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the Monongahcla on that memorable cruise.
hut The following story concerning strange hap
pc.nings on the Ticondcroga has bccn told by nm
uincrI ~ high rank now In the Department OF
nectrd with The Bureau Of Ordinance, The Ticuu-
drroga was " the Monongahcla class, q wooden
stramer II 1000 tons disrlaCcmcnt, and she had
seen good service during the Civil War. Am"ng
hcr Officers on n cruise In thr South Atlantic dur
Ing the carly 1Os was q young assistant sur
rron named W. he had a hrm bllrl In the
supernatural, and he ridirulr that was hrnprd
upon him bv ,he Other membr II the mcss made
him very bittr,
AN night" he would any. "Nou fellows cnr
laugh nj the truth aS much ~ you please, bHl
! should die while any ii you are attached 10
"" TleondcrOga, I'll come back and haunt l,'
for Other duty"
Well, the young officer died suddenly Of hrart
coast Of Brazil. His body2as committed to the
deep next day and that night the trouble began
strange rappings were h.rrd from " sst"tc
room, and though the officers who went there 20
Investigate discovered nothing, they were 'Cilcd
by an owe rpowcring feeling % dcGd, N the sick
bay that night q snilOt who was very III with
consum ption sta rted from has sleep with a scream
OF terror He declared that n Shauuwy hhud
had felt his pulse with IN. tamil ~ touch o. the
dead ships doctor whohnd attended him 50 lott:
The manifestations continued while IN" snip
was at sen, and did not stop until after she reached
New York. A day ~ two following her arrival
a dinner party was given on bohrd, IN the cot. =
OF which one OF the officers related the story ~
the recent strange occurrences Az he concluded
a hush fell over the company, and ~ the midst
OF the hush a succession oi rHps followed by a
sharp crash came suddenly from the haunted
staterOOm.
The cause Of the noises could not he discovered
no similar manifestations on the vessels stlhFc.
Quent cruises
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l~UTOM IN AFRICA.
The Horseless Wagon Il Being Introduced
in the Interior as q Freight Carrier.

The Congo Free State Is inquiring into the ad-
visibility Of introducing horscless wagons To
carry freight in thickly settled regions where
white settlements have been built and the water
courses are not nayiRable. The French have
already taken the initiative in sending automo-
bilcs 10 Africa for transport purposes and though
the value Of their experiment remains 10 be proven
the Congo State will probably follow their
The French now have a line Of stations along
the upper and middle Niger. Freight for these
stations is carricd on small steamers up the Senegal
10 the head Of navigation at hayes. IL is then
transhipped 10 the railroad, which is completed
Us far as Badunbc, about forty miles, and from
that point porters carry il to the Niger, and are
about two weeks on the journey. The growing
Importance of these inland stations makes this
slow freight service really embarrassing. and as
the railroad will not he completed 10 the Niger
fo- several years the distinguished French ex-
plor'r Felix Dubois, conceived the idea Of utilizing
automobiles.
Fifty five wagons, each Of nine or ten horse
power with a maximum speed Of eight miles an
hour. have been specially built in Paris for this
service in inland Athcs. The utmost attention
has been given to details Of construction and they
have been as fully adapted to the peculiar con-
dltlons OF the services as ia possible al present.
Ihcy are now beng sent 10 Senegal and will take
ihclt places on the routes between the upper and
middle Niger and the terminus OF the railroad.
II is expected Ia send every week from each end
" tho line from four TO ten Of these wagons, each
able 10 carry ABOUT 4 800 pounds Of freight One
- the wagons will have accommodations for a
du7'N passengers.
1t is intended 10 keep the routes in good condi-
ton for travel, but during the rainy season the
,rryCn viii be suspended, because the roads will
then be almost impassable. IL will take only
four days 10 cover the distance between the rail
road and the river. Az the railroad advances
The automobile routes will be shortened and after
ne completion Of the railroad the wagons viii
be transferred 20 the other side 81 the Niger, which
will be connected by automobile routes with such
Important places as Sikasso, Kong, Say and
oihcr towns in the rich western Soudan. where
the primitive portcrage service is still the only
means of transport. II is said the new transport
service will h. much cheaper than human Dor
lctage. and that a great deal ~ cotton. skins.
gums, honey and other articles that cannot now
be- Transported will be taken 10 European mar
ketS Wien this chea per service is fairly established,
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ILONG SOETH STREET.
A Fonr- Masted ship With an Unusual Rig
Modern Use OF steel in Spars

Lying Il a South street wharf is a big four.
mnstrd British ship with a peculiarly in its rig
that attracts attention; this being found in the
iirgcr mast and the sail covering upon it, Ordi-
II arly, on a four mas,cd shin. as on a bark, tho
after mast IL in two parts. n lower mast and a
I pmast' and here are carried upon il two fore.
and AFT sails a spanker, and a gad topsail: these
two sails being like the mainsail and gaf tOpsail
If q schooner The iigger mast NJ the ship here
reierred e. is in three parts, a lower mast, a ton.
mast ana a tppgallant mast, the mas, being
thus divided Just as the other three masts are,
int three parts instead Of two This In itself ia
sufficiently unusual II attract attention: an then
upon this mast there are carried two gaffs, one
above the other. Instead Of carrying only two
fore and aft sails on this mast, a srankcr with a
gan tOpsall above il, she carried three; n spankcr
IN The usual form, another sail u precisely tho
same form hut a little smaller above that, this sail
hoing called the gaf topsail. while above the upper
gar ste carries a thtec-cnrnpret sail, an uppci
gan l3psah, like The ordinary gaG topsail; 50 that
the sails carried On this mast are like two schooner
Snils carried one Ahrrc the other, with the usual
gan tDpsaii above the uppcrmost
There have been other vessels rugged in this
manner rs 10 sail, but the rig In sufficiently novel
to attract attention The division Of The jiyg,r
NEST in this ship into three parts instead Of two
Is accounted for simply enough by the fact that
WI" WV 'slN' h'''N W tui' ~ ' VII III I1uT
masts and she carried yards On all four for two
Or three years, after which the yards were taken
oil The ligger mast, aud the more commonly used
trrcand ~ rig. with the variation here noted,
substituted.
one reason, for rigging the after mast o. a
trnr rrNs'rd shin wish fore aud lft, or schooner
Ike, ,'ilS is economy; IL takes two less men 10
handlc these sails than II would g. handle the usual
square sails carried an the vessels mast, tb.
common AMI ordinarily the controlling reason
for rigging the mast with iOre and aft sails, Is
f.ln1. howetcr, IN the fac' that. with such sails,
uf suitable dimensions, the shin, under most
conditions, steers snd is handled easier and hetttr
than she would '7lth the rfaSt s1ua re rigged.
The extent IN which iron. NJ. in all later shin
construction, Stccl, hos taken tie place u wnl1
IN SrnrS, rs well as in hulls. is well illustrated In
lhlT 1ig shin. Her bJwsprt is 81 steel. and she
carries no IlhbUom; the steel bowsurit il a single
spar, carried out to a length sufficient IN serve
the purposes % the old bowsprIt and iibbo0m.
MI her lower masts are NJ steel and all her ton
mast, her tlDgllant masts only being NJ wood.
She 'arrlcs double topgallHnt sails, and all her
wards are ~ steel up 70 and including her upper
o 'ogallaut yards, the only wooden yards she car
y" being the royal yard on her foremost. and
:. Al and Skysail yards, on main and ni.gcn.
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STORIES or GEN. LAWTON.
4 Romance Sent Him Into the Army-How
lie Caught Gcronimo-His Ancestry.
ON n. 81. konlI Goo, fsmocrai

Prom NE 81. koutI Giob, fsmocrdf
WABASH, Ind, Dec "a Northern Ind.
ana friends u tho late Gen Henry W Ihwlon,
ore recalling many Of the interesting incidents
pl hi3 life in this region, where his early man
hood was spent
There was n romance connected with the life
Of Gen. Lawton 10 which, because, possibly
Of it, plinfi! nature, he seldom or never alluded,
After the close o' the Ciyil War, and Will" he
was residing at Fort Wayne, he met Miss Emily
S'urgls, IN. pretty aad accomplished daughter
81 n lcaling physician Of the piece. Lawton
was hit hard and paid the young lady marked
attention. She apparently received him with
favor, and his suit was ardcntly pressed, but
when he proposed marriage she declined, AMI
TIE young warrior was cut TO the heart NJ The
time he was studying law, and he at once aban
doacd the profession and applied for q commits
sion In the regular army lie was offered n
second licutrnency, and. inasinuch as his ca
recr IN the rebellion was a brilliant one, his &C
qunin,anccs thought he would reject the place:
hut, smartlng under the recollection Of the I'M
fortunate issue Of his love affair, he did accept
1t and left Fort Wayne IN return no more. Miss
Srirpis later married Capt Kelsey and went
WIN him to Ion,syIl," ~, w.roo u,o ,rcv
lHwton intimately says that n 1896 he met
CcL lawton in Cleveland They discussed
oi times and spoke ~ the pursuit and capture
Il Geronimo, the Apache chief.
What tactics did you cmploy" asked Capt
Dougall
No tactics Al all" replied Col. LAYTON; went
after him and got him. There was No, room for
tactics. We simply had to follow and land him"
Capt. Josiah King ~ "a Wilt street,
has a day book Of Daniel Lawton the Gen
erals uncle, which shows there were three brothers
Daniel, George W, and Charles s., the second
being the Generals father All were millwrigh!s,
IN New York, Ohio and this part Of Indiana. About
1880 George W, the father Of the dead General,
went To California to tuild machinery for the
return in lS53-4. he contracted a cold. which
settled on his lungs and left him a confirmed
invalid, and he was able 10 do only light work.
Diving in the year 1874. he left ihrcr sons Henry
W. the Oldest; Manly. who WAS a civil engineer,
and Scryrd IN the Confederate army during the
war, and George W, who served gallanily in
In action
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Collecting Car Fares In Germany,
From The Chicago Record.

rum y" NNNfdV0 HFC0fd.
The chances of oyading fares on the street
GERS oi German cites are very slight when
a passenger steps on n car The conductor imme.
diatcly asks where he is going, and then prepares
his ticket, which serves also rs a receipt for the
fare. The preparation Of u ticket consists only
In detaching it from a block and punching II or
marking 1t with a pencil. This PROCESS involves
much more work than the simple process NJ ring
Ing up the fares, NJ conductors do in Amcricn.
but the task IL lightrHrl by the fact that only
q certain number ~ persons arc permitted IN ride
on n car at the same time, The numhr- q, sitting
and standing places ~ plainly marked on each
ear, II a car II designed 10 carry thirty persons.
no more than thirty persons will b. permitted
on that car ut the same time. when ANYTHING
in Germany Is forbidden IL Is settled once H., nU1
In order that every person who rides shall Got
the prescribed ticket inspectors are cmplnvrd
who spend their time In a4crrtaining whetbcr
the conductors nre doing their duty. These in.
sprCtprs stop into the cars and asA the passcnpc,a
Tor their tickets. They note the numbc- Of Inc
uCkcts and whether the" correspond with iLc
stubs retained by the conductor. The clerk
who gives out the blocks ~ tickets IN The con.
ductors notes thc numhcr II the uppcrmost ticket
aud at the return Of each block collects from Inc
conductor who returned IL as many fares as thee
are tickets detached, The rate Of fares varies
from 81 cents 10 5, according to the distance
Small children are ca rricd for onc-half fare. and
any one for the sum 81 So 80 may secure a ticket
which entities him TO ridc as much ns he wishes
Tor one month. When n car is full the conductor
displays a p'acam bcnnng the word Occupied"
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Risked His Life to Garry In n Wounded
Comrade In n Fight with FiIipinos.

MANILA. Nov. 20 The law pr ,vidcs that for
an enlisted man To tc entitled to a medal Of honor
his act Of distinguished gallanlry must come
under the personal observation Of an officer.
That is why Private ora Plat Of the Hospital
Corps cannot get a medal. Only a corpor 4 sa
him risk his life 10 save a wounded man, and a
certificate Of merit is the hes, reward that can Re
given him Tho affair happened carly in the
summer in the then moro or less tcmpcstuous
island Of Negroes The records have come up.
however. and The chief Surgeon. Licut.C,
DDdhull. has turWIT'c1 them - WASHINGTON.
with his recommendation that the certificate be
given to Plat
Plat was a member Of the First California
Volunteers. II happened one day that he went
out with n squad under the command 81 Corpornl
Leroy Smith to investigate some u the diings
- the lnsufgcntS IN the nclghbprhoDl OF Car
lpth, They went along The road without expect
ing 10 meet resistance But they met II " a very
stif kind. The insurgents were waiting Tor
them. concealed in II ditch that crossed the road.
" hen the CntplrdlS squad came in good range
they opened fire w. men fell at the FIRST vlllrN.
! hatle'iiour These 'our ran back ab~olttwcuty-
five yards T. where another ditch crossed the road
and got down IN that Then they began u fire
hack with all the vim AMI the energy which
characterize the shooting ~ Amcricrp soldiers
But their two comrades were lying in tie road.
Ilatt left the other three mon To tend 60 tic
shooting part ~ the business and made a dash COZ
II g. wher" the two men lay. lie picked up one
81 item, swung him IN his back and STAGGERED
back e. the ditch, unhurt By all the bullets that
Tie Cowarll% rebels shot at him. This man was
badly wounded. An artery in his arm had been
cut and he was IN great hanger uf blrcding 10
death. llatt got out his Lrst-aii bauiagcs
put n tpurnlIuet on the arm, bandagch up the
wound and saved the man'slife.
Then lie went out e. get the Other one. Until
lie picked This one up he had n notion that this
was not ca,cto be bandagel also. But when he
had the man on his back hc knew that the man
was d"a5. Nevertheless he carried the dead
man back To ms comrades IN the ditch. Then he
picket up n rifle and helped stcnd'uG the insur.
gents The Tour men fought So well that the In.
surgentS GnNcit upG'tcr while and went away.
Then the Americans ,1uk their dead and wounded
hack 10 camp In the British service men get
tho Victoria Cross for such work as plait'S
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'HICIGO's DRAINAGE Civ4L,
Loss of 100 900 Cubic Feet Of Water n
Minnie Has No Effect ON the Rivrr.

CHICAGO. Jan. 3.-Chlef Engineer Randolph
said tonight that the drainage channel viii ere
at" no appreciable alteration 10 the height nj
the Chicago River. All day the water was
running out OF the river into the channri
NJ the Hume At tho rate OF 10000 cubic feet
II minute. md the Bridgeport pum ps were
sending a like quantity down the old canal.
But. although the river was losing 10000
cubic feet II water a minute. there was no
change in the lryel. There was an upstream
current OF perhaps one.third ~ a milo
nm hour, bur that has heen 80 most Of the time
i9r n" last twenty years, in fact. ever : nee the
old Michigan and Mississippi Ca9li haS been
In operation.
Engineer Randolph il convinced thar the
showing made to-day proves That the ohIec-
tons 20 m" canal. that the increased current
caused by the canal wonld be detrimental 10
the yessc downing interest. are unfounded and
viii be dropted. This removes the strong
eat element 81 opposition ~ the completion Of
tie great project
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
HELPS IN EMERGENCIES.


No one thinks seriously enough Of
the best and quickest mode of treat
ment for a sufferer until they have
some trouble in their own household.
then you will ever afterward be pre-
pared for an emergency, for to see
loved one suffer and not to be able to
give them relief is torture to both;
to feel helpless and not to know what
to do when friends life is in danger
Is lamentable. Every one can't have
physician around the corner, nor
drug store either, hence the lesson Of
learning the simple helpful home rem
edies should appeal itself to every
housewife and parent. A few recipes
and methods learned from an excel
lent physician may be of use in emerg-
ency cases. Prompt action in cases
Of accident has often saved life. Or
binary sore threats or colds are read
lily relieved by various simple reme-
dies.
The syrup made Of tar water. LOAF
sugar, mullen and horehound syrup
are well known cures for obstinate
cold. For a croupy cough, or sudden
sore throat in the night, give strong
solution of salt water and borax,
equal parts of each, dissolve 1t well
and let the patient gargle every half
hour until relieved. This acts like
charm. 1t will cure very sore threats
and a piece of dry borax laid on an
ulcer in the throat (if you can reach
IT. will cure it in few applications.
have used the gargle and also the
borax for an ulcer with success, 1t
giving almost immediate relief, and
for medicinal purposes in tolsilltis,
irritating coughs and bronchial trou-
bles, 1t is excellent. Borax was al
ways given with honey for infants
sore mouths and threats in our grand
mothers day. Every housekeeper
should keep medicine chest filled
with such remedies as witchhazel.
camphor. brandy, vaseline, borax, arm
lea and linen pieces and old solf rags
and cotton batting for making poul-
tees, etc. Such things should be
placed where you could put your hands
Upon them In the darkest night, and I
have found such things of the great
est relief when any one was taken in
the night suddenly--esDecially when in
the country several miles from ply
sician. One OF the best remedies for
cramp is equal parts of strong vinegar
and goose grease. Sweet oil or lard
melted may be used instead OF goose
grease IL there is none at hand. Equal
parts OF powdered alum and sugar,
followed by an emetic OF warm mus
tard water is excellent for cramps.
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me SEgl TIE
WELL llSSED WOMAN.

"Giyen a capricious taste, daring
conventionality a demure individual
ity. and it is not difficult to be well
dressed woman" explained a fash
ionable member of New York's smart
set who was asked to defsae the mean
ing of this pet phrase. In analysing
her bit of descriptive phraseology one
is forced to conclude the fashionable
member knows whereof she speaks.
Certainly not more than one out OF
20 in the horde of perfectly gowned
women we meet gives the impression
of being well dressed" Upon closer
inspection of them you will Invariably
find one, if not all, the ingredient men
toned in the model recipe written at
the beginning of this chapter. The
particular well dressed" one had prob
ably achieved distinction by way of
"capricious taste" In an unusual COM
bination of colors or defied conven-
tionality by daringly associating di-
aphanous bodice and coat of fur, or,
il endowed by kindly nature with the
'demure personality" emphasized it
through the medium of bonnets and
strings and the arrangement of her
hair. Remembering. feminine friends,
these wise words and the explanatory
remarks following, this may become a
marked era in the history Of womens
clothes, and we each may be catalogued
under the talismanic letters "W. D.
W'-which of course, stands for We'll
Dressed Women" If we lack capri
cious taste, we most likely modestly
subscribe to the conventional, while we
may possess the demure personality.
Any one of these three magic attrib-
utes can gain for you an enviable rep
utation. To master the triumvirate
would be the sum total of feminine
happiness. One of these we women
may cultivate according to latter day
ethics concerning clothes. The road to
puSSOoS AiOo NV 2A AOliOWlA6 AdoAlOht
but via these byways. Choose the one
best suited to your possibilities and
always go the same route, and soon
you'll be recognized as belonging to
the w. D. W."
Some types of women are forced to
depend entirely upon color for good eff
fects; others must select fluffy accesso-
ries, and another sort extreme tailor
made rigidity, letting even prim out
lines describe the evening gown, while
still another class accentuates Priscil-
la-like simplicity. 1t is we'll worth
while to go on voyage of discovery
and find to which assortment YOU
rightfully belong and perfect yourself
along that particular line< Becoming
ness and individuality in dress are
greater requisites than either fine
- B ss-Hr- latest styles. Anybody with
the wherewithall can obtain the latter.
but more than modicum of intelli-
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waists the sleeves of which were worn
or the yokes discolored. Once given
a foundation 1t was simple enough;
the disused article lost It's sleeves, the
Joke was shipped out, two yards OF
lnousseline was laid on In plaits and
formed into sleeves. Presto, and we
have the desired article. In the event
the old bodice is not very attractive,
evening waists can be made of painted
bobbinet-an inexpensive material on
the market for the first time. 1t is
double width. sheer and beautiful,
costs but $3.50 a yard and two and
one-half yards are sufficient for the
bodice fashionable, which is cut very
low, but is provided with long, unlined
sleeves. A silk lining is unnecessary
and no trimming is needed, as the
stuff is decorative within itself and
may be shirred so as to finish edges
prettily without the aid OF lace or
ribbon. The material is white. with
big punches of variegated flowers
plentifully sprinkled over the surface.
which makes it available for different
colored skirts. One color usually pre-
dominates, and the shopper can read
lily select from the large display of
patterns and colors in order to har-
monte with dress skirts already on
hand.
Square cut waists are not so pretty
as the round. Perfectly plain bodices
are easily constructed and may be at
tempted by the veriest amateur when
it is known that fichus or coarse lace
collars are to be had in many colors
and are all that is necessary for the
transformation into the dressy affair
demanded by this new rule in the eti-
quette Of dress. Two or three differ
ent materials often enter into the COM
position of a bodice. For instance, a
scrap of velvet would serve for very
abbreviated bolero fitting snugly over
a wisp of chiffon in front, with sleeves
of net or lace. Home made net sleeves
are momentary fad. Finely meshed
silk net is used for the foundation, over
which in irregular pattern is threaded
heavy silk floss. The effect is that of
elaborate embroidery and is mon
strously fetching.