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AN EIDER DUCK FARM
GATHER ALONG ICSLAND'S
ROCKY COAST.
MeMlnsr OrountU of the Ulnti How the
Kkri Ara l'roterteil by thn Fluffy
Feather That Are Ho 1'rlceil la Kter
Country,
(Special Letter.)
T was near Reyk
javik, the cnpltol
of Iceland, that I
first made tho ac
quaintance of older
ducks, says Eliza
beth Taylor. A
half-hour's brisk
row brought us to
Engoy, one of the
elder-farm islands.
In front of the
turf-roofed little buildings, on the stony
ground, a quantity of down was dry
ingfluffy masses of brownish-gray,
looking as If the first puff of wind
would blow them out to sea. Hut
Valla, my maid, told me that the down
was so Interwoven with blades of dried
Brass that an ordinary wind would not
tlr It. Following a rough trail, we
soon reached tho low pastures near tho
sea. By the action of frost and damp
tho surfaco had been upheaved Into
hillocks about 18 Inches high, and be
tween thc8o the ducks were nesting. 1
waa tolling over the uneven ground,
when suddenly a large grayish-brown
fluck burst like a bomb from almost
under my feet, and I balanced to and
Tro on my hillock, fearing to ndvance,
lest I crushed tho eggs. Looking care
fully about me I soon found them;
jovon great eggs, a3 large as those o!
i goose, peeping out from the down
which swelled up around them In a
thick roll. A llttlo farther on, I was
surrounded by excited, perturbed moth
ers, somo otlll brooding, and others
with ducklings hardly out of the shell.
Tho mottled and low-toned plumage so
aATHEUINO DOWN,
harmonized with the gray rocks and
dead grasses around me that I could
hardly distinguish tho ducks at a dls
tanco of a' few paces. Just then I saw
a young woman coming with her apron
full of down. Qudron that was her
name was on terms of pleasant In
timacy with her ducks, and they
stayed tranquilly on their eggs at her
approach, and oven allowed her to
stroko their heads and sco If the eggs
were hatching. Of Valla, too,, thoy
seemed to have llttlo fear, though she
was a stranger to them.
"Why Is it, Oudrun," I asked, "that
the ducks are so afraid of me?"
Oudrun smiled shyly, and replied
"I think, Proken, that thoy do not like
your hat!"
That waa the trouble! Accustomed
aa they were to tho simple kerchief,
or tho small black "hufa" worn by Ice
landic women, with Its heavy silk tas
sel hanging down on one, side, they had
taken umbrage at my straw traveling
hat with Ita "perky" ribbon bows.
However, tho ducks wcro not unrea
sonable When they saw that Valla
and Oudrun talked amicably with mo,
they waived tholr objections to my
neaugcar, ana unauy permitted mo
to caress their sleek heads nnd wings.
All tho accounts I have read about
elder ducks say that nests are robbed
of their down twice, tho duck supply
ing it each time from her own body,
tho third time tho drako gives his
whlto down, and this Is allowed to re
main. But I was told by farmers In
Iceland that now they novor tako tho
down until tho llttlo ones aro hatched.
It has been found that tho birds thrive
better and increaso faster when thoy
aro allowed to live as naturo meant
them to do. So now tho poor mothers
flro no longer obliged to strlo them
selves of all tholr down to "furnish
their despoiled nests. Elder ducks arc
found along tho seacoast of Arctic
America and Siberia, Greenland, Nor
way. Sweden. Lanland. Iceland, tho
Faroo Islands, Spltzbergen nnd Novn
Zombla. They aro truo ocean birds,
living durng tho winter out at son,
and diving for tholr food, which con
sists of small fish, shollflsh and crabs.
In April they begin to gather In llttlo
groups near tho shores. Often one
bird will visit tho nesting grounds,
and If his report Is favorable, Ills com
panions soon return to their old haunts,
and ncst-bulldlng beglus. Doth ducke
and drakes work together, laying a
foundation of seaweed or coarse
'grasses, and upon this tho bed of down
ils arranged, and heapod up around the
.margin. About May 20 tho ducks be
rIb to lay, six or aoven egga being the
.usual clutch, although 10 nro some
itlmea seen. A few of these aro taken
by tho farmer for his own use, but rhe
calo of oggs la forbidden. Often two
ducka will lay side by sldo in ono nost
each furnishing hor own quota of down
and doing her part In tho hatching
and roaring of tho doublo family, Elder
ducka, though often very tamo, can
hardly bo classed with domestic birds.
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yjir"
Thoy live- In a wild state In every par
of Iceland where they can And sultabh
breeding places. Often a proaperoui
"varpet," as the nesting grounds an
called, can bo formed by the farmen
whoso land possesses tho proper at
tractions. A small Island that slopci
to tho sea Is the best place, but a cape
or neck of land, Is often chosen, ll
tho land has many hillocks there la nc
need of making artificial nests, other
wise tho turf must bo cut In blocks ant
set up on end to form small obloni
compartments. These arc often roofei
over, with pieces of turf or wood
Everything must be In readiness bofon
It In tlmo for tho birds to como froti
the sea. The ducks scm to like to havi
somo life or movement on the neigh
boring farm lands, as they probabl.i
feel more secure from their natura
enemies, foxes nnd ravens; but on tin
varpot itself all must bo peace and
serenity.
WINTER CYCLE COSTUMES.
How FarlilamiM Are lllggetl for C'otil
Weather Spin.
Since bicycling has become so pop
ular In Paris modistes and man milli
ners are devoting much attention to
tho matter of correct costume for fair
riders. A correspondent says on this
subject: "The new winter suits nre
very handsome, being of rich cloth or
velvet, trimmed with bands of fur. It
Is far too warm to wear a fur coat
while exercising, and so ono must be
satisfied merely with fur trimmings.
The Parisian riders carry muffa on
their wheels In midwinter, guiding with
ono hand while tho other Is being
warmed In the muff, although some of
tho expert riders guide their wheels
with tho finely trained muscles of the
body, while they sit up smartly, hoIJ
Ing their muffs beforo them. In the
same fnshlon somo of tho smart
Frenchwomen carried parasols last
summer. Sometimes tho muff Is hung
about tho neck on a broad ribbon or a
Jeweled chain. A stunning costume
for winter wear, which la being made
for a belle of the theater, was of white
cloth, trimmed with dark brown sable,
with braiding In ecru. The fur was
set on about the bottom in a deep
band, and above this was a deal of rich
braiding. The corsage waa a blou&o,
wadded slightly and belted with a
brown kid bolt, edged with fur. The
front wa3 covered with masses ol
braiding, and tho fur extended down
tho front and all about the little
basque of tho blouse, which stuck out
over the hlp3 below tho belt. There
waa a great boa of the fur at the throat,
and tho wrists woro odged with It also.
There waa the smartest of little fur
caps of the sable, with a cockade rt
ono side, held by a Jeweled ornament,
and tho gloves, of cream-white dogskin,
had fur gauntlet tops. 13ut tho boots
wcro tho prettiest part of tho costume,
for they were of cream leather, laced
up in front .nd finished at the tops
with fur. They reached halfway up
tho calf of tho leg, nnd abovo were
brilliant scarlet stockings. The whole
costume was essentially Russian, from
top to toe."
EXPERTS AT BILLIARDS.
How Two Kugllili Olrli Are tlnlnlng
Itnnuwn III London.
Billiard playing Is becoming popular
among tho fair sex In England. Two
English girls recently appeared la
London as professional billiard play
ers. Their names are Miss Oraco Fair
weather and Miss Ella Collins. The
former hails from Newcastle and hui
been an enthusiastic player slnco she
was 1G years old. The late Alfred Ben
nett wished to Introduce her to thi
public, but it remained for John Rob
erts to do so. When he had scon hri
play ho Invited her to study under him
self, and so well has alio progressed
that on occasions sho has compiled
breaks of 81, 70, 59 and G6. Miss Col
lins, who comes from Wimbledon, !i
21 years of ago und la tho daughter 'j
tho well-known retired bllliardlst ol
tho same name Hor first Introduc
tion to tho gurao was only eighteen
months ago. Miss Collins' sister bh'i
fair to bo even a better player, as sin
Is tallcn and stronger, nnd so maj
carry on her father's namo In tho bil
liard world.
HANDY WITH AX AND HATCHET
Somo three-quarters of a mllo from
Borryvllle, Clark county, Vn thore
stands n llttlo log cabin which was
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WASHINGTON'S HOME FOR FOUR
YEARS,
built and occupied by George Washing
ton between tho yeara of 1748 and 1752,
when ho mado his first step into pub
lic life and served as a young surveyoi
under Lord Fairfax.
For four yeara of his llfo Washing,
ton mado his homo In this hut, with nc
whlto faco near. No relic could speai
more eloquently of Washington's por
severance than this cabin, built literal
ly by his own hands. It wna hero, liv
ing among the Indians, that he became
master of their waya and of tholr coun
try and learned tho trlckB of war which
later mado history.
ClnftlnK the Beaton.
"At any rate, my wheel fs of the
latest pattern." "I have noticed that
It usually gets in last." Indlanapolli
Journal.
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STAGE.
JTt lnoi1wln' Until on the C'lnMlm
Will Not Kiul with Shylnrk Mel
bourne Martlnunll In the L'haructer
of Cllrhet lUthrrlun tirey.
AT 0 OOI) WIN
doesn't propose to
stop at Shylock In
his raid on the
l5t Js, ctns3ic Kiigiiau ur.i-
jr -"jD llia- For Instance
L - fl' '10 nila nn "l" on
V??rf UA Richard tin. Third.
as you may gather
from this report cf
a recent deliver
ance by him: "I
want to play tho Richard III that I be
llovo In. I don't think he was a vil
lain, you know, and If ho was, he
wasn't the sort of n villain ho Is usual
ly played. Did you over read Abbott's
Richard III?' Well, you get It, and
see If you can find any difference In
character between thnt Richard and
Napoleon. Thnt Is tho sort of Richard
I want to play. Why, I have seen It
acted In such a way that In tho very
first scene Lady Anne would hnvo to
run him through nt oncd. It seems to
mo that It Is possible to play the role
so that the character of Richard will
create In the minds of the audience Jio
same doubt that he must havo nrotised
In Lady Anne to make that scene pos
sible and plausible."
Katherlne Grey was born nnd edu
cated In San Francisco, Cal., but be
gan her stage career under tho man
agement of Augustln Daly, with whose
company she remained one season.
Sho then Joined Charles Frohman's
forces, playing Ingenues In "Shenan
doah," "All tho Comforts of Home."
and "Jane." She next created a part
In "Tho New South," at tho Broadway
theater, where she tnado the aequalnt-
inco of JunifH A. Heme, who subse
nucntly procured her for hit, w
York production of "Shore Acres."
Tho following season she Joined A.
M. Palmer's company, presenting "New
Blood," after which sho played in rep
ertory with Richard Mansfield, creating
leading roles in "Napoleon" and "Tho
King of Peru," nnd appearing In "Dr.
Jekyll nnd Mr. Hyde," "A Parisian Ro
mance," nnd as tho Bulgarian servant
girl in "Arms nnd the Man," this be
ing her favorite role. Tho following
season sho rejoined A. M. Palmer and
created parts In "Tho Great Diamond
Robbery" and "Ilia Absent Boy," after
which camo a year of Inactivity in
conscquenco of 111 henlth. She played
ono summer stock season ns leading
woman In San Francisco, Cal., nppear
Ing In "Roger La Honte," "Our Bache
lors," "Tho Scnntor," and "The Jilt."
Last summer sho was loading womnu
of tho Columbia stock company In
Washington, D. C, und played In
"NIobe," "His First Offense," "His
Llttlo DodKO." "Jnck Robinson" fa new
production), "A Superfluous Husband"
and "A Man With a Past." This sea
son Miss Grey created tho part of Ly
dla, In "A Southern Romance," at tho
Fifth Avenuo theater, and at present
Is playing tho Chinese slavo girl In
"Tho First Born." Miss Grey ia ono-of
the foremost leading woman in this
country. Sho is Intelligent and pains
taking, nn excellent reader and skilled
In her art.
The character of Cllchot, as played
by Melbourne MacDowcll, In Fanny
Davenport's now piece, Is declared to
bo ono of tho most effective ho has
ever attempted. In It Mr. MacDowell
sacrifices his personal appearanco to
tho part, assuming not only tho hump
of a cripple, but tho nttlro of a court
Jester. Cllchct hao an Important part
to play In tho fortunes of Joan, and It
is through his watchfulness that her
llfo la saved on mora than one occasion
wuan sho la threatened by her cnomlos.
Ills lovo for Joan Is ao true and disin
terested that ho is willing to glvo his
llfo for her, nnd In tho closing aconn,
when Joan is being led away to suffer
a martyr's doom at the stake, Cllchet
""" ' ' " " "' ' ' .1.. I - ..M, . ,
KATHERINE GREY.
takes his own life, knowing ho can no
longer servo her.
It Is reported that Paul Potter hai
written for Beerbohm Tree n play on a
"seml-romantlc modern English sub
ject." entitled "Tho Man Who Was.'
That I the title of one of Kipling's
most famous stories, the talo of the
man who, after thirty years of horror
in tho mysterious and awful regions
ncross the Afghan frontier, found his
way back to the barracks of his old
regiment In India on a feast night and
died there.
D'Aublgny believes that the future of
grand opera rests largely upon the
talents of Americans. "There are many
young Americans studying timslo In
Paris today whose voices are remark
able," he said, speaking of the progrom
of Americans In Europe. "No other
nation has nearly so many promising
students, particularly young women.
All English speaking women havo
their voices up In their mouths, and
the teachers havo to euro that fault In
tho beginning, which Is much more dif
ficult with men than with women. I
know of several very promising young
men from America In Paris. There is
McLaughlin, who sang In 'Rob Roy,'
and whose friends had hard work to
Induce him to leave romlc opera. The
Paris teachers say that ho has tho
finest bass voice in the world."
Lewis Morrison produced "Frederic!
the Great" last week. Tho scenes are
laid In Potsdam, and 1782 Is tho pe
riod. The story deals largely with tho
trials of a young soldier, who is des
perately In love with the king's ward,
with whom he became acquainted quite
by chance.
Scribe had n way of making every
single tiling snld or done on the stage
lmplngo upon tho development of .ha
plot. He was a terrible stickler In this
matter. One day ho said to a young
beginner who had come to him for ad
vice: "My dear young friend, your
hero leans n gun up In the corner of
tho room In the first scene; nnd that
gun docs not go off onco In tho whole
play. What do you want mo to say of
a pleco in which thore ia such a tre
mendous flaw In dramatic construc
tion? Maud Hoffman was born In Califor
nia, nnd after studying for tho stage
determined In 1890 to make her debut
selecting for that purpose Shnkes
pearo's charming heroine, Juliet, In
which Bho accordingly appeared at the
Grand Opera House, Boston, Mass.
Sho found, however, that her ambitious
efforts proved a falluro, and decided
that her placo was not yet at tho top
of the ladder. Sho consequently ap
plied to E. S. Willard, in 1891, for un
derstudy work and small parts. Sho
secured tho engagement, and Joined
his company for tho season of 189l-!2,
and during tho lnttcr year played tho
Player Queen In Mr. Wlllnrd's produc
tion of "Hnmlot" at tho Tremont thea
ter, Boston, Mass. From this time tho
MAUD HOFFMAN.
I young actress mado rapid advances,
playing uerenis in "Tho sign of the
Cross," with Wilson Barrett, in Eng
land, and afterward becoming a mem
ber of Augustln Daly's company. Last
season sho rejoined Mr. Willard .'n
loading parts ,and la again engaged as
his leading lady this season. Her ad
vance to this position In a company
In which but n few year3 ago sho was
understudy showa how rapidly this
actress has advanced In her profession.
FARMSANDFACTORIES
DOTH INTERESTED IN HAWAII
AN ANNEXATION.
ftipnniloii of I'nrlllo llremi Intereiti
IIiumIa' lUplil Imltutrlal 1'roiiren
Fnr-lt About the Fiirni - - Siberian
Itullroutl.
HE expansion of
tho market for
goods of American
production a n d
manufacture Is one
of the natural se
quences of the an
nexation of the Ha
waiian Island.
This was cleat ly
set before the Man
ufacturers' club of
fit. taiiis by Hon. Lorrln A. Thurston,
Dx-mlnlster from Hawaii, In tho fol
lowing forcible language:
"I submit to you that no one In this
ountry hna n more direct Interest hi
Annexation than tho manufacturers.
Up to live years ago the United Stnle,
developed and progressed while paying
very llttlo attention to Its foreign 10
latlona and Its foreign commerce. If
pro3perlty and development aro to con
tinue, you must find markets beyond
the present boundaries of the union
for both your agricultural and your
manufactured products. Where are
you to find these markets? In England
and Europe? Perhnps, to a limited ex
tent; but they produce the same man
ufactures that you do. They are your
nntural competitors, not your natural
customers. Tho one great undevel
oped natural market of the world for
tho products of the United States -ire
the Islands In, and tho eountrlej bor
dering upon the Pacific Ocean. Near
ly fifty yenra ago William II. Seward
said, on tho floor of the United State
Sennte, that "tho Pacific Ocean, Its Is
lands, Its shores nnd the vast regions
boyond, will bo the chief theater of
events In tho world'ti great hereafter."
This prophecy Is being rapidly ful
filled; but ten years ago tho Pacific
coast of Siberia was an Ice bound wil
derness, and Vlndlvostock an unknown
village. Today Vlndlvostock Is a city
of 40,000 people, with wharves, dry
docks and warehouses, and with forti
fications equnl to any port In the
world. The Pacific, terminus of the
Trana-Slberlan railroad to St. Peters
burg, It Is tho growing center of a
commerce, tho variety and volume of
which can not be foretold. This rail
road to being pushed by all the mighty
power of tho Russian Government, nnd
Is opening vast forests, mineral, coal
and agricultural lands, while tho
country Is being systematically settled
up by tho transplanting of whole vil
lages of Russians to favorable locali
ties along tho lino. For a hundred
years Russia has vainly sought an
open roail to tho sea by way of tho
Dardanelles. Sho Is now achieving
that object by way of tho Pacific.
Within the past year she haa obtained
tho right of way from China for a
becond tcrmliltia to her railroad at Port
Arthur, a port that la never frozen up.
Therein Is foreshadowed the absorp
tion of Northern China, for tho Rus
sian bear nover lets go Its grip. Throe
years ago Japan was n comparatively
unlmportnnt group of Islands, with li'it
little foreign power or trade. Today
it is an International nation, with nn
already strong navy, which Is being
added to nt n rato second only to that
of England, whllo hor Hno3 of subsi
dized steamers aro running to tho four
quarters of tho globe, her commerco la
Increasing by geometrical progression,
and her 43,000,000 of people have
awakened to tho possibilities of tho
future. With tho shaking up which
China has received from Japan Its
300,000,000 of people must soon open
to western methods and commerce.
Tho Australian colonics nnd, tho hun
dreds of Southern Pacific IslandB, now
nil under European control, aro rapidly
developing Into international power
nnd greatness. These und tho South
American republics aro tho great un
developed nnd unoccupied markets of
tho world to which Americans must
send their products If this country la
to progress and prosper. Nearly nil
of this commerco must cross tho Pa
cific. What has all this to do with
Hawaiian auncxntlon? It has Just
this to do with It. From Hong Kong
to tho isthmus of Darleu it is 9,509
miles; ns far as from San Francisco
across tho continent, tho Atlantic, the
Mediterranean and Turkey to thn
boundnry of Persia; from the Aleutian
Islands on tho north to tho French
colony of Tahiti, n thousand mlWs
south of the equator, tho distance Is
4.B00 miles; ns far as from Greenland
to COO miles south of tho Amazon riv
er. In all this vast area thoro Is but
one spot whero food, fuel and water
can bo obtained, and that la Hawaii.
It has this to do with It, that tho Pa
cific is so wldo that no nation has a
naval station near enough to tho Pa
cific coast to bo available as n na Ml
base of operations against It or its
commorce. It means that no battle
ship now hullt or building, In either
tho American or Jnpaneso navy, can
cross tho Pacific between Yokohama
and San Francisco without recoallng,
because they cannot carry fuel enough
to get ncross. It mcana that with Ha
waii In tho possession of any hostllo
power thero would bo established a
naval baso of supply nnd ropalr with
in five days' steaming distance of tho
Pacific coast. It means that with
other nations shut out of Hawall.thoy
nro pushed back the entlro length of
tho Pacific, a distanco so great as to
be prohibitive of hostllo naval oporn
tlona.nnu thorob'y securing immunity to
tho Pacific coaat and Its commerce.
Already six of the seven trans-Pacific
steamship lines make Honolulu a way
station. As soon aa the Isthmian can
otL
al in completed, thereby opening up
tho countries of tho Pacific to tho trado
of tho Mississippi Valley and tho Gulf
States, all of that vast and growing
tide of commerco will flow past Ha
waii. Can the United Stntea afford to
tako any chances ns to any othor coun
try obtaining control of Hawaii. Tho
strategical key of the Pacific, tho com
mercial "crossroads" of tho Pacific, can
now be had for the taking. Is It worth
having? Nono of us expect to dlo to
morrow, or thnt our houses will turn
next week; nnd yet, we Instiro our
selvca nnd our houses. No one ex
pects wnr between tho United States
and any Pacific power, but Is it not thn
pnrt of wisdom and atatestnnnahlp to
forestall tho future ns well as to take
account .of the Immediate present, and
by now securing tho control of Hawaii,
to thereby expand tho shipping, thn
farming, the commerco and tho manu
factures or the United States, In am!
upon the Pnclfic, and also to Insure it
from the possibility of hostile attack?"
THINK SHERIFF A "POO-BAH."
Htrange ltequrttt Made of Till OBUer
Card of Warning.
Sheriff Pcaso Is asked to perform alt
aorta of duties for persons who llvo
from 1,000 to 3,000 miles away from
Chicago In backwoods districts. To
day he, received a letter from J. B.
Westfall of Angleton, Brazonln county,
Texas, asking him If ho knew of Bom
ono who wanted to buy n boar. It
weighs 250 pounds, Bays tho wrltor. Is
nearly 3 yeara old, anil Is woll accom
plished In the art of wrestling with
men. Thn sliorln la nt a ioaa to ac
count for being tho subject of thcae
strange requests. He thinks It is bo
cause In Bparsely aettled counties of
the south and west tho Hhcrlft Is tho
"pooh-bah" and tho peoplo go to him
with nil their troubles and nil the?r af
fairs. Mr. Peaso has reforred tho let
ter to a Chicago museum manager.
Chief Deputy Peters of tho ahorlft'a
olllco is going to havo somo oft-da
printed warning persona against tlck
eta to balla or entertainments which,
are alleged to be for tho benefit of the
ahorlff's employes. Tho cards wilt
read:
"Tako warning Bowaro of people
who would aell you tickets to balls,
parties or ontertnlnmcnta alleging
them to be for tho benefit of tho em
ployes of the sherlff'a ofllco. This of
fice hns had no party, picnic or benefit
entertainment for seven years, and
does not nt this tlmo Intend having
one. JAMES PEASE, Sheriff.
The enrds will bo distributed among
the friends of those employed In the
ofilce. The regular annual harvest of
victims of this kind of fraud Is Just be
ing gathered. Today Chief Polors re
eelved word that yesterday a man
bought $4 worth of tlckota to a ball
from two men, who said thoy wore sell
ing tlckota for a honoflt affair. The
victim told tho men to keep tho tlck
ctH that he had no use for them. Chi
cago News. , ( f
Africa n Hone of Contention.
From tho Lynchburg Advnnco: It
hna been predicted that Africa would
bo tho theater of tho great strugglo
between European powers In tho next
century, as America was In tho last
two centuries. Bishop Hnrtoll of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, after a
close observation of tho situation, In
dorses tho opinion. Thero nro already
signs of tho coming trouble Germany
Is watching British progress In Africa
with a jealous eye and only wants a
pretext to lntcrfero In order to stop
that progress. Tho French aro contin
ually encroaching on tho sphere of
British Influence, and though the
French government disowns the acts
of overzcaloua French officers, still the
government holds whatever they ac
quire. Africa Is a rich prize, and Eng
lish, Germans and French, to say noth
ing of Italians, will all seek to gain aa
largo a slice of tho continent as pot
Bible. It requires no prophetic powers
to predict that England will outstrip
all her rivals in tho raco. Sho has a
firm foothold now both In Egypt and
South Africa and every year Is acquir
ing additional territory. England Is
the great colonizer of tho ago, and her
great naval power will give hor an Im
mense advantage In the coming strug
gle. Hone Founil Ita Way Home.
Sir W. R. Hamilton kopt a head
strong horse, to which ho had given
the nnmo of Comet, and used to gallop
It In circles or perhaps In clllpscd
round tho lawn. On ono occnalon ho
mounted him In Dublin Just nftor a
curious mathematical problem had
suggested Itself to him, Tho horse took
a mean advantage of his abstraction
and ran away. "When I found It Im
possible to stop him," ho said, "I gavo
him hla head and returned to tho
problem. He ran for four miles nnd
stood Etlll nt my gate Just aa tho
problem was solved!"
CurrrnU In tho Atlantic,
Experiments havo been going on for
tho past two years for tho purpose cf
trying to learn something of tho char
acteristics of the Atlantic ocean as a
great moving body of water. As a rc
wilt tho wholo Atlantic Is shown to be
slowly circulating round and round,
like an enormous pool.
Irreverent.
"Whero nro tho great men of whom
tho atngo used to boast?" asked the
tragedian. "Doing tho continuous
show on tho other shore, most likely,"
answered tho comedian, Irreverently.-
Philadelphia North American.
Martlul Vlundi.
"Pumpkin pie la said to bo very
soothing In its effects." "That's aot
bo; when I cat good pumpkin pie X
always feel as if I wanted to figXt"
"Fight?" "Yes, for another pieces
Detroit Free Press.