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
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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,