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not manage to land. Popinjay recognized
me, and, though he generally treats me
as il we're the scum of humanity. CON
descended to ask II l would take on his
p: "Gh. do|' said Miss Bangs. 1T is a
shame that any one should miss such an
entertaining sight" and 20, do sald
Bob, who wanted to put on starting as
long as poss ible. though ne feil sooo
deal better since dinner.
So again my horse sense yielded, and
instead OF heading the Skeetcr for the
shore at once. ! spent couple of hours
mere lntipg those foolish women to and
fro ! proISise YOU there was no such
quiet performance as Miss Bangss had
been In their case. The whole ar re
sounded with imbecile shrieks. and the
gulls came fiuttering round In delighted
surprise to Join the chorus,
Well. at last the Popinlays got up
steam again and started. To do them
justice, they did ask us 10 go back with
them. and threw out some vague hints
OF luncheon and fizz, at which Bob
frightened up amazingly. But the
cousin declined win the distant cool,
ness which was a strange thing about
her manner, and We got down into our
little craft again. with some diNlculty,
because the waves had grow double
the height. and dashed their white caps
against the rocks ter,ely The skeeier
tossed like an eggshell We had hardly
put of before my heart misgaNe me,
and knew that II was going TO be nip
gale, and blew harder every minute.
At first had mind TO turn back and
get them to give us shelter in the light;
but then | realized how impossible It
would be to land there again, and !
shaped my course for the shore: Bob
sat in the stern. a total wreck. ] roar
now when | think OF the sorry sight he
was. AS seasiCk IA chap as ever sazed
ON the Atlantic his white trousers spat-
tered with salt water. his jaunty cap
over ono ear, and hts face melancholy
pea green. hut at the time he Allied me
with rage and despair. TOR he was OF
NJ earthly usc and dres ltu.ly in the way.
4 hundred aud srNenty-nNc pounds of
suffering. Not even available as bal
last,
Miss Bangs had taken OF her gloves.
Gould you steer" ! asked her, doubt
fully. Our only chance Is TO upship the
mast and get ashore with the, oars,
Like lady she changed her seat,
pushed Bob out OF the way. though not
roughly. and took the tiller ropes with.
out word. The bit Of sail Mapped and
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REPORTS ON cH|NA'S PLAGUE,
An Effort to Stop Its Progress by
Tricking Chinese Deities.
Why Mongolians Celebrated New
Years Day in Advance.
IBy Associated Prer)

Wy NssONlhtcn tTfb-D
WASHINGTON, July 2i.--Additional
information regarding the black plague
in China has been received at the Marine
Hospital through the Department OF
State Minister Dunn, writing from
Toxic under date of June 10, reports the
disease to be on the increase In Hong
Kong. Latest advices. he says, are that
UP to June I over 1850 deaths had oc-
CURED IN Hong Kong, and several Eu-
ropeans had died of the plague. a very
small percentage only Of those who are
attacked recover.
Under date Of June -, Minister Dunn
says that latest adviues from Hong
Kong report a slight abatement of the
epidemic He also incioses to the State
Department a notification by the Jap
ancse Government. which requires cit
liens of the United States in Japan and
the commanders and masters Of naval
and merchant vessels arriving at Maya
saki. Kobe, Yokohama and lIakodate
to conform to the imperial ordinance
for the regulation of the inspection Of
vessels arriving from cholera-infected
ports
Charles DENLY, jr., Secretary OF Lcga-
ton at Pekin, says the plague now pre-
vailing has caused great uneasiness,
and every precaution has been taken to
prevent Its introduction into districts
not yet infected Great difficulty arises,
however. from the utter inability OF the
Chinese to understand and their un-
willingness to comply with the most
elementary principles OF sanitation.
In Hong Kong the new cases have
numbered between forty or nifty and
fifteen or twenty per day. with about
70 per cent. of deaths. At Canton It
was estimated that 5000 deaths had oc-
CURED up to May 8. At that city a
novel and thoroughly Chinese method
of checking the disease was hit upon.
A fortune-teller having given out that
the plague would die away with the
| approach Of the Spring solstice. the
people OF Canton, in order to deceive
the gods of sickness, made the first day
of the fourth moon. May 5, their New
Years Day.
| Every ceremony by which the day is
celebrated was gone through with
scrupulous cxactitude. The local au-
thorities assisted In this farcical per-
{ Torrance. The New Years festivities
in the presence Of such widespread death
had a somewhat CHASTITY character.
| Under date of July II the United
States Consul at Liege, Belgium. reports
that thirteen deaths from cholera had
occurred in that city during the week
ended July I. The past week, he says.
the newspapers reported four or ive
new cases each day. So great Is the
confidence OF the people In the power
of the authorities to suppress the disease
/ that its presence occasions absolutely nc
excitement. The explosion of a single
dynamite bomb has frightened more
people out Of town than the cholera.
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Things are seldom what they seem.
There was never a truer proverb than
that and though I'm only five and TWEEN
ty, I have learned that there's one kind
OF a craft you can't tell anything about
from the cut of ner jib. and that's girl
used to think they were a mighty poor
lot good enough to sit in parlor and
look pretty, or TO talk TO when the
weather was bad and there was not any
thing else to do. but something happened
this Summer TO change my mind entirely,
ana now when l hear them toasting
The Ladies!' nobody's hat comes OFF
quicker than mine and nobody yells
Hear, hear!' any louder than yours
truly. May be you'd like TO hear how
this came about. Hold on a jffy till l
NIL my pipe and I'll spin you yarn.
Bob Terriss was a classmate OF mine
At Harvard. We both left before we took
our degrees on account of a little differ
ence Of opinion with the Faculty but
mats neither here nor there. he went
INTO business with his paternal ancestor,
Who Is a banker. and with mine. a boat
builder and consequently for year or
10 we saw little of each other, when all
Al once the Terrisses took II into their
heads to hire place on the South Shore
LOT The Summer and Bob appeared on
Ihe scene again. the same slxpence. big
ana Jolly and ready for any kind OF u
w" Terisses rut on no end of style.
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bulged out the Skecter's little triangle
of canvas handsomely. and on Paradise
Point. the Popintays' beautiful place,
over her snow-white decks and her
brass work shining In the sun like
beaten gold, was taking on party for
the day. We could hear the laughter OF
the ladies' blown out over the water AS
distinctly as II we had been alongside.
and fancied n procession of white
shoes and stockings tripping up the lad
der over her side, That any could have
been neater or pret,ier than the little
shoes in the Skceter, OF which ] had
been taking observations ON the quiet,
You could not have made me believe
out to the light, and, luffins up against
that famous beacon. we waited TIL the
chair came down. and Miss Bangs, climb
Ing into Il calmly went swinging up,
base OF the tower, every bit ~ easy and
sclf-possessed as II she had been taking
tea in her own parlor liked that about
spasms AT sight of a snake or a spider.
and began from that moment to feel
tnat may De BohH cousin might be ONT
OF The common run Of women folks, Bon
followed next. His enthusiasm had
wdncl psrceptllly as We had got iur-
ther odt into IN" ocean and felt its long,
lazy swell. Too much smoking and soda
lemonade had been bad preparation
for a sail. ana while conversation nagged
steadily at his end OF the boat he had
turned all colors of the spectrum under
the brim OF his yachting cap. To tell
the truth he was glad to ind himself
on terra firma again. II the lighthouse
could be called that. I lacked mp the
Skeeter, and last OF all made the ascent,
Miss Bangs was very intelligent
visitor. She asked such sensible ques-
tons and showed such "A genuine inter
est in tn" mechanical construction OF
the light ana ia the lonely pecIlous ne
the keepers lCd that their hearts were
won. and they showed Us many things
Which the ordinary sightsccr6 are al,
lowed 10 overlook: offered us II share Of
their simple dinner and gnllautly pre-
scented the pretty young Lady with
photograph OF the lighthouse which did
not suggest II In the least. Before We
knew II we had been there two hours,
Then there sounded shrili whistle out
drawn up under the lee, waiting 10 send
up It's party in the chair, BY this time
the Wind was freshcr, and they could
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tore at the ropes with frenzy as l
worked away al 1t breathlessly. holding
on by the skin of my teeth wh'le the
poor Skeeter was now borne TO the crest
OF a huge breaker and now slid with the
velocity OF a toboggan into the trough
OF the sea. How ! ever did II ] can't
say, but somehow l managed TO get the
sail brailed up ana 10 sup me sti"k 1 tS.
boat. which still held on It's course TO-
wards the land though without making
any perceptible progress. ! shipped the
oars Bob's cousin had watched me
steadily while ] worked-and in the
midst OF all the excitement | remember
feeling a little mortified at the scrutiny,
for the perspiraton ran doNn my race
in streams and the sleeve of my shabby
sweater had parted company with the
body. Spray dashed over the boat with
every wave. but the smart dress still
There is another pair, Of oars
shrieked she. Il can pull. Shall l
/ nodded. She unshipped the rudder,
He grosned. but he didn't much
know whether he was ahoat or horse
back. That girl was 50 handy. She got
the oars: dropped them INTO me iSs, ro ",
of me amt fell to like an old tar. !
give you my Word for IL not fellow
knew could have pulled a stouter or
a neater oar. Her stroke, even with
that tremendous sea on, was as long
and clean aud regular as any mans on
the varsity need be, and between US We
sent the Skeeter laborins along through
the monstrous waves and actually made
headway Ii was no time for talk We
both knew that there was real danger
that only foo.s could be out IN such a
sea in that cockleshell of boat with
out taking their lives in their hands;
II the tide had been against us, Bob and
Miss Bangs and l would at TINS very
moment be numbered among the inter
csting skeletons that litter the bottom
OF the Atlantic, unless some passing
vessel had picked us up as We drifted
GU, to sea. But as IL was the gods were
good FOR three hours We rowcd like
mad-and that girl showed no sign OF
sand YOU don't come across every day,
either In petticoats or trousers, and
envied Bob being related to such a splen,,
OF her shoulders, and l thought how ]
had mlsjudged her. But / couldn't un-
derstand then and can't now how she
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mrs. WELTscH's T0OTHACHE.
Suffered So Much She May Have
Become Insane
Great Excitement in q Rivinston
street Tenement.

There was a lively time last night in
the big six-story double-dccker tene-
ment-house at l52 Rivington street. and
the innumerable Polish families who
live there were greatly excited because
Mrs. Henry Weltsch who lives on ths
top floor had such a bad toothache and
81 ieache that a policeman and an ambu-
lance had to be called In to take her to
the insane ward at Bellevue Hospital
Mrs. Weltsch's teeth had been aching
for nearly II fortnight. and she had tried
every remedy that WIS recommended to
her What between the alleged sure cures
and the ache, she suffered greatly
FINALLY the moiars, .ncisors. bi-cusplds
and the rest of her dental tixings united
In such a grand all-round twinge which
WAS supplemented by severe pain in
the side, that she announced her inten-
ton OF jumping out of the window
Her husband and a corps OF willing
assistants held her down on the bed.
while all the women In the house
yelled loud enough to wake the dead.
Amid a scene OF the widest con-
fusion Mrs. Weltsch and her aching
teeth and side we're carried downstairs
and hustled into an ambulance.
AZ the hospital her ailment was dag.
ANYHOW. Mrs. Weltsch was about the
liveliest case of "melancholia" seen In
some time. having nearly scared 400
years growth.
The melancholy" Mrs. weltsch Is a
native of Russia and about thirty years
OLD. She VII be exstnined as to her
STOPPED aching may prove to be all right
mentally.
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she was one Of those, tall, big girls that
are right in the fashion now With black
ha,r and eyes and good color, but her
waist was like an hour-glass. and she
dressy to be of earthly good In the world :
i took OFF my hat: then | glanced at her,
then at the Skeeter, and made mp my
mind that she would vote TO stay at
home.
But no. Girls always do what you
don't expect them to. So she said right
on:
Don't let us lose any time. Bob. I'm
afraid We shall be rather tight NJ for
the boat: but. then, there were three
wise men of Gotham who went to
Down the steps she came, and that
was when found out about the white
shoes and stockings. She got aboard,
and not so awkwardly as had expected,
Of the boat. Bob changed his seat in
minute, and went up forward as We put
on. A neat little breeze was blowing Off
shore and the Skeeter SKINNED along
over the waves like bird The white
sunshade was In the way when VIC
wanted to go about, and didn't Ike TO
speak OF II, but the moment tho cousin
caught ON she shut IL down without
word and never opened it again the
whole day. She didn't talk much only
asked me Ia a distant way what this
but when sine cdusIi, sight or the M!not
ledge light her eyes sparkled and she
said eagerly:
"Oh. SIR. Jerry, don't you think We
might sail out there? ! never have
seen the inside OF "A lighthouse, and 1t
would be a delightful experience"
I shook my head. Prudence was
against taking the Skeeter out SO far.
But she begged and leased. Bob heard
the sound of her voice, cOaXlng land she
was very cute about IL, and he put IN
his car, so they went on until AGAINST all
common sense | gave I'm after taking a
look at the Sky and tho sea, which both
seemed as propitiuus a. could be Tor such
a venture Al father said afterwards,
all my horse sense deserted me, and |
let those two landlubbers talk me into
doing as foolish thing as ever yachts
man undN1&Dk.
The wirlt%as all In our favor Not
cloud Was m the sky, and the sea as far
as we cou34A9e lay smooth and tempt
ing. Any Number OF sails dotted the
horizon. coal schooner slipped up the
harbor just beyond us with her dingy
sail hardly feeling the breeze that
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could stand such a pull with a waist
no bigger than that. ! was beginning
to feel pretty well tuckered out when I
take my bearings. "Halio!" called
more and we shall fetch the landinSi
Can you keep up for little longer.
She nodded, and then saw for the
first time when the sun shone ON her
black hair. that there was almost sort
her ears II broke into the cutest little
curls. My shipmate was an uncom-
monty good-looking girl-there was NO
row! She must have been tired when
We came up alongside the landing. The
color had gone all out OF her cheeks,
and left her white as sheet, but she
smiled back at me bravely.
That was narrow escape" she SAID
but l thank You for my sail Come.
Bob But Bob was just alive. We
to go ashore; had just as lief spend the
next two or three weeks on board; In
fact fully intended to stay just where
he was for the rest OF his existence; He
had barely managed to get him on his
feet when he fell back, dead weight.
or the gunwale of the Inflated Skeeter,
which turned over neatly and deposited
MS all three in the water. To be
sure, it was only about ten feet deep.
We came up putting and blowing Ike 90
many pOTpOlSts. MY uISl We8
for that girl. But she called out to me,
Look out for Bob; can take care Of
myself" and with two or three vigorous
strokes she swan to the steps, draggtne
herself up with as much grace as her
dripping skirts would allow. Poor Bob
was good deal better for his unex-
pected bath. and managed with my help
TO scramble to safety and up the stepe
OF the landing after her. He was =
ridiculous object. But SO were, we all.
wetter than drowned rats, and as We
stood there shiverng the absurdity OF 10
struck us each and every one, and We
burst into a roar OF laughter.
ed Bob, and "Rah rsh, rahw he. cried.
the cousin Joining in. All her style vas
But 1 shook hands with her when We
said good-by with liking that ! never
expected to feel for any glri, and . raj
We'll, rather. You remember my men
tioning that waist Of hers? Ny arm WIN
Just 80 round it.-Boston Herald
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RACE FIGHT IN A PRISON.
several Convicts BADLY Injured In
e. Mclcs mt JefersonviIle.


JEFFERSONNILLE, Ind, July "a
1t has just leaked out that a fight be-
tween two convicts In the penitentiary
here came near developing into a race
war. William Flower, a white prisoner
got into an alteration with Robert
Buckner, colored convict. Flower
struck Buckner with pair of iron
tongs, knocking him down. When Buck
ner attempted to arise he was again at
tackled by Flower and another con-
vict and knocked senseless.
This caused several other colored con-
victs to take Il hand and then a number
OF other whites. The guards were pow
order was restored. Buckner was serious
ly injured. Several others were badly
injured in the melee. The fight de-
blacks and whites.
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7 think rye heard YOU ' mention tHe
Lively Polly now and then" And he
po TG" w ear a fS ear ue When the
style, her speed, the burden OF my
song forever used to be, and I've no
know It bores me to hear other men
talk about their yachts.
HEM said J., not very well pleased,
abide. On the cutter she would have
been in the way. but on the Skeeter.
waited til the orange phosphate was
down. and felt a little more agreeable
inside. well, you see, Bob, the Lively
Polly is at this present moment on the
ways. being put into trim, and the only
boat i can get hold OF is my little
Of putting a lady into that. She's hardly
better than racing she'll"
oh, Gwendolen wont mind" Bob
stuck in off.hand. II don't believe she
long AS IL will float she won't care what
Kind Of boat II is. You just sail round
to our landing In an hour and Wen be
favor, old boy, and you'll see one of tho
preuiest girls that ever turned up In
these parts Fact, II she is my cousin"
NJ, Girls" said J; Pooh, J hate the
ashore where they belongr So ! went
on grumbling until Bob softened me with
more phosphate and a couple OF the %
cent cigars and ] gave In. He stepped
off home pretty lively to get the cousin
out Of her curl papers, suppose, and
into her yachting gown, while I, with
many misgivings, scrubbed up the
Skeete-, balled her out. dried OF the
thwarts. and as luck would have II, put
In an extra pair OF oars, BY the time
had set up the mast and taken tack
out into the cove ! could see two figures
hurrylnE down to the Terriss landing,
and / ran up ALONGSIDE
Jerry. I want to introduce you to my
cousin, Miss Bangs" sung out Bob he
fore ] had actually got within hailing
but both rather coolly. She was rugged
out to Kill In a regular yachting costume,
white linen trimmed with dark blue.
lars and a sailor hat. white shoes and
stockings, as discovered later when she
came aboard. and ~ you'll believe me.
shade with q china handle! There's no
denying that she did look stunning. for
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Harvard School, Chicago, biologist; DR..

Julius + Vale. q St. Louis. and Dr..
Louis I: ". j9yner OF Poushksepsie,
sntomologist; Russell w: Porter. OF
Haven. .urvey SS! # IT, c. Wash. f Sis.
torian: The following assistants to the
scientific stan are also on board: May
and Frederick r. Gay, OF Harvard and
w. II. Dunning. c. +. I.ieneawcaver
J. l. LineaTsaver Arthur Y. Thomp,
]. n; Rumrii, Of Yale. hm Sms the the
the expedition are Robert u. Perry, OF
sraintrec, Mass; George W. Gardner,
OF Cleveland; Ashly {. Glover, of st
Louis; William Bryce, jr.. OF New
York: s. q. Tenney, OF W.illiamstown
M MsyeI. y Names D. Ar psTell Of Of, New
burg; n. Y: Or. William A. Reeve. OF
Patchogue. and Or. X. q. Stcbbins. OF
i New York; Charles T., Reed is the tax.
Jersey. is the. photographed OF the ex-
petition. Carl Garrison. the thirteen
year-old son OF Supreme Justice CARR
son: OF New York, Is also one of the ex-
c. The E. M Mra i"fH arrived y, q, Ssydnsy.
coal bynkers, after WHICH she sailed and
ing OF the 10th. II was found hat the
steamers compass was out of order and
she put int o ST. Johns for the purpose
OF having 1t repaired At St Johns Mr..
II. Dunphy. a well-known ice pilot, who
was with the reary expedition with the
steamer Kite. was taken on board. and
the Miranda sailed at midnight
The officers of the Miranda are: Cap
tain. William James Farrell: First on
Ger, George Manuel: Second officer, Ed
ward Doody; Third officer. John Dand,
and crew OF thirty-nve men.
The Miranda was built at Newcastle.
England. in 1854, by the Neptune Works,
specially for trade between New York,
Halifax and Newfoundland. She has
often encountered a great deal of hard
green Ice, the kind most dangerous 10
navigation. She is the largest vessel
ever sent on an Arctic exploring expedi-
ton. and Is regarded as a thoroughly
seaworthy boat. She Is 300 feet long, 81
feet beam, and 235 deep
DR.. Cooks main object in fitting out
the expedition was to rescue the mem.
bers Of the Peary expedition, who are
now ice-bound on Ingeneld Gulf. II
weather and ice permit the Miranda viii
afterwards penetrate even further north
along the coast OF Labrador to afford
extraordinary opportunities to both sci
entists and sDortsmen.
The Miranda also carries ten Esuui.
maux back to their native country. They
were brought south by company, which
guaranteed their return, but left them
they say, In the "lurch."
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IN HONOR OF MUNYON,
Tribute from Prominent Pcspls.

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ProfessorMunyon cured me OF chronic
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Munyon's Remedies contain positive
cures Tor the most obstinate and intri-
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II you are in doubt what remedy q
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FIRE AT A SUMMER RESORT
Hotel and Five Cottages Burned at
Rivcrsidc. II. I.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. July A-Fire
broke out at Riverside. a Summer resort
ten miles south of this city, last night
In less than an hour nearly $4,000 worth
Of property had been destroyed. The fire
constituted Comstock's Hotel Proyi-
dence and East Providence fremen were
summoned. and were successful in con.
inning the blaze to the hotel square.
stroyed. was valued at about $4,000 Five
cottages. all occupied by prominent Prov
idence business men, were also destroyed
Inc occupants OF the cottages saved only
believe that the fire was the work OF an
incendiary. as while running to the fire.
Walter ComstOck. proprietor OF the hotel,
was shot at from the woods