to make our Wy through the MOB
on children wv 10 $swa r;ll q round. we 8tosSS
a. handful OF Dutch pennies high In air
L for which they scramble while we re-
trace our steps to our little steamer In
wa iting; and wave d farewell to the odd
sights witnessed on the island OF Mar Mar
ken. IL d Nh gsss
While crossing that part Of q Iuldef
zee which lay between us and the main. .
land we partook Of a. dainty lunch. and
next entered a private canal leading up
to our next stop at Monniken daln, 50: so
named from being the site IN former rrt
years OF an immense monastery, ~ and
now famous for Its smoked herring.
The town tower, dating back to y the
sixteenth century, contains the figure OF
afman on horx shack. which darts out q.
a door as the chimes peal fort h at the
end Of every he y ). making as many cir
cults of the town. as the bell strikes
Each time III, pass ar the door he shouts
the hour, In the = gns Of Hol land the
chimes In the towers OF u churches 8o r.
other public buildings proclaim the quar-
tiers Of every hour by playing a few bats
OF SOME popular air. After waiting to I
hear the rider in the tower shout the,
hour Of two we entered an ancient
church.. A magnificent pipe organ Of the
sixteenth century ST. BOD n t one end. Will
screened choir at the opposlte end, While
the pulpit was built In the centre. T
contained neither furnace nor stove for
heating, but against the wall was seen
a great pile of boxes. one OF which may
be rented for a few Dutch cents, N this
box lis placed a brick Of redhot peet GOT
turf and upon this box a lady rests her
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The American tourist. a ter spending
q few weeks an Germany and getting
some hat ecustomed the & soberS 1 face
and rnien gsof its inha bitants t,eayes 3 "a
sigh II relief and feels his spirits rise on
passing into n ola nd. u to see the cleer-s
3ful, self-s3 tished look on the faces Of all
classes History records the grealt 9 g on
5throug II which the Republic q Holland 17.
was ushered into life. and It IS with in-}l
3terest that we now ok upon. q 4 people
who seem Truly ha ppy. Il aving neglected
our educati ton In Dutch we are are told BY
our guide to speak harsh Germa md
att same moment swall low a hot potato
and our Dutch will be perfect.
Il Arriving It Amste rdarn We. find a wealthy
city, lying seven feet below the level.
81 the sea. s. with a popula ton q $500
Of VIII om Il. o,c are employed lin curing.
diamonds. The q ty is bull upon ninety
Islands, separated by anals.s and these
canals are crossed on 800 Bird ges which y
connect the Islands. Many Of s5 these
bridges are two hundred years old. The e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31

For eight months in the year this island
+ is under water and the inhabitants live
the upperfpart of their houses, the ap-5
8proach being only by boat, During the
summer season t he island sis DIVIDED into
colonies by canals and connected by gang
ways. during the day, but at light they
arc lifted Il to prevent passing Il The only
Industries 1.-The island are fishing, hay
making and duck raising N OF IA Vegeta-
bile nor flower was seem gfbWing. The
islanders are a hardy healthY-looking
people, and live to a great age-seldon,
die. but their numbers are depleted by,
drowning. Formerly they we're above
average size In stature, hut owing to tn-S
termarriage they have deprecated In res
cent Years. Being of exclusive taste they
rarely marry off the island, Their g,iyly
colored costumes are peculiar and inter
8esting, Until seven years = OF age the
girls and boys dress alike-Wearlng kits
or skirts OF patchwork OF many colors.
and closely f1ttins caps to ma tch, fasten-
4 ed under the chin with strings the boys
being distinguished by circular patch
OF some bright hue in crown Of CAP d
after years The boys dress like the
old men, In short blouse trousers, and
indeed all have the appearance Of little y
old men. No child Is seen In bare feet
all wear wooden shoes. and 1t ls remarks
able with what ease hey run a bout In
such clumsy foot gea :. il 81.
ss# During maldenhood the gir low thu
hair ia grow naturally. but after ma r
rage III III cropped short except a long
8curl left In front OF each ear founs
ana old alike wear the close-fttng ca ~
az white Or colors, confined by strings
under the chin. Around the hips y
worn thick, broad stiff belt, fastened
3 ~ the bodiss above and being ,fanged
below, serves to expand the ample skirt.
as Il, hoops were worn a !, &, 4.
The houses inside are very primitive ',tE
except X the profnse der. 3. q s5 w
walls with plates of Delft earth enware
{made IN imitation Of Chinese and JAP
4anese porcelain,, celebrated thFonsnont
Fnrone IN the seventeenth K and eigh-.
teenth centuries, The beds are built like
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31
H.EPTASOP HIS
CELEBRATE
This Strong Benevolent Order.
3 Arranges for Grand Day
at Ocean View.
SUPREME OFFICERS |. Il THERE 5|'
Leading Men 81 the Fraternity
Will Grace This Occasion.
Lively Contests.

Il All the conciaves OF the Improved Or.
der OF Heptasophs in Richmond and
q Manchester will participate in the cee-.
blation o 1eptasoph Day on Thurs
L day, August I. Tho Conclaves in New.
i port News Hampton I'hoebus. Norfolk
and Portsmouth are making great pre-
Z partitions 10 attend In n body. a4
/ q eptasoph Day marks the twenty.
eighth anniversary OF the birth OF this
popular fraternal orga nization, and all.
y aIeptasophs arc looking forward With,
much pleasure to the coming event.
The committee OF arrangements for the
& Richmond conclave consists of Messrs.
w. .. = Peyton, chairman; Melvin File
y genl,eimer, secretary; q. J: Meyer, treas
i ure,t;; - yondelehr,l Sol oppenhein1,
W. s. Ayers, J. II. Tompkins Carl Kauf-
Oman. r. Isl. Rcdtord. q ". L6terso. ~
Afihrein, John Fl (. Lyneman, Joseph 3.
H Welsh r. p. Butler, II I. Messerscllmilt,
G J. ~ n Morrisett, il g., Saunders and N.
4 p Baily, who have eft nothing undonc
I 90 make this occasion successful and TO
4 be remembered BY all who attend.
Two trains have been provided for the
" Richmond and Manchester members and
their families. This train will leave via
4 chesapeake and Ohio Railway on Thurs /.
I day. August 4th, ats clock a. M. II
h the$crowd rs large enough to Justify IL
smother special train will be made up IL
A accommodate the party. q AZ s5
Supreme Archon M. G. Cohen. of Pi ts I
q burg. 81 Pa wi be present and Will make
"a an q d dress He IS an attractive orator
and will no doubt plea Sc those that hear,
4 him. Mr. Samuel H. fTattersall. Supreme
4 Eecretary: Mr.. John w. Cruett, Supreme
Z Organizer;;s Mr. DIN Bryan, Supreme
4 Counsel: Mr.. Charles II 4. Ramsey. SUI.
Y preme Treasurer Mr. Thomas B.. Hicks.
Supreme Provost. and the Supreme 5Trss-s
\ tees will all be present. TX ri
Many OF the members OF tho Order;
u have never had the opportunity OF meet
n ~ the supreme officers, and therefore
The comn1ittee OF ARA nj ements have de-
Il ctded that all members In good standing
{ vii be entit ted to q free ticket to Ocean
4 View, so that all who desire to do SO
Il may Z Ike sadyan ia sc Of his opportunity
without cos to them "a a
The committee have also arranged n,1-s
n snerous arnusements for I he occasion ana
4 fu contestants. The nat ure 81 the prizes
y VII be an ounced on the da u OF the
y event. III Nh VI; ;s5 "a
s5s Asspecial feature in x h e wa s. OF muse
II ments Will be a wrestling match between
,s8hferseants Bailey and sowell. OF the Rich
mond police force. and Mr.. Charles Ret
N 1,ccke3 the champion q he South One
Il ofs the conditions OF |, he match IS that
Vi the cha mpfdn agrees to throw the two
police Officers In 4 fty minutes. This con q
y test VII ! 81 u ke 4 place 4 at the Casino ar
Z Ocean View. ssls H d
IA i persons OF her. than Heptasophs who
Z wish TO take advantage of n day a T. the.
4 beash core will be charged a low rate, the
4 ploceeds Of which Will 90 towards be-
nevolent purposes.
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must course this young poet veins. The
hardship, suffsrng. forttudc, courage,
and patrio,isnl OF the masses is escrib-
cd ~ af8per 4 that shows a mpatlly
WORTHY OF "a descendant#of Patrick len
~. Nj. Crittenden, who has been y:
tending the law school OF the Colum bian
University, has been hghlyscomplimented
over his work by a number Of prominent
literary people Of W ashingt ton cit y. who
have been permitted tosexamine the nm
published III manuscrlp t. The n Daughters
Of the America n Reyolu ton also have Ia =
ken a great interest in the. poem and
have promised to have ~ presented a., &C
#the dedication OF the great Continental
Hall In! Washing on next spring, which
they have already commenced to build
and which will be magnificent struc-s
sture when cornple ted- s8ss f5 l
8.3 The following extracts from this am
bilious lltera ry venture are given by. spe-
cial permission of thcs author: 4, ,S3
5..IVhen wrath in envy hurled her gloomy
reign n I. x * A 81, a Nj
Upon the heads Of slaves bent down in
81 Eli 81 y 81 iT III "
She drew her chains more tight With
grasping hand
TO spread dire blight and sorrow \ trough
She M nssdeStheeim1 feel with, deep and grow;
ling dread sli pa sss H &
The heavy chains clank Ger each help
less head, IA K, S Is Is .g d 81 ri
And see in offsprings destined state
Tho awful curse. a nations fate
= 55f tF& tt}s t,lyS $3.50 II ilfs y
Tho Southland. swift 10 sudden wrath!
and blood II Il
Upheld her Drazen shield and raging
a stood KS e "a 4g83s5
She Numbered forth that tyrant kings
|. should lay II;
Beneath her feet and shield one. destined
day. # ~
TAT the crossing of the Delaware.)
s,""Oh, sons OF freedom. pause yei still el,g
/ Did not you scene your bosoms fill
With anger that a human Graves,
IA Just revenge, though8be We slaves?59
Let thunders roar and tempests blast.
My former silence low Is past: u
Let heavens shrek In moulnful wall S
SIlrtil the breasts of ansa,s quail. iss 4 & 8l
Ny peoples honor lis now a + stake, " 3s n
And o. Ell this food q road I'll make;
Then atorn,swe lnudersive winds OF heaven,
Isknow the Lord of all has given 3
5His$ tcnderest love md shield of aid Ss$Esl
Unto the land, Fills hand hath ma de, \ II
no he n haven, OF The free B \. Il
An iron cradle Of liberty. IN .Ss