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Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
SPONGE FISHERS.
The Greek Girl Divers of the Island of
HimIa,

The Greek Girl Divers of the Island of
HimIa.
eve were cruising in the Mediter-
ranean in the late fall" said a globe
trotter, land On golden afternoon we
stopped beside a little feet of sponge
divers. Nearly nude, the divers sat on
the edge of the boat. They held big
stones that would help them descend.
One at time they inhaled three or
four long breaths and then plunged
with their great stones into the blue
water.
zone boat interested us. Its divers
seemed so graceful and young. We
drew nearer, and, by Jove, the divers
were all girls. They were young Greek
girls from Himla, an island near
Rhodes. 1t seems that in Himla the
sponge diving is carried on by girls
altogether. These girls seemed very
expert. Their dark hair knotted on
their shapely heads, they reclined on
the sun warmed deck till their turn
came. Then, graceful as stage dan
GERS, they leaped overheard and in the
seas dim green depths tugged at the
black sponge growths.
'The captain said the Himla girls
were not permitted to marry till they
had brought a certain quantity of
sponges from certain specified
depth."-New York Press.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
The Bedouin of socotra,

The Bedouin is decidedly a hand
some individual. 1.-THE of limb like his
goats and with a cafe au lait colored
skin. He has a sharp profile, excellent
teeth. He often wears stubby black
beard and has beautifully penciled eye
brows, and, though differing entirely
in language, in physique and type, he
closely resembles the Bedouin found In
the Mahri and Cara mountains. Fur.
thermore, the mode of life Is the same
dwelling in caves when necessary,
but having permanent abodes on the
lower lands-and they have several
other striking points in common. Greet.
ings take place between the Arabian
Bedouins and the Socotran Bedouins
in similar fashion-by touching each
cheek and then rubbing the nose,
We found the Bedouin Of Mount
Haghier fond Of dancing and playing
his teherane and also peculiarly lax
in his religious observances, and,
though ostensibly conforming to Mo-
hammedan practice, he observes next
to none of their precepts, and it Is pre-
cisely the same with the Bedouins
whom we met in the Cara mountains.
There is certainly nothing African
about the Socotran Bedouin. There.
fore 1 am inclined to consider him as
a branch of that aboriginal race which
Inhabited Arabia, with language Of
Its own.-Nineteenth Century.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
By RoBERTUs LOVE.

kw< HE session of the national arbi-
tration and peace congress in
New York April 14-17 Is but an
other battle in the great war
against war. This war has been going
on for twenty years. The interparlia-
mentary peace movement took definite
shape in 1887, when a delegation from
the British parliament visited the pres
Ment Of the United States. At that
time war was declared against war,
and the warriors Of peace determined
that 1t was to be fight to q finish.
The peace movement is epochal. The
world Is tired Of war. For centuries
the plains have deem drenched and the
rivers reddened with human blood.
Slowly the human race has evolved
from the beast to the man. The indi-
vidual has come at last to look upon
the fight Of man against man as abb
horrent. Private physical encounters
Of violence are prohibited by the laws
of all nations. They have been prohib-
tied for generations. The code duel
10 has been extinguished practically
throughout the world and the ban of
the law set against it. Law has been
substituted everywhere for war in the
settlement of private disputes. He who
fights by force instead Of through due
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

Professor Vambury, the Hungarian
orientalist was in Shiraz, Persia, at
the time of one of its devastating earth
quakes. The shock was terrible, throw
ing great houses about like shuttle
cocks and splitting the hills beyond the
town. When the very earth seemed in.
process of disruption and men and wo-
men were weeping and tearing them
selves In agonies of fear two mad IA
matte priests stalked through the tot
tering city crying aloud that the for
eigners sojourning in the place had
brought on the calamity And the peo-
pie took up the cry THE Frengis are
uncleanw and made a rush for the.
house in which the professor had been
staying. Only the entire collapse Of
the property adjoining beat off their at
tack and enabled him to make his es-
cape from the city.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Would Not Sell His Ancestors.

A plutocratic American of the last
century who had seen the green acres
and stately castle of an Irish estate
sought out its impecunious owner
with an offer to buy. Lord Blank.
eager enough to transmute his profit
less lands into pregnant gold, named a
considerable, but reasonable, price as
one he would be willing to take. Very
WELL" said the American, ''I'll give
that if the pictures go with the house."
After little reflection his lordship an,
swered, Eyes, you can have the pic
lures except, of course, the family por-
traits" ITS the portraits l want"
said the other. 81 wouldn't give 8
cent for the rest Of 'em." MY proper
ty Is not for sale under those condi-
tions," said his lordship, turning on his
heel and walking away. to the aston
ishment Of the parvenu, who flung
Stuck up beggar" after the retreat
ing figure.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

started this great peace movement
twenty years ago. He was labor
leader and had emerged but recently
from a fierce industrial struggle. Then
ne was elected to parliament He
found that much of the time and en-
ergy of parliament and the administra-
ton were directed toward prepara-
tions for possible wars against other
nations. He had learned to abhor war.
He made stand for arbitration. He
proposed to substitute law for war.
This man, William Randall Cremer,
who is still working valiantly In the
cause, founded the Interparliamentary
union. To the average mind perhaps
that body means little, yet It seems
destined to usher In the Tennysonian
parliament of man and to bring about
in fact the federation Of the world.
On the 31st Of October, 1887, Mr..
Cremer appeared at Washington and
sought an interview with President
Cleveland. Andrew Carnegie, who as
president of the national arbitration
and peace congress wields the gavel
at the present meeting In Carnegie
hall, arranged the interview. Mr.. Gre
mer presented to the president reso-
luton drafted by himself to which he
had secured the signatures of 234
members Of parliament heartily indors-
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
THE SULTAN'S SCREEN.
1t Is Made of Tanned Human Skin
Elaborately Decorated,


There is a story told of famous and
curious screen which occupies promi-
nent place in the menage Of the sultan
OF, Turkey. 1t is made, SO rumor hath
1t, of human skin, perfectly tanned and
elaborately fooled and embossed, and
1t has been in the royal quarters for
more than two centuries. This remark
able screen is not an evidence Of cru
city or barbarity on the part of Tur-
keys ruler 200 years ago, but Is q
memorial to twelve faithful servants
OF former sultan. At one time dur
Ing the sultan's reign 200 years ago
a wing Of the palace caught fire, and
during the conflagration a much loved
member of the sultan's family was res
cued by twelve servants. The twelve
servants perished, some of them dying
later of their wounds and burns, SO
his majesty had their skins removed
by an expert and had them preserved
In this touching though remarkable
manner. The screen is now looked up
on as part Of the rulers inheritance,
and 1t Is said that every sultan cher
ishes it almost as he would his own
royal skin.-New York Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
MARY CAMPBELL.
The Lassie Who Was the Original of
"HighIand Mary"

The Lassie Who Was the Original of
"HighIand Mary"
The original Of Highland Mary"
was Mary Campbell, highland lassie
who was q servant at Castle Mont
gomery, wits whom Burns became ac-
quainted during his residence at Moss
giel. To her he addressed the lines,
"Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?"
and many others. In note to one of
his poems on Mary, Burns says: after
a pretty long time of the most ardent
reciprocal feeling we met by appoint
ment on the second Sunday of May
in sequestered spot by the banks Of
the Ayr, where we spent day in tax
Ing farewell before she should en-
bark for the west highlands to arrange
matters among her friends for our pro-
jected change Of life. At the close of
the autumn following she crossed the
sea to meet me at Greenock, where
she had scarce landed when she was
seized with malignant fever, which
hurried my dear girl to her grave be-
fore I could even hear of her Illness"
The love which Burns felt for Mary
Campbell appears to have been deeper
than any he ever felt before or after
Years later, when he was married and
had family, her memory inspired the
pathetic lines ITO Mary In Heaven -
which breathe the soul of tender mel.
ancholy.--London Tit-Bits.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
BRAIN AND BULLET.
Mat Happens When the Skull 10
Pierced by a Shot.


The results of firing bullet at a
fat brittle bone and into a soft sub
stance like the brain are very different.
The bone is pierced, and the lateral dis
placement of it's particles is very slight,
but the brain is thrown aside in all d.
rections. The difference is due to the
different degree Of cohesiyeness Of the
particles composing the two bodies or,
In other words, to the greater fuidity
of the softer structure.
Next, the Importance Of fluid con-
tents in intensifying the effects of a
bullet fired through closed recepta-
Gle is shown by one of Kocher's expert
ments. Two identical tin canisters
were filled with equal quantities Of
lint, which in one was dry and In the
other saturated with water.
A bullet Of moderate velocity fired
through them simply perforated the
dry one, but caused the wet one to
burst explosively. Kocher also filed
a skull with water and found that a
bullet fred through it caused bursting
Of the sutures.
Very remarkable is the shattering
that results when skulls that have been
filled with water or with wax are
treated in this way, and If they are
compared with others showing the ef-
fects Of bullet wounds under normal
conditions it is easy to appreciate that
the variations presented are depend
ent in part at least, upon the differ
ence In the character of the contents
Current Literature
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
FLY FISHING RODS.
IL Is the Weight outboard From the
Hand That Tells.

Hand That Tells.
Much pleasure will be found In buy
ing rods and tackle. If inexperienced.
any old angler will rather enjoy help
ing you out, or you can go to a first
class shop, ask for a salesman who is
an angler and tell him where YOU pro-
pose to fish If economy is an object to
you, very fair working tools can be
mad for little money. 1t is surprising
to handle some of the rods that are
priced at So to $40. l do not consider
weight in the scales of great imporA
tance, as l like good sized. comfort
able handle. 1t is the weight outboari
from the handle that tells. One of the
lightest rods ever saw weighed eight
ounces on the scales. 1t had a big, fat
wooden handle and substantial fittings.
but the rod proper was very light My
individual preference is for a rod Of
ten feet, but lots of men prefer some
thing shorter. I have seen good work
done with an eight foot rod. but there
is a great difference in the power of
rods of the same length. A tall, strong
man can handle a rod of great power
and with suitable line bring out all
there is in it. He may be able to do
this all day long without great fatigue,
while weaker person would be heav-
lily handicapped and tired to DEATH
| Forest and Stream
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

Perhaps the most striking instance
of what unnecessary ringing at the
doorbell c;n produce in the way Of
eXasperation is to be seen in the word
ing of a notice on a brass plate in a
street leading out of a well known
west end square. 1t is on the door of
the corner house, and this is how it
runs: This house is No. 64A -
street, and not No 13 - square. That
house Is round the corner. Do not ring
here" Ore can dimly imagine the
state of nervous madness to which that
householder was reduced before he sat
down to compose that notice-London
Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
ADAM AND EVE.
The forbidden Fruit, the Fall and the
Three Mystic Gifts.

nFee MYSTIC OITtS.
Many are the attempts to identify
the forbidden fruit. Some say it was
the fig, others the grape, others, again,
the pomegranate, but the most Ara
9ian Nightish" description paints 1t as
an ear of wheat which looked like
ruby and was as big as an ostrich egg
and grew on a tree whose trunk was
like gold, its branches like silver and
It's leaves emerald.
Our first parents were expelled about
B o'clock of the afternoon of Friday,
the 10th of May, having resided in
Eden seven years, two months. two
weeks and three days. Adam was
banished to Ceylon and Eve to Mecca,
and they remained apart for 200 years.
Adam, according to some accounts.
spent half his time weeping, with his
face to the earth. Others less chari-
table aver that his solitude was cheer
ed by Lilith, who resumed her former
relations with him.
When he repented and rejofned Eve.
he begged that something might be
given him from the happy garden Of
innocence which he had forfeited. and.
10, in answer to his prayer three
mighty archangels were sent to him.
Michael bringing gold Gabriel frank
incense and Raphael myrrh-mystic
gifts in after years associated with the
offering of the magi, whom early
Christian tradition identified with
Enoch, MelchisedeB md Elias.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
WAYS OF THE TOAD,
Some CT the Oddities of This Peculiar
Creature.


1t is remarkable that the toad, low
ing water as it does, should wander
away from watery regions to dry
ground, where it can never see a drop
Oh water except at rain time and leave
lts water rights to the undisputed pos
session of Its ranal neighbor the frog.
how the toad loves water must be
known to every garden lover. When
ever there Is a shower the creature
leaVes its cool retreat under the piazza
or shed and stands as far as it's fore
legs will let it, erect in the rain, ap-
parently enjoying to the utmost the
shower bath.
Whenever they are near the water
at breeding time they deposit long,
Shiny strings Of eggs, and the young
toad has to go through the tadpole
stage in common with his brother frog.
But when they are wholly excluded by
Instance from the water they seem to
nave the power of being viviparous,
or bringing forth their young alive.
In the water fertilization is effected
50 eHO @ohiC AdHHeI DIS Ill uSHeS, DuL
the method in the land life career is
not known. About all that Is known
is that confined toads are found with
little toads, no larger than house flies,
about them after time, and in walled
gardens and places far removed from
water little toads, no larger than peas,
wandering around on their own re-
sources and which could never have
been tadpoles, are within common ex-
perience
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Purposes of the Peace Congress.

The general purpose of the congress
IN New York Is to crystalline American
sentiment on the question Of arbitra-
tion, so that our delegates to the forth.
coming second peace conference at The
Hague in June may demonstrate to the
governments of Europe that this coun-
try stands for all progressive and prac-
teal ideas looking toward the aboli-
tion Of war.
War Is costly. Not only in human
life and the anguish of bereavement is
1t costly, but from Its mere material
side 1t Is an altogether extravagant
and unnecessary expense. The debts
Of the worlds nations now total about
$34,0O0,000,0 Most of this Is due to
war. The annual interest on war debts,
added to the cost of maintaining armies
and navies, is about $3,000,0O0,0 1000.
There is only about twice that much
gold in all the world available for mon
ey. 1t Is said that one modern battle
ship costs as much to build as the COM
bined cost Of all the college buildings
belonging to Harvard, Yale, Hampton
and Tuskegee. Japan has but recently
ordered the construction of a battle
ship to cost more than 100000
China has ordered 2,000oo0000 rifles
from European manufacturers.
Let us assume that all this money
wasted for war and all the energies of
the men drafted for fighting were de-
voted to the upbuilding of the world.
There would be forward movement
such as history has not recorded and
fiction scarcely dares to imagine. But
that Is just what the peacemakers are
working to bring about, and this Car
negle hall congress is step in that d.
rection.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

ing suggestion made by certain men,
bers of congress for treaty Of arbi-
tration between the United States and
Great Britain. This was the first ac-
tive step toward abolishing war be-
tween nations. Though as yet no arbi-
tration treaty has been made, Mr.. Gre
mer's efforts resulted In the establish
ing of the Interparliamentary union.
This organization, composed Of men,
bers of various parliamentary bodies,
has for its purpose the establishment
of permanent peace between the ma
hons.
The United States seemed rather slow
to cooperate with this movement. Tho
man who brought America into the
1nterparltamentary union Is Richard
Bartholdt member Of congress from
the Tenth Missouri district, which in
cludes a large part Of the city Of st.
Louis. Mr.. Bartholdt for years was the
only member Of congress who took
any special interest in the movement.
When first elected to congress fifteen
years ago he was a newspaper man,
identified with the German press at st.
Louis.
Mr.. Bartholdt was born In Germany.
His father took part in the revolution"
ary movement of 1s4S and at its fail
ure fed to the United States. He was
permitted to return to the fatherland
few years later. Richard Bartholdt
was born at the town of Schleiz. In the
principally of Thuringia, in 1855. He
came to America as youth, his earli-
est ambition being, as he says, to be-
come an American citizen.
Political Peace Pioneer.
One night in 1874 the nineteen-year-
old youth in his lodgings In Philadel-
phia held in his hand five cent piece,
the only money he had left and, re-
marking to his roommate, "See this"
he tossed the piece out at the window.
Then he lay down and slept. peaceful
y. Next morning he arose and re-
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

process of law T. stigmatized as a
criminal and is punished as such. 1t is
the law. Between individuals law
reigns and nations enforce the law.
The Folly of Fighting.
But between the nations war Is still,
IN extreme instances, the arbiter. Ma
lions have the power to force individ-
uals to fight for them. So long as this
condition exists human liberty is a
misnomer. A man who, when he be-
neves that he has been wEonged, re-
sorts to court Of law for redress,
obtaining redress without violence,
must buckle on his armor at the behest
OF nation and stand up to shoot and
DC shot at. Yet nations are merely the
representatives Of individuals. The
governing bodies of nations are COM
posed of Individual men. These men
are presumed to be of the choicest
breed They are supposed to be high
class individuals, selected from the
mass as being representative persons,
rlcn IN wisdom. The Individual who
remains In the mass need not fight, but
the Individual who Is chosen to repre-
sent him and stand for the nation must
declare war. That Is the situation.
Does 1T not seem inconsistent? An ap-
piication of the commonest kind of
common sense renders such a status al
together untenable.
National law seems strong enough.
The weakness lies in international law.
Fifty years ago Tennyson foresaw the
day when the battlefiags would be
furled In the parliament Of peace, the
federation Of the world" That con-
summation presupposes an elaboration
OF International law, and it is not
merely poets dream. That it is prac-
tlcable has been proved abundantly by
the events Of the past twenty years.
These events have not been widely
heralded. Vast world movements take
form and force quietly and slowly.
A very quiet and unassuming man
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Her Plan.

He-Do you believe in long engage
ments? She 1t all depends. He - I
don't understand. She If he has
plenty Of money and is inclined to be
liberal a long engagement is the thing,
but If he cannot afford boxes at the
opera and such things l always make
his regime very short.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
No Surplus Wealth.

"What are you going to do with
your nurplus wealth.
"My friend" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax, surplus wealth is myth, a SUI
'perstition There is no such thing in
the personal experience of any individ-
ual. Washington Star.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Jury Was Experienced.

"Flatman, hear you were arrested
the other day for insulting and brow
beating janitor. How did you come
out?"
I was tried for it and acquitted"
On the ground that it was justih-
ableY'
mo; the jury couldn't be made to
believe such a thing was possible."--
Chicago Tribune.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Wanted a Second Trial.

"You were guilty of one matrimo~
nial mistake. 1 shouldn't think you
would marry again."
"Oh, but you know verdict OF
guilty usually leads to a second trial."
replied the gay grass widow--Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Dress Millennium.

When the dress millennium arrives
and every woman finds herself a thing
Of JOY to look at, able to walk in COM
fort and with pocket for her purse,
1t will be the result Of an elementary
training in dignity. comeliness and
common sense-Reader.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Caustic.

Yes" said the bride of week.
"Jack tells me everything he knows,
and I tell him everything know"
'Indeedy rejoined her ex-rival, who
had been left at the post. ''The silence
when you are together must be op-
pressive."
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
Bored to Death.

The Wife-I had a call from Mar
celle today. Her Husband-I suppose
she bored you to death, as usual, with
her stupid talk? Wife-Yes, dear she
talked about you the whole times~r
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

It is only because each man is so diff
ferent from his fellows that we are
able to endure one another's company.
FLORIDA Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18

Stella-I wonder why sentiment at
taches to first kiss? Bella-Its like
the first tooth. You've got to have il
before you get the second
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-18
newed the struggle. He worked cheer.

newed the struggle. He worked cheer
fully then as now, no matter what the
difficulties. Like Carl Schurz, he felt
that being an American was in itself a
great asset, and he knew that he would
succeed.
A few years after he became a mem
ber of congress Mr.. Bartholdt began
to take an increasing interest In the
peace movement. In 1899 he attended
the meeting Of the Interparlamentary
union at Christiania. He was the only
American congressman present. He
perceived that inasmuch as member
ship In that body was limited to MEM
bers of lawmaking bodies those nations
which do not have parliaments cannot
be represented. His vision leaped be-
yond mere unofficial and unrecog-
nized body. He foresaw a duly consti-
tuted worlds parliament, the members
properly accredited by their nations, to
meet at stated intervals and create In
ternational laws Of binding force. This
was the next great forward step, the
next movement toward the realization
Of the parliament of man. Mr.. Bar
tholdt set about the business of achiev-
ing this result, a seemingly audacious
thing, piece of political daring which
has no precedent in the annals Of the
world.
At the time when Tennyson poetical-
ly dreamed Of the federation Of the
world no doubt a proposition such as
germinated In Mr.. Bartholdt's brain
would have aroused derislve laughter
among the nations. Now nobody laughs
at it. Such progress in that very d.
rection has been made within less than
dozen years that the consumma-
ton Of the daring dream seems to be
but Just little way beyond the rim
Of the present. All the forces of prog.
ress are working to that end.