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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-20
FOOD oNok IN SIXTEEN DAYS.
sufrsrinss Of y stowsway tho Voyage
From Baltimore to BordeauI.

bufsrings Of n Stowsway the Voyage
From Baltimore to BordeauI.
A remarkable adventure of hard
ship coupled with human endurance
was related to Baltimore sun man
by Captain Evans. of the British
steamship William Aiming. which
arrived some days ago with iron ore
from st. Jago, Cuba The case oc-
Cured upon the trip between Balti-
more and Bordeaux, France The
Aiming sailed from Baltimore with u
full cargo of wheat On the sixteenth
day out the chief officer reported to
Captain Evans that there were
strange sounds in Nc. ). hatch, which
could be heard at intervals. The
sounds continued until all on board
were more or less impressed with the
necessity of investigating what were
thought by some to be spirit rap
pings, as all conceded that no human
being could be in the small space be-
tween the bagged wheat and the
iron deck above. At last Captain
Evans decided to investigate. The
battens and tar rpaulins were removed
and one of the matches was taken of.
Suddenly an emaciated man. who
looked like maniac. struggled on
deck. He looked about and then
made rush for the ships side, pant
ing like II person who is driven wild
by thirst Seeing that the cool water
of the sea had allured the man. Cap
tain Evans ordered his crew to seize
him, Then water was given the man
in small quantities, notwithstanding
his piteous appeals for more. Bran
dy and water were also administered
to him with good effect. As soon as
possible Captain Evans drew out the
mans story and recorded his name.
home and age in case he should die
before reaching land. He said he
belonged to Denmark and had slowed
away on the Aiming in Baltimore
When he hid in the hold he had one
loaf OF bread and small can of water
which he thought would be
sufficient until the vessel reached
sea, when he intended to come from
his hiding place. To his astonish-
ment, when the hatch was fastened
he saw his last chance for liberty cut
off, and he made the voyage IN the
dark under the most terrible sus-
pense and agony, Much that he told
Captain Evans OF his experience was
awful TO hear. He had probably
tasted the whole time. except the
drst day of his Imprisonment. He
tried to eat wheat from the cargo.
but his mouth produced no saliva
and he could not masticate the grain
Captain Evans kindly cared for the
man. When Bordeaux was reached
he went ashore with the determine
ton to walk to his home in Denmark.
Captain Evans thinks If he could
spend seventeen days in the ships
hold he would be equal to the task
before him.
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SWEEP OF THE sHEARs.

A very small amount of doing il
better than wagon load of resolu-
tions.
A farmer near Port Jervis, N. Y.
utilizes his twelve children as scare
crows
The dream hag deranged his mind, and
every nigas lie is observed digging for
the supposed buried Treasure.
Mrs. Mary Oval OF Caledonia, Pa.
who is nearly 81 years old, took her
first railroad ride few days ago
Some years ago AN aged Dougherty
county, Georgia, colored man dreamed
that he found pot of gold in his field.
Two accidents were caused in Phila-
delphia in one day by the careless
habit of carrying parlor matches loose
in the pockets.
A colorod boy at Macclenny, Fla, Z,
was chased up tree by an alligator
the other day, where he was kept
prisoner until help arrived.
A New York female dermatologist
is suing the estate of New York wo-
man for $3.50. She claims to have
made the deceased, while alive, look
IS instead of 60 years old.
Age at which marriage may 5e le-
gally committed: Austria, IA; Ger
many, France and Belgium, ls and Is;
Spain and Portugal, IA: Hungary, for
Catholics, IA and l2, for Protestants,
Is and Is; Greece and Switzerland, II
and 12; Russia and Saxony, IS and 16.
Some of the Chinese coins are of but
one-twentieth OF the value of an Amer
lean cent. The celestial kingdom has
many enthusiastic coin collectors. In
one notable collection there are more
than l50, 900 varieties of cash, the old
est of which dates back rs far as
1900 b. C.
Cycling has become such universal
pastime as we'll - healthful recrea-
tion and business expedient that some
of the largest workshops in the coun.
try are devoted to the manufacture of
the modern vehicle. But there is only
one establishment in the United States
in which an entire machine is made,
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ErcH,Nos AND ECHOES.

In Manchuria dogs are raised for
their skins A fairly prosperous
Manchurian dog farmer will own q
thousand or more dogs.
Sixteen women of Driftwood, Pa,
attacked Theodore Hackett with fence
rails, with pokers and other weapons,
and drove him out of town. Theodore
had come home drunk and beaten his
wife.
Amesbury. Mass, the late home OF
Poet Whittier, is now noted for its
carriage factories. Industry is fierce
ly astir. The Gagged life so common to
small, dead villages is now unknown
there.
Mrs. Lizzie h Perkins of Bath,
Maine. didn't want lawyers to have
anything to do with making her will,
80 Sine drew one to suit herself. Up
TO date twenty-six lawyers have had
. shy at it, and the supreme court Of
that state is about to take n wrestle
with it.
Since young women have operated
the soda water fountain in George
town. Md, that drink has become de-
cidedly popular among ~ men. Tom
perance people state that the thirst Of
tho average Georgetown man is be-
coming less violent and is running in
the direction OF soda and lemonade.
William John Mcdonald, who
died at Toronto q week or two ago,
must have had grudge against
the undertakerA Although he
left an estate valued at ~, 600 his will
forbade funeral expenses to exceed 90,
and that document gsve most minute
Instructions how to conduct the funs-
raj on this economist basis, but
the Canadian correspondents fail 10
give the detailed itsms Of sxpsas&
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SAVING LIVES AND MONEY.

Life boats and life saving stations
were instituted on the French coasts
BY the Empress Eugenie in 1865.
Since the establishment of our life
saving service, in 1871, 1883 persons
have been succored at the stations
The life saving service on the Brit.
ish coast was esta blished in 1s2l, and
has been the means of saving 81, ,o43
lives
The New England States have moro
savings bank depositors and deposits
than I'll the rest Of the country, leav-
ing out the state of New York.
The Cnited States has 242 life
saving stations, lei on the Atlantic,
forty-eig1t on the lakes, eighteen on
IN. PaciS and one at the Ohio falls
Louis VILE, KY
South Carolina is becoming a pros
porous state, as Is shown By the num-
Der of her savings bank depositors-
81. s97. These depositors have upon
deposit the sum of 81, ,22j, 453. The
state has the most savings bank do
positors of any Of the states. She
also has the most cotton manufac-
tories
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HE WAS DUN B.
Although He Had Waited Four Years
for That Meeting.


for That Meeting.
1t was the same old story: she was
rich. he was poor, and both were
houndering helplessly in the flower
twinod meshes of love.
She was u courageous little person.
only too willing to cast off those lux
uries so dear to the heart feminine and
venture into the idealized atmosphere
called ''love in COTTAGE But he had
an eNtravagant inheritance of pride
and self-esteem and he said: No, Wen
wait. And so the upshot of it all
was that she found herself bundled Off
to far-away lands.
When they parted there was tho
usual sharp sense of loneliness and des-
olation.
'Since your father wishes it we will
not write" said the man. I'VE are
both young and time may work Won
ders. Who knows?"
And the girls lip quivered, and she
dared not lift her eyes lest the only
man in the world discover she was not
so capable of smiling at fate ai he.
\ year passed. as Us the Chicago
Record.
One day the man was down hearted
and wretched with the loneliness that
comes only when that which one treas
ures most has been taken away from
one. He had often written long letters
10 the girl. but true TO his sense OF hon
or had never sent them. But this day
he wrote and told her he could not
longer be silent. He wanted her to
know that he loved her as he had al
ways loved her. That was all. He
expressed wish that she should not
answer the letter. He believed that
she had remained the same and "a
knowledge OF anything to the contrary
would be too great an aifiiction for
him to endure.
Three years after that Chicago had
the worlds fair.
The man was fond of art and liked
to wander in the thronged corridors OF
the Columbian storehouse of art treas
ures. He often dreamily nticipated
meeting his lost sweetheart. Time,
you see had not knitted together the
wounds, but kept them open with ten
der memories.
Ana one DAY she really came.
He was studying the misty beauty
of Corot when she darted toward him.
grasped both hands and said with her
dear voice tremblingly happy; "l'm so
glad"
The man was dazed. His senses
seemed to be stupefed, and iron
bands suddenly wove themselves
around his heart. He had waited four
years for this very moment, and when
she was actually near him holding his
hands he was stricken dumb.
The smile on her face turned to
despairing look of anxious inquiry.
"Ah! you have forgotten me-" and
her manner of speaking was essenced
with pain. .amazement, and deep sadness.
why, no | haven't. How are youP"
He had found a voice at last but it was
not his own. 1t was more like IA dead
thing. colorless, loveless and cold.
The girl choked and put her hands
hurriedly to her forehead.
''Good-by,' she said, and in the
twinkling of an eye she was swallowed
up and lost in the swarming, restless
throng.
1t was so like man.
1t was so like woman.
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Fighting cholsr. Successfully.

Further remarkable instances OF the
success OF Professor Haffkine's system
OF anti-cholera incubation are reported
from Calcutta. In the first case four out
OF six members OF a family were inocu-
lated. The cholera appeared in the
neighborhood lately, and the disease
attacked one OF tho two who had not
been inoculated, while the inoculated
remained free. In the second case
five members OF family consisting of
eleven persons were inoculated. The
cholera lately attacked one of the six
who had not been inoculated. In the
third case six out Of . family of nine
were inoculated. when the cholera
prevailed in the neighborhood few
days later the disease attacked one Of
the three not inoculated.
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DoMESTIcATING BEARS.
Two Farmers in Dispute About Fam
lily of the Animals.

Farmer Dan Warren lives mar
Hagan's Pond, sullivan county, New
York, and bear and four cubs osme
out of the woods and feed in his
meadow. He had not raised a gun to
them, and he chuckles as he looks at
the furry youngsters. Farmer Wood
is his neighbor, does not like bear,
and when he started to bring in
the COWS few days ago
and met the Youngsters and
their mother he let his dog fly
at them and get killed. Wood got his
rifle, and, when he missed that big
bear she chased him all the way into
the back kitchen. Then she made
faces at him and trotted back with
her little ones. Wood is afraid to go
after his cows now, and swears he
will kill the bear, and Farmer Warren
just as empatically swears enat he
will do no such thing. Warren feels
that he has proprietary interest in
tho bears, as they feed on his land
He says he wants the CUBS to grow
old enough to make fit eating, then ne
will kill them himself And Wood is
such peaceful man that he says he
will move before he fights with hh
aeighbor
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FACTS AND EVENTS.

In is2O the United states had three
inha bitants to the square mile of area;
in 1890 there were twenty.
\ man who claims to be ''conjurer"
has so "bewitched' three negroes in
Tennessee as to render them insane.
The deepest gold mines in Australia
are the Magadla, at Stawell, e,4Oc
feet. and Lansell's. at Sandhurst, 2,64o.
4 direct telegraph cable line be-
tween Australia and Canada is OK
pected to be completed in two years
The earth as seen from the other
planets-provided there is any one
there to see it's of distinct blue
color.
The longest artificial water course
In the world is the Bengal canal, 300
miles; the next is the Erie, 363. Each
sost nearly $40, ,Oo0, 900.
A North Carolina girl was halted ON
the highway by three men. She
whipped out . pistol. and firing on
the crowd, wounded one man and put
them all to Aight
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M ANY MATTERS.

God Save the Queen" is sung in
nearly twenty languages.
sixty:six per cent of the inha bitants
of Milwaukee are Germans.
It would require 1900 cholera
microbes to form procession an inch
long.
1t is estimated that /, 700, GOD square
miles of the earths surface are still
uninha bited or ownerlcss.
A Texan has invented device which
will couple airbrakes by steam or
electricity.
There is a natural fountain in
Dauphiny. France, which emits an
intiammable gas after every rain.
The smallest tree in Great Britain
grows on the summit of Ben Lomond.
1t is the dwarf willow, which is
mature when it attains the height of
two inches.
Your Chinese immigrant is an
insidious cuss. Some weeks ago the
British steamer Danube reached Port
land with sos Celcstials Every
mothers son of them is now on shore.
Elmer James of Philadelphia tied
sinllers to his feet before jumping
overheard from Il yacht at Atlantic
City, y. j. He also held the captain
at bay with a razor, as he was bound
to shuttle off.
Mr. Edward Connolly of Birming
ham, Ala, has curious Irish potato
that he raised in the Lilicview gar
den. The center potato is surrounded
by seven smaller ones 1t is n family
potato, and all the members of tho
family are united by ties of sap 1t is
Il multiplication of the Siamese twins.
Mr.. Connolly sees in this union potato
II prophecy of the success of home
rule in Ireland.
An ingenious chicken raiser lives
near Milton, Wash. lie was brough.
to the verge of ruin by large quunti-
ties of sualSes that migrated to his
neighborhood ana swallowed his eggs
and his chickens, and tried many plans
designed to iiSperse the reptiles and
save his stock and fortune, but un-
availingly A happy thought struck
bought big lot of porcelain nest
eggs and scattered them promiscu-
ously over his premises. The snakes
were marvelouslv fooled, .and have
been swallowing them with avidity
and with fatal results ever since. 1t
is assumed they die of Indigestion.
though may be chagrin.
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simplc Worlls the Best.

The following little story is told
of citizen of Port Chester, n. Y,
whose education was somewhat su-
perior to his wife's, a fact regard ing
which she was very sensitive, On
one occasion the man drove over 10
White Plains to inquire regarding
the health of his sister-in-law, who
was dangerously i'll. Upon returning
he was met by his wife, who asked
OF her sisters condition.
"She is convalescent. replied tho
man.
Immediately and in the most em-
phatic manner the woman cried out,
.'I want none of your soothing words.
! want facts. You tell me this min,
ute, is my sister dead or aliveP"
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CHEERS FOLLOWED Kisses.
How Professor Biackie's Apology for a
Rough Word Was Received.

How Professor Bisckie's Apology for a
Rough Word Wa. Received.
Professor Blackie was lecturing to a
new class with whose personnel he was
tmperfectly acquainted. A student
bis left haad.
.'Sirl" Numbered Blackie, hold
your book in your right hand!''-and as
the student would have spoken-"No
words, sir! Your right hand, say"
The student held up his right arm
ending piteously at the wrist. Sir.
] hue nae right hand!' he said
Before Blaekie could open his lips
there arose such a storm OF misses as
one perhaps must go to Edin nburgh to
hear; and by it his voice was over
borne. Then the professor left his
place and went down to the student
he had unwittingly hurt. and put his
arm around the lads shoulders and
drew him close. and the lad leaned
against his breast
my boy" said Blaclzie-he spoke
very softly, yet not so softly but that
every word was audible in the hush
that had fallen on the classroom-'my
boy, you'll forgive me that I was over
rough? l did not know did not
knowl" He turned to the students,
with look and tone that came
straight from his great heart, he said;
And let me say to you all, am re-
joiced to be shown 1 am teaching
class of gentlemen
Scottish lads can cheer as well as
hiss, and that Blackie learned.
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KNOWLEDGE SPREADING.
liiiteracy in tho United States on the
Wane Among the Native Horn.

lilitsracy in the United States on the
Wane Among the Native Horn.
Illiteracy in the United States Is
principally confined to tie foreign
born and colored citizens.
From the statistics OF illiteracy in
1890 it appears that, OF the total
population 10 years of age and over
in 1890. II per cent. or one-eighth.
were illiterlte. Ten years earlier
similar proportion was Ia per cent.
or about onc-sixth. showing an I'M
mense reduction in the proportion OF
illiterates. This reduction has taken
place in the ranks of the native-born
whites and the colored, while among
the foreign orn the proportion has
increased. Thus, the proportion oil
illiteratcs among the native whites
was, in 1890. g. per cent, AMI in
1880. 81 per cent. Among the coored
the corresponding proportions were
81. per cent. and 10 per cent. Among
the foreign born. on the other hand,
the proportion of illiterates in 1890
was 49,. per cent. and in 1880 II per
cent. an increase to be accounted for
by the excessive immigration OF the
decade and by the character OF much
OF that immigration, which consisted OF
the lower classes of Southern and
Eastern Europc-ltalians. Huns, Poles
and Bohemians.
The illiteracy the country Is.
therefore, mainly represented by the
foreign born and the colored elements.
and by the latter in much greater de-
gree than the former. Considering
the entire population. the states In
which illiteracy is most prevalent are
those OF the South. Mason and Dix
on's line, the Ohio river, and the
thirty-,evenh parallel OF latitude
separate the literate from the illiterate
states. North of that line the propOr-
ton OF illiteracy ranges from 81 In
Nebraska up to 1913 in Nevada.
South OF that line it ranges from l4.e
in the district of Columbia. to 45.8 in
Louisiana, If we except Oklahoma,
which was largely settled from Kansas.
and carried Kansas education with 1t.
Indeed, throughout the cotton states
the proportion ranges high. being
forty per cent in Mississippi. forty-ons
in Alabama. nearly forty in Georgia.
and forty-tive in South Carolina. In
the Northern states, throughout New
England and the upper Mississippi
valley, the average is between five and
six per cent.
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A JUDO M ENT.
Which Changed the oncIaI Language of

1t was so like a man.
1t was so like a woman.


The young duke of Brissac, son OF
the viscountess de Tredern by her
first husband, has just become en-
gagged 10 Mile. de Crussol, daughter of
the well-known duchess dues and
sister OF that Duke Jacques who per-
ished couple of years ago in Africa
The duke OF Brissac is very popular
young officer of the Twenty-ffth dra-
goons and bids fair to develop later on
in life as much flesh as that ancestor
of his who used TO be known as .'le
gros Brissac.r
1t is to this fat duke OF Brissac, by
the by, that the French nation is in
debted for having the pleading in law
courts as well as the judgments and
decisions delivered in French instead
of in Latin, as had been the case until
his time. 1t seems that the duke rode
all the way from Paris to Rouen Just
in time to hear the judges there deliv-
ering a judgment against him with
the Latin words "Debotat dictum. :"
At any rate these were the only words
he heard, says u Paris letter.
Furiously he returned to Paris, and
on arriving theio SoLlpininou W tlo
king of the impertinence OF the judges.
why. what have they done to you,
my poor Brissac.' exclaimed the king.
They've condemned me to lose IN y
boots."
your boots'' inquired the king in
astonishment.
"Yes, sir; they used the expression
'debot at dictum, and should like to
know what else they can mean
There was a shout Of laughter on the
part OF his majesty and of those pres
ent, and it was with difficulty that the
real meaning of the expression was
made clear to the irate duke.
"But why couldn't they tell me that
my demand had been rejected in plain
French, instead Of their accursed Lat
IMP" he growled.
You're right. Brissac." rejoined
the king. "henceforth il you are to be
subject to a 'dsbot at it shall be In
French" And from that time forth
all judgments have been delivered in
the vernacular.
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ECLUDED
Life of the Ruler of Europs's Tinisst
Monarchy.

Monarcby.
Prince John H., of Liechtenstein,
who enjoys the distinction OF being
the reigning sovereign OF the tiniest
independent state of a monarchical
character in Europe, has won the
good will of the populace Of Vienna
by presenting to the city his priceless
collection Of pictures. including many
Raphaels. Corregios, Titians and Van
dykes. The gift is destined to COM
memorate the fiftieth anniversary OF
the Austrian emperor's accention to
the throne, which will be celebrated
three years hence. and the princes OBJ
ject in making the donation now is In
order that the gallery which the city
has undertaken to build for the re-
ception of these works OF art may be
ready in time for its Inauguration in
the jubilee year.
There are few sovereign princes
about whom so little is known Us John
III. of Liechtenstcin who, whether In
his palace at Fienna-one of the most
magnificent residences Of the imperial
city-or his innumerable castles
that abouifD in every province and
state OF Germany and Austria, leads .
life of the most complete .and abso.
Lutte seclusion. His mind is uncloudsd
indeed, his intellect is OF such a high
order that he is honorary president OF
the imperial academy OF sciences at
Vienna-but he is afflicted by an In
durable malady of most peculiar
and extraordinary character which
may be said to deprive him Of the en-
joyment of his vast wealth or magnih-
cent possessions.
He gives grand entertainments at
his Viennese palace and superb shoot
ing parties. at his chateaux, but al
though his guests may be aware that
he is under the same roof they rarely
II ever catch glimpse Of him. 1t Is
needless to say that he is unmarried,
his only brother being likewise q
bachelor, while there have been such
a large number OF morganatic mar
riages and mesalliances on the part OF
his cousins that considerable differences
are expected to arise with regard to
the eventual succession to the SOW
ereignty OF his small dominion.
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Charlotte coraay'. Last Portrait.

most interesting anecdote OF
Charlotte Corday has seen the light,
apropos of the centenary OF Marat's
execution. While Charlotte was on
her trial she saw an artist sketching'
her portrait and she turned her. face
around so as ~ give him better
view. After her condo innstion she
gave him a sitting in the prison tnat
he might finish his work. and when
he had been thus engaged about two
hours tap was heard on the door
and the executioners entered. The
victim turned pale, but was self-pos-
sessed. and she cut off a long lock of
hair with scissors and gave it to the
artist, asking him at the same time
to send replica OF her portrait to
her family. This was done The
artist was a German named Hauer.
and the story comes from his daugh-
ter-in-law, who is still living, The
lock was afterward lost. The por-
trait hangs at Versailles.
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A Lsborlou. Compliment.

On one occasion, when interposing
IN a quarrel, Lord North observed
that there was often far too much
readiness to take offense. That is
not my own case," he added; "this
very evening one member who spoke
Of me described me as that thing
called minister Well, to be sure"
continued Lord North, here patting
his ample sides, 81 am an unwieldy
thing; the honorable member, there
fore, when he called me "a thing
said what was true, and could not
be angry with him But when he
added, that thing called . minister
he called me that thing which Of all
things he himself wished most to be,
and, therefore. 1 took 1t as compli-
ment