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'HEN the survivors of the Ti
tanic were picked up by the
carpatnla, which had been
summoned to their assis
tance bv wireless less than
six hours before, people who could
see more than the appalling horror of
the tragedy that had preceded the res
cue, wondered and said:
"But how fortunate that there was
a ship near to pick them up. Suppose
there hadn't been?"
As a matter of fact, nobody but a
landlubber would have made such a
remark. Any man who knew the sea
and its ways would have been decid
edly surprised had the Tltanlc's sur
vivors been compelled to wait longer
than they did, situated as they were
In the direct track of all vessels fol
lowing what Is known as the southern
course across the Atlantic. Indeed,
the testimony before the senate Inves
tigating committee disclosed that at
least one steamer had been within
nearer range of the distressed liner
than the Carpathla, and, according to
still other participants in the tragedy
passed within five miles of the Ti
tanic before she went down.
Now, if you really are a landlubber
and if, conversely, you know nothing
about the laws and customs of the
seas, you will, like the people referred
to above, remark what a wonderful
thing it was that so many ships could
respond to the Tltanlc's "C. Q. D."
call, and dismiss, the whole affair as
a remarkable coincidence. On the con-
trary, there was no coincidence about
It not any more so than if an auto
mobilist on the Merrick road should
break down on a lonely stretch out be
yond Sayville, let us suppose, and
should receive help from a brother of
the gasolene fraternity within the next
fifteen or twenty minutes.
A Much Traveled Thoroughfare.
No, the Titanic'a misfortune hap
pened to her on one of the most fre
quently traveled thoroughfares of the
Jnany that sere the seven seas all
over the globe. Outside of a few
thickly frequented marine highways,
like the British channel, or certain
stretches of the Mediterranean, or our
own Long Island sound, the Titanic
could not have picked out a better
place to sink in, with reasonable hope
of rescue in a short time. Had it not
been for a slip-up or misunderstand
ing which has yet to be explained, the
nearest ship to the wrecked liner
would have been alongside in ample
time to take off all her passengers and
crew.
Nowadays, as, for that matter, from
time out of mind, 6hlps do not stray
off certain well denned lanes unless
driven to do so by unprecedentedly se
vere weather. But nowadays this
holds true even more than formerly.
In former times, the prevailing winds
LITTLE CHANCE TO OVEREAT
Kentucklan Visits Grill Room of New
York Hotel and Hat Hearty
Breakfast.
After his brother had been in New
York a little more than a year, a Ken
tucklan decided to pay him a visit.
Hoping to surprise his brother, the
Kentucklan did not apprise his broth
er of his intentions. Arriving at nine
o'clock In the morning, he asked to
be directed to a good eating house.
The taxlcab pilot steered his course
for the largest, costliest and most
fashionable hotel grillroom on Broad
way. '
Being a stranger in a strange land
and hungry, the Bluegrass brother or
dered a regular home meal. When he
got the check from the waiter Its
size staggered him. He wasn't ac
customed to New York hotel prices.
After verifying the correctness of
his bill at the cashier's desk and be
ing Insulted by the waiter for tipping
him twenty-five' cents, the visitor
itarted out to look for his brother,
XJJT boat
at different seasons, the set of vari
ous ocean currents, and similar nat
ural phenomena, played considerable
parts in the determination of the
great trade routes, just as the loca
tion of wells and oases determines
caravan routes across the African
deserts. Ships naturally steered, on
courses on which they were most help
ed by the winds blowing at the differ
ent season of the year, as well as by
currents like the Gulf Stream.
The lines used by the great trans
atlantic liners, however.
entirely by the ice-drift from the
north. This Ice-drift is a regular phe
nomenon, and clogs the seas as far
south as the latitude of Cape Hatteras
to a point about 40 degrees west long
itude, not very far from the Azores.
That is to say, about half the seas be
tween the American and European
continents are subject to the peril of
the iceberg. Years ago skippers dis
covered this, and when transatlantic
travel began to assume the propor
tions of an industry, the custom grad
ually grew up of setting regular routes
or travel across the Atlantic, depend
ing upon the presence of ice.
North and Couth Lanes.
The northern, or short lane. Is fol
lowed late In the year, after all the
Greenland floes and bergs have drift
ed down and disintegrated in the
warmer southern waters; the southern
or short course is that followed the
greater portion of the year, when the
presence of ice is a constant menace
to navigation. There is not a great
deal of latitudinal difference between
the two, and there is no attempt to
get wholly below the limit of the ice
drift, for that would involve an impos
sible and really futile detour; but the
southern course was always regarded
as absolutely safe, until the disas
ter to the Titanic.
To find the beginnings of sea lanes
of travel, you must go far back to the
beginning of things, to the days when
men first ventured on the sea and
pushed timorously from cape to cape,
anchoring by night and rarely sailing
out of sight of land. The Phoenician
mariners, who sent their galleys
through the Pillars of Hercules and
up to Ireland for cargoes of tin, were
among the first to map out recognized
routes for sea commerce, anrl nn
cannot resist a deep respect for their
oaring in thus exploring a way that
their ancestors must have looked upon
wi'.'a wholly superstitious dread.
In the ancient world, it is true, the
ocean lanes were not many. Princi
pal among them were the several
courses from the Pillars of Hercules,
either along the African coast, via
Carthage, or the' coasts of Gaul. Italy,
and Greece, and so on, to the com
mon base of all, the ports- of Asia
Minor. Where the cnmmarrA of thn
ancient world met and was sifted and
whose office he found - about one
o'clock.
In response to his Inquiry as to his
brother's whereabouts,' a clerk said:
"He's over at Blank's hotel's new
grillroom."
"Go slow, friend, only a millionaire
could overeat at the Blank hotel. I
know, because I had breakfast there
myself this morning."
The Meanness of Mote.
A typical southern "mammy" en
tered the office of a well-known attor
ney, and, after mopping her shining
brow with a bandanna handkerchief,
said to the man at the desk:
"Ah wants f git a dlvo'ce f'oni mah
husban', Mose Lightfoot."
"On what grounds?" asked the at
torney. "Hes' Jes' natchelly wufless," was
the reply.
"What Is your husband's occupa
tion?" "He Jes' sets roun' de house all day
and p'tends to mind de baby."
"Does he take good care of the
child?"
'Deed he do not! 'He la too lazy.
then redistributed on Its way to thou
sand smaller marts. Countless less
important routes branched out from
these, carried thera on or projected
into limited areas of water, surround
ed by large populations which had a
commerce of their own. In every case
the paths of the trading galleys were
invariably the same. The middle of
the Mediterranean was probably sel
dom furrowed outside of the few
tracks pursued by vessels traveling
from one side of it to the other, 6ay
from Carthage or Alexandria to Ath
ens or Rome. Men crept along the
coasts or rowed uncertainly from
island to island, unless they could not
he!p themselves.
And it is strangely true that nowa
days, when the ocean lanes are so
much greater In number, so Incompar
ably far-flung in character, the same
general conditions hold good on the
grander scale that has been assumed.
The waters of the world or that por
tion of it which Is to any extent in
habited are criss-crossed in every dl
rection by Innumerable paths followed
by vessels, .both sail and steam; but
it is still possible to find wide areas
In which a sail or a steamship's smoke
are not sighted for months on end
What vessel blown Into the middle of
the vast tract in the South Atlantic,
roughly delimited by the routes fol
lowed by vessels from North Amerl
can portu to Gibraltar, and by the
course of ships from the South Amerl
can ports bound for Europe, would
have any logical hope of assistance?
Teacher Hat Her Own Farm.
Miss Anna Nedobtyty, teacher at the
Franklin school, has demonstrated her
ability as a practical farmer by raising
asparagus on her five-acre country
home near Davis Crossing on the
White Bear road.
After 25 years of teaching in the St.
Paul public schools Miss Nedobyty de
termined to try her hand at vegetable
gardening.
She first decided on the bee Indus
try, but after investigating gave it up
because of the amount of time it takes
to care for the bees. She then spent
a summer on a berry farm to learn
bow to raise berries. That was aban
doned because of occasional failure of
crops. After consulting with experts
on farm products she decided on as
paragus, because a crop Is certain re
gardless of frost, late spring or dry
summer. Then, too, it Is easy to take
care of, the cutting being all over with
by June and nothing is left to do but
keep down the weeds yntil about the
middle of August. .,' Miss Nedobyty will
soon make the first cutting, and
she declares she will have a good
yield.
Two years ago a modern two-story
six-room bouse was erected, and since
that time Miss Nedobyty has lived
there each year from April until De
cember 1. When school Is in session
she comes in each morning and re
turns each evening, the farm being
30 minutes ride from the downtown
district. St. Paul Tioneer Press.
Nothing Doing.
The great detective was dumfound
ed.
"Just as I've worked UD thn most
complete and absolutely conclusive
chain of circumstantial evidence
against the supposed murderer that
1 ever saw, In all my experience. It
turns out that no murder has been
committed!" he said. "For there
stands the supposed victim!"
Eyeing him with the concentrated
ana ineradicable wrath of , an artist
whose masterpiece has been unfilled
by an earthquake, he drew forth from
nis hip pocket a plug of tobacco dad
took a chew.
Inquisitive Dorothy.
Little Dorothy was havlner h
experience of riding In a sleeper. Rha
was In a lower berth with her mother
and she asked so many questions that
she had to be told to keep quiet.
Just one more, mamma." mnroA
the little miss.
"Well, child, what Is It?"
"Who has the flat above us?"
Dis mawnln he tried to make de dawg
rock de cradle by tyin' Its tall to one
of de rockers."
"Did the scheme work?' '
"Land sakes, no! Mose am so evah
lastin' grouchy dat he couldn't speak
enough kind words to make de dawg
wag its tail!" Judge.
New Enterpnset In Finland.
A shoe factory is starting in Finland
with modern machinery, with a dally
output of 500 pairs. Workmen largely
subscribed the $20,000 capital. Among
other new enterprises are a bobbin fac
tory at Tavastehus; biscuit works at
Abo, equipped for a daily production
of 1,000 kilos. A steel pen factory Just
started at Helslngfors Is the first en
terprise of the kind in Finland.
Natural Mistake.
"Mrs. Irons, if that Infernal cat o
yours keeps me awake again as be did
last night I'll shoot him!"
"I wouldn't blame you a bit If you
did, Col. Stormley. Only it wasn't the
cat one of my boardera is learning to
play the oboe."
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A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR.
Willamette Valley Chautauqua Plans
for Largest Crowd in 18 Years.
"The Chicago Operatic Co.," Lou
J. Beauchamp," "Rev. Wm. Spur
geon,""S. Piatt Jones," "Mexican
Troubadours," "Judge F. P. Sadler,"
"Fred Emerson Brooks," "Lee Emer
son Bassett," "John Mitchell" are
among the well known names noted on
the program of the Willamette Valley
Chautauqua to convene at Gladstone
Park, Oregon City, Or., July 9 to 21,
1912. These are only a few of the
features their booklet tells us about,
and it looks aa if the 19th year of the
Chautauqua would be the beat yet
Extensive improvemena are being
made in the beautiful Gladstone Park,
the directors eviiently expecting a
record breaking crowd. Even the P.
R. L. & P. Co. has caught the spirit
and is reballasting its branch line
which leads into the park and thereby
facilitate and improve its half hour
car service from Portland and Oregon
City.
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A Confession. 1
"Well," he said, "it is let m roe?
three years since we met crossing
he ocean, Isn't it? Ave you married
yet?" "No," she sweetly replied,
"again."
Be thrifty on little thing's like bluinpr. Dnn't nr.
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Ready. j
The Rev. Mr. Gut'e "Isn't there
some one here who will hcli 113 keep
up Interest in the church?' Deacon
Tightwad (suddenly awakening "I for
one am prepared to raise the rates
to eight per cent, on chattel mort
gages if the other money lenders in
the congregation will co-operate."
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Br'er Fox Again.
"A fox which was hard pressed by :
the Essex Union Hounds entered a '
house in High street, Blilerloay, and '
bolted upstairs into a bndroou. When :
found," says Punch, "ho protended to
be a wolf rehearsing 'Hed Hiding
Hood' Tor a clncnvttosrnph show, but
Ills tale w- - ' '
Mothers will And Mm. Wlnslnw Bnnr.htno
Syrup the bvat remedy to Ubu fur theit-ehildre J
luring We teethiug period.
Hard Luck Feared.
"You should lay aside something fa
a rainy aay. "Ana nave the rool
leak and spoil It."
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Some Proof,
Hunt Secretory (to Inexperienced
assistant, who Is telling him, after run, j
about some poultry claim) "But how
do you know they ever had the fowls 1 !
Did they show you the corpses?" As
sistant "No, not exactly; but it's all
right, don't you know, they showed
me the emntv roosts " Punch,
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Advocates Leaves of Soap.
A chemical friend of the Scientific'
American suggests that a campaign be
started against the common cake of
soap. About 60 years ago there wa
sold a form of soap r travelers, con
sisting of a booklet, about two inche
by four inches, in which small leave
of soap paper saturated with soap
were bound. Each leaf contained
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machine, a paper towel In
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Rrd Cross Ball Blue rives double value for yotrr
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S-iw Nothing of Value In Pcjrls.
When the army of Galeiius sucked
(he camp of the routed Persians a bag
of shining leather fi'.led with pearls
fell into the hands of a privnte sol
4!er, but the latttr, while cnrefully
preserving the b:.g, threw away its
contents under the impression that
anything that could not be used for
useful purposes hnd no other value-
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Learn Him Something.
"Poets are born and not made," sata.
the young man with the pale, interest
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replied his wife. "Well, I'll show yor
that they are made sometimes. Ill
make you watch the baby while I go
shopping this morning or you shall
niver have another dollar that my
father sends to mo."
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