Bandon recorder., August 08, 1901, Image 3

I expecting an enemy within, had be»“
rushing up the stone steps at co. li sld>
to the outer wall to man the cannon
they bad so recently quitted, aud It CLEVER T. JK C AN ENGLISH GOV­
wns some minutes before a knowledge
ERNOR Or THE PORT OF ADEN.
of »he real s'ate of things came to
them. These few minutes were all we riiv ( lirio’l« Sl<»r> (onut'Cted With
ueeded, but I saw there was no chance
ihe Valtife Hou««* of llnli-r 1-Mundeb.
for a slow match, while If we tired tlie
A Monanrni of ilu* I utlolug ut a
mine we probably would die under the
French Idniirnl.
tottering tower. By the time we reach­
on tlie fore- lion- of tlie Arabian coast
ed the archway and found tlie powder
barrels tlie besieged, finding every­ tn the strait of I ib-el-Matideb, at the
thing silent outside, came to a realiza­ (outliern entrance to the Red sea.
tion of the true condition of affairs. .lands n large white house concerning
We faced them with bayouets fixed, which tlie travelers to the far east may
In tlie middle of
while Sept, tlie man who had captured i bear a curious story
tlie sentinel, took tlie hatchet lie had tlie nineteenth eetitury, when M. de
brought witli him at his girdle, flung Le- M-ps. after many difficulties, bad
over one of the barrels ou Its side, successfully floated tlie Suez Canal
knocked In tlie head of It. allowing tlie company, tlie governor of the British
dull black |siwder to |>oiir on the cob port of Aden, about 100 miles distant,
bles'ones; then, tilling his bat with the lias surprised one morning by tlie visit
explosive, he came out toward us, leav­ of a Freneli squadron of very unusual
ing a thick trail behind him. By tills size for that part of the orient which,
tlim we were sorely beset, and one of having encountered n terrific storm off
our men had gone down under the tire Sokotra, had put In for repairs.
In the mind of tlie governor curiosity
of the enemy who shot wildly, being
battled by the «arkness; otherwise all was at once aroused as to the destina­
of its had been slit lightered. I seized a tion of so large a command, a curiosity
musket from a comrade nnd shouted to which Increased as lie found it Impossi­
ble to extract any further Information
the rest:
" ‘Save yourselves!’ And to tlie gar from the French admiral or Ills officers
rlson. In French. I gave tlie same warn beyond the statement that they were
Ing. Then I tired the musket into the upon an ordinary cruise, an explana­
train of powder and next instant found tion which the former was not the
myself, half stunned aud bleeding, at least Inclined to believe.
tlie farther end of tlie courtyard. The
Firm in tlie belief, therefore, that
roar of the explosion and the crash of ' some political move of great luipor-
the falling tower were deafening. All I tance was afloat If not afoot, the gov-
Elsengore was aroused by tlie earth­ , ernor, in order first of all to gain time,
quake shock. 1 called to my men when ; gave orders to go very tortolselik.e on
1 could find my voice, aud Sept an­ tlie repairs and then set to work to take
swered from one side and two more the Frenchmen off their guard by giv­
from another. Together we tottered ing a succession of such entertainments
across tlie debris strewn courtyard. as both his slender means and the aw­
Some woodwork inside tlie citadel had ful barrenness of tlie place would af­
taken lire and was burning fiercely, ford.
and tills lit up the ruins aud made
But though at tin* end of two weeks
visible the great gap in tlie wall at tlie the French and British officers had got
fallen gate into the square below we upon the best of terms the Immediate
saw the whole town pouring, soldiers destination of the French squadron re­
aud civilians alike, coming from the mained as much of a mystery to the
narrow streets Into tlie open quad governor of Aden as before, and in
spite of all possible delay the repairs
were nearly completed.
Now. It happened that tlie wife of
tlie governor possessed an Irish maid,
who had been receiving attentions
from one of the Freneli petty officers—
attentions which tlie girl did not regard
seriously
It occurred to the governor
that by such menus something might
In- learned of tils unexpected visitor's
plans, ami n private conversation be­
tween the governor's wife and her
maid resulted in another between tlie
latter ami her French admirer, by
which it was discovered Hint Berlin Is­
land was tlie objective point.
At tills Information tlie governor
opened his eyes wide Indeed, for. If tlie
Suez canal were cut through. I’erlm. ns
commanding the southern entrance to
tlie lied sea. in tlie middle of the strait
of Bab-el-Mandeli. would be a place of
gn at strategic importance, over which,
without doubt, it was tlie Intention of
the Freneli admiral to hoist the tri­
color.
Secretly giving orders, therefore, for
a gunboat to Immediately embark a de­
I xank down at the <ji neral s feet.
tachment of soldiers and steal away tn
raugle. I made m.v way. leaning on the night for I’erlm Island, the govern­
Sept, over tlie broken gale nnd down or then announced a farewell banquet
the causeway into tlie square, and and ball for the day but one following,
there, foremost of all. met my general, i linal net of courtesy with which the
witli a cloak thrown round him. to Freneli admiral would willingly have
make up for ids want of coat.
dispensed, for he was anxious to sail,
“ ‘There, general.' I gasped. ‘There but which lie could not well refuse on
is your citadel, mid through tills g-ip n count of the use In- had made of the
can we march to meet Marlborough.’
British supplies mid machinery at
“‘I’ray. sir. who the devil are you?’ Aden.
cried tlie general, for my face was like
So the dinner and party in due course
that of a blackmoor.
(time off. tlie governor being In high
“ ‘I am tlie lieutenant who lias otiee ■pirils. because In tlie meantime he had
more disobeyed your orders, general, in received tlie news of tlie occupation of
the hope of retrieving a former mis I’erlm. which under tlie circumstances
take.'
would surely lie followed by the longed
" ‘Sentore!’ lie cried, rapping out an for promotion, ami the French admiral
oath. ‘I shall have you court martial was equally happy, for he hoped on the
morrow to add the same Important lit
ed, sir.’
"'I think, general.' I said, ‘that I am lie speck of land to tlie dominion of Ills
court martlaled alrend.v; 'for I thought own country thereby covering his
then that tlie hand of dentil was upon breast witli tlie stars and lilniself witli
mo, which shows tlie effect of Imngimi maritime glory.
tloti. for my wounds were not serious,
Next day. after an Interchange of
yet I sank down nt the general's feel. cordial farewells, tlie French squadron
11“ raised me in Ids arms as If I had sailed away to an apparently unknown
been ids own son. nnd thus carried me destination, until, when clear of the
to my rooms. Seven years later, when land, the course was laid full speed ill
the war ended. I got leave of absence reet for I’erlm Island.
nnd came buck, to Elsengore for Gret
Then what was the dismay and ills
Heli Seidelmier nnd the hourglass.”
appointment of the French admiral mid
As the lieutenant ceased speaking his officers when, on coming In sight of
Eastford thought lie heard again the tlieir destination, they beheld the Brit­
explosion nt tlie tower, aud started to ish flag flying and a company of sol
Ills feet In nervous alarm, then
oked dlers drawn up to give them a proper
at tlie lieutenant Hud laughed, wl e lie salule. It 1s said the Freneli admiral
said:
was so mortified ut Iwlng thus outwit
“Lieutenant. I was startled bj that ted that he lira' flung his cocked bat
tjolse Just now. and thought fo the overboard and then followed It himself
moment that I was in Brabant. You Into the sea.
have made good your claim t< the
Be tltfs as I may. as I’erlui was
hourglass, and you are welcome b it.” clearly already i - eupfed by the British,
But ns lie spoke he turned ills eyes the only counter move which the
toward the chair in which the lieuten­ French could make was to take posses­
ant find been seated, and found It va­ sion of a strip of the foreshore on the
cant. Gazing round the room. In half opposite Arabian const, where they
somnolent dismay, lie saw that he was1 built the fortitied white house In ques­
Indeed alone
At Ills feet was the tion. but as the [dace was entirely at
shattered hourglass, which lind fallen the mercy of the guns on I’erlm Island
from Ills knees. Its blood red sand It was shortly abandoned, to remain to
mingling with tlie colors on the carpet. this day as a monument of a French
He regarded tlie sand with an air of admiral's undoing.- Exchange.
surprise:
Inop portnne.
’By Jove!" lie said.
"1 Just saw the young Widow Weeds
A French Novel.
She looked Just charming In tier mourn
Ing.” said the pretty woman
Ion—I adore her!
“I suppose.” remarked her crotchety
Narcisse—I Idolize her!
“Ha. then we are rivals!”
husband, "that you wouldn't mind be
ing a widow yourself.”
“Yes, but still friends!’’
“Aye, friends till death!”
"Oh. it's hateful of you to talk that
"Let us tell her!”
way, when you know I've got a blue
They tell her.
silk waist that I haven’t worn yet.”—
She says:
I’hlladelphla I'ress
“Let us die!”
Parrots.
They buy t’> centimes' worth of char­
Some parrots are very quick In ac­
coal.
quiring words mid are generally fond
They Ignite It.
of displaying those new acquisitions,
They Inhale It.
but occasionally a bird will lie pro
They all d!e.
Vive I'amourl—J. C. Goddard's “A foundly silent until the teacher di­
sputes of her mastering a certain
Leave of Absence.”
phrase or word; then all at once and
unexpectedly the "scholar” will repeat
rardonnhte Cariosity.
“1 have met.” remarked the old man. her lesson
"but two sensible women In my life.”
Denmark has n tnx for commercial
The Innocent mnid gazed Into Ills
face and asked. “Who was the other travelers. Its rate Is $42.88 for the
first firm and $21.4-1 for every addi­
woman?”—Chicago News.
tional one where a man represents
The slot machine has been adapted In more than one. good for one rear.
England to tlie directory. This useful
The government finds it exceedingly
volume Is held fast lu n closed position difficult to secure properly qualified
by the arms of the machine until you carpenters for the navy. Out of 21 ap­
Irop a penny Into the slot; then the plicants recently examined nt the
irnis relax and you can consult the Washington navy yard only three were
directory. The book Is kept open as able to pass. Carpenters are paid from
long as required by holding one cover, $1,200 to $1,800 a year, according to
but ns soon its this resistance Is with­ length of service, with added per cen
drawn the directory closes automatic­ turn for longevity nud commutation
ally.
for quarters while on shore.
A BIT OF DIPLOMACY.
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"She bent forward as If to do this
when the leaden windows shuddered,
and the bouse Itself trembled with the
sharp erash of our light cannon, fol­
lowed almost immediately by the deep­
er detonation of the heavier guns from
the citadel. The red sand in the glass
began to fall again and its liberation
seemed to unfetter my paralyzed limbs.
Bareheaded as 1 was, I rushed like one
frantic along the passage and down
the stairs. The air was resonant with
the quick following reports of the can­
non, and the long, narrow street was
fitfully lit up as if by quick flashes of
summer lightning. My men were still
standing where I had placed them.
Giving n quick word of command, 1
marched them down the street and out
into the square, where I met General
Trelawny coming back from his futile
assault.
Like myself, be was bare­
headed. and his white hair bristled
with rage. Ilis military countenance
was begrimed with powder smoke, but
be spoke to me with no trace of anger.
“ ‘Lieutenant Sentore.’ he said, ‘dis­
perse your men.’
"1 gave the word to disband my men,
and then stood at attention before him.
“ ‘Lieutenant Sentore,’ he said, in
the same level voice, ‘return to your
quarters and consider yourself under
arrest. Await m.v coming there.’ I
turned and obeyed his orders. It seem­
ed Incredible that the sand should still
be running In the hourglass, for ages
had passed over my head since last 1
was In that room. I paced up and
down awaiting the coating of my chief,
feeling neither fear nor regret, but
rather dumb despair. In a few min­
utes his heavy tread was on the stair,
followed by the measured tramp of a
tile of men. He came Into the room
and with him were a sergeant and four
soldiers, fully armed. The general was
trembling with rage, but held strong
control over himself, ns was ltis habit
on serious occasions. ‘Lieutenant Sen­
tore,’ he said, ’why were you not at
your post?’
“ ‘The running sand In the hourglass’
(I hardly recognized my own voice on
hearing it) ‘stopped when but half ex­
hausted. I did not notice Its Interrup­
tion until It was too late.’
"The general glanced grimly at the
hourglass. The last sands were falling
through to the lower bulb. 1 saw that
he did not believe my explanation.
" ’It seems uow to he in perfect work­
ing order,’ lie snid at last. '
"He strode up to It and reversed It,
watching the sand pour for a few mo­
ments; then he spoke abruptly:
‘“Lieutenant Sentore, your sword.’
“I banded my weapon to him without
a word. Turning to the sergeant, he
said:
“ 'Lieutenant Sentore Is sentenced to
death. He has an hour for whatever
preparations be chooses to make.' Al­
low him to dispose of that hour as lie
chooses, so long as he remains within
this room and holds converse with no
one whatever. When the last sands of
this hourglass are run, Lieutenant Sen­
tore will stand at the other end of this
room and meet the death merited by
traitors, laggards or cowards. Do you
understand your duty, sergeant?*
“ ‘Yes. general.’
“General Trelawny abruptly left the
room, and we heard bls heavy steps
echoing throughout the silent bouse
and later more faintly on the cobble­
stones of the street. When they had
died away, a deep stillness set In, 1
standing alone at one end of the room,
my eyes fixed on the hourglass, and the
sergeant, with his four men like stat­
ues at tlie other, also gazing at the
same sinister object.
The sergeant
was the first to brenk the silence.
“‘Lieutenant,’ be said, ‘do you wish
to write anything?’
“He stopped short, being an unready
man, rarely venturing far beyond yes
end no.
“ *1 should like to communicate with
one in this household,' I said, 'but the
general has forbidden It, so nil 1 ask Is
that you shall have my body conveyed
from this room ns speedily as possible
after the execution.’
“ ‘Very good, lieutenant.' answered
the sergeant.
“After that for a long time no word
wns spoken. I watched my life run
redly through the wasp waist of the
transparent glass; then suddenly the
sand ceased to How. half in the upper
bulb, half in the lower.
“ ‘It lias stopped.' said the sergeant.
‘1 must shake the glass.’
“’Stand where you are,' I command­
ed sharply ‘Your orders do not run to
that.'
"Tlie habit of obedience rooted the
setgenn’ to the spot.
“ ‘Send one of your men to General
l're!:’. v> n.v.' 1 said as if I had still the
right to he obeyed. ‘Tell him what has
happened and ask for instructions.
Let your man tread lightly as he leaves
the room.’
“The sergeant did not hesitate a mo­
ment. but gave the order I required of
him. The soldier nearest the d*or tip­
toed out of the house. Probably more
than hair nu hour had passed, during
which no man moved, tlie sergeant and
his three remaining soldiers seemed
afraid to breathe; then we heard the
ttcp of the general himself on the
»fair. I feared that this would give the
needed Impetus to the sand In the
glass, but when Trelawny entered the
itatus quo remained.
The general
stood looking nt the suspended sand
without speaking.
" ‘That Is what happened before, gen­
eral. and that Is why I was not nt my
plnce. I have committed the crime of
neglect nnd have thus deservedly earn­
ed my death, but I shall die the han-
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pier if my general believes I am neither
a traitor nor n coward.’
“Tlie general, still without a word,ad­
vanced to tlie table, slightly shook the
hourglass, and the sand began to pour
again. Then he picked It up In hie
hand, examining It minutely, as it It
were some kind of strange toy, turn­
ing it over and over. He glanced up
at me and said, quite in his usual tone,
ns If nothing In particular bail come
between us:
“ ‘Remarkable thing that, Sentore.
Isn’t it?'
“ 'Very,' I answered grimly.
“He put the glass down.
“ ‘Sergeant, take your men to quar­
ters. Lieutenant Sentore. I return to
you your sword; you can perhaps make
better use of It alive than dead. I am
uot a man to be disobeyed, reason or
no reason. Remember that, and now
go to bed.’
“He left me without further word,
and. buckling on my sword, I proceed­
ed straightway to disobey again.
“I had a great liking for General Tre­
lawny. Knowing how he fumed and
raged nt being tints held helpless by an
apparently Impregnable fortress In the
unimportant town of Elsengore, I had
myself studied tlie citadel from all
points, aud had come to the conclusion
that it might be successfully attempt­
ed, not by the great gates that opened
on tlie square of the town, nor by the
inferior west gates, but by scaling the
seemingly uncllmbable cliffs at tlie
north side. The wall at the top of this
precipice was low, and owing to the
height of the beetling cliff was Ineffi­
ciently watched by one lone sentinel,
who paced tlie battlements from corner
tower to corner tower. 1 had made my
plans, intending to ask the general’s
permission to risk this venture, but
now 1 resolved to try It without bls
knowledge or consent, and thus re­
trieve, If I could, my failure of the
foregoing part of the night. Taking
with me a long, tliln rope which I had
In my room, anticipating such a trlak
for It. I roused five of my picked men
and silently we made our way to the
foot of the northern cliff. Here, with
the rope around my waist, I worked
my way diagonally up along a cleft in
tlie rock, which, like others parallel to
it. marked the face of the precipice.
A slip would be fatal, the loosening
of a stone would give warning to the
sentinel, whose slow steps I heard on
the wall above me, but at last 1 reach­
ed a narrow ledge without accident,
and. standing up In the darkness, my
chin wits level with the top of the wall
on which the sentry paced. Tlie shelf
between the bottom of the wall nnd the
top of the cliff was perhaps three feet
in widtli and gave ample room for a
man careful of Ills footiug.
“Aided by the rope, the others, less
expert climbers than myself, made
their way to my side one by one. nnd
the six of us stood on tlie ledge under
the low well. Some of us were In our
stockinged feet, but others did not
even have stockings on.
As the
sentinel passed we crouched In the
darkness under the wall nnd the most
stalwart of our party sprang up behind
him. The soldier had taken off Ills
Jacket, and, tiptoeing behind the sen­
tinel. he threw the garment over Ills
head, tightening It with a twist that
nearly choked the man. Then, seizing
his gun so that It would not clatter on
the stones, he held him thus helpless
while we five climbed up beside lilm.
Feeling under the Jacket, I put my
right hand firmly on the sentinel’s
throat, and. nearly choking the breath
out of him, said:
“ ‘Your life depends on your actions
now
Will you utter a sound if I let
go your throat?’
“The man shook bis bead vehemently,
and 1 released my clutch.
“ ‘Now,’ 1 said to him, ‘where is the
powder stored? Answer In a whisper
and speak truly.'
“ ‘The bulk of the powder,’ lie an­
swered. ‘Is In the vnult below the cita­
del.’
“‘Where Is the rest of It?’ I whis­
pered.
“ ‘In the lower room of the round
tower by tlie gate.’
“ ‘Nonsense,’ I said.
‘They would
never store It In a place so liable to at­
tack.’
“ ‘There was nowhere else to put It.’
replied the sentinel, ‘unless they left It
In the open courtyard, which would be
quite ns unsafe.’
” ‘Is the door to the lower room In
the tower bolted?’
“ ‘There Is no door,’ replied the sen­
try. ‘but a low archway. This arch­
way has not been closed, because no
cannon balls ever come from the north­
ern side'
" ‘How much powder Is there In this
room ?’
" ‘I do not know; nine or ten barrels.
I think.'
“It was evident to me that the fellow.
In bls fear, spoke the truth. Now. the
question was how to get down from
the wall Into the courtyard nnd across
that to the archway at the southern
■Ide. Cautioning the sentinel again
that if he made the slightest attempt
to escape or give the alarm Instant
death would be meted to him, I told
him to guide us to the archway, which
he did, down the stone steps that led
from the northern wall into the court­
yard.
They seemed to keep loose
watch Inside, the only sentinels in the
place being those on the upper walls.
But the man we had captured not ap­
pearing at ills corner In time, bls com­
rade on the western side became
alarmed, spoke to him and, obtaining
no answer, shouted for him, then dis­
charged his gun. Instantly the place
wns in an uproar. Lights flashed, and
from different guardrooms soldiers
poured out. I saw across the court­
yard the archway the sentinel had spo­
ken of nnd. calling m.v men, made a
dash for it. The Itesleged garrison, not
RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came With Columbus W rvt
Haitlaua riajluv Bali.
"The world was a lung time learning
the uses ami value of rubber," ¡»ays II.
E. Armstrong lu Aimdee's. "For two
centuries after the Spaniards saw the
gum In the bauds of natives of the uew
world It was little more than a curius
ty. Ohl Herri-a. who weut with Co
limbus on Ids second voyage, made u
note of mi elastic ball which was mold­
ed from the gum of a tree. At tltelr
games the nude Haitians made it
Ismnd high lu tlie air. The Azlts-s were
fnmiiliir with the gum mid called It ule.
nnd from them the Spaniards learned
to smear it ou their eoats to keep out
the wc’t. They had crossed the sons
for gold mid never dreamed of a time
when the sticky milk the uncouth In­
dian drew fiom strange trees would
be worth more tlisn tlie treasure of the
hills.
“Jose, kiugof Portugal, in 1353. comes
down to us us the wearer of a pair of
boots sent out to Para to be covered
with a waterproof gum. Yet 300 years
were to elapse before a Connecticut
Yankee should make u pair of boots of
rubber which would not decompose
Dr. Priestly, author of a work on ’Per­
spective.' now forgotten, recorded that
caoutchouc (pronounced kaehookl was
Useful In small cubes for rubbing out
pencil murks; lienee the name rubtier.
Tie India linked with It refers So the
savages who gathered It In the Amazon
wilderness. Dr. Priestly’s cubes were
half mi Inch long and sold for 3 sliil-
II' gs. or 73 cents, apiece-a «tiff price,
fir the finest rubber today is $1 a
pound.
Its price for ten years I ihs
ranged from <12 cents to $1.00.
“The conversion of the gum to useful
purposes made but slow headway. The
fir. t waterproof cloth In 1707 was the
work of mi Englishman, it wns tenta
tlve. and. of course. It would not staud
heat. In 1823 Charles Mackintosh of
Glasgow discovered naphtha nnd. dis­
solving rubber In It, produced a varnish
which, when spread on cloth, made It
really impervious to water. Most of
the rubber used In the world still comes
from equatorial South America, nnd
the forests where the Indians gathered
ule are ns dense today and almost ns
little known to white men a* In the
time of Cortes."
Why They Were Selected.
It Ims been recorded thnt General
Henry Knox. In 1783. was the “great­
est" of 11 distinguished officers of the
army, weighing 280 pounds.
Noali
Brooks. In Ills book entitled "Henry
Knox,” gives the following Incident re­
lating to the general's full habit:
With a Captain Sargent, he was se­
lected to present the hard case of the
starving and naked men at Valley
Forge to the attention of a committee
of congress. One of the congressmen,
w ishing to show his wit and sarcasm,
said that he had never seen a fatter
man than General Knox nor a better
dressed man than Ills associate.
Knox managed to keep Ills temper
and remained silent, but Ills snbor-
ill into retorted. "The corps, out of re­
aped to congress mid themselves, have
sent as their representatives the only
man w ho had an ounce of superfluous
flesh on Ids body and the only other
man w ho possessed s complete suit of
clothes."
Onr Sy.tena of Vot.tl.n.
Some system of notation Ims been
used since time out of memory. The
first record we have of It la of flgttnM
written with a stick on a tint surface
covered with sand.
Before that all
calculations were insde with pebbles,
beans mid the like.
Even now the
Chinese do their calculating with little
atones or beads strung on wires, in a
frame. The Romans first used vertical
lines—I, II, 111. etc.—to express num­
bers. The Arabic figures, which we
commonly use at the present time, are
of much earlier date.
The Arabic system is chiefly valu­
able on in >mit of the great conven­
ience It affords by giving a figure a
value according to the place It occu­
pies in the line. By this system the
most em rmo'.is sums can be expressed
by the ten little characters wlileta form
the uumerlcul alphubet.
Metaphor.
The Minneapolis (Kan.) Messenger
■ ■lys: "We once heard Mrs. Carrie
< liapmun Catt eulogize Mrs. Staututi.
Harriet Heecb'T <<>>we and Susan B
Anthony as foil •
These are the wo­
men who laid themsehes down In the
d iet, ns II were, to form a bridge over
which you sod 1 might go dry shod '
‘Once we heard the president of
Brown university deserllie tlie old char
ter oak, drat as a safety vault, then as
a hearthstone, and at last lie made n
lightning change and brought out the
ohl tree as the rudder to the ship of
stale. That best anything we ever
lien rd nnd the greater surprise, too,
coming as It did from such a profound
scholar.”
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Beerbohiu Tree hud a comical expe
rlenoe on his first appeurance ns the
corpulent FnlstmT. In the lust act be
hud arranged that Fulstaff. disconcert­
ed by gibes uinl buffets of tlie fairies
In Windsor forest, nliould lunke one
herculeun effort to climb tlie oak tree.
Tlie pegs that were to serve ns nup
port« for that tree ware always eon
spleuons by their absence.
On tlie
morning before Hie performance Mr.
Tree was told tiny should positively be
fixed on the tree. Tlie morning came.
l>nt with it no pegs. Eloquence was
stifled; even Invective faltered.
He
pointed to tlie tree and w it If tlie calm
of despair blurted out to the defaulter.
"No pegs!"
Such an ejaculation, spoken more In
sorrow tlinn In anger, would, lie hoped,
appeal to thnt last remnant of eon
science which even tlie papier mm'he
bosom of a property man mlglit lie sup
posed to retain. In the evening there
was a dress rehearsal, liut still no pegs
could lie seen. Jlr. Tree's form qulv
cred bitientli the padding witli pent
up emotions, and In a torrent of pas
slon and a voice shaken by righteous
wrath he exclaimed:
"Where are those pegs?"
"I’egs pegs!" exclaimed (lie proper!;
master, witli exasperating nffahility
“Why, guv’nor, what was your words
to me tills morning? 'No pegs.' Am)
there ain't none!”—London Tit-Bits
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Specialty, Blitter, Eggx and Cheese.
Your consignmentN solicited.
Howells* Vdvlce to Writers.
One day at Lakewood while sitting
nt a little table In tlie big rotunda ball
drinking afternoon tea I met Mr. W. I>
Howells and had a delIglitfuI conversa
tlon w itli him. After know ing tlie per
sonallty of tills famous author one en
Joys ids writing ten times more lie Is
so magnetic and his conversation so
Ititcrestlng and breezy. “Y’es." lie said.
"1 always advise any one w ho Ims an
Inclination for it to try to write One
shouldn't expect to have tlie first
things one does published. Imt one
must keep on trying. It Is an eXcelh*m
plan to set down something one lias
seen In everyday life and try to get
a story out of It. Indeed. It's the best
way to practice.
"Writing Is mostly drudgery.” lie
continued. "I have to force myself to
go Into my library to work, and I find
myself putting off tlie hour as long as
possible.”
"But when you once sit down?” I
ventured.
“Evcu then it'R hard work for aw hile
until 1 get Into the swing. Let no one
Imnglno the muse comes without n
summons nnd without n good deal of
urging! At least she never does to
me!"—Anns Wentworth In Wotnau’s
Homo Companion.
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Ask for
Set For the Wrong Time.
He works In n down tow n office for
a gruff old chap w ho has no love for
laggards, lie is due st 8 sharp, but
as he likes to be out o' nights lie never
wakes up n moment too soon. He lias
an alarm clock, which he sets at 7,
nnd this gives him bnrely time to
dress, breakfast and reach the office.
One day last week, the man having
forgotten to wind 31s clock the night
before. It didn’t go off. So there were
explanations to be uiade about 8:30 a.
m. This wns the excuse:
“Well, you see, Mr. Gruff. 1 know
how punctual you like all of your men
to be. so I have an alarm clock, which
I set for 7 In the morning. But, by
mistake, I Het It for 7 In the evening
last night, and of course It didn't go off
at 7 tn the morning today, as usual.
A im ) 1 overslept myself.”
“Ah, you did? Well, I’ll excuse you
this time
But set It properly after
this."
And new the chap Is wond Ing
whether or not “the old man" was
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ly fooled or merely wanted to let him
down easy.
Perhaps lie thinks th.'
Itosa believes he has a 24 hour clock. -
Kansas City Journal.
Pronouncod cat-fay— accent on last syllable
Montrsuma*« Well.
A lltippy Foot,
The custom of wishing a friend “a
Cheatlaa tfcr Cat.
Tlie meanest mun Is around town lu happy foot” Is to tie found In all pnrts
tunny guises and In considerable num­ of Europe, nnd It goes to show how
bers. but tlie meanest woman la a re­ much superstition Is connected witli
cent discovery.
She Ilves in Phila­ our footgear. It Is to be assumed thnt
delphia, and for the sake of saving a the well fitting boot or shoe, wlilcli en­
cent a day alie clients tlie cat by giving ables n person to walk In comfort. Is
tier each morning a saucerful of milk, symbolical of bnpplness
The accidental placing of tlie right
mid after about two teaspoonfuls of
shoe on the left foot, putting a shoe on
It have been lapped up she dilutes tbn
milk with water and continues to <1o awry or the breaking of a lace Is a
bad sign from tlie popular point of
so till evening.
When remonstrated
view To tie tlie shoe of another Indi-
with by lier husband recently she said:
vldual Is Indicative of humility and
"Well, ths ent doesn't know the dlf
lowly position, yet the Chinese wor-
fcrence. It looks like milk, anyhow,
ship the sliocs of nn upright judge.
and If I didn't thin it out for her we’d
There Is s curious superstition In
have to have 2 cents’ worth for break
some parts of England which advises
fast each day."—Philadelphia Record
that when the youngest (laughter mar­
ries before her sisters tlie latter should
(n Acquired Taste.
"Yes, there Is something In a osmo. dance at her wedding without shoes In
order to Insure husbands for them-
There'« my wife, for Instance."
selves. On St Valentine's eve. accord-
"What about her?”
"Why, her first name Is Olive, and I Ing to a similar custom, girls should
hang their shoes outside tlie window If
didn’t like her at all at first.”-Cleve­
they wish to secure lovers.
land Plain Dealer.
Some actresses carefully preserve the
Benjamin Ferguson, living ton miles boots they wore when they scored their
east of Dodge City, claims fo be the first success and wear them on all Im-
champion trapper of western Kansas. porta nt occasion».
During the winter be has killed 300
It Is estimated thnt for tlie next
raccoons. coyotes and badgers, most of
Christmas market 300.000 Canadian
which he skluned nnd sold.
turkeys will be shipped to England.
The reported offer of an opal for the
In Russian schools pupils nre allowed
English regalia by the commonwealth
ol Australia Is looked U|>on with dis­ to choose between lenrnlng French
favor by the superstitions, as the stone and German, and TO per cent choose
Is sab! to be unlucky except to those German
A year ago nearly 0,000 women vot­
Isirn In the month of October. None
.if tlie children of the late queen or of ed at Cleveland's election of school di­
the present king were born In that rectors. This year only 700 wont to
the polls.
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One of tlie mast pleasing natural
curiosities in tlie territory of Arizona
Is tlie pool of water known as Monte­
zuma's well. II Is situated IS miles
northeast of tlie old aliandomd mili­
tary post known ns Camp I'errtc. It Is
250 feet In dint ’ter. Kid '
clear,
pure wate*- is uiiout (K1 feet fieiow tlie
surface of tin surrounding country.
Some j- ns ago certstn inillti.ry offi-
cers soillldc
tlie pool UUd f und dial
It bad u
.¡form depth ><t 80 feel of
water •.
t tn one pla<-c, apparently
cbout . ' -el square, where the sound­
ing !• , '• out down nbout 590 feet
vbhi m ‘onehing bottom.
T
a ell empties Into Beaver creek
oniy about Its) yards distant, the wa­
ter gushing forth from tlie rocks as
though It were under great pressure.
Tlie well Is undoubtedly supplied from
subterranean sources, possibly through
the hole sounded by the army officers
years ago. The sides of the well are
honeycombed with caves nnd tunnels,
permitting sightseers to descend to the
water’s edge.
Montezuma's well contains no fish.
Tlie flow of water from It Is the same
throughout tlie season. Popular opin­
ion lias attributed the origin of the
well to volcanic action, but ns the rock
surrounding it Is limestone It is more
tlinn probable tlint the action of the
water Is responsible for Its creation.—
Native American.
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A gentleman living In a rural part of
Englnnd sent his coachman to a neigh­
boring village for 5 shillings’ worth of
penny stamps.
After a time John returned from bl«
tramp of two miles.
Ills face wore a self satisfied look
when he came Into his employer's pres­
ence.
“Got the stamps, John?’
“Yes, sir," the man replied, handing
over n batch of halfpenny stamps.
"I said penny stamps, John, and you
have got halfpenny ones.”
"Yes, sir,” and the smile widened. "1
asked for 5 shillings' worth of stamps,
an the postmaster says, ’Halfpenny or
penny?1
‘Do you sell halfpenny
stamps?’ I asked. ‘Yes,’ said be. ’Well,’
says 1. ’If you can buy stamps for a
halfpenny, wbat's the use of payln a
penny?"
An 1 bought the halfpenny
stamps, sir.”—London Telegraph.