Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-04-09

Ing the diocese and to thank him for
his kindness to me. His reply was
short. and. trust, not to the point.
Dear sir. I am sorry you are leaving
my diocese, for have never heard
anything against you. Yours faith.
fully, -" This at least was Q neg.
alive kind OF testimonial which might
be useful to some Of us.
My vicar was leaving at the same
time, and was accompanying him to
his new parish. He Jared little better
at his bishops hands. well, -,
you and have not always seen eye TO
eye, but l might well get q worse
man." So, with this episcopal bless.
ing. we migrated to another diocese.
A friend Of mine came to preach for
me at the harvest festival. The "use"
at his church was for the preacher to
carry his stole. putting It on In the
pulpit and again removing It at the
end Of the sermon. This little piece
Of ritual he duly performed. but Its
meaning was wholly lost on my con.
gregation. A servant being asked ON
her return why the service had been
so short said that the preacher was N
q hurry to catch his train. as he had
begun undressing before he left the
pulpit.
A woman In parish where I lived
used each day to prepare herself for
the worst, was complimenting her
one day on the extreme tidiness Of tho
house even In the early morning.
YES" she said. II always likes to ave
my bedrooms done hearty. for, as I
allus SEE. you never knows what may
'appen; 'ow soon one Of the children
may be brought 'ome In At or with a
broken leg, and. as allus seq. It don't
matter what 'appens, so long as you've
got a bedroom to put 'em into"
Whether she would have taken quite
SO calmly the actual arrival Of child
In a At cannot say. for her rule Of
life was never put to the test.
Many people. including scientists.
sportsmen and laymen In general. az.
sert that shark never lived which
would attack human being, but 1t
must be remembered that these wise
ones do not live in the tropics. Put
the question directly to an inhabitant
of a warm country and he will be as.
tonished and rather amused at your
ignorance. Your question would seem
all that was foolish to the average
Panamanian. The people of the 18th.
mus know from bitter experience that
the shark holds human beings In no
everence and Is only too anxious to
add him to his regular bill of fare.
There are many stories related by
Southerners, and naval records bear
out the assertion that che shark Ia q
man eater. One naval report on file
Is to the effect that on February 8.
1907, as one OF the boats belonging to
the little gunboat EicanO was being
rowed out to the ship the plug In the
bottom of the boat came out. To pre-.
vent It from being swamped ]. ]. Dun.
lap. a sailor belonging to the Elcano.
thrust his finger into the hole. The
finger was Immediately bitten of as
II II were amputated by surgeon.
though the amputation was by a
shark.
John T. Clark. q well known SVEN.
mer, In 1882 had very narrow escape
from serving az q meal for two hun.
cry sharks while giving an exhibition
at Pensacola. Fla. He had agreed to
be sewn up In q hig sack. heavily
weighted with sand, and be thrown
into tbs bay near the navy yard, from
] which bag he was tn escape by cutting