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IN BUYING A Siiaitrme VAPOR BATH i*i,tta3es

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THE SPEED 0 OF A SHIP

METHODS BY WHICH ITS KNOTS PER HOUR ARE MEASURED.

An Interesting Description of the Mechaniam and Use of the Log, With a Truthful Red Sea Shark Story At- tachment.

‘*How do you ascertain the speed of a vessel?’ isa question frequently ad- dressed to naval men, and an explana- tion will therefore probably be of inter- est to many readers. There are several nethods, the commonest and most an- vient being by the use of the ‘‘log.”’ This instrument consists of three parts —the logship, the line and the marks. The logship is a piece of wood about half an iach thick and shaped like a quadrant, with a piece of lead let in round the circular edge to make it float perpendicularly in the water. It is slung by lines at each angle, the three lines being joined together about two feet from the logship. Two of the lines are securely fixed to the ship and the other bas a bone peg at the end, which, being pushed into a hole in the ship, tempo- rarily fastens it there.

From the point of juncture of the three lines a sufficient length is measured,

FAN ATICAL CHINESE.

SUPERSTITION RULES THE RACE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.

All Business and Family Matters Di- reetly Controlled by This Unreason- ing Influence, Which Makes Brutes of Its Slavish Devotees.

No race in the wide world is more gontrolled by superstitious notions than the Chinese. They enter into every act of a Chinaman’s life, and their influ- guce is more lasting than that of his re- ligion. He cannot move hand or foot without their agency, and from the earliest moment of his life down to the las* detail in connection with his burial thes power and influence are the guid- ing motives of his acts. All business and family matters are directly con- trolled by superstitious sentiments, both rich and poor, young and old, being slaves to their force.

To the avepage Chinaman his religion is a mere negative factor in his mode of life, to be followed or disregarded at will, but notrue son of Han dares to act otherwise than in accordance with the strict precepts of those spiritual powers which direct)y control his life.

There are some amusing superstitions

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HOW THE BIG MAN FLEECED THE SUBSTITUTE BROKERS.

The Tricky Six Footer Worked His Physical Defect to the Limit and Reaped a Rich Harvest While the Opportunity Lasted,

During tke civil war in what was then a pretty village of Michigan and has since become a city without losing any of its beauty lived a strapping six footer who looked as hard as nails, dressed well, talked smoothly and was set up like a soldier. He had no means of support visible to the naked eye in the village which he called home, but he would make occasional trips from which he returned with plenty of money and afund of interesting talk about some section of the north. The people thought him a mystery, but he was a pleasant one, and curiosity never went further than to ask ingenious ques- tions that were just as ingeniously par- ried. After his harvest was at an end the mystery explained himself without reserve, and no one expressed serious disapproval of the way in which his wits bad won him his money.

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oan seavem arts back if not satisinc- generally about 100 feet, to take the | eo: sected with Chinese entertainments, | ing fleeces from the fellow that went { v Send for sample of material and in- logship well clear of the ehip's wash. | A dinner party is an ordeal which once | out to shear, I’m not an Apollo Belve- sm, = — ; . ae will tell you all This is called the ‘‘stray line’’ and is | experienced is never forgotten. It con- | dere, Diomedes or Samson ia appear- ¢ Vapor Baths sre an ecknowledged marked with a piece of bunting. From | gists of from 46 to 50 distinct courses | ance, but I pass in a crowd asa fine see A household neceesity. Turkish, Hot thea, bunting is measured 47 feet 3] and occupies the greater portion of a| specimen of physical development. The yy ¢ Raths nae saan a inches, and the line marked here with | day, During the whole of these repasts | truth is that I’m a whited sepulcher. 1 : © produces cleaniin.s, health, strength. a piece of leather. Then another 47 feet | gn4q notwithstanding the endless variety | was born with a defective heart and 4 ea eae” eaieane 8 inches is measured off and marked | of dishes served the invited guest re- | would not take three minutes of real | © Malaria, Eezema, Catarrh, Female Iils with two knots, then another space | tains the same plate throughout. The} violent exercise for all the money you . + oe ggg ewe © stone aaa — the same length, and marked with | explanation of this strange custom is an | could load ona freight train. I take _ : ia three knots, and so on as far as seven | old proverb, which has now become a | things easy all along the line, and the ' . Price ot Niagara ra Baths, $5.00 knots. Halfway between each batch of | guperstition, that ‘‘he who changes the | engine keeps pumping up to require- ? knots re pe re is made. The log | plates kills the housewife.’’ mente. 4 line is then ready for use. ’ Chinese proverbs explain several of ‘*When I could eee the end of what , . The King: Jones Co., | The space between the knots is found | the superstitious notions with regard to | property was left me, and it was not far ij v from the simple little rule of three sum: | women. It is considered unlucky for a | away, I cast about for some light work 4 — a Wineus As 3,600 seconds (number of seconds in | woman to mix with the builders of a| todo and concluded to deal with the 2 . mi ee an hour), 28 seconds (length of sand- | horse or other edifice during its erec- | substitute brokers. There was no chance t | ODODUEO OCD DOD OTD OTOS glass), 6,080 feet (number of feet in @ | ¢jon, and to avoid any possibility of one | of meeting the required medical exam- SNe aed nautical mile); length of line required | gtraying into the premises all approaches | inations, so I took another tack. When- —which works out to 47 feet 3 inches. | gre carefully guarded by watchmen, | ever 1 visited a place in my business, a | ll dll To use tie log four persons are re- | and a fence is erected around the pro- | I’d manage incidentally to fall in with a) quired—two men to hold the reel on | posed building as soon as its founda- | the broker. I’m better than a raw hand which the line is wound; the quarter- | tions are laid. asa jollicr, and I’d soon have some ; ‘ pape Lp Ree ee dstese ton, The explanation of this is the saying, | mutual friends as innocent parties in B 2 ie a 4 ’ 8- | ‘Women mix ill with wood, and death | the play. : . If You Will The last named puts the peg firmly im | jives in the house over whose founda- Whe n it came in naturally, I'd efore moving into hew quarters we will

\ . a el emits : tus.) ™ admit of the logship being thrown ing with any public matter of national | He weuld either jump open mouthed at ; i haan ‘No pe hy cain afford to en- = clear of the ee, He asks, ‘‘Clear | interest or in any business transactions | the proposition or chaff back under an Ready-made Suits, ig danger an imporiant engagement b ee Saeeperneneeee where men are concerned. ‘‘ Women tie | impression that I would never think of i : P liabl g io y Clear glass, sir!’ comes the reply, | gnots,’’ says the Chinese proverb. ‘‘Let | going to war. In either case it would Overcoats p not owning a relible timepeice. Any | and overboard go the logshipand line, | them remain at home.” usu:lly come to some kind of a proposi- , x rson may deriv: a distinct advantage | the ree] rapidly revolving. Presently No funeral can take place until as- | tion fromthe broker. Then the other by possessing a good watch. OUR | the middy feels the piece of bunting | trologersand professional fortune tellers | fellows would guy me, intimate that I Ulsters WATCHES ‘ARE » TIMEKEEPERS; | passing through his hand, and he gives | jaye been consulted. These unscrupu- { was a bluffer and wonder how I was to ? they are just as represented . A | the order, ‘‘Turn.’’ The quartermaster | ous diyincrs decide tie place of burial, | get out of the thing without a clear guarantee is given with every watch turns the glass and watches the sand | and in the event of disagreement no | funk. Reefers while one ‘‘reeler’’ holds the reel well ’

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| § Arithmetic elapeed the position of the ship is again | associated with the illness and death of | on bothering us and, after showing a Whiskey of the day is

| eee eee fore the age of 12 years, its Jast mo- on way across the office, and he went ‘ ‘ : , ments are hastened by the borrible | limping out, while all observers grew

i Common School Arithmetic, es and yen a oe cruelty of its parents. a long as hope | wide eyed in their wonder. I did not ; i Wm. T. Kennedy, Principal of Halifax a : tea ae the rea — is possible the parents do their utmost | exert enough strength to throw a half : f Academy, & Peter O’Hearn, Principal] OY sare og will give the error of the | ¢o save their child, but as soon as the | grown boy five feet, but the truckman

, fo St. Patrick’s High School, Halifax. ae me RRSP doctors abandon hope the child is strip- | knew his business, and was paid $20 for i E Part I 15¢ 0 finish here isa patent log yarn, ped naked and placed against the outer | attending to it.

. | PartIl ho as told by an old messmate, Igive itin | goor of the house. When the en2 nas “That apparently cool courage and

4 Part tit 1 ans his own words: ‘‘When in the Crocodile | gome, the corpse is thrown out into the | gigantic strength removed al) doubt

| Al! three parts bound in one vo in the Red Bea, just after taking the | giroct to be picked up by the passing | from the mind of the broker. I was the

Academic Arithmetic, being} reading one night at 8 o'clock, the dead cart. man he wanted, and he wanted me

etes of hikes 4 te mse, shoo quartermaster reported, ‘Shark taken | ‘Tho reason for this bratality is this: | badiy. I stuck cut till 1 got $2,000 as J and Peter O’Hear 7 © patent Jog, sir : pee cee | it le family loses a child before it has | @ ‘retainer,’ and then was rejected. I

} . over at once. At 9:30 next morning “a4 grown to maturity, its parents refuse to | felt like giving the money back when 7 . one aaa ak. regard it as their offspring, but rather the millionaire came around to condole 4 Holida Jewel Ou eneniae bith wedeeeh Sar patent as some evil spirit who has worked its | with me and tell how disappointed he

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and Silver Novetlies ee ee line of business.’’—Detroit Free P E Oey Ack your wioe merchert for Giealeith.

‘ his teeth, the fan working all the time | SB J, EES ADACHES eraiemmaes Sote Prorairtors: Robertson, Sanderson & Co., Ltd., Girt b iT] dth ‘ I he followed — ship. — had swum _—- whatever cause cured in half an hour by G RAI N me a et re” _ I uyers Wi in e va.ie ually just 122 7-10 miles.’’—Navy an FFMAN’S HEADAC > . ; etalataatory in both costly aad vines i eeeate we ro cent angasc at Jia Be Established 1846, - Capital paid up, £350,000. "New ‘gns i ae aA — For sale by all leading Wi d Spirit Deale : ine an irl ealers. . ' How and beastiful deo'gne in DR CHIFT cures Chroni — : P

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The Great George St Jewler.

Hillsborough Skating Rink.

Special General Meeting.

In pursuance cf a resolution paseed ata meeting of Directors of the Hillshoruugh Skating Rink Company held onthe 10th instant, a Special deneral Meeting of the Sharehcl an of the Company will be held on Tuesday the 20th day of December instant at eight o’clock p. m. is the Board of Trade Room in ths Opera House in Charlottetowa to take into con= sideration the late Jeasing of the Riok by the Directiors, and to take such steps as they may “eem ‘necessary in con- firming the Director’s action or the re- leae~ ing of the rink” as asked for bya r-quis- tion addressed to the President and Directors,

A. A. BarrLerr, Secretary~Treasurer. Charlottetown, P EI,Dec. 12th, 1898

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the logship and then gathers three or four coils of line in his hand, sufficient

over his head, so as to give the line fair play. When the sand has run out, ‘*Stop!"’ cries the quartermaster.

The midshipman grasps the line, as- sisted by the other reeler, and looks for the nearest knot, finding s# single one close to hishand. Then the line is haul- ed in, and four knots appear, which signify that the ship is going four and a half knots through the water. The jerk of the line draws the peg from the logship, which now floatson its flat side and is easily hauled in. When a ship is going over four knots, a 14 sec- ond glass is used, the speed being double that shown by the knots on the line.

Another method in use is the patent log. This is altogether mechanical and consists of a Jong cylinder with clock- work inside it and four fins on the out- side. It is towed astern of the ship by a line made fast to a swivel in the head of it. Asit is dragged through the wa- ter the four fins make it revolve, actu- ating the clockwork inside, which regis- ters on a series of dials the number of knots run. This log has to be hauled in every time cue wants to read it, but there jis another kind where the fan is towed astern and the dialisa fixture in tae ship. This is called a ‘‘cherub.’’

These logs are not always accurate,

and are constantly verified when near |

land by cross bearings—that is, the bearings of two well known points are taken, and the position so obtained is marked on the chart, the time of obser- vation being noted and the reading on

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tions a woman has walked.’’ There is a similar horror of the fair sex interfer-

final interment can take place. This ac- counts for the number of unburied cof- fins which are seen about the country districts in China. Sometimes the coffin is temporarily deposited in a temple or kept in the house of the heir of the de- ceased. Among the poor as cften as not it is conveyed to some sheltered spot and covered with a mat.

When in course of time (by aid of additional fees) the diviners can report that all objections to final burial are re- moved, the funeral takes place amid re- joicing and profane excesses. The mode of propitiation gecerally prescribed by astrologers is the purchase of some stone or piece of iron, to which an elaborate ritual of prayer and sacrifice is made, or, if the client is wealthy, the building of a pagoda is suggested, in connection with which the mercenary fortune teller doubtless reaps a large commission.

The last species of superstition to which we will call attention forces us to place China among the half civilized and brutal nations. One of these super- stitions is that the soul of a dying per- son takes possession of the bed and room in which the invalid is lying. To obvi- ate such a curse as this the relatives of the dying person, as soon as they per- ceive his end approaching, forcibly re- move him from his bed and place him almost naked upon a board. If by chance aman should expire in his bed, it, to- gether with all the furniture in the room, must be burned and many atone- ments offered before the room is consid- ered fit for habitation again.

Diseases an Rupture e2¢ Ch’town, Friday, Saturdayt and Sunday. Call or send stamp for informatio n.

chaff the broker about his business and ask what kiud of a soldier I’d make.

‘*Here’s wheré my fine work came in. I’d demand a retainer, and I’d put it high enough just to maks the broker think that I was trying to escape him. If he would pay me a specified sum down, I would agree to appear at the recruiting office the next day and offer my services, but I gave notice that I assumed no chances. If they would not have me, the broker must stand the loss. The idea of my being rejected al- ways raised a Jaugh and only tended to confirm the broker in the belief that I was trying to escape him. When the doctor turned me down, I went into the dumps, became nervously timid, aroused the sympathy of those with whom I had become acquainted and snapped an or- der to the disgruntled broker to keep clear away from me.

‘*The best haul I made was in Pitts- burg. Acoal baron there who could not well enlist and who had not been druaft- ed wanted a representative in the army who would make a name honorable to that of the principal. He was after a big, handsome, intelligent fellow of whom he could be proud and put the whole matter into the hands of ashrewd little broker. I managed to meet him at the Monongahela House, and I work ed around to the main subject in the manner I have described, but I could see that he was sharp ard did not like to run any chances.

‘*‘While he went to dinner, after which we were to resume our talk, I went out and had a shbort conference witk a huge truckman. When I again

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S.B. Townsenp & Co, MontREAL, AGENTS FoR CANADA