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SUNDAY MORNING.
CLAIM THAT BRIDE
WAS HYPNOTIZED.
T HU possibility of the use of
hypnotism in conducting a
rTSSfisV cour tship; this mysterious
power wielded by a shrewd
man to win a beautiful bride;
tne subsequent guidance of the wife
by a continued practice of this magic
influence, form the basis of a most
romantic story that is claimed to have
just been enacted in real life.
Such is the theory held by the
friends of Miss Maud Shonfeldt of
Omaha, who recently' married Philip
Doreipus Watkins, formerly of Boston.
Of impossibility the reader must him
selLyndge. The story as it comes
from the West, is as follows;
A Pullman coach attached to a train
bound westward from Omaha fur
nished the first scene of this strange
Philip Watkins.
!ove story. It was during the fi.ict of
last. June. Miss Maud Shonfelrit, the
daughter of Henry Shonfcldt, or.c of
Omaha's wealthiest and most respect
ed citizens, had started on tile train
with the intention of visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. A. 1,. Bail of Ogdon, Utah.
The young woman, who was promi
nent in Omaha society, was a modest,
weli-bred and extremely beautiful girl.
Several of the best young men in Oma
ha had sought her hand in marriage,
and in each rase she had told her
father, declaring at the same time
that she was too young to think of
getting married.
The other principal character in this
Pullman coach, so far as the story is
concerned, was Philip Moremns Wat
kins. Ho is tall, standing two inches
over six feet in height; lias an athietic
figure, a smooth-shaven face, wavy
blonde hair, dresses exquisitely ar.d
combines a distinguished appearance
with the manners of a French count.
One thing more, however, a discrim
inating person might notice In this
youth of 2f. In the glance of his eye
there is something most- commanding,
more persuading, more convincing
than in all the rest cf his external per
sonality. Here ,js the secret of his
magnetic qualities, and in this the
friends of Miss Shonfeldt find what
they believe is the hypnotic power of
a Sver.gaii, to widen power Miss Shon
feldt acted the part of Trilby.
Speeding along in the luxurious car
the young man Watkins noticed pret
ty Miss Shonfcldt, and became inter
ested in her. It did not take him long
to discover that she was traveling
alone, and it was likewise easy for
him to ascertain through the conduc
tor that her journey was to cover a
considerable distance.
While Miss Shonfeldt was not one
who would be regarded as distinctly
impressionahie. she could not help no
ticing the refined and elegant appear
ance of Mr. Watkins. The fact that
he was a stranger made It not diffi
cult for her to imagine him a gentle
man and a hero.
The glance of his eye had thrilled
this modest girl, and she wondered to
nerself at her weakness. Her fate
was sealed.
No less conscious of his power was
Mr. Watkins. Without further cere
facd so com
plete hi 9
- - m a s t e ry,
that within
an hour after she had met him
the girl-had admitted her love and
had consented to marry hing.
To her it was like a dream: to Phil
ip D. Watkins it was reality. Not
withstanding the fact that he posed
as a wealthy man, he had very little
ready cash, and, so far as known, no
established resources. He had noth
ing to risk in an immediate marriage.
The beautiful face of this young girl
pleased him, her complete surrender
fiattered him. and he loved her, at
least he told her so, better than any
other girl in the wide world.
At Ogden they alighted from the
train, and were quickly wedded. The
ceremony was of the simplest nature.
Miss Shonfeldt did not see her sister
in that city, as she intended, sought
no advice from friends, but blindly
followed the will of this stranger.
There was no church wedding with
all the attendant ceremonies which
usually delight the feminine heart
and which, it would have r.eemed,
might have been according to the
tastes of such a social favorite as
Miss Shonfeldt. The legal form was
sufficient to unite them in wedlock,
and thus Mr. Watkins was able to
avoid publicity in Ogden, where the
friends of the bride might have caused
him some embarrassment.
The knot tied they boarded a west
ern bound train or. their way to San
Francisco, and while en route to the
Pacific coast, Mrs. Watkins sent a
brief note to her sister at Ogden,
telling of the strange romance, the
fact of their marriage and their desti
nation.
The next appearance of this tall
young man anq his beautiful bride was
on June 22 at Santa Monica, near Los
Angeles, Ca!. They were registered at
Hotel Arcadia. Watkins 'readily be
came popular among society people,
and was soon a leader in golf, tennis
and ping pong.
They visited other points in Cali
fornia. making only brief stops, and
finally have disappeared so that Henry
Shonfeldt of Omaha has not the slight
est knowledge of his daughter’s where
abouts. Detectives have been em
ployed to search for the couple. The
young bride's father recently received
the following letter: “Why do you
not answer my letters? 1 have not
heard a word from you.” He had been
sending telegrams to her every day.
Another letter received on the follow
ing day read as follows: “Send me
?200. You are lucky to get off so
easily.”
From his childhood young Watkins
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Maud Shonfeldtb
has been a social lien. He is well edu
cated and has been in the. habij. of
spending much money in the pursuit
of pleasure.
The Ring Hong Champion.
Fi-c wi •'tee of Fortune's favorites
—rich, talented, beautiful, and young
—and as she walked down the aisle
to the strains of the “Wedding March”
some marvelled _at her wondrous
beauty, while a few worldly-minded
whispered, “What a shocking match!”
The bridegroom was. handsome, but
comparatively poor. For his sake she
had rejected a duke, two carls, and a
host of lesser lights in the way of
bankers and diplomats; for had he not
met and defeated ninglc-konued the
finest exponents of the game and now
rejoiced in the proud title of "Cham
pion ping-pong player cf the state?”
Lunatic's Wonderful Escape.
A,n extraordinary adventure befell a
lunatic near StTPatley-on-Thames. En
gland, the other day. Having effected
a midnight escape from four attend
ants, the search after him was fruit
less until his fat hi r. a gamekeeper,
noticed some tracks in a field. These
were followed and were found to lead
to a disused well, upwards of sixty
eight feet deep. The lunatic was at
the bottom, and after seme difficulty
was dragged up by a rope. Curiously
enough, he was unhurt, although he
must have fallen or jumped to the
bottom. He had been in the well thir
ty hours.
Electricity to Promote Rainfall.
A number of prominent Japanese
scientists are at present engaged
upon a series cf experiments for the
artificial production of rain by means
of electricity. The first trial was made
in the Fukushima prefecture, and the
results obtained were very satisfac
tory. Operations were begun at 11 in
tl*e evening, but no change was noted
i-.filn 9 the next morning, when clouds
began to gather in the vicinity of the
place where the experiments were
being held. Rain soon began to fail
over an area several miles in extent,
and continued without intermission
for twelve hours.
12-Year-Cld Bride Wants Separation.
Avery precocious child is Wilhel
mina Mclntyre, of Bethlehem, Ky. Wil
helmina, who is 12 years old, became
a bride April 2, marrying a farmer 45
years of age, and now she has brought
action to annul the marriage. The do
mestic bliss cf the ill-matched couple
was early disturbed, the husband abus
ing the bride, so she claims, and she
asks for $2,500 damages in addition to
the annulment. The ceremony uniting
the child in marriage to the farmer
was performed with the consent of
her parents and they are the moving
spirits in the effort to annul the mar
riage.
In the rattle cf money one hears the
rustle of silk, the clatter of stiver
service containing rich viands and
many other delightful melodies.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
B&qgFarf.
Favorite Trimming:.
Leaves cut out of velvet and ap
pliqued are a favorite trimming. Of
course, lace is used in profusion, Chan
tilly is used on taffeta and mousseline
do soie still, anil is always good style.
Tlie Newest Coat* In !*avU.
The newest coats, says I.e Bon Ton,
seem to be nearly all three-quarter in
length, although, of course, (he long
coat is indispensable for some occa
sions. One coat, loose fitting, with in
verted box pleat over shoulder, back
anil front made of cheviot, with collar
and turn-back cuffs of plain cloth, is a
stylish Jittle garment.
Crewels in Style Asruin.
Lovers of wool work will be glad to
hear that gayly colored crewel wools
are ouce more being used upon anew
kind of linen, in while, cream and
beige colors. It forms a strong and
suitable foundation on which to shade
tile prewfl, and is capital fou.service
aide articles, as both the material and
wools wash clean very successfully.
Milliners’ Jewelry.
This season the jewelry for bats,
which give the finishing touch to the
creation, as the maker delights to call
it* runs to rhinestones anil cut steel, i
On some of the new hats may tie seen
mock pearls and cut jet. Large fiat
caboelious, bars and pins, with large
heads, are new conceits ill the collec
tion. These devices show au intermix
title of crystal, steel %ml pearl.
limitin'il Huttons For T.llifirrit.
A pretty new fad is to have buttons |
of gold or silver, sot with gems or
beautified with enamels, to replace the
usual tiny pearl or linen covered but
tons on lingerie. Extravagant women
indulge in pearl studs to fasten their
corset covers, and a jeweler lias re
ceived an order from a certain young
woman who is preparing her trousseau
for five sets of tiny studs and as many
“petticoat plus”—safety pins, sta ll as
are used to fasten baby’s bib. Eaeli
set is to In' of gold enameled and
gemmed with a different color blue,
green, yellow, mauve and pink. The
blue set is studded with tiny turquoise,
the yellow is plain, dull-finished gold,
the mauve lias an amethyst set in the
centre of each stud and a row of ame
thysts oil the bar of the pin. The pink
is gemmed with 'coral. The different
sets are to lie worn to match the colors
| of tile ribbons with which this dainty
i dame's lingerie will be adorned.
For tkit Iloudolr.
Such a pretty black anil white negli
r gee as it is. The material is of lawn
I or muslin, with an all-over black figure
j which gives i! a soft and almost laie
i like effect. Tile trimming is a black
i dotted net. edge and insertion! To bo-
I gin at tlie lop, there is a deep Ittrii
! over collar of the dotted net formed
| Into plaids by narrow folds of Hie nta
j terial of the jacket. This is edged with
a deep frill of the net, and another frill
is eprfiod down tlre front.
The lower part of the garment, which
basques but little below lie waist, lias
j an inch band of insertion in it. and an.
| other deep block net frill finishes the
j edge. There is a narrow black satin
[ ribbon that ties file collar in front ami
another forms tin- licit, tying in front,
j also, with long loops and ends. The
j sleeves are short, reaching a little be
! low the elbows, and are finished with
j two rows of black insertion ‘ ami a
ruffle edged with a deep frill of black
net.
For 11ip Mother Who Travels.
Most mothers dread traveling with
children. Not only are they apprehen
i Rive iest the child may suffer from the
I change anil inconvenience, or lie ex
posed to contagious diseases, Imt they
| are sensitive in regard to t lit- annoy -
I ance the child may cause oilier trnv
j elers. Various devices anil inventions
! have made traveling with children less
i of a bugbar (ban it was formerly. The
i problem of how fo have tilings of the
! right temperature and what to do
| about milk is solved to a considerable
j extent by the use of a hamper in which
! babies’ bottles may be kepi, as hot or
| cold as desired.
! The basket is lined will) asbestos,
! which makes it fireproof and holds
! the beat when it is desired to in* kept
: hot and saves ice when the basket is
j converted into a refrigerator. Bottles
: can be kept warm for from twenty
i to twenty-four hours. The file! used
j in the heater burns without a flame,
i so that there is neither smoke nor
i odor. When one desires to have the
i basket for a cooler she has only to re
move the heater and fill the box will! j
ice. The bottles are arranged with |
separate apartments.—New York Her-!
abl.
Wmnnn to lie a Civil KiiKineer.
A granddaughter of Elizabeth Cadv
Stanton is to enter the civil engineer
ing course of Cornell University. Her
name is Nora Stanton Match. She is
not yet twenty years old. and she will
be the first woman to enter one of the
engineering courses of Cornell Univer
sity. This move on the part of Mist/ 1
Blotch is especially significant, in that
three other women friends of Miss
Blotch tried the examination but
failed.
Mies Match is of striking appearance.
She is a tall, handsome brunette, with
a carriage and manner which command
attention. She is. a social favorite, and
is always an expected and welcome
guest to all functions given by the
Town and Town and Gown. Sim is
from London, England, and last year
she was entered in the arts course of
Cornell University She is recognized
as one of the brightest girls of her
class, and her examination papers re
ceived commendatory marks. In math
ematics she invariably stood first, and
it was her proficiency in this line of
work which induced her to enter Pro
fessor Fuerte's department. It is said
that her entrance examination papers
in mathematics were nearly perfect.
Miss Match also took a deep interest
I in all student affairs last year, and
j was appointed toastmaster of her fresh
| man banquet. It was this banquet,
j which; by a clever ruse, the sops suc
ceeding in postponing last April, and
! Miss Match was captured and taken
i away in a hack. Having chosen en
| gincering as her course. Miss Blotch
! will be compelled to don an apron and
I work in tile shops with the men, while
at all the lectures and recitations all of
the audience except herself will be
masculine. She is a member of tin*
Kappa Kappa Gamma Society.—New
York Sun.
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l)r. Rina Muslin has been elected pro
fessor ol' anatomy at the University of
Milan.
Mine. .Marie Theresa Dupuis, the last
surviving witness of tin* Battle of
Waterloo, is now living :n Ulmpeile
loxTli-rlniraouy. near Charleroi.
Berlin has its first female harbors—
tile wife and daughter of a hair-dress
er in Bohemia. Hungary and Scan
dinavia there are many women bar
bers.
A $150,000 structure, to he known as
I in* Woman's Building of the Univer
sity of Texas, is mm under construc
tion. The cornerstone was laid re
cently by tlie wife of Governor Sayers.
Mrs. Carter 11. Harrison, wife of the
.Mayor of Chicago, Ims written a book
of lairy talcs. It lias bce'.i known for
route time that she had some literary
work in littiai, but she deprecated any
suggestions Hint site was "an author.”
It. is uiuiuuuceil at Cornell University
that three women have signified their
intention of studying civil engineer
ing in lli.ii institution next year. 'Tilts
is a decided innovation for Cornell.
Heretofore no woman has taken that
course.
Miss Lizzie Van Lew, vim showed
great kindness to Union prisoners at
liii limimd, is burled at Shonkoe Ilill
Cemetery there, and n boulder of gran
ite from tin* Massachusetts State
House grounds has been placed over
her grave.
Miss Kate Shelley, the heroine of
many poems and writings in prose,
Who when a child saved a traiuload
of people from death by creeping over
a frozen bridge near Moingmtti, lowa,
in a raging storm and warning the
engineer of tlie danger, lias been en
gaged by the State insane Hospital, at
Cherokee, lim it, i;s a nurse, lliss .Shel
ley is quite old.
One of England's most popular
matrons. Lady Hope, has started a
movable cuffs i stall for the conve
nience of coachmen and others who are
kept wailing: outside houses where
tin'll- employers are being entertained
at balls and parties, amt slit* Ims made
au arrangcmi nl that any hostess who
will purchase tickets at the rate of
Horry shillings a hundred can have the
stall sent to her house, it is suggested
the tickets should he distributed among
the servants as the carriages arrive
on the occasion of au entertainment.
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. ilrAncies)
ffk*
Fine white and colored madras ties
are very pretty.
Colonial siioes of dull black kid with
gun melal buckles are the favorites.
The taffeta costume has come 1o he
a necessity of every well regulated
wardrobe.
India silk dress patterns make ser
viceable frocks Unit can he worn on
almost any occasion.
Box pleats and tncks arc a fcaturs
in many of tin* shirt waist suits, as are
also the Gibson waists.
A half lifting kilted coat, with one
inch tucks running the full length, is
one of the fail models.
Hats made entirely of birds are com
ing into fashion. They arc extremely
grotesque in effect, but considered very
smart.
Taffeta ribbon roses are made for
corsage garniture in colors to match
any costume. The pink ones arc nat
ural enough to deceive any eye at a
short distance.
Trimmings are being placed under
neath the brims of most, of the new
models, and never was there a time
when it was inure necessary to guard
against exaggeration in millinery.
New walking skirts are made short
enough for easy walking, hut the liare
about the bottom is much exaggerated.
New coats to go with them are lined
with figured silk of soft finish. Nor
folk and tight-fitting jackets are al-o
mated with walking skirls.
Hardly a bouse gown is seen in this
season’s stocks without a sash of some
kind, either of plain ribbon or silk bro
caded with velvet figures. Painted
sashes are a novelty, which, in white,
painted with the flower chosen by the
bride, will make an accessory to brides
maid costumes
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© © /^dventure.
Chased by a lilizzarrf.
7r SPORTSMAN who was hunt
/ \ iug ptarmigan in the Far
North describes an exciting
tj” experience which attended the
chase. After a “flttd” and several suc
cessful shots the hunter pocketed the
three birds he had secured for mount
ing and looked at Joe, the Indian guide.
Instead of wearing the customary grin
Joe's face looked as grave and solemn
as an owl's.
"Bad luck kill dent,” said ho. “Look
dur!”
Something in his voice startled me,
and my eyes flushed northward, whith
er his long arm pointed. Under a great
stress a man sometimes thinks of
whimsical tilings. Wliat I thought
was:
"I’ve killed three pups of the North
Pole, and here's tlie whole Arctic circle
i coining south to see about it.”
Rolling steadily dawn, like snowy
surf, mountains high, came a squall
the like of which I had never seen.
The white mass seemed thick enough
| for good snow shoeing, and the way in
| which its deadly advance blotted out
j Ihe landscape was absolutely lerrlfy-
I ing.
"Come quick!” cried .Toe, as lie
! turned.
Only those who have chased an In
dian on snowshoes about two jumps
ahead of a blizzard can understand
what followed. Ail I could see was
Joe’s dim back rising and falling in
mighty effort. AYe ran in deadly ear
nest—no picking of tlie path, no any
thing liut chase, chase, chase.
All the while the snow thickened and
the wind shouted louder and tender.
Then we heard Iln* true howl of the
White Wolf of the North, as men hear
it when the sea solidifies. Mercifully
il was at our back.
At last came the blessed “second
wind,” and none too soon, for it found
me rocking. The snow padded back
was ten yards ahead now, rising and
failing with the same old motion. Ever
and anon a savage swirl would hide it
in a blur of white. I mentally vowed
that not for my life would I let that
back get out of my sight. Indian-like,
Joe liad no idea of halting or looking
round to see how I fared. 1 was to
follow. If 1 failed to do t;o that was
my affair. He was going to the cabin
by ihe shortest route. If I failed to
make it lie Would hunt for me—after
the weather cleared. If I lost him,
what then? i would follow the trail as
far as 1 could, and (lien curl up. The
cold would freeze me stiff in twenty
minutes, and then the While Wolf of
the North would come and nuzzle for
ears, nose and every projecting mouth
ful, and they would snap like icicles.
A rasp of a twig across nty cold nose
startled and hurl me, so that I noticed
I was running into cover. The edge of
the woods! Yes, there was Joe's track,
and Joe himself was just ahead.
in ten minutes wo were at the cabin,
anil fifteen minutes later, when we bad
got rid of our snowy outer garb, Joe
raised his drawn face front his hands
and said:
“Bad to kill dem white snowbird:
hut you good man. Run like bull
moose, else los’.”—You ill's Companion.
IliiT-ii-il Alive While Cliatintil bra Stink*-.
Frank Saunders, a Whittier (Cal.)
man, stood still in (lie face of impend
ing death from the caving in of a bank,
being unable to move on account of the
spell which a huge rattlesnake had
thrown around him. and he is now un
der tile can* of a physician at Ana
heim. buying been perhaps fatally in
j jured by falling earth.
Tiie accident happi m-d in Santiago
1 canon, wheiv Saunders and S. J.
i Adams, it iso of Whittier, had gone to
I Inspect an outcropping of coal. As they
j were uncovering a ledge the earth
j above them began to split, anil an im
j memo cavc-in was impending. Adams
! called to Saunders to leap, and himself
| quickly scrambled down the mountain.
He supposed Saunders was following.
| but on looking back saw him gazing in
i tently at tlie ever widening crevice
: above.
Adams was quick to detect (ho ob
, jeet of ills companion's gaze -a big rat
tler— wldc-li lielil its head steadily di
rected toward Saunders. The next mo
uicnj several tons of earth fell, bury
ing the hypnotized man front sight.
W'iieii Saunders was exhumed lie was
found In be badly injured. He stated
that lie was all the time aware of liis
j danger, but could not free his gaze
from that of the snake, and was pow
erless to move while the spell lasted.
Adams killed the reptile after lie had
i 'lt’S Saunders from under the fallen
| earth. San Francisco Chronicle.
Daring Navigators.
Tiie voyage across the Atlantic in a
thirteen-foot boat just begun by Cap
! Lain William A. Andrews and bis bride
is hazardous but not hopeless. The
| Dark Secret is almost the shortest
' transatlantic cruiser ever built, tint
iter great beam and keel ballast make
her steady, her deck closes iter against
water except at the two tiny cockpits,
anil her air-tanks should sustain her
even it swamped. Kite is more sub
stantial than Captain Arrows’ Nauti
filtis or the earlier Dark Secret, the
Flying Dutchman, the Phantom Ship
or the Doree, from which he was res
cued, starving and delirious, in 1890.
Alfred Johnson, who, in 187<i, sailed
on open boat front Gloucester to Liv
erpool in fifty-seven days, apparently
suggested to Andrews his first attempt,
made two years later, when with his
brother he took the Nautilus, fifteen
feet, to the Paris Exposition. Chris
tian Christensen in 3880 started front
Glasgow to New York. He was res
cued by a liner after losing food, in-
struments and clothing and facing, for
hours apparently certain death. Two
young Norwegians who ten years later
set out from New York to Havre in the
Fox were more fortunate. They were
capsized and lost all their supplies, but
righted their boat, begged supplies
from it passing ship and finished then
voyage. A more famous though less
dangerous cruise was that of Captain
Joshua Slocum, who sailed alone 40,000
miles around the world in the twenty
foot yawl Spray. Captain Slocum had
already, after a shipwreck on the Bra
zilian coast, built a small boat. La Lib
'-rtad. anil sailed her 7000 miles to New
England with Mrs. Slocum and their
two sons.
If these experiments have any value
it is in proving that small boat can
lie made by ballast and air-tanks prac
tically imsinkablo and uncapsiznble.
Considered as adventures there is a
dime museum flavor about them. They
do not compare in Interest with the
voyage, fur instance, made by . Lieu
tenant Migli and his companions, who
were put by (lie Pitcairn mutineers
into an open boat and sailed nearly
•1000 miles to safety, or witli the legen
dary exploit of Leif Eric-son and his
men, who sailed uncharted seas from
tin- Old World to the New in what is
called a viking "ship," but was really a
large rowboat which hoisted a small
sail when running with the wind.—
New York World.
11l u Florida Hoy.
The liimi .'r's life often means peril
not only to tin- limited but to the hunt
er as well. An experience of the In
dian River country of Florida is ioid
in tlie New York Sun by W. B. Inger
soll. ID* was duck shooting alone with
not even a dog for company. lie hail
been jumping sloughs, wailing' brooks
and retrieving his own kills, lie says:
"I worn a wading suit of mackintosh
which came above my waist and was
strapped to my shoulders. About noon
I came to au open space, green with
the freshness of spring. I came to it
suddenly, emerging from a tangle of
oaks and vines which grew to its edge,
mid from a puddle near its centre a
mallard duck flushed. It was ,a fine
shot, and tiie bird fell not ten feci be
yond the puddle, and I started after it.
"My gun was in my right hand, and
over my left shoulder X liad a game
strap, from which hung a dozen birds,
weighing some thirty pounds, as much
as I cared to carry. I took two steps
forward anil sank nearly to my waist
in the bog. I tried to go back and
mail? an effort to extricate myself by
bearing down with tlie gun and my left
hand on tiie green surface around me,
and both gun and band went under to
my elbows.
"I let go the gun, pulled out my
bands with a little effort, and by that
time had sui-k nearly to the top of my
waders.
“I was getting frightened. 1 made a
desperate effort, and threw my body
half round toward the linn bank I bad
quitted. '.That took tne in to within an
inch of my armpits. I could fee!, or
thought I felt, a steady suction on my
legs. Unquestionably there was qtit'ck
sqnd under the bog.
“I knew Hint in another five minutes
that green surface would close over
my nostrils. A worst scared man
never saw himself being buried alive.
“I hail thrown off my game strap be
fore ) sank so far. And then in my ex
tremity 1 glanced tip and saw a length
of rattan vine swinging from the limb
of an oak which jutted over the bog,
within reach of ray right hand. I
grabbed it.
"The rest was comparatively easy. I
pull i'll on tin- ratlan and slowly and
steadily drew myself up, but my mack
intosh suit was left behind. My gun
also was lost, but I saved my game
bag, which bad not settled luiicn.
"But for that rattan vine I should to
day be under that treacherous green
bog.”
fiavo 12 iN Life* For tlin Wounded,
Your review of Hie life of Admiral
\\ insiow, U. 8. Navy, recalls ail epi
sode in connection with the sinking of
the Alabama which is full of quiet he
roism, write a correspondent. The sur
geon of tin- Alabama was a young Eng
lishman named Llewelyn, who, when
itis vessel was seen to be sinking, re
moved all his wounded men into tlie
only available boat. One of the
wounded is reported to have called out:
"There is room for you, doctor!” He
simply answered: “You are as many as
the boat can safely hold; push off'.”
They pushed off and saved the wound
ed, while lie went down with tlie ship.
A memorial of his noble self-sacrifice
is to be found in Charing Cross Hospi
tal, to which lie had been attached.—
London Spectator.
Chinese nigh and (troumt Tumbling.
An accident of a most peculiar nature
took place yesterday in .Macao street,
when a Chinaman indulged in a clever
exhibition of gymnastics by falling
from a window in the third story of :t
house, picking himself up and walking
away as if nothing untoward had hap
pened. Ho accepted tlie occurrence as
part of ills everyday program. Not
withstanding tills fall from a height
sufficient to satisfy any ordinary per
son, and tt hold him for a while brood
ing upon the consequences of the .inci
dent, iliis Chinaman went away with
little more than a bruised thigh to re
mind him of his exploit. He was a
Chinaman. No wonder that his nation
dominates tlie Far East. Singapore
Straits Budget.
Spraying Cattle in Panama.
The cattle which draw the mahogany
logs ill tlie forests of the Isthmus of
l’unama have to be sprayed with kero
sene to destroy the parasites which
are their deadly enemies.
Beetles in tlie East and West ladies
are so brilliant In coloring that they
are beautiful as genus. . .. ....
NOVEMBER 9