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lh' a:w 1 was chief on- i
Lt gnnvr. you siv. and. although I
uptam I 'ebbs was the only other!
while tillicer the little M'wara h:ul on '
Uard. 1 had all the responsibilities of ,
the chief of a !.lXK ton Cunarder. I'd I
4iv stores cheeked when I took over
eoauii::iul. and I'd to make up an in-
de; of what was expended between
? round trip from Sarry Leone, and ,
tf there whs any extravagance it was
toe, and net Debbs. that would got the
blame. j
11! own we were doing a roaring busi-
:;ts with passenger boys. We took ,
litem up or set them down at every '
Iiace we stopped at. The leeks of the
jrwjirn were full of thorn, and they j
made the little steamboat smell like a !
t" la -trow tram stable. Hut they'd pot a .
knack of dv ing. which we couldn't hin
der. I .-.er knocked them ocr, and
dysentery. :ini others of the plaguesof !
Africa whi 1; we white "men have no '
name for. and some. 1 do believe. died
for no other r --as. n but iut to stir up J
trouble lH'tu een I ebbs and me.
Yon see. Captain Hebbs was great on
ftiwni". He was a member of some,
fancy new svt whieh had pot a mission j
! Sarry Leone, ami he believed that if i
be could pet a funeral ervi-e over a
ctatd black man ami haw him sent
ever the side with a eotip' f tire bars j
MMtdc fast to his shin- he'd crabbed
Mm as a bona tide convert. It would
Imve been n( use arguing with the j
limn: he was clean eonvineeil. And. as j
a matter of fact. I didn't arpue. but I
forbade my fellows down in the stoke
hold to let him have a free run on
those lire liars, une tire bar is enough !
to sink atiy dead man with decency.
jmhI mure is sheer lavish extravapance.
Hut when 1 told him so he knocked
me down, ami 1 pulled him to the deck
also and pummclcd him so that it was
two days before he pot back his senses
sniu. It was me ami the Krohoys
that took the M'wara baek into Free
to a. and It a me the owners sacked
the mouHut 1 ; Hsl ashore. Hut I !
kuw jr a fact tliat Hebhs was stop
ped Ids " game with the tire bars from
ila onward. and I take credit for j
Slaving preTved the rule of the coast, j
Xow. what I did for the next six I
ntwilhs it: Sarry Leone is a matter of j
my own concern. 1 was not making
my iWtune just then, and If I did not
starve ft w.;s because white men in n
west African colony do not care to let
tin blacks rejoice by seeinp another
white man p hisnirry. Hut the next
nfcw of remm.erative occupation
which I found aid it caused me to
sfcm on acain as chief enpineer of the
il'wara- wits a surprise even to my
self. Indeed, if any one. lire 1 found '
the Jul, had idled n.e that I. the son
of the mt highly respected minister
ia the Free Kirk of Scotland, would
ever imperil my life for the safety of a
heathen Mid. I should have said
straight out that he h cd. And if any
owe l:.id added that I should be lugged
into tin business through sheer liking
for a yiwas wonn who was not even
white. I should have said that not only
Uki he lee alo, but he'd a very poor
equainton-e with the methods of Neil
Aacti MeTodd.
The young woman's name was Laura
Cameron, and I came to know her
through her father, who kept a store
tw the Kissy n.ad. It was he that ap
ruaelted me alMHit the business first,
imd 1 1ft him know straight that he'd
got hold of the wrong man. He'd the
not to push me too hard.
Mayle you'd like time to think it
over, ear." xays he.
y," said I. "palaver set."
"Very well, sar," says he with a
(sh. pa!.ier st. Ami now, sar. I
ask you i' couie Into house, an' my
(lftuphiah shall swiMtle you cocktail.
Perhaps you will stay for chop after
ward?" "Ithdit-o." said I, and stepped
tiir.ui:h the back of the shop.
Tlw h! man was a mulatto, in color ,
Mc a pi user br'ad cake, and he talktnl
ordinary c ;ist Lic'li-h. The daughter, j
I was a go(id deal surprised to find,
was nianv -bath's lighter. In fact, she !
was asl:;tc to hxk at as myself,
with hair that wasn't even kinky, and
pink c.l.r t her cheeks, and a llgure
as somI as any lady's you could see on
tlte si axe. She had been to parties
and danced lh the otlicers of the
West India regiment, and she had a
full opinion f li r own looks and re- '
sponsibilities. And because it wasn't
as easy to cet n with her as some. I
think I liked her all the more. She'd
been In Knxland to school, and could 1
I!ay the harmonium and speak French
and do geography. There were plates,
ha ml painted by herself, hum: on the
whitewashed wall of the sitting room, j
And she'll a school friend that had
stayed near I'.allindroehater through- !
out one holiday. It was plain that she
was splendidly educated. I was born ,
in I'.allindroehater myself. J
She invited me to have a second j
cocktail, but I knew my weakness and
refused. And then we went out on to'
the veranda at the back and took fans
and chairs and talked. I don't know I
when I've been so struck on a young 1
woman in so short a time. J
I stayed on to ten. but her father '
didn't come In. and she and I had It
together. A regular slap-up tea It was '
too: none of your common natne chop,
but tinned salmon and marmalade and
pickle sann as ;.m mixht have here
at bome. H ws most Christian'
bl.uout I'd had in Sarry Leone.
After ta we went out to the veran
da again. It was moonlight ami quite
, 1 .. ... 1 .ILIti't -.iii leive to f:lll
W 'I. Wl - .v.. " ' '
She save me a pood black anary
cigar and lit it with her own pretty
ftwgers. and I tell yon I felt as com
fort: hie a man as any in Africa.
After awhile she leans toward me.
and "Mr. MeTodd." says she. "would
you do me a service':"
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now." snid 1, "but anything you ask.
my dear, shall have my best considera
tion." "I do not want you to buy me any
thing." she says. "1 want you to do
something that will bring in money
to yourself."
"I'm no' one of those that despises
siller."
"You can have back your old berth
on the M'wara if you'll do as I wish
and have ."0 above and beyond your
pay."
"Hut the M'wara's going up to the
Quah river tomorrow to take soldiers
for a bit of n war there. I heard as
much down at Gibraltar wharf today.
Debbs Is still skipper, and the owners
would never let me go aboard again
while Debbs Is there."
"Mr. MeTodd. I know all that. Hut
you're wrong In one thinp. The own
ers will give you back your old berth
as chief if I wish It."
"Weel, if you can work it. my dear"
"I can and I will. If you promise to
do for me what I ask."
"And what might that be?"
She put her lips close to my ear.
"Neil," she whispered, "I want the
Quah Ju-ju."
I took a long pull at the cigar.
"That'll be the big Idol the war's all
about?" said I.
"It Isn't very big. Neil. You could
carry It under one arm."
"I shouldn't like to try. It's a foul
thing they make human sacrifices to.
isn't it?"
She drew herself away from my
shoulder. "Oh. I've heard some such
tale. Hut if you're frightened. Mr.
MeTodd, I needn't bother you any
more."
"It's curious." said I. "but your dad
was pumping me on the selfsame sub
ject. Only he offered me live and
twenty pound instead of fifty if 1 could
set the Idol down in his shop."
"Father's very anxious to get it. 1
know. That's why I'm anxious. ju-t
for his sake. That's why 1 offered so
much money."
"Yc'll have tried your hand on
Deb! s?" said I. at a venture.
"Captain Debbs. he mission man."
says she. dropping into the native
phrase.
"And I make no doubt you've also
tried the officer commanding the West
Indian troops?" said I. at another ven
ture. She drew away from my knee ami
stood up before me in the moonlight.
I saw that her face was Hushed. Her
fingers clinched and worked.
"Mr. MeTodd." says she. "I do not
ehoo-e that you should be my in
"i ten nt tiitf Quah j-ju."
quisitor. This evening you have ex
pressed admiration for me and offered.
If the chance came in your way. to do
in a service. I ask you a little thing,
and at once you fail me. oh," she
crbNl. wringing her hands, "why aren't
I white? Then I could have fifty men
ivlio'd Jump to do as I wish!"
"You are white to look at," I said.
"You're whiter in skin than myself."
"Hut not In blood, and you know it
and take advantage of my color. You
white men are brutes. You think that
all who are not born as yourselves are
merely sent Into the world to make
you ease or sport!"
Weel, yon was quite true, -but it did
not make me feel In any the better
i . .u-en of myself for all that. I bit
hard on to the Canary cigar and stared
out at the shadow of a palm tree
thrown black across the garden soil
by the moonlight. It didn't seem that
I'd anything left to say. The girl lean
ed up apalnst one of the veranda posts,
and I saw her bosom heaving. Her
eves shone bright with tears in the
moon. "Uh. Neil, Neil." 1 heard her
say In sort of whispering sobs, "I
didn't think you could be cruel to me
like the others'"
I got up ami clapped an arm round
her. I thought It was only right.
"My dear." I said, "what do you
want this idol for?"
"What does it matter?" says she mis
erably. "You don't care."
"You'd better tell me, and then may
be I can help."
"My father has a commission to buy
up native curiosities for a gentleman
in Luglaud who Is making a eollec
limi."
I hugged her to me. "You'd have
found it easier to have told me that
before, my dear. I thought from what
your dad hinted it was for something
else. You shall have the ugly thing so
soon as ever I can come back with it
if you can fix me up that berth on the
M'wara."
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"Oh. that's simple. I have influence
with the owners. Hut how can 1 be
sure you will get the ju-ju for me?"
"Because I tell you."
She thanked me with a squeeze.
"Hut the Ju-Ju will be very hard to
get." says she. "If you let the soldier
otlicers know anything about it they
will stop you at once."
"Oh, those swine are always on the
loot for themselves. Catch me talk
ing."
"And the Quah tribes are very sav
age. You will not find It easy to take
the ju-ju from them."
"I'm no' quite a lamb mysel'." said. 1.
"when It comes to heathen standinglin
the way of what 1 want. Will you s-ai
the bargain?"
"How can I do that, Neil?" says she.
with a bit of a blush.
"A kiss would make it safer than a
charter party stamp." said l.Nnd there
and then we pledged the contract. I'd
have married that girl out of hand
that very day if I'd seen my way to
setting up a household. Hut I hadn't
a shilling In my pocket; I'd to go to sea
and earn more, and so it was no use
saying what I'd in my mind. Kb, well,
there are times when a man can- look
back upon poverty and ken it's been a
useful thing to him.
The M'wara was standing out prt
the white lighthouse on the point and
threading her way among the shoals.
Freetown was out of sight behind a
green wooded shoulder, though a build
ing or two showed among the trees
higher up on the mountains. Far away
on the starboard hand was the low.
swampy Bullom shore, and aland was
the open sea. glittering like diamonds
in the sunlight. We'd Unu black sol
diers of the West India regiment on
board, with machine guns and grub
and ammunition cases and all their
other truck, and they didn't leave much
standing room. The M'wara was only
eighty tons. If she'd been bigger she'd
not have had an uncertificated engineer
for her chief and the only white man
in her stokehold.
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GRAY SQUIRRELS.
They V.'Ul Kill lent mill IIiip Hecn
Known to Hob Ilird.s' .Ve.st.i.
It ha- Neii w.-il said that the gray
.t:.is one everywhere in some
of our New F.uglaud towns are an in
di atiou of a higher civilization. It Is
certainly a pleasure to see these grace
ful creatures running across trolley
tracks or over lawns unmolested. A
stranger would have a very high esti
mate of the people of a city that could
draw to It these shy animals. Like
many rodents, however, gray squirrels
v ill e.tt meat on occasions. They will
even rob birds' nests. A friend on
whom I can rely told me of two or
three instances in Arlington. Mass..
where gray squirrels had robbed rob
ins' nests, having been caught in the
very act.
ne winter day. in going along a wild
mountain stream, I was attracted by a
f n sh gray squirrel track, and on fol
lowing it found where the squirrel had
killed and en ten a mouse. He had evi
dently dug o;u the mouse, for I sa
where he had dug snow and leaves
away from the rots of some black
alders to some depth. Then, taking
the nonsc in his leeih. he had run a
few feet ;o a knoll, the mouse's tail
having left its print In the snow le
tweeii the tracks of the squirrel, ami
oaten ir. leaving blond, hair and pieces
of lone to tell of the feast.
One time 1 gave a young woodehuek
to an old Irishwoman, who fed the
ehm-k on ham. Now. If a woodehuek
would eat ham. why not a gray squir
rel eat m:-e or young birds? We have
abundant proof that many tlesh eaters
will, on oee.edons. eat vegetable food
as well as rodents eating flesh. Lovers
of ltnih squirrels and birds m-iy find it
jMtssible to protect in some way the
nests of thrushes, warblers, etc.--.lohn
Hurroughs In outing.
MODEL LODGINGS.
Whit f till' ltimtdii House Selieme
in
London Clvei IIh I'atroiis.
Every man who comes to a Howton
house is impressed with the fact that
he can then- obtain better value and
more comfort than he can get any
where else. He finds that the condi
tions under which he lives are im
proved and tliat he has congenial sur
roundings and associates. All the re
sources of civilization he can have
bright, warm, comfortable rooms, lava
tories with basins supplied with hot
and cold water, footbaths without ex
tra payment and a full length bath
with soap and towels for the nominal
charge of one penny. A man can do
his own laundry work if he so wishes.
He can use any of the reading, smok
ing or writing rooms, and. above all,
he has absolute freedom as regards his
mode of liv ing.
Although the Howtou House scheme
provides a complete restaurant where
food of all kinds can be procured at ex
ceptionally low prices, probably cheap
er than at any of her place In London,
at the same lime no resident is obliged
to purchase any of the commodities
supplied by the company. Hcsidcnts
can. if they choose, buy everything
they want outside the building, while
inside jl.e Ibuvton houses they will
find prov i ,ti for them, without charge,
ever.v eoo',:ig utensil necessary, with
cut lev kery. etc.. without limit.
A conduit supply of boiling water Is
at )i..n). and good fires and cooking
range are kept going at all times. A
specially arranged scullery, fitted with
white glazed sinks, with supplies of
hot and eold water, is provided, so that
any man desirous of preparing his own
food can do so without any supervision
or any interference from his fellows.
Sir Kichard Farrant in Cornhil! Maga
zine. ("lean Unmix.
On the subject of unclean hands a
physician says that cases of infection
that could be accounted for in no other
way have been explained by the fin
gers as a vehicle. In handling money,
especially paper, door knobs, banisters,
car straps and a hundred things that
every one must frequently touch, there
are chances innumerable of picking up
germs of typhoid, scarlatina, diph
theria, smallpox, etc. Wherefore to
avoid any dangerous results the pre
ventive is simply to wash the hands
Immediately and scrupulously before
eating or touching that which is to be
eaten.
SHIPS' ANCHORS.
T!se l: inue I'rojii Short, .Striiljtlit
l-'lul.es l Curved Armri.
The ship's an 1 ;s in general u.-e up
to the beginning of the last century
consisted of a long, round Iron
shank, having two comparatively short
straight arms or flukes, inclined to the
shank at an anple of about forty de
grees and meeting It In a .somewhat
sharp point at the crown. In large an
chors the bulky wooden stock was built
up of several pieces, hooped together,
the whole tapering outward to the ends,
especially on the aft or cable side.
About the beginning of the last cen
tury a clerk In the Fly mouth navy
yard. Hering by name, suggested cer
tain improvements, the most impor
tant of which was making the arms
curved instead of straight. At first
sight tin's simple change may seem of
little value, but consideration will show
this is not the case. The holding power
of an anchor depends on two principal
conditions namely, the extent of use
ful holding surface ami the amount of
vertical penetration. The latter qual
ity Is necessary on account of the na
ture of ordinary sea bottoms, the sur
face layers of which are generally less
tenacious and resisting than Is the
ground a short distance below.
In the year chain cables began
to supersede the hempen ones, with the
result that the long shanked anchors
hitherto In vogue were no longer nec
essary, and anchors with shorter
shanks and with heavier and stronger
crowns gradually came Into use. In
consequence of these changes, a com
mission was appointed In the year ISoJi
to inquire Into the holding power of
anchors and a principal result of its
labors was the adoption of the so called
admiralty pattern anchor, which con
tinued to be used in the Hritish navy
up to the year 1N0.
The Invention of the steam hammer
in LS-iL made the welding of heavy
masses of iron a comparatively easy
and reliable process, so that from this
time onward the strength of anchors
fully kept pace with that of the chain
cables, which had come Into general
use. A number of patents for anchors
were taken out prior to the great exhi
bition of isr.l. and. public attention
having been called to the models there
shown in the following year, a commit
tee was appointed by the admiralty to
report on the qualifications of anchors
of the various kinds.
Practical trials were then Instituted,
and. as a result, some of the tests to
which the anchors wen1 submitted
were of doubtful value- such, for in
stance, as "facility for sweeping."
Nowadays, however, at all" events for
deep ships in shallow harbors. It Is
considered an advantage for an anchor
to offer as little obstruction as possible
above the ground.- Nautical Gazette.
.THY ROMANS.
1:::::kmi e Torlunes Wore Not t'neom
Itirii In (he Old DllJB.
When I. t ulpurnlus I'tso was np
po.nled L.HVI n r of Macedonia for one
v.ar. ho drew for his outfit from the
pnb-ic tmtsury lSO(nU0 sesterces, or
iino.iwin. He did not want the money
fo: that purpose, everything required
by a procon.-ul was supplied to him by
the province I'i.-o simply took the
money for himself and lent It out
In Lome at high interest. C. Yerres
n;; eharged by "ieero with having
jobbed Sb-ily of il'.r.iUMX) In three years,
bes.de.- many valuable works of art.
He practically admitted his guilt by
retiring from Home without attempting
uny defense. Cicero when governor of
the poor province of Cilicia found hiin-n-!f
the richer in one year by 20.000,
and he was perhaps the only proconsul
who ever handed over his surplus to
the state.
There can be no doubt that Cicero
and the younger Pliny received large
sums from their clients while those
clients were still living. Halbus Is
not likely to have secured the argu
ment "Pro Hal ho" for a mere trille.
And the g alitmle of Sicily for the
pr.-v. .ni.iii if Verres undoubtedly took
a v.", : -.'antial form. Apart from
all s h . . raria. it is recorded that
(;... : : Co younger Pliny received
hgacic: clients to the amount of
tlTo.inH: Cibbou tells us, on the au
thority of olyiiipiodnrus, that several
of the richest senators had an Income
of tb'io.iiiio a year without computing
the staled provision of corn and wine.
London ( I lobe.
WOMAN.
What Is woman? Only one of na
ture's agreeable blunders. Hulwer.
A beautiful woman is the only tyrant
man is not authorized to resist.--Victor
Hugo.
Fnhappy is the man to whom his
own mother has not made all other
mothers venerable. Kidder.
The best thing I know of Is a fust
rate wife, ami tiie next best thing is a
second rale one. Josh Hillings.
A beautiful woman is a practical
poem, planting tenderness, hope ami
eloquence In all whom she approaches.
- Emerson.
They govern the world, these sweet
voiced' women, because beauty and
harmony are the index of a larger fact
than wisdom.-O. W. Holmes.
A good hook and a good woman are
excellent things for those who know
how to appreciate their value. There
are men. however, who judge of both
by the beauty of the covering. Dr.
Johnson.
irniunneiiN 5vvord.
To the lovers of strange goods the
, bazaars of Damascus are far more
alluring than those of Cairo or of Con
stantinople. The capacious chest3 of
the merchants contain much that we
would buy were our purses longer. Old
embroideries of wonderful colors, deli
cate china, silks of many hues, swords
of cunning workmanship, all these lie
piled beside us on the floor. It Is but
seldom that a really good specimen of
the Damascus sword can be obtained,
for the art of working and engraving
steel is dead.
These swords were made of alter
nate layers of iron and steel, so finely
tempered that the blade would bend
to the hilt without breaking, with an
edge so keen that no coat of mail could
resist It, and a surface so highly pol
ished that when a Moslem wished to
rearrange his turban he used his sword
for a looking glass.
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WOMAN AND FASHION
Attruetlve Illoune IVaifit.
No material of the many shown
makes more satisfactory blouses than
white mercerized madras In Its varied
designs, and no model suits it better
iiiau this one with combined tucks
ami box plaits. The lines of the bnck
are admirable and give the tapering
Tt'CKS AND UOX PLAITS CUMltlNlU).
effect always sought, while the fronts
are gracefully full and blouse fashion
ablv over the belt. The sleeves nre
full and ample, but the shoulder straps
and box plaits that meet nt the center
make the really :iotable features. The
model is unllned and Is closed invisi
bly, the buttons serving only ns decora
tion, but the fitted foundation is al-
wavs advisable for silk and wool fab
rics, and the waist can be closed by
means of buttons and buttonholes cut
through the box plait whenever de
sired. The blouse consists of the lining,
fronts and back with the sleeves.
which are gathered Into straight cuffs.
The shoulder straps are arranged over
the seams and are attached at their
pointed ends over the sleeves, whose
fullness they hold in place. At the
neck is a regulation stock.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is 5 yards 21 Inches
wide. 4'i yards 27 Inches wide or 2:li
yards 44 inches wide.
The Xuval Coal.
A naval coat proves a welcome varia
tion of the military fashions now so
much worn by the younger women. It
has two bars and an anchor embroid
ered on collar and shoulder seam
straps. Frogs are used Instead of but
tons and buttonholes, and deep slit
pockets edged with braid lie at right
angles with the front.
CIii'iiiInc Ilerthu.
A pretty and practicable idea is a de
tachable bertha or ruche for the che
mise or undcrwalst. These are pat
terned after the bust pads of the mo
ment, and when one Is pinned over the
chemise this last may be of the plain
est slip description. Hibbon rosettes
or bows finish the detachable bertha.
The Xcu- CIrdlr.
Already Dame Fashion tires of the
girdle wide in the back. The proper
lines of the hour are the girdle wide in
front, narrow at the sides and narrow
In the back. As a finishing touch a
rosette of the same ribbons Is used or
if the belt Is made of fancy material
lUio finish is a chou prettily shirred.
SeiiNouuble Colors.
Champagne color and delicate green
are combined in some of the new
Scotch ginghams, the standard wear of
the American schoolgirl. These fab
rics are durable, and ginghams have
rarely been more beautiful than those
seen this season.
Smart Gown.
Smart gown of white linen. The
blouse has two box plaits down the
front, each trimmed with a row of
OOWN OF WHITE LINKS.
buttons. The wide revers have edges
cut In tabs, each tab being buttoned
to the blouse in such a manner that It
confines the fullness properly.
Old Style Ilevlvrd.
Small hats tilted over the face, with
elaborate trimmings on the band be
hind, are among the old millinery
shapes which are being revived.
Cool Mncn Coatee.
Jaunty short Jackets of solid red or
white linen are sold, to be worn over
not tun frocks.
A Setmc of Terminal Inneeurllr.
"What would you do If you saw a
ghost?" said the man who tries to mako
hport of people.
"Dat ain't de question." answered.
Mr. Krnstus Pinkley. "What bothers
me is what dat ghos Is gwine to do If
he sees me." Washington Star.
Ueformed.
Patience Peggy used to sing all over
the house before she married that man.
Patrice So she did, dear, but you
know he married her to reform her.
Yonkers Statesman.
SOCIETY MEN.
That In IVhul Society Need a. Accord
ing to a Society Woman.
"What we need is society men," de
clared a weary matron. "Our men are
so fagged by their attention to busi
ness that they are next to worthless.
They regard the average social func
tion as an awful bore and leave every
thing pertaining to entertaining and to
going about to their wives. In case the
poor wife Hiidcumbs to the strain they
hunt around for a spinster or widowed
sister or Gi.iter-in-law or other relative
who will consent to take upon her
should 'rs this social side of the mat
ler.
"As for looking after a daughter,
their duty is done when they've given
carte blanche with a check book. An
Englishman of hgh title often chaper
ons his motherless daughter during an
entire season and from his knowledge
of inoligibles is able to keep her well
informed. How about the American
papa? His only ammunition consists
in an occasional rabid, blustery remark
about the nincompoop fortune hunt
ers who hover about the daughter of
the house. As for sane, thoughtful
counsel, he gives not a bit of it. Socie
ty is a game he got into without inten
tion or effort, and he utterly refuses to
take any trouble about his fellow play
ers. Kven his own daughters have to
go It blind. As I said before, what so
ciety needs is society men." Philadel
phia Heeord.
SUSPENSION BRIDGES.
They "Were Common In Pern In the
Dayn of the Incnn.
Suspension bridges, some of them of
considerable length, were common In
Peru In the days of the Incas. They
were formed of cables of twisted osiers
passed over wooden supports and
stretched from bank to bank, then
bound together with smaller ropes and
covered with bamboos. The road from
C'uzco to Quito Is still noted for frail
bridges of this sort, which are In con
stant use and span deep chasms.
The Chinese also, according to
KIrcher. have for centuries been fa
miliar with the "suspension" theory
nnd have constructed chain bridges In
which the weight of the roadway is
supported by the tension of the chains.
The first Iron suspension bridge In
Europe was built oyer the Tees, near
Middleton. In 1741, for the use of min
ers. Two chains were stretched In a
straight line, steadied by ties from
the banks below, and the roadway for
foot passengers was supported by the
chains.
The modern suspension system prac
tically dates from 18K. when bridges,
both over 100 feet in length, were suc
cessfully completed at Galashiels and
Peebles.- London Standard.
Klylnc I'ih.
Flying fish swim in shoals varying
in number from a dozen to a hundred
or more. They often leave the water
at once, darting through the air In the
same direction for 200 yards or more,
and then descend to the water quickly,
rising again and then renewing their
flight. Sometimes the dolphin may be.
seen In rapid pursuit, taking great
leaps out of the water and gaining
upon his prey, which take shorter and
shorter flights, vainly trying to escape,
until they sink exhausted. Sometimes
the larger sea birds catch flying fish
In the air. The question whether the
flying fish use their fins at all as wings
Is not fully decided. The power of
flight Is limited to the time the fins re
main moist.
The .llennluur of OraiiKe lllo?iaom!i.
The orange tree is regarded as a
prince among trees and the emblem of
genius. A peculiarity of this tree Is
that It bears fruit and flowers at the
same time. Its leaves are evergreen
and as It grows older It grows In beau
tv and fruitfulness. Its blossom filling
the air with Its fragrance. Is In
deed a fit emblem of marriage promise
and hopes. The orange tree Is consid
ered typical of love because, though Its
fruit is golden and its flavor and scent
delicious. Its rind Is bitter, nnd ns every
one knows who has experienced It Cu
pid's dart causes pain. 'J he orange Is
emblematic of gratitude as well as of
genius and love. - Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Klrnt Ice Cream.
A French chef who prepared a snow
like dish for the Due de Chartres In
1774 Is said to have been the first to
make that cool luxury known as Ice
cream. Lord Hacon was possessed of
the knowledge that there was a proc
ess of congelation' by means of snow
and salt. Hut to him this was a scien
tific fact, ami he little dreamed of the
Idea that In after years this congela
tion would prove such a delightful re
freshment. Knd of the Game.
It was his move.
He made it. captured a pawn and an
nounced: "Mate!"
"I see," she pouted. "Hut you had
the advantage of a bishop."
"Some day, Hclln," he whispered,
pursuing the advantage, "may I mate
you with the assistance of Just a com
mon preacher?"
After which there was no more chess
playing.- Chicago Tribune.
Inherited. n It Were.
Professor- Yes. sir, your daughter Is
pretty well grounded In French, but
It will, of course, take some time and
trouble for her to acquire fluency. Fa
ther Well, you know, that's rather
strange to me. I had an Idea that the
fluency would have come sort of nat
ural to her.
Iiotv the Kimnisement Wan Ilroken.
"I can't make you out at all." he
said angrily. "You're so fickle and
changeable. You're Just a riddle to
me."
"Yes?" replied his fiancee. "Since
you're so stupid perhaps you'd better
give mo up."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Country Simple Joy.
"Graclo.is: It's an awful muddy
walk this evening, isn't it?" said Mr.
Backlota on the way home from the
Loneaoinehurst station.
'Yea." replied Subbubs, "but I ratluw
like It. We bought a new door mat the
other day. and I wanted to see how it
works." St. Louis Republic.
MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.
The I'rocem hy Which the Familiar
ChnrnctcrN Were Evolved.
The sign of addition is derived from
the initial letter of the word "plus." In
making the capital letter It wns made
more and more carelessly until the top
part of the "p" was placed near the
center; hence the plus sign was finally
l-ached.
The sign of subtraction was derived
from the word "minus." The word was
first contracted into mus, with a hori
zontal line above to indicate the con
traction, which was a printer's freak
that may be found in almost any book
bearing a date earlier than the begin
ning of the eighteenth century. After
the lapse of a long period of time the
letters were omitted altogether, leav
ing only the short Hue so well known
to all.
The multiplication sign was obtained
by changing the plus sign into a char
acter resembling the letter x. This was
done simply because multiplication is
but a shorter form of addition.
Division was formerly Indicated by
placing the.dividend above a horizontal
line and the divisor below. In order to
save space in printing, the dividend
was placed to the left and the divisor
to the right, with a simple dot in place
of each.
The radical sign wns derived from
the Initial letter of the word "radix."
The sign of equality is said to have
first been used In the year luoT by a
sharp mathematician, who adopted it
as a substitute for the words "equal
to."
HACKNEY COACHES.
They "Were Fir.it Cued In London In
the Seventeenth Century.
In a letter dated April 1. 1U39. Mr.
Carrard. writing to the Earl of Straf
ford, says: "Here Is one Captain Haily.
lie hath been a sea captain, bt now
lives In London, where he tries experi
ments. He liath erected according to
his ability some four hackney coaches,
put his men In a livery and appointed
them to stand at the Maypole In the
Strand, giving them instructions at
what rate to carry men Into several
parts of the town, where all day they
may be had.
"Other hackney men seeing this way.
they docket! to the same place and per
formed their journeys at the same rate,
so that sometimes there are twenty of
them together, which disperse up and
down."
Citizen shopkeepers bitterly com
plained of this, saying:
"Formerly when ladies and gentle
men walked in the streets there was a
chance of customers, but now they
whisk past In the conches before our
apprentices have time to cry out.
What d'ye lack?' "
The word cab. a contraction of cabri
olet, was not used until 1S2H.
THE WORD PICNIC.
Many Theorien n to ItM Origin.
Whieh 1st Uncertain.
The derivation of the word picnic
Is uncertain. In London Notes and
Queries of 1S."3 attempts were made
to trace its origin.
One correspondent says: "Under a
French form tiie word appears in a
speech of Robespierre, 'C'cst Ici qn'il
doit m'accuser. et non dans les plques
nlques.' An earlier instance occurs in
one of Lord Chesterfield's letters, dated
October. 174S."
Another writer of the same date tries
to trace the word through France Into
Italy. Starting with the assumption
that pique-iiiqtie in French Implies a
party tit whieh each guest provides
some particular dish or perforins some
special duty, he finds the Italian ex
pressions nicchla (duty) and piccola (a
trifling service), and from these he
coins piccola nicchla (picnic.)
A French encyclopedia. 1S43. has It
that the word Is compounded of the
simple Englis?- pick (to choose) and
nick (in the nick of time, on the spur
of the moment). In France the term
is also used for Indoor picnics.
THE FIRST HENCHMEN.
They Were Younsr Xoble.i Who Acted
an Pnse to the Ivinsr.
Skeat derives the word henchman
from hengstman (Anglo Saxon), horse
man, groom. It Is probable that hench
men were In the first Instance young
nobles who at state ceremonies attend
ed on the king as mounted pages.
History speaks of these henchmen in
this capacity, for we read that Henry,
VI. had three and Edward IV. six of
them. We find, too, that they were
mentioned In the royal ccremouics as
belonging "to the riding household"
nnd took part In tournaments.
The Inst time "henchman" Is men
tioned In connection with the court Is
In the reign of Henry VIII., nnd grad
ually It came to mean an ordlnnry
page. The word Is used by Hen Jon
son and Shakespeare lu this sense.
In an English Journal of April G,
1S01. a Mr. W. Henchman claims that
his family took their nnme from words
spoken by Henry VII. to an ancestor
In the hunting field, who had ridden
lis his page throughout an arduous
day. "Crossborough." cried the king,
"thou art a veritable henchman'"
PRESS ASSAILS THE KAISER.
Roundly Denounced Because of Friend
ship Toward Americans.
Herlin, July 12. A large number of
German papers. .10G In all, have print
ed protests against the favors shown
to the-' Vanderbilts, the Goelets and
other American millionaires during
the Kiel regattn. The report that the
Vanderbilts are proceeding north on
their steam yacht in company with
tho Hohenzollern. on which the kaiser
will make his trip to Scandinavia, ia
sure to cause a fresh outbreak along
this line.
The Morning Post contrasts in fierce
terms the knlser's neglect In not re
ceiving the deputation of derman
Southwest African colonists with thia
favoritism shown the Americans. The
paper says:
"If the kaiser has time to concern
himself with American money bags,
he ought to have found time to devote
to tho misfortunes of Germans In Af
rica." The article is so bitter that It is e.v
pectcd lese majeste proceedings
against the paper will result.