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PORT-ORFOlìir, ORRGOM, WISIXXISWIKA* Y. JUNK 7. IO1O
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A GHOST TRAPPER.
SEA S H E L L S T H A T EXPLODE
S a a li K a rin * Orasta Whan Dropped
O n * of Ute strangest w a y * ye t on
Oo Off w ith Loud aeport—
record o f m akin g a liv in g has been
of th* Phenomenon
follow ed fo r the last few y e a r* by a
m a n l a eastern P eansyivania.
Nature
F o llo w in g is t h * In teresting story bombs in
of some o f his experience* h * to ld a w h ic b
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I t was then
th e advertisem ent ap- ,,om 1,er wardrobe. On ta
peared th a t drew m y a tte n tio n .
I t abells f r o m her pocket one
read:
I d r o p p e d o n the flo o r u n d e
INSIGNIA OF SOLDIERS
A lth ou gh th e general o rd e r psescrlb-
Ing tbe n e w un ifo rm fo r th e soldiers o f
th e U nited States regu lar a rm y was la-
sued a year ago last Ju ly and went In to
effect on th e first of th e ye ar, the men
one tees about the streets ars s till clad
In the tra d itio n a l blue. 4Tut th a t Is be-'
cause th ere le s till a supply o f -ueh
eloth on hand and the go» c r u m e n eoo-'
nom lcslly doterm lned to use It up, says
th e N ew Y o rk O o cup errial A dvertiser.!
T b e enlisted men do not g e t new suits
u n til th e ir old on«s a r t w ern out.
In some m onths’ tim e we w ill nc
longer see th e lade In arm y blue. T h e y '
w ill w ear th e M uc only on dress ceca- {
o f |2 00 to anyone who w ill reside In
th a t house and solve the m ystery of
Its being "h au nted." *
*T w ent to tbe house and did not
find much trouble In solving th e rid ­
dle.
Th e place bad once been w ell
stocked w ith game, and now th e de­
serted grounds were ru n n in g over w ith
gam e o f a ll kiuds.
I t bad escaped
trespassers ev id en tly , u n til la te ly , but
In vestigation showed th a t num bers of
fresh snares and trap s had M e n set.
'Poachers’ ev id en tly was th e m eaning
o f the m ystery. I got tw o m en and
posted them am ong the bushes.
For Partridge, Wood­
cock, Squirrel or Rabbit
Shooting the
«ridienuliy condi­
tion .4 the kid­
neys; if It stains
your linen it Is
1
MPFiug on the shore of M<
picked up u bundful of si
bv the tide. Among th«
t h e » h e llo o f a s m a ll marl
gom c
Knew It.
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lonely S h e ll which explodes wil
m iles inidable noise and
sug|
a la w veritable dyuamite bomb
It u n -.
N . ,
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th ree
‘
n K u M> « y o u n g h
years, stripped o f Its fu rn itu re and
w ith o u t care. A fte r th e * u lt was set-
tie d th e nephew who In h erite d It put
In a caretaker.
H e only stayed o n *
n ig h t, to r a t '2 o’clock In th e, m orntoh
h*
te rrifie d to hear a heavy chstu
being
dragged
along the h a ll ana
stairw ays. Others, follow ed him , ana
one even stayed a week, b u t a gro a n -
in g sound rig h t In h l i bedroom sent
h im t h flying
in o
n ly h a lf
clothes
to
. nearest
cottage
he his
could
find.
aa4 Don’t
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ban made many
the shape of »
P t O jM “ tb* COnt‘,° l -
" I took up tb e business q u it* b y as-
eldent. Th e ow ner o f * large,
place In tbe m o u n tain *, a le v
fro m bare, died and there w » *
su it about the w ill, which k * p t
occupied. I t stood to r tw o o r
inda H a r a K M t it y 1
G l I V i/ p
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ner trouble: too
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frequent desire to
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co nvlncir; proo," that the kidneys and blad­
der ere nut of order.
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often expressed. that Dr, Kilm er's Swamp-
Rout. the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wlah in curing rheumatisci. • vet* la the
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of the urinary passage. It corrects InablUtv’
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It, or bad effects following uss of liquor,
wine hr beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity r f being compelled Io go often
luring »ha day, end ta get up many times
dvr:.,g tbe rig h t. The m ild end the «»ire.
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wonderfi.:
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A lw a y s Slesaesahsr i b e F a il -
I axative
t h i n g s to c a t a n d w e a r'
n M n ir w iB ii ■ i
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o f e
Cares a Cold in One Day, Grip in Tw^«
**At 11 o’clock a t n ig h t I w en t to the
room w here I was to sleep, ke p t the
lam p a lig h t to r h a lf an hour, e x tin ­
guished It, and crept out o f the house
A t h a lf past 12 o'clock 1 heard foot­
steps. and a m an came along carryin g
w h a t looked lik e a long pole.
aa Bos. 25c.
“ H e got on a w d ll, hoisted th e ‘pole* i
— re a lly a long tin tube— so th a t its
m outh w ent In to th e open w indow o f
th e room where
he thought I was
asleep, and then began to groan
through i t B u t It was a loud y e ll as
alone; on service they w ill w ear o liv e ; gave when I seised h im flrm ly by the
drab and on flatlgue duty they w ill weai ankles.
C A N A L IS 2 .5 0 0 Y E A R S O LD .
brow n cotton duck. On some occealom
" W e ll, I aat on m y m an and blew a
In trop ical aervtee they w ill wear a uni­
w h istle , when up came m y assistants, A t Least the Corinthian Was Under
fo rm o f w h ite ootton duck.
, I w
ith an oth er whom they had taken
Oeatemplatlon as Lonf
T h e stripes on the trousere of t h . non­
w h ile be was In the act o f v is itin g
commissioned ofBccra are o f the fo llow ­
Ago as That.
I
t
o
trap
s,
calm
ly
sm
oking
a
pipe.
Th
e
in g colors:
C ava lry , yellow ; a r tille ry
scarlet; In fa n try , lig h t bine; engineers' p a ir had Just started" In t o m ake a gooo
th in g ou t o f th e place, and had .aid
“Rpeaking of canals,” said the
scarlet piped w ith w h ite; ordnance
black piped w ith scarlet; poet qu arter­ In a perfect store e l chains, w h ite engineer who had been talking
m aster eergeaata, half; tb e hospital sheets, phosphorus, and o ther things, about Panama, “a very interest-
corps, m aroon piped W ith w h ite; the a t the top o f the house, w ith which ing caual7 and cue uot much heard
signal corp«, orange. Sergeants' stripe« th ey had been frightened » w a y the
of, m that cdfinected with the gulf
a re one Inch wide. A eorporal wear« a successive caretakers.
" T h a t Jou brought me not o n ly the of Corinth and the gulf of Aegina
stripe h a lf a a Inch wide. M usician« wear
*200, b u t a fresh commission. T h ia
Iw o etglpee h a lf an Inch wide.
in Greece.
Th us by th e color one can te ll th e arm time a sum m er hotel th a t was left
“It’s some older than any we
o f th e service la which the enlisted man w ith a sm all force during th e w in te r
have la tbe western hemisphere,
T h e eervants
nerves and th e stripe shows his rank. m onths was haunted.
By the drees cap one can tell a t a glance w ere being te rrib ly frigh ten ed by m ys­ also, for Peiiander, tyrant of
th e regim en t and the oompvny o f th e e a ; terio us kn ocking * th a t were heard now Corinth, proposed to cut through
Hated m an, a lto his arm . Th us the cavl and then a t night. Going to the hotel, the iathmua as long ago aa <100
a lry m a n wears crossed sabers, the tr- 1 w en t to bed on the ground floor, but
years tM'fore Christ. Superstition
tllle ry m a n crossed csnr.on, the In fa n try ­ had to w a it tw o o r th ree nights be1
«topped him, however.
m an crossed rifles, the engineer s oastle fo re the m ysterious sounds were heard.
Ordnance men w ear the ehell snd fieme
“Julius Caesar and Caligula
“ One n ight, a fte r y e had been hav­
poet comm issary e-r o a n te a crescent o< in g heavy rain s a ll day. the knocking took it up again when Rome had
w h ile B e ta }, elcctri'-len err»»«nte i began rig h t
underneath
m y room.
hold of Greece, but it was too
symbol reeem bltrg fo ri cd lig h tn in g
" W a itin g u n til daybreak, w ith help
hospital corp* men a caduceitr, which 1« I took up the flooring and found th a t a much for them. Then came Nero,
jnd he went nt it with vigor, but
th e sna'.:e-er.twln»<1 rod that M ercery
sm all bay. long forgotten, but once
carried
T h e men of the signal corp» used fo r storing boats, ran back under the work stopped when he died.
w ear tw o crossed flags and a torch
“Others kept pouncing awav
th e bouse.
In th is was floating an
Band m usicians wear a ly re o f.w b lt«
em pty m in eral
w ater crate.
T h ere
»t
it for the next several hundred
m etal, w h ile field nioslcsr.s o f Infantry
was a lock In the r iv e r below th e ho­
years,
bat it was not until 1881
and th e orylneers and trum peters ot
te l, and every n ig h t when the lock
cavalry wear a hurl«.
that
real
work of the Nero en
gates were ab ut the riv e r rose. T h e
Th ere arc m any kinds o f sergeant«
ergy was put upon it. Then Gen. i
and m any r & ik a T h e ehevrone on the previous evening there also had been
much wind and ra in , so th a t tbe w ater
Turr, hide-de-ramp to'Victor Em '
sleeves tell w hat the b earer is. Th«
got high enough for the crate to bump : •gnanuel of Italy, organised a coni |
reglm cotel cergsant m ajor, fo r Inatane*
ag ain st the floor, thus producing the
wears three bars and ar. arc o f thr*«
pony and worked on till the mon !
noleee.
hare.
The regim ental otiarterm sster
ey gave out in 1850. the chief ob-
"
T
h
is
account,
lik
e
the
first,
got
In
to
sergeant also hsc three* bare, but they
itncle being some kind of flint
are Joined by th /e e streJ?ht bars. The th e paper*, and soon I had m ore w ork.
which dynamite couldn’t break.
regim en tal rotam l-sary senreant bas the I w o n 't ta ke a ll m y rases o f ‘ghost
same ln»l«rrla w ith a cvew ent In th« la y in g .' but w ill pick out one o r two.
“About 10,009,000 wns spent
angle. Squadron or battalion sergeant T h e re was a country place th a t fo r a up to 1890, and then Mr. Pyngroe
m ajors have three bera w l'h an are ol long tim e was avoided because I t got
took hold, organised a new com-1
tw o bare. T h e chief musician wears s th e reputatton o f having a spectre
pany, with <055.090 working enp-,
bugle In his chevron, so doee the chief W ith in a week I saw It twice, glid in g
trum peter. T h e drum m ajo r wears twe about th * grounds, but It was too n im ­ ital, and finished the job m 189'?.!
embroidered croeecd batons. In th e o r d - , bi« to r ms to catch. Then I put on a
It is only about four nti'e* long,!
nance depart m eat the shell and flame w h ite cloak m gselt and trie d haun ting
but
it is 09 feet wide at the bot­
T h is ruse succeeded in
are borne. T h e hospital corp« and the th e ghost.
tom, about 80 feet Wide nt water­
elenal corp« also bear the Insignia of frig h te n in g th e ap p aritio n , as, when
line, 2fl feet and three Inches
th e ir corps. Flret-claas private« o f en­
gineer* wear a castle o f red cloth piped '
deep in water, and It is cut nearly i
w ith w h ite .
all the way through, solid rock,
Th e ehevrone o f the sergeant* of the
rising at some points for 209 feet
Hne ell have th ree bars. Th e first ser­
above the canal,
».!
geant bearaa losenge aleo. a quarter- !
m aster «ergrent a tie o f one bar, a color
“It Is like a canyon, and ahipa do
(erg een t a etar. a «table eergeant o f field
not take kindly to it, the entrance
e r tllle ry a hare«** head.
A corporal
being had, a strong wind blowing
w ear* tw o bare and a lance corporal one
through ft as through a great air
bar.
"a
!
shaft, and there Is nt time* a
A cook wears on bis A m th e insignia
o f * cook's cap, a fa rrie r bears s horee-
strong reverse current.
sboe. a aaddlsr a saddler * k n ife and a
“It is an interesting trip
mechanic o r a rtific e r tw o e rose i d ham ­
through the canal, and it savea 123
mers A flrst-clase g u naer wears an In­
signia o t scarlet cloth representing a
miles of very rough wtter and 20
cannon projectile.
hours of time; but so fnr skippers
Beside* thee« chevron* o f ran k there
prefer to go through tbepeninaola !
are chevron* fo r eervtotfaad fo r service
rather than through the canal
Io w ar. Th e Href Is a diagonal h a lf chev­
though with tome ch-. n^ca which I
ron of cloth o f the color of the man's j
corps. F o r service In w a r the men wear '
will be made It is ltelieved the t
a diagonal h a lf ehevroo o f w h ite eloth
canal will hecc-re of ccneral.use j i
piped w ith th e color o f ib e arm of i« fv -
as soon cs a few «hips begin to nae ,
Ice la which th e man won the dletlnc-
It and remove tl»e prejudice now ¡1
tlo n. M en m ay Wear aa m any o f these
existing againet it.”
ehevrone as they earn.
Th e general order which priwcrlhee
the chocge of uniform go«« In to the m l-
nuteel d ita lle regarding the dreee of th r
clean blood u t n a a ejean akin
Nt
officer« and men o f the U n ited State*
*e w ’ y w *k o « t I t Canc.iretn, Cn’iilj Cetknt-
arm y. W hen ce rta in dreee mute and
tal citali jo n r blood *.,i! !..,,, it elrei., fc>
m a rt co t he worn la laid down In tha reg-
«v »t”9 nr th * tnxv Uver end driving ad ■ ■
« litlo n a .
T h a very braids oa th *
x im ,— I i . i i i tire 1-M.y. He inn to dag u
ni«L »A,.ose«, i« i;.. l.ln irb ia, Idaekheadn
aworde' h ilts ere euh|e«t to rules o f po-
eta
chat arckiy toltone eomptaiion by taking
sltion and tying . ___
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