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Hong Kong harbor, having orders to re-
main there from their owners, who
feared the Alabama This arrange
ment did not at all please the captains
and officers, as many Of us were anxious
ogo home and shipin the navy; but or
ders were orders. We could not leave
the ships, and the frequent visits of the
Alabama herself to the harbor, forcing
herself into our midst as the saying
goes, were very vivid reminders that
neutral waters were a pretty good sort
OF invention.
Although we passed the long weeks
and months as pleasan tly as we could
with all kinds of arrangements for kill
ing time, both on shipboafd and on
shore, there was, OF course, continual
and conce rted growl going up from our
little band of Yankee shippers; and old
Hobbs was the star growler of us all.
Now, to attain that distinction among
sailors man must growl at the slight
est provocation, vehemently and with
highly artistic feeling-n to mention
generous favoring of profanity. So
you can imagine the effect when Hobbs
opened out at something that displeased
him.
His ship was the Humming Bird, q
brand-new clipper hailing from Boston.
The trip out to Hong Kong had been
her maiden one, and it was chatting to
Hobbs not very smooth temper to have
her lie idle SO early in her career. Having
great faith in the ships speed and in his
seamanship, he was more than anxious
to put to sea- and let Semmes catch him
if he could; but, like the rest of us, his
orders to remain were positive.
Occasionally ship would manage to
clear by sailing under some foreign
flag; but, as it was complicated
process involving fathoms of red tape,
and very often fell through just when
everything seemed favorable, it was not
resorted to very often. When it was
tried, however, old Hobbs would 60 on
his beam ends with wrath. He would
fume and rant, casting aspersions on
the patriotism Of the owners, the
agents, the officers, and even the Chi
nese crew. He was SO intensely patri-
otic that to see good Yankee craft
sail under false colors would keep him
boiling for week.
s.You can see then what his feelings
were when one day he was ordered to
proceed to Sumatra under the British
flag. He fumed, ranted and swo-e, and
then tumed, ranted and swore over
again, with few extra choice nautical
anathemas thrown in for emphasis
This necessary operation over, he aent
FshefetN tho Hatiye gailmakeys sov 4
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In the Washington building, which in
itself is a great curiosity, the founda-
ton consisting of some of the largest
timbers ever seen in this part of the
world, are to be seen a great many of
the new states choicest products.
In the mining department is the largest
lump of coal that was ever mined 1t is
five feet thick, twenty-six feet long and
weighs over twenty-five tons. At the
entrance of this building stands a flag
staff the like of which does not exist in
this country. 1t is single tree, spliced
once in the middle, and is nearly three
hundred feet high and as straight as an
arrow.
These are but few of the MANY
wonders of the great fair belonging to
the state exhibits, each building pos
sessing many rare relics and curios Of
it's own state, and after viewing the
wonders of the greater buildings one
may find many surprises awaiting him
here.
An institution OF the fair that is crea-
tive of some trouble and much amuse-
ment to the visitors is the folding chair
which has recently been introduced. 1t
is diminutive affair of very frail con-
struction and about as conducive to
bodily comfort as would be an up
turned strawberry box TO witness a
two-hundred pound man trying to
perch his bulging anatomy on one of
these inauisitorial contrivances is equal
to seeing slack-wire performance by
a novice in the business. Such a sight
was witnessed the other day near the
Administration building where a crowd
had gathered to listen to the music of
the band. A big man had one of the
little chairs and tried to sit on it, but
the little chair was not equal to the
task and collapsed. The chairs are let
for ten cents and are to be returned by
the user, but that little chair was not
returned. 1t got a kick that reduced il
to toothpicls end scattered " over hall
sa sese OF territory,
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SUMNER BEDROOMS.
Light and Airy Furnishings for Warm
Weather.

Light and Airy Furnishings for Warm
Weather.
AT this season of the year h housekeep-
ers are removing the heavier fixtures
and draperies of the winter, and fresh
ening up their rooms with light, airy
hangings and other arrangements suit
able for the summer season.
The daintiest bedrooms are now fur
nished with light woods such as birch
Or maple, as we'll as with enameled fur
niture. Two pieces, bedstead md
dressing bureau, of hardwood may now
be purchased at twenty-five dollars.
At any lower price the quality can not
be recommended. The rest of the fur
niture is finished out with odd pieces in
bamboo, rattan, reed work, or in some
wood of the same kind as the furniture,
but in varying pattern. Very pretty
window seats or ottomans may be con-
structed at home of boxes covered
with chintz, with hinge covers, so
that they may be used as receptacles
for stockings or other clothing.
In spite of all the fashionable fancies
In colored counterpanes and uphol-
stored beds, the great majority of neat
housekeepers still prefer the white bed
with its dainty counterpane and pretty
pillow shams of linen or lawn Skill
full needlewomen sometimes embroider
counterpanes in colored silks or wools
on background of creamy Bolton
sheeting In this casDthe colors should
have touch of medieval quaintness
about them, and the pattern should be
in conventional design rather than in
realistic flower pattern. One of the
prettiest materials for draperies at the
window is a cheesecloth printed with
flower stripes in color, which should
not cost over fifteen or twenty cents a
yard. Figured Swiss muslins, scattered
with dots, little crescents, feur de lis
| or other small designs, with simple
ruf1es of plain muslin on the edge,
make very pretty window hangings,
and are in special demand this season.
tasteful bureau cover may be made
of the same muslin, with a border and
perhaps an insertion of inexpensive
lace to trim it. 1t should be laid over a
| lining of white or color, but in case
| color should be used it should be some
material which will not run when a
spot of water is spilled on the muslin
and stain it. There may be two mats
made of the same muslin and a tiny
pincushion cover.
The fancy for bedrooms in one color
still continues. number of red rooms
have been furnished this season, though
pale yellow or light blue is more suita.
bio for the predominant color OF n sum.
msg ousyN X. 1aihpBs,
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WORLDS FAIR GOSSIP.
Fresh Notes of interest from the
Columbian Exposition.
The Number of Visitors Daily Increasing
"A Mistake That Some People Are
Making-Bcauties of the
State Exhibits.
Especial Chicago Correspondence !

The beautiful weather of the past
few days has done much for the great
fair. People have been able to get out
without umbrellas and wraps, and a
trip to jackson park has become some
thing more like a pleasure than it has
been heretofore since the opening. The
effect upon the receipts at the fair gates
has been to nearly double the daily ad-
missions, fact which affords the fnan-
ciers of the great enterprise much salts
faction.
The tide of traffic may now be said to
have fairly set in, and should the
weather continue favorable the daily
attendance will soon put the exposition
on something like a paying footing.
To judge from the number of persons
who are to be seen on the grounds each
day casual observer would suppose
the gate receipts to be much larger
than they really are, but there is a
force of several thousands of worxmen,
and population of several thousands
more who are domiciled permanently
within the inclosure, SO the size of
the crowd is no guide i'll estimating the
number of paid admissions. Besides
there are the press representatives and
favored individuals in other professions
who have passes. Altogether there are
great many non-paying visitors who,
while they help to swell the crowd, do
not contribute very materially to the
financial success of the enterprise.
There is some danger that people at a
distance who have been influenced by
the newspaper reports of the incom-
pleteness of the fair may make mis-
take in deferring too long their con-
templated visits. 1t may be deemed
wise to remain away until all the ex-
hibits are installed and everything put
to rights, but there will be some dis
comfort consequent upon such course.
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CRANKS AT THE FAIR.
Some Queer Samples of Human Nature
Now on View in CVicago.

Some Queer Samples of Human Nature
Now on View in Cqicago.
4, AS we expected, the fair has at
tracted the Indigenous and numerous
American cranks as well as foreign
persons with mental and moral
crotchets. These, and also youthful
geniuses, have besieged, personally
and by letter, the ways and means
committee.
A few examples, as cited by the
Century Magazine, will indicate how
much of human nature as it really is
will not be on exhibition at the fair.
An American was early in the field with
a divine revelation of the site which
had been foreordained for the fair
when the foundations of the world
We're laid, and an Englishman has de-
sired to be put on exhibition as the
Messiah.
Two boys of respectable parentage"
in western New York have offered to
walk to Chicago, and to camp on the
exposition grounds with the purpose of
illustrating the life of tramps, and of
lecturing on it's vicissitudes. Another
boy of sixteen recommended that
number of nickel-in-the-slot photo
graphs fixed to repeat amusing fish
stories might be placed in the Fish
cries building and about the grounds;
he urged that a royalty on the sugges-
ton would help his widowed mother.
An enterprising dealer in cosmetics
asked for space to exhibit an old
woman, one-half of whose face was to
be smoothed out with his preparation
and the remainder left with its mortal
wrinkles until the end of the fair,
when he would smooth out the other
half in the presence of the multitude.
The parents of ''favorite orator" of
six years offered his services as intro
ducer of the chief orator at the dedica-
tory ceremonies, which would, they
thought, lend emphasis to the portcn-
tous Importance of the occasion. A
mathematician asked for standing room
where he might show the world how to
square the circle,
Out of Indiana came solver of per-
petual motion; he was informed that
space could not be allotted for the ex-
hibition of an idea, so he would have to
bring on his machine; later he informed
the committee that his self-feeding
engine, which had been running sew
ing machine, had unfortunately broken
down, "but the principal remained the
same"
A Georgian asked for concession to
conduct a cockpit, and another son of
the south knew of colored child which
was an anatomical wonder, and could
be had by stealing it from it's mother;
for reasonable sum he was willing to
fill the Office Of kidnaper. Innumera-
bic freaks of nature have been ten.
dered, and the pretty English barmaid
has in several instances inclosed her
photograph with an offer of assistance
| to the fair.
A very serious offer came from a
Spaniard, who had been disgusted with
the weak attempts to give bull fights
in Paris during the recent exposition
He offered to fill the brutal void at the
Columbian fair if he could be assured
the privilege of producing the spectacle
with all his real and genuine circum
| ctapcoc
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some structure, whose interior and con-
tents are great credit to them the
people of the Sucker" state have just
cause for pride. Such an extensive and
beautiful array of implements and
products as were never before displayed
by the commonwealth bears convincing
evidence that the Prairie state is up
with the world in the arts and sciences
as well as in the bountiful products of
her soil. One feature of the building
that commands especial attention is a
beautiful grotto and aquarium which
occupies prominent position in the
main hall. This splendid piece of work
represents one of the natural beauties
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Sweets to the Sweet.

The poor little Esquimau children at
the fair have suffered from too much
kindness. In Iceland, where the Esqui.
maux live, there are no sugar at all or
any sweet things. And until they were
brought to Chicago the children had
never seen piece of candy nor as much
as heard of peanut. But everybody
who visits the Esquimau village is sure
to give the funny little snub-nosed tod
dlers stick of candy or something else
that is sweet And, not long ago, there
was not well baby at the fair, Just on
account of the things which the vis-
itors gave them to eat. If people keep
on feeding the children candy out OF
their handbags and cakes FROM their
lunch baskets, woman is to stand
near by and tell every one that candy
makes the children sick and please not
to give them any.
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THE COLUMBIAN COINS,
Not Sufficient Demand for Them to Make
1t Pay to Counterfeit Them.

Not Sufficient Demand for Them to Make
1t Pay to Counterfeit Them.
Although such a loud outcry was
raised just after the Columbian half
dollars were issued about the possibili-
ty of counterfeiting them, no word has
reached the treasury department of
even an attempt at counterfeiting. Of
course if counterfeiter could work
undisturbed he could make handsome
profit reproducing the coins just as they
are made at the mint. They contain
thirty-nine cents worth of silver and
they sell for one dollar. But, accord
ing to the Washington Star, the worlds
fair people have had such hard time
trying to get rid of them at the market
rate, that possibly the counterfeiters
feel discouraged. AS none hSye been
sold at less than one dollar, they could
not put limitations into the market at a
cut rate without exciting suspicion
And the public does not seem to be
hankering very much for Columbian
half dollars at one dollar each.
Only one attempt has been made to
initiate the new silver coins, so far as is
known in the secret service office, and
that one was hardly worth considering.
A very poor imitation of the new quar-
ter dollar has been received. 1t is evi.
IDENTIFY the work of one of the sporadic
counterfeiters who make half dozer
coins at a time in plaster paris mold
1t is not to be feared.
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of the state, and all who behold it pro-
nounce it a wonderful production.
Other state buildings which contain
objects of rare interest are those of CAL
ifornia and Washington. In the former
are exhibits of bottled fruits that are
luscious enough in appearance to keep
ones teeth in constant state of inun-
dation. On every hand are pyramids of
golden globes Of fruit, pagodas con-
structed of beans and grain of all
kinds, and high up in the central por-
ton of the building is man on horse
back, of prodigious size, composed of
choice dried fruits of various kinds.
The mining interests are also largely
represented, there being in great pro-
fusion rich specimens of gold-bearing
rock and quartz and mineral ores in
great variety.
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When there is daily attendance of
from two to five hundred thousand peo-
pie, as there will doubtless be in another
month, there will be much greater in
convenience in getting about than there
is at present A great many country
people are planning to come after their
seasons work is done and they can
leave their homes without interrupting
the necessary application of their per-
sonal attention to their crops. This
will have tendency to create a jam at
the fair during the latter part of the
season which does not now exist. 1t
would be advisable, therefore, for those
who can come now to do so and thus
secure greater comfort and convenience
in viewing the wonders of the NAM
moth exhibition. AS for the present
condition of the exhibits it can be stated
that with the exception of number of
foreign displays in the Manufactures,
Agricultural and Machinery buildings
they are all in place, and those as yet
unfinished will be ready in few days
The principal attractions of late have
been the opening of some of the state
and foreign buildings, among the latter
being the formal reception of visitors at
the palatial quarters of Germany at the
fair. The educational display of the
Germans is very extensive and beautiful
beyond description in some of it's de-
tails. The massive structure occupies a
prominent position on the lake front
just north of the Fisheries building,
and is made conspicuous by its archi-
tectual grandeur just opposite, and
standing alone, as if in symbolism of
its independence among the nations, is
the representative structure of Eng
land-Victoria hall. This building is
not as notable for its dimensions as for
its neat and artistic appearance. and
both its interior and exterior are highly
complimentary to the skill and taste of
British worbmen.
Among the state buildings recently
thrown open to the public is that Of the
aostal stAte~-llligoia Ia thss hand.
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When it came aboard-it was about two
by four feet in size-Hobbs looked at it
askance, and ordered it put out of sight
until sailing day.
Sailing day arrived, and the British
flag was seen fiuttering quietly from its
proper place on the Humming Bird. 1t
attracted mighty little attention, how
ever, for the Alabama was entering
the harbor. She floated slowly along
and dropped anchor exceedingly close
to the Humming Bird. About this time
the harbor master was seen in his boat
being rowed rapidly towards Hobbs
ship, and huge bundle of bunting,
about the size of an old shellback's sea
chest, was rapidly hauled to the MAIN
top of the Humming Bird.
The harbor master pulled up along
side the Humming Bird and yelled for
the captain. 1t could be seen that he
was angry about something. Hobbs
came to the rail in his plug hat and
long-tailed bottle-green coat, the GUS
tomary uniform of skipper in those
days, and asked the harbor master what
he could do.
want you to take down that flag
instantly, SIR said the harbor master.
Guess not said Hobbs.
It's disgrace, sir, and an insult to
hoist such flag as thatp
"'What's the matter with the f1ag?'
said Hobbs, surprised.
Its all wrong, sir; the proportions
are all wrong. The field is too long for
| its width, and the rest of it is too wide
for its length. The crosses are wrongly
arranged, sir, and it is vile caricature
of an honored flag, sir! Remove it i'm
mediately!'
"'Guess not said Hobbs, again.
That flag was bought in British port
and made by British subject. He was
| Chinaman, but that is neither here
nor there. I don't care if it is the flag
of Patagonia, SO long as it was sold to
me for that of England Good morn
ingv
The harbor master had nothing
to say to this and started back; but
he had no sooner done so than the main
halliards were pulled, the bundle at the
peak broke out and in a second the stars
and stripes were waving before the
astonished eyes of the harbor master,
Yankee shippers and Capt. Semmes, OF
the Alabama. Indeed, so large was
old glory in this particular case that
| it almost brush ed the Alabama's decks,
the vessels being SO near together. The
huge flag had been presented to the ship
at her launching, and to the excited
spectators on this occasion seemed
larger than the ship herself.
THE harbor master put about, an.
grier than before, and demanded ex.
plantations.
/ "'What does that flag mean, sir?
| said he.
""That's my house flag said Hobbs,
the trade mark of my owners. do
not know whether that red one UP
there is humpbacked and clubfooted OF
not; but you can't give me any points
on the construction of that article up
there with the stripes on it. propose
to fly that flag how please, when ]
please and where please, whether II
be in Hong Kong or in hell! For the
second time, good morningr and Hobbs
| went below.
THE house flag being technically
merely the insignia of the line OF
owners, the harbor master could carry
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the argument no further. Semmes,
however, was SO angry at having the
stars and stripes Haunted in his face
that he swore to blow the Humning
Bird out of the water if he ever caught
her outside, no matter what flag she
sailed under. He never did it, how
ever, as this voyage hung fire as SO
many others did, and, as shortly after
this the Alabama exchanged with the
Kearsarge certain little civilities we all
know about, his blowing days were
over."-N. Y. Sun.
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THERE'S one consolation,n Thought the
bargain hunteras she was blown to atoms
py \ dynamite cartridge, "tAis in q fast
sSa,'-~tiaIyara LxlaaeSa+ =" z
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SLEEP.

5lessed be the man that first invented
y p"-lCon Quixote.
- Sleep is the kind physician
Forever at our call.
To comfort is her mission
Whatever woes befall.
In hovel or in palace,
Where terror reigns, or malice,
She holds her sacred chalico
And seals the eyes OF all
sleep Is as sweet as summer
And comes as falls the dew;
No snarcs can overcome her,
To man she's ever true
She stills the strife of foemen,
She soothes both prince and yoeman,
Her breast is barred to no man,
Her favor mortals sue.
Sleep is high-born maiden,
Queen almoner OF night;
Sweet dreams with which she's laden
Put al our cares to flight -
Her face is dark, yet tender,
Girt with supernal splcndor,
Into her arms surrender
The weary world-worn wight
She brews for all o potion
Wherein we quench our woes;
Majestic, mild her motion
As round the world she goes
The sick all wait her pleasure,
Tho poor man dreams OF treasure,
The busy man haA leisure;
To all she brings repose.
Sleep hath gracious garden,
There asphodel doth blow,
Pale poppies plead for pardon,
Rare herbs rich spices grow.
Here, freed from each days burden
With Joy and ease for guerdon,
We rest az blithe as birds on
The leaves that linger low.
Enug refuge from the daytime,
Safe shelter from the storm,
Our dearest dreams have playtime,
Our fancy range takes form,
Like rain to thirsty flowers,
That droop for pearly showers,
Sleep shields us thro' dark hours
And guides US, safe and warm
Large gifts she lends the dreamer,
His genius then holds sway,
And high all bards esteem her
And prefer her to the day.
Good luck attends the lover,
His lady's face will hover
In fancy while stars cover
The earth that's grim and gray
Sleep queens 1t DER the water,
Her sway is DER the land.
Death claims her as daughter,
The faircst of his band.
Serene, benign, immortal,
BY her fair, ivory portal,
She waits for every mortal
To grasp him by the hand.
james E. Kinsells, in Inter Ocean.
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URING t h e
greater part
of the war;" "
said the re-
tired skipper,
there was a
large number
of American
c | i p p e r S
s { a II e d in