' ■' . . shipwrecked! A. Story For J Labor Day ^-| By ETHEL EDNA SANGER * An ocean liner ni coming acroaa the Atlantic. Jn t$e. main portloo of the chip, fitted op with every convenience. ^ gvery luxury. were mllllonalrea and mnltlmlltlondlres. aome of whom bad bean prominent in the London aoclal aiaarn and not - a few brought with them Jewels, a fortune In tbemaelvea. thai bad blared In many a ballroom in ' England's capital There waa one man Aboard occupying. a unit of apartmenta the price of which for a four days' trip would given worklngman a com .fort* tile home for % lifetime. Threw people, seemingly regnrdlena of !>elng yaapeodrd between the hen vena shrive and the bottom of an ocean several' mil re beneath them, wore their fine clothe* at dinner, and In the evening ata choice rlanda, drank the beat wines, listened to music, flirted, even danced, while the boon glided happily away to the swish of- the waves against the leviathan's side. . Bow different- the underworld, which . on shipboard la as rar beneath the up -per world as on land! In the steerage " were many a family packed In tbelr narrow quarters, eating the homeliest tare, sod many, though accustomed to the ordinary wine of their country, wars drinking only water, and that not of tin cups . Among these steerage passcngerajehs SOS Adolph Btahr. a Swede, a young man twenty-Ova years Old. and his bride. Amelia, all years his Junior. Tbay bad left tbelr native country. ' fhrtr simple peasant fife. to seek a borne In thb new world. Adolph was a . ■M by trade, and Amelia bad worked In a factory In her native land, be coming export at wearing. They bad ■baard that In America the price of labor bad. by the united effort of the label an. been raised to what seemed to ■ a very high figure. Actus turned as they had been to llrlng on a pittance, ttrny believed that receiving , ' three wages 'they coo id eave money , enough within a few years to build them a borne In .which ttoey might Uva i— flrtrtdf for the rest of tbelr days. ABd a* potting together all the mon ay thay bad with something that their parson gave them, they eet oat on their long Journey for what waa to , ^am a land of promise. Taking sMp fee England, thay tharo re-embarked Half tbelr Journey across the At lan ' He had bean accomplished when one , afternoon a tog settled damn over the , wataOk yogs an the sea are dreaded marlpers, and although the dryas lag la dae ctothee. the feasting, th. , wtna drinking, the muilc. went on . among the paaaen -.-r* la the main , part of the ship, ma ay beard the con ataat daap toned, toot-toot of the fog , a Metis warning Teasels that might be . aaac. Bat at last all aboard the great , lH rtl 1 1 thane wboas duty It waa to , aal hay, wan la tbelr bertha. ■addaly then was a crash forward. , thaalaapan wen awakened. bD Jarred. , aaeae thrown out of thatr bertha. There , ema a mad rnah to the deck, many-go , tog Bp In tbelr ftlghtdotbes. where , th * foend confusion sod saw the , Bghto of a ship drifting away from | than. Fading Into the tog they aoon paaead out* of sight The capttin stood , a the bridge cooUyglvtof his orders ] hat tow a( them wen obeyed. Above ! 9a babel was the wild cry tor help taam the wlrylta maAlne. Prom the , Bret the crew realised that the Unar i had aa ard hit. and the wont was | toared. Then who wen cent to ex- | amhm the damage catna.ninnlng back . to report that the foremost bulkhead , was rspldly fining and that others eaters of it wen ta danger of giving , *•7. _ da haw later when It was known , that the ship was sinking the boats , was towered art the women and ehll , •no pat Into them. The men of mil | Bmm Cor the first time hi .their Urn .| cama ta a position when the wife and , (MM of an emigrant wen permitted | <to atop into a lifeboat while they them, artoaa mart remain to go down with i ^Oao part^gamong tbon who ware i II to the province of thla story to men "•a , Amelia' Btahr clnng to her hue" hand and refused to leave him. Tak ' tog tor to Ma arms, be carried her to aw of 9a boat., pot bar la and be ton aha coold get oat the boat was -"■■•d and pulled away from the ship. ttb gray of the morning revealed tha Is via thru a tow miles distant, half Wakaa. mtlug on tha water like a 4ytog an monster, Slowly she settled, toatohed by tboto to the. hosts. Marty ' *■ af Whom knew that some loved one • -may noon to g» down to death with Bar. -Then raising bar huge stern she pinged downward, and the place jMnrtmbad beetfjwaaW a part of to tha appearance of a iux^L'tbM had heard tha wlrelan cry for succor The boats wen nllered of their bar ton. end those who had left the tank eg top man carried Into an American part. '> ^ Amelia Btahr on reaching the land I . "1th bar toils w sufferer, received evny attoetton But for this the case I wsald hare been bard Indeed Never. Adam, It did not relieve tbe'deaoto- I Mw af coming to a aew land a bride ; everybody -mm- the bets that were : made an an wan aatofled. Than It mas proposed, alnce there was a good deal of meaey already on Urn tabic that after the draw lbs best hand ■book? rake It In. Madge waa the lga< < panoa to nil for a card. Throw'.nt I tor hand on the table face op. she dis pMyad'Unt sen. a knave end c deuce < ■to hesitated some time as to which j of the two lower cards to discard and i finally threw oat the knave. Pltinket i dealt har e card to Its place. It ins toB. It was i winner.**** " "* \ Madge aenped the money off the j ttock aad soon after that a Connect! i apt dock oo tha mantel wheeled out the bear of 11. sad the game came to ai and through limitation. *to next day 1 left Madge Bay a torfa hoarding bouse to pursue my 1 towels aw aoao afterward returned t #9a aart. I did not go back to the f BaaLrttoiuu'i'iTi lL*M^ ™r* M*toa Hayward had lived had ban -dtoptoafi m«Ma the Uadta af a aesrty 1 4*«» "W.%*x^jSg !

' friend look tup to call upftn the gov ! ernor. The latter waa a man about ; /fty-fivc years of age and. though he ! Idresscd lit the iirefrewlonal black, bore [ marks of having belonged to the -early ' times. There waa something about hi m ; that seemed familiar to me. and 1 ■ fancied I might have met him during my western tout years a gone. But I • couldn't place pirn, nor could be rf member bating seen tn« before- He ■ Invited me to dinner at his home, and ; 1 accepted The moment I laid eyes oo his wife I noticed In her. too. something fs ' miliar. If I had met ber during my ' previous visit to the region 1 now be held her twenty yearn older than she > waa then. The moment aha looked at i me 1 saw by the expression oo her face that there was something about j me that waa not strange to her. but I as she received me as a stranger I did not claim a previous acquaintance The dinner passed off pleasantly, the ' governor tearing his wife to do tnrtsl of the entertaining They both Pvt 1 deotly had lieeu denlxena of the couti 1 try In Its primitive days, but women. ! take to new conditions eosler than men. and the w.lfe would have paswd for a lady anywhere. Indeed, she bad | spent some time with her husband In : Washington while be had represented : his state in emigre** I beard after ' ward that she had been quite prom ; toent socially at the capital. Suddenly s look, a motion, a gesture — bcan't tell wblcb-told ate thai she ; was Madge Baywart 1 1 was convlnc ed that she bad recognized me from ' the first, and If she had wished to Iff known as her former self she would ' have -greeted me as ber former board [ er. But since she had hot thns made [ herself known' 1 did not feel ' ed In claiming a former acquaintance Therefore when I took teare-of my ' boats I did not mention the matter of ; bygone days. But the lady gave me a : pressure of the band that assured me _ i was not only remembered by her. | but remembered favorably, I fended. ' however, that gratitude was mingled 1 with other sentiments. 1 not having given away ber previous condition to ber husband. Bat In the latter (apposition 1 was 1 ; mistaken. While amoklng to the hotel ' at which I waa stopping a man step ped op to me who recognised to the ; man of thlrty-nlne the yuoth of nine teen. He proved to be oo# of the ' poker party convened at Madge Bay 1 ward's the evening before toy depar tare. I told him that I had dined with ; the governor and his wife, bad reeog nixed the wife as Madgt.and tha gov ernor seemed familiar to ma I also ' asked him If be remembired bow ' Madge had drawn the de"C( that had filled her hand and won a large pot j Be said he did and straightway let me toto'a secret "Whet 1 am going to tell yoo." be 1 said, "la .confidential. I am tha only 1 man DOW- about here who was here then. The record of the governor end. bis wife Is not known, and 1 wouldn't make It known to any one hero. Madge ostensibly kept a boarding bouse, but It was really a gambling boose Bbe had a husband, and the two worked the ocbame together. Do yoo rem em ber m mac called Blanket who dealt her that deuce? Well, be was ber bus band and M now the governor. Be was very clever as a dealer and had fixed ber band for ber before filling It with the dance. I didn't know this at the time. 1 Inferred It afterward when I -learned the rest of the secret. Blanket was not' his real name. The pair made no end of money through their scheme, and afterward the bus bend became the money made as a card sharper to , mines, ha became very rich, waa elect- , ed to congress and la now, as yoo . know, governor." "I em sorry," I said to my Inform ; ant "to beer this. I always Uked and 1 know that aha Uked me. ! wish yoo bad not told me." "Too ~»bonld remember that this ecapls were then a part of tbrtr ear ; mendings. -Would you expect u> find : In a donkey pasture or thistles a conservatory T~ "Bat tha dishonesty of It alir I ax claimed. "Where was tha dishonesty? It waa the common custom of those days for thoqg playing cards to beat one an ! other If they coold. Did Madge take yoof money that way? No. Bbe would not allow you to play, t do not doobt that ghe and ber husband, having arisen that lowly condition which then prevailed, now look back a poo It wttb ham." I waa not convinced, bat I celled, on old' friend Madge and claimed an acquaintance Ber eyas filled with as I did so. and sbe and the guv too Id be Induced to remain with them. Pert Personals. With Lillian Darnell married again. Mat Goodwin most look to Ms laurel* —New York Herald. i "1 am a has- bene." says John D Rockefeller, with tears to his voice, j John. It neema. to preparing to take, a fall oat of somebody — Milwaukee Sen j Miss I net Mllboltond. one of New York's most beautiful suffragists, bat decided to practice law notwlthstand tog tbe fact that the law, ahe' practices - ' will be merely man made.— Chicago - Record Herald. Town Topics. Waco. Tex, bp* sis of a twenty-two 1 atory building What to to be done -' with the rest of the town since it has | •' vacated?— Chicago News. 1 Wise lhtle old New York! Know 4 ■tog that nothing so strongly attract- ' visitors as wickedness It has turned 1 loose 1.300 convicted lawbreakers on ' der susi tended sentences during the tort .six yesrs.— Cleveland Leader. Laundry Lines. ' Bilk handkerchiefs should be' wash ° ad with borax to tepid water with lit „ or do eoap Iron them before, dry. On rainy days, when It become* nee to dry clothes within door*, use theoretics t knowledge that beat o and hang them as high up as pos I Before washing lace collars baste Ihem cloaely oo a piece of white doth. They will not be stretched nor torn no starch to put to them they will c like oew. Visual Proof. , Sbe-Mr. Sweetly has each polish , and such finish! Haven't yoo observed | -them? He (savagely)-Ko. I haven't mage's ths rtty! I'd like to sea his New York Prees. Hardness ssj Celdnaas. •thai— Jack rosily • won • Msofi by | and coldness Elrte-Whrt , yoo moan? Ethel Diamonds and , Ins craam.— Boston T»apc tfct

559555^5 v TESTNG FIRE CLAY. i" „ The Most Preetjeal Malhod Is to LHorally Est It. Ij Fire clay has been lu use for centurles, and yet I believe tbe Industry la-one which lacks delltrite laws mors it than -any other, including those which are cither, modern or ancient and of <■ lass prominence. You can go to a le manufacturer of steel and specify ul what you want by actual figutys or • -statements and you eah check tbe prodf<' Oct liy chemical analysis or mechanical a tests and thus make sure you get w hat |J you need. Tbe producer knows bow- to e - combine certain elements and what ■e quantities of various kinds to combine »' to order to get a result at least very v closely approaching what you call for. at but not a? ItftBk Bro clay business In ul the past the nlqat skilled and .highest salaried cbemlstshaye_beejrempioyed <* to make tests, to promote and carry "' through Investigations on the natural »' product and to study tbe workings of I certain manufactured and clatKirated " articles derived therefrom. The result has been, generally speaking, confusion !" worse confounded. Two professors. M ^Obtained from tbe same source ^ and manufactured under exactly equal " tists at' different |« n"ds li.iie- reached vastly varying; conclusions when test- ^ lag Identical qualities "and stuijies of 'V bricks, so can you wonder If a proml- ^ neut fire clay manufacturer should ex * after having the ^bove ex|(erlence j "All testa •)! tire clay are empirical, anij '*■ ent to pick aud select bis clays to tbe old fashioned- way than pay a high fee T Tbe chief method of testing Bre clay " by a practical man Is literally to eal * by that method, and s good Bre day j (free from silica, quartzlte or filnt J: clay) to free from grit. His only other personal test to by eipcrlincut.-En-!z gtorering Magaxlue A CHINESE BANQUET. el . j Culinary Myatseiss That Bawddsrsd ir an Englishwoman. e One moment we were eating ducks' * eggs whose blsekraed. lime flavored r whites Indicated that their age was r unimpeachable; tbemext we were grap b pllng wljh sea weeds, macaruul aud I tha allppery sharks" fins thai eluded ' our clumsily manipulated sticks Now " wc tackled— got Without frar-uu * known meats aud vegetables «s»oked tn 15 sugar, fresh shrimps, mushrvoius Irotn t Mongolia, young baml»i «i routs, pi foreign tasting messes Thou . lean * plates were given to us. aud bowls of J sickly pink sirup, sweet |«italo aud * j Indian corn cakes of dusky hut; were set before each one These were only 1 crevice filler* and concluded tbe lire! * and lighter |»>rtion of (be repast. Now * In every dish had an accompaniment of amaller ones, containing gravlea. ' etc.. In which to dip the morsel taken from tha central bowl. ' There waa stewed duck cooked with- . out salt, roast sucking" pig. forcemeat „ balls and .cbk-kro; there were soups of , birds' nest, of mushroom, of vegetables D and of sea slugs. There was grilled ( fresh water fish, which, accordlug to r custom, was helped from the top side , only- for the Chinese remembers his ~ servant- And. finally, at tbe ronclu j alon the Inevitable small bowl of rice „ and rice water was set before eacb U person. 0 ' After aome three hours, with a feeling of thankfulness that all was over. , pipes, cigarettes mud tea were served, j and It aeetped to me that the delicious L j aroma which rose from the latter I soothed our senses and almost dtos pel led tbe antipathy thai bad been ' growing on as for all things Chinese^ 3 Mary Moore lu London Express. ' A Journalist Bought Buoz. | The Journalist Is often the man bea hind tha statesman, but be seldom gets r j tha credit Who was It thai Induced 1 \ Mr. Disraeli to buy the Suez canal r shares which bare proved as abundant- \ A | ly good an Investment with dlrldeodx * , that are represented not only, by n money, though even from that point of j D view It Is tbe -best Investment that s b state has ever made! . Fleet street i knows and honors the name of Mr. ! 1 n Frederick Greenwood both for that I n reason and for many another. But I 6 how many outside the world of Journalism realize that but for Mr. Ureeo- < ' wood the Suez canai''shan* woo d probably have been purchased by a' 1 rival continental power? The question I was one amoug those put to a "gen- a era! Intelligence" examination paper L a little time back at a .certain school; a 1 Only o&e boy was able to answer It correctly, and be waa the ion of the t > prima minister.— London Chronicle. . v ■ | Discordant Thoughts. n '■'l Jn wandering throtm^tyour mental . pleasure grounds, vfJMnever you c.nie ' j il"1" an ugly Intruder of a- thought a a ; which might bloom Into some poison- s I ous emotion, such as fear, envy, bate, a a, worry, remorse, anger and' tbe like. » there to only one right way to treat It writes Bobcrt B. So ha u Bier In "tbe Atlanta Bull It £p like a weed drop It . upon tha rubbish heap as promptly aa , If It' were a (tinging nettle and let ■ , harmonious thought grow to Its' f , place There Is do more reckless eon; . , scmer of all kinds of exuberance than , the discordant thought and weeding It 0 out aarea such an astonishing amount . , of eau de tie wherewith to water tbe , garden of Joy that with It' to band , ovary man may he bis own Burbank. , His AlibL ' "If yon are Innocent" said a lawyer , bla-eMrnt an ojd darky, who waa t charged with stealing s ham. "we ought to be able to prove an allbL" "I don' specs we kin." tha darky replied doubtfully. "At what time was tfie bnm stolen?" ! " 'Bout lebbrn erclork. day say." "Wall, wbere were yon between 11 1 o'clock and midnight— In bedr * "No. aab I waa Aidln de ham"- 1 Philadelphia ledger t Eagerly Communicativs. ' "A man ought not to bare anr ae 4 crets from his wife " ' "Becreur' exclaimed Mr Meekton 1 "I spend boon try! ng'Vo -make an |m prenslon on Benrietu By thinking up something to -tell .her thai .be doesn't ' "-Washington Star I r — " 'i Amcndrd. | Little I^ander Boy. grandpa, give I me a penny, will vow? Grandpa Why. i Lemuel, yoa are too old to, be begging I peonies. Utile lesnder _ T« : fitandpa. Make It a dime, plaaaa -CM- . ' cago New* "

A NOBLE RED MAN. :• Hs Was Not th. Stataly Chief Welaslar Espsctsd to Meet. J- Lord Wotoeley was statlooed ln Cany ada many years ago Uo one occasion ■a be>pent a 'holiday lh the wilds, buildb ins a wigwam aud prartlclng general)t jy what we sh.-uui uow call the "back y It waa soon after bis arrival to the ir country, ahd as the means of commu1- Mention were still somewhat prltnl>1 live be. had never seen. an Indian and it was most ntiiioua U> make tbe red it his promised to setal-oiie or two to see j is blm. aa there was an encampment not | y Very far away. 1 r. AT last one morning Is.r.1 WolselW | n was informed that a chief had called It to see Mm. ^ Wit ti- LI* mind full of tbe j U glory of'pa int. aud feathers, be eagerly j it stepi'ffd out-ide his wigwam to make d bis acquaintance -But he received a j It rode Sho-k -when he found a -wizened 0 gentleman dressed Im -a i twiered frock ^ d allhougb^horriWy^borvd at ,b°h^n^ ' d cotniont nnd therefore could s|ff*k |. broken English fairly fluently, f At length, anxious to get rid of bis , j. visitor, be took a twenty live cent ;- Pice out of h ls^ |s - ■ L ct^a n d f en r! n g he presented It to him. ■J The latter to-.k It. at It rare- |. fully, felt the edg.-s and tben said: e "Can you mak' it half dollar?" ! THE WET RAIN. 7 1 There Are Savsrsl Vsri.tisa. and All t Haw Th«ir Whims. 7 Rain la principally coni|io«ed of 1 water, but It should oot be coufused ' wltb mining stock. '' Italo always comes on Sunday after-' noons and wash '(lavs. Wash day may Uc changed to any day in" tbe Week, systematically or Indtoerlnilnalely. but the rain will come. i Sunday, aflernoou. bowerer. cannot I- Tbe rain' will hold' off until you are j ready to go driving, and tben tbe word I will be passed along tbe mysterious currents of the air. and a doub(e order j of cirrus and cumulus will be hurried 1 In from the west. i- Also lu tbe morning, when you leave home and carry your umbrella and raincoat, the rain will go away and „ sulk. But If you- lake heart -of the fair sky and leave tbe umbrella and i other trimmings thed tbe rain will f gel you. Incidentally II will tuck a j few grip and rheumatism germs Into e your system. y "ttnth Is good for the crops, but why t it takes yon for a crop to bard to nn- - Rata never brought fame to any ono t except Noah. lYnbably on the day the U flood began be wntehed the lost picnic j party drive .out of town In a has. shouting sarcastic tlilngs at biro through ths t There' are several varieties of rain, f but the one most popular with' tbe ■ weather bureau to culled "Probably" 1 —Chicago News. p Homso Not Taken Seriously. ' Juliet .was ouly fifteen years old. but s lie thought she was quite grown up. ! Due evening, says Mrs. It. A. Pryor In I "My Day." she uua receiving on the moonlit verauda a you&g man caller. | Be. too, it seemed, considered blmselt ' • grown np. The anzlous <y.outb ^as ( - moi ed to seize tbe propitious hour and ' ' declare himself. Juliet wished to an- ' swer correctly and dismiss him with- , - out wounding him. > She assured blm* mamma would ner- ! , A voice from wit bin- they were alt- J ting beneath ber mother's window— 'settled tbe matter: | "Accept the youtig man. Juliet, if ' - you want to. I've oot the least ob- ' I I Jection. And let him run along home ' | j now. Be sure to bolt the door when I yotf come lu." * j ■ I Evidently - tbe mother bad small re-. ' 1 I I epect for boy lovers and wished to go ' "Good morning!"" greeted tbe young ' In tbe threadbare suit. 1 1 I Tbe millionaire turned around to his 1 | plush. chair. * "Er— 1 think yon have tbe advantage * of me.' young man." be said distantly. ' "Why, dotii you remember me. air?. ' am broke. Two years ago you told ' me If 1 ever went broke to come 1 Tbe mUllooalre beamed a benevolent ' "So I did. my son; so I did. Bere^, J the envelope all ready for yoo " Tbe young man took the bulky en- * velope, and bis spirits rose like the J -on a July day. 1 "Ah. a little assistance. I suppose?" ! "No; a great assistance. It to a valu- j able little pamphlet 1 wrote during my time entitled 'Bow'to-Be Broke ! and Happy.' "-Chicago News. : I A Prince Edward Island Legend. I There to a delightful legend among I the people of Point Prim to the effect when tbe English attacked the French fort at that place a chain ball ffoni one of tbe attacking .Teasels cut. I the 'steeple from t he old church located i on the very point- In falling It toppled i over tbe promontory and carried the i which h' contained Into the sea. | along tbe point nlllrm that ( from lime to time the aonud of that , copies oter tbe waters at eventide and that Its phantom tone to ever a warning of a floree storm or some' lm mlnent danger to those who make tbelr living by the spoils of tbe ocean. Persian Shawls. Tbe "lbs I" ut Kermau— whence our 'word- "Shawl"—!* made of goats' balr. Like tbe carpets, tbe shawl patterns learned by h.-nrt. and the work Is' finer. Children also do tins work. * la estimated Hint Herman turns out I worth of shawls, handmade, a year. Tbe finest product la a»fir cone i pattern, a rich color effect, made cspe- i dally for tfie governor of the provmca. | who wears it ns a robe ot honor on tbs 1 New Year's day. < "Twa Man. A feeble man can see thc -farmi that are fenced arid tilled, the booses that are built Tbe strong men sees tbe possible houses sod farms Ills eye , makes estatts as fsst as tbv sun breeds , clouds.— Emerson ' We have committed the Golden Rale to memory Now let os commit It ta I i fifs— kl.rkh.ru. ,

SOWING HIS WILD OATS. Nights ot W.'.t.ful Debauchery That -Yes. I'm too much." said ' the red fo -.r rustle as he rubbed his 1 -b. -ul ,1,-srl.iidenllv ' '"iiiw-iiiaring?* gasped his friend. '' -That's the word I used. -You've Ve-ir-l that ezpresSioti almut 'burning lit,-'* candle at l-th ends? Well S that's tin ease einetly. To tell the ' troth. I hate t-s-n having too gay a 1 lit'ue Moon and" drank a soda. Then I gome traveling man offered me a cigar. lJ "! mean Just what I. say. Then -I "V» I must Iff sowing my wild " oats. Well. I've finished now.' Night ! In-fore last I called on my girl. She ' I wouldn't let me leave until I had taken : Talk' ""about 'pl'-arure hunting! I'm s<m|ily worn out after these nights J of wasteful debauchery ."-Pearson's BLINDING A SHARK. A Pearl Di-er's Ruse by Which Hs Mads Good His Escape. A successful ' diver' must possess great courage and nerves of steel. Surh a man connected wltb a large , wrecking company »'»» rislting j»°me gulf of California, where sharks J alffundcd. On one of his trips In qnest of tbe pearl oyster be had a narrow J e*He had been- instructed never to stir from the bottom until he had looked ' up and around. Fortunately he heeded h- the ad i ice. Having Oiled his bag. he glanced quickly aboht nnd caught sight of a huge shovel nosed shark watch - 8 In an emergency men think fast 1 Near the diver was a lafge rock. He 8 moved quickly to the other side of It. r hoping to dodge the ferocious monster. ' but the maneuver did not work. The shark watched every movement, cbang8 Ing his position by a slight morion of 1 his powerful tall. 1 Time was precious, and the diver 8 conceived ihe Idea of bliudlng the 1 shark by stirring up the mud. Under 1 cover of that he might escape. He i worked for dear life aud had the wa- « tor thick with mud In less than half a Slipping around the rock again, he r rose to tbe surface, having barely - strength enough to reach the side of the boat, nod was hauled on board ) Just as the ro'racious man eater made ' Ns Wonder Hs Wouldn't 6sll. Captain Amundsen told an amusing rtory of one of his arctic expeditions, j Several of his dogs having died. Captives ill Ills IffSt Eskimo If be would sell him a few dogs. To bto surprise. J tbe request was promptly refused > ! Tbe explorer and the Eskimo bad a ' 1 long argument, tbe explorer pointing ■ out that he must get dogs somehow ' and the Eskimo replying that they ! i never sold them. - * - j "Nonsense!" Captain Amundsen ex- ! claimed. "'I have often bought dogs." ' i The Eskimos seemed Immensely as ' tonlshed, and at the end of another ' argument Captain Amundsen dlscov- J ered that Instead of using the Eskimo y j word for "dogs" he had been askftig * the man to sell him some "children." ' — . . i Largest Water Tank. f I The water supply system of Oalcut- i, ta Includes the largest water tank in J the world. It covers an area of two c and a half acres, and the total weight T when It le fnll of water to 72,000 tons. * | There are thirty-two miles of steel ^ Joists In tbe vertical columns and brae- t and In the foundations twenty ' . miles of steel Joists and tie bars. c I tfche capacity of the tank to BfiOOJJOS ] gallons of water. Tbe tank acts as a f ' snd to assist the pumps when " ■ they cannot send sufficient water Into the tnalus to meet Ibe demand. During the night hours, when the pumps pro- i vide more water than to required, the - quantity goes into tbe tank. tbe demand to greater tbe water tbe tank flows automatically Into the mains.— New York Herald. j Browning's Peta. Browning shared Hoeacltl'a taste for ■ queer peta. His pet 0*1 waa well ; known to vtolton at Warwick crescent; t also his pet geese, which followed him { about like dog* and upon which, "bar- i tog suffered much from the cackle of 1 reviewer*." be bestowed the name* of < Edinburgh and Quarterly. As a boy he had a monkey and an eagle to the ; garden at Camberwell, and later to : Ufe his pockets were often full of qn canny "portable creatures" to which be had taken a fancy— frogs, toads, lisards and even snakes.— London Stand art. A Man of Nerva. He— I called to see you last evening. ' Yes? Be-Yes; tbe servant told me you were not to. Sbe— Yes; I was so sorry to hare missed you. He— 1 , though! you must be. 1 .heard you ' upstairs In such grief strick- J en tones that 1 elmost wept myself i out of sympathy. a j Her Kind Friend. 1 'Mand-S,, he bad the, cheek to ask 1 my age. lid he! Well, what did you i tell him: Ktbei-1 toldlblm I dldut . know positively, but I thought you } were Just twenty-four on your thto | tietb birthday.— Club-Fellow. ' Picking Pockets. "Picking pockets." aald the reformer ' the thief, "must be a iWhcult and i business." I "It to." agreed the pickpocket "It ' i ontll yob gel your hahfl In." J Unhapplnesa. ' It to well for ua that man can only endure a certain amount of nnhspplness What to beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and • leaves hlm_ apathetic. —Goethe. \ Quite Liberal. ' Patience- Isn't sbe liberal to her ▼tews! ratrlce— Bare. Sbe can't keep " thing , to herself.— Yonkers State* I' to a wise man who knows Ms own ■ business, sod It to a wiser man who 1 thoroughly attends to lL-Waylaad.

] • \ * , "» ARE you using Edison Mazda Lamps ? If not, why not? They give three times as much light as the old style Carbon lamps for the same current consumption. OCEAN CITY ELECTRIC SERVICE of Atlantic City Electric Company i . ; - -| ' i - " . •. . - I - - .

"I NEVER FELT ; MORE SPRY;" HE NOW DECLARES ' Corson Finds Relief After 15 ' Years of iMisery; Again | Enjoys His Papers. "During Hie fifteen years that I suf- j Vous disorders I was' confined to two , ' but I cso truthfully say that Tanlac < ; phis. . x t "My troubles silecled my eyes sod 1 for a time I was unable In read a line ' paper*. My nervesgsre speedily geftj (Ing back In slispt and my appetite] I ba« increased wonderfully. Psjos 111 . the kldueye aud back are faelJesvlug. [ j. ("batiks to Tanlac. My stomach uow | t retains the food 1 est. I never 'felt | metre spry." I'stilir Is being opefMly Introduced and explained lu Uceau '('liy at ■ COAL COAL r TRY OURS FOR QUALITY e c. h. shoemaker lumber co. r Twelfth and West Avenue , Hans Rnrkhardt I PLUMBING AND HEATING t<t Askrii Avuri . OCtlS CITT >l» JKKSI1 Notice to Limit Creditors. CUT. on Th? s^llraUun or^™Mhlffnt>sr. 1 Psle-t ^tseember XKb. A. D. 1uit. ! u-s. vt., p. f . r*."4" M" "eT^TSz. *In Chancery of New Jersey. To OeorasW. Allen. Ohrlsllna Allen. Francis L. Kolb'-Jnllu. Hennrb! seid blzile UsnT rompjalnt on or betars Kebru*rj"jn.°UI™<ff TOO. Tbs said bill u filed to (oreeloss a monmade by Harry F. H Lan ton and wife to Koi-ertx Fonlk. dated November ■£,. WIS. on lands In tfiedty of Ooswn City. In tbe Coonly . ot Cape May. Blateot New Jeraey. And you ; Juilu. Ilenrlrh. Wasblnzton Knfb and Franland. atid claim to bays «ome tnlerw'tafbe Hsnrieb. 'ami' EmSJf L Kolb. ai 'tbe slje or Waablngton Kolb. are made party dseboata right of dower iit«Ld prem'aaT" and you Oeorgs W. Allen are made dsfendant ber fremlacKaad you CbrtsUnalAlIrn*. tbe wife ^ 01 lieoTge W. AI isn. are^mat^e defendant bs- ' "licrsaeembsrxl. i»17. j j Mollelto* of j Ordinance No. lok lection 1**° That'tbrre si, all Ire sn.iasil r ratsnl t.y taxation and tnllretad for tbe flKal I ys^WiSUiesuuijHdlritkCT M for the ^lUr^oae j tbe rJs^^ST^rop ' court. Bri^d^^n.piroM FpisT^ ^ S oo APi'KOPKl ATION8 8170 r577. 81 ■ strew., ( 21 A® 00 VTraioooo Flreijepartment i'jjjjo a! i0ju0 00 • oiyBBU? Kuna" 5."iin m ■ ' °oU**tl<rt' ^ 3^ S ^ca^walk. -i jm on 2A0n S ro^reworTTStarov..'*^' ^ " " htlimmtot i.iq0 m ixm ® 2^tofa&odWI In'tbs^manmir I. JPL'fV'JMB"8 "kafi eo into .n«rt , at Ute time of Its Bual adopt Ion. Jon. o <*ha*rios. Uso^O. Adaws. lommlwiooers. The also e ordinance was named on third and B...i reading January IS. tyis , a. Moaais. l-i7.lC,B.r.LU 1

• Sentinel ; PRINTING HOUSE n| For the Finesl Up-to-I)ate N Printing d BOOKLETS V PAMPHLETS MM COMMERCIAL 9SOU "j . LEGAL BLANKS Legal Blanks for Sale d ° it , - Estimates Cheerfully Given , f 744-746 Asbury Ave. , ! OCEAN CITY, N. J. PHONE. 66 -J R. CURTIS ROBINSON iNOT^RY PHBLie AND "if ©OMMISSIONER OF DEEDS Nutnbers 744 and 746 Asbury Avenue I Ocean City - - . New Jersey ; The Ideal Summer Resort ' OCEAN CITY, N. A BATHING SAFE AND UNSURPASSED FINEST SUCH ON THE COAST THE HOME OF THEJFAMLMMfl' » Spacious Boardwalk. Free Band Concerts During ;; Season. Great Fishing in Ocean and Bay. The n • Delight of the Yafchtsman. Numerous Trains to ' * and from Philadelphia on Three Railways ....... : Within easy access of Atlantic City and other well-known resorts ^ MANY CHURCHE8 NO 8ALOON8 8 k^Money to loan on Bond and Mortgage/Sl R. CURTIS ROBINSON i Conveyancirtg j Insurance NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS Nob. 744-46 Asbury Avenue OCEAN CITY. N. J.