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Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
PREHISTORIC RELICS.
UliR House Built of Huge Bones Dis
covered In the Arctics.

Eiim House Built of Huge Bones Dis
covered In the Arctics.
One of the richest finds Of relics Of
prehistoric man perhaps ever made is
that unearthed by Captain Francis
Tuttle Of the revenue cutter Bear dur
ing her recent trip in the arctic seas,
says a dispatch from Tacoma, Wash,
to the New York World. A house
built by human beings probably thou
sands Of years ago was found, and
Captain Tozier, senior officer of the
feet, now has some Of the utensils
used by people who made it a habita-
tion.
Two years ago a missionary at Point
Barrow told Captain Tuttle Of re-
markable discovery the natives of IT,
vicinity had made of the framework
Of a house which was partially i'm
bedded in cliff. fronting on the ocean,
fifteen miles southeast Of Point Bar
row. At the point where the house was
discovered prouuding the cliff rose
sheer seventy feet from the ocean.
Forty feet above tidewater and thirty
feet from the top of the cliff one end
Of the house was exposed.
The house was built somewhat after
the plan of the structures of the primi-
tive inhabitants of America. The ribs
Of an enormous whale or of some ami
NAL now extinct were used for a frame
work, and over these skins had evil
IDENTIFY been stretched.
At the instigatiOn of CAPTAIN Tuttle
the natives made an excavation in the
cliff and brought away the utensils /
that could be discovered The immense
bones that made up the framework of
the house We're left on the shores of
the Arctic. The utensils found at the
spot consist of bailer for a boat, a
carved ivory rOwlock, four stone
knives, a bone knife and skinning
knife. The bone knife resembles a /
machete, with an etching Of a prehis-
toric animal on the blade.
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
BLAINE AND HORSES.
The brilliant Maine Man Always In
Dread of Runaways.

"Had James G. Blaine been alive
and Il member Of President Roosevelts
party at Pittsheld recently" remarked
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Taylor, ''the disaster by which Craig
lost his life would not have occurred.
1 don't think l ever met any one who
was in such mortal fear of being in
runaway as was the brilliant Maine
statesman. He would take absolutely
no risks with horses and required the
most extreme precautions to be OBJ
served before he would submit him
self 20 carriage ride.
81 remember many years ago that
Mr.. Blaine was to visit our city Of
Milwaukee. and l was in charge Of the
arrangements for his reception and en-
terlanment One of the prominent
liverymen of the town came to me and
offered free of charge the services Of
magnificent team Of six white horses
to draw the carriage Of Mr. Blaine.
1 accepted the offer, and when the
statesman arrived at the depot l es-
cOrted him to the street where the team
and carriage were waiting I was
about to hand Mr.. Blaine into the We
hicle when he suddenly drew back
There is no one at the head of the
horses. he said, and l would prefer
that you get some men to guard them
before we proceed
81 told the driver what he said. and
the latter insisted that he had absolute
control over his animals; that they
were used TO bands and other noises. 1
and that there was not the slightest
danger. l repeated this to Mr.. Blaine
and told him that thought he could |
safely take a seat. But he wouldn't .
do it. I shall not put my foot into the .
he said firmly, until a man
is put at the head of each horse and is
made to stay there
"That ended it, and we hurried around
and got half dozen men together and
had each hook ON to a bride. Then
Mr.. Blaine got into the carriage, and
we proceeded uptown" - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
Poor HELMS Poor

Jane Adams Of Hull House. Cbica.
60 tells from her wide experience how
ungrudgingly the poor help one an
other. A poor young woman took ref
uge with a friend whom she supposed
TO be living in three rooms in another
part Of the town. When she arrived.
she discovered that her friends hus-
band had been out Of work so long that
they had been reduced to living in one
room. The friend. however. took her
IN, and the husband was obliged to
sleep upon a bench in the park every
night for a week, which he did uncom-
plainin3ly. if not cheerfully. Fortu-
nately it was summer, "and it rained
only one night"
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why Jenny Lind !

Why Jenny Lind Visited America.
One morning after Jenny Lind had
given charity concert in America n
clergyman found her counting and seal
ing up the moneySreceived preparatory
to distributing it among the poor. He
began to compliment her, but she cut
him short by saying: 1T is the only re-
turn can make unto the good Lord
for the gift he has bestowed upon me-
which is the great joy of my life. |
can repay him only through the poor
and suffering. This delight to do"
Her motive in visiting America was
10 earn f36.000, to be used for educat-
ing the poor children of Stockholm
whose great ignorance and degradation
touched her sympathetic heart. Just
before embarking she remarked TO a
friend; May not hope for Gods
blessing upon this work undertaken for
the lambs Of Christ's flock? MY daily
prayer is that may be spared three
years in order to carry ont my plans
for my poor children in Stockholm"
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
TOO MUCH FOR PEARY.
Burprising Effect of Mild Wintry
Weather on Arctic Explorer.

Surprising Effect of Mild Wintry
Weather on Arctic Explorer.
From the war department side Of the
state, war and navy building comes a
story calculated to Overset fond dreams
and ardent hero worship, says a Wash
tngton correspondent of the New York
Tribune On the authority of an emil
nent soldier Commander Peary was
actually a sufferer from the mild touch
OF winter Washington has just under
gone
During this PERIOD" says this vera
ous soldier, Il got on a street car.
md the air was so fine that l, an ener-
yated WashingtOnian of twenty years.
standing, stayed out on the platform
to enjoy it. My attention was present
y attracted 10 Peary, who boarded the
car. with his heavy overcoat wrapped
6nugly about him and his collar turned
up to protect his neck from the breeze.
Much to my surprise he looked really
cold and Immediately went inside the
car, looked under the seat in order to
locate the heater, then sat down right
On top of it and buried himself deep in
MS coat collar, as If he feared a chill
o. two. The worst of It all was that he
only went two squares. hurrying out at
Fifteenth street in order to catch a
Fourteenth street car. Here was out
on the platform all the time, with my
coat thrown open so as not to miss any
o. the good weather. And that was
Peary Of arctic fameP'
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when He Was Missed.

When ne was Missed
The late Senator Mcmillan was one
Of the richest and most public spirited
citizens Of Detroit. He was always
ready to contribute literally to insure
the success of any public undertaking,
which is stated by way of introduction
to the fact that the Detroit committee
on the entertainment of the presiden-
tial party had some slight financial
difficulties. In some way they got the
idea that there was only half a dozen
people in the presidential party, and in
collecting funds they only got enough
to provide for the entertainment of
that number. As a matter of fact,
there were nearly thirty people in the
party and. too late to ask for further
contributions, the committee found it.
self with considerable deficit to meet
OF course the committee faced the
fact without a whimper and arranged
most handsomely for the accOmmOda-
tion Of the whole party. But one Of
the committee, who is somewhat noted
for his reluctance to part with his
money, Of which he has plenty, when
he was called upon to dig down into
his pockets for his share of the def
cheney drew long face and made in all
a remark which has sent
everybody who heard it into gales of
laughter. Now for the first time" he
said. Il realize what the loss of Sen
ltor Mcmillan means to us."-Chicago
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
The Stone Itnnaorn Funa.

Miss Ellen NJ. Stone declares it Is not
her Intention to reimburse all the per-
sons who contributed toward her re-
lease from the brigands. 1t is her pur-
pose she says. to repay such persons
VINO embarrassed themselves financial
" by giving toward her ransom. She
adds: 4 cannot help but think that
God had some plan to direct attention
TO his mission work in that far country.
IN pursuance Of that plan it was our
part to suffer and that Of friends to
give"
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
SAMUEL ,. WILSON,
Funeral Director and EmbaIma,

Twenty-Five years experience in the abo,,
business with the assistance of my son. .Iobp
P. Wilson, enables me tcguarantee satisfac.
hOn. Everything first tlass with mOderats
charges. Black and Whte heal ss. Bodies
smbalmed or preservedlby tbt Ne Of ice
Mems black suits Bnd robes; iaa.ys dresses
and robes childrens ghrewds aiwavs m
stock. No extra charge made for nv vifsis
services when required All styles Of coffins
and caskeJs constantly D stOck
Telephone and telegraph communications
promptly answered. M. extra charge for
distance. Five per cent discount on an bills
paid within thirty days.
We ask for an examination Of our Furnf
bure Department when needing anything in
this line.
sAM'L. ]. WILSON. MILTON. DEL
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
new way to Travel.

Inc Paris correspondent Of the Lon
son Times recently described a new
system Of railway travelling introduced
p Paris firm. A train consisting Of
tlifee automobile" carriages is to leave
Paris for Dion on Jan. IS. It viii
trHyei 100 kilometers (sixty-two miles)
q nour- The carriages VIII take forty
passengers each, as well as luggage.
= 'AFatory and bar Will be provided.
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
Send Him 20 s,bsr,a

Charles Emory Smith Of Philadel-
phia. who was once ambassador to
Russia. in discussing the habits OF the
Russian car the other day said:
He passes a Fart Of his summer IN
the mountains. He rarely goes TO the
seaside. because he does not love, the
eerf.g
Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
Too Many Lawyers.

Overcrowding is the motto Of the
day. The factories are overcrowded.
The theaters are overcrowded. The
tenements are overcrowded. The only
reason why one does not say that the
street cars are overcrOwded is that
they are something worse. All such
overcrowdings, however, are sparse
ness and loneliness compared with the
overcrowding of the bar. In 1891 there
were fifty-eight law schools. with 6O73
students. Now, according to an esti-
mate made by Professor Huffcutt of
Cornell, there are 100 schools. with
l4.OOO students. Meanwhile the num-
Der of full 1edged lawyers in the Unit
ed States is said by the last census to
be about $4,000. No other profession
with the exception of teaching and Of
medicine, is so populous
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10

them Of the very lowest class, and
some Of them are criminals, or meme
bers of the Malta, Carbonari and other
unlawful societies. Very few Of them
can read or write, and they show no
disposition eve to learn English. a.
few Of the more intelligent among
them build tenement houses and cot
tages and soon become rich-for Ital-
ians. These snabobs'' then nov out
of the Ghetto, or upon its borders,
where they occupy cottages and live
after the manner of their ancestors
in their villas. They lend money to
their poor brethren at Illegal usurious
interest. They have their own gov
eminent, Or unwritten laws, like the
Chinese have, and manage their affairs
independently Of our local laws.
Occasionally, an Italian on Mexican
is found dead from a stab in tile back,
in "Murderer's alley, which appro-
priately is In the rear Of the county
Jail. The police know that it is the
result of a. vendetta, and they 90 to
some one Of the padronesi" for in-
formation, or to the king" Off the
Italian colony. This king, always a
rich man, is informally elected bv
common consent, because Of his fnan-
cial influence and his l~iberality ia adj
vaneing money, frequently on slender
security. When he becomes too D
pressive in demanding his own he is
%dethrpned, and another king is Sc
lected To him many Of the disputes
over wages and debts are referred. and.
settled without a lawsuit, just as the
Chinese court Of high justice settles.
disputes among its Va people.
The houses in the Ghetto are built
on Irregular lines, withe regard 10
architectural beauty or convenience.
Some extend into the street ana 6ih-
ers i pushed back as if attempting
to hide from public view. Most 81
them were put up before street lines
were run, and zig-zag up and down hin.
blocking streets and alleys, and the
owners refuse TO permit streets to bo.
opened by tearing down the rookeries
The G~hettoites resist all attempts fe
improve that part of the city. A park
WINS laid out on the summit of the hffr|
and an incline railway built. but the
inhabitants resisted the innovation
and this, together with the Barbarv.
coast" dance houses and thugs who
waylay people in the dark alleys. dis
couraged visitors ard no further at
tempts to open the Ghetto to improve
ments have been made. The Ghetto
has NO architecture, the truins are
not interesting 8 picturesque. but
are grotesque even repulsiye. Els their
dilapidation and dirt But they arc
in harmony with the uncouth, lazy
superstitious people who inhabitthen
lt has no ambition for the future and.
ST has no memories worth remember
ing. From IFS earliest settlement it
was the most Immoral and criminal
portion Of che citJ end b So remains
slANNANp.
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eln
under
arg aelartueat
Prs ANAe
saeA Wees
9f q rms tIQm
every Qt3 81 prom me
sun says 4path.s eompan5en
FORMERLY 3 raging epidemic d
boreien country had hthe erect
beyond bringing out expreso III
sympathy and in extreme Del-
haps. Soma material aid AoW, Nen
9 missionary III Canton-and fhis n
cident actually oecurred discovers a
case Of cholera, ha reports d Hong
Kong. The American consul there.
under systematic Instructions. cabies
the fact 70 W~ashing6e and also
PASSES the sword along Is dis assess
ates on the Asiatie coast Nashing
ton promptly notifies bg wire every
quarantine officer on the eoet
Of the United States and nfqrms
Honolulu by the next teamer. 4o he
forewarned IS 20 he torearmed even
when the weapons & disinfeelanfs
and gsrmicides
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10

mla
entiqn sa wh
stitched & aad nEng
t1at nearly niaet across the narrcW
alleys aua almost shut out the r
doors heiow the leye q tha
streets and others that are reaca
ny narrow 4iekets stara
streets into which every ainn
thrown, regardless 81 The menaees
81 the aupertn tandanf ol streets and
tenement houses with little RI no
ventilations reefeng with the odor Oh
garlic. onions and decayed Ash, ana
whose occupants resist an attempts
to purity the sarroundins
However, their appearance on Che
streets IS cleanliness ~persouihed com
pared to the novels ia which most 81
dozen i've in an ordinary size single
room. And Is CHS they de- their eook-
ing Passing along the streets at
night, one hears an italian women
drumming n IraYatore" on d harp,
and q Mexican senorita singing LA
PalomaN (The Pigeon). while her
sweetheart accompanies her on the
guitar. They are seated in 9 box-like
front room called a parlor. y more
likely on the front stoop. This looks
romantic, and the visitor Is charmed
with what he terms Bohemian local
color The local celor is less pictur-
esque il one gets an inner view, where
he sees numerous u~nwashed, ragged
children, the old dame. fat and greasy
looking. smoking cigarette. and her
lazy husband eating tortillas and
drinking sour wine. And as for the
yonng Mexican beau who is thrum-
ming the guitar. he has not, perhaps,
two pairs Of pantaloons to his name,
nor a dollar in his pocket. So long
ais he can get money for cigarettes
and an occasional drink Of mescaL he
is content to pass his indolent life la
drumming on the guitar. Mexican
life is here seen as in the primitive
Californian days, and the Italians and
Portuguese live after the fashion Of
their ancestors in their native land.
Avisit tolthe Ghetto is like stepping
into Italy, Mexico, the Azores, or into
Breton, from which district the
French mainly come. These classes,
like the Chinese and Japanese, are not
Of the better element, which does not
emigrate. The Italians come from the
more crowded districts, nearly ali Of
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10

the Chin tese quarter, where it is again
stopped for the Chinese wall is too.
strong even for the Italians. On
the nor Invest the Ghetto creeps
along Il e shores Of the bay to- North
Beach nd under the brow of Rus
sian hill This is their only outlet,
but the are crowding the older set
tiers fu rther outward, for no other
peoples win live where the Ghetto.
extends its lines. The Italians most
" are Engaged in the fruit and fish
cannerits and in fishing in the bays
and riy ers. Also in the manufac-
ture of their favorite macaroni and
kindred dishes. In the canneries,
gardenil lg, and fishing for salm-
on AM shrimp, the ~Ghettoites.
are str Pngly competing with the
Chinese and have practically monop-
olized these branches of industry.
Like the Chinese, the Ghettoites
do not assimilate with other races,
and her |ce are not as desirable eiti-
Gems, es pecially as comparatively lit
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10
NEW WAY AROUND WORLD.
nv Which the Trip from Paris 10 san
FrRncisco WM BE Made witt
hut one Change 81 cara.

Travel from the far east to London
and other European points which has
heretofore sailed from China, Man
ehuria, the Philippines and Japan
through the suez canal, IS likely here
after to follow the royal mail which
il has recently been demonstrated.
can be brought to London through
San Francisco and across the United
States three or four days more quick
" than via the old route.
The traffic department Of the Chi-
cago q Northwestern railway has adj
vices that the Russian ministry of the
interior has arranged with the Inter
national Sleeping Car company for
new sleeping car service on the Trans
Siberian railway between Moscow
and Port Arthur, to be weekly at first,
triWeekly later on, and eventuallB q
train-de-luxe to be inaugnrated be-
tween Warsaw and Port Arthur. leave
ing Warsaw daily. At Warsaw con-
nection is made with the famous tx
press Du NOrd from Paris, Berlin and
other European capitals.
Thus Port Arthur viii be within
easy reach of Paris, and from Port
Arthur the journey is completed in
fast vessels across the Pacific. To San
Francisco and on the new overland
limited via the Southern Pacific.
Union Pacific and Chicago e North
western railways to Chicago.
mtercontinental travel is thus prac-
tically established through what had,
until recently, been supposed TO be
the wastes of Siberia; low proven to
include much rich farming country,
which is being rapidly settled. Such
circling of the globe win be a delight
full holiday beside (which the present
transatlantic journey takes OF a very
ordinary aspect.
The equipment for the Siberian ex
press is to be in control Of the Inter
national Sleeping Car company. and
the service Will be of the highestehar
acter, nearly approaching tho
American standard than Is usual On
the continent.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10

Two mines in the Empire strict fn.
Clear Creek county, Col, which are
eassed as good paying ones, are
owned by women. One of them be.
longs to two Boston stenographers,
who went to Colorado on 8 vacation
tour, bought g prospect, began TO
work it themselves, and eventually de-
veloped it into b Of the best pro-
dueers Of low-grade ore ii the dis.
trict III the same district q Colo
RADIO woman q be seen superintend-
ing the timbering, blasting and an
the operations Of q working mine 81
which she IS the owner Chieagc
Journal.
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tie OF Il e money they arm is invest
ed So lis country. About 1000 Of
these pd opIe are engaged in the fsh-
cry bust ness IA this city. From Fish
eTman' wharf they Sail out each
morning ID their square-rigged ves-
sells, hyI ng a lateen sail from a SIM
gle spa and at night return laden
with ifs They have q fishing camp
near th wharf, and there dry and
prepare THEN catch of shrimp for
the ma ket They run their craft
up into the lagoons and islets and
fish out Of season. where it IS diGi-
cult for officers Of the law 70 find
them. this they are as shrewd as
the Chi ese and are about as trou-
blesome to the fish commissioners.
The hetto is the oldest settled
portion of San Francisco. The town
was loo ted at the Base Of the hiIi
near shipping, while the Latin
element swarmed upon the hill No
traces the early town remain. but
tho Che Fto g about ae s was eH
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81 aeIaI 81 - -


1H GRE are about 1900 ItaIians
y san Francisco, and about
900 III the state. They are
the mo 81 numerous Of the Latin
races he Immigration to California
aHera g 1900 9 year. They strong
81 conn etc with the Chinese and Jap
aneses york as cheaply, live as eeo-
nonAea and like the orientala
send 81 eir surplus earnings to their.
homes Orientals are prohibited
trom e 7ning except ID specified in
stances while there is no restriction
to Itaf Pr immigration During the
last hs .al year 17s.0O0 Italian imni-
grants arrived ia the United States-
exceed Is those Of any other race
Inc & hetto Of San Francisco IS the
most & xtensive Latin settlement ia
the Tn tied States, and the most
eompae + The Ghetto is inhabited by
ltalians Mexicans, Spaniards sici-
ians, Al anila men, and a small sprink-
Ling Q French and Portuguese
These '~ortuguese are from the Azore
islands, and the other classes Of the
Ghetto draw q line of social distinc-
tion, vi ich is undesirable to all save
the dw Pners ia the Ghetto. The
races q this Latin quarter live prac-
tieally part, each nationality having
Its sep arate section, yet an are
CROWDS within its narrow limits
and ecd nomize space about as much
as do he Chinese. The Chefs COW
ers Tel egraph hill, an eminence in
the nor heastern portion Of the city,
overloo King the bay of San Francisco,
extendi hg westerly. On the north
ern, sol ithern and western slopes of
the hill is the Ghetto. On the east
is the ay, On the south the Ghetto
IS stop bed from spreading by the
business houses Of the city, and
further southwark il runs against