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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

niable beCOmingness of the Cache
peigne, and the bandeau at the sido
which lifts the hat to the desired AN.
gle and invests its wcarcr with sug-
gestion of coquetry, the fiat has gone
forth in Paris that both are TO be
ruthlessly abolished. Unfortunately,
the average woman is not gifted with
the Frenchwoman' adaptability in
this respect, and it takes her some
time and much heart searching ere
she can reconcile herself to an unac
customed mode, and shake off the dis
trustfu attitude which she invariably
maintains toward n new fashion. Pic
ture her, for instance, venturing out
in a wide-brimmed hat of unstiffened
felt. the size of a small umbrella, In
soft, creamy tone, the crown
wreathed with monster magnolia bios
sons and characteristic bronze-red
leaves, while a misty scarf floats from
some mysterious region at the back
is wound once about the throat, auC
is finally transfiXed by a diamond ar
row in the ncighborhood of the left
shoulder.
1t is essential, for the proper OK
plotting of prevalent styles, to be slen
der To this end the staymakcrs have
devised combinations Of woven silk
which are firmly boned, after the
manner of stay, The bones reaching
well up to the bust and continuing
TO below the hips, so that the body
is compressed into the least possible
compass. The reason for this desire
to appear Of sylph-Iike proportions lies
in the continued vogue enjoyed by
Princess and semiEmpire styles. A
short WASTED effect is achieved on
many evening gowns, by means of lit.
lie zouaves encrusted with pearl and
diamond cmbroderieS, the tiny
sleeves being Of the same lace, minus
the jewels.
In our larger fashion plate are
shown two evening gowns, the one in
pale gray velvet, the other in soft
pink satin; embroidered lace traced
with pailettes and plain chiffon do
their duty as trimming.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

Champions of woman suffrage, not
women. but wcll.knowu men, appeared
in the lists of its correspondence col.
umn and soundly raped ii for its at
tack George Meredith, writing in the
cryptic Meredith style was under
stood to say that such scenes cs had
been Witnessed ut the house of com
mons were very dreadful, but that it
was the only way of making the not
very-much alive John Bull do any
thing
Among the supporters Of the sufra.
gettes is w. 4. Stead. who at an indig.
nation meeting held in Westminster
after the suftragists were sent to Jail.
declared that in his opinion the WON.
en- were certain of victory and that
the more miserable the home secre.
tary and the government feel the bet
ter"
Naturally. the humors OF the situa
ton appeal to large proportion Of the
British public, especially as the suf
fragettes have unconsciously injected
a large amount of humor in the pro-
ceedings, thereby proving AGAIN the
truth of the old principle that the more
earnest one Is the more likely is one
to commit some absurdity. One WON
an speaker at sulragists meeting
declared that it was time to put ones
foot down with loud voice" while
another said that there was going to
be the most terrible and determined
struggle that the world has ever seen
But, all the same, as even the enc
mics of woman suffrage admit, the
suffragcttes have done more in the
last few weeks to obtain victory for
their cause than the oldfaahoned suf
fragists succeeded in accomplishing in
many years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

in food In Middle Egypt conditions
render irrigation by gravitation gener-
ally possible. In the Delta conditions
are different, and twothirds of the
summer irrigation is effected by lift.
and many thousand sakiyas and tabu
There are 1000 steam pumps at work,
and many thousand sakiyas and
tabuts, pri Nitive machines worked by
oxen. In tabut the chain of earthen
pots is replaced by peripheral cham
bers on the wheel, Thousands of
Archimedian screws, worked by
hand, are also in use for small lifts
The area of crops in the Delta in
1905 was 4,6S5,000 acres. The Guilt
waited area was 3,157,0 acres, which
means that 4S per cent of the latter
gave a double crop. The gross value
of the crop per acre of cultivation
was about SIS, and the net value $50.
OF the Nile and its system of iiri-
CATION Mr. X. Verschogle, c. M. G.,
inspector general of irrigation, says:
The Nile rises south Of Lake Vic
toria and drains a tract of SOC, 900
square kilometers. The mean annual
rainfall over its basin varies from
sixty to ten inches. The river bears
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

Clothes for Out-of Doors Wear

Fashion has decreed that velvet shall
be worn and many of the out-ofdOOrs
costumes will be made of this mater
ial, in fact, n more comfortable feel
ing or comfortable looking cloth could
not be found
In matter OF coats the three quarters
length seems to be most in vogue. and
all are collarless, although this ques-
ton, so long in allegiance, Is being
raised in the fashion centcrs Of Paris
and London. After having had our
coats and cloaEs collarless now for a
good number Of years, even in the
depth OF winter, 1t has occurred TO
some OF the big furriers in Paris to
raise the question of the wisdom Of
such fashion and whether il would
collar once more Personally, | should
hail the return Of the Mcdicis or storm
collar TO our fur garments with JOY,
for not only did It protect the back
Of the head and neck, which Is one
Of the most sensitive portions Of tho
human frame, ana Inc one most ac.
cessible to neuralgia, but also it
framed the face in the most bewltch.
ing fashion But the mere idea of
The revival has raised shrieks Of op.
position from many fair Parislanncs.
who declare that the high collar rum.
plcs the hair, though why It should
do So. when the hair Is Invariably
&oru drawn up to the top Of the head.
and the Nedicis collar is always cut
70 stand ont AT the top auf leave the
bead free. is difficult 70 explain log
really. Every revival or innovation,
however. fl nearly always greeted
with shrieks OF protest by one section
or another OF the femluine coumun
ity,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
PRESS AGENT AT HIS BEST.
Sample Of the Work Which the Mod
ern Boomer Has to Perform.

Lillian Vera Smithcrccu. In the
chorus of the "Roulevardier Bur.
lcsqucrs" al the MagntiQue thratcr,
IS the only woman proprietor OF 4
unicorn farm in the world,
Before Miss Smithorccn over
thought of going before the footIights
she had built up a great institution
for the propagation of unicorns, which
Is the only institution of its kind ever
organized.
81 was led to invest in this peculiar
enterprise" said Miss Smithcrccn, in
her dressing room, through "A chance
remark of my old friend and school.
mate King Edward The emperor Of
Abysslna had just presented the king
with magnificent lion and Edward
remarked in my presence that II he
only had unicorn to 90 with 1t he
would have a fine living emblem OF
the British nation.
"Lct me supply the missing mem
ber of the happy family, ! said, for |
happened to have a pet unicorn which
| had raised on my estates In Aus
tralia
"The king readily assented and I
gave him the unicorn. The two AMI
mails made a great hit at Buckingham
palace and there was Immediately "A
demand among the nobility for pet
uniforms. | thcreupOn turned my cs-
tates over to the business of breed
ing uniforms and | now produce more
than 900 annually. The demand
keeps up because Of the fact that the
lion eats the unicorn on an average
Of every seventeen days and the uni
corn has To be renewed. A unicorn
brings on the market from $4,000 to
IS goo according TO the specimen. SO
you sec the business is a profitable
one"
Miss Smithereen has adopted the
stage as a career purely through
choice, the $l5 week which she To.
ceiycs as a chorus girl being mere
bagateltc, as it were and so to speak.
Kansas City Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
The Aswan Barrage and Reservoir.

the following names in its different
reaches: Between Lakes Victoria
and Albert, the Albert Nile; between
Lakes Albert and No, the Bahr-el-
Gebel; between Lake No and khar-
toum, the White Nile. The Nile prop
or commences at Khartoum. The main
tributaries are the Saubat at kilometer
l 6SS from Lake Victoria; the Blue
Nile at Khartoum lkilometer 1890 =;
the Atbara at ki.oneter 2,S46. North
of the Attara junction, no tributary oc,
ours The total distance from Lake
Victoria to the head Of the Delta is
5176 kilometers. At the head Of the
Delta the river bi'urcates into the
Rosetta and Damietta branches, each
800 kilometers in length.
The Soubat, Bleu Nile and Atbara
contribute nearly all of the food dis.
charge: the White Nile nearly the
whole of the sunni or discharge. The
mean maximum food discharge reach
ing Aswan Is 1905 cubic meters per
second. and the mean minimum sum
mer discharge 40 cubic meters per
second
For the last ISL kilometers of its
course the ahrelGebel traverses
ni-hty swamps OF undetermined area.
So great is the regulating effect Of
these swamps tina only 30 to 80 per
cent OF the summer and 20 70 40 per
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

of this work will be to insure irriga
ton to large area of basins in loy
floods.
The Aswan reservoir was complet
ed in 1902. 1t is 1000 meters long
pierced by 160 sluices, provided with
gates and capable of passing the en-
tire discharge of the river in food
The dam averages 80 meters in height
has a base % meters wide and a to-,
width Of seven meters. The storage
capacity Of the reservoir is 1000 mil.
lion cubic meters. The reservoir +
filled in winter and emptied betweeu
May / and middle of July. In YER
low years it doubles the river dis
charge at the lowest period, and in.
creases the mean minimum discharg.
by 80 per cent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
No News Of importance.

We are sorry to record that an III.
feeling sawrnill cut off the left ley
of one of our leading citizens las
week The accident was caused by his
losing his head from getting tangle /
in the machinery, after which he los /
his leg. There is no news to speak o..
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

In some parts of Asia Minor snow Is
obtained in the mountains and packed
tightly in a conical pit which is COY.
cred with straw and leaves At the
bottom Of the pit well Is dug. with a
drain to carry off the water formed by
the melting snow The snow is deiIy.
cred to customers In nearby cities at
the price OF ten to p cents 4Or 100
mounds
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

There Is as much variety in the
styles for the street costume as for
those for indoors, and the tailor made
suits are IL anything displaying more
taste and elegance than ever before.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

The ltold-you-so nuisance ought &
at least keep quiet long enough to re J.
ize that somebody else has said sxa t
" the same thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-16

order Is as Wei preserved as In many Of the
states Of this country better than in some
On January q. 1906 the collector OF revenues
was instructed 10 assume the duties of SUPER
visor Of schools and thoroughly to organize a
system Of free public schools. To-day there are
In the zone twenty-nine free public schools. with
lob enrolled pupils The schools are entirely
ma ntained out of the revenues of the zone OBJ
tained from the internal revenue and postal
services. and the system is pronounced by ex-
perts to be the equal of that of Pennsylvania
Nebraska and of several other states whose
systems il closely resembles
As there is neither summer nor winter I'm
Panama the little Panamans attend school the
year round. the scholastic year beginning July
IL and ending June 80 Professor David c.
O'Conner is now superintendent Of schools and
he employs an efficient corps OF teachers who
find their work encouraging and agreeable, the
Panamans learning far more readily than had
been expected.
The Police Department consists of four officers
ard nearly two hundred men The officers are
white but most of the men are colored. many of
them Jamaicans. who seem admirably adapted
10 the work For a time the police found great
difficulty In controlling drunkenness but the
Increase Of the license fee for liquor dealers to
1000 year has done much TO reduce this evil
and make for greater order.
i4c zone ponce appear 10 Work In entire har-
moHy with the Panaman police. outside OF the
zone, and such excellent order Is maintained
within the zone that there has been some dis
cussion In Panama of the ACCESSIBILITY of asking
the Governor OF the to increase his force
and TO police Panama and Colon.
When it is reflected that only three or four
years ago moot Of the Panaman children were
without school facilities and the streets and
roads unhampered by clothing. that drunkenness
vas common and assaults and bTawls usually
went UNPUBLISHED, the civiliZing influences OF the
work done by the United States may be some
What appreciated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-16

baskets and nets IN which he b most sAH-l
His particular chum Is DOhong. Orang
outang OF progressing cOuntenance and no r1o
prejudice
Ota Bangs Was brought 70 mi, country
Samuel p Werner. an African explorer and CO..
hector. who found him IN 1904 on one Of IL
southern tributaries OF The Congo. q captive
the hands OF tribe OF cannibals II seems ms
tribe had invited Mr. Werner 70 a feast, and z
order To whet his appetite showed hin On
Banga- shining and fat. and IN the very pms q
condition for roasting. From motives Of human
ny Mr.. Werner offered % purchase him The ra's
expressed surprise Would not thin man 90
Why take Ota Banga CShOse plumpness DOT
witness to the good treatment he had receive
from the very mouths OF his loving friends! S-''
kr. Werner would not listen. and the u2snol
n Was that OtA Banga escaped the IRE to VIZ
New York
Although he Is less than i've feet tai and l'''
tnsn twenty-three years old. Ota has Been '@.'
married and twice Beft widOwer. HIS nrsl "N
sDcfted the hunger OF the rest Of tho uiOr' Az
90 DAY when OtA returned rom nnnll7
harmed that she had passed quietly away '-'
before luncheon and that there was not - 49,
- q sparerio for him The loss az M So,
vtre was occasioned BY her stepping on me A''-
q poisonous snake
He h devoted % bfr. Werner. but as HA''-
ynczhuiAry f. limited 10 about 100 voF~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-16
ESCAPED THE GRJnrDo,
Pygmy Man. SGUed from Cauui.
Visits Nerr York

The exhibiting OF an African NJ,
same cage with an orang-outan, a@1
York Geological Park last week Go. ne n
siderable criticism Some perzo1s "a, y d,
was an attempt on the part Of Ds,...-~-''.
day to demonstrate a close relation.s,- ma
negroes and monkeys. DIT. Ffo-,.1l'I '''ss
this IF the little fellow is In A - Ia
Hornaday. at Is because he is mos, - - D
there. and because we are al a los -. ''1-'
what else to do with him He "a 4, ~
prisoner. except that no one would sl
wise TO allow him 70 wander arou,5 ., = =,
without some one having an eye an A.. =
Of bis being the so-caIled missing Iints : ~
surdity. for he has much more sense o. d
white man 1 have met II there Is A s-,
cage II Is only because without n 49,. +
would be kept busy all day long answs-,,. 2
tons" o.
Meanwhile the subject OF an the s,,..-
Ota Banga by name. seems 20 BE- go
happy, he spends a great deal O, M, H.,
weaving materials which are given H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-16

determined at last 20 install the pneumatic sys-
TEN. which IS the latest development IN the sci
ence OF marking time.
The motive power for the clock IS compressed
air, the mechanism being divided into four dis
tinct parts: the air compressor. the master clock.
the dials and dial mechanism. Two motors are
at work in the tower supplying the air pressure.
which is compressed by a three-crank electric
air pump into tank of 1893 gallons capacity. To
avoid the stopping OF the clock through the mo-
tors failing in their duty two water motors are
Kept in constant connection with the air COM
pressOr, SO that should anything happen to the
regular machines these auxiliaries would auto
maticaIly take up the work.
The great dialS that from the street
below merely the indicators of the time The
clock itself is a small affair Instead of massive
machinery, such as would be suggested to the
public by the size of these enormous dials. the
clock is small enough to be inclosed in a metallic
case on the seventh floor OF the tower. But most
Of the interest In the entire mechanism centres
In this glass case ard IN the Ingenious contri-
vances for keeping the clock at correct time de-
spite tao Influences at work TO cause Il to 20
wrong In order that the case shall be free from
Cauttnued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-16
BIG QUAKER CITY CLOCK.
Electric Signals Flash Correct Time
to Radius of Thirty Miles.

AT precisely S-57 o'clock every evening look
for interesting sight IL you go 70 Philadel-
phia- Many eyes will be focused on the tower
OF the City Hall The time is flashed for dis
lance of thirty miles by circle of lights placed
on the tower. just beneath the feet Of the great
statue of William Penn that surmounts the tall
tower. On clear nights residents of remote
suburbs can plainly see the lights on the tower,
and these suburbanites will watch for the
tinguishing OF the lights at S;57 o'clock. AT o
to the dot the lights will blaze again. so that
any one setting his thermometer by the appear
ance of these beacons will have the exact Wash
ington time to the second
This Is only of many especial features OF
this interesting umepiece For years the matter
OF the clock that should be placed In the tower
of the City Hall occupied the earnest attention
of the commissioners. but no satisfactory
method could be found to overcome the difficult
ties to be apprehended from high winds and
the retarding effect of SNOW and sleet II vas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-16
BUILDING n STATE.
March of Civilization across the 18th
mas of Panama.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Sept 15.-The United States is
doing more than constructing a canal across the
Isthmus of Panama IL is building a miniature
state In the centre of the newest Of American
republics and creating object lesson which
gives every promise of being of incalculable
value TO Central and South America
To the traveller who has enjoyed an oppor-
tunity TO observe conditions in the Panama
Canal zone before ii leased TO the United
States. and again recently. the change presents
a forcefuI example of the civilizing influences
exerted by the North Americans Three years
ago the territory included within the canal
zone was without schools. and few children
could read and write. many adults were illit-
trate. and there were grave disorders all along
The line OF the old canal To-day the entire line
from Colon TO Panama Is marked with schools
at intervals Of sufficient frequency to permit OF
all children attending them. while Gordon of
police stations extends across the isthmus. and,
while there are many arrests for drunkenness
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-05
HELD FOR LARCENY
FROM GROCERYNAN
Second Man Arrested as
Confederate in Receiving
Goods.

Henry Waters, colored, twenty-seven
years old. employed as a driver by r.
i. Clements. grocerymau, was ar
rested this morning or a charge Of lar
ceny of certain articles from Mr..
Clements. and John W. Lewis. also
colored, forty-seven years old. who con
ducts a grocery at 1910 Third street
northwest, was locked up on a charge
or having received stolen property
Mr.. Clements man establishment is
al Third ana A streets southeast He
has branch store at twentieth street
and Columbia road northwest. waters
drove the wagon Lhat went 10 the south
east store each morning 10 get the sup
plies for the branch place.
He was given an order for the goods
wanted, and IL is alleged that on sew
eral occasions he has raised this order.
Mr.. Clements has known for some time
that there was something wrong in his
accounts, and finally decided 10 turn III,
matter over TO the police.
Central ONCE Detectives Cornwell and
Muller Were assigned 10 the case. and
today they decided that sufficient evf-
dence had been collected To arrest the
two colored men.
Detective Cornwell, who brought Wat
eTs To the Central Office. had consider
able trouble subduing the prisoner Will,
on connecticut avenue car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-05
STRYCHNINE FIEND
POSES AS SLEUTH
"Real Detective" From In
dianapoliS Sent to Jail
for Six Months.

II am a real detective, said George
J. NJ. Roberts. who says he Is from IN
dianapolis, when he was arraigned be-
fore Judge Kimbal IN the Police Court
this morning on charge of carrying
concealed weapons.
Here IL my warrant. and here is my
card. and here IS my badge" declared
the prisoner as ne produced the articles
from his clothes. l am a regular de
tective and I've got a right to carry a
pistol and a blackjack
Armed with the pistol and blackjack
and wandering about TRkoma Park.
Roberts was arrested Saturday night
by Sergeant Berry, Of the Tenth nre-
cinct. Roberts was. under the influence
of drug and told the police that he
was on the trai. OF Charlie Cole. a
negro charged with the murder of the
chief Of police OF Indianapolis.
The police did not think much OF his
detective yarn and had him hailed be-
fore the Police Court. Roberts confessed
to Judge Mullowny that he was a
: -rychnine fiend. He was fined $50 In
default Of which he was sent 10 jail Tor
six months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-05
MARKET ADVANCES,
READING FEATURE
After First Hour Little
Change in Prices of
Stocks.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE stock
market opened AT general advances
over Saturdays hnal fgures. North
ern Pacific and Smelling started in a
point higher; Southern Pacific, s.; Ca
madam Pacinc, p, Steel preferred, Is;
Steel common. Atchison, Louisville and
Nashville and Mexican Central. a, and
Amalgamated Copper, = higher
For the greater part of the first hour
the market ruled strong, with Reading
the most prominent feature on reports
Of increased dividend rate. There was
good buying in Union Pacific. the local
fractions and many other issues that
caused sharp advances.
London bought about 10000 shares
here, chiefly Union Pacific and Read
ing.
Government bonds unchanged: other
bonds firm.
After the first hour the market ruled
steady without much change in prices
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-05
CHURCH CELEBRATES
10Th ANNIVERSARY

Seven hundred members now make
up the congregation of Mt Pleasant
congregational Church where twenty
years ago there Were about nineteen
This fact was made known yesterday
when the twentieth birthday OF The
church was celebrated with special ser
vices concluding in the evening with a
series of addresses.
An anniversary reception will be held
on Friday evening. On that occasion
addresses viii be made by a number of
visiting minister's