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The Washington times., 1904-09-20
Girl in Boys Clothes
A Tramp for Nine Days
Beat Her Way in Freight Cars From Newark
to WiIkesbarre and Back Again.
A Swell Hobo.

NEWARK. N. J.. Sept. 20.-Sixteen-
year-Old Grace easier. who disappeared
from her home on the night of Septem-
Der 10, after having cut of her long
hair and dressed herself In boys cloth
ing. has returned. She says that she led
the life of ID tramp all the time she was
away. and that her companion was
seventeen-year-old Willie Lamberson.
who disappeared at the same time.
Grace says that on the night they
left home they went TO Waverly, where
they got into a freight car. At nightfall
the next day they went 70 Elizabeth.
where they boarded freight. and made
their way 10 Wilkesbarre. Pa. arriving
there the next day They remained In
the, vicinity of that city In barns and
freight cars until Monday, when they
boarded another freight which brought
them back TO Mauch Chunk There thew
got on freight. which they learned
was going 10 Jersey City, and they rode
on II as far as Waverly. four miles from
this city.
Sent Girl Home.
At Waverly Willie left Grace and told
her 10 60 home. Still dressed in the
boys clothing. she walked to her home
by way Of the side streets. a black
sloueh hat which partly concealed heI
face kept her from being detected. Wher
she reached home the family were al
asleep, but she tugged at the bell until
she awakened her father. who admitted
her He would not have known her ex-
cept FOR her voice. Just the kind OF re-
ception she got the girl would not tell
but she says she will never go away
again
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
Ignorant Dealers.
TRIENNlAL CATALOGUE
OF YALE UNIVERSITY

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Sept. 29.-The
triennial catalogue Of Yale University Is
out. 1t shows that there are 12,744
living graduates, and 1921 dead gradu-
ates Of Yale. a total OF Y. 055.
OF the academic department, $3.50 are
living and 7,245 dead. and Of the scien-
tfic school, 2,S4f are living, and $50
dead. The gain IN living graduates for
the whole university during the three
years is 1906. and 449 Yale graduates
have died during that time.
The triennial catalogue Will hereafter
tie changed to a quinQuennial. and the
next catalogue viii not be issued until
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
GILBERTS OUTPOINT
RIVAL TORRINGTONS
Schoolboy Let Down 400 Feet Over Cliff
to Wipe Out Letters on
the Ledge.

WINSTED. Conn. Sept. 2O.-Angered
by students from the TOrrington High
School. who had invaded their territory
overlooking tho Gilbert Athletic Field
and painted 1T. II. s. on a ledge near
the Robbers Cave, three students
from the Gilbert School and a friend.
Frank Bradford, performed a hazard
Gus feat.
Bradford was let 20O feet down a
sheer descent Of rock by a rope which
his companions steadied by winding It
around the base OF tree on top OF the
precipice. Then Bradford painted &C.
'04" over IT H s." The letter and
figures are eight feet long. and It took
an hour and a half to do the work
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
BASEBALL FAN INSANE
BECAUSE PITTSBURG LOST

PITSBPURG. Pa, Sept. Ebony
Laird. who has been one OF the most en-
thusiastic fans at exposition park for
the last four sesons, has been placed IN
the insane department Of the Mercer
county almshouse by friends. who say
that his mind became affected through
failure on the part Of Pfttsburg 70 land
her fourth pennant this seoson.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
BREEDER LOST 1900
TERRAPIN IN STORM
Were Blown Against Walls Of Pound
and Battered to Death.

BALTIMORE. Sept. philadelphia.
New York, and Washington epicures
have suffered a heavy loss in cOnse-
Quence Of last weeks great storm.
Fifteen hundred terrapin in the great
pound OF Frank G Lewis. at Hunting
Creek, were killed.
More than LOCO were from six TO eight
inch diamond backs. and We're valued
at $40 a dozen. Lewis estimates his
loss at $4,000.
Wind and waves battered the terrapin
against the walls Of the pound and killed
many. Others were drowned.
State fishery authorities estimate that
not more than is. 900 real diamond backs
remain IN the Chesapeake
Lewis furnished the Senate restaur'
ant and two clubs and two hotels N
both New York and Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
SLEPT ON WINDOW LEDGE
EIGHTEEN FLOORS HIGH

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Eundreds OF
persons, white-faced in dread. watch
ed man who slept on a window ledge
OF the Tract Building. eighteen floors
up. They held their breath and gasped
al gain when out from the window shot
a big, strong arm. and into Il fioundered
a drowsy window cleaner, growing be-
cause he had been snatched from the
edge Of an eternal sleep.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
CALLS SOUR MILK
ELIXIR OF LIFE
At Least 1t Is the Nearest
Thing to 1t.
ITS MICROBES ARE FIGHTERS
Bacteriolosist Declares BaciIi Eat Up
Those Producing Senile Atrophy
and Points to Bulgarians.

LONDON. Sept 20.-According 70 an in
terview with Prof. Ellie Metchnikoff. OF
the Pasteur Institute. which appears in
the October number OF the Pail Mall
Magazine" the nearest approach TO the
elixir OF life is sour milk
Anyone desiring TO attain a ripe old
age - recommended by the professor 70
follow the example Of the Bulgarlans,
noted for their longevity. and consume
large quantities Of this cheap and easily
obtained beverage
Sour milk" states NJ Metchnikoff.
contains a large bacillus remarkable
for the great quantity OF Tactic acid Il is
capable Of producing This microbe does
and can be introduced with very great
benefit 70 the health. as il preys on the
hundreds Of thousands OF microbes
which infest the large intestine.
War Among Microbes.
1T has been noted that there is a great
similarity between old age and disease
4 study OF certain diseases has proved
that there is no difference between the
mechanism Of senile atrODhy and that
or atrODhy caused by a micrObe or
poison; IN fact, on the approach OF old
age a veritable battle IS Waged IN the
innermOst parts OF the body
Research IS therefore being prose
cuted TO discover a means Of strengthen
Ing the vital elements OF the body on
one hand, and TO weaken the aggressive
tendency OF the harmful microbes on the
other"
When this end has been attained the
professor hopes to be able tc prOlong life
considerably beyond the present aver
age.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
.DUNNEO BECAUSE PHOTO
LOOKED LIKE DEBTOR
Candidate for Governor Gets a Bill for
IS Cents for Cigars He Did
Not Buy.

NEW HAVEN, Sept 2O.-Judge A.
Heaton Robertson, Democratic candi-
date for governor Of Connecticut. re-
ceived in his morning mail a bill for
% cents from w +. KUsterer. IT., a
storekecper Of Pine Orchard. Conn.
Mr. Kusterer charged the judge with
. cents for cigars and 10 cents for
matches.
On the bottom Of the bill he explained
that he had just seen the candidate g
picture, and he was convinced that he
was the man who had bought the cigars
and the matches at his store and failed
TO pay for them.
As Judge Robertson has never yet been
at Pine Orchard ne says he IS sure Mr..
kusterer Is mistaken. but he intends TO
call on him later in the campaign.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
ONE KILLED, THREE HURT,
IN TROLLEY ACCIDENT

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. Sept. 20
One person was killed and three injured
by a Logan valley car jumping the
track, blowing over a thirty-foOt en-
bankment and alighuug on end In the
river.
Mrs. Mary Ritts. aged sixty-five years.
Of Altoona. lost her life. The injured
are: The Rev William Rose, pastor Of
the Methodist Episcopal church Of
Frankstown, bruised about the head and
shoulders: Mrs. Rose. several testh
knocked out and cut by glass and body
bruised.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
SAYS HER HUSBAND
HAS CHANGED NAME
In Suit for Divorce Wife Declares He
Lives False Life With
Correspondent.
Laura Lokey Overholtz has begun pro-

Laura Lokey Overholtz has begun pro-
ceedings against William P. Overholtz,
alias William Perry" for divorce, and
permanent alimony. A correspondent
is named in the proceedings.
Mrs. Overholtz says she married the
defendant. at Mount Jackson. Va, In
1884 IN November. 1892 she says. he de-
serted her. and has since refused 10
contribute 10 her support.
Her husband, she says, resides at Reno
Heights. Berwyn. Nd, with the CO.
respondent.
She also says ne is employed by the
Singer Manufacturing Company, and is
known there as William Perry" as she
IS informed.
Robert L. L. White is named as coun-
sci for the complainant.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
THROAT CUT DURING
QUARREL OF NEIGHB0RS

PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 2o.-During a
quarrel in the home OF Maximillian
Stump the throat Of Joseph Hendrick
was cut. and he died I'm a few minutes.
Stump was arrested. charged with muir
der.
According 70 the police. Hendrick Wis
tied Stump and became abusive. In de-
Tending himself Stump picked up q
carving knife and, during a struggle, he
slashed Hendricks throat
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
HIGHER PRICES
FOR SOFT COAL
Business Houses and BIG
Plants Affected.
THE RISE is ON STEAM COAL
West Virginia Operators Decide to Get
One Dollar Ton More Than
Now.

Business houses and large establish
ments utilizing soft coal for engines
will soon have a problem TO face which
hOusekeepers fought valiantly last
winter. namely. an advance I'm the price
Of coal.
Soft Goa operators held a meeting
on Saturday in Thurmond. w. Va, at
which the project Of advancing the
price Of steam coal formed the main
subject of discussion. The meeting was
an aftermath OF one held I'm Washing
ton about ten days ago at the Raleigh
Hotel. when the matter was under de-
bate, and the plan heartily approved.
One Dollar Advance
Dispatches from West Virginia state
that an advance of 81 on the ton will
be made Local dealers cannot verify
this for the reason that the figure was
not determined upon at the recent meet
ing, and win not be known until II Is
officially published. Many, however,
agree that the advance viii not be So
great, although II will positively be
made.
Soft coal is now selling for A-25 a
ton. As soft coal is controlled by the
Pennsylvania, the New York Central,
and the Gould railways, it is stated
there is nc foundation or object either
in forming new combination. and thai
this subject was not a part Of the meet
ing on Saturday or at any other time.
Ignorant Dealers.
While several Washington coal deal
ers talked freely Of the advance In
price Of soft coal today others were
apparently absolutely ignorant OF tho
fact that any meeting whatever hat
been held The decision and even pur-
pose of the operators who met in Thur
] nj them
| They declared they had had no inttma
tion whatever that such a thing was
cOntempla ed
affect Oaly steam coal and VIII have
nothing whatever to do with any other
! VARIETY.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20

During her travels she says she was
not discovered except by two boys, for
mer Newarkers. who were 'tramping
it. in WiIkesbarre. They were going
further west, and Willie wanted to join
them. but they were afraid that the
presence OF Grace might get them into
trouble, and they refused 70 take Willie
with them unless Grace was sent back
home. Willie then concluded 70 bring
her back as far as WaYerly.
I did not mind II, she said, but l
don't think I would care 10 do II again.
l made a swell hobo and II was great
sport. Willie came here while every
body was out, and he cut of my hair.
l arr sorry now. though, that my hair IS
want to get caught. and II would have
been a line thing for me il my hat hap
pened TO blow of and I had the Ions
hair.
Had Plenty Of Fun.
Il had plenty Of fun. had some pref
~ dangerous jumps to make the freight
trains Once fell and Willie thought !
was hurt The train was going fast,
but ! got up and jumped on again. This
happened while We were on our way to
Wnkesbarre.
It's great sport, but had all I wan
Of It. I read IN the newspapers about
the folks at home worrying. but 1 did
not want 20 come home. I'm glad ! an
back now, though"
When While left Grace at Waverly ht
told her he was going back 70 Wilkes
barre 10 Join the other two boys, and ht
DE was seen hanging around the frelghi
yard In that city and was arrested or
suspicion. Later ne was turned over tC
the authorities here
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
EUCHA9lSTlC CONGRESS
WILL ATTRACT MANY

NEW YORK. Sept 2O.-More than
LOO priests and many bishops will at
tend the great Eucharistic Congress at
the cathedral and college on September
n. 8. and 70.
Archbishop Farley has sent letter 70
me clergy requesting that a solemn
friduum be held I'm honor Of the blessed
sacrament. beginning on Monday even
ing. the 26th. and closing Thursday
morning. the 18th.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
BIG BRITISH FLEET
IN GREClAN WATERS

ATHENS. Sept 2O.-At a luncheon in
honor Of the officers Of the British fleet.
Vice Admiral DomviIe. commander-in-
chief Of the Mediterranean station. an
nounced that the whole Of the Medit-
erranean fleet 30 vessels. would be
shortly concentrated and spend the
whole of the winter in Greek waters.
The Washington times., 1904-09-20
BABY BORN ON STREET CAR.

SCRANTON. Pa, Sept. 2O-Mrs Sarah
High. Of Tunkhannock, gave birth 10
n child on a Duryea street car at Old
forge She was brought 10 the LIcka-
wanna Hospital. IN this city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17
sALAYS PCLiTEST OF RACES lobe Trotter Declares That Easteri CTS Are in Many Ways
 Fine People.

Tn all my jaunts in eastern lands l ave found no country as interesting as 4e Malay states, that long strip of 9ninsula which Is encompassed on the ast by the China sea ana on the vest b. ae Strait of Malacca," said MT. Marcus ming, of San Francisco, to Washing. I Post reporter. T lived over there more than year and got pretty eli
 .uainted with the people and their 5titutions. The Malays are in many sys fine race. With them personal
 anliness is held in high esteem, the common custom Is to take baths a day. They are like SC the politest folk I ever met
 had whole retinue of serv- .ts, and yet could never get used to inEing of them or treating them as srvants because of their superlative courtesy. So polite were they that it .eemed as though they were doing me a 'ayor when they asked for an advance on 4e!r wages, and they were continually l my debt because of the impossibility denying requests made in such an nately deferential way"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17
A FARoE 1sLA.lD VILLAGE.

last year by Consul Villiers, of Thors- haven, we read:
 "On June 1, 1902, a law came into forca which will have the result of this indus try having to be conducted as Danish. The tax has also been imposed on whales over 36 feet in length.
 teThe Try works result in fouling the neighboring water with the most offen- sive offal, which can be scented from atay' and which, floating in the ebb and flow in the fiords, is said to have deleterious effect on the herrings and on other fish. The ravens and carrion crows which feed on the offal are also rapidly increasing in numbers. and becoming very destruc- tive to other birds. particularly to the valuable sea birds ducks. cider ducks, etc., to the ptarmigan imported from Greenland in 1890. and to the grouse from Scotland in 1896"
 A resident of Thorshaven, financially interested in whaling station, told us that when the carcasses were not treated owing to pollution of the fiords fish caught could not be cured, and also that it was impossible to eat the saithe that had fed on the rottins carcasses.
 J. CATHGART MASON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17
NOT Su EASILY FOOLED.
German Colonel Who Had n Keen Eye and Was Not Slow
 of Wit.

The noted soldier and historian, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, was educated in Berlin, and at dinner party, apropos of German military discipline, he once said:
 "The German soldier must never ap- pear in public except in uniform. Even when he is on furlough he must not, under any circumstances wear civilian dress.
 Well, Swartz, a young lieutenant of cavalry, during my residence in Berlinl was one day engaged in some adven- ture or other, and put on, to disguise himself, suit of black cloth. Dressed in this suit he was passing down an unfrequented street, when he came face to face with his colonel
 Detected in so grave a misdemeanor, Swartz proved himself the possessor of resourceful mind. He said to the colonel, in a bass voice different from his own: ~ !. "Can you tell me, sir, where Lieuten- ant Swartz lives? am his brother from the country, and I have come to pay him visit
 'sThe colone; readily and politely gave the required information anG passed on.
 '"The lieutenant congratulated hin self on his escape. He hurried hon and put on his uniform. Duty la that afternoon called him before thu colonel aga ain. < He saluted with COT f1dence. The colonel regarded hi oddly.
 Lieutenant Swartz, he said, wish you'd tell your brother from tn country that, if he pays you anothe visit, I'll put him in close confinemer for ten days.''S
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17

distributed. TelegramS are sent which the least objectionable feature IS it's noise and the worst is not to be described in plain print.
 Wherever done, among those or training, without these advantages, these things are distasteful, disgrace ful and a shocking meddling with moments, by an. universal consent, consecrated to the$e whose mutual life is just beginning. It is impossi- ble for self-respecting, reserved and refined person, with an atom of breed ing or even very ordinary article of civilization and education, to un- derstand the cerebral convolutions or the internal machinery of those to whom this sort of practical horseplay or boorish practical jokes seem run ny'' or even conceivable. If some badgered groom were in worried des- peration to shoot some audacious tor mentor, most juries would acquit him.
 A practice began with a little light throwing of rice and slippers. and a careless, unpremeditated frolic as the bride and groom left the wedding guests, has become a social nuisance and boorish, disgusting habit of an order so vulgar, an effect so lowering and behaviour so outra geous that the elders of the home at every mar riage should see to it that it is re- formed altogether as too odiOus to be longer endured.--From the Philadel- phia Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17

us if the silk Is not all that it Is rep resented to be. This idea eliminates the usual questions asked regarding wearing possibilities. So the silk gown has certainly come to stay for her whose wardrobe is limited as well as for her who could indulge in silk the wearing qualities of which were problema tfcal. ,.
 Clifton bond suiting of which the gown in my illustration Is connosed, lends itself charnlinglv to the prevail ing styles. being exauisitely soft, ius- trous and effective i'' the shir~'-9 now, so fashionable. and possessing the renuisite nmottnt of "hodv" to be successfully pleated into the tremen- ous1v fiaring bottom without which no ~nwn is truly smart
 The dark hlue Bond Suiting frock is finished at the edee of ench nleat will. a row of dark blue velvet rib bon dark blue velvet wafstcoat,. and white Raia undersleeves. giving th1 gown it's true cachet.
 The stril,ingIv i. handsome costume on the other HeI,re here shown Is a rich dark red Birmingham. the long
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17
A REAL F.ON1ANA STORY.
Terrified Indian Used for Cigar Sign
 and Another for a Hitching Post.

"Joe" De Champ, a backwoodsman living in the Thief River Falls region in Northern Minnesota, has lately been engaged in removing the remains of h. dians form their graves in the lands soon to be opened to settlement. The bodies he reburies in places outside the ceded lands. Among the stories of his experiences in the former cemetery of the aborioines is one regarding the finding of several perfectly petrified bodies, and the uncanny feeling which one has when he listens to the account is intensified at the end. when 1t IS related that one of the petrified abor- igines was used as a hitching post, while another served as cigar sign. Eight men worked with "Joe" digging for the bodies of the dead Indians. "Joe" receives $145O for each corpse from the government; therefore, he is exceedingly industrious. The moon- beams. Altering through the branches of the pines, shone down on "Joe" one night as he labored with pick and spade. About him the razed fence that had been built about the final resting place of a tribal leader formed dec- orative festoon.
 DIS, ulS. ulS, StOpplIS Ouly tO "lpC the precipitation from his brow, "Joe" labored on. He heard not the croaking of the frogs in the pond near by, nor paid he any attention to the echoing calls of the animals that roamed abroad in their nocturnal search for food. En- countering what appeared to be a stone. Joe" laid aside his shovel mopped his sweaty face and then set to work with pick. Joe" is cal lous man. used to looking composedly on grinning skulls and heaps of bones, but when, he saw there, in the uncer- tain light, the grim copntenance of a real red man, sticking up in the hole he had made, he fled for his as- sistants, reused them from their sleep and enlisted their services in calming his perturbed mind and in completing the removal of the body. Finally the report reached the Chippewa village, and then there was more trouble for | De Champ, who had various heart-to heart talks with inquiring red people.
 The upshot of 1t all was that the cigar sign and the hitching post have been decently huried-if, indeed, the bodies were ever used for that purpose It was almost perfectly preserved. and was removed from it's shallow grave With difficulty. Near by another body was encountered in the same condition and the two were laid aside while the work of removing the other mortal re- mains progressed. It so happens that De Champ is great joker, mad when the story of the petrified cigar Indian and the aboriginal hitching post got around his friends began to ask about his resurrection operations with mock seriousness. Altogether .'Joe, has taken up 113 Indians. Of the number. tWenty-six were of the Catholic faith and were reburied at the agency. The remainder who were foundsto be meas. ed in wooden collins, but those who re- mained loyal to the old Indian faith were wrapped in pitch bark. Thus far only two petrified bodies have been found.--Anaconda Mont. Standard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17
A FARoE ISLAND HEADLAND.

all the other Faroese houses, Is set on walls about four feet high. It was beau tifully clean inside, and is said to be 800 years old. As with most other buildings in Farce theroof is of turf. On the raft that very thick turf is placed, the whole being held together till it is a living mass. The typical Farce village and church are built and roofed in the same way. The picturesque little town of Thorshaven is the seat of the governor, and residence of the British consul, Mir. Villfers.
 The day before we landed, a large num- Der of caaing whales had been driven ashore and slaughtered at Vaaga, and the custom is that every family in the islands gets a share of the flesh, which ds con- sidered very good. The creel by means of which the carrying business of the island is done is slung by. means of a broad band across the forehead, and this bears all the stress.
 Whale flesh, which has the appearance of beef is cut into strips and hung up to dry In small buildings, the ends of which are of stone, while the sides are of lat tce- work, and through these the sea- breeze blows. In October, practically all the male lambs in the islands are killed. flattened out, and hung up in such sheds. They require no other curing and get no further cooking. We saw a ram that had been killed year ago, and there was not suspicion of taint about it. Of course, there are no flies about, and the sea breeze is laden with salt With regard to the coast scenery, one of our party expressed the opinion 1t was more magnificent than anything to be seen in Scotland. The Faroese detest the trawlers that poach in their waters, and there is arising very considerable feel ing against the whaling operations. In the report forwarded to the foreign office