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WHOLE NUMBER 1,282.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1S9L
VOLUME XXV.-SUMBER 3i.
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Ted' Td give my
commission t o
see him again.
Captain Eichard '
Debney of the
Br!?Sh-jila,TJi
V r -c.f-TC-ar
e man-ct-war
Cormorant, was
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nr mCi in
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the harbor of
San Francisco,
and the talk tcmed npon "Ted"
Debcey, his brother, who had re- ,
signed from the nary several years J
before because he had chivalrously
prevented a French cruiser from bcr-
imr hole in a wretched opinm smug- j
giing craft. "Ted" was impulsive,
brave, danug and loved alike by his j
IS
snpenors anc nis men. make bat a sorry tight, tor he was
"Eave yoc ever rot on the track of equipped for show rather than for
Ted? deadly act. on. He had rot this ex-
"Once I thought I had at Singapore. ! British man-of-war two years before.
bat nothing came of it. No doabt he purchased in BrazJ. by two adventur
chaaged his name. He never asked ous spirits in San Francisco, had se
fcr. never rot the legacy which my lecied his crew carefally. many if
poor father left him." them deserters from the British navy.
An hoar later tnev were aboard the
Cormorant dminc wirh a number of
men asked to come and say good-bye
to Hostvu. who was startmr for gar
land the -econi dav foil -w-.nc. after
a pleasant cruise and visit with Deb- a way he w a boat shot out from
ney. , the side of the Cormorant. Captain
Meanwhile, from far beyond the Debney. ind:-nant at the lack of eti
yellow lane cf light running oat from qiette. and a little scsptc'oas also
Golden Gate there came a vessel. sa.I- ,-.- therr was no Hornet in the Pacinc
iar straight fcr harbor She was a sqcadron. -.hough there was a Hornet.
large, old-fashioned cruiser, carrymc he knew, in the China squadron wa.
guns, and when she passed another . cotnimr to see the dsco:-teous com-
veel she hoisted the Bnti-h ens.ru-
sh- loked like a half obsolete cor- ;
vette. spruced up. made mciern bv
e-erj po-Ciible device, an i all her ap
pointment were shapely, and .n
jner he was clearty a British
man-of-wa.r. a shovn in her trm-
drxd sailors, her rco-i hacdfil of
marines, but her second and tnird
l.ntenant seemed little like Encih-'
m:
and. indeed. one wa- an ,
American, and ace wa a Hollander
There was gnu dr'".. and cc'.la- izi.l
every day. and. what wa altocether
shiculAr. there was boat dn.'. twice a
day. so that the crew of th1 maa-of-xar.
a thev saw roli-n rate ahead
of them, were perhaps more expert
at boat drill than an .iat sa'led
ine:r rene:
ti-t-.p.uie u:l creu '
to the British navy But they were
not given to underst and that by their !
j. .ja fln't!- -T.--r.?1 tX"i"fc ,
ii-ti rtr"T - '- fcfc. . ..l . w.. --... (
had an eye like a spot
teei and a
tongue like aloes or honey as the :
mood wa on him. j
Thbs was mot not'ceable whu he .-
was shut awav froca the others n tae '
cabin. Then h.s whole body seemd ,
to chaage. The ve became softer,
vet fait of a sort -f reauil deviltry
The next even.nr. just after dvilc. ,
after havmr idied anut oat of
sirht of the sirnal -tatiou ail day.
Caotarn hewell entered C-oldec. Gate
witfa the Hornet of no aadmc But '
the oScers of tne -igoal -tatioa di!
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no; kuo-rv that, and s mply tele- 1 !-otc Take me to your cabn. he
rraohed to the harbor :a answer to ; whispered. What was said b-ehiad
the iignais froci the orvette. that a j the cioed door no man in th.s world
Brtt.sh man-of-war wa arriving She ! kaow. and t is as well not to listen
came lei-urelv ap the bav. vith Cac- i tco closely to those wno pa-t kaow
ta:n fhewell on the br-.dge He gave ' iag they w;.l never met again. They
a low rra.-tie a-1 he -aw the "oraio- "aaol been ch idren .n one mother -
rant :a tae d--taace H- knew the area-, there was nothing in common
barb-or welL and saw that the Cormr- between them now except the old
id gone to a new anchorage.
not the same i 3ntish men of-war
took formerl
He drew away Vo the
old anch-orage he need act be ud-
posed to know taat a change was ex-
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pected: b-eides and th.s was impor
tant to Captain iraewell the old aa
chorare was nearer the docks, and it
was clear, save for one little lifeboat
and a
u-
ooner wnich was making
ect as ae came up.
As she came to anchor the Cormo-
, " " .--,-' -l ri-n -v.
rV" .- j- -- T-- --- . nr-
watchiar tne craft trom tae snore, or
- -u v.-r, i,.,, of
exciteateat whea they saw aad heard
the salutes. But two went oat to the
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tT i S l1 s--i -,wv ,.' r-ii.-.T?! ir
rr .l "bo. OT,r a -tas's
'm il.. u v , ..1
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4iU. "-fc t-f- 1 J. . .'. -." IWVi .' - J-k
lingwcod said that he was proceed
ing to Aiasica to rescue a crew ship
wrecked on an island and that he
was leaving the next cay as soon as
Jeared it wocld be dimcult coali
that night. Stiil. he did not need a
great ceaL he said which was. tn
ceed. the ease bat he did need some
sad ne knew that for is os. safety
aad the Hornet's that he most have
it. After tars, witn
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heertul compli
ments, aad the perfunctory declara
tion oa his part that there was noth
ing dutiable oa board, the omeers
left him, greatly pleased with his
courtesy, sainted as they left the
ship's sic by the marines and sailors
standing at the gangway.
As soon as it was very dark two or
three boats poshed out from the Hor
net and rowed swiftly to shore, pass
ing a customs coat as tney
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rh was saluted by
le cmcers
command. After thus beats kept pass
ing back aad forth for a long time be
tween the Hornet and the shore,
which was natarai seeing- that a rst
night in port is a sort of holiday for
omeers aad mea-
Close -wateamg would have dis-
severed th fact that there were a few
ij gaga.
r? rr
he could ret some ccaL though he s- Te - .o--- 5
people on shore vrho -were glad to ee
the safe arrival of the Hornet, and
who, about 1 o'clock is. the morning .
almost fell on the neck of Captam
She well as thev bade him good-by.
Then for tae rest of the night coal
was carried oat to the Hornet in beats
i instead of her coming to the cock to
I load.
! By daybr-ai her ccal was abcar d
cleaning np then cam, and prepara-
"M:iS -o Cecart. Laptam sceweu s
eye -was now much on the Cormorant,
Hft had escaped one dancer, he had
landed half a million dollars' -worth
Q; 0pin hi the night, under the Terr
uoseofthe law. and -arhile customs
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here was another dancer the
inqaisitrveness
o: tae cormorant.
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upon the captain of the Cormorant.
and he ought to have con so the
evening before bat he dared not rnn
the risk, nor could he run it this i
morning. And yet '.f the Cormorant
ci-covered that the Hornet was not a
British man-of war. bat a bold and
splendid impotor. made possible bv a
daring ex-omcer of the British aavy.
she might open nre. and he cocld
drilled them and at last made this
bold venture under the teeth of a
frrtress. ana at the mouth of a war-
sh;p's runs.
Just as he was Iiftinr anchor to ret
mander
to ca-to
He w
rece.ve:
a.rcord.ns-
anl wa- rrete l at once
by 'aptain hewelL As the eyes of
the two men met both started, and
Captain Oecney most. He turned
white, and pat oat his hand to the
bcatside to -tea Iv aim -e;. t But Cao-
;ais saewel'. held the hani that had
b-ren pat out. hok it pre-sed it. He
tried tc tre-s Ciinain Dibnev for-
ard. bet the other drew back to the
gaar-vay.
Pj!. yourself together. Dick, or
there 11 be a me--, "-a-d Saewell softiv
y njd. h-ow coali you do it" re
plied the brother, arhast.
Meauwn.le tue aacaor had been
raised aai the Hornet was moving
tijward the harbor m iuta.
"Voa have ruined us both." said
B:caard Dabney .
Neither. Dtek ill save yocr
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rra c'oel. he rave the word for
steam anead. an i the Hornet becan
to race throucb the water before Cap-
ta a Ttabney rae-sed hU parp-ose.
"'What do yoc mean to do?" he
a-ked sternly, as he saw his own rig
falling astern
To make it hard f- voi to blow
me to pieces. Y-oc ve got to do it. of
cour-e. if you can: but I must get a
start."
-How far do you intend takinr me
"As far as the Fanioues. cerhats.
E.chari Debnevs face had a sick
love
bearing the raruones. Cantain
LVibr.ev -a- pet orr in aa open ooat
-tanu.ng taere a'oue ne wa- once
"n-ore a nava. omi-ir. and he cal.ed
, oat terniy " r 1 n p j to sm
yoa aad your -mugg.tng craft
w-th;a fouT-aad-tweutv hoars'"
Captain Shewetl -poke no word.
be; saluted slowlv ceiiberately. and
watched his brother s boa: recede t.l!
it wa- a speck upn tUe sea as it
: moved towari Golden Gate
Gci old Dicv.' " he satd at la-t. as
he tarnetl away toward tne bridge,
-and he'll do it :f he can. "
Bat he never did. for is the Cormo
rant ciearei the harbor tea; evening.
there came aa acci-tent to her ma
ch nery. and with two dav"s start,
tne Eornet was oc her way to be old
aran to a South Amer.can repab-.c.
And Edwari Debnev. oac her can
ta.a' -""ha; does it mittir His
' mother believes am dead let us do
t tne -ame.
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Due rarailcr.
It i- worthy of noe tha the Chme-e
very, very long ag. hatched out "heir
d x-'-c- by artificial hear, and the incubator-
that eem so wonderful to us a:
tne poultry show? and county fairs
ere an old story in the Ea-t long be
fore our grandfathers were bom. It
Is likely that we go; the domestiared
dz.?' from "hina. so long ago that we
'ckt not when, and the
iter on
natural historv .onent thcmselves
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lie I-, .--' '-'ni 1 . . i: ixi -Li.e . j .s .
the musk-duck and the gad wall, and
p -U w? LU -
rft.1 KI-..-V i:-V Tri jrx-
mestication of the black duck
anetJectthe opco-dte of that u-ua.lv
produced oy civizatiou on
the
arc is stricter monogamous.
Waterton the naturast assures us.
indeed
tne -vm-diei is a mct
faithful husband.
cer's Weeklv.
Asbesto-s belongs to that class of
materials that are year by year finding
their way into new uses It is already
used in paints, roofing and building
materials as a nonconductor of heat,
for steam packing, for fireproof ce
ments, for tubing, for shovels, fork
tines, doth. rugs, cord and sewing
thread. Asbestos m the household is
just beginning a career of Useiuiness.
It now made into hearth bLowers-stove
polishers. mats, fiatiron rests, and for
baking pacer. It will come in time.
no doubt, to furnish fireproof handles.
acrons. carpets and a co:en otner
Mrs. Chugwater heaved a Utile sigh ,
of disappointment and threw the
paper aside.
Here's a Iistef fifty divorce cases.
sue said. -i ve loosed it au over anc
I haven a acoaamtance in the lov ,
rr remains pairec
- - r. T s r . JZ l- c.
, most notonousiv polygamous. nar-
VANITY.
Grh.
A writer in an English paper say?
that, our haptens countrywoman. ,
Mrs. Maybrickset the fashion in Wo
king' prison of wearing the skirt long. ,
that is. with a train, as she was wear
ing such when she entered the prison.
The dresses served oat to the con
victs are a constant source of annoy
ance to them, and many an hoar is
spent in touching ap and altering.
At Milbauk. another English prison,
some years since, a female convict
was discovered to be in possession of
three taliow candles, which, if they
had not been missed would have been
utilized as pomade" Periodically th
hinges Of the cell doors are oiled, and.
Strang0 as it may seem, convicts have
been detected wiping the oil and pos
ting it on their hair.
Une woman created quite a sensa
tion, among the female convict in
Woking prison by reason of the
brilliancy of the color of her cheeks
and lips. Many of her fellow prison
ers became most envious, and" exer
cised every kind of blandishment in
order to induce the fortunate one to
part witn her secret Out in vain.
At iist. one day she became quite
friendly with a youne convict to whom
she took a fancy, ani d-irmg the ten
minutes' chat female convicts are al
lowed to converse with each other for
this allotted ;imei she oended the
secret. It was con all over the
prison, and very scon on most of the
Jyks of the women could b found
traces of color The paint wa-; ob
tained in the following ingenious manner-
In the aprons that the women
wore wearing there wa., running
through the pattern, a bright red
stripe, and rhi- wa, .-arofully drawn
our. When a traveled and chewi in
the mouth the color or dye was re-lea-eii.
and thus the paint was ob
tained which decora ted their faces and
'dps
In the same prison a convict had
cate :alu:in.r its ".thout any
cause discoverable bj the medical
omoer. One day she was attaked in
chacel. and. upon her removal to the
mnrmary. she was undresseii. when to
their astonishment the authorities
foind the st- produced from tight
lacinc. acd from -he e-Vcts nroduceii
by the pietnjs of weed and wire which
th3 convict had manareii to force into
her stays in order ;o make her waist
slender
The prisc aathoritie- m the'r wis
dom have not deemed it neirssary to
supply the female convicts with that
evr ready and indi-ren-fole article
-o dear to the feminine gender the
hairpin but ne"es&ity. the mother of
invenion. is ever at work, and the
t'onvict will -pnd hour- :n tearing
oat bit- of wire from the i-Ludow
iriard and afterward b.-naing them
into the repaired shape
Leaver from the bible are often torn
out to mak the old-fashioned
-cracker- curls, but tai- pr-actii-e. if
found out. involves a very senoas
Dunishment.
Even the life" Dri-oners are not
xempt from this de-ir - to maie the
crst po-sioie appearau.e. and they
wLl si-heme. plot and plan for months
together in order to become po-se-sed
of a pie.-e of broien window cane in
orier to make a loorcing glass.
While out in the exercise yard 3
convict wCl rapidly s.ran -he ground
m the hope of .oming acnos- a piece
of gla-s. Once posses.-ed of it. she
will run the risk of solitary confine
ment en a bread-aud-water diet in
order to get it mto her ell. A niee
o" back cloth at the back of the pi :e
of gia-s maie- an eicellent mlrmr.
Here it wiJ, be hidden in all conceiv
able ptace-. and many a vioien; xo
man. :ll-favore.i by nature, has "ren
inown to be.-ome ubiue.i after being
ible o admire her features by means
or" the mirror.
Baa: of A'irtUiaj.
Advertising has another use aside
from bringing in ne-v business. It is
a mighty, potential factor which ena
bles a business to be held I; crevents
old customers from slipping away and
stirs p their determination to stick,
rrome buyers like to change, and it :s
to prevent this switching around that
printer's ink becomes so useful Many
a financial advertiser ceases to adver
tise because --no returns can be
traced." His extreme short sighted
ness prevents him from realizing that
m order to know jest what benefit
the advertising has been to him. i;
would be necessary to know the inner
thoughts of many people The latter
are no; disposed to be communicative
when it comes to giving reasons for
their action. iood. clean advertising
always has. always dees and always
will pay. There is no do ibt about it.
Because the results cannot be seen is
not positive demonstration that it has
been of no account. American In
vestments. Vinor Emma3r Frey Ul
King Victor Emmanuel used o'teu
to tire before the termination of a
day's sport, and mules and horses be
ing out of the question in the pr'ipi
tous mountain paths, ne would mount
on the buck of his chief huntsman, an
Alpine HeiTuies. named Rorretta.
One day Borretta. having the king on
his back, was crossing a torrent. The
ig navmg raised nis root to avoid
his gaiter being wetted, the -udden
movement aimo-t capsized B-orretta.
Unmindful for a moment of ;he rank
of his burden, he growled out: --Tente
au. bouric" ( --Hold -steady, you jackass-.
Without manifesting the least
irritation or surprise, the king replied-
-Yoci appar-ntly ignore,
friend Borretta. that the jackass is the
one wno carries the load." and noth
ing mors was said about the matter.
Argonaut.
-This." remarked the poet blithely.
-I consider a gem."
--Uncut." muttered the editor, after
a cursory glance, and reached for his
bine cenciL Detroit Tribune.
Th-s Mother. ff fonrw.
First Judge, baby show Who is the
mother of that scuaHv brat?
Second Jndge-lMrs- Uppish. I think.
I heard her speak of him as enn
cing, -cute" and --sweet-"
At llrSS P. M-
He Fm a fully poor yoa know.
She WelL I don't want to hurt
your feelings, but I can lend yoc. five
cents for car fare ii voa will onlv let
nt- Ii'e
PARIS HAS A HERO,
HE IS THE INVENTOR OF THE
DIPHTHERIA CUBi
. tiauaHy ken? awake ana active- tney
Dr. Eocx Utti OaJy tor Sefesce i Te 'g trat, and made pre-
Cuzim Fooe rve witkoos ry rnaturely cH by the action of the
abuUc Work u th ctmir- nmm- tight. That thL" is protably the cor-
pitaiA s:dt i Pmster. rect solution ef she ntystery of the
dropping leaves may b judged from
,... . . A tti f '& similar trees in
Dr. Eoux is just now the nero of , neighborhood of those aiected
an Paris. He is a youns -man. notyeC f (thoorfl coC y to :iie iiinmina
40 years of age. but he has long been - - - coIorasdiee:
known to physicians ror his valuable .j- hz d szrvjis
work in the Pastecr- institute. Wi-h.
his usual modesty be disclosed what
'as. had !?es about wi. omuch suc
cess only at the recent Budapesi con
gress of hygiene. He was able td
give the result of his treatmect for
diDhtheria and croup, during six
months in one of the largest hosnitals
in Paris. Out of the many hundreds i
of sick children he had Iot onlv one-
fifth, while the old methods scarcely
cured one-half of the cases, and often,
two-thirds and more died. C. onsiuer-
Lug how many children are brought to
the hospital only when the dL&a b
far advanced, he felt warranted in
savinr that only two out of a hundred
need die under ordinarv circumstances
if properly treated. The assembled
doctors gave Dr. Roux a first ovation,
and now Parisian charity, with the
Rothschilds at the head, is buvinsr ud
horses to supply the precious vaccine
which is to be sent oit from the Past
eur institute over all Europe.
Dr. Rotlx has fceen the assistant of
Pasteur for
fifteen year. Pasteur
himself, wi
If. who has Dushed o far all re
searches relating to microbes and ra
rinating against them, is only a
chemist. When h came to study
human diseases with his peculiar
methods it was necessary that he
should have some trained physician
x-itn him, ee aooiieil to v ulDian.
who was then a; the
fame and at the head o
medicine in Paris. Ke chose th-
vounr Dr. Rous, who was but an un-
v-rtT-r i.tT-rr.-
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IUliCJkCL oiT :UUQU4 &S UL wie
stamp of Pasteur himself, says the
Philadelphia Times' ccrrespondent.
Ee is capable of working twelve or
thirteen hours a day wek after week.
and ne is as cunou.-
to know a- he L-
keen in under-tanding the results of
his observations. Ke has had a great
deal to do with all of Pa-teur's dis
coveries, from tne vaccine against
ra.rbnrits to that a eiins; hvrtm-
phobia. The dlscorery of the special
s
toison o: the microce or cipntneri
nf Hw.mi
and croip was made bv a lierman pro
fessor of Berlin . but h-3 was unable to
reduce it to a method of practical vac
cination. It Ls this which has c.ou
pied Dr. Rou.t for the last two years.
Tne i.-50" doctor- assemblec together
in Budapest from all parts of the
world seemed to b.j!ieve that he has at
least been partially -U'vea-fuL This
is alrea.lv a gr- at d-al in the disease
.e terror o: ;
In rersonal
totn-rs.
anrearance
Dr. Rous
re-emble- an Engli-h Pro
-tan;
ister more than a French d:ror. He
is tall. thin, with blonde hair, and a
eyes kok out piendugly. Ke is al
ways dresseii with the utmost sob.-r-ness.
wearing no crnamn; but the
rosette of ofiicr of the Legion of Hon
or, which was given him at the jubi
lee cf Pasteur himself He icoks on
strangers with di-rust. and the men
tion that one L- a journalist is sum
cient for him to wrap himself up in
icy silence nk of the Paris jour
nalists have ev-u had a harsher expe
rience at his hands. They have at
least learned that ;he power of his
tongue is as great a- that of his
Ke belongs to the vigorous peasant
race of Auvergne. where he was the
schoolmate of M. D-iuj. the pre-en:
prime minister of France. The latter
is full-faced, jovial and pot-be uied.
There 'ould be no greater contra-t be
tween two men. but they are always
great friends. Dr. Roux has never
married, being e-poused to his sci
ence. Ke lives with his widowed sis
ter, to whose children ne ies a par
ent's attention. Wonders are also told
of his charity. It is certain tha; he
never tells of it himself nor appar
ently of much else that eomes his way
until it is ready to be of some 1
All last winter his daily visits to the
children's hospital were enough to ex
haust the strength of one man. But
he was often seen in the remote
quarters of Paris a; the beiiside of
little ones down with ;he terrible
cisease- sometimes ne nas passed
the whole nigh; watching them. When And none but the patient and self-sac-the
cor rarents in the morning asked rifi.ting neei enter the profession el
wha: ;hey could give him. the famous
physician darted out of the door and
disappeared as if afraid even of their
thanks. This disinterestedness, which
he carries to an extraordinary degree.
is known to all his associates of the
institute. Ke is now the head of the
service, but as the institute is always
in wan; of funds, he does no; even
draw the -small salary which is allotted
rJT- His friends say tha; he belongs
to another age. tha; he know- nothing
cf monev and cares less, and tha: he
nas given up ms wsoie existence to
serve -cieuce and humanity. Among
nis otner good quauti
ir?-
is an absolute
cevotednes to tne cerson oi rasteur
whom he rightlv con-iders as
master.
He is
also one of tne cest
bicyriists in Paris, and arrives each
morning a: the institute on his wheel
He Kid Done Both.
Doversptke was married. His
friend Giddir.gs con-emplated mai
mony. -I supr-e."" said (iiddings. --that
it comes a trifie hard to face a girTs
father and ask birr for the hand of b?
daughter.-
--WelL ye&. replied LVoverspike. re
fieetively. It does come rather dif
ficult, but it isn't a marker to facing
the mother -of a girl you have been
courting fcr a year or so. after you
have conduced tha: you like some
other girl better, when you meet the
old lady aecicentaEy some time after
breaking with the daughter.
JCri lights aad sita-le Trwv
la the arg cities, where shade
trees are few and scattering, electric
lights seem to have no visible efiect
npon their foliage. In the towns and
villages, however, many of which have
their electric light svstems. the efHec:
' Ls very noticeable, the leaves? appear-
I leg as though they had been subjected
i4nSS
tan. The" cuesticn -was
cussed at a meeting ct tae eastern
!Jrbfca!wrfaa. the ccclnsioti fcng
UlAv ITeeS IietU. .i r.'ZSS ii. ui.a .ii.
.they may sleep, and that being con-
: A
Taftlas
HYGIENIC
HADES.
tlw Taor Bth at
Gleawood
sprtnri- Colored
A simple-minded old soldier, who
served under Fremont, the Pathfinder.
East a good, many years ago, anc torn
a plain unvarnished
I taie o tne won-
ders he had seen in. the Yosemite
valley and other wild region- on the
Pacific slope. By simply tellmr the
truth this 2Tay old arhsm-man
earned the reputation of being the
biggest liar in all she country around.
Any one who travels through tne
vallev of the Grand riTer in Western
Colorado, and tells of what he saw
there, runs the same risk, says har
per" Weekly. What can a man ei
cect who savs he took a half-hour's
swim in midwinter all unprotected
from a howiinz snow-storm, and afte
wards des.endai into the bowels of
the earth and took a vapor bath, the
raw (or cooked 1 materials of which
came straight from Tsphet. or there
abouts3 Yet these are -he every-day
humdrum incidents in -he lies of the
pple of ira&i River TiUey.
A black and turbid river fiow- o-it
from between frowning clifis: through
its icv waters bubble spring? of water
hot from the fires below, sulphurous
appointing to nna tne gate-ieepr
seated on a cane-bottom chair. 0.1
after he ha? told vou a few storie- you
- . .
feel thai he is the right man in the
right place.
He has a tale of ft man addit'ti to
the eices-ive n of obaio. who
went into this hygienic hades clothed
only in its vap.rs. and came out in a
fuif suit of nicot;ne. Thick djr
separate compartments, graiua'ly .n
creasing in temtniture. un'.l vou
ar ushered into a cavern filial with a
1 r .r -.i ..L. .... .- :
living vapor .nau &. wxy, iu
"i,:i;:'. iuuas. .s .wi -tr s..--
useii to the gbostlv shifting tight yo 1
see the form- of half-naked" men.sme
iir.rfrT.-- manv Ivin- in hollows of the
rocks: tnev seem to cuiver m tl
winding mists that envelop them like
objects in a mirage
After the visitor becomes parboiled
he is permi;tei to re;ura to the door
and cool himlf graiually in one
compartment after another. Resum
ing the conventional garb of th
tourist, he look- up once more a; the
stars, and is thankful that he went in
at the gate where they charge admission-
LIFE OF
A TRAINED NURSE.
Mny
Dnti4 Fall t the L-c of the 5If-
-acriScia ; 1To-na.
The number of b"oks. with theu big.
unoronounceabie names which uirses
in training have to study frighten
away all rattie-orained applicants.
leaving only the studious, determined
and reliable, -ay- Douahoe's Maga
zine Heroines they are. every one of
them, who finishes the coarse, a- an
one must See who has liv i among
them and watch-d them -hrough each
bisy c&j. dressing wounds, bandaging
and making bandages ami roLer- and
Linng of spimts. cooking ani serving
delicacies, dres.-ing the newly born,
nreparmg the dead for burial and mak
ing the rounds with thephysi.-ausaud
-urgeo us. from whom they receive their
practical training In addition to these
few dudes mentioned out of the
thousand and one tha; wid sugge-t
themselves they must attend lectures
recitation- and demonstrations, and
prepare for their own examination?.
which in some schools o.iir each.
month, but generally every three
moGths- Even from this brief show
ing, it wilt be seen th"1 life of a
trained nurse is a ceaselessly bu-y one.
helnfui and truly noble, but m no way
a sinecure. No one be' the fairly ed
ccated and cultivated should enter the
profession, since nurses should have
these qualification- quite as m'i-"h as
-he mechanical skill in order to ren
der them agreeable to the na-s of
ceoole who commonlv emo'.ov nurses
pectmg to rise to tne ram o: a r'.or
ence Nightingale: a; least tha; is the
couciosiou of one who ha.- lived w.th
them, studied their hie. an-i profited
bv their training.
Very syrUi-n:.
--Two strange things happened to
us yesterday." said yoing Mrs. Cook
ery. -What were ;hey,-a.-kd her friend.
--A tea cake, the fir-t I ever baked,
was -tolen from the -ill of the kfiwhen
window where I had put it out to --col
ami tka; -Kinie evening a tramD was
found dead in our pasture :ith one of
mv caking cans OeskJe mm.
-unitary Item.
Jones Wna; are you doing now
Smith I have accepted a position
in the establishment of S:himmelpfe-
ndg the grocer
Jones He is a bad one. He changes
his cisrks as he dots his shirts. He
wiH not kp you on more than :hree
months. Texas Sif tings.
Sore of a U-rias.
Proud Mother Uttle Dick is the
mot ingenious boy. Hell be a great
inventor.
Practical Father If ne has a ben:
for experiment. FTI make a doctor of
him. A doctor gets paid for his ex
cerimenis: an inventor doesn't.
lall Trcs fca Sh X!it
Professor F. G. Plummer. of Tacoma.
Wash, is authority for the statement
thas there are scores of trees in that
comer of the Cnited States thas are
over "i fees high.
TUia To Jtaea-
2e-w Minister Does your father go
to church regular-3
Little Grri Yes. indeed. Manma
wenld give bfm fii f he 'ut
to tne blighting oreash. o
height of his fumes are provided for you as you ap- ot telescope it is intenii to ouiiu icr ze .-ao-am the ha"i na.1 stol on its
fthe facuitvof proa.:h the little door in the mountain- the pw-ecution of th search for the dignity and repelled any attempts at
-ide nar the nver. Is is a triHe lis- innaoitanu ol .e mwc ls w. j4-.-r-.-i- f.t.m:,,An-.r. 1: now it snoom -now aay
TO HUT HDI (KT.
GETTING READY TO LOOK FOB
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
If He Beally Utm la thrf LiaJ of Crwa
Chcc H Cuaot Escape th Ctfa
ti TtleojK WiKlx It I rrtieJ
" " i
The Ffeneh are getting ?riiy to
took for the man in the mooo.
Perhars it would be nre accurate
to say that it is proposed to end cat if
rfu-ii ri irr r-sirr i.ri? xnr?n fir nWtT
u..v. - ----
animate creatt?r? Uncj on the sur
face of earth's satellite1 Tls state
ment is based on the talk rectdtlr re-
vived concerning
the bi- sovIass
which it is hoped to have completed
in time ta be cue of the features of the
Paris world's fair is VMr If ail that
is nopec icr w sojMacujuMi ir. uk .
-- --- .
telescope i; -iu v: pssiu n kt ir
human eve. with its aid. in 4is.tirn
obfects as small a- five fee
vi.-
it
ameter- If that can be done, of course.
any men or animals similar in lizm to
these on the earth-will be ri-ibie.
Single individuals, it is true, will
make but the tiniest of specks, bat no
considerable number of men or blasts
could congregate without being seen,
and a gathering of Lunarian.- at. say
a clam ehowd-r or a convention to
nominate a governor, wold nak? a
very respectable -howing. Is wrjuld
be quite easy even to mak oat s
small wedding party of a dozen. An
army of i").'" ' men on the march
would look like a great dark ma.-s of
infinitesimal insects slowly moving
across th- lunar surface, and it i
quiv certain that, with such a tele
pe as i propped sweeping the
moonscape, no war could t In pro
gress there without i-s evolutions be
ing seen.
Detailei inxormation as to Ihe tyre
ble to the present writer. When the
t profe.?t was first broached it was inti
mated that a refiector wonld be built
and not a refractor. Tne big American
telewpe-' are refractors, as are. in
deeii. all great gU-.-e- that have been
built of late year-; anywhere. The
chief difiereuce between a refracting
and a refiecting gta-s is indL-ate.' by
the titles applied to th1 two type-.
The light is received by the refracting
te'e-'ope through a lens or ob-ect
glass tee same a in an ociary aeUi
rv-j l
la--. wnin ten.ii or focal-
r'.r1:" ,
rays to a point, tne magsuy-
mc power temg grariuatal oy tne u
tance between the ien- and the fo.a!
points. This large lens b not the only
one, nowever. tnrougu wnicc tae
light is conducted. After being fo
cused it i passed through a second
smaller Lens called the eye pieo.
which increases th1 magnifying p.jwer
cf the- instrument still further.
In the refiei'ting tele-.ipe convex
mirror is n-ed in pia.e of the ob;et
glas. and the light, instead o: cas
ing through a lens for fcaiizatin. is
refiertei to a :c-a-
At that point it
L? received by an eye-piee. In the
ame manner as the refracting instru-
ment-
Dtfer?nt eye-pieces prcdice differ
ent degrees of enlargement, and there
would be no reason why. with the
proper combination of !en-es. any
magnifying power desired could not
be obtained were it no; tha; enough
light cannot be got to make the
image distinct when the higher
powers are used Thir. in observing
a star all the Light that can be ob
tained is the ligh; of tha; star. This
so long as it is small; when the image
age is corres-
if too great a
becomes so dim tha; all the details
are lost.
AH this should be clear in the mind
of the reader in order tha: it mav be
understood why so many astronomers
shake their heads when the proposed
monster telesooce is spoken of. and say
that i: is a chimerical scheme, fi: only
for locking u.v a lot of gc-oi money. If
a glass of such eitraodinary dimen
sions as tha; projerted is bails, say
these genslemen. it wCI be impossible
to make anything out. and when it is
further explained to them tha: it is
proposed to build a refi-otor instead
of a refractor, they sceai of the great
reiector built by Lord Rosse many
years ago. the mirror of which was
seventy--two inches or six fee: in diam
eter just twice X.- large as the lens
of the Lick teiesipe. Tne Rosse tele
scope was a notorious failure, and i;
is claimed tha: none of the big glasses
have accomplished wha; has been ex
pected of them.
Whatever may be the performance
of the propo-ed tele-.tpe after it is
finished, its cou.reptioc, is so daring
and its size will be so great as to com
pel respectful interest. The necessary
focal length of the instrument has
been competed to be ISi feet. The
big mirror is to be nine feet ten inches
in diame;er. ten inches more :han
three times thas of the Lick object
glass.
These figures grow on yoa a.
you think of them. The tube of
the proposed tele-cope wCl not be
much less than I2- feet long. Stand
ing oc a Broaiway sidewalk it would
nearly bk-k up the way. and would
reach a- high as the latest twelve or
thirteen story bi2ding-. The mirror
would b? a fit looking-glass for the
use of a genuine giantess. It is to be
15 inches thic-c. and its weigh; is
estimated a; 5i tons.
Ke would oe a bo4d man. in the
light of the discoveries and inventions
of these later year-, who should po
dict that this Lase-s conception of the
French scientists -ktH be a co-moiete
failure- If it is a suc.-- then human
ity will as last be in a way to solve
many of he mysteries that have de
fied unraveling during all the ages.
Not only win is be possible to discover
whether oc sot there are moving in
habitants in the tnooc. but the -o?u-tio-n
of the Mar-ian problem will be
much nearer than it is at Dreseut-
Friend How is it that veh int got
' sh5 position yet? Loe; yer poll"
Mr. Warce Eeeter Oh. Tve got
the coIL tIentv o cciL Mv anolica-
tioo is signed bv aH
the political
lead'
ers nt ta" rartv.
Then wot's ther matter17
-Can't gis asv of em fo go on. ;
bcd.- Life.
L mace .arger ne im
condinglv fainter, and
maguifving cower is usei the
THE HAWK
KNEW HIM.
mm Tut Ha iviwtwi
1.1 t Birnnrnl
! don't know that the ancient spon
? falconrr r." ever been in vogue in
t
thi couatrv. said Caotain L. h Met
calf of Montreal- -It is rather old.
considering hew feral aatv Ame
I
pns are of copying everything that ii
done on the other side of the water.
-When I wx- in England several t
years ago I obtained possession of a
cresrine hawk, which I brought
with me on my return home- During-
the rovac-s a.rosS the Atlantic- it was
cy custocu to allow the bird the use
r? iri rrfn-i iVC!T dlf. takinfT Care tO
- - -.- .- .- ...
srive ii a bearty meal beforehand, that
ft micht not "b tempted to dart oi
after some passing eozoli and loe
?!g;bt cf the ship. In pte of the
pre..-aatiot. the bird n? uusi--
tr.-r one dif. -igut came us.
and still the hawk did not t
. f- Z X 5
appear, ana i m- "? -." - j-
nc that
i ooa: Mver eai. cc.;au .'-
2-oon
afvr sr arrival home
glancing :
. x.lm.- ,-- T r.-wrTvw n n.ir-
oer ijixi ua. (uk. . .w,..
iting that the captain o a
fishing schrvuer who reside.! at that
point had brought a fine hawk into
port, which he said ruai oudd-niy come
abjarl his ve-sel daring his late voy
age. I at once Jumped to the con
clusion that it must tv my falcon, and
lo-t no time in setting ou: for Halifax
to investigate On finding the capcain
who had the bird I learned that he
bad no intention of giving up his pciie.
ying that is was easy for anyone to
claim property, but it wa.- another
thing to prove the ownership of it.
-Mv object wastoretver the hawk
rather than to pick a quarrel with the
Dugnaciixx- -aiior. - I curbed my
anger and prop-ed to -ettl he qri-tr-tion
bj experiment. To this the cap
tain a; last consented- The test was
this: I was to be admitted to an inter-
new with the bird in the presence of
-jritnesses. Since in the po-.-essku of
.ij of recogm-ioa toward me and at-
ta.rhment. e-pe..daily if it should play
with the buttons on my coat: tne cap
tain was to giTe ap his claim. AlltJlf flZSd Giljitll lit
-The btri wa.- accordingly booaght ,
in. In an instant -he dashed a: my ' Pjll CipitiJ,
shoulder, showing everj sign of recog- ,
nition ami delight, he ruoce.1 her
hea.1 a.gamst my cneek and playfully
champed the buttons on my c?at with
her beak. The witn e renderei a
verii'-t m my favor, and. to do him
justice, the .niotain wuiingiy gave up
his .-latm and I boce my pet home in
trinmoh."
Serl Ois of HU Wls-
( 'anon Bow!e b-came v-ry abs.'nt
minde.i ami uervou m his later years.
and wis alway- singulariy alarmei by
thunder and lightning. When a wid
ower he was once the guet of Lady
Lan-downe. wfan a terrific storm.
cam1 os shortlv afer the guests had
retired for the night Lady
-
downe was -tartlrd by hearing hi? ce slS9d Iseu to -rln-Lng
violently while she was -m- o,.- tCct aame. Wa wuctt rear ?:-
sstng. ani -ne a: on-e sent nei
nm
maid to -ee what was wrong. Af'eg
taoping a: the door, the ycrung woman
was admitted, and said. "Mr- Bows.
her ladyship has sent me to see what
l- tne matter Is
an do for vou. sir'
tnere anytnmg x
n do for vou. sir3- --On. ye-. satd
the old gentleman, in a -tare of a"rect
terror: "III give you guinea if yoo."H
-too cere and -teep in the rwc"
The maid wen; hack laughing to her
mistress, to whom she 'old wha; had
cccurreii. and at breakfast the next
morning Lady Larisdowne chafici the
geed canon unmercifully, to the
amusement of every one present.
Argonaut.
The Old thi B-.
-Bus that is another story." re
marked the young man in the course
of couver-ation.
-Kow I detest tha; phrase'" -aid
GLady-. --The old. obi story is good
enough for me. anj
Hf O-trjhs to Kao.
Mr. Lakeside Old man. cougrasu
Ia:e me" I'm engaged to thas charm
ing widow. Mrs. Van Waba.-her'
Mr. Dearborustreete With all my
heart" I never had a better wife thai
she was.
Th Wrjnj
ihos.
GirL jokingly id like a p-a.-e
where HI have everything I wans.
nothing to do an-i no oce to boss me.
( lerk Tms. mis-, is an employ
men; ofiice. not a matrimonial agency
GIVEN
0 LEVITY.
5he It takes two to make a car-
gam, you know. He Yes: but
one gets it.
ir?fv
Bcaco Jim How
inch d-d Pete ret
on those diamoa
Li he 'to'elast aighf
Steerer B-ob Th:rty dav-.
"Has your new cook made a ay nerw
di-hes?" St. shr aa-deTotei mest
of her time to breaking them-"
Teacher Spell slippers. tto. Ottc
-i-a-D-p-c-r-s. Teacaer That
spells Li pper-u Otto -ime thing
Ferguson Mb--- High-trike-- is quite
a stately g"-. -he tak-'s after her
father. Haakia-a Yes. aad when I
go there b'ame hici. he take- after
me!
Tlmmiss called to see about a
little poem I left here - To Phil lis"
ttos the t tl New ci Coy Fil
lies' Two fillies I ZK'tzS Jon want
to ee de horse editor
3Iamma Oh, Frank! I've just heard
that smallpox Ls about. Wnatever
wooM yoa do if baby caught it
Frank By Jove' trer thoeght of
that! Give sa my hat! I'll th and
get vaccinate-i at oace!
"Forgive me." hw p'eadei contritely.
I didn't mean to ktsa yoa. bat the
tmpulse wa irreis;
yoa?" -he snapped.
ble.
-'-""ever
live'
A gtri aia
-
orgvj-e a
kissing her. bat never for acol
afterward.
Jlother iVnere were yon dunag
that thander storm? Foy Over in
the .-zbi with, the big tree in it. "3ut
I have told yoc distinctly macy. many
times, never to stand under a tree
daring a thunder storm." -I didn't.
I sat down.
-He done brought de trouble ca
hisse'f. said Mr Enstus Pinkiey- "I
treated him. lalk er gemman. I did,
t'weH he made remahks "coat me
singin". Dm I had ter damage 'is
beauty." -"What did he say?" "He
On'j ray aon was so big das de
Ctoes got m and sptle-i de ch.ua. "
rorgive
while I
man fcr
ogizing
ColTaaViu-Btti-Baak)
.. . , -
Mff nfffn fl Till flflEl
W'X
fete las a Id &&
Tkulil
mil t mixmy j fxenrt.
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