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Br SBWARD W. HOPKINS, it "Jack RkMii of AimtIm," llM Sea," "Tw» OcntlsMM Hawaii." "Oa a Pal*a f SerrnsM. M) by Bovvrr lMnWi lm CHAPTER V.~(Continued.) A* hour after hour went by, the fog seemet to he lifting, and It was with a feeling of great relief that we •aw the gray of the early morning-- the dawn chasing away the horrid blackness of the night. Our greatest trouble now was thirst, mild I knew that the misery of that had but commenced. And I also knew that In a few hours hunger would add its pangs to the other horrors of our situ­ s'v: ation, and our hope lay in the discov- pv; ery, in the coming daylight, of a pass- j|fv ing vessel. At last morning broke. The fog was banished by the warm glow of the ris- lng sun, and the chill began to depart p i. from our bones and flesh. Consequent­ ly. ly our spirits rose apd we scanned the Pp| sea for a ship. There was none in sight. The faces of the poor women were a sight to make one's soul sick with impotent pity. One or two of them seemed to hare lost consciousness and perhaps they were better off than the rest. Suddenly, whea the cup of our bit- •a terness seemed full, one of the sailors Joyfully pointed to the westward and shouted: "A sail! A sail'" The others looked, and having veri­ fied his joyftil utterance, they sang and laughed and shouted like men beside themselves, notwithstanding the fact that the sail was still far away «and might bring no succor to us at all. One of the sailors pulled off his shirt and tying the sleeves to an oar, made a signal of it, which he held aloft. ' The sail grew slowly but steadily larger, until we could make the ap­ proaching vessel out to be a brig. When It became evident beyond chance of error that the brig was coming to our assistance, the joy of all in our little boat, save the two women who were but half conscious, burst forth in shouts and cries of v thanksgiving. And it was with a feel- IpV' tog that I cannot describe that we ||3. . law her heave to and heard the cap­ tain hail us. We told him whom we were--or at least the officer in charge of our boat did--and after a few strokes at the oars by our weary sailors, we were . alongside the brig. The women were tenderly placed on IP board first. Then I was assisted up the ladder, aad the other male passen- ' gers followed. Then the sailors clam- i ,* bered aboard, and the boat was sent % .adrift te:'- The rescuing brig proved to be the Janette from New York, bound for Liv- erpool. The captain, James Southey, was part owner, and she was engaged p ' 1 in a private carrying trade, being as- h:*'" signed to a well-known shipping firm. |p? ' Within twenty minutes after getting on board the J^n«tte we had a smok- ' lng and savory meal set before us, and It is needless to say that we did it f||vVi full justice. I was provided with a Jacket by the second mate, who was a man about V my own build. He also gave me a y cap. I chatted with the officer from the ill-fated Queen, who had been in command of oar small boat. From him I learned all that was known of the accident. The first officer had been In com­ mand. The fog was so dense that nothing could be seen a hundred feet away. Even the lights were almost useless. Suddenly, through the fog, the dull outlines of a bull were dis­ tinguished directly ahead, and almost under the bows of the Queen. The gong to reverse the engines was sounded, but it was too late. The j Queen crashed into the obstructing 1 hull, and the result was too well known to alL | "The accident is a strong argument," p continued the officer, "in favor of the I destruction of derelicts by warships. The hull which Bent the Queen to de­ struction was no doubt one of these wandering menaces to navigators, which are to be met with when they are least expected. • It was certainly a deserted vessed, and probably a dis­ masted one." Captain Southey added his testimony as to the danger of the derelicts at sea, and said he hoped it would not be long before the great powers realize# the necessity for action and sent out war vessels equipped for destroying them. If the sleeping accommodations on board the Janette were meager, the supply of food was not. We had plen- ty to eat and drink, and now that I was restored to nearly my usual strength, I could look with equanimity upon our disaster. But I had lost Mau- bikeck. Of course, my condition was infinitely superior to that of my fel­ low-unfortunates, many of whom had lost loved ones, members of their own families. With these I could only sym­ pathize and offer to them what little comfort and consolation there might i • be in kind words. rr But in spite of all that Captain Southey and the others could do, the Janette carried a load of misery to­ ward Liverpool. I found among the rescued passengers two gentlemen who were, like myself, comfortably situated as to income ,and we made up a handsome purse and presented It to Captain Southey as an expres­ sion of our gratitude for his kindness to us in our extremity. With the warmest expressions of friendship we parted, most of the pas­ sengers being taken in charge by the company that had owned the Queen, but I, to continue on my Journey to Sardinia to rescue Nita Barlotti from her master, Maligni, and to obtain, for my own purpose as well as for hers, the red box that had been given by her father, at his heath, to the Italian into whose keeping he had also placed his beautiful daughter. k- M CHAPTER VI. ! . T •. , stay In Liverpool was not a long one. I at once communicated with my friends in New York, assuring them of my safety. I spent considerable time ^ ' £ \ tn ' hovering around tha offices of the steamship company thirsting for word or hope for Maubikeck and those who had left on board the ill- fated Queen. But the only thing that was really known was that four boats left the Queen at the time of the col­ lision, and ours was the only one heard from. And as the boat we were in was the last to leave, those who remained on the steamer must have shared her fate. There was besides my anxiety on Maubikeck's behalf, a motive of haste in my resolve. If Maubikeck was re­ ally lost, as no one who bad seen the dark form of the sinking Queen melt away in the fog as I had could doubt, then I was wasting time in Liverpool that should be spent on the trail of Maligni. I felt a terrible yet almost holy responsibility resting on me, now that Maubikeck was gone. He had given me my life at the cost of his own. And in that last moment of parting, when I had but half realized the full purpose of his heroic action, he had cried out to me from the fog and blackness to find and rescue Nita Barlotti If I reached land alive. And now those last words of my preserv­ er rang in my ears like an imperative call to perform a solemn duty. In obeying Maubikeck I was but further­ ing my own purposes. But I may say truthfully, that so heavily and solemn­ ly did that last cry of Maubikeck weigh upon my soul, if the carrying out of his wishes involved the re­ linquishing of my own, I would have gone on his errand unhesitatingly, and let my own ambitions sink out of sight until my debt to his memory was fully paid. Thus it was that, having given up all hope for Maubikeck, and having provided myself with all the things needful to replace those I had lost on the Queen, I was anxious to start at once for Sardinia in quest of Ma­ ligni and his slave, Nita. On the deck of a smoothly-gliding steamer that was rapidly entering the port of Cagliari, the chief southern seaport of the Island of Sardinia, I stood, with my marine glass levelled, taking in with interest the scene that was being opened up before me. The city of Cagliari has a popula­ tion closely approximating forty thou­ sand. It is the most important city-- in fact, the capital--of Sardinia. With the exception of what little trade and commerce goes to Sassari, on the north, Cagliari is the emporium of trade of the island. Before leaving Genoa on the steam­ er I had performed two duties--one for Maubikeck and one for myself. The one in behalf of Maubikeck was simple. I had telegraphed to Liver­ pool to learn if any news had been received of my ill-fated fellow-pas­ sengers. I received a reply from the president of the company that one of the boats--a companion to the one I had been in--had been picked up, and ten more unfortunates had been saved from destruction. But nothing whatever had been heard of the Queen or any who had been left on board, and it was finally concluded that she had sunk, and the marine insurance had been paid. The duty to myself was the employ­ ing of a guide and interpreter. Fortunately for me I had recol­ lected that the banking house of Dorr & Company of New York, with which I had had a long-standing friendship, had a branch at Genoa, and I had called upon them, made myself known, and informed them that I was on my way to Sardinia and wished to en­ gage the services of an honest guide and interpreter. Of course I did not tell them anything about the real object of my excursion into the island. I gave them to understand that 1 was merely bent on pleasure--a hunting trip after moilflon. The mouflon is a small animal of the sheep tribe and thrives in a wild state on the Sardinian mountains. It is not unusual for French, German or English sportsmen to go to Sar­ dinia to hunt them, and as a reason for my voyage, the mouflon served very well. Signor Branderi, the head of the Genoa branch of Dorr & Co., was a quiet, affable gentleman, very polite, and spoke English welL He seemed eager to do whatever he could for me, and promised to furnish me with just the person I needed. Signor Branderi rang a bell in bis private office, where we had been sit­ ting, and a clerk responded. The banker spoke to him in Italian, and the clerk bowed and went away. Shortly thereafter another person came and stood respectfully before us. It was my interpreter. "Mutterelli," said Signor Branderi, in English, "I have an engagement for you. This gentleman is a friend of our house in New York, and is about to visit Sardinia to hunt mou­ flon. You are to accompany him as guide and interpreter. You will bear in mind that Signor Wilberton has the great friendship of our house, and his int-jiests must be carefully guarded. Do whatever the signor desires." "I am at the service of Signor Wil­ berton," said Mutterelli, bowing. "And I may say to you, Signor Wil b^erton," continued the banker, "that I recommend Mutterelli highly. He knows all about Sardinia from Caglia­ ri to Sassari, and is brave and in­ telligent." The fact that he knew all about Sar­ dinia made Mutterello a valuable man in my eyes at once. "Very well," I said. "I thank you, Signor Branderi, for your kindness. And Mutterelli will have no cause to regret his faithful attention to my in­ terests." Mutterelli Bowed again. "When will the signor start?" he asked. "As soon as possible--by the first steamer," I replied. "Which is to-morrow. I will ar­ range everything," said Mutterelli. "I will go now and engage our passage." Thus it was that as I stood on the deck of the steamer moving into Cag­ liari, Mutterelli stood by my side. On the voyage from Genoa I had asked Innumerable questions about Sardinia, and if my questions related more to persons and politics than to mouflon and other game, Mutterelli did not show any surprise, but answered all my inquiries with a directness and promptness which charmed me, and proved that Signor Branderi's esti­ mate of my guide's knowledge of the island was sot toe higu. But while I asked questions, I said nothing about the real object of my visit. I pre­ ferred to withhold that knowledge until we were actually upon tha island which was to be the scene of action. "What Is that building, Mutterelli I asked, pointing to two high steeples about half-way up the hill. "That is the cathedral, signor," he replied. "It was built during the four^ teenth century." "And that?" I continued, directing his attention to a broad, white build* ing with many windows,, which stood facing the bay. "That is the university, signor," he replied. "It is a fide institution. It has the departments of theology, law, medicine and philosophy. It has thir­ ty professors and about four hundred students." "And the castle on the hill top, Mutterelli?" "That is the Preffettura, signor. It was once the castle of the King of Sardinia, but now it is the legal resi­ dence of the prefetto and the head­ quarters of the army of Sardinia and of the police." One after another of the imposing buildings I pointed out to him, and was answered in this prompt and effi­ cient manner. Mutterelli was a jewel among guides. There was no gainsay­ ing that. At last we reached the dock. „ Mutterelli assumed entire charge of our debarkation, and we were soon in a carriage, rumbling along the quay toward the best hotel of Cagliari, where I had requested Mutterelli to procure comfortable quarters. I had cautiously, as if by accident, given my guide to understand that close observation of my wishes would be well repaid, and that I was willing to pay liberally. As customers of that kind come rarely to Sardinia, it can be well understood that I had the best that Cagliari could produce and Mut­ terelli could procure. The Grand Hotel (Hotel Grande) stood on a prominent corner of Cag­ liari, with one narrow, crooked street running past it from north to south, and another equally narrow and more crooked street passing e^st and west. As my willingness to pay was well known by Mutterelli, I had the best that the hotel could afford. Mutterelli had skillfully concealed all curiosity about my trip. He had not asked a single question. But now, having arrived at our hotel, one thing puzzled him. I had brought no guns. "You must have good guns to shoot the mouflon, signor," he said, when he had asked me if I had any. "Most all hunters tyring their rifles with them. But I can obtain some good ones here. It is just as well." (To be continued.) FAMOUS DOGS ARE EXTINCT Last of Newfoundlands Disappearing From the Face of the Earth. Dog lovers are discovering with re­ gret that one of the finest canine species has become almost extinct. The Newfoundland is practically no more in this country and In England. The fast-vanishing breed is native in the Island of Newfoundland, and old records say early settlers found the Indians in possession of magnifi­ cent specimens. It is generally sup­ posed, however, that the Newfound­ land was the result of a cross of some English strain and the native dogs. At any rate, this particular animal is celebrated in history as the em­ bodiment of courage and intelligence and kindness--the highest type of canine excellence. Landseer, in his famous painting, "The Child's Best Friend," rendered the species immort­ al. In spite of this, it Is a fact that the valuable dog, in its original habitat, is quite extinct. And he was most useful there, too, In saving drowning persons along the stormswept coast, where shipwrecks are frequent. Nev­ ertheless, it is charged that it was through starvation and neglect that these famous dogs died out in New­ foundland itself. The British government has lately been obliged to purchase for the New­ foundland life-saving station a new breed of dogs to take, their places. These are the Leonbergs, a cross be­ tween Newfoundlands, St. Brnards and and the Pyrenees wolf dog. They are the most powerfully built dogs in the world and stand more than four feet high. Those sent to Newfound­ land the British government paid from $250 to $400 apiece for, and some specimens have sold for as high as $500. 'TWIXT SUMMER AND AUTUMN. Hard to Determine the 8tatus of August, Especially In the East. "One thing that has been puzzling me ever since I struck this part of the country is the easterner's division of the seasons," lamented the man from Milwaukee, according to the New York Times. "Out where I come from we always count August as a summer month, but the New York and New England population--and especially the theatrical portion thereof--evi­ dently classify it otherwise. "I have reached this conclusion by; reading the advertisements on the billboards. You may travel the length of any prominent theatrical street In every good-sized eastern city and take occasional peeps into the adjoin­ ing streets, and at the entrance to almost every theater not now doing business you will see this sign: 'Closed for the summer. Will reopen in August.' "Now what I want to know is, what is the status of August in thlB nart of the country? Is it a summer month, or a fall month, or a winter month, or has it been lopped off from all the divisions of the year established by the calendar and been made to con­ stitute a season by itself?" CHIPS ~~ jnr»nr-- NOAH'S L Hi.t 0%M' ̂ Account /if 1k* to Though for the most part this Interesting Journal Is a discreet trans­ lation from the original hieroglyphics, the last two entries were found be written in English on pink note paper, presumably with a fountain pen, and from this and other evidence are believed to be spurious. Anno Mundl 1656; Feb. 15.--The Houseboat is now completed, and this morning the laborers struck a bit of pine tree on the flagstaff and I had to stand them a keg. This afternoon we loaded up with provisions, including a case of Scotch and two of rye, which I have stowed in a private locker in my own stateroom, against the damp season. The craft is a trifle girthy in the beam, it is true, and in that respect bears a certain comparative resem­ blance to Mrs. Noah; but, all In all, her lines are excellent Noc, the son of Grouch, with whom I went to school when a boy, does nothing but ridicule the craft. He tells every one that I am in my dotage, else why should I build such a hulk (his very word!) two miles from the nearest body of water. Dotage, indeed! I have only Just passed my six hundredth birth­ day, and am good for a thousand years. Old Grandfather Methuselah, who died last year, had lived- so long that he believed he antedated history. Wind to-day E. N. E. Spent the morning reading Hakluyt's Voyages. I expect the animals to-morrow. Feb. 15.--The beasts have been ar­ riving all day. Am having trouble with the ladies. Mrs. Noah declared that she positively could not go on & sea voyage because of the inadequacy of her present wardrobe. Mrs. Japhet advanced the same objections. Our cook, too, refuses to leave the town and her steady company, a certain pro­ tector of the public peace by the name of Pat "Just Passed My 600th Birthday." Noc inquired this evening if I was forming an animal trust or merely contemplating starting a circus. I said the latter, and asked if he wanted to come in as clown. Rather neat persiflage that I think. Told Noc that to-morrow would see the start of the biggest storm in history, and he had better hire a boat while he could, as the land was to be submerged. He replied that when a man began to in­ dulge In weather prophecies it was a sure sign of senility, and said he wouldn't worry about the weather while his mackintosh and goloshes were sound. Feb. 17.--Much to my surprise, this morning dawned warm and fair. Noc asked sarastically if I thought the the big storm would ruin crops and did I Intend to float the Houseboat to-day. I refused to re­ tort and waited. Along toward 11 o'clock in the forenoon a little cloud appeared on the western horizon. At first it was a mere black patch, seem­ ingly no bigger than a man's hand (a charmingly original simile, to which I shall direct the attention of Mra Noah). It spread out with astonish­ ing rapidity, however, and by noon there had begun a most extraordinary downpour of rain, which still con­ tinues. The newspapers to-night all run double-column heads on "The Wettest Feb. 17 in the History of the Weather Bureau." "A Cherubic Little Blonde." As soon as I saw the Btorm approaching I lost no time in gathering our family into the Houseboat Our cook absolutely refused to embark without her policeman, and as the latter had no stomach for relinquishing in favor of a sea voyage his lucrative employment on the constabulary, it was with difficulty that we persuaded him to come aboard. In fact; it was only by a plan of spiritual suasion, wherein I expended almost a whole quart of my precious rye, that I was able to convince the sturdy guardian of the laws that a life on the ocean wave was the best. No sooner was this matter settled than Mrs. Japhet appeared, again In a great flurry about the sartorial scarcity. She finally disclosed that she would only consent to gd aboard on condition that she be allowed to take her dressmaker along. Gently but firmly I insisted that we had no room for any extra passengers. Mrs. J. refused to listen to reason, however, and produced the dressmaker, who,, to my surprise, proved to be a cherubic little blonde. After all, I thought I might as well humor my daughter-in- law and allow the young woman to ccme with us. Feb. 18.--The downpour continues. It is a gray world to-day, and the hills resemble huge sponges. Early in the afternoon the water had risen so high that we began to float. Slowly ws drifted down Main street. When ws passed Noc's house I made him out crouched up against the lee side of a chimney, holding an umbrella ovex his head, with his face bowed upon his knees. I hailed him and inquired politely if his raincoat and goloshes were working. He replied evasively, 8lowly We Drifted Down Main Strast. an<* ®4rB- Noah declared that she had never before heard such language. Feb. 19.--This damp weather does not appear to.agree with any of us. Mrs. Noah remained in her berth all day and was in a most irritable and uncharitable frame of mind. Ham spent all the morning leaning over the taffrall and gazing down mournfully Into the rolling deep. My stomach shows an Inexplicable aversion to food. Feb. 21.--Feeling better. The cook's policeman discovered my liquors to­ day, for I had carelessly neglected to bolt the locker, and as a result he be­ came intoxicated, and, tumbling off the starboard bow, broke into Davy Jone's locker for good and alL The galley is Inconsolable and threatens to leave. Feb. 24.--Mrs. Japhet came to me this morning in hysterics. I gleaned from between her sobs that she had caught Japh kissing the pretty dress­ maker, who was returning his . caresses in kind. Mrs. J. vowed that she would go right back to her dear mamma, so she would. It occurred to me that my daughter-in-law would have to dive rather deep to reach the estimable old lady now, but I did not tell her so, and merely promised to see that Japhet made no such breaks 1& the future. It was a very careless thing for Japh to do, any way. "Spiritual Suasion." Feb. 27, 1657.--We have been stuck on some high point of land for some time, and to-day I made bold to disembark. , Finding some persons gathered about, who to my astonishment had apparently survived the flood, I asked them the name of the mountain on which we were stranded. "Mountain, indeed!" said one. "This is the Coliseum." Another, a young man, who approached with a notebook, said: "I perceive that you are a stranger. Kindly give me your Impressions of Chicago." I think I shall settle here and open a wineshop, as from the inquiries I made to-day that appears to be a lucrative business. Japhet who is ambitious, bas decided to study to become a janitor. Ham is negotiating with a syndi­ cate to open the Greatest Show on Earth. Japhet who has a taste for urban life, has decided to seek his fortuns te a place called New York.--Harold Kellock, in New York Times. 8teyn Improving In Health. Ex-President Steyn of the Orange Free State is recovering his health at Schweningen, Holland, where he In­ tends to spend the remainder of his days. He is still "unreconstructed." Thay is consid'able difference twixt a man an' a dawg; sumtimes it hap­ pens thet th' difference is in favor of A rather simple looking lad halted before a blacksmith's shop on his way home from school, and eyed the doings of the proprietor with much interest The brawny smith, dissatisfied with the boy's curiosity, held a piece of redhot iron suddenly under the youngster's nose, hoping to a hasty retreat "If you'll give me half a dollar I'll lick it" said the lad. The smith took from his pocket half a dollar and held It out. ' The simple looking youngster took the coin, licked it, and slowlj walked away whistling. During the past ten years Immigration Into America from Germany, Ireland, and England, has decreased* while that from Italy, m4 Austria has increased. 8USPICIOU8 OF THE BRANDY. n Why Congressman Hull Pr» ferred Admiral Evans' Whisky. Here is a good story of Admiral Rob- l«gr D. Evans, of the aavy, which some of his associates are telling: Soon after the close of th«» Spanish war the people of Iowa decided to present a sword to Capt Evans as a memento of his oommand of the battleship Iowa in the Santiago fight The presenta­ tion was made at the home of Admiral Evans in Washington. Mrs, Evans assisted her husband in entertaining the guests and presided over the colla­ tion which was served in the dining room after the speeches were con­ cluded. "Bob" did not make a very elaborate address, but soon after the close of the formalities he said a few words which were highly appreciated by those who heard them. "Step into this room," said the naval hero; "we'll have a cigar and a toddy." Leading the way into a cozy den, Capt. Evans said: "I ran out of my favorite brand of whisky yesterday and was com­ pelled to stock up with Bome that I don't know much about. But here Is some brandy that I do know something about; it has been in this house for more than twenty years." Turning to Representative Hull, he added, "Which will you take, governor?" "Just hand over that whisky decan­ ter," responded Mr. Hull. "Why, what's the matter with the brandy?" asked Evans in a tone of surprise. "I don't know, Bob," Said Hull, "but If you have had it in the house for twenty years without drinking it there must be something the matter with it I'll take the whisky." And Cap. Bob retired under th« roar of laughter. Energy and Cheerfulness. A minister writing from Rome tells of the blessings brought to the Pope by his busy and cheerful life, say­ ing: "Twenty-five years ago an old man, weak and thin, was selected by the Sacred College to be the successor of St Peter at Rome. None of his con­ temporaries thought he would live long. But he shut himself up in the Vatican and kept busy and cheerful, and has seen all of his colleagues of a quarter of a century ago pass away from earth. The lesson here Is that energy and cheerfulness are powerful tonics to the body, and a long life is the natural tendency of a right spirit Not that happy natures always reach old age, but that the Joy of the Lord is the strength of human life. It mat­ ters not so much what may be the circumstances surrounding life, the great token of success is the spirit with which we meet the world. A Joyous heart is the Christian man's impregnable stronghold." Truly a "Devil's Trap." Recently a foreign naturalist named Dunstan, was walking near the bank of Lake Nicaragua when suddenly he heard his dog howling at a little dis­ tance behind him. Rushing to the ani­ mal's assistance, he found that it was in the grasp of three black and greasy thongs which had coiled them­ selves around KS neck and had torn it so badly that blood was flowing in several places. After some difficulty the naturalist freed the dog and in a few days its wounds were healed. The thongs, which imprisoned the animal were the principal portion of a plant which is known among the natives of Nicaragua as the "devil's trap." It is composed of black, flex­ ible, leafless branches, which secrete a viscuous fluid, and which are pro­ vided with numerous tiny hooks. At Sea on Land. A clergyman who had neglected all knowledge of nautical affairs was asked to deliver an address before an audience of sailors. He was discoursing on the stormy passages of life. Thinking he could make his remarks more pertinent to his hearers by metaphorically using sea expressions he said: "Now, friends, you know that when you are at sea in a storm the thing you do is anchor." A half-concealed snicker spread over the room, and the clergyman knew that he had made a mistake. After the services one of his listen­ ers came to him and said: "Mr. ----, have you ever been at sea?" The minister replied: "No, unless it was while I was de­ livering that address." Water Substitute for Cqpl. Herr Thormann, a noted Austrian engineer, has for several months been studying the waterfalls In Switz­ erland, and has come to the conclus­ ion that they can be utilized in con­ nection with electricity as a motive power for all the trains on Swiss rail­ roads. He has discovered twenty- two waterfalls, the force of which is equivalent to 86,000 horse power, and this Is more than Is needed, as 60,000 horse power would be quite sufficient Switzerland is obliged to import at considerable expense all the coal that Is used on her railroads, and therefore it will readily be seen that she would gain a good deal by adopting Herr Thormann's suggestion. Operating Chinese Spinning Mill. Mr. Chen, proprietor of the Tsing Tal firm of Kobe, Japan, has purchased a spinning mill at Shanghai, in which 20,000 spindles are In operation and 1,500 operatives are at work under five Japanese overseers. He has formed a* very poor opinion of the capacity of the Chinese as operatives and means to try to employ Japanese overseers and operatives to a considerable num­ ber. A Wasted Joke. George H. Daniels, general pas­ senger agent of the New York Cen­ tral railroad, relates the story of an American who told an Englishman, in an attempt to be facetious, that hs dreamed he was dead, but tha heat woke him up. The Englishman replied: "You must hava very hot weather In America." Must Be Healthy Neighborhood. Bight hundred and twenty-two years was the aggregate age of seven per­ sons who died recently at Yarmouth, Bnaland. 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