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Exeter Times, 1898-8-18, Page 6f TRE XZTElt TINES TW CASTINO AWArl"Rir or Mrs, Leeks and Mrs, Aleshine., (Contionea.) Casting away ot Mrs Leeks et Aleshin Riet evIten I enereed around, and peer ed over the aerk waters, it was quit piain to me that it was not Wait o oiL bot leeneinied distance, which mad those lights 44 dine, I weld now- per eeive but three ot elaena erect es the sur Moe was, agiteted only by a gentl swell, I could igit suppose that ann tb,em were aidden from our view, by wave.. - We were beittg left benind that wan certain, and ail I could. d was to row on tte long and as well a I could in the direction, which the othe beets ilea taken. I had been used to rowing. mid, thought I pulled. a good onr, aita I certainly did aot expect to be left behiml. in this way. "1 doon believe this boat has been emPtied. out since the last xain," said Mrs, Aleshine, "for my feet are wet, • theu.gle I didn't notice it before." • At this shipped, ray oars, and began to examine the boat. The bottom was • covered with a, movable floor of slats, an.d. as I put my hand down I could, • feel the water welling up between the slats. The flooring was in seetions, and lifting the one beneath me, I felt un- • der it, and pot my hand iuto six or eight inches of water. The exact etate of the case was now as plebe to me as if it had been poeted up on a, bulletin boaa.d. This boat had been fouad to be unseaworthy, and its use hed been forbidden, all the people having been orowded. into the others. • This had caused confusion at the last mon:tent, and, of course, we were sup- posed to be on some one of the other boats. And now, here was I, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in a leaky boat with two middle-aged women! "Anythin' the matter with the floor?" eske.d Mrs. Leeks. I 1st the section fall beck into its place aod looked aft. By the starlight I could eee that my two companions had each fixed upon. nee a steadfast gaze. They evidently felt that some, thing was the matter, and wanted • to koow what it was. I did not hesitate for a moment to inform them., They appeared to me to be women whom it would be neither advisable nor possi- ble to deceive in a. ease like this. "This boat has a leak in it," I said. "There is a, lot of water in her already, and.that is the reason we have got along so slowly." "And that is why," said Mrs. Ale - shine., "it was left empty. We ought to have known better than to expect to have a whole boat ju.st for three of as. It would ha.ve been much more sensible, I think, if we had tried to squeeze into one of the others." "Now, Barb'ry Aleshine," said Mrs. Leeks, "don't you begin findin' fault with good fortune, when it comes to you.. Here we've got a. comfortable boat, with room. en.ou.gh to set easy and. stretch out if we want to. If the wa- ter is conran' in, what we've got to do is to get It out again just as fast as we can. What's the best way to do that, Mr. Craig?' "We must bail her out, and lose no time about it," said 1. "If I can find the, leak I may be able to stop it." I now looked ebout for something to , bail with,. and the two women aided. actively in the search.. I found one leather scoop in the bow, but as it was well that we should. all go to work, I took two tin cans that had been pet in by some one who had begun to pro- vision the boat, and proceeded to cut the tops from them with my jack- knife. "Don't lose what's in 'em,' said Mrs. Leeks; "that is, if it's anythin' we'd be likely to want to eat. If it's toma- toes, pour it into the sea, for nobody ought to eat tomatoe,s put up in tins." hastly passed the cans to Mrs. Lecke, and. I saw her empty the con- tents of one into the sea, and those of the other on a newspaper which she took from her pocket and. placed in the stern. I pulled up the mova.ble floor and threw it overboard, and then began to baiL "I thought," said. Mrs. Aleshine, "that they always had pumps for leaks." "Now, Barb'ry Aleshine," said. Mrs. Leeks, "just gather yourself up on one of them seats, and go to work. The less ta,lkin" we do and the more scoop - in', the better it'll be for as." I ,soon perceived. that it would have • been difficult to find two more value a,b1e assistants in the bailing of a boat than Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine. They were evidently used to work, and were able to accommodate themselves to the, unusual circumstances in which they were placed. We threw ou.t the water very rapidly, and every little while I stopped bailing and felt about to see if I could discover where it came in. As these attempts met with no success, I gave them up after a time, and. set about bailing with new vigor, believing that' if we could get the boat nearly dry, I should 'surely be able to find the leak. But, •after working half an hour more, I found that the job would be a long one; and, if we all worked at onee, we would all be tired out at once, and that might be disastrous. There- fore, I proposed that we should take turns in resting, and Mrs. Aleshine was ordered to stop work for a time. After this Mrs. Leeks took a rest, and when she went to work stopped, bailing and began again to search for the leak. For about two hours we worked. in this way, and then I concluded it was useless to continue any longer this vain exertion. With three of as bail- ing we were able to keep the water at the level we first found. it; but 'With only two at work it slightly gained up- on as, so that now there was more wa- ter in the boat than when we first dis- covered it. The boat was an iron one, and the leak in it I could neither find nor remedy. It had probably been caused by the warping of the metal en- der the hot sun; ea aecident whielt, I am told eminently °emirs to iron boats, The little craft, •Whieh would have been a line -boat had its air -bores re- inained. intact, was now probably leaking from stem to stern ; and• in searching for the leak without the proteetiott of the flooring, my eveight had doubtless assisted in opening the seams, for it was quite plain that the water was now coaling' in mere rapidly than it did at first. We were very tired, ttod even Mrs. Leeks, wile had all along counseled us d to keep,at work annot to waste one t breath o talkihg, now admitted that it was of no 'use to try to get the writer mit at that been It bed been some aoars slime I 11 e used the oars, but whether we h - drifted, or remained where we we a when I etopped rowing, of °Quint) could not know; but this mattered. ve e Oar boat was slowly sinking iteath os, and. it could make no dief - ence 'wheal:lee we eveet down in 0 spot or another, 1 sat and, reeked f brain to think what could. be done this fearful emergeoey. To bail a , longer was useleee labor, aud‘vItat el was there that we could do? s "When will it be time," asked. Me ✓ Lecke, "for as to put on the life -pe Servers? When the water gets nee ly to the seats?" I answered that We should not wa any longer than that, but in my at mina r cool not see any advantage potting them on at all. Wby shou we wish to lengthen our lives ay a fe hours of helpiees floating u.pon t Ocean? ••"Very good," said Mrs. Leeks; "I keep a 'watch on tbe water. One them ogees was filled. with lobster which would, be more than likely disagree with us, and I've throwed out, but the other had baked beans i it, an.d the best thing we can do is eat some of these right away. The are mighty nourishlue and will kee up strength as well as anytbine an then, as you said there's a keg of w ter in the boat, we can all take a dein of that, aod it'll make us feel like ne creturn. You'll have to take th beans in yoter hands, Air we've got n spoons nor forks." Mrs. Lecke and. Mrs. Aleshine wee each purled up out of reach of the ,va ter, the first in the stern, and, th other on the aft thwart. The day we now beginning to break, and we cool see about us very distinctly. Befor reaching out her hands to receive he beans, Mrs. Aleshine waelted them. b the water in the boat, remarking a the same time, that she might as wel make use of it, since it was there. Hay ing then wiped her hands on some par of her apparel, they were filled with beans from the newspeper held by Mxs Lecas, and these were passed. aver to me. I was very .hungry, and. -when had finished my beans I agreed with ray companions that although they would have been a greet deal better if heated up with butter, pepper, and salt, they were very comforting as they were. One of the empty cans was now passed. to me, and after having been asked by Mrs. Leeks to rinse it out very carefully, we all satisfied our taste. from the water in the keg. "Cold baked beans and lukewarm water ain't exactly company vittien," said Mrs. Aline, "but there's many a poor wretch would. be glad to get I could not imagine any poor wretch who svould be glad of the food, togeth- er with the attending circumstances; but I did. not say so. "The water is just one finger from the bottom. of the seat," said Mrs. Leaks, who heel been stooping over to meet-au:re "and it's time to put on the life -preservers." "Very good," said Mrs. Aleshine; "hand me mine." .Each of us now buckled on a life -pre- server, and as I did so I stood. up upon a thwart and looked. about me. It was quite light now, and I could see for a long distance over the surface of the ocean, -which was gently rolling in wide, smooth swells. As we rose upon the snmenit of one of these I saw a dark spot u.pon the water, just on the edge of our /mar horizon. "Is that the steamer ?" thought; "and. has she not yet sunk?" At this there °erne to me a glim- mering of courageous hope. • If the steamer hen remained afloat so long, it was probable that on account of wa- ter -tight compartments, or for some other reason, her sinking had, reached its limit, and that if eve could get back to her we might be sa,ved. But, alas, how were we to get back to her'? This boat would sink long, long, before could row that distance.. However, I soon proolaimed the news to nay companions, whereupon Pars.Ale- shine prepared to stand upon a thivart and see for herself. But Mrs. Leeks restrained her. "Don't make things worse, Barb'ryAleshine," ,said she, "by tumbliee over- board. If we've got to go into the wat- er, let us do it decenely and in ord- er. If that's the ship, Mr. Craig, don't you suppose we can float ourselves to it in some way?" • I replied that by tha help of a life - preserver a.person lobo could. swim might reach the ship. "But neither of us can swine," said. Mrs. Leeks, "for we've lived where the water was never morent afoot deep, except in time of freshets, when there's no ascii:an:din for man or beast. But if we see you swim perhaps we ean fol- low, after a fashion. At any rate, we must do the best we can, and that's all there is to be done." "The water now," remarkea Mts. Aleshine, "is so near to the bottom of my seat that I've got to stand. up, tumble, overboard. or no." "Ali right," remarked. Mrs. Lecke; ftwe'd better all stend. up, and Iet the boat sink under as. That will save our jumpin' overboard, or rollin' out any way, winch might be awkward." "Goodness gracious mel" exclaimed IVIrs, Aleshine. "You set, the oysters ereepin' over ma again Fil•st you talk of the ship sinkin' under us, and now it's the boat gone' to the bottom und- er our feet. I3efore any sinkin's to be done I'd wither get out." "Now, Barlery A.leseine," said arra Leeks, "stand up straight, a.nd don't talk so much'. It'll be a great deal better to be let down gradual than to flop into the water all of bunch." "Very well," said 1Vers. Ale.shine, may be best to get used to it by de- grees, but E mus say I wish I was home." As for me would. have mita pre- ferrea to jurap overboard at once, in- stead of waiting in tine cold-blooded manner; but an my companions had so fax preserved their presence of mind, did not 1.vish to do anything which might throw tliena into apattle, I be- lieved there would; be no dagger from the euntion eaused by the sinking' of ie small boat like this, and if we took care not to entangle ourselves with it in any way, we might es well follow Mrs. Leeks' a.dvice or not. So we all stood up, Mrs. Leeks in the stern, lin the bow, awl. Mrs. Aleshine on a thwart between es, The fast did not eppear to have gene. room enough for steade footing, bete esehe lab:tanked ad ry be- er- ne raY in ny se 5. r- t vet in id '11 of to it to cI 1 Lt did n,ot matter very omen, as the footing, broad. or oarrow, WoOld net be there very long, I am nsecl, to swimming, and have oever hesitated to tae a plunge inn) river or °eon, but I must admit that it was very tryiog to ray nerves to 3tteaenio(lkil•phetohettb;wamye.a.'nHd Xittleefotrwa'o boat - men were affected I do not know. They said nothing, but their faces in - divided that solalian disagreeable was about to lteppen,atel that the less that was seed about it the better. The boat, heel not sunk se much thee the water was around Mrs. Aleshine' feet, her eta:acting-piece being rather lower than ours, I made myself oar - taut that there were no ropes nor any other means of entanglement near ran coMpartions or nweele, and. then I waited. There seemed to be a good deat of buoyancy in the bow and stern of the boat, and. it was a frightfully long time in sinking, The suspenee be- came so utterly unendurable I was ol,efnethbot,pisedtpanata,yane foot oo tba edge tipping it, put pal end to this nerve -rack; but I refrained, Lor I probabty would throw the wo- men off their balance, when they might fall against some part of the bait, and eo themselves a hurt. I had just relinquishea tais intention, when two little waves seemed. to rise one on each side of Mrs. Aleshine, and gently flowing over the side of the boat, they flooded her feet with water. "Hold your breetlisl" Ishouted. And now I experienced a sensation which innst have been very like that which comes to a, condeluneci criminal at the first indicatien al the pulling of the drop. Then there was a horrible stole- ing, a gargle, and a, swash, and the ocean, over Nythich I had. been gazing, • appearee to rise up anci envelop me. In a moment, however, my head was out of the water, and, looking hastily a.bout nle, I saw, close by, the heads and shoulders of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine. The latter was vigorously winking her eyes and blowing from her mouth some sea water that had got into ia but, as soon as her eyes fell upon me, she exclaimed: "That was ever so much more suddint than I thought it waz goin' to be !" "Are you both all right ?" eI suppose I am," said Mrs. Ale - shine, "but I never thought that a person with a nfe-preserver on would. go elean under the water." "But since you've come up again, you ought to be satisfied," said Mrs. Leeks. "And. now," she added, turn- ing. her face toward. me "which way ought we to try to sleint? and haverewe got everythixe We want to take with, us?" • Casting away of Mrs Leeks te.- Aleshine "What we haven't got we can't get," remarked Mrs, Aleshine; "and as for swimmene I expect I'm gain' to make a poor hand. at it." I had a hope, which ' was not quite strong enough to be a. belief, that, sup- ported by their life -preservers, the two women might paddle theraselves along; and that, by giving them in turn a helping hand, I might eventually get them to the steamer. There was a. strong probability that I would not tshuaeoteea, but 1 did not care to think of I now swam in front of my com- panions, and endeavored to instru.et thane in the best naethod of propelling themselves with their arms and their hands. If they succeeded in this, I thought I woulcl give them some fur- ther lessons in striking out with their feet. After watching me attentively, 1VIrs. Leeks did manage to move herself slowly through the smooth water, but brritrspMlarst. Aleshine could do nothing "If there was a•nythin' to take hold. of," she said. to me, "I might get along. but I can't get any grip on the water, though you seem to do it well enough. Look there I" she added in a higher voice. "Isn't that an oar floatin' over there? If you can get that for me. I believe I can row myself much better than I can. swim." This seemed an odd idea, but I swam over to the floating oar, and brought it her. I was about to show her how she could best use it, but she de- clined ray advice. "If I do it at all," she said, "I must do it in my own way." And,. taking the oar in her strong hands, she began to ply it on the water, very much in the way in which she would handle a broom. At first she dipped the blade too deeply, but correcting this error, she soon began to padelle herself along at a slow but steady rate. "Capital!" I cried. "You. do that admirably 1" "Anybody who's swept as m.any epoxies as I have," she said, "ought to be able -to handle anythin' that can be used like a broom." "Isn't there another oar ?" cried. Mrs. Lecks, who Meci now been left a little distance behbaa us. "If there is, I. want one." Looking about me, I soon discovered another floating oar, a.nel. brought it to Mrs. 1,enks, who, after holding it in various positions, so as to get "the hang of it," as she said, soon began to use it with as much skill as -that shown by her friend- If either of them hied been obliged. to use an oar in the ordinary way, I fear they would have had a bad time of ; but, considering the implenaent in the light of a broom, its use immediately became familiar to them, and they got; on remarkably "li' Inow took a position a little in ad- vance of my compations, and as 1 swain slowly they were easily able to keep up with me, Mrs. Aleshine, being so stout, floated much higher out of the water than either Mrs. Leeks or 1, and this permitted her to use her oar with a great deal of. freedom. Sometime she would give such a vigorous brush to the water that she would turn her- self almost entirely around, but, al- ter a little praetice, she learned to avoid undue efforts of thie kind. (To, Be Coetieneci) • EeleS rin THE PIPES, Boston's water pipes are infested. by eels—hundreds and thousands of them —and the Water Board is at its .wits' ends to devise some rneatt3 to get rid of them. They go throtelli the strain- ers evnert yourtg and small 'and grow to great size, obstruceing the flow • of water or stopping it altoeether. ORIENTAL BABXES, Two huedred babies of Oriental par- entage were recently displayed in a baby show in San Fraticisco. The boys bad their heads shaved, while 'the girie had their hair seiffefied with beads ante paper flowers, COL. E. T. HUTTON, General Officer Commanding the Canadian Militia. TYPHOID ANLe ICE CREAM. outbreaks or revel" araced to the unclean Methods or entwine, the cream. Not in all ice cream, but in some forms of this seductive. and frigid con- gelation, lurks an element of danger— one predisposing to disease and fatal- ity. The fact that cheap ices are con- tinually hawked about the streets of cities, by the dirtiesb of all dirty itin- erants is itself sufficient evidence, a.side from the fact that medical prac- titioners have given voice to frequent and oft -repeated warnings. Boards of Health have fulminated against the evil, and then have forgotten it all; charity organizations and societies de- eigned for the protection and uplifting of the more indigent and least cared for of the human race, have decried the iniquitous traffic; nevertheless, it still continues to flourish. Since the re- velations of Dr. Campbell Munro in 1893, who traced an extended epidem- ic of typhoid. • fever in Renfrew -shire, Scotland, directly to the sale of cheap and uncleanly ice ;creams, not a year has passed without similar epidemics from like cause, being discovered in America ,and Great Britain. The re- port Of Doetor Munro shows that the ice cream was pennered on premises where wae aan unreported, case of the disease, the patient begin • a girl, Who, fax ae,onsiderable part of the time she was itt, had been in im- mediate contact with' the business. Mr. Harris, the medical officer of • health for Islington District, London, England, caused sampies of the ices sold upon the streets to be examined by Doctor Klein, the well known pa- thologist, who found, all were slvarm- jog with pathogenie bacteria; and Mr. Harris' own investigations of the premises where the stuff was manufac- tured were EQUALLY STARTLING: Ile found most of the ice cream vend- ed by cheap peddlers was unfit for use; the metlaods of manufacture were of the filthiest, including the blowing of eggs, foul utensils employed, utter disregard of any measures looking to cleanliness, storing in evil-sraelling rooms (also employed, as sleeping apartments) and the use of stale and half -spoiled eggs and milk. , Typhoid is a filthy disease, communi- cated almost always—if not invariably a through the faecal excretion; this a should. be remembered. Wilt it is • not e typhoid alone that is a, be dreaded, for many of the coneagimis and infec- tious diseases may be disseminated in k the ,same 'way; further, tlae stale milk e and eggs are very provocative of forms ,&- of ptomaine poisoning that in its T er f ' o e "bowelcom- plaints" dependent on temperature 1 changes, but in its more virulent plias- 0 es leads to suspicions of mineral toxics employed for ;purposes of suicide or as- sassination. Many puzzling ca,ses, es- pecially among children, leading to fa - tante, doubtless have their inc,eption in some such cause as this. Little fear may be had. regarding the wares of the reputable confection- er or caterer, however. The very char- acter of his trade, the standing of his customers, etc., are stick he cannot; af- ford to coacluet, his business on any Mb the most sanitary and cleanly basis. • AMUSING MISTAKES. Instances where Eminent neopie inure Even oireeed and Accepted 'rips. Visitors at an English country house are allowed to do whatever they like dining the forenoon. An eminent geologist, who was entertained. at one of these houses, asked for coffee early one morning, and. started out with a suit of old clothes and a bag of tools to make a special study of the rock ledges of the estate. During the afternoon one of the country gentry came upon him by the :roadside, and supposing him to be a workroaa entered into conversation with him.. The geologist was seated on a ledge of rock, and was making vigorous use of mallet and chisel. The stranger talked with him in a patronizing way, and while net receiv ing an intelligent account of the work on which he was engaged, was impress- ed with the stipposed workman's intel- ligence and. good manners. Indeed, he fumbled in his pocket and brought out a half crown, which he tossed to the man with the mallet. The geolo- gist seemed surprised, but picked it up and put it in his pocket after thanking the gentlentan. There was a. dinner party at the country house in the evening, and the same gentleman was introduced to the eomiinaougnth.geologist, who at °nee began t have the half crown," he said at once, "and I shall not give it up. It is the first tip I ever received, and I shall show it to my friends as a tro- phy of superior intelligence." Lord James once had a similar ex- perience. He was strolling through tlae Temple Gardens in London when a party of tourists encountered him., and asked to be directed to some of the, most interesting places. He volunteered to shaw them about, and, took them first to the Temple Church, and Goldsmith's grave, and• finally- to the famou.s Elizabethan hall of the Middle Temple. His explana- tions were lucid and interesting, and when he parted from, his new acquaint - noes one of them gave him a shilling, nd remarked that few guides were qually intelligent. The nobleman ook the shilling demurely, and thank - d the stranger. He is said. to have ept it to this day, and to have fre-, uently tolct the stoxy of his aspen - ace with the innocent tourists in the emple Gardens Another story is related of an Eng- ish duke who was standing at the door f his house when a carriage rolled up. A near-sighted gentleman alighted, asked, if it were the duke's residence, and on ,reeniving a respectful nod from the supposed servant, gave him a shill- ing. The duke, perceiving that he had • ; OLD COPY OF THE GospEms. The Ining'of Servia has, sayS the Bir- mingham.Pot, recently preSented the - British Mueetira library with a beau- tifully exeeuted fa.c sinaile of a very ancient and illumineted manu.seript, of the Gospels, said to be the work of one Gregoriue, a neted Servian scribe who lived iitt the tweleth century, and whose deeorative borders are among the finest examples of early illuenina- tioes eateot, This particular parch- ment ffenuseeipt has beeii in an old monastery in Servie forenpwards of seven hut -fared years—probebly silica it, was written by d•Tegotius, The King a Servaa has had it inprodimed in fat; simile with great skili—a very few oopies only being made, three of which, by the King's direetions, have been Sent to this eatintry. Ono goee to the Beitish IqUaento, aod the other tew, are intended for the univereities oford and.Cambridge respeetively. been mietaaen for a footman, kept the ehilling, raised bis band to his fore- head and made the usual salute. The near-sighted gentleman went into the house, and in due time was presented to the duke, and. never had, a suepieion that he had tipped nue of the higheet members of the British aristocracy at his own door. The duke could hardly have offered a more striking proof that tie was a glentlentan by instinet as well as by birth than by pocketing the uninten- tional affront to his dignity. , A FRANK SPANISH OlieEneR. It has never °oeuvre(' to tbe average Spaniard, who in all ranks of lies is courteoue and obliging ;gentleman that his barbarous bull fight is any- thing but a !form of dramatic enter- tainment, as legitimate as thoss of the theatre. They tell a story whieli may probably be true, that when the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals peoposed to establish a branch in a leadieg city in Spain, the munieipal body tourteouely toteepted the proposal, cold offered to hold a grand bull fight at onao to furnish the fund. WHO UNCLE ghl IS It OEMs OP INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY vANKEe. •neighberly Interest in Iils Doings-onattere ei moment and tenth Gathered from Ilia Deity Record. eio, ArMissouri man. filed as an answer to his wife's' suite for•dioorce an agree- ment signed by both' "to disband," , Samuel T.4, Lord. of Saco, the Demo - °retie candidate for Gevernor of Maine is 60 years old rieh and a bach- Mrs, Edward Harris ,oe Itiehmond, 53twins for the seventh time, Tbey are Baeuo.,livingy.ears old, has given birth to 'Willi six agysT eNo ye fort 6osf 00n0 1 his0 ao d r, nun no he r t and d trained them so that they follow him 13±5 The inmates of Joliet, Ill„ peniten- tiary ha,ptinv2etetoah,oelio:alcacytah.renperwiss,oninnl evceorycacrniseecl r - noon A Sioux at the Rosebud A.geney. Doe/ante to the United. States Marshal: "I want to make complaint against my brother for shooting at, my mother. He missed her at least a foot." Within a year Thomas nanderson, 6 years old, of Fall River, has "ellen from a second -story window, drank a pint of kerosene, been run over twice, and escaped without breaking a bone. Codfishes weighing twenty-six lbs. buys beenacaught, lately in the Penob- scot River, -whence their species dis- appeared fifty years ago, driven away by sawdust from the lumber mills. Two hundred babies of Oriental par: entage were recently displayed in a baby show in San Francisco. The boys hacl their bead,s shaved, while the girls had fw hetorliearizstiffened with beads and pa A four -hundred -pound bear walked into a barnyard. in Proebstel, Wash., and carried off a live calf. The citi- zens organized a posse and after a Lang ehase captured bruin., who had hugged the calf to death. 13ecause the sexton in the Methodist church in XennebunkPort, Me., refus- ed to let a enewd of men and boys ring the bell on the fourth of Jelly, they assaulted him, smashed the windows, tore down the fences, and beat the policeman who tried to stop them. The Rev. W. A. Van Gundy, of Hitch- inson, Ill, led his 5 -year-old boy to the reform school by a leather strap, one end of which was tied around the boy's neck. After the boy had been placed in the school the father return- ed to his church and conducted the us- ual service. Joseph Hardy Phippen, of Salem, Mass., entered the Mercantile Bank of his awn as messenger when he was 10 years old. In 1852 he was elected. cash- ier, which place he held forty years. He has just observed the ninety-first anniversary of his birth, and has been made cashier emeritus. What is known in the Hood River • Valley, Or., as the Big Dna, cost 08,- • 000 and this year's crop of strawberries, blackberries and other fruit in the valley will bring enough money to pay Lor it. It was constructed for the benefit of the fruit growers; who are enabled thereby to get their products to market in greater bulk. Christoper P. Gallagher, a Bangor, Me., grocer, recently diseovered in his collection of old coins, what appears to be an American silver dollar of the coinage of 1804, said to be worth 431,100 Where or when he got it, Mr. Gallagh- er does not know, but he's glad to ha.ve the old dollar, and is now: negotiating for its sale to a New York collector. Simon Sargent, • who lied at West Gouldsboro, Me., at the age of 93 years, was a sea captain in his earlier years. He lost his sight and had to quit the business of the ocean. He lived near the sea, and it wasbuseas- tern to heve himself taken to the beach when the weather was fair, and there he evoulci sit until his friends returned him to his cotta,ge. Once his sight was regained, and he saw the ocean for a moment, and then the light went out forever. • • A Bangor, Me., foundry, which has just gone out of business because of. the falling off of the demand, for saw- .nnll machinery, has been in operation since 180, and made the machinery for the first sawraills erected at tbe Falls of St. Anthony, in Minneepelis. Nowa- days the Blaine sawmills use a differ- ent kinct of machinery than in, the old times, and most of it comes from the West, The bandsane which seldom re- quires repairs, has takeit the place of the rotary and gang saws, and the rniil aro now able to turn out twice as inuch• lumber as formerly. TOI3A.000 LIFE PRESERVER. Tobacco has preserved one German old lady to the age of 89 years. A London • old woman just; be- fore dying at nearly 80 years of age, said; "It's time for me to go 'don't seam to gob any pleasitin out of ray Pipe." LONGEST YEAR. The 'ear 47 33,C. was the long,eet , year on record.. 'By order of Janus Caesar it contained 445 days, elh.e additional days %vein put into raeke the seasons eonforna as near as possible with the solar year, HE HAD PROOP. Her Father—No, 1 can't consent to let you have my daughter. Suitor—May 1 ask you why? Is it anything you have against me pereon- ally? Her Fathet—No, I like you all right ae far as that's concerned, bet yoe don't really love eaeh other, nen lor—I assure you --- Wer nether—No, In not mistaken. M:y, gas hWh bare been nearl twice as high during the peel, three months as they vere while she was engaged to young Wort hey. • SPAIN IN WAR TIME. Popular Almusemoulg go 011 4th antai Alt over the Country, The Madrid correspondent of the London Daily News writes:—To be- iiave the papers, Spain is in mourning, Mb this is a pure figure of speech. Al? over Spain popalar amusements go on as u.sual, Guitar playing., castanet; rat- tling, bull fightiog and processions are 14 4411 swing as in normal times. The Saragossa railway never had such trafe fie as this week. The seats in the first, second and third class otter/twee are not only filled, but passengers stane in a row between there, • All, are as gay as °rickets, all want to read. the catchpenny "exereordioarios," late edition of the papers, that the news- boys ory on platferms. The news- boys keeps silence about no war dis- aster or horror. Excursionists make their • comments Aloud. They pity Spain, they curse Sagasta, they call the Regent an ignorant Austrian, they abuse the Alphonists dynasty, clam- or about Carlos or the Republic, ane taen buy cakes and glasses a fresh water, laugh, and, talk about the bulls and toreadors who are to come out in the arena. Antonio Fuentes, Cuer- rite Bombeta, are the great Detrain tions. They are present, and Cervera, Blaneo and the heroes of Santiago are ancnher atmosphere—out of siglat, out of mind, when nhere is so power- ful a diversion as the Pampelune Cu -- rides, • The Civil Governor thought to reepect the national mourning, by for- bidding, or at any rate 'adjourning, these grand. bull fights, but the Town Council, hearing of his wish, protest- an, ed. The hotels were thronged with tourists from all parts attracted by the corridas. The people might grow violently patriotic if their amuseraents were interfered, with. When they learned that the Governor had yield- ed, they were transported withjoy, and crowded into the Place of the Con- stitution to give him an ovation. The fairs in the provincial towns of Spain are not less gay than in ordin- ary years. All light long there are illuminations. ClIATTIIR AND LAUGHTER. The theatres and, arenas are crowded; Religious processions take place itotlae day tin3e, and are as lively as the other shows. St. Ia.go is ab present rather under a cloud for behaving so ill to Cervera, but in Navarre they say he 'did so because that admiral foug-t for Alphonse xril, and not for Carlon By the way, the superstitious feeling at- tached to the number thirteen is great- ly to the young Ring's disadvantage in the provinces. A religious proces- sion in honor of St. Ia.go is beautifully picturesque, though nobody aspires to appear picturesque.- Pilgrims are habited as •when centuries ago they Went to the Holy Land. The cockle- shell is stitebed, as then, on the pele- rine, the pilgrim bottle is slung on - the shoulder. They lean on orooked staffs tall as alpenstocks, and. wear big crosses on their breasts. The fronts of the houses are decorated with tapes- tries, carpets, gaudy stuffs, dishes and other brilliant wares. • The balcontes are thronged. Pans are flirted; cas- tanets are rattled, guitars are thrum- med. Cold water seems to intoxicate. So does the sight of the Spanish -flag Itfloats everywhere- It is boroe by an ensign in front of the relics or the image that is borne •processionally - through the town. All go wild about it. All drop on their knees as the image passes with its archiepiscopal, canoni- cal and Franciscan following. The town officers are also in the proces- sion, and in costumes that remind one of the Lord Mayor's show. Some of them are old as the Moorish occupa- tion, some were borrowed from Ghent and Bruges in the sixteenth century, and some were adopted when Philip V. brought Versailles fashions into Spain. The light-hearted people wit° give •themselves up to the impression of the, nloment have no idea. what wax debts axe mounting up. Perhaps they ee- member that where theies is nothing' the King can make no seizure, nor the Aniericans either. The burden will fall on those who now enjoy sea breezes on the Basque, ok French, or Portu- guese coast. A couple of Spanish marshals are in the highlands of Auv- ergne, and i,he President of the Sen- ate and Cortes are at a watering place at the mouth of the Tagus. THE THEATRE IN SIAM.. The Siamese t.hea.tre seems to be even more primitive than that 61 Shakespeare's time in England in the matter of scenic effect. If a horse is required, an actress comes on the stage wearing a piece of headgear shaped like •• a horse's head. The rider does not mount her steed, but places her hand on its shoulder and walks by its side. A voyage at sea is undertaken with- out ships. One of the players crosses the stage, having a Pole in imitation of a mast fastened to his chert. From the fop floats the national flag, while pieces of thin cord represent the rig- ging. The passengerserribarle by rang - tag themselves in two long lines be- hind the man with the pole. Whet they .are all safely aboard the stera of the yeesel arrives and forms the tail end oe the procession. THE STATE OF LITERA1TTRE. Don't you think, said the young man, that Merin:are le i.n a slate of dee oline? Unquestionably, replied the otber, it's en a chronie etat,e of dealine—with thanks. , 8ING TO OXEN. In l'eence the oxen that vorir in the fields are regularly sung to as an en- eourageraeut to exertion, end no pea- sant boa the elighteet doubt, bul that the animals inten to hint with plea- sure,