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A StMmh««t«d OcMin. A fonnb .TMir rla-in was besinnhif ^,^the Rtody of wean currenlH.
"Why ill th<' orenn warmrr in Mnae places than It U In oth<>rjtr' a.'^k^ tbe teaober.
'l Tlw childreii w«»re puzzled. Finally
I Alexander, a brtKbt little lad of ceveii
i\ . jean*, volimteed thiM or1;<lnal exptnno- f flon:
I "BecauiM' it Ih steain heated tn »<inie
|, plaf'es," Mid' he. "You wp. v.lie"e the
s Wk HteamslilpH pnun throtijjh the iweaii
t the water l.s steam healed and there-
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I where no Hteamrtblpti paHB."—Xew York
h Tribune.
. It9 Own R«ward.
I»r. Joiiea leaped into the air, droi^- plne tbe erenlriB paper he -wnn reading aa the telepbune bell split tbe peacefal atiooophere.
"Who Is It? What la It? Where la It?" he shonted an he took the recelTer down.
"Pleafte ronie at once, doctor," piped a small rolre. "It'« Tomnay Drown speaking." '
"Who's ill at your house r' aaked the doctor.
"Everybody. <eptln' me. I was nau;;bty. so mother woaldn't let me hav<. any of tb:; lovely mnshrooma fa- tlier iili ked .vrHtenlny."—Kic-hanfre.
Edward Smith Maxtin F. Marphy
SMITH & MUftPHY Practical Plumbers and Gasfitters
Hot Air, Steam and Water Heaters, Tin, Copper, Iron Work Telephone 366 15 BEDELL STREET. FREEPORT, L. I.
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152 W. 34th St., New York
NEAR PENN. STATION
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HRE ABOARD SHIP
I Danger Every Vessel Faces and Is Prepared to Meet.
aUICK ACTION BY THE CREW.
Mh*n an Alarm Is Soundad Evary Man Springs' to th« Peat and tha Work to Which Ha Has Baan As'^ signed—Working th« Pumps.
In every ship earrylng passengera tbe law requires that there shall lie posted In a conspU-uuuH |ilace what Is known SR a station bill, giving the post of duty for ewary man In the deck, engineer md stew^ard's departments In cose of are oraljaiidoniiigship. The law further re<iulre8 that there shall be drills once earh week at le.Tst and that during the Htny of a shiii in port these drills- must be i^erformed In the presence of a Unlt- »d States liisper-tor of steamships. This Is done to In.sure orderly nnd [ rompt action ajrnlnst any danger that may threaten. During thei«e drills the pumps are tried out, and all the appa- ratti.s must work tx) the satlsfiiftlon of the Inspettor or the shi[) will not l>e permitted to .sail until rei>alrs have been made and everything works as it 'thoald.
Some ships arc provided with tubes lot Into the deck and extondlnp Into the hold.s loiitalnlng thermometers, which are examined every four hours. Any suspifiou.*) iniTease In temperature bring.s aliout Immediate and thorough lnve.stitfatliin. In llils way the presence of fire can lie discovere<l before It gains jerlous headway.
There is a r.ipid rin^ini; of the ship's bell for atiouf a tiiiriutc instantly there l.s a ch!iii'.;e llirouKliont (he shlj). Where but a moment iicfore things were Kning on in tiic nuuiner iire- scrlbed by the diiily routiiK? now all is activity. .Men get lo their tire stations with the Jiiiurity huhK cil by danger.
Sailors under (lie (lirc<tl(iii of the offl- :ers get nut lio.se linos and !i|)i>ear with axes and hintcrns. One ;.'n»iip Is rip ping the battenlii'-'s off the main hatch, when- tilt! tire lias been detected. They drag the -"canvas away and open the bool)y hatch (a smal! opening In the larKe hateh cover), and immediately there pours out n <-olumn of den.se black smoke.
Two »r tliree men make nn attempt to go down, hut after t^^o or three Irinls they are obliged to give it up. riie captain gives tint order to flood the liold and turn on the steam lines. Hose Is pushed itito.tlie opening, which by now resembles Ji crater, for the air ad¬ mitted by taking the cover off hiis fed the flames, ami smok<' and flame roll :)Ut in alarming quantities.
Suddenly the hose fills out and the jwish of water under high presHure Is heard. At almost tbe same time far below hi the smoke filled hold the hiss¬ ing and roaring of liberated steam .•each the anxious ears on de<.'k. The plpe.s connecting v.itb the boilers have )een put into use, and tlie ftre Is al- .•eady beginning to feel the choke of he steam as it keeps the air away and settles over everything In a dense, lamp cloud. While some pumps are Ihrowiug t<uis of water Into tlie hold others are hard at work taking that <anie water out. for any great amount if water sloshing about would Vfidan- i:er the stability of the vessel.
Tip In Ills craniped (juarters Sparks is working with all his skill to i>lck up <onie station ashore and flash the wire¬ less call for help. Tlie spark crackles und crashes, tlien stojis. Sparks snafm shut a swlt<'h. and then with deft fin¬ gers making an ad.lustment here and, tliere listens in for the faint buzz that mnounces that his call has been heard. There comes just a series of faint buzzes, like the noise of a fly on a iIro\vf:y summer afternoon. At once the operator is gaivanlzetl into action. .Vgaln the spark crashes out the ship's position an.l need. Soon ships alter their courses and with all possible bim>(mI make for the threatened ship, to stand b.v In ease of need.
Terhajts the crew are able to master the blaze. .Vn<l. again- and this Is a ilanger tliat always stares them In the face—perhai>s they can't. What hap¬ pens then is not always pleasant to think about. You will doulitless recall Ihe burning of the Uranium liner Voi- turno an<l the lives tb.-it were lost then while otber ships stood by heliiiess. That is what is lilicly to happen when ihe blaze gets beyond control. And this Is only one of the dangers that every seagoing slilp mu.st fa<-e.
Wlien a sailing vess<'i takes fire It Is I ca.s(> of ninii the band pumiis unless ihe sliii) should be a modern one and urry a donkey en>rine and a steam iminp. Those of wooden construction (Ter v<>ry little resistance to the fire DiKe it gets hea<lway, and It i» gener- iilly a ease of all off when a wlndjam- lier Is discovered to be aflre.—New York Sun.
When California Wa* Unknown .
In an old geography printed In IHlTi appears the following: •H'allfonila Is 1 wild and almost unknown land. rhrough^)Ut the year it is eovere<l with iense fogs, as dump as unhealthful. In Ihe interior are volc'inoes and vast ',)laln8 of shifting .snows', wldch some- rlmes shoot columns to great heights. This would Kwm nearly increillblc irere It not for the well anthentlcAted lecounts of travelers."
Two Viawpointt. Slngleton—IIe hxdjs to me like a man who ha!» loved and lost. ^Ieni>eckle— fie looks to nie more like li ma"!! who has loved nnd won.—Puck.
Precept«> nre like seeds; they are little ;hlngs which do much good.- Seneca.
Photo by American Freaa ARsoclatlun.
Mummiea of Peru.
Before taking leave of Cuzco, Peru. We went to see the M'ly interesting collection of Inca relirs hi the private museum of a IVruvi:in doctor who has devoted many years of his life to Inca reseanh. Hanged rouml the walls were mummies which had Ijich taken from rock tombs. All iiad been i)uried in a sitting posture, and, jndi^lng by tlie lior rll)Ie expressions of agony on the parch¬ ment skin, I t<bould Iniapine that some of tbem. prisoners of wnr. I was told, had been eiitoiiilxd alive. The horror of those mummied faces and tlie awful contortions of tlie skeletons haunted me for a long time, nor sUnii i ever for¬ get the sight.
One or two of the slaills bore evi¬ dence of skillful suru'iT.v. star sliape<l pieces of bone hiiving been cleverly fit¬ ted in to repair (laniii;;i- done by the stir shaped stone wiMpdiis of the pe¬ riod. 1 did not measure those 1 saw In the museum, but one of the afor<- said stone weapons which we brouglu back to Knglanil from Cuzco measured four Inches from [loiiit to point across the top a truly formidiible club, -wide World Magazine.
They Feared the Dutch. In KiT.'i, in the old days of England's wars with tlie Imtcli, ihe inhabitants of Sherlngham. in terror of Invasion by the Imicb forces, petitioned tlie lord lieutenant and deputy lieutenants of .Norfolk, "(bir To^ii." they said, ".Joynes upon ye .Maine .sea. and we are afraid every niglit ye enemy sliould come ashore and lire Oiir Towne when we be in our Uudds: for ye llous<s stand very close togeliier, and .-ill ye Houses that! lied witli straw, thai in one lioure.s time ye Towne may be burnt, for we liMve nothing to llesist ttiem Hut one «;unn, with a broken car¬ riage and four .Miis(pietts, which we bought at our Owne cost and cluirges, which is a very small defence iigalnst nn enemy; and liUewise wee liiive no powder, nor shot fi.rye.said (Jiinn, nor .\lus«pietts, wlicii we siaiid in iiee<l." They therefore iisked for a few more muskets, with jMiwder and bullets. In granting this tlie .-iiitliorlties stipulated that Slieringhnin .-^lioiild not 'Inibocill ye said iirms and rininiuiiit ion."
Playing It Safa. llokus-Mnhdnli lias tieeii mixed up In a lot of slnnl.v tin.-iiicial transactions, and yet lie is iie\-er caught. I'okus— That's just like Flubdub. I rememi)er when we were lioys and a tin can was to l>e tied to a dog'.s tall FlulMlub wa.s always the fellow who held the dog.— Life.
Close Quarters.
"Yes. for the ptist two months I've l)eeii posiii\eIy living wUhin my In¬ come." '•rion't you feel reither erumpeir.'" • CnimpedV S.i.w lenil me .$10. will you? I want to stretch myself." New Yoik Times.
HONEY IN 600b TASTL
A Woman Who CapKaliaad Har Sanaa 0f tha Baairtiful.
A Roman's good taste is a part of ber atoclrin trade nnd coald be made much more widely remnneratlTa than It now is.
One would nnturally suppose tbat tbe success of an suction depended mainly upon the wit and skill of tbe anctloo- eer. A prominent auction house in New York city has discovered that a wom¬ an's pood taste In showing up things artistically, or In their true relations, or with a stiggeste<l use. L« quite as val¬ uable an asset as a voluble auctioneer.
For exam[ile. in a sale of oriental goo<ls were some handsome' old bird cages, wonderful creations In tortoise shell, bla< k lacquer, ivory and Jade There were peven cages In all, and so spirited waii the bidding that they brought prices ranging from $410 to $700.
The thing that did it" was not any¬ thing said or done by the auctioneer, but the fact that in anticipation of the sale (here )i;:d licen put In each cage a pair of singltig and twittering birds ex¬ actly suited' in <olor to the cages In which they were place«l. ("'ages and binis made ti sytn|diony of color. With¬ out the birds in them the cages would not li.ive brought half the price. Who but a woman would have thought of It?
The sam<' .'iiiition house has fonnd that a suitable and .artist^; arrange¬ ment of gfKids. Jill under th^ ,5eft hand of lt.«c won'tm specialist, adds nany dollars to the sales.--Leslie's.
Fiih Magnesia. • 'liemical analyses of starfishes, sea urchins and ¦ rinoids colle<'ted from all parts of the world show th:it the skele¬ tons of those ••uiiintils cdntalii much magnesia. The percentage of magne¬ sia is higliest in those specimens tliat livtMl in tropical waters and lowest in forms from the liy se.'is of (Jreenland and the aiitarclic. with a regular gra- datioii hetween wliicii ¦ven shows the loci I effect of cdid ocean currents ujion life at the se;i bottom.
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The GoeiJel Oak. In the village of; I'olstead. Suffolk. EnglauU. stands a famous oak which tlie rector has proved to be 2.<KH) yeiirs old. The tree lias a girth of thirty- six feet and has lieen known always as the gospel oak. siiice under It the irst Christian niissloiiaries preached to th(! heathen Saxons tliirte<'ii cen- tcilfs ago. This event is conimemcu-at- ed each year liy a special service held under the tree.
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Wo want to serve you with Fresh Eggs produced ftom the cleanest fowls and food under perfect sanitary conditions. Eggs for hatching.
Wo solicit mall orders—we deliver by Parcels Post.
Standard Leghorn Farm
SMITH STEEET
Tel. 318-J.
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PRICE
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EMPLOYED JUDICIOUSLY
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PROPRIETOR
TWO STORES:
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