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MEXICAN CONS ' ? " r g ; ; - ^ a _ The rapid-fire squad of the Cons ern. up-to-date machine guns, and we! ^KELETO^ ? Captain of British Vessel Reports a Weird Discovery. Ill-Fated Sailing Ship Said to Have Been Sighted In a Rocky Cave in Magellan Strait?Craft Missing Twenty-three Years. I London.?A weird story of the sea I has been briefly rabled from NewZealand It is the story of the finding of the sailing ship Marlborough with 20 skeletons on board. The Marlborough, a Glasgow owned bark, belonging to Messrs. I^eslle Co.. sailed from Lyttelton, New Zea- I land, with several passengers and a crew of 33 under the command of 1 Capt. Hlrd In January, 1S90. She was homeward bound by the Cape Horn route and was spoken in mldocean In the southern Pacific after which no other word of her was ever heard In April of that year she was posted I as missing, and later on was given up as having been lost around the | Horn, where the bones of many a I good ship and many a hundre<V seamen lie. A government cruiser searched the rocky and tortuous coasts of Patagonia, but no trace of tier was found. The Marlborough became Jirst another of the thousand mysteries of the sea. A day or two ago another British mailing ship arrived In I.yttelton with the story that she had found the Marlborough and the skeletons of 20 of her crew In one of the rocky coves near Punta Arenas (Sandy Point) In the Magellan Strait. The captain is quoted as telling the story In the following words: "We ^ere off the rocky coves near j Punta Arenas keeping near the land for shelter. The coves are deep and j silent, the sailing difficult and dangerous. "We rounded a point Into a deep cleft cove. Before us a mile or more ! across the water stood a sailing ves- j sel with fho barest shreds of canvas I fluttering In the breeze. "We signaled and hove to. No an- I srwer came. We searched the 'Strang- j er' with our glasses. Not a soul j could we see, not a movement of any j sort. i "Masts and yards were picked out In green?the green of decay. "At last we came up. There was no sign of life on board. After an tnterval our first -mate with a member of the crew boarded her. The sight that met their gaze was thrilling. "Below the wheel lay the skeleton of a man Treading watfly on the rotten deck, which cracked and broke in places as (hey walked, they encountered three skeletons In the hatchway. "In the messrooin were the remains of ten bodies, and six were found, one alone, possibly that of the captain, on the bridge. "There was an uncanny stillness around and a dank smell of mold which made the flesh creep. A few remnants of books were discovered tn the captain's cabin and a rusty cutlasfi. "Nothing more weird in the history of the sea can ever have been seen The first mate examined the still raint letters on the bows and after much trouble read. "Marlborough. Glasgow.' " Punta Arenns Is a pretty large place as South American towns go. It has a population df several thousands, and. of coutho, the Magellan Strait Is a great highway traversed by hundreds of ships yearly, which take this way to avoid doubling the Horn with Its furious gales. The whole of the Magellan Strait, from Gape Villus to Tape Pillar. Is familiar to thousands of seamen and Indented and rockbound though It Is It seems Incredible that a ship could lie concealed for nearly a quarter of a TITUTIONALISTS WITH I titutionallsts of Muxiro at Santa Maria II trained in how to use thein effectively [S ON SHIP j century in that part "near" a place like Punta Arenas. Had the discovery been made ' among the df-solate and multitudinous Isles of the Cockbum channel or down about Cook bay or False Cape Horn ?perhaps the wildest coasts in the world?it would have been more credible. Indeed, shortly after the ship j was lost there was a report that the crew of a passing ship saw seamen signaling from an island down that way which is 300 or 400 miles from Punta Arenas. SOCIETY LIGHTS IN COSTUME Son of Germany's Envoy and American Girl Do "Stunt" for Charity's Sake. New York.?Count G. von HernstorlT, the son of Germany's ambassador to the United States, in the costume of a Harlequin, as he appeared A It Society Devotees in Costume. with Miss Klsle Park, wnll known In I,on? Island society. In the masque hall at the Garden City hotel. Garden City, Ia)hk Island, in aid of the Nassau i County hospital. Miss l^rk wore the costume of an oriontai princess EUGENICS AID TO LOBSTERS Supply Increased by Work of Fisheries Bureau in Washington City. Washington.?Heavy increase In the supply of lobsters this year, according to a report from the bureau of fisheries | to Secretary R'dfteld of the department of commerce, is attributed by [ fishermen and dealers to operations of the fisheries bureau in artificial pro pa I gation of the lobster. Reports show that there has been a heavy increase in the supply since the j bureau devoted special attention to | the work, particularly along the coast of Maine, where lobsters are being ta ken In greater numbers than ever beI fore. From Rockland. Me., It Is reported ' that the average daily shipment has | been twenty tons of lobsters from i April to September. y ? . i MODERN GUNS .:: ?y-asagaB ^ ".?.<1 {}t?.*^x^*E3Rm S'ir ^-. * -.. ^ ^3?'^^ The squad Is equipped with modr. "WIND JAMMERS" OF ARMY Some Specimens of the Quaint Slang That Is Used by English Soldiers. London.?There is niore slang among soldier than one would tlnd ut all the schools in Kngland. Some amusing examples are given by Corporal 1*. L. King of the Second Life Cuurds in the Household Brigade Magazine. A Tom Clarke is a swab, mid it is also a kiss. Hence, one may hear a soldier refer to "Tom ('larking his straight missus, which means kissing his prospective bride. Nobody knows who the original Tom Clarke was. A touch ot the Lawrence means a tit of laziness. A pennyworth of bread and cheese is known as a "rimer" for some inscrutable reason, and tea is "dirty 'ot." Meat is "saddle Hap." To "put half a gauge on" anything is to do work for a man for sixjience. which may have some connection with the fact that a half-gallon can is known as "half a gauge." A man wearing a muffler Is In "burg lar order," and is open to the question. "Where are the ferrets?" If anyone has an unpleasant surprise in; "drops about 17 holes." Should you agree with a statement you say. "same as that," whereas if you disagree you remark, "What's coining off?" Bandsmen are referred to as "wind jammers." WAS DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD Woman Who Lost Legacy Under Absentee Statute Finally Establishes Ker RinK?s. Boston. Mass.? Miss Mabel P. Allen of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has proven herself alive after the Suffolk county probate court, the state supreme court and the United States Supreme court had declared her dead, received $2,600 as her share of the property left by her grandfather. Jonathan Merry. When the will of Mr. Merry was tiled several years ago. Judge (Jrait of the p-obate court was Informed that Miss Allen had been missing for fourteen years, and. under the absentee statute, he declared her lead. The question of Miss Allen's being declared legally dead was taken to the state supreme court and the United States Supreme court on the constitutionality of the absentee clause. In 18 1 Miss Allen received the first information that a legacy awaited her while reading in a newspaper that the United States Supreme court had decided that she was dead. She appeared In the probate court and establish*^ her Identity. DUBS WIFE STREET CAR FLIRT Husband Charges Woman's Weaknesc Causes Him Great Discomfort and Sues for Divorce. St. Clatrsvllle. O.?Charles F. Marmle, n coal operator, declared in a suit for divorce that his wife "was lAinut.op. v. v " on M'l II in: 11^ with Jlarry Albough and oth< r Btreot; car conductors to his discomfort and the lowering of her good name." Marmie declared his business suffered through the weakness of hi. wife for "street railway uniforms." On numerous occasions, according to Marmie, he was compelled to remain at home with his wife to prevent he. from spending the day riding back and forth on street cars. In answer to her husband's accusations. Mrs. Marmie admitted that one ! or two street car conductors had tried to flirt with her. but declared that she had always rebuked them Draw Up Domestic Plan. L-os Angeles.?A detailed plan con1 ceniing their domestic relations has been crawn up and signed by Mr. and Mrs. Earle Maddock, a newly married couple, aged sixteen and fourteen respectively The husband agrees to help his wife with her household du ties In the evening, wh o she prom ises not *o "talk back" If a dispute arises. / t- * > ISLAP, SUP, SUP, ; SING 16 SUPPERS "Bold Boy Bandits" ftre Beaten by Parents and Good Willie Is Glad. irwo DREW REVOLVERS ! New Jersey "Gang" Participated in a Wild Western Escapade in a Raid on Quiet Village of May wood and Suffer Penalty. Hackenaac/k. N. J. Sixteen siippois In sixteen rcpres*,ntaii\e Huckensnck homes were put into action the other , evening when as many parents learn1 ej ttvat their young sons had participated In a wild western escapade in a raid on the tpiiet village of Maywood. llere they discovered little Vv'll: lie O'Coniwll, ten years old, wearing a cowboy suit. William is the son of Willlain A. IVOomiell. a New V >rk lithographer anil printer, and is a well behaved lx>y. "At him. buyBl" was the command from the "Kane" leaders. Hester Thompson. John Cronin. Herald ('.iles ri?<1 Danny JpfTm, a son of Commit* sinner T). 11. .letters. and the would-lto "bandits." armed with clubs and re volvers with blank mrlriilRrs, poun~ed upon defenseless little Willie. lie rried anil bis dot? barked. and then I Willie's mother appeared on the scene. "I'll send for the police!" called Mrs. O'Connell. "CJo and call Vm! We'll meet 'tm, nil rit?ht!" yelled ba.^k the boys. Two drew their revolvers and aimed them at Mrs. O'Connell. Then tliey threatened to shoot the dop;. At this staRe Mrs. O'Connell derided It time to telephone to the llackensack police, and Detective Karle hur rieii to the rescue on his bicycle. He discovered the boys in the woods on Summit avenue, and one of them discovered him. "Cheese it. feP?srs! Scoot! There's a cop!" yelled the scout on picket duty, and the hoys scooted. Karle caught several and soon had the names of the band of sixteen, lie also learned that the "hand of bait i^i "I'll Send for the Police!" Called Mrs. O'Connell. , flits" had lassoed Laddie Kinzley, a son of Jost'iib Kinzloy, of Lookout avenue, as he was ri>lliiK his bicycle. I and, throwing him to the ground, took his wheel away with them, one of tho loaders mounting it. The ""boy bandits" hnvr n lint in a tree on Kuclid avenue, and tearle had trouble climbing the tree to see what was on the inside. Toy pstols, hard made swords, air rifles and a box of apples were found. OUTRUNS TRAIN; GETS WAGES Section Hand Sprints Six Mllec on Ties in Overtaking the Pay Car. Hammond. Ind Joe Delge a see- j ' tion hand, and sometimes a foot, racer, too Joe wi'dds a pick and shovel for the Nickel Plate road, and the other day was i?uj day ilut Joe didn't try any sprinting to reach the pay ear. and. just as In* arrived at the depot here, the train with 'he pay car attached pulled fit toward t'hicago. Joe took one look at the receding train and then started hitting it ofT 'on the ties after it. Six miles north, and across the Illinois line, the train stopped fur water About six minutes later Jim; came puffing tip He demanded his pay and got It. He hnil 41.lt' coiilne II#* ti-iH 't#?" " ( a little In advance last month, ho sahl, pocketing the eh ck mid startI lag back to Hammond on a dog trot. Rubber Coa* Saved Him. Goshen. N. Y When .1 II Mrk'll : lop. a bartender pass**! a church, lightIning, jumping from the lightning roil struck him. A rubber coat he wore i.s thought to hate saved his life. I Going Some! Paris.- On a bet six seamstresses of a famous Paris dressmaker rut out i aril finished a complete gown la 2t minutes riding in a tul>o train. j r : - . ? ATFTFM1?58 Militiamen Spurn Departn WASHINGTON.?Hiscuits and pies! I These two delightful edibles nre i proving obstacles "TT^l/STA eeerT) l" the United ( BATTY WHFfl -S,atP8 war de" , I TOOK UP THIS PArtment. and It , cookiW J a-! C0im>8 "f the , ^ eftorts of the au- i / thorltles to get ( brave and gallant nillltlamen inter?c kuX gated In the art j/r ^rjL of cooking. Recently conr ' gross supplied T W_) I Ky funds to be used -- v//j 1? instructing mi_____ litin officers in the V 'jWEr/ art of mixing I vl / dough and pre- J C??) lr*/m & paring pie crust g ko I' could be cut ? with an ordinary iiilfe. War department heads expected their action would meet with popular approval, and that the militiamen would crowd one another In their haste to take up domestic science. They were sadly mistaken. Not a eiiiisk- uiuirr vuiuuieereu, ill mci, I 1 there was a marked hesitancy on the l>art of the men to become cooks, i Schools for bakers and cooks, maintained by the war department with i n view to teaching the men sanitary i United in Wedlock in RKl OUJSOTlONS of what blissful effect entrance to the little sylvan grotto in the United States capitol grounds, with its music of rippling wafer and its sweet seclusion, had "when love was young,".came to the front in the minds of hundreds of married and single Wushlngtonians the other day. with the announcement that Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wilson Scruggs, the latter formerly Miss Florence Leger, had been Carried in the grotto. t'upid simply reversed his tactics ( regarding the grotto, which is sometimes known as "The Temple of Romance" in the cases of the Legers. Ordinarily? one might say in all cases heretofore, in all romances at least? the little love god has lured the prospective lovers to the grotto, and there sowed the seed of love or driven home his darts to the gurgling sound of the little fountains within the retreat and the nestling of the ivy that covers the bower. Instead of beginning this last romance there he established a precedent and brought it to a culmination in the precincts of the little place. Out of the myriad of brides and grooms that annually visit the capitol Many Undraped Scarecrc CAPT. Harold W. Jones, of the Army Medical Corps, has made an investigation of the J physical charac ^ teristlcs of re- i (<:roLJ c r u 1 t s accepted I for the army since 1 A and according to gAvg fj Jtj 4 these records it seems that the iSi&v ^ emits is deterioatW He HCto The measureW merits of 500 re JSflK amined, and It la shown that the ^ - p e r c e n t ag e of strong men enlisted Is by far the lowest at the present day, only 33 per cent, as against 57 per cent, in 1875. The men considered weak at the present time are 43 per cent, as against 19 per cent, in 1875. Attention is called to the fact that the percentage of foreign-born recruits has fallen from more than 00 per cent, to about 9 per cent., and it is suggested that many of the recruits obtained Real Babies Engaged for GKNl'INK experience In housework, housekeeping, cooking, and care of names is 10 no pari or mo uo- ; mestlc science course of the grade j school girl of Wuahington. Heal houses are to be loaned for the course, and?what's more?real babies are to be furnished for demonstration purposes. These plans for making the school courses in domestic science more practical and instructive are owing to impetus given by Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, who Is prominent in t all social service endeavors In the capital. The , resent prospect Is for two of these houses One Is a modern cot- j tage connected with the Noel house. ] The other Is an alley house, under the | supervision of Neighborhood house j settlement. (' iris taking the domestic science I courses in the schools will hold classes at these houses a number of times each week, when they will be given the opportunity to do all kinds of housework under the eyes of capable instructors. They will keep the houses dean, mains the curtains, the heddinv j _ r?i _ i n n ? itjni s nea 10 oe uooks food values have gone without pupils a consequence. , . ; Much speculation aa to the attitude t of the militia officers has been indulged in by the department heads, with little satisfaction. Some have ventured the opinion that flour and dough might soil their gllBtening uniforms, and the fact that they are em ployed in the kitchen might lessen their majesty in front of the fair Bex 4t social events. The government aa tin inducement has ofTered to keep secret the list of men who npply for kitchen instruction, and as to the other objection, aprons would, of course, be provided while the pupil mixes dough. Aside from the ability to mix flour and water, the military requirements for entrance to the "Hlscuit College" demand that a budding officer-cook must be of sound health and good moral character. Incidentally in setting forth the requirements, the militia division bars officers above the rank of colonel. The appeal for officer-cooks, however, is genuine, and if there is any militia member in Cleveland who is anxious to excel in the finest art the world has known, confer a favor upon a perplexed war department and write at once. Capitol Grotto Grounds und Haunter through ito grounds at Least nine out of ten couples pause on entering the Ideal love-making bower, rcconnolter to Bee If anyone else ia within dangerous proximity, and then ?well, everybody who has been there knows. Mrs. Scruggs, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene l^eger of this city, conceived the idea of being married In the popular little grotto. In company with Leland Leger, her brother, and the Rev. Dr. Thompson, pastor of the Waugh M. E. church, the couple went to the grotto and were quietly married. Following the . ceremony tho couple and the bride'a parents and two brothers went to Great Palls on a little picnic. Mr. and Mrs. Scruggs will make their home In Mississippi. >ws in Military Service years ago were hardy German and Irish emigrants of stocky build, which may account for tho great difference In tho percentage of strong men In the army now. Many recruits from the country districts of I^oulslana, Alabama, and Mississippi are found to be 111 fed and under weight, and Capt. Jones states that tho universal custom of waiving several pounds under the minimum weight "gets many an undraped scarecrow into tho Bex-vice." Capt. Jones further says: "We must take the figures cautiously. As I have said, I think there is no doubt that we are getting a different type of mar. in tho service today from what we got years ago. He may be Just as good und he may have more brains, but he does not seem to have us much brawn Whether the presentday recruit would last as well under the old conditions of hard frontier service, with sanitary conditions far Inferior to those of the present time. Is hard to say, but I think it doubtful If he would. The high percentage of strong men In 1876 to 1879 mnv due to the fact that recruiting, at least in this part of the country, wa? noi very active then, and the army could pick Its men, accepting only the hardiest and the best." School Girls to Nurse tho towels, and various other articles that enter Into the composition * of the regular home. They will be taught to cook food upon the regulation Htove tn Uoon larder properly aupplied, and the dishes and pots and pans In correct condition and arrangement And, then, the demonstration baby! This baby, Mrs. John P. S. Nellgh says, will be borrowed for the occa- 1 sion. For the Neighborhood house classes It will be borrowed from the > day nursery connected with the settlement. Upon this baby all the mysteries of caring for Its klni, and for making them healthy and happy, will be demonstrated. I X .' . J