COLUMBUS AS 4: A History of the Great Explorer and How He Found America. ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH BYLH. WEEKS AND PAUL LATZKE. Copyrighted, 1S92, by the Authors. CHAPTER JX TO SEA AT LAST. " Columbus grew up to be an earnest, self rcliant, ambitious boy. "When he was old enough his parents sent him to the Univer sity in Pavia, a town that yon trill find on your map in Lombardv, in the northern part of Italy. There he studied for several Tears, increasing his knowledge of astron omy, geometry, drawing, geography and cosmography or map-making. He was re membered by his teachers as a promising yinpil and by his fellow students as an ex cellent ball player. The game of ball that they played was not at all like that which you know. They used iron balls, an iron ring and a large, flat bat. The ring was set upright on a le-el spot, and the players, from a distance of twenty leet or more, would stoop down holding the long edge of the bat close to the pround and try by the force of a sweeping Blow 10 orive me uuu iuiuuu mc iu. Sid's wre chosen, as you would choose sides in a baseball or cricket game, or two boys conld play it alone. Etch side had a boy alternately at the bat, and the score was reckoned bv the number of times that the ball was put through the ring. This game was broncht over to Europe by the floors. It is played among the people of Southern Europe just as it was centuries ago. But the school days of Columbus were soon at au end. His lather could not afford the expense ot keeping him longer at Pavia, and he returned to Genoa. -Again he and his brother Bartholomew went to work at their lather's wool bench. Both took up their (asks cheerlully, although they longed lor better things. In leisure moments the brothers con tinned their stu'ies together, but Christo pher was much superior to Bartholomew in quickness of learning. Even at that time he had begun to wonder if there might not beanewland "beyond the racket and the paths of all the western stars." The more he pondered upon this subject the more determined he became to go to sea. His opportunity came at last A distant relative of the family was a navigator known as Colombo the elder, who had won renooi both as a captain of a merchant fleet and an admiral fighting the enemies of Genoa on the Mediterranean. This old ad miral wa. a nirate a great deal of the time. ..IIIU JEffi .1 ' ' ' wiaoa 'iii'in 111 l T7um Tale Met Decree were issued against him by Venice and other cities, and he lives in history as The Pirate Columbus." He often came to the humble home of the wool comber and he ee- the bov wild with his talk of the sea. One dav he found Columbus poring over a Latin book. "What readest thou?" he said. "The storr of the land that some say lies far "West o: the straits or Gibraltar and is railed Atlantis," the boy answered. "I wonder it the story is true." "Tut, tut, my lad," returned the sailor. "Don't trouble yonr little head about things that have bothered wiser men than thou or 1 will ever be. "Rut I want to know," persisted the boy "and some day I'll sail there and find out, all about it." The tailor man laughed loud and long and exclaimed: "That's a reckless young porpoise for thee. But better let Atlantis alone. There is sea life enough here in the Mediterranean, or along the Af nc coast or north to Flan ders it that is what thou want'it, my boy. Thou wilt not be able to find Atlantis, but how wouldst thou like to sail with me?" Young Columbus jumped to his feet. His eyes flashed and he could scarcely catch his breath at first. "Go with thee?' he exclaimed, "go with thee? O'l it I only could; Wil't thou take me? Wil't ask father to let me go." "There, there, my lad, not so last," said the sailor, amazed at the storm he had pro voked. "Wait a bit. I've been thinking about it and perhaps it may be. I'll talk it over with the good lather and mother." Almost before the Admiral had ceased speaking Columbus had hurried off to his favorite spot on the beach, and there, in tiie conflict between hope and fear he sought comfort from the embrace of the sea that he loved. It was an interesting side of his na ture that all through his life whenever drubt or sorrow came to him, he would go to the spa for relief and he used to say that the sea never failed him. There "were Several anxious days and nights ahead of him before the consent of hi parents was recured. Finally tne plead ing of the boy and the counsel of the Ad miral prevailed and Columbus knew that his dreaui of sailor life was to be true. So it came about that he t et sail with the Admiral, the happiest boy of Genoa and en vied bv his companions of the town who were all a; the dock to bid him goodby. On thi? occasion the Admiral and his fleet were enraged to fight against the Kingdom of Sanies tor John of Aujon, Duke ot Cala bria. The war lasted lour years. The sailor boy became a veteran before it was ended and the hero of many gallant de'eds, Hisjprctence ot mind saved the ship that he was on irom being wrecked one day, and again when another boy had fallen over board Columbus jumped into the sea and held him up until the sailors could lower a boat and rescue them both. The Admiral scolded him a liltle for his recklessness in thus risking his life. "How could I ever meet thy father and mother asain i: thou hadst been drowned," he paid, "alter I had promised to look after thee and bring thee safe back to them." But neverthelefs the old sailor was very proud of the boy, who, indeed, was a favor ite with all on board. In a sea fight off Naples he received a severe wound, and Ttfe..'' .iiiiufH f"iin.i.s fill li i til ?1i f l r . HA Mir- sir . --lrr?n .- BOY AND MAN. that, he thought, a badge of honor when he had recovered from it. It is also related of him that, young as he was, on one occasion he was placed in charge of a ship and sent to capture a gal ley or a single decked vessel in the harbor of Tunis. He himself, in a letter, written years after, told the story in this way: "It happened to me, that King Eeinier (whom God has taken to Himself), sent me to Tunis, to capture the galley Fernandina, and when I arrived off the Island of St. Pedro, in Sardinia, I was informed that there were two ships and a carrack with the galley; bv which intelligence my crew were so troubled that they determined to proceed no further, but to return to Mar- Escape From tht Burning Ship. seilles for another vessel and more people. As I could not by any means compel them, I assented apparently to their wishes, alter ing the points ot the compass and spreading all sail. It was then evening, and the next morning we were within the cape of Carthagena, while all were firmly of the opinion that they were "sailing toward Mar seilles." Whether or not he was successful in this exploit he does not state, but that his courage deserved success vou will all agree. Keturning to Genoa from this expedition with Admiral Colombo, he was the hero of the home circle and ot his friends. Sow it was his torn to tell great stories. He was no longer the mere listener. Yon may be sure that he improved the opportunity and that he had many admiring hearers. His career was now surely marked out for him. During the next few years he lived on the water most of the time. As he put it alterward: "Wherever ship had sailed there have I journeyed." At this time the future great explorer was little more than a pirate, but it must be remembered that piracy as lie practiced it, was considered in those days a verv honor able pursuit. It was an age when right was measured by might. The Mediterranean was the scene of constant naval warfare. Spain, Portugal, France and the several Italian States were always seeking to de spoil eaeh other or to plunder their com mon enemy, the Moors of Northern Africa and the infidels who held the Holy Land. Every merchant vessel went armeo and ex pected to be obliged to fight its way from port to port Columbus took active part in the privateering, but he seems to have gained more fame than wealth. His heart was not wholly in his work, for he still looked for ward to making vovagesof discovery for the benefit ot the world and of the church, and to win honor and wealth for himself. He had many adventures, in one of which be nearly lost his life. He was captain of a ship in the squadron of Colnmbo, the Younger, as the nephew of the greater Ad miral was called. The squadron was prin cipally engaged in plundering the merchant vessels of Venice. Four Venetian galleys were returning from Flanders to Venice when they met this Genoese fleet that had been lying in wait for them several days off the coast of Portugal, near Cape St. Vincent. When the galleys were sighted at sunrise one morning the Genoese, running up the flag of their republic, engaged their ancient enemies in battle, rending the air with "Viva San Georgio," their oldwarcrv. The Venetian sailors were brave men, not easily scared,, and did not attempt to run away. Coming close to each other, the opposing vessels were grappled or fastened together by the Genoese. The assailants boarded the galleys and fought hand to hand with the enemy. Again and again the (boarders were driven back to their own ships. The guns on both sides disabled the vesaels, and the men cut each other down with their enthuses. The dead and wounded soon lay piled up in dreadful heaps on the aeccs or noatea aDont on tne ocean waves that their life blood had turned to a bright crimson. Over the scene of the engage ment the smoke of powder hung like a blok pall. From early morn until late at night the fight continued, resulting in the capture of the Venetian vessels. Early in the day Columbus had selected a huge Venetian galley for his prize. He was foremost in leading the attack, and his crew followed him bravely. The Venetians fought desperately, and several times re pulsed their assailants. Finally, hand grenades and other fiery missiles that were then commonly used in battle were thrown, and soon both vessels were on fire. As the shins had been fastened together with chains, it was impossible to separate them. In a lew moments both were a mass of rag ing flames and doomed to destruction. Co lumbus called upon his men to save them selves as best they could. They all jnmped into the water, which was the only chance of escape, but most of them were drowned. A few escaped safely to land, which was only two leagues distant. Among the fotr unate ones was Columbus, who, supported upon a single oar, managed to swim that distance, and was tossed upon the beach more dead than alive. To Be Continued Next Sunday. A Hank on Wheels. They are an enterprising lot of men in the Manawatee district of New Zealand. One ot the banking companies out there has in regular use a bank on wheels which travels up and down the railwar line from Palmerston to Otaki, and is a great conveni ence to depositors who live in out-of-the-way districts. The 5ffle of Jtbode Island. There are many conflicting opinions con cerning tho origin of the came ofBhode Island. Some believe it to be named from the Isle of Rhoda; others from the Dutch Boorie Eslanat, signifying red island. It might also have been called Eoad Island, or Roadstead Island, being near the harbor. mHKm sKHHmHF THE MUSICAL CRICKET- Some of the Traits of lbs Insect ileloved of Childhood The Little Fellow on the Hearth It a Fiddler He Loves Fresh Breads Other Species. rWMTTKf TOR TIM PISrATCR.I Crickets are among the best liked of all our vocal insects, not that their song is in itself so beautiful, for as Gilbert Whits says, "Sounds do not always give us pleas ure according to their melody; we are more apt to be de lighted with the as sociations which they promote." Thus the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp, yet marvelously delights some hear ers, filling their minds with a train of sum mer ideas of everything that is joyous. I like all the kinds, but am best ac quainted with the house cricket, as my earliest remembrance is of sitting before a large open wood fire and hearing the cricket's shrill note coming from the jamb as we called the side of the fireplace. This sound, mingled with the buzz of the spinning wheel, where Aunt Peggy sat spinning flax, made to my infant ears music more enchanting than any Patti can make for me now. It is associated, too, with the snapping and crackling of the fire, where the blazing sticks of chestnut were sup ported by a hickory back log so large that it took three men to roll it In, and so solid that it lasted a week. Their song is made, not from the throat as you might think, but by rubbing of their wings, raising one wing and moving it over the other after the manner of a fiddle bow. The males only make the noise, singing, or rather fiddling, both day and night, and an ancient Greek poet thus rather ungallantly, I think congratulates them: Happy the cicada's lives oince tbey all have tongueless wives. There are many superstitions connected with the house cricket in the folk lore of our own country. The good wife supposing that an universal chirping foretells a rain the old grandmother ' in the chimney cor ner being sure that their song at midnight denotes a death in the family or in that of a near relative, while the young girl of the family thinks if the cricket sings early in the morning her lover is coming to see her that day. The good man pretends to despise such nonsense, but shudders when a cricket runs over his foot that being a certain sign of bad luck. It is always considered lucky to have crickets-lire in one's house and unlucky when they lea Ye, and I well remember of a friend ot mine, when they moved from the old house into the new, taking some crickets with her and putting them in the soft plaster at the side of the fireplace and her griel when they left after a few days' star. They are very fond of fresh bread, and I have often seen them running eagerly around when bread was being taken out of the oven, attracted by the savory odor of the warm loaves. "And crickets sing at the oven's mouth." As might be supposed from the hot atmosphere in which they live, they are thirsty creatures and have a great lifcing for liquids of all kinds, being fre quently found drowned in vessels of water, milk, etc. They are black and shiny, and give one the impression of being tough and well able to take care of themselves, though they often fall a prey to the family cat, who catches and plays with them before eating them as she does with mice. The mole cricket, called the croaker on ccount ot the peculiar croaking sound it makes, belongs to the burrowers, and like the mole passes most of its time under ground. A well known writer speak ing of the different modes of life of creatures of the same species, says: "Thus while the field-cricket delights in sunny dry hanks, and the house cricket rejoices admidst the glowing heat of the kitchen hearth or oven, the mole cricket haunts moist meadows and frequents the sides of ponds and banks ot streams, performing all its functions in a swampy wet soil, with a pair of fore-feet, curiouslv adapted to the purpose, it burrows and works under ground like the mole, raising a ridge as it proceeds, but seldom throwing up hillocks." It digs out longand intricate passages all leading to a kind of chamber neatly shaped and smoothed where the eggs are laid, this chamber being near enough the surface to allow the eggs being hatched by the heat of the sun. They are unwelcome guests to the gardener, often destroying whole beds of vegetables and flowers. In 'early summer they begin their soug. making a jarring note something like the chattering.ot the goat-sucker and kept up a long time without interruption. Al though all the crickets have wings they seldom use them except when moving in colonies, which is generally done at night. Some naturalists tell us that from the structure and nnmber of their stomachs they have reason to think that all three spe cies ruminate that is chew the cud as do cows and many quadrupeds. The field cricket is perhaps better known than either of the others in this country, being heard in the fields from harvest time until alter the frost comes in the fall. It is easier to hear than see these grylli for they are very timid and no sooner do they feel any one approaching than they stop in the middle of their song and run swiftly back ward into their burrows, for they too, work tunnels using their strong jaws for this purpose. They like sunnr banks in the pasture fields where sitting in the door of their houses they chirp all day as well as night, their notes being faint and inward at the beginning of the season and becoming londer as the summer advances. In" the New England States they look for frost six weeks alter hearing the field cricket's song. It is regarded with superstitious interest by the peasantry of other countries, the Scotch calling it a "gentle wee thing." meaning of fairy origin. Lovers of crick ets put them in cages, where supplied with moist plants they thrive and sing joyously. I read some time ago of a young girl in New York who having read Dicken's story of "The Cricket on the Hearth," fell so much in love with crickets that she filled a large fernery with the little creatures which being fed with grasses and vegetables and kept moist, sang as happily as it in their native field. She shared her pleasure with others by giving a cricket party. A num ber ot her friends being invited to her house to hear them sing, the gas was turned down and every one kept silence. By-and-by a chirp coming from the fernery was heard, then another chirp broke the silence, and again the third chirp, until within a tew minutes the whole room was filled with that sound of cheerfulness which brings hearts-ease to the home. Lillib X. Houston. S! order Paid by Tei. Thibet is the most prolific country for murderers on the face of the earth. It you dislike a man you just go ont and cut him to pieces. There is scarcely a man in this sanguinary land who has not sliced some body up. The fine inflicted for committing a murder is the forfeiture of a certain quan tity of tea, which explains to no little ex tent the tree use of the jack-knife. Gold Bullion Is attractive, hut Its hue In the skin and eye balls Is repulsive, and Indicates biliousness, a malady, however, easily remediable with Uostetter's Stomach Bitters, nausea, siok headache, pains through the right side and shoulder blade are manifestations of liver complaint, dismlstable with the bitters, which also banishes malarial, rheumatlo and kidney complaints, nervousness and constipation. G.m "'- n a" PltDTSBtme DISPATCH, SUNDAY. DOOES OF THE CHURCH They Should Be as Wide and as Easy of Access as Possible. KO KEED TO INSIST ON CKEEDS. There ire Two That CoTer the Ground as Fullv'as Kecessarj. THE GKEAT POINT 18 TO WIN MEN rWRlTTIK TOB THI DISPATCH.l And Philip said, "TJnderstandest thou what thou readest?" And he said, "How can I except some one shall guide me?" Acts yiiL, 30, 31. One of the purposes for which the church exists is to do for all of us what Philip did for the man of Ethiopia. The church is meant to be our guide. The book which we are reading has more in it than the Ethi opian's book, which probably contained only the chapters of Isaiah. It is larger even than the OM and New Testaments to gether. It includes the book ot Holy Scripture and the book of nature, and the long commentary upon them both which is written by experience. It is the book of life. The Ethiopian asked Philip to interpret for him. He was in doubt as to the mean ing of the book. And Philip, taking the old writing into his hands, and reading it with a new emphasis, showed how the heart of it was Christ Thus Philip helped the Ethiopian by selecting out of that great prophecy of Isaiah its point ot chief impor tance. A Chariot Chanced to a Pulpit. There are many ways in which the Book of Isaiah may be profitably studied. Ph'ilip might have said a great deal about the mag nificent historical background of the chapter which the man was reading. He might have discussed certain critical and literary ques tions which are debated among scholars as to the authorship of the paragraph upon which the Ethiopian had his finger. The meaning of prophecy and the definition of inspiration might have been considered between them as they rode along together. Instead of that, Philip singled out the spiritual meaning and the practical applica tion of the words. He taught his congrega tion of one exactly that which it was most important he should know. That is, the chief characteristic of Philip's doctrine that day, when he turned an Ethiopian chariot into a Christian pulpit, was its wise dis crimination. The difficulty with the Christian state ment of belief to-day is its lack of discrim ination. These long confessions, articles, decrees, confuse rather than instruct. They may be true in every word, but what is nee'ded is not so much the truth as the truth discriminated, sorted out, the most important part of it emphasized. The Bible is true. Shall we then require an accurate and absolute knowledge of the whole Bible, and an ability to explain all the hard passages in it for every beginner in the Christian life? How 31uch Needs He Known. No; we gather together out of the Bible what we account the most essential truths. But is not our statement longer than it needs to be? We do not require an under standing of the whole Bible for admission to the church, need we require an under standing of the whole of the Westminster catechism? Might not half of it be enough, or a third of it? Cannot we be good Christ ians without knowing any more about pre tention than Philip's Ethiopian knew about the higher criticism? Why not be content with faith in the Apostles' Creed? Is there anything outside of the Apostles' Creed in which we must of necessity all agree to believe? What we are seeking here is not a mini mum of individual faith. Let the individ ual believe all that he can. But we do need to set some limits, and the narrower the better, to the amount of belief which we may require our brethren to possess. Is not the Apostles' Creed enough? or say the two creeds, the Apostles' and the Nicene. Suppose the Christian church were to be content with these as a sufficient statement of the essentials of belief, wonld it not be enough? Wonld we not be following more closely than we are at present the good ex ample of the wise, discriminating Philip? tVhat the Two Creeds Contain. The church ought to do just what Philip did select out, emphasize, discriminate. The formal statement of the elements of the Christian faith should be set forth by the church simply in the two creeds. All that is essential to right faith is contained with in the compass of these two symbols. This choice of the two creeds as the suf ficient statement ot Christian doctrine in volves a three-fold discrimination. It makes a distinction in the matter ol doc trine between the essential and the non essential, and between the transitory and the permanent, and between the beginning and the end. The difference between the essential and the non-essential is not a difference in truth, but in importance. It is true that the pres ence of steam will set a machine in motion. It is also true that the spires of Cologne Cathedral are 37 feet higher than the pyra mid of Cheops.- But there is a considerable difference between the value of these truths to mankind at large. So it is with the truths of religion. The church teaches a freat many different truths. Some of them are regard to ritual. They are statements ot the opinion of the church as to the most helpful ways of conducting the services and administering the sacraments. To all this, for the sake of reverence and order, the church ought to attach a certain impor tance, but not a chief importance Truths Presented fur Information. Some other truths which the church teaches have to do more directly with the- oiogy. J.ney are statements mat , were i , n.i i . . -.1 . I uravru up uj tuu icaucis ui vuo iruutvii m i the midst of the doctrinal controversies of the Reformation. Ther represent as a matter of history the positions that were then taken. But tbey ought to be pre sented tor information, not for required ac ceptance. All these lesser truths of ritual and of theology should be forever open for re vision. They might be set aside to-morrow and the church would go on unchanged. The second wise distinction in doctrine is between the transitory and the permanent. Theories are transitory; facts are perma nent The two creeds are simple, unelab orated and unargued statements of facts. There is not to be found in either of the creeds any doctrine of the Trinity, nor of the incarnation, nor of the atonement God is, indeed, spoken of as Father, Son and Holy Ghost Jesus Christ is declared to be the Son of God, conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, God ot God as light comes from light, very God from very God. And it is affirmed that He came from heaven for our salvation, and that He suffered tor us under Fontins Pilate. But we will look in vain for any theory of the Trinity, such as is to be read in the other creed, called the Atbanasian. We will look in vain for any metaphysical explanation of the incarna tion. We will look in vain for any theory of the statement How it is that the death of Christ effects a reconcilation been God and man the creeds do not try to say. The Door of Intellect Left Open. Thus we are left at liberty to think. The facts are testified to; the inferences are left to our own reason. The door of intellectual progress is set wide open. Not a hindrance is laid in the way of.free discussion, of per fectly untrammeled consideration, of these great truths. Our Lord when He taught the Twelve, told them just enough to set them thinking. Because He wanted them to think. That is wbat God gave us brains and minds for. The church follows that pre-eminent example. There is not a theory about the Trinity. nor about the incarnation, nor about the atonement, held in the ideal church, which might not be forsaken to-morrow, in the light of some clearer revelation of the meaning of the facts, and the church go straight on. That is one of the reasons for the intellectual hospitality of the ideal ihurch. This blessed discrimination, which sets the simple creeds above all philosphis ings about them, made it possible to wel come all manner of new truth from every side, as a help and not a hindrance, as an increasing contribution to our understand ing of the facts. Theory alt? theory has given way to deeper spiritual knowledge, and will give way in future. But facts never give way. And the church, holding to the great creeds, and to these alone, grows with the growth of man. The Beginning and tin End. The third excellent discrimination in matters of doctrine is in the diflerence be tween the beginning and the end. For there are two creeds. And while the same truth is taught in both, it is not taught in the same way. The Kicene Creed is longer, more elaborate, more difficult, than the Apostles' Creed. And the church uses the two creeds in different ways. Thus the creed that is used in the service of baptism is the shorter. The one that is appointed for the service of the Holy Communion is the longer. And that is what I mean by the difference between the beginning and the end. The chnrch ought to recognize the fact, to which all human experience testifies, of a natusal growth in faith. All healthy people grow in faith. All healthy people grow in spiritual understanding as they grow in strength of mind. The church, ac cordingly, if it is wise, does not ask so much in the matter of doctrine of those who come newly into the church, as is asked after ward, i The only Creed which is to be re cited at the church door is the brief creed of the Apostles. Then, as the ideal state ment of the Christian faith, an ideal little by little realized as the years go by, is set the creed of the council of Kicea. Peop'a of Questionable Orthodox. It was discovered long ago in the history ot the church that the Apostles' Creed is wide enough to let in people of quite ques tionable orthodoxy. And at the beginning of the fourth century there had to be a great council held to frame a statement of the faith of the Christian Church, which should more fully and adequately express the truth about God, to which the church from the beginning had borne witness. And thus came into existence the creed ot Kicea. And that creed was appointed to be used, in refutation of all misunderstanding, as the creed of the matured and instructed Chris tian, as the creed of the communicant. Nevertheless, the Apostles' Creed was left just as it was. It was not torn up nor burned, nor put out of the church. It was still kept as the wide gate of entrance. The church trusts in the grace of God and in the spiritual instincts of man. The church recognizes the need of making provision for the difference between Christian childhood and Christian maturity, between the fisher man of Galilee and the faith of John the be loved disciple, between the beginning and the end. I hope that the time will come when this ideal shall be universally realized. The Chnrch Mnst W In Men. We need to learn a lesson from the steward who is commended in the parable. There was the bill which one of his lord's debtors owed 100 measures, of wheat. And the wise steward made a reduction in that account of 20 per cent There was another bill 100 measures of oil; and he gave a dis count of 50 per cent on that And his lord commended him, and Christ commended him. He lost some wheat and oil by that transaction, but he gained the friendship ot the men. He won the men. That is what we want to do: We want to win men. The amount of formal acceptance of our statements of belief does not matter so much as the real allegiance of the heart And we will get that, and help our brother and help the truth also, Christ seems to teach, by not being too exacting, by not in sisting upon the entire payment even of our Lord's bill of faith. Take off 50 per cent Let us be content with faith in the two creeds. Geobge Hodges. PITTSBTJfiGEBS HI THE EAST. One Contlnnons Itonnd of Foclal Pleasures on Seathorn and Mountain. BosTorr, Aug. 20. Special. It has been a gay week at all the Eastern resorts, the gay est of all In the social season thus far. Bar Harbor has had teniiH en a craze since Mon day. Mrs. JeUeison Davis and Miss Winnie Davis are the most notable arrivals there. Mrs. Davis entertains many, every evening. The ranks of literateurs at Bar Harbor are added to by the arrival of Mr. Thomas Nel son, of Vlrsinia, author of dialect stories: Captain Charles H. King, TJ. S. A., the writer of ai niv stories, and JUr. Frank li. Stockton, the novelise. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. King, of Pittsburg, are among the soeietv people from I'ennsyl vanla. at tho Wentworth, New Castle, durina- Aneust. Pittsbumers have taken Cushing's Island, Portland Harbor, He., by storm this week, their number being distanced only by Canadians. Among the most prominent' Irom the Smoky City are Mr. C G. Husiey, Mrs. 11. II. JJyram, miss uvram, Missiiussey, Mis Pmlllpi and Miss C. E. Hussey. Mrs. H. W. Card and Mr. Henry Stone Card, of Pittsburjr. are cnests at the big hotel at Polind Sprlnpa, Me. Mr. J. B. Sawyer of Pittsburg.ls the cham pion bass fisherman at Poland Spring this season. He will bring home some bis stories, count on that. Mr. W. C. Scuwen writes his name plainly on the Summit register, and lie adua "Da Boi, Pa." Mr. John W. Chase and Mrs. John Mc Clelland, of Pittsburg, are on a tour of the casliore. Tbey weio at the Ocean House, Newport, the first of the week. Mr. A. Lewis Hyde, of Delta, Pa., and Mr. N. U. Hoa. Jr., of Pittsburg, are guests at the Mt. Pleasant House, White Mountains. Mr. I. B. Wolty, of Irwin, Pa., Is at the Ktarsagc, Nortn Conway, N. H., for August's closing days. Mr. William E. Lincoln and Mrs. K. P. Lincoln, of Pittsburg, are at Hotel Preston, Swarapscott. Mrs. Gilbert Perkins and her daughter and Mrs. Avis Ford, of Allegheny. Pa are summering at Owl Cottage, Ocean .Bluff, Scituate. Mr. A. M. Cbarpont, of Pittsburg, was at Parker's Monday. Mrs. Joshua Khodes, Miss Rhodes and 11113 JJ. J. Aiiuueg. (IL 1UU MIs B. L. Khodes, of Pittsburg, are guests at Hote, Thorndiko. Jamestown, E. I. jjars. ij. 1&. wiuiams ana &i Mrs. C L. Maceo registered ac ttotel xnornuise, Jamestown, the past week. Mr. and Mrs. W. A Slaten, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Black. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Griscom and Mrs. D. Hostetter, of Pittsburg, are the latest arrivals at the Ocean House, Newport, E. L PITI8BUEGERS AI BEES PASS. Quite a List of Prominent Names on the Hotel Registers There. Deeh Park, Au?. 19. Special. A number of Pittsbursers hero and ac Mt. Lake Park are enjoying themselves to the utmost. Mr. H. Denny, who occupies the Cleveland cottage, is absent for a few days on business. Thefollowinic Pittsburgers are down on the hotel registers: Miss L. H. McMahon, Dr. and Mis. Samuel Ayers, Hellen and Grayson Avers. Mrs. S. N. Trent. Mr. S. N. Trent. Mr. Edmund Trent, Miss Lydla H. Bnshneld, Miss -U a. AicHauon, u.u. A H. C Apple-arth, Margarets Mr. George P. Graver and w Cubbaze and wife. Miss K. Macrum. Miss Foster. Mrs. William Wade, Master A Wade, Mr. Albert Graver, Joseph Flaherty and Arthur W. BelL At Mt. Lake Park are MIssN. B. Scott, Mc Keesport; W. L Woodcock, Altoona, Pa.; L. U. McMahon, Pittsburg; Mrs. Weeden and Miss Nettle Weeden, Allegheny; I H. Dean and wife, Biaddock; H. U. Applegarth, Jr., n .. .1 f..a A nl Ar ..1. ler, Allegheny: D. Jones and wife. ClllU IUIOi Alci.1 ,11, X AVbOtU.K, u ti, rittsDurg; tiarry man- McKees- port, ana Harry H. Gray, f itteuurj; A Recommendation From Illinois. Wilmington, Ixi, April 11, 189L I would say that I can recommend Cham berlain's Bemedies as a number one set of family medicines such as every home should be provided with. You can rely upon their being as near what they are recommended as any medicine sold in this part of the country. Especially would I recommend Chamberlain s Oolio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy as having no equal for cholera morbus, colie or diarrhoea. Having used these medicines myself and told them for several years, I know their value and have no hesitancy in recommending them, wxhsu Levi B. Djeli NOT A PRETTY FACE Among the Provincial Throng at Ocean Grove and Aebury Park. BOTH RESORTS P0RELT AMERICAN. Manners of the Yonnj People Suggest a Held for Cliaperones. CRAWFORD SIZES UP THE CROWDS y rWBlTTW FOB THE DISPATCH.l EW people have any idea of the en ormous amount of money invested in and around the two great religious seashore resorts, Ocean Grove and Asbury Park. I believe that it was some 23 years ago that the first Meth odist campmeeting was established at Ocean Grove. At that time the beach It n d surrounding country neighbor hood occupied by these two towns was asessed at Sl.BOO. To-day there are . upward of J23.000.000 in vested in the good, substantial houses and improvements of the same neighbor hood. From a small campmeeting, with a popnlation of 400 or 500, the community has grown to a population in the height .of the season of 150,000. This population is very nearly equally divided between the two places. A narrow river alone separates them. 'nese two towns, although governed by different peo ple, do not differ essentially. Ocean Grove is owned and controlled by certain Metho dist associations, which elect from time to time as directors various clergymen of that denomination. Asbury Park is governed as any other town, although Mr. Bradley, its founder, is the controlling spirit of the town and is practically its main director. Distinctively American, and Ihey Pay. These two towns are very great financial successes. The property has advanced in value with great rapidity and to-day it would be hard to find anywhere in the United States two more prosperous commu nities. The population of Asbury Park is more permanent in thafthe larger propor tion remain the year round than at Ocean Grove. The two watering places are dis tinctively American. You may go through the length and breadth of the two places without meeting more than an occasional foreign face. The two places are celebrated for the excellence of their accommodations and the cheapness of the cost of living. A hundred thousand transients come to these two places during the season. Everything is cheap. The best hotels do not charge over $10 a week for room and board, and good accommodations can be found in clean boarding houses lor from ?3 to S5 a week. The spirit of the ndmiuistration of the two places is in accordance with the early Puritanism. There are very strict regula tions against the sale of liqnor in either place. The Sunday local legislation is also very strict These regnlations are better observed possiblv in Ocean Grove than in Asbury Park. There are also very strict regulations concerning the use of the beach and the requirements in relation to bathing suits. These two resorts have received enormous advertising on account of the rid icule that is attached to these regulations. Men are not permitted to go in bathing wearing bathing tights. The skirts of the women bathers must be of a certain length, and the regulations for the bathing suits are well enough. People who don't like that kind ot thing need not go there. Finest Uracil of the Coast. The most arbitrary control is maintained over the beach itself. The beach is one of the most magnificent strips of sand on the Atlantic coast. The stretch here is about four miles in length and 100 feet in width. It is snowy white and packed hard by an ever-pounding surf. It is backed by a long, wide, broad sidewalk, railed in up and down, which passes constantly a throng of visitors. The beach is occupied as no other beach in the world is occupied, with possi bly the exception of the one at Seheveningen, Holland. The majority of the people Bur row down and make a great bed in the sand and lie there for hours. Thousands of peo ple thus reclining are warned ay a great sign issued by the Board of Directors that no gentleman or lady will he permitted to Among the Breakers. asume an attitude upon the beach that he or she would not assume in his own city home. At night the electrio light is called in to aid the police to maintain propriety, and its blaze leaves hardly a shadow from one end ot the long line of sand to the other. Formerly the lights were turned off at 10:30, and every one was obliged to leave the beach at that hour. Those who wished to study the surf during the late , evening could go no farther than the sidewalk. Tho utter lack of apparent confidence in the patrons of these two resorts is further ac centuated by the actions of the police when they come to clear up the beach at mid night, the present closing hour. They ad vance rapidly along the sidewalks over the beach and flash lanterns all along under it to see it some one is not reclining there to escape'their vigilance. Amqsrment Fit the Children. The amusements are of a childish char acter. The Camera Obscura is the great feature of Ocean Grove. The theatrical en tertainments which come are of the grade usually found in rural communities. Whist ling girls, spelling "skule" comedies aud cheap dialect entertainments were noticea ble among the things advertised when I visited these places. It is curious to note that the "Passion Play" of Oberammergau, which is so objected to everv time it is pro posed to produce it in this country with living actors, is to be lound at Asbury Park. Here it is given with mere automatic fig ures. The advertisements of this play make the extraordinary announcement that no one can see it without becoming con verted to a belief in the divinity ol Christ In the great auditorium there are daily meetings. Seven or eight thousand people can find comfortable seats here. There is always a good variety of speakers. The leading lights of the Methodist Cbnrch and the distinguished people of the day accept readily invitations to appear upon the audi torium platform. There is an attempt be inor made at Oeean Grove to imitate Chau- taug.ua and to establish an equally satiifao- tory coarse of general correspondence and reading. The atmosphere here is not liter ary. Ocean Grove appears now to be more of a place for those engaged in chnrch work to come and rest and enliven their minds through contact with others. On hears very little about the conversions, about great meetings where hundreds pressed to the front to give their experiences. The emotional phase of Methodism appears to he passing. The Vikltnn Decidedly Provincial. It is the very opposite of a fashionable place. Or the thonsands that march up and down this broad sidewalk there will Be rarely observed anyone who looks as if he were the inhabitant of a large town. The general appearance of the crowd is very provincial. The ladies are evidently their own dressmakers. It is an exceptional thing to see a tasteful costume or even a well-fitting one. The men either adhere to the rigid, conventional idea of the "Sunday-go-to-meetim" dress of the conntrr, or else they go to the other extreme and indulge in what they think is real seashore wear. Let me describe one of the first type. He was a man in the neighborhood ot 45 years of age. His hair was sandy brown, thick and unevenly cut His face was smooth shaven, with, the exception of long chin whiskers. His features were irregular and V55 -31. SJ Cjv After a Dtp in tt Sjt. large. When he smiled he showed a donble set of false teeth of verv modern make. He wore upon his head, slightly inclined to ward the back, a silk hat of the shape of ten vears ago. His tall, shambling figure slightly stooped. His coat was a broad cloth frock, halt buttoned. The cravat was a black tape line falling from a turnover collar. His trousers were an iron gray, pulled down with difficulty over the legs of high, strong, country-made boots. This man and his dress represented a distinct type that was constantly met It would seem to go without saying that any one in this community who wore a silk hat fol lowed a vow to not wear one that was not of the make of ten years ago. A Type V iibont Taste or Style. The other type was the young man. He was dressed in what is known to-day as out ing flannels. His small weak face was over shadowed by an enormous straw hat called by playful young boys the bnzz saw. His tiannrl coat and trousers were the most ec centric bine and brown plaid. Hi shirt was a sol t pink and around his waist he had twined i sky bluo silk sash. Of conrse he wore ruset shoes, and as he was to be met in variom varieties of flannel np and down the alk he may fnlrlybe considered a type. None of these voun men ever displayed any tasto or style. This is one of tho moit grievous things ob served. The population here is essentially American. The life is American, yet from one end of the place to the other I do not think I saw a single fine-looking woman. There was a uniformity or ugliness which was remarkable. Second, I do not think there was a fine complexion. Where did the people get their yellow, sallow facest Here thev were living in the purest and most wholesomo of atmospheres And ont of doors the greater portion of the time. Yet few of them showed any marks of sea tan or of the influence of what shonld be a most wholesome life, -1 think that tne explana tion would be found In the food and in the constant munching of sweet stuff fonnd for sale along the beach. Then, too, there was a certain air of sombienrss about the two places. Everyone seemed to be taking his amusement sadly. The young people in this country are given altogether too much liberty, and I should suggest that here would be a very good place to introduce the chaperone. The youm: people here aro allowed to go about together in too familiar a way, and the re sult is loss nf respect nn both sides without any gain. I do not for one moment mean to acense them of anything more than bad manner. The utter absence of personal dignity, and the lack or privacy appear to be characteristic of modern rural life. Here is an aggregation of the essence or many rnral communities, and although the place itself is very large, the spirit throughout is provincial T. C. Cbawtokd. THE RECREATION CLUB. A New Brighton Organlzitton That I tcor inj; a Success at Chautauqua A Recep tion With Athletic Contest Thrown In The Membership of the Clab. CBAUTAUQtTA, N. Y., Aug. 20. Special Daring the week just passed the Recreation Club, of New Brighton, Pa., nas completed its eighth annual outing in camp, and all who have been fortunate enough to meet the members of this organization feel genuine regret at seeing their departure from Lake Chautauqua. They have prob ably Had the best equipped and most popu lar camp of the summer and have ontdone all others in their hospitality. Their seven tents were pitched abont half a mile from Bemus Point and the men evi dently came prepared for an all-around good time. Besides all the latest "conveniences for camp cooking and comfort the club were attended by a flrst-olass cook, a barber and a waiter and in tnis way housekeeping duties nere never allowed to interfere with enloyment. The members had several bicycles, and besides thoroughly exploring tne nne roads in tnts vicinity it is hinted that more than one young may has taken ber initial trip on a wheel through the as sistance of the members. On Friday evening of last week the club added the last feather to its cap of popular ity by issuing a general invitation to friends at the different hotels or Bemus Toint and Point Cbautauqna to assemble at the camp, where a reception from, 7 to 11 was held. Fully 130 people were entertained and amused by the races, of which the following is a brief summary: . A bicycle race between Craig,Teigb, Fra zler and Bart; won by raig. . Bicycle race between Craig and Leigh; won by ftigh. Foot nice between Tent 1 and Tent 2; won bvTent2. "Foot race of 100 yards between Messrs. Ramsey and Bogus; won by Bogg. Foot race be tween Gale and llorrow; won by Gale. After the athletio exercises came several solos, duetn, quartets, etc., both vocal and instrumental, whioti received hearty en cores. Tho ladles and gentlemen were then regaled upon cake, ice cream. lemonade and other refreshments, and left with many and sincere good wishes and congratula tions for the continued prosperity ami unity of so congenial an association. The camp this year consisted of the fol lo ing officers, members and gnests: Dr. C. T. i Gale, President; C. S. Gilleland, Vice President: E. H. Siple. Treasurer; F. J. Nan nah, 6ecretary; B. T. W. Craig, Commissary; J. T. Jackson, Assistant Commissary; W. u. Kenah, Master Mechanic: C. F. Harris, Y. V. Bell, I. S. Wlnans, L. F. Morrow, D. F. Dan iels, T.;L Antenreith, E. O. Bert. Tlieeuets accompanying the members were: W. Mc. Stevenson, W. Ramsey, Lexnoyne Frazier, Jumoj McAllister, Will Coventry, Charles Kenah, John Williams, W. Leigh and w r. W. Boggs. Danger of Safety Valves. Every precaution should be taken to pre vent safety valves sticking, else they be come a source of danger. A cord attached to the yalve lever so that the weight can be raised occasionally is an excellent precau tion, but if the valve is arranged- so it can wore freely and not trap water, to produce scale, there is but little danger of their ticking unlets permitted to remain inac tive too long at a tint. L j& e , i Mzem stwz? mmmm BDRNIIG COAL TWICE, A Machine That Separates Partially Consumed Fnel From Ashes. DISTRIBUTING HOT ASD COLD AIR. Euostitutinif Gigantic Sets for Oil in Calm ing the Ccean. THE SCIENCE OP EYEET-DAT IIPU rWniTTEI FOB TOT PISPATCH.J The want of a ready method of dealing with ashes obtained from boiler fires, or other source of beating power, so as to ex tract the unconsumed fuel called "breeze," . so that it could be used over again, has lone; been felt Thousands of tons of good fuel are daily thrown away for want of a ready method of' cleansing it from the ashes with which it leaves the furnaces. A machine has been invented which separates the ashes into three portions, viz.: L TJnburnt fuel, called breeze or cinders, which can be mixed with' coal and burnt over again, orfor black smith's fires, being the finest material pro curable. 2. Fine dust, usefnl for builders in place of sand. 3. Clinkers, useful for road making, path, etc. The machine con sists of a tank or compartment kept full of water. The ashes or breeze to be cleansed rest on a grating, which is covered by a fine perforated copper plate. A free passage of water is allowed, and at the same time the breeze or fuel is prevented from falling. The separa tion is effected by an agitator, worked by a crankshaft At each downward plunge of the agi'ator the water is forced upward through tho perforated copper bottom, causing the material to rise. The rubbish, owing to its greater specific gravity, is pre cipitated to the bottom . on the return stroke; at the same time, the breeze, or nil burnt fuel, being lighter, works to the sur face. At each stroxe of the crank a body of water and a quantity of clean breeze ii carried to a plate, which is also perforated, so as to allow the water to fall into the ma chine, and thence, through a valve, to be used over again, and the clean breeze is swept by a revolving brush over a ledge. The clinker accumulates on the perforated copper plate, and from time to time is al lowed to escape by a valve in the body of the machine, whence it is raised by an elevator and discharged. It is claimed that the machine will pay for itself several times in a year if used whsre the weekly consumption of coat is not less than GOO tons. Heatlns;, Cooling and Ventilating.. For more than 20 years the inventor of a new system for heating, cooling and venti lating ha3 been developing the methods which have been embodied in his invention. His system consists in circulating fresh air through interior zigzag partitioned heating1 drums and coils arranged in a retnrn zigzag Hue extending for a suitable distance up the chimney, around which the escaping gases and smoke are made to pass. The heat that usually passes to waste outside the chimney is thus absorbed. This beat is then turned into a stream of fresh, clean air, driven through heating apparatus and conveyed with great velocity through a cir culating pipe into as many differ ent buildings and apartments as may be desired. In this way a saving of from 70 to 90 per cent in the cost of fuel is effected, and pure, wholesome air, which can be cooled it desired, can be ob tained all over the house. It is claimed that this system is the only one that will dis tribute hot or cold air in large volumes into apartments, or through small sprayers to in dividuals in offices, schools, sick rooms, miners underground and divers under water. It is proposed to establish this sys tem on an extensive scale in a central sta tion, from which either hot or cold air can be supplied to a large nnmber of customers. The temperature can be modified to suit in dividual tastes, and the business man can have any climate he may fancy for the mo ment for his office on tap. Removing the Tassels From Corn, Some experiments condncted in 1890 at the experiment station of Cornell Univer sity on the removal of tassels from a part of the growing corn, yielded very beneficial re sults. A gain of 50 per cent was estimated. This remarkable showing led to further tests at the Ohio station at the Ohio State Uni versity. Thirty-two rows of corn, running over quite uniform land, were selected upon to make the trial. On Augnst 1 the tassels were pulled irom each alternate row. It was found that the unmerchantable corn from the four plots from which the tassels had been removed avera;ed2G per cent, while the average from the other lour rows was 21 per cent unmerchantable. The calculations also show that the average yield per acre is about one bnshel less than where the corn was left undisturbed. It is thought prob able that the tassels were not in this experi ment removed early enough. The theory upon which the experiment is based is that the strength that would otherwise go to the maturing of the tassel and production of pollen is diverted to the use of grains, and from their more complete development mora corn is produced. New Wrinkles for Engineers, In writing on graphite, an engineer re commerias the use of that very valuable article in some unfamiliar way. He says he has used hand-hole and manhole gaskets eight or ten times by carefully smearing the surface next the boiler shell with graphite. In packing water glasses, by putting a little graphite or oil on the gasket they would vulcanize as soft as a lamp wick and retain their elasticity until the glass changed, when the old rubber could be re moved without trouble. In the old way tha rnbber would be baked as hard as vulcanite, and take much time to dig out. Another use of graphite is in putting back the hand hole plate of plugs in the back connection. All flie soot and ashes should be carefully brushed away, and. with a small brush good coat of graphite should be laid over the flange, stud and nnts. After running the boiler from three to six months, even using coke for fuel, with forced draft, the nuts can be removed witbont trouble, as the heat has not been great enough to burn the'. lead. Llff-SaTlng Seats for Shlpi. An improved bnoyant life-saving seat for ships was recently brought out in Scotland. Although no metal is nsed in its construc tion, only wood and cork, the seat is strong and durable. When standing upright upon the deck the apparatus has the appearance of a simple open frame, comprising two square-shaped cars, or rather oblong, water tight boxes of equal buoyancy, held apart and tied together, one above the other, by three or more wooden uprights, according to the length of the seat required. When the seat is required for use as a life buoy it can at once be shut into buoy form and thrown overboard. Life Hues are fixed to the teat at the most convenient parts. Trying to Calm the Sea. An attempt has been made, with consid erable success, in Paris, to supersede the old fashion of floating oil for lessening the force of the waves. The new plan is to cover the surface of the sea around an en dangered vessel with a thin cotton or silken net rendered unsnbmersible by being dipped in a special preparation. The idea was suggested by the fact that when crossing the track ot the Gulf Stream it has been noticed that the vast spreading fields of floating seaweed within the confines of the stream, though upheaved by the swell, remain glassy and smooth. Trrs Allnts stopped free by Dr. mine's Sreat Nerve Restorer. No tits after first dT'mjJfr veloMcuns. Treatise ot ta os trhUbotua free te lit uses. Dr. iOmm Area sin r ilia H if -1 1 ' : US! -ii- . ljj ...7"? lif-Rj iC iaLmUsILAL&U'.I! i&g&fcL.. ntUa- HxhltJZtMkKS? -WK
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