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Ing excellent work among their people, hut there was no one from e ro -
estant denominations to make a special effort to look after the children o
their churches. __ , . ... ..
There was so much work to be done that Mrs. Vanderbilt visited
courts at least once and sometimes two or three times a week, interesting
herself in cases when there seemed need of assistance. Finding a little r g
tag baby at the front of the stairs she would pick it up and carry it until
she found the person who was supposed to be in charge of it. She visited
the children she found in need in their homes. They did not know her by
name but only knew that some one kind and motherly was interested in them.
Then the personal equation being such an important part of the work,
she interested her two’ sisters, Mrs. F. C. Havemeyer and Mrs. Stephen H. .
Olin, whose names are among the incorporators, and some of her friends also
came in.
I DUKE OF ORLEANS IS HARD UP~|
In the diplomatic and social world
in London it is believed that the duke
of Orleans, who aspires to be king of
France and keeps on wire pulling to
that end, must be a bit short of ready
cash. Otherwise no one believes that
he would have sold his famous estate
of Wood Norton, “the home of exiles,”
as he has just done, the buyer being
an English judge, Sir Charles Swin
fen Eady, writes a London corre
spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
How much his worship paid his
highness for Wood Norton it has
proved impossible to learn, but it
must have been a tidy sum, for the
house itself is furnished with a mag
nificence in keeping with the royal
state which the pretender to the
throne of France has kept up there,
and the property, which is located
near Evesham, in the valley of the
Avon, extends over 2,500 acres and
takes in several parishes. The man-
sion, which is a handsome one, with many gables, will need a lot of altera
tion inside to make it a suitable home for an English magistrate, everything,
from the door handles and the electric fittings to the oak panelings, being
emblazoned with the fleur-de-lis of the royal house of France. However, its
new owner can stand the racket, for, besides getting a fat salary as one of
the judges of the court of chancery—which so many Americans believe to
be keeping them out of big fortunes —he is said to have earned, as a barris
ter, one of the largest incomes ever made by a lawyer in England.
DECLARES OROZCO HAS FAILED^]
of Orozco, who was very popular then. I pleaded with him not to accept their
services, but he would not listen. Now the people are fighting, but not with
the same spirit.”
Hernandez asserts the principles for which the present revolutionists
have been fighting are revision of the codes and complete reformation of the
whole judiciary system, practical and general education, to include the chil
dren of the Indian population, and the democratizing of the rural lands.
SCHOOL FOR MOTHERS OPENED~|
And now we have a School of Moth
ercraft. It is a New York institution
and is probably the only one of its
kind in the world; certainly it is the
only one in the United States.
Its director is Mary L. Read, who
is also its originator, and among those
interested in it is a list of women
which might well be mistaken for an
extract from the Social Register—all
of them enthusiastic, helpful and con
vinced that in the new institution
something has arisen which will very
greatly tend to help the nation.
Regarding the objects of the school
Miss Read said:
“The objects of the school are to
provide a competent, a very practical
and scientifically true course of in
struction in those things which will
enable the mother to make of her chil
dren the healthiest, best educated and
most honorable citizen^. The school
goes further than that, indeed, for it
aims also to help her to produce, in
the'first place, the right kind of a child on which to work. The practice cf
biology in the family includes eugenics as well as the care of the infant and
the growing child. There is as much for the unmarried girl as for the mar
ried woman to learn, for the right study of eugenics will show her how and
Whom to marry and how and whom not to marry.
The organization in New York of
Big Sisters, formed to work on the
lines of the now eight-year-old society
of Big Brothers, is the result of the
individual effort ot Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt in the cnildren’s court.
The society has already more than
a hundred members, has an office in
the suite occupied by the Big Broth
ers, at 200 Fifth avenue, with a sec
retary and assistant secretary to at
tend to the clerical work, and to be
always at the court whenever it is in
session and look after little girls who
need assistance when the members of
the society are not able to be present.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, whose practical
charitable work is illustrated in the
apartment homes, with the maximum
amount of sun and air, which she had
put up for people with incipient cases
of tuberculosis, began her visits to the
children's court about two years ago.
There she found representatives of
Jewish and Catholic organizations do-
Gen. Braulio Hernandez, formerly a
leader in both of the Mexican revolu
tions, is now in the United States,
practically an exile from his own
country.
At present General Hernandez is at
outs both with the government under
Madero, which has had him indicted
on a charge of conspiracy, and with
Orozco, the revolutionary leader.
“The revolution is not a separate
one from that which made Madero
president,” he said. “But Madero be
trayed the trust of the people after
becoming president by allying himself
with the wealthy class and the corpo
rations —what you call the trusts. At
my call the people arose to demand
what they expected from the revolu
tion that ended in the overthrow of
Diaz.
"Orozco was not with us then.
Later he joined us. Then the trusts,
seeing they would lose, decided to di
vide, half of them going to the aid
WILD IM ROARS
Hunter Declares Beasts Shake
the Ground.
Experience of American Who Killed
Seventy-One in South Africa—
Slay Their Prey at
Night.
New York. —Stewart. Edward White,
who brought home a record of 71
liens killed in South Africa, says that
visitors to the zoo have no idea what
the real roar of that animal sounds
like. He calls “the menagerie row” at
feeding time only a gentle hiilt of what
a wild lion can achieve in the vocal
line.
"A pack of lions will often deliber
ately drive game into narrow ravines
or cul-de-sacs where the killers are
waiting,” he says in the American
Magazine. “At such times the man fa
vored by the chance of an encamp
ment within five miles or so can hear
a lion’s roar.
“Otherwise I doubt if he is apt often
to get the full voiced, genuine article.
The peculiar questing cough of early
evening is resonant and deep in vibra
tion, but it is a call rather than a
roar. No lion is fool enough to make
a noise when he is stalking.
“Afterward, when full fed, individu
als may open up a few times, but only
a few times, in sheer satisfaction, ap
parently, at being well fed. But when
seven or eight lions roar merely to
see how much noise they can make —
as when driving game, or trying to
stampede your oxen on a wagon trip
—the effect is something tremendous.
“The very substance of the ground
’vibrates; the air shakes. I can only
compare it to the effect of a very
large, deep organ in a very small
church. There is something genuine
ly awe inspiring about it; and when
the repeated volleys rumble into si
lence, one can imagine the veldt
crouched in a rigid terror that shall
endure.
“The only sure thing about a lion
is his originality. He has more ex
ceptions to his rules than the German
language. Men who have been migh
ty lion punters for many years, and
who have brought to their hunting
BOY GIVEN FORTUNE
Youth Who Nursed Hermit to
Receive $32,000.
Recluse Gave House and Hidden
Money to Lad Who Quit School
When Aged Man Was 111 to
Care for Him.
Springfield, Mo.—Although kinsmen
of James Burge declared, following
the decision against them here in the
contest for $32,000 found in the home
of the aged recluse, that they would
carry the suit to the supreme court.
Orris Northrip, the twelve-year-old boy
who gets the money under the judge’s
ruling, was happy at the outcome of
the trial. He is the eldest son of a
Frisco employee and he hopes to be
able to assist his parents to live with
out drudgery.
The Christian county court held
that the gift by the old man of his cot
tage as a reward to the boy who had
befriended him and nursed him in his
final illness included the contents of
the dwelling, and that the money
which was taken from various hiding
places by brothers and sisters of
Burge rightfully belonged to Northrip.
Ever since the money was found it
has been in a trust deposit vault of a
local bank.
The friendship between this oddly
assorted pair, Burge, a reputed miser,
cold, friendless and not seeking com-
DEER FIGHTS WITH COYOTES
Unusual Battle Ends in Death of the
Brave Doe on Ranch Near San
Rafael, Cal.
San Rafael, Cal. —A fierce and un
usual battle between a large doe and
two coyotes which finally ended when
the doe was pulled down, was wit
nessed by M. S. Freitas, a wealthy
rancher, on the hills of his Lucas val
ley ranch, north of this place recently.
The battle occupied less than ten
ininutes and by the time Freitas
reached the scene the doe was dead.
Freitas immediately sent word to
Superintendent Jones of the Marin
county poor farm, near by, but when
the latter arrived armed with a rifle
the coyotes had escaped beyond range.
The doe weighed 120 pounds.
SHOT BY BURNING HOUSE
Revolver Amid Flame Sends Bullet
Through Fireman’s Mouth at
Blandsburg, Pa.
Altoona, Pa. —While engaged in
fighting a SIO,OOO fire at Blandsburg,
Arthur Thomas, aged forty, was shot
in the. mouth by a revolver discharged
by the heat in the burning building.
His lips were cut and several teeth
knocked out. He spat out the ball
and continued working.
Postmaster Luther Bland’s block,
containing postoffice and furniture
store; Dr. R. W. Thompson's dwelling
and office, and Mrs. Annie Cole’s
home, all partially insured, were
burned. All the mail and postal sup
plies were pbnsumed.
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C GRAHAME-WHITE, one of the leading aviators of Great Britain, and
• Miss Dorothy Taylor, an American girl were married on June 27 at Wid
ford, Essex, England. They took their departure from the church in an
aeroplane.
close observation, can only tell you
what a lion may do in certain circum
stances. Following very broad prin
ciples, they may even predict what
he is apt to do, but never what he
certainly will do.
“In general, then, the lion frequents
that part of the country where feed
the great game herds. From them he
takes his toll by night, retiring dur
ing the day into the shallow ravines,
the brush patches or the rocky little
buttes. I have, however, seen lions
miles from game, slumbering peace
fully atop an ant hill. Indeed, occa-
panionship, and young Northrip, young,
happy and kind-hearted, began four
years ago.
Burge had lived alone for 18 years,
deserted by friends and relatives. Or
ris. nine years old, became his friend
and daily caller at the lonely house.
Burge seemed to appreciate the novel
companionship and would read to Or
ris for hours at a time.
Burge became unable to work about
two years ago, and soon after that he
was confined to his bed by an acute
attack of dropsy. While he was help
less Orris called even more frequently
than before.
Three weeks before Burge’s death,
February 28. 1911, Orris quit school
and gave his entire time to his invalid
friend, sleeping at the old man’s lone
ly home and arising at all hours in the
night to give him medicine and in the
daytime preparing food for the ailing
man.
After his death the house was ran
sacked and enough gold and currency
found to fill a half-peck measure.
Orris, who had so faithfully cared
for his friend, was kept out of the
home he knew so well, while every
nook and corner that might hide val
uables was being pried into. In an
opening over a door casing several
baking powder cans full of gold coins
were found. About $9,000 in gold was
found geneath the false top of a cen
ter table; large amounts of currency
To Restore Garden of Eden
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Turks Will Spend $150,000 to Irrigate
Mesopotamia Lands Into Agricul
tural Paradise.
London. England.—The plans for
turning the desert regions of Mesopo
tamia into an agricultural paradise are
being pushed by the Turkish govern
ment in spite of its external troubles.
The irrigation scheme which originat
ed in the brain of Sir William Will
cocks will involve the expenditure of
$150,000,000 before it is complete. The
dam which is to control the flood wa
ters of the River Euphrates is under
construction by a British company and
the Turkish government is anxious to
proceed with the initial stages of the
irrigation works.
Success of the plan will enable
enough grain to be grown to affect the
cereal markets of the world. In an
cient times the whole of the Eu
phrates delta was irrigated and the
rank growth of grain excited the won
der of Greek travelers. According to
Herodotus, the land yielded three hun
dredfold, and there is no doubt that at
the time of the Greek historian's visit
the delta was the chief granary of the
world. If tradation can be relied upon,
its fertility was of even greater an
tiquity, for it was here that popular
belief located the Garden of Eden. It
is a matter of history, however, that
from the delta wheat, found here in
its wild and uncultivated state, was
taken and gradually transplanted all
over the world.
The land which gave birth to the
world’s staff of life is a barren waste,
threaded with the ruins of the great
sionally a pack of lions like to live
high in the tall grass ridges, where
every hunt will mean for them a four
or five-mile jaunt out and back again.
“He needs water after feeding, and
so rarely gets further than eight or
ten miles from that necessity. He
hunts at night. This is as nearly in
variable a rule as can be formulated
in regard to lions. Yet once, and
perhaps twice, I saw lionesses stalk
ing through tall grass as early as 3
o’clock in the afternoon. This eager
ness may or may not have had to do
with the possession of hungry cubs.
were found in an old desk, and some
government bonds were found.
1 This money was placed in a bank
to be held in trust for the heirs.
; ARMY MULE EATS ITS TAG
Steamer Tied Up Until Officers Learn
Destination of Animal With Ap-
’ petite Like Goat.
■Seattle, Wash. —An innocent looking
1 young mule of the army type delayed
the steamship Northwestern for Prince
William sound ports for an hour here
- while an army of clerks and dock em
' ployes vainly tried to discover to
’ whom the animal was consigned.
A cheerful but slow witted colored
boy led the animal to the docks and
left it while he watched the busy
, scene. 'When the mule was sought out
I the freight handlers discovered that
I the freignt tag which had been tied
■ to the halter had disappeared. A tell
; tale bit of string dangling from the
! mule’s mouth showed the tag had
; been chewed up.
"Boss, he’s done et up de place
- whar he was goin' and Ah disremem
r ber de name,” said the colored boy
plaintively.
I After an hour of search the mule
. was started on its journey with a
r shipping tag firmly fastened round its
. neck, out of reach of the mule’s teeth.
i
I Hugged the Hired Girl; Divorced.
s Anderson, Ind.—Her story of how
3 she surprised her husband while he
- was hugging the hired girl won a di
’ vorce for Mrs. Gladys Reason.
dikes and ditches built with stupen
dous pains by the Chaldeans. The
ruin of the greatest of ancient irriga
tion works was accomplished in the
eleventh century by the forebears of
the Turks, who are now seeking their
restoration.
MAN WINS JAIL SENTENCE
Resorts to Extreme Measures to Get
Coveted “Ten Days”—Similes at
Judge in Return for Term.
Davenport, lowa. —Pleading guilty
to being a “wild man,” as he express
ed it, Pat Danner, who claims the
record of having been arrested more
times than any other man in lowa,
received the much-coveted sentence
of ten days in jail. Vagrancy was the
technical charge.
Danner had been presenting himself
in police court every ten days during
the winter and spring asking vagran
cy sentences. He was refused admis
sion to the jail at the expiration of
his last sentence.
He went out into the country and
lay down under a tree. When people
passed he made strange sounds and
signs and was rushed to town under
close guard. After he had been sen
tenced he smiled appreciatively at the
judge.
Find Diamonds In Trout.
New York. — A trout on being
cut open at the Waldorf hotel was
found to have swallowed a platinum
chain three inches long and three
diamonds
ONCE MORE WORLD’S GRANARY
Turkish Government Indulges In Am
bitious Schemes for Development
of Mesopotamia.
In spite of its external troubles, the
Turkish government is engaged in ad
vancing the big schemes for the de
velopment of Mesopotamia, which,
when completed, will result in the
transformation of an arid desert re
gion as extensive as the Nile valley
into smiling cornfields.
The sum involved in the huge ir
rigation works which will be neces
sary to accomplish this transformation
is put at some 1150,000,000, and the
immediate concern of the Turkish au
thorities is to place a contract for the.
initial stage of the schemes, which,
provides for irrigation works in con
nection with the barrage which con
trols the flood water of the River Eu
phrates, at present under construc
tion.
Some Idea of the vast importance ot
these schemes may be gathered from
the fact that their accomplishment
will enable sufficient grain to be
grown to affect the wheat markets of
the whole world. In the olden days
the whole of the Euphrates delta was
irrigated, and the luxurious growth of
grain excited the wonder of Greek
travelers, who visited the East. Ac
cording to Herodotus, the soil yielded
three hundred-fold, and there is no
doubt that these alluvial flats were
one of the chief granaries of the world.
The whole story of these regions is
a romance. It is still the popular be
lief that the Garden of Eden was sit
uated here. In any event, in Chaldean
times the delta was one vast garden;
the whole plain was studded with
prosperous and populous cities, set in
the midst of engirdling areas of wheat.
.Indeed, it was from this very region
that wheat, at first found in a wild
and uncultivated state, was taken and
gradually transplanted all over the
world.
ALMOST FRANTIC WITH
ITCHING ECZEMA
“Eight years ago I got eczema all
over my hands. My fingers fairly bled
and it itched until it almost drove me
frantic. The eruption began with
itching under the skin. It spread fast
from between the fingers around the
nails and all over the whole hands. I
got a pair of rubber gloves in order to
wash dishes. Then it spread all over
the left side of my chest. A fine doc
tor treated the trouble two -weeks, but
did me no good. I cried night and
day. Then 1 decided to try Cuticura
I Soap and Ointment but without much
hope as I had gone so long. There
was a marked change the second day,
and so on until I was entirely cured.
The Cuticura Soap we have always
kept in our home, and we decided
after that lesson that it is a cheap
soap in price and the very best in
quality. My husband will use no other
soap in his shaving mug.” (Signed)
Mrs. G. A. Selby, Redonda Beach,
Cal., Jan. 15, 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
ple of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to
“Cuticura,” Dept. L, Boston.
Too Much Repetition.
“In America,” says a contempo
rary, “we need more things. Be it
ever so homely. Smith’s pond, if the
original name, is better than Fairy
Glen lake, or any other fanciful ap
pellation. The difficulty is, there may
be a dozen Smith’s ponds or Smith
villes in the same state. Even a good
name may be used too often. For in
stance. there are said to be ten Lin
coln streets and avenues in the newly
amalgamated city of Pittsburg. It is
the confusing repetition of names,
quite as much as the lack of invention
shown in bestowing them, that often
1 causes dissatisfaction with familiar
names.”
Ancient Mexico.
We know nothing of Mexico, of
course, prior to the year 1517. when
' it was discovered by Fernando Cor
tez. The history of the City of Mexi
co, as preserved in the native annals,
goes back to the year 1325, when it
was founded by the Aztecs, the mas
ter race of the country at the time of
the coming of the Spaniards. Os the
“civilization,” so-called, that existed
prior to the Spanish conquest, it can
be authoritatively asserted that it
■ was simply the “higher type of bar
barism” and in no sense civilization
as we understand the term at the
present time. While considerably re
moved from savagery, the social state
of the Aztecs was characterized by
much that was crude and cruel and
was far inferior to the social condii
tioris found in contemporary Europe.
A very good account of- the old Mexi
can civilization is found in Fiske's
“Discovery of America.”
The One Thing That Matters.
When you come down to the very
bedrock of affairs nothing matters to
a nation excepting the health and
number of its babies.
Quite Too Much for Used Words.
The value of advertising was point
ed out to a man with a budding busi
ness, and he agreed to give a writer
SSO for a full page. The copy was
submitted and the merchant looked it
over coldly. “Fifty dollars is too
much,” he commented. “You’ve used
a lot of words I've seen before.”
Coal Used to Drive Ocean Ships.
Estimates place the coal consumed
cn the oceans of the world at approxl
, mately 75,000,000 tons per annvru, val
ued at over $250,000,000.