Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1891, Page 14

detest, despise, 1-apple pies 1, [like good meat, Ir anything s good to_eat; But of all poor grub beneath the skies, The poorest is dried-apple pies, Give me the toothache or sore eyes, o't gzive m d-anple ples. mer takes his gnarliest fruit, s wormy, bitter, and hard, to boot; They le the hiulls and make us_cough, And don't take half the peeling off. Then oo a dirty cord 'tis strung, And in a garret window hung And there it seves, a roost for flies, Until it's made up in to pies. Tread on my corns and tell me lies, But don't pass me dried apy - THE SPIRIT OF LB A SEA MYSTERY, L J. D. Jerrold Kelle Herald; The narrativ wreek isin paralleled adventure, shor, in New York of the Rainier’s fous incident un- mis- one myste in the history Pathetic as are the usual tales of n disaster, of peril, suffer- ing and heroism, this is signalized by the claimed operation of an occult which foretold and, to a slight degree, alded the final rescuer, The value of the evidence depends, of courte, upon the credibility of the wit- nesses and their object in uniting upon the same testimony, One of these is Mr. Humphroys, mate of the ship and an ofticer of unchallenged reputation; an- other is his wife, the daughter of the Rainier’s master, Captain Morrison, and the remainder are seamen who could gain nothing by agreeing to lie persist- ently ina matter which did not affect their mater interests, and who told their common experience with a frank- ness and earnestness no cross-cxaminas tion could tangle The indivect evidence rests upon the carcful examination made at the timo and placo by the officers of an American man-of-w I have questioned anum- berof these gentlemen, and they agreo that the confirmed in its essentials by all the white people found on the island of Ujen, and that the voy ngeoof the captain and his partof the crew, as described by the so-called Spirit of Libogen, was verified when these ma- rines were subsequently found at Jaliuit, The narrat is given largely in the mate’s own linguage. I have made o changes in its order and have con- d the preliminary story, leaving npered by his descriptions of shiphonrd life and of the island ana peo- pleof Ujen. I have no theory to ad- vance, not even the hackneyed one that here, as often before, the connecting link is left unexplained and coincidences are mistaken for Nor have I any purpose in view save to give a favorite, latter-day ce yarn a wider pub- licity than it has hitherto enjoyed. 1L On the 12th of August, 1¢ the American merchant ship Ranier, Bath built and of 2,000 tons burden, took her departure from the Delaware capes, bound for Kobe, in Japan. Thirty-five days out the line wus crossed, and in due time, when the forty-fifth degree of south latitude was reached, she was hauled to the castward for the long run of 6,000 miles across the Indian ocean, The average vicissitudes of sea, wind and weather were supplemented by much sickness and many hardships, though otherwise the voyage did not promise to be a bad one. Upon the I44th day out, about 3 in the smoon of the 8d of January, an nd, supposed to be Lae, one of the Marshall group, was raised on the povt bow-aund a few hours er it bore abeam, distant eight miles by cross bearings. As this marked a turning point in the eourso the captain went be- ow, luid down his position on the chart, and then said to the mate: *The course is now northwest aad we are atleast clear of the islands, with nothing to trouble us until the shoves of Jupan beave in sight,” “*The night,” writes Mr. Humphreys at this part of his narrative, “had grown dark, and the moon having' set as eight bells struck, there seemed to be an im- pencirable 'darkuess, and the bright, twinkling stars had commen toshow themselves in the far-off The watch was mustered and relieved at ht bells, two men were sent on the top gallant forecastle for lookouts, and the first officer took charge of the decks, As he walked aft he found the captain on deck with a telescope trying to pen- etrate the gloomy darkness.” Two bells struck and the ship was staggering along under a heavy press of canv The captuin and mate stood on the weathor quarter eagerly watching the shilina ite hurried, when one said to the other: ***I'hat white S “*At the same time the lookout's cry was heard: ofs sen one agenc st as auses. ridge ahead looks like s ahead! Breakers ahead!’ terrible cry, and one that man in the shipheard, for they came on deck in an instant. The cap- tain gave the order to the wheelman to *Hard-a-starboard!” The first and third officers jumped and let go all the port braces, but it was too latel The ship was in the midstof the breakers, and with a heavy crash struck on acoral reef, “Orders wore given and exceuted without delay and without confusion, Yards were ‘laid aba with the hopo the ship might back off with the assist- ance of anchors and hawsers out ustern, but the heavy seas striking against her stern lLike trip hammers, and the crashing of timbers, gave evi- dence only too true that the Rainier was a doomed shin; and to look at the seeth- ing mass around, with the sens rolling on board, 1t presented rather a gloomy vrospect of any one being left to tell the tale. » * ¥ “As daylight approached the scene presented was o dismal one, As ar as the eye could reach in either di- rection could bo seon a line of breakers, while in the dim distance a few smell knolls of land appeared. As the sun showed itself above the horizon white sails appeared in the far distance,which on near approach proved to be cinoes swarmed with dusky natives coming down inside the lagoon, which is more properly called atoll. ' Coral reefs are called atolls, and ave generally round or of an elliptic form and always have one or more deep entrances. This atoll was thirty miles long, in the shape of an ellipse, and was about five milesor so across from one line of surf to the other. Inside was deep water, except now and then when a coral treo would grow up to the surface and spread out its branches like a palm leaf. The reef where we landed was not dry, but had onlyn fow inches of water ai extreme low tide, but at high tide it was over a person’s head. We were fortunate enough to land at low tide, *The canoes were made fast to the coral, and the natives'came to the inside surface line and commenced to shout and gesticulate, which senta chill of terror to the unfortunate wariners cling- { and crew were sent cls | mined to make THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, ing to a wreck that soon must go to " s mado to establish the sh Every effort w communication with the boats, stores ar of the reef into the smooth lagoon. By this time the day was nearly spent, and as the island, undistinguishable from the ship, was fully ten miles distant, the king deter- il for home. Aftermany orders and much gestic- ulating the large mat sails were hoisted, and each eanoe ok a boat in tow, the king taking the captain’s boat. Away they sailed with great speed and soon the tops of trees could be seen. These gradually increased in size, until the 1008 1 bouts renched the island, which proved to be three quarters of a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, and was called Ujen, It was covered with coconnut trees to the water'’s eege, presenting on near approach to the eyes of theanxious shipwrecked people a per- wdise, [t did not take traveling on a hawser fect tropical pa long to dispel the illusion, for men men and children could be seen running down to the edge of the water watching our arrival, *“All the inhabitants of the island soon gathered to view the white Kanakas, as they termed the shipwrecked people. Théy scemed most surprised at seeing a woman,the females closely looking at the captain’s daughter, feeling her cheexs and long hair, and gazing at the clothes she wore, which of the New York style of a fow months previous. Mothers presented their children and all the ages scemed toadmire the pale faced nsols, When darkness gathered a bonfire was made with the cocoanut husks, and men were detailed to keep it burning while the remainder retired to rest, Three mattresses and some blankets having been saved the captain and his daughier were provided with acom- fortable bed. ‘The other was used by the steward, and ho was one of the sickmen and had been in the water all day. Sleep 80on came to the wen eyes, but the savages still sat about the fire, some of them, indecd, lingering until the morn- ing.” 111, s were idled away in re- covering from the bruises and excite- ment of the wreck and in building huts; but nimble fingerec Jackie is at most things, he was a poor hand at this, and was glad to trade a shirt ora paiv of tarry trousers for the three hours’ lubor by which the deft natives could make a shelter of cocoanut branche nd coral ar In the meantime the captain de- nined to seek assistance, and when the men were rested he hauled out the long boat and made her ready for what at the fairest chance would bea dreary and perilous journey. A volunteer cre\w offered itself, the boat was soon in as good condition us circumstancesallowed, and on January 10, the second mate in charge, she sailed with a fresh b down the lagoon and into the Pac: her quest for help. The captain’s instructions were to hug the wind and if possible reach a white man’s trading station, which was said by the natives to be 300 miles distant. If the wind blew 00 strong the second mate was to run before it to Oulan island, and if no aid could be found there he was to shape a course for As- cension and thence to Ching, which would then bear west-southwest, distant 3,000 mile: ' The ten days following the longboat’s departure were bitter, with strong winds and rough seas, and the captain, who was ailing and_fretting over the loss of his ship and the discomforts of hisdaughter and crew, commenced to buiid a schoon Chance threw in bis way a stout timber, but the carpenters’ tools were imperfect and the Rainier had broken up so fast that little could be taken from her. Still so valorously and skilfully aid all hands work that by the middle of March the boat was sparred, rigged and provisioned, and on the morning of the 17th all hands mustered early to sco the departure of the “Ujea,” as they had called her. “Having been speechless for so many weelks, and having no uso of his hands, and _as his logs were getting numb,”} continued the mate, “the captain de- termined to make a desperate attempt to reach some place where assistance and medicine could be obtained, for Mrs, Humphreys and many of the men had been sick for some time. He decided to sale for Jaluit one of the Marshall islands, in the Rawlic group, 300 miles aw as the king had said, ‘White Kanaka belong Jaluit, plenty, plenty,” rom seeing a whisky bottle we concluded it must be one of the many trading stations of the South Sea islands, The king’s son and one of the na- tives had cousented to go in theschooner toact as interpreters, should it stop at any of the islands lying in their course. Sowhen the day ‘came farowells were said, hands wereclasped and the captain and Will Juckson stepped on board the canoe, followed by Lila Bucho andhis servant, The noe was then shoved into deep water, the sail hoisted and proceeding rapidly down the lagoon bo- fore the wind wans soon lost to sight.” What happened to the longboat and to the schooner the hapless ones learned when later the spivit of Libogen vealed to them l‘u‘ir own and their shipmates fates. 1v. Life on Ujea was dreary enough, and privations and heart wearisome broke the white men’s health and destroyed their belief in any hope of rescue, Then, too, the natives began to show signs of hosuunty, and asthere were no longer presents to give, and the strangers were dependent upon the Kanakas for their daily cocoanuts and bread fruit, dissatis- faction ripened into mischief. The next mate, therefore, determined to fit out the two quarter boats and leave the island. These preparations were watched curiously by the king, and finally Hum- phreys confessed his intention. The evening Noma, one of the king's wives, came to the door of the white man’s hut with a message from the chief. “In the native dialect and a little pigeon English which Mrs, Humphreys had taught her,” writes the mate, “she informed me that Libogen had come to the island and wanted to talk with me, and the king had sent for me to come to his house. Previous to this time the king hud often spoken of Libogen, and atone time had said: ‘*White Kanuka belong to Libogen.” When I asked him what ho meant. hesaid: ‘So long time, Ligoben speak king one night, = King take canoe, go down reef and find too big canoe all broke, Plenty white Kana~ kus. Spose king no good to white Kana- Kkus, fiumhy man-of-war come and bum- bum king. So ho go down reef one morning and see big canoe all broke. He get white Kanakus, So white Kanakas belong Libogen.” %S0 to Libogen we must owe the as- sistanceof the nativesin landing through the heavy surf, as no island could be seen from the ship,and what had brought the natives down the lagoon at that early hour was hitherto a mystery to us all.* On fucther inquiry I fuimd that all their movements on any journey by canoe were governed by a spirit called *Libo- gen,” who had dicd in the house in which wo lived (formerly the king’s palace). Whether it was a worman or child I could not find out, but Libogen was some buman being whom they all worshipped, SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1801-SIXTEEN PAGES and | by the employment of a lino | and whose spirit still came at times to visit the king and his family, and these were the only ones who could converse with the spirit. The body of Libogen had been buried on a small Island twenty miles down the lagoon, and no person was ever allowed to land there except the king and has family, After giving me this information I asked the king to tall me when Libogen came, again as [ would like to talk with her, but not be- ing a believer in spiritualism, I thought no more about it until the king sent for me, LR R R T T “On our arrival we found the third officer and the seven sailors gathered near the door, and alsomany of the Kan- akas, listening with sober, long drawn faces to the mysterious talking of an in- visible spirit.” The king beckoned us to come in,and we were seated by him in the center of the house, surrounded by the members of his family, who took but little notice of our arrival, as they were greatly interested in thie spirit’s conve n. 'he king continued talking to the spirit for some time, and the voice could be distinctly heavd, first in one part of the house, then quickly changing to the opposite side, now overhead, and aguin along side of me. With my slight knowledge of the language I could dis- tinguish some of the wor polcen, The voice sounded or spoke in the tone of a _histle, and was fully as mysterious it was wonderful, "After alittle time the king saidi—Libogen would speak to mate.” So I gave the king to un stand that I wanted to know what had become of the second mate in the long boat, and of the hooner in which the captain had sailed away with thirteen of the crew and if we were evergoing to be rescued from this lonely island. "he king asked my questions and the t told him that thesecond mate had picked up near an island called Pornipette, and that Captain Morrison had arrived in the.schooner at Jaluit, but he was sicked and could not come; that all the schooners were away but the n was all right, and inone week a schooner would come to the the captain would send a schoone soon as one could be got, butin two weeks a big schooner would come, and we would all be rescued, “Libogen said the steward who had died was buried on Ujea, but that his spirit was with her, “The conversation time, and when finished 1 was told to ‘Good night, Libogen,” which T did,and was answered by ‘good night, mate,’ in as plain Kng- lish as I could spenk myself. Mn Humphrey was asked to dothe same, and was plainly answered, good night, Emma.’ Such wonderful imformation was more than my brain could conceive to be true, and the duys of the follow week seemed a lifetime, Slowly they passed until Saturday night came, and we all anxiously waited the morrow with wavoe ith. During the even- ing the king drifted down to the house, as was his custom e evening, to get a few whiffs of my pipe of oakum, as our tobaeco had given out many weceks be fore, and a smoke of onkum or dried was a luxu True I had alittle ch had been wet with salt water and ed, but thisT was saving to give the king to smoke in payment for some bread fruits or coconuts when we were hungry. “The king seated himself on the floor, and I refilled the pipe with oakum and gave it to him, After smoking a few moments he sai L “Libogen speak, tomorrow schooner come.” To this I replied, ‘Libogen too much lie, No speak truc *No, no, no! id the king, “tomor- row come, sun finish and schooner come. Libogen 1o lie, always speak true,” “It must be remembered that all kinds of craft seemed a schooner to the natives, since having seen our schooner built and sailed aw No doubt it was the largest vessel many of them had ever seen, AEEE S y morning came at last, and saw ten watchers eager for some sign of deliverance from their prison, The hours dragged slow ) sun ng the western on, yes had grown dim with ien a shout was heard from 1 (o another the whole length of sland. The king who was standing i me, shouted, ‘schooner come! Lib- no liel” *The morning dawned, and with drizzling n, and hot, sultry w and the prospect scemed a gloomy one even though assistance might be near. a fog surrounded the island, so th thateven thereef could not be seen, though only a short aistance aw **No cocoanvts had been brou the previous d: to eat, since th remained under and the trees sible for u: laste some watching one the ttous and 50 we had nothing nutives, like ourselves, cover out of the rain, were so high it was im pos- to climb them to get any nuts, Toward8 o'clock tne fog lifted a little, and I wus seated at the door talk- ing to the third officer,looking out on tho dreagy wasto of water, when—boom!— the sound of & big gun came across the water and in a short time the island was astir, “I'had previously given each man a station so that a system of communica- tion could be had from all points on the island. Iimmediately sentout the men, with orders to ropo anything th might be seen, as the gun’ must have been froma ship in distress, or else as. sistance wns near. Hardly had the me started, when another boom came rolln ing along and apparentlynot far distant, and soon after the shout came from one man to another until it reached our lit- tle hut—that glad, welcome shout which pnt fails to deseribe—*Suil hol Sail ho!’ With the hail came two of the men, who reported o large vessel off the sonthw es endof the island under fore and aft sail an dapparently passing by. There wus notime to losé if such were the fact, and the natives who were fast gathering helped us launch the boat, and in ashort time four men were pulling me rapidly down the lagoon, “We were obliged to pull for some dis- tance down the reef before a )88+ ing could be found, as the surf ran 80 high and washed with such force against the coral reef. As soon as a safe place could be seen the boat was headed for the reef and all hands jumped into tho water and pulled the boat over the reef, ready to launch her through the surfas soon as a chance was offered, With a loud hurrah the boat was shoved into the surf, we jumped in, and quickly grasping the oars, with a few bold strokes the boat was clear of the breal ers and we were pulling for a largo ve: sel which came to view around the point some three miles away. oon wo could discern that the vessel was under steam, and all sail had been taken in, The stars and stripes were floating at the peak, and on near ap- proach the first face I could distinguish among the many crowding her rails was that of our old second mate, W. H, Dhrone, whom we had lone since mourned for dead, but through whose brave endeavors, under painful cireum- stances, we were rescued from our island prison. **Hardly had theboat reahed the side of the unknown ship when the cowm- mander shouted from the bridge: **‘Is Mrs. Humphreys alive and well *'Yes,' was the answer, ‘but the caj tain has sailed away in a schooner which we built a month ago, and no news from Limas yet. One wan, the steward, we l 100, have buried, and there are ten of us now on the island,’ ** ‘Come alongsTAEY was the reply, and a8 wo glided adongside a rope was thrown. = We made this fast to the boat, and grasping a ldder which had been hung over the side, I leaped from the bobbing craft and duickly reached the deck, where I was warmly greeted by Commander McCormick, who grusped my hand and said* ** ‘Welcome on board of the American ssex, sent by the United iment to rescue the crew of K Amarican ship Rainier.” » island was aroused, and the shouting and yelling were indescribable, the natives running this way and that in confusion. Quickly grasping my glass I started for the other end of the “island off which the suil had been seen, and with long strides, followed by the rest of the crew, soon reached a point where asail could be dimly scon bearing down o us “With my glasses T could distinguish a curiously built eratt with alarge three cornered sail, and on near appronch could see the many d savages with which the swarmed, 1 made up my mind immediately that our deliver- ance might be from' life, but not from bon s and determined to return to my arm the crew with the rifles which we had and to hold out for our lives us long as possible. But my fears were quickly allayed by the king, who said: ‘Never mind, Knnakas no hurt mat Sol returned to my house to in- form the unxious Mrs, Humphreys that our deliverance had not yet com *“The tirst vart of the spirvit's proph- ecy had proved true,and the following Sunday was the day set by Libogen for the second mate to come in a schooner and rescue us, The week dragged slowly, and the weather, which had been fine and ple It with astrong breeze, now became hot and disagreeable, and, it being the change of the monsoons, the rain cume down in torrents, The mos- quitoes crowded in swarms, seemingly bent on eating us up. Having no shoes wo were obliged to hang our feet out of the door to keep the mosquitoes off, and then to fan the rest of our person to be able tolivein peace, Our misery w nearly complete,and if deliverance came not on the morrow hope was akin to despair “During the morning Mrs. Humph- T was patching amorning gown with apicce of ved ticking, the gown resem- bling Joseph's cout of many colors, while the third officerund myself were enjoy- ing the luxury of a smoke of tea, prog- nosticating what the morrow might bring forth, whensuddenly Mrs, Humph- reys started up excliming: ‘I hear a gun.’ Ina few moments a native came running up to the hut saying: ‘Schooner come, and bum, bum,’ but hearing no more sounds we concluded it was all im- agination and lay down to sleep. v Jf the fongboat and of the schooner are interesting enough to de- serve u for themsel v But, space forbids and it may be added asthe ta to the drama. But the second ma boat was picked up eleven days out, and after its crew had suffeved greatly, by the British bark ( ina, Captain Wil- liams, bound from Australin to Cochin China. hie rescue w Libogen had revealed, near an called Porporetie, of which the, never before heard. Upon their ar at Saigon they were sent to Hong Kong and, us a result of thewr report, the United States steamer Essex, then pro- tecting American interests at Shameen. was ordered to Ujen. With the cul tomary diligence and efficiency of this ship on that famous cruise, she sailed immediately after conling at Nagusak On the 12th of April'the Essex arrived off Ujen and fired the signal gun heard by Mrs, Humphreys, The next da) Sunduy, just two weeks from the date of Libogén's promise, the mist lifted and the gladdened watchers heard the guns and suw the flagof home and of rescue. And as predicted the second mate was on bourd, Thege is no time to tell the wander- ings of the captain’s schooner, but Mr. Humphrey in concluding this part of his nmirrative, “I leave the reader to judge if tho spirit of the departed Libogen had spoken truly or not. 1 am no spiritualist, but the within facts are true ones, and I must believe what I ha seen, for all that the spirit told me true. What the spirit told in re- gard 10 the captain’s being sick and un- abl» tocome to our assistunce we found to be true on ourarrvival at Jaluit, and that a schooner had been sent to our assistance manned by a crew of natives.” All th relating “to th cap schooner was told on board the Essex before she sailed for Jaluit, and all the alleged circumstances were found to be true when she | there, These are the facts in the case, and this isa queer yarn, is it not? A The Western Terror Terroriz d. 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Cle Custome How much for thre Clerk—We shall have to charge you $12 for three, sir, Customer—Then you charge me more in proportion for the first three than you do for a dozen? Clerk—Yes, sir, Customer—Make me up the last three. ¥ - - Upon'a_fair trial "I find Salvation Oil the best cure for rheumatism 1 have ever known. It gives relief moro quickly and always does its work, Joshua Zimmermau, Wethered- ville, Md. Chrouie coughers ‘ are bores to the com- munity and should bo forced to use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. ——— How Phillips Brooks Swore. Oliver Wendell Holmes went fishing one day says the New York Truth, and while he was patiently sitting dangling the tine and hook, temptingly baited. over the side of the boat, and talking to the old salt, who was spinning him many a yarn, was surprised when the man said tohim in the most earnest way, that “Phillips Brooks swears.” Yes, sir,” he continued. *‘I had him out in this very boat last week, and he caught a whopping big fellow with that small line ther Just as he nearly got itin the boat it broke off. I was awful excited, and I said to him: “*You were d—d near catching the biggest Ash of the season.’ nd he said sort of sorrowful to me: *Yes, Joe, thut’s so,” *“When I come to_think who he was, 1 tell yer I was surprised at his swearing, BITS OF WIT AND WISDOM. Some Important Traths and Valuable In- formation in Pleasant Doses, PRESERVING THE BALLET'S PURITY. The Day After Christmas—During the Run—A Bachelor's Practical View —By a Typographical Error ~Papier Mache, We Minister's wife looking up from the paper) — **The ideal " A minister in Michigan has | broughta bill of $500 against an estato for preaching the funeral_sermon of weilthy citizen there. What in the world did he make sucha charge tor?? Good mini; y ume it was tosat New York Drake's tens are the most stylish of bird: Guzzam—"How s0? “They wear swallow-tails,” The Day After. Ruffalo Express. His many friends remembered him With pr wland great. The Chr is aud holly sprigs p yuld earn, “ont favor cost ANl in His Pharmaceutic: some pills for sore eyes? Clerk—Yes; these aresaid to be excel- lent for sore eyes. Customer—How do T take ‘em? Clerk—Two every four hours. Customer uraing from the front of the stor ten minutes or hola- ing a red bandana to a watering eve)— Sece herel The doctor that thinks a fel- 1. n keep two of them pills in his eye four hours must be zy: why don't he make the pesky things sothey’ll melt when you put 'ém in? A Mere Harpers Ba The maid was more than fair, The maid was more than sweet— She'd wealth of soft and golden hair, A smile that was discrect. Customer—Got 50, Bachelor. Her smile was all for me— A bachelor most odd And 1 tosay am very free Tloved thic ground she trod. And yet the mateh was balked, Because, good sir, or dam The ground ’pon whiich this maiden wallced Stood in some other’'s name, Gencrous Emulation. Chicago Tribune: “We will now,” said the preacher, “take up our usual Christmas collection for the poor. I vish to remind the congregation that I bly informed that vhe gamblers of this town have boasted they will outdo the churches more than two to one in charity this year, At the gambling in the block below the sum of $250 aised yesterday. he organist struck up ahymn, and when the collectors came back " with the baskets after making the rounds of the pews it was found that the indignant board of trade men in the audience had contributed enough to bring the collee- tion up to $500, A Typographical {Error. St. Joseph News: **Look here young man,” said the lately resigned conduc- tor to the railroad editor. “I've always treated you white, haven't 17" “You have,” And when I resigned the other day aidn't T tell you I'd worked for the com- pany twenty’ years?” “*1 believe so,”” **And yet this is the kind of a send-off you give me.” And he laid the last issue of the papor on the table and pointed to the notice of his retirement, which stated that he **had the company for twenty years.” apier Mach Chicago Tribune: They were st ing in front of a furniture and housc- fitting establishment on State looking at the display in the window “‘Stay out here a minute, Nance,” he said, *‘while I run in and ask ‘em some- osh all pancakes!” he “Recliect them ten cords o They'r ' L Look at the stick o'wood in that thar five fireplice, will you? They pay a dol- Jar'n a hall apiece fur ‘em, by gum! Man told me so himself! Clome on, Nuance!’ And he grapped her by the arm. “Cap,’ he said, halting a policeman, ‘“wher’s the nearest oyster s'loon?” Oharlie’s Courting, Mary M. Barues in Century, Young Charlie O'Neil eame to one day, And bashfully speaking he s “Youare older and wiser thin And by your advice I'll be led. Now tetl me how can [ the question propose o some pretty malden [ know? i anxious to marry, but The asking 1t puzzies me so. iy Tknow, not, because I told himmy thonghts, and u ho pleading a favor 50 sweet, jrlife without love is i field ih; all of wh Wh S0 happy he s I asked him i love prosperod so. He laughingly snswered, “The pieading's so nice, T'veasked Pre: lone woman who was passing down Jeflerson avenue to the Third street depot the other day suddenly observed a great big silver dol- lar lying on the sidewalk. She made a stoop fon it, but it ran off intoa hallway much to her surp nd consternation, She looking after it when a b peared, doffed his hat, and said: *“Scuse me, ma’am, but it was another duffer I S layin' for.” X You—you had a string to it?” she queried. “Yos'm,” : “And you fool people that way?" “Sometimes, ma'am. “Well, young man, all T_can thatif I had abootjack and a place to sit down, I’d pull a'string on you which you wouldn’t forget if you lived tobe as old as Methuselam?’ Detroit Free mation. “That's 1y hus o Interesting 1 Smith, Gray & Co’s an awful price this new pay the government for e seal they iil in Alaska,” said Mr. Wiggler. dollars; just think of it!” Ten dollars for every one?” asked Mrs. Wiggler, single one, never paid but three,” Is tnat all?” *Yes; it's a shame, too, the way the animals have been thinned out up there by the traders and poachers, and Idon’t know what all.” I suppose s0,” “Man up there from institution a little whil ain'tone now where thero n years ago.” The idea! 15 are seals now.’ “Well,” “Well, I thought 1'd kind of tell you about it, 80 you'd understand how I cimo to buy this “beautiful silver glove-but. toner for Christmas, instead of the seal- skin sack you spoke about,” The old company the Smithsonian ago says there were twenty e Moeris Flexible Flastic Dental Plate Na 5 % / How p!ainfio my mind are the scenes of As my recollection \ The soap-hettle hung on \ TheSmoke and H;eSm%lrle fi;na} N Have long: \ The use warne and fo my childh recallfi' e poles of my ood, , ihentfo view sswood) \ infancy Knew! 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