THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURa PA. How the Olympia Cimz Through a Typoon. SAILOR LAD'S STORY It was t:t a Wn.'-li of Waits. fJrcat. I'gly, Green hens Would 11 !i? Like Mountains. The Demon Wind Would Hurl Tons of Wuter. The captain who was omnipresent, lemed always there, eyes fixe J ou !.; binnacle, signaling orders that ...jld not l)e heard. Then Quarter . .L.Hlcr Swift would leave lila sldo, ..i.., with his lantern tucko i Inside ij coat, struggle forth lo bold the r -d, often returning to report that 1 tend of making i!00 miles a day, we more thau one uay made not a Ingle mile. It was not a wash of waves. Great, UKly. green seas would pile up and tuud Ilk d mountains. Then tae demon wind, with a cutlass between his tetjh, would cut the crest cleun away, and hurl tons and tons of wa ter upon us and when their repeated assaults were loosening the ancMol tiftinj.s on the cat-heads, we we wei6 obliged to go with rope lashings, tc doubly secure them. In doing th Is, we lay at times burled wider hun dreds of tons of water, and w hen we came out, we could not speak for the noiae of the temptest. While all thin was soing ou we T. ere given extr.i Instruction In the crder to "Abnu h.ii ship." F.aeh dl- 1. ion comprises forty-four men and two oflicers divided into two watches. Lluut. Sherman and Midshipman Todd were In charge of my division, and they went from man to man, creaming tholr orders Into our ears. We Stlreudy know our places and what to do, but the general plan foi he emergency was explained again to each. Should the moment arrive when the tires could no longer be controlled, we were to go as a fleet. ' We have launches, boats, dlnghya and catamarans sufficient to carry , verj man In the crew. The sailing j launch, with Its tall must to carry signals, would have taken the lead j as flagship. She was already equip- j ped with charts, one to be given to ' the officers of each of the other boats, tn the event of their being buffeted in. j How I wish I could write something I that would convey just an Idea of a typhoon what It was like, and how we felt. Four hundred and forty "our human lives were Imperiled and ct a man whimpered. From fighting the fire "we would ' -yously go for a trick at the wheel lthough It was a tug that called for strength nearly superhuman. I re call a night so dark that the dark Bess could almost be felt. The tren ded wind blowing off the crest of black seas was hurling them with terrific force, and they stung me with biting brine as I stood In the fore cop listening for the stroke of the bell. My ear was glued to the speaking-tube yet the shout Irom the ortdge came in the faintest of whis pers: "What's the matter aloft?" and I screamed back, "Can't bear the bell, sir. A-1-I-I'b well! "Oh, the winds, the winds, the winds! Again, I stood on the signal yards, but it was day. They screamed, and roared, and yelled, drowning very other sound. Like boys creating new noises by breathing across the top of empty bottles, they cut across it. smokestacks and moaned In tneli cavernous tubes Then, exhausted by their fury, they flagged and sough ed through the rigging, quickening every line and the ratline into a wh-r-r-r and a rattling that swelled Into melody Buch as no anclian harp has ever played; then, blending lfo a single note a deep niono-.one struck musts and yards, rising nna falling, rising and falling, like the olue ocean Jt brought balm to my weariness, and, looking down the slim mast, discovered that the ship nas gone; I saw only the rushing, surging, seath Ing waters, engulfing the decks, and from my exalted height 1 felt like a bird of the greenwood, blown out to I.ieut. Buchanan told me one night, when we were buffeted Hgalimt one another ou the bridge, that I should ever meet another blow like this, rid men are wondering how the shljj ever lived through it; but I think know. The flagship is a thing alivo. It has its parts and being. We have heard it breathe, and who will ques tion that in Captain Reed it has both brain and soul? Who has not watched the Reapei who Is called Death shake his sickle to men's faces, when many would lis town and -die, while one, like a pan ttier at bay, would fight him off and Dve on? That is why, like a stormy petrel, the Olympia rode through the ty phoon. St. Nicholas. Professor Barus of Brown Univer sity, recommends as a motive powel tor skyshlps, some form of high ex plosive, particularly those whtoh can bo worked up into wicks and ribbons, He proposes obtaining a contlnultj at power values from nitrogen explo sives by using cold storage. Pay of Municipal Servant. It costs nearly a smash to pay the salaries of the municipal servants oi Hew York City as It does to support tfce entire army of the United States, The salaries amount olose to T0, MO annually. FI"tE SATURATION. The Effect of Moisture Upon Wood la Easily Perceptible.. The effect of water in softening or ganic tissue ns in wetting a piece of paper or a sponge, i well known, and so Is the stiffening effect of drying. The siiiiie law up;. Iks to wood, l'.y Cli'erent methods of seasoning to pienes of the same slick may bs given Very different degrees of ntiength. V'H)d in its ereen state contains mc'sture In the pores of the cells, like honey in a cumli, and aiso in tne substance of the cell walls. As seas oning begins the moisture in the pores fc; lijst evaporated. This lessons the weight of the wood, but uoos not af fect its strength. It is not until the mc'sturo in the substance of the cell wails Is drawn upon that the strength of the wood begins to increase. Scientifically, this po.nt Is known na tho "llher-satuia-tlon point." From this condition to that of absolute dryness tne gain in the strength of wood is somewhat re markable. In the case of ppruce the Btrength is multiplied four tlnice; Indeed, spruce, in small sizes, thoroughly dried In nn oven, is ns strong weignt for weight, as stejl. Kven after the re:iliv-orption of olsture, when the wood is n;m!n exposed to the air the Strength of the sticks Is st.ll from b0 to 1 iu per cent greater tlu.n when it Is green. When, In drying, the nber-sntura-thm point Is passed, the strength of wood Increases ns drying progresses, in accordance with a definite law, :md th's law enn be used to calculate from the ?trpzigth of a stick at. on t'.egrce of moisture whit its strenstu will be at any other degree. Knnufaet'irers, entfnenrs nid build ers need to know not only the strength but the weakness of tho materials they uso, and for this reason they are quite ns much interested In knowing how timbers are affected oy moisture as they are In knowing how they are weakened by knots, checks, cross grain and other defects. It Is clear that where timbers are certain to be weakened oy excessive moisture they will hnve to be used In larger sizes for safety. So far, engineers of timber tests, While showing that smnll pieces gain ed greatly in strength, do not advise counting on the same results in the seasoning of large timbers, owing to the fact that the large timbers usually found In the market have defects Which are sure to counterbalance the gain from seasoning. "The Strength of Wood as Influenced by Moisture, ' Department of Agriculture. Plucky Puma Cub. Hissing like a sullen geyser, the great puma mother croucned with flaming eyes. Ridge of her tawny back brushed up in rage, tan a-switch, Bteel sinews rigid bYneatn soft skin, she glared at her four cubs in the cage corner. A fluffy ball of spotted fur sprawled on unsteady legs acroBS toward her. Out shot a mighty fore paw; the baby was hurled suddenly back among his cowering brother and Bisters. "Nasty temper," I remarked to the keeper; "has she been long like that?" "Started this forenoon," he shook hie head in anxiety. "I don't like it I'll have to separate them, I fear." The unnatural mother commenced pacing her prison, sparring viciously Bt her offspring in passing. Three huddled together in a pitltul heap, but one Btood up and defied her. A jungle teiror in miniature, his tiny ruge was manifest. Tensely alert before his trembling mates, he shifted warily to meet each blow, dodging, spitting, striking out an awkward paw at the great thrusts. ' They don't turn on their cubs of ten. Only knew it once before. You notice, mein Herr, her claws are not 3ut when she strikes. That may come -then we will lose some promising babies here." The young German keeper was greatly distressed. I re turned in the morning to see how the affair had progressed. Entering the Frankfurt Thiergarten, I found the lion house. My friend stood in the empty corridor looking into the cage, Sleek forms Bhlfted restlessly on every side a pale light came from above, the place was close with a heavy oa or. He greeted me mournfully. "Tho little beggar was too spirited. She got him last night. Just a second in her paws and the texldermist won't attempt to stuff the skin." The re maining cubs peered wonderlngly at ns from an adjoining cage, the mur deress paced in silence, but her eyes were alJve with a strange fascinating light. The tragedy had stirred the tows of imprisoned beasts. An un eanny howl in a chilling key came from the leopards, the lion's deep throated guttural sent unwelcome Quivers through one's nerves. I loft the building, relieved to fee! the breeze and see the sunlight. Poor little chap of a puma, he surely had tremendous pluck!" Travel Maga slne. Water-softening devices are success fully used on Broltlsh railways to save boilers. They reduce the cost of re pairing boiler nearly one-half. Cultivation of rubber trees is being carried on In various parts of the world under expert surveillance. Some people seem to think that so long as they are willing to acknow ledge their blunders they are Justi fied In continuing to make them- A DAN ON KMUTING. South Dakota Passed An Ordinance Making It a Misdemeanor, The town council of a town out li South Dakota has Just passed an or dlnance that makes flirting In publll places a misdemeanor and punish able by a fine. The same ordinance ul.io prohibits "young people from loitering on the steps of churches oi oilier public buildings, or In tin doorway of any store for the pur pose of taking and eating candy and pen nuts." The misdemeanors, or crimes, named In this law seem to need 8 lo. of overhauling in the way ol official definitions before any satis factory enforcement will be possible, suys a writer In the Providence Jour tiul. 'Flirting" Is a broad term, and no one has ever yet succeeded in defining It exactly. To the fancy ol the hoi pollol It consists principally of wuvlng a handkerchief or making google eyes at members of the oppo site sex. In higher circles, however, flirta tion is generally regarded as a very subtle procedure, a matter to be un dertaken in some quiet corner like a conuervntory, Just as they do it in tin lovely novels by Mr. H. W. Cham bers. If carried on in the street or any other public place the process would be so extremely subtle that no one but a member of the elect, with a subtle understanding of sjch things, could see through it. The ordinary policeman might see a high-bred flirtation t'olng on full tilt not more than four feet from li is) none, and he would never know i.iat the law was being flagrantly violated. According to the highest English authority a llirt is "a Mighty leinr.le, a pert, giddy girl, a coquette." And flirtation is "the desire of attracting the notice and admiration of men." Our own highly esteemed Mr. Web ster agrees with this definition by de claring a flirt Id be "a young girl who acts with tidiness, or plays at courtship." Thus we learn on the best of au thority that flirtation is altogether a matter of feminine practice. Accord inj to the leading dictionaries men never flirt, and the natural presum ption it that they are Incapable of it. So it would appear that men are ex empt from the operation of this new South Dakota ordinance, and the po licemen of that town will do well to bear the fact in mind. In other re spects they seem to be up against a perplexing prouleia. If a flirt Is a young girl who "plays at courtship," ho v Is anyone to tell? It frequently; stumps the yrung man most lnterJ ested to determine whether the young girl in the case is merely playing at courtship or really means business, so how can a disinterested police mm diagnose the gyrations of hen emotional wheels and say with any certainty that they are either frivo lous or serious? Cot and Bath Combined. The United States is regarded as the leader In the matter of Inven tions, but occasionally we get some vry striking novelties from the countries over the sea. The one shown herewith comes from Eng land. It is called the bahfkot, be cause it combines the nursery bed and bath. It Is designed especially INGENIOUS NURSERY DEVICE. to meet tho demands of the summer time, when it is desired to take the baby to the country or shore with out all the paraphernalia of the nur sery. When not in use It packs In a1 flat package, and it Is made of a convenient height, so that there is hot the backache which mother or nurse finds Incidental to the ordinary method of bathing an Infant. Three Hints Worth Trying. An easy way to make a rosette ol baby ribbon is to wind the ribbon bronnd the four fingers. Then slip 1 cfl and wind very fine wire or a thread around it In the middle. Pull the loops Into place and yon have o rosette such as a milliner makes. To make b. by some cheap bands, take the best part of soft old woolen underwear. Cut two pieces 7x8. Btitch sides together with embroidery1 bilk. Use two strips 4 Inches long for shoulder straps. This will make as good an article as usually ooetsi 75 cents. Instead of tacking the oilcloth on the kitchen table paste It on with a good flour paste. Let the oilcloth come over the sides, and paste un derneath. Troublesome It a narrow tape to run la the bot tom of , your kimono gowns In the sleeves they may be tied In a boW and kept out of tha war when one Is working about the boyse. Poetry Worth Reading. The Diver. Stout pnnoplled in metal guise, Armored and helmed so knightly wlso Whither gocst thou, Diver? Into the gloom of a living grave Full forty fathom 'nenth the wave God fco with thee now, Diver! Rattle of chains over the Bide Into the walling, wicked tide, Into the deep, the Diver! Pay out the lino send air, more air Cod knows he needs It, burled there. Safe may Ho keep the Diver! Up enr.ie the Diver, the iniin-Ilsli. hat sawest thou, Diver, there? A lirowtnle-.l ship I saw, and through Her wounded sides a ghostly crow Of sad eyed sallormen Btare Tlituk God for the sound of voices, nut most of all for the air! I've hoard full many a Bllenco, In many a lonely place The desert and the mountain top; lidt try a forty fathom drop Through yonder watery space, And, take my word for It, coinrado, There you'll see God face to face! Muted. Interpreter of deep, unknown de lights. Of lovllness that wavered through my dreams, The Iris glamor over far off streams, Tho glory beckoning to uplifting heights, Thine is the strength of granite hills unsealed, Thine is the tenderness of hidden tears; Thine youth immortal and rich gar nered years, The mystic veiling and tho joy un veiled. Thou art the summer's sweetest lin gering song. Tho crystal starrlncss of wintry nights; Thou art the strange Are of auro ral lights. And the clear hearth flame, warm and close and strong. Smite thou my soul and send Us high notes ringing, Dwell In my heart and tune each pulse to singing! Ada Foster Murray. Old Fishing Kit. Old fishing kit, you're dear to me. There's many an hour of ecstacy We've spent together, you and I. On mountain stream, with rod and fly. We've watched the speckled beau ties' pranks In shady brooks, 'nearh mossy banks. Content were we for hours to sit, Old fishing kit. And then along the brooks we'd wade, First in the sunshine, then in the Bhade, Till near a quiet pool we'd kneel. A cast. A splash! And then the reel Would click as though to say, "Look out!" Ah! Money could not buy that trout! You well remember how he bit. Old fishing kit! Don't think because I'm working hard That you're forgotten, dear old pard, When spring is here then Oh we'll meet Far from the city's dust and heat And whip the brook to heart's con tent. Each happy hour shall thus be spent. Until He calls we'll never quit, Old fishing kit! Frederick M. Dean. Call of the Great North Woods. There's a lonely northland valley and a restless rushing stream Where the cow moose and the year ling drink at dawn. There's a stretch of broken water where the leaping salmon gleam And at dusk the doe comes stealing with her fawn. There's a living, haunting memory of the sweet wind in the pines. There's a yearning for the swish of split bamboo; And a never ending longing 'round my hungry heart entwines For the wash of water 'gainst a bark canoe. There's an Indian Impatient, and he wonders why I stay, For the square tail's rising eager for the fly; While the ouananiche Is waiting where the teal and mallard play And the days of our delight are slipping by. Oh, I know the geese have nested, all the laggard leaves are out And the partridge cock Is drumming In the spruce. I can smell the fragrant odor of the balsam all about, For the spirit of the Northland woods is loose. There's a green, enchanted valley In the blue bills leagues away. There's a never ceasing call that lures me forth; And I wait with leaping pulses for the coming of the day When I go to seek the magic of the north. George T. Marsh. EISSW AVcfctable Preparationfor As similating tticFoodandRcgula ling UieSloinachs andDowcla of Promotes Digcation-Chcerfur-ncssandnest.Contains neither Opium .Morphine norrliiicxaL 'otNahcotic. Dttpt offHdO-SAMVILnTCMlt Jlx.Smn Stitur.tnrtt ffmAM.tiMr itbnr norm Apprfrcl Remedy forConslin," Tion, Sour Stoinarh, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions ,Fc vcrish ncss runt Loss of SLEEP. FacSimilo Si'tfnnlure ct NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER J Megaphone Whistles. An ingenious method of Increas ing the power and carrying capacity of steam whistles has been patented by a Kentucky man. To do this he uses a megaphone of the usual type and attaches It to steam whistles. MEGAPHONE ON WHISTLES. The ability of the megaphone to gather- up a sound and transmit it with a velocity increased 10 times or nioro Is well known. An Inaudi ble whisper can thus be transformed into a sound possessing tremendous volume, the hitter depending en tirely, upon tho size of the mega phone. Such a device could readily be attached to the steam whistles of locomotives or steamboats. The size and capacity of megaphones thus employed could readily be made to transmit sounds many miles. Steam ships would doubtless And a whis tle of such a volume very valuable In foRgy weather. I'm-s For Fused Sllicn. Two English scientists discovered about ten years auo, that fused silica might bo treated in the same way as glass, but it was left for Germany to develop its commercial possibili ties. An English firm has now tak en up the original process and is enabled to place thU material on the market at reasonable rates. To cliemisU the discovery is of great Btrvlce, for the vessels made of fus ed silica will not crack tven when heated white hot and plunged into water. They are also Impregnable to acids, and It is even possible to ubo them for melting platinum. An Algeriun Industry. The fiber of the dwarf palm a tree until lately regarded as worth less or harmful Is developing an important Algerian industry. Fac tories are multiplying, and to these tho natives bring the palm leaves, which are transformed into vege table fiber by a steam carding ma chine and then spun and braided The material has the advantage over horsehair of being proof against moths and insects. It is being usn l for mattresses, woven products, har ness and carriage work, military h.- i ding,, various tissues and even hts. Washed With Beer. The gutters of Rio de Janeiro run with beer for several days recently. The municipal laboratory, having discovered that practically every beer in the local market contained a dangerous amount of sulphuric acid, the authorities proceeded to destroy all stocks on band. Bl For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years THt eiimua wmm. new von oitv. Fortune for His Sight Magnate Markla Ready lo Pay Any Price lor Vition. John Markle, the anthracite mil lionaire, of Hazleton, Pa., who is apprehensive that he is about to become totally blind, and has been compelled to abandon all business affairs has sailed to consult the leading specialists in Europe. Mr. Markle will not raise the slightest objection to the cost, no matter how great, provided his sight can be saved. One of his eyes is now useless and the other has been sympathetically aflected. As the managing partner of G. B. Markle & Co., the largest inde pendent ccal operators in Pennsyl vania, Mr. Markle has great re sponsibility on his shoulders, and he refused to quit work until the very last. A puny child Is always an anxiety to the purents. There seems generally no reason why the little one should be weak when It is so well fed. iiut the fact is that it does not matter Imw much food the child takes if the stom ach cannot extract the nourishment from it. No benefit can he derived from Just eating. That is the condition of niuny a sickly child. Tho stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition are not doing their work, ami the body is really starving It i little iie to give fish foods, like cod liver oil or ermilHions, in such a case, because these also hnve to be digested. .Strength is what the stomach needs. Dr. Pierce's Oolden Medical Discovery Ktrengt liens the stomach, nourishes the nerves and ncreases the ao Ion of the blood mak ing glands. It I superior to every other preparation for children's I se, on account of its hody-building imlitieH, and also because it is pleasant to the tuste and contains no alcohol. The virtues of native medicinal roots are extracted and their value enhanced by the use of triple-refined glycerine, which of itaolf, is a most valuable nu tritive and promoter of digestion. Send to Dr. It. V. J'ierce, Hurlalo, S. Y., for free booklet. Polly Ph ktights '-Thut super got ho tliiu he loMt his job." Fanny Font 'tfhis ''WhatYlid ;hrt have to do with It?" Polly Plnktights "The ninna L'er said he didn't like a thin supe." - - - Kiiake off th r okip of your old enemy, Nasal Catarrh, by using Uly's Cream Balm. Then will all the swell ing and soreness be driven out of the tender, Inflamed membranes. The fits of sneezing will cease and the discharge, as ollensi ve to others as to yourself, will b stopped when the causes that pro duce it are removed. CleiinlinesH, com fort and renewed health by the use of Cream Balm. Kold by all druggist for 50 cents, or nmile.1 by Ely Bros., 60 Warren Btreet, New York. And what is your favorite game, little boy?" asked the old lady who takes an Interest In children. "Oh, any game that mother thinks Is too rough for me to play," replied the little A Reliable Remedy CATAPH Ely's ta Siftn li quickly Ri'soi tid. Civet Kuuel at Onco. It cIoanfH, soothes, heals and protects the dim-Hsu.! m.i,. brune resulting from CataiTh and drive awuy a Cold in the Bond qukkly. llustoros the Senses of Tuste and Kinull. Full oize 60 ots. at Druggists or by nuiil. Liquid Cream Balm for use in atomizers 75 ct. Ely Brothers, CO Warreu B trout, New Vork.
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