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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-06-21
PART V.
CHAPTER XXII.-CoNT1NUED.

I dropped upon the thwart again,
none too soon, for l was near overheard.
I could see nothing for the moment, but
these two furious, encrimsOned faces,
swaying together under the smoky
lamp; and l shut my eyes to let them
grow once more familiar with the
darkness.
The endless ballad had come to an
end at last, and the whole diminished
company about the campfire had broken
into the chorus 1 had heard so often:
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest
Yo-ho-ho, and bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!'
was just thinking how busy drink
and the devil were at that very moment
in the cabin of the "Hispaniola," when
was surprised by sudden lurch of the
.coracle. At the same moment she
waved sharply and seemed to change
her course. The speed in the meantime
had strangely increased.
[ opened my eyes at once. All round
me were little ripples, combing over
with a sharp, bristling sound and slight
ly phosphorescent. The ''Hispaniola"
herself, a few yards in whose wake
was still being whirled along. seemed
to stagger in her course, and 1 saw her
spars toss a little against the black
ness of the night; nay, as looked longer,
l made sure she also was wheeling to
/ the southwark.
1 glanced over my shoulder, and my
Aaeart jumped against my ribs. There,
fright behind me, was the glow of the
campfire. The current had turned at
right angles, sweeping round along
with it the tall schooner and the little
dancing coracle; ever quickening, ever
bubbling higher, ever muttering louder,
it went spinning through the narrows
for the open sea.
Suddenly the schooner in front of me
gave violent yaw, turning, perhaps,
through 20 degrees; and almost at the
same moment one shout followed an
other from on board; l could hear feet
pounding on the companion ladder; and
I knew that the two drunkards had at
last been interrupted in their quarrel
and awakened to sense of their dis
aster.
[ lay down fat in the bottom of
that wretched skiff, and devoutly COM
mended my spirit to it's Maker. At the
end of the straits, l made sure we must
fall into some bar of raging breakers,
where all my troubles would be ended
speedily, and though l could, perhaps,
bear to die, could not bear to look
upon my fate as it approached.
So l must have lain for hours, con-
tinually beaten to and fro upon the~bil-
lows, now and again wetted with flying
sprays, and never ceasing to expect
death at the next plunge. Gradually
WEAKNESS grew upon me; numbness,
an occasional stupor, fell upon my mind
even in the midst of my tcrrOrs; until
sleep at last interviewed, and in my sea-
tossed coracle L lay and dreamed of
home and the old Admiral Benbow.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-06-21
Not So Bad After All.

First Pretty Girl (angrily)-That feA
low across the aisle ought to be horse
whipped. He has been staring at you
for the last ten minutes.
Second Pretty Girl-Why, my dear,
you are mistaken. He has been looking
steadily at yOu, excepting when you
turned in his direction, and then he
would look ut me to avoid meeting your
eyes.
First Pretty Girl (sentimentally)-l
wonder-who-he- Y. Weekly.
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Noted Physician Denh-

Louisville. Ky, June.l 3.-Dr. John A.
LARA bee. one of LouisvilIe's best known
physicians and prominently known in
his profession all over the country. died
at his home in this city Sunday oe
Bright's disease, aged 50 years DR..
Larrabee was a native of Maine and was
a man of wide popularity. lie contrib
uted largely to medical Journals and
was the author of many treaIises upon
diseases of children.
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ya~aries of n Landslide.

In the village of Sattel, in Canton
Schroyz, a curious landslide occurred
a short time since. An inn was carried.
without sustaining any injury, 80 fee'
down a hillside, stopping just short o.
being precipitated into the rive;
Steiner. The garden, the immediate
surroundings of the inn. the road in
front, are all intact. Even two large
elms near the house have not suffered.
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The secretary OF the treasury is au-
thorized to borrow from time TO time. at
a rate OF interest not exceeding per cent.
such sums as. IN his judgment, may be nee
aSsarx to meat nubLc exnenditures. and
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: Conclusive Denomination.

Peacock feathers and shells are con-
sidered unlucky, are they not?" in
quired the lady who is writing book
on superstitions.
Il dunno about peacock feathers be-
in unlucky," replied Mrs. COrntossel.
'TESut know shells is, because last week
Josiar lost S1l in a game tibet was
played with 'em."-Washington Star.
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Acted Her Part Wen.

She-Do you remember, Frank. the
night you proposed to me, hung my
head ard said nothing?
He-Do l remember it! Well.
should rather say did! 1t was the last
time I saw you act so.-Yorkers States
man.
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A NEW GUITAR
Called "Harp-Guitar' and Is
Said to Have Advantages.

A new stringed instrument has re-
Gently made it's appearance. and is con-
sidered by those who have examined 1t
to be a radical Improvement on the
time-honored guitar.
1t is the harp-guitar, and is really a
combination of the two instruments,
one of which carries the air, the other
the accompaniment.
Its music resembles that of the con-
cert autoharp. The volume of sound is
nearly double that of the guitar, and
has distinctive and superior quality
In shape, the harp-guitar has the ap-
pearance of the guitars of the olden
time, the body being pear-shaped, and
with the usual sounding board and
swelled back. The fingerboard is like
that of the guitar. Instruments are
also to be made with the regular guitar
body.
The harp-guitar has 10 strings Six
of these resemble those on the guitar
Parallel to the four large strings, about
a sixteenth of an inch to the left (from
the bridge toward the head), is a small
or treble string. which is tuned an exact
octave above its companion.
The manner of producing chords on
the harp guitar is the same as upon
the guitar, but the method employed in
playing instrumental selections or solos
is different; the air is picked on the
double strings with the thumb, while
tne accompaniment (simple guitar
chords) is played on all other available
strings with unoccupied fingers, and
thumb.
The effect of playing the air nn lou-
BILE strings tuned an octave apart is felt
as soon as heard. The effect may be
modified so that the air sounds in clear
treble or bass. as desired.
One may at all times retain the left
hand in one position, that for playing
the ordinary guitar chords. AS is well
known. the guitar is an instrument up
on which comparatively few can play
instrumental pieces, other than exer-
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ii over an area of sensitive plate one
hundred million times as great as the
area of the object from which it comes
hence the light has only one hundred
millonth of the intensity with which it
started from the object. The light is
already too weak to photograph with.
1t the best results are desired. But If
we select some small area of this faint
image and subject it to another mag
MITIGATION of six hundred additional
diameters, the light becomes further
weakened until it is only one-three hun
dred and sixty-thousandth as strong as
it was previously, and the natural eye
cannot see the second magnification be-
cause the light is too weak. Yet after
remaining several hours in a completely
darkened room, the eye can see such
magnif1eation very family.
When sensitive plate is put in place
of the eye, it acts cumulatively. the
faint light rays which the eye cannot
see fall hour by hour upon the plate,
and slowly accumulate enough effect to
make visible picture. The structural
lines which in the image of the first
microscope are too near together to be
photographed as distinct objects are in
the image of the second microscope six
hundred times farther apart, and so do
mot blend by diffusion and irradiation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-20
COWBOYS GLOOMY WINTER.
Three Months Amid the Desolate Shows
Satisfied One Man.

/ Three Months Amid the Desolate Shows
Satisfied One Man.
From the Seattle Post Intelligencer
l.. H. Gray, general agent of the
| Great Northern was at his desk, busy
| as usual, but found moment to be-
come reminiscent When asked for
| some news he said:
Il cannot help thinking how differ
ent it will be for me this Christmas
eve than it was just sixteen years ago.
At that time l was away down on the
| border line of Colorado and Wyoming
interested in a large stock range. /
was light and fondIy looked
forward to a good Christmas dinner
at the ranch and a rest for a few weeks
as we were worn out by the long
roundup, when, to my dismay, my
partner rode up to me as l was about
to change horses and said: Lou,
have bad news; that Mormon boy re-
fuses to go on the winter range and re-
main till April l, giving as his reason
that he spent the previous season in
one of our cabins on the winter range
and the thought of going back again
almost brought on Madness To make
long story short. | was the one who
took his place, and l shall never forget
that Christmas eve, when / bid the
boys good-by, knowing that l would be
alone in a log cabin all winter, with
nothing to do but watch the cattle and
Keep lfeil from uuTlIS the
storms over into the Ute country. For
the first few days ] made myself busy
by putting the SUPPLIES in shipshape and
arranging the cabin comfortably. AS
the days wore on would do every con-
eeivable thing to pass the time away.
Finally one day a bright thought
struck me. I concluded TO paper the
cabin with old Chicago and Boston pa
pers. That was a sorry day for L. II.
g. L got interested in reading the pa
peres on the wall, and sometimes to fin
ish a story or an account of something
] was obliged to stand on my head now
and then. for you know the reading
matter would be sometimes upside
down. Finally the spring came
and how anxiously looked forward to
see the outfits make their appear
ance. They came at last and believe
me. old chap. 1 was a happy cow
puncher the day we pointed our herd
toward the summer range. Would l
go through it again? No. not for all
the money on the Klondike. Have you
ever stopped to think how utterly
homesick a man can get when he is
alone for three months on winter cat
tie range?
This evening l will,go home and en-
deavor to forget my feeling Of Christ
mas eve is years ago-1ss2."
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f1remen made their run at a regulation
hre, and the timing there of was an ac-
cldent. This time, which is destined to
become famous, is 20 seconds from the
moment the alarm was struck in until
water was thrown from the nozzle at
the end of the line of hose.
1t so happened that this department,
OF which John Boylhart is chief, has no
engine to bother with, for the water
power has sufficient force to throw
stream over the highest building in the
place, rendering an engine unnecessary
The other day the alarm struck in
just as member of the Rochester po-
lice force stepped into the fire house
The happy thought struck this police
man of timing the run, and so, without
saying anything to the firemen, he
noted the exact moment when the bell
sounded, and started at once for the
scene of the fire. three blocks distant
Within 70 seconds from the time the
policeman looked at his watch, the
stream of water was playing on the
fire. This is what Chief Boylhart has
to concerning the event:
In regard to that run of ours, [
should like to have it understood that
it was not trial run to see what time
we could make, but straight fire
alarm; and the distance was three
blocks, or little more, from the engine
house. The time, from the sounding of
the Deil Until we were throwing water,
was just one minute and ten seconds.
You see we have been making good
time right along, and people have been
so kind as to think shat we were I'M
usually speedy; SO considerable inter-
est has been taken in our performances.
Nevertheless, we have not sought for
records, but merely acted on the prin-
ciple that should actuate every fireman
that the quicker the time he makes, the
better is he performing his duty.
Thus it is plain that the time re-
corded was simply what we considered
a business run. Naturally, we are much
aided in making speedy time by the
fact that it is unnecessary for us to have
an engine, and that our wagons are of
as light build as possible and our teams
spirited.
ITO me, however. it all seems to DEM
onstrate that, while fire competitions
are unquestionably good things to adj
vance the efficiency of fire departments
in general, If some of the records really
made in the course of a fireman's or
binary duties were given, the prize runs
would not be so highly rated as they
are now"
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cradle time, money for instruction, and
In order really TO accomplish anything
must become familiar with the entire
finger board and a discouraging num-
Der of difficult chords
To simplify the matter, Mr.. Brown
decided to employ a larger number of
treble strings. and in such a manner
that, when playing. one could at all
times combine the ordinary guitar
chords with the air.
A series of experiments developed
even better results than had been an
ticipated. Within couple of months
the inventor was able to play over one
hundred popular melodies in various
keys, carrying a full guitar accompa-
niment. Previous to this he could
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-20
THE REToRT HOSTILE.
Capital Lobbyists Wife Worsted in a
Short but sharp Tilt

At a recent Washington reception there
was short but sharp interchange of
courtesies between the wealthy wife of an
ex-congressman and the wife of a far
from rich bureau chief. 1t was a crowded
afternoon affair and the ex-congress-
mans wife was assisting the hostess re-
ceiving guests. When the wife of the bu-
reau official was presented, the hostess
said to the woman of the receiving par
ty:
you know Mrs. Blank, don't your
Certainly said the x-congressman's
wife. u would know her anywhere by
that pink dress
The cheeks OF the bureau officials wife
were suffused with rosy glow but she
turned on her tormentor and said:
Probably if my husband had been mix
ed up in as many questionable transac-
tons as yours, madam, IT would not be
necessary for me to wear my pink recep-
ton dress SO often as to cause COM
ment."
Every word rang out clear and sharp
upon the ears of the astonished guests
Inasmuch as there had been frequent
criticism of the ex-congressman for his
connection with questionable lobby trans
actions the force of the bureau officials
wife's retort can readily be imagined.
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Professor Gates 10escribes
his Marvellous Microscope

1t is now possible for the human eye
to see an object magnified 100000
times. Heretofore 10000 times has been
the limit. But Prof. Elmer Gates of
Washington has found that a second
microscope can be used TO view and
magnify again small part of the image
produced by the first microscope.
The eye cannot, of course, see the
image directly, but it can see repro
duction of the image, and thus micro
scopy is carried as far beyond the pres
ent art as it is itself beyond the power
of the eye. Here is Professor Gates
own story of his discovery:
4 have recently improved the per-
formance of the microscope by remov-
ing from the detectives and oculars all
those supplementary lenses which are
used to correct chromatic alteration
and / have also succeeded in obtaining
magnification of the surface details of
opaque objects by a new method The
old method consisted of focusing upon
the upper surface of the Opaque object
on the microscopic slide the projecting
beams of light from bulls eye con-
denser.
''Of course the rays under these cir
cumstances are reflected diyergently
and enter the objective while diverging,
but the objective has been made to
utilize parallel rays and hence good
definition has not been obtained BY
the new method j reflect a parallelized
beam of light from the surface of the
opaque object, and catch the reflected
beam with the miscroscope so that il
shall enter the instrument parallel To its
longitudinal axis; the result is very
great detail; but when I use light near
the upper end of the spectrum / find
that most opaque objects are slightly
transparent, and 1 have succeeded in
focusing sixth-inch objective upon a
muscle cell in my own finger and can see
the cell distinctly through the three skin
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The aerial tramway is more like the
system by which the little change boxes
are circulated around a great store
than the ordinary railroad. The ac-
companying illustration indicates Just
how the miners and their. outfits Will
be carried Primarily, the tramway is
for freight, because il is in the trans
portation of freight that the greatest
profit lies, but passengers will be per-
mitted to journey with the goods oc-
easionally, provided they are willing
to endure the very rude accommoda-
ton that such a method of travelling
affords.
Hugh c. Wallace. president of the
Chilkoot Railroad x Transport COM
pany, fixes the minimum capacity of
the road at l2O tons of freight per day.
No estimate is made as to passengers,
but IL is the company's expectation
that each day there will be carried the
outfits of from 400 to 500 miners. mas
much as ii is estimated that fully 10 900
miners, or would-be miners, will try to
enter the Klondike the coming season
by way of Dyea, one can imagine that
this queer but very convenient railway
will be kept rather busy.
1t may be seen at first that the line is
n very short one for so much to be
made of ii, but what is really accom-
plished may best be understood when
it is considered that under previous
conditions, even in fairly good weather
IL has taken a miner 30 days to make
the journey that the tramway makes
possible In a few hours. 1t therefore
saves just about a month of the trip
to the klondike-quite a saving when
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WHY BURNS is HONORED.
In Idea'izing the Poet the scotch GIorify
Their Own Traits.

Their own TRAITS
From the Des Moines Leader.
1t is said that Seotchmen are fond of
| clarifying Burns BECAUSE in SO doing
they are clarifying their own traits.
| In q larger sense the common people
| everywhere may say that. in honoring
| Burns, they are honoring themselves.
He is one poet who was of. for and by
the people He preserved the hopes,
| the experiences. the troubles, the weak
nesses, the alleviations of the count
+, less multitude born to struggle and to
/ mourn.
| 1t Is not that Burns was q plowman
and that the record of his life accords
| with the short and simple one of the
| poor. Other poets have also been born
among the people. 1t is not that he
sang of homeiy things and homely
ways, for since the dawn of time to
other poets these have been favorite
themes. 1t is not that his verses are in
the language of the common people,
filled with their wit and their sentiment:
for since Dante no great poet has used
medium of expression other than his
vernacular. While Burns had all these
qualities, he added another which con-
stitutes his chief claim upon the at
tention of posterity, and which has
made him beloved beyond any son of
al oLHcI poelS SdW rural anu
common life and idealized it. But as
Vatican made his SWANS and shep-
herdesses creatures of an elegant fam
Cyl ever playing upon the lutte and
dancing upon the sward so Gold
smith, Wordsworth and others have
made rural life idyllic and false. And,
at the other extreme. rural common life
has been made british and ugly.
Burns celebrated it, not as he wished
1t to be or as a surface glance might
show ii to be, but as it was. He pierced
to the heart of it and showed that not
withstanding it's tolls and deprivations
Notwithstanding it's hardships and it's
round of petty and monotonous duties,
common life as he knew it had it's allie
yiations and its joys, had it's grandeur
and its heroisms, and that while it had
its sorrows it also had its consultations
Burns is acknowledged to be one of
the great poets. He does not appeal to
men of the world and those of varied
experiences in life as does Shakes
peare he does not reach intellectual
religionists as does Milton; he does not
win the contemplative as does Gray:
he is not poet of the ungoverned
senses as is Byron. He reached not the
sublime thought heights of Words
worth or love and observe physical ma
ture as did Shelley; he is not instinct
with the half doubt, half faith of the
present century like Tennyson; he does
not appeal TO the awesome and mys-
teal in mans nature as our Poe. But
as the poet of the truer and nobler side
of common life, of the better ambitions
and emotions which stir the masses, as
the delineator of the true inner self of
the average man, whether of city or
country, Burns has never had an equal.
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IL is considered that Dawson City is
1,437 miles from Seattle.
and prospectors in Alaska and the
country north--declarc that the re-
movai of this difficulty really marks the
disappearance of the greatest peril and
hardship of the journey to the gold
fields. 1t will also reduce the cost of
such journey one-third.
Another fact or interest relative to
this road is that it Is the longest of
all the tramways in existence. Hereto
fore there have been lines as long as
three and four miles, and the length
dwindles down from that to a few hun
dred feet; so this is by far the greatest
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achievement in the tramway building
line yet recorded.
The passengers on the line will suffer
little from cold weather, it Is likely,
for on Chilkoot Pass the summer would
seem no summer at all to persons I'M
accustomed to those Northern ATTITUDES.
The blizzard that recently swept down
upon the United States is q first cousin
to everyday weather in Chilkoot. The
novice can understand from this some
thing of the danger that the gold seek
ers who trudaed over Chlkoot to che
Klondike had to face.
The building of the line is, in itself,
a triumph both of engineering and OF
fortitude. The topography of the sec
ton over which the tramway runs is
such as to preclude the possibility of
constructing an ordinary railroad line
Locomotives can climb Pixies Peak
they can circle around the loop up past
Georgetown to Graymount in Colorado;
but when it comes to the task of going
through Chilkoot Pass, the locomotive
must stand aside and give way to the
tramway.
The men who constructed the latter
had to bear in mind that the supports
of their aerial transportation line must
be of such nature and of sufficient
strength, to preclude even the posi-
bility of accident. Disaster in the vi
entity of the Chilkoot would mean the
destruction of all the freight and the
loss of all the lives on the train. Dur
ing the construction the weather was
fearful. and the hardships the workmen
We're forced to endure We're. in some in