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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-14
LOSES MONEY FOR BRIDAL TOUR.
Husband Puts $1,000 in His Hat and
Then Is Unable to Find II.

Edwardsville, Ill-Edward NaeherI
Go years old, Of Edwardsyillc, and Mrs.
Louisa Hartman Of Alton were mar.
ried in Edwardsvillc, and when they
were about 20 start on their honey
moon Mr.. Naeher lost the $1,000 he
had set aside for the trip The we'd
ding was solemnizcd at the residence
Of Mr.. Naeher'S daughter. The couple
prepared to start for Switzerland for
several months. Mr.. Naeher went to
the bank and drew $1,000. He placed
this in his hat and returned. While
the carriage waited Mr., Naeher looked
for his money and could not find IL.
He searched every pocket, looked
through suit cases and hurried back
down town, looking in vain along tho
sidewalk Discouraged, he went home.
He removed his hat to mop his fever
ed brow and greenbacks and yellow.
backs showered all over the floor He
had forgotten in his excitement where
they were placed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-14
THINGS OF BEAUTY
~sFFEcrlvE DRAPERlEs FOR THE
DINING ROOM.
No Feature is Of More Importance as
a Means Of 6eautifying Apart.
nnents with Minimum of
Expense.

Perhaps no one feature in the fur.
nishing of a room is so important as
the draperies. These more than any
, thing else give character to their sur
roundings, and make an otherwise
commonplace room look individual
and comfortable. The success OF
draperies depends largely on the way
In which they are hung, but this is a
matter of which the average house.
wife thinks but little.
Often expensive lace curtains are
seen hung with rings on heavy brass
rod, and placed outside from the win.
dow casing, taking the place of the
heavy over-draperies. These thin lace
curtains should be used as sash cur
tains only, and should be hung within
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-14

accompanies illustration. These
"boys'-grown men, in fact-have
tramped hundreds of miles nortbward
from their kraals on the southeast
coast of the continent to seek work in
the City of Gold, Yet, so firmly bound
are they TO their tribal chiefs that
a call to arms, as in the recent Zulu
rebellion, will send them hurrying in
hot haste homeward to enroll in their
regiments. 1t is difficult TO identify
in their smiling faces the descendants
of the fierce warriors who made the
Zulu name a nightmare throughout
South Africa for nearly a century.
They hire their rickshaws from the
owners, paying at the rate of about
three shillings, or as cents, a day,
and receiving all their earnings. The
'rickshaw is in general request in Jo-
hannesburg, being cheap, comfortable
and just adaptable to two persons sit
ting rather closely together Hence
IL plays a leading part in bringing
about flirtations, and is requisitioned
in dozens on moonlt nights in winter,
when the band is scheduled to play at
the Wanderers club grounds, and the
sitting heat and the dust storms are
nullified by brisk canter through the
empty streers. Thc Zulu 'rickshaw
boy would consider himself dishonored
in the eyes of his brethren if he did
not attire himself in garments of an
esthetic value. The specimen shown
in the illustration appears to have
combined the horns of the Evil One
with the wings of the seraphim. It
is probable, however, that this com.
bination possesses some weird, secret
symbolism of it's own, known only to
the wearer AS he flies swiftly along
the road toward his destination, utter.
ing an occasional whoop of salutation
to a passing comrade, or a shout of
warning to pedestrians, his chocolate
skin glistens with perspiration and the
copperbanglets round his knees and
ankles glitter in the moonlight. He
does not stop-usually-until he has
deposited his fare, tilted down the
vehicle and assisted the lady to alight
then, hopping his brow he holds out
his right hand for his legal fare, and
his left-instinctlve hackman that he
is--for his extra "bosella."
Zulu as Serving Maid.
The Zulu is one of the mainstays of
the housewife in South Africa The
maid of the up-couhtry Boer woman
is usually q yellow Hottentot girl but
the Zulu takes in the towns, the place
filled in Northern countries by the
serving maid He is the housemaid
nursemaid, errand boy. a good cook
and fair coachman. To take care of
the baby is, however the chief pleas.
ure of his existence. When he reaches
this acme of confidence his life is one
series of capacious smiles. 1t is an
amusing sight to see small children
in Joubert park, carefully tricked out
in white sunbonnets and finery, at.
tended by some stalwart Zulu of six
feet and more, who, almost uncouth in
the clothes, or rather, half-clothes ot
civilization, stalks proudly along, al
most overcome by q sense of his i'm
portance, wheeling the go-cart or hold
ing the tiny hand in his enormous
ebony fist.
ReveI In Drunken Conflict.
From Saturday afternoon till Tues
day morning work is practically at a
standstill upon the Rand. 1t is a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-14
Pearl Crop Good Last Year.

Washington.-Pearls of the value of
S5OO,OOO were found in the United
States and other precious stones to
the value of s2OS,OO9 were produced
during the year 1906, according to ad
mittedly Incomplete figures Just given
put by the government The value Of
the diamonds discovered in Arkansas
IN the latter part OF the year Is not In.
cluded.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-14
ReveI In Drunken Conflict.

From Saturday afternoon till Tues.
day morning work is practically at a
standstill upon the Rand, 1t is a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-14

South Africa is rot an especially
law-ablding country, and the punish
ment Of the opium smuggler is usually
summary. He is offered the choice
between n flogging and period of
Imprisonment. and, of course, chooses
the former Thereupon he is strapped
tightly to wagon wheel and receives
so lashes from a whip of hippopotamus
hide welded by halfcastes. These
men, delighted at taking their revenge
upon one OF the white race, do not
spare the victim. His back is literally
cut to. pieces, and, at the end. half
dead and streaming with blood, he is
ilung out of the compound.
The Market Square.
or course in johannesburg there is
the great market square, a feature
common to all South African cities,
which are built about them When
one of the frequent tornadoes comes
along It becomes a reservoir of dust,
which invades every corner of the
town, compelling the housewife to en-.
ing" Every morning the square is
filled with great, ponderous OK wagons
something like the old prairie schooner
| Of the type which has been used in
South Africa for the past century,
and has protected many q little settle.
ment from massacre When, during
one of the continuous native risings
a hostile army of tribesmen menacea
a town, the inhabitants at once 60
into ''laager," forming an encampment
| behind a bulwaTk of wagons fastened
| together, the duesselboom, or center
pole of each, against which the oxen
are fastened in pairs, being locked
into the hind wheels Of the wagon ad
| iacent, and the spaces between the
| wheels being piled high with sacks OF
! maize. Seldom or never has such a
barricade been overwhelmed. It was
in such wise that, early i'm the last
| century, the Beers Overcame the
hordes of the treacherous Dngaan, the
Zulu king, the men firing from behind
| these defenses with their elephant
| guns, while the women, in the inside
of the square loaded and passed III
the rifles. These wagons are more
like caravans. The produce is stacked
upon the front portion, behind which
there is a sitting room covered with q
white, waterproof canvas, stretched
upon hoops, beneath which is the
kartel, or family bedstead, a wooden
frame interlaced with strips of hippo
potamus hide, on which the entire
family sleep in their clothes.
At Night In the Square.
The farmer, arriving at Johannes
burg about midnight, after a long days
trek, "outspans" in the great market
square, and goes to sleep beside his
wagon, while the native boys" hav
ing fed and watered the animals, kin
die a fire in the square, round which
they crouch in their blankets unit
the morning, chanting and twanginl
upon their one-stringed Tyres, or play
ing some cheap Swiss accordion. A
break Of day coffee is made, and break
fast prepared-the latter a haphazarC
mixture of hare, steimboK anC
partridge or whatever else may have
fallen to the farmers rifle during hi.
| journey, stewed in the ubiquitous po
and eaten with coarse poYridge made
from ground maize. Soon the squar,
will be filed with chattering crowt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
LIVED SIMPLE LIFE 43 YEARS.
Thriving Chief of the "Architects"
Talks About His Colony

NEW YORK, August 2S.-Straight as a
Normandy poplar and with his abundant
brown whiskers as wispy as the leaves Of
that graceful tree. Asher Gluck, chief
architect of a new kind of architects, is in
New York. and though this is not the main
object of his visit. he is looking for recruits
to his simple life colony. the headquarters
of which are at iii Milwaukee avenue.
Chicago.
I'VE call ourselves architects" said he
yesterday, because our main purpose is to
bring into the world perfect children. AS
their parents we live perfectly simple life
We work eight hours, study eight hours
and sleep eight hours. We Stay no living
thing we use no leather. for it is the hide
of dead creature. and no bristles In
brushes for the same reason. We live
naturally wear no underclothes. our women
wear no corsets. nor do they tie their hair
upon their heads. Our apparel Is linen en-
tirely, even to the soles of our shoes.
DR. Gluck Is sixty-seven years old and
has been following this mode OF life for
forty-three years. He looks forty and there
is not touch of gray hair in his head or
beard He was dressed yesterday In
brown linen suit cut in military syie and
so becoming to his stalwart form that
there was no suggestion of the freak ABOUT
him.
How many children have you? ne was
asked.
None" he replied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
OVERHEARD IN BOAT DRILL.
Relief Expedition Receivers the Min
neapolis' Third Officer.

NEW YORK. August 2S.-The Atlantic
transport liner Minneapolis. in yesterday
from London. INDUCED in her usual boat
drill Sunday morning while the passen-
gers were taking their before breakfast
stroll on the promenade deck. Third Off
Ger W. II. Templeton. who is sturdy
swimmer. had charge of the lifeboat crew.
While they were lowering away fall for
ward got caught. The stern fall was work.
ing all right and the result that Mr..
Templeton, who was in the stern sheets.
was lowered so suddenly and swiftly that
he tumbled overheard.
The sea, which was unruff1ed was more
than twenty feet below. and the third off,
Ger vanished for a few seconds. When he
came up he was some distance astern of his
ship. which going half speed. He
missed the propellers and struck out Justify
for the boat that he had unceremoniously
left. The boat drill was no longer a drill,
but the pursuit of a man overheard.
The cry to that effect got to the bridge
within a minute after Mr.. Templeton tun-
bled, and the liner was stopped. Meanwhile
the boat had struck the sea and the crew
were making the water fly from the swift
strokes of their oars. Mr.. Templeton him.
self was doing few stunts in personal
navigation and the passengers contributed
encouragement to him by cheers and way
Ing of hats and handkerchiefs. He was
hauled aboard the lifeboat smiling His
only regret was that he had spoiled his
brand new summer uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MADE FOR
OPENING THE CAMPAIGN.

BALTIMORE. August 2S.-Democrats
from all parts OF Maryland gathered in con-
ference yesterday afternoon at headquar-
tiers. in the Eutaw House. where arrange
ments were made for the notification OF
on the state ticket. and also for the real
opening of the campaign .-.,..
After considerable discussion it was de-
cided that the notification meeting shall be
held September 10 at the Lyric in this
CITY, and motion of Mr.. DeWarren III.
Reynolds Of Cumberland Senator Rayner
was invited to make the address notifying
Judge Crothers. Senator Rayner was pres
ent, and at once said he would be glad to
do so.
Chairman Murray Vandiver of the state
central committee announced afterward
that he would call the committee together
September 10 to make arrangements for
holding the senatorial primaries. 1t was
at first decided to hold the meeting of the
committee September IL, but II was sug-
gested that this would not suit Gov. War
field, who will go to the jamestown ex-
position on that day. The governor was
called up by Chairman Vandiver and the
date was changed to September 10 to enable
him as one of the senatorial candidates to
be present. =
There were present at the gathering all
those who have thus far been mentioned in
connection with the senatorial primarie les
as candidate except the governor. Among
ex-Gov. Brown. State Senator A. p. Cor
man. Representative j. r. c. Talbot. ex-
Representative Joshua w. Miles and Mr..
John P Poe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
TAFT WASTHE BALLAST
TRAIN JUMPED THE TRACK, BUT
DID NOT TURN OVER.

KANSAS CITY, August 2S.-Passenger
train No. 102 on the St. Louis and San
Francisco railroad. carrying Secretary of
War Taft, was derailed yesterday near
Spring Hill. Kan. No one was hurt. A
switch flew open after the engine and bag
gage car had passed, and the mail car was
derailed and dragged 800 feet over the ties
The passengers were shaken up, although
the train was running slowly Secretary
Taft aided in reassu-ing timid passengers
Mr.. Taft was en- route from SPRING
field, Mo-, to Kansas City. His train was
due here at $50. but the wreck delayed
1t three hours. necessitating a change in
the plans for his entertainment here An
automobile tour of the boulevards was
abandoned, and a public reception at the
Hotel Baltimore was held at later hour
than first scheduled.
United States Senator Warner and other
prominent Missouri republicans were in
the Taft party.
committee Of citizens, bringing a
luncheon in a massive tin bucket met the
train at Fort Scott today The bucket, con-
structed strictly after the style of the lab
oring mans dinner pail, with coffee cup on
top. tray. etc. would hold six gallons, and
was made to typify the Full dinner pail
campaign cry. The pail bore the inscrip-
ton. Fort Scott-Taft, 190S,'' and was
presented to the Secretary. He received
1t with rare good humor and ate with evil
dent relish the luncheon it contained.
Mr.. Taft was not booked to make any
speeches today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
EBERLY WILL FILED
VARIOUS SUMS GIVEN TO CHAR
TABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Several local charitable and benevolent
will Of Anton Eberly, the local business
man. who died last Sunday. The will was
filed for probate this afternoon. The bulk
OF the property is divided among the chill
dren. grandchildren and greatgrandchildren
Of the testator. George J. Muller. hts SON.
in-law, and his son. August F. Eberly, are
named as executors in the will, but in
codicil Henry c. Rothrock is named in place
of Mr.. Mueller, on account Of the ill-health
Of the latter
The requests follow: Washington. -Saen-
gerbund. $500: Rupert Home, $3.50; Ger
man Orphan Asylum, $3.50; Simon Wolf. as
president of the Hebrew Orphan Home of
Atlanta. Ga. $3.50: daughter-in-law. Flor
ence. 100 shares of Capital, Traction Com
pany stock; children Of late son Frederick,
100 shares of Capital Traction Company
stock and $500 cash to each of them; Helen
Elizabeth Mueller, wife of George L. Muel-
Ter. $1,000; Catherine Marie. wife Of Harry
Rothrock. $1,000; Amelie, wife of Ernest
Johnson, $1,000; Rose Eberly. $1.9CO; wife
of son August Frederick, $1,000; widow of
late son, Frederick. $1,000: sister. EIize,,
four grandchildren. $500 each; children of
hts son August. $500 each: grandchird Elsa
child of Harry Rothrock. $500; Hflda, child
of Ernest Johnson. $500: niece, Margaret
fidsEeneSeI. "iAe VI Y. hirh u WHINING
ton. Del, $500: niece. Matilda, now widow
of Mr.. Friessell. LOCO: niece. Katy Jacob,
wife of Mr.. Schornhowe of Baltimore, $500:
niece. Anna. wife of Adam Geyer, $500;
grand and great-grandchildren. $500 each
The real estate Is divided between Mrs.
Ebery and four daughters. Helen A Muel
Ter, Catherine. Amelie and Rose. To his
wife he gives all his household furniture
and the houses at 740 and 742 9Th street
northwest, 617. 619 and 621 X street north
west, 473 H street and 1913 Vermont ave-
nue.
No estimate of the value of the estate is
made with the filing of the will, but it Is
thought to aggregate $1J0,OCO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
Pope Company Receivership.

HARTFORD. Conn, August 2S-Creditors
OF the Pope Manufacturing Company whose
claims aggregate approximately $3.50 900
were represented at hearing before Judge
Case in the superior court today on the
confirmation of Albert L. Pope as tempo
rary and ancillary receiver of the Connecti-
cut assets of the company. 1t is expected
as result of the proceedings that oppo-
srtion may eventually develop against max
ing the present receiver permanent.
]. r. Sheffield of New York. representing
a number of shareholders, said that for the
first time yesterday the creditors he ap-
peared for were apprised of the receivership
appointment and he sought to have rati-
fication postponed until some later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
TO DISTRIBUTE s15,ooo,ooo.
Banks That Have Been Selected as
Depositaries Notified.

Under the recent announcement of Sec
rotary Cortelyou that he would relieve the
money situation by making deposits of gov
eminent money with national banks, the
treasury officials today began sending to
national banks that have been selected for
this distribution notifications that such
amounts of money will be deposited with
them upon receipt of approved state, munic-
ipal or railroad bonds.
The list of banks that. will receive money
this week was made up by Secretary Cortel-
you in New York yesterday and placed in the
hands Of Assistant Secretary Edwards, who
went to New York to confer. with him.
Just how much money will be distributed
among the banks THIS week is kept a Sc
cret, Mr.. Edwards stating that no an
nouncement of the names locations Of
the banks or the amount they would get
would be made public.
Great pressure is being brought to the
Treasury Department by national banks in
all of the cities to get some of the deposits
1t is the purpose of Secretary Cortelyou
to distribute among the banks about s25,-
100000, scattered over a period of five or
six weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
Carried Off His Daughter.

OTTAWA August 2S.-Florence Stewart,
a little New Yorker has been taAen from
Brookville. Ont. where she was: visiting
relatives. A Brookville dispatch says that
she was missed from the home of her
grandmother. Mrs. McMulen. widow of
John McMullen. the Canadian writer.
1t was at once suspected that the childs
father had taken her. and he telegraphed
from Ogdensburg. N. Y. that he had the
child. Mrs. Stewart with two daughters.
one of them Florence has been spending
the summer at Brookvile She lives in
New York city. She is separated from her
husband. who resides in California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28

6952, 6aJ6-The combination of simplicity
and elegance in the attire is very generally
regarded as infalible indication of fine
sensiblities In the wearer; hence the dainty
gown in the sketch. which so attractively
presents this desirable combination, Will
certainly appeal to the woman of taste and
refinement. The novel effect of the plated
waist is emphasized by the graceful jacket
bertha. which may be decorated either with
piping embroidery stitching. The sleeves.
which may be made either of elbow or full
length are daintily finished with narrow
piaitings. The three-pece skirt presents
the latest development of the circular mod
ell the arrangement OF the plaits pleasingly
accentuating the lines Of the figure. AS
shown in the drawing the gown Is con-
structed of ecru rajah, the waist being
made of lawn of the same shade. its upper
portion only being tucked and embroidered.
In the smaller sketch the waist Is shown
tucked its entire length For the medium
size two and one-half yards of twenty-seV-
en-inch material will be needed for the
waist and nine yards of the same width
for the skirt
Two patterns: 6952.-Five sizes ~ to 40
inches bust. GaJG-Six sizes b to 10 inches
waist.
The price of these patterns is 90 cents
but either pattern will be sent on receipt
of 10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
IRISH LAND BILL PASSED.
Lords Refuse to Recede From the
Main Amendments.

LONDON. August 2S.-The Irish evicted
tenants bill finally passed both houses of
parliament last evening in what Chief Sec
rotary for Ireland Birrell called emascu-
lated form The peers refused to bulge on
the main amendments, and, in spite of the
goads of the nationalist members, the gov
eminent elected to accept the mutilated
measure rather than abandon the bill en-
tirely.
The principal amendments inserted by
the house of lords deprive the commits
sioners of the power of turning out the
present holders of farms for the purpose of
reinstating evicted tenants and give land
lords the right to appeal to the law courts
against the rulings of the estate commits
sioners regarding the value of land to be
purchased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
TO A TRUST COMPANY
OF THE OWNERSHIP
OF THE c. AND O. CANAL.

BY deed filed here this afternoon Fair
fax S. Landstreet transfers all his rights
in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany, which is a practical ownership, to the
Continental Trust Company
About two years ago the state of Mary
land. the deed says. through Edwin War
field, the governor: Gordon T. Atkinson. the
controller, and Murray Vandiver the treas
urer. transferred all its interest in the canal
company to Mr.. Landstreet. and by the
papers filed today all that interest is passed
on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
LETS HIM BE A DEMOCRAT.
New York Supreme Court Permits
Man Get Name Off Republican Rolls

NEW YORK. August 2S-'If man
wants to be a democrat let him be one,"
said Justice Dickey. who is a republican,
yesterday in the supreme court, Brook
lyn, and forthwith granted a writ of
mandamus to the relator. George Levison,
of 436 Greene avenue. who wanted to have
his name stricken from the republican rolls
Levison said that his name got there
through mistake. He always had been a
democrat until he got mixed up on the eagle
and star at the last primaries and mad
vertently checked the wrong emblem. This
left him in an embarrassing position. He
held democratic principles and a republican
vote
When Mr.. Levison discovered his mistake
he made application to the board of cleo
tions to have 1t rectified. but learned that
he would have TO take the matter before a
supreme court justice. The democrat
heaved a sigh of relief when the court let
him return to his old love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-28
JOLTED FROM RACING AUTO.
Ono Man Killed and Another Badly
Hurt-Were Hanging on Behind"

PITTSBURG, August 2S.-F. G. Borden
and Henry Hubbard went out for spin
in a runabout Monday night At a road
house on Grant Boulevard they met John
B. Herman and Herman Quartz. There
was only one seat on the car. and when
ready to start home Herman and Quartz
were invited to stand up behind and hold
to the back of the seat.
Coming down the boulevard the auto got
up racing speed and Herman and Quartz
were jolted off the machine made a
turn in the road.
Borden and Hubbard did not miss their
guests till they got to the city.
When found In the road later Herman
was dead and Quartz was badly hurt