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EXPLORER BY INSTINCT.
Some OF the Earlier and Less Famed
Jonrnexs of Columbus.

Besides the mental labors of Column
bus in early life in chartography, so
favorable to an intellectual develop
ment of which the influences were
brightly apparent everywhere around
him, he repeatedly engaged in prac-
teal voyages, thereby gaining expert
ence and training in the art and Office
of an accomplished navigator. Thus
he sailed up To the extreme north and
down to the southern limits of the
LANDS then known, visiting Guinea and
Iceland
The scientific purpose of all these
voyages is found fully set forth in the
notes written by Coluul BUS himself,
liability of the various zones of the
planet far beyond the bounds then AS
signed by popular superstition to the
existence of human life.
81 sailed" he said, according to a
writer in the Century, lin the year
1477, in the month of February, a hun
dred leagues beyond Thule island,
whereof the austral part is distant sew
enty-three degrees from the equinoctial
and not sixty-three, as some say, and
il is not within the line which bounds
the occident, as Ptoie-ny says, but is
much further to the westward; and 10
this island, which is as largo as Eng
land, go the Englishmen with wares,
especially those of Bristol; and at the
time when | was there the sea was not
concealed, but there were very great
tides, so much SO that in some places
they rose twice in the day twenty-five
fathoms in height and fell as much"
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lie Downed the Lawyer.

The old practice Of badgering wit
nesses has almost disappeared from
many courts; but in western Kansas
town it is still kept up-sometimes,
however. 20 the damage of the cross
examiner. Lawyer - Is well
know for his uncomely habits He cut
his hair about four times year. arr
the rest Of the time looks decide y
ragged about the ears. lie was MAX
ing witness describe a barn, which
figured in his last case. How 'ong
had this barn been built?' ''Ol.
don't know. About a year. mehby.
About nine months. p'rapS." But
just how long2 Tell the jury how Long
it had been built" well, l don't
know exactly. Quite while Now.
Mr.. R., you pass for an intelligent
farmer. and yet you can't tell how old
this barn Is; and you have lived on the
next farm for ten years Can you tell
how old your own house is? Come.
now. tell US how old your own house
Is. II you think you know" Quick as
lightning the old farmer replied: ''Ye
want to know how old my house is, do
We? Well. it's Just about as old as you
be. and needs shinglin' about as baev'
In the roar that followed, the witness
stepped down. and wss not esllsd
back.
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aunt AID now ye- uncie." The new
conner was policeman. From his
pocket he produced a pair of hand
cuffs and put them on my unresisting
wrists. Then found my voice
"What are You Handwriting me fOr2"
I demanded. There's the thief"
'Gammon.~ said he. grinning.
"Why, YOU fool, there's the prop
ertv." said l. He looked and saw the
earrings lying on the ground by Uncle
PofTkins An expression of bewilder-
ment Ovcrspread the officers face as,
cropping again IN his pockets. he
brought forth a pair of earrings. Then,
gazing at the pair in his hand to the
other pair on the ground, lac CALCULATED
softly. and, to my ears. at least, mys-
teriously:
These earrings in my and was
found in your drawer, young man,
wrapped in cotton wool 'Ow do you
account for that?" Those on the
ground" retorted. "were found in Mr..
PofTkins' pocket. How do Won account
for that?r lie shook his head sadly.
/ Then he suddenly frightened up. He
/ had an idea He produced another
/ pair of handouts, clapped them on my
| uncle's hands and cried cheerfully:
I've can't be wrong now. can WEI
/ March, So Uncle Poffkins and
marched, the policeman between us,
/ with a mold on each of our collars, and
in this predicament we were presented
to Aunt Pofflxins, to Dora and to the
/ hOusemaid. The housemaid giggled
eonsumedly. for which under the cir
/ cumstances one could hardly blame
her. Aunt POffkins experienced a re
lapse. and Dora alone was equal to the
situation She made us sit down, and
gave Us each glass Of sherry. Then
the determinations began. Uncle Poff'
lSins declared his earrings were not the
/ stolen pair. Distressed at my aunt's
sorrow. he had gone To the jewellers
and bought her a similar pair They
cost eighty guineas- The struggle
| had witnessed was between love and
| economy. not honesty and crime.
l swore that the earrings found il
my bureau had not been placed there
/ by me.
And you are both quite right.
said Dora "Uncle's earrings are
not the stolen ones Tom, do yor
remember having the toOthache?'
1t was clear to me in a moment
had asked for cotton wool. hac
been directed to my aunt's jewe
box and from it grabbed large hand
full and carried it To my room. Then. or
reflection, Ihad tried brandy instead Of
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Lynch Law Among Rats

In the neighborhood of Burley the
other day a gentleman looking over a
wall saw a dead hen in the field. Pres
emily a rat ran mp. snuffed at the de-
funct fowl with much satisfaction and
went away in some haste. The on
locker, who is a student of natural
history, knew what that meant and re-
noved the hen from the spot. In n
minute or two the rat came back with
a half-dozen friends with the evident
intention of removing the carcass for
future use. Arriving at the spot where
the fowl had lain the rat raised loud
squeak of establishment at its absence.
In a trice the other rats fell upon him
so savagely that they left him dead on
the field as warning not to play prac-
teal jokes with his friends.-Leeds
tEng.) Post.
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COLUMBUS VESSELS.
The Flagship Santa Maria-How She w
Built aud Equipped.

The Flagship Santa Maria-How She Was
Built and Equipped.
The Santa Maria was the largest of
the three vessels in the little fleet of
Columbus. A reproduction of this YES
sci was launched at Carraca, Spain,
June %, 1892. and her appearance at
the time is shown in the accompanying
cut.
This vessel was built at the expense
of the Spanish government at the ar
senal of Carraca, sixty-three days be-
ing taken for the construction of the
vessel. under the direction of Engineer
leopold Puente, of Will1e Her length
between perpendiculars is %. 60 meters;
length over all, %. 10 meters; extreme
beam, Q. SO meters. The hull weighs
1877 tons; il has five decks and main
mast, foremost. mizzenmast and bow
spirit. The armament consists of six
faiconets and two lombards, the latter
being on the main deck.
The Spanish committee having the
matter in charge made careful exami-
nations of all obtainable data To insure
that the three vessels reproduced by
| them should be in every detail which
could be definitely determined exact
copies of the original Columb bus vessels.
In connection with this subject a
Madrid periodical says:
"A great deal of data of very varied
character has been obtained. but moth
ing that would give the exact details
sought, because. doubtless, the vessels
II that time varied greatly, not only in
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READING CHARACTER.
The Best Place for the study Is "A Rail-
way Train.


"a railway train is the best place in
the world to study character" said a
gentlenar at the Lindell recently.
''What man of good habits OF observa-
tic can not learn about the character
and disposition % q fellow traveller dur
ing railway journey of one thousand
miles is not worth knowing. Women
especially throw off the conventional
mask and appear just what they are.
During my last trip from New York TO
st. Louis mad for travelling companions
an invalid woman and her three clil-
dren. Now, a female invalid is my Dete
noir and children my abomiuation.
When learned that the Quartet would
make the through trip in he Pullman I
felt inclined to wait and take the next
train. Well, sir. it was the pleasantest
trip.I ever made. That woman was tho
queen of the ear from the time we left
New York until we rolled into the union
depot in St Louis. The passengers,
conductors and portert We'd with each
other in waiting upon her and fairly
fought for the privilege Of amusing her
children. Although suffering acute
pain she was veritable sunbeam and
her long, weary journey was a
triumphal procession. She made every
man hat met her think better IF
womanlzind and better of himself An
hour in her society was worth a term IN
college and hundred sermons. In
travelling one meets any number of
prudes and fiirts but few true women
who understand the art of being era.
cious without becoming familiar st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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TWO GREAT REMEDIES.

The human citadel is open to attacks
from two sources and aside from accidents
these two are the avenues from which all
Of the maladies that afflict the race spring.
The first of these are what is known as
the excretorv organS-the lungs, the kid
neyS and the skin. These suffer from
congestion which takes the form of colds.
Starting from what is called cold the
maladies that result are wide spread rang
ing from a cough to consumption. They
attack all ages and all stations. No one
is free from these troubles. There is,
however, a remedy that is a safeguard.
This Is REID'S GERMAN COUGH
AND KIDNEY CURE. 1t contains no
poison, and il will heal any form of lung
trouble or any malady that arises from
cold. The other class of disease arise
from arrangement Of the digestive organs
and result in constipation. When the
bowels do not act the stomach soon refuses
70 digest the food and we arc troubled
with Indigestion and long train of dis
orders that embrace a large range of mala-
dies. THE LAXATIVE GUM DROPS
will correct any difficulty Of this sort.
They contain nothing deleteriouS, but are
safe and pleasant Get them Of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, Ill.
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Draping a Plano.

The back of a piano, which is now
generally exposed to the front of he
room, is an ugly object which must be
concealed by some method of drapery.
II is to be regretted that manufacturers
do not finish off the backs of their mp
right pianos in manner which will
render them less unsightly objects.
Every lover of music knows that a
great deal of the quality of the voice
is lost in singing against wall, and
for this re- son it Is very desirable that
the back of the piano should face the
open part of the room. A single dec
orative curtain strung on a rod is a
good arrangement Where it is not de-
sirable to use curtain, the top of the
piano only may be draped and lounge
with a high back placed against 1T,
though this is rather an awkward way
of solving this problem, and some ar
rangement of curtain on a crane or
rod is much more desirable.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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THE WIFE OF COLUMBUS.
She Was a Member of "a Noble Italo-Por-
tugnese Family.

Columbus allied himself by marriage
with an Italo- Portuguese family. She
whom he was to choose and take to
wife was named Felipa Muniz PEREZ
trello.
She belonged to a noble house asso-
ciated with Dom Henry, of Ariz, in his
explorations and discoveries as well be-
cause of their family station as by the
grace of the infante.
Laws like those which in chemistry
govern the affinity Of combining atoms,
in social intercourse produce personal
aHnities. The greatest of ali discover
ers was himself destined TO wed the
daughter of discoverer.
Columbus often went to mass on Sun
days and other obligatory days. His
residence in Lisbon being near the con-
vent of All Saints. he resorted thither
to perform his devotions, and in his as
siduous attendance there it was his
fate to be attracted by Dona Felipa
Muniz until he sought and obtained
her in marriage.
The affection of Columbus for the
young Lusitanian doubtless possessed
practical features also in view Of the
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his son Diego in the monastery of Las
Cuevas.
In 1886 they were exhumed-those of
father and son-aud transported across
the Atlantic TO the island of San Do
mingo. which had been named by Co
lumbus Hispauiola and was the princi-
pal settlement of his own discoveries
in his own time.
In 1896, after the cession of San Do
mingo to the French, they were again
dug up and placed in the cathedral of
Havana. There they now repOse under
peculiar monument. There is a claim
that the real remains were not re-
moved.
There would be poetic justice in
placing the tomb of Column bus in San
Domingo. the island with which his
greatest activity as a discoverer is as
ISOLATED, and the place where with the
timbers of his wrecked flagship he
built the first European habitation in
America. The chains placed on him by
Bobadilla during his imprisonment,
and which he declared should be re-
moved by no less authority than that
of his royal master and mistress, he
kept in his study afterwards as a mem
orial and ordered that they should be
buried with him
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TIE COMING HOME.

Hearing a mother say sThe children vii
on D. home fral vacation. and / dread H. r.
nlie ne wish % say g every parent "Don'ti'
The long vacation all Is a'cr-
EAeT're coming home from Uouut and shore.
They drop the gun the rat. che olr.
20 grasp again the hook and peus
Dear little maids and little men
U bid them welcome home.
Tor Imply on rhesr cheeks s. fair
They lrluc "a rlglF from mountain afr.
Ard IN their egS what sheen Is there.
White thr fran arm. on tt5randrss.s farms
las gained q new AMI rounded charm
ProJ ily di-Tl l5cd at home
Ard q the treasures tat they bring,
And o she pleasure ihEt f.av sing
The mem fond Il everything.
Ss,1h tErsugh TIE year the .r hearts Hiii cheer
3eEuiluE mauy an hour else dE.ar,
III EeEt vacation cone
} fathers fond. azI mothers dear.
Ut nos the tWice-toli tales YOU hear
Sail or a vexed. uuWIl,iaE ear!
30 not The Iels- in mem RS feast.
when childish lvs Tor them have ceased.
May BE- Cd cUu3iug home
Ann Ii L Lear, 30 Christian ~ Work
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THE SANTA MARIA.

of Juan de la Casa Columbus pilot.
From his drawings and the descriptions
of the days runs in the part marked
incidents of Columbus log" it is as
certained that these vessels had two
sets of sails, latecns for sailing with
bowlines hauled, aud with lines for
sailing before the wind.
The same lateens serve for this double
object, in bending The sails half way
and hosting them like yards by means
of top ropes. Instead of having tho
points now used for reefng, these sails
had bands of canvas called bowlines,
which were unfastened when it was
necessary to diminish the sails
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How to Train children

Be very vigilant over thy child in the
April OF his understanding, lest the
frOsts of May nip his blossoms. While
he is a tender twig. straighten him;
whilst he is new vessel, season him:
such as thou malIest him. such COM
monty shalt thou find him. Let his
first lesson be obedience, and tie sec
ond shall be what thou wilt. Give him
education in good letters. to the utmost
of thy ability and capacity Season
his youth with the love of his Creator.
and make the fear of his God the be-
ginning of his knowledge. If he have
an active spirit, rather rectify than
curb il; but reckon idleness among the
chiefest faults. As his Judgment
ripens, observe his inclina ton and ten
der him "a calling that shall not cross
it Forced marriages and callings sell
dom prosper. Show him both the NOW
and the pillow, and prepare him as well
for the danger of the skirmish as pos
sess him with the honor of the prize
Quarles.
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the form of their bulls, but also in their
rigging, as will be seen by an examine
ton of the engravings and paintings of
the fifteenth century, and as there was
no ship that could bear the generic
name of 'caravel, great confusion was
caused when the attempt was made to
state, with a scientific certainty, what
the caravels were"
The word '.caravel" comes from the
Italian car bella; and with this
ethnology it is safe to suppose that the
name was applied to those vessels on
accountof the grace and beauty of their
form, and finally was applied to the
light vessels which went ahead of the
fleets as dispatch boats. Nevertheless,
we think we have very authentic data,
perhaps all that is reliable, in the letter
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sailors desire 20 live for the realiza-
ton in his ripper age of the work al
ready fully planned in the latter years
of his exuberant youth. Moreover,
crediting his contemporaries as we
should, the Incompatible pilot dis
played two traits capable of turning
the head will not say of Dona Felipa
but of every woman-eloquence and
personal attractiveness.
His many graces captivated her
senses, his eloquence her mind. Felipa
Mr. niz, daughter of Philippine Pere-
trollo, and Christopher Columbus were
m ade one. in conformity with religion
and law, in holy in dissoluble wedlocS.
il the year 1471. The year following
their union son was born to them
" no was baptized in Lisbon and named
Diego
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COLUMBUS DEATH.
He Expired ROBBED in the somber Habit
of "A Franciscan.

He Expired ROBBED In the SomDer HaDit
of Franciscan.
The great world-hnder, to whose
memory much honor is due and given,
was in his time variously known as
Christopher Columbus, Cristobal Colon
and Christophoro Colombo. Colon is
the one which appears on the inner lid
of the small leaden case which contains
all that now is left of the mortal part
of the great navigator.
He, worn out with age, hard work
and bad treatment, died on May 20,
1906, at the age of seventy, and was
buried at Valladolid, in Spain.
The Feast of the Ascension was the
day of his death; and he died robed in
Franciscan habit, as his beloved
queen and protector had done.
The cold and heartless Ferdinand
gave Columbus a grand funeral, think
ing to do himself honor by it, and
seven years afterwards he reared TO
Columbus n marble tomb, whose in
scription has since become famous,
both for itself and the memory of him
who lay beneath.
His remains were afterwards taken
to Seville and placed with the body of
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In the generally accepted historical
pictures he is represented as possessed
If mustaehe and pointed beard
At thirty his hair was quite gray. He
was temperate in eating, drinking and
iress, and so strict in religious matters
that for fasting and saying all divine
offices he might be thought professor
IN some religious order.
Notwithstanding ali lie has done for
This country some American writers
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A conductor with a Heart.

There is a street car conductor in
this city who deserves a medal of value
unlimited He has a heart so big that il
envelopes all the poor children on the
East side with kindly sympathy. He
runs a Belt line ear, and almost every
warm afternoon he carries severa
loads of children down to the wharve.
and the battery, where they sit or run
about for honrs, getting such benefit
as they can from the cooling breezes
off the water. The children range ir
age from fourteen years down to one
year. They all know big Frank,
and they willswait patiently in the hot
sun half an hour or an hour for his cal
to come along. He helps them on anc
off the ar with the tenderness of {
mother, alling each one by name anc
frequen- y sending cheering messages
to some iek ones at home. Not infre
quently does re silently press a coiT
at parting into the hand of this child OF
that whom he knows to be wretchedly
poor and in need of food.-N. Y. sun.
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Columbus. second yoyage

The Oldest record of Columbus sec
ond voyage to America, which occu
pied the time between September, 1893
and June, 1894 is a manuscript of the
middle of the sixteenth century in the
Academy of History at Madrid. IL i:
the narrative of DR. Chanca, the physi
clan of the expedition
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COLUMBUS


Columbus. guiding star,
Through trackless seas afar,
To where there lay
A continent unknown.
Reserved for freedoms own,
With darkness overthrown,
The world new day
Through grand. triumphal arch
He led the onward march
OF this new age;
Here IN this new found land.
Which stores OF wealth command.
Inspired TO purpose grand
Beyond presage.
To commerce he gave wings.
To realms of science swings
An open door.
He broke the old worlds chains.
And linked the new domains,
With progress which remains
Forcyermore.
His faith such deeds hath wrought
AS are with grandeur fraught
To men inspire.
Cut loose from ages past.
To future he held fast,
Nailed Cross 20 topmost mast
To lift man higher.
-Four hundred years have sped,
Since he the vanguard led
To our new coasts;
Inustrious his name,
With still increasing fame,
To whom, ia glad acclaim,
Join our great hosts.
Rev J. b. Smith, ID. d., in Christian Il
rer
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PORTRAITS OF COLUMBUS.

they Are Almost Numerous as the
sands by the Seashore.
The numerous portraits of Columbus,
presenting such wide extremes of APP
oearance as to seem absurd, yet have
enough features in common to provide
rood material for creating a mental
picture of Columbus. In person he
was tall and shapely, long-faced and
iquiline, andha very pale gray eyes. Ia
Early life his complexion was very Are
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Mrs. John W. Foster, wife of the
secretary of state, is an intimate friend
of Mrs Harrison. and will fill her new
position with grace and dignity. She
is rather short. of somewhat full figure,
has a pleasant face and unobtrusive
manners. Her maiden name was Mary
Parke Mcpherson. and she first met
Mr. Foster at her home in Salem. Ind. i,
when she was ten years old. She lays
no claim to great learning. but she is a
good linguist, understands Spanish.
French and German, has translated a
Russian story into English and written
some notable papers on the antiquities
of Mexico for the Woman's Anthropo-
logical society of Washington. of which
she is vice-president.
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Are You Yellow

If so, of course you are bilious, which
also implies that you have duh pain ana
tenderness in the right side, nausea, sick
headache, furred tongue, sour breath and
Indigestion Hostetter's Stomach Bitiers
is what you want. Prompt relief follows
its use in liver complaint, dyspepsia. con
stipation, malaria, rheumatism. kidney
trouble and nervousness. Physicians IN
qualifedly recommend it.
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from portrait in the Marine museum, Madrid.
have recently sought to prove that his
moral conduct would not stand the high
est of comparison with that of a
New England Sunday school teacher.
lie was really so devoutly religious
that his signature is cipher, said to
mean "Servate-me, Xristus, Maria,
Yosefus, Christoferens."
In his later years he suffered from
yout ophthalmia and other maladies
which his many hardships brought on.