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Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
WORKINGS OF HUMAN MIND.
Experiments with the New N-Ravs
Result in Some Amazing scien-
tific Demonstrations,

All scientific Paris is discussing the
recent remarkable researches made by
Prof. Blondlot, and especially the ex-
traordinary results of his experiments
with the newly-discovered N-rays.
With the aid of these the professor
has demonstrated that it Is actually pos
sible to look into and through the skull
of human being and witness the work.
ings of the mind.
1t is matter perfectly simply, the in
strument employed being nothing moro
complicated than a small rectangular
piece of pasteboard, the size of playing
card, one end of which is spread with a
paste of phosphorescents sulphate Of CAL
cium. This substance, it appears, is
made luminous by the presence of rays
of the IN" description.
When such a card in a darkened room
is applied to a mans head it does some
very remarkable things. The person
under experiment is told to talk, and
keeps on talking while the bit of PASTE
board is brought into contact with va
rious parts Of his Uranium. 1t shows no
change until a certain area on the side
of the head is reached, when suddenly.
the luminosity of the paste becomes
greatly increased, and why? Simply be-
cause this is the area of brain service
which controls vocal speech. In work.
ing it gives off flood of N-rays which
cause the sulphate of calcium to shine.
But this is not all. Prof. Blondlot
has found that by passing the card slow
ly over the head and watching the varia-
ton of the luminosity he can outline
with perfect accuracy the speech area Of
the brain surface.
When about a century ago Beichen-
bach, scientist of high reputation,
claimed that he could sometimes see a
sort Of aureole or halo about the heads
Of people in the dark, it was suggested
that he was the victim of an hallucina-
ton, but it is possible that the phenom-
enon was due to an emanation Of X-rays,
which may, under certain circum-
stances, become visible to the eye.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
WHAT SCIENCE TELLS US.
Left-Handed Children Should Not Be
Discouraged in Following
Dictates of Nature.

have never seen anything but bad re-
suits from the attempt to train children
to use the right hand instead of the left,
when there is a decided tendency or
habit to be left-handed Moreover, the
attempt is never successful. The best
consequences are poor, and are only
awkward mixtures of the two forms.
which yield confusions and indecisions
during the entire subsequent life. One
is that of naturally left-handed friend,
who, by arduous and continuous train
ing during his childhood was compelled
to write with his right hand. For all
other acts he Is left-handed, but he can
not use his left hand in writing. AL
though now past so years, he has al
ways hated any writing, the mere act
of doing so, and he cannot do any orig
inal thinking while writing. He is for
this purpose compelled to rely on q
stenographer, and then his ideas flow
freely and rapidly. II he tries to think.
nlan or devise and to write at the same
time. there is positive inhibition OF
thought, and he must make sketches.
epitomes, several efforts, copyings, ETC.,
in a painful and most unsatisfactory
manner. The attempt at ambidexter-
ity has been lifelong obstacle to him
in his professional progress. The chief
centers most closely interrelated in
writing and thinking are thus Demon
strably better harmonized when in one
side of the brain. The mechanics Of
neurology are plainly less difficult than
could be achieved by any foolish and un-
successful ambidexterity.-Dr. Gould.
in Science. H.. IT,. .... >,..s Z@51g
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

4 color, while the same idea might b
suitably carried out in figured net or
embroidered muslin made up over q
colored silk foundation. The hat which
is sketched with this dainty muslin
frock is Of pale tan-colored Leghorn.
with wide band of black velvet rib
bon, folded round the high crown. and
clusters of full white ostrich plumes.
arranged to droop over on to the brim
In front.
The craze for picture frocks and pic
ture hats, SO characteristic at the mo-
ment Of the fashions for madame, will
naturally find an echo in the modes for
mademoiselle, and in the case of young
girls this vogue Is one which opens up
various interesting possibilities. Num-
bers OF old prints and engravings, as
well as family portraits and the works
by old masters can all be pressed into
service, and will be found to offer in
Vulnerable suggestions for picture
frocks for young people.
In the matter of evening dresses for
mademoiselle, the wide embroidered
muslins are being very much worn
during the summer, and will look most
effective made up over a foundation of
silk, or French batiste in some pale
color. Beyond their own embroideries
these muslins will need nothing at all
in the way of trimming, and will look
best made in very simple fashion
with loose bodices left slightly full in
front, and finished at the waist with a
folded belt of soft taffetas or Louisine
silk ribbon, made very wide, and COM
ing up like corselet under the A,ps.
At the throat a square-cut opening
looks prettiest of all, either filed in
with transparent chemisette Of net
and lace insertion, or bordered with q
deep tucker Of lace. run through with
narrow black velvet baby ribbon. Fol-
evening frocks of a smarter or more
durable description, white crepe de
chine Is an ideal, even If an expensive
fabric Nor is it really expensive in
the end, since IL the crepe de
chine be Of good quality it can be
cleaned quite satisfactorily not once
only but many times. Fine white
v0iles and canvases also make nice
evening frocks for girls, and need little
in the way Of trimming beyond pref
tlly draped and folded belt of soft
white Loulsine silk ribbon, and posi-
bly, little transparent square of Lace
insertion at the throat.
Sweet simplicity is the keynote Of
the summo3 hats for mademoiselle,
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
"SOClETY" IN THE EAST.
Elders Still Turn Out at LARGE Func-
tions, But the Young People
Usurp in General.

The young people are still the real
rulers Of eastern society. In Boston,
where high thinking and intellectual su-
premacy once rode over the waters as
if in an ark, we are told, says Every
body's Magazine, that society is given
over into the hands of the very youthful
set, whose dinners and balls and house
parties are the chief social events and
topics. In New York the elders of q
certain set still meet at large functions
with the juveniles, but the debutante
and her playfellows usurp large share
of room and public attention. In Phila-
delphia there still are dinners and sup
pers where the heads of the community
assemble and maintain their old charac-
ter for agreeability, but the young gen.
GRAFTON requires-and secures-its full
share of entertaining. In Baltimore,
where beauty and youth have ever
shared renown with terrapin and can
vas-back ducks, the mothers and IA
theirs frankly stay at home and let their
children have the fun abroad. =
One is sometimes led to speculate upon
the very apparent subsistence of the
sentimental relationship of the sexes in
our age. Certain it is that the young
man who dares not and the girl who
cares not to achieve matrimony are
frequent spectacle. In the mans case,
who can blame him, acquainted as he
generally is with the stress Of money
getting and informed on every side of
the expectations and the necessities of a
wife Gin society?" AS for the girl, 1t is
the habit Of well-to-do American parents
SO to equip and prepare their daughters
for life among the highest; they so COM
monty provide her with luxuries un-
known to their own youth, with suites
of rooms, maids, horses, vehicles of her
own; they carry her so much abroad,
that she cannot find herself tempted to
give up this ease and variety for the
humdrum estate of marriage and hus-
band who must daily work down town.
I think in this matter of want
ing to remain single because she is bet
ter off than If married there is menace
of grave import to the nation.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

and seldom have the fashions been
prettier in this respect than they are
this year. For quite little girls, moth
ing is nicer than the demure and SEN
sibly shady mushroom shapes, made
in good strong straw of sunburnt
coloring, and sufficiently substantial
to afford real protection to the head.
Two different kinds of trimming are
dividing the honors as far as tho
mushroom hats are concerned. The
one consists Of very full ruche of
soft silk ribbon frayed out at the
edges and arranged quite formally, in
double box-plaits all the way round
tho crown. The other is undoubtedly
prettier, but rather more difficult to
arrange, as it is composed of three or
four choux Of ribbon, silk or muslin,
made in graduated sizes, and grouped
round the front Of the hat, vhtle soft
folds Of the same material are draped
round the back of the crown.
ELLEN OSMONDE.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

DO In the cool white cotton frocks and
the quaint, old-world floral muslins.
So many delightful linen fabrics are to
be obtained this year, TOO, in pale deli
cate colorings, that there is an end
less choice of pretty materials suita-
ble Tor young girls summer dresses.
The dainty summer coat which is
worn by the first figure of the two
small girls who are sketched together
Is made in Irish linen in a very pale
shade Of lily-leaf green. This color
is chosen rather than white, since it
does not soil so quickly, while It also
washes exceedingly well, and does not
fade as soon as the similarly pale
shades Of blue, pink and heliotrope, so
often used for children's coats and
trocks, although 1t must be confessed
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
HUMAN AND ANIMAL. DOORS
Europeans and Americans Have One
Unenviable Trait Not Pos
sessed by Orientals.

1t is we'll known that various animals
notably the horse, dog and cat-have
each characteristic odor by which
they can be recognized. Hunting dogs
follow rabbits, hares, deer and other
game by the sense of emell which would
be impossible but for this fact. The
dog doubtless has y keener perception
OF odors than most other animals, be-
cause it will follow the trail of particu-
lar person, though that of dozen or a
hundred other people cross it. There
is reason to think that dog identifies
his owner or friend more quickly with
his nose than with his eyes,
A Japanese physician, DR.. Burtaro
Adackl, declares that some human be-
ings also have so keen sense of smell
that they can occasionally tell the ma
tionality of stranger thereby. He
goes so far as to assert that Europeans as
a class emit a faint but perceptible odor-
an odor which he says is not altogether
agreeable that his fellow country
men quickly recognize it. The Chi
nese, too, are credited with possessing
this perception. When a Chinaman or
a Japanese first comes to live in Eu-
rope (and perhaps in America) he finds
the odor almost intolerable, but in time
he becomes accustomed to it. The yell
low races do not appear to have any
such unenviable physical trait them
selves.
The opinion prevails that the odor by
means of which dogs identify their mas
ters proceeds from the mans perspira-
ton, and that people of the most fas-
tldlous cleanliness can thus be recog-
nized. 1t is likely that the smell to
which DR.. Adacki refers has the same
source and is affected by diet. 1t has
been asserted that even among the
white races observers who possess an
acute sense of smell distinguish solely
by this means those persons who follow
vegetarian regimen and those who
eat meat, at times the difference be-
tween these two classes of persons being
very marked. The individuals who
nourish themselves on meat exhale, un-
der the influence of the fermentation of
cutaneous secretions, much stronger
odor than vegetarians. Experimenters
in ethnography know that there exist
provincial odors, the odor of Brunswick
being different from that of Bavaria,
that of Savoy different from that of Nor
mandy.
The Japanese are chiefly vegetarians,
and for this reason their skin exhales
odors which are scarcely perceptible:
but here clothing plays its role, for if we
superimpose many layers Of tissue close
ly around the body, perspiration is pro-
duced. The race and individual color
may also have certain influence, since
brunettes, blondes and red-haired peo-
pie are said to exhale very different
odors of the body.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
Marvel0usly Condensed.

A lawyer Of the good old southern
type had argued for three court days
without pause. His brief was mas
terpiece Of classical learning and legal
erudition, but it was tiresome.
"Major Sigsbee," said the wearied
Judge, at last, without wishing to
intimate in any way that the court
would not be delighted to listen to
your whole argument, must suggest
that the docket is somewhat crowded.
and II you could condense little Il
might help your clients cause"
The attorney smiled his acknowl-
edgment. "Yo' honoh," he exclaimed,
''the thought was in my mind when
prepared my argument! sub, fob the
next TO- days my brief is a pehfect
mahvel Of condensation!"-N. r.
Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
Fa shion Notes from Paris

taheta m9usseline can be admirably
mixed with cambric and lace.
The Henri II. sleeves are a feature
OF the best picturesque frocks Of tho
moment. Diaphonous fabrics of all
kinds must Of course, be used. But
though we are in the midst of volum-
inous masses of drapery, beautiful lace
ana embroidered muslins, we daily
hear rumors from Vienna that the
pla1nest OF tailor-made costumes will
shortly be In vogue. The leading
Americans have already appeared in
coats made with small close-flttine
sleeves. over the most severe-looking
blouses, almost like bodices. The old
habit-coat, with q small BASQUE IA. I
hear. to be revived: It is. Of course.
only the drst-class tailor and tha wo-
man possessed Of q really good figure
who should attempt these plain toi-
lettes.
But for the moment the muslfns.
tahetas, linons de sole. and such like
ethereal fabrics hold their own. anal
tho picturesque modes viii remain
With us until We adopt the cloths and
serges Of the autumn.
Everything Is bouillonnee. saueed
and applique. Quaint cross-over nela-
rins effects are arrived at by the soft
hchu or by piped plaitings. These arc
In keeping with the lines Of the skirt
and the Henri II. sleeve. Curtously
stir are the old-fashioned killings
though the fabrics mostly used are
soft, and there is i generally a little
chem1sette Of lace or embroidered mus.
IL. The same applies to ruches, which
are made IN every variety. Muslin
and Valenciennes can stand ri any
! allIeunt q plaiting and ruchins, ID d
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
A FIRE CURTAIN SHUTTER.
Chicago Inventor Has Designed
Unique Contrivance to Protect
People from Flames.

1t is the law in nearly every large
city that all buildings over two stories
in height must be provided with some
approved form of fire escape. If it
were necessary for occupants of a burn
ing building to await the arrival of the
ladders carried by the firemen many of
them would perish before they could
be reached, or in their torture would be
forced to jump to the ground below.
Hence, the wisdom of compelling own
ers of tall buildings to supply perma-
nent ladders as means of escape from
the flames. In many instances, how
ever, the fatal mistake has been made
OF placing these structures across win
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
FRUIT PAIRING MADE EASY.
Little Machine, Invented by New
York Man, Peels All Sorts of
Things at the Table.

A New York man has just secured pat
ent rights on machine for pairing and
peeling fruits and vegetables, which
should find its way to the hearts of those
who ever have this task to perform. A
pair of revolving arms, whose ends are
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

SUMMER MODES FOR LITTLE GIRLS.
that they are all of them equally pref
ty and becoming. The neat little coat
which we illustrate is quite simply
trimmed with a number of rows Of
fine white stitching down the front and
round tho hem, as well as on the cuffs.
The coat fastens over on one side,
with large buttons Of pale green bone,
while for smart occasions it is provid-
ed with a collar of white Valenciennes
lace and insertion, finished in front
with bow Of sift white washing silk
The shady summer hat is made of the
same green linen as the coat. and fine
ly stitched. It is trimmed with q wide
scarf of white soft silk ribbon, spotted
with green. and tied in very large
double DOW in front.
The other little girl wears rather a
smarter kind of costume, suitable for
Sunday best, or even as q dress for q
very youthful bridesmaid or train
bearer at q summer wedding. The
frock 10 carried out entirely in white
embroidered muslin, and made up over
a slip Of pale blue pongee silk. Two
founces OF open-work embroidery
form the skirt, while the embroidered
slseves are very prettily plated on the
Shoulders, and again at the wrists
There Is 4 deep cape collar Of the same
embroidery, with a wide band Of en-
br0idered muslin down the center Of
the bodice in front. The little chemi-
sette Is Of white muslin, crossed by
bands OF insertion. The sash, which ts
tied very low In the waist, is of for
get-me-not blue soft silk, while the
quaint Dutch bonnet is also of white
embroidered muslin, lined with pale
blue silk. 1t Is turned of the face in
front, and finished on either side with
clusters Of forget-me-nots The bonnet
strings are of pale blue ribbon.
Something very smart indeed for
mademoiselle in the way of q picture
frock is shown In our other illustra-
ton. Although the effect is so de-
lightfully original, the style of the
dress Is really perfectly simple. The
material should be either a soft floral
muslin, or q delaine, patterned with
tiny pink rosebuds. The skirt is made
very full and plated into the waist,
where it il finished with deep belt
Of soft leaf-green Louisine silk rib
bon. Near the hem there is q very
pretty trellis-work Of the same kind of
leaf-green ribbon, but in a narrower
width, fastened just where the lines Of
trellis-work cross each other, with
small pink roses, made in chiffon.
Similar little roses are also used
upon the fully-draped sleeves to catch
up the fulness along the inner side of
the arm, while they appear again upon
tho front Of the bodice, where the trel-
lis-work idea 10 repeated in q slightly
different way. In this case, the leaf
green ribbon is folded and drawn
round the shoulders fichu fashion, be-
fore being arranged in trellis form in
front. Between the folds Of ribbon on
the bodice, the muslin is finely tucked,
while the bodice is prettily finished
with high neck-band and a little
chemisette Of transparent ecru lace.
In white or ecru spotted muslin, this
would be a pretty frock made up over
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

dows, and thus compelling those per-
sons attempting to escape from a fire
to pass directly through a sheet of fame
pouring out of the opening made by
the breaking of the glass. To avoid
such an emergency as this a Chicago
man has designed steel curtain for
use in conjunction with all fire escapes
which must Of necessity pass in front
of windows. The idea is to so place the
curtain that it will not obstruct the
light which enters the window and will
at the same time be ready to close the
outlet the instant fire breaks out and
the necessity arises for using the fire
escape. This curtain is hung in fold
ed position directly over the window
and is suspended so that slight touch
by any person descending the fire es-
cape will cause it to fall and shield the
people from the fames-Chicago Amer
ican.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
Britou and Boer.

3: In the Transvaal and the Orange
River colony, If the present rate Of
intermarriage between Briton and
Boer is kept up, within 20 years the
two races will be SO welded together
d to be indIstin able.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
Rash Girl.

Mabei-Really, l. don't care what
sort Of a husband I get.
Her Mother-why, Mabel! I'm sur
prised at you. ~ d. ~ ~.:.
$50 long as he's rich and handsome
and kind to me I don't care, SO there.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press. ..2.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

Z: !; ! !; ! J ! !: :: ]; :
s. AR1S-There Is rather q
n U fancy for the softer fabrics
= again, and satin messaline
Il IN and crepe de chine are
I'M running taffetas very close
@QN in popularity. One Of the
? :. prettiest mixtures Of the
moment Is white embroi idered linon de
sole. finest white cambria and .Valsn-
Sciennes lace. 3 IL
White muslin and lacs I'M do riI q. q
.'lpll' sur hare = sths = n aa1 r.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

fitted with sharp knives, are operated
by means of a crank. The article to be
pared is held firmly by pointed shank,
and as the knives pass over its surface
a clean, even peel is removed. It will
thus be seen that, besides doing its work
in the most expert manner, and the
shortest possible time, there is a great
saving in having the peel of regular
thickness and without unnecessary
waste.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
The United states-The Orient.

Japan contains 162,655 square miles,
hence 1t is a little larger than Cali
fornia, and more than three times as
large as New York. If the southwest
ern part of Japan were placed on the
Mexican border, near San Antonio.
Tex, the country of the mikado would
stretch northeastward till Yezo would
almost touch the Strait of Mackinac.
and the Kurile islands would project
into Hudson bay, the latitudes corre-
spending very nearly. Formosa would
then lie of the southern part of Lower
CalifOruia.-Success
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
Fashions for Mademoiselle

ULY is. without doubt, one
Of the prettiest months of
the year as far as the fash
ions for mademoiselles are
concerned, since young peo-
pie never look daintiers or
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
Hail in Germany.

How great is the damage done by hail
in Germany is shown by the fact that in
Bavaria alone, last year, it amounted to
more than $5,000,000. The number Of
fields damaged was 70,439. In southern
Bavaria AZ per cent. of the agricultur-
lists suffered more or less.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
No Trouble. ~ Keen II.

1SO 4EOUO1~ 10 1A~CV 4Cs !.
" "Contentment has s!one advantage
over wealth" J" said the philosoph her.
hats the explanation r. r. III u SH 1.
People dom ~ borrow & 4. = --.. -..
Stray Stories. n
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
How It Happened.

How It Happened.
q Poor chap! how did he come to be re-
fused by two girls? .5ss44s,ge -
''Why. he didn't let either know he in
tAnded to propose to the other" Judge.
Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
The Coming Heroine.


Mr.. Jinks-I wish you wouldn't al
low our daughter to read those senti-
mental novels.
Mrs. Jinks-She isn't reading a SEN
timental novel. The heroine doesn't
marry for love.
*'Well, the modern society novel, in
which the heroine marries for money,
is just as bad"
''She isn't reading a society novel,"
'Then what Is it?''
"It's an advanced novel,"
"What's that?"
''The heroine marries for q political
pull. Y. Weekly.
The Elements Of Happiness.
She-1've just seen Mrs. Lovebird-
she who was married last month, you
know?
He-Is she happy?
She-Happy? I should say she was,
and so she ought to be. She's got the
loveliest diamond ring, a new set of
furs and a silver-mounted bike.-Ally
Sloper.