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8 TliJB NORFOLK NEWS : FKIDAY , FEBRUARY 27 , 1003 I A MUTINY By C. U , Lewis v > K fiM , JMJ , lilt Tim brig Mary Ann Joiiew luul been Bailing between 1'rovUlcncc nnil the TVost Indies for n good ninny yearn Avlien Captain Jonen illod. Ills wife , n ft or whom the brig wan named , luul nlways nulled with him , and ulio could take n trlok at the wheel , work out an observation or take charge of the craft IIH well n M n Itt-Ht mate , .Teil ParsotiN had been Captain Jones' flrht mate for live years , and when death overlook the shipmaster Jed naturally exported that the widow would settle down ashore and Hk him to go no caiitaln. In thin ho wan sadly disappointed. "I don't t-aro to stop ashore , " ex- plnlned Ilic widow , "and thero'H no roa > MID why I shouldn't go nn captain of the Mary Ana. " "Nobody over heard of a woman be ing captain i f a whip , " replied .led , "It nppear.s nu'ln natur' . It'a llko a man tryln' to mv carpet rags and tnako numpl.ln pliV "Don't you worry about that , .Ted PnmniK. You arc a purty Hinart fel ler , as I'll ndmlt , but there. ' * folkn jest and I'm 'cm. " IIH Biiinrl , ono of Jed didn't refiiHO to go along an nrnt mate , but ho carried a Bolotnn face whllo the brig WUH loading and wan frco with Ills predlctloiiH that the Mary Ann Jones would never enter n homo port again. When HIO wan ready to nail , ho went around and ostentatiously "I WANT ' 1O MAHltY YOU AN1 > 11ICOOMK CAITAIX 01' TII15 MAUY AN.V. " bade everybody and everything a last farewell , and ho called at the postof- llce lo say : "Uncle Hen , If any IctterB come for me you can make plpo llghtH of 'cm , for I shall never see old Providence ng'ln. " "Goln1 to be drowndcd this vylge ? " asked the old postmaster. "I'm sura to bowith all the rest. Can't no wldder woman on the face of this earth sail a ship over six mlnntoR ( without Rcndlu' her to the bottom ot the sea ? " " 'Pears that way to uie , " mused Un cle Hen , "but I duuuo. Cnp'u Jones' vldder Is a purty smart woman a purty smart woman. She may be able to dodyo through by the Kkln of her .teeth. However , I'll bid you good- by and hopu to meet you In heaven. " The Widow .Tones was not yet forty years old and in the best of health. When the voyage began she stood watch and watch with the mate , and ; when the brig reached a port lu the "West Indies Jed Parsons had to admit that her seamanship had been as good ns his own. While Jed admitted this much to himself , he carried the Ideate to others that nothing but an overrul ing prtnldenco had kept the Mary Ann nlloat on the voyage out , and that she must certainly go to the bottom on the run home. Much to bis surprlHc , the brig reached her home port without the slightest mishap. "So you got back alive artcr all ? " queried Uncle Ben as Jed entered the postoUlec looking rather shamefaced. "Yes , Undo Ben , I have , " replied the mate. "I've heard about the Lord eparln' uvrtnln people to do certain work on earth , and I guess that's my case. " "Shoo ! Shoo ! " continued Uncle Ben. "Tho Wldder Jones knows how to sail that brig as well as her husband did. Your nose Is out of J'lnt because you didn't get to be captain. Ilowcvcr , If you can't be captain one way why don't you try t'other ? " "How d'yon mean ? " "If you marry the wldder , you'll marry the brig Rt the same time , won't you ? Some folks cau't see through n bole In a grlndstun. " That cvwilng Jed Parsons put on his Sunday vest and made a call nt the Svldow's house. "Goln' to turn preacher , Jed ? " slit asked as she looked hlin over. "No , ma'ain , I ain't , " he replied. "Pm lookln' for u wife. " "Well. I hain't got no girls hidden away here. " "I didn't s'pose you had * Pve come to ask you. " "If you've como to ask me , I shal say 'No. ' What do I want to marry you or any other man for ? " "To get a husband , " soberly rcpllei Jed. "Don't you worry yournolf , I hain't lulvertlfilit' for n husband. " "Hut I'tu goln' to be captain of the Milry Ann , and you can bank on that. " "Not whllo I live , Jed Pnrnonn , I'm purty bitHy this evcnln' , and you'd bet ter take yourself off. " Ho Jed took himself off , and in duo time the brig finished loading for lion * ( turns and put to sea. Liu I ; attended her again that IH , Jed called It sea- nmnshlp during his watches and luck during the widow's , and he'd have giv en a month's wages had the craft lost ono of her masts whllo he was asleep n his watch below. Nothing happened , iiuwcver , and who reached port and be gan the discharge of her cargo. When she was ready to begin taking on , the widow came out of the cabin one morn ing to find the mate lounging on the quarter deck and the. crew loafing about forward. "Jed , what's the moanlnc of this ? " nhe demanded IIH she looked around. "Mutiny , ma'am , " ho briefly replied. "Mutiny about what ? " " 1-olH of things , An there hain't n Hiillor to bo hired ashore for love or monny I don't hee how wo are to get out of hero for a month of Sundays. " "What's thin I hear about mutiny ? " inked the widow as she wont forward unong the Bailors. "Will 1'crkJnH , you've been sailing on the Alary Ann Tor five yearn. Speak up and tell mo what's the trouble. " "It's this way , ma'am , " replied Per- tins "wo stands by the mate. " "You stand by him In what ? " "Dunno , but wo ntnnds by him. Bet ter ask him , ma'am. " "Jed Parsons , will you explain ? " nuked Mrs. Captain .lotion an she wont > nck to him. "I will , ma'am. I want to marry you and become captain of the Mary Ann. " "But I refused you only two or three weeks ago. " "You did , ma'am , but T didn't have any mutiny to back mo up then. Looks is If you'd have to go nshoro and let .he consul marry us if this brig Is ever to sail into Providence harbor ag'iu. " "I'm a good mind to to stand out and let the old brig sink at her anchors. " "Mutiny IH'JI terrible thlng-a terri ble thing , " replied Jed as ho looked as solemn as possible. "Y-e-s , 1 know , but I'm not afraid. If t wasn't that I wanted to get loaded as soon us possible and g"t back to narkct with the logwood , I'd keep right on Kiiyln' no. " "But as It IH. ma'am ? " % "AH It Is , we'll go ashore In the yawl and see the consul , and If bo thinks this mutiny can't be suppressed In any other way" The consul thought It couldn't , and ho Mary Ann luul a new captain on : he homeward run. Fi-ouU * of Some person of a mathematical turn of mind bus discovered that the multl- illcatlon of 037051321 ( which , you will observe , are simply the figures 1 to 9 , Inclusive , reversed ) by15 gives 41- , 114,4-11,415. Reversing the order of the llglts and multiplying 1I2315G7S9 by 45 we got a result equally curious viz , Cinri.,55r , 1COr ( . If wo take 123150789 as ho multiplicand and , Interchanging the Igures In 45 so as to make them read il , use the last number as n multiplier , the result will bo O.OOO.GOO.GOO. Re turning to the multiplicand 9370.11321 and taking 54 as the multiplier again , the result will bo 53,333,333,331 , all 3's except the first and last figures , which ; ogethor read 54 the multiplier. Tak- ug the. same multiplicand and 27 , the half of 51 , as the multiplier , the prod uct Is 20,000,000,007 , all G's except the first and last figures , which together read 27 the multiplier. Now inter changing the order of the figures 27 and using 72 Instead as a multiplier and 9S7054321 as the multiplicand we get as a product 71,111,111,112 , all 1's except the first and last figures , which together read 72 the multiplier. Tlio SUII'H nixtnnoc. In order to calculate the linear veloc ity of the earth In Its orbit we must first know Its distance from the sun. If we can measure the earth's velocity , the sun's distance can bo computed. If the velocity can be determined with great accuracy , the resulting value of the sun's distance Is proportionately precise. The methods of spectroscopy have been so far Imjjioved that wo are within measurable ctatanco of deter mining the solar parallax by spcctro- scoplc observations. If any star near the /odlac be observed with the spec troscope at the two seasons when Its longitude differs from that of the sun by IK ) degrees , we can deduce not only the velocity of the star , but also , the mean velocity of the earth In its orbit. Spectroscope observations of 'ollar vo loclty in the line of sight no\v so good that the value of thi > * olar dis tance which may be had on the prlncl pie described Is at least of the same order of accuracy as values derived from older methods. Evangelist. VUltlnnr the Invalid. In chronic invalldtsm the patient feels that to come In contact with lives unbounded by four walls , with people living normally , with interests of others Instead of his own petty round , Is an emancipation. Ordinarily the chitchat of trifling events la what brightens the invalid but a careful guard should be kept note < to overtax , either by length of stay or by effort to keep up the conversation. In the slow , tedious mouths or years of hopeless illness some effort should bo made to bring in people. Human nature needs its kind , and seclusion forces the mind to brooding. This is often forgotten by those who surrouni a patient sufferer with every physlca comfort and care , but who do not real Ire what a breath from the outside world would do for the mind whlcl has grown so weury of the dally rou tine. SPELL ThRUAPIN , Tlirrn AMB KM it Wnr * . So You Will Ilitnlly Met tl Wroiitf. "Tho terrapin enjoy" or.o distinction that IH rather unliiio | , " mild a man who keeps his eye skinned for curious thtngH , "and It Is found precisely in the fact that there are more ways to ppoll the iiniiic of this crcaturo of the wiiter than any oilier 1 have any knowledge of. II H almost Impossible to spell It Incorrectly , and this Is some thing you can nay about very few words In the nn llsli language. By consulting the dictionary wc > will find that there am five ways of spelling the word , and they are these ; Terrapin , tempi" , terr.ipen , torrapouo. tnrapen. The prcferonco Is given to the first way of spelling the word that Is , terrapin but If a man should happen to write it In some other way ho would not be entirely wrong. There Is not much excuse for spelling this word Incorrect ly. Why , a fellow can shut bin eyes and hit the mark almost every time. He can write It in the dark. The hard er stunt would bo to write It Incorrect ly. And yet it happens now and then that men hit upon the wrong way of spelling this very same word. I have known men to spell It tarrypln , but not In print. But the point I bad In mind was the curious fact that there are HO many correct ways of spelling the word , and at this time 1 cannot recall the name of a Hlnglo other creature similarly circumstanced so far as the dictionary Is concerned. " New Orleans Times-Democrat. llniiucM. Spanish dances have n certain resem blance to the dances of the cast. In our country one's Idea of a dance Is something in which the movement Is dttc to the legs. In Japan and in Egypt the legs have very little to do with the dance. The exquisite rhythms of Jap anese dances are produced by the sub tle gesture of hands , tha manipulation of scarfs , the delicate undulations ot the body. In Arab dances and In the danse du vcntre the legs are more near ly motionless. The legs are only used to assist In producing the extraordi nary movements of the stomach and the hips In which so much of the dance consists. It Is a dance In which the body sets Itself to Its own rhythm. Spanish dancing , which no doubt derives Its eastern color from the Moors , Is al most equally a dance of the whole body , and Its particular characteristic the action of the hips Is duo to a physical peculiarity of the Spaniards , whose spines have u special and unique curve of their own. Her Fnthcr'n Recently -In a Sunday school the teacher was telling her class of small pupils the Interesting story of Samson , of whom she spoke as being the stron gest man that ever lived. Little Ethel , a golden haired new re cruit , listened to the story with great Interest. After the teacher had finished , Ethel held up her chubby hand. "Well , Ethel , " asked the teacher , 'what Is It ? " "Samson wusn't as strong ns my iupa Is. " "la your father so strong ? " queried the teacher , smiling. "Oh , my papa's offul strong , " replied Ethel with emphasis. "Why , 1 heard mmimn say that ho had a ellyfant ends ds hands. " Columbus Journal. llnromctcrii and Uunt. When the barometer falls , the alt around expands Into a larger volume and the air Inside the cupboard also expands and forces Itself out at every minute crevice. When the barometer rises again , the air inside the cupboard , as well as outside , condenses and shrinks and the air is forced back into the cupboard to equalize the pressure , and along with the air In goes the dust The smaller the crevice , the stronger the jet of air , the farther goes the dirt. Witness the dirt tracks so often seen In imperfectly framed engravings or photographs. Remember , whenever you see the barometer rising , that an additional charge of dust is entering your cupboard and drawers. IVophctlu Droiimn. The belief in prophetic dreams Is not entirely a superstition , according to the results obtained by two members of the French Institute. They point out that at night when the senses are at rest the brain is affected particular ly by organic"eellngs In various parts of the body and that early symptoms of advancing diseases give a particular direction to the dreams. A familiar Instance - stance Is nightmare , which indicates u dyspeptic condition. Immoderate drink ers see rats , snakes and insects in their dreams before the actual outbreak of delirium trcmens , and so on. In Her llclit. As a pleasant faced woman passed the corner Jones touched his hat to her and remarked feelingly to his com panion : "Ah , my boy , I owe a great deal to that woman. " "Your mother ? " was the query. "No , my landlady. " Not IluiiKeronii. Wlndlg Is a nice fellow , but he is given to exaggerating. Dlggs Yes , but that fault Is counter balanced by one tiling ? Biggs What Is that ? DISKS Tha general Indisposition of people to believe him. Chicago News. Won tit n AValU. "Say , bow did you get off hi the glee club try-out ? " "Made first bass on four bawls. " Chnpparel. IIU Conviction. There are two sides to a Jail , and It's easier to get inside the outside than 1 Is to get outside the Inside. Baltimore News. and Don't Knolv. i That sense of satisfaction in eating Uneeda Biscuit comes from knowing what you don't know about ordinary crackers there is no mystery about Unoeda Biscuit. You know they are baked in a bakery scrupu lously clean. You know they are put up there in an air-tight package the In-er-seal Package which protects them on their Journey to you. You know they have not been handled by anyone but the man whose great in terest in life is to make them good. Uneeda Biscuit appeal to all lovers S i i of good , clean food. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY M WlinlcN In the Tlmiiu'N. "n former times the appearance of a Mialo In the river Thames was consid ered ominous. Ono was caught off Greenwich three months prior to the death of Oliver Cromwell , and the com mon opinion was expressed by Heath in his "Flagollum. " "It pleased God , " ho remarks , "to usher In his end with n great whale three months before , June 2 , that came up an far as Green wich and there was killed. " Evelyn , In his "Diary , " under the date of Juno 1 , 1G."S , mentions that a whale was tilled off Greenwich and that It drew an "Inllnlte concourse to sec It by wa ter , horse , coach and on foot from Lou- don and all parts. " According to Rob- crt Hubert. In his "Catalogue of Nat- iral Rarities , " the tongue of this whale was evhlblted dally for some tlmo at .ho "Miter , near the west end of St. L'nul's church. " In I'Ybruary , 1S.7 , another whale was caught in the Thames , and In the I'linos of that month appeared an ad- crtisement for a pleco of ground , some 40 feet by GO feet , "on which to exhibit i whale. " The piece of ground adver tised for was found In the Mile End oad , and the whale was exhibited un til March 14. In the same month namely , on March 21 expired the house of commons , which had been elected In 1852. Kim \Vltli it TriiRcdlnii. On ono of the tlnii" * when Harry Sul- Ivan , the great Irish tragedian , was Maying Hamlet a certain clever low comedian named llosklns was the gravedlgger. After answering Sulli van's question , "How long will a man lie In the earth ere he rot ? " llosklns > roreodcd with the business of lllua- .rating his reply. Taking up Yorlck's skull he spoke the words of the text : "Now , here's a skull that hath lain In the earth three ind twenty years. Whose do you think It was ? " "Nay , I know not , " replied Sullivan ns Hamlet. This skull , sir , " said llosklns , "was Dlurolo Antonio's , whom Booth fought In this city ! " The house roared with laughter , while Sullivan stamped and fumed , exclaiming - claiming : "Yorlek's , sir ! Yorlck's ! " No , " said llosklns coolly , when the tumult had subsided , and taking up another skull. "This is Yorlck's skull , the king's jester ; but t'other's Ante nio's , just as I told you. " Kansas City Independent. Honor. According to a writer In Health , hou- ey Is a valuable medicine and ha ? many uses. It Is excellent In most lung and throat affections and Is often used with great benetit in place of cod liver oil. Occasionally there Is a per son with whom It does not agree , but most people can learn to use it with beneficial results. Children who have natural appetites generally prefer It to butter. Honey Is 11 laxative and seda tive , and In diseases of the bladder and kidneys It is an excellent remedy. It has much the same effect us wine or stimulants , without their injurious effects , and Is uncounted in mead and harvest drinks. As an external appli cation it Is irritating when clear , but soothing when diluted. In many places it Is much appreciated as a remedy foi croup and colds. In preserving fruit the formic acid It contains makes n better pieservatlvo than sugar birup , and it is nNo utcd In cooking and con fections. Honey does not injure the teeth as candles do. ( Inttoni of n Sen Palling Out. Scientists tell us that , counting from the eca level , the lowest body of water on the globe Is the Caspian'sea. . For centuries its surface lias been gradu ally settling down until now it is eigh ty-five feet lower tluin that of Us near neighbor , the Black sen , which also lies far below the level of the oceans. The common conclusion all along has been that the Caspian was simply losing its waters by evaporation , but recent in vestigation shows that this is not the case. Soundings made and compared with records of soundings made over 100 years ago reveal the astounding fact that there is oven a greater depth ofwater now than then. This leaves but one hypothesis that would seem at all tenable that the bottom of the sea is actually sinking. There Is much speculation In scientific circles as to What will be the finnl nntcnnm A .Inpnit-no Hygienic Until. Iu hygienic matters the Japanese have everywhere a habit which may tmvc a lesson for us. In their nightly Oath and morning wash the water Is never cold , never warm , but always as hot as It can be borne. To foreigners this habit seems very surprising , but the most Inveterate Englishman , If he stays in the country long enough , aban dons his cold tub in Its favor. The cold taking which , it is suspect ed , must follow It Is not found to occuv If the water has been hot enough. This heat Is maintained by a little furnace beneath the bath. In the bath the bather or bathers take u prolonged soaking , the washing proper being done on the bathroom floor ; then follow a second and final soaking , drying with towel and a lounge In bathing wrapper. This habit seems to promote softness and suppleness of the skin and by persons - sons inclined to rheumatism is soon found to be altogether preferable to the cold bath In every particular. The poorest of the Japanese hear of a cold bath with amazement and would bo sure the man who used it must be a barbarian. In LucU's Wny. Custom bouse men have sometimes made other captures besides those of contraband goods. A man who had ef fected a heavy jewelry robbery in a sea port town was retreating with his plunder , and , having deposited It in a boat , lie rowed himself across the har bor to a timber wharf , landed and , put ting the sack across his shoulders , was making off , when a revenue oflleer , who had been dozing among the tim ber , roused by the noise , came out and stopped him and asked what he had got In the sack. He quickly replied : "You are welcome to loolc. I'll go on board and fetch the other. " And off the went , and. as may be Imagined , be did not turn up again , as no other sack ex isted. The officer on opening the bag was rather astonished to find it full of watches and spoons Instead of a few hundred cigars , such as sailors some times try to land. One of Mm. Crnut's Itrlclit When Mrs. Julia Dent Grant was liv ing in Philadelphia In the house at 2000 Chestnut street that her husband surrendered to hip creditors at the time of the Grant & Ward failure , It is re corded of her that she was visited one afternoon by a rich but parsimonious old woman. The old woman narrated to Mrs Grant the misfortunes that had lately attended a ward of hers , a young woman who had married a drunkard and who had Just been deserted , though she was penniless and bad two little cbildren. "I couldn't help but feel for her this morning when she told me about her trouble , " said the old woman. "It was well that you felt for her , " said Mrs. Grant. "But did you feel in the right place ? Did you feel In your pocket ? " New Orleans Times-Demo crat. Witty Advice. A witty Dublin barrister was con- suited by a physician as to calling out a man who had Insulted him. "Take my advice , " said the lawyer , "and In stead of calling him out get him to call you In , and got your revenge that way. It will be more secure and certain. " No ( JniiMO For Alarm. Insurance Agent Now that you have n wife , don't you think you ought to fake out a life policy ? Newed Oh , I guess not. I don't think ho is going to prove dangerous. Chi- : ago News. Dormi't Wnnt It Hack. She The programme says It is taken from the German. He Humph ! I should think 'they were glad enough to get rid of it An Irlnh Verdict. "My lord , " said the foreman of an Irish jury when giving In his verdict , "wo find the man who stole the mare not guilty. " " ' ' % * He Rot It. Caller Is the editor InT Office Boy No ; bo's ill. Caller I wonder if cr , ho got tha poem 1 sent-him ? Olllco Boy I told yer he waa 111. didn't I ? nice Paper Xot Made From nice. Rice paper is not made from rice nor from rice stalks , nor has it any con nection whatever with rice. It is of Chinese manufacture and Is made- from the pith of n certain tree resem bling the elder. 'I'Jio pith Is extracted from the tree in large cylindrical mass es , and with sharp knives the Chlneso pare off the cylinder till instead of a cylindrical form they have n largo flat sheet. This is pressed and other sheets added until the required thickness Is secured. The paper Is then rudely sized ami Is ready to use. It was called rice paper under the supposition that when it was first introduced into Eu rope it was made from rice stalks , and the name has never been changed. Clicewe. Cheeses come under three general heads , whole milk , skim or sour milk and whole milk and cream. The ripen ing of cheese , upon which depends ita flavor , is duo to the action of bacteria , which arc ever present in milk ; also In the rennet which Is used In the manu facture. Cheese which has been Im properly handled Is apt to accumulate deleterious bacteria. Cheese has great nutritive value. It yields nearly three times the amount of caloric yielded by moderately lean beef. Indignant. Clara Well , aunt , have your photo graphs come from Mr. Snappcschotte's ? Miss Maydeval ( angrily ) Yes , and they went back , too , with a note ex pressing my opinion of his impudence. "Gracious ! What was It ? " "Why , on the back of every picture were these words , 'The original of this Is carefully preserved. ' " Where Cobrnii Are Held to He Sacred. The Hindoos on account of their su perstition are very loath to destroy a cobra. It appears prominently in their mythology , and It is venerated both as a symbol of a malicious and destruc tive power and also a beneficent ono. According to Mr. A. K. Forbes , cobras are looked upon as guardian angels , and there is a Bengaloso tradition that a male Infant auspiciously shaded by a CObra Will COmO to tlf tlirnna Reputations which have been forced into an unnatural bloom fade almost . Ma- as soon as they have expanded. caulay. 'Idons generate Ideas , like a potato , which cut in pieces reproduces itself in a multiplied form. l/SE Mother's Friend Woman's greatest dream of beauty and glory Is when nature hns chosen her to become a mother. Every faculty is keenly alert as she foresees the joy , ambition , success and the life-long satisfaction com ing nearer , day by day , in the dear and nnoccnt being so soon to 6ec light , and the uncertainty whether she shall sec a iwect girl or a brave boy face beside her M ? i ? .dils zest to her expectancy. Friend applied externally Uiroughout pregnancy will relieve the pa u of parturition , and no mother and : hild can foil to be healthy , hearty , strong , : { ear complexjoned , pure blooded arid ihccrful in disposition , who are mutually Influenced by the continued use of this ? reat liniment , MOTHER'S FRIEND. Duy of Druggists , | i.oo per bottle. Jtir treatise "Motherhood * mailed free. WE BFIADFIELD REGULATOR CO. , Atlanta , G ,