Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-10-24
DANGEROUS LOOKING BOXES.
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=. Here is an amusing incident which
happened, on her maj jesty's ship Can
ada in 1881 when the Duke. of. York
was onNoboards, It occurred when
the vessel was but d few days at sea.
Becatise royalty was aboard Tun-
usual, -precauti ions We're observed to
n make the ship, thoroughly safe
.When,an inventory of the commits
76ariat Was taken, two suspicious
looking boxes were found among the
stores of which no account could be
discovered This, was a time when
'othe alleged activity of Irish dynamit-
ersi'was giving Englishmen many
dreams, s,--An.-explesien al
most In gnnidocean had sunk a ship
attached to the Pacific squadron
onlya short time before, and it was
believed by many that the explosion
had been caused by dynamite.
The commissariat officers of the
Canada We're sorely dismayed by the
Two mysterious boxes Might not
? some fanatieal Irish patriot have
, sought to gain for himself everlast,
ing glory by smuggling an internal
machine ON board the ship which
was to carry the possible future king
of hated nation2 Such machine
would be timed to do its deadly
work when least expected.
What could the suspicious boxes
contain if not the doom of q warship
with all on board2 The prince was
the coveted game, to be sure, but 300
insignificant souls must go with him.
Who could blame the officers for
being alarmed7 There was some
thing to be alarmed about when no
account of the boxes could be found
among the ships papers. No time
must be lost, for before another
hour they might all be scattered to
the elements.
The sedate old captain ordered the
two boxes to be slipped overheard as
damaged goods" and the matter
kept strictly secret from the prince
and the men in order to avoid a
panic.
After more than two months on
the ocean another inventory Of the
ships stores became necessary, for
the captain intended to take In q
new supply at Halifax.
Now the invoice of two boxes OF
German sausages taken on board al
Portsmouth was found among some
other papers. But the goods were
not in stock, nor did the accounts
show that they had been consumed
during the voyage.
What had been dark secret with
a few soon furnished amusement fol
the who'd ship, for the boxes con
tained-German sausage. - Londor
Tit-Bits.
A Remarkable Diet.
All that appertains to food for invalid
comes naturally under woman's prov
ince: therefore it sounds very strange y
folks who are experienced in the dietar'
of invalids to hear what Senator Stan
fords food had been restricted to for 81
weeks previous to his death Unles
there were complications that rendere
other foods impossible it would seeI
that the last thing to give a man WIT
heavy apoplectic tendencies would be
diet of beef. Meat, and especially beel
increases the pressure of the blood o
the arteries, which have already yer
thin walls in suffesers with such tender
cies. A diet of fruits or vegetables Q
skimmilk suits most people under sue
conditions, when beef only makes ma
ters worse. There may have been cil
cumstances rendering fruit improper :
milk indigestible, but there seems mar,
ly anything man could take that woul
make more danger to his circulatory syl
tenn then fresh hashed meat.-Phiiade
Shia Ledger.