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Mrs K. j. YeOmans and son Of Bridge.
port have lately been the guests Of MI
and Mrs A. B. Lockwood.
Mrs Emily Timanus of Lockport, N
Y, is visiting among her large circle oil
friends in town.
Selectman S. S. Dunnir g, who has
been confined to his bed for several
weeks, is still in very weak condition
His recovery is very slow.
Mr. and Mrs Ezra Barlow of Locust
avenue, Danbury, were the guests of MI
and Mrs Charles Hamlip, last Sunday.
Monday afternoon a ball game was
played at the BGnbury ball grounds be-
tween the Danbury and Bridgeport
| teams. 1t bloke up about o'clock with
considerable dissatisfaction. The Bridge
poTters came down to Bethel station to
take the steam cars enrOute for home. A
large delegation of Bethel people wit
messed the playing and appeared to en-
joy the fun.
Erdman & Elwell, the hustling new
bakers, ARE out with new peddIing wag-
on.
Rev Arthur Benedict of Housatonic is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs A. L.
Benedict.
The public schools will commence the
fall term on Tuesday, next week. Man y
of the scholars express desire to return
to their school studies after the long va
cation.
Mr. and Mrs Miller and Mr. and Mrs
Frank Parsons of DanbuTy were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs T. A. Judd, last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs A. T. Noxon enjoyed a
pleasant ride to Redding Ridge on bust
ness, the other day.
Mrs Carrie Sherman has been confined
to her home with Illness.
Mrs Allie Bevans is spending a week
in Dodgingtown on the farm, taking les
sons in dairy work, making butter, etc.
James e. Barnum is harvesting an ex-
tensive crop Of wild carr oss.
George Harmon has lately received q
valuable fox terrier pup, present from
his New Jersey friends.
Cortes Smith has been slightly indis-
posed the past week.
Clarence Hickok, commercial drummer
for the Judd 81 Dunning Hat Co, was In
New York city, Tuesday, on business.
Clarence is a hummer on the road. He
seldom gets left.
Mrs Matthias Fitzpatrick and Mrs
Brindley are visiting friends in New Nil
ford, this week.
l.. F. Judd and family will spend La.
Dor day in Norwalk and at Compo
Beach. Miss Henrietta Shepard accom-
panies them and will drive down on Sat-
urday evening.
James Fitzpatrick sent home to his
mother money to buy a new suit OF
clothes when he returns from army life
which he expects to need soon.
Mrs A. J. Hallock and daughter have
returned from visit sc Cornwall.
Arthur Senior is on the sick list.
George w. Roe is painting the roofs of
the Center and Grassy Plain school
houses.
Edward Stone, Jr., has moved to Dam
bury.
Edgar Andrews has been enjoying q
little outing at Brooklyn, N. Y.,and Pas
sale, NJ.
DR. Weiss has lost valuable dog, evil
IDENTIFY poisoned.
Poultry thieves at work again. This
time they gave James DuranG call.
Miss Kitty Smith of Brooklyn is visit
ing Miss Eva Mackenzie.
Rev William. Seymour Short and fami-
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Blankets and
w arm Bedding

39c per pair
lO4 Blankets White Cotton Blankets, price
sec per pair
MA blankets, Gray Cotton Blankets. price
TIC and 81 per pair.
ia Blankets White Cotton Blankets, soc
per pair
PA Blankets, White Cotton Blankets, 81 25
p pair.
ia blankets, White Wool Blankets, 81 50
per pair
ii Blankets, White Wool Blankets, at 2.25,
$50, 800, $50, so and 90 per pair.
ia Blankets, Gray Cotton Blankets, 81 per
pair.
124 Blankets. Gray Cotton Blankets. 81 2s
and 20 per pair.
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MOVEMENTS IN TOBACCO.

There is quite movement locally in
tobacco. A representative of FL. Schov-
erling 6 Co. has bought the crops of
Frank Briggs, Martin Hungerford, Or
lando Hungerford, Nelson Hungerford,
Ammi Giddings, Joseph Eft, John Clark
Stuart, John Ferris, M. D. Curtis and
Jacob Simons.
William McGill ia running Ithamer
Hawes' thrashing machine and has been
rushed with work. He has thrashed out
the grain of Edgar Peet, John More
house, David Smith, Helen Straight,
Robert Boyd, John Judd, DR. Hubbell,
and Messrs Stewart, Kellogg, Murray
and others. The engine is probable and
is moved from place to place with ease.
Later he is to go into Sherman again and
| on to York state.
Miss Grace and Master Lewis Downs
of Brooklyn are visiting at Leslie Judd's.
Gilbert Green and Orlando Hunger
ford have been assisting Mr. Peet on the
| Barlow farm with his tobacco harvest.
Mr. Peet is one of the most energetic
W orkers in town, and despite his weak.
ness caused by broken shoulder keeps
| hard at work.
Miss Nellie Green and brother Dwight
of New Milford, have been visiting in
town, recently.
Mrs Carrie Powell has been entertain
ing friend Fl ON Pittsfeld.
Mr. and Mrs Fl. Richmond and grand.
| daughter of Danbury were in town, last
| Saturday, guests at Edmund Whites.
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ly OF Astoria, Ore. are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Edwin Short.
Mrs Julia A. Short visited relatives in
Stamford and Meriden, last week.
Mr. and Mrs w. T.. Wright are the
happy parents of son, born August 6.
r. johnson has moved his tailoring
shop from Fountain Place to No. 5 Main
street.
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LONG HILL.
A PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT.

The ONE of Mrs Sage, near Parlor
Rock, was the scene of pleasant social
gathering, one day recently, in hor or of
her daughter, Mrs Park Hill, WI has
been her guest. Invitations to a numter
of the village ladies were responded to
and in addition to Mrs Park Hill and two
children there we're as guests, DR. and
Mrs Hill and Mr. and Mrs HOLSTER Sage.
The afternoon passed pleasantly and q
tOuutifully laden table added its charm
to the pleasure of the gathering. Mas
ter Warren Hill used his Kodak to good
advantage and fortunate members of the
party have been remeI bered with these
pleasing souvenirs.
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METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.
There will be preaching at the Metho-
dist church, both morning and evening"
on Sunday.
A picnic is to be held for the children
of the Methodist Sunday school on the
village green on Saturday of this week.
They areIre quested to gather at 10 O'CLOCK
in the morning and the day promises
pleasure for them for there are rumors
Of a nice dinner prepared by the good la
dies of the church and q pleasant social
gatherir G.
The choir rehearsal will be held at the
Methodist church on Friday evening.
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FAIR ron ST STEPHENS CHURCH.

The young ladies Of ST Stephens
church, Stepney, are busy making pre-
parations for fair which will be held at
Fred Turney's on or about Septem-
Der 20. They have always made their
fairs It'd the past years success, both So
cially and financially, and IL energy and
zeal count for anything, the fair this
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BETHEL.
HATING GOSSIP.

The new Dunlap style of hat will prob
ably be out the last Of this week.
Trade is somewhat at standstill, this
week. It's what the farmers would call
between hay and grass. A considerable
revival of business NAV be expected soon
after Labor day. next Monday.
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TASHUA.

Mrs G.. L. Bennett was in Westport
and Bridgeport visiting friends, last
| week.
The fence about the church property is
having fresh coat of paint. 81. S. SWe-
zey is doing the work.
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CHURCH NOTES.

Rev Evan Evans will preach at Green
Geld Hill September 4, 1898.
The communion service will be held on
the morning of September IL.
Rev j. B. Kettle is spending his vaca
ton on Long Island. Most of the time
at Far Rockaway.
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Mrs Manville has purchased new
horse.
The Misses Margaret and Lena Cowan
spent Sunday with Mrs Elliott Willard
Spencer.
Rev J. o. Munson and family have re
turned from Piainville. They attended
both the camp meeting and the assembly
Mr. and Mrs PullOn have been at Wal
nut Beach.
Miss Mans field Of Bethel is visiting her
sister, Mrs Starr Hoyt.
Prof BE ckman of Yale, who is sum-
meripg here, has gone t. Saratoga to
attend the annual meeting of the Social
Science Association. He will present one
of the important papers.
On Monday afternoon, Albert Bassett
and Miss Bertha Nichols of Waterfowl
were married by Rev j o. Munson al
the Methodist parsonage.
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NEW FAIRFIELD.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.
The pastor, Rev Mr. Turnerclifte, is epioyir g
a short but much needed rest.
The W. G. T. U. held its annual business
meeting, Wednesday afternoon, at o'clock,
at the residence of Mrs A. r. Brush, to elect
new officers tor the ensuing year.
The L. 7. L. met same day on the green of
the West Center scnoolhouse at O'Clock.
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full speech making, or writing. He was
interested in young people in the forma-
tive state, and had a desire to do his part
in helping alorg in matters of education.
For many wears he was member of DR.
Davenport's church. He deplored the
fact that his living 40 far from the
church and his health deferred him from
attending the prayer meetings. He was
q loving husband and father. For SON e
time he has been out of health, but hoped
to get the better of his mala6y. Eleven
days before his death he felt the strugQle
was against him, took to his bed, and in
spite of medical skill and attentive nurs-
irg, passed away. The funeral was at
tended on Friday afternoon, Rev Mr.
Davenport officiating. The interment
was in Watertown.
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Dress Goods and
Silks.

A large collection of Foreion and Domestic
Goods invite your inspection. The novelty dress
stuffs get the first selection and now is good
time to commence looking up your Fall Dress
with the stocks all fresh and at their best
The Newtown bee., 1898-09-02
BRIDGEPORT.

Mrs W. B. TutJle and mother, NJ 8
Lorenzo Tuttle of Stratford, are at The
Berkshire hills for few weeks.
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BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES.
The covenant meeting will be held at
the church on Saturday afternoon at ~
o'clock, preparatory to the communion
service on Sunday. Immediately follow
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r. IL. Beers 4 Go.
Town TOPICS.
THE FLORAL PARADE.

The and fo-sI fete at Saratoga ID
getting o be lie OF the finest exhibit is
OF artistic dec orat on and elat crate TRIM
ming OF teams with all manner Of de.
gls In flo ats that this oountI y ever saw.
Each yesr surpasses the Otber and last
year the tU team which took the first
and sec ond prize o t over $500 each to
Il i'm and the flo It o which was awarded
the first prize cost over $1,000, one can
see why the display is 40 attractive. 1t
was said that oae OF the committee OF ar
rar ,meuts last wear estimated that
$50, 900 was paid for flowers alone, and
this wear Saratoga expects TO make that
sum 500, 900. TO view this fete and bat
tie OF flo Vers the Recrest'o Tourist Co.,
will co aduct their last tour to Saratoga,
1dsy, September 3, with stay of
four six davs, as desired. Tickets and
full info mat o 4 can be had OF Agent G.
B. Taylor, at the deTot.
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David S. Leavitt, who has beer
making cigars in Seymour, has given
up the business over there and returned
to his home in Long Hill and put out
his sign on the store Of G. G. Downs.
AS soon as the proper credentials and
red tape are disposed with, he expects to
begin manufs curing.
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Fresh to-daVl New stock of Wallsce's
candies, in chocolates; also in boxes.
All kinds choicest crackers, st &. r,
Hawley's.
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CHURCH NOTES,

Rev Dighton Moses preached again in
the Congregational church, last Sunday
me rning, after weeks absence.
There will be the Lords Supper in the
Congregational church, next Sunday
morning. It is expected that~Re z.
Herrick will be present and will ,assist In
the communion service.
Rev E P. Herrick is expected to deliv-
er an address in the Congregational
church, next Sunday evening, at z. 80
o'clock, about his work among the G u
bans.
Preparations are being made for a
Sunday school picnic to be held in two
"r three weeks. w. G. Allen, N. T.
Hungerfo d, and A. D. Giddings have
been CT 0 en- as committee to decide the
place and time and Mrs Pickett, Mrs
Geddes and Mrs Barnes as committee in
the culinary department..
Rev E P. Herrick arrived at his home
in Giddings street, last week. Mr. Her
rick with all of his family attended ser
vice in the Congregational church, last
| Sunday.
George Moses of Waterbury visited at
the parsonage, last week.
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Choicest creamery butter from Canaan,
&c per pound, at e. r. Hawley's.
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E. +. HawIey's store will close at noon
Monday, September 5, being Labor dsy.
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year will equal if not excel any Of former
wears,
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SHERMAN.

MERCHANT HAwLEY's STORE BURGLAR
lied.
The store of Merchant w. B. Hawley
at the Center was entered by bur
glars some time during Thursday
night Of last week. Entrance to the
store was made through an upper window
in the rear. 1t was thought ladder was
secured from Mr. Hawley's barn and
afterward carefully replaced. Nothing
of value was take. The thief entered the
upstairs apartment, looked over some
boxes of shirts and then DIES cended the
stairs to the main room, broke open the
door at the fC OF of the stairs and looked
about. 1t is probably they used a wax
candle for illumination as drops of grease
could be seen about. The jewelry cas-
was not DISTURBED. 1t ia possible some
clothing was taken from the store, but
not much Of airy value. In the morning
the party could be traced as far north as
the old church. Whether it was the
work of local talent, or parties from
York state is matter for cor lecture. II
is the second time the store has been
burglarized within year.
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Big sale Of Women's House
Dresses and Wrappers started
here on Tuesday.
SEC Each.

Five Hundred of as good House Dresses and
Wrappers as have retailed this sea son for -
each will be here TOR
Cro NJ
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AT TIE METHODIST CHURCH.

The communion service will form q
part of the worship at the Methodist
church, next Sunday.
1t is expected that Rev Mr. Holmes
will take his vacation the second and
third Sundays of September.
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They are made of the best Sea Island Per
cale-this seasons de signs-which always
rail tor le &c a yard. They are l2l inches
width OF skirt, carefully made in every de-
tail, epOulet shoulder, trimmed with fancy
braid, inside corset cover finished. This lot
is not the lowest priced of the season, but
they are the best garments that have been ad
vertised as a bar ain.
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All on Account of the Deacon.

"There's another war on between
Closer and Pinchem -
"No? What's the matter this timer"
"Of course you know they hate each
other. Been rivals in business and So
ciety for years. Long ago both wanted
to marry the same girl, and neither got
her. Each blames the other for that.
Mention Closer to Pinchem and he
wants to fight. Mention Pinchem to
Closer and he'll swear in the richest
vocabulary profane man ever accumu-
lated.
deacon Worthy was the occasion of
the most recent rupture. He was raising
money for some good purpose and went
| to Closer, who headed the list with
$500 under positive agreement that
5000 of the amount was to be immedi-
ately handed back to him. When the
deacon went to Pinchem, there were
red splotches on the moon. He denounc-
ed Closer as miser and a shark. The
idea of his having subscribed but $500
to such cause was disgraceful. Pinch
EN- put down $500 and generously told
the deacon to call on him if more were
needed.
"When Closer saw the list again, he
was tickled into coughing fit and had
word conveyed to Pinchem of his agree
ment with the deacon. They thought
for time that they have to put Pinch
EN- in straitjacket. The names he
called Closer would keep stenographer
busy for week. They reached Closer,
and now there is to be SANDER suit.
Each has vowed to whip the other ON
sight, and it is better than circus to
see how they dodge each other in their
daily walks. The deacon only smiles
while he deplores the fact that any bad
feeling was created. Detroit Free
Press
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ARITHMETIC 1900 B. c.
Sums Over Which Egyptian Children Puz
zled Their Brains.

Sums Over Which Egyptian Children Puz-
zIed Their Brains.
Probably the oldest copy book for
home lessons in arithmetic was recently
unearthed in Egypt. The papyrus. which
was found in excellent condition, dates
from the period about 1900 B. C.-that
is, about 100 years before the time of
Moses, or almost $500 years ago. 1t
proves that the Egyptians had a thor
ough knowledge Of elementary mathe-
matios almost to the extent of our own.
The papyrus has long heading, "Di-
rection how to attain the knowledge of
all dark things" etc. Numerous exam
Piles show that their principal opera
tions with entire units and fractions
were made by means of addition and
multiplication. Subtractions and divi-
sions were not known in their present
form, but correct results were obtained
nevertheless.
Equations are also found in the papy-
rus. Among the examples given is this
one: Ten measures of barley are to be
divided among ten persons in such a
manner that each subsequent person re-
ceives one-eighth of a measure less than
the one before him. Another example
given is: There are seven men, each
one has seven cats, each cat has eaten
seven mice, each mouse has eaten seven
grains of barley. Each grain of barley
would, if cultivated, have yielded seven
measures of barley. How much barley
has been lost in that way? The papyrus
also contains calculations of area, the
calculation of the area of circle and
its transformation into a square, and
finally calculations of the cubic meas
urements of pyramids. Philadelphia
Record,
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Megamioros, as we shall call our man
the new Mars, wakes up, opens his eyes
and finds himself in bed in his room. All
the things in it are familiar to him-the
furniture, clothes, books and wares are
just where he had left them overnight
He does not suspect the trick that has
been played on him. He stretches him
self, throws up his arms, leaps from his
bed, goes to the washstand, lifts the
pitcher, puts on his clothes-and is
greatly surprised.
All these actions are of a common
character and consist in raising masses
to certain height. His water pitcher,
for instance holds two liters, new meas
ure. On the earth these two liters,
representing two Kilograms, require a
certain effort to be raised, say, to the
height of 80 centimeters. But on Mars
these two liters weigh only two Mar
tian Kilograms, or Is times less in
in earthly weight. Further, he does not
have to lift them to a height of 80 CEN
timeters, but of only 10 centimeters,
his size being diminished one-half, so
that the work to be performed is reduced
to ne-thirty second. On the other hand,
his strength, which is proportioned to
the volume or the mass of his muscles,
is only reduced to one-eighth. Conse-
quently the effort he is required to make
is four times less. His water pitcher
seems extremely light, SO do his
clothes. He probably remarked the same
thing when he threw up his arms and
jumped from his bed, but simply
thought he was in unusually good spir-
its.-M. J. Delb@uf in Popular Science
Monthly.
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The Pulley Line Pole.

The tall clothes poles for pulley lines
used in the yards of tenements have
practically come into use within 20
years. There are enough of them stand
ing in the city now to make a respecta-
BILE forest. They number thousands, and
their number is all the time increasing.
Not every tenement hangs out its
clothes on a pulley line. Corner tene-
ments, for instance, occupy SO much of
the lot on which they stand that there
isn't room to set poles, and they hang
on the roof. And sometimes in tene-
ments in the middle of a block drying
arrangements are on the roof But i'll
the case of a great majority of tene-
ments the tall poles are used.
Some of these tall clothes poles are
rs feet in length They range from 30
feet up and cost from $40 to $50 EACH
On account of their shut in situation
and from the further fact that they are
usually set close to a fence they get
very little sunlight at the base, and so
Poles set in paved or cemented yards
last longer than poles set in dirt yards.
The ordinary life of these tall clothes
poles is five to ten years. In new work
and in renewals the poles set i'll this
city amount to some thousands in a
year.
The poles used are almost all of them
spruce. and nearly all of them come
from Nova Scotia. New York Sun.
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Men shake hands with strangers of
their own sex with far greater readiness
than do women. Two men, on being
presented to one another, will frequent
ly extend the hand in grasp of greet
ing, which gives opportunity to form a
general idea of each others make up,
and know whether they are attracted OF
repulsed. Occasionally there is a man
with sufficient good nature and courage
to refuse another mans hand without
causing offense. There are men who
have been so impressed with the dis
coveries of bacteriology that they main
tain Misunderstanding to be the cause of dis
semination of disease germs. The bare
hand comes in contact with innumera-
BILE germs looking for pasturage Oh some
vulnerable spot of our anatomy. A cut
or abrasion on the hand leaves a door
open for the admission of the enemy.
Therefore it is with reason that men
argue against promiscuous handshak-
ing out of the home among the men met
in business life. Science long ago frown-
ed upon the practice of promiscuous
kissing, which prevailed among women.
Is the ungloved handshake also doomedi
New York Ledger.
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Obligation.
DIFIBALIOMs
Next time YOU have a nail

Next time you have pain anywhere
try Irrigation.
Irrigation, according to Professor Ell.
mer Gates of Washington, is "the pow.
or of the individual to confine his con-
seriousness exclusively to the sensations
of any selected part of the body and by
practice to send more blood to that part
and alter therein the lymphatio and
thermic functions.
This means that by concentrating
ones thought, say, on ones hand for q
given time one could, by practice, send
more blood into it or Withdraw unneces-
sary blood and also make it warmer OF
colder.
This is a scientific mans attempt
to explain the mind cure. 1t is ingen-
ious. Perhaps it is true. Who knows
how much the concentration of the
thought upon the toothless gums has
had to do with the growth of new sets
of teeth in old people? The next time
one Of these cases is discovered let the
inquisitive scientist put these questions:
"How long have you been thinking
about your jaws as tooth producersi
Have you not been hoping and perhaps
expecting that you might get new
tooth or a whole set?''
Perhaps we are on the eve of discov-
cries that will make the doctor and
dentist unnecessary. The twenty first
century man may acquire powers such
as the humble lizard now possesses. He
may be able to replace lost hair, teeth
and even more important organs by dir
igation.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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Lieutenant Carlin, the executive
officer of the Vandalia during the terri
BILE hurricane in the harbor of Apia Sa-
moa, was an enthusiastic ball player,
and while the crew was at Mare island
prior to their Samoan trip he had given
the preference in the selection Of sailors
to those who could play his favorite
game. During the hurricane, after the
vessel struck the reef and the men were
olinging to the rigging, with the surf
sweeping over the deck, many of the
men were washed overheard. Lieutenant
Carlin determined to make desperate
attempt to carry line from one part OF
the vessel to the main yard. Into the
bowling wind he shouted, 81 want some
volunteers-good sailorsP
And out of the darkness voice re-
piled, Lieutenant, there amt no sail
ors here, but there's plenty of ball play
ersr'-San Francisco Argonaut.