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of mighty and indlscriminate slaugh-
ter. Today this wanton killing has
been stopped. and the United States
government is In entire control of the
industry of these islands, where be-
fore it received royalties from a pri-
vate source.
The Pribilof group consists OF -two
volcanic rocks about thirty miles apart.
situated in the heart of the Boring
sea. st. Paul. the larger. is no more
than thirty-two square miles in extent.
During the breeding season the u sell
dom penetrates the dense mists that
enshroud the islets. At the time they
were discovered. in 1886. they were I'M
inhabitated. Today there Is a popu-
lation of about five or six hundred,
mostly of Russian ancestry, who sub
sist mainly on the returns Incident to
TIE sealing industry. When the United
States acquired Alaska from Russia
Pribilof group. There a no APP
preciable diminution in their number
until 1856. when pelagic sealing began
to he extensively practiced. In 1891
they had decreased to 1000 eco. Aft
er that the decrease became so mark
ed that last year the United States gov
eminent, Russia. Japan and Great
Britain entered into an agreement pro-
yiding that pelngic sealing the kill
ing of female seals) on the Pribilof is
lands should be abolished. There were
less than 200 600 seals recorded in the
last official report of the islands.
SEALS FIERCE FIGHTERS
During the early days of May the
mature seals begin to arrive on the
islands, and for several weeks the
males of the species engage in fierce
battles for position upon the rookery.
proximity to the water determining de-
STABILITY. In these combats many
seals are killed or manned so that they
die. The females arrive about a month
later. The bull doesn't leave his sta
ton an hour during the entire season,
but remains for three months, neither
eating nor drinking, but subsisting
solely upon superiuous fat, with which
he is provided on his arrival.
The most important element in seal
life on the rookeries consists of the
minated specimens, for it is from their
ranks that the entire supply Of skins
Is secured. The fur of the bull after
the sixth year is Of no commercial
value.
The bachelor seals, as they are call
ed, do not attain the development nee
essary to admit of their forcing and
maintaining places for themselves In
the rookeries until they are over six
years old. To enter the area pre-
empted by the breeding seals is GER
tain death to the bachelor seals.
The movements of seals In water are
very rapid and graceful. On land they
are very different. The body is con-
tracted by an upward bending of the
spine and so thrown forward by a
series of jerks. and they manage to
the ground far from slowly in
this way. One of the chief peculiari-
ties of the seal is the ~iexibility of the
spine. A strange habit when wild is
the swallowing of large stones without
any apparent reason for so doing.
Under the terms Of a treaty signed
by the United States. Great Britain.
Japan and Russia. which is now in eff
feet, the future OF the seal industry is
assured. The life of the treaty is If
teen years. and the nations concerned
believe 1t will operate to enlarge the
seal herds.
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OF INTEREST TO ALL.

The Pacific ocean Is thought to
weigh 94S, 900, 900. 900. 900, 100000
tons.
The Geographic lines of Persia
total 6,312 miles in length.
Ozonized air is to he pumped
into the underground passenger
tunnels of London in very gener-
GUS quantities.
The whites Of the eyes may be
seen ut a distance of e~ighty-five
to ninety feet.
In one year the island Of Cuba
will have telephones from one
end of the island to the other.
The arctic tern flies 22.0OO
miles on its summer vacation.
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a Pack Of Sheer Nonsense
An Inference.

HAS Polly got her music lesson
mixed up with her gymnasium hourT
''Of course not. Why do you askr
II thought from the way she was
playing she might have th~oughtlessly
taken the piano for a punching bag
Baltimore American.
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fashionable Indisposition.

well, here | am" announced the
fashionable physician in his breezy
way. And now what do you think Is
the matter with your"
Doctor. ] hardly know" replied the
fashionable patient. What is newT'
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Iha Last Part.

Cook (who has been discharged for
sir, you'll miss me
before I've gone very long.
Mastcr-Oh. we won't worry about
that as long as we don't miss anything
else.-Sketch.
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A Ridiculous Oversight.

what are your rules for successy'
81 have none"
Dear me! A big man like you
ought to have a few for interviewing
purposes. Washington Herald.
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A Slight Mistake.

Nj no talkee Chlnee velly WE'LL"
explained the hostess upon greeting
h visitor from the newest republic.
mo matter" responded the latter. II
can tolerably well In Eng
Charlottesville Courier-Journal.
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A Prominent Nui.ano..

THAT man is very much In the pub
eye" YES" replied Senator sor-
ghum. he is as irritating as a cinder
from a Observation-Disclosures Star.
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to burn their clubs and ropes for
warmth and were forced to eat seal
carcasses to prevent starvation. For
tunately the weather remained mild,
without snowstorm and severe frosts,
and n disaster was ayerted.
When n binding snowstorm arises
while the men are out on the hunt the
peril is extreme. AT such times they
make for the nearest ship. Sometimes
Il vessel will have to accommodate as
many as 700 men during a storm.
MEMORABLE DISASTERS
Greenland in the season of 1893. by
which forty-eight men lost their lives
and sixty-fiye were frost bitten. ex-
ceeded i'll narrowing interest any other
connected with the industry. More
over, it exempliied the terrible hard
ship and hazards incurred by the seal
men. for when tragedy befalls ashore
the victims usually are hurled into
eternity without a moments notice.
but here they suffered unspeakable tor
ments from exposure and hunger be-
fore they persisted on the pitiless ice
foe.
The ship had $50 men dispersed over
the ice when a blizzard arose, driving
her seward and leaving them helpless,
exposed to the storm and biting arctic
frost, with no food. no shelter, no ex-
ira clothing-nothing to help them in
battling against the terrible fate which
beset them. For two days and nights
they were scourged by the gale. Many
froze to death, others were drowned In
the seals blowholes on the ice, and
when the gale abated the ship worked
her way back to where, dead and dy-
ing, the starved and frozen seal men
lay. The survivors were gathered In
as rapidly as could be, and the ship
then bore up for home, her waist piled
with the dead and sixty suffering,
frosted hunters berthed below in foul
smelling, i'll lighted quarters.
1t was in 1873 that the schooner
Deerhound lost tw~enty-four men out
of fifty-six. They had been sent off in
boats among the 'open" or scattered
ice 10 cruise III tue Wdtery lanes ana
thus conduct the hunt impossible on
foot. A storm arose, and the boats
were crushed between the writing
fragments, and the hapless occupants
sank or scrambled on to a tossing pan.
For two days the gale ragged. and at
its close there was not a vestige Of the
little fotilla to be seen. Two more
days were spent by the schooner in
cruising about, and part of one boat
was sighted, and upon its being over
hauled two starving and frost bitten
seal men were found beneath It, who
died soon after being rescued. They
were the only ones Of the whole num-
Der ever heard from.
SEALS OFF ALASKA
The seal industry is not confined en-
tirely to the Atlantic side of North
America. The richest catch, the fur
seal. is to be found by hundreds of
thousands on two small islands in the
Pacific ocean Off Alaska. st. Paul and |
81. George. composing the Pribilof
group OF islands. once were the scene
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Reassuranca.

Il know you don't love me-" she
cried peevishly. Il do love YOU he
demurred. ''only not as much ms Won
imagine / ~do."-SatireL
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Fame That Wouldn't q. Denied.

~"e inss wouldn't Be Denied.
ola him there were "a dozen OF
peopie night here in town who had
never heard Of him."
two"
guess IL didn't. He started right
put 10 md them and borrow money!
Houston Post.
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The Only Way.
Candid Opinion.

Blobbs-Do you think Miss Antiqu0
would appreciate a birthday present
Slobbs-Not so much rs a birtbdas
Observation-Disclosures Record
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the men from the various vessels
are isolated by 1t, cut off from their
vessels and incapable of movement
for fear of the hidden dangers they
may run into. Almost q thousand
men were adrift for forty-eight
hours in 1909. The fog enveloped
them unexpectedly. Scantily clad
and poorly rationed, the men had
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A DIFF ALASKA

The seal industry is not confined en-
tirely to the Atlantic side of North
America. The richest catch. the fur
seal. is to be found by hundreds of
thousands on two small islands in the
Pacific ocean Off Alaska. st. Paul and
ST. George. composing the pribilof
group OF islands. once were the scene
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Men Sometimes Drift
For Days on Ice Fioes
Separated From Their
Vessels by Fog Off Lab
rador-Life of the Fur
Seals on the PribilOf
Islands In Boring Sea.

n LITTLE more than a month
"a ago close to 5000 men joyous
"a ly proclaimed the arrival of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-02-23
ONLY ONE BEST"
Lambertville People Give Credit Where
Credit Is Due.

People of Lambertville who sutf't I
With sick kidneys and bad backs wan,
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. The best is Doan's Kidney
Pills, medicine tor the kidneys only,
made from pure roots and herbs, and
one that is backed by cures in Lam
bertville. Here's Lambertville testi-
nony:
Mrs, Eugene Kesrns, 40 Ferry St., Lambert
Vile, N j., says; My kidney trouble has
been of long standing and have suffered in
tensely from lane back and pain through my
loins and sides 1 became so bad that in the
morning, heat was the only thing that would
relieve me SO that l could straighten. OF all
the remedies i tried, Doans Kidney Pills
alone gave me relief and | endorse them as
the best preparation to use in cases of my
kind, This remedy acted on my system at
once, relieving the pain and regulating the
kidneys, so that l could get my rest at night.
My experience with kidney medicines has
been quite an extensive one and | am in a
position to say that Doans Kidney Pills are
the best"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agent for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other,
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ASKED AID OF WASHINGTON
Frenchman, In Financial Distress,
Turned for Help to His Great
Commander.

A letter from the Chevalier de Lam
bert to George Washington, asking
pecuniary aid, brought $1,000 recent
ly. The letter is dated Philadelphia,
May &c, 1889, and reads as follows:
Honored Sir: l came into this coun-
try recommended to your excellency
by the Marquis de La Fayette.
served In the American army two
years in quality of lieutenant OF ar
tillery under the command Of Colonel
Porter. l have the honor to be of
the Order of the Cincinnati.
I am at present disagreeably cir
cumstanced, being in debt to my
landlord. The favor have to ask
of your excellency is that you would
lend me e100, for which 1 will give
you a bill of exchange on the Presi-
dent Front de VILE at Rouen, and
shall think myself forever obliged.
have remained in this country in
hopes of serving 1t in a military quail
ity. but, having now no prospect of
France.
1t is TO pay my landlord Tor my bed
and board and to defray the expenses
of my passage that l want the money
just mentioned. I have the honor to
be, with the greatest esteem and re-
spect, your excellency's most humble
and obedient servant,
CHEVALIER DE LAMBERT.
P. ST. earnestly beg the favor Of
an answer as soon as your excellency
conveniently can. My directions are
at Mr. Pereton's ct the Golden Swan.
Third street.
The letter is addressed to His Elk
cellency, Genl. Washington, President
of the United States, New York" On
the back is Washington's indorse-
ment: From the Chevir. de Lam
bert, 26th May, 1884,"
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people are more likely to
admire brilliant fail
ure than a solid, substantial success.
And to this, also. may be attribut-
ed the additional fact that, of all the
heroes of the Revolutionary period,
posterity has been inclined to dwarf
the stature OF Washington.
For q time his biographers tried to
transform him into saint. Obvious
ly impossible, this, because, above all
things else, he was a man among men,
a figure in his time which, so far as
obtained to his personality, was not
unlike that of the late King Edward of
England-prone to human weaknesses.
but at the same time gentleman of
rare tact and dignity.
After 1t became apparent that Wash
ington was not saint, the trend of
opinion was to consider him a re-
spectacle numskull, creature of cir
cumstances, who managed by luck
never to do the wrong thing. At the
same time, men who, in his day, took
minor parts were exalted into heroes
of the first rank, largely because Of
their fondness for epigram and that
further weakness OF the general pub
lie, which would rather scent out
hero OF its own than acknowledge to
the greatness of the obvious, outstand-
ing figure.
All of which would indicate that the
time has about arrived when Wash
ington should be rescued from his
biographers.
Moderation and determination are
the two dominant characteristics of
which time has not robbed Washing
ton. OF them, the first is the one
which has deprived him OF great
deal Of the appreciation which has
been lavished on less deserving char
acters.
Whatever the vices of the man, they
were always held within respectable
restraint Whatever his virtues, he
never gave them undue prominence.
So 1t is that, after more than q
century, there has come a tendency
to depreciate the ability of the one
man who, more than any other, would
naturally be exalted. For long time
it was held that his fame was tar
nished because he swore real oaths
at the battle of Monmouth, That was
succeeded by the present epoch,
which has chosen to regard him as a
lovable gentleman, with enough horse
sense not to make fool of himself
and, by a series of events over which
he had no control. to become the ia
Their of his country.
And yet 1t is doubtful IL another
character of the age is more to be
admired for its many-sided excellen
cies AS man, warrior and statesman
Washington yields to no figure of his
time.
What place Washington held, in his
own day, must now become matter
of interest. Shortly after his death.
Felix Faulcon voiced the opinion of
the French parliamentarians when he
addressed the legislative assembly as
follows:
The tomb has claimed him who
was the model Of republican perfec-
ton. This is not the time to trace all
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this truly great man has accomplished
for the liberties of America, the gen.
erous inspirations which he impaired
to the French who were attracted to
his school of arms; the sublime act
which will ever add luster to his mem
DRY, when, after having exerted his
talents in giving liberty to his coun-
try, he voluntarily relinquished SUI
preme power to conceal his glory in
the obscurity of private life"
Naturally, Napoleon was attracted
to the great general who led an army
of ragamufiins to victory, after long
campaign of almost unparalleled vicis-
situdes, and whose power was attest
ed by the fact that none of his gen.
erals, except Wayne, accomplished
much after they left him. When the
news of his death reached France, the
first consul issued the following or
der:
washington is no more! That
great man fought against tyranny. He
firmly established the liberty of his
country. His memory will ever be
uNdl W tit DCOplVt 90 II AhhSN
be to every friend of freedom IN two
worlds, ard especially TO the French
soldiers, who, like him and the Amer
leans, bfayely fight for liberty and
equality. The first consul, in conse-
quenee, orders that, for ten days
black crepe shall be suspended to all
the standards and flags of the repub
lie"
At almost the same time the Ga.
zette de France said:
Washington is deadi This news
in the time of the directory it would
have been imprudent to announce.
Now. the heart may with confidence
abandon itself to all the generous
emotions of the soul, and we may dare
to weep at the tomb of great man.
A general funeral service has been or
dered in America, and this will be OBJ
served by the citizens of every nation.
No period has sustained loss so ir-
reparable as the end of the eighteenth
century"
This concluding sentence may be
taken as generally expressing the esti-
nation In which the great man was
held.
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you may read the tablets describing
the affecting scene on his departure
to his home in Mount Vernon.
But on April 80, 1883. little old New
York went wild with joy when the
idol OF the nation returned to be Its
president, and the pomp and ceremony
OF that first inauguration took place.
in the old Federal hall, now marked
by the Subtreasury building, In Wall
street Here you may see the very
stone on which the president stood
while taking tho oath of office, and
the Bible is owned by st, Johns lodge.
in the Masonic Temple.
The fine mahogany furniture of
Sheraton design used at that time Is
shown in the Governors room of the
city hall, the high-backed inaugural
chairs, and the desks and armchairs
used by the cabinet and the senators.
The flag that waved over all this re-
joicing is carefully preserved In a
oirsz case.
different houses were used BY
IS asLington during the year 1889
and 1890 US presidential mansions
the first, beautiful colonial house
belonging to Walter Franklin, a
wealthy merchant, that stood at No.
/ Cherry street, now Swallowed by the
gloomy Brooklyn bridge pier; the sec
ond was at No. 80 Broadway.
Each day he drove in courtly style
to the federal hall. In Wall street.
and so thoroughly did he acquire the
habit that he is everlastinglY glued
to the spot in the bronze statue on the
subtreasury steps.
On Sundays the president wor-
shipped at st. Paul's chapel, in the
commodious box pew, as large as q
room in our modern apartments, be-,
ing of sufficient area to admit Of the
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and on Christmas day they pro-
claimed their dashing leader William
/, conqueror and king of England"
In apportloning the estates of the
Saxons to his followers the conqueror
bestowed on William de Hertburn the
extensive estate known as Wessyng-
ton. and entitled him to heraldic de-
nomination Of his choice. Historic
records show him as one OF the favor
ite knights of the king.
AS further demonstration OF the
Importance OF the De Hertburns, or
"Wessyngtons." history furnished the
information that the estate in question
was under the command OF the bishop
of Durham. and situated in locality
exposed to the attack of the Scots Of
northern England. On this border
there was constant warfare, and the
king naturally selected the bravest
and most warlike of his adherents to
hold lands in the disputed district.
For nine years this country between
Durham and York was laid waste, and
for ten years 1t was practically n
desert, no man having the courage to
attempt cultivation of the blasted
fields or inhabit the ruined towns.
One hundred thousand people died
in this debatable strip of land, and
there, where active hostilities ever
reigned, the De Hertburns, or Wes-
syngtons, were stationed. This rec
ord of the great family is absolutely
authentic in every detail, having been
proved by minute research and per-
sonal visits to the locality where its
members were lords OF the sofia
task which embraced fifteen years of
heraldic investigation.
Later the estate known as Wes-
syngton was spelled and entered Of
ficially as Washington, the proprietors
assuming the same name. Then it
was recorded as Washington, and
natural change of the owners name
in accordance with that OF his land
followed. The proprietors became
known as William. John, Lawrence.
Robert and Nicholas De Washington.
Finally the heraldic shields and
French prefix of de" was dropped,
and the modern spelling of Wash
i-n-g-t-o-n prevailed.
The Washingtons were very prom
inent in the military as well as the
civic phases of English life. In the
days of Henry the VIII, when that
monarch was in conflict with the pope
of Rome, Lawrence Washington sided
with the king. and the latter con-
fiscated the monasteries, converts
and churches OF the Roman Catholic
church, giving to this Washington the
Sulgrave estate, where for over CEN
fury the Washington family ruled SUI
preme. A decline In their fortunes
then appears to have taken place, for
in 1920, the year the Pilgrims set
sail for America, the Washingtons
were practically driven from the Sui
grave estate to take up residence at
Brighton with minor manors and hold
ings. The loss of hundreds of acres
OF rich meadows and harvest fields
was in measure counteracted by the
marriage OF Sir William Washing
ton to a sister of George Villiars,
Duke of buckingham. This union
brought about new alliances and af-
filiations which made Washingtons
possible In America. and ultimately
led to the rearing of George Wash
ington to be the military leader OF the
colonies and eventually our first chief
aracuttve
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comfortable stretching of his long.
dlgnified legs, and far enough re-
moved from the pulpit to encourage
a few yawns or sly nap UNDECIDED
by the rector.
AS we celebrate the birthday of
Washington, patriotic New Workers.
will point with pride that is pardon
able to the four buildings still in fine
preservation, which were honored by
his presence-the Jumel mansion. the
Van Cortlandt Manor house, st. Paul's
chapel and Frances tavern.
Can proud Philadelphia OF boastfui
Boston show more?