m s Hoop h I
III. "1)1.1 I . .
V"' W',, nn'' '"W lnnch ' HORRORS OF METEMMEH
ng in hi. mother', im Daw cnm'
NAI'OLLO.Vi ORIGINAL PLAN TO INVADE ENGLAND.
HFHH were only
two dayi n main j
before the Hay
In ml regatta, and
up to 3 o'clock,
T b r ad ay nfn r
noon tho on rival
to Iavo Cnrr 'son's
"Fl. el wing,
M rail mink under .... .....
btMM .strained In vuln to keep ahead
of the Mark-hulled boa, ,h,
nil the tW It. sails could fln.l
Jo.. look.sl at the g n,,,,,,. of
swirling continuously ov. r the rnll and
Hhook hlH heart. "If. n .JSl V?
that i vie, we can't ran anises it,.. -.J... '
every one wanted old fellow." he said, gently, k, w ,'g
to fee. had not yet his captain's thought. "'
register. d nt the: They ,.r ,, M
xnchtClub. boat tore nlomr h...i,t
.. ... ....!!. I I .. " ."-in. ITie hell
,1 " " . . w . " J oi l' MIT ','.., 111.,, ,1,.,
on the pier u.n.i r noay morning c-ep ,1I)Kh of a sea ereature It wul I
lazily erltlelslng the regatta 11. ct mean . much to win n,. ......
i swung at anchor, burst Into Inor- l.iys felt that more .h.nonH.wi i.
comment ae a long slim Imhii slid i tbey bnd thought-whocver won the
them down the harbor and s'o d cup won sum. .thine u,, .. ...
before the heavy wind under full somehow Have couldn't help feeling
ass HoiiHi i o nnvt i iil ni.i,p
icilo! that's Tbornes lat now. than I defeated. "Jnsi so., in, aJZ, .
lV . , v I -. I tilt l I .llU S 'lltt ll IIM.Ih ' ' ll.l 1.1 .
i ' ' " 7 -""" i '"' """uiiig queer iMrore this Is over."
u.irilly wait to touch the ,l,kk l. "tT Tren. form the l llr Into
prang ashore. Father, moth, r do Megata OfatlU.
you know what he did " The town of Metcmmeh stands about
"Oh. Dave, did you see It, too; how ml1" rro the waterway, but the In
can we ever thnnk him. If It bad not 'ervenlng plain presented a most won
MM for him. If he hurt not baaa there 'rful sight, one of the moat won.b r
Just at that moment. Mat says that he ,ul tiMl have er.ws.sl my path In four
ami Mnry would have beeu drowned. I mipalgns. The dervish army had
Oh. 1 cun't think of It; such a uarrow "Idontly remained, afler (he full of
escape. And Mr. Thorne lost the nice. : " Jaallna at Motemnioh. encamped
too. It was too late to go back then." for aM time In this plain. Milmi
As Dave understood he held out hi 'heir chain of lntrcnchmcnts. ami hurt
hnnd. "too've won the cup," he said. "Ted ou the fat of the lon.l; for this
swiftly. 'Thorne, I'm mighty clad, old Ptaea. and here I am not sKansrarutsL
' 9kmm mmm r.-' immm
fellow.
"Not I," laughed Thorne; "It's yours,
of course."
So that It why there are two names
on the sloop . up. instead of one, uud
over an arm n( less than live square
tnll., was simply one mas of the
refits,, of rti-sh meat a modern iiolgo
tba. Annuals must have been slungh
tacad In thoiranls with nNMaM w-uste,
. ,1... ... ,..r of .lot 1 1 ' .
U loe ,,.ti . ... I - noil
boys at his heels. "Yea, there's her
t'on.iierer. She must have
In Liu. nlirhr t flldn't 1 't ,iv Imr
. , , I W, . 1 1 L . .
rst: K III llie "IK umimhii lies c
bcr."
M .. ,11 . ,1 ., 1,,., u , , . fnm
rieetwlng' to bent her now."
wmiiler wnai i.ave u sny wnen tie
rs that his beloved rival Is here."
red the half dozen voices Hint hart
n disputing as a white hut came
A ,. I t
1 ... I .. , .. I, I . n ual .... tkn II
de Joe. "AnyinuiK unai nnj-iM n.-a
lii' Inst ten minutes?"
norm' uvi iriui ui w hi ui na.is
the 'Conqueror n blurted out Jo,
i ..,.,,11,.. i
on Ills co.tu iwiiurisi mre. u.- s
! Ill M l 41 II.
aMtlt l.n ) ., i .) If will ' . ..viis.
ti!tt siiiiinir to snow Him your
.1.
f i 1 1-. e to nice l in. finswermi
re, slowly watching tho lioat as It
.1 1
nil'. I it m mi iH'sM HnktL ninn. von
nl.ln't .' :,t. ..nf frtr tlinfr " n piriwl
s pnrrlcular churn, nnil dnrcil any-
', uura. Alien run u un l no no
I4 ill I II' 1 SS.
m il hi ii.i i i m . i i si it i fi 1 1 ri. iwi n
SOdlng the year before In accusa
and open distrust.
'J rattier have him take the cup
yuni i wnntea ll nnu enough to
him tixr it " anM I i . . . ,
n 111, iM f w.n Iti. '11 thlotr ...ti'-w.
. ii' i in in" Mi'i .1,.,' I ir.itf in'
arm over Dave's shoulder. "What
want to do is to go In and ieat him
.i ii ii in is iirwiTM- r fi fi i t it ii,ii 'ii
111 sit it It'u 1 1 u i U'IikIv n ml utmu hi m
wu Nome.
I j in um iuivi ii u v. vj vo.
said to himself as lie walked homo.
this wind will shift before to-
Uini'M. H II' t'l R (T V BUB D1DHI
or witn nil ner virtues tiro "Fleet-
U I 'n il IK IT mil U 1 1 1 1 flit Ml n HI 1 II
I stiiii ivi'sTir i 1 1 1 1 iinvu nr r in
a a a
11:11 OO Ii n
1,1..,.,. Tl l r i i ill 1
"Kleetwlng's" powers, too. and lie
as earnestly for ft "reeling gale"
Dive prayed for n catspaw breMOi
k'i'-'j .
ill flfpnlll ll ,,'e., ., ,l,..r . .
v o- -
morntof and felt tho puffy north
II I II II I rn .i I hi It ii s. ...Hi ni'lVI V
Ill "nil "i f Mi, 1.-... -..I
i win ie airty worK getting round
pudding stone reef In this choppy
i enn mnke the first leg on this
DeL :i' ii tt'u nn!v n ch ri Im i I Immn
wvs v v nit I nun vuv
"f IHa) VVV) a Ul'HI PH " j--m
I a -
ere, Delay that, and stop your fuss-
retorted Joe, throwing down a
"You can't race this race alone;
UV(U i.m n ua uu uuiij uiwui
r in? "
lit1 tinrd l.witr nn Tiot-'. f n mi iloni.i M
r . v. , VII ii.- O IUV V UVi Jil l'
n ho went on with his work. So
Kv 'i . i I a . 1 1. 1 ii .i
tw - s- inaj IITV IIUJ 3 111 WllKlUg HUH
w.'J HOT I'.-ir hi. r ri'im..s. c-i iv
HQ s i inL.no ...... .. ..i-irt" ii..,.
I iu. in li uimiviiii ui iiiuv
inorne isn't going to have an easy
mm nr ..f .!... ......... :l "
I ivnuig ui ii.i iiiv
rd Im t
r "o uiiuiuik lu.
.v, Joe. lot Thorne take care of
nv f .-ui an we ran u n
IlML'f rl.fl.t
1 k' I'h hor niT tl... Mm "I mm4
-a- v ni juvi , rt in y on i
wcrod Dnvo. In n tone thnt mnilo
mate lift big eyebrows and whistle
mtly.
i -tinny how mad flffhtlng will Dak
min." he said to himself, ns Dan
DIMtfl in rt.t . . i .1
mi'lisl on board from the nler where
had been waiting.
'it'.-.. 11 I ., I.. - I . I tin
ub in n uKUiinu Biuuu.
1 his lioot tugging to get away, and
railing, windy sen. "Just wit ii,,mi,
unlll I get around Hint first buoy with
tho wind behind me. I've a cliniire
.vet. nnd It's changing to the east ul
rendy."
Toor Dare, not n gn at ehaneo. Even
after they had started on that long sec
ond leg, where be bad trusted to do so
much, luck was against hltn. The
northeast wind was ns fierce ns ever,
ami still the "Conqueror" g;i!ned. Dave
would not look at her. He stanil flerte-
ly nt the great curving sails above him
swollen and sllff with wind, the mast
creaking nnd straining as the little ves
ei staggered bravely on under her
bMT load. Dave's nails were white
with the grip of his hands on the wheel
1 ,. I . I ..s
"u me . nnijiiiTor s tiller never
wavered In Thome's hard grasp. .Ills
eye on the luff of the sail, his breath
coming short and hard, every thought
why It stands on the mantel In the i-lnh since even now the sin.l .lrlv.'ti nl.iln
tnmm; n proudest trophy.' New York
I-. dg. f
7 .'
A FAtXT CnY CAMB TO TIlon.VB.
hurled forward with bis Hying limit, he
was making up for the fulluro of last
year he would win this time beyond
doubt or disbelief. Already the tide In
the "pudding stones" win shouting vic
tory In his ears. He laughed to It, nnd
n voice HUM erylrg back. Thorne look
ed around. He wondered If any of the
other boys had heard It
The wind hnd veered Into the enst
and wns piling up the waves so that
the "crew" who lay for ballast along
the stnrlionrd rail caught n glimpse now
and then of the "I'loetwlng" ataggtrtug
on In-Ill ml. They saw nnd beard noth
ing else.
Again thnt faint cnll came to Thorne
llko the voice In tho ripple of wnter.
He bent and looked under tho lioom.
Something wns dancing toward tin' fa
tal current round tho "pudding stones."
Dancing like a thoughtless child. A
wnvo lifted It nearer. It wns a skiff
nnd n bit of white stuff llutterod from
(he bow. Well, ni.iny lioats MM out to
sea, why should Thome notice this.
Yes, many boats came-but Dot so far
not skiffs not with something white
flying from the prow In terrified signal
of dlHtrvsseurely not with fright. Ded
cries for help- for "mamma" nnd
"papa." Hut why should Thome slop
to help. Dave was close behind him,
so close thnt 11 be chnngts.1 his course
now enough to rescue the Utile skiff, he
would be too late by the time he had
come back nnd ronnded the "padding
stono" buoy on the starboard shb. Have
would have passed him.
A wavo tossed the little craft on Its
crest another, and nnother, each wave
nearer to the whirl of water ovit the
rocks. Thome could see the spindle on
the crng standing like a warning B tiger
It was time to tack out around It and
start on the Inst leg home. Again came
thnt (lightened, sobbing cry, so hope
less nnd so lost. Thorne looked at bis
crew.
"I sny, Thome, the 'I'leetwlng' seems
to be gaining." called little Barley,
"We can't be losing now, eh?"
Thome's hand trembled on the wheel.
The rudder swayed. Slowly the shadow
of the sail swung round over Its c.ip
tain. With a cry of amazement the
boys flnng themselves Into the lorkplt.
"What on earth, Thorne; there's the
buoy on the port hand '
Thorno nodded to the drlfilng boat
already circling In the edge of the
whirlpool
"(let the bMt hok, Hnrley. qu'ek.
Baaa her off. Hob; there she comes, now
then, that's It There's no hurry. Haf
l. v, we can't win. Thnnk Ood, we
saw them In time."
"Never mind, then, they'll find ont
who's won." he nildinl, quietly, as a
long faint shout from the baffled "I'leei
wing" warned them that their cours.
wns seen.
For as .Toe eased the sheets to go
ntsiut he unw the "Conqueror" beaded
here; Just run forrard l home, but witn tne punning ... y..
I . I 1 . . I kn .' 1 111 fi
die on the wrong sine, nun m- n...u ...
puzzled way: "Do look nt Thome, will
you; Isn't he Inside the mark?"
"Ity Jove, so he Is," shouled Joe an
grlly. "Call him, boys, let him know
we've seen him cheating."
"Never mind, never mind," crl"l
Pave, "wnlt until we get home, tha
cheat We'll settle with him th.-n."
Have's heart awrllisl as he saw the
hated black bull. Its huge canvas taut.
FIQHT WITH A FISH.
Mnn.ter Tuna l.umlrd Aflrr Contf .1
Lasting Knur Boar
Prof. tTiarl.n f. Bolder, the natural
Isl and author, deserllie how he caught
what he Mleves to DO the largest tiimt
ev. r taken with rod nnd reel. It was
early morning. MteMt of .Union liny,
OatatlM Island, when he got n strike
Which threw the henvy flying fish twit
which he wns bTolUng far up tha Una.
"Then," says the professor, "the mag
Dlfleaat llsh came boiling along the sur
face, throwing tho foam high In the air.
In a manner that has given some an
glers here the 'buck fever.' Fortunate
ly I hookod the llsh. ami Its first roth
took about Ksl feet of line screaming
and hissing from the reel, and had not
the henvy brake ltoon soaked the line
would have burnt off at once. 1 sin
eeeiled In turning ihe llsh, which then
came In on me. with Ihe greatest v. lo
city.
"I had managed to reel In the slack,
and when the tlsh reached wlthlu twen
ty feet of the boat It turned and wa
away again, taking GOO feet of the
! but a mass of animal's skulls and
bones. The hides even were not pro
erv.sj. but are there to th!t day, rot
ting in the sun.
We rode across this ghastly stretch
to the town Itnelf. lu Its day Meiein
men must have been one of the most
flourishing Arab towns upon the Nlhv
To day It Is a ghostly catacomb, a veri
table city of death. At we rode down
the Aeatfted. atnvts and pnss.sl through
the crumbling alleys a feeling of deep
depression held us. How could It hare
bism otherwise, for here we were lu
what a few months ago had Ixvn a
flourishing, busy town, with lu com
mercial Inter.wt.s, Its family and Inter
nal ties. Its markets, Its homesteads
an 1 Us byrea. Now It Is a gutted city,
given over to desolation, decay and the
foul snirengers of the desert
Mra and sword bad dona their work.
There was not a roof but tx.ro evi
dences of the Invader's fire brand, nor
a courtyard but held Its complement of
dead. The very dODMCtlC animals had
been slaughtered at their tethers, and
the Infants at their mothers' breasts.
From the dry-brick mansion of the
leading sheikh to Ihe hovel of the
meanest fisherman every dwelling bore
NAFOUD01TI FLOATINU rOBTBBM,
A Oerman historian now conies fOtWMd with the remarkable statement thnt
he lias ills, iiver.'.l NuMhsn'l original .lsns for the Invasion of Fiii-IiiihI In the jrrur
17US. Just list fean ugn Napolaoa de.-M.sl to tow in army ever to F.iiilamt eg
gri-ut loatlag fori., ullh large bodies of troops lln. d up In battle order. Tticy were
thru to light thtll tt athon ! himl In the cinist ttlm.lt resort to lighten. The
troop, were to march Ssluirt lu the onler of tb.-lr r. ginifiiU, r.sssli-.l and burked
up by artillery. This, the QtfaMl historian laa, It.niapirte tned to loaMas
pllsh In the iiimmer m us.in. when the water wus culm nnd the attending ejMNB
Mince fM.r.'.l by wind nnd wruth.-r.
It ..111 he resMtabafad that KapaleM has often declared thn( he would hivp Is-en
Is gnat an admiral 4 he was a general with half a rlnince. "Ilut," M I'l'bsl, "the
1'rrii. h ire useless as suilnrs. They ire ts fusiy, ton eirltahle. At sea one nerili
a culm BUadi Qolet fortitude BM energy," nompirte'i ferries wer.1 built In
Itrest. Oherbonrg and Ilouloune. but when NapoieM bMpaOtaa them In Iho iprln
Of IT'.IS Ills fnlth III the tiew funuh d BMMteft w.ivpre.1.
He ihtgdonad the peapoaed bieatloa t F.uglun.l and I- .. Mirtel nn the ex
pedition to l'gypt, fr.uu where he hoped to U able to rule the Mr.lltcrrunran.
QUEEN AGAINST HER WILL.
A Tragic Homan.-e nf the Houth Hru
Isluml.
The lehonaat Ooaai spmy, Oapt
i.uitreii ooniniandlng, itcwtty grrivad
at Sun l'ruticisie from an extend ad
trading cruise In (he r'smthern l'aclflc.
The Capblln bore the news of the death
of the Queen of tho MUM Islands. A
iranger slory never wns told.
Aci-ordlng to a special dispatch from
Kan Francisco to the New York Herald,
many years ago William Young, an
Ftigllsh sailor on n little trading
schooner that bail sailed from an Am
trnl Inn port, was tblpwfgchad and cast
ashore on one of the Mima Islands.
I.)Ug slrugglltig had swept away near
ly all his clothing, but he managed to
cling to a piece of timber until wlih It
. . 1 ',i . . ti .- i . . i. . -i.i ........
.,...l ll . i ,i l" IUK run... HBgnij
u , 1 T BUU whl-h had overtaken them. Illeached
again It enn.e Id at me. Turning once 0,., lay ln n KtMf m
llll ifll f ll.l Mull , I II J I.Afl S ... A l...,hl. 1. . I
ii 'i lur linn UUS I 11 I . 1111 MM ll
aw the TVi nnnnene4' ggHaftgatlflkeS nlnnff ' eitTilnfl through the roago
llnd him as Thome tried to gel to though It cared not a stroke for honor.
n'!ard at the starting line. "Joe," "Coward V groaned Dave.
onl.m.1 ... .n. i . i 1 mm, . a nna hour tha t was. Untitle
on the win.i-oi .Tk.....i ,.ii u mine." said Dave. Mine. mine.
lb the sheet Ton fellows ballast her miner He repe' ?vrr n'' y'
w- AH readr. It's irolnir to 1 eloM ' a he h.-nrd tne rar-ou '
'ng all the way." he said to hltns.df. , ties and belli and horns when tne uon
ne IHer nnother the lioats slid over iiiieror' crosoj me no.
ne, "Cflnnueror" and "Floetwlnir
or Ude.
loser saiiimj than he thought even.
Pit of the "Fleetwlmr"!" promising
ad the muter hand on her wbe. 1.
Tha anffTT blood flooded bis cheeks
and ihook hl rolee as he touched the
nler For even Ma father and mother
were there holding Thorne'i hands and
laughing ecatatlcally. itl bU two ft
neavy neat a mile out to sea at a rap
Id rate. Finally I turned It and, after
a superb play on tho surface, circling
the boat It turned uud towed us a mile
Inshore, so near the rocki that I
thought we should lose It In the kelp.
"Here the flih fought mo for nearly
three hours, rushtug In and out plung
ing down Into the blue channel, cir
cling around, darting away, and then
coming at me from uucipcctcd points,
showing the most rcmnrkuble cunning
I have ever observed In mnny y.-ars'
experience In nod and leal fishing.
"At 0:30, after I had played the tuna
three hours, I turned It after one of Its
rushes, when It gathered Its energies
and headed for Avalon, making a slu-
un drled can-asses fouled the air of
every open space.
Doorways and alleys showed how
they had rapidly been mudded up, and
lu all the serub by her riverside house
hold belongings showvd how the
wretchi-d Jnulln hud tried to save their
simple pontiles by a hurried flight Hat
the Isinis around tbenc rachoo were
only a detail of the one umit tmg.sly
which was almost a smvcssfnl attempt
to blot out not a DOtnad family but an
agricultural rncv.
From the town we went Into the do.
ert to tho spot where the derrlnhea had
made their eeCOBd camp. The Intro
duction was gtvwsoiuo enough, for
ajsm a dry sandy knoll we came ajsin
the i-on.iaeroTS gallows. It wns but a
gle run of !x miles, nnd at Just 10:30 or(str. f blackened logs, from which
a. m. I stopped It In front of the Hotel
Metropole, where It gave a wonderful
exhibition while lurrounded by the
launches of several friends who came
out to see the finish. The tunn was, so
far ns I could judge, stronger than
ever, yet It had towed the lioat against
the oars of my boatman at least eight
miles.
"A heavy sen hnd picked Op and
threatened tho tswit bill this was for
gotten, and nt the supremo moment my
boatman sllpis'd the gaff under the llsh
and It was ours ?) not yet the gaff
went to pieces and the llsh got nwny
100 feet again. I reeled It In; this time
a big gaff was hooked Into It, nnd, with
a cheer, the monster llsh wns slid Into
the boat, almost capsizing It.
"The tunn weighed Vtt pounds. He
length wus six feet two Inches, girth
four foot, and the catch gives to Full
forma the bardeai fighting game iish
lu tho world with rod and reel."
Kli Senses.
One of the greatest discoveries of
physiology Is that we once bnd six
scnsi. What the lost sense wus no
one knows, and probably no one will
ever know. Hut that our forefathers
possessed It there Is no doubt for the
remains of that part of the brain In
which It resided are still to lie seen In
nny one of us.
These remains are simply a small and
now perfectly useless little nuiM of
brain I0.be tance, ciiII.mI the "pituitary
body." It consists of two tiny Utile
oval lobes Joined together, and lying In
a little cavity of the skull, strangely
named the sella turcica, and situated
over nnd behind the nose.
It Is quite possible that It may have
enabled our forefathers to see In the
dark liefore luniis and candles were
Invented, or It may have placed then
In communion wlih gliosis nnd falr'os.
or It may have tss-n nn oignn that en
abbsl them lo go home In a bee line
when they lost their way In the prima
val forests.
On the other hand. It Is possible that
It was a bad substitute for vision or
smell or hearing, and died out when the
improvci sense organ dereloptd.
a length of ros was still Itatlng to the
breeze, but nt Its base were evidences
of Its use In all their creepy details.
I counted eighteen human skulls, lo
the bleached fawboneg of which the
beards of the victims were still adher
ing, while a clean-cut shin hone show
ed that mutilation had preceded death.
- Soudan letter In the Ixmdon News.
,
itioAnaT oriirJiA.
The Dog Ilegan the Trouble.
Ole Hanson had trouble with a bell
cose dog belonging to his neighbor a
Utisslau by the name of Huvvn Drenkn
vltskey. The Swide shot the dog ns
UA.... na In. illuiiiiviriil th.it tie ivna not
frl.ndly to him, and the sequel found 'appointment 8,1,1 lu d"" "'"B ho I"11"
him In a lustlce's court. . led the sonooi w.u.
When Ole was propounded IntafTDfa
For HI out Friend.
A writer la the New York Ilernld
says that there Is now on one of Ihs
Fulled Slntes buttleshlps n lieutenant,
the story of whose admission to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis ll of a
soinew lint romantic- nalure.
The father of Ihe young man was a
young officer at the military post al
Omaha during the period when tlrant
was under a cloud, and no one dreamed
( the Immortality that awaited him.
The two men had been classmates .t
West Point ,
Fairly lu the wnr, before Oratit
ichlered distinction, tho officer fell mi
the Held, lie left a young wife and
throe babies almost ismnlloss. Itrav. ly
the widow struggled to raise and edu
cate the children. The eldest wns a
son. It was the mother's ambition lo
have him enter the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
Hardly bad Iho boy reached iho re
quired age when nn accident deprived
him of u linger, which, according to Iho
law, deyrlred him from entering. It
was a cruel blow lo the doting mother.
At the time Henernl (.rant was serving
his last year as President of the Fnlti-d
Slates. Ileculllng tho warmth of the
friendship thai had existed bftWMa
hlin and her husband, the widow's
hope rekindled.
Heading In a pa pet thnt President
iJrant would sail on a certain day from
New York for Newport she went to
the metropolkt and boarded the same
boat. Then she sent her card to tho
President, who responded In person. He
was delighted lo meet (he widow of his
old friend. Together they talked over
the old days on the frontier, and the
changes wur and time had wrought
"And now, my dear Mrs. X.," said
('rant, "what can I do for youT
"Much," was the reply. And tho
mother told ber itory. Ornnt listened.
"(lo borne," he said at length, "and
leave the boy to me. I will take care of
hltn."
At the next landing the widow got off
the boat and returned to New York,
u-m.in n month her boy received bis
torles by the attorney for the proseeii
tlon.'be evidenced a sense of Justice In
framing replica thnt Is rarely wltm ss
,..1. "What sort of u gun did you hare,
Mr. Hanson?" Inquired the attorney.
"JBj var two hole shotgun." "Don't you
think you could have scared him
away?" "Aye might ef aye had Dot
bane scare so lak dockens maesal."
An Outrageous Nlander.
The public may not know the good
s.ory, which has been a Joy for many
a long day among musicians, which
tells how a celebrated conductor, ad
mired and lielored by every one who
knows him, accused his wife. In broken
F.ngllsh, of conduct the reverse of ad
mIrabW (to P'" mildly). He waa re
fusing an Invitation to nn afternoon
"Why didn't you take the other end Of , for D).r on the plea of her delicate
.l . I ..In. mi-Hi-V . n 1 1 . . . I .mU mi ii, ,i
thn enn and scare him away?" "Val
master lawyer, vy dedn" de dog com
for mae oiler end llrrt ef bne vnnt lo
hav mae do dot ray rid him rid de
gun?"
Home y.gg ftiaileUoa
Secretary Wilson, of the National De
partment of AgiTPulturc, estimates
that the annual egg product of the I'nl
ted States auiounti to MO.000,000 dox
en. Placed end to end. tbey would girt
the eerth twelve time at the equator
and still leave enough to eeirHse a
proper restraint upon one night bam
stormera.
II Was Only a ( ami-o
"What a beautiful pin. Mrs Utripea.
Ii It an heirloom?"
"Oh. no; It'i Just a cuniua."
health: but he evidently got a little
mixed during his explanations, for be
made the following astounding itate
merrt, which was news, Indeed, to the
world In general: "My wife lies In the
afternoon)! If she d.n-s not lie, Ihen iho
swindles!" N.'B.-' ScbwIndeln" Is the
equivalent In German for "feeling
giddy."
llhodudrnrtrona llilrty Feet High.
Su India the rhododendron growl to a
height of thirty fis-t. Marlgoldi In
North Africa reach a height of four or
Ave feet
Whenever a bachelor beglm to Inrea
llgite a girl's cooking be means busi
ness. When God Is carving our rough block
Into an angel, we weep over the chips.
he was thrown up on shore In safety.
It wns night when he landed on the
beuch uud realized that he was safe.
Then be swooned away. The next thing
ho knew hi win on a comfortable cot
In a native's cabin, nnd around him
were n Bomber of dusky barburluns
who, unaccustomed to seeing a man
having n while skin, had taken htm for
a god and were entertalntng him as
host they could, ln u few days he began
to recover siifrlclenlly to appreciate the
lltnatten, uud It Is needless lo suy thnt
he enjoyed It Favors of every descrip
tion were bestowed upon htm. By the
diHTis. of tho King n palace was ap
pointed for his habltaflOBi and here he
continued to receive the attention of
ilui en -at chiefs of ihe Islands. In a
short time he lent tied the unlive Ian
gunge and Invented muny contrivances
to guin and retain tho homage of the
people. He soon became a favorite on
Ihe Islands and ln time became strong
ly uttnehed to a young sister of tho
Mug. Then followed Iho marriage of
llm god and the princess. Tho union
wns u happy one, mil In the course of
time n daughter wni born and she wns
named Margaret fthl wns n beautiful
child, and naninilly uia tin. Idol of her
father. He taught her lo rend nnd write
KngUsh, and when she hud attained
yeiirs of understanding ho sent her to
a convent school nt Samoa.
Margaret pursued her studios In flie
convent about four jears, and during
that time she fell In love with ft hand
some young Samoan, who, at the com
pletion of her course, begged for an Im
mediate marriage. The young lady
wns flgreeablo to the marriage, but
asked Ihe privilege of returning to her
father at her old home before the cere
mony should take place. The next trad
ing vessel that sailed from Samoa car
ried her to her old boms.
She had only been there a few weeks
when the King win taken mddenly Ul
and shortly afterwards died. When
the grief of the UUlOfl hnd inhilded
the wise men and councillors begun to
look around for a lucooisor. There
were several sons and daughters of the
deceased monarch living, but according
to a pecullnr custom of the people the
eldest nephew or niece of the late ruler
luceeeded to the throne. Margiret waa
the regular and legitimate luccenor ac
cording to this rule. Sho wai well
aw are of thti, and at the first report of
the Klng'i lllnesi had made an effort
to get away from the Wands, but there
wai no vessel by Which she could es
cape. She hid promised her young Sa
moan 'chief that In ill months she
would return and become bli wife.
Now her prospects were blighted. She
was a prisoner, although an belr to a
crown. Although a queen, ihe knew
her life would be a living death. The
constitution of the islands consisted In
a code of unwritten laws, one of the
moot stringent of which wis that the
Queen could never marry or even look
upon the fare of a man. The palace was
so constructed that one could not eee
beyond Iti walls from within, and the
royal attendants wero all maldeni.
Every day tbe wise men and council
lors sought tho advice of their sover
eign on bended knees with their fore
bcedi upon the ground and a partition
abutting off the rlew of royslty. The
ralee governing sovereigns were Inex
orable. Nothing, even death Itself,
could change a law. It was to luch a
life ai tbli tbe beautiful young Mar
giret was doomed. When she was
ought to take ber place as the eorer
elgn of tbe people she protested and de
clined the office. Bat there wu no get
ting rid of tbe responsibility. She was
Queen by right and ihe moat be Queen
ln fact They brought her against ber
will Into tbe palace, tbe Inaugural cero
gsonlot were performed, and she waa
Initiated Into the seclusion of a pafatOI
that In reality was a prison. Although
the llrsl Indy of tho realm, she did not
enjoy the privileges or freedom of the
meanest slave.
It was ills, ul throe yeurs ago thai sho
became Queen, uud since that time one
can only fancy the llfu of aorrow she
must have lived. Only once was she
outside the palace wulli In those three
years, nnd that was to attend the fu
nerul of her father.
A bamboo box was tnudo In which
she was carried to the graveilde. The
sldei of tho cage were thickly thatched
with palm leaves, preventing her fnwn
"cleg anything that wai going on out
side. Near the lop of tho bamlsMi itruc
ture wer. ventilation oieulngs, lint
these were so screened that she could
not see out. At the gravo iho could
hear (be clods falling upon the coffin
lid, but could sis nothing. She could
hear the moans and walls of the
mourners, but received tio real sym
pathy. When the grave was closed In
alio was carried back lo her prison and
her life of hopeless loneliness. That
was aboUl a year ago.
Some weeks ago the Ocean Spray wna
driven out of her course and strnndisl
on the shores of M una Island. The ns
tires swarmed around and welcomed
the whites, They told tho captain of
Iho lllnesi of their Queen, and he,
knowing something of tho clrciim
sinners, secured permission for his
wife to see tho (Jueen. From hli wife's
report he con..iudd that the unfortu
nuto royal prisoner wiu merely suffer
lug from a cold. Ho prepared some
medicine for her from his cheat and
gave It (o ihe chiefs, saying tli.il It was
only a cold, and If tltcy followed his dl
recllons and gave tho medlcluo iho
would be nil right
They accented Iho medicine with a
great show of gratitude, went nwny,
called a council of chiefs, and after
long and careful dolllioratlon decided
that It would be dangerous to glvo her
the white man's medicine. If she had
a cold the projicr remedy was nn appli
cation of heat. The priests built a num
ber of flics on the !eueh. The Queen
was carried out In tbe bamboo cage,
nnd amid the loud walls of tho priests
and cries of the assembled people It
wns placed In the cenler of the circle
of llrrs. Fresh fuel wns piled on nnd
the bent became more Intense. The
poor Queen cried for help, but no help
came. All one night nnd during the
greater part of the next dny the cold
curing ceremony wns kepi up, and then
all was still within the cage. Fulls to
tho Queen brought no nnswer, and the
chiefs nnd priests knew thnt the cum
had baaa ft success. Amid ihoula of
Jubilation the Imx wns earrl.'d to Ihe
palace gate, delivered to Ihe attendanta
and dragged Into the secluded Interior.
Soon a piercing shriek cume from the
Dee. Ifl, 177.1, before going to the wliarf
where the cargo of t.-a w ui thrown Into
tho waters of the harbor. The Old
South Church and Faneull Hall are the
only two buildings besides this bouse
tiow left thai sheltensl tho patriots on
that eventful day.
Although built In 1771, thn house was
strong enough to stand together an
other loo years, mid It would doubtless
have been left us a landmark were It
not for Ihe dty'i grow ih around It. Tbe
land comprised lu Its site and the yard
hnvo rlsou so much In value that a
building productive of proportionate
revenue must be put up to meet (he lu-
creuae III tuxes.
AMATEUR SUROEHY. . r
How Ihe llrnkcn l .n of u ( hl. ken or
Casaeg Mar llv Cured.
Young chickens and other birds fre
quently break tho txuice of Iheif leg!
and If properly attended to IhlOQ rup
tures can Iw easily eared with very
Hi lie Iroiibliv As soon as the tniuble Is
noticed Hie frnctnnsl leg must ho care-,
fully cleaned and washed with warm
water and then wrapped with a bit of
anttanptlf cotton. Splints are then pre
pared for the fractured lliub. prefer
ably of spilt elderwood, the pith of
which Is taken out These splints are
fuslcncd to the cotton with g drop of
glue nnd held tightly In place by being
wound wlih Hi. i a thread. The bandngo
and dressing are left undisturbed for
from three to four weeks; then the leg
St)
asm-
uona-MAi.h si'niiKar.
Is louked ln tepid wnter until (be bind
nge c, ones off easily. Tho fracture a HI
hnvo completely honied up lit thut time.
( 'nniirlcs and other pel birds can Is.
similarly treated ln cuso of a frm tare
of u leg, only the elder splints are sub
itltutrd by place! of enr.llK.aril and tho
blindage Is left but two weeks on the
little Winged patients.
NEW TRAINING VESSEL.
Practice rhlp Chssapeuks Will Tost
to.MulKI $13.1,000,
A fine new tTnlnlng vessel or practice
ship for the VnMed States navy Is un
der way. She will bo culled the Chesa
rssiko and wfll coat to build $125,000.
It will lS propelled by stentu nnd still
nnd will as oinmodato at om u ISO
cadets ef tho navtil academy,
The CbeHaNake Is to be lilted wlih
nil tho modem applliincee for service
and eonUMl and will 1 constructed
entirely of steel, the bottom will lie
sleuthed wlih yellow pine four Inches
In thickness, from keel lo two fe.t two
Inches above the wuter lino, and 0OB
,,..'.i.l Thn i.inln Ii liter.' sir four Inch
rapid II re Men, will Ih on the covered
gun deck: four six pounders rapid fire
and two one pounders will he mounted
on the rull and worked from the flush
spur dock.
A full ship rig will lie provided, fne
NEW rilACTICi: SHIP CHKSAl'FAKH.
Queen's npartmeuts, and almost Imme
diately two atendnnii ran out icream
Ing, "Tho Queen Ii dead I She ! dead!"
Instantly all was confusion. The prlciti
chanted themselves hoarse and the
people gave vent to their sorrow In
long, loud sobs and walls. Several old
women were sent In to Investigate.
They came oirt shortly bearing tho llfe
lesi body that all might see. Tho In
tense heat and choking smoke had suf
focated the unforlunute woman as she
lay In the closed box.
AN HISTORIC HOUSE.
Hulldlng Wbarc tbe Famous Iloston
Tea Tartx Met 12ft Years Ago.
The last prime house that was di
rectly connected with the episode of
the Iloston tea party In the great strug
gle for liberty has been torn down to
make room for a business block. The
old Rradlee house, for as inch It ll
lower maiti nnd lower yards to bo of
steel, tbe balance of the spurs to lie of
ipruco or yellow pine. The bulwark
plating In connection with the stem is
carried out to form the bowsprit The
total sell area Is 10,070 square feet, Iho
vessel depending wholly upon the sails
for propulsion.
The principal dimensions of tho ves
sels lire: Iength on hnd water line,
17B feet; breadth on load water line,
thirty seven feet; draft, mcin, 1(1 feet
0 Inches; displacement 1,170 tous.
OLD .It AH! I t lloril IK UOSTOM.
known, has stood at tho corner of TV
moot and Hollli streeti for 127 yean,
and the land, which when tbe building
wai built waa a part of a pasture, hi to
day worth 1100,000.
The bouse waa one of tbe most Inter
esting historic landmarks In Boston. In
Ita wide old kitchen the ringleaders of
the Boiton tea party disguised them
seiveg an Indiana on the svenlng of
Never Get Thirsty.
There are certain lucky creatures
which never feel tho pangs of thirst,
for they are so couitltuted thai drink
Ii unnecessary to them and they never
wallow a drop of water In their lives.
Among these animals are certain ga
xelles o? the far eairt and tbe lasaas of
I'ntngoula
Some naturalists believe that hares
never drink, but get enough liquid for
their needs In the dew on the grass they
eat and It Ii certain (hut ln tho London
toologlcal gardens a paroquet lived
over half a ceutury without once drink
ing. A considerable number of reptllee
scrpents, lizards and some batracblans
-thrive tn plaeoe In which there Is ab
solutely no wator. In Franco In the
nclgfihoriiod of the lxwere there are
herds of goats and rattle which hardly
ever drink and which, ncvortlicb -.s,
produce the milk of which tho cele
brated Roquefort cheese la made.
"He." screamed tho croei roads ora
tor, "who puts his hand to the plow
must not torn back." "What's he to
do when he geta to tbe end of the fur
rerr asked the auditor tn blue-green
overalls. Indianapolis Journal.
The poor are sJwayi with na and
soma wealthy people are pretty close.