! THE GREEN
I TOKEN.
| By TEMPLE BAILEY. 4
* Copyrighted, 1908, by the Associated j
Literary Tress. 2
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Miss Mlllicent had decided that on
St. Patrick's day there should be a
special celebration at the settlement.
There were so many little Mickeys and
Noras In the neighborhood, and it
would he easy enough to tie up little
sandwiches with green ribbon and
serve the Ice cream In potato forms.
Miss Milllcent's coworker, Miss Fa
versham, looked dubious when Ice
cream was mentioned.
"It will be very expensive In forms,"
she stated.
"I don't have to pay for It," Mlllicent
told her. "Mr. Barry wants to donate
the ice cream."
Miss Faversham looked at her friend
sharply.
"Mr. Barry has taken a sudden inter
est in the settlement, it seems to me,''
she remarked dryly.
Miss Mlllicent glowed.
"Isn't it fine?" she said. "He's going
to give tis a picture for the library. 1
am togo with him to pick it out."
"Hum," was Miss Faversham's re
tort; "I should think he might select it
alone."
"Oh," Mlllicent told her, "he says he
doesn't know anything about pictures.
He has lived on the plains, and he says
his education along that line is neg
lected, but be is big and tine, and he is
going to help us a lot with the boys.
He says lie knows what It is to be pool
and rough and unloved, and now that
he lias made his money he is going to
give the other fellows a lift."
"How did lie happen to get into the
work here?" asked Miss Faversham.
"Mickey Doyle brought him here to
see the club. Mickey had shined his
shoes at the hotel and told him about
it. And 1 was in the office, and 1 took
him over the whole settlement, and he
was awfully interested in it, and he
has been coming ever since."
"I see," said Miss Faversham, with a
quick glance at her friend that noted
the trim figure in white linen, the hair
that rippled away from the low, broad
forehead, the earnest gray eyes, the
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SHAMItOCK
.MEANS V"
dimple in the chin that redeemed the
rest of the face from seriousness. "I
see," said Miss Faversham again. "I
ilou't know that I blame him for com
ing."
Mr. Barry took an immense interest
in the St. Patrick's party.
"My name," he told Margaret, with
a smile that lighted his rugged fea
tures, "is John Patrick, and my grand-!
father came from the old country."
Millicent laughed.
"My mother's name was Kate Kear
ney," she said, "and there is a tradi
tion in our family that we are descend- j
ed from Irish kings."
"Good," said Barry. "It shall be a
feast in honor of the good saint. And ;
you must let me give the kids a dinner,
please. No little sandwiches, but hot
things."
And, in spite of the protests of the i
economical Miss Faversham, the even
ing of the 17th of March found in the
gymnasium a long table fairly groan
ing with good things. There were little j
pigs simply cracking with richness.
There were potatoes mealy and white,
an<l there were green candies and
cakes with green icing and the potato
forms of ice creatn and a clay pipe for
each of the boys and a tiny gilt harp
for each of the girls. And at the head j
of the table Mr. Barry presided, and at
the foot was Miss Mlllicent, while Miss
Faversham was kept upstairs by a
headache.
"For which let us be thankful," said
Mr. Barry -when Millicent told him.
She looked at him with shocked eyes.
'Oil, how can you be so hard heart
ed?" she chided.
"I heg your pardon," he amended. "I j
am awfully sorry about the headache, j
but I am glad she Isn't going to be
down."
Millicent looked at him wonderingly I
"Why?"
He laughed.
"Somehow I feel that she is weigh
ing me in the balance, and. besides, I '
don't believe she would enter Into the |
spirit of it"
"Oh, she likes you," Mlllicent told
him earnestly. "Everybody likes you." !
He stood looking down at her for a
moment in silence, and then he said
abruptly, "Do you like me?"
Something in his tone sent the quick
blushes to her cheek.
"Of course," she said hurriedly and
turned from him and began to straight- j
en the favors on the table.
"The children will be hero In a min-!
ute," she remarked, and then she stop-1
ped and stared, for at her own place j
was a favor different from the rest—a
shamrock in green enamel, and on one
leaf glittered a diamond dewdrop.
"Oh," she said and flashed a glance i
•ft Mm—"r»h UAH nnt I#- thflrol" j
"Yes." He came and stood besld«
ber. "I Dut it there. Millicent"
I (sue SHOOK nor neaa.
! "I mustn't take it, please," she said.
| "It is too valuable for me to accept."
■ "It lias no value except the senti
i rnent. Do you know what the sham
j rock means?"
"No."
| "One leaf means truth and one valor,
! and the other one is love, and all that I
have of truth 1 give to you, and all
that I have of valor, and, above every
thing else, I give you love"—
She was very white as she said, "You
must not."
"Why?"
"I am dedicated to my work here. I
shall never marry."
He squared his shoulders.
"That le nonsense. I'll dedicate my
self to it, too, and we will work to
gether."
"Oh, no, no!" she cried. "I must not
listen. If I married you I should care
so much that 1 should forget all this,
j and I should live for you."
"Dear heart," he said under his
i breath, "do you know what you are
j saying—that you love me?"
She caught herself up.
"I didn't mean"— she began.
"But you have said it,"he inter
j rupted.
She drew away.
"I must not think of it," she inslst
! ed. "My life belongs to these people."
And even as she spoke they heard
j the children on the stairs, a hilarious,
j shouting crowd, pushing through the
j doorway, piling into the seats, lighting
' a little for a certain place, but good
natured always.
a feast as it was! Anil at the
| end Mr. Barry made a speech.
lie told of a lonely boyhood, of his
efforts to rise, of Ills final worldly suc
cess.
"And any of you boys may succeed,"
| he finished, "but success isn't every
! tiling, for you must value more the
| love of truth and a brave spirit, aud
! more than all you must value love.
I And some of you are more fortunate
j than I, for you have lots of people to
1 love you. You have your fathers and
ynur mothers, and Mickey h-is his little
1 sister Nora, and 1 think little sister
Nora's love is worth all the money in
the world." And he smiled down at
the rosy cheeked child by his side.
And Miss Millicent, serin;: him thus
nt ills licit, \ as t!i"lllcd and touched
and almost convinced by his words.
| After all, why should they not work
i together? !*e was a king among men!
And at t!il.- moment of lier indecision
Miss Faversham, somewhat recovered
from the headache, drifted in and stood
behind Milllcent's chair.
"We ought to have Mr. Barry here
all the time," she said. "I beard his
speech. lie has a wonderful way with
the boys. After all, men are more ef
fective than women in such work."
Mlllicent smiled up at her.
"We are going to have him," she said.
"How?" asked her friend, watching
1 the big man, who, witli little Nora on
j his lap, was telling a funny story to
I the boys.
"I am going to marry him." said Mll
licent as she pinned her green token to
her blouse above her heart.
FACTS ABOUT" CHELSEA.
City Devastated by Flames Has Been
Victim of Many Fires.
Chelsea, the Massachusetts city which
was almost entirely destroyed by lire
the other morning, has a population of
40,000. The section which was burned
was mostly inhabited by Jews, who
had built up in the western part of
the city probably the largest rag shop
district in the world. Most of the
buildings from West Third street,
where the fire began, to the water
front facing Hast Boston were of
wood. In this district there have been
numerous destructive fires during the
last few years, which generally on in
vestigation have proved to be of incen
diary origin.
Chelsea, according to the last census,
had nearly 400 manufacturing estab
lishments, aud until the tag shop in
dustry attained its present growth the
city had some of the finest residences
in any of the places surrounding Bos
ton. With the building up of the rag
Industry many of the older families
moved from Chelsea, and their fine
homes were converted into tenements,
many of which were in the path of the I
recent tiro. The brick blocks on Ev
erett avenue which were destroyed j
were a dozen years ago the homes of j
some of Boston's wealthiest merchants, j
Chelsea lies northeast of Boston and
is reached from that city via the Bos- j
ton and Maine railroad, by ferry and
by trolleys through East Boston aud !
Charlestown. ,
Chelsea was originally Winnlsim- j
mett, was occupied and was settled in
1030 and was organized as a town in
17:58. An effort was made a few years j
ago to make Chelsea a part of Boston, ;
but the plan failed because of the op- j
position of Chelsea citizens.
In May, 1775, there was a skirmish i
between a small body of British and '
American forces in Chelsea, in which
the Americans were victorious. Chel- i
sea was incorporate! as a city in 1557. i
The principal public buildings were
the courthouse, city hall, the United
States naval and marine hospitals, the I
Soldiers' home, the Eltz Public library
and the Odd Fellows' and Masonic i
1 '•■. Union park and the public play- I
grinds are the city's spaces.
taster Weather Lore.
According to an oi«l English proverb, j
a wet Easter is not favorable to the
consequent crop of hay:
A pood deft! of rain on Easter day
Gives a crop of good grais, but tittle good
iiay.
If the sun shines on Easter morning,
it will, according to the same author
ity, shine again on Whit Sunday. A
Sussex piece of weather lore goes fur
ther, declaring that if the sun shines
on Easter day it will shine a little ev
ery day all the year round, while there
is a corresponding notion that if it
rains then it will rain a little, if only
a few drops, every day during the en
suing year.—New York Herald.
Easter Used to Last Eight Days.
In the ancient church the celebration
of Easter lasted eight days, but after
the eleventh century the time was lim
ited to three days, and soon again re
duced to two days. It was formerly
tne favorite time for performing the
rite of baptism. The courts of justice
were closed, and alms distributed to
the poor and needy, who were even
feasted in the churches. Slaves were
set free, and as the fasting of Lent
was over the people gave them selves
op to everj enjoyment
FLING AT WASHINGTON
American City That's Un-Ameri
can, Declares Sidney Brooks.
NO HUSTLING THERE, HE SAYS
Referring to Its Etiquette, English
Writer Asserts the Capital Will In
Time Reproduce Monarchical and
Aristocratic Society Customs of ths
Old World.
Sydney Brooks in an article entitled
"Monarchical America" makes some
interesting remarks about the growth
of etiquette in Washington. In the
course of his article he says:
"The beautiful and spacious city on
the banks of the Potomac is unlike any
capital in Europe or any of its sister
cities In America. It is an American
community, doing un-American things,
leading an un-American life. It lives
simply for two things—society aud
politics. It neither talks business nor
thinks it. The word conveys no more
than a remote and abstract meaning
to its mind. Commerce and all its
banalities are refreshingly, delightful
ly absent. There is serenity, almost
benignity, in Its ordering of the rou
tine of life. Nobody hustles in Wash
ington. It is the one city on the con
tinent where America Is really at lei
sure.
, "That indeed is Its great attraction,
j That, together with the lure and glit
! ter of the diplomatic corps. Is the rea
| son why Washington steadily tends to
, become the center of American fash
i ion and the liaunt of the nouveaux
| riches.
"Being a city of leisure. Wnshing
' ton must have something to amuse It
i self with. Being also the headquar-
J ters of officialdom, the seat of govern
| ment and the center of diplomacy, it
| is natural that it should amuse itself
! with the problems of a Republican
| court and the minutiae of precedence.
[ I sometimes doubt whether any capl
i tal, even Vienna or Madrid, troubles
I itself so much about these questions
jas Washington. They nre debated
| with a heat, an Ingenuousness and a
I bitterness that can hardly be mntch
! Ed anywhere.
I"It is not, however, all chaos. Cer
i tain rules have been evolved and cer
tain customs established which serve
to guide each successive occupant of
the White House. Thus the number
j of state dinners and receptions that
the president has to give is now defi
nitely fixed. Thus, too, it is now pret
ty well understood that an invitation
i to lunch or dinner at the White House
| is the equivalent of a command. Thus
i also it Is now accepted that the presi
j dent should on all occasions go in first,
that nobody should sit down until he
| has taken his place, that he should
always be served first, that he cannot
accept hospitality under a foreign flag
and that if lie has consented to dine
at the house of one of his cabinet min
isters a list of the proposed guests
i should be submitted to him in advance.
"But beyond this narrow region
there is a whole wilderness still to be
surveyed and staked out. Should sen
ators, for Instance, be given the pas
over cabinet ministers? Does the ad
miral of the navy rank above the sec
retary of the navy? What is the rela
tive position of the speaker and of
the secretary of state? The vice presi
dent being a sort of heir apparent,
ought ambassadors to follow or pre
cede him? What is the exact place of
the judiciary in the scale of preced
ence? If two senators were elected
on the same day, which of them should
make the first advance? And what
about the status of the unmarried
daughters of the great officials?
"These and a hundred similar conun
drums are debated in Washington with
a more than monarchical fervor. Tli •
mere fact that they can be propounded
shows that the American capital Is
still in the embryonic stage of social
development. But the intensity of emo
tion devoted to their discussion shows
also that Washington when it finally
evolves a protocol will set an inordi
nate value upon it. Indeed, wherever a
point In the code is definitely estab
lished it Is adhered to with an almost
comical tenacity. Etiquette, for in
stance, prescribes calls as the first of
social duties, and calling is indulged
in by the Washingtonians on a scale
that puts Londoners and Parisians,
who pay their calls not in person, but
by post, hopelessly to shame.
"That, too. is a sign of a society that
has not yet found itself, that is at
tempting the Impossible and that has
not yet learned to limit and regulate
its activities. But time and experience
are teaching it order and self restraint.
"Just as the tumult of the White
House has been reduced to dignity,
just as the old type of presidential re
ceptions at which all were welcome
who chose to cotne is giving way be
fore the principle of selection, so Wash
ington in time will abandon its indis
criminate calling habits and will re
produce one by one the outward forms
and customs and ways of doing things
that distinguish the monarchical and
aristocratic societies of the old world."
Diamonds In California.
The discovery of three diamonds is
reported nt Cherokee, near Oroville,
Cal., on the property being prospected
by a diamond mining company. Two
diamonds, it Is said, were washed out
the other day. On another claim In
Oroville itself an Indian panned out
another diamond.
Innovation For Libraries.
A new London library has a room
set apart for conversations on literary
matters.
The Poor Yorkshiraman.
The emblem of Yorkshire is one of
the strangest things In heraldry. It is
a fly, a flea and flitch of bacon.
A Derbyshire man told me the slg- j
nlficance of that emblem. Maybe you j
know It. If not, you will be interested, i
It Is this:
A fly will drink with anybody. So
will a Yorkshlreman.
A flea will bite anybody. So will a
Yorkshlreman.
A flitch of bacon Isn't worth a con- J
tlnental until it's been hung. Neither
Is a Yorkshlreman. Detroit Free'
Press.
GUARDING A FINE GEM
*
Extraordinary Precautions For
Safety of Cullinan Diamond.
; ARTISAN EMPLOYED GUARDED
Will Take a Year to Cut and Polish
Transvaal's Gift to England's King.
Stone Worth $4,800,000 —Secret and
Uniformed Police Employed as
Guards.
Some of the particulars about the
care bestowed on the Cullinan diamond
—the Transvaal's gift to King Edward
VII. —read like a chapter from a detec
tive story. To account for the anxiety
for the safety of the stone, it must be
remembered that it belongs to the
crown jewels of England, not another
of which can approximate it in value,
size and brilliancy. The most difficult
operation, tho cleaving, was perform
ed by an expert, and its success was
celebrated with champagne. The dia
mond now appears as a pear shaped
stone, and when it shall bo polished
and quite ready it will weigh about
2,000 carats. In Its rough original
state the stone weighed 3,027 carats.
The eventual shape to lie given the
stone is kept a profound secret by
King Edward and tho head of the dia
mond cutting firm, says W. J. L. Kiehl,
special correspondent of the Chicago
News at The Hague. All that is known
is that it is to have fifty-eight facets,
which is the largest number a dia
mond ever had.
The intrinsic value of the diamond is
about <1,000,000 florins (.$2,400,000), but
because of tlie rarity of such large
stones it can safely lie estimated at
12,000,000 florins ($4,800,000). The skill
ed artisan who lias to polish the stone
is a master of his craft, and the great
est precautious are being taken to
guard him and the diamond during tho
long titnl delicate operation of cutting
and polishing, which will be perform
ed in a large, well lighted and ventilat
ed room, situated in the second story
: of a Fide wing of the factory, contigu
ous to the room of the heads of the
firm. It will take a whole year before
the stone is ready, and during all that
time the working hours for the skilled
artisan will be from 7 a. m. mitil 1)
p. in. He is not allowed to leave tho
room even for his uxrils. Besides the
principal workman, there will be two
assistants, and one of the members of
the firm will be constantly present in
the room. This is locked upon the
men by the head of the firm himself,
who keeps the key.
At night it is even more difficult to
reach the stone than in tho daytime.
In a tremendously strong fireproof
room, the walls of which are more
than a foot thick and made of cement
and Iron, is placed a great iron fire
proof safe, and in this lies the dia
mond. The door of the strong room
can only be opened by means of a fig
ure lock, the figures being known only
to the heads of the firm. Behind the
door is a heavy iron grating, and when
this is opened the place is immediately
flooded with electric light. Then the
great iron fireproof safe becomes visi
ble in the middle of the room. This
safe is painted to resemble mahogany,
and not a single lock is visible. There
are nine strong locks, but these are
placed beneath a secret sliding panel.
Even when the outer doors of this safe
have been opened the diamond cannot
be reached before another secret pi
geonhole lias been opened, in which the
valuable stone reposes. The factory
is guarded night and day by a private
guard of its own as well as by secret
and uniformed police. The strong
room is again specially guarded by
two men, who every half hour have to
touch an electric controller which sig
nals their presence. If the signs of the
electric controller point only one sec
ontl past the regulation time, tho
guards are severely reprimanded.
"Picking" Easter Eggs.
There is an Faster custom among
boys in and around Philadelphia and
other parts of the country of "picking"
eggs. .V boy will go over the eggs in
the pantry (with his mother's consent,
it is hoped), and by gently knocking
the ends on his teeth will select oue
or more of the strongest. Then he
goes out among his playmates and soon
Is challenged, or he himself will invite
another boy to "pick," says Everett
Wilson in tho April St. Nicholas. Be
fore daring to risk this each boy will
try tho other's egg on his teeth, and if
he thinks bis chances are good he will
accept the challenge. The boy chal
lenged will then hold his egg so as to
expose only tho very point, while the
challenger lightly raps the egg with
the point of his own until the shell of
onj or the other is slightly cracked.
The eggs are then reversed and the
"butts" are picked in the same way.
The winner gets the broken egg.
Plans For the Tippecanoe Monument.
Members of the Indiana Tippecanoe
battlefield monument commission met
the other day with Governor Ilanly
to discuss plans for the monument
which is to lie erected on the battle
field by Hie state and the United States
jointly. The commission decided to
meet again April 14, at which time de
signs and estimates will be received
and considered. The last legislature
appropriated $12,500 for the building
of the monument, and a like sum has
been appropriated by the United States
government. The legislature of 1887
provided for an annual appropriation
of S3OO to take care of the Tippecanoe
battlefield. It Is likely that the next
legislature will be asked to Increase
this appropriation in order that the
monument may be maintained prop
erly.
The Peanut.
The peanut grows In the ground,
never above It. The flowers above
ground are sterile, but after the flower
withers a stalk from an Inch to two
Inches long shoots down Into the
earth and forms the nut. As to the
native country of the peanut the opln
i"*?l8 of botanists are divided between
Africa and America. It is extensively
cultivated In all tropical and subtrop
ical countries, but seems to thrive best
In the southern states of the American
Union. The peanut crop in the United
States alone amounts to over 300,000,-
000 bushels.
BONNER THE FIREMAN
Estimate of Him as Citizen and
Fire Fighter.
COOL IN TIMES OF DANGER.
New York Fire Department's Late
Commissioner a Strict Discipli
narian, but Just to All—His Lighted
Cigar a Signal of Victory.
Word of the death of Fire Commis
sioner Hugh Homier of New York was
received by all branches of the city's
lire department with sincere sorrow, as
he had gained the respect of all who
bad come Into coutact with him during
his forty odd years as a fire fighter.
John It. Sheehan, who has been for
many years assistant secretary at
headquarters, in speaking of his late
chief the other day said:
"Commissioner Bonner had the re
spect and admiration of all the old
hands of the department. lie was a
strict disciplinarian and would not
overlook any breach of duty, no mat
ter by whom committed. I have never
heard a single instance where he was
accused of dealing unfairly with any
ouu in the department."
A few weeks ago Mr. Bonner sus
pended Superintendent Joseph Burke
of the combustibles bureau and Build
lug Superintendent Alexander Stevens
for being eleven minutes late in report
ing at their offices.
Friends of the late commissioner at
fire headquarters said they had tried
to dissuade him from accepting the po
sition on account of liis health wlian it
was offered to liim by Mayor McClel
lun, but he had replied that he had
never refused tile call of duty and
would not then.
During his long career Mr. Bonner
invented the battering ram, the wall
cutter, the tin roof cutter, the hose
hoist, cellar and subeellar pipes, the
life net aad many other appliances for
fighting fire and saving life.
His Judgment was sound, and he
never got worried or lost his nerve, no
matter how big the tire was. On arriv
ing at a fire, tin* first tiling lie did was
to get <o the heart of the fire and see
what should be done. Then he would
retire to the middle of the street and
send his orders to the battalion chiefs.
He always bad a big cigar in his
mouth -at a lire and kept it there un
llghted uutil the fire had been got
under control. When he was seen to
strike a match and light up, it was a
signal to his subordinates that the
enemy was in hand.
While Mr. Bonner was lire chief he
spent his mornings at his office, the
afternoons on Inspection trips and ills
nights at the Westmoreland, at Seven
teenth street and Fourth avenue, where
he was always ready for a call. When
asked liow lu- managed to get in any
sleep he would reply tersely, "Between
the acts."
The commissioner belie veil that dumb
waiters, elevators and air shafts were
sources of great danger in cases of
lire in tenement houses, and when the
tenement hou?e committee held a meet
ing in the old criminal courthouse in
November, 1804, he pointed <>ut the ne
cessity of having fireproof staircases
in all tenement and apartment houses
as well as exterior lire escapes.
An instance of his judgment at a fire
was demonstrated once when he was
asked why he ordered his men to stop
throwing water on the floor of a big
office building that was ablaze in the
downtown district. "I told the men to
stop," said Bonner, "because I didn't
kuow what would happen to that build
ing if cold water were thrown on hot
Iron and stone, it was better to make
sure of saving the lower stories than
to risk causing the collapse of the en
tire building."
After his retirement as fire chief in
1809 Mr. Bonner had intended to start
a fire school to instruct people how to
save their lives and bow to do prac
tical work at lires, especially the em
ployees of hotels, theaters, business
houses and office buildings. At the
time Mr. Bonner said:
"I do not bolieve that one hotel em
ployee out of u hundred knows how to
act in case of fire. A traveler arrives
late at night and goes to his room to
sleep without having the slightest idea
where the stairs or the fire escapes
are situated. In the middle of the
night he may be awakened by finding
his room on fire and in his excitement
would probably jump from the window
and be killed or crippled for life. If he
had been properly instructed it would
have given him confidence to know
how to act in the emergency. I cannot
give any man brains, but I hope to
teach him to make the best use of
what nature endowed him with."
Just about that time Mr. Bonner was
sent to Manila to organize the fire de
partment there, and his scheme for a
fire school was never developed.
Signs of Spring.
When your shoes begin to pinch,
When your toes begin to burn,
When your underclothing sticks
And you yearn and yearn and yearn
For the right to travel far
From the job to which you cling,
There can be no further doubt—
Tou may know that It Is spring.
When at night you find the house
Uttered up with strips and shreda,
When you tind the fashion books
And the patterns on the bed,
When your wife complains that life
Is a dreary, dismal thing
Just because her waist won't fit.
You may know that it Is spring.
When tho cab horse trotting by
Splashes mud across her nose.
When your hat rolls through the street
While the west wind wildly blows,
When your neighbor's toothless boy
Breaks your windows with his sling
And tho cellar's flooded, you
May be sure that It Is spring.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
A Homemade Barometer.
A weather man described the other
day a cheap homemade barometer.
He said it was only necessary to take
a piece of string about fifteen inches
long and to soak It several hours In
a strong solution of salt and water.
After being dried the string should
have a light weight tied to one end
and be hung up against a wall, a mark
being made to show where the weight
reaches. The barometer is now com
plete. It Is as accurate as a SIOO In
strument. The weight rises for wet
weather and falls for fine.
CHER NIAGARA FILLS
Fate of a Schooner That Was
Used as an Experiment.
SHE WAS DASHED TO PIECES.
A Thrilling Sight From the Time She
Struck the Seething Rapids Until
the Mighty Falls Tore Her Into
Splinters—A Pair of Tough Geese.
The following story of the first pub
lic excursion to Niagara Falls was
n-ritten at the time by an eyewitness:
"The schooner Michigan was the
largest vessel on Lake Erie at that
time. She was too large. In fact, to
enter the various harbors on the lake,
and, being somewhat decayed in her
uppers, the owner, Major Frazer, got
the idea that she would answer the
purpose of testing the fate of a vessel
that by accident might approach too
near the cataract and also the fate of
living things that might be caught in
the rapids. The proprietors of the
large public houses at the falls on both
sides of the river and of stages and
steamboats made up a purse to pur
chase the schooner, aware that they
would be amply repaid by the specta
tors that the exhibition would attract.
"For several days previous to Sept
G, IS2B, the day for which the affair
was fixed, which was Saturday, the
stages and canalboats came to Buffalo
crowded with people. On the night
of Sept. 5 wagons filled with country
people rattled through the village in
unbroken procession all night long, and
oil the morning of Sept. 0 Buffalo it
self seemed to be moving in one mass
toward the point of attraction. Five
steamboats had been advertised to
leave Buffalo Saturday morning. They
were the Henry Clay, William Penn,
Pioneer, Niagara and Chippewa. The
Chippewa was appointed to tow the
schooner Michigan to the Niagara river.
I was a passenger on her.
"As soon as we got well under way
the scene became interesting. The oth
er four steamers came plowing along
In our wake, crowded to the guards
with passengers and bands of uiusic
playing. The Chippewa towed the big
schooner to Yale's landing, on the Can
ada side of the Niagara river, where
our passengers went ashore, as did
those of the William Penn. The pas
sengers of the Ilenry Clay and Pio
neer landed on the American side.
Yale's Landing was three miles above
the falls, and the crowds of people
were taken from there on down the
river in wagons of all kinds. The hour
fixed for towing the Michigan from
Yale's Landing to the rapids was 0
in the afternoon.
"This task, an extremely hazardous
one. was intrusted to the oldest sailor
on the lake. Captain Bough. W'ltli a
yawl boat and five sturdy oarsmen the
old captain got the schooner under
way. They towed her to within a quar
ter of a mile of the first rapids and
within half a mile of the tremendous
precipice itself—as near as they dared
approach. They cut the big vessel
adrift, and she passed majestically on,
while the oarsmen of the yawl had to
bend their every nerve and muscle to
remove themselves from the peril of
being drawn down by the rushing wa
ters. Indeed, such had been the fear
and apprehension of the men that they
mutinied against Captain Bough and
cut the towllne before the time he
had set. If they had obeyed the reck
less old captain, lie, the yawl and its
crew would have preceded the Michi
gan over the falls.
"The high grounds on both shores of
the river were lined with people as the
Michigan, unguided by human agency,
approached, head on, the first rapid of
the seething descent, apparently keep
ing tin? very course that a skillful nav
igator would have guided her in. The
American ensign streamed from her
bowsprit and the British jack floated
at her stern. The vessel shot the first
rapid unhurt, still head on, making a
plunge, shipping a sea and rising from
it in beautiful style. In her descent of
the second rapid, the water momenta
rily increasing in velocity and tumult,
her towering masts went by the board,
giving tlie spectators a startling repre
sentation of the crashing of a vessel's
spars in a shipwreck at sea. She
swung around and presented her
broadside to the dashing and foaming
water, and, after remaining, as it seem
ed, stationary for a moment, swung
around until she was headed upstream.
"Passing the third rapid she bilged,
but carried her hull to all appearances
whole as she tossed aud groaned be
tween Grass island and the British
shore to tlie llorsesftoe fall, over which
she was drawn sternforemost ayil
hurled Into the thundering abyss. She
was dashed to fragments before she
struck in the seething waters below.
Immediately after she went over hun
dreds of people hurried below the falls.
The river was covered with fragments
of the vessel. * 3 - "
"There were aboard the Michigan
when she started on her trip toward
the falls a wild bull buffalo from a
western prairie, two bears from the
Lake Superior regions, two foxes, a
raccoon, a dog, a cat and four geese.
When the vessel left Yale's lauding in
ti»,v all these were let loose on the deck
except the buffalo. lie was Inclosed in
a pen. The two bears got enough of
the trip when the vessel began the
descent of the first rapid, and they
climbed down the side next the Canada
shore, plunged into the swift water,
breasted Its powerful sweep successful
ly and reached the shore. They were
so exhausted when they got on land
that they made no resistance to being
captured. The bears, before they aban
doned the ship, climbed the masts of
the vessel and, as it was presumed,
from that outlook saw what their fin
ish would be anyhow and then deter
mined to take the chances of getting to
land, slim as they were. The raccoon
ran up a mast and remained there un
til the mast fell. lie was never seen
Igaln. The foxes ran frantically up
and down the deck and went over with
the schooner, as did the buffalo bull
end the geese. Not a trace of foxes or
buffalo was ever found. Two of the
geese swam ashore half a mile below
the falls. The other two met tbe fate
•112 the buffalo and the foxes,"
HIDING IN A"GLIDER"
Simple Flying Device Tried by
Aero Club Members.
MANY SHORT FLIGHTS MADE.
Other Experiments to Be Made With
Machines Equipped With Motors.
New Device, It Is Said, Can Be
Easily Operated and Constructed.
Members of au "aviation committee"
from the Aero Club of America spent
the week end recently on an estate on
the north shore of Long Island experi
menting with a "glider" of the Her
ring model. Members of the party
were reticent about the precise loca
tion of the experiments, but It is learn
ed that members of the party succeeded
in "aviating" for short flights of from
thirty to forty feet with the glider at
a distance of from ten to fifteen feet
from the ground.
The delegation from the Aero club
consisted of Augustus Post and 15. L.
Braiue, members of the aviation com
mittee, and George 11. Guy and Mr.
AVard of the club. The committee was
appointed at a recent meeting in New
York of the Aero club, when Court
landt Bishop, the president, observed
that the balloon had no further worlds
to conquer and that henceforth the
mission of the club would lie iu the de
velopment of aerial flight.
The investigators arrived at the Long
Island estate early the other day. They
carried with them material for their
machine. In a few hours Mr. Braine
had put together the first glider of
the club. This consisted of a framework
eighteen feet long and five and a half
feet high as it lay on the ground, with
a width of five feet.
At the top of the machine and at the
bottom were muslin covers stretched to
the upper and lower planes of the ln
ln the center was a space
for a man to hang suspended by his
arms. The top cover was over his
head, while the bottom one would be
on a level with his arms as the ma
chine was in the air. The whole
weighed forty-five pounds.
The machine was carried to the top
of a hill near the place of its birth.
There was a stiff breeze blowing at
the time. A member of the party was
placed in the central position, while
one lifted the machine at the head and
one at the foot. The passenger stood
on his own legs, with the machine par
tially supported in the air by the two
others. At the word all began to run.
Within a few moments the machine
would glide through the air and the
two assistants would let go at the
shout of the passenger.
According to members of the party,
many flights were made whose great
est distance from place of starting to
place of alighting was forty feet. The
machine would rise in a curve which
gradually came to earth again. For
ward of the suspended position of the
passenger was a bar which the pas
senger used to aid him in altering the
Inclination of his body and hence the
center of gravity of the whole, so that
the angle of the muslin surfaces to air
currents was altered.
All of the members of the aviation
expedtlon took turns in riding in the
machine. Further experiments will be
made to lay the ground for work with
machines which employ a motor. Those
Interested regarded the success of their
experiment as an example of the ease
with which such machines can be made
and operated.
The club at the present time is search
ing for a place where experiments may
be carried on regularly without too
great publicity.
Shingles of Cement.
A company has been formed at Sagi
naw. Mich., for the manufacture of re
enforced cement shingles. They will
manufacture plain and ornamental
shingles, liip covering and ridges, orna
mental tile and other roofing material
now made of terra eotta only. A large
and complete factory will be erected in
Saginaw and operations commenced at
an early date.
Brand New Crimes.
A writer in Harper's Weekly won
ders if certain "brand new crimes"
will not result from the increasing use
of wireless telegraphy. A recent spe
cial message to congress urged legisla
tion to prevent interference with gov
ernment wireless telegraphy. A boy lu
Washington, it seems, had put up t.
ptafC for wireless experiment and had
prevented the sending of a wireless
message to the president when he was
on a warship bound for Panama. A
Brooklyn lad had caught a wireless
headed for the navy yard, and in other
eases boys and amateurs had got in th»
government's way. "Behold in sight a
new class of rights and easements un
known to Blackstone. Kent or Parsons,
Invisible. Intangible, Inaudible and yet
existent and, we suppose. Important.
Let us see now if congress can legis
late that boys must not be boys In this
matter of playing with magnetic cur
rents."
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