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Home My WebLink AboutThe Signal, 1898-7-7, Page 7• w osuois eau,. • -we .:'."1 Veli . otsmazabio WAR. mop ter all Lakesde law.') • gm*, etude Oueer dorsa, r ja l mow, ei ser •len age setas et sleet r,ryy I Hey, sa oat bird must stag pi tdlase w 140 wsawla. See, oh" esel Iso, whew she lies pad, with was open eye, Useheltered fres the skis, A{osr, saeasriked. .he Yell Ilea sorrow tow. ♦ e, dun hearm tba►hreek base bores • Cie. Ira 1101 o dds0 deed ambled* ear to ear wool totems. dry TUar std. aeo0sia0 owl 1r•1par reit rills edows the silent glades, ear pit the piastre yew 11s breaches ream, , less pet no u pollutes the derwue shades. Mow forth her biller woe Deflower boo furtu.e M. Her peva story thew. That ell may lame Thee ',peaty call tmr 700*4 hares. Hid than treat nab de - tee tall rue, tail, fall. 1.111 Ig d tbdr eras they wive hoe /aesssl Pt s4 /os 7t ws•es vette guard tbat wafts* stupe• while aeonsgee, 1 This 1e so trine es sic sorerillochwea •eves. -We hare •s.0 �spr. and lesdeu greet b.A{ aware lertereitRoll pas that open grieve And let thy billows lore Her whom they ooald sot sear. /ben open wide ,err waters arms to where Me wbsiredt ado tied bide, hide. MM t rees dement tbe•pot01. V� �ai1 L Wed► spark bons the Are feu oa p lark MUM • and burned It apart, SO SIMS It d Stdell ll. to two d I fell do b lbs mit mg ,an eau ea sank Into 1t up to the chest. 1 coded M move, end eta 1 was obliged to go bomb and (rush • spade ad dlg myself out •As 1 wasurusslhxourgeld,"000du the boy. with • very .ortuu. dr, "1 fou that the reapers were outgo( the corn, bull the heat wee so intense that they declared they ouuld not work may Sanger. rio I as hist Just ram as I could to the sables and fetched our uuire She L two dye long and as bird se midnight, with blegle firma growing on her book, and underlie/ shadow the reapers were able to continuo to out the Dorn. The reapers now begin to complain that they ware thtrsey. They wanted route fresh, cool water to drink. They had been to the river to get some, but it was dl frozen over. Se 1 took off my head, broke • hole 1a the hue with 11 sed carried them water fa my bands. 'Where have you lett your head?' acted all the reapers 1n dismay. I put my hands up and found 14 wasn't there immedi- ately I ran back to the river, and there was ley head lying Mat who I had Sep 1t" The old one began tu wrlggle•nd tw1M and scream wttb laughter. "Stop stop," he screeched, "sr iiyaf blunt' Oh, my," h. groaned, :.moi want to laugh any Inure." "But you mus hear the rad," said be boy "A cunning old (ox had stealthily crept to mt hued and was Met beginning to gnaw my brains. Softly, softly, I got behind him and gave hem • tremendous kick, to that he flaw high into the air. Up, up be roan 1 watched hint vanish into the dim Maumee, and no one her ease Mss. him since. Then I put on my head Mad ramie strITght to this -milt to grind my The miller told -start mead ata -b - mill to grind my curs, 'bat,' said be, 'take heed and do not grind year ours s.1 nighttime, for the mill Is haunted, and 1f nay man is .o foolhardy as te come hew after the sun has set his body, ail battered sad bruised. will b. Lound be the mons - 'POLO SY THE HAIR. ehtendellatineeted Cbrrertertetlo. Dedham.' ----h :N Cepnarr (ircwth. WINO hair furnisher ouos(d.raltle fur +Wady," said • physiognomist, "and notch Mere than • mrelurs observer would .up- tws. It ls is tawrelgestu• that la manly grade The hair uuquosisunably indicates Mmpetnru.nt and feeling, Ane or coarse, rad of oharaoter and constitution. Black •hair a000mpenlea what is known as the bilious temperament, wblob gives power, endurances and strength. On the other •baud, or head possibly, light heir Inde• OW' the .zse1 opposite, delloaoy, Ane• nese and the lighter tone of character. Notice • person with auburn hair. mar or woman, and you will discover easily that their euaoeptlbllltls aro quiet. B7 the acme reasoning red hair marks • Sanguine temperament, those who are possessed of Intense feeling, of ardent. Ary or passionate natures. As the hair is curly or inclined that way, the emo• $tonal and impute 'e 1s Indicated. A per- fectly straight hair tells 1ts story to all who desire to know It, for whoever knew tine with straight hair who woo not of • mild and tame n•tere? Those who have Ane light hair, It will be notlesd, while Miff can do alwmt any *runout of indoor Wart, are not to be depended on for -ikssI7 work. Here again they are the op posits of the blryek haired people, who can endure the heaviest and hardest kind ,of labor. Landow, the strung man, has light hair, but l don't think he would be e a reliable for heavy continued work ao A black hatred man of halt his strength! Here is another thing to study. The soarer the hair the more the owner of 1t 1k marked WItw•tndiaeleally ie tbougbt,� -feeling, manses mid action. I do sot think that any man or woman whose Bair Is fns can by any possibility ever make • great mark to publlo life. Fine hair may do well for the student, scient- ist or artist 1n a general way. bat when you Dale* Moose who have made the greatest marks In these lines you will discover that their hair 1s coarse. The same rule holds good with man and woman. "The person who has coarse, brittle hair, it maters cot what color though the darker it Is the more strength of abstracter and persistence there le likely to be, hue a direful mind generally sena L of • very observing Doter*. They also remember what thee see or hear for a Leg time, and have besides the faculty of calling up In their minds what they have observed or heard. They are the material that goes Into the makeup )t 1t.ueeemful detectives They are of special value as librarians or as earthen at tittles. They are ..rarely .'Deeotor", though the mod remarkable thing was that or- they are likely to remember roar of the erythtag dm.. he Meesll, ler them waa.aw- .*.toes. lasldvad In beemtions than h- one there to carry it Next • lot of chain venters. lo departmental life they are Appewed, ail pushing themselves. But 00 airy.valabte In being able to put taelr pmeple cam.. 'Then all at a suede° 1 raw hands on papers which are long flied • quantity of hands Tbey took 119 the away. They also re member •ecusately knives and forks and laid food as the 'Take aids .eons oto the mtu •alZarlsr 1,0 call a peasant to tea nun. "All rtg'ht, Cather," mid the MAMI6 bouldered the sack of cern. •. But beware," cautioned tks Altl/t• 'Dot to gaited the ewe 1f the aid cos AS Meta ' "Have net fear, lather. I'll Mks a et," read the lad as he gayly went off with 1116 sed • Into he arrived aM hadd there w tie anger girding his cern. fever mind," said the boy to,hiniesit, 'I'll se o0 40 Abe next mill and grind my mare lie twine ti* the second mill—..d the eek of emu massed to be growing very poop—and there eget° he found Shedd ore grinding hie cora "Bother e' terowled Dug the ' boy. "I topped 1 roust yet en to the 'reel. m111 .0d three 1'11 surely grind my corn." 1e rnbroml-gulag hr at.s4red ,at.t s, Iklr/l sell indite and behold, there again, b hie extreme 4ndignadoa. eras .the old see gretdies his euro "Net a step farther -will I ago,"muWmsd the bey rubbing the sweat off his dusty The boy said these wards eery Lowly and seriously, looking the old one straight In the face. The old one stopped laugh- ing and began to 'Muffle and t.lramed look very uncomfortable. Oh, !don't mind that, milker,' I old 'Don't you far for tate. You 1d gets bed and leave the alone. 1 roe tab very red taro of myself.' 14o the miller went to tad, and 1 went Inside the mill. 14 eras already dark, and 1 had hardly been in- side the place two minutes when the door suddenly opened and to carte • table beau- tifully laid and spread uvea' with all surfs of good thing*, tolled MMUS and baked meet•, jellies and creates, wins and cakear tarts and =nauseam of every kind. Hut NEW WORLD OF WARARE. rulings, decisions and ,reretfents. 1 have lees with his able*, also.. "1'11 Walt 11 plate., and the food dleppe•ret, hoe In mind several pemwons of this kind, two send be t. the Brack 01 doom, land when d where I could not see,Well, 1 was bun- .p whom are in the pension cmc.. who W Kroapd his core 1'11 grind mine." gay, too, sD I also sat down to aha table ands can, when called upon. state almost 1n- "Hrlle, youngster?" cried tit. old 00, ate with those who were eating and ea- 'Meetly the ruling* In complicated pen - "Halle, Iew isstenae d to ese the Sal fur the toyed myself. When I had eaten mi much .ton seas, It matters not bow Inns • Mime and escar ermine• make. • new Startling Development of Mines and Countermines. -w - - stnwu,r Rio Jeanne at Currupalty, Para- guay, by a stationery torpedo 1866, May . le—United `+tatty transport it. li Hamilton destroyed by subwertDe menu In Mobile bay led6, April I4—Uu1Wd Ktatw gunboat 8oluta destroyed by subwarlua, boat ID Mobile bay 1016, April If{—United Stats (untied !da destroyed by .ubtuarine tutu. In Blakely river. 1$le, April 1—United States guubuai Rudolph destroyed by submarine mine in Blakely river 1866, Man•h 99— United Mater monitor cured. 1 canot14 say too much on recom Osage destr ryes by a drifting torpedo is mandation of B.B.B. mall who suffer as Blakely rh,sr. he did." JOSEPH P. LABELLE, Mani - 111(1e, Matruh 88—United Mats monitor wake P:O. Qu•• M1►wauksedtattr,yel bya subumerine mine , 'There can be no question about la Blakely river. 1866, Manch 14—United States gunboat' it. Burdock Blood Bitters has no Althea destroyed by .ulnusrluo mine,lle equal for the cure of Spree and Blakely river. SCROFULA. •' My little boy, ailed ] years and es months, was a victim of Scrofula o0 the face, which all the doctors said was incurable. To tell the truth he was so had that 1 could Out bear to look at him. At last I tried a bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters, and before it was half used be was gaining, and by the time he had three bottles used be was completely Ulcers of the must chronic and 111(16, March 4—Unikd titers transport Thorne destroyed by albtearine mine 1• malignant nature. Through its ale Cape Fear rivet. powerful blood purifying proper- 1t1d6, March 1—Emit d States steamer Harvest Moon destn,yesi nea?Georgetuwa.ties, it gets at the source of dis- hier., Jan lb—United States monikerease and completely Patapeso ax»htpletuly dtstroytd b"barrel [1 j, 8U^DOPy eradicates it front torpedo In the attack un Charleston, sink' t�the system. lug Ina few minutest Sixty-two nen and Y anions were drowned. lett Item 9-1' need States steamers h �OOD ITTERI. Otsego and Hereby destroyed in the lion Poke river 1864, Dec. 8—United Stats gunboat Narcissus destroyed by • submarine mine ; to Mobile bay 1864, Nov. 97—United Stats tranoport Greyhound destroyed tog a "cold" torpedo a the Janus river 1064, Oct 97—Only Union torpedo sue of the Orli war, Cushing's destraa- ram Albsrttarte near Plymo Lay diem hag spar torpedo. States inmates1804, Aug. 1t Tecumseh sunk in Mobile bay, the ship disappearing almost lnetanta tenets The paptatti'and TO ohthe Brew were Imes, Jane 111—UDltad Stn Alice Wood destroyed by submarine in St. John's river. 1864, May 9—united Stats transport H. A. Wood destroyed by submarine mine In St. John's river. 1864.. May A---. .United_ flMtee - attbt� 3onun(dole. Jones desroyed-ln I•s1Ti iiia sr by an ebec(Pks torprdo. 1:104, April 16—Unttd States armored ship Eastlort sunk In Rid river by a sub• marble mine. 1864, April 1—United Mates teacupful Maple Leaf sunk by floating torpedo In ' dt. John's river, Fl"ride. 1804, Feb. 17—United States frigate Housatonte sank at Charleston. IA sub- marine boat was wed. and she ran Into Aide Made bl'bor torpedo, iEo101 down with the ship • �a uj7}_ blas irottolad gun Heron a Z�ro Mee by 'submarine mine In Yazoo river. 1802. Dec l'2—United States ironclad Cairo sunk. In--'T2--minutes by stat►ouary torpedowr in Yazoo river First vessel do- stroyed by torpedoes to the civil war ri- my other war - It il'HA7iM ' 1N8'lITUTE. CT. LI>iR��iM�IfD IILADIIf6 BI 01)88. VS BMW sped sad Spare (uteload Ogee hem 1 to 4 r,0., •ad tress ? to le P.A. ABOUT WOO VOL'S . N- LIBitABL Weenyand 1 • • P•pem.e ,IIENRRlgIHIPT11`I M?0DILiSIAM -- ge melee troy ueauf Librat *4 Hvedlhq Apple :tine fee' msmkerrhl► 10001' , • Libreria ❑s room.LRA 1 TOM, Stott* tl.0aotigt - tts.wwF- eel DitADLT ,DUlie UIIDEP THF ERA. int time "What do you wad held as 1 could," mid the buy, "and I ampp05 time has elapswl since the rulings were p 17? .all the other had eaten as much am they male. Another caw Is to the post -orae. • 1 west Igrind .e 7 cora" .onstld, too, for all the slabs were quit department, who can Insai.tly remember "Olaf I eras bars Jlrrt " a0ht tld 1 'empty, suddenly the lights were muffed •ey of the hn•:dre e4 of ruling* made In see, `set I man'l eM kott rotas atolls out and 1 was In pitch darkness." tosasegioe with the lector cassia arn►as. Mee finished. Red Iaha11 be ages yam'_'-� "Tod isn't grind three mills al lei time," angrily said tb. boy. "I'll tell yea what I'll do," said the ran, taking °o notice of the boy's Lel "VII agree that each tell one another • tale, and whoever tette the most iwprohv hk Impaorlbee tole she/ hive the mill M grind hie cora." 'Well, the% seems fair enough," sale the boy "Teell your tale grit. and tan 1'111011 mine." -Good!" odd the slid one. And he toidaivag tals.and it wean{ very fu and 1t wasn't very war, se 1 won't b you here. Can't you do stetter thaw thet?" sneer. d the boy. - "Let's aw what you one do, m7,sedge tack -crow snarled the old one, soggy b see that his this had made ea Ifttte lis• premien. 1, In m7 young days 1 was quite r old man," commenced the boy. "livery morning I used to count the baa That was quite easy, you know, but I osier sauld event the beehives. tar them were w man? " "That's curious," granted the ted o.* "One morning the queen be. was mim- ing. Without • moment's loss et time I raddled my took and set oil in mend' of the bee. Very soon 1 mow upon her beck She bed down aer'om the ask but 1 wasn't to be deeded," said the boy, "and stopped by the sob Bo I rode *crop. k on • bridge As soon as I arrived as the other tide I saw the queen bee her` mooed to a plow and plowing a beandeld. 'That's my bee,' I called out to the mew ,who was guiding the plow. " 'Take 11 and welcome,' said he. And he gave sue bank my bee and a bag full of beans In payment for 1s. labor Than I hung the tag of bane on the bee's beak, took taw noddle off the a ck and buckled it o* the bee. The poor bird was so fagged apt tired he nouldn't go a seep farther, so 1 Wok hold of his hand and led him along. A11 went well until we were Jud at the end n( the brltlge. Then the string of the beg broke, and all the beans rolled with • rush and a moor into the .e . I was tired out by th1. time," sad the boy, "and I could net he bothered any more, so I just tied the nock to the bee and ley down o0 the nowhere and went to deep " "Tied the cook to the beef" repeated the old one In Incredulous tones. "When I awoke in the morning," 0011 - tinned the boy disdainfully, unheeding the interruption, "1 saw that the bean had mon my bee, and all the homy had run out of 1a body." "Why didn't the bean lick up the honey?" gibed the old one. "Lick up the honey? Oh, you 511171" laid the boy, shaking 1180 head. "Tare were rivers of honey. They bad been drowned In the honey, But I couldn't waft 1 picked up a hatchet and ran with it Into Use forest There I saw two sags leaping about on one leg 1 rushed at them, killed them with one blow of my hatchet, skinned tjom and made two leather bottles or their skim Thera I filled with honey, along them across the rank's hack and flew away horse When I gni home, my father was putt born, and m7 another said I mud g0 to heaven and get some holy water, so that be could be properrly t.aptlaed Bus the tremble was. How wee I to gee there? inuring the night my beans had taken root and grown, and 11107t thel, reeewere e s M iodic mhkWh ied isp end titi and up and ai last I reached heaven. When 1 got theme, they Naked me what 1 had amp for i told them for some holy water for my tether. At Dote they gam It to ma "Then I turned hack In rime to rut►, but I found that a violent storm had • kt- "Hae hw l" laughed the old one grimly tJlfow wtnesr07 lural gy�eHWw. es a 1t„ehrinr. "Not.qulte so fast my friend,” odd the Seared eon married Wren In March and 1 received "Theo, • box without the least w•rntng. yew wUl Sod a tapeat,IS-ure on him. I ""Heed • on toy ran. „ "U4 and a very good thing, too." said , Aram° ran alwy • 411 when a girl is the old ops rubbing his hands together tubs( to look eoneclnus and embarrassed. with sullen satisfaction. 1 Ne gal who is eating candy all the "I struck baak a good hard blew, 1 can I time Bear has the proper appreciation of am•uws Toa in return, calling out 'who kiedee• Is 8 proba1ly 1p.ky that men can't have their choles between the smallpox •ad boeasrieantng. The Jogai" man doesn't put much }.i..: it:maker• ose4te ilii ha Slam Dome keel ray she nand get her shirt - The did year • woman Is married alae 'Hu motel No morel" yelled the old la sure that If iter hO.band sure unfalth one, and he stuffed his !Intent In his ears ful w her aha would go road. The second and got upas fans re he could and shunted year site thinks .be would die. 'the third off and never w0* seen again. The boy at once set to work to grind his earn sad than took the dour home to lila father. "Whore have yon been w long • timer' said he bather. "Walt until tomorrow. and then I will tell you, (atter." .enwered the boy. Fairly the next m011)10g the miller carte and told bow his mill was now released tram the spell of the old one Then the boy told the miller anti his father all that had happened, ase[ .to his joy cheese Ulm ltu gems the lad • large suit of money. so that he and hio father v:cre tilde w builds still for thenmseivsa—Aoole,C Hyatt -Woolf ta Madam• ever strikes me will gat his strikes repaid with .intoes.' Beton l had fluiehed speaking 1 got a second box on the tear, Aud d1d0%I strike 90. 1111 ta�eae:01. and main? Thus ere eltdit the whole night long. and w en morning canoe 1 law 7011 lying there all Wick sod w bruised I"— got " Stet Ttae.red es .Homs. The world's favorite, 10 literature and art need with so much approval and flat- tery that 1t 1s et timer • weeder how they keep from beousning Inorlinetely vain of their achievements Perhaps • peep be hindthe Doane. given by kir. J. 1). Barry 1n The Literary World, may do a Little to ward explaining the circumstance The writer epee paid a visit with some blonde at the heroes of one of the grated' of Freach painter After looking a' hie pictures the guests spoke of them admir- ingly to the artist's wife She shrugged her shoulders and repelled molly. "Oh, be ham nothing else to dot" That French painter would always possess the safeguard of having one perwln about him who would not he profoundly impressed with his p. fnnanom An kngllsh novelist was equally well ctroumstanood. He used to say that his wife never read a book of hug unless some one either praised or reviled it, so much that her curiosity was aroused. and his daughter has been known to remark on severe!oreaslons that she had rep! read one of her father's /world The wife of the author of several OOP 'mislaid hooka ones remarked, rosy be a fine thing b he married to • gnat man, but It get* Hammm° to have a husband soh, talks phlloa,phyeall the time on the back stairs and everewhere slaw" en and hurled down my bsanatalte, sod for a moment i muse allow I was M ay wits' ends to know how I meld get down. Bet 1 soon solved thee difibnitye"and the led drew hinted( up with pretended pride. "While 1 was ellmbing the bean.talks my hair had grown en long that It raohed half way down to the earth. i togged 1t all off, platted it In dxfol strands and a1 ons began M tide down it grew dark Were t was a quarter wag darn, to 1 made loop Ie the hair, vwumg Myself Into A ens went to Meese it wet • 1017 wry led. 1 .an ae.nrve yeah 1 mrd have tett ter .lent a ,.00ple Int 1 rears orison 1 owoke. but baeanmhed with edit. l.eeakfly Mai a idedbl iebed M rare eat room. It, lit a deawltb eheablpa(Wdrmeved myrrh NM eosin laid det'A.tlad W edea" A year she wonders 1f she would get a divorce. After that she never thinks about 1t at ail. Aay man who cells trousers "pante" will turn around rebels you holler "hey!" . No man respect. hie wile near so much 1f the doesn't believe half the Iles be tells d, What the 000081y read. L more boys teat soak snowballs ie a pall of water and lasts them Ong doors all night to frees•, The men who are talking about war and • I4panlsb invasion are the ones whose wives have begun to hist 'mound that the lawn mower ought es by ahnrp errs. Jt flier a man has been married abous els months h e takee to carrying a 11it1e wad of string In his pocket and wears pins coder the bottom edge of hi. ease steels. 1. • dtsnonrse upon "User and Their Words,' to the Philistine, Mr. W1111am McIntosh offers these empid of slang: "A prominent member of the Scrib- blers' slob of Buffalo, sennnd city d im- 1;ailtld New York Sate, was shocked one dry earning into the omoe of the news- gaesr she worked on, to hear the city 1A1, say to the deputy bares reporter eneel rning • slimmer alert: 'That's pretty hot stuff! How meal did you no gh op for It?' "An hour later she oat telling a sym- pathetic friend of the failure of a protect- ed league of women's clubs, and hew 'Mise M0111/an torsed 'on down sod they all threw ■M ' " world of warfare. No w.ener did the plc- lugof mines become a w•ience then beaten Ingenuity evolved wheneee to dtettxy the destroyers. Counter., miry oonalata in the destruction of an ei:e•my s mine field by laying tomes that field other mines which, by intentional explosion, destru� the mines planted by the foe New and strange boats crawl abut the bottom of the sea and ghostly he: the between divers contending over mull..'. are among the probabilities of the *:n',ve ',vedette future The Aeronaut la the nameof s m•wenb- marine but intended w Metros mines Mr. Lake, the inventor of the unique craft, says: ' i do not claim any of the destructive work within the hounds of a torpedo boat lao0.nedodarltbiihiLAJYonwat, bemuses she was not built with that oltuxt In view. The Argonaut could net dl.rharge a tserpedo, nor could she even carry nn.. i the explosion of one group will not affect notice that I have been quoad es claim- "e"' djulning group. Ing for my invention all the merits of theSubmarine nines are loaded with such submarine wax craft that cast peewit -sly high explosives as gun cotton, dynamite or explosive gelatin, all of which are supe- rior to gunpowder In that they are not affected by moisture. A mine may have afloat, • hole In 1t and the explosive becom. wet; "Now, we will suppose that 1 am order - gunpowder it b not rendered toeless,as ordinary tis to rid the harbor of till the minor which ganpoowder would be. The enormous may or may not be under Its waters To begin, the boat is quietly launched and I carry with me Ave men i have an en- gineer and four divers The tank'. fill and down we go Maintaining a need of about two miles an hour, the Argomsut paired slowly into the pmpoeod protected region .t a depth below the surface which will prevent observation by the enemy no matter bow cldwly they may scrutinise the water. "In the lookout bones the man at the wheel will hive turned on the 4,000 cat - power which hassufficient Two Celnrldeneo.. Two coincidences 1n the lives of Me - resit and Gladstone are pointed out. 1a boyhood they were both ednested under Unitarian ministers. via., Disraeli under the Rev. Kilmer Cogan, whose Greek echolarthlp Dr. Pat7 acknowledged, and Oladsto0e tinder the Rev. William Lam- pert, of Liverpool lou of ianosrterr). Disraeli died on Koster Tuesday, when the Arst morning lemon has Rll.he's la- tent over Klljmh, "0 my father, my father, the chariot of iersel eel the horse- men thereof." 011d*tune died on Ascen- sion Day, when the fiat everting lesson has F;Il.he's lament over Elijah, "O rqy father, my father. the ,harlot of Ietael and the horsemen thereof. ' first stops u a Teens ('hrrettae- The Bret grope In the Chrtetien life are like thaw width mane leer. They are feehtdsd (n the enitivatlem of pemlten(e, humility, simple frost In Ond and the habits of Bible windy and prayer and of behavior to harmony with thea This Is indeed t1e firs thing be be don., and 1{ w111 be toyed a new 'aperient*, but It la only that *deb the Christian must ee en ening as long as ted iives. The expel - don, "Molting to Joins," embodies the kernel of the whole matter. A true .h11d of Cheat seams eareeseiy every day and every beer' he send M weer $mese n/e Mite him his iawd trestle le sad Aim M la lbs maw .lenmd10 - A GHOST OF THE SEA. 1 driven In, the signet circuit 1s closed and lk in of • • TH11 attire Itu0Oilt, +^ Mb Two Parts . WM MillsosaM a r Swaim ?11 a Oosaes Opts Then. The rndder of • wooden ship com- posed of the stalk and the bulking, which are so jointed together as to form to effect • single piece, The complete rudder fa Peppered, w protect 1t from worms, and then, besides being practically all 1D one Mae, It hue that appearance also. The stalk is the part to wblob are at- tached the Writhe, or levote, by which the rudder 1s su■pended and held 1n place, these going through eyes set to the ahlp'■ sternpudc 'lite stalk rttne up through the stern of the ship. and to tis ' -]- is hulled s Dade to whlob are attached pet by means of which the redder "_n 1/ controlled. The backing to the blade part of the rudder. By far the greeter strain comes on the atelk, and the greeted *train of all comes ea the head of the stalk—the rudder bead—where 1t 1■ held. 'the stalk is made of the wood meet likely to stand the 'strain, carefully elected, sound. well sea- soned oak, while the backlog 1n made of Adman I0aaders Terrorised by a 11470 spruce or hard pine. The •ta terms* Phantom Ship. tingle, solid, massive piece, stout a* an Doan among` the Caribbean Wands, oak tree, and indeed of the dimensions of a boll rung at the shore station. Under Car neath each bell is a key for closing the fir- ing circuit. The observer standing at • keytxeu'd on teeing a oertalq bell ring knows that the buoy above the corre- sponding mine hes been struck, and Im- mediately be touches the proper key, thus closing the Arltlg circuit end causing the ghost ship. mine to explode. It is not necessary in air wee we clone that the feather in • far using this type a mine for the °harrier to off bird's wrnt'-were dlstlnet The sky see the enemy et all The mining case- was cloudly mn niatr nus lee in •trunk OD ah(sre, where It Suddenly baring down upon thel world not i ei pn•ellde, in tact. -for the tab- rough boat a groat steamer came Smok server to see the enemy Ile simply watches elle keyboard and wales fou sslgnal. From Ave to seven mires usually constitute 11 , group, and groups an placed more lines, ria rotes? that *ben a ship Os*tatbetwbMll.a g '*trt,o4.elese 1110 , must certainly peas over the mines In the next linea All mins are located so that where the hostile fleets of Spain and the United States have been moving about to mysterious ways, senate natives while out in one of their own rude crafts saw • it was In broad de light, Thu three times as much Such . not thecae& I merely can show that the Argonaut 15 capable of doing work entirely unique and which 1s not ooverod by any other vassal Aa Iseeeve.teat Parrot Tonna Aoukinasn (making a call)— Too have bad that parrot a long time. Mae Laura? Mies Laura—Yes, we have bad him several years. "spite intelligent. Is he roll" "Very. 11e can imitate almost any thing. " They have • remarkably clever par rot over at the Casterllns, Mies Laura It cap imitate the sound of • kite t perfection. Is that among the .ccn•n pllehmenta of our feathered friend here 1° the curer?' Mies Loom (Indignant)y)—N0, sir He dove not attempt stn Imitation of r ,pond be is not aoonatomed to hear, Mr. Iienkinenn. The Parrot—Walt, George, deer, till I tate this bird not c the roes.—Low dos Tit -Bite. wonne Tees Him. "Deere*, I would risk my lite to wits you r' "Yom world rlak yonr life? Then crone home *solemn*, and Gell the 000k ehe'sdiseherged!"--Heitere Welt • small oak—somsthing Chao • pin hie faith to, If he can have faith 1n any wood—while the backing or blade lit like many modern woollen masts, built up. It would be difficult, 1f not Iro- po.•Ihle, ta find trees that would yield planks btg enough for the purpose In a single piece, end the boils up backing, ✓ made of pieces of selected wood, oan • easily be made of ample strength le wltb.tand any strain that will be brought npon it As to the stalk. stout and solid u the oak may he, the head may be twisted by She form of • tremendous blow from • are upon the rudder, or, under the t . *"^^s potted strains of long ohms, the head may split, and se make the .talk us Jess Then the rudder 1s taken out and fitted with a new salt. A sultable stick I. .hected and worked down to the proper else end form, and very probably thea old backing is attached to 1t. The life of It rudder stalk would probably be twelve b fourtesn years. The backing might lest al long as the .hip. pressure necessary to blow s hole through a formidable war vessel hes been estimated to range from 8,000 to 12,000 pounds • square inch. In case a hole sufficient to sale le not blown In the ship to cause her to founder the shook would he no great as to throw all delicate machinery out of su- llen, so that the would lissome s wady target for the guns on shore. There is on- etime. danger to s ship from the submarine mine, and that Is the porslhtllty of setting aer the high explosives on the veasel by Ws oubmarl shook. The Union ghtiboat Commodore Jones pie penetration n to illuminate a 641 tone and six guns, which was blown least' 0 1. to ahead and the water for at u in the Jams river in 1864, furnished least to fed and Cher peculiarAm son haps the most fearful spectacle of the conditions mins even match farther Aa soon power of the torpedo. Lieutenant Com- as amine le with we lend battle its hon- mender Barns has given this amount of MC. 84, wire with tae inns hatters which the exphslon: "Suddenly and without Area it This of Doors on the , one t- any apparent came she appeared w be dos that it is not sty runningnt mine, one to lilted bodily her wheel* rapidly rltolv'ing of 411. kinded simply which by seyedinto Maine, bne m midair Perwma declared they could e the kind whkh destroyed thee s. , 1:w gr""PI .s'd1:o of the bunks betestth sad the efed almost old not iably In use for her keel 'then thneugh her shot to a for•harbor defense It the trot ba ttel1 the gr -'at height an 11:111,1.7ose frntthtdln of • diver would have the beet to cut thg foaming water. followed by a denser col stn. We t to step standstill Immediately and brt y unit thkik with mud She nlshAutely the Athe cabe. a hend.11. airpsiua combed to pice•s—dlsenlrtd, as it w- ooer the timed Then the air primula in midair, enrole:letd by falling spray world 1 raised surrounding a unfit ater e:oeed- mud, writer and .ant. " Ing that of the ightly water. The torpedo which destroyed the. Union '•(ri oolen• nightly nation' moment monitor Mllwauker•in 1863 exploded near door o ensued when the bottomuldtrap-the stern, and that part of the Om sank la opened, but thou soul be no In three minutes, but the Low (seeport cause for alarm, The door would for the mente kept the fore part of the sle;o Alma Pp, and with • l pair of mile herds the for an herr, the situation being lu this ra' youo^ruao lde fatal sero would -o tut before the reverse e,1 the ?dolor could wink Not a droop of water ben the Hnvlllan teenclwl Hlo.f•tuir0 would enter, and the Argonaut would be was deetniyed by it torpedo In Itllht. air off to look up more mins." suddenly roes up, Slim, be miitt..:fi tree' tress of Mims. suddenly foaming water, broke l• two -.fid fir, ones went to the bottom Appalling fteeerd ..f tiallPillieleth Here 114 the list of the obi, .v WLaJt Ince been utterly ruined eta wn1 %ire by torte Wet Cawatag the n/ttpplase• It is art.tmsted that the wealth of the United Staten now extante the wealth alt the whole world et any period print to the middle of the eighGwmth ce•ttary. —Philadelphia Inquirer. • H. Ileet/8.1 It. "I Ann.! know," mattered Pcgg. es ha *tenoned thrutgh the bulletin reed' Ing throng, "set It. tit etloh • greet thing .fta all that en man- sit ems people wee able to read. •'—Burt -,n -"mow riot Submarine mines are of a number of varieties, hut the etmpleet is that known es • ccontare mine. which explodes on im- part with an ohject Thin consists of an Iron owe containing the explosives and • cable attached to an anchor, by which 1t is held In place. This Dene lute a cumber of projecting points, on the end of which are Bring pins. When • ship hits one of then. pine. the latter is driven in, explod- ing a psrousdnn cap and thea bunting the charge. in anchoring theme mins care const be taken that they are not ton neer the sur ram when the tide la low An Immersion of a, lent ten fees Is 0er•.aewry to give lbs abargm aulsolent form gut destroy a Navy ship As " hea teen Noun that a at8nng dotes from the Franco China war of 10104-t beck to the beginning of the Ansrclean chi' war - 1886, Feb 111—French tank the Chinese frigate Yu Yuen by two spar torpedo Boras, while the frigate was at anchor et Shelpu, Chine, 1884, Aug. 118—French destroyed by spar torpedo as Foehatt- Chine, the Chi- liad eorvet Yung Woo. 1884' ,duly B --Peruvians destroyed the Cbllean transport 14,n In the bay of Celine by moans of a mart line yawl set adrift current redness ooneldembly the efieleney earning• pwnvlslnna 0041 • box with 800 of the onnter% nine, sine", 1t may he Mnx'd pound, of dynamite This weasel oat down en far by the trtlon as to render It taken alongside the Ina and exploded welds, some mines are planed on the hot- while hrfng unloaded. The captain and tont Throe are nailed ground mins and tome, MO melt of the lea perished. *a not stn dangerous as trio (vibrant mrnea 1810, June —Chilean terpx.olo bats Jane - The letter mine I. almost as dangerous' to gene and (4nnsoid• steckhd three ler-, friend as to enemy, and If by ehanne It I'ernvlan guarBxate In the hay of Callao. should go adrift and attlka same merchant One Peruvian boat and the Janelnns sank weed entering the harbor the toner by the exphefon of the letter's torpedo. queries would he dtsastrone 1878, Jan 26--Tnrklsh revenim Warner There 1. another kind of mine called the sunk at Baum by RUedein torpedo boat •Ieetan genteel mine. which 1* deed by an armed with the Whitehed dais torpedo. elentrM cable heading from the shore.I 1877, (Ink in --Turkish •gtlnh0•t fauna en Wlvan enemy la 1n elgh* and Wendy 'tank at the Raas1an at.tark on ftnllna by Alpe are pealing in and rent of the hats striking an electro contact mine placed by bor, the torpedo may be arrwnged so that Ihe Rnmlana abut three quarters of a if the mine Is struck It will not explode., i mile 'thrive the Turkish defenses. Fifteen The. 1s dome M an arrangement of the gr. J5Aleers and men killed and wounded Ing pins on spring& 1177, May It—Tnrklsh monitor Dnta Another type of mine la that known tan , Rolfe rank by a Roaslan tremolo boat at the observtlnn mine, In wh10b the Arta(, in e Dannhe mM11 tnbenlmt ►ild te Femur are 8rt lMthe 1866, Sept. 11—P.ragte7Yta remplseeety state maim Whenever the firing Odle, StMMv7ed ria Rraglltan Iriseeied ser rnANTnts suit rolled from her funnel*. The natives put their little ship shout to maps from the track of the onanutng vessel. But as they even I the steamship did, and. looking at It h•raln, they saw that It Wee a gray thing, with masts of gramme? end funnels of gauze in the bright sun- light it was a gnat. manatee ship carved perfectly from a twinntaln of mist. There wee ao throb of engines, no sound of wa- ters cut, although the idem played around the prow Somehow the net Iv,r regwfnod rho shorn Their story was doubted, but since then the phantom ate•tuer...hssbeen often sight- ed—at twilight, at noon, on stormy days and char ones. The mystery is still ae- 50111el. Ceteelbaa Postponed. ilegerintendent of Sunday School (to OM choler) —What 1s your name? Boy—Hahtkkuk.eededlah Spooks. Superlhtendent—Who gave you that Same? li y—I dunno, but 1f I find it out to be anybody s.bout my sire I'll maks 'Im sorry 'e was hewn.—Ally Slopr. owe Comfort. Mn. Brown—Have you heard the awfnl news that has route to Mr. dray? Her busband has been buried under a snow bank up in Alaska. Mrs. Black—That le terrible, but then It 1s en lent with its just now that Mr.. ()ray won't feel s, bad as shewould other wise,—Iiostnn Tranerrtpt. IrremlatIble. "DO you want any young onions?" asked the truck peddler at the door. "No; we have more 1n the bowie now than we can pdsrlhly um." "I)nt I'm selling them at 1 cent a bunch, madam." "(live me 15 hunter."—Detroit Free Press elemeitoseettag lgta "I mast give jot credit for having re- markably light bread." send the houlw- wife. We try to keep Ben," replied the taker. "And you succeed. it I. so light. that 1✓ fines tip In 'Tice r. gnat dee! easier than N ever goes down."—Woushington liter. Without • "Character," The captain of a steamer plying be• $ween Liverpool and Cape 'lawn found himself shorthanded when he came to leave the African port. Several of lits men bad deserted him for the gold fields. So, when an Irishman came along and wanted to work hie way beck to Liver- pool, he mid: "On erred and get • re- .ommendatfon and l'Il take you." Mike came hack soon with the needed document. "That'll do," said the cap- tain, "go aboard and get to work." Next day was sailing day, and as they were preparing to mut off a Dutchman same puffing up to the side and wanted to come aboard and work for hie maange, "Jump on and be quiuk about 1t," amid / the eaptsln, without a question, for w /- needed the hand badly. The Bret day not he set the men * swabbing the deck. Tho llutobmsa braced himself against the tall with • bucket, and dipped into the top of the waves, peeving the trete? along to the irl.hman, who taehed 1t over the 4.mk. Pretty soon • high wave hit the Dutch- man, he lost h1t hslnnea and tumbled over the tide. The Irishmen took one look. Not s trace was to be seen of the untneky Dutchman. He hurried over to the naptaln's eahtn and called him out. "What do you want?" demanded the boss. 'Well, captain, whin I came to get my job ye made me get • rlcomrnend, didn't you?' ' Yee, you're all right, I guess. What's the matter?' 'Well, you didn't ask the Dootchman for a recommend, did you?" "No; why?" "Well, capteln, the IMntobmen's gone off with per boockot" A Parsee:. The rare of Irish "bulls" will appar ratt- ly never his entirely run. In the house of commons • sort or two ago • well known eloquent Mss u,embcr tike of Mt. Ger aid Balfour as teeing "Iron hound to red tape "—Ttt-Lilts. o,.vl..ked, In the beetle and cxettemeat !noblest to the war we bate btteom forgotten N, 1111/11 Mon 1141 'he oy.t(-r has retired for the dmmreer rearm, eind the* hit plans Is now templed by the Little back also► -Boston ?reenters. - ..... The Hors* 141,1,•. N.hlnd. The Street 14,llw ty Journal publishes a very Interesting description of a prlml- Hie street railway wet h operates In the suburbs of 100 Frnnclseo A horse pulls a loaded car to one end of the line, the grade of which Is sufficient to allow the oar to return by 'ratite to the starting point, the horse being taken aboard the ear on the return trip. riding en the rear platform. The trade average* 8 l per cent , and this U sufficient to return the csr, the home and the miseengers to the foot of the hill entirely by gra•ity. The line is about dm mile In leglth. The emnpan♦ owns one ear and'five borate, and the daily ntlleage It about 40. The hose la able to draw the ser up the grade et an overage speed of slant 2t5 Milan per hone, and the car descend* by gravity a • rate of ahsut 1* miles per hour. Hrip1,. {;neh Other. Such help as we nun give eaeh other to this world Is a debt to each other, rind the man whn perrolvet a superbsrlty nr ",apinity In a seveirdinele, and nelther eonfe.eee 1t 00? aisles It, Is not merely the withholder of n klndned, het the tommltter of an injury.—Hnekla, Ala Apr»e .• » 'Ian.... As aorta L the meet standonl of Pet- ite. Oma, • Per lar, whn was • husk• smith be trade, raised a revolt vehicle proved eneeses0fel, and htio leather apron, eovdr'ed with jewel.. Is sol boa s 1• Ihe vs.• of Persian ari test f-