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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-20
Sale of Curtains.
Reductions Run From 10 10 50 Per Cent. in
This Section Throughout the Month OF July.

Keeping step witt the sale of nmueh TIL. Upholstery Section comes swinging along. with offerings
equally notable and hNWe adding interest and d ote great sales on the Third Floor htw m run
throughout the mnh of July
Lace Curtains A wonderful stock; cnhmng by the yard Madras Brussels, Laet Arab
Ft Soutahe Irish POINT NouveLe Effect Russian Point Fish Net Scotch Nottingham
Les Tambour and Muslin all to DIN his sale at owed pneS
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-20

Mrs. Clara kohn and child will spend
the summer in the mountains.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-20
Lace Curtains Ruffled Curtains
One-third Less Than Usual

These are the high.S; grade curtains and embrace those
patterns which have been sold down to one to six pair lots of
a pattern. Many of them are entirely handmade. All are clean
and perfect and in regular sizes.
You can choose from Irish Point Curtains, Tam
bour Curtains, Renaissance Curtains. Marie Antoi-
nette Curtains. CIuny Curtains, Brussels Curtains,
Lacet Curtains, Russ an Curtains, Madras Curtains,
Point Arab Curtains, Italian FiIet Curtains. and you can
get them while these lots last at n e-third less than usual cost.
Regular prices range from S12 % I'm SI00
$40. rs to $50 a pair; spec price C.L W iVU
These curtains may be bought on the Club Plan if you wish.
m Lots.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-20

We are offering about 800 pairs of curtains, in
Guiding Irish Point, Russian Point and Colbert Cur
tains, as we'll as some lower grades of laces (only
one to three pairs of a kind at remarkably low
prices. These will fill the needs of those who have
single rooms to furnish.
Reg La. SIPS '5it to $4S a63ctos22.5O
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Meeker are
It Nantucket for the summer season.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-20

Miss Katharine Donnelly and Miss
Anna Donnelly, of South Eleventh
street. have gone to Mont Pocono, Pa,
for two weeks vacation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
STRANGE DIHES
Lions Flesh, Tigers Meat and
baked EIenhnnf,n Foot

Lions Flesh, Tigers Meat and
Baked Elephants Foot.
Lions flesh is said to furnish a very
good meal. Tiger meat is not 50 pal
atable, for 1t is tough and sinewy. In
India nevertheless it Is esteemed, be-
cause there Is superstition that 1t i'm
parts to the eater some OF the strength
and cunning that characterizes the an
imal. This notion is not, of course,
held by the followers of Brahma and
Buddha, whose religion forbids the
eating OF flesh.
There appears to be considerable diff
ference of opinion among authorities
on the subject as to the merits Of ele-
plants flesh as an article of diet. By
some II Is considered a dainty. But
there is the authority Of at least one
European against 1t. Stanley said that
he frequently tasted elephants flesh
and that 1t was more like soft leather
and glue than anything else with
which he could compare It Another
explorer, however, declares that he
cannot imagine how an animal SO
course and heavy as the elephant could
produce such delicate and tender flesh.
All authorities agree In commencing
the elephants foot. Even Stanley adj
mitted that baked elephants foot was
a dish fit for king. 1t Is the great
est dehcacy that can be given to a
Kaffir-St Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
tramped FIVE hours and made fifteen

tramped FIVE hours and made fifteen
cents"
For a moment the two women, the
gentle, delicately cared for one and the
bitter daughter of toll, looked at each
other then Mrs. Armes stepped to her
tea table, arranged for her afternoons
callers, and lighted her alcohol lamp.
Il am afraid 1 shall not care for
what you have to show" she said, "but
at least 1 want to give you cup of
tea before you go out In the cold
again."
The young woman stared, started to
say something and apparently changed
her mind. She answered only in mono
syllables to Mrs. Armes' attempts at
conversation, and accepted the tea and
little cakes without a word of thanks
But when, the teacup and plate both
emptied, Mrs. Armes said, brightly:
and now, suppose we talk business"
she shook her head.
"Not after that" she returned She
drew ON her gloves, and then rose.
Now and them" she said, there's
folks that treat me like Christians
try to be honest over it, and there is
one now and then. But I never had
any one treat me like a lady before,
and l amt going to spoil It,"
Mrs. Armes, returning to her fire, sat
long time looking into the flames. 1t
was a problem-she was more puzzled
over 1t than ever before.
But at least" she sighed, "I'm glad
/ gave her cup Of tea."-Youth's
Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
HUNDREDS DROWNED
IN COLLISION At SEA
Steamers Crash OFF Japanese Coast
and Majority on the Matsu
Perish.
2s7, ALL TOLD, ON BOARD.
Survivors Saved by the Hideyoshi-
Ten Are Lost in Ferry Boat
Accident in Germany.

Two hundred and seyenty-fiye persons
were drowned in collision between
two large Japanese coasting steamships,
one Of them crowded with passengers.
The collision occurred before dawn III
dense fog. The S.000-ton Matsu Maru
Of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line was
the vessel sunk. being struck by the
Hideyoshi Maru, and going down with
in short time. 1t is definitely known
that the Matsu Maru carried forty
three sailors and 244 passengers, and
nearly all of these persisted.
The scene of the collision was witlIiT-
& few miles of the reef on which the
Dakota, one of the biggest of the Amer
lean owned Pacific liners, was sunk a
year ago. 1t is in a dangerous and
difficult part of the TIokkaido straits.
near the city of Hakodate and just
south of the northernmost of the Jap
anese group of islands.
According TO advicas from Hakodate,
the passengers were all sound asleep
when the crash came. and terrible
scenes of panic ensued. The Matsu
began to settle rapidly. and the boats
were prepared for launching. Owing to
the darkness and the wild panic among
the passengers however little could be
done. The Hideyoshi though herself
badly damaged. stood by and put out
boats to save what survivors she conld,
but the Matsu sank within ten minutes
after the collision.
The Hideyoshis boats cruised around
until after dawn, but succeeded in max
ing few rescues. Another steamer stood
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
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The moving picture combine is new
nickel trust.
Two Hungarian counts in the Wander
bilt family. They always did want it
all.
Col. John Temple Graves says women
should get mems wages. Chorus-Don't
they?
A weather bureau doesn't necessarily
imply that it knows anything about the
weather.
The Prosperity Convention ought to
make the country feel better and get out
of the dumps"
In that auto endurance test it is a case
of the race being to the strong, rather
than to the swift.
Looks funny to see old Colonel Georgia
standing up at the drug store fountain,
drinking soda water.
Between moonshiners and night-raiders
the moon doesn't shine so peacefully on
the old Kentucky home.
When man reads the figures on the
Panama canal he finds there is one thing
more expensive than being married
The members of a railroad camp in
North Carolina killed their cook because
he didn't suit. What an example.
A 13-year-sid girl declares she stole
$500 in ore dsy in Philadelphia She
ought to be ashamed of robbing a sleep
ing city
They took a New Y ork bank clerk TO
an insane asylum because he thought
his salary was too dig. And who can
blame them.
Although he married seven women,
Carl Neltheim was sentenced in London
to serve 20 years for blackmail. That
seems like piling it on
A California court has decided that a
pedestrian isn't obliged to dodge an auto
mobile. No. he can get smashed TO
smithereenS, if he likes.
The State of Pennsylvania paid 500
for a S16 sofa and the grafters got the
difference. And this is only sample
brick
Bark examiners found 1000 errors in
a California banks books. Ii is safe
bet, however. that not many were in favor
of the poor depositors-
DIR. Lyman Abbott declares the reign
of wealth will soon be ended. But you
must be cautious about putting your
money on such q bet Just yet
A Newark woman with a check for a
million kisses from her lover held it until
the bank broke by his elopement with an
other girl. Another instance of the hoard
ing danger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31


for the King of Kings as he calls him
self. Rather than have any hard feel
ings over so small matter he told
them to go ahead with their parliament
and If they got any fun out of it, he
would be satisfied. But when 1t comes
to heaving explosives at him as he
passes along the street, he draws the
line. He doesn't see any joke In a dis
gruntled subject hurting bomb at him
and 1t didn't take long for him to say
so.
He was driving through the streets
OF Teheran. Ahead of him was his au-
tomobile, which, for some reason or
other, he was not occupying, perhaps
being for the moment tired of his new
piaything. Suddenly from across the
street some ungrateful fellow hurled a
bomb at the automobile. The machine
was torn into kindling wood. but even
the chauffeur was not injured. Nobody
could tell Just who slung the deadly
missile, so In the hope of hitting the
right man the Shah ordered his body
guard to fire. The result was that
two Of his personal attendants, his
royal executioner and two innocent
citizens were killed while a policeman,
a grocer, an officer of gendarmes and
two private soldiers were badly in
Jured.
The Shah was pretty mad. He turn
ed on his heel and walked home, refus-
Ing to ride In spite of the entreatles
OF his frightened escort. The next day
his majesty came down town and with
a stick he beat the governor of the
town soundly. Then he called the chief
permitted any more such nonsense as
bomb hurting he would have him blown
from the mouth OF a cannon. Since
then corner loafers with bundles under
their arms have been invited to move
on without any hesitation.
Mohammed Ali Mira isn't the kind
OF man the anarchists can scare They
may succeed in killing him. but they
cannot brighten him. He Is SO years
old, powerful of build. widely travelled,
q frm believer In his divine right TO
rule and has occupied the throne but
little more than a year.
Persia has a population CT about o.
100000, OF whom 100000 are members
OF uomadic tribes. A very large part
OF the country is desert. The army
has a nominal strength OF 100000. hut
a large proportion OF the soldiers are
undrilled. In religion the people are
Mohammedans
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
KILLED RARE ANIMALS IN TIBET
Mason Mitchell Sends Specimens to
the National History Museum.

the National History Museum.
Mason Mitchell, actor, rough rider
and friend Of President Roosevelt, has
added to his achievements by exploring
Tibet and killing animals which few
white men have slain, says the New
York Herald.
Those who doubt that there are tax
ms, gorals. sorrows and blue bears will
absolve Mr.. Mitchell from even sus-
picion Of nature taking by going to the
American Museum OF Natural History
and looking at the skins, skulls and
horns which have just been received
from Mr.. Mitchell. As a consul in the
Chinese city of Chungking he was not
far from the Tibetan border.
Mr.. Mitchell accompanied his gifts
with scientific data and is sending pho
tographs showing what the animals
looked like in life.
Takins resemble antelopes, but are
much larger, full-grown specimen
weighing 1000 pounds. The coral is
a Himalayan goat of hermit proclivi-
ties. The serow is rare. 1t Is some
thing like a goat. The skins Of the II
betan blue bear and clouded leopard
sent by Mr.. Mitchell are excellent spe-
cimens.
The consul also killed several birds
above the clouds, and he writes from
Tachiaglu that when he gets a chance
to consult natural history he will try
to identify them. If they are slightly
known to naturalists he will add them
to the collections In the museum.
Mr.. Mitchell has also given to the
museum scrolls once owned By a band
of Tibetan priests, who lost them in
fighting a punitive expedition sent
against them by the French. The
scrolls are covered with allegorical fig
ures and are written in Sanscrit. They
are apparently centuries old.
Many lands have known Mason
Mitchell since he left his native town,
Onondaga, N. Y. He was q scout In
the Riel rebellion in Canada, where he
obtained liking for military life.
Later he brought natives from Samoa
to the Chicago Worlds Fair and took
them back In 200-ton schooner. His
offices were also called into play by
the San Francisco fair, for which he
brought many natives of the Fill ISL
ands. He enlisted with the rough rid
ers and was wounded at San Juan
HILL On his return from the Spanish
American war he stumped the State
when Mr.. Roosevelt was candidate for
Governor. He also was an actor, play
wright and lecturer. Before he went
to China he was United States consul
at Zanzibar, where he found recreation
In killing elephants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
SHORT STATE ITEMS.

The safe in the postoffice at Cameron
was blown up and 500 worth of stamps
were stolen. No clue
While playing the leading part in 1.-The
Land of Dollars in La Crosse. Miss
Berry of the Ezra Kendall company was
robbed of her purse, gold watch, spec
tacles and small amount of cash. a
thief entering her dressing room while
she was on the stage.
Louis Bowman. 80. committed suicide
in the home of his son. w. G. Bowman.
near Fox Lake, by hanging himself in
barn. He was temporarily insane.
The State board of control has award
ed the contract for building a concrete
cottage at the Industrial School for Boys
at Waukesha to George r. Keachie of
Madison for STAB.
Miss Mae Mcdonald. a school girl,
aged 16, and Charles King, IL, and a
messenger boy of the Western Union,
were married in Racine The consent
of the parents of both parties had been
obtained.
The planning mill of George Kemp,
Crandon. was completely wrecked and
burned by an explosion. in which Kemp,
the engineer and an employe were killed
The Wisconsin Telephone Company
will spend about 100000 in Wisconsin
this year on improvements said Presi-
dent Burt of Milwaukee. He is still in
hopes of consolidating the Wisconsin and
Fox River companies.
According to the sheriff. Outagamie
county has a second John Dietz. in the
person of Gustav Fischer. vino. it is said.
has resisted officers who have endeavored
to serve papers in contempt action, only
his is in divorce case.
The marriage the ether night Of pretty
Georgia FolImer, waitress in the Iowa
Soldiers Home in Marshalltown. 10
Charles Loss, young negro dairyman. hav-
ing a State contract. shocked the young
womans friends and the home officials.
Miss Follmer was born and reared in
La Crosse. and j. daughter Of the late
j. G. FollD,e<. Her mother again mar
rid ard lives in La Crosse. Miss Foil
mer Is - and her husband one year her
junior.
Mrs. A. Fl. Mitchell. ex-president of
the State Federation Of Women's Clubs
and one of the most active women in
the country in this work, died az La
Crosse of cancer. aged 80.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Fifty Years an Lfghthouse.

Miss Ida Lewis, the only woman in
charge of an American lighthouse, and
who has been at Lime Rock lighthouse in
Newport OR. ID harbor, for over fifty
years, is thinking seriously of taking a
vacation. When one considers the fact
that in fifty long years she has Rever
passed night away from her isolated
home it will be seen that the vacation
will be quite a stupendous undertaking.
Miss Lewis is suffering from nervousness
and loss of sleep. Last fall she received
from the American Cross of Honor So
ciety at Washington its cross of honor
and membership in the order. She is the
first American woman to receive such an
honor
Since then Miss Lewis has received a
pension from the Carnegie hero fund for
saving eighteen lives. She celebrated her
Goth birthday anniversary very quietly
last month. She is assisted by her
brother, Rudolph Lewis, in caring for the
lighthouse
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Rare Art Secrets Revealed.

Collectors of rare violns and other
musical instruments are much interested
in the recently tested claim of Prof. John
Horvath of Philadelphia that he had dis
covered the secret of Stradivarius, whose
vsolins now command fabulous prices
According to Horvath, it is all in the
varnish and after years of experimental
ton he has produced the varnish. Be
fore company of experts and musi-
clans he compared the tone effects of two
violins treated with his varnish one
81 affair in use and the other $22 in
strument just out of the factory, with
number of rare and costly violins. His
triumph exceeded all expectations for the
treated instruments equaled the best. The
next step will be to give a number of
treated violins a six months test.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
GATORS HOME TO BE EDEN.
Florida's Governor Digs Canals in
Test to Drain Everglades.


Test to Drain Everglades.
In the belief that it is possible TO
drain the everglades, thus wiping out
of existence the worlds greatest nabi-
tat OF alligators, and to convert the
millions of acres of swamps into the
garden spot of the earth, Governor w.
II. Broward of Florida is trying TO re-
claim 10000 acres Of these lands as a
test. He is carefully watching two
large dredges that are slowly digging
a sixty-foot canal preliminary TO recla-
nation work. Experts, both in this
country and in Europe, to whom sam
pies OF the soil of the everglades were
submitted for analysis, pronounced it
the richest in the world. They return
ed a similar verdict on sugar cane
raised on land reclaimed from the
everglades.
Sugar imported into this country is
valued at S150,000,OO0 a year Cover
nor Broward, using the experts data,
figured that $150.O0O.0O0 worth of sugar
could be produced on 100000 acres OF
the Everglades That would leave over
2,0o0.000 @acres for the production of
other things With this bonanza in
sight, he set about to have the lands
drained He was confronted with al
most overwhelming opposition. Rail-
roads held grants for more land than
is ownedsby the State. and they claimed
the Everglades.
Governor Broward's plan was to
drain Lake Okechobee. which would
require a canal about fifty miles long.
His effort to get from the people au-
thority to raise moIiey enough to carry
out that project was defeated. lie then
undertook the carrying out lesser prof
ect. 1t is proving a complete success,
and will. he says. convince the people
of the wisdom and practicability of the
big plan.
The work being done consists in rum
ming two canals to Pine Island, which
is three miles long. three-quarters of
mile wide, and lies four miles from
New river. One canal will extend to
the northern and the other to the
southern point of the island
This will make 10000 acres of land
available for cultivation Engineers
say the canals will be completed in the
fall Each canal is sixty feet wide and
ten feet deep.
Land already drained has been sold
for from SO to $50 an acre, and the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
POHsum.

Preferably possum should be cooked
over a wood fire in a log cabin and sea-
soned with the odorous blue smoke Of
hickory and ash as the lid OF the oven
is lifted now and again to give a
glimpse OF the promised Wand to those
who wait with whetted appet!tes for
the coming feast. With the possum
and taters there should be served eth
er the ordinary Kentucky corn pone-
Ii such an adjective may be not I'm
properly applied to anything 50 rare
or the Olympian cracklln' bread OF the
hog killing season In justice TO the
possum Ii must be said that neither
corn pone nor cracking bread Is neces-
sary. but II serves well not only to mop
up the gravy, but also to prevent the
possum and the yams from melting in
the mouth too rapidly for the flavor
to be enjoyed IN the fullest The finest
possums on earth are found In the
woodlands OF the Pennyrlle district of
Kentucky, and they reach perfection
about the time the perfumed pawpaw
becomes 50 ripe that 1t falls from the
parent stem and reposes In all OF It's
golden beauty in the orange tinted
leaves that the earth has first claimed
as tribute from the trees for her en-
richment Courier Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Chicago had population IL 1905 Of
2,o49,000.
Berlin had a population In 1905 Of
100000.
Chicago has an area of 100 square
miles
Berlin has an area OF twenty-four
and a half square miles.
Chicago's police force numbers (pa-
troimen) 1851. or nineteen for each
square mile.
Berlin's police force numbers ina
trolmen) 5.3o3, or 216 for each souar,
mile.
Each Chicago policeman has 5ez peo-
pie TO look after.
Each Berlin policeman has sss peo-
pie to look after.
The Chicago police force Is required
to cover about eight times as much ter
ritory as the Berlin Chicaeo
Tribune
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
A CUT OF TEA
The Agent DID Not Wish TO Spoil |
Her Unexpected Reception.

The Agent DID Not Wish to Spoil
Her Unexpected Reception.
Miss Helen Foster" Mrs. Armes
read the card perples edly. But l
don't know any Miss Helen Foster.
Are you sure that It isn't an agent,
Nary"
''She said you would know-that you
were expecting her." Mary replied.
''Yery well. I will be down at once -
Mrs. Armes answered. She put the last
touches 10 her pretty afternoon gown
and went slowly downstairs, trying to
recall any possible forgotten Miss Eos
Ter. At the parlor door she stopped.
II was an agent--the snowy dress. the
exaggerated appearance OF ease. the
sharp. searching glance all betrayed il !;
an agent. moreover. OF the type she
most disliked, and who had lied 10 her.
Involuntarily her face grew stern, but
before she could speak the woman an
swered her thought.
"Yes. | lied. 1t was the only way
10 get at you. don't suppose I'll
make anything by 1t. but at least
could get In out OF the cold a minute.
Maybe you'd have Lied. too " you had