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l'ltis :weir., ng,' dieregnrds old rales
hewing Olt the account of 'work tvhioh a
neared man can aceutnpli.,Il. The ex-
ouse ii that moderns ere wiser than
enelenla, that they know that rest is not
cessatten but tdtuiigo of occupation, In
two distinct gaerlerrs a. voice of protest
has been raised against this new define.
'!don of rest. Doctors Acland and Lewis
have presented to the Willett Associa-
tion lite results of a study in the nature
of fatigut:, and Prof, Fero, art alienist of
Paris, publishes nearly the sante view.
These physicians, Iwo leigiish and one
PrOnch, egrets that fatigue is the result
of a tunic or polsenous element In the
!Mimi, and that !110 only way le which
Its [urltier accumulation can be stopped
is by sleep, The phenomenon of In-
creased activity as aresult of stinUt-
lents Is followed by a worse condition
than before. Physical exercise is not a
substitute for sleep. '1Le improved con-
ditioti of the body due le exorcise may
make the brain better able to resist
fatigue, but it does not take the place
of necessary rest.
lir eases wltero the patient finds re-
1ief in a new lino of activity the reason
.14that the limit of endurance has not
icon reached and the body is not yet
ready for rest. Enforced rest, .ln Dr.
(\ore's (minion, is as had as overwork.
There roust be work enough to induce a
healthy reeling of fatigue and then there
mutat be 1','01, but there should be neither
test without work- nor warts tvitltout
rest if mind and body are to remain in
a sound condition. Tho toxic bodies
prudueed h(' the exhaustion of one set
of nerve centers affects others, so that
Nieto is diffused through the body, and
yet it is possible for person to be par-
Uatiy exitauated but riot- in a condition
where all parts of the system require
rest,
individual differences are so great as
le take it impossible 1.0 formulate in-
\'arialltc rules. The most that can bo
Sniped from this new pronouncement of
the French and English physicians is
that it may encourage those who need
teed to secure it if possible, regardless of
the well meaning insistence of others
upon physical exercise or 21CW activity
SLS 0 subnt[lute for sleep. Ono titan's
brain work may be so specialized that ho
'needs to tire other portions of his brain
ne his tnusoies before Ito can rest, while
another num doing the same kind of
worts may kind his whole body poisoned
by fatigue. 'rho first Creeds change, the
second needs release., Each must find
out 1210 law of his body and oboe It.
A persevering Parisian has concocted
a machine for utilizing the. heat of the
sun for power purposes. It is a thermo
apparatus fur raising [Mids. The prin-
ciple is the expansion and contraction
of gases according to variations of
temperature, making use of the differ-
errce between night and day tefnpera-
tures. A closed vessel provided with nn
inward opening valve is submerged In
a well. Another closed vessel of greater
,capacity is placed where temperature Is
subject to variation, for example, in
front of a wall exposed to the sten, and
may be surrounded partially by a re-
flector 'to increase temperature by radi-
ation, It contains a small reservoir,
into which any volatile fluid such as
liquid ammonia may be introduced
through a cock. A pipe connects the
two vessels, and another pipe acts as.
delivery pipe. In operation the reser-
voir cock first is opened, perp» Cling lho
water to enter through the valve in the
submerged vessel and ascend until it is
the 500110 level as the water In the Well,
pressure being the sumo in both ves-
sels. Liquid ammonia then is sent into
the
reservoir through the cock, which
then is shut. As the day temperature
rises the pressure of the ammonia gas
increases and flits the interior of the ex-
posed vessel, and the air in the latter
Is forced down in the submerged vessel,
the water escaping out et the delivery
pipe. At night, with falling tempera-
ture, 1110 ammonia gas pressure sinks
and the gas liquifies, and In consequence
of the pressure In the submerged vessel
the water in the well finds els own level
in Met submerged vessel, and the next
day the operation le repeated. This
Oakes place daily or whenever the Moat
art the exposed vessel varies.
SAiD ABOUT PRECIOUS STONES,
The agate quenelles thirst, and If put
tho;mouth allays levee,
Ahnbor is a cure for sore throats and
glandular swellings,
Cat's-eye is a Chflrm against ',vitae.
eraft,
Coral 1s a talisman ageing thunder
and evils by flood and field.
Diamonds produce somnambulism and
splrtunl ecstasy,
Emeralds bring friendship and eon.
Watley.
Garnets preserve health and joy,
'1'11e onyx is apt to 01100 terror 10 the
nearer, as well es ugly dreams.
Ope10 aro fatal 10 love, and bring die.
Chid 10 givar and receiver,
to
sapphires Impel the \vearer
good i work, all
The topaz 15 a preventive of lung
1(0(11110, invitees strength, and promotes
digestion. '
EGYPTIAN -AS 11.BI�'S YARN
1lEMARICARt.r STORY DISCOVERED
IN HIEROGLYPHIC 'TEXT.
`['alis of 'Wreck( and Some Remarkable
Adventures S'/111cit. Befell 111ra
Among Serpents.
Prot, Gob-Meethat, of St. Petersburg,
has published in the current number of
Mc Paris ticcueil ds Travaux, the hiero-
glyphic text and translation of a most
interesting papyrus now in the collec-
lion of the Hermitage Museum- The
papyrus was found at Feshen some years
ago, but has not been hitherto pub-
lished on account of the difficulty of
reproducing the red Ink In which ft was
written, The document purports to be
Me report of n most adventurous voy-
age made by 101 Egyptian captain, who
wishes to be introduced to the Court of
Pharaoh in order to relate to his Majes-
ty the wonders he encountered. The
colophon which is appended at the end
enables us 10 date the composition with
considerable cerieninty. It reads; "It IS
written from the beginning to the end
by the scribe of cunning fingers, Anwnl-
0nten-ra-may; he lived a life of pros-
perity and health." 'Phis name 010rks i
os rt work of the period ot the tvelfliY
dynasty, about B.C. 2800, a lime when
Egypt was beginning to expand its
power, and !rade beyond the Nile Val-
ley. The ancient mariner begins by
saying: "1 was going to the mines ot
Pharaoh, in a ship of 150 cubits, with
150 '(0ilors, who had seen heaven and
Earth, and whose hearts were stronger
than lions." Truly, a band of fearless
venturers; but ill -fate aw-nited them,
"The wind rose and throw up mighty
waves, but as for me, I seized a piece of
wood, but all who wore in the Vass
perished, not one remaining:"
THE SHIPWRECKED MAN
legend which was borrowed In Hebrew
folk -lore, and attached to the deeds of
Nimrod, and latter by the psoudo•Calls-
theneso attributed to Alexander the
Great, So also the story of the Valley
of Diamonds is an echo of the ep150d0
in lite Chaldean epic, where Gllgarnes-
Nimrod visits Mlle distant Western
mountains, where the sun sets guarded
l,ly eaorpton Wren, and comes 10 the gar.
don of jewels, where Ilia leaves of the
trees and the birds' nests are lull of
precious stones. Stories live on In the
Gast for centuries, passing from ashen
1,0 nation, and many a tale of old
Egypt or older Chaldea found its way
by strange routes Into the beautiful
literature of the "Thousand and One
Nights,"
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NOTES
OF INTEREST FROM l!L''11
BANKS AND BRAES.
tVltat is Going On In the highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
A census of school children shoe's
that 1,003 aro attending tete three bo'
schools, Slimmer.
Fire broke out in lite flour mina of
Collett, Nairnshire, tenanted by Kr,
George Mason. The mills were Ieeeett
to the ground.
fdr. 11. Turnbull, of the Edinburgh
Walton Club, with a catch of six trout,
weigbblg five pounds one and, one -hall
ounces, [von the Lochleven angling
championship.
After a long Illness, Mo. George
Thomson, slitter and plasterer, John -
at stone, has stied. For nearly 20 ,years
(he [vasa member of tete Town Coun-
cil, and for iw'o terms he noted as Pro-
vost.
was washed ashore on an Island, and
atter three days began to search for
food, it appears from the account that
it wits no desert Island, but one rich in
food of fruits, herbs, and all manner of
good Luings, and the sailor ale his hull
and "made an offering to the gods" in
his gratitude. Scarcely had he flntshed
his meal when a new adventure awaited
Min. "Suddenly," he says, "I heard a
noise as of thunder, and the earth
shook.' He then saw drawing near to
hint "a huge serpent of terrible aspect,
his body overlaid with gold, his color of
bright lapis lazuli." The serpent, how-
ever, appears to have been a kindly
beast, for, after asking how ha came to
the [sand, he opened his mouth and
-carried hfm to his resting plane, where
bo finds a tribe of serpents, seventy -eve
In alt. We now tomo to a most valu-
able passage. The serpent king says:
"if thou hast come to me 1t Is Cod who
has let me live. It Is Ile who has
brought thee to tuts 'Isle of the blest,'
where nothing is lacking, and which is
filled with all good things." This refer -
mice at so early a period to the "isle of
the blest," Prof. Golenieseheft points out
as showing 11001' old is this tradition,
which appears m later Egyptian, Greek,
and Arabic tradition. The serpent king
tells Ms guest that after three month,
"a ship shall come from thine own land,
and thou stall go to thine own land."
Like tunny another mariner, this
Egyptian senor waits anxiously, and
01100)0 a tall tree to watch for the strip,
and he runs in haste to telt his kind
serpent, but he (Inds Ihet, welt the pro-
verbial knowledge of that reptile,
HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT.
The rescued one is not allowed to go
away empty-handed. The king says:—
"FareWe11, go to thy house, and see thy
little children again; let thy name be
good in thy town; these are my wishes
for thee." Full of gratitude, the sailor
promises to mention the king to Phar-
aoh, and return with "a ship of tree -
sures, such as are fit for a god, a friend
e,1 men in a far -oft land," rue answer
of the serpent is valuable, "When 'thou
shalt depart from this place, thou 611411
never more see this isle, for it will 'he
changed into waves." Such are the mein
details of Hats document, but amid the
romance it is possible to trace some
solid substratum of truth. The isbands
filled with serpents may have some basis
If we suppose that the voyage had not
been on the open sea, but up the Nile to
the regions about Khartoum and 111e
Bally-el-Gaza1, Here the voyager would
me upon the g10a.t marshes and the
lands of mud or vegetation, which, at
that remote perked, would be swimming
with serpents and the groat anlphibht,
In the time of the kings of the twelfth
dynasty, especially in the time of Sankh.
kora and Amenemlal I., :many belt -
mill Lary hail -trading expeditions wore
sent up the Nile, and no doubt the voy.
eget%s returned tvitll many a mariner's
yarn. These floating isiands, often
covered w'!1.11 vegetation, and even trees,
during storms or heavy floods because
saturated and sank out of sight, a5 the
serpent ling peedictod. The idea of the
locality is indicated [\'hen we 500 the
presents which Lho sailor brings away;
'Precious perfumes of Cassia, of sweet
woods, KIM), abundance of incense,
ivory tusks, baboons, and apes," all of
(111011 are products of Nubia. and 1110
Bpper Nile. The lisle ocoupied in the
journey,
TIME MONTHS EACH WAY,
woulcl he about the time required, and
certainly not snitleient tor a voyage to
Puneor Somaliland on t10 open sea.
No doubt these ancient navigators, like
111050 of more modern limes,' told these
tales of strange adventure partially to
deter others and to keep to themselves
the ancient (1 Dorados of Africa, and
also to giver an exalted idea of (heir
bravery.
Prot, Goleniesoheft says ft Is probable
Mat it was some such ancient seaman's
yarn, coming in after years ns pert `of
the flotsam And jetsam Of f011:-ior'e,
which formed the basis of 1(10 story of
Sinbad 1110 Sailor, That title charming
Story of the Arnhem Nights is one corn.
posed 011 old stories gathered from many
sou001s is beyond doubt. Two incidents
can be traced to Old Babylonian
soneee0, The great Rokh bird that ear.
vied the .hero away is eVidenty a sure
viVa1 df the story of ELalta'trying to .fly
Le Heaven, holding en to an eagle, a
Tied vnonney In the Headmastership
of the Public school, lSolsple, has been
tilled by the appointment of Mr. Ler-
wick, out of a leer of six, there being
over G0 applications altogether.
A young lady, named Nellie Russell,
accepted the Invitation of the female
lion tamer at a menagerie at Pitlochry
end entered the den and shook the paw
of the king of the forest.
Sir. A. Steel, writing to the Times
from Annan, says: "Ten days ago I
dove from Moffat to St. Mary's Loch
with a Mr. Lundy (03) who at the age
of ten hnd the honor oT dining with
Sir ,Walter Scott.'
The Pleasure Steamboat Company,
Dundee, are to build a new vessel for
pleasure spiting on the Tay. The steam-
er, it is anticipated, will be able to go
to the upper reaches of the river at any
state of the tide.
Lord Dundonald, in a letter to the sec-
retary of Dundee highland Society,
says the necessity of getting the people
back to the land should be part of the
aced of all who have Highland blood
in their veins.
Rev, G. Wauelnope Stewart, 13. D.,
minister of Rusemount parish church,
Aberdeen, has been recommended as
successor to the late Rev- Dr. Milne,
parish of Fyvie. The charge is one cf
the most desirable in the north of Scot-
land.
William Brown, caretaker for 47 years
at Drybur''gh Abbey, died suddenly. De-
ceased was a general favorite with all
classes of tourists, and possessed a e
varied fund of Information about Sir
Walter Scott and the Abbey. n
The body of -Peter Wood, farmer,
Edderilck, near Inscin, Aberdeenshire,
was found by a servant lad lying in a 1
turnip shed at the farm, shot through
the chest. Wood, who was about fitly -
three years of age, was a widower, and
leaves a grown-up family. A gun was
lyhng beside the body.
Air, Robert McEwen, a partner of" the
old established firm of D. and 3. Ito-•
Ewen, grocers, died after a short illness.
Deceased. was Lyell -known all over sen-
iral Scotland In connection with the ex- t
tensive business curried on by that 1
firm, with which he has been associated a
since, 1884. t
Mr. J, Annan Scott, Inland Revenue
Officer, Kelso, who had been promoted a
lo Glasgow, was presented with a Band
same silver salver by the members of
Kelso (Victoria) Bowling Club, of which
he had been secretary for the last six n
years, , su
1. 0
ahead and ask 11. But, remember, Just
ono question anti no more"Well, pa, there are two of 'em ilia1 want to risk. One is; Which is the
smartest, the run who knows enough
to know that he doesn't know nnu011, or
the titan who knows enough to look as
it he knew everything? The outer Is:
If the end of the world was 10 OUlne and
the earth be destroyed while -a man wits
up in a balloon, where would he landwhen he came down? And, pa, I don't
know which of 'ern to ask,"
SHIPS BUILTIN SECRET
BRITAIN WILL ADD THREE DREAD-
NOUGHTS TO NAVY.
German Press Says Britain is Selling
a Strange Example in
Disarmament.
Unbounded amazement, has been cre-
aked by revelations regarding the secret
building of three huge, swill, battle,
ships for the British navy. 111 has been
se unusual hitherto for the nav41 au-
thorities of Great Britain to keep any-
thing up their sleeve that their now
policy of reticence Is regarded with
surprise.
It may be remembered that a storm
of indignation was muted throughout
Great Britain .at a suggestion of build-
ing only one of the new proposed
Dreadnoughts. Consequently the sen-
sation was intense ween it transpired
Mat three mysterious armored cruisers
were approaching completion on the
Clyde and at lslswick, which are too
fat advanced to preserve the secret any
longer, are not cruisers at all, but bot-
lieshlps—every bit as powerful as those
of the Dreadnought type, and a. great
deal faster.
Berlin despatches show how Intense is
the German surprise. Newspaper com-
ments betray considerable chagrin. is
ells, they demand, how Britain sets the
example of universal disarmament?The new vessels, which will be named
the invincible, the Inflexible, and the
Indomitable, are 'each to carry eight of
the new 12 -inch guns.
The Dreadnought has -ten, but can
fire only eight of its guns on broad-
side. Owing to an improved method
adopted In the three vessels, they will
Ming exactly the slime number of guns
to bear on the enemy on either beam:
Each of (hese ve55015 well be able to
bring the whole armament to bear e1,
ther on port or starboard, consequently
thele- fire in chasing will be as heavy
ahead as astern,
Whereas the Dreadnought has been
butt for a speed of twenty -ono knots,
these new ships are designed to steam
at twenty-flve knots, and may reach
twenty-seven on. their trials. They aro
the swiftest armored ships in 1110 world,
with a speed nine knots greater than
any battleship of the German, French,
or American fleets.
WILL CARRY MUCH COAL.
Apart from their remarkable difference
in speed these ships will carry more
coal and oil. Go presumably, they will
beep a greater radius of action.
They will carry In addition to their
eight 12 -Inch guns n number of smaller
pleoes for repelling torpedo attacks.
in construction of hulls 1110 5an1e prin.
ceples will be adopted as in the ease of
the Dreadnought, though they will be
less heavily armored. The saving effect -
d in protection is being utilized tor tar
more powerful turbines than the Dread -
ought has,
AL the beginning of last week Admiral
S11' Edmund Fremantle, In discussing
the result of the rials of the Dread -
ought, did not display much enthusi-
asm, Ile admitted, of course, that all
was salisfaolory. The turbines worked
scr- well that the great battleship at -
pined a high rate of speed and there
was little vibration.
"Bal:;" said Sir Edrnund, "I don't think
t is of much use having one ship of
real, speed If we don't have more. Eel-
enlly it is not in condition to fight in
he line with' our existing ships. If
t does fIght in the line its extra knots
re thrown away, and if it uses them
will have to fight by itself.
"It is plain that 1110 sooner we hove
squadron of Dreadnoughts the better."
ABT.G TO SINK ANY CRUISER,
AskecwdbaltieShips, conoorivhe
ntheng PIs veteraniews admiralont
id:—"They really are battleships, and
0(1111 mance short work of any cruiser
float.
"Of their value as battleships much
cannot be said unlit the thickness of
thole armor Is definitely known. They
could fight any existing battleship, ex-
copl Dreadnought, because of their gun
pewee. At any rete, they could plee
up ships 0110110, and engage them for a
time, knocking Mem around so klatch
with their powerful guns that the other
shuah
'Theipsco011101ld cquestiontcup. raised by 11111111 1s
that of the value of speed—haw notch
has been sacrificed to if. Capt. Mahan
says that speed is of little use, special•
ly for ships of the line, but I thinic he
depredates speed too much.
PEARS ARMOR IS TOO WEAK.
"Judging fromothe mnsuremenls, i
Wield cit eu a the thickness of
their armor 0annot be more Ilan 6 or 7
rtatnl y r t
Inches, re y not more flan ll, They E
1nns1 have had to skimp tine defence, 1'
think, Nine inches is weak, and 12
none toe ,ouch,
"If 1110 guns are placed cu echelon it is
:011 salisfeetery, for that meals lint
they mast be fired across the deck, This
Method was Ivied 111 the Colossus and
other shipsi but elle superstructure Was
knocked to pieces. Possibly they may
hnvo found a satisfactory solution of
the dimculty with the present long
gins."
Three mere Dreadnoughts are to bo
built next 7000. Thus ley 810 time a
single .foreign rival tances the \Vater
Graeae 1loUeln will have at less[ seven
ready
IN SEARCH Ole KNOWLEDGE,
"I say, pa," began (tile Clarence Cal-
lipers, with the rising inflection of -ono
who earnestly desires to acquire teapot,
taut information, "what—"
"Oh, I don't know!" replied his long-
suffeting sire, wearily.
"You don't know what, pa ?"
"I don't know tate answer to the ques-
tion you aro about to este"
"Why, you don't know What I nm go-
ing to ask, do you, pa?"
"No, of course noel"
"Then, if you don't know the ques-
tion. )now do you know you don't know
the answer to it, pa?"
"Because I know I don't know 1 I
don't know why it is that the more a
plan gots the more he wants, and the
more ho wants the,less he usually gels,
nor telly so many men with big heads
wear such mall hats, nor why two-faood
men are so common and two -headed
girls so scarce, nor why the average girl
is so ready to East her 11earb with a
young man whom no self-respecting
bulolhee would trust wilt a pound of
Liver, nor wile 1110 first mon-monkey
was, nor why !tall a 'man usually con•
sldcrs himself the whole thing, nor how
mtuly Is 'many' nee how few is a 'few';
I don't know how 1 don't know what I
don't know, nor the answers to any
others ot the multitude of foolish gees-
Are
that you aro prone to asks it you
Are not restrained. So now, my dear
son, if 7011 do not at once turn oft your
-
breath instead of blowl,tg it mut, end
let me rend In peace, oft you go to bed
With Ilse speed of 1111 MOW, taking yoltr
intorro +story gimlet with you. Under-
stand?'�
"Yes, sit', Hill the queetion I Waned
to nee isn't foolish, pa.'
"1-'0111 If It lsn't foolsh yeti may get
a
KING EDWARD'S TAILOR
CHAT WITH THE MAN WHO CLOTHES
HI's MAJESTY,
HIS Tailor Says That the King is the
Best Dressed Man in
Europe.
f was fortunate enough to meet him
outside the 1lhtel Bristol during the
Ring's last vlslt to Paris, and, 11118:0
to a common acquaintance, was enab-
led to have a chat with hint,
i(e was the tailor Doti, his Majesty, tang
Edward the Seventh, and, lb:velure, en
aU1hOrity on dross, fw0 alt 11101' Lha[
Gut Klieg is the besiedressed num in
Clurope. Ills tenor has formally Maim-
ed this distinction for his teepee, cus-
(0m00, says Pearson's Meekly.
"I have never known," lie said, "eine'
WIC who had such a genius --genius is
the only word to express his gift --fm'
knowing what to wear and how to wool'
ll.
"In any other position his enlightened
taste would certainly Wive made his
fortune.
"White other men will spend half -an -
hour in deciding upon a pattern for
trousers, 1113 Meeesly will ebooee a
dcz0n in as many minutes, with un-
erring taste,
"Witflo he was stili Prince of R -alas,
1 1'08 to lite habit of welting upme him
at Marlborough !louse with my patterns.
"1 can safely say that upon these oc-
casions he never kept me more than
ten minutes or a quarter of an hour;
during that short lisle he would choose
perhaps $500 worth of 010th.
"Eleven In the morning was the hour
Invariably fixed for these epeoint-
ntenls.
HE IS A GOOD' JUDGE OF CLOTH.
"At the first stroke of the clock the
King would leave the library and enter
tb.s roost where I was awaiting him,
and, alter a cheery 'Good morning,'
would at once begin Ills selection in the
most business -like manner imaginable.
I -Tis punctuality was extreme. I Ilava
never known trim even a minute be-
Illndllencl.
''Once, it Is true, my watch shelved
two minutes past the hour when 1
;made his appearance, and I thougl
that, for once, I had caught 111111 tri
ping; but 1 em bound to confess tilt
later in the day I learned that it wr
my watch, and not that of the King 811
was at fault.
"Occasionally, when ho hesitated 1
a moment between patterns, he word
de me the honor to consult me.
"'Do you think tits would slat ill
Mr, ---?' ho would ask, or, "Phis
nivel Don't you think so?'
"And I always approved Itis clinic
for reasons of taste, and not for poll(
ness' salce; for he was always rigid.
"Often he would come to my este]
lishment, to inquire whether I had an
new patterns, and would sometimes b
accompanied by one or other of 11
sons, He never tried to influence Mei
choice; but I always noticed Chet the
follotved his taste, and chose the sans
sort of patterns as himself; a proof o
their good taste.
"We often had quite lengthy rnnvei
salons. ile hes a thorough lahoviedg
of the respective merits of Cheviots
Saxons, diagonals, and checks; and 111
acquaintance with the technique of my
art never failed to surprise rue.
100 PAIRS OF TROUSERS A YEAR.
"Naturally, the King pays a good price
due his clothes; but by no means an ex-
travagant one, as might he Imagined
ft you wanted the .Same things, you
would have to pay just as much, FOE
instance, from two to two and 'n Halt
guineas for a pair of trousers; len for
111 lounge suit. An evening suit costs.
perhaps, half as much again. They are,
of course, the acme of perfection, es
gards. cloth, lining and cut.
"Von can easily irnagine that the
King's wardrobe is well -stocked. He
wears a pair of ((meets three al` four
limes et the most, and he gets through
n hundred pairs in the course of a year.
l;aeh year he orders a dozen evening
suits, twelve or fifteen frock cools, in
addition (o vests, and fifteen overcoats;
so [hot, apart from uniforms, his year-
ly clothes -bill will probably amount to
from $5,000 to 80,000.
"As to his uniforms, f Om quite posi-
tive that lie alone is capable of deserih.
int; them all, and of recalling the par.ticulars iu ('111011 each of 11)011 lei ifroas
11001 the others, and pleosas ham, 0r
otherwise, 1 -le certainly has the most.
wonderful memory In the whole of his
kingdom. fits uniforms number n1
latest one bemired, anti their value
reaches several thousand dollars,
"Ile often changes his dress during
We clay. Happily, be is a quick dresser,
and can change with astonishing rapt-
dilly. Certainly', among all the custo-
mers I have ever seen, no one can 0p-
prn0Oh 111111 10 Ih18 respect,
"\\'1101 younger, ile had 00(11cr a dc-
otdecl preference for striking patterns;
bol for ninny years now his taste has
siuovn en i'reproeohablc simplicity. Ile
likes plain things, and is perthoultu•ly
[and of simple nevy-blue serge."
So spoke tic man who for nimlyyeors
has clanked his Majesty King Edward
\'IL, King of Great Britain and Ireland,
THE TYPHOON DISASTERf WEALTHYMENGOHUNGRY
80,800 LIVES LOST IN DISASTER AT
JIONI;
Iiodiee 5V,'re Plied 1i 1 r ,(
i i .❑ nI s Amon() the,
Wreckage -. 11'ild. Scenes
Among Chinese,
Retails cd the typh 'lit ai long Kong
on Sept, 18 m'01 00,01girl 10 Vi'�htria,
h. C., by the ',teenier Empress of Ja•
pan, one of the few ve.eeels to escape
Ilia diem:der, Alth 1ug111 the Opinion
lasted - but tutu helms, the dant:hge til
(long Monet and Kneen/tit and teeinl(y
le estimated •111 more than 8110,000,0(x0.
The bulk of tete toes was in the harbor
and on the wave fec'ni.
Pett thousand lives were blotted out,
seventeen steamers end sailing eessels
were wre'ked or badly damaged, over
a thousand limes swamped, turned over
or battered to pieces against 1110 stone
wells o1 tete Prays, 80 per cent, of the
lighters, launches yachts, houseboats
and small native (Tuft, were entirely
destroyed, and malty wharves were
wrecked.
There were twenty-fem. Europeans
among (11010 killed; others were Chi-
hrese, mostly of the boat and junk pit
pulation, They usually tan for aholter
when the warning gun was fired, but
on rte morning of the storm the sig-
nal was fired at 8,10 mid 8.30 the ty-
phoon ons al Its height, The junkmen
harried fie ..hater, oulltdfng wi111 each
oilier, rutting down ya,;hts, househools,
Mc, striving through the driving rain
to 0050(1 Gtuseway Ray.
TIiOUSANDS T1I1(OWN INTO SE0
Thousands. were sn',n 11,rorvn into the
sea, lashed to a fury. with waves twen-
ty 51141 111ir1y feet high. The wird blew
the junks around, ani! ,sent trent whirl-
ing and Twisting, to be duetted to pieces
against the Prays, where hemlines c 1
junks end sampan'sv,'re o')l nte;'eti and
the mangle! 1:n.! of the crew. hat -
tel ngin.1 the ;(one wn11.1 within
sight of tie's,: en .,il=+re; pew,'r;ess to
lend aid.
1'h; storm eete r,l e- quickly ns it be-
gan. The Sun 110rte 111+01 0e, Scenes 0f
unparalleled ,leatru'(01 at dung Kong.
l'llia typhrion O.vreedetl all gibers ex -
10 perieneed there in severity.
htl [Hundreds of Chinese, gathered on the
p- sea front wailin;;, hundreds of newly -
it clads widows wept (ri0erly and slaty
is 'Stood stolidly locking On, as Chinese
at usually do.
Hundreds of hodirs were swept ashore
ur and the. work of carrying them away by
d enel00115 to impromptu morgues began
at ens e, corpses being photographed in
0, groups of eight. and, tagged for idelll-
is (Weikel-
BODIES
r BODIES I'II.ED) IN DEBRIS.
0- Hundred -1 Of ttlmug',c,i bottles were
piled amens ,ihc ;h bei; rand the scenes
1- were sickening. It vas evident soon a-
y lee the storm he10n that the shipping
e would n01 ride: it 0111. and vessel after
rs vessel dragged, swerved and was driven
✓ on shore, some being piled right among
y the stately buildings which line Hong
e Kong's sea front. When the European
t
officers were endeavoring to save 1110
steamer Hungshang, gallantly swimming
ashore with life lines, 'thieves started
a to Ino[ the baggage of the passengers.
, After saving the vessel lite officers
s turned their attention to the looters,
most of whorl escaped ashore, some be-
ing drowned.
A DTl'L0,\IAT'S QUALIFICATIONS,
TOmn1y: "Pop, (1005 a diplomat have
to know much?" ,
'tommys Pop, Well, he hos to know
(though not to know too touch,"
mpero' of India, and Arbiter of Taste.
"I wee- weeding an atv—neeaint of
a woman being hooked in death by a
beastly cow, doncher know," remarked
young Dudeleigh. "Weeny, I cawn't
inloglno a. snore h0wwlbleoleate—can
you, Miss Cousliquo?" "No, Mr. Dude-
10Igh," replied Miss Causlique, "unless
It is being bored to death by a calf."
And when she illustrated her remark
with a large, open-faced yawn, young
Dudeleigh proceeded l0 get a hurry on
himself.
Unless washed with great care, blade
stockings soon turn a. greenish eater.
They should be washed with soap that
Is free front soda and rinsed in water
[n which -a teaspoonful of Vinegar lute
been added. When damp, pram them
into shape, but do not iron, as 1116 heat
tends to destroy the eater,
FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.
Loot Child's Body Found Atter Twelve
Months.
The skele.ton of Edwin Pincolt, the
3-yeer-old boy who disappeared from
his home al Abertillery, North Wales,
on August `L5, 1005, was found on the
mountain side between Abertillery and
Bleenavon recently.
A farmer named Parker was riding
in search of some sheep by a clump of
gorse which he had passed repeatedly
before; and in which he had noticed
what be tools to be a bundle of reps,
when the conduct of his dog induced
flint to melte a closer examination.
Among the gorse he found the sicel0-
bon of the boy. with some fragments of
01011105 adhering to it., Only the boots
were perfectly preserved.
Mr. Porker Informed the police, who
removed the skeleton to the police sta-
tion, and told the parents of (he dis-
covery. - They immediately identified
what Was lett of the clothes,
Ale's. Pineal, had dreamed several
limes lately that her boy was brought
to her in a bath, and strangely enough,
it was in a bath that 1110 police removed
the skeleton from the mountain to the
police slallon.
Th,e child lull been given, to wander -
Ing before his disappearance. Ile went
to school as usual on the afternoon of
August 25, but from the lime lie len he
was never seen alive again.
Search parties scoured the neighbor-
hood for days. On one occasion more
than 0,000 miners give up their work to
look for 1118 mis1ng 01111d, but no trace
of him could be found.
Eventually bloodhounds 1'0'0 em-
ployed, and one 01 111001 started 01f in
the direction of the spot where the
skeleton was found, 'cut niter a tmo 110
reskeleton
to 101'1.
Tho 100(0(1 was abandoned atter many
days, 0110 1110 opinlnn prowled in (he.
dlst'ict 011,1101' th51 1110 o(d)d 115(1 fatten
down a fissure in the mountains 01' 1)
disused 1111110 skean, or Mat he had been
kidnapped by gypsies.
SLEEPLESSNESS.
People who suffer tram sleeplessness
should try the plan of breathing 51017)y,
deeply, and with precise unlfonmi(y.
This will gradually divert from the
brain the 0x0035 of activity that hinders
steep. This is ilio most effective of any
01 those mechanical processes of mind
that have been suggested from tittle to
time for reducing the sleepless throb -
bins of the brain. By taking a deep
breath, seeing how long you Dan hold
at and gradually letting it go the mind
is fully ,diverted, and has not a chance
to hander, and the process is ,50 mono•
torous that one quickly: falls to sleep.
SGI:'<Ii, OF AN11)1018 weno TOA.
AIME TO WITNESS.
Mulfi•Mllai,rnnires Stand on Hotel Door.
step }Yelling for Aulerlcan
Delicacies,
A terrible mi,fortune, overwhelmed
the r:urIton Hotel, Loddon, recently,
The canvas• -basic ducks, the pealrl°
eidekeus, the sea bass, the terrapin, the
soft-shell crabs, and rho other transat-
lanlic detaoacles, cvhlch had 01001 design-
0d to tickle lite llotncsicic palates of the
ktiierf0an mlltgn5lres a',t the Carlton
die not arrive In the leaiserin Auguste
Victoria, To be brief, the whole con-
signment was seized by (111 genus and
fisheries Inspectors of New Yorlc State
before tete vessel sailed.
The blow was a particularly bitter
one because such great !hopes had been
raised. Far several days certain of the
.millionaires have eaten praetieally not
thing in anitelpatlon of a record feast
on terrapin. Two of the "muitls," In"
decd, stood for hours on the doorstep -
welting tor the shipment to arrive, and
sprang forward Joyfully when a han-
som dashed up and a dapper tittle gen-
tleman in a blue serge suit Jumped - out ,
of IL. This was the chef of the restau-
rant of 111e i(olserin Auguste Vir/torts
who had been commissioned to procure
the toothsome viands. He probably
knows more millionaires Man any [man,
living, and is called "Captain Ginger"
(est111 n1 namthe,e is"mulitelly)tis." by even the might'.
":Say, Captain Ginger," sl1nuted the
millionaires, gripping him by the hand,
"is the terrapin all right?"
GINGER'S WEEP ACT.
Teazle stood !n "Captain Ginger's"
bright blue eyes, but the answered nev-
er a word. He plunged headlong Into.
the manager's office. The manager was
overcome with grief. The chef do was
sumnrsned went out of the office a beak-
er, -hearted man. The head wafter wept
openly.
Little by little Iho whole story was
dragged from "Captain Ginger," and
most regretfully must it be admitted
that the London Express is mainly re-
sponsible for -the disaster.
It will be remembered that the Ex-
press was first to announce the order
for the terrapin and the =was -backs.
The issue of 111e Express in which the
announcement was made went, in the
ordinary course of events, to New York,
and there came under tate eye of the
editor of the Herald.
OFFICIALS GGT WISE.
Now, the Herald is always on the
look -nut for the doings of American
millionolres in London, and quoted the
Express in fall. The news was read by
hundreds of thousands of people in
New Verk, end by degrees the tidings
were circulated throughout the state.
IDl:oriunately among the most Inter-
ested readers were the state game and
fisheries of(Icials, wile remembered that
in accordance with the game iaw
passed three months ago It was now the
close season tor canvas -bock. There-
fore in the early 1101105 of the morning;
just as the Kalserin Auguste Victoria
was about to s,1i1, they descended on
the vessel In force, and seized the whole
consignment.
MULTIS DO FLOP ACT.
"It was In vain that "Captain Gin-
ger" 'pleaded his honest ignorance of
the law, and pointed out that it was
most unfair to grab 1110 terrapin. The
state officials admitted that this might
be the case. but said Mai they - had no
time,lo open all the tee packagings and
sort out the canvas -backs. So they im-
ps mtded everything, including the un-
happy dealer, W110 suppited the game.
They haled him before the magistrate,
who would not let hien go until 110 had
paid a hundred loners fine.
News of this, however, dlci not reach
England, and when the Kaiser Auguste
Victoria got to Plymouth a dozen re-
porters invaded the ship to- ask after
the terrapin. "Captain Ging01" admits
that he was so distressed that he plead-
ed headache, and kept do hls cabin
while the reporters were on board. kf
terw'ards be rushed up to London to in-
form the authorities et the Carlton of
the disaster.
The news was broken as gently es
possible, but the anguish of the million-
aires was terrible to winless. Two at
the "mullis" were completely prostrated.
with grief.
The. chef g011nnlly endeavored to al -
'dove the situation by providing chick.
en a la Maryland end lobster a la New.
burg. But there was not a "multi" who
had the heart to eat.
'there Is, however, hope for the mil-
lionaires. Canvas -back may be unob-
Iaintt11le, but the management of the •
Carlton are already making arrange-
ments for n fresh consignment of terra-
phi, sea bass, and soft-shell crabs.
TWO PECULIAR ACCIDENTS; -
Falls That Destroy and Ileum% NAtg.
man's Power of Seeing,
A strange case of sight W111c11 \\'e,6
destroyed by one accident being re-
stored by another is reported trent
Leeds, England, One da)' lwenty-(wa
years ago, when Maria Lotllsa Good-
year of HeedI0gly was employed as 1110-
clhinlst, her stool was -pulled from un -
dor her by a fellow 11:00101', end when
she fell she struck on her lend, The
farce el the blow mused prosaic of
the skull on the optic' nerves and elm
lost tier sight.
• Twelve yoans later she tell down a
flight of steps, A medical mon who was
coiled in said she had sita000 1110 011110
nerve and declared that if he could' give
her a blow on the head het' 01)111 aright
be restored. "Ito, dared nob fry the ex•
porlment, heweeer, es it might teepee.
diva her reason.
Noty Mess Goodyear hers fallen done*
a flight of stnirsraga 01 The fail was
Collo\ve4; by sere mins kt' hat ahead.
and the Sudden return of 110' sight, !lea
'sight is 110(3 excellent,
Tho re 111ailon of your ancestors
won't do much good when yani 'aro ((00104
Ing for empl0y111eltt,