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IP It were not for cob drivers, one's
first weeks In Paris would be
robbed of linguistic comfort.
These men the drivers of taxis,
all young and with eyes sharp and
excited, and the drlverB of carriages,
all old and with eyes dull and heavy
are trained to catch a direction on the
wing, and never ak to have It re
peated. The wan consciousness of talking
Kronen bndly it not always the por
tion of those who talk It worst. A
curtain self assured type of American
women employs It with a confidence
unaffected by originality and peccan
cy of accent. American men and
sweet mothers of nmblllous daughters
a domestic combination with which
Paris Is filled aro least prone to make
use of French; yet when they do, it
ts Invariably with a charming If lim
ited perfertlon.
Fortunately out-of-door Paris speaks
a language that Is beyond the tongues
of man, that voices Itself In effable
civic beauty, In long vistas, In gener
ous skies, In wide avenues that lead
Into fountain-spraying squares, which
widen like the transept of cathedrals,
and through which course In and out,
round and round, like flue skaters, the
autos and the peoples of the world.
To see the Arch of Triumph from the
Carousel, the softening sun still high
over th3 low built city and pale
enough to be looked at. to see the
long avenue across the thin mists of
evening thnt fall like a protecting
veil, ts to feel a troubled, unreachable
presence; the sense of beauty, a
sense that was given us unfinished, ar
rested In the making, and whl h fades
unattalned Into mystery.
8tranga White Beauty.
The green of Paris grass and the
blue of Itnllan skies surely are the
most vivid colors In the world, nnd
from this green of gins and from
beds of flowers. Purls builds Itself In
vivid white.
The newest building glaring In
e'ennllness, and the oldest grown gray
and darkened. Invariably conform to
this rolorlessnesa In this most colorful
of cities. Itulldlng material hulked
on the river shore like the backs of
waltlnp elephants, Is all white, white
stones are wheeled through the
streets, white bns of mortar "'" the
welphted boats, while sand lies piled
on the. white embankments, and along
the white streets, anonvnw k and
similar and blanched, stable and
stores and dwelllne wall themselves
arotnst the sldewnlks. Adding the
note of artlstrv that iineonsclouslv
prevails everywhere, workmen In
these new white blllldlncs wenr long,
white coats, white shoe", and form
croups of whlte-clnd figures at little
sidewalk Inns.
Pnrls Is hnnd made. Fverv emhrotd
er'd linen flower and everv stone of
everv wsll hss tte look of h minute
nnd detailed attention. There Is no
Mif maelilnerv. The small stenm der
ricks that unload the deep sunken
barges hoist but one hnrrel at a time.
And results grow huge under this In.
dividual toll.
In Walt Whitman" "Lonves of
Orass" he sings praise to the strong
curb of city streets. Did he know-
Paris, too, and the high, white walls
of Its river banks, the masonry of long
flights of stairs descending to the
shore, the profusion of stone bridges,
many arched, everywhere masonry
and uninterrupted securing curbs?
How prodigal Paris Is of architec
tural decoration, of unending elabora
tlon. It Is Its soul, the expression of
Its ardent quest for varloty. Its nn
willingness to continue uninterrupted
a line or a curve. They place bronze
horses that rival the gold of the sun
on their bridges, they fill their gar
dens with white marbles, they cover
their walls with chiseled garlands
they add beauty to beauty and by
tsome magic never arrive at making
beauty overdone.
There is a spell In standing on the
Trldge of Alma toward the close of
day when the sky Is blue and deco
rated In great bank of whit clouds,
and the Eiffel Torer rising from Its
nest of trees bores Into the heavens,
and up Into regions further off than
Anything mad on solid earth.
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Sometimes when the sky 1b gray
the Eiffel Is hard and red, but now It
Is gny aa an aigrette In the city's
hnlr. It dominates Paris as Napol
eon's memory dominates France ele
gnnt, Belf-conftdent spreading forth
tliln wires whose black fastenings
look In the distance like little min
nows swimming upward In a lake of
blue. It Is a thing alone of lta kind
In the world, parentless and childless.
The Music of Home.
It Is out-of-doors Parle one learns
flrBt, one loves first. Roses In the
rose garden of ringetelle gay, open
roses, not slumbrous, but showing all
themselves llko the French nnture.
Trees round aa pompons or trimmed
square on top and aides, with littlo
Iron gratings at their base to breathe
through. Shrill, crazy fllghta of swal
lows round the roofs, on which are
assembled the chimney tops, wearing
tin sunbonnets like so many little
gray Prlsclllns. Knitting women on
cars and boats and benches. Basket
loads of tall bread. Sane, rosy vege
tables In carts. Self-conscious dogs
on leaab that are permitted In res
taurants and are given a chair or
fed under their master' table. The
bloom of moss on tree trunks. Mil
board announcing a mass of Pales
trlna 0626-1694) at the Church of St.
Oervals, and at a theater a musical
comedy with a title eccentric and un
abashed. The recurring Blgn "Liber
ty. Equality. Fraternity." awakening
thoughts of their sinister origin.
Work aprons of school bovs. scarlet
of soldiers, white robes of little first
communicants mincing along like ani
mated lilies. Old women In black
winged white caps, bnbv carriages
with awnings of mnhrolderr " linen
end Spanish nurses with black man
tillas falling from their hair Ex-
nnlslte little girls with brilliant eyes
forecasting mystery nnd power, and
smaller girls with hands and hend and
feet and torso daintily clothed and
legs bared In length of Insouciant
nakedness. Little twisted men who
work In ditches wearing wide, deb
onair sashes at the waist, and the less
happy picture of men harnessed to
their heavy carts. The procession of
solemn dray horses, single file, with
huge fur collars that make them look
like approaching buffaloes, and the
crack of the whip with Its weighted
handle that often falls pitilessly over
the horses heads, for Parla la aa cruel
to It horse as It I soft and effem
inate towards Its dogs.
Every Frenchman Is an artist at
heart. He has original view on liter
aturn and architecture and art that
would distinguish him In a country
where such topics are less generul.
Mere everyone Is well Informed and
very studious; opinions are advanced,
unconvincing!)', naturally, In card-play
lug chnlter.
Battle of Lundy's Lane.
One hundred years ago took plnce
the battle of Lundy's Lane, sometimes
called the bnttle of Niagara Falls, and
which was the most sanguinary and
stubbornly contested engagement
fought on Canadian soil during the
War of 1812. The battle commenced
at sunset and ended at midnight. The
victory was claimed by both aide.
The losses In killed and wounded were
about equal. The American were
left In possession of the field, but
were unable to carry away any of the
spoils they hid captured. In this ac
tion Col. Wlnfleld Scott, afterward
the commander In the Mexican war,
greatly distinguished himself, being
twice severely wounded. In the same
engagement the exploit of another
American officer, Col. James Miller,
In bravely carrying one of the British
batteries, was considered one of the
most brilliant exploits of the entire
war. Congress voted him the thank
of the nation and a gold medal of hon
or a a reward.
Humbly Grateful.
We can't say that we approve of the
tight skirt In all It ramification, ob
erve an Ohio uewspLpei, but we
shall always be humbly grateful (or
the occasional oportunltle we har
bad to see some of our charming girl
try to run In em.
GINGER IN SUMMER SALADS
Welcome for Its Digestive as Well a
It Refreshing Qualities Served
In Grape Fruit,
Ginger is so refreshing In flavor and
so stimulating to the digestion that it
Ib a favorite ingredient In summer sal
ads and deBserts. An unusual fruit
salad, Butted to molding in halves of
oranges or grapefruit, 1b strongly fla
vored with ginger ale and haa bltB of
Canton ginger mixed with the fruit.
The recipe calls tor two tablespoon-
fuls of granulated gelatin softened In
two tablespoonfuls of cold water and
then dissolved In a quarter of a cupful
of boiling water. To this add one cup
ful of ginger ale, the Juice of one large
lemon and two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
When the mixture begins to stiffen
stir In a variety of diced fruits, with
bits of orange or grapefruit pulp and
chopped nuts. This can be served with
mayonnaise dressing as a salad or with
whipped cream as a deBsert.
A pretty way of Bervlng Individual
portions Is to mold the ginger and
fruit salad In halves of large grape
fruit. When ready to serve divide each
half bo that each portion shall repre
sent quarter the size of the original
grapefruit and the fruit Jelly Bhnll
have a rim of grapefruit peel only
where It would come In contact with
the plate.
Any fruit salad mixture can b) given
a pleasant pungent flavor by the ad
dition of bits of crystallized ginger.
A Bmall quantity of the syrup drained
from preserved ginger makes a novel
and appetizing addition to any dress
ing Intended to be served with a fruit
salad.
CARE OF CARPET SWEEPER
Proper Handling Will Greatly Prolong
It Life and Keep It Always
Ready for Immediate Use,
As the carpet sweeper Is such an
Important Item In my domestic work,
I am very careful about It, writes a
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger. After each sweeping I take it
to the back porch, dump It on a news
paper and turn the broom, brush side
up, flat on the floor. I have an old
whisk broom cut straight across so
that the bristles are very stiff. With
this broom I sweep the brush of the
sweeper backward and forward. A
the bristles are put Into the rod In a
curved line, the brush slowly revolves
as the broom Is applied. I sometimes
dip the brush In kerosene, which also
removeB some of the dust from the
bristles and keeps them In good condi
tion. I oil bearings of my sweeper
frequently, and if there are any
thread or hair at either end, I do hot
tear It away, but cut with a scissors.
Sometimes I use an old comb to comb
the bristles before putting the sweeper
away. , This seems a good deal of
care, but I find that It pays, and that
a perfectly working sweeper i my
best friend.
Fig and Nut Jelly.
Wash a cup of pulled figs In cold
water. Put over slow fire with two
cups of cold water and stew figs un
til tender. Skim out figs and to the
Juice add one-half cup of sugar and
boil until It is like thin syrup (there
should be one cup of liquid). Chop
tigs and one-quarter cup of shelled
pecans not very fine. Soak one-half
box of gelatin In one cup of cold wa
ter for half an hour. To the gelatin
add one-half teaspoonful of lemon
Juice, and to the fig syrup add one-
half cup of boiling water. Strain
through fine sieve or piece of cheese
cloth. When nearly set add nut and
figs. Turn into molds and set In cool
place for three hours. Serve with
whipped cream.
8plced Pear or Peaches.
Seven pound of fruit, four pounds
of light brown sugar, one pint of good
vinegar, clove and cinnamon to
taste. Pare and halve the fruit. In
each half stick four or five whole
clove, break cinnamon bark and
Jhrow In. Let vinegar and sugar come
to a boll. Put in fruit and slowly
boll until fruit I clear. Seal while
hot.
Layer 8andwiche.
Cut the crust from a loaf each of
white and brown bread so they are
left the same size; then cut two and
one-half Inch slices of each; spread
them with a mixture of deviled ham
and peanut butter, press six together,
alternating the white and brown; slice
thin, and the sandwiches will look like
layer cake.
Fried Scallop.
Parboil In hot, salted water for Ave
minute; drain and let them upon Ice
to get cold and Arm. Roll them In
salted flour, next In beaten eggs, then
In One bread crumb. Bet on Ice for
half an hour and fry In deep, boiling
fat which ha been gradually heated
to the boll.
To Kp Paanut Butter Moist.
Alway keep the peanut butter Jar
turned upside down when on the cup
board shelf, which Insures the last of
It being a oily a the first Instead of
dry and hard, as I usually the cast
wbn It stands upright
Color Return.
Many people when Ironing a dyad
dree find that the hot Iron change
the color. If It I hung In the ihad
the color will quickly return.
Whin Cutting Frsih Bread,
Before cutting Iresh bread alway
dip tb knife In hot water This pre
vent the bread from crumbling.
SOME CHERRY RECIPES
DELICACIES WITH THIS FRUIT
. AS A FOUNDATION.
Flavor I Improved by Cooking Ex
cellent Served With Tapioca
Candled Cherries One of the
Finest of Confections.
Cherries are among the fruit that
..re much Improved by cooking.
Somehow they lose none of their
freshnesB, and are rendered much
Juicier and more toothsome by slight
cooking. Here are some recipe that
make use of them':
Cherry Tapioca. To make a dell
clous Cherry pudding soak one small
cupful of tapioca In water over night
In the morning add a pinch of salt
and cook until clear. Then add but
ter the size of an egg, and one cupful
of stoned cherries (the sour cherries
are preferrable). Add to this a half
cupful of cherry wine or a little lemon
Juice and sugar to taste. Flavor with
vanilla, and bake until bubbles ap
pear on the top. Serve very cold with
whipped cream.
Cherry Pie. Line a pie plate with
rich pastry. Stone the cherries and
fill the plo dish. Then pour over
them four tablespoonfula of molasses
and dust over all one tablespoonful of
flour. Put on an upper crust and bake
one-half hour In a moderate oven.
When cool dust the top with a gen
erous sprinkling of powdered sugar.
Candled Cherries. To make a dell
clous confection, wash, stem and pit
one pound of large, firm cherries, put
ting a pound of Bugar to one pound
of the fruit. Holl the Juice and the
sugar to a very thick sirup. Put the
cherries in this sirup and let them
simmer not boll for ten minutes.
Then set them away in the Blrup until
the next day. Then take the cherries
out of the sirup and put them in a
deep dish. Let the sirup boil up once
and pour over the cherries. This
operation should be repeated for three
mornings. On the fourth morning boll
the sirup almost to the thickness of
candy, dip the cherries In It and let
them get thoroughly coated, then
place them separately on flat dishes
and dry.
Cherry Cordial. Very ripe cherries
make the best cordial. Bruise the
fruit and mash through a colander,
sweeten to taste and boll for ten min
utes and then strain. Boll again un
til perfectly clear, skimming off occa
sionally. To every quart of the cherry
Juice add one gill of pure brandy.
Seal the bottles tightly and keep In
a cool dark place until ready to use.
Germany Cherry Pie. Make a cher
ry pie as usual, but omit the upper
crust. When almost done, beat one
egg until very light, and add to It one
scant half cupful of rich cream. Pour
this mixture over the top of the pie.
Put the pie back In the oven and
bake until the custard Is Set This
makes a very attractive as well as an
appetizing dUh.
Cherry Salad. Here Is a tellghtful
recipe that calls for fresh cherries.
For a course in a warm-weather
luncheon it is very good. Either the
large white or the red cherries may
be used, and it is most effective to
mix the two colors. The fruit should
be stoned without breaking the fruit,
and in the place of each stone Is
placed a nut meat. Hazel nut are
the eaBlest to use, but any sort will
do. The cherries should then be
spread on lettuce leave and used, or
they may be stewed with sugar, water
and a little lemon Juice.
Cream Pie.
A cream and banana pie 1 very
rich, but It ha only one crust and
o ha a minimum of the least desir
able element of pie. To make It heat
together In a granite saucepan the
mashed pulp of two very ripe banana
with the yolk of three egg, beaten:
sugar and nutmeg to taste, a heaping
teaspoontul or butter and enough milk
and sherry, or Just milk, to make a
thin mixture. Pour It Into a deep dish
lined with crust and then fold in the
white of two eggs, beaten stiff. Hake
rather (lowly, chill and serve with or
without whipped cream.
Beef Heart With Rlr
Select a fresh beef heart, and after
cleansing and cutting away the tough
pans, Don until tender in salted wa
ter. With a sham knife cut in small
cube and put these In an agateware
saucepan with an onion and half a
arson sweet pepper minced line. Wh.n
these have boiled until tender fr
some small bit of bacon or salt pork
In a saucepan, and add the hrhirt
Have ready a clatter of nlraiv hniiiwt
rice. Arrange the beef heart around
the dish a a border and sprinkle with
paprika before serving.
Stewed Rhubarb.
Add one cupful of sour cherrle to
each two cupful of pieplant, two cup
ful sugar, one-nair cupful water and
let boll up once. Serve cold. Or on
may use gooseberries Instead of cher
rle with the pieplant Save sugar
by adding to rnuoarb arter boiling.
Moth In Carpets.
To rid the carpet of moth the fol
lowing 1 excellent: Spread a damp
towel over tne part auected and Iroa
it dry with a hot Iron. The heat and
team kilt the worm and egg.
Bfor Using Bseswax.
When you use beeswax for polishing
furniture or floor alway warm It be
fore using. Tb result I much caving
of labor and a more brilliant glee
111 result
STRAWBERRIES GROW ON ICE
Phenomenon to Be Observed on the
Old "Oregon" Trail, Familiar
to the Pioneer. i
On the old "Oregon" trail, with It
historical associations, may be found
one of nature's marvels, probably not
duplicated In this country, at least
Near South Pass City, Wyo., Is the
Pacific spring, a beautiful spot, where
the old freighters and emigrant fre
quently stopped for a few days after
the long, arduous trip across the bar
ren plains. Here they could rest and
enjoy some of the almost forgotten
luxuries of life.
Pacific spring Is 7,000 feet above sea
level, and about, at the headwater of
the Sweetwater river. Is a series of
small valleys, or rather meadows,
sheltered by the southern extremity
of the Wind River mountains. On the
north side of the hills Is what Is local
ly called a "flat," where the grass grew
In green luxuriance. In this tall
prairie grass was found the tiny red
wild strawberry.
This does not seem marvelous In the
warm Bunshlne. But take a spade and
remove the turf, and solid cakes of Ice
are found at a depth of often less than
a foot.
The reason for this ts quite simple.
The warm spring sunBhlne melts the
snow which runs down the moutaln
side. This goes on until late summer
and fall, when the small streams of
water freeze at night.
As the warmth of the sun at this
season touches only the top of the
mountain, the little stream soon be
comes solid Ice. By the action of the
elements and washing of earth down
the mountain, a deposit of soil Is mado
on this Ice, which, when the summer
rolls around once more, springs Into
fresh, green life.
The few hours of sunshine which
reaches this sheltered spot each day
suffice to ripen the strawberries, but
cannot melt the ice beneath them or
warm tho soli below the roots of these
brave volunteers.
Suicide Advised by Doctor.
A curious letter from a physician
was read In tho Paris court at the
hearing of a case in which Pierre Ju-
vln and Jean Jullard, chemists, were
charged with the Illegal sale of cer
tain narcotics.
The letter In question, which was
signed by Doctor Gnudln, stated that
the writer had treated Mme. Delvlgne
Dambricourt, In an effort to cure her
of the drug habit After her use of
morphine and cocaine had been com
pletely stopped, Doctor Gauden made
out for her a prescription Into the
composition of which black drops
(vinegar of opium) entered. The
letter concluded with the following
curious sentence:
"This prescription should be re
newed according to the needs of Mme.
Delvlgne-Dambrlcourt, and I advise
her to continue with It since she
finds It suit her, or If not, to have
recourse to absinthe or to suicide,
which 1b, after all, the best way to
escape from all the manias and mis
eries of existence" .
It was this letter which Mr. Juvln
advanced as bis excuse for having sup
plied Mme. Delvlgne-Dambrlcourt with
black drops. The court, however, or
dered both Messrs. Juvln and Jullard
to pay a fine ot 600 franc each.
Paris Herald.
File and Fire,
Fire loss In the United States last
year amounted to about $200,000,000.
At least SO per cent of this destruc
tion, Judged by European standard,
wa needless. All of It was a dead
loss to the community, for fire Insur
ance merely distributes the burden.
During the same period flies caused
disease which Inflicted a money loss
on the country estimated at 157,000,
000. The life cost of these two agencies
of destruction 1 beyond exact compu
tation. File caused most of the ty
phoid, much of the bowel disorder of
children and all the Infantile paraly
sis known. Through these diseases,
the buzzing pest are responsible for
many death each year. Fire take a
toll variously estimated, but the fig
ures seldom are lower than 1,000 lives
per annum. Plainly, war 1 not the
only needless waste In the world. Kile
and Ore have tholr part Fortunately,
they are easier to abolish than the
"war lords," who keep Europo an
armed camp. Chicago Journal.
Black Cat 8aves a 8hlp.
From March 20 to April JO the
French bark Colonel de VUlobore
Mareull bucked western winds off Cape
Horn. Squall tore away her can
va and wrecked her fore and aft
bridge. It began to look a It the
ship would never reach Paclflo waters.
Then Mlml, a black cat, went over
board. That very day the weather
cleared, and the bark proceeded.
Member of the crew, on the ves
sel arrival at San Franclico, said
they were sure the ship would never
have passed the Horn It the black
cat bad not been washed away. The
bark left Hamburg 146 day previous
to It arrival at San Franclico.
Sure Wlnnsr.
"I fear w are not keeping up with
the procession."
"How or
"If a wonder ome of our lady mur-
deror wouldn't thluk ot going on a
hunger ilrtke." Kansas City Journal.
A Friendly Suggestion.
1 can drink or let It alone."
"Why don't you vary your perform
ance occasionally f"
"How?"
"Let It alone."
HEAT OF BATTLE REAL
EXPRE88ION IS NOT A MERE
FIGURE OF SPEECH.
Confederate Soldier Tells of the Effect
That Combat Had on Himself and
the Other Member of Force
In Engagement.
The "heat of battle," of which poet
and rhetorical proBe writers are so
prone to dwell, 'Is, according to Capt
Samuel Chapman, a veteran of the
Civil war, no mere figure of speech,
but an absolute practical and physical
reality. The men now sweating In the
trenches of the fighting area In Europe
are sweating not only figuratively but
in the actual body, consumed by an
actual, physical heat that only the
fierce fire of battle can Incite.
Capt Chapman, who is now pastor
of the Baptist church at Covington,
Va., was during the Civil war one of
the moBt daring cavalrymen In the
Confederate service. lie served In
t-very campaign In Virginia from the
first battle of Hull Hun until three
weeks after Appomattox, never miss
ing a chance to get into a fight His
commander often said that he would
fight a circular saw. Accordingly his
testimony us to the reality of the heat
of battlo la both valuablo and timely,
coming as It does when millions aro
now engaged In bloody war In western
Europe.
'The heat of battle Is no poetlo
phrase," said Captain Chapman, when
on a vlBit to Washington recently. "It
ts essentially a physical effect brought
about unconBClously by the Intense ex
citement of battle. No man is cool In
battle; he may conceal bis feelings,
but his heart Is going like a trip-hammer.
The result Is that his body be
comes intensely heated.
"I had a moBt striking example of
this in the winter of 1864. Early In
January of that year the command of
Confederate cavalry to which I bo-
longed was ordered to make a raid
upon a Vnlon camp of soldiers sta
tioned on Loudoun Heights a few miles
from Harper's Ferry.
'We assembled one afternoon at Up-
perville, about thirty miles south ot
Loudoun Heights two hundred of us.
It was the coldest day that the oldest
inhabitant of that country had ever
seen, the mercury stunding about six
degrees below zero. We started on
the march about tlireo or four o'clock.
As we sallied forth, we broke forth
Into song, for we were all well clothed,
having warm boots and overcoats, and
feeling Jolly and comfortable.
"But, after a few miles, the songs
ceased. We found that, deBplte our
warm clothing, the bitter cold was
penetrating deep Into us. Some of us
hung our feet out of the stirrups to
bring back the circulation. Others
slapped their hands against their
sides. In fuel, we tried every Imag
inable way to keep out the deadly
cold, but without avail. When we
reached the vicinity of tho Union camp
about two o'clock In tho morning wo
were frozen practically stiff. As we
lined up for the attack, about two
hundred yards from the enemies' lines.
we had to take our legs in our hands
and lift our feet back In the stirrups.
so entirely numb had feet and less
become; and when we came to cock
our navy revolvers we found that our
fingers were too numb to pull back
the hammer. So, holding the pistols
between our two hands, as though we
had but stumps of arms, we cocked
the pistols with our teeth.
"Suddenly, as we sat shivering
there, the word to 'Charged was given.
With the yell springing from frozen
lips we dashed forward. In leas than
a minute we were in the midst ot the
Union camp, shooting right and left.
Our attack was such a surprise that
the enemy had no chance to make any
resistance, but fled on all side. The
fight did not last, from the time the
command to charge was given until
every Union soldier was out of range,
more than five minutes.
"When I came to myself I wa sit
ting In my saddle with one leg thrown
over the pommel, funning myself with
niy hat My overcoat was thrown
open, as was also the gray Jacket be
neath, and beneath that the woolen
undershirt was open down to tho last
button, baring my breast to tho cool
ing mountain breezes which at that
lime and altitude must have been close
on to fifteen degrees below zero. In
a word, I wa overcome with heat and
fanning and panted as though It was
midday In the dog days. Around me
many of my comrades were engaged
In the same process of cooling them
selves. "And barely five minute before we
had all been too frozen to cock our
pistols or lift our feet Into the stirrups.
"That will give you some Idea a to
whether the heat of battle 1 a mere
figure of speech or a reality."
Poktr Kill $1,000 Whal.
The crew of tb oil eteamer Cali
fornia were happy on reaching port
became they had captured a whale
and found ambergrl worth (1,000.
A echool of playful whale followed
the vessel tip the coast, and, having
nothing elie to do the crew tried to
capture one bull In the wake ot the
hip. There wa no harpoon aboard,
so they fashioned on out of the to
ker poker that resembled a crowbar.
After many attempt they landed a
whale by harpooning from the tern.
When the carcass wa hauled aboard
the sight of ambergrl almoat caused
a fight a to division ot the moneys
Boston Globe.