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Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-27
CHEAP TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
How to Put Girdle Around Mother
Earth at an Expense of Only $500.
rSpecfal Correspondence.1

How to Put Q Girdle Around Mother
Earth at an Expense of Only $500.
Especial Correspondence
OMAHA, Oct. 4.-Five or six years ago
read somewhere or other that one could
make the journey around the world
devoting an entire year to the undertaking
.-at an expense of about 81, 200, or, in other
words, that the feat could be accomplished
on an allowance of little less than eight
dollars a day.
The estimate seemed SO modest that ]
was almost tempted to Immediately break
loose from my commonplace surroundings
and venture FORTH from which purpose
was only deferred by the unfortunate cir
cumstance of their being a temporary
shortage in the treasury.
= Lately, however, have been looking
into the matter in detail, and 1 find my
authority Is away off. Inplace of $4,000 1t
is really only necessary that one have
trifie over $3.50.
OF course that amount won't admit Of
ones taking passage in the cabin nor OF
putting up at five dollar day hotels, nor
even Of laying In stock of clothes in
stdear old Lunnon." But it will carry one
right around Mother Earth.
And here followeth a plain statement Of
how the deed may be done.
The fare lsteerage) from New York to
London by any transatlantic line is twenty
dollars. For this you are furnished with
a bunk, eating and drinking utensils, food
and third class conveyance from Liverpool
to London. Time your departure from
New York so as to connect with one of the
"P. and O." steamers sailing from Eng
land to Japan.
You can get ticket from London to
Yokehama for a few shillings over eight
een poupds, or about ninety dollars
No matter bow carefully you may have
figured out your connection, it is more
than likely that you will have day or a
day and half in England. but as living is
cheap there your expenditure for three or
four meals and nights lodging can be
kept well within two dollars.
On your arrival at Yokohama it is pretty
certain that you will not find steamer
ready to start at once for San Francisco,
but even II your stay in the former city be
OF . weeks duration your expenses should
not exceed. say, six or eight dollars.
The rates Of passage from Japan to the
United States quoted by the different trans
pacific steamship lines vary considerably,
but yon may safely reckon on rate Of
e140 through to New York.
On reaching San Francisco you can start
at once for the east after laying in stock
of provisions sufficient to last for five days.
This need lot cost over four dollars.
Nnxv IN ey1yu m arixa.
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busy settling themselves for the night Utter
now but so much as a syllable and the entire
army with renewed cries and in the direst cong
fusion takes fight and seeks another part OF
the wood only to repeat the same performance.
/ have never as yet remained in a roost long
enough to ascertain whether or not the birds
became absolutely quiet. / have remained
until quite late, and on coming away could
hear them for some little distance after leaving
the roost and doubt exceedingly there is an
hour in the night when there is not more or
leo noise and confusion existing.
II might be well to add that these roosts are
occupied each succeeding winter the birds be-
ginning to congregate with the approach OF
cold weather and remaining until the milder
approaches of spring. E. NJ. II.
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A Big Chicken Ranch.

Port Townsend Special to Fort Worth Gazette
On the island which lies off this CITY in PUGET
sound is one of the largest chicken ranches in
the world This ranch Is the property of
George Hills, and occupies the entire island.
which Is about one thousand acres in extent
The ranch was started ten years ago with the
idea Of making little money by supplying the
adjacent cities with poultry, but il was soon
discovered that the place had excellent qualifi-
cations for such business and the proprietor
made preparations to go into it on a grand
scale. with the result that he now not only sup
plies the entire market in this state and Oregon
but sends large shipments of poultry to San
francisco and SacranIe MO, and Is even contem-
plating the shipment of poultry to New York
and other eastern cities
There are now on the ranch 90 600 chickens
10000 turkeys, 1000 geese, some being wild
ones, which have been raised in captivity and
bring much better prices for eating than the
tame varieties; 1000 ducks of all kinds and
pigeons Innumerable. Mr.. Hills has made the
study OF raising hne poultry his LIES object
and Is going very extensively into the breeding
OF large species, as well as those which are good
layers. Tie has as yet used no incubators, but
Is arranging to have a number of them at work
next year, and thinks he can thus greatly in
crease his output
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What He Told Him.

FROM the Detroit Tree Press.
Reginald Marston had been talking with Miss
Alexander for at least two hours on the piazza
where Fred Wheelington had presented him to
the heiress. All his best powers had been ex-
erted to please her and it was quite evident
that he was more than successful As Wheel
ington came out at IL o'clock into the fragrant
summer air OF the night Marston arose to 60
Not yet, hope" said Miss Alexander de-
tainingly.
Yes, 1 have stayed too long already"
Marston almost whispered, as he took her
hand.
With short good night to both he left Miss
alexander and Washington on the piazza.
Washington took the chair Marston had va
Gated, and with the familiarity of an old friend
drew 1t nearer that of the young woman.
nat have you been saying of me to Mr..
Marston!' she began impulslvely
Not great deal OF a complimentary char
acter, he replied, banteringly. There isn't
much to say. don't you know
"Oh, OF course not" she laughed; but Won
must have said some thing" she insisted, ..for /
never saw a man SO earnest SO honest SO per-
slstent IN finding In one all the graces of Woman
kind. He did II so gracefully and SO charm-
ngly. too, that really have quite fallen in love
with him"
Washington coughed significantly and
laughed
.'Indeed?' he said, briefly.
zen ine, sne urged, now that's q real nice
big brother" and she took his hand caressinely
In hers
But didn't tell him anything" he in
sisted, without making any violent effort to
take Ills hand away from hers. That is" he
said after a moment. mot much"
On, but 1t must have been a great deal"
No. II was only a word or two"
'Pshaw, she exclaimed, snatchine her hand
from his. you couldn't tell him anything
about me In word or two which could possibly
have had any influence upon him."
1T seems, however, my dear Miss Alexander,
that did, ;" he said exasperatingly.
She jumped up from her chair and walked
across the piazza, where she stood against the
rail pulling honeysuckle to pieces.
How perfectly idiotic," she exclaimed.
throwing the flower to the floor. "Whai
was it!'
Il told him you were very rich"
She crushed the flower under her foot and
went into the house.
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Human Beings i'm the Mammoth Age.

Vienna Dispatch TO the LONDON Standard.
Near Brunn, the capital of Moravia, impor-
tant discoveries of prehistoric remains have
been made which are likely to attract the
attention of palaontologists all over the globe.
As canal was being dug, four and half
skulls were brought to light of dolicho-cepha-
lous dong headed) character, and of an exceed
ingly low state of development. The same
place contained bones and teeth OF mammoth
rhinoceros and reindeer. Close TO the skulls
Law more than 500 fossil snails several calcinous
stones with holes in the middle. a rude figure
cut out OF mammoth's tooth with q hole run
ming through the middle. This discovery is
the first OF the kind in Austria, and is highly
important from being proof that there were
human beings in the mammoth period.
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Ainerica's Biggest Hotel.
From the Boston Close.
Here . a steam hip tale:

rom the Boston Glo1e.
Heres steamship tale;
Coming across last time there was on board .
middle-aged Scotchman, for many years resi-.
dent in the states, but who had been a year
visiting his relatives in Scotland He was ex-
asperatingly well informed. too. regarding
everything American. a. had ample evidence
but the year he had been away was ''all nv
own"
So after couple Of mild yarns. started In
one night after dinner. not addressing him. q
course, but friend, with whom exchanged .
ponderous wink.
''smi,hers." quoth /, 'hsvc you heard Of the
San Jacintog'
NO. said he. What's il like"
Why. it's that new big hotel out in Califor.
mia, said l. dining room 400 feet long
kitchen ditto-immense distances walters all
on nuiseless roller skates-palatial affair,
ratified on.
threw 4 glance at the Sco,chman. He
fairly bristled with an odd look OF disbelief
lie hadn't heard of IL, Of course. but didn'e
have nerve enough TO break in being uncer-
tain where the fact stopped and fancy began.
Most unique thing In whole establishment,
though, is the truly epicurean service. Clis
mate Is wonderful there. you know. and right
outside dining hail in a courtyard are two beau
tlful pools. one salt water and one fresh stocked
with about all the fish YOU find in either. When
You walk in in the morning head waiter meets
you with a silver salyer and . silken scoop
net"
What will you have this morning." says be,
"A little trout, sea bass, mackerell tossing in
q few bits of biscuit"
Just give me that pickerel over there" you
say. deft swish OF the net, little founder
ing, and the salycr disappears kitchenward.
You walk in, sit down, nibble hot roll and
sip your coffee slowly, meanwhile glsncing
over the papers.
Ten minutes elapse and . waiter comes
swiftly sklmnang up tine long vista He stops
at your table. You lift the cover. There lies
your pickerel, done TO a turn"
by this time man on my right had caught
on. He heayed sigh. and said:
Yes. that's 80. Dreadful expensive, though.
But wasn't the revolving yeranda n beauty
Thus encouraged I sailed in again.
But the most wonderful thing Of all are the
musical soup plates. Fact! Made In Europe
some where--perfecty unique and original
nothing like them anywhere
The Scotchman couldn't suppress the snort
OF Incredibly he now gave.
Greatchance for nice discrimination, II vent
on You see, they play different tunes and
one day they made a blunder and the Chicago
got Annie Rooney, and there was an awful
row."
But now I had an experienced ally In the
usually veracious captain, who came into the
conversation with: Yes that's q fact sbouo
those Antwerp plates. They were brought over
In this very vessel, and 1 remember them we'll
because OF the terrible time they bad getting
through the custom house"
"les, said. that's a wonderful place, the
San Jacinto-something that every one ought
to see-nothing ever Ike it before"
well, said the Scotchman solemnly, sTm
glad you liked the place % well l built L."
The crowd collapsed.
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FROM the New ork sun.
''In its earlier days." said the old '49er,
'Dream Gulch was full of bad men. The
stranger who went there to view its natural
beauties was apt to carry away a livelier i'm
preston Of the inhabitants than Of the scenery.
A committee waited upon each new conner and
extended to him the Inequalities of the camp.
In other words, they invited him to take a
drink, and this meant u drink at each Of the
twelve saloons in the Gulch. Perhaps the
stranger didn't want to drink, but that was a
matter of no concern to the committee.
"There appeared one day in the shanty that
served as hotel a stranger, who registered as
Nathan Slocum, Jasontown Junction, N. j.
Mr.. Slocum was tall; he had long gray beard,
wore spectacles. and was sedate in bearing.
He begged to be excused when the committee
called. but the committee insisted.
AT each of the places visited the strangers
unwillingness to drink and his drinking under
compulsion afforded some Amusement to the
crowd, but he didn't begin to furnish the diver
sion that had been expected of him, and al
times his calmness was almost depressing.
Apparently the Gulch whisky had no effect upon
HIM. He kept on steadily until they came to
the last of the saloons, the Grizzly Bear Casino.
There, with that appearance Of reluctance
which had characterized him throughout he
took his twelfth drink. An instant later lie
stood with his back to the bar and the Casino
was in an uproar. With a single blow of sur
pTlslNS suuuenlesS anu suTpasslHS power Tue
stranger had knocked the chairman half way
across the room.
They came at him from the front and from
both sides. but the stranger present to @
very extraordinary degree. Knocking down
men seemed to be just fun for him. After
knocking down seven men singiy he foored
two at once. Hall minute later he performed
| the amazing feat of knocking out four men al
once, using both hands and both feet all at the
same time. At this critical moment when al
his forces were engaged, and when for an in
| slant OF time he had no reserves whatever witt
which to defend himself against attack from 6
new quarter, a spry little man in front made {
grab at his long gray beard. He got it, but il
came off at touch, revealing the rugged
features of Big Bill Belten. the Terror of Devil
Claw Canon.
1T was just little lark of Bills, but in on,
| respect at least, it led to q permanent
reformation in the manners Of the Gulch.
set the bad men to thinking, and when they hat
reflected upon the dangers of making mistake
and had considered the subject generally il
all Its bearings, they came to the conclusion
that 1t wasn't exactly square deal to max
| game OF a stranger"
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HOW A BAROMETER GOT FOOLED
On Ordinary Occasions 1t Worked All Right,
but This Time 1t Acted Queer.

On Ordinary Occasions 1t Worked All Right,
but This Time 1t Acted Queer.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There was a lean. long, lank, white man
sitting on box of meatat the end Of the depot
platform. and, as 1 walked up and down, l
noticed him rubbing his left leg.
"Rheumatism?' asked as l stopped before
him.
mo, not exactly" he replied, as he rubbed
away. Fact is, We are gwine to have rain by
tomorrer noon"
"How can you tell?"
See thar'?" he replied, as he pulled up his
trousers leg and displayed an old scar. Reckon
you don't know what made that?"
"Looks to me like bullet wound"
you've hit it right, stranger. I got that
at Appomattox jist befo' the surrender and I've
bin llmpin since"
'And what has that old wound to do with the
weather.
Heaps sab. It's nv barometer; when the
weather's gwine to change fur the wuss this old
scar begins to itch and take on and let me know
ali about it. Gwine to have rain befo' twenty
four hours, sah.'
The weather looks settled"
Can help that, sab. I'd bet dozen nevis
agin chaw of terbacker it will rain by noon to-
morrer It never went back on me but once"
when vas that?'
in Charleston, few years ago. was up
thar to see my old mother, and one day, along
after dinner. l felt some mighty Gurus sensa-
lions in that leg. The weather looked all
right, but says TO mother:
Mother. we re gwiue to have a big change
afore tomorrer Mebbe thar's a hurricane
comm. Better take in your clothes line and
see that your winders are fast
''Shoo. SAYS mother in reply. THAT ere
leg o yourn may tell all about the weather up
In Kentucky, but 1t amt with nothin' down
yere; you jest go long with your signs
But that leg kept acting up, and /
knowed we was in fur a change. Fust it would
itch; then pains would streak up and down;
then I'd feel a crinkly feelin' clean up to INV
knee and down to my toes. Iknowed it, sab
knowed thar was powerful change comm
About shutdown L felt suah it rain. Afore
dark I'd have bet all was with it was rama
reg lar ole second flood comm. That's whar'
got fooled, but it was the only time"
Didn't it rain?'
"Nary drop"
.'Nor Blow"
"Nary puff"
But what did it do?"
why. tarnal earthquake cum along and
SHOOK ABOUT hail the town down, as you may
remember. No wonder felt them Gurus sireaks
and pains and flashes That leg was ali right
on snow, rain, wind, hot and cold waves. but
that was the fust time she had ever struck an
airthquake and she didn't know Just how to
act"
Does it give out any earthquaky signals this
Nary one. See She's turned sorter blue
around the aiges and she wants to be rubbed
with splinter. That means rain. Wind'lI
chop to southwest tonight and cloud up and be-
fore noon tomOrrer shell be pourin'"
AT noon next day l was at a town twelve
niles away and the way it did pour down from
that hour until shutdown kept everybody within
doors.
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4 fVII VIC I~eWIstOn EVennK JOurua.
While treasurer Of the Maine Central Mr..
Linscott always made his own bank deposits,
taking the immense amounts in bills wrapped
In a newspaper under his arm as he roce up
town on q street car
why does that old gentleman carry up that
loaf Of bread every day?' on one occasion in
quired the conductor
The value of the loaf Of bread was probably
not far from $4,000
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he was profoundly interested in writing q

he was profoundly Interested In writing Q
letter.
Weren't You up to see your girl last night"
asked the man ne 1t to him.
Yes. I'm writing TO her father now"
THAT so2 Asking him for herr"
''No. Asking him for my overcoat and haa
Detroit Free Press.
The reporter had been interviewing the walk
ing delegate at considerable length. Finally hs
inquired:
do you believe in iabor-saving machinss7"
'No, sir, was the emphatic response.
mot even in the domain of the household?"
The W. ID. hesitated q moment for Thought
"Well, !" he said at last, IL suppose . man
might have . wife"-Deron Free fress.
II didn't know that Mrs. Duttou vss desf.~
'Oh. thats something new; gusss shes try.
ing to marry on her daushtera"-G u. Hey.
aid
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Written for The Evening Star.

VERY FALL, BEGIN
ming about the middle
OF October, if one looks
skyward about 4 or 3 in
the afternoon. scattered
companies of crows may
be seen winginS their
way in a westerly direc-
ton: if a few miles west
of Washington this
fight will be found to
he in an easterly direc-
ton: if north, in a
Ifraaffnn and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06
WITH GAUZY WINGS.
How the Problem of Aerial Naviga.
ton May Be Solved.
STUDYING INSECT FLIGHT.
Mr.. Maybridge Proposes to Bring His Bat
teries of Cameras to Bear on the Minute
Creatures Of the Air-what 10 Hoped From
the Proposed Experiments.
r WOULD SEEM AS

T WOULD SEEM AS
though the main en-
ergies Of modern scien-
tific inventors h av Q
been turned more gen.
orally to the solution Of
the long-delayed prob
lem Of aerial naviga-
ton than to any other
object. The perfection
Of surface travel. the
application Of steam
o n d electricity an d
their combinations to
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euExrn ECENTLY THE EN-.

ECENlLf THE EN-
ployes of the Interior
Department have be-
gun to make a familiar
acquaintance with Dis
cipline, which, In this
case. ought to be spelled
with a large d. Not
that 1t is meant to be
inferred that there has
been a lack Of system in
the Interior Depart
ment and the employees
have been allowed to
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had their desks. The committee decided to be-
gin with the upper floor, and ascending the
stairs they reached tine door Of the room. On
looking in they found, instead Of q group Of
hard-worked clerks. nothing but collection
OF desks. Not a clerk was in sight
where are all the clerks?' was the aston
ished inquiry made to colored messenger, who
was the only employe in sight.
"Deyse all gone to de races" promptly.re-
sponded the messenger.
Then one of the members Of the committee,
recollecting the personnel Of the delegation
which called upon them at the Capitol, in
quired:
where is Mr.. Smithson of the Foundry
church, Has he gone TO the races?''
"Oh. no, sab. said the messenger, "but he
never comes to the office on race days, because
he knows none Of the other clerks will be
here"
But where is Rev. Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
another member. Il hope" he added with
races"
well, you see, sah," exclaimed the messen-
ger, the Reverend Lipscomb lives across the
river and he never comes in on race days"
The committee made no further inquiries
and it is needless to say that the bill for
the relief OF overworked clerks was not intro
duced.
CLERKS WITH INFLUENCE.
During the war and afterward the public
business increased enormously and the civil
service grew larger and larger. As the necessi-
ties OF handling the public business became
more pressing measures were adopted for COM
polling greater diligence on the part of the
clerks. The rules adopted had particular refer
ence to punctuality, and efforts were made to
persuade the clerks to observe office hours.
these efforts met with indifferent success.
Sometimes the records were correct and some
times they were not and then there were
great many clerks who seemed to be in
dependent of authority. When it came to
q question of which was the bigger man,
the clerk or the head of the bureau, the
chances were that the clerk would demonstrate
that politically he was the superior. The same
anomaly is not unknown at the present day,
although the examples are neither as many nor
as prominent as was once the case. However,
with the decay Of mere "fluence'' in the de-
partment service it was found possible to carry
into effect rules regulating the conduct Of
clerks The system just inaugurated is per-
haps the most elaborate ever devised and it
Will be interesting to know how it will work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06

New York man who was liberated from q
hospital q few days ago danced 80 violently for
Joy that he burst blood vessel and died.
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A BIG CROW ROOST.
Where the Birds Make Their Home
in the Winter.
THOUSANDS GATHER THERE.

They Leave in the Morning. Fly Miles to
Their Various Feeding Grounds and Re
turn at Night, Making the Hills Black with
Their Numbers.
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In Chicago.

From Life.
stranger-"Whose little girl are you2'
Florence-'Im papas little girl"
Stranger-'Audwh why aren't you mamas little
girl?'
Florence-'Cause the decree gave me to
papa"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06

Remedy for the Grippe Cough.
Take small and frequent doses Of Kemp's Balsaz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06
WORKING BY RULE.
How the Department Clerks Record
is to Be Kept.
MEMORIES OF OLD TIMES.

Daily Life of the Government Employe-No
Sinecures NOw-The Days When Clerks Used
to Follow Their Own Inclinations-The
Merit System.
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THE GREAT SUCCESS

n or the genuine imported
~ Johann Hon's Malt Extract 40
~ q tonic nutritive has caused Q
crowd of fraudulent imitators
to come into the market. Be
n ware Of them! The genuine
ss has the signature of Johann
aoff' on the neck of every
bottle.
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THE SPEED OF A IRIS WING.

''The highest rate Of vibration claimed for .
ny by any scientist 10 500 second, and be-
lieve this to be the maximum Of possibility. /
do not think that 1t il much above 10O, the
figure accepted By Helmholts. At 500 the dy's
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-24
DOLLS, TOYS AND GAMES.

HAYDEN a. CHESTER, PINE STREET.
II Proyidence. u. Toys, Games. Noysitiesii ycsdittioi
Supplies at wholesale. Full limo OF nrst-class
fireworks.