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I A LUNATIC CREW... By C B. LEWIS Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewi«. ►OAQAOAOAO«'.',“ [W] E were due east of the island of Luzon, one of the Pliilip- |>ii e group. and heading down tin* t'hitin sea with a cargo for London when we caught the tail etui of a lynlnimi. We were lying to and making fairly good weather of it when a Spanish ship, also ly ing to. hove iuto view. She was light er and drove faster to leeward. She was about a mile to windward of us when first sighted, and no great atten tion was given her until it was seen that she was drifting squarely down Upon us. As she came nearer we saw that her crew were dancing about on her decks like a lot of half drunken men and paying no attention whatever to tile storm. Her foretopmast was overboard, ami much of het canvas bad been blown away, and she was be ing held in the wind’s eye by a tar paulin set in the rigging. A sheer of the wheel would have sent the Span ish ship clear of us by half a cable’s length, but the fellows drifted down without paying us the slightest atten tion. and she did not miss us by ten feet. As she rushed past we could look right into the eyes of her crew. They were about twenty In number, and they yelled and screamed at us like so many lunatics. Brief as was the time, we all noticed one peculiarity about them. Their faces were as yellow as saffron, while their eyes appeared un usually large and brilliant. The ship was the Isohel of Cadiz. Beyond cursing the Spanish crew for a gang of Idiots we had little to say. The idea was that fear of the storm bad made them take to drink, as is often the case, and that they were going to Davy Jones' with a Jag on. Hix hours later the storm broke, and we headed our course, but within six hours w'e were pitching about on the troubled sea without wind enough to ruffle a feather. I turned in at 8 o'clock that night and turned out again at midnight for the morning watch. After midnight the sea began to go down very fast, and at 2 o’clock there was only what you might call a tumble on. It was then that we faintly caught the sound of voices singing and whoop lug to the south of us. It was a thick night, and nothing could be made out, but at 4 o’clock we got a light breeze and had nut been wafted along above a knot when we lutd the Spanish ship again under our eyes. All her topmasts were gone now. while a portion of her bulwarks were smashed in and she looked a bad wreck. The storm sail was still in tlie rigging, the wreckage alongside, and the crew were dancing, fighting and screaming. We headed for the wreck at ouce, and when we had come within bailing distance we asked if help was wanted. The reply was a eliorus of screams and shrieks, while many of the men shook their fists at us In defiance. It looked like a case of mutiny followed by a neral carouse, and our captain was it a loss to know what steps to take. Before he bad made up his mind about it the Spaniards lowered a boat and pulled for us. Every one of the crew piled into the boat, and we saw them grab up belaying pins, capstan bars and whatever else couhl lie used us weapons. The boat came dashing at us with every man yelling and whoop ing. and they tried boarding it ouce. We had no better weapons with which to beat them off, ami we were three less in number, but when we looked Iuto their fierce eyes and saw murder there we struck to kill. They fought like tigers, and they seemed Insensible to Idows. but we beat them off at last. Four of tliei: umbe" went to the bottom of the by a steamer aud towed Into port. Not a man. living or dead, was fouud aboard. They had fought each other to the last, aud I lieu the sole survivor had sought death beneath the waves. The cook bud probably mixed the poi- louous decoction with their coffee or able soon after the storm struck them, though uot before she was in shape to ride It out. How long it was after we left them no one could say. but very likely not more thau a day bad passed when the last of the lunatics yielded up Ids life and the ship went drifting and drifting, with the sun drying up the hundred blood stains ou her lit tered <leck. FACT AND RUMOR. The Story uf Oar PoatpoarA Cwblart < u.ni'll In K>«laaS, Cabinet councils give rise at times to tumors that dodge fact and mislead public expectancy, flue of Lord Beac- onsfield's supplies a ease lu poiut. Queen Victoria, so runs the tale, was anxious about the state of wind and wave In the mid Atlantic, which the Princess Louise happened then to be crossing. A lord in waiting knew • professor who was a weather diviner, and to him he weut with a message from her majesty, who scut also a mes sage to Lord Beaconsfield. The lord In waiting was sent to a theatrical supper it was Sunday night—lu search of the professor. Him he found lu this lively company and was himself constriiined to listen to the game of Words that was passing round. Which Would they choose If they had to mar ry. Gladstone or Disraeli? All said ’•Disraeli” except one, and she said "Gladstone, so that I might elope with Disraeli and break his heart.'' Tlie lord in waiting, much diverted, went forth and, finding Disraeli in rather low spirits, told him this tale as an instance of Ids great popularity with all classes of the queen's sub jects. The whimsicality of tne tiling was congenial to Disraeli, who was kept waiting next day at a cabinet council for the arrival of an lni|Mirtant colleague. To pass the time he told the assembled ministers the story of the theatrical supper. Lord Cairns (abslt omen), hearing, did not smile, and his solemnity put out of countenance the prime minister, who at once made the nonarrival of the colleague an excuse for postponing the council for a couple of hours. The “balance of power” was then unstable, and that afternoon the papers had headings: “War Immi nent. A Second Cabinet Council Sum moned.” For once the ladles of the stage made history and staggered the Stock Exchange.—Loudon Chronicle. A Dampener. A young mail bashfully approached a popular official a few days ago and said: “Judge, I have come to ask your ad vice. You have always been like a fa ther to me. and I have now come to you in a very important matter. I am thinking of getting married"— "Well, youug man.” Interrupted the Judge. “If you are thinking of getting married go do it right away. Don't bait, because the girl might not be willing this time tomorrow.” “But. you see." protested the youth. “I'm afraid I'm not able to take care of her.” "Tut, tnt,” deprecatingly retorted the Judge. “Why, when I got married I was twenty one years old and $L8(N> iu debt.” w "Is that so?” exclaimed the other, with happy encouragement gleaming from liis eye. “And I suppose you must now be worth about”— “Ami now.” concluded the Judge “I'm only $3,000 In debt.” The young mini has not yet married. —Paducah (Ky.) Sun. African Snakes. The African cobra is regarded some what reverently by the natives of that country, who once a year kill a cobra de cnpello and hang its skin to the branch of a tree, tail downward. Then all the children born during the last year are brought out and made to touch the skin. Thia the parents think puts them under the serpent's protec tion Tlie cobra de capello divides with tlie horned viper of Africa the ques tionable honor of being the "worm of the Nile,” to whose venomous tooth Cleopatra's death was due. The Kaffirs use the venom of this snake's cousin, the puff adder, to poi son their arrows, and when they have any small quantity left they swallow It. having a theory that it will protect them from tlie bad effects of future bites. The Snake tribe of the Punjab say that the bites of snakes do not hurt them, and if they find a dead serpent they dress It In clothes and give it a superb funeral. A Simple t'arr For Earache. r PRESERVED BY WAX WHILE WE SLEEP. THE “SANKERO.” The Munden mu <I OruHnn of iht* Hudy Are Still Working. tib.lili) Lot u< a I’renHar Figure of the Irrlpalloi» Country. muscle«. Witness tlii* pheuomeu« uf sleepwalking, the postilious In stage coach day« who slept lu tlielr saddles aud cavalrymen who do it today, lu- fantry who have bt-t-u known tu sleep on forced marches, sentinels who walk tlielr beats carrying their guns lu a fixed position while they sleep. For all we know policemen may do it too. People who talk In tlielr sleep are fa miliar to all of us Experiments made by Spelr, Armstrong aud Child on 200 college students of both sexes showed that 47 per cent of the men and 37 per cent of the w omen talked In their sleep. A number of things might be proved by these statistics. Of these sleep talkers one half of the women and one third of the men are able to answer questions while asleep. More women than men could auswer ques tions on any subject, not alone that of which they had beeu tulklng. It has also been found that most sleep talk ers are under twenty live years of age. Evidently, then, with the muscles and organs of the body all working. It is the brain only that sleeps, and by no means all of the brain. The sense« of sight, hearing, touch, smell aud taste umy be very much awake while the subject sleeps. A sleeping person hears and answers questions, rear ranges Ills bedclothing. covers his eyes to keep out the light, draws away his hand when the experimenter tickles it. A child is broken of the habit of suck ing his thumb while asleep by putting aloes on it. He Is conscious of the bit ter taste and dreams of wormwood. The nerves, then, and the brain cen ters corresponding to them are awake. A busy lawyer, exhausted by over work, one night went out to supper with some friends, ate, talked and walked with them, and the next day remembered absolutely nothing of the occurrence. He had not been drinking. The man was simply asleep during the whole evening. Ills conscious mem ory that is. consciousness Itself slept. —Ainslee's Magazine. ferent from his accustomed life as lie call well Imugitie. He must learn an entirely new lauguage of farming and a new set of farming rules Hi« neigh bur greets him. uot with tlie remark, “It looks like rain." but “Have you heard when the water is coming iu?" or "The ditches are low today.” lie lea rns to «peak of miner«' inches and acre feet of water, and lie can soou tell nt a glance w bother r a ditch is ear- rying ."«• or l'ft miners iuclioH of wa ter. He hears wise discussions of beadgnlea. weirs. laterals and zanjes. He finds that he is "under” a cerlaiu canal, which by and by will come to teem to him like an inexorable fate. lie will very promptly make lhe ac quaintance of tin- king of the irrigated land, the zaujero. in Arizona called "Hankero,” in California sometimes shortened to "stinky." tlie water master or ditch rider, a bronzed man In over alls and sombrero, who drives about lu a two wheeled curt, with a shovel and a long crooked lined fork by his side and precious keys in his pockets, He is the yea ami nay of tlie arid land, the arbiter of fate, the dispenser of good ami evil, to be blessed by turns and cursed by turns and to receive both with the utter unconcern of a small god. for it is the zaujero who distrib utes lhe water, lie opens the head gate of each farmer's canal, and when the water Ims run the necessary time lie shuts it down again and again locks it securely, If the water is short, he sees that it is divided properly bet ween Smith and Jones aud Brown, usually with Smith and Jones and Brown watching him like eats, It Is i a hard place, that of zaujero in the valleys, subject to accusations, temptations, heartburnings: hut. be it said to the credit of the American, there is many a zinjero who is unitersiilly^j^ipei-led hi In-. mi lioi^^^Lia ii.- Ray Stannard Baker in < FOUR HISTORIC PAINTINGS IN THE If the organs of the body cannot be An eastern farmer coming to an Irri NATIONAL CAPITOL. ■aid tu sleep, ueltber chu the voluntary gated valley finds everything as dlf They Were Treated I.on* After Com pletion and When They Already Showed Signa of llleeolntlon — An Artist's Curlosa Hluuder. It Is a curious fact that the same combination of chemicals which pre- serveti In a perfect state for over.600 years the remains and shrouds of King Edward I. of England have also been used to preserve four of the great his torical paintings perpetuating scenes In the foundation and establishment of this government. These four paintings occupy perhaps lhe most conspicuous place for obser vation iu the nation. They are the irork of Colonel John Trumbull and hang ou the eastern wall of the rotun da of the capitol. The paintings were put in place in 1824 under the supervision of the artist himself, but not without much hesita tion and objections on his part because of the dampness of the walls and air in the rotunda at that time. The fears of the artist were proved to be well founded, for four years later the changes ou the surface of the paintings became so apparent that congress passed a resolution authorizing tlielr removal from the walls of the rotunda by Colonel Trumbull for inspection and remedy if possible. It was nt this point that Colonel Trumbull's knowl edge of tlie preservative chemical com pound was drawn on. In a letter to congress, dated Dec. 9. 1828, Colonel Trumbull explains in de tail his treatment of the paintings at that time, and an inspection now of these four pictures shows that they are in a perfect state of preservation both as to brightness of color and con dition of canvas. In the letter referred to Colonel Trumbull says: “All of the paintings were taken down, removed from their frames, taken off from the panels over which they were strained, removed to a dry, warm room and there separate ly and carefully examined. The mate rial which forms the basis of the paint ings Is a linen cloth whose strength FLOWER AND TREE. aud texture are very similar to those In the topgallant sails of a ship of war. Fruit trees ami fruit require potash l he substances employed In forming a for their best development. proper surface for the artist, together With house plants ail extreme with the colors, oils, etc., form a stiff! changes of temperature should be eieut protection for the face of the can avoided. vas. but the back remains bare and ex Too many trees prevent rapid growth posed to the deleterious effects of damp and extend the time when a grove Is air. The effect of this is first seen in well shaded. the form of mildew. It was this which Grapevines like tlielr roots to be near I dreaded, and the examination showed that mildew was already commenced the surface, and (lie food for them and to an extent which rendered it should not be placed at too great a manifest that the continuance of the depth. Small growth and too much small same exposure for a few years longer would have accomplished the complete fruit go together. Thrifty growth fur decomposition or rotting of the can nishes a few large ami fine specimens vas and the consequent destruction of of fruit. There is no use In growing a tree the paintings.” Colonel Trumbull then explained how very tall. The top limbs are apt to be he first thoroughly dried the canvases come slender aud break if fruit is pro and prepared them for the preserva duced on them. All members of the poppy family are tive. Ou this point he continues: "I had learned that a few years ago some hard to transplant. By choosing a of the eminent chemists of France had rainy day aud not expusing the roots examined with great care some of the one can «UJUL!iihr“A'--iDnhnge a trans ancient mummies of Egypt with a ference. Avoid straight lines as much as possi view to ascertaining the nature of the substance employed by the embalmers ble. There is no straight line in nature. which the lapse of so many ages had It is for this reason that groups and proved to possess the power of protect masses are so much better than formal ing from decay a substance otherwise or set beds. so perishable as the human body. This Wlutt PtiKxletl Louin. examination had proved that, after the Louis 1’hilippe was a wit. What be application of liquid asphaltum to the cavities of the head and body, the specially excelled In was lhe clinching whole had been wrapped carefully in of an argument, such as, for instance, many envelopes or bandages of linen bis final remark on tlie death of Talley prepared with wax. The committee of rand. lie had paid him a visit the day chemists decided further, after a care before. When the news of the prince's ful examination and analysis of the death was brought to him, he said, hieroglyphic paintings with which the “Are you sure he is dead?” “Very casings, etc., are covered, that the col sure, sire,” was the answer. “Why, ors employed and still retaining their did not your majesty himself notice vivid brightness had also been pre yesterday that he was dying?” “I did. pared and applied with the same sub but there is no Judging from appear ances with Talleyrand, aud I have stance. “1 also know that toward the close been asking myself for the last four of the last ceutury the Antiquarian and twenty hours what interest he Society of England had been permitted could possibly have in departing at to open and examine the stone coffin this particular moment.” deposited In one of the vaults of West A queer Library. minster abbey aud said to contain the A curious collection of books is con body of King Edward L, who died In July, 1307. On removing the stone tained in tlie library of Warstenteln, lid of the coffin Its contents were found near Cassel, in Germany. The books to be closely enveloped In a strong lin appear at first sight to be logs of wood, en cloth, waxed. Within this envelope but each volume is really a complete were found splendid robes of silk en history of the tree it represents. The riched with various ornaments cover back shows the bark, in which a small ing the body, which was found to be place is cut to write the scientific and entire and to have been wrapped care common name as a title. One side fully in all Its parts, even to each sep shows the tree trunk in its natural arate finger, in bandagis of fine linen state, and the other is polished and which had been dipped in melted wax, varnished. Inside are shown the leaves, and not ouly was the body not decom fruit, fiber nod insect parasites, to posed, but the various parts of the which is added a full description of the dress, such as a scarlet satin mantle tree and Its products. and a scarlet piece of sarsenet which A Ronin n Dinner. was placed over the face, were In per A Roman dinner at the house of a fect preservation, even In their colors.” Colonel Trumbull then states that, wealthy man consisted chiefly of three with this knowledge, be melted com courses. All sorts of stimulants to the mon beeswax and mixed with an equal appetite were first served up. and eggs quantity of oil of turpentine, which were Indispensable to the first course. mixture was applied hot with brushes Among the various dishes we may in to the backs of the paintings and aft stance the guinea hen, pheasant, night erward rubbed In with hot Irons until ingale and the thrush as birds most in the cloth was perfectly saturated. The repute. The Roman gourmands held niches In the walls rfcre backed with peacocks iu great estimation, especial cement and the paintings so placed ly their tongues. Macroblus states In them that air could circulate behind that they wore first eaten by Horten- the canvases. Spring doors were also sius, the orator, and acquired such re ordered placed In the entrances to the pute that a single peacock was sold rotunda by Colonel Trumbull. Since for 50 denarii, the denarius being equal that treatment these paintings have to about eigbtpence halfpenny of our bad nothing done to them, and from money.—Chambers' Joiynul. present appearances they need noth “1 am afraid I have greatly inter fered with my own practice,” said a celebrated aurist, "by giving the fol lowing advice to many of my friends: They tried boarding al once, “At tlie first symptoms of earache with broken skulls, and of those pulled ■ way all w’ere more or less hurt. We let tlie patient lie on the bed with the knew now that they were lunatics in painful ear uppermost. Fold a thick stead of drunken men. ami we stood by towel and tuck It around the neck: until noon in the hope that they would then with a teaspoon fill the ear with calm down. They appeared to after warm water. “Continue doing this for fifteen or ■ while, but as soou as we lowered a boat they woke up again and raged twenty minutes. Tlie water will fill the like wild beasts. We Could understand ear orifice aud flow over on the towel. nothing of their shouts except that Afterward turn over the head, let tlie they were oaths, and in the face of water run out and plug the ear with their determined opposition we could warm glycerin and cotton. “This may be done every hour until not board their craft. It was 2 o'clock iu the afternoon before we squared relief is obtained. It is au almost in ■ way aud left them, and then a tierce variable cure and has saved many fight was going on. aud at least one cases of acute Inflammation. The wa man had been flung overboard to ter should be quite warm, but not too Ing. hot."—London Tit-Bits. Another peculiarity in one of these drown. pictures Is pointed out to persons being You may well guess that we aboard betting the Klug’s Ear. shown the capitol under the care uf a of the Bristol were astonished aud Tlie gentle art of speeding a parting guide, and that Is In the scene of mystified by the singular Incident, but the explanation when it came was very guest Is not new. The story from Hert Washington resigning his commission simple, in a sense. Tile Spanish ship fordshire. as told in the "Victoria Coun The two daughters of Charles Carroll, Lad a Filipino for cook. He had had ty History” series, reveals the method who stand embracing each other, are trouble With both officers aud men aud tried on King James 1. Hunting bad given five hands.—Washington Star. taken the place of state affairs in tlie was determined on revenge. Before Pfnenpple Juice. ■ailing from Luzon lie had provided monarch’s affections, and one morning The Lancet points out that fresh a favorite hound was missing. The dog himself with a quantity of seed from pineapple Juice contains a remarkably the plant known as aripe. It is a wild appeared the next day, bearing a mes active digestive principle similar to kelp, and a decoction makes a madman sage tied to his neck: “Good Mr. Jowl- pepsiu. This principle has been termed of the drinker. How he managed to er, we pray you speak to the king for serve It out to the whole crew at once us (he hearing you every day and so "bromelin,” and so powerful Is Its ac will never lie known, but that was doth not us) that It will please his maj tion upon protehls that It will digest as what he did and perhaps drank a share esty to go back to Ixiudon, for else the much as a thousand times its weight himself. The ship was inauned by a country will be undone, all our pro within a few hours. lunatic crew when she drove down on visions spent already.” The World a. We Find It. us before the gale, ami they were Inna Fudd—This Is a hard world. A Tralam. tics when we finally left them drifting Dudd—And yet everybody Is looking When the undertaker Is sent for. be ■nd fighting. Ten days later the ship, generally comes to grief. -Philadelphia for soft place« In It.—Boston Tran- which had become little better than a Record. script. Wreck alow gud aloft, W«1* picked up Vo Xeetl of Assistance. The father of the family had stepped Into a bookstore to buy a birthday present for bis fourteen-year-old son. "What kind of book would you like?” asked the salesman to whom lie had confided his purpose. “Something that would be useful for the boy,” was his reply, "Well, here Is a very good one oti ‘Self Help.' ” “Self help!” exclaimed the father. “Ben don't need anything of that kind. You'd ought to see him at the dinner table!” I'iK h tm 11 vely Speaking. "Well,” said young Graftsky, "I've soldiered half uf the afternoon, and I guess I might as well round It out by loafing the other half.” "Yes,” said his friend, J. Wise. Jr., “but the rounding out will be a lot easier thau squaring yourself with the boss afterward.”—Los Angeles Herald. MEN AND BOOKS. i'bopin rarely read anything heavier than a French novel. Lord Clive said that "Robinson Cru soe" beat any book lie ever read. St. John Chrysostom never tired of reading or of praising the works of the apostle John. James 1. of England was a lover of the classics and very familiar with most of the Latin writers. Bunyan lead little besides his Bible and often said that Christians would do well to read no other book. Salvator Itosa liked any kind of poet ry. but more especially that relating to the country or to country scenes. Hume said that Tacitus was the ablest writer that ever lived and him self tried to model his style on that of Hie Roman historian. Locke gave most of Ids attention to works of philosophy. He said, "I stand amazed nt lhe profundity of thought shown bv Aristotle.” I lie elder I’itt liked Shakespeare, but not the lubqy ti[ rending plays. lf»rt‘N« Joyed hearing them and ouce said that, lie bud learned more English history at the theater than nt the university.— Literary Life. I u weeenns ry Interruption If the children of th»* alemntminded professor of literature in a New Eng I land »’ollege were not blessed with a I I caretaking and prm'ti'ul mother, it la doubtful whether they Would eVer ¡•each maturity. One »lay the mother st»*pp**d into the library , where tlie professor was sup- postal to I k » entertaining his youngest boy and particular pct. There was a i suspicious silence, and then she saw that her husband was dc»*p in a book, while tin* luib.v, perched on Ids father’s knee, was endeavoring to swallow a large black heado»! pin which In* ha»l pulhsl from a tempting coat lapel. “Dear me, Henry' gasped the moth er. as she flew into tin* room, rescued the pin ami sei4C«l her child, “Didn’t you see that I m »by was trying to Bwai- tow a pin 'at* ha»l pulled out of your lapel?” The professor looked at lier with a dazed smile. “No, m.v dear, 1 had not «aid mildly. “Ami in any another pin there. Yes. You see. I couhl easily spare one to the boy. It almost seems a pity to have disturbed liim when lie was playing so quietly, does it not, my dear? And all for a pin!” said the man of learning, with an air of gentle reproach, as he returned to his book and tin* mother withdrew the baby ton place of safety. — Youth’s (’ompaiiion. Ln % n Got Ilin Answer. “While on a trip through the south soon after the civil war.” said a Chi cago man, “I stopped overnight at the little town of Warrenton. N. C. The next morning, strolling around looking lhe place over. 1 met a countryman who greeted me with a 'Howdy?' and •passed the lime of day' most cordially. 1 was considerably taken aback when I noticed that be was barefooted. and 1 ventured to ask him if it was the cus tom of llifi country for the men to go without shoes. He answered, with n drawl, ‘Waal, some on us does, but most on us 'tends to our own busi ness.’ ” A Cnrlou. Helle. A curious relic of Lottis XVII. Is the “game of dominos" made of pieces of the Bastille which were given to the dauphin before lie ami Ills parents left Versailles forever. It is said that when the box containing it was brought lu lhe queen exclaimed to her bedchamber woman. Mme. Cnmpan, “What a sinister plaything to give a child!” The sinister plaything Is now lidded to the other revolutionary ob jects preserved In the Hotel Carnavn- let.—London Chronicle. PAPERS STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD I Tai. MAIM SAN ritAN't 1st ■<> ANOTHER CITY EDITOR Editor Etigelke, editor mid proprietor of th« California Journal, the Germuu paper of Montgomery St., San Francisco, interviewed: Q Will you lielp us couvince the p* uple tha Bright's Piscust' and lMubvtes are pusi curable by reierring to your recovery ? If, bill A St Di 111. Q St I'CH 111«. It is scientifically reported that the lava streams from Vesuvius In 1858 were no hot twelve years later that steam was issuing from the eracks ami crevices, while tlie lava beds from the eruption of Etna iu 1787 wera found to be steaming hot Just below lhe top crust as late aa 1840. But still more remarkable are the scientific re ports of the volcano Jorullu, In Mext co. 'l’lils sent forth Immense streams of lava in 1759. In 1780 the lava beds Were examined by a party of scien tist«, and It was found that a stick thrust into the crevices instantly ig nited, although there was no discom fort experienced in walking on the hardened crust. Again some forty years after the eruption it was visited by scientists and reported to be steam ing In many places, ami even eighty seven years after the eruption two col umns of steaming vapor were found to be issuing from the crevices. Some times the upper crust of such a stream of lava cools so that plants ami lichens find precarious growth on tlie surface, while a few feet beneath the lava is almost redhot. Iler MialnLe. Two elderly women and an old man, evident strangers In the city ami who were carefully guarding a huge tele scope between theiu, stood in front of lhe (¡rand for an hour the other day, waiting for some kind soul to direct them to th»* residence of a friend they had come to visit. The noise and bus He of the city evidently confused them, and they- stood bewildered, not know ing which way to turn. Finally one of the women plucked up courage to address a man who was passing, say ing, “Could you tell me where Will Blank lives?” “\Vho7**nnquirvri the “Why. Will Blank. I'hiloHoph« of Full« in*. "Some may be Interested to know that there is now almost a new kind of philosophy of fatigue." says a writer iu Ainslee's. “Some speculators think man became conscious because his in tuitions were slowed up by exhaustion, so that the mind has to pick its way slowly and logically instead of divining Instantly, as it used to do. It was the fall of man. Wilder dreamers have even described the origin of cosmic gas and nebula“, from which nil the worlds come, ns due to progressive fatigue of the ether, which Is far more subtle and buck of it. It is n little ns If they were attempting to rewrite the first phrases of the Old Testa incut so that it should read. 'In the beginning was fatigue.’" Importers and dealer» in Book, News, Writing and Wrapping... CARD 8 TOOM ÖLAKt, WOFHTi arowNt saying. "Oh. I thought per- lived here." Indianapolis Medical works «grec tliu» Bright’s Diseasi anti Dii bet. s are iix uruble. but bî per cent, uri l»oKltivel.x recovering utider the tu'tou Corn pouuds H'ouinion iorins of kiducy complain' and 1 hcuiuat ' isu i offer Imi short resistance. Prie •<•. fl for th»« Bright s Disease and fi rm foi lhe Diulwl 1« ( <> inpotiiKl John .1 Fulton « u. : St., San Fr»uci> co, sole com MohtKomri'.x ponti uders Free tests made for p;at cuts. De kcriptiv pamphlet mailed lr Bird« it Sieve. Iii tin* mountains of Tennessee a stranger came upon a man who was sho\cling coal upon a wooden sieve. I ’pon inquiry how on earth ho got such a curious thing the old man replied: ■ Stranger, 1 don't think you’ll b’leeve im* If I tell you.” “oh. yes, certainly,” said the man; "i will iH’licv»* you.” “Waal,” said the mountaineer, “It war this way: Aliout five years ago 1 Jived down on tin* sidt* of the mountuin whar woodpeckers and other kind o’ birds is pow erful thick. 1’hal ’ar thing" pointing to tlie sieve “war my dour to my cabin, it nd mock any bird that flies. I’d Jest sit thar some summer evenin' ami jest move it, ami every bird cam«* that war imitated. "Howsumexer, one day 1 left my cabin to go huntin’ and went pream blin' down th»* mountain. Waal, some wind come along anti made that ’ar door imitate a woodpecker. First one come and then a whole pil»* o’ the critters. They lit in on tlie door, anti -^vlieu I come it war Jest like you see it." The man thrtnknl him and moved ou. “I deciar’,” said tin* mOlUitalneer, “I don’t b’leeve lie thought I war teiliu' tin* truth.” Ami In* resum»*d shovel ing coal. New York Herald. TIlollMlltle««, “.<-IH.il. TIlOllRlltll'SKIll'SH of UtlU'I'S is Hot llhlg more tlin n How might selfishness, which Until« In Finland. Is the curse of bumauity. The man One of the greatest trials a visitor In who on leaving an elevated train Finland has to endure is a Finnish pauses at the head of the stairs to bath, The method of procedure Is light his cigar Is selfish. He incom unique. Divested of outer clothing and modes nil who are behind hint, The attired In a light mid airy cotton gar woman who insists on passing up or ment, you are slung In a sort of ham down the stairs ahead of (lie eager mock composed of cord above a large crowd, slowly, Indifferent to the haste receptacle like lhe boilers In public of others, must be an awful tiling at laundries. This Is almost tilled with home. He who pauses to tic his shoe cold water. Into which at the right mo regardless of the interruption of traffic ment is flung a large redhot brick or is a brute In his family. I see nil these piece of Iron, which of course causes things n dozen times a day and wonder an overwhelming rush of steam to as what kind of lives such persons lend in cend and almost choke you. Then the family circle. One of the common when that process has gone on suffi evidences of thoughtlessness Is seen lu ciently long you are shaken out of your those who stand in the middle of the hammock, immersed In cold water, and sidewalk to chut w hile multitudes are after very drastic treatinent you re forced to deflect or make an offset In sume your raiment, sadder mid wiser order to pass them. The more I see of than before your novel experience. men the greater is my respect for asses, dogs and mules.- New York Vo Sunset For Five Dn,«. Press. At the bead of the gulf of Bothnia A Well SutlsHeil Girl. there Is a mountain on the summit of At an old fashioned revival meeting which tlie sun shines perpetually dur ing the live days of June 111. 20. 21, 22 the minister approached Minnie, who and 23. Every six hours during this was only ten years old, mid urged her season of continual sunshine a steamer to go forward to the "mourners' bench” leaves Stockholm crowded with visit for prayers, as many of her young ors anxious to witness the phenome friends hud done. "No, thank you,” said Minnie, hold non. At the same place (luring winter the sun disappears and is not seen for ing back. "But why?" questioned tlie minister. weeks. Then It comes in sight again for ten. fifteen or twenty minutes, "Don't you want to be born again?” “No,” replied Minnie. “I'm afraid 1 gradually lengthening its stay until finally it stays In sight continuously might be born a boy next time!”— Brooklyn Life. for upward of 120 hours. A Qnrmtlon uf Color. Benjamin Constant when painting the portrait of Queen Victoria made th»“ grand ribbon of the Garter, which was part of his Illustrious sitter's cos tume, a certain lou<* of blue. The queen criticised this part of the pic ture. but Constant stuck to his color. One <lny he received from Windsor a XV het llr Wrote Oa. little pared containing the »irder of the “Hello, Starveling! How is litera Garter. The queen, fully convinced ture?” that she was right, had sent him the “First rate.” ribbon to prove Ills color sens»1 was wrong. She did not confer the Garter "Writing anything now?” "Yes, a book.” upon hint, however. "What on?" Albnmrnlfted Milk. "An empty stomach principally. You Albuiuenized milk is a most nourish couldn't lend me the price of a dinner, could yon?” ing drink tor an invalid, and in Uot weather, taken nt Intervals of three hours between breakfast mid a H A Matter nt Fart. “Do you see the horizon yonder, o'clock dinner, would be m H the nourish where the sky seems to meet the ment re<]ulre<i by a person in health. earth ?” Drop the white of one egg In a glare, "Yes, uncle.” add two thirds of a cupful of milk, “Boy. I Imve journeyed so near there cover and shake until thoroughly that I couldn't put a sixpence between mixed. Strain into another gins, and ' my head and the sky!" serve. “Why, uncle, what a whopper!” doth Hlunl. "It's a fact, my lad. I hadn't one to “I'm too practical to do as heroes do put.”—London TH Bits. III books. Miss Slight, so I II Jusi a»k Acnnlrln« a Galt Acreat. you bluntly, w ill you be my wife?" “Brassie detests oatmeal, but he Is “No, thank yon, Mr. Terse. I myself eating it regularly for breakfast now,” don't believe In those silly bookish no tions, and a. the silly heroines always said Larkin. say yes, why. I'll tell you bluntly, no, “Wliat's his object?” asked Gilroy. “He's trying to improve bis golf ac •Ir, I won't!” cent”—Judge. Tlie Glitnf Squid. Undoubtedly the giant squill has fre quently been mistaken for n sen ser pent. In nil qualities which can ren der a marine monster horrible this huge ami frfghtfifl mollusk may be said to compare favorably with any crcatur»“ of fact or fiction. When full grow n. It weighs lo.ntx) |M>nmls. having a body fifty fet long ami two arms each 100 feet in length, as well uh eight smaller tentacles. For Vo t.lvinH Mun. Examining Counsel—What do you for n living? “Don't do anything for a living soul I'm an undertaker.”—Boston Tran script. The niffleolt Tort. Husband 1 don't believe you cac keep account of the money you spend. Wife Oh, ye«. I can. It's the money I cannot keep -Town and Country. More Filling. “The girl who Jilted a poet and mar- rlc»l a butcher did an eccentric thing.” “Not at all. She recognized the great fact that beefsteak Is more tilling thau blank verse/’_________ ____ .funt «'riew. “What makes the baby cry?” asked the little visitor. "Oh." explained Ethel, “our baby doesn't have to have nnything to make It cry.”—Chicago Post.