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This is the procession Of all the performers.
twill form, as before, in the apple orchard
belonging to Theodore N. Ely, and will
enter the college grounds through Penn
broke arch. First will come twelve heralds
in gold and white. their trumpets adorned
with gold fringed banners bearing the
Pembroke coat OF arms: the Lord and Ladie
of the May, Robin Hood and Maid Maria n
will follow on horses with their attendants
then the merry men.
Behind them drawn by ken will come
the maypole supposed to nave been cut
by the boys and girls, followed by all the
performers in the plays, chimney sweeps
and Jacks O. the Green and the Elizabethan
crowd. scholars. beggars, shoemakers and
other trades, egg women, beef eaters and
soldiers, milkmaids and shepherdesses.
The programme is not identical with that
of 1900. The "Ladie of the May, "Florizel
and Perdita," and the .~Arraignment OF
new arrangement "%Pyramus and Thisbe,"
The Reyesby Sword Play The Morrice
Dancers y The Daunce OF the Mylk-m aids :"
The Plates Of st. George, " and the "Daunce
Of the Chimney Sweepers" will be repeated.
New features will be %Jonson's "MRsque
me-, and Hue and Cry after Cupid, " the
anonymous "Masque of Flowers" n Dek-
ker's "Shoemaker's Holiday"
There will be decorations of various.
sorts, ~Elizabethan flags, pennants and
window boxes filled with flowers. The
and the dances and plays will be performed
in different parts of the grounds.
The Mosques will he given before Queen
Elizabeth and her court in the cloister of
the new library, which although not yet
occupied and ready for Use is open for the
first time. The wattled booths from which
refreshments will ne sold will represent
IQQIEl lQnG
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SIxperH.es on a Tombstone.

From the London DAILY CAronictc.
Yesterday morning tweuty-one old widows
of the parish of st. Bartholomew West Smith
field, attended IN tho churchyard AT the close
OF the morning service to pick IN the siN-
pences which ure annually deposited on the
tombstone of IL parishioner who died several
centuries ago.
The origin of ~" custom dates back 10
ago by Mr.. Buturwiek. The little gra We
yard is raised several feet above the level Of
the pathway, and 20 mount to this emincnCe
the elderly DANES are assisted up a step
Ladder lodged against the stone coping OF
the wall.
The tEenty-Gne. having scrambled up the
strnladder, gathered around the Rra vptonc,
where the dist ribution was made.
Each OF the recipients was afterwarG given
q bun and II new shilling. Up TO this Year
they had bv the h,unty OF IA lady received
pence. Their bcnefactor has now passed
away. however. and the gift has died with
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long and the size of u tlattened lead penci
sharpened at both ends il soaked in water
until it becomes thoroughly Softened. 1t is
then bent on itself in folds about an inch
long and is tied IN this position until dry
The cord is then removed and the coil re-
talus its position,
1T is then covered about an incl thick
with tallow and laid ont for the wolf to find.
The latter picks up the morael of fat contain
ing the whalebone, and not being able to
chew it gulpe il down entire.
In u short time the juices and warmth
of the animals stomach act upon the whale
zone and it slowly straightens out and the
sharp points tranSliN the stomach, and if
they do not enter the heart or lungs and
produce death AT once, they cauSe the AMI
nal such agony thai he lies down and be-
comes an easy prey. for the hunter who
follows his trail,
The most detested animal in all the fur
country is the wolverine, Its life isa con-
tinual warfare against all living things,
and every mans ! and is against it.
The Yukon Indians have a superstitious
dread Of this animal. On one occasion that
came to my knowledge a hunter found a
wolverine caught and hung between hea ven
and en- rth in one of his lynx traps. Such
an occurrence aroused the Indians sus-
picions of bad medicine, for who ever heard
of a wolverine being caught in so simple
u trap? Straight way the Indian returned
home and a consultation was held among
the elders of the village
1t was finally decided that the hunter
might take the ANNA from the snare. but
to aver possible bad ~seouenc he was
instructed to abuse the white men all of the
time, so as to make the spirit of the wolVer-
inc believe it was owing to their agency
that he had been trapped, The hunter
then returned with d companion TO the trap
and removed the animal. repeating as he
did so nearly his entire stock on English in
aging Dash. blank the Americans! Dash.
blank the Americans over and over again
until well away from the accused spot.
The marten, or American sable. is quite
abundant throughout the tree belt, and
its skin is prime from November | until
April. The variation in color among these
animals * remarkable. and passes from the
rich chestnut or blackish brown of ordinary
specimens to the cre2my white of the al
binos that are brought in at times. The
most striking variety Is of u lea utiGul, rich
OIallEtTitNhilSh winch HOJf tIilltS covers
the entire animal bur is more often son
fined to he postcrior half.
The ermiu" is fairly abundant, and is
looked upon by the Fs rutrauN with an
almost superstitious fear. It. kin is often
worn by them as a kind of fetch, and it
figures in their mythology. 1t is an i'm
portant totem and Is thought to bring sue.
cess in the chase TO those favored by IL.
There is but little demand in the trade for
its skim"
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fourteen miles through a forest 50 dense that
the sun can hardly penetrate it.
The Government has begun work on a
wagon road from l0ugntre's. which is the
last human hahitati,n ON the route. to
Paradise Park. but as vet there j. only a
rough pony trail eight miles long. From
here n must foot il or climb until he
reaches the top. Few haze the skill and en-
durance to make the peak from Paradise
Park and return the same day, 50 the lart
night OF the ascent il usually spent al Muir's
Camp, so called because John Muir. the
naturalist, made a rude hut of stones high NJ
mid the snowtieldS there when lie climbed
Rainier several years ago.
Mountaineering among the higher peaks
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OMAN M0UW7YTWIER WzVE Z13D

cannot be scaled. To get around it means
to go up the glacier at its base, This
glacier forms a wall of ice in which steps
must be cut to secure any sort of foot
hold.
1t is not only the most difficult, but also
the most dangerous pert of the ascent,
for the upper part Of Gibraltar is steadily
disinte grating. On a warm day masses
of it are continually being loosened and
fall upon the ice beneath, so that there is
danger of being struck by these missiles.
While several persons have been hurt,
thus far none has been seriously injured.
In fact, the only fatality which has thus far
occurred IN Rainier is the death of Prof.
Edgar Mcclure, who attempted to descend
from the crater at night. He missed his
footing and fell over what has since been
known as McClure's Rock. where he was
found dead the next day. Prof. Mcclure
was the first to measure the actual height
Of the mountain, calculating it on the trip
in question.
The Mazamas of the Pacific Coast now
number more than five hundred members,
and have their headquarters at Portland,
Ore. They are well named, Mazama meaning
mountain goat Nearly every season they
make the ascent of some mountain. but
in addition to the pastime they have made
scientific Investigations. exploring and
naming not only peaks, but other little
known formations of the Pacific country.
Crater Lake, one of the natural wonders
of southern Oregon. has been reserved as a
national park through the efforts of the
Mazamas. who camped on its shores during
one of their outings. 1t lies i'll the bed of an
extinct crater. G,00O feet above sea level,
and is no less han twenty miles in cir
curufcrence and :. 900 feet deep.
The Journeys of this organization are
somewhat similar to the forced march of a
regiment Of soldiers, for the party is under
military discipline. each member promis-
ing TO obey orders of the officers under all
circumstances, At the beginning of Il trip
they are divided into companies Of from
ten to fifteen. in charge of one OF the veterans
of the society, who acts as captain
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There are a half dozen p~errnunent sta
tons on the Yukon River. In order to
reach the interior tribes the trader at these
stations fit out trusty natives with small
stocks of goods to travel among them.
In the interior the prices paid are regulated
by the price of red fox or marten, called
one skin. about 81 81.
A prime beaver would be two skins;
black bear, four skins; lynx, one skin; land
otter, two or three skins, and so on. Five
yards Of drilling, or one pound of tea. or
one PNund of powder. or half a pound Of
powder. with one box of caps and one
pound of shot, is given for one skin; five
pounds of sugar for one skin; fifty pounds
Of -four for -four skins. Where the natives
come in contact with the whites in the min
ing districts the prices are higher.
Few people have any idea Of the
extent and enormous value of the Alaskan
fur trade. The Territory's only value to
the Russians was as a fur-producing
country, and from 17i5 to 1867, the period
covered by their possession, according to
their imperfect and incomplete records.
there were shipped from Alaska 2e3 ,32l
sea otter skins, valued at 500 ,332. 100: 3 ,354,-
AS fur seal skins, valued at 81 .91l $40;
244, 5Ss land otter skins, valued at 81 .222, 600.
and 413 $3.50 beaver skins, valued at S., COG, =
$50. In addition there were marketed also
34,2l7 mink skins, li24l muskrat skins.
1887 Of marten and 17,Oll Of lynx.
From annexation to the United States
in 1887 to 1905 the fur trade. 80 far as it
relates to aquatic animals, has been as
follows: Beaver skins, 100 ,Bs3. valued at
S752 oil; muskrat, 25l ,22j, valued al 81 ,l23:
lane otter, 93, 272, valued II. si97 .OIl; sea
otter, 107, l2l, valued at SO, 1872 ,s67, and
fur seal, 1922, 78S, valued at sis,i3I ,Sas.
Zone Of the most valuable of the interior
aquatic animals is the beaver The natives.
both Indian n EsQuimau, catch them in
steel traps set at a frequented spot. or shoot
them from a concealed place near their
HOUSE or dam
in winter they often cut a square piece
from the top of a beaver house, giving a
view Of the interior, and then run a slender
stick into the chamber, with one end pro-
the hole, and spear in hand the hunter
awaits the return Of the beaver.
The motion of the stick tells when the
animals have returned, and throwing aside
the cover, the hunter spears one of the
beavers. If the one nearest the exit is
struck the passage is blocked and the others
are easily killed. In this way sometimes
all the occupants of a house, numbering
n half dozen or so, are taken.
Another way of hunting them is some
times practised on the lower Yukon. As
winter advances aud all of the lakeS are
covered with a heavy layer of ice, some Of
the small ponds drain away 80 that a sheet
OF ice covers the empty bed of the pond
like a fat roof
"The hunters cut a hole through the ice,
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On some Of the expeditions mules can
be used for, packing the outfit part Of the
way, but often the routes are too difficult
and the baggage is divided among the male
members to be toted on their backs. There
is no rule as to dress except that all must
wear heavy soled shoes or boots and pro-
vide themselves with alpenstocks.
As a protection from the cutting winds
and snowstorms and glare OF the ice dark
glasses are worn and faces are smeared
with vaseline and ~lampblack, the women
wearing wells. Some of the women do not
shrink from donninG knickerbockers and
boots or leggings, with II skirt reaching to
the knees. and the jersey takes the place
of the shirt waist.
When the Sierras gather for their annual
pilgrimage there is one who always adj
dresses them in these words: Welcome
home, my friends" To John Muir what
men call the wilderness has been home and
school, where he has devoted the best Of his
life to study OF Natures handicraft. In
forming the Sierra Club he gathered about
him men and women of similar tastes.
Yearly when his health permits he leads
his band of followers through woodland
and valley. Sometimes I'VE hundred peo-
pie from nearly all walks Of life are in this
caravan.
Accompanied by pack trains loaded with
food and camp equipment, they cross the
border Of civilization. avoiding human
habitation as far as possible. While some
Of the organization are also experts in
mountain climbing the company does not
devote itself entirely to such exploits, but
il content TO journey leisurely through the
.1E..a IN ~ rol ~ rlu of California anI nFn-
gon, occasionally going into the Yellow
stone region.
1t camps at night at a suitable spot, and
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after the cooks ha\ y prepared the evening
mani all gather a bout the blazing log
fires like the membe IL of Il great family,
telling tales of past experiences, singing
familiar songs. renewi. W friendships and
listening to their leader 4 discourse,
Mr.. Muir usually plans the outing aud
always takes charge of Nh party. The
sportsmen bring their gu us ana rods
the artists their ~palette' ana brushes the
photographers their cameras b Ie mineral
ogists and geologists combine recreation
and study. The club includes ma D. women
who are as skilled in this sort OF u neering
as the men.
In spite of the interest which has rt> entity
been taken in the great outdoors CA tne
Northwest, much of it is to-day but N ne
known. There are parts of the Olynp &c
Mountains which border the western shtTn >
of Puget Sound where no white man haa
as yet penetrated and some OF the pealSiN
have never been assembled.
:. The Chelan country Of eastern Washing
ton is almost uneNplored, although around
Lake Chelan are half a dozen snow capped
peaks. The Sierra Nevadas of eastern
California include fourteen, peaks, each
over ~ 900 feet high, the highest being
beautiful Mount Whitney. which disputes
the assertion that Rainier is the highest
summit in the United States outside of
Alaska.
The Cascades, which are really a con-
tinuation of the Sierra Nevada in Oregon
and Washington, include half a dozen big
mountains, each rising more than 10 1000 feet
above the sea. In fact, the Alpinist who
wishes to make a record for ascents could
find fully fifty difficult climbs in the Pacific
Northwest alone and experience every
variety of mountaineering from following
the trail bla2ed in the foothills to the glacier
and rock work high above the clouds, while,
az already stated, there are submits which
yet remain to be conquered.
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WAY DAY AT BRYN MiHR.
Girl students TO Reproduce on the Campus
an E~liZabethRn Holiday.

On Tuesday, May /, the Bryn Mawr Col
lege campus will see a repetition of the
Elizabethnn May Day of 1900, The idea
of such a spectacle was in that year the
sudden inspiration of the chairman of the
newly appointed committee whose special
function it was to devise means of raising
money for the much needed, now still more
urgently needed, students building, The
preparations were carried through in six
weeks and SIS 900 was cleared.
For six years it has been only a memory
! ofaday of beauty and the present
undergraduates a tradition handed down
as such traditions are in college handed
down, and evidenced by a little collection
Of photographs. These give some faint
idea OF the pageant, the huge maypole
decorated with roses and garIands, the
four magnificent oxen, the vows of the
millimaids, the skipping lambs of the shep-
herdesses and the donkey of the wonderful
Autolycus; the trumpet blowing heralds,
the floats and the groups Of Elizabethans
and of the plays, THE Play of st. George"
on the lawn between Dalton and Denbigh
screened by he young leaves, 'FlorizeTl
and Perdita" under the b~lossoming cherry
tree by Pembroke and Robin Hood" in the
maple avenue DclOW ha0nOT.
This year every effort has been made to
perfect the details of the spectacle which
in 1900 owed most of its success to the spon-
taneous enthusiasm with which it was
carried through. Since Thanksgiving there
nave been constant rehearsals of the plays
under the direction of Samuel Arthur King
Of London, lecturer in %elooution at Bryn
Mawr and Wellesley.
The music has been arranged by DR..
Hugh A. Clarke of the University Of Penn
s%ylvania. and the dancers ha We been trained
by Ellwood {. Carpenter of Philadelphia,
The members Of the dramatic committees
are Mrs. Charles NJ. Andrews, 49,; Elizabeth
English department; Ethel NJ Walker, "a,
recording secretary of the college: Evely n
Walker, '0l secretary of the college, and
Elizabeth T. DAILY, 'ol, of the English de-
partment.
In 1900 the separate classes undertook
each Its Cwn part of The entcrTa inment
This year the selection of performers has
been made from the college al L. "ge.
Various rooms in the college have been
through the winter turned inio workshops,
In one unfurnished room a sketch book ON
Il battered table contains spirited sketches
of various figures that will appear in the
spectacle, drawn and colored to show the
proper costume of the period, and a busy
student, between lectures or on her way TO
a train, will stop another to drop a hasty
direction about "A ruff or butAtler or banner.
The entire college, in fact, almost five hun
dred students, will appear in costume ON
the great day.
There will be two performances, one in
the morning from IL to l o'clock, the second
nthe afternoon from $50 to &. 30. A feature
OF the morning performance that will not
De repeated In the afternoon Is the pageant,
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oIude tie polar bear, which attaiu,a weight
OF ,2OO pounds and u length of eight feet;
the black bear, the cinnamon bear, which
is noted for It's ferocity; the grizzly bear.
and the barren ground bear. the last
being quite rare.
Nelson, the naturalist, relates an in
Cident IN connection with a polar bear
which occurred near Point Hope, the winter
of lSsl-Sl. Two men went out from Point
Hope during one of the long winter nights,
10 attend To their seal nets, which were
sci through holes i'll the zee.
Nv lille at work near each other, one
of the men heard a bear approaching over
the frosty snow. and having no weapon
but a small knife, and the bear being be-
tween him and the shore. he threw him
self upon his BACK and waited. Tho bear
came up in a few moment and emelled
about the man from head to foot, and finally
pressed his cold nose against the man.
lips and nose and shifted several times,
each time the terrified Esquilnau holding his
breath until, as he afterwari said, his
lungs nearly burst,
The bear suddenIy card the other
man at work, and listening for a moment
he started toward him at a gallop, while the
man ne lett sprang TO MS ieet ana ran ior
his lie Tor the village and reached II sale!y'
AT midday, when the sun had risen a Httle
above the horizon, a large party went out
TO the spot n found the bear hnishlng a
ieast upon Inc oCher hunter ana soon &C.
spat ched him.
In winter or spring, when the Indians
ind Il bears den, the entrance Is nearly
closed with logs, leaVnga hole large enough
for the Dear to thrust out his head. lhe
bear Is then stirred up until he awakeS and
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The people of the Pacific Northwest look
upon climbing a O,0Oo foot m ountain with
as little concern as the I asterner thinks Of
going to q Hilltop a few hundred feet high
for If there is a race of monptaineers in the
United States they are in California, Wash
ington and Oregon. No wonder they smile
when the "@hitAs, as hey term the Eastern
tenderfeet, tell about going up Mount
Washington, for this. like the other reaks
east of the Mississippi River, is a mere hill
when compared with some of the tops of
the world in Yellowstone Park and in the
Cascades.
Mount Hood, which the Western man
says is 80 easy 90 climb that it is merely a
long walk to the summit. is nearly twice
the height Of Mount Washington, while
Rainier, or as the Indians called it. Tacoma,
is 1886 feet high, and if set down in Rhode
Island would take up the whole of the
Commonwealth for its base.
Since members of the Alpine Club of Great
Britain and the Appalachian Club of Boston
discovered that there is an American Swift
erland In Oregon and Washin gton this part
OF the country has yearly attracted more
and more adventurous spirits, not only
from America, but also from Europe, who
nave found that the alpenstock is Just rs
essential as amid the Alps, and that here
the pastime has the spice Of danger as well
as exhilaration, for even the ascent of such
an easy peak as Hood requires from sun
rise to sunset IL one would get back to ciyjIiz-
alton the same day.
To reach the summit Of Rainier means
riding, walking and climbing nearly 100
miles, for the foothills of this great NOUN
tain begin a few miles from the CITY Of
Tacoma, which is sixty miles from il in q
straight line. Consequently, to do Rainier
usually means at least -four days going and
coming from Tacoma, where the start is
made.
True, one can saw considerable time by
taking a little railroad which reaches the
lumber camp of Ashford in the foothills.
From Ashford a so-called wagon road ex.
tends to Longmire's Springs. a distance Of
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ALASKA'S FUR TRADE PASSING.
N4TItES AfIND EASIER UORh
THAN TRAPPING.
Skins Worth Many Millions Brought Our b,
the FINDERS In The Past Sea Otter the
Most NalunDl OF All Queer Devices
= tsed by the .FsquimRuN In hunting.

F'Ost olNuDit \" All VnPtF DeNlpet
- tsed by the .EsquiniRuN In Hunting.
SEATTLE, Wash, April ?3.-George Rich
ards. one Of the best known of the Alaskan
fur traders, thinks that TIE best days OF the
fur trade in Alaska have passed.
Il came down a few weeks ago to lay in a
new stock Of goods to use in barter with the
natives he said to THr SUS correspondent,
but | suppose it viii be useless for me to 20
up again, as the fur business has gone to
the dogs since gold was discover red in Ala ska
Before the rush began we were able to get
skins at u price, but now the natives
have come so much in contact with the
miners'and other white men that they want
exorbitant prices for everything, or else
hunting and trapping
Being asked TO tell how the fur trade is
conducted, he said:
Owing to the severe and prolonged win
tiers nothing Is done at that season by the
traders, but as soon as the ice pack begins
to move northward in the late spring the
trading Vessels start on their rounds. Each
company aand independent trader has its
or his regular stations, which usually COM
prises a.store and sever raj dwellings for the
agent and employees.
The natives cannot all reach the stations.
and so there are certain designated spots
where the furS are received and paid for in
goods. The Indians also meet at certain
spots and exchange goods, the coast Indians
later meeting the whites and retransferring
these goods.
HThe most noted OF these spots for trade
among the natives is at Sheshoalik, or
White, Whale Passage, on kotzebue Sound,
where in the month of June, or as o as
the ice permits Of navigation, the people
living on the Nunatak. Selavik and Kowak
rivers ydescend the streams in canoes to
meet the coast natives from Cape Prince
of Wales, the Diomede Islands, Port Clar-
enoe and Port Hope. aud occasionally
from, East Cape, Siberin. In exchange for
furs the inland natives obtain seal and whale
oil, seal and wa!rIs hides, rifles, ammuni-
ton, powder, lead, drilling, tobacco, &c.
The trading continues for fourteen
days, interrupted at intervals by festivities.
such AZ dancing, James a nd Forging feasts
succeeded by spells OF ~laziness. The coast
natives Of this region are keen traders
end may be APPLY termed the middlemen
OF the Arctic trade. They generally obtain
their supplies of civilized goods from the
whaling vessels, which often carry on
trading as a side issue.