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T H -E- M A D ISO N I A N
IMIMIIONAL
SCENE OF BLOODY STRIKE RIOTING
PURE WHITE FOR WARMEST DAYS
MfflOOL
(By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Even-
Ing Department The Moody Bible In
. stitute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 3
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Our illustration shows a general view of Johannesburg, South Africa, wljere the strike of miners haa:
resulted in bloody battles with the soldiery-and police. The inset shows a typical crowd of colored miners."
Y ORDER
Nicholas Savin, Adventurer, Re
leased From Riga Prison.
International Swindler, "Man of the
Hour" in Russia, Now Earns Hon
est Living Was Street Car
Conductor in Chicago.
"Moscow. Nicholas Savin, the no
torious Russian adventurer who calls
himself Count Nicholas de Toulouse
Lautrec, has been released from prfs
on in Riga by the czar's manifesto of
March 5. When the count came out
f prison he had only three rubles in
ills pocket. He has earned 5,000 m
Ses so far. A Moscow newspaper is
publishing his diary and a cinemato
graph firm has paid him $1,500 for
Hlms Illustrating his life. In Russia
he is the man of the hour.
He is known to the police all over
ISurope and America as an exceeding
ly accomplished swindler, who speaks
ialf a dozen languages and whose
specialty is the passing off on the
guileless of forged bonds and securi
ties. He accounts for all the records of
charges and convictions against him
in various parts of the globe in two
ingenious ways.
Either they were crimes committed
by a cousin who' is remarkably like
him or he says they were charges
trumped up against him by the Rus
sian secret police in order to get rid
of a dangerous nihilist.
According to his own story, he took
part in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877
Czar of Russia.
and was severely wounded at Plevna.
There is some ground for doubting
this account, for he received no medal
and no wound pension. All that is
known is that-in 1878 he gave up his
commission.
When Savin was on trial at Pau in
1908 for swindling lie told the same
story of being wounded at Plevna as
well as at Santiago7 de Cuba. The
Irench court ordered the prison doc
tor to examine his "wounds." " The
doctor reported that there certainly
were scars visible, but they were re
ceived in battles other than those of
war. - " .: . :
. After. a thrilling escape, from - the
TTrench gendarmerie he fled to - the
Balkans, where he enlivened proceed-.
3ngs by presenting himself as a can
didate for the Bulgarian throne. ,
His schemes, however, were frus
trated by a Moscow barber, to whom
he owed money, and wh, happening
"to be in Constantinople at the same
time, gave information to the. Russian
tembassy as to Savin's Identity.
The luckless adventurer was sent
to Nailm, a desolate v convict settle
ment in Siberia, but within three
imonths he succeeded in escaping.
Afterward he lived in Chicago,
where he worked as a car conductor
and was naturalized as an American
citizen. He was married In Canada
and" arrested and sentenced there for
dealing in torged vbonds in 1900 and
lias since boen arrested in New York,
XJebon. Finland and Pau. , He tella
OF CZAR
wonderful stories of escapes from Si
beria and is, in fact, the most brilliant
artist in modern fiction.
WAR WHEN THE WHALE COMES
So Think the Superstitious Ones Who
Watch Over the Dela
ware Bay.
Chester, Pa. Superstitious people
of this city believe that the whale
which was recently seen in Dalaware
bay is a precurser of war. They re
fer to past omens of a similar charac
ter, reciting that the whale whlcr
came up the Delaware river in 181i
was a precurser of the War of 1812,
and that in 1860, one year before the
outbreak of. the Civil war; a whale
came up these waters to Philadelphia.
This latter whale Edward Culen, a vet
eran fisherman of this city, avers he
saw. He says:
"It was Just this way. It was dur
ing the summer of 1860. Horace Davis
and I were out in a boat fishing. It
was a little dark, and we had a lan
tern. I was drawing in the net and
Davis was banking it. AH of a sud
den Davis said: 'Ned, there's vessel
upside down out there.' I looked and
saw a thing that had the appearance
of the hull of a craft upset 'See how
swift the tide speeds by it,' said
Davis.
"We'd got pretty close, to it then,
and I lifted the lantern to take a
good look. Just then there was a
terrible splash and ; the water went
clear up into the air out of that thing,
just as though a powder magazine had
busted.
"I dropped the lantern, and Davis
and I grabbed the oars, and we didn't
stop until we got ashore. There
wasn't any steamboat on the river that
could have beaten U3 that trip. When
COYOTES ARE NEARLY EXTINCT
Closed Ranges and Bounties on
Scalps Causing Extermination
of Animal.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan. According
to stock raisers and farmers of this
county the coyote seems to be fast be
coming extinct. The fencing up of
the big pasture districts in this and
neighboring counties, where practical
ly every acre is now stocked with cat
tle, has robbed the coyote of his once
free and open range.
Because of his depredations on
young and helpless domestic stock a
bounty has been set on his head and
he has long been a fugitive, hunted
and killed by every farmer. The boun
ty of a dollar which is paid by the
county for every coyote scalp turned
in probably more than any other
cause is responsible for the.decreasing
wolf population.
.In order to get the reward many,
farmers, and especially the farmer
boys, not only ; trap and kill coyotes
whenever the opportunity, comes, but
have made a practice, pf hunting the
Coyotes'- tlens'and- robbing'1 ithem of
their young. "For the scalp of a baby
wolf, though only a few weeks old
and innocent " of any wrongdoing, is
the same in' the eyes of the law as
would be that1 of' a veteran chicken
killer:' ' ; -v":' '
. Only a few years ago -the- county
money paid out in this -county alone
for coyotes ran as : high ' as $300 or
$400 annually. : Now, it is said, the
number will hardly reach 100 a year.
The bringing in of a dozen or more
scalps by one farmer, which was once
so common, no longer . occurs.
The greater part of these bounties
are collected in the spring months
before the mother wolf has left her
den with her family. So persistently
have the farmers carried on the war
fare of extermination that the coyotes
which rear their families , in safety
must be cunning indeed Though this
may seem cruel, yet from long expe
rience the farmers have found that
in a .stock-raising country the coyote
has no place. Were, they left to mul
tiply ; evn for a-few years so great
that whale was caught up near Ken
sington she had fishermen's . nets
around her to stock two or three ship
stores. She had dragged them off the
bottom of the Delaware as she crawl
ed up toward Philadelphia."
LAUDS AN AMERICAN SCHOLAR
Temps Devotes Its Leading Editorial
to the Visit of Harvard Uni
versity President.
Paris. The Temps devotes Its prin
cipal editorial to the visit of Dr. Ab
bott .Lawrence Lowell, president of
Harvard university, describing him as
"one of the leaders.1 ol! American
Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell.
thought whose presence among us will
still further tighten the bonds of mu
tual esteem and ardent sympathy be
tween France and the United States."
The Temps points out thar. the advent
of Dr. Lowell in Harvard coincided
with the reaction in favor of French
methods. Previously German meth
ods had reigned exclusively in Amer
ican universities. x
would their numbers become as to be
a scourge to the country.
NAP RUINS JUDGE'S DIGNITY
"Is That You, Eugenie V He Asks
When Roused from His Slum
ber In Court.
Paris. "Oh! sleep. It ' is a gentle
thing, beloved from pole to pole!"
But people who indulge in forty winks
at the wrong moment net into trouble
sometimes.
Two judges of the Seine tribunal
are inflicted rather badly with , the
judicial habit of napping, una the oth
er day during a case in which they
were on the bench in company with
the - preside 1 of the ' court ;he influ
ence of the heat wave combined with
the tedious pleadings ' of n uninter
esting case sent them Into a profound
sleep. ' . ' - ' ' - . '
According to a report: - that " has
aroused much merriment :tn legal, cir
cles one of the judgee, b jlng roused
by the toe - of a collearue gently
pressed against his calf, murmured,
"Is that you, Eugenie?" and awoke to
wonder why the court wa. dissolved
in. laughter. ; . . -! ' ;
. Old House Has 36$ Windows. .
', j Londoij- The late Lord ' Northamp
ton owned one of the show places of
England in Compttjn j .W-ngates, in
Warwickshire, one of the iinest exam
ples ': of a. half timbered louse to be.
found in England. It is a splendid
specimen of -Tudor architecture, with
battlemented towers iand. ; ' mullloned
windows, and has been preserved in
tact from- the days cf Henry VnL,
whose arms appear ovpr the gateway.
Nc two of its chimneys are alike and
there are 365 windows', ' ' , ' -
First Woman Jury's Verdict.
San Francisco. The first woman
jury to appear in a felony :ase in Cal
ifornia returned a verdict of not guilts
after two hours: deliberation in the
case of a woman on trUJ for an al
leged attempt at blackmail. r
THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.
LESSON TEXT Ps. 105 :23-36 (cf . Ex.
7:8-11:10.) .
' GOLDEN TEXT 'Whosover shall exalt
himself shall be humbled; and whosoever
shall humble himself shall be exalted."
R. V. Matt. 23:12.
While this Psalm is a succinct state
ment of all -that i3 contained in Exo
dus, chapters 7 to 12, still no teacher
oan judge himself as having made
proper preparation who has not stud
ied carefully the earlier record. Be
ginning with those of discomfort the
plagues become more and more se
vere until the last and the crowning
one, the death of the first born, caused
the Egyptians to thrust out the Israel
ites with haste and gladness, laden
with an abundance of "spoil." Pharaoh,
trusted in the superior greatness of
the Egyptian god3, he also had great
pride In his absolute power and hated
to lose the profitable service of his
Hebrew slaves. Over against this was
God's right to ' demand the wor
ship of his chosen people, God's pro
fuBe warnings to the proud Egyptian,
and the inevitable outcome of the
man, tribe, or nation who sets up hu
man will in opposition to the plans of
an Omnipotent God. True thanksgiv
ing and praise are based upon "His
marvelous works' (v. 5 R. V.) v
. Israel Made Strong.
I. The Induction of Israel Into
Egypt, vv. 23-25. By "Israel" in verse
21, the Psalmist does not refer to the
uation but rather to the supplanter
who became "Israel, a prince." His
Induction into Egypt was in accord
ance with God's purposes and plan,
res, his specific command, Gen. 46:2-7,
lets 7:9-15. God increased the de
scendants of Israel greatly in the land
of Egypt, see v. 24. At the same, time
God made those same descendants
stronger than their "adversaries" on
account of the fact that Jehovah
fought on their side, see Rom. 8 : 31.
II. The Exodus of Israel From
Egypt, w. 26-36. Now the Psalmist is
referring to the nation. In Exodus
there are recorded ten plagues, here
there are mentioned but eight. The
plague of the murrain of beasts and
the plague of boils, the fifth and the
sixth, are here left out for some rea
son best known to the Psalmist.
God saw- the afflictions of Israel but
seuds'relief through human agents.
Moses was God's "servant" (v. 26)
and Aaron "His chosen" (I Sam. 12:6)
so also Is .every true believer. Their
work has to "shew" (v. 27) God's won
ders in the land of Egypt (Ham).
They were to shew "His" wonders.,
signs, the "Words of His signs" (R.
V. marg.), and none of their own. In
other words they were to be the vis
ible embodiment -of God's character
and power.
Worshiped the Nile.
The Psalmist then turns to the first
of the historic plagues. The Egyp
tians were so dependent upon the Nile
that they personified it and worshiped
it. They had shed the blood of the
Israelites and were given blood to
drink, see Rev. 16:5, 6 and Gal. 6:7.
The third plague was directed against
the goddess "Hekt," queen of two
worlds, and who was represented by
a frog-like figure, see Ex. 8:8. It was
after this calamity that Pharaoh tem
porized. The third and fourth plagues
are grouped together In verse 31. God
often uses very little, things to humble
the great ones of earth. Life is made
up of trifles, but life 1b no trifle. Pha
raoh had proudly boasted of his agnos
ticism (Ex. 5:2) but when he sought
to try conclusions with God and said,
-Neither will I let Israel go" God let
him wrestle with frogs, lice and flies.
We thus Bee a man setting himself
against God who is not able to over
come these- smallest of pests. As we
have mentioned, the fifth and sixth
plagues are omitted from this record,
hence the plague mentioned In v. 32,
Is in reality the seventh (Ex. 9). It
was a rebuke to" the God of the air,
and from Rev. 8:7 and 16:21 we learn
that it is to be repeated in the end of
time.
Though Israel was free from- the
eighth, the .plague of locusts (v. 34)
they did suffer from a lILe experience
in later days, Joel 1:1-7. These small
pests can turn. a fruitful land into a
barren wasted ;
But the culminating plague (v. 36)
was the smiting of the first born. Even
Israel could not escape this calamity
except by the previous shedding of
blood, Ex. 12:3-18.' God gave Pharaoh
ample warning, Ex. 4:23. Refusing to
yield under the lesser judgments, God
brought thi supreme penalty, smiling
air the first born, "the beginning of
all their strength" (R. V. marg. v. 36).
III. The Teaching. . Before .the
plagues .Pharaoh was warned; before
the Becond one he was given an op
portunity to repent and because of the
suffering thereby he relented and ask
ed for a respite. Refusing to declare
God's greatness (Ex. 8:10) "he
(Pharaoh) made heavy his heart" (Ex.
8:15), an act ot his own, not an act of
God. No warning is given of the third
plague for Pharaoh had broken
faith. The acKnowledjment upon the
part of his magicians of a power great.
er than their own did not serve as a
warning and. he continued in his rs
oeinoo. ' . .
A
SIDE from the comfort assured to
A
the dog days, the knowledge that it is refreshing to look at by swelter
ing fellow-beings weighs something in Its favor. Here are two exqui
site ,hats, made for midsummer, that looka3 if they might be inter
pretations', by 'the artist-milliner of( soft, drifted snow or gleaming ice, trans
later into fabrics and thence into headwear. .
A round, bonnet-like shape has the brim covered with a new material
much like crepe de chine, but with less luster. It is called crepe Georgette.
The small soft crown is a puff of moire satin as shimmering as ice. A moire
ribbon, encircles the crown and is tied in a bow on the under-brim. There i3
a large white marguerite daisy on the upper-brim at the back with a deep
Lrown center. It is mounted in a few rose 'leaves from which trails also the
palest of Marshall Neil roses extending two inches beyond the brim edge.
' Folds of snowy maline rest against the hair, supported by an under-brim
which is really an extension of the crown. This beautiful conception belongs
in that class of millinery to which the designer turns when possessed of the
airiest of fancies.
A white hemp shape trimmed with ribbon veiled with maline and finished
with a pair of wings deserves a special interest. It is a peculiar shape with
a poke-bonnet front and a brim that widens and rolls up at the back.
Contrary to the popular mode of the season, which shows wings and
quills mounted as in flight, these wings are poised as if at rest, which is
exactly right for a hot-weather hat.
The wonderful coat of Irish-crochet lace has a daring touch on the
sleeves. They are short puffs, not reaching to the elbow, and are finished
with bands of dark brown fur. The idea is eccentric but perhaps intended
to remind us of winter and cold weather in the midst of middle-summer heat.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
FOR WEAR ON CAR OR BOAT
Crepe de Chine Dressing Gown Is the
Most Practical Garment, for
the Traveler.
1
The most serviceable and durable
dressing gown for the traveler is made
of some dark, inconspicuous, untrans
parent material.
Crepe de chine is ideal for summer
wear. A dressing gown of this ma
terial in a dark color can be worn
comfortably for months. It does not
show oil easily, and when it is soiled
it can be easily washed and will look
as well after a trip to the laundry as
before. A dark gown, besides the
fact: that it will not show soil so
quickly as a light one, can be com
fortably worn on the way to the bath
on shipboard and in the corridors of
hotel or-pension.
; A gown of dark blue crepe de chine
could be made with a little V-shaped
vest of gathered cream or ecru net and
with net undersleeves, or a ribbon
nash in gay colors and futurist design
could be used to give the somber gown
n more interesting character.
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NEEDLE BOOK TO FIT PURSE
With This Equipment Any Ordinary
Mishap to Garment May Be
Quickly-Repaired.
. Almost any of the scraps of . pretty
fiilk ribbon that are in the ' family
rag bag may be fashioned into a needle
look small enough to go into the av
erage sized purse without overcrowd
ing the receptacle. At the inner side
of one cover, which of course is mount
ed over thin cardboard, should be a
tacked-down sheet of fine flannel in
which may be stuck needles of sev
eral sizes, and at the inside of the op
posite cover should be straps of the
silk through which reels may be run.
These reels, formed of silk-covered
matches or toothpicks, should be wound
with a few yards of black and white
shewing . silk, black and white linen
thread, black and white or tan silk
floss, and, thus equipped, the shopper
is prepared to repair any ordinary mis
hap to her garb. .
Soft Bows on Lingerie. :
Fastidious women have r Ions . teen
tired of th3 lingerie garments that are
slotted for baby ribbon in all possible
places, but the touch of color which
the ribbon! gives is introduced by sin
gle soft bows. On the newest French
nightgowns there are two large but
tonholes to be found at the front and
through these is passed a soft wide
libbon which is tied in a bow. This is
touch less troublesome than threading
ribbons through slots or stitching on
a. made bow.
Fan Again in Fashion.
: ; The fetching neck ruff, remains a
STeat favorite with the girl of the sea
son.' A chic girl at a smart afternoon
lathering the other day wore tha lat
est and sheerest development of the
iirfi!, which consists of but a single
thickness of fine tulle, with nary a
Visit.
the wearers of pure white apparel in
TAILOR-MADE GOWN
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' Tailor-made model of ecru Uumer
with collar of purple silk.
' Slimmer Than Ever. v
Smart women of this season loot
olimTnai tVion tfiov hflTA Hnna fnr' fik
long time. To secure the effect de
sired undergarments that add. to tha
size are being dispensed with. To take
the place of the abandoned petticoats
tne new musim, wnicn 13 very uua
crepons. and other transparent materi
als, are being used, while soue wom
en who may be described as : ultra
faehionable have - conceived a petti
coat combination made out of wovea
silk which fits the hipa closely.
Lace Fichu Over Silk Gown. .
A charming fichu, of maline laco la
worn over a gown of soft silk or sheer
material. The lace is draped in soft
folds across the back and shoulders.
gradually sloping toward the front,,
where it ends la two fcharp points;
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