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AN AGED PIPE.
Cherished Meerschaum That Has
Smoked rty-Three Years.

From the Providence Journal.
Every discriminating pipe smoker of ex-
perience has collection Of pipes, good,
bad and Indifferent. which he sorts over
occasionally in the attempt to find one
which will fit his mood. And while each
has one especially precious bit of briar
or meerschaum or clay from which he
draws his chief comfort, comparatively
few are able to content themselves with
a single pipe for any length of time.
There are no insurance company actu-
aries to estimate the average life of the
pipes men smoke but counting those
which fail to mellow probably as well
as those which turn out satisfactorily ii
Is probably comparatively brief one \
good pipe, to the inveterate smoker.
quickly becomes a cherished companion.
But even when its quality is better than
the average-and there are those who
maintain that a new pipe Is nothing but
lottery, whether it's price is in cents or
dollars-it gradually accumuates strength
until 1t goes beyond even the taste of its
owner.
Ask any man to show you his pipe col
lection and IL he has one he has smoked
fairly steadily for half a dozen years
he will point Ii out with affection as
1.-The best he ever saw" One twice as
old as that and still in regular service
is q veteran nearly ready for pension
I'm ordinary cases.
pipe which has been smoked every
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him that the job was ticklish one ana
that he needed some masculine support.
He got friend to go along. After stop
ping several times to brace up their cour-
age they finally found their way to the
notion counter and asked for the elastic
Now, the poor deluded chap remember
ed that she had said something was
three and three-quarters yards. Whether
it was all one thing or not he could not
for the life of him tell So he put on a
bold front and asked for three and three
quarters yards of the silk webbing. The
girl in amazement looked up. Guess
again." she said. "Aint got that much Ill
one piece in the store
The two men were dumfounded. and for
a minute they discussed the problem in
an undertone. The Clerk, hearing the
words lone pair" broke in impatiently:
what do you want 'em for? A woman
or a piano." Upon being meekly told
that 1t was not a piano she snapply
cut off the three-quarters of yard and
they made break for the door mutter-
ing Never again. The ribbon was not
even thought of.
A travelling man who evidently had
much to square with his wife bought $50
worth Of dainty waists. Said he was get
ting something nice for her each place
he stopped. Another travelling man
bought his wife a mink scarf for $50 and
tucked it in his grip without even
paper covering.
At one OF the novelty counters young
man was considering the respective merits
of a silver picture frame and its near sill
yer counterpart. When the clerks back
was turned he slipped his hand In his
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lvn several months ago. LII. L. "a.
Bauer, director of the Carnegie and
head of the department of terrestrial
magnetism Of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington has just returned from the
first cruise Of the vessel. and his state
ments are attracting much attention, in
asmuch as the work of the vessel and her
crew of prominent scientists has revealed
the fact that all maritime charts have
errors and that seagoing vessels can
never depend on the compass for their
exact location.
According to the research work on the
trip from Brooklyn to ST. Johns. New
foundiand, and thence to Falmouth, Eng
land, it has been found that all charts
used on sea vessels are subject to errors
laid TO the compass. which Is claimed to
be faulty on a vessel partly constructed
OF iron and other magnetic materials.
The idea of the building of the ship
ago when the old research ship. the
Galilee, was used in the same work.
The Galilee was not specially construct
ed for the kind of work for which it
was used from the year 1905 to 1908.
The vessel was chartered. Through
the work of the first ship all the data
and facts obtained had to be recon-
structed and gone over. while the re-
suits from the new ship carnegie can
without the extra work For years
sea captains have had trouble with
their charts ard compasses. During
bad weather. when the sun and stars
were obscured by the clouds ship must
he directed entirely by her compass and the
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10 be considered for minute. He hates
The jam and the crush in the stores just
as much as he ever did and he thinks the
whole idea Of gift giving is a nuisance,
except where the children are concerned.
One man, in his eagerness to make
thorough job Of his first toy supply for
toddling boy Of less than two years.
bought some wonderful things, most of
which will keep for number Of years to
come. According to the tale of the sales
men, the following outfit was the result
Of considerable thought on the mans
part One complete engine to be run by
steam, tool chest, boxing gloves, mechan-
ical motor boat an elaborate ra lroad
train with track, tunnels, switches and
signal stations-complex for a boy of ten
years. He also bought base ball bat,
glove and mask, and might have gone on
in this fashion to the limit of his purse
if his wife had not quietly suggested:
Those are splendid. John, but suppose
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Fn1DMG OUT HowEAR THEC or1RA55 STANDS AWAY
FRorITHE True NoRTH

are affected by systematic errors. Thus.
for example, from New York to a point
somewhere of Cape Race, y. F., the
compass has been found by the Carnegie
to stand farther west by about one degree
than shown on the charts of the manners.
Thereafter, and continuing all the way to
England, the error found was in the OPP
posite direction. so that the compass. &C
cording to the observations, did not stand
as far west by about one degree against
that shown by the charts. On account OF
these chart errors it might occur that
when the course of liner must be shaped
by the compass and the log. as is the case
in time of fog and cloudy weather
the proper track would always be farther
north than intended by the pilot of the
liner. In other words. whether the yes
sci came from New York or England, her
direction would always be toward Sable
Island or Newfoundland.
Fortunately. many OF the captains Of
the Atlantic liners, because of their pains
taking work and observations taken In
the many trips at sea, have become aware
of the possibility of such systematic err
rors in their charts and have learned to
make the proper allowances.
X X
The work Of the Carnegie has demon
strated the existence and cause of the
chart errors, and through the efforts of
the scientists 1t is claimed that many
sea accidents can be avoided by the new
charts as a result of the observations.
In cloudy weather, when the sun and
stars are obscured, the pilots of the YES
sells depend entirely alone on the com
pass and log for their bearings. In case
the compass is wrong and cannot be de-
pended upon. the steamer has gone from
its track. as in many cases, and been
cast upon rocks.
In command Of Capt. Peters, the Car
negie left Falmouth for Madeira on
November s. Director l.. A. Bauer left
the boat at Falmouth, desiring to COM
municate on the success of the interesting
venture, and he is now in Washington.
From Madeira the boat will proceed to
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you get something the baby can play
with now
One boy wanted skates. His mother
protested on the score that he already
had three pair. The father argued that
owning several hats would not prevent
her from buying another il she wanted IT,
So the boys skates were duly bought
For his little girl a man rarely gets be
yond the dolls. and then he gets the larg-
est within his means. ana Usually one
that is already dressed
One street store had a visit from
man bent upon teaching his thoughtless
family much-needed lesson. For his
wife he bought a new rug for his den:
for his daughter, a new chair for the
office, and for his oldest son, a fine UNI
brella jar for the front hall. He ordered
them all sent home, with a sardonc grin,
and then remarked to the salesman:
That ought to square few kicks | have
coming. l have been getting new ca
pets, coffee percolators. lace curtains and
all sorts of household junk and hard
ware till ! am tired Of it,
day, and many times day, for forty
three years, is therefore a most dstin-
guished member of the tobacco frater-
nifty. There is probably only one pipe I'm
Providence able to boast such record:
those who know ii are inclined to believe
that there isn't another in the country
which can equal It.
This is the well known meerschaum OF
George II. Ware. accountant for ]. NJ
Anthony. which he smoked for the first
time December s. 1866. and has puffed
every day since then. The bowl, an un-
usually large one. without carving of any
kind is richly colored, and shows clearly
the evidences OF its age i'll the ragged
edge. where it has been gradually burned
away by the thousands of fires that have
smoldered within ii.
1t seems to bear a charmed life for
innumerable falls to the floor, three o.
which were serious in that it's landing
place was stone or concrete, have not so
much as cracked it. During all the years
that 1t has beer its owners inseparable
moreover, it has not been lost
or mislaid. Once it had a case but this
was lost years ago. and since then ii has
been carried loose in the pocket
1t would take a poet of rare skill to
describe the remarkable sweetness OF
the pipes flavor Many of those who
have been permitted to smoke 1t have
made the attempt, only to admit that
words are inadequate. 1t Is strong to be
sure. but not SO heavy with stored-up
nicotine as would be ina gined, and like
rich old wine, is smooth that the
is not noticed.
The bowl has a new stem every three
or four months, whenever the cherry
wood tube becomes saturated with nico-
tine, and this, in its owners opinion, 10
one cause of its freshness.
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Bermuda, and she will return to New
York next February, to start out again
In the spring for another cruise in the
South Atlantic
The Carnegie is not constructed for
research work in the north or far south,
and her observations will be made be-
tween sixty degrees north and sixty de-
grees south. This work will embrace all
of the oceans inc uded between the two
points. BY cooperating with arctic ex-
petitions. the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington will be enabled to continue
its research work in the far north. One
Washington man, Dr. c. G. Craft, made
observations along the coast of Labrador
in 1908, being with Peary's auxiliary ship.
the Eric. He obtained magnetic OBJ
servations at various points in Labrador
and Greenland, and as far north as
Peary's coaling station, Etah, Greenland
Canadian government steamer Arctic,
just returned to Quebec from successful
cruise of the islands north Of the Ameri-
can continent
The accomplishment of a magnetic sur
vey of the earth within period of about
fifteen years Is the especial function Of
the department Of research in terrestrial
magnetism of the Carnegie Institution in
Washington. And to the Carnegie has
been assigned the magnetic survey OF
the oceans. The compass or magnetic
needle points due south and north at
but few points on the earth. Instead, 1t
generally bears a certain number OF
degrees east or west of true north.
Thus. in the United States along a
narrow belt. running approximately In
the direction of Columbus. Ohio, and
Columbia, S. c., the north end Of the
compass at present points either exact
~ due north or very nearly so. To
the east and northeast of this belt the
north end of the compass stands west
of north by an ever-increasing amount
the greater the distance from the belt.
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The Carnegie left Brooklyn on Au-
gust q, and since that time no mention
has been made of the work accomplished
in the first cruise. Before this time vari-
Gus trial trips along the coast had been
taken to see that the instruments of the
vessel were in good working order The
first stop was made at New London,
Conn, and this port was left september
II. After encountering series of mead
winds and Gains, the vessel arrived at
st. Johns, Newfoundland, on September
o. Here the director OF the boat, Dr.
l.. A. Bauer, Joined the vessel. This made
the personnel as follows: DR.. l.. A. Bauer,
director; w. J. Peters. commander; {. z.
Littlefield, sailing master; j. p. Ault, r..
Kidson, r. r. Tafel. observers; DR.. c. c.
Craft, surgeon and observer. and d. f.
Smith. chief engineer. The ships person
mel included. furthermore. two watch Of
ficers. eight seamen. one mechanic and
two cooks.
With the crew of twenty-one the Car
negie left ST. Johns for Falmouth, Eng
land, arriving there October IA. At st.
Johns the Carnegie was paid a great
deal of attention, and was accorded the
privileges of a man-of-war. Official Wis
its were received from the governor and
other high off1ceholders of Newfoundland.
From the very first the Carnegie en-
countered rough seas, her entire passage
bearing out the proVerDlal tale OF OCTOBER
gales. The westerly winds and waves be-
ing with the boat she made the trip to
Falmouth, distance of 1000 M les. in
less than twelve days. arriving ahead OF
the mails from Newfoundland. The track
of the Carnegie was purposely laid out SO
that magnetic data would be obtained
along the tracks generally followed by
the Atlantic liners. AS a consequence OF
this both the outbound and inbound
steamers showed their interest in the
work being done aboard the unique craft
by signaling to her and sending messages
of pleasant voyage. The length OF the
small vessel. being about that of the
waves, caused her to ride gracefully and
she made the crossing with dry decks,
whereas the large steamers passing would
frequently be seen shipping seas. Regard
less Of the bad weather which prevailed
all the time, the perfection of the instru-
ments aboard the Carnegie made 1T pos
sible to get magnetic data on every day
except one.
AT Falmouth tests were made once
more to see whether the boat was really
entirely non-magnetic. The result proved
again that whatever compass obser-
vations are made on board the vessel are
absolutely correct and not affected by err
rors due to the possible iron on board
The work on the vessel has progressed
enough to show without a doubt that
charts used at present by mariners on
their passages from New York to England
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THE CARNEGIE ArANcHok InFA1rouME AkboR ENGLAND

log. The fact has been clearly shown that
the compass needle did not point directly
at the north pole. To get improved charts
and show the mariner the direction which
he should really take was the purpose
of the scientists and their first work on
the Galilee.
The Carnegie was constructed with
the idea Of obtaining information and
corrections of the tickle compass.
There is not a single particle of iron
in the ships construction. Where metal
must be used bronze. copper and other
non-magnetic metals have been placed
Copper spikes took the place of the old
iron ones. The greater part of the boat
is made of wood. The length is lo3
feet and 6 inches. With all stores and
displacement of SIS tons. Her lines are
fair and easy, running in an unbroken
sweep from stem to stern. and showing
strength and seagoing qualities through
out. The hull is constructed in as thor
ough and substantial manner as any
merchant vessel af1oat The Carnegie Is
the first vessel ever constructed in Amer
lea to be propelled by producer gas:
This gas is manufactured from pea coal
at a cost of only 81 per day.
The vessel has full sail power, with u
brigantine rig CARVING n 1nst Under a-.goo
is of Russian hemp of special manufac-
ture.
1t was decided to install auxiliary pro-
pulsion in the yacht, in order to provide
Roadway when taking off-shore observa-
tions, where the vessel would be handled
with difficulty by the sails, and to pre-
vent interruptions to the observations by
maintaining a Roadway during Gains. 1t
was decided that the internal combustion
engine was the only one that could be
used and maintained in reliable operation
with minimum of non-magnetic metals
in its construction. The suction type of
gas producer was adopted for the reason
of it's simplicity In construction and OPP
GRAFTON and the elimination to minimum
degree OF other auxiliary apparatus. The
vessel carries twenty-five tons OF coal
in her bunkers. which gives her a cruls-
ing radius OF 1000 miles at speed of
six knots.
81
The ground tackle Of the boat COM
prises four bronze anchors OF special de-
sign, two anchors of 1,90O pounds each.
one of 1885 pounds and a kedge anchor
of $40 pounds. Three eleven-inch cables,
each 100 fathoms in length, are required
for the anchors. The boat equipment con-
sists Of two non-magnetic twenty-foot
whaIeboats and one sixteen-foot non
magnetic gig. A refrigerating plant con-
structed of bronez and copper and oper-
ated by a siX-horsepower special engine
forms necessary part OF the equipment
for a vessel which at times is month
or more at sea without touching at any
port. OF special interest is the observa-
ton room, located on the main deck
amidships, forward and aft of which are
circular dOmes not unlike those Of astro-
nomical observatories. The positions OF
the stands for the various instruments
are so chosen that any effect resulting
from the amount of ron in the mac. N
cry which could not be replaced by non
1nti ,o{1 oil hn IA
as to be negligible. With these GLASGOW
cred domes it is possible to make mag
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turkey wing and stick it in jack rabbits
hide for hat before I'll blow in $50 on
any skin game like that
Another hat> store near by told of an
eccentric customer who picked out two
hats, one for $50 and one for So. and
gave the latter to the clerk who helped
him. patiently and carefully, for over an
hour in finding hat neither too large nor
too small, too old nor two young, and for
woman the color of whose eyes and
hair he could not remember,
He insisted that the hat be large and
piled high with trimming. so it would
look the price. He wound up with
huge red beaver. topheavy with enormous
bows and a trailing feather. which he
told the girl to wrap up" When the
hat was boxed and turned over to him
his dismay at the size OF the bundle was
extremely amusing.
"See here, young woman" he ex-
claimed, II can't carry this blooming
thing through the streets. Why-why, 1
couldn't get through a street car door
with it,"
The hat was sent to his hotel, but the
clerk is wondering still how he ever got
back to his Indiana home town without
the total destruction of that piece OF
millinery.
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coat enporiums ne Will surely and GER
tainly meet his Waterloo.
1t is just about as easy for a man to
acquire the sang froid and confidence OF
the female shopper as 1t is for the ordi-
nary woman to develop thorough un-
derstanding OF the manipulations OF the
stock market There are, OF course,
many exceptions in both cases, thus
proving the rule. but generally it is ne
eessity. not inclination. which drives man
10 face the unknown terrors OF a tour
through the stores.
He goes usually either with an air of
resignation becoming to d martyr about
TO die az the stake, or else in a rush, born
of the frenzy of desperation to do or die
in behalf of the welfare Of the family,
and the viudcation of his own proves
In visiting the various shops much
may be learned regarding the head Of the
family and his kinks and crochets in
spending his hard-earned cash. When he
Is bent upon the selection of feminine
wearing apparel. for any one OF hundred
reasons, then he becomes the object of
much good-natured raillery from the store
clerks, and commiseration and amuse-
ment alike from any woman or girl who
happens to be around
In the choice of furs the average man
knows next to nothing, and unless he has
previously sounded the women folks to
find out what is preferred, he is indeed In
trouble. and the only thing he can do and
usually does do is TO appeal to the clerks.
AS a rule they are most painstaking, for
a man generally tells the price he is able
or willing to pay, and the rest is easy for
the saleswoman. Men seldom fail in
showing appreciation for ~ courtesy
and patient assistance they receive in
matters OF this kind. Perhaps II is only
a word of thanks, but ii sometimes hap
pens that a bunch OF flowers or box Of
candy finds It's way back to the store as
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lCH has been writ
ten about the
Carnegie, proba-
bly, the most
unique craft In the
world today, but
little or nothing
has been disclosed
UP to the present
time regarding the
work of the YES
sci which sail
ed from Brook
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WONDERFUL Work of

"7ONDEKF UL "oIk OF
w Unique Craft Shows
Just How Much the Compass
Is Wrong-Delicate Instru-
ment Has Been a Source of
Trouble to Mariners for
Hundreds of Years New
Charts Will Be Made and
Captains of Seagoing YES
sells Will Know Where They
Are Really Located-Dr. L.
A. Bauer of Washington,
D. c., Is Director of the
Carnegie.
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IREs man may
cover himself with
glory as Il good
customer, shrevd
buyer and keen
bargain n u n I q r
among the halls
of haberdashery,
but when he in
vades the depart
ment store, mill
merry shops and
ladies' suit and
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A short time ago a certain man was
requested by his wife to bring home some
yellow silk elastic to the amount OF
three-quarters Of a yard and five yards
OF yellow ribbon OF No. 3 width. He for
got all about 1t until nearly ready to go
home. Then 1t suddenly dawned upon
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NdASExTANr Oe5ERNA-
TON OFTHE SUNJU6r
APPEARNqFR BEHrDACLouD

netic observations both in the open and
under shelter inside the obserVatories.
The panes of the domes are ARRANGED IN
s,ch a manner that they can be taken
out at Will.