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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-09
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Nosahogan lodge school meeting. Friendly league, home evening, drawing, handsewing.
 MEETINGS TOMORROW. Socialist labor party. Waterbury Turn Ferein. French Canadian institute. St Francis Xavier Holy Name soci- pfy
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-09
TNLEANENED BREAD,

The big New York production of .'Jnleavened Bread" direct from the Savoy theater, Wednesday evening at Polls.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-09
COMING EvENIS.


 Turn hall. February 9-Hand in Hand society's dance
 Turn hall, Scovill street. February 14-Ladies of St Cecilias parish, Washington entertainment.
 Speedwell hall. February 13-Yuca- tan Whist clubs dance. .. Columbus hall. Naugatuck, Febru- ary 14-Thirty-first annual concert and dance of Young Mems Catholic Insti- tute.
 City hall, February 1s-United and dance.
 Turn hall, Scovill street, February 21-German band dance.
 Speedwell hall, February 26-Myrtle temple, No 8, R. S., exhibition drill City hall. March l7-Catholic wo- mems association. grand entertain ment
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

the rocks, until the families begin to
break up In the autumn, and they neither
eat nor drink during that time. They
come out as fat as they can roll, weigh
ing sometimes as high as four hundred
pounds. and when they return to the sea
they are so thin and weak that they can
scarcely get about.
in pleasing contrast with the disagree
able displays of temper and Jealousy on
the part of the male members of the va
rious families, is the d lightfuly amia-
BILE disposition of the mild-eyed, smeet-
faced females. They never cempiain or
quarrel or fight and even when they are
severely injured in the battles over them,
they submit to it all in a perfect spirit
of gentleness and resignation. The real
family life of these interesting animals
begins with the appearance OF the puppy
seals. Thousands of little fellows chase
over the rocks and play, quite neglected
by their parents as soon as they get
beyond the limit of their homes. A
mother seal shows no affection for her
baby If it gets beyond the home limits
and It may be killed before her eyes with
out a protest from her, but either father
or mother will fight for it to the death
within the limits of it's birthplace.
At the same time q mother seal will
select her own puppy from among ten
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

food and stay away longer, the bachelor
seals are not fought so tiercely by the old
fellows. and by the middle Of August the
rookeries present a scene of general dis
organization and breaking up as If the
entire community were about to move
out. The husbands and fathers now de
sert their homes and take to the water
or herd to themselves away from the
rookeries and begin to eat and drink
During the autumn the departure of the
seals is gradual, the puppies in some In
stances not getting away until as late as
January but by that time all are gone
and the rookeries are still save for the
cries Of the innumerable sea fowl that
have their homes in the cliffs.
Where the seals go in winter do not
know, nor do know why they have Sc
lected these two islands in the Behring
sea for making their abiding place, al
most to the exclusion OF all others. A
seal doesn't like sunshine if 1t brings a
temperature above as degrees, neither can
he endure the least mud on his living
grounds, but there are other places where
II Is cold and where rocks abound, and
yet on these two little islands more seals
live for half the year than are in all
other parts of the world together.
William j. hampton.
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older seals are, as a rule, gentle, and they
may be approached within a few hundred
feet without disturbing them. Occasion
ally an old fellow is ugly, and saw a very
large one, provoked by one of the cutter
officers, give chase to him, and with such
evident purpose Of fight that the
officer ingloriously turned his back and
ran as best he could over the rocks, the
seal numbering awkwardly after him, and
giving him a close race.
A COW seal is as vain as a woman and
she never tires of preening herself. The
sight of one of them floating serenely
on the waves tanning herself with her
hippers is as funny as 1t is womanly. The
day before our arrival the puppy seals
had been counted and in this rookery
there were 5000 of them, which would
give about 1900 in all, bulls, cows and
bachelors, or killable seals The last kill
ing day Of the season is Aug. 10. On kill
ing day the seals are driven to the killing
grounds, and the bachelors, that is, those
not the heads Of families, are killed for
their furs and meat. The killing is SIM
pie enough. Armed with heavy hickory
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compared with the five millions that were
estimated to have been there before seal
skin became such a fashionable fabric
Tor feminine apparel, is small enough.
though numerous as compared with the
half-dozen ordinarily found IN a aauar-
ium. There were millions of seals on
these islands whe nthis government was
negotiating with Russia for the purchase
of Alaska which included them, but they
were never mentioned in the valuable as
sets of the property. They were not count
ed. simply because at that time they were
not held to be of any special value. But
what gold mine they proved to be to
the first commercial company that put
them on the market.
st. George at first sight isn't a bad
island to look at on one of the rare days
of sunshine that visit it, and when we
first saw its green hills from the deck of
the revenue cutter MeCulloush, it was
quite easy to imagine it a garden spot
Not a tree grows on it, however, and
what we thought was soft green grass,
was chiefly coarse moss. We skirted the
island around to the little village of St.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

thousand when she comes in from the sea
at nursing time, and she will not per-
NIT strange puppy near her. She rec
ognizes her own by its voice. and If she
calls and gets no answer she will lie
down to sleep for awhile and wake to call
again. When she hears its voice among
| the thousands she pushes her way through
the throng until she reaches it, and then
gives 1t the care it needs. She will some
times be away for two or more days
I feeding out at sea, but the puppy doesn't
seem to miss it's mother for any ordinary
| length of time. Neither is 1t so particu-
| lar as she is, and it will lunch with any
mother seal that will invite it, only as
| before stated, the mother wants her own.
A puppy seal does not like the water at
first, and though the mother teaches it
to swim in several weeks, it is nearly
half grown before it becomes an expert.
As soon as they have mastered the art,
however, seals are the most graceful of
swimmers. and they can have more fun
dashing through the surf and riding the
waves than a dozen small boys. l saw
numbers of them far out of sight of land
in Bering sea quite as much at home as
a fish would be.
The bachelor seal is really a pathetic
individual. He has no home to go to- nor
has he any social recognition In seal So
ciety, and he is compelled to live away
back in the suburbs of the rookery. A
narrow street is left open for him to get
down to the sea through the rookery,
and he is not disturbed as long as he
keeps In that narrow path. but woe to
him If he gets off it. The old seals thump
him and beat him and drive him forth in
utter disgrace. In addition to his hard
domestic lot he is ''killable" and at any
moment after the first of July and until
the 10Th of August, he may be driven to
the slaughtering grounds and be knocked
in the head. Single blessedness is no snap
in seal life.
AS the season advances, the family re-
lations and regulations are gradually re-
Taxed. The husband grows less Jealous.
the wives go further out to sea seeking
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said, "has been that, with no exception
now remembered, the more good work
did, the more l wanted 90 do it. and the
more did l enjoy and delight in it.
BY request of the Building Committee,
Chancellor Hill is now in the East in
specting the dormtories of the large ed
vocational institutions. He will return
next week and lay his information before
these gentlemen, and at no distant day
the work on the dormitories here will
have commenced.
The work of preparing the centennial
alumni catalogue is progressing most
satisfactorily. Thousands of circulars,
asking for information as to graduates
and matriculates have been sent out, and
many answers are already in. 1t is to be
hoped that all who receive one of these
circulars viii give it their consideration,
and thus assist in making the alumni
catalogue the work it is desired to have
it when 1t appears.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
AT THE UNIVERSITY.
Judge BIeckIey's Advice to His Eel
low students-other Matters.

Athens, Ga, Feb. 23.--The recent visit
to the university by Judge Logan Z.
Bleckley Will be remembered for many a
day by the young men with whom he
came In contact. The Red and Black, the
college weekly, is out to-day with an ar
tlcle on his talk to the law class. His
first remarks to the class were full of
wit and humor, addressed, as he said, to
his brothers-in-law. Then followed such
an array OF pFecepts and sound advice 10
the young men, as. perhaps, will never be
excelled and seldom equaled. Work
Work.! Work!!v' was the burden of his
theme. The result will be you will learn
10 love law, eat it, drink it, wear 1t, sup
with It, dream with it. incorporate 1t
with your thoughts. feelings, senses and
desires, and make 1t a part OF yourself
for the remainder of your life.
"One of the rewards of work is to open
the mind clear the atmosphere and rem
der comprehensive the common rules and
principles of law, or those OF any science
diligently studied. My experience" he
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

George where six white people and
hundred Aleuts live in small frame
houses, getting their spiritual supplies
from one Greek church and their physi-
cal from the company store. Anchoring
a mile or more from shore for lack of a
harbor, we landed in boats. The only
white woman on the island was the wife
OF Maj. Clark, the government agent, and
as she was TO see no visitors from Octo-
Der until the following June, as ships
only come In summer time II was fair
20 suppose she was not anticipating a
very brilliant social season.
Accompanied by Mr.. Jet, deputy agent.
we went along the shore for about a
mile until we came to the rocks where the
seals make their home These seal
grounds are called rookeries, and to fur
fher complieate the use of terms, a male
seal Is called bull, female a COW. and
little one puppy seal, a combination
of birds and bovines and caHnes that the
language makers ought to be called to
account for. We could hear a good deal
Of a racket as we approached the rookery
under the cliff. sounding something like
the barking of dogs and the believing of
cattle and the grunting of pigs but we
were not prepared for the sight that met
our eyes as we looked down on the rocks
and the sea at The foot of the cliff. The
rocks were back with little fellows;
there were great bull seals on high points
lifting themselves up on their fippers and
roaring, there were COW seals. lowing
murmuringly, and the sea was actually
alive with seals Of all sizes but the small
est, and never one was quiet In lung or
limb. This discordant din continues night
and day from july TO November. or later
and In foggy weather Is the only signal
Tor the mariners who are getting too close
70 me rocky and dangerous coast
We went down on the rocks 10 get a
fpsef view OF the animals and there came
NJ actual touch with Abe puppy seals.
Those u them that were not playing
we're cpd1led W aHloep Ia the no0kg uud
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

clubs made in Connecticut, the killers to
the beating of tin cans and other noises
to keep the seals punched, go among them
and with tap on the head the seal is
Knocked insensible and his throat is cut
before he RECEIVERS Inconsistencies. The
skins are removed and packed away in
salt, and the meat is used by the natives
and for fox feed in the winser. We ate
some of the meat and found il very deli
cate, though a little bluer In color than
was attractive. Seal liver is finer than
the finest calf liver.
The family life of the seal is remark
able, and shows intelligence that cannot
be accounted for in an animal which is
said to be absolutely unteachable, as
the fur-bearing seal is. Durirg the win
ter the rookeries are deserted, the seals
being off to the warmer waters of the
South, but from May 10th to 18th, the bull
seals make their appearance and take up
positions on the rocks, selecting locations
as near the water as they can get them
and hiercely lighting any others who seek
to dispossess them. The weaker broth
ers must take their places further back
and so on till the bachelor seals are
reached and they are driven entirely off
the rookery proper. These bachelor
seals are young fellows four and five
years old who have not yet grown suffl-
ciently strong TO fight the old ones and
take family, but II they escape the
killers they viii dispossess the cd bulls
In time, to be driven forth themselves
when they have grown old.
On each plot OF space selected. say q
rod or more square the bull seal main
tains himself by his valor alone and he
holds the fort" In a constant succession
of battles IN which both contestants are
not infrequcntly slain. About the first
OF June the COW seals appear and then
the battle OF the bulls RACES more fierce
made up.
Tho bull seals do not again return 20
the water after they have some out On
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
THE SEAL AT HOME.
HOW HE LIVES AT THE PRIBYLoF
ISLANDS.

Family Life of the Grower of the
Seal Skin Sacque-0nly the BRche-
Tor seals Are KIIIed-Fierce Bat
ties OF the BulIs-PuppyseaIs Are
Playful Little Fellows and Quite
Tame-The PribyIOfs Are Bleak
Islands and just why the Seals
Prefer Them to All other Places Is
Not KnOwn-Whcn This Nation
Purchased the Islands the Animal
Habitants Weren't Accounted of
Any value; Now They Are a Mine
of Riches.
New York, Feb. 22.-Nobody can go to
the Pribylof Islands, the home of the fur
seal, except on a government ship or on
the one steamer of the company that. so
to speak. runs the seal farm. That ship
goes to take supplies and bring away the
skins; the government ships-revenue cut
ters-come and go as they please. Ex-
cept the seals there is nothing of interest
on the islands. Treeless, bleak, rocky
lands rising out of an ice-chilled ocean,
they are surely as uninviting as any part
of the known earth. But the seals love
them and so they are priceless possess
siohs in the commercial world.
The two islands of St. Paul and st.
George, which compose the group, lie
about $50 miles northeast of Dutch Har-
bour. the chief port and coaling station of
the Alaskan Peninsula st. Paul. the
larger lies about forty miles TO the west
and north of st. George. and much the
larger number of seals are found there.
1t Is about sixteen by twenty-five miles,
while St. George is only about six by
nine. Just how many seals are on the
islands in the season cannot be definitely
arrived at. but possibly 10000, which,
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Personal.


TAKE ALL YOUR REPAIR JEWELRY
and watch work to Wilensky's. corner
MISUNDERSTANDING; the expenses VIII bt
light and the happiness over the work
| being done right, great.
THE GRIP THAT MONAHAN, THE
horseshoer, and filter, has upon the pub
&c, was gained by thorough and hones'
work. He has made a complete study o,
horses hoofs, and while he shoes an an
imal, both the owner and the animal are
satisfied; give him chance and he will
do the rest. Monahan, the horseshoer and
filter, Jefferson street, near Liberty.
HATS, RIBBONS, FEATHERS, ETC.
at cost: hats trimmed 25c; hats re-
modelled. Miss c. D. Kenner, III YorH
street, west.
M'GILLIS' LACE CURTAINS WILL
beautify your parlor.
KENSINGTON FARM MILK IS UN-
surpassed for richness; delivery is per-
feet; phone 2345.
TEEPLE IS SHOWING A NICE LINE
OF carpets, mating, rugs. shades. limo
leum; cheapest in town.
TURN-DowN COLLARS IRoNEr
without breaking. Saw edges taken of
of standing collars and cuffs. Georgia
Steam Laundry.
MGILLIS rs CHEAP ON RUGS, NETS,
lace curtains, hammocks. water coolers,
pillows, pictures, stoves. bedroom suits
and furniture of every description.
GOLD FISH, CANARIES AND WA
ter grass, 5 pounds canary seed for Csc
cages. Oppenheimer, Sloat & Co, L
Broughton street, east.
WHEN YOU SEE M'GILLIs' SIXTY
inch 99-cent rugs, you will buy them
Just can't help it; will sell in any guam
THY.
FOR A PRETTY BEDROOM SUIT.
perlor and dining-room furniture. you
should go to Teeple's.
FURNITURE MOVED WITH CARE
is speciality with McGillis.
KENSINGTON FARM rs ON AN
elevation in the country, free from city
drainage. Impossible for milk to become
contaminated, by impure doors; II you
want pure Jersey milk. phone 2S45. De-
livery prompt; satisfaction guaranteed.
MGILLIS SELLS SIXTY-INCH RUGS
Smyrna patterns-for 80 cents.
MILLER'S EVERYDAY SALE OF
furniture. carpets, mattings, window
shades, liho'eums, is ''the sale;'' no strings
tied to our prices; everything sold at hon.
est values comparison VIII confirm the
claim: therefore, attend our everyday sale.
C. P. Miller, agent.
TEEPLE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY ON
stoves. steel ranges, oil heaters and hot
stuff heaters. 317 Broughton. west.
BICYCLES FOR RENT" EASIER
going than "Automobiles;' at reasonable
rates; try ride to-day; free air on Sun
day. Walter f. Higgins, Drayton and
President.
GO TO c. HETTERICH FOR DELI
cious molasses candy. popcorn, brittle,
peanut, cocoanut, lemon and sassafras.
rose and benny, at 10c pound At
c.. Hetterich, 10 State street west, be-
tween Whitaker and Barnard streets.
MGILLIS MOVES, PACKS, SHIPS
and stores pianos and furniture; best work
only; no "Cheap-John" prices-no Cheap
John Jobs.
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c RI

crannies of the rocks, piled indiscrimi-
nately on top of each other. They slept
so soundly that we could stroke their
fur. Usually they did not awake until
we would pick one up by its tail, or what
passes for a tail, and then 1t would wake
with a bark and a great splitting and
spluttering somewhat as cat might. 1t
would try to bite, too. and when II was
left loose, would go wob0ling over the
rocks with its companions, bouncing
around like rubber, and apparently reolS-
less of bumps and bruises. A young seal
is about eighteen inches or two feet
long, not much bigger than a puppy. and
quite back. These youngsters cannot
swim, and have so little desire for water
that their mothers have to push them into
the sea, to take their first lesson. The
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
IS = = y
A Ticket over the N. Y. Central and
DIR. Humphreys Specifics.
ON A PARH!

George H. Daniels, Esq, General Pas
senger Agent of the n. Y. c. r. R.. at a
public dinner at the Waldorf, said: For
years 1 have taken no medicine but
Humphreys SPECIFICS. My parents fed
the whole family on these little pills;
never had any other remedy in the house.
and / am the smallest of eleven chill
dren. So much for Humphreys Specifies.
l should advise all those who are rails
ing children to get packages of 1t and
carry 1t around with them. 1t is the
most reliable thing you can get-except
a ticket over the New York Central
.''7' breaks up colds that hang on.
DR.. Humphreys Book mailed free.
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co.
cor. William and John sts. New York
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
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THE McREE CONVICT CASE.
Commissioners of LOwndes Directed
to Resume Control of the Camp.

Commissioners of LOwndes Directed
to Resume Control of the Camp.
Atlanta, Feb. 2S.-Gov. Gambler and the
Prison Commission to-day issued an order
directing the County Commissioners of
Lowndes county again to assume control
of the conyicts now being worked at the
McRee convict camp in that. county This
does not mean that the McRee camp is
to be abolished, but that the County Com
missioners, who are required by law TO
exercise control over county convicts,
shall resume that control which they sur
rendered TO the McRees.
This order is the result of the investi-
cation of the charges made against tina:
camp last year by Lawyer j. w. Ed
mondson of Quitman. 1t was charged that
the convicts there were cruelty treated,
that there was no regular whipping boss,
that innocent negroes were kidnapped and
MADE to work along with conviets, that
convicts were held there at work beyond
their time, and that the laws governing
state convicts were generally disregarded
In making up their findings the Govern
or and Prison Commissioners state that
the convicts have been worked and col
iected by private individuals which is con-
trary to law, and it is for that reason
that the County Commissioners are direct
ed to resume control of them.
The findings direct the ap tie ton of the
grand jurysof Lowndes county to the tes-
timony given to the kidnapping Of limo
cent negroes, which appears to have been
done, If at all, by parties not directly
connected with the convict camp. IRE
grand jury will be furnished with a copy
or the evidence taken by the Prison Com
m a ic tod TO-
the alleged guilty parties, if sufficient evil
dence be found. The commissioners may
continue to let the McRees have the work
OF the convicts if they see fit, but it mu t
be entirely under their supervision, and
not that OF the McRees.
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May Purchase Ta1IuIah FANS IA. r.,
(By Assoelated Press.)

Iby Assoclated PreSS.)
Brunswick, Ga, Feb. 23.-It is reported
here to-day that negotiations are pending
for the, purchase of the Tallulah Falls
Railroad by the Seaboard Air Line and
eventually resulting in line from Athens,
Ga, to Knoxville. Tenn.
The purpose OF the new line, 1t is said.
Is to bring in reach the undeveloped min
eral and timber lands-of North Georgia,
North Carolina and East Tennessee. -
George L. Prentiss Of New York, who
is considered leading promoter of the
undertaking, was here to-day, but would
neither deny nor affirm the runior. -,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Prof. Adolph Cohn. founder of the
Circle Franchise at Harvard, who has
recently been made a chevalier of the
French Legion Of Honor, has received his
second foreign decoration, having been
given that of the Order of the Crown by
the late King Humbert of Italy some
years ago
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Facts In the Case-'And." the soclol-
ogist asked, do understand you to cay
that they hanged this cousin OF yours
on clrcumstantial ovidonco?'
"Oh.-no, boss. no; dey hanged him on
a big cottonwood down Ia Akwcnsaw."
Chicago Pines Herald
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

in Verdi's viii occurs this curious
clause: I'm the dining-room Of my villa,
st. Agata, viii be found two large wood
en- boxes OF great antiquity. / desire
that neither shall be opened, but that
both be burnt Immediately after my OBJ
sequies"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
PHOTOGRAPHY.

PERSONAL, TO YOU. YOU SHOULD
call at Wilson's Studio, Al Bull street, and
see the very latest in photo novelties.
miniatures and photo jewelry; just the
thing for birthday presents, etc. Do not
fail to investigate.