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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS.
An American Bark Built In 1764 Still
Doing Duty.

An American Bark Built In 1764 Still
Doing Duty.
The bark True Love, built in Phila-
delphia i'll 1864, has been found upon
search to be yet afioat ill the capacity of
coal hulk, engaged in active trade.
This discovery was made through cas-
ualty recorded in the Maritime Exchange
as follows: True Love, barge, was in
collision with schooner Gravesend of
London, off Gravesend, and had port
quarter damaged to such an extent that
it was found necessary to tow her into
Rochester, and she arrived at that place
in charge of the tug Commerce. The
true Love has not only outlived her
builders and their successors but has
also outlived every craft that was built
in her time and for many years after
ward, and this fact, coupled with the
report that the historic craft is still en-
gagged in active pursuits, places Phila-
delphia at the very top notch as ship
building center.
In 1854, when this famous old craft
was launched on the banks of the Della
ware, although her length was but 90
feet inches, she was then the largest
vessel of commerce that the Delaware
had ever floated Contrast this with the
dimensions of the huge Hamburg Amer
lean Packet company's steamship Penn
sylvania, whose length is 587 feet, and
one will be amazed with the magnitude
of the modern ship of commerce. The
True Love, upon being completed, sailed
away from Philadelphia early in 1865,
and no record is had of her return to
this city until Aug. %, 1878, when, at
the age of 100 years, she came into port
from Ivigtut, Greenland, with cargo
of kryolite in command of Captain
Thomas Nathaniel, consigned to B.
Crowley. She was discharged here and
surveyed by the American Lloyds in
October, 1878, and sailed away, never
to return again. Upon her arrival short
ly afterward in London she was sold
and turned into coal hulk, in which
capacity she still serves
The dimensions of this famous True
Love are: Length, SO feet s inches;
beam, 26 feet inches; depth of hold,
II feet. She measured 1896 tons register,
and, like all old craft, carried very lit
tie more cargo.
The discovery that there was still
afloat Philadelphia built vessel ofsuch
an age has caused much comment on
the floors of the Maritime Exchange,
and some shipping men are of the opin-
ion that this old craft should, if posi-
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
NATURE AS AN ARTIST.
Stone Formations on Which Were Found
Some Wonderful Pictures.

OSOAC EOEAn&tlOAs On w MUM W OAS $780,
Some Wonderful Pictures.
Pliny, a we'll known writer of about
the time of Christ, mentions having
seen an agate the lines and markings OF
which formed perfect picture of Apollo
and the nine muses.. Pliny says that the
little children recognized it on sight.
In this wonderful natural picture, as
we'll as the artificial drawings, Apollo
was represented seated in the midst OF
the muses., harp i'll hand.
Majolus, another writer of high stand
ing, saw an agate in the collection OF
jeweler at Venice which, when polish
ed, showed perfect picture of a shep-
herd with a crook in hand and cloak
thrown loosely over his shoulders.
In the church Of St. John, at Pisa,
Italy, there is piece of stone heavily
marked with red, blue and yellow spar,
the lines representing an old man with
heavy white beard, with bell in his
hand, seated beside small stream. To
the worshipers at st. Johns it is known
as the st. Anthony stone, the picture
upon it being perfect likeness of that
saint, even to the minor details of tunic
and bell
In 1905 some quarrymen in Italy
burst open slab of marble, both sides
Of which contained an image of st. John
the Baptist covered with the skin of a
camel Everything was true to nature
"a single exception, the saint had only
been provided with one leg and foot.
How, when or upon what pretext the
Turks were allowed to gain possession
of the wonderful relic the writer's au-
thority fails to state. 1t only adds that
the miraculous production is now in the
temple of st. Sophia at Constantinople.
Directly after the great Johnstown
flood D. S. Wingrove, superintendent Of
the marble yard at the penitentiary at
Baltimore, found a slab of marble with
lines and veins which made perfect
picture of the fated city of Johnstown
and the surrounding country. The sky
is plainly marked, as are also the hills
and mountains surrounding the town.
Piles upon piles of ruins are marked,
with an occasional steeple or topping
wall overhanging the scene Of awful de-
struction. Taken all in all, the scien-
fists consider it one of the most wonder
full natural formations ever found in
America. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
Pretty Silver Things.

Some of the new designs in silver
ware are very pretty. Silver jelly tum-
blers and marmalade jar holders are in
openwerk scroll patterns, are fastened
firmly to silver plate and have solid
cover. The glass or jar is placed inside,
and the jam spoon rests upon the plate.
Both worcestershire and tabasco sauces
are thought by epicures not to have the
same flavor if not taken from the origi-
nal bottles. Some quick witted person
has devised holder of filigree silver in
which to stand the bottle, thus making
the unsightly bottle an ornament.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
Very Fast Riding.

Harrison K. Gamer and Tristan Colk-
ct, both well known horsemen. recently
left the Waldorf hotel, New York, at
7:45 O'Clock in the morning to ride on
horseback to Philadelphia in ten hours.
They accomplished the feat in hours
SO minutes. The first relay was arranged
for at Railway, N. j., and another was
stationed at Bristol, Pa They expected
to make their fastest time between the
latter place and their destination, as the
roads are in splendid condition. The
best previous time is said to have been
IL hours II minutes.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
A sMOKEsTACk PROBLEM.
Many Schemes That Failed Before the
High Chimney Was Painted.

Many Schemes That Failed Before the
High Chimney Was Painted.
AT the cement works on the west
shore of Hampstead harbor there Is q
smokestack 1913 feet high and 8 feet in
diameter which has long needed paint
ing. The manager thought the time had
come to dispose of the job. Two of the
foremen, the shovel engineer and a
young carpenter set their wits to work
to contrive way Of getting a rope up
through the pipes interior and down on
the outside SO that an apparatus could
be rugged to hoist the painter.
One OF the Italians suggested letting
a pigeon loose to fly up inside of the
stack, but this solved only half the prob
lem. Another workman suggested
small balloon. The first one to formu-
late what seemed feasible plan was the
head foreman, who fastened 10 feet of
small brass chain to rocket and to
that cord, and then sent them skylark-
ing through the pipe. AS spectacle it
was fine, but the heat from the powder
burned off the chain, and the string
was left at its starting point. Then the
younger foreman tried. He had made a
kite having two strings, one of which
went through a pulley attached near the
kite, which had a small iron weight
fastened to its upper end, the intention
being to fly the kite until it was direct
ly over the smokestack, and then lower
the weight down into the interior.
The kite worked beautifully until it
was time for it to be useful, when it
turned somersault, tangling itself in
the pulley tackle, and the whole thing
came to grief. Then the carpenter began
to talk. He, too, remembered boyish
pastimes and believed they could be
turned to account His idea was to as
cend the cable tower, 90 feet distant
and 1870 feet high, and from this posi-
ton throw into the smokestack weight
tied to string. The wind was blowing
a gale, but this did not discourage the
man, and he, with the two foremen, as
cended the tower for performance No. 8.
To throw two pound weight fasten-
ed to string was no easy matter, and
it was exceedingly difficult to keep a
foothold on the tower After three trials,
however, the weight fell as planned,
save that the string broke. Later the
carpenter tried again, casting the weight
four times before it entered the stack.
When the rigging to hoist the painter
was in order, there was a call for vol
unteers, but only one man responded.
He was the shovel engineer, Will Sny-
der, from Chicago He has had an ex-
perience i'll work in high places, for
whenever the steel cable, 140 feet above
the ground, needs tarring Snyder gets
paint pot, swings himself astride the
framework Of the traveller and paints
the cable as the traveller goes back and
forth on its regular business.
Several Of the men employed at the
cement works seem to be born acrobats,
and they work far up in the air as easily
as on the ground, SO that when repairs
are needed on the towers or cables
and cool, level headed men must be had
there has never been any necessity to go
outside of the regular force New York
GJ7T1
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
IT WAS REAL BEER.
A Drama That Was Played to q Wild,
Hilarious Finish.

Hilarious Finish.
Stage realism has just about reached
the limit in Williamsburg, N. Y. An
amateur dramatic company made up
largely of young men and women who are
wage earners has been giving series of
burlesques on Sunday evenings in hall
that is a compromise between dance
house and a beer garden. The plays
have been written by members of the
company, and the stage setting required
realism to suit the critical audiences.
On recent evening the action of the
play took place in the barroom of ho-
tel. When the curtain went up, the
spectators saw well equipped bar on
the stage, with lifelike bartender, who
wore big diamond stud. The actors
came in through the family entrance,
and with them came two men carrying
keg of the kind that frequently holds
beer. 1t had been tapped, and as soon as
it was in place the villain invited the
other actors to have drink.
A light amber colored fluid with froth
on the top was drawn from the keg and
drunk with apparent delight. The spec
tators applauded, and several of them
remarked that it was a good imitation
Of beer. The villain told the barkeeper
to setemupagain.
After the second round the hero began
to disclose the plot of the play, when the
villain interrupted with an invitation
to drink again. This was clearly inter
polated, but it was none the less well
come. 1t was cue for other members
of the cast, and while the amateur play
wright looked on with disgust the actors
interrupted his lines with frequent ad-
journments to the bar.
The audience wasn't quite sure but
this was part of the play until the sec
ond key was brought on and the actors
gave up talking to the audience and de-
voted themselves to ordering the bar
keeper to draw another round. Before
the end Of the act it was painfully ap-
parent that real beer was being served
ON the STAGE If there was second act,
it was played behind the curtain, and
the audience didn't get any of it.-New
York Sun.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
THE PLAYFUL SEAL.
Lots of Fun In Juggling Things In the
Water With Its Whiskers.

Lots of Fun In Juggling Things In the
Water With Its Whiskers.
Seals have on either side of the nose
little scattering bunch of whiskers or
bristles something like cats whiskers.
The bristles of the hair seal-the species
at the aquarium at Battery park-are
not SO long as those of the fur seal, but
they are three Or four inches in length,
and they are white and slender and fiex-
ible. The older of the aquarium seals,
which has been there about 2b years,
gets a lot of fun out of it's whiskers. 1t
juggles things in the water with them
for hours at time.
There may be floating in the pool
fragment of fish skin, for instance, left
from the last feeding. The seal will
swim under this and raise it Oh the tips
OF its slender bending whiskers. The
fragment floats away or lodges off with
the agitation of the water caused by the
seals motions, and the seal swings it's
head under it and raises it again on it's
whisker tips If it slides down a wave
that the seal has raised, the seal swims
after it. The seal is very rapid and
graceful swimmer. Sometimes this seal
when it has tossed up the fragment of
fish skin in this way will turn over in
the water with swift spiral movement
and catch the fish skin ON it's bristles
again when it comes up. 1t is some
thing like man tossing things up in
the air and then turning round and back
in time to catch them when they come
down.
For hours at time, as kitten plays
with ball, the seal juggles this ii. g
ment floating i'll the water New York
SIM
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
Arnold's Comment.

AS school inspector Matthew Arnold
was examining class in geography one
day, and, holding up the poker with
which he was about to stir the fire. he
asked if any child could tell him where
twas manufactured. There was a long
silence, broken by the schoolmistress,
who remarked nervously that such in
formation was not mentioned in Corn
wells geography. NO." said Arnold;
"Cornwell's an assp-San Francisco
Arponaut
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
WHAT MY LOVE is LIKE.

Ny love is like-is like rose
Kissed by the morning dew,
Yet never rose brief summer knows
80 fair, my love, as you.
And when vile winter willis the leaf
And the pink petals colSe to grief.
Stay, love, and shame the rose.
My love hath bosom like the snow.
Less cold and doubly fair.
But when earth's wintry fleece must 20.
When spring breathes in the air
And flowers spring to bless the sight.
Love rules the heart with added might.
Stay, love, and shame the snow.
My loves dark eye shines like star
When the rude day has fed.
Aye, fairer far, thy avatav
Brings blessings on my head.
The star. that distant bides, is wise
To shrink from rivaling thy eyes.
Stay, love, and shame the star.
j. L. Heaton in ''The Quilting Bee."
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
Gained ESQ Pounds In Three Years.

Mrs. Ruth Hollar, who weighed 400
pounds, died at her home recently in
Allegheny City. Within three years she
had increased from 100 pounds to fifth
of ton. During the last six months she
had lived in the second story of her
home, being unable, ON account of her
enormous size, to get either up or down
stairs. She was only feet 8 inches in
height.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
His conversational Efort.

He did not know much about pictures,
and when she spoke of girl friends
achievements with a brush he was a
little at sea. He said ''Yesp and ''No"
with reasonable accuracy until she
happened to say:
"What am especially disposed to
praise is her coloring."
"Her coloringP' he echo;d witt alac-
rity. cts superb You know l alive
did admire bonds Wa hington st
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
LennnId,s Within.

No continental monarch enjoys going
about incognito SO heartily as King Leo
pold of Belgium. He leaves his capital
for few days to walk from station to
hotel like any humble tourist and to
stroll about London or Paris streets as
little noticed as on the digue at his IA
vorite Ostend.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
No Better. Evidently.

Nephew-Hello. unclel How's the
govt?
Uncle-How's the govt? Confound
you'll What's that internal thing round
your neck?
Nephew-Er-er-on my collar,
sir, l believe.
Uncle-Bahl You look like donkey
looking over a whitewashed wall. Lon
don Punch.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
Whore che Troubla WAS.

swell, girl, Jack and 1 are to be
married at last, and we are so happy. :"
Ibid you and Jack have some trouble
in getting your fathers consent?"
"No, but papa and l had o lot of
trouble i'll getting Jacks consent. -
Pick Me Up
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

BILE, be purchased as relic. Records
show that the True Love was for TIME
owned i'll Hull, England, by G Dahl
previous to her purchase by John s.
Ward of London, and during that time
she was engaged in the Baltic trade. -
Philadelphia Press
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
A pisguated Nrissourian.

Travelling through Osceola, Mo-, on
his way to fairer country, with his
possessions in a big wagon, disgrun-
tied citizen displayed on the sides of
the van this device: I'm God we trust
ed; in Missouri we busted.n
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

1t is estimated that about $40, 900
worth of meat and 500, 900 worth of
bread are daily consumed in New York
city, while for amusements the public
spends not more than $50, 600 per day
at the theaters.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout,
while in Topeka recently sent bicycle
to Mi. ]. ]. Phelan of Sterling, Kan. +,
an old time friend Of his, as token of
esteem and friendship.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

King George of Greece, emphstically
the sovereign of the hour, is SO and has
been monarch of the Hellenes since he
was Is.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

A sportsman generally has love for
dogs, and this is the case with the Ger
man emperor, who, like his predecessor,
Frederick the Great, has special lik-
ing for greyhounds, of which he owns
five.
Field Marshal Yamagata of Japan is
to be present at the anniversary exer-
cises of Queen Victoria during the COM
ing summer.
Lady Henry Somerset is about to place
in the center of her temperance village
Duxhurst, in Surrey, heroic sized fig
ure of Christ
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

The Crown Princess Sophie of Greece
has become the idol of the nation. She
is cited as q model wife and mother.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11
MEN AND WOMEN.

The Swami Vivekananda has returned
to India after lecturing in this country
for a couple of years.
The evening times., 1897-06-28
WAGES FOR INDIAN STUDENTS.
Officials Favor Teaching Red Men
How to Use Money.

The Indian Bureau believes in the re-
establishment of tie students ray svS-
teui," which was discontinued by the
Department Of the Interior in 1894. Up
10 that time II rad teen the custom in a
runlber of Indian SchOUiS 10 ray nominal
wages for the performance Of heavier
duties connected with the WORK of the
school. The chief Of this was TO tea"h
the young Indians the relation letwrcn
work and wages. the Use OF moHoy and
the value of habits of economy aud thrift
In somc of the schools this system was
carried cut with discreet on. Pupils were
PAID for work that deserved pay, and were
then held 10 account as To the manner in
which they spent that money.
The System was loosely managed by
other schools. Some OF these schools paid
FOR the performance of even thu most
trivial chores and exercised No control
over the expenditure OF the money IN
the pupils part. IL is said that IL was
the lack IF Judgment on thr part of these
schools that caused the Interior DEPART
Eicnt To abolish the entire system. In the
latter class of schools tie order has worked
no hardship. but by it the former class
has hoeI deprived of valuable dnd ef-
fective means Of economic training.
At the same time. IT is said The abToca-
tIon of the system has proved 10 he Of no
saving TO the Govern mment. Under the
iudicious guidance Of some Of the schools,
the pupils gratif ed the r growing amhi-
ton and self respect by purchasing better
and more tasteful articles Of clothing Than
the school supplies afforded them. Thus the
school issue Of similar articles was mate
rally lcssened, ard the school secured the
advantages Of the system
with hut 4 nominal outlay Of money, saving
practically with one hand what it ex-
pended with the other.
Tie officials Of the Indian bureau think
that every consideration Of economic and
educational gain requires the rc-establ 'sl-
ment Of tlis system under rules and restr,-
tions which VIII secure its proper admins
tration.
The evening times., 1897-06-28
DESPERATE FIGHT WITH TRAMps
Citizen. of Lyuchharg Killed and II
HOhG's Throat Cut.

LynChhurc, Va, June2S SANDY Hook, on
the southeastern suburbs Of LynChburg
about O'Clock SatUpday ynight wa the scene
Of one OF tie most tragic events and fieTcest
fights that ever occurred iu this section
TIE active participants were three Smith
brothers. well known in Lynchburg, and
score or more Of tTamps whose names and
the places from. which they hail are un-
Known. Asa result of the difficulty George
Wesley Smith, resident of the Third
ward, is dead, and 4 tramp by the name OF
Edward Taylor, who claims to be from the
State Of onio, IicSin desperate condition,
with fearful knife wound extending from
his ear under his chin to his windpipe.
The quarrel between the Smiths and the
tramps bcganin store. Immediatelyafter
the shooting tie tramps disappeared. and.
with the exception OF Taylor, when last
seen We're on the Southern Railroad. walk
ing rapidlyin the direction ofDanville.
j. c. RatanCoe, stranger who claims 70
be from Knoxville, was arrested here yes
terday on the charge of being one Of the
gang who shot George Wesley Smith
The evening times., 1897-06-28
DEATH OF REV. DIR. BARTEN.
Prominent Episcopal Clergyman of
Virginia Dies at Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va, June 2S.-A oted church
man of Virginia, the Rev. d. o sievers
baTten. rec of Christ z rOtestan Episcopal
Church, died at the Iectory, No. 264 Butte
street, yesterday afternoon, n Il e sixty
sixth year of his age. DIR. Ba Tten for about
two years had not been in the best Of health,
but no apprehension was felt by his host
of friends until very recently. He had
been confined to his home about two weeks,
having conducted his last service during
the Episcopal council, recently held in
Portsmouth.
Dr.. Parten was one of the leading ELis-
Copal CleTgymen of Virginia, and beloved
10y every one. He was born IN the flee city
of Hamburg. Germany, i'll 1881. The fu-
neral WI take place from Christ Church
tomorrow morning. and will lie conducted
10y the Right Rev. Bishop A. NJ. Randolph,
assisted by other clergy of this section.
DR.. Barten frequently sited Hon. Jeffer-
son Davis during his incarceration in
Fort Monroe.
The evening times., 1897-06-28

At the threshold of the week The Cuban
situation continues " ithout material change
1t il interesting 10 note a report from
Madrid, to the effect that the distinguished
republican leader and litteratcur, Senor
Emilio Castelar,, is likely TO be sent to
Washington 20 replace Senor Dupuy de
LONE as Spanish minister. 1t is said
that Canovas believes the personal popu-
larity OF Senor Castelar, in tie United
States would be veIy effective in winning
over public sentiment to the Spanish side,
just as the diplomacy and sound business
methods" of Senor de Lone have been sue
cessful in securing the firm friendship OF
the Hanna government, and of a considerable
portion OF the press. The experiment, if
made, VIII fail. 1t is too late to alter the
facts OF Weyler's war; OF of the hecatomls
OF women and child victims piled up by
his butcheries In Cuba. 1t is far too late
to convince Americans that the Cubans
have not earned their right to independ-
ence; or to change their determination
that Cuba shall be free.