The National tribune., 1909-07-29
PEOPLE.

What might be called relapse to the
Dark Ages occurred In Montreal, Prov.
,nee OF Quebec last week =. a; Lalanu
that city. and, having failed to kneel was
ordered by constable to do so. Because
ne refused to obey the constable ana drop
and locked in cell in the police station
Tor about half an hour. About that time
the chief of police discovered who was
there and what he was there for and
turned him loose without hearing. or
reprimand. Mr.. Lalani has promised to
sue the city for damages incurred through
the humiliation and false arrest. 1t is SAID
that the arrest forms precedent IN town
and police circles in the Province OF Que
bee. Laland says that he could not have
kneeled if he wanted to because of the
tremendous crowd.
J. w. Ely. Point Marion. has just re-
ceirei check for $1,000 from the Carne-
gle Hero Fund Commission for his hero
ism in saving the lives of two men in the
Cheat River some time ago.
Sometimes things happen which bark
us back to days of romance and tradition,
and show us that after all there is moth
ing so romantic as the real happenings of
life. In Wetzell County, w. Va, near
the ShaTIOH county line. UHlltu Suits
MarshalS with force of revenue men the
other day captured ''moonshine" dstil-
lery. That was not so remarkable as the
fact that this particular distillery had been
in charge of this particular man, Christie
pher Brewer. for more than 43 years. AMI
when Brewer began ''moonshining he
was quite a young man, being now just
~ years of age. Brewer is said to have
lived in a cave in the mountains and was
known thruout the country as "Julep.
After all these years one moonShiner might
have ended his days without having been
molested bnt for the fact that big fight
took place at the still week before last
and half dozen men We're wounded. \
'iuel was fought with knives. In rounding
up the fighters the Sheriff and posse sur
rounded the place and corralled not only
the men who did the stabhing and killing.
but the distiller as well. The abject
squalOr and poverty of Brewer and his
son can hardly be realized by us, and
their illiteracy and ignorance must have
gone clear thru the bone and cliDch-
ed on the other side. for neither Brewer.
nor his son, who is AZ years of age, had
ever seen steam engine or a trolley car,
nor train of cars. and when some wag=
gish person spoke of an automobile thev
thought he was crazy. Just think of all
= the rotten stuff that was turned out from
that dlstillery. Brewer said that for 4:'
wears he had been nsing rhubarb and pota
toes. He scalded them. placed them in n
mill bag and crushed all the juice out OF
the mixture. and then sweetened it with
sugar or mOlasses and put it in barrels.
For nearly half a century this man and his
son had been poisoning the inhabitants cf
that neck of woods with that vile concoc-
ton. The authorities say that it is the
worst drink they have ever captured in a
raid. Brewer had plentr of money on his
person and was able TO give the necessary
security. but when they were carried be
, fore the Grand Jury at Wheeling they
We're nearly frightened TO death. Old
Brewer himself was afraid to walk the
street Just because of the strange noises
and sights and clune to the hand of the
Marshal all the way. When placed on
heard a train he nearly had collapse
? from fear.
Senators Scott and Elkns aud the five
Representatives in Congress from West
Virginia are actively interesting them
selves in the suggestions of a lifting ceie-
hvatior of the Serni-centennial of West
: Virginia, which will occur June 20. 1913
i Another pretty American girl is about ia
marry 4 foreign Count. Miss Fernan la
! Wanamaker. granddaughter of the dry
goods prince of Philadelphia. has been be
t trothed TO Arturo Hecren, son of the
Count and Countess Heeren. of Paris
) Miss Wanamak ker. who is said to be very
: VIII pfGDdDtN DE one OF fflt
richest women in the world if she outlives
A the elder Wanamakers and other heirs
Il il is said that. the IleerenS are eminently
respectable" and that Miss WanamakeI
viii be doing very well in marrying NJ
Iieeren, who with number of brothers
and sisters. spends most of his time al
Raretes. where the family have their prin
! cipal home.
Ii will be remembered that when Peary
! came back from his North Pole expedi-
tiOn some years ago he brought with hin
a tiny Eskimo lad. whom he named Meme
:. Wallace. He sent this youngster to school
and in every way tried to advance the in
terests of the young Eskimo and make =
; man of him. There is an old saying that
j you cannot make a silk purse out of 4
2 sows ear, and this is absolutely true ot
this Eskimo boy. He was rather a bright
y little fellow and rapidly acquired a good
e education. bu: he has had a crouch on
q ever since he was old enough to under.
. stand things. He seen,s to feel as tho
l'eary had done him an injustice in try
ing TO make something out of him. For a
: year or more now he has been howling tG
2 be sent back to his home in Eskinno-Iand
1t was thought once that he had started
, but for some reason there was a halt in
the plans. The boy seems to be mean by
nature as well as by name. and we will
j be better off if he is sent back to the hovel
9 tends going right away.
There died in yarease in Lombardy. one
day last week. Don Carlos of Bourbon
the Pretender 70 the throne of SPAIN and
e Immediately there was banished from
5 Paris Don Jaime, his SON. One woud
e think that some day or other these old
f feuds would die out. but this is one which
d will probably last until no more of that
Il blood are left alive. Don Carlos of Bour-
t bon was a son of Arcliluchess Maria
e Bestrix, of Austria. and her husband
: Don Juan, who was the brother of Charles
g " of Spain. who belonged to the Carl.
, list reign in Spain, and claimed to be the
j. legitimate King of Spain. under the Span
/ iSh law of succession established by Philin
r v Four years of war; which ended IN
d January, 1876 was carried on by the
S Carlists, and after their defeat they sought
0 refuge on French territory. With the
0 birth of the present King of Spain all the
bloodshed of the years in between went
/ for naught, and it was known that there
: never again could be any hope of a Carl
/. st coming TO the throne. However. Don
;. Jaime. being the eldest son of his father
. Don Carlos, may be supposed to carry
Ion the pretentioa and so will be banishel
: from his home IN Paris, that country be-
. ling on the most ele;sant terms with Spain
!. hence unable to shelter a pretender to tle
: throne.
Tom Mauger, a resident of Hammond
Ind has had q cuStI,, oxne.;an.n Ia fry