THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURtt, PA. Will Tako the Battleship Fleet Around the World. IS AN ABLE OrElCHR In the Spuiil,!: V.'nr Ho Mixscil the Glory lut Xut Hie Hani V'ork A Quiet Mathematician Wlm lift Ilecn In Hie Xijr l'ortj-s;x Years. ltoinnnt c Start. I'o I know Sperry? Let Hie nt'O I etrered the service In '62; that forty-six yeurs aj;o. If that .imputation is tight, I have kn)n . ' r ry f:rty-tive years and hnva Mi.jwn him intimately some forty-o-JJ, says K, W. Very, a retired ofll-ct'i- of the United S.aies Navy. You want to know wtuv. kind of a coiu-Eiatider-ln-chiof he Is King to make. I:i so' far as the lli-ct is concerned, I can Kay without hesitation, that pre cisely as Evans has reported from MnHalena Hay that the fleet is in lictti-r shape than it was when it left Hampton Roads, so Sperry will be able to show to an Inspection board wh'n the ships anchor there again. His start in active service was as romantic as the start of a harrowing dime novel, although I never could persuade him to view It n that light. He started for the China station ou the '.'orvette Sacrament and they got aiong all right until somewhere near the mouth of the Hooshly Uiver on the way to Calcutta, when the CHAS. S. SPERRY. k.!p went ashore at night In a fog .:;.d was a total wreck. No Uvea v. re lost and no clothes were saved, j all bands came home rich only In experience. If I were commissioned to write Sperry's biography, I could no doubt rake up lots of such mate rial of harrowing Interest to the peo ple who pass their lives at home, but in order to be truthful I would have to get my detailed facts from the fountain-head, and right there la where 1 should meet wlti defeat, for the reason that all such episodes would appear to him too common place to be worth even relating. Sperry la phlegmatic. I doubt it he took his shipwreck any more se riously than a person would who stepped in a mud puddle. It was all over as soon as his pajamas got dry. Appearances are always deceptive, and the matter-of-fact air may come from absolute vacuity of mind, but such an accusation can hardly be laid at his door. His Innate mathe matical talent sent him repeatedly to the Naval Academy aa an instructor in higher mathematics. Only the boat talent in the service would ever be picked for president of the Naval War College, and he served In that capacity for three years, relinquish ing It to go as the naval member of the Hague Conference. He aliased the glory of the Spanish war, but he by no means missed the hard work of it, for as ordnance offi cer of the New York navy yard he had anything but a sinecure. There was scarcely a day for more than six months then that at least a dozen of the purchased yachts were not at the docks tc be armed and started off in a hurry, but not a mistake must be made. I saw Sperry at his work often In tiiose days, and it was a Joy to the spirit to see the machine work. There was a tangle in the thread every five minutes but it came straight In a moment and without a stop in the regular motion of the shuttle. He la going to handle the fleet of battle ships in exactly the same way. It la not merely a matter of navigating some twenty odd vessels in company. There is the comfort, the well-being, the training, and the steady enthus iasm of fifteen thousand people to be maintained. It takes a steady hand at the wheel and solid sense unaf fected by what la called the exalted lxisitlon to carry the cruise to a suc cessful finish. Trust Sperry. He will Increase the fleet's efflo ioccy beyond the slightest doubt He knows the business of naval work ot to-day; 9A through his life, come good or come ill, be has not only bad the faculty but aa shown In his work, be baa exercised It to the full of keep Jag up with the times, and making use of experience la the most ef fective way; and under all circum stances doing his work with the wuw tad steadiness of the trained athlete. Laughter la Feral to Oemlnat. P ! -41;-' l&J, PILGRIMS DRANK NO TK.. Therefore Xo Teapots Caino Ovet In the Mayflower. It may be trusted that no lineal descendant of the Pilgrims would, and no other person foolishly should, ever claim to have or to have -seen a teapot that came over In the'May llower. Whatever articles In what ever number may be treasured as parts of the sacred cargo that was landed at Plymouth Rock In 1620, relic hunters may rest In the assur ance that no rival owns a teapot of Mayflower descent, says the Dostoo Globe. The explanation Is simple. When the Mafiower sailed for America an junce of tea was rare enough to have made tip a fitting gift for royal ty. Yet forty years later the wealthy and fashionable people of England were fairly familiar with tea which the East ,ndia Company had first brought Into the country, and fojr years later It was on sale In the coffeehouses, at which time a pound might be purchased for the moderate sum of GO shillings. Only 25 years later tea was on sale In Hoston. and Boon after there were two tea houses besides those kept by Daniel Vernon and Benja min Harris. In the first decade of tho eighteenth century It could be bought from Zabdlll llolton at 'his apothecary shop. Today the coffcchoi.sos of 100 years ago In London are In reality teahouses. In England were made the first teapots of pottery. Later the most delicate creations In porce lain appeared, bu'. as tea became popular the art of the teapot, maker was less exclusively refined. Do Hornets Keep (Jmml? Is a hornet's nest guarded by sen tinels after the manner of ant hills? It Is not so easy to decide, for their private habits do not Invite familiar approach. P.ut some experiments Beemed to point that way. No noises, however near or strident, had the least effect upon the workers. Blow on dlvtrs Instruments as loudly and shrilly as I would, they poured In and out of the gate or labored on the walls, intcLt wholly upon their own affairs. But at the slightest Jar upon the window or shutter, oul flew a bevy of irate Insects and flung themselves against the wire window screen with an angry "bump" that showed how good was tholr Inten tion, at least, to defend their home. It w.-u always so; a squad of workers, free and ready for ggresslve duty, seemed to bo lurking near the gate prompt to sally forth upon alarm. Even at night a few kept near by, and although their por. had lost its vicious swing and they moved about with sluggish pace like ileepy watch men, aa doubtless they were, they left upon the observer the impres sion that they were upon sentinel service in which tho community was never lacking. Dr H. C. Mo Cook In Harper's Magazine. A Skunk Story. The hunter in question was coon hunting on a very dark night. Hla dog was worrying some animal in the bushes, and he went to see what it was. The bushes being very thick, before he realized it, he was close up with the dog, who was barking around a skunk and he received a charge from the animal full in the face. A portion of the fluid enter ing his eyes, caused him the greatest agony for about ten minutes, and he firmly believed that he would nev er see again. This wore away and now comes the strange part of the story. As I said the night was very dark and tho men were all carrying lan terns, but the hunter coulj see quite clearly aa at twilight. The effect ap peared to be to dilate the pupil of the eyu like atropine. This condi tion lasted through the greater part of the rest of the night, and enabled him to travel without a light and see clearly across the valley to the op posite hills. I do not remember to have seen It ever stated that an accident of tbla kind produced such an effect on the human eye. Forcot and Stream. The Cautious Reporter. "Young man," said the editor to the new reporter, "you lack caution. You must learn never to state a thing aa a fact until it has been proved a fact. You are a.t to get us into libel suits. Do not say, "The cash ier stole the funds;" say, "The cash ier who is alleged to have stolen tho fundB.' That's all. Oh, get some thing about that First ward social tonight" The next day half way down tho social column, the editor saw tho followlrg cautious paragraph. "It la rumored that a card party was given last evening to a number of reputed ladles of the First ward. Mrs. Smith, gossip says, waa tho hostess, and the festivities are re ported to have continued until 11.10 In the evening. The alleged hostess la believed to the wife of John Smith, the so-called 'high-priced grocer. " Success Magazine. Tired Wires. Metals get tired as well as living things, a scientist declare. Tele graph wires are better conductors on Monday than Saturday on account of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks adds ten per cent to tho conductivity of a wIts. Ho Asks for Hsaw On of the mockeries ot life Is bow surprised a girl's family always seems whoa a follow asks for he aaad after thsgr bans ar?nged tt, BRITISH NAVY MY8TERY. Traditions Regarding the Dtath of Sir Cloudesley 8hovel. Of the almost complete wreck of a squadron under Sir Cloudesley Shovel on the recks off the Scllly Isles, to gether with the death of its gallant commander, the greatest seaman of the age, a number of curious tradi tions are associated both with the ev ents leading up to the catastrophe and the fate of the celebrated Admir al. The outstanding feature of the ca tastrophe Is the mystery of Shovel's death, which will probably never be solved, Mid the latter turns upon the Admiral's emerald ring. One story pocs that tho body was picked up on the uhorc by a soldier and his wife, nnd burled by them onPorth Helltck eands. A spot Is still shown at Porth Hclllck as Iwlnfr the burial place ot the Admiral, and according to tradi tion grass has never grown upon tt. Subsequently the Identity of the corpse was discovered. The remains were- exhumed and conveyed to Ixn don. via Plymouth, where they were embalmed. Lady Shovel rewarned the soldier with a pension for life, and re ceived front him the ring found on Sir Cloudraley'a finger. Another story is that Paxton, the purser of the Arundel, discovered two St. Miry men quarrelling over the ponsnpslon of the ring. He at. once recognized It as Shovel's ring, nnd Inquired from which body it had been taken and when that was found he Vnew and elalniPd the body. Ivxstly, thre la the startling narrative of foul play, viz., that many years after the w reck an aged woman confessed to the parish minister on her death bed that, exhausted with fatigue, one man, who hr I been washed ashore on a hatch, reached her hut, and that she had murdered him to secure the valuable property on his person. She then pro di "ed a splendid emerald ring, taken from the finger of hex victim, and Id entified as the gift of Lord Berkeley to Shovel. The responsibility for this story rests upon tho Admiral's grandson, th" Earl of Romney. Modern re search reports rather in favor of the murder theory. The ring was even tually recovered, nnd altered into the form of a locket and set with dia monds it lis a precious relic of the Berkeley family. The theory as to how it passed into tho possession of the family of the original donor is that Lady Shovel received It from the murderess aa stated and bequeathed it at her death to Lord Berkeley. Several old works of reference contain the baseless story that Lady Shovel was aboard the As sociation and was drowned along with her husband. By the way, her lady ship's ghost Is supposed to walk at midnight In the avenue of May Place. Dartford, Kent, once the home of the Shovels. Tabulated Wedded Life. If nny oS the 100 residents of Chi cago recently invited to an anniver sary party on November 7 hesitate to accept it will not bo because they are unsupplied with information on the condition of servitude, past and present, of the hosts. Frank Baum, well known to the young citizens as Father Goose, and Mrs. Baum will celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, for which they have issued invitations In booklet form. It contains, in addi tion to the Information that the party is going to be a record of the mar riage life of the hosts, which is ex cellent. ' The marriage certificate is repro duced In full, Blgned by the 162 guests at the wedding, and is re-enforced by the following record of their married life: Resided in Syracuse, N. Y., Aber deen, S. Dak., and Chicago the latter for sixteen years. Raised four boys, smart as the av erage. Quarreled Just a few. Wife in tears three times, (a) When cat died, (b) When bonnet was spoil ed, (c) When she had sore toe. Husband swore 167 times. Wife swore none. The swearing of the husband Is ac counted for on the grounds that he was notary public for four years. Causes of Jealousy none. Broke occasionally. Bent often. Unhappy none. Future prospects good. Chicago In ter Ocean. ' "Honor Among Thieves." I have often been asked as to wheth er "honor among thieves" is fact or fiction. The question la not easy to answer. In the first place, honor is a relative term, its Interpretation, so it seems to me, depending on place person and circumstance. Theme casuists of the cynical sort who affirm that all human motive is based on selfishness, will hardly except the attribute In question from their generalization. However open to criticism this same generalization la as far as It applies to the average citizen, I am certainly inclined to accept It where the crook Is concerned. Tae business of attaching to yourself things that don't belong to yon, is plainly of a very selfish nature. It has its inception aa well as Its execution In a desire to get as much possible pleasure with as little pos sible trouble as may be, and that, too, while Ignoring the Incidental rights of anybody and everybody; this state ment, aa I take It, is a pretty fair de finition of selfishness of any and ry d esc rtptlon Buooess TIIAIT3 OF WILD llEASTfl. Veteran Trainer Kays They Are Mucl Llko Human ndngfl. Some one 3ald once that the mon he saw of dogs the lower opinion h. had of men. After thirty odd yean with pretty nearly every quadrupel that ever has been in captivity, sny Guorge Conklln of the Uarnum an Bailey Circus, I d change that Bayin a bit. I'd say, "The more I see ji men, the better I understand anl mals," for In every way th four footed beasts have the trait and an moved by the same passions tan. move their two-footed brethren. Love, hate, fear, courage, treach ery, viclousnesR, Jealousy, nnner .elflshneKS. generosity, greed, celf sacrifice, every passion of which moa are capable, the animals have though of coune, they arj intonsl I od. No matter how good tempered an animal may be. no matter how plac id, how tractable, ho Is liable nt anj moment to change to a dangerous, bloodthirsty creature, intent only on slnylnr? his tralnor. In the very Iractablllty of an animal lies the greatest danger to the trainer. II makes him careless. The watchful ness which 1 e w 111 use with on uni mnl of which he Is uncertain is al lowed to lapse, and it Is that moment of carelessness for which tho nnlnial Is ever on the alort To such lapnei are duo 93 per cont of the accidents aud attacks on animal trainers. A lion will work himself up Into a frenzy of rage Ihrougr Jealousy, There is tne trainer I know who waa almost killed by a lionesj who win Jealous, not of another animal, but or a woman. The trainer was In the cape at the time, when he snw his daughter outside tho ergo. Ho smiled at her and the lioness saw It. In a moment she changed. Her docility changed to fury and she sprung at him. Ho was terribly torn before he was dragged out of tho cage. Animals get used to strangers looking at them from outside the cage, but a stranger Inside the cago would have little show of escaping with his life. Even experienced trainers hesitate about entering a cage until they get the beast used to beelng them and to hear their voices. Animals will nurse a grudge for years and wait for an opportunity to have revenge for some real or fan cied 111 treatment by man or mate. This Is particularly true of elephants. We had a helper once It was fif teen years ago who used to tease Jug, an old bull, on every chance he got. The man was with the show only one season. Ten years later that man was nearly killed by Jug In a little town in the West, where the man lived and the show visited. The animal remembered his old ene my and reached out from the street parade, seized the man and badly crushed him. '''he most treacherous animals are the leopards and Jaguars. You hear people, particularly women, call them "poor pussy" as they He blink ing and purring. Let them get close and they would find that "pussy" would scratch. Their sly ness and cunning are wonderful, and they will spring at their trainer the Instant his back is turned. No two animals are the same. They have individualities and char acteristics like people. Lions par ticularly, are like men. They are Blow to anger, but when their tem per is aroused, they are furious. For children elephants often form a strong attachment. They take In etinctively to some people, while for others they always hold bitter ani mosity. All this talk about the power of the human eye is tommyrot. It's Derve, pure and simple, that makes i man a trainer. Let a trainer Jobs it only for a moment, and the ani mals Instinctively feel it and attack him. An animal knows when you're tifrald of him, and he'll take advan tage of your fear. The only thing he respects Is pain, and the truest friend a trainer has la a heavy raw bide whip, with one end loaded with lead. Building Walls With Hags. The practice ot constructing break waters and submerged parts of piers with concrete Inclosed in bags has been largely developed in Scotland. The concrete la prepared aa near as possible to the place where it la to be used. It is Inclosed In bags to protect it temporarily from the ef fects of contact with the sea water while it la lowered into place. The bags are placed In a box suspended directly over the spot where they are to He. The touching of a trigger opens the box and allows a bag to drop out A line of bags having been deposited, tho longer axis oi each bag In the next series is so ar ranged that tho meeting edges ot two of the bags In the lower row will be covered. Thus a regular wall is built up and aa the concrete hardens it becomes solid and Immovable. Youth's Companion. Married One HundreC Years, From Vienna comes the story ol an aged couple who have been mar ried one hundred years. They live in the Hungarian village ot Isonbol gl. The husband Is said to be 120 years old and bis wife 118. They have no fewer than 712 descendants. The old couple live in a modest cot tage; they are aimost blind and spend most of their time sleeping. The patriarch can still smoke hli pipe, however, and from Urns to time he drinks a glass of wine. The couple have never seea a railway train. WlttSs5 Tlio Kind You Have Always In uso for over 30 years, - and bos been mad under his per 7WphV Bonal supervision slnco Its infancy. i&stcAxAz, Allow no ono to deceive von In ! la v All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd Jost-as-good" nro but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Costorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare rorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age Is Its guarantee. It destroys "Worms nnd allays Fcvcrlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipatiou and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural Bleep, The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. VMS ecimu eMMm, n uniu arNptr, New tom ctn. UOMti COOKING. Clam Toast. Chop two dozen small clams Into small pieces; simmer a few minutes; beat the yolks of 2 eggs; add u lit tle cayenne and a gill ofwarr.ied milk; pour Into the clams; let come to tbe point ot simmering; pour over buttered toast aud serve. Very nice. Iteun IUbblt. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter In a sauce pau and add a cup of cold baked beans which have ben put through a vegetable presa. It any bits of cold salt pork are left they may be put through with the beans. Season with salt and paprika; when heated through add Vfe cup of hot milk; mix thoroughly and add small cup soft cheese cut tine and a spoon ful of catsup or Worcestershire sauce. Stir until the cheese melts and pour over buttered crackers or toast. Butterfly Brooches. Since tbe advent of the millionaire age. wherein everybody who Is any bo y can wear diamonds and pearls galore, it seems to be the aim of women of cultivated taste to choose1 their ornaments among things slightly out of the ordinary. With some the collecting of antique Jewelry Is pur sued to an extreme, and these women are loaded down with barbaric chains and bracelets. Many women now wear only tbe jewelry of a certain period, notably that of Marie Anto.u ette. An English woman ot distinctly has shown considerable ortginalltv lu wearing exclusively as omarutuiU butterflies done in enamel. For many years she has been a collector of rare and beautiful specimens of butterflies that are native in various countries, their brllllaut colors aud often fantastic markings beln a source of constant pleasure to her. One day the idea came to her to buuJ one of her specimens, a wonder lu tbe world of science, to an enaaielof in London, reputed to be tbe bi-t.t artist of bis kind in Europe, soya Tbe New York Herald. lie thuu made In enamel, a fac-slmlle of thj butterfly, with marvelous fidelity ti its shape and coloring. Even thj transparent quality of tbe Insect' wings were effectively simulated, ll was mounted on gold and in a way that by pinching tbe wings together allowed the sharp claws underneath to faBten themselves to whatever materials they were placed upon. Ai tbe wings rebounded tbe butterUy was held in place. Absent-Mlnrtod lioggnrs. "You see a lot of absent-minded men arotnd a barber shop,," re marked tbe barbn, with the brtstly hair as he shoved one more little gob of lather Into the customer's mouth. "You'd be surprlseu at the number ot people who come in here aud make preparations to o to bed." he continued. "No, they Jon't take this place for a hotel It ain't that. Here's how It huppens; A man will come In and take off his ':oat and col. lar and necktie, preuarttory to gel. ting shaved or having his hair cut Then when be sees himself In the glass ne looks so much like a man about to retire for the night, that about half tbe time he will go ahead and wind bis watch. A few of the more abBent-mlnded ones may 'start to undo their suspenders before they remember that they aren'- going to bed at all. But scores of them wind their watches Jigst as they do at night. That much of at la a oom r on occurrence. " I Bought, and which lifts been bos borne tho signaturo of Signature of Iron Clad Trees. Old Fraud Being Worked on Carmen l Slate. State Economic Zoologist Surface recently received word of the arrest in Tioga county of a tree salesman, who is alleged to have victimized farmers by saying that he had for sale "iron clad" trees or sapling trees, grafted on oak and warrant ed to withstand the attacks of pests. Although an old one, this is tbe first time such a fraud has ever been tried in Pennsylvania. Dr. Surface issued notice that owing to the cool weather the season in which trees could safely be sprayed for San Jose scale could be pro longed. "Fruit growers can spray safely until the first flowers open," said he. "It would not be well to do anything after that." It is only a few years since but ter was unknown in China and even the milk from the cows could not be purchased. But recently Chin ese restaurants have taken to the serving of "European style din ners' ' and the better class of Chinese are becoming large consumers of butter and other European luxuries. A childless home is a chwrlew hxme. The maternal instinct exists in every woman, and when it In uiiKrutillt'd Is deprived of much of the liappineof life. It often Imppenw that i-hiMIe 11 ess ts due to some eausu which run b removed, and often in removed by t'1 line of Dr. Pierce's Favorite I'rtM'rip tion. The vigor and vitality wlm this remedy imparts to the delink womanly organs, puts them in a con dition of norniul health, the link which is often the sole obsi ruction to maternity. Kvery wumau should raw Dr. Tierce's Common Sense Med od Advisor, a book containing W08iaw and 700 illustration. It Is sent utire ly free on receipt of stamps to pay penseof mailing only, Hend l one cent stamps for the paper bound vol ume, or 81 stamps for cloth cover. Address Dr. It. V. Pierce. 013 Main Street, Buflalo, N. Y. Guest -'It's awfully Btiipld ; Can't you rake up a little excitement? Bummer Hotel Proprietor "1 ii'iSllf let yoii have your till." Can you bklikve youk hknsb' When two of them, taste nnd J having been impaired if not t'ldirf J destroyed, by Nasal Caturrh, are W restored by Ely's Creani Halm, j you doubt that this remedy denerva ..ll i l .. i i i. i... ,!,, I mo an mat unn ueeu sum i ii . 1 uiuwlu url.n Ii.ko hl.,.,1 ti Ir U anlill'V directly to the affected alt-pSML'H a"i ui'Kiua im iit-aiiuir at uiiuc. " -v . , get it today ? All druggists or in" by Ely Uros., 5(1 Warren Street, xora, ou receipt ot 50 cents. Cynlcus-'-He fell in love wit JJ because of her voice." Killlciw- " voice?? Why, she doesn't slug-" l. lens "I know. That's the reason ' fell lu love with her." 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