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stopping to deliver 1t. The lights are put
there for the guidance and safety of the
captains and they are forced to pass with
IN arms reach of the lights in going through
the Unlmak passage. But they refuse to
stop and lower a boat for less than $50.
This makes the officials of the lighthouse
board very tired, but they have to put up
with it for the good of the keepers.
Married men are selected by preference
for these distant stations, for they take
their families with them. There are four
keepers and four families at ea2h Of these
two lights, and the government furnishes
them with seeds and encourages them to
raise all the vegetables and flowers they
can. The weather is not so severe as might
be ina gined in that region Despite tie
fact that they are close to the arctic circle,
the warm Japan current tempers the air,
and though there are a good many fOgs the
weather is not SO severe as It might be.
1t would be almost out of the question to
give even a list of the remarkable Hgkts
that have been erected under The super
vision of the lighthouse board. The work
has been going on since 1910 and in that
time there have been great many re-
markable engineering difficulties overcome.
The lighthouse on MinOt's ledge outside Of
Boston, has been renewed once and is a
remarkab BILE piece of work. The Graves
light. which has recently been completed
off Boston. Is another that is a triumph of
engineering over natural difficulties end
the Mile Rock light, just In the throat of
the Golden Gate. cost the contractor and
the government officials many a sleeDlass
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visits from the tender. In this time they
removed 4,630 cubic yards of rock and
cleared the space for the station.
~
But the work was harder In the doing
than in the telling. To cut the first benches
from which to really work, men had to be
swung from the crest over the overhanging
face of the rock. Small charges OF black
powder were exploded to give the laborers
their first foothold, and the work was car
ried all around the crest of the rock be-
fore the workmen had anything like a
proper shelter from the wind and the
breaking seas or could use giant powder
to advantage in blasting out the hard In
ner rock that met them after the first rot
ten surface had been scaled away.
The cost Of reducing the rock cap was
SO, 537 or s.. SO for every cubic yard re-
moved. 1t took pound Of giant powder
for every cubic yard Of material blasted
out, and the men who did the work were
warmly commended by the engineer Gen.
Gillespie, for their honesty and perseyer-
ance. Unfortunately warm commendation
is usually all the officers in charge can give
aside from plain day wages. and warm
&C mmendation does not buy overcoats.
There was one time soon after the men
landed when there was a terrific hurricane
and for two weeks it was impossible for the
tender TO visit the rock. Some wreclag e
was washed up on shore and started the re-
port that the whole party had persisted
They were all pretty nearly killed, but man
aged TO weather the storm and finished
their work without complaint at the hard
ships to which they had been subjected.
The building of the station after the rock
cap was reduced was a comparatively easy
matter and now there IS a comfortable first
class light established on the rock with a
steam fog siren and all the comforts of
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than If they had discovered a new comet
They should have been politicians, but It
would have seemed too much Ike work.
Now work is fashionable and every man
is going into politics with the intention OF
purifying il. What they really do is TO
cultivate large and discriminating appe-
tites. They become rotund and heavy In
weight. The cares of state add cubits 10
their waist lines A fat man IN Wash
ington means successful politician. It
Is a part Of the game.
There's certain dignity that goes with
everything over two hundred pounds. We
speak of such a one as OF weight.
He is. When he approaches three hundred
he becomes a human fortress. II he were
the prop rietor of a brewery we would re
gard him with disgust But as a politician
he is imposing.
Young doctors are obliged TO get married
if they wish to succeed in their profess
sion and young lawyers cultivate patH-
archal boards. An actor must have fur
lined oYercoat. There are tricks in all
trades. Mr.. Fftzsimmons now alludes 20 his
recent defeat as my unfortunate faint
ing spell"
The trick of political power lies in accu-
mulated pounds of solid flesh. The thin men
can invent balloons and submarines
Let have men about that are fat;
Sleek-headed men, a4d such as sleep o nights
You'd Cassius has a lean and hungry lcok.
lie thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
There is a great poets summary OF
politician
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night before it was completed, at a total
cost of 100000
But the record light of the whole service
for difficulties OF construction was on the
Tillmanook Rock. off the coast of oregon.
This light was twenty miles south OF the
mouth of the Columbia river. Its construc-
ton is a whole story in itself. 1t was at
first thought that the light might be placed
on the mainland But the fogs in that re-
giop made it imperative to locate the light
on the rock itself This rock is about
mile from shore and rose originally 100 feet
above mean water. 1t has abundant sur
face for a station. but the bulk of the rock
- under water at high tide and even
landing there is a dangerous business. The
first OF the engineers who attempted to get
on the rocks was drowned.
1t was necessary to cut off the whole top
OF the rock to get the foundation for the
station, and this work alone took months.
Two men were landed on the rock from
small boat, and they rugged a rope from a
point of the rock to the mast of the vessel
that had brought them there. over this
rope all the supplies and men were landed,
first small derrick and then a larger
one, the parts of a hosting engine and
tons Of powder, cement and tools. This
work was not all done at once but in sew
eral trips, and the party OF ten adven-
turous quarrymen finally found Judgement
on the rock. From October II to May 81
they worked necessarily, exposed to all
sorts of hardships, with only occasional
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Why Women Boss Us.

From the Memphis News Sclmitar.
We now know why the scepter is slowly
passing from the hands OF the masculine.
1t is because of his clothes.
Miss Agnes Reppler. Philadelphia essay
list and club woman. says So
She says so long as men wore costumes
that Interpreted their strength. enhanced
their responsiveness and concealed their
shortcomings" long women accepted
them as masters.
When men rashly abandoned the bright
costumes that charmed the other sex they
saw their finish.
Miss Reppler thinks women were wise
as serpents In not abating glad clothes, or
words to that effect. Dress enhances wo-
mans beauty and concesls her defects
Her garb is her weapon. She is following
nature, as the bright plur7aged birds. and
nature gives her ascendancy.
And there you are.
The situation seems hopeless.
Either men must go back to velvet knee
breeches and gold buckles, slashed doub-
let, lace trimmings, feathered hat and I'm
gerie, or let women go on dominating.
II Is UP 20 man.
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ly commended and promoted. and the SEQ
ond two were summarily discharged.
There is no objection to a lighthouse man
carrying on any occupation that does not
interfere with his care OF the light. Some
of the Hight keepers are notaries, some
Cobblers and some tailors. while there is
one man on the Atlantic coast who goes
every Sunday and fills a neighboring pulpit.
The life is not an easy one in many cases,
but the government does much TO render
the service attractive. and II the officers OF
the lighthouse board had their way and
more money 10 carry out their Ideas, there
are n good many of the harder stations
that would benefit in increased pay and
would get more OF the Injuries as well as
the necessarics of life.
The lighthouse board OF the United States
consists of the following members:
Victor II. MetcaIf. Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, eX-offlcio president; Rear Ad-
miral Benjamin P Lamberton, United
States navy, chairman; Colonel Walter 5.
franklin Major Harry F. Hodges, Corps
of Engineers, United States army; ar.
Henry S. Pritchett. Institute of Technology;
Colonel Amos Stickney. Corps of Engineers,
United States army; Captain Albert Ross.
United States navy; Captain Uriel Sebree,
United States navy. naval secretary; Lieu
tenant Colonel Daniel w. Lockwood, Corps
of Engineers, United States army, engineer
secretary.
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keys and islets off the Florida and gulf
coasts Some of them are almost little
visited as the lights Of Alaska, but they
have better weather as a rule and are more
to be desired permanent stations But
there are no permanent stations in the SeTv-
ice. When a man has served a tour OF
duty at one Of the faraway points the
board tries to get him placed for while
at one of the more desirable lights. There
Is no fixed tour Of duty, but changes are
made as the good of the service indicates
and man is promoted for faithful service
and disagreeable duty as he would be In
any other ell-conducted establishment.
The rules Of the service are very strict.
There Is no excuse that viii be accepted for
deserving light or letting it go out. Some
years ago in Chesapeake bay one OF the
desolate little iron houses was carried out
by the ice. The two keepers stayed with
1t for sixty-five hours through the most
terrible suffering, and when It finally
grounded, they got ashore, saved a part of
the library and instruments and reported
by telegraph to the Treasury Department
A nelghboring light of the same sort was
in the same danger. and as the Ice pre-
Guided the possibility of any vessels need
ing the light and as there was every pros
pect that the house would he carried of
by the ice, the two keepers deserted il and
went ashore. The first two men were warm
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home. Despite the fact that 1t IS so close
to civilization, the lighthouse Is one of the
Most inaccessible in the service and the
keeper is almost as much cut off from
Alaska or the farthest section OF the Phil
ipp!nes.
X u
Much the same thing is true of the Mile
Rock light, Just outside of San Francisco.
This light is a third-class station and Is
much smaller in every way than the Till
manook Rock, which has been in operation
since 1851 The Mile Rock light had
surface Of about 1,0b0 square feet and the
cap had TO be cut down to allow the foun-
dation plates of the little station to be
bolted to it. There is O l2-knot current
past the rock and the weather conditions
are about bad they could be for
working. So. although the undertaking was
much smaller than that at TillmanOok, the
difficulties encountered were of much the
same sort. The lighthouse itself had to be
built on a circular cement-hlled steel foun-
dation. and so violent were the storms that
when the steel foundation was filled with
hslf-dried cement 1t was denied by the
force of the waves.
The stonework for all of these difficult
houses is dressed and fitted before being
brought to the spot and 1t may be said
that the Tillmanook light was built with
out the sound of a hammer after the pre-
liminary clearing Of the rock. The cost Of
Tillmanook complete was something over
St25, goo, but it has much more than paid
for itself in the number OF vessels that
have been saved from going on that inhos-
pitable coast by getting their bearings from
the light or the fog signal in heavy
weather.
Many OF the lights on the southern coast
are OF iron and stand spider-lilSe on the
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discriminating approval in several Ian
guages
The tastes of politicians may differ, but
never their appetites. The falling of OF
hunger means the passing of power. He
is ready then to give up the field to more
valiant, younger men who can demon Sh
eatables with all the fury of boys at a
prep" school breaking training after
foot ball victory.
? There are senator's who rather brag of
their weakness for homemade pies that
has outltved Il cycle. of French. puddings
and Italian Ices. And learning THIS unsatls-
fed ye8rning for homemade pies may
not be bought-dainty hands have prepared
the dish and soon after wedding bells have
sounded.
The enic,1rearisnn Of Washington has al
most occasioned revolt. 1t all began when
the first low mutterings of the simple life
were heard. One statesman's name became
identified with buekwheat cakes. Anoth-
er's with hash. Our unterrihed president
boldly admitted a liking for corned beef
and cabbage. The kaiser cabled his fond
ness for frankfurters and sauerkraut
These be strenuous days!
Washington, though VIII always continue
to eat good things. 1t is as rich in recipes
as In ghost stories. Kings OF nnance often
do not know what to choose, but the al
derman always does. Captains OF industry
lunch at counters next their office boys.
but headers patronize Delmonico's. Poets
and artists are best known for their haoft
of starving, and society men always cine
with the left hand in the trousers pocket.
The politician knows that he will not pass
that way again until the next meal.
It is always cold under a palace wall,
but there is some psychic tonic IN the
shadow Of the White House One Murrey,
who catered for years In the senatorial res
taurant, learned more about political per-
sonages than their own wives knew.
He was persS,na grata with those who
iugsled affairs of tsate. He knew their
moods, their weaknesses. their successes
and their defeats He was aware that they
never gave up dining for debates He
might have spoken but he never did. He
respected the condolences of the dinner
table.
He proved the truth or the SAYING as 10
the road to masculine esteem. 1t was no
side issue in his life, but rather an abb
sorption. that grew more intense when he
recognized the influence of foods on men.
He helped to pass bills with a pinch of
papriiSa and defeated them With doughty
dumplngs.
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- LIGHTHOUSES are always increas-
Ing in number, but at present there
are 1,46+ Of them under the care
IL of the lighthouse board. Some Of
these are what is known as beacon
lights, and do not have a constant keeper,
hut the majority Of them are lighthouses
with from one TO four keepers The sal
airy list for this establishment is $4,000
Tor the coming year; that is 10 say the
lighthouse board wants that much and
certainly ought to get it, for the lighthouse
keepers are not a highly paid force in pro-
portion TO their importance. and the life for
some OF them is as dreary and lonesome as
could well be imagined
For instance. two of the loneiest lights
in tn" world are in the Alaska district, on
JnImdk Island, and guard the Unimak
pass, by which vessels make their way
lortGWdrd around the extreme end of the
Alaskan peninsula to Nome and the Boring
sea. The lights are Scotch Cap and Sari-
chef Fortunately for the keepers they are
less than fifteen miles apart but there are
months at time when the keepers and
their families do rot see each other. And
oven II they do, these two little communl-
ties so far off from the rest Of the world,
can hardly lind any great variety in an in
tsrchange Of visits between eight families.
The head keepers of these lights are
among the most highly paid in the service
The head men get a thousand dollars
=
Ing matter. The government aims to take
as good care Of them as possible, and the
small amount of money that is paid them
Is made up for In other ways. There Is a
theory, that has about as much foundation
in fact many other government theories
that a lighthouse keeper no matter who or
where he is, gets 5000 q year. 1t is on this
basis that the appropriation is made, and
Ias been for long time. But as mat
ter Of fact, tile board has to scale the pay
UP and down. some of the keepers getting
as little as 500 a year and others as much
as a thousand. OF course the Big lights
and the ones farthest from civilization com
mand the highest pay And In cases where
the far-off keepers get their food and fuel
supplied them the mere transportation Of
ghese necessities often costs more than the
cost OF the food and fuel.
The Scotch Cap and SaricheC lights were
rot so hard TO build, for all they are so
Tsr from civilization They have lot or
land, such as It is behind them. and the
houses are as warm and comfortable as
they can be made. There is plenty of fuel
and food, so that the keepers are materially
comfortable and the mail comes TO them
about once a month, while the lighthouse
tenders make regular trips every six
months. One of the things that rather
r.les the lighthouse board, however. is the
fact that the vessels carrying mail for
cheese far-Of keepers charge $50 a trip for
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been conquerors OF men who were also dis
patchers OF meals. Genteel biographers do
not always go into these matters. but inner
life histories make US aware that George
Washington was fond OF the ham of his
native state. and that beefsteaks punctuated
the careers OF other heroes with alarming
frequency.
No sooner does a man acquire a position
OF power and salary that comes to him
easily from the nation than he develops Il
keen and active interest in the higher life
culinary.
One reason for this is that political pre-
ferment is not apt to come to man in the
days of his youth AS the years go or
dinner becomes more serious matter.
Later it evolves into one of life's safe and
sodden Joys.
More reckless and more aesthetic pleas
ures have faded. but the tocsin of dinner
still rings sweetly in the ears OF middle
age. Not always with TIE doctor the
actor or the artist. but Invariably with the
politician.
Shakespeare knew this when he had
Caesar deplore Cassius' lean and hungry
look. There must be meat on the bones
of the diplomat The hypnotlsm of beef
has proven stronger than the magnetism or
oratory or the aroma of goodness.
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dressing. Murrey's experience had taught
MIN that the onion was not only misunder-
stood but abhorred by those chosen for the
high places Of the country. He shared the
fashionable prejudice SO far as duck was
concerned.
He wrote to the Herald Voicing what he
called sacrilege. He was positively bitter
in his Indignation IN few weeks the
north and south were again embroiled The
south was solid for the onion, and the south
won, but the controversy ragged for weeks.
It was another How old IS Ann? Poets,
elergymen and doctors took a hand for
and against.
1t had to be admitted in the end that a
southern NANNY knows how to cook a bird
great deal of feeling displayed on both
sides Murrey came on to New York to
back up his argument and enlist influence
| in his behalf, that the question might
be settled in his favor. He was terribly in
earnest.
The famous senatorial hash was really
Murrey's hash. served for years to political
notables at the capital and landed by them.
He wrote of it. he did of foods, with
actual sentiment. as though he were rem
dering melody on a well-loved violin
with all the censure heaped upon IL by
an unappreciative public he said hash
is, from a hygienic standpoint the best
way Of serving food. This statement may
seem incredible, but when we consider IT
moment we realize the truthfulness Of 1t.
Most of us eat too rapidly either from for
getfulness or in case of hurry, and the re-
suit is arrangement Of the stomach, which
IN time ends with dyspepsia.
1.-THE homely American dish-corned beef
hash--when properly prepared is very ac-
ceptahle. The brisket is best. Lean meat
does not make good hash. II must be
chopped fine the night before it is wanted
and a quantity of warm boiled potatoes
added moistehed with clear soup, strongly
impregnated with onion flavor.
Mix these together and place in the ice
box. Next morning warm in frying pan.
Some like the hash Drowned. This is ac-
complished by using little butter In the
pan, which should be raised to an angle OF
80 degrees and the hash shaped like an
omelet, then turned deftly out a hot
dish
John Chamberlin was another of Wash
ington's prophets. He was one Of the group
of now extinct good livers, Col. Ochiltree
and Mai. Handy being equally famous for
culinary intelligence. They at one time
had a club where they entertained foreign.
notahles, all wearing chefs caps and
aprons and preparing the menu themselves.
They discovered a new way to cook ter
rapin, which was more important to thsm
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ola podrida as fare for any warriors but
Don QuiXote.
All~~this has come to US In few years.
We have sat at the feet of Oscar and heard
the suggestions that fell like pearls from
the lips of Philippe. We have tasted cur
ries made by Joe. We are no longer de-
voted to the frying pan. We know what
casseroles are. The coy corners of the
woman's maya zines tell the female dwell
ers in Lonelyville how to devil things in
chatting dish Fried pie for breakfast has
become Joke with US, where once it was a
terrible reality. Sausage and buckwheat
cakes are no longer seen in the best fam
lies
II 1t is true that foods make character and
determine sex. then the man who Is not
afraid of his dinner is bound to win out
He will be lucky in love and al cards. The
game Of political destiny is his.
America. the conqueror, has never taken
IS only fad. like our afternoon tea
Neither obtains In the Senate where they
have both chops and steak at the simple
morning meal, finishing with pancakes thin
as waters. light as gossarner.
Culinary good taste woke to infancy In
Washington, where statesmen Graded It
and Presidents smiled upon It. Foreign
ambassadors nurtured on boar's meat and
petritied eggs tasted our Chesapeake ducks
and our Kennebec salmon and began to
take a kindly interest in US. Now we are
shipping our products to the old world.
STEPPED in its thousands OF years of cpl
All our great minds get TO Washington,
As city 1t IS flower in a bunch of sky
scrapers. At other places there are smoke.
noise. nillionafres. rings, lids, tigers.
Washington is the city of magnificent dis
taIlces and dinners. 1t is astronomical
college, bestowing degrees on good feeders.
a man may learn nothing else there. but
he is sure to be taught just how many min
utss a teal takes to be properly undone
The Washington waiter is another Savarin.
Ha Is kept at extremes in his experiences
with the politicians who know everything
about cooking and the newly made Bene-
diets who know nothing. Behold, the bride
groom cometh!" means apple sauce and
hard-boiled eggs to these ebon ones edu-
Gated TO the danger point through serving
senators and representatives with butter
flies wings la brochette.
Eating houses in the city on the Potomac
have become famous the world over, not
through serving high-priced, cold-stored,
pttDnaine- breeding foods to the music OF
Hungarian bands but by placing before
ministers OF nations dishes that have wsa
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Many Of the gastronomic Inspirations
we owe to our politicians. The cocktail. tho
SIN rickey and the highball have all won
the esteem of an enthusiastically grateful
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There was one time he aroused the en-
tire country to the seriousness of his pro-
fession. The Herald published a southern
method for roasting canvasbaek, suggest
ing the addition of minced onion to the
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night before it was completed, at total
cost of SIOOBDO