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An Arti.t,. Mistake.

Danton, the celebrated caricaturist
had a wonderful power of modelling
from memory. After one long look at
his subject he could go to his studio
and make a bust quite perfect in its
resemblance.
One day young man came to him,
saying that his sister was i'll and about
to die and that, although the family
wished her bust modelled, they dared
not excite her by mentioning It.
Would he undertake to reproduce her
features after seeing her once? Dan
ton agreed. and next day the brother
Informed his sister that he intended
to present her with some Jewels and
that ii young man would bring some
specimens for her approval.
Danton brought in the jewels and,
going home, modelled bust OF strik-
ing resemblance. Next year an old
gentleman, the father OF the young
woman, came to order a bust Of the
brother, who also had died. This, too.
was marvellous success
The result Of such planning, how
ever, was not always as satisfactory
to his patrons as In these cases. A
gentleman who could not persuade his
wife to sit asked Danton to enter a
certain omnibus one day and fix in his
memory the features of the lady op-
posite him.
He did so, modelled a beautiful bust
aud sent 1t home. 1t proved, however
to be not the mistress, but the maid
who had also taken the trip in the
omnibus.
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The half inch United States standard
screw thread has thirteen turns per
inch. Mr.. Welsh, the original superin.
tendent OF the westinghouse Air Brake
works, USED Tor une naIr ncn DoII
twelve threads instead of thirteen.
This decision has proved to be mis-
take, and the company would be glad
TO change 1t, but the immense number
OF brake equipments which are out all
over the world, the constant call for
repairs and extensions make it impossi-
BILE
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Royal Women Gamblers.

Marie Antonette was slave to
cards. On one occasion she played for
thirty-six hours at sitting. with but
an intermisslon of a couple Of hours.
THE play at the queens table at
Fontalnebleu," wrote the Emperor Jo-
seph H., was like that in common
gambling house-people OF all kinds
were there and mingled without de-
corum. Great scandal was caused by
the fact that several OF the ladies
cheated"
Anne Boleyn, Henry Wills i'll fated
queen. was never quite so happy as
when playing for high stakes The
records OF privy purse expenses are
full of her winnings from her royal
spouse. for she was lucky player =.
Chicago Journal.
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an 1la on .n.tnu.

C--.-~- ...s o.l .le,ousl..re town
Of HonitoL, -. !, "-Yl. are immune
from arrest unt4 -..-. ~ evening
for while the horse fair is l.. j.. 1.,ras
the arm Of the law is powerless. Thl
Is in continuation Of quaint and pic
turesque ceremonial which has bee;
handed down from the time of Henr
III. When the horse fair begins tn,
town crier, In the gorgeous dress OF /:
beaG!e Of the last cen u.y. appears cur
rying pole, 1T the end o. which Is {;
large gilt glove deckcd with flower
Having rung h.s h:.u He'll three times
the crier, III his t,.r,e co.uered hat. ~,
nounced: 20. eZ, oyez. oyez! Tie II
Is begun; the g.ove is up; no mun G
be arrested I'll. The g'ovc is down. q
save the king" E;.ch sentence is e..
rused by the children stand ng IN
and at the conclusion they sCramb l.
nuts. The glove is taken down a su
set
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Doubled Initial. For p,ura,,,

Under the rule that the initial letter
OF word Is sometimes doubled to sig
Nifty the plural, BIB would be a proper
abbreviation for barrels. Probably
some one, unfamiliar with the. rule and
thinking the abbreviation too concise,
as 1t might be mistaken for an abbre-
Walton for boxes, bundles, bags or
butts, made 1t bbl. for one barrel, and
then, still ignorant of the rule. added
an for the plural. making 1t bbls. for
more than one.-Boston Transcript.
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A Dead Beast Of Vast Nor,,,ns.

CLAUS Magnus. bishop OF Upsala,
tells how a certain noble Englishman
saw on Aug. 81, 1882. "a dead beast
OF vast magnitude" which had been
cast up on the shore ut Teignmouth.
1t was ninety feet long and twenty
five feet In thickness, and evidently a
whale from the mention OF its blow
holes. and the fact that instead OF
teeth there grew to his palate above
1000 plates Of horn, hairy on one side"
The noble Englishman noted that 1t
had three bellies like vast caves and
thirty throats. whereof five were very
great" On Aug. %, 1885. an English.
man with business instincts saw two
flights OF birds collide with such force
near Preston that $50 OF them fell to
earth. He picked them up and sold
them in Preston market forthwith.
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The Bow and Arrow,

The first mention OF the bow and ar.
row is found In the Book of Genesis
where II is written that Ishmael, the
son Of Abraham, "dwelt in the wilder
ness and became an archer" "a bow
shot" too. is mentioned as a measure
OF distance. In the sculptured slate>
found at Khorsabad and Nineveh rep
RESERVATIONS OF archers frequently oc
cur. and the bow seems to have beer
a weapon In the Assyrian and Persian
armies.
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The cropping or tl --r4. locks
and beard OF Louis VII. Of France
brought on three centuries Of blood
shed. The archbishop of Rome had
decreed that the French king. as pen
ance, should shave and have his hair
cut short. His appearance SO star
tied and amused his spouse, Queen
Eleanor, that she laughed aloud and
began contemptuously to dirt with the
Count Of AnJou, afterward Henry II.
Of England. The shorn king stood
the disgrace for a time, but at last
sent evidence Of his grievance to the
pope and obtained divorce Eleanor
then married Henry. and as her dover
the rich provinces Of Poitou and Gui-
enne passed into MS nanus LOUIS
made hot attacks on Normandy. and
devastating wars. which continued for
some 300 years, were the consequence
Of this cropping OF a monarchs head.
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Length of Wall Paper Rolls.

"Most persons have an idea that all
pieces Of wall paper are necessarily of
one length remarked wall paper
man. Sometimes when receive or
ders from a distance wonder Just
what the patron Is figuring on. He
may get enough to paper two rooms.
and he may get only half enough. Some
figure overeconomically and some over
generously. Our domestic papers run
eight yards to the piece Those from
France and Germany measure nine
yards, while the English make their
rolls go lengthy that they contain quite
twelve yards. Then, Of course there's
the repeat. On some Of the new papers
with the smallest figures this is next
to nothing. and on some others, nota-
r.r ngE ''''a- bird rattlrv - It
cfc t-e figure required to~ each
iens Z neaas g loss ri d feor 90
ersr s... wrr on ne va. -Pa.aSa-
ph.a Aee,r9.
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Cicero's Wives.

Cicero had shrew named Terentia,
who made him do as she pleased. He
was under great obligations to Clodius,
but when the divorce suit of Caesar
against Pompilia came up for trial TIE
rentia compelled Cicero to appear
against Clodius. Tired of Terentia. Cic-
ero got divorce and married a rich
girl named Publilia, left her and lived
alone until his death.
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WAGENER

Nr. and Mrs. tillie Ragg,t visited
hur last week
Miss Little I.ybraud who is attend
,cho in Coumbia was eummoned
rda, To the lie sid, oi ber moth
MS W. Ly brand, WHO is very
ck
Hr. Joe Brown spent sunday at his
h"me near hopewell
Miss Minnie Garvin returned home
>Ierday after an extended visit to
Gf sister in Lexington.
Mr.. 1annt Cato. OF Monetta, visited
eiatives in town yesterday.
Miss Patsy George. Ccpvent,s pop.
uiar teacher, visited friends In town
Sunday.
Mr.. Jerrold, who has been Suffer-
log with blood poison In one OF his fin
gers is able TO be out again.
Mrs. Seabofn Williams and little
daughter are visiting Mrs Williams
parents in Columbia this week.
Mrs Hamp Fulmer and little Mag
gle are visiting at DIR, j. w. Lybrands
Dir and Mrs. Alfred Gunter OF Sand
Dam spent yesterday at Mr.. Haskell
GanJt's.
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starhsh.

Starfishes commit suicide. When one
Is caught in net 1t dissolves its cor
poration into a dozen or SO OF frag-
ments, and the pieces escape through
the meshes. In time each becomes a
perfect animal. To preserve the star
fish whole it must be plunged into a
bucket OF fresh water before 1t has
time to take the alarm. Fresh water
is instant death to 1t, and thus only
can some varieties Of the stardsh bs
preserved
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Pity the widower.

From the Cork Constitution: "The
friends of respectable young widow
want to get lrer housekeeping in a re-
spectacle widowers family Under
stands her business" There seems
certain want of finesse in this latter
Observation-Disclosures Punch.
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sober England.
In nothing have the habits Of Eng

hsh gentlemen more changed tban in
ths use Of vine Time was when each
plate and table was enhiaded, almost
surrounded, bT aH escor. OF wlua-
glasses. ranging from sherry 70 cham-
payne and tapering thence to madeira
ana brandy port, Ciaret, burgundy.
tne red al,ernn dng with die. white
and ne was no good man and true who
did not go through the list and survive
IL. Today at the great houses you may
have what you want. but rarely more
than three glasses are visible, for white
wine. for red wine and for champagne.
Apoliinaris is largely In evidence. The
fine old English gentleman who made
IT a merit to get drunk on port and to
sober up on claret has disappeared
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Origin of Lilac.

Both name and tree are Of Persian
origin, but came to us through Turkey
The name means "bluish" (see Skeat)
and indicates the color Of the flower
The tree is said to have been brought
to Vienna by Busbecq late in the six
teenth century. The first mention OF
the name 1 have seen in English Is iu
Gerard, where it is given as "lillach OF
lilach" and Is said to have been applied
by "the later physitians" to Syringu
caerulea, or "blew pipe" by which ev
identity Gerard means the lilac.
These trees" he says, grow moi
wild in England, but have seen then
growing in my garden in great plenty
There are, as is well known, different
varieties, some whit some different
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She Told Him,

De Bore - Is Miss LIlliwhite in?
Truthful Domestic - She's out. De
Bore-Hum! Whom is she out with =?
Truthful Domestic-Out with you.
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POPULAR PRICES.
Come and see
LALAMAS BROTHERS
RESTAURANT.

Also manufacturers of all the
FINEST CANDIES.
Chocolates, Bon. Bons, Creams and
Fruit Candies, put up in handsome
boxes for Holiday Gifts.
MAIL ORDERS HAVE PROMPT
ATTENTION.
Order your meals by Telephone and
we will be ready when the train ar
riVeS.
COR. BROAD s WASHINGTON
STR EETS.
AUGUSTA GA.
hone I244.
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Pine saIve is the best Salve ror sores
ourns. <sOils, letter, eczema, skin dis.
eases and piles. Sold by Timmons
Bros.
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.G.e, is ,a4e,l 10 as u1mcs. in uta,,,..

iGiS, is la..s:,i ~ as uInlc-t "a III. >, g.. -
its own weight as a dead load" a
SCIENTIST once experimental with a
small hard shelled beetle by putting
him under a common table tumbler
The little creature. not more than one
third Of an inch in length. was able to
move the glass in any direction. After
the experiment had been satisfactorily
made both the tumbler and the bug
were weighed. whereupon 1t was found
that the little Hercules had lifted $50
times its own weight! He Gid not car
ry the weight, of course. but caused 1t
to make some lively motions.
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II thou art a master, be sometimes
blind; If a servant, sometimes deaf
fuller.
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Strength of Insects and Animals.
series Of experiments made to test
the jaw force and pulling and lifting
strength of various kinds of insects
gives some curious points for study. 1t
he's heer fornd that : ccckchHTcr can
draw fourteen times his own weight
ana lie colnuor EJceyuea thirty.
times From hiz e may he argued
tha-, weight fyr weight each OF the
above named insects D. rweu .y-oaa
Dad th.rty tnes respectively suroue.
tL.M lie horse -.--. ell
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oADsDEN.

Gadsden, March 10.-(Special)- Col. r.
b. Kyle. who has been very Ill for several
weeks Is reported as being some better.
Mrs. w. l.. Dean is visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. NJ Ross, in Birmingham
Mrs. J. Il. Martin delightfully."- enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon in honor of
Mrs Breeder of Kingston Canada, and
Mrs. Gardner of New York city.
f. W. Bellenger has returned from a
pleasure trip to different points in Florida
Mrs, s. NJ. Hogan, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Meels,
left Friday morning to visit relatives
In Huntsville before returning to her
home in Montgomery.
Miss Ira Ayers of Warrenton is the
guest of Mrs. e. A. Afford of Turrentine
avenue.
Miss Annie McDuffe has returned from
a visit to relatives in Atlanta.
Miss Daisy Griffin Of Hokes Bluff is
visiting friends in the city.
Misses Made and Ruby Baugh left
Wednesday to visit their brother, Robert
Baugh. In Huntsville.
Mrs ]. b. Tolson returned Friday from
Pawtuska, Okla, where she has been Wis
iting Mr. Tolson. Mrs. Tolson will soon
return to Oklahoma to make her future
home.
Miss Hazel Herzberg entertained num-
Der of her little friends Friday In honor
OF her ninth birthday. She was assisted
In receiving her guests by Misses Marion
Meeks, Lillian Moore and Kathleen Dun
can. The decorations were red and white.
Refreshments were served
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SVlLLE.

Huntsville. March 10.--(Specal.) Miss
Frances Law of Lawiston. Cincinnati, a
gifted book and song writer, Is here visit
ing her cousin. Mrs. Edith Law White.
Mrs. G. W. Morton has returned to Win
chester. STean., after visiting relatives in
Huntsville. w.. 80.
Miss VERDICT Coleman has. returned from
a visit in Nashville
Miss Arvle Pierce has returned from a
visit in Plevna.
Miss Lucy Belle Darwin Of Moores Mill
has been visiting relatives in Huntsville
this week.
Miss Willie Bayless has returned from
Deposit.
Tenn. is visiting friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs Scion Becker of Bridge
mort Tenn, are visiting here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson Lee have re-
turned to their home in Birmingham.
Mrs. william p, Newman is visiting in
Mrs. Frank II. Webster of Nashville is
visiting Mrs. w. w. Garth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Leebon have re-
turned to Florence.
Miss Ada Vahdergrif has returned to
Athens
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. vinhng have re-
turned to Fayetteville.
Mrs. 7. McGrew has returned to Shell
byyille. Tenn, after visiting her sister,
Mrs. Mary Sid Harris.
Miss Mary Merits of Deposit is visiting
Mrs. H. B. Merits.
Mrs Roy O'Neal and daughter have re-
turned from a visit to relatives in Ten
nessee.
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Wine Club at Oxford.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat t.
A Cecil Rhodes student was talking
about wine clubs at the University OF
Oxford.
They are ornate things" he said,
but | don't think they would be toll.
Grated in America.
These wine clubs have often spe-
cial uniform. The members wear dress
coats of red, bright blue or green,
faced with silk of lighter shade.
Their waistcoats are white, with gold
or silver. buttons. Their trousers are
striped down the side with the color
of the club. e4.,
ut is a pleasant sight to see wine
club at its evening meeting. The boys,
with their bright faces, look well In
their rich, gay uniforms. The huge
table of polished mahogany has no
cloth, and in its surface, as in pool,
you can see your reflection. There
towers in the center of the table a
superb dessert, mounain of tropical
fruit, and down the board in rows
flicker the tiny flames of many silver
cigar lighters.
1.-THE wine has been preceded by a
dinner somewhere. Now everybody Is
happy. Chairs are drawn up. The but
tier brings in dozen bottles of good
vintage, with Havana cigars and Egyp-
tian cigarettes. The fun begins.
1.-THE elegance of these wine tables
Is what impressed me-the beauty OF
the club silver, the good looks of the
men in their light uniforms. the excel.
lence of the wines and of the tobacco
the absence of any beastliness."
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ing an exquisite finish to the pretty CEN
trail picture in the dining room.
Mrs Albert E. Tucker entertained on
Wednesday at luncheon in honor of Mrs.
Heron of Pittsburg, Pa, who is the
guest of Mrs. Elsie Il. Lowe The place
cards were pretty water color drawings by
the hostess On each was cluster OF
roses, and Golden Gate roses were also
used for the center piece on the beautiful
" appointed table. Covers were laid for
Mrs. Heron, Mrs E. e. Lowe, Mrs w. y.
Swaney Mrs II. C. baltimore, Mrs j. }.
Tucker Mrs T. w. Crutchfelld, Mrs. NJ.
H. Gift, Mrs. A. e. Tucker.
Miss Clemmie Cavendar gave an AFTER
noon party on Thursday in honor or MISS
Pearle Duncan, a bride of TINS month";
Several guessing games were enjoyed az
ter which the guests We're invited to the
dining room where refreshments in two
courses were served. The ices We're
frozen in the form of Nurse shoes with
heart Snapped cakes with the initials OF
the bride and groom d. z. in pink and
green carried out the color scheme OF tho
decorations.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Bair of Clifton, o.,
have announced the engagement OF their
daughter Carrie Eona to Mr.. Thayer Nor
ton Montague. Miss Bair is well known
in Chattanooga, where she resided for
several years and where she has many
friends and admirers. Mr.. Montague Is
one of the leading young business men OF
the city and esteemed by a large circle
Of friends for his sterling qualities He
belongs to one of the wealthiest and most
prominent families in the south HIS
brother, Mr. Theodore Langdon Montague,
recently married Miss Hazel Montgomery,
a California heiress to a four million dol
lar estate.
A business meeting of the Colonial
Danes OF Chattanooga was held with the
chairman of the local chapter, Mrs. JET
ferson Davis Jordan. The special guest
OF the occasion was Mrs. Overton Lea or
Nashville, state president of the Colonial
Danes. Mrs Lea, who is a very brilliant
and charming woman. made an apt and
entertaining talk upon matters in which
all present were deeply interested and the
members greatly enjoyed the distinguished
presiding officer Of the Tennessee society,"
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ANNIsToN.

Admission. March 10.-(Special.) Mrs. Il.
L. Robinson entertained at delightful
luncheon in honor of Mrs. Blunt Hamil-
ton of Rome, who is the guest of Mrs.
s. l.. Crook. Those present were Mes
danes S. l.. Crook, w. A.. Davis, j. III.
Foster, j. II. Foster, w. c. Sproull, Ham,
ilton and Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Sproull and
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Wellborn will leave
soon on a trip by way of New Orleans to
Cuba, TO be gone a couple of weeks.
Miss Mary Murphy gave beautiful six
hand euchre party on Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Ingram, with their
daughters, have returned from Mardi
Gras.
Miss Alice Robertson has gone to Gads-
den to visit her sister, Mrs. T. p. Lee, for
a week.
Mrs. C. B. Palmer and little son have
returned to Atlanta, after pleasant visit
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. j. Lang
ley. at the corner of Seventeenth and
Cobb.
Mrs. Joseph Blount of Gadsden spent
several DAYS with her sister, Mrs. W. r.
Sproull, this week.
Miss Nell Moore spent Sunday at the
institute.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Cuscaden, who
made many warm friends during their
residence of several years in Admission,
left Friday to make their home in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Jarvis, who has spent several
months in ADMISSION as the guest Of Mrs
McCord, has returned to North Carolina.
Miss Varml Newton spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents in Birmlng-
ham.
Miss Grace Drew of West Orange, n. j..
Is the guest of her sister, Miss Drew. at
the Noble institute.
Mrs. William sproull and children have
left for Stanton. Va, after a visit to
her mother, Mrs. James Lapsey.
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THE DECATURS.

Decatur, March 10.-(Special.)-
Stella Falk entertained the Young Ladies'
Pedro club on Tuesday afternoon. Miss
Sadie COIN won the club prize and Mrs.
William Crawford won the visitors prize.
Ices were served during the evening.
Miss Annie Skeggs entertained at Pedro
ON Wednesday evening The prizes were
won by Miss Abbie Crawford and Mrs.
Council Elliott. AT the conclusion OF the
came coffee and salads We're served
The Ladies Benevolent society met in
their rooms In the Bond block, New De-
catur. on Tuesday afternoon. The meet
ing was one of interest.
The following ladies' and gentlemen from
the Decaturs attended a paif at cullman
on TUESDAY night: Mr. and Mrs Morris
barnett Miss Annie Belle Moore, w II.
Moore, r. -. Skeggs.l f. J. Morris. Ernes!
Grizzard and Fred Schaffer. They report
most enjoyable tine
Mrs. Charles l.. Odom entertained on
Friday evening complimentary TO her
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CHATTANOOGA.

Chattanooga. March 1O.-(Speeial THE
Lenten season prevents any very large
social affairs, but luncheons, teas, bridge
and dinner parties have attracted the at
tention of society people. Mrs Garnett
Andrews gave a delightfully."- informal
tea on Wednesday afternoon for Misses
Winnifred Hobbies OF Jacksonville, Fla.
and Miss Louise Jones Of Richmond. va,
who are the guests of Mr. and Mrs
George d. Lancaster. Mrs Andrews tea
table where Mrs. John 7. Lupton and
Mrs. George ID. Lancaster poured was
arranged with quantity of pink roses
Ranked by candles shaded with big pink
poppes The cloth was of a very delicate
texture and was hand embroidered Boil
the handsome young matrons who were
seated at this charming table were gown,
ed In harmonizing shades of chiffon, max.
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back-as the history of human kind runs
life at sea meant more, for 1t seemed
to bring a man nearer to his GOD than
we of today very often get. rs it true"
1 asked myself, that they have destroyed
the charm of the seas Is the fine old
salty romance dead and buried?'
Standing that night looking out over
the waves toward a handful of low-lying
stars. l knew that the romance of the
sea is an undying thing. What We have
lost is no more than our old notion of it.
The Spanish galleon has gone out with
the rapier and the dagger. We no longer,
the boys among us, haunt the wharves
for glimpses of Spanish sailors with
bearded lips. The six-shooter Is not what
it was, and the tall clipper ship has fol-