THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER . ' 1, 1908.'
HONORS SHOWERED UPON THREE
Enougln to Attend Tins Year a Celebration of Le Stirring Events pf Seventy-Eitflit Year Ago ArVnen tne Natives of tne Little Kingdom
VETERANS
Only Two o" tne
Trio Were Strong
Chased tne Dutck Soldiers Out of Brussels
. - By R. II. Bheffield.
BRUSSELS, Oct (1.--This year's
celebration of ta. seventy-eighth
anniversary f the "glorious day.
of September," when - the Bel
gians threw off the yoke of "Wil
liam of Orange by driving .the Dutch.
, soldier, out of Brussels,, which haa Ju.t
taken place, was Attended by Only two
of the three- surviving volunteers. The
survivors are Meepelon, -ho is 7; De
mouUn, who Is 98, and Hespeel, who
owns to the comparatively youthful age
of 95. Mespelon Is so Infirm that he
could not leave his home, but the others
drove to the Place des Martyrs to re
ceive the homage of the crowds.
Of late years death haa made great
ravages in the fc of these aged pen
sioners of tbt ,-. . iment. At the cele
bration In l'Jiiu i.'i) bent figures an
swered to the roll call, and so inflrm did
the two who appeared this year appear
that it is doubtful if any future cele
bration of stirring happenings of 1830
will be graced by their presence. So
far as the records go they show that
there were several hundred -volunteers
for the Job of ousting the soldiers of
the Dutch ruler andall except the three
who still remain alive have had their
names . engraved upon the memorial
stones 'beneath the Place des Martyrs
where the bulk of the fighting, took ,
'place. ;
As baa been the custom for some
years past Hespeel and Demoulln were
this year conveyed from their homes. to
the-place where 4 procession was
formed by the society of ex-officers of
the Belgian army, who organise the
annual proceedings. Thence they were
conducted to the city hall, in front of
them being a dozen bands and detach
xnenta of military, ' several hundred
school children and patriotic societies.
At the city hall there was a reception
by the mayor and civic authorities, who
accompanied the procession tq the Place
des Martyrs, where speeches were made
bv the mayor and other representative
personages, patriotic songs sung Dy tne
massed choir of school children, selec- fceen
several bands, and a fewfspecially priv- ears. and is managed by the society of
lleged visitors were allowed to shake ex-officers, to whom the "veterans"
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TWO OF BELGIUM'S WAE VETERANS AND THE HOME OF THE GOVERNMENT
there are still a few--a very few other
. old Belgians living who can recall and
possibly, too, who took part in the
great events of 1830, but the Interest in
' these three arises--from the. fact that
they were volunteers.
There la a society of "the children of
the old combatants of 1830," who are
under bond to keep up the present pil
grimage to the memorial to their ances.
tors in the Place des Martyrs as long
as they live, and, probably, their chll-
dren will lrvturn make a similar vow.
'The children of John Joseph Ron-
chesne, one of the veterans who died in
1106 at the age of 101, adopted a novel
' means of perpetuating his memory.
When he reached the age of 100 he had
his photagraph taken, dressed in his
blue) kilt and wearing on his breast bis
medals and decorations. Upon his death
hundreds- of, copies of this . photograph
were made and distributed among, his
friends and admirers and those who had
assisted him la any shape or form. On
,jtlie back of each, photograph appeared1
the following text: 4 .
"John Joseph Ronchexne. Vine grow
er. Horn at Thiers de Btuate, February
1804. Belgian volunteer January
28. 1831. Brigadier Eecond Lancers,
May 26, 1833. Discharged April 6, 1837.
Married December 8 8, 1837. Decorated
.with the Commemorative Cross of the
Combatants of 130 on March 12, 1893.
Widower ,of Ellse Henrion. March 22,
100.. -Photographed March 19. 1904.
Decorated with the Cross of the Cheva-
lier of the Order of Leopold, February
18, 1904. Died April 21. 1905.
"The children of the lata John Jo
seph Ronchngne 'beg you to accept this
little souvenir," which will help you to
bear in mind this Belgian cltlaen in
whom you have shown so much Interest,
and . we present you our sincere and
grateful thanks."
Belgians have a mania, for forming
societies. It Is said that if half a dosen
subjects -'of King ' Leopold - are placed
about a cafe table for half an hour they
' . are sure to find some mutual interest
. ' and form a society .thereat. These vet
that Is ran have not been, backward in that
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yearly event -for exactly !0
the city hall, on the quaint old Grand
Place of Brussels. '
only to Belgians having performed Feluy-Arquennes, In the . province of When these Talue kilts" for
some really great patriotic service, and Halnault The ex-offloers' society sees the name by which they are knowt In original society remain alive today and
a special commemorative cross had. that both of them are duly picked p Belgium, on account or their naving tn inree survivors are too old to
already been conferred on them in 1878. at their homes each year, brought to .worn blouses of that color as their dla-'bother about electing successors to
hespeel says he feels well, despite his Brussels and driven from the-terminus tlnctlve uniform In the days when they those Who.-died. Dubois, their' late
advanced age. - He showsinot without to the rendervous, and so on home were "rebels entirely disappear, the president, who diea last April in. Brus-
littia narrinnnhl nrldeTMft lonar -Tea tmn aiier ine ceremony, -ueniutw idi annual piiKninan 10 me i Ur kis, wa niiumvi vm. inn- i r-
n..jA..wi. .4 lAn0. .waA mmn nftor thA rftrAmnnv. . MMUl AB tha annfinl . nl I u-r
In 1905, when Belgium celebrated the scar oif his left lea-. whlcliTie says, is pension which they are allowed by the Martyrs will become nothing more, In markable longevity which .seems to per-
hands with the "veterans," who were have bequeathed their time-and-shot- seventy-fifth anniversary of its national the mark of a'wound he sustained dur- government the old men are In receipt point of a spectacle, than a hundred and vade these Virile men, tor he was 97
accommodated with chairs- as soon as honored banner, which, from this year independence, the ten veterans who were ing the combat In the streets of Brus- of Various forms of assistance from the one other banal denronatratlpns of the years of age when he quitted the ranks
they left their carriage. onward, will be placed for public in- then alive were decorated by the king eels in September, 1830. He lives at ex-officers' society and various phllan- king, which are, in the opinion of many, of the survivors and Joined his erst-
, Practically the same ceremony has' spection In the town museum opposite with the "Order of Leopold," granted Antwerp, while Demoulln resides at throplcally-dJsposed persons. all too frequent in Belgium. Probably while comrades in arms, in death.
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WHILE :MY LADY'S HAIR IS BEING BRUSHED ... MUCH RARER
... -..,-.' - r-z.. . .T. - "Wtiv -mv zIpht -faticv haVinf a
h. - iAm t v.i. dauarhter-in-iaw that one could never - in, Rtfc rvirrMnniwirnrt
V COtlRSR PirkM I kno and why she likes it.' one of my daughters the title, but, of knw what she meant by what she
LOURS Parker, I know "Oh, I should - never risk telling Sir course, no English girl would be al- a d. I don't believe a word about her
js..- ' uiiver wnat Haroia ays 11 wouiu towea Dy ner parents to reruse it, naa v y . f, ir C
cretlon or I Should never , shorten -his days. I feel a bit calmer he.ao honored her. who carried hereto the hall after her
sneak freelv of familv af- no- . "1 confess to a feeling of curiosity faint. lAnd, if she had been, of cburre
PMi. irmii .nl xamuy i- ,.v- .v. .ani. hnmhr - tn h,th i n...v.. .1.1 any ttevlous attachment would give
..... fairs to you. But It Is really tonight and put the cologne where I show an undue eagerness to engage wy w"" she was given the opportu- aspect, ret the business trans
vexing. Isn't it? that the quiet of our can reach- t, and. Parker, tell -the herself to a duke. He expressed him- n'1 of becoming the Duchess of Tiddes- acted there Is the most unique in the
Knglish home life should be disturbed laHV0 8 VKtFlM? T,'iL,i0?8Oably 8ayin: 'Miss Orayson, danJa",Kh-f, ,1 J" aLthve0u will Worl1'' ' for thl" ,B tn headquarters of
. .. , , . T. , . la the-morning so. I need not b dls- I feel I can never repay you for saving .conversation with her, ana you win h , . . ,
by a mere slip of a girL It would turbed. Tbiti aU. Good night." Margaret s life at the risk of your own? not credit it. Parker, but he was lower- tneFfTln x,hnia nf-n .
fret one less. I fancy, if It were only . . " Do not give it a thought.' she re- ?K hi..;self to persuade her to marry i h)re ' . bb'Jjne ?
way. different to our own." But this 'Thl, ha. been, a remarkable d.y. pliedL. 'I was repaid wheB I saw JJie A'" ' ' down! a door wMch" ?s"usual y "Skid!
American lanauaae nuts one at a dls- Prker. When we arrived at Dusen- roses again in the little one's cheeks.' "The color had faded from her face Th) 'wlsft , " don't carS They go
VOSii? re MJ ? v- tx-n hall we found among the giAsts 'The duke coughed and continued: nd her eyes-had a far-away look as around to th" back dcr. the harbo?
advantage hourly. If one only knew th, Duke.of Tidtjesdale and his daugh- "Kor" a fortnight I have weighed the she answered gently tenough this time: doorj gnlff the BWeet)gh odor whCh
just what she meant, .but there is Blr ter No one deales that he would question carefully. Of course, I am I have enjoyed my svimmer In England floats out to meet them and then go
Oliver, I can see it frets" him Into make a desirable husband for any girl, aware your ways are not ours, and it very much, and I like it here but I j t0 mw,t tt
iTS a trZ a L Vif-- I should .never think, of forcing a might be some time before you couW f?n America is about my slse.' Her8 works David C. Ptull. upon
quits' a, temper. At tea he was feeling daughter of mine to his notice. He has accustom yourself to them, but I have Now Parker, you are a sensible wnose card there Is this inscription:
rather genial, he really was, and.he turned 40 and has been a widower over observed you carefully and noted that woman, and I leave It to yon whether -First Hands for Ambergris."
said td her: "We're glad you nJoyed 'year He has only one five-year-old you are very quick. Besides, Margaret that was an intelligible answer. What This one man has given a single check
M! J.x - h.I- child. He Is naturally looking for a has a fondness for you. and I esteem did she mean by America being about for 835.000 in pavment for one lot of
tne opera. Miss Grayson, you have ,uiuble stepmother for her. . you for your ready assistance in the her size? It Is a large countryt Par- the precious substance he deals in. He
heard Melba before perhaps. I suppose "Every one made such a pet of the hour of danger. I have therefore de- er' an." 11 might be she was using it has paid, in round numbers, J18.000 for
'ft
THAN GOLD IS AMBERGRIS
In America?1 young ladles .went to the boalhouse, take care of the life you saved and Press It was about her site because she that Tump weighed 98 pounds, it Is
"She looked at Sir Oliver oddly and taking her with them. Fancy their become the Duchess of Tlddesdale.' ;elt so elated, so puffed up by the true. Nevertheless, $200 a pound Is not
replied: "Well, I should smile.' Now plight when the child fell from the .To neVer know -Mincer h.i h"or ?h hd received. Do brush my a pric, to be sneexed at. Mr. Stull haa
what did she meant If she would only landing Into the lake, which is extreme- American alrl Is eoln a to o Ker fac h,alr v,orously; It may help me to paTd as high as. 1500 1 pound, which
express herself Intelligibly one might ly deep. My Winjfred screamedand wa8 a . i. thouih h w7 nrrv Bleep- for SVr s,nr that girl came f8 just a bit startling when one comes
snub her. but how is one to know the ran toward the house for help. Polly but , BUp"0" BhW waa hh.hTn ftJ; among us I have slept poorly. Indeed, to think of It.
correct time to do -so? Why should Duscnberon cried. "Oh. what shall we vo) wai calm whm h 3. Vo,. kep P""11" constantly over what A lump of gold weighing 184 pounds
the smile? It really isn't an answer do? If only some of the men were Be(nn t have earefullv weh7hi vonr she i'8" mean by her barbarian lan- and whlfh was 99.2 per cent flna
at all is It? One doesn't learn by it here. , , side of the auestlon bat where- J! I Kua.Kew, r,.nav J'ready turned every brought something over $4,O00 some
whether she smiled because the great "Meanwhile that American girl ex- cema tar It wa Iit ni t?r available Wght R the meaning of her years ago. If it had been the finest
singers -do not often get as far as claimed. 'You certainly are a helpless k ."' to Mm tfrn "ViSR the duke' ambeTgrls it would have brought 193.-
Ameriea, or because they do. It Is lot In my country the women don t d lei ve her I LT h. mnH t . What vexes me most, though. Par- 000. A single ton of ambergris at that
continually the same thing. let a baby drown because they dont reailv did Instead of which h .7.77, keJ"' 1B that I cannot determine by it price would bring a clean million of dol-
"However. her visit will soon be at hanneii to be men iii J .iLrJ-A in w.n'Sn. !J..,a5tu; whether she has accepted him or not. Iars.
- , t 1 1 .1 .J . . . . . . - - Iam lr . "J . v a l. cuoc UC, iriO UL rtr .rnnr'
on vriui iiu 1 duit iiuDts ins i aril- -w in inai. I hi Rri . vll piio . .- t h..j. . v j .
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nrons Tnftv nor jivm re ramit rriAfr in- 1am irirti ran scsrceiv Dear iu .... .
vitation to' her. If -she remains much spelk Tof such an unladylike proceed- 5 mm straig y
T'P-JTi" Pfrta'n'y fhow his re- irTg - and throwing herself Into the 1 e?dyltV
iiiiuuuii iiiiMuanun tur jr in wmt water swam 10 wutio .uo ..u - "She rave a little laneh 'T think
Chinese Newspapers.
Paragraphs and editorials in
Nobody has-run across a ton of am
bergris yet. and nobody Is likely to find
it ail at once. But It Is not Impossible
that in these knowing times some lucky
both devil of a whaler may find in the course
way that will give her .an opportunity Unk for t he second time. . you mlBS.t hav. A" ,f if Ena-llsh and American newsnner r ' hls voyage enough of the precious
of ncaarlne herself to him. "Mw Winifred's callB had
"She is too clever a girl not to know heln in the meantime and the
"o"1- hart tn Van a nii- I i ui .1. . .t ... . mailer 10 maae up a loiai or a ion.
duke i,amia?nl. ..Lu",lonS.r- fortnight pointing out the rapid Increase rn news- For these are. indeed, far more know-
he will be Lord Dusenberon some day. arrived Just as the girl laid his little weiBh on(. ft r ,,LmX i ' papers of late In the CWnese empire, ing times than the old whaling days
I do not know, what his parents are daughter on the bank. Now whether othn fortnight wrhS if hJ. and some observinir minds are taklnir were- Mr- Stull tells of a Provlncetown
thinking of. Tou- know, Parker. ,1 am from' fatigue or pure perverseness the occurred to vou to weflh wlth ? .hi. OD8ervlnK r"Ind8 ar tak,n man who had been out on his first trip
entirely disinterested In this, although e fainted. Winifred calls it her SSld be hannv in . 8LS iL thU 88 ftn unfall,n Bin that our a captain of a whaling vessel about 30
there are those, I am certain, who be- dramatic Instinct. I don't know what ,, n.ron who 1.,.? celestial friends are beginning to wake years ago, and who stopped at one of
lleve I would be pleased to see oae of it 's, but It drew everyone's attention vieheP I couli? r "hiTtmSS t uo and note the fact that thev are far the West India islands on his way home,
my daughters as Lady Dusenberon, but to what they called her heroic deed, aYi those I love with fhi iV?r.L tl! h hi a . Vu i, 1 L , ne -the natives offered him five
y3U know that I have never given such her wonderfil presence of mind and f ose llom w Ith th eea rolling be- behind In civilization. We shall hall small lumps of a dlrty-looklng substance
a thin- a aerond thoueht. h .i.. r-.cll ni mv Harold hard- Jor. lne. saKe 01 being toler- the awakenln wlfh nlenir If ih which th native asserted was ood for
"Do ou notice anv more gray hairs lv slanced at one another, though, as ..f il. , .... nripnt.i. win ni .. i something. The native further informed
over my temples, Parker? There. Just you know, they were the closest chums tn T"- JT"8,,', ".Z.7;, u V the captain ,that he had got these pieces
where you are parting it now? I hope Jn through college. As I have often caflinV med f hatahihI1VhI mtr8.tan,dab,,e.KCJ,aracterg- Can" from whale whfch was ashore,
not, fo? although, as you know, I have told you, Wker, 111 Americans are un- I,1, "5 mit him f Vll? J? lenJd them any compost- on a cfertain beach, and that there was
vanity, I rather dislike th. Idea of aUifnta'ble beings. Parked if6 a 5 M ..0,? ?3 lh1t S3S.tu" P1?? "ZHb, ...
- Dusenberonlfall today? some one Cecil has a, pretty face". I told Sir Oliver linotype machine if it should get -In- to that dead whale as fast as the winds
hVd met and traved with In Swltzer- !haL Aa vlIhea?S!' nd he remarked : terested In the task of printing Chinese of Providence would permit ? .Not a hit
"Let my hair down. Parker, and bathe land at the same time the Dusenberons -:-- - -VL ""1 "rL Wu""e Ji. W"A:.. A". "? . He had been ma.le captain ror
(tj wlfh rnlnma n-at.p T litrima scnuainted with that lirayson u . ' r iii 5. "-agB tump inic uuwa uwui i,niaiwg me purpose 01 going alter sperm on ana
We hn thronLh i.h 1 .cSnt, tt frl When she T fainted today what hDee'" r? tha, MlM Gry8on n Kto pfsionally get his face fixed in he concluded that he'd better Stick to
J?,,itr?BiHta i5,vn5S H."fr?r - m m,Vt hedS but lift her In his arms .rt A m,rl,can chf,P WS m,t at the bowl of chop suey. or haggle with the his Job. So he gave the native a pair
bVth wa2 taen way K Md "caSr her stra Ight to the hafl with- waJf, finSl5 wUMh oth".li Yel1' undryman about 'his missing collars of blue overalls and a Jumper for the
"wh.u JhP in thl a,i. .1.1 ' vKiilnto find out whether his w ,' 1 fanclJ Harold would have and changed shirt. ' five dirty lumps and went on his way.
wiA" iA'S tha AJ!r,?n Klr.1. Yfi."?- brains enough to see that the little We can. moreover, feel thankful for After e had made Dort he showed the
showing any sign, of age.
iood nignt."
' " . "i: .r'," '"' r.tt.rfv Th.'f mi -Whin remonstrated with after- "'BJ,B? w""n ""sen wax pup- one thing. A sudden increase in Chi- five lumps to Mr. 8tu 11 and when the
,f!li f w.Sl h. Jaid "i reckon t wouldn't tets llk.e, his"'" and th Dusen- nese newspapers and other publications latter gave him 3700 for them he al-
' y,t'a .ndn hiit Ac Vtk wait until her clothes dried on hrn g,rl8- ?hen could have kept would necessitate a large supply of most had a fit. Still that shock was
hG.r amonS us ' paper, and the orientals are great at nothing to what he got a little later.
triV.7rido; hVm wfth sir niit nS Tn.ihat manner she miist be "oh- ' NJ,0W,'1 Parker, can you fancy what manufacturing the article. They might for helearned that another captain had
'iS ?r.5i tZlt J?X?Jll! & TheV -irom" Such "xtraordinary my 'een were? O' course not. No show some inquisitive Yankee how to heard of the dead whale, had got what
2Lf IS wiS WhSt V i,S thfSfcfn w.y aren't hev'" extraorainary one coul(j BUppoBe glr 0ver ,d makft f smoke, steam, or some ambergris stilt remUned in the carcass
come his 1 wife. n What Is hrthlnklng Ideas aren t they. have so far taken leave of hlg senses other brand of hot air;-and then we end had sold it In New York for 130,000.
oPlt fortbe wo?ld They wo"d be . "Well. Parker, what I heard tonight to wish his only son to marry that would all be happy with low prices. It was estimated that this whale must
tin he had nnlte Inst his mind. 'makes other evils Dale beside it.
"I told him plainly I would not yen- How can Cecil Dusenberon s parents
tiire to suggest such an idea to Blr blame him, or why need I upbraid
Oliver. The Shock might be the death Harold, when a man In a far higher
of him. position than either can ever have, and
"Why; the girl has no fortune at all; nearly twice their age, does exactly
that Is what makes it all the more what they each wish to do?
singular. Not that Harold needs to "Yes, there can be no doubt about
marry money, but young people are It. for I myself heard the duke ask
often daxxled by the fortunes of Amer that Grayson girl to become the Duch-
caa heiresses. Harpld is rather strange ess of Tldde.sdale. I declare, Parker,
of late. "'He says' 'She is Jolly good I feared I should scream out and they
company, never bores ..a fellow like the would know that I was In the conser-
By Jesse Pope.
NE lovely day In leafy June
Vivacious Mrs. Lee
Arranged a picnic for her set,
. At 6nobblngton-on-Sea,
It was, of course, a dreadful blow.
When on the picnic morning,
Her baby's nurse declined to stop
And left her without warning
8h,e summoned Nell, her pretty niece.
And cried, "My dear, you see,
The other maids must come, of course,
To. help me with the tea,
IfB astonishing report comes from thousands of dollars before acquiring rt Cannot be prevented"
Atlanta, Ga. that th. physicians TetorS of aU the Nl1dSWol"cru1lvdcSehnetUl8,nB
of that city have adopted the rule fesions. it is moBt entitled to proper And cheerfully consented,
not to respond to calls unless the compensation If the patient has re-
credit oFthe person or family re- sources at his command. Theh- names 'erei Td and Rurh-
questing their service. -be A. No. 1. One There are few doctors who hav T i0
can scarcely believe this report is lit- S.-Cfi.' 'S ..r"r lny were going, too
THE STORY OF v CAUTIOUS TED AND CUPID
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They launched upon the summer sea.
The breeze was blowing south,
Nell put the baby's comforter -
Within its little mouth.
Arrived at Sunset Cove, they found
A nook with rocks to shade M,
Here Nelly hushed the babe to sleep
And on dry' seaweed laid it.
Premonitory wall, v
As if to show what babes, can do
' When lungs are well exerted.
In quick alarm Hugh looked for help.
The place was quite deserted.
CAN DOCTORS REFUSE THE
. POOR-By Mrs. Jon n A. Logan
Then up that rugged cliff he made
' The greatest of his climbs;
He turned to mark the rising tide.
They strolled along, the dimpled sand- He held" the babynMsTrrns
aJaH, JllZJ H Tighten the Shaw" bed rolled' her.
a iimia o;,r.VA """""" lc" She seemed a friendly little soul
A little Cup d crept. ' . . And "eooaled" on his shoulde
have contained In all at least $60,000
worth of ambergris.
But the whalers of today are a more
canny lot. In fact they have. gone to
the other extreme. . They not only open
up a captured whale the very first thing
, to look for ambergris, but they pick up
from the flotsam .of the 'sea all sorts
of possible and impossible stuff under
the .fond delusion that they are taking
a fortune aboard.
Once on shore they lose no time in
sending- a .sample of their find to Mr.
Stull. Of course, it is a small sample.
They are too wary to trust very much
of so precious a material out of their
possession. And alto, of course. It Is
sent by registered mall or by express.
Catch them being careless with what Is
worth Its weight In gold!
When Mr. Stull returns the samples
with the statement that it Is sluh, or
some piece: of refuse from the Boston
dump, or even plain lard, they Just can't
believe him. Slush, it may be explained.
Is the scrapings of grease from the
cook's gallev aboard ship.
These scrapings are put Into . pnll
which sometimes gets washed overboard.
Pall and slush become separated in the
course of much tossing about In the
water and the mass of cojd grease floats
on by itself until taken aboard Joyously
by some hopeftfl but deluded skipper..
A few years ago there was a greiat ex
citement on the north shore over a
greasy mass of stuff which floated onto
the beach and was promptly spotted by
the wise ones as ambergris. As usual
sample was sent to Mr. Stull, who with
cold conclusiveness Returned It as re
fuse from the Boston dump.
The wise ones were unconvinced. They
sent It to Boston, to an authority in
analysis, and" were overjoyed to receive
the assurance that It was really and
truly ambergris, not the finest quality
perhaps, but Worth at least $75 a pound.
They communicated this Information to
Mr. Stull, with special emphasis on the
figure named. But the ambergris king
was unmoved.
"Refuse from Boston dump," reiter
ated he, and intimated that they'd bet
ter take $75 or 75 cents just aa quick
as ever they could get it from anybody
but him.
They never got either, though they
kept the stuff as long- as ttfey could
stand the smell.
1 Mr. Stull wishes that these folks who
are sure they have found a lot of am
bergris would kindly consider that same
question of odor. For instance, fisher
men who pick up old pieces of blubber
which have been sloshing around tn the
water for n long tlmo are really re
quested to think twice and to sniff at
least once before packing it off to Mr.
Stull. The real ambergris has a faintly
sweet odor which, at least In small
dosen. Is not unpleasant.
On other points, too, there would seem
to be no possible excuse for mistaking
slush, or lard, or blubber for the cove
ted prize. Ambergris ranges from a
-dirty yellow to a dull black in color.
It Is generally very-light in weight. It
is not, as many persons suppose, of the
consistency of oil or thlcK grease.
At least Mr. Stull, who has been buy
ing It for 30 years, has seen only one
example of semi-solid ambergris. He
has a small sample of that In a half
ounce vial. It((s very dark brown, and
so thick that as the vial Is turned It
responds aa slowly as very thick honey
would.
"We don't know Just what ambergris
Is." he said as he handled some small
pieces reflectively. "W only know that
It is the result of some disease or Irri
tation of a whale's digestive '.organs.
Sperm whales feed chiefly. on squid or
cuttlefish,' which would perhaps be a
better article of diet if they did not
have beaks as hard and aa sharp as
those of parrots.
"I am inclined to think that the whale
does not get rid of the ambergris while
alive. Although some "writers speak of
the whale vomiting it forth. I do not
believe that happens, for In all cases of
-which I know anything the ambergris
was not found tn the stomach, but lh
the extremity of the intestinal tract."
There Is never a glut In the amber- 1
grls market. The variation in price Is
due not to any oversupply, but to the
difference In the quality of the finds.
Although the whalers are so much more
on the alert to discover the substance,
there Is. not a great deal of it brought
in for the simple reason that the whal
ing Industry haa so fallen off,.
So far nothing has been discovered
which will take the place of ambergris
as a base In the manufacture of per
fumery. It is the best binder known.
Dissolved - in, alcohol it holds also In
solution the various 'oils and essences
of which perfume, are composed.
The quality of a perfume depends
very largely on the amount of amber-
?ris it contains. The best. French per
umera use six ounces of ambergris to
a gallon. One or two manufacturers in
this country use the same, proportion.
Others put In four ounces." '
In cheaper perfumes it is cut down
to two ounces, and so on until the very
lowest grades are reached In which
there la not a trace of ambergris. The
consequence is that the mixture has no
permanence whatever.
Mr. Stull Is not only the ambergris '
king, he is also an oil ruler ,of some
sort, although not the sort to make
John D. tremble on his throne. Mr.
Stull Is the only) man in the world, so
he thinks, who buys porpoises, tries
out their oil and makes It into the ex
tremely delicate lubricating oil used for
clocks and watches.
Mechanism of peculiarly nice adjust
ment should not be oiled with the min
eral oils which are really the onlv ones
now furnished by general manufactur
ers. These lubricants stiffen with cold
or becoming dry and hard under other
conditions. '" The only reliable oil for
use on any delicately adjusted mechan
ism Is secured from porpoises and
blackflsh.
' Years ago blackflsh were rather plen
tiful. Occasionally Immense schools of
them came ashore on Cape Cod and were
killed by the hundred. But the black
flsh have become rare Indeed now, and
blackflsh oil la scarce and costly. Por
poises are now the chief dependence of
Mr. Stull for the watch and clock sup-Ply-
In the top of the head of the porpoise
la a small cavity and tn each Jawbone
there Is another. These yield the finest
of the oil. That from the top of the
head Is called the melon oil. From a
full-sized porpoise only, half a pint of
this best oil is obtained.
It Is secured by trying out ahd is
then refined carefully and Is put up In
small vials containing about half an
ounce each. This is watch loll.
From the body of the isorpolse a
larger quantity of -oil, but of a some
what Inferior grade, la secured. This
Is used for clocks. Not only for ordi
nary clocks, but for clock mechanisms,
such as those In lighthouses for the
regulation of the light. 1
The government is, Indeed, Mr. Stull's
most Important customer In this- line,
buying thousands of bottles of oil a
year. ITncle Sam kpows better than to '
trust machinery "upon which depend
the lives of men and safety of ships to
anything but the finest of fish oil.-
T
A flame then kindled In Ted's breast
He acarce- knew how to smother.
As side by side they lingered still
Absorbed In on another.
And "a-ooKled" on his shoulder.
Of troubles on his homeward way
He suffered quite a peck.
The baby squirmed, the baby sneezed.
And slobbered down his neck.
By exercising every care
He managed not to break it,
Yet when her reached Its home he, found
No woman there to take It.
-. r 1. .. 1 v. . v. 1. .
erally -true or that these physicians geons expect to give much of their time mwd." 8
would adhere to so Inhuman a rule if Jo the treatment of the poor and help
she'd not be
This made her sorrow greater.
Dose?
But still procrastinated.
they eld adopt such a one. The spirit ZTVZir 7 ?L " eb AM jlto they Quite forgot
f a nil. r thl. cnaracter i.iso ar van- not pay doctor's as well as other bills. r As ' JtV-..ant thT flanDlne sail
he with, the generosity and kindness- "would bf "act of gross inhu- 8he .. . 0 Be?or I fr68h-ning vin-ffT" -
characteristic of - tha southern people "n"i, ",l LV,le,.'" And. see the waving hands. " " The baby woke and cooed to hear
that It seem, all th. mOrt credible. any one when seriously ill. though they BuLALfbynJntTjr?f '
1t:JUcUx tow they would receive no ompen- ulnac.hXe.r.
ny uie.jaipx-u.uuu - - - .. were both about to mingle.
lvrmpose4 upon by hysterical persons, the knowledge of the human anatomy fthen lo' who should aDtroah but Ted Nw, who should come along the
hoT when they .have a pain, call the and. of the remedies for the cure of dis- Ac"bs' the shlnini shh?e- BiJt Hugh, Nell s other beau,
doctor nd never feel the slightest ob- ease and of the skillful use of the knife . Acr08s tn Mllln hingle. , lacking
At length the tide began to rise,
The sun began to sink.
Once more they sought the little boat
That waited on the brink.
Tm tJLZVLt.tmtlL'LLl, rowed For Nell, half-way, had found her loss,
.. .? fe.ar,e,(1 -"at he was fated And back they turned again.
au snaii a now, no inougni, pro- nismav and terror filled her mind
With horrid mental pain,
Ted found the gentle maid had grown
A thing of moods and tenses.
And when she saw the babe had gone
bne nearly lost her senses. -
She hated Ted and told him so,
On her he laid the blame;
She wept aloud In bitter woe,
- And everlasting shame.
The babe was gone, the tide was up, ...
Her fate 'was this, none other.
To go back home and spread the news.
And tell the wretched mother.
'I never thought of meeting you."
He cried. In some surprise.
'I sent excuses to your aunt, -
But tney. 1 rear, were lies.
of hundreds of patients, who One who would dare refuse to respond , ALi iiZt i ,
link t is the duty of fchysl- even to a puuper'j call, when appealed Dt, te. 1'Z haV?",,aw "?' Plea"e
end them gratuitously. They to for relief which he could give, "would t",. tn.ects anl theTame-
service, and nine "times out be written down arf a brute and un- ThA5u?t',. V-TTi.-,. . gam"
1 inn t r,a for the visit or DrescriD- in surgery. Imposes grave rcsnonslbill
tlon given. -" The real experience .of ties , and obligations upon men which -do
Kcores of physicians would reveal as- not permit them to lgnorevtbe suffering
tontshing .presumption ana ingrauiuae wi inuri:i.
n the part 01 ounareas.w iwusnu. who
-em to tnins
to attend
(i.-cept the service "u "l -...ncn un a. uiuie auu un- ...m - Ln mm
, .11 .1.... h nhi-alrlaii or aufran worthy to be trasted with h live, of Annoy me ana ratigue me.
,n account of what they eiaim la un- paying patients. Sympathy and ten- Tpj WM haif 1. iova with Nell
i"l"factory-treatment. Physicians and derneas of the doctor has much to do who alsVf anc led V '
,on. ar. upposed to accept this wtth the faWable effect of the drugs -.rlt's o . itcnlc bv ourselves
.,ri f ot 1 thing a. a part oT their .calling, h. administers. A' soulless physician or jit vu wd L- he S "
mt Her really have,no redrew the surgeon cannot achieve complete euc- ..ut the baby," she demurred.
,.e of such injustic. - - cess no matter how learned and sklllr , He answered, "What. about ltr
The very nature of their: . profession, rul he may be. "It's In my charge." said NelL "l can't
(mil them ,to respond to the cries .- Resolutions that betray a lack of hu-v Go anywhere Without it"
. f she miffertng and unfortunate, 1 They man s sympathy for mankind are doomed -'- .- 7 -)
ive the example of the tJreat Healer to be short-lived and to be swept aside "it's tough to make you stop behind,
htnl'- the sick, raused th. with many good ones that are said to- so to console you. Nell.
i- itsnru t walk and the blind to see,- bave-a certain abode, - They are dust iwd Let'a sall'to. Sunset Cove,'- he said
v ti.out tnonrr and without tirlce. And to provoke criticism and speedy return i "And take the child as well."
r the nrnfe'sslon baa the power to to the old, old'custora of Invariable re- Nell looked so innocently sweet.
v.tform live ecrvice. to- mankind. It Is -sponse by physicians to .very call that When sudden rapture moved her,
,t I,.'.)! vcn. but Is the- j result of Is made, whether U be to attend Jflnce Tbnt cool and calculating Ted
rtti of, mdy au4 U expenditure of or pauper. , v : 0 1 ' Was almost sure lie iavtd her.
- . - . 4
The rlDDles tinkle clearer
Along the shelving sand they crept
Nearer and ever nearer.
the cliff .
her.
Most desperately slow.
He'd wandered homeward by himself.
Despondent and dejected.
Not having won a promised bride
As be' had half expected. '
They neared the sttll deserted ' house,
The rest would soon be back, .
Nell hardly dared to,enter 4n -. '
Her mind was on the rack.
When," lo! she heard a baby's cry.
Wlten glancing Mown the, cove, he saw A.mfVv Y2lcl ay "Dlddums!
His lady-love and Ted Don t kick the bedclothes off again.
His heart leaped with a' Jealous throb,' You silly little klddums!"
His dearest hopes fell dead., . s j4- '
Ife saw them sail, Nell's shawl or wrap Andnhere he saw, as large'a. life.
Apparently forgetting: . The babe, her blessed pet.
At least, had take that back to her Which Hugh, In -vain, essayed to tuck
And . save it from a wetting.
'Within Its bassinette.
The only 'fact she knew was this
- Hod saved her tiny. cousin, ' "
She gave the child a frantic kiss,
And Hugh a baker's dozen. ;
But as he scrambled down "The cliff
He often climbed from choice.
He heard, to his intense surprise,
ine snawi naa got a voice.
The bottom gained, he reached the wrap For cautious Ted it .may-be said
In' less than half a minute, This incident wa. closed, 1
And found the latent Mlle'Lee The other two were shortly wed.
Reposing snualv in It. .. As might have been suDDoaed. .
--...v i . The babe was dear to Hugh and Nell,
1 ire dost naa vanished round tne point, ine pet or. tneir araoption.
Entirely out of 'halL T - it kept the secret very well,-
' Tha babe looked up .and gave a small In fact It had no option,-; -
BOWERY PUTS BAN ON THE
SHEATH COAT
..
whlch,lffwhy I missed de full explana
tion. Speak up. Perfesser pale Face.
It Is de understandin' dat you taught
de young Ideas how to sprout in a
school before youse took to de road."
"Well, gentlemen, I trust my poor
knowledge In linguistics, gained before
I became a hobo, may be of service to
you," said a very small and very pale
man with a bald head. Fit comes from
the Latin verb spelto spelto speltare,
spelatum meaning to embrace Very
very what adverb shall I use?"
"Meanln' to hur.till I savs quit," vol
unteered the "Red Hook Rut.
"Indeed, sir. that's about it," an
swered the professor. "You see, when -one
thinks in the classic languages
one " ,
"All right,'- perfesser; all right," said
the audience at the AUigator, "You has
done noble. Cheese lit now. We wants
no huggln' clos on us." ,
"Yes, we gets In enough tight places,
anyhow," Interjected the Night and Day
Light, so called from the color of his...
nose, who, nevertheless, speaks' real
Knglish. "Quite apart from the ques
tion of whether or not We should like
the appearance of the coat in this con
sideration how , many biscuits, how
many loaves of bread, how manv pack
ets of food could, we -carry Inside such
a coat? A few. toilet articles in our
outside .pockets would be about; all we
oduld arry In such a garment."
"Well, now, -dere Is two sides to "every
questtpny': started In Fred the Snipe.
-'Enough fom you.'r said Ms hearer. "
significantly. . - ' .
"All in favor of this here spelto-spel-tare
thing say yes," announces Pitts
burg Jake, ponndlng the table. "There
being none, we preclude thatno decent
white man.. Is In favor of the blame -thing.
,Now left-beat It Tor the bread
line or we will all soon be where he
kind of coats 1. needed."
Illinois may be cut out at the wlntir" .
tuuiv.v. .1110 liuvuua, . . -. ..1
THEiBowery and adjacent territory
has beard of the "sheath" coat
for men, to be put forward this
winter by Chicago as the coat . de
rlgeur pronounced rigger for
human males who would be well dressed.
A canvass of the situation In that sec
tlon of New York, however, discloses
absolute scorn for the production ad
vanced lh the City of Wind. This city's
Fifth avenue hasval ready said thac the
"described coat will not do for New
York."'' The Bowery says emphatically:
"Nix de hug-me frock."
Dispatches from Chicago telling
about the American Style and Fashion
show there say that, the new coat is to
be a "narrow, clinging garment," guar
anteed to adhere' closely to the form of
the man and to Impart the same svelte
appearance noted In the most up-to-date
women's attire." .
The matter was taken uo seriously
last night in the lobby of the Alligator
hotel. A few extremists had toleratlve
words for the new coat, but the great
majority disdained It. , -
"Inme time' I've had on some-all
kinds of glad rags," went on the AL
toona Kkl, "but I ealn't swallow this
new t'lng fm Chi. Travelin' as I
has froo every state an" territory, an
comln' In close. contact wit' da leaders,
of our worl' fm de sunny hills of Maine
to de tce-boun.- shores of Loulslaner;
holdin' me head always high, an' never
takln' back water fm no man, woman
or bulldog ever 'born; stlckln' to de
rules an' regulations" , r ' '
"Cut him -off!" shouted the audience
in disgust. "Cut him off; de kid s goln
to tell, de hls'try of his life again. Do
youse O. K. de hug-me coat, or do you
sav unequivocally and amblglously ntx. -"I
says nix."- grumbled the Altoona
KM.subsldlpg. ; . . . '. .
"Whut I would like 'to know," put in ,
the Pipe, Who get. his name from .his
ability to drain a.supposedly empty beer
keg; "Is dls whut do 'sevelte'. mean
lie paper. I read It in was torn acroat.