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HUNTS HUMAN SKULIA
Peculiar Hobby Which Occupies
Leisure Time of a Texan.
Hu* Visited Hanr Lands nad Oss
tries in Search of the Odd Carlns
and He Has an Intereat
Isf Collection.
The following advertisement appeared
In the newspapers of St. Joseph, Mo.,re>
cently:
“Wanted—Human skulls! must be In
good condition; will pay liberally for
fine specimens. Apply Hotel M. Charles
W. Jenkins.”
Jenkins was a temporary resident of
8t Joseph, where he has considerable
realty Interests, but his real home Is In
Corpus Christl, Tex. He has probably
the oddest fad of any collector of curios
who has ever been a resident of that city.
Mr. Jenkins la very anxious to increase
his collection of skulls, and In the pos
session of medical students, physicians
and colleges of St. Joseph art specimens
taken from various burying grounds
that havs been unearthed In ths ex
cavations for buildings on sites that
hundreds of years ago were repositories
tor the dead of ths ancient red man.
“I have now In my possession Ml
perfect specimens of human akulls," aaya
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 I
Well, in my youth I mads a study •!
anatomy, and became Intensely inter
ested In ths eonstructton of the human
frame. I gradually acquired a taste for
this form of bric-a-brac.
“I got my real start as a collector of
skulls In 1187. During excavations la
Bt. Joseph on property In the possession
if my father several specimens of aa
ancient race were exhumed, and
straightway found a resting place npon
n shelf In n eabinet 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 tn
St. Joseph. Then I visited the holy land
In search of specimens. From there I
drifted to the lands of the Ptolemlee of
Egypt. Here eome valuable acquisi
tions were made. I have tramped over
the Pampas of South America, the moun
tains of Peru and Chili, and even pene
trated Into the wildernesses of the Ama
zon, where. In depoelts of earth and
stone, I have brought to light perfect
specimens of human skulls, represent
ing periods which Blstory does not
ehronlcle.
"In my experiments I hare found that
some abulia take on a very beautiful
sniuh end t must eav that, under the
hand of a skilled artisan, they are made
magnificent These specimens occupy a
cabinet by themeelvee. I have a number
of skulls taken from the wreck of the
Galveston atorm. I also have specimens ]
from other disasters on this and other i
continents. Five victims of the Mont ■
Pelee disaster are represented In my j
collection. This business of collecting
skulls Is a great aid In the study and re
tention of important facts In history. I
have In my possession the skulls of men
at. times prominent In the history of j
this nation. How I came to have them
l do not care to say. However, money
®„a means of gratifying the tastes of
anyone who cares to make a collection
cf this kind. Because I have acquired a
liking for this work, I spend much time
luring the winter months wandering
about between rows of grinning head®
phillsophizlng, after the fashion of the
grave digger in Hamlet, upon the brev
ity of human life."
'♦SUICIDE CLUB** FLOURISHES.
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V«hi| Wm« •( Boise, Make, Have
Organisation aad Ckoaso
▼lotlssa toy Ul.
Boise, Idaho, naa a fully organised
lutclde club. That it la ready for busl
aess and baa already transacted ce»
tiderable business Is shown by the fad
that at least three of its members have
‘shuffled off” by the Suicide route with
in a period of as many months.
The fact of the existence of the organ
isation became known to .the police hi
an Investigation Into the death of Geasg
Ashton, its latest victim. Shf died ftjow
morphine poisoning on atfalrd attempt
at suicide, both of her Jffevlous attempts
having been frustrated through season
able discovery by friends. vi
Another young woman friend of mis
Ashton attempted suicide,by taking poi
son, but recovered, naff H was through
her that the existence of the olub was
mads known. The dub is regularly or
ganised with a strong, membership—ail
young woman—and holds meetings st
regular Intervals. It transpires that at
sash meeting a new victim is chosen by
lot, who Is to “pass off” before the time
tor the next meeting by one of the usual
methods adopted im such cases, the par
ticular mode being optional with the can
didate.
Philippine Pn.lKnna Hot Wasted.
Positions in the Philippines seem to
go begging. Several months ago CoL
Edwards, chief of the Insular bureau,
ealied upon the civil service commis
sion to certify candidates for 150
teachers' positions paying from $2,00<J
to $900 per annum. There were few
applicants, fewer took the examina
tion. and only 42 were found eligible
for appointment Another examina
tion will, therefore, be held early la
October. The Insular bureau will not
permit women to take the examina
tion for these positions, and the du
ties or pay of pedagogus do not seem
to appeal to the youag mea of the
country.
Part ef th« Popnlatloa.
Paris uses 200,000.000 malls as food
| smaually. And yet, says the Washing
I lam Star, the town is not au alee
FEAR OF GERMAN INVASION
lot Warranted by Number of Kaleert
Subjects at Present Residing In
South America.
German migration to South
America, and especially to some
of the southern states of Brazil,
is periodically a cause of com
ment and concern to some who
think they see therein a sinister
scheme of imperial conquest.
For two or three strong reason*,
say* the New York Tribune, such
fears seem to us to be not well
founded. One such reason i*
that the number of German* In
Brazil is not, after all, ominous
ly large. The total population of
Brazil, according to the census
of 1890, was 14,333,915. No later
census returns are available, but
careful estimates now place the
total at more than 17,000,000, of
which number less than 3,000,000
are Indians and negroes, leaving
certainly more than 14,000,000
whites. Of these, in 1901, only
2.700.000 were immigrants, and
of the latter number only 300,000
were Germans.
The latest and highest esti
mate of the number of German*
in Brazil is only 450,000, or a lit
tle over three per cent, of the
whole. Really, we cannot regard
that as a dangerous percentage.
Nor does it represent the largest
foreign element, by any means.
Portuguese immigrants into Bra
zil are twice as numerous, and
Italians three times as numer
ous, as the Germans. Nor yet
are these Germans so massed in
certain states as to form a ma
jority of their population, »a
some have imagined. Germans
are most numerous in Rio
Grande do Sul, where there are
200.000 of them, but the whole
population of the state is 900,000,
so that the Germans are less
than one-fourth. In Santa Catha
rina the Germans are 100,000 in a
total of 300,000, or one-third,
the largest proportion in any
state. In Parana they are 47,000
in 280,000, and in Sao Paulo 30,
000 in 1,430,000.
It is pointed oat as ominoo*
that these Germans continue to
ose their own language, to pub
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nail uc w bpa pci a in uciiuau auu
to demand the official use of that
language in courts and schools.
Well, the same may be said of
Germans in New York, and fn
Milwaukee, and in many other
parts of the United States.
The conquest which Germany
hopes for in Brazil is not polit
ical, but commercial. The profit
she looks for in this migration of
her subjects is to be found in in
creased commerce. In that Ger
many reckons shrewdly. Every
shipload of Germans landed in
Brazil creates a demand for
many shiploads of German man
ufactured goods. Every so-called
German colony in Brazil means
a market for German trade.
Upon this feature of the case too
much stress cannot easily be laid.
Provisions from Tress.
There is a tree which grows in
Sumatra, Algeria and China which
is known as the vegetable tallow
tree. From its fruit large quanti
ties of oil and tallow are extract
ed, and the fruit is gathered in
November or December, when all
the leaves have fallen. Excellent
candles are made from the berries
of a tree which grows in some
parts of South Africa and the
Azores. At Sierra Leone is found
the cream fruit tree, the fruit of
which is very agreeable in taste.
In Ceylon there is the breadfruit
tree, from which a food is made in
the same way that we make bread.
Itissaidto be equally good and nu
tritious. In South America we
find the milk tree.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Curious hsMwi
A man on Twenty-third street
furnished much amusement to a
number of people on a recent
windy afternoon by a predicament
he fell in*e, or rather that fell
onto him A large gunny sack
dropped from the roof of one of
the buildings, and, as it descend
ed, filled with air, coming down
with mouth wide open, like a bal
loon. It struck the unfortunate
man squarely over the head, cov
ering him completely down be
low the shoulders, and pinioning
his arms so that he had difficulty
In extricating himself. He strug
gled as if he thought he was being
kidnaped until he managed to get
tbs sack sff his head.—N. Y. Post.
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First of naval battles.
It Wu Fought in Maryland Water*
in the Early Colonial
Days.
April 23 of this year was the two
hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary
of the first naval battle fought in
American waters. On that date two
armed forces met at the mouth of the
Pocomoke river, within the boundaries
of the province of Maryland, and set
tled, at least temporarily, the authority
of Lord Baltimore. The settlement at
St. Mary’s had been made but 13
months when this test of arms oc
curred, says the Chicago Chronicle.
About three years before the land
ing of the Maryland pilgrims under
Gov. Leonard Calvert, by virtue of the
grant of the territory from Charles I„
a trading post had been established by
William Claibourne, of Virginia, on
Kent island. It was not a settlement
intended for permanent homes and the
tilling of the soil, but merely a place
fixed upon by Claibourne for conven
ience of trade with the Indians. Kent
island was clearly within the jurisdic
tion of Lord Baltimore, but Claibourn*
very foolishly resisted his authority
and refused to take out a trader’s li
cense from the proprietary’s govern
ment at St. Mary's. Thi3 stubborn
stand of Claibourne resulted In the
capture early in the year by Capt.
Thomas Cornwaleys, one of the Mary
land commissioners, of a vessel be
longing to Claibourne for trading in
the waters of the Chesapeake without
a Maryland license.
Claibourne realized now that he
would either have to break down Lord
Baltimore’s authority by force of arms
or be compelled to submit to that au
thority. He chose to fight and. accord
ingly, he fitted out an armed boat, the
Cockatrice, which wa3 manned by 30
men and placed under the command of
Lieut. Radcliffe Warren, who was com
missioned by Claibourne “to seize and
capture any pinnacles or other vessels
belonging to the government of St.
Mary’s.”
This was a declaration of war and
when the news of the rebellion reached
Gov. Calvert he at once determined to
put it down, as becomes a governor
whose rights are denied and whose au
thority Is defied. Knowing the strength
of the Insurgents, he wisely fitted out a
superior force, with the full determina
tion to crush the spirit that was giv
ing him no little trouble. So he
manned and commissioned two vessels
—the St. Margaret and the St. Helen*
—placed them in command of the gal
lant Capt. Cornwaleys, with orders to
search out and destroy the enemy and
reduce Kent Island to submission.
The little squadron sailed out from
St Mary’s with the Maryland color*
flying from the flagship and animated
by the same courageous spirit that two
and a half centuries later inspired an
other Maryland naval commander in
his gloriously successful search for the
Spanish fleet in the waters of the West
Indies. Their course took them across
the bay and soon they were rewarded
by sighting the sails of the insurgent
sh!; off the mouth of the Pocomoke.
Corr.waleys skillfully maneuvered his
little fleet so as to prevent the escape
of the enemy and both sides cleared
for action. The Insurgents delivered
the first fire, and so true was the aim
that William Ashmore, of the Mary*
landers, fell to the deck, the first
American sailor whose life was sacri
ficed while in action upon the altar of
duty. The sight of their dead comrade
inspired the Maryland men to greater
determination, and made more deadly
their aim and threefold more terrible
their revenge. Their first Hire killed
the enemy’s commanding officer—
Lieut, Warren—and two of his crew.
The tnsurgents having lost their leader
and two of their comrades and seeing
certain destruction 3taring them In the
face, were brought to realize that dis
eretion was the better part of valor and
therefore they wisely struck their col
ors and surrendered themselves and
their vessel to the victorious aMry
landers.
Kent Island was afterwards subdued
and Claibourne stripped of his posses
sion. But he did not cease to be a
source of great trouble to the settlers
of St Mary’s and more thah once suc
ceeding in destroying, for a time, the
government of Lord Baltimore. But
that belongs to another story.
Thefts from Hotels.
▲ certain hotelkeeper in Washington
says that the people have no idea of the
small depredations that are committed
by guests, most of who are people of
money enough of their own to refrain.
He declares that not long ago he bought
700 yards of toweling for his rooms, and
before he had time to learn whether or
not the rooms bad been supplied the
whole outfit was gone says the Washing
ton Post. "They are drummers, sad
women and all kinds of people who took
them." said he. ‘‘and probably they did
not think it was stealing to take things
away from the hotel As to downright
theft from rooms or bilking !n the mat
ter of meals, there is much less of It in
hotels than you would suppose; but
Lord! how they will crib the soap and
linen and spoons!”
Far from Home.
Relative—I notice that you have at taet
got acquainted with your coor
neighbor who has lived aiongs.de of yow
for the past ten years.
Mrs. D'Avnoo—Yes, we were inm>
duced to each other at the Pyramids ol
Egypt, and I found her a de.lgh'ful com
panion. We became very Intimate.—
London Tit-Bite.
His Limited Circle.
Solon was inventing his motto.
“What do you think of ‘Know thy
self?’ ” he asked.
“Fine,” they answered, “but can't you
| get acquainted in any better circles?”
Sadly he began to search gfor a new
| trade-mark.---N. T. Tribuaa.
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Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
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Given this 16th day of February. 1905.
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Scott, deceased.
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