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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-13
FOR SALE-AN ELABORATE NEW HOUSE,
LOCATED IN THE SWEETEST PART
OF THE CITY.

LOCATED IN THE SWEETEST PART
OF THE CITY.
Recently Finished Ready for Occupancy.
So constructed that the most critical builder
would lend his approval.
The location il close to the important ON
bassies. with other surroundings of an equal
character. house Of tone and style. HAS
THE LOOKS AND LOOKS WHAT 1T HAS.
The owner when having It erected had no idea
of selling it. and certainly not at the price
have. but-well-it's now for saie-that $
all. THE LUCKY BUYER GETS SOMETHING
FOR NOTHING; PRACTICALLY SPEAKING,
WHEN HE PURCHASES THIS HOUSE FOR
SOMETHING; LESS THAN $4,000. THINK
or IT-A LITTLE LESS THAN $4,000. on
terms to suit the buyer.
An elegant lot. unusually wide and deep: II
rooms ,>eyen bedrooms. drawing room. library.
dinin. room. buffers pantry and kitchen on
main floor. Two elaborate baths. Servants
r"nvcnienccs: trunkrnom: cold storage COM
parimcnr: hot water heat: electric current: cH-
1msitc lighting fixtures All the rooms are
bright aud cheerful Abundanr" of closet space.
RFIT. DHHiEN co. Gnc.,. 1903 q NV.
NH " 81 .tu th.:'t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-13
FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR -BLOOMINGDAIE SPEdIAL-EX-
cePtionslly we'll arranged d room and bath
house. with large reception hall wiie
me- In best section Of Bloomi ngdae deep lot
70 wide paved alley: attractive hay window
brick house with all convcnicnces Of n most
modern home. Positively the best value ever
offered In this section. Steam heat. Only 81, $50.
THOS. J. FISHER & co. Inc,
mhl0-6t 13S 18th st.
FOR SALE WE HAVE THE INCEST NEW
house. iinH northeast q MONS hath:
Kitchen main floor: - feet front; a Jewel ri
$3.50: small cash payment.
WIIIIGE GIBBS 4 DANIEL. s0;s-o5 18th.
mh1l 81
FOR SALE ARTISTS HOME. 1910 MASS. AVE-.
NV: house. studio and stable: $40 000; easy
terms: IL rooms, toilet rooms; baths. Al
dress owner ROBERT flINCkLEY. premises.
su5-tf
FOR SALE-624-s2s ST. Ne: SIX ROOMS;
tiled haths: concrete cellar: hot water heat;
lot 90Nlo0: price. Si.230 easy terms. HARRI-
son REALTY co. 62l 18th st NV. fel3sot.&
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-13
FOR SALE-REMARkABLY CHEAP HOUSE;


EXCELLENT LOCATION: JUST y SO. OF
18TH ST AND SOUTH OF r. IL rooms
Think Of 1t. Two baths. Servants quarters
STRICTLY a modern property. with a wide, deep
lot. Ii is said this house cost the former owner
S12.0oU. lou get bargain here for
81. 100. $4,000 trust remain.
RFIT. o. BRIEN & Co tInc.). 1903 G NV.
NH "a, tn fh 81
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
ILLUSTRATED BY
R1 WALTERS
SYNOPSIS.

Three girls - Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement,
to one Of them took enjoyment @ srs in scru5
tinizing a photo of the trio. The young
women met q Mrs. Graham, anxiously
awaiting her husband, who had a mania
Lord WiifTid and Lady Edith. o3' x Cottage @
$S!,s$: us %SsZ proved SS sfstsS e Be jSSn %S$
Of Elizabeth's father A wisp of yellow
the hands OF Elise. Mrs. Grahams hair
was was black: lack. Fearing for the the safety of
safe at the cottage. Mr.. Gordon Bennett
was properly introduced, explained his
actions on board ship. Elise. alone, ex-
sation there between Mary Anne and a
man. He proved to be her son, charged
with murder. At q supper, which was
held on the rocks, Elizabeth rather mys-
by the entire party. Gabrieiie witnessed @
stormy scene between Lady Edith and
Lord Wilfrid, jealousy being the cause.
Mar Mary ss Anne sS brought aan back tE So
Bennett. He tried to persuade her to
return the jewels left in the girls care
by Lady Edith. At midnight Elise saw
two men-one Of them Gordon Bennett
their boathouse She admitted to herself
that she had nearly loved him and be-
ham. sick, told Elise of her husband S
love for another woman. Gordon Ben
nett and Blake returned with Mr.. Gra-
hams body. He had been murdered.
Lord Wilfrid grew sulky. Lady Edith
conf!ded to Elise that Blake and Ben
nett were thieves Lady Edith led her to
where they were trying to break in. The
girls were awakened late at night by a
noise in the cottage.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
To the Touch of Love

I'VE have two Mary Wallaces here" said
the morgue keeper. Funny thing, too. Both
brought in to-day. You'll have to bring some.
body with you who can somebody who
knew your wife-before she can be Identified -
The sensitive features Of the man contract
ed with sudden pain, and his dull, rowing eyes
sought the direction Of the morgue keepers
voice. His stick tapped before him on the flag
stone as he moved a step nearer.
"That isn't necessary" he said. I'D
know Mary among million! She has the
softest hair"
He extended hand: the slim, dextrous
fingers moved gently, caressingly. The morgue
keeper understood. He hesitated a moment,
and then grasped the blind mans sleeve.
"Come!" he said.
They walked through the office into the
rear apartment. The air was chill and the
blind man shivered. The keeper released his
arm and there was sound like drawer be-
ing pulled out "Hero," he said, rather
gruh1y.
He caught the visitors hand again and
guided it to an uncovered face. The blind man
started at the contact, so cold was it. Then
his fingers wandered swiftly over the marble
like countenance. and finally rested for just
an instant on the dead woman's hair.
mo, MOI" he said. That's not my Mary"
The drawer was closed and another pulled
out. The visitor groped his way forward
The instant his fingers touched the sharp-set
features of the dead woman his own face was
transfigured. MARY! Mary! have found
you, DEAR" he whispered. "How thin your
poor face has grown. How cold you are"
His fingers strayed to the harsh, thin hair
of the corpse, lowering there caressingly "But
the softest hair-the softest hair" he muir.
INJURED.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

only shelter was the winter sky.
Some went bareheaded and barefoot.
ed. and all rejected leather footgeary
Many went crazy and q few died from
exposure.
The most startling feature Of por.
ton OF this mad pilgrimage, however.
was that a small portion of these:
Doukhobor zealots, not content with
throwing OF their outer clothing, de-,
nuded themselves entirely ito show
nature to humanity, and how man
should return into his fatherland and
give back the ripened fruit and its
seeds, they said. In passing through
many OF the Doukhobor villages this
naked oand were driven out by their
co-rel1glonists and beaten with twigs
until the blood ran. At night in the
ram and snow and wind they clustered
into one heap and lay on the ground,
one on another, for warmth. Strange.
~ enough it is said that none of them
was seriously frozen. This strange
march continued until % of the un.
clad ones reached Yorkton, where they
were met by the mounted police and
were arrested. Three months impris-
onment was their lot. After they
were released all but ten of these %
nude marchers abandoned their curl.
GUS beliefs ane went back to work.
These ten attempted another out
break, destroyed some Of the breth.
ren's crops and burned some of their
machinery, but finally were subdued
and imprisoned once more. The next
year there was another attempt at a
pilgrimage, but by that time Father"
Verigin was In control and it amount.
ed to nothing.
About the time that Verigin came
into the full powers of leadership a
movement was set afoot to persuade
the government to take back the
largest part of the original grant to
the Doukhobors. Those behind the
agitation claimed that the community
had more land than it ever would be
able to use, and that a part of the
holdings ought to be made available
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

For Is years he was an exile in Siberia, to-
gether with six of his brothers, but they all
were released finally, and reached Canada
about six years ago. His followers almost
defy him, as they had his six great predecessors
who ruled like the kings or prophets of old
during the time that the sect sojourned in
Russia During his long exile he became a
firm convert to the theories of Tolstoy, and 13
years ago wrote an epistle to his followers
which is made up chiefly of passages borrowed
verbatim from Tolstoy's "Kingdom of God
Is Within You" and containing in particular
one long passage from that book-a quotation
OF Tolstoy's translation of the Declaration of
Sentiments which William Lloyd Garrison
drew up in 1888 for a Peace convention held in
Boston. This epistle is part of the sacred lore
of the Doukhobors. It contains no acknowl-
edgment of the fact that it was taken mostly
from Tolstoy. There probably are more people
can repeat the long passage from Garrison's
declaration than there are in the United
States who ever heard of it.
The disturbers among the Doukhobors be-
long to the reactionary or fanatical element,
and these made themselves felt to such an
extent before Verigin arrived in Canada that
at one time there was serious talk of bundling
up all of the thousands of Doukhobors and
shipping them out of Canada-no one cared
much whittier. At that time it was con.
sidered that the czar had played colossal
joke on Canada by letting the 1000 odd Douk-
hobors leave his realm, and it was matter
of congratulation among the Canadians that
the 10000 or more who stayed behind in the
Wet mountains of the Caucasus were too Stub
born or too fearful to emigrate.
1t was this fanatical element that was re-
sponsible for the pilgrimage in search of
jesus in 1902. These fanatics belonged to
the Yorkton colonists and professed the be-
lief that the use of animals as beasts of bur-
den was unscriptural and that Christ would
soon come again in person. They set free
nearly 500 antmals-which were caught by the
authorities and sold back to the more sober.
minded Doukhobors. Meantime some 600 men.
women and children set out across the snow
covered prairie, where they expected the Mes
siah to meet them and lead them to evaneelize
the world. They were poorly clad, they were
without food, except such as they could get
from charitable people on the way, and their
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

and restrained some from jumping
overheard who were on the verge of
doing so. She was almost the last
person to leave the ship, and would
not do so until there was nothing left
for her to do.
Every man in the engine room died,
and when the steam-steering gear was
useless the captain went to the hand.
steering apparatus on the poop, a des-
perate courage that cost him his life.
Another woman stewardess, Mary
Rogers, gave up her own life belt to
. passenger when the Stella was lost
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
CHAPTER xvl.-Continued.

Get your watch" advised Gabrielle
"and your pins and things. I've got
all mine in this chamois bag, except
the gold beads; they wouldn't go, sc
I'll just carry them. I'm not afraid
but l would rather have my things
with me, somehow"
I collected my small store of val
uables, and we formed a procession
of three and ventured downstairs
walking softly, as though afraid to dis
turb some one.
With every step our confidence re-
turned. We tried the front door and
found it closed and bolted; the win
dows in the hall and living room were
securely fastened; the dining room
also appeared impregnable; and when
we found the door to the safe tightly
closed, l was beyond measure relieved,
and almost ready to laugh at my sus.
picions.
In the kitchen we found the cellar
door open, and debated whether we
should lock it and thus prevent Mary
Annes return, or wait and greet her
in disapproving array.
Let us listen," suggested Gabrielle,
and sat down upon the top step to
carry out her suggestion.
Then occurred the accident to which
I referred in the very beginning. She
held her gold beads in her hand, and
somehow managed to break the catch
and away they went. We could hear
them rolling down into the cellar step
by step, and Gabrielle was at first
motionless with surprise, then as us.
ual prepared for immediate action.
I'm going after them," she an
nounced, literally rising to the oc-
casion.
Down there?" shuddered Elizabeth.
"Oh, no! Wait till morning"
Il spent every cent Of Cousin Lucy's
check on those beads" said Gabrielle,
folding her kimono about her and pre-
pairing to descend. "and I'm going to
pick them up right away. Wait till
morning, indeed! You might suppose
they were pebbles"
We sighed apprehensively, but pre-
pared to follow our intrepid friend,
feeling that we must share whatever
fate was in store for her, as well as
help collect her property. So we went
carefully down the steps, holding our
candles we'll before us.
Those miserable beads had rolled
70 the most remote places. of course,
end wo got 90 Interested IN looking
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
coeyaACm ISo1 ~ DvtALAeAH(oyy GO

Tor them we almost forgot to be
afraid.
Suddenly, however, Elizabeth gave
stifled scream, which was more of a
gasp, after all, and shrank back
against the wall
There is some one in here" she
whispered. Il know it."
'HOw do you know?"
Gabrielle tried to speak boldly, but
the hand which held the candle shook
until little shower of melted wax
fell upon the floor. .---.
II was feeling-under the steps,
Elizabeth found articulation difficult
when touched hair-human hair"
We gazed at one another in abject
terror, unable for the moment to
speak or move; then Elizabeth, whose
nerves were completely unstrung,
swayed suddenly as though she were
going to faint.
I'm afraid" she gasped-"awfully
afraid. 1t was hair, and-oh, dear!
what shall we do?"
She began to sob in hopeless kind
of way, in which l felt much inclined
to join, when heard suppressed ex-
clamation, followed by a scrambling
sound and the simultaneous flash of
two dark lanterns, as man advanced
from the back of the cellar, while an
other appeared from beneath the
steps.
Instinctively we drew close together,
and when We afterward compared
notes found we had each tried to
scream but could not
Don't be frightened" said voice
which sounded strangely familiar;
"its only us, Blake and l."
The girls stared with mingled relief
and amazement, but looked the other
way, for I felt a curious sensation of
personal disgrace, and as though I
could not bear to meet their eyes.
"But," said Elizabeth, at last
"but-"
1T is odd, isn't it," said Mr.. Ben
nett, with laugh he tried hard to
! make natural. 'Pm-I'm most awful
]y sorry you happened to come down.
We did not want you to know any,
thing about it..
He paused abruptly, conscious that
he was floundering badly, and turned
to his companion.
"Tell them, Blake" he commanded.
This thing has got to be explained,
and. after all, it's your business, not
NINE"
EYES," said Gabrielle, in her most
high and mighty voice; 1T does seem
to need explaining"
I admired her very much just then,
for it is not every woman who can
look digniffed and imposing when en-
veloped in a kimono, with a splutter-
ing candle in her hand, and q dearth
of stiff petticoats to sustain her moral
backbone
Mr.. Blake cast an anxious glance to-
ward the recess from which he had
emerged.
"One moment" he said, then dis.
appeared into the darkness, whence
we plainly heard a subdued whisper
ing.
"Are there more of you?" demanded
Gabrielle, but with rather a forlorn
quaver In her voice instead of the note
OF stern Interrogation she had in
tended.
It's all right" said Gordon Ben.
nett. "On my honor, Miss Gabrielle.
it's all right"
"Your honor!"
l had not intended to speak; the
words escaped before was aware of
1t. He turned and looked at me stead
lily, and again involuntarily averted
my eyes.
"On my honor" he repeated.
Now" said Mr.. Blake, returning:
III you will kindly come upstairs. l
am ready to explain, but fear must
cause you some pain, or at least 4
shock
We went up to the living room.
Elizabeth and very conscious Of our
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
WOMEN SHOW GREATCOURAGE

have an opportunity to show courage
In times of physical danger. other
than the usual quiet. "imperceptible"
variety, but Miss Kate Gilmour, the
stewardess Of the ill-fated Sardinia.
burned of the coast of Malta. won for
her courage in rescue work the IA
nous silver medal, the highest listinc.
tion a sailor can win. presented by
that corporation known as Lloyd's.
This medal h given only to those who
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

through their own stubbornness ahou+ ohevinp
the laws They received their land under the
terms of the Canadian homestead act. which.
among other things, requires that the person
Who takes up homestead shall reside on it
until ne proves up" Now the solitary life
OF the homesteader has no attraction for the
Doukhobor, with his ages.old fondness for vii
lage living. The result was that the Douk.
hobors, instead of remaining on their home
steads, established themselves in string of
villages, between 40 and SO in number that
sprawl across the plains for distance of 100
miles northeast of Yorkton.
In due course the government gently 70.
minded the Doukhobor leaders that their peo-
pie were IN danger of losing their homesteads
tnroueh their failure to live on them The
stold refugees paid no attention to the warn
ing, and, in the end, they had their own wav.
The powers of the Dominion decided to let
them hold their land and live as they wished.
This is not the first concession the Cana
dian government has made-and it is not like
ly to be the last. Not long ago movement
was started in certain quarters where the hos
tility to the Spirit Wrestlers" was marked.
to urge the authorities to make all the men
take the oath of allegiance to King Edward.
AS IL Is one OF the cardinal principles of this
religious sect that they shall take no oaths Of
this enforcement of one of the Dominion's
laws regarding alien settlers hoped that they
would move and leave their lands omen for
purchase at low price. The government
knew the Doukhobors probably would refuse
to take any oath, partly on account of their
belief and partly because they would fear that
it might lead them at some time to be forced
into military service. Therefore, the authori-
ties forbore to press the matter of the oath of
allegiance, but contented themselves with in
timating to the Doukhobor leaders that his
majesty King Edward VII. would take it as 4
personal favor If the brethren" would como
around when they found it convenient and
promise to be good subjects. This plan is
working fairly well. Something like 800 of the
able-bodied men in the various communities
have taken the oath voluntarily during the last
IL months. This has been due almost entirely
to the influence of their leader, Father
Verigin.
Peter Verigin has been the greatest power
among the Doukhobors for nearly Is years.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

have by extraordinary exertions con-
tributed to the saving of life at sea" "
The first was presented in 1887.
When the Sardinia was leaving NAL
ia the fire broke out with amazing
suddenness. There were on board IL
European passengers and 40 Arabs
from the various ports of Morocco.
Most of the latter entirely lost self.
control, but the English, as usual,
held themselves well in hand. Miss
Gilmour distinguished herself By the
rapidity and GOODNESS with which she
assisted the passengers into life belts
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
Have Frequently Given Proof That
That Quality Is by No Means
Confined to Men.

The universal report of those on
the Republic is that the women were
quite as courageous as the men, and
as only few lower class men evinced
fear this is all that any woman could
ask for In the way of praise.
!: u seldom, of course, that women
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

modern type obtainable, steam plows being
numerous.
AS class the Doukhobors are big, tall
race fair-haired, with the fiat noses that are
peculiar to the Slavs. Each household holds
its religious service at four o'clock every
morning. They have no civil courts, but set.
tie their differences in a religious way based
on their Interpretation of the Scriptures
There is said to be no crime among them.
They are famous throughout Canada for their
live stock, and will pay almost any price for
the finest blooded breeding animals.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

on CasQuet Rocks in 1899, and was
drowned in consequence. As she died
the silver medal Of Lloyd's could not
be presented her, but G. F. Watts in.
cluded memorial tablet to her in his
commemorative series placed in Post
mans Park Sunday.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

for other and profitable settlers Father Verisn
at once that it "up to" heDoukhobors to make
adequate Defense and he about it in character
istic At the fall meeting of the community nearly
100000 set aside to be used for buying new land
Immediately adjacent to the Doukhobor
all talk of cutting their holdings ceased forthwith
Another evidence of the quality of Verign's leader
ship is to be in the system Of elevators gran
aries that is found in Of population the
community The Doukhobor farmers thus under no
compuson to sell their wheat and flax the it is
harvested but can hold it for weeks months If nec
essary. Within the last two years system of flour
mills also has been installed and the export Of
beginning to be considerable item of profit Plans
atoot for narrow gauge railroad to connect
Gus villages of the community They areadyare
ed by private telephone lines In each village
one immense granary modern elevator. All the
farm implements are owned in Much of the
machinery used in cultiYatng the soil Is most
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

provoked by the flood of adverse
criticism during the last ten years
against these spirit Wrestlers"
ever since they first settled in west
ern Canada. Its obvious purpose is
the Endorsement of the Doukhobors
as citizens Of tho Dominion and the
discouragement of any further at.
tempts to malign them.
The report shows that instead of
being "gold-bricked" by the Douk.
hohors, Canada really got an excel
lent body Of citizens when she
brought the "Douks' over to thia
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
Well Informed.

The Stranger-Do the people who
live across the road from you. 'Rastus.
keep chickens7
'Rastus-Dey keeps some q 'en
sah.-Christian Advocate
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02

made their homes is in
the provinces of Assini-
boia and Saskatchewan.
Their total holdings are
between 600 and 700
square miles of splendid
land for agricultural pur-
poses, now in the heart
Of the wheat belt. When
the government allotted
this land to them, ten
years ago, it was consid-
cred by experts too cold
for wheat, but since then
the grain belt has moved
nolthward several hun
dre Is of miles. The Douk-
hobor lands to-day are
worth anywhere from SIS
to $40 an acre, according
to location, which would
make their total market
value considerably more
than $10,000,0OO.
If it had not been for
the forbearance of the
Canadian government.
however, the Doukhobors
might have lost their land
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
%#>I/%%

ANADA has put her
official stamp of ap-
proval on the Douk-
hobors.
A late report of the
Canadian interior de-
partment is devoted
entirely to this
Christian Communi-
ty of the Universal
Brotherhood" as the
DOukhObOrs call them
selves. In it are en-
bodied the results of
a careful official in
vestigatiOn that was
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-02
Italian Proverl

italian Proverb.
A small cloud may hide both m,
and moon.