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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-02
A WONDER WORKER.

Stories of Charles P. Steinmetz. One of
 the Greatest Electrical Workers.
 Steinmetz has mathematical brain. One of his ablest assistants spent a number of days of hard work in solv- ling an intricate mathematical problem. When he had finished it.. he asked Steinmetz to work it out. The inventor
 grasped the problem at once, counted on
 his fingers few times, and gave the correct answer without touching pencil
 or paper. Yet he remarked recently: 1 Mathematics is valuable only to ob-
 tain results. Mathematics for mathe-
 mathics' sake is foolishness."
 | Some years ago Steinmetz went into the Adirondacks with a hunting party l of friends. Not caring to hunt he was l often left alone at a little lodge that
 was made the party's headquarters. l One night before the camp-tira 8 nlath- ematical question came into his head. To settle it. he needed a table of lcga- rithms which could not have been found within miles of the camp. He remembered a few figures, and in a short time had worked out an entire ta- ble of logarithms for himself, and found it solved the problem. This mathemat- ical sense, which was originally, trained by hard study at Breslau, makes it pos sible for him to answer quickly the ra- lpid fire of questions his aids furl at him daily.
 The laboratory workers come to him constantly for advice and direction. Eighteen thousand employees stand ready to work out his ideas, With the men he is always genial and democra- tic. When any business matter needs settling, he does it in determined fash ion He is as independent as he is good natured. When the heads of the works made rule against smoking in the fac tory, MT. Steinmetz said he would smoke or leave. He did not leave. He can accomplish more in an hour" said one of his assistants, than I can
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do in a week" If some difficult pro- blem needs solution at the works, it is nearly always taken to Steinmetz.
 Not long ago there was an explosion In manhole in New York city. which made great trouble for an electric rail- road. Many local engineers tried to ind the cause of the trouble, and gave various unsatisfactory explanations. The matter was brought to MT Stein metz's attention. In few moments he asked how certain adjacent wires in the manhole were covered. Here, indeed, was the trouble. It was simple. but no one else had thought of it. He takes the short cut to the essential thing. It is characteristic of all his work Worlds Work.
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UP-To-DATE LocoMoTIoN.
To Match the 1S3O Gown One Must Ac-
 quire the 1880 Walk.

To Match the 1S3O Gown One Must Ac.
 quire the 1880 Walk.
 The new walk is literally a springy walk, but has other things beside springiness to recommend it. It is g graceful walk, it is an easy walk, it is a healthful walk that gets there! It is also walk which is adapted to the new skirt, the 1880 skirt, and on tha, account it must be called the 1880 walk Now, the 1880 walk is by no means an athletic walk. It is more on feminine lines.
 The peculiarities Of the walk are these: One must stand up very straight, straight enough to make a Grecian bend. Take care to preserve the straight front This front line must be mathematically precise. It must be one straight line from the chin right down to the tip of the toes.
 Take a stand before 6 long glass and stand erect. If correctly poised the chest will be full and the abdomen will be held in.
 To walk correctly practice walking upon the balls of the feet Bear the weight upon the foot at the broadest part. Do not come down upon the heels heavily; do not place the weight upon the back part of the foot. Let the ball of the foot serve as the pivot upon which to rest the body and swing it forward.
 The woman who learns to walk upon the balls of her feet will be able to wear high heeled shoes, andthere are few women who would not be glad to wear the tall fashionable heels of the season. High heels are never benef- cial vet. to the woman who has learned to walk upon the balls of her feet, they are much less injurious than though she had moot acquired the art of walking in this manner.
 The correct poise is absolutely neces- sary to the woman who is going to learn the new walk. She must learn to stand with the chest out and the abdo- men in. The shoulders are thrown back and the back is curved.
 The correct boise once learned walk ing is easy. The step is long and the
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RARE BIRDSS FOR LONDON ZOO. 1 There arrived in dock, sent for the
 Zoo by the New Zealand government department of tourist and health re-
 sorts. the first pair of keas (Nestor no- tabilisl ever seen in England. Even in
 New Zealand this bird is exclusively
 confined to certain mountainous, little- | inhabited districts of the South Island. I It has acquired an unenviable notoriety
 through it's having learned, in the hard
 winters sometimes felt in the parts it frequents, when food was very scarce, to locate the exact spot on sheep's back
 at which it was necessary to peck in
 order to get at the fat around the kid neys: and at times it has caused much trouble to the runholders of the SSouth Island of New Zealand. Sheep pastur- ing below two thousand feet, are said,
 however, to be seldom molested. The
 birds come out in fiocks and single out a particular sheep, when each alights
 on its back in turn, tears out the wool,
 and makes the sheep bleed till 1t runs
 away from the rest of the flock. The keas then pursue it, still attacking it and forcing it to run about until it be-
 comes stupid and worn out. If it then throws itself down and tries to lie
 somewhat on it's back to keep the birds from pecking 1t, they will even, it is said. pick a fresh hole in it's side,
 The kea is a handsome greenish-
 brown bird, with crimson under it's wings. It belongs to the parrot tribe,
 and has a terribly sharp, curved beak.
 Around Mount Cook there are plenty of them, and though they rarely see a hu-
 man being they are absurdly inquisitive and tame. The birds just brought to
 England in charge of the chief officer | of the Shaw Saville company's steamer
 Tokomaru are in excellent health. When the weather was warm they en- Ijoyed their daily sousing with fresh wa ter and one of them has become. quite
 tame, sufficiently so to appreciate it's head being scratched. They were rath- Ter dainty over their food and enjoyed nothing SO much as a raw kidney. Nat |urally, they eat fruits seeds and cer-
 tain little grubs. Westminster Gazette
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 AT $3.9s-About 15 styles of Shirt Waist Suits, in Chambrays. Ginghams, White Lawns, Etc. Every one a dis tinct style and value.
 AT $e.95 TO S14.9s-very stylish, dressy, or serviceable suits, of colored linen, white lawn, Pongetta, Linen Ba- tiste, etc.
 AT $4.9s- Several fine values at this price, including a dainty white lawn with tiny black dots, both waist and seams of skirt trimmed with fine Val laces; all at S49S
 AT S5.9s-About 25 styles of Shirt Waist Suits at this popular price. Among them lovely white Lawn, this with fine embroidered insertion and plaits, front, back, sleeves, and down or sf in fart tnts styles; all different; also Chambrays, Striped Madras, Batiste, and other ex- elusive materials and styles at $5.9S
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AT $1.9S-Navy Blue Lawn, small white rings, pleats on Waist and Skirt; all sizes; worth $3.00 S1.9S
 AT $I.0S-Pretty Lawn Suits, waist with side pleats and bust, pearl buttons and fancy stock collar: 3 gore skirt, straps across every other gore, lower part with gathered full1ess velours. In tan or champagne grounds with black figures, lavender and blue figures; straps on white; all at $1.9S
 AT s2.9s-Fine White Lawn Suits, waists with 20 pleats to bust, two rows hemstitching, fancy plaits on skirt only S2.9S
 Handsome Champagne, op Tan Color Batistes, small polka dots pleated all sizes, $2.0S or navy ground; --and every seam of skirt wide plaits; re- markable value at S2.9S
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The Howe & Stetson Stores.
Bargain List for Thursday.

Dress Goods. Fancy granite mixture mohairs, in royal, navy. brown and other popu- lar shades; goods 40 inches wide, regular price 55c.
 Only Thursday, 5oc Wash Silks. A very choice assortment of corded wash silks in black, white, and nearly every shade favored this season; regular soc value,
 Only Thursday, 33c yd. Linings. Colored sateens and nearsilks-not all shades, but many good ones. regular price ISc, Only Thursday, 7c yd. White Goods. Soft finish mer- cerized cheviots. in a great variety of new designs. both plain and satin striped; regu- lar price 25c,
 Only Thursday. i2Nc yd Linens. Damask pattern cloths, all linen, bleachcd.
 SKA size, regularly I. 3o for L. 10 8xIo :" IFS i.3o SxI2 :" 200 l.6o
 Basement.
 Wash Goods. Canvas weave cheviot suitings, fine assort- ment of shades. regular price raHc, Only Thursday, ocyd Bed Spreads. Heavy white crocheted, full size. fringed all around. very choice de- signs; regular IFS value,
 Only Thursday, i.3o ca. Cotton. Heavy brown cotton, yard wide, regular Sc value,
 Only Thursday, oc yd. Sheets. of good quality bleached cotton. size 2xaH yds., regu- lar price 45c,
 Only Thursday, 35c each
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That fellow-townsman of yours, '' remarked the New Yorker, hasn't much idea oe table manners" s'No, , replied the Chicagoan, T noticed that. Why, the other day seen him use the same knife for his pie that he'd used to eat his peas with. Philadelphia Ledger.
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It is, on the contrary, walk which is walked with the legs alone-and the
 dressmakers are glad that it is the style" e!"-Brooklyn Eagle
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%0I65lIllS|Eslk |Esl!:a!l' Eslk!:a!ll'{{!k!,gI@' K,
We Have the Largest Stock of Shirt Waist Suits in
 New Haven.

We this unequivocay Not this alone but styles prices Let us mention
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Suits Goats Skirts

20 suits, misses sizes, in all wool cheviot, Eton and Norfolk style, full gored skirt, regular price I5.oo to Ie. 50,
 Only Thursday at S7.o5 Children's coats, covert, fan nel and pongee. have been 500 and 500 each,
 Only Thursday, l.o5 and 3.o5 25 silk shirtwaist suits of tai teta and foulard, all the newest shades; regular prices r2. so and r5.oo each.
 Only Thursday, So.o5 Walking skirts of fine sicil- iienne, gored and plaited, black, blue and brown,
 Only Thursday, S2.oS Japanese silk waists, daintily trimmed with lace, 2.25 value,
 Only Thursday, Sl.6S Lawn waists, tucked and hem stitched, two pretty styles, I.as value. Only Thursday, 7sc Lawn kimoncs, assorted col orS, 7sc values.
 Only Thursday. soc
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Nsv Asvs~ Ja~e 2 The Howe & StetsOn Stores
Bargains in Mems Necessities.
l5c Shield Bows, 7c.

l5c Shield Bows, 7c Paper Collars. 1oc box. Made of fine silk in light Reversible paper collars all and dark coors very neat sizes-the regular price is effects 25c box of ten. soc Linen Hdkfs:, 25c 25c Hose i0c. Hemsttched handkerchiefs Fine cotton hose fast black of pure linen, with three with all white feet split hens. feet all sizes
 soc Jerseys, for 2oc. We have about ten dozen of them-black, low neck, short sleeved jerseys.
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Si.so Gloves at LOO pair.

si.s0 Gloves at 100 pair.
 Very fine suede mousquetaire s-button length, mode and slate, selling regularly at I.5o a pair.
 Only Thursday, LOO pair Laces at Sc the yd.
 Trimming laces-Val., Nor mandy, point de Paris, and tor chon, edges and insertions; worth roc and r5c yd. Handkerchiefs, 5 for 25c.
 Hemstitched, all linen Ia few embroidered ones in the lot), regular price raHc each. Yelling Remnants, i0c ca.
 Allgood quality; lengths from A yd. to IH yd and worth 25c, 3Sc and soc.
 Neckwear--Some lace and ma dras stocks-also black silk stocks, formerly 25c each,
 Only Thursday. lOc
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Hampers.

Choice only Thursday for ?. 50 Second Floor.
 < ,.Toilet Goods. lsc tooth brushes, 10c ss ID. bars glycerine soap, regular price roc, For 7c sana-Derma salcum powder, regular ssc, For 123kc
 Notions. H. B. darning. cotton, Thursday,
 3 for Sc ,oc bunch of shoe faces, 8c Assorted tape, 2 rolls for 5c 5c sS<oi basting cotton, Sc ,ec pad hose supporters, 10c
 Stationery. ,sc box of writing paper, For 9c Cenniscn's SC paper napkins, Sc dog. roc pencil boxes, For 5c
 Jcwelry. asc pearl waist sets, 17c 1aslc and rsc lace pins, pearl heads Sc soc waist sets, pearl, gold plated and sterling silver, 39c
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Aprons, of good quality lawn, full size. hemstitched ruffie, with extra wide hem; 7oc value. Only Thursday, l7c Wash Skirts, of striped ging- ham, with wide ruf1e, 75c regular price,
 Only Thursday, 3sc each McGee Petticoats-Adjustable yoke. three styles, made of mercerized satteen; regular price 500 and AGO,
 Only Thursday, l.6S each soc Batiste Corsets - three styles, only Thursday,
 25 cents each
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Shoe Store, Main Floor.

Women's Patrician Oxford ties 800 and $50 value,
 Only Thursday, Si. .2s Womens patent leather button oxfords regular price,
 Only Thursday, si.50
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Basement Shoe Store.

Womens tan black vici kid patent leathe oxfords Cuban French heel Also black vici kid button or lace shoes Cuban French spring hee value from l.a5 10 400 Only Thursday Ssc pa r
 Boys canvas oxfords. to 5, regular price 7sc,
 Only Thursday 4Oc pair
 pairs of sample shoes all styles regular and oo values. Only Thursday SI 40 hair
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Choice only Thursday for ?. 50 Second Floor.
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Ciosing-out Price on
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Drapery Department.

IDEAL STUDlO-Half cabinets in panel, oval and square, regular price 2.25 dozen,
 Only Thursday, Sl50
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
Growth Of the ENGLISH Tongue.

To-day over 135,OOO,OOO people speak
English. 1t has displaced French as
the language of diplomacy and is now
making great Roadway as the univer-
sal language Of trade. All North
America, South Africa, Liberia, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii,
most of Polynesia and various small
ytates have permanently adopted our
mother tongue, and there is every rea-
Snn to believe that the 100000 OF
Ftlipinos will be using 1t in the course
Of time. With the construction Of the
Panama canal, Central America also
will probably yield to its influence to
a large extent.-Kansas City Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
carneale,s RELIGIOUS Belief.

Andrew Carnegies alleged disbelief
in the Christian religion is again un.
der discussion, this time by directors
Of the Brooklyn public library, which
is part of the Carnegie library sys.
TEN. These gentlemen are exercised
over the question of whether or not
the exact terms of the Carnegie IL
brary contracts shall be observed. Mr..
Carnegie branches shall be open on
public holidays, but many of the d.
rectors of the Brooklyn branch want
it closed on Thanksgiving day and
Christmas, as heretofore. The dis
cusslon included some delicately ex.
pressed references to Mr.. Carnegie's
attitude toward religion, but the d.
rectors took no decided action.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
New Kind Of Giant,

NANNY" Friend approached his old
friend Lew Dockstader at the Herald
Square theater a few nights ago with
a request for an engagement with the
show.
"Why, what use could possibly
have for your" asked the minstrel.
Advertise me as your newly &C.
qulred giant" said the lawyer.
Lew laughed uproariously. why,
Nanny" he exclaimed, you're only
two feet and half tall. What kind
of d giant would you maker"
1.-THE smallest giant in the world"
averred the dlminutive Friend. "That'll
be a brand-new line, too. for the three
sheets. New York Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
How Boys Botanlzed Teachers Hat.

TOW Buys ootdHILSu ledSHeTS Tat
Miss Johnson was an excellent
teacher, but her taste in dress, espe-
cially headdress, was so peculiar that
even her adoring pupils could not fail
to notice 1t. The verdure which ap-
peared upon Miss Johnson's hat one
season was SO gaudy that several
wondering comments were made by
the boys.
'T'm going to ask her what that
green stuff is" said one boy, valiant.
ly, in spite Of the vigorous objections
Of his companions. "She won't mind,
and next nature study class I'm going
to ask her, and see who's right"
So, red in the face, but stubborn, he
rose at the end of lesson on way.
side flowers, in response to Miss
Johnson's general request for any
questions which might have come up
since the last lesson.
"Pd like to know about that green
stuff on your hat" he said, bluntly.
John AIKEN, he says it's beach grass,
but l say It's onion sprouts. Youths
Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
Growth of a Free Spirit.

1t seems to us that in spite of the
wide dominion of Russia and Great
Britain, the day of world empires has
gone by. Despotisms are i'll fitted to
bear universal sway, because by their
very nature they provoke rebellion,
and rebellion against despotism is the
necessary result of the growth Of lib
erty. Nor are democracies adapted to
this work, for they are the products
of the free spirit, and they can not,
without fatal consequences to them
selves, go into the business of enslav-
ing people. In the old days despot-
isms could do this work, but that was
before there was such thing as the
people. We are more likely to see
some disintegration rather than fur
Their consolidation. The British en-
pire exists at the present time only by
the tolerance Of the people inhabiting
its various parts-because they be-
lieve they are better off within it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
Rnls.tv.nsky as Society Man.

Thirty years ago Admiral Rojest-
Sensky was naval attache Of the Rus
sian embassy in London. BY his many
graces and especially in waltzing, he
turned the heads Of all the marriage
able girls Of the English aristocracy.
Whenever he led the cotillon his host
ess was simply transported with joy.
At an evening party not so long ago
a noble dame, who had been a lady in
waiting to Queen Victoria, was heard
to murmur the admlral's name, which
she pronounced with perfect and even
melodious ease. "Ah." she said. with
a sigh, 81 wanted to marry him"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
Ministers Gather in Cafe.

Every Monday afternoon about
o'clock a group Of Lutheran ministers
meet in a quiet cafe near the New
York postoffice and discuss parishional
affairs, meanwhile decorously slipping
glass or two of lager, and maybe
smoking a cigar. Or. Richter, pastor
of st. Peters German Evangelical
church in the Bronx, is a regular at.
tendant at these gatherings, which
last for an hour or two each week.
The doctor has six strapping sons,
but he does not think any of them will
go into the ministry, there being no
inducement in this country, he says,
for a young man to take up the pro-
fession. He wants them all to be-
come farmers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
Rider Haaaard in South Africa.

Rider Haggard has done a great
many things besides write the stories
through which he is best known to
the public. Back in the '70's he was a
prominent parsonage in South Africa
master OF the high court of the
Transvaal and the man who, with Col.
Brooke. hoisted the British flag over
the South African republic. He was a
mighty hunter in those days, too, and
many of the adventures so excitingly
set out in his novels are written
directly from his own experiences.
Some years ago he took up the inves-
tigation Of the condition Of agriculture
in England and is now noted for his
tlreless activity in the interest Of the
British farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
BIT OF RUSSIAN FATALIsM.
Lesson from Recent Destruction Of
Torpedo DESTROYER.
MZH002 II HEEZHEG


Torpedo Destroyer.
The light-hearted manner in which
the commander Of the Russian des-
troyer Rastoropny blew up his boat
at Chefoo after bringing dispatches
from Port Arthur was quite in har-
mony with Russian naval procedure.
Two Japanese torpedo boats were
waiting outside the harbor, and so,
after CALAMITY running the gauntlet Of
an entire fleet in order to reach Che
foo, he destroyed his ship.
An American or an EnglishmaD
would have done his best to escape.
A Frenchman would have undertaken
to fight his way out, and If defeated
have gone down with his colors fly
ing. A German in the last resort
would have prudently opened the sea-
cocks. He would not have blown up
his ship in a neutral harbor.
But to the Russian none Of these
things seemed worth while. What Is
a destroyer more or less in the des-
tiny Of an empire? Why go to so
much bother to save it?-New York
World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08

have spoken Of 1t, but you see, was
so taken by surprise. Pray wear the
dress; 1t is so charmingly becoming to
you,", said the lady.
Leo did not stay long. She felt as
If every one in the room must know
that she was wearing a secondhand
dress, stolen from its owner! And the
fact, now for the first time ascertained,
that Mr.. Maurice was a married man
seemed to take all the sparkle out of
her life. She went home early and
cried herself to sleep. The next morn.
ing she sent back the dress to Mrs.
Maurice with note of apology, and
she has been a wiser girl ever since.
''If my fortune comes to me, we'll
and good" she said, "but shall not go
a step out Of my way to seek it,
Chicago Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
Judae Tired of Listening.

Even in the days when he was a
struggling young lawyer Chauncey De-
pew was gifted with considerable
deal of the selfconfidence which in
later years came to be known Of many
men. One of the first cases he had in
court involved a somewhat compli-
Gated question of inheritance. But
Chauncey gayly tackled 1t and pre-
pared what he regarded as an unan-
swerable argument. He had proceed
ed for some time when he noticed that
the Judge seemed to lose interest.
Lawyer Depew hesitated and said: Il
beg pardon, but hope your honor fols
lows me-" The Judge shifted in his
chair as he replied: 81 have so far.
but I'll say frankly that If l thought
l could find my way back I'd quit right
here"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
In Search of Work,

well, sir" said the railway super.
intendent to a forfolrn-looking man
who had gained admittance to his
presence, what do you want?"
Il would like a situation on your
line"
mo place for you, think"
but there is. l want to be inter
prefer"
interpreter"
Eyes, sir; to tell the passenger
what the porters say when they cal
out the names Of the stations"
The superintendent studied a few
minutes, and then, looking up, pointed
to the door.-Birmingham England
Weekly Post.