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"IF ALL MY SHIPS COME HOME." If all the ships I hare at sea Should come a-sailing home to me. Ah! well, the harbor would not hold So many ships as there would be, If all my ships came home to me. . . ' If half my ships came back from sea ' And brought their precious freight to me, Ah! well, I should bare wealth as great As any king that sits in state. So rkh the treasure there would be In half my ships now out at sea. Should come a-sailing home to me. Ah! well, the storm clouds then might frown, ' " Vnm If .1. .. .. .1. 1 1 . A , u, i viiiero All weui uunu, Still rich and proud and glad I'd be If that one ship came home to me. And all the others came to me, Weighed down with gems and wealth un told, ' With honor, riches, glory, gold, The poorest soul on earth I'd be, If that one ship came -not to me. O skies be calm. O winds blow free. Blow all my ships safe home to me . But if thou sendest some a wrack To never more come sailing back, Send any, all, that sail the sea, But send my lore ship home to me. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. ECIL BUTTER WORTH and Guy U Chad wick bad been chums In col--lege. The acquaintance formed there was cemented by time into a fast friendship, and when war was de clared against Spain both offered their services to Uncle Sam. But this friend ship, so strong, was one of diametrical ly opposite natures. Equal opportuni ties had been given the two men to se cure shoulder- straps. Butterwortb alone took advantage of them. "The Government has need of educated men as officers," he said, in accepting a lieu tenancy. The sentiment of his friend was: "If the country has need of my services, I give them gladly, but a gun shall rest upon my shoulder; I care not for the honors of war." For this speech Private Chndwlck was highly esteemed by his comrades in Company B, of the Ninth. . Life in the home camp was drudgery to Lieut Butterwortn. Chadwick, as eager as any to strike a blow at the "dirty Spaniards," as he termed them, took the matter more philosophically. He submitted to the Inevitable grace fully. When, at last, the order to break camp was given, there was some regret that the Philippines were the objective point. Nevertheless, It was a jolly crowd that unpegged their tents and rolled their blankets, preparatory to the -departure for the coast. The trip across the continent and the life on the transport, lessened, in a measure, their eagerness for action. To stand once more on firm, steady land, with no longer the pitching, rolling deck beneath their feet was content ment for a time. Barrack life in Manila was begun. Then a new element came into the lives of Lieut. Butterwortn and Private Chadwick. Nina was a Filipino girl. She was the daughter of an Insurgent leader. Lieut Butterwortn and Private Chad wick had fallen prey to her snapping black eyes and pretty face, smiling co quettlshly beneath a crown of inky black hair. She fascinated one, charmed the other. Butterworth was head over heels in love with the girl. Chadwick, less impetuous, was caught by her sweet simplicity. Yet their friendship did not suffer; rivalry, rather than jeal ousy, was the keynote of their rela tions. "Guy," said the lieutenant, one day, xorgenuig rautt ui a ourst or connoence, "1 can't get away from those black eyes, they follow me everywhere, they are in everything I see, but, someway, I doubt her sincerity." "I have my doubts, too," returned Gny, "but knowing how much you care for Nina, I have refrained from men tioning, them. I have a fancy myself for the girl. Nevertheless, ! believe that she Is trying to inveigle as into joining the insurgent cause." - -un, uuj, excuumea v;ecu, "Klna Is too loyal a girl to conspire for our ruin in such a manner. I laud her strong belief In her father's cause. But no, not that from little Nina." Private Chadwick said nothing. He prayed for a call to the field to sever this attachment His hopes were real izedbut partially. - The Ninth was ordered to join in the chase of the in surgents, but the activity failed to .re store to Lieut. Butterwortn his equilib rium of mind. 'Military duties now precluded further intercourse between the two friends. In the picltumon battle Private Chadwick gave the black- eyed Nina but a small place In his thoughts. . Private Chadwick lounged carelessly In front of his tent admiring the beau ties of the setting sun, which painted the horizon with glory. He was think ing of Manila and, for the first time since he -had taken the field, of the bright-eyed Nina. He wondered if But terworth had forgotten her. It was pleasant to recall those happy days. "S-s-s-s-t." The sound Interrupted his revery. A dirty, ragged individual stepped from behind the tent Looking cautiously to the right and left he slipped a grimy bit of paper into Chad wick's hand. Guy hastily tore open the note. He read: - My Dear American Soldier: Prove to me L iitii. yvu ivw uie. fuin us (O-nignc Papa will make you a. big officer. :;:" nina. A pang went to his heart A smoul dering fire flamed up. In spite of this evidence of her insincerity, Guy now realized that his feeling for her was more than mere interest in the girl. He was disgusted to discover bis weak ness. ..-' -'' ' ' " "Get out of here," he said in a harsh DntMi ' tClt tall thn Ann whn a r -nt that my flag is dearer to me than all the world, and before I leave it I will die. Go." The effort cost him pain. : He crawled back into his tent a miserable man. The un had set , "Private Chadwick's sick," comment ed bis comrades. - ----:.-y One ran with the news to Lieut But terworth' lent It was empty. : : A DESERTER'S FATE. SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAMES ' It is not only the knickerbockered small boy who has games of his own. Girls, too, have fads and occupations, though all of them are not monopolized by doll babies. In fact, their historic devotion to these painted beauties seems to be lessening. Dolls of sawdust and paper are good for rainy days and for the twi light hours before or after dinner, when one is not allowed to go otit. ' But the doll day Is decidedly on the decline. It is better for girls, as for boys, to be in the open, to chase butterflies with nets, to climb trees even at the expense of clothing, and to jump and frolic with all their might. : There is more to be discovered with the ants, the bees, the birds, the flowers. or in the companionship of a wise dog. than in all the sawdust and china-eyed babies in the world. However, there are certain games sa cred to our grandmothers and still kept up in a measure by little girls, being re vived from year to year. Some of them are silly. Most of them date from the time when boys and girls did not study from the same books, and when it was reasoned out that even games must be feminine. " Now we know better. The same sports that develop the little male animal are good for little girls, too. Girls now play baseball and even football. First and dearest of all the girls' games comes tag. The children range in a row and somebody counts. Eeeny, meeny, miney, mo, - Catch a nigger by the toe, If he hollers let him go, Eeeny, meeny, miney, mo. - The last "mo" is "it," and the game begins with a nimble scattering and a shrill squeak. The lines are silly and ungrammatical, and the kindergartners do not approve of them because they are such meaningless jabber, but the old doggerel has been' nsed for so many years that very likely its meaning, if it ever had any, has all been rubbed off from "The lieutenant went oft with a dirty looking beggar," said the guard "One of his charities, I guess. Said he'd be back before long." v Private Chadwick knew otherwise. He was torn one way by jealousy to ward big erstwhile, friend, another by anger at the girl who had played him false. He worked himself intoCa fever. His comrades attributed it to sorrow for his lost friend, for, after a fruitless search, It was said that Lieut Butter worth had been trapped Into . an am buscade.' In the gray dawn of morning Private Chadwick paced slowly up and down, with his gun on bis shoulder) doing sen try duty. He was still weak from the fever, A rustle, as of some one mov ing, caught his attention. "Who goes there?" ..- . His challenge went unanswered. He espied a form disappearing Into a clump of bushes. "Bang." He fired but into the air. The corporal of the guard came run ning down the line. He received the sentry's report: "Marauding party' of 'devils. " ' But Guy did not tell of all he saw. In the disappearing form be had recognized his deserter friend. With hasty formation Company B was sent forward. Keeping under cov er of the trees, they halted on the edge of a clearing. Not more than a thousand yards away, 900 Filipinos, under the leadership of a young officer in tile uniform of the United States army, were stealthily advancing. "Careful men. Don't fire. Walt for orders," cautioned the officers. - The American lines deployed and now a volley carried death Into the op posing force. The battle raged' back and forth. Scattering were the shots which returned the regular fire of the boys in blue. The insurgents became disorganized." Their retreat became a . The' battle was over. . The soldiers returned victoriously rejoicing. As they picked their way over the spot of the first encounter, they came upon a sad MANCHURIA, THE CHINESE TERRITORY COVETED BY RUSSIA. . By the Chinese Manchuria is called the country of the Manchows, or Man chus, an epithet meaning "Pure," chosen by the founder of the dynasty which now rules over Manchuria and China as : an appropriate designation for his family. Manchuria as it has existed for upward of two centuries that Is to say, since it has had an historical existence-Is a tract of country wedged in between China and Mongolia on the west and northwest, and Cores aad the Russian territory on the Amur on the east and north. -. Speaking more definitely.'' it is bounded on the north by the Amur, on the east by the TJsnri, on the south by the Gulf of Leaou-tung, the Yellow sea and Cores, and en the west by the river Nonni and a line of palisades which stretch from Kwaa-chuhg-tsse to the Great Wall of China. The territory thus defined is about 800 miles in length and 600 miles in width, and contains about 390,000 square miles. It Is divided into three provinces, vis., Tsitsihar or Northern Manchuria, Kirin or Central' Manchuria, and Leaou-tung or Southern Mancharia. Physically the country is divided into two regions, the one a series of mountain ranges occupying the northern and eastern portions of the kingdom, and the other a plain which stretches south ward from Monkdenf the capital. totheQulf of Laou-tung. ' FOR THE LITTLE GIRLS. constant -use, like the red on Gladys Gwendolen's waxen cheek. ' In constant repetition there's a certain wear and tea?. . Heaven knows if the Scotch had any thing to do with hop-scotch or not There's nothing in a name, anyway. . To play the game a complicated scheme is chalked on the concrete walk. - The squares are qoite large and numbered, and the hopping begins. It is certainly good exercise. A little chip or stone must be kicked from square 1 to square 2 and so on. - It must always be done with one foot and the other foot most never touch the ground. Neither must the chip stop on one of the numerous chalked lines, and the hopper must never twinkle a toe on one of these lines, either. It's all very complicated and jarring. Almost everything is prohibited in hop scotch. - . - - Jumping rope is left to girls, too. Doc tors have inveighed against it, but all in vain. The girls are still jumping. When ever you see boys spinning tops you' will find girls jumping rope, and probably the benefit, so far as exercise goes, is on the side of the girls. It is a matter of pride to be able to jump to twenty or forty or sixty, accord ing to age and strength. How the braids bob and the curls fly! They hold their lints on by main force, while the rope whips the ground beneath the flying feet. There is a double rope called the Spanish rope, which calls for great swiftness of eye 'and lightness of foot. There is a slow motion of the rope from aide to side, called making the cradle. : Anybody can jump that. . .-' " ' Whether yon are a girl admitted to the blessed privilege of overalls, or whether yon are a girl obliged to look after the unbroken continuity of skirts and stock ings, the pleasant spring days are the time for fun. The days are so short and the plays are so many that the little folk .stuff themselves at night, after ail the vigorous exercise, and go to sleep with skins tight as any drum. scene. In the midst of the dead and dying, lay the lifeless body of a pretty black-eyed Filipino girl, beside the dead deserter lieutenant, and there, with his head burled In his arms and weeping like a child,' was Private Chadwick he mourned the loss of friend and sweetheart New York Evening Sun. . - Savages on the Scent,, ' . Among many savage tribes the sense of smell Is almost as acute as in some of the lower animals. The Peruvian Indians are able, according' to Hum boldt to-distlnguish in the middle or the nighf whether an approaching stranger is a European, American, In dian, or negro. , M. Houzeau also as serts that he proved by repeated ex periments that negroes and Indians can distinguish persons in the dark by their color. Indian travelers have recorded that certain natives who habitually ab stain rrom animal rood nave a sense of smell which Is so exquisitely deli cate that they can tell from which well a vessel of water has been obtained. By smell alone the negroes of the An tilles will detect the ; footsteps of a Frenchman from those of a negro. The guides who accompany travelers on the route from Aleppo to Babylon will tell by smelling the desert sand how near they are to. the latter place. But the people gifted with ; delicate olfactory nerves, above all others, are the abo rigines of Australia; and to such an ex tent is their gift relied upon that the government had, a few. years back, a number of natives in the police force who were employed solely as trackers for hunting out criminals by smell alone, which theydld with the greatest success. - Where Water Was Found, The Arabs of the Nubian desert sup posed they knew all about their coun try, but an engineer recently bored a well 75 miles from the Nile and 1,000 feet above the river and found; an abundant supply of water at a depth of 56 feet THE PASSING ARHY. The Irresistible Conqueror Is Thinning the Ranks of the Veterans of the Civil War. HT is now thirty-six' years since the first flowers were strewn upon the graves of the men who gave their lives' that the nation might live. Observ ed at- first in a small, way by isolated communities, this' decoration of the grassy mounds has come to be recogniz ed as an established custom and Memo rial Day has long bad a fixed place in the calendar. With each successive anniversary- the day has gained a wider ob servance and has been, made the occasion for many appeals to the patriotism of the people. The' verdure, f each returning spring covers more deeply the scars of battle which, once, seyuned .the hillsides and valleys of the sunny Sooth. On this day of precious memories it is well to re call the. sacrifices of -bygone .years, and it is also fitting to express the hope that those who are now charged' with the guidance' of our national-destinies will perform their duties . patriotically . - and Well. ';.,.; , -: : ' When' the gray-haired veterans of the great war for the Union meet together in annual observance of Memorial Day, few will bear in mind that the day itself, as a part of the national life, is the result of the inspiration of one of the greatest of all the volunteer soldiers who fought for' the flag the late Gen. John A. Logan of Illinois. Few, indeed, of those not associated with the organization of old soldiers will remember this. The soldier- statesman who won his spurs in actual fight and refused to accept peaceful hon ors while the war was still on one of the first, if not the first, of the list of honored comrades who headed this or ganizationwas the originator of the day of sorrowful remembrance of the bravery and -virtues of those who fell in battle or who have crossed the dark river since the conflict ended.- ... - The apple tree of Appomattox never blossomed so full and .so fair as to-day. Its flowers and its fruit were never so fine and fragrant,' The Union which Ap pamattox established and cemented . was never so strong and glorious. Its sacred bonds have been welded, not merely by the mutual pledges of devotion, but by the fir of heroic service, side .by side, nnder the common flag, on a distant soil, snd they never before bound up so much- of national pride and -hope and high as piration. . . The great chieftains Grant and Lee, illustrious products of the same national school at West Point mei at Appomat tox with mutual respect and honor, and in their, generous 'and. .chivalrous coming together typified the spirit of a reunited country. That historic hour dates a new Union, which is now a true union oi hearts and hands that none can sever. So lone as, the flag remains unfurled Memorial Day cannot cease to be a great and tender memory. ,.' Each . anniversary becomes more pathetic from the fact that many of the "boys in blue" are pass ing away to join the vast army in the silent land.: . Every year the ranks 'of the veterans on this side the river grow thinner, and the steps of the marchers slower. ' Within twenty-five years nearly all will have joined their regiments on the other side. But their deeds can nev er die.,- Future: generations wjll read them, deep cut, defying the tooth of time, on the marble of the country's greatness. They - will blaze on the pillars of the Union and in the springtime of each year a grateful people, bearing choicest flow ersnature's sweetest emblem of "love and affection will decorate their graves; for those .grassy mounds will be known as shrines forever more; shrines so long as the republic shall endure;- shrines -where patriot knees will bend and pat riot eyes will weep so long as freedom has a worshiper and equality of rights a devotee. , . ara,.nt..qlw, man and Stuart, and Jackson and Hook er, McClellan and Hill, Early and Meade all are gone, and the great spirit of change . broods over the, scenes of their former activities. - The grass grows green on the deserted battlefields, and all is quiet along the banks of the Potomac. The James and the Chickahominy,: the Rappahannock and the- Rapidan, wind their course to the sea undisturbed by War's rude alarms. The former turns the earth in the fertile valleys which drank the blood of the flower of Ameri can chivalry; the feathered songsters of the wood make melody in the tangled thickets Hf the Wilderness; bnt the great captains and many of their devoted fol lowers have departed. r They' pitch their tents on other camping grounds not be neath the stars that shine on Southern scenes,- bnt above, the stars on the fair fields of Elysia. There they commune and there they hold . sweet intercourse. We may not know their employments there; we may not conceivs the rapturous delights that attend them in that blissful station; but of this we may be assured; they are not unmindful of the comrades who tarry here, and they. have no higher joy than the realization' that the peace they set up at Appamattox has grown into a perfect peace a peace that has overcome all obstacles and the doubts and perplexities which first attended it a peace whose blessings tail to-day up on our land like the rain npon the mown, grass and like the dew upon the moun tains of Lebanon. And so it is that in the decoration of the. graves of the heroic dead human hands and human hearts have reached a solution of the vexed problem that baf fled human will and human thought for three decades. Sturdy sons of the South have said to their brothers of the North that the people 'of the South long since accepted the arbitrament of the sword to which they iiad appealed. And like wise the oft-repeated message has gone forth from the North that peace and good will reigned, and that the . wonnds of civil dissension we're but sacred mem-, ories. - ' ""' '.' '. - .. r 1 ' :The contest that followed the end of argument between two great civilizations was, while it lasted, the greatest and bloodiest of equal duration in the au thenticated annals of the race and the most destructive ever waged by men. It lasted four years; it annihilated six bill ions of property; it overthrew the rebel lions governments of thirteen States; it called four millions of men to arms; it was fought on 2,800 recorded fields; it filled 700,000 graves from the sword and shot and shell and pestilence; the silent sleepers went down on mountain side and in tangled wood in dismal swamp and on sunny plain; where the rivers rolled and the wide-waved ocean stretch ed they found sepnlcher; and at last one civilization, with its garments rolled in blood, passed away to the shades for ever; the other, victorious, raised a spot less ensign in the sky,: its stars washed brighter with the glad tears of rejoicing humanity that the greater government of and for and by the people had not perished from the earth. . At the Top. On Memorial Day the flag flies at half mast because it is a day of commemora tion of the dead. It is not nncommon for some person appointed to hoist the . flag to run it np to the peak, forgetting the funereal custom; then some veteran arrives, and causes the banner to be dropped to half-mast . This custom preserves the early senti ment of the day, when it was more a day of mourning than it is at present Late ly many veterans have advised the aban donment of the custom, and the issue of 1 tn.,rr-tli-j 4;rgjtmhatheagjfaould hereafter always be raised to the peak on Memorial Day. This was -the expressed view and wish of Gen. Grant. It was his opinion that while the day -ought not to lose, and had not lost its significance and solemnity, it was nevertheless not a day of mourning, but one for-the commemoration of and rejoicing in the noble deeds of soldiers.' On such a day it was fitting that the flag should fly at the highest point on the staff on which it is placed. The matter received much attention at last year's observance Of Memorial Day, and it is possible that the demand will find recognition, before the day comes around again, in orders by some at least of the department commanders for the full-masAhg of the flag. : THE SEXTON OF THE SEA. l'ou scatter flowers on the grassy mound That marks the spot -where your loved ones be; ' .'Sr You bring them emblems with never a thought For the dead' beneath the sea. For every ship that the bands of men -, Have bnilded with chart and wheel, '-' Tbe bones of men In a hundredfold Are laia beneath Its keel. A canvas shroud and an Iron bar At the weary head and the wasted feet. And lo! from the deck they move away. From the hearts that throb and beat! - Soldiers and Pallors and captains grand, - Babes with a mother's breast Wet with the Hps that will touch no more. Come down in my arms to rest. And I lay them gently alone to sleep, Where the bed of the sand Is clear; And none may wander, and none shall stray; For I keep them, oh, so dear! And. hark! 'When' the bell-buoy tolls at - night, . . , . Above the wave where the fishes swim,' Ton .may knew that I keep my Father's watch, For the day I shall give them back to him! Leslie's Weekly. : . - , Where Coffee Came From. There" is extant a tale of the discovery of -coffee, a, story which might have suggested to Charles Lamb the idea for his "Dissertation on Roast Pig." This Is the legend: - ' Toward the middle of. the fifteenth century a poor Arab was traveling in Abyssinia, and finding himself wean and, weary from fatigue he stopped near a grove. Then, being In want of fuel to' cook hia rice, he cut down a tree, which happened to be full of dead berries; His meal , being cooked and eaten, the traveler .discovered "that the half -burned berrjes Were very fragrant. Collecting a number of , these and crushing them with a stone, he found that their aroma had increased to a great extent. While wondering at this he accidentally let fall the substance into a can which contained his scant supply of Water. ; Lo, what a miracle! The almost putrid liquid was instantly purified. He brought it to his lips; it was fresh, agreeable, and in a moment after the traveler had so far recovered his strength and energy as to be able to resume his Journey, : The lucky Arab gathered as many berries as he could, and, having" arrived at Ardan, In Ara bia, be informed the mulfti- of his dis covery.. This worthy divine was an In veterate opium smoker, who bad been suffering for years from the effects of that poisonous drug. He tried an in fusion of the roasted berries and was so delighted at the recovery of his own vigor that, In gratitude to the tree he called It cabuah, which In Arabic sig nifies force. - " Cultured. - "She's from Boston." "I thought you told me you never saw her before this minute?" , : "True, but I just now heard her call those mountains in Asia the Ha-mol-yaws." Judge. "J, 4 j '-' , : Potatoes, parsnips, carrots, turnip and ', artichokes are highly nutritious, but not so digestible as some vegeta bles,1 Potatoes are the most nourishing and arattenlng for nervous peonl END OF FAMOUS HOSTELRY. Hotel Where Paraell Drew Up Irlih Camp Ifrn Plan. Morrison's Hotel, one of the old land marks of Dublin, is being razed to the ground to afford a site for offices for an" Insurance comnnnv. The hnllrtlncr has historic associations for Irishmen, and was once among the best patronized and most popular hotels in Dublin. It was famous as Parnell's resort. It was originally one of the town houses of the Fitzgerald family, who Owned a (Trent iIpjiI nf nrm-tai-tv In thp vicinity, including the famous Leinster house. Over the door of the hotel at the present day are the Fitzgerald arms, and In the supports are prom inent figures of two monkeys, in com memoration of a striking family inci dent. When old .Kllkee Castle, one of the seats of the '- Fitzgeralds, took fire, the heir to the estate was saved by a, mon key, which took the Infant In his arms and clambered from point to point With its precious burden, finally reaching the ground with It in safety. ' - ' Parnell's first arrest was effected at Morrison's Hotel on Oct 13, 18811' Par nell was thence taken to Kilmainham jail, where he was confined as a "sus- riect" nntll th fnllnwlno TiV It- wna at this hotel that Parnell's friend, the late Dr. J. E. Kenny, discovered Par nell's extraordinary superstition. Go ing into his writing-room one day, Par nell saw a green cloth on, the table. He at once had it removed, and the same evening he refused to enter another room in the hotel In which three can dles were burning. Three candlesticks are- Rnniuuinl in ilia mfnHa nf finnoratl.- tious people to mean death, and a green tablecloth foretells disaster. Parnell more than once said that the Irish cause would never prosper ' until the Irish people discarded green as their national color for the older blue. When In Dublin Parnell always stayed at Morrison's up to the. time of his death. It .was there he outlined the national program and the agrarian movements in Ireland. London Mail. CHINESE PEANUTS.; . . , . ... Receive Oriental Treatment. . The trans-American railways have their agents in all parts of the world commercial agents, industrial agents, tourist agents, live-stock agents, car service agents, and Oriental agents,. as. well as the regular assortment and va riety of freight and passenger agents. The Oriental agent of the Great North ern Railway in this city is Moy Wu Ten, a highly interesting Chinaman, who carries in . his pockets a handful of Chinese peanuts with which, from, time to time, he regales his friends.' In the midst of business be suddenly con ceals bis hand beneath his blouse and asks, "Will you try a Chinese peanut?", The hand, soft as that a of .gentle maid en, reappears with the nuts, and you are tempted.' You yield with pleasure, UV.l.tflLll U1H,. 1 L LKSKUlUlKa 111C UiltltC.- -.-1. : ..1. t .. I- ..I I failed to corner, but is the most deli cious morsel in the nut shape that you ; ever tasted. .'" ;" Mnn toll, nn .-tu.J you ask where more nuts can be that they are not Chinese peanuts at all, but the familiar old Virginia "goober" prepared in the Chinese fash ion. "We take the raw nut," he ex- pimus, kuu ury il penecuy in me sun, leaving it many days on the house top. Then we soak It in salt water brine you call it for three days, after-which we again dry it thoroughly.- This may take a week. - Then we put it in an oven in a pan oi very not sana, ana continually stir until it is cooked well don A- : -Thai la all. Nothing mnlii 'Ih more simple. .The peanuts the Italians 1WM HI B11CCI-11UU V J liuuda 11U Chinaman would touch one!. We say Chinese peanuts to haxe fun with our ixieiius. lutve me uu vyuiuetw ut Mil Ul. New York Press.- In the Persian gulf the divers have a curious way of opening the season. They depend implicitly upon the shark conjurers, and will not descend with out their presence. To meet this "dif ficulty the government is obliged to hire the charmers to divert the atten-. Hon of tbe sharks from the fleet. As the season approaches vast numbers of natives gather along the Shore and erect huts and tents and bazaars. -; At the . opportune . moment usually at midnight, so as to reach the oyster banks at sunrise-the fleet, : to " , the number of eighty or 100 boats, put out to sea. Each of these boats carries two divers, a steersman and a - shark charmer and is manned by eight or ten rowers. Other conjurers remain .. An eriAM tnrldflnff 4-Vo! ' luvrltAa ' VH v-wwa w mumbling tncantations ' to divert, the sharks. ' . In case a man-eater Is perverse enough to disregard the charm and at tack a diver, an alarm tsglven, and no, other . diver will descend on .that day. The power of the conjurer Is believed to be hereditary and the effi cacy of his incantations to be wholly Independent of his religious faith. Lippincott's Magazine. : , A Dry Bath. A Scotchman' was once advised to take showerbaths. A friend explained to him how to fit one up by tbe use of a cistern and a colander,, and Sandy accordingly set to work and had the thing done at once.' Subsequently he was met by. the. friend who had given him the advice, and, being asked how he enjoyed the bath, "Man," he said, "it was fine! I liked it rale weel, and kept myself quite dry. too.'; . Being asked how he managed to take the shower and yet remain dry, he replied: "Dod, ye dinna surely think I was sae daft as stand below the water withnnt an umbrella?" London Tit-Bits. ' Chinese Rosaries. ,' Some Chinese rosaries are made of wooden beads, with leather tassels, on which are small brass rings, and are finished at the ends with brass orna ments and tags of Jeather. ' - '";'- !-Women Workers of Britain. -- In proportion to Its population, the United Kingdom has -a greater number VI WViMCM OTVLAIO IUK11 -AUjr CO U 11 1 TV, o - - ,MOW uio,. 000 are set down as dressmakers. Most girls can play the piano just enougn to spoil tnem for housework.