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Among the thousands of Interesting objecta placed In the recently estab
lished London Hlatory Museum In Kenalngton Palace Is the cradle of King
Henry V. It haa carved ends and two carved birds on top of the supporting
posts, but It would be considered very crude and uncomfortable by a modern
baby of high degree.
PAGAN CHIEF OF WUKARI
Fur a long time tho pagan kingdom
of Wukarl, la Socoto, Nigeria, haa
been known to civilization, but oven
tho conquering Fulanl stopped short
of subduing It. As befits such a rec
ord, tho chief of Wukarl Is literally
a great man, with an Imposing figure.
In the accompanying portrait he Is
carrying the staff of office, the em
blem of his allegiance to Great Brit
ain, and wears sandals adorned with
ostrich feathers.
ENGLAND HAS TIMUR RUBY
It has Just become known that tho
famous Timur ruby, known In the
days of the Mogul empire as the "Trib
ute of the World," is now among the
British crown jewels. . Some experts
had supposod It was lost. The gem is
a royal match to the Kohlnoor dia
mond, tho "Mountain of Light," which
has been in tho British regalia since
1850.
The Tlmur ruby is the largest In ex
istence, weighing In Its present shape
a trifle over 352 carats. It Is uncut,
but polished. The first account of
this ruby Is In 1398, whon tho Ameer
Timur, Known In Europe as Tamorl
ano, plundered the Indian city of
Delhi, and seized a great stock of
princely gems. Tamerlane bequeath
ed the Tlmur ruby to his son and
successor, Mir Shah Rukh, who passed
It down In turn to his son, Mlrza
Ulugh Beg.
The ruby foil Into the hands of a
Persian king at tho downfall of tho
Tartar empire. In 1012 tho stone was
presented by Shah Abbas I., greatest
of the Sofavl kings of Porsla, to tho
Mogul Emperor Jehanglr. At that
lme It had engraved on It tho names
of Tamerlane and his son and Shah
Abbas. Tho Emporor Jehanglr oblit
erated them and engraved on the ruby
tho names of himself and his father,
Akbar tho Great
Nur Jehan, fnvorlto wife of Jehan
glr, told him he ought not to havo
scraped off Tamerlano's name, to
which the Persian monarch replied:
"This Jewel will more cortatnly hand
down my name to posterity than any
written history. Tho House of Tlmur
may fall, but as long ns there is a
king this gem will be his."
Shah Jehan later put his namo on
the ruby and sot the stono In tho
famous Peacock Throne. There It re
mained until Nadir Shah Invaded In
dia and sacked Delhi In 1739. Ho car
ried off tho Tlmur ruby and 25,000
other gems.. When the Nadir was as
sassinated In 1747 tho ruby descended
to Ahmad Shah, who founded the king
dom of Afghanistan. ;Hla son surrcn-
dcred it ns woll ns tho Kohlnoor dia
mond to Maharaja Ranjlt Singh, and
the English got the two Jewels when
they annexed tho Punjab In 1840.
Tho Kohlnoor was sent direct to
Queen Victoria. Tho Tlmur ruby, aft
er having been for some time In pos
session of the East India company, Is
said also to hnvo been sent to tho
queen, but It got Into tho private royal
collection and has been lost to public
notlco over since. Us history was
collected by King Gcorgo on his In
dian coronation tour.
POPULATION OF THE WORLD
Tho total population of the world is
now estimated at 1,700,000,000. This
Is baBed upon tho most recent cen
suses, which all civilized countries
now take, with a careful estimate of
tho number of inhabitants of uncivi
lized lands. The proportion of tho
sexes Is known for 1,038,000,000 of
theso, the ratio being 1,000 males to
990 females. Tho ratio varies consid
erably in different places. In Europo
mero are 1,000 men to 1,027 women;
In Africa, 1,000 men to 1,045 women;
In America, 1.000 men to 964 womon;
in Asia 1,000 mon'to 961 women; in
Australia. 1,000 men to 937 women.
The highest proportion of women is
found In Uganda, where thero are
1.467 to every 1,000 men. The lowest
proportion is in Alaska and tho Malay
States, where there are, in tho former,
391, and in the latter 389 women
to every 1,000 men.
CURING THE BEST CAVIAR
The finest caviar Is tho bloluga pre
pared from tho roo of the white stur
geon; little less fine is the sevrluga,
prepared from tho sterltated sturgeon.
Both nro put up at Astrakhan, Rus
sia. According to United States -Con-sul
John II. Grout, stationed at Odes
sa, the roo 1b rubbed through a sieve
with caro not to break the grain. It
falls Into brlno, where it remains for
three or four hours, after which It is
packed In sacks and allowed to drain.
This Is the only preparation given to
tho best caviar. Tho cheaper varie
ties aro more strongly salted. Caviar
Is digested with easo and Is ono of
tho finest forms of nourishment, espe
cially for tho sick.
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Recent excavatlona In Pompeii have revealed a number of houses In the
Street of Abundance, and a wine shop or bar. Tho latter has the customary
counter, with holes for the terra cotta wine Jars, and a raised piece of
masonry holding a copper boiler with cover made to close hermetically, which
rests above a square hole for the fire. Various wine Jara lean against the
wall, on the counter are copper coins, and a email square box of bone contains
gold and silver coins.
"RUBBER" MADE OF SEAWEED
A substitute for hard rubber, gutta
percha and leather, has Just bocn put
on tho market In England under tho
namo of scagumite. It is prepared
from seaweed. Tho properties of the
now discovery are said to bo that It
Is non-inflammable, proof against
heat, cold, oil and weather; Its Insula
tion resistance increases with Immer
sion in water; it is unaffected by di
lute sulphuric ncld, which makes it
especially valuable for use In storage
battery Jars nnd separators. It Is
woll adapted for motor gears, switch
board panels, switch handles, steam
and gns packings and to replace leath
er In beltings.
NO ALMANAC FOR CHINESE
The Chinese public In the lower
part of the nation Is in a predicament
this year owing to tho lack of their
usual almanac, which tells them what
days are lucky, what nro unlucky, and
which gives them similar Items of use
ful Information. Each year hundreds
of thousands of hooks nre Hold, and the
publishers got thom ready as usual
this year. They put on now covers
with proper dates, and kept the inside
Just as it was before, as they were ac
customed to do for many years back.
Then tho now government stepped In
nnd strictly prohibited their sale. The
public now has no means of Insuring
Itself perpetual good luck.
PRINCE AS A CAFE RUNNER
Many royal personages today are
skilled In somo form of handiwork,
nnd not a few of them could earn
their living. Prince Frederick
Charles of IIohcn7ollern, a cousin of
the emperor. Is a good blacksmith;
his brother, Prince Frederick Slgls
mund, has learned the joiner's trade;
tho crown prince of Roumnnia is nn
accomplished cabinet maker; the
king of Bulgaria has learned to bo nn
englno driver, and Prlncoss Marie
Louise of Schleswlg-Holsteln is a
skilled worker in cnnmel. But Prince
Koulory Onlbero, son of the late
Prince Benhanzin of Africa, actually
found it necessary to earn his living,
and not having any trndo, he went to
Paris and became chasseur for a pop
ular restaurant In tho Bols do Bou
logne.
ROCK IS THE HOME OF BATS
Phillips rock, situated near Valley
Springs, Llano county, Texas, Is a
ltmcstone formation nnd rises abrupt
ly out of a level plain to a height of
about 80 feet It covers an area of
several acres. Tho serried sides show
tho effoctB of centuries of exposure to
tho elements. Tho projecting layers
of the. stono afford n means of climb
ing to tho top of the elevation. 'The
top Is a level surface and it Is a favo
rite resort for picnic parties. Its
sides are penetrated by wide caverns
which are the homes of countless
bats.
LONG TRIPS FOR DUCKS
New Zealand dealers recently ship
lied several consignments of frozen
ducks to London, with good results.
They sold for about 75 cents each, and
when ready for tho table are said to
hnvo averaged up to the English product.
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Steamers Brazos, Comanche and
Comal, Were All Late In Get
ting Away.
OILER STARTS SCRAP
He Hit the Man Who Prepared the
Food and Two Labor Unions Were
Then Involved Which Delayed Sail
ings Several Hours.
New York. A cook of the steamet
BrazoH made an effort to defend bim
self the other afternoon against the
charges of an oiler of the Firemen's
union that he did not know how to
:ook. Tho last argument of men of
the sea, .coastwise or otherwise, Is a
scrap, and tho ollor nnd the fireman
had It. The cook got tho worst of it
and the skipper of the Brazos decided
to leavo tho fireman behind.
The fireman appealed to his union,
nnd all hands on three ships under
the samo management, the Brazos, the
Comanche and tho Comal, decided to
back up the aggressive fireman. They
said the cooks had not been treating
any of them properly anyhow.
The Comanche was the only! ship
that got out of dock at the foot of
Spring street with all her force of
eighteen firemen. They refused, how
ever, to work until they received as
surances that the oiler would be tak
en back. She sailed promptly at 1
p. m. and got as far as Liberty Island.
Tho skipper told of his plight by wire
less and H. II. Raymond, head of tho
line, got busy trying to straighten out
the trouble. The Atlantic Const Sea
men's union, which has general con
trol of tho subsidiary unions of coast
wlso seaworkers, also got In the game,
having a contract with tho lines to
furnish firemen who would stick.
The firemen of tho Brnzos and the
Comal deserted their ships at tho plei
and stood by awaiting the result ol
negotiations between tho reprcsentn
tives of the unions and Mr. Raymond
The Cook Got the Worat of It.
who had volunteered to arbitrate the
trouble A tug with Marine Superin-
tanrinnt HnnWu-plI wont rinwn tn t)io
Comanche, whoso firemen had an In
dependent grievance against a cook on
their ship, and there was an earnest
talk between the union representa
tives, Mr. Rockwell, the skipper of the
ship, and the aggrieved firemen. Mr,
Ramond wanted to get tho three
boats away, with their pasengers and
freight, nnd finally did after they bad
been held up more than four hours.
Tho oiler was taken back pending
Investigation of tho case against the
cook. Tho cook's union will make an
effort to 'adjust Its troubles with th
firemen's union meanwhile.
Count as Master of Kennels.
Pueblo, Colo. Pueblo is probably
the only city In the country which can
boast of a member of the nobility (or
n dog handler. Count Von Bulow of
Germany, well known In many sec
tions of tho United States and partic
ularly in this city, who returned hero
u short time ago strictly "on his up
pers," has Just hpen tendered tho posi
tion of master of tho kennels In Pue
blo. During tho last four or five years
Von Bulow, claiming to bo a real
count, has been identified with somo
remarkable performances of various
descriptions.
Ills most notoworthy accomplish
ment occurred three years ago when,
It Is alleged, rh'o persuaded a Pueblo
woman, Mrs. Christina Pflummor, who
had $300,000 In tho bonk, to marry
him. Von Bulow, It Is snld, spent tho
money, his wife deserted him, then
died, and hojs back in Pueblo after
an absenco of two years.
Ends Own Life at 80 Years.
Chtcago. Charles Stein, for 30
yoara a manufacturer In Milwaukee,
nnd a brothor of former Superior
Judge Philip Stein, shot nnd killed
hlniBolf tho other day at the Hyde
Park Rest Cure, where ho had gone
for medical treatment. He was eighty,
years old. Sulcldo Is attributed to ill
health.
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UNCLE JOE, 76,
"Uncle' Joe" Cannon celebrated his
seventy-sixth birthday at Washington
the othor day under a cloud of grief.
Tho night before he exultantly an
nounced that he was going to observe
the day by dissipating wildly. A cir
cub was in town and he was going to
take the afternoon and, if necessary,
the evening off and go to see the lions
and tigers and the hippograffe and the
beautiful lady acrobats and the hair
raising trapezlata.
Instead of that he went meekly up
to the home on Congressman Weeks,
of Massachusetts, with his daughter
and spent the evening decorously
there.
"Thought you were going to the cir
cus," a reporter said to him.
"I was," said Uncle Joe, "but It
rained. And in the course of seventy
five I mean seventy-Blx years of
quiet and Irreproachable life I have
found that whenever It rains and I go
.o a circus I always aet wet.
"Tho people around mo seem to be dry nnd happy. I always get that
vet spot and am miserable. If seventy-five years I should say seventy-six
.each a man anything, It must be to profit by experience
"It haB taken mo Beventy-flvo years to learn anything, but now that I'm
teventy-slx I have learned this lesson, If not any other, and I have Just sense
enough not to go.
"So I'm up hero at John Weeks', with Mrs. Weeks and my daughter, and
ve missed the clrcuB, but I'm happy nnd I'm not damp."
"I suppose you got a lot of congratulations?"
"Yes," said the ox-speaker, reflectively. "Quite a number of people cam.
ap to me and congratulated me on being a year nearer tho grave. Funny
thing to congratulate a man on. Don't you think bo? But they meant It
kindly."
SULTAN A MEDIATIZED RULER
ent Sultan and nominal tuler of Morocco, Is known to his subjects as tho
Prince of True Believers and Is the thirty-sixth lineal descendant of All,
uncle and son-in-law of the Prophet Mahomet. He revolted against his broth
er, the Sultan Mulla Aziz, In 1907, and his usurpation of the throno was
recognized by the powers in January, 1909. He Is a learned and devoted
adherent of Islamlsm and has written several books on theology and philology,
GOV. WEST TRUSTS CONVICTS
"Tho only honor lacking in the aver
age criminal Is that which 1b wrenched
from him by Incivility, distrust and
Inhumanity. Extend to a convict the
courtesy, confidence and trust duo him
as a man and he will respond with
more honor than the average person
who has mfver seen the bars, the dun
geon or tho dismal gray walls of a
penitentiary." (
Basing his action on this bit of
philosophy, Gov. Oswald West of Ore
gon recently threw open the barred
doors of the Oregon state penitentiary
and turned more than 200 convicts out
into the Inviting forests and fields to
serve tho remainder of their terms
without guards, Btripes, chains or
stockades.
With one sweep the dungeon, the
dark cell, the striped suits, the ball
and chain and the gallows were wiped
out as unnecessary parts of the Insti
tution and In their stead was estab
lished a unique and revolutionary.
honor system. Slucq the first wholesale liberation convicts have been added
to the list as they havo proven ellgiblo until the total number today is about
500. Honor Is the only guard over fifteen convict camps which are maintained
permanently In various parts of the state, In some cases many miles from the
dingy walls of the prison, and in all cases In the forests where the only
effort required to make an escape Is to leisurely disappear.
Tho men are engaged in building roads, opratlng rock quarries and
slearing land.
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tive officer; Mr. Charles F. Wilson,
llplomattc officer, and Mr. Archibald G. Emery, secretary. General Edwarda
&nd Admiral Staunton were detailed by President Taft to represent the army
tnd navy. The commission Is accredited by tho department of state to Amer
lean ambassadors and ministers abroad, and bear letter to tho highest gov
ernment authorities of the various cou ntrlei visited.
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On March 30, France Inaugurated a
change In her political dealings with
Morocco, by tho signing of a treaty
with the Sultan, Mulla-Abd-el-Hafld,
establishing a French protectorate.
France has had much experience In
tho government of tho North African
countries, which line the Mediterran
ean from Tripoli to the Atlantic ocean,
and the decision to leavo the govern
ment nominally In native hands Is a
wlso one. It Is evidently based on tho
success of her peaceful conquest of
Tunis whero tho externals of Arab
rule have been preserved. In Algeria,
on the other hand, where tho admin
istration Is directly and openly
French, her domination aroused tho
bitter Jealousy and hostility of the
natives who saw in the elimination of
their native rulers a threatened Bub
version of the Mahommedan religion,
with the result that France has bad
to maintain her footing by rigorous
military rule. Mulia Hafld, the pres
Reuben B. Hale, the vice-president
of the Panama-Pacific International
exposition, to be hold in San Francisco
in 1915, celebrating the completion of
the Panama Canal,, was one of a spe
cial commission appointed to make a
trip abroad to lay before ministers of
foreign affairs and army und navy
authorities, the details and scope of
thoenterprlBe. The commission sailed
on 'the Mauretanla April 21th. Mr.
Hale is a well-known merchant of
San Francisco, who was tho first per
son to suggest the holding of an ex.
position to celebrate tho completion of
the Panama Canal. The commission
consists of Mr. John Hays Hammond,
president; Mr. Reuben B. Hale, vice
president of tho Panama-Pacific Intel
national exposition; Brigadier-General
Clarence B. Edwards, U. S. A.; Mr.
William T. Scsnon, vice-presldont of
the San Francisco chamber of com
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