$HE TASKMASTER. By Mildred I. All day do we— Women and anxious men-— 8it at the mercy of the tireless loom. Threads bright as sun on seg And gray as rain Slip from the restless skein Into a pattern that we do not see. Qur narrow room Echoes to flashing shuttle and whirl ing wheel. The deafened soul has little feel How fair the fair world is With sun and bloom. McNeal, leave to The taskmaster Sits watchfully alone. Bear this: and the pale dame puts smile on cheek To hide the grief in her: Do this: and soon The rough drudge fronts the noon: And this: and men plod on with no demur They who are Fit strength to task may, Having no other choice than to obey The will that 4s so stern And far to seek. weak and labor as they this— , the cry, often flower Yet even The utmost pain does into that he would misg by Idly and ha Hearts will their And we In soul and toil And wear the of the soll With a Daily more themselves mind and body the strait loom dust and the stain faith t ire strong hat grows -Youth's Companion SeSe5252525e525252525a5e5252525 Hoping a lnizzly Pisesesesosesesasasesasasasasasaed “Juego . copa d . play the Jose t » Or} gourian, 3 you fellow « brate much avout? a year soed yet pretty near don't arn about “Well,” wants t the old mare's by the oak ber of tracks ther least six of them; an old one cubs. They mat old mare, but meat off her si Don Jose of 60 aomo of the Ci fest days, looked where he horse's ma into a hair rope, begun to merifest an inter- est in matters going oa around him “Carral! you an revenge the old mare if you want Thera's nothiag I'd like hegir veil 0 Ias50 a be corral Sote Years, Was preparing hair ne to be made and better Jose Navarro, the head plied: “We'll porhaps doctor of these ni old, and a good tim the Diez ; Done contempt at the “if” in hi son-in- law's The oid sald to have lassoed and fed a doze bears in Chino with nssistance. “Well. “let's do it tow while and we have a full work. by.” This yell of proval. After being ue particularly the Yankees, consented ead the ter a general discussion of Jeet, it decided that vaquero, trade her for a bear— two: if we don't some of fine colts will get a » % rik ond Jose Sote remarks out said one of the DOYS, Don Jose is here, moon to was Breeted by a ged present, Don hunt, the all by all to bear was night, party by Tuesday man's horse wag carefully saddled and Pridied, riatas coiled and hung on the pommels and the latigos left so that one pull would tighten them suf- ficiently for the journey. Anxiously we waited, loafing around the corri- dorg with occasional glances at our horses, discussing the prospects of the hunt from every.standpoint and rélat. Ing Incidents and accidents of prev- lous hunts engaged in by different in- dividuals, About 10 o'clock Don Jose put new iife into the circle by shbuting out of the door of the house, “A las armas, muchachos, adelante!” ("To arms, boys, forward!”) In less time than It takes to tell every man was in his saddle and we were strung out on the trail by twos and threes. A finer looking cavalcade could not have been picked out for perfect pose in the saddle, mounts and equipment for the prospective work. Don Jose rode slowly ahead, list. ened intently for a moment, then gaid in an undertone: “The old woman hag arrived, sons.” El Buerro wanted to know how he knew. The old man replied: “The dog that eats does not bark. Don’t you hear the coyotes yellint? In other words, the bear is eating horse, the coyotes want to eat horse, but are afrald of her, so stand off and yell at her. If the bear was not there the coyotes would be eating and could not yell.” “Well,” sald the burrero, “that to guess after you know how.” Every man shook nis feet in the stirrups to see if everything was tight and Don Jose, pressing his gray with the calves of his legs and slight ly leaning forward, went off with a bound like a shot, yelling: “Santiago! At the bear, boys! Don't be cowards or gourd sellers.” Every man followed at like speed over the mesa, down the steep slope to the bajeo, hooting and yelling like demons. In the dim light we could see a massive form which looked to me as [ got nearer more like my small boyhood’'s idea of an ogre than thing 1 had ever seen, It was terrify- fng, but upon nearer approach my ogre resolved itself into an enormous grizzly standing with her forepaws hanging purposely before her Two cubs were on thelr haunches at her side looking at us In wonder and curiosity: other was hidden behind her and carcass, We all expected her to stand her ground and fight for her cubs, az bears generally do, but thought them big enough and enough to take care of themselves, when we got within about sixty feet of her she lit out with a snort (about the same sound that a large hog would make if she did her best) for Precipice Canon. According to instructiong, Don Jose, El Lenero and Nevarro only put out after the bear. EI! Georchy, El Buer- ro and I deployed as scouts between the cubs and the El Cir, El Guero, Am bagsio, and Chato charging cubs, stood is easy any- sitting the the she old very arroyo; Ybarra he which start to finish. after led the little to feet in her rear, Don Jose old bear, a right and about sixty the Navarro was {mr El Lenero at and 1 gained Te 1 nediately behind out her left. the somewhat to ant Jose pianieaq her Don nd her neck, but it 1 Of é thrown on tjeo, and 2 #3814 a 1 down necktl wallow y and the she hard Jose, taking the riata as before tened kablock rolling Choe one there are but are a bear, there as many f wn a 3 oi or 3 tying do Nav and, now took bale hitching it arro half some several times fixed at least id have to roHe rope nose one female so that she wou keep her mouth shut riata the other dragged the bear up a foot in diameter, hind feet around it on opposite with riatas, half hitches known only to sailors - and vaquerog tied them together hugging the tree, at the same time leaving plenty of space between the tree and her body so that she could describe ag many circles around the tree by springing and walking around it with her forelegs as she chose, but she could not reach the riata on her feet, Navarro now took all the other riatas off, and, cutting the bale rope on the beAr's nose, left her as free as alr except ag to her two hind feet, She availed herself of the opportunity to make up for long silence and en. forced inaction. She screamed, kick. ed, bit, scolded and threatened, and we poked fun at her in several differ ent languages until she lapsed into sullen silence, when we left her to solitary meditation and went back to the bait. Guero succeeded in catching a cub the first throw, and Chato and Ybarra helped tie it; the cahmbones, or greenhorns, were all busy with the his two the trio about to and $ 0 a sides of the cubs ran for threw my riata, bul fever gomewhat the cu’) the loop and kept h's whirled my horse and nim on the nose a couple of with the hondo (raw-hide lesso vhich turned him back 15 the Missourian had gain and wanted to be in it, s0 time the ¢ib was turned I'l was pretty close to him and coming on at full speed. The probably thinking that as Georchy had no riata here was his meat, immed lately changed his tactics and, charg- ing the Bayo caught him about four pounds horse steak off the stifle, hanging like a mort- gage, You other two: one RITOYO, I having buck ran through Course | wheeled thines Joc i the this tne big ed courage about Ie Gearchy cub, Coyote, on should have and squeal! Instead of usval three as do (one up, to the ground), WAS great; ped a plece of tis at any stage of been trying to learn ter before, became so enthusiastic that he vocabulary seen the bay buck standing the most gringoes and the other that gringo simply could not have paper under Chato, who English all excited vented bucks one down slip- him had win- and all his and you ue 1 Olie sentence Was more knew, “Bully, I'll wheep tomorrow! long though not the point, TH ! I'l know Oh, by!" he screamed, El Cir sald: *I thought you couldn't ride broncos, George? “Well, I'd like to horse that could among them bears, I'd iy if I had to.” This put every one into ously good humor. EI Cir cub with his riata and color of me down no ride. sea the the di imp ride or hilarl- the was flung off by the crazed buckl ayo Coyote, and Ybarra and Navarro had got back by this time, others. The fight lasted al If, and we had For est who » he an bagged grizzly bears. and Stream. Far More Musical Than the Peacock = ther. Strange Traits. of the | 5t and most inter descrip nd te In satralie md oniy in Australia . Onn volume of Lf Mel ourne, eh plored markat played, catch ’ : h right . ba 8 moment that he fall plumage is veloped in al Mr. Kitson believing out Years writer as neces juotes are Bary A char: feet in dian clean are sel the only actually SEW lowered thelr imes they put tails admi At ather fully and, ring the sub and apps i 0 be a re- jmitator of other especially of the songs sproduce the notes wren to 8O- whose im- it markably clever sounds, and of irds it of tl thr will ush, magpie When it m laughing jackass, a bird is harsh and grating it proves on the original Again, and perfection imics the called note er's whip and the noise of a saw and axe admirably as to deceive listener who does not know where these sounds really come from. The female lyre bird lays only one egg annually. This is covered with inklike blotches, It has been assert. that a nest is always deserted egg In it is touched by hu- Mr, Kitson is able to say that such Is not always the case, for he visited one particular nest six times, and on the last occasion found that the egg In it had been hatched only a short time, i , Example Destroyed, “You can't make me belleve the world isn't growing better, “Has somebody paid you a debt that you didn’t expect you would ever be able to collect?” “No. Henry Cameron, who has al ways been pointed to by my wife as a model for me, was caught in a police raid night before last, and the papers not only published his name, but had a picture of him."-Chicage Record-Herald, 80 The first attempt to manufacture ping in thig country was made short. ly after th® war of 1812. STATE OF PENNSYLUANIL. Parts. Michael Bender, of playing on the Reading Rallroad tracks, attempted to go between two moving trains when he was caught and his body crushed. An eight foot vein of discovered at the North Colliery, owned by the & Reading Coal & Iron Ches ter, coal Company, nished an additional number of men B. Frank Diehl has heen appointed peneral agent of the Allentown Ter- minal R. R. Company, to succeed the late George Twining. Three Houses were by fire at Old Forge. All three were owned by Prof. Frank Coyne, One was occupied by him, the others John McGinley and Patrick Con- way. The Church, arect totally destroy- ed by officials of the Media, have a new church cost of about $25,000, fice will be built on old building and will finest in the borough fohn Galoski, 8 itly ; killed by mouth, E. H. is the First Baptist deci (ded to building at a The new the site be of edi. the of the of one in- Ply- old, car wa at Years a trolley Odenwelder, of sidersvill owner of three Bers : combined ages amount to 96 All actively engaged In farm this Spring The animal 26 and the youngest Sheriff Roberts of Northam County, while eating raw @ Nazareth restaurant, pearls worth $100 The executor of the fred 8. Weyer, a wealt York, who died about leaving his property §.370 as This is the ever paid to the in that county Daniel Froelich, a the Warwick opened a stove door while pressure wag on the furnace was thrown fifty feet fe Jured died Ww Roms years work oldest is 28, pton in two Ovstlers found estate of Al- hy resident of one Year ago, to charity, paid collateral inheritance tax. largest amount money State by estate of an stove tender at furnace, Pottstown, the gas and so badly | i he fn the P year-old Samuel tt} Li { home attached McKinley the the cigar and burned could reach a otherwise sever clubbed His John Elimore of Altoona,” fuel d promises to the i trial world returns Pittsbur after demonstrating to the manufac- turing interests of that city that his discovery is a success Before leave ing Pittsburg through the United States inspector the armor plate plant he arranged to give a demon- stration at Annapolis, Md., in the presence of prominent navy officials and Government experts The dem- onstration will begin April 16 and continue for two weeks Ellmore received a telegram from Chieago coal offering him $5,000,000 straight if he would bury his secret and never reveal it to the world, as it cobbler jrcovers poor at coal Industry in a few vears Shamokin City Council has resolv ed to grant exonoration of taxes for five years to foreign industries that shall locate there, Falling to heed in time the warn ing of a fellow-workman, John Et tingham was crushed to death by a huge piece of gun ordnance weighing twenty-six tons that slipped from a flat car on which it was being moved at South Bethlehem. 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They left before for the vation where re ranging The purpose the hunt was to secure venison for a big barbecue, given at Montana State Convent of Elks in Billings After on the hunting } party spent several hours ruitiess search, but suddenly bowling along over the o five magnificent specime family, headed by a big buck, a sm the trail, ak for the hills Although ter the apimals at . 3 ossible, no ELK. reser of 3 the ion Arriving the 1 unds 1s » ns o counlee, by made a bre all and the af- of gain flew rate big machine the best perceptible them, and a narrow defile speed i was made upon is appeared down they in the rocks As it juarry q was yossible to follow the excel foot, it decided a circuitous route of seve to the mouth the cany down which the elk were he adding After their first fright had sab- sided the animals a slowly, for when the party arrived seiceted they were img t on was ral of on the 10 at spot nowhere be geen In forty which seemed to the anxious huntsmen sev. eral hours, the herd was seen coming slowly down the canyon When animals were within 300 yards of the automobile they scented danger and stopped to reconnoiter The leader, a magnificent bull with high and wide spreading antlers, sniffed the air suspiciously, and when fe hesitated a moment and turned aside to make off, the big rifle, which was resting on a bowlder, cracked spitefully, and the handsome beast made one wild leap into the air and stretched out quivering on the rocks, while his frightened companions broke for cover.—The Automobile, about minutes, the More Tempting. 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