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The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Ocean Greyhounds Left Behind

We land creatures are very proud
or ourselves. We think we are so
superior in every way to the creatures
that dwell in the seas, and when we
discover that we can make steam.
ship which, under favorable conditions.
can travel from New York to Queens.
town in trifle under six days, we call
that vessel an ocean greyhound. Why
We should give greyhound the credit
Tor all the speed in creation-among
living things-is not quite clear to those
who know something about whales.
The whale is not only a creature of
great strength, but he is one of the
most rapid of moving things. He can
go faster than q locomotive when he
gets his muscular steam up. as Won
Will see for yourself when YOU realize
the fact that the whale moves through
the water with a velocity which. il
continued at the same rate, would en-
able him to encircle the whole earth
In less than fourteen days. Consider
ing this, one might properly ask. why
ocean greyhounds? Why not steam
les?'-Philadelphia Press.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
V ADA REHAN BoW.LEGGEpt
Or why Do Women Giggls ut Montans's
Big silver Statue of Justice.

Or why Do Women Giggle ut MOntans's
Big silver Statue of Justice.
It has been frequently noticed by
men who visited Montana's exhibit at
the Worlds Fair since the silver statue
of Justice was unveiled that whenever
there was a party Of women without
escorts around the statue they invari-
ably got to laughing at great rate, as
If they had made some great discovery,
which was just too good to let the hor-
rid men into the secret of.
Yesterday, however, In an unguarded
moment, one Of these unconscious crit
les let the cat out of the bag. There
were four or five of them standing
around the statue gazing at her classic
pose, when one of them, who had
been looking intently at the ankles of
Justice for several minutes, suddenly
burst out with: "Oh, girls, she's bow
legged-just look!''
There was a gathering Of heads In
one place, and craning Of necks and
much raising and lowering of eyes, as
If trying to mentally follow the direc-
ton taken by Justices ankle where 1t
was lost under the folds OF her toga.
Then there was a unanimous noddlng
Of heads and a great deal Of giggling,
as if the discovery constituted one OF
the rarest jokes ever heard Of.
A careful survey of the lines OF JUS
tees right ankle confirms the criti-
cisms passed upon her by the women.
There can be no question that, taking
the original departure Of the ankle
from the foot upon which it rests and
extending it in a straight line, the up
per end would leave the main trunk Of
the statue somewhere about three feet
above the pedestal, and, If further pro-
jected, would strike the roof Of the
Mines Building about $50 feet north of
the point Immediately over her head.
The only possible way for her ankle to
reach the main trunk of her body after
starting out the direction it has Is to
describe a sort of horseshoe bend some
where about the knee joint--Chicago
Inter-Ocean,
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Presumptive Proof.

Mr.. James w. Clarke, In paper on
PROBLEMS Of Presumptive Proof" In
the Atlantic, SLOWS that circumstantial
evidence is usually all that is available
in the case Of serious crimes:
"It needs no brilliant jurist, how
ever, to teach us the plain and simple
truth that men do not commit crimes
openly and in the light of day, but
stealthily and in the darkness Of con-
cealment. The very root Of the word
MURDER taken from the old common
law (murdrum), conveys the idea OF
concealment. A man about to forge
a note does not call his neighbor and
bid him watch the forgery. Neither
does a man about to commit a murder
announce his intention either to the
proposed victim or any Of his friends.
Burglars are not accustomed to ring
the front-door bell before picking the
lock of the back door, nor do they, as
rule, leave their photographs on the
entered premises to assist in their pur-
suit and Identification. So that, until
human nature is essentially changed,
we may conclude with certainty that
the overwhelming majority of criminals
must either be punished upon indirect
evidence or not at all; and the more
enormous the crime and the more
severe its punishment, the more GER
tain it will always be that proof Of
guilt, nine times out Of ten, cannot be
direct, and must be presumptve.
while the popular notion is that
wrongful convictions on circumstantial
evidence have been numerous, the
records Of the courts and the data af-
forded by history point to the converse
conclusion, and suggest more strongly
the perils Of what is called direct evil
dence The most memorable miscar-
riages Of justice on record are not
those in which circumstantial evidence
and mere presumptions made thereon
led to unjust verdicts, but those in
which either direct evidence. or evil
dence which, though not absolutely
direct was apparently open to no sort
Of reasonable doubt. led to the con-
viction and execution of men and
women who were afterwards shown to
have been entirely innocent of the
crimes which were so conclusively
brought home to them.''
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Pen Etching of the Pope.

I found the Pope more spiritualized
with personal radiance more be-
nignant, less Of king and more Of
an apostle. A gentle benevolence, half
afraid, it would seem, turks in the
curve Of his lips and shows itself only
in his smile and, at the same time, the
straight, strong nose reveals the will
the unbending will, one that can wait.
Leo XIII. resembles a saint in some
cathedral window, but what attracts
and rivets attention almost as much
as his face are the hands-l0ng, deli
cate, transparent hands, with contours
of unrivaled purity-hands which seem,
with their agate nails, offerings Of
precious ivory, laid upon shrine. His
voice has far-away sound as If 1t
had travelled to a distant country on
the wings of prayer, and loved rather
to soar towards heaven than to stoop
to mortal ears. Nevertheless, in con-
versation it returns from the Gregor-
ian monotone with a note in major
key. Besides q mere tride, local
habit lends bis discourse peculiar
savor, a spice of nationally. Though
the Pontiff speaks correct and elegant
French, at every moment the typical
Italian exclamation "ecco" breaks In
with its two cracking syllables.-Vin-
centown Gazette.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Hand TO Hand with q Grizzly.

Ira Dodge, a hunter and trapper OF
this section, who on November 2, last
year, had a bear fight that will be-
come historical, Is back at Evanston,
Wyo., from Salt Lake, where he has
been under the treatment of an oculist,
says an exchange. At the end Of the
combat Dodge had few more than
one hundred wounds on his body. His
only attendant for three months was
his wife. She was a skilful and de-
voted nurse, but could do nothing for
the eye. Happily the use of this mem
Der has been restored. Dodge is lame
yet, but is able to be about. OF his
encounter with the bear he says:
early on the morning Of November
2 1 saw three grizzlies at the edge of
the timber a mile from Green River.
and I thought could do it. I tied my
down one and then a second, but could
bawled like calves getting branded. I
returned to the first and threw an
other bullet behind his shoulder. He
him. He rose and rushed at me- /
lulCW uy AC1t 1uto 1AS HAZE duu .|lmpSu
back and gave him a shot. The shell
from my last explosion stuck in my
rifle. dropped the gun and pulled
my knife, for the bear was upon me.
I drove the knife into him half a dozen
times clear to the hilt, but he did not
seem to mind it. He knocked the knife
from my hand. Then stuck my fist
into his mouth and he nearly took off
my arm. He was biting and scratch
ing me all over when I became un-
conscious. I suppose he felt himself
dying and crawled away to accept the
end alone. They always do that ii
possible. When I came to again l
crawled On my hands and knees to my
horse. I was bleeding all over and al
most naked. The horse smelled my
blood and the blood Of the bear. For
the first time since have had him he
stood still for me to mount. He car
ried me twelve miles to my cabin,
where Mrs. Dodge saved my life by
nursing me. I am going back in few
days to get my rifle and see the dead
bears.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
AIRTiGHT STEAMSHIPS.
A Curious Scheme to Save Vessels From
Loss by Sinking.

A Curious Scheme to Save Vessels From
Loss by Sinking.
An English mechanical genius has
devised method OF indicating ana
stnpnipg q leak by the use OF COM
pressed air. He divides ship into
alright compartments fitted with doors
provided with packing material and
connected by tubes with a room on
deck, called the ''switch-room." In
this room is a junction chest supplied
with compressed air from liked or
portable compressors, and so arranged
that the air can be delivered to any
Of the compartments. Other tubes
lead from the compartment from which
water can be forced out when requir-
ed, and electric indicators are also
connected with the switch-room to in
dicate the accumulation of water in
any of the compartments. Should the
vessel spring a leak' the indicator
will show which compartment is af-
fected, so that the compressed air may
be forced in to drive the water out.
The invention also includes the
means for indicating the position Of a
sunken ship, this being accomplished
by means of buoy connected to a
coiled rope. TO refioat the vessel a
diver can descend and connect the
junction chest with the various COM
partments, so that by supplying COM
pressed air the water will be elected
and the vessel foated. Other objects
Of the invention are the prevention Of
fire and means for extinguishing the
same, and also for vendlating the
cargo,
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
TepnysOn's Religion.

John Addington Symonds, relating a
conversation between Gladstone and
Tennyson, in his "Recollections' Of the
latter, records the laureate as saying
of the incognizability of manner:
II cannot form the least notion of
brick. / don't know what it is. It's
no use talking about atoms, extension,
color, weight. I cannot penetrate the
brick. But I have far more distinct
ideas Of God, Of love and such emo
tons.
Il can sympathize with God In my
poor way The human soul seems to
me always in some way-how, we do
not know-identical with God. That's
the value Of prayer. Prayer Is like
opening a sluice between the great
ocean and our little channels"
Then of eternity and creation he said:
'Huxley says we may have come from
monkeys. That makes no difference to
me. If it is Gods way of creation he
sees the whole, past, present and future,
as one" Then of morality: II cannot
but think moral good is the crown of
man. But what is it without immor-
tality? Let us eat and drink, for to-
morrow we die. If knew the world
were coming to an end in six hours
would I give my money to a starving
beggar? No; If did not believe my
self immortal.
Il have sometimes thought men of
sin might destroy their Immortality.
The eternity of punishment Is quite In.
credible. Christ's words were parallels
to suit the sense Of the times'
Further of morality: There are some
young men who try to do away with
morality. They say, We won't be
moral Comte, I believe. and perhaps
Mr.. Grote, too, deny that immortality
has anything to do with being moral"
Then from material to moral difficult.
ties: "Why do mosquitoes exist? I be-
ieve that after God had made his
world the devil began and added some
thing"
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
POWER OF PLAIN MEN.
An Ambassador Advises His King q
Make Peace without Delay.

An Ambassador Advises His King %
Make Peace without Delay.
When the British officer dined with
Gen. Marion and found American OFF,
GERS and soldiers content with meal
of baked potatoes he thought it useless
for England to undertake to conquer
such, men. The following incident
proves that the Ambassador of Philip
LII. Of Spain made similar discovery
in his intercourse with the Ho1anders,
says an exchange.
Philip III. of Spain sent his Ambassa-
dor to treat with the states of Holland
about recognizing their independence.
When the great man arrived he was
shown into an ante-chamber and told
that if he waited in that room he would
see the members of the State pass by.
The Ambassador waited very patient
ly, and seeing none but number Of
plainly dressed men carrying bundles
in their hands or under their arms,
which bundles contained their food and
clothes-for many Of these persons
came from different parts of the State
he turned to his interpreter and asked
him when the States would come. The
man replied:
1.-THE persons whom you have this
moment seen are the members Of the
State"
Upon hearing this the Ambassador
lost no time in writing to the Com
mander-in- Chief Of the Spanish army
to advise his royal master to make
peace without delay, saying In explain
alton:
II expected to have seen in the
States a splendid appearance, but in
stead of that 1 saw only a parcel of
plainly dressed men with very sensible
faces, who came into the council with
their provisions in their hands. Their
parsimony will ruin the King, my mas
ter, in the course of the war if it Is
continued, for there is no fighting with
people who can live upon few pence
a day and their mobiles upon a shilling,
and who will for nothing do everything
that their country requires"
The King had the good sense to listen
to this sage advice and agreed to treat
with these Hollanders as an indepen-
dent State, and thus put an end to the
war.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Tho Middis-Aged Woman.

The middle-aged woman is the best
friend that either the young or old can
have. With the former she is COM
panionab1e. and sympathetic, as her
own youth Is not so far behind her that
she has no appreciation for the senti-
ment and sorrows of those just start
ing In life. To the old she represents
the embodiment of sturdy common
sense that has grown out Of the follies
Of girlhood and is to them one who Is
competent to advise with judgment
gained from actual experience.
To sum 1t all up, she is as the fruit
that Is in its perfection, neither too
green nor over-ripe. She Is woman
schooled in the ways of the world and
able to meet It's storms as well as its
joys with sturdy independence that
at the same time lacks not one ciota Of
feminine grace and charm, and whether
her role be ttAt Of wife, maid Or widow
she can, IL she 80 wills 1t, be more at.
tractive In her full Development than
sa1ttmsa sasii 9rIhn6ak
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Wa1king-Sticks for Women.

If you have not seen the new ladies'
walking stick you will do so before
long. The stick has the appearance
of an umbrella, rolled extremely tight
and slender to degree. The handle.
in ebony or light walnut, with a gold
band, is convenient to hold, says the
St Louis Post-Despatch. Nothing, in
deed. could be smarter. Many women
who love walking with a support fore
go the pleasure because of the man.
-nish look of the ordinary stick. The
mock umbrella changes all this. 1t
has, moreover. the advantage of being
as light as feather. We may expect
to see 1t before many days are passed.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
The white Horse OF Lambourne.

In Berkshire, England, is situated a
hill on the steep sides Of which is the
figure of q gigantic horse whose di
mensions are almost an acre in extent.
The head, neck, body and tail of this
wonderful figure consist of wide white
lines, as does also each Of its four legs.
The outlines Of this monstrouS speci-
men of the genus equinus are formed
by cutting trenches in the chalk, Of
which the hill is mainly composed, the
bitches being from two to three feet
deep and about ten feet in width. The
chalk Of the trenches being of beau
tiful white and the surroundings the
greenest Of the green, makes the figure
of the horse plainly discernible at a
distance of about twelve miles This
is the, famous white Horse Of Lam
bourne"
The white horse is known to have
been the standard Of the Saxons and
some have supposed that this monster
emblematic figure was made by Hen
gist, one of the Saxon kings. Mr.. Wise
an antiquarian who has written much
on the White Horse Of Berkshire, brings
In several arguments to prove that this
figure was made by or under orders
from Alfred during the reign of Ethel
red, his brother, and that it is monu
ment to a victory over the Danes in
the year 81. Other well-known writ
ers are Of the opinion that the cele-
brated White Horse is a natural freak
one of natures oldest oddities. Ash
mead-Burrton thinks that the early
tribes noticed that the outlines Of the
freak resembled a horse to certain
extent and that they worked it into its
present shape; at least that they gave
the outlines their present graceful sym
metry.
However this may be, it has been the
custom since time out Of memory for
the neighboring peasants to assemble
on certain day of each year, usually
about midsummer, to clear away the
weeds from around the White Horse
and to trim the edges of the trenches
so as to preserve the color and shape.
This task is known all over England as
Securing the White Horse"
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
FOR LAZY FISHERMEN.
The Fish Rings the Bell and the Angler
Does the Rest.

The Fsah Rings the Bell and the Angler
Does the Rest.
"As lazy as fisherman is proVerb
of general accept ance, but Ii is safe
bet that there are fishermen along the
Hudson River who can grand discount
the men about whom the proverb was
first made, says the Oswego Times.
These Hudson River men have con-
triyance by which they are spared the
labor of holding the line as they sit on
the river bank or on the end of dock
and fish for the festive tomcod and the
succulent eel. In fact, they needn't sit
at all IL they don't want to. They may
lie down and go to sleep if they feel
like it, and most of them do. And
therein lis their laziness superior to that
of the ancient angler, who had to keep
awake or lose his fish.
Like most great inventions, this pro-
moter of laziness is exceedingly simple.
1t consists of a pointed stick, piece of
whalebone and bell. The bell is fast
ened to the whalebone, the whalebone
is fastened to the stick, the stick is
stuck firmly In the earth or in creyice
of the dock; the line is fastened to the
whalebone near the top Of the stick,
duU lueEt you are. Lie dhSiS1 odi''
his hook and throws over his line, and
then settles himself for nap. The
foolish fish comes along, takes the bait,
rings the bell, and announces that he
Is caught and wants to be taken up.
/, An angler new to this style of fishing.
who set his line and went to sleep
beside 1t, thought when he got bite
that 1t was the breakfast bell at home
and growled as he rolled over that he'd
be darned if he'd get up. In rolling
over he knocked the stick out Of the
crevice, and the fish darted away with
bis line. He awoke just enough to real
ize that his tackle was disappearing,
and as 1t went over the end of the dock
he went after it. 1t took four men to
fish him out, but he had the line with
him, and the biggest eel that was
caught that day.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
The BuncO Game.

The bunco steerer has as many tricks
as q mule, and what he doesn't know
isn't worth knowing. His vx1ctims
aren't always green countrymen,
either.
The bunco steerer doesn't confine
himself to one line of operations. All
is fish that comes to his net. He is
willing to show gentlemen who have
lost their way where there is a good
hotel, and incidentally to put them on
to a square game. He works with
the green goods men and brings them
victims when the gambling dodge won't
work, and when victim discloses
amorous propensities he always knows
a frail lady who will help to play the
badger game upon him.
The bunco steerer used to- be in the
habit Of greeting stranger effusiYely
as Judge Smith, of Wayback." In
formed with much dignity Of his error,
he passed the word to his pal, who
presently went off with Squire Jones,
Of Goshtown, and told him lot about
the folks ito hum"
This doesn't work now. The papers
have printed the story so many times
that the first renconter would awaken
Squire Jones's suspicious. The present
method is to get the names from the
hotel registers by various devices of
number Of visitors from rural districts
and then to make hasty study OF
their homes.
Suppose a man comes from Swanton
Centre, vt. An air Of verisimilitude
can be given to bald and uninterest-
ing narrative by study Of the gazet-
teer and map. And when man says:
''Why, Squire Jones, how are you?
Don't remember me, suppose. Saw
you once at the Centre, but that was
years ago. I'm from Franklin myself.
Been here four years now," it's very
convincing, especially when backed UP
by some bit of State gossip, easily
cleaned from the Boston, Springfield
and Albany papers. And the Squire
who hesitates is lost.
It is only in the case of the most
transparently stupid visitor that the
clumsy old device can be worked any
longer. But by more subtle methods
I've known even city man Of some
experience to be taken In. Only the
newspapers don't print it! He never
squeals!
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20

What do we do with old shoes that
are left here" said shoe dealer, re-
peating customers question. "Weu,
we never do anything with them.
There's pile in the yard now waiting
for the ash man to carry off, II, while
it is there, any old bum wants to be
shod we send him out and let him take
his pick. But I know one shoe store
that keeps all it's cast-offs for a col.
lector. In fact I'm not sure that he
doesn't pay little something for them.
Haven't the least idea what he does
with them, but shouldn't wonder if You
could buy the best Of them afterwards
In Hester street for ten cents q pair
and, for all I knQN, some Of them may
be worked oYex " cheap stoskr as
The Washington bee., 1894-01-20
Work of Volcanoes.

Few people in this country imagine
what terrible work a volcano of the
regulation size can do when it once
gets fully aroused. In 1888 CotapaM
threw its fiery rockets more than 5000
feet above the crater, and in 1857,
when the blazing mass confined in the
same mountain was struggling for an
outlet, 1t roared SO loud that tiae awful
noise was heard for a distance of 600
miles. In 1877 the crater of Tungur-
ague, one Of the great peaks of the
Andes, flung out torrents Of mud and
lava which damned up a great river,
opened new-lakes, besides making a
deposit of seething mud, ashes and lava
600 feet deep over the whole area of a
valley which was twenty miles long
and averaged 200 feet in width. The
stream of lava which flowed from We
suyius in 1887 and passed through the
valley of Terre del Greco is estimated
to have contained 333, 100000 cubic feet
Of solid matter. In 1760 Aetna poured
out flood of melted stones and ashes
which covered eightyfour square miles
Of fertile@eountry to depth of from
ten to forty feet. On this occasion the
sand, scoria, Lava, etc, from the burn
ing mountain form ed Mt Rosini, peak
two miles in circumference and over
1000 feet high
In the eruption of Vesuvius In the
year 70 "A. D., the time Of the destruc-
ton Of Pompeii, the scoria, ashes, sand
and lava vomited forth far exceeded
the entire dimensions of the volcano
Itself, while in 1860 Aetna disgorged
over twenty times its own mass. Ve-
suviIis has sent its ashes into Syria.
Egypt and Turkey. 1t hurled stones
of 500 pounds weight to Pompeii. a dis
|tance of six English miles, during the
eruption Of 79 A. D. Cotapaxi once
protected a block of stone containing
over 100 cubic yards asdistance of nine
land q half miles.