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GATHERING OF PRIESTS ♦ • - THE EUCHARISTIC l-E VGIE MEETS THIS WEEK AT NOTRE DAME. Th I r<l Annual Convention Will Attract rrlefttn, Bishops nnd ArcliIlisliops from All Fnrtn. ■ ♦ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, ln<l., Aug. 14.—The annual convention of the Priests' Eucharistic League of the United States will he held at the University of Notre Dame on Aug. 17, 18 and 19. As the name Implies, this is the only organization of Its character In the United States. It was formed three years ago at Notre Dame and the occasion was one that will always figure with prominence in the historical annals of that great university. Last year the congress was held at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, I). C., and this year it comes to the place of its inception. Preparations of a most extensive character have been n\ido for the proper entertainment of this great body of Catholic dignitaries and when they begin to arrive they will lind that nothing has been left undone that might contribute to their pleasure or convenience. All committees have been appointed and all preparations made under the general direction of Very Rev. William Corby, of Notre Dame, one of the notable Catholics of the country. So far as known at the present time, two archbishops, ten bishops and two hundred priests will attend the congress. Many others will probably grasp the opportunity to pay a visit to the noted university and it is expected that no less than four hundred persons will be present. Father Corby is receiving letters by every mail and this leads him to believe that the attendance will be very large. Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati, and Archbishop Williams, of Boston, will be among the most distinguished guests. The programme has been arrange l with the greatest care. On the evening < f Tuesday, Aug. 17, the solemn benediction will be pronounced, after which the;e will be a meeting of the diocesan directors. On the day following pontilical high mass will be celebrated in the magnificent Church of the Sacred Heart by Archbishop Elder, and u sermon will be preached by the Kt. Rev. M. G. K. Joseph Radamacher, bishop of Fort Wayne, Jnd. 1 hese religious exercises will occupy a large part of the forenoon ar:d at 2 o clock in the afternoon the lirst si ssion of the congress proper will open in Washington Hall. The opening address will be made by Bishop Cam ill us Paul Macs, of Covington, Ivy., president of the league. Then will follow a number of pu~ jars. Rev. A. A. Lambing, of Wilklnsburg, Pa., will present a paper on "The Beatification of the \ enerable Servant of Cod, Bishop Neumann, of Philadelphia.” Kev. J. A. Connolly, of St. Louis, will read a paper the subject of which will be "Preparation and Thanksgiving of the Priest and of the Faithful After Holy Mass and Communion.” "Forty Hours’ Devotion will be the subject of a paper by Rev. F. O'Neil, of Westchester, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Selinger, of St. Francis, W is., will give a paper on "The Relation of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart to the Devotion of the Holy Eucharist.” The closing paper of the first session will be read by Bishop Richter, of Grand Rapids, Mich. His subject will bo "Holy Eucharist and Ecclesiastical Music.” The grounds of the University of Notre Dame have been, brilliantly illuminated at night on prominent occasions in the past, but the expectation Is that on the evening of this first day, Wednesday, Aug. IS, the grounds will be more beautiful than ever. All of tlio electric lights about the grounds will be brought into play and will be supplemented by other illuminated decorations that will give the place a most beautiful appearance. Amid all this splendor will be the hour of adoiation and solemn procession in the grounds of the university. During the hour of adoration the priests will wear surplice and stole, all of the members of the convention having been requested to bring with them cassock, surplice and stole. The texts for the liturgical chants will bo distributed before the procession and the occasion will boos a very solemn and most impressive character. On Thursday morning there will be a pontifical requiem for the deceased members of the league. After the requiem will begin the second and last session of the convention in Washington Hall. The first paper will be given by Very Rev. Father O’Brien, dean of Kalamazoo, Mich., his subject being, “How the members of the Priests’ Eucharistic League ought to act concerning the growing tendency to miss mass on Sundays and holy days.” Father O’Brien will be followed by the brilliant Very Rev. A. B. Oechterlng, of Mishawaka, Ind., on "Monthly Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament.” Rev. P. Schlesl, C. P., of Pittsburg, will present a paper entitled, "Holy Mass for School Childrenßev. P. Elliott, C. S. I’-, of New York, will read a paper on the subject “Exposition of the Doctrine of the Holy Mass and of the Real Presence is well calculated to make converts.” He will be followed by Rev. F. La Belle, of the Cathedral, New York city, with u paper entitled "Report of the Peoples’ Eucharistic League.” Father La Belle’s paper will be the final one on the programme. Then will follow a report of the committee on resolutions anti after that tin- closipg address by President Maes, of the league, and the Te Deum and benediction with the most blessed sacrament. On Thursday afternoon there will be a meeting of the permanent committee for Eucharistic congress .sand conventions. There is probably no place in America so thoroughly equipped to entertain the large number of Catholic dignitaries us the University of Notre Dame. It can accommodate over four hundred guests and holy mass may be celebrated at more than forty altars. The large refectories where meals are served to the students permit the university during vacation time to entertain in a most complete and satisfactory manner.

CHLOROFORM AM) 111 RGLAItY. DlPioaiHdon of the Possibility of AnreotlcinK Sleeping' Person*. British Medical Journal. A curious story is reported In the lay press which involves an important medicolegal question. Some burglars ate stated to have entered a dwelling house at Clayton-ie-Moors, Accrington, and to have chloroformed the. inhabitants as a preliminary measure to successfully looting the house. The alleged victims of this outrage l were a grown-up son of the householder, two udult daughters and two young children. The burglars first, entered the room in which the girls u*ui children were sleeping, chloroformed them all without disturbing their slumbers, then went to the rooms of the youth and dealt with him in the same way. In the morning the young man awakened and complained of “feeling very ill," while his sisters did not awaken until recalled to mundane existence through the efforts of a medical man. All professed they did not know anything about the burglars. It is not our business to discuss the Inherent improbability of the story. Whether five persons could be reduced to anaesthetic sleep by burglars using chloroform in such a way as not to disturb their u; uul slumbers la a matter w hich interests the profession. Dolbtau tested the possibility of chloroforming sleeping persons, and found that. even using the greatest car* . he only succeeded in ten cases out of twenty-nine; so that, under even the most favorable conditions, l'olbenn succeeded in chloroforming without awakening tlte patient in about ail per cent, of the Cases. Clutiess succeeded with two children, and generally It is admitted that young persons are more easily chloroformed during sleep than adults. In the well-known case of Richard Smith, who was found In bed murdered while his wife slept beside him. the woman's defense was that she had been drugged with chloroform. and was not a purticeps eriminis. ©uimby’s evidence in support of this plea

was that he had succeeded in three experiments in producing chloroform narcosis during natural sleep—in one adult and two children. In the early days of the use of chloroform great fears were entertained 1' ss the drug should become an important item in the armamentarium of every criminal who aspired to distinction in his calling; but. as was pointed out by Snow and oth< is. chloroform giving involves too mtn-h skill and expertness if a satisfactory result is to be obtained for Its use to be possible for the purpose, of crime. In the case before us it seems incredible that several persons in one mom could be severally chloroformed without disturbance of their own or neighbors’ slumbers, and, further. that the narcosis could be so profound that in the ease of the girls it should persist for hours after the administration had been discontinued, and finally require medieal aid before it could he overcome. Maury, in his evidence given in D7l before the court at New Bloomfield. Perry county, Pennsylvania, said he had tried to chloroform six persons during their sleep, and all had resisted. The bulk of evidence goes to show that, except in the case of infants. It is most exceptional to succeed in chloroforming persons without awakening them from sleep. YOUNG KENNEDY’S LUCK A KOKOMO BOY QUICKLY FUNDS FAME AMI FORTINE IX CHINA. ■ ♦ * Went Over n* Engineer for American Syndicate, and Promoted to Power !>• the Government.

f’pei-’ial to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 14.—Last winter Walter Kennedy, a mechanical engineer of this city, who is well known in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, where ho assisted in the construction of numerous tin-plate factories, accompanied American syndicate to China to build a railroad. This week ’Squire Charles S.- ackson, a cousin of Mr. Kennedy, received a letter from him detailing novel and almost unheard of experiences in the Flowery Kingdom. The letter Is dated from Han-Kow, China, July 3, as follows: "I have had such a variety' of curious experiences and witnessed so many strange sights that 1 seem to have been in some manner mysteriously transferred to a fairy land. On arriving at the Chinese capital a few months ago 1 was asked by the government to examine and report on some mines. Our syndicate was willing, and 1 was glad of an opportunity to see the oldest civilization under tiie sun with sanction and at the expense of the government. I went on a few trips and had a wonderful experience. 1 had an imperial guard of twenty-five soldiers as an official escort, three mandarine and 130 chair carriers, besides innumerable cooks, coolies, etc. When I returned and reported 1 was appointed chief mining engineer for the Chinese empire, and all tne other engineers were put under my charge. “I was next asked for an estimate on a short line of railway, about fifteen miles long, and 1 was appointed secretary of the Chinese Imperial Railway. Later I was asked to look over the government iron works and make a report on them. When 1 had been there only a few days the director was recalled by wire and I was appointed mechanical director of the government iron and steel works at Hong Kong. I have no contract of any kind with them, being merely' absent from America on leave of absence, acting only under direction of the American syndicate. There is but one man at the works I can talk to without an interpreter. There are 3,000 Chinese operatives. ”1 don’t think any one ever had a better opportunity to study all classes than i have. 1 was entertained yesterday at dinner by the Governor and am treated like a prince. I have a government vessel on the river waiting with steam up all the time. My rank is the same as Tao Tai. I am very busy on a variety of problems, some of them new to me. The weather is very warm and the mosquitoes numerous. My bed is surrounded by a nethouse to keep out the insects. Above my bed is a large fan kept in motion by a Chinaman who stays in the back yard all night and pulls the end of a rope with one hand and fans himself with the other. We have Chinamen here for everything. A man and wife must have no less than six personal servants. The number Is Indispenslble, as they' are combined in a way that makes it impossible to get anything done except by the one employed for that special purpose. The cook will not wait on the table, the table boy will not take a message. All the house work Is done by Chinese boys, and they do all the buy'ing at the stores, always charging you about twice as much as they have to pay for everything they get. A boy working for a man in my position expects to become independently wealthy in about two years, and it is impossible to prevent it, at least missionaries who have been here for thirty years cannot prevent it in their own houses, even among the boys that are supposed to be converted. How would an American woman like to have one person to attend to the horse, another to black her shoes, another to make her bed, another to cook, another to wait on table, another to bring a cup of tea to her bedroom, another to carry messages, and two more, called coolies, to do what the others tell them. Then comes the boys to brush your clothes and a retinue of chair carriers, the interpreters also having their personal servants, and thus it goes in endless and disgusting variety. On a recent trip into the country to inspect soma mines I had a crowd of 208 Chinamen to take care of me, some of them Imported for their ability to carry a peculiar Chinese lantern in a peculiar way when we w'ere traveling at night. Yours truly, WALTER KENNEDY.” The sudden rise to fame, power and wealth of the Hoosier boy in the oldest civilized nation on the globe is as surprising as it is gratifying to bis many friends, who will extend congratulations on his good fortune. That the Chinese government will insist on retaining him in his present position of influence and power goes without saying, and the chances are that the American syndicate will have to be on the lookout for another man. Through the Park. As through the park I go When morning blushes, fair, piquant and cool The careful nurse-maid tends her white-robed charge And in the plashing fountain's emerald pool The laughing children sail a fairy barge. The moi Uy student, o’er his book, apart Ponders the while, in touch with Nature's heart. Yon tired sleeper's supine form in shade Os Mother Earth—his only kin—ls laid. And the sun shines, flowers bloom and fountains fall, And God Is over all. As through the pn.k I go When nt Mint file's rich, refulgent glories pour, His heated pulses dipping in the wave. The laborer, from his precious nooning-hour, I.ingers awhile, to rest—to* quaff—to lave, And busy denizens who homeward pass Ix'ave the hot path and rest their weary feet Deep in the cooling comfort of the grass, Thankful for midway breathing-place so sweet, And the leaves dance, the fountains rise and fall. And God is over all.

As through the park I go Only that gleaming, crimson, double spark Betrays the wheelman lovers in the dark, >1 Incline their honeyed nothings with the bree*e That soughs aeolian nocturnes thro' the trees. The lute home-goer with uncovered head Might's incense breathes and bates his quickened tread. Gene idthe gleam of daylight's garish charms. Might hath enfolded all in restful arms. The moon shines soft—the drowsy night-birds call. And God is over all. O God of N'ature'. Thou who didst bestow Th' eternal boon of beauty’s quickening balm, Grant that within our souls may thrill and glow Some grateful, holy—though unworded—psalm. Grant that to Thee some vision be given, Some thought that lifts us nearer to Thy heaven, As through the park we go. —Sarah S. Pratt. Pensions for Veterans. Certificates have been issued to the following named Indianians: Additional—Seymour R. Allen, Ridgeville. Restoration and Reissue—Benjamin F. Wiseman, Sulphur. Reissue and increase—Royal 11. Edgerly, Elkhart. Increase—Jacob S. Bloom, Goshen; George M. Ricker, Union City; William L. Campbell, Atkinsonville; Elias A. Stoneburner, Sidney; Jesse W. Burch, Oaktown. Reissue—Wesley S. lllff. New Pittsburg; William Stundrlfr, Lawrenreburg. Original Widows, etc.—(Special Aug. 5.) Sarah F. McCune, Montezuma; Susan Jacobs, Madison; Jennie E. Robinson, Sellersburg; Raelu i Trew, Homer; Anna E. Lariek, Rochester; minor of Adam Belcher, Anderson. Dealers may deceive. Let no one convince you that there is a genu- /?,r ii e piece of l.ibbey cut glass with ort tills trade mark cut ou every piece.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1897.

FAURE TO VISIT RUSSIA ♦ FRANCE'S PRESIDENT TO FOLLOW IX THE WAKE OF THE KAISER. Elaborate Prcparationa at St. Petersburg fr Entertaining the Czar’s Guest—Tramps In Hyde Park. (Special Cable Letter.) LONDON, Aug. 4. The arrangements for the visit of President Faure to St. Petersburg are practically completed. He will leave Dunkirk Wednesday afternoon aboard the French v.ur ship Pothua, escorted by the Briix and Surcouf, and will arrive at Cronstadt Monday, Aug. 23. The first day of his sojourn in Russia will be devoted to his reception at Cronstadt and at Peterhof to the exchange of official visits, a banquet at Peterhof Palace and a gala performance at the Imperial Theater. The President and the Czar will start for St. Petersburg Aug. 24. There M. Faure will be welcomed by the municipality of St. Petersburg and wdil receive in audience delegations from the principal cities of the empire. He will also, on Tuesday, lay tho cornerstone of the French Hospital. In the evening the President will give a banquet at tho French embassy in honor of the Czar. There will be a grand review at Krasnoe-Selo on Aug. 25, followed by a grand military dinner. At night there will be a fete in the gardens of Peterhof Palace. After a review of the combined French and Russian squadron in Cronstadt roads the President will bid farewell to th© Czar and Czarina and will return on board the Pothua, which will start immediately for France, reaching Dunkirk on Aug. 21. Magnificent decorations are projected at St. Petersburg, including a Faure fountain in the middle of tho historic Kazans square, which will remain a permanent memorial of the President’s visit. The medals which President Faure will distribute to tho guard of honor and to the vj rious functionaries attending him during his visit to Russia bear on one side the profile of an effigy of the republic and the w'ords “Republique Franeaise.” On the obverse side is a wreath of laurels surrounding the date "August, 1897.” Three hundred medals of this description, in gold and platinum, eighty of silver gilt and twenty of dull gold have been struck. Referring to tho coming visit the Russian newspapers are discussing a scheme to benefit Franco by sending stalwart Russians to intermarry in France and stern the falling birth rate of that country. St. Petersburg’s municipal authorities will present three immense loving cups to the visiting French war ships. * * * The straw manufacturers of Luton have been doing a big business in sunbonnets for horses, owing to tho instigation of the government and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Tho hats are shaped on the Bordeaux model, having a high crown and a broad brim, like the straw bathing hat used in the United States, with holes for the horse’s eats. The use of the bonnets has greatly decreased the summer mortality among horses in Franca. * * * The annual scandal about the tramps, loafers, criminals and their female companions in Hyde Park is again being ventilated. The park is positively dangerous after dusk, and almost so in daytime. Owing to the great number of assault cases occurring in the park which have found their w r ay into tho police courts recently, the newspapers have again taken the matter up. Last year, as a result of the public disgust -which followed similar exposures. new regulations were issued for the police control of the park, and Parliament voted £1,200 toward its lighting by electricity, and also voted £1,400 for a refreshment kiosk, hut owing to the opposition of the Duke of Cambridge, who is the ranger of Hyde Park, nothing was done. Tho movement now on foot is to wrest the control of the park from the duke and give it to the County Council. * * * The British postoffico authorities are experimenting with motor cars with the view of their use as parcel vans and for the transport of the mails from the substations and railroad depots * • * Since the Canovas assassination last Sunday the authorities of Scotland Yard have been exercising the most active supervision over the Anarchists of Great Britain, and they have been in constant communication with police authorities of Paris, Rome, Madrid and other capitals. The number of detectives stationed at the various ports has been doubled, and new arrivals are constantly shadowed. But, despite these precautions, the commissioner of police. Sir Edward Bradford, has authorized a public meeting in Trafalgar square, on Sunday, Aug. 22, to "denounce the revival of torture in Spanish prisons.” The authorities declare the commissioner did not know that it was the Anarchists who had applied for it. The newspapers say it Is certain there will be trouble if the* meeting is held, as the people here are w'aking up to the necessity of a stern repression of the Anarchists. * * • A long existing scandal has been ended by a complaint on the part of Sir Jonn Brunner, the well-known philanthropist, of Liverpool, and a member of Parliament for the Norchw'ieh division of Cheshire, who drew the attention of the home secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, to the habit of transferring the women prisoners from tHe Liverpool jail to Knutsford Prison in big gangs, chained together like slaves. It developed from the inquiries made by the home secretary into the subject that as many as twenty-two women in one gang have been thus paraded. Orders have been Issued to stop this practice. * * * The Berlin chess tournament, w’hich is expected to rival the recent contest at Buda-Pesth, will begin Sept 12. Prizes range from £IOO to £5, and a “brilliancy” prize wall be aw'arded by Baron Rothschild, of Vienna, who is a chess enthusiast. • * * Lady Henry Somerset has withdrawn her resignation of the presidency of the British Women’s Temperance Association. * * * Mr. and Mrs. George Curzon have rented Baldorey Castle, Banffshire, for shooting and fishing. * * * Th’e Bayreuth festival closes next Thursday with the hundredth performance of "Parsifal.” Receipts exceed $130,000. Among those present there this w'eek w'ere the Princess of Whiles, the Grand Duke of Honsdale and Battersea and Mr. Balfour. The performances of 1897 have been characterized by the presence and influence of many of London's smart sfet. The charms of the anti-conventionalism of the earlier years have largely vanished and with them the cheap prices, which this year are 35 to 50 per Cent, above those of 1896. The festival was supported mainly by Americans and English. The drift of public taste toward Wagner has impelled many singers whose reputations have been acquired in the Italian school to th'e study of the German master. A stroke of very good fortune has befallen one of the Abbott sisters, American girls, who have had consiuerable success here in drawing rooms and in music halls as singers of plantation melodies. Jean De Reszke has offered to defray Bessie Abbott's expenses in educating her for opera and expects to launch her on that stage. Alfred Kvnriek has been engaged to support Julia Marlowe in America next season. A parliamentary committee of France, which was appointed to investigate the subject of theatrical passes, has recommended to the Chamber of Deputies the adoption of a law to abolish season tickets for all dramatic and musical entertainments and for Imposing a heavy stamp tax on all free pasSVs and a moderate tax on ail tickets. The rate proposed for passes is fifty centimes. On this basis the income is reckoned at 1.445,000 francs on free passes in Paris alone, and a total of 3,543,755 francs on all classes of tickets. Th’e Marquis of Lome, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, is engaged in finishing a four-act play of a Scottish historical character, in which the Argyll Campbells figure. K itiling's ecesslouul.” London Spectator. Mr. Rudyard Kipling has achieved something fur greater than writing a beautiful poem or moving tHe critics and men of letters to admiration. In his jubilee "Recessional'’ ho has touched the heart of the* nation deeply, and touched It to deep issues, i Ills poem has moved his fellow-country-men, not by any subtle dose of imperial

flattery, or by any sugared draught of adulation, but by the simplest, the sternest, and the most direct appeal which men are capable of feeling. Mr. Kipling's new verses speak almost solely to the religious sentiment of the nation. If that sentiment did not exist and exist passionately—i. e.. as a living, moving thing—his poem would be passed by as simplv incomprehensible. It is here, indeed, that Mr. Kipling's genius is visible. He realized that if the nation's heart was to be moved to the full, it could only be on the religious side—we keep at least this much of the old Puritan spirit. But to know that alone was not enough. The poet, might have the insight required to see that the nation could only tie adequately touched by the religious appeal, and yet be unable to rrjake that appeal. Mr. Kipling has not failed in this. Whether the religious spirit belongs to him always w r e do not know and have, of course, no right to inquire. His jubilee verses, however, like several of his other poems, show’ that he can and does often receive the religious element in that afflatus which belongs to the poet. People who think of the lighter side of Mr. Kipling’s verse mav call this notion far-fetched, but it is true for all that. Burnt into Mr. Kipling’s spirit is a touch of that Puritanism which has inspired our empire builders so largely. With us, indeed, the greater and most zealous patriotism has in it always a strain of Puritanism. Whatever the form, Mr. Kipling is always at bottom in deep and serious earnest. Though so wonderful a master of style and meter and of every form of rhetorical artifice, he never writes for the sake or word-spinning, but always because he has got a nail which he is most anxious to drive in up to the head. He, at any rate, has no vestige of sympathy with the people w r rio say that we English take ourselves too seriously. FOOD FOR KLOXIHKERS. A Western Gen ins Proposes to Pat It In Concentrated Form. Philadelphia Inquirer. | There is a man In Seattle. Wash., who says he Is going to make millions out of the Klondike treasures without going to Klondike—in fact, by staying right where he is. this man has a long head, and he says that the genius who solves the food problem will be richer than the man who strikes the richest And in the gold fields, lie believes that he is that genius. "Why, man,” he says, "in an ordinary valise I can put enough food to last a healthy man a year and give him a menu just as varied as he could find in a first-class hotel. He can easily take another one of those valises, and when he reaches Dawson City he can sell it for $2,000. That's what a year’s supply of good food is worth there. If he wants to load himself down with a goodsized burden he can take four or live supplies, and he will be a comparatively rich man the moment he reaches his destination. W hy, one of those valises will buy a half Interest in a claim panning S2OO a duv. I am selling them for $250 each and they cost me &>O. I make 400 per cent, profit, and the man who takes them makes at least 700 or 800 per cent. That’s a pretty big scheme isn t it?” Two years ago the speaker was one of a Party that Interested the United Stab s government in a condensed food scheme to be adopted in case of war. A commission appointed by the secretary of war, and composed of experienced army officers, made thorough Investigations, and their subsequent reports were largely favorable, it was shown that It would be possible for a large army to move a considerable distance from its base of supplies without the usual attendant wagon train and beef "in the hoof” by supplying each soldier with a packet of condensed foods. It was, however, reported that while foods of this kind could safely be used in event of emergency, it was not advisable to furnish them when fresh foods were obtainable. lit tho Chino-Japanese war the soldiers of tlie Mikado executed several long marches with unusual dispatch by the use of condensed foods. Each soldier, in addition to a cartridge belt, carried what was called a dinner belt. This was filled with a large assortment of capsules, pills, buttons and small packages, none of them larger than a medium-sized pocketbook. The dinner belt weighed but ten pounds, but it contained enough nutriment to sustain the soldier for thirty days. The present scheme is to furnish Klondike voyagers with an assortment of condensed foods somewhat similar to that carried by the Japanese, but adapted to the peculiar needs of the man in the diggings. "The great beauty of this food,” said the genius, "lies in tho fact that the miner doesn’t have to waste any time for meals, and every minute counts in tiiat district, when tho mining can only be done throe months of the year. The ground cannot lie thawed out until June 1, and after Sept. 1 it is useless to attempt anything. In those three months he has to crowd in enough labor to make up-for the nine idle months, and if I can save him an hour each day of the working season it is an item of considerable “importance.” Anything in the eating line can now be put up in condensed form, from a canvas back duck to corned beef and cabbage, and in such light shape that either dish could be sent through tho mail for 2 cents. Even boned turkey is put into tablets, to say nothing of Boston baked beans, oysters, ftuit and vegetables. A cup of coffee or tea is crowded into a mass as thin and as small as a mediumsized button. It Is already sweetened with a saccharine product of coal tar w’hich is 200 times sweeter than sugar, and accordingly requires but a very small amount. One of these buttons dropped into a cup of hot w'ater becomes immediately a cup of good coffee or tea. All kinds of soups are prepared in the same way. The buttons contain a mixture of mea* and vegetables, fully seasoned and ready Tor hot water. A sausage-like affair, not as large as frankfurter, and made of pea-meal, fat and bacon makes twelve plates of nutritious soup. This has been used in the German army for nearly thirty years, its efficacy being determined during the Franco-German war, when the German soldiers, on their quick marches in the enemy’s country, had little else to eat. Mince pie, plum pudding, apple dumplings and kindred delicacies are also to be had in forms not. larger nor heavier than a silver quarter. But this is not the kind of food that the genius proposes to put up in the miner’s kit. He is going to use the substantial only, and prepare his provender on the lines of that used in the army. One of the essentials will be dessicated beef, an ounce of which is equivalent to five ounces of fresh meat. It is put up in hard little chunks—so hard that an ordinary knife makes little headw'ay against it. A tiny machine like a coffee mill grinds it into tine shavings, which can be spread on bread or used for soup making. A loaf of bread is compressed into a mass not much bigger than a soda cracker. When soaked in water it swells Up like a sponge, and when drie* out makes very fair eating. A loaf of the same size is composed of a preparation of flour, beef, fat and salt and contains all the essentials of a plain but hearty meal. This is somewhat similar to the pemmican ration used in the British army. Ten pounds of onions, carrots, potatoes, turnips, cabbage or any other vegetable are, by the condensing process, crowded into one-pound cans, and for soup-making purposes are said to be excellent. The man who counts upon being a millionaire through his scheme does not expect to do anything this season, as the time for leaving for the Klondike is practically over. He expects, however, to be in shape to launch his project early next spring, when the first steamer sails and when the food supply in the mining district is practically exhausted. STORIES OF THE ORINOCO. Great Waterfall, Ferocious Fishes mid Rluok Ants. St. Paul Globe. S. A. Thompson, who went to Venezuela last year in company with L. O. Dent and others to investigate the Orinoco country for the Fairbnult syndicate, was in the city yesterday on business. To Messrs. Thompson and Dart belongs the honor of discovering probably the highest cascade in the world. The most exhaustive search in all records has failed to disclose any record of the cascade heretofore, The exploring party consisted of Mr. I’hompson, Mr. Dart and six or eight native carriers. The party struck out at right angles from the Orinoco through the dense Jungles. Mr. Thompson said it was impossible to make more than three or four miles per day through these forests as the vines trees and underbrush were so closely intertwined. The party were compelled to use machetes to cut their way through. At night each man slung his hammock between the trees, covered himself with a stout mosquito netting, and slept soundly. During the trip parrots and gayly plumed birds were seen by the millions. Only seven snakes were seen, which rather disproves the theory that the jungles of Venezuela are inhabited by reptiles. , The party continued through the jungles for one hundred miles, and one day the sound of a mighty cataract came to their ears. The exploring party was then in the Imataca mountains. The sound ot tailing water was pursued, and in an hour or two the party came in full view of one of the most wonderful sights ever seen by man. Coming from a height, which then could only be guessed, was a mighty torrent. It was following the precipitous sides of the mountain, which rose at an angle of about eighty-live degrees. The water followed a multitude of channels, and its rush churned it into white foam. Thompson says the cascade looked like a great sheet of animated white lace with intricately woven meshes. After standing spellbound the party advanced to explore the cascade. They climbed up the side to a height of six hundred feet, but still the waterfall towered an *qunl distance above them. Mr. Thompson believe* the water falls a distance of 1.100 or 1.200 feet. : The cascade was named the Waterfall of Munoa, after the mythical citj ot gold, for

THE REBUILDING SALE KEEPS GROWING IN POPULARITY As we continue reducing 1 prices. We must reduce our stocks. There are no two ways about it. We will clean out our summer stocks completely. The contractor expects to have the finished part of our new building 1 ready for us to move into by the last of next week. \\ e want to move as little gfoods as possible, on account of the work, dirt, trouble, etc., and then we’ll be more crowded than ever for a short time —so our only salvation is to sell the goods. Notice our prices, and you will see that we are determined. Business will continue uninterrupted while rebuilding goes on. Impossible to mail samples of goods advertised. September Patterns and Fashion Sheets (McCall’s) now ready.

Still Deeper Price Cuts in . . WASH DRESS GOODS 50 pieces of neat patterns in regular 5c Wash Dress Challies and Cream Color Batistes; sale 01 / c price, a yard “/B 100 pieces of regular 10c Printed Lawns, reduced to, a 100 pieces best Fancy Dress 0 I Prints, reduced to. a yard f * 20 pieces 10c to 19c Plain Color IJnl] Organdie Lawns, reduced to, a yard 50 pieces black ground regular 12L4e Printed Organdies, on sale jM Monday at. a yard &% /N 50 pieces Lace Lappets, originally pi* sold at 19c a yard, Monday, at If 1 I 50 pieces yard-wide English v v Lawns, were 10c, now, a yard Great Muslin Bargains Muslins are advancing, but we have large stocks on hand, and must sell them, regardless of market values. Yards of good yard-wide (hi A A Unbleached Muslin, usual m 1,11 tj 5c grade; salt, 28 yards for.. V * Yards of the best 6Vic yardwide Sheeting Muslin ever J A A shown; in this sale, yards for v Yards of full yard-wide (ti l A A £. £. soft-finish Bleached Mus- A J lin for v Yards of excellent quality (h i AA IrS usual 7c and 8c Bleached Al 111 l Muslins for v Rebuilding Sale Dress Goods 20 pieces Black Brocaded Dress Xli/f Goods, 19c values, at ‘“/B 5 pieces 50-inch Plain Black $1 Sicilian Mohair at, a yard 10 pieces 50c to 75c All-Wool Black Grenadines, reduced now to, a OS., yard - r,L 10 pieces All-Wool 40-inch Silk Finish Black Henrietta and 20 pieces All-Wool Black Brocades, 50c to ''IQ . 08c values, reduced to, a yard Rebuilding Sale of Silks All Wash Silks now reduced to, a -J 22 . yard, 25c and lAt Handsome line of new Brocaded Taffeta Silks. 50c value, reduced Three Square* West of Illinois Street. Sew Xos. 300 nod 202 W. Wash.

which Raleigh and other explorers so vainly searched. Mr. Thompson tells of many wonderful freaks of nature. The party several times came in contact with the cartb fish, which are the most ferocious inhabitants of the water known. The fish are not over fourteen inches long, but they travel iu schools. Their teeth are three-cornered. Any living object which attracts their attention is attacked with a fury. Mr. Thompson tells of an Indian woman who entered the water to fill a bucket. She was attacked by the fish and reached shore, only to die in fifteen minutes. The flesh was literally torn from her body. Mr. Dart, who was with Mr. Thompson, caught one of the fish and pulled it upon the bank. He held the carib under his foot while he pointed at the perpendicular teeth with his finger. With a quick movement the carib flopped out from under Mr. Dart’s foot and seized him by the finger, cutting that member to the bone. The fish frequently have been known to bite ordinary fish hooks in two. Another fish, which the party often came across, was the morocoto, the flavor of which is like Lake Superior white fish, only more delicate. The morocoto is provided with molar teeth, and subsists on vegetable matter, which it thoroughly masticates before swallowing. Another peculiar creature found was the morocoy, a species of land turtle, w'hieh at night utters a cry of wonderful sweetness, plaintive and clear. The bugs and black ants, Mr. Thompson said, are the bane of the country. The black ant reaches the length of an inch and a half. RISKS OF BEAUTY SEEKERS. Demand for Petroleum Hair AYnsh Since Mr*. Samuelson’* Dentil. London Letter in New York Journal. A pointer as to what risks unlovely woman will take to make herself lovely, or lovely woman to make herself lovelier, is furnished by the coroner’s inquest yesterday into the death of Mrs. Samuelson who succumbed from the effect of burns due to an explosion of a petroleum wash that was being used on her hair in Kmile’s shop on Conduit street last week. This terrible accident has been the newspaper sensation of the month, not only by reason of the fact that airs. Samuelson was a woman of wealth and fashion and a famous beauty, but because of the mysterious agency that brought about her frightful sufferings and death. The hair wash that caused the fatality was known to be explosive, and for that reason it was applied in a room where r.o gas was used and no flame from any outside source could penetrate. The consensus of expert opinion is, therefore, that the explosion w T as caused by a spark of electricity produced by friction in brushing the hair. One would naturally imagine, this being the case, and the same conditions therefore existing whenever and wherever the wash might be applied, that an end had been put to its use forever. Not so, however. The fact wms adduced at the inquest yesterday that out of thirtyeight West End hairdressers twenty-five had never used the petroleum and thirteen had used it previous to Mrs. Samuelson’s death. Os these thirteen, ten had since abandoned its use, and the throe who had not, stated that their business in petroleum hairdressing had largely increased since the accident, while one hairdresser had commenced using it since the explosion in Emile’s shop on account of the greatly increased demand. The fact w r as testified to that in one shop a lady, fully realizing the danger of the application, had a woolen blanket laid by the side of her chair to extinguish the flames if she caught fire. It is almost a pity that the comoner pointed out that the position of any hairdresser who should use petroleum hair wash after the awful public warning caused by Mrs. Samuelson’s death would be most serious in tho case of another similar fatality, since any fool of a woman who would run the risk in the present circumstances for the sake of making herself more beautiful w'ould not be seriously missed. Hew to Address a Lady. Chicago Evening Post. The w-ord “Miss” S3 an abomination, unless followed by the name of the young lady, and when used at all is merely an exhibition of groveling obesquiousn'ess on the part of the person speaking. It is a pity that the English language does not have an admissable word corresponding to the French “mademoiselle” or the German “frauiein,” for nobody will pretend to say that “Miss” has, from usage of the correctly speaking classes, attained the distinction. Thv nearest approach to a good word for use in addressing a woman is "madam.” which is so incorrectly supposed to be applicable only to such women as have entered the matrimonial state. The argument that it would be absurd to address a girl of twelve or fourteen years of age as “madam’’ may be answered by the assertion that it is not necessary to give a child of that tend* r age a title at any time. The expression in letter-writing, “My dear madam,” or “Dear madam," is merely a matter of form, and there is really very much less reason to suppose that she is “dear” than to assume that she is entitled to “madam.” \W do not contend that “madam” is the very best word that could be invented for the general characterization of women, but it is undoubtedly the only word in the language that will tide over the confusion creatvd by the carelessness of word-makers. Another perplexing question has been raised by a controversy over the respective merits of "lady” and ’’madam.” In Boston the flat has gone forth that hereafter street-car conductors shad give the preference to “madam,” and this is heartily to be commended. The word “lady” Is quite as abotmnablo us the word “Miss” us a

Rebuilding Sale of . . . Shoes When we move into the finished part of our new building the shoe department will have to give up part of its space, and the only way we can do it is to get rid of thv* goods. Here are prices that will tempt you to supply your future needs. ANY LADIES’ SHOE, *3.48 This means choice of our Ladies’ Finest Shoes—goods that sold at $3 to $4.50 Blacks and all colors, Hand-turned, Welts, etc.; made of finest French Kids in all the newest styles. Cost cuts no figure with us, the goods must go. *3 OXFORDS REDUCED TO *1.30 Ladies’ Oxfords and Prince Alberts; Chocolates, Greens and Blacks—newest styles. LADIES’ SHOES AT 81>C A pair—a lot of “SO pairs, worth $1.69 —Chocolates and Ox-bloods, all sizes, lace. Colors slightly imperfect is the caus’e of this tremendous price sacrifice. *3.dH FOR CHOICE MEN’S SHOES Any Man’s Shoe in our stock is offered at $2.48—a1l colors, all styles, all sizes, various leathers. Values up to $5. The Advance Blanket Sale 10-4 White Cotton Blankets, 49c *3Q.. kind; sale price, pair 10-4 Gray and Camels’ Hair Color AA , Cotton Blankets; sale price, pair 2 cases fine Wool-finished White Cotton Blankets, worth 75c a pair; 40c 100 pairs 10-4 fine All-wool Blankets, worth in season $3 a pair, all col- <£2 4M ors; sale price, pair * u 50 pairs left of those finest All-wool 11-4 slzv, 6-pound Blankets, worth CC AA $7.95; sale price, pair .’ w ’ vw Three Square* West of Illlnol* Street. New Nos. 300 and 303 W. NVash.

form of address, and no well-informed woman hears the remark, "Here’s your change, lady,” or "Fare, lady,” without the shuddering conviction that she is figuring in a cheap melodrama or is the heroine of a servant girl’s romance in a story paper. It is not to be supposed that the word “lady” as a form of addrels will be immediately eradicated after so many years of sufferance and perversion, but we should like to note the issuance of a general order in the department stores looking to its abolition. As frtr sales ladies and cash ladies and washer ladies, we must deal gently with them, for thev have few comforts in life and are entitled to our utmost consideration and good humor. Some Hints on Swimming. Truth. Go to some place where there is sufficient water. There is no use in trying to swAm in dew or a heavy mist. Procure a bathing suit. If you were to bathe in your store clothes or dress suit you would be considered eccentric —and justly so. Procure an instructor. A pretty girl makes the best instructor for a young man and a good-looking youth for a young and timid girl. Enter the water boldly if you are a man, timidly if you are a girl. These are conventional antics. It is safe betting that the girl is more familiar with w T ater than the man, but that doesn’t count. If you are of the male persuasion remain as close as possible to the side of your fair teacher; if of the female persuasion, remain closer. Remark that "the water is rather wet today,” to show' that you can be witty and original under the most trying circumstances. Shriek and yell in order to furnish some excitement for the spectators. It is by such thoughtfulness as this that we endear ourselves to others. Now thrown out your hands, throw back your head as though you had the spinal meningitis, draw up your legs (if a girl T mean limbs, of course), take a good, long breath (it may be. your last), and strike out just as they told you to in that book you were studying the night before. Make a bold effort. Kick, struggle, scream for help, swallow' a gallon of water, and say your prayers hurriedly. Grab your instructor anywhere, but about the neck if possible, and hang on tight. Choke him or her. if possible. At all events, pull out some of his or her hair to remember the occasion by. If you arc not drowned, thank your instructor kindly for saving your life—a life that was worthless until that moment, but which you will now endeavor to make worthy, etc. If you are drowned this may be omitted. A Queen’* Tact. Youth’s Companion. Os all the qualities once essential to a sovereign, the oi.e most useful now is tact. Queen Margherita of Italy, who belongs to a house trained to kingcraft for more than a thousand years, is said to be wonderfully skillful in dealing with social difficulties. An incident which occurred at one of her drawing rooms illustrates her readiness and delicacy. The persons who are to be presented at the Roman court are arranged in a large semi-circle in the throne room. The Queen enters and passes around the line, attended by a chamberlain, who names each person, adding usually a word or two to give the Queen some idea of th<-ir claim to notice. She asks a question or makes a remark to each and passes on. On one occasion there was in the line a young man from South America, whose embarrassment showed itself in pale cheeks and terrified glances as the Queen drew nearer. At last she reached him and stopped. He heard his name, saw her smile. There was a roaring in his ears; his knees shook. Every eye was bent upon him with amused interest, his terror was so perceptible. “From Brazil?” she asked. “And what town in Brazil is your home, signor?” “I—your Majesty—l don’t know!” he gasped. , _ , The whole circle smiled; but the Queens face was calm as marble. "You mean that our beautiful Italy already has made you forget your home? Ah, signor, you are a skillful courtier! You flatter us too much, and playfully shaking her fan at him she passed on, leaving him wondering how he came to make so brilliant a response, while the crowd looked at him, respectfully bewildered also. Worth Studying. New* York Independent. When anew great poem makes its appearance an opportunity is given which the young students of literature should not miss, to study it carefully and discover In what do its formal and technical merits consist. Take Kipling’s "Recessional.” They should take it line by line, word by word, and each vowel and consonant, and find out in what rests the music of the expression, as well as the worthiness of the thought. Examine the alliterations; count the repetitions of a vowel sound; observe whether a repeated consonant not so placed as to be properly alliterative Is musical; see if vou like the repetitions of words or phrases; tell whether “far-flung” and “still stands” are agreeable; whether two successive lines with twenty monosyllables sacrifice fluency to strength; whether the middle lines of the last verse give verbal conceits or fine expression, and whether eight times of “lest we forget” becomes burdensome. It is a great poem, with great merits, not without flaws, and it deserves and will repay study. For one thing. It imitates nobody.

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Shirt Waist Clearance sq , Gives you choice of any Ladies* Shirt Waist in our store. Brices were $1 to $2.50. 'in. For Black and White Figured Percale Ladies' Shirt Waists; were 75c. . For Ladies’ Light Color, Laundvred Percale Shirt Waists; were 50c to sl. Bargains in Ladies’ Capes Just what you want for cool evenings. 50 Ladies’ All-wool Cloth Capes, all colors—were $2 to $2.50; choice 98c The regular $? to 54 Capes on sale£i to now ut v’i.to Bargains in Ladies’ Skirts Washable P. K. Skirts, worth 75c; sale price Black Brocaded Brllliantine Skirts, Q'Y LQ worth $3.98; sale price 50 All-wool Brocaded Black Satin Berber Skirts, actual value QQ sale at W 70 Big lot of Black Brocaded Silk Skirts, Velvet, Corduroy and Moire Velour Skirts, sold up to <£t QQ $10; choice now Rebuilding Sale Notion Bargains Needle Cases, containing 3 papers Pins, 6 darners and 6 shawl pins, all f0r.... 2a Stockinet Dress Shields, pair 5o Finishing Braid, all colors, bolt 4c Gents’ Handkerchiefs, White 4o Turkey Red Floss, ball lc 2 dozen card Fancy Pearl Buttons 190 Buttermilk and Witch Hazel Soup, 3 cakes in box. for So Celluloid and Leather Combination regular 25c Purses for 10c Gents’ Sleeve-holders, pair 2c 12 dozen box Black Pants Buttons 5c Fancy Gilt Hair Pins, worth 25c a dozen; sale price, dozen 4o 40-foot Clothes Lines 4c 10c to 15c French Harps 3c Large Japanese Handkerchiefs 3a Combination Sots, Face Powder and Perfume, for “0 Three Squnre* W est of Illlnol* Street, New No*. 300 and 303 XV. Wash.

Bargains.... Second-Hand Bicvcles A few 1897 Models H. T. CQNDE IMPLEMENT CO, Popular prices . . . On the Largest Line of Fine Carriages la the State. h. t. condelmplement CO. Shop-Worn . . . Tricycles At Almost Your Own Price— THlS WEEK. h. t. condelmplement co. Studebaker... Wagons Vehicles Sole State Agents. H, TANARUS, CQNDE IMPLEMENT CO. t KLONDYKE f |GOLD ... ) Is pure, but nothing is purer than X X Bryce’s Old Homestead Bread, | Y Mixed and molded into loaves by T ? machinery, thus avoiding handling *r by the bakers this hot weather. ❖ t Bryce’s Pie Crust Crack- T .1 ers Are the Best. X V f < PENNSYLVANIA LINES .... FOE .... CHICAGO AND Northwest Leave 11:35 a. m. and 12:35 night; arrive Chicago 5:00 p. in. and 7:15 a. m., daily. Parlor car on day train; local sleeper on night train. VAXDAI.IA JLING. The Short Line for ST. LOUIS and THE WEST Leave Indianapolis Daily—B:lo a. in., 12:40 noon. 7 p. m., 11:20 p. m. Arrive St. Louis Union Station—3:ls p. m., 7:12 p. m., 1:44 a. m.. 7 a. m. Parlor car on 12:40 noon train dally anu local sleeper on 11:20 p. in. train dally for Evansville and St. Louie, open to receive passengers at s:3O. Ticket offices. No. 48 West Washington street and Union Station. W W. RICHARDSON, D. P. A. E. A. FORD, General Passenger Agent.