PHANTOM SHIP
-OR—
The Flying Dutchman.
-BY CAPTAIN MARBYAT.
* CHAPTER XVIII.
r The fleet under Admiral Rymelaadt’s
•'Command was ordered to proceed to
the East Indies by the western route,
through the Stalts of Magellan Into
the Pacific ocean—It being still Im
agined, notwithstanding previous fail
ures, that this route offered facilities
which might shorten the passage to
the Spice Islands.
The vessels comprising the fleet
were the Lion, of forty-four guns,
bearing the admiral's flag; the Dort, of
thirty-six guns, with the commodore's
pennant—to which Philip was appoint
ed; the Zuyder Zee, of twenty; the
Young Frau, of twelve, and a ketch of
four guns, called the Schevelllng.
The crew of the Vrow Katerina were
divided between the two larger ves
sels; the others, being smaller, were
easier worked with fewer bands. Every
arrangement having been made, the
W boats were hoisted up, and the ships
made gall. For ten days they were baf
fled by light winds, and the victims
to the scurvy Increased considerably on
board of Philip’s vessel. Many died
and were thrown overboard; others
were carried down to their hammocks.
The newly appointed commodore,
whose name was Avenborn, went on
hoard of the admiral’s vessel, to report
the state of the vessel and to suggest,
as Philip had proposed to him, that
they should make the coast of South
America, and endeavor by bribery or
by force to obtain supplies from the
Spanish inhabitants or the natives. Hut
to this the admiral would not listen.
He was an Imperious, bold and obsti
nate man, not to be persuaded or con
vinced, and with little feeling for the
sufferings of others. Tenacious of be
ing advised, he Immediately rejected
a proposition which, had It originated
with himself, would probably have
been Immediately acted upon, and the
commodore returned on board his ves
sel, not only disappointed, but Irritat
ed by the language used toward him.
A week passed away and the fleet
had made little progress. In each ship
the ravages of the fatal disease be
came more serious, and the commodore
had but twenty men able to do duty.
Nor had the admiral’s ship and the
other vessels suffered less. The com
^ modore again went on board to reit
erate his proposition.
Admiral Rymelandt was not only a
stern, but a vindictive man. He was
aware of the propriety of the sugges
tion made by his second In command;
but, having refused it, he would not
acquiesce; and he felt revengeful
against the commodore, whose counsel
he must now either adopt, or, by re
fusing it, be prevented from taking the
steps so necessary for the preservation
of his crew and the success of his voy
age. Too proud to acknowledge him
self in error, again did he decidedly re
fuse, and the commodore went back to
his own ship. The fleet was then
within three days of the coast, steering
to the southward for the Straits of Ma
gellan, and that night, after Philip had
returned to his cot, the commodore
went on deck and ordered the course
of the vessel to be altered some points
more to the westward. The night was
very dark, and the Lion was the only
ship which carried a poop-lantern, so
that the parting company of the Dort
was not perceived tty the admiral and
the other ships of the fleet. When
Philip went on deck the next morning
he found that their consorts were not
in sight. He looked at the compass,
and, perceiving that the course was al
tered, inquired at what hour and by
whose directions. Finding that it was
by his superior officer, he, of course,
said nothing. When the commodore
came on deck he Btated to Philip that
he felt himself warranted in not com
plying with the admiral's orders, as it
would have been sacrificing the whole
ship's company. This was. indeed,
true.
In two day* they made the land,
and, running Into the shore, perceived
a large town and Spaniard* on the
beach. They anchored at the mouth
of the river, and hoisted English col
ors. when a boat came on board to ask
them who they were and what they
required. The commodore replied
that the vessel was English, for he
knew that the hatred of the Spanish
for the l>u»ch was so great that. If
known to belong to that nation, he
would haw no chine# of procuring
any auppll** by force. He
staled that he had fallen In with a
Spanish veaael. a complete wreck, the
whole of the crew being afflicted with
the e< urvy; that he had taken the men
out. who were uow In their hammock*
below, as he considered It cruet to
leave so nisay of his fellow-creatures
tu perish, and that he had come out
of ht* course tu lead them at the Drat
Spanish port he could reach II# re
quested that they would Immediately
sead « board vegetables aad fresh
provtstoas for the stch men whom It j
would be death to remove until after
a few days, when they would be * lit- |
He restored; and added that In return
lor their assisting ».'te Spaniards h
trusted the governor would also sen I
(supplies lor hie own people
This wall made-up story we* con
flrm*t| by the «*ber sent on board by
t%e ripen.*b governor. It- tng tequeat
ed to go down below and Bee the pa
tients, the sight of bo many poor fel
lows In the last stage of that horrid
disease—their teeth having fallen out,
gums ulcerated, bodies full of tumors
and sores—was quite sufficient, and,
hurrying up from the lower deck, the
officer hastened on shore and made his
report.
In two hours a large boat was sent
off with fresh beef and vegetables suf
ficient for three days’ supply for the
ship’s company, and these were Imme
diately distributed among the men. A
letter of thanks was returned by the
commodore, stating that his health was
bo indifferent as to prevent his com
ing on shore In person to thank the
governor, and forwarding a pretended
list of the Spaniards on board, in which
he mentioned some officers and people
of distinction, whom he imagined
might be connected with the family of
the governor, whose name and titles he
had received from messenger sent on
board; for the Dutch knew full well
the majority of the noble Spanish fam
ilies—indeed, alliances had continually
taken place between them previous to
their assertion of their Independence.
The commodore concluded his letter
by expressing a hope that in a day or
two he should be able to pay his re
spects and make arrangements for the
landing of the sick, as he was anxious
to proceed on his voyage of discovery.
On the third day a fregh supply of
provision was sent on board, and so
soon as they were received the com
modore, In an English uniform, went
on ghore and called upon the governor,
gave a long detail of the sufferings of
the people he had rescued, and agreed
that they should be sent on shore in
two days, as they would by that time
be well enough to be moved. After
many compliments he went on board,
the governor having stated his inten
tion to return his visit on the follow
ing day, If the weather were not too
rough. Fortunately the weather was
rough for the next two days, and it
was not until the third day that the
governor made his appearance. This
was precisely what the commodore
wished.
There Is no disease, perhaps, so
dreadful or so rapid in its effects up
on the human frame, and at the same
time so instantaneously checked, as
the scurvy, if the remedy can be pro
cured. A few days were sufficient to
restore those who were not able to
turn in their hammocks, to their for
mer vigor. In the course of the six
days nearly all the crew of the Dort
were convalescent, and able to go on
deck, but still they were not cured.
The commodore waited for the arrival
of the governor, received him with ail
due honors, and then, so soon as he
was in the cabin, told hint very po
litely that he and all his officers with
him were prisoners. That the vessel
was a Dutch man-of-war, and that It
was his own people, and not Spaniards,
who had been dying of the scurvy. He
consoled him, however, by pointing out
that he had thought it preferable to
sacrifice lives on both sides by taking
them by force, and that his excellen
cy's captivity would endure no longer
than until he had received on board a
sufficient number of live bullocks and
fresh vegetables to insure the recovery
of the ship’s company; anil in the
meantime not the least insult would be
offered to him. Whereupon the Span
ish governor first looked at the com
modore, and then at the file of armed
men at the cabin door, and then to his
distance from the town; and then call
ed to mind the possibility of his be
ing taken out to sea. Weighing all
these points in his mind, and the very
moderate ransom demanded, he re
solved, as he could not help himself, to
comply with the commodore’s terms
He called for pen and ink. and
wrote an order to send on hoard Im
mediately all that was demanded. Be
fore sunset the bullocks and vegeta
bles were brought off. and so suou as
they were alongside, the commodore,
with many bows and many thauks, es
corted the governor to the gangwuy,
complimenting him with a salvo of
great guns, as he had (lone be
fore on his arrival. The peo
ple on shore thought that his
excellency had paid a lung visit,
but as he did not like to ac
knowledge that he had been deceived,
nothing was said about it, at least In
bis hearing, although the farts were
soon well known. As soon as the
boats were cleared, the commodore
weighed anchor and made sail, well
sattsAed with having preserved hi*
ship’s company; and as the Falkland
islands. In case of parting company. |
had been named at Ibe rendeivnus. be
steered for them In a fortnight be
arrived, and found that the admiral
was not yet there. Mu crew wrere
now all recovered, and bis fresh beet
was not yet expended when be per .
reived Ibe admiral and the tbiee other
vessel* la the offing
It appeared Ibal a* soon as the I tori
bad parted tompcny the admiral bad
immediately acted upon the advlrw that
tble commodore bad given him. and
had run for the coast Not being mi
fortunate In a ruse a* bis second In
command, he bad landed an armed
force from the four v **••(* and bad
succeeded In obtaining several head of 1
cattle, at the expense of an equal num
ber of men killed and wounded. But
at the same time they had collected a
large quantity of vegetables of one sort
or another, which they had carried
on board and distributed with great
success to the sick, who were gradual
ly recovering.
Immediately that the admiral had
anchored, he made the signal for the
commodore to repair on board, and
taxed him with disobedience of orders
In having left the fleet. The commo
dore did not deny that he had so denp,
but excused himself upon the plea of
necessity, offering to lay the whole
matter before the court of directors
so soon as they returned; but the ad
miral was vested with most extensive
power, not only of the trial, hut the
condemnation and punishment of any
person guilty of mutiny and Insubor
dination In his fleet. In reply, he told
the commodore that he was a prisoner,
and to prove It, he confined him In
Irons under the half deck.
A signal was then made for all the
captains; they went on board, and of
course Philip was of the number. On
their arrival the admiral held a sum
mary court martial, proving to them
by bis Instructions that he was so war
ranted to do. The result of the court
martial could be but one—condemna
tion for a breach of discipline, to
which Philip was obliged reluctantly
to sign his name. The admiral then
gave Philip the appointment of second
In command and the commodore's pen
nant, much to the annoyance of the
captains commanding the other ves
sels; but in this the admiral proved
his judgment, as there was no one of
them so fit for the task as Philip. Hav
ing so done, he dismissed them. Philip
would have spoken to tho late commo
dore, but the sentry opposed It, as
against hls orders; and with a friendly
nod Philip was obliged to leave him
without the desired communication.
CHAPTER XIX.
The fleet remained three weeks at
the Falkland Islands, to recruit the
ships’ companies. Although there was
no fresh beef, there was plenty of
scurvy grass and penguins. These
birds were In myrfeds on some parts of
the Island, which, from the propinquity
of their nests, built of mud, went by
the name of towns. There they sat,
close together (the whole area which
they covered being bare of grass),
hatching their eggs and rearing their
young. The men had but to select as
many eggs and birds as they pleased,
and so numerous were they that when
they had supplied themselves, there
was no apparent diminution of the
numbers. This food, although in a
short time not very palatable to the
seamen, had the effect of restoring
them to health, and before the fleet
sailed there was not a man who was
afflicted with the scurvy. In the mean
time the commodore remained in Irons
and many were the conjectures con
cerning his ultimate fate. The power
of life and death was known to be In
the admiral’s hands, but no one
thought that such power would be ex
erted upon a delinquent of so high a
grade. The other captains kept aloof
from Philip, and he knew little of
what was the general idea. Occasion
ally when on board of the admiral's
ship he ventured to bring up the ques
tion, but was Immediately silenced;
and feeling that he might Injure the
late commodore, for whom he had a
regard, he would risk nothing by im
portunity; and the fleet sailed for the
straits of Magellan without anybody
being aware of what might be the re
sult of the court martial.
(To be continued.)
AN OLD TRICK
That AidikciI « Group of Mon nnd Muj
A maze Others.
New Orleans Tlmes-Demoerat: It
was an old trick, but It amazed a good
sized group la the office of one of the
uptown hotels a few evenings ago. A
guest from the north, who had been
amusing some friends by simple feats
of legerdemain, happened to notice a
short cedar plank, evidently part of a
packing case, lying against wall. It
was about as thick as the lid of a
cigar box and perhaps a foot long.
Placing It on the marble counter, so
that one end projected four or five
Inches over the edge, he laid a news
paper across the other extremity.
"Now, then," he said, "suppose some
of you athletic chaps try to knock the
board off the counter by striking the
end that Is sticking out." To all ap
pearances the top of a Anger would
have done the work, but several men
struck the wood resounding blows
with the clenched Ast, hut failed to
budge It the fraction of an Inch, it
seemed pinned to the marble by Invis
ible weights, and a huts of astonish
ment arose from the group. Finally
a sturdy young fellow came down on
It like a miniature pile-driver, and the
cedar broke squarely In two, the line
of the fracture corresponding with the
edge of the desk The other portion
had not perceptibly moved, and the
paper was still In place. What 'a the
trick about It. anyhow?" naked one of
the spectators. “No trick at all," re
plied the amateur presildlgltaleur, "It
U simply the operation of a common
law of mv< hanles You can push off
the board with the greatest of ease,
hut you can t knock It off A good
many of the best feats of Lulu Heart,
the eo called 'Oeorgta Magnet,' were
based on the sente principle, and when
•he afterward exposed them in a booh,
the public refused lo credit the espta
hn'lou They wttit stock to the theory
«.{ maanettc force,' which was more
picturesque \nybo4y can perform
the board experiment til that le
toe ted I* a b<>y ltd end a tabic
TALMAGE’S SERMON.
“R E Ml NISC E N C E S." SUBJECT
FOR LAST SUNDAY.
From the Test! “While I W»« llmliif,
the Fire Burned"—ratlin 311: 3. Ben
efit of no Orra.lonal Look Backward
—Ihe Father uod Mother.
Here is David, the psalmist, with the
forefinger of his right hand against
his temple, the door shut against the
world, engaged In contemplation. And
it would be well for us to take the
same posture often, closing the door
against the world, while we sit down
in sweet solitude to contemplate.
In a small island off the coast or
Nova Scotia 1 once passed a Sabbath
In delightful solitude, for I had re
solved that I would have one day of
entire quiet before I entered upon au
tumnal work. 1 thought to have spent
the day In laying out plans for Chris
tian work; but instead of that it be
came a day of tender reminiscence. I
reviewed my pastorate; I shook hands
with an old departed friend, whom I
shall greet again when the curtains of
life are lifted. The days of my boy
hood came back, and I was ten years
of age. and I was eight, and I was
five. Thpre wa3 but one house on the
island, and yet from Sabbath day
break, when the bird-chant woke me,
until the evening melted Into the Hay
of Fundy, from shore to shore there
were ten thousand memories, and the
groves were ahum with voices that
had long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much to spend all
Its time In looking forward. Old age
Is apt too much to spend all Its time
In looking backward. People In mid
life and on the apex look both ways.
It would be well for us, I think, how
ever, to spend more time In reminis
cence. Uy the constitution of our na
ture we spend most of the time In
looking forward. And the vast major
ity of this audience live not so much
In the present as In the future. 1 find
that you mean to make a reputation,
you mean to establish yourself, and
the advantages that you expect to
achieve absorb a great deal of your
time. But I see no harm In this.
If It does not make you discontented
with the present, or disqualify you for
existing duties.
Perhaps you were brought up In the
country. You stand now today In
memory under the old tree. You
clubbed Its fruit that was not quite
ripe, because you couldn’t wait any
longer. You bear the brook rumbling
along over the pebbles. You step
again Into the furrow where your
father In his shirt sleeves shouted to
the lazy oxen. You frighten the swal
lows from the rafters of the barn, and
take Just one egg, and silence your
conscience by saying they won’t miss
It. You take a drink again out of the
very bucket that the old well fetched
up. You go for the cows at night, and
find them wagging their heads through
the bars. Ofttlmes In the dusty and
busy streets you wish you were home
again on that cool grass, or In the
wheat-carpeted hall of the farmhouse,
through which there wras the breath of
r.ew-mown hay or the blossom of
buckwheat.
You may have In your windows now
beautiful plants and flowers brought
from across the seas, but not one of
them stirs in your soul so much charm
and memory as the old Ivy and the
yellow sunflower that stood sentinel
along the garden walk, and the for
get-me-nots playing hide and seek
’mid the long grass. The father who
used to come In sunburnt from the
fields, and sit down on the door sill
and wipe the sweat from his brow
may have gone to his everlasting rest.
The mother, who used to sit at the
door a little bent over, cap and spec
tacles on, her face mellowing with the
vicissitudes of many years, may have
put down her gray head on the pil
low In the valley; but forget that home
you never will.
Have you thanked God for it? Have
you rehearsed all these blessed rem
iniscences? Oh, thank God for a
Christian father; thank God for a
Christian mother; thank God for an
early Christian altar at which you
were taught to kneel; thank God for
an early Christian home.
I find auother point in your life his
tory. You found one day you were
In the wrong road; you couldn't sleep
at night; there was Just one word that
seemed to sob through your banking
house, or through your office, or shop,
or your bedroom, and that word was
••Kternity." You said, "I'm not ready
for It. O God, have mercy!" The laird
heard. Peace came to your heart. In
the breath of the rill and (he water
fall's dash you heard the voice of God's
love; the clouds and the trees hailed
you with gladness; you came Into the
house of God.
You remember how your hand trem
bled as you took up the cup of the
communion. You remember the old
minister who consecrated It, and you
remember the church officials who car
ried It through the aisle; you remem
ber the old people who at the close
of the service look your hand In
theirs In congratulating sympathy, as
much as to say, “Welcome home, you
I vet prodigal!" And though those
hands be all withered away, that com
munion Dabbs I It Is resurrected today;
It Is resurrected with all Its prayers,
and songs, and tears and sermons,
and traasflgurailon. Have you kept
those vuw»* Have yon been a back
tltder? God help yon! This day hneel
at the foot of mercy aad start again
fur heaven Atari Unlay as you start
ed then I rouse your soul by that
rviBinterence.
P <t I nto-t not -pend aiv> nun* ..f
no tints in g» ng ..»er the advantages
of your life I Just put them all in one
great sheaf, and I tup them up in your
memory with one loud harvest sung,
sut h as the reaper* stag Ptalee th*
Lord, ye blood-bought Immortals on
earth! Praise the Lord, ye crowned
spirits of heaven!
But some of you have not always
had a smooth life. Some of you are
now In the shadow. Others had their
troubles years ago. You are a mere
wreck of what you once were. I must
gather up the sorrows of your past
life; but how shall I do It? You say
that is Impossible, as you have had
so many troubles and adversities. Then
I will take two, the firtt trouble and
the last trouble. As when you are
walking In the street, and there has
been music in the distance, you un
consciously find yourselves keeping
step to the music, so when you started
life your very life was a musical time
beat. The air was full of joy and hi
larity; with the bright, clear oar you
made the boat skip; you went on, and
life grew brighter, until, after a while,
suddenly a voice from heaven said,
"Halt!’’ and quick as the sunshine you
halted; you grew pale, you confront
ed your first sorrow. You had no Idea
that the flush on your child's cheek
was an unhealthy Hush. You said It
can’t bo anything serious. Death In
slippered feet walked round about the
cradle. You did not hear the tread;
but after a while the truth flashed
on you. You walked the floor. Oh, if
you could, with your strong, stout
hand, have wrenched that child from
the destroyer. You went to your room,
and you said, “God, save my child!
God, save my child!” Tho world
seemed going out In darkness, You
said: "I can't bear It! I can't bear It!"
You felt as If you could not put the
long lashes over the bright eyes, never
to see them again sparkle. Oh, if you
could have taken that little one In
your arms, and with it leaped the
grave, how gladly you would have
done It! Oh, If you could let your
property go, your houses go, your land
and your storehouse go, how gladly
you would have allowed them to de
part If you could only have kept that
one treasure!
But one day there arose from the
heavens a chill blast that swept over
the bedroom, and Instantly all the
light went out, and there was dark
ness—thick, murky,lmpenetrable.shud
dering darkness. But God didn't
leave you there. Mercy spoke. As
you took up the cup, the adder tongue,
horrorlng, flashing, rushed over the
brim, and you were about to put that
cup to your Ups. God said, "Let it
pass," and forthwith, as by the hand
of angels, another cup was put Into
your hands. It was the cup of God's
consolation. And as you have some
times lifted the head of a wounded sol
dier, and poured wine into his Ups, so
God puts Ills left arm under your head,
and with hts right hand he pours Into
your lips the wine of his comfort and
his consolation, and you looked at the
empty cradle and looked at your brok
en heart, and you looked at the Lord’s
chastisement, and you said, "Riven so,
Father, for so it seemeth good in thy
sight."
Ah, it is your first trouble. How
did you get over it? God comforted
you. You have been a better man
ever since. In the Jar of the closing
gate of the sepulchre you heard the
clanging of the opening gate of heaven
and you felt an Irresistible drawing
heavenward. You have been purer and
etouter of mind ever since that night
when the little one for the last tlmo
put its arms around your neck and
said, "Good-night, papa; good-night,
mamma. Meet me in heaven."
People look down and they see It
was only a few feet deep and a few
feet wide, but to you It was a cavern
down which went all your hopes and
all your expectations.
But cheer up In the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ, the Comforter. He j
Is not going to forsake you. Did the i
Lord take that child out of your arms? t
Why, he Is going to shelter It better j
than you could. He is going to array
It In a white robe, and palm branch,
and rays of light, and have It all ready
to greet you at your coming home.
Blessed the broken heart that Jesus
heals. Blessed the Importunate cry
that Jesus compassionates. Blessed
the weeping eye from which the soft
hand of Jesus wipes away the tear.
Some months ago I wag sailing down
the St. John river, which Is the Rhine
and the Hudson commingled in one
scene of beauty and grandeur, and
while I was on the deck of the steam
er a gentleman pointed out to me the
places of Interest, and he said: "All
this is interval land, and U is the rich
est land In all the provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia.”
"What," said I. "do you mean by in
terval land?" "Well," said he. "this
land is submerged for a part of the
year; spring freshets come down, and
all these plains are overflowed with
the water, and the waters leave a rich
deposit, and when the waters are gone
the harvest springs up. and there Is
the grandest harvest that ever was
reaped.” And 1 Instantly thought: "It :
Is not the heights of the church and It {
Is not the heights of this world that {
Is the scene of the greatest prosperity,
but the suul over which the floods of
sorrow have gone, the soul over which
the freshets of tribulation have torn |
their way. that yields the greatest
fruits of righteousness, and the largest i
harvest for time, and the richest har- j
vest for eternity." Itleaa Uud that your
soul Is Interval land.
Hut these reminiscences reach oaly {
to this morning There Is one more
point of tremendous reminiscence, and
that la the last hour of life, when we .
have to took over all our post ealtt i
ence. What a moment that will kef |
place Napoleon a dr mg reminiscence
on It, Helena beside Mrs. Judeon's !
dying reminiscence In tke harbor of Hi
Helena the same l*l*n<l twenty rear*
after. Napoleon's dying reminiscence
was one of delirium •" fete d stsos -- j
"Head of the army.” Mrs. Judsoa't !
dying reminiscence, as ah# earn# home
from her missionary toll and her life :
of self-sacrifice for God, dying In the
cabin of the ship In the harbor of St.
Helena, was, *‘I always did love the
Lord Jesus Christ.” And then, the
historian says, she fell Into a sound
sleep and woke amid the songs of
angels.
I place the dying reminiscence of
Augustus Caesar against the dying
reminTscence of the apostle Paul. The
dying reminiscence of Augustus Cae
sar was, addressing his attendants,
"Have I played my part well on the
stage of life?” And they answered In
the affirmative, and he said, "Why,
then, don’t you applaud me?” The
dying reminiscence of Paul the apostle
was, "I have fought the good fight; I
have kept the faith; henceforth there
Is laid up for me a crown of right
eousness, which the Lord, the right
eous Judge, will give me In that day,
and not to roe only, but to all them
that love his appearing.” Augustus
Caesar died amid pomp and great sur
roundings. Paul uttered his dying rem
iniscence looking up through the wall
of a dungeon. God grant that our dy
ing pillow may be the closing of a
useful life, and the opening of a glo
rlouH eternity!
IMPOSING ENTRANCE.
Itullt by Uernmnlc Dry Uo»<U Company
Ht C»ni»l »n>l *1*1#.
The Germanle Dry Goods company,
at Main and Canal street*, has Just
completed a decided Improvement In
the construction and arrangement of
Its Btores. This Is quite In line with
the management of that progressive
establishment, and also adds to the
Improvements In that neighborhood.
The company has put In a whole new
front at considerable expense, which
adds greatly to the beauty of the
stores. Instead of having several en
trances to the place, a* In the past,
there will now be one general entrance.
26 feet wide, which will be much more
convenient to the hundreds of purchas
ers who throng the store daily. This
entrance has a tiled vestibule and pre
sents an Imposing entrance. On each
side there are four Immense show win
dows, each 25 feet long, and two small
show windows. To make a display la
these windows will alone take a much
larger supply of material than most
stores usually have In stock. The win
dow dressers will be at work today,
and It is their intention to make one
of the prettiest displays ever seen in
the city. Ily the arrangement and the
addition of the show windows consid
erable more sunlight Is admitted to the
store, at the same time giving more
room to the ever-enlarging depart
ments. All of the windows and the
vestibule are to bo Illuminated by
eletrlclty. .v «
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CANNOT COUNT THREE.
Primitive People of tlie Murray Islands
An expedition recently sent out from
England to the Murray Islands has
brought some Interesting Information
about the Islanders. These primitive
people. It appears, cannot count high
er than two. “Netat” is their word
for one, and "nets” for two. When
they want to say three they say "one
two” (metal-nests) and when they
want to say four "two-two- (nets
nets). Higher figuring than these they
express by means of their bodies.
Thus they began to count from the
little finger on the left hand, and,
proceeding thence to the other fingers,
they successfully reach the wrist, the
arm, the right wrist :.nd finally the
fingers on the right hand. In this way
they can count as high as thirty-one.
When they want to express a higher
number than this they can only use
the word "gaire” which signifies many.
This ancient mthod of counting, how
ever, Is fast disappearing, thanks to
the strenuous efTorts which the English
are making to teach the islanders the
ordinary rules of arithmetic. Ethnolo
gists, therefore, are especially glad that
information about this ancient me
thod of counting has come to them just
as It was on the point of disappear
ing forever.
F«« Ola In Tnsmanla.
If the statement of Harry Benjafled,
a health officer In Tasmania, Is exact,
that country must be conducive to
long life, and its cities healthy to live
in. He says that the population of
Hobart and Its suburbs Is 40,000. and
that In 1898 the total number of
deaths was 561, or about 14 in every
1,000. He says, further, that of the 561
persons who died, 385 were more than
65 years old, representing 9V4 per 1,000
of the deaths and leaving only 4t* per
1,000 for deaths of children and all
others under 65 years old. He believes
he Is justified In challenging any oth
er city In the world to produce equally
favorable figures, particularly tbs
small figures for deaths under 65 years
of age. Tasmania has been under
British control for about one century,
and » Urge proportion of Its popula
tion Is native-born of British parent
! _
IUirlO'1 liny**.
• Mr. fkhrlppa." wild the head of th»
Arm. 'The Arm U very much pleaemt
with the work you have been doing”
•Thank you. air." he replied, and tba
vI,lull of a ral»e grew more diattnct.
I • Yea,'1 continued the hr id of the Arm.
"»e are very mu* h plea»e»t with your
work, and well, we thought yon
would ha glad to know that you ara
| giving aallefa* il >a " I'hlUdelpkla
North American.
Wetter* V«»•«*•«
1 d >n t think.' growtad UtMtal
Wavier, "that my a Willy aa a prophet
la rarogntaad aa tt ahould be "
"VYhat a ike matter, general?”
• Well, didn't t pr«Jnt that I'uka
would •ventually be pa- Ardf-fuia*
burg ChronUI*.
