MADE INSANE IN
CRAZY SOLDIERS EN ROUTE TO
A WASHINGTON ASYLUM.
Peril and Privation Responsible For
Their Condition Two of Them '
Have Escaped.
f-t Louis . (Special.) Thirteen I'nlted
states soldiers, who have been ad
ludged Insane by the proper medical
authorities of the army, passed through
Ht. Louis Saturday on their way from
l'residio, Cal., to an asylum at Wash
ington. D, C, where they wiil b; con
fined for treatment. They arrived over
the Wabash from Omaha and left on
the Baltimore & Ohio road.
They are traveling in a special oar
and are In charge of twelve guards.
Vli-n the party left I'resldlo It con
tained fifteen patients, but two of them
eHraped along the route notwithstand
ing the xigllance of the guards.
All the patl -nta have seen service In
ii"' rntuppines unit the hospital at
tendants, who are accomapnying them
on their journey to Washington, de
clare that the privations' and exposure
which they endured in that country Is
t responsible for their condition. Exces
sive heat, exhaustive campaigns
through almost Impassable stretches
of swamp, lack of sufficient and proper
food and Inadequate medical attend
ance In the brigade hospitals are said
to have contributed to the wreck of
their minds.
The strictest precautions are being
taken to prevent the men fro msaylng
anything about their sufferings and,
while their car stood at the, union sta
tion, a circle cf guards surrounded it
and saw that the public held no com
munication cither by word or sign
with the unfortunate men.
A hospital service man wh- Is with
the party but who, for obvious reasons,
requests that his name be withheld
from tho public, gave the following in
terview to the I'ost-Dlspalch:
"When the patients left this country
for the Philippines during the last
year they were Jierfert specimens of
physical manhood, and there was no
taint of aberration in their minds. Now
they are both mental and physical
wrecks. Some of them may be cured
und-r a course of proper treatment,
but others will always be ndllcted as
they are now.
"The service In the Philippines did
TWO SETS OF HEIRS DEMAND
A SOUTH
Pioux Falls, S. D. The hearing In the
matter of an appointment of a nadmln
tsirator of the estate of John Medel
lan, the wealthy Sioux Falls pioneer
who was killed In an elevator here
August 2 last, will be resumed before
County Judge Wilkes this week, hav
ing been adjourned over from Satur
3ny. Ten persons have applied for ap
pointment as administrator.
McClellan was unmarried, and the
struggle for the valuable estate left
by hi mis between two different branch,
es of the McClellan family, one residing
In Ireland, consisting of two nieces of
McClellan. They are opposed by Thos.
McClellan of Canada, Mrs. Mary Vine
of Grand Itaplds, Mich., and Mrs. Mar
garet Boub-r of Chicago, who claim to
be a brother and sisters of the deceas
ed. Mrs. Mary Carruthers also claims
to be a niece of the dead McClellan.
All the claimants are on the ground
or are represented by attorneys. In
the search for heirs three persons from
this city and vicinity visited Ireland.
One of those who went to Ireland and
Investigated the claims of the two
nieces there was a representative of
County Judge Wilkes.
The sensational feature thus far de
vclojied by the hearing is the charge
by Mrs. Carruthers that she had been
offered a bribe of $l,0o0 In consideration
of her withdrawal as a claimant to the
estate. She testified under oath that
during the first week In September last
a man called on ,her at her home and
talked with her about the case. She
did not know the man, or at least will
not reveal his Identity, as she says that
he wore a cap and muffler, which pre
vented her seeing more than a small
part of his face. When pressed as to
whom he resembled In size and general
appearance she stated that he was
about the size of one of the attorneys
for one of the opposing claimants,
whose, name she mentioned.
Mrs. Carruthers testified that the man
asked her If she would take $1,000 and
"shut her mouth alwiut the case."
When she refused he uttered an oath
and drove away.
A bible, alleged to be the family
blbie of John McClellan, has been of-,
ABOUT HOUSEKEEPING IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
"i; juseliei ping In the Philippines,"
tvriicn n si. Iiuls v.om.tn to her moth
er, "is finiply a Joy. I have never
lived so well or so cheaply In all my
life. I have learned a lit i-lucti I
started houwkei ping, but It cost some
thing before I got the bang of tilings.
I fii-t rtd myn'f of the horde of
wort hi- r'i!l.,iio r mitts, who rob
iievoineis right and left, and then
in-i.ill-d a Chine:-" cook for $12.50 u
month, and t lie house itii.s Itself.
"Theie Is not nun h work In a trop
leoi household, no sttilTi-r furniture or
ciiir els, no bici or other kinds of cur
tain's, but palnl-d. flexible- i re-tm at-l.-nhed
ti tin; windows. Everything la
on one floor, the furnlluie rattan
bamboo. fuel the kitchen ulei.sili me
lite-deity Itself. The f Ihv.ate Ii lieaith
fui ' ,'.llioie.:-i Hi-? sanitary conditions
fire extremely b.id. V, c ore ail falllng-l-il-i
te.fi leil'iiii'le condition which
i . in? the ihtonle Hate- V.f lb - native,
1 tale ii:g naps all tins afternoon. At
V 1 1 leek v, e dole-,
"I Mill -T.;V hcic in CP l"t abiiml
'Il;e ..i(i:;r: i.-i r.ie the moi t de
ll, u :-! I I.-; feme! anywhere. This
frUH in u ri'-ut !. !! to the poof people.
l-e j i'. i,.;-' !'. I V I! It II n e Mr ec Ulic'y
i.l',;. te of fo .') Ill little cot.
ii't i i' f,i,i cf II e !'-,!, itel in..' tin. Hi"
It's'- cinnamon Rpl'lo "t .e I''ei,eli
co), ie, M. tit - nringostecii, lie! mango,
tb" plin;xp,le. Die tamarind, the .r-aii".-.
the. lemon, the J.ick, the JuJub --.
the lilcbl (the king of fruits, occoV.liiig
to the Chinese), the plum, the ..hlc'i
mamcy, tho bread fruit and the paw
paw. This last fruit Is mten like a
lemon, and Is said to act ns an effi
cacious digestive.
THE PHILIPPINES
It. All these men were members of the
first bodies of troops sent over there
ar.d were compelled to bear the brunt
of the war for several months. During
that time they were almost constantly
on the firing line. They went for days
and nlKhts together without sleeping
and were frequently practically with
out food for a day at a time. This,
too. when the weather was warmer
than any they have ever bean accus
tomed to. Their constitutions broke
under the strain. They went to the
hospitals. Everything was done for
them there that circumstances per
mitted, but that was inadequate. Not
only did the soldiers not have good
food on the firing line, but It was fre
quently wanting also In the hospitals
where It was most needed. Without It
adequate treatment was Impossible and
sometimes tha ravings of actual service
were completed in the sick wards.
"That was the case with three men.
When they had recovered enough of
their bodily strength to leave the hos
pitals the discovery was made that
their minds were wrecked. The medi
cal authorities Inquired Into their caa
and finally adjudged them insane. They
were loaded on a transport and sent
back to Presidio where they were
treated for several weeks. They were
In a more serious condition than was
at first suspected and it was decided
to take them on to Washington, where
the facilities for taking care of them
are creator.
"Two of the patients escaped from
us after we left San Francisco. Kmertc
Muilner leaped from the train at Sac
ramento while it was going at full
speed, and George W. Decker dupli
cated his feat near Moberly, Mo. The
train was stopped on each occasion but
we did not succeed in finding any
traces of them. Two guards wore de
tailed to bunt for each man, but we
havl nut received any reports from
them."
The patients are: Oscar H. Wlssman.
hospital corps; George M. Itaker, troop
C, Klfih cavalry; Walter O'Neill, com
pany C, Sixth cavalry; Louis Ford, com
pany L. Fourth infantry; Thomas V.
Harry, hospital, corps ;Anton Barbara,
company K. Fourth Infantry; Michael
allagher, company O, Twenty-third in
fantry; Sergeant Thomas F. Collins
rompany G. Sixth Infantry; David li
Young, company A, Seventeenth In-
rnnti'v: Joe Hoffman, company !),
Twenty-second Infantry; George J. Nix
on, company I, Twelfth infantry, and
Sergeant George M. Harthen, Troop O,
Fifth cavalry.
DAKOTA FORTUNE
fered as evidence. It la a family rec
ord by which the Canada, Grand Hap
Ids and Chicago heirs hope to prove
their relationship to John McClellan
and thus substantiate their claims to
the estate, on the fly leaf of the book
appears the inscription: "John McClel-
lan's Bible-. April 6. 1855." Frank It.
Hyde, one of the witnesses, testified
that he was familiar with the band
writing of the deceased and that the
inscription in the bible was written by
McClellan.
The attorney for Mary McClellan and
Margaret Hammill, the nieces of d
ceased, who live in County Armagh,
Ireland, objected to this testimony on
the ground that the witness had not
qualified himself properly to testify In
reference to the matter, and that the
testimony was not competent.
Edward Perin, a McCook county far
mer, testified that he had known Mc
Clellan since 1S7H. The substance of
his testimony was that McClellan had
rarely spoken of his relations, but that
he had stated to him that he was born
In the north of Ireland and had been In
Quebec and St. Catharine's, Ont.
K. J. Tabor, special administrator of
the McClellan estate, told how-he and
several other life-long friends of Mc
Clellan had made a careful and dili
gent search through the papers and
effects of the dead man for a will, but
none had been found. The attorneys
for tho various opposing claimants are
watching the case closely and progress
Is very slow, owing to the frequent ob
jections Interposed to the admission of
certain testimony.
The new Ellen Terry tea gown sug
gests both comfort, luxury and quaint
plcturesqueness. It Is made of various
rich or dainty fabrics, including white
cashmere, dotted and striped in pink
cherry red and other colors; gray drap
d'ete with old-rose satin trimmings
pale blue Henrietta cloth or camel's
hair bordered with gray swansdown,
and a number of less expensive French
made styles, In plain and fancy flannel
and eiderdown-lined crepon.
"When 1 see the India rubber trees,
2't feet or more In height, growing in
the yards here, their stiff, brilliant
green b-jves glistening in the sun, I
laugh to think of the little )x plants
we used to keep In our windows at
home In the winter, because, they were
the only growing thing that could
stand the united attack of dust, neg
lect and coal gas.
"I never get tired of watching the
simple, primitive methods of Filipino
housekeeping, for their processes are
carried on before the eyes of all lru-M.
The men themselves do I lie large part
of the hard work, while the women
perch on the ladder-like steps that (-,n)
into their holies nnd limit on. All the
cooking is done out of doois arid usual
ly n the ground. Their little stoves cf
red day are hardly as largo ns the Iron
puts v,e have at home, (me side In
bent down like a primitive hearth, and
the fire Is kept going by long tubes,
which the men blow through Insbnd of
using le-Uows. hi this funny Hill
apolo.ey fur a Move lin y -ii.it th--Ir
lie" or i 1. io i ! . i S r . ulrriiu: the iai.fer
with fiirved M!(k'i. '.vhl'ii tlo-y tUiil
between the- pi
'! from slid i'e
use (lie sloV" "il
1 the lii-vi-r-fhey
(I. i not
t.mbe a ere
Ml I H o I'.e i,
i i! ;;:; b.miH
i it. n
nil, 1 ill
1, bet hi
t ri i i
r!::li t en the m
over which tie
in w Inch tin y
'i :
K.vl-i i! Ii-lis (tin b" inpidly nnd
evenly fastened by a tieiy toil, which
hag two parallel sets of (-tamping Jaws
to engage the pnda of the bi It nnd
draw them together, with slots In the
faces of the Jaws through which the
fasteners' arc Inserted to be livet.jd In
Dlac,
! profit sharing
Great Britain and- her colonies are by
far the leaders in practical socialism.
When Joseph Chamberlain was mayor
Df Birmignham in the early 70s. he led
a movement for public ownership,
whirh has proven so eminently (satis
factory that It Is steadily expanding
there and elsewhere.
They bought the water works and
gas works. They condemned the slum
section, tore down the old tenements,
made new streets and leased the land
for high-class buildings, which revert
j to the city In about 47 years from now.
The charges for water and light have
I been greatly reduced, they are lower
Ui,an Hi,a rt r.Hvuf, wrvrks. there are
large net profits. In a short time Bir
mingham will be the richest munici
pality in the world, with no need of
levying a cent of taxes.
Glasgow has vied with Birmingham
In socialist advances. Besides owning
all the ordinary public works. she
owns and operates the street cars, the
slaughter houses and the markets. She
owns about 8,000 first-class tenements,
where once stood tho pest-breeding
slum; she conducts lodging houses and
a home for widows and children.
in this country many cities have
taken over tho waterwroks, notably
Kans City, after a long legal battle.
Mobile, falling to buy the old works,
Is now constructing a new system.
Denver has obtained an enabling act
authorizing bonds to buy or build.
A very large number of cities have
built or bought electric lighting works.
Detroit has secured authority to buy
the street car system. In Chicago ev
ery candidate for mayor was pledged
to municipal ownership of street rail
ways. Mayor llielan was re-elected in
San Francisco on the same issue.
One firm of soapmakers has for sev
eral years, at the close of a good sea
son, paid to each employe an additional
sum equal to 10 per cent of his wages
for the year. There have been years
when the total amount divided In this
manner reached $100,000.
A clothing company of New York
which until the present has paid several
millions a year to sweatshop managers,
has built the town of New Orange, N.
J., for the express purpose of improv
ing the condition of tha people who
make the clothes it uses. Several large
factories and 300 houses have been
built on ground ideal In Its location,
and to this village the toilers of the
sweatshops are being lured by wages
nearly double what they have received
before.
The president of this great concern
has removed with his family into the
heart of the new community, and is
there organizing social dasres for
study, a kindergarten, cooking school,
night' school and a college, all of which
are free to the employes.
The hours of labor have been reduced
from sixteen, now common in the
sweatshops, to eight for women and
nine for men. The pretty homes are
rented, to the workers for $8 and il
a month, with the privilege of apply
ing the rent to the purchase price,
which will allow a man to buy a house
in eight years.
Everything Is being done to elevate
and humanize a class that heretofore
has known nothing but unremitting
toil, and yet the company removes the
work beyond the old notion of philan
thropy by figuring a profit of 10 per
cent on the Investment.
It is not alone In the manufacturing
field that the new movement is felt. It
has spread Into every province of en
deavor. Bolton Hall, a lawyer of New
York, has been testing a remrakable
plan In Brooklyn, and other cities,
whereby every man becomes his own
landlord.
The first step Is to place a value of 10
times the annual rent on the rented
ground and buildings. Then the united
tenants agree to pay the landlord 5
per eent per annum on that amount,
out of which he is to pay any interest
on any mortgage which may be upon
the property.
The tenants, associated as lessees,
pool the entire monthly rents and pay,
first the ii per cent to the landlord,
second al Irepalrs required on the prop
erty, and third, all service for help.
What Is left Is divided, one-half going
to the landlord, the other half to4 the
tenant.
This scheme has worked perfectly
wherever tried. The landlord has re
ceived hlH agreed per cent promptly.
The houses have been better taken
care of and have, therefore, required
less repair, and the tenants have re
ceived at the end of the year 10 per
cent of the entire rent investemnt.
A Brooklyn railroad, after a long
career of the usual contests and diffi
culties with Its employes, began about
a year ago to serve hot coffee free at
different points along the lines. This
attention was so quickly and heartily
responded to that the company fitted
up a room near the power house for the
use of the men. Newspapers, books
and magazines wore provided, and the
place at once became a popular resort.
Gradually new features were added,
until today the employes have a lurg-i
building for their use, Including read
ing, smoking and billiard rooms, and a
thoroughly cqulpiK-d gymnasium. The
men have organized social clubs and
clubs for study.
Profit sharing has been looked upon
with doubt from the time of Its Incep
tion, and today those who advocate It
consider It only us a short step In the
right direction.
One cash register company is the
most perfect example of the new Ideas
In co-operation. The president of this
Institution has developed an Ideal com
munity life, of which the factory la the
center. On the weekly payrool of the
ompnny are cooking school, manual
training school, kindergarten, athletic
nnd dancing teachers, landscape- gar
deners, it librarian, bicycle tenders and
waiters.
The company employs 1,001 copp- and
spends $J.,000 annually In what would
have been considered philanthropy five
years ago; a dangerous philanthropy
In the estimation of many. .Mr. Pat
terson will tell you and prove by bis
books that it all pays In dollars and
tits, and if you can suggest any new-
way of spending more money by wbli Ii
the health, happiness, or enlighii-nmont
f the community can lie Increased, be
will act upon It find pay for tin- sug-
iilioti.
An Invisible brake for bicycles Is
formed of linked rods connecting the
Krlps liuiile the handle bar, with a re-
in-: iiek set nt tin- junction or
ll;e bar nrel the bead, willed aonneiis
with n rod to depress t!i brake liii1"'
When the ClioH I, If- t W i'lleil. I
All in con unman hrm pale:'1 i mi
1 .Instable flower pot, bavin!: a t--
part li i ej lai le w ll Ii over! ippll-t.- u'f's;
Kl.Mi at" I'.-I.l la blare ,v ., ,el:.Hic
land, the latter being raised or hin-t i
ill the coulcnl put to . Inct i'iisc ni- -m -re:to
the size.
In Massachusetts a woman has de
signed o handy pencil holder for at
tachment to boi.ks.a flat piece of spring
metal being formed Into a dip, which
grips the cover, with seml-clrcular fin
gers formed on the ends of tho clip
through which tha pencil Is Inserted.
THE WAY THEY tmOT CHIHCUb
l'irtmon Hat-arr Illdn'I iDdirtUol
Iiaropean Tared Practice.
The latest news from Formosa an
fiounceH the ascent of Mount Morrison,
reputed to be the loftiest smmit of
the island, by Air. Stoepel, who is
known as one of the explorers of
Mount Orizaba in Mexico. He says
taut Mount Morrison is inhabited by
a wild tribe of cannibals, evidently of
Malayan origin, but distinct from any
other known tribe of that race.
The wild mountaineers of inner For
mosa are still very little known. The
lew whites who have met them tell
stories about them that are either
amusing' or curious. Here is one of
the stories that Mr. Coiborne 1'aber
told a few years ago. He Baid a party
of English officers from a man-of-war
landed on the island, made their way
some distance inland, and met a lot
of natives who were armed with
matchlocks. The Englishmen had an
interpreter, anil the natives talked
freely with them. At last the whites
challenged the natives to a trial of
skill in shooting, and the offer was ac
cepted. The Englishmen fastened a mark to
a tree about 100 yards distant. The
officers led off and made what they
considered pretty fair practice, but
the natives didn't seem to be at all
impressed. Then the fellows witU the
matchlocks were informed that it was
their turn, and much to the surprise
of the whites, every man of them
threw himself on his belly and began
to crawl through the underbrush
toward the target.
They squirmed orer the ground to
within about three yards of the target,
then blazed away, and, of course, ev
ery man hit the mark exactly in the
center.
"Look here, said the whites, "this
isn't exactly fair, is it?" Then they
explained to the aborigines the ac
cepted rules of target practice. The
natives listened with much interest,
and then made this comment:
"Well, we don't know anything
about the way you men shoot at
marks. Hut we've shown you how we
shoot Chinese and why shouldn't we
shoot at a mark the same way? We
want to hit things when we lire and
why shouldn't we lire the way we can
shoot best!"
Nothing could convince them that
they hadn't won the match, and they
walked off with the small prize the
whites had put up for the best marks
manship. Mount Morrison forms a part of a
lofty mountain range which stretches
down the center of the island like a
backbone. Mounts Morrison and Si-via
ore supposed to be the highest poim ,
but they are not very conspicuous,
for they rise, so little above the gen
eral level. Mr. Ilcazclcy said in 1884
that these mountains were wooded to
the. very top, and the statement is
not doubted, though Mr. Ilaber saw
snow on the. north side of the moun
tains lute in .Tune and Dr. Warbting,
who made a botanical exploration in
Formosa in 1S8R, spoke of seeing the
"snow-glistening Mount Morrison."
Mr. George Taylor of the Chinese cus-
t loins service wrote in ieos mai in win
nt,r the (UnmmitH of the blo-ber Tnnnn-
talns are offen capped with snow, nnd
that the entire, range is a most im
pressive sight from ships as they ap
proach the coast. It is not certain,
unless Mr. Stoepel has ascertained,
which is probable, whether Morrison
or Sylvia is the. higher, but both aro
known to be over 12,000 feet above
sea level.
Itlaxlms f Joubert.
The true bon-mot surprises him who
makes it as much as those who hear it.
Few men are worthyof experience.
The greater part allow it to corrupt
them.
Perhaps, for worldly success, we
ought to have virtues that make us
beloved, and faults that make us
feared.
Conceited people always seem to
me, like dwarfs, to have the stature of
a child, and the countenance of a man.
A little vanity, nnd a little gratifica
tion of the sfjises. These are what
make up the life of the majority of
women and of men.
It is never other people's opinions
flint displease tts, but only the desire
they sometimes show to impose them
upon tts, against our will.
We may fall into inconsistency
through error. It is a fine thing to
fall into if, through truth, and then we
must throw ourselves into it head
long. The man who sings when he is
alone, and when, so to speak, his
whole being is at a standstill, shows
by this alone n certain balance and
hnrmony in his condition all his
strings are in tune.
To receive benefits from some one
is a surer way of gaining his afTection
than to render him n service. The
sight of a benefactor is often irksome,
while that of a man we are bendiling
is always pleasant. In loving him wc
love our own handiwork.
Contradiction only irritates us, be
cause it disturbs us in our peaceful
possessions of some opinion, or of
some pre-eminence. This is why it is
more irritating to the weak than to
the strong, and fo the infirm than to
fhe healthy.
The I an.; hli r ( lire,
Therapeutic cll'ecls of dilTctenf
Kinds have been ill 1 1 iliiilcd to l.-iiiglilct-by
the gnu est medical writers from
Hippocrates downward. The Father
of Medicine laid special si t i -- on tlie
importance of merriment af ttn-nls.
The old physicians t ceoninicnded
laughter as n jo.veiftil menus i
"ile--ophihi I ing" the spleen. l'.'uiia
,'i'hrv; .-aid t It.it n, iii ii is f!ie i.:o i
) .M I f- lew",' (,f he ,:th. T: ....-t .:o-
i-'-e.. v-i io e:e eiiriii -ei . , ii :t,t ; e:.,, ,
-lieu by linjf e, 'al i:.,'i!wiur ' '!l :.i '
l i n-'I), l'n : out :' M-'io e.-iir; ri-'.i'i t j
flu; Mre::;.' i.e-c of a "en I leina ,i -,iai !
f"ot l'i-1 -i mi inl i riiiH t- iil fi vov i-l
wit lie: ,- itig a pcrfornuniee of 'i,:i
Manage dc J'ii'am." til which he had
laughed coiKiinici!y. oilier b at mid
draiors state that nephritic colic,
scurvy, pleurisy nnd other affect ions
are favorably influenced by laughter.
The Kostnn Aldermen , oppose- a
resolution to entertain Jewry,
LONG DRUNK
WHILE AT SEA
New York. Able Seaman G. A. King,
who has arrived at the Tidewater
Iocks, N. J os the British, bark Iran
ian from Liverpool, has completed a
Journey around the world, and the most
remarkable story in his private log
book Is the narrative of a nine-weeks'
drunk going around the Horn.
"The Liverpool four-masted bark
Lord RIpon, Captain W. Butler, m
making the trip from the home port
to Han Francisco," says King. "It was
a long, tedious, but smooth passage,
with many a calm.
"We were carrying a general cargo,
It being talked up among the the crew
that there was Scotch 'mountain dew'
in the hold, enough to swim in. It
was an alluring thought, an irresistible
temptation, the reflection that so much
whisky was so near and yet so far.
"The ease of the trip, there being no
necessity for much handling of the
sails, added opportunity to that long
ing. Various plans for broaching the
cargo were whispered, then openly dis
cussed. It was decided that the most
practical way of reaching the whisky
was through a ventilator.
"We are now nearly around Cape
Horn, and the monotony was becoming
more Irksome. During the first watch
on a dark night a man was lowered
through, the bell mouth of a forward
ventilator on the lee side. A heaving
line was knotted under his arms.
"The sapper, armed with a hatchet,
succeeded in opening a case of Scotch.
After he had fininshed in groping about
the cases, with, a tallow end for a light
and had filled hJs dunnage bag with
battles, he gave the signal and was
hauled to the deck.
"The nectar of the gods never tasted
83 delightful as the golden-colored
twanging, delicious Scotch to the gree
dy crew of the Lord Kipon. Then be
gan a season of protracted 'jags' and
holdovers that continued for nine long
weeks.
"Think of our situation. A noble and
new four-masted ship off the Horn, and
her crew Intoxicated. To the honor of
the mate and the apprentice boys, be
it said that they kept sober.
"Fortunately no nasty weather set in
In the Southern Pacific we drlftec
about, the rigging dally becoming more
chafed, sails flapping, stays slacken
ing, mats chewed Into pulp, paint
washed off, gear rusting and decks in
a deplorable condition. When neces
sary the boys went aloft and did the
best they could with the buntlines and
reef points. Fortunately she was a new
ship and her 'gear was substantial.
"The men only sobered up enough
to make fresh trips through the ven
tilator. Food was refused for the ob
livion that the smart-flavored Highland
dew gave bo freely.
"A feellmg of self-reproach stole ovei
the crew, and the mate addressed him
self to our better naturea
" 'Men,' he said, 'remember that you
are British seamen. Be manly for once,
quit drinking, and let's brace up ana
get ready for port and bad weather.'
"So we turned to at last. Some ot
the most necessary parts of the rig
ging were entirely 'chewed' through,
owing to neglect.
"Fearing exposure, fines and Impris
onment, the crew deserted the minute
the bark safely reached the Golden
3at."
BIG HOUSE RENTS
INONDON
Pretty nearly everybody understands,
ot course, that house rents are very
considerably greater in London than
they are In the provincial towns, and
that in the metropolis they vary greatly
and are very stiff In regions In which
society hovers. But a writer in Tit
Bits ventures to think that even few
Londoners have much Idea of the enor
mous figures' paid for the rentals of
fashionable houses in Belgravia and
Mayfalr, or realize how few square
yards of the West Ends it takes to pro
duce a million sterling in this way.
Now, take ,to start with, Park Lane,
that highly fashionable thoroughfare.
It Is rather staggering to learn that
$50,000 a year is really not at all a
very extravagant rent to pay for a
good house in this quarter! The plain,
simple fact of the matter is, however,
that you cannot get a decent house
here for less than $15,000, and even Ruch
a one would only have three or four
bedrooms, and, generally speaking,
would not have greater accommoda
tion than a house at $250 or $:!O0 a year
in the suburbs, or at half that price
In a provincial town.
Grosvenor Square and Berkeley
Square are renowned headquarters of
society, which pays astonishingly for
its residence there.
Consider the former first. The whole
square comprises fewer than sixty
houses, but it is a fact that their com
bined annual rental is about $750,000!
Big as the rents are, getting a house
here Is a matter of great difficulty, and
seldom Is there one to let for long.
Nothing can be got for less than $5,000
a year, and from this figure an Intend
ing tenant may go up to $:;0O,0(jo a year.
Berkeley Square is likewise difficult
to get. into. It is ralher old fashioned
and severe, and the average man or
woman from the country might not be
.ilile to see anything about the houses
wlibfi would Justify a. heavy drain le
lm; Kf'li- upon a tenant's pocket. But.
all the mine, houses here ere always at
a premium, and you will not get much
of n residence for y',.i'n) a year, nor
yet, fo far fs residence goes. Is the ne
eorrimodation very astonishing ts $10,
OOii a year is paid.
St. .lames' Square It another ultra
fashionable quarter which a millionaire
might have to wait ers to get into
If he desired to live t here -$15.0(111 or
$-'0,nOf a year Is quit- a moderate rent
for a hmis- so situated while Norfolk
Hmist-, where the duke of Norfolk re
niiles and such others as Tord Derby's
residence nt No. t.'l. would easily realize
f'.O.e-in a. year in rent.
Cm Hon House terrace, w here slates
inen arid nmbussuduis live, also costs
111 tenants dearly. M least $J0,()O a
y-ur must be paid for anything good
in this particular neighborhood, anil
Mr. Aslor gave more than $:;oo.on0 wlin
in- purchased one i f the hous- s in the
lennee. fnrmi rly occupied by l-j-'d
i;rativl'l Vel tho ordinary man would
i- n.ark that Hi - l)o:i-, ft ore not evoi
.. rol-d. bed, in''! licit outwardly, nt i
vl ee. ;.;;, i: : ; :.o far from unjio.siti-.;. j
" i bed from j
tnt Die s'.ttii
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post, holes of any rlze can Vie rapidly
dug by a new implement. Which bus a
conical boring tool, wilh a cutting blade
Inserted In one side, which cuts a sec
tion of enrth nut of the hol ns It Is re
volved, the tool being lifted out and
implied when It becomes full,
CAN! DM AVItRB.
23oal ot the Delicacy bold ta AaMrtaa
( ona From Lake of (be Woa4a,
An iinKirtant industry, and one lit
tle known of in the Fast, is the fish
ing industry of the Iake of the Woods,
yet the fish production of the lake has
reached immense proportions, and is.
proving an important factor in tha
prosperity of the district. One fact
that is not commonly known is that
from the Lake of the Woods comes
nearly all tiie caviare consumed in the
American markets. It is a Hussian.
caviare to the general public, but it
is only Lake of the Woods caviare
bearing' a continental label, and ex
porters of the article state that only
tiie inferior grades find their way
back to this country, for the best of
it goes to the tables of European epi
c u res.
'The Lake of the Woods has a total
area of over G,000 square miles, and
its waters ulxiund with fish of all
kinds. The most important fish in the
lake are the sturgeon, and it is these
to which tiie fishermen devote the
most attention. They range in weight
up to 175, and occasionally 200 pounds,
apiece, and sell in car lots at about
four cents a pound. The sturgeon are
to be met wilh in all parts of the
lake, Irut the most prolific stretches
of water are in the southern portions
of the lake, where the water is shallow
and the bottom sandy. There are the
sturgeon's feeding grounds. Seveaal
seasons ago the water in the lake was
higher than usual, and much of the
low-lying ground surrounding the
shore lines was flooded. The sturgeon
followed the overflow, finding new
feeding places in the shoal water, and
they thus evaded the nets, and the
fishermen had poorer returns for their
labor. The attention paid to the stur
geon, however, is resulting badly to
the lish, and experts say that unless
measures are taken shortly to reduce
the take of sturgeon the fish will be
exterminated, so far as commercial
purposes are concerned.
The caviare is the chief product ot
the sturgeon. After the fish is killed
and the head cut off it is carefully
cleaned, the caviare being set aside in
tanks. When the, catch has been dis
posed of the caviare is then taken and
washed repeatedly until it is thor
oughly clean, after which it is rubbed
by hand through a scries of screens
until all the eggs are separated. That
is all tho process necessary. It is
packed in jfiO-pound kegs with a salt
specially imported from Germany, and
kept in cold storage until the time for
shipment arrives, when it is sent to
London, England, and to Germany
A number of experiments have been
made with Canadian and American
salts, but so far they have not proved
as good as the salt brought from over
Ihe ocean. On arriving in Europe the
kegs are opened and the caviare is
sorted out according to quality. It is
then put up in small lead packages
nnd tins and sold as Russian carviarja.
The best grades find a ready sale in
Ihe old countw, where they command
the highest prices. The Canadian
caviare is as good as, and. is. many"'
eases better than, the Hussian caviare,
and no difficulty is found in disposing'
of it, The inferior grades are r
shipped (o America, where the demand
and appetite for caviare is not so ex
acting as in Europe. Here, too, it is
known as Hussian caviare. In this
respect it much resembles the Cali
fornia champagne, which is sent to
France in bulk, where it is bottled and
shipped across the Atlantic, again to
tickle the palates of thirsty Americans
who have a weakness for French
wines. Toronto Globe. ,
To Tent Air.
Prof. Dewar has recently devised a
new method of testing the contamina
tion of air. A short time ago he ex
hibited before the Hoyal Institution
of England two samples of liquid air
in glass tubes. One was made from,
air which had been washed to purify
it from dust, soot, carbonic acid and
other impurities, says the Scientific
American. This, when condensed, was
a pale blue liquid. The other sample
was made by condensing the air of the
lecture room in which the audience
was assembled and was an opaque,,
blackish fluid, resembling 'soup in ap
pearance.
It would appear as if condensed sam
ples of air might afford an easy meajna
for comparing different kinds of con
tamination. The American Architect
suggests Hint it would not be difficult
to provide a novel, but a highly ef
ficient, kind of ventilation in military
hospitals and other places where the
natural air supply is bad and the ne
cessity for a belter one very pressing.
As Hie process would also cool and
dry the air, it, might serve an addi
tional purpose in tropical countries.
1 he paper goes on to state that it
would not be "wholly impracticable to
ship yellow fever hospitals in Havana
supplies of Xcw Hampshire air bot
tled, so to speak, on fhe spot, nnd de
livered fresh nnd cool to the patients."
'I'his cm never lie accomplished, how
ever, until sonic means have been pro
vided for transporting- liquid nir to
considerable disinriecs without enor
mous losses, caused by its return to its
former stale. At present the inventor
has not carried liquid nir more than
rix or secn hours' journey from Xc.t
York. '
A SSo)iI I.fliiiirii'esM.
A Mnr.v is told of the Princess
Louise's isil to the Beriiiud.'is. These
islands belting to Great Britain. The
ii. hinders determined to give her a re
let lion, t. nd both rich nnd poor mads
i ' :;ly In do licr honor.
::o dry ihe was out sketching, for
like Ihe queen a ml tin- rest, of the
il::iit-)iti-r-.', f!ie is fond f,f sketching,
f.hc was thirsty null called nt. n cot
t -ee dour f. ,r c. tiler. The good unman
i r il-i- !" !! ''ax leisv ii ml refused to
ft f-w t v.'tSer. Hie. of course, did
1; it I -iik v. lui the p.inei.'-H was; She
v . Imi'-.v iiniiin-r; she was ironing n
rlijii for In r Jui.-h.-iml to wear nt th
reception of I lie quern's (laughter,
she said. Oh, no! She could not
k;ir Hint 1o pet water for anybody.
"If yott will get me tin- water,"
rniil the princitis, "I will finish ironlnj
the shirt while you nro pone."
So the princess ironed the nhirl
while the woman fetched tbo Waterv-Kxchangc.
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