\ . . , . . ( ' , ' . 'T- - - - _ . , . ' I America's I- remost'Humorist. . , . i ' } : , \ . ; : ( ' I . I , - " . . . . , . . ' u . . It" < o ; 'i ' \ o' . " . , ' ' . . ; . 1.0oN. ' 0 . 'i . ' , } . . * . , ' " " " . , J' " It. 0 'O ' , I : : \ ' . 11- ; , . . . ' " , . > VrOD1 ate 1 eogl apb. oOP1rlllh. , b1 Underwood k U'1 " " " ' ( ) 'J , N. Y. Samuel L. Clemens ( Mark Twain ) as seen by his cloBe friends. Mr. J Clemens wears a white serge suit always while In the house and Is sometimes . seen so attired on the street. n. _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ _ _ . _ _ . . . . . . . . . _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - I - ; - I - , \ EXTINCT BIRD FOUND 1 , , .SKELETON OF CAHAW IS LOCAT. . ED IN DEEP CAVE. r ' 'Bermuda Man Makes . Discovery-Has \ . . , Beak Similar To a Hawk-Will ' ) - Be Sent to Smithsonian ' ) " Institute. New Yorlc.-Louls L , Mawbray. . < : urator of the Bermuda Museum of . .Natural History , recently visited the I . ' . Smithsonian institution , in Washing. ton , for the purpose of exhibiting to I the experts there several skeletons of I ran extinct bird , which he had the ' good fortune to find in a recently dls- I' .covered cave In Bermuda , I \ This bird , that has failed to get a ' " ' Who" of feath- ' 'Place in the "Who's - \ EVELYN LEARNING TO COOK. " Prepares Dainty Dish Every Day and Takes It to Husband In the Tombs. New York.-Evelyn Thaw is keepIng - Ing house ! She's going to cook , too , , -and her friends . say lead the slmplo I life , ; The Thaws have rented a furnished bouse in Park avenue and will re. : main In seclusion all. summer. I Mrs. Thaw told ono of her friends , .she wanted to live as quietly as pas. L sible and that the house furnished r her the best means of doing so. Also 1 " . : she declared that It would keep her r 1 mind occupied and give her something - thing to do while waiting for the tedious process of the law to bring her husband to trial again. She intends - tends to superintend the whole es. tabllshment-it is not very large- and in fact will do some of the work herself. She expects to have but ono . servant. She will coole , she has told , her friends. Which has been one of the ambitions of her life. In their enthusiasm over the Idea these fl'iellds sar that Evelyn' will lrepare a dalntr dish every day to bo sent to her husband In the Tombs. One of them who is very close to r I Evelyn , sa 's she told her the following - , ing : , ' "I want to eSCalO ) this notorlet . . I want to meet my friends quietly and have the freedom to enjoy the few pleasures I can without being gazed at \ . " . constantl . "A NO.1" IS RICH TRAMP. Has Spent Only $7.56 In Traveling Nearly Half a Million Miles. Mfddlotown , N. Y.-Well dressed , A and well groomed , "A No.1 , " the most 1. . < 11 , " ; : . , remarkable tramp In the world , Is vis- " ltlng the city fOl' the second time In 24 years. Known only as "A. No.1 , " be has traveled the world over many \ times since ho started his hobo life , in 1883 , when ho was 11 years old. . He has been in nearly every city , village and hamlet in the United States , and has covered 451,000 miles. He has spent In actual cash only $7.56 for traveling. Since January 1 he has traveled 5,200 miles at a cost of 26 conts. Unlllcc the ordinary tramp , "A No. I" does not beg. He gets a living carving Images and heads on Irish potatoes. lie carries a number ot 1Ie Insurance pollclos , A consldera. ble fortune ho never touches. lie does not use tobacco or liquor. He has willed his property to a trust fund as a foundation for prizes to be I competed for by public school stu. dents In his natlvo city. lie has also I - . , J . . purchased a cemetery lot there. - - - - - - - - - . ored folk of modern times , was many hundred years ago known as the cahaw , from the peculiar noise it made , and , whllo It was web.footed. It had a beak very similar to that of the hawk. It was supposed to bo a cave dweller and had the habits of an owl , Inasmuch as it was never seen 01' heard except at night. When white men first set foot on Bermuda there were traditions among the natives of the cahaw , . that had disappeared many genemtlons beCore the time of the hoariest inhabitant , and for more than 100 years scientists have been disputing among them. solves as to whether such a bird ever existed. 1\11' . l\Iawbray believes he has settled the question. To all except expert ornithologists there is qulto as much Interest in the cave where _ the skeletons were foun as in the bones themselves. The cave was discovered laat January by some negro boys , who by means 01 ropes let themselves clown into 11 hole they found In a spat of wnsto land and came upon 11 great chamber with gleaming white walls and a lake af Ice wnter. They were In search af stalactlto cr 'stals and reported that they had found them In great abund. nnco. nnco.Ir. . Mawbray bbcamo interested In the stories of the womlerful cnve and explored it himself. Ho was obliged to swim ncross the lake , and on the crystal shore on ono shle he found several skeletons of the long Iloat bird. In ono spot he found sovernl feathers completelY encased In cal. cite , which , so far as he knows , are the only slloclmens of the kind In the world. 1\Iany of the bones were on. crusted In the cnlcite and aU were in a good state of presorvatlon. The bird , according to the fealhers found , ' was 'whlto below and Its back and wings wore of a russet color. These colors , he sa 's , correspond perfectly - fectly with the best descriptions ob. tainable of the anclont bird. The eahaw was about the size ot a pigeon. The cave. which i midway between - tween Hamilton nnd St. George and In the cast end of old Bermuda , Is I1bout three miles from the ocean , but It Is , the belief of 1\11' . Mawbray that In the time of the cahaw it had nn opon. Ing to the sea , and that the birds came In that way. He said the pres. ent entrance to.the cave Is a jag/od / almost porpendlcular hole down through the rock , and that the 1m. mense chamber and lake wore 15. feet below the surfaco. He was sure that the birds novoI' entered the cave through that hole. The lalce is about 350 feet long by 150 wide , and the cavern Is dome shaped and a place of dazzlIng beauty when the crystal walls are revealed by a strong light. An entrance Is being made to the cave , and It Is to bo ono of the Mhow IJlaces of the island. WILL EXCAVATE ALONG NILE. California Professor Is Given Impor- tant' Archaeological Work. Unlvorslty of California. - Dr. George A. Heisner , formerly in charge of the University oC California oxplor- atlon work In Egypt , has been appointed - pointed archaeologist in charge of ex. cavatlons for the Egyptian govern. ment In Nubia. The worle about to be unde1'takon Is of great Importance. Involving' the continuous cxcavlltlon of both sides of the Nile from Kalabsche to Dorr , a distance of 160 kllomoters. This' rendorcd neccssary by the decision to ralso the Assounn dam another eight meters. Prot. Maspero. head of the depart. i ment of antiquities , Is to have charge of the restoration of the lmown tern. I Iles ) and the copying of their Inscrlp. tlons , To Dr. Relsnor has been as. I signed the task of excavating manu. ! ments at present burled under the soli , and the 1'ocordlng and publishing of these excavations. The work Is I expected to take five years. I The Slaughter of Seals. . _ _ " _ , , , . . . . . . . " " . . . , ' , " t : : ' . , " . " . 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The United States are now guarding th lr seal.preserves , on St. Paul Island - land In the Behring straits , by artillery against the raids of Japanese and o her pochers. : : Som\tlmes 250,000 seals are found In one herd , or "patch. " The gret1t slauohter of young seals Is held between March 12 and 24 , when the "pups" arc too feeble to move. The mothers make a fierce fight for their offspring. The club brings swift qeath , fortunately. St. Paul Island , the lalL- ! est of the preserves In the Prlbyloff Group , has a shore.llne of forty.flve and a half miles and a population of 168. Sand and basaltic boulders compose the geological formation. In the autumn the ! : eals leave the breedlng.ground and proceed to the Pacific Ocean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + : + : - : . - : : : : : : : < : : : + : + + t.o ] 'Io + Io. : : + + t.- : " : : % + : : - : : : . : . . : ' . : . - : . ' : " 10 + + CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM. Ceremony of First Cutting.of a Boy's Hair Observed In Oakland. Oakland , Ca1.-0ne at the most an. clent curious customs among the Chi , neso , and one rarely commemorated In this country , was observed with great pomp and circl\mstance In Chi. natown recently , wben l < eng Hock , a leading mel'chant , who for years has had the supervision of the Chinese discounts In the Anglo.Californlan bnnk , of San Francisco , entertllined his relatives to remote degree with a magnificent banquet In honor of the first cutting of the hah' of his only son. son.The banquet took place at an EighLh street restaurant , and there were 160 guests. A notable feature was the fact that the wives and chll , dren of the guests sat down at the same tablo' with the heads of families. A mOHt .elaborato menu , comprising blrds.nest SOUII , stoam.stuffed duck , Foon Yon Ha. shark's fins and ether . . \ rare and costlr Colestlal dishes were scrved. The banquet cost the hnpp ' fn. ther $1,800. During the evening quito 11 number of prominent mcmhors ot the San ' Francisco clearing house called 'at the restaurant to offer their felicitations to him : 'I : Q. ) halr-cutting ceremony , which was "observed with picturesque rites , srmboIlzes that Fang 110clt's heir Is , ) OW a factor In the fnmlly , The ! ; 1Hsts brClught pres , ents for the little son worth' thou , sands of doll ill'S. I War 011 Movlna Pictures. BerIln-Tho Iollco of Berlin arE ; nlllking war agcllmt clnetllat ( ) I'\JJh exhlhlts from a m dlcal 6tmHlpoint , a tJ : ' are InjurlouD to the eyes , It h declared the restlcss movement of tht I11ms is harmful , IJarticulal'lr to the e 'eR or children , 'I'hern are : WC : clnon1 togl'Il11h theaters in 1I'I'1In an auburbs. , . . . . , , . FOR THE DESSERT CHERRIES IN MANY FORMS MAY DE USED. Go Particularly Well with Ica Crenm - How"to Attain Perfect Icing for the C:1ke-Pnlatable Sweet Sauce. . Cherries preserved /0' / nicely with 1I11\In Ice cream. Chern' juice with drlod caIto makes a lrclly dessert , with chorrles healed In the con er nnd whipped crcam nbove. Candled cherries shou1l1 bo put away for win. tel' . To malee crystallized cherries beat the whites of three eggs until stiff , la ' clusters of the chorrles In the beaten egg , with the stems , of course , outside. Drain nnd cover 111\rt of them with white 'sugar nnd the others with red 11lll\'erlzed sugar. Sot ashlo to harden on buttered pnlr. Keep In a cool , dr ' plnco. Mock blsquo soup varies ono's bll1 of faro. l1ero Is a SOUl ) that Is easy to pl'elmre. nnd , because of the acids In the tomatoes , most palatable : Ono- . half can tomatoes , ono and one-1mlr : tablespoons butter , ono ' 1\1111 one.halC tableslQons flour , ono quart milk , salt 1U1II lepper. Stow and strain toml\- toes : scald milk In double bolioI' and thlclccn with the flour and butter : season tomatoes well and l' < " ' .nt. Tnleo both from the fire amI mix to. gother : if tomatoes are acid add pinch of sodn. If mixed on nro soup \Is \ 'apt to curdle. Sometimes the best cake balccrs arc at a loss how to effect a good Icing. This Icing do s not crumble , contains no eggs I\nd can bo lUndo a dar or two before needed , if desired. Boll ono and one.halt cups of granulated sugar , a pinch of cream of tartar and one-half cup of water until It Is a soft b ll when dropped In cold water. Set asldo to cool and when lukewarm , add two squares of scralCd chocolate amI beat with a wooden Sloon ) or paddle until creamy , then add tephl water until It Is the desired can. slstency. . If any other flavoring Is de. slr6'd , simply leave out the chocolate and add anr desired flavoring or fruit juice , If covered with a damp cloth It will lceep for days. When needed , add a little maI'o tephl water. This frosting is fine , smooth and velvet . , dries easily and yet retains Its mols. tUre. tUre.A A sweet sauce that' Is. much liked by our British cousins was given to the department by an old English codk , who vowed It should bo found in every coolebook. Place the yollts of four eggs In a saucepan with about five ounces of powdered sugar , and stir with 0. wooden spoon until the mlxturo ansumes a whitish tint : then add gradually two gills of cream , beating constantly , and , when this Is finlched , grate In the rind of one orange. Put the pan over 0. slow fire and let the mixture cook for about four minutes. Do not lot It boll , how. ever , and lwo(1 stirring It , to prevent it from burnhg. When it has been strained through a slevo It is ready for uso. HOW TO STEW RED CABBAGE. Alternate Leaves In Pan with Lnyers of Sliced Ham. Having atrlpped oft the outer Ipaves and washed the cabbage , qUllrter It , remove aU the stalk and cut it Into shreds. SIlce cold ham thin and put It Into a stewpan alternately with layers of shredded cabbage , having first laid some pieces of butter In the bottom of the pan : add about half a pint of boiling water. Cover the pan closely and stew steadily for three hours until the cab , . bnge Is perfectl tender and the liquid absorbed. Be careful It does not scorch. If it Is so dryas to be In danger of burning add a little boiling water. When done press and drain It through a colander and servo with the cabbage healCd In the mlddlo of the dish and the ham placed around. Blowing Window Shades. ThC' "nnoyance caused by a win , dow 1 blowing In and out when the v Is lowered from the tor can L. , tiated by having 0. cord hi bottom of shade and fastened to an ) movl1ble object , as back or arm of f chair , and chair or object moved oul a sufficient distance from window tc Ilrevent shllde from touching win do" frame : A free circulation oC all'I \ also obtained , whoLher the shade II lowered or raised. Golden Orange Cake. Cream one.fourth cup of butter , ad ( one.halt cup of sugar slowly and can tlnuo beating , Bays a writer In Good housokeepln'g. Add the yolks of fiV4 eggs , beaten until thick and lemOl colored. and one tenspoonful of orangl extract.Ilx ! and sift soven.elghth : cups of pastry flour with ono and one halt teaspoons of baIting powder , anI add altel'l1atel - with one-fourth cup a milk to the first mlxturo. Blllte in i buttered and floured tin. For H:1rdwood Floors. To prevent hlll'dwood noOl's from b ( Ing marked , cut pieces of thick feJ the exact size of the tills of the chair and fasten on with a strong glue. 'fh felt Is far less eqCnslve than rubhc lips and will weal' much heU r. Reel Ing chairs mar have a long , narr01 strip glued on. Way to Deat Dlilnkets. After blankets have been waslle and hung on the lIne and have thol ou/hly / dried bcat thom with a caflle beater. 'rhe wool will beomc : lIg1 ] and Boft and blanket 1I1te new. - DECORATED ' \IT RICANS . ( } fi - Surely Amorlcans cannot compll\ln at the lack of honors which foreign countries and societies nrQ bestowing upon citizens or the United States Cor 'noteworthy achlovemonts and ( Ustln. sulshlng sorvices. And while there Is no undlsnlfled eagerness on the Imrt of Americans for medals and decora. , tlons , there Is still n wal'l'antod prldo In receVlng ! such marlts of dlstlnc. tlon. ' 1'ho already long list of those who have been thUB honored Is grow. Ing apnce. and if all whose names ap. pear there were to form a socloty of decoratel ! Americans It would start out with a membership far in excess of that with which most orgllnlzatlons begin. Such a society would not bo In much favor with Intensely domocratlc Americans who have been wont to 1'0' pard ; decorations nlmost In the cate- Iory of bribes , but such feeling Is ourely without warrant Ilmlls growing lOllS each 'ear. Said Count Casslnlon this point not long before ho left America for Spain : "I have recolved 33 decorations , and CUIl it bo possible that according to the old notion I have been bribed 33 times ? I have recommended the bestowal of many decorations , but they were glvon In recognition of favors rendered without a thought of a roturn. Indeed , I have many times during by life been very clad that I could malce use of such orders.Ien ! have done me very 'ltlnd and substantial favors. I could not In honor after them $100 or $500. They would have been Insulted by Buch a crude form of gratitude. The only re' course at my command was to give a decoration Or a gold Bnuffbox. The latter the recllient ) would never use and could find lIttio plellsure In , so I have chosen to glvo the decorations where I could. " Congress has but twice In 20 years given its consent for officers of the government to accept dcoratlons that have be on tendered them. Further. more , It is the law that all decora. tions that foreign governments lUay wish to glvo to American officials must bo deposited with the state dOI1 rtment until the question whether they maybe bo accepted or not Is decided. Thu8 I is UlIlt there Is a beautiful order In gold of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor lying In the vaults ot thb state department for Gen. Chaffeo. Some time congress may allow him to receive it. The tlmo may come when , as with Admiral McClllla last March , he lies on what his tearful family or dearest friends think Is his deathbed , Or it may happen that even then the doslred permission will be withheld , and only after the bravo old soldier is dead and gene will the decoration pass to the hands of his wife and children , to whom It will bo a treasured testl , many to the worth of the man whom it was intended to honor. Apd yet 11 the order were to bo allowed to be clven to Gen. Chaffeo he could nol wear It aM other men wear theirs or public occasions. No otllcer of the army or navy nor any civil emploYI of the government Is permitted by la\1 to wear such an emblem of favor wltl 11 foreign potentate. 'I'his applies tl the retired officer as well as those h acUve service. Once In a long while an official hili Ii chance to get 0. decoration by wha is at least a pardonable evasion of th , law. Secretary H. H. D. Plerco las year , when he resigned his post of af Bistant secretary of the state deparl ment to accept the appointment a minister to Norway , spent a day I : private life between the two posltioDE and In that choice interval took goo. . ) . care to call for his decorations , whlcl It had for years , In some cases , laid II I : the vaults of the department. Amoni e them were the Order of the Doubl 'r ' Dragon , conferred by the Chlneso gO\ c ernment , and the cross of a com mar : , , ' del' of.the . Legion or 1I0nor. In the same way William F. WIl oughby , formerly expert of the burea of Inbor , and lecturer on socllll ec ! d nomlcs at Johns 1I0pkins and Harvar ! r stepped out of government employ t tow days before accepting hlra appoln II mont as treasurer of Porto Rico. an I ROE' cS.lNCXl\f o rs - In that tlmo got his medals out or of. ficlal hocle. 'rho number oC .loglonnalrcs In this country hns so Increased of late rears that the fact has justUled Pro ! . James 1Ioward Gore , of ( ] eorgo Washington unlvel'sltr In preparing and publl h , Ing a dlroctory or all who 11l\ve re' ceived this honor. The French statutes restrict the number of omcors of the Loglon oC IlonaI' to 4,000. of commanders to 1,000 , of grand otllcors to 200 , nnd of holders of the grand cross to SO. Gon. Chaffoo has recolved probably the highest honor In the Loglon of lIanaI' In 011s country. Archbishop Ireland , Thomas A. Edison , Gon. O. O. How. ard , Prof. George F. BarIteI' and Perry Dolmont wear the cross or a command , or. Prof. Agassiz , Prof. Alexander Graham Doll , ndrow D. White , Prof. Simon Newcomb , James Hazen Hyde , 1\1. E. Stano I\nd Prof. Gore hold the cross of otllcor. Among women in this counl1'y who l\ave \ had the distinction of wCllrins the cross of the Loglon of Honor is 1\Irs. Potter Palmer , or Chlcl\go , and 1\Irs. Daniel Manning , of Albany , who were thus honored for tholr servlcos In connection with the exposition of 1900. Among ether ardors glvon to Ameri. cans there are numerous decoratioI1s ; , such as the Order of Leopold , the Osmanloh and Medjldloh of 'I'urkoy , the order of the Prussilln Crown , the Red Eagle of Germany , the order of Sl. Stllnlslaus of Russia , the White Elephant of Slam , the order of Dan. neb rag of Donmllrlt , and many similar decorations. Problbly F. J. V. SltlCr , of the Field museum , or Chicago , has I\S mllny doc. orations as any ono man in this coun. try. 110 has made n. colloctlon , It might bo sllld. They all cl\mo for his sorvlces at oxposltlons. Mr. Skirr is an ofllcor of the Legion of Honor for work connected with the Paris expo. sitlon of 1900. Ho has the ardor of Leopold , the order of Givil Merit of Bulgaria , haB the second class order of the Double Dragon of China , the order of the Sacred 'I'rcasure of Japan , the order of Orange and Nassau of Hollllnd , the order of the Sun and the Lion of Persia , the order of St. James of Portugal , and the Hed Eagle of Ger. many. Prof. Herman V. Hllprecht has nu. merous orders for his researches in anclont hlstol'Y. Ho wears the CrosBj. of Albor , the Bear of Germany , the , Cross of Dannebrog of Denmarle , for i his cuneiform Investigations. , Prot. Simon Nowcomb recolved last I ye r the Gormlln Order pour 10 Mol" I ito. This is a distinctly great honor , , as ther are but 40 members of the . ardor , ahd a now member is chosen by the survivors whenever death malccs a vacancy. The decoration . Is given by the German emporor. Con. gress authorized Prof. Newcomb , who I Is n. retired attache of the naval observatory - . servatory , to IlCcept the decoration. Ono of the rarest decorations that have ever boon tendered an Amorl. can Is the Star of Ethiopia , given by King 1\Ionolele to Robert P. Sltinner , who was intrusted with the dollcate mission or opening UII treaty rolatlons with Ab 'sslnla , It Is a largo gold medlll surmounted by a gold star with a fine , large turquoise In the conteI' . A smaller but quite valuable gold dec. oration was Illso glvon to Capt. George C. Thorpe , of the marino corps , by King l\Ienelek. Longer on Throne Than Father. King Fretlorlcle , of Denmark , pre. Rents the curious spectacle of a father who has become a Icing at n. Illter date than his own son. When King Haalcon , of NOl"way , was lately at Copenhagcn r. King i'rederlcle Is said to have asleed I' him : "How do you 111te being Icing ? " "I will rather usle 'ou , " replied Hanle. on. "I have been Icing 10nger than you hllve. " Haalwn was elected 1.lng of Norway by the stol'thlng on Nov. IS , 1905 , while Ii'redel'lcle , his fathor. did not succeed to the throne of Den. marle until .Jull. 29 , 1906 , on the death of King Christian.