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swell Just as If clf,scious of its actual
power to brave the dangers of the deep.
and to carry the glad tidings of help and
hope to the Inflated passengers and crew.
gers on board thisLship are familiar with
the little relief boat VS. So everyone
is waiting for thet gun to come along to
the shore and as il fires many jump into
the sea in expectation of safety. There
is a brave sailor IN that little boat who
will soon put out hiS5head to look for
the struggling, helpless crew. But the
gentle reader must know that the sailor
does not leave the, gun in a seated posi-
ton. He lies down at the bottom OF his
canoe with his feet toward the stern,
enveloped in an elastic air sack, so that
he receives no injury when the gun is
discharged. Around him is a tarpaulin
cover which fastens to the waist. thus
making him, as it were, part OF ms
canoe
He has in the boat long cord. to which
is attached a bundle of rubber bags con-
tanning compressed air, each having tube
and stopper, and these he cuts off rapidly
with his jackknife as soon as they are
pulled out of the hatchway; he then
throws them quickly about to the drown
ing people. BY placing the ends of these
tubes in their mouths many of the pas
sengers are enabled to breathe and are
thus kept alive until they reach the es-
cape line which fastens the boat to the
shore. By this line the little boat is
hauled in when the sailo, hoists his flag
the signal of pull the passengers to
shore
Several of these little boats and some
times an extra gun may be kept at a
station My BELIEF is that with these
aids. in addition to the lifeboats now in
use. and the rockets for carrying "a stout
rope to the ship. modern shipwrecks may
be deprived OF much of their disastrous
terror, though at best they are very fatal
and dreadful"
II cannot be said that inventors of these
extraordinary devices are always mem
unbalanced would
Lincoln be so pronounced. But they have
certainly mistaken their vocation.
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GHoULs IN A GRAVEYARD
\ Resurrection Outrage Fifty Years
Ago Comes to- Light.

New Haven, Conn.-It has just come 10
light that the grave which was supposed
TO contain the body Of Aaron Potter. of
North Haven. who was buried half a
century ago in that town, is really filed
with stones. put there in substitution for
POtters remains.
Potter. according to the story that
comes out tonight, was hanged for muir
der. and was buried in the North Haven
Cemetery.
Yale students were anxious to get the
body for dissecting purposes, ard Pottcr's
friends were SO informed. For twelve
nights the grave whore Potter was in
TERED was guarded. Then the vigil
ceased.
Several years later many of the bodies
were removed from this cemetery, among
them PGtter's. 1t is now recalled that Pot
ter's coffin was surprisingly heavy 1t was
stated tonight by the man who related
this story that the leader Of the party
Of Yale medical students that robbed the
grave is a prominent New York physi-
clan. ana In his office is the skeleton of
Aaron Potter. given to him because he
led in the grave robbery.
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AN OLD Equine FESTIVAL.
Special HOnOrs i'm Hindoostan stil
Given to Horses.
'(From st. Nlcholls.}

IL. 81
Do-se-ra, or the Feast of Horses" is
very old festival in India The Hindoos
say that on time long ago the god of
Rama went to war with the King of Gel
Ion and was victorious because his army
had better horses and builocks than the
Kings army. So yearly. at a time Of a
new moOQ. the Hindoos worship the
horses and bullocks
| had never heard of this festival, and
on the morning of Dosera | was surpris-
ed to find my Arab pony, Raja, all trim
med with bright yellow flowers. He had
a wreath around his neck; long pendants
of flowers hung about his ears. anklets of
the same bright flowers were tied around
his legs Just above the hoof, and again
above the knees; and tiny bouquets were
tied to the harness in many places. and
on the reins, too.
1t was pretty, and l am sure Raia felt
dressed up" for he was dignified and
quiet all that day, and carried his head
a little higher than usual. Sometimes he
does frisky things. but we are not at all
afraid of him, for he is intelligent, and If
we say, "Raiai Rajai" in a decided tone,
he seems to know that we wish him to
be cignified. '.Rajah'' means king. and
we gave him that name because we think
him the king of Arab ponies.
At Dosera the bullocks. which are as
much used here as horses, had their horns
stained with bright-colored paints, gen
orally different color for each horn;
and strings of little tassels of many differ
ent colors were tied from the tip of one
horn to the tip of the ether, or bright
pieces of ribbons would lie used instead of
tassels.
The white horses, of whirh there are
very, very many here. nGi hc white bull
locks, too, were pair ?, E;e IN stars
or in round dots. 9TH ,4o the rising
sun painted on both si:.s Of their bodies,
in red and gold colors = me horses had
only their tails and ma:es colored, white
a few drivers painted the sides of the
cart and the wheels also.
After all this decorating was finished
the people made pujah to the animals
which means that they worship the horses
aid the bullocks l could not find any
one who would tell me If they worshiped
the carts. too. but l think they did. Aft
er this is done the people give each other
presents, which should be of gold. but
as the people are, most of them, too poor
to give gold, they give the LEAF of the
gold" plant, and that answers very well.
When evening came. and the coachman
VINO had trimmed Raja with the fresh
flowers had not received "bakshish, he
felt very much neglected, and sent word
to me that 1t was the custom of the coun-
try to give the coachman a donation. l
sent him rupee and made him G.ite hap
py.
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GOT INTO HER COFFIN ALIVE.
New Haven Woman Wanted to See
If Ii Would Fit
(From the New York Sun.


New Haven, Conn.-It came to the
knowledge of Prof. Bartlett, of the Yale
medical school. who is the coroner's med
ical examiner in this city, that Mrs. Ma
RE Moore Humphrey Who died on Satur-
day at her home. had been treated by
mail for the past four years by clairvdy-
ants and spiritualists, and that even when
she became critically i'll, a week ago. her
husband would not call in a physician.
The family is very well known in New
Haven. The healers who had been min
istering to Mrs. Humphrey had never
laid an eye on her, the doctOring being
done through the mails and by circulars.
The husband told Prof. Bartlett that
some time ago he made up his mind that
his wife could not recover; but he still
had great faith in the mall healing pro-
cess and continued it to the last.
Three weeks ago, when he was sure
that her illness would prove fatal he con-
cluded to build three collins in the house
where he lived. one for the dying wom-
an, one for his mother-in-law, who is
ninety years old. and the third for him
self. He had been carpenter in his
day, but of late had been in the real es-
tate business. The first coffin made was
fer his wife. She on her sick bed watch
ed the work progressing on her coffin. Her
husband measured her body for fit, and
when the coffin was finished, to make
sure there was no mistake in the meas
urements, he helped his wife get into it
and she lay down in the casket just as
she would rocline in death. Mrs. Hum
phrey, after settling her body down in
the coffin tried to twist her body a bit
and said TO her husband that 1t was a
little too snug. Her husband thought 9TH
erwise. but it was decided to enlarge it,.
Then the coffin was placed in the bed
room near the bed on which Mrs. Hum
phrey spent her last days.
There was one regret in the husband s
mind which he explained today as fol-
lows:
You see. | placed common chest han
dies on the coffin. They only cost 20 cents.
Nice silver-pated handles would have
been MUCH better. and | am sorry now
that | did not buy some. Those chest han
dies did not look quite right. but | will
not make the same mistake on my coffin.
That will be all right and so will moth
ers' Mrs Humphreys remains were
taken to Fresh Pond l.. l., today to he
cremated. Her husband has already
placed in position in his parlor an urn
to contain his wifes ashes. Humphreys
said this afternoon that his aged mother
in-law was placed in her coffin recently
and 1t was found 10 be just the right size
for her. His own coffin, declares will
just fit him.
The Christian Scientists, Spiritualists,
and clairvoyants. who attended Mrs.
Humphrey by mail are in Stoneham.
Mass. Boston, and Battle Creek Mich.
She weighed over 200 pounds when they
began giving her advice and only 100
when she died.
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A VIENNA SURGEONS WORK.
Fills Up HOIIOws in the Skin by
Paraffin Injections.

(FrOm the London Telegraph.)
The well-known Viennese surgeon and
director of the RudolDhinum, DIR. Ger
suny, has been lately occupied with rfedi-
cal experiments which Will doubtless
cause intense interest. BY a simple, pain
less injection. which is performed with
out the least difficulty. certain external
defects, such as cavities and hOllows in
the skin, are fully removed, and these
disagreeable inequalities restored to full
roundness. DIR. Gersuny's experiments
are purely professional and have nothing
to do with cosmetics. But though DR..
Gersuny restricts himself TO medical
operations. there is a great possibility of
his discovery becoming extremely useful
in other directions. The Doctors idea,
for instance, was TO restore to its original
form badly injured nose, or to MI up n
sunken cheek caused by the removal Of
part of the Jaw. In such operations his
discovery has been highly successful.
The doctor takes a syringe, such as that
used for injecting morphia, nils 1t with
medicinal parafin heated to a certain de-
gree, and injects IL beneath the chin into
the follow cavity till this is rounded to
its original form The paraftin fixes
itself firmly beneath the epiderms and
pleasautness is caused to the patient by
this operation. and all DIR. Gersunys at
tempts up to the present have succeeded.
Another report upon the Gersuny discOv-
ery SAYS: The professor published an ac-
count of his experiments at the very com
mencement, and since then he has become
very expert in injecting vaselne, with
very satisfactory results. 1t has been
proved that paraffin, when melted TO 40
degrees Celsius. and injected beneath the
skin. remains quiet causing no local irri-
tation. Gersuny occasionally uses this in
lection to form a small swelling, and he
obtained very successful results with the
ohturat0r muscles by forming a sort of
valvular flap when the former were lost
which proved valuable substitute for
them He found 1t also extremity useful in
relaxing stiff muscles and in improving
the articula ton In cases of the so-ca!led
wolf s-jaw. or open split in the roof of the
whether Dr. Gersunys discovery can be
made useful for beautlfyiEg the human
face as up to the present the parahin
hardened after injection, forming no soft
flexible support The professor himself
strictly confines these injections to surgi-
cal clseS-
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more FESTIVE under the religious restraints

more FESTIVE under the religious restraints
of the fathers.
Their eccentric style of dress, their
manner of cutting the hair their unshorn
boards, and the primitive simplicity of
their religious ceremonies are all calcu-
lated to make the Dunkards conspicuous
especially in communities in which there
is some display OF fashion. The elders
are no longer sensitive to the scrutiny
OF the pleasantries of their dissimilar
neighbors, but the boys and girls de-
mand some notifications in dress and
custom. In obedience to this demand
many changes have been made from the
original seventies. In some of the Eas-
tern communities these departures are
quite radical, and men wear expensive
clothes and women costly silks, though
they still cut their garments somewhat
after the old Dunl1ard patterns.
1t Is not strange that the secet is los
ing strength. II is not the kind of insti-
tuition to make converts among brisk
Americans. Then. too. while marriage is
not forbidden, celibacy is encouraged 1t
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The SOCIETY OF DUNKARDs.
Changes of Location for the Henciit
of .oun- Members.

(FrOm The Kansas liiy Star-)
Two tranloads of Dunkards passed
through Kansas City last week from
points in Missouri and Kansas to new
homes in North Dakota. Similar move
mentf of these quaint people have taken
place every spring for the past four or
i've years. Just as they came to the Mid
die West years ago from the old settle
ments in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Nir-
gfnia and other Eastern States. so now
they seek new fields rather than remain
in well developed States Their clanntsh
instincts. their physical hardwood, and
their simple regimen tit them especially
for pioneer work Doubtless, however. the
principal incentive to this periodical mi
grafton is the desire ON the part OF the
elders to remove the youngers farther
from the temptations of those OF other
sects or those of no sect at all. IL mas
developed at every annual convention OF
the Dunkartls for the past live years that
the young people are growing more and
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a well attended meeting of those inter
ested in the Belgian hare industry was
held on the evening of April at the show
rooms of the North American Belgian
Hare Company, when permanent organ
ization was effected. II. Il. tombstone
was chosen temporary chairman and H
{. Graf temporary secretary. An cleo
ton for permanent officers will take place
at the next meeting, Thursday. April II.
1t was decided to send a delegate to the
national convention of Belgian Hare
Clubs, to be held at Kansas City, Mo,
May 20, the purpose of which is to de-
wise scheme of registration similar to
that of the American Kennel Club and
arrange show circuits throughout the
country.
The new organization adopted the
name of THE United States Capital Bel
gian Hare Association and committee
Of five was appointed to draft the con-
stitution and bylaws
ton are most encouraging
A Belgian hare dinner. participated in
by number of Washington newspaper
men. was one of the smaller social events
of last week. 1t was arranged by the
projectors that the menu was to remain
a secret until after the repast. when there
was to be guessing contest as to the
piece de resistance therein.
1t was unanimously decided that the
meat of the Belgian hare is far superior
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is said that the aggregate membership Of
the church in the United States does not
at present exceed 10000. while at one
time il was 10000.
The Dunkard Society was formed In
Germany in 170S- 1t was there called the
bunker Church, the name meaning dip
per, and referring to the mode of bap-
tism. which was by immersic1. After sore
persecution in their native land the
Dunkards came to the United States in
1920, and settled mostly in Quaker dis
tricts of the East. To them the Bible Is
the infallible word of God. They interpret
the Scriptures literally. This accounts
for one of their peculiar ordinances-that
of feet washing. This ordinance is al
ways observed in Connection with the Sac
rament. AS is well known. their religion
forbids their taking of an oath, the car
rying of arms. the use of intOxieants or
tobacco. and the indulgence in litigation
They are. however. thrifty class of ag-
riculturists and they make good citizens.
No law AID order societies are needed
among them
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, PREVENTIVE OF PNEUMONIA.

Owing to the prevalence of colds and grip,
there have been many cases OF pneumonia dur
ing Inc mast few months It has been OBJ
served however. that the grip never results in
pneumonia when Chamberlains Cough Remedy is
used Among the tens Of thousands who used
that remedy during the prevalence Of grip in
the pad ten years not one case has been re-
port - that did not recover which shows that
remed- 20 be certain preventive OF pneumonia
and unequaled as a cure Tor colds and grip.
For sale By Henry Evans wholesale and retail,
end I'll druggists
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to that of either turkey or chicken. and
the prediction was freely made that II
but remains for the industry as a meat
producer to become better known for the
Belgian hare to take high place among
the best table delicacies.
The question has been asked. rs the
Belgian hare meat wholesomeT' A New
York physician answers this query, briefly
but to the point. as follows:
There should be hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth OF rabbit meat shipped
to our hospitals and sanitariums. For d.
gestibility and nutritive value there is no
meat comparable with that of the Bel
gian hare. Beef gives So per cent of nu-
triment. mutton 6 per cent, pork 20 per
cent. chicken 80 per cent. while hare meat
yields SO per cent of digestible nutriment
far superior to any other meats IL OBJ
tainable. rabbit meat should be prescribed
for fever patients. aged and enfeebied
persons. cOnsumptives. and anaemic pa
TENTS"
An exchange interested in Belgian hares
tells the story of a grand ball and ban
quet given at the Hotel Oriente. Manila.
Philippine Islands, where, upon the elab-
crate menu card, under the head Of
Came" there was served Belgian hare
with red currant Jelly" Evidently the
people of the tropics know a good thing
when they see 1t. as well as the American
epicure.
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EDUCATIONAL.

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BELGIAN HARES'.

SEND SOC for Poultry and Belgian Hare STAN
dard, one year, famGns midsummer edition and
two others; also Standard Belgian Hare Book, l75
pages. STANDARD. K. Hall Bldg, Kansas City.
MI
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Uncle Sam Don't Wear

truss, but he carries the ALI
s-sgs-@VS cuzhion Truss al! over the Uaited
States. Aen, women, and children
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with co-~tort; nothing else will. Consu.tation
and two weeks trial Tree Lady in Attendance lot
ladies. Office. parlor-. waiting and consultation
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transatlantic Mails.

MONDAY-(c) At 1l:n5 p. M Tor ITALY per s.
$ puchc,sl III Geneva, from N@w YORK. Mail
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ton
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manic from New York. via Queenstown.
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rected per 5. 5. Southwark"
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FOREIGN sixfLs.

WASHINGTON. y. C., POSreFFiCE NOTICE.
any time.
FOREIGN NAILS are forwarded to the ports OF
sailing daily. and the schedule OF closings IS ar
ranged on the presumption OF their uninterrupted
overland transit For the week ending April To-
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Why the Frgfu Tension OF Structure Dissolved Like Snow
Beneath the Sun-IN FIFTEEN DAYS.
Why Weak Men Restored by the Magic St James Treatment
Applied Locally and Directly to the Affected Parts

We answer the
questions briefly. II
you cut an artery
in your arm you do
not take internal
medicine to stop
the flow of blood.
YOU USE LOCAL
APPLICATIONS.
Similarly when the
urethral ducts be-
come weakened and
relaxed il is ridicu-
] lous TO take inter
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love troubles, absent friends; She has no equal
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Mnns for Soutb and Central America,
West Indies Etc.

MoNDAY-(c) At 1l;05 p. m. for CENTRAL
AMERICA Except Costa Riea) and SOUTH PA
CIFIC PORTS, per S. 5. City of Washington.
from New York via Colon. Nail for GUArEMA-
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