ODERN
se Pacific
Despite laws, cables
jfcnd warsKips , adventurers
continue piracy in the
South Seas . . . -
Within a few weeks the Pacific has
fielded two stories of pirate, lit a time
when piracy was generally believed to
have become one of the lost profes
sions. Developments have shown that
tho black flag, metaphorically speaking,
till flies over crn ft in the Pacific
Ocean, although the times of those cap
tlvatlnir gentry who scoured the Span
tab Main of the Atlantic have indeed
passed away forever.
Compared with the Pacific Ocean, the
Atlantic la a narrow lody of water, hut
the Pacific, the romantic old South Sen
famed for financial 'bubbles" and for
the adventurers who have sought It for
their country's good. Is almost bound
less In Its extent The combined navies
of the world could nut properly police
the great, sea, and it has Innumerable.
Islands, charted and uncharted spots
of land which appear and disappear In
the Immense depth of Its waters In the
most erratic and unexpected manner.
But the commerce ou the Pacific Is
considerable and constantly growing.
Great ships, some of them the equal of
ths trans-Atlantic "greyhounds," with
the regularity of a suburban train, ply
between the continents. Rich materials,
bullion, money, are coming and going In
the ships. Millions of money are al
ways being conveyed upon Its waves.
Here, then, Is the scene prepared for
the pirates. All that Is necessary is
the buccaneer himself.
China the Lair of I lie I'lrate.
He Is there, too. tienemily speaking,
lie is a Chinese. Hut there are men
from the Occident willing "to take a
chance" to turn the golden Hood roll
ing their way.
Almost every port on the Pacific has
Its que Si of adventurers.- Most of them
joust hJlve grown tired of their own
"names, for they use others, and usually
their means of support are not osten
tatious. These human wrecks are to be
found from San Francisco to Sydney.
The Hawaiian Islands are not free
from their presence; they can be found
upon the beach at Apia, but in the
treaty ports of China tliey congregate
In numbers.
At Shanghai Is collected tho flotsam
and jetsam of the world. There are
many mysterious Englishmen. Ameri
cans and others Btranded there. The
secret of their means of existence is
shown occasionally In the consular po
lice court They keep dives, they
league themselves with notorious na
tives In smuggling transactions, and
now and then during a dispute with a
Chinese whom they were endeavoring
to cheat in a dubious business scheme
somebody Is murdered. The lawless,
the embezzlers, the welchers who have
been forced to abandon connection with
their borne towns find a refuge In
Shanghai, where' "something always !s
turning up" for a man who rises su
perior to his conscience.
Hired to Karaite the Seas.
These modern buccaneers are "cap
tains of Industry." They organize
raids, plan piracies, but It Is the wily
native who Is entrusted with the exe
cution of the schemes. Most of the
master minds do not caro to risk their
precious lives, while there are plenty of
disreputables la the native quarters
iwllllng for a few dollars In si'lver to
cut a throat or lead an attack upon a
liner. Some of the adventurers live by
blackmail, others by giving tips to na
tive pirates and robbers of wljere loot
may be found.
Hongkong, Macao, Nagasaki and Sin
gapore all have their quota of these
cosmopolites. The Japanese seal pi
rates who were killed or captured by
the United States revenue cutter Me
Culloch, while they were making a raid
on the seal rookeries on St. Paul Island,
one of the Aleutian elm in. are said to
have been organized by one of the
- most notorious of modern buccaneers,
"Red," or Alexander. McLean, who has
operated boldly In the Pad lie for sev
eral years, and has been engagiHl In so
many deserate enterprises that ho has
been nicknamed "the Sea Wolf."
"Ked" McLean has all the qualities
romance usually bestow upon lis ficti
tious heroes. Ho Is a tall, powerful
man, with the figure or an athlete and
the voice of a bull, lie has the black
est of black hair, a heavy black mus
tache and piercing black eyes, which
are small but magnetic. His specialty
lias been seal poaching, and to capture
the fur-bearing amphibians ho has sail
ed at different times under American,
British and Mexican flags, thus effec
tively maintaining his anonymity. In
bis time be had been chased by cruis
ers, menaced by mutineers, threatened
by gales, but he has the courage and
abandon of a corsair. With a deter
mination that nothing appears to bo
able to break, ho has been operating In
Bering Sea ever Bince the Uulted States
passed the act intended to preserve the
teals from extinction.
Latest Act of IMrney.
In Chinese waters coastwise steam
ers are never safe from pirates. The
latest act of piracy was ho capture of
the British steamer Saiuam by Chi
nese, near Canton. The bucenneers mur
dered the Rev. Dr. Macdonald. four In
dian watchmen, while the cominunder,
Captain Joslln, was seriously wounded,
and a Chinese named Ho was cut so
badly that be had to be sent to Wu
chow. As usual the band of pirates es
caped, taking with them about $4,000
and some ammunition.
' The robbery was planned with great
aklll, and appears to have been organ
ised by ionie one well acquainted with
what was going on In tho provincial
treasury. In turn, some one connected
with the pirates must have warned the
pvflnclal authorities.
In some manner the news that the
Chinese provincial authorities Intended
bvccsneers- mm
V, f
to ship $-10,000 In silver by the Salnara
leaked out, when the ship sailed from
Canton. Tho specie was not aboard,
for at the last moment It was with
held. However, some of the pirates
took passage at Canton, others came on
board at Kuin Chuk and Kan Kong,
and mixed with the other native pas
sengers. While the ship was nearlng
Samohul, several long Chinese Junks
came alongside. When tbey tied up to
the steamer, the pirates on board the
Salnatu made a signal for the upris
ing. The uprising was Ingeniously devised.
There apcared to bo a disturbance
among the Chinese passengers on the
lower deck. Four Indian watchmen on
guard rushed forward to quell It, but
as soon as they laid hands on the man
who appeared, to have been responsible,
they were attacked by the pirates, who
used revolvers ami knives with rapidity
and certainty.
Iu a few minutes the Salnam was in
the hands of the Chinese, who began a
systematic search for loot. They dis
covered the $ 10,000 had not been placed
on board, but they made off with all
the money and valuables they could
find, and broke open doors, windows,
boxes, during their hunt for treasure.
Then they all dropped over the side
into the waiting junks and put off.
Captain Joslln, although seriously
wounded, took charge of the ship and
brought her into Canton. There he re
ported the attack, but the Chinese gun
boats were tardy In leaving. The Chi
nese gunboat commanders always ap
pear to fear they might catch the pi
rates. So the British river gunboat
Moorhen was dispatched .up the river,
but, as usual, the pirates escaped.
But there are other kinds of buccan
eers In the Pacific. These are the
"blackblrders," the slavers which still
continue In business among the Islands
Iu Polynesia, Micronesia and the scat
tered and unfrequented spots In the an
tipodes.
One of the most notorious of these
blackblrders was a certain Captain na
bernlck of the schooner Samoa. The
Samoa, about three years ago, captured
about 1,200 natives on one of the Isl
ands In the Solomon group and sold
them to work In Samoa. These Island
ers, while not sold Into slavery as It
once was practiced In this country and
the West Indies, were practically slaves
Just the same. They are not slaves In
one sense of tho word, but their chance
of being freed Is very Blight They
are supposed to be hired for a term of
tnree years. They ore paid $1.50 a
month, but they have to take their
wages In trade. The "blackblrder'
gets 85 a head for every laborer he o
tains, and as he generally does a lit
tle legitimate freight carrying to dls
nrra suspicion and to account for his
frequent presence In these waters, there
Is n fair remuneration In the busi
ness. Piracy in the I'lillippt urn.
Alxnit two years ago two officers of
the Philippine constabulary, stationed
at Misaniis, Mindanao, started on n
short-lived career of piracy which
equals most anything in the pages of
fiction. Captain Herman aiid Lieuten
ant Johnson were short In their ac
counts, and the day for auditing waa
close at hand. Tliey hnd to get money
somehow and decided to raise It In a
good, old romantic fashion.
The steamer Victoria lay ot anchor
off the beach, and they decided to seize
It and make for Borneo. Before era
parking, they took what money waa In
the safe about $5,000- and ordered
about fifteen of their men to accom
pany them. During the night this force
rowed out to the Victoria and silently
crept on board. The Spanish captain
was awakened from his sleep by the
cold barrel of a revolver stroking his
face.
"We're off for Borneo, savvy," yelled
Johnson In the drowsy man's ear, "and
we want steam, and lots of It, and
quick, too."
Of course, they got stenm. The Vic
toria with black smoke curling from
her funnels was soon under way. But
the next morning the Spanish captain
made known the fact that the ship bad
run out of coal. But a coastwise steam
er hove Into view, and running close,
the pirates ordered their constables to
fire a volley. The coaster hove to and
was boarded. As a result all her spare
coal was transferred to the Victoria.
But the Spanish captain outwitted
the pirates. He found his story of no
coal was met with a plentiful supply,
taken from the held-up coaster, so with
rare presence of mind he ran his vessel
on a reef In such a manner that she
was perfectly safe. Then he Informed
Herman and Johnson that he could not
get her off of her dangerous position.
In desperation, the pirates then left
the vessel, having commandeered a na
tive boat They proceeded to Negros,
where they lay waiting to be picked up
by an Australian liner. But while they
were waiting In the proa the proa-men
who bad been Impressed into the pi
rates' service shot them. Johnson waa
killed and Herman, severely wounded,
was captured.
uermorid
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A Doar Habit.
Have you ever thought why It la
that a dog turns around and around
when be jumps up on his cushion or
starts to settle himself anywhere fer a
nap? Now that you are reminded you
can recall that you have seen a dog
do It many times, can't you? This hab
it Is about all that Is left to our tame
little doggies of the days long ago, when
tbey were a race of wild animals and
lived In the woods. Their beda then
were mattpd grass and leaves, and It
was to trmple enough grass and prop
erly arunge the leaves that the dog al
ways rod around a narrow circle be
foreue would lie down. The dog of
tonnay keeps up the same old habit, al
though there Is no longer any need for
t, and of course the animal baa no
notion why he does It
No Initiative.
Stuyvesunt Fish, seated In his Broad
way office, was describing to a well
known financial editor the character of
a western financier.
"The man's success amazes me," said
Mr. Fish, "for he Is altogether lacking
In courage and initiative. In short, he
is like that husband who, after answer
ing the lett-.-r carrier's ring, returned
i nil said timidly to his wife:
"A letter for me, dear. May I open
It?'"
MISSOURI HEEPSOIAUPT
JC5?(1 Vj HinTte 'but Pcjku V" Tft
1 " 'P'ttJs&iK-tT 19 Corncob Pipe- Her it flrat ff I
114 fill Itappened to be Hade and UovM
'AS'h m Mfateatherfissouri Former m
The, Missouri Meerschaum Is not ex
actly the twin brother of the Missouri
Mule, but It Is every whit as famous,
and fully as useful In its way. It
forms the basis of an industry which
has brought a good many hundred dol
lars Into the State and which will con
tinue to do so as long as corn grows
and men use tobacco.
The flrHteorucob plite was practically an accident, says a writer In th
WllHaui8ior(Jrit. A Missouri man wanted to smoke and had no pipe. He wa
shelllng'coru and when ho found a large and particularly smooth cob an Idea
struck hi i. He whlped out his jaekknlfe, cut the cob In two and bored
out the j4th of the larger section In a twinkling. Cutting a smaller liole in the
side, be ooked about for the stem. His eye lighted on a bunch of hard,
harsh rrfiyls growing nearby. He selected a reed, cut off a section between two
of the joints, Inserted It Into the side of his cob, and behold, the Missouri
man hd bis pipe. And thus was born the "Missouri Meerschaum," famous aa
the caoiest, sweetest ple In all the world. Its fame spread rapidly, shrewd
men taw Its possibilities and now it Is the basis of one of Missouri's greatest
Industries.
The town of Washington, Mo., Is the corncob pipe center of the world.
Forf reason U Is highly favored of nature; for nowhere outside tho compara
tively small section of which It la the pivotal point can cobs be produced
wl ch ore exactly right for pipe making. Corn la a double crop In the coun
try tributary to Washington. The farir.er gets a good price for bla ahelled
co u, then brings or sends bis cobs to the little city and receives rather more
tin it half as much again. The price paid la 23 cents a bushel, averaging about
nln -ty cobs. Highly thousand corncob pipi-s are made In Washington every
woitlng day iu the year. The InduKtry was established !n 1870 la a very mod
est xj by the man whose name still figures In tiui firm name of the largest
facto) of the kind in the world..
Opportunity. Opportunities do not
wait. Tho street of By and By leada
to the house of Never. Rev. Dr. Had
cliff, Presbyterian, Washington.
Womanhood. A nation cannot rise
above Its womanhood, for hers la an
exalted and Ood-given sphere. Rev.
W. W. Nevhui, Baptist, Washington.
Pence. It Is possible for peace to
come too noon, before peace Is possible,
lieforp wrongs are righted, and great
questions set tied. Rev. W. 8. Danely,
Cumberland, Presbyterian, Pittsburg.
Music. Music needs religion, and re
ligion needs music, Ood has Joined them
together and what tJod has Joined to
gether let not man put asunder. Rev.
David tiivgg, Presbyterian, New York
City.
Good and F.vll. They Who go about
looking for gooil will be sure to find It
and they who are In quest of evil will
discover more than they want. Iter.
Henry C. Swcntzel, Protest nut Eplaco
pallan, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Great Questions. The great ques
tlona of life are not those that peep out
of tho attic windows of the mind, but
those that sit around the hearthstone
of the heart Rev. Frank Crane, Con
gregationallst, Worcester, Mass.
Soul. What Is a human body with
the spark of life gone out ashes.
What Is a man without a soul a beast
You cannot build a body without air.
You cannot make a man without a soul.
Rev. N. M. Waters, Congregational
1st, Brooklyn.
Recreation. The physical, mental
and moral forces cannot always be on
a Btrain. Recreation means to recreate,
and when recuperated those forces are
better able to iorform their respective
functions. Rev.' George Scholl, Dutch
Reformed, Baltimore.
Refinement. All our powers of mind
and body must be trained to work har
nionlnusly together for possible perfeC'
tloii In tills life. Refinement Is a fac
tor of harmony; and fighting and suf
feting are essential to real refinement
Rev. J. S. Thompson, Independent
Los Angeles, Cal.
Mud Slinging. You can go into the
hottest political campaign that ever
blazed and wear white all the time, and
never dodge, while tho fellows who
handle mud bombard you with the am
munition of the ditch, aud at the end
of the race you will be cleaner than
when you went In. Rev. R. J. Bur-
dette, Baptist, Los Angeles.
Struggle. Christ made spiritual
character the result of struggle. That
'.a the one fundamental principal In all
ipheres of life. We call it the survival
of tho fittest, we call It evolution, we
sail It competition, we call It overcom
ing. What we call It amounts to very
little, but the fnct amounts to a great
leal. Rev. J. B. Clark, Tresbyterlan,
Detroit.
Growth and Change. The body
reaches Its limit about the tweuty-flftb
year, tho mind Its meridian about the
fiftieth, but tho growth of the soul con
tinues with the eldest saint and In the
next world Is changed from glory to
glory and continues until, crowned with
honor and glory, the redeemed soul
atands but little lower than Ood. Rev.
W. J. Thompson, Methodist Brooklyn,
Church Influence. Every church car
ries the gosjKi message by Its every out
ward apieurance and speaks to every
heart of its divine purpose. The mere
Bight of men, women or children going
or returning from church or Sunday
achool gives Its message to the heart
and declares something that we will
find In tho great sermon the Saviour
uttered. Rev. C. O. Jones, Methodist,
Atlanta.
Suffering. Jesus Christ Is the One
whence cometh our help for the perfec
tion of our physical and spiritual disa
bilities, and the supply of all our needs
of whatsoever sort they may be. Ho
who Buffers and refuses to apply where
aid can be had deserves to suffer, but
be who comes to the fountain of sup
ply has the promise, God shall supply
all jour needs. Rev. W. S. Bertolet
Lutheran, Phialdelphla.
Blind Justice. Everybody knowa
niuuy of tliu executing powers are pur
chasable. Let a man raise his hand
against a gang of whisky drinking
dudes, champagne drinking dudines and
bloomer bicycle riding dudelets who
congregate iu some fashionable quarter
to violate, the law and play the devil,
and there Is not a tribunal In the coun
try that will dare open Its mouth. Rev,
J. H. Brougliton, Baptist, Atlanta.
A Wwuntleil fihakapeare.
T. A. Daly, whose charming book of
verse, Cnnzoni, has set him In the
front rank of American poets, was con
gratulated the oilier day on bla book's
remarkable success.
"Well." said Mr. Daly, smiling, "I
hope that this success won't make me
as conceited aH most young poets are.
There Is. for instance, a young ioet at
the Franklin Inn, and the day after I
bad visited the Franklin Inn a frleud
of thU young '.nan's said to me:
"'I'm afraid you hurt Rimes' feel
ings last night, Tom.'
"'What did I say?' I asked.
' "'You said there was only one
Shakspeare.' "
f'ellnlold Menilered Fireproof.
A process has been recently devised
by some European scientists by which
celluloid Is rendered fireproof. This la
done by the addition of some chemical
salts to the cell-luld during the pnxvsa
of manufacture when the material la In
a fluid state. I'nder the action of beat
thcKc salt give off gases In such quan
tities as to Interfere with combustion,
which makes the celluloid perfectly
wife. The addition of this material doea
not interfere with . the fabrication of
the celluloid for any pursue whatever.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
M
LAND FRAUDS.
ANY thousand acres ot public laims have
been transferred to private ownership by
fraudulent means. Because the country Is
large and prosperoua, It haa not, an a whole,
realized the extent to which It was being
robbed. But the recent activity of the De
partment of the Interior, supported y the
President, and emphasized by the prosecution of the of
fenders, ban roused the people of nil sections to the abuse.
The President haa recently given an order that no title
hall be Issued to public landn until an actual examina
tion ef the ground haa been made by an authorized offi
cer. Thla atrlkes at one of the main troubles, for land
of one character ban often been granted under provis
ions of the law which have reference to land of another
character.
Coal and tln.ber lands have leen entered aa homestead
land, when It would he physically Impossible for the
claimant to comply with tla? terms of the homeatead act,
which requires a certain period of occupancy and a cer
tain amount of Improvement. Rich arable land ban been
entered an useful only for grazing. Good grazing land
has been entered an desert All the difficulties of de
fining the character of the land and the extent of the
work which a claimant In to do, the failure of the gov
ernment to examine each piece before transferring It,
Inaccuracy or falsity In the surveyn have given opior
tnnltlen of" which unscrupulous men have taken ad
vantage. The purpose of the government haa been to encourage
settling end home-bulldlng on farm land, reclamation of
waste land, and the development of mineral land. That
thla purpose ban not been realized la shown by the fact
that the Increase of population In aome Western Staten
has not kept pace with the land grants. Youth's Companion.
RAILROAD RETALIATION.
HE Nebraska legislature has made 2 cents
T a mile the maximum passenger rare. Tho
I Nebraska railroads have retaliated by nlol
I tul.tn.. nil nlfiu.na nt fni1llfV.il fnnm I'llfTA
inning flit ii--. n mi ivhiii.mi ....v.-. -
has lieen Home travel on their lines for less
than 2 cents a mile. There have been re
duced rates for excursions, conventions.
fairs, clergymen, homeseekers, and , theatrical people.
There have been some commutation rates. All have been
abolished. So the 2 cent law Is not an unalloyed blesn
Ing. Some people will occasionally pay more for their
trausiHirtatlon than they have been In the habit of paying
and they will grumble. But for tile majority the rates
will be reduced.
If the railroads had believed that they could convlnco
a court that a 2 cent fare .vas unreasonably low they
would presumably have gone to law over It Their action
seems to Indicate that they had some doubts on that
point, and deemed It wiser to accept that rate and mnko
all the money they could under it It Is possible that the
same policy may be adopted in other States which have
recently enacted 2 cent fare laws.
Doubtless the peoplo of Nebraska taken collectively will
not pay no much for transportation under the new system
as under the old one. The same may he said of Iowa
and Missouri If the railroads shall pursue the policy
there that they have adopted In Nebraska. But the ex
'unionists and the commuters will be apt to resent bit
terly the action of the roads. The policy et retaliation
which has been adopted In Nebraska Is net a prudent
policy. It would have been wiser for the roads to make
au elaborate explanation of the reasons why tbey could
not work under a 2 cent faro !tw and give the old
reduced rates Instead of summarily cutting off those
ra tea. Chicago Tribune.
WHY ARB 80 MARY WOMZK INVALIDS f
OOD HEALTH asks the question; "Why la
G the American woman an Invalid V Women
I are not naturally Inferior to men In physical
utruiiu. aiuvii Bfsvaam iu: miw au.ij sup
strong and healthy as men, doing most of
the work. In Africa the best porters are
women, in some countries they are supe
rior to men In endurance. Among ourselves girl babies
and very young girls are as healthy, aa boys. The dif
ference In vigor begins when outdoor life is abridged,
Man's life Is mostly outdoor life; woman's life Is Indoor
life. The savage woman la superior physically because
she dwells outdoors and gets plenty of exercise.
"Indoor life," says Good Health, "with the numerous
artificial and unwholesome conditions which It imposes,
Is a powerful factor In lowering the vitality, diminishing
the power to resist disease, and In maintaining a con
tinual contact with conditions productive ef disease."
"Back to nature," therefore, la something more than a
faddish cry; It Is a promise of vigor and happiness to
young girls who appreciate Its meaning early In life. If
a choice has to be made between physical vigor on the
one hand and the charm of a white skin, dainty manner
and delicate beauty on the other, let It be made deliber
ately, with a full recognition of the evil of Invalidism.
Will the angel be lost In the tomboy? Not necessarily.
Better a healthy, capable, back-to-nature wife, most men
will say, than the delicately nurtured wife who must
spend a good part of her time aud Income at the hospital.
Baltimore Sun.
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FIT PUNISHMENT FOR WIFE-BEATERS.
NE of the most Insistent problems that la
confronting officers of justice In this coun
try is the form of punishment to administer
to the brute who beats his wife. The or
dinary criminal code appears powerless to
cope with this species of offender who Is the '
most despicable creature In the gamut of
created things. Many meu of conservatism and poise
have advocated the whipping post for wlfe-beaters.
Among these Is President Roosevelt The whipping post
was once an almost universal Instrument of chastise
ment, not only for wlfe-beaters but for criminals gen
erally who could not be reformed by other means than
physical castlgatlon. Brutes who beat tbelr wives are
lost to shame and Imprisonment to them means merely
temporary Inconvenience. Kansas City Journal.
CRYING FOR BREAD.
Pitiable Condition In the Famine
Stricken Province ot China.
For months the 15,000,000 of human
beings In the famine stricken provinces
of China have been subsisting from
hand to mouth iu 'the great relief
ramps, but these are now being broken
tip by the Imperial authorities, and the
hopeless creatures, driven from their
temporary shelter, are drifting here
and there to die In swarms on tho bare
fields desolated by tho flooding of the
grand canal.
Terrible tales of destitution and suf-
Star.' This Is tho purest of all the In
dian clans. They have fof 100 years
been known as Creeks, but they were
a conquered, Independent tribe, and
even though subjugated by the Creeks
and now a part of that tribe they re
tain a distinct languago and snldoin
marry outside of their clan. It ts this
clannlshness that has maintained more
pure Indian blood among t,he Euchees
than Is ordinarily found.
The Euchee children are taught tbelr
own language aud are discouraged in
speaking Creek. Noah Gregory, now
an old man, tells of the days when his
father whipped hlin whenever he
NECESSITIES OF SICK ROOK.
Some ot the Preemptions that tkenlat
Re Taken by Ifnrae.
A set ot dishes' should be selected for
the sick room and these should be
washed by tho nurse and never mixed
with the dishes used by the family,
says Dr. Kate Lindsay In the House
keeper. The nurse should disinfect all
bed and body linen used by the patient
and also keep the sick room and all be
longings to It free from Infection. Noth
ing contaminates the atmosphere mora
than dust and nothing creates wane au
dnst contamination than the spilling of
Not much sense Is required to write
IMietry, but a good deal of sense la re
quited to understand It
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SCENE AT A RELIEF STATION IN THE CHINESE FAMINE DISTRICT.
ferlng coutlnue to come from the fam
ine provinces. The North China News
and Herald tells of the privation of
those who were turned out of the ref
uge camp at Tslngklaupu and who
sought the sites of tbc'r old homes to
die among the ruins. Many ate the
wadding of their ucunty garments. Oth
ers ate soup of weeds, but the weeds
are nil gone now. Children have been
sold for a few shillings to nave them
and their parents from starvation.
The food supplies reaching the relief
stations are a mere pittance as com
pared with tlte wants. Distressing
stories are told of the pitiful rush of
the famished for even a scrap when the
news gets out of the arrival of fresh
supplies. The accompanying photo
graph of "The Apixml of Outstretched
Arms," at the relief station at Chin
klang, Is a most remarkable, heart-
wrenching picture, and shows the
lUirvtng people pressing up to the com'
mlssary window upon the arrival of a
new consignment of supplies, and beg
ging for a scrap, even "one grain ot
corn," to stay the hunger that gripped
hem.
riaaalaa Indian Tribe.
Living around Wealaka aud Kelly
rllle in the Creek nation are the En
ehee Indiana, aaya the Kansas City
caught blm speaking the Creek lan
guage Instead of the Euchee, Ofteu
now where a Euchee has Slurried a
woman who speaks the Creek language
one can find a Euchee child who will
talk to its mother Iu Creek, but to his
father always in tho Euchee language.
The Euchees are provincial In habi
tat aa well as In society. All of the
dan live In touch with each other apd
they do not scatter over the territory
like other tribes have done. The Creeks
scatter everywhere. A lot of lost Creeks
have Just been found In the Cherokee
nation, where they have lived In the
mountains ever since the close of the
Civil War. There are also Creeks In
the Choctaw, Chlckaaaw and Seminole
nations and some In Oklahoma, but the
Euchees never scatter. A person who
can speak Creek fluently can carry on
a limited conversation with a Euchee,
but It Is very difficult to make the In
dian understand.
Hather Be than Rob.
Bum Qliniue a nickel, missus?
Missus I should think s big, strong
man like you would be ashamed to ask
for money.
Bum I am, missus, but 1 ain't got
der nerve to take It without askln'.
Philadelphia Record.
foul discharges on floors, rugs and bed.
and body linen and allowing them to
dry. All such foul matter should ba
wl ped up at once with a moist disin
fected cloth and burned. A broom ls
out of place in the sick room. It only'
scatters the dust Into the air.
The only safe d' poxal of the refuse
from a quarantined roonn Is cremation.
The nurse In charge of a case of con
tagious disease should avoid direct con
tact with other meiuliers of the family,
especially children. If needs be she
must mingle with others she should
have a special gown for the sick roam
which should be discarded with her
cap on coining out and always worn la
the room, and she should disinfect her
hands before touching anything outside
of the room. All these simple, couunoa
place quarantine regulations faithfully
carried out would save thousands of
lives yearly among tho children of the
laud and also greatly lessen the cost to
common people for Illness and funeral
excuses. Nothing would pay better
than for the fionds of all American
households to be their own health offi
cer. Oao Yeav'a Canned Tomato.
The total pack of the United Stats
of canned tomatoes lu 1900 Is glrta a
9,074.003 cases.