IS DEAN OF THE LAKES
THE OLDEST LIVINQ CAPTAIN
OF THE FRESH WATERS.
Ho Itcgnn a Sailor's Life In 1831
Shipped oil th Steamer Superior, the
Becond Hoot llullt on tho Fjliorea of
Lnke.Mlchlgnn.
(Chicago Letter.)
Capt. Henry Kelley of Milan, 0., en
Joys tho distinction of helng tho old
est living captain of tho great lakes.
While ho haB lived practically In re
tirement for several years past ho Is
still Indirectly connected or associated
with lako marine service.
Beforo Chicago was even a thriving
Indian agency, Capt. Kelley shipped
aboard the steamer Superior, tho sec
ond boat built upon tho lake shores.
Ills experiences as n sailor and captain
have not been without the perils asso
ciated with a mariner's career. Capt.
Kelley Is In Ills 84th year and appar
ently enjoyn better health than his ad
vanced ago and nature of his life work
usually admits.
"I began u,f life as a Bailor," said
Capt. Kelley, "on the steamer Superior
April 1, 1831. She was the second
boat built on tho lakes and was set
afloat In 1827. She was commanded
by Capt. William Pease, her first mato
was Levi Allen, and Peter S. Lenholty
was second mate. I remained on
CAPT. HENRY KELLEY.
board the season of 1832, known as tho
cholera season, and again shipped in
1833. About this time Capt. It. C. Bris
tol, afterward a prominent man of
Chicago, brought out a new vessel, tho
John KInsoy named after a Chicago
manwhich was owned by tho firm of
Dow & Johns of Detroit. I shipped nt
Buffalo with Capt. Bristol and went to
Cleveland with tho others of the crow
to fit out the new boat.
In relating his experiences Capt.
Kelley tells of tho great rush to tho
present slto of Chicago In 1833. In
that year tho general government se
lected this point to give presents and
money to tho Indians of the great
northwest. Tho. rush of people to tho
new country was occasioned by deslro
to trado with the Indians, then assem
bled in vast numbers. According to
Capt. Kelley, this was the Initial stop
of tho founding of Chicago. During
tho year of the rush the John Kinsey
brought in a cargo of general merchan
dise from Buffalo. As thero was no
harbor, tho cargo was brought ashore
in a "battoo," which was towed in by
tho ship's small boat.
Then tho John Kinsey was chartered
for a trip to Indian Port, Green Bay,
for a cargo of rough timber. The
round trip was mado in fourteen days.
When tho lumber was rafted ashoro
tho water's edge was lined with peoplo
eager to possess enough of the boards,
coarso as they were, to erect a primi
tive hut.
"Tho spring of 1830," continued Capt.
Kelley, I look command, my first, of
tho brig North Carolina, which was
built at Black River, Ohio, and owned
by Capts. Aaron, Root, Richard, and
Wlnslow of Cleveland, and Joy aud
Weber of Buffalo. That season I trad-
.ed mostly at Lake Michigan ports and
took up nearly all of the machinery
used for the first dredgo used In Chi
cago harbor. In the fall of the samo
year I was at St. Joseph, Mich., with a
general cargo, which had to bo light
ered ashore. While I was paying my
bills a galo, blowing on shore, came up
suddenly, compelling us to leavo with
out ballast. When off Point Betsey,
down tho lake, thero was a sudden
change of the wind from tho north.
This forced us to run up the lake. Wo
could not see land. At daybreak tho
noxt morning we wero beached two
miles west of Grand Calumet, and
thero tho vessel remained until tho
spring of 1837. I was sent back by
the owners to get off tho vessel, which
was deeply Imbedded In frozen sand,
necessitating the use of picks. I
walked to Michigan City, n distanco of
thirty miles, and had twelve picks
made, and carried them on my back
to tho beached ship. When tho first
bIx dog dull I slung them on my shoul
der and walked to Chicago, also a dis
tanco of about thirty ,inllo3. I made
two trips a week with n half-dozen
picks until the vessel was launched and
at anchor. And then wo had another
sudden gnle, forcing the vessel ashoro
with her anchors dragging. Tho own
ers sent mo back again to sell her or
get her off tho beach. Owing to tho
fine weather I determined to try again,
Wo wero taken back by a small vessel,
leaving Chicago on Monday. The fol
lowing Saturday wo had the North
Carolina In Chicago. Although tho
vessel was leaking badly I took
chancco with sand ballast to get below,
where tho repairing could bo done.
"Off Beaver Island tho vessel was
capsized In n heavy gale. Two of the
crew wero lost, tho others clinging to
tho wreckage. Wo were picked up dur
ing tho nlgtt by the bark Detroit and
taken back to Chlcigo, where I met my
old friend, Capt. Bristol. Ho gnvo my
self and crow passage to Buffalo on tho
steamer James Madison, his command
at that time. Thus ended my early
career on, tho lakes and tho only bad
luck I ever had. I followed the lakes
continuously from 1831 to 1890. Dur
ing the winter seasons I learned tho
carpenter's trade and eventually be
caino a builder. I havo been connected
with tho great lakes up to tho present
time. If I llvo until March 1 I will bo
84 years of ago."
Capt. Kelley has an excellent mem
ory, and can In detail describe all tho
cities along tho lakes as they wcro in
tho early days. Naturally ho has
watched the remnrkablo growth of Chi
cago, as well as that of other cities
now prominent ports. Ho can not ro
call the name of a captain who has
seen moro years of lako marlno serv
Ico than himself, and thero Is no rec
ord of any great lake seaman who has
weathered 71 years of sailor life.
MISFORTUNES OF DOROHESE.
I.ntu of rulncci nnit l'lrturrn by n, Once
Mighty ltinc.
The house of Borgheso Is another
example of tho mutability of human
affairs and n confirmation of tho
theory of those who consider that to
touch trade Is to touch pitch, with tho
consequent contamination, as It was
through "business" that they lost their
riches. This family, which nt ono
timo was royal In nil but name, which
gave Paul V. to the papacy and made
history In the middlo ages, which was
considered high enough for Nnpolcon,
tho "kingmaker," to give a husband to
his most beautiful sister this family
Is now only known by name In Rome,
the last remnant of Its glory having
just passed Into the hands of tho Ital
ian government In the shnpo of tho
magnificent collection of pictures and
sculpture known all over tho world as
tho Borghcsc gallery. First, their
palace, largo In tho city of tho largest
palaces in tho world, was taken from
them, and Rome assisted at tho spec
tacle of a public sale there of their
furniture and effects. Gradually other
palaces were lost, their villas also all
over tho country, especially that of
Frascatl, with nil its art treasures, in
cluding th cgorgeous coaches given by
Napoleon I. to Pauline Borgheso, go
ing for a mere song to a Jewish
banker. And now their nro gallery,
the largest and perhaps most valuable
private collection known, becomes the
property of Italy for 3,000,000 lire!
really nothing whllo tho villa In
Rome Is, to all Intents and purposes,
tho property of tho city, as tho Borg
hese are not allowed to sell it piece
meal and arc obliged to keep It open to
tho public. This wonderful collection
of artistic treasures is housed in tho
Casino, a gem in itself, all frescoes,
busts and decorations, set In tho midst
of trees hundred of years old, shaded
alleys, moss-grown fountains In fact,
all that goes to make tho villa Borg
heso of universal fame. Tho crown
nnd glory of the gallery is tho great
picture "Sacred and Profane Love," by
Titian, over which tho battle wages,
and will always wage, as to which Is
the sacred and which the profano lovo.
Though much less numerous, tho
Bculpturp Is not less well known. Tho
nude statute of Pauline Borghcsc, ns
Venus, by Cnnovn, having a room to
Itself, Is considered the masterpiece.
London Telegraph.
ANTI-EN O LIS H LEADER.
Eugene Etlenne, who is now posing
as the anti-English leader In tho
French chamber of deputies, has had
a long and distinguished career as a
public man. He is now 55 years old.
In early manhood ho Bervcd as Inspector-general
of tho state railroads.
In 1881 he was first elected a deputy,
serving three terms. In 1888, ho be
came secretary of state for tho col
onies, which position he held for three
consecutive years. In 1892 and again
in 1894-95 he was chosen vice-president
of the chamber of deputies, Ho Is
EUGENE ETIENNE.
a Republican In politics and n man of
great lnflucnco with tho present gov
ernment, particularly In tho depart
ment of foreign affairs. His open and
bitter attacks on the policy of England
aro therefore significant.
The Ijiughlng Cure,
It Is nn Italian doctor who specially
recommends laughter as a cure for
modern Ills. Tho diseases Influenced
by a hearty laugh are numerous, and
range from bronchitis to anaemia. It
will bo Interesting to see how tho
treatment Is effected. Thero Is un
doubtedly a great opening for profes
sional gelototherapeutlots tho very
name makes one smile who study the
various ways of inducing laughter. A
courso of tickling Is prescribed for
bronchitis, for example; a course of
farcical comedies might suit an
nnaomlc patient, whllo punB, fired. off
at Intervals, would be found efficacious
In cases of pleurisy.
TJIADING OF ISLANDS
RECKLESS DEALINQ IN OTHER
PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
Ilotr Clcriniiny ami l'ngtntul Bwnp Vnt
Arena of Land llelonglng to tho
Hlnclm Settling or tho Sunionn
DUputr.
(Special Letter.)
In return for the tltlo to the Samoan
Islands, with the exception of Tu
tulla, which goes to tho United States,
Germany has ceded to England tho
Tonga Islands, Savago Inlands, and tho
two largest of tho Solomon Islands.
The Tonga Islands llo in tho south Pa
cific, and nro close to Fiji Islands,
which aro nlready under British con
trol. They comprise seven larger Is
lands, with many low-lying nnd Bmall
islets about them. The population,
which Is almost exclusively inado up
of nntlvcs, Is estimated to bo 25,000.
English missionaries havo converted
most of the Inhabitants to Christianity.
Tho islands aro nominally ruled by
George II., n black king, though tho
German government has maintained
ofllclals in the archipolngo who had tho
real authority. Savago Island Is a
bcnutlful Island, thirty miles in cir
cumference, lying half way between
the Tonga Islands and Samoa. It has
a population of G.000, nil of them be
ing converts to Christianity. Unllko
most of tho islands of the south Pa
cific, Savago la densely wooded. Tho
Solomon Islands, of which two of tho
largest nro ceded to England, llo north
of New Guinea and form part of the
so-called Bismarck Archipelago,
UCA OR WVLLIS IS
J&b V
FRENCH ' r
ENCH
HORNE IS,
FIJI ISLANDS
ENGLISH
06 FRIENDLY IS.
SAMOAN AND
NEXT YEAR'S NEWS.
An Aluinnuo Which I'rodlct Nothing
hut lilro Thing.
The stars In their courses appear sin
gularly determined to fight against tho
well being of our planot nt the close of
this wonderful century, nnd but for tho
faint belief that prophets sometimes
remain to bless tho'so whom they come
to curso readers of Zadklcl's almanac
for 1900 might well consider tho advis
ability of Immediately following tho
desperate example of Horace Walpole's
lady, who, It will bo remembered, had
mado up her mind that when the end
of tho world arrived she would set out
for China, says tho London Globe. Jan
uary opens happily, but, like a fair de
ceiver, this good nnturo Is not to last.
Early In tho month thero aro to bo
"startling fluctuations on change." In
Februnry thlnga grow worse. De
structive fires will bo numerous, acci
dents rife; thero will bo troublo In tho
Bombay presidency, and in Bulgaria
and Macedonia there are to be "violent
outbreaks." During March Insanity
will be "moro than usually prevalent"
In America. Greeco Is threatened In
April. Religious disputants nro to bo
hard at It in May. June Is to witness
avenging anarchism in Austria, Ger
many, Russia, Turkey and Greeco.
Spain Is to havo her turn In July; and
what Is left of her, together with Italy
and Franco, Is to bo shaken by earth
quake In August. Tho sultan Is to be
visited with rebellion In September nnd
France and Italy are to fcol tho scourg
ing power of war In October. Colonial
difficulties for England and disturb
ance In Frnnce, Italy, Afghanistan and
Persia mark the passing of November,
and December concludes with moro
trouble for the sultan, fires nnd public
excitement In Paris and a danger of
railway accidents In England. Surely
after all this the twentieth century
must come In like a lamb.
ICnyal Dress AlUwnticri.
Peoplo sometimes wonder what sum
Is put aside for dress by the daugh
ters of royal houseB. An Interesting
fnshlon writer tells us that before her
marrlago tho Duchess of Fife had a
very small dress allowance about
1,500 a year. Besides yachting and
everyday dresses and all the usual cos
tumes required by a girl of the upper
class, royal princesses havo also to
wear the costly and elaborate dresses
which their rank demands at tho
weddings of their near relations. They
are, however, fortunato In having Btorcs
of beautiful laces, priceless furs and
marvelous Jewels, all of which can be
used again and again. On tho whole,
It may bo asserted that a frugal prin
cess mny spend as little as $5,000 a
year on her dress, whllo hor moro
wealthy and extravngant sister may
find her dross bills amount to ten times
that sum. Age has nothing to do with
the matter, for the Queen of Itnly
Princess of Naples. The Empress of
Russia, who, moro Ihnu any other Eu
ropean Princess is able to Indulgo her
wildest fancies, dresses with tho great
est simplicity. In the dnytlmo she
mostly wears tallor-mado coats nnd
skirts and In tho evening favors tho
purest whlto matcrlalo.
TALK IS NOT CHEAP.
Tho I.nng-Dlntnnre Telephone Contra
dict the Old Haying.
Tho telephone contradicts tho saying
that talk Is cheap, says tho Now York
Commercial Advertiser. Political can
didates often find out tho dearncss of
talk; but tho ordinary citizen Is most
Impressed with It when ho tries to
'phono over 1,000 miles of wire. The
recently completed lino to Kansas City,
for example, costs $2 a mlnuto, and
even 2 cents n minute, tho ordlnnry
rate for short distances, Is moro than
It costs to havo a cab standing outside
the door whllo ono pays a call In this
caso very appropriately called "pay
lug" a call. A frugal man, If over
the force of circumstances contrives
to havo him pay such n call, loses
much of tho pleasure of tho visit, es
pecially those effective pauses the nov
elists lovo to dwell on, by tho thought
of tho cab outside with Its growing un
earned Increment. And similarly,
whether It bo for the samo reasons or
becauso of tho hypnotizing effect of
tho little box ono speaks Into, ono can
tnkc no plonsuro In talking socially
through a telephone with a friend,
even If ono has not seen him for a
year or two. However, In a buslnoss
way, talking through a 'phone, even at
GERMAN
M' Q AMA A AD
TUTUILAl.
NAVIGATORS
ISLANDS
9 SAVAGE OR NIUE I.
0 'i-
GERMAN
GERMAN
TONGA ISLANDS.
$2 a minute, Is far cheaper In tlmo nnd
money than going to tho othor end of
tho wire, so talk mny bo considered
relatively cheap, after all.
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
It Is more than doubtful If any of
tho soldiers In South Africa havo seen
as much actual war scrvlco as Melton
Prior, who goes out as a war corre
spondent. In that capacity ho Is a
veteran of twenty-one campaigns. Dur
ing the fifteen years beginning In 1872
he saw actual fighting In every year
hut one. In addition, It Is not likely
that any officer In Sir Rodvors Bul
ler's command has as thorough a
knowledgo of South Afrlcn ns this
same noncombatant. Mr. Prior went
all through tho Boer war of 1881 and
In addition has been at tho front dur
ing Kafllr, Zulu and Basuto wars In
South Afrlcn. Ho has been twice
around tho world, has explored Ico
lund, nnd knows nil Europo as most
men know the squnro on which they
live. In addition to being an accom-
MELTON PRIOR,
pllshed writer Mr. Prior Is a talented
artist. He represents In South Africa
the oldest Illustrated paper In the
world.
Ilrnther Overdid the Thing,
A Springfield lnwyer has n non about
10 years old and a daughter about
twice that age. Tho boy has been
around tho courthouse a good deal
with his father, and tho young lady
has a steady beau. Tho other evening
the young gentlemnn pnssed tho house,
and tho young lady desired to speak
to him. "Bobby," bIio said to hor lit
tlo brother, "won't you please call to
Mr. Brown 7" Bobby knew the state
of affairs, and ho hurried to the front
door nnd called out In tho usual loud
monotone of a court bailiff: "John
Henry Brown, John Henry Brown,
John Henry Hrown, como Into court."
Mr. Brown came In, and Bobby with
drew to a safe place. Ohio State Journal.
CHILD OF WYOMING.
.ROMANTIC HISTORY OF UNFOR
TUNATE FRANCES SLOCUM.
Otolen In 1778, When nn Infant, tiy tho
Marauding Indian Nearly Sixty Year
Elnpia Ilefare Friends Tmco Her
Would Not tlo Home.
(Wabash, Ind., Letter.)
Charles E. Slocum, a banker of De
fiance, Ohio, has determined to erect a
monument to the memory of Frances
Slocum, known to history as "tho lost
child of Wyoming." This unfor
tunate woman possesses a history as
romantic as any that ever was known
in this or any other country. As n
child sho-wns stolen by Indians and
carried away Into tho wilderness In tho
early doys of tho republic. She was
not discovered by her anxious rela
tives for nearly sixty years. Banker
Slocum Is a grand-nephew of Frances
and recently visited the lonely llttlo
cemetery eleven miles west of this city
whero tho dust of tho lost child re
poses. The Slocums came over from Eng
land In tho early dnys of settlement on
these western shores. As early us 1037
there Is record of one of them, An
thouy Slocum, purchasing land near
FRANCES SLOCUM.
what Is now Taunton, Mass, Ills son,
Giles, was a member of tho Society of
Friends of Portsmouth, R. I., In 1C38.
Giles had n grent-grandson, Joseph,
who lived In tho Wyoming valley,
Pennsylvania, In tho latter half of tho
eighteenth century, It was July 3,
1778, that tho Indians, Incited by tho
British, scattered death and destruc
tion throughout tho valley, shooting,
Bcalplng and burning. Most of tho sur
viving membera fled toward tho Dcla
waro river. Joueph Slocum and his
family remained to fnco tho danger.
On Nov. 2 of tho same year four In
dians from tho Delawaro tribe camo
toward tho house. Two boyB named
KIngsloy, who hnd escaped from In
dian captivity, wcro standing near tho
door. Ono of theso was shot and
scalped. Mrs. Slocum was tho only
grown person in tho houso, as Jona
than Slocum and his fnthcr-ln-law,
Isnac Tripp, wcro absent from home.
Sho seized her bnby and rushed to tho
woods. Llttlo Mnry, her 12-year-old
daughter, picked up Joseph, aged 2
years, and ran nfter her mother. Llttlo
Frances, aged 5, hid under tho stair
way, but the Indlnns spied her feet
sticking out and dragged her from her
hiding place. Ebcnczcr Slocum nnd
tho other KlngBlcy boy wcro nlso
seized.
Then tho mother ran from her re
treat with tears pouring down her
cheeks and besought tho Indians to
spare her children. Ebcnczcr, Eho aald,
could do them no good, na ho was n
cripple. So they dropped the boys nnd
kept Frnnccs only. A scnrchlng party
waa at once organized nnd It scoured
tho country for tho lost child, but with
no success. So the wenry weeks passed
Into months nnd no tidings camo of tho
llttlo girl. Tho frantic mother lived in
uncertainly as to her fate. Six weeks
afterward Jonuthan Slocum nnd Isaac
Tripp were shot and scalped by tho In
dians and the llttlo homo was left In
mourning.
Tho search for llttlo Frances, tho
"lost child of Wyoming," was taken up
by tho brothers of tho poor girl, In
1784 they went as far as Niagara In tho
hope of finding somo trace of her and
again In 1788 ns far west as the wilder
ness of Ohio. Tho next year n council
of all tho Indiana was called at Tioga
point nnd tho mother walked tho entlro
distance thither to try to find her child.
In 1797 tho four brothers started again
In search of their sister, driving cattle
to cover up tho purpose of their expe
dition. Ono of them, Isaac, camo
through the wilds of Canada us far as
Detroit, where ho arrived, nearly dead
for want of food and exhausted with
his long Journey. In 1798 the broth
ers made another trip, but llko tho
former ono It was unavailing. In 1807
the mother died, lcnvlng ns a hcrltago
the charge to her sons thnt tho search
bo kept up. For twenty years they
kept it up finally locating her near
here, W'An a llttlo girl Frances had
accidentally had ono of her fingero
smashed by a hammer In the hands of
ono of her brothera. Tho brothers
and their slHter, Mrs, Towno, noticed
that tho aged Indian woman had an in
jured finger and nsked her how it had
been hurt. Then alio told them thnt
her llttlo brother had let n hnmmcr fall
on her finger when she was a llttlo
girl In the homo of her father. So
they knew that this was their long
lost sister.
She told them that on tho day when
."ho waa carried away tho Indians had
taken iier to n cavo In tho mountains,
where 'sho cried all night until sho
went to sleep. Tho next day sho saw
her father's party hunting for hor, but
nn Indlnn stood over hor with n knifo
nnd threatened to kill her If sho ut
tered a sound. The Indians then took
her to Niagara, where tho chief had
hor face painted, her hair dyed and flho
was dressed In Indian fashion. After
two winters tho Indians went to De
troit, whero thoy lived for three years.
Then they moved to Fort Wnyno and
lived there twenty years. Later
Frances was taken to llvo near Peru,
Ind. Sho was married to n Dolnwaro
Indian, but afterward becamo tho wlfo
of tho Miami chief Shc-fan-can-oh.
Sho waa given the namo of Mahconc
qun, or "Young Bear," and she had two
daughters nnd two sons. By her
strength of character nnd purity sho
gained grent Influence among tho In
dians nnd they venerated her nB their
queen,
Tho emotions of tho brothers and
Mrs. Towno on beholding their sister
was intense, but Frances Slocum was a
hardened, stoical, cmotlonlcsB Indian
woman. In reply to their entreaties to
go homo with them sho replied: "I
cannot, I cannot; I am nn old trco. I
cannot move about. I was a sappllng
when they took mo away. I am nfrald
I should dlo and never como back, I
Blinll die here ana llo In that grave
yard, I am glad to see my whlto rela
tives, but I cannot go, I cannot go. I
hnvo done." This sho said In her In
dian tongue, ns sho had forgotten tho
use of English. Sho did pay a visit
later to her old home, but returned and
died March 0, 1847. at tho ago of 75
years. Sho Bald bIio had always re
ceived good treatment nt tho hands of
tho Indiana nnd she took loving enro
of her children. Now tho descendants
of her father's faintly nro going to
erect a Btono to mark her grave.
LINQUISTIC PRODIGIES.
I.onrnod Men Who .'Mutter Vltij UltTor
ont Tongue.
When ono considers tho difficulty o
ncqulrlng even n "nodding acquaint
ance" with two or thrco languages, It
seems almost Incredible that some men
should be ablo to apeak with all tho
fluency of a nntlvo In twenty, and oven
fifty, Btrango tongues. It 1h only a few
months since Dr. Gottlieb Laltncr tho
most famous linguist of this genera
tion, died nt Bonn, in Gormany. Dr.
Leltncr, who acted as interpreter to an
army in tho Crimean war, could apeak
with equal facility In no fowcr than
fifty languages; and many of tho moro
nbstruso eastern tongues ho know nB
Intimately iib his native German. But
thero havo been phenomenal linguists
In nil ages, from tho far-away days of
MlthridatcB, king of Pontus, who could
converse with tho subjects In ench of
their twcnty-flvo tongues; nnd from
tho days of Cleopatra, who never used
nn Interpreter In her relations with
the world's ambassadors. Pico dolla
Mlrandoln, u learned Italian of tho
fifteenth century, was eloquent in
twenty-two languages, and M. Ful
genco Fresnel wbb familiar with twen
ty, and In tho seventeenth century
Nicholas Schmld, a German peasant,
translated tho Lord's Prayer Into ns
many languages ns thero aro wcoks in
a year. Tho greatest HngulBt of nil
time, however, wns Cardinal Mezzofnn
tl, who died half a century ago. Mczzo
f mitt's linguistic rango wns bo great
tuat ho could have conversed In a dif
ferent tongue every wcok for two years
without exhausting his vocabulary. In
all ho was familiar with 114 languages
and dialects, and In most of them ha
could spenk with such accuracy aud
purity of accent that he might hnvo
been, and often was, mistaken for a
native.
MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
(Indianapolis Letter.)
Mrs. A. Elbcrson, formerly of South
Bend, this state, who Hays sho haB a
special message from heaven, has como
MRS. A. ELBERSON.
to this city to speak In tho streets and
distribute her tracts. Sho says she in
tends to distribute tho tracts frco to
the poor and to sell them for n penny
ench to persons able to pay. Sho says
she has spent six years In this work,
nnd In her travels has visited tho Holy
Land, Italy, Egypt and England. Sho
camo hero from Chicago, where she has
been nt work for tho Inst two months.
A Turnout Hindu Dead.
Swnml Bhaskarananda, tho fumous
Hindu Ascetic, of Benares, Is dead.
This devout Brahmin, who kept him
self naked nnd selMmmurcd, was vis
ited by nearly all tho Indlnn tourists
during their stay at Benares, Includ
ing ttw Prlnco of Wales. Ho spent his
life la ft rigid posture, giving no heed
to hl visitors, and patiently waited for
death in tin holy city, which, accord
ing to Hindu belief, mennB Ufa ever
lasting. Although Swami wits n ce
lebrity llttlo W83 learned by his vis
itors of his actual life or of tho beliefs
that dictated his peculiar asceticism.
