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A NIurderous Sea Flower.

One of the exquisite wonders of the
sea is called the opelet, and is about
as large as the German aster, looking
indeed very much like one. Imagine
a very large double aster, with a great
many long petals of light green color,
glossy satin, and each one tipped with
rose color. These lovely petals do not
lie quietly in their places, but wave
about in the water, while the opelet
clings to the rocks. How innocent and
lovely it looks on its rocky bed! Who
would suspect that it would eat any
thing groSser than dew and sunlight?
But those beautiful waving arms, as
you call them, have uses besides look
ing pretty. They have to provide for
large, open mouth, which is hidden
down deep among tham-so hidden
that one can scarcely find it. Well do
they perform their duty, for the in
slant foolish little fish touches one
of the rosy tips, he is struck with a
poison as fatal to him as lightning. He
Immediately becomes numb, and in a
moment stops struggling, and then the
arms wrap themselves around him and
he is drawn into the huge, greedy
mouth, and is seen no more. Then the
lovely arms unclose and wave again
in the water.
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Pure Water for Soldiers.

One of the military problems that
has come out of the Boer war is how
to provide pure drinking water for SOL
diers in the field. 1t is an old prob
lem, of course, but in the South Afri-
can war typhoid has slain more men
than bullets. An English physician, a
high authority in such matters, has
proposed method which is approved
by military experts. but which so far
the British War Office has rejected
The physician, DR.. Caney, claims to
have demonstrated that one mule for
each hundred men will carry all the
boiling apparatus, with all the fuel,
meat extract, coffee. tea. sugar, etc.,
required for ten days or even longer.
and with that subsequent fuel required
daily adds only 1850 to the total daily
transport to insure immunity from dis
eases occasioned by impure water The
War Office, however, though admitting
that the plan is practical at all
bases, on lines of communication. etc,
still refuses to adopt it. DR.. Caney
proposes to organize water corps for
the army. whose duties shall be to
guard the troops against such diseases
as typhoid, dysentery and cholera,
brought on by impure water. He
maintains that all these diseases are
simply due to the willful neglect of
simple precautions in this way.
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THE MIDNIGHT BOUQUET.

Sad Mistake That Was Made by De-
voted Lover of Flowers.
The cultivation of flowers was to DR..
Llanerk the relaxation and pleasure of
his busy life. Often bunch of his
choicest was his daily prescription for
a sick one. He asserted, as q part of
his professional experience, that flow
ers were the best of tonics.
His many friends, young and old
took pleasure in sending him what
ever was rare or beautiful Of those
flowers which they grew or found,
well knowing that he would carry
them to where they would cheer and
delight.
Late one night his bell rang. Think
ing that at that hour it must be call
for his services, he rose from bed, put
on his wrapper, and went to the door.
The light was dim. He saw a colored
man holding a huge paper package,
from which the doctor, to his delight,
saw buds and full-blown roses pro-
truding.
"Is Miss Ca'ine Ward in ?" asked the
man.
"She has RETIRED was his reply.
('tMiss Ca'line Ward" was his colored
cook)
Il is sorry, sir, to call so late. Dab
was jam in de street cars. I Leah dis
TO- her, sir. eff you will kindly glib it
to her in de mo'nin'.'
Certainly responded the doctor.
He took the bundle carefully. thanked
the man in the name of Miss Ward.
closed the door, tenderly carried the
tn he LIT r,1a a
he had been the recipient, took dish
pan from its rest, drew a few inches
of water in it. carefully pressed the
base of the package into it, and, i'm
agining how pleased his servant would
be, went to bed.
He rose early, as was his habit. In
going to his flower beds he passed
through the kitchen. There stood Miss
Ca'line Ward, holding the dripping
bundle before her. Her face was rife
with Indignation. Her manner was
beligerent, her tone was challenging.
Eff | had de pusson heah dat did dat,
I'd empty de kittle on 'em. I'd 1es
like to know who put my new hat,
dat l jes' bought. in de dishpan. Dat
would I'd scald 'em TO shoo'."
Dr. Llanerk was accustomed to re-
straining his feelings and preserving q
countenance that told no tales. He ex.
pressed strong sympathy. He prom
Used that the matter should be inves-
tigated and the guilty person or the
careless deliverer punished; then went
among his flowers and actually rolled
them fiat while he laughed.
That day, when he returned from
his professional visits, he carried to
Miss Ca'line Ward, with his compli-
ments, the most befiowered hat he
could buy, and meekly requested the
pleased negress to "scald him WE'LL
Charles McIlvaine, in Lippincott's
Magazine.
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The colonel was entertaining some of
his friends with stories of army life,
says the Detroit Free Press, and the
talk turned to the inf1exibi-ity of or
ders That reminded the colonel of
Tim Murphy's case.
Murphy had enlisted in the cavalry
service, although he had never been on
a horse in his life. He was taken out
for drill with other raw recruits un-
der command of a sergeans and as
luck would have it, secured Tie of the
worst buckers in the whole troop.
Now, my men," said the sergeant
in addressing them, mo one is al
lowed to dismount without orders from
a superior officer Remember that"
Tim was no sooner in the saddle
than he was hurled head over heels
through the air. and came down SO
hard that the breath was almost
knocked out of him.
Murphy" shouted the sergeant,
when he discovered the man spread
out on the ground, you dismounted!"
81 did"
Did you have orders?'
81 did,
''From headquarters, I suppose?"
with sheer.
mo, from headquarters"
Take him to the guard-house!" or
dered the sergeant
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China's Pensions.

The Sin Wan Pao discusses the pro-
posal to abolish the pensions now paid
to the descendants of men who have
done we'll for their country. The edi-
tor considers that there are abundant
ways for economy still untouched, and
it would be q shame to take away the
petty pensions, which keep alive the
orphans and widows of the men who
have bled and died for their country.
If men know that their families will.
not be provided for in case of their
death it is not likely that they will be
willing to risk themselves much on
the field of battle. Last year see how
they ran away, even though at that
time they knew their families would
get pensions. Take away the hope of
pensions and they will run faster than
ever.-Shangbai Mercury.
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a Boy Hero.

At Sellwood. near Portland, Oregon
there was recently unveiled a monu-
ment to Arthur Venvtl1e, a lad who
lies in an unknown grave in the Phil
ippine Islands, says the Youths Com
panion. Venville was born in Eng
land, but was brought to this country
at the age of ten months. When he
was only seven years old his father
died, charging the child with his last
breath, almost, to take care of the
mother and sisters" The little fellow
promised. He was a quiet boy, of stu
dious habits He liked to go to school.
and he wanted to go to college, but he
had to take place in a shop to help
support the family. In 1897 his health
began to fail and he enlisted as an ap-
prentice in the navy, still giving his
people his wages. The other fellows
called him girl sailor he told his
mother when he came home on fur
Tough, a year later Venville was on
the gunpoat Yorktown in 1899 She
went to the Philippines, and in April
was sent to Baler Bay to rescue some
Spanish prisoners. The young appren-
tice was one of the party of seventeen
which, under command of Lieutenant
Gilmore was sent ashore to recon
hotter. AS the crowded launch ap-
preached the silent shore there sud
denly burst upon it a storm of bullets.
Several men We're killed. others We're
desperately wounded. and all We're
drenched with the blood of their com
rades. Lieutenant Gilmore has since
told in McClure's Magazine of the be
leavior of Venville, the eighteen-year-
old apprentice who had never before
been under fire.
Having no other weapon than a re
volver, useless at the range" wrote the
officer, Il reached for the rife dropped
by one of the dead. 1t had been hit in
the lock and the clip was damned in.
Venville, one of the apprentice boys,
attempted to fix it. A bullet went
through the flesh of his neck.
Mr.. Gilmore, I'm hit he said. But
he continued working at the rifle.
"a second shot plowed through the
boys breast and came out in his arm
pit.
I'm hit again, Mr.. Gilmore
He was still trying to pull out the
damned clip. when ball cut furrow
in the left side of his head.
Mr.. Gilmore, they've hit me
again,'
HE wiped the blood from his brown
turned to his task as calmly as If it
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were only mosquito that had stung
him. 1t was not three minutes uutil q
ball crashed into his ankle, INJECTING a
painful hurt. There was just a slight
culver in the lads voice as he looked
up to me and said:
Mr.. Gilmore, I'm hit once more,
but I've fixed the gun. sir.
One wishes this true tale might have
ended, as stories do. with the hero's re-
covery and return; but when the other
survivors OF Lieutenant Gillmore's
party were taken into the interior,
Venville, being unable to travel, was
left behind, and some time later he
was killed by the order Of an insur-
gent general. Yet his eighteen years,
few though they were, had been spent
to some purpose. The monument stands
a fair and stately symbol of the boys
life.
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presents not quite so cheerful an ap-
pearance as the others. Through the
bare windows lonely old man is seen
cooking his supper, an old bachelor.
Most of the men are loafing about the
decks, telling each other funny stories.
Not so with the women. Here one is
hanging out clothes. another peels po-
tatoes, a third is spanking a child
all that are visible are busy. The gen
eral air of both men and women gives
an impression of prosperity and COM
fort; all are plainly, but well, clothed.
And so these families pass the win
ter. In November, says the New York
Tribune, they come down, their boats
loaded with hay, grain, potatoes,
onions, apples or lumber. In April
they go up again with coal. On the
surplus earnings of the summer they
live during the cold season. If the
summer has been bad the men work at
times as longshoremen, but that is
only when in dire necessity. OF eve
nings they gather in each others cab
ms to talk, play cards, and some drink.
few of the men have been sailors,
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Profanity in Virginia.


T. S. Gordon, who lives on the Due
West road. was as gallant soldier as
ever marched to Virginia. says the Abb
beville Medium. He was in Meow
ans brigade, A. P. Hills corps, and a
comrade of ours. He once had a sin
gular experience and We have pub
lished his story of the incident, but it
will do to print again. When we be-
gan our march to Gettysburg he was
left among the sick at Culpepper, who
made themselves as comfortable as
possible, scattered about on the ground
exposed to the weather. One day a
dozen or more old citizens visited the
bivouac. They were all gray-haired
and none of them under 65 years of
age. They were neatly dressed in cit
liens clothing and seemed to be men
of good solid standing and education,
but what struck Gordon was that ev-
eryone was swearing as hard as he
could. Gordon says he never heard
such profanity before or since. They
were not boisterous or loud, but
walked quietly through the camp and
every man of them swore profanely
from one end of the camp to the other.
They were not in bad humor but were
swearing generally at the way the SOL
diers were treated. In appearance each
one would have passed for a preacher
except for his profanity. Gordon has
been trying ever since to account for
such conduct on the part of men of
such venerable, refined and intelligent
appearance.
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Racing q Water Spout.

The master of the barque "Gustavo
Adolfo" recently had a remarkable
meeting with a water spout in mid
Atlantic. Masses Of water were
raised higher and higher one day from
a seething ring of water, say, 6 or z
feet across. and whirled around. 1t
looked like the open neck of a bal
loon, having diameter of from IL to
1S feet. During this time the spout
whirled more and more rapidly to the
southeast at the rate of four miles an
hour, the size of the spout gaining all
the time, the foot all foam and the
monster Kissing. The water that had
been listed was more than could be
raised to the cloud in the cylinder
spout, SO that patches of water swung
out, lost their acquired speed and fell
into the sea. The water spout was 30
feet from the Gustavo Adolfo, which
headed southeast parallel with it, but
could not pass it. At three cable
lengths to the southeast the spout had
attained three times its original size
The speed of the water spout was ir-
regular and sometimes it went back
wards Three more water spouts came
out of the same cloud. Their bases
covered line of from one and a half
to two miles. A little rain fell out of
the rear of the cloud, with it's hanging
layer.
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and gloves on the table to reserve
place, while they wander clear out of
sight in search of something pleasing
to their palates. Yet if one Of these
women concludes to check her coat or
wrap at our cloak room she is as sus-
picious as a sewer rat, and in nine
cases out Of ten removes everything
from the pockets before leaving it.
Frequently, after taking these things
from her pockets she will bring them
into the restaurant and put them down
on table to reserve her seat Good
ness only knows why there are not
dozen purses stolen here every day.
Maybe it is because more people are
honest than the cynic believes exist, or
maybe it is because that everybody
for three tables around is interested in
a lone purse and gloves laid down to
hold place. Certainly, if a man
should come in here and put his purse
and gloves down on a table for the
purpose Of holding a seat, I'd start
him to the detention hospital sure. Yet
as say, three out of five women do
it without winking. Why is it?"-
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Pajama. for the Army.

Pajamas for the Army.
Inspector General Breckenridge adj
vocates supplying the soldiers with pa
jamas and thinks to do SO will i'm
prove the health of the men.-Press
dispatch.
It's sort O. nuts fer soldiers who ulster
dub around
Assimilatln' alkali an pork an beans
an tack,
A-turnin' in at taps with jests his
blankets on the ground,
Without a bloomin nightie to his
back;
To see the care they're takin' of his
precious health these days;
ProvidiE' him with luxuries an cen
sorin his joys,
But this seems like the beatin'est OF
all their funny plays
The issue of pajamas to the boys.
When we rode out with Harvey an
with Custer an with Crook
We made our evenin' toilet without
puliin' off our boots;
We got our faces sunburned and we
certainly did look
set OF ornery plain unwashed ga
loots.
But now we are gettin' civilized an
have to part our hair
An use the mornin tooth brush
which l don't claim isn't right;
Still none of us anticipated that we'd
get to wear
Pajamas when the bug1e called at
night.
inspector General Breckenridge, the
first thing that we know,
Will give us vilet water an a man
icurin' set.
Well be the sweetest lot O. ducks that
, ever faced a foe
When ne gets through reformin' us
you bet.
It's the one thing that we've wanted
to sleep comftable at night
It's as welcome as the buddin' flow rs
in May.
You may picture. if you're good at it
our wonder and delight
When they serve out pajamas some
fine day.
Chicago Daily News.
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An Aristocratic Boat.


!he year. hundreds of thu EN- moored to-
gether in rows after rows, forming
small towns, with streets and yards,
In which children and dogs romp and
play. A picturesque sight it is, re-
sembling in many respects the sampan
villages OF China.
They are a people by themselves,
these boatmen and their families, and
have their own ideas Of what makes
a home. Through the curtained win
dows you catch glimpses of cosy par
lors and kitchens. Green plants in
flower pots and birds in cages are also
visible. Most of the cabins are divided
into rooms, the parlors with carpeted
floors, and pictures decorating the
walls, and more than few have
shelves of books. Occasionally cabin
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-03
a Curious Barometer.

A curious barometer is used by the
remnant of the Araucarian race which
inhabits the southernmost province of
Chilli. 1t consists of the cast-off shell
of crab. The dead shell is white in
fair, dry weather; but, indicating the
approach of a moist atmosphere by the
appearance of small red spots, as the
moisture in the air increases it be-
comes entirely red, and remains so
throughout the rainy season.
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Minneapolis Times: The Milwau-
kee ministers are engaged in a crusade
against gambling and viii carry the
war into the municipal campaign next
spring. They will interview every
candidate on the subject and those
that are not outspoken in support of
the reform movement will be attacked
from the pulpit. Some of the MiIwau-
kee politicians will be subjected to
terrible strain
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-03

There has just been completed at
the Fulton engine works, in Los An
geles. Cal, huge telescope, minus the
two 36-inch lenses, for the Lick OBJ
servatory on Mount Hamilton. The
tube is 40 inches in diameter and 16
feet long. The instrument will go to
Chilli and stay on some Andean peak
for three years for observation of the
southern heavens.
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Spearing Carp

Farmer boys throughout this and
other states are having sport spearing
carp. The fish are not protected by
law for the reason that they are be-
coming so numerous as to be a nui-
sance and since they grow to great size
their spearing at night by the light of
a lack" makes exciting sport-New
York Times.
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People would be content to take
their cold weather now if they had
any assurance that it would not be
projected into spring, but they have
no such assurance. The theory that
there has to be so much cold does not
always hold.
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According to a French army paper
suicide is more common in the French
army than in any other in Europe. OF
the annual death rate in all branches
of the service suicide accounts for 8
per cent.
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Live in Households

Not only on the Chinese river
Yangtse are floating villages found;
Americans have them nearer home, no
urther than within New York harbor
Not ten minutes walk from the Bat
cry, at the old Coenties Slip, hundreds
If families spend the winter, listening
% the swirling waters of the East riv-
sr around and under their homes until
he incoming swell rocks them to sleep
If nights. Here it is that the canal
,oats are tied up for five months Of
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Woman Clerks in Chill.

IN Chilli, where all the telegraph
lines are owned by the government,
nearly all the operators are women,
and a large proportion of the clerks
in the postoffice and treasures also
are women. Women, too, act as con-
ductors of the tramways.
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is the simple question of the shortest.
best and safest way. Put in different
language, they want to know how to
get there, and if the studious statis-
tician will figure out some plan that
will meet with general satisfaction
along this line, he will probably
smooth out the burrows which now
mark the faces of uneasy sinners.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-03

Money is not the greatest thing
in the world. Senator Hanna got
caught without street car fare the
other day, and Mr.. Justice Brewer, a
poor man, delivered the principal ad-
dress at the meeting of the national
association of bankers.
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Work as Longsh oreme en-.

who, with the earnings of a cruise or
two on blue water. have invested in a
barge, settled down and become semi
landlubbers. The majority have been
farmers up the state. but life on the
canal has made them semi-nautical
All of them together, they form a
happy colony
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ST. Frideswides church, Poplar, has
been enriched by an interesting gift,
which is probably unique in England.
1t is an altar cloth valued at more than
1000 guineas, which, like Penelope's
web, has taken ten years to manufac-
lure and is partly woven of human
hair
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There are fewer orators in congress
these days. The dry frost Of increas-
ing business rps the young jaws in
the bud.
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San Francisco bay is to be tunneled
to accommodate the traffic between
opposite sections of the city which
now has to go around. The distance
is about five miles and the subway
will pass beneath an island in the
bay.
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The New Hampshire man who has
q record Of having sawed cord of
hard wood in an hour and half must
have some lovely lungs.
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Residence of the Prince of Wales.
The prince and princess of Wales
are to have a residence on Deeside,
and have selected Craigowan, near
Balmoral, which has hitherto been the
residence of the kings commissioner.
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Oddities of Women.

Women are contradictions and puz-
zles to me every day in the year." said
the proprietor of well-known cafe
terra downtown. For instance, three
out of FIVE who come in here will go
to Il chair and lay purse. handkerchief
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A Boston woman announces the
demise of her favorite terrier to her
friends in a mourning letter, heavily
bordered with black. Those who send
her letters of confidence in return
might even up a bit by expressing the
hope that 1t is now a sky-terrier.
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Hate big-souled man and he will
forget it; despise him and he will re-
member it to his dying day.
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The Mexicans are favoring the pro-
posed Olympian games in Chicago.
There was a time in Mexico's history
when the Aztec kings settled their
differences by resorting,to friendly
game of what is now called football
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Professor Garner has succeeded in
teaching chiInpanzee two English
words, but the brute never can remem-
Der them in company
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The London Saturday Review puts
the business of 1901 this way: Am
erica had a boom, while England had
three slumps.' This is scarcely sta
tistical, yet we fancy we can grasp
it fairly well.