The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 173, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 21, 1898 Page: 2 of 4
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CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION.
Tlsa it. i. r . . al Life aianH Vp.
All l..l ike In..-...- h.. ...... w
"Wise.- N. Tey It tea As
leteetlasa f..r l.olfcea.
Life's Druilg.-rlr..
Aa "honor man' at Harvard a yesr
cr two ego sbi :iied up hia collega Ufa
SB "la Btody i .' the rudu.ients of a doxea
MBit of knowledge. When 1 began to
fom these alphabets Into sentences
college life was over." Men sr.d wo-
men who hare won regulation by good
work In tbe world bive gl ii :
the aame nummary of their lives. "Any
axaa." aaya Boudlnnt. "may be glad.
If out of all his work a half-d ten brief
sentences last for a generation or two
The real of bis time In thr world w.nt
to St blot to speak those sentences"
George Eliot. In a latter to a frtoiuL
atated that the Ave books by which
ahe Is knowB bore no at IBM 1 1 Hub to "h-
er.ormous amount of monvrrous writ-
ings by which she simply nrned her
livelihood. An eminent Amerlrtn sur
geon In aa add r. "at to a medical school
amid. "Very few successful men can
exp.c: to perform mere than one or
two great operations In the course of
a long practice. Tbe bulk of work
ought to be a training for these opera-
Goat" Honest. Intelligent lads often
et out In lire with the reeolvt to add
something to the happiness or wis-
dom of the world. Old age comes and
they are forced to feel that they bars
dooe oo work that Is recognized or.
so far as they ran saw that has been of
large benefit Is tbi r generation Their
labor has been irlen to support life
If sny readers. oM or young of these
lines are Inclined to lake this dis-
heartening view of their work they
ahovM road MorreU's tccnim' of bis
Journey through I'pper Canada "Our
way lay across -mall taken an I hn ugh
loaf atrotchet of forest. We had to
carry (he canoes over the land In or-
der to cruet the water and so heavy
ware they that I grumbled much at
having to toll hard for two days In or-
der to make progress on the third un-
til I rernemlwrcd that the I rudgn;'
radar the Ireyd brought mi to my Jour-
ney's end as much ns the floating on
the water." There arc a good BaMy
"carries" In each humnn life days ar.d
years of heavy labor which go to earn
the means lo lire. Hut If cur facet
are turned toward h-.tne. every steo
radar the burden brings us surely near
cr to It.
tetaexaart iviniie.i Psoas
The eerr'tary of ;be inicr.or la 'ou-
Iderlng a pioposltlon lo make i gov-
ernmint tcservatlon of the p-tr A d
forest In Ar.si na. It Is said that lbs
wonderful collection of stlblded tic
trunks of which th fotet consists i
being rapidly despoiled for comm r ..1
purpoara. The petrified forest la In
Apache county mar Holbfook. Not
only slumps and roots but mtire Iras
trunks of grest size are found convey
bard agile prep rv njrlMe.ti
T. e- -... ni
JgtWOBaeTTT' j. p. as the trunks are rou-
eet In dlamrtar. so that polished tops
JOr tables are made out of a slngl-
lece. These eiblblt. In the mo-t ex
qulslte manner the grain of tbe origin
la I wood beaullfled by a brilliant dli
lay of interi. lending colon A com
pany has linn formed to uiln. th- 'or
eat for atone to lie used In architectural
and decorative work; and the only wnv
a save this wonder'nl natural rtirlot
ty which as far as known lis. n
qual In the wo-ld Is aald to be by
rning It Into a forest reserve.
rr the MM I nlloi.i.at.
Kury ouo knows that a ' caddie" .
ipnsab!e adjunct of lbs links
tat very ofti -
this capacity If not available par-
'itlarly when one Is enjoying the de-
tbta of golf mi .in i.r.proi i oursi
away lu sum mi r m
Wb' t i' . . ii i: .
Hsa . Ma
"le is not
to be had howerw ;olf ntbusl-
aata have to rontenl n selves with
M automaton caddie. This la a de-
rio whltjb. when the lower nd In
placed on the cr. in I. uiens out au-
tomatically and foldi up when it i-
lifted for carrying. The contrhatue i-
jrery light and Is provided with a bag
lo hold balU and a generous allowance
MM for the sundry sticks req nr. d
sling ran le useil for carrying tbe
IfMomatlc raddle when a boy is em
fdoyed.
vrapl m
aM pop
yXwbea:. may b r 1 . B-r -ou' 'I
i s 'pea or they may ba of ihe lse
J stiver diTar or n l.irg-r. TV')'
. snaMy last on'y a few h'uira i r a few
minutes bill may crs st foi 'I r
ore S'ome'im's they kp . imlng
Ml la BUfcesalva cr ips mi ;h sam
different parta of the bod)
LThe wheals generally disappear nn
Ipldly aa they come and with ih'm
ippear every sign of the eruption.
perhaps the marks of tbe An
aalla which the suffer r has dug
rols akin In the vain effort to quiet
Jtcblng
rha cause of lilies are ri urn . r .ii
In the greater numbei of cases
' SfO referable to some error In die!
lopls can not eat sbe'l Ash of
without paying for their In
.by an attack of 'irtkarla
Mlmllsrlv affe.-te.l ' iii
rrles or nuta or by certain
istloii of tbe skin by nie-ll
fr1 o? " "nlrr r
aettle. or of certain Inaecta. or by h
underclothing m well is the action
of a very low temperature may alto
produce an eruption of hlvea.
It It possible to dltrover tbe etnie
and to remove It. the treatment of
urticaria I.e. oms a very tmple m li-
ter. Wh la the eruption lists the Ifh-
las and .Urging may be re I laved soe-
hat by bathing tbt parta In a stroog
i solution of bicarbonate f aoda. bo ax
household ammonia alcohol or vln -gjr
and -a'er
A useful appl cttlrn la carbo'le a ll.
-ne pan Id thlry pa-ti of water with
a little glyorlr.e. Sometimes an olnt
mcnt containing carbolic acid borax
or noraclc ac.d. zinc gfl bl iroform li
very gra'cful.
lei. Taj for I he X.r.
Here la a toy for the nary or.e i
which some of the navy's men would
eajoy playing with la tbe neighborhood
of a Spanish flotilla. It is a Dregfes
j hru-.S. r six-pound r.tle ! can Are
thirty-three shots a minute and Its
projectile can pierce three Inches of
steel at a dlatanre of three miles. It
Is the new gun which has Just been
placed on tbe revenue cutter (ireshsm.
It will be In charge of tlunner Finn j
who has been on the old cutter Andn w
Jackson and on the Grctham for twen-ty-slz
years Tbe Gresham hss only
one sli pounder rifle but she could I
easily Inrrease her armament by four
or Ave more. She has s speed of
twenty-one miles an hour nut her
a of defease la her torpedo
A I'rojrrtlle'. I.il.i uf Opr.. I.
Id en: etp.rinieuia with improv d
Instrumentii lor measuring the viloclly
of projectllis hate shown that the
m . . n in. rgSSlS SHI thi mi -slle
ha- left tbe mouth of the . an.-n.n
l.a-lng the nnuzle wl'h a v. Ixlty o.
alMiul 1 .474 lie: In a second a projec-
tile lias been observed to Increase III
speed to about l.6M'j feet per secon.
within tbe first rit fgwt It Is only
after h..l:ig traveled about tnenty-
Dve yards that tbe projectile's ve'o Ity
becomm roSSSti to the fped that It
had on leaving the muz:!'. Ihh It
asrrllxd to the Impuhe of hc etp.ind
Itig gas being felt for vmi" distance
iwyoud thi- cannon's mouth.
I. Il a -"tirtuliia ua.
IteinarkaiMC h I raph . of .'gjp "; nig
nebula ' III the i olirli .latli.a i.yiafUt
' ''aiieJfaa ''
crvaIorjffjdsKlfb These
4aatf Lam1'
ajfTM'rrfFaBBW "It'-K I'Ut none out-
side while In the center appears tbe
Image of a tar This star can alto be
seen with a teleacop - lhit th draw
lags of the ring net uU m.ote by ller-
schel In IK33. by Lord Ki.sse In l it
and by Trouvelot in IS73 show no ttal
there and Monsieur Habourlan thinks
tblt may Indicate th it changit are go-
ing on In the nebola. u h for instance
aa the formation of a lolar l.ody wl h
In the ring.
instance of the .( ai.r.
Dr. Dai Id Gill whose gflgMIII of
the parallaxes of the atari by meant
of which their dlntoncea cn le calcu-
lated are among the most sec rate
known ha. recently deduce! an th
remittor hit obs rv.tlora of SI lu.tbc
dog stir which Is the t.rtghs.f .tar In
1 b'av.-:. II -!:ik. inav nw
regard Kg parallax as sa l-facto lly de-
termined at 0.37 of a a-road of arc.
Tin. m i k tbe si me- ' Slrlui In
ml'cs .'.I.ihmi i mi. ti !hr
words the dog star la nearly Ave hun
dri-d and Afiy thousand times farther
from the earth th:in the sun is.
I lirli.u. I liisri VV rv .-h
Ml- Ki;i.ibetli I a) lor. writing in
Popular Science Newt of tbt plants
;ind Mowers Of Iceland. gMgrtbag a cu-
rious skill which she witnessed In the
lava Ailds near Keykjavli k Nottf
ing wreaths of steam issuing from Um
summit of a small volcano she eilgih-
il up there and found a hand about
two feet wide of beautiful plants bear-
ing large Aowers. encircling the Inter-
ior line of the crat-r The steam
varmed the Aowers and the rim of
rocks protested them from the cold
winds without.
Whsi I ..-list. Will fM Hal
It ia said that the iaator oil plant Is
abhoried by neailv all mem. .era of the
animal world thtt moles may be
driven from u lawn by planting a few
castor leans In It. and that neither the
terrible "army worm." nus the all-de
stroylng locus! will . nt lf'
1
liar. I iVI ii.lt-. isn.l.
Puck. a''2MHi' laiiKUugi' of you Amer-
i .inc. lay u7' dtfBcull f
'or me to ii
MM t .n i
"111 wi.at v
friend
"Well. Mr
ii kts lilm ti
did not knov
he gdmttted
how smM fa
I (It ll I Uji
that lie
True ll.i.)lii...
New Yo.k We-kl)' Mr- M Iggers-
I nee .i piomllicnt society !e'c ii de.ul
If there ever waa a perfectly hllsaful
existence on earth ahe e:J ycl It whll i
she lived."
Mr Mugteis "llecatisi the aa so-
ciety belle?"
Mrs Muggers "No llecause she
wts engtged twenty-four timet and
never married "
ItM Limit.
New York Weekly Impttslonel
liver ' Tell me my angel what to do
to prove my love. Oh. that I might
like some knight of old. battle for you.
die for you."
Sweet Girl "I srlth you would give
up smoking."
tminssloard I.over "Oh. come now
that's asking loo much."
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chief wrap.
tube.
-ELECTRICAL DEUCES WAR
An Eminent Expert Says Vic
Upon It -Some Start linn.
for the War
It It the opinion of 8. H. Short an
eminent electrical eipert that tbe re-
sult of tl e war with Spain will depend
more upon which side bat tbe beat elec-
triclaat thaa upon the question of tbe
biggest ships and heaviest guns.
"The novel and startling uses to
whlrh electricity may be put In the
nezt great naval war." aayt Mr Short
in the Golden Penny "are likely to '
play a dectatve part In tbe atruggle
"It it possible that direct verbal
communication without electrical con- '
nection. may be established between a '
fort or a flagship and a veaael miles
out at sea. A beam of light may be
pressed Into service to carry tbe words
of the admiral In default of a telephone
cable. The same commanding officer
may equip a harbor or roadstead with
an invisible battery of magnets which
shall sen- g hostile ship and hold her
motionless. In spite of the moat frsn"
efforts of her crew right UBder bl
guns He may even alt In a dark room
and by a camera and a mirror have
her movements photographed on the
mine chart in front of him. until when
her miniature sails over the paper map.
he ahall by pressing a button etplode
the mine which at that moment must
Infallibly lie Immediately under the ac-
tual .hlp herself These are only a
few of the coups his electrical ezperts
may enable him to strike
"A fifty horse-power engine will gen-
erate electrli Ity enough for a search-
light of 100.000 candle power No such
tremendous light would 'e necessary
however to enable the commanders of
two ablpa. or tbe commander of a ship
and a shore fort to talk to each other.
If the experiments with selenium a!
ready worked out practically on land
and on a small scale shall prove to
fit the conditions of modern naval war-
fare. The sensitiveness of the metal
selenium Is rmh that the Instant a
beam of light falls upon Its surface the
selenium gives out a distinct electrical
click; Ita resistance baa been changed
When the beam of light Is removed Its
resistance Is once more changed and
tbe selenium gives out another click.
"The admiral who talks Into the tele-
phone mouthpiece on the battleship or
In the fort opens and closes by the vl-
bratlons of hit voice the silt In tbe I r...'ncs wn..u be placed. There might
metal plate Every word ao ! (on the ! be aW re of these mines each con-
admlral utters .Inic it will be carried nectefl with a key In the operator's
by tbe vlbrgiiont of the beam of light
and rrpr .Mucrd extctly In the etr of a
llsUner at the telephone receiver.
Th-re would be telephoning along a
beam of light inatead of along an elec-
tric wire.
"The dettrurtlv agency of high ex-
plotlvea was made effective tome time
sin e in the Htuso-Turklsb war and has
been more rerently used In the Chilian
and llrazllian revolutions and in the
war between China and Japan The
effect! of such tn explosion on or near
t modern tteel ship were lamentably
exhibited in the ruins of the Mtine tnd
the slaughter of hundreds of her men
in Havana harlior The astounding re-
sults to be achieved by the alliance of
electricity and high explosives are.
however yet to be only imagined Such
a combination holds ths potential ruin
of entire fleets. Assuredly electricity
mty be made to work yet tint bought of
horrors In tbe next claali of steel na-
vies Indeed. I believe there will be
no great difficulty In sending directly
through salt water a current of elec
trlclty strong enough to explode a mine
some distance away without the lire
of wirea to connect tbe mine to the
shore
"The magazines of battleships are
toe well protected and surrounded by
ventilating spaces to be in danger of
explosion from a current ft electrldiy
conveyed to them directly through the
HOW A SHIP PHOTOGH
water in whb li the ship It floating al-
though suih an explosion is ooMtiV-
Mg wire a hlgb expletive allowed to
;est In direct contact with th-
side of the ship. Nor could here!. ::l
lighting plant be destroyed from with-
out by ei'.trbal means but her desks
might be barged with llMtHcttf
enough to kill all on board who came
Into contact with It by some such de-
vice aa tblt: From a station on thnre
equipped with a powerful elecirlr plant
a mortar might be made to fire two sol.
Id shots over the ship each shot hav-
ing a copper wire attached to it That
would be eaay enough. If these wires
fell on ths metallic structure of the
vestal retting in conttrt with It. tnd
a Ave-thoutand volt current were sent
through them from shore they would
fuae to the ship and tbe current would
be tbort-ctreulted barmleatly frlit If
either of the wlrea should rest upon
some non metallic portion of the tblp.
or object or structure on deck then
all peraoat who camt la coatart with
that wire would be lattaally killed as
their bodies would complete tbe circuit
"If It were desired to atop and hold
Immovable a hostile ship over a mine
or la a certain position pecullarlv ex-
4
t
v .m.'iv ucnena
it r-v
m
nubilities
with Spain.
poeed to Are from the shore that re
suit could be readily accomplished. A i
magnet ezerts a pressure of ISO pounds j
for every aqutre inch of tbe surface of
Ita p let An enormout magnet could
be mi.de very quickly by winding two 1
big gucs with wire and joining their
larger ends In a horseshoe shape by
bolting on plates. A soffl. imt numter
of these magnets to grip a steel ship
and bold her remorselessly motionless
at a moat dangerous point could either
be floated out to her like torpedoes or
could be anchored at ise place de-
sired water proofer'. of course an I con-
nected by wires with a thore battery
Tbe pressure of a button in the battery
would be all that would be necssary to
arouse tbe force of the magnet. wheth-
er they were floated out or were an-
chored by chains to the bottom. Nor
could all tbe ship's crew and oftVers
and machinery rtieaae her.
"Tbe most effective wav lo use a
mine for roast or harbor defense that
I can conceive of involves the use of a
flted camera which should be set Into
the wall of an observation atatb'.i or
dark mom on shore. Its lens covering
the entire panorama of the bay. but
especially thr surfacea under which the
keyboard and numbered. The opera-
tor would have tils own dynamo right
by blm In the station and a protected
cable would connect him with the
mines tbe endt of the wiret retting in
the powder In the heart of tbe mine
cases The points tt which the wiret
entered the mine rates could of course
be insulated with bushings
"In hit absolutely dark room save
for the light that would be admitted
by the lent and be refle ted down on
bit table by a mirror properly adjusted
lo the lena. tbe officer would tit down
with his chart outspread before him
Every moving object on tbe surface of
the water would be caught instantly
by the lent tnd reflect! d by the mirror
down on to the chart. On this chart
the exact location of each mine in the
bay would be marked by a number. We
will suppose a battleihip slowly stetm-
Ing towtrd the spot whir.- the mine Is
set. She Is moving cautiously through
hostile waters. At soon tt the gets
anywhere near the mine her photo-
graph Is thrown down on the chart As
jSgjjgjjgSsMkfa.' ' sv -- 3ganwP tOaws0BSa '
TKI.KPHONINO AI1NO A HE AM OF LIGHT.
she moves toward the hidden peril so bring disgrace upoa this grand organ-
her photograph moves 'atefully over izatlon. which teaches aa a fun la-
the chart toward the point where the mental principle shun the common
mine's number appears. At last the enemy.' and " But tbe major waa
moving photograph on the chart cov- overcome and sat down amid profound
ers up the mine number and. pres'o' 1 silence NotMng more was ..i i.m
the operator presses the button and the
ship Is blown tin
"A very small motor ntta-hed to a
AI'IIS ITS OWN DOOM.
captive balloon ent up from shipboard
would enable the op. rutor to steer It
In nny desired dlr'ctlon and to detect
I at a g;iit il stance with powerful
r glasses tbe approach of an enemy's
-iiu.nlr.in. wbl h h.Ioi in i'!on he ml
ii telephone dow n lo the commanding of-
flci r He ri.nbl n ii v n il a battle
In which his own ship engaged vlth
comparative safety high up above the
rat:ie of ma hlne gunt."
A llemorallf etl t .innlry.
"Hasn't the story about his accept-
ing a big bribe hurt that official?" ask-
ed one Chinese citizen. "Not much."
answered another It seems to me
ha It treated with more respect than
ever. The fact that he rauld gel to
much money for his Influence shows
whtl a lot of ii he must have." Waao-
Ington Star.
A Vnlsateer Deg.
The maicnt of one of the companies
of the Ninth regiment. Maattcbutetta
velunteert it a dog wearing a jacket
on each side of which It tbt stltholat
lag Inscription 1 am going td Cuba.
... r ...
. n uera as
SHE STOOD BY THE FLAG.
ww s Iterfcj t'ettforsaa TTot .n rst
Twa Doa tm flight.
W n. Wilcot. who reside at Ki
Golden aveaue. Uoa Angeles Ca!.. la aa
Amerlraa all through Therefore
when trouble arose between thla coun-
try and tfpaia he bought two A mart can
flega aad bung them from the roof of
bia dwelllag. Two husky Spaniards
feeling aggrieved at thla eihlbltlon of
patrlctltB. determined that the flags
must come down. Accordingly they
railed at the residence of Citizen Wil-
cot. cbaracterlatlcally .housing aa
""ur wnn n'T "Bw not at
h"BI TB'r wre UBaware that Mrs
Wll every bit at good an
American as her husband About : 30
D lh frnoon Mrs Wllcoi waa called
IO m oor "T ewarthy looking
follow who pointed up to tbe Aags
and demaaded la broken Engllab fhat
they be taken down Immediately She
waa all alone in the house and there
waa no help within rail but the re-
solved not to strike ber colon and
quickly shut tbe door In the fare of
the patriot of Spain who amused him-
self by banging on it. When she
opened It again he waa very angry and
threatening In ber hand she had a
tiny nickle plated blcyrle wrench
wblcb she pointed suddenly at him
like a revolver and told him to be off
He went away surly and growling She
watched down the street until he waa
Joined by another aa ilark and as big
a Spaniard aa himself The two had a
conference and presently slunk off
Then they attempted a flank move
ment. The second don sneaked around
the side of tbe house while the flrat
marched boldly up to the door Al-
most before he reached It the plucky
woman burst It suddenly open and with
a wild yell pokes! her sb ning weapon
right under his nuae. Mke Mark
Twain's coyote there was only a erMS
In the landscape to Indicate which di-
rection the Spaniard's Aying foo'ttepe
had taken Mrs. Wilcox has re-en
forced her monkey-wrench with an
auxiliary battery consisting of a six-
shooter and Is prepared to defend ber
colors against all comers
Taela Caleb's I'roiast.
The bachelors are having a hot rime
lately At the last meeting I n le Caleb
made a ttrong protest against the rule
which prohlblta members from hold-
ing a girl's hand continuous y fur more
than three seconds and but here he
was Interrupted by the major who.
Jumping to bit feet. y.e 'Three
secondt Is too long for safety. n
am in favor of reducing the time to
one second and a third person to be
present And I II wati h you fellows."
the major continued. "Tew noticed
some of you scamps sneaking around
when and where you had no business
and It haa got to slop do fM heiir
It has got to itop! You are trying to
It It evident that trouble la ! : i u f i if
IWoro adjournment. Ilrri'her Monroe
sang the "three old maids." members
Joining In th chorua. Yakima
I Wash.) Republic.
W ssi.i " men.
A small bay on war 1 My pa has
gone to flght the Spaniards an' they
ain't been no row at our house since
he left. Ma tays peu. e wat declared
when he went. An Pa he wrote home
an said he thanks God for war. and
now he II have a holiday; an h said he
hopea Ibe war'll laat ten years and
then end so fur from home that he
can't get hack an when Ma re.i.i that
she said Amen" They goes on that
woy Hut I guess if Pa was killed she'd
put on mournln f ir him. on make nut
like she waa sorry Men la curloua
but women It curloiiser. an neither DM
knowt moren' they orter know " Kx.
lleiu fMtBMatMai
When a theft is committed In the
street m China the shopkeeper In front
of whoae store the robbery occurred Is
held responsible pending the cupture
of the culprit. Should he pot b found
the merchant along the street may be
compelled to make good the loss This
makes a detective of every 'lilnaman.
and law-breakers are alway luoughl
to Justice.
ri leers for Patriots.
A novel flower hat been found at the
Isthmus of Tchuantepec. It has a fa-
culty of changing Kg color during the
day In the morning It It villa when
the sun Is ut ila zenith It Is red and at
bight It Is blue. The red. white and
blue flower grows on a tree about the
size of a guava tree and only at noon
does it give out any perfume
Man Weakest In the Mnmlng.
A man Is precisely his weakest when
be turns out of bed In the morning
Tbe muscular force la greatly Increaaed
by breakfast but It attains to Hi high-
est point tfter I be mlddty meal. It
then tinkt for a few hours aad then
rises again toward! evening.
Osb real's Plag Has
Now It appeara that the stovepipe htt
that It to adorn the ttatue of Prealdent
Paul Kruger will. If Mtdam Kruger't
wishes are carried out. be concave
lo the crown to aa to hoid rain water
which birda may drink.
LINCOLN SAW IT ALL
INTUITION OF THE GREAT
WAR PRESIDENT.
MBJM a Ma Ma.ea la Ue-Aay Aet
lalll IB. reaper T lata Ita ' He
aw I he falare far tbeaa Tbraagh
laa taU g lalalllaa.
It surprises no one that dreamers
and poeta. or even phlloeopbera. should
1st influenced by dreamt and present i
meatt. but when men of practical
mtnda. who are capable of dlres tiBg tbe
affaire of a nation such men aa Abra-
ham Lincoln and Napoleon I . give
heed to the signs of superstition less-
er men wonder and speculate aad ad
vaace theories of their own to account
for tbe phenomena.
Tbe Hon partes always were super-
atltloua especially the mother of Na-
poleon She alwaya bad a presenti-
ment that the rise and fall of her fam-
ily would occur in the same century
that tbe glory which wat prophesied
for i hem would be followed by disss
ter. Aad the prediction was verlflesl
She died in her eighty-seventh year
having lived long enough to see the
downfall of all her children.
Napoleon I always feared Ilecember
2 aa an unlucky day. and tt is relate!
of him that before every Important
battle he would throw dire to asier-
taln If he were to lose or win. The
red men'" whom he alwaya saw go
log to battle with him waa a delusion
that cause) kjgaj much suffering.
Among crowned heads lamia XI of
France waa one of the Amies: believ-
ers la superstition He it was who
had an unfortunate astrologer brought
before him who told him that a U-au-tlful
woman a friend of the kings
would die soon A few days later Hie
woman dies) and LoMt. enraged at the
vcriAcntlon of ihe prediction sent for
the astrologer and when he was
brought before him ordered his cour
tiers to throw him out of a window of
the palace Ibfore the order was
obeyed be asked the astrologer with
a sneer If he could latj him itbe king)
the hour of his own death.
"Sire." replied the qui k-wltted as-
trologer bowing low "I ahall have the
honor of dying Just three days before
your majeaty."
Not only did the astrologer save his
life Ihen. but he waa treated with the
grrateat rare that hit valuable life
might he indefinitely prolonged.
Like NMJaMM Abraham Lincoln al
wayt believed he was a man of des-
1 liny. He thought he would rise to
some lofly station In life but that he
would have a sudden fail He was
I pleased yel alarmed at what he look-
c upon as a rent in the veil which
hides the future from mortal sight for
tbe vision he saw wat one of glory and
of hi mhI
Lincoln's friends never willingly at-low.-.!
him to dwell n lu faith in is
cull Influ. ii and not until the .irk
shadow he anticipated had fallen did
they see a at cans fatality In bit re-
curring visions The one thtl most
Impressed him happened in Springfield
la HMO. He waa lylag oa a lounge la
hit own ihamtwr when glancing Into
a mirror that hung near he saw a
double Image of himself reflected
there. At that time l.lnotn
aa In tbe full glow of health
and hope. but in the mirror
tbe fare showed a mortal pale-
ness. Again and again he tried the
experiment and alwaya with the aame
ghastly result. Afterward he tried II
la the executive mansion but there it
I failed.
He did not attach so much Import
: once to tblt vision or Illusion until
IM4 on 'he day of his renomlnatlon at
Haltlmore On that day Lincoln was
at the war depart n cut in telcgraphn
communication with General Grant
who waa at Richmond. A telegram
i arrived at the White House informing
Lincoln of his renomlnatlon as presi
dent but though he went home for u
hasty lunch he did not stop to read the
telegram On returning to the war
department a dispatch waa handed to
him telling him of the nomination of
Andrew Johnson for the vi. pr.si
den. v Mr Lincoln was surprised and
said I thought it was customary
to tioniilia'e : he pr. -id nt ttr-l
On lielng told of the first telegram
' he suld. mournfully re ailing the li
age In the mirror:
"I'll never live through my second
I term. That lielongs to Johnson -at
I least the best part of It "
Shortly liefore his assassination m-
oln bad a strange dream which he
related to his wife mid Mr Ijinon
his former law partner.
"I retired late for 1 had walled up
for Important dispatches and I soon
fell Into a light slumber I dreamed
there was a deathlike stillness about
me but still I could hear the subdued
sobs of a number of people I left my
room went all through the house In
my dream everywhere ihe same weep
Ing and walling. Imt I could see no
body Kltiitlly I went into the east
room and there I saw coffin with
man. soldiers as guard
" 'Who Is dead in the White House
I linked.
" Why. ilnn I you know said tm
of the soldiers 'the prisldent h is been
assassinated ' Tin n a loud burst of
grief came from the rowd. and with
i hat I awoke."
Mrs Lincoln rem nil- rod the lr-am
1 on the fatal night of hi. death and
1 i rled out
"His dream was prophetic!"
Lincoln hud one fort iin.it e dream
! which he often ilnaiued. and which
I he said was ulwuys welcome as It In-
variably preceded II . at union Vic
lory He said he dreamed it befor.
j the battle of A tit let nm and again be
i for' that of Gelt v shut g and - - - x . - r 1 1
' other engagements He dreamed that
I he saw a badlv damaged ship sailing
away rapidly while pursuing vessels
overlook and demolished the wreck
Thla dream always comfortrsl him
When Mr Lincoln would be culled
to task by his friends for his belief
In dreams he would Invariably quote
the Ulble for hit authority After his
moat Important dream he said
"In Ihe morning when I took up my
Bible the Arst chapter I opened at waa
the twenty-eighth of Genesis relating
Jacob's woaderful dream I looked
through the in .i. and everywhere I
teemed ; nno ihe same lesson. Six
teen chaptera in the Old Tettament
and four or Ave In the New Tetta
meat that reveal God's meaning la
dreamt."
His former partner. Mr I Amor
says
"The more Intense the light which
Is poured on what may be Mr. Ul-
coin's weakest point the greater and
grander will hit character appear.'
OUANANICHE FISHING.
Solas frvas the apsirllag l iana Where
the Aaclers ttal Bar.
Fly Ashing It on now at Ihe sporting
clubs on ling Island and al other
placet throughout tbe stile At the
South Side Sportsmen's Club tt Oak-
dale the trout are lustier and mora
combative than In some itatnni. all
there is every prospect that more nab
will be landed than in 1HM. when !(.-
ouo trout weighing ' pounds were
caught The satne - orv of good
catches Is reported from the trout pre-
serves at other parts if Long Island
There are so many Ash In the ponds
and brooks thai since the railona of
chopped liver have been stopped tbfy
will rise to any lure offered from a
salmon fly lo a red rag. and fly Ashing
Is not the art It should be Whoever
tries for trout In the open waters thai
still are left on Uing Island however
will And It takea all thai one knowt
about Ay ratting and Ay tying in bring
a fair string to the lending net. In
thtsr waters the Ash ire few and very
wary 1' nines the Ay fisherman Is proof
agalnat many disappointments and
trlalt be will he temped to but with
worm the wty the country hoyt do.
At ibe Tuxedo Club the trout Ashing
is up to the mark bit the ouananlrhe
are not taking the Ay aa quickly aa
they did last reason. The Tuxedo
hatcheries are equal to any In tbe
country and the club's r. .ters always
teem with Tout Crorn the dr. when
they are turned out as Angerllng. the
trout have to f r.tge for th m-elves.
and they are game from gills to tall.
The srlnt to each member's basket oa
me nrooks It n in . i.-atJ
tw nt Bve tr here lb flab nil
ger aad any skillful ang er mty get his
quota IB a couple of hours The first
ouannnhhe ihe genuine 'itnd-lochad
salmon r. obtatBtd fr m the Catted
States hai her) in Maine some Bve
years tgo. but tbey have since been
hatched out at Tuxe from the spawn
of ihe flrst tpeelnon. The .le.; pools
of the large lake at Tuxedo have af-
forded to the ouananlche the cool re
treats they require to thrive In the
hot summer of this MttSM which va-
ries so greatly from I hair native habit
ats In Maine and Canada and they have
grown to great site and strength some
times touching the five and six pooad
mark This year the oiiananlcbe have
the clubmen guessing The lake over
the deep pools seems to be alive with
them for as the anglers whip the wa
ters with their casts gllmpaea
i
I
gleaming bodies and of dorsal or
lal Ans may be seen on every side aa
the aalmon rush to and fro to feed on
Ihe Insect life tot the trtlflrlal lines
arc Ignorxl It makes no difference
what Ales are used from Jock Scott
to coachman for. when a Ash haa oc-
casionally deigned to rite. It has been
at a different pattern each lime Our-
ing the old spell last week which
with the high wind temporarily clear-
ed the lake of the h wing Insects tnd
Ales the ouananlche went al the book
In spirited style The Tuxedo men
hope lhat they will nn longer have to
He awake o nights thinking out new
files to try for the ouananlrhe In ibe
morning
TOO HetECII'l TATE
V.oith will a It -air. tor Notorlrl (lets
a Ita S scare.
Young Whlrlem a a schemer and al- i
waya awake to opportunities for doing J
himself a good turn When he served
notice a few weeks ago lhat he had
101 .d- d to Ml tt and In ctse of war
serve as an artilleryman or In the
navy there was widespread consterna-
tion says the Octroi! r'ree press His
family think that tbe hopes of the fu-
ture so far at this country It con-
'iin d rest largely with him He It a
sim lal lion ai : I In oust mat Ion eg.
lend. among eligible daughters and
managing in . r I ' at was Just what
Whlrlem bad anticipated. It was what
he played f ir. Nothing could be nlceae
lo make ever; thlnif as pleasant as pos-
sible for him whil all the girls of bit
acquaintance were deploring tbe Im-
minence of fate that might take blm
from i hem forever. He wat tight In
clover and making hay while tbe sun
shone Hut Whlrlem Is not Ibe fellow
to make a false move though he will
bluff to Ihe limit. He Went to the old
family physician for a careful physi-
cal examination and was informed that
his condition did not meet with the
requirements of the service The doc-
tor did thi with the hope of having
Whlrlem forego his purpose Hut the
result waa Just the opposite for if he
would not be acieptetl there would be
glory with safety In offering himself
He did. He almost fainted when In-
formed that he had passd an admir-
able examination Now be would give
all kinds of monet if he had not four-
flushed in his desire to ounterfell a
real hero
NATURAL 9HOE POLISH.
Hrsi.it .loli. in .1 Hi at . "skill t.trel.
I. Ill eii-HitiB i.i ..ainrr.
Krom the Haltlmore A nienrsBT'j
Orange Juice H one of I lie besi dresa-
Ings for Ida k shoes or boots Take
a slice or it quarter of un orange and
ml in on the . I i hoot Then wheBj
dry. brush wiih a soft brush until the
shoe shines like a lookltiK-Klaas Thtt
Is an Knglleh recipe Another fruit
dressing Is for tan shoes the inside of j
. .iii.in kin Hub ihi kin over 'he
shoe thoroughly wipe off carefully
with a soft brush briskly. Patent
blither hoew should not be polished
with blacking These are the hardest
kind of shoee to keep I Hiking well and
require constant care They may tiM
leaned with a ilamp sponge and lm-
mediately dried with a toft cloth wilt
ocnaalonally a little vaseline or swe
oil. They must never be donned in
cold weather without heating or the
will crack ita soon aa exposed to the
old air.
There are several varieties of Bab.
that cannot swim In every Instance
they are deep-sea dwellers and rawtx
ilsnit the rocks u.lng their tail aM
Snt aa legs.
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