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served in the Soderbaum household.
While this was being done few years
ago Il cannon prematurely exploded
and blew off Soderbaum's left hand.
Being machiniSt, it was thought that
he would never be able to follow his
trade again, but as he had acquired
much valuable knowledge and expert
cnce in his line he was greatly grieved
at the prospect in front of him. He
resolved to make an effort to do his
old work and had 4 device made, de-
signed in a measure to take the place
of the missing hand.
This he does with an attachment to
the arm which probably differs consid-
crably from any other ever devised.
The cut (from the American Ma
chinist) shows the attachment Of the
arm with the wise in place. This wise
was made by its user, and Is for hold
inr rhisels. centre-punch. letter stamps,
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and look on like big dog watching
man whitewash a fence.
He wasn't ugly or threatening,
rierely Interested in a lazy, casual sort
Of way. But while he was there l
never moved, even to turn my head.
And when he came in slantwise from
above, and caught q glimpse Of his
great blunt 1nuzzle and crescent jaws
ragged with arrowhead teeth, would
make one gaspihg VOW. that if I got
up safely no money would ever get
me down again.
"But once out Of water and on the
tug AMONG the men, hadn't the spunk
TO speak. Two words to the boss and
he'd have had the shark pitt out Of
business in no time, some way or 9th.
er. Not one diver ia 90 has his right
courage tinder water; but WAS too
young to acknowledge that then. 1
pretended that I'd got used to my visi.
tor-indeei, that was rather interest
ed in watching him.
81 don't suppose fooled them much.
Tivey, the engineer, seemed to guess
the truth of the matter, anyway, and
with IN old mans delight in picking
en- younger one, he did what he
could to add to my misery. He'd throw
cut his greasy waste whenever the
brute came around, by way of keeping
II from deserting. And sometimes
when was up, he'd pitch a piece of
PORK nailed to barrel stave. It's jaws
would clash on it like a bear-trap, and
the old fellow would chuckle horribly
and say: Wait till ye get absent
minded some time down below. and
move your arm too Sudden! You'll
find that everything that moves quick
# pork to him.
Then the next time the brute came
near me 1 would sit all hunched to-.
gether, and as felt him nose me, now
this side, now that, l quaked as If
from squirt of icy, water Once he
brushed me with his elephants ear of
a forward fin and rolled his great
eirth against me as he turned. l stiff
fened out with q jerk that almost
spilled me off the sings.
"Well, that sort Of thing couldn't
go on, and 1t didn't, but the end Of it
came from d direction and with a
suddenness 1 hadn't had any hope Of.
AS you may know, a good many Key
West spongers, when regular business
is slack, do a little 'tiger-killing. For
4 sharks about half liver, and it tries
cut gallons to a Gods gills, though of
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,--=.s-..-cateri dc..s..s 81 8
" enough, and the other meA ~
| keen for the sport
''Ear1y the next morning the spong-
ers brought over their line. There
k,wassa hundred fathotns of 1t, with q
six.foot snood OF steel chain and a
regular o1d-time blubber-spade of a
harpoon. The men rigged the small
MINDLESS for reel, and 1 had them
set 1t we'll up in the bow, figuring to
avoid fouled lines. Then put on ex-
ira weight, for my idea after making
my strike was to drop from the slings
like plumb, and then lie low on bot
tom. started down In a sort of JOY
Gus excitement.
81 hadn't much more than laid the
iron down beside me and got to work
| when my groper chickens melted out
of sight. felt the water push against
my back, and I knew the brute was
cnce more behind me.
81 turned, but gra,lu' 'ly as jack.
screw. His great torpedo-shaped head
hung well within reach. If could get
him through that pulpy2t mackerel
crown! But he suddenly drew back.
saw would have to do some shadow
catching. The excitement made me
cool. He hove to, and began to throw
lis lazy curves about me. That gave
me broadside chances, but 1 wouldn't
take them. Then, seemingly without
the slightest fear. he turned and came
straight in on me.
81 threw UP the iron. His vicious bot
tle-green eyes caught the quick move
ment with one hungry flash, and the
next movement the. huge curve OF
muddy white was whirling over at
and at me!
81 struck wildly just below the
spreading reef of jaws, and threw my
self off the sings with an unnerved
yell of terror that roared and doomed
about my helmet as went the 20
feet to bottom. There flattened my.
self beside q big frkin-like logger.
head sponge, and lay gasping.
1.-THE Nantucket sharking boats are
not only built solid as ice-crushers,
but are covered with heavy steel-wire
meshing as we'll. For even the six-and
eight-foot wolves they go after will
often turn when strr < and try to tear
the little craft to pieces in their fury.
II I'd known that then, I'd have eaten
and slept with all the tigers in the
Caribbean before tried any under-sea
narpooning.
81 could feel something saving and
chopping at my hose and line, and fear
alone forced me to turn over and see
what it was. The water above me
was in one swirling draw and surge
like the double maelstrom whirl from
the screws of an ocean steamer; but
there was little sand to rise from bot
tom, and could take in the situation
with horrible clearness.
81 had simply set the brute mad with
rage, and not having me to vent it on
he had flung himself at the slings
The hanging stage was already jerking
about in ragged splnters, and as he
leaped and twisted and doubled, his
jaws caught and gnashed it through
again and again. Then he threw him
self against the side of the Belle. rip
ping and striking and pitching abou
Ike 20 rabid panthers. When he lie
lis tail go, it was like bunch of elias
tic thick as a tree loosed off at full
stretch. He struck faster than ;
thrasher can use fail.
"I hope may never again have sucl
feelings as l had during those min
rses. It seemed nothing but a choic'
of deaths. At any moment he migh
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lace, "is s175,OOO. 1t is intrinsically
worth all that, but woman who
wears it at her neck would rather take
it from this hidden cabinet than from
under the nose of the people on holi-
day."
"And yet" 1t was suggested, your
theory is unusual"
mot at all, he. answered. ga T.
Stewart, the first merchant OF New
York, never mad a window display"
A flight of steps and door to the
left leads into furnished store OF
three small rooms. 1t is not as large
as an East Side fiat. There is no
stock at all, no Office, no desk, no
clerks. The proprietor receives a
customer as a gentleman of leisure
does a caller, and discusses business
as they lounge in upholstery chairs.
He has nothing to sell, but when the
business is over he may, perhaps, put
check for $25,000 in his pocket. He
can then afford to wait few days for
another customer to drop in. His
quarters are large enough, for he deals
in castles of the air.
His widow display is single arm
chair upholstered in cretonne with
wide bands of flowers.
1.-THE styles have changed" said he.
"a few years ago upholstery was rich
and sombre, now 1t is bright and fan
ciful. French cretonne has replaced
the plush and hrocade."
The walls of this cosey store are
adorned with sketches in water-color.
These are the goods in stock. A Gus
toner wanting a room furnished or
altered may have ideas of his own
Or he may leave the whole matter to
the merchant. There are those who
worry about the smallest details, who
spend week in giving their order,
and who haunt the job until it is
finished A man will sometimes enter,
stand by The door, and while consult
ing his watch give the street and num-.
her of his residence, just finished,
leave instructions to fix 1t up all
right" and be seen no more until ne
pays the bill of thousands. This mer-
chant deals only with private resi-
dences. The ordinary cost OF decorat-
ing and furnishing bedroom is from
$1,000 to $1,000. But he can, if r''t 70
it. charge $4,000 for a single table
New York Post.
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Tool For ornnmentinc Wood.

Smoked or charred wood, leather,
ETC.. have recently been used for deco
rative purposes until much interest
has been manifested in the prepara-
ton of designs and articles. In the IL.
lustraton is seen new charrins tool
for this work, the invention Of John
2. Muller. 1t comprises a reservoir
for the storage Of q volatile liquid,
which easily turns to gas when eX-
posed to the air, with compression
bulbs for forcing aid through the
liquid and stylus to be heated by
the flame of the resulting gas. The
stylus is rounded at the tip and Is
hollow, the fame being projected
against the interior instead of acting
direct on the surface to be decorated
Pressure on the bulbs drives all
through the liquid, mixing the latter ir
yaporous form with the air and fore
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sE1F.soAp1Na scRUBBING BRUSH.

brush 4 stamped galvanized receptacle
is provided for holding the soap, which
NAV consist Of waste, or Clipped
pieces, MS most convenient These are
introduced through a circular opening.
The sectional illustration shows plainly
the openings through which the soap
anu water are fed to the fibre or brls'
Ties. The manufacturers of this nov
city assert their brushes use a mini
mum of soap, and there is no need to
swill the floor with Il wet cloth before
beginning TO scrub. The brush is easily
cleaned
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the attraction shown in the illustration,
which has for it's object the maintain-
ing of a platform at great height
with an elevator to carry passengers
up and down. Going up in balloon.
is feat that the majority of people,
do not care to perform, but fsithe,
balloon were captive, with no chance
for it to escape, it would make little
difference at what height 1t was ail.
chored; the higher up it was thejgreat-
er would be the temptation to ascend
and view the scenery. The intention.
Of the inventor is to provide a car Sf
sufficient buoyancy to carry cables nf;
great length, with means for drawing
the balloons down to anchor it close'
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metallic receptacle is provided, which
has the sides slopins toward each other
at the top. On this receptacle are
placed two plates of tin or other POI
ished mrtal, provided with slots, which
allow them to be set at right angles
to each Other. supporting small lamp
cn the shelf formed at the centre. The
receptacle underneath is partially filed
with water, and small quantity Of
coal oil is placed on the surface to kill
the moths or other insects, which, at
tracted by the bright flame and the
numerous reflections OH the surface Of
the tin, will circle around the appa
retus until they like against one o.
tile retlectors, falling into the liquid.
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this case. Ineic 10 Z. 49, -
In the observation platform, through
which the car rises to discharge and
take OH passengers, with single cable
to operate the car. Joseph Greth Is
the inventor.
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UNDER=SEA SHARKING.
TALE OF A DEEP-SEA DIVER:
By ARTHUR E. McFARLANE.

The old diver was putting a rubber
Iatch on one of his sons suits.
1t amt what you could call right
handsome piece of tailoring, is it," ne
said. The waists just trifae too
much like a sea-cow's, and as for the
trousers, an elephants amt much bag
gier. don't wonder that when mai
gets into clothing like this, and then
crowns 1t with head-pieee like a
.wall-eyed lookout lamp a shark never
takes him for anything human and
catable.
mo, a shark won't touch man iii
armor' And they're not SO mighty
fierce after human flesh out OF 1t: On
q Black coast the nativesll tell you
they can run the surf and dive for
coins without much danger because
sea.tigefs' hardly ever touch any but
white men; and almost all whites IN
shark waters have a firm belief that
dark meat is the only sort the brutes
care about
"As for their cruelty-+hough I've
got shuddering, vivid recollection OF
the fury of one of them when wound
sd don't believe much In that, eth
ur. When they make a kill they tear
1t to pieces and down it the quickest
they can, which isn't more brutal than
nature. Indeed, what's made me sick
hundred times has been the cruelty
oi sailors and fishermen toward them.
like fish in a pan just little better
than I like them in the water. But
It's a worse animal than I've ever run
across that deserves torture. And sea
beasts are, as a rule, the most harm:
less, easy-going, good-natured tribe
imaginable.
"My only adventure with a shark
vas in the spring when hired with a
regular wrecking company, and had my
first Job south of Cuba That was the
:ising of the famous Georgia Belle,
which was about the unluckiest and
costliest yacht that ever kept mil
lionaire from worrying lest he'd die
rich.
"On this occasion she'd rim ON one
G. those saw-tooth reefs off Cayo Lar
60 in the Jariinillos; and after giving
her owner and his friends just time
enough to get away in the boats. she'd
backed and took to the bottom, frs
bow and then stern. Wnen / climbed
down to look at her, found 80 feet
of her forward sheathing from keel
to cutwater riddled and tori like a
biscuit-tin target. And the first part
ct my Job was to sling myself over
her side, like house painter fror
roof, and put 'sticking.plaster'
toncrete and canvas over every
ri those thousand odd holes. It wa =
months contract, snd promises to ae
"a mi ighty tedious one too.
ssHB,lf up above we had e6Gsidesa 3 +
diyersion Not only were there
s
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A ONE.ARMED
MACHENIST
A Wise on the End of Stump to Take
Place of Hand.

Gustav E. Sodnrbaum, Of Holyoke,
Mass, was born on the Fourth of July,
and since his arrival in this country ten
years ago Two of his seven children
were born on the same memorable day.
The result Is that the Fourth of July
is q day which must be properly OBJ.
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ing it to the point Of delivery inslde
the stylus. Here flame is presented
to ignite the Jet, after which frequent
pressure on the bulb maintains the
fame and controls the temperature OF
the charring tool. The more rapid
the flow of air and gas the greater the
heat generated.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The atmospheric pressure upon the
surface oi an ordinary man Is 32,4O0
pounds, or over ID 1-2 tons. The Or
dinary rise and fall of the barometer
increases or decreases this pressure by
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ELEVATOR
TO THE CLOUDS
Captive Balloon With Car Dangling
From Below.

Patrons of suburban parks have come
to look for new sensational features
every year. and it is not improbable
that some amusement promoter may
decide to offer Ills patrons this year
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tanning small charge of powder OF
Illuminating compound. After passing
through this compartment the fuse
extends to the main explosive charge.
Catches md Kills the Moths.

The affinity of the moth for the flame
is well known, and this lnordinate love
. is utilized in the device illustrated
herewith 20 eXterminate the insect. \
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Even Genius Mistakes.

"This beautiful morning" said tho
meet 81 can feel the sap rising"
perhaps it's only softening Of the
brain, my DEAR" responded his wife
atlanta Constitution.
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Rrnsh With soap magazine.

A self soapng scrubbing brush is the
novelty illustrated herewith in seceion
and perspective AT the back OF the
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A ROMAN ScHooLBoY.

Work Done by Graeco- Roman Pupils
1000 Years Ago.
Something new in the form of an ex-
ercise book for budding Greek schol-
ars has made its appearance in Ger
many. Into this Greek Reader" says
the Westminster Gazette, have been
packed all sorts of delightful and al
most unknown specimens of the litera-
ture of ancient Greece, such as fables,
fairy tales, stories, ETC., adapted for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-07-16

The police force of Montreal, Can
ada arc nearing lectures once week
on both civil and criminal law.
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high estimate To Say l.----
100000 to 1OOOO,OOO,OOO feet of lumber
are annually thus utilized.

UUU,UUU 10 lU,UUU,UUOUUU lScl VI iuhpSi
are annually thus utilized.
An observer of small things Is said
to have seen a certain little fly run
three inches, taking in the passage
from point to point, 440 steps-all
in a second of time. To equal this,
in proportion to his size, a man would
have to run 20 miles minute. A COM
mon flea leaps 200 times its own
length. To do as we'll, man six feet
tall would have to jump 1900 feet.
There has recently been mounted IN
the Admiralty building in London a
British gun which has an interesting
history. The gun, which is bronze
12.pounder, was found last year in Pe-
kin by the Germans, and as it proved
to be a British piece of ordinance 1t
was handed over to Admiral Seymour,
who discovered that it was the gun
which he himself had lost from the
eunboat in the Canton river in the
Chinese war of 1S57-62. The Chinese
had dredged it from the river and
taken it to Pekin.
The whitening of hair, so familiar to
us. has not been easy to explain. IN a
recent study of the subject, E. Metch-
nikoff has found that nigment atrophy
of the hair is due to action OF pha-
gocytes. or white blood corpuscies'
which, absorb the pigment and trans
fer it elsewhere: In whitening halr
and it's roots the phagocytes filled with
nipmcnts are numerous, while they
gradually disappear as the process
progresses, ami are almost completely
absent in perfectly white hair. This
discovery of the part played by phago'
cytes sheds light on various puzzllng
facts. It shows, for instance, that the
sudden turning white OF hair In a
single night, or in few days. is a
result of increased activity set up ID
the phagocytes of the hair.
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ends, contracting the size Of the OPEN
ing sufficiently 10 cause the sharp
teeth to bite into the shell and sevet
II
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
BALTIMORE BASEBALL
CLUB is NOW IN COURT

why the receiver should not be appoint
ed as prayed.
The bill states that in January the
club became a member of the American
League ard leased the present grounds
on the York Road. This lease. the bill
declares, was assigned to President Ban
Johnson in March last as trustee.
During the present month 1t is stated
that several OF the players on the team
Jumped to New York because of in
ducements held out by the National
League, and that on the day following
this occurrence President johnson, act
ing with some of the managing officers
of the petitioning company. caused a de-
fault Of the game to be made and pro-
cured a declaration of forfeiture.
II Is alleged that this action was
wrongful. and that President johnson is
acting as individual owner of the COM
panys property In gross violation OF his
duty as trustee. He is further charged
with wrongfully apprupriating the re-
ceipts from the games played since the
declaration OF the forfeiture of the
frauchfSe
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
Majority Stockholders
Trying to Regain Con-
troll of Grounds.
ASK FOR A RECEIVBRSHlP
Declare Ban Johnson's Action in Assum-
ing Control Illegal-Want an Ac-
counting of Its Finances and Iniunc-
tion Against Sale.
lspecIal to The Washington rime-,

BALTIMORE, July 2S.-The troubles o.
the Orioles are far from being over. A
fresh supply arrived today when Mr..
Conway W. Sans, attorney of the Balti-
more Baseball and Athletic Company,
fled a bill in circuit court No. 2 asking
that receiver be appointed to take
charge Of the American League grounds,
and also that President Ban Johnson. Of
the American League, be required to ac-
count TO the old owners of the club for
all money received by him since Nc
Graw and his feilow-conspirators shook
the dust of this city from their feet and
allied themselves with the National
League.
This action is regarded as a move on
the part of the parent organization TO
hinder, as far as possible, the younger
organization in carrying through its
schedule.
The Eill was filed against Byron b.
Johnson. defendant, and upon it Judge
Henry d. Harlan signed an order requir
ing c,.rse to be shown by July 81 next
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
SECRETARY MOODY Is
FOND OF BASEBALL
An Ardent Admirer of the Rational
Game, He Is Often to Be Found
at American League Park.

Secretary Moody, of the Navy Depart
ment, when not engaged with his duties
finds recreation in witnessing game of
baseball
Besides being an ardent admirer of the
national sport. the Secretary OF the Navy
Is is>thorougnly posted in regard to the per-
sonality OF the players and keeps himself
Informed as TO their movements and the
policies CT the various leagues, major
ard minor. While watching the game
the other day, Secretary Moody said:
A winning team cannot be collected in
one season, and it oftentimes becomes
necessary TO devote several seasons to
accomplishing such a result Advertise
ment obtained in securing such Z player
as Lajcte will materially benefit an or
ganization. as the receipts at the gate
will demonstrate.
Such was the experience with the
Boston club in cCnnectiCl with Clarkson,
Kelly and other stars who were paid
what seemed TO extravagant salaries. But
it was good policy on the part of the
management, and they reyer regretted
their outlay. Cleveland is experiencing
similar benefit frcm securing Lajcie,
whom l regard as the greatest baseball
player who ever appeared in j uniform.
Nothing will ever supcrssde baseball
NS thC hdNAOAaA ktsolilliS III THIS
and as long as our boys continue their
{ Il rts at hailulaying whenever an op-
pcrtunity presents itself there will be
talent developed which viii be apprecl-
ated by these who foster this fascinating
outdoor exercise.
From the day when I was Interested
in the local club at Haverhill down to
the present time l have always taken
an interest in baseball and the men who
play the game. and expect TO do SO as
long as the game furnishes relief from
the cares of public duties.
Whenever l attend a game it is a
pleasure to score the points made and
contrast the players OF today with these
Of a score of years ago. when was con-
nected with the New England League.
1T is bad policy. though. to dispose
of coming players for temporary pecun-
larry considerations. and when a club
has good player it will pay to keep
him, and get as man. more like him
rs possible TO make the team symmetri-
al and give patrons of the game
proper return for their attendance.
1T may appear like extravaganza to
'ay salaries such as ars reported in
The cases Of men like Laioic, but 1t is a
sood policy for the club management to
pursue and will surely repay them many
ines over for their investment"