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around me in such manner that.I could
not see one of our party, and at first 1
was badly frightened. 1 had carried
about twenty towels and a box OF candy
to give to the sQuaws and their papooses.
but when the men and women crowded
around me so closely / did not know what
to do. Finally, l extended the box to-
ward papoose and everybody grabbed
for 1t. Apparently the candy was a
great hit. The mothers seemed pleased
with the towels.
THE chief handed me a bow and ar
row, and / was loaded down with shells,
baskets and lot of small, bitter nuts.
The women kept up an incessant jabber-
ing in my face. as though they wanted to
talk.with me- They took hold OF my hair
and pulled at my clothes and touched
my hands and face. One old squaw
wanted me to take off my. skirt and give
it to her. and the chiefs wife ipicked my
pocket
In taking :the-headachiefs picture uncle
told the interpreter to have his squaw
pose with him. but the chief refused I'M
less he could be taken with both his
wives.
1.-The Serbs may be brave and warlike
but from what I saw of them they are
as cowardly a pack of il-smelIing vaga-
bonds as ever disgra ced humanity. They
wear practically no clothes and the wom-
en- are overrun with babies The Serbs
do not live even in huts, but sleep in
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little reed shacks not worthy the name
of shelter They subsist principally on
turtle and fish, but devour any animal
and human meat that happens to get In
their clutches.
"The interpreter told us of a number
of white men known to have been MUIR
dered by these cannibals, and Mexican
lieutenant who visited us on the yacht
said that he had been with regiment
of soldiers who landed on the island and
killed sixty warriors.
''Tiburon Island is nothing but lot
of stone mountains and sand hills partly
covered with mesquite and cactus and
set way off to it's lonely self in the Cali
fornia gulf. And when 1 had taken my
last look at the cannibals and their
dreary surroundings it occurred to me
that nature had put them together in
exactly the right place
Miss Conn at present is busy f1shlng Tor
deep-sea laurels in Pacific waters, having
left Washington for the trip almost year
ago. At the recent tournament at Los
Angeles she won first prize for bonita
weighing 141s pounds and second honors
for a sea bass that touched the scales at
4Ss. pounds. These achievements have
but whetted her ambition for greater
sport Like Miss Morgan, who has been
irving her luck in the same waters. Miss
Conn is fishing for that greatest and most
exclusive Of all sea-angling prizes. the
blue button Of the famous Luna Club.
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plate decorated with a band of bum and
narrow lines of golu, gravy tureen deco
rated in gold, cup and saucer with How
ers and lines in red, green and purple, OF
Dolly Madison'S time is of interest, as
well as two plates which belonged to the
set of President Madison and were got
ten out of the debris of the White House
after it was burned by the British in 1914.
There is also plate once owned by
Washington, it having been presented TO
him by the Order of the Cincinnati.
Around the edge is blue border and in
the center Fame, blowing trumpet, Is
holding also the badge of the order. There
is also a plate used by jefferson and
pickle dish of the White House set in the
time of the Franklin Pierce adminiStra-
ton, and a soup plate used by the Grants
which is decorated with gold. soup
plate shaped like a wild laurel leaf and
decorated with a view of beach and fly
ing ducks and the coat of arms OF the
United States on the back in colors Is
relic of the Hayes administration. n
pretty Harrison plate is o. gold and blue,
the United States coat of arms all eX-
quisiteIy colored. But perhaps the most
interesting bit in the array is plate or
ten inches, covered with lace pattern in
brownish gray, landscapes on the edge
and tobacco and palmetto plants scattered
about in the oriental scene arranged in
the center. This plate belonged to set
ordered for the white house Of the Con-
federacy AT Richmond, yet never UNI
packed at its destination. but held in bond
to await the result of the war. 1t was
bought after the fall of Richmond by the
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first time our Interpreter was afraid to
so ashore: he said the cannibals would
kill him 1t seemed good reason. so
uncle and | landed twice, by ourselves.
but saw nothing either time except few
old shacks. We had some splendid fish
ing off the island and then went back to
GuaymaS. The second time we sailed
uncle had engaged the captain of a MeXi-
can fishing SloOp. who could speak the
Seri language and was not afraid of the
natives. When we reached the island and
We're getting into the launch the interpre
ter objected TO my being one Of the party.
Better leave the seuorta on the ship.
Seri might catch her. he said.
Leave me on the yacht? / should say
not, When the expedition was first plan
ned I had begged uncle to take me- but
he objected because there was no room
for girls on the yacht. His refusal only
meant that l had to beg the harder. So,
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ans Of. Boston, ndaW ashing-
M ton. spoke. in October, at the
w laying Of the ;corner 'stone,of
the building of the American
Antiquarian Society he' stated. that there
was too much .tndiscriminate collecting In
America, and that he wished with Haw-
thorne. that each generation would cart
it's rubbish away with 1t. This view,
however. is not shared in by many
Washington people, for some of the
most interesting and valuable colleci
tions in the country are owned by people
here in town.
Mrs. Taft has a great deal OF furnl-
ture. such as cabinets of lacquer. obtain
ed when she and the President were
travelling in the, east but she does not
go in for gathering any especial things.
Mrs. James W. Pinchot, however, de-
votes "a great IDEAL of her time to secur-
ing old and beautiful laces, and has
a great many on hand-SO many, IN
fact, that:the collection has been mostly
placed on exhibition in the National Mu-
scum. She also gathers fans. and has
those of many countries. most Of them
dating back to the period since 1875.
Clifford Pinchot has collected not only
fish and game that he has secured him.
self in his western hunting trips. but also
cartoons about himself In the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy. The cartoonists
over the country frequently sent him
their drawings, and these he kept pri-
vately until after his dismissal. wnen
they were all hung up in little hall
just off his Office, on the ground floor.
One enormous swordfish is a conspicuous
object in his study. 1t drew his boat out
to sea off San Cataline Island. and he
was about to spend the night in an open
boat on the ocean when friend came
to his rescue.
John Hays Hammond, who made him.
self prominent in the great Jameson
raid in South Africa, brought back few
trophies of his stay on the Dark CONT
nent, but his study has magnificent
collection of photographs OF famous peo-
Pile. all autographed by the givers.
Among the celebrities are pictures of the
Duke of Argyll. Conan Doyle, Diaz, Bar
ney Barnato. Henry Nj. Stanley. jane
son. Cecil Rhodes. Burbank and others
equally well known.
Charles Glover's hobby is fine pictures.
and in this line he is connoisseur, pos
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much finery. And they will make you
much presents
I've went back to the yacht. and that
afternoon when we saw the warriors and
squaws marching down to the beach be-
hind the old canvas flag we returned to
the shore. 1t surely was a sight! The
women had their faces painted with
great white stripes across their cheek
bones and over the bridge of their noses
The stripe was slashed with req anu
hlue in friehtful fashion, and each man
and woman had big, fierce white teeth.
When the interpreter told us that the
Serbs eat their meat raw l knew what
the big teeth were for.
I'VE had with us four Mexicans. armed
with Winchesters, and as our crew had
also brought along guns I felt that I
would be well protected As soon as we
landed, however. the Indians swarmed
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to lay down their weapons and come
down to tie beach, one at time. The
order was obeyed by the dirtiest, widest
looking wretches 1 have ever seen any
where.
Uncle opened big bundle of clothing
and after distributing it, along with a
lot of provisions. began to snapshot the
natives and their desoate surroundings.
The chief followed me about and told the
interpreter that he wanted me for his
Wife But uncle ordered the interpreter
to promptly discourage such an idea.
After the pictures had been taken the
chief stated that he would bring his peo-
pie down to the beach that afternoon so
that they might see me. The interpreter
said to me: Senorita, this is much great
compliment. You are the first white
woman ever seen by the Serbs. The squaws
will paint their faces and dress up In
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secures them for safekeeping at the Ma
tional Museum.
Perhaps Mrs Albert Clifford Barney
has more unique things in her home
than any one in town. Being an artist
and widely travelled she has gathered
from the four quarters Of the globe odd
and curious as well as beautiful things.
Carved woods from old Spain, fat Chi
nese gods, French tapestry. English paint
ings, exquisite bits from Venice, brass
bowls from Turkey. teakwood tabourets
from Japan and bits of color from all
over the world are blended into one har-
monious rainbow of soft tints.
Clarence Moore, who is the master OF
hounds Of the Chevy Chase Club, has a
hobby for old prints about horses and
also for photos of the famous steeds OF
the day.
Admiral Francis w. Dickins has spent
many wears gathering his collection or
historic American china and 1t probably
has not it's equal in the world. L lie walls
of his dining room are nteTahy covered
with plates, while on buffet and in cup
boards are numberless cups, piates ana
pitchers of all periods. most of them be-
mo at least eighty years old. Though
made in England. all depict some episode
in American history. His most interest
ing and valuable pieces are those which
were used in the White House during the
administration of Lincoln. These are thin
china plates with a. purple border and the
eagle crest in the center Ihere are
great many plates and also complete
bedroom set of the same china. OF Mon
roe's administration there is an oyster
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those who claim to be wise in the lore
of the WOODS are oftentimeS misled, only
to regret their rashness the following
day. To the layman they are similar
with the single exception that one has
three, the other five leaves. Often that
is as far as the information goes, and
the seeker after an appropriate back
ground for her wild flowers is as apt TO
choose the poisonous as the harmless
more So perhaps. fate seems to step
in and make the dangerous plant the
more alluring.
Poison ivy has but three leaves. and
one popularity which, if known, will dis
tinguish it from its harmless associate
Somewhere near the middle, and only OH
one side. are two or more teeth IN
leaf This is not an absolute rule, as
there are many exceptions. but there is
no vine of this variety without a goodly
supply of the tooehed' leaves. The Nlr-
ginia creeper. on the other hand. is
toothed on both sides of the leaf from
the middle to the point.
During May and June the poison ivy Is
abundant. There seems to be no limit
to the places where the vine will grow,
thriving in the open brush. in ravines.
on the borders of woods and even along
the roadside. This is the result of the
seeds being carried by the birds during
the winter months, as crows and WOOD
peckerS feed upon the fruit then.
The Department of Agriculture advo-
Gates the determination of the vine
wherever it is possible by legal measures
AS the poison is known not to have any
effect upon certain persons. it is suggest
ed that these be chosen for the work
AS a means of Kidding the surrounding
country of it they advise roofing up the
plants by main force. Another method Is
the use of concentrated sulphuric acid.
half teaspoonful to be applied to the
ct IF the vine three
weeks in the springtime, when the plant
is growing most.
Experiments made by DR.. Franz Pfaf
have shown that the poisonous quality In
the plant is an oil. found even in the wood
after long driving. Like all oils. this is
insoluble in water and cannot therefore
he washed off the skin with water alone,
but will very soon disappear when al
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invasion-and departure-of Miss Conn.
Like that other victor who came and
s.w and conquered in ages so misty
hack that he only serves for an example,
,ba washington Girl paid her morning
-, on the Seri Indians ave them pres
ents with the pleasing surance that she
woIIld receive others in turn, and when
she left bore with her collection of
noisoned arrows as trophies of her social
CONQUEST of the cruelest savages the map
Of this continent can show. True. she
was chaperoned by armed sailors and
had for her background guarded launch.
aud beyond that yacht anchored out in
the blue.
Rut the record stands, that she is the
onIv white woman who has ever yentured
among the SER cannibals. and that she
succeeded In her daring where many fear
less,men had failed
i A sbrief, account of her visit, written TO
- home friend, follows:
J ssWe<madez two ~trips--to T1buron The
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Blaine had been Speaker in the previ-
Gus Congress and Frye's first actin the
House was. ITO vote for the reelection OF
his friend from Maine. That Plumed
knight and man of magnetism was again
victorious, and Frye became his chief
supporter on the floor, helping to re-
elect him to preside over the House in
tho succeeding Congress, when Joseph
n Cannon made his firsta entry into the
House, with him coming at the same
time julius Caesar Burrows OF Mlchl-
gan now in the Senate) and Stephen ..
Elkins, then a delegate from the terri
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of his predecessors has held his office
for so great a number of successive Con-
crosses
Away down in western Maine and near
~ against the New Hampshire line starts
the town of Fryeburg This and consid-
cradle of the county round was a public
grant to Gen. Joseph Frye in recognition
of his military services during the revO-
lutionary war. This patriot father was
the Maine senator's great-great-grand-
father, and it is somewhat of a coihci-
dence that he. too. was the colleague OF
a. HaIe-Robert Hale. who commanded a
British regiment in the capture of Louis
burg in 1745. This Hale, in whosee regi-
ment Joseph Frye was an ensign. was
not. however. an ancestor of Senator
Hale. but of the late Edward Everett
Hale.
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This Joseph Frye was captured in the
French and Indian~war. where he fought
as a colonel, and the French placed him
in charge of an Indian, but he KILLED the
red man and made his escape, living to
receive the commission of major general
in the revolution eighteen years later.
Upon his grant of land he built a
homestead. but some of his descendants
found their way forty miles eastward.
in Lewiston. 1t was here that Senator
FRYE was born and when he first saw the
light Shelby NJ. Cullom, next in line for
the mantle of the Senates Nestor. was
a child of year and ten months; James
c. Blaine, an infant of year and seven
months and Chester A. Arthur. babe
Of eleven months. James G. Garfield was
born when young Frye was seven weeks
old, and Benjamin Harrison when he was
two years old, Joheph G. Cannon when
he was nearly four, Eugene Hale when
he was nearly five. Grover Cleveland
when he was five and half. Tom Reed
when he was eight, Aldrich when he was
ten and Mckinley when he was eleven.
Senator Frye admits that he was not
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HE cannibal chief of Tiburon
Island has had visit from
Miss Susie Conn of this city.
She was the first white woman
he had ever seen, and his
prompt desire to add her to his stock Of
wives might be construed momen-
tary triumph of his esthetic senses over
his appetite for human food. She was
on a pleasure cruise with her uncle, for
mer Representative G. G.. Conn of In
diana. when she performed the daring
feat.
The history of Tiburon Island is of
explorers who left their bones on the
beach; of gold-hungry prospectors lured
BY hints of hidden ore who barely es-
capped to tell of their failure. and finally,
by way of cheerful variety, the successful
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No Occasion for Apology.
From the Newark News.

From the Newark News.
"Can you tell me where the jardinier
department is?" the hurrying woman
shopper asked.
NO. ma am replied Mr.. Lincolnpark.
Can you direct me to the furniture de-
partment?''
IT beg your pardon she said. Il took
you for foorwalker.
Don't apologize for compliment like
that, ma am he answered: but the wom-
an was in too big hurry to hear.
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HE little giant of
I h e republicans,
William Pierc e
Frye, will be hand
ed the hallowed
mantle Of the Sen
ate's Nestor when
it is DOTTED by his
retiring colleague,
Eugene Hale of
Maine. And thus
the honor will re-
main to the Pine
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cohol is substituted. AS a remedy for
persons afflicted with the poison, alcohol
to which powdered sugar of lead is added
till no more will easily dissolve, is con-
sidered to give the greatest relief when
applied to the affected skin several times
in a day.
The Virginia creeper is not only per-
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q very good boy at school. He was too
full of animal spirits in those days to
make a student although he retained
fair enough standing in class to get into
Bowdoin and get his sheepskin there
when only nineteen Traditions Of'his In
fractions of college discipline, OF his val
liant leadership Of the college forces In
battles royal against gangs Of untutored
town boys and of his part in personal
encounters with his schOolmates still
linger about the halls of his venerable
alma mater and are quoted to MS dls-
comfiture by his numerous grandsons,
who, in succession, have been there In re-
cent years
4 4
twas a fortunate thing for William P.
Frye that after leaving college he was
placed under the apprenticeship of Sena-
tor William Pitt Fessenden, the great
anti-slavery whig. in whose office he
commenced his study of Blackstone and
the other textbooks of the ,law. When
he read or heard Fessendens, stirring
speeches he dreamed of going to'the Sem
ate himself some day, but these dreams
were as yet Nbut vague and hazy.
He began his practice when twenty
one and the same year married Miss
Caroline Frances Speare. who had been
his companion and helpmeet for nearly
forty eight years. when She died in 1900.
The same year that young Frye first
hung out his single. Cullom went to
Springfield to begin the study of the law,
and Cannon-a lad of seventeen-was
spending his third year behind the coun-
ter OF a Hoosier country store.
Young Frye was blessed with a fine
voice. which carried we'll in the capac ious
supreme court room of Androscoggin
county. He also had the gift of eloquence,
and increasing crowds came to hear the
arguments in the cases in which he was
of counsel. So in 1861, when he was barely
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friends Of the late Judge John Curtis In
derwOod and presented to him and his
wife.
OF Wedgewood ware the admiral has
some most beautiful and rare specimens
in pitchers. Hundreds of rare old plates
of all sizes in antique blue are in the COLI
lection. In fact, there is much of in
terest and so many specimens of all kinds
of historic and rare china that it were i'm
possible to give in a limited space any
idea of what the admiral really has col
lected
OF course there are many gatherers Of
coins of all ages and nations, stamp coll
lectors, people who want antique jewelry.
autographs and birds eggs. One Wash
ington man no had hobby for gather
ing pennies is said to have actually died
I'm want rather than spend a cent of his
collection.
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-ITH the country surrounding the
" National Capital SO abundantly
W supplied with the attractions of
nature, walking has become a popular
pastime. A large number of Washing
tonians go forth daily to enjoy the al
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tory of New Mexico, but now senator
from West Virginia.
That man who was destined to be such
a great power in the Senate, Nelson w.
Aldrich. entered the House after Frye
had been there eight years, and with
the Rhode Islander came at that time
Gen. Henry Harrison Bingham Of Penn
sylvania who has since remained and
who. by virtue of his having seen the
longest continuous service in the lower
chamber, is now known as the father
of the House, a title which would be-
long to Speaker Cannon had he not
been defeated once for re-election-in
1890. Uncle Joe. however. has served
more terms than any other member OF
the House-eighteen. >
The House soon felt the presence of the
new Maine member upon the floor. Early
in his career he was made chairman OF
the library committee and served also on
the judiciary and ways and means com
mittees. During several Congresses he
was also chairman of the executive COM
mittee. On the floor he made such
mark as a skillful debater that in 1850.
when the republicans again got control
of the House-Blaine being now in the
Senate-it was conceded that the astute
representative from Maine would be Sam
Randalls successor as Speaker.
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WILLIAM P. FRYE Will
w Receive the Hallowed
Mantle to Be Dotted by Hale
Already Has Longest Con-
tinuous Record in Congress,
Thirty-Nine Years-Was the
Apprentice of Fessenden and
the Understudy of Blaine
His Remarkable Career
Chief Exponent of Senatorial
Dignity-Ludicrous Incident
Which Did Not Relax It
Single Incident When He
Cracked Joke in the Chair
To What He Attributes
His Great Vigor = Holds
Trout Angling Record-How
It Was Disputed by Aggas-
siz and How He Made the
Latter Surrender:
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But fate decreed that Frye was to serve
less than a fortnight of his sixth term in
the House. On the day that Garfield was
inaugurated,. March 4. 1881, Hale took his
seat in the Senate and Garfield took
Blaine from that body to make him Sec
rotary of State. So Maine had to choose
another new senator. But it was not
long in the choosing. Frye had long been
looked upon as the understudy Of the
Plumed Knight, whom he had succeeded
as chairman of the republican state COM
mittee. So the legislature got. together at
once, and with only one dissenting vote
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Copyright. 1910 by John Elfreth watkins)
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rRY THEN Mr. Charles Francis, Ad-
ans Of. Boston .andsWashing-
M ton. spoke. in october, ) at the
w laying OF the corner 'stonerof
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Golden Jubilee Celebration Program

49,. Sunday May Il.
m.-St Josephs will
delegates hotel them
the Assembly hall
m-Addesses welcome Jelly President
a. M
1880 m-May knights late arrivals of
excursionists
Informing visiting societies Uni
RI f
y. m.-Parade
400 m-Solemn vespes English address by the Rev. H.
Hilebrand. Evansville
m.-BanQuet &
Monday
a. M OF
Verband.
NJ session.
nj
D m.-Entertainment Genne theater
Tuesday, May IT,
500 Requiem High members of
st. Josephs Society,"
m.-B sesso or; Of
to
500 p. m-Drama, Gennett theater.