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IN WINTER QUARTERS.
Care Taken to Protect Yacht* Prom CoH
and Storm*.
Tho value of yacht property floating in
the waters of and adjacent to tho shores of
New England and the middle states is in
itself an amount surprising to those who
have given only a passing thought to the
subject When it can be safely estimated
that invested in the luxurious pastime is
a sum equal to the taxable basis of a city
almost the size of Hartford, much of which
is thoughtlessly exposed to climatic and
other conditions which rapidly depreciate
its worth, it will be realized what a large
amount of property is constantly placed
at the hazard.of unusual risks. This is
especially noticeable during the winter
months, when the pleasure yachts are out
of commission and'are often left in charge
of a single keeper, whose position is even
more responsible than that of n captain in
the summer season. The latter, if any
thing unusual occurs, has the entire crew
. at his command to avert tho impending
disaster. This is not so with the boat
keeper, who is forced to cope with any
emergency single handed.
The principal basins wherein - yachts are
stored for the winter are interesting in the
extreme to the enthusiastic yachtsman.
With few exceptions the larger boats are
stripped of their sqils and running rigging
and are moored in some sheltered spot that
offers protection from the fierce storms of
the cold season. Their bright work is cov
ered with tarpaulins. The wise yacht
owner takes the additional precaution to
select a spot exempt from deleterious man
ufactories that tend to pollute the waters.
Smaller yachts are hauled out of the wa
ter, spars taken out and tho shining hulls
entirely covered with canvas. They are
not left in this state throughout the frosty
weather, but whenever there is a bright,
warm day storm covers arc thrown off,
hatches opened and the sunshine is allowed
to stream in for a few hours. Fires are
also kindled in both galley and cabin, so
as to thoroughly dry the air.
Sails require more care than the layman
would suppose. Not only does tho clover
yachtsman, who values his property cor
rectly, store them in a perfectly dry place,
but three or four times during the winter
he will haul them out and give a chanco
to “old Sol” to dispel any tendency to
mildew. Then, too, the luxurious fur
nishings of many yachts of the present
day, which are quite as elaborate and ex
pensive as are to bo found in the homes of
their owners, require the same considerate
care as the household effects of tho man
sion on shore. Unfavorable surroundings
or unpropitious conditions create a ruin
ous effect upon nice materials, bringing
loss and damage with tolling rapidity, the
escape from which is the discreet thought
of every careful yachtsman.—New York
Sun.
A Singular Case.
A peculiar case was tried at Dixon re
cently before Judge Givens, says the Mad
isonville (Ky.) Hustler. Rev. Jesse White*
is pastor of what is known as the Chaly
beate church, in Webster county. One of
the rules of the church was that tho wom
en should occupy one side of tho house and
the men the other. A transgression of
this rule is what caused the trouble.
A young man by the name of Crook,
from Henderson county, was in the neigh
borhood and took his sweetheart to church
one night and sat down by her, as he had
been accustomed to do at home. Rev. Mr.
White called attention to tho rule of the
church, requiring him to move to the
men’s side. Crook refused, saying he had
oome with the lady, and he didn’t know
of any law he was violating when be sat
by her side. Rev. Mr. White called on
some of the elders to arrest Crook. During
this time quite a commotion arose.
Finally Crook agreed, rather than be
the cause of so much disturbance, to move
over on the men’s side. Rev. Mr. White
informed him it was too late, and ordered
the elder to arrest him. The elder proceed
ed to do so, and a disturbance resulted.
The whole business was brought into
court, and Rev. Mr. White pleaded his
own case before tho jury. The jury came '
to the conclusion that Rev. Mr. White was
the principal cause of tho disturbance and
assessed a fine of $29 upon him. It is
about the first case we ever heard of where
a preacher was fined for disturbing his
own worship.
The Antiquity of Man.
Is this not a case in which tho imagina
tion may bo fairly invoked in aid of
science? May we not from these data at
tempt in some degreo to build up and re
construct the early history of tho human
family? There, in eastern Asia, in a trop
ical climate, with the means of subsistence
readily at hand, may we not picture to
ourselves our earliest ancestors gradually
developing from a lowly origin, acquiring
a taste for hunting, if not indeed being
driven to protect themselves from the
beasts around them and evolving the more
complicated forms of tools or weapons
from tho simpler flakes which had pre
viously served them as knives? May we
not imagine that when once the stage of
civilization denoted by these paleolithic
implements had been reached tho game
for the hunter became scarcer and that his
life in consequence assumed a more nomad
character?
Then, and possibly not till then, may a
series of migrations to “fresh woods and
pastures new” not unnaturally have en
sued, and these following the usual course
of “westward toward the setting sun”
might eventually lead to a paleolithic
population finding its way to the extreme
boarders of western Europe, where wo find
such numerous traces of its presence.
How long a term of years may be involved
in such a migration it is impossible to say,
but that such a migration took place tho
phenomena seem to justify us in believ
ing.—Sir John Evans in Popular Science
Monthly.
A Cooking Box of Wood.
The various experiments made with
solar engines by the French in Algeria,
where the sun shines at all times and with
great power, have been attended in somo
instances with marked success. The best
apparatus is stated to be a simple arrange
ment of boiler and concave mirror, the
steam generated being condensed in a
coiled tube surrounded by water, this be
ing intended for distilling water merely.
But in India an inventor named Adams
has contrived some machines by which
more varied results are accomplished. One
of these is what is termed a cooking box,
made of wood and lined with reflecting
mirrors, at the bottom of the box being a
small copper boiler, covered with glass to
retain the heat of the rays concentrated by
mirrors upon the boiler, In this contriv
ance any sort of food may be quickly
cooked, the result being a stew or boil if
the steam is retained, or if allowed to
escape it is a bake. The heat with this
device may be augmented Indefinitely by
‘ increasing the diameter of the box.—Phil
adelphia Ledger.
LET “WIFEY” SHOP FOR YOU
She Always Baa a Sharper Mom Tor
Beal Bargains.
The sign which caught Mrs. Dawson’s
eye read: "Suits S2O. Positively the
Last Week. Regular Price SBO. ”
Mrs. Dawson had the womanly love
for a bargain. She had often spent 10
cents’ car fare to secure some lovely
treasure that was marked down from
fl to 98 cents just for that day. She
was more than provoked that Dawson,
who was with her, did not grow enthu
siastic.
“You know you need a suit,” said
Mrs. Dawson. “Why not order it now
and save $lO. ”
Dawson was certain the suits would
be as cheap next week, but his wife re
fused to move on and dragged the help- •
less man into the store. The polite
clerk assured them that it was the bar
gain of the century and that this week
was positively the last.
With mental protests, but with out
ward calm, Dawson, like clay in the
hands of the potter, allowed himself to
be measured. Then ho left a deposit.
He called in four days and took the
suit away.
“There,” exclaimed Mrs. Dawson, in
triumph, when her husband appeared
arrayed in his new suit, “you never
had a better fit nor a more becoming
pattern. Just think how much money
your wife saved for you by being on the
lookout for a bargain!”
Mr. Dawson preserved a dignified si
lence and waited patiently for his bet
ter half to get her hat on straight pre
paratory to accompanying him to the
city.
Mrs. Dawson awaited with impa
tience the passing of the store where
she had saved money for her husband.
She wanted to call his attention to the
fact again that he might remain prop
erly thankful.
With all the faith of a woman Mrs.
Dawson was convinced that the sales
man was telling the truth when he as
sured her it was the last week of the
S2O sale.
She looked for the window, and her
faith was rewarded. It had been the
last week. The sign now read, ‘ ‘ Any
Suit In This Window sls. ” —Chicago
Record:
OLD BARBERS ARE SCARCE.
After Reaching 40 They Usually Retire
or Enter Another Occupation.
“Did you ever notice, ” said a veteran
tonsorial artist, who had shaved New
Haveners since 1873, to a New Haven
Register man, “that you only see a few
old barbers?”
“Why is it?”
“There are a good many reasons,”
answered the veteran knight of the
blade. “I suppose the chief one is that
a barber’s hand becomes unsteady after
he gets to be about 40 years old and he
has to give up. A good many barbers
drink hard, and that makes their nerves
and hands unfit for service, and they
retire before they cut their customers
throats. Still, I will say that in all my
experience of 87 years I never saw a
man badly cut by a barber, not even by
an accident for -which the barber was
not responsible. ”
“What becomes of the barbers after
they retire?”
“Oh, some of them go to the poor
house, ” he replied, with a twinkle in
his eye, “and some of them, -who have
saved their wages, buy little places and
live on them, perhaps running a farm.
Some of them, of course, go into other
business, perhaps bookselling or else be
come insurance agents. I have heard of
barbers who gave up the business and
became butchers. This isn’t such a wide
difference from their former business
(what are you laughing at?) as it might
seem. No, I don’t mean that they learn
to carve people or even to skin them in
the bari r business, but they learn how
to handle a blade skillfully and they
make first class meat cutters. ”
Pipe Made of a Seal’s Task.
A pipe made out of a seal’s tusk was
seen at tho Weare office recently. The
stem is nearly a foot long and is
quaintly illustrated with representa
tions of life under the arctic circle.
The artist was an Indian, and the
little sketches in India ink show up
very well against the ivory background..
There is a reindeer about to fall un
der the arrow of an archer. There is a
sledge drawn by dogs. Fir trees, tepees,
a fishing scene, where the captives are
being brought to shore in a net, are all
true to life.
Another ornament of the same char
acter is a pair of walrus tusks, with de
lineations of other Alaskan scenes, with
the fox and the white polar bear in evi
dence; also an Eskimo leveling a gun at
the latter.
It is said that to add to the terrors of
overland travel in the long winter
months the larger wild animals are of
ten driven by hunger to attack the trails
men, and packs of ferocious wolves will
besiege a camp for days, attacking the
horses and reindeer as well as the dogs.
More than one caravan has been done to
death in this manner, as the whitened
bones strewn along the tracks show.—
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Usually Need* a Breadwinner.
The young fellow who worries ex
ceedingly in fear that he cannot find a
wife, or rather a girl whom he wants,
to make his wife, who is a good cook,
is usually the one who after the mar
riage fails to provide the wife in the
case with anything to cook.—Scranton
Republican.
A Frenchman was convicted of kill
ing his mother-in-law. When asked if
he had anything to say for himself be
fore taking sentence, he said, “Noth
ing, excepting I lived with her 21 years
and never did it before. ”
The temperature of the cucumber is
a degree below that at the surround
ing atmosphere. It is. therefore, appar
ent that the expression “tool as a cu
cumber - is scientifically correct.
LK ». « 1 MA
BAD INDIANS OF ONEIDA.
Becoxd Jtt Old Abe Autono And Family !•
the Karly Day* ot New York.
"They hanged old Antone and I'll give
’em a chance to hang mo some day!”
ycllcd Al jxander Antone us Officer Wilcox
of Oneida dragged him into the police sta
tion the other day. “I murder you before
long, do you hear?” he shrieked again and
again as tho officer exasperutlngly paid no
attention to his ravings, but calmly drag
ged the red man to a cell. As the heavy
iron door closed with a crash he broke but
again like a maniac, shrieking blood curd
ling threats and curses.
Alexander Antone, says tho Oneida
Union, boasts tliat ho is the grandson of
Abram Antone, ono of tho fiercest savages
ever known in this vicinity. Abram was
born on tho banks of tho Susquehanna In
1750. His father was a Stockbridge In
dian and his mother was the daughter of
an Oneida chief. When ono reviews the
life and bloodthirsty deeds of tho offspring
of this pair, one cannot wonder at tho
savage instincts which show in the blood
of his progeny. In 1798 Abram had somo
trouble with an Indian who distributed
government allowances to tho Indians.
Ho claimed he had been defrauded. Ho
met the agent at Chenango point, at tho
raising of an Indian house, and at the
feast, after the work had boon done, delib
erately shot tho man through the heart
and calmly walked away. Nothing was
done toward bringing him to justice. His
most atrocious deed was the murder of an
infant child. Ho camo homo one day and
found tho baby crying. Ho was in nn
ugly mood and seizing tho child from its
mother’s arms raked back tho bed of coals
and buried the infant in tho flames of the
fireplace.
During hiscareer be lived in Canada for
somo years. A white man insulted a
squaw there and Abram resented it. Ho
was struck across tho face by tho white
man. His blood boiled, and from that he
followed his enemy until he had an oppor
tunity to plunge a knife into his heart in
a hotel bedroom. In or about 1810
Abram’s daughter Mary received atten
tions for a time from a young Indian in
this county. Ho transferred his favors
soon, however, to another dusky damsel
and married her Mary kilfed her rival/,
for which she was arrested, tried, convict
ed and hanged.
Ono John Jacobs, a half brood, had been
a witness against her, and Abram consid
ered him the cause of her death. Ho swore
to kill him, and Jacobs fled, and returned
only when Abram sent him word that ho
would not molest him. Ho was hoeing
corn in a field with others ono day when
Abram approached, shaking hands with
each. As he approached Jacobs ho said,
“How d’ye do, brother?" and drawing a
knife from his left sleeve plunged it three
times into the man’s body. Abram got
away and then began a life of many nar
row escapes from officers of the law. He
had a wigwam in what is now tho town
of Sherburne, and there two whites found
him one day peacefully making a broom.
Ho waited as they advanced to capture
him until they were close at hand, and
then pointed his riflo suddenly and ordered
them away. They went, and later Abram
used to laugh as ho told tho story and em
phatically boasted that his gun was empty.
He grew bolder as time went on, and used
openly to enter villages and towns with
apparently no fear of being taken. At last
ono in whom he had confidence betrayed
him. Ho w as induced to enter a trial of
skill at shooting, and when his rifle was
empty officers seized and captured him.
Ho was hanged in public at Morrisville on
Friday, Sept. 12, 1823.—Utica Observer.
Marie Antoinette In the Conciergerie.
“The Last Days of Louis XVland Marie
Antoinette” is tho title of an article by
Anna L. Bicknell In Tho Century. Miss
Bicknell, in speaking of removal of
tho queen from tho T n to tho
Conciergerie, says:
The next day two gendarmes were placed
in tho cell and remained there permanent
ly, never leaving the unfortunate queen
any privacy. By tho care of Mme. Richard
a screen was put up before her bed, and
was her only protection against their in
cessant watchfulness. They drank,
smoked, played cards, quarreled and
swore in her presence. Tho smoko was
particularly disagreeable to her and affect
ed her eyes, besides causing headaches.
As she had brought nothing with her
from tho Temple, she begged to be allowed
the use of the linen and other requisites
which she had left there. After sme delay
a parcel was brought containing a few
articles carefully folded and put together.
As she looked at each, tho queen’s eyes
filled with tears, and turning to Mme.
Richard she said mournfully, “In the care
with which all this has been chosen and
prepared I recognize the hand of my poor
sister Elisabeth." After receiving this
parcel of necessaries the queen wished to
put them away, but had no means of do
ing so in her cell. She begged Mme. Rich
ard to lend her a box of some kind, but
the jailer’s wife dared not procure one for
her. At last Rosalie offered a bandbox of
her own, which the queen accepted with
thankfulness. Poor Rosalie also lent her
a mirror of the humblest kind, which she
had bought at a trifling cost for her own
use—a small glass In a painted tin frame,
which was received as a boon by the royal
lady whose majestic beauty had been re
flected in the hall of mirrors at Versailles.
Royal Lovers.
Julian Ralph, in a letter from Copen
hagen, gives a pen picture of the latest
royal bride and bridegroom: "Icame here
on the same boat with the Princess Ingo
borg and her husband, Prince Charles of
Sweden. We bumped against one another
and were a little ill together and laughed
at our companions without my ever dream
ing that my companions were royalties
They sat on a deck settee for hours, went
down stairs and dined at 2 shillings a head,
with a rather rough lot of young men at
their tabic, and were altogether ns demo
cratic as could be. But for tho most part
the royal pair—she in plain dress and he
in a lounging suit and a squash hat—sat
up to each other for all the world like a
pair of Garman sweethearts making the
most of a chance to be together Sho looks
16, is slight, very blond, very emotional
■and inclined to bo merry. Ho is a tall,
masterful looking man. with clear cut
face, gentle cs and a manner toward her
that is all tenderness and prida They were
coming home at the end of their honey
moon ’
The Cora For Ainerlcauiti*.
Americanitis is on the increase, the wise
ones say Americanitis comes from an
intense desire to "git thar" and an awful
fear that you cannot. The ounce ot pre
vention is to cut down your calling list,
play tag with the children and let the old
world slide. Remember that your real
wants are not many—a few hours' work
a day will supply your needs—then you
are safe from Americunitu and death at
tho top Philistine
A RACE HORSE’S CAREER.
HU Lot, a* n Role. Il Hard, For SoaU.
meat la Lacking on th* Tart.
The history of a racer from the day
be is foaled until his death has fre
quently furnished tho topic far many
thrilling stories from the pens of able
writers.
When the racer is foaled, as a rule
he is watched from the hour of his
birth until he reaches the market as a
yearling. When he is sold, that ends
the breeder’s interest in him, except
that it is desired that he shall be suc
cessful on the turf, because his future
brothers and sisters may fetch a higher
market price than if he retires a fail
ure. Once the yearling reaches the
racing stable he is broken, and his
trials are watched with interest
During his 2-year-old career the colt
wins several stakes and in his 8-year
old form proves himself a breadwinner,
but unfortunately stratus a muscle or
ruptures a tendon in a fierce struggle to
win a purse and largo wagers for his
owner. When the thoroughbred is led
limping back to his box, the owner
does uot exhibit an overabundance of
sentiment On the other hand, he be
wails the losses incurred by the break
ing down of the colt This does not
apply to poor owners. It applies to mil
lionaires who race horses for the sport
to be derived from it and the possibilir
ties of being by
the press, with a fair prospect of mak
ing both ends meet by winning purses
and stakes and a few wagers judicious
ly placed. The patient thoroughbred,
with his swollen tendon, is carefully
examined.
The aid of a veterinarian is called in,
and many discussions are held as to
whether the horse will recover or re
main unsound. Then the “knackers”
of the race track begin to hover around
like buzzards who scent carrion afar
off. The “knacker” is permitted to ex
amine the ailing tendon and is told by
tho trainer that the horse can be pur
chased for a nominal sum. As a rule,
tho “knacker” purchases, and the horse
is put through a course of torture
known as flring and blistering. When
he next appears, it is in the role of a
“selling plater,” in the colors of some
hardened wretch who possesses no feel
ing for either his jockeys or his horses,
and when he is no longer of any use to
the “knacker” he is shipped to the
minor tracks known as the outlaw
tracks, whero he is starved and beaten
until nothing remains but the frame
and hide of what was once the idol of
race goers.—Exchange.
TIMELY TURF TIPS.
W. Wood, 2:07, has been thrown ont
of training.
Du Quoin, Ills., will have a trotting
meeting Sept. 14 to 15.
Jimmie Dustin has had to give up
driving owing to his health.
American bred coach and carriage
horses are liked in Scotland.
Horses are in demand in every coun
try in Europe except Russia.
Tocsin Chimes, 2:23%, by Chimes,
has been sold to Vienna horsemen.
Passing Belle, 2:08%, is the fastest
new pacer of the year. Sally Toler,
2:08%, comes next
Oratorio will probably be in good
shape by the time the grand circuit
horses reach Fleetwood.
Parker John, 2:21%, died at Con
cord, N. H., recently. Out of 26 races
he had won money in 28.
Bermuda Wilkes, a bay colt by Ber
muda, trotted to a record of 2:25 at
Portsmouth, 0., recently.
Newton VV, by Sour Mash, reduced
the track record at Jackson, Mich.,
when he paced the mile in 2:15%.
A race in which tho horses were
driven by women, “attired in divided
skirts,” was “enjoyed” at Pittsfield,
Me.
There are 11 variety performers
whose trotting and pacing records aver
age better than 2:15. Jay Eye See,
2:10, trotting, 2:06% pacing, average,
2:08%, heads the list.
Will Creedon and McCoy Fight?
It is announced on good authority
that a syndicate of several well known
business men of New York has offered a
purse of $12,000 for “Kid” McCoy and
Dan Creedon to do battle for. The fight
is to take place in November, the place
to be within 1,000 miles of New York
city. The syndicate states that the loca
tion of the fight will be made known to
boxers two weeks before the battle. No
names are mentioned, and altogether,
just at present, it looks like a fish story.-
There is no place within • radius of
1,000 miles of New York where such a
finish bout could be pulled off legiti
mately, and it is not very likely that
the men would meet in private. —Ex
change. •
Jlti'i Trainer*.
If Bob Fitzsimmons engages in an
other fight, he will have to employ a
new set ot trainers. Ernest Roeber and
Dan Hickey, who faithfully trained
him for his memorable victory over Cor
bett and who recently left him, declare
that they will not patch up the trouble.
They alleged that the Oornishman
abused his helpers and failed to live np
to his financial agreements. The trouble
is similar to that which sprang up be
tween Corbett and Mike Donovan after
the Corbett-Sullivan mill.— New York
Journal
Clarke of the Baltimore*.
Tho crack baseball catcher, Bill
Clarke, is not loved by fans outside of
Baltimore. Perhaps it his grating,
horse radish voice that does the busi
ness. During one of the Baltimore-
Chicago games at Chicago one indig
nant female occupant of a box called
out, “Oh, you mean thing, I’d like to
run my hatpin right through year
neck!” And all because the back stop
called upon the pitcher to “got at him
and make him hit the ball.”— New
York Telegram.
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