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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
Bicycle Heart.

Several well-known cyclists have
lately, II is said, been rejected as un.
at for military service by reason OF
hypertrophy and other diseases of the
heart. Medical men will be rather
surprised that the numbers are SO
small. There must be few of us who
have not seen the ill-effects of over
exertion on bicycle. The common.
est is palpitation and temporary dila.
tation but even this is sometimes
very difficult to cure. In case which
occurred recently lady, ordered for
fortnight's change of air after inau-
enza, chose to spend it in bicycling
about fifty miles day. As a result,
she has had, ever since that time
now nine months ago-a pulse which
on the least exertion rises to 100,
though she has not ridden again. That
temporary dilatation occurs is enough
10 show the great strain putupon the
heart, and il is an added danger that
the sense of fatigue in the limbs is SO
slight. The rider is thus robbed of
the warning to which he is accustomed
to attend, aud repeats or continues
the strain upon the heart. As in other
similar cases, the effect is to render
that dilatation permanent, which was
at first but temporary, and to cause an
increase in the muscle of the heart by
repeated exertion. The heart pro-
duced is Of large dimensions and Of
thick walls--a condition which may,
perhaps, give little uneasiness to its
owner, but which a medical man will
view with considerable distrust and
apprehension. Weakly and elderly
people cannot be too often told that no
exercise is more easily abused, though
il taken in sensible measure few are
more healthful or enjoyable. British
Medical Journal.
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Virgil occasionally INDUCED in hu-
NOR at the expense of his friend, Me-
cenas. He made at one time pill.
grimsge to the oracle Mt Delphi, and
on his return said to Mecenas: 81
was awfully bored while I was away"
"5o?" said Ma censs, land what was
il that bored You, amicus meus?"
The augurs, OF course, was virgil's
quick response. This incident goes
far to prove the inventive genius Of
the Greeks and Romans, since even at
that early date augurs and gimlets had
come into use. -Kansas City Star.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
Evaporation of Bananas.

The American consul at Nicaraguare re.
ports that experiments are being made
there to develop an industry OF evap-
Grating bananas, and that trial ship
ment has been made to this country.
If successfully established, this indus
try will be of the utmost Importance
to many Central American states. The
men engaged in the experiment, ac-
cording to consular reports, have no
practical knowledge OF the business Of
drying the fruit, but if it was taken up
by men experienced in the manufac-
ture Of machinery and appliances
adapted to the evaporation of fruits,
a modification to suit this case could
easily be devised, and there would be
an immense demand for such machines
Immediately. At present there are
millions Of bananas yearly thrown
away or allowed to rot on the ground
because they are too small or too ripe
for shipment TO the United States.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Insanity affects one in $50 OF the
American population.
White men are said TO bear up bet
,er AGAINST intense cold than against
intense heat
There is enough salt in the sea to
cover 1000 square miles with layer
one mile in thickness.
A process has recently been de-
yised for treating fre.clay in such a.
manner as to produce an abrading ma
terial that will compare most favor
ably with emery.
Infinitesimal as is the quantity OF
gold contained in English chalk Tor.
wations. il is estimated that II IT could
he collected II would suffice to pay. the
national debt Of Great Britain.
A scientist has found microbes OF
various kinds in seventy-seven samples
Of ink--red, blue and black-supplied
10 schools, and some of the microbes
were deadly enough to kill mice moe
ulated with them.
The Prince of Monaco, who is now
in England, addressed the Royal So
ciety recently in favor OF the estao-
lishment of an observatory in the
Azores, on an international basis, Tor
seismic, magnetic, and other scientific
observations.
, Scurvyis now easily held under con-
troll, but in Anson's famous expedi-
ton, some thirty years previous to
that of Captain Cook, out OF total OF
nine hundred hands, six hundred died
before the expedition returned, and
chiefly from scurvy.
Wolfram bronze, u new alloy made
by DIR. Roman, is said to be available
for all parts of bicycle, even to the
balls. The alloy, it is declared, can
be made to any degree OF hardness,
and used rs substitute for steel. IL
will not rust, and is much lighter
than steel.
At ithe medical congress recently
held 81 Wiesbaden, DIR. Saenger de-
livefed lecture on the utility OF the
nose in preventing injurious things
from getting into the lungs. He de-
clared that many cases OF consump-
ton would be much more amenable
to treatment il physicians paid more
attention to the condition of the nasal
apparatus for altering air, which IS apt
70 get out OF order.
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No answer. No movement
Nv.

~.
Reuben turned to John once more.
Look here, man." he said, "you
must go up and fetch her."
go up that ladder? II wouldn't
bear the weight of both of u.s.
.'Some one must fetch her down. II
you won't, / must"
"I'll hold the ladder"
"Pshawl" And Reuben turned
away. Then suddenly turning back:
"Mind you, IL get her down safe I
try my luck again" And, shouting to
the men to hold the ladder. firm, he
cautiously went up.
Emily, "said he, as he touched her,
"we must change places, my girl. :"
She looked ut him, her eyes wild with
fright. sThat's right You keep
looking at me and doing as I tell you,
and you'll be as safe as trivet," said
he, cheerfuIly. though his heart was
working like steam engine. How he
managed 10 change places with Emily
he never knew. He always said IL
was her trust In him that did il. When
she was safe on the ladder and he
clinging to the fragment OF wall he
said, impressively:
go down the ladder as quickly as
you can I'll follow. In two minutes
the whole place'll be down"
Emily gave him one swift look that
sent the blood tingling through his
veins, and in'less than minute she
was on the ground. John, who had
not been allowed TO hold the ladders,
tried to put his arm round her, but
she pushed him from her as she
breathlessly watched Reuben's de-
scent Then, turning on him:
"Gol" she cried. ''Gol' When I
marry, I'll marry-I'll marry q man"
After that she tainted.
She did marry man. His name
was Reuben Saunders. John Adams
got the foreman's place In the shires.
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
Harness BELLS.

While they are still by no means
com mon, there has been in the past
three months considerable increase
in the use Of harness bells in this city,
They are attached chiefly to the har-
ness Of horses driven to carriages.
While this increase may be due in
some measure to the following Of Gus.
tom, the purpose of the bells is to give
warning Of the vehicles approach,
such warning having become more
and more necessary owing to the
greatly increased use OF rubber-tired
wheels, and rubber-padded shoes for
horses, following the widespread in.
crease of asphalt pavement. When
oil these causes combine ths approach
of horses and vehicles is made COM
paratively noiseless. The oells are as
yet chiefly used on private carriages,
but they are occasionally seen on pub
lie carriages, mostly hansoms.
The bells most commonly used are
like those made for sleighs and gilt
finished or silver-plated to match the
furniture of the harness. In pair
horse harness the bell is buckled to
the coupling links that attach the
names together in single horse har-
ness it is attached to the hame chain
or martingale ring.
The use of harness bells is far more
common in Paris and London, in both
Of which cities itSs required by law,
New York Sun
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Which, strange TO say, was not what
she always thought about him In his
absence. After their usual greeting
they turned and walked on together.
1.-THE boss has been very civil to me
this morning." said John, called me
into that little Office OF his and said he
thought as he'd heard Of place as'd
suit me. Kind Of foreman's place
down in the shires; place called Bur-
dock, think he said"
ooh, John, how good Of him!" ex-
claimed the girl.
''H'm." said John, with q conceited
smile: "don't you see he wants to get
rid Of me- wants me out o. the way
so he can come after you"
''No-no; he knows better"
Hes O precious sight conceited to
know better. Lor' I did laugh in my
sleeve as I thanked him, and said as
I'd be glad II he'd speak q word for
me. II I get IL we'll be married right
away. Now you see how wise IT was
OF me to insist on You saying nothing
about our being engaged"
you're quite wrong!" cried Emily,
who had in vain tried to interrupt the
flow OF her sweetheart's words. 'It's
because he knows. He came and
asked me yesterday and I told him.
"You told him we was going to be
married2"
Eyes, I told him" repeated Emily.
"Well. I'm blowedp' And John
looked as II after that nothing would
surprise him any more. Then after
few minutes consideration: s''He
must be foolr' he exclaimed.
To this Emily vouchsafed no reply,
so John, not exactly understanding
her silence, changed the subject by
saying; 49,
"E'm, you've often wanted to 60
over the old Manor House, and you
won't have many more chances IL
get this place. Shall we 60 now9"
Emily agreed. She knew the care
taker, so there would be no difficulty
in getting in.
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CAVE JEWELLERS OF ALASKA.
Queer People who Inhsbit Kings Island
in the Bering Sea.


A race of cave jewellers live on
small island of the Alaskan coast. 1t
is Kings Island in Bering sea, due
south Of Cape Prince Of Wales. There
is only one village there, and this has
a population OF 200. DR.. Sheldon
jackson, the United States agent of
education in Alaska, says that it is one
OF the most remarkable settlements in
America, yet few people know of its
existence.
Kings Island is about a mile in
length, and is n mass of basalt rock
which rises perpendicularly out of the
sea to height Of from 700 to 1000
feet. At the south side this is cleft
in two by deep ravine which is filed
by huge permanent snow bank.
High up on the west side of the ravine
is the village of Ouk-ivak, which con-
sists of about forty dwellings, partly
followed ont of the cliff and built up
outside with stone walls. Across the
top of these walls are laid large drift
wood poles, over these are placed
hides, and over the hides grass and
dirt. The houses are entered by
tunnel which runs along underneath
sometimes for distance often of fif-
teen feet, and ends under hole
eighteen inches in diameter in the
floor of the room above. This is the
front door OF the establishment. The
tunnel is so low that it is necessary to
stoop, and often to crawl, the entire
length Of it,
In summer these houses generally
become too damp TO live in. The peo-
pie then erect another dwelling on top;
this is tent of walrus hide which is
stretched over wooden frame and
guyed to the rocks by ropes to pre-
vent it's being blown off into the sea.
These tents allow of O room about ten
or fifie,n feet square, and entered by
means of narrow 6val hole in the
hide about two feet above the floor.
A narrow platform two feet wide runs
along outside of the door and leads
back to the hill. These platforms are
often fifteen or twenty fee. above the
winter dwelling below.
At the other side of the deep ra-
vine at the base OF the cliff, is huge
cavern into which the sea dashes. AT
the back of this is large bank of per-
petual snow. The cave dwellers use
this as storehouse. They dig rooms
in the snow and store their provisions,
which freeze solid and keep the year
round, for the temperature in the snow
never rises above 80 degrees.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01

st. Louis Domestic Science club,
organized to elevate the domestic SER
want and domestic work and to con.
duct cooking schools in order to i'm
prove the health OF mankind, il re-
ceiving letters from many men seek
ing wives, who want advice on the
subject from the club.
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THE FLAG

% with the tanner OF the free!
Its stars and stripes unfurl,
And let the battle beauty blaze
Above the startled world.
No more around It's towering stan
The folds shall twine again
TIL falls beneath its righteous wrath
The gonfalon OF Spain.
That flag with consolidated stars
Shines ever In the van!
And, like the rainbow In the storm,
Prcsages peace to man.
For still amid the cannons' roar
IL sanctl1es the fight,
And flames along the battle lines,
The emblem OF the Right
II seeks no conquest knows no fear;
Cares not for pomp OF statej
Az plant as the atmosphere,
AZ resolute rs Fate.
where'er II floats, ON land or sea,
No stain its honor mars,
And Freedom smiles, her fate secure
Beneath its steadfast stars.
Henry Lynden Flash, In : New Orleans
Times-Democrat-
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III.

They had wandered about the old
place for twenty minutes, and had been
everywhere except up in the towers,
which was the Oldest part Of the house.
II had been shut up from the public,
as dangerous, for the last two years.
John proposed that they should go up
to the top and see the view. Emily
was frightened, but he laughed her
out of her fears, or out OF the express
sion Of them. SO they went up, and
John, who was in teasing mood, in.
sisted on their getting out on the roof,
which was done by means Of short
ladder, leading through a trap d DOR.
Though the day was warm for the
time Of year, Emily soon felt bitterly
cold, and said she must 60 down.
John led the way, but had hardly got
his foot of the last rung Of the ladder
when he felt the tower begin to rock.
With the impulse Of coward, scarce
staying 10 give hasty shout to Emily
to follow, he rushed down the stone
stairs and out Of the place. A mo-
ment later there was a series of creak-
ing reports, and three sides Of the
building fell with crash to the ground,
leaving Emily crouching down in q
corner OF the roof, which still hung to
the remaining side.
Adams ran into the road shouting
for a ladder. Soon crowd was col
lected and the ladder was fetched.
Too shortl Another was found, and
while willing hands were lashing the
ladder together Reuben drove up in
his cart.
When he heard what had happened
he took Johns place in binding the
ladders together, saying:
lyon 90 and tell her what we're
doing. I'll see to this"
Reuben had the habit of authority,
so John went.
When the ladders we're firmly bound
Reuben and two Others carried them
through the iron gates into the little
park where the crowd stood. A mixed
crowd Of men, and women and chill
dren stood breathlessly gazing up at
the corner where Emily crouched, her
face covered, not seeming to hear the
encouraging words her lover was
shouting up to her.
Reuben looked at the wall. "We
must be quick" said he to the man
next TO him, cor it'll be down before
we can get her of. !" Then after a
moment he added: 1T won't bear the
weight of the ladder. Run and fetch
the one off my cart"
This was done, and in few minutes
the thirdladder was pushed through the
rungs Of the first about four feet from
the top, making an isosceles triangle.
Two men were placed at the foot oi
each ladder to steady il, and the whole
reared sideways against the wall, the
apex almost touching Emily and the
upright reaching up above her head.
John hadn't been Of much help ---he
was like one distraugh', but when all
was ready Reuben turned to him and
said:
snow tell her TO get on the ladder.
Tell her too look up and catch hold OF
the frame above her head. Tell her
she is quite safe"
John shouted up these instructions,
but without more result than making
Emily half stretch out her hand and
shudderingly cover up her face again.
The demon Funk possessed the girl.
Then Reuben:
'Tt's all right Miss Bolton. You
just get on the ladder quick, and
you'll be safe enough. There's half q
dozen Of us. holding IL at the bottom
he shouted, encouragingly.
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A mgN WON HER.

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c~>~~~~~>~~~c
It's an awkward thing when master
and man are in love with the same
girl. One must give way, you seei
And il the master Is that one it's apt
10 be bad for the man. Knowing this,
John Adams and Emily Bolton re-
solved to keep their engagement to
themselves for bit, until they could
start in life on their own account
Why the girl had fallen in love with
the man instead Of his master IL would
puzzle conjurer to tell. I'm sure
she couldn't have said herself. II
was he, John Adams, who suggested
secrecy, and Emily, after a little dis
pute, agreed.
Emily accepted John about Christ
mastime, and he'urged that il would
be ruin to be discharged in the slack
time.
"We'll keep IL to ourselves till the
spring, my girl, and then we can snap
our fingers at him, said John.
But Emily had no desire TO snap
her fingers at Reuben Saunders. She
was not built that way. She felt sorry
for him, and wished him all manner
Of good things. Still she was in love
with John, and consequently did as
he told her.
But long before the spring came
in fact, it was the middle of February
lit began TO be rumored about that
John and Emily were engaged. Reuben
heard the report, and went straight
way to her fathers cottage and asked
70 see Emily.
Mrs. Bolton opened the door. She
stepped back and called up the stairs:
Emily, Emily Here's Mr.. Saun-
.ders wants TO see YER"
And then she went about her work
and left him standing ut the open door.
She for her part preferred Reuben to
John as husband for her pretty
daughter. That she was the girls
mother and knew the value OF money
by its lack may account for her pre-.
ference. Moreover, Reuben was as
good man as John, though not so
handsome.
'T've only come to ask you ques-
iion, Emily" said Rueben humbly
when at last the girl appeared.
"Say on, said Emily, not quite at
her ease, for there had been time
when she had given Reuben encour.
agemeut.
81 hear that you and John Adams
are going to be married. I" And Rueben
lifted his honest eyes and looked the
girl straight in the face.
81 don't see what business that Is
Of yours! / suppose we'vea right
began the girl angrily.
But before she could finish her SEN
tence Rueben said sadly, "Pve got my
answer" and turned away.
The girls heart smote her.
''Stay, Rueben, stayl It's not my
fault. j did not want to keep it from
you. But-John said-"
Emily stopped. The meanness Of
II oil ashamed her.
s"I know, I know! Adams judged
me by himself, and thought / should
turn him off as soon rs heard Of il,
said Saunders, bitterly.
OF course, Johns sweetheart fred
mp at that.
eff you've got anything to say
against John, You can say II to some
one else, Mr.. SAUNDERS" she cried
out.
81 haven'tl" he shouted back, strid-
ing of down the little path to the
front gate as Emily slammed the door
'I'll give him weeks wages and
turn him off," Reuben told himself
passionately. Then Emily's swee
face rose before him. ~ can't do i
II can't do itl'' he muttered rs h,
strobe on, his hands deep down in hi
trousers pockets, his head bent for
ward on his chest, nobler man thar
be thought himself.
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II.

II was with heavy heart that
Emily went to meet her lover the next
day, which was Saturday, and there.
fore half holiday. She had not seen
him since she had told Reuben OF
their engagement, and was afraid TO
hear what Reuben might have said to
John abou. II.
The first sight OF Johns face when
thay met treasured her. As I said be-
fore, he was handsome young man,
end a. he came smilingly mp to her
Emily felt certain that she loved him
1osrly, and that he was in every way
= mare desirable man than Saunders.
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Tn. Military Spirit.

81 have just come from the oil re-
gions," remarked the Casual Caller
to the Snake Editor, "and I find that
the war feeling has got into the 20
troleum producing business"
''How Is thatY'
Drilling is going on sctively."-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
The record-union., 1898-11-12
RACING IN ENGLANI
EVACUATION OF CUBA.
Spaniards Rapidly Departing From
the Holguin District.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia dispatch
to the Herald from Santiago de Cuba
says:
The SpaniardS are evacuating the
Holguin district rapidly. Four thou
sand men on board two vessels left
last week Three more vessels will
take the balance. There has been a
total disregard of the comfort and
health of the soldiers. OF the Spanish
soldiers at Santiago, 80 per cent. are
certainly doomed.
The hospital ship is taking small
pox and men suffering from dysentery
and fevers. Bad food, poor quarters
and the lack of medical attention make
the lot of the returning Spaniards pitt
full, and disgraceful to the Government
allowing it. There have been forty
deaths of soldiers on the wharf in
G;hara in one day. The efforts of the
men to reach the transports caused
deaths daily The bodies are buried in
the bay, and credited to the transport
tation company as passengers.
The evacuation of Puerto PRINCIPE
will occur at an early date. Prepara-
tions for it have been completed. The
Spaniards have moved to Neuvitas,
where transports await them.
The situation there will make the task
of the Government the most difficult
on the island. Revolutionary CubanS
hold a most hostile attitude toward
American control. They think they
should have the highest Offices
News from Manzanillo states that
preparations are complete for garrison
ing the small towns in the Manzanillo
district A battalion will be stationed
in Bayamo
The record-union., 1898-11-12
SITUATION AT PANA.
Negroes Running Things With a
High Hand at the Mining Town.

PANA Qll), Nov. 1.-THE imported
non-union negroes are becoming reck-
less, and the union white miners are
growing restless Troop B of Bloom
lngton remains on duty here, but al
most nightly in the Flathall district
the negro residents practice shooting
at any white man that passes through.
Ihe negroes have been heavily armed
by the mine operators. Last night the
residences of several white miners
were shot into by Winchesters in the
hands of colored men A white widow 5
cottage was pierced repeatedly by
bullets, several charges barely missing
her three children
The militia say they cannot appre-
hend the culprits Captain T. H But
Ter, in command, apparently is acting
entirely under the orders of Sheriff
Coburn, and not following the instruc-
tions of Governor Tanner, given before
election. Captain Butler when asked
to disarm the negroes, said it was use
less, for the Sheriff would arm them
again. 1t is reported that a large con-
tingent of outside white miners Will
soon arrive in Pana.
A consignment of 100 rifles was re-
ceived here to-day for citizens. who
intend protecting their property and
families, claiming no protection is Civ
en- them by the Sheriff or troops.