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GOODMAN’S
FORTE...
By T. JINMNS HAMS
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t*«W. IM®. W >. Ma M
the nondescript dago type—small, wiry
men. dark hair, dark skin and having
the cigarette habit while chattering
nervously In bad Spanish. The other
two were a stout, florid mau. with a
clean shaved, clerical looking face, and
Ida wife. They were evidently either
English or Amerlcau by their speech
and general appearance, but long real-
deme In South America bad glveu both
the air aud accent of lassitude to their
talk. Tbe man bad a way of looking
lienlgnly upon every one through gold
rimmed spectacles, and when Captain
Breeze addressed him be smiled gently
aud beamed upon him.
“Now. Mr. Goodman.” Mid the skip
|*r, "here ye are aboard the fluent
ship on tbe coast. I got yer letter an'
< beck for passage money, au’ If It's tbe
Hume to ye we'll keep thia little dick
er among ourselves. My forte Is run
nln’ a ship, an' 1 don't want no own-
era amlxiu’ in the affairs of tbe cabin.
Ye get yer luissage reduced one-half,
seer"
“I s,>e, of course,” said Mr. Goodman,
beaming upon him. “I never interfere
with those In charge.”
"No,” said Mrs. Goodman; “It would
tie very unjust.”
That afternoon tbe bark pulled out
and started down the river Plate. The
immpero season was at band, and the
heavy banks of vapor rose In tbe west
ern sky as the sun sank tieblud them.
The lightning was vivid and incessant
by dark, and Mr. Enlis had her down
to her topsails, drifting like a log
through the swirling, muddy current.
By midnight, however, she bad cleared
the polut. and tbe first weight of the
squall struck her. Tbe wind came
from almost due west, and she tore
along before It through a comparative
ly smooth sea In tbe river mouth. By
morning she bad cleared tbe land and
was heading more to tbe northward,
with a heavy gale on her quarter.
Mr. Algernon Goodman cameou deck
to have a look around. Tbe heavy
masses of leaden vapor flying before
the isimpero made the light dim and
gray even at 10 In tbe morning. The
quick run of the following sea made
tlie hark Jerk and roll liadly. but she
was too close under the land to fear
lielng isHi|s*d. although once In awhile
a comber would start over the t’gal-
hint rail abaft the main rigging and
go roaring along over on to the main
deck, lilting it full of water.
But the Northern Light was not
deep. She sat high and buoyant, and
with her fore and main topsails close
reefed and a foresail-with Its sheets
Blacked off to let it lift over the gale
she went to the northward at tbe rate
of twelve knots an hour.
Mr. Goodman wiped his glasses to
dear them of the flying drift, aud
then be adjusted them and beamed
satisfaction upon the wide, snowy
path that gurgled and roared on bo'tb
sides and astern.
"Dirty weather a-comln’,” said Jim
my Breeze as he stepped < Jt from the
mizzen to greet his passenger. “We're
tnakln' tbe run of our lives an’ just
as safe as a bouse. Them dagoes is
sick, but when the steward gets them
fixed we can go below out of tbe
wet.”
"Pretty monotonous aboard ship In
dirty weather, bey? I suppose a mun
APTAIN BREEZE was of a
auspicious nature.
He wn
tuore. He was both truculent
and suspicious, and because
of the latter quality be waa much
given to Indulging himself In tbe for
mer. It waa aaid that be bud trusted
not wisely, but too well, and bad be
come warped.
Mr. Enlis. his first
mate, gave It as bis private opinion
that, although Jimmy Breeze had been
through many tight places and In
dulged In mauy a dangerous fracas on
his ship's main deck, his courage was
not “gilt edged.”,
Just what he based this conclusion
upon be did not say. A former second
Officer, one Garnett—a thoroughly dis
reputable sailor, who feared neither
Opd, man nor devil-had tried to ex-
plain this matter to some of bis watch,
who, of course, in duty bound, saw
that tbe said attempted explanation
was duly carried aft to the captain.
This led to some bickering and eventu
ally to a vacancy In the second officer's
cabin.
Since then the meaning of Mr. Enlis’
encomium was left to work Itself out
among those who were unfortunate
enough to have heard it.
“I don’t want no more deadbeats
prltb twisted Ideas a-comln' aboard
this here ship as mates,” said Captain
Breeze tlie morning after tbe Northern
Light bad fiulsbed loading and was
about to pull out of the river Plate.
“Aye, aye, Bir,” said Mr. Enlis, who
Mt at tbe end of tbe uabin table.
“An* I don’t want no remarks made
forrads concernin' the runnln' of this
vessel neither,” continued the captain,
“If 1 bear any more concernin’ me or
my affairs, there’ll be some whangin'
s takin' place. D’ye take me tor a
fool, Mr. Enlis?”
“No. sir; ye ain't no fool, an' that’s
• fact." said the mate.
“D'ye think 1 can’t size up a man
or womun either, for that matter—be
cause I’ve trusted in one or two male
or female raskils, hey?"
“I never could say any secb thing,
cap’u,” replied the mate penitently.
"I didn't ask ye what ye cud say,”
roared Jimmy Breeze. “I’m talkin’ of
what ye might say. an’ if ye do”—
Here be looked straight at Mr. Enlis
and set bls wide Jaw tight until bls
large mouth drew Into a line. Mr. En
Ils looked meekly at the salt Junk on
bls plate and said nothing. There was
very little left to be said, and he was
satisfied to leave that little where It
was.
“I'll have a second mate a lain rd tie
fore noon that'll lie a credit to thl>
here ship,” continued the skipper, "so
ye’ll be on the watch for him. He’s
a gentleman, that's what he is. an* a
man I ain’t ashamed of at tbe table
like some I know—or on the poop. An',
besides that, be don't talk coo much. I
got him up at Jackson's, an’ he's been I
captain of oue of them bone vessels be
fore.”
“I once went out In a bone vessel,"
said Enlis by way of turning the sub
ject, "an* I call to mind how the scor
pions an' centipeds took charge. They
was more'n a million in tbe bones, an'
every oue was bit. He’ll tie all right
If be ever sailed in a bone ship. 1 reck
on he’ll do.”
“Ye reckon he will do. bey?”
“I do, sir.”
“Well, ye’ve got another reckon.
Reckon again. Don't go fakin' any
thing for granted alxiard here. See?”
“If ye mean for me to take him In
hand, say so.”
“I mean to have ye do yer duty or
whang yer bide loose; that's what!”
said Jimmy Breeze. As Mr. Enlis’ du
ty was perfectly plain, there was noth
ing more worth discussing. The meal
ended in silence.
At four bells In tbe morning tbe erew
had all been must*>red and the new
second mate bad arrived
He was a
tall man. thin and gaunt. Ills face
was smooth shaved, and tbe lack of
beard disclosed a strangely angular
He pulled out a roll of brand new note»
jaw, with many lines and creases
about tbe mouth. Ills eyes looked out who plays never gets lonesome,
from straight brows and bad a peculiar though. Ye said In yer letter ye bad
shifting motion, focusing for a mo yer instruments with ye. Wbut kind
ment upon tbe skipper and drawing to <>f music do ye make?”
“Oh. I play most anything.” said Mr.
small glinting points, to Instantly shift
again and resume their apparent rest Goodman, beaming kindly uj>on him.
“Couldn't ye give us a sample later
less search for something. His voice
had a harsh drawl, but be evidently on ?”
"Ob. not In weather like this, cap
bad It well In hand, for in spite of Its
grating sound tbe words were gentle tain. This dampness would spoil the
strings of any tiddle made.”
and tbe tone conciliatory.
"1 see.” said Jimmy Breeze, looking
“My forte is tbe runnln' of a ship
tbe way she should go." said Jimmy somewhat disappointed. Music sat
Breeze after meeting him at the gang v hat he moat loved. A sailor with n
way. “If ye know yer business, ye'll squenkv fiddle or accordion wus al
soon see the lay of that. My forte ways bls pet.
At noon tbe sky showed In patches
Is runuin* a ship without any extra
advice from forrnrds. see? I know through the hanks of greasy looking
a thing or two about men when I see clouds. and the wind fell to a good
them, an’ I'll Just make It known now breeze.
It was Mr. Enlis' watch on deck, and
that I'm tbe whole thing alxiard here
This Is Mr. Enlis, first mate. There’s the new second mate came out on the
the men, an’ tbe sooner ye get down after hatch to get the air. It was warm
on that main deck tbe better. Ye say and muggy, and the breeze on deck
Altogether It was a
ye haven’t any paper or a discharge?" was pleasant.
TtA-wvwcomer looted sharply. V.Jslsn.. dreary day. with a dripping sky and a
with bls glinting eyes, shifting them rolling ship running before a following
sea.
from mate to skipper while lie spoke.
The passengers appeared disconso
“No; I haven't no mate's certificate
nor discharge. I'll have to go on tick," late. The dagoes, being about for a
be drawled slowly. '"»Vueu ye gel t'mc, racked cigarettes, oud Mr. Qo>d-
tired of me. put me ashore, hey? Ain’t mau chatted pleasantly with Mr. Ka
lis.
that It? Any passengers?”
Wheu tbe skipper had taken bls noon
“Well, I’ll trust ye. I know some
thin’ about handlin' men. an' I reckon observation and worked 't out with a
I know a good one when I see him great show of genius, he suggested that
There's some passengers cornin' along, the charts be chucked aside and all
an’ tbe rules Is politeness at all times. hands indulge In a game of cards.
Mr. Goodman assented to this p r aps
They ain’t enemies of the company, an'
I won't bare them treated that way ait ion. saying that cards were what be
most loved on rainy days.
see?”
Mr. Siitelo and Mr. Hernandez were
Tbe new mate glanced quickly aft
but seeing no one on deck be nodded Induced to join the game, but even
to the skipper and declared that waa these with the aklpper made only four,
tbe way be liked to bear a captain and five was considered tbe proper
crowd at a poker table. Finally Jim
talk.
“And now,” Mid the aklpper, “ye my Breeze suggested that the new
turn to aa’ get yer dunnage stowed, mate was a gentlemanly fellow and
an’ then get to work bendin' them (list he saw no reason why he abould
royals for* an* aft. We’ll get to sea not play.
"To be sure.” assented Mr. Goodman.
before nlgbt. My forte la gettin' away
He waa called, and tbe live sat down
while tbe breeze holds an' on time. A
good start an’ a quick paeMge, says I.” while tbe steward produced a greasy
By noon tbe royals were sent up and pack of cards.
Jimmy Breese ran them through bls
bent and the passengers all alxiard.
There were several of them. Three Angers carelessly to see If certain pin
were coast traders bound to Bio, the marks which he had deftly made on
bark’s destination, and they were otu each ace were in proper condition for
C
discernment, then the edges of cer
Uln cards known to be kings. All ap
peared to be in perfect order for a
game, and tbe aklpper waa consequent FOGS, WINDS ANO STORMS OF VA
ly in good humor. Hd bad played with
RIED PECULIARITIES..
cards like these before, and It seemej
so easy with a benign and pleasant
person aa Mr. Goodman. Hie dagoes Tbe “Williams” That laaads Heel«
l>ea Tierra del Fae«s—The “Feb*”
he would bleed lightly, for they were
Will of Swltserland aad «be Ve-
always dangerous losers.
roeloae “Paraa” •< albert*.
“Mr. Hildebrand," said tbe skipper,
addressing the second mate, "these are
In mountainous countries, such as
gentlemen.” And be looked compre Scotland, a fog usually forms at tbe
hensively at bls passengers.
top of a bill and works downward.
(TO HK CONTINUED )
Tbe cold mountain tup, cooling s warm
current of wet air, renders Its moisture
QUAINT LONDON LEGACIES. visible, aud this cold fog, being of low
Same st Them Iks« tbs Old Tinas er temperature than the air below aud
Bsttmale st Senssss.
therefore heavier, drops gradually to
Some curious glimpses into the life tbe valley. Colorado, however, cau
of old London are afforded by the re show an exception to this general rule.
ports made in the charity commission There in winter tbe frost ou tbe low
on tbe endowed charities In tbe county ground is so intense that a fog ofteu
of Loudou. For instance, In the re forma lu tbe valleys aud works slowly
ports dealing with the city parishes up the mountain side. This la known
we have an estimate of the value set by tbe Indian name of “pogonip.”
ou sermons by city men In olden times.
Peru has hundreds of square miles
That estimate varied from 5 shillings along Its coast of rainless country. In
to £1 10s. Que Thomas Bright bad thia tract rain is uever known to fall
left a bequest for a sermon to be preach ri'om one century’s end to another. Yet
ed on the 5tb of November every time the region is not entirely barren of veg
It fell ou a Sunday, tbe minister to get etation. Some parts of it. Indeed, are
Ills. 4d.. tbe clerk 3s. 4d. aud tbe sexton comparatively fertile. Thia is due to
la. 4d. But David Glttln bad a more the extraordinary fogs known as “ga
modest idea of tbe value of a sermou rúas.” They prevail every nlgbt from
in the same parish. He required two May to October after a summer that is
sermons for 10 shillings, one to be sultry and extend up to a level of 1,200
preached on tbe second Sunday In Ad feet above tbe sea. Above 1,200 feet
vent and the other ou tbe secoud Sun rain falls.
day iu Ix-nt. The reader got 2 shil
The “calina” of Spain Is a fog we
lings, tbe churchwarden 2s. 8d. and may be grateful that we do not have.
the poor sexton fourpence for each oc It is a dry. yellow mist which some
casion. John Ireland thought 13s. 4d. times bides tbe sun for days at a time
over vast tracts of country and makes
enough for two sermous.
In 1660 John Winn left a curious be tbe sky look as though covered with
quest to the parish of St. Benuet, Paul’s leaden gauze.
Another peculiar freak of weather
Wharf. A pound was set apart for an
annual sermou, the text to be taken we must be thankful to escape Is tbe
from tbe fifth chapter of St. John and “willlwau.” This form of storm is
tbe twenty-seventh verse. He also left confined to that faroff island Tierra del
enough to buy twelve penny loaves for Fuego. The coast Is indented with
twelve poor people of the parish who deep fiords crowned with high moun
attended a sermou every Friday lu tbe tains. Down from their gorges drops
parish church. But he expected more the “willlwau.” A low. hoarse mutter
for his pound than the annual sermon, ing is heard in tbe distance. Sudden
for before or after tbe sermon the min ly. without the least preliminary puff,
ister had to spend an hour examining a fearful blast of wind drops upon the
or lustructlug the poor people in tbe sea. The water is not raised into
waves, but driven Into fine dust. For
Christian doctrine.
The most generous donor of tbe tunately the shock lasts but ten or
preacher was James Wood, who thought twelve seconds, aud calm follows at
a sermon lu St. Nicholas-Cole-Abbey once, for no vessel could stand such a
was worth £1 10s. every alternate year. wind for even half a mlnuie. During
In 1625 he bequeathed to tbe Company tbe coming and going of a “willlwau”
of Bowyers a sum to enable them, tbe barometer may bo watched to drop
among other things, to repair to tbe a tenth of an inch or more aud rise
parish church named, after they bad again at once.
Similar in name if not In uature is
sworn In their wardens and master ev
ery second year, there to hear a ser the "willy willy” with which Kalgoor-
mon and pay the parsou £1 10s. aud lie gold diggers are acquainted, to their
the clerk aud sexton Is. 5d. each. In cost. “Dust devils.” some people call
tbe parish of St. Michael Basslshaw them. Half a dozen may be seen danc
one Edward Heyllu In tbe eighteenth ing harmlessly along over tbe desert
century left money the interest ou when suddenly one will dive Into the
which was to be applied to purchasing city and fill all tbe shop windows tn
two slxpeuuy loaves each Sunday for Hannan street with dust and sand,
ttvo poor men or women who should at blinding every passerby. Tbe “willy
willy” is a thief of the worst kind. It
tend divine service.—London News.
will steal tbe washing from a line or
tbe roof from a shed. In some parts of
IN MEXICO.
the country wire ropes are anchored
School children study their lessons over tbe roofs of huts to save them
from the attacks of these odd little
aloud.
The chambermaids at hotels are all whirlwinds.
Most people have beard of tbe "fobn”
chamber men.
The best grades of coffee are sold at wind of Switzerland, that warm, dry
gale which comes over tbe mountains
tobacco stores.
and In spring will melt two feet of
The Mexican meal consists of more
snow in a day. Its cause is most pe
kinds of meat than vegetables.
culiar. Tbe “fobn” comes from tbe
Railways, street cars and cabs all south. As it strikes tbe Alps it is wet,
provide three classes of conveyance.
like most gules which have crosse the
In the cities real estate Is sold by the sea. but tbe south face of the moun
square meter Instead of the front foot. tains receives its rain, and as it crosses
Fruit and vegetables are not sold by tbe summits it Is dry. Tbe moving air
measure, but by tbe dozeu or by current is also compressed and there
weight.
fore dynamically heated. As it falls
Many tailors take tbe clothes of their into the northern valleys In a cataract
edstomers to tbe patron's borne to try of air it gains beat at tbe rate of half
them on.
a degree for every 100 feet of descent
Mexican men of the lower classes It usually blows for two or three days,
wear the biggest hats in the world, the causing great suffering by its dry beat
women none at all.
and oppression. While it lasts tbe tem
Bunday la tbe great amusement day. perature is about thirty degrees above
All big entertainments are reserved for tbe average. Tbe "Chinook” of Brit
ish Columbia and tbe western side of
this general Loliday.
Theater managers are fined If they tbe United States is very similar to tbe
do not produce the cafe, and features "fobn.”
England has adopted the American
advertised.—Modern Mexico.
word "blizzard” for a gale with snow.
But tbe blizzard, however, must yield
UiseeverlaK a Gold Miao,
Gold was discovered in California in to tbe ferocious “buran” of the central
1848 and in Colorado In 1858. Tbe dis steppes of Asia and tbe “purga" of
covery was accidental in both cases, northern Siberia. To be caught in gales
and the fact created tbe Impression such as these means death in a very
that mines were "lying around loose.” few minutes, however warmly clad, for
Adventurers drifted about iii hope of tbe very air becomes unbreatbable, so
“stumbling upon a mine.” Mr. Thayer filled is it with spikes of ice drift.
“Khamsin” is tbe hot wind from tbe
in bis “Marvels of tbe New West”
mentions several Instances of lucky desert which blows out of tbe Sabara
“stumbling.” Three men while look upon Egypt. Tbe word means fifty,
ing for gold in California discovered from the idea that It lasts for fifty
the dead body of a man who evidently days. Tbe “khamsin” is terribly hot
had been prospecting. “Poor fellow!" and dry and sometimes brings pesti
said one of the trio. "He has passed in lence with it
Red snow we have all beard of. It
his checks." “Let's give him a decent
burial,” said another. “Some wife or Is caused by a microscopic infusorial
mother will be glad if ever she knows growth and only occurs in snow that
it.” They began to dig a grave. Three has lain unmelted for a long time. In
feet below tbe surface they discovered Spitsbergen recently green snow baa
signs of gold. The stranger was buried been noted tinted by similar organisms.
“Gold dust” snow has often been
In another place, and where they had
located a grave they opened a gold seen, but only in spring. At one time
it was a mystery bow the surface of
mine.
new fallen snow came to be strewn
with a shining yellow deposit. Now It
Tea Draakards.
Tea drunkards are uearly as uumer is known to be due to tbe pollen of
ous aa opium fiends and social gamblers pine trees.—Pearson's Weekly.
among our less guarded maids and ma
Cklakea Pas aad flasaltp**.
trous of tbe Idle aristocracy of wealth.
Tbe eruption of rbtekeo. pav has an
It Is a terrible dissipation. Some o*
the victims boll the tea until every bit imperfect resemblance to that of small
of the quercitannic add is extracted pox. but cau never be .mistaken for it
from tbe leaves, which renders tbe bev by tbe experienced eye. In smallpox
erage bitter aud dangerous. It is su tbe eruption of papules first appears
the “papulea” zlwayx •
XkU'iLgVut -Unit OO'tUUCOUX CHlUbMUK an tbs
can readily overcome its effect. Wom become “bladders,” and tbe latter al
en who revel and luxuriate like it be ways develop into pustules—that la.
cause It is a good “pick me up.”—New sooner or later their contents get
changed Into pun Then tbe center of
York Press.
tbe pustules undergoes a peculiar sink
ing that In some measure resembles tbe
The likvrbsa Child.
They Were suburbanites, and they sat depressions in a cushion or padded
at breakfast, when a letter was baud chair where tbe “buttons” are seen. In
ed to the mother, which she read with chicken pox there Is no such uniform
rapidly increasing consternation. “How ity of sequence, and tbe depressions are
unspeakably dreadful!” she exclaimed. absent.
“Cecilia Rodney’s entire family baa
been practically wiped out Her moth
•ere.
er has died, and her father, her brotn-
“How did the doctor tell you to take
er and her cousin, all In tbe same the medicine, Larry—Internally or ex
ternally?"
month r*
Ethel (four years old, who In her
“Nayther wan, nor."
brief career has experienced all the
“But it must have been one or tbe
joys and woes of the suburbs»- Did tbe other.”
“Divll a bit, sor. Nayther wan.”
cook die, too. mamma?
“But look here, Larry; that's absurd.
“If you are In doubt," says Talley It must have been one or tbe other, you
rand, '"whether to write a letter or not know."
"Nayther wan, I tell ye. He tould me
don't!”
And tbe advice applies tc
many doubts In life besides that of let to snuff it up me none."—Bt Louis Re
public.
ter writing. Bulwer.
FREAKS OF WEATHEK
HOLDING A CIGAR.
Palais Io a Mao's Character the Act
Is Said to IXIsclooe.
Did you ever notice tbe different
ways meu bold cigars or cigarettes?
Did you ever observe bow you yourself
hold oue?
There are about a dozen different
ways, and probably no two meu bold
their cigars exactly alike.
A judge of human natuie may pick
up Interesting points as to character
from watching smokers.
Oue man will bold his cigar firmly
between thumb and forefinger. He la
usually a resolute, teuaclous mau,
strenuous or merely phlegmatic, as tbe
ease may be, but never lazy. His fin
gers are stumpy.
Another uiau bolds tbe cigar loosely
between bls first and second fingers.
He is apt to be graceful, lazy, Irreso
lute, a man of artistic temperament,
but uot a hustler. His fingers are long
aud tapering.
A third man will carry his cigar with
the lighted eud turned in toward tbe
pulm, the band held scoop shape around
it. He picked up that trick when
smoking ou tbe sly as a boy, fearing
papa might break suddenly into the
game. He is usually of a secretive na
ture and not marked by any special
tendency to frankness.
A fourth will hold bls cigar awk
wardly, nervously gripping it and often
staring at It Inquisitively to see bow It
is burning. He is not a “natural smok
er,” nor is he apt to be what Is known
as a "good fellow.” He is usually anx
ious to conciliate others and has not
great foree of character.
Watch the man behind tbe cigar and
see if all these character drawings are
not correct.—New York World.
A CHEAP SQUARE MEAL.
Saaeessfal Schema That Waa Worked
by Two Hungry Meo.
"One of the cleverest 'grafts' I ever
saw was worked tbe other day in a
quick lunch restaurant on Park row,”
said the Observer. “I noticed two men
talking earnestly just below the place
as I w as going in to get my lunch. One
of them followed me in and took a seat
Just below me at tbe table. A few sec
onds later the other entered and took a
seat Just opposite his friend, whom he
did uot appear to know. Tbe first man
ordered a very extensive dinner, com
mencing with soup and ending with
charlotte russe and coffee. He got the
very best that the place could afford,
and bls check for >1.35 was placed in
front of him. The other man took his
time about ordering, taking corned
beef aud beans—10 cents’ worth. His
check was placed in tbe center of the
table, between the two men.
"Number one ate hastily and finished
first. He got up, put on bls bat and
then calmly picked up the ten cent
check that belonged to his friend.
Without turning a hair be went to the
desk, paid 10 cents and walked out A
few minutes later number two, who
had been reading the paper, prepared
to leave and took up the remaining
check. He appeared greatly surprised
and called, the waiter, asking for an
explanation. There was nothing for the
knight of the napkin to do but give the
man a new ten cent check, as It was
very evident that be had not eaten
>1.35 worth of food. I suppose that the
two met outside and at tbe next place
visited number two got the “square”
meal.—New York Mall and Express.
We Meet the Preside*« Easily,
One striking characteristic of Wash
ington life is tbe ease with which an
interview can be held with the presi
dent, the members of tbe cabinet and
the holders of office. How they get
through their current work with all
these interruptions la a mystery, but
they do. It is undoubtedly better that
a subject should be discussed de vive
voix with the chief than that it should
filter through many channels, to arrive
as a more or less garbled version at
headquarters. Tbe result bears good
fruit, for things are often settled off
hand which take weeks and months in
another country. Also, it is human na
ture to take more interest in a person
ality than in a mere name.—Hon. Maud
Pauncefote iu Nineteenth Century.
Dlaala* For Kaarl Gem.
The ordinary method of searching
for kauri gum in New Zealand la by
first feeling for it a little below the
surface with a steel pointed piece of
iron called a "gum spear” and then dig
ging it out with a spade. A skillful and
Industrious digger can earn as much as
£3 to £4 per week at tbe work, and
even children can earn a few shillings
a day; but, as the gumfields offer a ref
uge for all sorts and conditions of men,
many who are old and infirm resort to
them, and so the average earnings are
reduced to £1 15s. or £2 a week. Tbe
gum is used principally in tbe manu
facture of varnish, but it is also found
useful for many other purposes, such
as dressing “glazed” calicoes, etc.—Lon
don Times.
Caaraae I* Klepbaata.
An elephant with a good mahout
gives perhaps tbe best instance of dis
ciplined courage—courage, that is,
which persists in the face of knowledge
and disinclination—to be seen in tbe
animal world. They will submit day
nf*er-4cy to here palnfu! -wouads
dressed in obedience to their keeper
and meet danger in obedience to or
ders, though thslr intelligence is suffi
cient to understand the peril and far
mo 'great lor mau to trick ttfeln Into a
belief that it is nonexistent. No ani
mal will face danger more readily at
man’s bidding.—London Spectator.
A ■lesstaa I* Dta**la*.
Towne—Look at that poor blind beg
gar piaying the accordion.
Browne—Yes, and he’s deaf too.
Towne—Gracious! Isn’t that awful!
Brown—Oh, I dou't know. Just think
how much he’d have to suffer if be
wasn’t deaf; he'd have to listen to his
music.—Philadelphia Press.
Saperfleea«.
The Man—Let me sell you thia new
and very interesting work.
Tbe Other Man—I don't need to. My
barber bought one last week.—Kansas
City Independent
FACTS IN FEW LINES BLAKE,
ín OTS PAPERS
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WRAPPING... •
A swallow If in a hurry travels 128
tTOWNE
miles au hour
CARO ffiTOOK
IMF«« ?««• AM0 •<«£!■• I«
It Is aaid that Texas alone markets
>30.000.060 worth of cattle aunually.
Four uew lighthouses have been
erected recently on the coasts of the
Red sea.
In tbe common schools of Sweden
English is studied during four hours
tach week.
Uncle Bam employs nearly 7,500 wo
men in the various departments at
Washington.
"Street car colds" are principally re
sponsible for tbe Increased mortality
’from pneumonia.
Twenty-six pounds was paid for a
pack of German playing cards dated
1558 tn London recently.
Bioux Indiana, imitating tbe whites,
are uow visiting South Dakota for tlie
purpose of obtaining divorces.
By ISO votes to 81 tbe Italian cham
ber baa passed tbe bill for tbe munici
pal Izatlou of tbe public services.
Semaphores are to be used at Wool
wich arsenal to signal to tbe employees
when it is time to leave off work.
Revolvers which Are seven shots In
five seconds and can kill at 000 yards
have been served out to tbe Berlin po
lice.
As a precaution against infection
small silver currency is now being dis
infected by the municipal authorities
at Bt. Petersburg.
Liverpool, England, is to be provided
with a uew "king's pipe” for tbe de
struction of tobacco sweepings from
some new warehouses at tbe docks.
While a Colchester (England) mother
was out buying some coal from a mun
named Death her child, which was left
at home unattended, received fatal
burns.
Tbe Boston club, which claims to
have founded tbe Republican party
and to be the oldest dining club in tbe
country, held its two thousandth meet
ing recently.
Among the prizes given to the boys
attending a voluntary school in a Mid
Glamorgan village recently was one
consisting of a box of soap, a piece of
flannel and a towel.
The growth of tbe tobacco Industry
in South Carolina has been phenome
nal. Tbe Darlington market alone re
ports sales of more than 7,(MX),000
pounds of tbe 1002 crop.
Apples upon tbe surface of which are
perfectly reproduced tbe photographs
of tbe emperor and empress of Russia
and tbe president of the French repub
lic have been shown In France.
A rich Chinaman at Wellington, New
Zealand, baa given >50,000 to pay for
the transportation to China of 6,000
bodies of Chinese who had not left
enough money for sending their bodies
home.
Germany's trade with Venezuela is
trilling in amount. Tbe statistics for
five years show that but one-fifth of 1
per cent of Venezuela’s exports were
to Germany, and but one-tenth of 1 per
cent of her imports come from that
country.
And now Dr. Ebrlisb, a German sci
entist, declares that tbe skins of half a
pound of cherries contain 12,000,000
harmful bacteria. Their harmfulness
must be as Infinitesimal as their micro
scopic size, or tbe small boy is a mira
cle of grace.
The Beckerath collection of original
drawings by old masters, which in
cludes sketches by Leonardo da Vinci,
Crevelli. Botticelli, Filippo I.lppi, Fra
Bartolomme, Tintoretto and Veronese,
has been acquired by tbe Royal mu
seum of Berlin.
The twentieth century movement of
tbe Presbyterian Sunday schools lu tbe
United States during tbe past two and
a half years gathered iu more than
400,000 children, but it is said that it
required Just about that number to fill
up the gap made by those who left the
schools during the same period.
A tunnel under the Thames for the
accommodation of pedestrians has been
recently completed and opened for tbe
public. It is a tube eleven feet in di
ameter and 1,217 feet long, with the
top thirteen feet below tbe river bed.
It is accessible by electric elevators
and a spiral iron railway at either eud.
The managers of the Paris metropol
itan underground railroad have been
persuaded by lovers of dogs to consider
the question of providing special cars
on their trains in which dogs and their
owners can travel together Instead of
tbe dogs belug separated from tbeir
masters or mistresses, as at present is
necessary.
There are about 50,000 Free Bap
tists in the Boutb. Tbe mountain edu
cational commission has purchased 800
acres of land at Unicoi, Tenn., for tbe
purpose of erecting educational build
ings for the Instruction of a large num
ber of mountain whites who are great
ly in need of it. Rev. J. W. Lucas,
who has bad large experience as an
educator, will direct the enterprise.
A curious return has Just been issued
of the names of British sailors who
have neglected to “lift” their prize
money. There is no abstract with It,
but in its 292 pages there cannot be far
short of 15,000 to 20,000 names of In
dividuals who have valid claims against
the admiralty. Tbe return goes back
to 185C, the year of vile CUlutae war,
and the amounts recorded aa due vary
from a few shillings to £30.
Taper cogwheels have been satisfac
torily tested. One would imagine that
paper In any form could hardly be
strong enough for such a purpose, but
It has been found eminently sultnble
even in respect to tenacity. The behav
ior of pinions that have been working
incessantly for two years has sufficed
to show that paper pinions are not only
strong, but. as might be expected, ex
ceedingly durable. Perhaps their most
conspicuous merit fa tbeir noiaelessness
In working with iron or other metallic
wheels.
...Straw and Binders’ Board...
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IS
SAN FRANCISCO.
Brights Disease
Not Rare, but Common—All Kid
ney DI mchnc I h Bright*© Dlocaao
—Th© Sth to 10th Month It Be
come© Chronic ©nd Incurable by
All Known Mean« Except the
new Fulton Compound«, which
Record 87** of Recoveric©«
We have before ue a little work on kidney
dlaesnen by Joaeph F. Edwards, M. D„ of Phil««
dolphin, that contains some things that every*
one ought to know. Many people Imagine
Bright’s Disease is rar«, when, in taut. It
covers the whole gamut of kidney diseases.
This book seta out that the kidneys have but
one function, vis., tbe elimination of the urea
and waste products, and that all interferences
with that functiou are called Bright's Disease
Dr. Edwards adds: “Fur the beuefit of physi
cians who may read this book 1 will give a list
of the oaken which I attribute u> Bright's
Disease, viz.:
Albumeuurta
Congestion of the Kidney.
Degeneration of tbe Kidney.
Fatty Degeneration of tbe Kidney.
Inflammation of the Kidney.
Uraemia.
Disease of the Kidney?1
Thus, all kidney disease being Bright’s Dis
ease. the serious question is. Is It acute or
chronic? in other words, is it in the primary or
secondary stage? After the eigth to tenth
mouth it becomes chronic and is lheu incurable
by all known means except the Fulton Com
pounds The kidneys are not sensitive. There
is often no notice of the trouble till it has
already fastened. If you have kidney disease
In the first stage the Renal Compound will cure
it quickly. If it is of more than 8 to 10 months
standing It is the only thing known that will
cure it. In proof that nothing else will we ette
all medical works ss evidence that to this time
there has been nothing that cures Chronic
Bright's Disease. The stockholders of the John
J Fulton Co , business and professional men of
Ban Francisco, are the first people in the world
to annouuce a positive cure, presenting a
definite percentage of recoveries (87 per cont),
aud glviug out the lists of the cured, all among
purely chronic, well-defined cases If you have
any kind of kidney trouble, there is only one
thing to take. The Renal Compound for Bright’s
Disease is |l; for Diabetes, I1.&0. John J Fulton
Co., 40U Washington street. San Francisco,
sole compounders. Free analyses for patients.
Pamphlet free. We are the sole ageuta.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among babies during the
thiee teething years is something frightful.
The census of 1900 shows that about one in
every seven succumbs.
The cause is apparent.
With baby’a
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in the
skull) closing up and its teeth forming, all
these coming at once create a demand for
bon«» material that nearly half the little
systems are deficient In. The result Is
peevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar
rhoea, brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that
p’-ove terribly ratal. The deaths in 1 jhm ( under
three years were 304,988, to »ay nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
were not reported, and this In the United
States alone.
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
out In sleep don’t wait, ami the need It
neither medicine nor narcotics. What the
little system Is crying out for is more bone
material. Sweetman’s Teething Food sup
plies it. It has saved the lives of thousands
of babies. They begin to improve within
forty-eight hours. Here is what physicians
think of it.
2934 Washington St.,
San Francisco, June 2, 1902.
Gentlemen— I am prescribing your food In
the multitude of baby troubles due to Im
peded dentition. A large percentage of In
fantile ills and fatalities are the result of
slow teething. Your food supplies what the
deficient system demands, and I have had
surprising success with it. In scores of cuses
this diet, given with their regular food, has
not failed to check the infantile distresses.
Several of the more serious rases would, 1
feel sure, have been fatal without It. It can
nut be too quickly brought to the attention
of the mothers of the country. It is an ab
solute necessity.
L. C. MENDEL, M. D.
Petaluma, Cal., September 1, 1902.
Dear Sirs—I have just tried the teething
food in two canes and in both it was a suc
cess. One was a very serious case, so criti
cal that it was brought to me from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
commenced eating and is now well. Its action
In this case was remarkable. I would ad
vise you to put it in every drug store in this
city. Yours,
1. M PROCTOR, M. D.
Sweetman's Teething Food will carry baby
safely and comfortably through the mast dan
gerous period of child life. It renders lanc
ing of the gums unnecessary. It is the safest
plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
for symptoms but to commence giving it the
fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth
will come healthfully, without pain, dis
tress or lancing. It is an auxiliary to their
regular diet and easily taken. Price GO cents
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland
Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco.
SUCCESSFUL SMUGGLER.
Tbe Scheme« He Worked to Deceive
the Castoms official«.
“There Is money In smuggling,” said
the retired denier in precious stones as
he leaned back, “but it is dangerous to
carry on the business, as possible sus
pects are carefully watched and, if nec
essary, traced till they are finally
caught. However, I knew one man
who pursued tbe trade of diamond
smuggling for fifteen years and was
able to retire to respectability. He
was buyer for one of the large business
houses in New York, and bls business
sent him to Euro;>e two, three aud
sometimes four times a year. Every
time be returned be had with him from
>10,000 to >20,000 worth of gems which
he did not declare.
“His trick was perfect simplicity
combined with ingenious boldness. Ills
hair was scanty, and at tbe top of bls
bead be bad a most delightful little
bald spot. Customs officers as they
came and went all knew him, and as
they knew him he had a most pro
nounced wen where his other acquaint
ances saw a bald spot. That wen was
a work of art. made of wst nndgvm ..
and It contained two or three big stones
that would have been a find for the
men ou tbe pier.
“The good cigar that be had just lit
and a.iuwed
go out LeM a icw mure,
and sewed in tbe handle of the grip
that he carelessly turned over to the
inspection of tbe officers were the rest
of them. He never varied tbe trick,
and he never lost. Each trip was worth
a couple of hundred dollars to him and
a great many hundred more to those
who employed him. Now, that man
considered himself strictly honest. He
would not steal a cent from an indi
vidual, yet he schemed and plotted to
rob the government.”—New York Press.
■ratal Trsatmsat af a Wife.
Cemimrlsows.
Husband—Don't you think that you
Mlles—That fellow I’uffem reminds
ars rather unreasonable to expect me
to take you to a ball, stay awake until me of a bass drum.
Olles—Hand it to me slowly. I'm
4 o'clock and then get up at 8 to go to
troubled with ingrowing nerves.
my work?
Miles- He makes a lot of noise, but
Wife—I may be a little unreasonable,
but It's perfectly brutal of you to men there’s nothing in him.
tion It—New York Weekly.
HsO Proved It.
Aad Blah aa Well.
“What Is it that makes men groat,
pup* T*
“PersBtent advertising, my, son"-
Clevelaad Plain Dealer.
What la known as "goose flesh" usu
ally results from a low condition of the
system and Is really a slight chill. If
you have such attacks often. It would
be wise for you to consult a physician.
“A great deal may be said on the sub
ject.” said tbe prolix person.
“That,” said the weary auditor, "to
tbe one point on which you have con-
vlnced me.”—Washington Star.