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IM BOOK OF PKENTICE MULFORB
A (Ml Mutiny Ktght Werk Wight
I WatatMS Carrying Studding SalU Beau-
Ufal te Loek at. Diabolical te Handle.
Scrubbing Decks.
tCepyrtbte4, 198B, by the Auther.)
IV.
N E night the
pumps broke
down flve min
utes befere 12
o'clock. Our
watch was at
work en them.
The carpenter
was c a 1 1 e (1 as
usual, anil after
the usual buncllnc and fishing in the
well for the broken valves, they were
put In order again. It was then nearly
,1 a. m. Meanwhile nil the able seamen
In our watch had at eight bells walked
below. The watch newly conie en deck
(refused te pump the ship clear, alleging
it was the business of the ethers. The
watch below were bidden te come en deck
and perform their neglected duty. They
: refused. This was mutiny. The four
.mates get their pistols, entered the fore
'castle and stormed, ordered nnd threat
ened. It was of no avail The Of lecn
able teamen who refuted constituted the
main strength and effectiveness of that
watch. They wcre threatened with be-
1.
lng put in irons. The preferred irons
.te pumping out of their turn. They wcre
(put in irons, fifteen stout men, by four
jmatcs, who then returned and reported
'proceedings te the captain. The men re
'maincd shackled until the next morn
tine It was then discovered that it was
limpossible te work the ship without their
aid. Of course they ceuldn t handle the
vessel in irons. .
The Wizard rated ever 8,000 tens, and
many a frigate of iier size would have
been deemed poorly off with less than
Idhe hundred men for handling the ship
'alone We rarely secured the lower saili
properly in heavy weather, from the mere
lack of physical strength te handle them.
Se Capt S pored sadly at his break
fast through his geld bowed spectacles,
and when the meal was ever issued
orders for the rclease of the fifteen men
(in irons. In this little affair the boys and
ordinary seamen belonging te the muti
nous watch took no part. They were
'strictly neutral and waited te eco which
Jde would win. I felt rather unpleasant
and alarmed. Though net a full fledged
.mutiny and a conversion of a peaceful
merchantman into a pirate, it did leek
at one tiine as if the initiatory Bteps te
such end wcre being taken.
One of the great aims of cxistence at
scajs that of keeping the decks clean.
The scrubbing, swishing and swashing
is performed by eacli watch en alternate
1,
mornings, nnd commences at daylight.
It was the oue ordeal which I regarded
'with horror and contempt. Yeu arc
called up at 4 iu thu morning, when the
sleep of a growing youth 13 soundest.
The maniacal wretch of the ether natch,
,who does the calling, does it with the
glee and scicech of a tlcnd. He will
net step his "All h-a-a-ndsl" until he
hears seme jesponsive echo from the
sleepers. He is noisy and joyous lie
cause it is te near the time he can turn
iu. And these four hours of sleep at bet)
are such luxuries as may rarely be real
ized en shore. But the main's watcli is
calling us, screeching, howling, thump
ing en the ferecastle deer, and making
himself extremely pleasant.
We are called and en deck, and stum
bling about, tnnybe with oue beet half
en, and meru nsleep than nvvuke and
mero dead than alive. We nre in the
warm, enervating latitude of the tropics,
witli every binuw relaxed from the steam
ing heat, Perhaps there is ;i light wind
aft. We are carrying studding sails.
Studding sails aie beautiful te leek at
from a disluncc. But when ence you
Jiave sailed in a ship carrying them from
uie reyais uevvn aim unevv something ei
the labor of rigging them out nil en one
aide, fore, main and tnirzen masts, and
then, if the breeze alters a ceuple of
points, taking the starboard sails all down
and rigging out the larboard, or perhaps
en both bides and this en u Sunday af
ternoon, when thore nre no jobs und
yeu've been expecting plenty of leisure
te eat your duff nnd molasses; or if
jeu have ever helped carry theso
heavy yards about the deck when
the ship was rolling violently iu a heavy
ground swell, and every tiiuoshe brought
up, 6ails, blocks and everything mova
ble was bringing up also with u series of
pistol like reports; or if you have ever
laid out en a royal yard trying te pass n
heavy rope through the "jewel block,"
at the extreme end thereof, while the
mast nnd yard were oscillating te and
fro with you through the air iu a rapid-
j Tccuriing series of gigantic arcs caused
V7 the lazv swell, in tlie trough of which
!- your ship is rolling and at the end of
eaclirell you und yourself holding en
" '
Hi mm
J, for dear life, test at the termination el
each oscillation you be shot like en ar
e "" i"iu iue i.-u iiuui your insecure
ft sercli why in all these cases the ueautv
sg, ana picttiresqueness or a ship umier
i?yt5 studding sails will be tempered by some
& sober icalities.
thu 1. t. K.Qn rt -- 1. rvi.J -.-
ft$ light has ceme. The cry of "Turn tel"
M ueare. That is, "turn te" te wash
wwe aecKS, an operation which will tax
-; ue aireuuy exiiausica resources or an
empty stomach until breakfast time at 8
o'clock. The mated have their fragrant
"cabin coffee" and biscuit served them
en the brass capstan aft; we can smell
tu aroma, but nothing warm can get
into our stomachs for ever two long
hours of work. The basie idea in this
fifrf regular washing down decks at sea seems
! le ee tuat or keeping men busy for the
L - sake of keeping them busy. The ten of
7a every deck plank must be scrubbed with
.S care ana scrutiny beutting the labors
i. of a diamond polisher en his coins, while
'""?. the Under cliln nmv IwV .Irlnnine vllli
vfeulnca, as it sometimes is. I had the
.yew ei uoner in scrubbing the quarter
ek- That was the drawing of water
Jm caavaa bucket from the mizzen
jafcftlM te wash ever that deck. The
J Win aining five boys would push
fwwrily about with their brooms,
. mbq pnuaes, vquaDg ana sqaUgccs, su
4 9r)ftteeded by our extraordinary fourth
te (slways te me en objectef interest,
Lfreui the fact of the secret carefully
-hoarded In my breast that I had pulled
him iute the Kw Vwk decki wlie. with
microscopic eye, iiupectcd each crack
aad team after the boys' labors, In acarch
of atomic particles of dirt, and called
them back with all the dignity of com
mand, and a small amount of command cemmand
Jng personality behind It, whenever he
deemed he had discovered any. When
this labor was finished I waa generally
se exhausted as te have no nppetite for
breakfast. Out a sailor' stomach is net
presumed te be at nil sensitire under
any conditions. And above all, a "boy"
a boy belonging te a squad of boys
who about ence a day wcre encouraged
and enthused te exertion and maritime
ambition by the assurance conveyed them
by ene of the mates that they weren't
"worth their salt" what business
had a boy's stomach te put en
airs at sea? Most landsmen, if
called up at 4 o'clock en n muggy morn
ing nnd worked like mules for a ceuple
of hours en a digestive vacuum, would
probably at the breakfast hour feel mere
the need of fowl than thonppctiteto par
take of It
Though I followed the sea nearly two
years, I tun no sailor. The net result of
my marilirae experience. Is a capacity for
tying a Itow line or n square knot and a
positive knowlcdge nnd conviction con
cerning which end of the ship gees first.
I also knew enough net te threw het
ashes te windward.
But en a yard I could never dq much
olse but held en. The foolhardy men
about me would lie out flat en their
stomachs amid the darknes? nnd storm,
nnd expese themselves te the risk of
pitching headlong Iute the sea in the
most reckless manner while trying te
"spill the wind" out of n t'gallant Rail.
But I never emulated them. 1 novel
lived up te the marltliue maxim of "one
hand for yourself nnd the ether for the
owners." I kept both hands for myself,
and that kept me from going overboard,
What would the owners have cared had
I gene overboard? Nothing. Such an
eccurrence twcnty-flve odd years age
would, weeks nfterward, liave been re ro re
perted in the marine news this wayi
"Common sailor, very common sailor,
fell from t'gallant yard off Cape Hern
nnd lest."
The owner would liave secretly re
joiced, as he bought his Christmas toys
for his children, that the t'gallant yard
had net gene with the sailor. Ne; en a
yard in a storm 1 lielicvcd and lived up
te the maxim: "Held fast te that which
is geed." The yard wastoed. Vet I was
ambitious when a boy ifore the most
en the clipper which brought me te Cal
ifornia. I was quick te get into the rig
ging when thore was anything te de
aloft. But ence in the rigging I was of
little utility.
The first time I went up at night te
ioeso ene of the leyals, I thought I
should never step climbing. The deck
seen vanished in the darkness of n vcrj
black tropical night, the mastheads
were likewise lest in n Cimmerian ob
scurity whatever that is. At last I
found the yard. I wasn't quite sure
whether it was the right ene or net. 1
didn't knew exnetly what te de. I knew
I had te untie something somewhero.
But where? Mcnntime the savage Scotch
second mate was bellowing, as it then
seemed, a ralle below me. I knew tin
Ik-Hew was for me. 1 had te de some
thing, and I commenced doing. I did
knew, or rather guessed, enough te cast
off the loe nnd weather gosltcte, or llnca
which bind the sail when furled te the
yard, and then I innde them up into n
most bleveuly knot. But the bunt gas
ket (the line binding the inlddle and
most bulky portion of the sail) bothered
me. I couldn't untie it. 1 picked nwny
at It desperately, tere my nails and skin
ning my knuckles..
The bellowing from below continued
ns fiercely tm ever, which, though net
iutclliglble as te words, was certainly
exhorting me, and me only, te vigilance.
Then thu watch get tired waiting for me.
Thinking the sail loosed, they began
heisting. They heisted thu yard te its
proper placennd me with it. I rlutig en
nnd went up higher. That, by the way,
alwavs comes of holding fast te that
which is geed. Then n man's head caiue
bobbing up out of the darkness. It was
that of a geed natured Nantucket boy,
v hoie nauie of course wac Collin, lle
asked me the trouble. I went into
a lengthy explanation about the
unmanageable knot. "Oh, the knetl"
said he. "Cut itl" mid he cut it. I
would never liave cut it. In my then
and even pretent' nautical Ignoiunce 1
should liave expected the mast or yard
te liave fallen from cutting anything
aloft. Only n few days previous I had
seen the captain en the quarter deck
jumping up and down in his tiacks with
nige because a common Heniuau had, by
mistake, cut a mizzen Iimce, and the bee
end mate, as usual, had jumped up and
down en the seaman when lie reached
the deck. I feared te seta similar jump
ing process in operation. Coming eti
deck ufter my lengthy and blundering
sojourn loosing n rejal, I expected te Ihj
mauled te n pulp for my btupldity. But
both watch and fallowing mate had gene
below and I heard no mero of it.
A few days after my unsuccessful as
cension, the Wizard one morning shot
through a bank of fog and Sun l'ruu l'ruu l'ruu
cisoe lay before us.
PilKKTICK MULFOKl).
A Ni'H llit4illit- I'aim.
W. T, Williams, banker and het ting home
owner of Viuteu, In., Iwis jut pincliased u
WO acre fiinn, adjacent te Ilusttn;;, Neb.,
for f 10,000, mid will start n breeding estnb
lliliuicnt. CHESS AND CHECKERS.
Chess pieblem Ne. 40-Ily V. A. Bliink
inau. Mark 3 piece.
White S iiiecei
White te play and mate, in Unco iiieps.
Checker problem Ne 4i l Huuuah.
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THE LANCASTER BAILYe INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, JANUABY
A SEA COOK'S LIFE.
Trials of Dealing with a Land
Lubber Steve.
LOO BOOK OF PRKNTICK MULFORD
II QnallflM lijr Making an Irlli Slew,
tlia Only frlli lle Cenlil Make Vrwl
"In a Blew" for Wrk l'l Daff,
rium uuir, ruin uir My iiuir.
(Oeijrlgtited, IM9, bj the AuUier.l
V. 4
8 HIPP ED as
cook and stew
ard of the schoon
er Henry, bound
from San Frnn Frnn
clsce for a whal
ing, sealing, aba aba aba
lone curing and
general "pick up" voyego along the
Lewer Californian coast. My acceptance
us cook was baBcd en the production of nn
Irish stew which I cooked for the cap
tain nnd mate whlle the Henry was
"he ve down" en the beach at North point,
and undergoing the process of cleaning
her bottom of barnacles. I can't recol
lect at this Inpse of time where I learned
te cook an Irish stew. I will ndd that it
was all I could cook positively ull nnd
with this astounding capital of culinary
ignorance I ventured down upon the
great deep te de the maritime house
work for twenty great men.
When we were fairly ntleat nnd thu
rarallenes were out of sight, my fearful
incapacity for the duties of the position
became apparent. Uesldcs, I was dread
fully scabick, and se remained for two
weeks. Yet I cooked. It was purgatory,
net only for myself, but all hands.
Thcre was a general howl of execration
forward and aft nt my bread, my lob leb lob
sceusc, my tea, my coffee, my beef, ray
beans, my cake, my pics. Why the cop cep
tain continued ine in the position, why
they didn't threw me overboard, why I
was net beaten te n jelly for my contin
ued culinary fullurcs, is for me te this
day ene of the great mysteries of my ex
istence We wcre away nearly ten
months. I was thrce months learning
my trade The Bufferings of the crew
during theso thrce mouths wcre fearful.
They had te cat my fuilurcs or starve.
Several times it was intimated te me by
the under ofllcers that I had better ro re
Bign and go "fer'ard" us oneof the crew.
I would net. 1 persevered nt the ex
pen se of many n pound of geed (lour. I
conquered nnd returned n second class
sea cook.
The Henry was a small vessel the
deck was a clutter of whaling gear.
Where my galley or sea kitchen should
liave been bleed the try works for lull
ing blubber. They shoved me around
anywhere. Sometimes I was moved te
the starboard side, sometimes te the lar
board, sometimes when cutting iu n
whale way astern. I expected eventu
ally te be heisted intoeno of the tepsaud
cook aloft. Any well regulated galley is
placed amidships, where there is the
least motion. This is an iuiertuiit con
sideration for a bea cook. At lebt he is
often obliged te itiaKu his soup like an
acrobat, half en his head and half en hi;
heelH, and with the reef of liii unsteady
kitchen trying te become the deer. My
steve was net u marine btee. It had no
rail around the edges te guard the pets
and kettles from falling off during extra
lurches.
The Henry was n most uneasy craft,
and alwayB getting up etni lurches et
clse trying te stand en her head or 6tern.
Therefore, as she flew up high astern
when I was located in that quarter, she
lias in mero than ene instance flung me
bodily, iu nn unguarded moment, out el
that galley deer and ever that nu.utei
deck, vthile a host of kettles, covers nnd
ether culinary utensils rushed with clang
and clatter out after me nnd w ith me n
their commander at their head. We nil
eventually terminated in the bcuppers.
I will net, as usual, bay "lee 6cuppers."
Any bcupper was a lee scupper en that
infernal ess.el. I endeavored te lempdy
the lack of a tail about thi.sstoe by a
system of wires attaching both iietsmid
lids te the galley ceiling. 1 "guyed"
my chief culinary uteubils. Still during"
furious oscillations of the beat the pets
would roll oil their holes, and, though
prevented from falling, bome of them as
btispcndcd by these wiies would bwiug
like se many pendulums, around uud te
and fro ever the area of that steve.
That was the busiest year of my life.
I was the (list ene up iu the morning,
and the last, save the watch, te turn in
at night. In this dry goods box of n
kitchen I had daily te prcpaie a break
fast for 6even men in the cabin, nnd
another for cloven in the ferecastle; u
dinner for the cabin and another for the
foiecastle; likewise supper for the name.
It was my business te set the aristocratic
cabin table, clear it. oil and wash the
dishes three times daily. I had te Gcrre
out the tea and ceffee te the cloven men
forward. The cabiu expected het bis
cuit for breakfast, and frequently pie
nnd pudding for dinner. Abeve all men
must the sea cook net only liave a place
for everything and everything in Its
place, but he must liave everything
choked and wedged In its place. Yeu
muht wash up jour tea things, some
times holding en te the deck with your
tees, and the washtub with oue hand,
and wedging each plate, be seen ns
wiped, into a corner, se that it slide
net away and smash. And even
then the cntire dish washing ap
paratus, yourself included, blides
gently across the deck te leeward. Yeu
can't lcavea fork, or n btove cover, or lid
lifter lying about indifferently but what
it slides nnd sneaks lAvay with the roll of
the vessel te seme secict crevice, and is
long lest. When your best dinner is
cooked in rough weather, It Is a time of
trial, tenor and tribulation te bestow it
safely en the cabin table. Yeu must
harbor your kindling and matches as sa
credly an the ancients kept their house
hold gods, for if net, en stormy morn
ings, v. ith the drift flying ever the deck
and everything wet and clammy with
the water biirchargud air of thu Mn, your
breakfast will be hours late through ina
bility te kindle n (ire, whereat the cook
catchen ft fieni that potentntoof the sea,
"the old man," and ull the mates raise!
their voices and cry with empty Etem '
aclm, "I.et him Ui accursed."
One great trial with me lav in the dif
lieully of distinguishing iVueh walei
from ball I mean bythocie. We tea
r
y n
cooks uw salt water te Den ncet and po pe
tat6es in; or rather te bell beef and perk
and steam the iotatees. Se I usually
had a pall of salt water and ene of fresh
standing by the galley deer. Sometimes
these get mixed up. I always found
this out after making salt water ceffee,
but then it was tee late. They wcre
particular, especially in the abln, and
did net like salt water ceffee. On nny
strictly disciplined vessel the cook, for
such nn effense, would have been com
pelled te drink a quart or se of his own
coffee, but seme merciful cherub aloft
always interfered and get me out of bad
ficra)cs. Anothcranneyanco was the less
of spoons nnd forks thrown accidentally
overboard as I flung nwny my soup nnd
grease clouded dishwater. It wai In
deed bitter when, as occupied In theso
dally washings, I allowed my ralnd te
drift te ether nnd brighter scenes, te see
the glitter of a upoen or fork In the nlr
or sinking In the deep blue sea.and then te
reflect that already thcre were net enough
spoons te go nreund, or forks cither.
Our storeroom was the cabin. Among
ether articles thore was a keg of molasses.
One evening after draining a quantity I
neglected te close the faucet tightly.
Molasses, thcrcfore, oozed ever the cabin
fleer nil night. The cabin wan a freshet
of uiela&'w.'s. Very early in the morning
the captain, getting out of his bunk,
jumped both Bteckingcd feet Inte the
saccharine dcluge. Some men will
swear as vigorously in a feet-bath of mo
lasses as they would in ene of coal-tar.
He did. It was a very black day for me,
and life generally seemed joyless and un
inviting; but I cooked en.
The Henry was full of mice. These
little creatures would obtrudethemselves
in my dough wet up for fresh bread ever
night, beceme bcmlrcd and die therein.
Once a meuse thus dead was uncon
sciously rolled up in n biscuit, baked with
it, and served smoking het for the morn
lug's meal nft. It was, as it were, an in
voluntary meat pie. Of coune the cabin
grumbled; but they would grumble at
anything. They wcre ns particular about
their feed ns an habltue of Delmenico's.
I wish new at limes I had saved that bis
cuit te add le my collection of odds and
cndiblcs. Still even the biscuit proved
but uii cplsode in my career. I cooked
en, and these I served steed aghast, net
knowing what would ceme next.
After flve months of self training I
graduated en pica. I studied and
wrought out the making of pics unas
sisted and untaught. Mine were sea
tnince pies; material, salt beef soaked le
freshness nnd boiled londer, dried apples
and molasses. The cabin pronounced
them geed. This was ene of the few
feathers In my culinary cap. Of course,
their goodness was relative. Oil shere
such a pie would be scorned. Out en a
long sea veyage almost any combination
of Heur, dried fruit and sugar will pass.
Indeed, the appetite, rendered mero vig
orous and perhaps appreciative by long
deprivation from luxuries, will take net
kindly te dried apples alene. The
changes in llm weekly bill of fare nt sea
run something" tints: Sundays and
Thursdays are "duff days;" Tuesday,
bean day; Friday, codfish and potato
day; 6emu vessels have oue or two spe
cial days for perk; salt beef, hardtack,
tea and ceffee nre fluids und solids te fall
back en every day. I dreaded the mak
ing of duffs, or flour puddings, te the
end of the veyage. Ilarcly did 1 attain
success with them.
SA duff is a quantity of flour nnd yeast,
or yeast powder, mixed, tied up in n bag
and boiled until it Is light. Plum duff
nrgues the insertion of n quantity of rais
ins. Plain duff is duff without raisins,
lint the proper cooking of a duff is
rather a delicate matter. If it boils tee
long tlie flour settles into a hard, putty
like inasd, whercuute there is neither
ppengiuess, lightness, nor that porous perous poreus
ness which delights the heal t of a cook
when he takes his duff from the seething
caldron. If the duff does net boil long
enough, tlie interior is still a paste. If
u duff bteps boiling for ever se few min
utes, great damage results. And some semo seme
times duff won't de properly, anyway.
Mine weie generally of the hardened
species, and the plums evinced a ten
dency te held mass meetings nt the bot
tom. Twice the bauds forward rebelled
at my duffs, nnd their committee en
culinary grievances bere them nft te the
deer of the cabin and deposited them
tliere unbroken nnd uneaten for the "Old
Man's" inspection. Which public dem
onstration I witnessed from my galley
deer, and when the duff deputation had
retired, Iemeigeil.anil swiftly uud bilcnt
ly bere that duff uway befere the Old
Man had finished his dinner below. It is
a hard ei deal thus te feel one's self the
subject of buch an outbreak of popular
indignation, llut my sympathies new
are all with tlie bailers. A spoiled duff
is a great misfortune iu the ferecastle of
n whaler, wheie neither pie nor cake nor
any ether delicacy, save boiled flour and
molasses sauce, ceme from month's end
le month's end.
Prentice Mulfeiid.
CONCERNING PLUMBING.
Smnetlilnif That l by Mniiy Ktsnrilttl a
a Neieiiury Kill.
Hy a grunt iiriny weple plumbing work is
rugnrded ns a uucuAary evil. As te its being
necessary for comfortable und economical
li mg there can (hi no doubt. As te its being
an evil, that ileiwnda, There U no reason
why all plumbing uetk should net lw safe
from a sanitary standpoint. There is no rea
son why tliere should be vexatious plumbing
lulls te disturUtoiie's pence of mind and de
plete his iRK'kctboek. Plumbing work nny
Ui laid out nnd executed in a way le be en
tirely sum ami economical of maintenance.
There nre n fe piliuiplrs which one needs
te consider in order te bring nlmiit the re
mlta ntiove eulllneil. All plumbing work is
nwntially n syem of water supply ilrniimge
fiem tlie Iieiim, nnd the attachments te the
drains nre thu fixtures, such ns kitchen sinks,
water closets, wash stands, Iwth tubs nnd
laundry tulis. All of these IWtures hnve con
nectien with public
or prlvnte water
supply or both.
Thoihninnge from
the llxturcs ami
their connection
therewith is the
Ml tot the plumb
ing work requiring
the most skilled at
tention. The main
drain eutshle of the
Iieum) has direct
connection with a
vault or sewer. It
Id tmtvirtnnt th:it
B TllAr. j0 i,s(,0 cemu'C-
tieuwith this ill ulti besucli ns will prevent
the pissngoef tlie contaminated niref the
sewir or ault into llm house. This is dens
.Iu two ways. Pirst, tlie fixtures hne a
trapped or water seakul connection with the
drain tVcend, the nlr in the drain has an
exit nliove the top of the house. This is done
by continuing tlie drain nliove the root. This
iswlmt is known ns drain ventilation. All
drain" with nllflxtuies should be entUatnl
in this way.
The "S" trnp referred te gets its uame
from its form, which Is illustrntml by the
sketch, Theiliuiu water comes down through
the trap from nlieve into the lower (art of
tlie bend and then upwards nnd ngnlii down
wards nnd into the drain. Thus there is a
certain uuuuiiitet wat-r always hi this trap.
This water is called the seal. The depth of
thu seal is dejieiiduiit upon the depth of the
ticnd in the trap It w ill Iw seeu that the nlr
would have le pass through thu water te get
into the houe.
There are many conditions under w hlch the
trup would fall te act The w ater may be
siphoned out, limy uviqiorate, or it may be be be
ttome centaiiiinuUxl from leug connection
with the nlr In thu drain. The ventilation of
thtulrulii und the entllatioiief the trnpru
dima this rik Ui a luiuliuuju. There are
hundrels of different Hnni et traps, out taey
ere all constructed en the ssm principle.
They are all largely dependent upon the water
sesl f or protection te the inside of the house.
Abundant flushing U highly Important as m
precautionary measure. Flushing means a
discharge of large qnsntlties of water through
the trstn awl drains. The frequent use of
plumbing apparatus contributes te Its safety
from a sanitary standpoint.
Sketch He. S is of a water closet of a wash
out pattern. There
are hundreds of
makes of water
rlem-U constructed
in this way. Jlie
body of the clwwt
is et porcelain. The
upper part Is a
large bowl, having
an "H" trap con
nection with the
mil plpe. The mat
1. n nn.l k .. .1
,3 UI WW 11 . T
thcre Is a (lushing HOSIHc;
mnK nirave. iiiu
has a 114 inch con
nection with the
bowl. When the
closet Is used the
chain handle Is
pulled and the bowl '
is flushed witb a a
large quantity of
l.ln. TI.Im fa tl.A
simplest and best wasuoet .
type of water closet new In use. Hwlllbeno Hwlllbene
tlettt that the closet proper Is entirely ex
posed te view.
Sketch Ne. 3 shows a modern washstand.
It is carried en brackets made of marble or
iron, the top nnd back are marble, and the
bow I of percelal n ware. 1 1 has a standing over
flow at the back and leslds of the bowl, this
bowl having n straight back rather than a
true seml-sphcrical form, as Is common. The
MODKUN WABHSTAKD.
ordinary waste, which is In the back of the
bowl, becomes foul from rancid 'soap which
accumulates therein from tlrae te time. The
standing overflow mentioned here can be
lifted out nt any time and washed. It also
acts as a waste when one desires te drain the
water from the bowl. By merely turning
the little knob nt the top an opening Is
formed. An objection te the plug nnd chain
waste is that the chain gets foul and Is never
perfectly clean. After it has been used once
it is foul for use next time. It will be ob
served that in this instance the entire under
part et the washstand is left open.
it rrff
The bath tub shown In sketch Ne. 4 Is of
Iren, tierceluln lined. They nre made of
planished copper, solid porcelain and enst
iron unpainted. The copper tub is the cheap
est; the porcelain the best. The ireu, porce
lain lined, is a very agreeable compromise.
It has the standing overflow, saine as that
described for washstands, and this tub is net
cased at sides or ends any mere than is tlie
vuMistand nnd water closet described.
Tiie kitchen sinks have been described be be
fei e. The laundry-fittings will be considered
nt some-othor time. Leuis II. Gibsen.
TIIE TISK RANGE FINDER.
AN INVENTION OF VALUE TO THE
UNITED STATES NAVY.'
American Nuval Success In 1813-14 Was
Due Solely te Superior Uundlliii; et Mie
Gum, und Hi In Was Hue te Clese Kstl
mates of Ituucu Itrltltli Improvement.
Authorities nre quite generally agreed
that iu tlie war of 1812 the great
bource of our buccess was undoubt
edly thu superior management nnd
diiectien of our guns, and that the Kng
lish and ether governments wcre satis
fled of this is sufllcieutly proved by the
careful attention they have since con
tinued te bestow upon this branch of the
naval service. Net only must we have
well trained guns' crews with geed shots
us gun captains, but tlie officers iuutt
perform their paits as well. Thu guns
must le completely under the contiel of
the efliccis and through them of the
captain; which means that te the speedy
bcrvice of the guns must be added the
correct placing of the sight bars, se that
no shot may be wasted.
Tlie lire of guns ntbea is it much moie
diflicult matter te deal with than their
file en bheie, the speed of the swiftest
target en shore, a squadron of cavahy,
beiiig ncaily always exceeded utleaU
In finding the distance of ntuiget, or the
range eh it is called, it is customary te
feel the way te a first uppieximutinn te
the correct range by firing as rapidly as
may be convenient a succession of single
shots, using thu rapid file guns for this
put pose, as their range is generally suf
ficient, and tlie waste of ammunition is
THE IUNQK FINDER.
net ns appreciable. Existing guns, in
the hands of gun captains of fair skill,
will put about one-font ill the shots filed
from t'lem when afloat into a target
twelve feet high and of meet nny length
the vertical i.ilher than thu horizontal
being the chief consideration when at
2,000 yards lange, the distance being
accurately known. This will probably
be the effective ninge for opening futuie
engagements.
Such is at least the opinion held by
most gunnery experts lielh in this coun
try and in foreign services. It is toover teover toever
coma this element of uncertainty in the
calculation of the distance tlm enemy is
off, and te thereby increase the range at
whichthc gun relgnsbupri'inp.tliat Lieut.
Kiske, United States navy, has brought
his knowledge and ingenuity te bear.
His range (iuder, which is illustrated by
the iieci)mMiijiiig cut, introduces elec
tricity uud depends almost entiiely upon
the principles of the Wheatstone bridge
or the cleftiicul balance. The instru
ment ceiuibts of an iien tripod buport bupert
ing a flat iien table, carrying a telescope
which has ii vertical uud a horizontal mo
tion, and which is also in the circuit of nn
electric current. In order lobecure hav
ing a base line, no matter whether the
Vfbacl presents bow, stern or broadside
te the target, there nre four of these tri
teM
r
rffer
--aV
NVV
25, 1600.
pods en racn snip, ene M cither end of
the bridge forming the shorter base Uriel
third forward and a fourth sit, form
ing a longer base line, which la about ths
length of the ship.
Tlie two tripods forming the base tines
are connected with the electric battery,
carrying a weak cut-rent, twtf accumula
tor cells being sufficient, and also with
a galvanometer. Tlie principle Involved
In finding the range and position of an
object depends upon the determination
of a fractional portion of a conducting
body bearing In length a ratio te an angle
between two lines of sight directed upon
the distant object, and the measurement
of the electrical resistance of that length.
The practical working of the apparatus
includes' thrce observers, ene at each
telescope, and a third nt the galvanom
eter. On top of oneof the tripods, and
underneath the telescope, Is a slider
which is adjustable and has its middle
portion insulated se that the current can
not pass across, but gees by wire te the
galvanometer. Moving this, slider one
way or another increases or lessens the
resistance and causes n deflection in the
needle of the galvanometer.
One of the observers Bights his tele
scope at the target, and a certain deflec
tion of the needle is observed. Tlie ethci
observer also sights en the object, and
the needle shows a change in deflection.
The slider is then moved until the needle
of the galvanometer reads zero, and the
position of the slider in reference te a
fixed scale of yards shows at once the
distance the target is away from the ob
ject. Well known principles of the re
lation of arcs and the sides nnd angles el
triangles bear te each ether render it
possible, from the data of lengths, angles,
etc., of the apparatus itself te extend
their proportions te any distance, and il
is by these methods of propeition and
the eiectrie balance that the required
distance is obtained. Its application is
net confined te vessels alone, as it can
be applied nnywhere where a base line
of known length can be obtained.
Fer instance, the telescopes, suitably
mounted, could bu sent out en the skir
mish line or te any ether advanced po
sition and the distance of an enemy's
works or tteups accurately determined,
M that the gunners would knew nt what
range te elevate their guns. The treuble
en shipbeaid has been that the base line
has heretofore pieved tee short for prac
tical use, and ths delay has been caused
by time required for communication be
tween the two el servers,
Secmiil lliuvtnnn Cliai-Ies Creeks.
Charles Creeks, tlie expert second baseman
of the Columbus club, has been n professional
bull player for the past thrce years. He was
born Nev. 0, IW'.G, hi St. raid, Mlun. His first
lins.'bnU e.iericiice
was gained while
a student nt cellege
in Racine, V I s.
ills first profes
sion a I engage engage
nient was in IbSO
with the Minneap
elis team. At the
end of the benseu
he tanked first Iu
the ellieinl aver
ages ns third base
man. In lbS7 he
covered second base
for the Kt t'aul chables ciioeks.
club und milked sixth in the batting aver
ages of the Nerthwi-stem league. During
tlie latter part of the season of lbtiS he played
second base for the Omaha club of the West
ern association. He staid with the Omnlms
dm lug the season of ISb'J, playing In niuety
seven gtinie-, und being credited with sixteen
home runs, twelve tin re base hits and fifteen
doubles. TewanK the end of the season he
signed with Columbus for the remaining
months. His work with that club was of n
very high order. In thirteen guinea that he
played nt second base for the Columbus club
be had soicnty-euo chances, and accepted all
except one. While playing w ith the Omaha
team in n championship game ngaiust the bt.
l'nul club, June S, lbS'J, Creeks inade five
successive safe hits, including four home
runs and a single, or a total of seicnteen
bases. Creeks covers n great deal of ground
Iu a short time, nnd his celerity In stepping
ground hlU and tin owing te bases Is mar-
fuleiia
Nuture In Convulsion
Is terrlllc. Volcanic eruptions, cj clones, earth earth earth
qiuikcsiircnwfulljanittrcmendouslypictuiesiiue but scarcely desirable te emulate in action nnd
cHect by the administration of remedies which
prodiicncmiMilsleunnil ngeny In the abnormal
portion of the human frame. Hueh Is theefTect
of the old-fuslilened violent purgatives happily
fulling mere and mero Inte disuse, anil of which
Hosteller's Stenuirh DIIUts Is the wholesome,
pleasant and far mere cllectlve suceedaucum.
They weakened tlie Intestines the Hitters In
vigorates them. They left the bowels inncttv e,
because Incapacitated by cnsulm; feebleness.
The Hitters, en theeenirnry. nnd because it en
ables, but forces, lliem lenel a vast mid rortu rertu rortu
natedlllercnco pcrpetuatis their activity unit
regularity. Tlie mcrlshcnetlclally stimulated,
a.s the klilnejH also urc, by this medicine, which
easily cempters, nlse, nialurln, iiereusiicss nud
riieuiiiutlsin.
.V century of progress has net produced a
remedy equal te Ely's Cream Bulm for catarrh
cold In the head und liuyfeer, It is net a
liquid era snull, but is perfectly safe und easily
applied Inte the nostrils, II gies Immediate
relief unit cures lite worst cases.
1)0111 nay there Is no help for catarrh, bay
fever and cold In hnul, since thousands testify
that Kly's Cream il.ilin hasenllrcly cured them.
It supersedes the dangerous use of liquids and
sin, Us. It Is easily applied into the nostrils nnd
gives relief nt once. l'rceOOc.
Special lloticce.
Mothei-H ! Metluu-H t ! Mether I I t
Are jeu disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by a sick child suffering and crying
with the excruciating puln of cutting teeth T If
se, goat ence and get a bottle of MI18. WJNB
LOW'B SOOTHING HYIIUF. It will relieve
the peer little BuUTcrcr Immediately depend
upon It; there is no mistake about It, There Is
net n mother en eartli who has ever used II,
who will net tell you at once that It will regu
late the bowels, nnd give rest te the mother, nud
relief und health te the child, operating like
magic. It Is perfectly safe te us In all cases and
pleasant te the taste, uud Is the prescriptien1 el
ene of the eldest and best female eh) slclans nud
nurses In the United WUitcs. Beld everywhere,
25 cents a bottle. unCSlydxw
Kpeuli.
The transition from long, lingering and pain
ful sickness te robust health marks an epoch in
the life of the Individual, riuch a remarkable
CM'nt Is treasured lu the memory nnd tlie
agency whereby tlie geed health has leen nl
talneit Is gratefully bles-ed. Hence it Is that se
much Is heard Iu praise of Kleetrle Hitters. He
many feet they ewe their restoration le health,
tu the use of the Circa t Alterative timl Tonic. If
you urn troubled with any dlsease of Kidneys,
I.lver or Htemaeh. of long or short standing,
jeu will surely Unit relief by use of Kleetrle Hit
lers. Held nt 60e nnd 1 perhottlent II. II. Coch
ran's DrunMure, lllTaiul IK) North Quceiiblrcct,
Kimcuster. l'a. (l
lluukleu'a Arnlett Salve.
TllK niTHAi.VR In the world ferCuts, llrulses
Beres, Ulcers, Halt Ilheiim, Kever Hercs, Teller,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Cerns, and all
Hkln Kruptleus, nnd positively curesj'lles, or
no nay required. It Is guaranteed te give per
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price U5
cents per box. I'er sale by II. H. Cochran,
Druggist, Nes. 137 nud X3& North Queen street,
L-iiicustcr, l'a. luuel'Myd
Thele HiiHliieMs lloemmir.
Probably no one thing has niused such n gen
eral revival of trnde nt 11. II. Cochran's llrug
Hlere ns their giving nwny te their customers of
se many free Irlal bottles of Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption. Their trade Is simply
enormous In this very viilunble article from the
fact that llnlwiivs cures uud uaverdlsnpH!ii(x
Coughs, Colds, AMhmti, llrenchllls, Creun, and
nil threat nnd lung diseases quickly cured. Yeu
can test it before buj lug by gettlngu trial buttle,
free, large slie (1. Kvery bottle warranted nt
II. II. Cochran's Drugstore, IW and lull North
tiueen street, Lancaster, l'a. p)
(Se It I.
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KHN HAKD WOODS. Wholesale mid Retail.
by,, ... "".-MAltTlNACO., '
u3-l d 121 Wuter Hlreet, Lancaster, l'a.
Y AUMOAIIDNKHH COMPANY.
COAL DEALERS.
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Ml North l'rlnce street,
Yaiuw North 1'rlnce Hlreet, near Heading
DeiKiU
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QtmcUKA. KKttKDlfjfc
Soratehed id YAt
faedj covered with sealra. itehlMtrr:
bte. Hunfcrlagrniliem-.iTerviler. petS
tet-flntld nlcdltilui-Sfett. 8tieMllrfcttti
ty CiHIcura at a coat of St
Cured by Outicura
If! had known of the Cuticura ttsatmrai
lSnAJr"c,ll,t tcun "K9 It would have saved ma
M (two hundred dollars) and an Imtseaaa
amount or sarrcrlng. My disease (peetlasS
commenced en uij- head In a spot het larsjw
than n cent. It spread rapidly all orermySedf
and get under my nails. The scales would dreit
off of me all the lime, and my suffering Wal
endless nnd without relief. One thousand dol
lars Would net letnnt mt tn hnvn fltila rilaAS
ji.ci ""ni. , am n peer man, nut reel ncn v
lie relleed of what some or the doctors sal'
was leprosy, soma rlhvirnrtti. tnltia) 4j
took..... and Knrsnpnrlltaevw enD year arid
n-lmlf, but no cure. 1 went te two or three dexv
iure,nuu no cure, i cannot praise tne CCTtctJ
iiAUKMRiiim tee much. They have made my
skin M clear and free from scales os a baby's.
All I used of them wcre three boxes of Cirri
CUBA, nnd three bottles el CtmcwRA Ksofc Ksefc
vbnt, nnd two cakes of CimcuxA Sear. If
you hed been here aud snld yen would have
cured nir ter f-200, you wenld have had ths
money. I looked like the picture In your book
of psoriasis (picture number two, " Hew te Cure
Bkln Diseases '), but new I am as clear as any
person cer was. Through force of habit I rob
my hands eyer my arms nnd legs te scratch
oiite In a while, but te no purpose. I am alt
well. I scratched twenly-clht years, and It
set te be n kind or second nature tome. I thank
you a thousand times.
DKNN18 DOWNING, Watcrbury, Vt
Outicura ReselTsat
The new nioednhdsklnl'urtncr and purest and
best or Humer Itemed ies. Internally, and COTI
cuiia, the gTcat Hkln Cure, and Cuticura
BeAl", an exquisite klu Ilcautirter, externally,
speedily, permanently cure every species of
Itching, burning, scaly, crusted, pimply, scrofu
lous, nnd hereditary diseases und humors of
the skin, scnlp, mid bleed, with less or hair,
from pimples te scrofula.;
Sold every where. Price. Cuticura, 80c, Seaf,
sw.; HESOI.VENT, si.w. l'repared by the Pet.
teii Dnue ani CiiKJtiCAi. ConreRATion, Bes
lAJlle
S-Send for " Hew te Cme Skin Diseases," M
pages, CO Illustrations, und 100 testimonials
DIMPLES, Dlnck Heads, Chapped and Oily
CATEDs"' ,p"cvcnlc, by CUTICURA MEDf-
KltKK HOM 1UIKUMATI8M.
In ene minute the Cuticura Antl-Paln PlasJH
ler relieves llheumnlie, Hclatlc, Hip, Kidney"
Chest, and Muscular Pains aud Weaknesses.
1'he first nnd only pain-killing plaster.
Sanferd's Radical Gere for Catarrh.
ltellef Iustnntnnenim Curefi Itnpld, Itad
Icnl and Permnncut.
Noslngledlsensohns entailed mero suffering
or hastened the breaking up of the constitution
man utiurrii. xne sense ei smeu, ei taste, or
sight, of hearing, the human voice, one or
biere, and sometimes all, yield te Its destruc
tive influence The poison It distributes
throughout the system attacks every vital
force, und Injures the most robust of constitu
tions. Ignored, because but little understood,
by most physicians, lmpetently assailed by
quacks and charlatans, these suffering from It
have little hone te be relieved. It Is time, then,
that the popular treatment or this terrible dls dls
eaeo by remedies within the reach or all passed
Inte hands nt once competent and trustworthy.
The new and hllhcrte untried method adopted
by Dr. Hnnferdin the preparation of his RADI
CAL CUHK lias wen the hearty approval of
thousands. It is Instantaneous In affording re
lief In nil head colds, sneezing, suuftllngand
obstructed breathing, and rapidly removes the
most oppressive symptoms, clearing the head,
swceleubie the breath, restoring the senses or
smell and taste, and neutralizing the constitu
tional tendency or the disease towards the
lungs, liver, und kidneys.
Sunferd'H lladleul Cure for Catarrh
Consists of one bettle or the Radical Curb,
ene box or CATAUHiiAL solvent, and In In
1'itevKO Ikiialeii, nil Iu ene package ; price
11. Ask for sanfeiip's Radical Cuke. Sold
every were.
Pettek Dnua A Chemical Corieratiok,
Bosten. Janl-lmW.SAw
TlrOTIIEUS.READ !
Dr. C. McLane's
CELEBRATED
Vermifuge for Worms!
MOTHERS READ.
Andrew Downing of Crnuburg Township, Ve
nango County, guv e his child one tcaspoenful
of the genuine Dr. C. Melmo's Celebrated Ver
mifuge, and she passed 177 worms. Next morn
ing en lepctltlen or the dese she passed 113
mere.
Japhet C. Allen, or A mbey, gave a dose or the
genuine Dr. C. Melinite's Celebrated Vermifuge
te u child six years old, nnd It brought away 83
worms. lie seen lifter gave another dose te the
same child, which brought nwny CO mere, mak
ing 1 ft worms lu about 12 hours.
Mrs. Qulgby, Ne. 182 Essex 81., New Yerk,
writes us that she had a child which had been
unwell for tietter than two months. Shepro Shepre
eiued n bottle or the genuine Dr. C. McLane's
Vermifuge and administered II. The child
passed a large quantity of worms, nnd Inn tew
de5s was us hearty nsever It had been. Parents
with such testimony before them should net
hesitate when there Is nny reason te suspect
worms, and lese m lime In administering the
genuine Dr. C. McLnne's Vermifuge. IS never
fulls and Is erfeetly safe.
Tills Is tu certify that I vvns tumbled with u
tape worm for mero than six months. I tried
all the known remedies for tills terrible afflic
tion, but without being able te destroy It. I get
u bettle of tlie genuine Dr. C. Mcline's Vorml Verml
ruge, prepared by Fleming ltriw.,l'lburg,Pu.,
which I took according te directions; and the
result was I discharged one large tnpe worm,
measuring mere than n ynid, besides u number
or small ones. .MRS. M. SCOTT.
Price 25 cents n bottle. Insist en having the
genuine. (4)
H
UMPHREY'S
DR. HUHPHItEY'H SPECIFICS nre solcntl selcntl
cally and carefully prepared prescriptions; used
formally eurs In private practice with success
aud for ever thirty years used by the people.
Ku-ry single Specific Is n spcclnl cure for the
disease named.
These Specifies euro without drugging, purg
ing or reducing the system, and are in fnci nnd
deed the SOVEUE1UN REMEDIES OF THE
WORLD.
MhTOI-' I'ltlNCIt'.W, NOS. CUltF.S. I'fUCKS
1. FEVERS, Congestion, Inflammation .25
2. WORMS, Werm Fever, Werm Celic 25
3. CUYINO COLIC, or Teething or Infants, .25
i. DIAHHHiEA. of Children or Adults 25
S. DYSENTERY, Griping, Bilious Celic .25
U. CHOLERA MORBUS, Vomiting 25
7. COUMHS, Celd, Bronchitis .25
a. NEURALGIA, Toothache, Fucenehe 25
0. HEADACHE, Kick Hnidache, Vertigo.. .25
10. DYSPEPSIA. Bilious Stomach 25
11. SUPPRESSED or PAINFUL PERIODS, .25
12. WHITES, tee Profuse Periods 25
13. CROUP. Cough, Dllllcult Breathing 25
H. SALT RHEUM, Erysipelas, Eruptions... .25
15. RHEUMATISM. Rheumatic Pains .. .25
It). FEVER nnd AUUE, Chills, Malaria 50
17. PILES. Blind or Weeding 50
19. CATARRH, liiflucnrn, Celd In the Head, .60
a). WHOOPING COUGH, Violent Coughs... M
21. GENERAL DEBILITY, Physical Weak
ness 50
27. KIDNEY DISEASE 50
2S. NERVOUS DEBILITY 41.00
:a. URINARY WEAKNESS Wetting Bed, .50
32. DISEASES OF THE HEART, Palpita
tion 41.00
Sold by druggists, or sent postpaid en receipt
of price. Dii. Humi'1hikv'sManual(HI pages)
richly bound In cloth and geld, mailed free.
Hu.Mi'ii keys' Meiicik Ce., llMl'iiltenbt.N. Y
CT
SPECIFICS. Tll,Th.B,lw
rpEETHINa SYRUP.
TO MOTHERS.
Everv babe should have n bottle of DR.
KAHRNKY'S TEETHING SYRUP. Perfectly
safe. 'NoOpl'imerSlorplilanilxtures. Wlllre Wlllre
ileve Celic, Griping In the Bowels nnd Promote
Dlllieult Teething. Prepared bvDRS.D.FAHR
NEYifcbON, Hagerstown, Mil. Druggists sell
It; 25 cents. Trial bottle sent by mall 10 cents.
laut-lydeedAw
W A 'undeveloped PAitrs
Of the Humnn Bedy Enlarged. Developed,
Strengthened, etc., Is an luteiestlug udverilse
ment long run In our paier. In reply te In
quiries we will say that ihere Is no evidence or
humbug about this, en tlie contrary, the ad
vertisers nre very highly Indorsed. Interested
inrsens may get M'alcd circulars giving all par
tlculiirs, by writing tu tlie ERIE MEDICAL
CO., 5 Swim bt Bulltile, N. Y. Atfv Teledo
lire. ' ril-fvdiw
JULY'S CREAM BALM.
CATARRH, HAY FEVER.
Ely's Cream Balm
Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allnys I'uluand
Inflammation, Heals the Seres, Restores
the Senses of Taste und bmt.ll.
TRY THE CURE.
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