t-
j Last Cruise of
OAPT. KLISHA HOPKWEU.. of
the brig Mary Ann, of Salem,
had been repairing ami repaiut
kig and making his craft ready for a
voyage to Imdou and return. The
fear was 1TM. ami buy ami man he
Sad been sailing fur over thirty yearn.
Although he had owned ami com
manded the Mary Ann for ten years,
the was by no menus a new . craft
when lie got her. In making repairs
be had found many signs of weak
lie finished Ilis day's work
"... f,., I,,.,,,.. t,i kmix were !
uu J-iani-i iv'i u""- - -
tiff and his back in lied.
lie reached hi house to lind his
wife Xiiiiev. and kiiihmt waiting lor
him. and as he took his sent, at the i
table he looked at her critically and
for the lirst time noticed that there
were gray hairs among the brown
on her head.
"Elisha, have you lost your jack
knife or heard that your brother was
dead?" quietly asked Nancy after
awhile.
"No," he answered, and followed the
word with a sigh.
"Mebbe ye are comin' down with
measles. Your mother says ye never
had 'em as a boy."
"Mebbe I am," he gloomily replied.
Nancy waited for three minutes to
see if he had an explanation, but as
none came she briskly said:
"Now look here, Elisha, I know all
about it, and I've been sort o' spectin'
this thing would happen any time.
You've been overhauliu' the Mary Ann
and you've found she's growing old.
you've found out the same thing of
yourself, and you've suddenly seen it
In me. It has struck you all in a
heap, and you feel glum over it."
"Then, by Josh, you've hit it!" ex
claimed the captain, giad to have an
opportunity to talk it over."
"Wall, there ain't no call to cry over
it," she continued. "Ever since you
got this charter, I've made up my
mind that it would be- our last voy
age." "Bat how can it be, Nancy."
"It won't be so hard. We are purty
well off fur common folks. Elisha.
That is, we've got enough mouey to
start you in ship chandlery," and we
own our own house and lot No fear
but what we'll come out all right.
We must give up the sea to younger
folks."
They talked It over for a couple of
hours, and it was fully decided that
when the Mary Ann returned to Salem
her last voyage under Captain Hope
well would be ended. Perhaps an
astrologer might have warned them
that there would be no homecoming
for the brig . which had borne them
afe!y over so many leagues of ocean,
bat there was no reader of the future
at hand.
It got to be known over Salem that
Captain Hopewell was making his last
voyage, and when the Mary Ann cart
off from the wharf there was a big
crowd at hand to cheer her departure
and wish her a safe return. She head-j
ed out into the Atlantic on a sum
mer's afternoon, and as the Massa
chusetts shores faded behind them,
Captain Elisha said to Nancy:
"By Josh, then, Nancy, but it seems
as if a piece of that beef we had
fur breakfast had got stuck in my
throat."
"It's a sort o' weakness of our feel
ins'. Elisha," she replied as she turned
away to wipe her eyes, "but I guess
we've decided for the best"
For a thousand miles, headed to
ward the rising sun, the Mary Ann
was driven ns she had never been
driven liefore. .There was a piping
L.-eze, and it scarcely varied a point,
lud a third of the run had been mark
ed off when there fell a flat calm.
It ass: cixm ivhen the wind died
out, and the man sent aloft reported
the ocean, clear of nail. As sundown
came the sea was like glass, and It
tfas tiie same state of affairs at mid
night when the watch was changed.
The mate went off and the captain
nin.e on and he had been only on deck
ftaif an hour when Nancy appeared. She
declared It to be too hot below to
S'.eep.
In a calm midocean at night there
an range and uncanny sounds from
Ihe hold of a ship as she lazily heaves
an on the ground swell. Boxes and
barrel down In the hold rub each
ether, bulkheads creak and timbers
. groan, and now and then there are
In ill squeaks from the fighting rats,
lien who sleep during a clam breathe
tentoriously and sigb and groan now
and then, and tbe wakeful onea move
bout uueasily and cast apprebenalre
glance over the sea.
Nuncy walked aimlessly about for a
While and then rested her arms on tbe
tall and gased off Into (be darkness
and let her thoughts wander back
borne. tJhe bad beeu silent fur a quar
',. tar of an boar when she gave a snd-
' f start and bent bar car to listen.
-";f4n Kllate happened to note ber
t4 and be crossed a-er to her
' tod asked;
ZtX Kaocjr, Cye thlafc anybody
Xsto JIM wvoorte walls wara
're oa Ibis trtor ,
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i fc!l Umi m Ml am. "Ceart
C rr.l af ear lac 3
f ir2i fcv tZi" fct
e
tbe tuy Add j
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oars at work, but how on earth can
a boat be out there?"
"1 Ultimo, nut there is otic. Now
you sit the sounds plainer. If a host,
I tell vou, and she's pultiug at least
four oars.' She must be from a wreck,
and you'd better light a lantern and
lash "it in ihe rlggin' to guide 'em."
A lantern was procured and placed
as suggested, and It had scarcely
thrown its light over the waters when
....,. n t,:,n from half a dozen
throats at once. Captain Hopewell an-
swercd it. and within five
minutes
.....
every one of the crew of the Mary
Ann was on deck
and wide-awake
" i'"1""1.'
The hails were repeated at intervals.
the sound of the oars came nearer, and
at the end of half an hour a big
yawl with twelve men and their dun
nage in it drew alongside the Mary
Ann.
By Josh, then, but it's a crew of
Dutchmen'." exclaimed Captain Hope
well, as he peered down in the boat
He was right. They were big and
sturdy men who had sailed out of the
Texel, and it was quickly discovered
that not one of them could speak Eng
lish. Each one brought his bag of
clothing over the rail with him, but
water and provisions were left behind.
A man who was doubtless the mate
of the crew advanced to Captain Hope
well and entered into a long explan
ation, not one word of which was un
derstood. It was, however, guessed
that his ship had sprang a leak and
that he had been obliged to abandon
her.
He was made to understand that
they were welcome and would be land
ed In London, and by and by the
twelve men withdrew in a body and
stretched themselves on deck and
went to sleep. Nancy had looked Into
the faces of all in a critical way, and
while the Dutch mate was telling his
story her eyes never, left his face.
When the strangers had withdrawn
she descended to the cabin and a few
minutes later Captain Elisha followed
her and said:
"Nancy. I'm jiggered if this ain't
a f'mny thing. I can't say that things
look exactly right to me."
"I tell you what, Elisha." she re
plied in her quiet way. "If a ship had
bin on fire or in a sinkiu' state them
men would never have brought all
their clothin' and heaped in the water
and provisions they did."
"No, by Josh, they wouldn't, but
how do they come to be afloat?"
"Dunno. but there's a mystery about
it. There's the hull crew except the
captain. How did he come to be left
behind? And didn't you notice how
the men looked the brig over and kept
dodgln' and whisperin'? I'm be
llevin' we shall have trouble with 'em,
Elisha."
"But they can't be pirates."
"Probably not."
"And there's no war between us."
"No, but we can't make out their
story, and I do believe that mate was
lyin' all the time. I wish he hadn't
shown a light and brought them
aboard."
The Dutchmen were tired with their
pull at the oars and slept soundly till
the morning watch of the. Mary Ann
was ready to wash down decks. Then
they rose up, yawning and stretching.
and the last was hardly on his feet
before the breeze came. Sail was made
at once, and as the Mary Ann laid her
course Captain Hopewell called the
cook aft to see about preparing break
fast for the extra men.
He had his eye on the strangers at
the same time and noted that they had
gathered in a bunch and were whisper
ing together. Their yawl was a big
anil clumsy boat, provided with oars
and sail, and as there was no room
ou the deck of the brig to stow It the
captain went forward and tried to
make the Dutch mate underhand 'that
the contents should be hoisted aboard
and the yawl sent adrift.
He made himself clear enough, but
as if his words and gestures had been
a signal the twelve Dutchmen at once
sprang upon the crew of the Mary
Ann, all of whom were on deck. They
were stout, determined men, and the
move was so sudden that no resistcw-e
was made.
Nancy heard the scuffle .and appear
ed on deck to And Captain Elisha and
all his men pr!a(uers. They were
prisoners, and yet they were not
bound. When they made no struggle.
the Dutch mate took off bis cap to
Nancy and sought to make It clear to
the others that they were to be sent
adrift In the yawl.
Wall, d'ye understand what he's
drivln' at?" suited Captain Elisha. as
be turned to Nancy.
"I do, Elisha." she replied, ""and I'm
not a bit surprised. Tbey mean to
turn us adrift, and go sailing away
with the brig."
"But, by Josh, how can they do It!
It's tbe same as piracy! , Men, let'a
make a fight fur It!"
"Stop, Elisha!" called Nancy.
"There's no show for ns! They'll beat
ye to death before yon can knock one
of 'em down. Doni drive them to
marder when there's no call far It"
"And I am to let 'em have
atoa of brig and cargo r
Tm'U have ta. If yon are easy
tO 'aaa waH fft away all right, and
wt any att reaaal to help aa ba
fsn Mttk" -
mlT ecrtaia. m shew ata
WCICi cat, "tart wtti that
are at sea fur a montli. 'i are fur
tbe boat."
TJiat settled it. It is due to the
stranger to say that they made not
the slightest objection when inure
water and provisions were lowered in
to the lioat, ami when the men packi-d
and lowereil their bags ami Nancy
brought up a big bundle of things from
the cabin.
1 They had no jeers or insults to dins
! after those they had sent afloat, but
'at 0De made more sail on the brig
and headed her on a new course,
, Nancy had smuggh-d the chart and a
spare compass into her bundle, and
i as the boat drew away she was forcwl
' hy the wind to hold a true course for
j the English channel. There were
' provisions In plenty, ajid scarcely a
I word was uttered before breakfast had
been served out Then Nancy quietly
asked:
"Elisha, what ye goin' to do about
it?"
"I'm goin' to Stan' to the eastward
for awhile," he replied, after thinking
It over. "I'll jest keep track of the
'Mary Ann' as long as I can, and its
jest possible that we may be picked
up and have a show to git her back.
If we don't meet anything by to-inor-row.
and the wind allows It, I'll head
for home, though I don't see how I'm
ever to hold up my head In Boston
or Salem og'in. They'll say I was a
coward not to make a fight fur iL"
"Then they'll be fools! The Dutch
men would have killed every one of us
but what they'd had the brig, and we
ought to thank heaven we got off as
well as we did. Don't ye despair,
Elisha. We've seen some tight squeaks,
but we've alius come out all right
Don't ye remember how a whale once
saved us?"
"And the same whale may eat us
this timer
All that day tbe boat ran her true
course, but as the brig bore into the
north and sailed the faster her topsails
were only a speck on the sea when
the Bun went down. As the breeze
did not full with the sun, the men
were divided Into watches, a lantern
was run to the head of the mast head
of the mast as a signal, and hour after
hour the boat danced over the seas.
There were two men on the look
out, but after midnight Nancy roused
up and spoke to them and found that
both of them were asleep. She sat
down beside one of them in the bow.
wide-awake with her thoughts of the
sudden change In their fortunes, and
a long hour passed when the sight of
a ship suddenly danced before her.
It was a craft with all her sails
set, and having been taken aback she
was drifting away stern first, though
this fact was not known till later. A
cry from tbe woman roused every
body In an instant, and pointing Into
the south she chokingly exclaimed:
"There there a ship a ship!"
"By Josh, and there Is!" answered
Captain Elisha a second later. "Now,
men, all together and hall her."
A great shout went over tbe water,
but it was not answered, and neither
was a light displayed. The shout was
repealed again and again and again,
and then after a long iook Captain
Elisha cried out:
"Why, I believe she's an abandoned
craft and takln' care of herself! We'll
run right alongside in five minutes!'
They reached the decks of the
stranger to find her a ship of a good
deal larger than the Mary Ann. and a
search of ten minutes proved that not
a living soul was aboard. There was
a dead man. though.
Lying In the main cabin, fully
dressed, was the corpse of the captain,
and a sailor's sheath knife was still
sticking in his back. Murder had been
done before the ship was abandoned.
Did you ever read an account of that
ocean mystery? The ship Voorne, Cap
tian Bergen, master, had set out from
North Sea ports bound for New York
with a valuable cargo. That was the
craft Hopewell found adrift In tnid
ocea u.
Ilcr crew, from the mute down, were
the men who iook forcible possession
of the Mary Ann, after killing their
capiaJn and abandoning their vessel.
What drove them to the deed of blood
why they didn't stand by Iheir ship
afterward where they headed for hi
the stolen brig there are questions
that have never been answered.
Perhaps the mate and his chief quar
reled and murder was done in pas
sion. Then fear of the law marie the
whole crew clamorous to get out of
(he ship. They took nothing with
them which was not their own.
They oven left over a thousand do!
lars in goid and sliver behind them.
If any human eye ever sighted the
Mary Ann after ber crew lost sight
of her, the fact baa not been reported
to this dsy. It Is easy to guess her
fate, however. She either went down
In a gale at sea or was wrecked on
some Iron-bound cosst to tbe nortfi,
and every soul perished.
No sooner bad tbe body of tbe late
captain received burial and the ship's
paiiers been overhauled to find ber
port of destination man sne was ne-
- . . . . 1 . t .t
ed for tne port 01 new ior w uc
delivered op to tbe consignees. It was
a short-bandwl crew to work such a
big crart. bnt every man men to 00
two men's work, and It was recorded
on tbe log that Nancy Hopewell steer
ed ber tricks at tbe wheel and kept
lookouts wltb tbe men.
While they had been despoiled of the
Mary Ann. mey were w una m
aelrea larftly the gainers by It After
a run which was bare of event tbe
derelict wan safely moored la New
. fork baitor, sod Captain Elisha bad
v.mih-j resuore tie tar from bar kaade
I and slid! a la met eoaopaay.
I ft Is of tha laa tfo I have vrtttoa.
Tits Hart ataaia of both data as
tery. hut the salvage, money received
from the Voorue gave then) years of
comfort and happiness. People some
times wondered that in their old age
there Wiisiio abatement of their affec
tions, and Klisha would always answer
them wlih:
'Then, Iy Josh, it's because Nancy
Is the bravest and liest woman on
earth, and I don't care who hears me
sav sol" New York Sun.
MODERNIZING THE HOLY LAND.
Invasion of American Mechanical In
veutioo Into Syria.
"A peaceful revolution is now going
i n in the Holy Land." writes an Anier
lean correspondent. "Where plows id
antique types were hauled by camels,
own, and donkeys, tbe steam plow
Is seen. In harvest time, instead ol
the patient, mitique methods, huge
harvesting maclmns, resijw rs and
threshers are operated by steam. Tht
standard gauge railway has alreadj
pent tinted Inland to Huns, Ihe ".Man
Chester of Syria, ' where, on its arrival
a mob liciiiaiidnl its surrender. Vie
torias and landaus iire running be
twecn limns and Palmyra, where tht
ruins were once a sealed book. Auto
mobile line-! are preparing to cross tin
desert ami succeed the mail lines ol
fleet droimslaries. When the Ameri
can steam thresher arrived In Syria
from Indiana the plant was prompt!)
b jiight by Nrtjib Sursock B y, the pro
gressive millionaire, owning gna:
areas of Syria and Egypt, who vows tr
buying anything the Americans invent
The success of the plant was Com
plele. The ftraw bruiser attached tc
the separator has opened a new daws
of plenty for starving animals of th
Holy Land. Syrian straw is hard ami
stiff, and hence It was supposed foi
ages to be valueless. The bruiser, t
steel cylinder with twelve rows ol
corrugated teeth making 1,200 revolu
tions a minute, now makes the straw
fit for the animals to eat. The Ko
ran, adds our correspondent, wn
surely retreat before American ma
ehlnery and methods introduced slinul
taneously with American schools. Thl
may be said to be the first deal!
blow at Mahomedan'.sm. The Arab'
are accustomed to work, and court It
AU the wars heretofore waged hiv
never wielded tne siigniest iiiniunci
on the religious fanaticism of the
people. Machinery and modern meth
ols and enlightened (diication, how
ever, bringing the Arabs new am
cheerful labor, better pay, and re
wards, will expose them constantly I
the weakm ises of ther en el and cm
in their complete nu-tatii' rphosis frou
their forms of dress, foods, thoughts
and conduct." London Sphere.
QUEER THINGS ABOUT SONGS.
Some Favoriteaof Latter Time Wer
Composed Centuriej A so.
Martin Luther was not the first t
object to "letting the devil have al
the good tunes," says the Internationa
Quarterly. The bishop of Ossory it
the fourteenth century used such tunei
as "Do, Do, Nightingale, Sing I'ul
Merry," in compiling a lxxk of hymns
The song of Deborah and P.arak I.
tie scriptures, with Its extemporiza
tion, its clapping of hands to mark tin
rhythm, its alternation of solo am
chorus, would not be unlike the sing
mg at a camp-meetiug ou a Southed
plantation. The drum major of a mi)
ltary band Is a survival of the chant
plon who strode, twirling his sword a
the head of an army In the old dayi
challenging the champion of the othet Broa(way , New york the otiier day. Lred wlth queers, and placed at varl
side to combat. ! Beaupre does not enjoy bis unique dls-' ous ((.jitu(ii from six Inches to thre
"We won t Oo Home 1 ill Morning tJl)ctlon. Belllg mdepeudeutly wealthy anu 8 llIllf f.L Tnere are y2 complet.
has a more Interesting history that anJ il)telliK,.nt aIld r,n,ltHl a9 wel, be representing JO.
S .Al"' r. - -bo- M genera and M families
. 1 ". Z. r
crusader named Marnbron. The nie
dy was caught by the Saracens and
Is still sung In the east. In I'ranct
the name "Marnbron" was centurlei
afterward altered to "Malbrodkc," de
risively applied to the Duke of Marl
borough. "Malbrooke he went , U
The her siatHnrf-ofuieoU
war" the words fitted will enough
cru&adcr, "he's dead and buriid." wat
applied in spirit of hope to the vlctoi
of Blenheim.
Du Matiricr iu "Trilby" makes grea:
use of "Malbrooke," us ho docs of
"lieu Bolt." Beelhoveu usi d tin
theme In an orchestral score, "Thi
Battle of Vittorla." In England flu
s n Is oftenest fitted to the words
"For He's a Jolly Good FiJIow." Scot
tlsh folkongs are most difficult to liul
late. Mendi lssohn did It so success
fully, however, that most people win
sing "Ob, Wert Thou In the Chu'i
Blast?" take it for an old native air
Astoolahing Musical Hi a Unties.
In the course of a lecture at tin
Conference of Musicians in Dublin
Ireland, some Interesting particular
and some astonishing statistics wen
given relatively to the amount of woii !
accomplished by the bralu and iiervv
In plauo playing. A pijn at In view b
the present state of piano-forte piaj
Ing has lo cultivate the eye to sci
about 1,500 signs lu one minute, tb
Angers to make about 2,0JO rnovi
I ments, and the brain lo receive am
mLnii .eparatcly Ihe 1.500 sig 1
j wh,rh ,t ))iUe- 2000 orrtl!l1, j p)a
Webw., ..Muto perp.-tuo," a p a
M ,0 rend 4 M1 DOiet n a 1 1
tie under four m n ill en. This Is a!xi
IS) per second; but tbe eye can t
celre only about ten cons cut he I.
pressloni per second, so that it Is
Ideflt that In vry rspH mus e a r liy
doea not see every note singly, but '
group probably a bar or m rt i
QB0 rUuB. i Chopin's "Etude
E minor" (in tbe second set) tbe spu
of reading la atill greater, since It
naeeasary to read J.8C0 signs In t
laotaa and a half, which Is quf
Irat to aboat SS notes per second.
WKcb haaat
aalttlgal ew-aa
A "FAKIR'S" CONFESSIONS.
Chicago, He Bar, ! the Only "Square"
Cltr.
In the current Independent are pub
lished the confessions of a street
fakir" who for obvious reasons re
mains anonymous, from which account
't appears that the business Is profit-
ible.
The fakir's real beginning as Hn in
dependent operator was In Chicago, of
which he says: "Chicago Is the only
'square' town in this country that is,
square' from a fakir's or grafter's
point of view. Vou pay for protec
tion and you get It."
He paid the captain $5 fur a week
for permission to sell knife sharpens,
and gave the man on iost about a
dollar a day. He was warned not ti
try any ''jainnrn-,'" or 'slum" fit lhi
low rate. These privileges cost $K
and $" a day, respectively.
"Jamming" is getting p .ssi slou id
the money of a crowd ou the mid r
standing that it is to be giveti back
and then whipping tip a fust fair,
of hors-s and driving away. Slum'
Is si Ming packages of jewelry, hand
kerchiefs, etc.
There arc towns that are not
"square." In Cleveland the confess
ing fakir paid fur "protection" mid
was afterward tUTcsted and lined.
Then he went to New York, concern
ing which It Is his testimony th.it it
is a town of "easy marks." New
York Is "closed," except ji:l before
Christmas, but there is something do
ing In "sneak pitches" thut is, in
"squaring" the man on post and sell
Ing for a few minutes bi-twi-en the
visits of the "rounds." Howi vi-r. when
the artist tried It he was arrested by
the very mau he had bribed, mid
thi nee went to Philadelphia, of which
he says:
"Philadelphia is the cheapest city in
the United States. The policemen are
paid at the rate of $1.75 per day. ami
a fakir who gives one of them a quar
ter for protection Is hailed as a Car
negie. For a dollar n day the guar
dian of the beat you are working on
will keep your territory clear of other
fakirs ud vote you prince of good
fellow S.
"There is not much money to be
made lu Philadelphia by a fakir, for
various reasons. First, the people have
in Inherited trait of tlinftitK ss; sec
ond, they live their lives less fever
ishly than In any other large city ol
the United States; mid tb"re are 'home
guards' In (he (own. who take care tf
all the surplus cash floating arou:.d."
New York and Chicago are the head
quarters for new novelties, and fa
kirs of the first class secure the new
things. The fakirs keep In touch with
the novelty supply complaints for new
things, and scan the papers constant
ly for announcements which Iudlcat
some unusual event that will draw a
crowd.
'T think that for straight fukins;
aluminium gas tips were the mosl
profitable things I ever handle!," sayi
the account of the fakir In the Hide- j burled In the soli and still retain theli
pendent. "They cost me, with th power of germination?" Many extra
brass pillar attached, $ I. .".." per gross. ordinary stories have been told of thi
I laid out X in tips and printed prolongation of the vitality of seed!
matter, planned my campa:g:i, aud be I during many years, and even ceotur
gan an itinerary which occuphd four lies, but vry few actual t-xperlmenti
months of my time. My bank accouid have hitherto been made. In 1901
showed a balance to my favor Jusl Doctor Beal reported that he had
$4,fi27 in excess when I had completed, found weds which rei-ponded to germ-
my tour.
The Hiugeat Man.
Edward Beaupre, the biggest roan In
the World. WUS one Of the Sights on
feet 3 inches in neignt anu weigim .va
pounds. He wears a No. 8 hat and a
22 ehoe. Beaupre weighed 9 pounds
when he was norn. ne was just iiko
other babies until, at the age of 3,
he
began to grow with remarkable
speed. His parents are of normal size,
He whs feet wueti a years old.
UtTt
him a suit of clothes. He has two
brothers and four sisters, none of
whom is remarkable for size except
one of the boys, aged 1), who Is 5 feet
8 inches and growing at a rate at
which he will soon catch up to his big
brolher.
Tbe House Ibat Jack Built.
0.
This is the number of bucks per
week that was saved from to build
the house that Jack built.
.30.
This Is the sum which Mrs. Jack
looked like lu the frocks she made for
herself In order to save for the house
that Jack built
15
This Is the number of full meals that
can he prepared without cooking from
a package of Ihe food which the Jacks
ate In order to save for the house that
lack built
87. 37.
The ages of Jack and his wife, re
spectlvely, when they had finally paid
tor the bouse that Jack built.
An Ardent licader.
"WelL" said the Sheriff, with an air
of satisfaction, "uoospapers don't make
no great sight out o' me, now I tell
ye, for It's seldom ever I set down to
look st one on 'em. I got a book up
borne there I lake an' read out on, ef
I ain't got not hlti" better to do. Tbe
woman sbe give a feller a dollar for
ber one time, an' put hlra up over
night, too, she did." Century.
If la High Avi-ra.
Friend Of course your son gradn.
atad wltt a high average?.
Uraduatfa rather (not yet recover-
d fran the bul Tea, It cost me H
100 last year Baltlsaere Aaterlcan.
Tot MT - "H Itttballt
feaC tar fa".
ion
-The house fly, with a total life ol
about ten days, develops iu tbesa
IK-riods: Kgg from laying to hatching
one third of a day; hatching of larva
to Hist molt, one day; second molt to
pupation, three days; pupation to Is
suing of the adult, five days.
The new bout of M. Turc. of tb
French navy, designed to pass through
the waves without roil or pifcii ll
described as a combination of sul
marine and hi;;h platform. The sub
marine is three hundred feet loi'ft
seventy-five feel wide mid twelve feel
deep, and is to contain boilers, nginn
and steering gear, which will be sul
merged to a depth of twelve feet.
From the submarine will rise vertical
ly two floater, sixty-live feet apart,
each two hundred feet long and ten
feet wide.
In addition to an eight inch dia
peariug gun, tiring a light projectil
by compressed air, there Is. iu an
armory of the National Guard In
Brooklyn, a model of a ship's cutter,
carrying n crew of ten men and a one
pounder gun, and running on coucealcd
wheels, which are driven by meum
of a rope attached to the oars. A
rudder-post Is geared to a guldlni
wheel in the stern, su that, with oan
swinging and men betiding to theli
work, the boat glides about the armorj
floor, and looks, in partial darkness,
as If it were genuinely afloat. Tbl
bout and the disappearing gun, to
gether with the model of a fort, en
able the regiment to practise niauf ol
the manoeuvers of coast attack ana
defense as they are carried on la
actual warfare.
A scientific Investigation of musculai
fatigue has been begun by M. A. M.
Bloeh. From quest ions sent to per
sons of many occupations be find!
that It Is not the most used muscle!
that are most subject to fatigue, hut
those that are kept under tension, al
though doing no work. The back,
loins and neck need more exercise t
strengthen them, the arms and leg!
less. The baker becomes first tired
in the legs, the uoodawyer In tin
calves of the bgs or the loins, tbl
road digger in the legs, the blacksmith
In the back and loins, the young soldiei
in the back of the neck, the horseman
In the thigh, the artilleryman In thi
neck and loins, the immature violinist
In the neck, the practiced violinist la
the left band, the expert fencer In th
right fchouUler, the oarsman la tbl
calves nnd insteps.
The department of agriculture haj
undertaken a series of experiments in
tended to answer. If possible, the old
question, "How long can seeds remain
li'.atlon lefts after having been burled
twenty years. The seeds burled by th
agricultural department at the Arling
ton farm last December were packed
.(tn ,1rir clnv In iwirotw cln riots cov.
T..u flrp to be mHie . ot L
o, 3 5, 7 jo, 15, 20, 25, ."50, 40, ni
50 years. '
Tbe President's Trip.
The President's trip is likely to lu
duee more of his countrymen to se
n,e magnificent scenery of the West
!! 'V'"
companions, of two such loven
nlll interpreters of nature as John
Burroughs and John Mulr, writer!
whose preaching of the gosjwd of out
door life Is one of the Minest influ-
eniv 0f 01lr berated times. Mr. Koose.
velt's debt of health to the West and
his appreciation of Its great natural
features lend practical force to hit
wMl ",at hiH countrymen shall know
it better. His regretful statement thai
I the larger proportion of visitors to tot
Yellowstone are foreigners would prob
ably apply to the Craud Canyon of tht
Colorado as well. If not to the Yonem-.
A11 ,lir,'-' "c tll,,s marvelous
1 regions should be as familiar to out
people as Niagara or the White Moun
tj,l"H- "Th' "l"'"'''! child." say th
Japan1?, "fdioutd be made to travel.
8 prescription which may well he tnadt
ror ,lle vum ,n wr of being spoil-
ed. It would be fortunate if well to
do parents In tbe Ka stern States coulil
see the advantage of sending theli
out from the ,nt nd 'uury of
our complex life Into the wbolcsomt
t-alm, simplicity, and uuforgetable mult-sty
of these Western wonderlands. -
Century.
Lithographic Htone In Greece.
One of the rarities of the earth It
tbe tine gr Blind l.mestone umd fol
inuki ', ll.bogmpblc plates.' The qU0p
rle si Kolenhofen, derma ny, o ceiw.
vbrsttd not only for (be excellence ol
tbilr lithographic stone, but slso be)
is use remarkable spiclroptis of the ex
tlnct flying reptile called tbe achaeop
terli have been found embedded hi
Ibe atone. News now comes from
Athens that large deposits of thlf
sitae have been discovered la Tbe
My. not far from Pharaslla, wberi
I'ompey the Oreat was defeated bj
Jallua Caaaar. I me aiperta say taU
u.eea accaa at aapartor to Ua beat
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