The Independence west side., January 25, 1901, Image 4

A RAGE
THE
MASTER has tb right to be
proud of hi ship, and mine li ft
'clipper "wtud Jammer;, but
I'Y loft many tlrst-elasa tramp attorn
of me, yes, aud lluers, too. I haven't
broken any records; I can't claim to
have aallcd atatuta uille in day,
aa did th Plying Cloud, or even 410
miles, th record of th Sovereign of th
Seas. Record Ilk those were made
hen ahtpa carried a big crew, regard
lota of exiene, aud spread out their
atu'n'a'la and luoon-eeraper until th
hull waa no more compared with their
ennvaa than the basket la to a balloon
Rut my bark Daisy doca all that can be
expected with her crew of twenty-one
men, ami my owner gave m a gold
watch aud chain when I beat the gtniit
France ou a clear ruu aeroaa the West
era ocean.
I waa loading timber In Rurrard lu
let, Just up the hartKir from Vancouver,
the vetttcru termluu of the Canadian
Pacific Hallway. I waa feeling pretty
good, because, since my last vlalt, my
Investment of f!W0 lu town Ma had
turned Itself luto a good $1,500 with the
growth of the city. Aud a to the
piscovsniao Tim TRiAriuar or aa-
MIHKX.
Inlsy, well, I wasn't going to let that
swiuk Jonea crow over uie. lie com
manded the Breese, a four-masted bark,
bigger than the Daisy, but with uoth
lug of her aaltlug qualities, lie hud
got some new fancy pateut tops'!, and
was trying to make the uierebauU la
llere that he'd be uuloattlug lu Uinilon
River before 1 was round the Morn. He
w as a good talker, was Jones, mul made
himself out a proper hero, especially
among the women, who, ble their
touU! don't kuow a man when they sc
one uulesa he has got a torpedo beard
aud apes the naval ottlcer. Auyway,
Joues' bragging made me so sick that I
challenged him to start the same day
we were both flnlshlug our toads and
race me home for SVX) a aide. He
wanted to back out, but the challenge
was made at the shipping ortlee tiefore a
crowd of master aud merchants,' aud
Joues bad talked to such an extcut ttint
bla friends forced hlui to staud up to
me like a man. I've heard since that
he was In desperate hard straits, so
much so that the loss of that bet would
uieau sheer ruin to blm; but he had
talked too much, and the Vancouver
people would have chaffed the Ufa out
of him If he tried to slug small before
me. We planked duwu the stake, the
first man borne to cable to the stake
holder, claiming the whole amount.
Then, 1 guess, Jones felt sick, liar ac
cidents, the man couldu't possibly beat
me sailing, and 1 never suspected foul
play; such a thing never eutered my
head. I was abort of a bo's'u, my man
having run from the ship, aud there
w as not one of the forvmast hands who
could fairly claim the Jul). They were
good as sallormen go, the best dozen of
them, but a really urst-clitsa bo's'u
could have given points to the lot Now,
Jones had a regular champion, a I'or
tugee, wbo'd learned his trade whaling,
and followed that up under the best
masters In the deep sea trade. So when
he came to see me the day before I
was to sail, I listened to all he had to
say about Captain Joues which wasn't
exactly compliments. I couldn't tell
blm to run from his present ship, lc
deed, as In duty boiitid, I advised him
solemnly to do no such thing; but I did
dro,p a hint that I'd pick up valuable
men whod run from such master as
Jones, and stowed away In the Daisy.
Sure enough, before I'd been a day out
I found Diego Ramirez aboard of me,
mighty poor In spirit, bumble and will
ing. Naturally, 1 wasn't going to lose
time banding the man over to Jones, so
I signed him on the books as A. Ii. He
oon proved the best sallornmn In the
ship; such a good man, In fact, that my
own people weren't Jealous when I pro
moted blm over their beads, and made
blm bo's'n. I was proud of Diego Ra
mirez. If I'd only knowu!
We started fair, Jones and I, and till
the city turned out to see the start. A
17,0)0-uille race la out of the common;
the papers were full of It, and at the
time when we cast off the tugs the bet
ting was Ave to three ou Jones. I took
care to be abreast when we passed the
city of Victoria'; I took more care while
we ran down the Straits of Fuca that I
should round Cape Flattery ahead of
blm. The betting there was Ave to three
on me. Jones did all be knew, and as
far as speed went there wasn't actually
much to choose between our two ships;
but for seamanship, well, I'd be sorry
for Jonea' chance. Of course, we put
blm astern the very first day, nor did
we see blm again for many a long day
after.
There's no need to describe the voy
age. I bad all tbe winds I tried for,
and not too much; I rounded the Horn
without a reef In my tops'Is, then reach
ed away to catch the trades for home.
We were bowling along towards the
Line running down our latitudes In
tine style, and on Oct. 3, at noon. I
made It 100 30 7 S. We were under
close reefed top gallant sails, wind
about S.E., blowing about a tops'!
breeze, about as much as we cared for.
Indeed, the mate wanted to snug home
the top gallant sails. I knew wbat the
Daisy could stand, and when I went
below at 10 o'clock I told tbe second
not to call me for less than a light gale.
But I could not sleep, and that's a
queer thing at sea bow one's body stays
awake, expecting danger, while, so far
as mortal mind can tell, there Is noth
ing to fear. Everything was wbat tbe
doctor ordered up to eight bells. 1
heard tbe watch changed; then one bell,
two bells, three bells, four bells. At
last I got sick of bearing the half-hour
strokes, and went Op on deck In socks
and pyjamas to take a look at tbe night.
All seemed well. The mate was at the
gallery door, sipping bis coffee, and
small blame to him for getting It good
and hot, His face was turned towards
me, bis back to the forecastle, where
something stirred In the shadow a
man coming up out of the scuttle
Diego Ramirez, who ought to have
been In his bunk, sneaking quietly up
r t kt r I
AROUND
HORN
VvVvVVVVVVVVVV
the ladder to the forecastle head. I
felt halt Inclined to hall him, but why
should uiy bo's'u steal about like a cat,
slink lu the shadow, uiead of going
about like a wau? I thought I saw the
gleam of a kulfe lu hi bauds. Then 1
ran full pelt aloug the lee side of tbe
deck, for If the uiau meaut mischief It
was time 1 kuew, I took the steps at
three Jumps.
WlH'u I gained the forecastle head t
saw nothing at Oral. Ye, there he wa
over the bows, hi bead just showing,
moving from aide to side at though he
were at work,
1 bent down over him, aud fouud blm
quite uuconscloue of my presence
tlashlug with a long kulfe, cutting
y tbe most vital gear In the ship
the gaiumoulug of th bowsprit! 1
flew at hi throat, half strangled him,
aud dragged him from hi perch, uutll
I had blm hanging over blue water.
Rut I was too late, for, with au awful
crash, the gnmmoulngs patted, the
bowsprit flew luto the a r, rear.ng
atralght on end. A yell from me sent
the mate to the wheel.
"i.utr:"i shouted, "i.tiir:"
Rut before be could bring her bead
to the wlud, she gave one heavier roll
than usual, aud with one tremendoua
smash all three masts, uo longer up
portod by the stays, broke off like car
rots and went whlrliug dowu over tbe
able. Theu I lisul.it Mr. Diego Ha in Ires
In hoard, and battered him senseless.
The Daisy lay a total wreck In m'd
ocean, her utttst and spar, a tangled
max of wreckage to ice warn, were
charging luto her like a battering ram
with Bvei-v r.ll smt ..rt nf all the
..f ii. . ,t!., rii.i r
steel, which no ax could cut for our
release.
At once I had all hands at work to
deal with the disaster. One watch
rigged a sea aucbor, with a cask of oil
bored with an auger, which we put
overboard to windward and so broke
the seas. Meanwhile I got I ho oilier
watch to work cutting tbe wreckage
adrift a be"! they could.
Only when daylight came bad I lime
to go forward; time to deal with Diego
Itnmlre. Km)., my bo's'n, caught red
banded wrecking my ship. Kvcu theu
1 could appreciate tbe fiendish cunning
of the uiau. bl masterly kuowlcdge of
seamanship. The chance bad been a
thousand to one against hi being
caught, so simple waa hi plan, io cer
tain Its nieces, No masta ever built
could have Imrue ao sudden auJ so
tierce a wrench. It was a comfort to
me that 1 had marked Diego Itaiulre
for life. Hut 1 had not killed him, nor
would I while be could be held alive In
evldi'tiec of hi crime.
I put the man In irons, with nothing
but bread and water, and on tbe third
day be confessed that Jones bad bribed
him to come on board at Vancouver,
bad paid blm fiV In cash to commit
the crime. That was Mr. Jones' Idea
of racing, aud certainly the way things
looked be would have uo trouble In
reaching England a bead of me, claim
lug flic f.'.iKHt frtxu tbe stake holder at
Vancouver, and casblug the check be
fore 1 could Interfere. As to the mon
ey. I had no redress, for the law would
not back me in a gambling transaction,
but 1 swore be should be (mulshed for
wrecking my ship.
Well, from the moment we lost our
masts I had all bauds, Including my.
self, working night and day, saving
what could be sated of tbe wreckage,
and using the spars, tackle and canvas
to Jury-rig the ship. I bad thirty feet
of foremast, eighteen feet of mlxen,
aud six feet of tbe main to build upon;
and, if you'll believe me, I turned the
Daisy Into such a rig as was never
seen before In tbe world. We rigged
her as we went along under a Jury fore-
sail, and before we passed the Western
Islands I had turned tier Into a sort of
four-masted Jackass bark, with a sprlt
sail under her Jury bowsprit, and even
booma rigged out over the side to carry
smull sails. My sallormen laughed un
til they split tbelr sides at some of my
fancy canvas, but we did five knots
an. hour before tbe wind. Every ship we
sighted howled at us, but 1 begged,
bought anil borrowed something from
each of tlieni. of spars, ropo and sail
to add o my rig. I even hoisted sails
on the boats In my davits, and Provi
dence helped me with just the wlndt
I wanted. 1 kept my bands In good
humor with plenty of grog, and you
should have beard them cheer a we
sighted I'Hhanll
Hlnee we had been delayed at least
six weeks, of course there could be no
hope of winning tbe race. Yet we were
scarcely In our- fresh course up Chan
nel, the time being Just after break
fast, when who aboiild I see astern but
my dear friend Jones. It was a clear
Judgment, In my mltid, for he'd been
driven south by a gale we Just missed
by a day, blown clean Into the Antarc
tic, where he found a berg In a fog.
Anyway, here he was rounding Uslmut
stern of us, and It was nothing now
but a question of tuga. I bad one ask
ing for a Job already, the only deep sea
tug, perhaps, In tbe chops of the Chan
nel. 8o I made my bargain for Dart
mouth, and soon I was making eight
knots for Jones' nine. At noon, I be
ing still a little ahead, another tug hov
In sight, and 1, being disabled, bad a
right, fio away we went with two tugs,
leaving Jones raging mad astern. He
was hull down when I got a third tug,
Just lo spite Jones, and went Into Dart
mouth like a royal procession,
Yes, 4 was first In an English port,
first to scud the cablo to Vancouver,
first to secure the ntuke. Moreover, I
got Mr. Jones dlHinlsHcd from his ship
and charged, with bis accomplice, In
wrecking mine, and bla owner had to
pny the damage. Now Captain Jones
and Diego Ramirez, bis bo's'n, are Im
proving tbelr mlnda In her majesty's
house of tuition at Wormwood Scrubbs.
The Daisy? Well, next time I put
Into Vancouver tbe merchants gave me
a banquet, and I wear a gold watch and
chain to Jones' memory.
A boy smoking a cigar Is such a
shocking sight that even men feel un
pleasant In witnessing It
ratCo.S3L J"!"" ir.'J &-L- ,. .
FIVE BROTHERS IN THE ARMY.
wAfM Mm W
John Jon, th proprietor of the Jackson House, In Loadon, Ky 1 th proud
father of nine sons, tWt of whom are weiring tbe blue In the service of their
country. Three are In the Philippine, awl two are in this country, Mamuel in
Wiley, ired respectively St) ud lit, are member of K troop, Third cavalry,
stationed st Manila, Philippine Island. Roth hv distinguished themselves by
their gsllsiit conduct ou the Held ot battle. Csleb, ged ti, I a member of II
Company, Third Infsniry, Philippine Islands, aud ha won promotion by bU
faithful -rvl.t. Christopher, sged 80, la a member of Company K, Twenty-third
hifsiitrv. Kurt D. A. Russell. Wyoming. Chester, Ih yoiwgeat, Is It yetrt old,
I and has only been lu service few woMtha. . ,
! Mr. Jones, the father. Is an old soldier, having fought through four years of
the Civil Wsr under tien. Ursut. and
slon, he thlukt the government ought te Increase It oow that he has flv sons In
the service.
Csptsin Joseph Oarrard of the Fourth street recruiting office, this city, msVe
his hesdtpiartrri at the Jackson House whet lie visit London to mk enlist
ment, lie ssy that In hit thirty yesr of service be hst never known of mure
than three or four brother In the service at the ssme time.
There are three little fellows that are too young for the service, hut declare
that as tn as possible they will enlist. The oldest brother Is married and has
two children. His wife say that It Is ill she ran do to keep blm from stlpplug
wy sad Joining hi other brothers.
HISTORIC POWDER HOUSE.
A Noteworth? Object to tie ft, Near
Hwlts.
One of the most noteworthy object
to be set-u In tbe region round about
Roslou Is the old powder house that
stands on au emltieuce on th road to
Arlington. It Is Intimately associated
with the early history of tbe country
aud I regarded with much .Interest by
autlquarlaus. Originally Intended for
a wludmlll. It wa solidly built of ma
soury and even at the present day
show few sign of decay. In Its orig
inal state the old mill bad three lofts
Unit six feet apart supported by
heavy hewn timber. It Is about 30
feet high, with a diameter of about 13
reel at the base. Mallet, tbe miller,
ouce lived near tbe mill, to which the
farmer from far anil near ram with
their grist to tie ground.
In tbe year 1747 tbe mill was trans
ferred by the builder's belr to lb
provlucc of the Massachusetts Hay, In
New England, and It was never ucd
as a windmill after that time, but It
became Instead a powder magaxlue for
the storlug of powder bclonglug to tbe
province.
In Heptemlier, 177-1. when tbe old mill
contained half barrels of powder, it
was raided by (leneral (Sage and emp
tied of Its precious store. When the
new of (hit telxure was circulated It
created tbe most Intense excitement
and several thousand of the Inhabit
ants of ttoatnn and other towns assem-'
bled on tbe common at Cambridge to
give expression to their resentment of
this act. Till I said to have been tbe
first time that the provincials had a
TIU 01 D roWDKH-llot'tl.
sembled lu arms for the avowed pur
pose of opposing the king' force. Thus
It wa that the old mill contained some
of the powder used lu the War of the
Revolution. It Is certain that Wash
ington visited tbe old mill more than
once, and It holds an honored place In
the history of the war for Independ
ence. One of the stories told In connection
with the old mill 1 that of an Acadian
peasant girl who wa among the girl
of this class who were separated from
their homes and parceled out among
the different towns by tbe cruel and un
just policy of tbelr conqueror. This
girl' name was Claudlne. Disguising
herself In boy's clothing she ran away
from a cruel master. Reaching the
home of Mallet, tbe miller, at nightfall
she asked permission to stay all ulgbt,
and begged to be allowed to sleep In.
the mill. -This permission was grant
ed, and the disguised runaway climbed
to the loft and went to sleep on tbe
grain bags she fouud there. In the
dead of night her master arrived In
pursuit of her. Arousing the miller,
the pursuer demanded that the mill be
opened and the girl be given to blm.
The frightened runaway was aroused
from her sleep by the voice of ber
master commanding ber to descend.
fWhen she refused to come down the
enraged man, whose name was Rich
ard Wynne, climbed the ladder to bring
her down by force. When ber pursuer
had reached her biding place tbe girl
tried to escape down the ladder. Tbo
man sprang after her, stumbled and
fell headlong through the opening at
tbe bend of the ladder. He caught at
a rope In bis descent and clung to It,
heedless of the miller's wild cry for
him to let go or he would soon be a
dead man. The man's weight on tbe
rope had set the mill In motion, the
great arms began to revolve, the man
was caught In the machinery and be
fore the mill could be stopped and the
victim rescued he wns Injured beyond
recovery and he died In a few hours.
The Reward of Truth.
During hla second successful cam
paign on the Republican ticket for Gov
I amor of Michigan the late John J.
ssy last, though he receive a email pen
Hngley apok one evening at Kalauia
sou. II waa a good business msii,
but a poor public speaker. At tbe be
ginning of bla remark on tbl occa
sion be alluded frankly to bl lack of
oratorical gift. After bo bad finished,
a man pushed forward, grasped hi
baud warmly, and ald: - '
"tJoveruor. I have been a life-long
Democrat, but at the coining elcrtlt n I
ball vote for you."
"Thauk you," replied tbe tloveruor,
much gratified, "May I ask the par
ticular reason for your change!"
" I localise you are the first Knker on
either side In this campaign that I
have beard tell the truth. You snld
when yon began that you couldu't
make much of a tecch, and, by Jinks,
you can't T'-Harper's Magalue. .
'.. Utile (Jray fShecp" I the title of
tbe new novel by Mr. Hugh Frsxer,
who I a aister of Marlon Crawford,
from tbe I.lpplneolt pre.
Paul Leicester Ford, whose marriage
baa recently occurred, had sold of his
last novel, Janice Meredith. LM.1.H00
copltn ou the day of hi wedding Ten
thousand more were then In pre
Punch announce th Immediate pub
lication of a three part erll by Frank
It Htockton. It t eulltled "Tbe Ullded
Idol and the Couch Hhell." aud dealt
with American life ou tbe aide of poll
tic.
A study of mwleru social conditions
as they affect tbe Jew lu the l ulled
Htate I presented by Mi Emma
Wolf lu her novel, "Heir of Yester
day," published by A. C. McClurg
Co., of Chicago.
A new edition of Charles Klugsley'a
work 1 In course of preparation by
hla dauguier, Mr. Harrison (Lucas
Malet), Her Introduction to the rnrl
ou volume will contain much Inter
Mtlug unpublished matter.
American authors, It seems, are help
lessly exposed to tbe depredation of
Russian publisher. An Illustration of
the pillage which constantly goes on Is
seen la tbe fact that Hcnjnmlu (do
Wheeler's "Life of Alexander the
(ircat" Is now being reprinted lu the
Neva, a Ruaelan magazine published In
Ht. Petersburg. The biography first ap
peared In the Century magazine, and
then wa published aa a hook with
drawlnga by Andre Castnlgtie, which
are also being pirated ry the Russian
magaxlue.
A picturesque event happened recent
ly at Oarden River, a part of the OJIb
way Reservation, nine mile from the
Canadian "Moo," as Kimlt Ste. Marie I
familiarly called, when MIxaAlbcLung
fellow, and ber sister, Mrs. J. 0. Thorp,
of Cambridge, aud other descendant
of the poet Imgfellow, were formally
adopted Into the OJlbway notion. The
Ixmgfellows, with other, formed a
party who have been camping lu Ueor
gian Ray, alwut thirty miles from Har
den River, the latter place being the
ancient residence of the OJlbway
Kings, who ruled there a hundred years
ago, when this nation wns supreme
among the aborigines, tbe lust King of
the OJIhways being the father of the
Chief , Rukwuk Jlnlnl, who taught
Ixingfdlow the legends on which his
HlnwaOin was founded. This country
Is supposed to have lieen the scene of
most of Hiawatha's exploits, aud her
the OJlbway, who are entertaining the
Longfellow party, presented a drama
tized version of Hiawatha for their
guests, which was given out of door
with much realistic effect The morn
ing after tbe. adoption of the Lnngfcl
lowa Into 'the OJlbway Nation, Mis
Longfellow presented their hosts with
a hnndaomo portrait of her father,
framed in birch bark, which will hnng
In their Council House at (jarden River.
The whole story Is not only cue of
much Interest, but should form a strik
ing episode In all future lives of the
poet.
What great excitement there I
among tho women when a woman who
baa been married some time appears
In handsome new clothesl
The men also get new underwear
when they marry, but they don't adver
tlae It
A long walk Is a severe trial for th
human understanding. '
A POLITE HQRtC
km Aeecdet Sessewkal Oat of lb
Veaal ataaw
It la seldom that bones show tbelr
Intelligence la any striking manner,
but they sometime do thing that
would tnak tbelr mental processes ex
tremely Interesting If w could uuder
staud them. 1 one owned beautiful
gray bors named "Douglas," aud lu
every way b wa essentially a fam
lly horse. II generally kuew wbat
wa required of blm, aud would try
to do It. II wa so geutle that be
could aafely bar beeu driven by
mean of two pieces of strong Hueu
thread, and he wa so thoroughly trust
worthy lu regard to standing without
bitching, that w left him anywhere
we pleased, entirely by himself, and
were always certain to find blm In ex
actly the poi where b bad been left
We had aiicb fsltb In htm lu this re
spect that we got luto tbe bad habit,
when we were visiting it a house, of
leaving blm standing at tbe door ami
thinking uo more of II I m uutll w came
nut, One afternoon my wife and
were making a call at a suburban
house, and a usual left Douglas stand'
lug outside. In a little while, glane
lug out of tbe front window. I wa
a mated to see tbe horse slowly moving
along the driveway. I waa about to
go out to blm, hut a be very soon
stopped and stood perfectly still, I re.
mslned where I waa; and almost at
that moment two ladles came lu. They
were also paying a visit to tbe house,
but on foot,
One of them remarked to me that I
had a very polite horse, and aa I did
Hot understand this compliment to
Dougta, she explained that when they
reached the bouse they found my horse
suit buggy entirely blocking the en
trance; and a they stood wondering
wbat they should do, tbe horse turned
bl bead, looked at them, and then
moved on a few tea In order to give
them an opisirtuuity of entering,
I have nothing to add to tbla anec
dote, except to ssy that It must have
been a very strong sense of polltenea,
or else a word or two from one of th
ladles, which would have Induced
!oug!a to move from th place where
I had left hltn.-Frank R. HUh ktoii, In
Youth's Companion,
Iktt Deprecated Currency.
fcevei si geutlcmcu In the lobby cf
the Arlington the other evetilug were
discussing tbe different phase of Ih
currency question during the last half
century and the effect thereon of tbe
reeiMit election,
Col, J. 0, Rerret, formerly' pottunter
and Mayor of Washington, told of an
Interesting aud extraordinary dlspro
purtloi.ate Itct a to odds made by gen-
, ilciuen lu tbl city In IKilU to Illustrate
the comparative value of money cur
rent at that time, say th Washington
IKtar. -
' "In IK.W." said Col. Ilcrret. "there
was a u. lie track sit us ted near what I
now Hrtghtwood, though It was befor
the day iff bouse In that vicinity. Pre
Ideut Andrew Jackson wa then In of
fice. He wa a patron of the turf and
waa very fond of borsea. He l.eut a
stable of thoroughbreds, but It was, of
course, run under th nam of another
person, bl stepson, Th races Mere
running race lu heata of four mile
and repeat, a wa then the t ust m.
and I recall that I otic wltuoml four
successive beats, with a abort lutensl
of rest between beat, run to decide a
race.
"At one of the event a gentleman
standing near me offered to bet (too In
bank bills to 25 cent In sliver colli that
a horse be favored ahqjild wlu. A friend
of mine took hlmp. He then ia
ed tbe offer six times at tbe same odds,
which were accepted, and, bis horse
losing, he handed my friend $7i0 lu
current bank bill, a against 11.75 lu
silver coin, Tbla shows tbe reln lv
aloc of tbe currency of tbe period."
Wotaeley Merely a Ntrlpllng.
It Is pleasant to come acros old war
rlora who, having fought lu many
clime agalut many people, are still
bale aud hearty. Tbe other day one
of Euglaud'a veteran, Field Marshal
Sir Frederick P, Halites, celebrated bis
eighty-first birthday.
Jurt slxty-oue year ago he began h i
career as a warrior, aud flfty tlve years
ago he went through hi first campaign,
-dug most of tbe fighting that took
place lu the ButleJ campaign of 1.H15.
Almost the first lime he smelt powder
he was desperately wounded.
Hla next campaign na that In the
Punjab In 1H1HH, and later be fought
through the Ill-managed Crimea. Twen
ty year later he was made commander-in-chief
In India, and was specially
thanked by Parliament for hla tact and
energy In the Afghanistan operation.
The old warrior I hale and hearty
aud atlll has an opinion of hi own, It
I told of blm that a dictum of Lord
Wolictey'a wa quoted against one of
hi own. Hlr Frederick rapped bl cane
on tbe floor and shouted:
"Wolseleyl WoUcley! A clever lad.
I'll admit but a mere (tripling, sir, a
mere ttrlpllng!" As Urd Wolseley I
only 67, that settled It, of courie.-Phll-adulphla
Tost.
The Mincer and the Porter.
M. A. P. tell a story of bow, one
upon a time Him Reeve, the famou
tenor, waa stranded at a country Junc
tion, waiting for a train. It wns cold
and miserable, and the singer wa nat
urally not In the best of temper. While
chewing the cud of disappointment, an
old railway porter, who recognized him
from the published portraits, entered
tbe waiting room.
"Good evening, Mr. Sims Reeves,"
said.
"Good evening, my man," replied the
vocalist, getting ready the necessary
tip. Rut the man sought for Informa
tion rather than tips.
"They tell me you earn a heap of
money," bo renin rked.
. "Ob!" tntirmnted Mr. Reeve.
"And yet," pursued the porter, "you
don't work bard. Not so hard aa I do,
for Instance. Rut I dessay yon earn
Ip'rnp ten times wbat I do eh?"
"What do you earn?" asked the
singer.
"Eighteen shillings a week all th
year round," aulil the porter.
81ms Reeves opened his cheat: "Do,
re, ml-do!" he snug, the Inst note be
Ing a ringing top one. "There, my
man; there's your year's salary goner
A Careful Speaker.
"What did you expect to prove by
that exceedingly long-winded argument
of yours?" asked tbe friend..
"I didn't expect-to prove anything,"
answered the rator. "AH I honed to
do waa to confuse the other fellow, so
that, he couldn't prove that I didn't
prove anything." London Answers.
Every head of a family should attend
a medical college long enough to gain
a knowledge that will aid blm In carv
ing a chicken. ,
A well-filled cupboard la th beat
board of health.
IHirtuf lb eeetnry th HIM bit
iratslittd Into mum than SSO laacusge,
which slut trui lis of tb bums rsc ess
r4.
Tudny lb Cbrlstls rsltglua Is i-opts
by prsctlcsiu aoo.uou.oou ptupl.
Tb tint Iroa war ! built la lb won
Wis tb t'Mltd Mtstvt tlusiiblp Bllcb'ga,
ebli-b Is (111 on duly oa lb grcst lsks.
i !
I ISO0 lb India vtuu eras erictlrslly
lb only But 1 1 ii vcblcl on tb rt !,
bleb bold vuv-lblrd of III lb trrsb (.r
la tb world, To-day lb lk dl aituibers
svri tbuutsud siwl iu)tr.
ll-
Only any ytar afo but ou noma
wurltttj te every it niu. At present tb
ratio I en te four.
!-!
On hundred ysar It took niooib I
eroM lb Allauin-. Now tb trip I
bviwvv (wo Hubdays.
l l-
IjiImoq IUr nut rooking (lev l
lb fulled StsU'i. Now r brginmug
to cook without Sr by tb aid of i'
trlelly.
I '.'
On hundred yt-su o ont ilnh of lb
peopl of tb lulled Htstes wer sluvet.
'io day tber Is out elire ou lb Amvrlcie
contlueou
! f
Wllblo tb century Ike populstlo of lb
worftt bat doubled. Tb population of fie ,
Inltvd Slate bst bee tuu.uplied by four
teen. Is IN1 only 4 pr cent of lb people of the
Culled tle lived I cltl,.. Today SO per
cent llv lu cli Ik.
A hundred year ago lbs largest fortune In
lb I'nlled Mialee tUo.tOO, Now Ibere
are several fortune of wor Ikan two,.
j;.
tiiirlng tb realnry lb center of popula
tion of tb I'nlled Kiel ha moved front
point twenly mile eat of Baltimore to
Writer Indltnl, dl.lau of 'Mi ml.ra.
1'iirlhg tb century tntil of about IK,
(io,l) people bae vouie from foreign feu
trie to ttiak tbelr homes in th United
MIStrt,
j j.
In lJ lb total rerenu of tb Hulled
Mule government tlO,WS,Uu. tor
lHVU It wss (OIS.1 52.0)0.
! i-
Tbe Aral prsctlfsbl eiem!ol wa built
lu lHtit aud lb tint railway Ivctuiutlv In
1MM.
la 1K00 niao could travel only by h
or on borsetxik. Today tber are wore
lbn KuO.uuo uillea of rallioad trsek lo Ik
fulled Htate clout, being Dior tbn all
times tb mileage of uy otber country.
t :
Tb proportion of piaarnger Injured In
lb "good aid slag eu-h dayt" it coin
pared with tb prvaent t tty to uu.
Tb total value f th TleHlturl prod
ucts f tb l ulled gtilet In 10 wss Hot),
Uoo.ooo. U lutu It wilt o pproilui4teiy
3,tiuo,ouo,ooo, wtille me firm or the coun
try are worth vt tlmea si much.
I'p lo li'Ul Iber wer but tbre bmk In
lb fulled Utile with an aggregate capital
of liooo.ow). I.t year tber wer a.eftl
national bank In lb country.
Tb Brt saving bank la Ih t utted Htatea
waa eatabllibed In 1H1S. la le'JQ tber wer
te saving liaukt In III, wlih S.oaa 4rtolt
ora. ta IMS) tber wer Mil uvlngt btnka,
wltb &.Wi7.WO d.pmltura, ind with total
depoalta of K.muxi.CMI.
iiUi "
f
Th rat T. M. V. A. waa organised In 1HM
by Ueorge Wllllaiua. Ibere sr now l.i.v
sasorlatlon In North Ame.lc alone, with
23O.UO0 member.
In 100 tber were vtO potofflra I tb
f nlted Hlsles Sin) I.KTS mile of poKlal
roule. In lW tber wer Ti.tSO poatofflce
tud 4V7.0O0 ttille of po'lal routit.
In WIS It coot ti rtuti to tend dngi
theet liy null s dislsne of too ml lea. To
day letter containing teteril tbeelt mty
go at many Ibouaand uillea for it renta.
f tivfl.ipet were Brat ued for letter I
I iud tb Brat laatlt of postage llantpt
wis lulborlted lu 1M7.
-! J-
III IMS It coat 40 ceuli to lend letter
from New York to Han FrincUco.
Mrrrbsndla wns first sdmllted to tb
mailt In 101.
! t-
Th number of plecet of mall matter of ill
kludi which paaae through tb fulled
Htste malls annually at the present time It
about ,57tl,omi,oi.o.
In 1H00 tber wer not more this ibir y
cnlleget ind other Inttltutlon of higher
education In Ih fulled Htste. At tbe clone
of Inat year there were 4x0, wlih total of
li'.OtO profeaaort tud teacher.
Ry art of Ih t'ontlnrnlsl I'ongr,
psaaed In 17S3, one thirty sixth part of all
tb public lndt belouglng to the United
gtstes wer let apart perpetually at an en
dowment for th public arhoolt of ibe roua
try. Under thUand tueceedlug acts 71,000,.
000 seres have been granted during the
century for the aupport of public school",
ind I.Ptt.ooO tcrea lo unlverattle and Col
legia. The modern Hundty school dstea from
17H0, when the first tebool of the kind wst
started by Hubert Koikes st llloucjater,
England. At present there are 110,000 Hun
day schools in tb fulled Htiitea, wlih
2,5U0,0O0 teicbera ind 11,00(1,000 itipi:a,
1 1-
In 1800 III turgtcal operstlont wer per
formed without the use of inseathetlcs. The
us of chloroform wst not dlxcovered until
1H47. Kther was Brat uecd to deideu pain
lu 1M0.
-! !- '
In 1RO0 the total exports of th I'nlled
Htate wer :tl,OU0,0OO. This year they are
I'AWO.OOO.OOO-
Met on a Screen.
One of the happiest uses served bj
(hat wonderful aud many-named lnven
tlon, the movlng-plcture machine, ap
iwars In n story told In the Umlon
Music 1 1 it II.
A party of gentlemen were watching
tbe pictures, when In one of the South
African scenes they recognized an ottl
cer friend. The wife of the olllcer, on
being told of this, wrote to the man
ager and asked that this picture might
be put on ou a certain evening, when
she would purposely Journey from
Glasgow.
Hhe had not seen her husband for
over a year, but tt last observed blm
In a group ou the screen of a cinemat
ograph! Americana Keeping the Lead.
Rrltlsu railway manufacturers are In
dignant at the manner In which they
have lost the contracts for rebuilding
the South African railways. It seems
that America has ousted the Rrltlsh
contractors. Majol Olrouard, an Amer
ican, who bns absolute charge of the
reconstruction and direction of the
Transvaal railways, Is responsible for
this, seeing that be has Invited Ameri
can flruir "uly tit submit estimates, etc.,
It Jjjj. I
1:
j u fr.
n
ft.
for the work. It was American firms
also who supplied most of the material
for the Soudan railway, which was also
under the direction of Major (Jlronrd,
ami built the Athara bridge.
A lirutal Picture-taker.
The photographer hud Just completed
all arrangements for the sale of his
studio, when the pretty youtig miss of
17 summers tripped In.
"I want my picture tnken," she sim
pered. "Do you think my face will
break the camera?"
".Not this camera," said the photog
rapher Just as simpering!-, "It Is pro
vldcd with double extra strong lenses."
Of course the miss of IT summers Im
mediately flounces out and goes to the
rival photographer, who, when she
springs the Joke about her face and the
camera, Joins with her in a hearty
laugh.- Indianapolis Sun.
Death from Hunger,
In Euglaud 500 people a yenr die of
hunger, 100 of whom are lubabltauts
of London.
"It la folly to meet Old Age half way."
"I think ao; I wouldn't meet him at all
If I knew how to get out of It."
"1 Miss Tr'ller ao obliging singer?"
"Oh, yes; half lb time sb refute
lug."-rblladelpbla Bulletin.
" 'Pay as you go,' Is my rule." "Jfs;
to many people won't bellev you when
you aay you'll pay as you com back."
"Why do you call tbai speckled hen
'Macduff and th pig 'Barkl?" "Be
cause Macduff lays on and Barkl la
swillln'-Llfe.
5lyefI wonder what cause coucas
slon of tbe brain? Oyer-A collision
between two trains of thought, I sup
pose. Chicago New.
Bride (formerly a wldow)-Oh. Hsrry,
wbat would I do If you should di7
Harry (doubtfully) I don't know, dear,
but I think I can guess.
"Who wss William the Conqueror,
'hamuiy'T" asked tbe pretty school
niiriu, "MeKlnley." replied "Sammy,"
promptly. I'lttsburg Chronicle.
He-1 point out your fault because
I love you, Hhe- Nonsense! If you re
ally loved me you would think my
fault were excellence. Chicago Rec
ord. Tbe Purent- Mr boy. do you want m
lo tell you what happen to boy who
tell lies? Tbe Roy-Yes, pop; but,
golly! can you remember back that far?
Youker Htatesmau.
The He: "Just at soon as a man baa
satisfied bis coliseleuc that It's all
right to tell a wblte He," say tb
Mauayuuk Philosopher, "be become
colorbliud."-PbIladelpbla R'-cord.
Mr. MeddcrgraWell. them New
York folks baa certainly gone th limit
now. Mr. Croeslots-Wbat they dolu'Y
Mr. Meddergra tioln' to bav a
horwlc horse bow,-Baltimore Amer
ican. Bcboolmaster-Now, Muggins Minor,
wbat were tb thought that passed
through Hlr Isaac Newton' mind when
tbe apple fell ou bla bead? Muggli
1 expect be wuc awful glad It waru't
brick. Fun.
"AH tbe world' a atage:" "All th
world'a a atage, Ram, and tbe men aud
women merely players." "Yes, massa,
but If dat'a so, whar yo' gwlue lo git
you' audience aud orebestry f -Collier
Weekly.
MUtress-You say you are well rec
ommended? Mald-ludeed. ma'am, I
have thirty-nine excellent referencca.
Mlstrcsr-And you have been In dome,
tic service? Maid-Two year, ma'am.
-Olasgow Evening Time.
Newltt-I-end you a V? Why don't
you borrow It from Markley? He I
eaay. Rorrowlt-Hut I don't know blm
aa well as I know you. Newltt-That's
Just It. and be doesn't know you as well
as I do.-Philadelphia Press.
Haxlitt-Ko you really think that
Miss Mezzotint Is a genuine artist?
And yet you never heard her. Barsad
-No, but she freely admlta that ah
Ing her selections. Ulie does not claim
that she "renders" them. - Boston
Transcript
Tess-I understand Miss Krusty actu
ally paid me a compliment tbe other
eveulng. Jess-Not quite, but the cam
aa near It as could be expected or ber.
Te Wbst did she aey? Jess-8he
said you were "very cbartalug but f,
-Philadelphia Pre. ,
Wide 0cn: Rr1ggWelL old man,
hn. i. ili.it Author' Ctnlt of veun fret
ting on? tirlgg,-RttTt; e fcavt)
made a rule that fto one cajt belong te
It unlesa ue baa relttetva took. Brtfte
-1 that so? I bad ao Idea that It was
an exclusive affslr.-Life. '
Benedick-it is said that most of th
people who commit suicide are unmar
ried. How are you going to get around
that? O'Batcb-Oh, well, I s'pose after
a fellow has been married a while be
gets so he can put up with almost any-tblng.-Chlcago
Tlmes-Ilerald.
Clerk (to pateut medlclue mam-Here
Is a curious credential from one of our
customers. Medicine Man-Head It.
Clerk Before I took your elixir my
face was a sight. You ought to see It
now. Kctid me another bottle for my
mot her-ln la w." 1 1 a rletn LI f e.
"Hello, Joues, moving again so soon?
I thought you were perfectly satisfied
with your present home." 'i was, old
man. but the fact la our sitting-room la
covered with a goldenrod pattern, and
I can't cure my bay fever at all. The
landlady wou't repaper It. and so we
have to move."-Puck.
Owens Is Mr. lenders In? Boy
Not yet, sir; but I expect blm every
minute. Owens It's 10 o'clock. Isn't
It? Boy-Nearly. Tbe clock will strike
In half a minute, If not sooner. There
It goes! Oweus All right. I promised
to be here at 10 o'clock and pay blm
some money. Tell blm I called and
he wasn't In.-Tlt-Blts.
Aunt Rachel Mandy, what's th
trouble bctweeu you and Mr. llnukln-
son? I haven't sceu him here for sev
eral evenings. Miss 'Mandy He seem
ed to be getting a little too confidential
the otber nlgnt, auntie, and I told blm
to take tils arm away. Aunt Rachel
Well, he did, didn't be? Miss 'Mandy
Yes, he took It clear out of the house,
aud be hasn't been back with It since.
Chicago Tribune.
Teacher (of English) Michael, when
I have finished, you may repeat what
I have read In your own words: "See
the cow; Isn't she a pretty cow? Can
the cow run? Yes, the cow can run.
Can she ruu as fast as the horse? No,
she cannot run as fast as the horse."
Future Mayor (of Boston) Git on to
de cow; ain't she a beaut? Kin de cow
git a gait on her? Sure. Kin de cow
hump It wld de horse? Nit; de cow
ain't In It wld de horse. Judge.
Seek to Avoid School.
A new story of the precocious boy
questioning his papa at the breakfast
table Is told by a South Side school-
ma'am In the following terms: .
Boy What la an luvetttor, papa?
Froud Father Why, au Inventor Is a
great man who discovers aud perfects
machine or process for saving much
of tbe labor of bralu and body.
Roy Oh, such great men are all
right, I suppose, but I do wish one of
them would Invent some way for avoid
ing the labor of going to school!
Full of Water.
"How do you feel now?" asked hla
rescuers.
"Like a Jersey trust," gasped the
half-drowned man, faintly.
Then they rolled him ou the barrell
some more, for they, too, were finan
ciers. Harper's Bazar.
For Safe, Keeping.
Mr. Ftjjlt Say, that's the rottencst
tobacco I ever smoked!
Mrs. FlJJlt Oh, George, you re sniok
a no mv fancv silk! I put It In vour
tobacco Jar for safe-keeping. Ohio
State Journal.
AH women are equally fair when
the lights are extinguished, ,