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New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

brate the tenth anniversary Of his election on
March is. next. The events open to members
Of the Military Athletic League at the games TO
be held in the armory on Saturday night. January
80. follow: e1-yard dash 44O-yard run. 1.oo0-yard
and one-mile relay race. all handicaps-
Company G Of the 18th Regiment, commanded
by Captain Hartman. will visit Newark. \. J..
on the night of Friday. January % as the guests
of Company L. 1st Regiment. The New York
company will perform its famous "tninese
drill wearing the Oriental costume and going
through some novel evolutions Lieutenant
Daily. of Company-D. who was emily elected.
has passed the examining board.
Major General Leonard Wood, I. 5. A will re-
view the 47th Regiment on Wednesday night, Jauu-
airy q.
Major General Charles f Roe will review the Sth
Regiment of coast artillery al the armoTy on
Wednesday night, January 81.
Colonel Stokes of the 23d Regiment has invited
Sir Henry PaIlett. of the Queens own Rifles, Of
Toronto Canada. 10 review the 23d Saturday
night January 16 Ex-Mayor Seth Low will re-
view Company C at the armory on the night Of
February 13 next
officers for the Defendum Association Of jhe
22d Regiment have elected fer the ensuing year
as follows President. Colonel n. B. Thurston; first
vice-president Alderman r. n DoulI second vice
president Captain William J. Maidhof: treasurer,
e ] MacGrottv: secretary. Lieutenant George W.
Abbott.
The elevation of Major James T. Ashley Of the
18th Regiment. the lieutenant cOlonelcy viii
rr, note Captain sydney Grant and Captain George
H. Kemp to majors. Both officers are the first and
second seniors in the line respectively. The 1ith
Company of the 18th Regiment and g. D Russell
Camp as. United Spanish War Veterans, will
hold a Joint reception at the armory next Thurs
dav night There will be fancy and military
marches and general high links to bid farewell
TO the old year and welcome the new. In plan
ming the event the committee has considered the
fact that Manhattan has long been the mecca
for New Years Eve crowds, and in the general
invitation has issued the following appeal to
RrookIynites: "Do not go to Manhattan TO cele-
brate and pay a fabulous sum for the reservation
Of your table Just drink yell and imagine
its a good time Come the 18th Regiment Ar
rnorv. larger than Madison Square Garden. Ftf-
teen thousand dancers and twenty-five hundred
diners easily accommodated All the participants
IN ihe celebration will be supplied with horns bells
CrIckets and other noise making devices, which,
when operated by crowd that will number fully
fifteen thousand will make din such as the big
arnory has never heard before. As souvenir OF
the occasion each guest will be presented with a
Handsomely Illustrated book showing scenes in the
Snanish-American War The regiment will be
viewed next Tuesday night by Major Willy
Iivonus of the German General Staff.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
THE START FROM COPENHAGEN.

The story Of this successful but martyr crowned
expedition retOd IN a recent issue or L Illus
Tration." The party. il Will ne recalled, left CO.
1senhagen June -. 1905. on the steamer Den
mark object that OF chaTtng Greenland
between Koldeney Island on the east side and
Cape Bridgrnan. Peary Land. at the noTtherly end
of the island The distance 10 be covered was ap-
proaima1ely 14e0 kilometres, or $50 nliles-a dis
lance greater than the air line distance between
Kew York and Chicago. The vessel was anchored
in inlet beyond Cape Bismarck. on the east side
Sf Greenland. which christened Port Of Den
mark. Here the vessel remained two years while
explorations made.
on March IS. 1907. caravan Of ten men and
ninety dogs set establish stations and take
slD the work Of the expedition II was divided into
four groups one these made UP Of Erich
zen. the leader Lieutenant Hagen. photographer,
and Rronlund Greenlander. who could write.
The second group was composed Of Captain Koch.
Berteser. an artist. and Tobias Gahvielsen. Of
Greenland This group. after travelling three
rronths toward the northeast. reached Cape BridE
man. Peary Land am turned hack. having
reached its goal or the way back they met
F,richseu. who had encountered difficulties. Erich
sen ordered shem 10 continue on the back track,
and with his party continued toward the north
west. hoping 10 find Cape Glacier. i'm Independence
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
SCIENCE HAS IT'S
UNWILLING MARTYRS
DOGS WHICH PERISH IN
POL1R QUESTS.
Uhen ill Else Fails They Furnish
Food for Their Masters and
Their Ozcn Kind.

Not ever- Arctic explorer returns safely TO re-
count upon the lecture platform and the printed
page the adventures OF his quest Of the pole Polar
travel is besct with dangers. notwithstanding the
great foresight exercised in preparing for
journeys through the Ice and snow-Clad lands OF
Arctic regions Il Is still necessary for men to
he willing 80 become martyrs. II need be. in pur-
suit Of thelr quest Where there willing mar
1yrs to q cause there usually are unwilling mar
1yrs also who receive the crown Of glory, but
pay the same price Polar exploration is no excep-
ZION This was illustrated in the experiences Of
the party which set from Copenhagen in 1906
under Mylius Erichsen 10 survey and chart the
slEchar1ed section Of the coast of Greenland and
determine II this northern possession Of Denmark
WAS an island.
The obsect Of the expedition accomplished.
but only at the cost OF the lives of three heroic
men, including that OF the leader. and a host OF
unwilling martyrs the dogs which accompanied
Them. whose lives had TO be sacrificed For the
dogs there was no aIluring figure bearing crown
sil.rterfng on before. When they tugged al the
ropes the only reward which they could look
forward was occasional pat and Good boy!
from the master and 4 slice OF meat at the end
CT the DAYS journey II :he sharp edged ice was
trying on the heavily shod feet OF their human
companions. less trying on the paws that
alone could make the expedition successful And
when il became question Of finding food or dying
they were the ores called on furnish the food
not only for the masters whose hands they had
licked. whose companions they had been. and
whose commands they had obeyed in life. but for
their fellows These indeed are entitled 10 the
martyrs reward also, nameless though they be in
Of A-grTi- axllGr fCn
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
MAINE FOX SKINS.

1t is estimated that about scventy-ave th'-sanU
fox skins sold out OF Maine ev'r> year ts's
few OF the sly animals shot. Many are $50
by the Of poisoned bait. while huhefruS
others killed In drives kuovu IS the
Hampshire method This IS not SporlSii
but the fur hunters are In the game 10 caS'' g.
sport. No accurate statistics are aV1i~ieie q"
the number Of foxas captured IN Maine IN q
but some time ago Charles F. OAK Of t1i iiSo -
then land agent said 1t a committee hearsns 80 S-
more than - 200 fox skins we're SOLD Cst - S-,cs
took County alone every year OUTSIDE OF st,,<ss
took County. where several men MAKE = -, - n
OF fox hunting perhaps 25oVo pelts are 49, - - 40
year. making the total output OF thT 80 Ib9Tb-sl
The price OF a0od fox skins re{Shvd - -,
notch last winter. red prlts -, aus
81 80 to s. each. against s. 30 two Nea',; az,
s. 80 Ave years ago. For silver STRys, -f.ss rs-
rare and blacks which are very ratS .st.,r.S r.s
main very much in former yea - y, @,.--s.s- j.
rates have advanced somewhat. ana tng IS G +u--sa
much steadier since the close of tns va ,srsivs
lapan ana Russia. nearly All thSSs .
skins are marketed In Ru-sla- uhs -. go ~,
s)O "a From. cross fox. and is Fate' q sla1 I'd,
in 10 90 is a silver gray Sud Is worth - -,.fsros
SOQ and perhaps in seltss Is a pul sT "a fstss
mack which may bring $40 or even 49,. rsIJ-
making the coat Of the black teN ~, -, - sarth.
abb gsrrnent worn by any animal on 'OP - -
-KennebCc Journal
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
THE CHARM FAILED.
Hounds Caught Runa7cay Negro,
DGsmte His Cunning.

The slaves Of the Southern plantations We're
regarded him as their natural enemy. He acted
on them as a conservative force. for they well
knew that nc speed or cunning Of theirs could
bafHe his pursuit The negro. generally. be
Leved in the fetch or charm, and they often
sought the aid of old slaves who affected to be
voodoo doctors that they might procure charms
that would keep them from being caught by the
dogs in the event Of d runaway. one charm
deemed very potent for that purpose consisted
Of the left hind foot OF graveyard rabbit killed
in the fun Of the moon, and the right foot Of
goose killed ia the black night'-that is. be
tween midnight and daybreak-while standing
Bn that one foot only. The latter ingredient Of
the compound carried with ii the solid ad-
vantage that even i the fetch failed TO work
the negro had the consolation Of knowing that
ne had cooked his masters goose. The charm
was sewed Up in small bucksllin bag and car
ried in a cloth belt around the waist. one of
my own slaves, likely young buck OF twenty
five years, once ran away bearing such charm
upon his person. / very much concerned
about him. for We had been reared together, his
mother being our old family cook. l feared. as
she did that he had gone off the plantation dur
ing the night and although absenting himself
without leave he intended TO return at day
break and that some accident had happened TO
him.
After waiting for him TO conre back until 10
O'Clock in the morning. or nearly twelve hours
from the time he left his quarters. l had the
hounds put upon his trail There were six in
the pack all thoroughbred beagles. from two to
three years old accompanied them with two
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
SNAKE VICTIMS IN INDIA.

Every year the government of India issues a
report of the mortality from snake bites, which
costs the sensitive reader shudder. The number
of victims does not greatly vary from year to gear
According the latest report for 1897, no less than
24l9 human beings lost their lives from this cause
Efforts being made to extend the use OF the
treatment recommended Dy Sir Lauder Brunton.
which consists in making an lnCisiOn in the wound
with lancet and injecting permanganate OF pot
ash. This treatment has given good results where
applied. DR. Calmette's nt-venene has. also been
used with success Not only human beings. but
many tnousa nds domestic animals annually
killed In India by nake-bites.-Youths Companion.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
NATIONAL GU4RD NEU1S

The National Guard Association of New, yori-
viii hold its annual convention in ALBANY. on Feb
ruary l6 and i next, and officers from all over
be entertained dinner by the association on the
association is preparing amendments to the con-
sutGtion and bylaws to make them conform
with the new military regulations OF the state
Company r Of the 9TH Regiment Captain Louis
W Stotesbury, will hold Il dinner Al Hotel Astor
next Tuesday night. at which the active and vet
eran members viii make a grand rally for the
celebration Of the eghty-fourth anniversary of
the organization. General George Moore Smith
and Colonel Daniel Appleton viii be among the
guests
An election for lieutenant colonel Of the sgtb
Regiment viii be held the arInory tomorrow
night and just who the successful officer wifi be
is a matter Of doubt Among those mentioned as
candidates are Lieutenant H. II. Rogers jr aide
de-camp the staff Of General George Moore
Smith; Captain Charles Healy Of Company l.
Major Philip Reville and Lieutenants Lewis d.
Coniey and Thomas l. Reynolds of Colonel Duffy 5
stan. Lieutenant Rhinelander Waldo has also
been mentioned. The regiment will parade for
review by General David +. Austen chief of coast
artillery. Wednesday night.
A detachment from the ID Battery Will have the
honor OF firing the salute at the Inauguration of
Governor Hughes on January at Albany.
Colonel Morris of the eth Regiment VIII cels-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
DuLsB AND SEA GIRDLEs.

The taste FOR marine vegetables Is said 20 b
acquired one. but like most acquired tastes. Il
obtains hold upon its devotees. who become sx-
trernelv fond Of them Highlandsrs. indeed. con-
slider dish OF duIss boiled In milk. 70 be superior
70 all other vegetable while all who have pre-
diIection for enjoy dulse eaten Ike celery
in its raw state. or served salad with oil and
vinegar.
Tanele or sea girdlee. Is eaten in much the -sr-s
manner. the young fronds being selected for food
Fronds OF this species said to constftuts ths
..goitre leaf" chewed IN the HimaIsyas and ths
whole plant is noted cor the abundance of Iodine
and potash which Il contains 5onne boIchs
in tho way OF marine vegetable Is the PO-phyra
Iscfnfata which is picked with salt and sold in
London as aver- IT il stewed as a lIxury in
London and Scotland. and under the name of sIOks
in Ireland This aIga - very wholesome and ap-
pears In thin purple green and pink fronds A.
though popular salad with French dressing.
it is generally stewed. oyster ssee1.' or green
Iaver Of another sort Is used iu the same manner
as the porphyra but is much inferior 70 g. just
as delicate white is superior - green
varieties
One Of the commercial seaweeds variouzly
known as Irish moss pearl moss and Carrigesn
moss The fronds are bleached are most %
the Oriental commercial seaweeds. and the large
quantity OF gelatine this specie contains has made
it yaluabie instead Of isingIass in the preparation
Of blanc range and jellies- Blanc mango made
from this alga resembles that prepared with tHs
most costly materials and Is highly esteemed a.
the tables Of the wealthy in Ireland Perhaps The
only sea weed actually ;roned. well washed
and bIeacEed and coated with stsTch-or its ova
exuda5on-is dulse. which fishermen in the South
west of England press between not irons They
assert that this method o. cooking d1Iiss impsrts
tn the a-eeI q fine favor or roasted oysters
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

over % per cent Of the constituents Of air.,
seaweed consist; Of carbon and oxygen IN about
equal proportions. hydrogen and nitrogen supply
inR its remaining component parts The alge con
tain comparatively large proportion Of nitrogen.
together with the peculiar gum for which they
rriznd snonr starch and little albuner.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
A DULSE RAGoUT.

To this epicurean favor dulss adds the fragrsncs
OF violets so that the poor Of many Northern
countries who depend upon it for food obtain
with their sodorifc and highly nutritious diet
s,IbIirns+ed atmosphere The oeassntry % Ireland
often wash dulse until # - almost tsste'ess when
they chew l.. without any other preparation Thus
eaten it feels muciagnous to the tongue and leaves
a slightly acrid taste ragOut made with duls7
would put the most famed dish Of the kind in this
country 10 the blush literally. for duse inparts
red color TO the ragOut and jelIhed consis1snc-.
in addition 70 a certain novelty and deIcacy o.,
IA vor The IceIanders are wont 20 wash this and
its near kin. tangle in fresh water. when they
hang it up 20 dry in the air When laundered in
this way the seaweed sxudes a white, pOTdery
starch which is and pleasant to the taste IN
perfectly dry state II is packed in casks and pre-
served indefinitely for eating Dwellers along the
Northern coasts and islands wont 20 eat sea
weed of this kind with hsh and butter. while ths
more opulent prepare it In milk, often mixed Tth
rye -four. In Kamschatka. however s-aveed serves
still another purpose A feruentsd liquor Is usds
from IL which fully explains some of the antics
OF Neptune supposing ne draws upon seaTeed for
exhilaration
IceIanders and also the inhabitants OF the coasts
OF DONEGAL. especially esteem doughIaghrnaR ABOVE
the other three species Of seaweed used by them
for food and they have crristened II With q name
which makes 1t impossible for natives OF other
countries to order it frequsntIy- Australians Use
the large sea tangIe for many purposes besides
food ont Of II they n1r he many useful vessels and
Instruments This seaveed grows in more dell
cate form along the coasts Of South America and
furnishes s1 important food to the poor OF the
western coast and to the Fuegisns and inhabitants
abor+ The Strait - Magellan
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
BULL KELP is TASTY.

Most common and abundant in every part @ tn
earth where rocks and salt water meet Is a sea
weed known as Dull keIp This marine vegetable Is
very nutritious and fatteniuz and Is much priced
by the inha bitants Of every sea washed shore
Perhaps it is most largely consumed in New zea-
land Van Dieran's Land New South wales and
coasts of Australia In these localities bIl kelp =
collected from rocks and dried in the sun, after
which i is roasted. Atorgines. 7ith taste f1r
sea vegetables roast bull kep upon the Wood EN-
uers OF FIRE and keep turning IL until every por-
ton has been thoroughly cooked when it Is soakel
in fresh water ten twelve hours. and IS then
ready for the table When the kelo Is 70 oe pre-
served it is merely hung Up and dried The natives
carry this dried seaweed about with them upon
their journeys and do not look 20 any otrsr susie
nance. They employ it Americans do bread
eating II with desn of various kinds or D l1selS
without the addition of butter.
Wherever the edible qualities Of SeaNeed are
known il is employed as food for cattle Ihserest
in Il just centres upon its uses rs tood t'r
r1au. in case OF protracted drouth 81 : staten
that the seaweed or oU~ coasts woud supply Al
the vegetable food necessary 70 man while o d
process II dehydratIon the seaWeed Of the great
Sargdsso Sea may be converted into an Irexhadstl
JIe supply OF highly nutritious substance Wnicp
would prove alI-sufficent the meat eater as Vei
as TO the vegetarian
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
BOOSTERS DINNER
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL HAVE sUHsCRIpTION DINNER.
Plates win Be s2 Each and All Din- CTS Are Expected to Speak Hope
 fully of City's Progress.

What promises to be one of the most successful gatherings the Com mercial Club has fostered since It's organization is the subscriptios dinner which will be given at the Exchange Hotel on February 22. Washingtons Birthday. Letters, calling on the members of the club to take the mat ter up at once, were mailed by Secre- tary Dave yesterday and 1t is hoped by the directors that there will be several hundred of the leading busi- ness men of the city present.
 The purpose of the gatherings. as explained in the letter sent out. is for the purpose of having prominent men of Montgomery make inspiration- al speeches. short talks by committee, outlines for work in Montgomery in which every man can participate. stock taking for prospects and new year of activity. There will be sever al very entertaining features in ad- dition to the speeches.
 The directors especially urge that each member bring with him some business or professional man of the city. and to do everything possible to incuicate in all business men of the city the spirit which Is needed now to advance Montgomery to the posi- tion to which 1t is justly entitled.
 The dinner will be at $2 per plate, and already assurances have been re- ceived sufficient to warrant that there will be at least 200 guests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

The wheel has taken another turn and Miss Virginia Bragg Smiths name again stands at the head of the col unn in The Advertisers big prize con test She has the best of Miss Saliie Watkins Wood by the small maJority of just 300 votes.
 These two popular girls are playing a game of see-saw with each other put neither allows the other to remain on fhe high end of the board very long at \ time. So far Miss Wood has kept fbe fon9 end of the balance most of the time. Miss Smith is up for only the second time. and her advantage is so slight that Miss Wood can easily restore the balance in her favor if she tries. unless Mss smith has an extra supply of ballast to dispose of which will enable her to retain her lofty perch in spite of all Miss Wood can do to regain her ascendency.
 Rain Causes Light Vote.
 The rainy weather of the last few daya has interfered somewhat with the work of the contestants. Changes in the score are, therefore, not very sensa- tionaI or numerous. and probably will not be until the clouds roll by.
 Mrs. c. A. Ritch of Union Springs has moved up from tenth to eighth place at the expense of Miss Lonla Will Hams and Miss Annie Langham.
 There are few, if any, more charm- ing and energetic girls in the contest, than Miss Annie Langham, whose por- trait is presented today. She has her heart set on 'ATiser." the diminuitive Shetland pony and. the little park wag- on built especially to match his. size.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
COULD NOT WALK FORFOUR MONTHS
Mass of itching, Burning Humor onAnkles Feet Fearfully Swollen
 0piates Alone Brought Sleep Many Treatments Failed bu
.TORTuRES OF ECZEMA
 YIELDED TO CUTlCURA

"Cuticura Remedies are all you claim them to be. I had ecnema for over two yeerg. I had two phyEicians, bus they only gave me relief for short timo and cannot enumerata the ointmen3a and lotions I used to no purpose. My ankles were one mass of sores. The itching and burning were so intense that I could not sleep. oould not walk for nearly four months. 0ne day my husband said had better try the Cuti- cura Remedies. After using them three times, had the best nights rest in months unless took an opaate. used one set of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and my ankles healed in . short time. It ig now 6 year since I used Cuti- cura, and there has been no return oE the eczema.
 T had small lump in tho corner of my eye,for over q year which was very painful and got larger all the tina. ! thought would try Cuticura Goap and Ointment on it, and now 1t is zone. I am sevanty-three years old and have lived on the farm I now occupy for twenty-eoven years. Cuticura Remo- dies are the safest and most reliable I have ever used for all skin humors. Mrs. David Brdwn, Locke, Crawford Co.,, Ark, May IS and July 1s. 1oo7."