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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-04
to follow the victory which was antici.
Rescued by Connrade.

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 Rescued by Comrade.
 But here their plans were defeated. as the leading force was led by none other than Capt. Reed. and although the bat tie was long and desperate, lasting three days and nights, Reed with his rife. for which he had an abundance of ammuni- tion, was able to inspire the smaller force with a degree of confidence that brought ultimate victory.
 The captives were then released from their prison on the island and for sev- eral days rested in comfort in the camp where their former captors had intended they should be served as food. A few days later they made their way back to the scene of the wreck, where good ly stock of the stores of their vessel was found.
 The life boat was still there and ill good condition and they decided to risk their lives on the water, rather than re- main any longer on the island. After trip they were finally picked up by q vessel bound for an Australian port. From there they made their way to En g. land and finally shipped on board yes sel bound for Philadelphia.
 Tales of experiences of shipwrecked sailors. on islands inhab by canni- bals are common in works of present day writers. but none are more strange or wonderful than this. which goes to prove the saying that truth is stranger than fiction"
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and the men at that time han no Fnowi. edge of what was in store for them.
 Their only hope was that Capt. Reed would In some manner ehect their rescue, or that another wreck would bring some men with weapons and boats to the island.
 With nothing to occupy their time, they passed much of their time sleep- ing, which seemed to greatly please the natives. One big. ugly-looking native. evidently the chief. kept close watch on their condition. and soon the terrible truth dawned upon them that they were being fattened for feast of the canni- bals. but they were helpless and alone and with no seeming hope for escape from the terrible fate.
 There was not a weapon of any kind among them. not even a knife, with which they might have kilie4 .~e.. selves, had they so desired. But life was dear to them and they proposed to make the savages pay dear y for their feast. They also hoped ,gainst hope that Heed mlgnt come t, | their rescue.
 It was trying experience for the shipwrecked men. and 1t is remarkable that they lived to tell the tale. Awful Fate of Others. They lea-ned from the writings of sail ors who had proba ply figured in cannipal feasts in other years, and their fate was very similar; their situation and daily life was much the same. But all the time their ultimate doom was approach ing, they were fast fattenipg under the lazy life they were leading, to the great satisfaction of the cannibals.
 Nothing was heard of Reed, and il was feared that he had also met an un- timely fate.
 In the center of the camp was a, large
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-04
The Last Sad Days Of Ira ID. Sankey, inc Evangelist
In the South There Slowly Drawing to Close Lte That
 Mas of Most Benefcent Influence

Sankey. Softly, almost with the rev. erence that old world people discuss their sovereigns. the people of the North- field school say that they hope to hear of the speedy rehabilitation Of the broken man.
 A hitherto unpublished bit of the val. ley lore illustrating the force Of Mr. Sankey's voice and the charm of his greatest song, is related by a man who went to the Moody school: "On the hill across the valley from Bonar hall lived Farmer Caldwell, an atheist. Moody. gloomy, dejected and unsustained or soothed by any of the graces Of his faithful wife or brightened by the lov- ing prattle of his children, this farmer vowed to hate the names of Moody and Sankey. They filled him with hatred. The beautiful valley had too much Of the life and joy that these men had put into it to suit him.
 "One day his wife announced that she was going to take the children to the Moody and Sankey meeting across the river. He offered no objection: Tho birds in. the great elms were doing their best to furnish free song for his entertainment. Suddenly from over the | river. from the knoll before the old l church where deep-lunged MT. Sankey
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:SHlPWRECKED ON
 A CANNIBAL ISLAND
Terrible Experience of Five Sur.
 vivors Among Savages.
Escape a Watery Grave Only to Be Captured and Fattened for a Feast of the Man. Eaters-Rescue Finally Effected
 By One of Their Number.

They found that much of the land on the island was low and marshy and that the natives had to travel in the trees or not at all. The latter were trained to this method of locomotion from child hood, but the sight of their dexterity astonished the Americans, who natural ly had never seen anything like 1t be- fore.
 They were all big, powerful men, and their arms and legs were covered with ornaments, fashioned out of shells ana stones, strung on sort of fiber that they used as we use twine and rope.
 Shipwrecked Men Made Prisoners.
 The natives seemed as much fright ened on the advent of the shipwrecked sailors as were the latter, but after some little sign making and advances, some of the leaders came down from the trees. Four of them lifted their boat out Of the water and carefully examined it.
 Reed, the captain, had managed to save a rife from the wreckage which he had brought with him. This was some- thing new to the natives. aud when he
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-04
THE KEEPING OF APPLES.
The Market Now Demands a Full
 Supply All the Year ., Around.

Apple storage has become one of the most important features of the fruit in dustry. The demand for apples has in- creased greatly, and to meet the demand large areas have been devoted to or chards in sections where conditions do not favor ease in holding or length Of keeping, says the New York Agricul- tural Experiment Station Bulletin. The necessity of disposing of this fruit quickly tends to overstock the market in the fall and early winter. and fre- quently to reduce prices far below the limit of profitable handling. According ly, the ability to hold part of the crop until the perishable surplus has been dis posed of often means higher prices, easier sales and better accommodation to the public.
 Consumers are also gradually but surely learning discrimination and de manding not only good apples, but an ample supply of them throughout nearly the entire year. It is possible, by some system of storage, to avoid the glutted market and to hold the crops with little loss for sale late in the season, and make good profits from the practice; but, like all farm and orchard operations of the present time, apple storage must receive careful attention to insure sue cess.
 The grower or buyer must learn what varieties are suitable for storage, what conditions must be provided to secure the best and most economical manage ment of the stored fruit, and at what time and under what conditions thedh fsrent varieties must be put op the mar ket Apples are exceedingly variable in length of keeping. Early harvest often becomes too ripe and mealy for choice eating, while still upon the tree; while schodack, in ordinary storage, may keep we'll until midsummer of the next year. They also vary in behavior in storage, some varieties scalding, shrinking. los ing flavor and becoming dull colored and unattractive. while others. after six months keeping, come out smooth bright fragrant and These vari- ations in behavior are to great extent varietal characteristics; yet the same variety grown upon sand or upon'clay grown in the north or in the south grown in a wet season or dry one, may show very striking differences.
 The problem of selecting varieties and storing them properly Is therefore a complex one. and requires careful study The efficiency of the different systems oi storage differ greatly with different Va. rieties. but in general storage with low temperature secured by the use of ice ex. tends the keeping period from one to foul months beyond the limit in ordinary ! storage, and chemical cold storage pro longs the life of the variety at least hal
 a month-often much longer-beyonc the life under ice.
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they were safe from that form of death. as the savages will not eat anybody who has been killed by the deadly poison.
 The natives, however, held the single rifle. the only means of protection of the white men, in great awe, and while they remained in possession of it their lives were comparatively safe.
 Their peace however, was short-lived. for before long they were again captured by their original foes.
 Tortured by the savages.
 One of the men, Niessen. received an unmerciful beating for letting pole fall on the head of one of the chiefs. The accident was entirely unintentional, and while he lay insensible on the ground the savage hurled heavy rock down upon him and crushed three of his toes.
 The rest of the prisoners were all se- curely bound and could render their partner no assistance. but finally one Of the men managed to release him self and cut off the poor fellows toes before he regained consciousness. This act un- doubtedly saved Niessen's life
 Others of the survivors have terrible remembrances of their experience. One. Davis, was branded with red-hot stone or his back, and the livid scar still remains Ellis has two such brands. Macgregor had a sharp lance almost driven through his shoulder by one ot the cannibals, and Capt. Reed did not escape his share.
 Captain Makes His Escape.
 But the rough treatment finally stopped and they were taken to anothe! part of the island. Capt Reed in the meantime had made his escape to the inland and was searching for the band that had befriended them.
 The rest were taken some ten mile: from the place of their landing to tht
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to scores of thousands that he might de- part this life singing that old hymn
 'There is fountain filled with blood
 Drawn from Emanuel's Veins' z. will not be realized unless some power rolls away the mists that shattered health have banked before his mind. That was the first hymn Mir. Sankey ever sang with MT. Moody. He has said that while a revenue collector in Penn; sylyauia he visited '. M. c. A.'conyen- tion in Indianapolis and heard Moody for the first time. When the evangelist, who was later his colleague in the vine- yards of soul-saving effort, called for the hymn. Mir. Sankey. from his place in the rear of the hall. joined in the sing ing. At that moment there was awak- ened in him realization of grand pos session-the power of his voice.
 He never cultivated this voice. Critics said 1t was not complete voice. but mil lions who heard it subsequently failed to define its sweetness. They knew he could sing-felt the effect of it-while no hall in which he sang his hymns ever could hold the crowds that sought ad- mission. Until two years ago all the strength of that voice was put into a song. MT. Sankey said then that he had a range wider than that which cap- tivated millions abroad on the famous trip with Moody. But to-day it is doubtful if Mir. Sankey could sing loud enough to attract the attention of one of his faithful nurses. Two of the latter are in attendance on him.
 "Who has not heard of the eloquent address at Northfeld. Mass, of Miss Fannie Crosby, who. turning her sight less eyes to Heaven. with prayer that she had chosen the right moment foI launching the glorious words of Saved by Grace?" asked firm friend of Mr Sankey. 'Mr Sankey had those words set to music by George c. Stebbins Playing his own accompaniment. h. often sang the hymn for immense crowds gathered to hear him. And now Mir Sanfey is blind. The eyes that fount the little bit of poetry of Miss E. C Clephane from which came the inspirer Ninety and Nine have closed on tht world. If any fieeting visions of thost triumphant days when MT. Sdrkey va making ard singing Gospel hymns :l the churches and halls of the world comes to the sweet singer. they are a quickly buried in the reeesses of hi brain as are the memories of his earlie life. Taciturn as an Indian. grim an, silent as a man crushed with a deel sorrow. MT. Sanfey gives no sign tha his mind cares to unfold the past
 NorthheId. so indelibly ass0ciate c with Moody and Sankey. is deeply inter i ested in the remaining unit of this onc
 powerful evangelical team But 10 even the best informed person in th sebcols on the banFs of the Connectieu may tell oi the whereabouts of Ml
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-04
IRA D. SANKEY.

led in singing, Ninety and Nine came the clear tones of the singer. Every bar rang as clearly in the ear of the miserable farmer as the bell chime of a neighboring church. Two miles away, it is said by truthful chroniclers, Mir. | Sankey sang as if he had an intuition that his tones were needed across the ! valley. When the last jingle of the voice had. died on Farmer Caldwell's ear. the hard-thinking unbeliever arose from, the garden bench. He thought of his wife and children over there on /, the Moody and Sankey side and he l prayed.
 Nine years later, while dying on . couch in Bonar hall-he had been
 faithful employe of the school the
 money of Moody and SAnkey had
 founded-Farmer Caldwell reused him.
 self and. calling to his wife who was
 attending him, said: I heard singing.
 Open the window, mother "a
 He truly did hear singing. Mir. i Sankey, standing at the side of Mr.
 Moody, was singing Ninety and Nine
 as a finale to corner stone laying for
 the new church. As the singers voice ceased Farmer Caldwell closed his eyes.
 muttered something about Great Shep-
 herd and His flock and died"
 Mir. Sankey never profited by the
 royalties that were gathered for his
 hymns. Possessing competence, left
 to him by his father in Newcastle. Pa,
 Mir. Sankey made many fortunate in.
 vestments and for a time held a fed. eral position. This he left "to follow
 Moody" Quite fortunate in the pos
 session of sufficient funds for his every
 need, the family of the physically
 broken man is doing every thing in
 human power to assist nature in bring
 ing back the former robustness. There is no hope for the return of Mir. San.
 keys sight.
 NIT. Sankey sang before the royalty of nearly every country fin Europe. at the request of the crowned heads.
 Queen Victoria went unattended. ex. 1. cept by one woman. to hear his voice Yet to-day only hclr5e whisper comes from his throat. Theatrical promoters offered him large sums several years ago for stage engagements. He feared so much that his voice would be used : in stage life that three years ago he caused to be destroyed some phono- graphic records he had made. He , loved a good. wholesome story-could tell one and laugh so that the tears Z rolled down his cheeks. He sang vari. ! ous little popular songs that he wrote himself. but never in public. But il vas the proud boast of this great char.
 acter that his richest possession-his ] voice-had never brought him one pen. : ny of financial profit. He had eonse :. crated its volumne. sweetness. tone and !. simplicity to the vort Of his God. -i E c. EESTLAhR
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storm typical of these parts and rent the ship from stem to stern. Storms at seL are no uncommon occurrence. but if ever an earthquake struck a ship, ths Aigburth encountered one on this trip. Capt. Reed. commander of the vessel, seeing that the ship could not long with stand the terrible pounding of the waves and water, ordered the boats lowered. Ellis. Davis. Niessen, Macgregor. the captain and two seamen were the last 10 leave the dismantleu and sinking craft The two seamen were soon swept overheard and were lost in the angry waters The rest. after trying experi- ence, made their way O the shore.
 Only Five Saved.
 Of the 27 souls aboard. only these five were saved. They had hardly left the sattered hulk before the remains of the once staneh vessel were dashed to pieces on the rocks.
 The survivors congratulated each other or their narrow escape from the briny deep. and thought the worst of
  there were 10 signs that the island was inhabited. they thought that after the storm had swept It's course they would be able to rescue enough fuOdstuffs from the wreck 10 sustain them until they could signal some passing vessel ana make their way 10 civilization, but the worst was still 10 come
 Land of Strange People.
 They had been on the island hardly sn hour before they roticed a swarm O. natives over their heads. passing from branch 10 branch among the trees like monkeys. and with hardly a sound greater than that which rsight be caused by whisper. The shipwrecked sailors were considerably frightened by the sight. but later learned that it was one cf tribe of many others on the island that used both their hands and feet with equal ease iu trsveIing.
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fired it they immediately swarmed up the trees, but finally came back again. It was not long before several hundred had gathered. and they soon made the five men prisoners. For day they were treated with some consideration, when a new leader appeared.
 Then their troubles began.
 Capt Reed shot one of the men, kill ing him, and during the excitement which followed the shipwrecked sailors made of into the woods.
 Rival Bands in Battle.
 They did not dare to go far inland, and before lons fell in with another band of savages
 The latter indicated by signs that the, were looking for the camp the white men had just left.
 The two tribes were evidently not on friendly terms. and together they made their way back to the scene of the wreck. where a battle was fought, iH which the new-found friends won the day. The shipwrecked sailors then es- abolished a camp near the shore and for nearly a week were not disturbed when they were again attacked by their first captors but with the assistance of some of the members of the other tribe man. aged to beat them of
 Then followed another period of two weeks of comparative rest and quiet. when another fierce fight took place. and their friends were defeated and routed.
 Fought with Poisoned Arrows
 Ellis. in relating their experiences. says the savages fought with lances made of a very hard wood. and with ar rows. thrown out 0, the hand by neat trick that he had never seen before The warriors took the arrows with the point forward ard. resting them be tween the two first fingers, with the thumbs down. and the little finger up made a sort of a spring out of then fingers and shot the darts With amazin;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-04

Philadelphia.-Few persons would relish the terrible but thrilling eXperi- snce of four sailors, Thomas Ellis, John Niessen, Thomas Davis and Robert Macgregor, who recently arrived at Philadelphia. and many a man less hearty would have died through sheer fright had he undergone the ordeal.
 i To be saved from watery grave when their ship was wrecked on the rocky coast of an island of New Guinea, only to be washed up on shore of land infested by cannibals, then to fall into the hands of band of saVages to be tortured and mutilated at their pleas ure and finally to te fattened for feast, is fare not pleasant to contemplate, hut the victims still live and bear the scars of their experience to corroborate their remarkable story,
 Wrecked in Terrible Storm.
 l Last July while the ship Aigburth was sailing near New Guinea. bound from New South Wales for Java for cargo oE sugar for Philadelphia, the vessel en- countered terrible storm. It was a
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Chilblains.

Put into a cup of vinegar generous supply of salt and heat until the salt partly dissolves. Apply to the frost bitten parts as hot as it can be borne. Repeat two or three times until the swelling disappears and relief is expe. rienced. A few drops of carbolic acid in the water in which the feet are bathed will also take the sting from chilblains, though at first the burning sensation may be increased. Do not use the carbolic too strong.-washing- ton Star.
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psrnaneut camp of inc tribe Here they learned from the logs of other vessels that had been wrecked OF the uniriend- ly coast that they need expect no mercy at the hands of the sayaees.
 More than ore poor soul had evident ly been offered up here as sacrifice 10 the cannIbal chief Ines -e.v some distance inland. ardthere rere TO hopes of signaling any passing vessel
 Here they were given rude huis to live h ard left to themselves. The cAupi-
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and rudeiy built oven. or rather f,in-rai pyre. on which some former poor vic tim had probably been executed Itvss a sickenins sight for the poor captives They were later taken to small islana some distance frvu the nainland- where they were kept under . close guard
 The cause of this, as they afterwards learned was that . battle was impend- ing. They also learned that they were to be serrsd st. the dinner which vss
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Could Be Happy If We wished.

If in less fortunate time than ours. when the resources of mind and bodiei were less varied and plentiful than they are now. men and women took delight in life. warmed both hands in its fire and filled their hearts with joy and eladness. may We not conclude that they were happy simply because they lived. as we might in the right way. and put to their right uses that which was provided for them?-Christian Register.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-04

speed and accuracy. The tips were all dipped in poison. so that only a super 6c;al wound was necessary to cause death. These darts were not very heaV!' nor long.
 They later learned the welcome news that they were to be eaten. end that
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bals, however, kept a rigid watch ovef their captives and they were given to understand that they would be well treated if they made no attempt to es- cape.
 Fattened for Feast.
 Food was regularly brought to theus
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A broken man, physically-a mere shadow of the formerly'robusta and pro-, digiously energetic 26o-pound frame that seemed to be tireless--this wonderful man is shielded from the worlds view by loving friends. His sightless eyes may never glow again with the light that charmed the multitudes in two hem ispheres. The thin, drawn and emaci- ated features could not be taken foH those whose ruddy fullness bespoke the vigorous hymn singer. If weighted in the finest balance, Ira D. Sankey to-day would not tip the beam bit over 30 pounds.
 What contrast to the days when his immense chest swelled beneath the tight-fitting Prince Albert! The lung power of Sankey in his prime puzzled the critics. So broken in health that it seems as if the slightest harsh tone might snap the life chord. the great evangelist appears an almost pathetic character.
 His one great wish, so often expressed
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New Foods.

It is predicted that by the year 2Vvo from 210 to 309 new foods will be at, mans service
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All Outside.

You may whitewash mans charac- ter, but you can't wash it white.-Chi- cago Daily News
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Cheese Sellers of France.

In France a cheese seller is as familiar a sight On city streets as banana man .s in Chicago
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ssHiuuomobiles--

The French have a new word for ear- riages drawn by horses. They are hip pomobiles--
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On Pay Day.

\ man has plenty of friends when hs cont reed them--N- '. Prak
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ONE EWHERE in Southland,
 away from the harsh breezes, Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist and sweet singer
 whose voice has moved mil lions, is awaiting the end.