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THREE IN
A Story
BY W. CLARK IlTJSSELL.
m,rri n iT.-On'tniiaa.
That vury samo day I remember-!
n.'cnu that day on which lo cUaiTei at
lhotaM-t lmpi Hied Mr. vllsoncamo
o.i deck while Capt. 'Parfltt was patina
'ho wcntheieid", foe ping a lookout, and
with an cir of aggression otared into
the compass, (hen looked a!ojf, elo
vTy uggrcbs vely, ond then sent bis
eyes around the to t line, leaking a n o
tion with his u od that was ifftnslve
wl h ps eif.'ptrotlon of or ticlsra Pres
ently, taking his stand abreast the mlz
z mi ast to o ward, ho asked ths man
at the wheel lv w tho shin's heal wus.
The follow i coiled.
"Let h!r i m to three-auarters of a
j-oint," r.-il'e l c-i'r Mr. Wilson. "And,
I apt. Vor t , jou tViil bo 60 good as to
t.i:a fail."
u.Kcep her a3 bho poca)" roared
Till ll: t.
"if ti nro making U o muck westing, "
c.wlaii: o i Mr. WiUon.
"i o ive tho dock, eii! bawled rarrtt.
"JS- wh&- chart i ro joi sailing, I
e'-rttld I k to kno.v'" sneerol Mr. tl-i-c
u. "W hv, dammo, man, we aren't
u.uii rl to .Ma Iras. "
An anviiy qm-rrcl fol'owcd, a mote
n l ay of word, indeed, 1 ut it was hard
to i u.'fs at what instant tho blow would
come, w th a long and shameful
t-p ti e pu u p of it. The sailors forward
Mood star ng aft. thon ugbly fn oy ng
U-e ppecioolo o' tin two men gestlcu
U'.icg end L-a'vi hp. at each other. Free-
i-p rnr.orcn the hatch cams CAtt
ruse ii
ri t y, tip thro-iph the 1 ateh ca i e Capt
I'uiii h, b l by a braee of eailots. who
e-tniLgied up tne btt ep con.panion steps
wl;h pin pi ; races, i nut ng anil h owing,
wh lo 1'uueh sat I oio ng on tightly and
curt-ir.g the builder of tno ship for con
etiii'd.t.g a companion way thut gavo a
man n ioo ii t ) turn in.
"W hat I it all about?' fho itcd tho old
fellow as hU bcurera dumped him down
upon tho deck.
"Thesh p's being headid for Madras."
cried Mr. V.'litou with a contemptuous
laugh.
"He's a liar, and ho knows ho'6 a
lia"," c-ai.i Pari.tt.
ion re leaking too westeny a courso
to fiiit mo," e.vcaiuiel Cat. Funcn '
and ho on. ered the mi n at i ho whoel to j s.np's carpenter a -tu.g n lids rtsp ct
shlit the ho rn 1 y a 6 Oie or two. as i hief mate, tiiongh tlio moment hi
"i'yo euiposo," tried i apt. rarfltt, j,r ivod on dco'i ho assorted him
apiroai hing Caj't. l un h close, and self as en;da n , took command
m. oning his words Into tiie old seaman's I and i arried ' our, his own ideas of
jolly, round, tu'icU-iel face, "that I've I fleering and ot carrying tail an I tho
ti -.I;. -u ihurgo or this sugar-box to learn like, without the least regard to the
nuv.ga .i ii f.o n y u." I vi-ws and instructions of l'uii'h and
' i ain't deaf keep your distance," j rariltt. Wilson, I say, on relieving the
reepoti io I Cap'. Vui.ch. "This sugar- deck aider Furtltt had gono lielow, would
lex is j-oing to get home, and I don't look up ut tho sails, and then round up
mean to loi yon put her ashore, betwixt on the s a. as though studying the
th a an I the London do.-ks, and so I toll i weather, then e-oolly s ng o it orders to
'eo. I've heard of navuirors, you must. lew m this and haul dowu that, taking
know, win to reckoning by account has ;
lllll -o i ui-in i j iour ui'Kiei" oi ioujj.-
tudo inland sumo th ng n ay happen 1
with ton e folks' si xt nts. My rouriie '
is your course, and you'll please to stick j
loit."
"There's not even yet southing
enough," taid Mr. W llson.
its. there is, erica iapr. i iincn, i
yo:i l on't want to teach rao navigation,
do 'ee:" I
Cant. Farlitt lushed Into the cabin
and returned with a chart, which ho
laid open i n tho uock a' Capt. l'unch'6
feet. Ho then wont down on his knees
THIS WENT D'lWM OW ill KNEES,"
an l inlieafed the course with a square
thu i b, occa-ioiiaby pounding the chart
vi n his list until the deck e.hoed aaain
to tho blows whenever Capt. Pumh
latighod or shook his hoa t or uttered
any obsenation that was distasteful to
Capt. rartltt.
1 ielt them disputing and walked some
distance torward to smoke a p.pe. After
n r(.ii.. f:iiit F'ailltt loit tho cs'k. tak
ing his chart b low with him, and some-
What la or ( apt. Punch was borno into !
the can n by tho two sailors. When Mr.
Wiis n tou id h msoif aline he s'enpe I i
over to the wheel, and I guessed by ihe j
twirl which tho nan at tho helm cave 1
the i-ioies that Mr. Wd-on had sh.fted 1
tin citirs".
This nd'ord, proved thocase. Scarce-
lv hail ten m iiutes elapsed wheu Capt. .
Vimnii B tervant a rived on deck und i
caned oir. to Mr. W ilson:
Tlio i at t'n s'orders urothat the ship !
Is to te brou ht o tho eou'so which she
w is s'.eering wuen ho was carried bo
K.w." ".'y complimen'e to Capt. Funch,
answered . r. W ilon, "ami tell him he
ha- glv. ii me cliatgo of this vessel, and
that I'm not going to learu navigation
VOL XIX.
CHARGE."
of the Sea.
at ray time of life from any man alive,
bo hia name Turfttt. or io his name
Punch, or bo his name Judy, by thun
der!" This inr.ol nt speech reached tho ears
of dpt. i unoh, who was below -n the
cabin under thskyliahf, which lay wi'o
t.pen. Tho roar thul followed was that of
a iitill. It wus by no moans inartivu
lite, however. The sea words t baud
fellow employed vvoro so i,i;ich to tho
purroso that Mr. V ilscni coiu.iig to tho
bkyl ght, eticd (town:
."It's all rlftht, 6ir: it's all right, don't
excite vtiureclf, " ond he then audibly
directed the n an at. tho who 1 to bring :
the thin to tha couisj commuiuiod by
C'upt. funli.
1 was astonlsl el to find Mr. wflfcon
ne'.lr.jt in opio ltii'n to Ca.it. l unch. Ho
na t snipi el ns 1'i'itcn s in st mate, iinu
l'untih was :ndii-puta ly his chief, how
ever l'aiiitt might havo 6tool in tMo
' om-'linated busines. Eu. I epecd ly
di-cov ro I that Vr. 'ilson was an cx
traoidinar.Iy conce ted and very bid
tompeiol ii. an. He kuostcJ that old
i unch wa not twins to improve in
hoai'h. on I an, siu -o 1'unch had made
him maror o( tho ship, ho was cl.-aily
di'teriin-d to lo.ta n n. aster ut all
costs, In duflaui'd even of i un.b him
self. A I ihrc men hod no'lnn of tholrown
us to ih.4 rompe to ba steered, we was
always soa.c'hini? to tho easlwa d or
eomothlng to tho southward of tho
ethers, t npt. Tunch ha I a tell-talo
coiiipnfft In his ra n and when ho wus
loo ill with tho gout to l e carried on
dork he would sena ids sorvant o tho
man at tho wh 'el will lntru dlous to
hi T or to iet hor go oif as it night hip
pen, lu t e-e nl orations in tho d fee
t on pur u;d ' y tt'e 6hip ho w i6 a .de to
contrive to his own s.itsfa tion only
wh-ntho oarpenttr h ppouul to lmv,
the watch, tor if an ordr Mtnn f o:n
1 unch whin Cant. Tarlltt or Mr. W.l-on
wa ( n dec;: it was instavtiy lountnr
mnndo with tho te ult tha w; cn tho
capta us m t In tho ca in they wou A
nit are I w Idly for an hou:- at a time,
throjten ng n ) a ot ier w.th tha lmv.
(peering at ono am-t; cr's exi erieneo,
olteu ciiiiidnn:! 1st-, indeed, nn I on
more than nno o.ca;Lu very nearly
coming to bio.v3.
riMi'TEnm.
Tho frequent changing of tho ship's
rour.-o, toge. her with tho in ?esiant in
terforin oof tho.-o men, ono w.th an-
o her, con-iidorai ly de a.o I ourpaasago,
ami t here wer.- times wh n 1 would th.n J
that wk bhould never dou lo the Caj eof
tiood Hoi o lit all, but thut, on the con
trary, the threo ca; ta ns would quarrel
themselves out of all perception of the
ship's truo reckoning und en J either in
putting the v. esci ash ro or iu sending
a boat to land on the fii'ot bit of toai
they might eight to learn trom the na
tivi s of the plB'.-o where ivj wore. Often,
as I could ob orvo. they ditiercd merely
to spito cue anotlp r. l-'or instance,
f'apt, l'ar..tt, on cuitting tho i. c-,
would leave ilia fahip under i ll plain sail,
royals set and tac.:;-. bo irdo I, i us W'ii-
ion. who kept watch and watch w.th the
not tho least notico of rnilitt, who, i n I
Hearing inn men ci.. u.p oui a' um lupca, i
would lush on do k:n I n-k Wilson what j
ho meant by shortening sail in the fao j
of a high I urometer, while through tho !
skylight you might hear tlio voice o.
(apt. I'uiuh roar.ng out to know what;
sad the ship was carrying and what
that leltow. wnson, meant iy a leriiig
the course by three-quarters of a point,
Even about su h a matter as side-
lights tho quarrels woro irefuent, for
Pariltt insisted upon txhibitliig lights,
saying that hi was a married man,
with a family of chl.dren do, endent ui on
hira, and that he was not going to ba
run drtwn nm! di'i.wno-l out uf hail 1 tto-
I .nn ia I'm-.'.. u:ic n l-nnltr.iniu iUil hnnkft
a id did not do his duty as a shipmaster;
while Pi neb, on the uher hand, swore 1
that there should ba no side- ights ex , her down, but sho lay pertectly motion
hiblted on board h'S ship; that he had ! loss, with a s ngular noiso of creaking
manag-(1 to pass tnirty-eight years ar, . ihrcaJlng the aoove-tourd clanio;-, and
sea without ever hav.ng teen in col-! n frequent du.l, thunderous thump as of
lisinn uud without ovur hav ni more to i viator strik nir her.
show in a moment of cxtr- ru.ty than tho j
b.ntiuc.o lau p: that oil was dear; that j
he w is enp a n; und that the b atswain
would not i n w what to do if the sidj-j
ligh s woro sl.o.vn. I
It will lu supi osoa t at no 6lnp was
over tuoro nilseiaUy uncomfortable to
a passenger than the Uicidy MoDoiual
was to mo. Portun-itely, he 6a.:ors
v e e a body of r sp.'ctab e m n. '1 hey
took t heir orders as they received them,
grinning, indeed, whu ti.ose words
were contradictory, and sotnetin.es
g umblini pretty loud y when liny
w. re put to unno essary work througn
one i apian i oun e.rraau dug the iu
6truo 1 us which another had g.vcn bi
foi'd ioav ng tin d ck. Indee i ha i tho
enw been mut nously d.sposed thoy
might huee. founapltn y oi excusos for
conduct that need not havo s opped
short of actual "piracy," which, to bi
p.uin. Is ano lji'rword lo;- running aw.iy
wuh a vea el,
Wo were to call at Capetown, an l I
had rnatlo up my m nd, it heaven ever
perra.lted ustoi ast anchor In Table 1 ny,
to go ashore and represent tho 8' uto of
thefthiptothosewhom ght I e empowered
to deal w.th the three captains, thong i
I would sometimes thm t that It was
doubtful whether there was any remedy
w.thin tho reach of the au horities to
apply, for It was cer a n that Puneh was
a.dl in comma id of tho sh p, and next,
that, being in conne nd, he hud a ri'ht
to ntrust the chargo of tho vessel to
tne chief mato whde ho was routined
be.ow by lllius-i, bo that despite ihe
llaugoon a itlioiltio, I ar.'ltt hud no
oToial 'epresentatiou on l ua d, tiad no
e'aitn u;on the obedience of ir. Wl son,
and co iid a hlevo no end by logging
bun or by threat n'mg. Indeed, luilltt
seemed to huvo guessed as much, lor,
rrrrsnoRo, ciiatiiam county, Thursday, January 7,
o'ten a ho talked of "breaking" tho '
mate, a ho called ilii n, ond sending
liim forward, I do no: think that ho
ever attempted to do to. though repeat
edly hud ttt.castli aily Invito 1 to lllo at
tempt by Capt. I uncii and Wilson him-
It f ame at last to pass that on a cer
tain day we were tuposod to b; off tha
( ape ot C ood Ho.e. Wo wero Dun ex
actly two months and tiir.o weeks on',
from Fangoon that is o tay, wo had
ojiuniod eleven weeks in miniums
tho In lit n unl tho Southern Oceans
down to tint part of tho sea when w.3
were mupposed to be. I tay piinpos .d,
f.ot as you may conclude because tho
three eapta n?, as I call them, had lost
all reckoning and kn w no longer where
the 6hip was, but because the weather
had beeu so thi k for no loss h period
than ten days that ncv.-r one was tho
sun, the moon or a tt r to le wp. r r. i
tho position, therefore, of th' riddyMc
Dougil was wholly ral ulated by what
is termed dead reckoning.
Peal ro koning means btlfiy tho
fnding out of tho speed or a sh p
through the water per hour bv mean of
a contrivance railed " ho rte' log. v. hen
tho epoed la ascer ninol It is tnterrd ih
tha ii ii booif. Al owance i then made
for wnat is called leeway, if any leeway
c.t sts, and the eun o tho spe d, to
gafh-r with tin lourses winch may
have been steered, enables the mariner
t, mailt down up n its chart with rno-ft
or loss accuracy tho points of la'ltude
or longitude at which his Bhlp has ur- i
lived.
The three canta'ns were narced la ;
thcn'oi l reckoning, i hoy could fin I
Uo cause fo" a quarrel iil ho lndk'iu.on
ot the r :el log. Tne a! owano lor lee
way wus a-sei, ted to and the cour-cs
Mfi-rolworo almltti ti, bu unhuppliy
tho threo captains had been at logger
heals ovir tho rio oning te.ore tho
th ot weather camo on. Capt. 1 Utah
l ad male the ship's snuatl n a degreo
o- two more than Mr. Wilson found It.
W'l 6on'a long.tude was soveral lea. ties
to the oa6twa:'d of apt, I ariltt'r..
lienee when the day arrived which, ac
cord. na to Tartitt's r.ckoning, should
show ihe ship to the we6iwaid of Agu
bus, tho aru neiiti and quarrels were j
inccssi u', bocaLSj WiUou ewore that
the ship b longitude was ir least slxt.
mile eus: of that capo, while Punch on
tho other hai.d peis s od in tualina niux
that tho latitude v a not what W'l, son
and Parlitt repr eented and that th.
v.;tP0:'6 course, thuruiuro, icqulivd mo;o
nor h ng.
ro matters etoo.l on a dull, hoavj ,
thlei dav, us we. I I rememb'r. Taero
was a light breioi ff ti o port bov, and a I
long ojoi.ii swell was s.uggn-niy rolling i
up from the 6i u haid. I do not reco.
ltiot that the lea I was hove. I very man
of tho thr o sklpi er was cocksure o;
tne Hhip's position on his own account,
but I do not s,y that any oue of thm
cvor on'.'e or loied a cast o.' tho load to
be ta en. There was nothing to bi
soen. The e a line was shrouded by
vapor to wiihin two or three miles of
th vessel. Occa&iona ly ther i wns a
nimble of thu.ider in tho sou.h, but. uo
lightning.
Thus it remained throughout the day,
and thro ighout tho day thi throo cap
tains did uoudi g but alter ono an ither's
d.rectionb to thu man ut the wluel. A. I
day long Capt. Fundi was in a towering
passion. He said that ho knew the ship's
wiiereabjuts as surely as though 'iablo
Hay lay open before him; that Parlitt.
w is ou'i ty leagues and Wilson utterly
wrong; that, both men miht thank lio i
that he was to much a 1 1. to i to occupy
his proper r.ost on dcok in such dump
and fbihy weather, or and hero iw
would shake his 1mm 'iise gouty list at
tho skylight and bid his servant step on
dook and a-.eer.il n how tho 6hip's head
was, ami tinll on leamira tnat inn i
eour;o which he had or ered Parlitt and
Wilson to steer hud been changed by
ono or the oilier of them, ho would roar
out like a mill, us n many strong and
terrible words, to tiiio Capta'n Farlitt's
l.fe if he interfered with hit orders to tlio
helmsman.
Wh n I went to bed that night I was
umudo to sleop for some imo, owing to
tho argument; wh.ch tho three captains
were holding In ihoir cabin. I could
hear 6uch expressions as 'My 11 e's us
precious to no us jours is to you."
Northeast, tru soy? uoou linger
Vot thoy granted ye a certllic.iteV" "Jf
1110 cm oiiouieirt 111 . uui eii a uui iuj
lauit, but if my calculations wasn't
within a second of th" right spot belore
th s blooming mist drawed up and hid
tho sky, I'll g'vjup, o va that I'm no
sailor man, and I'll cull yo loth my
masters.
To such stuff as this 1 lay listening;
then I heard tome sailors come bo o-v to
cart old Capt, Punch away to bod.
lucre was un interval of agiecablo
len o, an I I io 1 asleep.
I wnsuwakuiol by an uproar on do k,
by tl.o shouts of men. the buwdng o.
Capt. Funcli in his cabin, by a hurry.ng
oi footsteps and a gullen Happing tt
canvas. Tho fch p lay over at a sharp
aiiio; I relieved nt iirst unit a neuvy
squall had burst upon hor and heelol
In a moment I realized that the ship !
was ashore!
I partially clothed mysolf In a few j
minutes, r shed out, mil with great I
iliffcu ty, eo amte was tlio anglo o t io
ehiu s uock, rca neu ino compuniuii
steps. All was in daikn ss.
I na hod
out my hau -6 aud toudio 1 a fg it e. and
ft.
OCT MT ll.NOS AX 3 TOCCIIED
riccKB "
now crew sensible of romoVodv iust in
front of me pant.ng heavi.y, and tivic
tin o to ti ne givanln. It wa9 Capt.
I'uiich, in w. io n the agony and he!ple.-6-liess
of the .o-it hat b en temporal ily
conquered by wra h and teiror. lio
reached 'h do: k unaided and fell a- oar- (
Ing. il here was little to be seen. Here
un I there a man held a lantern, but ilio
light a feable aad the Uiuaiioa'.kuj
i rrT
!
revelled mere y confused1 IhS 9;ght. The
shin lav over, with har broadside to the
eea; lh dark heave of fewell burst
ogidiist the bilge and re ol;d in milk
t :at I i'f.g a dim ? been upon tho ntnioe
piicrecf tho night, making tho ijui"t!y
1 appln ! saiiS g ah-'e out. Itwaivo y
thick, th'.ro was no'hing of tha and to
loteen. The carpenter was sound ng
ov r tin felJo and I heard hira bawl out
the depth: I ut there ttcs no depth. Tho
lddy M.'Douga. v a,i hard and ia-itupcn
the African strand, with I'ar.Ht i.nd
Wilson yelling out contradictory o ders
anl l'uiic'i lawli'ig to his m uto ol ey
hiin and nobody else.
Just Leiote (Jaylig'i tVe weather
cleared. J. awn disclosed the high coast
along our st a: loud b am and I gathei cd
from the to nrestuous discourse Q tlio
thres captain's that wo hid g P..) adioro
eomewhe.e near Ca?oliangiioan i San
down Jiny, irovitu that though dipt.
1 w.'it'.'.l talc, la kns hud come ne-ircrt
tho tiu h, ad threo men hi Itea h ov
i.y out .11 their icckcn ng.
Scarcely hud the sun risen when a
fain-loat hove In r! t, boun 1 from tho
eastward to hnnon s wn. &::o Bigu ivi i
our ship ashore and sent boats. I was
heartily g:at to get nooara oi jut.
--,.i,l t'nilltf una livn of IhO irilW
Fai tt and live oi mo
also wen ajoard; but oil iunon fie- i
clined to lo iv tho neighborhood i f tho .
vessel. He sa d that t.nero was no im-
media e dang r, that he would go ashore 1
and n.n'io shift under canvas until a-,- ;
tii-iit.n elm dd I f- : rnt from Capetown. I
W' Ison remained wftu him. I
Tho ship va ultimately srot of, and j
r.av gated to LingUnd by W.lson a d
Capt. Punch in tho cahln: but hy mat
time I reccivea my luggage nom u.b
hold of the B.e'dy MeDougal, had trans- i
ferro I it to aiio'hor vessel, and was
abreast of Ascension ou my way to :
tug and.
1 lind a mothing h role in the fancy of
rundi's gout-ridden shni e camping it
out ab.eastof thos'.raadoi vessel, whoso
Bituition he wholly though imprnp rly '
nttrihtitod to PtiMf's ivnoraneo us a .
manner. So f ir as passengers are eon
re nod, pnrhi.ps thcr.i is nog ent niattcr
of n. n oral to bo ca bored fiom th s brief
narrative; yet, even in the-'O a ivanced
tt-a'arng times felups may bo foun i at
sea with more thnj one tomiiuinder,
tloitghor.o on y i as any cairn t tho
tit.o. Will any shipmaster te 1 mo thai
among his pas-senaerj ho does not oy
easonaliyn.ee' w th a naut caiman
sometimes a yachtsman aud somet mes
a naval o:ilcer win hai the highest
I posslbl opinion of h s own ju Iginoin
and who will oso ro o. por: unity of giv
ing his opm on and veiug urn so n oi
the log timate skipper by imper iuonti
oi icism. ty oiler o! noip ana oy nown
right counsel, lut -nd eg passengers
will do well sometimes, perhaps, to In
quire bo oro eml ariilu ? h w ma'.y cap
tains i.i o iolng in charge ot tho snip.
inn t.u
Cornlghtel br th Aathor' AUIauc. All
rights recrved.
CALLED IN A BURGLAR.
Ho Opened a Kuhlremury Vuu'.t
that
UalUurt Lockmultli Kaperta.
About six month iigo nn order ar
rived at th-suhtre.isury diroctliiR tlio
Treasurer to have all tlio t me loci 8
on tlio vaults cloailcd, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. Among those
that were taken out was one on n ro
ii i ve vault containing $12,000,000 in
iiver. l-'rom tho lock on tlio (loir to
this vault the loc'tsniith took only
s ich parts as needed to bocleamd,
leaving the rest in the. rlnur. Wluu
tlio vault was closed the tumblers
ii 11 into ti cir places, the 'Vatcli" of
the lime lock, or that part that was j
..ft rvmrhl-. nil riiriit .'lllil the lloor 1
,c w' s. enr.Me lnrTtod-.n SiVllr,lv I
locked, in fact, that It waWoun l lm-
possible to open it again, for tho part :
of the t lino lock that elnulrl release
i no en ten on 1110 hisiuo wiiaou'-smr in
tlin hands of the locksmith. I he
combinatioti knob was turned this
way an 1 that, and everything that
would in any way tend to loosen the
bo t was done, but to no effect. Tho
locksmith even went so Mr as lo put
a plank against tho duor and p mnd
away w.th a sic ige in the hope that,
something would piv.i way, but btlll
the door remained s.Tiiivly closed,
and as tlirro was really no necessity
to op 'ii the vault tho treasury seal
was placed on the door and things re
mained as they were. It became ap
parent that some-thing had to be
done, However, and it having been
learned that "Lilly" Ensign was in
town, ha was hunted tip. Ensipn is
too wel.-Un-'.wu craekstmin whose
ability to pick locks l.a inoro than
once landed him in pris"n, and tho
propriety of ca'llng him in was con
sidcred at sonic length before it. was
decided to resort to his skiP. "Billy"
went into the subtre.is iry and at
on :e set to work. Ho tinkered with
t he combination knob for a w hile, and
then, getting down to business, put
his ear against ih do ir and began
slowly to t'irr. the knob back and
forth, listening to tho clicks of the
tumblers as they fell Into their
places. How no did it no ona of tho
bystanders could determine, but it Is
i certain that his manipulation of the
knob affected the time lock in some
way, for he su Idcnly straigl.iened up,
grabhsd tho lever that moves tho
steel bolts, and giving it a quick,
s iarpjeik, tho duor bwun? open be
fote tho ns'.onlshed clerks. Ensign
know nothing ab ut the lock when
ho started In to open the door, and
nil Treasurer Jackson Could say was:
"lie a a wizard."
The greatest mind, like the sweet
est fruit, will genera ly ho found to
contain a serious blemish. Frederick
tho Great was a h dl'-.-razy barbarian,
Goldsmith is said to havo written
like an angel and talked like a fool,
Cowper was known us the mad poet,
Voltaire's vai.-ity made him tho
laughing stock of Europe, William
Pitt had a pitiful weakness for tragic
po.-e, P.yron was cursed by morbid
sensitiveness, Swift died at the top,
i Dante and Petrarch were made great
by unsuccessful love affai 8, Dickens
dre;sed like a tin-horn gambler, and
talked like an egotistical boor. Car-
lylo was a hypochondriac. Xovalis
wa half a madman, and Foe two
thirds a lunatic.
i . A.
1 A VAt.IPAEn trust Is announced.
. This js bordering on lbs Intolerable.
tin, ottAV s'itmnEL.
Ilr. Gray ijfju'rrd lives ov,i la the rarki
'In a houso tha'. ii up In a tree;
Bo isa"t afraid whsa Uj U-.ars tho wolves
br.ri:,
And for timers' f or.r)f nau?ht cares ho.
ii.) lion mtv ro ir with a voh'e that Is de"p,
miihto.-im. liN.im.uM. .
Tho owl ir.ny h.ot, when h- Isa't asleep,
AlJ(i tu-.,i.al.l oajlo sir-'atn lu his ca j.
' . ,
Mr. O.ay Srpiirrd minds not iu the lea.t,
win-n hi h".ir.-. ail tho: t'Trlhle nol!'
Per he doesn't gst frightened at mm or ai
beas',
And wid hardly run even from boys.
Over he conies t i front of my seat,
And up on his hvinehus he stands,
AadtU'fn.itt'aatlhl l, pa 'k-full of good
meat,
He will eat right out of my hands.
0! bo's n gold f. dl r.r. is Hits Mr. Gray,
0 i, a ri'ld good Mlow is he 1
IiUa him first rate, ond in his own way
1 think that ho rather likes me.
Jaaiej E. Forry, ia Chicago Ueeord.
rnrir instead or cadx.
"I wish," s iid a doctor the other
day, us h'l witchol n group of school
oliildreu troop out of a can ly store,
where they had boon spenihu3 their
penuic, "that I could fonu a soiiety
unions little fo.ks, in which ouo-i
uieraber tnm il take a pledge to spend
all hia tioeket m ouev for fruit in.itua I
of oaudy." It S'uniu.l a fnuny way of
putting it, didn't it? Bat tho physi
cian was very much in earnest, and at
thu moment it probibly ccanrrud to
him that, as children like clubs, an
anti-C indy o nb wmiM lie a very go-d
ono for them. Ho wuntad lo do two
thing , to stop thuir fating tho nn
healtiifiil sweet aud to coax them to
eat more f rait. An npplu or u liunumi
or hu orange can nuully, one or the
other of them, bo bought for the price
of a litlln candy, and tho fruit is much
bettor iu every way than tho s.vett. -Kew
York Times.
A OHATF.FCL MILUOXAinC.
The recent troubles of Africa hive
! oallcd juiblio atleutiou to a large uiuu-
t)f jll(,ri(stjll;l
persons living in
the SOlllllOr.l portion
of that onti-
unit. Amoug others who havo been
conspicuously notienlisMr. "Barnev"
TjlU.aftt0( wno ins mil.0 a gri;Ht for-
tuno in Africa, and of whom a Capo
Town j iiirnal tells tho fallowing in
teresting iiuec.loie; When a boy Mr.
Buruiito wont to tho L mdon Jews'
Free School, which has produced so
many iea.litij Jews of the d iy. When
ho left, iiis teaciior, vho wus much at
tiiohed to him, gavo him a penny ond
his bl. siiiig. Tho years rolled by,
the friendlei-s youth hud mado In
woudei'iul career in South Africa, and
the iittla "Barney" had become a per
sonnge. Ab nit the ti ne when hull
London and Paris were going crazy
over tho dotation of tho Bunato
B.iuk, "Bunny" was seizod with a
fancy to visit his old schoolmaster.
With great diflic-ulty ho muung.id to
hunt up tho old man.
"Do you recollect," he said, when
they mut "Do you recollect giving
your littlo 'Barney' a peuny wheu ho
left school thirty yours sg .? Here it
u back again and n it b compound in-
teresl, and tharcwitu U'J u inuea in
schoolmaster a check for $325. Har
per's Round Tuble.
isoESiors spahrows.
' I hsvo some potted plants, gerani
ums, fern, violets and ivy, making a
nioo littlo window garden for my of
fice, says a Fort Worth correspondent
of the Puiludelphiu Times. Ia li u ot
something belter I have, been using a
rather small-necked live-ouuco bottle
1 as a watering pot. Ono day duriug
thu recent dry, hot weather, 1 chanced
to leave the bottle about half full of
water sitting on the window till
with the pots. Thu heat was in
touso and I moved my desk close up to
the window thinking that the dtiit would
be prefcrublo to tho etifl.ug uir on the
other side of the room. As 1 6ut
there I uotieed two spurtciFS- drop
down from tho dusty housetop an I
light ia my window. Tim pier little
things were about d-ino up U'a the
heat und the dut : their wh'ftt were
bunging liiuo aud their feather! Were
droi'py. Evideutly they weie ia
search of water. Thoy walked rouud
aud round the bottle, eyeing H from
all quarters, apparently couiddtriug
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ways and means of quenching their
thii-t from tho contents. Etrery now
and then one or the other would hop
up ou tho bottle, peering down Usual
n nv neck longingly,
rresentl.y the two Hcomcd to give up
tho f ffwrt uud fell to chaiteriug
mightily. Feel ins J for tLc,r ,
itclpleswes, I went acrosa tho room j
fi r a liuio sq'.ut ink well, thiuking to ;
pour some water into it for tho tLirsty .
birds. When I got bark I found that
their oiva in. jemmy i.uu rei.ouu
them of their d ffieaWy. During my
ub-ieiicu they Lnd found a smull brown
fern-frond that had fallen on tho sill.
Taking this iu Lis Leak, ote of the
(.pirrons had mounted on top of the
bottlo, diipud tho frond into the
water and was geucrously relieving
the thirst of his friend, who sat with
widr-opt u mouth to receive the grate
ful dr.. p. The two took turn ubotit nt
tho dipping till cuch seemed satisfied,
lint after they lutt I iil'.ed the ink
bottle wiili water ug:iint their com.
iug aguiti for u drink in my window
garden. TWO JfAfOIITY II ACT DEAlt.
In tlin far North, where snow and
ii! cover tho ground cvuii in nuincier,
two iitllcj Aliibk in bears liv.-d. Tiiey
were not us luiyo as thu Ex-uniuer's
little bears, si one day in Juno while
ibc-ir papa and mnin na were nwny ou
Indian hunter f.iuud and took them to
his wigwam down by a lovely bay
culled Vikutit. Pretty s-ioii a big
w.ii'Hhip Billed into tuo buy and aii
choree!. Tlio hunter kuew suilore
bked iitt'm bean, go ho tool; them iu
ins canuo uud p.iddied out to the
-hip. The s.ii'iors were glad to see
thesa baby bems unl gave the
Indian so in i t ibucco and took the
little ones fur pets. Tho bears were
glad now, bcciil'.e they hill all the
bread and miik they con d eat. Oue
day an oHloer gave them a saucer of
honor, for ho knew all bears love
honey. Then yon sliouid have seen
thntio naughty things. Thoy quar
reled hlid eerutelud each other till
t icy had to be put to bed without
slipper. Aficr t liiil each had a saucer
of honey for himself to stop their
quarreling.
By uud by tiVy fjrew strong and
climbed the rope laddjrs with tho sail
ors and didu't get a bit serine!;. One
day Betsy, ns ono little bear was
c.i!lo-l, full ofT a ladder aud hurt, liar
hip. Everybody was sorry. So tho
surgeon wero called, but when the.?
tried to fix her hip she bit them, aud
they had to put her to sloop with med
icine. Then they doctored her hip so
sho could walk ngiiin. Now these two
littlo bears wc ro vi ry funny and
cuto and cunning, but they
couldn't keep out of mischief. One
night the big chest win to all tho ship's
paints were kept was left open and
tlieio .natality little ones climbed ia
and played with the nintf. In the
morning 0:i, w hat a sight 1 Ono little
bear was red and tho other ery
green. They were dark brown before
this. Tiley were Very sick, too, bu-
cutis-a they bad etitou Bomo of the
paiiil. They made every ono luiigli,
they looked to funny, but the Cupiuia
was atif ry and had them sold to a cir-
en. Today instead of being sailor
bears and going around tl.ewoild they
are made cros by bad b-vs poking
stick ut thorn in their chjjcs ia tho cif
Oils.
Ii they had not been naughty and
meddlesome such a thing would never
have happened to them, but. ii s'ead
they would still be living ou board tha
beautiful man-of-war and been petted
by tho oflleers and sudors. -Sui Fran
cisco Examiner.
Ihe Plucky Blue J'jy.
My rnspborry paioli is fifty feel
sq uire, surrounded by a wire fence,
do many bird-, lnuuo t lie i r home iu ihe
wooded rooms within teu feet that it
is nee ssory t.) protect this patch I y
netting, which is supported by wires
strung oveihe ul. Tun not hangs over
the sides of tin fence threu or lour
feet, Occasionillv U bird gets inside,
especially the blue j iy. We catch them
un I let them go nu harmed. Recently my
man und mvnelf wei o near and saw a
blue j-iy iu there with u lipo red rusp
beriy iu bis biil, fluttering against tha
net. My man went inside and chased
him from one side to another threo
limes, aud finally got li s bauds on
him at where tin) fence and rail and
net met, but tho bird managed to slip
through his hands and down between
the uet and the outside of tho fence
and g lined bis liberty. All tuis timo
he hung ou to the berry and flew uw.iy
with it. That certainly is a good il
lustration of bird pluck. Meehau'a
Mouthly.
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TOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
WEAT.V BAKED POTATOES.
to insure mealy buk-jd poiotoei,
buke quickly in a hot oven, mid break
each one and set iu the oven to steam
a moment beforo serving. In boiling
potatoes, put them in boiling wate,
when neatly dona drain tho water off,
set them on tho back part of tho 6tove
with a thick cloth over tho Kettle una
. i,.t. them dry. i'or
rjsut;il utoes, servo us above, only
lifttheui from tuo water wheu donc.iu
ft mto B1,oun jut0 a hut milk crock,
flQ(1 crt,uln jhem in that dress and
avt) 0!, Bt0vo covered witu a hot
pl'ut0 till ready to serve.
A DEL1CIOTS HI3SBF.11T.
A delicious dessert to those who
like preserved ginger is made from
gelatine, date.", almonds, and ginger,
rut a fourth of a box of gelalino in a
cap half full of milk and soak twenty
five or thirty minutes; then dissolve
by standing over the ton-kettle- Add
to it four ounces of powdered sugar.
Have ro'idy a pint of cream thut has
been whipped, uud mix with it cure
fully and lightly two tablespooufuU of
presorved ginger chopped liueaud two
t.cblespooufuls of thu ginger syrup.
Cuop half a dozen dates as liao ns
possible, and add to tho cream; thcu,
udd the struined jelly. Ntir tho mix
turo until it begins t" thicken ; thon
pour into a mould. Servo on u loir.
flat disband powder tuo top witu al
monds chopped very line. If you
wish the dish to look pretty, garnish,
th smull flowers or green loaves.
New York Post.
A EAST WAT OF IIUKAO MAKING.
This recipe for bread making is ao
exceedingly convenient way, uud is
unpucially adapted to nui'ill families.
Take three tablespoons ll 'ur, two
tublespious sugar an I one tublespoou
silt. Hould by pouring over this one
pint of boiling water; let it stand un
til cool, and then add two uud one-
half hard yeast cukes (not compreobcd)
and let it rice.
Tuko a dozen . good-sized potatoes.
boil, mash aud nd 1 threo quarts o!
hot wnter; put through n sieve j when
oool put in the yeast made uncording
to tho above recipe and let it stnnd.
This mixture is better to stand a day
or two before using. It will keep two
or three weeks in a eool pbiei iu hot.
weather, und any length of timo in
winter. When ready to inaUo bread,
take one large eolVee cup of mixture
to a quart of Hour, and stir together
without nuy other wetting and knead
it. Eel it rise, und then make into
loaves. Let it rise again and bake.
Atlanta Constitution.
norsritoi.n hints.
Half a teaspootiful of simar will
nearly always revive a dying lire, nil .1
it is always a safe thing to use for this
purpose.
Fat w ill uot burn if it has .something
lo do, f-, if it bus to bo left idle for a
few minutes, put a crust .if bread or n
blice of potato iuto Ihe kettle.
Yellow stains left on while cloth by
sew ing miiehiuo oil can bo removed by
rubbing the spots with a cloth wot
with ammonia bil'oio washing with
soap.
The cleanest way to drive waleibugs
or roaches fiom bureau drawers or
el.'Bot shelves is to sprinkle powdered
hor ay oi-i'i- and around tho shelves
and cuver with clean paper.
Keep a bowl of oatmeal on tho
wa-hstand und niter washing the hands
dry theia in tho me.il. The skin will
be kept wliito and smooth and has
liable to chup by tho process.
To remove n refractory screw from
wood, heat a piece of iron red hot and
hold it on top of tho screw for a min
ute or twii, the ii tho screwdriver will
eusiiy take out the screw if und while
the screw is warm.
To fieshon tan-colored shoes, dis
solve a t'itlcpoohtiil of salt in a litllo
warm water, und add to a pint of cold
water in which au ounce of salts ol
h moll has been dissolved. Wash the
shoes with tiiis, und when thoroughly
dry, polish w ith soft flannel or a bil
of silk.
The drain pipe should bo disin
fected nt leuHt once a week in warm
I weather. Dissolve a nickel's worth ol
' copperas in half a pailful of water, and
' gradually pour it dowu tho pipe. Au
iron sink may be kept, from rusting by
applying with a brush a quarter of n
pur 1 of iispba'tnm in spirits of tur
pcciiue. Particulars Wanted.
ILirdiip Could you loud mo ten
dollars until pay day?
Wiggins li'm 1 Does that mean
yonr pay day or the dv you'll pay
I iut? Truth.