Mutiny and
Piracy.
By CLARA TAYLOR
CopvriQht. 19S. hy T. C ATcdure
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Aunt Hannah Snow, wife of Captain
Jabez Snow of Keunebunk, was almost
as good a sailor as her husband. Sho
hail gone with him to the West Indies
on seven voyages ami had acted as
mate and second mate. She could mend
a sail, steer her trick, make or take in
sail and use a quadrant as well as any
one. or at least as well as any mate
that ever sailed with the Hannah Snow,
as the brig was named. Captain Snow
ran between Boston and the West In
dia islands, and the shippers of Bos
ton came to know his wife and the way
she could discipline a crew and han
dle the craft.
On a certain date the brig was load
ing in Boston for a quick market. Ex
tra help was put on to get the cargo
aboard, and Captain Jabez signed a
bond to gi t that cargo to its destlua
lion within a certain number of days.
barrinir hurricanes, waterspouts and
other acts of Providence. The bond had
not been signed more than an hour
when he broke his leg. Nothing was
surer than that he could not carry out
ids agreement, and a great financial
loss as well as many weeks of vexa
tlous del.iy stared the couple in the
face. They must either lind a captain
to take charge -f the brig or forfeit
the charter and pay a good round sum
and Captain Jabez was wondering If
a man could be found when his wife
broke in on 1dm.
"Jabez, you have broke your leg, am
I don't want to be cross with you. but
vou seem to forgit that I am still on
earth."
"No. I don't." he replied, "but 1 don't
see what you can do in this case ex
cept to git me back home and nurse
me."
"Well, I see where 1 can do some
thing else, and I'm goin to do it too
I'm goin' to take the Hannah to the
West Indies and back and save our
charter."
"Have you lost your senses?
"Not a bit of it. If I couldn't make
that voyage I wouldn't be worth my
salt. I know all the crew, and I'll have
Bill Henderson for mate. We'll slip
down there and be back ag'in before
vcinr leir has bctrtm to knit. There
needn't be any more talk about finding
a captain.
When Captain Jabez thought the
matter over he was inclined to think
that his wife could do all she said, but
the consignees had to Ik consulted
When Aunt Hannah went to them am
stated the ease they did not raise a sin
gie objection, and it was settled that
she was to be Captain Hannah Snow
for the vovane. It was only after the
brig had left irt that the mate's
meanness came to the surface. He
had saibil with the craft on severa
voyages and was a neighbor of the
Snows at home. When the accident
happened to Captain Jabez the mate
ntirllT- lmnkl f.i .'lit iViTimi'i nil tYr
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the voyage. He would have been dis
tressed if any other captain had come
aboard, but to be walked over by a
woman, even though she was the cap
tain's wife and a neighbor, was too
much.
Aunt Hannah saw that he was in the
suHts. "Ix)ok here. Bill Henderson,"
she said, "it won't do you the least
mite of gol to go on biting your
tm:ue over this. I can captain this
brig as well as Jahcx, and I'm going to
take her out and hack."
"You'll have her at the bottom be
fore we strike the gulf stream," he re
plied. "You never mind where I'll have her.
inn 'tend to your knitting. We are to
crack oc and make the best time we
caa."
A day later she found the mate carry
lug too little sail, and an argument
ensued. Later on she came on deck
from her wateh below to find him
chumming with the men. Two or
three other things happened to put her
out of temper, and she exercised the
privilege of a captain by "breaking"
the mate and sending him to the fo
eastlc. When sin would replace him
with the net bct man. the sailor ro
fusl to take tlte plaee. The crew was
with the mate. Aunt Hannah express
ed her mind freely, and as a conse
quence the crew refused to obey. The
lrig was brought to the wind, sail tak
en off, and tin w iuait was laughed at.
She was told that not a man would do
duty until tie mate was reinstated.
"Then it's mutiny, is it?" she replic 1.
"Very well. I'll let you know that
you've got the wrong pig by the ear.
I'll lose brig, cargo and everything els
In the world beiore I'll give in."
For a day and a night the brig inude
no progress, and as the weather was
fair she incurred no danger.
The crew saw that the woman did
not intend to give In, and it angered
them. There was one among them
who had read dozens of pirate books
and always longed to sail under the
black Hag. Things had never come
right for him W-forc, but now he took
advantage of the temper of the others
in broach the subject. He was a ennd
tamer, ana he held out such an alluring
picture that even the mate, who was
above the average man In Intelligence,
agreed to go Into the pirate business
with the others. This decision was
communicated to Captain Hannah, who
was wandering about unconcernedly.
"Waal, Bill, that's all right," she re
torted. "There's a rum find sugar load
ed bark comln' our way, and you
might begin on her. I've got a black
shawl which I'll give you for a flag,
and you just lay to, board that bark
and give 'em fits.'
"I'll either turn pirate or command
this brig." stoutly asserted the ex
mate.
"Then It is a pirate you'll become,
for you'll never git command liere."
So a signal of distress was set on the
brig, and when the bark came up and
was hove to shy was boarded by nil
, Snow lu .elr'ow'nj
vawl Thev might have committed
some foolish act and had to smart for
lt but for the woman left boanL
Just before they reached lh
hoisted her black shawl as a signal and
a warning. The crew of t he "nge
saw that something was wrong, anil
wnen the "pirates rU'.oniptc.l t i hoard
they were met with c.i.i.i ;n bars and
belaying pins. Some wer seized and
flung into the sea after being well
thutMiMMl. -Mill u-hen the bark resumed
her voxaue .lull the vnwl r.u.ivii..l ...
the brig with the discomfited "pirates"
they were met at the gangway by Cap
tain Hannah and an ancient fowling
piece and told to shear oJT. Thev felt
it wise to obey, and for seven long
hours they tloated within a cable's
length of the brig and took turns beg
ging Aunt Ilaiuialfs pardon and en
treating her forgiveness. When thev
were half dead with thirst and hunger
he invited them uboard, or, rather.
permitted them to crawl over the rail
and promise all sorts of good beha
vior in future.
The brig had lost valuable time, but
to make up for it Providence gave her
a gale from the right quarter and she
moved along quickly. She overrun her
time by a day, both going and coming.
and never, after having their hurts at
tended to. was there a more willing
mate or crew. Occasionally Captain
Hannah had something to say about
mutiny and piracy and broken heads,
but she made no note of it in the log
book, and perhaps -she never told Cap
tain Jabez. At least, when she had
finished the return voyage, and he
asked her how things had gone, she re
plied: "I can't find the least mite of fault,
and if you don't git around purty soon
nie'n the old brig and them Boston
shippers will have no use for you."
THE LAW OF FINDING.
fcaliiM All Save tllie Owner the Find,
er'ii Title 1 1'erfect.
Iii common law finding is a qualified
louree of title to goods and chattels.
Brietly. the law Is that the finder has n
clear title against all the world, except
iug the owner. The proprietor of a
conch or a railroad car or a ship has no
right to demand property found on h s
pn-uilses. Such proprietors may make,
in regard to lost articles, regulations
which will bind their employees, but
they cannot bind the public.
The law of finding was declared by
the king's bench more than a hundred
years ago (when it was the supreme
court of common law In England) as
follows:
A person found a wallet containing a
sum of money on a shop tloor. He
handed the wallet and contents to the
.shopkeeper to be returned to the own
er. After three years, during wlilch
the owner did not call for his property,
the finder demanded of the shopkeeper
the wallet and the money. The latter
refused to deliver them upon the
ground that they were found o: his
prei::! s-s. The finder then sued the
shopkeeper, and ii. was held, as st ited
above, that, against all the world save
the owner, the title of the finder Is per
fect. The tinder has indeed been held
to stand in the place of the owuer.
Thus A prevailed lu an action against
Ii. who found an article which A had
orig.naliy found, but subsequently lost.
The police have no especial rights in
reicard to articles lost unless these
right-, are conferred by statute. Receiv
ers of articles found are trustees for
the owner or finder, lu the absence of
special statute tliej nave no power to
keep an article against the finder any
more than a finder has to retain an ar
ticle against the owner.
A finder must, however, use every
reasonable means to discover the own
er of found goodi. before appropriat
ing them to his own use. It has been
declared that if the finder knows the
owner or knows that he can discover
him he is guilty of larceny In keeping
or appropriating to himself the arti
cles found.
It Hccnll..l the Honeymoon.
Here is a quaint little story told of a
young couple upon their wedding trip,
crossing from Doer to Calais. Jenny
had grown tired and sickly on deck,
and James had led her to the saloon
below, lovingly wrapping her up lu a
Scotch plaid In a snug looking corner.
He then went and fetched her some
eau de cologne and was not less lavish
of endearing words until until he
found he had made a mistake.
His wife had moved to another cor
ner of the saloon more free from
drafts, and an elderly woman with Just
the same sort of plaid had taken her
place. Realizing the condition of af
fairs. James dropped the cologne bottle
and tied. Later he induced his wife to
go and apologize to the woman he had
unwittingly lavished tenderness upon,
and Jenny went.
".My dear," said the elderly woman
tearfully, "don't apologize. It was
nice to be called such sweet names. It
reminded me of my honeymoon time.
It's many a long year since my John
had a tender word for me."
John never meant to be unkind and
probably did love his wife. Only, like
too many other married men, lie fan
cied that the love which made for
itself speech without measure before
marriage had no need to break silence
afleiu aril. London Tit-Bits.
Tlie Glnut'N Chair.
In Dolgelly, in the north of Wales,
there is a mountain celebrated In folk
lore, poetry and song as Cader Idris,
or Idris' Chair. The hollow, eouchlike
excavation on the top of the mountain
has given the peak Its name. According
to the Welsh bards, the depression was
caitM'd by the giant Idris long using It
a a chair. There is a local tradition
in north Wales that whoever pusses the
night in the (.hint's Chair will be found
111" the morning either dead, crazy or
endowed with the highest poutlcal as
pirations. Idris is variously represent
ed in Welsh tradition as a prince, magi
cian, sorcerer and astronomer, the only
thing on which all authorities agree be
ing his immense stature. The "Lake
of the Three Pebbles," which lies at
j ,,. fout or t,t. (Jiaut's Chair, contains
three large blocks of stone, which Idris
is said to have once poured out of his
boots. The smallest of these stones
will weigh a ton and n half.
Corroboration.
Mrs. Biff sou My husband Is really
the neatest man I ever saw! Mr. Bangs
-I should say he was: lou ougui 10
see the way he cleaned me upl-
ul "f Anglesey's seat,
Elizabethan
WOMAN AND FASHION
An Attractive XeKlljjee.
Negligees are in demand at all -seasons
of the year, but especially so dur
ing the summer mouths, when the need
for relaxation Is great. Illustrated is
a most attractive one made of pretty
lawn with simple trimming of em
broldered banding, which allows a
SUKPLICE XEOL1QEE.
choice of puffed or loose sleeves. The
slightly open neck means comfort,
coolness and stle all In one. and it
can be belted with a ribbon or left
free, as preferred. Whether made with
the full or puffed sleeves. It is emi
nently simple and can be laundered
with ease, for which reason it Is espe
cially well adapted to cotton and linen
materials.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 4-.j yards 117,
4 yards 32 or li yards -l-l inches wide,
with 4 yards of banding and 1! yards
of embroidery for frills.
Coneernlnjr Illne.
l'astel blue Is a leader.
Sky blue holds its own.
Turquoise will not down.
Wedgwood blue Is beautiful.
Periwinkle is daintily pretty.
Cadet blue is very good style.
Plumbago is a deep light blue.
Gobelin is never out of fashion.
Delft is very much liked this summer.
Steel blue is a becoming shade to
many.
China blue Is one of the good strong
blues.
Saxon. Alice and Dresden express
the new clear medium blue.
Kni.li limablc I.lnen Color..
Linen holds its own. especially in the
long coat suits, which are practical and
becoming. The plaited skirts are pop
ular and pretty, but the circular skirt
with rows of very narrow stitched
bands around the bottom Is growing
in favor 011 account of its greater dura-
bllitv. The favorite color Is of course
white, but gray, blue. pink, mauve.
green and the natural color are seen
coats are in plain tailored styles, with
colored velvet collars.
The Vokuc of Hlhhon.
Ribbon forms one of the important
items In the dress question now. The
plnln styles are quite as effective on
fancy stuffs as are the fancy on the
plain materials. They are shirred and
plaited unmercifully and are used In
the most unique forms, but neverthe
less they are pretty.
For it Small Ctrl.
The design here shown should be
useful by way of suggestion as well as
example as to how trimmings should
be the expression of character In
clothes without overdoing it.
The yoke Is tucked in sunburst ef
fect, and the fullness at the waist Is
TUCKUD I'llOCK.
taken up In tiny tucks In frout and
back. The addition of a sash fasten
ing with little rosettes where the tucks
end Is quite a pretty idea, although a
belt or a strap similar to that on the
shoulder would be as effective on wash
dresses.
Tert.
Miss Tot tie Auntie, make Johnnv
quit saying mean things to me. Aunt
Lottie Mercy, child! You're both of
you bad children. What's he been
saying now? Miss Tottle He savs
j I've a worse temper'n you have. Ex
, change.
Their Deceit.
Grayce What are you crying about?
Gladys My new hat isn't becoming.
All the girls Grayce Say it isn't?
' Gladys No. Boo-hoo. They say it is!
I Louisville Courier-Journal.
1
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.
The mackerel of the New England
coast ai changing their habib
much
that the New England people are
alarmed and have appealed to the pres
i -cut to direct the fish commission to
make an investigation to determine
what is the matter witli the fish. Mi
gration hs become a fad with the
l.-Ji. which now go away and stay at
Mine unknown place for a good part
of the year. The New England people
want to keep in touch with the fish.
The matter was presented to the presi
dent by W. II. Jordan, the collector
of the port of Gloucester, Mass., and
Benjamin A. Smith of the board of
trade at Gloucester. It Is feared by
some of the Gloucester fishermen that
the mackerel may finally disappear and
find some other home besides the New
England const.
Silver Service For the Teiuie.si.ee.
The battleship Tennessee, which Rep
resentative Gaines of Tennessee said
the president regarded as the most
powerful battleship in any fleet in the
world, will receive a handsome silver
service at a southern port. President
Roosevelt wrote a brief note to the
navy department directing that when
the Tennessee is completed and Is
ready to receive the sliver service It be
sent to New Orleans for this purpose.
The note was given to Representative
John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, who
called on the president to ask that the
vessel be sent to a southern port to re
ceive the service. New Orleans was
preferred, but any southern port would
have answered. Mr. Gaines said the
service to be presented to the ship is
to be one of the finest in the navy.
There will be engraved upon the silver
a brief history of the state.
The Army I nlforui.
The law olllccrs of the war depart
ment hnve recently discovered, to their
surprise and disgust, there Is no law
In which they can pr -tidbit any person
from wearing the ngulation uniform
of the army or navy if such person
cares to wear it.
The war department has been wres
tling with the case of an army otlicer
who was permitted to resign "for the
good of the service." but who still per
sists In wearing the uniform of his
rank. It was first believed that he
would be compelled to discard the hon
orable shoulder straps, but after the
law was carefully studied It was found
there was no provWon under which
such action could be taken.
As the matter now stands any civil
ian with the bad taste so to do and
the money with which to pay for It
can wear the uniform of the lieuten
ant general of the army, although there
Is but one man In the country entitled
to wear that particular dress.
The I'eithlon Olllce.
Commissioner Warner of the pension
bureau has under contemplation an in
novationthat of changing the present
method of keeping the records of claim
ants fo: pension In large, cumbersome
books to the card system. The magni
tude of this change can in a measure
be understood when it is known that
the names of more than a million sol
diers, with the companies and regi
ments In which they served, must be
copied from the old books upon carets
by hand. These cards will be placed
In the latest Improved file cases in al
phabetical order, thereby enabling the
bureau to find a claim when only the
name of the claimant Is kuown. This
transfer of the records can be carried
on without Interfering in any way
with the current work of the bu
reau. The services of clerks writing
plain and legible hands will be utilized,
and the actual extra expense will be
the small amount of money to be ex
uended for cards and file cases.
Chief Justice Not to HcmIkii.
It Is stated that Chief Justice Fuller
has no Intention of resigning his posi
tion. He has frequently told friends
and neighbors that no chief justice of
the supreme court has ever reslgued
and that he does not intend to do so.
his duties not being so onerous as to
require the rest that would come from
complete severance of official ties. If
this attitude Is maintained Secretary
Taft may never become chief Justice.
Tuxkepree Institute.
The president will spend the best
part of Oct 123 at Tuskegee institute,
and a great exhibition of the institu
tion and Us students will be arranged
for. A long procession of floats and
other dtsplavs will pass before tho
president, renresentimr the work of
tho institution. A similar exhibition
given upon the occasion of the
was
visit to Tuskegee made by President
McKlnley In December, IS'JT.
FlreproollnK of IlooU.
Aii Interesting experiment was made
recently In the blank division of the
bindery of the government printing
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treasury department was responsible j
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IU1 tUU lllllllll UI UL'l , 4 1111.11 ( U1131.H1.U
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lu the substitution of a prepared ashes- j
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UiB for the binders' boards and back-
ing, the edges being coated with a fire
proof liquid.
Extciiftion of the Capitol.
Every patriotic American citizen will
hope that no obstacle will Intrude In
the path of an extension of the east
front of the capitol at Washington In
accord with the plans which have been
reported favorably by a Joint commis
sion of the senato and house. For
several generations tills has been a
project dear to the heart of almost
every congress and always dear to
the heart of every lover of art In arch
itecture who could not look at the
grand building on "the hill" without
a feeling of profound regret that so Im
posing a pile should be conspicuous in
one great defect, that the magnificent
dome should seem, from the eastern
point of view, to be toppling over for
lack of a proper and harmonious ped-
estal. CARL SCHOFIELD.
Hud One Too Mnn Hlninclf.
"Serves him right!" murmured Mrs.
Henpeck. looking up from the paper in
which she had been reading of the ar
rest of a bigamist.
"Serves who right?' asked Henpeck.
"Oh, a man who took one wife too
many."
"My! Maybe they'H be after 1110
next." Philadelphia Ledger.
A township to be called Livingstone
Is being establi.-hid a few miles from
Victoria falls. The Cape to Cairo rail
wav will pass it.
NEW SHORT STORIES
An .-.fTectlve Hetort.
Judge Emory Speer, who presides
over the 1 n;tc.i Mates circuit ami dis
trict courts for the southern district of
Georgia, is the possessor of a nimble
and facile wit, says the Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post. In earlier
days, before he had attained the er
mine. Judge Speer was a politician
ami a power on the stump.
Short lv after reconstruction he ran
against Allen D. Candler for congress.
Speer was a Republican, and his pol
itics sufficed to bring him unpopular
ity among a large majorltv of the
white population. It was his wit, his
good humor and his unfailing courage
that carried him through the campaign
without a serious difference and final
ly brought him to victory.
On one occasion when the young can
didate was addressing a very Demo-
"SIR, YOU Alti: A DEMAtSOOl'E."
era tie and hostile audience a brawny
countryman was observed fighting his
way through the crowd to 1 lie sp'-ak
er's rostrum. It was evident that hi
had spent the preceding night with
John Barleycorn, for his el-th-'s were
rumpled, his hair disheveled and hi
face of a fiery red that rivaled
noonday sun In brilliancy. Shaking
a belligerent fist under the nose of the
orator, he exclaimed:
"Sir, you are a demagogue!"
The crowd howled, but Speer wa
not disturbed. He waited for the noise
to subside and then, with a smile and
lu a tone of entire good humor, re
joined: "And you, sir, if you would wrap a
few wisps of straw about you. would
be a demijohn."
The delighted audience roared with
appreciative laughter, and the discoui
flted patriot slunk away. It is said
that in no voting precinct of the ills-
lrlr rQ Rnonr'u tnnlnrltv lurircr than
that in which this happy retort asj
macie I
Said In "WnshliiRton.
At one of the recent White House
receptions there was a little case of
rapier thrusting between two ladies,
and It was delightfully entertaining to
those who saw and heard.
There Is a famous man in Washing
ton, one who came from the plain peo
ple and who continues as one of them.
He has a beautiful daughter of aristo
cratic tendencies who has dug up a
family tree somehow or other and who
affects superiority which slfe does not
possess In any sense.
The wife of a congressman from a
western state was Introduced to the
young lady and pleasantly said:
"I have met with your distinguished
father, Miss ."
"1 dare say," replied the young lady
languidly. "Papa in his position meets
all sorts of people."
The western lady flushed and flash
ed back Instantly, "I should suppose
so. especially when he Is at home."
Llpplncott's.
The Dominie's Mare.
Senator Deboe of Kentucky tells uu
interesting story concerning a school-
teacuer in nis suite who was uibo u
preacher, says tho Pittsburg Dispatch.
t . . 1 f . 4 . 4 1
He loved horses and dogs, and ho was
ll owner of n trotter with a good rec
ord for speed. One Friday afternoon
before dismissing the school he ad
dressed the boys thus:
"Now, boys, I suppose you all know
that there will bo some horse racing
tAninftntt I f T'rtll rrrt f 4 lift
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races. Ihe track Is no place for boys.
But, boys, If you do go to the races
J'ln't you do any betting. It Is not
....
1 right to wag(
,-agcr money on horses. But,
boys, If you do go nnd If you do bet
! . . . t-v
ininu wiiai i leu ,uu ucl on lii;vu
Abernathy's mare. This Is a straight
tlii."
And the mare won too. She was the
old prea her-schoolteacher's thorough
bred under another name.
Fltz-IIncrh Lcp'n Sonne of Humor.
"The lamented Fltz-Uugh Lee had a
good sense of humor," remarked his
warm personal friend, General Jack
Hayes, at the Shoreham.
"When General Lee, a few weeks
prior to his death, as president of tho
Jamestown Exposition association, got
a telegram from Governor Pennypack
er of Pennsylvania that the legislature
of that state had made a generuus ap
propriation to that enterprise General
Lee wired him back as follows:
"'Sincere thanks. I solemnly prom
ise never more to draw my sword on
j thp of ie,isvlviinla except In its
! rtereILSe -Washington Post.
IHn Xcw Vocntlon.
"John's home from college?"
"Yes."
"What's he goin' to do now?"
"Well, 'twixt you an me I think he's
jest about decided to loaf around an'
be one o' these here Incomprehensible
geniuses!" Atlanta Constitution.
Home Sonne.
"Vnn. 1. -'.. ,.t- I mnltn in 11
I ui. n bOk it mil i icaiij villi
horse sense.' "
j "How, for Instance?"
"He never
phia Tress.
bets on one." Phlladel
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Cuckoos' Ehk.
Mr. Hurt of Christchurch, Hamp
shire, who has made a lifelong study
of British birds, has In his fascinating
collection a large number of cuckoos'
eggs, each in the nest and with the
clutch in which they were deposited,
and in almost every case the intrud
er's egg is an exact imitation of the
rightful eggs, only a size larger. Mr.
Hart is convinced that the female
cuckoo inspects the eggs in the nest
she has chosen before laying her own
egg and that her retinal Impression af
fects lhe"coloratioii of the egg. In one
instance the cuckoo chose the nest of
1 small bird, the name of which I have
forgotten, whose nest was a closely
woven ball with a tiny hole for en
trance. In this case the alien egg was
pure white, the cuckoo being unable
to see into the bottom of the nest and
her mind on the subject being there
fore a blank. The plumage of the
adult cuckoo is very much like that
of hawks, while the young are lndeli-
uit Iy speckled and blurred, the sup
posed reason -being that no small bird
would d ire to feed what It took to be
a young nawu in its nest, so tne
click. 10 has still another charge of
mean duplicity against it in addition
to the familiar ones. London Outlook.
Wealth of an Indian Itnjah.
It Is believed that Sayajl Roo, the
rajah of Raroda, is the possessor of
wealth equal if not superior to that of
John D. Rockefeller. He was educat
ed In an English university, and his
people are well governed. Much of his
vast riches Is In the form of precious
stones. His wife owns the most fa
mous diamond necklace In the world.
It is made up of 200 stones, each the
size of n hazelnut. She also has a col
laret of 500 perfect diamonds, none
less than twenty carats. In the treas
ure chamber Is a carpet four square
yards In surface made up entirely of
ropes of diamonds, pearls and rubles.
It required $4,000,000 worth of gems
and three years of labor. The long
corridors of the palace are lined with
marbles and onyx of incalculable val
ue. The palace is steam heated, and
electric elevators nro placed at fre
quent intervals. Bronzes, paintings,
statuary, all imported and worth many
millions of dollars, are scattered
throughout the royal dwelling.
Forcing Spider to Spin.
Certain green ants In Queensland,
which also make their nests of leaves
and flowers spun together, are said to
keep spiders to spin for them. Whether
these latter do It spontaneously or re
quire to be held as the lorvae of the
other species does not seem to have
been determined. In the devices of
these ants there is surely one of na
ture's hints to human Inventors. Since
the days of the spider artist In the
I'niversity of Lagado, spider silk has
been a dream. The difficulty of its re
alization has been chiefly the pugna
cious nature of the spider, which pre
vents their being kept together. But
a machine has been Invented which
seems to overcome the difficulty. It Is
described as a sort of frame contain
ing twenty-four miniature guillotines,
the blunt knives of which descend on
,ne w,ij!5t3 OI tuu -"Phiers and hold
them fast. A number or tue uireaus
are secured together on u hook and
slowlv drawn out. London Globe.
Demand on u I'oxfoflice.
The postoffi.ee at Chester, Pa., is re -
garded by some people as an accom
modation bureau. One man last week
asked for a letter carrier's pouch, say
ing he wanted it for a game bag.-while
another could not comprehend why he
should be refused tho use of the night
collector's horse and wagon. A day or
two ago Postmaster John A. Wallace
was called from his private ofllce Into
the corridor of the building nnd was
confronted by a strange woman, who
asked for the loan of 50 cents. "But
why do you come to me for such a fa
vor?" asked the surprised official.
"Why don't you see some of your
friends? You are an entire stranger
to me." "That may be," replied the
caller, with rare naivete, "but I came
to see you because I'm a regular cus
tomer of this ofllce." This was too
much for the postmaster, who reached
Into his pocket for the half dollar.
Philadelphia Record.
t'.i I on ill ni; ConI Car In Cleveland.
The gondolas are brought direct to
the coal dock and ore then hoisted to
a great height, trucks nnd all, the giant
crane first lifting the heavy car to the
proper position and then quickly turn
ing it over, as a mother turns over her
small boy for a spanking. The coal Is
Instantly dropped Into the hold of the
waiting vessel, the car returned to tho
rails and sent to tho ore dock to be
filled with Lake Superior Iron.
These unloaders, under ordinary con
ditions, can unload 500 cars of coal
every day. The No. I machine handled
the biggest tonnage of coal of any ma
chine on the great lakes during the
season of 10o:i. The coal was trans
ferred at an average cost of 4 cents
a ton. Including the cost of mainte
nance and depreciation of the plant.
Erie Railroad Employees' Magazine.
"RnRKliiB" In the Ilrltlnh Army.
A recent case of "ragging" on board
the British cruiser Kent has been
promptly followed by the supersession
of Captain Douglas A. Gatnblo, her
commander, who has been coinpuJso
rlly retired on half pay for allowing
such an occurrence on his ship, and
by the punishment of others concerned
in tiie affair. The "ragging" occurred
in the gun room, where tlio m.'dshlp
men attempted to strip and flog nn un
popular comrade. The latter promptly
drew a revolver nnd shot one of the
midshipmen In the mouth. Tho ad
miralty announces that It Is determined
to put down "ragging."
On Other Xlsrht.
Mr. Good thing How does your sister
like the engagement ring I gave her,
Bobby? Her Young Brother Well, it's
a little too small. She has an awful
hard time getting It off when the other
fellows call! Exchange.
Shnttered Ideal.
"Pnw, what docs It mean whero It
says here that the girl's ideal was shut
tered?" "Why, It means she found that she
could marry a wealthier man." Detroit
Tribune.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
deponed.
"And you told me, Reginald," whis
pered the bride through her tears as
the carriage whirled them away to the
railway station, "that you had never
before been married."
"Why. my angel, I never have," he
asserted, albeit a guilty flush swept
to his forehead.
"And," she continued, her sobs be
coming more evident, "I trusted you,
although you were a stranger when I
met you, but now your perfidy Is un
masked. Gh, why should things be so?"
"What in the world makes you think
su h a thing;"
"If you never had been married,
how could you keep step so perfectly
with the wedding march? No man
who hasn't had lots of practice can
walk down the aisle and be self pos
sessed while it is being played." Chb
cago Tribune.
Even Then.
Just then the ark came very near
turning turtle.
"What on earth caused the commo
tion?" gasped Mr. Noah. "Earthquake
under the water?"
"No." replied Noah. "One of the ele
phants jiibt sighted a peanut floating
by and made a lunge for It."
Which all goes to show It Is always
best to take a bag of peanuts along
wherever one goes. Chicago News.
TrjliiK to Keep Up.
-Do you think there will be any se
rious trouble between Norway and
Sweden?"
"I hope not," answered the pallid
man with blue glasses. ' I've just got
through struggling with Spanish, Rus
sian and Japanese. I don't feel strong
enough to tackle Scandinavian yet"
Washington Star.
Of Xo Coimeuucnce.
After the silence had begun to be
awkward lw cleared his throat and
said:
"I don't think. Miss DImpleton"
"Oh, I know you don't," she hastily
replied, "but It doesn't really matter.
Isn't the moon Just lovely tonight?"
Chicago Record-Herald.
DIasnonla.
Young Phv sician Your lips are ex-
1 ceptloiially large and peculiarly shaped.
You are doubtless a musician?
Patient Correct.
Young Physician And may I oak
what instrument you play?
Patient Bass drum!
An lrii nl.
He Yes, Dora trusts me. I am sure
of it, because she admitted her age to
me.
She Wasn't that clever of her?
He How do you mean?
She Why er clever to make you
believe it! Detroit Free Press.
A Hint to the Poets.
"That new poet Is at last convinced
that there's money In the literary busi
ness." "Sold a poem, has he?"
"No: had his hair cut and sold it to
the barber for a sofa pillow." Atlanta
Constitution.
Tivo View.
Musician (Ironically) I am afraid
my music is disturbing the people who
are talking over there.
Hostess Dear me! I never thought
of that. Don't play so loudly. New
York Weekly.
An Enny Job.
Mrs. Crawford Why won't your hus
band buy you an auto?
Mrs. Crabsbaw He says we can run
into debt fast enough now without em
ploying machinery. Puck.
Surprised.
"Ella gets her beautiful complexion
from her mother."
"Is her mother a chemist?" Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Woman'H Intuition.
Jim What is woman's Intuition any
how? I Jack It is that quality In a wife that
makes her husband discharge a pretty"
stenographer. New York Press.
The Great Divide.
Freddie What's a pedestrian, dad?
Cobwlggcr He's a man who can't
afford an auto. New York Times.
The I.ny of the Hen.
I love the enrol of tho lark.
The starling's thrllllnK note.
Tho voice of nlghtlngalo at dork
Which through the air will float:
I llko the linnet's tuno so awect.
Tho thrush sons In tho glen.
But better far I love to cat
The fresh lay of the hen.
St. Louis Republic
Sldetrneked.
"I was looking about In Bargen's
inlllinery department today," began the
scheming wife, "and I saw the sweet
est thing"
"Yes." Interrupted her foxy husband,
"that's a great Idea of Bargen's to put
mirrors all around where you women
congregate.' Exchange.
Be kind the rich. They may not
be rich always.-Florldn Tlmes-Dulon.
The confidant of my vices Is my mas-
ter though he were my valet. Goethe.