I
A LUNATIC
CREW...
By C B. LEWIS
Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewi«.
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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.
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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
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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.