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ment, became satisfied that a desperate
quarrel was raging on board, but what IL
was all about l could not guess.
80 Give them the gun. Cooper | said: l
had not much more than spoken, when
there was a stunning report and the brig
shook from truck 10 keels0n.
Il b. ard a crashing sound as the iron hail
struck the schooner, cutting the halyaTds
of the lib and letting that sail down by the
run, and | could see numerous rents IN the
fOTessu through which the grapeshOt had
passed.
Get the other gun ready, Cooper 1
said. You have done splendidly with the
first one. Keep the brig well 10 the wind.
50 that tie stranger ShaD't get away from
US | continued, TO the nan at the wheel.
g" Iue gun is all ready, ST. my mate re-
well. don't fire until I give the word.
/ don't want TO kin the Door chaps If l can
help it. I'll Try them with another hail,
and see if they have found their senses
" Schooner, aa0v.' | shouted; do you 10
tend to send ycur boat on board CT must /
sink you with a bT0adside%
Again ] could hear the angry discussion
going on. fer we were Just abeam Of the
her, DO attempt having been made to hoist
their jb. Suddenly | saw a mau spring
upon their bulwarEs.
There IS treachery and murder on board ;
don't desert
His speech was cut short by blow on
his head. and with loud splash he fell into
the water. But the poor fellow had strength
10 swim, for ! saw him strike out toward
our brig. although we were moving abont
three knots an hour.
"'Clear away the beat. Mr. Cooper, and
pick up that man. Mind aud do it in ship
shape fashion. No confusion or fear. for
we should have had gun from the schooner
if she had been armed
at was only the work Of few minutes to
clear away tie starboard quaTter-bOat and
TO send four men in it for the swimmer
1 could see that the crew Of the schooner
was watching tile proceeding from their
vessel and l managed to count twelve men.
which l supposed was all they could
muster. The boat soon reached the
swimmer and took him on board and then
returned to the brig. The stranger was
helped over the rail, for be was quite weak
from the effects Of a cut upon his head,
which BIZ d profusely
Sir he said. graspiHg my hand, and
speaking with a Spanish accent, you have
saved my life. and | owe you a Thousand
thanks. My gratitude, however, shall be
more substantial than words. / have
brother and sister on board, prisoners and
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could not make out anything distinct. /
thought that would give them another
chance to reply. so | hailed again:
schooner. ahoyP and this time there
was an attempt al an answer.
Hello! came in gruf tones over the
water
- What schooner is thatP' demanded.
There was a moments hestapcy, and
then some one il the waist of the schooner
shouted in startling tones:
"'Help! Treachery! Murderp
Gag the fO0lP cried tho man who was
answering my hail. Gag Him and throw
him overheard
There was another scuffie and many sup
pressed muiterngs, and then | heard a
waman's voice raised in implorng tones.
Have mercy. gentlemen she cried.
and spare his life. he did not mean any
thing, l am sure: Oh, let me entreat OF you
10 spare his ife.
81 put my glass to my eve and as the
moon had got clear Of black cloud / was
able to see what had TO deal with. ] could
make out only half a dozen men on deck
aud / concluded that was all the schooner
had on board. There was something wrong
going on and l made up my mind to inyes-
tigate il, even if | was exposed TO some
little peril. ! determined on bold stroke.
although had some little fear of the result.
Schooner, ahoyp l shouted. just as she
was directly astern OF US.
"'Well, what is it. was the answer.
Send a boat on board Immediately and
let MS see who you aIeS / commanded.
WHO In thunder are y0up was the i'm
pudent question.
THE United States brig Perry, bound TO
:. There was a breathless silence for
,,oment. when suddenly / heard a shrill
spbistIe ON board of ny own brig. such as is
nsed by boatswains OF national vessel
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knees and wiped off that carpet. 1t took
me twenty-five minutes. Now wash the
windows and wi q off anv marks there may
be on the paint" AT 10 minutes before
2P NJ this was all accomplished, there be-
ing four windows to clean, each having two
sashes. and inside blinds to be wiped off.
''Remove the coverings from the pictures
and furniture, being careful not to scatter
the dust" You may be sure | was careful,
for | never wished to see dusting-cloth
again.
arrange Ihem." Ten minutes before and
this stage of the performance was CON-
pleted.
Finally put the furniture and ornaments
in place"
Half-past and the instructions had all
been carried out. Over seven hours hard.
steady labor aud one apartment was COM
pletely cleaned. / had had no lunch, how
ever. and every muscle in my body ached.
Arms, back, feet, hands were sore and lame
and the other rooms were untouched.
Yet these directions were written fol
women doing their own work. Suppose
had had lunch TO prepare ne well? would
like TO know, | would really like to know,
whether there is somewhere in this world
species OF cast-iron woman, operated by
steam, who could have cleaned several
rooms according to those instructions in the
same length Of time. or whether the woman
WHO NTOte tHe ulIetllunS Hhu 10 knOWleuEe
II what she was taking about; whether
any other woman ever tried To follow the
directions and lived to tell the tale,
whether the editor who prints such stuff
thinks his feminine readers are fools
enough TO take any stock in it, and whether
we women do not deserve to lose the power
of speech and the use of pens for allowing
such trash TO feed the country as written
for our instruction, while we not only make
no protest, but actually buy and pay for
the papers printing 1t!
PENELOPE POWFIsFN
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ANCIENT WONDERS.
Buildings Of Old Which Modern
Machinery Could Not Erect.


Nineveh was fourteen miles long and
eight miles wide, tie whole city surrounded
by wal 100 feet high, so thick as TO fur
nish ample room for three chariots 10 be
driven abreast around the top. Babylon
was fifty miles within the walls. which were
seventy-fve feet thick and Of the same
height as those of Nineveh. This monster
wall had twelve openings or gates. which
were closed by enormous brass shutters
every evening at sundowp. The temple of
Diana 1T EDhesus, which was about an
even 100 years in building, was 450
feet to the first support of the roof.
The largest one Of the pyramids
was originally 4S1 feet high aud sj3 on the
sides. the base covering eleven acres. THE
stones, which are in 208 layers, average
sixty feet in length. One account says that
$50 900 men worked for twenty years In
fashioning the Titanic pile. The famous
Labyrinth of Egypt contained 300 rooms
or chambers aud twelve halls. Thebes,
Egypt, at the present time, presents ruins
twenty-seyen miles in circumference. The
remains of many of the buildings, such as
columns, arches, etc. are Of such gigantic
size that no known NJ odern machinery would
be equal to the task of taking them down.
to say nothing Of putting them in their pres
emf positions.
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Engaged Couples in France.
Philadelphia Times.


After a girl has passed her eighteenth
birthday she is thought 10 be une demoi-
selIe a marier, but it is considered bad taste
for the parents themselves TO make any
effort to achieve daughters marriage.
Dung men, excepting in the country, where
far greater liberty is allowed. are seldom
asked to visit a family where there are
grown-up daughters. and, I'm less under rare
circumstances, are Eever asked to come to
lunch or dinner. On no account would a
French mother allow her daughter to speak
to man of known bad character or obvi-
ously unfit to become her husband. Mar
rage is an ever present possibility in
France where young people are concerned,
and, as may be easily imagined. this has
both its advantages and disadvantages.
None of these rules apply to near relations.
Abroad families see great deal OF one an
other, and cousins hardly ever develop
into husbands, probably because they are
allowed to see so much OF their young
Cousins.
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people | am passonately fond of work. No
matter what the task so 1t DO work. My
soul Yearns and burns to accomplish IL.
Therefore. when read in journal devoted
TO the uplifting Of the sex and the exaltation
oi woman's sphere an article on THE
Proper Way To Sweep ROOM" ambi-
ton leaped high within me and emu
latOn seiZ and marked me for
her own. After gently but firmly laying
down the direction that n general sweeping
day should be held once week, preferably
on Friday, the article proceeded 10 tell the
would-be model housekeeper how TO sweep
and clean each apartment. Bear in mind,
please. that the article is written by a
woman who makes her living writing direc-
tions to women how To do their work For
tuuate il Is for her that she has not TO get IL
by following her own directions.
1.-The first step" reads the Introductory
instruction. lis TO dust all the ornaments
and place them on a firm table in another
room"
How | blushed for shame as ! read this, TO
think how often | had. before sweeping, bor-
rowef a suggestion from the printer lean
ing his typecase. and blown the dust with
pair Of bellows from all the brc-a-brae on
shelf or bookcase. and then covered ali with
a sheet | should have known that the
proper thing to do was to dust all
these trifles and remove them 10 another
apartment, and | did SO, thinking. as /
trogted back and forth with vases, cabinets.
the clock and other articles Of orna-
ment from an ordinary parlor, how nice
they would all be when brought back.
| felt vigorous and had that part Of the
work done In half an hour. Then | fol-
lowed the next instruction and busted all
the plain furniture with a soft cloth and re-
moved the lighter pieces from the room.
Now" said the journalistic mentor. beat
and brush all the stuffed articles, using a
brush TO clean the tufting and ereases."
This topk another half hour-the busting
and removal of light furniture had occupied
fifteen minutes. | had warmed up TO the
work and was eager to carry out the next
number on the programme. This was to
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schooner was jammed tightin the wind ana
at she would be likely to pass our bows
at the rate she was going al about 100 yards
distance; but while l was examining her
thTOuEh NY glass, l saw her sails were
shaking and that her Roadway was mateTl-
ally deadened. 1t seemed to he that her
skipper wanted my vessel to draw ahead, 10
hopes Of not being noticed. and possibly he
would have succeeded had not Cooper eyes
leIreted BIN cut.
II examined the stranger for few
seconds and then / came 10 the conclusion
lHat the chap was either SLAYER, uncertain
OF cur character. or a pirate But at ali
events ! determined 10 be prepared for
either. fT l thought that l had guns
enough 10 stand something Of tug before
Con-enting 10 walk the plank.
" Sir. Cooper l said, Just call all hands
On a quiet way and let's get these guns
ready for business. Don't make a fuss and
seem frightened, as there Is no occasion
fCr H.
10y, ar, SIR he answered. and in a few
seconds Tie men were on deck and casting
loose tie 12-paundeTs. all Of which had
been loaded tWO days before with canister
and round shot, ard all that We had 10 do
"a to get 40 ammunition and place ii
handy ana then load our mUsketS and take
the bosTdjDg-pikes out Of the racks.
1--WE are all ready, captain my mate
said, ia less than I'VE minutes after De had
received tie orders. The men are ali sta
toned at the guns and ready TO fight at com
mand.'
II hope that there'n be no occasion for
the use OF the bulldogs l replied, but
there no telling what that vessels inten-
Nons are. lie still keeps bis luf, Tor his
sails are shaking and he don't draw ahead
any
" Perhaps he wants Us to pass by. and
not notice him. my mate remarked; and
did not know but that such might be the
case for the brig did look very much Ike
man-0 f-waT, and TO tell the truth [ had no
objection TO be taken for one Of Uncle Sans
vessels. as it rather 6attered my pride.
BY The time the stranger was of our
beam and, when l began 10 think that he
cared nothing for Us, be filled his sails and
steered so as to just run under our stern. l
did not know but that the fellow was de-
termlned to rake US. II he lad there would
not have been anything left Of US How
ever, l resolved to let him know that we
were not asleep. so l spraDg into the main
rigging and hailed:
Schooner. ahOyP
There was no response. but could hear
a hustle as though there was some con-
fusion al being spoken. | fancied that
there was some scufling on deck, but l
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"Did Won ever cruise among the West
Tnaies2 ." asked my friend Captain Pendle-
ton. after had lighted cigar and he had
reflled his pipe and lighted II to MS satis-
faction.
I shook my head Ia the negative.
'lps not a very pleasant place at certain
S asons Of the year, for there are earth
ouqkes and hurricanes and Gains and rains
in abundance. A man cau't lie down and
be certain that he's not going to wake up
with his masts over the side or his ship on
her beam ends, and faFksd lightning play
ing round the maintOpSail sheets Ike
dandieS round ballroom belle.
In the year 1919 was master of brig
bound from the West Indies to Boston. L
think that | was days sail from Santa
Cruz. on the night that l am about to tell
YOU of. The wind was very high aud we
were going through the water no faster than
two knots an hour. left the deck at ~
O'Clock in charge Of my mate. Saiem-ored
boy named Cooper, and a smart fellow ne
was. told Cooper to keep sharp lookout
for SQUALLS and splcious-looking vessels.
for we were directly In the track OF home
ward hound sIavers. and as | had met them
2 number Of times without any good result,
/ was not anxious TO see them again, and L
preferred giving them a wide berth.
Il hadn't been papplng more than two
hours when Mr.. Cooper called me.
Captain he said, the moon IS just MS
ing through a black cloud, and directly in
lis wake | can make out vessel braced
sharp up and standing across orr hawse, as
though she wished to speak US
Il went on deck and took a squint at the
vessel that had somewhat alarmed my
mate. must confess that l did not feel
quite satisfied with her looks. for she was a
large tapsail schooner. with tremendous
hoist to her sails, and they set as though
made for her by master hand. The craft
VAS low in the water and as black as
pocket is reported to be. l saw that the
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Gle makes the top and the outer curve the
bottom. the fnllness being formed by the
difference between the two.
10 cut Il rightly requires one and a half
yards of goods forty Inches wide, or three
yards of velvet or other narrower materials
for seven-ineh width. But It may be
made narrower in width hll is becomes
fiounce in depth, as best peases the indl-
vdual or suits the style of the gown.
Made from the same material az the gown
itself it Is extremely graceful and very
pretty. but OF velvet it is especially salts
factory.
Cut your 20-inch goods in two lengths,
each measuring u yards. and fold each
lengthwise. Then measure at the edge of
the fold inches in depth. and again at the
selvage edge furthest removed from that
point; measure the same distance with
pencil, or with chalk, draw curved line be-
tween the two outer and another between
the two inner points, as the diagram shows.
Then cut carefully through the two thick
nesses on the line you have marked and
when the folded edge Is laid open you will
have perfect curve twice the length OF the
piece marked.
When both of the folded lengths have
been cut you will find two go0d-sized
pieces OF irregular shape remaining;
and with these you must piece out
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4 PIRATE SURPRISED.
WRITTEN FOR THE MORNING CALL.

when the crew are to perform any work.
The trick was Cooper's, and was intended
TO aid me in the DECEPTION.
".Brace up the head yardsp | shouted
and hen the men left their stations and
performed the work without the usual &C
compartment of noise.
81 put my helm hard a-starbOard, and the
brig came quickly to the wind and remained
stationary. with her maiBtopsail TO the
mast. Then we were heading in the same
direction MS the schooner, but the latter d
not seem to be in ! hurry to obey my orders
and send a boat on board. l could hear
some loud talking on the quarterback o.
the stranger, "a though the officers and
crew we're debating the feasibility of at
temnting to escape or fight L sincerely
hoped that we should be spared the latter
alternative, for / knew that at the very first
fire they would discover our imposition aud
rare for revenge.
'In the meantime the schooner continued
to draw ahead slowly, as though to get be-
yond the reach of cur guns; but ! deter
mined To prevent that By braelng up and
maintaining my position. The instant,
however, that we had boarded the MAIN
tack and were making some headway
through the wafer l again hailed the
schooner.
'HelIop was tie gruff answer.
"'Do you intend to send a boat on board
and give some account OF yourself? L de-
manded.
LAY, ay, sir; rs soon as we can make her
tight
.The answer I did not deem satisfac tory,
for il seemed to me as though the crew were
attempting some dodge that was dangerous
to our welfare, and determined to prevent
it if possible by taking them by surprise.
"'Mr Cooper / said. bring one of the
port guns TO bear on the fellows bow, and
see how near you can come to him. Don't
miss If you can help it
awe are all ready Mr.. Cooper said,
blowing a josh stick which we used to
touch of cur guns.
81 looked toward the schooner, and saw
that there was no movement for lowering a
boat, and. after listening quietly for a mo-
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broom. 1t was a large carpet. and the
process Of sweeping it occupied thirty min
utes of vigorous exertien. / had begun
operations at A. NJ II now lacked five
minutes of IL O'Clock.
when the dust Settles" continued this
authority on sweeping, ''go over the carpet
once more, having first freed your broom of
all lint, thread. etc." | began to perceive,
/ thought, why Friday was selected as
sweeping day. II is just ths day for such
an unlucky job. / went over that carpet
the second time in exactly ten minutes, my
conscience protesting. but my aching back
fully concurriDg in my desire to make haste
Five minutes after II o'clock, and | conned
my paper for the next order.
''When the dust has again settled. dust
the room with soft cloth"
i did so.
"Put three quarts OF warm water and
three tablespoonsful of household ammonia
in pail. Wiring a clean piece Of old flannel
out of this and wipe every part OF the car
pet, wringing The cloth as it becomes soiled."
The busting had taken twenty minutes;
by the time that pail of water was ready it
was high noon and / had been called TO
luncheon. Twas resolved. however, to fin
ish the cleaning of that room, and turning
deaf ear to calls. went down on my
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SpelEbound.
Boston Journal.

The eighty-five teachers in the public
schools Of LockpOrt had spelling contest
the other day. TO the great delight of their
pu Ifs, because some of the teachers did
not altogether cover themselves with glory.
or the eighty-fve only five spelled "Rens-
selaer" correctly, and "a per cent of the
whole number misspelled "acknowledg-
ment." All OF the following words were
wrongly spelled by more than half of the
teachers, and several of them by more than
fifty: "Supersede," "resuscitative," excel
lence," benefited" business" medal"
maintenance" ''milliner," ''pretentious,
gaseous" and ''concede." The name
''Gencsee" is said to have caught q good
many victims.
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WOMEN AND HOME.
Sweeping a Room Accord
ing to Rule.
OF A BUSY DAY.
pire Gown-Making a Circular
FiounCe.

] have always believed, with good old
John Wesley, that cleanliness Is next to
goodness. Surely if there Is an unmixed
good in this world it Is cleaniness-the
preseryer OF health, the promoter of COM
fort. the guardian of morality the very
sine qua non Of human happiness and well
being. Who does not know that dirt is
disease; that consumption turks in the un-
shaken curtain: that cholera germs hide be-
hind the picture frame, where the buster
is not frequent visitor, and that
death in every variety of hideous forms
and manifestation camps down upon the
walls that the rubbing cloth does not trav-
erse at least once week. If you are igno-
rant of these fac s it ls because you neglect
TO read all the entertaining and highly
instructive literature that the boiler
plate shops turn out so industriously, week
after week, for the edificstion. higher devel-
opment and education of Woman with big
w. In my way am not without skill in
certain lines of achievement I can cook
very fair meal. and do not always forget to
salt my porridge; l can select a Toast of beef,
aud know that crabs are not born
already cooked; neither am | lacking in
strength or muscular development. can
ride twenty-five miles in the saddle. or
travel a dozen miles afoot at a good pace,
without undue fatigue. / can pull boat,
handle the Indian clubs. drive a nail or
catch ball with at least the average dex-
terity of the feebler sex, and because of
these minor accomplishments | fondly
dreamed in the faulty OF ignorance that |
could sweep a room. L no longer hug this
fond delusiou TO my heart.
In my wild ignorance had even been so
presumptucus as to suppose that / had. on
certain occasions, swept a room. Now ]
know that l never had. Like all newspaper
The morning call., 1893-01-22
THE CIRCULAR ELOUNCE.

The latest development OF fashion, says
the New York Recorder. is the circular
founee. 1t came to us only a very short
time back from across the seas. and is as vet
known only to such moiistes as are
ever alert and ever eager to find the
thing that is good as we'll as new.
It is especially designed for the skirts that
are now in vogue and is totally different
from any other trimming. both in its effect
and in the way in which 1t is cut. 1t is cir
cular in form. as the name suggests. and is
so planned that the Inner portion OF the cir
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Universal Use of Gas.
Detroit Journal.

The latest solution proposed for the Lon
don fog and smoke nuisance is the use of gas
for cooking. heating and laundry purposes.
The author of the scheme would make its
use compulsory. He estimates that 1t would
cost only $4,000, COO to buy up the gas COM
panies, and the cast of the new plant to en-
able the whole OF the 9.0000 900 tons of coal
now burned in London to be consumed as
gas would be S55, 100000 more. Gas as q
result would be cheapened, smoke would
disappear, S20,000000 would be saved out
right each year and London life would be
lived in sunlight by day and the lovely
glow Of electricity by night.