Nebraska Newspapers

    A signal code is the language of ships
at oca. If the cruisers of the I'nlted
Slates navy were to lose their power
of speaking to one another the effect
upon the navy would be disastrous.
Speech at sea between warships Is as
necessary as speech on land between
mortals. Kor years and years experts
have been at work getting np a sys
tem of ship signals by which vessels
could communicate with each other
quickly and perfectly, but up to date
no perfect system has been devised.
There Is not on the face of the earth or
on the see a perfect system of ship sig
naling. There are in existence a great
many signals which are In constant
use. but oil these have their Imperfec
tions. Some are faultier than others.
The great obstacle In the way of ship
signaling Is the distance. There are a
great many signals which are good
within eyesight, but as soon as the eye
sight falls the signals become useless.
In case of a fog a great many eystcmiJie
thrown out; othe»i become useless at
night; other systems have to he dls
carcd because they depend wholly up
on color and color la extremely apt to
fill when most needed. The eyes are
datelved by the rapid Hashing. Kiss
systems are very good, but In case of
a calm the flags hang limp and then
even (he flag system Is useless. This
is, however, about the most efficacious
of all and is In general use all over
the world.
Swrft Tod##.
When Cspt. Slgsbee':- Maine was
blown up the captain's first thought
was for his private signal code. This
Is In the captain's cabin of every cruis
er slid is k*pi tinder lock and key. This
wtret signal code lit printed In a book,
the'eovera of Vhldi are weighted with
lead. In an engagement at sea if the
vcrecl Is about to !>• captured the cap
tain or the tiexf officer thinks of the
iignal code, gets It out and drops It
Overboard,* It fallc Wketead to rhe bot
tom Of the sea and thP enemy docs ntH 1
44 fitM. I
set hold of it. P'ortuuately, (“apt. 8ig»
Im e found the signal iode safe In the
cabin or what remained of the cabin
of th* Maine. There it was, wet hut
pel feet. If it had been loat at aea it
would have n» retaliated the making of
a io-w t od* for tha entire I'nlted dtale*
i' iiy. home year* ago an Internation
al atgual rod* wa* adopted by which
all eraeelaon the high #<-a» could apeak
to each other. Tbla code la of *u h a
nature that It can be read by I'tigllah
Prtn.b Harman. Spanish. Italian ov
Ituaaian sailor* without trouble They
do nop need to know «yiy other Ian
gunge thin their own tn order to read
tha rede. Iho international code con
si*'* of eighteen Bag*, aa follow# On*
burgee four pennant* and thirteen
square Bag« and tn addition an an*wet -
lag pennant i he «lgW«u dig* icb*'
nenl the con uaantt of th* alphabet and
by a i'ouibmaUoa of two, three or four
of three rag* arbitrary elgn* #<« wade
which repteaent word* and *»nien **uf
the »1*0* a rnitba'iou in all langueg**
f etlee Veigen
l.e^nge »ry tepteeeniad by the flag*
f i the InternVlngel cod* ina'ead of
t.Mwig'1 Igthii at# adopted la thf*
dor to me he a mm* rs mo pro he >»«!»•
Clide II pagnerela were uer I only It
I id <tt 'ln*i etgnaia • on Id ho mad* »ttb
• ho tat tf four B <gt hot with totter*
thMI die I net •tgnol. ere poowhlo with
lerrt neat than four Bag* far a hot**
|« deciding ca thi* Method th* in
teeoattoaal hoard of egport* laid dona
l ho foil i* lag print Ip to* aa the haeie fu*
tke Marattoa of a* #•«*•« end* *■*
the I ailed Btatea «'< ha** a etaad
lap ••»** opaa la all mho ftilt lo la
"HBAYB.TO OR I FIRE." THE INTERNATIONAL CODE THAT 18 CSKU
1JV I’NCLE SAM WHEN'HE WANTS TO SPEAK "FRENCH."
-ft t- — * - • — --
vent a signal code it may be interest
ing to give the principles completes:
1. Code ought to be comprehensive
and clear and not expensive.
2. It ought to provide for not less i
than 20,000 distinct signals, and should
besides be capable of designating not j
less than 50.000 ships with power of
extension If required.
3. It should express the nature of
the signal made by the combination of
the signs employed, and the more Im
portant signals should be expressed by
the more simple combinations.
4. A signal should not consist of
more than four (lags or symbols at oue
hoist.
5. A signal should be made complete
In one hoist. In one place.
6. Signals should have the same
meaning wherever shown.
7. The signal book should be ar
ranged numerically and alphabetically.
8. The code should be so framed as
to be capable of adaptation for Inter
national communication.
The international code is undeninbly
good, it is used by men-of-war in com
municating with each other. It is a
good all-round system.
Our l’rlvats Signal*.
Every navy bag Its own signals, by
whir It it can talk without being under
stood by strangers. It was this pilvato
set of signals which caused ('apt. Slgs
bec so much worrlment after the Maine
wa blown up. Our own pet signal sys
tem is the wig-wag. which is the best
known of all sea signal*. It Is done
by wig-wagging a flag from right to
left, from left to right, from front to
bark, and from back to front. It is
generally operated by the hand, but
when distant wig-wagging is done it is
operated by means of a very large me
chanical arm. Our navy adopts the
Meyer code of signai'ug. This Is the
code used by private yachts and by
many people in country places who de
sire to communicate with each other
and who do not own a telephone. At
sea in a private ya> 'at the wig-wag in
; iui»d to communicate with the >a* ht
honseM on land, or with frl«nda ashore.
| or even with parsing vessels. It cun
i be done with a flag, a poiket h*udk*r
j ' hlef, an oar, a I room or any Iraple
' tnenl. Here ta the wig-wag code as
1 ncncrally understood on the small bod
! lea of water of the I'nlted State* |t (*
a good thing to preserve if yoj own a
ya<'nt or Intend to own on*
A 22. It 3112. f- HI: it ;;j n
12; V -USX: O 2211. It t.'.1. I I 1
1132: K 2121 I. 221. M 1221; N
U, «> 21 I* 131-'. q I2H: |{ sii;
t1 512; 1 2: I 11:' V IIS; \V
1121 X 2122; Y til t »22; end
of word 1; end of »*nten>e u
In adapting It to the n*e of the i till
'd State* navy It ia alightty t hanged for
•wist ptirpe*** Kor In.ten. » A ran
; he known er 1272. and »>• with other
numbers The letter wh1, h represent
•A* m ia gait# arbitrary, «> that th* »>t<
( tent >an eraltv be turn* I Into a acre’
on* Tbla < ode ran he oe*d b> nna<
uf a winker light gntrk Hash** ei*nd
lag for tb* dtferaul unatbPr* ut it
• an bn a lap «i tit tb* *>U*i of a whir
j tb It la tb* ain>p:*«t and a.*, eg*,,
tlv* *ign*| *■!» known
ktgM arpaal*
I'd! ntgki u # Ik* not h Aitami
' •gniAmn • •*• an •!*•'*I. dwaign called
, tb* atdoi* Vbte ta operated by nwat
’ if four dentd* Mprat Mr kelww lb*
other, with two l*><tkt*e'Mt Usbti of
tfly at* vondln poner »*> n Yk* up
rn llgbl Ip ** b lao'er* I, i»d Tk<
gkta *r* mnnwrtPd it *l> ’•;< wu• *
with a bvykoprd «• wbt- a i* *arb*d ab
the letters of the alphabet. The sign*'
operator can make brilliant at one touch
all tjie colors nece.-sary to make a de
sired letter. For Instance. Y. which
In tha wig-wag takes throe swings of
the flag. Is shown instantly in the elec
tric lights by three red lights, reading
from top to bottom. 7. would be shown
by four white lights and W by red, red.
white and red, reading from top down.
This Is very quick and can be depended
upon in case of a fog or at a great dis
tance. Beyond three miles the search
light has to be used, which Is a slow,
difficult method, but is quite successful.
The searchlight is generally operated
by the wig-wag, as It can be easily
turned from side to side. There Is a
signal system which consists ofsendlng
up different colored stars, red. white,
yellow and blue, which are shot Into
the sky. Tlieve are read by a private
signal system. It Is doubtful If a per
fectly satisfactory system ofsignals will
ever be Invented. The trouble Is with
the elements. What Is good In clear
weather will not work In cloudy
weather and the cloudy weather sig
nals are too flow for fair weather. The
system used in fog would not be pos.«i
ble in clear weather, and the wig-wag
which is necessary in case of calm
would not he necessary when the
breezes blow. So, after all, the signal
system Is about as complete as it will
ever bo. It certainly enables Commo
dore Schley to aslt Admiral Sampson
for orders and It enables Admlr.il
Sampson to command the New York.
Indiana. Iowa and all other good ships
to attack the enemy at the right mo
ment.
FALSE PATRIOTISM,
•She Felt Much ua Du Many Other*
Who* .Merely Looking On.
"Ma an' I went to sec the soldiets
go marching off.'' said Johnnie, ac
cording to the Lawrence American. "I
tell you 'twas great fun to see 'em.
X it bnnru mu ii u n ■ u •*»
Raid It made her feel real patriotic.
She *aid she wished she was a man
an’ there wouldn't nobuddy ketch her
staying to home such a time as this;
she said she would be off flghtin' for
her country every time. Pa said she
needn’t stay to home on account of
bein' a woman, ’cause she could go
as a nurse, just as lots of others were
goin'. An’ ma said that wasn't whu
she wanted. She’d like to get right
inter the thick of the battle, where
bullets wete whizzin' round an' can
nons goin' off an' soldiers failing all
round. An' pa laughed an' laughed.
He said he'd just tike to see ma In a
place like that. An' he said out in
the corner of the back room where his
empty gun was standin' the dust was
three inches thick, 'cause ma was so
'fraid o’ that gun she didn't dare to git
near enuf to it to sweep the floor up.
An' pa said ma would average seven
teen fits a minute if she got in sight
of a real battle, to say nothin' of whit
would happen if she was right in it.
And then pa laughed au' laughed, an’
ma was mad, an' said there was times
when pa acted like a regular Idiot.
first tha Dram at '0.1.
Poiut Pleasant, W. Va., special: t’ncle
fack Greer, who has lived through four
wars, viz., the war of 181:2. the Mexican
war, the war of the rebellion and the
^paniuh-American war, was one of the
r-entral lljmes in the Dewey day parade.
He is 91 years old, and played a drum
in one of the hands of the procession.
liorrl'ilo ThoujIiU.
Maid—Mem. the baby has gone off
and nobody has seen him for an hour,
and, mem. lie left the gate wide open
after him. Mistress—Gracious! Deft
the gate open? Then Fido has prob
ably run away, and just as like as not
I shall never see the dear thing again.
IJtprarj Opening.
After the war Is over De Dome, Polo
and Carranza can make money by is
suing a book entitled: "The Diplo
matic I.etter-Writer— livery One His
Own I’ndoing." by those who know.—
Philadelphia Press.
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.
Hack-writer—A sort of literary huck
ster.
Forgettery Better than memory at
times.
Kiss A wlrelesR telegraph message
to the heart.
Chatterbox The one occupied by a
thrat*r party.
Kaleidoscope- Another uame fur a
woman's mind.
Agreeable a person who always
acre • with you.
Hog An nnlntal that geu right dowu
to the rout of things.
Blunders In cithers synonymous
with our own mistakes
tiucresa The one road on the map
'hat leitdt to popularity
Divorce The only dlffeiepte between
matrimony and alimony.
Iiebt A trap that man baits mu and
I then deliberately * alka In’o
Quinta- A bltur er.amy of lbs agua
and one that's haul tu shake
Ua trwf I be only wan who laksg too
| much latetest In Ins bwslnoaa
Itentiat \ man who Ieoh a down la
| the mouth when ha baa work
t hlsnlry That |uil vi.l age whan
I people actually married for lot*
Argument domething that It take* i
tat at la get lira wait attahitahed
IToaaUal The hind af mutt, ona fa
supposed tu hie karaitea It came* htgh
dusiety A hti«k and Jt.il W is
1 a hi Is the Ignite are do.la.* Instsod ui
| >»s » 11
Ad< a *■ methtng that pe->i».> relUt
l ant) whan It itsnitma Iheir own upta
..at IV tut Maws
The total n tmhay of t'nitad ft«l«
t»*.*ts anattclmd <'«ba w tan’p
»a«*P
FIGHT U NDER WATER.
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VISIONARY SCHEMES FOR THE
OCEAN’S BOTTOM.
■
To Srript Rjlfleshlp* - - C loaning tlio
fln!l« of t*»* Ndtitl Ariffht«*r% 14 Tiiflr
Vulu«l>lr uml Nrmnrj' Work Now-'
Tiio 1)1%lo2 Ai'|Mr*tu«.
From the Washington Post: If Paul
Jones in ghostly guite wander* around
the warships of our new navy he moat
see many surprising a tecs Ties lo the
righting fortes us organized in Its day.
One no.cl ant! useful addition to the
crew of a warship of the present tine
is the submarine diver. The impor
tance of this individual to the welfare
of a warship has been amply shown
during the recent operations against
the Spanish fleets. Speed has bren the
moat Important point In the maneuver
ing during the opening events of the
war. and this has rendered it neces
sary for our ships to be In the best
possible trim for fast work. As. ow
ing to the lack of foresight on the part
of those responsible, we are not pro
vided with the necessary dry docks lo
enable us to clean the foul bottoms of
our vessels when they come eft a long
voyage, it has been necessary to send
divers down to do the work as bea:
they could.
It has not been done well, but It has
been the best kind of substitute that
' could be found for the proper article.
; When a ship gors into dry dock, and is
j scraped clear of the barnacles and sei
i weed and rank growth that accumula:
! ed there during a sea voyage, and Is
i then treated to a new coat of paint,
! she pmerge* from the dry dock as clejn
j and flt as when the made her maiden
I ' i iir ruuiumiu'- uittib air awn
only to scrape away the barnacles and
seaweed, and even (hen they are so
handicapped by th» heaviness and un
handiness of their dress that it is im
possible to do the work in any but a
clumsy and Incomplete way.
But good work or bad. the diver has
become a necessary part of the ship's
[ crew. Many warships carry one or
more trained divers, and to attain to
the rating of diver requires special
qualifications. Before being sent for
training the man applying has to un
dergo an extremely rigorous medical
examination. The diving apparatus In
use in our navy is a costly affair. The
method of Its working Is simple.
He i3 not a prepossessing sight, this
monster with the huge head-drers and
tlie glaring eyes, but his usefulness to
the navy is immeasurable. He was
wanted In a hurry, and unfortunate’/
was not on hand w hen the Nlaiue went
down Into the mud of Havana harbor,
lie will be wanted in coming engage
| mcnls to patch holes in the sides of
l war craft. If these wounds mercifully
i fail short of being mortal; he will as
sist In wrecking operations when it is
found necessary to go fishing for the
valuable portion of a Spanish fleet's
equipment after we have treated It as
Dswey treated the enemy's fleet at Ma
nila: he will be ready to help a United
I States vessel out of a score of unfore
seen troubles that may arise when the
; modern warship gets down to fighting
that is not all cne-sided.
Theoretically, the submarine diver
is a formidable aid in operations
again*: the enemy. Whether or not he
; will be fo in practice remains to be
j seen. The theorists a3crt that the div
: er can be sent under water on dark
; nights to grope his way into the mined
j entrances to harbors and cut the wires
| connecting the explosives with the
i shore; or they say he can attach mines
j to the ke»ls of anchored war craft and
explode the mines when he reaches a
: safe distance; or he can saw the cables
; of anchored vessels and put their crews
i to great Inconvenience, If not in a po
! sition of positive danger.
There is scarcely any limit to the
| 'htorists' suggestions for u-dng the sub
marine diver as a means of offense in
; naval campaigns, but most of the plans
are visionary, and it Is probable that
j the most practical use to which the
| diver can ce pm is to clean anti repair
i the ships of his own nation when It is
j necessary that the cleaning and rs
1 palling he done extraneously and fa
cilities are not at hand to dry dock the
I vessel.
The limitations of the diving apnar
n'.i-t forbid any very dangerous of
j f-n Ive work be'ng done by the msn
; who descend* In It. Me cannot wander
| ico 'nr from his base of operations mi
ac nr rt his dependerre on the air
supply and itie boat from which he l«
lowered could net approach very near
i to a ves*e| or harbor In these days of
"carchlightH wlthnm tielng discovered
I It la poslble, however, that daring souls
will tiv the experiment before the prea
eut war Is over, and nsvsl experts may
have to And some wav to guard against
I a new cnemv of the Invisible variety
the submarine diver on blowing up
purpose* bent
1 i
Tewing a VVliele.
Strong the bills na'd out by the Iteb
fist 1 Me I elty government one leads
Towing a whale, $V" This tefeis |u
'he dead whsla that has been floating
fc»m shore to shorn about Heilitt bay
Dually the aulborltlM hired a traa and
lit* strain lauu>h tn tow the aula ou'
to til
There was a rsasarkskle i»i’»s e .J
ten loti- uct'ow la I'U> Hall path yes
terday *ft»rnoon. The tramps who fee
auewt the park hsld » ntdtsg aal
uaaalwsooely teeuleed that whtlo the
war roniiwoed they wxstd ms ao
aillis soap New Vueh Trthoaa.
Isms I kess
bitni will i'**s matey gw, and
, ee ha nf las tag lints wife*" ' lit
I e cm eit# 1‘sfk nee 1 but the rest
i ike a *«siIms hi had kntiee ash of a
1 'ectooe lelte*. '
INDIAN WOMEN AS NURSES.
They Have Mot Ooly Shill end Rraco hot
Or' t Physical Endurance.
“I never feel the least bit uneasy
when I leave my case in the hands of
one of these Indian women,” was the
tribute Just paid by a leading physician
of Philadelphia to the young Indian
women who have entered the field of
trained nursing, says the New York
Tribune. While the public, as a gen
eral rule, would hardly stop to consider
that the profesalon of trained nursing
requiring all the delicate attributes of
womanhood, would be adapted to the
daughters of wild and savage ancestry,
the fact remains that Oneida, Ottawa,
Wyandotte, and even Sioux girls, edu
cated and trained, are showing most
remarkable aptitude for the profession.
Capt. H. It. Pratt, the superintendent
of the Indian industrial school at Car
lisle, Pa., declarte, Indeed, that the
time is not far distant when Indian
girls will be regarded by the medical
profession at large as the most suc
cessful trainer! nurses In the country.
Their first Introduction Into the hos
pital training schools, after they had
pasted through a careful course of in
struction at Carlisle, is due to the ef
forts of Capt. Pratt, who believes the
Indians have a future, and Is firmly
of the opinion that as a class they are
quite capable of entering the occupa
tions of the white man or woman; that
their dwellings should no longer be in
the woods or on the prairie exclusively,
but also in the hives of Industry of the
whites, the cities, the ofilces, the mills,
the hospitals, and on the farms. A!)
the training at the Carlisle school Is
carried on with such an ultimate ob
Ject In view and with great success.
The first instruction which the Indian
girls who have been graduated as
trained nurses received in their profes
sion was In the Indian school hos
pita!, where during this preliminary
training, they showed such marked
ability that they were sent to complete
their training In the hospitals cf Phila
delphia. At present Miss Nancy Sene
ca, a young full-blooded Indian maiden,
is studying at the Medlco-Chlruglcal
hospital in that city. Miss Kate Orlnd
rod, a full-blooded Wyandfitte Indian,
who was educated at Carlisle, Is one of
the most successful professional nurses.
During the edldemio at Carlisle In 1890
and 1891 she volunteered her services
as a nurse, and succeeded so well that,
acting upon theadvice of physiclans.sbe
entered the Woman's hospital at Phila
delphia. Her servl'ca are eagerly
sought by many of th- leading families
of thet <lty. Including Miss Nancy
Seneca, who will soon complete her
course, eight Indian girls, who first
graduated at Carlisle school, have dur
ing the la'il few years become trained
nurses and are now probably employed
In Independent practice. The first In
dian woman In the world to complete i
a cottree In trained nursing was Miss
Nancy Cornelius, an Oneida. She ar
rived at the Carlisle school from the
reservation In 1895, and entered the
second grade. Being of a delicate con
stitution she was obliged to pass much
of her time In the echoed hospital for
treatment, and, desiring some occupa
tion. she soon became a competent as
sistant to the nurse In charge. In Oc
tober. 1888. Misa Cornelius left CarllsU
and went to' the training school for
curses at Hartford, Conn., where she
graduated two years later. Since then
3he has lived In Hartford. Comment
ing on Indian women as trained nurses
a physician who had had much expe
rience with them In his practice said:
"Indian girls seem to possess every
requisite to make an Ideal trained
nurse. They are remarkably Intelli
gent, and have nerve and great cour
age; they never become Hurried or ex
cited, but keep the r b'ads perfectly
at the most trying and critical mo
ments. They also, as a rule, possegs
considerable physical strength and
great endurance; withal they are kind
and attentive, following out the doc
toi a directions to the letter."
Young America on War.
An essay on the present war between
the I'nlted Slp.tes and Spain, written by
Paul Harper, the ti-year-old son ot Wil
liam Hudson Harper of Kvnnston, III.,
and printed in the Index. Is aa follows:
' This war is prty sirlua, and this Is why
it la. beekas at first you no the Spanish
Minister swor at Mukinerly and did
not apologia fo* such a long lints. And
the next sirtua thing ws the Muen, and
I should like to of seen that grate ek
splotion. And then the Stnrvelng Cyo
lena are prty xirltis to. And now we
have beegun the war and many brave
comrades will dtde for iher country.
Prhaps iher will not b-e g man In the
town, and meny a mother will mourn
for her husbands. I)«>d lay they on the
batltld. anil iher stand tber muthars
weeping for th*.' I.iu ians They take
the wantlrd tu (III hi -pin and the ded
to the grate* Aud mefty epmltli ships
will tlngk. and Ircw Am- rlrau ships
will alngk aud we -mil ft*# the ttpan
yrds on land and tea And our fist
watea over the P'llupeto* liene this day
and are arniy," 11 las* page of th*
ttltrortl |d Wat embellished with
diet* ng* of ou» ball lech Ip w ih lb*
•Uii and stupas Hying from It* mas',
brad Another man wf-war I* thaws
ju-i cycling Inlu tight
tiltiMilti MtmOert Meets I'aswmt
M*mueie are not allowed iu refer la
so» h uikrr by name In debate. The
i«nly nomw eku'a pioperly add'eas'd
by neat* t« the vhatriwaa wht preside*
) e»M the del beiaUun* «*( Ike kMct la
I vuottwlute. On n Meats* lUlag tu
tpeah la otumints he hegiae with II'
| IttwlhSf'* si d lt< with M, *'ha‘t
i Mae " se at pwbita Meet egt Mae
j Meath t eamry
Mitetet tit•« iu iSt Wans
The |«a Meet uf VK'erl* era la.
| * alls t* !»•*• la the World They ster
| If* iW f*tl fcifll
AN amateur pirate.
Knjor 8t*d« Bonnet Turned from Tmtm
log to Frffbootlng.
In the St. Nicholas Mr. Frank H
I Stockton continues his sketches of
"The Buccaneers of our Coast, with
an account of "Blackboard and fcteue
Bonnet, two famous pirates. Concern
ing the latter Mr. Stockton says: Early
In the eighteenth century there llvel
In Bridgetown. In the Island of Barba
dos. a very pleasant, middle aged gen
tleman named Major Stede Bonnot. Ha
was a man In comfortab'e crcum
stanres, and had been an officer In the
British army. He had retired from
military service, and had bought a*i
estate at Bridgetown, where be lived
In comfort aud was respected by his
neighbors. But for some reason or
other thla quiet and reputable gnntie
man got It Into his head that he should
like to be a pirate. But besides the
general reasons why Major Bonnet
should not become a pirate, and wh ct>
applied to all men as well as to him
self, there was a special reason against
bis adoption of the profession of a sea
robber— he was an out-and-out Und'
man and knew nothing whaievrr of
nautical affairs. He was fond of his
tory and well read In the literature of
tho day. He was accustom* d to the
habits of good society and knew a
good deal about farming and ho.rei
and cows and poultry. But notwith
standing his absolute unfitness for
such a life, Major Bonnet was deter
mined to become a rltaf*. and he bs
came one. He bad money to buy a
ship and to fit her out and msn her,
and this he quietly did at Bridgetown,
nobody supposing that he wbs going
to do anything more than start off on
some commercial cruise. When every
thing was ready hig veasel slipped out
of the harbor one night, and after he
was sailing upon the rolling s -a he
afrtAr) lltmn I tin m i-j rt oe iloclr u n/l nrfl.
claimed himself a pirate. He ran up
the black flag, girded on a great cut
lers, and foldtng bis arms he ordered
his mate to stesr the vessel to the
coast of Virginia. Bonnet's men were
practiced seamen, and so when thla
"green hand" came Into the waters of
Virginia he actually took two or thr»e
vessels and robbed them of their car
goes. burning the shiiis and sending
the crews ashore. This bad grown to
lie a common cststom among I he pir
ates, who though cruel and hard
hearted, had not the Inducements of
the old buccaneers to torture ar.d mur
der the crews of the vessels which they
captured. It was cailed "marooning"
and was some what Ices heartless than
the old methods. As Bonnet wished
to adopt tho custcirs of the society In
which be placed himself, wh?n ha
found himself too far from land to put
the captured crew on shore be did not
hesitate to make them walk the plank,
a favorite device of pirates whenever
they had no convenient way of di-pos
ing of their prisoners. In one bran h
of his new profession Bonnet rapidly
advanced. He soon became a greedy
robber and-a efgel cor.quaror.c Ho cap
tured merchant rpgsel* an ajong the
coast as far forth ais New Knglind.
CAHE OF. SILVER.
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It Should Never Be AlloweJ t„ (;„g
Really Dirty.
Oca ot the many thing# (tat are im
possible for the untrained mind to
grasp seema to be the fact tbar If an
article Is never allowed to become d.rty
It will never ae?d cUanlhg. In all
branches of housework this rule holds
gcod, especially in the case of silver,
says Harper's Barar. The average
maid finds It necessary to devote a
large i.art of one dav nut nf
seven to scrubbing and cleaning fork*,
knives and spoons that should never
have been allowed to becomo dirty
enough to demand6uchexertion. When
these articles are once clean they
should te kept in that, condition. If.
after using, each plsce of silver la
washed In very hot water and wiped
immediately dry on an Iramaculao
towel it will retain Its luster for tia/a
and weeks. If by auy chance a spot
of tarnish appears It can be readily
banished by a brisk rubbing with a
piece of thamols akin.
Kxtru silver that is not needed for
every-day use wilt keep clean for
months lying untouched in a tightly
closed cheat or trunk If the ntistres*
of the house will hersrlt take tho pre
caution to see that It Is put away clean.
Kach article must bt thoroughly warh
'ed and rubbed to h flhe polish and
wrapped by ls«lf In 'hate rater.
Then when the arrival of guests calls
the silverware Into demand It will need
no hurried polishing to make It j re
peatable.
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