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overlooking the sea. 1t is his favorite residence
and may be said to have been erected absolutely
regardless OF cost among Its features being the
famous winter garden. the glass roof OF which is
supported by sixteen marble columns. each OF
which cost over $780, 00
OF Emperor William It Ii impossible to say any
thing positive. since ne Is never for more than
few days together in the same place 1t having
been estimated that he spends we'll nigh three
quarters Of the year in travelling from one spot
TO another He has no notion Of what the word
rest" or relaxation means and even the very
printed description OF his fittings and Of his do
ings Is enough to take away the breath Of the
reader and TO make him feel inclined to pant
with exhaustion
King Humbert and Queen Marguerite may lay
claim to taking their annual outing In loftier ati-
tudes than any Of their brother or sister mon
archs For. while the Queen. usual Ia at
Cressoney. situated at the foot Of the Ronzola
Pass. in the Alps. King HuTbert Is once more at
his shooting lodge in the Vale d'Orco. In the
GRAHAM Alps. some four thousand feet above the
level Of the 1t Is there that he Is seen at his
best and where he processes to find the greatest
degree of happiness. cut off from the remainder
Of the world, save for the single telegraph wire
which keeps him IN toucn with Prime Minister
Crspi and the Cabinet EX-ATTACHE.
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side OF IT, causing it to 'jbe." That IL to say, the
sail swings across the boat TO the other side. This
movement even when intended is frequently at
tended with danger. 1t Is generally necessary at
least once. In yacht races; and In heavy seas and
high winds is Always a ticksh movement unless
the Gear be good and the crew capable and quick.
In unexpected jibe the boom sweeps across
the deck with great violence. and men often get
caught trailing sheets or struck by the BOOM
In large crafts this blow given by the boom has
many times been fatal. but the same thing In a
skin is often valuable A few blows on the head
from a jibing skif's boom will convey large
amount Of intelligence TO the beginner as 10 what
not to do In this school II is the ferule. owners
OF .arge yachts who have not had the early skin
training sometimes allow a jibe during a race. The
boom hits the backstays and these pun the top
mast and lower masthead out OF her In an instant.
causing total wreckage aloft.
Jbing is tho opposite OF coming In stays or coming
about In STAYING the boat comes up into The wind
with her canvas Mapping and twists around quietly
into the new tack But In jibing the craft turns
the other way away from the WIND, In when case
the boom must flap across with more or less vio-
lence. This violence II mnmized until IL Is almost
avoided by hauling In the sail Nat AFT before the
helm gives the twist which sends the boom and
room to swing, and II the movement be well done
the shock Is slight.
u VIII also be necessary to find out through ex-
pertinent how trim the sail to the wind as the
boats course Is altered. In the accompanying dia-
gram the deck outline Of 4 ska Ia given as 1t ap-
pears In four different sailing courses on the same
wind And II will he remembessd that although the
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stepping the mast through round hole In one OF the
forward seats, the foot OF II fitting Into socket
on the floor Of the boat The highest corner OF the
sail will be peaked up by spirit A light pole which
when being used rests in attached TO the
mast.
In the diagram here given OF the skin numbers are
placed along the outside OF the hull TO indicate the
different places In which the sailor may sit In
order TO steer by the disposal Of his own weight
in the boat; These numbered /. 2. 3, and ..
No c indicates the mast is the spirit, is the
BOOM and Is the sheet. which hauls In or lets
on, the sail This sheet skf need only be
single line though larger boats II runs a num-
Der OF times between the boom and the boat through
blocks to give greater power. No. 10 is the part OF
the sail called the peak; No. II. the bow; No. ~.
the stern. No Is the rud1er. and No. a. the centre
board
This skf. with It's sail. as here skctched. Ia per-
haps the hes, possible school for the beginner. and
with the assistance OF the wind almost the only
necessary schoolmaster II you 80 I'd sit In this
boat during calm water and light breeze and
with lots OF room TO drift In and make mistakes
in a good deal be learned. without printed in
struct.ons in one lesson And, mark you. 1t Is
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THE NiTAGES or CTvTLTZI TTON.

From The London Spectator.
The history OF our public schools affords plenty OF
examples OF boys who have tortured their Fellows In
way which would have disgraced d savage. II Is
be feared indeed. that it Is accident more than
anything else which saves boys Of this knd-boys
whose feelings have become petrfed-from actual
crime. They are unable to feel. and their lack OF
experience of the world makes the fear OF punish
ment but small deterrent. II Is not TO be Won
dered that boys in such temper eI Of mind may
opportunities into the thcughtess perpetrators OF
really grave niquities Fortunately these boys OF
men The hardening Of their nature as often as not
undergoes complete change with manhood Their
characters grow sensitive again, and the lad or
twenty would be utterly Incapable OF doing things
the '' fa mt 0 touch Of remorse We believe that
schoo.masters OF experience will bear out in
Utterly ute calios boys who later have entirely lost
the savage faint and have turned into normal men
prone at thirteen and fourteen. the boy is not
II is diaicut to say whence this lnsensibility
comes, and why the child may be full Of right feel
Ing the boy almost caous, and the man again per:
fcctly sensitive to the promptngs OF the heart and
conscience Though We are not among those who
would make the moral nature nothing but an affair
crca Treatment we are INCLINED to believe tina:
the and psrs Of the feel s
due TO the great physical changes that con-
current With Il hSse q. rh an ect The boys
senstiveness is a form OF energy and the boy has
little no energy left With With which h to sve his heart
is 2-oclock In morning courage. and how hard
IL is to feel kind and sef-sacrifcng when one Is
ha asleep Sleepiness extreme WEAKNESS makes
one to a certain extent callous and Indifferent and
insensible to the fate OF others. Well the boy
who is growing up and down and across al at
once and with speed which takes ones breath
away. is physically as much oppressed the man
who is weary from overwork or loss OF sleep. II IL
true that the exhaustion OF rapid development takes
n very different form; but II exists none the less.
No doubt there are boys whose insens!bility ia
deeper and can only be explained on the same
lines as defects OF character In the mature. For
the ordinary normal boy. however. whose insensi-
bnty Is not permanent but temporary the best ex
planation is we believe. that which we have sug-
gested. The stress OF growth. to a certain extent
puts the moral nature under a sort OF ch.oroform
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THE PRETTIESr ENGLISH PRINCESS

FTOm St fdUI
A excitement has been provided for those In.
terested In Court news In the report that there q
a possibility OF marriage being arranged between
the Princess Maud Of Wales and the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand. her-presumptve to the Imperial
throne OF Austria. ''St. Paups' does not attach
much Importance to the rumor. the difficulties
glimpse. to be insuperable. The dislike, Also OF the
Princess to settle In any place which would re-
move her far from her mother IL well known sin
any suggestion as to the marriage OF the royal lady
In question Is worthy OF notice. as Princess Maud
Ia one OF the prettiest and most fascinating ,nr M
bers Of the courts OF Europe She Is Ear better
looking now than when she first came out. and, as
one OF the Marlborough House party remarked late
ly. she grows more charming every day
She Is bright and clever, and without being really
would not be fair to say the Prince prefers her
more pleasure In her society. and whenever he re-
Joins his family at sandringham. It is Princess
Maud to whom he at once turns to learn ali thar
has been going on and sho may be seen for an hour
at time hanging on her fathers arm a. they
stroll up and down the terrace together,
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SAILING A SMALL SklFF.
THE BEST WAY TO ACQUIRE THE RUDl-
MENTS OF YACHTING.
EXPERIENCE AFTER ALL. IS THE MOST Eff
FECrIvE TEACHER AND A sIxTEEN-FooTER
rs THE SAFEST sCHoOL-RACEs FOR THE
CUP MAY THEN BE PROPER.
Y APPRECIATED.

Ever since the first contest for the America
Cup was held in New-York waters 1t has been
noticed that when a new challenger was about 10
arrive an intense interest was manifested by 'ne
youth OF the country In all matters pertaining 10
sailing. and especially yachting. At such times
inland people who do understand the art OF
sailing find the newspaper charged with all xmas
OF yachting news for many months before the con-
test II Is all Greek TO them as long as they are
left without the few simple explanations requisite
for keen and compromising interest
And 1t IL not among growing boys alone tnat
this curiosity prevails The fascination OF the sea
Is felt almost universally among human beings
and the hunger for the sight OF II. the sound OF II
and the cool touch Of 1t cannot be made TO DIS
appear from mans nature by his living inland.
The stories OF those who go down TO the sea IN
ships will stir his blood when neither he nor MS
forbears have for five generations seen the wide
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same PRINCIPLES Apply &c all sails and to Amy, any
differences to be observed when you come into the
higher grades Of Yachting KNOWLEDGE. but for the
purposes Of this article the diagram explanation
with single sail Is srf'icient.
BEAM AND QUARTER WINDS.
These deck outlines are depicted as you would see
them II looking down on them from a high mast
head. and the object in giving them is to indicate
the angle which the boom with its saiD takes when
properly trimmed and when the boat Is on different
courses.
In this diagram the wind is supposed to be CON-
Ing from the top OF the page In figure the skin
Gated in the foregoing picture and consequently
ss line Of oS s IT al at seas %
trim the sail to the wind At the angle at which II
ha sa hauled E be- r hsrs
the boat is on the course the whole width OF the
tsaT xo mould ID not be to the wind and
In figure b the skin is supposed to be running
with the wind on her guartermhat 4: neither dead
quently. the boom is here hauled in a bit, ndi-
Gated to get the best wind pressure on the sail In
WHEN Saa the Wnds direction 0f Is at r ES
angles TO the keel and TO the boats course. Here
reasons as above mentioned.
Figure ID shows the deckline Of the skin and the
trimming of the boom when the little vessel Is beat
ing. 1t will be observed how the wind coming In
the indicated direction. will affect the fattened-in
forward motion to the boat II the boat be
sailing partly into the wind and seemingly to some
do little more than drift Sideways il the keel aid m0 not
oppose the leeway by utilizing the resistance OF the
craft slips out as it were, from between the oppos-
ing presslres and goes ahead-thus santing up part
y into the wind and accomplishing the feat OF go
ing to windward.
Here ends the first lesson.
M b T ne sa he
hold the first principles Of sailing here set out.
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4" IA d."
From Notes and Queries.


The derivation OF this word Is possibly traceable
in the Welsh language. BY the law Of mutation OF
initial COnsonants peculiar to that tongue the root
words nedd and medd convertible terms. Their
essential meaning Is possession transtve or in
transtive. possession of something the act OF be-
ing possessed engrossed by some occupation or
vice Welsh medd, and Irish. Sanskrt and English
mad have similar meanings. and are probably KIN
dred words The word mad is not common In Teu-
tonic dioms. that the Anglo Saxons probably
borrowed II from the Welsh Fad is. therefore.
equally derivabe from ffedd Fortunately OF course.
II comes from the Midland dialects. and ultimately
from some root word common to many members
Of the Aryan family Of speech: II would be strange
II the two words mad and fad. having a similar
meaning. should be Bile 70 the same root
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25
THE GENERALS AND THE CATS.
m The Westminster Budget

From The Nt3tMInstef
Mr. Edward Gehowski. the sculptor tells curious
story in THE Home News" concerning some Of our
generals and cats When In India recently he
James Gordon when Sir Frederick Roberts paid him
a visit, and he had confirmation OF remark once
made 10 him by Lady George Hamilton. 1T is A
strange thing" she said. that the three greatest
generals. Wellington. Napoleon and Roberts. never
could be at home In q house where there was
cat" The truth OF this In Sir Frederick Roberts
case In the fact that Sir James Gordon
sent his cats-he had two three-out of the house
while SIR Frederick his guest
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VICTORIA AND HEALTH.
From The Gentlewoman.


The Queen has taken q great fancy to Nine
Caive. the famous singer. and has ] hear. invited
her TO spend three days at Osborne House during
the summer. As is very well known Her Majesty
is much interested In all matters connected with
health and the legend that their first inter
view the Queen and the prima donna conversed
not about muse. but invalldism. hystera. and the
best methods for preserving the BODY In the finest
condition. Her Majesty declared that the best air
and plenty OF II In All weathers. the SPECIFIC for
most OF the ills that flesh IL heir to. and Nine. cave
was OF the same way OF thinking.
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WHAT SORT or Az ANGEL :
From Happenchance.

From Happenchance.
Brevyy Smith Is three years old. and as mis-
chevous three year-old boys are made.
He had been very good child all day. and as his
mamma kissed him good night she said with feeling:
This r. mammals little angel boy He has been so
good to-day l think | can feel his little wings
sprouns.
Yes mamma" answered the baby. ENORMOUSLY.
land me links me feel my itty tail sproutin'. too"
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TIE TNvIyCIBLE YANKEE SHIP BUILDER

From The Rochester Union and Advertiser
For many years the British have been trying TO
beat the American centre board yacht with Keel
boat and have failed. However. the Americans
have done II themselves when the English had be-
gun 10 think the centre-board invincibe, ana now
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skin is steered by adjustment OF weight only unit!
the eDorman Is within range.
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Notice for Publication
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Nov. z, 1855.

First published In Oklahoma Leader
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Land Office az Guthrie, o. r., Noy. .,
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