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SEAMAN LINcoLN's DOUBLE.
Represents Martyr President at
Yearly Banquet of Club.

From the Boston Globe.
Capt. Daniel David Willard of South
Portland Me-. has the twofold dis
tinction Of being the oldest sea captain
on the Atlantic coast, if not in the en-
tire country, and also being a most
exact double of Abraham Lincoln, the
martyred President.
And the captain, or Uncle Sam" as
he is widely known on account of the
resemblance is true representative Of
the great man, at least one day CT
every year. The Lincoln Republican
Club of Portland, one of Names strong
est political organizations, long ago
discovered that Portland was harboring
double Of the President for whom the
club was named. and every year on
February II dincoln's birthday, when
1t holds banquet in the city hall or
some other large building. since thai
edifice was burned. it endeavOrs to
have the captain present to represent
Lincoln. At that time he rides with
the governor as companion guest and
stands next to him in the receiving
line at the reception.
There l stand he says. with the
governor of the state. and shake hands
with some six hundred members and
guests, as if / were one of the big
bugs myself. I am a democrat, but
they pull me into the celebration just
the same.
Capt. Willard is seventy-six years
old, and for a number of years has held
the record of being the oldest sea cap
tain on the coast. the life of a coasting
seaman being such that very few are
able to stand the hardships after they
reach sixty years of age.
When asked why it was that he had
outlasted so many other sea captains,
he gave this explanation: Well. 1 have
always made it a point to take care of
myself When I was at one of the Lin
coin club banauets the congressman
who sat next to me remarked that
didn't take coffee at the end of the
meal, nor any of the nice fat cigars
that were passed around, and 1 an
swered him: No. I don't drink coffee,
I don't smoke. I don't chew. 1 don't
drink anything stronger than water
And he thought it was a great ioke'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
Candidates for Examination.
Simultaneity in Discovery.
I'M the Snringfieh Rennhlican


That the two Independent discoveries of
the north pole, nearly a year apart, should
be announced to the world within six DAYS
of each other is certainly a most remark
able cOincidence-more remarkable, indeed,
than the fact that the long quest for this
prize should have ended as it has with a
double capture by unrelated explorers
Most OF the great scientific discoveries OF
the world have been fallen upon stimuli
taneously by two or more men working
independently. This is as true of astron-
Omy, mathematics, physics and biology as
Of applied science or mechanical inven-
ton.
The discovery of the planet Neptune
which has been called the most remark
able astronomical achievement Of the nine
teenth century, was made through several
telescopes directed by hypothesis worked
out independently by the Englishman,
Adams. and the Frenchman. Leverrier
Leibnitz and Newton, independently OF
each other developed at the same time the
infinitesimal calculus which has been of
vast value in broadening human knowi-
edge. The honors for the discovery Of an
esthesia are divided, both as to the use of
ether and Of choloroform. When or about
when Franklin was flying his kite in
America to establish the identity of at
mospheric electricity with the electric
sparks obtained by artificial means. a
monk in central Europe was conducting
similar experiments with similar success.
From independent Investigations Alfred
Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin de-
veloped and announced at the same time
the theory of struggle and natural selec-
ton in support of the doctrine of organic
evolution. For nearly a hundred years be-
fore Morse made his practical demonstra-
ton of the telegraph the possibility Of
transmitting words by wire and electricity
had been under discussion and not without
some successful experiment. The tele-
phone, or transmission of the voice by
wire. was hit upon SO closely in point of
time by several men, that a five-to-four
decision of the United States Supreme
Court had to settle the question Of pri-
ority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
MCMILLAN TALKS OF COOK.
But His Sister Will Not Repeat
Contents Of Letter.

FREEPORT, Me-, September 17-Mrs
w. c.. Fogg, sister Of Donald b. McMil-
Ian, who is with Peary. has received a
letter from her brother.
Most interesting among It's contents, 30
far as the public is concerned. was an
extended reference to DR.. Cook. Mrs
Fogg refused. however. to disclose the
substance Of the remarks.
Mr.. Mcmillan told of the accident in
which he was shot August II. A party
had been walrus hunting and had re-
turned 70 the ship. when one of the men
accidentally discharged a gun. The bull
let struck Mr.. Mcmillan in the shoulder.
The letter said that he is now recover
in1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
TURTLE AND fAR|NA DIET
SHORTAGE WOULD MEAN FAM
me TO TROPICAL AMERICA.
How the Food Staples Are Procured
and Prepared on the
Amazon.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Turtle and farna, taken together, rep
resent to those who live on the Amazon,
be they white. negro or Indian, or one
of the numerous croSs-breeds. what the
salmon does to the Alaska Indian, the
cocoanut to the South Sea Islander and
rice to the Monaghan. short run of
salmon in the Alaska rivers, crop fail
ure in the paddy fields of China, hurri-
cane in the South Sea Islands. all reduce
to the same thing-famine. On the ANA
zon a shortage of turtles may be tided
over by a plenitude of farina. or vice
versa; failure of both turtles and farna
in the same year brings great and wide
spread distress.
Farina is crude locally made product
of the root of the mandioca. a further re-
fnement of which results in the tapiOca
of commerce. Tapioca is the pure starch
of the root farina the starch mixed with
woody fiber, the latter imparting yell
loWish color to the compound. Farina,
under q number of different names, is
more or less Of a staple with the natives
in all of tropical America from the West
Indies to Paraguay.
Preparing the Mandioca.
The methods Of preparation vary slight
ly In different localities, but the object in
view is always the same, the elimination
of the juice of the mandioca which is of
highly poisonous nature. Fortunately,
the latter is highly soluble, and is there
fore easily got rid of by washing and
straaning. The Brazilian apparatus for
this purpose is an Indian continuance,
and is in every respect similar to the one
employed by the aborigines of the in
terror of British Guiana, from 800 to ], coo
miles from the Amazon. 1t consists of a
long flexible cylinder made of the hard
outer skin of some cane-like plant, plated
In such form that longitudinal pull re-
duces its diameter. This. being filled with
the moistened pulp of the :nandioca, is
contracted by the attaching of a weight to
loop in its lower end, the juice being
caught in pans placed underneath to re-
ceive 1t.
A second washing and pressing renders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
Great Frederick Sale Of
Knabe Stock at 1918
1920 F Street.

hardly believe the Frederick Music
Company would waste the chance
of getting a bonus price for them.
Pianos from the diplomatic homes,
from the legations and embassies,
from senators and members OF the
cabinet. Uncle Joe Cannon is rep
resented by a magnificent Knabe
Grand, which he rented all of last
season and would doubtless take
again this season if he knew about
it. The Persian embassy is repre-
scented by noble knabe Grand,
used there last season. At least a
dozen OF our most distinguished
senators are represented in Up
right and Grand knabe and Chick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

the farina fit for eating A rather anus
ing expedient is occasionally employed by
the Indian women to facilitate this OPP
GRAFTON. A large hammock is suspended
mandioca pulp. and into this are thrown
a half dozen or more of the first children
to come to hand. the edges Of the ham
mock being then knotted together above
the struggling prisoners. whether the
youngsters take their confinement in
good part or otherwise. they at least
never take it quietly, the ensuing strug-
giles squeezing the mandloca dry In q
fraction of the time In which 1t would
have been accomplished by the applica-
ton of a dead weight
Contains Prussic Acid.
remarkable thing about this Juice Of
the mandioca is that though it contains
so large quantity Of prussic acid that
1t is invariably fatal to a man, or even a
dog or cow that happens to drink it, the
addition OF certain herbs known TO the
Indians renders it perfectly harmless and
admirably suited to the making of sauces
and seasonings for fish and turtle. A
most delicious sauce is that called arubi.
which is made OF the ma ndioca Juice
boiled down before the precipitation Of
the starch or tapioca, and seasoned with
ca psicum peppers. 1t Is kent IN stone
bottles for several weeks before using,
anu lIl'iheS most arpet1ZiuE relish. In
British Guiana, similar sauce made by
the Indians and called pepper pot" is
highly esteemed by the English, and may
he had at either of the leading hotels
OF Georgetown Another sauce, tucupi.
Is made by the Amazonian Indians from
the pure juice of the mandioca, and IS
much more common in the interior than
arubi- This is made by heating the LIQUID
for several days in succession and sea-
sonlng IT with peppers and small fishes;
when old, it has much the, taste of an
chovy paste, and smell which would
put to shame the famous salmon-head oil
of the Alaska Indians. 1t is generally
made up as a liquid, but certain of the
tribes on the Japura make 1t up in the
form of black paste, calling 1t tucupi-
piXuna. or black tucupi. The Indians on
the TapaJos where fish are scarce, are
said to occasionally season tucupi with
Sauba ants. 1t is there used chiefly as
from the root Of the mandiOca, consist
ing of the starch beaten up In boiling
water.
The fresh water turtle of the Amazon
grows to a great size, especially On the
upper river. where full grown ones
three feet in length, two In width and
weighing two hundred pounds are often
seen. Every house has its little pond or
corral to hold a stock Of these animals
the season of dearth. the wet
Those who have Indians in their
employ send them out for a month when
the waters are low to select a stock;
of turtles like that of all other articles OF
food. has risen greatly with the gradual
growth of the cities of the upper Amazon
Bates, the British entomOlogist tells how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
Instruments That Have
Graced Homes of
Famous People in
Washington.
Prizes Being Sought by
Wise Buyers.

There are Magnificent knabe
Grands and Cprights; Chickering
Grands and Uprights and some
others of renown, which have been
used by Washington's four hundred,
now priced SO low that you would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
Insane Man Demands S24, 900.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. September 17.-Charles
w. Kenny, who is said by the police to
be insane, demanded $4,000 from the
paying teller of the National Bank Of
Commerce here yesterday. He was told
to return in few minutes and when he
reached the bank door he fell PROSTATE.
He was not a depOsitor of the bank
He appeared at the bank coatless ana
hatless. A policeman arrested him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

and dogs and thirty-five walruses. All the
dogs were landed on an island in Etah
ford. and the Roosevelt was coaled from
the Erik. Coal was landed for the return
trip and two men were landed with sup
plies for the relief of DR.. Cook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

From Puck.

From PUCK.
"What are the newspapers cominSito?''
demanded Mr.. Seayer, as he dashed his
fayorite daily to the floor.
whats the matter now? sweetly
asked his wife.
"Ghost of Boswell! Two days now and
nobody found-in-a-trunk mystery. Huh!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

Charles Hoover Feaga. sixty-eight
years old, died at his home in Cumber-
land, Nd. after a long illness He was
with the Baltimore and Ohio road there
more than forty years as manifest, clerk
in the freight department Previous to
the civil war he was printer OH a paper
in Carroll county, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

Dave and Bascom Boggers. forty-two
and forty-eight years old. were instantly
killed and App Garner was fatally in
jured dying later, in boiler explosion
at sawmili at Middlepark, Jackson
c0AeS>-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
Nourishing and Wholesome.

NouT1s01n& ana w 0ole6ome.
The flesh Is very tender. nourishing and
wholesome, but like the partridge Of the
minister of Louis XIV. cannot be eaten
continuously without palling somewhat
upon the taste. The native women cook
chopped I'D and made into a delicious
soup called sarapatel this being gener-
ally boiled in a kettle made Of the upper
concave shell CT the animal. Another
appetizing dish is made by slashing up
the tender breast meat without cutting
it from the shell. laying strips of the
green fat OF the belly in the missions.
scattering tapioca flour over the whole.
and baking.
Turtles for food are usually sought in
the great sinks in the forest in times of
low water. Those to be consumed imme-
d!ately are shot with bows and arrows:
the others are Melted and carried home
alive in the canoes. The Indians display
much skill in shooting. They do not wait
for the animals to come to the surface to
breathe. but watch for Slight movements
in the water which reveal their presence
underneath. These little tracks in the
water are called sirri: the instant one
is perceived An arrow flies from the bow
of the nearest man. and rarely fails to
pierce the smell Of the submerged animal.
The arrow used III turtle Shooting has
a strong lancet shaped steel point fitted
into a peg which enters the tip Of the
shaft. The peg is secured to the shaft
by Irvine made of the fibers of pineapple
leaves, the Irvine being some thirty Or
forty yards in length and neatly bound
round the body Of the arrow. When the
missile enters the shell the peg drops out
and the pierced animal descends with 1t
to the bottom, leaving the shaft floating
on the surface. Then the Indian pad
dies in his canoe to the place and gently
draws the animal by the Irvine. playing
it gently as q fisherman plays a trout.
and humoring 1t by giving 1t rein every
time it plunges. When it is brought SUM-
GENTLY near the surface, he shoots 1t with
a second arrow, the hold given by the
two cords being usually ample for land
ing the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

It's Worth Your While to Remem-
Der that Piper Heidsieck chewing to-
bacco has always been regarded the cri-
terion of excellence.-Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17
PIANOS OF PEDIGREE

ering Pianos All of these instru- ma
ments are tagged with prices that has
seem ruinous for such elegant est
pianos. TIL
There is the magnificent knabe Pia
Grand especially built for the great ane
Pianist Sauer and which was used pri
bv him but few times last season : the
practically brand-new and worth pri,
ST 400. Think of buying it fo- che
5000. The navy is represented in cuT
an admiral's piano, a captains, hol
several commanders and lieuten- the
ants. The army by a general, a VIII
major, a colonel and several cap the
tains.
And as to prices-well, most wit
people in Washington know that par
the Knabe Piano has stood for ane
solid merit and high price for fnt
three-quarters of a century. The Te1
cheapest Knabe Piano ever made ad,
has always been $500 Nothing sal
has ever been cheap about the F
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

of a knabe Piano and it
has always commanded the high
est value in America and Europe.
Then think of buying knabe
Pianos for cut prices-think of it
and then think OF it again. Cut
prices Tor the noblest instruments
he world has ever produced. Cut
prices for pianos which have been
chosen BY the best critics and oc-
cupied in some cases the finest
homes in this city, not to mention
the scores of them in this sale
which have never been outside of
The Observation-Disclosures pianos.
No instruments will be reserved
without deposit, so come pre-
pared to secure what you select
and avoid the disappointment of
finding it gone when you return.
Terms will be made easy, with no
advance in the selling price. The
sale is going on daily at I2IS-I2co
F street.
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Wife to Greet Cook First.

The first person to greet DR. Cook when
he returns home next week will be his
wife. Mrs. Cook. who has consistently
kept herself in the background during
all the discussion following the announce
ment of her husbands success. surprised
the committee of the Arctic Club. which
has the reception in charge, by asking
yesterday that the plans for meeting the
explorer in the lower harbor be SO ar
ranged that she will be able to have a
few words with him before he is turned
over TO the thousand or more friends who
will go to meet his ship. the Oscar II, on
the chartered steamer Grand Republic
In accordance with her wishes, the COM
mittee will engage a tug. by which Dr.
Cook will be transferred from the Oscar
IL TO the Grand Republic. Aboard this
tug will be his wife, his children, his
two brothers, and two or three members
of the committee, and nobody else except
the crew.
After a few minutes with his family.
the explorer will board the Grand Repub-
lie for the trip to Brooklyn, where his
former neighborS in the Bushwick avenue
district will give him the first formal
welcome on United States soil
Mrs. Cook will attend the banquet to be
given by the Arctic Club in her husbands
honor at the Waldorf-Astoria next Thurs.
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-17

the price per turtle increased from eight
cen cents in 1850 to 81 in 1860. Since the
latter period the increase has continued
in almost the same ratio, for in Manaos
today full grown Aiyussa turtles often
bring &25 and $40
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
NY Chickens

BY Roy Schmidt. Aged II Years. Pils South
Twenty-first Street, Omaha. Red Side.
One day my mother and l were talking
about chicken and how much we would
Xix to have chickens. Ny aunt had over
fifty Of them, so one day l went out there
and told her how much I would like to
have chickens and she said she Ind q hen
that wanted to set and she would give 1t
TO me to set. So I set It on thirteen eggs
Eleven Of them Matched out and we had
eleven nice chickens. When they grew up
we had a fine yellow rooster and a yellow
hen.
One day when l was in school the princi-
pal came in and said that II we had any
animals we could bring them to the fair
and try to get a prize for them. l stood
up and said I had a rooster and a hen, and
she said I could bring them to the fair.
When I came home from school I told my
mother about It. She said she didn't think
I could win anything with them. but l said
l was going to take them. One day I went
to the fair to see them and there was a
tag on them and on the roostor's tag II
said first prize and on the hens second
prize. When / came home l said I didn't
win a prize, but mamma saw the tags on
them and wanted TO know what they were
for. She read them and asked me II we
won a prize, and I said Yes" and we
thought very much Of that pair of pets.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
(Second Prize.)
The Insects and Birds

By Marie Klinge. Aged 10 Years, 1921
West Third Street, Grand Island, Neb.
Red Side.
There were two girls by the names Of
Alma and Marie, about the age of ~
years.
They were walking to town on an err
rand. when they noticed a little ant
building a house for the smaller ants
in between the cracks of the sidewalk.
The girls thought the sight looked Sad
to see an ant pull a large green worm,
so they took a stick and pushed 1t to an
ants house that was visible to the girls.
BY the time the girls came back from
town they saw the same ant still work.
ing and pulling the worm to it's home.
That is a great model for us, Learn
to labor and to wait"
I will also tell you about a mother
bird with her young one. The mother
was trying to teach the smaller one how
to fly. The mother went to the ground
with it and then put the small bird up.
1t fell several times, and ut last 1
picked X up and put it on a high wagon.
The mother came and got 1t and after a
little while 1 saw 1t flying all around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
Dicks First Trousers

BY Johnnie Schulhof, Aged S Years, Platts-
mouth. Neb. Blue Side,
Little Dick Warthen lived on a large
ranch with his papa. mamma, brothers and
sisters. Dick was only about ~ years old
and his brothers were much older and wore
trousers. Dick was very anxious to wear
Trousers, but his mamma said he must
wait till he was 4 years old, but Dick
thought that was too long to wait and as
soon as mammals back had turned around
Dick trotted off to Brother Johns room,
About IL o'clock a scream was heard in
the Warthen family; little Dick was no
where to be found. They had searched all
over the ranch, but all in vain; little Dick
could not be found. About 1880 Dicks
brother John went to his room for his
herding suit and to his surprise, when he
opened the door. there stood little Dick
with Johns red flannel shirt, which he
wore in winter when tending the cattle,
and papa's old grey trousers on. John
hastily called mamma and in a few min
utes Dick was in mammals arms. She
asked Dick what he meant and Dick
sobbed, "Oh, mamma l wanted you to get
me some suspenders and pants that went
On the outside, but you wouldn't, so /
dressed in Johns and papa's."
well" said mamma, II will zee about
It,"
Now Dick sits in q coy home on another
large ranch, while his little children gather
round his knee and he tells them the story
of his first trousers Just as his mamma
told him when he was Z years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
(First Prize.)
Story of an Apple Bloss I'M

BY Eunice Bode. Aged ~ Year, Falls
City, Neb., Lock Box 229. BlIe Side.
I am only an apple blossom, just ono
among hundreds of others. Yet I have
"A story as well as more important things.
There was a terrible wind today. 1
hope It does not blow me away This
morning l heard my friend, the honey
bee, say hat he thought I was one of
the prettiest blossoms on the tree. He
is considered one of the best judges of
flowers, but II does not make me vain,
for 1 know the opinion that people have
of vanity. There are some flowers that
would be too naughty to speak If they
had such a remark made about them.
The south wind told me a secret this
morning. He said that Mr.. BUZZ Ga honey
bee and a good friend of mine) had to
be carried home from the "bees' BAN
quet" because he had drank too much
nectar and could not fly. Isn't that dis
graceful? He ought to be asha ned of
himself.
Mr.. Johnny Wren, who has just re-
turned from the south, has promised TO
tell me all about his visit there. He said
that he had been introduced to II night
ingale who could sing beautifully. How
I do wish 1 could hear her. I am 40 fond
OF music.
he wants? Perhaps he has something to
tell me-. If 1t is very important 1 will
tell you next week.