Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1913 — SEAMEN HAVE LTTLE JOKE [ARTICLE]

SEAMEN HAVE LTTLE JOKE

Relieve Tedium of Sailing With Harm lees Jest at the Expense of Keeper of Lighthouse. A. few miles north of Vladlvoatock there la a lighthouse perched on a etMf SOO feet above the sea. And this Rghtboesa. or rather Its solitary keep or. is the butt of an international Hogs hare funny ways at sea. as pen know, and last at this spot the

sea fog often lies clear above the waves but dense around the high lighthouse. The lighthouso man is bound to make sound signals with guns and foghorns whenever his view of the

sea is obscured, for he cannot tell how far the tog may extend, and passing ships must be guided safely. And when the sea Is clear for miles under a high belt of fog that hides the lighthouse, passing ships of all nations make mock signals as if they too ware fogbound. The industrious

lighthouse keeper keeps on banging away at his bells, firing his guns, and blowing his foghorn. And on the decks of the ships below, weatherbeaten seamen grin and wink to one another as they clang their ship’s bells in clear daylight, for Jokes are none too common at sea.—Exchange. Every Jar Breaks Her Bones. The victim of a rare disease of the bones, Margaret Williams, 12-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer living near lUdora, Kan, has suffered 70

fractures of the legs and more than a dozen of the arms. Ever since she has been old enough to walk the bones of her legs and arms have snapped at the slightest jar or quick movemsnL Physicians say her bones lack soma element They are soft and spongy. Fortunately, the girl doesn’t suffer as much pain from these fractures as do others under normal conditions, but It is necessary to treat the fractures the same as in other cases and the child has spent fully half her time lying with her lags in