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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04

up at pm. and started to tow vessel,
but, weather becoming very squally, let
go. So ends this day"
The entry is silently but eloquently en-
bellished with a picture of a whales tail
sticking out of the water. That means that
the result of the days chase was fluke.
Whales Everywhere.
But the Canton was to make up for that
first fluke. The promise of the third day
out was richly fulfilled during the cruise,
for the bark found whales throughout the
north Atlantic.
1t was most uneventful voyage. So say
officers and crew. So says her handsome
young captain, Nicholas r. Vieira- These
are some of the uneventful events:
A few days after striking the first whale
and being 'carted out of town. by the
swift brute, the bark lowered four boats.
At pm. the larboard boat struck big
whale. At 4:30 =. m. the waist boat got her
irons into one. The two whales during
their runs swan toward each other, and
the two boats collided and were hauled
along heller SHELTER. The fourth mates
boat, pulled by strong arms. shot into the
mess and got her iron into the second
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hidden ttmberS, replacing worn stuff with
new. overhauling her from stem to stern.
Since she was launched she has been re-
newed again and again from keelson %
truck. But never an inch of her old model
has been altered. She swims today as she
swan more than half century ago, typ
ical whaler of the far-off days when men
built ships like churches
Her first whaling voyage was in 1S41
She was known as Canton II then, for New
Bedford men owned a full-rigged ship also
named Canton. That ship was lost in 1852
off the Japan coast, and only a few of her
crew managed to reach shore, after weeks
of suffering in open boats.
The bark Canton is only 226 tons burden
but she looks big as merchantmen for
she towers out of the water with bulky
sides and her fat bowsprit is almost as big
as a mast. Her immense black timber
daVfts are as powerful and stout as the
bent cranes on modern steel warship. AS
she lies at the wharf now, dismahtle to
rest until she shall bow and courtesy to the
ocean rollers again, it needs little magma
ton to people her high bulwarks with tAe
dead and gone whaling men of a forgot en-
generation.
Her Story Book Log.
The log Of her voyage just ended is a
story book. 1t was kept by an American
sailorman of parts, her first mate, Arthur
o. Gibbons, whose fist welded the lance
to search the life of a whale in the day-
time and at night welded the more gentle
pen with easeful simplicity.
He recounts how the bark cast off from
New Bedford wharf on Tuesday, April IS.
1901, and how on the next day nearly all
the crew became seasick. $50 ends this
day" he says. On the third day many of
the crew still were in that unhappy condi-
ton, not rare whalers. where there al
ways are number of new hands and
proportion of old ones who have become
stale with the land and need to get their
sea stomachs again.
The third day brought excitement enough
to cure them all, for, though the ship was
still near the coast, off New Jersey, she
sailed smack into a great school of mighty
sperm whales, that hammered the water
into whiteness as far as man could see.
Tuesday, April q, 1901" says the log.
sighted a large school of whale. Lowered
larboard and waist boats. Waist boat
struck a forty-barrel whale and got carted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04
Not Strictly Vegetarian.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Yes" said Krankley. as he munched
rosy apple, I'm a vegetarian. I'm proud
to say"
You mean you try to be one" said
Cooley.
what do you mean by that?'
''Simply that there was a worm in that
apple and you got It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04
Like Some of His Seniors.

From the Chicago Tribune.
when 1 come home, mamma" wrots
Willie. who was spending the summer IN
the country. II want to be confirmed, and
then l want to go to dancing school,"
"Going to drive his religion and his
worldliness tandem. is her" commented the
boys father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04
Satisfaction.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Casey-"Kelly called me a loyer, but OF
got satisfaction out av him."
Rooney-"Ye did,"
Casey-"oi did! He knocked out two av
me teeth thot how bin throubling me fer
month";"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-21
ON THE RACE TRACK
At New OrIeans.

New Orleans, La, December 20.-Jocfey
Buchanan evened up matters with his
late employers today when he landed
Moor two lengths in front of The Lady
at the finish of the Crescent City handi-
cap, worth 5000 to the winner. The Dur
nell & Herr pair The Lady and Scotch
Plaid, were decided favorites at 10 to s.
The Simons pair Moor and Major Man
sir opened at 6s and were backed to .
to 2. Jessie Jarboe had all of the early
speed, but ran her race in the first sis,
furlongs. Buchanan rated Moor nicely
and outrode williams en- The Lady all
through the last flrlong Hayward Hunt
er and Water Edge were as good as left
at the post. Harry Wilson and Farmer
Jim were the only two winning favorites
The Hildreith stable furnished three WIN
ners Cannon being up in each case. The
track was slow and the weather cloudy
First race, selling six furlongs: Little
Jack Homer COO, Fuller, 5 to /, won
Grantor ia (O'NelD 10 1, second;
Belam. 100 (Crossthwaite) 10 to l, third
Time. ILL 2-5.
Second race, selling, mile: Harry Will
son, los (Gannon), 1 to 8, won; Optino
1O2 Fuller), 8 to l. second; Eliza Dillon,
101 G1elgerson), so to l, third. Time,
1:44 rs.
Third race, handicap, seven furlongs:
Farmer Jim, 100 Cannon Z to 10, won;
Welcome Light, 1O7 (Phinips), 16 to 5, sec
ond; Pirate, 80 (Scully), G. to /. third.
Time. 1:32 2-5.
Fourth race, Crescent City handicap,
mile and quarter: Moor. 1O2 Buchanan).
8 to 2, won; The Lady, 100 (R Williams).
13 to 8. second; Jessie Jarboe, no QHaaclk),
10 to l, third. Time, 2:10 2-5.
Fifth race, six furlongs: John Peters,
112 Cannon, to 2, won Harry New, liz
(Otis), 10 to 1, second; Boaster. 107 (B.
Davis), 100 to /, third. Time: 15 4-5
Sixth race. selling mile and one-half:
Trocadero, 81 CHelgerson). 5 to 1, won;
Cogswell, LOG (Rice), to 3. second; Lady
Choister, Oh (Otis), to 2, third. Time,
2:G AS.
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It, required 800 feet of lumber to make his
coffin. Every foot of the lumber was not
actually used in the coffin, some of It
being wasted, but 1t was cut out in the
oid-fass,oned way, with a bent lid, and
that much lumber was required to pat
tern it. The giant was feet inches in
height. He was the father Of a number
Of children, and not single one of the
sons was under feet tall. Mills Darden
died in 1857. In the latter part of his life
he rapidly took on flesh and finally chok-
ed to death. Mr.. Mobiles says they who
helped to make his coffin told him that
he measured eighteen inches across the
face. He usually wore big, white, old
fashioned beaver hat, which looked as
large as a bee-gum.
Mr. Mobiles went to school with some
of Darden's children, and says that his
oldest son was in the federal army and
was captured by Forests cavalry. One Of
his daughters, Mrs. Wadley a widow,
moved to Lamar country several years
ago and lived In the Deport community.
After staying there a number of years
she moved back TO Tennessee.
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TENNESSEE GIANT.
Miles Darden Weighed About 1000
Pounds.

A Paris (Tex.) dispatch to the st. Louis
Post Dispatch says: W. A. Noble of this
place knew Miles Darden, the Tennessee
giant, who lives near Lexington, Tenn,
and gives the following account of him.
He says that his name was Miles OAR
den, and that while his weight was in
the neighborhood of 1000 pounds, nobody
ever knew his actual weight, Nobody
ever knew anything about his parentage
and the secret of his birth was unknown
to the giant himself up to the hour of his
death.
Darden was a founding. An old negro
woman discovered him when he was only
a few days old and nearly naked at an
old mill. When she discovered him he
began to cry, and in a soothing, coax
ing way to quiet him the old negroes ex-
claimed Oar dem (there them, and
from that exclamation he was ever after
ward known as Darden, while the given
name of Mills not Miles, as incorrectly
pubished) was derived from the circum-
stances of his having been found near the
cid mill.
Mr. Mobiles says that Darden was so
sensitive about his size and was so a1erse
to newspaper notoriety that he could
never be induced to be weighed. He was
too large ever to ride horseback or in an
ordinary vehicle. and after he grew up
he always rode in an OK cart with springs
to 1t. One day while he was in his cart
some persons who had curiosity to
know how much he weighed, and who had
tried In vain to get him to consent to be
weighed, slyly measured the springs I'M
der the cart to see how far his weight
would mash them down. A day or two
afterward they surreptitiously carried the
cart to a blacksmith shop, and after
putting a stick under the bed which
reached up as far as he had weighted
the springs down, they loaded the cart
with scrap iron until the springs were
mashed down far enough to touch the
sticks. Then they weighed the load Of
iron and it was found to weigh something
over 900 pounds, which was believed to
have been approximately Darden's
weight This is the nearest that any,
body ever succeeded in getting at his
weight
Mr.. Mobiles says that when Darden died
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be compelled to let out his belt a hole or
two as a result.
II. H. Buckwalter, the photographer,
has made many friends among the South
ern Utes. During the summer he prom
Used them that when they came to Den
yer to the festival he would show them
Indians in moving pictures. The red men
came and spent their first night in front
of the screen at City park, They saw
not only themselves in picture, but the
Indians from the Crow agency in Wyom-
ing, who have been to the frontier-day
festivities at Cheyenne, were also in the
pictures. Way long ago Quin-chuck-a-
paid a council visit to the Crows and
Shosnones, and great was mis- surprise
when he saw some of his old fiends ap-
pea on the screen. 1t was like the rais-
ing of the dead for it had been many
years since the red boys had looked on
each others faces. But here were the
Northern Indians bowling and dancing for
their southern friends, and there was
much rejoicing at the park.
The night the pictures were given Mr..
Buckwalter asked "Quin' whether it
would be possible to get the Utes to give
one of their sacred dances FOR the bene-
fit Of the Crows. 1t was explained that
the dance would be caught by the NOV
ing picture machine and later taken to
Wyoming and shown the Indians there.
"Quin" was almost Mortified at the re-
quest, but promised to think over the
matter" The result was that when the
dance was given Mr.. Buckwalter and
his camera was there, and the whole
ceremony was caught on the finn and the
result will be of great value to the an
thropological students, for the gyrations
of the dancers tell story or legend that
has never been written, possibly, except
in the allegorical drawings on the old
tepees. A copy of the film has been sent
to the Smithsonian institute at Washing
ton, where 1t will be carefully examined
and notes made of the points expressed
which will be filed away for reference
for generations hence. A copy of the
Crow dances at Cheyenne has also been
sent east for similar purposes, and it is
Mr.. Buckwalter's intention TO get as
many of these as possible for the gov
eminent anthropologists, for the old SYM
bolical dances are fast being changed or
abandoned by the Indians, who are COM
ing into too intimate association with
white men 70 perpetuate their semi-bar-
barous customs.
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Jacobs Pharmacy
WhiSkey Department.

When you wsey for your the hean without
the harm-get whiskey old whisey-get here
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THE UTE SNAKE DANCE.
First Time In History II Has Been
Photographed.

From the Denver Times.
For the first time in the history OF the
tribe the Southern Ute Indians have been
photographed in their annual snake
dance.
1t Is not generally known that the
Utes annually dance to celebrate the har-
vesting of crops, and pay homage to the
reptiles in the belief that next year they
will bring more moisture and abundance
of game. 1t is fact that the Indians all
over the west have a belief that to the
snakes is due the rains and the feast or
famine. To fail to pay due respect to
the snake means that next year they will
bring famine, while to spend one day in
worshiping the crawling things means
that the snake will go into winter quar-
tiers feeling friendly toward the red man
and his children, and will bring peace
and plenty to the tepees the year follow
ing. Not only will the rains make the
crops grow, but the grass on the hill
sides will be luxuriant and rich, and the
furred animals will fatten up and multi
ply in great numbers, and the Indian will
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At San Francisco.

San Francisco. December 20.-Weather
clear; track good.
First race, Futurity course, selling:
Bard Burns, Ito (Minder), s to 5. won
Catherine Ennis 107 (Birkenruth), 80 to
1. second Oscar Tolle 10 Frawley), 4
to l, third. Time, 1:12A.
Second race, Futurity course, selling
Maggie Felix, Ill (Burns), 31s to l. won
Ned Dennis, Ill Birkenruth), to /, Sec
ond; Golden Cottage, 100 o. Daly). 10 to
/, third. Time, 1;13.
Third race, mile and sixteenth, sell
ing: Eva G., 9S (Reed), even, won; Bes-
sic Mccarthy, 95 CIV. Waldo, to /. sec
ond; Diderot, LOG (Ninder), 10 to l, third.
Time, 1:49
Fourth race. mile and seventy yards,
handicap: Corrigan, 119 CRansch), to S
won; Vesuvia. 119 (Burns), to l, second;
Marque, 9S CIV. Waldo, s to I. third
| Time, 1:47z.
| Fifth race six furlongs and one hun
dred feet California Fdturity: Krishna IT
IS (Burns), 2 to 1, won; Nervaror, 1OS Min.
der). IL to l, second; organdie, III Dirk.
enruth) 3 to l. third. Time 1:17A.
Sixth race, six furlongs, selling: Hua,
| chuca. los (Birkenruth), to l, won; SAD
Sam, 113 (Ransch), to 8, second; Iren,
Lindsey, ITO Burns), 2 to 1, third. Time
1;10 2-5.
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NOTICE.!

For the accommodation of
our city trade, our store will
be open till 10 o'clock at
night during coming week.
MEYER-MARX co.
Wholesale Liquors
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. "

TO "break up Cold. take DR.. Hum
phreys' "seventy-sevens and some
form of gentle exercise or work, until
Derspiration is induced. H77'' prevents
Pneumonia and cures La
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Rnr nIACC made and repaired at
AM h.ANN Rolls, 2o22 First ave.
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Musicale Bazaar Tuesday
night, December 3Oth, Morris
Hotel. Admission 25 cts.
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All kinds of cuts. Age-Herald En-
craving Department.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24

Paramount avenue, have returned from
three weeks visit in the East.
Mrs. S. G. Hutchinson, of West SUI
perior, who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. c.. Gotham, of Summit
avenue, has returned to her home.
Miss Katherine Todd, of Evanston,
ILL.,, who has been the guest of Mrs. E.
M. Randall, of Winifred, has return
ed to her home.
Miss katherine Dalton, Of College
avenue, has returned from the West.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. DAILY, of Goodhue
street, have gone to Chicago.
Mrs. Richard Walker, of Osceola
avenue, and her guest, Miss Julia
Sampson, will leave tomorrow for New
Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Fisher, Of
Irvine park, will leave in a few days
for an Eastern trip.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24
The Globes Daily Short Story

I here who knows of my title"
us that all?"
The gentleness Of his voice seemed to
strike her. She looked at him half as
though she thought he must be dam
gerouS.
"That is all'
She thrust out her hands in vague
appeal.
"All the time I loved them STILL" she
said. Il have never known happiness
since I left them. When I come back
here all my cares fall away from me.
Vernon, they have never been anything
but honorable and respected. They
are as old as the hills here. My old
grandfather, Vernon "@ if you
I belong to 1t all. Would my father
have married my mother If she had
not been natures lady? There is never
a rough word. They are God-fearing,
self-respecting. How l used to long
for them in the old days with Grand
mother Warrender! The smell of the
hay fields, the apple orchards, the ci-
In the roof. The yellow roses are all
across the window. 1 have never had
sweet sleep except there"
Child, child he cried out, you are
breaking my heart! Why do you say
such things?"
she said you would cast me OF,
she went on, looking at his working
face. Il have always known that you
would never forgive me. That is what
| had to look forward to through all
the delight of your love-"
"You cared?" he said.
Cared! Oh, Vernon, would I ever
have consented to the deceit If 1 had
not loved you better than honor and
honesty and everything that is good?'
He sighed as though the weight Of
the world had been rolled off his heart.
Then he caught her to his breast.
"You will never be afraid of me
again." he said "You will come and
go here openly. And Phyllis must take
her place as your cousin. What do we
care what people say? We are too
proud for that"
She looked at his impassioned face
with a wild question in her own.
"You forgive me?"
ITO think that you should have lived
between two fears all your days, except
when you stole back herel Now l want
to see your people-my people. There
are to be no more secrets, child. And
I have just discovered that I
am hungry. / have been afoot since s
o'clock"
Then she believed him, and dung
around his neck pair of arms that
smelled of cream.
You will have delicious NEAL she
said. Trust Granny for that"
Then they went on to the farmhouse
together.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24

The Woman'S Home Missionary So
ciety of the Minnesota conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church de-
sires a deaconesses' home in st. Paul.
Mrs. A. w. Dunning, of the First M. E.
church, brought the matter before the
annual meeting yesterday afternoon at
the Central Park M. E. church.
"a home located somewhere near
the fats where the deaconesses work
would be of inestimable advantage in
the missionary work we are carrying
| on in the city," said the speaker yes
terday, would serve as a center for
the work and would be a home for our
workers.
LAS it is now, when a deaconess be-
comes i'll or in any way incapacitated
! for service, we have to send her away
| from ST. Paul. I would suggest that
an effort be made to get some individ-
( ual or individuals interested in the
| work we are carrying on to donate a
small dwelling house that we can use
as a deaconesses' headquarters"
Mrs. Cummings suggestion was ia
vorably considered by the members of
! the conference and it was decided to
/ appoint a committee, made up of one
B
[auxiliaries in the conference, and to
Erequest the ministers of those churches
/ that have an auxiliary to appoint rep
Eresentatives to confer with the auxilia-
Tries representatives to look into the
! matter.
About seventy-five women attended
yesterdays conference.-the sixteenth
Eannual one of the society. Mrs. John
Grove, of st. Paul, president Of the
conference, presided. The morning ses-
sion was devoted to the reading Of re-
ports.
In the afternoon Mrs. May Conmisky
Bliss, one Of the national organizers,
made an address. Mrs. Grove was
elected delegate to the national eXecu-
tive session which will be held Oct Is
In Kansas City. Mrs. w. o. Hillman
will also attend the session as delegate
ex-of1icio.
Officers Are REFLECTED.
All the old officers of the society
were reelected, as follows: President,
Mrs John Grove; vice president, Mrs
Weston Hayward; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. A. w. Dunning; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. w. o. Hillman;
treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Fitz; secretary of
supplies, Mrs. Helen M. Evans, of
Hamline; assistant secretary, Mrs.
Van Meter; secretary of mite box Mrs.
r.. j. Dugan; secretary of young peo-
pies work, Mrs. Charles Fox; libra
Ran, Mrs. E. M. Berry.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24

man Of the NATIONAL commission Of the
Worlds Faigfor meeting of the board
OF lady MANAGERS in st. Louis, Septen}-
Der 20, 10 ofganize and plan their
work. Hhe-bo is composed as fol-
lows: Miss Helen N. Gould. New York
city; Mrs James 1. Blair, st. Louis,
Mo! MRS. Louis B. Frost winona,
Mimi; Mrs. John A. Mccall, New York
city; Mrs. John M. Holcombe, Hart
ford, Conn; Miss Anna l.. Dawes,
Pittsfields Mass; Mrs. Frederick Han
ger, Lit4e Rock, Ark; Mrs. Fannie l..
Porter, atlanta, Ca; Mrs. w. F. An
: drews, Hastings, Neb.; Mrs. Helen
Boice Hunsfcker, Philadelphia, Pa;
Mrs. Emily Warren Roebling, Trenton,
N il Mrs. Jennie Gilmore Knott,
LouisvilM 10y; Mrs. Belle Everest,
Atchins6h Kan.; Mrs. William H. Cole
man, indianapolis, Ind; Mrs. M. IL.
DeYoung, San Francisco, Cal; Mrs.
Margaret p. DAILY, Anaconda, Mont;
Mrs FINS p, Ernst, Denver, Col; Mrs.
G. b. Buchwalter, Springfield, Ohio;
Mrs Mary Phelps Montgomery, Port
land, Or.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24
MAY BE CHARITY BALL.
Proposition Advanced to Couple Func-
ton With Flower Show.

Proposition Advanced to Couple Eunc-
ton With Flower Show.
st. PauPsSfirst chrysanthenlum show
will be held Nov. 10, IL and II, in the
armory. This is a weeks postpone
ment of the dates originally set for the
show, Nov. 3, and s..
Mrs Maurice Auerbach presided over
meeting of the auxiliary for the pro-
motion Of home industries, held yester-
day in the Chamber of Commerce for
the purpose of perfecIing plans for the
flower show. 1t was decided to mark
each day ofythe exhibit with some spe-
cial social feature. On Monday a co"
lonial tea will be given, the hostesses
wearing the colonial costume; Tues
day there will be u kaffee klatch and
the costumes will be Dutch. The spe-
cial entertainment for Wednesday has
not been decided upon. 1t is possible
that the colonia, feature vii. be re-
peated. The price of admission was
fixed at 25 cents; children 10 cents. A
special season ticket will be sold to
active workers in the exhibit for 20
cents, and stos other members of the
auxiliary for so cents.
In addition to the flower show there
will be an art exhibition by the Art
Workers. League of ST. Paul. Miss
Gauthiert represented the league at
yesterdays meeting and asked permis-
sion of the auxiliary@to hold such an
exhibit. a vote Of thanks was rendered
Col. Van buzee and the officers of the
national guard for the use of the ar
mory. ~
Mrs. Mossss the secretary of the
league, readya communication from
Mrs. J. c. Mccall, a member of the
auxiliary, suggesting that inasmuch as
there was to be no charity ball this
year it would be a good idea for the
auxiliary to give a ball i'll connection
with the Hover show, the proceeds to
go toward the erection of a school of
domestic science. The suggestion was
referred without comment to special
committee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Geist, of West
Sixth street, will return from Europe
next week. They have been travelling
abroad for several months.
Mr. and Mrs William Merrick, of
Holly avenue, will return to the city
from the lake, where they have, been
during the summer. Miss Margaret
Merrick. who has been visiting in Sc
attic, Wash. will also return next
week.
Miss Lillian Willard, of Holly ave
nue., who has been spending the sum-
mer in Nova Scotia, has returned
home.
Mrs H. J. Hensell and daughter, of
Lincoln avenue, have returned from
Duluth.
Miss Orme, of Grand avenue, has
gone to Madison, Wis, for short
visit.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Ramsey will re-
move to their new home at 545 Ash
land avenue this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert M. Temple, of