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The Princeton union., 1900-11-22
CHAPTER VII.

AZ THE ADMIRALTY AND LLOYnS.
Sit Charles COllingham lived out
hensington way in Il new red house on
Campden hill. I got there in less than
| haif an hour. for my carriage was at
the door, ana, although l knew some
thlng OF his ways from Willie Wood, !
hoped to catch him before he left home.
1t was not yet 10 4. m. He was out
already on his bicycle when I arrived,
but he came up, fortunately, lust as !
was asking for him.
"Come for news or brought some.
hey, Miss Fairholme? If it's the first I
can't help you-worse luck; if the 9th.
er-and, egad, by the look on your bon
ME face l believe you've something to
tell! Is that it: Ha" He hoped off
his "bike' with all the alacrity of 4
young man and led the way into the
house.
surprising chap, that American!"
he cried in his brisk, abrupt tones. 81
suppose we're bound to believe him.
Actually did break in and all that, hey?
Anyhow, he's forwarder than we are,
for I've been down to Charges street to
inquire II Master Wood had turned up
and drew blank, of course"
"Oh, but, Sir Charles, how could he ?"
said quickly. "And ought we to be
talking, wasting time here? He has
been kidnapped, as you see. Surely it
is our business to follow up this clew
without moments loss of time. He
must be rescued, recovered"
"And the papers-they will have car
ried Off the papers with them, you may
depend upon that By the Lord Harry.
you are right! But how, how in heay-
ems name-how are we to overhaul
that yacht? l do not see my way
by following in another, to be sure
| will pay anything. Only do, please,
let us lose no more time. Could not
we get man-of-war:'' .#< >.s~
"By Jove, you're right. If we could
have fast cruiser now Upon my
soul, believe it might be done! If I
could only persuade them at the admi-
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TASK for letting rEt. American slip, and
should have hupn offended ut his
Tone, out knew | had been wrong.
From what you tell us he had no
aoUbt been in communication with
captain Wood yesterday. and he would
nave saved us some time aud trouble
II we had him uullcr our hand now.
He must be hunted up said the colo.
nel. ..-
your people know him at Scotland
Yard. He was there today, and they
sent him Oh to the United States con-
.sulatc. He told me that himself" I
said.
'"They will know him ut the consu.
late probably. will send there to in.
,luirs." said the colonel, making short
note
And Captain Woods man knows
bin. They came here together This
afternoon"
And for the matter OF that 50 do T."
added Sir Charles. Not much, of
course, and he's au uncommon queer
looking cha. But the fellow seems
honest and straightforward"
unless the whole thing is put up
5ob. remarked the police colonel. with
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together. So the parties have split Nd
One lot are af1oat with their prisoner,
meaning. IVe no doubt, to keep hin,
away at sea, incapable of interfering,
While the others carry Oh their spolia-
| ton in New York. That's how figure
! it now," said the detective shrewdly.
Il dare say you're right" interrupt
ed him hastily. "But surely these
speculations will not help US. We've
got to give chase to that yacht. How
is it to be done:"
You see, she has a tremendous
start"
NO auxiliary screw can do more
than eight or ten knots, believe.
Mother and were in the Mediterrane-
an last year with one Of the best. Let
us hire something faster. There must
be plenty Of steamers. l will pay any
price gladly"
"Then We have no idea Of what
course the Fleurde-Lis has token"
There are signal stations all along
the coast. believe. We hear of ships
being reported every hour almost, as
long as they are in sight of land"
she will fly no signals and will GER
tainly get out of sight of land"
"Oh, dear, dear"' l said, almost cry
ing with rage. you only make diff
culties. It's TOO terrible to think of.
Is there nothing you can suggest?
Have you no advice to give: shall
go and consult Sir Charles Collingham.
He is man in authority, and can help.
l believe. shall tell him what Won
have discovered"
We'll, miss. let's each go our own
way. hut. see here. Take this. I've
noted down description of the Fleur-
de-Lis just rs l got it from the dock
yard. It's the only guide you'u have
IN tracing her, for she won't fly her
number, you bet''
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ner, turned out every cupboard. but
nary soul was to- 80 found. They'd ali
cleared out bur rhis one critter. So
went back to him and threatened his
life. He was very stiff, but d revolver
IS i mighty tine pessuader, and pres
emily he outs with the story; lies may
be, maybe truth, bat good enough to
make him worth keeping till W.. could
get some confederation"
What was his story? Anything
about Captain Wced? Did he admit
that they had taken him?'
You bet he did. Told us the whole
game from first to last, The first we
knew pretty well before; the last is
that they have taken him out to sea
IN steamer. The steam yacht Fleur-
de-Lis, auxiliary screw, 274 tons reg
lister, cleared from Victoria dock yes
terday ut p. IN. I've been there and
verified it this morning."
"Already?'
Yes, he went on. ''The yacht Fleur-
de-Lis, Chapman master, left the dock
at 3 p. III. yesterday. They knew her
we'll there. She was waiting, ready for
sea, fires banked. blue peter flying,
waiting only for her owner, and left
her berth directly he was got on board.
He was aa invalid, came in carriage
to the dock side and had to be carried
on board wrapped up. in blankets"
"Ah! Joe was right them
"A lady helped him, thought to be
his wife, but she did not accompany
him to the ship. She staid on shore
very much upset, they told me who saw
her, and could hardly be persuaded to
re-enter the carriage. But gentleman
at last made her and they drova arav
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'Its you, Is its Aha! This is the second
time I'Ue caught yo,t spytng."
me Wot for. | held on for all the cuts
Of the cord, though they stung like hot
nettles. l was pretty well slashed all
over, when all at once the jarvey stops
his losses, and before l. could climb
down a feller-tlle same little black
faced moocher-came and copped me
right where sat behind. He was aw-
full mad. ~.
"'You devils spawn! It's you is it?
Aha! This is the second time pye
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
Girls with Missions

Young ladies who think it their mis-.
sion in life to visit the poor need ar
enormous amount of tact to carry them
smoothly over the hidden shoals of the
PRIDE among the lowly that resents
patronage. One of a set of girls who
lately have been devoting themselves
to poor visiting in the slum district met
with the unexpected in her last round.
She was a novice in the work, and not
quite up in the regulation questions.
Her natty tailor-made was severely
and extensively simple, her collar the
highest she could possibly wear and
the crown of her hat was so big 1t
would scarcely go through the narrow
doorway. She seated herself on the
edge of chair, and her hostess continu-
ed scrubbing over in the other corner.
as If just she and the floor were alone.
Finally the determined-to-be poor Wis
ttOr stammered:
Does your husband drink"
mo. Does yours| came the very
sudden reply, which drove the tailor
made and the big hat into outer sun
shine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
PUMA SHOWS ITS GRATITUDE
Big Cat Amazes It's Keeper by an Ex-
hibition of Eriendahin.

hibition of Friendship.
Keeper Mullen Is constantly exposed
to the wild beasts In the zoo In giving
them their food and In cleaning their
cages. Last week he was engaged in
the pleasant occupation of Frightening
the outside apartment of a large puma.
For reasons of his own he has always
been In the habit of permitting the ami
mails to roam In the inside cage while
he cleaned the outside one. But this
time he somehow forgot to lock the
door, and the puma walked out upon
him.
There was brief pause, during which
time Mr.. Mullen hastily reviewed his
past life. The puma stood in the door
way blinking at the light and blocking
up the only means Of escape. All around
were the hard iron bars of the cage.
The puma, waving its long catlike tall
slowly approached, and Mr.. Mullen
brought his broom to a position which
IN army parlance Is known as charge
bayonets. Great was the keepers sur
prise when the fierce animal meekly
rubbed it's sleek sides against the trem.
bling leg, very much after the manner
or large cat. 1t exhibited signs OF
recognition and pleasure and began
purring loudly.
Mullen could scarcely believe his eyes.
he fancied the animal was only sham
ming and biding his time. and expect.
ed every moment to feel it's sharp fangs
IN his leg. Not to be outdone by the
animal, he began blutting, too. acting as
II 1t were the most natural thing in the
world that he should be patting the
pumaS head. He tried to make the
animal feel how much he was ENJOYING
H. and the result was that they were
soon romping on the ground together
Ike two friendly children.
This Is the explanation of it: Keeper
Mullen had removed a tumor from the
SIDE or the puma. The operation was
performed by the aid of catgut and took
some time. The puma suffered a great
deal with it and seemed relieved when
1t was over.
1t has shown great affection for its
keeper ever since, permitting him to
pat l'0 hedu belNteu tue DdfS, out not
until he accidentally found himself in
the same Enclosure with it did the keeper
believe that he could ever enter it's cage
and come out unscathed
Keeper Mullen naturally attributes
the display Of affection to the operation
which he performed, and he says that
hereafter he will not be afraid to enter
the puma's cage any time he may see
fit He knows that hereafter they will
be good ds.-Philadelphia Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

Mr.. Porter, the United States Ambas-
sador to France. has reported to the
State department that the grave OF
John Paul Jones has been discovered
in Paris. If there is no mistake in the
Identification of the grave Congress
should not hesitate to take prompt ac-
ton for reburial in this country and the
erection of a fitting monument to the
memory Of the great sea fighter, who
was the first to make the Stars and
Stripes respected on the seas. No naval
hero has more worthily earned the
gratitude of the American people than
the lion-hearted sailor who fought the
powerful Scraps and its consorts with
that rotten old hulk, the Bonhomme
Richard, which apparently was no bet
ter fitted for a fight than Kipling's old
hulk of Bolivar Ray.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
Merely a Question of Smelling.

He was the engineer of an ocean liner
and prided himself on his knowledge Of
electricity. On one of his brief stays at
home he accompanied his wife to a
party. The subject of electricity COM
Ing up, he Indignantly combated the
Idea that it was possible for two people
to produce an electrical current through
the body of third by simple physical
contact. His wife and friend said
they would prove it, and, leading him
to window, told him to pull up his
sleeves and place both hands fiat on the
glass. They then, on either side. took
firm grip on his wrists At the end
OF few moments his wife said
Don't you feel pain, Willy?"
Mop he replied, and returned like
negative to a second and a third In
quiry.
At this third response most of the
company began to laugh, and it sud
denly flashed into his mind that the
pronunciation Of pain and pane was the
same.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

Dame Fashion, who Is not only
whimsical and eccentric but frequently
very unwise, has made n departure In
the matter of women's skirts that must
be commended. BY a recent trade,
ukase or decree the good dame has or
dered that the skirts shall lack a cou-
pie of inches Of reaching the ground
This Is most sensible. There never was
any reason why womans skirt should
be so long as to touch the ground any
more than there is for mans coat Ia lis
touching the ground. A few skittish
old maids may take a duck-fit when
they imagine someone can see the toes
of their shoes peeping out from under
their draperies, but unless the foot is
tantalizingly small and poignantly well
formed little attention is ordinarily
given to it,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

Truth should be double edged. and
cut both ways. Now there's the bird
question. Possibly the time may come
when women will not allow them to be
killed for their adornment nor will'men
Kill them for the pleasure of killing
something. says Beacon. ! have never
been able to understand why it is not
as well to preach against the euormity
or shooting birds for fun as for shoot
ing them to make women look prettier.
but | notice that the emphasis Is all
placed on the latter. Probably the
pigeon that is shot at in a shooting
match does not enjoy it any more than
Tue hummingbrd which is killed out
Eigot Tor woman's hat, yet for one
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

rider on jumping off may grasp 1t In.
stantly. 1t must also be disposed so as
not to fatigue the rider or interfere with
his pedaliDg. Another important fea.
ture is to provide for the wheel when
the rider dlsmounts. 1t Is hardly prac-
ticable to take time to stand the wheel
upright every time the rider dismounts.
and in the case of the wheel shown In
the illustration this feature is nicely
provided for by extension handle bars.
which telescope when the wheel Is be-
Ing ridden. The rider can, on dismount.
Ing, either trail the wheel behind him.
or in emergency abandon it Instantly.
The gun is carried vertically in a rest,
over the small front wheel.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
Nutritious Foods.

Prof. Atwater, who has devoted him.
self to the study for a number of years,
declares that there is no single perfect
food, the nearest approach to it being
milk. No food, however, contains the
essential constituents in right proper
tons, and thus we have to get what
we want by combining our foods. 1t
will be shock TO many thrifty house
wives to learn that beef and eggs are
among the greatest Of all economical
mistakes. A single dollar spent in
wheat-four will yield as much nutri-
Inent as $50 spent on sirloin Of beef.
Sugar ranks next to wheat-flour as an
economical food. for a dollars worth
of sugar contains as much nutrlment as
SO worth of milk, So worth of eggs, or
$40 worth of oysters. In proportion to
their cost oysters are almost the least
nutritious of all foods. Beans and po-
tatoes run close race for the third
place among valuable and cheap foods,
and the fourth place is shared between
fat, salt pork and cheese made from
skinned milk.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

A Chicago dentist and inventor claims
to have discovered n method by which
the soft coal OF the west can be sue
ceSsfully cooked so that soft coal coke
will be equal to hard coal coke for
blasting and smelling purposes. In
commenting upon this discovery the
OttumWa, iowa, Courier remarks that
if the discovery is practicable. the iron
industry will witness a great change,
and the production of pig-iron in the
Western States where soft coal is
plentiful will be vastly increased. Up
to this time the great Eastern iron
making centerS have had an advantage
over those of the West. Both have de-
pended almost entirely upon the Lake
Superior mines for their ores, but the
Eastern iron furnaces are located so
much nearer the great sources of the
coke supply of the world that they have
had a great advantage over the Western
furnaces. If the Chicago man can do
what he promises, however. the cOndi-
tons will be just reversed and the West
will have the advantage over the East.
made for from 50 to 50 80
per ton, while the anthracite coke
costs So to $3.50. Pennsylvania is
Il great iron manufacturing State al
most solely because of the fact that it
is the great anthracite coal center, and
when this new coking process is
brought into use there is no reason why
the West should not become a great
iron manufacturing section. Last year
the Western furnaces smelted but one
fifth OF the iron ore taken from the
great iron mines in the Lake Superior
region, but now that they can produce
their coke at home, instead of shipping
it all the way from Pennsylvania, they
may be expected to take large share
in ali the industries to which iron ore
gives rise.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
The Stage.

The stage continues to form the mir.
rOr of fashion. One need scarcely take
in a fashion paper if one pays constant
visits to the theater. Here one can
study all the varieties of la mode and
the latest and newest designs. Each
play seems to have its own speciality in
dress. its favorite color and its favorite
dressmaker.
Possibly spectators never give a
thought to the fact that these constant
changes of costume form no inconsid-
cradle portion of the fatigue incurred
by an actress in long and heavy part.
Dress cannot be slurred over now.
Gowns must be laced and buttoned up.
gloves, shoes, hats. petticoats be worn
to match. 1t was different In the good
old days, when actresses shuffled one
gown over another and fastened them
lightly with n button. The Japanese
costume Is one of the most intricate.
The real Japanese lady wears three
gowns, one over the other, a small por-
ton of each showing at the neck, the
gowns being artistiCally shaded. say,
from pale pink TO deepest rose, or from
violet to sky blue. The chemise too,
must match, and a special touch of
deep Contrastiye color is given by the
Waistband.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

A recent expose of the brutal treat
ment of privates in the army of France
by their officers gives new emphasis to
the danger of arbitrary power. 1t is
also reported that in Austria the Gus
tom of boxing the ears of soldiers and
recruits has been so common and so
violent that thousands of them have
suffered such impairment of their hear
ing as partly to unfit them for service.
The minister of war has recently issued
prohibtory order.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
CORN is KING.
Interesting Facts Concerning the Great
American STAPLE.

Interesting Facts Concerning the Great
American Staple.
| The word maize Is derived from the
Greek word yea. 1t Is not definitely
known where the plant had its origin.
humboldt asserts that it Is American.
Other writers claim that it originated
In Asia, whence it was brought into
America by the Spanish explorers.
There is nothing so far discovered in
the records of ruins of Egypt to indicate
that the early dwellers along the Nile
ever knew of the grain. In an ancient
Chinese book, however to be found in
the French library at Paris, corn is
ment.oned. In Chile corn has long been
grown, and it is called yea curaqua
There is an old Javancse legendary
poem, "Manek Maya" which likens
the grain of corn to maiden's tooth,
and to-day, in certain parts of the mid
die West, there is variety known az
"horse tooth"
Most of the South American Indians
know of corn. Some make a sort of
beer from it. A Quicha legend says
that Con, son Of the Sun and Moon,
gave maize to man. The IrOQuois say
that corn was given by the Spirit of the
South. One of the snake legends of the
Moqui Indians tells Of six bachelors,
Red Corn, Blue Corn yellow Corn,
Green Corn, Spotted Corn and Black
Corn.
1t is not alone with the Indians that
myth and legend endure To-day farm
ers of New England. and in fact, in the
newer West, have their manifold
signs for the planting of corn. &c
through the agricultural regions an6
you will hear them talk of planting "In
the full Of the moon" and the like.
Among the German settlers, in certain
localities, it is believed that in select
Ing seed-corn for the next years corn
all the stalks and refuse must ,be taken
into the highways and instantly de-
stroyed, but not by burning as that
would insure the presence Of the black
fungi, or smut as it Is provincially
termed.
Corn is the great staple of the United
States. 1t is the most important pro
duct Of the American continent. be 1t
grains or the output of mines or factor
les. More acres are devoted to the rails
ing of corn than in the annual yield of
oats, wheat, barley. rye, buckwheat and
cotton combined. Corn provides more
employment for laborers provides moe
work for distributors and makes basis
for more industries and activities than
any other American commodity. III the
past thirty-Seven years the value of the
corn output has been $4,000, 100000.
Last year QS9S) a corn farm of 5000
acres in Iowa Yielded a net profit of 500.
900. About $500 acres of corn were
actually planted. Thirty-one planters
were used to put the seed in the ground,
seventy-siX cultivators did the tend
ing" and seventy-fve wagons hauled
the crop from field to cribs. To hold
the corn cribs twelve feet wide, sixteen
feet high and half a mile long were
required. The corn yield of the United
States for 1899 is estimated at 2.O5O,-
100000 bushels, the number of acres
planted being 81 ,55O0OO. Corn is king.
John l.. Wright, in Leslie's Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

A census family" means the number
of people who are fed from the same
pantry. A hotel, a boarding-school or
a prison is a family in the eye of the
census Domestic servants are always
counted as a part of the household with
which they are living. This use of the
term makes the average size of the
family in a town which happens TO
have great institution unusually
large, but in the long run it works out
about even, since actual families must
be reduced in number by so much to
supply the members of these inordlnate-
~ large families.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15

zone of the remarkable sights Of the
present day is that you don't see any
bicycles" remarked gentleman. "And
still more remarkable" he continued,
lis the way American people take up a
fad and run it into the ground. Four
before that it was tennis; now it is golf
and the Lord only knows what it'll be
next But from a clothes standpoint
golf is the captain of EN- all a mans
golting suit and his filings make his
bicycle rig-out look like thirty cents, as
the saying is. And the women amt
far behind"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-15
King Alfonso,s Spirit OF Fun

. The young King of Spain seems to
have inherited his mothers cheerful
temperament and to have a spirit of
fun which eyen-and this is saving
much - Spanish etiquette cannot
quench. The following story is being
told of his majesty; The little king
had been reading out to his tutor a
sentence in the words, "She possessed
In the highest degree the distinguished
manner of grace and speech inherent
In princesses," and to his tutors
amazement remarked: THAT writer
didn't know much about courts"
why do you say that, sir?"
well, look at that pair Of prin-
cesses."
One of his royal sisters evidently
dreadfully hot and sleepy, was sprawl
Ing over her desk in very degage at
titude, while the other, apparently I'M
able to solve difficult problem, was
absently rubbing her eyes and looking
daZed meanwhile. His majesty tugged
the hair of one ana pinched the arm
Of another princess, evoking some
very strong and familiar terms Of SIS
terly reprobation.
There are distinguished manners
and grace Of speech for your he ex-
claimed, regarding triumphantly the
tutor!-London Chronicle.