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TIIE OMAILY SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 21, 1907.
NATIVE LIFE HELD CHEAPLY
German in Couth Africa Oett Three Yean
fir tilling Man and Waman.
Case of woman an atrocious one
Vrlit as a Bample of Native Trulmml
In Port Ion ef Africa Which via
t nder the Hale af the
(jerman.
llEIiUN", April 20-(gpeclal.)-The lateat
Issues to hand of the German paper pub
lished at Swakopmund contain reports Df a
trial In that town, which sheds a certain
amount of light on th conditions pervalling
In the southwest African protectorate.
The defendant, Wlehager by name, cornea
pf an old and affluent Rhenish family, has
srved in the cuirasncrs of the guard nnd Is
res'-rve offices of an cavalry regiment. He
vent to the colony two years ago at the
age of 22 and purchased a farm, which he
appears to have conducted In a manner
that was profitable, but not quite con
aonant with current Ideas on humanity. It
waa generally allcKcd attalnst hlrn that he
worked hi employes with such severity
and treated them with such monstrous
cruelty and brutality that It was only by
fear that he could compel them to stay
with him. The siwrlflc charges against
Mm were thaht he shot dead a Herero
woman, who had run away from his
eervlce and been captured, that he had
another woman and her daughter, who
were In the act of escaping from his
tyranny, bound to a tree and left there
without attention till the mother died, and
as the girl still shnwod signs of life while
the cords were being untied he had her
hanged. lie was further accused of having
bribed officers of the protectorate troops
with a view of Inducing them to keep
alienee as to the atrocities on his farm.
Which had come to their knowledge.
Prosecuting counsel said that the accused
had driven all of the natives away from his
farm by 111 treatment, and hud helped him
self out of the difficulty he waa) In through
lark of labor In a manner, which recalled
the palmiest clays of the Arab slave raids
On three separate counts he demanded that
the prisoner should be sentenced to a total
of nine yenrs and six months penal servi
tude. In the first case WIehnger was found
guilty with the mitigation that he had not
acted deliberately, but In passion. He waa
also convicted of having caused the death
of the mother and the daughter, but not
Of having the latter hanged. Both crimes
were ranked as bodily Injury with fatal
results. The bribery , waa also considered
proved.- Taking Into consideration Wleha
ger's youth, the fact that this was his
first conviction and the condition of unrest
frevnlllng In the protectorate, the court
Sentenced him to three years Imprisonment.
freh outbreaks of discontent In the
provinces, the news of which has not yet
tieenme public. It Is, however, more chari
table to ascribe it to the concern of the
authorities at the sufferings caused by the
severe and prolonged winter. In Constanti
nople ami me neighboring villages llio
Sufferings have been intensified by the ex.
traordinnrlly high prices of meat and fuel,
both of which are now beyond the reach of
the poorer classes. The scarcity of meat Is
said to be the result of a corner established
by a high palace official. European mur
muring has been produced by this report,
the truth of which, however, it is Impos
sible to vouch for. In order to alleviate the
situation the government. In addition to
abolishing the above mentioned taxes, baa
decided on a step which is almost unprece
dented at this season of the year that of
paying all officials their salaries for the
current month and is now endeavoring to
find the money required for this purpose.
SPANISH KING IS NOT ILL
Enemies of Present Regime Hope
Death by Accident, Not by
Disease.
VIENNA, April 20. (Special.)-With re
gard to the heolth of King Alfonso very
unfavorable reports have lately been clrcu
lated. From a personage connected with
the Vienna court the Pester Lloyd learns
the following:
King Alfonso recently suffered from in-
flurnza, from which he has recovered.
The report of the Illness of the kins
of Bpain is originally ascribed to a Bourse
manoeuver In Paris. These reports have
frequently been spread, based upon the as
sumption that aa King Alfonso's father
died from pulmonary affection, the present
monarch must have Inherited a tendency
to the same disease. This, however, is a
voluntary auppposition which is altogether
groundless. King Alfonso gives himself up,
now as before, to all kinds of sports and
amusements, often with great hardihood.
Hu,w little In republican and Curlist circles
It Is believed is shown by the following
circumstance. In these circles the word "la
soluclon" (the solution) Is proverbial. King
Alfonso rides fast for hours together, and
also takes dangerous automobile rides in
steep places. In the Carllst and the republl
can comic papers the king Is expected to
end his days by a sudden accident, so In the
cartoons he Is represented In an automo
bile, below which is printed the word "la
soluclon." This word has spread to court
circles, where the king Is often Implored
to moderate his pace while out of doors.
IN THE JAWS OF A SHAM
Thrilling Experience of a Water Walker in
EaTana HerW.
FIERCE GRAB OF THE OCEAN HYENA
William Oldrlrve's Dfinmlii sine.
le with the llanary Fish aad
Ilia Xarrow Escape at
the End.
AERONAUTS DESIRE CHARTS
Experts Say Ordinary Maps Are of
Little ITse to Men In
Balloons.
TURKEY ABOLISHF.S TAXES
.. 1 omclals Mill Be mid la Effort
to Alleilate Present
Distress.
, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. (Special.)
-The announcement by the Turkish news
papers that the sultan has decided to abol
ish, the tax on domestic animals and the
personal tax, which were only recently Im
posed, will be received with the greatest
satisfaction throughout the country. From
the beginning both taxes were thoroughly
unpopular, and the attempts to levy them
were met with such resistance as to show
the amateur financlera at the palace who
had suggested these ways of ralBfrnr money
that they had over-estimated the patience
of .the Turkish peasant. In peveral dis
trict, "notably 1nv Albanln,- Eraerum,' and
Kastamunl, the Mussulman population not
only refused -to' pay the new taxes, but
clamored for their abolition, and Insisted
en the dismissal of the unpopular vails and
other officials. According to some accounts
the expense caused by these disorders ex
eeedod the revenue which til government
received from the two sources.
For some time past It has been known
that the government intended to reduce tho
tax on domestic animals, but the decision to
abolish both taxes comes us a surprise, and
has given rise to rumors that It Is due to
LONDON, April 20. Special. )-So dif
ferent from Its appearance to people walk
ing on the earth does its surface appear to
the balloonist that it Is extremely difficult
for him to locate his exact position by
ordinary maps.
Frank H. Butler, the famous aero
naut, has suggested that special charts
be mode In some way aa nautical charts,
and he demonstrated the use of such charts
during the course of a short voyage In his
balloon "Dolce far Nlente," when out
standing landmarks were noted for the
purpose of acting as guides to those who
might afterwards travel In the same di
rection. It was found that streets and Indeed
towns were no guide at all, for when looked
at from a bird's-eye point of view they
appeared only as longer or shorter blotches
of alate roofs, spha atreet and roads also
looked like white lines merely, each one
resembling the other, much aa two plna
resemble each other.
. The expedition made It abundantly clear
that ordinary landmarks were of no use
whatever and on a map only those features
distinguishable at a helghth of from l.OnO
to S.ono feet are really worth taking Into
consideration.
Pnnston for Pan Frsnettro.
WASHINGTON. April 20. -Brigadier Gen
eral Frederick Funston has been relieved
from the command of the Southwestern
division, to take effect upon the expiration
of bis present leave of absence, and will
then proceed to San Francisco and assume
command of the Department of California.
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LAST WEEK OF
MADAME YALE'S
SKIN FOOD FREE!
OUR SPECIAL SOUVENIR SALE
of
Madame Yale's
eauty Preparations
WILL CONTINUE ALL THIS WEEK
SKIN FOOD FREE
Will continue this week in
our Toilet Goods Depart
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It is unnecessary to state
that Madame Yale's toilet
requisites are the standard,
having stood the test of time
and experiment. They are
now in universal use by all
lovers of high grade toilet
specialties throughout the
world. It is safe to say that
millions of pretty girls and
beautiful women in this
country owe the beauty of
their complexions and the
luxuriance of their hair to
Mine. Yale's preparations.
Free Beauty Consultation
Ladles who are desirous of trying these preparations and who would Ilka
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Special for This Week
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With every purcha.e of uny of Madam Yale's preparations to the amount
of 13c or over we are authorized to I'UEK OF CHAKUli a largo souvenir
jar of Madam Vale's celebrated akin food.
MAIL ORDERS FILLED
ladles unable to call may order by mail. The akin food souvenirs and
4eauty bovks will be Included with each order.
And
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Schacler's Cut Price Drug Stores
Cor. 16th and Douglaa Sts.; 16th and Chicago Sta. Boots Omi
'. Cor. 14th and N bta. Council Bluffs tth Ave. and Main S
Boston Store Drug Department.
When David Livingstone, one of the
greatest missionaries the world has ever
aeen, was spreading the gospel In the up
per Congo he was one day attacked by a
Hon, knocked from his horse and carried,
bleeding and half-senseless, by the savage
beast to a belt of timber, there to ba de
voured. But Providence had need of Liv
ingstone; his work u not yet done, and
a bullet from the big elephant-bore rifle of
one of the Scotchman's attendants pierced
the brain of Fella Leo, and so averted the
tragedy.
Similar cases are on record; men have
come unscathed from the claws of lions
and tigers In African forests and Indian
Jungles. It Is even related thai Thierry,
the French explorer, waa saved from the
crushing folds of a python In the wilds of
Ceylon after the huge reptile had fastened
Its prong-Ilka fangs In the throat of Its
Intended victim; and many other stories
of hair-breadth escapes from beasta and
serpents have been proven true, but of all
the clasa of strange and horrible Incidents,
no experience Is more thrilling than the one
encountered by William Oldrleve, the water
walker, In Havana bay, almost within the
ahadow of frowning Morro castle.
Oldrleve waa literally in the Jaws of a
shark; the great ocean hyena's razorlike
teeth had ripped through his flesh, and
yet, by almost a miracle, he came through
the race with death, and lives today to
tell of those trying momenta of terror.
'1 went to Havana a few years before
the Spanish war." Prof. Oldrieve began,
relating his story, "and at the time the
Cubans were struggling to throw oft the
galling yoke of the mother country.
"My walking on the water feut proved
quite a hit. and after giving several ex
hibitions In the bay, close to the dock, I
was engaged by the Havana. Yacht ntntt
for a aort of private Bhow further removed
rrom the populous center, where only I
aristocratic eyes could watch mv efforts
from the decka of trim little aloops.
It was a bright, fall afternoon, with
only a gentle land breeie, heavily laden
with the perfume of sweet flowers, blowing
off shore, and hardly a ripple in the gulf,
when I was escorted aboard a. vm hi an
taken below the limits of the city, to a
point nearly opposite Morro castle. There
were lots of trim sailing craft all about the
sloop I was a passenger on, and the cream
of society In the island capital were aboard,
anxious to see me perform.
On Water Walking- Shoes.
"I had a pair of big water walking shoos,
something like those I used in walking
down the river from Cincinnati, but not of'
auch an Improved pattern, and entering a
skiff I put the things on over my rubber
boots, and stepped out Into the great, vaat
gulf.
"The trick was easy for me, the water
was calm aa some sylvan brook, no wind
to apeak of waa blowing, and I felt In ex
cellent spirits, so my performance even If
I do aay it myself waa first-class, and
caused tho'se dona and donnaa to chorus
repeated bravaa from their snug reatlng
places on the decka of the yachts.
"I walked back and forth, performed a
sort of gliding stunt, bent the crab and
did other foolish thlnga, and, becoming ex
hilarated with my exercise, took a turn a
good piece out to sea. An Englishman I
became acquainted with in Havana and
with whom I would spend my evenings In
a cafe near the water front, had wrr.d
me to be careful of sharks In the bay, but
me warning never occurred to me until, on
tVlA tin l..i,f . . ...
'.uuti uuernoon or wnich I am
speaking, a cry of alarm Bounded from the
aeen or tne yacht nearest me.
"Fear haa a language of Its own, and its
various phases are expressed by Intonation
or reflection, rather than by words, so it
wasn't necessary for me to know Spanish
io appreciate that the party who had nt
tered the cry had aeen something alarming,
omeining tnat waa menacing ine.
waa neaaing in toward the harbor
and the water all In front of me presented
no disturbing sight, but when the alarm
came again, this time given volume to by
several volcea, I turned half around, feel
ing an unseen danger, aa it were, and real
ising that perhaps my life waa in peril.
uiancing over my shoulder, I saw. Just
about five yards behind me, a thin, black
atrip showing above the water, and aa it
moved rapidly in my direction I quickly
aivinea wnat it waa. the fin of a shark.
waa practically helplesa, with no weapon in
my hand, not even so much aa a paddle.
and In the sudden terror that claimed me
my lega grew weak, with the result that I
nearly lost my balance, one foot Inclining
io ine ngnt and the other to the left, and
I came within an ace of pitching head first
into the aea.
Seeking- Haven on a Yacht.
"The yacht of the mayor was only a few
yards from me, and, pushing forward my
rimu root, i sped toward the haven of ref
uge. But as I covered an inch my pursu
lng fee cleared many feet, and a scream
from one of the white-robed ladies on the
deck apprised me that the oVutruyer was
upon me. Instinctively, I described a turn,
and, rat-inn about, saw six feet of bluish.
iiatuMiy-iuoiiiiisT nean, a double row of
pointed teeth, set well In a cavernous
mouth, and round, pointed beak, to the side
ot me, aa the shark Bprang from the water
t r i .
no imssea me ov a narrow mnri
and his while great length there must
have been twenty feet of hlm-ln a half
circle splashed Into the water, and the
passage of the massive body through the
flood whirled me around like a top.
"Aa soon as I had recovered myself I
started again for the yacht,and had almost
reached the boat's side when the cry of
alarm once more came from the deck. I
could hear the Bwlrl of the water behind
me, and. looking over my Bhoulder again,
saw that same murderous fin parting the
green wavelets. The shark, profiting by
his first miss, did not spring from the sea
until he had clearly overtaken me. His
hard beak grated the rear end of my right
shoe, and caused my leg to shoot forward
from under me, and aa I fell backward Into
the sea the monster fish turned over on
his side, and enap went his dreadful Jaws.
The bite tore away all of one portion of
my left water shoe, and the calf of my leg
waa mangled and torn by the center teeth.
As I fell Into the water I felt the stinging
pain In my leg and knew that the shark had
me In his Jaws, but, with a resourcefulness
born of despair, I Jerked my foot violently
forward. My lacerated, bleeolng leg was
freed, aa the teeth had only eunk Into the
loose flesh, and besides the long stripe of
skin. I left all of my left water shoe In
the shark's mouth.
"I rtruggled about under the water for a
few moments, expecting every minute to
feel the shark's teeth closing about my
body, and for a time my overturned right
shoe prevented me from rising to the sur
face. I waa a good swimmer, though, and
when the brine had nearly choked me, by
bending my right knee to Its utmost, and
so relieving the depressing weight of the
shoe. I thrust my head above water.
"My Orst Impression waa an awful aplash-
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Mittresff, $9.50
Equal to any I1B.00 Klnstlc Felt Mattresa 6n
the market. THIRTY-DAT TRIAL FREE and
money refunded If not satisfactory.
It la the purest, cleanest and most restful
Cotton Mattress you can buy. It la sanitary,
vermin-proof and non-absorbent will never
mat or get lumpy, and never needs making
over. It is not stuffed, but HTJILT UP
from loose, flaky sheets of
finest cotton fiber and com
pressed to the required thick
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Our three-room outfits do not merely consist of furniture and rugs,
but Include everything necessary to furnish a home complete. iHir
outfits include window shades, draperies, bedding of all kinds, all the
necessary cooking utensils and kitchen furnishings, crockery. gUss
ware, silverware and. In fact, everything you will need with which
to Btart housekeeping.
Puvers of our outfits are not obliged to go elsewhere to complete
the furnishings of their homes, as everything Is included down to the
smallest detail.
Also the furniture, rugs, draperies and furnishings are all of a
high class, and should not be confused with some outfits of Inferior
grades that are offered elsewhere. We have always made a specialty
of complete home outfits, and have now lowered the price to 1 7 1.50
for three rooms and reduced the cash payment to f 7.
W' Guarantee) That These. Outfits Will Coat You
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(Exactly like cut.) Base haa two large bins,
each holding 50 pounds of flour or other meal,
two good-sized drawers for kitchen cutlery, a
large bread board and a meat board. The top haa
two large glass door compartments, one on each
side of a row of four apice drawers. The cabinet
Is 61 Inches hlch and 47 inches wide. It occuplea
the space of a kitchen table and
has tne room of a cupboard.
The People's Store special
price, complete
The Peoples Store
Special Folding and
Reclining Go-Carts
(Exactly like cut). The handle
rods and gearing are of steel,
enameled green, rubber tired,
steel wheels, the back and drish
ran be adjusted to any poslton.
folds compactly, ol-
fered at the
vpeclal price
of
Peoples Store
Oak Dressers
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(Exactlv like cut.) Made of solid oak,
highly 'polished, large roomy drawers.
French beveled mirror or ouiong snape.
trimmings are solid brass,
guaranteed workman
ship, special sale
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carvings: the bases are lar
and contain two small drai
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and a larpe lower compart
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platrt French
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Carpets, Rugs
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The recipe's Store
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Extension Tables
(Exactly like cut.) Made of thoroughly
seasoned stock, well finished and extra
well made; size of tops 42x42, and extend
to 6 feet. These tables we secured at a
very special price, and intend to give our
many customers tne Dene
fit of our exceptional
opportunity. Spe
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Terms I $1.00 Cash; $1.00 Monthly,
5.50
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chase of 1100 or
sold to you out
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the extremely easy
terms of 11.00 cash
and fl per month.
If you buy 100
worth during 1907
we will give you a
set free and credit
your account with
all amounts that
you have paid.
$2 Per Month
Buys a
Direct Action
Gas Range
Special demonstration all this
week on main floor.
Call and let us explain the
many special features ot the)
Direct Action Gas Range. It
Ls much easier to buy a. Direct
Action Gas Range and keep
your gas bills down than it is
to buy any other kind and try
to economize afterwards. You
pay your gas bill 18 times In
one year you buy a Gas
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see that you get a Direct Ac-
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These large rugs
are nine feet by
eleven feet, and
are noted for their
richness of colore
anil the beauty of
their patterns.
They were se
lected especially
for our special sale
and will be sold at
the extremely low
'fr.'?! 14.50
Termst $1.30 cash
and $3 monthly.
Art Reversible
liugs large as
sortment, 9x12 size,
7.50 values; X 08
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Ingrain CarpetB,
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solid oak, have five roomy
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mlrrora, are neatly enrvea,
and the cabinet
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Kale rtrlce
Terms i $1.00 cash. B0o
per week.
any carveii,
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We are solo agents for Hey wood Hros. and
Wakefield Go-Carts. Ourney Hefrlgerators, t.lwell
Kitchen Cabinets, Direct Action Ciaa Ranges, In
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Fulton and the Rapid Folding Go-Carts.
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' seamless tubing, ornamental
is four coats of baked enamel,
& cream and
4-6 size,
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Refrigerators
We are eolo agents
for the famous Our
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on aclentlfio and'hy
glenlo Unci. Every
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no place for the dirt
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This we;k we offer
a special refrigerator
at
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lng all about me, end for a moment I fan
cied that the shark and some of his family
had come back to finish lunch. Spray waa
das'ied in a deluge Into my face and for a
moment the water, descending in a cloud,
blinded me. Hut then I law it all. Several
boats were floating near me, ordinary
elt'lTs, I mean, and the men in them werj
beating the water with the flats of oars.
That's a good ruse to frighten sharks, you
know, and It must have worked with my
hungry friend, or maybe he Was contended
with the water shoe, thinking it a piece of
my leg, for ho uppeured no more.
"The beating of the water was all right
and no doubt saved my life, but the ex
cltiible Spaniards kept up the practice with
such persistency, shouting loudly the while,
that for a time I waa in danger of having
my braina knocked out. At last one of
them saw me and, calling to his compan
ions, bade them desist from their strenuous
effort. A boat waa quickly pulled to where
I fought to keep my head above water
and. more dead than alive, I waa drawn
over the gunwale, water ahoe and ail, and
carried to the yacht.
"The bite on my leg wasn't much, but
the nervous strain waa so great that I lay
on that deck for a few minutes, surrounded
by excited, gesticulating Spaniards and
hysterical, wildly weeping women, hardly
able to speak. I came around all right In
a little while and a aurgeon in the party
examined my wound. I had lost much
blood and a large strip of flesh waa missing
from my limb, and to add to my pain and
misery the doctor insisted on burning the
wound out with a solution of nitric acid,
declaring that the nhark'e teeth might have
been Infected from eating some dead car
cass thrown Into the aea. That burning
was the worst part of the whole business,
and for the rest of my atay In Havana I
went around on a crutch. The shark didn't
make a meal off me; no, but be gave me
a acar that I will carry to my grava,"
New Orlcftu ricayuue.
AMEER TALKS AT LAHORE
Baler' of Afghanistan Tells Moslem to
Seek Wisdom, hat Remem
ber nellglon.
CALCUTTA. April S0.-(Bpecial.)-On
the occasion of his laying the foundation
Bton of the Islam college at Lahore the j
ameer made the most notable speech
since his memorable visit to tho Moham
medan college of Allgarh. An address
having been presented to bis majesty the
ameer, rising from his throne to reply
to the address, brought the whole mul
titude respectfully to their feet. Ho
waved the mass of men back to their
seats and then standing alone took hold
of the vellum In the manner of a singer
handling a song and broke Into extem
porary oration. Indian audiences are not
accustomed to perfect orderliness, but
in thla instance perfect alienee reigned,
and not a word of the royal apeech waa
lost. Not a word of It could the Moham
medane of India afford to lose. It was
an extraordinary flight of Improptu
eloquence. Instinct with the forceful In
dividuality of lta enHhtened author.1 At
the beginning the ameer, who when calm
and cold could not avoid an occasional
Blight stammer, halted now and then In
hla speech. But presently aa he warmed
to the aplrlt of the occasion he broke
Into almost torrential rhetoric and his
whole body swayed In energetic emphasia
My brothers. I speak to you, the Moham
medans of the Fanjab in India who are
present here today. lou have read me
your address. I understand your
thoughts; this ls my reply; mark It, It
pnniKrni your welfare closely. But be
fore all else I want at the outset to say
how deeply I appreciate the tolerance
and the beneficence of the government of
India In allowing my Mohammedan
brethren In thla great country perfect Ub
erly to perform their religious dullee where
nA m hen and how they list. That acknowl
edgment beiui paid, aad it W (unatuost
on my conscience, I come to the pith and
marrow of my message to you and to the
millions of Mussulmans for whom you
stand. In a single sentence I give you my
whole exhortation. "Acquire knowledge
you hear me? Acquire knowledge. I aay
ft a third time, acquire knowledge. Oh, my
brothers, remain not Ignorant, or what is
worse, remain not ignorant of your ignor
ance. There are those who utter solemn
u.ninc in vnur run. who urge that Mo
hammedans have naught to do wilh mod
ern philosophy, who declaim againBt the
western silences as evn. i am ni
them. I am not among those who ask you
to shut your ears and shut your eyes. On
the contrary, I say. pursue knowledge
wherever It Is to be founn. But this also
I declare to you with an me ei.ip.iaa.s
my command, science is me supr. nut
lure; don't mistake it for the foundation.
The foundation ls and always must be religion.
LONDON MAN'S RAPID RISE
Teacher Destltste la Australia
Twenty -Two Years Age) Visits
Place of Birth.
LOVDON, April H).-(8peclal.)-W. M.
Hughes, ex-minister of external af
fairs in the Australian commonwealth, la
one of the delegates to the colonial confer
ence. He la an Englishman, born In Lon
don, who went to New South Wales
twenty-two years ago to seek his fortune.
Hla career from that day to thla reads like
a romance.
In England he waa a school teacher and
arriving at Queensland he applied for em
ployment in the education department Ha
was engaged at a remuneration which lie
subsqueutly discovered would not keep him
much less allow of saving. A determined
man, ba decided to stiike-out "on hla luck.
Here la what happened;
"I waa going from Maryborough, Queens
land, to Gytnpe and got off the road." he
explained. "Fur three daya I had no food
whatsoever, and was without water for
twenty-four hours. Then I struck some
etcll4U ajid le bins Wa Uiat waa my
only food. This was roughing It with a
vengeance. To make matters worse, I was
crossing a creek one day with my shirt,
socks, some clothes and boots wrapped In
my sleeping blanket and fixed to my shoul
ders, wlu'n I found myself In a deep hole,
Down I went, and my bundle went oa by
itself. I lost everything and rn that sorry
plight I had to wander about until I found
refuge In a tlmber-getter'a hut. I don t
want that experience again, for In Queens
land you bake by day and freeze by night
with no clothing."
Nothing daunted, Mr. Hughes obtained
employment on a sheep station boundary.
Then he went sheep droving and in thla
capacity took a herd a Journey of 1,600
fillips. I Hi uuivii uv iiuu ui m iwiwaj iicai.
claimed him and afterwards he worked on
coast vessels for six montha.
Mr. Hughes came In In 1890 with tho'
great Industrial upheaval which saw tho
formation of the labor party. He took an
active part In the agitation and was one of
the founders of the "solidarity" labor party.
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