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HUNTSHUMANSKULLS
Peculiar Hobby Which OccupiM
Leisure Time of a Texan.
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Baa Vieited Many Lands and Conn
tries in Search of the Odd Carlos
and He Haa an Interest
ing Collection.
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The following advertisement appeared
in the newspapers of St. Joseph, Mo., re
cently:
“Wanted—Human skulls! must be la
good condition; will pay liberally for
fine specimens. Apply Hotel M. Charles
j W. Jenkins.”
| Jenkins was a temporary resident of
8t Joseph, where he has considerable
: realty Interests, but his real home is In
; Corpus Chrlstl, Tex. He has probably
I ths oddest fad of any collector of curios
who has ever been a resident of that city.
Mr. Jenkins is very anxious to increase
his collection of skulls, and in the pos
session of medical students, physicians
and colleges of St. Joseph are specimens
taken from Various burying grounds
that have been unearthed in the ex
cavations fer buildings on sites that
hundreds of years ago were repositories
tor the dead of the ancient red man.
“I have now in my possession 841
perfect specimens of human skulls,” says
Mr. Jenkins. “They represent the hu
man of many ages, and I find them an
Interesting study Indeed. How did I
come to indulge in such a strange fad)
Well, in my youth I made a study el
I anatomy, and became Intensely inter
ested in the construction of the human
frame. I gradually acquired a taste for
this form of bric-a-brac.
"I got my real start as a collector at
skulls in 1887. During excavations In
St. Joseph on property in the possession
of my father several specimens of an
ancient raee were exhumed, and
straightway found a resting place upon
a ahelf In a cabinet In my home. I vis
ited the former home of the mound
builder In Colorado and New Mexico,
where other specimens of the ancient
Inhabitants were discovered. They dif
fer materially from the skulls found In
St Joseph. Then I visited the holy land
in search of specimens. From there I
drifted to the lands of the Ptolemies of
Egypt. Here some valuable acquisi
tions were made. I have tramped over
the Pampas of South America, the moun
tains of Peru and Chill, and even pene
trated into the wildernesses of the Ama
zon, where, in deposits of earth and
stone, I have brought to light perfect
specimens of human skulls, represent
ing periods whlcL history does not
chronicle.
"In my experiments I have found that
some skulls take on a very beautiful
polish, and I must say that, under the
hand of a skilled artisan, they are made
magnificent These specimens occupy a
cabinet by themselves. I have a number
of skulls taken from the wreck of the
Galveston storm. I also have specimens
from other disasters on this and other
continents. Five victims of the Most
Pelee disaster are represented In my
collection. This business of collecting
ikulls is a great aid In the study and re
tention of Important facta In history. I
have in my possession the skulls of men
at time* prominent In the history of
this nation. How I earae to have them
I do not care to say. However, money
<* a means of gratifying the tastes of
anyone who cares to make a collection
ft this kind. Beoause I have acquired a
liking for this work, I spend mueh time
,Inring the winter months wandering
»hout between rows of grinning head^
phillsophislng, after the fashion of the
wave digger in Hamlet, upon the brev
ity of human life.**
'SUICIDE CLUB** FLOURISHES.
tans Woman mt Boise, Make, Haw*
Orsaniaatlaa and Chs.M
Vletlaa by Lat.
Boise, Idaho, aas a fully organised
suicide club. That it Is ready for bust
les* and has already transacted con
siderable business Is shown by the fact
that at least three of Its members hare
"shuffled off” by the suicide route wlth
tn a period of as many months.
The fact of the existence of the organ
isation became known to the police la
an Investigation Into the death of Grace
Ashton. Its latest victim. She died from
morphine poisoning on a third attempt
at suicide, both of her jjrevlous attempts
having been frustrated through season
able discovery by friends.
Another young woman friend of Miss
Ashton attempted suicide by taking pel
sen, but recovered, and It was through
her that the existence of the club was
made known. The elub is regularly or
ganised with n strong membership—all
young women—and holds meetings at
regular Intervals. It transplrse that at
sash masting n new victim is ehoeea by
lot, who is to “pass off** before thn time
tor tbs neat mooting by on* of th* usual
mothods adopted to such oases, the par
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lldato.
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aion In etobfy. candidates tor 1M
teachers* poaltloas paying from $8,000
la |M$ par annum. - There warn tow
appltaanta,' fawar took the examine*
don, and only 48 were found aliglhla
tor appointment. ' Another examine*
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to appeal to the young men of the
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Utahn.pa on * British Bnttleohlp That
Cnoaed Fear Among
the Crew.
While the British battleship Thun
derer was off Milford Haven, Wales,
not long ago a curious accident to
one of her guns caused much alarm
among her crew A target had been
put out for practice with the ten-inch
breechloading guns. When one wu
fired by electricity only a portion of
the projectile was discharged, the
base plate of the shot and a portion
of the frame being left in the. gun.
When the plate was removed the pres
s' re of gas forced a portion of the
projectile from the breech of the gun.
On the second gun being fired a hole
about three inches in diameter wat
blown through the projectile, the
other part of the base plate being left
behind. The base plate was in this
case separated from the rest of the
projectile.
Su«sh accidents are believed never
previously to have occurred on board
any ship. There was much alarm
among those in the turret, as the
bursting of tbe guns Was for a time
feared. It is suggested that either
the powder in the projectile* wai
damp or there was water in the guns
So far as can be seen, both gun* an
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FINDS BOOS OF MORMON.
Illinois Parmer Makes the Claim Thui
He Di’it Up the Original
Manuscript.
Interest has been created at Carbon
dale, 111., over a discovery made by
Marshal Fenrod, who lives on a farm,
near Dongola. Decently Fenrod
grubbed a black oak stump out of a po
tato field close to his residence and
found a stone about a foot long and
eight inches iu diameter. The puculiat
shape of the stone, which resembled a
poeketbook. attracted his attention,
and, upon close examination, he found
carved on its face in the English lan*
guage the following words: ■ "This
atone contains the original manuscript
of Moroni (Mormon).—Joseph: Smith."
The ravages of time had apparently
made but little headway on tlm alone
and upon closer examination he found
the atone was hollow aud a half drilled
entirely through it and at both eods
red cedar plugs had been drive* in.
Upon removing one of the plugs several
sheets of parchment were found coa*
taining writing in hieroglyphics that
jould not be deciphered.
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Tempting Sandwiches.
At an afternoon tea some particular
ly attractive open sandwiches were
served. Rounds of bread were spread
with a mixture of cream cheese and
finely chopped olives. Around the
edge of each larger pieces of olivet
formed a sort of wreath and directly in
the center was a piece of olive. Brown j
bread sandwiches made of cream j
cheese and chopped olives are particu- j
larly delicious. Chopped green peppera j
may also be mixed with tl m.—Detroit
Free Press.
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