The Claremore Progress. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1899 Page: 3 of 6
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ON THE OPCN TRAIL.
«ixt (U low hu g sky.
Too cramped I Always found II.
Mnc* I was ever ft vagabond.
A vaarant foot and rover.
Oh. itw mm tho wiiiih of ih« nkiea to roam
Wh«n my MrthlyHaya ara over!
Ltt ma out whara worlda tba milestone*
ara.
\Vlier« the unraatln* atnrs walk my way-
Out. out, whara a man haa . ow room
To travol bio old Uuia highway!
And whan (ho lourney la dona Ood groat
That ona Iona Inn I find ma
Whera I may enter and greet hut bar
And cloae the door behind me!
—Arthur J. Stringer In AinaUa'o Maga
sino.
a lake pilot's leg.
FOOD THAT INJURES.! baby s photograph. RTITPS SAVKI) AT SEA.' she got him -back.
Maw II kltrl lb* Nrittry .1 tk«
Wrrrk al ■ II... fra**ll*r.
" Wo ate nvTer amaaed wbeu rrssnlt
go sgrooud and are wrecktd <>u Lake
Erie during tbe gabs tbal are comiunu
oo tbal treacherous water, for we ex-
pect inch thing* theu," Mid a lake
■kipper, "but wbeu oue ia grounded on
• clear day and wrecked on a marie as
char u the day in th« baud* of a pilot
tbal know* the ground like a book we
naturally wonder a little aud want to
know tbo whya anil wherefores. Buili
was the case of tbe propeller Susau E
Peck tbat wunt agiouud uear Bur point
and waa loat witb a 120,000 cargo
"Tba captain of tbe Susan K bad
aailed successfully hundreds of timea
between Point Pelee and llur point aud
iu all kiuda of weather, and thia time
be bad a wheelman who waa knowu
from one end of tbe lake to tbn other an
oue of tbe moat expert navigators in
tbe lake liualneaa He had been lyiug
np a long time, for the very good re axon
tbat owing to an accident to one of bia
legs tbat leg bad to lie amputated to
savs bia life Tbe loat member waa re
placed by an artificial leg, aud then tbe
pilot waa ready to taka bia pout at tbe
wheel again His Un-t aervlre after bia
misfortune waa tbia trip of tbe Susau
E. Peck, and he ron her aground
"Tbo puzzle to overybody waa bow
it waa poaaibla for the propeller, buu
died by a mau of audi akill and expert
ence, on • straight course only 10 mi Ira
long and witb avery aalling couditlon
favorable, to leave ber course Tbe pi lot
waa the moat puxzled and astounded
paraon of all He noon got another vw
ael, aud thia oue be run in each au er
ratio mauner, but fortuuarely with uo
dlaaatroua teault, tbat be waa compelled
to give her np, aud bia usefulness aa a
pilot waa goue He ind others went to
investigntiug lo aee if they could dia
cover what waa wrong with hia aea
mansbip.
"After awbile they discovered wbat
tbey believed waa Ilia trouble. In tins
pilot'a artificial leg a (rent deal of steel
bad been used iu the joints aud other
place* Sitting clone to the binnacle, as
be did wbilo steering, thia steel derung
cd tbo compass to tlmt it threw the
wheelmau way off hia reckoning and
led to tbe wrong pi lotiug lliut bad
wrecked tbe Susan K. Feck and ondun
gered the other vessel that the wheel
man navigated tubsuqneutly Thia \va>
what tbey argued, aud to dauiouaiiate
tba correctneaa of tbn tbeorv tbe pilot
took charge of a vessel without wear
lug bia fal«e leg Everything Wurked lo
a charm. The mystery of tbe Siisau K
Peck waa aolved, aud the pilot waa ro
stored to bia old place iu the confidence
of l.ako Krle akippera and vessel own
•ti. "—New Vork Sun.
STROKES OF A RAZOR.
Haw Xaai l> Yna Snpimne It TakM
lo Mat. a Haaf
"Now tbat you've finished shaviug
tne, how mauy atrokei of tbe razor did
it require?" asked the man iu the chair,
aa be straightened up to have bia hair
com bad.
"Tbat'a pretty baril to tell, " aaid tbo
barber.
"Of conraa it ia. lint you've been Iu
the Imainoaa bow loug?"
"Fifteeu year*."
"Von ongbt to know by tliia lima
about how many atrokua of the ruznr it
requires to aliave a man, supposing tbat
you go over hia face a aecoud time."
"J might make a guess at It."
"All right. Wbnt's your gnnss? lie
member that I have 11 bard beard."
"Well, 1 should ay about 125."
"You'ro a good guetaer, I dou'l
thiuk. Home time ago I got into tbe
babit of counting the atrokei of a razor
every time 1 waa being abaved. It's a
good way to employ your mind. In
shaving me you jusl made 7:ja strokes
witb tbe razor."
"J wouldn't have believed It"
"jlo tniin I elievrs it until be takoa
the trouble to connt. In my caaa 1 never
knew tho nnuibtr to fall below 500,
and It baa guue more than S-.OOat tlmea.
I call it a itruke every time tbe raxor
ia brought forward and then drawn
back. I ahonld judge that there arc no
fewer than 800 strokes iu a tlr.-t cine*
■have. Yon remember that, and proba-
bly yon cau win a few beta."—New
York World.
Rank Impertinence.
The Philadelphia Hecord tella of an
p)d Pennsylvania farmer who recently
name Into possession of a check for
•300. || cauacd biro a great deal of oux-
lely, and for • long time be could not
muater np the courage to have It embed
Finally, while on a trip to town, l-.e
auinmoucd np nerve enough and, stroll
ing luto the bank, presented tbe check.
Tbn teller glanced at it baatily, nud
then, „fter the faahion of bia kind,
brusquely asked, "What denomina-
tion!"
"Lutheran, gol dnrn ill But what's
thet got tow do with It?" aa bruaqnely
Replied tba nld farmer, to the great as-
tonishment of tho bank official.
It required several minutes' explana-
tion before the teller conld get the old
man to nnderataud bis question, aud
theu tbe latter took bis money and de-
parted, with sundry growls derogatory
to banks in geueral.
K«aal la the Occasion.
In 1840 a great ctAvention waa held
In Baltimore by tbe young men of what
was theu knowu as the Wing party for
tbe purpomof ratifying tbe nomination
of (leneral William Iluury Harrison
(or the presidency Tliero was uo ball
In tbe city large enough to bold tbe
crowd of delegates who atteuded The
convention accordingly met ou tho Can-
ton race track, and when tbo great
Whig orator of this state, who was
chairman of tbo Young Men's natioual
committee, arose to call the meetiug to
order be was so impressed by tho vast-
ness of tbe assemblage before biui tbat
Instead of tbe usual formula he ox-
claimed, "The nation will please come
to order!"—Baltimore Sun
+a Inanll.
A Caribou <>le j man lately wan-
dered luto a remote hotel that doesn't
keep a dictionary and on coming down
In (be morning waa asked by the land-
l,r<l bow hu tested.
"Ob." repliid tbe gentleman, "I
suffered utterly all night witb Insom-
nia!"
Tba landlord took offense al Ibis and
roared, "I'll but yon there ain't ouo
In my bouse!'' — Exchange.
THINGS THAT AFFLICTED PERSONS
SHOULD NOT CAT.
It Tsa Have a Tra4aaar In U'SI.
■ban Mnat aa Iss WaaM Tartar*.
A 1.1111a litlss ta Ska Ureal Arasr
•I aaltrtn Vwmm Drapvpnla.
A physician, writing in tbe Phila-
delphia Inquirer on "Foods aud Tbeir
Effect on tbe Hurnau System," says:
Tbat oat of sorts feeling from w hi oh
most of as suffer half the days of our
life is usually due to oar eating thing*
we shouldn't. Although v.e are con-
sir acted on tbe same model, scaroely
any two people have exactly tb>- aame
kind of baart, liver aud other organs,
aud as a result nothing is truer tban
tbe saying that "One man's meat l« an-
other man's poison."
Meat, for instance, Is a alow poison
to a number of Individuals. If there ia
a goaty atraiu in your family, yon are
storfug np future turtnre for yourself
avery time you eat a chop or pieie cf
beef. Gout Is simply tbe result of too
much urlo acid in the blood, aud meat
ia full of tbe material from which urio
acid is made.
Yua may tbink that so long as yoa
have not to rit iu an easy chair all dsy
there ia no need for precautions in diet
But tbe first symptoms are always
mild, aud if yon feel irritablu aud uu- I
able to settle down to work you bsd
better be careful bow much meat you I
eat. Englishmen aro aaid to be tho j
worst tempered people on earth. They |
are alao tbe most gouty, and there cau
be no doubt that tbey are tbe greatest
meat caters.
Nothing is more nourishing than
sugar, yet it ia absolutely poison to
those wbo are prouu to diabetes, and
any oue inclined to corpulency should '
regard it as a natural eneiur. Two
lumps of sugar per day in excess of the
quantity required by tho body would
add 00 pounds to n man's weight In five
years—that is, of course, if he bad the
sort of constitution tbat easily puts oa
flush.
Hut it is uot sugar alone which is in-
jurious to diabetic and stout people.
'Tbo former skonld uot look at porridge,
rice, beet root, Spanish onious, port
wine, rum or ginger beer; tbe latter
should take neither sonp, beer, potatoes
nor treacle, while gouty people should
uot touch ptaa or beans.
If any near member of your family
haa St. Vitas' dance or epilepsy, you
sbonld eat meat very sparingly aud
grapes not at all, while yon might as
well Ibiuk of committing suicide aa fro-
queuting tho barroom.
For dyspeptics it ia impossible to say
what food is good, because everything
is bad. Whits bread remaius undigest-
ed for hours, brown br -ad Is most irri-
tating aud injurious, vegetables ara con-
verted into gases and painful acids, and
most kinds of meat are too htavy Tbt
dyspeptic, in fact, ought never to have
been born.
However, sluco tbe sufferer from dya-
popslu must cat, let him follow this rule,
and it may briug relief: Eat a little of
everything, but eat spariugly, never
Itaviug the table with a sense of hav-
ing eaten sufficient; (at slowly. Masti-
cate all ford thoroughly and never drink •
while eating If ho must drink, let hira
drink after ho bas fluiabed eating.
No dunbt tho majurity of people see
no connection between their ailments I
aud Ibo breakfast or dinner which they
have enjoyed. Hut there arc many per
sous wbo rrssoseverely affected by par-
ticular articles of diet that there is no
question about the fact that soino kinds
of food are more or less poisonous lo ns
all. although we may not suffer very
greatly after eating them. An acquaint-
ance of the writer's, fortxamplo, falls
luto convulsions if bo eats a single
strawberry, slid even the odor of straw-
berry jam III the neighborhood of jam
lactones almost 'brows liiui into a til
The writer kti>>wa a lady who* heart
couies to a stop if she cats un egg. Ut
course she tuner intentionally cats one
now, but frequently on taking a piece
of cake or acme klud of pudding or
sauce containing eggs she swoous.
Many people get crauip ju tbo stom-
acb from enting honey, and more tbau
one death bas resdltid from this cause
(Jtbcrs are madu violently sick by tbe
smell of a pries, and a patient of the
writer's has often averred that even tbe
sight of beet root seemed to suffocate
him, while another bad to give np
drinking milk because it prodnccd in
teute inflammation of tlie eyes.
Mauy kinds of fitb ennse serious ill
ncss. Lobsters and crabs produce most
painful itching in some people, mid tbe
writer has known several who after eat-
ing salmou felt a horrid larte III tho
mouth, anil soon after suffered so badly
from beadachu as to bo compelled to gu
to tied.
These latter uro the extreme iustances
of injury front food, but tbey prove that
thousands of people suffer iu a less de-
gree, aud that probably no oue ran
Intich online without swallowing some-
thing poisonous to hia system.
Traal*.
Scene—A rnllwuy carriage.
First Artist—Children don't sec no to
iu to sell uow *« tbey used
Second Artietlina hoarse whisper)
— Well, I was ut Stodge's yesterday
He had just knocked otf three little
girls' heads, horrid raw- things, win u a
denier canto iu, air, bongbt 'cm direct-
ly, took 'cm away wet as Ihey were on
the strelcbcr aud wauled Stodgo to let
bim buve aome more ucxt week.
Old Lady (putting her bead out of
Ibo window and shrieking) — Guard,
stop tbe truiu aud let mo out, or I'll be
murdered!—l<oudon Tit-Bits.
Aa fisnsl. mt Wksl Ih* Mm si Iks
•asisrs Had nil*.
4 young photographer, when aaked
wbat sort of aubjacls presuuted the
greatest difficulties to bim. replied
without ■ Bioiaeat's hesitation, "Ba-
bies "
"Kor iastsnoe," be continued, "I
took photographs of a little lO-niootbs-
old fellow the other day ia six'different
positions. Yesterday J aaut proofs to
bis mother, and today she brought them
In.
" 'I'm sorry,' she said, without any
obvloas grief, 'batuoaa of these nega-
tives will do.' ,
"'Not one of tba sitf I inquired,
though I was pre|«rad for wbat was to
follow.
" 'So,' she said, 'I'm afraid not.
Ton Me. I like Ibla oca very well,
•bough, of course, it doesn't do baby
Jasliao, but bis Anal El lea my* it's an
absolute caricature of tbo dear littln
fellow. The oue sbe like* I don't care
fur at all, and bis papa says be should
never know for whom it was inteuded,
it looks so cross, mid baby is tucli a sun
sbiny child.
" 'Tbe one ha likes, tbi* smiling oue,
1 shouldn't cousider for i moment, for
it mskea baby's month look (o mucb
larger lliau It really is.
" 'His grandmother chose that one,
but aa OotMiu Fanny said, l!-ers'* a
very queer look to tba child's eyes in it
—very queer I However, she likes that
one where lie's almost ciyiug, that so-
ber one. Y in ougbt to have bear! ba-
by's grandfather wben she said sbe
liked it.
" 'He really decided the thing, for
what bo said seemed su sensible. He
asked me why I didn't have some more
taken aud see if there wouldn't be al
least oue tbal wonld really look like
baby. Now, wben ran he sitaguiu? It's
bard for me to spare the lime, but yon
see It is the only thing to'bedoue!'
Glasgow Herald
what n HCANT CY "SALVAGE" and
HOW IT IS PAID.
Ttove Is N« Law Tfcnf llssala ml l>in-
tvsss M a*a> Maas He IssSst-rat- |
A German historian direct* attention
lo tbe fact that Iu the middle age* tbe
Mediterranean was eouuected by a
canal with tbe Red sea, and that in
15*5 the Mohammedan power* bad a
project of rebuilding this predecessor of
kh« Sue* canal.
Lusilss LssillsrSs.
There la perhaps uo tenaut wbo is so
completely at tho merry of his landlord
as the occupier of a honse In London
which bolongs to oue of tbo great
ground luudlurds. He is au absolute
prisoner within tbe four corner* of bis
lease. 'I ho slightest deviation is acooiu-
pauied witb piiius and peualtle*. bat,
on tbe other baud, tbe landlord reserve*
all kiuds of privileges to himself.
Very little furniture is used in tho
bedrooms of Turkish bouses Rarely is
a chair seeu Iu auy of them. A few
niuts ailoru tbe room, aud tbe bed ia
■tretobed on the floor.
TbeKnulisb language contains 41 dll-
tint I sound".
Work si Helpmate*.
I wos driving through one of the best
farmihg districts Iu western Ontario a
few vears u.o I expressed my idiuira-
lluu
'yob. said my rnmpaoioa* who
knew the uouutry thoroughly, "nearly
all Ibo farmers arouud here have wooud
wives
•Why*' wa* my surprised inquiry.
'tis lie auswerod, "tbey killed
their first wives tusking tba Isrutt"
Perib Exptjsimr
Ellsaketh Cromwell.
Cromwell legends aro so ubiquttoas
In Eugland tbal it is a root relief to lay
one's band npon a bit of solid fact re
lating cither to the protector or his
family. Elizabeth, tbe second and fa
vorite daughter of Cromwell, marritd
John C'laypnle of Nortbborongh, aud
app<are to have spent u considerable
portion of bcr 14 years of wedded life
in hi* lubsiaaiial fourteenth century
house. Csrlyle asserts Elizabeth Clay-
pole to have beeu "a graceful, brave
and amiable woman," anil of lirr home
that it I* "now ruined—patched into
a farm bouse."
Tbe second statement is uot charac-
terised by his nsnnl accuracy, and the
first probably uteds soino iboilihealiou,
fur Elizabeth Claypole is creditcil witb
■onio turning of bcr head over h. r fa-
ther's elevation, aud at a wedding
feast is reported to have exclaimed,
Wiieu asked why the wives of tbe major
geuerals were absent, "I'll warraut
yon, washiug tbeir dishes at borne, as
tbey used Iu do." Not a particularly
"amiable'' sentence tbat.
Cromwell stems to have bad aome
insight of Ikr little weakness. "Tell
her," be wrote once, "to tukv heed of a
departing heart nud of being cozened
witb worldly vanities and worldly com-
pany, which, I doubt, sbe is too subject
to." It is agreed by most authorities
tbat John Claypole himself \v > little
enough I.f a Puritan, but let it stand to
bis credit tbat, rifler Oliver died, ho
provided a buveu lor bis widow for the
rest of ber lifo in tbis manor bouse.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Nsrbtrs un she Ocean.
One of tbe most important person* on
board a well equipped ocean liner is the
barber. If he ia gifted witb a goud busi-
ness instinct, be is iu a position to make
a good deal of tnoaey.
To tbe average man shaving while at
aeu is a dilB> r.lt and bazardt oa opera-
tion. he thereforo calls into requisition
tho services of the ship's barber, a man
who by lung training is qualified to
wield the razor witb skill and safety,
uo matter how uinrh tbe vessel rolls or
pitches.
He is always one of the most heavily
"tipped" officials on the abip. If the
ship travels ou a route with interesting
ports of call, tbe ship's barber makes it
bis business lo lay iu a stock of nutive
knickknacka aud curios of all kiuda.
Tb inexperienced traveler is natu-
rally a little an-picions of the rntive
peddlers wbo swarm ou board witb tbeir
wares directly the ship ia al anchor. He
prefers to purchase Ills mementos of
foreign travel cf the barber, wbo, hav-
ing bought bis stock at wholesale niles,
is able to retail Ibo varioas artMes ti.
passengers at priees little if at nil high-
er tbau tboca charged by tbe nutive
tradesman.—Exchange.
Artor.
Lord Nugent was oue evening very
eloquent to Goldsmith in praise of M.
la bad ncior). "But, my lord," said
tioldsmith, "you must allow bo tread*
thestagovcry ill—be waddb "Wad-
dles!" said Lord Nugcut. '' Yos, ho wad-
dles like a goose. Why, you kuow we
call bim Goose M." "Well, uml then,
you kuow, wheu hu endeavors to ex-
pros strong passion lie bellows." '■ Bel-
lows?" said Lord Nugent. "To be sure
lie doe*—bellows like a bull. Why, we
call hi in Hull M." "Well, then," con-
tained Goldsmith, pursuing bis tri-
umph, "bis voice breaks and be
croaks." "Croaks?" said Lord Nugent.
"Why, tbe fellow croaks liko a frog.
Wo call liim Frog M. But M. is a good
actor."
"Why, yes," said Goldsmith, "bar-
ring tbe gnoao, und tbe bnll, aud the
frog, and a few other things I could
mention, and not wlsbiug tu iptak ill
of my neighbors, I will allow M. i . u
good actor."Memoira of tbo Earl of
Nugent."
TUs Iss tinll and the Fisherman.
Iu the llshiug village cf Auchmitbie
(tbe Mosselcraig of Scott'* "Anti-
quary"! yoa may frequently witncR*
seagulls flying Into the houses of tbe
fishermen and partaking of food from
tbeir bauds. Oue of these sea birds wn*
iu the habit of staying in a flsberuiau'a
house all the year round except at the
brccdiug (easou, wheu it Ml. Iji-.ite re-
cently, while tbe gull was away, tbe
fisherman removed hi* boms from
Auchmitbie to Arbroath (*bo Falrport
of Scott'* "Amiqunry"), distant some
81, miles from tbe formor place, takiug
up hi* residence In South street of Ar-
brcatb. Tbe fisherman never expected
to sc* bi* old Irieud tba gnll again It
wi* tbeicfrie mm b to bUasliiuitbuient
Ibal be beheld a fortnight latir tbe aea
bird come walking luto his new resi
deuce with stately steps to resniun hi*
old fundliaritiea aud household way*
Witb bi* housekeeper.—IjOfedou Lady,
The Drllrr Drawer.
"Your money or your lifol" cried
tbo robls'r.
"Hn, b*!"-laughed Hit artilt, and
drew n pistol. 1 lie artist bad un mou-
ey, ami, according to tba eriiioa, not
uocb Ufa, but that was not why ha
laughed, lie laughed because lis lie-
lo.igcd to the school wbicb draw* rapid-
ly and boldly (atber tban tho *oboo!
whicii draw* labi rioosly, witb groat
attention to detail.—Detroit Journal.
■penisa an Inlln I'm 11,1*.
Salvage ou ship* raved at sea by otk
en in tba majority of cams la paifl by list
underwriters, although the big alenm-
•hip couipaulea iurare tbeuiaelvea The
Insurance companies thiuk that a board
of arbitration c.u more satisfactorily
adjust salvage ilaim* than cau tiae
courts. Tbe word salvage, a* defined by
tbal celebrated admiralty aatborlty.
Kascoe. It "tbo raward which is sal—<1
by those wbo have voluntarily «v*d or
assisted iu savfuca ship or boat or*air
spperel cr auy aort thereof 0* the liva*
of person- at aea or a ship, cargo or any
p-.rt thereof, from peril or a wrack
fr iui total los*." Tbe la*t part of tlie
definition i* a trifle pusaling.
In discussing tbe merit* of salvage
C.ise* It mast bo remembered tbal there
is no obligation, written or implied,
epe n tbe master it crew of any vrsaal
to beed signal* of diatre**. Public npiii-
hu alone en lor ca* tba idea tbat "a call
for help at sea must be obeyed." Tba
l.iw* of salvage are merely framed to
tnoovrige tbe saving of life aud proper-
ty ou the deep. There 1* avarice in tbe
mai intra* iu landsmen, and tbo laws
sre uisde to overcome aud curb these
mercenary ambition*. For Uiat reason
a master and his crew cannot expect'
salvage for saving their own vessel. It
is the natural assumption in law, as
well as In fact, tbat they must do
everything they can to preserve tbeir
charge and under au agreeuieut witb
tbo owner* keep it from dau^ r when
ever possible.
In salvage ouo of tbo first law* iiihat
the peril must lie artunl. The bargain
made in time of danger by Die muster
or agent of the imperiled craft witb an-
other volunteering aid ueed not of ueces
lily bold In court, and giuerally duos
not. Asa rnja tbe bargain i* exorbitant
ind mado at a time when tbe victitu
would bo willing to guarauliu ibe p..y
nicut of million* for | lohered assint
anco. Tbis point baa been decided bnu
dreda of times, tbe courts tuking tlie
stand tbat tbe peril made an exor
bitant bargain necessary.
Aa* geueral thing, thesalvngoaward
1s equal to about one-third tbe value iu
Ibo case of sailing craft aud trout
one third to ouo-liulf iu tbe rasa of
iteniuers. The owuers of the salving
craft, whose money wn* wasted ly do
lay, wear and tear, are of course ru
title*! to tbo bigger piece of tbe plum.
The muster of tbe salvor gets abont
twice Ibo sum that bis mate receivea,
aud tbe mate is paid something like
ilonMi tlie uuiount of encb snilor
Should tbe Istter buve I sen a mem-
ber of n lifeboat crew used in tunning
hawsers or In going aboard as a prize
crew he and bi* -mate* are entitled to
an extra compensation. Naval efficers
cannot claim lalvage wben the work
accomplished I* iu the direct Hue of
tbeir duty.
In tbo case of a abandoned vessel
thero i* a peculiar lawns applied to
ownership. No matter where tbt- dere
Hot be found and towed or nssisted iu
ty a prize crew i t otherwise the court
bold* tbat she is still the propeity of
Iter original owners, i.ltboogh abandon-
ed by ber crew, their Sfciots. ai.d that
no effort has been made by thein tu to
rover ber. It souuds peculiat lo tlie
average mariner, but It's Ibe law.
To make n successful salvage claim it
Is necessary tbut the property must l e
actually saved and raved by tboseclsim
fug to bo sal vera In other Words, the
salvage services must bu rendered l>y
persons not bound by contract to tender
tbcm If the mariner or other eucouu-
ti-ra tbo danger nr misfortune or dam-
age wblcb might possibly expose tbe
sbip to desttnetinu unless asaistauce is
reudered nud does oil he can to save the
vessel, end bis services tend iu some de-
greu to save or preserve ber. coiupvuxt-
tion will bu awarded bim, although tbe
vessel is maiuly preserved by other
means.
Tbe longest time tbat any one stram
er bas been at >ea with iliaabled ma-
chinery before reaching port was T7
days Tbis was the United States cor
vette (roquoi* in 1SU0 Sbe was bound
to tamos from Honoluln, and bad only
seven days'rations lett when port was
reached In Isw? the steamer ludralctua
was towed luto SI. Thomas aftirbnv
ing bceu at sea for 4? days. The Glas-
gow steamer Strntbuess, after drifting
83 itnvj nut of tbo range of *tearecr*.
wm towed into St. Michael's in Janu-
ary. I !< 117. by tbe British steamer Han-
null M. Bell. Auulbcr Strath, tlie
Ptrntbnevis, drifted helplessly ou tbn
Tni-ibo for two n.outbs and over in
I8D5, ami was flually towed into Huget
sound. Tbe Disptacb iu 1804 was out
fll day* with crippled machinery, and
fonr years ago the ljrilisb crulscr Ca
lypso broke dowu 2,COO mile* from port
and sailed in unaided, much to tbe do
light of tbo dwindling baud of uaval
export* who maintain tbat every war
ship ougbt to be provided witb ample
•ail power
The uw-uor* of those (hips tbat were
ubligod to drift fur weeks, uml iu *ov
mil caac* for months, would uot have
found fur.lt with the question of salvage
had a helping baud come along—ul
least tbt re would bavo beeu no com-
plaint just then. —Now York Mail and
fcxpre*
How n I ron lllhernnten.
According to Siniou Heury Sage, tbe
frog doe* not hibernate iu leave* or the
trunks of tree*, but in a dry bole iu tbe
ground not likely to frcczo He scratches
the bolo with bis biud feet and enters
backward. Once inside, there is sppar
ently no trace of tbe tact outside flogs
found under frown leaves sre still aide
to move about. Mr Sage bas fouud
bile rusting frog* witb tbeir extrenntie*
■ml akin frozen, but tbeir vital nrgun*
were (till intact, and tbey recovered
tbeir activity on being liberated.—Lou
dou Globe.
Ksbatr'a Mother.
There I* a story told ou one of tbe
clronits, which may or may not buv,i
seen the light of print already, of bow
uot long ago a very yonng barrister roae
to examiue oue of bis witucme* with nn
unaccountably hazy notion of ber iden-
tity "I tbink tbat yon ore tbe prison-
er'* mother?" bo btgan.
"Certainly not, sir," wa* tbe unex-
pected answer
Turning hurriedly to bi* brief, be
tbongbt be bad found tbereaaou for bcr
evident aunoyauca. "Ah, yes," be cou^
tiuued, "1 you ore tbe prosecutrix'!
mother}"
" Certainly not," came her reply, (till
more emphatically
"Theu wuoso mother are yoa?" be
demanded, almost in despair, and ah*
fairly boiled over with ludignaliou as
she retorted: "Nobody's, sir. I am a
single woman. "—St. James Oasette.
fnrrssiktai,
Nelly—I don't *ee how getting one'*
feet wet causes toothache.
Jack—Yoa don't? If yoa bad svtl
hid a tooth palled, yoa would know
tbal the roots ran clear lo yoor iona.—
Tacurna Ledger.
Is* Ik* Ona". Ulslrsas Rslnlns* Bss
I'sl Kunalvl.
Wben Mrs. Mario Nevio* Blaine was
married to Dr. W. T Bull, ber pet
spauiel, Lieu, was bsi i-bed. After Ibe
Couple had been msiio-d a y*sr Mrs
Ball persuaded lur I. -.and lo let Liou
relura for a w< ek. promising to keep
btin iu tbe slat le.
Three days of Lien'a visit bed paired
when as Ut. Ball was taking eli bis
overcoat iu his office tburs cnice a tap at
tbe iuuer door. It was so taiut tlial at
first he did not notice it Tbeu wbeu it
was repented be aid. "t'oinuia." No
aea came, bat the rapping went on. He
opened tbe door, and there st.*>d Lion
He bad b«eu knocking tbo do.* witb a
little wooden box be beid iu bis uioutb,
sd'lrcssed lo Ur. Bnll. TI.e riootor took
tbe box. and Linn, to i polite lo intrude,
lorned an I walked in a dignified man-
oar bach ap stairs Tbe doctor opened
the lot aud read the tiny n.ite contain-
ed therein, smiled and threw it in the
•crapbasket.
Tbe next day Lion knocked and left
another note. Tbe third time be caine
there wua a reply for hiin. Tbe doctor
•aid. "Lion, wail." He took Ibe box,
abstracted Ibe note, put ouo of bi* own
in its place, aud banding tbe box beck
lo the dog rave bim a pat aud sent bim
upstairs. Here is a copy of Liou's notes
aud Ibe leply tbey dually elicited:
r>ft.AN Dutton-1 mu i njt > in,' my rUil to my
mint rt-Mi very mudt I? vmy ktml of j.m
lo Invtiv me b«rc, and I hnvn to Iwhavt
the brit I kn- .v hem. I: a ill U I. rr«| to !• ov«
tuj mint it >M again I wtab yoa would 11 k« iu«
a 1 itt lo bit Lm>
Tba letter wbicb Lion earned bock
to bit uikiren read:
Litis- Yon are inrb a rrciic-table, well bnd
li-llow that yoor viait unttiitlitl indeflnttrly
W T B
— lio.-tou Joatuiil.
L0TTEKIES AND LUCKj
TRICKS THAI HAVE BEEN PLAYIDBV
FIC <LE FORTUNE.
moist weather.
"CROSSED" MONEY ORDERS.
Infsas>r4> K |ila|rd In Kaslns* la
Nnkina Bnsnll genlHassn.
Americins who aro buying bonks ia
small i|oantitles or are rciuitliug dues
to Ibe treasurers of Knglish societies of
which tbey happeu to te member* ocra-
sioually receive a printed or written re-
i|uest to use a "crossed" order wben
sending money. At first they are likely
to be mystified by the phrase. Eveu if
Inquiry is msde at tbe poUofflcu In this
couutry it is quite possible that uo nil
isfactrry explnuation will be obtainable
Tbe remitting party will ascertain,
though, that Ameri -un post"91cesdo uot
issue "crossed" order*.
Tbo term iu question refer* In two
lines drawn with a pen from the top to
tbe bottom of a postul order on its face
near the middle aud au inch or two
apart Tbat treatment of a money order
will preveut payment of it lo any one
hut a bauker, aud if, ai is sometimes
done, tbe name of soma particular bank
I* written in tbe spate between the
lines tbo order will be paid only In tbal
lustitntinn. It is not necessary to use
auy words iu addition to tbe name of
tbe bauk. No explicit prohibition is re
qnired. Tbo mere crossing of the order
is a well uuderstwsl signal lo the lint
isb postal authorities, lor, while tbe
custom i* comparatively unfamiliar to
people ou tbi* side of tbe Atlantic, it is
common enongii in tbe United Uiug
doni.
Wbeu au American remits money in
tbit muniier, he crosses bi* order him
self, but iu several foreign countries tbe
postolhto does not give tbe order to the
sender, but Itanimit* it directly to the
paying ofllce. Tbe persou wbo remits
merely sends notice to tbe right perscu
lo go to tbe postofflce and apply for the
money. Where tbis urage prevail* the
postoftice issues a crossed order because
tbe sender cauuol croas tbe order bim
self. Snch is the practice, for iustauce,
In Germany. BelKinni, Austria aud
Italy.—New Vork Tiibuue.
NO STOVES IN KOREA.
Instead 1*1 ues Irs l.ald t ndee the
floor*. Mblrb Are Thnn Healed.
Stove* are uot used to auy exteut ty
tbe native Koreaus The Korean meth
od of heating is excellently adapted to
their rescunes and coudilions In build
ing tbrir bouses tbey by down a sys
t'iu of Hue* where the floor Is to be
These flues begiu at a brepluce, wbicb
is nsoally placed iu *u outer shed or
connecting closed alleyway
From tbi* fireplace tbe flnes extend
in a more or less curved directiou, liko
the ribs of * round fuu, to a truth at
tba rear of the room, wbicb iu turn
opens into a chimney, wbicb is osually
placed eotne distance from tbo bouse
Klut ftagstcucs are theu placcd carefully
over these Hues, i.u-1 tbe wbola is co-
mmuted over aud finally covtred witb a
thick oil paper, for which tbe couutry
is noted. Tills paper keeps smoko from
entering the room, and u littlo straw or
brushwood, used iu tbo fireplace for
cookiug tbe rice, serves to heat tbe
stoue floor aud give* an agreeable
warmth, wbicb last* till tb« time of the
next meal.
Two boating* daily lend to give tbe
people a nice warm floor, upou which
they sit in tbe daylimo and sleep *t
liigbl. tly leaving their slice* at tb*
door tbe Inmate* preserve Ibe paper
floor, wbicb from coustaut polishing
lakes on a rich browu color.—New
York Press.
Onm. Inslnnrss Thnl **•*> IllaasraS*
thn Tenth <sl ih* U>d M«*s Ibal
Thnsw la Us> a all* Twist thn
Cap and tha U*.
There er* few «Hn-« with wbicb ro-
mance is mora rli_ .4 tban
tbe distribution of lot . r> | es. and
there can be uo donbt tbat v- Unions
are all tbe bitter off le<i.b>e i f the ill*
gality of haloing latteries ia lbs Lulled
Kingdom. 4 big lot u ry Biant disap-
point hundred* of tbnosaads while it
enrichea one winner wbo ofteo find*
tbal bi* baatily acquired wealth Malts
hi doing bim mora b*rui than goad.
A abort lima ago tba Ir*t pete in
aae of tba I' Ulan Male loiteriea. which
amounted t i nonie £« 000, fell to a
peasant who, witb bis wife, bad actually
died of starvation within a faw boor*
of tbe drawing of the prixe.
Owing to a dream iu which a peasant
bad tbe pi<*eotimenl tbal a certain
number would be on tbe ticket wblcb
would win Ibo splendid prixe, bo
scrapad all bi* money together and pur-
chased nd tbe ticket be wauted, be-
cause it was already sold, hat one wbicb
bore tbe mini numerals, differently ar-
rauged. Then b« aud bis wife fell oo
dcspctntely bard times, wbirb eventual-
ly closed upou I hem iu death from sheer
starvation, for he bad tried and failed
to sell his lottery cbenre, wblcb wa*
the last thing left to bim.
Wben tbe drawing nine on. be waa
Ibe first priae of 4>.000, but as be was
dead aud no next of kin could be discov-
ered tbe prize was ruffled for a.-ain.
when it fell to swell the purie of an
Italian banker who already wa* poa
kes*ed of vast wealth
A Uermau lady living in Oruntwicb
had aafancy tbat a certain ticket would
win a prisse iu a li ttety in which tba
first prize was CIS,000 II may seem
Hrnuge, but it is vtucbud for as beiug
perfectly true, tbat sba su altered ber
opinion as to tbe tbauce* of ber ticket
wiuniug a prize tbat she bartered it
away for a new bat Irom her aiilliuar
witbin a few day* of having purtbaaed
it.
Tbia wa* a melancholy exception to
the rulu tbut "second thought* ure al-
ways best. " Tbe ticket wbicb she had
exchanged for a liat. possibly worth a
couple of guineas, succeeded iu csptur
ing tbe first prize of £13.000, aud tbe
milliner, wbo ronsidertil lie bad ron
bis risks, absolutely rifused lo palliate
his customer's bitterdisurnolutmcut by
auylbiug beyond the | • meul of a tew
pounds, wbicb were rir-i; ed from bim
by hollow threats of ltgi.1 si non
Ou one ot casiau tbe tilsi prise in an
Italian lottery, amounting to marly
£8,000, fell to a man who had died
three days before tbe tafflc. tbe second
prize of £8,000 fell to n lady who bad
sold ber lo ky tiiket at tbe eleventh
hour, aud the third
private soloier v •
good fortnm or .
then cummilleil si
clairrauts wbo c<
claims ralisfaetori.
f £1 000 to
Ih . . .UU of bis
self mad and
For *auttf
ttaMub their
b I anil third
prizes were a aiu i«.„ .1 t i aud this
time Ihey both ft 11 to the jiua pirson
—tbo owner of emet tbe hiryistpri
vata estates iu Ansliia, who was quite
indiffereut abont tba addition to bi* al
ready huge fortune
Silly superstitions play in important
part iu tbe buyiug and selling cf lottery
tickets, aud it is no uncomuiou thing
for a persou who faucicsa ortaiu uuni
ber to buy it nt a price equal to hun-
dreds of times its origiusl cost, and
mauy of those wbo indnlge iu this kind
of speculation witb the fixed idea of
gain generally discover that it Is on
expensive game.
A (Jermau bauktr conceived tbe Idea
tbat the first prize in a crtain lottery
would fall to tbe bolder of ■ ticket on
which the figure time stood cither alone
or with others. So greatly impressed
was he witb Ihi* belief that be bought
up every ticket tbat bore tbe uumeral
Mine, u littlo deal wkicb cost bim some
thousands of pounds, because mauy of
tho tickets bo foucicd were beltl by per-
sons to whrm he bnd to pay fancy price*
Oue cf these persons wben approach-
ed on tbe matter refused to sell bi*
ticket unless tbe tanker purchased a
comple te buudle of 20, of wbicb be was
anxious to get tid Tho bunkir did not
witb to do this, as there was ou>y oue
ticket hearing a tbieu in Ibe buudle,
but be ultimately consented, took tbe
ticket be wauted aud gave Ibe veuder
back all tbe other*. Ureal must have
been bia annoyance ou diacoveritig later
tbat tbe first piize bad not fallen to
bim. but bad been won by oue of tbe
tickets be bad bought aud scorucd.—
Loudou Tit-Uita.
"Talking a boat rainy wootb*
tba westerner, "I remain ber one* oal
ia Iad iona poll* ■anting a farmer wbo
took tba most cboerfal view of danap-
ness of anybody 1 aver aw. I asked bim
if they bad bad at acb rata dow a am tba
Wabash tbat ipring.
** 'WelL it baa beau a little damp,' be
answered 'Till day before I left bom
1 bad to bai'V op *1 of my docks. Tbey
bad K<I| s.. a*..r s-mked tbat tbey
couldn't s n : ,i - r. I planted
my cora In i.ti of water, and I
doa't expect over to bwbelato tba acre.
My wheel 1* looking pr. try wall, bat
tba Marireoa aad catfish bat* damaged
it aoasi i - There mm about It
miaales suusbiae aaa day, *ad I
tboagbt I would plaat my pototuea, aa
I loaded theai on a scow aad qarhwqd
tbe now in thre- 1. et of wataa, arbou It
begau to rain again
" 'I wauted to no down oa tbe bottom
lauds uexl the V.alasb lo see If tbe
grass waa iirov ing lor my buy crop, hot
my wifamid t^al as w* ilidu't bavoany
diving bell sbe'd rather 1 wouldn't. I
should feel kind of discooraged with oil
tbe rain, but I've iprnt my odd bonr*
of leimr* time—aud tbe ovtu one*, too,
•a accouat of Maying in out of tba wet
—balldiag oa *■ ark. If it will ooly
rill another week or two aottl I get
ber r. ndy to sail, I'm going to take ay
fsu i.y out lo Missouri by water for a
trip tu visit our folk* tbat movad oil
out there becsaae tbey dtda't know
enough to day in a place where tbey
were oouforlable."' — Boston Trau-
•cripl.
Ms* Dsrlsra OI«nr.
"fat ten solid years," said a Now
Orleans broher, "I lived in perpetual
appreb- n-ion of sudden deetb. A doc-
tor in Tela* told me—roafnand fail pic-
ture—ibst I had valvular bean disease,
and if 1 wanted to stay ou rirth I must
avoid every species of excitement I
did my l.eit to follow bis advice, but
tbd miserable specter wes at my elbow
day and uigbt and embittered my whole
existeucu. I don't believe I am a cow-
ard, but tba thought preyed ou me un-
til I began tu fe*r for my sauity.
"At last, after all these years of in-
finite precaution. I went to a first class
specialist to find out bow much longer
I'd last aud was uasnrsd that I hadn't
one sliiglesyuptaa of tbe malady. Talk
about removing n mountain from a
mau 1 Tbat assurance kuocked off an en-
tire range. It changed tbe color of the
uuiver*e in a twinkling, and I was so
happy I wanted to jast throw np iny
bat aud yell.
"That w*s a couple of years ago, and
I havetujuyed myself tiptop ever sinco
up to one day last week, when 1 hap-
pened to bo ( hatting with the special!*!
aud remarked tbat I'd like to murder
tbat sawboue* in Texas. '1 don't blame
you.' be ssid. 'That man bad no right
tu tell you tbst yon bad heart distase.
If I bud fouud you right at death'sdoor,
I certainly would never have let you
know it.' Now, by Jove. 1 dou'l know
wbo or wbat to believe and am drifting
bark to Ibe old state of uncertainty. I
wish I Jivtd in a caunilal i-land and
had uev:r hi ord of doctors."—Ne* Or-
leans Times Democrat.
DEB KAMI OT
Sweethearts.
Mr. A. Ballard, ti A., LL. B., sends
o* the follow iug from Oxford: "Your
tale of tbe Italian prelate reminds me
of the negro student wbo at one of our
great missionary colleges win conduct-
big family priiyeis, aud in an outburst
af (iithnsiusm prayed, '(Jive us all pure
bnnrts, give us all clean hearts, give us
II tweet hearts,' to which all tbe con-
gregation replied. 'Ameu.'" -London
Chronicle
English farthings are no longer like-
ly to be mistaken lor bslt crowus, for
now they ire minted uot only of a dif
fercnt size and design, but even of a
different color, being a dull bronze
Manrl Women.
_ The Maori women cf Aurtralisia have
their rights— flourish ing onee. General-
ly tbsy bavo little voice ot obolcu in tbe
selection of tbefr first husbands, bnt
they may, nud frequently do, change
them. A wotnsu may trade her husband
without so lunch aa a comment from
tbepubllo, without theiligbteatimudge
on her good nnmu, and it i* nothing lo
hli discredit cither. Courtship isalwsys
brief sud does not often preface mar-
riage. Tbe Maoris, however, love to re-
peat oriental love tale* aud slug love
songs. Msorl widow* not infrequently
enmuill auicido on the graves of tbeir
boa band 4 aud are bonured for doing so,
«• in China. Divorce is simple; it ueeds
no revenue, employ* no officers lie
Inrni ber out cf door*, aud both aro free
to rem*try. This is all. Girl* are ofteu
betrothed Irrevocably from iufancy.
Pretty Ulrln, Then*!
"Tbe HouttdaleiPeun.) .Journal *ayt:
"Tb* (#" j&J of the llnajidale girl*
are dander aud dtllcately tinted, lb*lz
I I i sre liko *•*. and Ihey ate vviiboat
— iu this or any other i. Tbeir frowns
Bit like t , aud their l«at*0 axoilo III
of pleasure and a desire to m th«a.
Read thli 1 cloiely, and do not f tla
veracity."
A Crasher.
Legge, bi.-bo;i of Oxford, wbo bad
not yontli us bis c-xeuse for bis viuily,
asked Lis friend Canning to tome aud
bear bis first episcopal sermon. Tbey
dined together afterward, and from tbe
politiclau'a sileuce the other ongbt to
have known bettirthanto push biui,
but being rather Uitthd be cxrlaiiued.
"Cinuiup, yoa hove said nothing to me
about luv sermon." "Well, it wus
short." "Ob," said tho bishop, "it is
better to be short tbau ttdioua."
"But." replied Cauniug, "you were
tbat too."
Atlitrllr
Two Eupl:-h houe i ry work-
ers were r i iitly luironuied by tito
Bev. A. J. Itolinsoii t.i a Birmui|,baiu
audience in tlics:* words:
"Yen Lirmii.r, i: i < I suave a lot
of atbLiiics. aud c-i Tbe
two tuiuiowi . i iits,
you will h. cue,
au old chi: C.iai-
bridgee^i aa
amoug bis .. uo
conld jump u .i '—Liv-
erpool Mclcn: ,-
Milk nud Mslhrmollss.
Wbeu Thoinss drove up tu deliver
tbe u.-.nal ijiiart of while uiixture, tlie
gentleman rf tbe bonse l lnffly iuqnired.
"Tbcm:;j, l.< w many qucrts of milk do
you deliver daily lo your customer*?"
"Niuety-oue, air."
"And bow many cowa have you?"
"Nine, *lr."
Tbe gentleman made tone remark*
abou*. au early v inter and tbe state of
the roads, und then asked, "Thomas,
bow much milk per d*y do your cow*
average?"
".^ejen quarts, fir."
"An, uui 1" said tbe gentleman, as
be moved off.
Thomas Icoked after bim, scratched
his brad, uud all at once grew pale as
be pnlled out a short pencil slid began
to fignre cn tbe wnguufcover: "Niue
cows is uiue, nud I s-* down seveu
quarts uuder Ibe cows and multiply.
Tin ' s 63 quarts of milk. 1 told bim I
sold 91 quarts per day. Sixty-three
from 01 leavts 38 aud none to carry.
Now, where do I get tbe rest of tbe
milk? I'll he banged if I haven't given
mystlf sway to oue of my best custom-
rrs by Itaviug a big cavity in these lig-
ntts to be filled witb water I"—Loudon
Sketch.
Italy In Lnndns.
Mauy Loudoncis b ve visited Ibe
Italian district, wbicb liee in the neigh-
borhood cf Theobald's road and Ilatlou
Garden, and rouie with inquiring minds
have strolled op Leather laue and
watched tbe Italian ica cream venders
and fortune tellinii v.omen witb pretty
love birds, intermingled witb the dirty,
uuisy, street bawkirs, common to all
London slams. It i* amazing to learu
bow these Italians crowd together in
the poky little bouses of tbe courts and
alleys. Generally a bouse is hired by un
old padrone, wbo sublet* to as tusuy of
bis countrymcn as be can respectably
squeeze in. Tbe ti liars are utilized as
sleeping apartmcuts, and iu tba inoru-
lug a* mauy a* 20. eveu 30, men will
emerge from tbe bowel* of tbo earth,
Uinklng and winking iu the daylight
after a night fpent In tbe cellar* uuder
oue smill dwelliug bouse. A whole
family, consisting of a husband aud
wife and eight or uiue fanciulii of vari-
ous ages, ofteu sleep in oue small gar-
ret or oellor.—Ludgate Magazine.
W l. Stand I II !i .-d.
Bobby (at I*10 iriuk! isl table)—
Maud, did .Mr. Jules tai;u bi / of tba
umbrellas or bata from Ibe hall btat
night:
Mnnd—Why, of course not I Why
■bould bo?
Bobby—Tbat'* just what I'd like to
know. 1 thought be did because I beard
biui say wben be was goiug out. '1 am
goiug to steal jusl one,'and— Why,
what's tho mailer, Maud?—Loudon Foil.
Itssl Ralls.
The largest ceuter in tbe world tor
tbe manufacture of steel balls for ball
beariugs ia *ituaied at ikhwainfurt, in
Bavaria. A couple ot factories then,
owued by one firm, produce cloeo upon
800.000,000 ball* anuaally witb tha lb*
bor of OOO men wurklng ten hour* dally.
The total production of Geruiauy ia
stated to I abont «50.000,000, whila
bug land au i Fmnae uumbiued tarn Mt
only about 70,000,000 additiouiL
Wloisos Is a bal*h*ll.
Hutucu lit* la lika a game at diaa.
wbera wa ongbt not to throw fug what,
I* most corn mod Iocs to us, bat lo be <
content witb am eaaMt let tfeM ba
I level au unfortunate. —Plata
Protfrtloa.
Nephew (from tbe oity)—Why do
you have those lightning rods on your
bouse and barn, L'ncle Josh! Don't you
know tbe theory tbat they afford pro-
tection ba* long since been exploded?
Uncle Jcall—Waal, I kin tell you
they dew act as pertecktera, tbe'ry or
no tbe'ry.
Nephew—Oo yon mean to tall me
yon believe tbey protect you from light-
ning?
Uncle Josh—Mebby not, yonng on,
mebby not, but they perteckt me tram
tbem pesky ligbtiiln rod peddlers.—
Chicago Newa
rt*disi Hnt*l Htl .
1 Tbe flnt work done In tbe Waldorf-
j Aston*. New York, Mcb day is tha
preparation of breakfast for l, >00 em-
ployee* The lait of Iheaa me*Is la
served usually before tbe earllwt rising
guest slseplly orders bia aggftbnd cof-
fee. thinking bimaell almost a kno to
ba breakfasting at such an hoar.
ItrtalM.
Mrs. Smart* saya ber baaband la tba
wot it man that ever waa to go shop-
ping. He's almost sure to gat ewtadled
• ery time. "Why," she saya, "It wa*
only t'other day tbal ba boaght a flute,
and wheu It came home, if you'll be-
lieve it, 'twas Ml of bolea."—BaatoM
Tran script.
la ttatreasla.
•band—My darling, wben 1 mm
kow will yon avar ba abla lo par
tba doator'a bill?
Wile—Doa't worry a boat tbal. Int.
It tb* worateomaa to tba want. I wilt
•airy Ibe dnetor.—MstMeal KeeuH.
A tlnmln roaa
•I l ast* Ssa'n _
ThntlhrtlUd tksgaam
Shin e Cm,
There waa nsca «
tba forerunner af Mm
cruiser, Lot tba oM
daring tbe civil war, .
of the "Boo ber Shop,
falance lo tbe Boating
The old ^ip bor* a gram
srj&s."ars;
witb doobla tow of
Mootbbora gaaa, M
from a modisval dramas aad
wsei to tea tb. af «TmMi
and tbe Map of tha nil iiwmWb
anwelcona lallahy te I
beneath her cool while d
Tbis old Bioaklyn miied .
from New York, boaad <
cruise and came ia Moae
Islands, whenoa aba aailad
and Gibraltar t
Mediterraneaa
•teamed alnwly
«• A atup at Admlwa MSin
made bar mad* for a JtaiMjli tbo
Persian golf, bat whan tbo mff rf
Ormaa waa reacbad ths
to take a look al Mm
ooarss waa akapad for tbe capital gf tha
son of Abraham, wbaae hnkMate
band red a, My, tkOMrta ofyoMbM
bean abaika of tba deaarl
In all bar joaney tba good stffhad
eatared not a pert where tbe pmd
cross of 81 George conld baeeea
from the ataff of a BriMsb ■an gftnw,
bat bare at MaacM It wm* tboajM that
•I least onr flag would be Iheenlf *baa
of weatera civilisatioa Mi evident. Mai
it was not ao, for. ai tbo ttmgblya
roonded a high promontory thaa Aal
iu tba little harbor, there, lying m aa-
cbor, waa tem Ibe Rngllab gill ill
Sphinx witb her milk whim
iug above bet.
Muscat had asach Ual waa mmrngt
■nd weird to latsasat the An
bnt neither tbe paiaea of tba m*m.
with ita double wall, between tba two
perta of which ara kept the MgM
wbose duty it ia to gaard tba palaae al
night, nor the imperial hereto'a grim
exterior, nor Ike gergeaaaapparel at tbe
■tiltun himself bad halt the attmetka
for the weaterneta that the grim, (beer
face of tbe promontory that abnta la Iha
harbor bad; for there apoa thabieak
wall of tble towering height Were
painted tha uamee of many ablpt aad
high above them all, la a plaea tba*
teemed inaccessible, ware tba wwdft
"H. M. 8. Sphinx."
Tbe mctr of the Brooklyn *tarad al
tbat name day after day, until It meaead
burned into tbeir braina. and the qpirll
ot etnnlation grew within them.
Tbe night before tba Brooklyn waa
to *ail for Persian waters there were
evidences of a secret movement nmoag
tba crew, nud after tbe bight had fallea
still and I lack a boat pulled off from
tbe ress^-l'a tide, aad with ron Bled oan
made rapidly for the shore. It eatried
many things ot various sorts, —1 ——g
ibe tu a lantern, wboau tiny glimmer
those cn tbe shipe watched with hatad
breath es ti reached tba ahoreaad alow
ly began the aeoenl o< tbe proaiuatutj ■
Now It wpuld disappear and tbM glit-
ter again like n War of hope aad eom-
fort, and ao il went (lowly oa. over ay
and up tbe feceof tbe oat lined pggMpioa.
The boars dragged slowly by. aad it
was far into the night whan a tired
boat's craw elan) ber ed slowly over tba
Brooklya'e side and dropped exhausted
lato tbeir baas mocha for a (bait sleep
before tba call of Maft ha ada" la tbe
tnoruiug.
The Brooklyn tailed away jart at tbe
sun began lo abow above tha ■aalwii
boriaoo, and ss she swung upaa ber
course and stood for tbe watera af tba
open gulf a cheer burst from tbeMmoate
of tbe whole ship's company. fWMMte.
in great Icttera of white tbat caagbl Ibe
warmth or tbn rieing eun, fur above tbe
name ot her mujesty'* abip Sphiaa, fur
above the bigbeet name of alC eoald be
seen tbe legend "U. 8. 8. Brooklyn."
And there today, looking down apoa
the tiger guarded palace aud the harem
of the sultan, ever before tbe A robe bnd
tbe Beloochiataaaae of tbe tiny aallan-
ate. Mill gleam* tbe magio name that
Scbley and Cook aaee again made fa-
mous and that shall endure In Malory
Wben Muscat Itself shall ba l.iljMlia
- Washington Port
Snath An.rrl.n-. a.l.ldn Wind.
In Brasil and other fnrta of Snath
America tbe nativee kaow aad lat a
certain condition of the air whieb IMy
call "luicide wind."
It is not a superstitioa. bnt an aataal
condition of tba atmoepbare wbieb
seemi to drive the people to madaa*
■ud during iu continuance salf lalict-
ed dealha are numerous.
Criminologist* and scientists all am
tbe world are interested in tbis peeaHar
atmospheric iaflueuea, which is Indi-
cated by a soft, moist, warm atr that
(titles heavily on tbe earth.
Tbe climallo ooodilion known aa fee
"suicide wind" U greatly dreadMUfw
tbat part of tbe country. -
Statistics prove thatiaicidas
er crimes occur t _
tbey are described.
Tbe Mssml la Plata.
"Ouca npon a time,"my* tb* I
dale (Pa.) Journal, "a man gol aad al
tbe editor and (tupgad tha paper la a
few weeka be aold bia oora at 4 aab
lee* than the market price TbaaWs
property wn* sold for lax as nensaaa ba
didn't rend the aheriff'e sale MaaU
♦ 10 for a lot of forged notaa thai aad
been advertiaed two weeha aad the pab-
lic warned against tbem Hathea t
ed to tbe priutiug office and paida
years' snbacriptiou ia advance ■
the editor sign an agreement
was to knock bim down if be t
his psper to be stopped again."
Warned a Ckanaa.
A Scottish praaohsr wbo i
coagrega tion going lo sleep oaa I
before ba fairly began saddwly g
and exolalatedi "Brethi
fair. Qie a aoa half a c
till I get aJaug, ead tban If 1 aagg
I lat aa lag to |
gang before I
alcder J MM-
II alaug, aad thaa If I aagwrtb
ig to gaag le sleep, bab
afore I get snmmseosd «ta
ebaaee."
"Do yoa carver'
nr
His a mtm Math thai psefht
lee ua|y la kmnse lliwamlyss ««
r daily I
•T4S a.Si
degawia the Ml le weed el
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