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Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer In
Front Rank of Explorers.
Stenlngten, Conn, Wat Birthplace of
' Bravt 8aller Who Wat the Firtt
" to Dltoover Land In Great
Antarctic Ocean.
American sailors bave In more than
ne Instance proven, while following
their pursuits, to be explorers of the
first magnitude.
This fact Is recalled In the case of
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer, a native of
Stonlngton, Conn., a port that once
supported a prosperous fleet of mer
chant vessels.
Captain rainier, when twenty years
Id, discovered the Antarctic continent.
Today Captain Palmer's old home In
th quiet seashore town of tils birth Is
place honored by resident and .visi
tor alike, while a fow miles from It, at
JNoank, a famous old shipyard, bearing
till the name of Palmer, Is perpetuat
ing the traditions of the locality by
turning out ships for the new merchant
Marine, under the construction pro
pram of the United States shipping
board.
Captain Palmer was an active,
trong, aggressive character. When as
a lad of eighteen he made a voyage on
the brig Ilersilla as second mate, It
(chanced that he was landed at the
Falkland Islands to kill wild bullocks
for meat, while his ship sailed away In
search of an Island of which the Yan
kee captains bad heard vague stories,
fcut had never seen.
In the absence of the Hersllla nn Ar
gentine vessel, the Esplrlto Snnto,
touched at the Falklnnds for water.
Her captain told young Palmer that he
yns bound for a place where there
ere thousands of seals.
The Argectlno sailed away before
the Ilersilla came back; but on his
Vessel's return, young Palmer Insisted
that she put after the Esplrlto Santo,
In hope of finding the strange Island.
Thlt was done, and after many days'
ailing, the Yankee brig found not only
the vessel she had followed, but Is
lands to that time unknown In North
America, the South Shetlands.
In 1821, Nathaniel Palmer, as com
nander of a Stonlngton sloop, the
Hero, sailed again to the South Shet
lands for seals. Finding the seals near
ly exterminated there, he sailed far
ther and farther In search of new seal
ing grounds, stopping only when he
sighted land not laid down on any
ichart There were numerous Islands,
nd beyond them a wild coastline and
Aim mountains.
One night the Hero lay becalmed In
thick fog that enveloped her like a
Blanket After taking the deck at mid
night for the middle watch. Captain
Palmer was astonished when his man
at the helm struck one bell; to hear the
ound repented twice. The same thing
kappened at two bells and so on
through the watch. Superstition had
sot left the seas In those days, and the
men of the watch deck were alarmed.
At seven bells the fog lifted a little,
nd two men-of-war were seen not
more than a mile away. After the
United States ensign was run up at
the main peak of the Hero, one of the
warships sent a boat alongside with nn
Invitation from Commander Belllng
liausen of the Itusstanjiavy for the
captain of the American sloop to come
en board his ship.
Captain Palmer went just as he was
dressed In sea boots and sou'wester.
The scene wus one of Impressive con
trasts when Cnptaln Palmer stepped
Into the commander's luxurious cabin.
The polished, accomplished Russian
commander Insisted on sitting down to
luncheon with the rugged young Yan
kee In sea boots, a meal that Captain
Falmer found elaborate, after the fare
on the Hero.
The Russian officer had been two
jrenrs on a voyage of discovery. He
examined keenly the chart and log
book of thc Hero, anil questioned Cap
tain Palmer at length concerning the
land he had found.
Finally the commander arose, placed
.Ws hand upon the young captain's
lend, and said: "I name the land you
have discovered 'Palmer Land' In your
honor; but what will my august mas
ter say, and what will he think of my
cruising for two years In search of the
land that has. been discovered by a boy,
In a sloop only a little larger than the
launch of my frigate?"
Islands named for Peter and Alexan
der are still so designated on charts
f that part of the Antarctic; but the
land found by the boy captain of Ston
lngton appears on every chart of that
part of the world as "Palmer Archl
- pel a go."
It was nearly 20 years after Captain
Talmer'a discovery that the rim of the
Antarctic continent was explored, by
an Englishman, Sir James Ross, of the
famous Erebus and Terror expedition.
Women Gain on Men.
Professor Phillips of Amherst col
lege believes that the American wom
en of today are physically much finer
and stronger than the women of yes
terday, and that If the women continue
their physical Improvement In the suc
ceeding generations as much as they
bave In the last generation, It will not
be many centuries off when the Amer
ican women will be at physical equal
(and fit at the American men.
Hit Fate.
"If ha ever gets to tha front, Jim
will be hit the first thing with a
hell."
"What makes you think tor
The law of natural affinity; bt'f
ftach Ht"
AROUSED TO FRENZY OF JOY
People of Madrid Outdid American
Baseball Fans When Bull Fight With
Popular Matador It Announced.
Madrid It the greatest bull fighting
city In the world. From her ttald pro
fessional and Intellectual classes down
to the smallest and grimiest urchin
vending newspapers on the streets,
every Madrllleno It a connoisseur of
bulls and bull fighters. Anyone who
thinks that baseball can turn Hi devo
tees Into temporary lunatics on the
day of a world's championship game
should see the people of Madrid when
a famous matador Is billed to meet
some of the ferocious Mlura bulls.
Each of the well-known swordsmen
has his group of followers, enthusiasts
as they are called, any one of
whom will stake his fortune or his
neck on the prowess of his own par
ticular master as compared to all other
slayers of bulls. On the day of a "cor
rida" these enthusiasts flock about the
hotel, where their Idols are staying, to
greet them hours before the combat
with cheers and adulation. Early In
the afternoon the streets leading to
the plaza are choked with surging cur
rents of. humanity, all moving to a
single goal.
The plaza Itself Is a great amphithe
ater with a 'sanded arena for stage.
The arena is surrounded by a thick
brick wall, broken here and there by
tiny doors one door to the pens,
whence the bulls are loosed, another
for the picadors, who ride in on de
crepit old horses, a third for the he
roes of the day, the swordsmen, who
take tlie money and the glory of the
occasion without running any greater
risk than their humble subordinates.
On a sunny day the arena Is a riot
of color. Picadors are dressed In yel
low, the "cape men," who turn the bull
wave gayly colored silk robes, the lit
tle darts which the banderilleros plant
In the neck of the bull are tipped with
flags, even the mules who haul out
the debris carry huge Spanish banners
In their headstalls. The matador Is
the final glory, flaming from head to
foot In a rich satin costume of green
or blue, heavily embroidered with gold.
He carries a flaming red flag to en
rage the bull, and before the day has
gone far, the red of the flag Is blended
with the red of blood.
Wound Statistics.
Statistics uf men wounded in trench
warfare have been published for the
period between January,- 1016 and
June, 1010. Seven and eighty-seven
hundredths per cent of wounded men
die on the battlefield. Ten and six-teen-hundredtht
per cent die later
from their Injuries, or 18.03 succumb,
a proportion far less than 25 per cent
estimated mortality which surgeons
drew up when the war began.
Artillery causes 54.74 per cent of
wounds, rifles and revolvers S9.16 per
cent, bayonets 0.59 and gas 5.61.
Bombs, which have supplanted bay
onet work so largely, are classed with
artillery.
Percentages of wounds Jn the head
and neck are 21.02 per cent, for the
trunk, they are 21.63 per cent, while
wounds In the extremities stand at
56.4 per cent.
Twenty-three and sixty-two hun
dredths per cent of the wounds are
classed as serious, 63.01 as medium,
and 13.07 as so slight that the vic
tims can return to the lines Imme
diately. Snake Stops Water Supply.
Glenvllle, a hamlet three miles back
of Tarrytown, was without water Tues
day. Its only supply Is obtained from
the Gypsy spring on Gen. Howard Car
roll's estate. The pipe that led from
the spring appeared to be frozen, so
William Van Winkle pulled the pipe
out of the spring and took It home to
thaw It out. There was consternation
in the house when a garter snnke start
ed to crawl out of the pipe.
The snake had crawled Into the pipe
during the cold snap of Monday night
and had frozen In (here, shutting off
the water supply. When the pipe was
thawed the snake was released and
tried to escape from Its storage prison.
Van Winkle caught It and Is proudly
exhibiting it In n jar. While this story
has a Wiusted flavor It Is vouched for
by Van Winkle's neighbor.
Lepers of Panama.
When the United Stutes government
began to construct the Panama canal It
found seven pitiful lepers In the re
public In nn Isolated and forlorn build
ing. In 1005 It was voted to spend $25,
000 for a suitable building for these
outcasts. In April, 1907, a hospital was
opened at Palo Seco and each patient
was given a plot of land on which he
might raise fruits and vegetables, and
so be partly self-supporting. The
Episcopal church, In establishing here
the Mission of the Holy Comforter, has
offered these lepers practically the only
society they ever see except each other.
Now a chapel, a school for the chil
dren, an Infirmary for the shut-ins and
laundry and gardens for the active
make these lepers feel that they are
being given their chance. The World
Outlook.
Exhaust Steam.
More attention than ever before la
being paid this winter to careful use
of exhaust steam In power plants. It
may be applied to Innumerable pur
poses, such as heating feed water for
the steam boiler, for many washing
purposes, heating buildings, pasteuris
ing and sterilizing and the like. ' A
small Investment In additional boiler
room equipment, such ht an exhaust
steam heater, will effect savings of
several hundred dollars a year Id the
coal bill of even a moderate sized pow
er plant.
Going Away Oil
Sloanle Williams, ton of Thomas A.
Williams, who recently removed to
Montgomery, Ala., from Franklin, and
the ton of Capt K. B. Chenoweth,
former coroner of Johnson county, who
enlisted in the medical corps at Ft
Harrison, and was sent to Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, for base hospital
training, were playing.
Sloanla started an argument by say
ing "My papa and mamma and I are
going away off."
Young Chenoweth replied: "So are
my papa and mamma and me."
Sloanle took the matter In hand and
announced : "Well, I bet we are going
the farthest."
Chenoweth Immediately objected,
and the argument waged furious. Fin
ally young Chenoweth asked young
Williams : "Well, where are you going,
anyhow?"
Williams wat unable to answer, and
the physician's son quick to show his
superior knowledge, answered: "Well,
wherever it Is, I bet It Isn't as far as
Halleujah, that's where we're going to
move to." Indianapolis News.
Soap for Wounds.
Common yellow soap, the kind used
by housewives In washing clothes and
dishes, has been found to be a wonder
ful cure for wounds In French hos
pitals and Its use has spread to the
British medical stations. A solution
Is made from a cake and Injected into
soldiers' wounds, even In the latest in
stances Into the deepest bullet holes,
where It hns proved Itself to be a su
perior antiseptic to hydrogen perox
ide and most other germ killers, and
In addition a strangely effective heal
er of torn tissues.
Wounds treated with soap need few
er dressings and lessen pain far
more than do wounds treated with
other antiseptics. These facts greatly
expedite the work of the surgeons,
who can handle more men than when
using other solutions.
What the Girl Said.
Being In charge of the complaint de
partment at the local postofflce, I had
a rather amusing Incident occur a few
days ago. The blank used In filing a
complnlnt required answers to about a
dozen questions, as, for example, date
of mailing, contents, nature of com
plaint, as loss, damage or rifling. A
young lady came to the window and
explained that she was to receive a
parcel containing, medicine from an
out-of-town doctor, and same wus long
overdue, according to advices regard
ing shipment received from the doctor.
So I proceeded to have her answer
the several questions on the blank
mentioned. When I read the ques
tions, nature of complaint she replied,
"Stomach trouble." Chicago Herald.
Perfect Explanation.
Little Bobby What does "knows no
bounds" mean, dud? Explain It to
me.
Dad (burled In newspaper) Kanga
roo with rheumatism.
More Careful.
"The German submarines have
taken agnln to sinking neutral ships."
"Yes, they know the neutrals haven't
any guns."
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