6
"DEAR OLD MOTHER AND ME."
We lived in a cottage, years ago,
Acottaif" down by the sea,
There were only two of us living there,
Just dear old mother and me.
Daddy had gone on his last long cruise.
And Buddie was oft at sea.,
"81s" was married, and so there wire left
Just dear old mother and me.
Tfce homo was plain, but then It was
"home,"
And a living we got from the sea;
We were happy together, 1 want you to
know,
Jfust dear old mother and me.
But, an end must come to sorrow or Joy,
And so, like a storm on the sea.
A. shadow passed over the house where
lived
Ju«t dear old mother and me.
A beautiful boat appeared, one night.
And anchored off shore, at sea;
At dawned it sailed, and carried away
My dear old mother from me.
Anil now, a lone watch each night I keep.
Looking out toward the sea;
Hopinpr. some day that boa-t will return
With dear old mother, forme.
But no, a boat I must prepare,
Kor a cruise on the Crystal sea,
A beautiful trip, to last alway
For dear old mother and me.
—William K. Savage, in Sailor's Magazine.
j?
A Knave of
Conscience
By FRANCIS LYNDE.
V J
(COpyilgllt IJOU, by l-'runcib L> udo.)
CHAPTER V— CONTINUED.
"By Jove! but she is a magnificent
ly strong type," he mused, lying flat
on his back and staring absently at
the flittering shadows among the
deck beams overhead. "Her face is
as readable as only the face of a
woman instinctively good and pure
fa heart can be. Any man who can
put her between the covers of a
book may put anything else he
pleases in it and snap his fingers at
the world. If I am going to live
in the same town with her I ought
fco jot her down in words before I
lose the keen edge of the first im
pression."
He considered it for->a moment,
•and then got up and went in quest of
a pencil and a scrap of paper. The
dozing night clerk gave him both,
with a sleepy malediction thrown in;
and he went back to his engine-room
and scribbled his word-picture by
4.he light of the swinging lantern,
'thus:
"Character-study: Young woman
of the type Western-Creole—not the
'daughter of aliens, but born in the
' West of parents who have migrated
from one of the older States. (I'll
hazard that much as a guess.) De
tails: Titian blonde, with hair like
•spun bronze; the complexion that
neither freckles nor tans; cool, gray
eyes with an under-depth in them
that no man but her lover may ever
quite fathom; a figure which would
be statuesque if it were not alto
gether human and womanly; fea
tures cast in the Puritan mold, with
the lines of character well empha
sized; lips that would be passionate
but for—no, lips that will be pas
sionate when the hour and the man
arrive. A soul strong in the strength
of purity, which would send her to
the stake for a principle, or to the
Isle of Lepers with her lover. A
typical heroine for a story in which
the hero is a man who might need to
borrow a conscience."
He read it over thoughtfully when
it was finished, changing a word here
and a phrase there with a crafts
man's fidelity to the exactnesses.
Then he shook his head regretfully
and tore the scrap of paper into tiny
squares, scattering them upon the
brown flood surging past the engine
room gangway.
"It won't do," he confessed, reluc
tantly, as one who sacrifices good
literary material to an overweening
sense of the fitness of things. "It's
nothing less than cold-blooded sac
rilege. I can't make copy out of her
If I write no more while the world
■ stands."
CHAPTER VI.
Charlotte Farnham's friends were
wont to say of her that she was as
sensible as she was beautiful. She
was, as Griswold had guessed, of New
England lineage. Her parents had
migrated for the health of the wife,
but the migration had been post
poned too long. The mother died in
the early Minnesota days, but the
daughter lived to grow up unspoiled
and beautiful.
She had been spending the winter
at Pass Christian with her aunt, who
was an invalid; and for the invalid's
sake the return passage was taken
on the "Belle Julie." On the morning
of the second day out, when the New
Orleans papers came aboard, the two
of them were sitting iu the shade
of tin* hurricane deck aft. Charlotte
bought n paper and read the account
of the bank robbery with a little
gasp of belated horror.
"What is it, Charlotte?" asked the
invalid.
Charlotte read the reporter's story.
"Dear me! How shockingly bold!"
commented Miss Gilman.
"Yes; but that wusn't what made
me gasp. The p&per says: 'A young
lady was at the teller's window' -
Aunt Knnp/, I was the 'young lady.'"
"You? awrrors!" ejaculated the
Invalid.
"It's true. And 1 had no more
Idea why, it seem* incredible,"
"I t liould think it wuillil."
"Th«*re w a n't anything about It to
• uiTS?« t a robbery," t hurlotte went
M. " Ihe MUU WUH Moiling, and he
bad u mil face a face that one
WO'lltl trust almost Intuitively,"
•t hurlotte!" . vi-h.lmed her sunt.
""I do hupe they > i.i trace you by
"What if they could?"
"Don't you see! You'd be drugged
into court to identify the robber.
And that would be simply dreadful."
"I shouldn't want to be dragged.
It would be a simple duty togo wil
lingly. More than that, 1 think
I ought to write to Mr. Galbraitli and
give him my name and address."
But at this the invalid protested
with what authority there was in
her, and Charlotte agreed finally to
wait until the matter of duty had
been submitted to her father.
Here the subject was dropped, and
Charlotte went to her stateroom to
get a book for herself and a maga
zine for the invalid. It was a full
hour later, anil Miss Gilman was deep
in the last installment of the maga
zine serial, when Charlotte gave up
the struggle with the book. Do what
she could, the scene in the bank
would thrust itself between; and sit
length she let the thought have its
will of her.
From where she was sitting she
could see the steamer's yawl swing
ing from its tackle on the stern
staff. In the midst of the reminis
cent thought, she saw that the ropes
were working loose; that the yawl
would presently fall. When she rose
togo and tell some one, a man came
aft to make the tackle fast, and she
stepped aside to let him pass.
It was G riswold. She saw his face
ns he passed, and there was some
thing strangely familiar in it. When
he had fastened the rope and was
returning, she had a fair look at him
and for an instant was fain to grip
the back of her chair to keep from
crying out. For in that instant she
recognized him.
Now, this young woman was wise
beyond her years, and she knew
what she had to do. None the less,
she was a true woman, with a heart
full of tenderness and pity. So it is
not wonderful that for a moment
conscience turned traitor, and was
dumb. But it was only for a mo
ment. The simple and obvious thing
to do was togo at once and tell
the captain what she had uiscovered;
and she was deterred from so doing
only by the reflection that a less ter
rible alternative would be the send
ing of a letter to the New Orleans
bank people.
This she determined upon, telling
her aunt nothing of her discovery,
but merely saying that upon second
thought she felt that she must write
to Mr. Galbraith at once. Miss Gil
man withdrew her objections reluc
tantly.
"If you must, Charlotte. But it
seems like a very dreadful thing for
you to have to do."
"It is very dreadful," said Char
lotte, with a sob in her voice. Nev
ertheless, she went away quickly to
write the letter which should set the
machinery of the law in motion.
CHAPTER VII.
In yielding to the impulse of the
moment which prompted him to bor
row the identity of John Gavitt, Gris
wold was not without some forecast
ing!} of the event. He knew that the
river steamers were manned by pick
up crews assembled at the last mo
j\ /112" ===a "'
TE|
HE LIFTED HIM BODILY.
ment, and reasoned that the officers
of the "Belle Julie" would not yet
have had time to individualize the
members of the crew.
But, apart from this, he was not
unwilling to add another chapter to
his experience among the toilers; and
as to this, he immediately found him
self in a fair way to acquire the cov
eted meed of it. From the hour of
his enlistment, it was heaped upon
him unstintingly. Without having
specialized himself in any way to the
bullying chief mate, he fancied lie
was made to bear the brunt oT the
man's wrath. Curses, tongue-lash
ings without mercy; contumely and
abuse, with now and then at the
night landings, when no passengers
were looking on, blows.
All these buffetings, or at least
his share of them, Griswold endured
as became n man who had volun
tarily put himself in the way of such
things. And, fortunately, he was not
hopelessly unequal to the physical
trial. Physically, as intellectually,
the material in him was of the fine
grained sort in which quality counts
for morn than quantity. None the
less, the first night with its uncount
ed plantation landings, tried him
surely, and he was thankful wTicn
the second day brought fewer stop
ping-place* and more time for rest.
It was In one of the restful inter
vals that lie linil been scut aft to
readjust the tackle of the suspended
yawl, lie had come upon Miss Kuril
ham and her aunt unexpectedly, mid
so was off his ilitrd; urn! lie made
sure the young woman had recog
nized him. If 11, what would she
do? lie recalled hit written sum
itiary of her character, end decided
that tilie would tie ami just
before she would tin Humanly and
uiircUul. At ht» fclic
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER u, 1902
would. Ideals are much ton pre
cious to be shattered by mere con
siderations of personal safety.
But while he theorized upon the
probabilities, he was fully alive to
the necessity for prompt action. If
Miss Farnham had discovered him,
she would doubtless lose no time in
giving the alarm. She might even
now be in conference with the cap
tain, he thought.
At this lie had his first shock of
genuine terror. Up to that moment
he had suffered none of the pains of
the hunted fugitive; but now he
knew that he had fairly entered the
gates of the outlaw's inferno; that
he should never again know what it
was to be wholly free from the ter
ror of the arrow that flieth by day.
The force of the Scriptural simile
came to him with startling emphasis,
bringing on a return of the prickling
paralysis of fear; but he shook it
off and ran aft to rummage under
the cargo for his precious bundle.
For the whistle was sounding for a
landing, and it was high time that
he was afoot and fleeing. But when
his hand reached the place where the
bundle should have been, the blood
surged to his brain and set up a
clamorous dinning in his ears. The
niche under the coffee sacks was
empty.
CIIAFTER VIII.
While Griswold was grappling
afresh with the problems of escape,
Charlotte was sitting behind the
locked door of lier stateroom, try
ing to write her letter.
She knew it would be hard, but it
proved much harder than she hail
feared it would be. Try as she might,
she could not eliminate the factor
of personality. Truly, this man was
no more to her than any stranger in
the passing show, an impersonal unit
of a class with which society is at
war; and yet, at the end of every
effort, the point of view si.ifted, and
in the whole world there were but
two persons; a man who had sinned,
and a woman who was about to make
him pay the penalty.
Nevertheless, conscience was not to
be denied; and after many futile be
ginnings, the fateful letter got itself
written, and she went out to mail it
at the oflice. As it happened, the
"Belle Julie" was slowing for a land
ing, and the office was closed. And
since she would by no means entrust
the letter to the outside mail box,
she waited till the clerk should re
turn.
The doors giving upon the saloon
deck forward were open, and she
stepped out. The crew was grouped
about the uptilted landing-stage, and
he was there—this man for whose
future she was about to become an
swerable.
One glimpse of his face, haggard
and woe-begone beyond any imagin
ings of hers, slew her resolve on the
eve of its accomplishment, and she
turned and ran back to the state
room, saying over and over to her
self as she fled: "Oh, I can't! I
can't!—and yet I must!"
It was noon before she opened her
door again at the luncheon call, and
went aft to bring her aunt to the ta
ble. What she had endured in the
interval, none might know; not even
the sympathetic invalid, who more
than once looked askance at the
troubled eyes with their downcast
lids.
At their end of the table, the talk
rippled about the bank robbery; and
when Capt. Mayfteld mentioned the
fact of the SIO,OOO reward which had
been offered, Charlotte was moved
to say:
"That seems dreadfully barbarous
—to set a price on the head of a hu
man be^ng."
A gentleman across the table took
it up.
"But, Miss Farnham, would you
have us turn thief-catchers for the
mere honor of it?"
"For the love of justice, or not at
all," she rejoined.
The gentleman demurred and went
into details to prove his position;
and the details only served to af
front Charlotte's sense of the fitness
of things.
"Do you mean to say that you
would accept the reward, Mr. La
trobe?" she asked.
"Certainly I should; anyone
would."
She knew the frank admission
stood for public opinion, and went
dumb. She might call the reward
blood-money and refuse to touch it,
but only those of her own circle
would know and believe the truth.
And the wretched man himself would
always believe that she had sold him
for a price.
That evening, after dinner, she
sought the captain to ask a ques
tion.
"Do you know the law ip Louisiana,
Capt. Mayfleld? This uiuii who robbed
the bunk; what would his penulty
be?"
fc l don't know, precisely. Twenty
years iu the chain-gang, I should
say."
The "Belle Julie" was pausing at
u small humlet on the west bank of
the river, and the captain pointed
to a squad of prisoners In chains,
repairing a breach in the levee.
'That's where he'll land when they
catch him," lie added. "He'll have
to lie pretty tough to outlive Rls
sentence."
And Charlotte turned away with a
sob nt the cutelling of her breath.
CIIAPTKK IX.
In any eonlliet between duty and
Inclination it Is only the tlnul step
which Is irrevocable; and iu Cliur
totte'n ea e till lep was the mailing
of her letter. All through the lung
afternoon she had tried vainly to
screw her tmursge to the sticking
point, and had failed, lint when she
vvriit to bed with the thought that
she suulj itj it iu iLu merit-
ing, she had overlooked the fact that |
an outraged conscience fights best
in the night watches.
That was why she had to get up at '
midnight and dress, and go out to 1
have the dreadful thing over with be
fore ever sleep would come, if haply
it migLt come then.
But once again fate intervened.
While she was hurriedly dressing,
the whistle sounded for a landing;
anil when she reached the office, it
was again closed. As before, she
stepped out on the saloon deel: to
wait. The great electric searchlight
just over her head made the landing
as light as day, and when she readied
the rail the landing-stage was just
coming aboard for the departure.
Two men whose duty it was to cast
off ran out on the tilting platform
and dropped to the ground. One of
them fell clumsily; but the other ran
up the bank and loosened the moor
ing line. The steamer began to j
swing off, and the man ran back to j
his companion, who seemed to be j
unable to rise.
"Get a move on youse!" bellowed j
the mate.
Then Charlotte saw that the fallen ,
man was disabled in some way, and 1
that the other was trying to lift him.
The mate swore out of a full heart.
"Come aboard, or I'll skin ye alive,
ye skulkin'—"
Charlotte pvit her fingers in her
ears to shut out the clamor of pro
fanity; but the man on the bank
was deaf to it. Running to the
mooring-post, he took a turn of the
line around it, and snubbed the
steamer's bow back to the bank.
Then, casting off, he darted back to
the disabled one, lifted him bodily
to the guard, and climbed aboard
himself.
Charlotte held her breath while it
was doing, and was near crying out
in sheer enthusiasm when it was
done. Then she saw the face of the
chief actor in the red furnace glow;
it was the face of the man she was
constrained to denounce.
She turned away at the sight, but
the harsh voice of the mate called
her back. There was trouble afoot
for the rescuer, who was facing the
mate and trying to explain.
[To Be Continued.]
KNEW HE WAS FROM TEXAS.
New Man In in Oflice Makes n Ilrealc
That Marks Him as a Lone
Star Product.
"An unusually quiet sort of a chap
was the new man in the oflice," said
a railroad man recently, relates the
Chicago Chronicle, "and, as he didn't
seem disposed to take any of us into
his confidence, we didn't question him
much. A slight southern flavor in what
little he had to say led us to believe
that he was from down that way some- j
where, but we curbed our curiosity |
as to where he came from, at least as i
far as he was concerned, and took it
out in speculating on it among our- !
selves. One day, when we were all dig
ging into things on our desks, the
tire on a bicycle in the rack outside
burst with the report most of us were
familiar with. Up jumps the new man,
and, rushing toward the door excited
ly, shouts:
"Somebody's shot!"
When we told him what it was, and
quieted liim down, I walked over to
his desk and asked:
" 'What part of Texas did you come
from, sir?'
" 'Belmont,' he said. 'What made
you think I ciime from Texas?'"
The Compositor.
Compositors on newspapers have to
run up against fearful and wonder
ful orthography that will slip into :
their domain despite the argus eyes i
of the editors; and chirographics !
blunt and chunky, "fine Italian" and
the "low Dutch" and all the grada- 1
tions between, make them a tired lot. ,
Sometimes they are provoking—for |
instance, when it was reported in the 1
press dispatches some time ago that ;
a train ran into a cow and "cut it '
into calves." William J. Bryan was i
once described as the "spout" of his
party when "spirit" had been the
compliment intended. As these errors
have some wit in them, one naturally
concludes that the wily compositor j
k»e\v better, but couldn't resist the
firn and a chuckle in his own sleeve.
But it was too, too much, when a
New York paper announced recently
that Miss wore, in addition, of j
course, to other apparel, a "mag
nificent job lot of sable." "Jabot"
was the feature meant.—Detroit Free
Press.
Gnvr Tliein Their Simile*.
Some years ago a good story was
told, in which Prince Munster was |
concerned. He (then only a count),
together with Count Beust and Count
SchouvulofT, wus attending a foreign
office reception in Loudon. Their
names ufTordcd no slight difficulty to
the thoroughly Kuglish footman, who 1
announced the guests by shouting
their names up the great staircase. ,
Count SchouvulofT arrived first, anil
the footman duly announced him as |
"Count Shuttle.,lT." Then came Count I
Beust, whose name in the servitor's :
mouth became "Count Heust." Last
ly, Count Munster appeared, and the
footman, evidently feeling that a su
preme effort wus required, finished
irtT by calling out "Couut Monster."
London Glolie.
Nuluriil Iu Illm.
"Your husband," said Mrs. Oldens
tle, as she again mailed herself of
the privilege of iu»|i<st;tiiig the splcu
did library of tint new neighbors,
"seem* to have a particularly Hue
tuste for article* of virtu."
"Yes," her h'<»ti * replied, "| know
it. Mut then it's only natural he
should have, .Install'* one of the
vlrluousent pentons- for • man
that I ever Cliuago hrcord-
Ueruld.
CAPONIZING CHICKENS.
Wlirn- Foi-'o Are Holaed for Market
Exclusively Hie Operation 1M
Unite l'rolitable.
The best age to caponize is when
chicks are from three to five months
old. The organs are smaller and more
easily removed, and there is much less
danger from bleeding. The fowls
should be kept wihout food and wa
ter for 24 hours before the operation,
so that the intestines will be empty.
Instruments are made for caponizing
| and full directions for performing the
I operation go with each set.
I The best plan for a novice is to kill
! a bird and operate upon that first, in
I order to learn the position of the
! parts. Lay the bird upon the table,
I and place the screw rings or weights
where they would be needed to secure
a live fowl. One or two rings will be
required to hold the wings, and one
for each leg; six is all that is neces
sary. Place the bird upon the table,
and fasten it down upon its side.
The spot where the opening* is to
be made is shown by the X in the cut.
The feathers are plucked and an open
j ing- is made through the skin with a
pair of sharp-point-ed, long-bladed
CAPONIZING CHICKENS.
6cissors. We have found these better
than a knife. The skin is drawn to one
side and an opening is made with the
scissors between the last two ribs 1%
inches long. Great care must be taken
not to injure the intestines.
The ribs are separated by the spring
hooks to expose the inside. The in
testines are gently moved out of the
way with the handle of a teaspoon,
and the glands or testicles will be seen
attached to the back. The tissue
[ which covers them is torn open with
I the hook, aided by the tweezers. The
gland is then twisted off by turning
I the forceps. The other one is removed
j in the eame way.
When meat alone is desired, the
j large breeds, as Brahma, Cochin, Lang
j shan, etc., are best, but for carrying
! chicks use the smaller and more in
dustrious breeds, as Leghorn, Game,
etc. The Plymouth Hock, Dorking and
I are useful for either purpose.—Farm
and Home.
DON'T CROSS BREEDS.
Good Ailvlee Thai In Wot Heeded ■■
Well l»y Some Dairymen an
It Should Be.
In this country there seems to be a
recklessness concerning the crossing
of breeds that is truly astonishing. To
breed up is commendable, but cross
ing breeds is not breeding up. When
a man takes scrub cows and breeds
j them and their female progeny to
: males of some good dairy breed he is
j doing a commendable thing, and help
| ing both himself and the community
; in which he lives. But when he tries to
j cross two distinct breeds, such as the
I shorthorns and Jerseys, and attempts
| to continue that indefinitely he is on
| the road that does not lead to success,
j The usual argument is to use the dairy
| cow to get a calf that will have great
! milking tendencies in her and to use
: the beef animal in the same mating to
| give the same calf great ability to lay
on beef. Poor, poor calf! llow much
\ is expected of her! She must keep up
j the reputation of both parents. It is
| the old attempt to get something for
' nothing, to cross so that the progeny
' will make a cert-am amount of food
i into butter and milk and also into
j beef. Happy owner of such a cow!
He will be able to get two values out
of every pound of feed. After the first
cross he will probably keep on cross
ing and as a result will finally pret—
nothing or about that. The man that
goes into reckless crossing' of the
I breeds is simply undoing the work of
j past generations, at least if he usen
I the milk producing strains with the j
beef producing strains. The mixing of j
blood is like the mixing of color, the I
i more you have of one kind the less you
have of tht» other. Breed pure breeds :
; or breed up toward pure breeds, but
do not attempt to cross breeds for the
sake of getting the highest service of j
, eueh kind. Farmers' Review.
Kultohle Food for lluekk.
Ducks, like hens, eat a fprnt variety ;
of food, yet because the duck has no |
distinct crop the food is passed more 1
I directly to the digestive organs. It is i
therefore very important that the
food lie consumed ill a soft condition. ;
In nature the duck gather* most of its
supply from streams, ponds, or
m»l>hy places. This food, mj * Wat
tunV i-'uriu Poultry, cou-Utk of grow
ing hoots and roots of water plants, 1
snail* the larvae of various in
ked*, together with •mall tt-li aud
. other ui|iiatin life Successful duck
raUera hate learned a taliiahlr lessonJ
from Mature 4i>d g'»e younjj ducks no
j hard food.
The pot Ito erop in Kaii*ae ill l ' >e»r i
Ik IUIIIK i r iilid " ' > #&TFT p« r bUblui is
I predicted tut them U j fall.
A BENEFIT TO FARMERS.
Consolidation of Ilni-veater Plant*
Means (be Continuation of Low
Prlcei to Buyers.
The benefits that will undoubtedly
result to farmers from the recent in
corporation of the International liar-;
vester Company, which took over the
business of the five leading harvester
manufacturers have probably not
been considered by a large portion o£
the farming- community.
The economical necessity of a con<
solidation of the interests of inanu-*
facturers and those of their farmer
customers must be apparent to any
one who understands the present sit
uation.
The increased and increasing cost
of material, manufacturing and sell-
I ing—the latter in consequence of ex
treme and bitter competition between
manufacturers and their several sell
ing agents—has made the business
unprofitable.
The two alternatives left for the
manufacturers were either the in
creasing of the prices of machines
or the reduction of the cost of man
ufacture and sales. The latter could
only ba accomplished by concentrat
ing tho business in one company.
As can readily be seen, the forming
of the new company was not a stock
jobbing operation, but a centering of
mutual interests. There is no watered
stock; the capitalization is conserva
tive and represented by actual and
tangible assets. There is no stock
offered to the public, it having all
been (subscribed and paid for by the
manufacturers and their associations.
The management of the Interna
tional Harvester Company is in tiie
hands of well-known, experienced
men.
The officers are: President, Cyrus
IT. McCormick; Chairman Executive
Committee, Charles Deering; Chair
man Finance Committee, George W.
Perkins; Vice-Presidents, Ilarold F.
McCormiclc, James Deering, Win. 11.
Jones and John J. Glessner; Secre
tary and Treasurer, Richard F. Howe.
The members of the Board of Di
rectors are as fallows: Cyrus Bent
ley, William Deering, Charles Deer
! ing, James Deering, Eldridge M. Fow
ler, E. 11. Gary, John J. Glessner,
Richard F. Howe, Abram M. Hyatt,
William 11. Jones, Cyrus H. McCor
mick, Harold F. McCormick, George
W. Perkins, Norman B. Ream, Leslia
N. Ward, Paul D. Cravath.
The International Harvester Com
pany owns five of the largest har
vester plants in existence. The Cham*
pion, Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee
and Piano—plants that have been pro
ducing nearly or quite 90 per cent,
of the harvesting machines of the
world.
It also owns timber nnd coal land?K
blast furnaces and a steel plant; it
has a new factory in process of con
struction in Canada.
It is believed that the cost of pre
ducing grain, grass and corn har
vesting machines will be so reduced
that the present low prices can be
continued, nnd that consequently the
results cannot be otherwise than
beneficial to the farmer. To main
tain the present prices of these ma
chines means to continue and in«
crease the development of the agri
culture of the world, for no one
cause has contributed or can con
tribute more to this development
than the cheapness of machines for
harvesting grains.
HAS A WIRELESS STATION.
Foatnl Telesirapb ('able Company I'm
Übllibot HUVI'CMIUI Llue with .Tlar
coui Company.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany has established a successful
wireless telegraph station, in con
nection with the 'Marconi Company of
America, at Sagaponack, L.l. Mes
sages are sent to all the ships of the
great ocean-going vessels which have
been equipped with the Marconi sys
tem. The apparatus is being install
ed rapidly in most of the big liners,
and the list, of ships which may oe
communicated with while still at sea
is growing weekly.
The new service is somewhat ex
pensive, and of course will appeal
ehie-lly to persons who like luxuries
and can afford to pay for them. Thus
messages of ten words will cost the
senders S:J, with a rote of 12 cents
for each word additional. It is be
lieved that the station of Sagaponack
will soon be doing a large business in
telegrams sent from all parts of the
country.
The Marconi Wireless Telegrapft
Company of America at its ollices in
New York the other day gave out a
direct contradiction front the 'Mar
quis Solari, of Italy, in regard to the
published reports that Signor Mar
coni had yielded credit for his inven
tions to the marquis. The official
journal of the patent ofllee on .July
16 contained a notice announcing
that Marconi sought leuve to amend
ltis application l>y converting it into
an "application for a patent for an
Invention communicated to him from
abroad by the Marquis Solari."
STRING CURES HICCOUGHS.
Young lluaalnu l.lrl Altar NiiUVrliig
for Tlirr« Year* la Krllsted tu a
Mlinplx M ay.
♦llceoiighs of three years' standing
were cured at Dellevue hospital, New
York City, the other day, with a bit
of string. 'Mi*s tiaruh Itlockson, a
young IliiftMun gill, *%a* subject to
spells of niHsnclmlia, and when once
site hail acquired the notion that
could not stop hiccoughing sh# h id
hern sitting In her home nailing for
th» fecurrint,' t*|>a u»i. The physic
ians tied about her waist a eord so
light that the spasmodic movements
r.f the diaphragm were controlled.
■She was iiiiabln to hiccough any
more. \ft<-r ten minute the eord
wa > removed, and the young woman
Mas tolil she wus cured. Ihe manner
of tin- ph> i' tin was elthi r so n>a
v|n< lii|' ill t ore *.n i i clfeetual
thil front that uioiiu nt sh c> sard tu
be disturbed.