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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
WIGS OF SPUN GLASS.
Natural Supply Fails and Invention
Comes to the Rescue.

The enormous feminine demand for
artificial coils and troupees is leading
to a famine in human hair. Formerly
Swiss, German and Hungarian girls
supplied the world of fashionable
women with luXuriant tresses of all
tints.
But the governments of many coun-
tries are now making II illegal for a
girl to sell her hair or for an agent
TO buy it. The supply in consequence
is running short and the prices of real
hair are trehling.
a series OF successful experiments
point to spun glass as the most effec-
tive substitute for human hair Wigs
made from spun glass are wonder
fully light and fine and the texture
soft and beautiful
1t is easy to produce any shade de-
sired, while curls and waves can be
manufactured at will to suit the fash
ion Of the moment. The imitation is
so realistic that IL is impossible to
detect the difference between It and
real hair grown on the head.-London
Mail
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
AGE OF STEEL CAR.

now in process Of construction.
The history of railroad accidents
shows that the breaking up of pas.
senger cars is very common. A con.
siderable proportion of the injuries
and of the lives lost is therefore due
to the weakness of car construction
The new cars are so designed that
they may roll completely over without
danger of collapse. A long series OF
experiments have been carried on OF
late to determine the exact strain
upon cars in a variety Of accidents
The exact force eXerted in a head-on
collision. for instance, has been meas
ured within a few pounds. The cars
having been constructed as the result
of these measurements, WILL it is be
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
fEucT sCI-rc cN a FAMOUS
FRENCH INDUSTRY.
C1.irc Family on Rocky Island Of
mont s.. Michel Noted fer Their
Cooking, coaaht Cut by
coulless Corporation.

Parls.-Mout St Michel faid Victor
Hugo. is to France what the Pyramids
are to Egypt. To this comparison may
be added another. that the nmelet cf
Madame Poulard is to Mont st. Michel
what Mont St Michel is to France.
But now, alas! sad news comes from
the tourist haunted island. No longer
will the hundred thousand visitors who
arrive each year By the little railway
which runs from the mainland along
the mile aud quarter Of raised road
way. no longer will the thousands who
pedal th!ther on bicycles, the hun
dreds who come I'm motor cars be met
by the representatives Of the rival
houses of Poulard
No longer viii those signs be need
cd which hitherto have warned the
newcomer not 10 cOnfound the house
Of "Poulard the elder with others Of
n similar name, nor those that told
him that the Widow Poulard" was
the one and only original, while a
third notice advanced the claims Of
"Poulard the younger
For now twentieth century methods
have thrust themselves upon the rocky
island where St Aubert built chapel
about the end Of the seventh century,
and limited liability company has
bought out the Poulard family, elder,
younger, widow and all, and hence
forth the tourist will be at the mercy
OF a soulless trust.
There have been those who have Wis.
tied Mont st. Michel without seeing,
except from the level OF the sea, the
glories of the Mervielle. or entering
the Sale des Chevaiers. which has
been called the finest Gothic chamber
in the world. because TO do so they
must climb innumerable steps and be
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
odd Place for Birds Nest,

A thrush has built her nest at the
back of the neck of the sculptured
angel on the memorial to William
Thimos Kline, the author, in st. Mar
garets churchyard, Keddington. near
Louth.
The memorial is protected by wire
cage, through which the bird managed
to find its way, The cage also pro.
tects the birds, for no boys can pos
sibly get at the nest, which now shell
ters the mother bird and FIVE little
thrushes. Evening Standard.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
A FRESH AIR SHACK

clare to be a need Of the first impor-
tance in hospital work and in ordinary
medical practice.
Besides his new tent and the diet
indicator, Prof. Fisher has also in.
vented a new machine for the testing
of endurance. 1t has been installed in
the gymnasium at Yale University.
and is there used in elaborate expert.
ments Prof. Fisher has been conduct
ing with athletes and others in order
to discover the relative strength of
flesh eaters and vegetarians. There
are no patents on Prof. Fishers con-
trivances. Everybody may construct
and use them.
Some years ago Prof. Fisher was
himself consumptive. He cured him
self of that dread disease by open-air
treatment and proper dieting. His
personal experience turned his
thoughts toward the subjects of diet
and pure air treatments. Being a
man of independent fortune, ne has
met the cost of his expensive and
elaborate experiments and researches
out of his own purse. y,
Prof. Fisher has published a full de
scription Of his tent, with exact direc.
tions for making it, and even with car
penter's specifications, for the use of
all those who desire to make one. He
thinks il may be used by many per
sons going to the country or to the
shore for their summer vacations, and
who, by thus beginning the habit OF
sleeping out of doors may become con.
firmed in It, with great consequent
benefit to their health.
The new form of tent is 12 feet
square over all and eight feet high
from the under side of the sill to the
top of the plate. 1t has the roof set
at slight slope so as to admit of easy
heating If this is desired, and only a
small opening in the center through
which any slight accumulation of heat.
e 1 air, or bad air, under the roof may
escape.
Tho tent roof is supported by foui
pillars at the four corners. On each
side, between the two pillars. instead
VI ANHN wall are Two SllQlng doors
of canvas or wood, each of which oc
cupies only slightly more than half OF
the space and may be moved to any
position within that space. like the or,
dinary sliding doors in front of pan,
try shelves or like the panels in Jap,
anese houses. These eight doors on
the four sides may be each arranged
in any desired position, thus securing
any degree of opening for ventilation
or summing, When the tent is open to
its full capacity there will be only a
little over half of the wall space occu,
pied by the doors.
"As there are no tent walls, and
all eight doors are perfect duplicates.
says Prof Fisher, this is perhaps the
simplest and cheapest in construction
Of all tents with a floor which have
yet been constructed, as well, also, as
capable &C. the greatest degree OF
opening ~ ventilation"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22

the sole innkeeper Of the island. lie
kept no books, made out no bills.
At the end of his visit the guest re
counted the meals he had eaten. the
drinks he had drunk. NJ Poulard did
little mental arithmetic and named
the sum 90 be paid. Perhaps he had
less cause for anxiety in those days
when there was no raised roadway
and visitors had to arrive and depart
by carriages between the tides and
run the risk Of driving into the quick
sands with which the bay is filed.
Al least he was true to the tradi.
lions Of the place, for we read in the
chronicles Of the miracles performed
by ST. Michel or his island that "sev.
eral persons having dined and not
having wherewth to pay their scot,
the landlord was paid by q miracle"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
EXT POULARD OMELET

tafen around BY a Gu.de. But there
are few, II any, who have not watched
the cooling OF the omelet which has
made Nine. Poulard famous the world
over.
Thanks to the position Of her hotel
in the Barbican, and even more to the
fame OF the omelet. Nine Poulard has
carried of the bulk Of the trade and
confesses she has made her fortune,
but withholds the exact figure. She
will, however, not leave the island and
has promised TO come from time TO
time 20 see that the omelet is still
made In the traditional manner.
Thus the silver age departs and the
iron age arrives The golden age end
cd with the original Poulard, who was
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
nElatu Llfe Amonn the Binds.

A curious friendship has been OBJ
served here. A blackbird built her
nest in a quiet covert in this neigh
borhood, and after laying four eggs
she was Joined by thrush, who also
Ibid four eggs in the same nest Ow-
Tag to the sheltered nature of their
retreat, the hospitable blackbird and
her friend hatched the double brood
in peace.
This appears to be the earliest re-
corded instance of the maisonette IN
- AYithology The Scotsman.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
MISS MARGARET A. HANNA.
(seeretary In Peace Delegation at
The iaque.)


conference at The Hague in Miss Mar.
garet A. Hanna, who was appointed
secretary to the assistant secretary OF
state, A, A. Adee, and one of the sec.
retaries to the delegation
Miss Hanna is the elder OF the two
daughters OF Edwin p. Hanna. sole.
itor OF the navy department. . She was
born in Ann Arbor during The latter
part of her fathers course as stu
dent in the university. She had been
for several years in the state depart.
ment and has won by her discretion
and clevcrness the distinction of be.
ing known as the woman diplomat" "
Miss Hanna studied the Spanish Ian
guage when a mere child when the
Importance of the language was Just
beginning TO be felt I'm this country.
After this work she took up French
and German and has some Knowledge
OF half a dozen languages. She came
70 Washington with her parents when
quite young and has lived here ever
since receiving her education in the
public schools. Her first mission
abroad was In connection with case
heard in Paris about three years ago.
Though a native of Michigan. Miss
Hanna was appointed TO her position
in the state department from Kansas.
Her grandfather founded the Salina
Herald in the early days Of the civil
war.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22

time. A jeweler in Glendine, Mont.
has now invented a sane clock for
barber shops. The figures on the dial
are reversed, and the hands move
just opposite to those of ordinary
clocks The result is the reflection
in the glass is 50 you can understand
IT," To demonstrate, hold this page
in front of a mirror and read the time
of the clock in the illustration.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
Back TO Bee-Keepina.

One of the pleasantest vocations
leading away from the strenuous life
I'D back TO the soil, declares Forrest
Crissey in the Saturday Evening Post
is that Of bee-keeping, and It is espe
cially attractive from the fact that Il
Is as open 70 women as to men.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
CONTRIBUTION WHICH YALE PRO.
FESsOR MADE TO HUMANITY.
inVents Portable Shelter by Which
Out Of Door Sleeping for Con-
sumptiVe Patients Is Made
Easy.

The efficacy of the fresh air treat
ment in the curing of consumption is
no longer a theory, but an accepted
fact, and hundreds and thousands of
persons afflicted with tuberculosis are
sleeping and living out of doors. Much
difficulty and inconvenience attend
the providing of patients with out
door sleeping facilities, >ud II has re-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
Had Died Toqether.

A pigeon was recently seen TO fall
into the yayd of the works department
at Deal barracks On examination It
was found that a snake two and one
half feet long had 'coiled itself round
the birds neck and one Of its wings.
Both bird and reptile were dead. The
head Of the snake was tightly heId'stn
the pigeons beak.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
SIMPLE TRICK WITH cARDs.
VIII Mystify Ordinary Spectators. ana
Is Not Easy 10 Detect.

One OF the simplest tricks to pee
form, Duc one not easily detected. can
be executed by using a tapered deck
of cards as shown in the figure. A
cheap deck o. cards is evened up
square. fastened in a wise and planed
along the edge in such a manner that
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
FOR THE BARBER SHOP.
Inverted Clock a Boon to the "Man
in the Chair"

Every barber shop has a clock
which is invariably placed on the
wall opposite the big mirror which
faces the customer in the chair. The
clock face is reversed as seen in the
mirror. and it is a severe strain on
the eyes to figure out the correct
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22

ment in America, 1907"
On the reverse appears the es.
graved text:
This cup is to be competed for By
yachts OF class A in the international
races at the jamestown exposition IL
September, 1907. Won by"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22
MICHIGAN GIRL AT THE HAGUE.
Miss Margaret A. Hanna Serving as
Secretary in Peace Delegation.

Washington.-Mic is most
credltably represented at the peace
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-03
DIES OF x-RAY CANCER.
Scientist Succumbs To Disease From
Experiments.

Chicago Especially Prof. VOL
fran c. Fuchs, the original X-ray
expert in this city, who became affect
ed by a peculiar mafady about three
years ago known as X-ray cancer,
died Wednesday, aged Al years.
So far as known, Professor Fuchs
death is the fifth attributed to ex-
periments with Roentgen rays, the
other victims being an assistant to
Thomas A. Edison, a Boston physi-
clan, Bertha Fleischman, of San
Francisco, and DR.. Louis A. Weigel,
the Rochester surgeon, who died
year ago.
Professor Fuchs first became af-
fected in 1905 in both hands. In
the fall of that year the first joint
of the thumb of the right hand was
removed, and between that time and
his death, he underwent five opera
tions-first for the removal of por-
lions of the fingers on both hands
and later for part of the muscles
covering the right breast.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-03
ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP TRAIN.
Highwaymen Twice Set Fire To A
Railroad Bridge.

Evansville, Ind. Especially Sew
eral attempts of train-wreckers to set
fire to a bridge on the Southern Rail-
road, near Temple, Ind, were frus-
trated by the town marshal of Eng
lish, Ind, who was shot twice by
two men, believed to be the guilty
parties.
About midnight the night tele-
graph operator at Temple was fire
in the middle of the bridge, near
his station. Upon investigation, he
found bunch of waste burning and
extinguished it. After returning to
the depot three freight trains passed.
When these trains had passed. the
operator again saw flames at the
bridge, and upon investigation found
the bridge had been set on fire the
second time Immediately he noti-
fed the train dispatcher at Prince
ton, Ind, who telephoned the mar
shall of English to so to the bridge
on train that was coming into that
station, and to pick up all suspicious
men along the track
After leaving English the marshal
saw two men and demanded that
they give an account of themselves.
One of the men opened fire on the
marshal, shooting him twice-in
the hip and in the stomach The
posse of the marshal succeeded in
arresting one of the men, but the
other escaped.
All trains on the Southern Rail-
road are being searched for suspici-
Gus characters and a posse is being
organized at English to go in pur-
suit of the man who shot the marshal
and got away.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-03
AN ENGINE LEAPS
FROM THE TRESTLE
Coupling Breaks and Saves a Hun
dred Passengers.
OTHER CARS STAYED On TRACK.
Locomotive and One Coach Take Forty
foot Plunge = The Coach Was,
Fortunately, Empty, as Many Pas
sengers Missed the Train on Account
of Change in Schedule.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially. = Two
men were killed and 100 passengers
had thrilling escape from like
fate in a wreck ON the Wabash Rail-
road, when the engine and one pas
senger coach of westbound train No.
81 left the tracks half a mile west
of the Bridgeville Station, near here,
and plunged into CHARTERS Creek,
40 feet below Scores of people miss
ed death or injury through change
in the schedule.
The train was made up of four
passenger coaches. 1t was crossing
trestle over CHARTERS Creek, when,
without warning, the engine suddenly
leaped from the rails and shot to the
stream underneath, taking the first
coach with it. The forepart of the
engine sank several feet into the
was smashed to splinters by its ter
rifle impact with the locomotive. By
what railroad men regard as little
more than chance there were no pas
sengers in the front coach. The
coping between it and the second
coach was wrenched in two when it
was torn from the treStle by the
engine.
None of those in the three rear
coaches knew of the accident or real
lied how close they had come to
death until several minutes afterward.
when the cars, deprived of motive
power, slackened their speed and
came to stop. A new schedule went
into effect on the road, and to this
fact many owe their lives
Under the new schedule train No.
81 left the city As minutes earlier
and over so persons missed the train
for this reason. On account of the
reduced number of passengers all
were placed in the three rear coaches
while the front coach was unoccu-
pied. Boyd and McIsaacs were
crushed to death. A short time af-
ter the wreck their mangled bodies
were found under the debris in the
shallow water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-03
.SCHM|TzS CONFESSION
CREATES CONSERVATION
San Francisco GrafteEs In State of
Great Excitement.
AFTER THE MEN HIGHER UP.
Schmitz Refused to Discuss Any Mat
tiers Bearing Upon the Graft Situ-
alton - There We're a Number of
Anxious Callers at His Residence
During Monday Afternoon.

San Francisco, Cal. (SpeciaD DE
tective Burns refused to give out de-
tails of Mayor Schmitz's partial con-
fession Monday, but said he had Sc
cured information of value. The in
formation the prosecutors are said
to have obtained from Schmitz is
material in the charges of bribery
against President Patrick Calhoun,
of the United Railroads.
Schmitz is said to have admitted
that previously to the passage of the
overhead trolley franchise ordinance
he had a number of conversations
with Calhoun and came to an under
standing with him regarding the pas
sage of the ordinance. There is no
intimation given that Calhoun paid
Schmitz directly any money on the
contrary this is specifically denied.
The financial end of the transaction
is said to have been handled en-
tirely by Boss Ruef. Exactly what
was the nature of the understanding
which was arrived at between Cal
houn and Schmitz Is not stated.
1t is not expected that the formal
resignation of Schmitz as chief exc
cutive of the city will be rendered
soon to the graft prosecution, as
this step may be deferred until plans
are made to take over the city gov
eminent.
The report that Schmitz had reach
ed an understanding with the prose-
cution caused great excitement in
graft circles Monday. CONSERVATION
reigned among the heads of the var
ious departments of the city govern
ment, and there was much specula-
ton as to impending changes among
officials who are personal appointees
of the Mayor.
Schmitz refused to discuss any
matters bearing upon the graft stu
alton There was a number of anx-
ious callers at his residence during
the afternoon, among whom were
many officials prominent in the city
government who came to secure con-
firmation of the report that he had
joined the ranks of the reformers.
He did not see any of the callers and
refused to answer any telephone in
quiries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-03
BONDS STOLEN
WORTH s4O0,O00
Effort To Get Mayor Quincy, Of
Boston, In Plot.
VERY PROMINENT MAN INVOLVED.
Citizen Prominent in Financial and
Political Circles of Massachusetts,
Said to Have Been Connected With
Broker bennett and Bond Clerk
Douglass Now Under Arrest.

New York Especially Part of the
real story of the Douglass-Dennett
bond thefts from the Trust Company
of America just leaked out.
w. o. Douglass, the assistant bond
clerk, had been taking bonds, it is
said, in small amounts from the COM
pany for year. He had been specu-
lating in the market, expecting to
return the bonds after he had made.
his pile. In these operations he was
associated, it is charged, with Oliver
NJ. bennett. 1t was bennett, it is
said, who peddled the bonds around
Wall Street in small amounts, put
ting them up as collateral for loans
from reputable stock exchange
houses.
Last week the affairs of the Doug
lass-Dennett combination became
SO desperate that Douglass decided
that nothing but bold stroke, it is
said, could save him. On last Fri
day, therefore, he dipped into the
trust companys strong box, it is al
legged, and walked away with sew
eral hundred thousand dollars worth
of bonds. One man who had heard
the details of the case said that the
clerk took 100000 of the bonds.
1t was Douglass purpose, it is
stated, in making this big haul, to
put the trust company in such posi-
ton that it might give him immunity
for the small amounts which he had
taken provided he would return the
larger amount.
Letters Sent Mayor Quincy.
Following this plan, letter, it is
said, was sent either by Douglass
or bennett to Joseph Quincy, former
mayor of Boston. bennett was for
merly Boston man, and it is said
that he had met Mr.. Quincy there.
According to the story, the letter
contained request that Mr.. Quincy
would act as counsel for Douglass
in negotiating settlement with the
trust company. According to state
ments that bennett has made, Mr..
Quincy refused to have anything to
do with the case.
At any rate, Rhode Island law
yer, it is understood. called on Presi-
dent Oakleigh Thorne, of the trust
company, on Sunday in regard to this
matter of peaceful settlement of
the trouble between the trust COM
pany and the Dennett-Douglass COM
bination. Mr.. Thorne informed the
lawyer that both bennett and Doug
lass were under arrest, and that
broke up the conference.
On Monday Robertson Honey,
lawyer of this city, appeared for
Douglass. Mr.. Honey announced at
the time that he had not been retain
ed by the defendant, but by another
party. Mr.. Honey is a brother-in-
law of Josiah Quincy. and is the son
of Samuel r. Honey, of Newport,
former lieutenant governor of Rhode
Island. He is a graduate of Har-
ward and West Point, and was an as
sistant under District Attorney Asa
Bird Gardner.