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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20
A TYPICAL EGYPTIAN VILLAGE.
Huts OF SUM- Dried Mud, without yentils.
tion and Full of yermin.


Huts OF Sun Dried Mud, without yentiIsA
tion and Fun of vermin.
r. Talbot Kelly, the English art
list, has written for the Century an
article entitled IAN Artist Among the
Fellaheen. Mr.. Kelly says of q
typical Egyptian village:
Built entirely Of sun-dried mud, the
small, low huts, from considerations
of economy and space, join one an
other whenever possible. Narrow and
tortuous lanes, left ut haphazard,
form the only thoroughfares, in which
at first appears TO be huge mound Of
mud, surmounted by heaps Of cotton
and durra stalks, which serve the dual
purpose of thatch and fuel. Many Of
these lanes are merely culs-de-sac,
ending abruptly in neighbours court
yard, and forcing one to retrace his
steps and try again. Experience has
taught me that the streets lead il the
direction at Rrst suggested; it is often
safer to start the other way, and trust
to the winding of the path to bring
one out somewhere near the desired
spot.
AS rule, the villages have the APP
pearance of Notifications, the outside
walls being frequently without doors
OF windows, and the lanes Of the vii
lage terminating in massive wooden
doors, which are usually closed at
nightfall, and guarded on the inside
by the village guffrah, or night watch
men.
Each "house" has usually one door,
opening into the lane, small and low;
and the few windows, II provided at
all, are merely Sits in the mud wall,
innocent Of glass or shutter, but or
namented with lattice of split bam-
boo, placed crosswise during building.
Ventilation there is virtually none,
the smoke of the fire of dung or corn
cobs finding its egress by the door,
and we'll nigh choking the inhabitants,
which include not only the family, but
chickens, turkeys, pigeons goats and
whatever live stock the inhabitants
possess.
Every effort to exclude air seems to
be made, the houses being too low to
feel the breezes, and the streets too
narrow to allow of any air circulation.
The roofs, covered with piles of rub
bish for fuel, afford accommodation
for second installment Of goats,
pigeons, cats and especially dogs. One
wonders how life can be supported in
such conditions; yet the people are
well conditioned and healthy, living
their lives in the fields and returning
to their houses only to eat and sleep.
Insect life naturally abounds, the
Egyptian flea particularly being a
prodigy of manly vigor and activity;
but the Fellah has "a hide like ga
moose (the Egyptian buffalo,, and
even travellers IKE myself eventually
become impervious to its onslaught.
Outside the village and almost at their
very doors, the.tilth ard ofal of the
place are deposited, resulting in the
development of that plague peculiar to
Egyptian life--"Aies" -disgusting, but
very necessary as scavengers, without
which aud the equally valuable rat
these villages would quickly become
uninhabitable.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20
A Travelling School.

A travelling school belonging 10 the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway company
has been in Lexington, KY, for some
time. This is not school where chill
dren are taught the three "Rs, "but is
car in which men are taught how to
use airbrakes. The car cost $40, 900,
and is filled with levers, cylinders,
air chambers, whistles, gauges, valves
and pipes everything, in fact, that
relates to the use of air pressure about
train. The pupils have no books,
but gray headed and bearded railroad
men are given lessons each day from
8 to IL o'clock in the morning and
from 7 to 9 o'clock at night. The men
are given verbal instruction by pro-
fessor who is paid by the railroad
company. Chicago Record.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20
TIL, Kaiser His Nicknames.

There is q story told in the English
Illustrated in connection with the
German emperor and his nicknames.
In the course of conversation at a reg
mental dinner ut which the Duke Of
Connaught was present the Kaiser
said: "They call me the Travelling
Kaiser, don't they? wonder if that's
the only nickname I've got?" Prince
Henry laughed, and Major Won Pies
sen, unable to control himself, joined
him. "What is it?" asked the Empe-
ror.' "Do you know of any other
nickname? II so, out with it." The
major mumbled something about his
respect, but the emperor said, "Well,
il you don't want to do it to please
me, l command you to speak"
The major then confessed that the
emperor was known among the COM
mon soldiers as "Alarm Fritz" on
account of his habit of suddenly, in
the middle of the night, rousing the
garrison of the town in which he
might be staying. The emperor
laughed heartily at this, and Prince
Henry remarked to his brother, "Well,
you have q similar name in the navy!
The boys call You 'Gondola Billy for
gondoling about, as they call it, on
your ships constantly in the summer,
and being everywhere and anywhere
on the boats" "Well," said the en-
peror, CHOSE are three fine nick.
names; but inasmuch as all of them
paint me as q busy man, I rather like
Them"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20
A Paradise for the Poor.

London will soon become the ideal
home of the poor man. Lord Bowton,
the well.known private secretary Of the
late Lord Beaconsfeld, is extending in
every direction in the vast British
metropolis his eminently successful
scheme OF cheap hotels, built and run
on the same lines rs the Mills hotels
in this city, and now Sir Thomas Lip
ton has made arrangements to follow
suit by establishing all over London
restaurants of an analogous character,
where substantial and good meals can
be obtaiped for cost price. 1t is not
proposed to run these restaurants at q
loss, but neither is it intended to run
them at profit. New York Tribune.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20
isn't IL Awiulf

Isn't IL Awfulr
Th,re Ia little maiden
Who has an awful time;
Shs has to hurry awfully
10 get to school ut niue.
She has an awful teacher;
Her tasks are awful hard;
Her playmates are all awft rough
When playing In the yard.
She has an awful kitty,
Who often shows her claws;
A dog who jumps upon her dress
With awful muddy paws.
She has baby sister
With an awful little nose,
With awful cunning dimples,
"a And such awful little toes.
She has two little brothers,
And they are awful boys,
With their awful drums and trumpets,
And make an awful noise.
Do come, I pray thee, common sense,
Come and this maid defend,
Or else. fear, her awful life
Will have an awful end.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20
Rare Eggs and How to prepar re Them

Voyagers to far-awsy islands often
discover rare birds whose species they
desire to propagate, in their own
country, but which they are unable to
transport without nearing the danger
of losing the captive by death on the
voyage. In order to introduce the
birds into other lands the eggs are
taken home and Matched there. But
this method is also fraught with more
or less risk, as the eggs are quite apt
to spoil during the voyage. To pre-
vent this the following course is often
pursued. Obtain an animal intestine
large enough to receive the egg to be
carried. Remove all fat from the in
testine, then cleanse thoroughly with
powdered chalk. Pass the egg into
the intestine, which must then be tied
close to the shell at each end. and
placed in dry, cool place. When
perfectly dry the encased eggs are
placed in box of grain or seeds.
Care must be taken that the box must
be turned bottom upward occasion
ally.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20

Spectacles for horses lave been
patented by an Inventor and are being
used with considerable success.
Their object 10 not so much to magnify
objects as to make the ground in front
of the horse appear nearer to his head
than it really is. The result is con-
tinual high stepping. which, after q
while, becomes natural and gives to q
horse an aristocratic gait, which he
will retain for many years.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20

Ice artificially manufactured by the
use OF chemical mixtures is not late
idea by any means, the invention dat
ing back to 1888.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-20

Maine people are shipping pine
cones to the treeless plains Of the
West.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
Terrible Tale OF Suffering in the
Ice-Hound North.

St John, y. T.. March 27.-The steamer
Greenland of the sealing fleet, arrived
this morning bringing details of the
death of forty-eight of her crew
by freezing and the injury OF many
more. The condition of the frost-bitten
men is not as bad as expected but TWEEN
ty are likely to lose their hands and feet.
The disaster occurred last Monday
morning. a gale arose, the ship was
caught in the ice foe and the crew was
carried away on the frozen fields. AS the
gale increased the men became scattered
owing 10 the binding snow drifts They
built two snow houses Monday night
made a fire from the ships ropes, cooked
seal and We're comparatively comforta-
BILE Others, however, stumbled about
aimlessly and many were drowned.
one man that had been rescued became
temporarily insane and shouted that a
steamer was in sight The whole crew
was stampeded and rushed in the direc-
ton where the ship was believed to be.
Many of these never appeared again and
others became deranged. Tuesday night
all the crew was aboard, except the for
ty-eight that persisted. Instances Of he
rosim were many one man refused to
leave a dying cOmrade and persisted with
him. Another party, numbering fifteen,
carried two boys with them whole day.
They would have persisted had they been
left behind.
A rescue party composed OF officers left
nothing undone 10 save all. When they
started out Tuesday afternoon to carry
I the helpless sufferers TO the ship several
! died of excess of JOY. The steamers Ice
/ land and Diana. which were taking seals
near the same body Of ice, ceased work
( two days 70 assist in seeking the dead
and helpless.
The steamer Greenland was in another
/ serious plight last night. A heavy gale
( drove her ashore At Bay de Verde where
/ she remained aground five hours. She
/ lost thirty feet of her keel. An aboard
had narrow escapes and were ready to
/ leave her at a moments notice.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Rev. DR.. Masters breaches to His
New Charge.
Complaint That Trap Nets in thC
Lower Potomac Are Injuring
FiSherics-Generaf News.

Alexandria. March 27.-So!emn requiem mass
for the repose Of the souls Of the crew who lost
their lives on the battleship Maine viii be cele-
brated in St Mays Church on Wedn stay morn
ing at S O'Clock.
Rev. Father CoIvin, oi Gonzaga College, Wash
ington, VIII deliver the LentCn sermon in s.
Mary's Church on Tuesday night.
Enoch Grayson. coIortd, is wanted 10y the po-
lice on the charge Of having attempted 10 XIII
Henry Stephenson, also eolored Grayson and
Stephenson engaged in a fight near Fayette and
Cameron Streets last night. when Graysoa whipped
out a pistol and fred at his antagonist The
police attracted by the shot. but by tae
time they reached the scene OF the trouble TIE
would-bc murderer had made his escape.
Rev. n. b. Masters the reccntly-appointed
pastor of Trinity Church, occupied the pulpit CT
that church today for the first time. Mr. Masters
delivered eloquent sermon and made good
impression on his congregation. Tie IS q grad
uatc Of Dickinson College, and is said 70 be
an active worker.
That the Potomac fisheries have been seriously
injured by trap-nets is evidenced b. the falling
off during the past few years in the receipts
/ at this market. But few fish being caught
| at any Of the shores the river, which Is
/ claimed BY fishermen 10 be the result Of the
/ numerous tTap-Uets in the lower river, which pre-
vent the fish from reaching the shores.
| Rev. j. Ernest ThacSer preached to large
/ congregations in the Second Presbyterian Church
today, at both the morning and evening services,
on the subject "Out Of Egypt, from Bondage"
Mr. Coyington, Of the Theological Seminary.
/ conducted the services in the Railroad Reading
Rooms this afternoon, ard Mrs. Amy c. Wecch
conducted the service ut the Village Chapel
The funeral Of the late Capt. William II.
Treakle took place this afternoon from his late
! home No. SO South Lee Street. and was largely
attended Tie services were conducted By Rev.
! j. E. THackcr.
Miss violet Niles, OF Washington. is visiting
| friends in this city
| Chief OF Police Webster last night received
| postal card which was mailed at Orange Court.
house, Va, on Friday, and addressed TO Mrs.
/ W S Kowenmann No. 3S2 Sycamore Street,
Baltimore Md. 1t read: Dear Irish; l am
! still coming North. VIII be in Baltimore, if
| don't get pinchcd in Alexandria, Va. Loo1 ior
me by Sunday CT Monday OF this month. The
| police ran me about two miles in Chasl1tges-
! Vile Va. Your Willie, ". : kowtun4un
The police here infer that the writer Of the postal
card is one OF the gang who recently blew open
a safe at Charlottesville, and has been bugglariz
ing the postofices OF smaller towns in this sleti
| OF Virginia
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
WILL STOP THE FL0TILLA.
The Mcsquito Fleet Must Stay n;
Porto Rico.

As told in The Times Saturday even
ing America has decided upon action.
1t can be stated on unfmpeachable au-
thority that the Spanish torpedo fotila
Will not be permitted one mile nearer
this coast than the westernmost point of
Porto Rico This country has served no
ticc on Spain that the further progress
westward Of her hotiIla will he regarded
as a menace which the Government will
consider it a duty TO avert.
Should Spain act upon that intimation
her fleet may stay at Porto Rico. other
wise any move northward or westward
Will be at its peril. Lawyers and diplo-
mats who are trained to be analytical
discuss our rights to intercept this fleet.
Men who think vigorously and who say
bluntly what they do think declare that
il is our duty TO protect our Navy and
! our commerce.
Let that death and destruction dealing
fotina once reach the shores Of Cuba,
and Spain object to such Intervention,
and it would be terrific task to break
/ through it. TO get to the unhappy island
with food or succor OF any practical kind
/ We SnChlI De ODllSed 10 ISnl our way
! through the most formidable torpedo
squadron afloat in any part of the world.
! II would be more difficult to cope with
/ the boats on the Cuban shores than eth
! or on the Atlantic, where the fiotilla IS
! now, or just after it would leave Porto
! Rico. 1t would be at a disadvantage on
its voyage. inasmuch as its conveys are
! clumsy and that frequent stops have to
! be made for coal and food, and hence
/ there are many officers of the Navy who
! would like to see definite action mapped
/ out They may not sec it mapped out,
( but it has been decided upon. 1t was to
complete the plan of action in the hap
! pening of any contingency that the
/ Board Of Strategy was in session for so
/ long a time Saturday. Beyond the men,
bers of the board only Commodore
/ Schley knows the plan. 1t was transmit
ted to Captain Sampson by special mes
/ senger.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
I.nte local happenings.

David Kent, colored, who IS believed to
be demented, with incendiary propsnsi-
ties, was locked up AT No. s police sta
lion last night, charged with arson.
His neice complained that he tried to
burn the family residence on Deanwood
Heights.
Henry Valentine was arrested in West
Washington last night by Policeman
Burlingame, charged with beating his
wife. Mrs. Nancy Valentine.
For crying extra New York papers on
the streets of East Washington at 1870
o'clock last night Mace Hartsock. four.
teen years Of age, and James Garner.
twelve. colored newsboys, were arrested
by Policeman Mcnamara. They are
charged with violating the police regu-
Iations.
An alarm of fire was sounded a5ou,
$3.50 o'clock last evening for a blaze IN
the house of r. T. Larkins, No. 81 K
Street northeast. 1t was caused By lace
curtains coming in contact with the
fame of lamp.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
HAS RUGEA SOLD HIM5ELF?
Startling RumOr Current at
Fortress Monroe.
SERGEANT DISAPPEARS
IL I'm Expert Ordnance Soldier and
Familiar with the Defcnses of the
Fort and Hnrbor The Charge
Openly Made That Spanish Gold
Has Bought Him.

Mr.. T. w. Hinman. of New Haven
Conn, who has just returned from Old
Point Comfort, brings to this city a
startling tale which confirms the dispath
from Newport News printed in The
Times yesterday morning about the dis
appearance of soldier at Fortress Mon
roe.
Walter Ruger, alias Tscherning, a
sergeant in the ordnance corps of the
Army, stationed at the above named
fort disappeared five days ago. He had
been in the service eight years and by
his military training, received in the Ger
man army, and his remarkable knowl-
edge of all matters pertaining to the
Ordnance Department, rose to the rank
Of sergeant and to be head draughts-
man at his station.
He was thoroughly familiar with the
entire plan of the Notifications, knew the
location of every mine laid in the waters
near the fort, and knew every piece of
ordnance in use in America. Contrary
to the reports sent out last night, he
| never was known to drink intoxicants
| to excess. He was always at his post
of duty, and in every way a model
soldier
In fact, the officers came to regard him
as man to be trusted with any and all
secrets which they themselves had and
no one suspected that he was not worthy
OF tho confidence reposed in him.
He was well educated, spoke English
and German equally well, was well UP
in French and spoke Spanish like a
native. The latter accomplishment was
remembered as soon as 1t was found that
he had gone.
| At first the officers WERE inclined tc
think that he had merely gone off or
what they termed tear" but his rec
ord argued against this solution of the
disappearance and when three days hat
elapsed they began to believe that he hat
sold his information to Spanish officers
passibly TO Minister Polo or possibly t.
| some Spanish spy.
Tho story crept out, and all Newpor
News, Norfolk and Hampton became ex
cited over the matter. The enlisted mer
at the fort confirmed the ranors abou
the desertion, and many an anxious resi-
dent of that vicinity began to leei
around for some trace OF him.
Nowhere, however, could any clev
to his whereabouts be found. The Wa
Department was notified Immediately
and an earnest but frutless officia
search for the missing man was begun.
Dock Superintendent Williams told AIR
Human yesterday that the officers wer
certain that the man had sold himself t,
Spain. and that he would never u
caught. The greatest anxiety now ex
lists at Fortress Monroe, and in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. It is thought tina
a complete change Of the submarin
mines viii be ordered, and that the for
tifcations themselves viii have to b
altered.
Ruger is a naturalized citizen of thi
country
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
Answered the schooima'am.
(From the Toledo Bee.)


One of our sophomore girls has a Sis
ter who is a school teacher. Last
Thursday the teacher was sick, and re-
quested her sister to take her place for
that day, to which the sister consent
ed
The teacher proceeded to give the
necessary instructions, saying: Nov,
today we have a lesson in which the
word cow occurs. When you meet the
word you must ask the children ques-
lions about the COW; for instance, what
has a cow, and the children Will say
horns etc"
So the sister fully realizing her i'm
portance as an instructor of we Amer
lean youthe," made her way to school
When she came across the word COW. -
she proceeded to carry out her sister S
instructions, and said: Now, children,
tell me, what has cow"
After a moments thought, a bright
little fellow raised his hand and ans
wered: Please, maam, cows has
| calves"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
WILL BE sEoUEsTERED.
The 81. Louis and st. PnuI 80 BE
Pressed Into Service.

The ST. Louis and st. Paul 90 BE
Pressed Into Service.
That the American liners St Paul and
St. Louis will be drafted just as soon rs
the Navy Department feels that such
action will be justified may be gathered
from the fact that commanders are being
selected for them. Lieut.. Comdr. Brown
son. who was sent to Europe to report
on the condition Of the new cruisers Al
bany and New Orleans, it is thought, viii
be assigned TO take charge Of the st.
Louis.
Both steamships, if drafted, almost GER
tainIy viii be attached to Schley's flying
squadron 1t is probable that Rear Ad-
rniral Bunce commander OF the New
York Navy Yard, or Commodore john c..
Watson, governor Of the Naval Home IN
Philadelphia, will be assigned TO duty In
command Of the entire North Atlantic
station. They outrank SchIey and Samp-
son and the appointment Of either would
not give rise TO any friction. At the same
time II is understood that for ali practi-
cal purposes, .Schley and Sampson, in
their respective commands, viii be su-
preme. Their duties are well defined.
sistent rurnors yesterday, after the ar
rival in the morning Of the American line
steamer St Paul, that that vessel was to
be at once impressed into the Govern
ment service as an auxiliary cruiser.
Both the St Paul and the ST. Louis were
constructed under the supervision OF
! Government naval experts and so con
structed that the task Of converting
! them from ocean liners TO unarmored
cruisers is n simple one.
When the St. Louis was in port week
before last the Naval Eoard gave her
a careful inspection and had frequent
conference with James a. Wright, n,
vice president Of the American line, and
II was understood at that time that ar
rangements had been entered into where
bv The St. Louis and the ST. Paul could
be taken by the Government at the
! shortest possible notice. The st. Paul
has not been in port since the Naval
! Board has been at WORK here, so that
an early inspection OF her by the mem
hers Of that board may be expected
The work OF unloading was going or
last night at the American line pier, Full
ton Street and North River, and was
| continued till midnight.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-28
FoR EXCHANGE

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FOR EXCIIAN tE-Scveral tracts az land in Fl0ri-
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