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Show gggjAGUmNTttl DRQWNED CHILDREN u no wonder bride.beautifuldelight. wed- they eee "hat .11- Sterling dieplay. ver of had b. "wedding present, may or thre. dollar, up to service, coating '.borate ;'b,o,dollar.. All Mild big"ith our une,u"ed fluranWe- 10 THWART CAHHIBAUSM " SHIPWRECKED WOMAN CRAZED BY TORTURES OF STARVATION JUMPS INTO SEA. Victoria, B. C. A tragic story of the wreck of the Norwegian bark Er-rawhich struck Middleton reef on June 18, was brought to port by the steamer Makura, from Australia.' Only five of tbe 22 men aboard tbe Erral were alive when the wreck was discovered by the steamer Tafu. These were taken aboard the Tafu, nearly dead from thirst and starvatl, WDKlirDmiP Es ML fuARRJ- - ROBINSON rroer at law r. .n.Judts y Cecity Year. He Won't Vote Thi. Domiuico Esposito was ques-Jin the United States district tor cltl-hi- p rtto test bis qualification A lack of careful be showed constitution of the was asked. rnlted States? Esposito was the reply. -The biggest ship. is the meaning of the VVbat of July? fourth is day Easts rlv froze over. 'nVbat is tbe That was tleorge Washington? IVash was big Tammany Georga da contract. much Had man. a state or a Is Governor Hughes national officer? He stop mucha I dunno. ..Yeg I guess he want Teddys race. horse "Vl'ho lob --- through to the top, where was loI immedi-atetlcated the escape-valve- . Inquired if it ought to be I was told yes, that like that? opening was essential in order to allow the expanding gas to escape; otherwise the balloon would burst 1 whether that then inquired peoceje or mriRTioi was large enough to let opening T LAST the day of dreams had the gag out fast enough. Mr. Rolls thought come. For had it not been a boyit was. But, I persisted, suppose it isnt hood dream to step into the car of what will become of us? That will depend a balloon and go sailing away into upon your past life, was the laconic reply. the undimmed blue of the inviting I p to this moment I had felt no alarm or unsky. And now I was to cross due anxiety. One by one the helpers unhooked the line which separates the kingthe bags of sand that had been bolding us to dom of anticipation from that of earth. At length the basket swung clear of realization. the ground and was only kept from ascending I must confess that my devoby a pairs of strong hands holding tions that morning were a little it within a foot or two of the earth. more protracted and fervent than Near tts was a huge about 70 feet usual. However, the time and the tall. To me It looked 700. The direction of place and the man the pilot were most opthe wind would take us directly toward it. The s portune, for I was to be the guest of balloon was edged away by the helpers to the foremost balloonist, that prince of faither side of the lnclosure, as far as postplendid sportsmen, Hon. Charles S. Rolls. We sible from that huge round Iron tank. Would Do you believe In anarchy?" Never He from Sicily. I dunno. ejhahng the A half-doze- gas-tan- Eng-'and- beard of him. Are you willing to take up arms at the United times to destroy States? New York I can. "Any time what scsmtaomr I suggested that the wxx time I should insist on a basket that would come up to ones ears. Then occurred to me the story of the hungry boy who asked for the core of the apple his friend was eating with so much gusto, and received the slightly discouraging reply, There ain't goin to be no core. So perhaps with me there wasnt going to be any next waist-high- ! ion. Capt. Anderson and the second mute were drowned while building a time. Our altitude was now 2.000 feet and wo were drifting in a light breeze straight across the city in the direction of St. Pauls cathedral, which we could easily distinguish on account of its dome of gold, which looked about the size of a large football. Just here it may be well to state that any one who thinks the pilot of a balloon has CLEAR JAILING nothing to do is quite mistaken. Mr. Rolls, ably assisted by Mrs. Harbord herself a cool and experienced bal- the clash of arms at Marston Moor. Across the gulf of the years we can see Caesar and his conquering legions loonist who owns three fine balloons made everything snug and taut. The and the white cliffs of Albion. Indeed we are over the various articles on board were con- - Playground of lllBtory. 2:40. Our direction is changing for the better and we are drifting north of east and hence wilt have a longer ride. We have dropped a thousand feet and the noises of the city grow clamorous. Mr. Rolls is throwing out sund and closely watching bis statoscope. The sun is behind a cloud and our barograph shows my Those In White Array. lived in a Kirsty McDotigall, who note Highland parish, had a visit Edinburgh nieces, who were spend a week or two with the She determined to show i lady. m off on Sunday at the ancient The young iage kirk of Lochaber. lies wore costumes of the purest At the point of his seriowy hue. n the minister, in speaking of the to say: gels of heaven, was heard And who are those in white ar-f- ? an her Wife Saw Him Drown. raft. of the conro the consternation ex-liegation Kirsty was heard to Its ma two nieces, sir, frae Edin-rebits. Tid REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. The longer ago a woman was born, easier she can remember to forget when it was. the A queer thing about the lies you tell Is how brazen they seem when somebody else tell the The reason a girl likes to wash you hear tame ones. a straight line, Indicating that we are sailing on an even keel, as it were neither ascending nor descend' ing. This Is the great desire of sky pilots, 8:10. We are outside of London. Mr. Rolls announces gleefully that we have passed the Rubicon of our difficulties. He Is kind in saying that he Is glad I am making my first trip with him. and Mrs. Harbrod opens a wonderful how delicious are those dainties and our hot tea up here among the clouds which are drifting lazily by like great white Blilps in a shoreless sea. 8:45. We have suddenly struck an upper current and have soared aloft We are 2,600 feet above the earth. Yes, it Is cold, and we button tight our overcoats. We are over Weald ball, a delightfully beautiful country estate. From the castle floats the union jack and also the stars and stripes. God grant they may ever float together in ev' ery land where civilization has a home or freedom a banner! Just now I looked up, and, oh, horrors ! the balloon is on it would be her hair is how romantic to have a prince catch her drying it til down in the sun. No matter how much a woman is lure a man loves her, she wishes it was more so she could ask him to tay It In bigger language. One great trouble a woman 8a over the playground of his saves Were., as tory, my talented friend, C. N. Williamson, happily herself by marrying a preacher is phrased it. how she doesn't have to nag him to Taking a taxicab at the Savoy hotel in company with New York some Canadian get him to go to church. friends, we bowled along the bank of the Press. Thames to Shorts balloon works. Queens Circus, Battersea Park. It was a clear, crisp afternoon, and the touch INTERESTING ITEMS. of winter was In the air. We turned a sharp corner, and About of the human race in the distance I lives on rice. caught my first of our The London Stock Exchange has glimpse 6,400 members. aerial might It SL Peters, In Rome, will accomnot prove a heavmodate 54,000 persons. enly? chariot. It The lungs of an adult human being was swaying in have 175,000,000 afternoon the cells. Two million American made cigar sun, a great goldettes in boxes and tins am seventy en ball 42 feet in thousand pounds of tobacco in tins diameter, and extod plug were imported tending up above into kok last year. the housetops. Stealing electricity in Colorado is Its name was tbe punishable by a fine of $50 and Im- Venus. Mr. Rolls, the owner apd piprisonment for thirty days. us a An electric glue heater ras been lot, gave put on the market which is said to cordial welcome. The other pasmelt glue in thirty minutes, and to sengers, the Hon keep it at a temperature of 150 deAssheton grees for several hours after the cur Mrs. Harbord and Mr. rent has been switched off. Jack Humphreys, In the seven years, 1901 to 1908, had already ardChinas postal service reexpanderived. Meanmarkably. The postal routes now while a strong ver 88,000 miles and the postof-iice- s had number 3,493, as against 17G in breeze sprung up, and 1901, an increase of 3,317 in the seven as I gazed at the HOW TNELAHD MD WATER LOOK years. Venus swaying to A 5 A EL OON Experiments and investigations and fro in the made both in in America and and wind we hit It? Could we by some miracle miss it? Europe straining at the squeaking ropes, I Mcate that fully one-haof the was reminded of a nervous, blooded raceThere and then I got my first fright. It was deaths from occur horse champing at bis bits, anxious to be off. a good, big, paralyzing fright. Oh, how hard, consumption toiong people who are compelled cruel and altogether repulsive that iron tank to Suddenly the question came to my mind, reathe dust in Its various forms. looked! There was nothing nice about it. I Where will this impatient, yellow, The advance in sat down on a large lunch basket in the southdues On beast take us and wbat will it do with us stumpage uffiber cut on crown east corner of the car and held on for dear lands in Quebec when it gets us there? life. Some way I didnt feel any inclination to feet province, Canada, for The balloon basket was about export is ex- stand up and look about and crack jokes pcted to occur In September, 1910, square and about that depth and was held to as havwhich jokes seemed to me quite nl will, says our consul at Sher- - che ground by many bags of sand, each 42 the others were doing. about Suddenly I was toook, ing a rope handle and weighing practically prohibit the shi; I am sure Gastartled by the cry. Let go! g of wood to the United pounds. pulp briel's trumpet will not frighten me so much otates. It is surprising to the layman to see the I am still of the as did that cry. Let go! number of things taken on such a journey. A Yarn of the Sea. , and an anchor-ropopinion that Mr. Rolls need not have said it There were a so loudly. Immediately we were shot into the Ve seen some lunch basket, a rough times, anchor, a huge and nce We was wrecked and wed statoscope air as though we were an arrow hurled from an instrument which indicates eat n all a mighty bow. I literally held my breath till our provisions. whether you are ascending or descending an we Then e our we cleared that ugly gas reservoir, then I belts, and then the old ship anemometer, a thermometer and a barograph, looked down and saw the pale, upturned faces a clock-likshows which by a turtle, little apparatus and we ate her. too. i of my friends gazing in speechless silence. I asseU's Journal. continuous line on a chart just how many feet thought, That Is the way people look at a one is above the earth. Also we had extra funeral," and I was not comforted. Correct. wraps, a good map of England and seven bags Teacher In less time than I am taking to tell it (trying to impress upon of sand hung on the outside as ballast. the basinto on first stepping surprise were 1,000 feet above the earth. How exMy we of eanlns 0,6 word Vjw Tommy, tell me what ket and looking up at the great, distended bag careless of these people to keep tremely lt . w ih which my face anl hands above was to discover that the mouth, or up and even to lean over and look standing of the bottom the at covered. appendix-likopening the side of the basket is only when down see I could Tommy Freckles, straight oailoon, was open and that maam. lunch-baske- one-thir- d lf e drag-rope- well-fille- e cuuck-!!!vh- e K Tom nows'what She. About. You re going to marry , at? Way, hes awful! oat makes you think so? bee blackballed bJ I6 (very JL? cub town. 1 beard so, too. That sort of h!k Won,t have excuse lor .7. mh oosevelt Rouses, 10 toll fn. l,r- - has not shot many has he? -- Nope, hed moey by doing that" 18 too big a word Andersons wife and children Baw him disappear. FLOWER IMITATES INSECTS vh yet no one Imagines that it can be accidental. semble Flies A Curious Bee Anyone who knew of the bee orchid, Orchid. a native of Europe, and came upon at once Orchid imitations are a puzzle to It for the first time would seems to be a large lower scholars. The whole appear-inc- recognize It. Itbacked bee variegated of the flower Is suggestive of velvety brown two lateral petals The with a to yellow. sometimes quite some insect, serve well for the wisgs of the degree. It does not seem might asy to find any real purpose that insert. la the center of the lip of the fly vuld be served by this resemblance, Peculiar Spots on Plant That Re- e t, fire! No, I am It Is mistaken. only the gas which is pouring out of the mouth After others had succumbed, and the remainder were weak from starvation, the captain's wife drowned her four children under the impression that the five survivors were planning a resort to cannibalism. She followed the children Into the waves. The five survivors were too far gone to talk much of their sufferings. Patrick Palmer, an American, who joined tbe ship at Coqulmbo, said: Five of us got away on a raft. We went all over the reef In search of water, but found none, and one of the party died there. We had some difficulty In building the raft and the captain and second mate both were drowned. The captains wife stood within a few feet of him ' watching him, and she saw him drown as she stood there wringing her hands. She had her four children, from the baby one year old to the girl, standing beside her. We thought we would he able to find water on the reef. and save the lives of those we had left on the wreck, but those sailing directions He, They said there was water there, a lifeboat and food, and there was no food and no lifeboat. Ole died; he fell down on the reef and dropped his head on his chest. He was lucky. There was another wreck on the reef and we thought It was a store ship. We boarded It, but found nothing to eat. It was musty, old, and all It held. was a bottle with about two gills ef water that must bave been there for years, by the horrible taste of It. We then decided to build a punt from tbe wreckage, and while we were working on this we lived on shellfish. Another survivor said that when the sufferers were sitting on the sand the captains wife asked them not to eat her children. Her mind was gone. Suddenly she ran Into the sea and drowned her four children and eight-year-ol- d To of the bag. untrained my eye it looks like LIFE SAVED BY GIRLS FOOT I smoke and have been taught Pretty Little St. Louie Miss Originthat where there ates Most Novel Method of Is smoke there Is Saving Drowning Boy. , likely to be fire. lost We have St. Louis. Marian Nix, the quite a lot of daughter of Dr. and Mrs, Nix of gas and tbe bal- 933 Goodfellow avenue, is the originaloon has wrinkles tor of the foot method of saving a The statoscope was and folds which do not look nice. I anxiously drowning persons. It consists in holdveniently arranged. keenly watched, and if we began to descend inquire If It ought to do like that. It looks ing on to something with the hands toothless old and extending a helping foot to the too rapidly a small scoopful of sand was gentlike an enormous, leatker-faced- , ly sprinkled out. A good, clear map was at giant getting ready to devour Its victims four. one in distress. - Its advantage Is In I admire Mr. Humphreys' coolness through it the fact that the helping foot has a hand and as we progressed a red line was drawn indicating constantly our position. My all. Although a tenderwing like my self, he longer reach than the helping hand. la behaving better than I. Marian's helping foot kept Raymond anxiety was not lessened by a troubled look on our pilot's face. "Nothing baa happened, and I am reas- Noll afloat until other help came at As I write these lines my open diary lies sured again. Now we are floating on In the Piasa Chautauqua. before me and I will quote therefrom: abyss of silence and of space. Above us. the son of Raymond Is the We left the good old earth at 2:08 p. m. deep blue sky; beneath us, the green fields M. J. Noil, a druggist. The children It is now 2:30. My fear is gone. As I penand changing forests of Merry England. and their parents have been staying cil these words in peace and calm we are Did you every try to picture a sensation, at Bellview. The other day Dr. Nix I I Did feet London. or over wish floating eastward 2,000 might. paint an emotion? and Mr. Noll went fishing. The boy reflect that we are crossing the Playground you ever ponder over the soul of things? Did and girl followed along as far as of History. That tiny winding stream far beyou ever dream that you were dead and as the Ulrich boat dock and stopped low Is the Thames. Thete is the House of your si irit ascended from your body have you there to play. not looked down upon the worn-ou- t Parliament and that little toy church near by casket and The dock was slippery. Raymonds is Westminster abbey of blessed memories, the marveled at its strange stillness and quiet foot slipped and he fell into the waand and is last resting-placweird of kings sensation as ter. Marian tried to reach him with my queens helplessness? This I now Anglo-Saxolook down upon the earth, the grave of her dead scholars, earth's mighty hand, but could not She threw for generations. Now London bridge comes all things. Ob, the infinite calm and peace! herself down on the dock, held tight We are light as air. We are free as birds. We to a stanchion and cast into view and London tower, of evil memories. herself, feet are no longer mortals. That little We bave been unbuilding is Greenwich outward, into the water. The length our of leashed from ball are on and That dome earth is the golden happy way of her body was sufficient to observatory. bring out Into God's Infinite, the near clouds our her 6t. Paul's and beneath us is the swarming feet within reach of the body. He of traffic the Stiand. We look far beyond the companions and the earth and all Its carklng grasped a foot and held on. fares fading away like tbe baseless fabric of In tbe meantime hazy rim of London and In Imagination see Raymond had been a vision. the green meadows or Runnymede and hear screaming lustily for help. There was nobody else on the dock. Mrs. Noll which so exasperated the saint that aDd Mrs. Nix were at the Bluff Line orchid there is a small bluish spot Origin of the Loving Cup. he disinherited his daughter. Nation- station, a hundred yards away. They like tbe body of a fly. Tbe two latOur modern loving cup doubtless Is heard the cries and started to the al Food Magazine. eral petals are Blender and curiously derived from the cup used in a queer river. Ralph Caughlan of East St. like the antennae of an Insect Tbe custom which had its birth amidst the Louis ran ahead of them and pulled whole illusion Is complete and sugMoon. The of middle the ages. Jupiters Eighth gallantry hoth children out of the water. gests to the cagual glance that a few guests The eighth satellite of Jupiter, diswere placed two and two, man flies are hanging on tbe stem of some and woman together, and they drank covered at the Greenwich observatory Many Sea Violinist Die. plant which has cast its flowers. San Francisco. from tbe game cup, and ate from the in January of last year, proves rePaul Schmidt, first same dish, which was called eating markable not only for being so far violinist in Rigo's orchestra, dropped Wonders In Wisconsin. in the same porringer." In families from the planet, but also for its very dead as he was playing in a downThe place was crowded A Wisconsin man played the piano tbe same goblet served for all. Saint eccentric orbit, Its distance from Ju- town cafe. r 24 hours while hypnotized. More wonBerlanda's daughter washed her fa- piter varying from about 10,000.000 to with diners, and women derful yet several persons listened to thers goblet before drinking from it, 20,000,000 miles. It revolves around In the crowd were visibly affected. A of our months physician declared heart failure the on the pretense that be was leprous, tbe planet in about 26 him without being hypnotized. muse of death. - - X e n green-roofe- d , after-theate- |