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New-York tribune., 1903-03-15

l found when walking along Washngton-st 1t
was crawling toward me on the sidewalk, and
picked it up 1t had been stung by fly, which
had deposited an egg on its striped back Its
struggle for life had been severe, but it seemed
that the caterpillar winning out l recos-
nized Paxtons fayorte and decided to take it
home In a short time a chrysals of peculiar
&C lor was formed. A few days ago decided to
hatch it out, if possible. and placed the box
containing the chrysas in a warm place in my
bedroom Yesterday morning as wakened the
first thing saw this butterfly. In ordinary
summer heat it would have matured in couple
Of hours but in artificial heat it has taken two
days 1t will probably live about week
Now let me show you the oldest spider in the
world said the "doctor,' leading the way 10
another room. He produced a chewing gum boH
with a glass top, in the corner OF which a large
black spider squatted. THE ordinary life of a
spider is one year or less. have managed 10
keep this fellow over two winters. Therefore l
maintain that he is the Oldest spider IN the
world.
"It takes q great deal Of time getting flies for
this aged prize. There is just one place III
Binshamton that am able to find any THIS tiiile
of wear The spider is hungry this morning. out
unfortunately I'm out of fiji IS, so you can't see
him eat"
If there is any part Of the country Withh
fifteen twenty miles or Ilhshdhl'o'i WIN"
doc" Webster has not covered in search o1 b~Ss
and curious rocks he would like to know H.
He generally goes into the 'field' mounted on
a nony Sometimes he imagines he is gong mo
the Far West, and he rigs up camp o"'h' Oh d
dra, such as the Indians use. he pltcheS MS
tent along the road wherever he wishes 10 III
,.oeti,,ta and is sometimes gone from home for
a week at time
He tells an interesting story or an attacK
made last summer by a great swarm OF olue
butterflies on tramp who was trying TO steal
his butterfly net.
"I met him one morning. a cranksh' looking
fellow living under tree on top OF hill about
five miles up the valley. He was an ordinary
tramp. and disposed 10 make fun OF my butter
hv chasing That particular morning had been
on the trail of number OF sWarms OF lit'e oiue
l..o-e;o about the size Of a thumbnail I
New-York tribune., 1903-03-15

we numbered Harvard professor, whose
hobby was dragon flies; a member of the Rus
sian Embassy at Washington who had Won
oerfui collection of flies; Brooklyn taxtder1nist.
whose beetles came from all parts of the world;
T. v Riley, who connected with one of the
government departments at Washington; II. K.
Morrison. of Philadelphia, who specialized in
moths, and myself. holding up the butterfly end.
And ! am the only ore left
The professor died years ago from melan-
cholia. The Russian got into trouble with his
government and took his life. My WASH
ington friend fell from his bicycle and was
killed. The Brooklyn man died from old age,
and poor Morrison, who my closest friend
and co-worker. died in the field while chasing
butterflies n deadly Carolina swamps. In the
beginning seemed physically to he more weak
than the others. Yet they have all been taken
and have been left
His cold. steely eyes softened for just a min
ute OF two. and he his hand nervousfy
through his long hair. Just then a beautiful
butterfly left Its perch a Towering plant in
the window, flew across the room and alighted on
his finger. 1t was a fine specimen of the swal-
low tailed variety. Strange it was to come
across live butterfly So early in March it was
stranger still to how nearly tame it was. 1t
Crawled up and down his long. lean finger,
every now and then luttering a greeting with
its gold and black wings
Il had a particular reason for raising this
beauty" he said returning the hy's caresS. 1T
the fayorite butterfly Of a Boston friend Of
mine, an entomologist named Paxton, Who died
several years ago 1t naturally comes at the
height of summer and is risitant lilac
bushes particularly.
The caterpillar from which this beauty came
New-York tribune., 1903-03-15

.on,etirnes went from a 25-cent limit to So 1t
,ras not to be tolerated, the company issued
sn order prohibiting Sunday card playing alto
rether Commuters still play innocent
rarres on weekdays if they do not bet the
results.
There are several trains the New-Haven
road hich known as professional They
are those which leave Boston, Providence and
New-I.0ndon late Saturday night, bound for
Eew-York. II is often necessary to put on
extra sIeeI.ers. large is the theatrical travel
Wand, ilie players especially anxious to
mend sunday in Newly ork. where there is
,ossj3ilrtv of a concert engagement. The regu-
lar companies after series of week stands. are
n,ite as eager TO reach the Rialto.
81 ,,noe over on one Of these theatrical trains
Inst saturday night said a Providence man
.1 got into the sleeping car late, and every one
.lse had gone to bed Only once during the
,;rht did I waken-when a man IN the next
harth perpetrated a series OF frightfuI snoFes'
T cot I'D and turned him over and the noise
ceased lie did not waken and knew nothing
,hout the E!lerty took. Before l got TO steep
,cain a feminine voice did soliloquy from
.orne rneloirana other She was taking III
h,r sI,.,p but / did not dare stop it
..4n rhe morning the porter woke me WIFI d.
Ne IRE mighty high to New-York, sir l
dressed as Ta.,illy Us the cramped quarters Vi
an ,Iy;.ar lprth will admit, and was just CHINO
Ing s,yn wf..n a deep voice in a nei5hOorihs
upper startled me.
How DO you suppose I'm going TO get down
from, b.-ea' came the gruff tones
..Tta Vol. VAS that Of 4 full grown man. anu
q strong ore at that Why he could ho3 ciiiiio
MT of IN upper berth l could ho' ii'i0e i-~
Howe,,~. decided to "ffer my ASSISTANCE
..,t-.r / h~lp you2' | said
-. ,-,, DOM mind said the voice, and the
.i,ios- 3,yarf I've ever seen presented himself
TO lie lifted DOWN
.s7ba-a ver,. five of the dwarfs in that car
end rn less than thirteen chorus girls lhe'e
u,ra Other actor men and women. and 'he wv
saarinc cars ahead were likewise hlien. nc
condurtor said il was the usua! saturday iisnt
exodus from Providence and boston ioi
York"
New-York tribune., 1903-03-15

had caught large number Of thes1, and was
tired.
lis this your business, catching butterflies:
the tramp asked me.
Il answered him that it was my business and
my pleasure. Seems to keep you quite comfort
able said he looking over. Guess I'll take
a try at it
Il let him have the net. and for a time he
pursued the butterflies in my immediate vicinity.
He kept getting further and further away, and
finally put q considerable distance between him.
self and the tree under which l was taking my
ease.
Sc long, old bug hunter" he yelled I'm OIL
for the next county.
He started to run, but, seeing that made no
move to follow him. he diSressed 10 chase q
particularly large swarm of the little butter
flies. lie was expert at it. and instead of
flying away from him they few at him. Their
number ives so great, and they circled around
him with such persistence, that he was soon be-
wildered and at their mercy. He was bowling
by the time / got up to him and frightened the
swarm sway. He handed over the net without
a word, and made down the hill for the railroad
track and as rapidly as he could CO.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-15
DTNGHANTUN BUG HCNTER.
"DoC" WEBSTER AND HIS PECJL1ARlIlES
,,7-TTf,r,FI.y AND SPIDER PETS.

l.
-EITTFEFLy AND SPIDER PETS.
72f,,rta-aton. \. Y, March 11.-Every one in
Enehan.ton knows Doc Webster. the pug
hunter. H.. would call himself Dr. c. E Web
sr..r .utornolosiSt and he might add something
about his >t,sGi,s at Harvard
Many f5iHghaIHton people of the opinion
that he i Just a little odd the subject OF
bugs and rn-is, but he does not mind that
Men devoted science are always msjuoseu'
h. saws. and he goes on with the race after
purp-- butterfly, his long hair streaming Out III
the br,, X and his net ia appinS Wildly
He has ta,- ,I,.dit for no end of book learning,
has this cu.Iul.sIy interesting rural entomoIogist
Why. h. ;iIe slnartest man in BinShanton,
said "n" ,iriz.n. as the doctor rode past on
his pony, feather in his cap and squirrel tail
hal!s.l.g over one ear. Il net him once out on
the ScTa:.;o:. road hanmering away on i rock
In FIVE minutes he used more big words than l
could look Up III the dictionary III d day.
They tel many strar ge tales about the weird
and wonderful things which he can accomplish
Some OF them are true and some are not.
There is about his method of forecasting
the wva;h'I which is characteristic.
H a., t,n you just wfat kind of weather
Ne G".ll=, - have three or four days before
II c"Ei..s OF" said one. He hasn't the syn
" al l'SlI Lli.'-lt Iihc the weather bureau man
n"th.-s iGt ala old horse that he rescued from
tAe -i-. factory. and electric battery. lie
h""ks IT,. i9tt;, - the horse and turns on the
c-ii':.'- After while he begins comb the
h.:>.- AID trro:,!.ns 20 the way the sparks fly
b. 's,l l. il t..- % weather that is coming
H. =" - does claim to be a prophet and
t!l' 81 - prophet, tut he would hardly take
tae r".i.. 10 deny such story as this of his
uetl.-nls of weather fore, ;isting.
Although he is usually in the most cheerful
fran: uf mind. "H"c'' Webster WAS sorrowing
ufO:. h-Hl at his comfortable home in ChcnangO-
s.. TIT very morning he had discovered that
the l>euTn pest had been work on some
OF i.s finest butterflies, destroying many rare
sI'rr !r"I.s utterly He had not been able to give
therI proper storage.
HIS sorrow over this loss got him TO thinking
about tn. ujh"r great sorroWs Of his life, two
in nUfU.r"r. The FIRST and greatest is that every
one OF J. particular associates in the investiga-
ton Of entomology is dead and that he alone
Is LEFT to bring their work to some concrete and
definite head. The other is that entomology is
so sadly Handicapped by lack Of te ehnical Ian
guase' that he cannot make the general public
aI'pr'~-is,te his discoveries
Il am the last survivor OF the little group
OF ardent workers which got together in 49,.
h :;.Id. that we might better carry on our en-
torrplpgcaI Investigations Most Of at that
time were members Of the Cambridge Ento-
moi"ScaI Club, and there seemed to he an op-
poIIUII;y for doing lasting work
New-York tribune., 1903-03-15
AN ELLIS ISLAND TRAGEDY

FATE OF EXCLUDED IMMIGRANTS BE-
REFT OF HOPE.
It was the hour before daylight and Ellis
Island was sleeping more soundy than at any
other time in the night. A dim half light was
in the big receiving room, which is divided into
pens like a Chicago stockyard. In spite Of some
attenpt at ventilation the air was heavy with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
CHAPTER II.
A SPLA SH OF BLOOD

A SPLASH OF BLOOD. 4 ~
The girl crept quietly from the room with a strange
sinking at her heart She fathers
hts OF depression which without warming and
seemingly, without bodily strength
this abstraction mind-betokened something quite
different.
The champagne the tongues waggng furious
The noise Jared upon Eleanor's nerves. and she was
thankful to notice when room that there
were signs of the guests departing. Indeed almost
seemed if her arrival opportunity for which
some had been waiting. :
$50 sorry to co. Thank you very much dear Miss
Iremalne.' Il shall forget to-day" "Quite
unique Makes thankful in the reign of
Victoria" Pray good-by to your father for me- I
don't see him anywhere much the same sort
was Eleanor bombarded with.
Gradually the thinned, scarcely more than
dozen remained, Hargrave Denton among the number.
Eleanor surrounded by her friends some
time he could not get chance of speaking her and
he chafed inWardy the minutes slipped by and the
hour approached when etiquette should
follow the example of the rest and take his departure
Hargrave Denton rather a slightly-made, pale
faced young with regular features, a carefully
his somewhat small head Good looking as undoubtedly
he might be called there something
impressed unfavoraby. His twinkled
pleasantly; the feel of his hand limp voice was
SOFT He suggested nature that process
alton, and might easily turn out bad good. All
would depend events and surroundings and
all, whether he thWarted. Life gone easily with
him. his slightest whm had been gratfed; he always
been the center of admiring circle His genuine
acter has thus been developed while he was
regarded to fault and the Of amiabit
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BY STEALTHY FOOTSTEPS


CHANGING down the staircase she could her father
talking to mana stranger. The attitude of Hugh
Tremaine indicated tension of the Her father
had deep, voice, a which carried
he rarely spoke in undertone But to this he
whispered. This in itself unusual She could not
their faces( they dis
cussng grave and important. profound atten-
ton of the listener told her
She paused, and tempted dismiss her dis
quietude and return her friends, moment
her father with gesture of Impotence, dismissed the
who, touching his hat, walked rapidly toward the
door and fastened from the house
Hugh Tremaine turned. A sudden change had
him. His form longer erect his step, unlike
his usual alertness and elasticity heavy and lethar
g the elevation and sudden of the shoulders
told of deep sigh.
But the expression his face, complexion;
ruddiness white and almost ashen, the eyes
gazing vaguely into tho looking faroff
objectall intensified Eeanors strange forebodings
ran towards him and laid her hands on his
Dear father she exclaimed, agitatedy, "you
not well?"
mot we?" he repeated mechanically. "oh yes;
He passed his brown, vigorous hand-the hand of a.
man who had led strenuous, combatve fe-thru his
thick, iron gray hair ..~... -. 'a
disturb you Who was the man who left just now?'
my dear Eleanor you do not understanding bust
ness position pursues here. gave instructions
that was not to be bothered, but the clerks
stupid-so stupid!'
still in his The mental action did correspond
with his words Eleanor felt the which her
fingers rested culver violently.
but it is a general holiday. The warehouses are
closed"
PROFESSIONS, CeleDratlOnS, herself
cannot prevent kilograms arriving. The Waterman in
charge Imagined a cablegram-from South Africa-was
of the highest Importance, and on but-but it
did not matter. l. b, 50 +
Hugh Tremaine had made violent effort to collect
his thoughts, to speak coherenty to
certain extent but from his last words fateringy
tered, it clear the overwhelming emotion within
whatever it had obtained mastery voice
seemed to die into groan.
"Father!" cried the girl claspng tightlv
am sure you are not We'll Let send for Dr.
Il will see no DOCTOR he exclaimed, almost fiercely.
Il Will see no one Eleanor get these people away quietly
Say nothing about me-yes say have been called
city by come unexpected' telegram. They
stay long, reckon now that they have the
stuffed themselves"
IN spite OF his protestatons that he quite WELL
his appearance indicated reverse His walk was
feeble he eant heavily his daughters arm, the
mana winch CHANGED to touch hers like ice
He refused go, as she suggested to his bedroom
NO. ne mad some Letters to write he would go the
library. She led him tAither spacious apartment on
the ground floor,
front Of his writing table.
Don't let be disturbed T want to think
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Copyright 1908 by the National Press Agency.
CHAPTER I.
THE FACE IN THE CROWD.
~CAN hand. Look, father can't you see
+ the flashing the helmets of the Lire
GuaIds-there just between the trees? Listen
q how the people cheering!'
The girls face flushed, her dark eyes
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The detection of the direction of a
sound by the sense of hearing is like
the rapid focusing of the eye on OBJ
jects ut different distances, one of those
instructive operations which are con-
tinually done without any conscious
method.
Sound waves traverse the air as rip
Piles stir the water, and the ear, by eX-
perience, acquires some slight power of
detecting the direction in one case, as
the eye does with far greater accuracy
in the other. Usually we unconscious
ly receive assistance from other senses
as well. Often we fail to locate at
once some hidden source of sound. such
as a singing bird. and then our instinc-
tive ingenuity displays itself.
The intensity of sound is, of course,
by no means so great behind screen
as In front of it, and every one carries
with him the screen of his own head,
which may prevent particular sound
from being heard so we'll by one ear
as by the other. If, then. the head is
turned until this inequality disappears,
and both ears hear equally well, we
know that we must be directly facing
or turned from the source of sound,
and our previous rough idea of its
whereabouts generally prompts us to
face ii.
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He watched The Cow.

When Sir Stafford Northcote, after
ward the Earl of Iddesleigh, was an
officer in yeomanry regiment in Dev-
onshire one of the men who WAS lead
ing small force across the country
was taking rather circuitous instead
of straight course.
"Why don't you keep your eye on a
given point" asked his officer
81 do. sir"
well. what pointf
THAT old COW, sir replied the man.
The earl was often known to use this
anecdote when political leaders did not
go raight.-lllustrate Bits.
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The clear, sweet song of bluebird hid
den somewhere among the blossoms.
Mrs. Lambert stole a look at the Judge.
Ie was staring down the narrow vista
of the pike. There WINS the same clear
cut, purposeful profile and thick, wavy
hair that had belonged to Jack Norton.
The years had only added silver TO the
turned his head, and their ewes met
Some electric spark of thought affinity,
long dead seemed 10 flask to life. The
color slowly rose in Mrs. Lambert's
cheek The judges voice was almost
gentle when he spoke ut last.
us it quite fair to me? She is all
have, Ruth"
But she loves him So" Mrs Lam
bert leaned forward eagerly, with ten
der, pleading eyes. Ralph is a good
boy You don't know how they love
each other"
The judges mouth relaxed. Mrs
Lambert was a charming counsel for
the defensei
You aided and Hbetted them, Ruth.
"All the time" confessed Mrs. Lam
bert happily. Her voice was lower as
she added hesitatingly. at did not
seem right that they should suffer
through any luminosity which you bear
to me-"
The judge was already standing in
the road beside her. and in his eyes
was the earnestness that had been In
Jack Norton's.
81 know what you mean," he said
But 1t Is not that. There is no bit
terness, Ruth; only"-he paused and
took courage from the bluebird-"only
regret for me. Daisy is child
"She Is eighteen" said Mrs. Lambert
"And l thought the boy trife oyer
bold and precipitate"
ut is good quality"
The judge looked up with a sudden
thought.
Perhaps IL had possessed a little
Of those qualities years ago might
have met with his success"
She smiled down at him through eyes
that sparkled with tears.
Perhaps you might have, Jack"
A figure appeared on the hillside. II
was the chauffeur with water. The
Judge laid his hand firmly over the one
In the tan glove that was nearest I'd
him.
Am too late, RuthY' he said gen
tly. May we not seek the white spire
yetY
When Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Carewe
came cross lots they found the chauf
feur alone.
"Where Is papaY asked Daisy. And
there WINS no fear in her voice, only
JOY and pride and new fledged dignity
Mrs. Lambert and he have gone or
down the pike together" said the
chauffeur. "They left word to you tc
take this auto and go where you
pleased, but not to follow them"
The bridal pair looked in each 9th
er's eyes and smiled.
Lets go home" said Daisy.
And when the judge and his wife
came by an hour later only the crush
ed flowers and scattered dust bore
witness to what had been, but among
the blossoms somewhere the bluebird
was still singing to its brooding mate
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Among the famous bells of Dews-
bury, Yorkshire, England. is one known
ms "Black Tom of Scothill," which way
presented to the church in expiation of
a murder. BLACK Tom" is always rung
on Christmas eve. Its solemn tolling
as 1t strikes the first tap at exactly
midnight is known all over Yorkshire
as the devils knell," it being the no.
ton that when Christ was born the
devil died
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We Paid 100000
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Liquozone does that Oxygen is
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world is 50 good for you. But germs are
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the very life Of an animals deadly to
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We spend II days in making each
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diseases which no medical skill can cure
without it 1t is now employed in every
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medical authority the world over.
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convinced the board that the only way
to bring about general vaccination OF
the lumbermen IL To make il compulsory
and that these requirements shall rest
upon the operators as we'll as upon the
operatives, upon the m within our
state and the many who are coming
from without
1t was the opinion of the board that
the safety of the interests of the lum.
bermen themselves requires just what
Is provided in this special order. Aside
from that of the lumbermen, there are
in the State various financial and other
interest which in the opinion of the
board are not less important than those
of the lumbermen and which can be
protected only by the observance of this
regulation --Erchdnqe.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The fol
lowing are the real estate transfers re-
Gently recorded In the county registry
Anson-Frank A. Smell to James NJ.
Stevens, $l75.
st. Albans-Sarah +. HUFF to Guy W.
Emery, $500; Guy w. Emery to w. Z.
Parker, $500; GUY w. Emery to Henry
f. Ptilbr,ck, $500; Ahiathar B. Tyler to
Gu w. Emery, $1,000.
NV Portland-Lvdia II. Record to
belmont Norton, 81.
Piffsfeld-Frank Bryant ct al to W.
l.. Ftost, 81; N. G. Rowe to o. D..
Barley, $50.
Narridge 5. Jones ct al to
Helen |. Holway, 81.
Har,land-Jennie Hardy to Fred A.
Hinton, $l450.
INSTRUMENTATION Natl. Bank to
Geo w. Watson, 81 Peter Mulhern to
james ii. Mulhern, 81; Lucy II. Pease
tn f.. Augusta Ste ~art, 81.
Ahens-Peter B. Wiley to L. c.
Bowd, q, $50; Sam'l Bowden TO S. c.
York, 81.
ngton-W. II. Moulton ct al to F.
5. Hunt, 81.
Briehton-Georgis Nj. Jones to r. G.
Jones, $500.
skowhegan-Susau A. Foss to Herbert
Gulifer ct al, 81; Chas. Matson to d, f.
Judkius, 81; Geo. Fortier to Samuel
Bolgia, 1915; Samuel Bolgia 10 Wlfred
Blqlr. 81.
Forks-W. H. Clark to Ethel K.