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PLAN TO SAVE LIFE.
EFFECTIVE DEVICE FOR RESCU
ING MARINERS.
The Simple Finn of it Ynrht Captain
Cheap Solution of the rrohlein .Suli
tnlttril at Washington Working or
llio Appnrntiii.
jpSSff BRAND new plan
,- 111 IU L'llillllU UIU UUIISl
ships ashoro when
the surf runs high
was submlttetl re
cently to the gen
eral superintendent
of the llfc-savlng
service nt Wash
ington, D. C. snys
the Now York Herald. It docs nbt call
for nn npparatus to shoot oil from
shoro upon troubled waters, nor for
any other spectacular novelty of sim
ilar sort. On the contrary, It depends
for Its success upon an exceedingly
cheap and slmplo apparntus and an
expenditure of good muscle on tho
part of our brawny surfmen, an nrtl
clo with which naturo and their hardy
manner of life have abundantly pro
vided them. Tho plan has been sub
mitted to local life-savers In actual
government service on our coasts, and
has been declared by them to bo per
fectly feasible and moro practical than
any yet suggested. This new plan Is
the Invention of Capt. Julius A. C. Jen
sen of South Brooklyn, who had, In
Ita development, tho assistance of Capt.
James A. Locsch of the Bame city.
Both men are bronzed scadogs of ex
perience and each commands a yacht.
"I've been thinking over this thing
for a good while," Capt. Jensen told
me, "and It seems to me that the
scheme Is just about tho right thing.
It Is very cheap and perfectly prac
ticable Capt. Locsch hero helped me
with It, and wo have shown it to a
good many seamen and surfmen, nil
of whom think it solves the problem."
"Have you got It patented?" I asked.
No, indeed," said Jensen, "nnd we
don't intend to, cither. Wo arc not
after any money, or In fact, profit of
any sort. If the plan Is a good plan
and will result in saving nny lives,
tho government Is welcome to It nt the
lowest prlco It can bo put In for."
"You see," interrupted Capt. Locsch,
"wo are yachtsmen nnd either ono of
us may get blown ashore some stormy
night, and if we do wo believe we'd
stand a better chance if tho tmrfmen
had this apparatus than nny other In
use or suggested. That Is our interest
in the matter."
Tho plan calls for a buoy swimming
outside the outermost bar and hold in
place by a chain fastened to n mush
room anchor. Opposite to It ashore Is
a pole and from pole to buoy Is swung
a double -endless line, running over
pulleys, ono pulley fastened to the pole
ashoro ami tho other to the bottom
of tho buoy. This lino Is of manllla
ropo of great strength, woven about
a heart of cork to keep It afloat That
Is tho entire special apparatus, -with
tho exception of an oil bag, the jmr
poso of -which will bo seen presently.
Now, wo will supposo a ship goes
ashoro opposlto tho spot. A lroavy galo
blows Trom tho sea and the surf Is ex
ceedingly heavy. Those who nro fa
miliar with tho experiences of ships
ashore know that tho surf is tho great
enemy of tho rescuers. If only a boat
could bo put through it all would be
well, for the sturdy surfmon can han
dle tho billows, however heavy, once
they bto beyond tho fatal lino of surf.
But tlmo nnd again valuable hours are
lost to tho llfo savers and the im
periled Bnllors by tho ferocity of tho
surf. Thero nro few cases whero llfo
could not bo saved were it not for tho
impetuous, resistless forco of breakers
thnt set at naught the sturdiest efforts
of the irowers. Right hero comes in
tho valuo 6f this new apparatus. In
tho Biipiiosod case tho surf prevents tho
llfo savers from getting out and tho
darkness and storm prevent their
shooting a line across the ship. Thoy
then Immediately drag their self-bulling
lifeboat to tho npparatus and fasten
it to tho lino. They attach tho oil bug
to tho Uno thirty feet ahead. Tho
rowers Jump In and cling to the scntH,
holding their oarB tightly. Then tho
reBt of tho crow selzo tho pulley line
nnd lay to with n will, dragging It in,
hnnd over hnnd. Out goes tho boat,
right through tho surf not over It
dragged with a forco thnt tho breakers
cannot chcclt, toward tho anchored
buoy, tho oarsmen within merely cling
ing fast to avoid being washed nwny.
In this manner tho bont quickly
reaches the stiller water beyond the
outer bar, where, thanks to the oil
hag, tho sea Is calm enough to enablo
rowers to scramble to their scats and
grasp their oars. Tho captain has un
hitched tho pulley line and tho boat
has balled Itself, Tho rest can bo Irtt
to the stalwart oarsmen. This is tho'
simple plan. Capt. Jensen's Idea is to
liavo such a buoy anchored every two
miles all along the coast. When a ves
sel comes ashoro tho life savers have
only to find the nearest one tc-wlnd-ward
of her and send out their lifeboat.
Memory,
"No," Bho answered, "I am Indeed
not one of -those girls who vow to love
n man forovor and presently forget
jilm, I make it a point to commit all
my fiances to memory."
Thereupon eyes didn't do a thing
but look lovo to oyes that Hpako bnck
Jove divine. Detroit Journal.
1'i't UK Killed Hrr.
The pet dog of Mrs. Dolly Morgnn,
of Allegreo, Ky licked a sore place
on the, lady's band. After a short time
tho dog went mad, and soon Mrs, Mor
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THE BEST ARCHITECTURAL
IDEAS.
Copyright, 187.
In tho great majority of rases tho
furnishing of bedrooms Is left to
chance. That Is, tho different articles
of chamber furniture nro arranged In
the separate rooms, as convenience
dictates with such regard Jof eongrul
ty as Is possible; o"r perhaps com
plete chamber suites nro purchased
from flic denier and little attempt Is
made to go beyond this. If cither
course Is followed, the result may bo
comfortable, but will scarcely provo
satisfying, or artistic, in tho aesthetic
bciirc. Of fate years rather moro at
tention hiiB been bestowed upon tho
bedrooms, nnd we have adopted tho
"boudoir" together with the furnish
ings that tho nnme Iniplhv for "my
lady's chamber." But "boudoir" too
often means a room stuffed full ot
dainty and frnglla brlc-n-biac, useless
ornaments nnd hnnglngs. This stylo
of treatment might be permissible for
1IOURF, HEATED Y HOT A1B.
n dressing room, If ono can nfford the
luxury, but It Is surely out of place for
the bedroom. One fact should never
be lost sight of In nny scheme of fur
nishing that In tho bedroom ono
spends n third of his entire lifetime,
nnd occupies it under different condi
tions from any other room. Most of
tho time he Is unconscious, tinder the
Influence of Bleep, nnd ho cannot adnpl
hlniBelf to chnnglng conditions of tem
perature and ventilation as when ho
Is awake. His muscles too aro re
laxed, and his power of resistance
lowered; nothing then should tend to
vltlntc tho air or should afford a lurk
ing place for dust and disease germs.
Sudden changes of temperature should
ho provented If possible, and there
should bo menns for obtaining a con
stant Btipply of fresh air. In tho main
these things nro attended to by tho
architect, but his work goes for naught
If the doors and windows arc covered
with heavy hangings or if there arc
Tint H-oorj
Innccesslblt corners nnd nooks behind
ponderous furniture to serve ns 'catch
alls for dust.
Every br-droom should be pleasnnt,
light, cheerful, nnd tho utmost elcganco
provnil, so long ns It docs not Interfere
with tho truest sanitary confiltlons,
hut very often the best effects arc ob
tnlned from tho elegance that in al
lied to simplicity.
A floor that enn bo readily Cleaned,
like hard wood or matting ,rugs thnt
can bo frequently taken up and shaken.
Papered or smoothly painted walls nro
the best for all tho main essentials.
Statlonnry wash stnnds, with their
like hard wood or matting, rugs that
possibility of leaking sower gas lievo
conio Into disfavor for tho bedrooms; a
fine hardwood nnd mnrblo stand, with
pretty china, and a decorated splnslmr
to savo tho wnlls, may well take tho
placo of tho plumber's handicraft.
Nothing more beautiful, convenient
3ccorvj Pt,oot-
nnd comfortable in the way of n bed
hns over been devised than thoso made
of brass. These are remarkably cheap
at the present time, but if beyond
one's means those of Iron In whlto
enamel with brass trimmings aro al
most aB effective. One advantage of
this stylo of bed Is that It goes equally
well with any kind of furnishing that
Is in good taste. Mahogany Is Just ns
desirable for bedroorn furnlturo ns for
tho parlor or tho dining room, but tho
choice of wiod haB a wide range. Oak,
chestnut, nsli, cherry and sycamoro aro
all excellent nnd beautiful dressers,
wardrobes, cheval glasses, commodes,
etc., can be obtained 1n any ot them.
Ono of tho roost satisfactory woods for
the bedrooms, and it in very fashion
Able Juatat present, Is tho curled or
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bird's-oyc mnple. This hns strength
nnd lightness and takes n fine finish.
Better than silks nnd lnces for hang
ings nnd decorations arc tho ncnt fig'
tired chintzes thnt can bo hnd In bo
wllderlng variety at tho present time.
If tho rest of the furnishings will har
monize the blue nnd whlto colonial
drapery Is best of all. All of tho col
oring should ho bright, and tho pic
tures most suitable arc colonlnl prints
In gilt frames, one cannot afford
oils or water colors. ' '
Tho design nccompnnylng this nrtl
clo Is heated by hot air, which though
condemned by this association of ar
chitects for tho heating of city houses,
yet for suburbnn use, In small houses,
costing up to $5,000 to build, Is very
acceptable, though hot wnter is pre
ferabic fn nny case. i
The house Is 1G feet 1 Inches wide
by 4G feet 0 filches In depth, Includ
ing front veranda. It Is finished
throughout In thrco cont plaster, tho.
flooring being of North Carolina plnc,
tho trim Is white wood, with main
stntrcaBC of nsh,
Tho laundry Is In. tho cellar under
the kitchen.
A moro detailed description will
cheerfully ho furnished to tho render
If ho will address tho architects. Tho
cost to build this house In tho vicinity
of Now York Is about $4,200, though In
ninny sections of tho country whero
lnbor or materials Is cheaper tho cost
should bo much less.
TREE CHANGES ITS QUARTERS.
So I.nrco It Took Three Wccki to Mot
It Fifty Foct.
An unusual feat in tho transplanting
lino was accomplished recently hero,
sayB tho Pittsburg Dispatch. An elm
tree fifty feet high and with a trunk
eighteen inches in dnmeter, with roots
and nil, was moved fifty feet. Tho tree
is tho property of Mrs. William Thaw
and stood on the lino of tho Vccchwood
boulevnrd, whero It traverses Mrs,
Thaw's property at Fifth avenue, near
Shady avenue. Mrs. Thaw desired to
savo tho tree, and Contractor John
Eichleay undertook to move it. A clr
culnr trench was dug around tho treo
at a distance of ton feot from tho trunk.
At a depth of b!x feet tho workman
excavated under tho tree, bracing the
earth nbovo with timbers. The mass
of earth, twenty feet across and six
feet deep, in which wcro imbedded the
tree and Its roots, was then boxed in
with planks. Screws were placed be
nenth, the whole mass raised and
placed on rollers and moved fifty feot
to whore a great hole had been pro-
pared for its reception. It wob lowered
Into place, earth filled In as the screws
were removed, nnd It stood as firm as
it It had grown there. Tho tree was
maintained In nn upright position by
the weight of earth at tho roots. The
whole mass weighed seventy tons. -The
work occupied nbout three weeks and
a number of photographs of tho tree
while in transit wero taken.
EARLY ENGLISH BINDINGS.
An Kdlnuurgh Mint Who Kxet-utcd Momt
Meiititlfut Work.
During tho reign of Elizabeth the
fashion in binding underwent a consid
erable change, the graceful simplicity
of tho early work, with its rather severe
and restrained ornament, giving place
to a heavy, over-decorated stylo, In
which a superabundance of gliding hid
poverty of design, says the Athenaeum.
This stylo reached Its height in tho
bindings produced for Jarae I., which
wero commonly dotted all over with
fiowors-de-luce or thistles, while the
cornere wcro filled with a heavy block
of coarse design. During tho reign of
ChnrlcB the bindings were, ns a rule,
copied from French work and tho de
signs carried out with very Hmnll tools,
but though foreign influence was
Btrongly felt nt first, tho English bind
ers soon struck out a lino ot their own,
nnd Samuel Menrne, tho iblndcr to
Charles II., produced Bomo admirable
work and Beems to hnvo introduced the
quaintly shaped panel which jgavo tho
nnmo to cottnge binding to a ccrtnin
class of work. At a little later date
an Edinburgh binder whoso nnmo is
unknown, but whoso work 1b easily dls
tlngulshnble, executed some marvolous
pieces of work on very dark-greJ
morocco.
l'roi'lou Htnnra IVIu.
The powerful chemical effects of the
sun nro felt oven by precious stones.
The ruby, sapphire nnd emerald suffer
lees than other colored stones in this
mmect, but it has beon shown by ex
periment thnt a ruby lying In a shop
window for, two years became much
lighter lu tint than Its rnato kent in a
dark place during that period. Garnets
and topazes aro moro easily affected.
Pearls are said to show deterioration
with age, but If thoy nre not worn
constantly thoy will recuperate won
derfully during brief vacations spent
In quiet nnd darkness. Tho only species
or tiniucK wnien tho practical person
belloves the opal will bring to its own
er Is that of loss if tho stone is ex
posed carelessly to heat It Is Ilablo
to crack, being composed principally
of silicic acid, with a small propor
tlon of water.
Ain't Thl Hard Lucky
In Warren county, Georgia, $3,300
was stolen from nn old man, and threo-
fOUrths of It rnrnvnrml liv 1. i. -u
Tho tax collecfi- Immediately seized
upon over $500 of tho amount, for back
taxes, tho monoy having -been con
cenled for several years.
Whnt the Colar-llllnd 8eC.
A writer In 8cence says that in or
dinary cases of partial color-blindness
tho color-senBatlons that remain are
blue and yellow, not buo and red, or
blue and green, as is generally assumed
and stated in text-books.
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
NOTES AND COMMENT
PLYS AND PLAYERS.
ON
Tim I'ootMiiirM of Muilu Htutloiit do
ing Alinmd MU Dniriiport Mnkv
Nome Itoiniirkd Sir, t'ottrr'i l.ntput
l'ortnilt SIiikp Whlnprrn.
OT long ago tho
well-known song
writer, Sobastlan
Schlcslngcr, wrote
n letter for a Now
York paper on tho
criminal folly ot
"sending young
American girls un
attended to Paris In
their most Impres
sible years. Paris
Is perhaps worse than tiny of tho Ger
man cities; but whnt temptations young
students of music nro subjected to
there, too, may bo Inferred from thu
fact, reported In tho "Frankfurter 'el
lung," thnt tho faculty of tho large con
servatory at Sondcrshnusen have Just
made n ilgld rule forbidding students
to go to any public place or resort and
entertainment In that town except tho
two lending hotels. Girls who really
wnnt to study music and become artlst
do not need to go abroad. Therti nro
Just ns good teachers on this sldo ot
tho ocean, and the opportunities for
hearing good music aro as frequent nnd
ncurly as cheap ns In the foreign enp
Ituls. A Few Word from Minn Dnvrnpnrt.
"Clio woman who keeps house on
Monday and IroiiB on Tuesday, swoops
on Friday, bakes on sonic other day,
and bundles up the baby and goes vis
iting tho rest of tho tlmo. has less mo-
MARION
notony In her llfo than tho avorago ac
tress," says Fanny Davenport. "An ncS
fitrets' days nro all alike. Ono hour of
the day she must dovoto to bathing nnd
dressing, another hour to toxorclso of
some kind, for embonpoint is her bete
notr. You can't play leading roles it
you weigh two hundred nnd your waist
line crcepB up under your armpits.
Thero are walking, Dclsnrta antics, stu
pid pulleys and dumbbells half a doz
en other things, equally tiresome as a
remedy, bat it Is only eternal vigilance
thnt makes nny of them effective, nnd
going without every blessed thing to
cat and drink that you enjoy. Thoro
Is her mall to look after the same
struggling aspirants for histrionic fnmo
who deslro to recite before her or to
hnvo her secure a position for thorn
equally as good as her own; from man
agers ns obdurate and dovotcd to their
own frlonds as political chiefs; tho au
tograph fiend, tho photograph collect
or, 'who knows ho could purchase her
picture, but would prlzo It so much
more highly if sho gavo It to him;' tho
advertisers of nostrums and lotions,
soaps and hair bleach, nnd effusions
from that sort ot neoplo who seem to
hnvo nothing to do but open corres
pondence with every noted Individual.
In fact, it Is always, 'sarao daisies,
same everything.' "
"My Friend from India." '
As Mrs. Beokrian-Strecto In "My
Friend from India" at Hoyt's Theater,
New York, Miss Marlon Abbot plays
with moro vim than art tho part of an
ambitious widow in search of a third
husband. Miss Abbot has dono better
work than tho charactor of Mrs. Bock-man-Strecto
permits her to do Just now.
That she Is capable of finer work than
sho Is doing thoso who have watched
her career on tho stogo will not gain
say. All It is, Miss Abbot seems to bo
struggling with a part that will not
yield gracefully to her deslro to mako
it either realistic or funny.
Chicago and Grand Opera.
The Chicago Journal Is bo unkind as
to mako fun of tho inhabitants of that
big village for refusing to patronize Mr.
Qrau's splendid opera company simply
becauso tho list of dramatic sopranos
Is not as complete; as it was In Now
York, through no fault of tho manag
er. But it consoles tho natives with the
reflection that "summer is coming, nnd
then wo can nil go up to tho Ferris
wheel and rldo once around for a quar
ter. Wo will bo gay. Wo Insist upon
having our llttlo fun. No other town
has a Ferris wheel. Who says we aro
not a ielropolls7 We aro tho me
tropolis of Cook county!"
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v3Mr 'HHflfilk
Gillette to do to London.
Gllluttn Is going to take his "Secret
Servlca" players to London. James
lluuckcr offers this comment on one
of them: "1 think thnt Odotto Tyler
will create as much of a sensation there
ns Henry James' 'Daisy Miller.' 8ho
Is nn American of tho Americans, tho
veiled cnprlco, the reckless buoyanoy,
tho Biibtlo feminine prevision. Fancy
taking this elfish woodland crontura
unaware.)! Why, she sleeps with her
eyes shut and both earn wido open, nnd
tho deep abiding pergonal charm, nil
will bo grateful to theater going folk
In London. Tho racial twnng Is thoro,
and thnt, Independent of Mlsi Tyler's
art, would he n sufficient attraction."
Alioul ikfurlfl Hhotwrll.
Miss Mario Shotwcll Is n young wom
an who Is f rcah from n dramatic school,
nnd her father being rich she ncod not
dopend on noting unless sho choso. But
sho chooses, nnd so sho stays on tho
stage. Tho schooling thnt sho Is get
ting lu tho Lyceum company Is llkoly
to do her more good than did tho school
thnt boro the same nnmo. Schools of
acting can tnach music, but tho stage
enn tench n good dcnl more.
Mr, l'ottcr (lathering (told.
Cora Urquhnrt Potter Is harvesting
laurels and garnering up gold In Aus
tralia, nt a rate which intiBt eonsolo
her for any secret chagrin sho may
hnvo felt nt Now York's somewhat ox
eesslvo rescrvo In nwnrdlng her tho
meed of success. Tho Pottor-llollow
company Is putting tho cntlro Benson
at tho antipodes, to say nothing of con
tracting return engagements thero, on
tho most flattering terms, for two years
ahead. The fair American has, more
over, nchloved the highest compliment
of nil from n fomlnlna point ot vlow
In setting a now fashion in colfftiro
among the society holloa ot Sydney and
ABBOT.
Melbourne. Her famous coppor-bronzo
hair, worn "with a difference" peculiar
to uorsolf, has held its own ns a drawing-room,
boudoir, nnd society-press
topic, oven after tho charm of her pont
ic Juliet and of Mr. Kyrlo Bellow's ar
dent Romeo had evaporated from ovor
atinlysls. A return to England via
South Africa and India, a favorablo ex-
MRS. POTTER'S LATEST PORTRAIT
ploltntlon In London of her undoubted
.talents, now fully developed by pros
perity and Mrs. Potter's professional
relation to her native land may bo oven
now forecast ns that of a conquering
heroine.
Htngn Whlipei-i.
"My Friend, tho Prlnco," Is the title
under which tho English version ot
"My Friend from India" was produced
In London.
Noxt autumn in London a rrielodrami
by the late Robert Louis Stevenson and
William E. Henley will havo its first
nrnduntlon.
Walter Jones will star noxt seaanr.
in a now comedy. Tho gosslp&jjay that
Gillian nas uismisseo waiter and may
rolnstato Poruglnl.
W. W. Tillot8on is now manager ot
Margaret Mather. John G. MagleB' T.
Henry French methods of miscellan
eous abuso didn't seem to "work" In
this caso. Well, it will tako all of Til
ly's smooth diplomacy to provont tho
sparks from setting things n-flro.
When Lillian Russell, Delia Fox ana
Jefforson Do Angolls como together for
their threo-stnr enterprise who will un
dcrtako lo stugo mnnago them? It Is a
hard task to handlo ono star in ar
ranging n now production, but when
t.'iroe nro under consideration and on
tho snmo stage, the Job is ono that even
the most piratical staee nuuuurer
1 (brinks from. ,
HOW INDIANS ARE NAMEP.
Why Their Tlllrn Aro ConttAiitly llcln
Chnng-cil.
As the Indian child grows hi com
mits nets from tlmo to tlmo each of
which gives him n now nnmo. For' or
nmple, ho may seo a benr and run
screaming to the tepee, says the llo
vlow of Itevlows. Tho folks laugh nt
htm and call him Uuns-frotn-n-ln-ar.
Later on ho mny become tho puBjesaor
of nn unruly pony which lu fears to
rldo and becomes known as Afrald-of-hlB-horsc.
Or, he mny mount a horsn
from which another Indian has been
thrown, nnd he then Is spoken ot nst
llldes-tlic-horsc. Furthor on he be
comes a great hunter and kills five
bears, and they call him Flvc-bcnrs,
and when ho slays another his name
changes to Six-bears. Ho may per
form n valiant deed In battle and rldo
his horse through tho camp of tho en
emy, for which ho Is dubbed Chargea-through-thc-camp.
During a conflict
ho mny kill ono of tho en
emy. If his victim Is the only ono
slnln ho Is called ICIlls-tho-enomy. But
If others fall the ono ho has killed
mtiHt bo described ns Kllls-the-ono-wlth-tho-blg-kneo.
If ho braids In hl
hair a yellow fenthor which ho has
plucked from tho tall of an cnglo ho
may bo cnjlcd Eaglo-tnll, EaRlo-fcuth-er,
Yellow-tnll or Ycllow-fenthor. If ho
gives It to his friend ho will ho named
Glves-fenther, but If ho refuses to part
with It his nnmo will change to Keeps-his-fenthcr.
Or ho mny obtain hla
uumo from somo othor object. It ho Is
accustomed to rldo what Is commonly
known us n "calico" horso, ho may bo
called Spotted-horse, hut If his horse
has n short tall ho will bo known as.
Bob-toll-horsc. Tho chancos are that
ho will bo known by all tho foregoing;
names. His enemies In tho trlbo wlU
contlnuo to spenk ot him as Long-
cars, Iltins-from-n-bear, or Afrald-of-hls-horso,
whlto his friends will call'
him nides-tho-horso, Six-bears ot-Kllls-the-cnemy.
For this reason it
occurs thnt If you Bpcak of tho Indian
In tho presence of certain members of
the trlbo and call him Six-bears thoy,
will laugh at you and say: "That not
Ids numo; his name Runs-from-a-bcar."
But If you speak of him to cor-
tain others ns Iluns-from-a-bear thoy
will scowl nnd say: "That not his
name; his nnmo Kllls-tho-enomy."
Hence it will bo scon that tho Indian
names nro nothing, a delusion and u
snare, and tho practlco of converting
them Into English nppcars eminently
unwise. It Is certain that the numo
on the rolls at tho agency Is tho inter
pretation ot only ono of the Indian's
scleral "nnmes." A short Indian name
In their own vernacular, or a syllable
or two ot a long one, If euphonious,
nnd pronouncnble, as they usually aro,.
will answer quite well for a family
name, but tho translations arc never
satisfactory nnd cannot bo too strongly
condemned.
MARVELOU8 ESCAPE."
the Driver Dcierved a Mudiil, Not
Henrofif.
Apropos of tho arrest of a young wom
an in Now York for having run over
a man on Fifth avenue, tho wrltor of
this paragraph vividly recalls hln nvnn.
rlenco In tho same city and on tho same
avonuo Bomo tlmo ago, says tho Boston.
Herald. It was on a wintry day In Feb
ruary nnd tho slolghlng was good. A,
bargo drawn by four spirited horses
nnd filled with a merry sleighing party
camo gliding down the uvenuo, tho
horses In full gallon. At mm nt tin
crossings tho leaders struck tho young
man rrom uoston. who was thrown finh
on his back, tho four horses passing
over him on the run. Boforo the horses
could bo stopped tho bariro had rmrtiv
passed over tho prostrato body of tho
yuimg man ana no wns pulled out from
botweon tho foro and aft runners, Thoro
woro screaming and fnlutlfig among
tho crowd who witnessed tho Bpoctacle,
but luckily the young man had no
catiso to Join In tho shrieking or swoon
ing. Ho had gono throturh hu rHrrtitrni
oxporlenco without Incurring a scratch
or a oruiso. un regaining his feet a
policeman rushed un and aimntnii.
"This Is nn outrage, sir. Shall I arrest
mo recKioss driver?" "No," said the
young man from Boston. "Any man
who can drive four horann nn.i n impr.
over mo without Injuring me deserves
n medal, not reproof. Lot him go."
And the bargo moved on.
Almoit u I'nrndox.
Tho longest way around is sometimes
the shortest way. Somo years ago two
English ships wero repairing a tele
graph cablo near Bombay. Tho two
ships woro but hair a mllo apart; one
of them holding tho shore end of the
cable in close communication with
Bombay, tho other having tho soa end,
which was connected with Aden. It bo
came necessary for the two ships to
communlcnto with each other. This
was dono by one of them telegraph
ing to Bombay and thonco around to
Aden, and the other from Aden around
to Bombay, Thus, ns a speedy means
ot sonmng inessoges a half-mile they
were sout around by a route nearly 4,
000 miles in length; Pittsburg Dls
patch. Woman Itena the Motor.
Miss Hattlo'K. Miller of Santa. Bar
bara, Ca)., Is tho only woman in the
world earning her living as a motor
man on an electric car. When oloctrio
street cars wero first introduced in
Santa Barbara, a fow months ago, she
made a thorough study of tho princi
ples on which thoy wero oporated, and
when sho applied for a situation Bho
answered all the requirements ai well
that sho was appointed without beslta
tlon. ho hkcb tue work,
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