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moccasins for soldiers,
Inquiries Made by Bepreeentativea ol
Powers at War for “Bangor’s
Golden Slippers.”
Inquiries have been received ii
Bangor, Me., from persons sup
I posed to represent either the Rus
sian or the Japanese government
; concerning prices for moccasins
in large quantities and the earli
] ost date of delivery at Atlantic or
' Pacific ports. It is supposed that
the moccasins are wanted for sol
diers campaigning in Manchuria,
For that purpose they would be
eminently suitable, says the New
i York Sun.
The moccasin is the favorite
j footwear of the lumbermen of
Maine, and was first made in Ban
I gar in 1851. At first only one oi
i two styles were made, but now
moccasins are manufactured in
I great variety, ranging from slip
J pers for women and children—
i soft as kid and embroidered with
beads—to the stout boots and lar
rigans of the Penobscot lumber
men.
Much of the sewing is still done
j by hand, being let out by the piece
j to French Canadian families in
i the neighborhood of Bangor. All
moccasins are made of a specially
prepared lea ther, rendered a gold
en yellow by a pecnliar process of
tanning.
The common moccasin is not
proof against water, but it has
room for several pairs of stock
ings, and that is a strong point in
Its favor. For keeping the feet
warm and dry in cold weather the
moccasin has no equal.
The greater part of the mocea
sin leather still comes from the
n)nna r\f nninrin Pa«rfnnlrijf
R. I., although a considerable
quantity is tanned in Bangor.
Borne years ago Bangor men es
tablished factories at Red Wing,
Minn., and Racine, Wis.
The dainty bath slippers, which
ai<e not really moccasins, but are
made from soft elk skin, are in
greatdemand at home and abroad,
and are especially favored by the
ladies of Japan, to which country
Bangor sends large quantities. It
now seems likely that “Bangor’s
golden slippers,” as moccasins are
called, may be worn by the con
tending armies in Manchuria.
JAPAN’S FIRST IRONCLAD
Rjr Crew Hade a Brave Start, Bui
Couldn’t Stop Her Till Fires
Went Out.
That the role of Japan as a mar
itime power is a new one ia
brought strongly to our notice by
recalling the quite well authen
ticated story of the first adven
ture of the first Japanese iron
clad, says Country Life.
She was built in England
While she was building her erew
were also in England practicing,
in other ironclads how to drive
her. When she was finished the
Japanese seamen took possession
of her, bravely maintaining that
they were fully equal to the task
of starting her.
Ana mat, to De sure, mey were,
for she steamed out finely. The
trouble only began when shecamo
back to port again. Then, when
they wanted to slow her down and
stop her, they were unable to do
so.
They had to put her out to sea
again and go on steaming her
about till her fires went out, her
engines stopped for want of
steam, and she could be towed in.
From this to having the best
mentally-equipped crews, perhaps,
of any nation seems a long step,
but it has been a very rapid one.
Insect Senses.
Naturalists have decided that
many insects have senses which
human beings lack. That of loca
tion, shown by the wasp, for in
stance, is remarkable. One spe
cies builds its nest in a sandbank
that is only a part of several acres
of such soil, and when it leaves in
search of food it covers the nest so
carefully that no ordinary eye
could discover its location. That
is to say it is just like all the Sur
rounding location, and yet the
wasp flies back to it without hes
itation and finds it without mak
ing a mistake. There is another
wasp that unerringly locates the
eggs of thet mason bee under a
thick layer of sun-baked clay, and
deposits her eggs in the same
cells that her young may have
food when they are hatched.
Timber for Cigar-Boxea.
Practically all the timber used
for eigar boxes comes from Cuba.
(ANTIQUE FURNITURE AGAIN.
Bedroom Coffers of the Kiddle Ages
Are In Use Among the V
Fashionables.
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The feminine world is again taking to
the use of stately and artistic coffers or
chests, reports the Washington Star.
The dames of the middle ages, who
had no convenient bureaus in which to
store their finery, were dependent upon
the coffer. Some of these historic chests
are marvels of delicate carving, inlay
work and painting. The greatest artists
of Italy did not disdain to decorate these
receptacles.
So valuable were some of the coffers
that a great lady was considered well
dowered if she received one on her mar
riage day. It was placed in her cham
ber, with the great bedstead and a stool
or two, which were the sole furnishings.
Toward the close of the eighteenth cen
| tury coffers were all but discarded. Un
! til recently specimens were to be found
only in the museums or old castles and
; manor houses of Europe.
Now the taste for antique furniture
[ is bringing the coffers again into favor.
Two seen recently were made for the
state rooms of yachts. They are both
carved and tinted.
One chest Is built of weathered oak,
deeply carved and then stained In green
and red. The design represents mer
maids sporting in the midst of an ocean
forest Seaweeds and shells are the most
conspicuous features in the picture.
The other coffer Is of oak, having n
: gray finish. It is decorated with a burnt
! design. Green and mauve Btalns are
; used to touch up the figures. The sub
ject of these decorations is a scene at
the court of King Nepttme.
Bedroom coffers are usually adorned
; with flowers, birds, butterflies or some
allegorical or mythological scene. One
small boudoir chest has representations
of Penelope among her maidens upon its
panels. Through open windows the
sprays of the climbing roses are blown
Into the room and the flowers with the
| garments of the women are brilliantly
colored.
Scriptural subjects were painted on
some of the antique chests, and these
have been well imitated by modern
workmen. The painted panel is set deep
j in the wood and framed by a wide band
oi morning, uarvea ngures, supporting
the corners, and elaborately designed
lids are features of the painted chests.
The most ancient designs are the
heavily carved ones. Those who are
versed in the history of furniture can
tell to a nicety the age of a chest by the
style of carving and quality of the wood.
The earlier Renaissance specimens are
almost priceless, and even copies of
them are expensive. In appearance they
are not unlike a coffin. There Is usually
a richly carved base, the long shallow
body above it being slightly curved. The
lid projects over the body, and is less
deeply cut than the sides.
A more modern Renaissance chest,
and a style which is more frequently
copied, is embellished with small panels,
on which appear conventionalized foli
age designs in line work. The shading
Is burnt into the wood.
Gilded and enameled coffers are also
to be seen, but they are eighteenth cen
tury work and represent the period of
decadence.
The modern household coffer Is usual
ly lined with silk or an art fabric. Plenty
of tiny pockets are scattered over the
lining, and in these are placed sachet#
for perfuming the contents of the box.
Hie chests are convenient receptacles
for linen, bedclothes, draperies or gar
ments not in use.
Those who can afford a cedar chest
need have no fear of moths. Although
these ornamental boxes cost more than
trunks, they will last a lifetime. They
are distinctly decorative, and may be
made to fit any vacant niche in a small
room. The price varies with the style
; of decoration and wood. Some are com
paratively inexpensive, while others,
i good imitations of the carved antique
chest or the gilded and enameled eight
eenth century masterpieces, are valued
as are most works of art.
HIS FIRST WATERSPOUT.
Qroen Sailor Boy Wanted to 8ee One,
and He Was Quickly Ac
commodated.
—
A. waterspout 1b one of the first things
1 a green sailor boy wants to see. He has
read about it as one of the wonders of
the sea, and it rouses hie keenest curi
osity. He gets the old sailors to promise
to call him when one is sighted. They
1 pn>mise, winking stealthily at each oth
' er, relates an exchange.
| The ship gets down into tropical wa«
; te«a, and the boy is told that a water
' spout may come along almost at any
j time.
One night he is awakened suddenly,
j An old sailor shakes him..
j "Come on! Hurry up, young feller;
; there’s a waterspout on the starboard
! bow bearing right down op us."
The boy hastens up the companlon
wajr without waiting to dress. and as
he darts out on aeck ne is tnrown aown
I by a mass of water descending on him
lika a wet mountain. He struggles to
his feet, gasping, sputtering:*^
"Wa-a-s that-t a wa-a-a-ter spout?"
The sailors are around him roaring.
Then he looks up above the companion
way and sees an empty hogshead. Having
seen and felt the waterspout, he descends
to his bunk, wipes himself dry and turns
in. Next time waterspouts in great num
bers may be reported on both bows, but
he will have no particular desire to ob
serve them.
Baby’s Eyelashes.
Some mothers clip the baby's eye
I lashes to make them grow long. This
may be all right for the baby, but after
maturity has been reached it is perhaps
betetr to rub a little pure ointment or
plain vaseline into the lashes rather
than to clip the ends.—Medical Talk.
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| SHERLOCK HOLMES AGAIN.
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A New Series of Detective Sto
ries in the Kansas City Star.
Conan Doyle’s detective sto
ries, with the marvelous Sher
lock Holmes as their hero, have
achieved the greatest success of
recent years. Appreciating this
fact, the publisher of Collier’s
Weekly, New York, induced Mr.
Doyle to write a final series of
the great detective’s adventures.
Repeated refusals were followed
by increased inducements, and I
finally Mr. Doyle agreed to write
thirteen stories for $45,000, or
about 60 cents a word. The en
i tire correspondence was by ca
ble.
The amount paid by Collier’s is
i the largest ever paid for such
work and does not include the
: right to publish the stories in
book form. By special arrange
ment with Collier’s these famous
stories are being printed in the
; Kansas City Star, one story each
week, beginning in the daily
edition of Saturday, February 11,
and in the weekly Wednesday,
February 15.
None of the present popular
features of the Star will be cut
down or omitted to make room
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Practically the contents of a $1.50
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evening and Sunday, 13 complete
papers a week) and 25 cents a
year for the weekly Star.
THE COMINgToF MACBETH.
Lovers of the highest ideals
in aramauc art are continually
finding fault with the too fre
quent appearance not only here
but in all the cities of silly far
cical plays, cheap sensationalism
and the other immaterial feat
ures of current theatrical pro
ductions and are always clamor
ing for the works of Shakespeare
and the other great masters of
literature.
It is a pleasure to announce in
this connection the early appear
ance here of the eminent trage
dian John Griffith and his splen
did company of the legiti
mate artists in Shakespeare’s
immortal tragedy," Macbeth,’’
with brilliant fire-proofed scenic
equipment, electrical effects,
chemical illusions and all the de
tails needful to insure an abso
lutely perfect performance of
this the greatest of the great
master’s plays. Everywhere
that Mr. Griffith has appeared
the local Dress has teemed with
praise of his magnificent per
formance, and it will be a real
pleasure to welcome him to this
city. The engagement is an
nounced for Saturday evening,
Feb. 25, and promises to be the
one great big event of the sea
son.
ONE LONG, LOUD LAUGH.:
There is laughter plenty, some
tears and some sensation and
plenty of vim and go in "Rail
road Jack,’’ at the opera house
Monday, February 27.
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TOR'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
ancdiary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale a* public auction
to thehigheBt bidder on a credit until October 16,
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and three
o’clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1905
all the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
wit: The se 1-4 of the se 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13, all in Township 12
north range 3 west; also thirty acres off the north
side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
in the n w 1-4 of section 7 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
the s w 1-4 of sec. 7, all in Township 12 north
range 2 west.
Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas.
Purchasers will be required to give note with
approved security and a lien to be retained upon
the land to secure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 1906.
Given this 16th day of February, 1905.
J. R. COX,
Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott, deceased.
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of Corning, Ark., within ninety days for the pur
pose of sharing in the assets of such corporation.
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licitors. Respectfully, >
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Receiver of Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company,
Knobel, Ark,
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40w4 Newport, Ark.
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