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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1902)
In II , Sola frr 1nirM I Ml ABOUT WOMH. Mr. Kdwln B. Grossman, daughter of Edwin Booth, lives In the house in Chicago which constituted the actor- only property In that city when he died. An Italian woman graduated from n Fjrtiich nnlvyrltyl U conduct an Ameriran course In medicine at the University of Chicago. She la I,lsi Carlotll Clpriana, first of he fi-x to (ake thp doctor's degree In Paris. Mrs. lstng, wife of the secretary. In about the only woman of the cabinet contingent who goes nut walking. Nearly eWry morning she accompa nies the secretary to his office and not infrequently meet him there and walks home with him In the afternoon. Miss Mary P. Acton and Martha S. Ilnyt, of Boston, the former a lawyer and the latter the widow of a clergy man, are Interested In the bill before the Massachusetts legislature empow ering the governor to appoint women as "special commissioners" to perform wedding ceremonies. Mrs. Mollle Moore Davis, the writer of magazine stories, has apartments in the quaint and romantic part of nar row old Itoyale street, New Orleans. The fame of he "Fridays In February" has gone beyond the gates of that city and, in ber saloon frequently assembles persons of note from all over the country. MIbs Kllzabeth Planklngton of India napolis has supplemented her recent gifts of paintings and statuary to the Layfayette art gallery with a collec tion of autograph letters. These let t"rs are all written by men of world wide reputation and o different na tlonaHtles (principally French) and the majority of them are illustrated by original fusaln, pencil, pen and Ink ketches. HOWS THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars lie (sard for any case or Catarrh that annot be cured by Hall's Catarrh "ure. F .J CHHNF.Y & CO , Toledo, O? We, the undersigned, have known ! J. Cheney for the last 10 years, anil telleve him perfectly honorable in all Jiuslness transactions arid financially able to carry out any obligations mad by their firm. WKST A TIttWX. Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo. O. "WALLING, KIN NAN & MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter m.lly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system 1 estlmonials sent free. Price ,c. per buttle. Sold by all druggists. Hall Family Pills are the brut. A church in IxhhIoh still possesses nn Income originally given to it for the purpose of buying faggots for burning beretles. "Iff that filches from me rny good name. Hobs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor Indeed." Written by the Immoital Shake speare. How true. That's why It lives. 'AKCA HF.TS, true merit, backed by the right kind of advertising has made for th'rn the largest hale of any simi lar medicine in the world, provtid la.' I year by the sab' of over ten million boxes. This has canned dishnm-i peo pie to try to palm off worthless "luff, as Just as good. Ixiok out fur faker" and remember tin- genuine tablet I" f tamped "C. C. C." and never sold In Jar or bulk, but always In a blue metal box. The genuine CASCA ilFTS are ab solutely guaranteed to cure, or you yei your money back. The fare on the Congo railroad for 2.".0 miles Is JI00, or 1(i cents a mile. We can travel by rail entirely ucmss the American continent for lews money. i Oct a bottle of Hamlin's Wizard till lorlay; It may save may a trip for the doctor; it cures pain. Free Alaska Indian Basket. Hend 25c for postage nnd packing. N Posten, 249 Washington St., Portland. Oregon. Aside from their professional duties, some dentists don't make much of an Impression. Hypnotism. !rn to hypnotize, something won iVrful, astonishing feats, create fun by he hour, have all the people talking about you In your community. Kauy to barn by my late dscovery. Hem! 10 cents for free lltei at ore and trial bison-', l'rof. Ivlward T. ('outer, l'il' Tigh St., l)es Moines, hi. The formation of the proposed regi ment of Imperial Yeomanry to be orriposed of colonial subjects of the i riiwn living In London, Is about to be submitted to the king by the secre tary of war, Pcopl" buy Wizard Oil bemuse they have learned by experience that It cures pain of every kind. Ambrose H. Ottey, of Cecil county, Maryland, has made n systematic reading of thi! lilble for the last thirty-three years and enn tell th tuimber of letters In the scriptures, hiw many) times they appear, the number of chspters and verses, what words spell the same cither way, etc. I has Just finished reading the Bible for the 117lhe time, It fs estimated thnt ther are at hrenent about 300,000 domestic os-trfc-M In (South Africa. FRILLS OF FASHION. Gold decorated china for use and or - narnent was never more In evidence than at the present time. One of the new spring materials is flnezlbellne with a slightly harry sur face, and It comes In light colors. Waist lengths of habitual silks em broidered In dainty colors are shown In the shops and they are a very de sirable purchase. Parisian novelties in ctiatelalne bags of suede, satin and gold show decora- iions in the way of Jeweled watches or miniature spaces fur -mall por- lr,li,s- owners or old-fashioned earrings are finding new use for them by convert- Ing them Into hatpins. Cameos, onyx ... , tuiiicimiis or oilier .-..uoe n.ouniea in gold make hand- KfllttO Hut brw.lw.. ""-. i ne wnue tulle bow In Alsatian form farms to be welcomed by wife and ehil has found a new perch on top of th. dren; saw them leaving home with a head, with a loop of hair forming the' w)ff.s. K,,h. , ,hplr Mr nn(, -h,i,i,w center finish. This is very becoming (uis laies. Becoming flower toke. for youthful faces are made of forget-me-nots. One designed for a pretty blonde had a full crown of white cloth and a brim of forget-me-nots. On the left ...v.. " a. 10 lc mgiriic. Neck ruffles and boas are worn much flatter than early In ine season, and as many are unwilling to abandon the becoming effect of a ruffle close against the neck a compromise is made by having the back stand out like a Me dici collar. Beating All Reoords. Whenever the American people find a thing of merit, absolute, genuine merit, they appreciate It, and never hesitate to make liberal use of it. It Is merit that counts for the enormous sale of Cascarets-over ten million boxes last. year. It is the best bowel and Mver I regulator in the world and sells at j prices that suit everybody 10r, 23c and 50c a box. put up in tablet form, and I ever ytablet stamped "C. C. C." There ! is no waste. Cabarets are easy to ' take and are sold by the makers under I an absolute guarantee to refund the ! money If Cascarets do not prove sat- j sfactory. A 50c box is enough for a , whole month's treatment for the worst j case. We urge every sufferer to give Cascarets an immediate trial. i I Wanted. Agents in every counly in every state to sell "Mniing Stock;" $150 sal ary and expenses; steady work. Send Klc silver for pontage, prospectus and full Information, (jive reference. Our reference, Hatesvllle Hank. Address C. H. Hogan, Secy., Hatesvllle, Ark. Most bottles have a stopper, but aa(Tord t() hrn)r ()p ph.nim bravery man who is addicted' to the bottle I ,, if,(o ik.0'nio onto. never knows when to stop. Hypnotism. Be a hypnotist and make fun and money. The study Is easy and fas cinating, surprise all your friends; make money giving entertainments In large cities and small towns, or by teaching the art to others this Is a ure way to win a fortune. Write at once, enclosing 10 cents for free trial lessons, which pays for mailing only. Wilson Kggers, Hopkins, Mo. The total number of students at the universities of Germany this winter is 3C,ul.'i. as against .'M.iifiS last winter. A Whole Library if books. 60 In all for 2"c. Fun and mystery. Wonderful dancing skeleton I Of. Address K. M. Wlmberly, Box 5, 'Irannis, Ark. Perhaps they call them "machine politics" because so many politicians have "wheels." Mis. M. Link I'he Magnetic Healer. Is giving ab- 'i nt treatment with good success; pa tients are treated twice a day for tr.OC per month. Hy this method of treat ment and Instruction, if strictly fol lowed, a cure can be positively effect- 1. For particulars address No. 9f Cedar Ft., Oshkosh, Wis. I.'nclos. tamed and self-addrt ssed envelope. Mohair grenadines, very sheer, with while grounds patterned with different lellcate colors in a silky design arf on: plcuous among Ihe new materials. "Free Absent Treatment." The undersigned will give "KHKK , I IS I. 'NT TKKATMKNT" to all sulfer- rs for a short time only, giving you in oportunlty to test this wonderful lower; If you are benefited, being yoni iwn Judge, and wish further treat ment, his set vices can be had very rea- itiably, but first try his power, FHKK !' CiiAltlK. no matter where you ire, what your ailments are, or how ong allllited, for many cases hav.' been cuied after having been given up y physicians. It Is a crime ot suffer when you inn be healed, thousands have been healed by this method, why nut you?? Kneh and every rase given personal attention; write hint today, giving him full particulars of your aso. All he asks of you Is to enclose in cents with your application for his free treatment to hclp pay poslagi;. Postal curds will reed ye no attention. Prof. K. H. Ctillimn, Mobile, Ala. The trustees of Wesleyan university, Mlddletown, Conn., the oldest Metho dist college In the country, have given their oiricliil sanction to a bl-cenlen-nial celebration of the birth of John Wesley, to be held in June, Uto3. Kleptomania Is a pathetic disease. At least, there Is something touching about It. The riusslan mercantile mnrlne con sists of 7(5 steamers and 2,283 sailing vessels. THE PATHOS OF !.....,... London, May 8. The pathuB of the war is shown in a strong light by the pen of A. C. Males, the Australian cor- lespondent of the News. He writeB I was only a prisoner in the hands of the Boers for about a month, yet every moment of that time was bo fraught with interest that I fancy I picked up more of the real nature of the Boers than I Bhould have done under ordinary circumstances In a couple of vears. I was moved from laager to laager along 1thelfghtihg"mieTT'aw - 1hem at-wortt j with their rifles; saw them come in I from more than one tough skirmish, bringing their dead and wounded with them; saw them when they triumphed. and saw them when they had been . . whipped; saw them going to their loving kisses on their lips. I saw some of tf)pge 0(J Kr&y neadg shattered by our hpIlf, dy!n m wUh knited 1 hrou, ,,, ., ,on..ht ,..,,. -, ; -ome of (hplr beardle- Uiys Robbin(? ' , gful8 M, aa ,f. dve(J ,he Afrlcarl heath. i w Bome passing over the border line which divides life and death, with a ring of stern-browed comrades round them, leanig upon their rifles, while a brother or a father knelt and pressed the hand of him whose feet were on the very threshold of the land beyond the shadows. I saw oth ers smiling up Into the faces of women the poor, jxiln-drawn faces of the dy ing looking less haggard and worn than the anguish stricken features of their womanhood who knelt to comfort them in that last awful hour in the hour which divides time from eternity, the i B,.nltk - t 1, ...... of- t , i. 1 ,urM-r """""" of unsearchable death. Those things 1 have SPPn' an3 ln the ears of K'B"h mpn and wmpn 'pt 'ay. as one who knnws anrt fai" woulJ wak the f1""1' ""KM" truth corverning friend and that not H,",1P beneath the British flags are heroes found. Not alf,nP al h'" breasts of I'.ritish ma Irons ai"P hrnvp men suckled; for, as my soul Hveth. whether their cause he Just or unjust, whether the right or the wrong of this war be with them whether the blood of the hundreds that have fallen since the first rifle simke defiance. shall speak for or again! them at Ihe day or Juogmeru-uiey ai least Know now to die, and when a man has given his life for the cause he believes In, he is proven worthy even of his worst n emy's respect. And it seems to me that the British nation, with its long roll of heroic deeds, wrought from the world over, from Africa to Iceland, run well tored tillers of the soil. I lmve seen them die. Once as I lay a prisoner In a rocky ravine, all through the" hot afternoon, I heard Ihe rifles snapping like hounds around a cornered beas!. I watched the Koers as they moved from cover to cover, one here, one there, a little further on a couple ln a place of van tage, again in a natural fortress a group of eight; so they were placed as far as my eye could reach. The British force I could not see at ffll. They were out on the veldt, and the kopjes hid them from me; but I could hear the There are few things that cannot be. bought second-hand. One can get sec-1 ond hand anchors and secondhand books; second-hand gaa fixtures and baby carriages; pianos and Iron smoke stacks; water coolers and office desks; it would be difficult to think of any thing that cannot be bought second hand. One of the things that at first might bo thought to come within the category of things not sold in this manner Is the umbrella. Inquiry, how ever, revealed the fact that umbrellas are sold second-hand, though for va rious simple reasons not so comonly as some other articles of personal wear or use. Common an article as the umbrella Is In use and familiar to the eye, yel It Is far less commonly used than, say, for Instance, shor-s. In this climate, in winter at lenst, everybody wears shoes, and so would own at least one pair. But by no means everybody owns an umbrella. There are, in fact, plenty of people who never owned one, Just as. singular as It may seem to some per sons, there are many people who novel owned a watch. Then, as anybody can us an umbrella, It may be that a fam- lly of half a dozen persons would have only one or two umbrellas. There are plenly of big umbrella factories, with an aggregate output of millions of urn brellas yearly, but the number of fac tories and of the umbrellas 'produced would have to be multiplied If every inhabitant were to lie supplied with an umbrella. A great ninny umbrellns are destroy ed outright; blown Inside out In wind storms and made useli is for any pur pose; It wouldn't pay to repair them, and there Is nothing left lo them worth using. People commonly leave umbrel las that can lie mended, to lie repaired; and people ofterv carry an umbrella that Is In need of repairs with more thought of Its usefulness than of Its appearance. The umbrella Is commonly not thrown away until It Is useless to Its owner; and when It Is In that con dition, unless it were a fine umbrella, it would not pay a second-hand dealer to repair It. For example, It would never do to put a single panel of cloth - ......... 1 " TTTT7 rrnrtAlTTV TT 1 1TT TfimnnT T 1 r : U I iHiAfll) UMbKELLAlS. : ' THE CONFLICT. . . regular roar and ripple of their disci plined volleys, and I course of time, by watching the action of the Koers, J could anticipate the sound. They watched our officers, and when the signal to fire was given they drop ped behind cover with such speed and certainty that seldom a man was hit. Then, when the leaden hall had ceased to fall upon the rocks, they sprang out again and gave our fellows leed for lead. After a while our gunners seem ed to locate them and the shells came through the air snarling savagely, as leopards snarl before they spring, and the flying shrapnel reached many of the iioers, wounding, maiming or killing them; yet they held their positions with indomitable pluck, those who were not hit leaping out, regardless of personal danger, to pick up thos ewho were wounded. They were a strange, motley looking crowd, dressed in all kinds of farming apparel, Just such a crowd as one is apt to see in a far inland shear ing shed in Australia, but no man with a man's heart in his body could help admiring their devotion to one an other or their loyalty to the cause for which they were risking Iheir lives. One sight I saw which will stay with me while memory lasts. They had placed me under wagon, beneath a mass of overhanging ro.:ks. for safety, and there they brought two wounded men. One was a man of 50, a hard old veteran, with a complexion as dark as a New Zealand Maori. The board that framed his rugged face was three- fourths gray; his hands were as rough and knotted by open air work as the hoofs of a working ntw r. He looked what he was a Boer of mixed Dutch and French lineage. Later on 1 got Into conversation with him, and he told me a good deal of his lite. His father was descended from one of the old Dutch families who had emigrated to South Africa In search of religious lib erty ln the old days when the country was a wilderness. His mother had c"me In an unbroken, line from one of the noble families of France who had fled from home In the days of the terrible persecution of the Huguenots. He himself had been many things hunter, trader, farmer and fighting man. lie had fought against the natives, and he had fought against our people. The younger man was his son, a tall, fair fellow, scarcely more than a stripling, and I had no need to be a prophet to tell that his very hours were numtered. Both men had been wounded by one of our shells and it was pitiful lo walch them as they lay side by side, the elder holding the hand of the younger in a loving grasp, while with his other hand he stroked the boyish face with gestures lhat were infinitely pathetic. Just as the stars were coming out that night between the clouds that floated over us, the Roer boy sobbed his young life out, and ail through, the long watches of that mournful darkness the father lay with his dead laddie's hand ln his. The pain of his own wounds musl have been dreadful, but I heard no moan of anguish from his lips. When at the dawning they came to take the dead boy from the living man tho stem old warrior simply pressed his griaraled lips to the cold face, and then turned his gray beard to the hard earth anl made no further sign. In an umorella top; it wouldn't match the rest, and it wouldn't pay to put it In a lyway. Another rea.son why there are not more umbrellas sold second hand is that new umbrellas are so cheap. New umbrellas of some kind can be bought in these days marvel ously cheap; and persons- who might otherwise seek second-hand umbrellas, buy new ones; they wouldn't expect to get them second-hand at any lower prices. But after all there are to be found second-hand umbrellas, Just as there are to be found second-hand hats and shoes, though in smaller numbers. Some of them are bought by the old clothes men. Another place at which second-hand umbrellas can be bought is the pawn brokers; ln the pawnshops where per nor.:!.! properly of all sorts fs taken, umbrellas come In with the rest of the things offered; they are not common offerings, like some things, but not un usual. These, If not sold, go with other unredeemed and unsold pledges to the pawnbrokers' auction sab s; where they are bought by second-hand dealers who that kind of goods; an addition to tho comparatively limited number bought ln the usual manner. . The matrimonial Joke of James H. Fraser, a first-year student of the med ical department of the University of Pennsylvania, has terminated In di vorce. He wa-s married In New York to Miss Lucia F. Iluxford of Wash ington, 1. C, on November 17, IMS. Fraser was only 15 years of age and had but slight acquaintance with Miss Huxford, who was five years his sen ior. They had met on the day of the marriage quite by accident and Miss Huxford, Fraser affirms, suggested thnt they get married Just for fun. The supremo court of New York, has declar ed the marriage annulled. Chicago Tleoord: "Married that old man for love, did she? Well, I have my doubts about It." May Why so, dear? Ido iFqr the simple reason that I noticed no less than six different life Insurance blotters on her desk. WHERE ONE Memphis, Term., May 8. Mr. Henry Hooper, a St. Louis railroad man. w ho was in Memphis recently, w hile talking with a reporter, related a curious in cident of his early road life, which happened while he was braking on a railroad which ran out of St. Ixiuis. "In 1X93," said Mr. Hooper, "I was running on a freight between St. Louis and Sedalia, Mo., and it was during that winter that I ran across something that laid it over all I ever saw in the wjcQf. Jmboijig', Now of course. I've seen bums riding in all ways and places Imaginable, and to a man hanging by the rods on a fast freight or perched on, the pilot is not surprising to me. but this well, let me tell you. "We had been some time out of Se dalia, hitting a pretty good gait toward St. Louis. That winter the hobos ajong the ling of the 'Mop' were a fright, and the whole crew was kept busy chasing them off the train. As far as 1 was con cerned personally, they could all have had 'transportation,' tor I have been on the road myself, and believe that when a man is willing to take such big chances of life and limb to get over the country a fellow need not put him self out of the way to find him. But, then, the company had different views In regard to the matter, and we had to chase 'em or lose out. That night. ,and it was cold enough to freeze a polar bear, I made a dozen poor dev ils unload from the decks and rods. and felt sorry for every one of them wlif-n they hit the grit through the snow. Of course this sounds to you like a 'pipe' coming from an old shack, bat it's so. Well, It wasn't long before we pulled into Jeff City, and while the engineer oiled around I started out with two of the crew to chase hobos. Just as we got to the end of the train, old rBen- nan, the finest 'eagle eye' who ever jerked a throttle, called to Dan Hines, his fireman, to back up so that he could oil and wipe his links. Dan was cleaning his fire at the time, so, giv ing it a final swipe with his slash bar. he backed up. But, being a little care less, he pulled back too far, bringing the pilot half way over the pile of red hot coals he had Just raked from the fire box. "Just about that time I thought old man Brennan was going to throw a fit, TWO BIG AMERICAN SHIPS. The first plate of the keel of the largest ship ever built in the western hemisphere was laid recently at the Carmpa' yard, and, while no especial ceremonies were arranged for, the great steel sheet went into its place on the blocks watched by all of the six thou sand workmen who could possibly find time to view the sight. The tremendous vesserl that will be reared from this central plate is one of the pair of mammoth twins designed some time ago, and contracted for at Cramps' by the International Naviga tion company. The only pity is that these magnificent ships will not engage in trade from the port of their birth. They will need deeper water than the Delaware affords when the stream is In one of Its mean moods, and consequent ly will ply between New York and Southampton or Liverpool. hip already started and the twin to come are not only unique in size, but likewise in design and inten tion, for, while much larger than the splendid St. Paul and St. Louis, built for the same company in the same yards, they are in no wise competitors along the same line. The ocean grey hounds mentioned are of 11,600 tons rating, thev are 535 feet long, and are engine- with the power of 20.000 horses by contract, and far more by actual count. They . can steam better RIDDING A SHIP New Orleans, May 8. Wblle talking with some friends the captain of a big freight steamer taking on cargo ot New Orleans lo'nl mjicie queer stories phnut l ats. "I have the ship cleaned nut by pro fessional rat catchers whenever we touch at Liverpool," he said, "and be tween times we try to keep them down hy trapping, but its' hard work. We don't dare to use poison. If we did the hold would soon be full of dead rats and the stench would breed a fever. Our traps nre of the wire cage pattern and considerable craft has to be used In setting them, for a ship rat Is a very cunning beast, and he will steer clear of decoys that his land-lubber brothers! walk Into with Ihelr eyes open. If we simply baited the traps in the ordinary way and left them about In the hold. we wouldnt' catch a dozen In a year. Our plan Is this: On the first night we open irap doors lo lie them in lhat . .1 nos tlon w in 0 IS 01 siring, so im can't possibly spring shut. Then we put scraps of old cheese Inside and leave them until the following evening. That's to reassure the rats that the strange wire contrivances nre perfectly harmless and that they may enter ln with a certainty of getting out again. Next night we repew the bait and take off the strings, and, as a general rule, we catch all that the cages will hold. I have seen them so full that It seemed Impossible to get another yat Inside, HOBO RODE. and I got a pretty severe shock my self. Before Dan could lit go ih throttle it seemed to me bedlam had broken loose under that engine. " 'Lemme out,' yelled some one. 'Lem me out! Move her up! O Lord, I'n burnin' up!' The sounds came from under the pilot. Rushing round to the front we saw a hobo, not on the polit, but squirming around on the cross braces teneath it, yelling for all that was in him. "In a moment Dan had moved the -maeHr-s- as -io-puttiiC-KCello w away from the fire, and while he beat out with his dirty paws his blazing coat tails he still cussed, coughing all the while like an engine coming up ai grade. " liow in Sam Hill,' roared old Bren nan, not relishing the dressing down the hobo was giving him, 'How In Sam Hill did you git under my pilot?" " I got here when this bloomin' tea kettle was over de pit at Sedalia; but youse fellows needn't try to barbecue me for dat, need ye?' "Oh, but old Brennan was wrathy. 'Come out o' dat, ye dirty porch climb, er, or I'll set ye back over the fire.' " 'How c'n I git out did dis track under me?' the hobo yelled back. 'Tlnk I c'n dig t'rough It?' "Brennan saw that it was impossible for him to come from under the pilot till another roundhouse was reached.; This enterprising 'tourist' had crawled! into the pilot while the engine stood over a pit in the Sedalia roundhouse, and of course could not get out till another pit was placed under him. Although he had plenty of room to sit In, it was a very hazardous place to ride in, for in wreck dealh would be certain. When we reached Chamois, twenty-five miles further . on, wher there was a roundhouse, the poor devil was released, but he was a sight to see. His coat tails were birned off, hia whiskers and hair were' singed, one ol his 'lamps' was groggy from sulphur smoke and flying grit, and on th whole, to quote old Brennan, he looked like a 'raveled top string on a rainy day.' " Puck: Ferdy She is all the world t me! What would you advise me to dol Percy See a little more of the world old chap! than twenty knots for the entire trip across the Atlantic, and can outrun er erytlhng afloat, with very few excep- ' tions. Now for the new ships. They are ol a new type entirely a type made nec essary by the changing demand ol travel and the tremendous increase ot the ipountry'fe export trade. Nearly COO feet long, they rate at about 12,50 tons, but when. It coes to engines, they are content with about 12,000" to 14,000 horse power, capable of driving thera at a 12 to 15-knot clip.. ' This great Increase of size and de crease of engine power sacrifices only Lone thing, speed, while it compensates by giving an immensely more comfort able ship for passengers and a very much more profitable one for the own ers. - It was the success of the Kensington and Southwark of their own line and the mammoth new shipsi of the Ger man and English lines, that led the International company to prepare to meet the demand of trade by construct ing these two new ships. They will make the passage ln from ten to twelve days, and with their greath length and broad bilge keels will ride far easier than the high-powered and tremen dously driven ships of speed that go in for record smashing to the exclusion of everything else. OF ITS RATS. which is pretty good evidence, as t take It, that they can't communicate with each other and give the alarm. There is nothing new about the trick I describe It is practiced on all big ships when the rats get too bad. "As long as the creatures have enough water to drink," continued the captain, "they don't give the crew any particular trouble, and keep out of sight down in the bowels of the ship. But thirst makes them desperate, and then they become an unmitigated nui sance and will go boldly anywhere In search of a drink. I have known them to Invade the fo'castle in such numbers that they drove the sailors to the deck, and at other times I have seen several hundred make a combined rush for tho water-barrel. It would surprise most people unaccustomed to seafaring Ufa to know that wnter'ls usually kept In "'"'" 'I- mem oe.ow, and If for any reason the suniilv mm - short there is sure to be trouble. I said Just now that when the creatures wert thirsty they would go anywhere and I mean It to the letter. They will cl'.mli Into the rigging like monkeys, and It !s a common thing for them to go cleat up to the topsails looking for the rain water that accumulates ln the blghl or fold of furled canvas." Bomervllle Journal: F.ven the girl wh marries for love doesn't always get It.