HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1898-8-25, Page 6THE EXETBR TII
THE CASTINGAWAY
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MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESIIINE.
(Continued.)
wee uot positively sure that we
were going in the right directioe, for
ray position did not allow eaci to see
very fer over the water; bat 1reraera-
bexed that when:1 wa,s standing up in
• the boat and mule my dieeevex•y, the
nun wee just about, to rise in front.
o rns, Ns -bile -the dark spot on the
ocean lay to my left, judging, •there-
fore, from the present position of the
sun, whiola was not very high, ol con-
cluded that we were moving towards
the north, and. therefore In tbe right
direction. How far off the steamer
might be I had no idea, for I was not
aecustomed to judging distencee at
sea; bub I believe& that if we were
careful of our strength, and if the
wean continue& as smooth as it now
was, we might eventually reach the
vessel, providea she were yet afloat.
"After you are fairly in the water,"
said Nes. Aleshine, as she swept along,
although without the velocity, which lying spot, apparently covered. with
that phrase usually implies, "it isn't one of them deep note." verdure, and surrounded, ae far as we
half so bad. as I thought it would be. "There's no knowline said airs, necks could. see as we rose an the swells,
For one thing, it don't feel a bit salt, "but if it's more comfortin' to think by a rooky reef, aliainst which a ink
although I must say it tasted horribly it's shallerer, we'll make up our minds erably high serf was running, I knew
that way when. 1 first went into it." that way, Now, then," she oontinued, enough of the formation of the cor-
ed. into the ship's pantry, and I stuff-
ed, into it all the soft bisoulte lb would
hold. There was some sort of jam
left at the bottom, so tbat the one
who gets the last biscuit will have
somethiin of a little spreaa on it. And
now,: Urn Leeks," she. continued, tri-
umphantly, ae she unserewed the top,
"that rubber ring has kept 'em. as dry"
as chips. I'm mighty glad. of it, for
I had :heatable enough gettire this jar
into my pocket, and. gettin' it out, too,
for that matter."
Floating thus, with our hands and
shoalders :Oxen tbe water, we made
a very good meal from tbe sausages
and. soft biscuit.
"Darinry Aleshine," said. Mrs, Leeks,
as her friend proceeded to cut the semi-
otic' sausage, "don't you lay that knife
dower when you've done with it, as it't
was en oar; for if you ao it'll eink
were xtot eensible of their dauger• and
desirous to be freed rrone it; but they
were women whei had probably had 0
rough time of it during a, great pert
of their lives, and on emergine from
their little eirele of rural experieren
es accepted with equa,Aimity, and al.
moat ae a, matter of otaarse, tte rough
times welch ooroe to people in the great
oatedde world,
"I do not believe," I said, in answer
to grs. Leeks, "that, that ie the islend
to Which the captaie n'ould have taken
us; but, whatever it is, it is dry land)
and. we -must get tbere as soon as we
ean."
"That's true," said Mrs, A.teshine,
for I'd like have ground heener to
my feet: than six; miles, and If we don't
find anytliin' to eat and any place to
sleep when we get there, We no more
than can bei said. of where we are now."
"Yoe're too particular, Berlary Ale -
shine," said Mrs. Leeks, "about your
comforts, If eau find the ground too
hard. to steep on when you get there
you can put on your life -preserver, and
go to bed in the water.'
"Very good," said Mrs, Atesbine,.•
"and if these islands are made of coral
as I've heard they was, and if they're
as full of small pants assome coral
I've got at lame, you'll be glad. tc(take
a berth by me, Mrs, Lecke." '
counseled my eompenions to follow
me es rapidly as possible, and we all
as like as eat, about six miles. I've Pushed vigorously forward, When we
read that the ocean is as deep as that aad approaclied fur enough to the
island to see what sort of place ittreal-•
iy was, we perceived tbat it was a low -
in eorae places."
"Goodness graekais me I" exclitiraed
Mrs. Aleshine, "I hope we are not over
"You didn't expect to find pickle -
brine, did you?" said Mrs. Leeks.
"Though if it was, I suppose. we could
float on it seitina"
"And as to bein' cold," said Mrs.
Aleshine, "the part of me that's ba is
actually more comfortable than that
which is out." t
"There's one thing I would, leave been
afraid of," said Mrs. Leeks, "if we
hadn't made preparations for it, and
that's sharks."
"Preparations!" ..eI exclaimed. "How
in the world did you prepare for
sharks?"
"Easy enou.gli," said. Mrs. Leeks.
"When we went down into our room
to get ready to go away in the boat
we both put on black stockin's. I've
read that sharks never bite colored
people, although if they see a white
Irian in the water they'll snap bim
up as quick as lightnin ; and black
stockin'a was the nearest we could
come to it. You see, thought as like
as not we'd bane some sort of an upset
before we got through."
It's a great comfort," remarked.
Mrs. Aleshine, "and I'm very glad you
thought of it, Mrs. Lecans. After this
I shall make it a ruls erack stockixes
tot sharks,"
"I suppose in y.one -ease," said Mrs.
Leeks, addreesine ete, "dark trousers
will do as well.
To which I answered that 1 sincere-
ly hoped they would.
"Another thing Pm. thankful for,"
said Mrs. Aleshine, "is that I thought
to put on a flannel skeeete'
"And what's the good of la". said
Mrs. Leeks, "when it's soppin' wet?'
"Flannel's flannel," repliea her
friend, "whether it's wet or dry; and
if you'd had the rheumatism as much
ais I have, you'd know it."
To this Mrs. Lecke replied with a,
sniff, and asked me how soon thought
we would get sight of the ship, for if
we were going the wrong way, and had
to turn around. and go back, it would
certainly be very provoking.
I should. have been happy indeed to
be able to give a satisfactory answer
to this question. Every time that we
rose upon a swell I threw a rapid
gla.nce around the whole circle of the
"we'll finish off thia meal with a little al islands to suppose that within this
(millet/aim.' to drink. I'm not givin' to reef was a lagoon of enaooth water„
takin' spirits, but 1 never travel with- into which there were openings
ont a little whiskey, ready mixed.Ivith through the rocky barrier. It was ne.
-water to take 11 it should be needed." oessary to try to find one of these,
So seying, she produced from one of for it would be diffitult and perhaps
her pockets a. whiskey -flask tightly dangerous to attempt to land through
corked, and of its contents we each the elite
took a sip, Mrs. Aleshine remarking Before us we could see a continuous
net, leaving out being °billed or col- line or white -capped breakers; and so
icky, we were never •likely to need it T. led myelittle piety to the right, hop -
more than- now.mg that we would soon see signs of; an
Thus .refreshed an'd strengthened, opening in the reef.
Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine took up We swain and. paddled, however, for
their oars, while I swam slightly in ad- a long time, and still the sail rolled
vance, as. before. When, with occasion- menaoingly on the rocks before us.
al intermissious of rest, and a good
deal of desultory conversation, Wie
had swept and swomefor about an
hour, Mrs. Leeks suddenly ex-
claimed: "I can see that thing ever so
much plainer now, and I don't believe
it's a ship at all. To me 11 looks like
bushes."
"You're mighty long sighted with-
out your specs," said Mrs, Aleshine,
"and. I'm not sure but what you're
right."
Fax ten minutes or more I had been
puzzling over the shape of the dark
spot which was now nearly all the
time in sight. Its peculiar form had
filled me with a dreadful. fear that it
was the steamer, bottom upwards, al-
though I knew enouelt about nautical
matters to have no good reason to sup-
pose that this could be the cese.
am not far-sighted, but when Mrs.
Leeks suggested bushes, I gazed at the
distant object with totally different
ideas, and soon began to believe that
it was not a ship, either right side up
or wrong side up, bra. that it might
be an island. This belief I proclaim-
ed. to ray companions, and fax some
time we all worked with increased en-
ergy in the de,sire to get near enough
to make ourselves certain in regard to
this point.
"As true as I'm stanclin' here,' said
Mrs. Lecke, who, althougb she could
not read without spectacles, had re-
markably good sight at long range,
"them is trees. and bushes that I see
before me, though they do seem to be
growin' right out of the water."
• There'.s an island under them; you
horizon, and at lest, not a quarter xnay be sure of that!" I cried. "And
of an hour after Mrs. Leck.'s question, isn't this ever so much better than a
I was rejoiced to sae, almost in the sinking ship?"
airection in which. I supposed it ought "I'm not so sure about that," said
to be, the d.ark spot which 1 had be.- Irs. AleshIne. "Prn usect to tbe ship,
fove discovered. I shouted the glad and as long as it didn't sink I'd prefer
news, and as we rose again my com- it. There's plent r to eat on board. of
panions strained their eyes in the di- it, and good beds to :deep on, which
rection to which I pointed. They both es mere than can Le expected on a
saw it, and were greatly satisfied. ' little buehy place like tint ahead. of
"Now, then," said. Mrs. Aleshine, "it use But then, Lhe ship naip,•bt sink all
seems as if there was soraethin' to work of a suddirit, becle, vittles, and all."
for," and sbe began to sweep her oar "Do you suppose that is the island
the other boats went to?" asked Mrs.
Lecke.
This question I bad already asked
said Mrs. Lecke, "you'd better go en of myself. I had been told that the is -
in that way. Now what I advise is land to which the captain intended to
that we stop rowin' altogether end take his boats lay about thirty miles
have somethin' to eat, for I'm sure we south of the point where we left the
aired itI" to keep up our strength!' steamer. Now I knew very well that
"Eat eried. "What are you go- , h d • thirty mutes, • d had
with great vigor.
"If you want to tire yourself out be-
fore you get there, BerWry Aleshine "
weight ae possible UP= theln. Mrs.
Aleedibtle,• almost disappeared be-
ileet.h tae wetex, but elics eaMe up
ePluttering and blinking on the other
eide of tbe'ber, Nvhere she was quaekla
joined by Mrs, Leap,
"Merciful me!" exclaimed Mre, 'Ale- what they will, and that sleep reettses
shine, wiping her wet face with ,her
still wetter eleeve, "I never steppes- to, come to them and that theY "0
ed. the heat:Mel woold be up to euch doomed to a. • night of perpetual roil -
tricks as makin' us do that!"
e beet waited to give am, eseistaaeo ion and toesing 1 Yet, accordieg to a
thet night be required, and, while do- well known PlUelalan, Ilinlaell c uf•-
l•tiriugdeete,thhetidwadtiseero,v.sevehnicelb. apureovtheadir tat efeic7; fe,crn eianssroirsiubeett sfuormokinoarineed ybeyerea,
entrance at almost any stage of the • - • . ,
the turn in the rooky passage and . •
means within reach of all. The dodLoe
tide Lad beep guarded against..
Warn -
Ing my cempaniens mit to strike their has tried his method. on his patients
feet, egisinet, Ibis submerged bar, we and, simple as it is, has never !heard
paddled and pushed ourselves around of its seating
This smooth stretch of water, ie' hieh selves eluded by sleep wet do well to
try it, and fax their benefa it is here
Those who find them -
emerged. into the open lagoon, -
separated tbe island from, its encircling given.
reef, was here about a, hundred feet The method le essentially one of
wide; and the first thing that arrest- sea „ ,
ed our attention es we gazed aoross self-espoyxiation; nevertheless, there
it was sa, little wharf or landing-stagn is no reason to fear, for teem Is no
ereoted upoe the narrow beach of the risk. Jndeed, it is impossible to as-
Islancl, almost opposite to U.
"As slue as 1 stand here," exclaimea , ,
phyxiate one's self by this paeans, The
get her upright position, "somebody a long and decip inspiration as much
lives in this piece!" to do itt to take
,
kfrs. Leeks, who never eeemed. to for- firs' thing you havc
"And it isn't a stiokery coral islend, air being drawn into the lunge as ean
either," cried Mrs. Aleshine, "for that be borne with comfort. This air i$ re -
either," as smoaw as any e over sew,. tained until positive • discomfort is
"Whoever does live here," resumed felt, when it must be slowly exhaled.
ales. Leeks, "has got to take us in, Repeat this process two or three times
whether tiny like it or not; and the '
sooner we get over there, the better." and the chances are you will forget' all
• Mrs. Aleshine now regretted the loss else until you wake up from your
of her oar, and suggested that some one sleep the next morning.
of us who could get under bees easily The explanation. of this is simple
shiniest go back after it. But Mrs. Leeks , .
would listen to no such proposition, enough. Sleep pi due to hyperaemia of
"Lat. ' the oars go," she said. "We the brain. During sleep there is •a
won't want 'em again, for I'll never flow of nutrition to the cerebrum;
leave this place if I have to scoop my- consequently an increase of blood to
sett out to' sea with an oar."
I told the tee women that I could suPP1S' its deficiencies. The semi -
GIMES FOR INSOMNIA.
ir Volt Can't Sleep 'Jew one of These
• ) Methods.
ifIevir many people are there, who, do
asphyxiation brought about by hold -
easily tow them across this narrow
ing the breath keeps a quantity of
piece of water; and, instructing M.
blood. ha the "head, with a consequent
Leeks to take hold of the tail of My
coat, while Mine Aleshine greened her increesed cerebral circulation. That
is the case arm easif y be (proved
companion's dress, I began to swim
by the inerea,sed throbbing and pill -
slowly toward the beech, towing my
companions behind me. sating of the arteries of the head.
"Goodness gracious mel" suddenly Another point also to whish the Doe -
exclaimed ltIrs. Aleshine, with a great tor calls attention is the habit of
bounce and a splash, "look at the sleeping with tbe head too
ftshesl" high. If the head be kept. low more
refreshieg sleep is obtained. He
raises the foot of the bed, so that it
forms an inclined plane, but reoom-
mends that this be done gradually, as
a. sudden change is likely to 'hive an
effect the reverse of that desired. The
sleep thus obtained is more beneficial,
and one awakens with a clearer head
an la urer menial ho.izon. The neck
increases in eine the cerebral circula
tion is improved and the influence
upon the Lunge is so great that It will
lessen the tendency to consumption.
A few more feats relating to insom-
nia, may be useful. Physicians are
more and. more arriving at the con -
elusion that in the case of this disease
drugs are of little, value, and many
s The water -in the lagoon was so clear
We were now as close to the island a
we could approach with safety, arid I that it was almost transparent, and
determined to circumea,vigats.t it ie beneath us and around as we could see
necessavy, before 1 woula attemptevith fish, some large and some small, swim -
these two women, to land upon that ming about as if they were floating
jagged reef. At last we perceived, at in tile air, while down below the white
no great distance before us, a spot sandy bottom seemed to sparkle in the
where there seemed to be no break- sunlight.
jerk my skeert off on
era and. sirben we reached it we found, "Now, don't
to our unutterable delight, that here account of the fishes," said Mrs. Leeks.
was smooth water flowing through a "I expect there was just as many out -
wide opening, in the reef. The rocks side, thrlugh we couldn't see 'cm' But,
were piled up quite high, and the reef, I must say that this water looks as If
at this point at least, was a wide one; it hael been boiled and filtered.."
for as we neared the opening we found ig° be Continue"
that it narrowed very soon and made
a turn to the left, so that from the
outside we could not see into the la -
1 swam into this smooth water, fol-
lciared close bv Mrs. Leeks and Mrs.
Aleshine, who, however, soon became
unable to use their oars, owing to the
• preximity of the rocks. Dropping these
useful implements, then, managed to ed f t in atural istory.
Paddle after me with thole hands; and ae n that keepl a person awakLe. Then the
they were as nnic.h astonished as I was eavironmeett can effect what some be- mine should not be allowed to concen-
svhen, just after making the slight lieve it can, a- few generations of cat- trate upon a sueject, and the stomach
turn, we found nee -whet!, across the tle in Hawaii are likely to evolve a should be treated to a light repast he -
narrow passage u greet iron bar about , fore retiring for the night.
g or en inche above
'. e water. lace o scansorial an-, for e cora
f • e 1 1 ' e f • the -
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A little farther on, and two tie three men fodder fax cows aud horses grows
feet above the water, another iron bar on trees. •
extended from one rocky wall to the There axe only two directions in
aminecl the lower bar, and found one the islands of the Pacifie, ancl every -
other. Without uttering a word, 1ex-
end of it fastencid by means of a huge body uses the terms windward andlee-
padlock to a great staple driven in- ward as glibly as if bred aboard ship
to the rock. The lock was securely
wrapped in what appes red to be tarred
canvas.. A staple through an eye -hole
in the bar secured Lim other end of
it to the rooks. 4
"These bars were put there," I ex-
claimad, "to keep out boats, whether
at high or losv water. You see they
can only be thrown out of the way
by taking off the padlocks."
"They won't keep us out," said Mrs.
Leaks, 'for we can duck under. I
suppose wboever put 'em here didn't
expeet anybody to arrive on life -pre-
servers."
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times are worse than useless. Gener-
ally some simple thing brings about
- relief. If there are noises within the
came in Min" U alas' Mue nevelee house or outside cotton inethe ears
seanseetaientributes. will often be all that is required. One
should feign not to want to sleep, as
A cow cannot climb a tree-undoubb--
- • it is often a feax of not being able to
• GRAINS OF GOLD.
They also serve who only stand and
wain -Milton. •
The man who -pardons easily courts
injury. -Corneille.
to use sailors' English. In Hawaii
The best teacher one can have is
these two directions are distinctly_ necessity. -Shakespeare.
marked. On the winclevard side of Good manners and good morals are
every island tropical rains, growth of sworn friends and fast allies.-Bartol.
green things to jungle luxuriance; on To be good and disagreeable is high
treaeon against the royalty of vir-
tue.-tHannah Marc.
It ie not the place that maketb the
person, but the person that maketh
the leeward side drought rarely beck -
en, scanty grasses precariously exist -
ting it sun -baked soil, for most
months -of most years sere and brown. the place houonible.--Cicero.
But as not every one can live to wind.- The opportunity to do mischief is
ward, and it seems a pity to let so found a hundred times a day, and that
doing good, but once a year. -Vol -
much leewa,rd go to waste whichinight of
otherwise be good, the algarroba 'tree talre*
The conditions of conquest are al -
PART 1I. has been introduced from the African - '
ways easy. We have but to toil a
"(lurked" my head under the bar, and
Adoptine ears. aeons suggestion, e aridities and has made cattle ranchina successful possibility on the dry and. never turn back. --Simms,
g while, endure a while, believe always
So remarkably perverae is the na-
passed. to the other side of it. Mrs. lands.
Leeks, with but I i ttle trouble, f 0 I low- ' Priests of the French mission were tare of man that he despises those
ed my example, but Mrs. Aleshineevho
' reason af • • '. ft t d tbe introducers, they having become that tourt him, and admires whoever
, , acquainted with its value in Algeria. will not bend. before him.---Thucyclides.
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As its name shows it is the Carob mental pleasures never -cloy; unlike
ing to eat? Do you expect to ca.tchmuell higher out of the water than her
reason o believe, moreover,e friend and founn it iinpossible to get
t that the • ' ' tree o e
f th "Arabian Nights," the t f tire body,thy '
hose o e ey are increased
fish?"
herself under the bar, In whatever !source of moA peciple's knowledge of
greater pert of the m•oaress we had
"Ana eat 'em raw?"' said. 'ales, Lecke. 1 things Arabic The tree grows most
made had been towards the north. It manlier she made the attempt her , .
"I elmould think not. But do you sup- was not at rat probableethee, the po- head. or her sboulders were sure to • luxuriantly in most Hawaiian soils and
pose, Mr. Craig, that Mrs. Aleshine and sition of tbis ielenri e es unknown to d t h !bears continuously the year around.
me would go off and leave that ship • ' , bump an arres • her Pr°grass•
our caotaina, and it must therefoze "Now, T rie . Aleshine " saie -Mrs I This is a matter of particular import -
without, Lakin' somethin' to eat by the ea„e.heeriseenedieree ev teen as ae wie.' Lecke, 'iaa jaY1 hi h
you ever wen . to get out of tins sa
rta t-
er, "ii ance, for it is the fruit: winch • is of
it 'value. The tree grows to the height
way? Let's atl gather here in a blocks, " who had. been watc
aliitable place for the.' landing of his •
and see what sort of a meal 54;e can watt, youive got to make up your attained by large maplee, and branches
make. And now, Barbtry salnalaine, if your luxuriantly so as to shades,- consider-
nimoilludththan'tdairinto63yinoue'r. eoyfesit; that is, if
you lay your oar -damned:nee on tbe nale aleasand, as the leayes are both
water, I recommend.,u to tie it to abundant and large, there is formed a
you doe% keep 'cm shut. Get your -
one of your bonerierstrings, or it'll be aga,inst the heat wbich
floatin' awayne old you won't get it self as close to thee bar as you can, Proteotion
and I'll coins and. put you under," stock appreciate. The fruit a large
anal- "- as
ereihe said. this, 1VIrs. Leaks put her So saying, eIrs, Leeks returned to the fleshy pod filled with beans the sire of
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other side of the bar, and having made ahorse chestnut. It is upoti the pods
'right hand down into the water, and s Ca
fumbled about apparently in search of Mrs. Aleshine bow down her head and and the beanthat ttle feed. This
a pocket. I could not but smile as 1 close her eyes and, mouth, she ppm_ fodder ie so satisfying that for long
thoug,ht, of the condition of food when, ed. both bands unn her OOmpanion'a periods cattle oat fed on nothing else
for an hour or more, it had been a cou-
ple of feet wader tbe surface of the
Ocean, but my ideas, on the subject
were entirely changed when I saw
Mrs. Leeks hold. up in the air two Ger-
man satuagee, and shake the briny
drops from their smooth and glitter-
ing surfaces.
"There's not:bate' she said, "like
sausages for shipwreck and that kind
o' thing. They're very sustainiee and
lie in' covered with a tight; skin, water
can't get, at 'em, no matter how you,
carry them, 1 woalclut bribe- those
out in the boat, because beving the
beaus. we inighb ZS well eat there.
'neve you a knife about yoa, CVInCraig?',"
I preducea a dripping jack-knife, and A.
after the open blade had been waved
in the air to dry it a little, Mrs.
Leeks proceeded to divide one OE the
sansages, bantling the °thee to nee to
hold meanwhile.
'Now don't go estin' sausages with-
out bread, if you don't want aim to give
you dyspepsy,' said Mes. Alesbiriawbo
si as tugging at a submarine pocket
"Pm very numb afraid you bread ite
all soaked," said Mrs, Ineke.
To which her friend replieil tbat that
reenaiewl to be seee, and forthwith
vilely ce. it with a splash a glass pre,
serve -kr with a metal top.
dI sew this, enierty ettapty, ite 1 loolre
passeneers. There might be many rea-
sons fax this unsuitableness; the is-
land might be totally buret' and de-
solate; it might be the abode of un-
pleasant naives; and, more import-
ant than anything else, it was, in all
probability, e spot where steamers nev-
er touched'.
. But, whatever its disadvantages, I
was most wially desirous to reach it;
more so, I believe, than either of my
companions. do not; mean that they
by repetition, ilesProaed by reflection,
and strengthened by enjoyment% -
CPM1trch ostentation and much learn -
big are seldom met together. The sun,
rising and "declining, Makes long sha-
dows; at midday, when he is highest,
uoE at all.--Eishop Hall.
• PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
It's easy for a man who bas no credit
to keep out of debt. , •
'A defective' hammock has caused
many fond levees to fall out.
:Every dog has his day -but the oat
hes a monopely on the nights, ,
The tartle may be slow
broad should.ers aud threw as much and.rea,eh market in prime condition. , bat lie Usu-
ally gets there in time for the soup.
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WHAT 15 001N1 ON IN THIS ,FOUR
CORNERS OF TtlE °LORE.
Old end New World 'Events of Interest Genoa
Jeled Brielly-interestiog Happenings la
Recent Date.
altion girls in the North Island of
New Zealand are being tattooed by a
lareavera tolninga for $15 apieee.
A nugget of gold weighing 1,630
ounces and valued at $32,500 has been
found at Xanowna in West Australia,
Seventeen pencils a ants, eggs from
Russia, weighing 550 pounds, were sold
in Berlin recently fax a0 cants a pound,
Egypt's Pyramids are to be lighted
top
te
inside and out. with, el.e.c_tric
The power will come from the catereot
ot
In a recently discovered Roman tomb
the skeleton of a woman was found
whieh bad a complete, eat et false teeth,
beautifully wrougat in pure gold.
Scotohusen have another grievance,
They object to tile adjective "Scotch,"
especially in official documents, and
deeemandetlehead.
t" Scots" " Scottieli be
eain
An Elizabethan seal -top silver spoon
weighing one ounce and a half was sold
iriLoondasoinie.centiy for 4$1.50; that is
$100 au
n once. This is a record price
forlsilver.
• A new use has been found for fast
torpedo boat destroyers. The 30 -knot
boat Mallard is under orders to keep
cruising in the North Sea, for the pur-
poseselle:oef. training pigeons for the naval
A bazaar has just been held at Hamp-
den Reuse in .Buckinghamshire, the
home of John Hampden, to raise @10,000
that is needed to restore the parish
church in which his boime are buried.
Krupp is building five centimetres,
two-inch, paper field guns for the Ger-
man infantry. They are so light that
a single soldier can easily carry one,
while the resistance of the paper is
greeter than that of steel of the same
•ealebre.
One development of the figbt between
the ,English tea firms has been their
taking up the sales of wines and. liquors
as part of the business. Now one of
the chief contestants announces that
newspapers, books and magazines will
bet sold in all its tea stores.
Berlin courts have ruled that ex-
hibiting the signs "English spoken
here" or "Id o parle franoais' 121
shops where the languages are net
spoken by the shopereen is a contraven-
tion against the law dealing with un-
faix• competition in trade, and is pun-
ishable by a fine or imprisonment.
London's underground electric Wa-
terloo and City Railroad has just been
opened for traffic. The road is amide
and. a half long ending at the Mansion
House, and shortens to five minutes a
journey that, takes half an hour in
the crowded streets.
A xegged old tramp arrested as a
vagabond at the Paris Hanes, on be-
ing searched at the police station, was
found to have 200,000 francs in bank
notes and 850,000 francs in securities
on his person. He was sent to the in-
sane hospital while the police try to
Lind. out who he is.
Rocking chairs as engagemeet gifts
may be demanded back in England
when the engagement is broken. In
giving judgment in a replevin suit re-
cently: the judge -said: " The giving of
rings for personal adornment is one
thing, but rocking chabn for jOint usa
after marriage are another.'
At Danzig the Prussian Government
is about to establish a technical in-
stitute with forty professors and. as
many instructors. Its speolalties will
be hydraulic engineering, shipbuilding,
marine enginee, electricity, and agri-
cultural chemistry. The object of the
sohool is to apply sedence to the needs
of the love -lying maritime districts of
Prussia along the Baltic coast.
Sulz, a Swiss town in the canton of
Aargau, is suffering from a peculiar
boycott. The town recently dismissed
its schoolteacher, after fifty years' ser-
vice, without giving him a pension, and
advertised for a new teacher, There
were no applicants for the place, the
Aargau Teachers' League having put
the town on its black list ana declared
that it would. not remove the ban till
thee discharged teacher received. a pen-
sion. The town decided to see the teach-
ers, but no lawyer in the canton deed
be foand to take up tae case. Other
professional men have also decided to
have nothing to do with SUlz.
Dog taxes are giving trouble to Ger-
Men military men. The Herzog Karl of
Meeklenburg-Strelite infantry regi-
ment No. 43 enjoys the distinction of
being the only regiment in the Ger-
man Army wbose bass drum is drawn
in a little cart by dogs. it won the
honor by its gallantry in the war of
1860 against Austria, when it captur-
ed the bass drum and cart of an Aus-
trian regiment. It refused to pay 44
tax ou 1,h0 dogs at Konigsberg, on the
ground that 'they were useful and not
a luxury, hut was compelled to pay,
ee the law give S full power to tax ell
dogs to the locial authorities, The
Blu,oher iTu.ezars et, Stoll) objeeted to
paying taxee on the officers' pact; of
hottrels, as they were' necessary Maple-
tient% Of War, used to train officers
and horses, but were likewise obliged
to, yield to tbe "1Emib1ss right to tax-
ing all dogs."
A PERSIAN CARPET TEST,
The teet of etrue Perlman carpet: -
that used by the natives tbemseives
-is to deep e piece of red-hot chareoal
upon it, whic,h leaves a sieged round
spot,. If the carpet is one of the
first quality the Singed wool can in
betiehed off with the hand without,
the least trade of the burn being aft-
erward disternible,
DIVERS' TROUBLES.
• *see
Fierce eights With Levitiithaioi or nt
Deep.
One of the most horrible predica
meats a, diver was ever placed in,
said. Mr. Sully, that faenoue Nett -post
diver, to a rePreeenLative Of Chumse
anUtwsitnal:v, :111;311badthaO:Vorfiecoln:o otfliewilb°07;
°nee heard, who had to ievestigate
tom with hex a number of cattle..
When he blew of the hatche,s the
bodies floated up, and with' a rusli
eehool of hungry sharks attackee
them. They N'vere all around. the divert
fighting and struggling, and he wee e
111 morta 1 terror ' lest las air -pipe
shoulul be bitten in two in the midst
of the 1aerfu.1 struggle that was gra
]ng on,-' • ngth, Impale to bear ti
-d4it
seep loe,ngs gnalice
he was glad. to get off as cheat:Ay ae
Ile damn p, notwith •(Rag- Mat
would liave to pass through the thi
of the fierce monsters.. In his passag
tviloi:itobtiessharks, g8ia:rb1 aaac net. alibi oemr1.1e):11to rsnahteihsdeeeil°hiliesa Uaprairel
but caught his fingers, and his hand
was badly mangled. Perhaps, howevee
he did . An American diver one
told. me a blood -curdling etor,
of a fight with a shark, waged by a
man named Hallett., adds the Churn
• representative. The latter, it -is sal
WAS working in one of the old-fa:shame()
bells, and while he was being lovvered
one day he sew below him a black
objet. In a second or two he aneog,.
nized that it wee a shark, and to hi?a
horror the bell tapped, the monster, so
that men and, ehares were rubbing
against wash other in the closest pose
sible proximity. The shark grew efla -
armed, and in swinging viciously's'atin
knocked Hallett from Ins seat. The
diver had in his hand a small, sharp
Selir, and fearing that the shark would
make short work of him, he seized one
of its fins mid plunged the saw deep /
into ite body. Then a terrible stens-
shark could not get at the diver with-
gle began. In the confined space 1.110
out shaking off the hold that the
tar had got, and the latter, seeing that
his only hope was to retain bis hold,
clung on desperately, • all the time
driving his saw time after time int
the body of the maddened aea tiger
Hallett had contrived to make a sig -n
nal, and just as his senses were leav-
ing him he felt himself rising, When -
the bell was dragged out of the wales, '
man and shark rolled mit, in a blood:-
sta.ined heap, but the man had con-
querea. When he came to his senses
be found that a torn and wounded
hanul was a.11 the injury he had recta -
ed in the awful encountex, but tbe
-shark was dead.
HEIGHT OF SOLDIERS.
Average Stature of Most Countries Ocetillett
84 A1112104 Il1<Weil01.
As the size of rnodetrn ermies Is ite
creased the average height of
igbt-
ing men is diminished. The ,,Alatt,
of Berlin, ascribes the ing
the average stature a acc,‘
ern armies to conserip, d says
that in the German atnay item
only 00.63 inches. 'Ineehe Eritesb
the height is 6e.t. • inches, el
the tallness et theeio,verage
maxi and Scotchman, Frenchmen cl.
Spaniards are taken at 1.54 met: as,
Italians at 1.55 metres (61 inches.) and,
um
tul(:6ihha3eee.nn78tIJIIIIisliiiinate",thiaeiceeslinle.:8111t is nieulsi:15111‘i traTi sdl ipahile6- lad8elli tl:1111:ciesn:s
• In 1860, before the beginning of the
Anaerican civil war and before the
general arming of Europe, the -average
height of men serving in the various
European armies was as follows, given
in inches: -Italian, 65; Spaniards, (i5.5i.
French, 66; Hungarian, 60.1; Austrian,
66.5; Belgian, 66.9; Russian, 07; Englieh,
(17.5;LtIlaroiugsh,h68te
;hSecaytechr'ae:e8.5b.;eiNg17tr.w:fgjeablr
A.
diers has decreased daring • the last
few years condiderably in those coun-
tries in which conscription is the rule,
it is found generally that in countries
in which peaceful conditions prevail
and nu great standing army. is main-
tained the stature of new soldiers is
gihner;:veuesei,tril6ly increasing. This is shown
conspicuously in the oese of Sweden,
diers 'between 1840 and 1850 was 66
where the average` height of new sol -
1890. 6.12816)4rnAa.!iden1817S05,) tiatin.811
1870 and 1880 and 69 lateveen 1840
The proportion of esjeetea so diets
France has decreased frora 37 per seen
the decade beginning' 1810, 33 per cci11i0
in the decade beginning letel and 33
00800 t
eee30perxitintcentheda
ee
:tcl l)egiuning 111-
18 p
number of comoriOs now rejected on
account of height is lass every year,
111 consequencb, perhaps, of the feet
that the minimum height limit of
threae lie'eracnm
-h ary has been steadily' de-
e
mod-
A MODERN FABLE.
Once upon a. time a tramp was sore- ,
ly in need Cif sometlaleg to eat and
approaching a farm house he spake
unto the fernier, saying: "If you will
give me the wherewithal to satisfy the
cravings of the inner man, 1 wile kill
all the rats about the itteee." "Agee' ed,"
saidteLoni
lpis'sioff
edhis goe to give tiie traml
:Aimee meal. After the tramp htid ue-
vourecl everything le might he went to
the wood -pile earl seleeted aStOnt
club, then seating himself on the 11 tsh
he said to the fartier: "Now 'bra)
cyi°fuli n
al Ol lwaeyrsa 0t1 ia v e the detat
Mi
ies
• THE CZAR'S CROWN.
The crown \yarn by the Czar
sur
amt
aectat but pelithea ruby, 'T
rests upon 11 large clianadn
in tate, are supported by;
Peflale,