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How He Felt While Falling 110 Foet.
~1~ EWIS MASON. boilermaker
I z anil ironworker, says that a
A fall of 110 feet Isn't so bail.
Masoa tumbled 110 feet
Sown the smokestack of the American
Sugar Refinery at New Orleans. La.,
mil fifteen minutes later was o implalu-
Ing because the nurse wouliln t let him
smoke a cigarette.
“It's all a bluff.’’ declared Mason,
“this thing people tell you about not
thinking or feeling while you are fall
ing. X thought about a lot of things
and knew everything that was doing.
No, I didn't think of death. It never
occurred to me that I was going to die.
'Mason,’ says I to myself, the first sec
ond of the journey, ‘you've always
been a lucky dog; you will be now.
You are going to escape.’ and I did. I
hit the bottom on a coil of rope, and
then I went to sleep for fifteen min
utes.
“We had put up the big iron smoke
stack at the American Sugar Refinery.
The scaffolding and stay work were
ou the inside of the pipe—not the out
side.
"I was up 110 feet, working with a
steel poker. Of course the ledge was
narrow and a man had to watch his
balance, hut being accustomed to it
the height never bothered me. I
worked up there just the same as on
the ground.
“In this case 1 was putting a good
power in the hand rod. and was lean
ing over considerably off a perpendic
ular. Suddenly the poker came out
and I lost iny balance.
"The first sensation was the only one
of fright I had. After the first Instant
I was never frightened. I made one
grasp at a rope but missed it. 1 knew
then I would go to the bottom of the
shaft. There was plenty of time to
think and I reasoned everything out.
The first was—were there any cross
hoards near me. ‘No,’ I replied to my
self, ’they are all out.’ That relieved
me. I felt pretty good. I knew I had
a long fall, but I reasoned that 1 liad
always been lucky, and why nor now -
That was another consoling thought,
two; no boards and always lucky. I
thought it all out just as 1 am telling
It now.
“The black sides of the smokestack
were whirling by. Have you ever gone
down in tin elevator very fast? Well,
just imagine you are going a little fast
er and yon have an Idea of if.
“When about half way down I had
reasoned it ail out and was satisfied. I
crossed my arms tightly, determined,
if possible, to fall light side up. Then
the sides of the big stack began to ring.
Tlie din was frightful. 1 thought a
million wagons were running over
iron crossings. I was not doing so
much thinking now. The noise changed
to booming cannons. They bellowed
and roared. 1 thought the whole thing
was moving, and that l was gracefully
floating in the air, sailing in an airship,
with the objects moving about mo.
Nothing hurt me. I must have still had
my reason, for I remember distinctly
whatV happened. One very bright
thought come to me. and I wondered
why I had not reached the bottom. It
seemed that I had stopped en rcaite.
Then I wondered if 1 had slipped by
tlie coil of rope and was not going to
stop there at ail.
“The sensation was growing more
pleasant. Just as I thought to myself
how comfortable I was feeling a beau
tiful light broke in upon the darkness.
There was a green lawn and some hoys
playing tennis. So far as 1 know per
sonally I never hit the bottom. 1 went
to sleep—a beautiful sleep—as the pic
ture flashed upon me. That must have
been when 1 struck, but I never felt
anything
“Fifteen minutes later I opened my
eyes as they were carrying me to the
ambulance. I pulled up a leg, then an
arm, and I knew I was still alive. 1
said to myself. ‘Mason, you’re luck is
with you.’ Somebody asked me if I
knew what had happened, and I re
plied that of course I knew; that I had
fallen down the smokestack. 1 felt a
little pain in my back- as they carried
me in the hospital.
“In the hospital—l’ve got no use for
’em—they won’t give you anything to
eat and they won’t let you smoke and
roll on the grass. They treated me like
an invalid, and only gave me milk
toast and some other soft things. So
when the nurse went out of the room I
jumped out of bed, got all my clothes I
could find and left the place.”
Mason is twenty-four years of age.
weighs 170 pounds and stands five feet
eight, inches in height.
“There is only one day I didn't
work,” said he. “The day I fell.”
An Exciting Canoe Run.
Now, before us. says a writer in
Scribner's Magazine, telling of Cana
dian adventures, ran a strange, wild
river of seething white, lashing among
great, gray-capped. dark-greenish
bowlders that blocked tbe way. High,
rocky banks standing close together
squeezed tbe mighty river into a tu
mult of fury. Swiftly we glide down
the racing torrent and plunge through
the boiling waters. Sharp rocks rear
above the flying spray, while others
are barely covered by the foaming
flood. It is dangerous work. We mid
men paddle bard to force the canoe
ahead of the current. The steersmen
in bow and stern pry and bend their
great soven-foot paddles. The bowman
with eyes alert keenly watches the
whirling waters and signs of hidden
rocks below. The roar of seething
waters drowns the bowman's orders.
The steersman closely watches und
follows every move his companion
makes. Down we go, riding upon the
very back of the river; for here the
water forms a great ridge, rising four
or five feet above the water-line on
either shore. To swerve to either side
means sure destruction. With terrific
speed we reach the brink of a violent
descent. For a moment the canoe
pauses, steadies herself, then dips her
head as the stern upheaves, and down
tve plunge among more rocks than
ever. Right in our path tlie angry
stream is waging battle with a hoary
bowlder that disputes the way. With
all its might and fury the frantic river
hisses and roars and lashes it. Yet it
never moves—it only frowns destruc
tion upon all that dares approach it.
How the bowman is working! See his
paddle bend! With lightning move
ments he jabs his great paddle deep
into the water and close under the left
side of the bow; then with a mighty
heave he lifts her head around. The
great canoe swings ns though upon a
pivot, for is not the steersman doing
exactly the very opposite at this pre
cise moment? We sheer oft’. But the
next instant the paddles are working
on the opposite sides, for the bowman
sees signs of a water-covered rock not
three yards from the very bow. With
a wild lunge he strives to lift the bow
around, lmt the paddle snaps like a
rotten twig. Instantly he grabs for
another, aml a grating sound runs the
length of the heaving bottom. The
next moment he is working the new
paddle. A little water is coming in,
hut she is running true.
till Hear rhiwrA Him.
“Bert" Bantu, deputy sheriff, Is in
Colorado near Oreede. spending ids va
cation with his brother-in-law, E. E.
Putnam. In order to show his “ten
derfoot” relative a good time Mr. Put
nam organized a fishing and hunting
party, and with a camping outfit all
went up into the Rio Grande canon.
It was while there last week that Mr.
Bantu had an experience with a bear
that will furnish food for many a nar
rative when the deputy sheriff returns
home. The Creede Candle tolls of Xr.
Bantu’s experience in this way:
“Mr. Bania was fishing along the
river, deep in thought of the last bear
story told at breakfast that morning,
and lie had a rifle hanging over his
shoulder. He considered himself a
worthy hunter, and wore a badge ten
dered him in consideration of his cour
age, and he came to the conclusion
that he was just as brave as the peo
ple considered him. Just then lie
heard n noise, a snort, then the bushes
crash, and to his horror a big bear
making toward him. He dropped his
rod and gun and started and tbe bear
gave chase.
“Along the river hank they flew and
the big brute was elose upon him. as
lie could feel her hot breath, and he
thought all was over but the chewing,
and he imaaWed lie could feel the
boar’s sharp (daws and teeth tipping
his very flesh, when suddenly he enme
upon a small tree and with a bound he
ill ten feet from the ground into the
branches. At almost tlie same instant
the hear plunged into the trunk of the
tree with such force as to break it
down. Banta gave a yell and resigned
himself to death. The tree was over
hanging the river and into the water
he and the hoar both plunged. On ris
ing to tlie surface both swain for the
shore, lmt the bear stopping to shake
gave Bantu considerable start, and lie
put for camp like a wild Indian. He
overtook a jack rabbit and, giving it a
kick, hollered ‘Get out of tin l .way and
let a follow run that wants to run.’ On
reaching camp lie never thought of
stopping, but kept tearing on down the
canon, anil lie kept his lead, for the
bear was compelled to stop repeatedly
to paw tlie mud out of her eyes occa
sioned by the dust from Bantu's heels.”
Kansas City Star.
Heroic Hoys Cilve Live.*.
William J. Carroll, aged fourteen;
Amiel Ivologewskl, aged twelve, and
an unknown hoy, aged about fourteen,
were drowned in the Allegheny River
by sinking into a hole left liy a sand
dredge.
The boys were stripped and wading
along a gravel bank left by the dredge.
About fifty yards away were a number
of hoys swimming in deep water. One
of the lads was seen struggling and
crying for help. Another rushed in
after him, but the drowning hoy
clutched him and both were swept off
their feet.
TliefSkird boy went in after bis com-
and was succeeding in get
ting to safety when he was carried off
his feet, and the three went down to
arise no more.
Long Drop of a Woman Miner.
Mrs. X. E. Brooke, one of the few
successful woman mine operators in
the Cripple Creek (Col.) district, had a
narrow escape from an awful death re
cently. While being lowered down the
Mabel M. shaft, on which property she
is leasing, the brakes for some reason
failed to act and the bucket fell ninety
feet before the engineer regained con
trol. Mrs. Brooke, accompanied by a
miner, was riding on the rim of the
bucket, but both fortunately kept firm
hold on the cable, and while badly
frightened, were uninjured. The depth
of the shaft is 135 feet. When the
bucket was stopped Mrs. Brooke took
the ladder way for the remainder of
the distance, both in and out of the
shaft.—Denver Republican.
Big Product of Orange Tree.
An orange tree in full bearing has
been known to produce 15,000 oranges;
a lemon tree 6000 fruit.
There Is a demand for gutta pertha
600 times greater than the supply.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
A Prudent Mahl.
Misa Dorothy Dot, before going to
Takes her little tin bucket and litt!#un
spade.
And Bobbie and she work away with a
vim
Till her litde tin bucket is full to the
brim.
‘ With this sand we can build us a little
dry s]>ot
If the ocean’s too wet,” says Miss Doro
thy Dot.
—Harriot Brewer Sterling, in St.
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1-r UESDAY, Wednesday. Tlinrs-
day and Friday all wore
named from the gods of Norse
mythology. In another way
also these stories of northern lands are
closer to us than tlie Greek or Roman
myths, for they were born in the minds
of our own ancestors. Teutons, and
handed down by them. Though we
may not find the same dainty grace
we may well be proud of the deter
mined will and mighty power which
characterize these spirit children of
the north. That same will and power
have made the Teuton nations the
masters of the world to-day.
We are less surprised to know that
our ancestors thought tlie earth fiat
Ilian we are that they divided it into
nine different worlds. Had the Ten
tons of those early days possessed a
written language their geographies
would have contained a map yf the
world something like this:
Highest of all was Asgard, the homo
of the gods, over which Odin, or
HISTORICAL. PUZZLE.'
Find King Charles and Governor Andrews, who were particularly inter
ested when Wadsworth hid Connecticut's charier.
Wodan, ruled. Midgaril, around which
flowed the river Ocean, was the home
of men, anil Jotunheiro. on tlie same
level, but separated from Midgaril by
the Ocean, was the upper giant world.
Below these lay the under world, con
taining fotir of the nine worlds--Nifl
lteitn, the lower giant world, cold, dark
and damp; Uril’s Realm, the kingdom
of the dead; Mimir’s laud; and to tin
west of Mimir’s land the home of the
baner, the demigods of tlie north. The
bridge Bifrost (the “milky way”) and
the world tree were ail which united
these worlds.
May we not lie thankful we have not
so complicated a geography now. Gen
erations of scholars have worked their
lives out in simplifying the ideas scat
tered through the Norse and Icelandic
literature into this map. Think, hoys
and girls, of having to be able to give
the boundaries, products and inhab
itants of nine worlds!
Tuesday comes from Tyr, the un
selfish god of war, who sacrificed his
arm to save Ids fellow-gods from dan
ger.
Loki, the god of evil, had three mon
strous, terror-bringing children. One
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MAP OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO
NORSE MYTHOLOGY.
the wolf Fenrir, was not full grown
when it came into the hands of Odin.
He, not realizing the danger to come,
brought the monster to Osgard and
bade Tyr watch over him. Tyr for a
time succeeded well, but as the wolf
grew he waxed so strong that even
Tyr began to doubt his power to guard
him. The gods, therefore, held a coun
oil, and decided to hind him with an
iron chain. Immediately the smithy
was set at work anil a great chain,
more powerful than had ever been
made before, was forged. With tills
the gods proceeded to Feurir and asked
him to amuse them by trying his
strength on it. The wolf gave it bul a
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“THE 0,010 DECIDED TO BIND HIM
WITH AN' IKON CHAIN.”
glance and (hen submitted quietly (o
he bound with it, for he know he
could break it instantly. And so he
did. With one stretch of lus mighty
limbs he links parted in half a dozen
pin ees.
Chagrined as they were, tii? gods
were still determined and proceeded
at once to have another chain made
with the utmost skill and care. This
was so heavy when completed that as
Feurir saw tlie gods come (Bragging
il along tlie ground he suspected their
purpose and refused lo he hound. With
taunts which appealed to His pride
they finally persuaded him. however,
and stood back to watch the struggle.
But the result was no better Ilian lie
fore.
In dismay the gods then appealed
to the (lark elves, for sometimes tlieit
magic went beyond the skill and
knowledge even of the gods. Were it
not so the gods never would have pul
tlicir trust in the silken string which
the dark elves sent back. Yet well
might it be strong ns well as soft and
smooth, for it was made of the foot
falls of a cat, Iho heard of a woman,
the roots of a mountain, the sinews
of a hear, the breath of a fish and
the spittle of birds.
To mislead Feurir the gods then
planned a trip to a rocky Island, where
they would engage in wrestling, rac
ing, shooting with tlie how and all
lrials of strength. After the games
one of (lie gods drew out the silky
cord and said to another: “You would
not think this strong, but try to break
it if you can.”
When he failed il was passed about
wonderingly until ail but Fenrir had
tried it. Then, jokingly, someone
suggested that if lie did not scorn to
be bound by so slight a bond he also
lest its strength.
But Fenrir refused. No taunts nor
insults would move him. At last,
however, he agreed to allow himself
to lie hound if one of the gods would
place ids right band In the wolfs
mouth during the process, as surety
of good faith. With a laugh Tyr,
whose arm was almost tlie strongest
there, thrust his hand into Fenrir’s
mouth till he was tied. Mad with
j rage and despair when he found he
could not burst the bonds, the monster
Hit oft' the arm of the unselfish Tyr.
And That is why he is known as the
"one-armed god of war."—-Leila G.
Fish, in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Lucifer.
The first box of matches ever sold
is said to have been bought by an old
coach driver for a shilling. Sir Isaac
Holden did not invent the lueifermatch.
Though he discovered it himself, he
had been anticipated by two years by
John Walker, of Stockton-on-Tees. This
inventor refused to patent his discov
ery, and made a present of it to the
nation.
Czar’. Physician*.
Seven physicians are attached to the
personal retinue of the Czar.
(JSSaJ' Talks A bout
W^i^womankind^
A Reminder of the Sixties.
The bobbing brims of children’s hats
weighted down with a bunch of
flowers in front reminds an elderly
woman of tlie days of the 00’s. when
to the front of similar wide-hAmmed
hats was attached a “puller,” or nar
row ribbon, which was used to pull
down tlie brim to secure the effect now
obtained by the weight of flowers.
The YTeddinsr flown Box..
The wedding gown box is one of tlie
latest fads to be adopted by the bride
to-be. That every bride possessed of
any sentiment wishes to keep her wed
ding gown in a state of preservation
is a foregone conclusion, and this re
ceptacle is admirably suited for the
purpose for which it was designed. It
is made of light wood, enameled white,
and has the bride’s initials in silver
letters on the top. It is lined with
tufted white satin, and the lock is of
silver.
Cabochona For Fall Trimming*
The new caboclions are of very large
size. They are flatter than they have
been, and are often in arabesque.!
open work set with cut jet or steel,
or in chaste oxidized silver or dull
gilt. Some of the gilt caboclions are
sold in pairs, tile two joined by a dou
ble festoon of gilt beads. These arc
uselt to trim tlie timler side of hats.
When a feather is placed on or under
the edge of the brim, it will often he
-fastened by a large eaboelion. says tlie
Millinery Trade Review. Anew orna
ment is provided to serve this purpose,
it is a chaste metal snap 1 hat clasps
over the edge of the brim, securing
the feather to it. Shoals of osprey or
aigrette are sometimes fastened in this
way by their middle, to tlie edge of a
plateau. Milliners are also using small
gilt or steel buttons to fasten down
straps of ribbon.
Ostrich Flume* unri Feat hern.
By what lias gone before, the Im
portant place which ostrich feathers
occupy at th(> present writing will
he realized. It is understood that the
trade is prepared to satisfy a very
large demand for amazons and also for
feathers of medium length and tips.
High class milliners will do a great
deni in shaded and variegated feath
ers. The arrangement referred to
above, namely the twisting around of
the tip of the feather into a pouf, gives
a massive and rieli effect to an ama
zon. lmt only the very largest can he
so treated. Plumes of cock’* feathers
in natural colors, as well as dyed in
different bright lints, are likely to be
very much favored, possibly, however,
white more than any, says the Millin
ery Trade Review. Wings continue in
much request, particularly large, stump
shaped wings and quite small ones,
such as those of blackbirds and para
keets, ami there is si renewed demand
for couteaux, which are mostly asked
for in pairs. They are not very long,
but wide and often dyed in variegated
lints, including cheeks and plaids.
(Some ore colored to imitate leaves and
broad grasses. In fashionable shops
frequent mention has been made of
fruits. These will divide favor with
seasonable flowers for the autumn
mouths. It. is understood that black
flowers, mounted with green leaves,
I will be worn, they already having been
| shown on some hats.
New Method* of Making: Bow*.
Special interest must he attached
to the different new methods of mak
ing up hows, rosettes and other ar
rangements of ribbon or piece mate
rials, as applicable to early winter
hats. Louis XV. hows are now made
of quilled ribbon wired in the ordinary
way. A piece of the quilled ribbon
may be sewn in a circle round the
centre of the plateau, and the rest of
l lie ribbon bo arranged in a very large
wired bow resting on the buck of tlie
hat, which shelves down In the neck.
The under sides of some hats are
trimmed with narrow Pompadour rib
bons laid on flat in the form of Louis
XV. bows. Bows made of No. 12 rib
lion velvet are often placed under the
brim, loops and fends hanging down
behind the ear. Fan shaped bows,
with a great many loops, for the backs
of hats, are sometimes made of this
ribbon, sometimes of piece velvet.
Large bows of four or more large
loops, fastened in the centre by a
buckle, are laid flat on plateau hats,
says the Millinery 'Trade Review. An
other arrangement consists of a wide
piece of accordion pleated satin, form
ing a big flat rosette, the pleats being
smoothed out on either side. Ball ro
settes about the size of a big orange
are very fashionable. These may he
made of loops of rather wide ribbon
or of a fold of material closely gath
ered. Wide Pompadour and plaid rib
bons may he used for the purpose.
Large flat rosettes or cockades are
equally favored, particularly made it)
two shades of bright green or golden
velvet, or of chine flowered ribbon
bordered with black satin.
The Women** Hot* lx.
Tlie following data are collected in
the interest of the movement iu cities
for housing and feeding women work
ers en masse. It is “girls, girls, girls,”
that appear chiefly as beneficiaries of
tlie movement, hut any self-support
ing woman should be entitled by right
and not by grace to tlie advantages
of the collective home or hotel. Re
ports from ninety of these homes in
forty-six cities are given very fully
in Bulletin 15, 1898, United States
Labor Department.
The first started in New York City
in 1856. Almost none has become en
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tirely self-supporting in the half-CP
fcury of development. This fact Will
show tn history the small share of
the commonwealth allowed the work
ing women of the country at this
period. Tlie wages of our working
women iu Boston are a little below
those of New York and Chicago, while
the cost of subsistence is much higher.
Taking data from one of our more
recently established homes, the board
ing house under Unitarian auspices,
formerly on Berkeley street, we learn
that in its tirst seven years in a hired
building, with about forty boarders
and few transients, the average cost
per capita for board, laundry and other
incidentals, was $3.30 per week.
(Price of-board anil lodging sl.) The
cost of raw material of food averaged
$2.15 per week. There was a surplus
of $(!00 or S7OO per annum to go toward
the salary of superintendent and rent.
In Chicago, a woman's cluh, grown to
100, self-managed, for some years cov
ered all costs of their homo at $3 per
week per member.
There are thousands of working girls
anil women in Bostou who cannot pay
even the lowest rate charged by the
present homes in Boston, including
the latest, the Franklin Square House.
$3.50 per week, and must still live iu
garrets, or worn-out lodging houses
with “relief” in plain sight. One im
portant fact, not strictly apropos to
increase of wages, is front the Marla
Louisa Home for temporary guests.
New York City. In 1800, 501,000 pieces
were laundered at a cost of seven
eighths of one cent per piece. This
item, if nolle other, decides for such a
home against the average private
house, with ils picayune methods,
where the difficulty of washing a hand
kerchief makes the thought of clean
liness a perpetual nightmare.—Boston
Evening Transcript.
PMgovdofr*
Chat
itrs. John \V. Maekay was declared
in Loudon to bo the richest widow in
the world.
A bronze medallion of Susan B. An
thony will bo presented to Rochester
University Ilii.s fall. It was Miss An
thony's efforts which made co-educa
tion possible at Rochester, N. Y.
An international exhibition of wom
en's arts and crafts will open 1n Paris
soon in the great glass building on the
banks of the Seine, in which were held
the horticultural shows during the
World's Pair of 1900.
Tile woman who lives in the suburbs
might pot a lot of ferns from the
woods, and when they are Ulriviug in
the fall get orders for them. Being so
popular they ought surely to bo in de
mand, and it not, there would be no
loss incurred. I
Representative George H. Fall, who
introduced and championed the bill
which recently passed the Massachu
setts Legislature making mothers
equal guardians of children with fath
ers, states that two-thirds of the credit
for its passage is due to Mrs. Fall. He
is a lawyer, and after her marriage
Mrs. Fall studied law also.
Mrs. Clara L. Kellogg has raised
modern embroidery to an art. She fur
nishes entire homes in embroidered
textiles, producing harmonious effects
throughout. She travels abroad every;
year, studying embroidery and design.
AH her designs are original and are
founded upon suggestions received
from old paintings, mosaics, furniture,
anything, in fact.
Chantilly is a revived classic.
Persian effects are still favored.
Embroidered linen discs are smart.
Jeweled velvet bands are very good.
Crystal and jet figure with spangles.
Pongee blossoms in applique are
here.
Some passementeries boast five ma
terials.
Lace appliques adorn many parasols
effectively.
Posies of taffeta often adorn Chan
tilly applique.
Linen applique is used upon dresses
of hop-sacking.
Bulgarian embroidery is the rage on
ctamine as well as linen.
Chenille in a color touches point de
Ycnise most attractively.
Orchid patterns in delicate shades
of chiffon are Ideal on silk gabze.
Striped veiling makes very pretty
gowns and requires but little trimming.
Soft shaded Roman stripes are ap
pearing iu some of the wider white
ribbons.
Many new designs are being pro
duced iu fobs, which have become a
pet feminine fad.
Silk mull waists are very much
tucked this season, the tucks being of
i lie wide variety.
Pongee suits in the natural color are
trimmed with bands of black taffeta,
stitched with white.
Linen gowns in the pretty new
shades of green, blue, pink and gray
are made with Gibson waists stitched
with white.
A yellow pongee gown with yellow
and white embroidery, and a tucked
white silk vest and front of skirt, Is
artistic In the extreme.
Silks in black and white and blue
and wldte checked effects are expected
to be very fashionable in the fall for
gowns and separate waists.