A "tew Nautical Vocabulary.

The yachtsman's vocabulary is a language in itself, and the landsman often runs afoul of it. Hè doesu't see why one rope should be called a sheet, another a halyard, a third a downhaul and a fourth a clewline. One boat owner, whose hospita'ole deck is trodden by niany of his friends, has modified his terms to conform v.'ith the suggestions or mistakes of his guests who are noc expert sailors. For instance, one landlubber who had gone below tor a drink of water was asked what he had donewith the cup. "I huug it on the post," he said inDocent'y. Lvery one roared at the idea that he couid be so "green" as not to know what the mast was called, but on that yacht the mast is now known as "the post. ' ' A pretty girl from a "fresh water" district was responsible for another nautical word. The strips of canvas used in tying up the sails are called stops. Some one wanted the stops and could not flnd them for the instant. "What are you looking for?" asked the young woman. "I am looking for the stops. They were here a little while ago. " "The stops? Oh, you mean the tapes They're under this rug. " And now the sails are bouud with 'tapes." Another young woman from au interior state had read enough nautical stories to have caught a few phrases here and there. For one thing, she knew that "hard tack" was a staple article of diet at sea. On a visit to the east this damsel went sailing. She was anxious to learn, and when she heard the man at the wheel eay "hard she asketl some what it meant. A little later the steersman said the yacht was going about. Some of the guests were paying no attention and seemed in danger of being struck by the boom as it swept over to the other side of the yacht. "Hard tack! hard tack!" cried out the yonng wouian excitedly. All managed to dnck their heads in time to escape the spar if they didn't know what the inaiden meant by "hard tack," and another joke was added to