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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. • • 1 f i AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ CASTORIA,” AND “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARX. J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,’’ which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought yy/T- on and has the signature of wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. a , March 8,1897. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer -yo” (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gradients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF J fF SF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. TH* CKNTAU* TV • M«W *M* <WVV. < ♦ —GET YOUR — JOB PRINTING DONE AfT The Morning. Call Office. ■ w We have Just supplied our Job Office with a complete line of Stationers kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way ot LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS. STATEMENTS, IRCULARB, ENVELOPES, N<rfEß, MORTGAGES, IS JARDB, POSTERS’ DODGERS, PTC.. 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