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The Dictates of Fashion Regard
ing Men’s Wear.
Tan Colored Shirts In Flannel Are
Among the Approved Novelties
—New Things in Ties Waist
coats and Hats.
Now that the days are gradually
growing longer and old Sol is becoming
more generous with his rays furnish
ing goods houses are bringing forth
their latest styles in haberdashery to
tempt the eye of the sterner sex. Al
though the latest models seen thus far
show no radical departure in style
^from those of last season, a greater
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is seen in the various articles, and the
man who would be up-to-date is given
a wide range in the selection of his
goods and still may be strictly in line.
In the line of shirts the tan-colored
varieties have lost none of their favor
of last season. One of the most fash
ionable ones seen is of flannel of a very
light tone, with a double line or stripe
in brown, intended for morning wear
■with sack suits or visiting clothes. The
buttons are of pearl, the front cut
square and the cuffsmadeto turnback,
the link sleeve buttons passing through
thicknesses of material. In the flan
nel shirts the designs are nearly all in
simple stripe effects and are quite pop
ular. The shades of the fine French
and English flannels are exceedingly
el'cate^i'n tone and among them the
coat of mixed material.
, Gray, in its various shades, has
proved a popular color and many neat
designs in various articles of dress are
shown. This is particularly true of the
necktie. One of the newest has a body
color of soft gray with a pretty design
in white and black. The tie is 1 he once
over Ascot or English square cravat
and ties over a wing collar of fashion
able shape.
Another model that will undoubtedly
find favor is a black silk with a spot de
sign in light gray made with an irregu
lar effect. This tie is folded into shape
below the neckband so that it can be
spread out and worn as an imperial, if
desired. These t ies are generally made
up with a large knot and look best with
a wing collur. Narrow four-in-hands
are no longer fashionable, the swell
breadth now being from two to three
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THE LATEST IN TIES.
Inches, so that the knot is fairly large
and bulky.
Two nobby waistcoats w ere recently
seen at a store where the late styles
. may always be found and they may
give a liue on what will be worn. One
w as of gray silk woven fabric with slen
der waving lines of black running ver
tically and an indescribable all-over
mottled or watered effect, intended for
more or less formal afternoon dress.
The other was a white flannel with
pimple black lino marking, intended
for morning wear with sack suit or
for informal afternoon dress with
gray cutaway coat of English walking
light, tans nre much in vogue.
With r'gnrd to hats, several new
models have recently made their ap
pearance, but no particular one has
been set upon as the only correct thing
to he worm As for seasons past gray
will retain its popularity, several neat
models in the various shades of this
color having been seen.
MAX OWEN.
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COB FREE STATE
The African Nation Over Which
King Leopold Reigns.
It la Clinrgrd TIint Frightful Atroci
ties Are Taking Place There
—How the Government
la Conducted.
No less a personage than King
Leopold II. of Belgium has under
taken, if recent news reports can be
trusted, to advertise a book, “The
Curse of Modern Africa.” It is the
joint production of Capt. Guy Bar
rows and Edward Canisius, both for
mer servants of the Congo Free State
government, which is alleged to he
the aforesaid curse. Proofs of this
work, it is said, charged certain
named officials with frightful atroci
ties. The book wlieu published, how
ever, omitted the names, making the
charges somewhat indefinite. The ac
cused, as named in the original proof,
are bringing libel action against the
publishers and authors, and it is ru
mored that the king, who considers
his honor affected, will follow suit.
The book is a sickening recital of
outrages, murder and slave-raidings.
The state officials declared these to
be baseless accusations made by dis
charged employes, who are thus seek
ing to vent their spite.
It is not the first time that charges
have been made against Belgian otti
cials in the Congo Free State, neitli
er is it the first time that the Free
State has been designated as the
“curse of Africa.” For many years
past there have been mutterings and
complainings, and it cannot be truth
fully said that they are baseless, but
as one recent writer has pointed out,
to exercise control over such an im
mense area as the Congo basin is, of
course, quite impossible for the pres
ent staff of officers.
The Congo Free State is not a col1
ony of Belgium. It is an independent
sovereign state as regards its inter
national status, and an absolute mon
archy under Leopold, its “king-sover
eign,” as regards its form of govern
ment.
Leopold’s connection with the his
tory of the Congo basin began in
1876. In September of that year, at
a conference of scientists, geograph
ers and explorers assembled from all
A NATIVE CONGO VILLAGE.
nations at the palace of Brussels, the
Belgian king spoke as follows:
“To open the only portion of our
globe where civilization has not pene
trated, to pierce the darkness which
envelops whole countries of people,
is a crusade worthy this century of
progress. I have led myself to be
lieve that you would find it possible
to discuss and arrange between your
selves the ways and means of plant
ing the standard of ci 'ization upon
African soil."
dust the month previous Henry M.
Stanley, who had left Zanzibar on his
way to the interior more than two
years before that, appeared on the
shores of the Atlantic, revealing to
the world the course of the mighty
Congo. King Leopold, realizing the
importance of the discovery, found
ed, in November, 1878, the committee
for the exploration of the upper
Congo. This company was composed
of English, French, Dutch and Bel
gian capitalists, and had for its ob
ject the exploration of the entire val
ley of the Congo, to ascertain as
nearly as possible the resources of
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lilt7 tuuiut J, it/ su uvtj kuv tuoiv/xuo wi,
its people and to open up a trade
with them by exchanging European
manufactured articles for their natu
ral products. The management of
this undertaking was assigned to
Stanley, who set out for Africa in
1870. This expedition was so much
of a success that the committee de
cided to submit the territories they
had discovered to stronger and more
independent administration, which
should be recognized by powers, thus
assuming a political role. With this
in view the committee changed its
name to the International Associa
tion of the Congo. By the close of
the year 18S3 this association had
secured nearly 1,000 treaties by which
the native chiefs ceded to them their
sovereign rights to the territory they
occupied. It is interesting in this
connection to note the fact that the
United States was the first nation to
recognize the flag of the International
Association of the Congo as that of
a friendly nation.
In November, 1884, a conference of
the nations was held in Berlin. This
conference traced out the valley of
the Congo, fixed upon the form of
legislation by which the new state
was to be governed, accorded to it
the political privilege of neutrality,
prescribed measures for the protec
tion of the natives and the prohibi
tion of the slave trade, and declared
free the navigation of the Congo
river, its affluents and the lakes and
canals depending thereon.
On May 6, 1885, the local govern
ment was organized and Leopold IT
became sovereign of the Congo Free
State.
I JOHN CLOW.
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POPPIES AND STARS.
Two Sights for Which Southern
California Is Famous.
Flam 1 ok Fields of Glowinit Flowers
AatonisH'1'ourUsts—A Visit to the
Great Lick Observa
tory.
[Special Los Angeles (Cal.) Letter.]
AX this season, when the scenery
of California is at its best, it_
would be hard to select any one
feature of the landscape as that which,
par excellence, added more to the gen
eral beautj- than any other, but it is
certain that nothing contributes more
pleasure to a greater number of peo
ple than the fields of golden-hued
poppies which hold all the glories of
the wonderful California sunshine
condensed in their sal in depths. The
snow-topped grandeur of the purple
mountains inspires awe and admira
tion as they slope down to the foot
hills covered with gray-green olive
groves and rich, dark, myrtle-green
orange and lemon orchards to the
miles of glowing poppies nestling be
low, but the latter add something
warm and personal to one’s enjoy
ment; they are something to be gath
ered, to be taken away, to become one’s
own, in a measure, so that all, from the
children who revel among them to the
grandparents who select a few choice
blossoms, love these little flowers
which decorate the earth with such
lavish generosity more than any other
of the thousands of varieties which,
favored by this equable climate, find
a home on the Pacific slope.
So many people who visit the south
ern portion of this state fail to lake
advantage of an opportunity which,
once improved, may never be forgot
ten, and which, in all its attractions,
furnishes the most interesting expe
rience of any trip which may be taken
in California, viz., a visit to Lick ob
servatory. After reaching San Jose,
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pier set into the solid earth,
dependent of the building surrounding
it, as are all Ihe telescopes ai this ob
servatory.
We were specially fortunate in
our visit, olio of the astronomers be
ing an old schoolmate, and enjoyed ex
ceptional advantages for obtaining in
formation. On every Saturday, until
about 11 p. m., the instruments and hall
and library are free for the inspec
tion of the public. Visitors in turn
gaze at the wonders of the heavens
through the great telescope which, al
though having only a 36-inch glass,
against the 40-inch lens in the Verkes
telescope, in Chicago, is a far better
instrument, and from its location is
used for more extended observations.
From a position behind the long
tube the eye of man has probably
penetrated farther into space than
from any other point on the earth s
surface. The dome in whieli it re
volves is 00 feet in diameter, and the
central pier upon which it swings
rises 30 feet above the movable floor,
and weighs 35 tons. This floor can by
means of hydraulic pressure be raised
or lowered 20 feet, and the telescope
may be trained upon any portion of
the visible sky from the zenith almost
down to the horizon.
The clock gear at the top of the pier
weighs seven tons, and, although the
touch of ti child’s hand may swing it,
the tube itself weighs two tons, it re
quired 700 days to complete the lens
after it was east, and it cost $50,000.
If Niagara falls, or Brooklyn bridge
were on the moon’s surface, they could
be easily seen through this telescope.
Uelow the floor is the mechanism
which moves it and 1 lie dome. Within
the base of the pier, under the great
telescope, lies the body of James Lick,
the California millionaire, by means
of whose bequest of $700,000 the sci
entific world enjoys the benefit of the
discoveries made at the observatory,
which constitutes a part of the Univer
sity of California. The Mount Hamil
ton reservation comprises 2,581 acres,
and many students take post-graduate
courses here. Former Director F. S.
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THE GREAT DOME OF LICK OBSERVATORY.
the remainder of the journey of about
28 miles is taken by carriage through
the lovely Santa Clara valley, then
upward, ever climbing a winding road
way, until the summit of Mount Ham
ilton is reached. At every turn new
beauties and wonders are visible un
til, standing near the great telescope,
one may command a view unexcelled
in America. In the distant north
Mount Shasta may be seen, to the
southward stretch about 50,000 square
miles of sun-bathed possibilities for
lovely homes, for when the snows and
mountain streams are utilized un
dreamed-of beauties will spring rip
over the foothills, valleys and desert
in which every variety of climate may
be found. In the east lie the “Hills_of
Light,” the Sierra Nevadas, "beautiful
as a rainbow, yet firm as adamant.”
Here rose color deepens into purple
A BUNCH OF POPPIES.
where tlie gorges open into further
mysteries and beauties. The Merced
river flows through one of these, di
rectly east of Mount Hamilton, from
which one may gaze along its winding
course into the Yosemite, where El
Capitan stands boldly out, and faint
ly trace the Half-Dome in the vanish
ing distance. Westward from the ob
servatory one sees the ocean near
Monterey shining through and beyond
the mountains. Nearer are the waters
of San Francisco bay., below the Santa
Clara valley with its wealth of ver
dure. If the day be cloudy, the range
of vision is limited, but even then to
one unaccustomed to mountain scen
ery, the view while gazing down upon
the clouds which entirely cover the
valley and lower mountains, with an
occasional peak rising, torn through
their misty whiteness, is fixed un
eradicably upon the memory. This
visit in itself is a liberal education.
The great telescope, the white dome
covering which may be seen from every
direction for miles around, is erected
4,209 feet above the sea level on a
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Holden said: "Great instruments of
this class require a serene and quiet
air, in order that they may do
their best work. On Mount Hamilton
the air is quiet and clear from May un
til November; the stars do nott winkle;
the highest magnifying powers can be
employed.”
The clock mechanism which fur
nishes time to the whole Pacific slope,
and without which nearly all astro
nomical calculations would be impos
sible, is worthy of careful examination.
From Seattle to El Paso and all the in
termediate stations, at one minute be
fore noon, each day, the time is flashed.
One of the strangest facts brought
to light by the transit telescopeis that
the earth’s equator is not at all a fixed
line, but that it moves constantly, so
that in our own homes we are some
times nearer to and sometimes farther
from it. If the north pole be
ever discovered, it will be foutui
meandering in a circle, with a diam
eter of about 120 feet, to no one spot of
which does it return oftenerthan once
in each 400 days. This has accounted for
slight errors in observations, hereto
fore unexplainable. It is estimated
that there are 100,000 stars within the
range of the Lick telescope. One, of
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bridge, No, 1,830,” or- the “runaway
star,” is traveling at a rate of about
200 miles per second, but will require
nearly 100,000 years to cross1 the half
circuit of the heavens. Our own sun
(and its attendant planets) is moving
at a much slower rate, and is said to
be heading for proximity to the bright
est star in the northern sky, Vega,
which, in the summer months, maj7 be
seen, a beautiful blue radiance, near
the zenith. In winter, Vega is near the
horizon, setting at about nine p. m.
Vega has two faint attendants, and all
are in the constellation Lyra. “Epsilon
Lyrae Four and Five” is one of the
faint points of light. It is a double
star, and is directly in the path through
which our sun is drawing us. Vega is,
in reality, a quadruple star. When
one’s eye leaves the telescope and takes
in his rather grew some night surround
ings, emerging into the chill night air
and taking his place behind impatient
horses which seem to rush recklessly
along through the darkness, around
curve after curve, at one time on a
ledge hundreds of feet above the near
est tree tops, the next moment with
the high walls of a canyon on either
side, he finds that a decided change has
taken place in his sensations. A night’s
sleep contributes even more to restora
tion to the facts of every-day exist
ence and one gladly takes the train
which bears him back again, past the
desert wastes, to the fields where the
eye is gladdened not so.much by the
glories of countless stars by night at
by the golden glow of myriads of pop
pies, stars terrestrial.
EJDWAKD JULIAN.
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W. Lindley Pres. L. T. Slaydbn Vice Pres. E. V. Holt
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