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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1898-01-21

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27

and which could be closed by means of
gates. The bachelor seals were driven into
these enclosures about Aug. l and kept
there until Oct. 1, and having plenty OF
fresh water to disport in and by nature
requiring no food, were kept in good condi
ton until the open season had expired,
when they were let out and allowed 10
frequent the open sea again. These meth
DDS have been so effective in their results
that pe.agic sealers have become WELL
nigh discouraged and offer to give up the
business providing the government win re-
imburse them for the cost of their vessels
and outfits. This our government would
be willing 10 do, it is said, were the gov
eminent OF Great Britain to guarantee
that pelagic sealing by any of its subjects
should forever be abandoned
Making Artificial Rock ROOkeries.
A very careful investigation was made
of the seal rookeries of the United States
and Russia by a joint commission of the
United States, Great Britain and Canada
in 1896, to ascertain their true condition
and to study the habits of the fur seal.
The commission in behalf of the United
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FIR Francis, and a benediction on the COM
ing day, we went out between the rows
Of standing servants, quite ready for our
breakfast, which awaited US in the morn
ing room" This is a small apartment
hung in gay chintzes, with long windows
opening on the lawn. According to the
English custom. there were no servants
present to mar freedom of the morning
meal. at which we all seated ourselves,
regardless of precedence. Great "four-in-
hand chaf0g dishes stood on the side
tables from which the men served the
women and in the center of the table
were the coffee and tea on silver turn
table, from which each one helped him
self. as his or her taste dictated. Plans
were made for the day. and we gladly ac-
coded to the dukes invitation to see some
thing of the park. An hour later we found
him on the terrace where peacocks strut
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by some that Arundel was named after
this famous horse, but 1t is doubtful. With
in the Keep are a quantity of fine Owls,
sent 10 the duke by an American. Each
is named after a wise man, and as me
duke called ''Aristotie,' - Seneca" or "Cae-
sar," they rolled their yellow eyes toward
him in stately Acknowledgement.
From the top of the Keep to which we
had climbed the duke pointed out below
us the parish church and his own church,
which he built himself, in the name OF
his son. The parish church dates from
the conquest, and was for three centu-
Tes an "alien priory," consisting OF Dut
three monks and prior Then Fifzger-
aid, Ear! of Arundel, founded the pres
ent edihce as a mausoleum for ms ram
lily, but it was allowed to fail into dllapl-
dalton till restored to its original beauty
by the present duke, which is especially
to his credit, as he is a Roman Catholic.
For this reason he viii not lie after death
among the dead warriors and crusaders,
whose efigies have for SO many centuries
escaped obliteration, but in The modern
cathedral which he built himself.
The latter, built at a cost of $780, 900,
is of great beauty, and was dedicated by
him to st. Ives, in the name of his son.
His faith in a miraculous cure for this
adored boy is without limit. Three times
has the duke gone with hlm on a PHI
grimage" to Lourdes, in the Pyranees,
that the healing waters there, visited by
the virgin, might heal the boy, Dut al
though so far without success, the duke
is in no wise discouraged.
A few days after the rain was whirling
in sheets against the windows, so 1 wan
dered into the library for a quiet hour.
The great room is an imitation of a goth
ic cathedral, with ceilings and columns
of mahogany. and is 100 feet long by 80
wide At one end a spiral staircase leads
to a gallery, which runs round the room
half way to the ceiling, the railing OF
which is of bronze of exquisite workman
ship. Ten thousand volumes line the
walls, some of which are Of inestima-
BILE value. 1t was charming to prowl
about among the many curios which fill
the cabinets, fancying how the ghosts of
many famous men might be spying at me
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have the experiment tried. Those oppos-
ing il expressed fear that if the branding
did not absolutely destroy the life of the
SEAL it would impair its reproductive fac
ulties The experiment was first tried
upon adult males. A fulI-grown seal with
a pup at her side was first 10 be brand
ed, and the iron was brought to a white
heat ana the animal branded to The very
quick, yet bur little pain was manifested
by the seal, and rs soon as the operation
was done the old seal went to her pup
and calmly nurscd Il. After some $50
adult female seals had been branded the
branding was confined TO pup seas be-
tween the ages Of three and four months.
The entire back of The animal, from hip
to shoulder, is gridroned with deeply
burned scars. so that the skin is rendered
absolutely valueless for the manufacture
Of furs, and the animal is left to breed
by the open sea sealers.
Rerding wild Seals Like Cattle.
The special agent then directed his ef-
forts to The preservation of the male
seals. The open or pelagic season under
the present international agreement be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
extends from the first OF August until the
first Of October. This period is included
within the breeding season, when the
seals, both male and female, old and young
are inhabitng the rookerios. The breed
ing females are caring for their young
the breeding males or bulls, have charge
of their harems, while the nom breeding
males, or bachelors" are compelled by
the bulls to herd by themselves. The
males take little or no food during this
season, while the females are obliged to
go to sea daily. to obtain food in order
properly to nourlsh their young. Scatter
ed over the seal islands are numerous
lakes and lagoons, connected with the sea
by means of narrow inlets, through which
these smaller bodies of water are
supplied with fresh water by
the action of two tides daily.
From San Francisco the special agent
had transported a large quantity of wire
netting with which he fenced these lakes
and lagoons about, leaving openings
through which the seals could be driven
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from the open sea in Boring sea and the
North Pacific ocean. This means that 400
600 breeding female seals have been killed,
that 800 900 pup seals have starved to
death because their mothers were killed
and that 400 900 pup seals yet unborn were
destroyed. In view of these facts il is
not difficult to detect the cause of the large
falling off in the annual seal product.
Mr.. Murray Proposes Branding.
And there Is but little doubt but that
the entire American fisheries would have
been depleted had not some means been
adopted to stem the tide of pelagic slaugh-
ter. And so rapacious have been the pc
lagic sealers that our government has even
contemplated the killing Of all of our herds
In order 10 circumVent the constituencies
maurauders of the North seas. But hui
name scrupes interviewed and no such ex-
IRENE measures have been resorted to-
Various methods, however, were adopted
by our government by which the herds
although terribly decimated, have been
kept intact and a sufficient number Of
seals remain, if properly protected, 70 per-
petuate the species. The first step taken
toward conserving the herds was the an
nual branding of the female seals. This
experiment was suggested by Mr.. Muir
rays mind by the custom in vogue in
West Colorado and other states of the
West of branding of cattle, with which he
was well acquainted. The purpose to be
attained was TO make the skins of the
female seals vaueless for commercial
uses, and thus render the animals inn
mune from the ravages OF the pelagic
seaiers' The idea was received by the
higner authorities with but little favor
at hrst but consent was finally given TO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
THE PREMIER DUKE.
4 WOMAN's VISIT TO FAMOUS AnUN-
DEL CASTLE.

Dream of the Middle AGes-Mng-
nfncent Estate of the Duke of Nor
foIIx-The Dairy and the OwIery.
Famous Relics From Historic
Times.
New York, Nov. 25.-Pascal once said
that past events cast shadows which
reach to the end of time" To an American
girl. with her Imagination filed with the
doughty deeds of the middle ages, such
shadows seemed 10 enyelop her with their
giamor and charm as she found herself
one brilliant summer afternoon driving be-
meath the Norman archway which leads
TO the park of Arundel castle.
We skirted the moat which encircles the
castle on three sides, and drove across the
sonorous drawbridge and beneath the port
cullis, just as Edward had done hundreds
of years before. AS we drove into the great
quadrangle large enough to hold 1000
mounted men, and the clatter of our smart
nineteenth century wagonnette sent echoes
c,anging against the enclosing walls, it
needed but slight effort of Imagination to
fancy ourselves accompanied by pIumed
knights in armor, fresh from tourney or
battlefield.
But one dreams of the middle ages van
ished as we entered the Gothic portal. and
our kind host met us at the foot of the
great double staircase which fronts the
main entrance; his simple. cordial welcome
dissipatng any strangeness one might
naturally feel among such unusual sur
roundings.
This interesting man was Henry Fitza-
lan-Howard, fifteenth Duke of Norfolk, K
G. p: C. J. p. Earl Of Arundel. Earl of
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states was in charge of David Starr Jor-
dan, president of Leland Stanford, Jr..
University of California. Another mem
Der of the commission for the United
States was DIR. Lucas of che United States
National Museum, who made a careful in
vestigatlon of diseases Of the seal. DR..
Lucas found that the death of many seals
was caused by the prevalence of a minute
worm IN the intestines of the animal. No
direct remedy could be devised, but it was
found that those seals living upon rocker
les that were well supplied with rocks
were nearly free from the trouble. So. at
the expense of much time and labor the
special agent caused to be broken up and
hauled from the adjoining bluffs, large
quantities of rock, which were scattered
about over those rookeries which had hith-
erto been nothing less than beds of almost
pure sea sand. And in proof of the correct
ness Of the hypothesis set up by The in
vestigators the health of the herds fire.
quenting these sandy rookeries began at
once TO be improved, and the disease has
been very nearly eradicated
By the way. the results of the labors of
this commission as regards the subject of
pelagic sealing embodied in a carefully
prepared report are now before the Joint
high commission, composed of representa-
tves Of the United States, Great Britain
ana Canada, which is in session in the
last named country, and II is expected that
action will be taken whereby the vexed
question of the seal fisheries, which has
for so many years been a subject of con-
tention between the United States and
Great Britain, and threatening at times to
Involve the Two nations in open hostiiues.
WIZ be settled for long time 70 come.
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like a scene from Trianon, and we return
ed to the prosaic light outside reluctantly
Crossing a rustic bridge we came to the
castle mill which is contemporary with
Doomsday Book. There was no sound of
Gathering wheels as we stood looking down
into its black depths, where, the duke said.
many human bones lie. 1t is of such depth
that it was a favorite receptacle for those
whose existence was an inconvenience. At
one end the water flows smoothly over a
dam, and from there runs peacefully
through the meadows to the Arun
We went on to the Keep" a mighty
ruin 90 feet in diameter, which the duke
explained had been built in the time of
William the Conqueror for "Bevis." the
giant warder of the castle. This Bevis was
of such strength and stature as to be a
terror 10 all beholders. and his horse Hi
rondell matched him in size. 1t is thought
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
oUTWITTlNG SEAL THIEVES.
SMALLEST CATCH DURING 1895 OF
ANY YEAR SINCE 1884.

Remarkable work of Joseph Murray,
who Died on Oct. 4, just on His
Return From Alaska with His Re
pOrt-Orisinatcd the Idea OF
branding Seals to Protect Them
From PeIegIc FfsherS-HOw He Did
the Work and it, SuccesS-Herd-
ing wild Seals.
Fort Collins, Col, Nov. 25-One mans
originality has done more to settle the
sealing question that has vexed four ma
lions for forty years than any other one
thing. And this man was neither a diplo-
mat nor a great international lawyer-he
was Simply a special agent for the United
States treasury department. who went
quietly to Alaska and lived there for ten
years, until he had solved the problem.
His remedy was as astonishingly sim
pie as it was original He suggested
running the skins of breeding wild seals
by branding, thus making them valueless
to the pelagic fishers, who have caused
so much trouble and loss along the Cana
dian coast. When he proposed this plan
to the government, this and the idea Of
fencing in wild seals, il was rejected at
first with scorn Later 1t was accepted
and since 1t has been put into practice
the conscienceless pelagic seaIers have
been put TO it to make a living.
Just recently Joseph Murray, who was
this quiet but most important factor in
the seal question, returned TO his home in
Fort Collins, Col, after ten years in Alas
ka. He brought his report with him, but
before he could present il he was sud
denly stricken with paralysis and died on
Oct. l.
Sealing at Its Lowest Ebb Since 1894.
few days previous TO his decease he
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favored the writer with two interviews,
and talked quite freely upon the subject
of the seal fisheries. Seal fishing, he said
was at its lowest ebb since 1884. This year
there were killed on st. Paul and ST.
George Islands, composing the Pribiloff
group in Boring Sea- and upon which are
located the only American seal rookeries
of any moment there We're killed 1900
seals. Last year there were killed on these
islands $1,000 seals During the ten years
between 1879 and 1889 there were killed en-
nually ON an average of 10000 seals. This
year Russia and Japan the only two coun-
tries besides the United States owning seal
rookeries, killed only $1,000 seals; so that
the entire seal crop of the world this year
is less than one-half that of the United
States ten years ago. This refers, of
course, TO the legitimate seal fishing.
Pelagic seal fishing is still practiced. al
though having suffered great dimnution
from the regulations enforced by the
United States, as to pen sea sealing. and
the methods adopted for the preservation
of our seal herds upon the Pribiloff ISL
ands. 1t is estimated by those best able
to judge that since pelagic sealing began
more than 100000 seals have been taken
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Guided with the remark: Surely a pas,
of honor is an incentive to honor"
CHANGING of across the park. which Law
for miles before us It's distant downs and
misty glades serenely lovely in the nvs-
teal light, one could readily sympatnize
with his reverent pride and love for such
heritage. This modest gentleman. in his
conventional evening dress, sitting In the
shadow of those mighty walls, had a back
ground of power, distinction and heroic
deeds which might well fill him with pride
of race-a pride which seems ignoble only
to those who have no right to feel Il.
Nina Larre Duryea
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peaceful lawns has been tramped by armed
men, From those narrow Sits high in
the towers boiling water and melted tar
were poured down on the writhing enemies
below, and these very trees proved shelter
FOR the arbuesquers, in shirts of mail,
whose poisoned arrows clattered as iuof-
fectualiy as rain against the walls
The talk drifted to other things, and
soon we parted TO dress for dinner. My
room In the north tower, looked far over
the Arun valley. where the spires of
Chichester Cathedral shot their slender
length into the twilight. Beyond cleaned
the sea. with the Is'e Of Wight on The
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COURT YARD ARUNDEL CASTLE.

horizon. Il is called "Eleanor's room" af-
ter the wife of the seventh duke.
On my way down to dinner Mrs Max
well-Scott Joined me at the head of the
double staircase, which branches to rigat
and left from it's first landing. ut is
here she said, laughing, that I saw
my husband for the first time. nad
just arrived for rest after my first sea
son. and was coming down this side to
luncheon, when 1 met him going up the
other side. Love at first sight is as rare
as true love itself, but before a week had
passed matters were settled between US,
and the following autumn we were mar
ried in the private chapel here with The
blessings of Cardinal Newman, and drove
away for our honeymoon at Abbotsford,
in the white coach, drawn by four white
horses, which always performed like
service for all Arundel brides"
Dinner was served in the great dining
hall, fifty feet long by thirty wide. The
table glittered with silver and flowers and
soft candle light, made a circle of bright
ness, round which the servants in plush,
powdered hair and silk stockings, moved
with def dignity. Ii was merry meal,
full of stories and interesting anecdote.
The duke called our attention to the large
stained glass window at the end, in which
his grandparents portraits represent Sol
ONION and the Queen of Sheba at a BAN
quet. His grace quantity remarked that
it was hardly fiattering to the Queen of
Sheba, as his ancestress had been famous
for her absence of good looks.
After dinner we adjourned to the bar
on's hail." where the men informally
smoked as we drank our coffee. This room
is of noble proportions, seventy feet long,
with its curioucly wrought roof of Spanish
chestnut nearly 5rty feet above the stone
pavement. A series of stained glass WIN
dows of much beauty, in which the armo-
rial bearings of the Howards, F'itzlans and
Montgomerys are emb.azoned fill one side,
and opposite hang ancestral portraits and
trophies of the chase A fire blazed on the
great hearth under its hood of chiseled
stone Palms and rugs, hanging lamps
and luXurioLj couches served 10 soften and
modcrnize the some what glim splendor of
the room, whose groined stone ceiling and
worn pavement seemed rather a fitting
background for flashlights and armored
figures.
A Great Estate.
The next morning / was awakened by
the chapel bell ringing for mathis, and
hurried down to find the other guests and
servants already IN their places. The
chapel is about half the size of Grace
Church in New York, and contains one of
ing sunshine streamed through the open
windows TO the altar where hung the
dropping pathetic Christ, exquisitely
wrought from a bit of wood of the Spanish
armada. After a few simple words from
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ted to and fro in the sunshine. Roses
clambered over the marble balustrade,
and below stretched lawns as free from
leaf or twig as a drawing room floor. At
the foot of the steps bath chairs awaited
Us, drawn by tiny dOnkeys in gay trap
ping.
4 Dairy and owIery.
We passed down the graveled paths.
through the rose garden to the green
houses, which cover many acres and con-
tain every known palm, fern and orchid.
Birds few to and fro, and fountains tossed
feathery spray In the midst of what seem
ed a shadowy tropical forest. Then we
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skirted swanburne lake, where swans drift
ed below the overhanging willows, TO the
dairy, which is almost as famous as is
the castle itself. The main buildings are
modern and of considerable size, but the
old dairy presented a charming picture. It's
stone walls are capped by thatch, which
is itself covered with a tangled mass of
lowering creepers. Above is a dove-cote
from which doves circled In the sunshine
Right through the front entrance a clear
stream of water runs over a rocky bed,
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passing out at the rear to the lake. Within
all was dark, cool and spotlessly clean. On
either side rows of milkpans were ranged
on stone shelves, and at the farther end
two milkmaids in white Normandy caps,
short skirts and buckled shoes, were churn-
ing. With pretty courtesies, they offered
us a taste after dipping their platters in
the running stream at their feet. 1t was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-31
The Dread DESTROYER Which Our Invdd-
ing Forces In the West indies
Have TO COmb0f.

vances made in medical science and the
skill of the train III nurses it is believ-
ed the disease can be kept within a
limited space and soon stamped out.
The medical corps has already re-
moved the stricken men from the camp
proper and placed them in the shade
in the dry anii cool lands on the hills.
Here they are kept in strict quaran-
tine. A close inspection of the troops
is made at short intervals, and those
Of the men suspected of infection are
also removed to, the quarantine sta
ton.
Upon the hills and back from the
camps are placed rows of little white
tents, above which fly not only the flag
of the nation, but the little yellow en-
blem of quarantine and the banner of
the Red Gross Society, for they, too,
are helping to stamp out the disease.
After the bugler has sounded the
sick call through the camp in the
morning and an inspection of the
troops has been made by the medical
officers it Is no uncommon sight to see
a number Of brawny troopers, tanned
by the tropical sun and dust stained
from camp life, being carried from the
camp On litters by strong armed men
from the army nurse corps to the lit
tie white tented city On the hilltop.
This is but one of the familiar sights
to be met with on the road to and
from camp.
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ratus to fight sickness. and especially
yellow fever.
Although yellow fever is not in re-
atty more destructive disease, even
in places where it is apt to pre-
vail, than some others which are more
familiar, it is more suggestive of the
idea of pestilence than almost any ex-
istent disease, and the very name
strikes terror 1t is not necessarily
fatal. The disease is not alone known
to Cuba and the hot countries south G.
the United States Our own southern
cities have been ravaged by it. The
percentage of loss OF life, too, until
recent years in tile south was very
large
When the disease was at its height
in New Orleans and Jacksonville a
score OF years ago, some of the most
noted physicians throughout the world
visited the plague stricken cities and
studied it carefully. The cause and eff
feet with new modes Of treatment were
soon discovered, with the result that it
was decided the "black FROST was not
the only thing that would successfully
kill the germs. Since then new meth
DDS have been devised for keeping the
pest within limited bounds, and drugs
and other means have been discovered
to successfully cope with the disease
until now the scientists feel that they
have mastered the plague and can read
lily mitigate its deadly powers.