Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 October 1897 — Page 3

JEWELS OF OUR OWN.

WAY EE MANY MILLIONS OF AMERICAN /i-' PRECIOUS STONES.

XVo Slay Have a South African Diamond Fidd at Onr Doors—Hare Gems Have Keen Mined For lean In This Country, but the Work Is to B« Enlarged.

The next great mining industry in this country will be for precious stones instead of gold, silver or iroia ore if the prognostications of (Several' large diamond merchants and mineraloffical professors are [ulfijied* The.census bulletin giving the statistics'df the precious etones found in Ghis'jcountry opened the eyes of a number Df millionaire dealers in valuable gems, andaftor consulting with learned professors in our leading colleges they satisfied themselves that there were unknown possibilities in the mines of the western, southern and even eastern states. Experts wereiim mediately engaged to eramino the rich metallic fields of the Appalachian mountains, the most favorable poi-fcions of the Rocky mountains and the diamond districts of California.

So many wildcat stories have been reported and published about finding precious stones in different parts of the country that it has been a difficult matter to sift the genaine accounts from tho fictitious. It was for the purpose of finding out the real status of the industry and its possibilities that trustworthy agents were sent exploring every part of the country, and their reports can be relied upon as not containing any exaggeration of the truth. Diamond merchants of the great American cities are not "castle builders," and they generally strike rock bottom before they Invest their millions in any business, but ever since the report was published that the diamond fields of South Africa were giving out the leading dealers in preoious stones have been on the lookout for new mines that would supply the world with valuable gems. Some looked to South America as the future source of these etones, and even today the rocky ranges of the Andes are being examined and Bounded by experts. But a consensus of opinion Indicates that great faith is placed in the unexplored regions of this country. Parts of the south, in particular, have revealed unexpected treasures of valuable gems.

One of the leading dealers In precious etones who is interested in tho present movement to develop the industry of mining for American gems consented to give the following faota out in an interview: "Amerioane, as a rule, arevvery fond of precious stones, and I shduld say that .there are more In this country according to the population than anywhere in the world. The importation of diamonds, rubies, sapphires and other gems has consequently been a very lucrative business for many years. The value of those stones in the country today, mostly imported, I ghould roughly estimate to be not less than $600,000,000. We have so long depended upon other countries to supply us with precious minerals that little attention has been given to the home mines. Then miners here have been wrapped up in their explorations for gold, silver, iron, coal, oil and such products that they have not had time to think of other things. But tho promise of a future shortening of the supply of all the leading gems has made dealers look around for other sources. "Another thing that attracted our attention was the wonderful supply of rnre minerals found in the Appalachian system of mountains. Not only gold, but genuine sapphires and soores of other stones have been found in those mountains. At the

Corundum hill over 100 beautiful sapphires have been discovered accidentally while mining for other products. These stones have sold from $50 to $100 and upward. In the same state, in Alexandria county, beautiful specimens of the emerald have been found, both the aquamarine and yellow beryl. There are now several emerald and hiddenite mines worked in that place, but only on a small scale and chiefly to supply institutions with rough specimens. Nevertheless from $10,000 to $20,000 worth of these stones have been sold from these mines in the jlast few years. Splendid garnets and a few diamonds liave ulso been excavated in these North Carolina mineral fields, and after an oxhaustive examination of the ground the conclusion has been reached that before long startling disclosures of precious stones will be made in the Appalachian mountains. Wo may yet have a South African diamond field at our door. "Other parts of the south have also been found to contain precious stones. True beryls and garnets of considerable value have been located In Virginia, and there uro several well defined districts where small specimens of diamonds have been found in Goorgia. "In the west and southwest the mineral fields are even more extensive. California diamond mines are the largest and so far tho richest in this country. Some fine specimens have been brought to us to cut, and others are constantly being brought in by prospectors and mine owners to test. Many stories have been circulated about diamond fields and mines in California, and advertturars have gono there expecting to pick them up as they did gold 40 years ago. Their disappointment spread counter reports, and most people concluded that diamonds in California were fictitious. The fact is that mining for din monds must be conducted on scientific principles and with plenty of oapitaL We do not expect to find diamonds lying around loose waiting to be iked up. Even in tho richest diamoi. fields of South Afrioa they hiwe to work hard for tho precious stones. More recently diamonds have been found in Wisconsin. Around Lake Superior also the finest ipccimens of chlorastrolite, thomsonito and agates have been picked up on the beaches Evidently tho action of tho water has worn them from the rocks. "Colorado is another well defined region for precious stone hunting. Many thousands of dollars' worth of cut beryl have been taken from the mines of that Btata This valuable gem appears to be quite general in several parts of the country."—Philadelphia Times.

TnE ENGINEER WAS FIRED.

And It Was Not For Banning Off tho Track, but For Trespass. When tho rail way men gathered at their customary resort, they found that Receiver E. O. Hopkins of the Air Lino had preempted tlve most comfortable seat and was busily engaged in conversation with Gen-

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Manager McDoel of the Monon, who appsned to be spending an hour or two in St. Louis. "I'vegjust been telling Hopkins, here," said Mr. McDoel, "about a littlo railway In NorJJi Carolina. It forms part of the new Southern system now, but it used to be known as the Western North Carolina division of the Richmond and Danville, It runs from Asheville tojj» lumping off place called Murphy, and beyoudall doubt it is, or was, the very worst piece of road in the world. It had every fault that can be imagined—heavy grades, rotting ties, light iron, thin ballast and ull th'^'vst of it. Nobody ever boarded a train without taking out an accident policy, and all the Insurance companies charged double premiums, the risk being what they oalled 'extra hazardous.' Of course trains were constantly running off the track and ditching themselves, but there never were many passengers, and the trainmen bad acquired, by long praotiee, the knaek of jumping at just the right time, so no great harm was done. A few cure wonld be wrecked, but probably they would have fcliea to pieces i» a week ortwo anyway, i. "UML. one dw the

bail—it ran fully ten miles an hour when the wind was in, its favor—jumped the track and plunged into an adjoining cornfield. The orew, as usual, escaped without injury and sat quietly to await the wrecking train. I may say, by the way, that tho wrecking train made regular trips on that road and did more business than all tho others. "After looking over the situation the conductor—name was Joe—sauntered up to the engineer—name was Bill. 'Bill,' said the conductor, 'you'll be fired for this dgy'a work. That's what you'll be. It's a sure thing.' 'Fire, nothing,' was Bill's reply. 'What have I done? Don't we skip tho track most every day? Old man McBee'd be paralyzed If wo didn't run off once oi twice. Wbat'd I be fired for?' "'Bill,' said the conductor solemnly, •you'll be fli-ed, and I'm sorry for it. You've been trespassing. Kunming off tho track don't count, of course, but yor've gone and left the right of way and trespassed on a man's farm. He'll sue the company, and you'll be fired.' "And he was fired," concluded Mr. McDoel. "The superintendent ruled that an engineer was not privileged, evon on that road, to tnkchis train off the right of way, and that trespassing 4n a cornfield was an effense punishable by dismissal."—St. Louis Republic.

CHINESE FLOWER GIRLS.

They Are Dainty, Demur© and Pretty and Feed on Watermelon Seed. When, for instance, a Chinese gentleman intends giving a dinner to three friends, he will arrange for it to be provided on a flower boat at a certain hour, and alEu for the company of eight dining out girls—two for each gentleman. I call them dining out girls, as it best describes to me their calling. They will come prettily dressed* their hair done up in most wonderful shapes and brushed over with a sort of varnish, which makes it appear like a fantastic headdress carved in ebony. They will ornament this structure with bright flowers, though the wreaths will be as stiff as their hair, or they will sometimes add jade, gold or leathered inlaid ornaments. Their facts will be painted in white and pink, very artistically painted, smooth and soft looking delicately traced, sharp black crescents will mark their eyebrows. Dainty, demure dolls they will appear, and pretty to look open, but seemingly one touch would destroy their artistic effects,-as a rough hand the radiance of a butterfly's wing.

Two of these young ladles will attend to each gentleman, sitting sMgbtly baok from the table at each side of the entertained. They will fill his liquor cups, sip from tbem and pass them on, piok out dainty pieces of "chow" (food) with ohopsticks and hand them to him, craok jokes, fill and light his pipe and all the while chat gayly and eat dried watermelon seeds. That is all I ever saw them eat. Behind each group of three a solemn looking cooly, or waiter, will stand to fan then) all the while. Other waiters bring In food, wine and tea, change the dishes and attend to their wants. The meal will last for a long time. Eventually, all will rise and retire to an outer room furnished with broad couches covered with matting. Opium pipes will be there for those who care for them, and tobacco and cigars in plenty. The girls will sit on tiie couches, laugh, fill the pipes and still eat watermelon seeds, while the gentlemen will rocline at their ease, enjoying their society. —Century. __

Wild Docks.

The breeding plaoes of the Chesapeake ducks are in Canada, where they arc being destroyed in vast numbers by the cutting away of the fcrests which shelter the lakes and pools where they harbor and by the use and sale of their eggs. Thousands of these eggs are annually marketed, and by these methous, rather than by numbers actually shot, they have been greatly diminished. This condition of things seems to be beyond remedy, since a state cannot make a treaty with a foreign power, and tho general government is not likely to interfere on behalf of what is practically a Maryland industry or to provide such compensation as Canada might see fit to ask if a proposal were made to her to protect tho ducks in thoir native habitat. So the prospect is that 60 years will see the extermination of the finest wild fowl in the world, and one of the most prized delicacios of the table.—Lippincot't's.

Borrow Where They Ought to Buy. The proprietor of a hardware store has found it necessary to display conspicuously over his counter the following sign: "Our business is to sell tools, not to loan them." "Did you actually find it necessary to hang up that notice?" Tasked him. "Of course I did," he replied. "Hardly a day passes that I don't have somebody running in here and asking mo to lend him a hammer, a saw or a chisel. It's one of tho freaks of human rtaturo, and I can't account for is. Persons who would not think of going into a hatshop to borrow a hat or to a furnshing store to borrow a shirt seem to think it's the most natural thing in the world to come in hero and ask me to lend them a hamrnor."—New York Herald.

Tho Trouble With Women. "The trouble with women," said Smithorimpkins, "is that they want us to have fun their way. They want us to sit in the houso and ta about the weather, sir to discuss the eternal mysteries of dressmaking and cooking, sir, and to road novels, sir, and worship babies. They can't see why a man should want to go to a club or a public dinner, sip, or take in a baseball game or a hoi so raro. They want us to do as they do and enjoy ourselves their way, sir. But did you ever hear of a man wanting a woman to hpve fun his way? No, sir, not much, sir! You never heard of any man's trying to persuade his wife to go round the corner, sir, to a nice quiet place, sir, wher? some very elegant gentlemen were engaged in a rubber at cards, sir, and to smokb cigars and drink beer with tho party, sir, and sit up till the cock had made himself hoarse with crowing, sir, and then meander home singing. Did vou ever hoar of any man's trying to persuade a woman to have fun that way—his way? No, sir, not by a jugful, sir!"-"-St. Louis GIobe-Dcmocrat

Force of Habit.

They had fallen in love. Mimic scenes of affection which they had oft onacted thuy were now going through in earnest. "And now," he said, "we must part." "Farewell!" she murmured. "Farewell!" he replied. "And once again farewell!" "Farewell, farewell!" "Alas, wo raust be severed I Farewell J" "Farewell!" he sighed, and she responded as usual They did not cease till the milkman came arouud in the gray dawn. It was a strange situation indeed, but one that could not be averted. He was an English actor, and she was a prima donna. Inadvertently they had oommenced farewelling and couldn't 6top.—Washington Star.

Ada itoliaa't Antiques.

Ada Rehaa, the actress, has a penchant for antique and handsome furniture. Her house in Now York is full of lovely things, and a piano, which is of gilded wood, on which are painted Watteauesque figures of wee maids in white wigs and slim cavaliers In b?^# and pink knee breeches and frilled ccxts, is said to be worth several tousaad rfeft&ra.

Astoria, Or., took ftBUJame' tram J«bn Jacob Aster, the fovutdbr «f the Pacific Fur company It wae at Srst a fort a'ad trading statfen.

Japan has developed a variety of maize With leave* baa'jfcifullv striped witk whiia.

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15.1897

REASON IN ANIMALS,

A THEORY THAT IT COULD BE SUfr CESSFULLY CULTIVATED. J!'

Truly Wonderful Examples In "the Tpog Family—One Taught by the Kindergarten Method—A Black and Tan That Displayed Hnm&n Intelligence.

"Instead of trying to le^rn the speech of animals," said a gentleman interestedFih science recently, "there may come a time when what wo now consider dumb brdtcs may be endowed through tho efforts' of man with an intelligence appro^iwatfing tbe buniah intellect. In other words, tlicT higher order of animals be tnughf to rca^in and dcm'jnstraf-o their poweir df thought in a way t-hii would indeed b^ ivrvt^ous con?,»:lm:d in the light of the laws ot nature as we now havo thom revealed to us. I'iit wo are forced to believe from the world's experience in the past that all tilings a possible, and that we have not by any means attained tho climax of tho knowledge which we are to obtain in this life In regard to the education of animals 1 am not speaking from theory, for I havo but recently had examples of tho great development of animal intelligence which, as a starter in a new line of scientific teaching, is extraordinary. But recently there was exhibited at one of the theaters of the city a dog whose exhibition was so remarkable that every person attributed it to a trick. A wink of the eye or some movement of the hand by the owner signified to the dog when ho came opposite the correct card. Now, this dog, the owner told me, really did not reason. His power was developed by the kindergarten system of instruction and was discovered by a small child, who for amusement was accustomed to have her constant playfellow pick out numbers and cards while she was at her kindergarten lesson. The dog was with the child continually and soon showed signs of reasoning and evidenced an intelligence which would seem unusual in a brute. The dog had bad the advantage of all the kindergarten instruction given the small child and strangely had made use of it. "It had learned by observation just as a child does in the kindergarten. It is nothing surprising either when you observe bow rapidly the mind of a child develops under such teaching. Why, there are many instances of a child being deaf and dumb or not knowing the English language, yet making almost as fast progress in the kindergarten as the child more fortunate. To a person not knowing that children have reasoning powers an untutored deaf and dumb child would scarcely show more intelligence than a dog. So why should we assert that a dog has no intelligence that can be developed simply because we do not know anything about it? Who knows what results could be obtained in the education of dogs if the sysj tematic teaching that is bestowed upoii children was given to tho canines? WhetK*er the dog which was exhibited here wa§' really educated as tho man claimed or not is immaterial. But that such a possibility exists was proved to mo by a personal experience I had with a dog in the' east recently. I was a sinau town In Jersey, and in walking down the street one da^ I saw an elderly man carrying a smali black and tan dog wiv.nv «n a sort of a blanker, which had bean snado espe.iaily for it. I approa^hisd tho man a 3d ventured that' ho must think a great deal of the dog from tho caro he took of it. 'A groat deal,' said tho old fellow 'Why, if ho was my son 1 could not think .noro of him. Ho has actually a human intelligence.' I told him had heard cf such cases before, but lvid always attributed the show of intelligence to a veil devised trick. 'Well,' continued the old man, 'my friend, lean prove to. you that this dog really does reason. He will do anything you tell him to. discriminate between objects and me: and, in fact, show an intelligence which will surpriso you.' By this timo three or four men passing by, hearing the conversation, became interested and stopped. Tho owner of the dog then took a littlo square piet:e of black flannel from his pocket and spread it upon tho pavement. Ho then placed tho dog upon it and asked mo to tell him to pick out any one in the crowd by the description I should give of him. I t'^u sjjoke to the dog, 'Pick out the man wno has tho ted mustache and red necktie and wearing thej light checked trousers.' "I referred to a man in the rear of the 1 crowd. Tho little dog sat up, and raising| his ears looked all about the crowd. Then, as soon as he spied the man, ho rar» to him and jumped up, putting his fore paws on1! tho man's legs. I tried this several times* on different people, and neveronce did the dog make a mistake. Then the do^jaras1 asked his age, and by a number of burks I told it. He then did some addition and subtraction. I then told the man that I thought there was some trick about it, so he said he would convince me fully that the dog really reasoned. 'Now,' said I10, 'tell him to go to any object you may see within two blocks of here and tell him to point it out by placing his feet upon it when he finds it. I will go into this store, out bf his sight, so that there will be no chance of my giving a signal.' After the man had retired I noticed a bicycle leaning against a post about a block and a half up the road. I turned to the dog and said slowly, 'Go find a bicycle up the road, and when you come to it put your hind foot on the back wheel.' The dog started on a lazy walk, looking all about him in the direction of the bicycle, and when he saw it ho broke into a little trot. He then set his foot on the hind wheel and stood in this position looking toward us until a shout of approbation told him he was correct, when he got down and ran toward us as fast as he could. When he reached us, ho jumped up and down, seeming pleased with his accomplishment. Of course there was no roem left for me to doubt. I had to believe that if I ever was to believe anything. After this the dog pointed out an open carriage from a number of vef'cles also a drug store and a grocery from a block of miscellaneous stores. His scope of tricks, if they could be so called, seemed unlimited. He was able to do anything that was told him. The man told me his education bad been like a child's. At first he could tell but ono object, and by degreos he was taught to know more until out cJf 35 various articles placed in a room he could pick out any one that would be mentioned."— Pittsburg Dispatch.

INDIAN FIGHTING COURAGE.

Terrors In Wlilte Settlements Who

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Away From Hostile Bedsitins. "It takes a special kind of courage to fight Indians," said Major Edward Ragsdale. 'They're pretty sure to surprise you, and they're slippery as quicksilver and as bard to catch. Their yelling and whooping alone are enough to stampede men not trained to their style of fighting. Sometimes they fight under cover, and you catch afire from an enemy you can't get a sight of, and, again, where there hasn't been one to be seen, they seem all to spring ont of the ground at once and charge you as though nothing could stand their onset. Then there's the knowledge that if they catch you alive you'll be skinned alive or burned or your lift tortunad out of you by slow degrees in a thousand other ways they can think up to mak« you suffer. There's many a stout hearted desperado, a terror in white settlement* and not afraid to bav* a plct&i er aMtwavRscap any bonr of the Say'or light a mia of his own cole* whs «toem*t ojttBt for a row of pins in an Indian light. "Take Bam .Brow© of Nevada for a case is paint. Bat wasn't a£raid of any man tjut

feoote, oad'he iraa tbe terror of

the mining camps everywhere he went. The Piute Indians got bad one time, and a party was organized in the camps to go out against them. Sam joined the volunteers, and everybody in the party and all that staid behind were talking about the big deeds Sam Brown would do and chuckling to think of the way those redskins would be wiped out when they ran up against him. "Well, when they came uppn the Indians things didn't turn out quite as they had expected. It was the whites that got licked out in short order, and those that weren't left on the ground stampeded for safety. Sam Brown was one of the first ones to run, and the pace he set his horse at to get away from those redskins was something thaat bent quarter racing in tha way of ruck less riding. As they stampeded down a canyon, every man trying to b3 foremost to g3t away, Sam hailed Joe McMurtrio, who was riding a better horse than his: 'Oh, Macl Pull yonr horse a little so I can come up. We'll ride safer together.' "McMurtrie's answer to that friendly invitation was to bend down to his horse's neck, set in tho spurs and get out of that canyon ahead of Sam and back to Bodio as fast as hco's could carry him. He knew Sam Brown, and that If that worthy once got alongside hira he wouldn't hesitate to shoot him off his horse so as to get a better mount for himself. After they all got back to the settlement he diac.'t go round to places where be was likely to meet Sam, lost it might stir him up to unpi&asont recollections of their Indian campaign, people were that considerate of others' feelings in those days when the other happened to be Sam Brown."—New York Sun.

THE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.

She Wanted Her Escort to Guess Her Ago, and the Conductor Spoke. Loud talking in public places, such as restaurants and public conveyances, is more of a European than an American custom, but occasionally you meet Americans or persons born in this country of foreign parents who have that European habit strongly developed. Sometimes this habit occasions embarrassment to those who'indulge in it.

A woman dressed gaudily and in a way that did not comport with her years—for she was In the neighborhood of twoscore, whilo her attire would have been more appropriate for a girl of 17—entered a Broadway car a few days ago.

It was evidont from her attire that she had an object in concealing her ago. Her escort was about 85 years old. Their actions denoted that she was either his sweetheart or trying 0 be.

The woman talked very loudly. Her escort answered quietly. Everybody in the car could hear evory word she said. When the car reached Forty-first street, she announced:

"•My birthday will be tomorrow." "Indeed!" replied thooscort. "I am glad you have imparted tho information. It will givo me the op"— "Now. see if you are a good guesser. Guess how many," she interrupted. "Oh, 1 wouldn't like to try." "Goon. Guess how many." "Forty-second!" cried the conductor.

The passengers struggled to suppress laughter. Th^ woman's escort smiled, but tho woman looked angry. "Let's get cut!" she said softly, the only thing she had not said loudly.—New York Herald.

A Private Soldier of High Bank. Among th3 stories that aro being told about the late M. Victor Duruy, tho eminent historian of ancient times, is ono which relates to the part he played during tha siege of Paris by the Germans. At thJit ponod M. Duruy bad volunteered for the national guard. Ono day M. Jules •Simon tha minister of public Instruction, 'was returning home to his official residence in the Rue do Grenello whon he saw in a sentry box a national guard on duty who woro upon his cloak the insignia of grand officer of tho Iiegion of Honor, a very high distinction. M. Simon, recognizing him, went up and said, "Hello, Duruy, is that you?" "i'es," was tho reply. "A private soldier?" asked Simon. "Yes," said

Duruy. "What of it? We can'6 all be ministers." "At least," was the minister's polito rejoinder, "we can all set a good example." M. Duruy at t^c timo was al ready overtiO years of age.—LbndonNows.

i. Wolves. *. Pr. Rae, the arctic traveler, relates how wdlves will take the bait from a guntrap without danger to themselves by first cutting the line or cord which connects the bait and the trigger. He also soys: "I may also mention what I have been told, al though I ha a never had un opportunity of teeing it, that wolves watch the fislier"mem who set lines in deep water for trout, through holes in the ice, in Lake Superior, and very soon after the man has left the wolf goes up to the place, takes hold of sthe stick which is placed ncrocs the holo nn|l attached to tho line, trots off with it along the ice until the bait is brought to the surface, then returns and eats the bait and the .fish if any happens to be on the hook. The t-ont of Lake Spuerior are very large, and the baits are of a size in nroportion."

An Appetizing Dainty.

A cancpo, as wo all know, is designed to be stimulant to an appetite that has already been well fed. It Is designed as a paving stono, so to speak, to some unctuous wine that has been beld back to crown tho feast.

A rare old port, a lovely brown 6herry, aro the merry accompaniments of a Canape as d«vlsed by the chafing dishers.

This is bow to prepare for a party of elght: Taka 3 ounces of roquefert cheese, a tablespoonful of chopped shallot, one teaspoonful of chopped parsley, a pony of bast cognac, a pat of butter, a 6altspoonful of paprika, a pepper spoonful of best cayenna Mis thoroughly. Add cognac if necessary. Reduce to a thick paste. Serve on toasted craoker.—Philadelphia Press.

Shines.

Of course the roan with earrsRin shoes who pays for his shines is uniformly polished, fore and aft. The hurried man, who frescoes his own shoes, however, a little before oar timo, is quite apt to have what painters facetiously term "holidays" on tho surface—that is, untouched spots. This is particularly apt to be the case at the quarters of the shoe and is really what lawyers would call willful neglect or contributory negligence on tho part of the amateur shiner. Of course the vamp gets a lick and a promiso for appearance's sake. This sectional decoration is known among soldiers as the "dress parade shine," and many examples may be seen in the street.—Shoo and Leather Reporter.

A Novelty For the Children. At a child's party lately, with supper at 5 o'clock, the crowning dish was a "Jack Hornet" in a large pudding dish, covered With white paper. On its top were 15 stars, cacb with a name attached, and as the dish was handed around each little guest, choosing his name, pulled out a little parcel wrapped ia red paper. These beld each a silver souvenir, scarfpin, batpia, pencil, specn and other inexpensive trifhsa.—New York Telegram.

nam VUUia Queered.

Hcretee {despairingly)-—How much are you paid for thus relentlessly pursuing me?

Heavy Villain (forgetting himself)—A paltry $16 tweak and expenses, ma'am.— Bafftio Ceorier.

P0KP0ISE HUNTERS.

DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF SECURING WATCHMAKERS' OIL

A Delicate Lubricator, but Men Take Xelt Live* In Their Hands to Get It—Dow Sharks Crowd In at tho Death of a Porpoise—Told by an Eyewitness.

"What do you suppose this oil I am using comes from?" asked the watchmaker. "This oil comes from the jaw of the porpoise they catch in the bay of Fundy and other placcs on the coast of Maine. I say they catch the porpoises, but that isn't exactly the fact, for they dota't catch them any more than tho hunter catches the deer he goes out to bag. They hunt tho porpoises and shoot them, and immense fellows they are, sometimes weighing 350 pounds. Hunting porpoises in the bay of Fundy I know from experience is a decidedly dangerous business, but a great many people get their living by it along tho coast. The most expert porpoise hunters are the remnants of that ancient tribe of Indians, the Passamaquoddies. They usually camp on Indian beach, bordering on the be# of Fundy, and there is a good sprinkling of whites among them too. I took a winter trip once along the coast of Maine, and at Indian beach I soon noticed that there were a great many men, old and young, both among the Indians and the white men, who had but one arm or ono arm and a half, while hands and parts of hands and fingers were missing on others. I finally asked a native what was the cause of the lack or loss of those missing membors. 'Sharks!' was hl^rlnj reply. "By further questioning I learned that very frequently when "a porpoise is shot

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the hunting grounds off tho coast its death struggles will ncit be over before the water all around the banter's boat will bristle with the bayonetiike back fins of sharks that have suddenly come from the depths to gulp in the blood that flows copiously from the stricken porpoise. It is seldom that sharks will bite at the carcass of a porpoise, but they will follow it to the boat as tho hunters pull if in, and if the latter aro not wary will with ono snt? of their terrible jaws take off an arm at the elbow, or at least a hand. "I was not anxious to see any ono havo an arm taken off, but I did want to see a porpoise killed and watch the array of sharks that they said was almost invariably in at the death. I hired a couple of big Indians to take me with them on a day's bunt. Sometimes these Indians will not gc out for days, no matter how fine the weather 5s, but loaf and lay, around like lazy pigs. But when they do make up their minds to go cut there is no weather too rough to stop thom. Thoy launch their boats at all risks and make a start for the hunting grounds, whether they evor reach them or not. It is by no means an unheard of thing for a boat to start out in tempest\ious weather and for neither boat nor hunters to ba heard of again unless by chance the waves wash them ashore. Two men go in a boat, but as the boats arv made large enough to fetch back two or three porpoises, weighing from 200 to 300 pounds, there is room enough for a third person if he is anxious to take'tho risk and share the hardships. "Tho moruing I made the third occupant of the boat I speak of was sunny and calm, but it was March, and the Indians told me squarely that it might blow great guns before we could hope to get back. But I was resolved to go, and go I did. No ono will ever know how I prayed a few hours later to be-safe back on tho beach.

On the way out to the porpoise grounds the Indians told me that it took years to mako an espert porpoiso hunter out of a beginner, and that they put their boys to tho task as soon as they were large enough and strong enough. Each Indian had a heavy gun, wit!* a barrel at least a foot longer than an ordinary gun. The bore was smooth and very largo. They put in charges of powder that it seemed to mo wcro heavy onough tx load a cannon and rammed on top of them a handful of double shot. ''Wo went out two miles, and long before we got to the place wo were headed for wo could hear the porpoises blowing like steam whistles. On clear days the sound is easily heard on tho beaob. A stiff nor'easter was coming up, nnd as the hunters picked out a porpoise and were stealing upon it tho wind was a gale. The higher the waves rolled the more tho porpoises seemed to joy themselves, and the gale didn't seem to wori-y the Indians a bit. A big porpoise raised on the crest of a wave a short distance away, and a tremendous report shook tho boat. One of the Indians had discharged his gun. The wave brought the porpoise and a crimson tido almost against the boat, an'd here and there, all around it, long black blades darted to and fro above the surface. They didn't need to tell me what they were, for I knew. They were the black fins of sharks, a dozen at least of which were playing about in that porpoiso's blood and drinking it. The Indians, apparently paying no more attention to the sharks than if they had been bits of floating wood, proceeded to land their prize. The ono Indian had reached out for the dorsal fin when I saw a flash in the water on the other side. With a sharp cry the Indian jerked back his hand, and blood trickled from a gash on its baok. 'Shark close!' he said, with no more sign of emotion than a wooden Indian, and he wiped the blood on his blouse. Waiting for a favorable roll of the waves, which were rolling alarmingly high now, the Indian unconcornedly roaohod for the fin again, got it, and the porpoise tfas raised in the boat. "The Indians take all this risk the year round to get the v.il the porpoises yield, the avorage yield being thrc^gallons of blubber oil to a porpoise, which they sell for 90 cents a gallon. It is tried out in the old fashioned soap kettles on the beaob. The jaw oil is obtained by hanging the jaw in the sun, the hoat of which tries it out A eeod rich jaw will yield half a pint of oil, but that half pint is worth more than a gallon of the blubber oil. It is the very best of oil for watches and delicate mechanism, as tne merest mite of it will oil a watch for months, a%d it never corrodes."—New York Sun.

CAMEL CRADLES.

ETow the Traveler Finds Best In Them During: a Desert Jonrucy. Camel cradles are not designed for rocking young camels to sleep, but they area contrivance by which travelers in tbe desert may journey by night and yet not lose all sleep. Mr. Lansdell describes them in an entertaining way in telling how he wsjiiS by camel train from Khiva to tho Caspian. "About 7 o'clock all was in readiness, and we were to get into our queer sleeping cages. Let the reader imagine two narrow wooden crates, sucb as earthenware is packed in, each sufficiently largo for a inan to lie in when twisted to the shape of the letter S, and let bim further Imagine them suspended on either side of the bugs hump of a kneeling camel. "This, I am given to understand, Is to lie my sleeping place for the night, and I accordingly' choose my barth on tho port Bide of the 'ship of tho desert,' first putting into tbe cradle for a lining apiece of felt and tben trwo pillows. Then I put on, over my ordinary suit, my jackal lined kbalat, enveloping nie from bead to foot, over that my uUter and on my bead a iihetpskin bat, to msj nothing of fur lined boots, and tben, petting into tbe cradle, I cover my feet with my sheepskin coat. 'And now cames the tug of war. Nazar ask* en #e ready, bkis us hold on and 1 lays to tho casi&l, 'ChaP wberwspojft

animal gota up leisurely, first on legs, and in so doing raises our feet to tie angle of GO degrees, sh«0»by thwatenlug to pitch us out bodily. "We hold on, however, for dear lifs, thon comes a lurch from the fere, lifting our beads onco moro to tha horizontal. The fear of danger is now pa3t, but it is not easy at first to get accuatomad to the 61ran go motion cauocd by iio locg striken of the camel. "Whon the creature was urged to go quickly, the nearest simile for the cr ills can think of is that of a bottlo of physio in the process of 'being well shaken bofore taken,' but when tho camel walked leisurely then onellc3 as In a boat idly tossed by the billows, and sleep became possible just as it is in a Russian tarantiss, whn ono ia dead tired, cramped ar.d osad to —Pittsburg Dispatch. W it.

ORIGIN OF NAVAL TITLES^

Commodore comes from the Spanish "commendador." The title lieutenant, borrowed directly from the French, is more modern and is meant as a place bolder, or one who took the place of tbe captain when absent. Sublieutenant is still more modern and at tho same timo a misnomer, as ho never was a sublieutenant, but merely a mate, or one who assisted. In former days we had no cadets, but volunteers. However, with the gradual advance of politeness, the more seemly term of cadets was borrowed from the French and adopted as tho titlo of tho young gentlemen in our navy.

In place of paymasters the ships of old had pursors, who looked after the provisions. Tho naval purser did more. Ha bad charge of tho 6tores of tho ship and tho money chest. Surgoons and surgeons' mates fulfilled the duties of the doctors. Chaplains are of modern introduction. Naval instructors and schoolmasters ruled in their stead. The term mate was rather a universal ono and rpplied to all branches. —Brooklyn Citizen.

Ministers Then and Now.

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Harrowed Military Term» ITrosn Arabkt $ tho Spanish and the Portuguese.

In tho early days the rank of admlrrJ was unknown. Tbe chief officer of a* squadron was called a constable or justitfs.The term admiral as now used is derived, from tbe Arabic "arxir," or "emir," a commander (aa in "ainlr-al-bahr," com--mandcr of tbe sea). The early English form was "aralral" and still preaervod as such by tbe French. The^ponisb and Portuguese forms are "aimbrante," tl Italian "ammiragllo." The tltlo captain is not a naval but a military one. Under the older organization the reel captain of a ship was a master, but a military officer was placcd on board, though he knew nothing about nautical affairs. As tha captain becamo bigger and bigger tho master became smaller and smaller until at the present day he fills a subordinate position, whi is gradually beooxniig obsolete, being replaced by an officer under the title of a navigating lieutenant.

While the ministerial character may be as genuine and pious as it over was, tha attitude, manners, etiquette, habits and professional standards of the ministry aro not what they used to be 200 years ago or even 50 years ago. An old fashion*^ sleek silkiness and professional nasality once not uncommon, have been dropped. That heavenly minded olocutlon which consisted in speaking down the throat with a pietistic twang, like tho snap of a bowstring, has given place to more direct, manly address. The relation between minister and people is less formal, but more hearty and friendly. To bo sure, there aro some extreme reactions from the old professional order in tho shape of slang, boisterousness and that familiarity which may breed contempt, but such examples aro not typical, but exceptional.—Christian Register.

A Last Resort.

Mr. Edward Terry, the popular actor, onco engaged a young woman from the workhouse as a domestic servant. She turned out badly, and after a few days Mrs. Terry told her husband that the girl would not suit her at all. "Be patient. Give her a longer trial," said tho actor. But it availed not'hing. He told tho girl that she would have to go back to the workhouse if she did not reform. "No I shan't. I'll get another situation 1" "Not without a character," said Mr. Terry. "Oh, very well," said the indignant domestic, with supreme contempt. "If the worst comes to the worst, I can go on tbe stage!"—Loudon Globe.

The Dublin Brogue.

Frances Power Cobbe, in her "Life,"' gives amusing illustrations of the Dublin' brogue, in which Irish Protestant clergy-^ men, educated at Trinity college, used to preach 50 years ago. One, concluding a sermon on the "Fear of.Death," exclaimed: "Me brethren, tbe doying Christian lepps into the arrums of'death and makes his hollow jaws ring with eternal halleluiahs!" I

There was a chapter In the Acts which1 Miss CObbe dreaded to hear read by a certain clergyman, so difficult was it to help laughing when told of "Pertheans and' Mades, and tho dwellers In Mesopotemia and the part of Libya about Cyraine,i streengers of Roum, Jews, proselytes,! Crates and Arabians." j—

Just For a Chans*. 1

"The doctor has ordered me to try a change for awhile," said Mrs. Gabb. "Then if I were you I would go to a' photographer's and have my picture taken," said Mr. Gabb. "Why should I do that?" as-ed the Indy as she brought bor teeth together with a *|ick. "Because the photographer will tell you to look pleasant, and if you obey bim it will be the greatest change that you could' possibly experience."—New York Mall' and Express.

Utility Vases.

A large vase, such as usuoft? rtfvH T(fT a potted plant, makes a good umbrella stand, and these are found in every variety of color and style. One of tbe big pot bellied Moorish or Spanish peasant pottery, in rough, quaint designs of blue and yellow on white or of a rich, dark green solid color, relieved only by gradations of color in the glaze, would be effective and substantial

Small Wound*.

Do not neglect wounds, no matter mrw slight, from dull or rusty instruments that might produce lockjaw. Thoy should be immediately soaked in hot brine, and the smoke from burning woolen rags will also prove benoficiaL

Keys of bronze and Iron have been found In Greece and Italy dating from at lease the seventh century before Christ.

Manitou is an Indian wo$d, meaning "spirit." Try Gratno! Try Oraioo!

Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, tbe new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like It. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but is made from pure grains, and the most delicate 6tomach receives it without distress. One-quarter the price ot coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Soli by all gre*.-, e»r«.

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