The Bedford Daily Mail from Bedford, Indiana • 3

AtWAYS FEARS ffinias wobxh kkowtno. BALLAD OF THE SODA CLEKK. nythltif toward the support of his 52-1 year-old eon, Who was yesterday evening alone, the first, by the way, she had spent by herself since her marriage. HIGH COURAGE IS NEVERSAW WHITE MEN New Tribe of Esquimaux Discovered North of Alaska A Happy On the bleak northwest coast of Prince PROMINENT PEOPLE. LYDIA KAMAKEHA LILIOUKA-LANI, former Queen of the Hawaiian was born.iu Honolulu December and' is a direct descendant of Kamehaineha who made a successful conquest of the various islands of the Hawaiian group and united them under his own rule.

-LHiuokalani was made vice regent of the kingdom when King Kalakaua left Hawaii, and after his death iu San Francisco, was proclaimed Queen January 21), 1S91. Her atttempts to abolish the constitution of 3887 and restore absolute monarchy, though abandoned, led to her dethronement January MO, 1892. A provisional government was set up, and although President Cleveland declared in favor of her restoration to the throne, her efforts in that direction failed. After her dethronement she came to the I'nited States and did not return to Hawaii until jifter the annexation of the islands in lf)S. In recent years the former queen has paid several visits to the United States to press her claims against the government for compensation for lands formerly be.lfmgiug to the crown in the Hawaiian islands, 4ut all of her attempts in this direction have been committed to the jewisn 1'roiectory Dy Justice Hoyt In the Children's court.

"What is your business?" the justice asked the father. "Schammes of a synagogne." came the answer, but an interpreter had to explain that schammes means, in English, sexton. "How much do you earn?" "Eight dollars aud thirty-three cents a month- "Is that all?" persisted the justice, observing that the. father is an able-bodied, prosperous looking citizen. "Yes, that's all," replied Friedman.

"When I attend a chaseue (wedding) I get Jf4, but our people don marry any more. "When I attend a leuaya (funeral) I get from $1 to but our people don die any more 'That's enough," interrupted the jus tice; "you win. I commit the boy and you need not pay anything -toward his support." New York World. 1 THE RELIGION OF GEMS. Ruth St.

Denis, the Dancer, Says Ornaments Express Individuality. The psychology of gems a religion which can reach men and women through sparkling jewels! It is an old idea, old as Buddha, but sounding new and odd today." Y'ou may be quite unconscious of the fact, charming lady, with a small ransom in gems glittering upon your dinner gown, but each of those gems, if chosen by yourself, expresses some one phase of your character, some fatal weakness or some splendid virtue at least this is one of the claims of Ruth St. Denis. Do sapphires reign triumphantly in your jewel casket? Then spirituality predominates in your nature. Are you ablaze, with rubies? Then your one long struggle is to sacrifice the senses.

Does the peculiar gold-Brown light of the topaz appeal to you? Then you would uplift and save tho world. This is the theory of an American girl, Ruth St. Denis, who has made jewels a and knows a lot about their history, their traditions, their significance. When Ruth St. Denis created her marvelous Rhada dance she was obliged to delve deep into the lore Of India, lihada was supposed to be the wife of Krishna, eighth incarnation of Vishna, who stands third in the trio of Indian deities, Brahma, Siva and Vishnu.

When Miss St. Denis dipped into the history of Rhada her sfudies led her into the East Indian lore with which the South Kensington and British museums of London are rich. And there she learned what she knows of this religion of gems. WThen Miss St. Denis returned to America to present her artistic dances she thus explained their "The 'modern woman imagines that her preference for certain gems is merely a casual fancy, an appeal of colors most becoming to her.

But in this idea she is wrong. Her preference in jewels expresses her individuality, her innermost nature. Take the three gems, for instance, which figure in my Rhada dance sapphires, rubies and topazes. The opening of the dance shows Rhada kneeling or crouching in prayer, bathed in blue light, which brings out every lovely glittering depth of the ropes of sapphires she wears. Here the sapphire indicates that Rhada has attained spirit uality, bhow me a woman who loves sapphires, wears sapphires nd I will show you a woman whose spiritual na- ture rises superior to grosser things.

In the second dance, topazes shed a won derful light under a yellow calcium. Why? Because yellow represents the sunlight and here Rhada dances her message of liberation from the Reuses, lie appeal xoi ueiivr mmgs. ouow me a woman who esteems the topaz above all other gems and I will show you a woman who is forever struggling to uplift those around her. In the third dance, crimson lights reveal the marvellous depths oi rubies, and Rhada proclaims the sacrifice ot the senses, show me a woman who loves rubies and I will show you a woman who is forever striving to sacrifice the senses. "And pearls, they are the Jewels of womanliness, the domestic nature.

Show me a woman who loves pearls and I will show you a woman who is an ideal mother. Queen Victoria. Alexandra, the pres ent Queen of England, and the Dowager Queen or. Italy, Aiarghenta, all loved pearls and all place motherhood above all other virtues. Diamonds, with their hard.

cold glitter, stand tor ambition. Show me a woman who loves diamonds and I will show you a i woman who has ambi tions social, financial, artistic' or professional. "Let any woman who reads this un lock her jewel casket and her soul. She can read the one by the other. A Pathetic Double Suicide.

The sad end of ex-Judge Giuseppi Morosini. who. with his wife, committed suicide at Lugano, Italy, was the sequel to defeat in a fight against political bias, bribery and corruption. A descendant ol the Doges of Venice, Morosini was pres- wtsht I had to drive n. track, Or guide a huz7.lu'' taleab; On this here Ju! I nra ut stuck.

An that's no pluln carbonic see the slgui behind mo buck? Well; all tliBiu drinks I've got to mix; Of half of 'em I can't keep track This soda gniue la full of tricks. When I went In the soda biz A kid could hold his end up. then; You blew the glass chock full of tlzz. An' let It go at that, but when They run the Ice crenui In on us I Bee right there the time had came When soUu Jerkin' was a muss An' not a clean an' geuu-el game. From Ice cream they jumps Into fruits.

An' then some guy puts sundaes out; If they keep on, you bet your boots We'll soon be servin' frozen krauS. WWh eggs an' hay an' cantaloupes. Bananas, berries, grapes an' limes. They've surelv got us rollin" hoops About four jumps behind the times. Envoi.

A chemist you have got to be To get a soda clerk's degree; What used to be plain soda brew la now a sweetened Irish stew. Chicago Journal- A MISUNDERSTANDING. "You really think this of me, Jim!" Betty grasped the back of the chair against which she v.a'a leaning and her face whitened perceptibly. She. had known all the morning that this moment Would come, the moment when J.im must question her to where she had been the evening before and with whom the had spent the time.

As she was not at liberty to give a full explanation, her heart sank within her. "Betty, what else can I think, You admit you went motoring with Capt. Carstairs and that, owing to the car breaking down, you did not reach home until 2 o'clock in the morning. Do you expect me to believe that! I not it proof enough "No, Jim, it's not." "Then I don't know what is. Directly I'm safely out of the way, you go off with your lover- "Stop, Jim; that's enough." And Betty, with the haughtiest of looks on her lovely little face, walked slowly out of the rqom, although she felt as though her heart would break.

Jim, smothering an oath, gazed after the dainty little figure with a frown upon nis ia.ee. Could it be possible that his Betty, tie girl whom he had chosen above all the world for his wile, was guilty let, had she not said she went motoring with Capt. Carstairs, and did not circumstances look black against her? Unable to bear the silence longer and too proud to go to Betty to hear the full story, from her lips, Jini mechanically put on his coat and hat, banged the door loudly behind him, and went in the direction of his club. Meanwhile, Betty upstairs was sitting in her boudoir gazing into the tire with eves that saw nothing. The hanging of the front door roused her from her reverie, and.

rising from her chair, she flung her arms above her head and sighed wearily. "Heigh-ho! This comes of playing the good fairy to one's friends," she thought. She wondered if Jim would have mid those unkind things had he known the circumstances? Would he have accused her of going off with Capt. Carstairs if he had known that he was his own sister's fiance? Poor old Jim! How angry he was. Yet, she would forgive, him if only because he was Here Betty's train of thought was in terrupted by a gentle tapping at the door, and a very pretty voice asKca "Maw nirn in "By all means, "Joan," answered Bet ty.

rising to meet her friend. "I say, Betty," began Joan, "you were a trump last night to bring Arthur over. Do you know that dad is really coming round at last. After you were both gone he even said, "Well, after all, Carstairs can't be such a bad fellow or Betty would not be friends with him. So you dear, I ve just come to thank you again for all you've done for us both." And impulsively Joan put her arms round her friend's neck and gave her a frantic hug.

When her enthusiasm had somewhat abated Betty gently pushed her friend away, and placing her hands upon her shoulders said, "Joan, dear, I'm glad I've been able to help you; but do you know my help has been dearly bought." "Dearly bought, Betty! What do you mean!" Here Bettv broke' down, and hiding her face, in the cushions sobbed ns though her heart would break. In a few seconds, however, she had recovered, and rising from the couch held out a shaking hand to Joan. "Never mind, dear, no 'doubt it will come all right, and some day I shall be able to explain to Jim." "Not some day, Betty, but today-: this very evening when Jim comes home to dinner. How could you think I would purchase my happiness at the price of yours?" And Joan bent over her friend, giving her a loving kiss. "I don't suppose Jim will be home to dinner, Joan.

"Then shall I stay with you, dear?" "Thanks very much, Joan, but if you don't mind, I'd rather be alone. You see," with a brave' attempt at a smile, "Jim might come home and then, you dear impulsive child, you would simply go for him." "Of course, I should, Betty, and why not." "No, dear, not yet." First get your people to like Arthur and then things will Ikj easier. You know Jim thinks him to irivoibus and hardly the sort of husband for his sister, but I feel sure When they once know him they rill alter their opinion." "What a staunch friend" you are, Betty, and how Jim must love you." "I used to think he did, but now I'm afraid he will find it hard to love and trust me again." "No, he won't, dear, for I give you ul leave to tell him everything. How good you've been both to Arthur and myself, and that it was only your love for me that made you take him up." "But, dear, do you think it's wise just at this time when things are shaping themselves?" "Wise or not, my sweetest of Bettys, you are to do it. So-beforn I go give me your promise that every thingyshall be explained." Reluctantly Betty promised and Joan rose to take her leave.

Left alone Betty's thoughts turned again to Jim and to wondering whether ha really intended her to spend the Presently a soft little smile flitted across her face and her eves shone. "I know. I will put on his favorite gown and wear his favorite flowers just to show him how much I wish to be friends," and Betty with a pleasurable excitement taking possession of her com menced her toilette. hen everything was complete the reflection in her mirror gave forth a dainty figure clad in the softest gray, with a bunch of roses at her waist. With a little sigh Betty turned to go downstairs when she ran right into her husband arms.

Jim, how how you startled me! "Betty," was all Jim could sav as he glanced at the pretty face in front of him. "Betty," Jim repeated, "come into my den. I want to speak to you." ith heart beating almost to suffoca tion Betty followed Jim into his den and then closed the door. Seating himself in a big armchair he drew Betty into his arms and kissed her passionately on the mouth. "But, Jim," gasped Betty when she had recovered her breath, "I thought you were angry bo 1 was, girlie, but 1 was also a fool to imagine such a thing about "But what has made you alter your opinion?" said Betty more bewildered than ever.

"Well, sweetheart, when I left you this afternoon I felt mad with rage and didn't care where I went or what I did. After wandering about" for a time I landed at the. club and the first person I ran against was Carstairs. He have passed me by, but I buttonholed him and got the whole truth out of him. I rather begin to like him after all, and if he will only settle down shall not mind him as an addition to the family.

He told me what a loyal friend you had been to him when luck seemed dead against him and that it was through your influence the pater seemed more favorably disposed toward him. Betty, you're a brick, and I'm proud of mv wife." "Jim!" "Sweetheart!" Betty drew her husband's face close to hers and whispered softly: "You'll never doubt me again?" "Never, mv" own Betty," as he drew his wife info his arms and nee Icissed Richmond in Tattler. HUMANITY AND ITS DRUGS. Few Deaths Result from Their Use in Making Surgery Less Cruel. The occasional occurrence of fatal consequences from the administration of chloroform or" of much to be deplored in the individual instances, should not be perrititted to divert attention- from the enormous "number of cases in which these agents are administered without ill effects of any kind, or from the tnormous number in which they save life by permitting the performance of operationsi which it would be impossible to accomplish without their aid.

Statistics on the subject are perhaps not entirely trustworthy; but it may be safely said that, in round there are 3000 successful administrations of anaes thetics for every death attributable to it is only the immense number of oneratious which they-Tiave rendered possible aud successful that explains the comparatively very small number of fatal accidents which have occurred in a given hospital or in a given time. Notwithstanding the vast preponderance of safety, it is impossible to deny the existence of a certain, or rather of nn uncertain, amount- of real dancer: aud hence there is a very general feeling that the Dowerful drucs concerned have been em ployed in the past with somewhat greater ireeuom man is euiueiy jusiinuoie. i don Times. Ate His Pets. Amid remarkable demonstrations of joy from the natives of the district, Camille Favre was guillotined at Saiutes, iu the denartment of Charente-Inf ericure.

This criminal had been convicted of the mur der of a little ti-year-old girl, ana his execution gave unbounded delight to the mothers of the town, who crowded the windows of houses in the square outside the prison and uttered cries ot satistac Hon at the moment the knife fell. Fnvre sDent the last days of his life. like many a prisoner before him, ini making friends with dumb creatures. There were little birds which flew in and out about the courtyards of his and tha mnn who had been Kuiltv of the most 'brutal of crimes occupied himself in keeping sparrows as pets, lie caught a dozen of them, tamed them, and began to love them. His warders thought that, after all, there must be a touch of human feeling in this man.

But were they right? He loved them so well that on Friday night he made a request to the prison governor concerning the sparrows. ''May I have six of them." he begged, "for mv evening meal? Tomorrow," he added, with the utmost sangfroid "tomorrow I will finish the other six." Oa the next morning he was executed. The Khedive's' First Pilgrimage. The Khedive of Egypt is to make his first pilgrimage to Mecca this winter, and this is only possible because Abdul Hamid no longer falls the Turkish throne. Although the Khedive has long wished to visit the holy places, the late Sultau always refused permission to his vassal, because he was afraid the Egyptian monarch would gain prestige and influence among the tribes of Arabia who would-then be liable to make themselves mnrA trnnhlesome than ever to the Turk ish government.

The nev? Sultan has gladly given nis consent tor the ivne-dive's pilgrimage, hoping that the Khedive may influence the turbulent tribes for good, making them more loyal and law-abiding. At present the poorer class of pilgrims to Mecca too often fall a prey to the wild Bedouin tribes, who nlunuer ana uiuruer meui wiui uiipuuu. 1 .1 Accompauieu uy nis uioiuer, me Jvue-dive will start for Mecca December 24, aboard his yacht, arriving at the holy city, via the port of Jeddah. At the eon elusion of the pilgrimage he will preside at the great feast or Courgau Ban-ain held at Mecca. Decline to Follow the Kiflg.

King Edward is regarded as the oracle of British fashion. hat he adopts to dav the country slavishly imitates tumor row. Y'et there are some things even the Kinsr fails to popularize. A most no- ticeable one is the buttonhole bouquet The Kmc invariably wears a flower, and each morning one of his servants submits three buttonhole flowers for him to make a choice from. In spite of the excellent and persisteut example, scarce ly one smart man iu Loudon so eietv ever wears a flower, lou may wan der up and down St.

James street. and Pall Mall, and in and out of the six best clubs in town, and fail to see one blossom in a. coat. At the other side of St. Paul nearer the stock exchange, buttonholes appear with a little more frequency, but this is due to the vanity of the wearer rather than to any attempt to follow the fashion or the lung.

Ccar'a Life Continually in Daitfer Tne Persian Shah's Belief. Wherever he 1st. wherever he goes, the Czar of Russia is surrounded day and night by police and troops or by battleships and police patrols, says an English writer. Nor is the precaution this street guard his life would not be worth an hour's purchase. There is always at least one plot on foot for his assassination, anr" numerous attempts upon his life hav uce" ua BO iar me Keen au restless watch over him has been so successful he has never actually come face tt a with violence.

It is for tuis reason perhaps that he has that personal fear of death from which so many fulers are conspicuously free. The German Emperor, for example, goes about continually without any very effective escort and has consequently looked the would-be assassin in the face over and over again. Whatever may be his faults, the Kaiser has no lack of personal courage. But even his iron nerve may break down on occasion. Whenuhe came to England on the death of Queen Victoria a photographer managed to get close to his carriage window, and the loud click of the camera sounded so Hike the cocking of a revolver that the Kaiser for a moment changed color.

One who saw the attempt made In Paris on the life of the late Shah of Persia says: "The would-be assassin jumped upon the step of the Shah's carriage and leveled a revolver straight at the head of his victim, pulling the trigger twice, but ineffec-'. tually. The Shah himself, looking directly into the barrel of the weapon, was the only spectator of the incident who was wholly unaffected. As motionless as a graven image, the only expression upon his face was one of a slightly contemptuous amusement, and when his assailant was removed, he dismissed the congratulations of the Officials with an airy wave of the hand, as though the- matter were too insignificant for notice." Answering the more formal- fecilita-tions that followed later fin, the Shah remarked that if his deafh were not ordained by faje he could not walk unscathed among the united assassins of Europe, while if it were so ordained all the soldiers in France could not save him. PASSES FOR A WHITE GIRL.

True and Pathetic Story of a Beu tiful Octoroon. "Passing for white-is a phrase in quite common use among our people nowadays," said an educated colored man, a mulatto. "It refers to persons with colored blood in them who really do pass for white. There are more of these persons scattered all over the United States, chiefly in the. northern states, of course, than white people have any idea of.

"I know of many curious Instances of this sort of thing. For Instance, in a large city of the middle west there is an octoroon girl employed as head buyer for the most important millinery establishment 'in the city. This girl has a dazzling white skin, big blue eyes and golden hair. She is accomplished, of charming manners. She Is not married, nor will she ever marry.

"Her mother, a quadroon woman lives with her in the capacity of serv ant. The daughter has a pretty apart The mother does the household work. When there Is nobody present 6he is the girl's' well laved mother. When there are othexg present she is Melinda, and keeps to her place in the kitchen. mother is entirely satisfied with this arrangement, although it cuts the daughter acutely.

The mother is proud of her daughter, who is her anartment remittine mtoney ln ner apartment, remitting money avai-it txraaXr trt hor TnAthpr Vir 1 i tne girl sne herself sug- 0 gested the, arrangement of which I speak. The girl's friends call upon her, dine with her, and they haven't the cHorhtoct ciicarnnlrvn that "rh han ilnnmp gypsyisu quadroon woman who. waits t. to. votQII, upuu mo It is an odd arrangement, but how else, in circumstances, could it be arranged Not tue Sane.

"We had a county judge down mj way a few years ago whose love for Biblical lore was so pronounced that he couldn't resist the desire to air it on every possible occasion," said Congressman Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama, not long ago. "One day an old darky was "brought in rom the mountain district under suspicion ol maintaiing an illicit still. There was no real evidence against him. "What's your name, prisoner?" asked the Judge as he: peered atxthe shambling black man.

'Mah name's Joshua, jedge," was the reply. "Joshua, eh said the judge, as he rubbed his hands. 'Joshua, you say! Are you that same Joshua spoken oi in Holy Writ the Joshua who made the sun stand still 'No, was the hasty answer, t'warn't rnev Ah'rn de Joshua dat made 3e moon. Comment. Columbia What do you think of this decision about the sugar trust? ITncle SainIt's a sweet mess.

Bal Umore American. Buckles were first made in 1680. The Belgian navy is the smallest in the world. Barometers were first made by Tor-ricelli in 1643. The London police arrest over people a year.

Moscow has the lowest priced daily publication. It costs a farthing. There are more than 100 firms manufacturing chocolate in the United States. Japan's postal and telegraph receipts tor 1908 were $18,730,600, a gain of 1225,000 over 1907. Londoners live, on an average, to in age of years.

In most parts of England the standard is below this. Young Lone Wolf, a Kiowa Indian is a Baptist minister. He is a Carlisle graduate, and reads in his Sreek testament every morning. Elizabeth Akers Allen, who wrote the famous poem, Me to Sleep, Mother," fifty years ago, is 77 years ld. Born in Maine, she began to wrrite when she was a girl of 15.

Michael Idvorsky Pupin, known as (he Inventor of wireless telephony, and according, to report, received for an invention which is jsed in long-distance telephoning, ivorked his way up through Columbia College. Occasionally the English railway sec- clon laborer cooks a rabbit witnout lne aId ot a flre- All he doeS is to fover it with a thick crust of clay and Immerse it in quicklime. In about twenty minutes he takes it out, cracks the clay (which has baked hard) and Inside is his meal done to a turn. WIRELESS ON TRAINS. A Host Successful Demomtratloa of Marvelous 1m ventloM.

Wireless telephony applied to moving trains has been demonstrated to be a- success. The experiment was made, on an Erie train running at thirty miles an hour between Newark and South Paterson. The operators talked without Interruption with operators on either end of the run. The inventor says his system when perfected will permit of conversation from a train running at cannon-ball speed within a radius of 1,000 miles. The wireless telephone was operated from the engine cab.

The electric cur- rent is taken up from a small third rail at the side of the track. Perfection of the it is said, will reduce almost to zero the; possibilities of train accidents by attachments' in the cab that show when a train is stalled ahead and indicate how distant it is. Another device operates the air brake attachments the instant the recorder 'shows there is. a stalled or derailed train within two miles ahead. The road officials pronounced it a marvelous invention.

was a short test of the invention several months ago' on a section of the Erie track set aside for the purpose. The last test was on' a train running on schedule, and the efficacy of the invention was proved. Fred Lecross, the inventor, Is little more than a youth. He is 24 years old and looks younger. He learned electrical engineering in Texas, and is said to have a remarkable compre-sion of the broad subject.

It is predicted the invention will he as wonderful in its development as wireless telegraphy, and its accompaniment, the device to prevent railroad accidents, makes it the more remarkable. The third rail which carries the power for the system, is not "deadly," as a person may walk upon it -without receiving the slightest shock. Touched ou the Raw. Paul Witstach, the brilliant play- R-vtcrKf onthnr flnd Mnnafield unt.hnrw Mansnelas aiSW was very onndiioted himself toward others in a dignined way. He expeci- ed others to conduct themselves toward him in like manner.

But once, in Chicago, Mr. Mansfleld was touched on the raw by a manager. It was the first night of a Cyrano de Bergerac tour. The great actor, his I th hl dresser's help, when the up wun nls 7 manager rusnea into tne dressing w1thout knockine. slamed Mr.

Mansfield heartily on the back and (houted: The house is packed. There ain't even no more standin" room. Now, pick, old man, sail in and show em' what yer made "The dresser used to say if he hadn hustled that manager out, Cyrano would have run him through with his tword." The Win Has. There was once a young, man who was paying court to three different beautiful damsels. Each was fair, each was sweet, each was -charming fo much of a triplicate similarity did they have that he did not know how to choose between them.

So he went to'a wise old man and laid his before him; "Is there a clock at eaelj house?" asked the wise old man. "There is." "An what does Esmeralda say when the clock strikes 11?" "She sajs the clock is slow." "What does Eulalie say?" "ghe says the clock Is just right." "And what does Evangeline say? She atways says the clock is fast. "My 'son, theio is no need for fur-' ther evidence. Evangeline la ths one that really loves you." 3 Albert Lnd, Capt. William Mogg of the whaling schooner Olga has just found men in spite of the hundreds of Arctic expeditions that have swept through the north, had never seen white men before, and who gazed upon the white-skinned strangers with the same awe with which Columbus was greeted on Sail Salvador over 40O years ago.

It is only iu the last five years that whale ships have ventured into the waters that wash these distant shores. When the whalers did venture there they little expected to find any evidences ot human habitation. To their surprise, they found abandoned food caches, deserted camping grounds and other sigus of recent 'habitation. -As they saw no people, they naturally inferred that the country was being used as summer hunting ground by natives from the Canadian mainland far to the south. These natives professed ignorance of such hunting grounds.

The puzzle was not solved until last July, when the Olga in her northern cruise sighted human forms on a hill several miles inland. These forms proved to be old men who were advancing toward the shore where the ship lay at anchor. As they approached it was seen that they carried no weapons whatever and walked with arms extended, as a sign of peaceful inclinations. The old men were Esquimaux and spoke the regular Esquimaux language with only slight variations. They sid that they had never seen white men before and were so much afraid of them tkat they could not be coaxed ou board the vessel.

They knew nothing about cereal foods or flour, and, when offered pilot bread laughed at it as an article of human rood. They said that they lived on setus. bears, whales, caribou and feathered game, which they killed wirn oows ami arrows and spears or captured in snares and curiously contrived trr.ps. They knew nothing about the fur trade, and said that the skins were always cut up with llio meat and divided among the hunters engaged in making the kill. They were neatly dressed ni turs.

aim ap peared to be well ted and pcrieeuy happy- When whaleslups hrst arpeareu on the horizon a panic seized the. people and they fled inland. Each year they had fled, leaving as little as possible to attract the attention of the newcomers. As they lay concealed behind the ridges they listened in, breathless terror to the crashing of the bomb guns used by the whalers. At last curiosity got the better of them and they decided to find out the why and wherefore, of it all.

A council was called and it was decided to send messengers out to the next ship that came. The old men volunteered to go because if the strangers killed them it would not matter so much. These rude ambassadors said that they had many people inland, but refused to tell where they were. They had seen guns before and were very suspicious of men who would be guilty of carrying such weapons. When vessels first appeared off Banks Land half a century ago, the natives acted in a very similar way and showed a superstitious dread of coming into contact with -white men.

Point Barrow Cor. New York Sun. Another Seizure of Trunks at New York. Mrs. George Law, one of the most noted American women in society in London and Paris, and close friend ot Mrs.

Stuy-vesant Fish and of Mrs. Potter Palmer, is the latest person to have her trunks sent to the custom house under the new rulings of Collector Loeb. Mrs. Law, who has lived abroad almost continuously since the death of- her the former street railway president, who died 1890, brought to New -York a dozen trunks containing wearing apparel valued at $10,000. She made no declaration except that she was a resident of, London and Paris, and for that reason her goods were not dutiable.

Under the previous rulings a person who maintained a residence abroad for two years and lived there, although he or she made a trip to' this country, their effects were not subject to duty here, and many families- returning from the continent, where they had" maintained homes for a few years to give their children the advantages of a foreign education in art or music, brought back with them goods to the value of thousands. The new rule says the residence abroad must be "continuous," and it uponthis word that the trunks of Mrs. Law were held. The deputy surveyor said he had information that Mrs. Law had been in New Y'ork within a year, and ordered her trunks sent to the appraiser's stores for a further ruling.

Don't Order Food by Telephone. Many "don'ts" to women regarding the buying of food in unclean shops and from unclean employes have just been issued by the Women's Municipal league of Boston. One of these is a warning not to order food by telephone. Miss Esther G. Barrows, chairman of the committee on markets, declares that if many women could see condition of the market they communicate with only by telephone they would Be astounded.

"Many housekeepers do all their marketing by telephone and have idea how the shops they patronize are kept," said Miss Barrows. "In the interest both of cleanliness and economy every Jiouse-keeper should 'know just what she is buying. One woman confessed, to me she was afraid to go to. market personally for fear she would see something there that would spoil her appetite, so that Instead of feeling that her persona? presence would raise the standards, she marketed at this place by telephone, saying that what she did not see she did not have. to remember." Pet Saddle Horse Is Dead.

"Bob," a gaited saddle horse, 16 years of age and owned for the lat seven years by Miss I. Lawrence, 446 Jackson street, died Naromber 18, of blood poisoning caused byvan abscess, which had formed on his lee, as the result of being kicked by otheiT horses, while enjoying life in a pasture He was born and raised In Burlington, and in his day could travel a mile in three flat easily. Bob was a great pet. He would follow his mistress everywhere and allow no one else to ride him. had been used exclusively as a saddle horse and trips of thirty or forty miles at a stretch were not unusual.

Few Deaths from Old Age. That 90 per cent, of the deaths in this country are caused by disease, only 2 per cent, irom age ana less man per cent, by violence, were statements -made by Dr. Veranus A. Moore, of the New York State Veterinary college, in a lecture at Ithaca recently. About twenty thousand tons of salt herrings have been shipped to the Orient this season from Nanaimo, British Co- lumDia, oy gapuuese uruis.

SHOWN ON OCEAN LLOYDS AWARD MEDALS FOR DEEDS OF VALOR AMONG SEAMEN. RISK LIFE IN FIGHTING FIRE. Story Is -Told of British Captain and Engineer Struggling with Blaze in Hold. COMMANDER'S WIFE A HEROINE. IVuce Lath' her victories' no less re- iiovnedthan war, and of the long roll of brave deeds done by Britons in face of big odds few offer the same romantic reading as those done upoa the seven seas.

Just us there is a Victoria Cross tor vulor" upon the held of battle, so there is medal a small thing iu itself, but which murks out the possessor ot it as one of tht real great sous of his race. It is awarded by Lloyds, and, accord ing to its inscription, is "for meritorious services" simpie words which iu many cases staud for hours of trial and streSs uo pen cau describe. ho, for mscauee, could convey ade quately the tense and thrilling struggle that brought this C. of the oceans to Capt. Jarvis and A.

F. Fyfe, chief engineer of the Den of Airlie? She was outward bound for Bombay, and sudden ly in her hold was discovered that most dreiKled of nil ocean daugers, a fire. In her hold also were eighty tons of am munition. As soon as the captain became aware of this most dangerous conditionthinking of the awful death' that threatened every mouieut he ordered the crew" into the bouts. All fell away astern save alone the skipper and the chief engineer.

These two men decided to risk their lives in what seemed to be a vain struggle to save the ship. They turned on the donkey pump, and as the minutes went by on laKciiiff feet, with that dread thought of a violent death ever whirling through their minds, they flooded water into the depths of the vessel. Not until it was pouring iu in torrents did they leave, and then it was only to stand by in the cutter. Dense volumes of smoke arose from the vessel, but these two heroes of the deep could not staud mutely aside for long. Though escape was easy and they had already by their conduct deserved the highest praise they went back to the fihip with its smoldering nres ana laceu the ciiance of being blowu to fragments with the vessel to make another endeavor to save it.

Thev out out that fire. The telling' of that achievement seems little, but better understood than told is the coolness and daring of those two men who won against such heavy dangers. Replace' Broken Propeller. There is the stery, too, of Capt. John Mr.

Charles Bell and L. H. Tjomsaas, who did valiantly on the Ti- tania of the Howard line, bound from the Cape to Buenos Ayres. She was thirteen days out when she lost the tail end of her shaft and propeller, aud was left at the mercy of the heavy seas heaving like a log. She was drifting out of the line of vessels, tossing helplessly on a deserted ocean, aud her only chance was to mend what had been broken.

Now the propellor of such a boat weighs some o' tons, and the task ahead of the Titania's crew can be well imagined, when it is known that this had to be lowered over the side of the vessel. fitted into exact position, and. despite the sea that ran mountains high, fixed firmly on the new shaft. I he stern was raised out of the water as much as pos sible by shifting every portable article, from coal to cargo, for'ard a terrific undertaking, which kept the whole crew working many days and nights cease lessly. Then the three otheers mentioned were let down into the water and, without food, but with dangers swirling all around, they worked in the cold and rag ing -waters whole day and a whole night, lit by buckets of burning oakum and tar swung over the stern.

They were hurled about so mercilessly by the swinging combers of the deep that while one man worked at the nuts which held the propeller to the shaft the other two held on to him, all the time watching the aves to give him the very necessary warning of each one's npproach, lest he should be battered against the hull. For six days and nights 'the captain never left his post, nor slept, and only the truest kind of pluck brought them safely from tftih plight. And once at leastJti woman, having done man's best wpjk. was counted among this band of tire brave. Captain's WifjJa Heroine.

Here is a remarkable story. She was Mrs. Reed, wife of the captain of the T. F. Oakes, an iron ship which July 4, 1890, left Hong Kong for New York.

She reached that port March 21 of the following year, having been 259 days making the passage. A terrific typhoon caught her in the China seas, which blew her far out of her course and made it necessary to change her route. The captain determined to go by way of Cape Horn; which was rounded 167 days after weighing anchor. Then an attack of scurvy seized the crew, "tnd one by one thev fell and no one was iett to work ship except the captain, second and thira mates and the captain wife. Then the captain and the second mate fell ill, and through all this havoc- and disease Mrs.

Reed tended the sick with sll a woman's tenderness, and between times took her place like a strong man in the ship working. At last she was alone on deck, and until March 1 her gaze swept an empty sea. Then an oil tank steamer, the Kasbek. sighted the blue light of distress which the T. F.

Oakes was showing. The steamer signaled to the distressed vessel to heave to. "We can't heave to, came the reply, "All dead or sick." Meet Sailing 'Vessel. The steamer lowered a boat and In an hour overtook the sailing vessel. A line to haul the tow rope was fixed, but mis fortune continued, for the thin rope got foul of the Kasbek propeller and stopped the engines.

The sailing vessel was once again past reach, and while the serious damage to the steamer was repaired the other vessel drifted over the edge of the horizon. The steamer at last gave chase, and after scouring the seas for many nouns signtea tne Oakes, at whose wheel Mrs. Reed stood valiant ly thoiijh nearly dead with cold and Then the breeze freshened into a stiff gale, and for twelve hours the steamer had all her work cut out to keep th other vessel in sight. At last, however, it was deemed safe to lower away a boat. and this time the tow rope was fixed and the T.

F. Oakes, little more than a hugo floating coffin, but with one of the bravest women iu the history of the world on board, plowed her way to sarety. Contains All Remember FRANCIS ALBERT CHRISTIE, professor church history at the Mead-ville Theological school at Meadville, aud one of the most eminent authorities on theological and historical subjects, was born at Lowell, December 3. 1858. He received his early education at the public schools of his home town and then took a course at Amherst college.

After his graduation in 1S81 he continued his studies at other institutions of learning. From 1884 to 188 he devoted himself to the study of philosophy at Johns Hopkins and from 1889 to 1893 ho studied theology at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg and Marburg. From 1S81 to 1884 he was teacher at the Roxbury Latin school. Boston. In 1887 he was made classical master of the Lawrenceville school, which position he held two years.

Lar he became instructor at Harvard Divinity school and in September. 1893, he was appointed to his present position. Mr. Christie is a laymau and for years has been freonent contributor to various theo logical and other periodicals. Last June his former alma mater.

Amherst college, honored him by conferring upon him the honorary degree of D. WILLIAM UULER HENSEL, one of the foremost members of the Pennsylvania bar, was born in Quarryville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1851, 'and received his education at Franklin and Marshall college. After o-mdiiHtinir from college in 1870 he stud ied law and was admitted to the bar three years later, ile began practice in Lancaster and soon attained high prominence in his profession. He was elected attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1891 and held the oflice four years. In 1898-9-he.

was president of the State Bar association. Mr. Hensel is a Democrat iu politics. He has served as a delegate to several of the national conventions of his party and from 1882 to 1887 he was chairman of the Democratic State committee of (Pennsylvania. At its commencement exercises last June Dickinson college eoriferred upon Mr.

Hensel the honorary degree of LL. D. SIR HENRY W. LUCK, the famous writer for the English weekly Punch, was born at Crossby, England, December 5, 1845. He started in life as a merchant's apprentice, but at 19 became a reporter, and after studying languages and literature in Paris, found a place in London in 1870.

He was first on the Pall Mall Gazette, but in 1873 he became the chief parliamentary reporter for the Daily News, a place he has held ever since, except in 1886-7, when for a year he was editor of that newspaper. He took it over to the support of Gladstone's home rule policy, and many readers were lost, with the result that he went back to his former work. Besides creating "Toby, M. Sir Henry has written many books on Parliament, an intimate study of Mr. Gladstone, and some novels.

In the course of his extensive travels he has found occasion to visit South Africa, Canada, Australia, the West Indies and the United States. RICHARD HENRY PRATT. U. S. retired, the origina tor and founder of the famous Carlisle school for Indians, was born in Rush-ford.

N. December 6, 1840, and served in a regiment of Indian volun teers during the Civil war. He came out of the war" a captain, and was appointed to the regular establishment, in which he rose from grade to grade until his retirement five years ago. His early service" in the regulars was hunting the Indians in the southwest, and by this occupation he came to take a deep inter est in the Indian problem. hen a lot of Indian prisoners were ordered to be taken from Fort Sill to the old fort at St.

Augustine, Col. Pratt was detailed as commander of their guard and then ordered to command the old fort to which they were taken. This experience increased his interest in the red man" and soon afterward he suggested to the gov ernment the organization of an industrial school for Indians. When the school "was opened at Carlisle, in 1879, he was made its superintendent and remained in that position until his retire ment from the army tfairty-nve years later. wxr kmtttt WBTV- llll luc iiiiiin.iiL recently resigned from the pulpit ofTre- mont tempie an xosiou, as uoru Fluvanna county, Virginia, December 7, 1 091 a ef a villficrei rtfldtnr After iOO-L.

IUC ouu va. his graduation from Richmond college in 181 1. ne taugni scnooi tor a iucu 4-K Koi ai-nl finnllv crnve that un. U1VM iuq too. to enter his lif ework in the ministry.

His nrst pastoral service was nis native county. After two years' work there he went to. the Broad Stseet Baptist church in Philadelphia. Seven years uA rl tha- ATomrvrinl TlnnHst Itl no iwuuuvu church of Philadelphia, where he worked until when ne went to tne irat Baptist church of Chicago. In 1901, Dr.

Henson accepted a call to the Hen-son Place Baptist church in Brooklyn, where he refnained until called to Tre-mont temple in 1903. REV. JOSEPH HENRY CROOKER, president of the National Unitarian Teni perance society and a clergyman and author of wide note, was born in Roxcrof t. December 8, 1850. He graduated from the Ypsilanti Union seminary in 1870 and seven years later entered the Unitarian ministry.

From 1881 to 1891 he was pastor of a Unitarian church in Madison, Wis. Subsequently he established large Unitarian congregations iu Helena, Ann Arbor, aud other cities. Since 1905 he has been pastor of the Roslindale Unitarian church of Boston. In 1903 Dr. Crooker was se lected to preach the anniversary sermon at the meeting ot tne tsruisn ana i oreigu Unitarian association in London.

He is the author of several books oa religious topics, among them being "Religious Freedom in American Education and "The Supremacy of Jesus." No Weddings, No Burials, No Fees. Because there are "no funerals, no more marriages and no more baby boys born in the bailiwick or Max ried-man. sexton of a little synagogue in Madison street, he will, escape paying Always JPrepatr ident of the tribunal of that city, and only chlld and naturally wants to be of Mr Mansfleld at his wife was a noted beauty and society with her. At first, when the girl be- York-leader. -He was a fearless and upright nn tn nan for white, she lived alone I 1 Judge, and firm in his defiance of all th ushbI attempts tn hnv instw His.

nnliti. Il 1.. 1 uujjoiieu.15 uuauj rsetureu ms reiuuvai cept an ms enor post, he iett Venice to wander about Europe. His wife, proud as himself, shared his fortunes and vicis- situde. For years Morosini was laid aside by sickness, 'and finally the couple settled in the slums of Lugano, where he was forced to sell matches and newspapers in the gutter.

The proud, fallen man refused all offers of help, which oc casionally came from friends who had discovered his plight. At last the couple decided to die together, They were found dead, in bed, suffocated by gas. Left Over Eleven Millions. Westley Hunt Tilford, former vic president of the Standard Oil company, who died on March 2, last, left property worth $11,035,272 in the state of New York. According to the will a grand-nephew, Hunt Tilford Dickinson, will" inherit $4,000,000.

This lad of 10 years, motherless, is now with his father on a Georgia plantation. He will have the income until 31 years old, and then the principal. The bulk of the property, worth over $7,000,000, is given outright to Henry M. Tilford, a brother. For Richard C.

Tilford, a brother, a trust fund of $250,000 was created. Several relatives receive smaller bequests. Nothing was left to charity. The appraiser's report shows that Tilford held Standard OU stock worth Fuel Economy to Be Urged. In view of the rapidly diminishing fuel supply of the United States, the great railway systems of the country areto be urged to adopt measures of economy, thus assisting in the great work of conserving the natural resources of the nation.

The 'chairman of, the conservation committee of the International Railway Fuel association declaresjthat economy can be effected in the fuel supply if proper attention be given to the matter by the railway managements. -Among the methods for saving coal may be mentioned consistent and individual instruction of firemen as to the firing of their particularly as to smokeless firing. ed to do Wo are All Kinds of FIRST-CLASS JOB PRINTING on Short Notice And at tho Most Reasonable Prloes. Give Us a Trial Trie MAIL the Latest Local and Telegraphic News of the Day..