Beatrice Evening Times from Beatrice, Nebraska • 4

MISS EYA SIMPSON. IS BEAN OF THE LAKES SELLS COLLARS. DEWEYINTHESTREET BEATS ALL RECORDS. watched the remarkable growth of Chicago, as well as that of other cities now prominent ports. He can not recall the name of a captain who has seen more years of lake marine service than himself, and there is no record of any great lake seaman who has weathered 71 years of sailor life.

same original Baptists to use it In building the structure which now stands on this site. The tree was cut oft twenty feet from the ground; and the big stump, which was partially hollow, was left as the foundation for the steeple the new church. The rest of the trunk and the immense branches were cut up into timber and used In the construction of the church. When the building stood completed, measuring- thirty feet wide by seventy feet deep, there remained of lumber more than 1,200 feet. 7 LINGUISTIC PRODIGIES.

Learned Mea Who Master Fifty Dlffer-eot Tongues. When one considers the difficulty of acquiring even a nodding acquaintance with two or three languages, it seems almost incredible that some men should be able to speak with all the fluency of a native in twenty, and even fifty, strange tongues. It is only a few months since Dr. Gottlieb Loitner, the most famous linguist of this generation, died at Bonn, in Germany. Dr.

Leitner, who acted as interpreter to an army in the Crimean war, could speak with equal facility in no fewer than fifty languages; and many of the more abstruse eastern tongues he knew as intimately as his native German. But there have been phenomenal linguists in all ages, from the far-away days of Mithridates, king of Pontus, who could converse with the subjects in each of their twenty-five tongues; and from the days of Cleopatra, who never used an interpreter in her relations with the world's ambassadors. Pico della Mirandola, a learned Italian of the fifteenth century, was eloquent in twenty-two languages, and M. Ful-gence Fresnel was familiar, with twenty, and id the seventeenth century Nicholas Schmid, a German peasant, translated the Lords Prayer into as manj- languages as there are weeks in a year. The greatest linguist of all time, however, was Cardinal Mezzofan-ti, who died half a century ago.

Mezzo-fantis linguistic range was so great tnat he could have conversed in a different tongue every week for two years without exhausting his vocabulary. In all he was familiar with 114 languages and dialects, and in most of them he could speak with such accuracy and purity of accent that he might have been, and often was, mistaken for a native. STRICTLY DEFINITIVE. She Gave Two 111 uat ration of the Word Meanings. Mrs.

May Wright Sewall, the new president of the International Council of Women, became generally known a few years ago through her participation in the general federation of womens clubs, which resulted in the international council, says the Philadelphia Post. She has frequently represented American women abroad and has long been a prominent figure in the important national conventions. Mrs. Sewall, who is the head of a classical school for girls in Indianapolis, could contribute a readable sequel to English as she is taught, for the pupils in a girls classical school are not above the amusing blunders which characterize the efforts of their young sisters in the public schools. On one occasion Mrs.

Sewall was instructing a class in physics. Force was the subject, and she made plain to the girls the difference between the centrifugal and centripetal force. Centrifugal, said Mrs. Sewall, is a force whose direction is from the center, and centripetal force is a force whose direction is toward the center. Do you all understand that? The class chorused assent.

Now, will some girl give me an illustration? continued Mrs. Sewall. The domestic virtues are centripetal, replied a small girl, because they keep a man in the center of his home, and a centrifugal force is is well, a saloon is a centrifugal force. ANTI-ENGLISH LEADER. Eugene Etienne, who is now posing as the anti-English leader in the French chamber of deputies, has had a long and distinguished career as, a public man.

He is now 55 years old. In early manhood he served as inspector-general of the state railroads. In 1881 he wras first elected a deputy, serving three terms. In 1888 he became secretary of state for the colonies, which position he held for three consecutive years. In 1892 and again in 1894-95 he was chosen vice-president of the chamber of deputies.

He is EUGENE ETIENNE. a a Republican in politics and a man of great influence with the present government, particularly in the department of foreign affairs. His open and bitter attacks on the policy of England are therefore significant. Brother Overdid the Thing. A Springfield lawyer has a son about 10 years old and a daughter about twice that age.

The boy has been around the courthouse a good deal with his father, and the young lady has a steady beau. The other evening the young gentleman passed the house, and the young lady desired to speak to him. Bobby, she said to her little brother, wont you please call to Mr. Brown? Bobby knew the state of affairs, and he hurried to the front door and called out in tbe usual loud monotone of a court bailiff: John Henry Brown, John Henry Brown, John Henry Brown, come into court. Mr.

Brown came In, and Bobby withdrew to a safe place. Ohio State And TU ChlMM LkziNirymn Ii Making HoMy at It. New York Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean: A Chinese laundrj'man In SL Marks place, just off Third avenue, has launched In a new business' which has proved About a year ago he began the business of furnishing clean collars in place of those wilted at the gambling table or In the dance halls of the east side. It was at 2 oclock in the morning when he made the first sale.

A belated Brooklynite with a melted collar strolled into the laundry and asked tle Chinaman if lie would fix him up with a new collar. Ill give you a dollar for a standing collar of the stjle Im wearing, said the customer. The Chinaman went to his not-called-for laundry box and dug out a collar that was acceptable. The elated Brooklynite put it on and tossed a dollar bill to the Chinaman, saying: Take that; this collars worth $50 to me just now. He left his wilted collar on the table after explaining that his wife would certainly go home to her mother if he went home wearing the collar he had on.

I was at a ball In Tammany Hall, he said, and naturally I dont want my wife to know I was dancing with another girl. After that tAe Chinaman went into the business of selling collars at night. Every dance-hall proprietor and waiter on the east side now knows that he is ready to sell collars at all hours, and his fame even spread to gambling houses up town. There are no set prices. Anything from 10 cents to $1 is acceptable.

The Chinaman simply puts out a box containing all styles of new and second-hand collars, and says: Pickee out; pay what you likee. Sea Gall Weather Forecaster. Prince Krapotkin, in Nature, says that on Aug. 26 while off Broadstairs, he noticed several flocks of gulls flying along the coast toward Dover. The wind was then and had been throughout August from the northeast, but an old fisherman remarked that the gulls were moving to the south coast to meet a southwest wind, which was sure to come.

The change then predicted then occurred the following day. Mr. Ingalls strengthens this forecast by a statement In his Weather Lote: The arrival of sea gulls from the Solway Firth to Holywood, Dumfriesshire, Is generally followed by a high wind and heavy wind from the southwest. A PROLIFIC -FAMILY FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA- Mother of Tvety-flv Mrs. Swartwood, Marriott Twenty-seven Tear, Ha Twenty Living Children Only Two Set of Twin in AIL Mrs.

SamuelHS wart wood of Wilkes- barre. is the mother of the largest family in the United States. Although a comparatively young woman, being-only 41 years old, she is the mother of twenty-five children, twenty of whom are living. The youngest Is only a few days old, gives promise of being like his brothers nd sisters, hale and hearty. To be-the mother of twenty-five children is no mean achievement, and Mrs.

Swartwood is proud of it. Her children are her greatest blessing, and, singularly enough, they are all good, obedient children, without the provpr-bial black sheep among them. Mrs. Swartwood said: My children are my joy. Though 1 have always had a baby she laughed modestly antF sometimes two to look after, they never seemed- to be the trouble and worry some babies are.

My last little one seems more cute and sweet than any of the others, but I suppose all babies seem interesting when they are Just born. Mrs. Swartwood is a remarkably well preserved woman. She was married when very young, and her first baby wa3 born fourteen months after her marriage. There have been but five years since during which the household has failed to be blessed with a baby.

These years were 1874, 18S3, 1887, 1888 and 3896. But two of them were in succession, and in the succeeding years twins were born. Of the entire twenty-five children there were but the two sets of twins, which were born in 1889 and 1893. One of each set of twins is dead. Mrs.

Swartwood can recite the hour and day each child was born. Regarding her married life Mrs. Swartwood talked freely. I was married when I was 14 years old. I loved Will when I was a girl-, and I wanted to be married.

Ever since we have been very happy, andI would not change places with any rich -lady. Look at these children! Aint they riches enough, and every one living at home except the two girls that got married. Its nice for father and me to have them all here, although does crowd us up a bit. We havent got a big house, as you can see, and every bit of the space is used. Walk into the dining room there and look at the table.

It was a tabls to look at, of generous width and very long, Ij bore plates and knives and forks for twenty-two peoples At intervals there were gieat piles of bread. It keeps me and the girls-pretty busy looking after the eating and washing for our big family, resumed Mrs, Swartwood, when I came out of the dining room. Father makesjahout $70 a month and the boys bring -in about $00 a month, and we go; along nicelj we have-nothing to spare. Weve given all the children as good -schooling as they can get around here. What do you think of married life? I ventured to ask.

Well, I oughtto know, I guess. Who was it said married life was one-long, sweet dream? Grover Cleveland, wasn't it? Well, I agree with him. it has been to me. Every woman should get married, I think. I dont know-much about the new woman, but if she dont believe in-married life -I dont want to know anything about her.

Whats as happy as having children to love you and you Iovipg them? of my children has been a source oft grief, trouble or anxiety to me, andI think God has been especially kind to give me so many. Yes, sir, you can put me down as believing in the married woman who believes In having children. Mr. Swartwood, who is an engineer on the Jersey City railroad, has been receiving the congratulations of his fellow-worknraTKfor several days upon his wife giving birth to the twenty-fifth child. Fourteen Mia take.

An English paper gives a list of what it terms thefoucteen mistakes of life. While there are undoubtedly other mistakes than those mentioned, -the list is a fairly comprehensive one. It is a great mistake to set up our own standard of right-and wrong, and judgn people accordingly; to meaure-the enjoyment of others by our own; to expect uniformity otopinion in thie world; to look for perfection in our own actions; to worry ourselves ami others with whatcan not be remedied; not to yield in immaterial matters; not to alleviate all that 'needs alleviation as far as lies jn oqr power; not to make allowances for ijie infirmities of others; to consider everything impossible that we can not perform; to believe only what ourxflnite minds can grasp; to expect be ableto understand And the last and greatest mistake of all is to' live for time alone, when 'any moment may launch us into eternity. An Jt em-for Shopper. Ladies who go shopiBag have little idea of the costotheir trip, even In such a minor detail as- the cost of paper for the packages they have sent home.

A Baltimoreanhas recently compared the weight of paper with the food supplied to the purchaser. In one days purchases "It is said that the paper wrapping amounted to about 10 per cent of the totaL- In a list of supplies costing about $1.40 he found that the paper whichr was weighed with the provisions cost 14 cents. Had a Good Time. Mrs. Wayback Didyou go to the theater while you was in ttreity, Joshua? Mr.

Wayback No.Marlar I couldnt find no theater, somehow. The only place I could find was-a dime museum; -but I saw that shs times. New York Weekly. Nothing to Keep Him Up. Hiram When I wuz'visiting my nephew In the city I went to bed every night as soon as I et my supper, JostT Why? Hiram Why, there wuzxxt a ilarn chore to do! Puck.

THE NOTED SCOTCH WOMAN NOW VISITING US. Tfe Oaljr Daaghtor of Sir JauM Stnp-on. vtha Discoverer of Chloroform Aathore, Bicycle Enthusiast and Devotee of the Camera. Miss Eve Blantyre Simpson, who has been making a rather rapid tour of the easternstates and Canada this month. Is the only daughter of the late Sir James Simpson of Edinburgh, the discoverer of chloroform.

Her brother, Sir Walter Simpson, who died last year, was an accomplished golfer, and his writings on the subject are authority with experts in this country and Miss Simpson herself has published several books, a life of her father in the Famous Scots series, an entertaining- volume about the family dogs" and a book on Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh days. Stevenson was an intimate friend of Miss Simpsons younger brother, who, in fact, was the companion of his journey in the Cevennes. She is devoted to outdoor life, in the leading Scottish periodicals has published many descriptive illustrated often by her own- camera. Her specialty is Scottish folklore and general articles descriptive of places with a picturesque or historical interest. She is a devoted bicyclist, and has done considerable exploring along the border highways which are not well known to the general tourist.

Miss Simpson has a spacious house in Inverleith row, Edinburgh, where she entertains largely and has a delightful circle of literary and artistic friends. In appearance she is of middle height, with clear blue eyes and an abundance of wavy brown-hair. Her conversation is animated witty, and she has made many friends among the Amer- MISS EVA icans whom she has met here. In New York she has spent considerable time with Mrs. Riggs (Mrs.

Kate Douglas Wiggin), whom she herself entertained when Mrs. Riggs was in Edinburgh gathering material for "Penelopes Progress. The legion of admirers of this bright book will be interested to know that part of this material was collected while Mrs. Riggs was with Miss Simpson in Edinburgh or in her country cottage. Though Miss Simpson is a true Scot, she is as ready to laugh as any outsider at the quiet fun which the author of Penelopes Progress pokes at some of the Gaelic peculiarities.

STORY' ABOUT INCERSOLL. He Dad No Faith in That Particular Egjr. Here Is an entirely new story about the late Col. Ingersoll, which is quite as good and fully as genuine as the usual run of them, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. When Ingersoll was a young man he went into a short-order restaurant in Peoria and called for an egg.

You are an agnostic, I think, said the-waiter, who was also a college student in the winter, and- had just associated himself with the restaurant habit of thinking has not betrayed you this time I am, replied Ingersoll. Then you do not have faith in the integrity of this egg? quoted the waiter. I have no faith in its int-egg-rity, replied Bob. I have no faith in anything. I believe only in what I see or in' what is proved to me.

I have faith in the egg, said the student, and heregarded the colonel with sad eyes. My faith tells fne that it contains a yolk. My doubt admits nothing of the kind said the agnostic. So the student broke the egg, and, lo! it contained A chicken! But the fact is the agnostic took an unfair advantage of the student. He had eaten at that restaurant before.

CHURCH OF ONE TREE. One of the, most extraordinary religious structures in the country stands at Santa Clara, Cal. This Is the house of worship used by some of the Baptist brethren of, that place. Every stick of timber, used In the structure was cut from one single oak tree. Fifty years ago this oak sheltered the first Baptist congregation ever' assembled together In that region; and on account of the historic associations attaching togjt, it the was decided by the descendants THE OLDEST LIVING CAPTAIN OF THE FRESH WATERS.

Ho Began a Sailor's in 1831 Shipped ou the Steamer Superior, tbo Second Beat Bnllt on tbe 8to. of Lak Michigan. (Chicago Letter.) Capt. Henry Kelley of Milan, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest living captain of the great lakes. While he has lived practically ir, retirement for several years past he is still indirectly connected, or associated with lake marine service.

Before Chicago was even a thriving Indian agency, Capt. Kelley shipped aboard the steamer Superior, the second boat built upon the lake shores. His experiences as a sailor and captain have not been without the perils associated with a mariners career. Capt. Kelley is in his 84th year and apparently enjoys better health than his advanced age and nature of his life work usually admits.

I began my life as a sailor, said Capt. Kelley, on the steamer Superior April 1, 1831. She was the second boat built on the lakes and was set afloat in 1827. She was commanded by Capt. William Pease, her first mate was Levi Allen, and Peter S.

Lenholty was second mate. I remained on CAPT. HENRY KELLEY, board tbe season of 1832, known as the cholera season, and again shipped in 1833. About this time Capt. R.

C. Bristol, afterward a prominent man of Chicago, brought out a new vessel, the John Kinsey named after a Chicago man which was owned by the firm of Dow Johns of Detroit. I shipped at Buffalo with Capt. Bristol and went to Cleveland with the others of the crew to fit out the new boat. In relating his experiences Capt.

Kelley tells of the great rush to the present site of Chicago in 1833. In that year the general government selected this point to give presents and money to the Indians of the great northwest. The rush of people to tin new country was occasioned by desire to trade with the Indians, then assembled in vast numbers. According to Capt. Kelley, this was the initial step of the founding of Chicago.

During the year of the rush the John Kinsey brought in a cargo of general merchandise from Buffalo. As there was no harbor, the cargo was brought ashore in a battoo, which was towed in by the ships small boat. Then the John Kinsey was chartered for a trip to Indian Port, Green Bay, for a cargo of rough timber. The round trip was made in fourteen days. When the lumber was rafted ashore the waters edge was lined with people eager to possess enough of the boards, coarse as they were, to erect a primitive hut.

The spring of 1836, continued Capt. Kelley, I took command, my first, of the brig North Carolina, which was built at Black River, Ohio, and owned by Capts. Aaron, Root, Richard, and Winslow of Cleveland, and Joj and Weber of Buffalo. That season I traded mostly at Lake Michigan ports and took up nearly all of the machinery used for the first dredge used in Chicago harbor. In the fall of the same year I was at St.

Joseph, with a general cargo, which had to be lightered ashore. While I was paying my bills a gale, blowing on shore, came up suddenly, compelling us to leave without ballast. When off Point Betsey, down the lake, there was a sudden change of tbe wind from the north. This forced us to run up the lake. We could not see land.

At daybreak the next morning we were beached two miles west of Grand Calumet, and there the vessel remained until the spring of 1837. I was sent back by the owners to get off the vessel, which was deeply imbedded in frozen sand, necessitating the use of picks. I walked to Michigan City, a distance of thirty miles, and had twelve picks made, and carried them on my back to the beached ship. When tbe first six dog dull I slung them oh my shoulder and walked to Chicago, also a distance of about thirty miles. I made two trips a week with a half-dozen pioks until the vessel was launched and at anchor.

And then we had another sudden gale, forcing the vessel ashore with her anchors dragging. The owners sent me back again to sell her or get her off the beach. Owing to the fine weather I determined to try again. We were taken back by a small vessel, leaving Chicago on Monday. The following Saturday we had the North Carolina in Chicago.

Although tbe vessel was leaking badly I took chances with sand ballast to get below, where the repairing could be done. Off Beaver Island the vessel was capsized in a heavy gale. Two of the crew were lost, the others clinging to the wreckage. We were picked up during the night by the bark Detroit and taken back to Chicago, where I met my old friend, Capt. Bristol.

He gave myself and crew passage to Buffalo on the steamer James Madison, his command at that time. Thus ended my early career on the lakes and the only bad luck I ever had. I followed the lakes continuously from 1831 to 1896. During tbe winter seasons I learned the carpenters trade and eventually became a builder. I have been connected with the great lakes up to the present time.

If I live until March 1 I will be 84 years of age. Capt. Kelley has an excellent memory, and can in detail describe all the cities along the lakes as they were in the early days. Naturally he has HOW THE HERO OF MANILA LOOKS TO-DAY. Divested-of His Naval lUlmcat He Presents the Appearance of a WU-to-Do Business Man Is Hard to Recognise as a Private Citizen.

George Dewey the American citizen in civilians clothes, and George Dewey the American navys admiral, are by no means the same individual at least that is the verdict of those who have seen Hero Dewey in tailor-made garb, and also in the dazzling regalia to which he is entitled by reason of his exalted rank. The difference, indeed, is so great that the admiral has no difficulty whatever in passing through the public streets Incognito when be is not uniformed and gold-braided. This is the more remarkable because no man.wlth the possible exception of the late George Washington, has been more extensively pictured by every conceivable process than Dewey, and It would seem that his features could not escape immediate recognition. That they do is entirely owing to the transformation wrought by citizens garb. Without the gorgeous accouterments of his high office the admiral loses his picturesque identity to such an extent that one would see In him merely a correctly attired, unassuming American man, and never suspect in passing him that one had touched elbows with a nations Idol.

Dewey appears more slender in a frock coat and silk hat, and his face seems to lose the fullness that it has under a cocked hat. He was once asked what made so much difference whenever he exchanged gold lace and brass buttons for plain clothes. My official dignity, sir; my official dignity, was his quick response. Cant you see for yourself that it takes more cloth to encompass the dignity of the admiral of the United States navy ta uniform than when he Is in plain citizens dress? Then he added: In civilian dress I feel as If I belonged to myself. The minute I put on my uniform it seems to me I become public property.

If I appear as different as I feel tbe change must be very noticeable. When a man gets tired of sinning he is ready to turn over a new leaf. IMMENSE SPIDERS. Inflects In Ceylon Tliat Are Beyond All Comparison. Far up in the mountains of Ceylon there is a spider that spins a web like bright yellowish silk, the center net of which is five feet in diameter, while the supporting lines, or guys, as they are called, measure sometimes ten or twelve feet, says the Cleveland Leader, and, riding quickly in the early morning, you may dash right into the stout threads, twining round your face like a lace veil, while, as the creature who has woven it takes up his position in the middle, he generally catches you right In the nose, and, though he seldom bites or stings, the contact of hie large body and long legs is anything but pleasant.

If you forget yourself and try to catch him, bite he will, and, though not venomous, his jaws are as powerful as a birds beak, and you are not likely to forget the encounter. The bodies of these spiders are very handsomely decorated, being bright gold or scarlet underneath, while the upper part is covered with the most delicate slate-colored fur. So strong are the webs that birds the size of larks are frequently caught therein, and even the small but powerful scaly lizard falls a victim. The writer has often sat and watched the yellow monster measuring, when waiting for his prey, with his legs stretched out, fully six SIMPSON. inches striding across the middle of the net and noting the rapid manner in which he winds his stout thread? around the unfortunate captive.

KING LEOPOLDS DAUGHTER. Frincess Stephanie of Belgium, whose marriage to Count Lonyay of Austria-Hungary has recently been announced, is the second daughter of King Leopold II. of Belgium, and her dowry will prove quite an Important accompaniment to the hand with which she will honor her future husband. Princess Stephanie was born May 21, 1861, and on May 10. 1S81.

she was married to Archduke Diedo Rudolf, son of Emperor Francis Joseph, and heir to the imperial throne. When her husband died, in January, 1SS9, the chance of the archduchess to be empress passed away, and she has lived in ever since. Her sister Louise, who married Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, i3 noted for the extravagance if not the insanity of her character, being as wild in her ways as Stephanie is the reverse. The future wife of PRINCESS STEPHANIE. Count Lonyay is 35 yess old and quite pretty.

Her fiance nas adopted the Roman Catholic faith. Composition on the Zebra. A little boy, writing a composition on the zebra the other day, was requested to describe the animal and to mention what it is useful for. After deep reflection he wrote: The zebra is like a horse, only striped. It Is chiefly used to illustrate the Tett6r -N 4 1 Baslneu In Africa.

Business in South Africa, including Cape Town, Is absolutely stagnant. Food stuffs have doubled in price, and thousands are without work or money to buy the necessities of life..