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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
STRANGE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
a Nuremberg Lover Finds His Sweet
heart ia an Oven.

4 baker Of Nuremberg. in Germany. re-
Gently proposed marriage 10 g girl in a siE-
euisr manner. Nina and Henry are their
names. but as 20 their family names there
is no clew. since the German papers which
tel The story considerably refrain from
publishing them. Nnua had bsan keeping
house Tor Henry Tor The lass few ycL s. ana
gradually the tYo had fallen very murh in
love with each other Nina. however.
would have died sooner than let Henry
know how she felt toward him and Henry
was equally bashful Finally he went fgr
advice 90 an old woman in the usighbor-
hood Who makes living BY telling for
tunes. and she C0Unseled him 20 90 during
the next illl moon into The large kitchen
where his bread was baked and when tn.
clock struck midnight to open the oven
and look into IT, She assured him that he
would hen see the face Of his future wife
Henry went home well satisfied. NOT
knowing that Ninna had consulted the
same old woman on the previous evening
and had been told by her that she would
surely obtain her hearts desire IL she
would only get into The oven in the kitchen
a few hours before midnight during the
next full moon and keep her face turned to-
ward the door. N'nna did so. and though
the oven was intentionally warm. she lay
as still as mouse until the clock struck
midnight when 10, the door opened and
before her appeared the weli-known face
Of her beloved Henry Even then she hard
~ stirred. but stared at Henry. who. ut
terly amazed. az sight OF her. speedily re-
treated. evidently under the impression
that what he had seer was some ghostly
vision. The old woiIan-s ruse. however
succeeded admirably and in fortnight
from that memorable nigh, Henry aud
Nina were made man and wife.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
The Story Of a Lost Dog.

strange manner of the TheosOphist. VII,
vas, believe. trying to hypnotic him.
Ihder my Instructions. Jawk rs icoseued
me ehain. and the dog. with savage
smart spraag at the Thccsophist who
turned and fed. So did l. The dog caus 1T
me minister before he had gone very far
ana TOOK good taste Of theosophical
olood' then ne turned on the darkey and
got a mouthful Of whitewasb and fban
catching a glimpse Of the larger crowd he
ran around the house, and, with a battle
cry ia his throat. sailed in.
/ was so excited and so exasperated at
the events OF the morning that I forgot
myself, and in the midst OF the melee
found myself shouting sic EN-. Tige.
Take EN-. old man, Good doggie, Sick
EN-, Sic,'
The crowd parted. vavered. fed and N
dog. hcarse with much barking. lay down
on the front lawn. right in the midst OF a
bed Of Gala lilies, and painted with ex-
haustion.
Hes mad went up the cry.
The street cars had stopped. the whcle
street in front of my house was filled with
an excited mob. breathing dire vengeance
On my devoted head The policeman who
had in the mean time. sent in hurry-uD
call for help to the police station. came
stealthily around the house. He had a
shining revolver in his hand. He crept w
10 the dog. and with a well-directed shot
that startled the neighborhood and brok.
one OF my parlor windows. he ended the
dogs troubles forever. I saw him bleeding
all over my Gala lilies I saw the crowd.
stili growing in proportions as additional
editions of the News" gave my "ad Z"
wider publicity. and. coward that I am,
rearing the consequences | fed out Of the
back door and am now spending more
money than / can afford in Chicago wait
ing for the effects OF my want ad. to pass
away.-Indianapolis News.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
IN THE BOILER REGIONS.
The Mighty Powers OF Propulsion ON
Ocean Steamers

prom Frank Le-iie's Popular Monthly
Twenty-Five years ago the Engineer.
Of London. the recognized authority on all
made the prediction that the crossing OF
the Atlantic Ocean. by a steamship, at the
speed Of twenty-five miles an hour. was
one OF the things Impossible Of accomplish
ment. At that time the Atlantic had
never been crossed by screw steamer at
as high a speed as fifteen miles an hour;
the Cunarder Scotia. the last OF the big
sidew beelers. never doing better than an
average OF fourteen and three quarter
knots. Therefore the prophecy Of the En-
gineer" was not at all q wild one But
today there are steamers that have reached
the speed OF twenty-five miles an hour. and
others are in course Of construction which
are expected to supass &C. The fastest
liner Of today has done more than an
average OF twenty-five miles. Her enor-
nous engines and powerful propellers,
mighty powers OF propulsion. have forced
her through the toughest waters OF the At
lantic al an average speed Of twenty-one
knots which is a fraction over twenty
six miles an hour
The distance OF the Southampton New
York route is 1880 miles. which she covers.
on the average. in Eve days ami seventeen
hours. considerably over twenty-five miles
an hour for the entire trip her mighty en-
gines-that throbbing humping heart
down belOw-revolve about eighty times
per minute. or about ca, coo revolutions to
cross the Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
RESCUED AT SEA.
saving n Man Overheard at Night
From steamer.

Notwithstanding their hard lives and
| their -clOseness,' the larger number OF
tramp shippers treat their crews with great
| humanity. They are generally much af-
fected by the loss Of any of the ships con-
pany and they have been known to risk
the ship herself to save the lives of their
shipmates- Perhaps one Of the most stu
pendous efforts at life-saving ever reported
at sea was that performed by Capt. Will
liam Inness. of the freighter British
Prince. His b0atswain, a hardy Swede
named Lastadius. while getting a bucket Of
fresh water for a timid cook. was picked
Up by heavy sea and carried overheard
As he swept along the starboard side of
the ship Captain Inness saw him and
shouted:
Keep up a stout heart, We will save
you if we can
1T was getting very dark. and the
boatswain was three ship lengths astern
before anything could be done aboard the
vessel He gave himself up for lost. but
kept on swimming. 1t was impossible to
launch a boat, as the seas were colossal
The captain had just finished his supper
when he saw the boatswain sweep astern.
He ran toward the bridge, shouting as he
did so to the engineer:
stand by to stop those engines
Then he flew to the bridge ard laid his
right hand on the telegraph. T-
Stop and reverse, we're flashed to the
engine room. and the captains voice rang
cut: All hands to starboaId5 With lines and
buoys,'
The captain told about the event thus:
Our only hope in saving him lay in picking
him up with the ship. for 10 boat could
live in the sea that was running When
backed the ship down to him~I saw him
struggling for his life. He had the buoy
that the second officer had thrown 10 him
under his arms. and his body was we'll out
CT water. ! determined TO save him if he
could hold out and | could fetch him
alongside We missed him the first time,
and he was carried around the bow to the
port side. He kept shouting. and we an
swered back. We were going ahead a bit {
when he was whirled TO starboard
IS the night had well set in. We soon /
lost him. but l turned on the bridge and +
got the bearing OF his voice b. a star. l I
kept that star in sight, and put the helm (
hard astarboard. and bore down in the di- /
-ectiOn Of the star. We had lost his voice
,ltcge Their, but as we steamed toward the /
tar We heard it family. We caught s.ght
II him too late to pick him up as We
steamed past So we came -ul with the
wind again. with the bo's'n ca our port
land. We steamedisbwly. So thet the men
'anged along the port rail. each with a
feline or buoy, had chance at him /
Knew by the cheer that went up that he
vas saved. He had caught a line and was
lauled aboard. He clung to the rail O
lightly. not knowing that he was saved.
hat the men had to pound his hands to
freak his grip. "
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
CRANKS ON LIFE SAVING.
4 Peculiar Device Exhibited by one
of the Fraternity.

/ There are cranks of every description.
and many Of them come here to show US
their inventions" recently remarked the
General Superintendent of the fe-saving
. Service to a reporter for The Times,
which, if adopted they insist, will put
the Life Saving Service of the United
States On a basis of efficiency unequaled
by any other country in the world"
Recently a man from New Jersey called
on General Superintendent Kimblu, and
asked permission TO don his newly invent
ed lifesaving jacket for the purpose OF
demonstrating its many good features
The permission was granted. and the
visitor proceeded to put on the jacket,
which he claimed was the only salvation
of all shipwrecked people.
In the numerous pockets OF the gar
ment he had slowed away a whisky flask,
a box containing meat tablets a candle
and matches, a pipe and tobacco. a re-
volver and a number Of cartridges. To
protect himself against sharks and other
dangerous inhabitants of the waters. as he
said. he girded on himself a long razor
edged maChete. He then inflated the air
reservoir concealed between the outer
and inner cover of the jacket, which
caused him to assume the appearance OF
a huge rubber ball
After he had finished these preparations
he tied his large red handkerchief to a
bamboo fishing rod as a signal of distress.
and. turning to General Kimball. said in
a self-satisfed manner:
Now. general, l gamble l could live
and float in the ocean this way over a
week and feel perfectly comfortable"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
RARE WAMPUM BELTS.
A Collection of Specimens Ia Chicago
of Great Value.

OFrom the Chicago Timcs-ner,ld1
Chicago possesses eleven wampum belts
Of extraordinary rarity and value. They
are the last perfect specimens Of the rth
American Indian war and peace belts in
existence, and may become part OF the
collection Of Indian relics now in the Field
Columbian Museum. Tine eleven belts are
the property of Thomas 4. Roddy. other
wise known as White Buffalo chief of the
WiuGebago Indians. Mr. ROddy has lived
with the Indians his entire life. He has
given their habits, the utensils Of their
daily life. and their symbolism faithful
study. His belts he values at SIS COO
Three ordinary belts Of the John Boyd
Thacher collection sold for $4,000 few
days ago. The Smithsonian Institution.
with all its research for the CCvernme Mt
has not yet been able to secure a wampum
OF the complete character OF that held by
Mr.. Roddy. CatalOgued, the eleven belts
in his possession are:
Nc. six Nations peace belt
No. six Nations peace belt. repre-
senting two roads.
No. odd French Fort belt. OF New
York 300 years old.
No. Five Nations war belt.
No. BLACK Hawk belt
No. First William Penn belt. 2ls
years old.
No. 7-GoyernoT Denny belt Of 1853.
No. S-Red Jacket belt OF 1925.
No. captain Brant belt Of 1850
No. l0-French peace belt 200 years old.
No. 1t-French mission belt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
A LEGEND OF THE ESKIMO.
How the Mortimer Believe the
Raven Got His RIncIs Coat.

The following fable of how the raven
became black is common to every Esh-
mo household; Once upon time tail
their stories begin in this Way) the owl
and raven were fast friends. Indeed they
were so intimate that they spent most Of
their time together. and had things in
common, like brother and sister.
One day the raven made a dress Of dap
pie white and black for the owl and the
latter, not to be outdone in generosity.
made a nair Of nice whalebone boots and
presented them to the raven. and. not con-
tent with this, went to work upon a white
dress. When the raven was asked to try
it on she merriiy ran and skipped about
and refused TO sit still.
BE quiet little while" cried the owl.
angrily. IF you don't will spill the lamp
over you"
But the raven paid no attention to the
threat and continued to tease the owl
At last in his yexation, the owl dashed
the sooty oil in the lamp over the white
suit Of the raven and cried out QUA Qua,''
From that day the unfortunate raven has
worn black coat
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
DANGER WITH LITTLE GLORY.
Patrol Duty UnweIcome to the SOL
dier.

OF the word patrol" if you lool; it up
in the dictionary. you viii find a sample
explanation: but the average Englishman
at home has no idea Of its real meaning
as exhibited in warfare-especially war
against an enemy like the Boer
II requires more courage more real
pluck to patrol the kopies round about
our camp than to make a charge in COM
pany with thousands of your fellows in
the teeth OF a deadly fire. In the latter
case the excitement, the spirit of the
military display. the confidence in your
self and officer, the anxiety to get at the
enemy, all these combine to impal the
men to that brilliant dash and pluck for
which our army is noted
But the patrOlling-that is quite a diff
feIeut matter. Two or three mounted men
walk their horses in a leisurely way up
to the kopjes scattered all over the ycldt
and examine them for signs of the enemy.
Finding none. the next cover is examined
and so on. The patrols are on the open,
the Beers lurking behind the powders.
hidden from sight. Possibly the FIRST no
tce the unlucky man has of the vicinity
Of the enemy is a volley fired Al close
range, and then it is a race for life |
have watched these patrols from a dis
lance, with nerves all on the culver
] have been with them and experienced
the weird feelings that. in spite OF every
effort. creep over you as you proceed closer
and closer to some isolated kopje. Are the
Beers there or not? Then tension grows
keener and Eeener. until enc feels il would
be relief were the enemy to omen fire.
From one kopje to another the patrol has &c
go-taking his life in his hands-doing work
which il necessary. is one Of the most
dangerous, arduous, and trying in the
service.
And if you are shot there is no glory
attached 10 your memory. "So-and-SO was
shot while on patrol. few simple words
which convey a great deal but only to the
initiated. I have been there and know.
and can say without exaggeration that I
was glad when the enemy opened fire The
of the bullets all around the
rush for life and the end Of the suspense
the excitement Of il was glorious
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
TURNED-UP TROUSERS.
No Need for Following the Fashion
of London.

VI l'lA tllt lltfbuI- NNhr.l
There are other weighty questions TO be
decided by American citizens beside the
Porto Eican tariff the retention of The
Philippines, and the Comparative adyan-
tages CT gold and silver as money. The
question has arisen in New York: Are
Americans patriotic who slavishiy follow
he English fashion Of turning up the ends
OF their trousers in fine weather. one
yellow journal declares vehemeatly that no
true American. who remembers .ha SOL
fees mdle by his ancestors who fougnt at
Bunker fill to secure liberty from Erglish
oppres sCrs. can consistently display this
evidence Of Augi0mania. and the Sous Of
The American Revolution are earnestly
urged 10 do all they can to discouuteuanca
the custom. A correspondent Of the sun
states tina: in walking on Fifth Avenue the
other da". from Thirty-fourth Street to
FOrty-seCond Street. he cOun ted twenty
eight "ell-dTessed men with their trousers
turned up, although the weather was fine
and here was no dust flying. He calls
loudly for he abandonment of this sense
less custoIA in which We are only apeing
he EngIish"
The habit Of turning up the ends Of the
trousers undoubtedly came to US from the
English but where did they get IL? Fash
ions are rarely sufficiently logical to admit
Of explanation as to their origin but in this
case il can be traced easily When a day
passes in London without some rain the
people begin 20 wonder what is going 10
happen. The weather is always more or
less damp and to save time the Londoner
keeps his trousers rolled up continuously.
This he does for the sake of convenience
not style. In this country We have no sucA
excuse. Our young men visit the English
capital. and observing the peculiar method
of wearing trousers in vogue there, jump
10 the conclusion that it is done to BE- fash
ionable. and returning home follow the
custom here and find many imitators. It
is the result of d Misunderstanding There
would seem to be need Of a campaign Of
education among our Anglomaniacs. The
foolish fashion should not be permitted to
gain @ foothOld in the land Of the free
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

The ghosts OF these twenty-six cried in
their turn to be avenged. The ear Of the
red man is ever open to such cries. Poto-
mae Maryland suffered and the savage ma
rauders crossing the river carried desola-
ton and death to scores Of homes a short
distance below the neighb0rhood OF Wash
ington. The Nirginians placed armed pin
nacles upon the Potomac TO guard against
these ineursions and thence forward the
Maryland ooionists were the principal suf-
fereTs.
Il became evident during the summer
that some decisive measures OF defence
could alone insure safety to the upper
Potomac plantations. The Susquehannahs
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

men are dead. Rowboats spent the
day searching for bodies. Thirty men
rescued were raving maniacs. The
nronerty loss is estimated at from So
30 to S15, 100000.
BRYAN dominates the democratic con-
yentfon. Everything will be submitted
to him. and MS will is law. Hill was
unable to persuade him to compromise
on silver, and 16 to l will be in the
platform. One of the planks will favor
the initiative and referendum. Hill
and Towne are favorites for the vice
presidency. Indianna Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin want Hill. Bryan is
said to favor Towne, but the Eastern
men object. Altgeld's influence with
Bryan is said to have wrecked Harrl-
sons boom, but he is popular. Shively
refused to run Danfortn and McMlllln
Of Tennessee are mentioned. William
! A. Clark arrived from Montana. He
and DAILY head contesting delegations.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
A FLORAL NOsEBLEED.

Why speak of the lovely painted
trillium, with their three daintily
crinkled petals, streaked with rose
purple? says Bradford Torrey in the
Atlantic One after another / gathered
them (pulled them, to speak with
poetic literalness), each fresher and
handsomer than the one before it, till
the white stems made a handful
"Oh," said a man on hotel piazza, as.
I returned. Il see you have nose
bleed" was putting my hand to my
pocket, wondering why I should have.
been taken so childishly, when it came
over to me what he ment He was
looking at the trilliums, and explained,
in answer to question, that he had
always heard them called nosebleed
Somewhere, then, I omitted to inquire.
where, this is their vulgar name In
Franconia the people call them Ben
jamines,' which has a pleasant Biblical
sonud,-better than nosebleed at all
nts,-though to my thinking trilli-
I'm is preferable to either of them, both
for sound and for sense People cry
out again Latin Names But why is
Latin worse than Hebrew? And who,
could ask anything prettier or easier,
than trillium, gernaium, anemone, and
heDatica?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
FOREIGN.

Rain fell in parts of India.
Crispi says Italy wants England to
lead in China.
Maxim says the greatest war the
world has seen is imminent.
The French government will erect
an embassy building in Washington.
The sultan is said to have reminded
the khedive of his vassalage apropos to
the English visit.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand has re-
nounced his right Of succession to the
Austrian throne and will marry
Countess Sophia Chotek.
French entertainments on the oasis
OF Touat caused serious outbreak.
One American was killed and the
British consul asks the assistance OF
the authorities to protect his house
The London Daily Express says:
Lady Randolph Churchill's betrothed,
Lieutenant Cornwallis-West, has re-
covered his health and been ordered to
the front. The wedding has therefore,
been postponed.
Won Zeppelin's airship at a test rose
half a mile and travelled thirty-fiye
miles against the wind under perfect
controle of it's crew. 1t consists of two
carriages supported by several balloons
with benzine moters.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

Admiral Remey, in command OF the
Asiatic station, to place the response
bility for the accident to the battleship
Oregon, which went ashore on Pinnacle
rock. 30 miles northeast of Chefoo. 1t
is explained at the navy department
that. it had been the purpose to place
the Oregon out of commission and the
vessel had been stripped of experienced
officers. except in the engine room. Adj
miral Hichborn, chief of the bureau of
construction, entertains slight hope of
saving the Oregon. Relief has been
summoned for the ship from all nearby
ports, including Nagasaki and Port
Arthur. The following dispatches were
received at the navy department rela-
tive to the grounding of the Oregon:
.shefoo, June 29.-Secretary Navy:
Anchored yesterday, dense fog, in
seventeen fathoms, three miles south
Of How Ke light. Gulf of Pechii.
Sent out two boats and sounded. Least
water five and one-half fathoms.
Weather clear. Got under way and
struck Pinnacle rock. Much water
in forward compartment. Perfectly
smooth. Shall charter steamer if pos
sible at Chefoo and lighter the ship.
Rock through side of ship above double
bottom, about frame 10. Small holes
also through bottom of ship Wilde"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
POOR WHO BECAME GREAT.
ingalls, Tells of Noted Men in the Pub
lie Life of America.

1.-THE story of the ancestry OF Lin
coin, of the revolving hardships and
privations of his childhood and youth,
of his squalid environment, almost
shock the sense of natural justice,
says ex-senator John ]. ingalls,, in The
Saturday Evening Post. 1--WE feel in
stinctively that destiny was unneces-
sarily cruel, harsh and severe. His
great spirit bore the deep scars OF
those early struggles to the grave.
Scarcely any man in the country had
a past more depressing, or future
more hopelesslyy gloomy, desperate and
unpromising than Grant at the OUT
break of the civil war. Henry Wilson,
the Shoemaker of Natick, senator and
vice president, was born in vagrant
community of basket-menders and
thinkers of unknown paternity His
real name was Jeremiah Goliath, and
he took the patronymic of his patron,
General Wilson, who, discerning the
waits powers, set him in the pathway
Of preferment and renoWn. Morton,
the war governor and senator from
Indiana, told me the proudest moment
of his life, up to the age Of twenty-one,
was when he marched into his native
village at the head Of a band, playing
a key bugle, while he was hatter's
apprentice. Garfield and Sheridan,
the barefoot boys upon the toWpaths
Of the Ohio canals; Andrew Jackson.
the tailor; Blaine, the country school
teacher; Mckinley and Bryan, Of
humble origin-these and many others
Of smaller fame refute the instruction
that the ambitious youth must put
money in his purse before entering
public life.
| another remarkable illustration is
afforded by the life and career of
/ Samuel Jackson Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania, whose extraordinary qualities
and achievements should have given
him more conspicuous renown, but
whose fading fame gives new pathos
/ to Jeffefson's mournful ejaculation,
so soon forgotten when we are gone!
He died in possession of an estate val
ued at less than $1,000 after thirty
| years spent in legislation.
mo tainted breath dimmed the
/ bright mirror of Randall's reputation.
Twice speaker, acknowledged leader Of
the house, and chairman of the most
/ important committee, he had opportu-
mites for illicit gains beyond the
| dreams Of avarice. /"