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THE GREATEST ENGINEERING TZL.T OF THE WORLD IS REALIZED.
The dream or Henry M. Flnglcr's
tlfc, tbe world's greatest engineering
featthe extension of the Florida East
toast railway through the ocean to
ey West has been consummated, and
Ivgular train service from New York
to this most southerly point of the
jVnlted States Is a reality.
; Until ten years ago the nearest home
port to Key West was Tampa, 2.V) miles
pp tbe gulf. Then the Flagler railroad
jwas pushed to Miami 137 miles np the
jjast const. But no man dreamed that
the coral reefs and mangrove swamps
Jtnown as the Florida keys, at the end
of which Is Key Wast, 'would ever be
jhltcbcd to Florida by bonds of steel
'and concrete.
In three years, J. R. Tarrott, general
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xi . rsuuns uuutuu' RAILWAY HOW A COXCKKTK AUCII WAS STAUTKU
BOTTOM: A VIEW OF A SECTION OF TIIK OCKAX VIADUCT.
Baanaser, and J. C. Meredith, construe- J tinder charter every available freight
tlon euglneer, have spent $15,000,000
f Flagler's money In bridging the 130
miles of ocean, coal reefs and mangrove
wamps. They have built a steel rein
forced concrete sea wall which rises 30
feet above high water mark. Over this
runs a single track railway. Some of
the keys are so far apart that the pas
sengers are out of sight of land, going
to and fro on tracks supported by con
crete arcfies which divide the ocean
and the gulf of Mexico.
Before they began girding the keys,"
the engineers had to force their way
through the Everglades, building 30
miles of embankment by means of
dredges which created their own chan
nels as they piled up the dirt.
At one time the constructors had
steamer on the Atlantic coast, carrying
supplies south. The cruHhed rock for
the viaducts filled 80 tramp steamers,
and the cargoes of steel, lumber, con
crete and supplies shaded the seaboard
with a trail of smoke.
The care of 5.000 men far from the
mainland was itself a serious problem,
but was solved with houseboats. In
October. l'.KiO, a hurricane swept away
the floating homes and claimed the
lives of 130 laborers, but the work was
pushed ahead.
The shallowness of the water made
It possible to throw up mile after mile
of embankments by moans of suction
dredges, but also made transportation
difficult. Light draft launches found It
Impossible to approach many keys on
THE LOST SHEEP.
De massa ob de sheepfol',
', Pat guard de sheepfol' bin,
JLook out in de gloomerin meadow
! Whar de long night rain begin
f!o he call to de hirelin' shepa'd.
Is my sheep, is dey all come in?
Oh, dnn says de' birelin' shepa'd,
Dey's some dpy's black and thin, '
ind some dpy's po' ol' wedda's.
But de res' dry's all brung in,
But de res' dey's all brung in.
Den de massa ob de sheepfol',
Dat guard de sheepfol' bin,
Goes down in de gloomerin' madowt,
Whar de long night rain begin
So he le' down de ba's ob de sheepfol',
Callin' sof, Come in, Come in.
Callln' Bof, Come in, Come in !
Den up t'ro de gloomerin' meadows,
T'ro de col night rain and win',
And up t'ro de gloomerin' rain pat,"
War de sleet fa' pie'ein' thin.
De po' los' sheep ob de sheepfol'
' Di'y all comes gaddorln' in ;
D po' los' sheep ob de sheepfol'
Doy all comes gadilerin' In.
Sally Pratt Maclean.
The, Ambulance Chaser
Shannon bad been smashed up by a
jtrolley accident. He was lying In bed
In his miserable one room shanty,
(Where the surgeon had placed him after
pis refusing to go to the hospital. His
arms, both of which were broken, lay
lmp In his lap; and bis head was
swathed in cloths. Ills back pained
him so that he tried to shift hl. posi
tion, only to give up after Inflicting
Jfreater agony. Suddenly, his restlos
Bess abated, and he listened.
"Come in," he said, when his clouded
fcratn comprehended that It was a
knock at the door.
A gimlet-eyed youug man crept In
d noiselessly made his way to the
imd
bed.
"Ara you Mr. Shannon?" he Inquired
The other nodded his head. "You were
Injured to-day on the Young street trol
ley. You know, you can make the trol
ley company pay handsomely for in
flicting these injuries on you. I'm a
lawyer, and I'll take your case for you
so that It won t cost you anything un
less we recover what we sue for."
Shannon only partly comprehended
what was said. He understood enough
to know that this young man undertook
to do something with the railroad
.'whereby he would bo paid for all the
trouble and injuries he had suffered.
Why he should take this trouble, he
d-ld not know; why this young man, a
perfect stranger, should help, his brain
was too clouded to comprehend. Xor
did his wife, who sat mutely in the cor
ner, understand what was taking plae?
any more than he. Before either of
them were aware of It, the young at
torney was walking away with Shan
non's mark alllsed to the end of n
paper. '
He had been gone less than an hour,
when they were asaln disturbed by a
knock at thu door, this time loud and
uncouth. A young fellow carrying a
satchel pushed bis way Into tuo room
before either had spoken. He walked
straight to Shannon's (i.
"Your name Shannon?'
Shannon nodded.
"Well, I'm claim agent for the rail
goad on which you were injured to-day.
We're willing to pay you liberally for
your Injuries," he said, gruilly.
"A lawyer man was just here, gr.
Ue made me nlgn a paper and said be I
was to take my case fer norhln'," Shan
non managed to say with difliculty.
"Isn't it better -to have the inocry
now than to wait two or three vurs
for it?"
Shannon did not comprehend the line
of talk, but thought It would be better
for him to stick to the man who had
promised to take his case for nothing.
It would be only fair. The young law
yer had come to him without the ask
ing, and he had come almost as soon
as he bad been carried home. He sho )k
his head In a negative.
Tbe young man opened the satchel
and took n small pile of new one-doll lr
bills. Ah, how beautiful they looked to
Shannon. The half of them would lift
him out of the debt he had been trying
to cancel when this accident happened.
He could buy his Mary a new dress,
too: It had been so long since she had
had anything new; and the doctor, sure
it would more than pay him. But .nto
bis head again came the thought of the
young lawyer. Would it be fair to him?
"How much will you take?" asked
the claim agent. The latter had seeii
the longing look In Shannon's eyes, nnl
had been slowly counting nnd recount
ing the bills. He had counted out one
hundred one-dollar bills and placed
them in four piles of twentv-live pnoh
He let them He on the bed a moment
that way, then put them into one pl!e
again.
"How much will you take?" he re
peated. This time he nmrinenteil th
pile by an additional little pile of flvft
dollar notes. Again he counted them,
showing conspicuously the bills of lam
er denomination.
Shannon's eyes s-leamed. ftuddenlv
his hand reached out as If to take the
crossed quietly to the side of Shannon's
ueu.
"We settled your case, Mr. Shannon,
he said softly. "Here's fifty dollars for
you; its your share," and he lnid the
ntty dollars on the bed.
Tlw nand that had been tempted enr-
ner in tue day by four times t
amount made no motion ; the eyes that
would have looked throuch the shnllnw
soul ot this young shyster saw not. The
som mat naa refused to be tempted
oecause ne thought it was unfair tc
this attorney had passed away; and
Pan Shannon had died, his good opin
ion of tbe ambulance chaser unchanged,
Wawrley Magazine.
1KAVE BOUGHT ALDEN HOUSE.
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HOW MrCII WILL YOU TAKE?"
bills, and as suddenly the claim aeent
placed them In his fingers. Shannon's
fingers crushed them with feverish de
light The claim auent nroduced a tia-
pcr and fountain pen and proffered
them to Shannon. The latter looked
dully at the paper for a moment, then
his eyes took on a look of fire. His
teeth suddenly came toirether with n
snap, and he threw the bank notes Into
me race of the claim agent.
.et out of me house!" he cried "I'll
not take It. I'll not sell out
The claim agent was furious. He picked
up me scattered notes, put them into
his satchel and started for the door.
All right," he said. "You'll reirrct
this. We'll flirlit von to the limit "
All day Shannon lay In 1miI. nii
wife, worn out by this added care, f.-ll
into a sound slee. About dusk a faint
knock on the door was followed by the
entrance of the same young man who
had been there earlier In the day. He
noted the condition of the wife, and
I'ereuflanta of John and Prlacllla
Akw Onnen of Old llfMuatead.
The Alden kindred of America, which
comprise descendants of John and Prl
cilia Mulllns Alden of Duxbury, who
arc scattered from the Atlantic to the
I'.H'Kle Ocean, from Canada to the Gulf
or .Mexico, have at last obtained pos
session of the old Alden homestead
here, says a Duxbury (.Mass.) dispatch
In the Philadelphia Record. The
has nine rooms and a lufmber of acres
of land nlKiut It. It Is near the railroad
station. During the 2TA years of exist-
ence of this property It has alwnvs been
occupied, with one exception, by a pel
ton named Alden.
The old homestead, according to the
story generally told to visitors In Dux
bury, was not built by John the Pil
grim. A site east of the present house
Is pointed out as having been the place
where John and Prlacllla dwelt, and it
Is commonly stated that the house built
by John's own band was destroyed by
fire, nnd the exact spot is pointed out
John W. Alden. the tenth in a direct
line of Johns from the pilgrim fore
father, and now occupant of the old
homestead, says this story Is not cor
rect, lie declares that John nnd Prls
cllla occupied fl house of which tli ..II
on the present house was a part, and
mat timbers from the first house are
now In existence In the present house.
The ell, which Is a story and a half
high, Is undoubtedly older tlinn tn
main house, which Is two and a half
stories, and has all the marks which
distinguished the old-time IMvmnnMi
houses. There are the small diamond
pa ned windows; there are the beams,
running across the low celling and
throughout the house: there are tin.
old-fashioned latches on the doors, tho
step-up or step-down between connect
ing rooms, the large square chlmnev.
nnd many oilier old-fashioned aiid
quaint characteristics.
The tiny "set-In" cunloards. in nil
the rooms, are things to make the mod
ern dweller full of envy! the low ceil
ings make even a short ncrson rond.
to see If It 1s possible to touch them.
A tiny bedroom on the ground floor is
shown to visitors as the room In which
Prlscilla died, and It Is commonly be
lieved that John. too. died in the ores-
cut house. The Alden story Is that the
house was built by Jonathan, the son
of John nnd Prlscilla.
LATEST IN ITBELESS STOVES.
Brnaa lmpraTrnrl Makes Frrla
ad Raaatlaa; Toaalble hr Cooker.
In reply to a Kansas City corresiond'
ent Deputy Consul General John W,
Dye of Berlin furnlshea the following
Information concerning the newest form
of flrelo stoves In Germany, say! tho
Dally Trade and Consular Reports.
Flreless stoves, or self cookers, as
they are variously known, have been In
use In Germany for a number of years,
so that they may now be classified a
Bueccssjui. 'j no earner types were
merely boxen constructed with double
walls, or by secret processes built so as
to retain bent when sealed. These cook
era, which are still on tho market, arc
used as follows: After a thorough
heating, food to be cooked (stewed or
boiled) Is placed Inside the box, sealed
and left for a sufficient time, when It Is
opened and the food, cooked by the re
tained heat, Is ready to serve.
Recently a company here has Im
proved upon the apparatus and pro
duced a tireless stove that not only
cooks, but fries nnd roasts. Profiting
by past failures and successes the com
pnnyhas perfected ft cooker that, al
though on tho market but a year, ha
already proved very popular. Frying
and roasting are accomplished In the
new cooker by the use of a heated
stone. The stone Is thoroughly heated
In ah oven, over gas or any fire, and
placed In tho cooker with the steak or
roast. The box Is sealed up and left
for an hour or so, as required, then
opened, and tbe food Is fully prepared
and hot. In the double boxes all three
processes mny proceed at one time
without care or difliculty.
The owners of the patent on thl
latest apparatus claim that the sales In
the coming yenr will exceed 50,000
cookers In Germany and Switzerland.
which hundreds of men must camp.
Mississippi river steamers, capable of;
navigation in heavy dew, went aground.
Handicapped by lack of coal and
fresh water, Engineer Meredith hitched)
a battery of gasoline engines to work!
bis dredges, set them up on barges and
when sufficient water was found they
remained at sea. When there was not
enough water they were yanked ashore,
mounted on wheels nnd slid along the
steel rails.
Ever since construction began
"booze" boats were a inennce. Falling
to keep the rum sellers away by pacific ,
means, n dynamite and rifle war was
commenced, nnd many a "booze" boat
man dived overboard Just as his craft
descended under the Influence of a stick
of dynamite. j
Legal Information
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That a railroad company owes no
duty to one who, In violation of law,
attempts to board a moving train at a
closed vestibule door until his position
of danger Is made known to employes
In charge of the train, Is declared In
Graham vs. Chicago & X. W. R. Co,
(Iown), 7LR.A. (X. S.) 003.
A statutory provision requiring rail
road compnules to sell mileage books
at less than the rates regularly charged
for transportation Is held, In Com. ex
rel. Anderson vs. Atlantic Coast Line
R. Co. (Va.), 7 L. R. A. (X. S.) 10K0,
to be void as depriving the corporation
of Its property without due process of
law, and of the equal protection of the
laws. '
A son of consumptive parents Is held.
lu Grover vs. Zook (Wash.), 7 L. R,
A. (X. S.), 582, not to render himself
liable In damages for refusal to per
form his prolnlse to marry a woman
afflicted with pulmonary consumption.
aitnougu he knew at tle time of mak
ing the promise that she was so af
flicted at least where such marriage
would violate the spirit of tho statute
against the spread of such disease.
A homestead settler who, after the
death of his wife pending the home
stead period, commutes the homestead
entry, and, upon paying cash for the
laud at the, government price, receives
a patent therefor. Is held, In Cunning
ham vs. Krutz (Wash.), 7 L. R. A. (X,
S.) 907, to acquire the absolute title,
free from any homestead Interest un
der the laws of the State, which might
pass by the will of tho deceased wife.
To bring a homicide within the stat
ute defining murder In the first degree
as one committed with deliberately pre
meditated malice aforethought. It Is
held, In Com. vs. Tucker (Mass.). 7
L. It. A. (X. S.) 105H, that all that Is
necessary is that a resolution to kill
must have followed deliberation nnd
premeditation, and that the killing
must have been in pursuance of the
resolution, regardless of the rapidity
with which the commission of the
crime followed Us first suggestion.
EflFecluallr Squelched.
The clerk In a dry goods store wan
waxing sarcastic at the boarding
house table because the school teacher
said she was tired. " I dou't see how
you have the nerve to say that," he
said. "You have a snap. Your hours
are short, aud, although you say you
have to look over papers in the even
ing, I reckon you don't have to sixuid
much time on them. Then look at the
vacations you have a week or two at
Christmas, another In the spring, two
or three days at Thanksgiving time
and then the entire summer. Look at
mo, x have to work eight hours every
day, with only a half hour at noon,
and once In a while I have to put In
an evening at tho store when they take
Inventory of stock. And my vacation!
I get the legal holidays, two weeks in
the summer, and during the hot mouths
a half day off, and heaven knows what
a good half day does! Gee! School
teachers certainly have a cinch."
During this harangue the school
teacher listened carefully to tho nolso
he made whilo be talked. When he
finished she said sweetly: "Well, 'why
don't you become a school teacher?
There's no law to prevent you that I
know of."
And the rest of the table grinned
audibly, while the clerk grabbed a
toothpick and went out. New York
Press.
'lie Munlpin Fuilb.
Myths of the most bcwlldcrliitr kind
spring up and flourish nod often bear a
fli), harvest in the luluds of Iirnoi aiit
Mohammedan Hpii!ations during times
of crlsM. A twliit or two can work
wonders among them at the tisvclio-
logical moment, am! saints of the ino.t
truculent type an as common Jn M,.
roeeo a blackberries are In EriirlancL
These people have no Ideas of evidence
or of probability. TIioul-Ii tl.ev lie
freely thcii'cclvcM. their credulity in the
word of a holy man Is boundle. Lon
don Times.
Old I.rruay I. ana.
In the earliest code of British laws
now extant namely, that of Ilocl Dim,
a famous king of Cumbria (tho pres
ent Wales), who died about the year
!."o A. I). we find a canon enacting
lu plain and unmistakable terms that
any married woman whose husband
was alllicted with leprosy was entitled
not only to separation, but also to tho
restitution of her goods.
Her lirudy Kanlilnnlluu.
Mamma Jane, how could you be so
Indiscreet as to dance with that impe
cunious young Featherly seven times?
Jane Why, mamma, you see the
two-step Is on going out of style, and
I wanted to make the most of It whlla
It lasts. Cleveland Plalu Dealer.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
TRAGEDIES OF THE MINES,
''''''''l' BULLKTIN of the Geological Survey
A makes by Its cold- statement of fads a
powerful Indictment ng;iliit the murderous
mom methods of coal mining permitted In the
Ln35ft I'nlted States.
yj2 'f'le Br,,"t Increase In the production of
coal In this ,-onutry Is not responsible
wholly for the shocking number f live lost In the
mines. There has been a great Increase In mm I produc
tion In Europe also, and there the deaths have dimin
ished, owing to tbe enforcement of laws for the pi
toctlon of the men working underground.
There Is certainly criminal neglect of some sort In our
methods when the death rate of miners by accident has
Increased here from -.07 er thousand In I Mitt to 3.40
per thousand In 1!MM!, tbe death rate from tbe same causes
steadily declining In European countries during the same
period.
Our coal mires kill nearly four times as many men
per thousand as do those of Belgium, more than four
times as many as the mines of Franco and nearly three
times as many as those of Great Britain.
In no country of tbe world are the conditions for the
safe extraction of coal so favorable as In the I'nlted
States, and yet this murderous record stands against us
as a result of neglecting the safeguards that ought to
be enforced. We are not so strict as we should Ik In
making compulsory the use of safely lamps. We do not
limit as we should the charges of explosives that mny
be fired. Wo are not ro careful as the Europeans In
shot-firing at times when the mines are unoccupied ex
cept for the presence of the expert hot llrera.
Taking this bulletin of the Geological Survey as a
guide, the laws of every coal-mining State should forbid
many of tho prncthvs tolerated In our own mines, aud
Command the observance of the rules and precautions
Quoted from the laws of Europeau countries. Our list of
criminal tragedies Is already too long. St. Ixmls Republic
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THE VALUE OF PREACHING.
XDIVIIH'AL cases, at least, the breaking
down of tho preacher by the cares of the
administrator, seems clearly traceable. It
may have hapHued lu the old days that a
clergyman was Invisible all the week, and
Incomprehensible on Sunday ; but to-day
tne trounie is apt io ne mat ne is only
too visible nil tho week, "running" tbe church, nnd ex
hauatlng his nervous energy In serving tables to such
an extent that he Is In speech contemptible on Sunday.
You cannot plow with a race horse himI expect hlui to
keep his speed. A man absorbed In business for six
days cannot emerge ns an uplifting speaker on the
Bevcnth An orator must be plus who hopes to be a
true master of assemblies not one whose thoughts and
spring have been drawn down to minus by exacting la
bors ns a collector of funds and a manager of cluns.
Tbe great preachers have been seers who were given
leisure through the week In which to dream tblr dreams
and shape their prophecies. But the Institutional
church leaves the clergy no time even to think. , "
The church cannot afford to still the voice of hMf 1
prophets. Christianity has beeu pre-eminently the
preached religion. Its Founder sent forth the Apostles
to preach. All through the history of the Christian
church the living utterance of spiritual men has been
the great corrector and qulckener. Inspired preaching
has In It the greatest wer known to man that of a
kindled iersonnllty. It Is the most potent fascination
which anything exterior In tho church can wield mora
vivid than music, more direct than even grand archi
tecture nnd fit adornment of the temple. With the right
lu li n In the pulpit, allowed time for brooding thoughts
and careful choice of form, nowhere else can sjieech be
so clothed upon with power. Xew York Evening Post
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AMERICANS WORK FAST AND DIE EARLY.
HYS1CIAXS have lonir been preaching tha
PI doctrine that American business men live
I too fast. With the telegraph, the ocean
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cllitics the man of affairs can do lu one
hour work that formerly would have occu
pied six. It might lie thought his work
ing day would lie corresivondlngly shortened. Nothing
of the sort baa occurred. Tho speed with which trade
can lie effected has simply accelerated his pace, and he
not only works faster, but more hours than ever, with
corresponding increase of business and responsibilities.
To keep up this energy be eat too much sometimes
drinks too much for a man who spends most of his
working hours at his desk and takes no open air exer
cise. Physical deterioration Is Inevitable, nnd when a
period of more than usual stress and anxiety arrives he
Is liable to succumb.
What American business men must learn la to alow '
down, take wholesome recreation, and, above all, quit
worrying, even over real troubles when they come, where
as most of them now worry over troubles that never'
come. Xew York Herald.
INDISCRIMINATE CHARITY.
HERE are thousands who need every lncen-
B 'V I tlve to honest labor that, can be found,
I I and they are readily demoralized by the
O J 'vV I f l. I ,.T Jl un "li x IlIllJIl-U LU 1IW 111 WLULU1L
without any labor at all. Maladministra
tion of the poor law Is largely responsible
for this slate of things, but It Is power
fully reinforced by the self-indulgence of the more well-to-do
classes, who gratify their passing emotions and.
Impulses by Indiscriminate charity. The Idle rich con
spire with tho Idle jioor to swell the tide of social de
moralization nnd to encourago the unlit. Ixondon Times,
THE TREE'S ROOTS.
Something About What la Called
riant In(elllenpe.
As the animal Is nearer to us than
the vegetable, so Is animal Intelligence
nearer akin to our own thnn plnut n
telllgence. We hear of plant physi
ology, but not yet of plant psychology,
When a plnnt growing In a darkened
room leans toward the light the lean
ing, we are taught, Is a purely median
leal process. The effect of tho light
upon tho cells of the plant brings It
about In a purely , mechanical way.
but when an animal Is drawn to tho
light the process Is a much more com
plex one nnd Implies a nervous system.
It Is thought by some that tho roots
of a water-loving plant divine the
water from afar and run townrd it,
Tho truth Is tho plant or tree sends Its
roots In all directions, but thos-? on
the side of water find the ground molst
er In that direction and their growth
Is accelerated, while the others aro
checked by the dryness of the soil. An
nsh tree stands on a rocky slope where
tho soil Is thin nnd poor twenty or
twenty-five feet from my garden. After
a while It sent so many root down Into
tho garden and so robliod the garden
vegetables of tho fertilizers that we
cut the roots off ami dug a trench to
keep the tree from sending more. Xow,
the gardener thought tho tree divined
the rich pasturage down below there
and renched for It accordingly. The
truth Is, I suppose, thnt the roots on
that sldo found a little more and bet
ter soil and bo pushed on till they
reached the garden, where they were
at once so well fed that they multi
plied and extended themselves rapidly.
The tree waxed strong and every sea
son sent more nnd stronger roots Into
the garden. John Burroughs. In Out
ing' Magazine.
COMFORT FOR FISERMEN.
.WT)
Utile Mamie llip Untie.
"It doesn't take these litlie Russian
children long to catch on to things In
this country," remarked n teacher of
tho Educational Alliance. "When one
explains a word to them they never
forget It, and they are always ready
with an Illustration of Its meaning
too. I remember t lint some time ago
had explained to the class Hie meali
ng of the word 'ambiguity,' and then.
s the custom Is, I turned about and
made them explain the word lo mo.
"'Xow, Is there any one,' I linked.
who can give mo an Illustration"''
A grimy little urchin at the buck
of tho room stuck up bis bai.d.
"Here's n ambiguity fer ye.' he
cried. 'Little Mamie Rose sat on a
tack little Mamie Rose. S.cV
"Qh, no," concluded the feacher.
"you don't have to ex pin In a thing to
the east side child twice." Xew York
Bun.
Omluoua lap.
"I hear you've got u new minister.
Tommy."
"Yeh, an' I dou't like him at all; he
must 'a' beeu a school teacher orct."
"Why do you think that?"
"Cause whenever he talks to me he
lwnys holds his hand behind him."
Tho Catholic Standard and Times.
The novel-writers have a nice way
of saying that u girl's face was framed
In wayward curls when It is meant
that her hair was frowsy.
Every succeeding generation ucea ItH
young jM-ople giving advice a few years
earlier than the young folks of the
tenet at ion uliead ol H.
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FISHIXQ THROUGH THE ICE UNDER SHELTER.
In the winter the fishermen on tho great lakes of Canada build little
cabins on tho lee. In these huts they take up their quarters, and fish
through a hole chopped In the Ice In tho center of the cabin floor. Tho fish
ermen sit close to their little stoves. These men can make quite a good
living at a time when they would be fror.en out If they did not go Into
these fishing camps. They can make from four to five dollars a day.
AMBROSE CHANNEL.
Why (inthum'a rw llarlior Walrr-
Mar llrrrl vrd ll Nuiur.
The name of Ambrose channel was
given the new waterway by an act of
Congress passed lu May, IIHK), one year
after my father's death, says Cather
ine Ambrose Shrady in the Xew York
Sun. The action of Congress was In-
M'lred by the legislature of New York
from which the following Is quoted:
"Whereas, During the last year
Providence lias seen fit to call from the
mblst of us the late John W. Ambrose
or the city of Xew York, whose life of
uusi-lllsh public service has proved of
such Inestimable advantage to the citi
zens of that city nod of the entire State
by reason of his securing new and ade
quate channels leading from tin ocean
Into the Mrt of Xew York, for the ac
commodation of our rapidly ln-rctt:-tng
commerce, ho having lor that lurno.;e
secured from the Federal government
during the past eighteen years appro
priations for the harbor of New York
aggregating the enormous sum of $8,-
hi,oiO; and
Whereas. Mr. Ambrose having held
no public oilli-e; but unlimited solely by
patriotic motives, to which bo gave bis
pre-eminent abilities, by arousing gen
eral Interest In such public improve
ments, not only of the harbor facilities
of New York, but also of the water
ways of the State at large, we now, de-'
sire to give pronounced expression In
this manner of our appreciation of his'
services; now, be It ' J.
"Resolved, Thnt the State of Xew
York recognizes with gratitude aud
warm appreciation tho efforts of the
late John W. Ambrose, and commenda
his unselfish labors for the advance
ment of trade aud commerce."
At the Instigation of many Influen
tial members of the Chamber of Com
merce, the Merchants' Association, the
produce and maritime exchanges nnd
the leading representatives of tho large
steamship com panics, Senator Dopew
Introduced the hill lu Congreas to name
the new waterway Ambrose channel.
In conclusion I would say that my
father was born lu Ireland and cania
to this country with his parents when
a very young child.
Wauletl oniun).
".Madam." said the doctor who had
been called at 2 a. in., after examining
the patient, "scad at once for th cler
gyman and also for a lawyer if you
want to make jour will."
"thud fc-raclous!" exclaimed tho hor
rified patient. "Is It us bad us thutV"
"Oh. there is no danger at nil," re
plied the M. D. "But I don't want to
ba the only one who has had his alum
ber disturbed for uothlng." Chicago
News.
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