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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
Mrs. Letter Coming Home.

The Letter mansion at Washington
Is being put into order for the home
coming of / mistress In the latter
part Of this month. To Judge from
the many cases OF goods received.
she has been spending much time In
the Paris shops. Mrs. Letter has In.
creased her portrait gallery. Lady
Curzon's portrait by Cabanel. which
adorns the main drawing room will
be fanked by a group Of her three
little daughters, painted by Sargent
Mrs. Letter intends to regain her
reputation Of being Washing:on's most
successful hostess, She Is bringing
. full complement Of English servants
70 aid In carrying out the Ambitious
programme.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
THE CAFE REvoLUTioNisT.
He Isn't Doing Business Any More In
Havana and Is DISCOURAGED.

Havana and Is Discouraged.
Maj. Herbert J. Slocum Of the Sec
ond United States cavalry has been
detailed in Cuba for some years. It
was he who brought the guardia ru-
rale in that country up to a point Of
efficiency, so that the island Is safer
now than ever before.
He and his guard have been very
keen after the persons who plot in.
surrection, and az a result the few
remaining recalcitrants have had \
miserable time Of 1t recently.
Some one commented upon tho fact
that there were no moro parties Of
revolutionists to b seen about the
cafes in Havana talking blood and
drinking coffee.
mo. we've stopped the cafe rsvolu-
ZIONIST" said Maj. Slocum.
How do they like the changer" he
wal asked.
They don't like 1t at all. They
don't think We play the game fairly.
Every we'll conducted r%evolutionist
thinks that 4 cafe IL the place to plot
in. But since we've driven a few Of
them out to the mountains in the
rainy season revolutions have dropped
away of In popular favor.
1T isn't such fun plotting in tho
wet and there's no n around to see
what q hero you are"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
JOLT FOR Mr.. GRAYRoY.
He Sees an Old Man Walking Beside
Him and Wonders Who He 10,

HIM ana wonders Who He 10.
II feel young said Mr.. Grayboy.
"and l thought I looked young, but
I've had a pretty severe jolt.
Going about in a store yesterday
where I was doing a little shopping,
| walked in one aisle along In front
Of and in line with a mirror set up
back of the counter, a mirror running
along there, l should say, for . dis
lance OF twenty feet. but whose pres
ence l did not at first at all realize.
And. CHANGING to look that way as !
walked along the aisle. I saw near me
and going in the same direction an
old man with a gray beard and walk.
ing with an old mans look and man.
ner.
HE was IN amiable looking chap
enough. and he looked as II he might
be a man of some degree Of intelli.
gence. but he was an old fellow, walk.
ing not with the firm, sure, elastic
step Of youth, but rather shamblingly
and with his shoulders a little bent,
and l wondered who the doddering
old skate could be, and ! wished he'd
turn on somewhere and not keep 20
close to nj. But he kept right along,
always at just about the same dis.
lance, and then all Of a sudden I 70.
alixed that 1t was myself that I was
looking at in q mirror.
"And It certainly was a little BIT Of
q shock to me. because l didn't know
looked, that way. You see? There
we're my feelings and my fancy. BY
which I had judged myself. and when.
ever I had looked in q mirror had
seem myself out of the eyes q my
mind. ~ I had wanted to look and
fancied I did look. but in that mirror
In the store ! had looked Ct myself
unconsciously, ~ I would Ct another
person: and"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
CHAPTER xix-(continued.)

CHAPTER xix-(continued.)
The voice stopped for a moment. 1t
had become very harsh and dry. 1t
clicked and rang with a metallic sound
In this torture. chamber far under
round. And still the bright eyes
Nltched the body of the man who was
possessed, very calmly and very
bravely. The horrid voice rose into
an insane shrek.
"She Is upstairs now; the girl you
presumed to love, the rose of all the
roses that you dared to come near, is
sitting laughing as she sees all that
you are thinking now wildly before
here in pictures and in words. In a
moment I shall be with her, and to-
gether we shall mock your agonies."
Perhaps a vault in the dungeons of
the InQuisitiOn, or in some other
places OF horror where merciless men
have watched the agonies Of their
brethren. has echoed with pure merri-
ment. Who can say. who can tell?
Such a thing may have happened, but
we do not know.
But tonight, at this very moment,
from the figure stretched on It's bed
Of pain. from the heart of a man who
had just heard that he was doomed
to a cruel deash and robbed of his
very individuality. there came a
bright and merry laugh.
And then the voice; II know now
Why I nm here. and what has been
done to me during these long, leaden
hours. Am now at the point of
death. But, with all your fiendish
cleverness. with all your brilliancy,
you r but q child. I suppose I shall
not . you again, but l forgive you.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you utterly.
And II is easier for me to do this be-
cause I know that you are lying. In
this world she still loves me; In the
next she Is mine. as I am hers. And
Il il because you know this that you
come and rant. and laugh, and show
yourself as the fearful mailman that
you are. Good by. good night: I am
happier than you as I lie here, because
I know that forever and a day Mar
jorfe loves me and I love Marjorie.
And 1t won't be long before we meet"
And once again the laugh that ech-
oed from stone wall to ceiling Of
stone was blithe and confident.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
CHAPTER XXI.
The Doom 1eolne.

Tho visitors found themselves In
the laboratory. . large building lit by
means Of it, glass roof.
0lr William 0ouldesbrough, dressed
IN a.gray morning suit. received them.
10 shook hands with one or two and
bowed to the rest; but there wal no
regular grssting q each person who
$3.50 n
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
From the Oeep,

First Fish-What's the latest newsf
Second Fish, haven't heard, but
there's a man on the shore now who
is going to drop me a line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29
CHAPTER Xxx.
How They All Went 70 the House In
RAnAnASe 0apk

How they All Went 70 the House In
Regents Park.
The little door in the wall of Sir
William Gouidesbrough's old Georgian
house stood wide open. Carriages
were driven up. and the butler was
constantly ushering visitors into the
vast, somber hall, while a footman
kept escorting this or that arrival up
the gravel path among the laurel
bushes.
It was afternoon. a dull and livid
afternoon. Clouds had come down too
near to London. and thunder lurked
behind them. Never at any time a
cheerful place. the old walled house
81 the scientist to-day wore its most
d~spressinx aspect
The well known people who were in.
vitsd to the demonstration Of . stu
pendous and revolutionary discovery
looked with ill-concealed curiosity at
the house. the garden. and the gloomy
dignity Of the hall.
There had always been Z great deal
of surrnfee and curiosity about Sir
William's home and private life. That
= 11etingulshed q man was q bachei
ar Wa n itself IN anomaly: and.
thouKh Couldesbrough went continual
II into society. when he himself enter.
tained Il VA generally q restaurants.
except Ii very are instances. So tho
world. Of London had come to regard
lie house N Regents Park - q sort
of w1xard's cave, . secret and mysteri-
GUS place where the modern magician
evolved wonders which. were to
change the whole course OF modern
life.
About forty people had been invited
70 the Demonstration. Lord Malvin
Nas there. Of course. He came In
company with Donald Megbie and Sir
Harold Oliver. All three men seemed
aineularly grave and preoccupied, and
= the other guests noted the strange,
and sveu stern, expression upon Lord
Aalvin's face. they whispered that the
leader Of the scientific world felt that
- this day he was to be deposed and
nust resign his c~aptaincy forever.
but In this case. as it generally 10.
noastp was 1t fault. Nobody knew or
- strange conference which had
noeni held ~ Donald Megbie with
Lard 11alvin and Sir Harold Oliver.
N0body knew how Miss Marjorie
4Anole had driven up to Lord Malyin's
49, 81 Portland Place one afternoon
1v1fA Dooald Megbie. Nobody would
80 believed, wen II they had been
Sl1. how the two grave scientists
$50 realised that, however many
lutne - discovered. there still lie
16tln tpFcss which We shall never
GnI1mSeond this side Of the veiD had
o4 - tAo extraordinary story
q iGlniDalist an1 the society girl had
nee. - Ms important after.
S11f $50 Lee1 Malyin's serious.
mnG1tod upon, Il va .,
ifllni1of1epe4
I51IIS 1lGlAse sslsntists frou
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29

You know how worthless are the
tips" you give out? Well, the tips"
given out by others are equally value
less.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
GIVES HISTORY OF DRESS SUIT
Prof. Starr Says It's q Relic of Nor.
man Conquest Days.
Conventional Evening Garb Had It's
Origin i'm Gentlemen Riders Re
quirements Of OIden Times.

Chicago, Jan. 23.-Prof Frederick Starr.
of the University of Chicago, recently re-
turned from the jungles of Africa. has
analyzed the evening dress suit. its origin
ana component parts, and finds that if is
survival of u riding habit i'm vogue at
tie time OF the Norman conquest, 500
years ago
He explained 10 his class in anthrop-
oIogy at the university that the dress coat
has descended from an "old-fashioued
practical coat in which man worked and
walked" He also pointed out what he
called the real reason why walters dress
themselves in the customary open work
regalia"
The anthropologist's analysis of the
dress suit was rs follows.
'The cutting away at the waist of the
coat had once the purpose of preventing
the coat skirts from getting in the way
Of riding
Thee buttons at the back of the coat
once served the purpose of fastening the
skirts behind 70 prevent fiaring In the
wind or wrinkling
The present cut OF the collar keeps the
now misplaced notches to allow its being
turned mp or down.
THE silk facinss represented the old
ordinary lining
The sham cuffs now made with a seam
around the wrist once were real cuffs
when the sleeves We're turned back.
our dress suit to-day is only a sur
vival Of what originally was q riding
habit. It's use was confined entirely 70
the richer class, who alone could afford
TO own horses When a riding habi,
showed signs Of wear IL was given
servant and to-day our walters. buffers,
and other servants are using the couven-
tional fashion which originated centuries
ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
Bug That EATS BUILDINGS
Cleveland Suffering from the Raw
ages Of the White Ant.
Destroys Woodwork and EndnnEers
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
HUMAN HEART AS IN ACTION
Model Showing It's Operation on
View in a New York Museum.
Explanation Given of That ThumP-
ing Felt in the Presence of
Ones lady Love.

From the New YORK Times.
An excellent opportunity 10 study the
working Of the human heart is afforded
by "a model put on exhibition by DIT. Car
roll Henderson at the scientific exposi-
tion i'm the American Museum of Natural
History
The model is made of rubber and glass
tubing BY means of pressure attach
meuts a blood-colored liquid is sent pulls
ing through the various closely related
chambers. and all the normal movements
of the organ are reproduced as in life.
and not only this. bat the sounds OF the
valves. Moreover. il is capable of pro-
ducing movements and sounds caused by
various kinds of heart disease. On ap-
plying the ear TO the cardiac region two
successive sounds are heard. called the
first and second sounds, and which may
be expressed by the sylables lubb dup.
When the valves are affected by disease
the normal sounds may be intensified or
weakened. or they may disappear entire
~ and be replaced by murmurs. or alb
normal sounds may be heard simultan-
eousIy with or in the intervals between
the normal ones.
The swain. who in the presence of his
lady love, feels his tongue and lips grow
so dry that he IS scarcely able to speak
and whose power Of speech is further
paralyZed by the humping Of his heart.
can see in the model what actually hap
peaed by the increase of the normal
beats of that muscle from seveatv-five or
eighty a minute to one hundred and fifty
OF more The effects Of fear and excite
ment are also manifested by various de-
grees of ii celebrated movement Over
whelming news Of sorrow or joy or exces-
sive fright may cause stoppage Of the
hearts action. and then fainung ensues.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
TEST OF THE GIRLS LOVE.
Her Sweetheart Wins, hut Admits
He Took a Long Chance.

From London Tit-Bits.
Z couldn't feel sure" said he 10 his
chum. that she really cared for me. so
I wrote myself this telegram: VIII you
go as accountant for tea firm in China at
salary Of $50 per week. Start Thursday
Answer at once signed the name Of
a fictitious firm and showed her the tele-
gram as soon as I got 10 her house that
night
What do you think about it?' she
asked.
I don't know what 20 think. said l.
She unused a little while.
DO YOU want TO go?' she asked me-
If it wasn't for you I'd want TO GO.
Then She said in a faint voice
Do whatever you think best
ia go if it wasn't for you I re-
piled
She sat still. looking at the fire. Then
of a sudden she began TO cry.
Oh, don't go! don't go" she walled
Don't go and leave me all alone. What
would l do-what would I do without
your
So ] told her / wouldn't 20. 1t is a
grand thing to have girl to care for
YOU so much rs tine 1 know that this
girl loves me truly"
IF I had been the gnl" said the young
mans listener, Il should have said. 'Ac-
cept The offer and Wen be married at
once and start for China together
The young man grinned by Jove.
hadn't thought Of that he admitted
Wouldn't I have been in a fix, though.
If she had said tbat2"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
FOUGHT IN HIS SLEEP.
Queer Performance Of Chicago
SOmnambuIlst Who Ran Amuck.

Queer Performance Of "a Chicago
sOmnambuIIst Who Ran Amuck.
From The New York Evening Post.
The Chicago press has not yet been
able to make up its mind in regard 10 a
remarkable verdict rendered last week
by Judge William n Cottrell, OF the Mu-
nicipal Court, in a case that was not
less remarkable than the verdict. The
matter gains additional interest and i'm
porfaHce because it follows so closely
on the appearance of Prof Hugo Nun
sterberg's noteworthy article on I'm
true Confessions" in a recent magazine
issue.
The defendant a young man Of good
connections, blameless past. and unmis-
taxable refinement, was caught on the
night of New Years Day. after having
broken into a saloon. There he fought
first with the salOonkecper and the lat
ter's wife. and then with a former po-
lceman Of gigantic proportions and
strength. His actions combined IN "a
strange manner absence of purpose AID
presence Of determination
The man did not speak or show sign
OF clear consciousness until many hours
aIterWaTd in the statiOnhOuse. Then he
professed utter ignorance of what had
happened during the night. His parents
and friends We're hopelcssly puzzled by
the occurrence. But the attorney whom
they employed happened 90 have suffer
ed much from sleepwalkug in his boy
hood, and be- soon brought out facts in
dicating almost beyond "a doubt that the
prisoner. who was known also 10 be
al r.rrTFr
Of complete Inconsistencies
When the facts gathered in support Of
this defense were placed before Judge
Cottrell lac startled everybody present
with the announcement that he was sim
larly afflicted. and had more than once
done things IN he sleep which, while not
so fatal as the feat performed by the
prisoner would seem equally mysterious
and improbable If rot Well proved Hav-
ing carefully heard the case he dis
charged the defendant
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
ALMOST ON CIRCULAR SAW
Young Man Has Narrow Escape in
Michigan Lumber Mill.
Saved by FeIIow-wOrISman just as
Teeth Were Beginning 90 Rip
His Clothes.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Did YOU ever fall On a fOur-foot circular
saw that was making about a million rev.
Olutions a minute? / did-almost II hap
pened in my uncle's sawmll in Michigan.
Il was before the era Of gang saws. and
so many years ago that ] am afraid 20
count them ] was in the habit of doing
various stunts" about the mill, mostly
for amusement, and frequently was al
lowed 20 take the place OF some work
man, the latter good naturedly standing
aside and letting me show what 1 could
do.
The carriage on which the log was fas-
tened preparatory TO being converted into
boards had the most fascination for me.
This was occupied by the setter" and
the tail sawyer" II was the setter 8
business to regulate the thickness OF the
board to be cut. The tail sawyer's duty
was TO watch the fastenings OF the log
and see that they did not come lose. Ordi-
nary sized logs were held I'm place by
dogs" and required little or no atteu-
ton The tail sawyer had To hold small
logs by means OF a cant hook it being
lmpracticable 10 fasten the dogs in
them. IL required considerable strength
as wen as practice
/ was "subbing' for the tail sawyer
one day when a small log was hauled up
the slide and rolled upon the carriage.
Without realizing it was much OF a trick
TO hold the log in place, ! threw the cant
hook into II, bTaCed myself and told the
head sawyer 90 let 'er go" The carriage
moved slowly up TO the whirling saw, and
its teeth sank into the log. The force OF
the saw shook the log considerably. but
held it firmly until knot was encounter
ed. II was my undOiHg
The log was given a terrific lurch. the
cant hook was hurled from my hands.
and 7 was thrown directly in front Of that
terrible saw. I can remember, as II Il
happened yesterday, the feeling Of terror
that passed through my mind as ] fell TO
almost certain death.
The carriage was still moving. the set
ter was gazing on me with an expression
of horror in his eyes. lie was too dazed
% realize ne ought To drag me from the
saw.
The head sawyer, who, by the way. was
4 cousin of mine, retained his nerve, how
ever. While the carriage was in motion
his hands were always on the levers that
were used 10 start and stop the carriage.
As he saw me fall he Immediately pushed
the lever that stopped the carriage. 1t
was none TOO seen. The teeth of the saw
had began TO tear my clothing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
SIMPLE CLOTHES FOR SARAH.
Nine. Bernhardt Refuses TO swell
Golfers of DreSsmakerx.

Nine. Bernhardt Refuses to swell
Golfers of DreSsmakers.
From the London Truth
One Of the reasons why Sarah Bern
hardt received Catulle Mendes' play with
delight was that it liberated her from all
necessity to throw away a fortune on
clothes. When she makes a tour in the
provinces or abroad to appear at ST.
Theresa her costumes viii almost fit In
valise
For a similar reason she gladly accept
ed 'IiAiglon" and "Werther." She had
grown very sick of paying bIoated bills
to dressmakers and took refuge from
them in third sex representations.
Yes, Sarah Bernhardt now has taste
purified by experience, is independent Of
the tricks of the dressmaking trades, and
has come back to the sweet and holy sim
plicity Of the classical age.
At her place in Belle Isle off the coast
of Brittany, Sarah Bernhardt follows the
aboriginal woman in wearing clothes
adapted to the wet climate and rough.
rocky coast. The experience OF ages has
taught her poorer neighbors what to
wear. She has not a dozen bourgeois
As the great actress has not a Breton
face or figure and need not sell fish or
gather seaweed for manure, she has modi-
fec the costume of the Belle lslOise TO
suit herself The daughter Of the avoue
Of the only port in the island provides
her with patterns for embroidered Dor
ders and other garnitures, which are
sent 10 Paris 10 be done in cOlOrs.
Sarah Bernhardt does not spend 200
francs on clothes in the whole Of q Belle
Isle season If she went To a fashionable
watering place and there either sought to
lead or TO follow the fashions she would
return TO Paris many thousand francs the
poorer.
Her young friend at Belle Isle has pro-
vidcd her with a costume Powered and
otherwise adorned with real seaweeds.
They are first dried fiat. as if for an al
bum. and then arranged in decorative
p2ttcrDS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
PARTING AT THE STATION.
Wife Gives Final Instructions TO One
She Leaves Behind.

Wife Gives Final Instructions TO One
She Leaves Behind.
From the san Francisco Arsonaut.
Those who listened as the man and
woman parted at the station heard this
conversation:
Good by. dear
"Good-by Don't forget to tell Bridget
to have the chops for dinner"
All right"
And be sure and feed the canary"
Sure"
Lock up the silver every night"
Very well"
And don't forget that the gasman
is coming TO renew the burners. Be
sure and have him put the four-foot
burner in the servants room
III remember"
"urder kindling wood on Wednes-
day"
All right"
Consult the list I made out if you
forget anything.
II viii"
Better not kiss me. People viii
think we are just married
Not if they have been listening
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
WHERE MOTHER Is.

Old fashioned flowers with fragrance sweet,
Bloom where mother IS.
LIES a psalm-a song Ieplete
With i1y-where mother Is.
There all woes and sorrous cease;
Naucht bu; rest and heavenly rU2ce
DWelis where mother Is.
The iostling crowd the wearing din,
Are not where mother Is;
Tho Haunting wEs of shame and sin
Reach net where mother Is
Heart sick, brain-tired, nerreracked SOUL
Before thy tear-d.mmed eyes a goal
Exists where mother Is.
All grief and doubt and unbclief
Flee where mother is.
HOPE and faith and sweet relief
Come where mother Is.
Mother. mother. name most sweet,
Heaven guide Ey weary feet
Home where mother is.
Overland MONTH";
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
ANY WAY SHE GOES.

].
ANY way the country goes
We are with hcr-let her roll!
For the thorn. or for the rose
Halisluia 20 her soul.
BAT this fact We can't deny:
Coal continues mighty high1
II.
Sdl we love her hills and plains.
And the wales that dream below:
No umbrella when it rains
But the rain makes roses grow!
lSuH, THIS truth Is powerful clear:
Groceries are mighty dearD
III
Great Old country anyhow,
Stars by night. ard sun by day;
When the Fabble Iaise a row
Wen be hollcrin "Hoorayr'
Oct the country rise or fall
Rockefeller owns il alll
Atlanta Cyustitu