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The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
PERILS OF EXPLORERS.
Tragic Journey Across a Desert sf
Central Asia by the Great Swe-
dish Explorer, Sven Hedin


Central Asia by the Great Swe-
dish Explorer, Sven Hedin.
One Of the most trying Of the CEN
traI Asian adventures OF Sven Hedin,
the Swedish explorer, wss this: In
February, 1898, Sven Hedin started
eastward. exploring the country be-
tween the Kashgar and Yarkand riv-
ers. proceeding IN April to cross the
Takla Makan desert, between the
YsTkand and Khotan rivers. Never
before had any known traveller at
tempted to exploit a course amid the
eternal sea OF shifting sand hills from
river to river. The tale of that little,
travel worn, bedraggied group, far be-
yOnd the last watering place, envel-
Oped in dust, stumbling along through
the dreary but agitated desert sea by
crooks and roundabout ways, with
desOlation spread around and every
trace of life departed. was a weird
and pathetic one. Not even a fly was
to be heard in the air, not even a gel
bow leaf broke the monOtony."
And ever at their head was the
sturdy figure Of the Swedish explorer,
compass in hand, still enthusiastic,
guiding them as best he could through
the death shrouded wilderness. At
length the camels had to eat their
straw saddles. and the last Of the
bread was gone. Horrors followed.
As men and camels dropped out OF
the line they were Immediately envel-
Oped In the whirling sand shroud and
never seen again.
The end came on May 5. when Sven
Hedin. crawling on all fOurs. dragged
himself across the dry bed of the
KhOtan river. "AIl OF q sudden a duck
few into the air and water splashed."
he wrote Two OF his followers were
all that survived. and It is doubtful
whether even those two would have
lived to tell the tale had not Sven
Hedin carried back water for them in
his boots
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Ds,av,srs,s Circular Boundary.

The northern boundary line Of Della
ware is circular because the charter
given to Penn states that Pennsylvania
was to be bounded on the east by
the Delaware river from twelve miles
distant north Of Newcastle town until
the three and fortieth degree Of north
latitude" and that the southern bound
ary was to be "a circle drawn at
twelve miles distant from the town Of
Newcastle northward and westward
until the fortieth degree Of north lati-
tude and then by straight line west
ward" This makes a circular bound
ary for northern Delaware unavoid-
able, and the facts above set forth ex-
plain a geographical curiosity that has
puzzled many students.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Peter the Great as a prinker.

There is preserved in the Bodleian
library, Oxford, an innkeeper's bill for
breakfast eaten in England by Peter
the Great Of Russia. The czar and his
twenty companions managed to dis
pose Of half a sheep, quarter of lamb,
ten pullets, twelve chickens, three
quarts Of brandy, six quarts Of muIled
wine, seven dozen OF eggs, with salad
IN proportion. Peter was always a
hard drinker. He would drink a pint
of brandy and a bottle Of sherry for
his morning draft; after dinner he
managed eight bottles OF sack, land
so to the playhouse" But his favorite
drink was hot pepper and brandy.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
OLD cADIZ.
It Was Once Richer Than London, bus
Now Its Chief Business Is Only
the Expectation of Salt.

OF Cadiz, De Amicts said, 'Tt Il best
described by writing the word white
with a white pencil on blue paper"
Under the monday sun, seen from
the lofty Tore de VigiA, the medIas-
val watchtower In the center OF ths
city, Its buildings are dazzling and all
most encircled by the blue sea. 4
long. narrow isthmus like the stem Of
pipe leads from San Fernando, on the
mainland. Cadiz rests on the bowl OF
the pipe-yeS, a pure white meer-
schaum without coloring. though 1000
years old.
Americans may justly regard this
now decadent place with compassion,
because Il grew to greatness by it's
commerce with the new Worthwhile
Spain ruled the Americas-and then
fell away into decay on the loss of the
western possessions.
1t was great before Rome was found
ed. And as late as 177O 1t was wealth
fer than London. Commerce has ever
been its life. Today its chief busi-
ness is the production Of salt for ex-
port This humble staple, evaporated
In countless shallow lagoons in wide
spreading marshes, still keeps Cadiz
in touch with the new world. as most
Of the salt is shipped to South Amer
lea.
The natives pronounce CadIz with
50" silent and "a" very broad-"Ca-di." {"
That has always been its name, with
slight variations. It's Phoenician and
Tyriau founders called it Gadir. a cas-
tie Of fastness. The Romans called 1t
Gades. The Arabs had it Kadis.-De-
trOit News-Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
HoM He kneNn.

my wife took me to the orchestra
concert last night, and / think they
played Wagner"
what makes you think sOT'
''Why, a big bunch Of plaster feIl
from the ceiling into the middle aisle
during the concert. and a man who
was sleeping near me woke up and said
Wagner P"-CIeveIand Plain Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Got IL Free.

4 good old preacher who had decid-
cd 10 leave an unremunerattye charge,
finding IT impossible to collect bis sal
airy, said in his farewell sermon: Il
have little more to add, dear brethren,
save this-you were all in favor Of free
salvation, and the manner In which
you have treated me proves that you
have got itP'
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
He Had the Bill.

Tom Cn FestauraRt)-Excuse me, old
man, but would you mind paying my
checkl I haven't anything but forty
dollar bill. Jack-A forty dollar bill
Why, I never heard OF a bill Of that
denomination. Tom-Here It is-s bill
from my tailor!-Chicago News
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
To Fresh Eves

Willie, accompanied by his father,
was visiting a circus and menagerie.
"Oh, papa" the boy exclaimed as they
passed before an elephant, look at
the big COW with her horns in her
mouth eating hay with her tail" -
Christian Register
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Within Her Means.

4 pretty little girl Of three yesrs was
IN a drug store with her mother. Be-
ing attracted by something In the
showcase, she asked what it was. The
clerk replied, ''That is a scent bag"
How cheapP replied the Ectle girl.
III take twaI"-LippincOtt's
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Not Yet.

do you desire room with bathT'
asked the affable clerk.
"Gee whiz, no?' replied the gentle
man with the canvas telescope. ''This
IL only Tuesday, amt it"-Chicago
Record -Herald
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

There is nothing so utterly hollow "A
q kind word that should have basn
spoken yesterday.-EvangeL
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Would Seem Not.

+Tn these stories Of the middle ages
we always read about the herO's good
right arm"
"WeHY'
"Was there never a southpaW
knightY'-Philadelph Bulletin.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

The right word IS always a power
and communicates its defniteness to
our action--Eliot
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
As ire C~sn Bends.

Ksndan had son who was ttss prise
Of his heart. One day he found one
Of his favorite cherry trees cut down
Jack" he said, did you do thatT'
With Quivering lip Jack replied:
Father, I can't deceive you. did
not cut the tree down. Billy Brown
did It, but bossed the Job"
Tears Of Joy sprang into the father's
eyes. "Bless you, my boy" he said,
BILLY VIII be president OF the United
States, but you will be chairman Of the
national committee Success Maya
zine.
The oaraoyIs.
The word "gargoyie' is closely akin
to "gargIe." for "gargoyIe" is simply
the French ''gargouille" (throaD. It
was a good name for the architectural
monster through whose mouth the rain
water was carried OF. But all idea OF
the throat had disappeared in the ter
rible Gargouille de Rouen, the dragon
which wasted a French district until
st. ROmanus threw it into the Seine.
In after generations a huge sham gar
gouille used to be carried round the
city once a year In memory OF this de-
nverance.
Something Wrong.
''Oh, dear, John, just know / shall
not like this dressp'
whats the matter now?" asked her
husband without laying down his pipe
or looking from his paper. 81 thought
you said you liked It"
That's just it. l was so sure
wouldn't like It when I got It home
though l liked it well enough n the
store. And now that am home do
like it, and therefore l know 1 VIII
not like it when it Is made up. Now
/ don't know what to do"
Search me-" grunted the cruel man,
turning to the sporting page.-Puck.
Diamond Cut Diamond.
A Quaker was negotiating with an
insurance agent as to effecting a policy
on a vessel overdue. AT this juncturs
he heard Of the vessels loss and wrote
at once to the agent Of the company:
Friend, II thee hasn't filed up the
policy thee needn't for I've heard of
the ship"
"Eh," said the officers, cunning fel-
low. He wants to do us out Of the
premium" So they wrote to the
Quaker:
'"ThOu art too late by half an hour.
Thy policy is filed up"
StromboIps Flames.
Stromboi rarely pours out streams
Of lava, for this Aeolian crater vom-
its fame persistently and cinders spas
medically. The lighthouse Of the
Mediterranean has been known to
stick to its function of torchbearer
for the space Of 1000 years. When
ever the tiny, regular eruption takes
place the stones drop back again into
the crater. While the ancients regard
ed StromboH variously as the smithy
Of Vulcan and the headquarters of
Aeolus, the men Of the middle ages
looked upon it as the main highway TO
purgatory.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
What Telspathy Is.

Telepathy is the tTansference OF emo
tons and sensations between souls,
while thought transference is the trans
mission OF words, ideas or images from
mind to mind. Thus teIepathic com
munication is possible only between
persons Of a certain degree Of soul de-
veIopment and between whom there
is a degree Of emotional sympathy,
while in transferenee Of thought one
dominant, positive mind may affect
another without there being any de-
gree Of sympathetic vibration between
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
The EaFth's Crust.

The solid crust Of the earth is about
twenty-five miles thick, and it floats
upon a denser substratum, which Is
fluid or at least plastic. The crust Of
the earth may therefore be compared
to an fee foe resting on the ocean and
the mountains to tcebergs imbedded In
It. Just as an iceberg floats with only
q small proportion Of it's bulk above
the surface Of the water, so the hills
as we know them are merely the
crests Of huge bergs that foat, almost
wholly submerged, in a denser sub
stratum.-Captain Craster In New
Quarterly Review.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Armor Plated Pswnsnops.

The inside Of a Chinese pawnshop Is
a terra tncogntto to most people, Chi
nese and English. Few are admitted
within its mysterious walls except
those directly connected with the bust
ness. A traveller was recently permit
ted to inspect one IN an inland town
and was surprised to find the entire
building incased IN sheet iron about
one-eighth Of an inch thick. It must
have cost large sum to build an iron
house within the usual lofty brick edi-
fee, yet there It was, even to the roof
It served a twofold purpose-a protec-
ton against fire and thieves. Yet even
within this iron castle night watch
men armed with heavy revolvers and
clad in bullet proof jackets ever keep
watch
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
Eating Oysters.

Surely the queerest way Of cooking
an oyster is that mentioned in the
year 1872, when Richardson, the fire
eater, took a live coal on his tongue;
on this he put raw oyster in its shell,
while an attendant blew upon the coal
with bellows until it famed and spar
kled in his mouth. This continued
until the oyster opened and was per
fectly cooked.
The European Magazine for 1903
contains an account Of a young lady
at Brighton who undertook 70 eat for
supper the amazing quantity Of 900
oysters, with a certain amount OF
bread and butter. This feat she per
formed. greatly 10 the astonishment
OF all present.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

ESWEt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02
Negotiations for Ending the
Cases OF the McNamaras
Have Been Going on Ever Since
Last July.
FREDERICKS WAS FIRM
Until Pressure of Business In
terests Became Too Great.
Then He Made His Own Terms
Which Were Accepted.

Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-District Attor-
ney John D. Fredericks gave today a
full account of the negotiations lead
ing up 10 the pleas of guilty entered
: est erday in the Mcnamara trial. He
declared that in InaAiAg the agreement
whereby James 4. Mcnamara pleaded
guilty to murder and John j. McNa-
mara pleaded guilty to dynamiting the
Llewellyn Iron works, counsel for the
defense came to his terms and that
outside Influences did not prevail upon
him.
Men of standing in the community,
he said, had been put up against him
with pleas that in the interest of peace
and society James B. Mcnamara be
allowed to plead guilty and the case
against his brother John be dropped.
These pleas, he said, he still steadfastly
rejected.
Il told them I was not running so
ciety," he said. Some of the men,
after talkhlg it over. expressed their
willingness to let me handle the mat
Offer Made in July.
F'redericks declared that since July
he had had an offer from the defense
to let James B. Mcnamara plead guilty
to save John J. Mcnamara.
"A month ago Darrow and I were
talking in court half seriously about
it. The court stopped proceedings, so
we quit, he said. THAT afternoon
Darrow came to see me and made
virtually the same offer and refused
to accept it.
IF you ever change your mind
let me know Darrow said. as he left.
I never WILL l replied. Then
DarrOw and Lincoln Steffens got to-
gether and Steffens went down town
to get men to eometo me to urge me
to agree to Darrow's proposal. The
matter was put to me, but / refused
to consider it and they did not urge
me. Two days later some of them
gave me a typewritten statement and
it was practically the same thing
1t was at this juncture, District At
torney Fredericks says, he told them
he was not running society,"
Il said I knew I had the goods"
he continued, "and I didfrt propose
to lie down. I asked two or three
others also of the same crowd if they
thought T. made a mistake and they
told me they thought the case was
while I had talks with Darrow and
Davis and stood pat that both men
must plead guilty. The matter of pun
ishment did not interest me- but
knew and counsel for the defense
knew that if ]. J. Mcnamara wanted
to save the life of his brother he
could help by coming through.
"On Wednesday night the citizens
had another meeting. I knew all
along that the proposals were Dar-
rows and I knew that had the goods.
Thursday one of them called me up
and said some of them might come to
see me.
I" IF you have any influence with
them tell them to run along and tend
to their own business, I said, and
they did not come Darrow and Davis |
came again and said they could not
get the joint confession. I told them
that in that case I'd go ahead with the |
trial and that I'd rather proceed with
it anyhow.
FINALLY they said they would take !
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

my terms and both men pleaded
guilty That is the history of the
negotiations
Attorney Davis, who was in the cor
ridOr of the diSLrictN attorneys Office
declined to comment on Fredericks's $
statement As to Bert H. Franklin
the defense investigator, arrested on
charge of bribery, Fredericks said
that the termination of this case
might make readjustment in counsel
and said he thought perhaps former
Governor Henry T. Gage as counsel
for the defense might drop out and
be replaced by Davis.
IF they ask a continuance Monday,
they shall have it, he said. He said
he had not determined whether to
recommend clemency for the McNa-
maras, but declared it depended on
whether James Mcnamara would
make a complete statement of the af-
fair to the world. This statement, he
said, might be given out the day of
sentssnce, which is next Tuesday.
- Asked if it were true that the state
had obtained from prosecuting wit
nesses money supposed to have been
given them in quantities, that the
total practically equalled the amount
of the rewards offered by the city,
state and county, in all about $4,000.
Mr.. Fredericks said it was more or
less trIle''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02
THEY HAVE NOT TALKED.
NIcNamaras Will Make No Statement
Until Sentence Is Passed.

NIcNamaraS Will Make No Statement
Until Sentence Is Passed.
Los Angeles. Dec. Though many
statements purporting to have come
from the McNamaras have been cur
rent counsel announced today that the
brothers had not been interviewed
since they left the court room yester-
day and would not be until after SEN
tence was pronounced on Tuesday next.
The Office of District Attorney Fred
ericks and the corridors leading to it
in the hall of records were crowded
with people waiting to see him. He ar
rived late and first received Lecom-
pete Davis, one of counsel for the de-
fense. Davis declined to discuss the
nature of his visit but it is supposed
he asked concerning the states atti-
tude toward pressing the Franklin
bribery charges.
Attorney Darrow VIII take a few
months rest at his country home here
and will return to Chicago in the
spring.
1t was said today on good authority
that John J. Mcnamara probably would
tender his resignation as secretary of
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers immedi-
ately after sentence is pronounced upon
him Tuesday.
With regard to the disposition of
unused funds for the Mcnamara de-
fease, little could be learned today. A
is said to have been spent in prepar-
ing the case. A shortage of funds to
carry on a vigorous defense was one
Of the factors that led to its quick
conclusion, according to one of the at
torneys.
Bad for Hartman.
The relation of the Mcnamara case
to the local present situation came in
for a big share of discussion today.
IT m afraid it means the defeat of Job
Hartman, the Socialist candidate
declared Attorney DarreW today, ''but
it will not hurt the Socialist movement
here. 1t will get stronger in a short
time. I'm sorry for Job Hartman.
THE incident happened at an un-
fortunate time for him, but if he had
ment could not have been effected and
lives might have been lost"
In Socialist circles leaders were not
ready to admit that the confession of
the McNamaras had reduced the
chances of Hartman, who also was
an associate COUNSEL for the two
brothers. They declared they felt the
blow, but were prepared to pursue
the fight to its end on Tuesday next
and entertained the hope that the peo-
pie would not associate Hartman |
with the Mcnamara affair inasnuch |
as he has not been active in it since /
he became the single opponent of |
Mayor George Alexander for re-elec- !
ton. The Los Angeles Reord an aft /
ernoon paper which has been sup
porting the Socialist candidate, is |
nouncing that politics figured in the |
Mcnamara case" and that yesterdays /
episode was framed to defeat Harri- |
man. !
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

cerned, a better condition already esc-
lists, and so far as he touches others.
he viii help them in the upward trend.
1t does not deal in beautiful generali-
ties, but is most specific in saying that
complete manhood will be the result
of a mans accepting all that Christ Of
iers MIN, and of his giving all that he
has to others. Impression and express
sion are the two keywords.'
DR.. LoveIand VIII Speak.
The local workers among the churches
Will get together for the last time be-
fore the campaign tomorrow afternoon
in Gemmell hall of the Central Y. M.
9. A. There will be five group meetings
at 2:30 o'clock and subsequently DR.. f.
l. Loveland will give an address.
mo effort will be spared said Sec
retary E. c. BrownelL of the Y. NJ. c.
A today, ito fill the Auditorium with
men Sunday, December 10, to hear
Raymond Robins. There will be a band
concert also as an attraction ut the
meeting and the great organ will be
used. The speaker Mr.. Robins, is one
of the most forceful and picturesque
figures in the religious and civic life in
America AS a lad he was possessed
with an independence and industrial
freedom of action which later he has
preached from one end of the continent
to the other.
In Alaska he struck it rich. and is
now giving all of his time and energy
as well as his money for the better
ment for his fellow men,.
The leader of the team of experts,
eight in number, is DR.. Clarence A.
Barbour of New York, who was for Is
years the pastor of the largest Bap-
tist church in the city of Buffalo. DR..
Barbour is a 33 degree Mason and for
nine years was the chaplain of the
Grand lodge of the state of New York.
Yutka Minakuchi, a native MISSION
ary from Japan, is a graduate of Yale.
William A. Brown, of the international
Sunday school department, will present
Bible study.
Boy Scout President Here.
The man who will attract as much
attention as anyone else viii be John
L. Alexander, president of the Boy
Scouts of America and author of the
National Boy Scout Manual.
David Russell of South Africa is said
by many to be as strong a man as Fred
B. Smith, the national campaign lead
NJ. Dean of Seattle is an exceptionally
strong man. and James r. Smith
(Railroad Jim) of st. Louis needs no
introduction.
The territorial and auxiliary town
committee of the local committee of
1eO,' with w. w. Mills and d. o. Coe
as chairmen, has done a large amount
of work in 35 counties in the north
eastern portion of the state, and from
which 1 900 delegates are expected to
attend the convention in Topeka.
In the towns visited in these coun-
ties $50 meetings have been held, and
$500 committeeman appointed.
The institutes will be the main fea-
ture of the campaign and they win be
held each day at 4:30 o'clock at the
Commercial club, the Y. NJ. c. A. the
Y w c. A and the First Baptist
church. Platform meetings will be
held each night in four sections of the
city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02
THEY LAND AT BOMBAY
King George and Queen Mary Are
Given Gorgeous Reception.

Bombay. Dec. 2.-"King Emperor"
George and Queen Empress Mary as
they are officially styled since their ar
rival in India, landed at 4 o'clock today
from the steamer Medina. They were
met by the governor of Bombay and
large gathering of high officials of the
civil and military service. They at once
proceeded to a huge amphitheater which
had been erected opposite the landing
stage and which was filed to it's ut
most capacity with many thousands
who mad come to welcome their majes-
ties.
The handsome levee dress of the Off
Gals and CT the uniforms of the naval
and military officers together with the
bright toilets of the women only served
to emphasize the goreous hues of the
ceremonial attire of the Indian chief
tainS-
Behind these were massed an i'm
mense throng composed of Hindus, Mo-
mammedans, ParseeS and Arabs, all
attired in richly colored festival cos
tunes.
Addresses of welcome were presented
by the municipality and other bodies to
which his majesty replied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02
NEARS EXPERT STAGE.
Scientists to Be Called Soon in the
Hyde Case.

Kansas City. Dec. 2--Attorneys for the
defense in the trial of DR.. B. Clark
Hyde indicted on charge of numbering
Col. Thomas H. Swope were in cheer
full frame of mind when they entered
court today. The reason for their joy
was the barring from this trial Of all tes-
tiTnony relating to the illness of Miss
Margaret Swope. Evidence regarding her
Illness was believed to have hurt the ac-
cused physicians case at the first hear
ing He was accused of poisoning her
and injecting her with typhoid germs.
Cross-examination of Mrs. J. K. Bau-
mann, a nurse, was resumed by Attorney
Walsh for the defense, today. Her chief
testimony was regarding the illness of
Chrisman Swope. Although Prosecutor
Conkling will not state his plans, it is
said the scientists in the states employ
will be called to testify early next week.
DR.. Ludwig Bektoen of Chicago, a states
witness. is here.