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Show Captain Puts on His Red Necktie. No matter how small the vessel nor how impecunious may be the sklppor, there is always a "boiled" sMrt and a clean collar laid carefully away to bo worn when the craft enters port. At sea the captain may be very rough In his attire, but the approach of land finds him combing his hair and cropping crop-ping his whiskers, If he has any, and the collar is donned, also a red necktie, neck-tie, which usually is flamboyant red. Even the poorest men who bring vessels to Boston to secure loads of lumber for South American ports dress as neatly as possible when the customs cus-toms boarding officer is expected to come alongside to inspect the ship's papers. And the mates slick up too when their floating home Is nearlng port, so that the "old man," as the captain is familiarly termed behind his back, may not carry off all the honors of tho occasion. The Next Duty. "What Is my next duty? What Is the thing that lies nearest to me?" "That belongs to your everyday history. his-tory. No one can answer that question ques-tion but yourself. Your next duty Is Just to determine what your next duty is. Is there nothing you neglect? Is there nothing you know you ought not to do? You would know your duty, if you thought in earnest about It, and were not ambitious of great things." "Ah, then," responded she, "I suppose sup-pose it Is something very commonplace, common-place, which will make ' life more dreary than ever. That cannot help me.". . - '"It will, if it be as dreary as reading the newspapers to an deaf aunt. It will soon lead you to something more. Your duty will begin to comfort com-fort you at once, but will at length open the unknown fountain of life In your heart." George MacDonald. Mourn for Dead Octopus. New York has just finished Its of9 clal mourning for Jonrock. This Jon-rock Jon-rock was the pet octopus of the city aquarium. Jonrock went to the wicked wick-ed metropolis with four companions from the Bermudas. He was the Vast survivor, for his companions drooped one after another and their multiple arms ceased the restless task of grat bing everything in sight. A military funeral wa6 given Jonrock. Jon-rock. The flag on the aquarium building build-ing was placed at half-mast and other marks of respect were displayed. It was the plan to sprinkle tan bark in the harbor to deaden the noise of the ships, but this was abandoned. The obsequies were as peaceful aa possible under the circumstances. Uncertainties of Fame. ' "In Europe it is customary to name streets after great men." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "In oome places the compliment Is a little bit unsatisfactory owing to the difficulty diffi-culty of foretelling what kind of a street It Vi going to be." Fortune's Smile Deceiving. - . Considering the sorrows of the millionaire, one must believe that fortune for-tune smiles on him only to give him the laugh. |