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Residency at Lucknow in due time
after having been obliged to fall back
upon Cawnpore by reason of the ex.
IRENE heat and the dreaded cholera
The gallant Neill was with him when
he finally succeeded in cutting his way
into Lucknow, but the negro Hall and
other bluejackets were not present.
Their opportunity was to come later.
Havelock and his men, though
strong enough to reinforce the besieg-
ed troops in Lucknow and save the
English garrison from destruction,
were not strong enough to cut their
way to safety. hampered with women
and children and wounded amounting
to 1900 souls. Thus the siege con-
tiuued upon larger scale.
Meanwhile, Sir Colin Campbell had
arrived in India. He was to assume
the chief command of the forces. in
India, and his first task was to rescue
the garrison at Lucknow. Upon the
9Th of November he led an army of
five thousand men and thirty guns out
of Cawnpore. and among these was
the naval brigade under William
Peel
The Sikandarbagh. a formidable
looking structure about 1870 yards
square and surrounded by a thick
brick wall about twenty feet high. was
the first nut to crack before Lucknow
could be relieved. 1t sheltered up
ward of two thousand weil-armed Sc
poys. who poured CALLING fire into
the English from the fat roof Of a
pavilion on top of the structure.
Little could be done until a breach
had been made in the wall, so the in
fantry lay down and sheltered them
selves as best they could while the
men OF the naval brigade dragged
their guns up under the wall. Across
the deadly zone of bare ground the
negro and his shipmates dragged their
guns as coolly as if laying alongside
an enemy's frigate. Man after man
dropped under the cruel fire until
each gun was short-handed.
Once Up under the wall, the gallant
men were in q measure protected, but
as the 24-pcunders kicked back after
each discharge, 1t became necessary
for the men to enter the danger zone
to drag them back into position. At
each reeoil the Sepoys concentrated
their fire upon the little detachment.
and each discharge cost human life.
Encouraging his shipmates by his
fearless example. the negro was al
ways the first man to dart out Of the
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Some girls are given away in mar
riage and some throw themselves
away.
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I fingered, but living and dead were re
morselessly cast together into the pit
The horror Of It! With Havelocl
barely score of miles awayi
Scattered like chaff before the wind
the followers of Mana dispersed be
fore the onslaught of the avengers;
and upon the afternoon following the
battle. the negro Hall and a group OF
his bluejacket shipmates heard the
horrible story as related above, from
the lips of half-caste woman con-
vert who spoke English fiuently. Hall
and his friends gazed upon the door
of the death-chamber, fully two
inches deep with blood and gore and
tufts OF hair They noted tulwar
gashes in the walls the height of a
woman's neck. Then they turned
away, sick at heart, but swore to be
avenged
Forty-five miles away another des-
perate siege was being conducted. At
Lucknow, one of the most beautiful
cities in India, handful of English
men were holding out against the
fierce hordes Of Sepoys who hemmed
them in on every side.
Havelock set out for Lucknow with
the greater part of his force, leaving
Cawnsore in charge Of Colonel Neill.
Among others left behind under Neill
were Hall and some of his shipmates.
Quite naturally they were furious at
not being permitted to accompany the
first relief. but it was necessary to
leave guns and men to hold Gavin
pore.
They relieved the monotony of their
situation and vented a part of their
pent-up vengeance by forcing a num-
Der OF high-caste Brahmin prisoners
to clean up the blood-stained death
chamber Men we're set over them
with whips to see that they did not
shirk their task. The Brahmins, thus
tremendously defiled. were then hang
ed and buried in ditch.
AS the world knows, General Have
lock and his command reached the
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fowls Of THE AIR.
Incubator Has Been Used BY
Birds for Ages.
australian Hrusl, Turkey Huilds Huge
Nest, Esss Are Laid and Permitted
to Hatch Without the Aid
Of Female.

London.-Most of US, probably. are
under the impression that man invent.
ed the incubator. He did nothing Of
the sort. Certain of the fowls of the
air forestalled him by few hundred
thousand years or so.
Both in the gardens of the Zoolog-
ical society and private parks, such as
that OF the duke of Bedford, one spe-
cies of mound-builder. at present at
least, has been annually induced, for
several years past, to give very sue
cessful demonstrations of the way In
which the propagation of the species
may be carried on with the least DOS
sible expenditure of care and energy
on the part Of the parents. while they
evidently ignore the fact that that
method, obstinately persisted in, has
left them hopelessly behind in the race
for life. This bird is the Australian
brush turkey (Talegalla lathami.
When it becomes imperative that ma
lures annual tribute should be paid,
this bird, knowing nothing of the
blessed word cooperation yet acts
upon 1t. Two or more females. and
perchance an unusually good-natured
male, start throwing dirt with their
feet, which are of enormous size.
Working with an energy worthy Of
better cause, they soon create an enor-
nous head of soil and decaying vege-
tation. Camping out for few days
on the spot, the tiresome task is soon
Then the bored females
scrape a hole in the center of the
heap and between them deposit about
q score or SO eggs. This done, the
hole is covered up and they are
free! The only care they seem to
take for the well-being II the brats
that are to be is that when laying.
they contrive to leave the egg with
It's large end downwards.
A gardener was once asked why he |
always pulled the barrow after him.
He replied: because / 'ates the sight |
'f It," And, apparently, for similar |
reasons, the mound-bird, In building |
is unlovely nursery, throws the earth |
behind It. Sooner or later, however,
mound. some six feet high, and
welve or fourteen yards in circumfer-
snce, Is raised. The rotting leaves.
embedded in leaf-mold, soon begin to
erment, and with this the process OF
incubation begins. Now. nesting birds,
IS everybody knows. require tremen-
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ment in 1853 Ten years later he be-
came captain in the famous ed
regiment of Gordon Highlanders. A
major in 1879, he and his regiment
formed part of the avenging column
ordered to Afghanistan to punish the
murderers of Cavagnari.
At the battle Of Charasiah, with q
mere handful of Highlanders. he won
his first cross and undying fame by
charging a strongly fortified hill. The
men in the kits were outnumbered
in the proportion of ten to one; but
inspired by their gallant major, they
pressed on and captured the position,
much to the surprise and satisfaction
of General "Bobs."
year later. during the famous trot
Of the 10000 from Kabul to Kandahar.
it became necessary to take an Afghan
position. A battery of screw guns
had been Smelling the Afghans for
some time without tangible results.
Supported by regiment of lighting.
Gurkash, the Highlanders scampered
up the hill behind Major White. At
the point of the bayonet they drove
the Afghans away from their guns,
and the first man into the enclosure
was the gallant major. who lived to
become field marshal
Years later. he defended Ladysmith
throughout siege lasting ono hum
dred and ten days, and delighted the
British public by his stern refusal to
entertain Sir Redvers Buffers sugges-
ton that he surrender to the Boera
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sheltered angle to drag back his gun
He called upon them to remember tn.
bloody room at Cawnpore. He seemed
to bear a charmed life.
After an hours perilous work, dur
ing which the detachment of bluejack
cts was all but wiped out, the "a
Founders succeeded in hammeriug 9
hole In the wall about three feel
square. A bugle call sounded. The
infantrymen sprang to their feet and
rushed at the little hole in spite oil
the fact that certain death awaited
the foremost.
The enemy, having been driven out
of the courtyard by the intrepid Eng.
lishS aided by the loyal native troops
made for the gateway of the main
structure. AS they attempted to close
the heavy doors behind them, a Pun
jabi Mohammedan, Mukarrab Khan by
name, thrust his left arm between
them. AS a tulwar nearly severed his
hand at the wrist. he withdrew the
wounded arm and Immediately thrust
in the other!
BY this time. other men had reached
the spot and torn the doors open. For
this brave act, Mukarrab Khan was
decorated with the Order of Merit.
the Indian equivalent of the Victoria
Cross.
Meanwhile other serious work had
been cut out for William Hall and the
other biueiackets, for a thousand
yards away, in the direction of the Resi-
dency, doomed the frowning outlines
of the Shah Najaf, white-domed
tomb, surrounded by high walls of
solid masonry. While the Highland
ers tore of the roofs of the surround
ing huts and drove the Sepoys before
them like sheep. other troops were IRE
membering Cawnpore" while attending
to the enemy in the Sikandarbagh, and
the naval detachment dragged their
guns into position before the Shah
Najaf
A solid shot from the enemy struck
a naval ammunition wagon, exploding
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FARMER ASKS FOR $4,000
Tells Uncle Sam He Wasn't ALE 70
Do Much Work and Lose
Live Stock.

Washington.-An urgent appeal for
gift of $500 from the federal govern
ment came to the treasury department
from luckless man of Lamport. Colo.
who wants life made little easier for
himself and companions. He wrote:
I'VE are not able to do very much
work and we lost several stock last
winter We did not make very much
feed last year and were not able to
buy feed and grain. We had to buy
most of our provisions to help us out
OF hard place. We could use about
$500. We sure would be. glad and
thankful for your kindness. Hope the
Lord will bless tou. Is my prayer. Let
me hear by return mall"
The misery proclivities Of Uncle
sam sam we're asserted in the treasurers
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| its contents. Hall, with the bloot
streaming down his face where a piece
Of she'll had grazed him, stood by his
! gun and urged his fellow bluejackets
on by word AID deed.
Throughout the long afternoon the
men hammered away at the twenty
foot wall. Gun after gun was aban
doned as their crews were shot down,
but the negro hero was game to the
last. Shortly before dark the com
mander gave the order to collect the
killed and wounded and retire for the
night, but Hall had to be peremptor.
lily ordered to retire by his superior
before he obeyed.
Meanwhile. Lieutenant Salmon OF
the naval brigade had climbed a tree
and discovered small. aperture in
the wall. The enemy saw him and
volleyed at him. Badly wounded, he
fell into the arms of his men and re-
ported what he had seen. For this
brave act he was rewarded with a
Victoria Cross.
The English were quick to take ad-
vantage of the Information, and among
the first men to rush the breach was
William Hall, wounded, but hacking
right and lift with his cutlass. Early
upon the following morning, the Resi-
dency was relieved and a second mass
acre averted.
In due time. Hall received his Vic
toria Cross. as both his commanding
officers and shipmates were agreed
that his gallantry had been the most
conspicuous event of day memorable
for its many brave actions.
Hall lived to take part in the bonn
bardment Of Alexandria many years
later, and was awarded the Egyptian
medal and its inseparable companion.
the Khediye's Star. With his Grim.
can and Egyptian medals, his Victoria
Cross and Khedive's Star, this brave
negro finally retired from service and
took up his residence in a small Nova
Scotian village, far away from the
grim scenes of his early days.
In all. three negroes have been
awarded the Victoria Cross: Samuel
Hedge and w. j. Gordon of the West
Indian regiment, and William Hall of
the Royal Navy; and possibly the BRAY
est c. these is the white-hafrcd, black
ex-captsin cr9 she foretop. William
Fall. W C.
Baron Roo< It's OF Kandahar and
Waterford has the insignia OF the Or
Ger Of the Garter. 1t was presented to
aim by Queen Victoria about two
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Printing Brownies "a each. Other sizes up to
y &c. "a and lx5 &C when cash accom- pm niea
the osder. Chsuve returned Il not all good.
Postage paid. References Union Nat. Bark.
Established since 1855 EeaIy stsdIs, nonses, u.
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NERVOUS
DESPONDENT
WOMEN
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hams Vegetable Compound
Their Own Statements
So Testify.
Plates, Pa" When / wrote 30 you
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ness and backachey
and was 80 nervous
that I would cry ct
the least noise, il
would stsrtle me 20.
l began to take Ly-
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remedies, and I don't
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pomestie Combat.

e. Trowbridge Dana, grandson of
the poet Longfellow. who was recently
married in Cambridge with a beauti-
full ritual OF his own composition, said
the other day to a reporter:
III all couples gave to marriage the
profound thought and reverence that
my wife and / gave to it there would
be fewer mismatings.
The average married pair. it some
times seems to me, are like the
Binkses.
Pa said little Tommy Binks one
day, what's weapon
A weapon, my son. Binks an
Swered, is something to fight with
Then. pa said little Tommy, is
ma your weaponr"
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Victoria Cross Stories
or e4Zzen Stephens n~ass~a

T is simply a bit Of
bronze, cast in the shape
OF a Maltese cross, one
and one-half inches in
diameter, and worth
about nine cents In our
money-ribbon included.
And yet, up to date, five
hundred and flfty-two
British subjects have
courted what seemed to
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North Pole Big Air Route,

BOSTON. Dec. 2-'The safest and
easiest way to reach the north pole
and an entirely feasible way is hN
aeroplanc," said Captain Robt A.
Bartlett, OF the Peary north pole par
ty, to members Of the Aero club O.
New England at its annual dinner to
night. Captain Bartlett said an aero
plane could be taken by land to Cape
Morris Jcsup, which is only 3s1 miles
from the pole. With the latest ma
chimes this would mean but few
hours flight to the pole. he said. The
ice would furnish suitable landin.
places all along the route, but 5l'
necessary supplies would have to be
carried for the trip to and from the
pole
The ideal trip" said the speaker,
would be to 20 from Cape Jesup dl-
rectly over the pole and land at Cape
Cheliuskin in Siberia, the latter polrl
however being 72O miles beyond the
pole. In the summer months OF july
and August the conditions are perfcc.
Tor flying and I can see no serious
difficulties which might not be guard.
ed against"
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hopcful way. ana wished 10 speak IA
wru aa ne could Of q great movement
iu which bis h,urt ls Interested yet
the most ne could say was mat al
last the Protestant churches had
agreed tu do in unison common work
10 EMS lauud. In the prisons ana hoH-
pnaH that lay organizations would
mover thiuk of doing separately ana
dlscordunty
Lack of Christian unity with rcs-
pcct to The things with which there
should be unity is Challenging the
Individual conscience with increasing
force. u lH largely because Of this
that there is disposition In many
quarters to challenge the right Ol the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-03
TULSA FINANCES.

Financlers nave at last recognized
the fact that Tulsa Is in truth en-
utled to the credit of being the bank
ing ana financial center OF oklahoma
Her bank clearings each week clear
ly indicate this The average husi-
ness man is not in a position to know
why Tulsa IL rapidly coming to the
front IN financialdom.
Within a radius Of 30 miles 1t is
safe to say that $4,000 worth Of oil
is marketed daily Practically all of
this vast money crop'-for such it
SIS garucred In Tulsa banks. with
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-03
BOY MURDERER Tells
OF HIS 0BSESS|0N
GIVES NEW SPAPER MEN DETAILS
OF HIS MANY TERRIBLE
CRIMES.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Dec. 2.--Disre-
John Frank Hickey, the confessed roy
murderer, today repeated to a group
Of newspaper men the story of mis-
many crimes covering a period of
over 20 years. Strangely enough,
Hickey seems to be more troubled by
Of Edward Morey in Lowell, Mass,
nearly thirty years ago than by the
murder ten years ago and year ago
of two lads.
In addition to the murder OF Tn
Josephs and Kruck boys, Hickey re.
lated unsuccessful attempts to MUIR
der boys In Quincy, Boston and Law
renee and four attempts at suicide.
"I do not know what this thing is
that comes over me-" he said. THIS
obsession strikes me when | am sober
and ! take a drink to get over 1t.
eyes before me. That comes over me
at any time night or day, drunk ol.
sober"
District Attorney Dudley is complei-
ing the chain Of evidence against the
prisoner in the Josephs case, Today
Gordon Pitton. a playmate of Joseph,
picked Hickey from a group OF pris-
oners at the jail and Identified him
as the man who bought candy for
them and led the Josephs hoy away on
the day he was murdered.
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WIN Feed Rolh nlnc nnd Grn,.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Tho
ward department is making plans Ia
care Tor the feeding and shelter g.
the army and veterans. confederlt,
ls well as federal who are to attend
the encampment Of the Grand Are,
of.the Republic on the battlefield us
Gettysburg next July when the nc
tieth anniversary Of the great battle
will be celebrated.
orders today assigned Captain
Harry F. Dalton. quartermaster' :
corps - assistant to Ma or Normoyic.
the depot quartermaster here. who i'
charged with the military arrange
ments Both officers have been All
thorized TO proceed to the battlefiea "a
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NEW YORK. Dec 2.-The Rev
Dr. Robert Collyer, pastor emeritus OF
the church Of The Messiah and q
widely known Unitarian Divine, dl"t
shortly before midnight tonight at ms
home here. aged SO years
ur Collyer suffered paralyus
stroke month ago and for the past
few DAYS he had been sinking rapidly
BEFORE taking the pulpit " tn,
church OF The Messiah IN this city in
1897. hc Was Unitarian missionary In
Chicago. having founded the Unity
church there and also in earlier years
"a missionary Of his church in Pml-
adclnhia.
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How Ia Cure lihcumntlsm.
Prominent Doctors Best Prescription
Easily Mixed at Home

This simple and harmless formula has
worked wonders for nIl who have tried it
quickly curing chronic and acute hruma.
tfm and burknche From your druggist
get one ounce NJ loris compound Iu orig
nal sealed PACKAGE and one ounce NJ
syrup NJ hnrsnpuillu ruWpr.ud Take
these two ingredients home and pUt them
IN bali pint " good Whskcy Shake the
bottle and take a Tablespoonful before each
meal aud ut bedtime Good results come
after the first few doses II your druggist
does not have forls compound bon stock
b" will get IL Tor you In few hours from
bis Wholesale house. Don't be influenced 10
take patent medicine instead NJ this In.
slst on having the genuine Toris compound
IN the original one ounce scaled yellow
package. This was published hero last
winter and hundreds Of the worst cases
were cured by It in short time
SORE FEET Corns. Callouses. Bunians
Frost Bites, Aching and Swcoty Fcct
spoonful Of Caocide In the foot bath gives
instant rclief Get 25c box at any drug
store ADV
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THE SOUTH IN CoHGREsS.

As result of the election, the
south is going To have great power In
our common government than
It has had for many. many years II
Is not merely that the president vii
be- man Of southern birth, the first
since Andrew johnson, and the first
TO be elected To the office since Zach
airy Taylor. That fact is naturally
gratifying to southcrners, but It has
not struck the country az very sig
nlficant Governor Wilson is too dis
tinctlw national "A figure with his
northern education and his record OF
high services I'm northern Communi-
ties for anybody to take his election
AZ mere sectional triumph The
really important thing is that south
ern men will by virtue Of long service
take the lead I'm both houses of con
gress at a time when the party they
belong to, and which practically the
whole south belongs to, viii control
every department Of the government.
Most Of the chairmcn OF the great
committees of both houses win be
southerners, therefore, will shape our
legislation.
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Is PER Cent. Gain IN
POST OFFICE receipts
Is PER ... ..
NOVEMBER PROVED A BANNER
MONTH FOR TULSA
POSTOFFTCE.

with a gain Of nearly one thousand
dollars In receipts over the cores
ponding month last year or a small
fraction less than 15 per cent, tue
Tulsa postoffice business continued
its remarkable gain over previous
months. Postmaster Reneau is much
gratificd with the continued increase
in business and believes that this
month will eclipse all others in the
history Of the local office.
During the month Of November tue
total receipts were S7,49186, as COM
pared with t6,554,O1 in the year previ
Gus, gain Of approximately IA 90
per cent.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-03

JACKSON. Miss. Dec 2-The d.
rectors of the Cotton states Baseball
lcaruc met here today to discuss pre-.
liminarles for next season. App'i"a.
tions for franchises were received
from Selma, Ala; Clarksdale, Green
wood. Uattesburg, Meridian, Colum-
bus and Jackson, Miss. Vickshurg
probably will make application for the
eighth place.
\ salary limit OF $500 was agreed
upon. the director authorizing the
president Of league to sign and nav
all players
President Lewis said tonight that
Il was certainty that the Cotton
States league would play ball next
season.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-Gcorce r
S'oss.u OF New York, defeated KadjI
N.madas Of Japan. 2l0O to 1914 in a
siN-n'rht special match at 1872 balk
line billiards which concluded tonight
Slosson with grand average OF Is
made high runs OF los 10 -. Yamadas
made a grand average Of II N4-i60
with high runs of 15S and 90.