A DANGEROUS CALLING
Ite American Steeple Climber and
lila Perilous Work.
One of the most curious and at the
same time most dangerous callings
followed by any man is that which has
made famous the individual known as
"the American steeple climber." What
ills real name Is has never beer, ascer
tained, but under this cognomen he is
known throughout this Country and
Europe. That he is a man of rare nerve
and daring Is shown in tho many peril
ous feats he has performed In his par
ticular calling and in spite of many
liair-brcadth escapes from being diisu
ed to death he Is still in love with his
peculiar profession.
Sixteen years ago, when he was a
Bailor in the United States navy, he
performed his first feat of climbing,
When he gilded a cock on the top of
a steeple at Bremen. The authorities
offered a large sum of money to any
man who would do the job and "the
'American steeple climber" was the
only one who had the nerve to tackle
it. He decided to adopt steeple climb
ing as a profession and has since fol-
TITE AMERICAN STEEPLE CLIMBER.
lowed it. As Is natural In such dan
gerous work he has met with scores of
accidents, but ho seems to hoar a
charmed life. While working on tho
top of a pole In New York he received
an electric shock and, losing his head,
jumped to the roof of the building, a
distance of 75 feet. He escaped un
harmed, and In a short*ime was back
again at work. At another time he
was painting a flag pole on a school
building In New York when the pole
slipped through the roof like a shot and
When he came to he was sitting on tho
roof with the top of the pole clasped
in his arms. He was badly bruised,
but wanted to continue bts work.
His greatest feat was the placing of
a Uag-staff on top of the Eiffel Tower
in I'aris. During the sixteen years lie
has been in business be has climbed
2,207 flag poles anil sixty-three steeples.
He uses no scaffolding whatever. When
he climbs a steeple ho affixes little
pieces of rubber to his legs, which
take fast hold of the steeple and he
does tho same when climbing a flag
pole. When he reaches the top he ties
a rope and slides down with it
His Bravery.
' Mrs. Blinkly—John, dear, won't you
discharge Mary? Ycu know how afraid
I am of her?
Mr. Blinkly—Certainly. No servant
can ever scare me. tA little while af
ter)— Mary, ahem! Mrs. Blinkly has
asked ine to tell you that she wants to
see you after I ha.vo gone to tile office
•—Brooklyn Life.
Two Smart Tltliisrs*
Scene—A public eating house. Pert
youth addressing waitress: "Bring UM
one of your dog biscuits, miss."
"Yes, sir; If you promise to 'lit It on
t\e mat."—Tld-Bitr
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UNDER CARS IN A HAMMOCK.
Queer Device Constructed by a Michi
gan Hobo.
A queer character, "Jack the ham
mock rider, who lives by his wits," i 3
attracting the attention of peoplo
throughout the State of Michigan.
"Jack's" ha.nimock Is of his own con
struction and bears the mark of eon
sklorable ingenuity. It is designed to
fasten under a sleeping car to aid
"Jack" in "beating" the railroad. The
hammock is made of heavy canvas,
quilted on the inside and fastened to a
stout stick at each end. Two large Iron
hooks project from the wooden rods
and by these he attaches his novel rest
ing place to the two iron bars which
run the length of each side of the car.
A cover is sewed to one side and al
most covers the ends, the sewed edge
being placed toward the engine, so that
the wind pressure will keep out the
dust as the car speeds along.
But the interest in "Jack" is not only
due to his peculiar mode of travel, but
also to the fact that his life ill fits a
man of his characteristics. During the
recent campaign ho attracted consid
erable attention as a stump speaker,
and by his ready wit he has gained a
friend in almost every town ho has vis
ited. Added to his natural propensi
ties for entertaining is liis wide expe
rience and no inconsiderable educa
tion, which readily command the atten
tion of any who chance to speak to
him. Neither working nor begging, he
procures his meals and shelter by dint
of clever invention and repartee. Ue
has a taste for music, and, curious ns It
may seem, Is fond of playing hynms on
the piano, during which performance
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he wears a sad and lofty expression.
His past life is a mystery, nnd in speak
ing of himself bo refers only to li'.s
years of travel. "Jack" studied in Chi
cago at the I'ush Medical College, in
tending to make medicine his profes
sion, but he prefers his roving life and
declares he is "the happiest hobo in the
world."
The Indian Baby.
An article on "Home Life Among the
Indians" Is contributed to the Century
by Mrs. Alice C. Fletcher. Mrs. Fletch
er says: In the Indian household, as
lu our own, children bear an Important
part. The baby is the constant com
panion of Its mother; not that other
members of the family do not share In
tho care of tt, but the little one Is
kept closely under the maternal eye.
Boon after birth it Is laid In Its on u
bod, which is often profusely orna
mented, and Is always portable. A
board about a foot wide and three feet
loug is covered with a feather pillow
or with layers of soft skins. Upon
these the baby la fastened by broad
bunds of slcln, flannel, or calico. When
asleep the child's arms are bound un
der cover, but tbey are released when
It awakes. A great portion of the In
fant's time Is spent lying upon a soft
robe or blanket, where It can kick
and crow to Its heart's content. If,
however, the mother should be so en
gaged an to be frequently ca'led out of
the tent, the baby Is laced upon Its
board, nnd hung up under a tree, or
placed where there is no danger of
falling. Should the mother have to go
any distance from home, she will slip
the strap of the board over lior head,
and tho baby goes aloug, winking at
the great world from its mother'sback.
Long Journeys on horses are made by
babies snugly packed nnd lnmg l'roiu
the horn of the mother's saddle.
The Ilorrid Brute.
She—l never expected to work like
this when I married you.
He—l didn't suppose you cared. You
worked hard enough to get me, didn't
you?—lndianapolis Journal.
Try Graln-O ! Try Craln-O1
Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of Grain-O, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. Tho children may drink
it without injury as well as the adult. All
who try it like it, Grain-O has that xich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re
ceives it without distress. One-quarter the
price of coffee. 15 cts. and cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
THE BILTMORE ESTATE.
A NORTH CAROLINA WILDERNESS
TURNED INTO A PARADISE.
Dlore Tlian 5T.000.000 Spent Upon an
Unimproved Tract of 7000 Acrei* by
George Vanderbilt—A Princely Man
sion and Miles of Mugnilicent Drives.
The Biltmore estate is about two
miles from the city of Asheville, N. C.
It is in the mountains which makes
Asheville so noted as a summer resort.
The estate belongs to George Vander
bilt and contains 7000 acres. More
than half of this is in beautiful wood
lauds, the remainder in a high state of
cultivation.
It is impossible to tell how much
money has been spent on the estate
from beginning to end, but it is some
where between §7,000,000 and $lO,-
000,000, with no end yet to the amount
of money it will cost the young mill
ionaire. Every day he is spending
money on it, and seems to pay no at
tention to what goes out. When he
gets everything to suit himself, the
estate will be, beyond all doubt, the
most princely in the world. It is
probably now the most attractive place
in this country.
Across the French Broad River, in
the heart of the North Carolina Moun
tains, Mr. Vanderbilt has bought
7000 acres of property. This is unim
proved, except for a mountain shanty
here and there. It is thought to be
the intention of the young millionaire
to make a great game preserve of this
tract. It is not connected with the
estate on which money is now being
so lavishly expended. It is so moun
tainous as to be worthless for any pur
poso except a great game estate.
Work on the Biltmore estate was
begun about seven or eight years ago,
Mr. Vanderbilt then owning about
one-half of the land now embraced in
his property. He has continued to
buy until the ncreage is, as stated,
70U0, Besides the princely mansion
of millionaire, surrounded by hand
some walls and iron fences, there are
many beautiful houses on the estate,
occupied by employes. And here it i 3
interesting to know that several hun
dred people are employed on the es
tate. At the mansion itself forty or
fifty people are on duty. Yet Mr.
Vanderbilt does not spend a total of a
month each year at the mansion. He
is now in Europe. The salaries of the
employes go on all the time.
The neighbors and the Asheville
friends of the millionaire say that he
is big-hearted, a philanthropist and a
benefactor of mankind. Those in his
employ who are faithful and attentive
are assured a home under all misfor
tunes. In case an employe is striken
with serious illness his salary goes on
and his house remains at his disposal.
Nothing is left undone for his comfort.
Mr. Vanderbilt is thoughtful and
kind to the farmers. He has taught
them hundreds of new ideas and aids
them in every way possible. He en
courages them in the improvement of
their stock and the introduction of im
proved methods in farming. His over
seers are instructed to aid the farmers
rfi every way possible. The result of
this magnanimity is that the best class
of cattle are being introduced into the
country and tlio old red hills around
the estate, heretofore fit only to grow
sprouts and blackberry vines, are
blossoming into cultivated fields. An
inspiration has been set which has had
farreaching effect. Even in the build
ing of mill dams the millionaire has
furnished new ideas.
The farming operations are con
ducted under the supervision of men
of scientific knowledge. Every im
proved instrument is used. A splen
did truck farm is operated. This,
however, has not paid, owing to the
competition of Virginia and Georgia
truck farmers, and is to be abandoned
after this year. Small fruits will take
the place of vegetables.
It is impossible to describe in a
short article the beauties of the estate.
The most attractive features are the
drives. These have been macada
mized, the rock being pulverized.
The roads are hard, smooth and firm.
Bicyclists are allowed to use them.
All along these drives the native wild
flowers have been added to by foreign
flowers and plants. Honeysuckles,
wild roses, lilies, daisies, ferns, plains
abound in the wooded portions of the
estate, presenting a bower of beauty,
which draw from all visitors unbound
ed expressions of delight.—Washing
ton Star.
A Ileal Dlnmontl Ring.
A ring recently exhibited at Ant
werp, Belgium, was the admiration of
diamond cutters and merchants be
cause it was the first successful at
tempt to cut a ring out of a single
stone. There are a great many diffi
culties in this method of cutting dia
monds, as tho stones have a certain
cleavage and particular veins, all of
wliioh have to be carefully studied iu
order to prevent splitting just as suc
cess seems within reach.
After several unsuccessful attempts
and three years' labor the feat has been
accomplished by the patience and skill
of one of the best-known lapidaries of
Antwerp. The ring is about six
eights of an inch in diameter. In the
Marlborough cabinet there is a ring
cut out of one entire nnd perfect sap
phire.—Chicago News.
The rails Catacombs.
The subterranean galleries between
the Jardin des Plantes, which consti
tute the catacombs, by which the sub
soil of Paris is honeycombed, are now
being utilized. They have been con
verted ito a species of laboratory nnd
aquarium. A number of them have
been fitted with reservoirs and glass
tanks, while in others tho niches that
once contained human bodies have
been converted into cages, where
scientists are able to study the effect
of total and partial darkness upon ani -
mal life.
THE DRUM ON SHIPBOARD.
It IMays an Important Part in tho Dally
lloutiue of Duty.
"The Last of the Drums" is the
title of an article written by Lieuten
ant Con Marrast Perkins for St. Nicho
las. Lieutenant Perkins says:
In tho navy as well as in the army
the drum is hallowed and glorified by
traditions of victory; and from the day
Paul J ones ran up the first flag of our
country, with its liberty tree and its
motto, "An Appeal to Heaven," down
to the present, a man-of-war's drum
mer, though the smallest mite on board,
has always played an important part
in the daily routine of our Nation's
floating bulwarks.
From the rolling of "gun bright- i
work" in the morning, and the long- '
drawn, solemn beat to "quarters," to
the last incident of the day—"taps,"
or "extinguish lights"—the drum re- '
tains its place here; and the little
marine drummer, with his baby face '
nnd red coat, is the last to carry his
drum proudly at the head of marching
men, and to blend its martial rattle
with the blare of the trumpet, which
has usurped the place of the fife.
These boys are enlisted at Washing
ton, nnd are taught in the musio
school at marine headquarters, after
which they are drafted to the several
marine stations at navy yards, or dis
tributed to vessels in commission all
over the world.
They are eulisted at from fourteen
to sixteen years of ago, and are bound
over to serve in the Marine Corps un
til twenty-one, when they are honor
ably discharged.
While serving on men-of-war, they
swing in hammocks and mess with the
Marine Guard, nnd in all respects are
treated as if they are men; in action
they serve at tho great guns as powder
boys—"powder monkeys" as they are
sometimes called. The duty of a pow
der boy is to pass charges from tho
magnzine to tho battery.
Drummers are distinguished from |
the private soldiers of the Marine
Guard in full-dress uniform by a scar
let tunic with white facing and shoul
der knots—the only dress in our ser
vico like the traditional red coat of
"Tommy Atkins," the British soldier,
which has been worn by the army for
nearly three hundred years. As a
joke upon this distinctively un-Ameri- I
can uniform, it is related that when the
British were seen approaching Blad- ,
ensburg, during tho War of 1812, a !
wag in the American ranks shouted,
"Great Scott! boys, here comes the
music. I guess I won't wait for the
army!"
A Xluminoth Sea l.lzarcl.
Says the Wichita (Kan.) correspon
dent of the Cincinnati Enquirer: Henry
Patterson, of Perry, Oklahoma, has
dug from his farm a prehistoric mon
ster, or rather a petrified skeleton of a
mammoth sea lizard, that has excited
great interest among scientists. It is
the most wonderful and most colossal
fossil ever unearthed, and its propor
tions are gigantic. There are verte
brae, a complete skull, ribs and flip
pers, that are mammoth in size,a fossil
fully petrified, the bones being cal
careous.
There are fifty or more vertebrae,
each as big as the joint of a stovepipe.
Tho head is sixteen feet in circumfer- j
ence, and has a long protruding bone,
six feet across, like the beak of a bird.
The ribs are twenty-five feet long,half
hooped in contour, and the eye sockets
are two feet across. The propellers,
or fins, are perfectly preserved, and
are throe feet wide and eleven feet
long.
The fossil is that of a saurianondon
or sea lizard, and was fully three hun
dred feet long. In the Cherokee Strip
the alluvial deposit just overlies the
cretaceous or chalk formation, and the
fossil was found by Mr. Patterson in a
putty clay, not more than four feet be- j
low the surface.
It is believed to be the largest fossil
ever found. Professor Marsh,of Yale,
has restored skeletons of the reptiles
of North America that ore over a
hundred feet long, but nothing so gi
gantic as the Cherokee Strip lizard has
ever been brought to light on this
continent.
To Sleep Well Lut Before Ketlrlng.
A light supper just before retiring
is usually of advantage. Baby and
brute animals are usually somnolent
when their stomachs are well supplied
with food, the activity of the stomach
withdrawing the excess of blood from
the brain, where it is not needed dur
ing sleep. On the other hand people
who are very hungry usually find it
very difficult to sleep. And then a
habit of sleep at at a regulated time
and during proper hours should be
cultivated in case this habit has been
lost. Iu accomplishing this tho at
tainment of a favorable state of mind !
is of great importance. Sleep cannot '
be enforced by a direct exercise of the
will.
The very effort of the will to com
mand sleep is enough to render its at
tainment nugatory. The mental state
to be encouraged is one of quiescence,
ono of indifference, a feeling that the
recumbent posture is a proper one for
rest, and that if the thoughts are dis
posed to continue active they mny be
safely allowed to take their course
without any effort toward control, j
This state of mind and thought is next
akin to dreams, and dreaming is next
to sound sleep.—Medical Record.
A Cliapel Bell.
The largest bell in the world is the
one called "King of Bells," in Mos
cow, Russia. It was cast in 1733, but i
fell during a fire, and remained buried
in the earth till 183 G. It is more than
three times as high as a man, being
over nineteen feet high, and weighs as
much as 220 common cart-loads of
coal. There is a large piece broken j
out of ono side, so that it canni t bo
rung as a bell; but it is set upon a
stone foundation, and used as a chapel, ;
of which the broken place is the door, j
—St. Nicholas.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
] Elevators are now made with but
tons so that the passengers can stop
i them at any point.
The hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board in London have 3800
beds set apart for scarlet fever and
only 700 for diphtheria.
During the year 1890 no less than
I 750 lives were saved in Chicago by the
use of the diphtheria antitoxin. The
statistics on which this assertion is
i based may be found in the bureau and
division reports of the Chicago Depart
j ment of Health for April, 1897.
In the sand wastes of Southern
j California two varieties of rattlesnakes
are found. The larger ones, called
■ "tiger rattlers," sometimes attain a
' length of four feet, but it is said that I
they are sluggish, and far less dnnger-
I ous than a smaller variety named the
"side-winder." This name comes
I from the snake's habit of moving side
wise, as well as advancing in the ordi
nary manner. It is also called the
"horned rattlesnake," on account of
the horn-like protuberances over its
eyes. It seldom exceeds a foot and a
half in length, but its motions are very
quick, and it has the reputation of be
ing "vicious."
Professor Luigi Dambon, of Home,
attempts to prove by statistics that
northern lntitude and higher altitude
do not conduce to longevity. He says
the average Arab outlives the average '
Eskimo by no less than twenty-five ,
years, and that the people who live on
the unhealthy coasts of South America
survive the inhabitants of the higher
and cooler altitudes of the interior. I
The natives of India live to a surpris- 1
ing old ago. Even in Europe people
live longer in the south than in the
north. Among the twenty-seven million
in England there are but lid centena
rians, while in Spain, with a popula
tion of only eighteen million, there are
four hundred centenarians.
Photographers are said to bo able
sometimes to produce direct positives
by extreme over-exposure or by special
treatment. Anthony's Bulletin calls
attention to the remarkable experi
ence of a beginner, who obtained three
positives and ono negative from four
exposures of the same subject, the
only difference in conditions being the
length of exposure. The one good, j
clean-cut positive of the three was pro- ,
dueed by an exposure of a minute and
a quarter, with a fairly large stop in |
full daylight. In another experience
mentioned two exposures of the same
subject under precisely the same con
ditions of lighting and timing produced
one positive and one negative, although
developed in the same tray at the same
time.
'Alaska Indians Gi> Into Business.
Rev. John Duncan, missionary to
Metlakahtln Indians in Northern
Alaska, is not having things all'his
own way in the matter of trade up
north. The Alaska Miner says that
the missionary may have builded bet
ter than he knew. Several Indians,
acting in the spirit of emulation, have
started stores of their own, and in
some instances carry a stock of
BGOOO to slo',ooo. There are six
stores of this description on their isl
unds.
These educated Indians have arrived
at the conclusion that there is money in i
commercial life, and have decided to
compete with Mr. Duncan and his I
Portland capitalists. Mr. Duncan has
met this competition, first by selling
flour at 51.25 a sack and then raising
dock rates to $3 per ton upon all
goods not landed for his store. The ;
Indians have determined to build a
dock of their own, and have announced j
that they will complete it this summer ;
and allow any oue to laud there who
wishes to.
This is no idle boast, as they have I
plenty of money and can pay cash for
work they don't do themselves. Edu
cational and religious movements on
the island are being overshadowed by
commercial matters. Rich free-mill- j
ing quartz has been found, and the
Indians hope before long to have;
stamp mills at work.—San Francisco
Chronicle.
American Courtesy.
Let one Englishman, at least, record
his honest opinion that an educated
American is the most courteous person
ho has met in his travels, writes lan
Maelaren. One may have a pardona
ble pride in the good form of an Eng
lish gentleman—an instinctive sense
of what is becoming—and yet desire
the cordiality which is very taking in '
an American; oue may admit that in !
what may be called the decorated style '
of manners a Frenchman is a past
master, and still miss that note of sim
plicity which is found in an American.
There is, indeed, as appears to a dull
male person, a certain analogy be
tween the superiority of an American
man in manners and an American wo
man in dress, for she lias added to the
severe good taste of an Englishwoman
a certain grace, and redeemed tho
cleverness of tho Parisian from the
suspicion of trickery. Blood and
climate have united to pronounce this
felicitous result, where the gravity
and dignity of the Anglo-Saxon have
been relieved by a certain brightness
of spirit and lightness of touch which
would be out of place, and might he
even offensive, in rain and fog.
Wholes us Travelers.
Mr. William H. Doll, of the Smith
sonian Institution, says, in Science,
that "during the early days of the
whalo fishery several well-attested in
stances occurred of whales struck in
one ocean, as the Atlantic, being
afterward killed in the North Pacific,
and vice versa." This would indicate
that some whales are great travelers,
for to get from tho Atlnntic to the
North Pacific they would have to go
many thousands of miles, passing
either around Cape Horn, or around
the northern eud of North America
and through Bering Strait.
Cfiine Ijonjr Word h.
I Doctors who are In the habit of using
long words when visiting people may
take a hint from the following little
story: An old woman whoso husband
! was not very well sent for the doctor,
! who came and saw the old wife:
"I will send him some medicine which
must be taken In a recumbent po&i
--| tlon."
After he had gone the old woman sat
down greatly puzzled.
"A recumbent position—a recumbent
position!" she kept repeating. "I
haven't got ono." At last she thought,
"I will go and see if Nurse Lown has
got one to lend me."
Accordingly she wont and said to the
nurse:
"Have yon a recumbent position to
I lend me to take some medicine In?"
The nurse, who was equally as Ig
norant as the old woman, replied:
"I had one, but to tell you the truth,
| I have lost it."
We hare not been without Plan's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.—LIZZIE Fsiiaui.,
Camp St.. Hnrrisburg, Pa., May 4. 18tH.
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