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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
nishes food and other necessities for the

nishes food and other necessities for the
trip.
gross proceeds of the trip, the vessel takes
one-half of the remainder, and the other
half is divided among the crew. Besides
his regular share with the crew, the cap
tain also gets 10 per cent Of the vessels
share.
grounds are classified in the market as
and glove. besides a few other unimpor-
tant varieties.
The feature OF spongng is the extreme
cheapness and meagerness Of the appara-
tus necessary for the fishery.
The sponge fisherman need only invest
in three-tooth curved hook, to be at
tached to poles Of varying length, and a
with the bottom knocked out and pane
Of window glass substituted-and he is
ready for business.
When first brought to. the surface the
sponges are black and Shiny. As soon as
each of the little boats has secured a
load it Is sculled to the vessel and the
load is transferred srd. to the desk Then 3sa
sponges over the deck in their natural
upright position. 50 as to allow the Shiny
matter, or curry to percolate or run
off.
Shortly after the sponges are taken
from the. water they develop a power.
full odor. as Of ammonia, which is almost
This soon disappears pears and is succeeded by
an odor very similar to that of seaweed
which has been exposed to the sun. These
odors result during the gradual dying of
the sponges, and 1t takes several days
exposure on the deck of the fishing ves-
sci to destroy the last trace of animal
life.
When the vessel returns to port the
sponges are placed in kraals or pens built
of waited stakes placed In shallow water
in the shelter of some key or island.
the vessel returns from its succeeding
trip, when those brought In on the pre-
vious trip are beaten out with short
heavy stick. which removes almost the
last trace of the slime and animal mat
ter which remains in them.
The sponges are then wrilng out after
which they are removed to the shore and
strung on pieces Of course Irvine, in which
shape they are ready for the market. No
other manner of disposing OF the product
is known than by AUCTION.
The buying and selling of sponges gath
cred by the Florida fishermen Is bust
ness which Is quite distinct from that
of gathering the sponges.
The fishermen mercy rongniy clean the
and they must be thoroughly cleaned and
trimmed before they are ready for the
market. This work Is done exclusively
by the buyers, in large warehouses To-
Gated at convenient places along the
coast.
Few, IL any, sponges are bleached in
Florida, this part OF the business OF pre-
pairing the product for market being done
by the wholesalers or by the jobbers in
While the use of limo and acids in the
bleaching process weakens the flbers of
the sponge and materially shortens Its
period of usefulness, still the bleached
sponge is much more attractive to the
trade and Is In demand.
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colonization In Southern Braxn % N.
difficulty Of securing sufncisnt capttals %
the smallness Of tmmisTat5on from o..
many, and % the onncial method al aw.
veying and partitioning the land, Mhsah
has proved very unsatisfactory.
The difficulty as to capital win no oDuDf
be overcome as soon az one Of the pesD-
ent companies succeeds in rapidly settling
its lands and thus securing for tn stpek-
holders satisfactory profits.
The smallness Of Immigration results
from the withdrawal by the Brazilian
Government Of its offer Of free transpofta-
ton to emigrants from Europe. q system
which enabled even destitute families for
merry to settle in Brazil and acquire real
The former emigration from Germany,
amounting to as much As 5000 persons "a
q single year. consisted chiefly Of such,
lillian colonies was dependent upon the
assistance granted them by the state.
Prosperous farmers who were unable or
well as members q the educated CLASSES s
Of Europe, were successfully warned
against emigration to Brazil.
It must be admitted that this advice
reached under that system Of colonization,
a plan which attracted from Germany
mostly farm hands, factory employees and
small tradesmen.
Those emigrants who met with any de-
gree OF success frequently wrote to their
friends at home inviting them to follow,
most Of the difficulty being removed for
all the way to the chosen colony. So
soon, however, as the offer Of free trans
portation was withdrawn, in the ninth
ton Of destitute and half-destitute fami-
lies ceased. and. as this was the only
class which had been interested ia the
movement. German emigration to SOUTH
ern Brazil at once decreased to its pres
ent limits, which are so unsatisfactory
to tho colonization societies.
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Big Population Which Has In.
vested Much Money in Ag.
rucultural Development.
ARE NOW BUILDING RAILWAYS.
Colonization Societies Offer In.
ducements of Regular Wages
and Assistance in Estab-
fishing Homes.

The Frankfurter Zeitung. on July 5, 1908,
published a letter from its correspondent
at Porto Allegro, Brazil, relative to the
colonial enterprises in Southern Brazil in
which German capital Is invested. The
report contains the following information,
which may be found Of interest:
]. The Hansa Company, successor to q
colonization society founded in 1913, has
its seat in Hamburg. Its property con-
sists chiefly Of fertile territory in the him
terland Of Dona Francisco.
Dona, Francisco is a German-spealsing
center of $1,000 souls in the northern half
Of the State Of Santa Catharina. The
growth Of this colony has been slow, owing
to the same small immigration which has
impeded the development Of all the Ger
man colonies in Brazil. the number of the
Hansa immigrants seldom exceeding 1000
In year.
2. 1t was intended that the Rio Grande
Northwest Company, or, more correctly
speaking, the Rio Grande Northwestern
Railway Company should penetrate in
semicircle the wilderness of the northern
and northwestern part of the State Of Rio
Grande do Sui, near the frontier Of that
State, and the company secured the right
to acquire the ownership of all the unoc-
cupied lands for a distance Of fifteen kilo-
meters 1.-TWO miles, on both sides of its
proposed lines.
or the railway lines only the section
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T 9a oA nN s bE a M PhFR ANR Elk

| faculty is strained to the utmost to pro-
duee this pictorial result.
| With the vast mechanical improve
ments In stereopticons there are many
men who are CAPABLE of illustrating a
lecture satisfactorily. but when the same
stereopticon and also complicated mo-
tion-picture machine at the same time,
| there are few men who could attempt it.
and fewer still who could do 1t success
fully.
| Such one. however, is Oscar Bennett
Depue, who for eleven years has oper-
ated the lanterns for Burton Holmes.
Mr.. Depue is, like Mr.. Holmes, Chi
| cagoan and almost Of the same age.
When Mr.. Holmes returned from his
| first trip to Japan, and wished to give an
| informal account Of his journey, illus
| trated with slides made from his own
negatives, before his fellow-members of
the Chicago Camera Club. Mr. Depue was
his lantern operator. Thus from the
| start Mr.. Holmes has had Mr.. Depue's
valuable co-o?eration;
Mr. Depue frequently accompanied Mr..
Holmes in his foreign travels, having
been to Europe with him once or twice,
Islands and in the wonderlands of this
country. and on his recent journey from
New York to Boring Sea, which furnishes
the subjects for the present series. The
lectures abound. are Mr.. Depue's es-
pecial care: most of them being taken
by him and developed on the spot. by
means of an invention of his own. which
enables him to develop negatives many
hundred feet in length. in the middle OF
scorching desert or even at sea.
In securing these pictures, Mr.. Depue
has frequently risked life and limb. He
was once nearly pi ecipitated from a lofty
railway trestle when photographing a
passing train; once at the Snake Dances
Of the Mok Indians. when the near APP
pproach of the venomous reptiles would
have driven any one less enthusiastic
away; once when in an attempt to get a
picture of the Upper Falls of the Yellow
stone he was nearly carried over the
brink, and only this last summer, when
lie succeeded In photographing some
grizzly and silver-tip bears in the Yellow
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Tupacertam-Sao Borja, connecting the
| traffic centers Of the Rio Uruguay, was
| ing sections, about 800 kilometers (4S0
| milesl in length. intersect a wilderness,
| for the most part uninhabited. and ex-
tend not to but around various traffic CEN
tiers.
It is, therefore, evident that the original
| concessionnaires had in mind less the con-
struction Of a railway than the acquisi-
r ri y. Which Fl could not have been secured
II the proposal to build railway had not
been used as an argument. ss
CLAUSE IN CONCESSION.
A clause in the concession provided that
in case the railway was not built the
lands could nevertheless be acquired by
the concessionnaires. or by a colonization
society formed by them for the purpose,
through payment Of a small fixed rate.
This society was formed and now has its
seat in Berlin. The most favorably located
LANDS northeast Of San Lutz, not far from
the Rio Uruguay, have already been ac-
CURED but the number of settlers so far
secured has been small. Furthermore,
there seems to be lack OF money, ana
while the rumors Of approaching bank
ruptcy are no doubt false, 1t is neverthe-
less certain that the original paid In capi.
tai Of 5000 marks Sns0oO IL insuMcient
q
forts are now being made to attract new
investments of capital.
8. Doctor Herman Meyers colonization
enterprise includes the colony In New
Cruz Alta. and the colonies Of Xinga, Boi
Preto and Guarita, in the municipality OF
Palmeira. Doctor Meyer himself resides in
Of his colonial enterprise to agents. Cruz
Alto is railway station. OF all the inn
portant private colonies in Rio Grande 40
Sui those Of Doctor Meyerk have the best
arriving in comparatively satisfactory
numbers. These. settlers. are, however.
chiefly old colonists or the sons Of sucn
directly from Germany. According to Of
fetal statistics. Brazil received altogether
in 1902 only 600 new German-speaking I'M
and Switzerland. More than half Of these
went to Santa Catharina, while the re-
mainder Joined the State colonies in Rio
Grande do Sul; where assistance Is grant;
be offered by private ,colonizers, such, for
instance, as regular wages for road build
ing and small allowances for the erection
4. The colonization enterprise of Messrs.
Doerken C Hauesler has apparently Sc.
cured, mostly for one year, the refusal Of
and The errorY o. Sd
be acquired II the organization Of colo
NAL company can be completed before
the expiration Of the year. The land in
from the present highways Of traffic, and
the old and experienced colonists and
their sons are apt, in changing their
strong German emigration to Rio Grandc
do Sui ever sets In these districts can also
be gradually opened and colonized.
UNFAvORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Three circumstances operate unfavor-
ably against the development Of German
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AMERICAN BRIDE IN ZANZIBAR.
Justice Patterson's Daughter
Goes to New Home in Africa.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Dec. 26.-Among the outgoing
passengers on the Umbria were Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris Robbins Childs. who are
bound for Zanzibar. on the east coast Of
Africa, where they will spend two years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chiids were married on
Tuesday at the Church Of the Heavenly
Rest, Mrs. Childs being a daughter Of JUS
tice Edward Patterson.
Mrs. Childs will be the only American
woman within q thousand miles Of her
new home, and one Of five white women
In Zanzibar, which is an Arab settlement
under British protection. near the eoua-
tor.
Mr.. Childs. who is the manager Of q
large Boston commercial firm. has spent
i've years in Zanzibar and. when he re-
turns, will have made a journey around
the world to claim bride.
Being the only American In Zanzibar,
Mr.. Childs Is called upon by Secretary Hay
to act as American Consul while a new
Consul is on the way thither, the climate
OF the island being such that no Consul
cares to remain there longer than two
months,
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SURE INDICATIONS
OF BAD BLOOD
OLD SORES, ULCERS, Assesses

The best evidence bad condition the blood unhealthy
tie bodily impurities passing through proper
e left clog and poison the blood
The poison the system that
Everything ulcer disease
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CHARGES DEsERTI0N
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
When Husband Appears Before Her
in Court She Fails to
Identify Him.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Sunbury, Pa. Dec. 26.-William Soloman,
a resident of Wilkesbarre, was arraigned
in court charged with having deserted his
wife after having lived with her one day,
twenty years ago.
After hearing the evidence in tine case
Justice Shipman. before whom the hearing
was conducted, discharged the man. say
ing that he was not the right one.
The arrest was caused by Mrs. William
Peck, widow who resides in Sunbury,
and she claimed that Soloman was the
man she was married to about twenty
years ago and who deserted her the day
after they were married.
According TO the story of the woman she
heard that Soloman was dead and later
married Peck. Recently she learned that
there was William Soloman living IN
this city and caused the warrant to be
issued.
She was unable to identify the prisoner
as the man who had deserted her almost
at the altar, and he was accordingly dis
charged from custody.
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BABY WITNESSES
PUZZLE A JURY,
Tots Say They Purchased Proper
erty Their Father Was Ac-
cused of Buying.
~No VERDICT is THE RESULT.
Simple Stories Convince Only One
Juror, Who Decides to "Stick
Until Warm Regions
Freeze
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Dec. 2s.-To save their father
from prison three little children took the
large witness chair In Judge Fosters
court and each told story OF having pur-
chased the property he was accused of
having had in his possession.
One Juror believed the children, but his
eleven companions did not and the jury
was unable to agree and was discharged.
Donainick Scallo was the prisoner. He
has small grocery store at No. 2t5l Ar
thur avenue. Harry Hanneke Of One Hun
dred and Seventy-fourth street and South
ern boulevard had caused the arrest of
Scallo. charging that he had purchased
thirteen brass door knobs that two little
boys 10 and II years old, respectively, had
unfastened from the doors of row Of I'M
finished FINISHED b Ssd TIE two little boys when
"A cents for the knobs. The property was
found in the grocers cellar. Scallo denied
any knowledge Of the purchase OF the door
knobs and was surprised when they were
found on bis premises.
He denied his guilt on the witness stand
and sought to prove his Innocence by call
simplicity the wee tot told her story to
exonerate papa" Rosa did not under
stand the nature Of an oath and was not
two title tie boys oys came anne to tn. store. papa
wasn't there. but only me an 'Meiia an
Mamie an'.-an'-thata allan the little
boys they had them" and the little de-
brass knobs. AN Mamie says Amt they
prettyr an she said, Mamie did, them
would look awful nice on our dollies' bed,
'Melia says 30, too, an tn little boys got
III money; an'-an We got them pretty
thin's."
Rosa was lifted from the chair and hur-
rfpd hack tn fIrofhersq Ian
Amelia, another daughter, 8 years old,
gave similar testimony. She said that she
and her sisters had often seen big beds in
store windows. and she and Mary thought
the knobs would look good on their doll
babys bedstead.
This witness and her sister Mary, Il
years old, said they took IA cents from the
cash drawer and bought the knobs. Amelia
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RISKS LIFE FOR SPARROW
Sailor Rescues the Bird From Ton
of Tall Tree.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Philadelphia. Dec. &.-William Dayton,
sailor. risked his life to save sparrow.
Stretching from a sycamore to another
tree in Washington Square was tangled
kite string. Flying across It the sparrowss
wing was caught and the bird duttered
helplessly in the air. Dayton, who halls
from North Carolina, was one Of tls.
crowd watching. the bird. Up the syca-
more he climbed.
As he reached the top, eeventy-ffve feekr
above the pavement. the branches bent he-g
meath his weight. Crawling cautiously on
limb, he caught the string and the SPAR
row was released.
The spectators cheered Dayton's act and
collection OF money was taken for him
He was also rewarded by the Pennsyfva-
MIA Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals.
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Pastor Reduces salary.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Fall River. Mass, Dec. 2e.-The Rever-
end E. ]. Bodman. pastor Of the vogle
Street Christian Church. has announced a
voluntary reduction of 10 per cent in his
annual salary, that his income may be on
q basis proportionate with that of the
mill operatives of the city, whose wages
have been recently cut.
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and Mary both testified that they hid the
door nobs down In the cellar. so that
papn wouldn't know what We had done. "
Eleven of the jurors wanted to convict
Scalio. but the twelfth juror said: I'll
stick our for acquittal. until the warm
regions freeze over"
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overcome By the Cold.

scoheld, Utah, Dec. es-while on duty
as sentinel at regimental headquarters
Fred johnson, private in Company G. Of
Provo, was overcome by the intense cold
and was found unconscious at his post by
tbs Corporal Of the Guard. The thermom-
ster yeStstsyea Is below zero.
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FROM CALF OF THE LEG TO ANGLE
A SOLID SORE.

New Castle, Pa, July 90, 1908.
Three years ago Q common boil ap.
peared on tho calf ofmy limb. Not yield.
Ing to simple homo remedies, I consulted
2 physicisns who prescribed poultice,
max seed, supposedly. By some fearful
mistake was given corrosive subj.
mate, and after having It on for few
minutes I could endure the pain no
longer, 10 took on the application and
found that my Limb from the calfto the
ankle was In an awful condition. Tim.
medistely sent for another physician,
who told me had been poisoned. MY
limb from the calf TO the ankle was one
solid inHamed sore. was advised to
begin 8. 3. g., and improved rapidly
under its use, but about this time I had
An attack oftyphoid fever, and this set.
tied In the original sore. This, ofcourse,
caused back set, but having condolences
In the ability offs. 3. B., I began Il again
90 soon - was over the fever, and to
mako . long story short, was completely
and permanently cured. Two years have
elapsed, and have never had return Of
the trouble. MRS. Z. A. DUFFY.
0l4 ". Washington 81.
The daily sentinel., 1903-03-26

There was an extrem ely grave { p
charge made against Mayor Sampliner
and the delegates to the democratic
convention. by consistent demo-
crat" that the convention was not
held in accordance with the rules of
party organization. IT that contrib
utor could look back over the times
he has managed the star chamber pro-
ceedings he might be compelled to
blush. if such a thing were possibl
in his case, over the charge. He has
managed many campaigns wherein no
attempt was made to abide by the will
of anyone, save his own sweet will
The democratic convention was most
regularly held. 1t is fact that so
regular We're its poceedings, that they
completely upset the plans of the
consistent democrat. No better
convention of the party has been held
in the last few years than that conven-
tion. An attack on the regularity of
its proceedings shows how weak the
case of the opposition to the party
confesses itself to be.
The daily sentinel., 1903-03-26

Samuel A Waldroup has served as
alderman from the first ward for the
past two years. Perhaps three may
have been more brilliant members of
tn, aldemranic body that sat with
him. yet this is matter of argument,
but it is assuredly so that none ever
cast more conscientious vote than he.
upon every public question. Predic-
tion is an easy task. but in the case of
Mr.. Waldroup one is easily safe in
saying that he will carry his W rd
w ith handsome majority, as he has
well represented his constituents in
the council
The daily sentinel., 1903-03-26

Thomas Chambers, candidate for
alderman in the first ward is as good
citizen as the aldermanic nominee
in any ward or upon anv ticket Mr.
Chambers is n conservative we'll bal
anced buiness man, who is deserving
of every democratic vote in the first
ward. As IA thorough business gem
tleman he has won the regard of the
public and no man can say one word
in dereogation of his character as a
gentleman and citizen. In fact the
party as a whole is to be congratu-
lated that such excellent material has
been selected for the aldermanic nom
inee from that ward.
The daily sentinel., 1903-03-26
CITY PLATFORM

OF the Grand Junction Democracy adopted
unanimously IN convention March ID, 1908:
The democratic party of the city of Grand
junction, In convention assembled; do most
emphaticaliy express their adherence to the
principles SO long advocated by the party. of
the municipal ownership of public utilities,
and do pledge the party and the candidates
nominated by this convention, for the dif-
ferent city Offices, to the strict enforcement
OF said principle of municipal ownership.
And do further pledge the party and candi-
dates thereof to oppose the purchase for tbs
clty's use of the present electric light sys-
tenn; to not purchase the old water system or
enter into any transaction with the defunct
Grand Junction Water Co., looking to the
payment of any claims said company may
pretend to possess against this city for hy-
drant rentals or otherwise. And that they
believe inaand will advocate and sustain by
their votes the erection of an entirely new
electric light system for the city's use
We point to the record of the republicans
who last occupied seats in the city conncil
as strong argument against the election of
any member of that party; as it is fact
well known that said aldermen tried to foist
upon the taxpayers of this city worn out
and useless waterworks that has since gone
out OF business and become the prey of
many creditors.
We denounce the extravaganza of the re-
publican county administration; the partial
lty shown in the assessment valuations; the
Tree hand given the county clerk who Is per
hiitteu III tne Iees OF MS Olnc6 TO distribute
as he sees fit among his favorites and pen
sloners.
We strongly condemn the action of the
governor of thus state IN calling out the
state militia at Colorado City, to thus prac-
hcally assist the mill owners in their fight
| against the just demands of thei- employees
and thus endeavoeing to incite riot and an
| archy among the members of the mine and
smelter union. who were conducting a strike
| Tor the just principles of their organization
| in peaceable and law abiding manner.
We commend the present administration
of city affairs for the economy shown for
the past three years; for the unanimous
stand taken upon the municipal owne ship
OF public utilities, and for the unprejudicel
and unbiased position it has taken always
upon all matters affecting the public inter
| ests
With these principles and the present and
| past records of the party in the administra-
iion of both county and city affairs we come
before the people for their suffrages.