The Enid Democrat. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 21, 1896 Page: 4 of 9
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SCIENTIFIC CONNER.
INTEntSTING DEVELOPMENTS
OP RECENT CRIGIN.
The Eopltotie for Use During Fogey
Weather at Ne:*— An Innovation for
Whtclmon — A Simple lfaromeler
Ilurmcse Weaving.
OSSIHLY THERfc
I is no greater terror
I amonR the many
met with at sea
than a fog. The
helplessness of our
harbor boats and
the clamor of the
bcllH ami whistles
during a heavy fog
ia New York har-
bor give one some
idea of this nightmare of the ocean;
but when a fog closes down upon a ves
sel at ea the most reckless captain pro-
ceeds cautiously and anxiously, sayis
New York Herald.
The probability of collisions and
wrecks due to fogs has been accepted
as a sort of unavoidable evil, which
must become greater as the number and
speed of vessels Increase. Hut the in-
ventive genius of man could not let
such a condition of affairs continue
without attempting to do away with it.
and there has been perfected lately a
simple Instrument, called the eophone,
by which the direction from which a
sound proceeds can be determined with
absolute accuracy in fog or darkness.
A simple description of the instru-
ment is that it consists of two bell
mouthed sound receivers, separated by
a central diaphragm. The sound re-
ceivers are connected to the two ears,
and, when pointed directly at a source
of sound, the noise is the same in each
ear. When turned away the sound is
heard in only one ear.
On shipboard the sound catching and
dividing part of the instrument extends
above the top of the chart house. The
tubes are brought within the chart
house, and tiie instrument may be
turned from below to point in any de-
sired direction. The eophone has now
been perfected, there being many points
for which numerous experiments, last-
ing over several years, have been re-
quired, in order to determine the best
form, especially with the sounding
tubes and ear pieces. Various refine-
ments, such as microphones and devices
adding to the complication, but not im-
proving the use, have been eliminated.
To illustrate the character of the
trials which have been made with the
eophone, one was placed on the light-
house tender Lilac, and in a dense fog
a whistling buoy was picked up at a
distanco of a mile and its direction in-
dicated correctly, although every effort
was made to confuse the observer by
change of course. Ordinarily there is
great difficulty in picking up a whist-
ling buoy in a fog.
Another test, showing the merits of
tho eophone in a striking way, was
made by blindfolding the observer and
then chasing another vessel by sounds
of its whistle, the vessel pursued doubl-
ing and twisting in every possible way.
No difficulty whatever was found in fol-
lowing the vessel under such circum-
stances. Spar buoys can be picked up
from the echo of the boat's whistle.
A vessel running close to land would
get the echo from her own whistle in
case there were hills or tall houses. On
dark nights the ripple of oars or the
slight noise of a torpedo boat would be
accurately located by the eophone, so
that it is as important from a military
point of view as it is necessary in ordi-
nary navigation. The eophone is prob-
ably one of the greatest inventions of
tho day, as it is destined to become as
much a part of a ship's equipment as the
the compass. The larger vessels will
have two, and just as now there are
distinctive lights on shore there will
be distinctive whistles, so that in a fog
not only can vessels avoid danger, but
they can determine there locations and
go safely into harbors. Ferryboats will
be enabled to go straight across to their
slips by knowing their particular bell
or signal at either end. The echo from
an iceberg is plainly apparent.
The eophone is the invention of Mr.
Frank de la Torre, a scientist, of Bal-
timore. He has spent a number of
years In perfecting it and has been
aided in the development by the advice
THE EtPHONE.
and criticisms of some of the greatest
physicists of Europe. The eophone can
be placed upon any vessel without al-
teration in the arrangement of the or-
dinary chart house, It is not expensive;
It adds practically nothing to the
weight and it cannot get out of order,
and as its efficiency lia3 been demon-
strated by actual trials it is sure to be
universally adopted for use on board
ship and at ail lighthouse signal sta-
tions and fervy slips.
quard loom has never penetrated to
I'.iesc: primitive regions, and I found
that close-patterned damasks of varied
and brilliant colors were produced by
the weaver's passing to and fro through
the warp-threads tiny shuttles carry-
ing woft. f counted once 100 shuttles
used on a silk damask twenty-four
inches wide. I have witnessed few
prettier examples of village and hand
industries than seeing women and girls,
gayly clad and chatting merrily, sit
skeining and winding bright-colored
silks under the palms and papayas of
the woodland lanes of Amaurapoora, or !
busy ut the loom, weaving with deft
fingers, by means of a hundred shut-
tles, undek- the shade of bamboo shelters
set against the plaited walls of toylike
houses.
An Innovation of Merit.
In a bicycle for 189t\ the makers em-
bodied all the qualties that typify a
high-grade wheel. The greatest atten-
tion is paid to the perfection of detail,
and it is a fact that this machine boasts !
of desirable features that cannot be ob-
tained on any other bicycle. One par-
liiular improvement that will attract
every person who ever bothered with
his chain is the original method o£
chain adjustment. The rear wheel is
fixed in the frame in a similar manner
to tho front wheel, and, no matter what •
is done to the chain, the triteness of the
wheel is not affected. The adjusting or
the chain is done by means of an ec-
centric bottom bracket, which can be
turned without the slightest trouble by
anything that can be slipped in one of
the holes drilled through the sides. This
adjustment permits the driving wheel j
to be removed and replaced without 1
readjusting the chain, keeps the wheel
louse to l^et.
It was advertiscd in tho papers after
this fashion: "A bijou residence, suit-
able for a small family; charmingly
situated on one of the loveliest reach-
es of the Thames. A house of unique
design and exceptional sanitary at
raugeineuts: sloping garden to the ri\
or; boat ,boat!ionse. stabling, fruit mai-
den," etc.
Yet. despite the character of this an-
nouncement, the bijou n sidoace went
through two seas flis unlet its notice
boards leaning lower and lower as the
seasons went on over the stone. In-
fringed garden walls, with pathetic
irresponsibility.
At length, simultaneously one morn-
ing In late July two people caught the
glory of that announcement from op-
posite corners of Kngland the one a
man, the other a woman and they
bent their faces in its direction.
A geographical, as well as railway,
time-book, dispensation decreed, also,
that those two people should make
ItnrniPse Weaving.
In the Burmese villages every house
contains a loom, and on these are woven
the really beautiful stuffs worn by the
natives. Some of these materials are
damasks of complicated patterns. The
mystery of the "cards" and the Jac-
controlled at all times and allows the
ball bearings to be adjusted accurately, ;
without the chain adjustment interfer- ,
ing.
The IIorti.lR.x-Currliiffp Competition.
In spite of the most unfavorable j
weather, the Chicago horseless-carriage
competition came off, and with great
credit to the participants. Two of the
carriages went over the entire course
mapped out.. The winner was designed
by an American inventor, Charles Dur-
ea. His carriage, a gasoline-moto-
cycle, made the fifty-four miles in ten
hours and tv > nty-three minutes. The
performance was especially interesting |
from the fact that it took place just
after a storm that had completely par-
alyzed wheel traffic in the district
where the Duryea vehicle made the
flfty-four-mile run at a five-mile gait
and came in without injury. Experts
who were present express themselves
with unqualified approval of the moto-
cyole. It is specially commended for
private use and for people who have
little space to spare. It is cleanly, re-
quires no stable room except its own
space, and can easily be kept in a small
addition at or near the dwelling. If
necessary, an incline down an area-
nay could be built and the vehicle could
be taken into the basement. But it is
in cities that the value of this means of
transportation will be most appreciated. :
Not only will it be of great advantage
in the matter of space, as it takes up
less than half of the room required for
horse and carriage, but it will have
great sanitary value in taking horses j
out of ihe city streets. It is said thai '
very many cases of lung and throat ■
trouble and catarrh come from the ir-
ritation caused by dust which is com-
posed of pulverized manure. To have \
a carriage that only needs firing up
and oiling, and will not require food,
stablemen, groom and the necessary j
space for all of the appurtenances there- 1
to, will be a boon to thousands of peo.
pie who are fond of riding.
A Simple Hurometcr.
Mo. t persons are aware that certain
plants possess in a greater or lesser de-
cree the properties of a barometer, but
it will be news to many that the accu-
rate forecasting of the weather by means
of the bubbles in a cup of coffee is now
a scientifically established fact. All
that is required is a cup of coffee, some
milk, and a few lumps of sugar. After
adding milk in the ordinary way, if a
few lumps of sugar are gently dropped i
into the cup. the fixed air in the sugar
rises to the top in small detached bub- i
bles. It it is going to rain very hard
these bubbles will rush violently to 1
the sides of tho cup; a gentle downfall
Is indicated by the bubbles all meeting
together in the center of the cup. If
the weather is "set fair," each bubble
that comes up remains perfectly sta-
tionary as it rises.. This exceedingly
simple experiment was shown to the
late Professor Tyndall by one of his Al-
pine guides. After testing it under all
sorts of different conditions tho pro-
fessor found it far more reliable than
the ordinary barometers, and among
other well-known scientists converted
Lord Kelvin to a belief In its efficacy.
It will work in every climate. The main
condition is that the observations be
made in the morning, with an open
window, and that an artificially heatetf
atmosphere be avoided.
Inventor ami Statesman.
Governor Budd of California is an In-
ventor as well as a statesman, lie is at
work upon a scheme by which he ex
pects to get twelve horse-power out of
a gas engine weighing 1,800 pounds.
The robin is a persistent singer in
breeding time and has one of the most ,
fascinating of bird notes.—Exchange. 1
their debut simultaneously at the little
wayside station, situated a mile and
a iialf from the bijou residence in
question. After that, how much fate
or destiny had to do with itV How
much man? how much woman.; re-
mains problematical. 1 defy two peo-
ple of tho opposite sexes to walk for a
mile and a half along a boxed-in coun-
try lane and not be oppressively con-
scious of each other. 1 doty a man
possessed of the slightest moiety «>f
taste not t< pick out the various beau-
ties of that woman, if she have them,
and briefly tabulate them on the reti-
ra of his appreciation as he walks.
I defy her, if she have a grain of that
coquetry which is said to be innate in
woman, not to display those beauties
to the best advantage for his especial
delectation.
And what woman ever walks along
a country road, rich in wild tlowers,
without stopping every five minutes to
pick samples of them?
Finally, the two drew up at the gar-
den gate, if not simultaneously, almost
so. the man pushing the gate wide 1 ot-
her and waiting .and they arrived face
to face, under the trelllsed porch.
The? woman had put a bunch <0" scar-
let rowan berries in her Iiat, a corre-
sponding bunch in her belt. She held
sufficient wild grasses and flora in her
arms to decorate a font at a harvest
festival. Her dark, gypsy face had
caught a glow front these berries; her
dark eyes shone; site was not young,
the man thought, but extremely at-
tractive.
The sound of advancing footsteps
footsteps, presumably of the caretaker
—roused him from his temporary a li-
beration. It occurred to him that
speech was the only thing possible to
save the situation. lie raised his hat,
displaying a grizzled, but patrician
head, and smiled.
"Is the house let, then?" he asked.
The woman showed a gleam of teeth
under tin4 rich, undulating curve ot
her red lips.
"That was just the question 1 was
going to put to you." she answered.
"No." he said, "1 have merely conic
from Dorchester to look at It."
"And I have come from Cromer."
In the pause of which announcement
a woman in sunbonnet and clogs, with
that reticence which the caretaker ex-
hibits when she does not want to let
the house, slowly opened the door.
She moved back, making room for
them to enter, making, at the same
time, a depreciatory movement with
her bare arms "It's all very nice an'
convenient like." she said, indicating
the tiny dining room on the left, the
Uliputlan kitchen in perspective the
narrow stairway intervening, "for a
bachelor or a spinster, but not for
them as is married. For them as is
married an' 1 flatter myself as I
knows, being myself a married wo
man. tIlls 'ere bijou residence ain't 'alf,
nor yet quarter, large enough. A man
may be es fond of his wife as ever it
is possible for'm to bo; a woman may
be es fond of her 'iisbaml as 'or ever
ken be. but they don't want to be
knocking up agin' each other all the
livelong day."
Here the figure in the rowan berries
summarily disappeared into the tiny
drawing room. The tall, patrician
man. preternaturally embarrassed,
strode Into the tiny dining room, and
the garrulous caretaker was left to
finish her speech to empty benches,
she imagined herself to be :t woman
of singular penetration, however. It
was iter boa si that site could grasp a
situation at a glance, and take it all in.
Therefore, she was by no means dis-
concerted till a flutter of skirts smote
her ear, and the woman with the row*
an berries reappeared, the man having
gone up stairs, saying in a whisper,
with indignation traceable in every
word:
"That gentleman Is a perfect stran-
ger to inc. I have never seen him be
fore to-day in my life. We chanced to
arrive at the station together, and to
walk up to the house together. And
now you can go. There is no occasion
for you to follow me over the house.
1 prefer to look at it alone. By the
bye," she added, I should advise the
owners of it to put it iu other hands.
You evidently don't want to let it."
It does not take long to look over a
six-room cottage, in ten minutes tho
man was out on thy slope of garden
In the rear looking )&\y ahead of him
across the reach. He had seen ly a
flash through the staircase window
the rowan berries going up stairs. Uo
caught In a flash now the rowan ber-
ries eoniing down.
"Would she go straight out by the
hall door*:" he :isked himself, "or come
into the garden';"
A rustle of the silk skirts coming
down the path toward hint, a glimpse
of a con i ly figure sllliou .ted momen-
tarily against the pendant ivy. was
the agreeable answer t« this query.
"As we have both come very long
distances, and indisputably upon the
same quest," *he began, "it is b.ut fair,
indeed, the right and civil thing to do.
I think, to ask you If you have c one
to any derision about the house? 1 be
lievo," here her eyebrows went up and
she showed a gleam of teeth, "in all
business matters man takes prece-
dence."
"hut in matters of -cntimeiit.' lie in
terruptcd her, "woman."
"Sentiment';" she said. "Do you
think, then, even in her business trans
actions a woman is necessarily sent!
mental:
"1 certainly do." he answered
She moved on down nearer the flag
god edge of the reach, ami stood look
ing away across it to the green mead
ows opposite, each detail of her ( harm-
ing person duplicated in the water
with distracting accuracy.
"Ah, if you knew me better," she
said, "you would tlnd that I am a most
prosaic creature. 1 threw aside senti-
ment ten years ago, when I threw
aside my youth. My head at this mo
nient. il you could see the workings of
it. is full of the prosiest speculations
as t< the drainage of til • cottage, the
exact character of the mil on which
it stands, for I have a strong suspi-
cion thai it is built upon clay; 1 am
propounding, too. whether 1 like the
kitchen range. The scullery strikes
me as having been thought of after-
ward; and about the lvith room tidings
1 am .1 ust wondering. It seems to mo
they are inadequate, as compared with
the flowery suggestion of sanitary per
fection conveyed In the Daily Tele
grapn; and well, the drawing and
dining rooms are certainly rather clr
cumseribed, aren't they';"
"Vet. at the same time, you are
agreeably pleased on tne whole';" he
suggested.
"On the principle that nothing, even
in six-room cottages on the banks of
the Thames, can entirely reach the
fullness of our expectations, yes."
He smiled and spread his hands.
"In that respect the best of us are
but as little children, ever searching
after what is absolutely impossible iu
this world perfection." he answered.
"Ves why is It? We should not like
it if we could get it. either. Vet we
search search search, and waste our
! whole lives."
She turned her arch glance toward
him and waited.
"It Is our disease,. Perhaps it is put
there purposely, and here comes the
irony of it if everything were perfec
| tion we shouldn't know it."
"Xo. we should want counteracting
foils, like milestones, to show us it is
perfection." Her eyes traveled up the
green slope toward the house ,and she
added, reverting to it. "But you you
.also like this by no means faultless
bijou residence. Ves, I can see by
| your face your face assures me that
you havt seen something to-day that
pleases you."
11 <• dropped his hazel eyes upon her
and leaned on his cane.
"Ves." lie said slowly; "I have cer-
| tainly been something that pleases me
to-day. But." he added, quickly, "I
; am willing to waive priority, if 1 have
it. which 1 doubt, in your favor and
j back out of all competition with re-
gard to the bijou residence. After all.
| what does it signify'; 1 am ti bachelor,
| anything will do me."
• .\nd I am a spinster," she said, with
:i smile. "Why should not anything do
i for meV
"For all their uever.'avin' met till
; this 'ere morning, they seem to be
: mlghtly friendly." observed the care-
taker. watching their departure down
1 the shady road together later. "It
seems to me to be more a question of
taking each other than taking the
house. They ain't said notuing about
, the house one way or t'other, but they
have said a good deal about each other
I judging by their eyes."
i The woman picked more wild flowers
as she went back, the man assisting
I her. Midway down the dusty lane
j they rested on a fallen oak, the victim
«.f a recent cyclone, and told each other
i their biographies. At the Inn, close to
the railway, they lunched together in
the inn parlor, criticising the proprie-
tor's ideas of art afterward, a task of
elastic quality according to the degree
CHILDKKN'S CORNER.
UP-TO-DATE READING FOR OUR
BOYS AND ClHLS.
"The Fearful, Dreadful Ko.v" The Fox
and th«* (•riiuml-Ko^ -The Cwmel, the
<;irnfT« mid the Rhinoceros- When
lied Time (omen.
K had been very
naughty, had
been rebellious
too,
And tin re could be
no doubt at all j
w h ti t p a p a I
meant to do, i
As from its nail he
lifted down a
tidy little strap.
Then closed the i
door lest baby should be wakened
from her nap.
Pat mamma came and pleaded, as she
had done before.
And bore him off with promises of lec-
turfngs galore.
"You are a dreadful, dreadful hoy; go !
down at once and say,
'Dear papa. I will be so good; oh, do
forgive me. pray!'
Just think -you tore his precious hook j
and spoilt his nice new pen.
T will not try to shield you if you do ■
such things again."
Tn hiding mamma waited to hear the
lisping voice
Tils meek and prompt obedience had
made her heart rejoice
T cannot say just how she felt, as on her
listening ear
Tills plea for pardon fell in tones not
loud but brave and clear:
"I am a good hoy now. though T was
awful bail to-day.
And, papa. I forgive you, so may I go
out and play?"
A. M. H.
The (.*tmft. <;ir ifM* him! the Hhliini'ernH,
The Camel met the Giraffe on the
path leading down to the pool, and
after the usual ""Howdy" had heen ex-
changed, the Giraffe eoniplaiuingly
said:
"I was going down for a drink, but
the Rhinoceros stands in the path and
will not let me reach the pool."
"Did you bluff him?'' asked the
Camel.
"I did, but It was n. g.'*
"Did you sans him?"
"I did. but he only grinned at me."
"Call him names and aneer at and
ridicule him?"
"Truly. I did. but lie grinned the
more. Whnt a shame ihat Nature did
not make me a lighter!"
"My dear boy." said the Camel, as
ha coughed up an oyster can which had
been tickling his stomach for three
days, "I am no fighter myself, but T have
learned that a little flattery goes farther
than two knock-downs. Come along and
see me handle old Rhino."
When the two had approached within
ten fon< of the Rhinoceros, the big
brast called upon them tn halt, and as
they came to a stand the Camel winked
at the Giraffe and began:
"O mighty Rhino, I have come to tell
you something. It was not half an hour
ago that the Grasshopper was blowing
around that ho could wallop you In
two minutes."
"He was, eli? Saya he kin wallop
me, does he?"
"He does, 0 Rhino. Hf/s up the
path about half a mile, and he says—"
"Dura his hide, but I kin lick ten
acres of his family before breakfast!
Git out of the way, and let me go fur
him!"
Moral: "My long-necked friend,"
said the Camel, after the pair had
quenched their thirst, "there are some
thing you can climb over and some you
can't. When you meet a thing you
can't climb over, just use a little soft-
soap to help you dodge it."
. •• HQ R -• I*D'
of opportunity for lingering desired.
And she- she never looked prettier,
even iu her palmiest (lays.
Have you ever traced the genesis of
ail acquaintance? It may be quite as
capable of wide advances aud mi
dreamed conclusions as the genesis of
speech. You may begin iu the tropic
of Cancer and end in Siberia; or you
may begin in Siberia aud end in the
tropic of Cancer; its all a matter of
ehatio But this man and this woman
began and ended iu the tropic of Oaii
eer. so there was a marriage in the
paper: but the bijou residence is still
unlet. St. raid's.
>\li> ( .vcllng I*'.y III In rule*
An enthusiastic cyclist tells you thai
the effects of excess iu cycling arc
very much the same as excess In drink.
Ami I fee! very little doubt that the
■ doctor is right. Cycling, I suppose,
bemuse ii nets as such a | werful
stimulant to the heart, produces, in
I the first instance, a feeling of exhil-
' a ration .which is in itself a pleasure,
especially to the owner of a fagged
brain or jaded nerves. Anything that
( produces this effect is naturally
"craved" after when once tasted. This
exhilarating effect, too. overcomes the
consciousness of fatigue, and conse-
quently prevents the cyclist from Jrnlg
lug accurately when he (or she) lias
had enough another dangerous point
of reseQiMuncu to alcohol—Londou
Truth,
The Fox itnd the Ground-IIoff.
One day the Fox called on the
tiround-Hog and said lie had long
c anted to do him a favor to show his
appreciation. The time had now come.
In walking about he had discovered
something good, and was only too glad
to put his friend on to it. Tho Ground-
ilog followed him to a thicket a milo
away, and beheld a toothsome bait at-
tached to a stick.
I "There it is," said the Fox, "and
| though I'm a bit hungry, I won't ask
I you to divide. Just walk up and help
! yourself."
The Ground-Hog advanced to seize
I the bait, but before his nose touched
i it he found his fore-feet in a trap.
"Alas! but I'm a gone Ground-Hog!"
| he cried, after a vain struggle to free
i himself.
| "Yes, it does look that way," replied
the Fox, as he seized and devoured the
bait.
"But what am I to do?"
"Dunno. I let you In on the ground
floor, and have nothing further to say
about it."
Moral: When you get something for
nothing, there's always a back-action
to it.
Canity hh Food.
By the laws of Massachusetts candy
Is classed as a food, aud the Inspec-
tors of the state hoard of health look
out for Injurious candy along with other
kinds of foo:i. Being a heterogeneous
mixture, there can be no standard of
purity for candy, and the only test used
Is to determine whether it Is dungeroux
to health. A few years ago there were
many prosecutions for the sale of In-
1 jurlous candy, hut complaints are now
j very rate. Among the reasons for tho
( change Is the growth of a public taste
i for better candy, the work of the stato
| health board, and efforts of the Na-
I tional Confectioners' Association, and
the cheapening of the materials. Ths
National Association has a standing of-
fer of a liberal reward for the convic-
tion of any offender against the law
prohibiting adulteration. This honest
policy pays, the confectionery business
in the United States having more than
doubled since Its adoption.
lied tlm#.
Three little girls are weary.
Weary of book: and of play.
Sad is the world and dreary.
Slowly the time slips away.
Fix little feet are aching.
Bowed is each little head,
Yet they are up and shaking
When there is mention of bed.
Bravely they km*,, and chatter,
.Just for a minute or two;
Then, when they end their chatter,
Sleep corner quickly to woo.
Slowly their <\r. are closing,
Down again dr< ps ev'ry head, I
Three little maids are dozing.
Though they're not ready for bed.
That Is their method ever,
Night after night they protest,
Claiming they'n sleepy never.
Never in need of their rest: |
Nodding and almost, dreaming.
Drowsily each little head
Still is forever scheming.
Merely to keep out of bed.
Washington Star.
She Wm* Too sharp for Them.
The other d . a slylishly-dressed
woman stepped from a coach in front of
a big dry goods store in New York and,
proceeding to the fur department, se-
lected .« seal wrap worth $300. In pay-
ment she tendered a check for $1,000,
which the saleswoman took to the of-
fice A men tiger was dispatched to
the bank and he was tobl that tho check
was good. Meantime the woman pre-
tended to be Indignant, demanded a
return of the ciseek, would accept no
apologies and drove away. Presently
she returned and said she had allowed
her temper to overcome her and or-
dered the cloak w rapped tip. She was
given $700 in change and disappeared.
A second visit to the bank disclosed tho
fact that the woman had withdrawn tho
$1,000 she had on deposit there and that
thr check was worthless.
The Time to Kleeit.
The truth of the old adage that oue
hour of sleep before midnight is worth
two hours after midnight is questioned
by Dr. E. P. Colby, who states that he
has made some study of tho subject
while in the naval service during the
war. The ship's company on shipboard
officers and men alike—stand four
hours watch day and night, with the
interpolation of i dog watch of two
hours to change the time of each set
of men on successive days. These men
are therefore obliged to get their re-
quired sleep very regularly, but In more
than two y< observation Dr. Colbv
could n<". • discover that tho watch
officers and men were not as fully re-
freshed by their sleep as were tho of-
ficer of t.hc ship who were required
to stand no watch at all.
Would Miltlier Ho n Itoy.
Probably every boy in America has
at one time or another wished he were
a Prince. Hut an anecdote related of
tin boy king of Spain shows that plain,
little boys are often happier than pam-
pered Utile princes:
One day. not long since, while out
v. ith his nurse, the little King saw some
boys of his own age at play, and made
strenuous efforts to get away and go
to thein.
"Oh, but you must not," said the
English nurse.
"Why may I not go and play with
th"m, nurse?" he asked.
Why, because—becauso you are a lit-
tle King," was the reply of the nurse.
"Then, if you please, I would rather
be a little boy," the young King re-
Joined.
How It TinprptfNeil tho lloy.
The old gentleman was Impressive as
be looked at his son and heir over the
top of his paper and said:
"There Is a lesson for you in the
story of a spendthrift that I have just
been reading."
"What did he do?" asked the boy
carelessly.
"He received an Inheritance of $50,-
000 and it took him just two years to
get rid of every cent of it and land in
the street."
"So long as that!'' exclaimed the boy
contemptuously. "Pooh! He wasn't
much of a fellow, was he"" Chicago
Evening Post.
Men and Women Nearly Alike.
Ill A imam, an empire occupying the
eastern portion of the Indo-Chinese
peninsula, with a population of 6,000,-
000, men and women wear their hair
Iu the same way and dress almost alike.
Like the man, the woman wears a tur-
ban, a long tunic, wide, loose trousers
and a bright sash, Ihe end falling below
the knees. The phylsognomy is almost
the same, as the men are beardless and
have their hair done up like the women.
The only clew to distinguish them Is
found in the earrings and finger rings,
which are worn by women only.
Tho llllilr.
This is the book that Uod has given.
To lead us on the way to heaven;
it tells us of liis power and love.
And of the lmppy land above,
Where all who love dear Jesus wet..
I i endless joy and peuee shall dwell.
Then lei us read with love and cheer
The things that Clod has written here.
Snow lii the NortliwMt.
Heavy falls of snow occurred In
Washington and British Columbia dur-
ing the Hrst week of this year. In tho
region about Kaslo, H. ('.. seven foot of
snow fell In teu days, blocking the rail-
road and causing the Ins* of wverSl
lives In snowslldes.
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