Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1895, Page 10

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It appeared that an Irishman, conceiving that a little pewder thrown upon rome green wood would facilitate its burning, directed a small stream from a keg upon the burning plece, but not possessing a hand sufficiently quick to cut this off, was blown into a million pieces. The following was tho ver- ict, delivered with great gravity by the of- fic n’t be called suicide, bekase he c d'dn't mean to kill himself; it wasn’t ‘vis!- tation of God,’ bekase he wasn’t struck by lightning; he didn’t die for want of breath, for he hadn’t anything to breathe with; it’s [os he didn't know what he was about, so shall bring in—died for want of common sense.” DEFENDER ON THE HOME (Sketched by a N. ¥. World artist.) STRETCH. Novelties | QLD CUP DEFENDERS All But One of Them Still in Ex- istenc3. AMERICA TIED UP AT) CHELSEA Condition of the Champions of the Big Yachts. HISTORY FOR 25 YEARS ——— While it is a fact that the great majority of the American people whose minds are now occupied with the cup races have thoughts for no boat but the Defender, says the New York Herald, there are many America. who, in the midst of all the discussion and conjectures, turn their thoughts to the de- fenders of the past. Of the several boats which, since the cup was brought here by the America, have suc- cessfully defended and kept on this side the coveted bit of metal, all but one are still in existence, rounding out quietly a good and Magic. useful old age. And, with the exception of this one, all are as fit as ever to breast the waves. Beginning with the schooner Amer- ica, the line of defenders comes down to the present with but one break, and the break is caused by the Sappho. S Now, forty-four years after her memor- able conquest across the water, the America Hes out of commissicn, tied up alongside Mischief. the pier at Chelsea bridge, Chelsea, Mass., an object of veneration to all conversant with her history. Since the death of Gen. Butler the boat has not been in commis- sion, and, as she lies alongside the pier, OS9SSCESSSSOOCOSSS GOED 6 © ‘The weather tomorrow 1s likely to be fair and cooler. Established The Best POOH O9TOOO SOOSS Only $2.40 per 1,000. © GS6OO 6 FRANK LIBBEY & CO., “Everything That Enters Into the Construction of a House,” Lumber & Millwork, 6th& N.Y. Ave. Sy BESSCSS © The Oldest Lumber Firm in Washington. SpracaLaths 2.40) Were established in 1824, and today offer you the BEST SPRUCE LATHS at $2.40 per 1,000 that we've sold in these 70 years They are the FINEST Spruce Laths manufactured —made out of the best part of WHOLE TREES —and every single lath guaranteed PERFECT. Best White Pine Laths only $2.25 per 1,000. = = = = = 1824. of business. SOOOS G@OSSSO99 BOSS9SS 50090 OOS@ 2) BD a 24 OO she occuples a somewhat similar position to the peopie of Chelsea and vicinity that the old Constitution does to the people of Ports- mouth and Kittery. The Magic. The schooner Magic, the first of the cup defenders, is still afloat, @nd is at present owned by Augustus W. Mott of New York. Since the Magic successfully defended the cup she has changed hands a great deal, and was at one time owned by Dr.Weld of Sappho. Boston, who sold her to New York parties for “$4,000. She is a black schooner with an old-fashioned fisherman's stern. Columbia and Sappho. Of the two cup defenders of 1871, the Co- lumbia and Sappho, orly one remains afloat today. The Columbia is the one, and today, or nearly any day during the present sea- son, she could be seen at her anchorage at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, or sailing in New York waters. The old boat is no longer 3 Madeline. Tacer, and is now owned by the estate of the late J. H. Perkins. This season she was out during the trial races, a much observed craft, and is captained by Leander Jeffries, who was first mate of the Vigilant when that boat was on the other side last season. Of the Sappho, the other defender of that year, nothing remains but an honored mem- ory. She was sold to English parties after her raees here in 1871 and went across. Volunteer. Later she went out of commission and was broken up at Cowes, England, somewhere about the year 1885. The Madeline and Mischief. Next in order comes the schooner Made- Ine, whose clever skimming through the water blasted the British hopes in 1876. She is still in active service. She is now a steady-going cruiser sailing in New York waters. She ts still owned by John B. Dick- Mayflower. erson, who is a member of the New York Yacht Club. The Mischief, which is famous for being the first of the sloop defenders, and which earned her right to glory in the races of 1881, is still in line. She is owned by Ed- ward F. Linton of Brooklyn, who spends his time in Weymouth, Mass, The Mischief is now at Weymouth, being hauled up at Puriian. the docks of the Fore River Yacht Building Company. The Mischief was purchased for about $5,000. She was owned when she de- fended the cup by Mr. John R. Busk. Puritan and Mayflower. The sloop Puritan, the first of the Burgess boats, and whose duty it was to keep the cup here in 1885, is now owned by J. Mal- colm Forbes, and is at present out of com- mission and tied up at Lawley’s basin, South Boston. The Mayflower, the defender of 1896, is no The Vigilant. longer a sloop yacht, having been changed since that time into a stately schooner. She is now the property of Commodore Gardner of the Eastern Yacht Club, and Marbiehead is her home port when in com- mission. In the winter she lies up between the bridges at Beverly. Volunteer and Vigilant. The Volunteer, the sloop defender of 1887, is now the property of J. Malcolm Forbes, who also owns the Puritan. The Volunteer, after she had done her duty as a cup de- fender, was changed from a sloop to a schooner and now she has been changed back again to a sloop:: Her home port is Naushon, and in the; winter she is hauled out in Hadley Harbor, on the island of Naushon. i The Vigilant, the last.of the defenders up to the present sea has changed hands since she successfully: defeated the last as- pirant for the America’s cup. She is now the property of Commodore George J. Gould, and was, as is well known, in active service until the completion af the trial races. She is now out of commission and is laid up at City Island. E Sa BURIED 340 FEET. A Charred Oak Struck by Well Bor- ers in California. From the San Francisca, Call. The drill of the Santa Barbara Ice Com- pany, which is boring a well in the lower part of town, has passed through a charred log some two feet in diameter at a depth of £40 feet. A careful examination of speci- mens obtained indicates that the long-bur- ied tree is an oak similar to the species growing above ground today. Much speculation is rife as to how this tree came so far beneath the surface of the soil, but an intelligent scrutiny of the Santa Clara valley gives a clear geological explanation of certain conditions attending this discovery. Each end of the valley at Santa Barbara on the one hand and at Goleta on the other has at some past time been an inlet of the sea. The lower lands received the wash from a great extent of mountainous country. The detritus from the hills, constantly carried down by winter floods and depos- ited below, at length filled up these inlets and gradually advanced the shore line, as it is doing today wherever the wash from the hills follows its own course, while con- stantly burying from sight the vegetation of a past day. This charred log once lay at the bottom of the sea. It was found in a stratum of blue water sand, and determines the great depth of what was once a fine harbor, ex- tending protfably a mile or more back of the present beach. This theory is confirmed by the fact that both at Goleta and Santa Barbara the soil is to an extraordinary depth nothing but black loam, occasional streaks of clay end sand having been encountered. Similar trees, as well as beds of seashells, have been encountered in well boring at great depths in Goleta. Ol Indian traditions tell of a monster disturbance in the pas Some great convulsion of nature must have sunk the eniire valley, for this tree les 300 feet below the sea level. The one new fact established by find is that the aborigines of a very mote date made fires. soe WHAT'S IN A NAME? this Phe Minister Thought There Was a Good Deal Before He Finished the Job From the Troy Times. Just after the battle of Perryville, in Oc- tober, 1862, Dr. Savage, a strong Union man, was at one of his appointments to baptize some children. There was a large crowd, and a southern matron brought her four children to the altar. “Name this child,” said the Union preach- laying his hand on the child’s head. imon Bolivar Buckner,” was the reply, which caused a smile to come cver the con- gregation; but the brave preacher went on with his duty. “Name this child," taking the next in order. “Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard,”and the smile grew into a snicker, while Dr. Savage became red fn the face. He bap- tized the yoing namesake of the engineer soldier, and went on with the ceremony. “Name this child,” he gasped, reaching for third. “Albert Sidney Johnson,” came the an- swer. The smile became audible. Heaving a sigh of relief, he took the fourth, a little girl,whose gender he fondly supposed would preclude a continuation of heroic reproduc- tions, and said: sx “Name this child.’ “Mary Stonewall Jackson Lee,” came the response that set the congregation into a roar,while the Union parson thought he had held in his arts’ the whole southern confederacy. sock oe Signaling tn a Fog. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. A novel arrangement for signaling at sea during fogs has bcen placed in position on Winter Quarter Lightship, No. 45, now re- pairing and refitting at Wilmington, Del. It consists of two safety oil engines, sup- plying compressed air to two upright boil- ers, which in turn are automatically acted upon by timeclocks, placed above. These open and close the whistle valves alternate- ly every fifty-five seconds. No steam power is used, the power being derived from ex- plosions of ofl vapor. The pressure of air is regulated at forty pounds, and gives a shrill blast at each explosion. The new ap- pliance is expected to prove effective in maintaining and operating the fog whistle when coal might not be obtainable for fuel, and in transmitting a clear tone for many miles. GIVEN TO DEFENDER The Second Race for the America’s Cup. VALKYRIE ADJODGED IN THE WRONG Declared to Have Violated a Yacht- ing Regulation. COMMENTS OF THE ENGLISH The regatta committee of the New York Yacht Club late yesterday afternoon an- nounced that they sustained the protest made by the Defender in Tuesday's race, and awarded the same to the Yankee boat. The announcement was in the form of a letter to Mr. Iselin, as follows: NEW YORK, September 11. C. Oliver Iselin: Dear Sir: We peg to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your letter of yesterday, protest- ing Valkyrie. We have given the matter our careful consideration, and believe that the foul occurred through a miscalculation of the distance between the two yachts at @ critical moment. From our own observa- tion, confirmed by that of others who were in good position to see all that occurred, we find that Valkyrie III, in contradiction of section 11 of racing rule XVI, bore down upon Defender and fouled her by the swing of her main boom when luffing to straighten her course. We also consider that De- fender left Valkyrie sufficient room to windward to pass clear of the committee boat. The protest is therefore sustained. Respectfully yours, (Signed) S. NICHOLSON KANE, CHESTER GRISWALD, IRVING GRINNELL. Section 11 of racing rule*-XVI reads: “A yacht shall not bear away out of her course ®0 as to hinder arother in passing to lee- ward.” The foilowing bulletin was given out by the committee: “To the members of the New York Yacht Club: Your committee beg to state that before arriving at a de- cision upon the Defender’s protest they endeavored to bring about a mutual agree- ment between the respective yachts to re- Sail yesterday's race, but each preferred that the committee should pass judgment upon’ the protest.” Dunraven Refased a Draw. Both the owners of the Defender and the members of the committee were in favor of annulling the race, but Lord Dunraven would not consent to this. He said he wanted a clear decision, and not a draw. The committee had no authority to call the race off except with the consent of the ov ners of both yachts, and when they con- sidered the protest, it was only with a view to the justice of giving the Defender all she claimed. Mr. Iselin not only offered to acquiesc2 in the annullment of the race, but urged this soution of the problem. Lord Dun- raven’s refusal, however, made an amica- Lle settlement impossible, and it was then that the committee began to take testl- mony, placing the Defender’s men on the |'98; Armstrong, ’98; Reynolds, English and American sportsmen to a se- vere test.” FOOT BALL. Candidafes-tor- the Princeton Team Begin Training. Some of Princeton's Summer foot ball squad have made their appearance at Princeton. Of the thirty men ordered to return by the 11th Instant, fourteen have made their appearance. Those who arrived were put through a course of light practice yesterday afterndon under the direction of Captain Lee and Trainer McMasters. More men are expected to arrive by today, so that by the end of the week things will be in the old-time way again. It is Capt. Lea’s intention to put the men through a course of strict training from now on until the close. _ The old players who arrived yesterday Le: "96, ti Bannarid, '98; Poe, » *98; Coc’ n, "98; Rhodes, "97; Andrus, Beymer, '98; Kelly, . Two new men have already made their appear- ance. They are Townsend, from Penning- ton Seminary, and Tucker, from Princeton preparatory school. ‘The former is a prom- ising candidate in the line, and the latter for quarter back. A Meeting in New York Between Cap- tains Williams and Brewer. Capt. Williams of the Pennsylvania team left Grimsby late Tuesday night for New York, where he is to join Mr. John C. Bell of the Athletic Association, Prof. Ames and Capt. Brewer of Harvard to arrange the date for the Harvard-Pennsylvania game and discuss the rules and conditions which &re to govern it. The University of Pennsylvania Foot Ball Team are rapidly getting into ccndi- tion at Grimsby, and from tae material on hand the team ought to be a good one. The daily practice at times has been inter- spersed with work at sprinting, kicking, catching and the like. Several of the new men have put in an appearance, and, with the exception of “Ot” Wagenhurst, nearly all of those who will be considered candi- dates are on hand. Coach Woodruff is greatly pleased with the work of the recruit from St. Paul's School, C. C. Harrison, jr., who is trying for a position back of the line. Of the new men who are trying for end, Boyle, Orbe- son and “By” Dickson are showing up well, as is Hedges, a recruit from German- town Academy. Otto Wagenhurst has written up to say that he will try for his old position when tke team comes home, but he cannot go up now, as he is to go out during the last two weeks in Septem- ber with an engineer corps from the uni- versity. THE CRACK FOUR-YEAR-OLDS. Henry of Navarre Won at Sheepshead Bay. Ten thousand persons saw Henry of Na- varre win the race yesterday at thé Sheeps- head Bay track between the crack four- year-olds of the year—Henry of Navarre, Domino and Rey el Santa Anita. It was thought porsible a few days ago that Clif- ford would aiso be a contestant, but later bis owner decided to keep him out. The race yesterday was the fifth on the card, consisting of a sweepstakes of $1,000 each, at a mile and a furlong. There was some | delay at the post, but when they were sent away Domino, who had the rail, got a trifle stand first. in favor of calling the race off, but it was impossible for the committee to do this without the consent of both the interested parties. Tke .committee could only sustain or overrule the protest made by the Defender, and in doing this they were bound to give the race to one of the two boats. They had no power to order the race sailed over again. At the same t'me it was generally supposed that both Mr. Iselin and Lord Dunraven would consent to another race. and it was not a secret that this is what the committee wanted. They would rather have the Valkyrie win than endure a scan- dal or fault finding of any sort. The Rival Claims. The rule mentioned in the letter address- ed to Mr. Iselin is an old and familiar one. It says that a free yacht must keep clear of one close hauled. On Tuesday the Val- kyrie, it is claimed, was running free, and the evidence went to show that she had plenty of room to cross the line without swingirg into the Defender. The latter was close hauled and had a right, under the rules of the road, to hold her position. If she had gone about and permitted tne English boat to cross her bows she would heve gotten the worst of the start by from two to three minutes. The English claim that Defender crowded the Valkyrie. The public feeling is one of disappoint- ment and regret. Many persons would prefer to have had Tuesday’s race go to the Va'kyrie rather than have the De- fender win where she really lost. There is a lot of sympathy expressed for Lord Dua- raven. At the same time no one ques- tions the action of the cup committee in basing their decision on law and not on sentiment. ENGLISH ARE IRRITATED. Think the Race Should Have Been Renniled. LONDON, September 12.—While the tone of the best of the English newspapers, in commenting upon the decision of the cup committee sustaining Defender’s claim of a foul in Tuesday’s yacht race, contiiues to be moderate, it must be admitted that the committee's decision has produced a general feeling of irritation among Eng- lishmen. Adverse comments of heard on all sides. The Yachtsman, in an article on the sub- ject, dwells upon the conduct of the ex- cursion steamers attending the race, and says: “The first match could hardly be called a race, owing to the shameful in- terference by excursion steamers. it seems clear that in Tuesday’s race Defender lost thing by the accident, but was beaten on Tentgein the beat to windward. With re- gard to Defender’s protest, it 1s impossible as yet to form an opinion, save that it would not have been lodged by Valkyrie III had the cases been reversed.” The Sun, which throughout has main- tained a tone hestile to America, says: “The Yankees evidently intend to keep the cup. Possession is nine points of the law of sport in America.” The Evening News says: “The whole business savors of sharp practice. No one would quarrel with a dezision ordering that the race b2 resailed, but we cannot stomach ‘a paper victory awarded to Defender.” The Pall Mall Gazette, in course of a long article on the subject, dilates upon British patience and good temper, perti- nacity and unquenchable love of justice, and continues: “It is not easy to accept the decision, but we hope we are taking it as sportsmen. It is hardly equitable, but according tq rules of the game. We accept it and will try again. It turns that Mr. Iselin is a sportsman with the best of us. We shall have another race.” ‘The St. James Gazette also accepts as a fact the report that Mr. Iselin had offered to resail Tuesday’s race. The Gazette says: “It is a most sportsmanlike offer. The decision seems clearly and demonstra- tively wrong, but it was authoritative and should be accepted loyally.” The Globe says: ‘The decision is receiv- ed with the bitterest regret and disappoint- ment. Still, it is the duty of Englishmen as true sportsmen to accept it without complaint or protest.” : The Westminster Gazette says: “The de- cision certeinly puts the good feeling of individuals are Chairman Kane was very much the best of it. The black whirlwind cut cut the pace, and a fast one it was, wigh Henry of Nevarre keeping well up, and the California crack a length back. Not until the far turn was reached did the real race begin. Perkins on Navarre then mede an effort to come up with his mount, and Taral on Domino drove his horse along at a terrific rate. : Here also Rey el Santa Anita started for the leaders, and it seemed as though he would be in with the driving finish. When they strung into the stretch Domino still was « length to the good, but was fal- tering, and Navarre was holding on with the tenacity that has always character- ized his work. Taral used wh!p and spur, but the gal- lant black was unable to hold his own against the Belmont crack, who, just be- fore the finish was reached, poked his nose in front, and, driving along with undimin- ished speed, beat the faltering Domino half a length. Rey el Santa Anita was far in the rear. GREAT CYCLING AT SPRINGFIELD. The Crack Amateurs and Profession- als on the Wheel. E. C. Bald took away the honors of class B, winning both of yesterday's open event: at Springfield, Mass., and Cooper, Bald’s greatest opponent, ran second in both races. In the mile open, class B, Cabanne was third. This event was run in but one-fifth of a second stower time than the fastest ever made in a tandem paced race. Sanger took away the $200 offered in the mile internationa! professional, defeating Tyler in a most exciting finish. Porter, from scratch, came thrcugh a field of nine- teen starters, and won the five-mile handi- cap in 11.34 amid great excitement in the stand. The competition, class A, rec- ord was brcken by C. R. Newton in the mile open, the lad doing 2.04 4-5. Rey: won the half-mile 1.15 class in 1.02 3 Seavy anc Weinig established a profes. ional unpaced record on a tandem, doing 7 seconds. Landrey and Coburn, a class A team, tied the world’s urpaced record, do- ing 55 1-5. The half-mile cpen, class B, had ten start- ers, Bliss, Bald, Coulter, Rigby,. Cooper, Brown, Murphy, McDuffee, Gardiner and Dirnberger, in the order named, from pole out. Bald won, with Cooper half a length back, Rigby. pushing up hard and but u Eooe back in third position. The time was 07 2-5, The mile open international professional had eight.starters, Porter, Tyler, Eaton, St. Onge, Seavy, Coleman, Sanger and Ba- ker. Stevenson and Weinig paced. Sanger came on the pole and in a most exciting run defeated ‘Fyler by a full length, and Coleman on the outside ran third, a foot ahead of Con Baker. Porter was forced back to fifth. The time was 2.03 2-5. The milé open B had eleven starters. Bald had the lead of Gardiner in the rush for the tandem, but was beaten by that rider in a fair’ fight. Cabanne was six inches back of him and Jenny on the pole six inches back of Cabanne. Th 3-5. The last quarter was ri HARD, CONSECUTIVE HITTING. That's What Won Yesterday's Game From the Phillies. For a team of cripples the representatives of Washington in the National Base Ball League made a showing ygsterday that was surprising to many. For once in a long time the men played in their regular po- sitions, Jack Crooks going back to second base and putting up one of his old-time games. Not only that, but Mercer pitched as he used to pitch last year, when the only fear Washingtonians had was that he would get so good that the managers of the more wealthy towns would begin to covet him. But it was batting that won the game—hard, clean, consecutive batting. Pitcher Lucid has always been easy for the Washingtons, and yesterday he was just exactly the kind of material the locais have been looking for for weeks, and every one hit him safely except Joyce and Mc- Guire. Home-run hits by Brown and Cartwright resulied In four tallies, while Abbey and Selbach each hit safely twice at most op- portune times. Joyce and Crooks are wal credited with an error and, unfortunately, they came in the same inning. Crooks madé his on a slow bounder that he could proba- bly have secured easily if he had not been 80 eager, while Joyce's misplay was made on a stinging liner that arm and went into left field. Brown fum. bled a safe hit from Clements’ bat in the sixth inning. Clements was hurt in the fifth, spreining his left thumb, but he fin- ished the innirg and went to bat in the sixth, but had to retire in favor of Buckley at the end of that inning. With better support Mercer would have kept the visitors down to one run, and it is barely possible that he might have shut them out, though this is not likely. The home team played with snap and vigor, and was in the game at every stage. the first half The game was called after of the eighth inning on account of dark- ness. There were about 1,200 persons pret ent, including a lar ent, in iz ‘ge number of ladies. The IN. PHILADELPE O.AE, R. AB. 30 1/Hamilton,ct 00°40 © 2 ijpercianyito 220 8 3 0 0\Cross,3b....0 0100 20 . 0000 40 3240 50 14106 53 1010 28 0790 o1 009006 ase 91006 £93 { Totals... 022018 2 x10 020100-4 Philadelphia, 1, 2. Left on bases a, &.” First, base on . Struck out—B; Mercer, 1; by Lucid, 4. “Home ‘runs Brown and Cartwright, ‘Three-base hit—Crooks.‘Two-base hit GAbbey., Sacrifice hit—Royle. Passed balls—Me- Gulre and Clements. Umpire—Murray. Time—2.04, * balls—On Merce: Other League Gai At Baltimcre— Brooklyn. aro 291 At Pittsburg— Pittsburg. 610 2 Cincinnati 243 913 4 59 8 The League Record. W. L. P.C.{_ Clubs. W. i. Pc. + 73 39 .652| New York... 62 54 534 - 74 45 .622/Chi G1 55 526 ia. 69 47 5S 518 4 50 74 (321 62 51 79 (313 Gt 54 86 2D League Games Today. Philadelphia at Washington. Brooklyn at Baltimore. Boston at New York. Cincinnati at Pittsburg. Regards It. From the Philedelphia Press. The Phillies are certainly like the young man who had a good home and he left. When they've got a good thing they don’t krow it. Why, you could give them a piece of mince ple and they’d return it and ask for “dog;” or you could give them a bottle of “champy” and they would lay it down and ask for soda—nit! But, at any rate, they had a real soft, juicy bit of fowl yes- terday, those easy things in Washington, and yet they played listless bail and got @ good licking. —————— STILL PROBLEMATICAL. The Question of Garbage Disposal Continues to Perplex. From the statements made by the Com- missioners this morning concerning the re= sult of the conference with the garbage contractor yesterday, it appears that noth- ing was accomplished, and the selection of a suitable system for disposing of the gar- bage is as far away as ever. The conf@ence, it will be recalled, wag arranged by the contractor for the purpose of presenting to the Commissioners the Propositions of the Smith, Brown and Dixon crematories, with a view of having the Commissioners approve one or more of the systems, that the contractor might go to work at once and erect a suitable piant. It appears, however, that there was a hitch somewhere, and all negotiations are still held up. There is little dcubt that the Smith and Brown systems will be finally accepted. Yesterday the Commissioners, it is understood, intimated that the Brown system would be satisfactory if the con- tractor would put in a Smith crematory. The representatives of the latter system, however, had not filed their indemnity bond up to the time of the conference, and he was at once telegraphed for. It is under- stood that another conference will be held Saturday. ———__ THE OREGON DE He Was Not Posted in Modern Applic neces, but Was Quite Willing to Try. From the San Francisco Port. “When I was traveling through south- eastern Oregon last monti,” said Attorney. W. W. McNair, “I found myself in a small villege and with a large toothache. I found the local dentist, with his whirligig engine that resembled a small lathe, at the livery. stable clipping a horse. “Do you treat teeth?’ I asked. “Course; what do you suppose I'm here for?’ he replied in a nettled tone. “Well, I have one that needs attention.” “Want it pulled og plugged?’ he asked. “I want it treated. How do you treat a tooth that is aching” “<Pull it er plug it.” “I think this could be saved if it had proper treatment.” ““Want it plugged, then. What is it—jaw tooth or gnawer?’ and he tried to force a finger that was covered with dirt and horse air into my mouth. I had grown a trifle suspicious of him, so thought I would find out what sort of work he did. “Do you do bridge work?’ I asked. I did build Not since I been practicin’. a brid, acress Cow creek when I wag ranchin’, but I mostly confine myself ta draggin’ fangs, docterin’ horses and bar« be “*Do-you ever transplant teeth?” “Say, I tried that onct, but she didn’t work. Ol Bill Robi’son had a tooth that was achin’ an’ he wanted it pulled. I got the wrong tooth. I tried to put her back, but Bill hollered an’ cut up so that I thought I’d try to transplant it.” ‘I sawed off the snags and riveted it to Bill's plate o’ false teeth, but she wouldn’t work. The first time Bill bit a bone with it the tooth swung around on the rivet a he bit a hole in the roof o’ his mouth big as a hazel nut.” “I concluded not to have my tooth treat- ed. The dentist was sorry, and told me that ‘if it was holler to heat a knittin’ needle hot an’ poke it in the tooth, or hold a chaw o’ terbacker in my mouth.’ —__+- e+ ____ The Bo'san Explains. From Tid-Bits. ‘A little time ago on one of the Cunard boats one of the crew (while the passen- gers were at dinner) picked up a menu and, seeing on the top, “Tabl2 d’hote,” in- aquired of one of his mates the meaning of it. i “What does this ‘ere mean, Joe? Joe, taking the menu, gazed on it with a puzzled air, scratched his head, and said: “I can't make nothing of it. Let's go te old Coffin; he’s a scholard, und sure te know.” z ‘On giving the menu to the boatswain, h thoughtfully stroked his chin and satd “Well, look ‘ere, mates; it’s like this ‘ere: Them swells down in the siloon haves some soup, a bit of fish, a bit of this, a bit of that, and a bit of summat else, and calls it table dottie. We haves table dot- tie, only we mixes it all together and calls it Irish ste —se0+ Rinks in Queensland. From the London Queen. There are risks and discomforts innum- erable, as well as pleasures, to the artist who goes flower hunting in Queensland. It is what bushmen call a bad snake country, though, as compared with Southern Aus- tralia, a much smaller proportion of the snakes are venomous. Walking down an alligator path on the Pioneer river, Mrs. Rowan kicked what she thought was a gray stick from her path, but which turned out to be a venomous snake. Sketching some great blue water lilies as large as a cheese plate, about which scarlet dragon- flies fluttered in their coat of mail, some- thing touched her cheek, which she brushed aside in mistake for a worm, but a second glance showed a long tree snake swinging pracefully by its tail. Among the discom- forts is the nettle tree, which, whether it be gresped gently or firmly, leaves hands swollen and stinging for days.