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eomplishment, however. only applying to
f1ne weather: in heavy gale, with the ship
scuddfng before It, an able seaman, with
years Of experience, Is needed to keep the
craft from broaching-to. No boy may be-
come a competent helmsman In less than
four years Of seagoing. But, able to hand,
reef and steer" he may sign as an ''ordi-
nary seaman he ships again. at a slight
raise in pay. He is competent to assist at
any work aboard ship. but has still much to
learn before he can call himself an "able"
seaman If he ships again with his first
skipper he remains in the boys room: and
II he Is satisfied with the life he is usually
promoted after three or four voyages with
out ever having lived in the forecastle. But
II he quits his captain and signs out of a
boarding house he goes into the forecastle.
and takes his chance OF rising by merit
alone. He will be longer about It, but he
will be better seaman and a better officer.
A boy who shows a desire to learn naviga-
ton VIII be given facilities for studying-in
his watch below-and. provided he owns a
quadrant or sextant will be instructed by
the captain or officers in taking observa-
tions: for these fellows are not continuous
performers: they are simply survivors and
graduates in a school OF brutality which
eliminates the lesser brutes, and are subject
to occasional relapses into good humor and
generosity, during which they may be kind
to a weaker fellow-creature whom they
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looked, but 1 know I was the most unat-
tractive bridegroom that ever looked into
mirror. We arrived at Tieu Tsin, however,
after four days and were properly married
in the presence of the consul.
We went to COrea on our wedding trip,
landing at Chemultpo the day the Japan
at Chemultpo two weeks and then went to
We were asked to leave by the secretary
OF the legation, the present minister. DR..
Allen We left there at sunset. and at )
O'Clock the next morning the Japanese
tock the COrean king prisoner We took
passage on a river boa. which was so
crowded that We had nowhere to sleep but
upon the hurricane deck and when we ar
rived at Chemultpo we discovered that the
steamers had all been taken off to be used
as transports, SO that We could not return
to Tien Tsin.
After two weeks, however, Captain Rod
gers of H. NJ. S. Archer offered to take us
to Chefoo, and after two weeks here we
returned to Tien Tsin.
Sailing In COrnfeIds.
Now came the trip back to Pekin. We
hired boat and started about O'Clock In
the afternoon with fair wind. We pushed
or pulled ourselves with boathooks up
through the maze of barges and boats
until we had passed through the second
bridge of boats, when We hoiSted our sail
and started on what promised to be the
first pleasant sail of our honeymoon Soon
We discovered that the whole country was
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with them their bedding and dras after
them all the aecouterme1ts of an army and
tile army strongly intrenched and accus-
toned to all the surrounding conditions.
Those who criticise the allied troops for
saving it is impossible Die. to go to Pekin be.
conditions In north China.
To Pekin' by railroad,
The third method of going to Pekin from
Tien Tsin is by railroad. BY rail we are
able to make the Tip inIfrom three to four
hours with all the comforts attached to
railroad travelling. Second-class the fare is
10 cents: flrst-class, twice that amount.
and in the postal car. which corresponds
to our parlor or sleeping cars, the fare is
$2.75, and yet this Is the method the con-
servative Chinese are fighting as compared
with the other two 1 have just named
Their practice, however is better than their
theory, for when they wish to go from one
place to the other they go by train and not
by boat or cart, and the railroad as con-
sequence, in spite of all the cheating done
has been paying some % to 80 per cent on
the investment.
OF course. under the present conditions 1t
Is unnecessary to speak of this as one of the
present methods, for the railroad is more or
less comparatively destroyed and probably
will not be used until peace Is restored
and the railroad repaired. 1t is folly to talk
about the Chinese having burned the large
bridge at Yang Tsun. because 1t is made OF
iron and could not be burned. A few Of the
cross-ties might be burned but otherwise 1t
is fireproof. The smaller bridges over small
streams and places where streams are al
lowed to pass under the railroad during the
rainy season might easily be burned If they
could get other fuel to pile up around them.
But this is not an easy matter in country
where one may walk miles without finding
piece of wood large enough for a walking
stick. However. 1t is certain that both the
railroad and some of the bridges are de-
stroyed. and that when the allies wish to go
to Pekin they will have to go by dirt road,
which is the worst of bad methods of travel
in China
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have recently maltreated; but It might
prove an unwise procedure for a boy, ordi-
nary or able seaman, living in the forecas-
tie to appear on deck with a quadrant to
take the sun at midday. A skipper does not
deem his position more stable and tenable
or discipline more perfect, with navigators
in his crew.
A boys pay ranges from five to ten dol
lars month, and with this as extra wage
he Is given board and lodging Lodging
means an empty bunk, for he must furnish
his own bedding, and he finds the item of
board an unsa atisfactory remuneration until
he learns to assimilate it. A boy reared on
plain meat and potatoes at first finds some
difficulty in getting his food down his
throat: but, once down-if he Is healthy
he can digest 1t, for, though apparently
served in the most unpaIatable manner
which sea cook can devise, 1t is still or
ganic matter plus good deal Of salt. and
Is amenable to the chemical action and re-
action Of the gastric juice. So until he gets
the scurvy from a preponderance of salt
and a lack of vegetable matter in his food
he will retain a semblance of good health
And he Will have no trouble in keeping his
teeth white and clean; cod salt beef and
hardtack, though not hard enough to de-
stroy the enamel are sufficiently SO to pre-
vent the accumulation of tartar and to
wear on any which has formed.
Clothes Aboard Ship.
AS a boy is not favored in bad weather
more than others of the crew, he needs an
most important articles being oiskins, SOU
wester and rubber boots. Mittens are not
allowed except at the wheel and lookout
and are not wanted when pulling ropes or
climbing. But a dozen suits of undercioth-
ing and shirts and many pairs of socks
ana trousers, all of woolen material a
warm sweater or monkey jacket. and a few
lght suits OF dungaree, with slippers and
straw hats, is none too large an outfit for
a long voyage, and even with this stock
a sailor will be lucky if he can get through
bad ga without sleeping in wet clothes
or through a voyage without drawing on
the captains slop chest
1t is contended by those interested I'm
seamen that American boys do not 20 to
sea on account of the treatment of sailors
in American ships.
This is only partly true. They go to sea In
large numbers, shipping and slowing
away in sloops. schooners brigs barks and
In the mail steamers somewhat similar to
the English apprentice system which at
tracts great many. AS long as healthy
ana adventurous temperaments are evolved
In our home and school life boys enough to
man every ship afioat will be found ready
to adopt this strenuous life. But fully two
thirds of those whose fate takes them
ABOARD deep water ships quit the sea after
a Voyage-not on account of the danger
discomfort and necessary hard work-be-
cause of the kicks, blows and curses given
drivinS-the unnecessary work for which
they are kept up in their watch below.
The remaining third are the thick-skinned.
lnsensate bullies of the boys room; and
from this class are drawn the officers and
captains of our deep water ships
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flooded, and just after we passed the native
city of Tien Tsin the boatmen left the river
course and turned off a branch which had
formed deep stream in old roadbed.
The Chinese have saying that An old
road will become river and an old woman
a mother-in-law,' and We found the first
half of the proverb to be literally true.
After passing away from the main bed of
the river for a little distance found the
whole country was flooded, and it was not
long until We we're sailing through a corn
field AS the sun went down in the west
the moon came up in the east and we con-
tinued to sail. very much on faith, for
had no compass. until nearly midnight,
when We dropped anchor still in a corn
field, the boatmen went to bed, my wife
went into the boat and 1 stripped and
plunged into the water, the first and only
time have ever taken a swim in a corn
field.
The next morning the wind continued
fair and we continued our sail, the water
gradually becoming shallower as we near
ed Tung Chou. and We confined ourselves
to our old road-bed.
On the third day out / saw what struck
me at the time as a rather remarkable
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SOUTH DAKoTA's WIND CAVE.
1t is So Extensive That Some PeopIe
Say the State Is Hollow.

II Is SO Extensive That Some People
Say the State Is Hollow.
From the Chicago Record
The good people of South Dakota regard
Wind cave the tenth wonder of the
world. From surface indications 1t would
seem that a large part of the state is hol-
low. and the extent Of Wind cave is un-
known. 1t was discovered in 1877 by a no.
torious character known as Lame Johnny"
who distinguished himself on several occa-
sions by holding up the Deadwood stage
and ambushing caravans of unwary travel
ers. His lack of prudence in one Of these
adventures resulted in "necktie party
which ended Johnny's career, so that he
was not able to profit by his discovery j.
B. Mcdonald rediscovered the phenomenon
in 1854 by finding a large gap in the plain
through which the wind was pouring out
with great force, like the draught of a
chimney. There are similar vent holes at
frequent intervals over the prairie, and the
people Of this neighborhood claim that sew
eral ha- been opened within the last few
years.
The cave is divided into chambers. 1t is
asserted that more than 5000 different
rooms have already been discovered, vary
Ing in size from twelve feet in diameter
to over three acres, and this is believed
to be only a small portion of the cavern
Ihe cave ceiling is net so high as that of
Mammoth cave. and the geologic forma-
tions are not as wonderful as those of Lu-
ray. but it has many attractions, and one
In particular-the dryness of the atmosphere
which Is said to afford instant and COM
plete relief to asthmatic people. The tenn
perature of the cave is about 45 degrees the
year round, being unaffected by the varia-
tionS of the thermometer outside but the
variations of the barometer are sharply
perceptible. When the mercury rises on
the outside a current of air flows into the
cave and follows certain direction. When
the glass falls this current changes and the
air flows in another direction. This phe-
nonenon has not been studied by compe-
tent meteorologfsts. but is so apparent that
It attracted the attention of the early ex-
plorers of the canon.
The effect of the air of the cave upon
asthmatic people is equally peculiar A
sunerer fro mthat disease finds immediate
relief upon entering the cave, and there will
be no return Of the trouble for several days
after. This has suggested the possibility Of
a permanent cure for such as can have the
privilege Of visiting the cave frequently,
and a hotel is planned for their accommo-
dalton.
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sight. An old man and his son had been
out In a boat trying to harvest some OF
with a boat load. They came floating In
from side road. and as they came into
our larger road-stream the old man with
rope around his body plunged into the
stream and swan across. towing the boat
with him. and when he got to the opposite
side he used the rope to pull his boat up
bed of the Peiho river we were within
about twelve miles of Tung Chou, in other
words we had sailed "across lots about
sixty-eight miles, or following the course
of the river, one hundred and eight miles,
for by the river 1t is one hundred and
twenty miles from Tien Tsin to Tung Chou.
Must stock Up Every Year.
1t is always necessary for people living
in Pekin to get an annual shipment of
stores from San Francisco. canned
foods cannot be gotten into Pekin except
at greatly advanced prices, and as our
stores were at Tien Tsin we had taken
, them with us to Tung Chou. When we
arrived here. however. we discovered that
because of the bad roads and the Chinese
japanese war. carts and even wheelbarrow
men were asking outrageous prices, and so
we left our boy with the stores on the
boat and we sent man from Pekfn to get
them. agreeing with him for so much per-
hundred weight. Without going into a de-
tailed account of all the delays. difficulties
and aggravations, we will only state that
1t took that man two weeks to transport
our few stores-about three wheelbarrow
loads-from Tung Chou to Pekin, a dis
tance of fifteen miles. This trip cost us
$50 and four days time. and 1t is this kind
of travel that the Boxers and the conserva-
tive Chinese are fighting for at the present
time.
After such description it is unneces-
sary to comment on the difficulties that will
confront a European or American general
who undertakes to transport an army from
Tien Tsin to Pekin during the months of
July and August. or part of September.
In the first place. he Is without boats In
the second place, he is without men to
drag, push, row sail his boats If he had
them. and in the third place, he has a
contending army to encounter who could
harass him on every hand and a last
resort could strand his boats-if he had
them-high but not dry. in the mud and
sediment of some unfriendy corn field
malarial swamp. and the 'redcoat' and
blue jacket" Tommy Atkins" and
BILLY Blue would be left to extricate
themselves from their dilemma in disgrace
and defeat.
The Journey by Dirt Road.
The Chinese have a saying that ''men
may travel by dirt road or by water road,
but the water road is much the preferable"
If what we have just described Is the best
method of travel in China anyone can i'm
agine the less desirable methods. However.
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There Are Three, or Were With the
Railroad.
THAT Was CHEAPEST AND BEST
Four Days by Boat and Three by
Mule Cart.
INTERESTING EIGHTY MILES
Copyright, 1900, by l. T. Headland)

Copyright 1900, by 1. T. HeadlandJ
Written for The Evening Star.
There Is no space in the world today
which is attracting much attention as
the eighty miles between Tien Tsin and
Pekin, and it is the problem of trans
pcrtatiOn and travel over this distance
that Is engrossing the experts of Eu-
rope. America and Japan Hannibal and
Napoleon crossed the Alps, but l doubt If
that was feat which required better en-
gineering more endurance than would
be required to transport army from Ten
Tsin to Pekin during the months of July
and August and part of September Win
ter's cold stimulates to greater exertion'
summers heat only enervates. Climbing
mountains in winter fills mems blood with
fire; wading through mud and water and
miasmatic swamps in the heat of summer
fills mems blood with malaria and saps
away their lives Food can be kept for
whole army in the cold of the Alps, but 1t
soon spoils August day in the heat
of a Chinese plain.
The trip from Tfen Tsin to Pekin under
ordinary circumstances may be made in
three ways-frst, by boat; second, by dirt
road. third by railroad-and as we have
made the trip in all three'ways and at all
seasons of the year a description of how
We made ii may not prove uninteresting-
The Trip by Boat.
An American in Pekin who wishes to be
married must either import the United
States consul from Tien Tsin or himself so
to Ten Tsin to be married. We chose the
latter method, and started from Tungchou
on bright day in the early part of June
II was in the evening when We weighed
anchor. which we did by unlocking the an
Chor from the shore. the ladies Of the party
in one boat and the gentlemen in another
The wind was not quite fair, and so our
boatrnen concluded to row rather than hoist
the sails We travelled until about 10
o'clock when We dropped anchor by hook
ing ourselves TO the bank out in the open
country The next morning the wind was
blowing strong to make il almost i'm
possible TO travel. but insisted upon
moving and offered extra money for extra
work
About 10 O'Clock. however, the wind was
50 strong to make it impossible for us to
round particularly sharp curve and we
were blown against the bank where we
remained three days and nights. the wind
blowing d gale. and the air filed with
clouds Of dust so that could not see a
distance Of a hundred feet. We shut our
boat up tight and concluded to wait for
the storm to pass over All day it blew
and the boat being full of cracks and
holes the dust and dirt sifted in on us
from every side We went to bed and in the
morning when We awOke We could not open
our eyes. The eyelids were glued together
with mud cannot tell how my wife
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From the Scientific American

From the Scientific American
Two distinct varieties OF caviar are man.
ufactured in Russia, the granulated and
pressed forms. The granulated form is OBJ
tanned by passing under pressure through
a fine-meshed sieve; the small eggs pass
intact, but the envelops are retained in the
sieve. To these pure salt is added in the
proportion Of 1-20 or 1-40; it is intimately
mixed with the eggs by means of a kind of
wooden spoon. The caviar is then ready for
consumption: 1t is packed in round metallic
boxes Of IL to pounds. enveloped in
parchment for transportation. The pressed
caviar keeps better than the granulated
form. To obtain 1t the fresh caviar Is
treated with a solution of salt at twenty
five degrees Baume until the eggs have ac-
quired a certain degree Of hardness This
operation requires considerable skill and ex-
perience: il allowed to stay In the solution
too long. the caviar will be too salty and
IL not long enough, the eggs cannot be pre-
served. The caviar is then put into small
sacks, which are pressed under a screw
press to drive out the excess of salt 1t is
packed in barrels containing up to 1000
pounds, or left in the original sacks, which
measure 8 by 20 inches. The average ex-
port of pressed caviar for the three years,
1896 to 1898. has been more than 1900 tons,
representing a value of 81. 10000.
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Edgar Fawcett in Golfers Weekly.

Kingdoms and empires for uncounted years,
The flame Of saughterous enmity have lit,
Ard saturated (ah, the pity of IT'D
Earths meek soil with torrential blood and tears
Yet long now, through storm Of snarls and
sneers,
Through clash of pride, through hate with ven
geance knit,
A shadow. dream. a phantom exquisite,
The Ideal Of Peace. hath urged angelic cheers
But you dull swine Of nations, have lolled on.
Turning from progress with contemptuous grin,
~ Waiiower In bigotry's worst mire and reel.
Blis ring the vast Wall round your vile Pekin,
Fa.e burns the words that blauched Belshax.
zar's cheekl
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Left on HI. Hands.

Suburbanite-"This is the healthiest town
on the line of the road"
New Yorker-"You don't sayr'
northumberland fact! Why, that
new druggist was so foolish as to lay in
twenty gross of malaria bitters last spring.
and darned IL he didn't get stuck on near
ly dozen bottles!"
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''The Biddefords are prosperous this
year"
How do you known"
Their hay fever took them north three
weeks earlier than usual.--Chicaeo Rec
ord
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clothes for others when he ought to be
asleep. 1t does him no good, and English
ship owners were the first to recognize it
American owners following suit in the con-
struction of the crews quarters. but with
out adopting the excellent apprentice sys-
tenn which makes it possible for an English
''gentlemans SON. to become ships Of
ficer and remain a gentleman
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

sf Mathis M. Dodd. clerk in a depart hHent of Tiffany & Co. who stated that saIolineux had an account with the firm in sses
 This evidence Is considered important be- cause a Tiffany envelope was found in the package of poison sent to Harry Cornish and the box in which the posion was en- closed was a Tiffany box.
 Dr. Henry P. Loomis. the expert chemist who performed the autopsy on the body of Henry c. Barnet, testified that there was no evidence that Barnet died of any dis ease; that if he had died of diphtheria evil dence of the disease would have been found in the body. Witness had no doubt that Barnet died of syanide of mercury poison ing.
 Dr. J. G. White, a diphtheria expert in the employ of the board of health. who has see between 900 and 5000 cases Of diphthe- ria testified that Barnet could not have died from any cause except cyanide of meT- cury.
 pr. E. s. Potter. who attended Mrs. Adams, testified to the circumstances of her death
 The cross-examination evidenced desire by Attorney Weeks for the defense to show that Harry Cornish. who says that he drank some of the poison. was not really sick as he testified to being.
 The court refused to permit the testimony of Molineux at the coroner's inquest to be used against him.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
ON THE RACE TRACK.
At New Orleans


 New Orleans. January 22.-Favorites were first in three races today. Cotton Plant should have won the first race but was pulled up just as the barrier rose and was weakly ridden at the finish. Harshberger, who had the mount. was suspended. J. J. McCafferty has signed Clawson to ride from this date to the opening of the Vest chester meeting to replace Roland who leaves shortly for Louisville. The weather was fine and the track fast.
 First Race-Selling, six furlongs. By George, 95 GA. Weber,. Il to and to ?, won all out by a neck; Lexington Pirate, 1021z FrosD, 20 to and to 1, second; Cot ton Plant, 9S (Harshberger), even, third. Time, 1:15lk.
 Second Race-Six and one-hah furlongs. Alex, IA (Clawson), to 5, no place betting, won; Magic Light, 110 (E. ames). DO to l and to l, second; Sidney Lucas, 122 (Bo- land), to 2. third. Time, 1:22A.
 Third Race-selling. one and one-eighth miles. Admetus. 1O4 (Winkfeld), to and 3 to 5, won cleverly by half length; Frank Mcconnell 102 (Odom), to l and to 5, second; King Ellwood, 9615 tGiefers), 60 to l, third. Time, 1:57.
 Fourth Race-Handicap. one mile. Vol hurst, 1OS (Odom), to and to B. won handily by length; Laureate. 103 Dupee). 8 to 1 and to 5, second; Sandurango, 12 (Boland). 10 to l. third. Time, 1:42A.
 Fifth Race-Seven furlongs. Belle Ward, 105 (FrosD, to 1 and to 5, won easily by thre lengths; Matchbox, 19 (Winkfield), 15 to 1 and to 1, second; Free Lady. 105 WedderstrandD. 6 to 5, third. Time, 1:30.
 Sixth Race-Selling, six furlongs. Diggs. 103 (MftchelD, 8 to and to 10. won easily by two lenghts; Coralis. 101 tGiefers), to 2 and to 5, second; Jim Gore. II, Ill (Winkfield). to 5, third. Time. 1:151k.