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1 ■ LITTLE « iltil M Crciok-.L arid Aod It w/»v^ wind* WILO_ APP LE . T( , e ir i. «„"*>• n. I hum •^^'S^r, 00 e °" M ’ of the orchard the host nwuetI Ut dal, ««t« blossoms f vuBiy I I. H., I in Z ’>"! <M. »«»,! GOING “IN . I r, *»ire w ;ii calmly. ‘*Tlr-* fellows- • M *— <■ *, j 22L*“i» ^ •• TU * uudersti^Q H« tnrned hi. C0M1USSK out of tlie gro U n ^ ^ roJ e > at >■•’. | >r |jj ^ n ® “a'' ”'•‘1- ~ grab at hi. raised his man and And ©n the are north hir «k ,6 ” Ton c !f 1 r!,,Kht rows. ‘ p, ®‘ trw * «Und la And hai, ' ,are - grows. mU3t car " f “»y heod how it —Margsr ft Panlon. - ra«»ed hi. whii^sT 11 and Ponryn THE exact CURRENT meaning of n AVAL phrase.! applo-treo Vandegrlft, l»fnd him. But n„ epo *? ot * nnH be- *‘ tn » . Ba( l he passed°ov VO if y Allowed the rise unmolested Ar * le crest of I ,er . eHC °rt had di^anni?*". Jo " io anJ fool remains around^ ^ ‘h hours I Won . t an8 n w d ber « twenty-four fences. There » for the «>nse. ranches other thTn • COtt,, ‘ ^o.n bunch.mine >u *iiat ot In tl® I lore Ruth’s Com- d HL C" BKAND f lirJT/r » 'MVr,.nt 0 »o fans, in 'f'l'Cll h, h„l o„S j r0 “" ,l '“ 1 ' T "il'ler and more bm! ^ ° 00,10lr 7 was a errovu ore broken. There was and a branch ’Thar Hap,ton. " Wy Vard When the nZ“‘ fan «..h, DKton For S rrT «•* •'— There has been on • Teasel 'Laid t T . Uer • Wa •bout putting veMehofu,^ jooom,Th.fnUtn^l 1 the term hare aftern watch tion, ai is don and greate: port on watc] Er, ning hgh and casts and from 6 to p the DESEETING IlS AN AST. two hours’ dura- , . WISE WORDS. log watches. This le regular routine latch standing the night duty. In !▼« men are kept ) are the anchor Uj *"* w» „„„ r »ri!.^. n,lb ' "‘»ri>oJ He was still th « "tieam, bisT^. siJ « of .Vards away, when he 's f ° e ‘ ling H few half a dozen - - ° a »ronn r>f t ■ L .. f r ,M > blamed f understand tain!- ’ Cai> - :' aM ° Howard ""‘I 1 11 ««nphati. a Ca,, f„ was * tu, Jf lanky ,uan ’ w i‘h a p ro . - - morn i g roil P of 1 0“‘ -r „ snlle” ™ 0 ‘ 0, '« n “f r hey forded the str-I t ' le br ook. P^utlyoatey,® 8 ^ and then, a„- up m an excited/ gesli ( . n ? , * ll,m ’ ‘ Ire ' v '' 1 e nryn was quick f!** U,atln g group. tt * ^«xicnn« a -nnite T^' 26 tL ^u quite evidently herds- ominced Yankee | ®««i spurred ,J orso and ^pre^lT t0 get hi * waa to follow. Bat * ^ t" r ' v!!atev er g ,,n ia his belt I.a i , ,oos ened the lustanl v h.^- 1 “ '^‘ind Sh^^be^ 0 ^ aaiounW 1 oue who hasobsirrS^ewtlr 1 beginning to end IUe P ro cess in^rrVrl° ftb ? na ^ ia ^ jeet and coaid hardly ha ro CtlV ' as the Paine shin • r ® Co L •"*«... Zoizz? >z:z:zrjzt° : h‘ y °‘ -g officer of the yard tVge e th°“ Xjm** talked with the frn . / i, :— "I'urred nn tlfn g . ro,l P °t horse- • y P° of oounten-1 luu i. but hefor« L 1 ,nc, ino toward ! u,c ‘b and h e I to see what n l e J C0U,d t,lr u around binned his elbow / bim from the daUe:er 4h roatened fauuliarly Upon hi. head and .n,! ,, ,10 ° Se BeU,e ‘> over Pinio ^i d l r ^ d - aa pulled Asj ‘ui, pinionimr . u "“a pulled u , . me yonnw — - ne . , Some of i“f ar .“ s to his sides V l r ' te tbver Banch. Jer o/ the I f,a »k movement andTe ‘ a(I ,iJn,,0 « Henry Ponryn, tllB 1 m °— - ’ anU be w*« DO ' ittJo aponrheTn& r i! tor ^eIied Perlence of Howird 11 ^ 1 ? 6 ? 4 au ‘l ex/ o f tlieir present discusif * tbw su bi«/»* ous one. u,>, cii3«ion was Come. object a sori- licnr u ®°' v i Stock f * or, even i,, <n 1 t 0 *™- without mor °y- He wm d ;L Wafl , at tbeir ground, the chatterin , to th e $rZ tiv ? "'“"p 0 ” l ' e “ ,o for sea. “ “ w get her * When there is a crisis pj • «" '! i * p| v»(e Pjmnce'l ”">« •be receiving V •’."“'blai and these, with tlm L f h 103 ha ^ under the forc0 04 tin g been pnt in run- en on board from e or from the dock, [y to go to sea, she a nary yard wharf the powder magazine, situated some distance There she takes on which is t!.e last act ng of a war vessel. A ermitted by the navy ft come to a yard or er ammunition in her fully equipped with her fof officers aud crow and go at a moment’s notice le may be ordered by the ! at Washington. direction of wlTateve con- under PuUhTngs 4 to^^f’ begin ” aocumulfted duif wd° dlrtT^P different p aP t 3 of the L, d / rt ,r °W engineer’s force gL^^C. eugine and boiler .v> 4 once toJ a r' X ;: t’onrvn skid b0, « human ^d not show P fe«. e i Ud / eed ’ but bo I ««wpackinV7k ,OVOarroia the engir Acourdmg to the |J; k . octlv ely. N™. and lau^hc/,,. bia cup* / joints; the JnmV^ ln the valves* ** boud have «li u 0 °* 3 mor e than I tbat oue—tiin / ,u Cieir faces, at and dirf L P ^^1 P S, “re tested tim-i «-.,.. : r:„«,l, ■!-toU% 'rk M ««4‘ j tofbSi STK f ™'” "peaJc-.sinoe I a8t / him twice across J?*"!, ca | n P~lH«lied bars renewed er 4ubes and J round- "“7 eulk e “ n, t 0 ,J ^ a *d at r t b« r ? are, s<J I /, Wl1 '''bTlsTiidTho^hl with bis bappen. Tli« L!i.° U 4 know i tbH g as bes. ooJ H°wed from not oow^ini b ° ob* 1 ° f tbe w °und did ki » me and go ^ mandad. “i*o U ®n h 5 ,r ^ 0? ” be de- My boys irM h ' ni1 Jr ° ar mistake. Orande—*^1 beyond ^ a 4bo Kio not s money won t mi “H Per- A , 1 ‘•'•I thv Zl *™ " Interesting Animal. Patton-Bethuue 1ms just ome with him from the Ma- a nladang (a Malayan wild hich is bolioved to be the of its species that is in cap- the world. The animal was ast spring in Ulu Pahang, in lay States. Its mother was ,nd the little one, then only ten days old, ran round and until secured by some Malays, ied its feet together with “put- |t / V which were the paly things y at the time. It then had to arried some sixty miles, and was aght up with a baby’s feeding bot- It came to England in a large se-box, which had to be covered h tarpaulins and boards to keep t the cold. One of the soldiers on ard became so fond of the animal at he used to sleep in her box to ie that no harm should come to her, ut she proved an excellent sailor. The sladang is now living in a loose box at Captain Patton-Bethune’s resi dence, Clayton Priory, Burgess Hill, and seems none the worse for the phange of climate.—London Times. ENLISTED MEN GO ABOUT IT WITH GREAT CIRCUMSPECTION. •top or ranch 111 happen 'm » u 1 1 "bSl Lr. ^ “ k *« e must I ... , . „ ffIVe U P the W< p dp Ji£ ,1, m’t h Hr" erea J0keri h the His ailanoe evhJentlVe m ' vi4 b 0tl treply. •See here/” ji„ / e . Xas P®rated Jase ^ butt end of Z'T h f \ H * the red dirt or ti,„ ._.,, bl P to draw in .Tou. ’ nomen ^ontai st ro i Ce the'o’wak ^ ltL a b,)ri -1 retO0m, >! bowbla greatly ^.ytmUnto tem. Regular size 35c. jpo\ . Sold by T. D. Rhodes dr Co.^ drug-1 the ^purpose m ,xmv g flfiariitdirnT irag^r^Lv-v renewed. gmos to see if ’ tu r n ° ver th/ ^rt the dy‘Z ar f lu Prop bghts and the j>il ot ’J® 34 4b ° 0,oc oa the search-Sts 0 ^®^^ 8 ^ work the steeri^’^ ‘he faJ engines, «et the hoiKn aad sto « r 1 ffi °tmn and nut the boat aCLin< ,. — the on his face ir- b » r ^ put operation. ri/ited and fi t°rehons Pork, beans no ii ° Wanc8 of floa? meffettL C ° ffee ’ mockt ki iJ,’ uo U4tJQ, crane auij lit ‘•kwmt, pretty little trick, ain’t it?” he said, sarcastically- /‘An; our mark is on the same part o’the cnttois too. “But how does be get era. ue- m ruled Penryu. “That is, if he is n en many a rustler hung ou less eu- dence in the old days.’’ p . . They A’ere speaking of M. Vtirnot> Frenchman, who had been dealing in cattle in their »nd was rapidly grow- tl^^cerauc Wr e» The gii w J°Vr“ir wlmUUese ae«l>or«a<». s dld "J* ^ s “ da ““ i7 1 h i: i xr s h”»rSS horses and ohm e • w i t h his into their saddles.^ 1 en 7^^ pai( i head hanging ^P 0 ^ en the swift slight attention, iiont unou his a young for a time neighborhood cl ‘M. Per U “M Pevriot was a good-looking be- aides being a wealthy young French- ing spur of them, the man struck him, turned The was the Nowadays there before from the White M Perriot bad come into the country Penryu had been about the only young man visitor at the colonel’s The colonel’s daughter Josio ma-net which drew him. he always found Perriot '•I'uat verv afternoon Ponryn, taking what ho called his constitutional, saw \. k ,f >re him the young lauy with 1 ‘ r- ri as her escort. They were well mounted and his pony had allhecoubl d , t • overtake the couple, and might ,u,t have done so but that they drew rein ou the verge of a hill aud sat con- tempiatiug what was going on below on the other slope, where Pemot had his little camp. So mtorested were they in the cattle branding that they kerc hief but then the i . horses’ hoofs beat upon e ’“, .ii he-ondered ».«9«'T '' mor “ - who had already in his saddle and tt t r ;,r.tigur.ti..; to ^ ^ came a party o . • an) j | r *“? mZe H,° «i2“lload to him .od mo- B; “j“.« W Him lji»g upon th. meut. Jn* ™ himself choking grass, and ._u:«u ihe foreman over sometuin^ is placed on board, of the ship is responsible article received, and a strict ac kept of each. Then the cooking store has to be examine aoe whether it is complete m all findings. The outfit of a galley UM consists of two copper kcttles ° f 4! gallons each, a fifty-gallon kettle east iron jacket and copper In covers, two steamers for vegeta each with a capacity of thirty-two Ions, two sets of saucepans, a fine of tools for lifting and tiring, and the ordinary cooking implements The line officers look after the ton dition of the guns, the rigging, the boats tbe cables, the anchors, the flags ’and signsls, the charts, the iau- tical instruments, and other parfe of the ship’s equipment ^hat Ins The Wily Sea Otter. Jesse Kerns, being of a mechanical turn of mind, has conceived a plan to capturojthe wily sea otter. In the shop of N. H. Borenson, in Hoqnaim, Wash., he has bnilt a unique craft. It is in the form of a big log, twenty-four feet long, with both ends tapering down to one foot. It bulges out in the middle, large enough for a man to stand up, for the purpose of shooting the otter. In the center is also a propelling and steering apparatus. The craft has been launched, but was found to float too high iu the water, and is now being sunk deeper by the aid of ballast. When com pleted it will be given a coat of green paint, and as so little of ,it, not to ex ceed twenty-fonr inches! is above the going through the surf or in wet weather the caps will be put on, and the craft will be water-tight. If Mr. Kerns makes a success of the venture it will be valuable, for these otter skins are worth from §150 to §500 each, and are very scarce.—Spokane Spokesman-Review. In tbe Navy an Intending Deserter le Al ways Spotted by Bis Shipmates—A Sol dier Who Took French leave in Unique Way—Aided by Bum boat Men. When a blnejacket or marine has decided to desert, he says very little about it, even to his intimate friends among his shipmates, but, for some mysterious reason that has never been satisfactorily explained, and probably never will be, the word is nearly al ways passed around among the men forward that So-and-So is about to go over the side. Occasionally the same news will get aft to the wardroom, but officers have discovered the futility of bothering their heads about inteuding deserters. The intending deserter al ways waits until he attains the first class on the conduct class list of his ship, which permits him to draw all of the money due him except a month’s pay, that is always carried on the pay master’s books for all hands. Mean time he makes his preparations for the jump. He usually goes in light marching order. Such articles of his kit as mustering suits, pea coats, etc., that are of any value he sells for al most nothing to his shipmates or gives away. The things he can use, as, for example, underwear, he does up in a small package, together with what few family photographs, letters, and trink ets he may possess and wish to keep, aud gives the bundle to the bumbout man, who stocks a dinghy with to bacco, soap, brushes, aud such small articles, and sells them at exorbitant prices to men forward on warships. The bumboat man, often an ex-blue jacket or marine himself, is always on the side of the man who purposes jumping ship, and he takes good care of the intending deserter’s bundle un til the man claims it ashore. The bumboat mau also undertakes to look around ashore for a cheap outfit of clothes, shoes, aud hat for the man who is about to leave the navy with out waiting for his discharge. He makes a small commission on the out fit. “Monthly money” day comes around, and the intending deserter draws all the money he has earned, except the month’s pay retained. Then comes the day upon which he is entitled to go ashore. He goes and simply forgets to come back. The of ficer of his division reports him ab sent without leave for ten days—and every time he does so there is a gen eral grin alone the lines of men for ward assembled at quarters—and then he is marked on the ship’s log as a de serter. The chief master-of-arms,who has probably known all about it since the day of the deserter’s departure, goes through the form of looking through the wire locker of the mau who has gone, and of course finds nothing except, perhaps, an old cap ribbon, a worn forage cop, or a soiled watch mark or rating badge. If the which the foreman Lad forced iTetween bis lip^ feel now?” ., sitting up. Penryu. bind that up, said th’ their did* ml notice Fenryii till be was close L er ^ ^ ou t erbout anon them. After saluting Miss I - - -d. Hahlgreen and exchanging a few grave words with Perriot Ponryn raised his hat again to the lady and trotted down Hie further side of the hdl. Aj li® went however, he turned to 1 ernoi, and said as be pointed to the bolloi- inc herd aud excited Mexicans be ow Sem “I’ve beard of a man being knng lot hrauJing • hooch ol .toe . liV.x that Times have changed in T.Li>t it ...ft • health, occop.. lion even now.” “‘What moan you riot. “Better,” said “Here, lem “® t he lower part tb. old TM». •h"™* lt > »linen hand- „lh.» .mplo,«*7^ e , sc „ h , a I,,,. as fast as they “The boys air hull range’ll be buzziu’ erbout their ears afore moru- lU “How did you know about it?” »«^^o I .t.n; r! o,d Blame plucky gal means can only bo appreciated by ® who lias actually undertaken tliet|k. A volume might be written in regrd to the signals alone. When all this work has been ot* the ship is ready to go iato comiis- sion Up to this time everything.!*! been under control of the comman«B of the yard, so that when the Capco of the ship arrives and reports him* to the yard commander, little rem for him to attend to. In the meanl men have been brought togethe: constitute the crew. Sometimes are enlisted particularly for the which is about to go iuto seme other times they are withdrawn other ships which have just been out of commission. The crew and marines report aboard with bags hammocks; the Captain orders crew to be drawn up on the spar promptly at noon upon the da, which the ship is to be put formal!] commission, reads to them his or from the Secretary of the Navy Babbits Put to Good Use. At last the much-abused rabbit has found a friend in the person of a well- known Irish agriculturist, who de clares that the little animal has at least one good trait. The gentleman iu question owns a large tract of pas ture land on the banks of tbe river, which of late years has been ao over run with buttercups as to very con siderably interfere with the value of the ground as pasturage. A few seasons ago a few rabbits were introduced on the farm near the river, and these soon multiplied so fast as to threaten to overrun the whole estate, but it was soon noticed that the buttercups, formerly a scourge to the pasturage, had died down to iso lated clumps. On examining into the cause the farmer discovered that the rabbits had, during tbe winter, scooped out the center of the butter cup roots, with the result that these had disappeared beyond all possibility of farther growth, and grass has sprung up in the place of the flowers so distasteful to the cattle. Fllterlne Milk Bsforo Using. Central depots where milk is re ceived and filtered before being taken to tjie consumer are now a feature of several European cities. Large cylin drical vessels are divided horizontally near their center by compartments containing sand of three successive the coarsest being me how you "'““‘’“str.tbottt.id her ho.s ter th’ news—Hey! where ’?” he broke off to ask, as Hs she is! death bvingin Pe^usUggie^to Ws feet and made r sputtered P «-1torhUhor..^ Vm Eat Miss dosie torned her b«ck npon , hcM .11 night, do ,«“• ’ " iaIU * Ks^huVlot Th. estop -SO" „ J. l-M goto- ter rid. on .rter tbs “ d ‘ re ';.d^.lS?, X ^" d “““-1 ‘'^AH right. Vll go home,” ttdd Ten- eonniig ai J - branders but he started bis horse on a can- “There was a steer on his side near vvhile ..He’ll get ter the eolonel » held by the lariats oi >r ore the g*l does if he keeps up that ::: 0 i«d«n-: Ther^ WS. »o old hAmd. ••Go... th. coiootf. a mark Penryu knew well—on aarter qi be wearin the lazy degrees of fineness L -JP , , . the lowest, and as the milk arriving tailin'* him to the command, hoists|e from tlie country is poured through a commission pennant to the main tr* • into tUe bottom of these vessels, and the Stars aud Stripes to the ■1^ rises through the sand filter and is or staff at the stern, and all is re* ran 0 g by an overflow pipe into a cool The ship is now in commi3sJ. cigtern> from which it is drawn di- From this time regular watches*^ locked cans for distribu- ■■ ■ H i ion / tjbe sand is renewed each time he filter is used. The dirt is separa- ed from the milk, the number of bac- eria are reduced to one-third, and an stonisbing quantity of mucus and limy matter is removed, the loss of ,t being very slight. mark- C’ brand the beast's nigh foteahoulder Somebody ran from one of the fires getUn > and laid a hot iron on, the steer * side, i There was a sieki>m»g odor of bnrn- hair and flesh Aia the astonished ateer bellowed loudly. The Mexicans gathered around tb< American with threatening faces looked dowu upon fore long, un White Kiver ranch’ll be ttm a mistress. Then he vaulted into his saddle and took cp the trail toward the distant Rio Grande.—Philadelphia Inquirer them Ho ; coutemptu- 1 In tbe whole of Greece there are only 152 newspapers. kept day and night at sea and in an officer of the line is constantl; duty on the deck and an officer oi engineer corps is on duty in tbe en; room. The officer of marines in < maud of the guard sees to it that i is an orderly stationed at the dtr the Captain’s cabin, at the scuttl ; 0 prevent a waste of water and ally on the foMMpthi find at the gi way in port. A man-of w«r’s crew, or, as termed in the service, the “si company,” is divided into two wab the starboard and port, and someti again divided into the first and parts' of each. These full or watches are on duty four hours time, from eight bells to eight the bell being sounded on the hours, commencing at 12.30 o’ with one bell and continuing o’clock (eight bells), when the s; repeated. 1' rom 4 o c*ock iu CydlngtheJvwriWfV** Enerax. A jeweller, bemoaning the impend- rQ in of his business, observes that Twadays young men P* 93 ( hia wlu * JW8 without SO much as a glance and > off to the bicycle stores to buy their cvethearts presents, and the worst ' it is that the silly girls appreciate lestupid things far more than they .nMfefc* valuables in the way of rings d’SSb” i» '*° 1 ' b « unite expects to hear before long naval prison at Mare Island or at Bos ton, but he is not hunted. Marines who desert from navy yards, however, are carefully sought for by the civil authorities of the town contiguous to the yard. A soldier in the army goes about the business of desertion with great care, complaisance and circumspection. A soldier does not often have much money when he makes his escape, for his pay is small, and the money-con suming canteen is never far from the quarters. As often as not he will leave all of the truck in his chest behind,for there is nobody answering to the char acter of the bumboat mau to help iiim iu getting away. He will always wait for pay day, so as to have a few dollars for immediate expenses. Then he quietly walks to the railroad station and puts as many miles between him self and the post he has quit as his money will carry him. By the time he has reached the station his bunkies have ) swooped down upon his chest and looted it of everything of value, for the deseiter 1ms told them of his intention to go and has left explicit directions as to the distribution of his gear. He does not hand it around be fore going, because by doing so he might excite the suspicion of the first sergeant, who generally has a keen eye in such matters* A few years ago there was a corporal who deserted from Fort Wingate in heavy marching order—blanket, haver sack, knapsack, overcoat, suit of un derwear, pair of socks, towel, comb aud brush, leggings, campaign hat and cartridge belt, tiu cup aud plate, and rifle—shut he was unique. Not many years ago a recruit at David’s Island (now Fort Slocum), N. Y., received word that his mother was dying in a little town in New Jersey. He showed the captain of his company the letter and asked for leave of ab sence long enough to go to his moth er’s bedside. The captain, who feared that the telegram was bogus, declined to let the recruit go. The recruit appealed to the commanding ing officer, who refused to let him go on the same ground. So, in the mid dle of winter, the recruit swam the heavy tide that runs between David’s Island and New Bochelle and made his way to the bedside of his mother in time to close her eyes. She had hardly died before a squad of soldiers from David’s Island came to the house after the deserter. The recruit emptied two charges of buckshot into the squad, fortunately killing none of them, but he was taken. The young man’s punishment was light. Iniquity builds its own jail. Truth is the weapon of honesty. When money is king, misery if queen. Loss of first love in the first mark of apostasy. A man without principle never be comes a martyr. Prejudice is the chain of error hold ing its deluded devotee fast. No matter how many kinds of trouble a man has he is apt to feel that he would prefer some other kind. There are more people cross-eyed in the tongue than in the eyes; they talk one way while they are thinking the other. Many a man who claims to be look ing for work wouldn’t recognize a job if it stepped up and tapped him on the shoulder. The blossoms of spring are the prophets of autumn. So a joyful ser vice in youth promises a rich fruitage in after years. Most of us in our apprentice days feel mighty enough to bear the burden of success, but how many have the streugth to fail? You must try to be good aud ami able to everybody, and do not think that goodness consists in a melancholy and morose life. Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest; there are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowl edges it in another. There is a deportment which suits the figure and talents of each person; it is always lost when we quit it to as sume that of another. Despair is the thought of the imat- tainableness pf any good. It works differently iu men’s minds, sometimes producing uneasiness or pain, some times rest or indolency. Children’s Hour* of Nleei>. One of the most fruitful sources of the illness of children is the habit which some parents have of allowing them to stay up unduly late at night. It is one of the greatest mistakes of those who have charge of them to let them have too little sleep. It is con fessedly a difficult matter always to get little ones to bed at the time they ought to go; they, of course, plead for only a little longer to stay up; but if parents would only realize the im- extreme importance of plenty of rest they would remain obdurate to all such entreaties. It should not be forgotten that children are naturally wakeful in the morning, and in consequence of having to be off to school betimes aio frequently called before they have finished their morning nap. Children, as a rule, ought to sleep ten or eleveu hours, aud to do this they ought to be put to bed early enough at night so that they may have this amount of un interrupted sleep. If children do not get the necessary amount of rest it is no wonder that they become nervous, fretful and difficult to manage. Theii- inherited ia. nmnjc|sesf^^L^^ . ic'-panrents, are leeni^mWP^NBwM^l^v*^* every sound, and their tempers are irritated by being called out of bed , when they are so much inclined to sleep. During the earlier years of childhood, whatever else may be done, there should be ample provision for long and undisturbed sleep.—The Ledger. 1 Kecalls u Slranae Story. A statement given out at Louisville, Ky., by Miss Theresa Wales, a nun, establishes the identity of a man who was the principal character in a dark affair in the history of the United States Navy. In 1812, during Presi dent Tyler’s administration, a mutiny, led by Midshipman Philip Spencer, was discovered on the United States brig of war Somers, as the craft was off the coast of Madiera. W. T. Wales, purser of the boat, informed Captain Sidell Mackenzie, who was iu command, and after a trial in which he protested his innocence, Spencer was hanged on board ship with two fellow-conspirators. Miss Wales says that Wales, the in former, was her father. He died at Lonisville some time ago. Although it is not generally known, Wales was discharged from the navy by Secre tary Spencer soon after the attempted mutiny, and the latter pursued Wales relentlessly. After leaving the navy Wales drifted from place to place, se curing employment in many cities, only soon to lose it, some unknown influence seeming to be at work against him. He drifted about, until he finally shook off his pursuers and lost his identity at Louisville.—Chi cago Record. Disease Spread by Worms. The earthworm, glorified by Dar win, is now accused of playing consid erable part in the spread of disease. 'i“*V "l - *, f 0 r •young peo- Pasteur found germs of charbon near 1 1* “J^faway bicycles insteadof ! the surface of ooil in which sheep that ' ^when plighting 7 their troth.- - Sad dled from that disease had been is idon M*d. buried several years previously. Change of Temperature. Scientists and all observing persons are interested in the statement that the climate of France is quite rapidly growing colder. For some time this was disputed, but a careful examina tion of the conditions of vegetation appears to confirm the idea beyond the shadow of a doubt. Certain trees and shrubs that a few years ago flour- ished luxuriantly are gradually dying out, and in some localities have dis appeared altogether. Lemons form erly flourished in Languedoc and or anges in Roussillon, but these have altogether disappeared, as have many indigenous plants that at one time grew in the more northerly districts. The Queen’* Kulln av Car. The railway carriage which Queen Victoria always uses on her continental journeys, and which is her own prop erty, has just been thoroughly reno vated and redecorated at Brussels, where it is kept at the Gare du Nord. It is an immense double saloon, one- half being furnished as a sitting room, while the other half is divided into compartments, one of which is a com fortable bedroom (with two beds), and another is a dressing room, with » large metal bath. W9 i. Bgfj v*# t a. •* v , v- ■; t'r , f : ia .?W. 11—mi .iwi^-TTn^sB