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Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NED.
JOHN H. REAM. Publisher.
The. Mansfield lucersslon Is mill
For seasickness take turbine. Be
fore long It will be on sale at all steatri
bJp offices.
Japan Las no objection to the opon
loor policy In Korea as long as she
way stand In the doorway.
A mnn can run a store without ad
vertising and lie onn wink nt a girl in
Abe dark but what's the use?
Washington, I). C, 1ms an I street,
but no J street It can exhibit a few
flistlngulshed Jay,, however, In Con
gress. The new King of Korea has decided
hot to wear a queue. Thus there will
tw loss for his -pursuers to f,-rib at
When be finds it necessary to un.
Now that King Alfonso's nose has
been operated on to enable him to
breathe more freely, his friends may
have to smoke a better brand of cigar
ettes. U ban been found by scientists tlnt
spider can live for ten months wltn
but eating anything. The spider Isn't
likely lo make much of a hie with the
grocery man.
It needs no official report from tho
Department of Agriculture to establish
the fact that tho English sparrow Is n
nuisance and a pest and ought to be
deported as an undesirable alien.
A man who was tired of married life
left home, saying that he was going to
try to forget It If he discovers a way
he can make a fortune by opening
Correspondence school to teach the trick
to othera
Filipino students In this country
have all graduated with high honors,
they went right ahead and got an edu
cation and didn't have to have the na
tive white boys tell tliem what they
were over here for.
, An evangelist at York, Ta., claims
to be gifted with tho power to speak In
unknown tongue, and to prove It ho de
livers sermons that nobody can under
Itand. It will be bard to convince
some people that sucn proof Is conclu
llve. A Boston woman offered her land
lord a kiss If he would give her a re
ceipt for a month's rent. Owing to
the fact thnt the age of chivalry is
dead, he not only declined the Uis.,
but ttlcd to have the police put tLe
lady's fundture out on the sidewalk.
Peace advocates are trying to check
the Importation of German war toys.
They wish some one to Invent a popu
lar "peace toy." How would pigeons
do? Boys like to raise them os much
ns they like to play with tin soldiers.
Why not distribute doves of peace In
pairs?
Public school Instruction In first aid
to the injured vindicated Itself the
other day, when threo small Boston
boys, none more than 8 years old, ad
lusted a tourniquet to tho leg of a
playmate who had cut his foot on some
glass, and toolr him to a hospital to be
treated by the surgeons. ,
Professor Wiley, chief of tho Bu
reau of Chemistry In tho United States
Department of Agriculture, has re
turned from France with an exalted
Idea of French cooking and some
homely truths for his countrywomen.
There are American women," he says,
"who pass years trying to learn to
play the piano, for which they have
little talent, whllo they neglect cook
ing as beneath their dignity." A noc
turne, on the chafing-dish, Professor
Wiley evidently thinks, Is harder to
play, but better worth while. In the
whole course of bis stay In France he
did not find a single dyspeptic.
The city of Erie, Ta., has done well
to honor, by a statue, the memory of
Eben Brewer, the heroic postnl clerk
of the SpanlshyVmerlean Wur, who
gave bis life for the soldiers at Slbo
neys He had gone to Cuba to est.il
ltsh a military postal service, and ho
did It But the number of sick, wouiJ
d and dying soldiers at Siboney, and
the scarcity of doctors and nurses,
made a demand upon his sympathies
which he could not resist. Four days
and four -nights, without a moment's
rest, be devoted himself to this hu
mane work, and then be collapsed.
Dartmouth College, from which Brewer
was graduutod In 1871, may well share
with Erie, his homo city, the pride lu
ttils bero of civil life.
A year ago Pedro Alvnrado was anx
ious to wipe out the Mexican national
debt with the proceeds of his mines.
Now he has been syndicated not by
press agents but by capitalists because
be could not satisfy creditors whom bo
owed a paltry $000,000. If memory
serves, Pedro Is the man who built a
large house and put a piano In every
. room. This was an original and dui
Ing performance, which might of Itself
have led to tragic results, but it gives
only a glimpse of his various econo
mies. It Is stated that building hotels
near his mines was a favorite pastime,
that be bought $20,000 rugs as a pam
pered child might buy candy, und that
when there was nothing left to buy he
pnsscd purses around among the happy
.peons from whom he sprung. Barring
tho peons who needed the money, It
."fins a pity on the whole thut he wiis
not allowed to turn over a few mill
ions to the uatlonal government When
mP3 has tonight up the year's crop
of antlquo rugs be must experience
considerable dbllctilty u using them to
the best advuutugc. The string of
mpty hotels wmil l lie it hollow iuocU
ry. At best the pianos would 're;.r
ent a waste: at worst, under simul
taneous manipulation, they would ho
axirs to produce a serious mental Co-
rnngement Undoubtedly the govern
ment should bnvo taken the money.
But Is It too late now? The hotels are
standing, the pianos are In storage, the
antique rugs are at lc-t one year old
now, and each day Is adding to their
value. Pedro must have millions In
these assets, and he should be able to
realize millions upon them. That be has
leased himself as a mining proposition
because of the paltry ?."x,(XH) need not
Interfere with his having an auction
and paying the millions Into the public
treasury.
Within three days of each other th
newspapers of Chicago and the newsi
papers of Boston recorded two trage
dies of a kind so common ns to be
mentioned here only because they seem;
to point nn obvious moral. The Inci
dent recorded by the Chicago papers
was that of n boy who, while on his va
cation, was accidentally shot through
the heart by a rifle on which he was
leaning. The other case was that of n
boy In the suburbs of BoHton, shot
through tho bend and Instantly killed
by a chum, who, after a boyish quar
rel, threatened lilin with a rifle, prob
ably In fun. How common such acci
dents are cannot be realized by any one
who sees the news of but one portion
of the country; but from an ofllce to
which come papers from every part of
the United States, the view Is different,
and It is jnissllile to get a morn com
prehensive conception of the dreadful'
toll which Is annually exacted from
those who are careless, or crmlt care-'
lessncss, with firearms. The plain,
truth of the matter Is that n rifle or nj
shotgun or a revel ver. although por-j
fectly safe in the hands of one familbir;
with It, Is nevertheless an Implement,
which Is always dangerous when lu the
possession of one who has been not
carefully trained In Its use, and who!
has not acquired sufficient maturity ofj
Judgment to keep that training In mind:
at all times and In all conditions. We'
would not deny to any boy who can Ih;
"usted with n gun the legitimate pleas
.e of target -practice, or, In proper
conditions, of hunting; but we do most
earnestly urge uikiii parents that they
consider the matter carefully, as ap
plied to thelp own sons; and that, If
they nee fit to grant the permission,
they provide Instruction which shall
proceed from tho very beginning on
the ground that carelessness Is crime,
and nothing short of crime.
The earliest authoritative Instance
of a windmill in Kngland was one
which existed ut Bury St. Edmunds
lu 1J91.
Ixiw-grade Iron ores and Impure
graphite, says the Engineering and
Mining Journal, have been smelted by
electricity with success in Norway, the
resulting pig Iron being of very good
quality.
One authority recommends the use
pf a tcaajtoonful of saltpeter to a pot
Oi glue us u deodorizer, says Wood
Craft. It Is further claimed that It
helps the glue to dry faster and be
come harder, nor is the strength and
tenacity Impaired lu any way.
Tht amount of money spent on tiio
harbor of Manila and the Passlg Blver
duilng the past year totaled at nearly
frl.fiOO.OOO. It Is now tho best and
safest harls.r In the Orient Break
waters and largo covered docks have
been constructed and cbunnels clear
ed Tho Improvements are not yet
completed.
' The Swiss Telegraph Department
hns adopted a contrivance for making
a telephone largely automatic and for
greatly diminishing the work of the
employes. For the future, bj a system
of central butteries, the telephone will
register Its own conversations, and nil
the attendants will bin to do will be
to press a button as conversation
ceases.
Tho French Navy Department !s en
tering uimn a general overhaul of tho
boilers on all warships fitted with ver
tical tubes. Several accidents to boil
es of this type have rendered the ntcp
necessary. The Joining of the tubes
I tho source of weakness, danger be
ginning as soon as the temperature ex
ceed tHH) or (ir.( degrees. Ileiioiifor
ward the tube will have to proj ict lor
6 millimeters into thp collector.
A new system of wireless telephony,
Invented by Professor Majoranm of
Koine, wus tried early In April be
tween the central telegraphic Institute
In Uomo and the radlotelegraphic ta
t!ou of Moute Mario, n distance of
about two and a half miles. The pe
culiarity of the apparatus consists in
the employment of Majorama's hy
draulic microphone In the circuit. It
was found that even the timber of the
voice was perfectly reproduced, and
when two persons sioke alternately be
fore the microphone, their voices wcro
clearly distinguishable at the receiver.
Experiments with the same apparatus
ovtr longer distances are to be made.
A new form of thermometer, which
may prove useful In laboratories and
factories, has been Invented by Mon
sieur Founder or tho Sot-bonne. Paris.
It makes ue of the principle that the
tension of a saturated vapor depends
solely on the temperature, and Is In
dependent of the volume, as long us
the liquid from which It Is produced
lias not Is'cu wholly vaporized. Tho
apparatus coinlst simply of n roser
volt to contain the vajwr, connected
with a copper tube of any required
length. A manometer at the end of
the tube registers the tension, which
varies with and so reveals the tern
isniture. By means of this Instru
ment an engineer In bis olllce may
v.-iiteli the changes of temperature tak
ing place at a distant point.
lu lle&alf of Kcleurv.
lllm 1 understand that you are very
luii'-h interested l;i b!enti:lc experi
ments? Iter Yes; for years I have been try
uz to prove to my own satisfaction
that germs e.uni.it be transmitted by
hissing. Chicago News.
-Mend your own faults uiul the faults
of utbtrs will not be so apparent
"I told him that ever since I'd known
film he'd been doing some fool thing or
another, but that tool; the cake." said
tho mnn with the white lawn how neck
tie. "He got mad about It and now be
won't speak to me."
"Then It worked all right?" said the
man with the tennis shoes.
"What do yon mean by 'worked all
right?'" asked the man with the white
lawn bow necktie.
" "What I say," said the man with tho
tennis shoes. "I mean that your plan
was successful, that Its outcome ful
filled your most sanguine expectations.
You wanted to get rid of him, didn't
you? Wasn't that why you told him
bo didn't have ony sense?"
"Certainly not," replied the man
with the white necktie. "He's u good
fellow all right, and I like him first
rate. I guess he'll not be mad when
he thinks It over and sees I'm right
I'd feel bad If he didn't. No, I told
him he was foolish because he wus
foolish. Anybody would say the same
thing. What did he want to buy on
the other fellow's say-so for? That's
what It amounted to, practically. You
don't catch nie investing money in land
until I know exactly what It Is and
what the values of adjacent property
are."
"That's all right." said the man with
the tennis shoes. "I don't dispute that.
I suppose he wus n chump, but that
doesn't seem to me to be n good reason
for telling him so. I don't blame him
for getting mad. He probably realizes
bis mistake. When anybody gets a
thousand dollars' worth of experience
put all over him It's apt to soak Into
his pores of Itself. There ain't nny
need of rubbing It In."
"Well, perhaps not; DUt It was so ob
vious he needn't have taken offense."
"Because It was obvious, would you
go to Charlie Soule and tell him thnt
It was a pity his nose had been knocked
all out of plumb, and that there wns
such a prolonged Interval between his
knees? Charlie's ears always did seem
JOHN BULL A3 WELL AS UNCLE
The cost of living has advanced ill
Great Brltnln 20 per cent within the
past ten years, according to a London
correspondent The rtse in prices has
affected everything from bouses to
candles. Thcro Is no limit in sight to
the upward bound of prices.
The Imposition of heavy new taxes
is held to be largely responsible for the
increased cost of living, everybody who
is ablo to do so having raised prices
to recover tho tax money.
The average -Englishman is becom
ing poorer all tho time, and the Brit
ish government Is trying to arrange a
scheme to grant pensions to the aged
poor, in order to ward off an economic
revolution.
CHEESE CLOTH IS USEFUL.
Iloaaekrrprra Kind It Kilrrnielr
Yalnahl In IMnnr AVnya.
Cheese cloth should be usa-d more
commonly for household panoses tha'i
it Is, says the Washington Post. The
material hits the sieclul merit of 1k
Ing firm, yet so lonely woven that
grease comes out readily in washing;
thus It Is more easily kept dean than
lluen or crash, for which It may many
times bo substituted. An unbleached
quality that costs not more than 5
cents a yard Is quite as good for gen
eral use ns more e.euslve fabrics.
Tho test kind of dishcloths ore made
of it Tho material should be doubled,
raw edges turned In and stitched on
the uuichlue. This will wear, and be
cuuse It cleans so easily Is most sani
tary for warm weather, In that It wilt
not become saturated ami smell of
grease. Rinsing In soap and v.ater will
be nil that Is necessary for cleaning.
For nice furniture It Is th. best
kind of cloth for cleaning, and nil cab
inetmakers keep three sets fir work.
The first is used for applying the oil,
the scevmd to rub It off and the third
Is the polisher. Similar treatment ffr
dining room tables will keep them lu
the pink of condition.
Chese cloth will save the dally usp
of nn egg In iKillod coffic merely by
liming small bags of the c ittun kept
In the klti'hen. l'ut the grounds Into
one and twist the top iii' .uu I tight
with thread, n sool of wlii'-h should
be haily for the purp'M TIi, same
bag may be dised ninny times. There
Is nothing In the cleaning lino for
' Willi! is Is not umd.
Windows nn:l mirrors wIM never have
n sis-i'k of lint on tlulr . ;.!ilug uur
faco K" checs cloth is used, and lor all
klndtt work It will be found luval
fc'll A. iu n,ilci cf It should tilwa j
CAM YOU REACH WVWl
( IT WITH THE -77 WM
to me more prominent than candidates
for the presidency, and when he gets
his hair cut they rtlek out worse than
ever, but I wouldn't dream of calling
h!s attention to it."
"Yes, but thnt Isn't n parallel case,"
objected the man with the vlilte lawn
lxw tie. "Nobody can help being
homely or bandy-legged. That's a per
r:mal misfortune. Nitzcr didn't hnve
to put his money Into thnt crazy
scheme, though."
"We're all apt to make mistakes,"
said the man with the tennis shoes.
"Homer I'exler didn't have to marrj
Mrs. Peren. I'm kind of curious my
self to know why be did, but I wouldn't
ask him why the dickens he did It. I
might ask yon If you had any Informa
tion on the subject, but I've a bunchy
he'd resent It He must have Imagined
It would be nil right, but It's dollars
to doughnuts that he couldn't have em
ployed his reasoning faculties. Would
you nsk him .yourself?"
"Of course I wouldn't," replied the
man with the white lawn bow tie.
"Well, take old Semp Baxter. Co up
to him some time and sny, 'See here,
Baxter, you've been telling those same
old yarns ever since I can remember,
and they don't Improve with age. I've
heard 500 time about you and (Jen.
(irant getting in n dispute at Shlioh
and, to begin with, I think it's a He.
If It's true it Isn't particularly Inter
esting, but It's probably false, because
you have a reputation of being a liar.'
Would you?" ,
"It Isn't likely I would." said the
man with the white lawn bow tie.
"Think he'd feel Insulted?"
"It Isn't u parallel case. And. nn
other thing, you want to take Into con
sideration I'm pretty well acquainted
with Nitzcr."
"Then, of course, you've got a right
to insult him," said the niau with the
tennis shoes. "If I'd known you "n
few years longer I might tell you what
I'll keep it to myself, though. Per
haps you wouldn't think It wns a par
allel case." Chicago Daily News.
CAM FEELS THE HIGH PRICES.
The following table shows bow
prices have gone up:
, 1807.
Sl -l-poiiml loaves of broad.. .fi'J
Keren quarts of milk KM
Half pound of tea '.'(
Th roe and a half pounds sugar .13
Half pound of cocoa 14
Pound of bacon IS
Sfven pound of flour Id
Three nud a half pounds rice. .13
One pound Cheddar cheoie .. .17
Two pound butter till
Halt pound lard OS
Seven pouiidx mmo
One pound candles oil
One pound currants OS
Our pound retains lo
Six pounds meat l.llil
House rent (year) 175.O0
One suit clothes l.'.OO
1007.
.75
.58
.1!)
.is
,17
.110
.ltl
.HI
.nu!
.os
.:)
.Kl
.10
.12
1.23
2L'o.oo
17.00
Total
.11!4.01 $242.38
be kept in the kitchen for strniulng
soups.
Tissue paper is another valuable
household asset that all housekeepers
do not appreciate. All of It that comes
Into the house should bo saved. Mois
tened with alcohol. It polishes to per
fection, and even dry will nwike them
shine. Silver, ulsj brai's if not badly
tarnished, will respond Immediately to
treatment with tissue paper, and for
packing of all kinds It Is most useful.
Iace, silk and till rlblsni should always
1k ironed between two layers of it, for
the materials will not then be s'.iinv.
I'oww of tb t'rocod lle'a Jawa.
The power of tho Jaws of the croco
dile Is terrific, says Sir Samuel Baker
lu his IhmiI; on wild beasts.
Once, lie continues, he had the metal
of u large hook, the thickness of an or
dinary telegruph wire, completely bent
together, the barbed p.ilnt being
pressed tightly against the shank and
rendered useless. This compression was
caused by tho snap of the Jaws when
seizing a live duck which h; had used
as n halt, the book being fastened be
neath one win. On one occasion u0
found a tlsh welghll'i M vclity pounds
bitten clean through as if divided by
a knife. This, again, was the work of
the snap of the Jaws of a crocodile.
A Frenchman. M. Paul It.-rt. once
made experiments ou the strvuv'th (,f a
crocodile's Jaws by means of dyna
mometer. He found tli it a cro.-odlio
weighing 120 pounN cr.crt.'d a force of
"W jHiuiuU In clos'ng bis Jaws.
W'tirro llo Milnci,
When ttiti beat tip a New York man
Kind a policeman If yoa e.ui. '
lie only aeeir.s to khow liis ma"
V. ! en ritl. iiK attack a lluiij.
'.'.' .tshi:i;;t. -n Hernld.
Society vWll "Mo tip" a woiuuu (julol.
cr tauu housework.
FmST STEAMSHIP 0
Cross The Atlantk
B I
vat- cftie Fect Lueritenia racafo nemon
afia voyapo of tho tfuvatwah. ponoer
As large and as powerful as Is the
I.usltanla, the big liner's memorable
trip across the Atlantic did not create
half so much Interest as did the voyage
of the little American steamship, the
Savannah, which was the first steam
vessel to bridge the great ocean. The
Savannah's trip was made In the year
1811), and was only Intended as an ex
periment, as she did not carry a passen
ger or a pound of freight. From a
financial viewpoint the trip was a fail
ure, for, while there were several offers
to purchase the new steam vessel, nor.e
of them regarded as acceptable.
The Savannah's trip Ms historic and
was accomplished at greot risk. So
fearful were mariners generally of the
fate of tho experiment that the com
mander found It Impossible to obtain
sailors In New York, and was obliged
to seek them In New IOndon, Conn., the
home of the Bulling master, Stevens
Rogers, who was well known to the sea
faring men at that port
Much of the data regarding the Sa
vannah has been lost, but It Is certain
that she was a full-rigged ship, with
auxiliary steam power, and of 350 tons.
Originally Intended as a sailing packet
between New York and Havre. Whllo
she lay on the stocks at the shipyard
at Corlear's Hook, New York, she at
tracted the attention of Captain Moses
Rogers, wlio had been associated with
Fulton and Stevens In commanding sev
eral of the early steamboats. He In
duced a wealthy shipping firm In Sa
vannnh to purchase the vessel and fit
her with steam engines, ith a view to
giving that city the credit of being the
first to inaugurate a transatlantic
iteamshlp line. ,
Uiiecr I'afldlr-WIicrli.
Scarborough & Isaacs, the linn refer
red to, bought the ship and had her fit
ted with nn Inclined, dlrcct-nctim? low.
pressure engine of 00 horse jxnver, the
: diameter of the cylinder bcins 40
Inches and the stroke five feet The en-
flii&i
yilMUl.
Tr -XT it
't
THE GIANT CUXAKDEIl LU SIT AN I A.
glne was built by Stephen Vail, after
ward connected with Morse In the In
vention of the telegraph at the Speed
Well Iron works, near Morrlstown, N.
J. The boilers were built at Elizabeth
by Daniel Dod. A peculiarity of the
equipment was that the paddle wheels,
which consisted of eight radial arms
held In place by one uunge and t:r
ranged to close together like a fan,
were so constructed that they could be
' unshipped and taken on board if the
! weather proved to be very heavy. In
those days such contrivances were only
regarded as fair weather adjuncts and
i not to be Intrusted to the buffetings of
' a rough sea. The vessel was designed
' to carry 75 tons of coal and 23 cords
of wood. It cost $30,000.
An account of the Savannafl, pub
lished after the trial trip between New
York and Savannah, says "her cabin is
finished In elegant style ami Is fitted
up In the most tasty manner. There
re 32 berths, all of which are state
rooms. The cabin for 'ladles Is entirely
distinct from that Intended for gentle
men, and Is admirably calculated to
afford that retirement which Is so rare
ly found on board of passenger ships."
Captain and Salllnar Maatrr.
The captain was Moses Uogers, rnd
the sallng master was his brother-in-law,
Stevens Uogers, who Was not re
lated to him by ties of blood, although
their surnames wcro the same. Captain
Uogers. a native of Connecticut, who
was responsible for the experiment,
commanded the I'hoenix built for John
Stevens aud bis son, Bobert Livingston
Stevens, In 1S0S. He took the little
I'hoenix on her memorable voyage from
Sandy Hook to Cape May, the first time
steam vessel hoi! braved the dangers
of the ovan. lie also commanded the
Eagle In lSKl, when that vessel made
her first voyage from Now York to Bal
timore, ond he was associated with the
owners of the New Jersey, win u regu
lar bl-wtvkly voyages were Inaugurated
between those ports. Captain Uogers
was regarded a a persou Uon fcjla-
Ions on the subject of steam navigation
were Important and valuable, and he
frequently was consulted by steamboat
owners and constructors.
The first long voyage of the Savan
nah was from New York to Savannah.
The trip occupied 8 days lo hours, and
during that time the engine hud been
worked 414 hours. The vessel left New
York at 10 o'clock on the morning of
March 2S, IS10, and arrived at her des
tination on April (J, ut 4 o'clock In the
morning. Arrived at the southern port
the ship attracted a great deal of at
tention, for It was known that she was
to try for the record across tlfe At
lantic. The revenue cutter Dallas sa
luted the ship as she entered the har
bor, and the bank of the river was
lined with patriotic citizens, whose en
thusiasm found relief In shouts of ap
proval. Oat far Liverpool.
After showing her paces to the citi
zens of Savannah, on the morning of
Saturday, May 22, 1819. the Savannah
set sail for Liverpool. The log of this
historic trip Is still to be seen In the
National Museum at Washington,
where there are several other relics of
the daring Captain Rogers. When the
ship was off the coast of Ireland, a
British cutter, the Kite, noticed her,
and seeing the smoke belching from her
funnel believed the strange craft was
afire. When the cutter, after sending
several shots across her bows brought
her to, the British commander was
much chagrined to find his mistake, ond
ordered the captain to take down the
pennant he was flying, hut Captain Rog
ers answered that he would do nothing
of the kind, as he was' entitled to fly
the colors. .
While he was off the Irish coast,
Captain Rogers had another experience
which sorely tried his pride. He found
when alHiut fifteen miles from Cork
t;hat be mid run out or coal. He was
In a calm, but wns unable to get up
steam, and while ho had hoped to steam
-
luto Liverpool, he was compelled to
enter like any other sailing ship. On
the voyage, which ended oil June 20, a't
0 o'clock In the evening, he came to an
chor In the Blver Mersey, In front of
Llvorjioo!. The voyage had lasted 29
days 11 hours, during which steam had
heeu used 80 hours.
('rnlsrtl In ICuropean Water.
Although the Savannah did not en
ter Liverpool under steam, she shipped
coal as soon as possible and gave tho
people at that port a sample of her
work under engine isiwer. Richard
Bush, the American minister, sent a
dispatch to tho State Department, not
ing the arrival of the ship. In this
note he refers to the vessel as being
the first of her description "that has
ever crossed the seas, and having ex
cited equal admiration and astonish
ment as she entered the pirt under the
Iower of her steam." Others at the
time make note tliat she entered under
her steam, but jhe log shows thul this
was not the case.
For several months the Savannah
cruised In Kuropeon waters. From Liv
erpool she went to St. Petersburg, hav
ing made a stop at Stockholm, where
tho Swedish royal family visited the
ahip and praised the captain's daring
and enterprise. While the vessel lay
t Stockholm, Captain 'Uogers was sev
eral times In negotiation for the sale
of his craft to the Swedish or UusSlan
governments, but t'.ie terms were not
satisfactory.
A Trlumphiil Itrlurn.
The return voyage wus begun tit
Cronstndt ou Sept. 2r. Stops wore
made at Cojicnliageii and at Arcu.lal,
Norway. The latter place was the last
port on the homeward Journey. Tho
Suvaunau left there ou Oct. 21. Forty
days later s!:o sicuifcd lino the harior
of Savannah, alter an ubscin'c of six
mouths and eigiit days, it was a tri
umphal return; the Atlantic had lee:t
crosMsvl and recrossed by a steam ves
sel, but the orolectors bad nothing to
show for their outlay. They tried t)
sell the vessel to the United States gor
ernment but falling, they removed th
engines, which were sold separately tV
an Iron company In New York, and ttvl
ship placed on n packet line which ran v
between New York and Savannah. In
1S22 she run ashore on Long Isiana
and been me a total loss.
Eight years elapsed after the remark
able voyage of the Suvunnffh before an
attempt to cross tho Atlantic by . a
steam vessel was again made. In 1828 4
the ship Curacoa crossed from Antwerp
to the Dutch West Indies, and while
tho voyage was regarded as successful,
it was found to be unprofitable. In 1831
the Uoyal William, built at Quebec,
safely crossed the Atlantic from Mon
treal to London, and there was sold to
tho Spanish government to become the ,t
first steam warship In the world. Ij
The I.unltnnltl'a First Trip. ' '
It was a thrilling sight on the banks
of the Mersey when the giant Ctinarder
I.usltanla swung out Into the stream at
Liverpool and began tho Journey over
the Atlantic which was watched keenly
by more people than ever gave concern
to a nautical event before. England
had at last produced a bout unequalcd
In size, In grandeur and In appoint
ments, and the only thing left to guess
work was how fast she, could thread
her way over the boisterous and befog
ged ocean lying between England anil
our shore. A great multitude lined the
four miles between the pier and the
Irish channel to bid her Godspeed on
her first trans-Atlantic trip. From the
throats of 150,000 English men and
women came the words of "Rule Brlaut
nla" as the great anthem was sung as
never before. But this magnificent
sendoff to the Lusltanla did not restore
to England the supremncy of the sea
now held by tho Germanic fleet, and1
the sturdy Anglo-Saxon hiust try once
more before this eagerly sought dlstlnc-!
tion comes to him. The big boat ber
haved beautifully even If she did not
lower the record. She was suerb In!
everything save this. It may be that
the Lusltanla later on, when her ma
chinery Is free from friction and the.
working parts are unusually well oiled,
will shorten the Journey between the
continents to less than five days. Her
owners believe she will do this.
THE SHORT NOSES.
Something- to Be Said In Favor ofj
Those Who Wear Them.
"Physiognomists tell us that the biff,
nosed people do the world's work,"
said a short nosed man the other day,
"and they generally add a lot of ruN
l.lsli about NflDolcon'n liltr nose nm1 "
how he always selected big nosed men
to carry out daring undertakings.
"That Napoleon story was Invented
by some one with a nose like Cyrano
tie Bergerac, who wanted an excuse
for his proboscis and therefore pre-,
tended that his nose was but the In
troduction to n massive. Imposing,
character. It Is true that a big nose Is1 .
sonletlmes Indicative of firmness and'
determination, but only when It is as-1
socluted with a strong Jaw and long;
chin. A big nose with a retiring chin)
Is almost Idiotic In the expression It'
gives to the countenance. Every car-l
toonlst knows this. Whenever you seo
a cartoon of a society dude It shows a;
long nose and a small chin.
"But there Is something to be said
in favor of the short noses. The short
nose shows wit, imagination, tact, Judg-i
ment, discretion. Socrates had a snubi
nose, and of the lively Imaginative,
writers In almost any language a eon-
siderable proportion was short nosodi
people. Iing nosed men may do their,
share of the world's work, but thei
short noses write the clever books and',
tho entertaining plays. If Shakespeare!
had had u nose like the Duke of Wel-j
lington, do you ever supiosc that he!
would hnve written tho "Merry Wives!
of Windsor?" He might have been a'
successful theater manager, but would!
never have become a literary artist.- i
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Itelurtunt Confession.
"Maybellc, hns Harry ever kissed!
you?"
"Just once, Gladdy; but he begged'
so hard I couldn't refuse him."
"When was It?"
"Last Thursday night."
"Where did he kiss you?"
"In this town, of course."
"That doesn't answer my question.
Where did he kiss you?"
"At home."
"That Isn't what I want to know.
Where did he kiss you?"
"In the conservatory."
"That Is another evasion. Where
did he kiss you?"
"Er In the dark."
"You may Just as well tell me the'
straight truth. Where did he kiss'
you?"
"On' the back of my band, If you'i
think It's any of your business."
From Malaria.
One day a man, apparently white,
came Into the best restaurant In At
lanta. Tho head waiter looked him'
over and thought he bad negro blood In
him. In 'fact, he- was a very light
quadroon. ,
"Here you," the heaj wuiter said,
"you ure colored."
"Oh, no, I ain't," the man replied.'
"Not lu the sense you mean."
"But you are mighty durk."
"I know I am, but that is because I
am a Malay."
The head waiter was nonplussed. He
looketl again, and then asked suspi
ciously: "What is u.Malay? Where
Is be from,"
"Why," said the man, easily. "Ma
lays urerom Malaria."
HluttinK the niufler.
The talkative man In the smoking
room was boring the company with his
reminiscences of the great peoplo he
had met. "Last week." he said, "I ieut
a most delightful day with my friend
Lord Broadacres."
Indeed." said a gentkmr.n on a eor
ner, who had not hitherto sp.ikeii; "and
ho you don't reccgul.e me us Lord
Broudacres?"
The boastful one Instantly collapsed,
end, muttering miw apology, left the
room.
"Aiel I'm not Lr.r.l Bro.idicres at
nil." chuckled the gentleman us the
door closet! tlpii.t the discomfited oU6.
Loudon Tit Bits.
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