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PROF. ADOLPH HI RETURNS Scientist Returns With St Adventures?Los Women D? Bringing with him many spec!- j t mens valuable to science in flora,! > fossils and Inca relics, the fruits of j t months of hardships and privation j z on the snowclad peaks of the Andes i nnd in the sweltering jungle of the t Peruvian borderland, Prof. Adolpn i Heldenberger, naturalist, entomolo- 1 gist and archeologist, as well as ex- > plorer, recently arrived in Brooklyn ? on the steamer Tennyson, of the t Lamport & Holt line, says the Brook- j z lyn Eagle. The professor is en rouie c tr? his home in Germany, where he j will arrive shortly after the new 1 year to spend a belated Christmas! ] with his family from whom he has :,( been separated from more than a t year. Prof. Heldenberger is a grad- uate of the University of Bonn, and t i , as he stood on the deck of the Ten- c r.yson as she steamed slowly up the . '< bay, face tanned the color of mahog - t any, he looked anything but one of j ? the race with which one has learn- j ed to associate stolidity. i "In September, 1912," said the i * professor, "I left Germany accom- i panied by a young student, Freicl- i? rich Mahler, upon an expedition of i ? scientific research that was to take i us over the Andes, and if possible, j we intended to pentrate farther in- s to the Peruvian jungle to Peru than ^ . any white man had done before us. Arriving at Lima we struck inland, t taking with us a Portuguese rubber I man who professed to be familiar j 1 with the territory .through which i we were to travel before striking 1 the unknown. i "With a party of ten natives we | i began our ascent of the Andes. Al- j ihough we were beset by the many j-1 difficulties that accompany a jour- a ney of that kind and came upon ? many ruins of ancient cities, we t discovered nothing of great impor- y tance and met with but one mishap I c when one of our carriers fell into a: ] crevice carrying with him a llama! t laden with a portion of our camp 1 kit. Both were instantly killed. ; s "Rising above the timber line we, i entered the snow belt. Here we: i were reduced to the utmost suffer- j i ing, for the air, besides being great- j ly rarified, thus making it difficult j t to breathe, was bitterly cold. Pro - i \ longed effort would result in a conai- j t tion bordering on suffocation, but re-; c gardless of this fact, knowing that 11 we were approaching - the summit i t and would soon begin our descent, | we pushed rapidly forward. if Lost Four Months^ ! c "A few days later our descent be- j i gen. Reaching the timber belt on I the eastern side of the Andes we 1; fccre to the northern in the general j 1 V direction of Calleria, a small town f od the Peruvian border, containing j s ' ? few white men engaged in the rub-! t ber trade, but compbsed mostly of air native population. Arriving at Cal- I leria, after weeks in the jungle, we j I recruited a new force and plunged j t into the unknown, and from thence- i Y forth we were lost to civilization for j i j four months. ; t "For three days the going was | e comparatively easy, for we followed j c the native paths that formed a net-: t , work through the almost impene- j t trable forest. Everywhere about us : t were giant trees covered with vines a ! d'-aped in great festoons that formed < e a forest which had to be cleared with j a great native knives wielded by our l carriers, and it took us days to nego- s tiate a few miles. 11 Crossing the Javari river we on-1 t tered the Province of Uraycus, in r Brazil. On every side we were bemt dsncor Wild and rpr>- >. r OC I UJ ? ? A4U MVV-WW v? * wr * tiles abounded. Many of these be-< a longed to a species which I had a never before seen. The very grass j i harbored enemies. Tiny insects, in- J t visible to the naked eye, would pene-j! trate the clothing and imbed, them- i selves in the skin causing no end of! i irritation. Some of these were realT; t ly poisonous. 11 Our little party dwindled rapid,- j i ly. Snake bites and fever killed! ( five of our native carriers. From i time to time we came upon what appeared at one time to have been na- ; ' 1 tive villages. We met a few stray 1 i savages in the jungle, but they, for j i the most part, appeared friendly and s unafraid. j1 Women Decoy Men. . j i It was from one of these that we ] learned of villages to the northward < inhabited solely by women, who de- 1 coyed men to them by the means of a ; wonderful tree, which exuded an ] odor which no man could resist. The < wonderful properties of this tree was; i the peculiar quality of its essence , to attract the men, who, overcome by i the fumes, fell in the forest uncon- ! seious, where they were afterward |; found by the women and taken to i ZLDENBERGER I TO BROOKLYN ory of Wonderful New t Four Months, jcoy Men. heir village. From this village we vere told, men after due delibera J :ion, decided that never returned tnd we were cautioned to avoid it ' My companion, Mahler, and myself hese women must belong to the ace of Amazons of which reports lave reached the outer world, ana < ve made up our minds to investi- : ?ate for ourselves. We questioned ; he natives carefully as to the where ' tbouts of the village and continued < >n our way. It was here that we became totally < ost. Our sense of direction disap- 1 geared entirely and for days and lavs we wandered about time and i ;ime again recrossing our own palli. 1 \fter three weeks of this sort of hing, during which time two more >f our men died from fever, we iinilly straightened ourselves out. By his time there was but Mahler, niy;elf and three natives left. One evening about sunset, while naking camp. I suddenly became i iware of a faint sweet odor that per- ] raded the air. This, however, prov- 1 ?d illusive, and I could not locate it i md I persuaded myself that I was i nistaken. A little later, however, ; dahler called my attention to it. It < ;eemed to come from the north, and i vas a strange sweet pungent odor. ] It was something very different < han I have ever before smelled. It < lad the fragrance of rose and the deicacv of a lily. It smelled as though ; t had its origin in some great exotic, )ut it had a peculiar quantity about t. It had a strange subtle quieting ] nfluence like a narcotic. We wondered if we had stumbled < ipon that of which we had been yarned. The next morning we darted northward. As we advanced , he odor became greater in strength, rt'e suddenly became aware of Hie juietude of the surrounding jungle, heretofore we had been surrounded i >y animal life. Monkeys and ] odents had thronged the trees and ; tampered across our paths chatter- ; ng at us with the utmost fearless- \ less. Now there was none of this,' md animal life was totally absent. As we progressed we came from < ime to time upon little mounds of < >ones as though whatever it. might ] lave been, man or beast, it had been i >vertaken where it was with death ] farther on we came upon the skele- ; on of what had been a man. 1 All this time the smell which had i irst been illusive, subtle and delicate < ontinued to grow in strength until t became sickening in its sweetness, suddenly became aware of a strange anguor that seemed to enfold me. together Mahler and myself pressed ( orward eagerly. The smell was nau- 1 eating, but yet it had an attraction 1 hat was irresistible. It was then i J LOticed the actions of my companion. 1 le walked along like one in a daze. 1 lis eyes w*ere glazed and they had in ' hem a strange stare. Now and again le staggered like a drunken man. For an instant I wondered, then 5 he story of the native occurred to 1 ue, and I understood. The mounds 1 ?f bones were explained, and the bought obsessed me that we must 1 1 ?1* J1 ^ w o o f i Tn a 1 UI'Il' uach. Willie tucir nao ,<ci umr, >ut still I continued to go forward 1 tgainst my will. With a supreme ' ffort of the will I turned about ! tnd taking Mahler's arm lead him 1 * i >ack the way we had come. He ;eemed more greatly affected, for he ' iad lost his will entirely, and went ' jack muttering to himself like a nan in a delirium. It was three days before Mahler ecovered his normal senses, and vhen he did, we continued on our vay. Making a wide detour to get iwav from the vicinity, we struck o the northwest. Whether or not the story of the lative about the village of women s correct, I do not profess to know, >ut I proved to my own satisfaction ;hat there is something in what the lative said, for this plant or whatever it may be exudes an odor that s fatal in its sweetness. After several weens journey \>2 irrived at the Javaru river, and it svas here that our greatest misfortune overtook us. Mahler was seized with a series of chills that developed into the dreaded fever. We made all speed forward, but he rapidy became worse. Despite the application of the remedies at hand, he became worse and grew delirious. Making camp I endeavored to nurse him through his illness, but without avail. He succumbed to the attack, and we buried him there in the jungle, leaving him alone with no company but that of chattering monkeys and crawling, writhing snakes and rodents. Accompanied by three of the na1 TOWN MARSHAL KILLS MAN. Jesse Furtick, of Ft. Motte, Exonerated by Coroner's Jury. Fort Motte, January 11.?Lasi night about 11 o'clock Town Marshal Jessie Furtick, assisted by hi* deputy, Mr. Richardson, went out into the suburbs of the town to rounc up a gang of alleged gamblers. The} succeeded in getting hold of two mer out of about eight,, and while at tempting to put them in the towr guard house one, by name of George McDuffle, resisted arrest, making ar effort to cut or shoot. Mr. Furtick was forced to protect himself by using his gun. He fired on McDuffle, the ball going through his heart anc ?oming out on the other side. Coroner Hilderbrand this morning held A 1 J 4-U ~ an mquesi over aie uuu\, me jui> finding a verdict that death was caused by a gunshot wound in hands ol Mr. Furtick while in the dischargt sf his duty. Immediately on hearing the verdict of the jury Sheriff Hili released Marshal Furtick, who hac given'himself up immediately aftei the shooting. FATHER AND SON KILLED. Bobbers Get Away, But One of Their With a Wound. Salt Lake City, Utah, January 11 ?Two masked men walked in th< grocery store of John G. Morrisoc last night, shot Morrison down in his tracks, and then shot and instantb killed Arling Morrison, a son, who running to the cash register, of the store, had obtained a pistol and firsd at the murderers. John Morrisor fiied on the operating table at the police hospital. The shot from the son's pistol is thought to have taker effect, as one of the men when running from the store was heard tc gasp "he hit me." The Police believe that the killing was in revenge. Morrison had re pulsed two previous attempts at rob bery and in doing so had-killed one o* the robbers. MAX KILLED BY TRAIN. Steps in Way of Moving; Cars on A C. L. Trestle. Jesup, Ga.. January 12.?Atlantic Coast Line train No. .21 struck anc killed a man at Morgan's Lake this afternoon.. He was walking towards Savannah. Stepping aside on one o: the projecting piers of the trestle he allowed the engine and tender t< pass, then suddenly stepping bad in the ties the steps of the baggage loach struck him, knocking lurr backwards to the ground. The trair was stopped and the unconscious man picked up. He died a few minutes later. A search of the pocket" through letters and other papers identified the man as J. C. Brown, o1 Dhio. Clash at Dinner Tabje. Spartanburg, Jan. 9.?The crowd id dining room at the Greshara lOtel was thrown into an uproar today at dinner when Alfred Moore president and treasurer of the Gaffley mills and of the Jackson mills, inH D H T3 o q monihor r> f th( 3UU JL JU. JL/ailVUf U utv&uvvt Vi. [Tnion bar, engaged in a fisticuff. The, two combatants were seatec at the same table, when a discussion arose concerning an old litigation matter. It is said that Mr. Barron told Mr. Moore that the lattei ivas narrow minded. Mr. Moore cnu Lioried Mr. Barron to remain quiet it i,s said, but Mr. Barron repeated tiis remark in a more emphatic tone Spectators say that Mr. Moore ther knocked the attorney from his chaii :o the floor, and several additional blows are said to have been passed before the belligerent pair was sep arated. There was no women in the dining room at the time. No arrests were made by, the police. Engineers Suffer Narrow Escape. Blenheim, Jan. 9.?The engine o< the Keystone Lumber company's log train jumped the track about one mile south of Drake yesterday afternoon, pinning two engineers nam ed Adams and Stith between th< tender and the boiler. Strange t.( say, however, the men escape: serious injury. Stith was painfull] injured in one foot and Adams was wounded in the face and head. The] both had to be cut out of the dan gerous position they occupied bj Charier Calder, one" of the train men who escaped' unhurt. Adam! was making a final run over tin road to show Stith, the new engineer something of the nature of the work tives that formed the original party T f>nntinorl nn mv WAV fllorie. We fol lowed the course of the river unti we came out on the banks of tin Amazon, where after a few days tra veling we arrived at Iquitos. Afte: a short rest I took a Booth line boa to Para, where disembarking, I tool boat to the Barbadoes, where boarded the Tennyson. hpv h H H 16 Per C( Bagged and C STEWART ( Placed Wife on Free List. A very good story on ex-Go ver1 nor Folk is told in Annabel Lee's J Little Stories by Big Men. In fact, Mr. Folk tells the story on himself * as follows: While serving my State as governor I often worked after office 1 hours. At such times I decided to ' ' keep a rigid quarantine in the outer 5 office against friendly intruders. I 1 instructed my office boy to say that I was" "not in" to all pallers, and * prepared for a good evening's work. Di,* muAli tn mr cnynrioD 1 hrl mnro UUV 111 UV.11 vv/ ill J CUi AWW x i<v%v? XX?V? V * visitors than usual, "and remonstrated with the boy. "They all say that they have an J appointment with you and that you are expecting them," replied the boy. "Well after this just say that I'm , . not in." "But if they argue with me?" "Just tell them?'they all say J that.' " I The new scheme worked well for 5 a while and I was just beginning/to > congratulate myself when one evenf ing there called lady to whom ; the boy said, > "The governor is not in." t "I know better than that," rei turned the lady, "go tell the govi ernor his wife is waiting to take t him to the theater." 5 "Oh, they all say that," answer ed the boy. ; I ^ shall not put on record what * the lady said, but she entered my ? office unannounced. When Willie's father came home to supper there was a vacant chair at the table. "Well, where's the boy?" 1 "William is upstairs in bed." The ' answer came' with painful precision ' from the sad faced mother. "Why, wh-what's up? Not sick, is ' he?" (An anxious pause.) "It grieves me to say, Robert, that our son, your son?has been heard I swearing on the street. I heard him." "Swearing. Scott! I'll teach him " to swear." And he started upstairs " in the dark. Half way up, he stumbled and came down with his chin on the top step. > . When the atmosphere cleared a lit1 tie, Willie's mother was saying j sweetly from the hallway: "That will 1 do, dear. You have given him enough for one lesson." CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. ' I Former Sheriff Accused of Stealing From Post office. Grand Island, Neb., January 6.? Walter Saninions, former sheriff of Buffalo county, a lieutenant colonel in the Nebraska National Guard and former army officer in the Philip pines, was bound over to-day to the > Federal court under bond of $5,000 J for complicity in the robbery of the Kearney, Neb., postoffice on the night " of December 25. i Delbert Smith, an employee of the > postoffice, facing a similar charge, 1 waived preliminary hearing and was T held on $3,000 bonds. Smith testi5 fied at Sammons' hearing that the arr rival of a package containing $5, 000 in currency had been discussed " by the two men Christmas Day. This - package, in addition to six others 5 valued at $7,700, was stolen from 2 the registry safe. Smith said he gave Sammons the combination to the safe and also the ? key to the postoffice, which was to be I ' returned to him. This was done. Sammons assisted in the search for ' the robbers previous to his arest. 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