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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
PALACE HOTEL

PALACE HOTEL.
King, Mont oW Helwig. Mont
J w o'C0nnOf a .DnYr Wright a W. Detroit
u Seldner Mexico CT Hargrave. Napa
II meiIs sanger Pless, Sonoma
W Andersc n, Victoria Mrs f z BeIlIneer Conn.
Miss Crane. Bluffs ell Bluffs
j seatles, Salt Lake r Pitcairn & W, Pittsburp
Mrs NJ II Rigg. Pittsbrg Mrs t Decker, Pittsburs
MISS u Pitcairn, Pitts Miss Is Street, Pittsburg
y htmnelter, fhlla y q Rafferty, q W, BI ook
" hIii, Elkhardt III W Heman. Los Ang
PITS hA Armstrong, MINI Miss Armstrong, Mimi
MIS- NJ FISK, MIMI Miss NJ c LUZ. Dubuque
) sargent q W hoeAestr Miss l. Hlidreth Roch
w Strong W. Roch Mrs + Croker Chicago
mrs Crooker, MINI Mr. & Mrs j W EaIy N Y
II baur, new orleans Hutchinson & W, Wis
Mrs w Jacobs, Cal Mrs Warden Pa
MISS SIS M harvey, IA Mcdonald, Seattle
Z SeIiert' ChicaRo y w Surburg. n
. Mcleod, Bakersfield g Sperry, stockton
d lawrence Los Ang Gallinger, Pittsburg
W MAC Neagh & W, Phila Miss MacVeagh. Phila
MISS hartshorne, west Mr. a Mrs Cole. Peru
Ihester Hook. San Jose
Jordan. st Louis Mrs DR. @ A King Chicago
halss n A ordan. st Il A Barnard, Washington
II Pondexter, Palo A SW Befan Paio Alto
L q 1rOwhrldge, Detroit G Pressley Santa Rosa
J t1nnel Jr, Santa Rosa A + Murray a. W. Chicago
y nnqreth q W, chicago II Ii Fogs W. Bangor
II Fogg. Bangor Mr& Mrs Robinson. b G
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
I Piper, Geyserville Sablns Hometos
Parmton. Iulare Co Smith & VT, Chicago
j. T. oraham, Fresno II Inglish. Idaho
heynolds, Mich q EInwink. Petaluma
. ADAMS WI, Robes Williams, San jose
VIM Bames, Paso Robes ID Cane Paso Robes
W hertard bloomfield Smith & VT, Cal
4 DAVIS stockton Gariety. San Mateo
Ryan Los Angeles Crosby, Portland
Schmitt, ST Paul Gasts, st Paul
NEW WESTERN HOTEL
Baker. Vallejo HigRnson. NY
B0pp. Msrysville r II Heriot. vacavilIe
ii Taylor, Aleatraz M Dryer, Niles
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Aud in accordance with law. and an order fror,
the lolrd OF directors made on tho llth dav -
February, 1898, many shares OF each parcel %
such STOCK as may be necessary, Will be sold at n,b
lie auction at the orc, of the comp my, room IS
gomary sts San FrsncIseo cal on Thnrnda mont
9th day OF April, 1898. at the hour of l O'clock
p, NJ, OF said day, to pay said delinquent asSrss
mO1t thereon, together with costs or adVertisis--
and expenses OF safe. Z. L. MCCOY. Secr-tarv"k
Onice-Room 80. third floor, Mills building Scr
Bush and Montgomey SITS, San Franchises, Caii Std
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NEW YORK. March 2s-wool is duh and firm.
Domestic Fleece, 27932ci Pulled. 26937c; Texas,
17921c y ID
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English Mheat Market.
FUTURES.

LIVERPOOL, March 2s-The spot market is
steady at 5s I'D Cargoes steady at 2Ss sd for off
29s I'd for Just shipped and 2ss 80 for nearly
FUTURES.
The Produce Exchange cable gives the following
Liverpool quotations for No. Red Winter: March,
os 6s4d; Aprl, IS 6J4d; May, SIS 714d; June, IS
7S4d; July, 5s S1ad; August, 5s Sd; September,
5s 1ad.
LONDON. March 2S.-Cousols eS 3-l6: Silver
$50; Rentes, 97f 95c. Bullion Into the Bank OF
England, $50, 900.
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Hops quiet, steadr and UNCHANGED.

SuHAiA Az u CotfEk
Sugar-Refned. fairly active at advan re In all
grades OF l-16c; raw, strong and full at previous
prices
COnee-Duil, with nominal changes Sales 5000
bags. March, SIG 20; April, Sl646.
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Posts quotabIe at 1OtSc each; Redwood IS so q
cord; oak, roush. 81 25@s7 50 peeled, SO 49, Pine
So rs = cord; Railroad Ties 37Iac apiece for 6xS
Ale for 71S and 45(950c for 7x9.
TANBARK-Ground Bark, S24 q ton.
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BOARD SALES.

Following were the sales in the San Francisco
Etoek Board yesterday:
REGULAR sEss1oN-9:S0 A. NJ.
200 & b. 80 100 CCSV.2lOIOO Point b5
800 BOdie. 20 200 ...... ...2.U5 100 a ..e5
IS Buiiion....4O 22O Point. So $50 Potosi l5b
200 Chollar.. ..65
AFTERNOON sEssIoN-2:3O.
100 & P ...l.30 so Mexicn..II4 TOO Potosi .85
20 Choiar.. 100 Com 49,. .O5 200 ..,....l 10
$40 CC&N...2.l5 100 o phlr...I. 80 500 savage .65
80 Point. .55 so OYrmn-. 20 20 Jackt.S5
500 Lady w. .05
Following the sales in the Pacific stock Board
yesterday:
REGULAR sEssIoN-l0:3O.
400 & ..l.3O 800 & Point. 50 100 Overm %
1000 Caledon.ll so ........-..55 SO Porosi., IL,
$50 CholIAr. 81 - 500 Lady w .O5 $50 ....l rs
d o0 ZoO ophir 40 100 .....-...l.6O
ATTERNoON sEssToN-2:30
100 a B...l.35l 100 CC& WIS 2lOO PotosI / 70
800 Cboilar.. 80 500 Con VI $50 ......lsI
4UU .-----.-..-oeI w Point $50 .........l.65
100. .......... 81 800 Mexicn. 3u5OO ,. is[
1400 .........-6S2 $50 Ophir. III 55UO Savage 6ti
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And In accordance with law ana an order from
the BOARD OF directors the 18th day OF
FeDruary, 1893 so many shares OF each parcel OF
such STOCK as may be necessary Will be sold at public
action at tue auction-hOase of $. p Middleton 81
Co. 80 montgomery street San Francisco. Cal. on
MONDAY, the 18th day OF April 1893, at the hour
OF O'Clock r NJ OF said day. to pay said delinquent
assessment thereon together with costs Of advertis
ing and penses of sale.
II. ID. WALKER, Secretary
omce-Room 81. Nevada block, 800 Montgomery
street, San Francisco. Cal mr2S I'd
NORTH BELLE ISLE MINING OOMPANY-LO-
~ cation OF principal place OF business. San Fran
cisco, Cal. Location OF works. Tuscarora Mining
District, ElkO County. New
Notice-fhere are delinquent upon the following
described stock, on account OF assessment (No. 22)
leyisd the 26th day Of January 1893 The eraI
amounts set opposite the names OF the respective
shareholders, as follows:
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THE WEEKLY GALL contains serial
and complets stories. miscel-
laneous articles by the best
writers special articles by
home authors; the news of the
coast; the news of the world
and all that serves to make a
complete family journal fres
from objection 81 a year
postpaid
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Ana IN accordance with law, and an order OF thu
Board of Directors made the twenty-sIxth day
OF January. 1893. so many shares OF each parcel OF
such stock may be necessary Will be sold at pu b.
lie auction at the ONCE OF the company, No. $40
Pine street, rooms is and II, San Francisco Calf
fornia. on MONDAY. the third day of april 1885
81 the hour of l O'Clock P. NJ. OF said day to paw
said delinquent assessment thereon. together with
costs OF advertising and expenses of the sale
J. w, PEW. Secretary
onace-No. alO Pine street, rooms Is and II, San
Francisco, California miro Id
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balances s64 600.
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CHALLRHGE CONSOLIDATED MINING COW.
- pany-Loeation OF principal place OF business
San Francisco. Cal. Location Of works Gold Hin
New.
Notice-There are delinquent upon the follovfnz
described stock, account OF assessment mo i49
levied the 1h day of February, 1898 the several
amounts set opposite the names OF the respective
shareholders, as follows:
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street-50 Cal Electric Light. 22Gs; SO Omnibus
Gable, 4415: 100 Hutchinson co, 6M; rs IS Y
Water, l00S4.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Bolrd-43 Cal Electric Light, 225A.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17

| were fully fifteen minutes drifting past
the Drumcraig, and during that time
all hands were closely studying the
weird apparitiolI. The vessel rested
high on the berg, ten or twelve feet
from the water line, and was buried IN
Ice as far up as her rail. The ice that
was frozen over the vessel appeared to
be two or three feet thick on the side
next the observers. Capt. Squirting
thought it could not be more than that,
because with his glasses he could easily
make out the outlines through the ice,
and could see that she was of wood and
had coppered bottom.
From the dim outlines he guessed that
she was sailing bark of ancient pat
tern, of about the size and appearance
of New Bedford whaler. But
there were left no boats, no davits.
and not enough of the rigging to decide
the question.
The three masts. the sails. the spars
and gear were all shoruded with a
their dark outlines could be seen. SCI
of the crew imagined they could see
bodies of men in the rigging. but Capt.
Squirting was doubtful, for his glasses
did not increase the resemblance.
His explanation of the ice-locked
mystery is that the vessel must have
grounded on the projecting edge of the
berg. topped over against the wall and
there rested until it was frozen so fas t
that no movement could dlslodge it until
its imprisonment was complete.
The neighborhood was suggestive of
danger, and the Drumcraig was headed
in another direction as quickly as pos
sible, and in few minutes the uncanny
southeast into the storm that was
strengthening its letters of ice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
THE DRUMMER's STORY
About a Business-Like Robber He
Met Out in New Mexico.

Detroit Free Press.
The drummer had heard several very
interesting stories, and finally some one
suggested that he tell one himself. "Pll
do it," he said. 'and one of my own ex-
perience some years ago in New
Mexico, and want to say here that
l have an affidavit that goes with
this story if anybody disbelieves
it. We were going along In the
stage one day, when all at once out
popped two masked men from the chap
paral, and in a minute or two we tum-
bled out of the stage and stood along in
low with our hands up. There is no
need to go into particulars, as these fell
lows went into our pockets. Suffice 1t
that in few minutes transfer of prop
erty had taken place, we were hustled
back into the stage and the driver Or
dered to get along fast.
1--WE were all congratulating our
selves that we had got off with our lives,
and in some instances that few dollars
had been overlooked by the highway
men. when daShing after us came the
robbers, and we were stopped again,
and this time we were badly frightened.
AS soon as the stage stopped, one
of the men rode up, and, pointing his
gun at me, asked me to step aside a
minute. To say that | was scared
doesn't half express it. / wouldn't have
insured my life for 900 for a cent less
than 49,999.75 premium, but l stepped
out. was one in the party to whom a
few dollars had been left. In fact,
there was $3.50 in my sock and about s25
in small pocket in the lining of my
coat. The robber was polite.
AZ st o. Ill l,a 81
but l believe l got this paper from
at four months, which one of my Gus
toners had given me in part payment.
"'Y es.' | said, you did. Is there any
thing the matter with it?'
NO." he replied, 81 think we can
collect it, but you will observe that it
has four months to run. The interest
for that time at 10 per cent, our usual
rate out here, is Sc 662s, and, if you
can kindly fish out of your clothes say
$665, don't care about the change, you
will do me favor. | am sure in the
hurry few minutes ago we left you
something, or perhaps you can borrow
it from some of y our friends who were
not thoroughly searched. Be in a hurry,
please"
"And wasn't I in a hurry? went
through the crowd myself and gathered
together small change enough to make
$6.70. which l handed over. and the
rebber thanked me and rode off, and
that evening when we reached our des,
tinatioD l blew in that $25 in my inside
pocket on the crowd"
Let me see the affidavit you said
goes with that story" remarked the
hotel cler k, as the drummer finished,
and he brought forth a paper that was
so so lied and worn it could scarcely
hold up Its own weight.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
PERSONAL MENTION.

H. c. Braden, of Duluth. is at the Windsor.
II. S. Schmidt, of Mankato, is at the Sher-
man.
J. c. McCune, of Red wing is at the Mer-
chants.
Joseph Rutfe Rush City, is at the Mer-
chants.
j. J. Madden, of Winona, is registered at
the Sherman
j. II. Dunlap, of West Superior, was at the
Ryan yesterday.
Mr.. Lathrope, of Tracy, is on the West
side on business.
Bishop Stanley, of North Dakota, is regis
tered at the Ryan.
Hon. John NJ Thurston. of Omaha. was of
the Ryan yesterday
George Brown. of St. Cloud Mimi, was a
West side visitor yesterday
George Z. Darling of Morris, was a guest
at the Merchants yesterday.
Miss Alice Day. of Dayton avenue. returned
from Duluth Monday evening.
The Beau Monde Social club gave its last
hop at Central nall last evening.
Judge William B. Mcconnell. of Fargo, is
among the guests at the Merchants
Miss Marie M. Van Glider will give a song
recital at the Peoples church, Jane Is
Ed c. Gamln, of the sash and door factory.
went to Saltwater yesterday Oh business
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Doran will hold a re-
ception this evening at their home on East
Congress street.
George Brown, of st. Cloud, who has been
on the West side the past few days. left for
home yesterday.
Mrs. DR. David Day and Miss May Morris
are visiting their mother, Mrs Norris of
Portland avenue.
Hon. W. T. Gross, of Red Wing. arrived at
the Merchants yesterday, having just re-
turned from trip to Denver, Col.
C, II. Mantd N and family have rented their
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
PHANTOM OF THE SEAS.
A Marine Mystery Locked in the
Deadly Grasp of an Iceberg.

A Marine Mystery Locked in the
Deadly Grasp of an Iceberg.
San Francisco Examiner.
1t was fearsome craft, veritable
ancient mariner of a ship that was
sighted by Capt. Squirting, of the Brit
ish ship Drumcraig. down at the Horn
few months ago. The story of this
weird wanderer of the seas is brought
there by Capt. Atkinson, who has Just
arrived by rail to take charge of the
British ship Goodrich. He saw Capt.
Squirting at Queenstown, and had the
tale direct from him. Capt. Atkinson
is we'll known here 10 be truthful man,
and one not given to the spinning of
baseless yarns. He vouches also for the
veracity of Capt. Squirting.
The Drumcraig left here six months
ago and had speedy run as far as Cape
Horn. There the usual westerly winds
shifted to dead ahead, and sea full of
broken ice, many of the bergs being
very large, made navigation trouble
some and perilous. One stormy MORN
ing, just at daybreak. when the
snow was falling so thickly that
IL was not possible to see more
than ships length ahead, mountain
like berg drifted past the vessel. 1t was
SO near, scarcely cables length away,
that but for a slight mishap, which had
just made it necessary to heave to the
prumcraig, the vessel would have col
lided with the berg. As It was the Ice
mountain came so near that officers and
crew all saw the greWsome burden that
1t bore-a full-rigged bark, with sail all
set, frozen into the berg and shIouded
in ice from mainmast to copper bottom.
The berg and its ios.bsuhd prisoner
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
QUEER QUESTIONS.
Why Does a Person Unable to
Write Use tx" to Denote His

Why Does a Person Unable to
Write Use tx" to Denote His
Signature
Signing with the cross was first prac-
ticed by Christians to distinguish them
selves from the pagans. In ancient
times kings and mobiles used the sign of
the cross, whether they could write or
not, as symbol that the petson making
it pledged himself. by his Christian
faith, to the truth of the matter to
which he affixed it.
A curious phenomenon was recently
related by M. d'Arsonval before the
French Academy of Medicine. After
gazing for few seconds on an arc light
of intense brilliancy, ne suddenly be-
came deaf, and remained so for nearly
an hour and a half. Surprised and
somewhat alarmed in the first instance.
but treasured by the disappearance Of
the symptoms, he repeated the expert
ment with the same result. When only
one eye was exposed to the light no very
marked effect was produced. Workers
in strong electric light are subject to
stroke somewhat in the same way as
workers under hot sun receive sun
stroke. The effects of the electric
stroke, however, are not so serious as
the SunStrOke.
While powder and patches are among
the ordinary toilet necessities, tooth
brushes are new and costly articles.
AS late as in 1919, says the History
of the Verney Family" an English
friend asks Sir Ralph to inquire for him
in Paris for the little brushes for
making cleane of the teeth, most COW
cred with sylver an some few with gold
and silver TWiste."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
SOCIAL BRIEFS.

The West, Side Turnverein will give May
ball at Martins hail shortly.
St Paul Lodge No 49, K of p. met last
evening at their hall on South Wabasha
street.
Terrace council, ROYAL Arcanum, held a
meeting Monday night at their hall in the
Martin bloct.
Constellation chapter o. E. s.. will hold a
special meeting at Masonic temple this even
ing. After. the meeting a reception will be
given to GRIND Worthy Matron Mrs. D. NJ .
Hodges, of Chicago
The Lady Somerset union. W. C. T. U, will
serve a lundh at noon on Wednesday at the
lunch room lin the Auditori&.l for the con-
venience of those who wish to attend the all
day services of the Mills meetings
a conference of unions, W. G.. T. U, will
be held in the lunch room of the Auditorium
Immediately after the afternoon meeting at
the Central Presbyterian church Thursday
a good attendance is desired.
There will be fair ana chicken-p pie supper
by the ladies of the Ascension church at
Liadertafel hall, corner State and Congress
streets, this evening, from to g p. m.
Music will bs furnished by the Ideal Mando
lin club
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
WAS ADAM AN AMERICAN?

A cowboy came in yesterday from the
lower end of the valley and claimed h
had found the petrilied bones of old
Adam, and that the Montezuma valley
was the original Garden of Eden. OF
course, no one believed him, but there
was considerable stir in the atmos-
phere about that time, consequently he
was laboring under more than moral
excite ment.
This is great country and great
things may be expected of it, but it
hardly seems probable that our ancient
relative HAD hand in its early settle
ment. 1t is true they are digging up
human bones all around here, but they
must have been planted since Adams
time, and, besides, there are no signs Of
Eve. 1t isn't to be supposed that Adam
would wander off here and petrlfy alone.
He would have brought Eve along and
sailed her down, too.
1t is not so unreasonable to suppose
that this might have been the land of
Nod, for every bovine and even the
bronchOs wear the brand of Cain.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
A POWERFUL EDITOR.
He Writes an Obituary and Then
Bushes Over It.

He Writes an Obituary and Then
Bushes Over It.
Detroit Free Press.
The writing editor of certain Cleve-.
land newsp aper is man who is ordin
arily as impervious to compliments as a
stone wall is to bird shot. The other
day, however, he was forced to blush at
praise. A well-known man in that
town had, by some means, been report
ed dead, and the editor, having known
him well, set about preparing an obitu-
airy editorial worthy Of the occasion.
When it was all done and he had a
proof of it before him. in walked the
man himself
The editor was surprised.
IL just heard" said the visitor. "that
rumor was abroad to the effect that |
had gone over, and l came in to prove
to you that it was not correct"
I'VE heard about it," said the editor,
land ! just fixed you UP little some
thing here as token of our esteem"
and he handed over the proof.
The man read it through carefully
and with great qualification.
'By Jove. Old fellow" he said fer
vently, taking the editors hand, "after
reading that editorial Pm almost sorry
the rumor isn't true"
Then the editor blushed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17

There are some questions between
men and women that will never be
Bettled, simply because there is no
authorized tribunal before which such
questions can be tried. One Of these is
the question of which has the most
curiosity. A bright woman talks this
way about it in the Philadelphia Times.
OF course there are hundreds of men,
who, when they read of the case of the
girl burglar and hear the excuse that
she makes as eXtenuation Of her crime,
will be only too glad TO attribute one
more sin to Woman'S curiosity. Eve
was curious, we know, and ever since
the lords of creation have plumed them
selves on their lack of a sentiment that
if the truth we're told they possess to as
great degree as the most inQuisitiye
woman that ever lived.
Who is it that will rush eagerly to
where a crowd is congregated in order
to learn what is going on despite the
fact that business demands every mo-
ment of their attention at that time? 1t
is man, of course. Man is as full of
desire to know what is going on in the
world as are any of his sisters; yet in his
case he calls it thirst for information,
and is rather proud thereof. But if a
woman converts herself into an lnterro-
CATION point. even for moment, she is
called a curious mink, and the whole
male world holds up its hands and muir
murs: What frightful thing the curl
Osity of woman is J"
Perhaps we are curious, but that is
rather to our credit than to be consid-
cred Recommendation had it not been
for woman's curiosity, how many great
inventions would have still been in
oblivion. Now we hear the men say
that their sex has invented more valu-
able devices than women have ever
dreamed Of. This we grant is true, and
why? Simply because in reality men
have moro curiosity than women, and
poke their inquisitive ] o5es into places
where women, owing to the timidity of
their nature, are afraid to venture. 1t
is to be hoped, however, that all the
future crimes will not be laid at the
door OF this feeling, for in that case
there is no telling to what lengths men
and women may be led, and then, when
they have managed to get Into dire
trouble, rely upon getting out Of it by
laying it on curiosity that could not
be overcome.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
MEN WHO CAN SWIM.
The Best Fellows Are Reported t
Come From, tho INLAND StataS

The Best Fellows Are Reported to
Come From the Inland States.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Tonight | leave for the seashore. -
said S. l.. Richards, of Kansas City, who
is at the Southern. Il go there every
year, as much for the purpose of wit
Messing Western triumphs over East
erners as for any other. The seashore
is supposed to be the home of fine swim
merS, but, as matter of fact, the
deniZenS Of the coast cannot compare in
this respect with our SOuthWesternerS.
| have seen it tried time and again, and
always with the same result.
Men from Missouri. Illinois, Kansas
and Texas are, almost without excep-
ton, heeter and more graceful swim
mers than those who were born and
brought up on the New England coast.
The reason for this is the difference
between fresh and salt water. When
one who has learned to swim in fresh
water gets into the ocean he feels as if
he could never become wearled. The
denser water so buoys his limbs that
they appear to weigh nothing, and he
is astonished at the speed he atlains.
Another notable fact is that the
pIOpOt GlOu VI HIGH DlSQ Oll tilC oCdUOdlu
who can not swim is very much greater
than among inlanders. At New Bedford.
famous shipping point, not one sailor
in five can swim, and the same is true
of other points on the New England
coast. With the people from the
Southwest, certainly those who were
bred in the country, the non-swimmer
is an exception. The cause of this is
that the weather is warm enough for
outdoor bathing during more months of
the year in the Southern and South
western states than on the seacoaSt, and
scarcely farmers boy is unaGquainted
with the art. In one respect alone are
the Fasteners ahead, and that is in
their lady swimmers. with whom we
have few to compete"