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pieted. It was q rude but stout affair
fresh water was carried in wine keg
which had come ashore with the wreckase
From one OF the boxes the captain took
5000 in gold pieces, and one morning when
the wind was from the west he launched
his raft and drifJed off before it, By his
reckoning, which was probably correct, it
was seven days before he waspicked up by
the John j. Speed, an American merchant
vessel, homeward bound.
The raft had made good weather of
it, drifting most of the time to the east
and the captain judged her total drift
to have been one hundred miles. His
loss had been alluded to in the neWspa-
pers and talked OF among sailors, and
he was given a hearty welcome aboard
the American. He related his adven-
lures in full except as to the treasure,
and in due time was landed at Cape
Town. He had figured out the latitude
and longitude of his island to his own
Speed failed to show any such island.
Capt. Graham at once set about find
ing ship TO bring the treasure off.
brig was finally chartered, and sailed
with him on board, but after q cruise
of months, she failed to find the island.
Where Graham said the island ought to
be lead found bottom at forty feet, and
in the immediate neighbOrhooj a mass OF
trees and bushes was found floating about.
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1t was affairs Of a business nature which
sent me recently to Washington, d. c. 1t
was my first visit to that city. 1 remained
only a day and half, yet during that brief
stay, learned more about myself, es-
pecially my weak points, than 1 had ever
dreamed Of
/ ran through gamut of emotions which
the veneer of civiliZa tion had not, in my
case, succeeded in completely subduing.
1t all came about through o visit TO the
Capitol. entered its portals witha goodly
degree of patriotism and a healthy esti-
mate of my own merits. 1 emerged with
an Overwhelming sense of the dignity and
Importance Of all about me, and with alb
solutely no self-esteem whatever
/ had promised a friend, who is the
editor OF d prosperous newspaper, to
jot down on paper my first Impressions
Of Washington and Illustrate them from
sketches of incidents which might at
tract my notice.
Armed with a letter of introduction to
his Washington correspondent, / sailed
forth to the Capitol, where | was to meet
him. He was found to be in some part OF
the building reserved for the press. While
ON my hunt for that press-room I passed
through an emotional cyclone as well as
seemingly endless corridors and Railways.
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The Creakipg Cart.

and gave promptly all the main points ofthe
speech, and even named the party with
them. He also remembered at what hotel
they put up and what day of the week it
was.
Another instance of Blaine's great mem
-ory is cited in the following story, as told
by Mr.. Cumback:
During the Garfield campaign Mr.. Blaine
spoke in CUmback's town. He was enter
tanned by Mr.. CUmback and driven over
town.
There's q sick man in that house there
that has been talking you up for President
for four or five years." said the governor,
"and he thinks there is no one like Jim
Blaine"
Me for President said Blaine
Yes, you for President. Doyou want to
stop and go in to see him a minute? Moth
ing would please him better.
They went in and remained a few min
utes. Blaine trotted the children on his
lap and talked freely with the sick man,
whose name was David Kerr.
Blaine and the governor met at Gar
field 8 inauguration
How are you WHIP asked Blaine, and
he asked all about the men he mad met in
Cumback's town several months before,
and called nearly all of them by their first
names. "0h, yes" he said, how is Dave
Kerr? Did he ever get well? Poor fellow,
he suffered terribly. And those little chill
dren, how about them?''
This may he considered wonderful feat
of memory. 1t was in October when ne met
these people, ,andit was on the 4thof March,
nearly five runnths afterward that he 70
called his visit, remembering the name OF
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knows where! At any rate 1T was in
direction which did not tally with any
of the instructions 1 had received before.
was becoming nettled by this time and
asked the official what the other two
blankety blank flunkies meant by mis-
directing me. 1Tie looked me over from
head to foot and mumbled something
about not being mindreader and that
all I had to do was to do as L was told.
He notioned me- to move on. Well, /
moved, hut not far. say dozen feet. Two
men were standing in the middle OF the
passageway engaged in conversation.
They were bareheaded and not in uniform.
Believing them to be couple of Senators,
who had just stepped out of the Senate
chamber, gave them only passing glance
and walked on. Instantly felt hand
placed on each shoulder and fusillade
of questions was fired at me. They were
the same old questions.
l was getting madder every minute and
was obliged to call up all my reserves to
keep my temper. l answered their ques-
tions as civilly as 1 could under the cir
cumstances. was getting dreadfully
tired of discussing myself. / had come to
Washington to learn of Washington, not
to become better acquainted with my own
uninteresting self. 81
Fortunately, was then within a few
feet Of the correspondents room. which
finally entered with sigh OF relief
My letter was given to boy, who re-
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HOW TO ACQUIRE STRENGTH

1t VIII generally be taken for granted that
sandow, the strong man, speaks with some
authority when he discusses ways and
means OF acquiring and retaining strength.
He was recently asked to give some advice
to women on this subject, and replied as
follows:
The greatest trouble with both m en- and
women is that they viii overtire themselves
The truth is that everything must be ac-
quired gradually. 1t is wrong for any yone no
matter now healthy he may be, ,tooverstTain
either the muscles or the brain Therefore,
say to anyone who comes to me for advice.
Go slowly DO little at time. Never be
Inpatient This is an essential part OF the
cultivation Of strength. Almost an impOr-
tant factor in the cultivation Of stren 9Th is,
as 1 remarked before, cold water. This
treatmentaIs0CanO only be govern ed by com
mon sense If young lady comes to me for
consultationand tells me tina & she has always
been accustomed to warm baths. tell her
to arrive at the cold-water tTeatIn ent 10y de-
grees A little less warm water every day,
till, gradually she is able to bear really cold
water without in jury 70 her nervous sy stem.
And then, another pom thai aIvv ays try to
impress upon people is that a cold bath musS
be taken quickly. All the preliminary scrub
bing and washing must be done before being
immersed in the water. Then jump in and
jump out again-very, very quick.
''Then, still another idea that is wrong
among English people. When 700 get out
of cold bath don't indulge in that tre-
mendoUs rubbing and friction that people
say gets you in a glow That is all
wrong. Rub yourself dry smoothly and
evenly. for il you are getting up a glow
in one part Of your body the other part is
becoming chilled, and it is in this way
rheumatism may be contracted Also, an
other point about the bath-never take a
cold bath unless you are thoroughly warm
in every part OF your body. To take a cold
bath when you are shivering is a fatal mis-
take. Have your bathroom fairly warm,
and go into it without a feeling of chill,
and in this way your cold water treatment
will have its proper effect If more people
bathed in the manner l have Sugge ed,
there would be less necessity for doctors or
medicines"
Sandow, however, says that the cold
water treatment must be begun gradually.
To make practice Of dashing cold water
upon the chest and back must strengthen
the action of the heart and the lungs, be-
sides developing and beaUtifying the body.
In advising the use of such baths to be-
ginner, he suggested waiting till the sum-
mer, for it is only the hardest constitution
that could stand commencing the cold
water treatment in winter The strong
man also has ideas in regard to diet. be-
lieviRg that most people Overeat, and so
iniure their digestion Chicago Chronicle
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What Is Free?

A close examination of the tariff bill
shows that high duties have not been
placed upon everything. The people of the
United States can at least import arsenic
and prussic acid free. They are also per
nitted to bringin all acorns they wish, dry
or undried, but f they are ground they VIII
have to pay duty. There is no tax ON moss
agates or aliza nm, eitber natural or arti-
fiCial, or manufactured amber or am
bergris, and there will be great rejoicing
to discover napbthaZarin is free. Annatto
rocou and ashes are exempt from duty;
also the balm of eiiead and beeswaX.
Stuffed birds may be admitted without
duty If they are not suitable for millinery
ornaments, and there is no embargo on
catgut or book for the use Of the Library
of Congress Chicago Herald.
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and it was not until the services of an army
Of door-keepers and other officials had
been called into requisition that 1 found
the room.
/ was a peaceful American citizen on
a harmless and peaceful errand. II
had been a suspicious person, loaded to
the teeth with bombs and other instru-
ments dangerous to the stability and wei
fare of society, doubt whether l could
have received more official attention.
Immediately on entering the hallway
was stopped by an official who wanted to
know all about me, where l came from,
what L wanted, what my business was and
my name / told him pretty much all 1
knew about myself and was directed TO
ridors and would find the man / wanted
to see Thanking him politely, l started
to do the climbing and traversing as he
suggested, when / was confronted by an
other officer, who also wanted to know
all about me. This man directed me in
an entirely different direction The only
points OF similarity between the two sets
of instructions referred to the climbing
and traversing. They were evidently In
evitable, and i boited for the first pair
of stairs l came to- On arriving at the
top met another man thirsting for knowl-
edge. 1t is astonishing What inte rest these
dourkeepcrs feel in their fellow men! For
the third tine went through the same
inquisition, and was told TO go-heaven
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Eyes, lots. Where do you want to go?'
81 want to go inside the chamber there
and watch the proceedings
Playing hunter seemed q success, for this
man was quite civil and ushered me into
another part OF the gallery and told me to
be seated. Every seat was occupied /
stood for momentlooking for vacanton
a doorkeeper ordered me to sitdown did
so, but on a step in the aisle. This must
have been a breach of Senate chamber
ethics, for / was not allowed TO remain in
the aisle. II was evidently football day at
the Capitol and was the ball
Thoroughly disgusted with all creation
and myself in particular, left the build
ing with stock of first impressions, which
/ hope Will belle the general rule and not
last New Yorkers are accustomed to feel
q degree OF self-reliance, which generally
stands them in good stead. They reason,
more or less correctly, that in city, the
most cosmopolitan in the world, the Goth
amite meets with so much variety and sees
so many types of humanity that nothing
can nonplus him. If my Washington expe-
rience counts for anything, metropolitan
assurance won't work everywhere. My So
5ourn in Washington gave me the most
vivid sense Of what power and position
mean, and how insignificant private in
dividUaI is This, OF course, did not help
my selfesteem any.
W. B. STEWART.
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By CHARLES B. LEWIS.

and. looking upon Capt. Graham as an
intruder, had meant TO take his life.
When the castaway had been a month
on the island without sighting sail he
made up bis mind that tie fate of the
poor fellow who had dashed into the sea
would some day be his. He felt that he
would lose his mind unless lie made an
effort TO divert it from the gloomy sit
uation, and be began a closer survey of
the island, The center of it was CON
siderably higher than elsewhere, and
exactly in the middle was a single tree.
surrounded by a thicket which he had
never yet penetrated. In carrying out his
explorations be entered this copse, finding
a bard, beaten path, evidently made by
crazy nian. Piled up at the roots of this
tree the captain found a great stock of
SaInll, iron-bound boxes, and il needed
but one glance to satisfy him that they
were treasure boxes There was the cavity
where they had once been buried, and the
boxes were weather beaten as if long
exposed Two or three large shells lay
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about which had doubtless been used
to dig out the dirt, and one of the boxes
had been opened
The captain shouldered his box and
carnedIt downto the spot hecalled" home, ="
and there inspected its contents. II CON
tained about 5000 in gold coin OF all
nations, but principally English, and not
a coin among them was OF recent date.
In fact, there were some which no longer
circulated in England or India. From the
material and construction the captain
judged that the boxes had been made by
ships carpenter. In the pile at the
foot of the tree were fifteen other boxes
of the same size One was broken open
and its contents found to be the same as
the first, and the amount very nearly the
same. There was total, as the captain
figured, Of 500. 900 more or less. This
was based on the supposition that all the
boxes contained gold, but as he looked
into only two he could not be
sure of the contents OF the
others. How came the treasure there?
Capt. Graham believed it TO be private
cache, and that the gold had been there
long years before ne was thrown on the
beach. Perhaps the mad sailor had been
Ole Oh tDe pirate crew III was certain
that he had unearthed the treasure at any
rate, and it was hardly probable that he
stumbled upon it by accident.
Well, there was big fortune there, and
it belonged 60 the finder. butit might have
been SO much sand for al the good I could
do him bays and weeks and months passed
away, and one day the casta wa countedup
the pebbles he had laid in rows along the
beach TO mark the time, and found that he
had been given eleven months Un the island.
on that day therecame furious gale from
the east, with very hishl tide, and from
some wreck at sea the waves brought in
a vast quantity stuff There was nothing
TO eat or to wear among the wreckage,
but there were planks and spars and car
penter ) tool chest, and as soon as the storm
had abated the casbaway went to work to
build him raft. He had determined to
leave the island at any hazard, and after
four or five days work he had his raft Com
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turned with an answer that the corre-
spondent would see me in half an hour.
Left to myself, 1 resolved to enter the
Senate chamber, and take a look at the
nations lawmakers in person.
/ had almost as much trouble getting
into the Senate chamber as i did in find
ing the correspondent. / passed out into
the hall again, and opened the first door /
came to. / took seat in the gallery and
composed myself for a quiet view Of the
proceedings. I was alone, save couple OF
Mex lean Indians. who were seated some
distance away from me.
Reg pardon, SIR said a voice be-
hind me; ''are you diplomat"
NO" I said truthfully. My recent
experience with Capitol highmi ghtiness
had convinced me OF that.
well, you can't stay here. This gal
Iery is reserved for the diplomatic corps"
1 was led out into the hallway, an Amer
ican citizen, while those redskins were
permitted to remain undsturbed. By this
time my fighting blood was up. Instead OF
being bounded by officials, / determined TO
take a hand in the hunt game myself. 1
was now looking for officials. l found one.
of course. They are not hard to find,
nothing like SO hard as New York city po-
Hceman.
Look here snarled, "is there spot
In this blasted building where q law-abid-
ing American can go without being chal-
lenged as If he were an anarchist
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Hon. W. Fl. Goddard, member OF the
Indiana house OF representatives, bears
the distinction Of having been closer TO Mr..
Blaine than any other man in Indiana.
The story OF how the friendship OF the
great premier was wonis a very interesting
one
At the time when Blaine was a shining
light in the House Mr. Goddard was auditor
OF the Treasury. The news that Blaine was
about to make his great speech in reply to
the master effort made by Hill, favOring
amnesty for the rebels, reached Goddard
late in the day before the speech was to
take place. He at once remembered that
filed away in his trunk was speech deliv-
cred some time ago by Hill at Atlanta, in
which the speaker asserted that he would
rather go to the penitentiary than apply for
amnesty for the rebels, and had made re-
marks at length in that strain. The next
morning before Congress met Goddard sue
cee1ed n getting an interview with Blaine
showing the headlines TO the Congressman.
HefairIy grabbed it out OF Goddard 5 Ia nds
Where did you get this speech" he in
quired eagerly.
Il assure you that you need not doubtits
genuineness, said Mr. Goddard.
Blaine took the address, and in his great
speech which he made an hour later. which
resounded over the world at the time, he
threw Hills former words at him witt great
force The latter, taken by surprise, did
not have time TO defend himself, and the
Plumed knight added another laurel to his
crown From that day on Blaine and God
dard were the stanchest friends. and dur
ing GarfieId's campaign Goddard was the
only man in Indiana who could induce
Blaine to come to his State.-Orrville Fl.
Stewart in Chicago Times-Herald.
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A Strange Legacy.

dispatch from Brussels says that an
original individual OF Mons. who. during
his lifetime was fond Of good living. has
Just died. leaving legacy of SO coo to five
friends under the following extraordinary
conditions: The legacy must be spent on
dinners served in different restaurants and
the deceased has stipulated that at each
meal a certain special dish and particular
wine. OF which he was very fond, shall lie
served, and that at dessert his memory
shall be drunk. Furthermore. the five
companions must dine in black clothes and
black gloves. and must enter the dining
room preceded by n flag ana the music OF
an accordion. The first dinner took place
at Brussels last week, and the injunctions
were carried out 60 the letter. OF the five
friends, two are from Brussels, one from
Antwerp, one from Mons and one from
Gharleroi.-PaH Mall Gazette
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BY CHARLES B. LEWIS.

We had called at Mauritius Oh our way
from Liverpool 20 Bombay ia the snip Fare
well, and were five days out from the island
when the adventure occurred by which we
lost our captain and laid the foundation for
this story 1t was 3 O'Clock ia the after
noon OF q bright day, snd tie ship Was
not making above four knots and hour.
What sea there was On wnuid not nave both
cred a quarter boat, and the ship lifted to
a wave only al long intervals. The second
mate and / were experimenting some
work for ward, while the ca oIais was alone
OH the quarter deck. All Of sudden. and
without the slightest warning. the sea be-
gan TO boll and heave under and around
us in the most violent manner, and for five
minutes every man had TO hold on for his
life. In her pitching the craft shipped three
or four green seas, which cleared the
decks OF everything movable, but we were
congratulating ourselves that all had
escaped when the captain was found to
be missing. The man al the wheel had
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Two Dollars Per Sheen.

There are about 100000 sheep in the
United States and about 100000 peo-
pie If Mr.. Dingley can have his way the
73,OOo,0OO people will be obliged to pay
about So per sheep in the shape of in
creased cost of wooden fabrics There are
probably not 100, 900 owners of sheep in
the United States whose profits by reason
of the excessive tariff on wool and wool
ems will exceed their losses in consequence
of the outrageous taxes imposed. What n
farce and fraudi di-Philadephia Record.
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There are other incongruities, however,
more amusing, if not so striking. most
common thing, for instance, is to meet
q gorgeously bedecked soldier in scarlet
coat. brilliant epaulets and tall bearskin
hat, with his bare feet clinging TO the
stirrups of an old broken-down saddle on
a much more broken down old cob. Indeed,
one rarely sees a native in any walk OF
life with shoes IN his feet.
The little native children have their share
of work in the business OF Coffee-raising.
They can make themselves useful in strip
ping the berry from the bushes, which is
usually done some weeks before the planter
is reauy for itin order toperniJ the plant to
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Mr.. Cumback accompanied Mr. Blaine on
his speaking tour through Inctana during
his campaign in "a. 1t was just ten days
before election. Cufnback left him at La
fayette, saying that he wouldn't see him
again till the Inauguration
81 don't know" said Blaine, d0ubtfully.
sT'm afraid it won't be"
He had an unusual vacant, faT-away look
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NEW STORIES OF BLAINE

Upon taking editorial charge OF the Kenne-
bee journal, Mr. Blaine soon familiaTized
himself with Maine politics by studying the
files Of the Journal, and he studied them
closely as far back as 1925. BY this means
he soon became the best-posted man In the
State on Maine politics, and he was looked
upon as authority. His able editorials dur
ing the campaign. bringing up political
matters OF the past, showed careful re-
search, and they were copied widely 1t
was while editor OF the Journal that he was
one day stopped on the street by an old lady
whom he had never seen before, and asked
to write up the wedding or her daughter,
which occurred the night before. Blaine
had served his time in Congress and went
to Maine To speak during his campaign,
when at the close of his speech he began
shaking hands with the masses crowded
around him, an old lady, with wrinkled
brow and whitened hair, bearing babe in
her arms, approached and offered her
hand.
why, how do you do?'' said Mr.. Blaine.
where's that daughter of yours wrote
up that wedding notice about?''
Poor Lucy is dead" said the old lady,
and her eyes filled with tears. This is
her child.''
The man with the big kind heart reached
over and kissed the little blue-eyed girl.
During the Greeley campaign in '72 ex-
Gov. Cumback, of Indiana, spoke with Mr..
Blaine at Springfield, Ohio This was early
in the campaign. Just before the election
Mr.. Cumback was sent up in 3laines State
TO make a speech. He was told by the com
Inittee that he would fin Maine people very
stiff and inhospitable and quite diff ereRt
fromthe Western people. Mr.. cumback was
surprised, however, at his enthusiastic re-
ception, there being large crowds every
where, and he never had more enthusi- |
astic meeting than at Augusta. He told
Blame of the incident and OF his agreeable |
disappoint ntment.
oh said the statesman, they had q |
man of unusual stuff TO get them stirred up. |
Such a man on a speech as you are would |
have a good reception anywhere"
but what do you kno W aboGT my speech?"
asked the governor.
Didn't you speak with meover at Spring |
field?'' said Blaine, in way as reminder. |
Then he went ahead and told Mr.. Curnback |
all about his speech, Of the crowd present, |
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in his eyes, and he was very serious His
words came slowly and hesitatingly. Mr..
Cutnback assured him that there was no
doubt, but Blaine shook his head.
Il don't know" said he; I've had a
sort of feeling for the last week that 1
wouldn't be elected 1 hope 1 will, but
the outcome is doubtful, and l feel now
like it is very doubtful But If / am de-
feated will go to work the next day on
my book
And he did. He began the second vol
ume of his Twenty Years in Congress-
the next day after the election.
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500 900 for His Water Works,

There is man in England whose water
supply costs him $3.50 a day. He is a
millionaire, who lives near a village Not
liking the local water. he had a special
conduit built for himself, at a cost OF
$500 900. though he resides there only
three months a year.-Indianapoiis News