THE OMAHA DAILY BEE- SATURDAY , JULY 11 , 1890.
A Yarn Without a Moral.
( Him rls'it ' If'1' ' Vj < R Men iffrv > )
It was III the early clays of lake traffic
vvhcn vessels won ? small , discipline lat , and
when cadi foicca lle might contain one or
more part ounni Dunkirk Sam. Hill
Tubbs nnil Starboard .lark , composing the
crow of llio llttlo schooner Alnn , held no
Midi diitil lelntlons with tliclr cnptaln ; they
drew wages , not profits. Hut , as tholr tap-
tain was old Long Tom TucUei of their own
town , whom they loved and "gassed , " nnd
mlvlscd , and obeyed ns they pleased , their
treatment of him was In no way calculated
to Imprest strangers with any other belief
than that they owned the whole vessel and
Captain Tom , too.
At Kingston , after discharging cargo , they
had put on their shorn clothes and selfishly
gene to the theater , leaving Captain Tom to
keep ship , or go achoio with hlnibelf , or the
cook , as he 111 cd The mate , licwly shipped ,
lived In Kingston , nnd cnrly In the moiling
had flul to the bosom of his family. The
captnln sulked for a while tinder the. slight
put upon him by his "bojs , " went ashore
nlonc , met hit * agint , then hunted up bis
mate nnd sent him aboaid for the agent had
Ducurcd him a load fiom I'ort Hupo to Oswego -
wego I hen he bled himself to the one
theater ( if the town , bought tlcKct , went In
nnd vainly coaxed thu thicc unicgeiieiatcs
to hoed the call of duty Ubulcss endeavor
They wno kind to hltn-nsKcd him to sit
with them , but would not budge until the
peiforniiinre ended Captain Tom coaxed ,
orduicd fuiiiul and Himlly s.voio ; then was
collared by a scandallrcd fat pollciini > ii and
cast foitb Into oute'r durkne-bs , followed by
the limitless thre.U of the three to tell his
wlfu nnd the minister when they got home' ,
for Captain TucKcr was a sturd > pillar of the
church
Killed to the brim with "aggravation , " he
returned to the wharf uhcie his vessel lay
unequal to the task of dtatingmsh'ng ' be
tween daylight and the flicker of n llahted
mitrh showing thiough the jhlr.ka In the
forr-castlo door Or It may be that ho un
derstood and merely expressed appiovnl of
the light shed on 1 Is darkness Ho give
vent to a hearty , long drawn crow , whleh ,
reaching the ears of Captain Tom on the
weather bow , mulllcd and Indistinct , teamed
to him to come from the l"tf bide , where
there should be nothing but or > n w.iter
"Great snakes , where are we. " he shouted ;
"hear that , Dunkirk ? Did jou hear II ?
Light up the- Jib Hheets. Ilard-n-lee There's
land over there "
Around went the llltlo vessel Stnrboard
Jack hemrd with dismay the sounds beneath
and above and started up to forestall any
ftirthci mischief by an hone-it confession ,
but the sight of Dunkirk Sam's round face ,
shaking with silent , unholy glee as ho
peered down the hatch during the tianslt
from jib sheet to Jib oheet , sent
him back Dunkirk Sam returned
to the lead , while Captain Tom
tooted the- horn from the v\cathcr bow ,
now , of couise , the other side When a
lonely looster begins to crow It Is hard to
guess when ho will stop The schooner had
been Bklmmlng along straight for the shore
for five minutes nnd Unnklik Sam had Just
called out 'mark twenty , hard bottom , "
when Cnptaln Tim distinctly heard another
looster not the llrst , they were leaving tlmt
nstern Thlo ono was on the lee bow ns be
fore , but In another direction.
'Oh , my good Lord , " ho groaned , "where
In Sam HIM nro we' Unrii.vnids all 'round ;
we're goln' up some river Hard up. 1)111 ) , "
ho jelled , 'hard up Slack off the main
sheet an' get her 'fore the wind. "
Me ran nft to look at the compabs and call
the mate If neee-ssaiy , waving his long arms
nnd shouting. Dunkirk Sam Jerked the lead
Inboard and sped to the forecastle hatch
"Starboard , " he called In a hoarse wills-
per , "jou awake ? "
"What' "
"Hlug his neck , the old man's goln'
IT WAS HIS SOUL'S TIHHUTn TO LIHURTY AND HAPPINESS. BUT IT
and helped the mate loose the canvas , vow
ing to pay off the three "bogeia" at the first
American port. I
The three left the theater at 11 o'clock
nnd leisurely made their way to the vessel
Had they been a restnurant they would have
satisfied their slight hunger before putting
themselves under Captain Tom's domlna- ]
tlon not that they anticipated Increased
peril from the weakness attending emptj
stomachs , but they knew that the cook , as
Indifferent to nautical etiquette as them
selves , had turned In for the night. Hence ,
there would be no night lunch prepared
and It was a long tlmo until breakfast.
Discussing the matter made them hun
grier. Starbo.iid Jack suggested the ad
visability of turning back and hunting for
an eating house , "for , " ho said , "the skip
per won't turn the cook out for us tonight ,
but he'll get his own nibble from the gal
ley/ ' They agreed to this , and Cnptuin
Tom's prospective selfishness condoned their
own mutinous behavior , giving the balance
of Injury to them. They became out
rageously hungry and halted vvhcn n rooster ,
aroused by their voices , arose to full stature ,
clustered at thorn nnd settled down again
Fatal mistake
Starboard Jack testified later that v Islons
of n chicken pot pie , partaken of at homo ,
entered his brain and the savory odor
seemed to ho In his nostrils 1)111 ) Tubbs
ndmlts that his wayward thoughts serenely
reviewed nn oft-regiettcd early dissipation ,
In which he had dlsgiUcefully attitided n
cock fight. Dunkirk Sam never committed |
himself , but It Is on record that Dunkirk
Snni was the first to sneak
"Mighty fine rooster , Shanghai , too , " ho
said.
said."Nice
"Nice nnd fat , " remarked 1)111 ) Tubbs
turning square the other way , thus putting
temptation behind him.
Why discuss the devious course of crim
inal thoughtH through the doubts and fears
of noncrlmlnal brains ? Ten tarry digits
closed around the neck of the drowsy bird ,
Etlfllng the Indignant outcry ; live were later
removed to the struggling dawn , threaten
ing to ruin Starboard Jack's now "go-
nEhore" coat , and three guilty marauders
fled through the darkness.
It wan blind , Illogical crime for crime's
sake alone Their hunger may have hug-
gcsted the abduction ; thu abduction could In
no way satisfy their hunger. Hut this did
not occur to them Guilty fear possessed
their souls , excluding other thoughts , even
of their empty stomachs ,
With the rooster snugly Imprisoned under
Starboaid Jack's arm , they tumbled over
the Alma's rail nnd down the forecastle
Blairs , unheeding the tirade of reproach
launched at them by Cnptaln Tom Hero a
hurried confab resnlled In the raising of
the trap-door and the unceremonious bund
ling of the nearly choked fowl Into the Inky
ilarkncbs of the fore-peak. Ono protesting
squeak arose from the depths. Then they
changed their clothes , went up and mad *
call , meekly taking the seoldlng they liac :
earned , but Captain Tom's wrath finally
gave way to iibtonlshmcnt at their sub-
rnlsslvencss and ho desisted , for they hm
Riven him not one word of "back talk '
How could they ?
Captain Tom Tucker was a Lake Erie
navigator and had brought his little schooner
down to glean BOIIIO of the lucrative barlej
trade of the loner lake Know lilt ; nothing
of Lake Ontario , hohad hecured a mutu who
did , and this was enough for summer sail
ing nt least. Ho had no use for chartr
would not have one aboard or any other pal
\\ater methods Ho bcllcveul In cnrrylni
courses nnd distance's In his head , vviiern hi
could get at them when needed
An hour after the mate hud given the
course up the north shore and turned li the
fog ( shutdown , moist nnd thick , blotting on
the patch of blacker darkness that loomti
up as land to the northward and making the
voice of Dunkirk Sum , heaving the lead u
the le-qucst of the anxious captain , toum
hoarse and resonant , as ho called out , "No
bottom. "
Captain Tucker wished , not foa rl.ait
hut that ho know that shore bcttir and. no
curing to call the mate , took > . ! bland u
the weather bo\v. tooting iho fjl'oin ( am
straining sUht and hearing Into thu we
blanket ahead The wind wan nff the bun
at an angle which just allowed Dili Tubbs a
the wheel to lay his course.
In bis bunk In the forecast ! ) was Star
board Jack , making the best he could of tils
watch below , and beneath htm. b < < It re mo in
bered , was the confiscated roo-tuT Kltho
his conscience , or his empty stomach , or the
foghorn above kept Starboard Jink awake1
and he rolled out to enjoy the usual caller'
relief from Insomnia be lighted hU pipe.
It was not daylight , nor 11 HIM for It and
the occupant of the fore-peak had no legltl
mate right or reason to think so , but be
was. no doubt , ratter uptet by the night's
adventure < iud IiU ixivveri at dUc ruineu
daft. He near beached her. "
Dunkirk Sam's sense of humor had left
him when his lead reached bottom.
Captain Tom steadied his vessel due
southeast and had partially recovered bis
wits when from straight ahead he heard
another rooster. The misguided fowl In the
fore-peak bad proclaimed his third defiance
just ns Starboard Jack raised the trap door
o descend upon him. Loud and clear came
the clarion note to the ears of the per
plexed skipper , to whom It seemed not three
lengths ahead.
! ! do"n : " llc snarled to the grinning
"ill. " bard down , man ; down with that
wheel ; we're golii abhore ; what you laugh.
Ing at' Down with it. " He seized the
spokes and ground the wheel over.
"Hrlng her up nnd shake her , " bo shouted
back as he raced forward with grc.it leaps
Get that anchor ovci. Dunkirk , call Star
board. "
Starboard Jaclc was forced to come up and
the rooster enjoyed a reprieve. Hurriedly
under the supervision of the frantic skipper'
they pried the big anclur ol the bow , low
ered and let It go as the sclnoiirr shot up
Into the wind , bhaklng her salh Dill Tubbs
now lay himself on the dee-k near the wheel
and lolled in convulsive laughter but the
two worthies foiward rut fully watched the
skipper Insanely pay out chain until , with
thirty fathoms out , the anchor caught. Tbev
anticipated the heaving In
Ordering tbo foiesall and Jibs lowered In
n tone which admitted of nn protest he
stalked around the deck. Throostoi possl.
bly frightened by the dear-nlug din of the
ihnln going out , remain.d silent , and the
; ullty ones hoped for a cli.inre to tllenco his
voice forever , ns Captain 'loin was In no
humor to take n Joke. Put Captain Tom
stayed forwaid , blowing the hoin ut Inter
vals , and looking anxious.
Daylight came' , and wltn It a change of
wind which detached niahs n of smoky
shapes , showing the north shora fi.lly two
miles away and not a f.irm , bainyaid or
rooster within range of tbu astounded lap-
tain's vision. Ills fncj was a study.
With open mouth , puckered forehead nnd
bulging eyes , his gaze waiide-rcd from the
shore to the water each bide , to his Innocent-
looking crew , to bis own long figure which
ho scanned from his feet up ns though doubt
ing his own existence , and back to the shore.
The mate and the cook were called and
all hands manned the windlass , the cuptaln
holding slack and earnestly explaining to the
mate the ghostly Intel Terence of the night
"What you grlnuln' at , you three ? " ho sud-
de-uly demanded.
As ho spoke , the rooster , encouraged by
thu faint diffusion of the mornrng light In
his prison , crowed again. It was a startling
enthusiastic crow , long and weird In it ho
expressed his appreciation of the kindly
light , his disgust at his treatment and de
fiance to his enemies , his hunger , his thirst
his memory of the happy barnyard homo
and bib di-slro to get back. It wub his soul's
tribute to liberty and happiness , but it was
his death knell
It was followed by an uproarious burst of
laughter , and Cuptaln
Tom. with a re-
proachfu glance at his men , descended and
w ung his neck. Then be reappeaird ad
with legs apart and arms waving , declaimed
.Nothing would excuse an exact repetition of
Us language. Chicken thieves , scoundrels
liigrates miserable , low-down "whltlln's of
notliln , Nero some of the names ho calleil
thorn , we-11 sprinkled with shocking plrat ca
profanity "Might ha' Known somctl.ln' . w Y
"iP'n .C ° "CVUC | | ' " > ° u'vo been BO nll-flrei
civ I After - '
bu-akfabt
, whl'o steering Dunkirk -
kirk Sam ventured to expostulate "Wo
lifted him. cappen , 'cause wo don't irct
much fresh meat In your vraso ] Now I'll
tell you what we'll do If you'll let'thu
cook tu him up for a potplo dinner , and
you 11 piomlso yourself not to pay us off as
you bald , why , we'll all promise , every one
of us not to tell the othc-r eappens 'bout It
and wo won't tell the minister 'bout the way
you cusbpd , neither" Without answering
Captain Tom bbume-facedly went below Ten
minutes later the cook asked lllll for the
This story has no moral Not that In
I0 Tl" ! 'u"cbs ' of thl" 8 tllls houia be
It ought to go on record that the potplo
! ± ia'rV'1 " 0tl" B of the "
'rV'1bVl ' ha1
lit'I ) I'll 1 Mi > ift In tin * n . , , . ! _ A . . .
taptaIn Tom steered , as was his habit
while the rest mustered around the cabin
table The cook divided the potple Into
six bcctloiid and ate his share In the galley
Thu mate finished his dinner and went un
lo relieve the skipper , who , not having
quite forgiven his "boye. " waited until tht-v
had tliiUbcd before
going elown an unwise
delay
Three pairs of eyes lifted from three well
emptied plates and gazed longingly at the
remaining kluro of uotplo. Glancci ami
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CDVVARO L. CIARK.
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grins wcro exchanged , then thrco spooni
reached toward the platter and tliu captain's
dinner was removed. It was ahoracful.
A IIMNJ ) BIAN'S FH.Vr ,
WnIUi > il from \ < -n York to riilciiK"
mid Uncle Without Acclili-iil.
Aaron I'rovost of New Brunswick , N. J. ,
who Is totally blind , ban just completed a
wonderful trip to Chicago and return , alone
and unaided , uajs the New York Journal.
Ho Is 35 yeats of ago , and Is known and
esteemed by many , and Ills familiar faeo
has been missed for over a year ,
I'rovost has been blind since ho was 9
months old , the result of attacks of dlphi
therla and scarlet fever , which left him
Blghtlcfcs. His mother , Mrs. Sarah E. Pro-1 | I
vest , became bis tutor and gave him a fair ]
education until ho reached thu ago of 13 ,
when she tent htm to tbo Pennsylvania
Institution for the Dllnd at Philadelphia.
Hero lie spent two jcara of his life , and
among other things gained an excellent
knowledge of geography , and aUo learned
his ttado of chair cleaning
Ho dovclope-d a roving disposition , and
bccnrao especially fond of walking. Ho
niado bis way about town with tbo aid of
a cano , and succeeded better than ono would
Imagine. Confident of his ability to travel ,
ho determined Iat > t jear to take a trip to
Chicago , to se-o , as uo says , what be could
accomplish.
Ho went over the entire route on foot ,
going through many towns and cities , tbo
following being the most Important New
York Iluffaio , Cleveland , Columbus , Cincin
nati'and Chicago. At the last named
place the J. Curllo upholstering establish
ment cmplojed him as a cEalr cleaner
ami mattress maker on the day ho arrlveit
November 4 Ho remained In their serv
ice until May C of the present year , when
ho stalled homeward
On Ills re'turn trip be took In the follow
ing cities Irving. Ill. Michigan City. U
Poiti > Manatnh , Ind , . Indianapolis , Ports
mouth , Columbus and Kant New Concord
At this place ha became quite friendly with
James G jJdntjro , and they have par-
tlallj arranged to meet again next jear
and take a long trip In company.
After leaving East New Concord Provost
proceeded to Wheeling , w. Va , from
tlicnco ho traveled to PIttbburg , Ilarrlsburg ,
Lebanon , Heading , Philadelphia , Trenton
end New Ilninswlek , arriving here Saturday
night.
During the entire trip ho used the cars
for but a eomparatlvely few miles Ho
left homo with enough money to pay for his
meals and other wants , Ho carried with
him a parcel of clothing , nnd this , with his
cane , niado up his intlio outfit. His
Journey was entirely devoid of accidents
He sajs ho was courteously treated by all
bo met , and his knowledge of geography ,
aided by his tongue , carried him through
his Journey safely Although his route
6ften lay parallel to them , he avoided rail
roads ns much ns possible.
His main cnte-rtalnment was the stories
of "globe trotters" whom ho met Ho has
papers to fchow proving that bo took the
trip ho ba > s ho did.
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Colic , ClioliTii mill IllnrrlHM'U Ilomeilj.
This Is the best medicine In the world for
bowel complaints. U acts quickly and can
aluaja be depended upon. When reduced
with water It is pleasant to take Try It ,
nnd Ilka many others -you will recommend
It to } our friends Fo\ \ sale at 25 and CO
cents per bottle by all druggists.
1.0 MJ 11HAWN OIT.
A T T % n < > -Slx-l'iii'l hniiU'inllli mi
A gentleman residing out In Mar ) land
near Hattsvllle has been reading snake
stories. The other day ho came to town
and announced that stories were stories ,
but that Maryland was the possessor of the
biggest snake ktory of the country. The
etatcment , ho said , was easily proved , and
then he spoke to the Washington Star man
ns follows
"Last Saturday as I was walking up the
Little river from Illverdalc , looking for
raspberries , I noticed at a point about half
a mile- north of Collins' Station a tlock of
ducKs making a terrible racket In the
ctrcam. I looked carefully and noticed
something that at first appeared like u
small stump floating In the water The
stump In a minute , however , resolved Itself
into a big snake , and In a second opened 1U
mouth and seized ono of the 'ducks , In
starting off with thu duck the body of the
snake came to thu surface. I have came In
contact with a great many snakes In my
time , but ncve-r before saw ono like this
As near an I could Judge It was about
twenty-nix or twenty-seven feet long It
was striped In bands about two IncLes in
width , running lengthwise of the body , the
stripes he-Ing from a bright gold bronze to n
light orange color , vvl.llo Just back of the
eyes wcro two largo diamond spots of a
vormllllon red color As the snake left the
water It passed up tbo cast bank , which was
about six feet high. It glided aver the
ground an fast as a man could run. I hud
no desire to follow It Just then , but shortly
after I crossed the river and took Us track ,
which was very cany to follow , as where the
ground was bare It looked as If a log had
been dragged along I followed thu Hack
about thie-e-quarterH of a rnllo to a bluff , and
there I found his den In walking by > ou
would fiom seeing tbo hole at once- say It
was a fox's den , but I tell you right here In
that hole there la the biggest snake In this
part of the country. "
MII'OHT.VVr IP Till n.
All loun Man' * I'liiu of Vfiil.liiK Hmielil
Iliitlt-r IVfHli ,
A nurllngton , la , paper of recent date
contains nn Interview with Ur. Jean Cou-
molgt , In whleh the latter talks about the
discovery he claims to have made of a
process by which rancid butter ean be madu
frebh The doctor worked In this matter In
collaboration with i : A duller. He said |
"Every one knows that butter Is composed
of a mixture of fat , olelne , margarine , stcar-1
inc. palmltlne , butyrene and the fatty acids
known as caprlc , caporlc , butyric , In varl-l
able proportions , which give the color , odor
and taste to butter
"The cause of the rancidity of butter la
the action of the oxygen of the air , which
gets the fatty acids at liberty I need not
go Into this peculiar ehcmleal change Since
the discoveries of Pasteur on the subject of
fermentation everybody knows that It Is
microbes which fix the oxygen of the air on
the alcohols and case-In matters of butter
to transform them Into compound ammonlcal
and fatty acids , which , net at liberty , cause
Iho rancidity of the Wutter.
"Ml Gutter and I set ournelvea the tabk
of finding a means to neutralise the buthy-
rlluinliie-s and fatty acids which cause the
rancidity , and our efforts have mot with a
complete success. After having melted thu
butter and having neutralized It with an
appropriate base , It Is submitted to suve-ral
waHhlngs , after which It presently becomes
as bweet and clean us when It first left thu
dairy
"You would ask mo'Does It lose any of
Its original properties by this ope-iatlon ? ' I
answer , No. On the contrary , by our
pinccxn wo can tell Immediately whet her a
butter Is natuial or artlflelal. And thn loss
Incurred Is BO insignificant as to be almost
Imperceptible. "
Mr W II Smith , editor of The Argus
! U > nton. Pa , ieeominemln a remedy for
d'arrhoea ' which ho bus used with magical
effect "Several weeks ugo , " ho tays , " 1
purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic ,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Itemed ) , and after
using less than one-third of thu contents
the irsults were magical effecting an
cntlie cure I heartily and cheerfully re
commend the remedy to all suffering from
diarrhoea " This remedy Is for sale by all
druggists.
Tin * llorxi- Hair I'/ul.
A maiden lould not bo found who would
wear n switch of horse hair , writes a Paris
correspondent , and yet the hats of most
fetching style are woven and Interwoven
with the coarse hair of the beast of burden
Ilorbo hair has been tibcd In plaited strands
to give airy bowe-d effects among ( lowers
and fathers , and also up ehunlllu hats.
Tbo fad 1-as grown until now thu young
women send a bunch of their favorite
mount's hair and It Is returned woven In
shapely style , with suitable trimmings The
odd shadrs of hoi EOS' hair work up beau
tifully The roan or gray gives good effect
If gowns , gloves and all are ensemble ,
"Wake up , Jacob , day Is breaking ! " no
said DevVltl's Llttlo Early Illseru to the man
who bad taken them to arouse his sluggish
liver.
JIY TIM : niiiio\ .
if Ilic Work of flu-
denial KiNh CoiiniilNNliiii.
Very few people have nny idea of the mag.
nltudo of the work of the Notional Fish
1 coinmftifllcn It has planted thl year In
the waters of the United Stales I 207CCI,000 ,
fish , which , without taking Into convlilcra *
tlon the natural Increase Is mifllclent to
furnish seventeen fish for ovr-iy man , woman
and child In our beloved country This la
an Increase from 081.335,000 during the
piovions Reason 'Iho largest number of any
ono vuilcty was white Hull In thu lakes 231 .
000.000 against 171,000000 for last year-
170.000.000 shad , us against IH.000,000 In
18S9 ; 138,000,000 codfish , which was about
the Hume number as the year before 'Ihero
wus an enormous Inireaio In lobs tern , for
llrlco has planted 200,000 000 , as against
81,000000 last year Coimnnmlei Drlro
thinks that 04 per cent of the fish that are
planted by tbo commlbslon survive , and
ho ran BUiely count upon 80 per cent
The commissioner of fisheries has Just
ruohfd a letter from friend who con-
gratulatcs him upon his appointment nnd
tays "Now , If you can succeed In pro
ducing a breed of shad with a reduced
number of bones without Impairing Ita
diameter and structural strength , arid will
alto Induce the Spanish inuckerel to abandon
Cuban waters you will merit the thank *
of thu great American public as a bcno *
factor and patriot '
MlilMrlnilM lli-HiillN.
I'rom a letter written by Kov J Omidor-
man of Dlinondale , Mich we are permitted
to make this extract "I have no hesitation
In recommending Dr King's New Discovery ,
as the results were most marvalous In tbo
case of my wife While I was pantor of the
Iluptlst church at Hives Junction shu was
brought down with pneumonia , succeeding
la grippe Terrible paroxybins of coughing
would last houia with IKtlo Interruption
and It bccmud as If she could not turvlvo
them A friend recommended Dr , KJng'tt
New Discovery , It was quick In Its work
and highly tmtlsfaclory In results. " Trial
bottlia free at Kuhn & Co.'s drug
Kegular alzo 60o and 11.00.
