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New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

under water Vessels :: long distance away,
without any apparatus, were 50 much disturbed
by the sounds that the harbor master was over
whelmed with complaints and questions of ali
kinds.
It is asserted that the bell has been heard
twelve miles away. and repeatedly at distance
of five mites, with the apparatus, and it was
easily determined whether the sound was ON the
port or starboard side of the vessel This is
the first public test of the submarine sig
nal that has ever been given
This modern method of communicating with
vessels at sea is the result OF long experiment.
ing and exhaustive study by two Boston men,
Professor Elisha Gray and Arthur J. Mundy.
1t consists of a huge cylindrical bell, with
Taper on the inside operated from keyboard
This cylinder is submerged in the sea- from the
bottom of d large fiat bOttomed boat In prac-
tice the bell be submerged under a perma-
nent station and operated from the shore, or a
structure above it. The keyboard is operated
electrically by means of an adapted motor. A
code is used, one stroke being obtained by oper-
atins No. / key. two strokes from No key,
and
In fixed signalling stations the apparatus con-
ssts of two bells. submerged on each side of
the harbor entrance and struck simultaneously
The sound travels through the water the rate
of 4I12 feet second Thus tenth of q sec
ond's difference in the signals would mean that
the ship receiving the signals about one
thousand feet off her The limit to
which signals toe sent under water has not
yet been ascertained- The range appears to
depend upon the sensitiveness OF the receiving
apparatus, and under the application of the mi
crophone principle II has been found possible 10
make perfectly audible at very great distances
under water sounds transmitted by very feeble
vibrations. Professor Gray said that his
periments with the bell Indicated that prac-
tical!y I,snft teauld be put upon the distance
at which sounds might thus be heard.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
4N OCTOPT IN CONGO FREE Sfiih

HeIgian officer just returned from Ihe 0'''3
Free State reports that in the caverns OF '''e
1-e1la River there dwells species OF octopus
that presents a grave danger to all who haNi-
a+a tho river in small boats. The strange he'iS'S
are called "rnegwe' by the natives and are hu-
,,,aro,,s in the neighborhood OF the station Vi
tho an,adis owing 70 the number OF rocks an"
caves in that region. They attack the hd''''
canoes capsizing them easily with 'heir ten
,ac1ac and according their state OF huiE'''
r,igi,o ono or two men. The octopus draEs MS
human prev 10 his cavern and there, Wl'h'ui
,,,fictinc the slightest external wound ferds OH
his victims brains by inserting the points oI
his tentacIes in his nostrils. He generally Keeps
ris nrev fifteen hours and then lets the bou4
Goat out the river
II WAS an eyewitness Of a disaster OF TINS
sind saws the Belgian. "A canoe was capsiZeo
, the river and one OF the three occupants dis
~nneared When the survivors swan ashoT"
they told us that an octopus had turned lhelI
Noat over and carried off their companion Inc
next morning about o'clock the body was
found floating and trace Of any wound could
he found while the only abnormal appearance
Was the swollen state of the nostriis. On exam
,nation il was found that the brain had been
extracted The natives of the Uelle all dread
the 'rnegwe' while those of the lumbri know
nothing of its existence"
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
SUBMARINE SIGNALLING.
WORKING OF APPARATUS TESTED FOR
MEMBERS OF NEWGORk
YACHT Gil Il.
YACHT Gil Il.

An interesting feature of the New YORK acht
Clubs visit to Marblehead. Mass. the other day
was the demonstra tion of the working Of the
Submarine Signal Company's apparatus. III or
der to give Commodore Ledyard and his fleet
captains an opportunity of testing the invention
and ascertaining for themselves under their
own conditions its accuracy a method OF
warning vessels approaching danger points
J. r. Millett general manager OF the company.
sank :. signal bell at the mouth of the hafp'r
and his steam yacht Chipeta which was moored
several hundred yards away. fitted with
the apparatus for ascertaining the direction OF
the sound travelling through the water
At the invitation Of J. Malcolm Forbes. Com
rnodore I.edyard. f. u. Morgan. Captain Dun
were received by Henry VI. Whitney and Mr.
as those of Il telephone. one on each side of the
skin OF the vessel. ami below the waterline, had
their terminals in the cabin Of the yacht
The visitors had opportunity Of finding on
which side Of the vessel the bell was placed ex-
actly as If it indicated a source Of danger. Each
one Of them in turn. ana without any hesita
ton accurately found the bell. and upon which
side of the vessel ii was situated.
Commodore Ledyard. Mr.. Morgan and Cap
tain Duncan were much Interested, and believed
that the invention would prove OF great bene-
fit to shipping. The Chipeta is of light draught.
and as the tests were successful il is asserted
that they would be OF vessels
deeper in the water.
To prove that sound travels under water in all
directions and with great force, Mr.. Millett, the
first night. without any warning, rang his bell
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

Ready, who has been almost everywhere A.,
according to his story, has done evervtt;N
worth doing He is not hard to meet On. =
introduce ones self if necessary. He rsoo,.'>
one with a flourish which he picked mn, -
Orient. and a bow from somewhere avza,- .S
yOnd SueZ-'
Come up to my house" is the invita+i..
which Captain" Ready extends after bo -
talked with you a few minutes I'D ike 70 -
troduce you to the wife of George Wasbin-.o.,
'The Wife of George Washington ysu =,
claim
Don't be surprised he hastens to ean,,..
one "She's up at my house all right. and II.
sure she'll be glad to see you
One wonders if the town crier is not a Ittla 80
In his head. 1t all comes out when the visi,.,
calls upon him
ALLOW me to present you to the wife =,
George Washington he says, bowling befor.
kindly old woman.
"Ah, go on with you she saws srniIin-
when will you get tired of playing that iot.
George Washington Ready
And George Washington laughs heartily and
shows one about his place, which is about as y,
as the deck Of a ship.
He tells sea stories by the yard, does the town
crier. No one believed many ef them until in
1898, when big ship wrecked off High
land Light. There was no way OF telling from
the shore what the name of the vessel was
Ready was with the crowd on the beach. and
no one studied the wreck more closely
She's the good ship Jason ne said finally.
II sailed in her in 1871
Another of your serpent Dreams said
the crowd, recalling the time when Ready
claimed to have been chased by a sea serpent
across the sand dunes. He had the nerve to
take large crowd out the dunes and show
them what he said was the trail which the SER
pent left.
That's the Jason or III eat my hat" repeated
Ready IF you go out there you'll find my
name carved of the bunks in the fore
castle
Strange to say. the wreck was the Jason, and
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
WANTED TO SPIT ON THE FLOOR

When Hans Straus, waiter in Fourteenth
St restaurant came into = fortune recently he
expended part OF it in buying the goodwill OF a
little German restaurant in lower Flitn-aVe
The remainder of his unexpected legacy went
TO returnish the place in elaborate style He
was proud of the mirrors which were fastened
to the walls of the heavy oaken chairs and
tables but proutest of ali, of the new floor OF
polished hardwood
Two old Germans. who had been regular Gus
toners OF the place for years, continued their
visits when the furnishing was completed They
insisted on expectoratins on the new hoor'
ignoring the cuspidOrs-
Hans went to them and expOstulated: Wine
froind, will you please spit in der eoospidor, not
on der floor
Il will spit we're 1 likes the curt re-
ply.
You viii spit in mine coospidor or you VIZ
keep away for here. That is vat yet If you
vas so 10 DelmOnico's and spit on der floor Vet
wood Delmonico say, eh?''
All" replied the Teutonic diner, "Delmonieo
wood say. Look here. if you want TO speet on
der floor you must go TO Hans Strauss, not
here
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

Association has lately decided TO allow any
military rifle taking the government car'riose
and of the same weight and using the SAINT
sights as the government rifle, to be uSed III
I'll individual matches. with an idea OF en-
colraging the gunmakers of the country To be"u
their energies toward making a barrel "ll'h -
better than the government barrel II Su'n "
thing is possible This is along the hie '
the national association has laid out WIN q"
o,o,,rocine, civilian experts and scien-
80, ,,an IN exneriment for the purpose Vi III
ING the national arm and ammunition
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
THEY STILL NAVE 4 TOWN cRIER
ONE OF THE sURvIvALs OF OLD TIMES ON
QUAINT CAPE COD.

Provincetown. Mass. Aug 23.-"Ding dong,
dingr' cIapped shrilI toned handbeH
Notice, Notice, Shall be sold -tO-night-ice
cream-at the Methodist Church-a sociable!'
came the cry in d cracked voice, high,
low.
1t was only the town crier- The people of
Provincetown do not notice him. unless they
happen to be particularly interested in what he
Is crying. The New-Yorker marves and is in
clned to follow, he did the circus parade
when a small boy
Provincetown is proud of the fact that the
list of its officials still includes town crier. He
Is not salaried officer, but is paid according
to the work he does. One dollar a cry is the
regular rate. A cry consists of single tour
OF the long, struggling main street. tramp of
three miles. For trip down the street and
back again the crier gets 81
The present incumbent is the most interesting
character In ProvincetoWn. an old sailor named
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
BIRDS THAT SING IN FLIGHT
here.

From The Great Round World
1t is commonly supposed that the ssyiarh Is Is
the only bird that sings as it flies There are
others, it seems. Among them are the uti4l ui
woOdlark. water peppet. sedse warbler. "iio@
warbler and whin chat
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

when the wreckers finally boarded her they
found Ready's name on the forecastle bunk. as
the crier had predicted
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
A Swinging Seat.

Certainly, it seems as IL n porch
should be much more roomy than re-
stricted city space will allow to ac-
commodate their largely increased fur
nishings.
Among the most popular porch pieces
is swinging seat Of rattan, as here
shown.
Those of wood We're such clumsy
contrivances that ones of rattan have
almost entirely superseded them.
This one embodies all the latest fea-
lures, gay ornamented ropes, instead
Of the clanking iron chains of the wood
en- sort, the side pocket for books, work
or magazines, and the shelf for glass
of cooling drink.
This may be had in soft moss green,
bright sealing wax red or in the nat
ural white rattan. More exclusive
still, it may be ordered in a number Of
soft tints of unusual shades, that cost
a little more, but are less ordinary.
Gray with scarlet curtains are much
liked just now Denim and gay India
cottons are most used in their up
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
Return of tho "Girlie Girl"

From certain reliable reports it ap.
pears that the 'girle girl" sometimes
known as the "steel engraving lady," Is
scheduled for a return engagement in
society after an absence Of who can
say how many years? At least that is
the way some persons who say they
pray for such return put it; others.
and we are inclined to consider them
more knowing, have it that the revised
girl or woman Is to be happy blend
of the two, wearing broad, sensible
shoes when common sense seems to in
dicate such footgear, and slipping into
high-heeled dainty foot-coverings when
these seem not only possible but the
proper attire; while with each change
Of shoes there will be total change in
the style Of gowns and hats. to pre-
serve a sartorial harmony, and also a
quick change of mind and manner to
suit the whole. To do this successfully
will come easy to very average girls.
but it is feared In some quarters that
even men who are in most ways su-
perior are going to find it very difficult
to follow these feminine leads.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24

The Filipino custom of eating with
the fingers, often whole family dip.
ping into the same dish as they sit on
the floor around the little low table, is
highly favorable to the transference
of the curious comma-shaped microbes
that play such havoc with the intes.
tines. The Filipino makes great show
Of external cleanliness, bathes by pour
ing water over himself every day, but
he will eat and drink with strange dis
regard Of methods that we consider
essential to the healthful preparation
Of food. He has acquired taste for
sun-dried fish, whose odor rivals that
of the delicacies to be found in a
Chinatown grocery, other viands whose
appearance and fragrance place them
on par with the fish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
NR FR1ZLs ,N
AAAEAsSS11eMAA

Black still continues to be the most
popular color in the new hosiery.
A touch of color in the embroidery
on black stockings is very smart.
The severer style of silk or flannel
Shirt is taking the place of the dressy
blouse.
Ermine will be very fashionable,
partly as medium Of black and white
combinations.
The cape collars that are so popular
just now call into service all kinds of
short-haired furs.
Many OF the new felt hats have the
rough hairy surface that goes so well
with zibeline costumes.
Women are fashion are setting aside
their light and gossamer hats for those
of more substantial make.
Lace hats are still very fashionable,
and as the season advances this mate.
rial will be appliqued on to fur.
Basques have become very popular,
and will be retained even If longer coat
skirts are not universally accepted.
A new shape in felt has deem
turned-up brlm and helmet-like
shaped crown, through which quill is
thrust.
Many fashionable women are wear.
ing the high linen Prussian collar, with
a pretty foulard silk tie, or large
folded scarf Of the same fabric.
For the woman who goes in for out.
door sports there is a pretty brown OF
fawn felt hat OF the broad boat-shaped
variety. trimmed with corded silk and
shaded feather mounts.
A pale blue lambs wool wrap gown
is quite delightfully."- cozy and soft,
and the trimmings consist of accordion
pleated frills Of blue and white jap
anese silk laid one over the other.
The lace cravat is q pretty finish to
the tailor-made frock, while the old
fashioned jabot must of necessity be
in vogue with anything approaching
the swailow-tail or cutaway jacket.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24

A common clothes reel, made with an
elevated platform high enough to clear
the deepest SHOWS. is not so very costly
and adds to the comfort and convcn-
ience Of the housewife in degree to he
appreciated only By those who have
used 1t. 1t may be built in this way:
Get post of seasoned wood that is
about seven inches in diameter at one
end, tapering to about five inches at the
other, and eleven feet long Have n
reel made with four-spoked cast iron
hub, to be had at any hardware store
Make the spokes of oak or ash seven
feet long and two and one-half inches
wide at the inner end, tapering to one
inch at the other. and thick enough to
fill the socket in the hub. Wooden pins
one-half inch in diameter should be
inserted in the top side for holding the
line. Let the pins be one foot apart
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
SWINGING SEAT FOR THE PORCH.

over the other. They will keep much
better separately. Fish, after being
cleansed and washed, may be placed
on the ice with the skin side down
ward.
Fruit does not belong in the ice-box;
nor does cheese. The latter should be
kept in tin box in some cool, dry
place, and wrapped in clean, white
cloth.
Milk and butter should always be
kept covered and given. where feas-
ible, separate compartment in the
refrigerator. Nothing so rapidly alb
serbs the flavor OF anything and every
thing with which it may be associated
as will these two articles. The best of
butter will quickly spoil If allowed to
remain uncovered; and milk soon be-
comes a depository for all formidable
stray germs and floating dust particles
A large piece of ice every other day,
of size sufficient to fill the section de-
signed to hold the ice, will be found
more satisfactory and profitable than
a small piece every day. A larger piece
of ice will generate more quickly low
degree of temperature, and also ensure
its unabated continuance. Neither the
lid nor the doors of the ice-box should
ever be left open one instant longer
than imperatively necessary.
Paper will be found effectual in pre-
serving the ice from melting. but this
must be renewed each day in dry.
fresh quantities; and no pieces OF damp
or moist paper must ever be allowed
to remain in the ice-boX. Newspapers
may be used. The ice must be covered
on the sides and the top.
The refrigerator should be emptied
of its contents and washed out at least
twice a week, and always thoroughly
dried and aired before the food Is re-
placed. The drain-pipe must be kept
clear and pure.-Colliers Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24

While Bichat, the famous surgeon,
was dying of typhoid fever, he turned
to an old colleague who was sitting be.
side his bed and said to him:
"My friend, 1 am lost, but it is some
consolation to know that my case is
very curious. During the last few
days have noticed some odd symp'
toms, and 1 am studying them care.
fully"
"Oh, you may recover yet" said the
friend.
THAT is impossible" replied Bichat,
"and if it We're not for one thing l
would be quite willing to die"
"What is that?" asked the friend.
II am exceedingly sorry" answered
Bichat, that L shall not have an op.
portunity to perform an autopsy on
myself after my death, for know that
I would make some wonderful scien-
tific discovery"
An hour later he was dead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
THE SOD SCHooLHOUSE.
Tho Distinctive Sign of the West is Dis
appearing.

appearing.
There IS something of more than
passing interest in the news that South
Dakota's last sod schoolhouse is about
to be razed. The sod schoolhouse was
virtually unknown east of the Missis-
sippi except in part of Illinois and In
diana. East of the Alleghanies and
throughout the stretch of country be-,
tween that range and the great river
log schoolhouses We're the rule at the
outset in pioneer days. But in a por-
tion of Illinois and in the greater part
of the region between the Mississippi
and the Rocky Mountains, especially
aims, the absence of timber made some
other kind Of material necessary in the
construction of the original cabins for
all sorts of purposes. Schoolhouses ap-
peared almost as early as habitations.
Thus the little sod schoolhouse be-
came almost as familiar landmark on
the great plains as was the Indian or
the buffalo. Like them, too, it has had
its day and is about to pass on. South
Dakota as State is only little over a
dozen years old, but time moves swift.
ly in this age. More changes have
come in that locality in the past thirty
or forty years than were made in all
the preceding century and quarter
since the Verendryes went up the Mis-
souri, in searching out new fur-trap-
ping grounds for their French friends
in Canada. That was long before La
clede and Chouteau laid the founda-
tions of st. Louis. In one respect,
which is hardly realized, there has
come sweeping change in the past
thirty years, largely, too, through the
efforts of the late j. Sterling Morton.
There are far more trees on the great
plains now than Coronado, from his
glimpse Of them three and two-thirds
centuries ago, ever dreamed would be
there.
In the evolution of the American
community the sod schoolhouse held
an important place. In most Of these
little nurseries of American democracy
the name Of PestaloZzi, of Froebel, or
even of Horace Mann, may not have
been known, but they met the demands
of their habitat as successfully as did
the little red schoolhouses of New Eng
land, and are as fully deserving as
their laureate. Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota, Montana, Colorado and
the rest of the newer States have
changed the material Of their institu-
tions of learning in the lapse of time,
though the alteration in spirit and
ideals has necessarily been less
marked. Pixies, Longs and Wilson P
Hunts "Great American Desert" is to-.
day dotted with fourishing, progres.
sive and happy communities, but that
vast domain contains nothing more
typically and robustly American than
were the little sod schoolhouses which
have passed out with the Indian, the
trapper, the buffalo, the prairie schoon.
er and the rest of the primitive life of
the vanished American frontier.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24

Officers returned from the war are
full of compliments on the business ca
pacity displayed during their absence
by their wives. Many of these have
been the administrators OF goodly es.
tates during the absence of their lords,
and as such have shown themselves
proficient in all sorts of practical af-
fairs usually falling to the lot OF man.
One young military hero who was
called away from his honeymoon to
proceed to South Africa conflded To
his young bride Il checl, book, the first
she had ever controlled. Her husband.
returning, was delighted to hear from
her lips that she had been so vigilant
as to make the money do which he
had paid into his account. 4 note
from his banker informed him, how
ever, that it was overdrawn by several
hundreds. The lady, confident, fetched
the check book, and. pointing to the
cemaining leaves, exclaimed in triumph:
"See, there are three left"-London
Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
Walking Dresses.

The colors of walking dresses are to
cry and applique are to be more pat
ronized than ever. Cloth and taffeta
decoupe will be found on a prominent
pedestal, and trimming of linen lace
worked in wool or silk will be seen
decorating some Of the fine cloth
gowns. Glace coats and entire glace
dresses will again be well established,
and as for the fashion of their make
well, in this instance fashion will a
tale unfold, for every coat worthy the
designation novel shows tail at the
back, and perhaps this is very de-
sirable state of affairs in view of the
fact that We continue to patronize the
tight-fitting skirt, which is in truth not
entirely becoming to every woman who
elects to wear it. That small tail at
the back Immediately takes off the too
suggestive look Of tightness. In the
front the coats are for the most part
cut round and bear revers or a narrow
galloon. Many coats are, however, cut
three-quarter length, either with belt
or to fit tightly to the waist at the back
and to be semi-ftting in the front. The
skirts are Enthusiastically shorter, but
as unmistakably on the ground; in
stead of wearing train of six inches
We wear train Of four inches. That
is all the public protest against long
trains has done toward their abolition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-24
New Sweaters For the Athletic Girl.

Among the smart wear in sweaters
are hand-knit white wool ones, having
a beautifully designed stripe raised
from the separating stitches of plain
knitting barely perceived. These stripes
are vertical, consequently becoming to
the figure. For collar and cuffs to
the bishop sleeve are wide bands Of
plain knitting in light blue, or green. or
red. This gives the smart air-which
all such hand-knit sweaters have
lacked heretofore. Fifteen dollars may
seem rather stiff price. but is in real.
ity moderate one, If the time and skill
to knit one is taken into consideration,
to say nothing Of the quantity Of wool,
or the unusual wear they are sure to
give.