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FRUIT INJURED BY FROST.
Reports Indicate that the Crop Ha,
Suffered Severely.

Reports Indicate that the Crop Has
Suffered Severely.
Unseasonably cold weather during the
last three days has created the gravest
fears among the fruit growers in many
sections of the country. Through Illinois
and Indiana and the southern part Of Wis
consin the cold has been especially Sc
we're, and the reports are anything but re-
assuring. The records of the weather
department show that Tuesdays tempera-
ture was 1f degrees below the average
for April, and that last Monday was Is
degrees colder than the normal.
=. 10. Linney, superintendent of the
weather and crop service report for the
Chicago district, sent out a bulletin which
takes cheerful look at the situation.
He is inclined to the belief that the fruit
buds in Illinois are not far enough ad-
vanced to be hurt by the cold weather.
The news from the vicinity of Joliet is not
encouraging to the fruit interests, the Sc
we're cold weather having killed most of
the fruit and berry buds in that section,
according to the reports.
In some sections of northern Indiana,
notably in DeKalb County, the mercury
registered 16 degrees above zero Monday
night, and great injury resulted to fruit
and vegetables. The heaviest damage
was inflicted in the southern sections of
Indiana, where the fruit was farthest ad-
vanced, and in the great fruit belt which
includes the counties along the Ohio river
and extends north for fifty miles. 1t is
estimated that nearly all the fruit in this
section is killed, but time may prove that
this estimate is incorrect.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, zoo
to $3.50; wheat, No. red, 73c to 14c;
corn, No. 2, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2, tic
to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 35c to &c; butter,
choice creamery, 15c to lie; eggs, fresh,
SC to &c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to
30c; broom corn, common growth to choice
green hurl, $25 to $50 per ton.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.2o;
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SOC to Ole; corn, No. .
white, 24c to Doc; oats, No. 2 white, 22c
to 23c.
ST. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25 sheep, $500 to $5.2o;
wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.O3; corn, No. =
yellow, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 1Sc
to zoe; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $5.25:
wheat, No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2
mixed, 26c to 27c; oats, No. mixed, 20c
to 22c; rye, No. 2, &c to 39c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $5.25;
wheat, No. red, Ole to 92c; corn, No.
yellow, 24c to 2Oc; oats. NO. white, &c
to 23c; rye, 36c to &c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red. 93c to 95c;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; oats, No.
2 white, tic to 19c: rye, No. 2, 37c to 3Sc;
clover seed, $4.35 to $4.45.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, T6c
to nc; corn, No. 3, 24c to 2oc; oats, No.
2 white, 21c to 22c; barley, No. 2. 2Sc to
33c: rye, No. 2, 36c to 3Sc; pork, mess,
$S.25 to $S.75.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. red, Ole to 92c; corn. No.
yellow, &c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c
to 24c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, Soc to SEC; corn, No. 2.
31c to 32c; oats, No. white, 22c to 24c;
butter, creamery, 15c to 1Sc; eggs, Nest
ern. DC to 10c. '@'-
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When Retired from the senate He
Y Had bat Little Money.
A Washington correspondent says that
although, like a great many other men
prominently In public life, Senator Voor-
hees had abundant opportunities to add
to his possessions, his sense of personal
honor and public integrity was 70 exalted
that he put by chances which he might
have availed Of without opening the door
to the least criticism. AS a consequence
when he retired from the Senate on March
4 last, broken In health and spirits, he had
no more than q few hundred dollars.
About week before his death he said
what he had would last him but a month
or two, and II would be relief II he knew
he would be called from earth. At the
very moment his warm and true friends
were concentrating an understanding by
which he was to receive the appointment
as a member of the Indian commission,
of which ex-senator Dawes of Massachu-
setts Is chairman. The compensation Is
$1,000 per annum, the duties light, and the
place held at the pleasure of the Presi-
dent. OF course. no President would have
disturbed Mr.. Voorhees,. Had he lived
but two or three days longer his friends
would have been in a condition to carry
the good news to him.
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meyer appointed him fire commissioner,
and he acted as treasurer of the board.
He worked hard as a commissioner, but
his efforts were unappreciated and he
left the place to opea an insurance busi-
ness down town. He figured strongly in
the fight on the above ground system of
wire stringing, and lived to see the day
when the city was forced to take the ac-
tion he had so urgently recommended.
For quarter of century he represented
the Seventh district on the Republican
State Committee. In 1887 his senate
rial district sent him to the upper house
of the Legislature by the largest Repub-
lican vote ever cast in that district.
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PLAY IN M'KINLEY's YARD.
Children Indulge in Easter Egg Roll
ing on the White House Grounds.

Children Indulge in Easter Egg. Roll
ing on the White House Grounds.
President McKinley's 10-acre back yard
was filled Monday with the children of
Washington. They were there by the
thousands, of all ages, colors and condi-
tions, and dressed in the prettiest of their
summer garbs. 1t was "egg-rolling day."
and down the slopes of the beautiful
grounds multi-colored eggs rolled swiftly
from the childron's hands at the top to the
stone fence coping at the bottom. 1t was
all pretty sight, and every now and then
President Mckinley took some visitor to
his Office window to see it. And to add to
the enjoyment of the tots, the President
ordered the marine band to play its most
popular music there from 3 to 3 o'clock
in the afternoOn
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The showing of the members of the
Western League is summarized below:
Lor,s.a Has Fallen.

BY force of superior numbers the
Greeks were forced Saturday to abandon
Larissa. King George started in person
to command his forces, which will make
stand at Pharsala, q town which is
fanked by rocky hills. The Turks cap
tured vast stores and several field guns
at Larissa. Sunday Great Britain took
the initiative in a move by the powers
to stop the war. Italy, France and Ger
many agree to the suggestion.
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
SPALDlNG Is A WRECK.
Chicago Banker Unncrved by His Ex'
perience in Jail,


Charles w. Spalding, ex-treasurer of
the University of Illinois and president
of the defunct Globe Savings Bank, of
Chicago, was sent to Jail Saturday in
default of $4,000 bail, on charge of
embezzling 100000. He is a nervous
wreck, and his physicians fear that he is
on the verge of collapse. An experience
of two days in the county Jail completely
prostrated the prisoner, and from the hour
he entered the prison until late Sunday
afternoon he did not taste food nor close
an eye. With the exception of n few
minutes Saturday afternoon he did not
leave his cell, but sat straining every
nerve to catch the sound of the footstep
of friend coming to free him. He said
little, but expressed his surprise that
friends did not come to his rescue and re-
lease him from the cell. His only caller
aside from his physician was Walter
Maher.
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HYPNoTIsT DEFIEs SHERIFF.
Refuses to Take Up Buried Subject
at Simcoe, Ont.

At Simcoe, Ont, Prof. Ferris, hypnot-
list, placed subject in trance and buried
him six feet under ground, there to re-
main three days. Sheriff Jackson and a
posse of officers appeared on the scene as
the grave was filled in and ordered Ferris
to take the man out or suffer arrest. The
professor refused, stating that he was vio-
lating no law. After consultation with
the county attorney, the sheriff found he
could take no action. The subject was
supplied with air through a box. His
face could be seen. 1t resembled that of
corpse, but had not the extreme pallor.
There is great deal of excitement over
the case
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University in 1915 and graduated five
years later. He was called to the chair
of modern languages in 1851, and held the
position for seven years. Later he re-
signed TO assume control of the Provi-
dence Journal. and retained it until 1866.
when he accepted the position of president
of the University of Vermont. In 1871
he was placed at the head of the Univer-
sity of Michigan. In 1870 he was appoint
ed minister plenipotentiary to China to
secure revision of the Burlingame treaty.
This he accomplished in sixty days. In
1888 he was n member Of the commission
TO Great Britain to negotiate ANEW treaty
for the settlement of the fisheries dispute.
He Is contributor to standard litera-
ture. and is distinguished as an cduca tor,
a scholar and diplomat.
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To Help King George.

Two hundred plucky sons of Greece
and "the isles of Greece" left Chicago
Thursday to battle for King George and
country. To the inspiriting strains of
the "Marseillaise" the special train of
five coaches bearing the devoted band
of patriots pulled out from the Polk
street depot at precisely ten minutes
after o'clock, and the cheer that went
up from the 10000 people who were pres
ent to say farewell was indeed a fine
send off.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs MEET.

Supreme Assembly Uniformed Rank
Convenes at indianapolis.
The supreme assembly of the Uniformed
Rank knights of Pythias, met in Indian
apolis. 1t is composed Of =. Il. Colgrove,
supreme chancellor, of Hastings, Mich. !;
James Carnahan, Major General, Indian
apolis, and long list of brigadier gen.
erals. The auditing committee went over
the books of the major general and re-
ported them to be correct. The expenses
of the rank were $4,000, and the men,
bership shows gain of 5000.
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KILLED BY HEART BLOWS.
PugiIist Vernon Dies from Injuries
Received ia n Fight.


"Billy" Vernon. the Haverstraw, \. y,
pugilist, who was injured in his fight with
Leslie Pearce, at Athens, Delaware Conn
ty, Pa, died in the Presbyterian Hospital
at Philadelphia. From the moment he
collapsed in the fourteenth round, YER
non remained unconscious up to the time
of his death. Pearce is in Jail at Media,
being held without bail. That Nernon's
death was due to heart blows there can
be but little doubt. While several persons
claim that he was not struck over the
heart, there are at least fifty reputable
witnesses who say that the "Brickmaker"
was struck, four heavy blows over the
heart in the fourteenth round before his
collapse. An examination at the hospital
showed that the left side OF Nernon's
body was much swollen and discolored IN
the region of the heart. Warrants were
issued for the arrest of all persons in any
way connected with the Olympic Club,
where the fight occurred.
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CHILDREN INVESTIGATES DEATH.

Two Boys Commit Suicide because
They Were Left Alone.
Two sons of a Mr.. Hesson, living at
Greenland, Ark. aged 10 and 8 years, be-
came angry because they had been left
at home while their parents were at Fay
etteville, bathed, dressed in their best
clothes, wrote notes to their parents, pin
ned them on the door, took strychnine and
went to bed. Both died before their par
ents returned home. The notes bade the
parents good-by, and expressed the hope
that they would meet in heaven.
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applause from the recn people by his gallant conduct in the
He with
of Constantine popular with the Henes He 20
When he of in 1889 married Princess Sophia Russia who
Princess Sophia about Athens dstn
in
himself with much
that n o ntnent
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Bear Nav GrowI

A correspondent at Odessa telegraphs
that all the necessary measures have been
taken at Sebastopol for the eventual in
tervention of Russia in the war between
Turkey and Greece.
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Ice in the Iowa Air.

There was remarkable change in tenn.
perature at Marshalltown, Iowa, Sunday
night, the mercury dropping from 76 to
26 degrees in few hours. Ice formed
half an inch thick. Early fruits are prob.
ably damaged.
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McKinIey,s Saddle Horse.

The saddle horse selected by the Hon.
Charles Fleischmann of Cincinnati for
President Mckinley was shipped to
Washington Monday. Mr.. Delaney has
been training the horse to city sights, and
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
w. s. Holman Dead.

Representative Holman of Indiana died
at his home in Washington at 2:05 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, after an illness of
several weeks. Spinal meningitis was the
cause of death.
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Dispatches from Tyrnavo, northwest or
Larissa, say that the fighting in the vicin-
fly of Reveni and Boughazi lasted
throughout Sunday. The Greeks captur-
ed two Turkish posts, one of which was
retaken later by the Turks. The fighting
was of desperate character
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Death of Major T. Il. Breckenr;aue.

Major Thomas E. Breckenridge, the
noted Western pioneer who crossed the
plains with Fremont, died in Hannibal,
NO., Friday morning at the home of his
daughter, aged little over ~ years His
life was like romance and full of inter
est.
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osman pasha to Com m and.

II is stated that Osman Pasha, the hero
of Plevna, is to be sent to the seat of war
in order to direct the military operations
against the Greeks.
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
Australian Gold Production.

Australia has this year reached the 1O0,-
100000 ounce line in her production Of
gold. That is, she has, since 1851, pro-
duced that amount of gold and the yield of
that precious metal Is on the increase.
Victoria has produced 61 per cent Of this
output
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
j. 3. ANGEL GOES TO TURKEY
President of Michigan University Is
Appointed Minister.

DR.. James b. Angel, president of the
University>of Michigan, who has been ap-
pointed American minister to Turkey. was
born in Sctuate. II. L., and comes of old
colonial stock. Thomas Angel, his an
cestor. went from Massachusetts to Rhode
Island with Roger Williams, and was one
of the founders of colony which became
historical DR.. Angel entered Brown
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29

Norwood, Ont, Swept by Flames,
The town of Norwood, Ont, was nearly
destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Loss,
100000; insurance, $4,000.
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
More Troops Forwarded.

Seventy-two new battalions of Turkish
soldiers-5O, 400 men-have been mustered
in from the army reserves and prepared
for instant service. Greece, too, has sum-
moned all her landwehr, or militia, and
will send them to Thessaly at once. Heavy
fighting continues all along the border
from Arta to Platamona.
Santi Quaranta has been reduced by the
Greek squadron, which abandoned the
bombardment of Preyesa and went to the
former place, opening fire at once on the
Turkish blockhouse there. Later the
squadron returned to Corfu, having on
board eighty Christian refugees taken
from Santi Quaranta, which was destroy
ed and the Turkish stores there burned.
The citadel of Prevesa is reported to
have withstood the furious bombardment
of the Greek ships, but it is said the town
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has not occupied many offices, he has been
for many years power in politics. He
was made postmaster by President Harri-
son, and filed that important position
ably. Years ago Mr.. Van Cott was given
a subordinate position in the custom
house, and got into politics with the aid
Of Hiram Barney. In 1873 Mayor Have
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also has been recalled from Zamia, and
Saas Edin Pasha has left Constantinople
to relieve him in command of the Turkish
troops at that point.
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Man Who Has Been Appointed Post-
mater at New York City.
Cornelius Van Cott, recently appointed
postmaster of New York by President
Mckinley, has been prominent in local
and State politics for many years. In
1901 he was a candidate for Governor in
the State convention, and, although he
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Nominated by President.

The President Tuesday sent to the SEN
ate long list of nominations, among
which were several of Importance, as fol-
lows: John A. Merritt of New York, to be
third assistant postmaster general; Cor
nelius Van Colt, postmaster at New York
City; James l.. Davenport of New Hamp-
shire, first deputy commissioner of pen
sions: Leverett NJ. Kelley of Illinois. sec
ond deputy commissioner of pensions;
John +. Jackson, collector of customs for
the district of San Francisco, CAL; Will
liam Youngblood of Alabama, auditor Of
the Interior Department; William A..
Jones of Wisconsin, commissioner of In
dian affairs; Milton G. Phillips, attorney
of the United States for the eastern dis
trict of Wisconsin.
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
Promincut PREACHER Dead

The Rev. DIR. Ja.nes Brookes, pastor
emeritus of the Washington and Comp
ton Avenue Presbyterian Church, st.
Louis. is dead Of Bright's disease. He is
as we'll known in England as in this coun-
Crawford avalanche., 1897-04-29
Almo,t Rcvord BeI,ef.

Prof. Frederick Bedell of Cornell Uni
ysrsity, Ithaca, N. Y, presented at the
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Brokers' Greatly Excited.

At least three men are credited with
having made more than 100000 each in
wheat Monday. The closing Thursday
was at 699s cents. Chicago Board of
Trade men, and the people for whom they
do business, went home and thought the
matter over. Sunday they had great
mind to believe the price would rise. Fri
day had been holiday. Sunday was an
other season of inactivity as far as trad
ing was concerned. Then came the re-
ports of battle between the Turks and
the Greeks, and the blood of the traders
began to boil-not with indignation, but
with a belief in a rising market. Monday
morning when the trading began there
was an instant advance of nearly 4 cents.
So general was the belief in the demand
for breadstuffs from abroad, so fully had
the morning papers seconded the reports
of war in the East, so much more certain
did general conflict prove that from the
moment of opening there was an advance
even over the remarkable bulge at the
start. Cent after cent was added to the
ruling price. The scene in the wheat pit
on the Board of Trade was as wild as it
has been in years. There was a clamor
that simply electrified the galleries-and
there was crowd up there from the be-
ginning, as if premonition of great
things had gone abroad. The advance
was fought bitterly as bears could fight it,
An advance of an eighth was the signal
for the most frantic uproar. And when
the opposing side succeeded in checking
the advance fraction of a cent, or in
sending down the pEce point, there was
an even wilder demonstration. There was
time when man could sell May wheat
at cents in advance upon the closing
price Thursday. September wheat sold
down to 71A cents. The lowest point
reached by July wheat was 1880. At the
opening, and for half an hour before, there
was nothing but talk Of war. 1t was fully
believed that war between Greece and
Turkey meant demand for grain. South
America is shipping nothing. India is
buying for her own people--and suffering
famine then. Russia is the only export
ing nation that has any surplus.
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TURKS ARE DISMAYED'


Turkish Battery at Ligeria Destroyed
and Turks Driven from Nexeros and
Rapsari-Groek Fleet Destroys vast
Quantities OF Ottoman stores.
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Wave. EuyuIf an Entire Fam,Ix.

waves Engut an Entirc Famtlys
Five lives have been lost In the flooded
lands of Lake County, Tenn. A skiff was
upset, causing the drowning of Jose Cans
and his entire family, wife, two sons and
a daughter.
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Standing of the Clubs.

Following is the standing of the clubs
In the National Baseball Lea apue:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-05
Not Enough for Two.

Patrick was the captain of brick
schooner that piled between New York
and Haverstraw on the Hudson. One
day his schooner was loaded, ready to
start for New York. But Patrick nev-
er gave the word to- the crew to cast
off the hawsers and get under way.
Instead, he sat lazily swinging his leg
over the spokes of the wheel, smoking
his pipe. The owner Of the brick yard,
who was also the owner of the schoon-
err, seeing that tina vessel had not start
ed, and wishing to have the load land
ed in New York as soon as possible,
rushed down to the dock and irately
demanded of Patrick why he did not
get under way.
"Shure, yer honor, there's no wind"
"No wind! Why, what's the matter
with you? There's LawsOn's schooner
under sail, going down the river now"
"Yis, I've been er watchin' her, but
it's useless my gettin' under way. She's
got the wind now, and, faith, there's
not enough of 1t fer wo."-Harper's
Round Table.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-05
The Japanese Farmer.

Japan is one vast garden, and as you
look over the fields you can imagine
that they are covered with toy farms
where the children are playing with the
laws of nature and raising samples OF
different kinds of vegetables and grains
Everything is on the diminutive scale
and the work is as fine and accurate
as that applied to a Cloisonne vase
What would an Illinois or an Iowa far
mer think of planting his corn, wheat
oats and barley in punches, and then
when it is three or four inches high
transplanting every spear Of 1t in rows
about as far apart as you can stretch
your fingers? A Japanese farmer weeds
his wheat fields just as Connecticut
farmer weeds his onion bed, and cult.
Yates his potatoes and barley with as
much care as Long Island farmer be.
slows upon his asparagus or mush.
rooms or his flowers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-05
A HORSE" ON THE MAYOR.


Mount Vernon Practical Joke That
Needs a Diagram and Foot-NOtes.
From the New York World: The fun
NEST people on this mundane sphere
live in Mount Vernon, and Mayor Fiske
is one Of the funniest of the lot. He
never has dared to be quite so funny
as he could, but he has taxed the lives
and waistcoats of his fellow-citizens by
coming pretty close to the limit of face
tiousness. When the mayor tried to
open his front door yesterday he found
some heavy object fastened to the out
side knob. He pulled and grunted. At
last he managed to get the door open
ed enough to enable him to stick his
head in. A large wooden hobby horse
was fastened to the door knob. On its
side was inscribed the words, Merry
Christmas" "Ha-haha. He-he-he.
Ho-ho-hoho," roared the jolly mayor,
most doubled up with laughter. We'll,
that's a good one. That's horse on
me, surely. Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
shall surely die of laughter" Some
of Mount Vernon's citizens who lack
the mayors keen perception of humor
are going to ask one of the local papers
to explain the joke with proper dia-
grams and foot-notes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-05
Worth Seeing.

An amusing instance of the work
ings of an inquiring mind is given by
Mr.. Frederick Crowest in his Musical
Anecdotes" The company of one o.
the opera houses, at the close of Lon
don season, had arrived at Liverpool to
embark for a continental tour. The
musical instruments were being
shipped with the rest, and among
them was the double bass, or big fid-
de-" as it is also called, not cased as
usual, for this member of the string
family will stand a little rough treat
ment. 1t soon attracted the attention
of the Jack Tars, three or four Of whom
settled round, scrutinizing it with keen
interest. BY the order of an officer
they soon dispersed, but not long after
ward another bluff seaman was dis
covered secretly watching it with won
dering eyes. He was asked his reason
for standing thus idle.
"Well, yer know" said Jack, I'm
lust waiting for to see the length OF
the bloke's arm that can play that there
fiddle"