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RAILROAOS. THE FOI H THINK I.IM Ttt %T urn: i:\Tr.\M\n tihmimm U “U OUH Jhrir ( imiplrtf i.mlroninrnt* of Hi# I ott*n. Nn wi I *inrr, I attilirr nittl Fruit Hrlla of •• r ?nuthea*!ern •ttr—Thrlr I lose • ounertlon N% Mb Ihr IjiX. Wrt *rl Northwest In the i rutr-r* *f Iml matrial, %itri rnllnrnl nml 'lock llnUlrk fltt. Th# first rai wav constructed at Ba v.rn..h tin * 4 # < ' r *l of Ballitav tt? . i*•" k t*> to* &s. n h•■ i* • at ii at* W W. Gor i• bi t and H i Thorn* fur- ’ Hr t superintendent ftriru* tl n.' VM. \ ini' in th* #i.t r I•• • i • gntblb-spirted 'itl**-n** * f Havannah. n<t tf). • ii *r|*.*rHte *op it: t scribed iarg#l\ to ll* ? k It? <Ol -tr • Don to M on. *i in th* <'pntr.il i*rt of th# *>tmt• was trri* i <-iit urW Mr n rtal ard e.cg-ri#* ■ ru- . •;■ * tn • ar|\ iv that uid have I 4 j#?> >*• rmirnl p •!***' fsj*ri w launched thf enterprise T* ' It l" ** vmi > stern mti*-* of |rrf* t ' ••. * p**) run* iv |n* fra tin*: * tr *■ duritve a.r.niirai fruit .it 1 Mru; r country of G# *i gi* an*l acri* • **r-*I '■* mineral *#?'tlotof \;*!*ma To An gusts on th* northeaw \ih* r n< . V l.tnt.i on th* nort i *•’ 1 p rum of t plate, ipah to Al!>4rt\ nnd * .rr.i . tsa . i *rt •? to Firms; * m. w-*t ’MotTtK'>m'r% -outpw* *t • \r*ia > k ■ < n litory ar *1 m.< - * ? of tl a • ithle-i ai**t most proliH tivo f*orti >i;► of th- S-. Hi. f iry 4o Hava eitcntive i*m : al- ’ .** *1 • *•“ 1 ’ boated It \ar ;- a • - *1*1" Hti*l shf on* .i it with th* •***• Irm:n*k of th* ** -n Sutim t . • n. pan>. a a t. witter l? pt *< tb al > unde* tin- mu of th# < **ntral R lw • of OorKM. t• h mtroln ti# *•* k *•' the form* Th*> t* - treated ~fa n#r The ; rr. j*< i t.tn • <>f a tm r-* * I *->'**'■ in • *.* Inn and ofi*railtt 1 .•>* * * ini ■ • of t thwav every inlk- *f whi i * £t‘*h r S \ m fiah. rn*\ t* 4 U*tt**r un*len*too*l w!i<n r H known than tM 1 - r*a ayit*m -an i ’ * (kartn • i \** inv*. th nu‘.< ’• • pot of \I i *wn.*i th* m;irW’ quatrir- *f North ala n r.*l th* fruit r.*i * rj*' j tinr dletrl- 1# k>rinnnsr tha pro! i of j tnir.e. fun *i * ! M an l f*r*i •* ftav i i>uh for to th** ooowtwi** j . kafr ninn* M*n* with th*- ra wu)*** a* • arl iv*' a • -*■ { j.iif*- H onnnn! In toiw a aiih the ar >i'k ran* • a:*l in.Jiintrta rill -of ih ! • 4 **n The I’lant Hi'tfin, with H- -*•■* mtie* j i>f rd:ul ~ i.otfier r* .H r iMwn fa ’ t I In the pr ***;*rlty of Ha van i ah. *• rvl ho* j done intn'h to A*ve**p ri.*utlvi-rii ; H** itha •rn (k*r* • a -ii.* it p'lrwl* ■ unrlvalieil tn • i- extent *>f irr pra tloal devek*prr*. t of th* r***it mlar -t* t -1h amith of U‘ Fl>nda. th i*nu*t f Flom. of th*- orarme .• rrd >f tl* pho** I* ate A Florida 1 dl.v Id ikavar nah. tt imjawtan* •* *f ttt n) 1 * teni ah h ha* pertn*ale*l FiorltU ir* e*ver> vital . uNtvra. mir.oral and It *)\iar:al t*>t. nr.l has extend** 1 Ith lir*e weitwir to Monigomrry, Ala and to Char *eion. S C , conn* .'titiK with ii.- Atlai tt **.i"t I.: • tvitig it quick <*onne lion with th* porir the North AttnnM. . th- imi-ortnn e of tr.n* vaat railway ayitetn. wh<-w t< rmlual* Ht. 4 ofßcea nr* her*-. *an l* better ap,r*-- l*•• ••! It* tMeam*h*|> line* connect with it at Jkirt Tampa f*r Key We-? and H i wit < m*kihk ‘hite in*l itir n**w po t-**ion l*orto Klco. trihm.ir) * H*i\ mnah ThU railway' eyatcm'hai* tw tnilw* *>f lum *r, rwiiiKi and iiivi) -tu*> w;;.*r\*-, *l k*- Mtai et**raKe eh* .• on tl.* h.irbot The Hul<cKird Air Lln* Hu it way ht the thin! of t!w* r**at railway e>M*me with t rminule at vannph. and it ha.** • *p*n*l •-*1 more than $l iV •' *lnrii < tl* |*.i-i year In th** wwk *f perfe, tlnx it* tertni nai eyatetn Th** main lin* f till*- .*•> tem .•xt<*n-u* frc*m Richm*ri*l *n th* Jam* 4 * to TaniKi Fki . throiiiih th** hear? of t** • <>ton l-it. th* iw*> Cir* llnae jienetr.itin m through the* <-nt*r of Oeorcia to Montßonu iy, A a., nr *1 ih< i oiißhiy ruv* < k ill* n.* t |a>juitoue .*: ! praliu'llvi .irt*iilturn, fnilt mid ph* - pikif*- f- ll*le of FFrMi Tlv South* rn Railway. tht hue lone f-*lt th* impel tan . **l re ichimc Sa\ innali. hae. within the jw-t year. mi<- in uiailitu; itMf of th** o;.portunie\. .*i.t thl** extensive eystem. w licit control n* rly T,i trili** of roadway i *mi* *f th* nu* i.Utrl* - in the trun-.*<*riutUm pr*Ki- *• *f th* i>* f the South \* *ntl. Her*- w** have four of ti;** lovtiin.ifit railway e\ "teme of t.’ic Houth, coirrolluiK uiN’roximao-iy mild of ro.idwa>. three of whi h have . xtendv* rallv ay uui Mem**'i i* t tri.liuii* hi Sciivnnn.feh th.ii will aKfrebate from etx mi. ion to *lrht million.** >f dfdlare. Thcne four ayetema *ive employment to an army of tn*-* han -1 w ami l.ilMrerx ni their terminal* and obmrr their lit’.***, and the ipevkut* tr*n*l of th* truflt of th* ■* nywtem: i■ • • iir mu u • dir* tio toward iny t> by the Southern c***a that ha- ** ! fleet- of steamer* from all n.itl*i* In j waiting to re*’c*ive their <-ar?oc .•? araln from the West and Northwest. Iran ar.d rnarbk* frm th* furnace* and quurrl* of Aiwhama ant Oeorifki. ph*. phuu- i**. k from Houth Carolina, ptiano from Florl- Ida. cotton from five cotton prolu< iu atatap, orarvß* * and neml-t r>p*. .al ft nit from the Bahama*, (’ulu. IVwto Rl*o and Klorllt, tn** **i* an*l ;*■ ach* frm KU>r* j s*l.i, roaii wnl turp*nnltne frm four naval •tore* pro*ln* injr aiat*-**. lumber and ttm* b**r from ‘JeoiKhi. Alal*nma an*l Kiorkla, oiml mil* elkme*<up prxjdncta fr*ni tl.* rl h territory thrcMiph whlih the railway* leather the product* of human t4i and human energy in ih* Houihltaml. % V|iiiimen tal t'lfy. In meiv>ry of the heron* who fouirht *nd the dartri who fell in of ,|h *rty, Savannah ha* ere*t**l nvmuni*nt to aoriv tv hoe* name* ar* hou*- h*.l w<>r*l wherever the etruK*r.* < *' of the Am*rb-n colon late are ki.*wi. The moniim* ntp ere to the piirioti>' dand are all ki dln th*- liull etreei ;uar* In John-on Squat** ie a motium* nt * r* *•! to the niem**r> of tier* N ih.m,. | Oreen*- It xa* erected ill 112* Th* or< noraume u laid by tier <mi the Kcaaion of hla viait to Savannah in In Monterey Hqu.ire Ip a monument to Count who wax a gen*-rji in tin army of tha revolution nnd who fell ir. the abise of Hav.innnh Thia momiment warn orected In ISS3. a.though h*- corn* r* •ton*- wwp laid by <*-n. lafayeiie on the o**o*- ion when he perform'd the Mm* cer emony for the Greene monutnen* In Madlaon lei monument anl heroic hrnae etatue to H 4, rt Jasrr, W’h*> wop mortally wotindtkl in th* pi* k* 1 of Havannah w hlk- ret ikitiß th* American flag from the enemy which lia*l captured U In the military roq>|nade peaith of For syth Bark la an imfaopintc monumnu to the Confederate dead, uti* of rar- beauty of deplgn aii*l flniph In Court Houee Square la a very l*eai tlfui podalieii granite monument erected by th- Centra Railroad of Georgia to the memory of ita ttrat president, and on** of the pioneers of the enterprise. Wm Washington Oordon In anothsr part of the (quare is a mat aive block of unpoliahcd granite from the mountains of Georgia, placed in the square in memory of the kind, friendly Indian chief Tomo-chl-chi. whose treat ment of and treaty with Gan. Oglethorpe and the early <xlonlats ia thus cuiuuwau oralad by their descendanta. Udl ICH B HF.NT \%l MIFH. Mitthly KAver of l**e lorn to Piece* !• no llm r t li*|lim ke, Fr m it* N w- York Herald Fi b- S.m> show glacier, one of t.ie .irjr*-t .itl moat Impressive in the work!. -**ms ?o ha%* K*nc to piece mas he Ih> | *n earthquake and there 1* mourning <ro* tig purists, for w . -e j*** Ml I* ne r * mighty river *.f i • that i*ured Into f Muir inlet, Gkirt*r bay. Aliska. wa- ob >lously intended It w.c t most a* sei Ji ie of existing glaciers and a view *f It was ohf.iir.ahlc by anvhody who *|es|re*i I *> l*eh ;d n c*lh rg h i .cry in full oier | <*tif*ti The in. ui i(i*>n of I** inter cor*- ] ' th* utm M .maifib*li* gr. iel ur wen* on oil ttim*. t*<l * snwH rare wo.ld enable ihc . a dial excursionist vi* V. . f ? .* tr •-’ |n? r--t ng pne ion e i *-f r.*t i ** from the J* * k of a 1 oa■ wise *■> * itl. i. A* i:.k ,‘-u| * r ! <* :!• nt O II Tlttman of Mc t nlfcd M i?-' <• t survey, who has i-* . • , k V i-luu:t n u-in AU-ka 111 i ’ • *i f. * • rumors in regard to •* r,', t *f *t,i- *• up- rt-k a> ier s* •mto b* j nty too iv* ll I ll*- '.*.*l yesteriay Mn\ ;* *-p. I illy the tourist I • ..uier lyu*. have trl-d on each trip f i mn- rto r*. i the glacier, wftl* . * * . h* 1 • ' Muir inlet, but have en ,, . -mI •*’. it fuu*!s of • B the er i* . ..f <.< r •> nd were ui abie t* *d I* *’ arm **f the *a more lhi , ii-% mi * . i *- k extending toward •k. .. • Jti a- lid mass Huge rgs -c. r tli,<n n v 1.. f.*r* known in th** * * i*. r o ir n tl.* j,i k. and xppan-ni \ gr.mml*-tut i t * -y. s rande.l ** b,t tn r *,w I? i .■‘■•landing the M* t -i.it tn. i- i.i is v* ■ r. ai i.n-ni Hitsaea of Ice. i ‘! i * ften i; |> ** t ni* irs gone by I , beet ed with Id ' ~ j.* i,i ll • ? - •t, irlft*d out c> ih* i. , |U'n , ■.n in nd pilot of . , - tv ttill they’nevei Ml w such j . ii. t it \i ii.’ty - whleii n*w .1.. * ke Up tn* pi -*• It ? f trn 1 , * t t it* * w l i* **|*en in any n.. th - * .<**vi iinl s* far ii* 1“ known. I • I*l • tn* ho* t Ml. i■ i M- |i < :n - r ol a-t year, whe .}, v t ci it **arth<|u ike .l alot.g I ‘ ; * AUI-K in C‘-..lst. It • . i • in* id u* f -nv'.i i/n t n* lid th 1 mnM * rnir.Kl' Su h. at a 1 • i*nte 1' t i.e • |*|t *ii of ih* S’earner • aj* tail - w ** have \i‘ 1 th <t teg ion recent i . | tfe • . i r*. t Thte.igh i** - ily has been . api'iiM- *i it and inve;igale l ep * ** # •i t • *. dii**n of th- ga* ier, noth!.or ; .. ,1 .; * 111 f. r I e \l* -1 II i -* * *f i< • ,? ?ii . and ti e b*> i .*• numerous ; ks nr* <,dvi,u**l> .e * ft**l in.i- •*- I ik*n ft fi* m the f... e .*i the i • river, j i , (*... .• n * Mult ni •> r t.efor th* d* s!iu live arthqu.ik was two miles in . tc u: *i uplift and its vertical cliff.'* ?• : |f* i *\ • th** wafer. At it*- f**ot the water , - *.• |r. • in *:* pth. •* that it-.e i > r.v* r 1 w .* leh.iy :*o feet in thlrlm*-** or |er n*p > tn* what m* r Tne ber g* shak* n . it,. *i:t quik* wci* \er*tb e moan ■ ? s **f ic* nnd the bulk * f them being ! -ulmi* ?ge*l, th* y have * me stranded on | fi* I**|t in *ii.*r in trat region were d.tm ik*l by tl.* r-ani** convulsion—notably one it f f b t l f Vnkul *t bay. where some in in a i b*-at who happen.sl *** m l u! !* • time, jviw th* P >er. - .am* tumblit-K at -i nai rate that • * w.r* i arly drw;ed by th*- wav* thus cans* i. Not sn fr |. \pprfMtch It. |*rof. H l Reid, who ha? mad*' a more \ * i d* I study of the Muir gla ier than iiiv other selfn.lst, save VV on* . spttru;i h**d to within x quai *r ml e oft; * i • cliffs w hich tower*.! mpt** ivaiy iiiovi* u- Suidenlv a Urge rk broke **fT followed by a s*<'ond. ui.l i*n s*\ert| ar*s** from l*ek>w. Great r* uk*n, which muss have been thntv ■ *-t h.gh. 4 h*'l forward, ?*wi fortunate \ -qbsl.l* • Into to . i <*i sw ell before •caching us The fiugmentsof ice spr*a*l ut wi;? gre*it rapidity. ao*l In a f*w ni.tuites quit* stirrotindd our boat.” F r , m this .l*ecrb*tl.n t would appear ihat even under ordinary circumatanc ** i is not quite safe t* approach too elope • si* h ui i-e **tr hatchery. I*rof. Held -aya further: V\ n**n th** -hij* st ani“ trj* to wi hln _'•* •r :V* yards l the Muir glacier* the s'.* Jiffs *•*•*■!? io grow i Igher an*l higher ii *! • n*’ l* 4ii - i* r-;iiix*- *i**w au|N-MKm* they ar* Think of a *llstin e nearly tw > mil**. In s*m familliir locality an*l tmag me vourself y\ liking that distance il.m.k Ui* la*s.- of <i verthai w ill of ice ns hlg.i i-* the highest church ste*p|es. an*! yu will gain u ■ **>• . jaion of the actual six* of the end of the glacier.'* Anc.Mly t*. Muir gl.n’ler was vastly larger than it is t)*<<liv Only IS) years k ii* c >! g -fs say. th* whole of •Jii' .. r !a> i\. one vast, gentiy sloping I *f 1 • in Muir Inlet the ie.* \ le pr*bald> as mu h ns 1000 feet thl-'k. an.! it tn* liJVfM t . *t. where the fa* e of the pres .• I*, river was before .u earth quak* it wi 1 <*■< fe#*t thicker In thou#* •lay* It b.*l n m gulf! .*nt frnt six *r • ight mH* .crf**. from w hi. h large •* g- nine’ have broken off a* great num * mak.ng froee sou* I difficult to nnv .it* This it*i***l i(>jM*.irs to have been ? l* .-ondl?lon of affairs when Vancouver, <k.* fam**u Mivfgai>r. first Ixeheki the i **r it I the description h** gives of t corresponds. Nome Fneti lliout flinders. The gill i**r is still In the p.-rlod *f re ; tr* ct. growing steadi y smaller, and In the | oiifsc of Mm* it may dlsajip* r entirely, following ihe *-\fnib- of th* ao-eaiJed I tying gla t**r in the sanie neighborhood, whin Is **l** wly but surely melting away, i avlng already r* i hsi an advan ***l stage "f decay, hi to iik A a la* I*l- f!*w **. like any river of water, but at n very much slower rate The ve ax*ity of the Muir I* river ha* la* n reck * n. and at twenty-seven feet a .lay for Ihc middle part of It. but this is thought by -,tn** outiiorlth sto Ie .m excessive* esti m.i ■ Th** ir.hkll*- part *f It | rut up by r**v‘ * s,*me <f which are of r< at st*c but further toward the east the lee Is So m*b that one could rkle a bicycle over it. ’ipt Farroll. of the ;ueen H while ag> built ,i bo*ir<l walk m V*vh th* moraine for tt*e benefit of the (>urisls. In th*' soiwl i.e are found many cav * rns filled with v%at* r some of them of j Urge si*. Then*’ are sometime* ca,b*i l ' 1 i■ ith tubs,'* and ther** lias been a g<*•! ; deal of p i sxi* in nt n- . their origin It j- row l**li*\.d lioA.-wr, that they were i <’t igln tlly revas*-j*. which have closed uj> r ul*-n; *ll y t> th* movement *f th* great I-*• stream. M * w ifer e.aitalne*! tn th* j rrev I ,> b*iiig Still hid in the *'b.ig >“ire and kept from fr***slng by ttu fact tliat the winter cold does not pene i ttut** far below tii*' aurket *f rhe i,. M father curious ph**r ometvoti by the w Nt.other very odd thing noticed bv Prof Reid WAS certain stones, found In smalt l*<*l> In th* Muir g! < b*r. which were as t*riii! mtly pointed r-! as If a brush \* rmilli.-i f*igment had le*n applied to •hem He a- ertained that the jiatnt In •puntlon was ;i tUMily a pure culture f the o- i .and “micrxM'o.'cus nivalis," which is the kill of bacterium that make* red ■now i sirat g*- phenom.-non that occurs * *i-u r*iii> in Ar< ttq regions. The mountains In the upper p.irt of Gla l* r hay b*ween Tidal and Muir inlets i are quite green, and supply food to moun ! am goats and hedgehogs, in places bushes |of abler and *ottonwod. ten to fifteen I feet high, offer cover to the beautiful whka nnd gray ptarmigan r tka op I- 4 1 * 1 '•**■ < - * a ,r :• ,-i a | profuss*ly In August j —Recently a steam vehicle belonging to a Newport resident was put In the stable ut night and the owner neglected to turn off th# fuel supply. Hteam W'as generated rapidly and the safety valve blew off at intervale This continued until all the wa ter tn the toller had evaporated; a fire then started nr.d the machine was ren dered worthless. INLAND NAVIGATION. I.H ITIFI INfi IV HIBtF. IN TMK TRAIH*: SHOWN FOR I HI. ÜBIt Morr Has lt*ei< tei'omnlbiirit In llulltllna I p the lend*- f thr Fees, nil bines Than In Kfa bllsh Ing Nets Ones The *tjtin< t featur* *f Hav innah n In 1 ind steamboat business turmg the pa**i ye.*r w**s the --u - -ful efforts to jMrovide a tetter and quicker s\**tm of h*als to accommodate the sedily Increasing *l*- tiiAii'i fr the?*- faciliti* . The year's work constate*! m re In Improving th.* established Un* s than It d-d in flnd.ng an*l <>v* l* ping new <>>•; J* *2* * n *•■ >f r*Jtn plaint for a yar a pretiv g*)o*i indi i -11* n that all p ?iis inter* !*d sn it..and s? n* ? < .>nnectl>n with Haian iah tu* In .fig .ii i f**r l*i. ier th* * ircumstan* * - th** fa t that no n**w lines have b* en ad.le.i do* n* t mean a lark of ■enterprise *n t;* i*.rt of those engge.l in ihc I ti' ir* - Aside tr m the simmer res*>rts th* P?ir. .pal j* itit-* conneofeti with Savannali by ir an and s'eamers ar* Agusta. h> t * Southern Tr a? -pot t.? n v,fnjany i lin* . I? aufort hy tl* it<a if>rt and Havannah bin*-, and Bluffton, by th* steamer lu* t■ -1 1 a By l • sire. Minus efforts *f the* M.g.itfed in it;* business ei< h line able t*. make a l** i- r .owing than It *li 1 la-’ %..ir u l promt?* to improve , th* rnm. r ial mportanre of th** >*mts they <.nr • i 1? lease Idmugh b* * n-• n i*rtng ih* vt-ar to demonstrat* that th. sn arner lin* - have done mu* - i to increase hi *iress at river town* by encouraging * Iv, rklnv up •raft!'' and th* r. i*v r- .? p*g trade r* .aM*ns wbh the outsble world tl at gr* atly ’or.tribute to llieir growth. Th* H. tiihcrn Transpir'atlon Company ntr U the river business between Havan* n:ih • f Anstusfa Th*- compel V if • bartered urder the aw ■*f <J*orKW* with a *-api?al *f sb. tk and with tti* prlvlieg* of increasing It t<* s!*• mo. at w'i 1 The Rc-nifort an*! Savannah I.lne be ttf*n Savannah and Ih-aiifort, a town **f Qh.ii? p*‘pul tl>e miking regular trip?- Mondays. \Y*-ln* dav- and Fridays *i i >i\ ih* summer * x ursions being tun n Sundays This line ha- mad. exten?iv* Itnpr v men?** on its l*oat- <luring the \ r With the aid of this ind ottier Im provements its hu-lne** f.-r the year lias ‘•een satlsfa ?or> . U Ing edlinat**! at about f;>• *•. fre.i;ht aid j • -n^'T **I*,HTIM, -U Till: tII.oHMKT. % Spree Is the Neeeaalty • soon as Jack lamds. From the New York Trlhtin** The lot of the and rp w ♦'r s.llor is un dotlbtedly ah*r l one. !"it sall *r-’ l* 4 arl ing-h* is** keepers ?ay that if iiw? y nar U*r ur* p;i?-*-.l Kilii**i ihrm ih<* .*•- * Ilf*, will i whl'Uy-'our.il. <1 iMr trtl*' l'i , .>mp.irt,on Th*. < u-< *>f thr.r pi. ni dlucfiir;wrrni*-nt i. E , i.,w Juui *4kiic -f l, 1 wht.-h prohibit* th* bourTtnu-houuu run wn. from ,lriilnß vr.wrl, U>f. r* thy rraoh ihr 'to.-k If thl* 't t .nfoii-..l th- wrholo Ui.iolltM-h'.-i-r ,vi m will h i o mia*d .•>! th* worm! .t M I* • 1 •* * 1..,i.1. r* t.uv* nf y\ found no nrw rvs tern tn aulifittute f.-r it. For years ami v. are t tie N a’li? g-house runi.*rs have gone out i ve*e! hdtg ’ fore th*-\ g't Into the htrV>r Th** how-*** w hich arc m*-mi* rs of th* t***ar iing-h*us.- ke*;*r benevolent ass anon h\*‘ .re'txl a dub houw* on the Staten I*Wnd shore. whene th** runm.s pat cu n >n.all boats when a vessM passes in They first And out If there are sailors on b ard wh> have visited this |*ort Tb*se be long to the house that shipped th m ir. the I jst Th* re%\ sailors ire -♦*• uted by th present of a buttle *.f whisky. a*d ho e w'h* accept it are |leig**d •* k‘ n l - 1f house which mak'-* the pr*a*nt. They uj v i *i get ashore f*t i w• • k hut fhev belong to the house which sent th- wMs k>. and ?he runner will tight f.*r his men. Hometime-* a -allot a rej.e*d m r* th*n one present, ar.d he !-* very likeiv •** r I (SHitest when h* finally **••* ashor** It he . •*•* beon the custom t<> take many mo, ashore in the runners' hoc The runner* tell the sailor? of th** hi.* limes they can have * n shot- of ehi-ky ard l*eer which will !•** supp.*-• (hem of the pretty gins who attend sailor donee* of t u- fine men** th u will i bur nished then. It not Hike mu hof hie kind of talk to convince the *aUt that h** would io well to pay hi-* captain |i fr an r* I* ► H** may inak** the ohjertlon that h won t have a\* money for four day-, but th** boarding iiou-e men prom?* I ** to udvani e nil n *- iiiry funds, nnd usually * irry off a k* *1 jMirtlon *>f the * rew This i* w law whi h prevaote boarding veesei* In the Mr. ini Aid do a wav with thl? practice. anl I hi* Is another onu*e >f grief If the honrding-lwniae runner** have to wail tl the sailors reach the docks thcr* wtll b war between the outside and In !de men The insalers are those keejs is who belong to the aswoctitlon. They ii ve a political Pl* it In mxUI. do a larger buslne-- nnd have better houses The outside man Is nlways ni iking an uphill flgnt. tint will have * much belt* r hin.-e if everybody h m t stay on shore. Already there has l*een one big tight between t!** two factions It was over some British sailors who landed t Twen ty-sixth street. Brooklyn. Home .!**>. was ehe*i before the outsiders go; away with th**lr snllors. but no one dr* ml cf . ailing for the police or u-klng the <s>tirie for warrants for aosault. It seems to be pirt of th** business to take thing? s • hev come and keep as fur away from the law as possible Tier* are sixty-Av* regukir aaHors’ !>oi Itng-housss It hi city and llrooklyn. ard thirty-five others which iwv some attention to tne between >“ and 4* men are int r*?t --l In the business. Th*rc is t o differ* n * of oi Inlon the off! Ml* who look after the shipping of sailors as to whether the new law will help them much About th** only r> <1 time the sailor ha? on dum- Is during the few days which he spends under the wing of his boarding house master before he has received his pay. Nothing Is too good tor him If he ha? three of four months' wages coming to him He hi* unlimited rcdlt t the nearest saloon. He gets Anew outfit of store clothe* nml l as hU picture t k*n at places which pay tie Itonrdtng house men a • ommtsron. A f< w .'olUirs ate ndvanc*d to him for wdil'h ~ pay-s ion j> r cent. Interest Most of hl-> money is g ne by th* lime pay-day ar rives The boarding house keeper turns in t • help him spend w iat remains for, in their o;tnlon. the only g*-*l sal.or is the one who Is "brok*." They keep him f.r three or four days after his money Is gone, then take him before the s dic ing commlssh ner and hove him sign n* w r -it< *>s The sailor Is entitled to n month’? advance, and the keej**r a ways iai? a hi 1 for b* ard lo*!glng and outfli wr- I*h c>vrs the full amount An aJlotrmnt note I turned o\*r t the mast r w tch I* pill when thr -hi| gets to *n Tlie cfll tnN -ay that the s.ii or s pay wl l disappear Just t*s rapidly if he *l ? n* t get ashore till the bout docks ns it did when thr runnets brought him ashore from he ? lj They think there will be more sailor rob beries if he does nor have a good time on credit. There Is also some doubt as to whether the law will b** enforced. Home of the runners are silli going out to ships but the majority are waiting on shore ni and swuarlng at the law-makers The sal.ors hoarding houses In New York center In Cherry etreet, und In Brooklyn In Furman end Van Ilnirc etreete- Thcie are the regular houses which employ two or three runners, a housekeeper cook ar.d several waiters. They resemble cheap hotels, in a way. t*ut most of theen are kept cleaner. The desire of foreigners to live among their >wn people* ha* resulted In the establish ment of Swedish. Norwegian. Japanese. Kngttsh and French hoarding houses In * Fherry street ther* l* even a Chinee •* eirdtr.c hou.?c where ?• wards and cooks ir- taken 1 -ire of shl> changing ships Th* Fill; :' • - iia*rs ;vn nt th* Japanese hoarding f;**iis*s. *f whh h there are eav •r -I In t’h* rry sir*'*? H* altered about • *> water fr*r* ar- many irregular bouses w *K*- • w • iv**r they can .r**t i':*-rr *rl lo rn*' heijt.it*- to summit *u?right robbery If they m get the ?a'.- cr - money Ir. no other wav J*. n V fjtunphy. who k**‘ps the New Bailor? Hom* a? IT'. err> street, is 41 f’ brad “f ta* boarding house k**ei,rr? n th; city It* is p* si lent of tr.elr ?* • < **!\ ar.d has b* om* rl b out of the •usines ll* wh *w* great skill in han dling th* other masters and ran per?uade u ?ahor to ship when all alers fai. He is v* ry cart ful in his dealings and has tm. ... *1 t** kep out of the commlssi*n *i ourt Tiic Japanese huardng houses have been doing .1 wonderful business since t T <le with the Philippine Island? began t" pen up N ir y all th* *Mi*s which g.. to th.* far Fa*t return wl?h mixed crew? r<f Fluj t 4 ? and Jap.it . e Tr>e men are ■ *1 * idors. but muM tv< their fling on shore, like their deep-v.ater t-rethren <>f other nati nalltp? They are not so < adlj i* r u *ied Into spending money, • wever. it.d us .ali\ ge* nws\ fram this l?y w.th m >re mor.*v than does th** or *i r,;iry siiMr Tn**> nr? great gamblers urn ig themseive- at <1 put in m *>t of ?h*lr Pm** in-the ding\ f? - '*s of the Ja l**iii*> i*'>ai*'lng-ho;) *s playing strarig*- games of cards und dice A hortag*- ■ f nilors l? expected during the r.. niing w.mer. and miny shipping l~ p!< h*'lim- th.* the boarding-house master? win go b. k to shinghalng m th l- mi a larger . ,1* They have a very simple way of forcing men to against their will, urd n fact, without their knowing anvhinff about it until the shij* .t day or so out • f port tw!i g to the large ium<r .f?ul ns Pt*l from this p*rt, th*- niast* ar* not often detects*! Th* V tak* h g oil sailor hefor*- the com mlsslotier and stdj> him pr miHlv. collect ing the month s allotm* nt n**t** Then th* y pi- k up S' m hr k* -down man in the park- or on the H-w • v md after getting • lin inti* a drunk* n siu|*.*r send him io thi v ewe el with the other matt a mmi a The r> .! sailor ran b- used over and over Hi- alfl FSerk II Ah ?>t?. attorney for the ?**i m**n‘s hr.inch of the fr* • lego, aid so* ie* t>. hears the tales >f w****- >f more sail ore t ii hiv other man in tne city The hr. n*h ih h * ii r>?.ibl!?hed Jb'<tt a v**r. m i hi* hi #iv* rag'- * ' 4" ui*'* u month Hi - * fa it.d in h*lng ,i !• really to i-wr** f**r -• ■ m**n *n .-r* i-- ibout ehattere.; The' - often hav** big a? • . htit ’an l*e l**‘i Mi.id* *1 : *lrj* th*n on liie pr*mlse of it g**>?l nk H* 4 tln*l? that they w*d! elgn f r *i voyage to <*hli*a for $5 to le paid t■) n tiHl.iv *. i,*'r than they would for regular wuc . to b* ;•*. I at the end •*f t voy.ig*' They get |n th*’ ha it f teUitia yarns that they iave no r.ga.d f**r truth In stating their legal A -anor •!* to th** ofth • the other day ;o *e what h*> could do a v -ur getting hi? rl. 4 he** which were held by a board ing master. I \e Vi**t g-t out of Jail after doing six veurs for klil.ng a sailor ” he told the t*?- toreey Ilk* story whs not <>Hieved. an*l se chrtlg*d It "Well, to te the truth.” h* i*l. I hi ti f*U>w* *.\er the head with ;,r > r. and wh?* sent up for thlr 4 \ •avs " ’ Iv* t>een working a \*nr and a half *n s hooner and the captain has only i*.ii* in** p. lie ~w**s me sl2l. an*l 1 want :< know if you can g. |i " was th** wav another sailor stated hi? .rise It devel op*?! upon |fi\estigaMon that he had br.*n working sixteen davs, instead of as many montns atid that he had signed to " • k for h■? hoard alone Hu*'h as* - are continually omlng up. oi *I m tk' It very .|im ult to obtain Jus ri ** for the army of men wh go down to the r**s in ships. < Hl> *•* f t Ittot . HOOK*. \! rlftrn N\ltltint tn %l|ltnlrt anil Incapable of Ho In* Itrad %lond. From the Lor.<lon Express. A lans nm without an alphalwt etitx!<* sufflcleuMy * urnwif*. esj>ecia]|> when it is add'd that It ia a written language and • h* % medium of rommunl* atlon through *>ut that enrmous xpan**e of territory, th** Chinese Empire Not only ha? the ‘Thin**** language no alphabet, but It Is actually true that In Its purest f*rm. Htough it * ould. lb* rally ajieaking. be read al* aid. tho s**un*ls would have ah-vuiel} u*> sign lfl*-an * whatever to a listener To the reader, of * ours* th.* written or printed page would *tn\ . y ; ! that th* author wish**l it to Hut in order to con vey its meaning, say, to a blind i***rMn. the rui ltr wou and le to tlnl his *wn w.*r.ls t chosen from the spoken Fhi n* l inguae* - And his "translation" would !n* nm h more r*>undabout und *• i gthy than the written version. Home kl.a of thl? singitkir fact ma\ b’ gatheretl from the -tinuit. that the fable **f "The Fox nnd the Grains," which can e tll In I.N) Kngllsh w*>r*i*. could h# nar rate,! in right v -n\• t'hlnese written < hnr a- ters. To tell tho story In simktn Chi li* s* - would require Mil words Written Chin* ?• it practical.y* uniform throiigboiit the empire. nnl lias har*ll> ul * r*d during the entire * urse of Chinese history. The rj*%k* n language, on the *Hher han*l onstanCy changing, and prevails In several dialects, some of w’hUfi ar** quite unintclilg|i|* to Chinese from the dlffcrei t provln<*es. But even the purest f*rm of stiok* n Chi rp >•** is almost it. omprehenvlble to u for • •igner. except by the m**?t ar*luous Hudy. ind lifter years of .tp|ilcation the Euro pean continu> to miik*' th** m—t ludl . rous blunder?*. The reason for thl? is that the Chinese tongu- h.is hut to l.ino *|e mentary words, which form the base of • heir tangling* n** the alphabet *!►**** of *urs. In order so spin these word* out to their need*, they pronounce them in different "tones." each "tone" giving an entirely altered meaning. In S' uif parts f the empire a? manv a.? eight "tone?." are In us*-, giving eight Mgnlfh at ;ot S IO w.rl* who?, n dual |lV iiun latlon i? otherwMe the ?am* . No w.ml* i tne Furop. au e ir Jlh s at the ta-k' the i inth meaning of a Greek partible ? nothing to the eighth "tone" of a Cht n. se noun Chines* has no grammar, as we know grammar. Acorilng t lts position In a -etit nee a word is lthei a noun, adje t i\*\ v* r or adverts- the wont Itself re nt tins the Mime in this re?p**ct Chinese 1? a aby" ar. o. g language* Rut like 'h many other thing? that the Ce -*MI ' as Inv.niel and left a* he Inventssl. the Chinese longue ha? never grown up An 1 yet. with nil its drawbacks, the literary men of the F wery Un 1 hn\o contrive I to make it serve their purpose. But al mo’i all the ta**t al, phil>sophleal and hiMotl .il works of the Chinese are writ ten In the queer characters that on y mean something to th** eye, and cannot he made to mean aythlng to the e,r. Where the Chinese language, written >r e|?k* n. came fr*m nobody kn<ws, iny m*r** thin h v know where the origiral Chti e-e hem***lves came from. Rut it is pr**?*;* '• • tha * eh*- primarv Chines#. , har i* t*r- xlstd i.Od* veirs ago pret y much * they lo |(ml\ T. *% ar** written In vertl . <*>lumns. which begin on th* rih f the piper The Instrument 1? a brush and a thick solution of India ink is the me dium- the piper the familiar flimsy mate rial m ule from rt-e straw Oddly enough, thougn the Minrhtis— who are the ruling race In China—as well as their Tartar relatives, the Moctol? sjH'.ik a language r. la ed to the Chlne . they haV* h proper lihahet. derived n directly from the West If was borrows 1 from the ftvrlac wntch was derived fr m the Aramaic which caire from the Phoenl.lin alphabet. Ard the Roman let ters of to-dey owe more than e little to the Phoenician. Bo the Tartar wrl lng lx at one and of e chain that stretches to our own ABC. The Tartars owe their al phabet to the Christian mlsrionarW kiown as the Neetorlans. But that Is another story. BIG SLIM'S WANDERINGS. A TR%MH FROM MIYfC OF ITj MIT ON tit t 1 ?|oN IN %t TOR. Ja? Hack Non From Mule Whacking tn Houtli %f rlen—Ntnrled to M** n Tramp \\ lien 111— II a * l*ln y r.l NN tth In ing imil Hcrnhnrdt % lr%* • **# n Knialit* f ftc Htnd. From the New York Hun. Serving os siller ipttln Iti the "Ar*xo i*a < Mtupany i* a tall, broad-shotlldered. • hick-eet individual weighing something more thin pounds, with a pair of eyes that e***m to look ever: where at once, an 1 witn a peculiar gait n*>t unlike th.it of a sailor. Those who sec th show from in front of the stag** < at* h an o. *lor *1 glimpse of him when h* gigantic fig ire in chiiparujos and sombre r Is ?c n dl r* tu k the #x kable cowj>un hers *f ihc Cauley ranch in*l the ea?e with which lie plays the part has attracted the attention of those who have been prlvlieg I •> t e the genuine article nr.d has aroused in them the belief shut the part is not en tirely e? sumed. In the they are rlehf. The big Indi vidual who on the stage directs cow punchers with th* ways of a professior .<r 1 off (I • g| Ifl la ’ ■ **mp 111 I irage master, is familiarly known as Big Slim, and cattle punching i* only one* of many occupation* In which ho ha* lx of this country to flu* other and all over the g ,b* is well. Bfeambautitig, soldlet - mg. mining a 4 and acMng have all be. n t.ik *n up ;ad dropp'd a** some new fancy caught his b am. and hi? life is lik u roniur.ee w ith the e *n- slitfting it .• mo ments warning fr in the Western plains to th* - capital? of Europe Ir? the theatrical profession this nomid i? known a? w* II h* - ** mu ng the cow punchers *f th* - \V*t. f*‘r h* *an 1 is of having b*en an unofll al memb* r of Sir Henry Irving' ompanv. and of hav ing assisted Mm* - Bernhardt and Mm**. Itejape ir I'srls* To uim the tn*atri*.ii prof**ssion 1? a* s I t restirt w: *n cvieremliy for tnor* ex. tlng thti.KH h.- f<*r th** m**rnnt *n in **xir*i No stag manag* r * • ***ve* t'lai Big S..m will tay with him 1 It is l*erhi*e as a knlp t of th** road that thb lr. is m-et extraonllr.ary and h *: l t* I yoi. of nw *‘Xf'*ri a tln uKh they %v**r< th** rotnmonpla. *• ones nf life a ‘ramp In* ha- Vo-**-J th* * **r. m* nt lx tin:****. rltPi’g on fr.-ight • r? In th* • ire#, wav? known on.y t tmmplon*. an* has wandere-1 over E'lt j** at 1 t • F?utl African veldt in th- <rm* manner The 4 rs cf six ■ cillet w *un*i- h* aril* - * *ui his bod’ some >f th*rn meaning w*U -pent In hospitals He has i•* n for day . without food or drink and then on .* e! —r han.l h** h i- dined at the Wnldorf with the #• •of i man w .*n • >*•• f *• w iat a trump camp tire iv a a ult of tl - tlon Th** confidence of this srypsy, f* r su* h he practical y i<* rather hir.l to get nnd ever, when obtained i is with hesl • atlon that lie wll t* !’. voi| of hi- life It must not le gathered from this t'iot It !? a tale of hard ;uek <n th*> cent • ary It is a story of experience •■penly invit*<l and of a life tha* Rig Slim would r ■ t change f.*r the convent kata I "i> if you thr* w a fortune in with It What h* has *firn?l from his study of ?r.m; Ilf* h< Mk 4 4? n? much pleasure in a** a hlhliophll* I riot-* mer book* that have taken him yearn t to ib’Jecf What 1- nvr* refreshing slid he has no desire to ;tli? hi- ext*er‘.ences ;n a book or give lectures art hough his ability t*> do this cannot I*** question**l This n shown when h< got hi? pres i ent job with the "Arizona” <V>m|xny lie met up with th* show* wh<*?i th** *omnany | wrns In Kansas t *l l >* last v 4 ear. but w he; the company reached Chi* .*k* h* diap l*eHr*?l one day last month, when iv ' hearsals were going on a? the H**ri.d | Hqu.ire Thtater. Big Slim rejxr*d ul th* i -tag** door and sk*?l f< s-* the maruger "V. her** have vnu been. Slim" asked Mr Helwvn when the big fellow walked Into his office. "Just back from Cape Town." quietly remarked Slim, at the -am* i m* prolue. ing a grea\ bit of paper which proved t* ! i• a 'iftecharg* from the <i arterma? er's lep.irtni* nt of tu* i rltlsh umv He had g'*r.e with a trai l *1 of tnu'.e* co New Orl**ans .!.! from there i#> Houth Africa **n . tnm i?l hut It was with th* , greatest reluctance iha !<• t t this •\ i dently believing that hi* <dl? harg. p t r wa- of tu* Interest *x ept to -h- w that he had left hi- ast c upatien in goo I etavid. ing "When I goi to f*pc Town," he sil. "they wnnve| m* - to Join an irr- gulai orj? of rough rklers. They Kxikul m*r< Ik* tough w k'?s I *.• I tie 11 r 11 1 -h* r: that 1 h*>f?*l tli* Boer- would make gra.-* spots *ut of ail of h m. in I t e. r#, elud ed then they didn't want rn*- > Uid. I* I get my old Job back or do I go to Ihe Philippines?" itespite the unc* r alrtty of hi* future movement a. Big Him g>t the j**h. for the ! stage manager con lu*lcd It was better to 1 have a genuine cow puncher than an imi nt nn article when one could l> pr-t ured wit I #o U t * ti* u I*. Ti.e •. .:tlsti army 1- no? ih ’ only one In w 1 h this ovp-\ * f Ih* t!?*ntr i p of* - sloti has nerved. When war with H;nu I i*roke out he turn heating traine ar.d en ; Joying the Ilf* *f a t irnj* In th No: th w*et Five mlnuies after h* heard a?*ut the Rough Rl lets he war on the burnt * r- I *f a freight car hiuml for Tamtat and when he got there rhe first thing ; *• dUi was io ipply f>r s Job ni whacking mules, one -f the many o cupatto ? h ■ had taken Up. His services were a < • j.t ' ed .ar*l he went all through the Cuban impaign wilt) tli* regiment, one of th* many souvenirs he has kept 1* the dl - I rharg* h* recfived *Und hy Col. It*:ose. ' velt. The right name of this *dller off r tune, this knight >f the r**.id. who walks j fhe rail to one day nrvl the lies the next, ‘s E \V 'rr Big Sdm has r> u?- for the name except when extru formality requires 11. Years ago he ws called < al i fornln J*e. Fr.un the Canada lin* - down i Into Mexico, and from California to Chi. ! cago. Cnhforna J*e was known to tramps a*, about the youngest In the bu*ln* - ‘- When h* gtew up slender at flr*.t Bus** v ry same companion* dubh*l h.m Big Hllrn, and as that he I jfcnown o.| \ In m one roast to the other among he • oantry s floating p< pu!atl*n This r am# • i -i -t i that of i heavyw.jghl puglli.-r. l* njlie thl? fact It b *iolhirs to doughnut- thai when the present super i* *ln join? *>i • igairt. as he says he will his old c*m| an ion? waiting on the Jersey meadow u>r . freight to tak* them \V#-s| he will he greeted as Rig 811 m. and there wo ; ‘t t-** many In the party who won't know him. either. You want to know what I've l>**eti doing all my life'*" said lug Him the other day to a r. pirter who had ventured to ask him If all he h.i l heard about him was true "Well the only thing ra *.>• is that I’ve been on th** bum That .ov ers . verything 1 Joined the great rniv of professional vagabond? when I wa 13 years old not because I had t** but because I wanted to. and I m on* of >m yet. I was born with a desire to roam end the happiest moment of n.y life was when following the adire and Instruction of *ne of the >est known tramps in the country then. I swung on a freight . nr | a: Santiago. Cal., and started • n th* - burn for New Mexico "Thnt man taught me pretty near all I know about what * tramp has to know te se* along and to-iav xve got every tramp in thi* country lea-en forty way# from th* deuce to beattr.g trains When . I waa 13 years old I could ride the bum per* or the deck of a freight car with tho best of 'em and Ite only when I get a jab like this for a while that I*m not riding on the rods underneath a freight car an.i , there alnt many bums who ever thought 1 about even trying such a thing Every tramp can ride that way. but they alut tryin* it acros* that desert, you can bet Mojave, the town, is where I first felt n tramp's hung* r and w here th** only way to g*-t known to those of the pro p -slan who o< a Mon ally hit that town w. to heal a hear to the meat This ’ l"-.*r was kept near a hotel for visitor* to )< •k at The game was to ge* his food when they f**l him nnd that * how every t.amp get,- food while in Mojave Before I was 21 I had been all through , Mexico ar.d the West prospecting, shear -1 i.„ sheep and picking fruit Then I de .b and to become an actor ar.d came here That was in l"® I Joined Josephine Cam iron's repertoire rompsny. or replete '•rnpanv a* it ought to he called, nnd n* nt oil over Houth America with her I J'-cphine had mure nerve than you could lin in a box car. We got stranded ail *v*r South America, hut she managed i.’v.iy* to pull us out by saving, she war the wife . f . b.g Mason, and getting all : the Mason? where was to put up the n When I got hack I went out with it >th* r c mpan' which p ayed *'mdar l • iramas Me got stlanded In Portsmouth m,<\ ind I had to pound the railroad ties ! f* : thlrtv miles to get to the next stop ;*lrg \ lace Ab ng in the early 'SOs I went • ■ South A/rb’ i end became a sundowner !*!,.?■ what they rall a tramp there. le -a a hum that walks from farm i • f.rm in-l alwav manages to get at a Vrm at sundown In that way he g*-ts i i**l and food with the servants That t>* way I traveled all over the veldt Min I g *t tired of that country I wen • * Er-.at.'l I was n bum there, ton. but ; ?ne Eng! *h bums. I want to say are no Ii foun • Besides the American iramp tli<y r <* a lot of workhouse Miffs Tl' *- no beating train? there. You v. :ot to kc. i the pike and It * -l.w goln 1 | w i? . u the bum all througu England. Ireland nn 1 Scotland T* en I hit Rend n and Jo;r.e*i the ' i • itrl* al prof* *lon again Just t* gei a bar .t * an up for awhile I worked ' lmr Klrwlfy for . tlm* Th’n 1 went i v* r to Irving's Theater, the Rveeum, and -'•■t a job ns head spear I was a big -tr :,g f* *w und Irving waw look In roui.'l Just a* that time for •• man who • ild carry m**r** iron than th r* •* of ■ ’ ■ m I .*; ****n l to ?tiit n*l I s*.iyei nrh h: - <on .stny nearly two seasons There uln't a man on the stag <*.an ben 4 M**! r\ Irv 1 v and it don't matter whether v> i carr> a f*r him or what you *l. n* . always hav - u kiml word to say to you. I earn* over here with him. but when re a ..*• 1 N w York I d* ld*d that I'd •i. * way from mi old filciats too lotisr ! toUi Mr Irving 1 thought I'd go on th* uin ognin and lie gave me a letter that Thnt let ot me food vh Iv 1? en hungr> an<l n Jo;* when 1 vunt* I work md 1 wouldn't exchange It or n w hole bunch of coin. • i v < .i.l over the . mntry after that i ■:** pun* hln*r. shearing sheep, picking luii. doing everything Sometime? ! ltdn't have a cent nnd then again for a In:* r.l be >n the velvet. I never stayed • hat w*i\ long. f*.r the bum- don’t hav* in> use for you then. It shows you've •-n w rkli g i*?> hard When I got tlrerj .f the bum? in hl? country I tried tne oreiKi. Kin*l again. After visiting most -f tl * big i'.te* I struck Pnrl? and d* - tb <I ;o join the theatrical profession igaln. This time H wa? wPh R*rnhardt ; wn? n uper f-r e hn? fim* a* ?hew hop In Pnrl*- Then I quit her for som* f the oth*-r theaters there but I slw ■ .:*• tired and It In Is-- end A min ? not iltr??elf b i theater. Everything Is arl- Iclal In Europe a good part of the a-- i? nrtifl lal. too a? it were to •peak. "When on the hum I’ve beep shot st by r.fnrm *1 brakemen and sometimes hit. ttfen b> *logs. 'trilled out of towns too lumetouw to mention. ntl yet say what \nq may. p’s n life that bents the th ar r n?lres ii; out l**-causc it ? r*a. atwl a theater ie a * ntlnuoue make-up In Idea? .in.l everything. "It mu-?i '• he taken f* r grant**! that • very on** on th*- bum fights shy of work Therv’e ver> t* - w tramps Mint *len't take i turn chic? in n while at something ! :■ -nentl \ at cutting wo*?l They speak Of awlr.g and splitting *? playing the Amer ican ha?? ft*Wile ar.d swinging the gr*af \merlenn tomahawk Tht j-e who In the ■firing time g**t an itch for work do a llte 1* '. rthar 1 wilting in i man's garden with in? sped* In the fall the Eastern bum? i k baps and the Western hums pick .i* S> you *-' f*>r those who I*ok for • little work •- awlonally to vary the mo uotony of u life of *a?*‘ there* Is general \ something to *lo There’.* a lot of hum* - ehii rover will work, and they nr** *jl.- • and yeg? A \i; has g*t no us** far the • >th**r kind **f a bum Th* v call ’em shov •d-Mlffs. oni \ • a rarely on the road ?e#* • ** two • ■ las?• ? t >?ether. Iw*splt*> thl? ■la?? distinction every man i? an equal •vhtm he’? on th* bum. There's a rule In trampdom thnt If you're* good you ride. That m. ui - ? at If you look al* right you can rid? on n fr. ight ir with those who go >n It Just 4 little ahra l *f yon. "There are good men ind there are |n p’lluctual men who are trave Ing over hi- country u? vagabonds of this surt. ni I don’t believe the number comes wry far from reaching a ml.lion There's more every y# ur Ive met. gralua es of Yale. ITlneefon. Oxford nnd t'amhrldife around a amp lire rooking a bum -tew* ind I’v* he ir<l them sw .p oil. g.- exper i* n • II 1 s t **ff le. iiatlons In Gre*-k for ihc del** *.:;• -n of the gathering. Home r* n who have *-at*n . I hav* at the Wnldorf and at Ileefs euk Jo*n's. an<! hav** been with the rest nnd worst. All of tnem ar* - hit* ll* iual men hecaue th* railroads try to 1? nt them * very year and an t .k It It's on the same th*orv that i ?.U* era* ker Is better than a hanker. There isn’t i railroad in this country th.it • an beat the real professional bum at any tag* of the gim.* If he* * in a hurr • *fien h* truvels is fast us those who give up their coin. T v.- b * t; back and forth between here md fhl.Mgt. fully twenty tlma and have mode th* trip in from iwo to four days I ot.* ? hi twenty-fe*ur hours. That wui when I tc.k h* Idmitr 1 1 found It wa? preity easy to lake such a >rain'lf o e w •? In a hurry, the only trouble l>e ng . i twenty-four hour fat It was a cae** of riding on the roof during the day and h* platform of the haggngt car at night. I don’t know whether any bum his ever tried it. but if they did I guess they’d find It as e tay as I did. It only g. es to ?* >w that th* bum 1 a resourceful man w-l h ihe agility of a cat and the stomach of t camel. You’ve got to krnw how to f,#f he eau? vou never know when you’re g< inz to be lex k l up Jn A box car for an tndefl nit* i ri* *?l On.* I wbh was In ot.** for thre** day - Finally the braksman b* ir*l no* trying to cut my way out with a knife I'd been at the Job twelve hours and It wns therefore with considerable re lief thnt I mw Mr Rrnkeman open the door. When he saw us Inside, though he promptly locked it again, and at the next town w- were hauled out and forked up That's how the railroads try to get even with the bums and It's the only way they can. •It won't b* long I suppes . befo.e j g* T the roaming f* v. r on me again, and * when that comes I won 1 |ei-e any tint* j getting over to the Jersey mad w* That's ih* Grand Central Railroad sta tion fo*- the tramp?, and any time I go there I'm sure to meet a few ’rlends whose vicissitudes I have shared and who are always glad to see me take the rood again Sometime? we take differem train# and sometimes we ride together. b- t j whether it be *hi the hump* r? or on ih * rod you will generally fin 1 y. ur com pw'dons tenia! ind entsitlnng fve driven mu.es for i-.e army anl T’ve bean a super on the ?tage Iv* tt si *ts>m boating and cow punching, hut Id n't know that I've ever been at we|) jwuts ned with myself aw I was whan I rad# on the roof of that limited from Chicago to New York That's what It la to b# a tramp, and 1 don t bslievs Til aver be . much slae." 1 HULOH.V SbAJIG. F.x pin notion of Nnt* <f the j prrMltr Idioms of the From the London Expr* The "Handy-Man” has a r#nd> n•• ar , a i*erfect genius for inventing lji. g , Here are a few exampl* ■ When n person meets with a rebuff Jack exclalrra thrt he has t***eivei slap over the hows." or that "h* b ia b*#ti brought u;* with a round turn pulled up suddenly for any off. n*. be "brought up ail standing r I "planked" is to be charged on tn. terde. k liefore on** of the ship's officers A • alkali ve man is *|e > r:be*l .*> <>,*. wt Is always "chawing his own fat \v a man U hopelessly drunk he is n*i,j to have hts "back teeth iw.sh H *mi-drui k enness is <l**?. :Il>* | us being ' thra in the wind.” or "hulf-eea? over amm •i strange manners is u*p*Ttd of n*v ing a "kink” In hia mind. A u e itungor b llk**ne'i to one's "belly flapping again* one’s backbone." When Jack resorts to personalities he lues not believe in half-in*xieuie? A ftii pid person Is called the "two * nds and tr bight of u fool.’ F’*r th- n.nrauim rea*|er It may be niclitl.-n* I that th* bight" of a rop** includes tl ar t*irt I iwrn the two end* T*. !• ‘ktgg’id’ I* t., be Jeered at A "ktudy f !lw i? *ne who :s natty in appearance. A man who Is pale must not feel hurt ir h* 1? tcld that b* ha? fac lik** a •drubbed hammock. ’ while in unpopulu member of th# crew is not ur.fr* q t* nth <*alt**d a "swab." Not tj like t ,** ” u of *? j'li" is another term of disapproval Ihe expression "s*a Jawycr" and ■k 1. t ' ar** too well known to ne* I **xpun .itb'ii here. To be told that y>u ar# "an 11 soldier but a yoiuu; sailor” d> •* 1 imply a compliment The reverse, how #vct. 1> the ease when you describe run a? having "every finger a marlin*- ?: Ike anl every hair a rope yarn Hu - .1 man. in Jack’s eyes. 1? u g-**l sail r To "to# th# lino" or "to# pi;ch" is <r> ke**p straight "Caught nb.-k" i to ••* suddenly surprised. When anyth ng k#s charg**” it is sup|*>k#d to be *i! of hand. "81 ppy" Is to !•*• quick. w : 'ship shape and Bristol fashion" imphe* • h:it 11 thing pi to Ih <lon*- 111 good J ?’ To lo a ihlng "handsome y ' s to exhibit -miriness In its 1* rforrn n • When Jack wants r* t he say? he w , take a "spell." it may be on deck -r u low. After n mre than ordinarily hca r *jr mcol Jack w'dl "let out u i##f" In his b#-:i and exclaim thnt he is " 'ho*’k-a-bl** k To be compelled to live *n a dally allow nice ot a "p* mill and a pin*" I *b* luced to th** bare r.i?i*n? allowed by ** •ervlee. To •*•* stuped "lllierty" 1? tr* *iav# leave of abs**nc fr< m th** ship When th* watch are called of 1 more Ing they are expected "to show al* g ■• in Indication that they h* r the ■ • mons and ar* - tibouf to "turn out if n man received a month's advar * *f wages In-fere J' lnlt kh s bp h# is o be "work ng off th-* tlenj horse" dirr?* his first month at sea Th!? period l? re: infrequently referred to. **? "a month ' Sundays." o conv* y ih* impression th t th? tlm# seems Inordinately long In hoisting n b< at to the davit* t * crew "mnr: th* falls." viz Join both rope* together. T b*- "kecl-httuled" l '*r 1 min to 1* dr >gge.| from on# ?i ie <>f he ship t the other l*ens#th the sbw - keel. This. Ilk# "walking *he plonk *r.l thence overtroard. • • *ust#fn tha! talned at th# beginning of th*' - ervtury Keel-hauling ha? been nptly described • "undergoing a great -’dp.” When n ship Is homeward bound <nl making a rapid p**x* - . It !# said That the "gris hav# got hold of h tow-rape and are hauling her home hand hand." To "k**#q> the land aboard" is to sail within sight of It A request to "Lend us your pound" conv- v- not a desire for 1 loan, but an appeal for addtt opal as sistance in man w**lght when haul ng on ropes To paint 1 thing par:lolly, i? to give it "a lick nnd a pr.mls* " In cleaning bra? work on ts?ar*l ■ a" wo m#n usu. 1' work togth*T. .m i k* *v their rag? uni other m.itrrlnl.? in one box. When they quarrel as Jack oc c.islonnlly d*?*—and a s-p.a , at on * ?ue. • hey are .aid to "part br?s riurt for at such tlm* ench min lake? md k?ep !il? own arti. les for 1: AN OUi %?I 1I It ot : Inland ?cn Thnt \r* Hr? inn I p Ire 11-in it a 11 1 • if If. From th* - l>3n<lon Daily New? A curious discovery made h> I*r Hv**n Hedln, th# intr*|d*l SwHllsh ex pie rerordetl in telegram from Ht Peters burg. which we publish this mornltc. ! • r mg hi? adv#nlurou? Jtiiirney? In E“ Turkestan, Til? t and Mongolia. • ■iom** two years ago. he visited the gr* it ?h#ef of wat**r 01* 11**1 L>h Nor Th Ie found to differ materially from th* ’ and th* - desert iff ions of previous ■ ? ers an*l he has now examine*! it ,t ond time Hliu.it#*! raih* r mor* - than ,n feet above th* - h#l level it? w.i?*r? fe*l by ih# river Tarim, but empties or \ ty ev.tporatkm, for no stream Issue# ' *n it. Thus they should te salt, but Pr. Hv* n Hedln found them to b* ft*■?•. I *■ this he concluded that the bike could r t have be* n long In existence. The impossibility of reconciling h? •ervnStons of hi? pred#ce?sor? withs <• he hni hlm?*-|f seen also suggested * l4jh Nor was not a permnngni ? >• • * ’' water. Ilk** th# Dead aea >r lak* I *.k !tn?h, but was constant A shifting It? 1 flon. like the lake bed of one llm* he ir* 4 filled tip b\ lesert san*l. n*l for:- K again In new places. Th*‘ correctn#-? of his *riginal Infercucs has now been pla l#yond doubt. The like known to earlier observers ' now dlspi>#are*l. an*l Its dry bed w strewn with shell? and other organ whl.‘it had lived In it? water?. But a *>•* tem of new Uik**s ho? tiesn formed 1 roof'd th# old basin, which I>r Hven Hedln h<§ explored and mapped. The Tarim I? n barren and dry land—a region traveling waves of desort sand All ' if tract h.s been dr>lng up. probably '' n * llnuous >. even in historic limes I•• same thing is true of Western a? w**ll S* of Eastern Turkestan. Ink*' Ralkha? • disappearlna with comparative tapid ' According to th# Russian area bn? been greatly reduced during present century, and those who dw#M ’• Us shore# aea* rt that lU* level Is i*wer' , *i it th# rate of a foot In every five v*ai Rut th# sum# thing is true of th# - r Daria and the Amu Darla and th# Ar* sen, into which their water* are emptF** In fact, th# whole dr dump bn?tn of 'ht# • •hi and of the i? un*l#rg'WnK d*** b tstlon, slow- but sure. Th*s# two with many minor sail *akes. are but fools left in the deeper hollows of a great o * < ' by which the Mediterranean wn - extend?! Into the heart of Asia. There are bn *• of dead wa shells where once the wares were breaking; there ar# dry stspp*t where once the herbage wa? gr##n ard forests flourish#*l. The fa*'* is certain, but th# ran?# not #asy to discover Th** mate must b** changing. n*t In *hl °t that locality, but over a broad and exten sive xme. which runs with llttl* lb*'' toption fmm Northern Africa to th* ■ c* ern erwi of the desert of Obi A slffh* r change has o*'crie<l In the New Mori* Th** great Halt lake of Ftah is but a rem nant of a vastly great#! she#t of fr*?- water which once sent a river to the l‘* clflc. —An exhaustive stu*l> of the nails off 1 • hand has h#en made by P A Mb •k°' T nnd worn*' of the results opresrs to be or medico-i#ul Importsnc* "Am HR Cher things/’ say# Popu ar Helene* to tol-er. *’ht o.terts that the nails of th* ru* 5 hsr.d ir. s right-handed pr en arc w r by from cns-hslf to two ir.illlmtters than the corresponding ns.l? on the left nsr.i. while In a left-hanled person the rsvsree obtains, and In the ambidextrous the nans are of equal sit# on the two hand? thickness of th# nails diminishes 1 ro * r ' stvely ftom the thumb to ths little An ger"