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terminated by the Portuguese. Some of them. how
ever. must have escaped the general slaughter Tor
when Sir John Cavendish, IN his voyage around the
world, visited St Helena IN 1888 he found 1t IN
habited and containing email town In l6io the
Dutch attempted to establish settlement, but re-
lnquished the island TO the English IN l6ol IN
1868 the commander of a homeward bound East
India fleet of English vessels took formal pos
session Of It IN the name of Charles II. who i'm
mediately made it to the East India Com
pany. The Dutch again obtained possession in
1872 but the next year it recaptured by Cap
tain Richard Munden with three ships. Since that
time the island has remained British possession.
SETTLED FROM LONDON.
The East India Company invited settlers to emf
CRATE from England to ST. Helena and numbers of
families which had been reduced to beggary by the
great fire in London took advantage of the offer of
free land which W. assigned TO them provided
they would cultivate it within six months. Slaves
were also introduced from Madagascar Being sit
uated in the direct track of vessels bound from
the East TO England around the Cape OF Good
Hope it soon became an important port of call
for a large number of vessels. The chief source
Of income of the Inhabitants derived from
supplying fresh provisions TO the ships that put
in at the port. large garrison was also kept up,
there being at time nearly twelve thousand
stationed there. Between 1915 and 1921 the
British Government Withdrew the island from the
East India Company. its chief during that
period being a prison for Napoleon. In 1922 the
East India Company resumed It's jurisdiction over
it but in 1894 it became Crown colony.
The island continued TO prosper until the open
ing of the Suez Canal This altered the route to
the East Indies, thus deprving the inhabitants of
their OF livelihood. The Introduction of
steam navigation also made it unnecessary for
vessels to touch at that point.
The island also received another blow in the
duction of the garrison and of the naval squadron
which had been kept up for the suppression of the
slave trade The inhabitants fell into poverty. hav
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Is the house at Longwood in which Napoleon
passed his captivity. The plateau Of Longwood is
ABOUT 1000 feet above the level of the and
bounded by deep ravines. 1t is on the Rupert Hill
sIde OF the ravtne in which jamestown is built.
Here are the long, low buildings in which Napoleon
lived and the new house which he did not live to
occupy Here also is Marshal Bertrand's cottage.
Napoleon's tomb is In Slane's Valley, about mile
from Longwood. But the body removed TO
france in a man-of-war by the Prince de Jonville
In 1870 and lies under the dome of the Hotel
des Invalides in Paris
Perhaps the taking of General Cronje and his men
TO ST Helena would restore II of it's former
prosperity. For some years the island has been
gettng deeper and deeper into financial straits and
the population has been steadily diminishing. In
lSd the inhabitants numbered 6444: ten years later
the population Was 5O59. while by the census OF
1881 1t was only 4,l16, including the garrison. Ac-
coTding 10 THE Sta tesman's Year Book there
only about one hundred births year and about
seyenty-ive deaths However, about two hundred
persons annually emigrate to the United States
ana to south Africa. Cronje and his would
hep 70 bring these numbers up again. 1t is said
that this is one of the most saubrous spots on the
face OF the earth. and the longevity of those who
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CANNIBALISM AMONG INDIANS.

Chicago March 10.-A dispatch to 1.-The Record
from Vancouver says that three chiefs of the AL
berta Bay tribes of Indians were brought there
from Northern British Columbia last night to be
tried for their lives for eating human flesh. The
offences were committed a "potlach'' three weeks
ago In the course of the 'potlach the ancient
death dance was called for. Martyrs were asked
TO step into the circle Two young bucks and an
Indian maiden answered the CALL and stood near a
fire, naked while ten painted savages danced
around them. darting at them and biting pieces out
of their arms and legs and eating the bleeding
morsels. missionary complained 10 the Govern
ment which warned the tribe that II II eats human
flesh again It's land will be taken away. In the
time the three chiefs are 10 suffer for their
tribes at the hands OF the law.
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WHY MAUS CHANGED HIS NAME.
HE WAS CALLED MOUSE AND HE AND HIS
FAMILY DID NOT LIKE 1T.

HE WAS CALLED MOUSE AND HE AND HIS
FAMILY DID NOT LIKE IT.
Indianapolis March 10 (SpeciaD.-Frank A Maus
a wealthy brewer, and for many years prominently
identified with the business interests and the poll
tics this city, has secured the right from Judge
Allen of the Circuit Court. to change his name to
Frank Maus Fauvre. and his wife and children Will
hereafter be known by the surname of the father.
In his petition to the Court asking for the change
Mr. Maus set Up the fact that he had been tor
mented for years by hearing his name mispro-
nounced by friends and acquaintances. and that II
was invariably called Mouse" whereas the cor
rect pronunciation is Moss that his children had
been forced to go under this misnomer In school
and out of IL. and the appeatiOn had become so
obnoxious to him and to his family that a change
was absolutely necessary to his peace of mind
well as TO the happiness OF his wife and children
II was shown the Court by the petitioner that
much trouble had resulted him IN his efforts 70
correct the RECOMMENDATION of his among his
friends resenting the efforts and others being
estranged because OF the supposed unnatural pride
of the pOSSeSsOr when as a matter or fact. he
alleged he had objected To the appellation only
because OF that natural annoyance which any
would feel when his name Is haetually misprO-
nounced. His maternal grandmother was named
now in existence by that name. and no property
rights would be involved by the change OF his TO
that borne by the grandmother. The petition was
granted
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February was more satisfactory than has been
recorded for six years C r.
IN AID OF CUBAN CHILDREN

AT the recent meeting of the committees con-
nected with the Easter festival to be held Easter
week In the list Regiment Armory more than two
hundred persons were present Great progress in
the preparations for the fair was reported The
far Is 10 be given to raise funds for
and clothing OF iterate and poverty striken chill
dren In Cuba. The persons interested In the move
ment will receive no salaries for their work They
have voluntarily offered their services during the
recent Lenten season Many contributions have
been received, but many OF all kinds needed
Anything will ne accepted from a spool of cotton
10 articles OF great value. Among the chairmen
OF the coml,tttees win be Mrs. Mary Hatch VIII
ard, Mrs. W. II. Winslow. Mrs. Frederick I,
Edridge Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald, Mrs. Alvarez, Mrs
Gustav H. Schwab. Mrs. Chadwick. Mrs. Lanman
Bull. Mrs. George r. Preston. Evert J. Wendell,
j. G. Croswell and John i Nicholson.
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TO PROTECT TERRAPIN.
BILL IN MARYLAND LEGISLATURE PROVIDING
CLOSE SEASON UNDER PENALTY.

CLOSE SEASON UNDER PENALTY.
Anna apolis, Nd. March 10 (SpeciaD.-Io prevent
the diamond back terrapn that delight CT epicures
from becoming extinct in Maryland, which fur
nishes the choicest specimen of this decacy in the
world the State Game Protective Association has
introduced bill for its protection 1t provides that
no person shall catch, trap or take in any manner
IN this State any diamond back terraph between
April and November 1 in each year. or Of any size
less than five inches long, under a penalty OF $40
for each terrapin. The destruction Of terrapin
any time is prohibited under penalty of not
less than S25 fine than $l00. No person
shall keep any diamond back terrapin. alive or
dead. in any pond inclosure or tank between April
] and November under penalty of SO for each
terrapin SO kept The bill also prohibits the sale
Of terrapn or fish during the close The
Fish Commissioners are exempt from this while
pursuing their duties fish cuturiSts. Scientists
may also be exempt by permission of the State
Game Warden. The passage of the bill is assured
1t will have the effect of greatly reducing, If not
entirely cutting off. the supplies OF Chesapeake
diamond backs out of season as ii will close up
the hundreds Of ponds in which terrapn secret
ly kept TO supply the demand at any price of the
hotels in New-York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN INDIANAPOLIS Ho:
PITAI-NEGRo MAY HAVE WHITE SPOT

SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN INDIANAPOLIS HOS
PITAI-NEGRo MAY HAVE WHITE SPOT
indianapolis March 10 (SpeciaD.-The second sue
ccssfu operation of skin grating by using the skin
or inner film of newly laid eggs has been accom-
plished at the City Hospital here by DR. w v
Morgan and other physicians of that institution
The subject is Scott Smith colored man. who
was horribly burned about the face neck and
shoulders by the bursting OF a coal oil lamp. The
raw surface could be cured by ordinary means
and after several physicians had applied restora-
tives in vain Smith removed 10 the hospital
DIR. Morgan secured some newly laid eggs, and
the skin film applied, and II only a
short time before the good results apparent.
In ten days the film Of the was united securely
10 the HeSh and the wounds were perfectly healed.
An Interesting part Of the operation, from
scientific point Of view, is what is be the color
of the resulting cuticle microscopic eXamna-
tion shows that the skin OF the egg is part
Of the skin OF Smiths body, but It remains white
while the other skin is black. The blood circu-
lates through IL as through other parts but IL Is
yet an open question whether the pigment which
also color it. So far there is evidence that this
will be the result, for II has remained white
IL when first applied.
Smith is in mortal terror for fear that feathers
will grow out OF his face and neck where the egg
film was applied He examines the parts every
hour in the day II there is any evidence Of
quills. and fails to ask his physicians for
opinions this subject often as they examine
him. Some joking remarks made by the physicians
In of the operation caused the patient TO
conceive such thing possible. and for several days
he had 10 be watched closely to prevent him from
removing the film
II IS said here that the only other successful
brooklyn CN. u hospital - -.
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At present the only maadies which show an
increase are tuberculosis and smallpox. In
fiuenza has been epidemic in Paris since last
December and continues TO be severe although
not bad as in London Berlin The leading
physicians say that influenza is likely TO remain
long the present warm. rainy weather
continues, and that many of the deaths from,
tuberculosis due to influenza. which when
not taken promptly in hand often develops into
tuberculosis pneumonia. There is a good
deal of smallpox at Marseles. and there is
increase of cases in Paris. but nothing ap-
preaching to epidemic is apprehended. and
the vaccination facilities here are excellent.
Taken altogether, the official report of the
Paris Board Of Health indicates that the san-
tary condition of tie city for the month of
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FAVOR CONSULAR Reform.

Cincinnati. Ohio March l0.-The Chamber OF
Commerce has irdorsed the Lo1ee Senate bin and
the Burton House bin for reInodeling the Consular
Service The resolutions set forth that Consular
Service would better promote the interests OF the
country II more completely on basis of business
qualification than political preferment, with the
plan OF continuing worthy incumbent and pre-
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ms is statesmanlike and dignihed This en-
craving has become part of the Government
archives and, later on, when the President ha 9
oeen gathered to his fathers. will be used TO
decorate nanknotes and stamps 1t being pro-
Nioeo oy law that the portraits Of living persons
shall not be so used
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STATE As LIQUOR SELLER.

QUANTITIES REQUIRED UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA
DISPENSARY SYSTEM
Columbia, S. c. March 10 (SpeciaD-Under the
new law the directors of the dspensary system
will in few days advertise for those willing to
furnish liquor to the largest retail establishment
in the world for the next succeeding ninety days.
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MORE DISORDER IN CHICAGO.

NON-UNION MEN FROM WORK.
Chicago March 10-Renewed disorder. which at
time threatened to develop into a riot. attend
ed the attempts to-day of the contractors place
non-union at work at the new Ogdensburg
wharves, at Kingsbury and Ontario SITS Seventy
five non-unon men, guarded by five special police
men, marched to the wharveS and went TO work
amid the jeering and hooting of crowd of about
three hundred union workmen, who We're, however
kept at a distance by a strong force of police
When the pecal officers left the scene they were
followed by large crowd and at Erie and Wells
SITS. the crowd closed in on them, hurting ice and
snow, and for moment serious trouble
threatened. The officers drew their revolvers and
fired few shots IN the air. which scattered the
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GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
FAMILIAR FIGURE GONE FROM THE
PENSION OFFICE RoTUNDA
n.r, DESCENDANT OF GEORGE
r.sv1Scrox-s COUSIN AND NIEcE-THEy
KNEW J. HAMILTON LEwIs-THE
N-Fw DUTCH MINISTER.

washington. March 10 (speciaD--Those who
.,s,t the Pension Office miss from its corridors
,se stately old man who formerly conducted the
stand in the rotunda where the clerks buy their
- or5 tobacco and where souvenirs and
o's.,,ras are displayed for the temptation of
pss,s Foremost among these is the photo
-, - the proprietor Of the booth. Colonel
.sarezer Burgess Ball. dressed in the uniform
=, Continental general. and bearing a strik-
-. resemblance TO General Washington. 10
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crowd. At one or two other points non-union mer
were threatened and peted with snowballs, but the
police prevented actual conflicts.
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sAUER says:

al can freely say that the
Pianola gives me more plea
sure than I have had from
thousands of so-called treats
of pianistic effort"
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MOsZKOWSKI says:
"Any one hidden in a room
near by who will hear the
Pianola for the first time will
surely think that it Is a great
virtuoso that plays"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

young ladies of the Kcttledrum at a din
ner IN celebration of her birthday ami
verSary.
Miss Otille Weber is here from st. Louis
to visit Miss Annie Fisher. daughter OF
Doctor p. Fisher of Park street.
Mrs. NJ. w. Clark and daughter, Miss
Jean Clark. have returned from Denmark,
Ia. where they spent the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. l.. Knott of st. Louis
are visiting Mr.. ard Mrs. Joseph Steis;
Henry c. Armstrong. formerly of st.
Louis. who is with the Continental Tobacco
Company. arrived from New York Tuesday
evening 20 JOIN his wife. who has been
spending the summer with her mother. Mrs.
+. II. Weir of North Main street. They will
move to Nashville. Tenn. to reside.
Misses Stella and Daisy Collins of Col
linsville are being entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bernius.
Miss Flora Schultz. daughter Of the Rev
erend Henry Schultz of st. Louis. came out
centennial. She is a guest of Miss Rosalie
Martin and Miss Mabel Cul!ens.
Miss Nell Patchen arrived this morning
from Carlinville to spend a week with Miss
Olive G. Thomas of Leclaire.
Miss Julia I. keown has returned from
an extended visit in Duquoin.
The Misses Gusewelle gave a lawn party
Wednesday evening at their home on st.
Louis street. in honor of their guests. Pro-
fessor and Mrs. A. O.. Gusewelle of Moro.
Miss Clara Langan and Miss Maude
Karst of st. Louis drove up from the former
city with their escorts and were the guests
of honor at a supper party given at the
Leland by some Edwardsville young people.
Miss Vivian Blair of Charleston is visit
ing in the city.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
IN EDWARDSVILLE.

STecial Correspondence of The Sunday Republic.
Edwardsville. Ill. Aug. 25.-An al fresco
entertainment 1T Leclaire was the feature
of the week in Edwardsville society. About
fifty young people gathered Tuesday even
ing at Lecl2ire Lake and spent several
hours beside the water. A huge fire was
built and many ears of corn roasted in the
ashes and eaten. Iced watermelon was the
principal refreshment. Bert Lawnin and
Frank Donovan of st. Louis and Justin Po-
sey of Champaign were among the guests.
Miss Edith Ho!bart of st. LOWS was a
guest of the family of Doctor II. +. Wharf
this week.
Mrs. George Few and Misses Katharine
and Lynette HotZ departed last night for
Alton to join a party for a trip up the Mis-
sissippi.
Mrs. w. T. Kinder of Carterville and sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Phillips of Belleville.
spent several days this week in Edwards
Vile. guests of Mrs. Ellen Barnett.
Misses Margery Burkhardt and Lulu Reib
of East st. Louis are being entertained by
Miss Lily Kellcrmann. They will remain
through the centennial festivities.
Miss Margaret Smith has for a guest Miss
Mabel Champion of Paradise. Ill.
Walter Rockwell of Fort Riley, Kas.. a
nephew of General Chaffee, Is here on a
short visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot Wilson
Nudge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee E. Dale of st. Louis
were guests of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Dale Sunday.
Mrs. Francis ?. Rawle entertained the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE,
College Station at Columbia Issues
an Interesting Statement.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Columbia. Mo-, Aug. GA statement was
Agricultural College experiment station Tor
the past twelve months. This work has
oeen IN the same lines as heretofore. in
GLIDING field experiments with cereals.
forage crops. fertilizers. rotation Of crops
ETC.: feeding experiments with beef cattle
ana pigs: chemical studies in connection
me influence of iron salts on the compost
ton OF the leaves and fruit of apples; in
x~estigations of animal diseases. especially
Texas fever; and chronological studies. es-
pecially on insects affecting fruit.
An extensive study is being made Of the
erect OF different crop rotations on the
come more or less reduced in fertility. In
these experiments. the OBJECT is to devise
rotations by which the land will be COW
cred with a growing crop of some kind
throughout the year. and to find crops for
green manurinG which may be successfully
ana anG easily easily grown between the ordinary
on a small tract of naturally poor land on
which corn has been grown without fer
which small yields of corn are usually OBJ
tanned. Different combinations of COM
merctal fertilizers and harvard manure
and different rotations. involving the use of
clover and COW pease for green manurinc.
are being tried. with reference to their ef-
feet upon the yields of corn and wheat on
this land.
In animal husbandry. speciaI attention Is
being given to the proper utilization OF
corn slower. This material Is being COM
pared with timothy for wintering steers.
and Investigations regarding the effects OF
feeding steers with and without shelter
are being continued. The feeding value.
palatability and digestibility. Is being tested
in experiments with steers.
The work in horticulture includes ferti-
lizer experiments in apple orchards on
typical soils in different parts of the State.
The value of commercial fertilizers for for
cling winter vegetables under glass IS also
being investigated. Variety tests and
breeding experiments are being made with
fruits. especially apples. grapes.
ries and p~ersimmonS. An attemDt is being
made to reforest without cultivation Il
strip Of waste bluff land on the college farm
with valuable nut trees. Experiments with
different spraying mixtures have been rom
tinued both at the station and in private
orchards.
A special study of the ticks causing
TEXAS fever has been continued. together
with experiments in minimizing Northern
The inspection of commercial fertilizers
has been continued under State laws. The
station has assisted TIE State Board OF
Agriculture in regulating the sale of arti-
fetal butter and in the enforcement of
State laws arainst infectious diseases Of
live stock. 1t has also co-operated with tire
State horticultural Society in the inspec-
ton of nursery stock.
Doctor A. c. True. director of the eXneri-
ment stations Mt Washington. says: "Tfe
work of the Missouri station has been ac-
lively and successfully prosecuted dnrfrg
the past year. The station is pursuing the
wise policy OF concentrating its main effort
in comparatively few lines
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
NEWS OF THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Live Observation-Disclosures Events.
Der all the great standing armies Of the
world"

Der all the great standing armies Of the
world"
Last weeks issue of the Central Baptist
was devoted largely to an exhibit of the
work being done under the auspices Of the
State Board of Missions in Missouri. 1t APP
pears that there are about 5O.0DO white Bap-
lists In the State. and about 1900 churches:
The secretary of the State Mission Board
Is the Reverend T. l.. West of Carrollton.
Mo-, VINO also handles all the money con-
tributed for mission work done in the
State There have been ~stxty-three mis-
sionaries in the employ of the board In The
last year, some of whom are general. and
others district missionaries. In the first
~three-auarters of the year these reported
as direct results of their labors 1.295 con-
versions and 9oi baptisms. and all this Is
done at a cost to the board of $3.50 a month.
The Secretary in his report calls attention
to the fact that outside st. Louis. specially
In Dent. Tex; Dallas. Ozark. Christian,
fancy. Stone. Barry and Mcdonald Coun-
ties. there is great need for the planting and
sustaining of Baptist churches. He also
calls attention to the fact that it will re-
quire about 5000 to clear up all indebted
ness of the board. preparatory to entering
the work of the ensuing year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
CLIFTON

6, ,cial Correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
Clifton Terrace. Ill, Aug. 25.-Mr. and Mrs.
Tavern last week.
Mir. and Mrs. r. E. Mills of st. Louis
spent the week end at Clifton.
Miss Abby Watson Is among the ST. Louis
ans spending the season here.
The hop AT The Tavern Saturday evening
was the largest of the season. Music was
furnished by the Temple Theater Orchestra
Of Alton. and dane: ng contin'led untlI II late
hour. AIMING the ST. Louisans present We're
T.. f. Smith, Charles Mcguire. Thomas W.
Sessingnaus. James D.. ERASER. l.. j. Wat
son. H. w. Stegnei. A. NJ. Barbe. Among
the young gentlemen from Alton Were bon
Johnson. Eugene Elwell. Tom Wead. Lathy
Harry Chalk. Mont Malcolm. j. D.. Kerr, r.
y. Eaton. Ii. S. Sparks and NJ. &. Steck.
Roger Templin of Upper Alton also acted
party included Miss Jennie. Watson and
Lucile Rodgers of Upper Alton and their
house party of Southern friends-Misses
Jones OF Memphis, Tenn, and Msssrs.
Thomas Wood. Harry Plumber and Robert
Jarrett of Mariana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie C. Mills We're also
among the Alton guests at the dance.
The ."Hungry Club" of ST. Louis made its
annual visit to The Tavern SUNDAY: The
lock and Sol n. FRANKIE.
Miss Fanny Donahoe OF st. Louis. a social
%favorite of last year. has arrived at the
land and S. ". Maui were among the St.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Meyers of St. Louis was
among the Tuesday arrivals at the Tavern.
Miss Elizabeth Chittenden Of Alton was
the guest of Clifton friends Tuesday:
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Donaho of st. Louis
have arrived at the Tavern to spend the
season.
MI. l.. A. deBerard Of Chicago attended
the midweek hop at the Tavern Wednesday
evening.
The party of Alton young women which
was chaperoned by Mrs. Fl. J. Bowman re-
turned home this week, after spending ten
days at the Tavern. The party consisted
of Misses Edythe. Effie and Elizabeth Beall:
Norton, Jessie Sargent, Alice Bowman,
Amelia Reck and Helen Harrison:
rived at the Tavern Thursday for a stay
of several days.
Mrs. N. ]. Hanley of St. Louis is here for
the season,