The National tribune., 1908-01-09


haped from obscurity into the limelight
of notoriety in one bound thru the me
dunn of his book, "The jungle, II
seems, has gone to Bermuda, where, II
is understood, he will start new He'll
con Hall. 1t will be remembered that
his first venture along these lines was
destroyed by fire just as he had gotten
1t in good running order, and the coio-
nists were consequently scattered to the
four winds of Heaven. Just how many
of the original Heliconers have accom-
panied him to Bermuda or will follow
him there, is not stated, but the place
he has chosen for the home of the new
colony will certainly be an added in
ducement to those who share his ideas
to throw in their fortunes with his,
Bermuda is in many respects an ideal
place in which to live. First and fore
most, there is the climate, which Is
Bermuda's trump card, and calls thou
sands of people to her every year. The
wild oleander, with all its beauty, grows
In such abundance as to ee almost a
nuisance, and bursts upon the view az
every point as one walks over the lslanu.
The picturesque banana palm, laden
with the filling and nutritious fruit, is
everywhere at hand, Its contents con-
sidered public property to those ven
turesome enough to climb up and pluck
trunk of the tree, up which the natives
go, hand over hand, with the agility OF
monkeys The island is clad in man
tie of green almost perpetualiy, and
planted things come up almost beIore
they have been put into the ground. The
building material used almost exclusive
ly in Bermuda is white coral, fashlone1
into building blocks which are almost
incombustible, and this fact may have
;,a lTr select
ing a home for his second Helicon Hail
colony. Mr.. Sinclair has just finished
his latest novel, entitled THE Metropo-
lis" which is supposed to show up New
York society and the terribly eXtraVa-
CANT doings of some of its members. The
hero. presumably, is intended to yplfy
the wealthy. idle, most recklessly eX-
travagant class of the metropolis. and
Mr. Sinclair has gone into the minutest
details in describing the surroundings
and life of this man.
Admiral Evans, who is in command OF
the great fleet which has so recently
left our shores, and who Is as fine a
specimen of a naval officer as one could
wish for, is a master hand at many
things not contained in the Naval Acad-
emy curriculum, and which he did not
learn while a cadet at Annapolis. We
crochet hook with a grace and facility
that might put many a woman to shame,
and now the story comes 70 us OF now
he saved the day, SO to speak, by the
exercise of one of these unexpected and
unusual accomplishments. Jas Barnes,
in the Outlook, tells the story, and SAYS
that when Evans was navigator or the
Shenandoah, on the. way from MADEIRA
to the West Indies, the Paymaster of the
LII %o1r
doctor had said that he must have fresh
milk. so a goat was taken on board at
the island in order to give the sick man
this necessity. The Paymaster grew
rapidly worse, and everyone expected
him to die. The goats milk was con-
sidered almost a last resort, and soon
after the ship left Madeira they started
in trying to milk the goat Now, milk
ing is not as easy as it looks by any
means, as anyone who has ever tried To
milk a COW can attest There is decid-
edly a trick about it which can only be
learned by experience, and sometimes
not even then. One after another OF
the crew of the Shenandoah tried TO IN
duce Miss Nanny to relinquish some OF
her lacteal treasure, of which she SEEM
ed to have an abundance, but 1t was nc
use AS soon as she felt the lneXperl-
enced hand she reared and she butted
no one dared go near her. The doctor
stood around. adding excitement to the
occasion by saying his patient was get
ting weaker and weaker, and certainly
couldn't hold out much longer unless he
could have some of the milk. In this
extremity the Captain sent for Evans
It was nearly midnight, and the naviga
tor was asleep. Thinking some matter
of grave importance must have devel-
oped since he retired, he hurried on his
clothes and reported to his superior Off
Ger on the quarterback. The Captain
explained to him the situation; the Pay
master was dying for want of the milk
and no one on board could milk the
goat "I have sent for you, Evans ht
said, because / know you can do II.
Evans was rather disgusted. and sale
he hardly considered milking part of
navigator's duty, but when the Captalr
put 1t on the ground of humanity ht
could say nothing further, and imme'
diately went and tackled Miss Nanny
Using a little common sense, combined
with patience, he soon succeeded in fill
ing bowl with the milk, which was
sent to the doctor, and Evans went bach
TO bed. The next morning his brother
officers, who had gotten hold of the
story, chaffed him numerically, but II
spite of It, later in the day, he was
the night before, finding when he wen
to do so the goat on her hind legs, ant
the entire ships crew standing around
jerring at the steward, who had jus
suffered ignominious defeat at tht
hands, or feet, rather, of Miss Goat. Tt
make long story short, Evans, whC
had had about enough of this sort o
thing, Immediately started in ant
taught the trick to a willing young ma
rine who did the milking for the res
of the trip. We are not told whethe
or no the Paymaster recovered.
One of the most Interesting case
that has ever been taken into the Eng
lish courts Is that of George H. Druc,
to recover the title and estates of tn
late fifth Duke OF Portland, who wa
one of England's richest peers and
very eccentric man. Druce claims tina
his grandfather, Thomas Charles Druce
the owner of that Baker street shop o
which we have heard SO much sine
this famous trial began, was no othe
than this same fifth Duke of Portland
who led dual existence for man
years. His star witness in the substan
! tiation of this claim was an American
one Robert Caldwell, who in his testi
mony told an extremely sensations
story of having assisted in the bogu
burial of this Thomas Druce (whom h
said he knew TO be the Duke of Port
land), affirming that he, Caldwell, pro
cured the lead which filled the coffii
To confute this seemingly absurd charg
which could not be disposed of by
mere denial, the grave of the said Tho
Druce, who died 43 years ago. We
opened the other day, and instead {
.aad Woo found the hodv NJ an noe,