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.RRIOFL CoSEZ6HET

At the celsbration of the golden wedding
Of the Duke and Duchess Of Baden, and
of h fiftieth anniversary Of the Dukes
accession 10 the, throne, which recently
occurred at Karlsruhe. visiting princes
and royalty shared attention with the
peasants from the Black Forest. These
peasants came to attend the festivities in
medieval costumes the same in style AZ
those Of centuries & Representatives
NJ European rulers that were present agreed
that nowhere else was TO he found a people
that preserved so faithfully the traditions
of their ancestors.
Just when the Black Forest dress was
fashioned no one seems to know definitely
but peasants were wearing il in the four
teenth and fifteenth centuries, and since
then they have not changed a seam or the
placing OF an ornament. Dress descends
from one generation to another and tho
wardrobe of them modern girl contains gar
nents that have come to her from many
grandmothers. The dress of a little girl
is only the miniature Of that OF her mother
and as she grows Older the skirt merely
lengthens and the bodice b~roadens.
Years ago when intercourse between the
people was not 40 frequent as il is now
when sprites and mixes were more numerous
in the dark woods. and when robber baTons'
castles were on every commanding point
each valley originated its own costume,
and the people have religiously chung to
it ever since. Tho women of each section
know the horne Of those Of another by the
hats they wear, the color of their bodices
and skirts. OF the character of their orna-
ments.
Although the women of each valley nave a
distinctive dress, there is a certain gem
eral similarity in skirt and bodice. The
costume is not graceful according to modern
ideas, for the principal object appears to he
to widen the body as much as possible by
very short waists and booped petticoats
which distend the hips. The skirts are
dark, but below them may be seen petticoats
Of many varied colors. A vivid apron Of
ample size is worn, and another bit of brill
fancy is added by purple stockings with
low shoes and silver buckles.
In one valley the headdress is a great
black cap which hides the hair. with high
crown embroidered in gold or silver, and
having long black streamers hat reach 10
the feet and broad black ribbons to tie under
the chin. In another it * shaped like a
mans silk hat, hut twice as tall, made Of
straw, and sometimes dyed a brilliant yellow
and glazed. It would be difficult for even
The prettiest face 10 look well under such an
orange mountain. WV
In northern valleys a close fitting black
cap with lace hanging in a bewildering man.
ner over the eyes is worn, and with his a
straw hat encircled with little silk balls.
The married women are easily distinguished
from the unmarried by the color of the orna-
mental tufts on their hats. for the matrons'
are always black while the maids are in
vsriably red.
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MERELY 4 MASTERPIECE.
Not u Message In LON ely DictIOn for the
Junior Manager.

A man who wanted to lecture called at
a bureau presided over 10y two managers.
He aroused their interest with a leotur-
er's art, says the Lyceumite. but unfortu-
natelS the senior member wac just starting
on a trip and would not return for at least
a month.
The senior partner called the young man
to one side and exacted a solemn promiss
that he would not visit another bureau nor
read his lecture TO anybody until after be
had given this particular mana ger a read
ing and a chance to make him an offer a
month hence.
The interest Of the junior member, how
ever, was at white heat, and he kept send
ing for the young lecturer. insisting that
he come down 10 the Office and read his
lie cture. The young man refused with a.
much tact "a possible. but this only in
creased the anxiety OF the junior.
At last the young man told Of the PROM
ise made the senior partner. Instead Of
quoting the junior manager, the announces
ment made him only HI more anxious, and
finally the young man consented.
The reading ended, the junior partner
said:
"Now, your doing this has saved IL all
much valuable time. I'll tell yOu frankly
my boy, il won't do. There's no messages
in il, il II loosely Construct ed. the diction
IL poor. Il won't do. Burn il and try
again"
When the senior partner returned. he
called up tho young lecturer and sOundiy
bernted him for breaking faith.
How do ] know you Iave not heen To
every bureau in tOwnH You promised ma
on your honor you would read The lecturs
10 nobody not even to my partner"
The young man protested that he had
not lone 30.
Why exclaimed Tho senior manager;
of cOUTse you have. lie tells me that You
came down here to the office two weeks
ago and rcud him the entire lecture. and
/ thai hr told Won il was no good"
Yes" replied tho young man, after
much persuasion ! did read hir, % lecture
J which ne told mo was no good. but II wa not
! Arts!"
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His name was Riley, a farmer from Clonmel
Ireland, and he was going TO Buffalo to get
a legacy of E7,OOO that an old uncle had
left him. The lawyers had sent him 81. 900
on account and his parish priest advised
him to go first TO Rome and leave $500 with
the Church for masses for his dear uncle.
Riley would first go to Rome, then go to
Naples and take steamer for America.
As this might take a few months wouldn't
we look after his property in alo or
put it in the hands Of our own lawyers?
Certainly we would, Miles replied pro IMPLY.
Riley showed us a lot Of papers and letters.
some with seals, which Miles locke at
and said we're all right.
Riley then asked for a bond of some
kind and Miles offered to deposit 81 900
a. an evidence of good faith and suggested
that | do the same. / told Miles that /
had only a letter Of credit. Well, | could
get il cashed, he suggested. They would
accompany me TO the hotel 10 get the letter
and to the banker to have it cashed.
! temporized and spoke OF tomorrow.
But Riley explained he was TO cave by
an early morning train for Rome. II was
finally agreed that Miles would put up
the money for both OF us. Miles would
call in the morning at my hotel and We
would go to the bankers.
Riley left us and Miles stuck to me that
afternoon and evening. He paid for the
dinner at the Cafe Richie and for two seats
al the Alhambra Theatre. ThereI managed
10 give him the slip. 30 that instead Of
losing all my money / actually derived
some profit from the meeting.
Two days later. while standing on the
Alexander Bridge watching a motor boat
| race a ~fashionably dressed young English
man addressed me. An English news
paper sticking out Of my pocket gave him
the clue.
From motor boats we drifted into that
, general subject which Americans and
Britons discuss when meeting in foreign
lands. the merits u our respective countries.
He casually remarked that his cousin
Lord somebody-I've forgotten the name
J had estates in Derbyshire. He handed me
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with his charges until the SHOWS and storms
Of autumn drive them all to the lowlands.
The goat herd, with a tuft of green in his
hat, makes his daily und of many of the
villages and gathers his lock to the playing
of a flute, just az his predecessors did for
centuries. His charges follow him home
in the evening, and as he pipes them along
the street each one lodges into his own
proper pen.
The one industry that is peculiar to the
Black Forest is clo,k making. The snow
lies long and deep on these forest hills.
and back in the seventeenth century the
people began spending the time of their
snow bound imprisonment in carving time
pieces from the wood that they could easily
gather in the forest. Their primitive clock
was very simple and their results were
obtained with the simplest tools. Thu in
ternal mechanism of their earliest clocks
comprised only three wheels and the move
ment was regulated by means Of leaden
weights on a curved balance which acted
as a pendulum.
They improved upon this idea by making
the ordinary pendulum, which one of their
number thought out fer himself about 1T4O.
This was followed by the striking clock,
and forty years later by the eight day clock.
Yankee ingenuity and nventiveness proved
too much for these simple workmen and
their industry in the nineteenth century
declined to such an extent that there was
danger of its extinction. A school was
finally established at Furtwangen where
the principles of the spring clock were
taught to the boys and girls of the Forest.
This had a tendency TO revive the trade
and to-day, from the very locality in which
the industry had its beginning, cuckoo
clocks are made to supply the markets OF
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jewelry and wallet in the guides bag and
then turned to me and advised mo to do
the same. | declined. and Darlington be-
came angry because | lacked confidence in
his guide. The latter said; Let him keep
II II make me no responsible, but Caring
ton was obdurate.
He was, or pretended TO be. slightly in
toSicated, and | expected trouble If | per-
sisted in opposing him. So ] pretended TO
agree to the proposal. Instead OF handing
over my money, however, ] seized an OPP
poTtunity 10 escape from the party.
Next morning I visited the Grand Hotel
bat no Darlington lived there. That was
the second escape of my small capital.
The Bal Butler is one Of the famous, or
rather notorious, sights of Paris. IL is
not as well patronized in summer as in
winter; still there we're about I 500 persons
there when | visited IL. Half OF these
wore women.
Two women sat down at the table VIII are
| had been sitting, said something to me
In French, called the waiter and ordered
drinks for themselves. They then spoke
some more, called the flower woman and
each took a bunch Of flowers.
The flower woman wanted ten francs
from me for the flowers The waiter wanted
five francs for drinks served. ] refused 10
paw and the loud talk drew q crowd.
Three men pushed through the crowd. one
a pOlicem M; the other two, in evening
CLOTHES, were apparently the manager and
the bouncer These three, the waiter and
the three women all spoke at once, and ]
could not understand a word.
Finally one mar pushed through the crowd
and spoke to me in English. He explained
matters 10 the manager. hut that did not
save me. I was OBLIGED TO pay for the
drinks and the old flower woman took
back her stun. while the two girls made
faces and said things.
a few minutes later two o other women
took seats at my table and spoke 10 me. ]
arose and walked away to another table.
where the same thing happened. Near me
sat the man who acted an interpreter, md !
asked him for advice. He said I would he
pcstered by the women ~ long AZ ] re-
NAMED, for that was one way these wonen
revenge thenselveS.
I left the place. passing Miles and Riley
near the entrance. We were strangers now
and they seemed TO be strangers 10 each
other.
Travelling third class on the Continent
one must expect 10 rub elbow W. with the mob.
On part Of the journey between Paris and
Belford eleven out 81 hetweive seats In the
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his card with the name G. T.. Darlington
and told me he was on "A wedding tour,
stopping at the Grand Hotel, and his wife
had gone TO a milliner's that afternoon
and he was out for a stroll. We strolled
together.
That evening he and a party sto piping
at the hotel would go stunning under
the care OF the hotel guide, he said. Would
| moi join the party as his gJiest? At 0
O'Clock that night | met the party, con-
sisting of Mr.. Darlington. a young fellow,
French or English, and the guide, an Al
satan who spoke fair German and broken
English. Two more Of the party had
backed out.
We YER to several cafes and some o.
binary dives, | walking with Mr.. CARING
ton. On the way | submitted TO a delicate
pumping process which Darlington con-
Quoted with such tact hat he got my
family history without asking n direct
personal question. He learned that my
name was Smith. that | came from Chicago.
that l was not in the pork packing business
but a real estate dealer on a pleasure trip
and that ! carried my money and jewelry
in an inside trousers pocket, but was not
armed. Some OF these statements were
true.
After seeing some Of the sights for which
Paris Is notorious. but which did not seem
to interest the others, we went into the
pack room Of q cafe near the Rue Ambrose.
Here We had some wine and lunch. after
which the guide mentioned a place near by
where only the most desperate criminals
in France resort. Would We go? We're
we armed?
! Yes we would 90 and Darlington had a
British bulldog revolver. The guide then
suggested that C~arringtOn's friend, the
young fellow, remove his jewelry ~ il made
him too conspicuous. The guide had
! spoken French To him all the evening. but
now spoke only English.
Carrington's friend took of hi, pin,
chain and rings and gave them To CARING
ton. together with his wallet. Darlington
had no place 10 carry them and thought
Of leaving the friends and his own jewelry
in the cafe. The guide then showed them
"A leather bag which nc carried under his
waistcoat in which no carried his own
money.
Just the thing. Darlington put the
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OSTRICHES $500 4 PAIR.
Ne, erthrIcss. Raising Them Is Not u tiet
Rich Quick scheme.

Foam country LHC in dmFriCd.
The ostrich business in the United States
Is fairly prosperous. especially in the salt
River Valley. Arizona. where 1900 of the
2,2OO ostrichcs in the country are owned.
This is n new line of animal industry for
Americans and there II much to be learned
W" have not thus far produced such fancy
birds rs have some Of tho more experienced
breeders IN South Africa, but the size seems
TO he increasing and The health OF the birds
is all hat could be- desired.
80 FAR serious ostrich diseases have not
troubled the American raiser. even the So
called barring Of th" feathers has not been
observed. Ostriches need . hot. dry climate.
such as is found IN the Southwest, The rainy
portion of the South il far less desiTgbla.
although this - sometimes mentioned a.
suitable for Ostri'n raising.
Alfalfa pastu'e | also essential: an acre OF
alfalfa viii carry lUur O~tTiches and. which
j. Of inr more import Hnce, will keen them IN
good health. oar American OstrichPs are
now worth $500 a palr at four years OF age
No one should ina zine that ostrich farminC
II "A net rich uiick scheme, for the birds are
not ready tor mating until they become -four
XpuTz OiI
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coupe in which | sat were occupied by two
families. each with a squalling infant
The Gabies were treated alike; when the
mothor'S breast did not suffice they were
fed with wine and they fell asleep. The
two families were strangers 10 each other.
but both carried the same food, bread,
sausage. cheese and wine. bought a half
bottle of wine from n Of the men for a
franc and the other offered me the Use of his
glass. The three hours between Paris and
Troyes, where they left the train, were spent
in eating and drinking, and not a word
passed between the W. families.
Anumber of soldiers, small, dull slOvenly
fellows, came in and filled the coupe. The
car had three coupes and a smoking COM
partment. A young woman who had been
the Coupes were fun came into my coupe
looking for a vacant seat.
A soldier addressed her hut did not give
her his seat. Another spoke TO her and in a
few minutes half a dozen were speaking to
her. One Of them kissed her and she
slapped his face; others did the same and
she slapped them, but remained.
tried a fourth class car in southern Ger
many. IL was on a local train going from
a factory town 10 the suburbs, and was
crowded 10 the doors with factory hands.
The car itself was like our freight cars, the
upper part cut away except the roof. which
was held up by posts along the Sides, and
NWD ohb pNhNAN' piF'H 49, 49, ~ w. ~
for those who could crowd in first. IL was
worse than the crush on the elevated cars
here during rush hours. | stood il for ten
minutes. then wen into the third class.
A branch road runs from Rohatez OH the
Northern Railway of Austria To Strassnitz,
~ kilometres az miles, away. Three
trains a day go in each direction in y min
utes, the train consisting Of a small loco
motive, a passenger car with n second
and a third class coup" and n freight car
no larger than a N horse wagon
The crew consists of an engineer and a
conductor. The train was TO leave
Rohatez al II 80 A. NJ, but at hat time tho
engineer sat on the step Of his locomotive
eating his dinner and the conductor wal
le%isurely walking up a road, smoking n
pipe. There were our passengers. all
third class.
Ten minutes after starting time the en-
gineer still sat on the step aud ! asked
" .-n the tran would start. He said.
There's no fire anywhere. there is M
need for haste
Five minutes later | asked the same quas-
ton Of the conductor, who sat on the plat
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PARIS TRAPS FOR TOURISTS,
KINDLY AMERICANS AND NOBLE
BRITONS TO BEWARE or.

Traps for the wallet Of a Ear Who Wa
Making q sixty Day Four on $500
RAJ nc the Hal Butler Partly sue
cessfui incidents Of Cheap R%aIIrOadIng
II one il to make a two months trip TO
Europe at a total expense Of 500. as the
writer did. one must beware of traps.
Within an hour after the steamer left the
dock | was called a foreigner and a foreigner
! remained until l returned, a ~greenhorn
in peril Of all the temptations and traps
which threaten the stranger here. The
foreigner in Europe. as in this country, is
considered legitimate prey everywhere.
Md only when blessed with foresight or a
lack of money can the sightseeing Yankee
win against European craft.
On my first day in Paris while walking
Hlong the Rue Royale a well dressed elderly
man accosted me. He said something in
French and I replied in the stock phrase
lie ne pdrIe pas irdNcaise." He then
spoke English, asked some trifing question
and in reply ] used the word guess" a
more certain indication Of nationality than
Old Glory in the b~uttonhole.
lie, too was al American about to return
home. We had a drink in a n~eighboring
cafe and became communicative. His
name was Miles and he was a retired mer-
chant Of Stockton. Cal. on a pleasure trip.
His son was the Rev. DR.. Miles or Stock
ION and he himself was Interested in church
work and philanthropy.
lie gave me some hints about travelling,
cautioned me against sbarpers and guides
and strongly advised me against trusting
10 letters Of credit. He himself carried
all his funds In cash and he showed me a
Zig wad with q 500 franc note outside.
A few minutes later a stupid looking
Young Irishman came into the cafe and took
a scat near us. Hearing us speak English.
The asked us II We were Americans.
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To Make Waterproof Glue.

'I|" ~ '''WT'V' |'T'' W"'|
Waterproof glue II manufactured of gun
shellHc three part. and india rubber one part
by weight. the~c constituents being dissolved
IN separate vessels IN ether. free from al,oh1l.
-ubirct to a gentle bear When Thoroughly
dissolved She two solutions are miNcd ana
kept for Some time IN n vessel tightly sealed,
ibis ,IIr rn.i.t- iLc ,,tior ~ wntrT bot IA
hot aud cold. ~ we'll u most acids aud al
kahr. Or tho HluC ~ thinnPd ny the adIuiX-
turr of ether and applied ~ a vHTnish 10
leather along the seams where this has been
sewn together, ~ renders the Joint or seam
watertight aud almost impossible to separate
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form smoking. lie would wait a few
minutes longer, he said, perhaps some more
passengers would arrive.
FINALLY the train started, ran a couple OF
miles, then stopped at a cross road TO allow
a h~arefooted peasant oma who had u
couple of live geese slung over her back
To- get aboard.
Notwithstanding this delay the running
time was cut down two minutes, the proud
conductor told me. This was not as bad as
a local road in Utrecht which. they told me
ran a train whenever five passengers had
collected, without any time table.
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Traps for the wallet Of a Man VINO Was
Making q sixty Day Four on $500
Raid nc ihe bal Butler Partly suc-
cessfui incidents Of Cheap RaIIr reading
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-23
WARM CONVENTION OF
THE OHIO DEMOCRATS
Charges of Unauthorized Cast
ing of Votes Are Made; Com
ment on JOhnsOn's Defeat.

COLUMBUS. o., Aug. 22.-samuel A,
Hoskins for Secretary OF State. Charles
W. Hauport for State School Commits
sioner. Rodney J. Diegle for State Dairy
and Food Commissioner and George E.
Nyswonger for member OF the Board of
Public Works constituted the ticket
named by the Ohio Democrats here today
in a session somewhat fervid In temper
ature, in orGtory and in methods OF yot
ing,
delegates wore coats and many sought
adjournment, this last fact making pos
sible the casting OF the votes Of several
delegations by unauthorized persons dur
ing the last few ballots. A number Of
counties were challenged and several
persons put out of the hall for such i'm
proper voting, but II did not seem TO
affect the result materially In any case.
During the frst hour and a half Of
today's session the question OF an In
dorsement of county option In temper
ance legislation was under discussion,
an attempt by W. L. Finley to amend
the platform and give such an indorse-
ment being defeated on a rollcall. The
discussion developed opposition to the
general idea of county option, while some
delegates insisted that In having "ap-
proved unQualifedly Gov. Pattison's poll
cies." gthe platform already was strong
enough on the very point for which Mr.
Finley contended.
Aside from these features the defeat
of Mayor Tom l.. Johnson in the State
central committee, a feature Of yester-
day was still the subject OF comment.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-23
MANCHURTA is FAST
Tugging in Effort to Remove Stranded
Steamer Proves Futile.

HONOLULU, Aug. 22.-The Man
churia remains on the reef where she
struck. Anchors are being put out TO
prevent her from drifting further
toward the shore The revenue cutter
Manning is the only vessel now tug"
ging at the big steamer. The cable
ship Restorer, which has very power.
full engines, has gone to the scene and
will render all the assistance possible.
The Manchuria s compartments have
purposely been filed with water TO
make her rest more firmly and prevent
further damage. 1t is believed that she
cannot be floated before the arrival
of assistance from the Pacific coast,
If ever,
E. b. Woodhouse, representing
Lloyd s, has gone to the scene.
The steamer Alameda, which started
for San Francisco today, is now pass
ing quite close to the stranded steamer.
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SHORT ON FUNDS
Some of the State Troops May Not Be
Paid For Maneuvers

WASHINGTON, Aug, %. = After
month of hard work. Assistant Secreta-
ry Oliver of the War department con-
cluded that he had finally made sat
isfactory adjustment of the many diff
culties in apportioning the appropria-
tion of s700,000 for pay of the militia
at the maneuvers in different camps
throughout the country, but it appears
that all is not satisfactory.
In some cases more State troops than
had been given in the schedules were
sent into the camps and more expense
was thus attached. This caused de.
felt in the allotment of funds, especial
" in the matter of pay for the State
troops. The pay department of the
army decided TO pay the troops as long
as the funds lasted, those who came last
going unpaid.
Another adjustment may be made af-
ter the camps have finished their work,
as some camps have not used all the
money allotted TO them, and the funds
can be used to make up the deficit else
where. 1t is possible that Congress will
be asked TO make an appropriation to
cover the deficit and the State troops
paid next winter.