The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
A Prison ship.

- PrlSOu SUIPs
"The prison ship is not thing Of
the past" says letter from Germany,
"but the one which l have discovered
has no resemblance to the Jersey Of
Revolutionary times. where American
patriots suffered martyrdom. This one
is maintained by the city Of Luneberg.
There are usually from thirty to forty
offenders of the minor class confined
there. At night they are locked in
cells, and in the daytime they work
under overseers on the dikes. The ship
looks like one of our American canal
boats. and the interior, while it con-
tains no fancy furniture or decorative
features, is light and well ventilated
and probably more comfortable than
the habitations which the inmates call
home."-New York Tribune.
A Story of Old Ironsides.
One Of the most famous of the Con-
stitution's exploits was during the war
Of 1912, when she escaped from
Broke's squadron, among which she
had accidentally fallen. The sea was
almost dead calm, so Captain Hull
had to resort to towing. All her boats
were lowered, with long lines attached,
and in addition Hull had ropes spliced
together to make line half mile
long, to which he attached kedge an
chor. This was carried in boat half
a mile ahead and dropped, when the
crew hauled the ship rapidly forward
The commodore of the English squad,
ron soon adopted the same tactics
and If it had not been for breeze
springing up the Constitution would
have been captured.
Wheels.
The earliest mention Of wheels in the
Bible is in Exodus xiv, 25, when the
chariot wheels Of the Egyptians were
taken of by the Lord. But chariots
are mentioned in Genesis xii, 43. But
there were older nations than the
Egyptians. The Chaldeans used char
lots, and the Greeks-Homer's poems
date from about 900 B. Chad char
lots at the siege Of Troy, 1900 B. G.
Probably in reality the wheel is about
as early a piece of machinery as any
now existing. OF course it has been
developed, but the wheel Of today is a
lineal descendant of the section Of a
log Of wood used by the agricultural
peoples thousands of years ago.-New
York American.
He Didn't Tell.
The lawyer for the defense found II
necessary to weaken the testimony Of
the main witness for the prosecution.
"Mr. Skybo," he said, proceeding tt
cross examine him, Ibid you ever live
| on the seacoast?"
Eyes, SIR" responded the witness; 81
have lived half my life in a seacoast
| town."
"You are familiar, then, with sal
water fish?"
eyes, sir"
"Well, just as a matter Of informa
ton, will you please tell me how {
founder swims-whether horizontally
or vertically?"
"Well-er''-
"That is all, Mr.. Skybo; you ma,
stand aside. e."-Chicago Tribune.
"Whuppity Scoorie."
The ancient custom at Lanark. Scot
land, of "Whuppity Scoorie," the orr
gin and meaning Of which are lost, i
celebrated annually and watched by .
crowd Of grownups. The town bell 4
rung nightly at 6 o'clock from Marcl
to September and then lies dumb TO
six months. On the first night Of th
ringing all the young folk congregat
at the cross, and after parading thre
times round the parish church the La
mark lads meet the New Lanark boy
In a free fight, in which the only legit
innate weapons are their caps tied a
the end of pieces of string.
brakes Death.
Some colored drawings Of the coas
| Of various West Indian islands art
in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris
The fact that makes the drawings o!
| special value is that they were done
from the deck Of Sir Francis brakes
ship under his supervision during hi:
last voyage. There is a mournful note
on the margin of drawing Of Puerto
Bello, off which brakes flagship De
fiance was lying:
"This morning, when the description
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