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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

strove to be courteous, and said as they
walked forward:
IL didn't mean to be short with you,
sir; but I'm not at all anxious to carry
you to England. 1t is not the sort of
travel you are accustomed to, and"
"Oh, shall have to learn the shipping
business when get home,' laughed the
other, "and this is useful experience.
l don't mind roughing it,
Captain Sackett's voice was unsteady
as he asked:
How did the notion happen to seize
you, Mr.. Norcross?"
al have been globe-trotting (went out
by way of Suez), having look at the
silly old world before putting my nose
to the grindstone. Like cheerful ass
neglected to reserve room in liner,
and when reached New York few days
ago every boat was damned full,-the
summer rush of Americans. l was tired
of loafng about, and by chance l spied
a shipping item about the Chiffon Grange
one Of the Norcross freighters, by Jove!
bound to Liverpool in ballast. Here
goes! said land here am
HAYDEN NORCROSS gazed about
him as though well pleased with his
choice Of transportation. The decks We're
scrubbed white. the brasswork cleaned
like gold and the houses had been freshly
painted. Her master did his best by the
steamer; although Sir James Babb Nor
cross grumbled at the cost and pared the
bills to the bone.
al call this ripping!" declared the young
man. "Quite as if l were in my own
yacht. beastly crowd, and a leisurely
voyage. You mustn't look so put out
about it, Captain Sackett. promise not
to make nuisance of myself.
"Very well. sir. You have the right
to do as you like. You are inviting your
self, please remember that. l shall try
my best to give you comfortable
passage
at is my own surprise party was the
cheerful rejoinder. How long before we
head for the open sea-
1.-TWO or three hours. What about
sending word to your father that you
are in the Chiffon Grange, Mr.. Nor
cross?'
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"You have chased the wrong vessel.
Better have another try at it,"
Undismayed, the debonair young man
returned:
mot bit of it. This is precisely
all right. The Chiffon Grange is what
l want. Hoist this luggage aboard, will
your"
Drunk or daffy," said Captain Nelson
to his elderly first mate. "a person who
mistakes as for a passenger boat has vio-
lent decisions"
The voice Of the young man foated
up to them in amiable expostulation:
al fancied you might recognize me.
Evidently not. Stupid of me! am MIR.
Hayden Norcross, you know My father
happens to own the Chiffon Grange
Captain Sackett's mouth hung open
while he stared down at the tug. Rhoades,
the melancholy first mate, chung to the
rail and forgot his errand. The seamen
within earshot scuffled to the side to view
the sensational stranger.
"You are the son of Sir James Babb
Norcross?' incredulously cried the skipper.
"The only one there is, my dear man.
l can't very well give you my card until
you let me aboard. l intend to sail with
YOU
"You intend to sail with me? don't
know about that. OF course if you put
it to me as an order; but-but-' The
Captain spoke slowly, his rather stolid
features working with some hidden emo
ton.
CRISPLY, with touch of Impotence,
the heir of the great shipping house
of Norcross exclaimed as he made for the
side ladder:
ooh, say, drop that nonsense! You
and | will have to get on better than
this. Please do as tell YOU
With shrug Captain Sackett ordered
the trunks taken aboard, and noted that
they bore the stenciled name of Hayden
Norcross. Again engagingly affable, the
young man remarked as he scrambled to
the deck:
at rather stumps you, presume.
call it jolly good luck. It's the first time
ever booked myself in one of the gov
ernors ships.
Uncomfortable, reluctant, the Captain
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Y GU are the son of Sir James
Babb Norcross?" incredulously
cried the skipper.
'The only one there is, my
dear man. l can't very we'll
give you my card until you let
me aboard. l intend to sail
with you.
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- couth, wall-sided steamer of three
thousand tons, with bridge and deck
houses rising like an island amidships,
indistinguishable from hundred Others
Of her kind that hardly roam the seas
in search of trade.
Captain Nelson Sackett sat at the desk
in his small cabin and tried to write a
letter to his wife. The task was not so
pleasant as usual. His solid shoulders
were hunched forward, the ruddy, in
trepid countenance was clouded, and he
wiped a perspiring brow with his shirt
sleeve after making several false starts
with spluttering pen.
At length he managed to say what it
sorely troubled him to disclose, and then,
with reader mind, he wrote these clos
ing words:
You and will laugh over this when
steam into the Mersey and you are waiting
for me on the landing stage with the young
ster holding fast to your hand. Bless him!
that was a fine school report for an eight
year-old that he sent me at Rios shall have
some time to play with him while the ship is
in Liverpool. I am loving you, Judith. the
same as always. and I will ever be
Your fond and faithful husband.
IN haste to post the letter in the next
outbound mail, he sent boat ashore
with it, and went below to consult the
chief engineer.
When he returned to the deck small
tug was making for the Chiffon Grange
at top speed, frantically blowing its whistle
to attract notice.
AS it foamed alongside Captain Sackett
saw standing in front of the wheehouse
a tall, smartly tailored young man with
pink and white complexion, unmis-
takably English, his smile frank and
boyish.
Flourishing his straw hat, the young
man called up;
"Not such an awful lot of time to spare
what? They told me at the wharf that
you had cleared for Liverpool. l should
like to come aboard, if you please.
He held kt-bag, and the two leather
trunks in the bow were obviously his
property. The puzzled shipmaster bluntly
replied:
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-11
cnrinua Old Drink Theory.

One of the most singular views on drinking ever recorded occurs in a letter from Sir Henry Ingelby on Aug. 21, 1861, printed in "PryingS Among Private Papers"
 sir William is so i'll" wrote the barouet, lone of his doctors told me yesterday there was no manner Of hone. I have been taught that Jupiter allows every man who comes into the world a different proportion of drink, which, when he has dispatched there remains nothing for him to do but to die, and that the proportion and expedition make great difference in mems ages."-London Standard.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-11

In the engineering corps of the United States army there Is a young red-headed giant who has a place Tn the story, and over at Dawson there is another husky young engineer occupying an envi- able position, who also belongs here.
 They are the two elder Sons of Harriet PulIen. The older, Dan Pull len, was the first cadet appointed to West Point from Alaska, and to the credit of tho North and the joy Of his mother he carried off moro different kinds of honors than any other single cadet in the re- cent history of the institution. Wher in 1910 he was made captain of the West Point football team she gIowed with maternal pride, and his appointment to the all-star Am erican team could never have given him half the thrill 1t gave her.
 And the third boy?" l asked.
 It was then that the eyes of the big, big lady filled with tears. He was drowned two years ago while he was on his way back to Washington to college" she said.
 How did you eyer manage to do so much for them?" l asked, try ing to divert her from the one who had gone to the two who remain.
 q didn't. They did it all for themselves" she answered.
 And though I kept my opinion about the relative importance of mothers, l said nothing,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-11
THE 'BIG LADY"
 OF SKAGWAY
By Bessie Beatty (On board Steamer seattle enroute
 to Sitka)
From the San Francisco Call:

From the San Francisco Call:
 "Why did she have tears in her eyes? Carolyn asked. "She WAS such big, big lady. She shouldn't cry"
 Tears" said I 10 Carolyn, "are, unfortunately, not a QuestOn of size, my dear. For all that history says to the contrary, Atlas may have lad lachrymal ducts"
 No sooner had I spoken than l realized myself guilty of no less an indiscretiOn than a probable contra diction of CarOlyn's mother, who ha doubtless been telling Carolyn, eyer since she was old enough to toddle, that sho was getting much too big to cry.
 Of course, CaroIyn's mother knows better. She knows, as we all do, that woman is never too big to weep. She just lives up to all the old traditions in the up- bringing oe her child, and not for worlds would I consciously contra dict her behind her back.
 But this story has really nothing to do with Carolyn Or her mother. It is about the "big lady"
 Her name is Harriet Pullen, and she is a big lady h spite of the tears. She Is perhaps the biggest lady in all the great Territory of Alaska. At any rate, her fame has gone far beyond the range of the northern lights.
 We found her in quaint and TO- mantle Skagway, running a remark able little hotel, the Pullen House,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-11

 OF A GOLD
You Will Do Well to Heed Them

Many bad cases of kidney trouble result from a cold or chill. Con- gested kidneys fall behind in fil- tering the poiSon-laden blood, and backache, headache, dizziness and disordered kidney action follow. Don't neglect a cold. Use Doan's Kidney Pills at the first sign of kidney trouble. Here is an experi- euce told by one who has used them.
 H. W. Bostian, farmer, R. F. D. No. 2, Box 168, Olympia, WaBh.' says: q strained my back several yea9s ago and it has been weak ever since. Colds always settle in my kidneys, making the trouble worse. The kidney secretions are irregular in passage at times, obliging me to get Up at night. Doan's Kidney Pills give me great relief. whenever I have the slightest sign of kidney trouble. l take a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills and they soon fix me up all right"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy get Deans Kidney Pills-the same that Mir. Bostian had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-11
In Defense of ConseIenee.

The meancst thing ever said about conscience were the words put into Hamlets mouth by William Shake speare: Thus conscience does make towards of us all"
 ThiS remark has caused many people to believe that conscience was nothing but a coward maker, and consequently they have refused to have anything to do with 1t. Never was anything more unjust. Shakespeare's assertion Is true only on the assertion that we are all sinners. To be fair, he should have said: "Thus conscience does make cow ards of all of us who have sinned or who are about to sin" Then he would have been more in agreement with Sol omon, who was wiser and who said 'gThe wicked flee when no man pur- sueth, but the righteous are as bold as a lion."-Life.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-11

1 anu AuOhu LO GfS4y LOuA LSL " AS comes to this end of the world.
 Mrs. PulIen's story should be in teresting to women anywhere. To tell it u detail would be to tell the whole passionate tale of the trail of '9S, with the tragedy and TO- nance, courage and cowardice, strength and weakness of that mad rush for the yellow gold that works it's way with man.
 I, in the limits of space, can touch only the high places.
 In the middle '9Os Mrs. Pullen, her husband and three sons were living on a government reservation in Washington to which Grover Cleveland had granted them a pa tent. Suddenly through one of those strange governmental deci- sions that take no account of the Individual, they were deprived, without compensation, of their home and the fruits of all their labor.
 MT. Pullen died, and in 1897 Mrs. Pullen, with three small sons, the oldest only ten, arrived at Skag- way. She brought with her four head Of horses, a wagon and Set of harness. With this equipment she expected to make a living for herself and her three sons.
 There was no wharf at Skagway then, and the horse were put over board to swim ashore. By the time sha and the children were safely landed the harness had been stol- en, and there wasn't another set to be had in skagway for love or la Dor.
 Hay was $15O a ton. Divide 1t b four horses and you have a mathe- nautical result capable of staggering one far Iass vulnerable than a penniless widow with three small bodies depending upon her for food might bo expected to be.
 Mrs. Puller, in her own language, went to building pies" She took a job cooking for wharf crew un- til she had saved up enough to buy a new set oI harness, Then she went into the bushes of freightlng making daily trips over the noun tains with her four horses pulling ahead of her. In the meantime she built ub a reputation for green ap- ple pies that has OutliYed far more romantic memories in the hearts of hundreds of members of that Arctic Brotherhood now scattered to the four corners of the world.
 I walked past the little boarded up hole in the wall which later be- came her restaurant, and listened to a native explain that the shack across the way was "soaQy" Smiths saloon.
 "Soapy' Smith, if you'll recall the fact and fiction of those early Alaskan days, was the desperado who, with his gang, conducted a profitable traffic in human life along the trail of '9S.
 With a system of camps he fed, housed, robbed and murdered GOT murdered and robbed, If in his judgment this was the more expedi- tious way of plundering) unknown and probably unbelievable numbers of those who had escaped the ma tural dangers of the frozen North No one can go to skagwaZ without hearing his story and being shown his grave and the grave of the man who killed him in the fight as his tombstone tells, ito save the honor of skagway."
 But though their shacks were only the width of a street apart the stories of "soapy" smith and Mrs. Pullen must have very differ ent endings.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-29
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

lELEONAFE1 DN1EF -
New York.-Dr. Frederick A. Mil
Ter, said to be surgeon in workhouse
at BlackwelPs island, arrested,
charged with having narcotics in pos
session Many arrests in anti-drug
crusade.
Wagner, OkIa.-T. n. Hunt, traV-
cling photographer, shot and killed
Miss Pearl Lamotte of Indiana, visit
ing at home of local chief of police.
Had been denied admission to resi-
dence.
West SaIem,> Wis.-Brick building
collapsed into foundation excavation
on Main st. Several laborers narrow
ly escaped.
Girard, III. - Telephone and teIe-
graph wires down and several build
ing damaged by Wind storm.
New York. - Victoriano Huerta,
former president OF Mexico, has in
vested 100000 Mex in Harlem
real estate.
Paris, III.-Charge of vote buying
brought against Mrs. Hattie O'Neill
in recent elections ordered dismissed
Warren, o.-May Unger of Allen
town, Pa, comely and 10, arrested
disguised as boy, for robbing railroad
detective of gun and badge.
Fostoria, o. - Half section hands
employed by Fostoria & Fremont
electric railway own automobiles and
two others own motorcycles.
Vail EnoI4Hs4L " CS4l<
broker, Milwaukee, Wis, arrested on
warrant charging embezzlement of
$500.
MarshalItoWn, la. - DR.. Pearl E.
Somer flew IL miles at the rate of
ITO miles an hour to reach patient
six minutes after the call.
Los Angeles.-Mary Pickford, the
highest salaried moving picture act
ress in world is being sued for SIS
on1 ~ ,,,orE1 80 Io-.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-29
BITS OF NEWS

Sealed verdict gave Mrs. Ella N.
Marx judgment in suit for $3.50
loaned to Ottoman q. Hanish, little
father of the sun cult"
Nick KuIas, 65, Waterman, held on
serious charges in story told by Mary
Grabarsh, IA, 3517 N. Clark. Girl
missing.
Mrs. s. Cochran, 63, w. Erie, had
right leg fractured by auto at Rush
and Ohio. Driver not arrested.
Morris GIuckman rescued by po-
liceman when he fell into sewer at
18th and Racine.
Babe Shannon arrested for trying
to evade payment of Hotel Morrison
bill. Came from Pittsburgh.
Detective questioning Sam CarVaI-
10 and Frank Ingallinier for possible
connection with murder of Alexander
Prince, jeweler.
Police captains called to office of
Chief Healey for conference, In
structed to enforce discipline strictly,
u.s.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-29

man U. S. Steel corporation. badly.
shaken up when another auto col
ided with his.
Seattle, Wash.-Despite fact that
husband gave nearly quart of blood
that her iSe might be saved, Mrs.
VIM. C. Speidel, wife of noted doctor,
dead.
Milwaukee. - Gen. Samuel Pear
son, lecturer and former Boer war
general, says petition will be filed in
circuit court for injunction against
Milwaukee manufacturers shipping
war munitions to the allies.
Rock Island. IF. M. Ossinger, 90,
locked himself in bedroom, turned on
gas and struck match. Dead. House
wrecked.
New York.-To get money for the
movies two boys dismantled $4,000
organ in a vacant church and sold
metal pipes for Is cents.
New York.-Answering his Wife's
plea for separation, VIM. K. Rack
charged she served roast veal on Sum-
day, cold veal on Monday, stewed veal
on Tuesday and veal meatballs on
Wednesday. He dined out Thursday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-26

Innocent victims of war. Civilians
driven from their homes by Russian
armies on the road to a prison in ST.
IBERIA. Below, Mrs. Helen Snodgrass,
wife of U. S. consul general in Mos
cow, Russia, who is doing much to re-
IieVe suffering among refugees.
BY MARY BOYLE O'REILLY
Moscow, Russia.-'It is the Amer
lean lady," said the Moscow mer-
chant, and uncovered his bullet head.
ct is the American consul generals
wife," corrected Russian police cap
tain, as one who recognizes a celeb
rity.
She stood by the gate of the ex-
animation station, slight and tailor
made, absorbed in checking a memoir
anda list. Her business-like Russian
phrases kept five drowsy drivers at
tentive. She was checking over stores
and provisions for German refugees
gathered in by the Russian armies.
Her glance met mine. Welcome, ~
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said Mrs. Helen Snodgrass, cheerfuIy
and led the way into the high walled
railway yard, where Cossacks stood
about on guard.
During every raid into Prussia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
THos. j. OWEN & son, Aucr1oNEERs.

INTERSECTION BROoKEVILl.E PIKE AND
FOREST GLEN ROAD. MONTGOMERY
COUNTY MARYLAND.
By virtue OF n decree of the circuit court for
Montgomery county. sitting a court Of equity.
passed in cause wherein William II: Riley and
Others are plaintiffs. and William W. Riley and
Others are defendants. it being No. 3071 equity,
the undersigned. trustees appointed by said
bidder; in front of the premises. on SATURDAY.
THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY a. II.
1872. At THE HOUR OF FoTR O'CLOCK
creed to he sold. which lies on the south side
of the road leading from the Brookevie pike
TO the Colcsville pike. containing one hundred
AND sixty and forty nine hundreths acres of
land. more or less
This property is near the estates OF Charles
Engel. Chas. s. Muir and others and is sit
uafed on the east side OF the Brookeville pike.
about two miles from Silver Spring, one mile
from Woodside. and about one half mile from
Forest Glen. II is one of the finest state
improved macadam roads leading ont OF Wash
ington city. and there is another macadam road
leading from the northwest corner Of the prop
erty to be sold 10 Forest Glen, thence to Ken
sington and on I" Chevy Chase. 1t is within
W"odside electric railway. This is one OF the
hheSt properties that has been offered at public
was the former home OF the late Thomas W
Riley OF Washington, u. c.. and is improved
BY frame dwelling house. barn and outbulld-
ihes. a blacksmith shop and tenant houses. There
Is beautiful meadow on this properly through
which flows Sligo branch.
Inc trustees Will also offer ut the same time
ana place that portion of the real estate de-
creed TO be sold which lies north of the said
ROAD leading from the Brookerille pike TO the
coiesVllie pike. containing forty four and eighty
TWO nuhdredths acres. more or less This prom
eTtF Is unimproved, but large portion of II is
cleared and the remainder is in good timber
through 1t also flows Sligo branch The soil
IS sood and an excellent opportunity is here
presented for any desiring to purchase a
small farm This property lies across the road
from the rear portion of the other parcel of
land described In this advertisement A Mat
0. me said property may be seen ut the of1ce
Q, the auctioneers. Thos. j. Owen & Son l:;.;1
" street NV. Washington. D. C.
Terms of sale as prescribed nv the decr.e.
phe-, hlrd cash. and the balance in two equal
ms. ns'allments: payable respectively in one and
Nv" years from the day of sale. the deferred
pay l1ehts I" bear interest from the day of sal.
or an cash. at the option of the purchaser or
p.i,hasers- a deposit of one thousand dollars
VII De required when the first parcel of land
Is shocked down, and deposit of three hundred
eel Is knocked down '''u p"'
Conveyancing and revenue STAMINA az thu o.
OF the purchaser or purchasers " '
ROBERT B. PETER.
r, Rockville. Nd
Rockville. Nd
j. DAWSON WILLIAMS
~ 9th st. NV, Whitford bldg
mxso1,, ,o Ne washington. D. C..
.---, ~. Ie, l',-o-I -ot Trustees
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AUCTION SALES.
ADAM A. WEsCHLER. AUCTIoNEER
FUTURE DAY


Trustees Sale OF Valuable Bust
ness Property No. 1885 9TH
St. NV; Dwellings Nos. AZ
H Street NV, No. 1lS D
Street NE. and COZ Maryland
Ave. S.W.
of The District of columbia. passed in equity
cause No saoss. the undersigned trustee VII.
ps hy public ntc1 i Of III
real res estate situate in the city of Washington
AT FOUR O'CLOCK Pm.
Lot "a. in Alexander Il. Shepherds subdivision 81
R. W. folio 49, As e efF the pAr records Of the once
of the surveyor of the District of Columbia:
improved by three story brick dwelling No. ~
AT .HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK Pm.
ari cd ., n o and n J. Ok in san.re
per plat recorded in the Office Of the surveyor
Of Of the District of Columbia. in Liber 20 folio
AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM.
Lot e. in square AS according to the sub
division of said square made by shreve; simp
son ct al. recorded in the surveyors office
of Sd b4 in Book 2 m
known as No, 12a5 In street NV; -,
AT HALFrAsT FIVE O'CLOCK Pm
Lot Al. in Thomas GaIligans subdivision of
lots in square 462. said subdivision is re-
surveyors office of the District of Columbia.
improved by twostory and attic frame dwelling
No: 6OT Maryland avenue s.w.
Terms OF sale on each parcel: One third cash,
balance In two equal 1nstallments. payable in
one and two years. with interest nj six per
cent. payable semi annually. from day of sale.
secured by deed of trust upon the property sold.
or all cash. at the option of the purchaser. A
deposit of 5000 each parcel required at time
of sale. All conveyancing. recording. revenue
stamps and norarta fees at the cost Of the
purchaser. Terms of sale will be complied with
within fifteen days from day Of sale otherwise
The trustee reserves the right to resell The prop
erty at the risk and cost of the defaulting pur-
chaser. after five days advertisement of such
resale in some newspaper published in the city
of Washington. D. c.
WILLIAM H. SHoLES. Trustee.
mv1 -d&dsexSu Southern Building.
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THos. J. OWEN ( son, AuCT1oNEERs,

THos. ]. OWEN & son. AUCTIoNEERs.
EXECUTORS SALE OF COMFORTABLE TWO
STORY FRAME DWELLING, SITUATED
on THE NORTH SIDE OF WISCONSIN
AVENUE. ABOUT THIRTY YARDS NORTH
NUE. AND RIVER ROAD, IN TENLEi-
TOWN. d. c.
BY virtue of authority vested in the under
signed as executor of the estate of Edwina g.
Wiilett. deceased. l will sell at public auction
in front Of the premises on SATr ,F pay Mf
FIFTEENTH. 1915, AT FIVE OCLoCk IN,
lot sos in square 1881, fronting PAT feet on
Wisconsin avenue, with a depth Of about 30 feet.
This property is well located and offers good
opportunity for Il homeseeker.
Terms: All cash. One hundred dollars deposit
required at time of sale. Sale to be closed in
fifteen days. otherwise the property may be re-
advertised and sold at purchasers cost and risk
Convcyanring at cost of purchaser.
mySl2,14 PRESTON +. RAY. Executor