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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-22

Let YOUR head save your heels. is homely old
proverb that needed. would save many doctor s
bill A Brooklyn woman who does much OF her
own work claims to have reduced comfort making
devices o science She sits at her ironing, Tor
instance with her feet on hassock. and says that
ironing by that method is a dellSht A hlSh chalr
was provided for the purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-22

A New-Jersey hUckleberry or biuepe'rS PuuiiiiS
/, "a % ,-oI,o1 pr,,I+ Stew a generous quantity
Of tho berries with enough sugar to make a juicy
syrup. Make rich biscuit crust, bake 1t in
shallow TIM split It and cover the cut SIZE OF OF one
inward and pour the balance of the syrup or fruit
over the cake until 1t is a reekng. fragrant mass
Serve hot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-22

Parsons who abhor fat most and who look with
disapprovaI upon bacon when cooked in the ordi-
nary way will like the meat If it is oven broled.
Put thin shoes into wire broiler over pan IN d
hot oven AS II browns one side turn the otiiiSI
upward and brown that II Will De uelieii'1uiiS
crisp and devoid of grease.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-22

LARGE PROPORTION OF FOREIGNERS Is
| wOMEN-BOHENI IN A MILD FORM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-01

group by themselves, with arrange
ments for only two to a tent.
All these things were very welcome
to the Beers, some of whom had been
in captivity Is months when they ar
rived here, and they nearly went wild
with delight at the change from the
close prison ships to the open air. But
already some of them are beginning to
weary of the confinement, hedged in as
they are by barbed wire ENHANCEMENT
fences guarded by vigilant sentries and
with the searchlights of the gunboats
turned upon them all through the night.
To tell the truth, the BerTnudas do get
wearisome in summer time even to
those of us not in captivity, and at their
very best they are extremely monoto-
nous. To a visitor from the States who
comes here, perchance in midwinter,
when his native land is covered with
snow and ice and assailed by winters
blasts, the change to perpetual sun
shine and balmy breezes is very CRATE
full; but the aforesaid visitor HES HIM
self to his home again as soon as spring
opens or at the latest, before summer
begins and knows nothing by expert
ence of the long period of heat and the
monotony of that same perpetual sun
shine. Again. the islands skeleton of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-01
on "GRowING DOWN.

Everybody has noticed that in ex-
treme old age people grow rapidly
shorter, SO that a person formerly of
average height grows down" into
quite a diminutive man or woman A
German contemporary now points out
that this decrease of height begins as
early as the age of 35 years. At 80 we
are told, the human body has reached
it's full height, which is retained for a
few years, after which the growing
down. process begins. At first and for
many years the process is so slow as
to be almost imperceptible, but at the
age of about so it begins to be notice.
able, and after 20, even though the vet
eran does not stoop, the fact that he IS
growing down" becomes apparent.
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islands and that they must be supported
by the British government, a govern
ment already deeply in debt and pro-
fessedly unable to afford us colonists
any aid whatever. If we had and if
Canada and the West Indies had but
1.-THE of the millions expended in this
war, we could become props to the EN-
pire instead of being mere appendages.
Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados, as
we'll as the Bahamas and Bermudas
ana all the tropical colonies of Great
Britain in America, are languishinE
from lack of announcement from the
home government and becoming more
and more dependent upon the United
States. So far as the Bermudas are
concerned, though, they always have
been dependent upon the States for
their very life, all their exports going TO
New York and all their ready cash be-
ing derived from them and from Amer
lean visitors. This is aside from what
is received from the naval and military
forces located here. Our exports TO
Great Britain last year amounted 10
less than $4,000, while our imports
from there exceeded $500, 00O-that u.s.
we get the money we spend from the
States, but send home to England Tor
what we need, and, moreover, still make
use of the obsolete system of pounds,
shillings and pence. That is one rea-
son why we are backward and nonpro-
gressive, for while New York is only
two days away London is 1870 miles.
the time of regular transit for mails
being IA days and the cost of cable
grams go cents per word.
At the beginning of the American
Revolution the 'Mudians sent barrels
of gunpowder to General Washington
then on Dorchester heights, and in this
manner helped him to drive the Brit
ish out of Boston. The Bermudas would
have gone over to the States but for
the stupidity of the American politi-
clans. But now that Great Britain mas
created a great naval station here and
planted regiments of her soldiers all
over the islands we cannot but be loyal
to the crown. so that there is little dan
ger that we shall ever again send pow
der to the States.
WESTON F. BROWNE.
Hamilton, Bermuda.
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but it does seem shameful that any
body of brawny men like these should
be running to waste for lack of en-
ployment in these days when the world
needs intelligent labor so much.
We read of your tramps in the States
who seek to avoid work by every means
in their power, but here are men and
boys who are anxious to labor without
any recompenSe save that of mere occu-
patton for their hands and minds. Even
in this island we could make use of
a thousand or two willing workers like
these, and who knows but that some of
the Beers will settle down here after
their release and become good 'Mudians,
like the rest of US? The United States,
of course, is the magnet that would be
likely to attract them were they free,
and few months or years hence Eng
land may sorrowfully reflect upon hav-
ing brought over these sturdy fmmi-
grants to a point SO near your shores,
less than 700 miles away, free of ex-
pense and having furnished your gov
eminent with some of the brawniest
settlers the United States ever re-
ceived.
That, however, is in the future, far
or near we cannot tell. What we know
now is that the Beers are here in these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-01
A WOODEN CRAvAT.

Grinding Gibbons, the famous wood
carver G64S-172D, fashioned a cravat
from wood in imitation of fine point
lace so delicately wrought that it could
be folded and tied like a necktie of the
ordinary materials. On completing his
artistic labors at Chatsworth, Eng
land, Grinling Gibbons presented this
cravat to the Duke of Devonshire. At
one time it was in Horace Walpole's
possession, and, according to a letter Of
his dated May, 1863, was worn by him
at a banquet which he gave to various
continental and English notabilities at
Strawberry Hill, together with pair
of gloves that had been James rs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-01
ECCENTRIC SUMMER FOLK.

1.-THE eccentricities of some of the
people who come to my apartments
would fill a small volume remarked a
seaside landlady.
Their whims and peculiarities are
well nigh incredible, and at times
hardly know how to restrain myself
from laughter when interviewing my
potential patrons.
Only the other day a fashionably
dressed woman of some 40 summers re-
fused to take my best room merely be-
cause she did not like the mirror there
in. She averred that it made her look
old and ugly and I accordingly sug-
gested that another glass should be
substituted.
She accompanied me from room to
room inspecting the mirrors, but even
tually decided that not one of them
was sufficiently fiattering to suit her
requirements. I did not care to point
out that it was her face and not the
looking glass which was at fault, but
such was the fact for the glass would
have been cunningly contrived indeed
that would have rendered her features
at all attractive"
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century Turkey was at war with either
Austria or Russia.
Should war have eventuated between
Turkey and France it would not be the
first time the Mussulmans and Gauls
had been in conflict, for it was in
France more than LOO years ago that
the Moslems received their first repulse,
when by the battle won by Charles
Martel all western Europe was saved
from conquest 1t was after Spain had
been invaded from Africa, the PyreneeS
passed and France invaded in the year
1872 that MarteI met the great army at
the head of his Frankish and German
warriors. After six days skirmishing
the Christian infantry drove back the
Arabian cavalry to their camps, from
which the next day the great retreat
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vegetation go. Those of them who
came from the hill sections of South
Africa, however, complain OF TINS
dreadful monotony of scenery and eli
mate. They may battle in the sea un-
der certain restrictions and wander
over the island as far as the barbed
wire fences will let them, but there
their privileges end, and they are now
begging for some means of employ
ment. AS nearly all are expert at
carving, most of them have petitioned
for knives and wood for working, the
fragrant cedar of these islands being
excellent for their purpose. Whether
or not permission will be granted is
still a question under consideration;
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enough, the 'Mudians build all their
huts and houses of that white rock,
which they make yet whittier, If posi-
BILE, by whitewash from the lime made
from the rock of which the houses are
constructed. Their dwellings are found
ed on and are built of, and also in, the
coral rock, for they dig their cellars at
the same time they quarry the coral,
and so kill two birds with one rock,
as it were.
Well, everything here except the birds
and scant vegetation and the colored
people is as white as white can be, so
that our eyes are nearly burned out of
our heads. The poor Beers, being
camped on fiat faced islands, with only
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In this case, however, he had reckoned
without his host, his partial back
down indicates.
But in the event of actual conflict
between Turkey and France, with their
respective allies, what would have been
the probable outcome of the issue? An
appeal to history might throw light
upon the matter, as it would show the
manners and methods of the Turk dur
ing several centuries. Going no further
back than the fifteenth century, we
shall find that the Ottofnans or Turks
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out his head and snarl and snap at his
purSuerS.
The sultan knows that, viewed from
an international standpoint, he will be
backed up by England, Austria, Rou-
mania and Greece, who have protested
against the imposition of increased
dues on shipping. So he shrugs his
shoulders, tells Johnny Crapaud that he
is sorry, but-well, he knows what to
do under the circumstances, etc. But
Johnny Crapaud is not quite certain
what he ought to do under the circum-
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not capture it, and in the third quarter
of the sixteenth century were probably
at the zenith of their military power
and glory. The naval battle of Lepanto
in 1871, when Turkey had arrayed
against her the allied forces of Venice,
Spain and Rome, started the decline of
Turkish power. Her fleet was COM
pletely destroyed, and her prestige at
sea went with the fleet. In 1899 nearly
all the Turkish possessions in Hungary
were surrendered to Austria, and dur
ing almost the whole of the eighteenth
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war into Africa, the Brit
AN/ ish at the same time have
been bringing their priS-
oners of war out of Afri-
ca and interning them at
places wide apart, such as Ceylon, st.
Helena and the BermudaS, from which
there is no possible hope of escape.
when this cruel war is over,'' as the
Americans used to say generation
and more ago, such Beers as. are then
captive will be so widely separa ted
from their homes that their return will
be a difficult matter indeed. AS only
the male Beers are exiled in this man.
ner and the women and children are
mainly left behind in South Africa, one
may imagine the heartbreakings and
inconsistencies of the captives.
But that is a matter aside from the
purport of this letter. A thousand
Beers are in Bermuda, and they have
now been here several weeks, with
many more to come, it is reported, until
the number will be swelled to above
5000. As the population of these is
lands is only a little over $4,000, we
shall have an addition of so per cent
to the total within the space of a few
months, and as there are only 5000
white inhabitants in the Bermudas the
newcomers will outnumber them by at
least 1900. However, we have several
hundred British soldiers here on guard
and as many warships and gunboats as
his majesty chooses to detach for the
purpose of watching the islands where
the Beers are encamped and the narrow,
tortuous channels leading in between
the coral lodges from the open ocean.
Preparations for their reception began
last April. but it was not until June
that the first arrivals made their ap-
pearance and occupied the two islands,
Darrell's and Burt's, in the great sound
which had been fitted up for the pur-
pose.
Our governor and commander in
chief, General Sir George Digby Bar
ker, K. c. B., made a pretense at earn
ing a portion of the salary we allow
hirn-which, by the way, is $4,000 a
yearly steaming fussily about in a
launch, together with his gorgeous
staff, and finally selected DarrelTs and
Burt's islands, mentioned as most IA
vorably situated, for the Boer camp.
When the Beers arrived. they were de-
lighted at the appearance of things,
particularly the white sand beaches
and blue water, the clean, new tents
and the cedar trees. Broad, grassy
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began. 1t was from his conduct on this
occasion and the vigor of his arm that
Charles received his renowned surname
of ''MarteP' (the hammer).
The French came in touch with Mos
lens again during the campaigns of
Louis XIV and yet again near the end
of the last century, when Bonaparte
invaded Egypt and obtained many con-
cessions from the Turks. At Navarino
in 1927 the French combined with the
English and Russians against the Tur-
co-Egyptian fleet, which was destroyed,
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In the proposed method of tooth ex-
traction of NJ. Laborde nitrous oxide -
administered, and the nightmare OFTEN
caused by this ansesthetic is charmed
away by lively music from a phono-
graph. 1t is suggested that the same
soothing influence may lessen the dis
agreeable experiences from other an
aesthetics, like ether and chloroform
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stances until he has sounded the senti-
ment of Europe. In a game of bluff
the sultan is certain always to come
out ahead, for he is a past master at
it and knows what wires to pull to set
all the rulers of Europe by the ears
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The Anomalous Position Occupied by Turkey.
A Veritab1e finder Box
Debasing Record,

came out of the east and took Con-
stantinople after long siege in 1853
Since that time this city has been their
capital, identified with their every
movement in Europe. Seventy-six years
later they marched upon Vienna. but did
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bility. 1t is the same old story, told
time and again in the history of diplo-
matte dealings with Turkey. The Turk
ish cur will not fight unless hard press
ed; he will sneak beneath the garments
of some other nation and thence stick
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lanes were left between the tents. Each
tent is fitted up for seven men of the
rank and file, while the officers have
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coral rock is everywhere visible where
not covered by scant layers of soil and
scrubby cedar trees, and that rock is
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white, OF a herce and staring white
ness which under the suns rays fur
nishes a glare without equal in the
world. And, as if that were not
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wy WHILE literally carrying the
VIA ID war into Africa, the Brit
AN/ ish at the same time have
been bringing their pris-
oners of war out of Afri-
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Yearly everything in this
N world has an excuse for be-
vi ing, it has been said, except
wi the Ottoman government.
4 And even that anachronisrn
s~aAfa1,ro
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50
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-30
SCIENTISTS GATHER
Annual Session OF tho Ameri-
can Association Opens at
Washlnqton. -L.--.--..

Washington, Dec. 29.-At meeting
Saturday of the executive committee
of the general council Of the Ameri-
can Association For the Advancement
of Science final arrangements were
made for the fifty-second annual ses-
sion, which began Monday and con-
tinucs throughout the week.
The local members of the association
will tender a luncheon to the visiting
members Monday at the Arlington ho-
tel. Friday evening the scientists and
their ladies will attend reception at
the Corcoran Art gallery, and on Sat-
ur1ay morning the members will be
received by President Roosevelt. In
addition to the regular programme
Friday afternoon John Hays Hammond
will deliver an address on King Solo,
mons mines.
Prof. Ira Remsen, of Baltimore, pres
ident-elect OF the association, will pre-
side over the meeting, which Will
bring together a large gathering of
the most noted scientific men Of the
country. The program covers wide
range of scientific topics.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-30
FENCES HIDDEN
Beneath Heaviest Snowfall
Known In Years-Traffic
Almost Suspended.

Chagrin Falls, o.. Dec. 29.-Eastern
townships of Cuyahoga county ex-
perienced the heaviest snowfall Fri
day night and Saturday that has oc-
cured here in twenty years. On the
level there are nineteen to twenty-five
inches of snow, while east of this
place only the top rails of fences can
be seen along many roads.
Market men driving from this place
to Cleveland are unable to get through
in less than day. The suburban
electric lines have big forces ofshovel-
ers out. and for two days all mails
have been from twelve to fifteen hours
late. East of this place, on the East
ern Ohio Traction company's lines. a
big suburban car was all forenoon
getting up Troy hill, less than a mile
long. A big gang Of shovelers from
the mammoth snow plow were at
work all day Sunday, and cars are
still unable to make regular trips on
schedule time.
Woodchoppers have been busy In
the forests, because of the scarcity OF
coal. but now the snow Is so deep
that they are unable to get through
the woods, and this work Is at a
standstill.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-30
firm /.
MUST SETTLE
Government Means Business in Prose-
cutiOn Of Illicit Dealers in
East Liverpool.
EFFORT made TO COMPROMISE.
Special to the News-Democrat.

Special to the News-Democrat.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 29.-An ef-
fort is being made at the internal rev.
enue department to compromise the
case of George w. Meredith & Co., or
East Liverpool, wholesale liquor deal
ers, who have been charged with vio-
lating the law in regard to internal
revenue, and whose plant is now in
charge of ex-State Senator Blake, as
an agent of the government. Mr..
Meredith Is represented by Judge
Billingsbly, of Lisbon, and 1t Is said
that Congressman Tayler, Of the firm
of Billingsbly, Tayler and Clark, Is
also interested in the case. The gov
ernment claims $4,000 as taxes and
fines due from G. w. Meredith & Co.
The firm is reported to be willing to
pay $4,000.
The internal revenue department
has been very anxious to attach this
firm, and has had six men of the de-
partment on the case since November
Goth. They are still unearthing vio-
lations, and in the last two weeks
thirty barrels of whiskey, upon which
no legal stamps could be found, have
been discovered amongst customers Of
this firm. 1t is suspected by the gov
ernment that the violations have COW
cred period of four years or longer
One hundred and twenty-nine barrels
with the stamps not removed were
discovered in the plant.
The department claims that Mere
dith & Co. received spirits by carloads,
and took empty barrels in which there
had been first-class whiskey four
years or more of age, and refilled them
with rectified raw spirits. The de-
partment claims that Meredith & Co.
has been selling alleged four-year-old
whiskey as low as $500 per gallon,
which is considerably under the mar
ket price, and which action was con-
sidered prima facie evidence of fraud
somewhere.
nue. is from Kentucky, where many
distilling interests are located, and 1t
is said while the government will not
take cognizance of this matter. one Of
the most serious offenses of the Mere
dith G. Co., was the stenciling of bar
rels as having came from established
firms 1t is thought here that Mere
dith is making a mistake in trying to
bring political influence to bear upon
the department, 1t will require consid-
cradle work to have anything Of
political nature interfere with the ad-
ministration of the penalties.
II is thought here that Meredith will
be glad to pay $4,000 and escape any
further prosecution. II is said that
the prosecution Of Meredith will be
vigorously pushed by number Of
leading distillers who claim that their
trade has been injured by reason Of
the selling of inferior goods bearing
their brands by his firm.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-30
COLLEGES WILL
FORM A TRUST
Big Com m ercial Schools Plan
q Union-Wiii Exclude Grad
yates From Smaller
Institutions.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 2o.-The COM
mercial college managers of the United
States will today consider a plan for
the practical union of all the big
schools of the country. The plan
amounts to a trust in the business
college line to be operated through
a central university. This university
would be for the higher commercial
education, but with the support of the
bigger trusts of the country, such as
the steel trusts and the Standard Oil
company, would be able to place its
graduates to the exclusion OF those
from the less important schools.
The plan. in brief, will be for the
great commercial enterprises to patron
izc only this institution, which they
will largely support, and they will re-
fuse places to graduates of the small
er schools. The lower grade CONNER
cial colleges, however, may become al
lied with the central university by
conforming their courses to its qHal d.
ifications and paying part of the ex-
pense OF conducting the institution
The corporations would engage clerks
whose qualifications might be less than
those of the university only from
among the ranks of the affiliated
school graduates. The great gain to
the commercial schools from this
unique trust would be the uniformity
of the standards required for certain
work throughout the country.
The plan is approved by Lyman J.
Gage, who is spoken of for one of the
trustees, and John d. Rockefeller and
Andrew Carnegie are expected to take
q part in the movement