VOL.* xxxv
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BUTLER, PA. I
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h '
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BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY. .jIXK 3< >•
WHEN PAfA WAS A LITTLE tsOY.
i " V."h»-n i-apa was a little boy
You really couldn't find
la ail Uio =;*;« ot
A child so quick to mind.
| H!f m-'th'tr never rslled but or.ce.
And Pa was alway- there;
i He re.-, r read* the baby c rj;.
Or pulled hid Ulster's hair.
"He ne\ er slid down banisters.
Or made the slightest noise:
I And never In Ida life v. aa knorr.
To f.ght with other boys.
H>? always sti:d!ed hard at school.
And got his lessons right:
' And chopping wjed and milking cows
vVer= papa 'r chief delight
i " He always rjtQ at six o'clock
Ar.d went to bed at eight.
And never lay ated till noon
And never sat up late.
He finished Latin, French ar.d Greek
When he waj ten years old.
And th* Spanish alphabet
A 9 soon as he was told.
Hu never grumbled when ho had
To So tlx moist ehor«.
And ne'e.- in all his It? forjrot
J To shut the stable doors.
Ho never, never thought of piay
t-'ctil hid work was done.
He labored hard frim break of day
Until the e*'. of sun
'* He never scraped his muddy shoes
Upon the parlor floor.
And never answered back his ma,
And never banged the door
Hut truly, I could never see,"
Kid little Dick Malley,
•• How he coold never io these thlnps,
„ _ really a hoy."
1 —Georglna BlUinga, in Youth's Companion.
i | indiati iKod« or «• 1
] * * Burning Bear. |
i I
By Martin Hunter. V
IN* DESCRIBING the manner of taking j
some of the iur-bearing animals of
the Hudson Bay territory, the bear
comes firfct by its coat being earliest
prime of all other animals of the nort h
country.
The Indians, who, since the finishing
of their last year's hunt in June have be
come tired of a fish diet, are anxiously
looking forward to the 25th of Septem
ber. On and after this date the bear
skins have a market ralue with the
company, u:id the ludjans go into berrj'
patchrs ai.d awarnps in quest of bruin,
who has for the post six weeks been fat
tening undistui-bcd.
Considerable bravery -Is rfhowoby the
Indian in huatin<rt\ese mrong and iero
dooa animals at thin tin., of year. Few
•■V thom have- other than
muzzle-loading gun. and If they miss a
fatal shot vhen firing, the result is to
them uerious, if not death.
I cannot do better in these series of
hunting stories than to follow the foot
steps of Wa-Sa-Ktjlc, who was one of
our rn ji.t successful all-around hunters,
lie had a liking for the whites in general
and, from ills kindness,for mo in partic
ular. At any time when it was conven
ient for me to !e»ve the post he wel
comed my company on hi« shooting and
trapping tours. Still, hunting the bear
in a flat and dry berry patch requires
the greatest care and precaution to
make it a day of profit. Wa-Sa-Kejic
lands from his canoe on the leeward
e.'ii- of the_ patch he io going to recon
r:i.iter and ascends a large mountain,
i wfewee southern side runs to the
river r.licrci i hmw u**.
scans the burned lands beneath him
with great minuteness for neveral sec
onds. At last his face lights up with
satisfaction, for his eye rests on a large
black bear feeding to the windward of
a clump of alders. Before starting to
stalk the game, he notes the direction
of the wind, the lay of the country and
tins number r«f points of concealments
between him and his quarry. AH these
essentials mentally impressed on his
memory, he loads his gun carefully and
descends the mountain. Wa-Sa-Kejic
makes bin way swiftly from the base for
about u quarter of a mile; after that
he g</< s with great*reare. At Inst there
is only one interveniflgstackof willows
between him and the bear. From my
vantage point <rf view I notice all his
movements und also that of the bear,
which ih lazily feeding on the ripe, full
berries.
At the extreme left-band point of the
clump stands un immense rock, brought
there, no doubt, at the glacier period;
toward this the Indian is sometimes
crawling, at others crouching; at last
he is safe in its shelter, with heart
beating with excitement.
When he left the mountain top the
bear was feeding toward this very rock,
and had ho continued. With gun on the
full cock, Wa-Sa-Kejic carefully ad
vances his head around the base; in an
instant it is brought baok to cover, fof
ho has caught sight of bruin not 'M
feet away and busy eating the luscious
fruit still toward the rock.
Wa-Sa-Kejio waits five minutes longer
(it appears hours to me as I watch), and
then, with well in front and
gun seized firmly in his hands, steps
boldly out from his hiding place. As
usual with hears when surprised at
close quarters, the animal assumes an
erect jAOsition, and at the *aine moment
the gun belches forth its death-dealing
bullet, and the monster falls pierced
through the heart.
That night the Indian's squaw and
children feast on berry-td bear meat,
and th« gr owing boys listen breathless
ly to their father's description of how
he killed "Mus Kwa."
The foregoing is one way of hunting
bear, and the other is by trnpplng—
either deadfall or steel traps. This mode
of trapping is only practiced in thu
tpring Shortly trfter the boi<rs come
pai. <»f thefr (k-rm thwy resort tocn-vlrs
tod email Vhern cut p nnfl email
trout spawn at (hat season. Bruin is ai»
fcxpert fisherman, and will stand on
the low banks and with, a dash ot his
paw land vut one or two fish at a ctrok<;«
The Indian hunter knows these creeks
and rivers, and it is on their banks ho
Bets his traps with some temptinglxtlt
n;ch riR musnunsb meat or torn with
tnaple syrup mixed together, neither ot
'which is it possible for Mr. Bear to jjubs
without making a try for.
Wooden traps, or deadfalls, are made
In the same shape as the well-known fig
ure-of-four trap for marten and other
vuiull animals, only many times larger,
kml the crushing weight or load as
much as two strong men could lift.
The bait Is tied on to a loop of twisted
roots, und the latter is caught over the
wooden trigger that supports the load
ed cross bar, and then on t lie peg at back
of trap. The bear, after drawing in
fctrong whiffs of the tempting morsel
from the entrance, ventures boldly in.
The depth of the trap is almost equal to
the length of ids body, so when he tugs
at the bait the middle </ his body is
directly under the cross bar. The loop
(dips oIT the peg and the weight of the
logs and stones crash down on poor old
Mus-Kwa.
The Indian prefers the steel
trnp, as it is more certain, and the bear
keeping alive forseverai days, the hunt
er is not required to visit his traps so
often.
Dui'iic the hot sj day i n bear in
a deadfall very . oon omen Hy blown
and rotten, and the meat useless, and
very frequently the skin also.
It Is In the spring of «lie year Wa-Sa-
Kejic takes hia 20-pound 'jew house
trap and cs hi.s \\ a;, to a small con
nect .-:rt. 1 ?! ■> tv.o lakes. It is
the spaiv.if: r j,"/~ouiid of corp. Here
along the bank a well-trodden bear
path. Fish-nf bears have frequented
this trial for ye.irs. liere he builds au
obstruction m tvro n'des out from the
tnir.k of a ! ;ge ' pruce for u distance
of fonr foet; t:ie opetiing in front is
about 20 inches wide. A tempting bait
is place-i o- forked stick at the back
of the ! el* • • re i car the base of the
tree. lie next cuts a "vund. young bireh
ccren or eirrht '■ et long, diameter at
siv>aH end fl-c ii'-h-s, and six or seven at
the thicltes* en<l The weieht of such
a stick in th " f-ap is alxrnt 75 pounds.
About one-thi: ti up this drag the ring of
the chain is Cimlj wedged, and the im
mense jaws cf the trap are opened. A
hollow in the entrance of the house is
made, so that -.hen the trap is placed
the hole is n--: ily on a level with the
ground. A bent root of a small tree or
shrub about as thick as the little finger
is placed under tho palate to make tlie
trap harder to set olf. This is done so
tliai small animals, vueh as marten, fcx
or fisher, cannot spring the trap should
they be drawn to the bait.
A lavei" of white moss or that from
about a decayed stump is then placed
In one sheet carefully over the whole
trap and pulverized rotten wood or
earth is then sprinkled over the moss to
take away the newness, and the trap Is
ready. Four oi five days have passed,
during which time Wa-Sa-Kejic has
been busy settii.y other trnps nt dif-
Jf% '' ■>;, I
TIIH lION3TER FELL,
ferenf points, and now, according to
the signs, it is time he visits the trap
we saw hiin set.
He emerges from tho forest on a sntull
Will overlooking tho trtiphouae. One
look, he seen the ■?rag log Is off. Tom
tip trrotitd -d bitten wid
branches mark clearly the way the
beast hav gone. Wa-Sa-Kejic rams a
bullet into bis pun and follows the
signs. With a 20-pound trap mid a
drag log almost as heavy as a man can
carry, it Is a marvel how far u bear will
travel after being caught. But in this
case bruin is dot far off; an obstruction
of some considerable strength has
caught the drag, and ns lie hears tho
approach of the hunter he rattles hia
chain and lets out a defiant growl.
Wn-Sa-Kejlc 'lrawa nearer mid sees
be is well caught—i. e.. high up t lie fore
leg. lie la unable to <lo tlie trapper any
harm, lied the latter calmly looks on the
grtat bea«t fur a moment or two before
gh ing him bis r|ui«tus.
Indians can carry immeu.se weight*.
Suspended by a leather thong from the
forehead, bears weighing up to 300
ac'rosa'a 'portage' brYu'ifa
resting.
But V.'a-Ku-Xejie had oue now even
henvh r than that, ro b" opened him up
and r> amved rtie paunch and entrails to
lighten his load. The trap was reset,
and the successful hunter made bis way
to the cunoc and thou to his cainp to
bring smiles and laugh rcr to his wife
and family.
Some of the poorer Indians who do
not : h steel trups and are too la/y
to make deadfalls, sometimes set suares
|a tlx; bear roads, but this mode of
hunting is not successful as a rule. —
N. Y. Ledger.
Au Inconvenient Hon*.
Ju'.uvii l'ayrt r -s ails that, when young
and ronnantie, h«- ngieed with a friend
to ascend Helvellyn from Tblrlmere to
t»et- the sun rise. The guide (railed
them, as it seemed to Mr. l'ayn, in the
middle of the night, and lie quite agreed
with his friend when the latter per
suasively asked the guide, who was ex
patiuting on the beauties of the dawn:
"Don't you think that the sunset would
be almost as >«eautiful?" This recalls
the undergraduate who, when,rebuked
by the dean of the college for not com
ing to morning cb»[ 1, replied: "But
seven o'clock is t.uch an inconvenient
hour, sir. 1/ It were four, or even five,
one could sit up fbr It."—San Fran
;lsoo Argoiithrt.
Still Il«-i»l.v In (.<>>•.
"I never knew a honeymoon to lust
fie long as the Browns'."
"What makes you think it has
lasted ?"
"Why, I go downtown with Brown
every morning unci tie hasn't yet
reached the point where he forgets to
mail his wife's letters the very first
thing."—Chicago J'o*t.
Quite A mil li< r Ualter.
Mrs. tiadw.'iy -Going shopping, dear?
Mrs. I'uilbury—No; I'm going down
here t<j an employment ollice.
Mrs. Gudway—doing to select u serv
unt girl, I suppose?
Mrs. Fitdbury—Jio; going to try to
get a servant girl to select u.i.—halves
toil New s.
>l«»n' I»ji rcii (it I U Ifltlon.
"Booby asked m<: what a philosopher
won."
"Wlm* did yon tell him'/"
"I V>W Kirn a philosopher was a per
son who could trump rpdozi ns of good
reasons why other people ought to be
perfectly f.atistlcd with their lot In life."
l'uck.
Keitesnretl.
Biie —Why did you e';irt so?
Be -Old I undcrsf-ni yoil to suy that
your father Is failing?
She —Physically, I mean.
He (settling back)--Oh, all right! 1
was afraid It iva-i something serious.—
Up- to-Dnte.
KnvtAiia C<»in«»»«*«!.
"He proposed tu her by letter, and she
accepted him by postal curd."
"By postal card!"
"Yes. She was so tickled she wanted
even Die postal clerk to know that she
had caught him."- ' hiengo J'ost.
A lVanaforiiiiHion Kccur.
Shawpwon~-Did ) u • ver see Hurry
Steddylieau nml his giil do the parlor
transformation trick?
Slocuiri —No; what Is the nature of
the trick?
Shawpwon—Oh, they change an easy
chair into a spoonholder.—L'p-to-Dute.
He Mcunt ItiiKlfica*.
Father —You've been calling on my
daughter rather frequently of late.
Are your intentions serious?
Youth—Yc.', indeed; I'm trying to
persuade her to buy 'he make ot wheel
I rim atrent for. —N. V. Truth.
A INior v.annoluliou.
The v. I rd Is often at licr Hung
Thai .-ihc'a not made tn beauty's mold;
Though she will a' > r hi pretty, youn*.
Yet fj on slio will be pretty old.
—U»-to-Oate.
THE OLD CARRYALL.
Jl'a ti^_>no in the dark of tho v acroc
■bed,
Where the sptJer ■» bs swin« iron-, tiio
b£&ms overhead,
And tho sun elltln' in the dirt and
the mold
Of the winder's dlrr. ran«,
with geld.
Ifs eurtai.-.s are tatt r. !tj cushions are
w<jrn.
It's a kind of a ghost of a carriage, for
lorn,
And the dust tv„m the n ."'f t'.les down like
a. pall
On the s-jrrowln' sha;n- cf the olj carryall.
It T3E built long ago wt n the world
scemc.l to b«
A Heaven, Jest made vp r r Ma: y and mc-
And m>' tn'ntl wanders beck to that first
happy ride
When p!.e sat bea'Jo r..e—my beauty .nd
bride.
Ah, then Wt-re the days when the village
was new,
Ar.d folks took t!r.ie to live, as Ged meant
'em to do;
And there's niar.y a IIUSK. . HAD •juiltln' and
ball
That Wt drove to and 1 i the oi l carry
all.
And h .ro ::i the paint are the i.,;.rkj of th(l
fee!
Where a littk- form llrr-.bcd tr the hlgh
fashloned seat,
Ar.d soft, baby fingers ti.i-m curtains ha.o
swung.
And a curty head's rcsUed the cushions
among.
And then •■omi i the gioom of thftt black, b t
ter day
When "Thy will be d ■■■'■ ' looked so wicked
to say
As we drove to the grave, while the rain
seemed to fall
Like the tears of the sky on the old carry
all.
And so It ha* served us through sunshine
and cloud.
Through fun'rala and -veddln's. from bride
wreath to shroud;
It's old and It's rusty, it's shaky and lame.
But I love every J'tnt of Its rickety frame
And It's restln" at last, for It's race has
been run.
It's lived out its life, and Its work has
done.
And I hope, in my soul, at the last trumpet
call
I'll have done mine a? well ai the old carry
all.
— JOG Lincoln, in I- A. W Bulletin.
iVfYiJtViV;' iit fVrt • ir'«« JiVumVrc^.
| Dwree H'-noiim. |
ftp.}
Charactero; Violet Thornton, aged 12;
Charles Thornton, merchant, her father;
"Mrs. Smith," keeper of a flower stall;
iir«. Smith's Assistant, eti*
Scene; A London paik, wlt.i Mrs. Smith's
totoll JUSt uUujl to.
VIOLFT (brightlvj—lio.>d morning,
Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Smith —Good morning, little
m'.afcie. What is It io-Jay?
Violet—o, it must be something very,
ry pretty, Mrs. Smith—ever so pret
ty'—becauae it'a my daddy'a birthday,
you know.
Mrs. Smith (starting')— Birthday?
Violet (laughing) Why net?
Mrs. Smith (smiling feebly) —-Of
course, my dear, why not? It ee caned
strange becausel was just thinking that
it was the blrthdi-y of some ose I knew
a lonjf time —all, my dear, such a long
time—ago.
Violet (hesitating)- And did did
anything happen?
Mrs. Smith (bu«;lng h-ertelf with her
flowers) —Yes, yes, deari •■, uotne thing
happened. Somethlt.g very dreadful
happened.
Violet (sympathetically)— Was that
wfhen you were better < t¥, us you told
me the other day?
ninny ways—if I had known.
Violet (Inclined to cry)— Poor Mrs.
Smith!
Mrs. Smith (turns round to dip into
abigbar.lt<-t and furtively wi j ■. her eye ;)
—Come, come, miseie, 1 mustn't make
you dorvvnheurted—on. your father's
birthday, too! Whatever would lie
THEY I»OKKD GRAVELY AT EACH
OTHER
think of mo? Things aren't so bad,
after all.
Violet (consolingly)— You have a very
nice stall, haven't jouV
Mrs. Smith (cheerfully)- Yes, dear;
and a good girl to help me. (Smiling)
And a very nice customer this lust
mouth, since you oaroe here.
Violet —O, ltV daddy that's so good to
gir<- me money to buy lots of flowers.
(Proudly) Anything that I want he
give* me.
Mrs. Smith- And so >ou are g-ring to
give him some of my iiowers l Well,
I must find some very nice once.
Violet (excitedly)—No, the flowers
are for me. I've bought a pipe for him.
Such a lovely pipe, with a ballet girl,
or angel, or something, for the bowl.
Two pounds It ws Nur went with
me to buy It. Don't you think It ought
to be good for that? But perhaps yon
didn't ever know anyone who smoked
me erf* 1 bin iin pipes*? And
Mr*. Smith (sighing! One I did,
d(*r; V»» ths' "" imc ago, too.
Violet—Vow I •wont ii • > ir.i'h of thiise
lovely whlt«- llowers- nurcia l, aren't
they? a slillllng's worth and can you
fasten tin in on the left side of my belt,
Just Iters? (I'olnt<-.)
Mrs. Smith (tis-inbll; g) There —
then-! Why?
Violet (smllitig)— Do you fhtnlf It o
queer place?
Mrs. Smith (aglU/led)—I—O I don't
know—yea, rnthcr, iny dear. 1 I once
knew some one who need to wvar flow
ers there. ,
Violet (clajmlng Iter Juinds)- -llow
fumivl So dltf daddy.
Mrs. Smith - But the-- the lady I knew
used to wear them with apeculior mean
ing.
Violet—So did my dear momma. Itoit
she died ever so long ago. I don't think
I remetnUr her properly.
Mrs. Smith—Your mother?
Violet—Yen. You know dnddy wasn't
always rich; and mamma's people
wouldn't let her marry him at first,
or talk to him, or anything. But when
,lie wuh likely to sre> her, she used to
wear s<mie white flowers Just here for
■.signal, to tell him
Ml*. Smith (wildly)—■ That sue re
membered- and would never forget!
Violet (delighted)— O, you clever Mr*.
.Smith to fpie-.s! That' Just what it
was.
Mrs. Smith (trembling) What is
your futlier's name your name, of
course, 1 . icau *iT■. -
Violet Chj :!'>. i' i'irnton ..- daddy's
iname, and mine—
Mrs. Smith (falling back In her chair
uml hohliug her side) Mytiod! (Iter
assistant runs forward and supporta
her ) dear r.. , i»V the—t>e
wcuthv*r- or something (Orndually re
covers.)
A'-'-'a r, (bustling a boot notseless.
Ij - ) —had trouble, mits, and it
a; -, v.- • her to talk about su<*h
thir.g r>on't >-a\ ro more'an you can
help.
V. :-! (rep.>orsefnl!y)—l am so eorry,
Mrs. Smith. Shall I n.'-k daddy to send
y .. r. d< < tor ? lie would. lam sure.
Mi's. Smith fgathtring herself to-
Ife'her)—JTo. no, d»; rie, thank you. It
w . c r'v a epaetn You must tell rae
- ei«! of your pretty little tale, v hich
I '.VLI, rude "enough to interrupt.
Violet —O, daddy didn't tell me any
nwr*; of it; except, of course, that he
murrie.' mamma. And then she went
away.
Mrs. ihr.ith —Went away?
Vio;?t—Died, of course, he mmnt.
I\_>p;.j r.ay "went aiuy" because it
j'oesn't sound sc» —< ; o uncomfortab>,
you know.
Mrs. Hi lith (-ibaently)—l tee, 1 see.
.<Ti«-» vp r, large bundle of flowers.)
There! >ov. let me fasten them as you
..ar' 1. (Brokenly) In memory of—
Violet, (reverently)—My dear mother
in Heaven. (Suddenly catching sight
of a ;'fuiieumii in the distance) Why,
there's dacdy. tiood-bye, Mrs. Smith;
I hope you'll soon feel better. (Puts
down her money and rushes to meet
him.)
Mr. Smith (swaying on her chair) —•
It is—the- the lieat—l
A sistaß't—l'll pet j*oti some fresh
wot*r. (Rushes off to the -fountain.)
Mrs. Smith (talking to herself) —In
memory of—-will never forget—
(Unsteadily fastens some white flow
ers ir. left side of belt and sinks back
unconscious. Crowd of boys gather
round, and policeman comes up, as
assistant returns with water.)
Yi jlet—O, daddy, there's somethlr g
wrong with my nice old flenver woman.
Can't you do auythinjj?
(Her father makes his way through
the orowd as the flower seller opens her
eyvs. They look gravely ateach other.)
He—Call a cab, policeman. No, no; I
irisisfc--to take this woman home. Eh?
He.- stall ? That will be all right. J —l
have some friends who are lnteresfd in
her ense, and wish to provide for her.
''Tips policeman and tabby. Has a
few worrls with nsf=iwt.nnt. Then walks
oIT with Violet.)
YioVt (adniiringly)—How kind ami
p-'»od you are, daddy. Why. it's made
you k>ok rjulte ill!
He (wiping his fonehead) —No, no,
my dear. Tt's merrely—excitement. It's
a- -a ver*- strange coiod^eiiee-—but my
lawyer bus been looking for your dower
peller. She sros not brtnigbt up lllee
tliie, and some friends wish to make
her an allowance.
Violet -How lovely I
lie And—and—l shall perhaps add
so'iicthing to it—for your sake, dear.
Violet (gently)—No, daddy, de.ir.
(Points to her flowers) In memory of
(lie bows his head.) —Black and
White.
Tho Home of er (ieutun.
Becthovtn was born In asmull liouse
In Bciui. Bib futhor had Inherited the
vice of drinking, and often Beethoven
and his younger bit>thers were obliged
to take their intoxicated father home.
He wu& nen-er to utter an un
kind word about the man who liad
made his youth so unhappy, and he
never failed to resent it when a third
person spoke uncharitably of his fa
ti: us la g!,t in any . severe lesson in
the hard school of adversity. But his
triuU were nut without advantage to
blin; they gave to hi» character that
iron U-x.turc wUlch upheld him under
his hc-avleat buideais. Detroit Free
Press.
Talker and LUlcoet.
Dr. liimsllck, of Vienna, tells of hav
ing on*.*- unkeil fichuioann. how he got
on witli Wagner. "Well," he replied,
"Wagner Is a groat man, but I can't
get on with him at ull. He talks ut such
a ratf, I can't get a word in edge
ways." Shortly after this, llansllck m°t
Wngner, an(j put a wimllnr queotlontoi
him alxiut Schumann. "Ah," said
Wagner, "1 cfun't geV on with him atj
all. He> just at me with a va
cant stare -and never saysa at alk*
—Chambers' Journal.
The Itlrer llkose.
The Itiver Rhone gets its water al
most entirely from Swiss glaciers and
melting snow. In winter only 5!00,000
cubic meters of water pass a given
point; in summer the figure Is fib out
720,000, and'during high water 0,120,000
cubio meters.
New Paving Material.
AnotHier paving material
oovered In Florida etTtetmpa.
find Is eni&lote i*ty
good and cheap.
Little Willie Knew.
Sunday School-Teacher —Come now,
thildren, tell me, what house is always
open to everybody—to the rich and the
poor, the young and the old, the sick
and the well ? Do you know what house
I mean?
Little Willie —Yeth, ma'am; I know.
Teacher —Well, Willie, what house Is
It?
Willie—The police station. Balti
more Life.
Still In tlw Lead.
"Is it true, auntie, that you have re
fui.ed Bluki-ru every year for the last 20
years?"
"Yes, my deur."
"Do you mind tcJlingnie why?"
"N< tut all. The first time I refused
liliu I told him that lie was not good
eii(iti>;ii for me, and I'm not the woman
• . ~. tnit that he has grown better any
faster than I hav«." —DetroltFreeFiiisi
'ItM Mode In.
•This now t'ic time of the chatnlcaa whoet,
An<J the wtrelesn teJeKriiphi;
Of atnokel/ . < powder and horseless cat/*.
Of tho stocklngless foot ami calf;
Of htoodl- s duels, iiennlless diike«,
Uf etrUdleaa "f and earls;
And now as ever while lovers love
•Tla the time of heartless girl"!
—Town Tuples.
WAJfTKII VI3UIIAL ASMHTAIItE.
Vicar—Dear mel I'm afraid you'v«
hud a bad accident. Are you much hurt?
Curate—l don't think so; but I wish
I here was a layman iiere to say a fww
words for me.—Sketch.
'I lie l'ur»r I'» 1111 leil
The wis* lull of the oooklt»{ school?
Why, the cooking school's the place
Where women learn to nmlce the bread
So wan shall t at, or »> "t la aald.
Save !r. the sweat of his face.
—Fuck. ,
THEORY OF SUNSTROKE.
An lnfeotiou* Dlsrase—l» Not line l«
Meat or to K*po*are to
the Suu.
Di. Sambon adopts what to many will
be a startling theory to explain the ac
tion of sunstroke, says the Los Angeles
Times. He regards this affection m- no l
due to excessive heat or exposure to the
sun, but to an Infectious disease caused
by a sp«-iflc organism. lie attest* the
fact that *trokers, oven cleaners, min
ers and iron workers are exposed to
temperatures higher than those of any
known elimate without ever contract
ing the malady, and that the Assam t<v»
planters and the closely shaven Chinese,
although constantly working in the
hottest sun, are equally exempt.
Dr. Sambon, discussing the geograph
ical distribution of the disease, go+«»on
to prort that the areas in which it is
epidemic arc strictly defined. While
unknown In Europe, it is common in the
low-lying regions of the eastern United
States between the Appalachians and
the Atlantic. It extends along thf- Nile
sea, the lied sea and the Persian gulf.
It prevails in the Indo-Gangetic alluvial
plain, but not on the adjacent Indiun
highlands. In support of his Infection
theory Dr. Sambon refers to the occur
rence of epidemics which have frequent
ly decimate*! hospital wards and not af
fected men exposed to greater heat and
Min. The demonstration of the organic
origin of the malady rests on its dis
tribution etiology, morbid anatomy and
epidemic character. The specific or
ganism has not been detected, but Dr.
Sambon's investigations incline him to
the ljelief thnt It lives in the superficial
layers of the soil, aud is conveyed to the
lung* or alimentary canal by dust.
GOLF AND ITS ETIQUETTE.
There Are Man) Little Action* Con
sidered Had Form Mhru I'luj
lug the (;cm«.
As in cycling, so in golf, Is etiquette
most important. The observance of it
does much to iuak« or mar not only the
pleasure but the wkvw- of the grune.
The woman contemplating joining a
golf club has not only to master the 54
rule* of the game, but she ha® It* eti
quette to learn and to put into practice.
If she aims to be a popular member of
her club she will do weM to remember:
Tlwt it Is better to be soen and not
heard on the golf links when a game
Is :n progress, go<xl drlvir.g requiring
a!>soliite ©onesut-atlon at tntifd. That
a v.-omau who chatters Incessantly, and
if especially communicative Just wfitn
a critical drive is about to be made is
not the most desirable < ft partners.
That landing no that a shadow falls
upon your partner's boll is not only im
polite but detrimental to the success of
your partner's pHiy. That standing on
the putting-green, after you have
"holid out," whether it is to gaze at
the scenery or write down your score,
will exasperate the l>tst friend on earth.
If he or she happens to be playing be
hind yon. Tlrat to play first, and to
shout "fore" afterward is apt to add
insult r<> injury; "fore" is called as a
warning that a "drive" is about U> be
made, it is not an expression of consola
tion after one has been hit.
WHERE TWILIGHT LASTS LONG
of harkseu Oat of t^won
ty-l'oar.
"Now is a good time for people who
love long houre of daylight to sojourn
for awhile at Bkaguay," said K. K. Lyle,
of Seattle, to a Washington I'o»t man.
"It doesn't begin to grow dartc up
there till $>:B0 In tike evening, and dawn
comes about 2:80 a. m. Hve hours of
darkness and 10 hour* of Hght make a
rather queer day to folks who sere need
to a more equal division of tht two. To
nee people up and working at an hour
when citizens In thesrtates are peaceful
ly snoring the hours away struck meaj»
a very n<yvel bight. I don't mean to say
that everybody get* np early In Skag
uay. fn fact, I wippo«e thaton the.aver
age people there sleep juat Mr many
hour® as they do anywhere Ami.
"I! Is * hiurtMng little tovn, and every
man in It believe* It la going to be the
{metropolis of Alo&lca. Tliey will tell
you that when they get a railroad built
into the Interior of tbe country Skaguay
will be to the territory what N«w Turk Is
to the east and Ran Francisco is to the
little coast. Tbey have a daily paper,
a steam-heated theater, a brewery, trtid
nearly all other convenhMiceamfinode'rTi
life.""
WANTED TO 'SLlfft
Dldn'l ttarr UHftliu M Ws» la
(tamtrr or TWaatir, BatWaatel
to Wrar "Taller Stripe*."
A company of officers were seated In
th e ten tof Cupt. Craig, the provost. mar
shal general of Gainp Thoinaa. when
four dilapidated colored youtha pre
wnted themselves. Their make-up
would have becu their fortune t& a vflr
rlety theater. Suppressing a 4tapo«i
tion. to laugh, the captain gravely uak<4
what he could do for tham. A coweraft-
Uoo ehcited the Information that Jim
hod come to " 'nUat."
"All right," laughed the c»p<al&.
"I'm not a recruiting ofhoer,
I can help you. Do you want to go into
the infantry or the cavalrv?"
Jim scratched his Ltcui. "i iloaa
know Jess what y6u meat, natk," h®
finally answered.
"Why, do you want to march on foot
ur ride a librae?" explained thfe oap*
tuln. . j
te's J*/* aw w <OH"
flea. » Awin k*<sw Ofrfliln' *l*>ot
\«re rivalry or <ll* yere 'nfailtrjr, ba'
I wants to go with the soldiers
wears iV yallfr stripe# down dare lega^t
State Unilt ID Swedes.
Hweden hoe now 18,058,840 acre* o#
forest landa o wired. by the ft&ta, arktn
srease In tie state's holdings In 13 yeara
of 3,SftO,&7ft acres.
HuprlMk.
She—You say you are> an artiM, a mu
sician, and a poet?
He (modestly)— All three.
She—Oh, how awfully poor you muat
be! Harlem Life.
Knows Ills Boalsesa.
"Is your new traveling man enter
prising?"
"Enterprising? That man could sell
a carved ivory card case to an elephant.'
—Chicago Becord.
A Man Worthy of Trast.
She—lf I let you kiss me will youtell?
He—l really can't promise. I never
kissed a girl before, und I am not sure
what 1 would do.
She —Co ahead.—Town Topics.
A Had Isveatiaeat.
She—l believe S2OO can make a good
deal of trquble In this world.
He—That's the amount you paid for
the piano for your daughter, isn't it?—
Yonkers Statesman.
Keeps 111 m Una/.
Mrs. Kinder (reflectively)—l wonder
why a man never pays his wife any com
pliments after the* are married?
Kinder (briskly) He does better, my
<]»:-■ he pays her bills.—N. Y. Journal
Xo.
PIE IS TABOOED.
Iloator Children Are Not Allowed t#
11 r%c Tlals Dfllmr)
ait School. i
Pie, that good, cld-fb.shiQned New-
England staple, is doomed, If modem',
educators ha\e their way .says thr New
York Pre*.-. In the public schools of
Jloston instructor* kt«.p watch and
ward not only over the mental pabulum
of their pupils, but t!:ey prescribe for
their noonday luncheons the things that
it is hygieiweaHy a i.<l svientitically prop
er for l>oys and girls to tot.
Some of the wise ISostoniaais \ jewed
with anxiety the youth of the city non
chalantly munching pie, cake and othex
at their neon recess, ut
terly indifferent to any result more re
mote than the Immediate gratification
of their appetites. Science applied to
food was summoned to the rescue, and
the mtanbers of the committee on hy
giene of the Doston school board had
an order passtd providing that only
such food as was approved by them
should l>e sokl in any of the city school
houses, This was aimed at the Junitiore
and others who had been catering to
the demand for pics and cake by car
rying on a brisk noonday trade in such
viands. The New England kitchen, a
stml-philanthropic exjierimeutin scien
tific cooking and food production, was
asked to supply the luncheons that boy*
and girls ought to have.
The first plan was to have two gradhee
of luncheons—a ten-cent lunch, consist
ing of a cup of soup, milk or cocoa, with
crackers, two slkxp of bread and but
ter and fruit or simple cake, and a five
cent hincb. consisting of a sandwich,
bread and butter, with fruit, cocoa ana
cracker* or milk and crockere. Ten
cent lunches, however, did not prove
popular, so all sorts: of combinations
possible for five cents have been made.
If a pupil wants more than that he buys
two or three lunches, according to the
degree of his appetite and the state of
his finances.
LOVE AMONG LAPLANDERS.
Carlotu laMoau Tha4 Are Mill IS
Vocao Amonjj IsUatilUuUaut
the lor lAsd.
When a young Laplander la in love
with a girl he und she run a race. He
is heavily handicapped, so that she may
win if she chooses, and if sho outruh
him he cannot progpse again. Of course
she sutlers herself to be overtaken H
she earc* for him, but the consent 0(
her pa rent t, nrust be obtained bofqnf
she torn bo fflbrrVsd. The law- of
land te vtwy strict on tilib. point, ;i&A
in olden times the man was subject to
capital punishment if he married with
out the consent of the girl's parents.
After a. Laplander haw chosen a bride
he sends her a present of a girdle, &
ring and o quantity of brandy; ho
goes as fur as the door of her hut, but
remains outride until invited to ente*,
when a bumper of krnndy is offered to
the girl's father; if he frink It is a
sign he consents to tlia TOfcrriege, and
the young lover then promises to give
the girl some clothes, and pays a sum
of money, generally 100 copper dollars,
on the spot. This, of course, Is a rem
nant of marriage by purchase, which,
in primitive times, succeeded marriage
by capture. Binms are published once
In Lapland and the marriage ceremony
Is very short. The bride weu.ni her hair
head. Her presents and her dowry are
generally reindeer, and uhe and her
bridegroom with her parents
for a year after marriage.
SAVINGS BANK FOR SOLDIERS.
linn he the Uavrriiurot far Sanaa #1
Hot Leas Ttian frlve Dollar*—Pars
latarest on Amoanta Over |BO.
It may not generally be known that
for many years the (funeral governnven4.
ha* COJUJ noted a savings bank lor the
«uxx>mniodotion of certain citizens, say*
the Kansas City Journal. An aot (A
congress of the date ot May W, VB7C,
provld*a tliot any soldier In the army
may deposit with any paymaster his
tunings in sums Tiot lens than live dot
lar», ami it (ball be the dtoty of the pay
master to supply the soldier with a de
posit book, fn which are entered the
amount* of his deposits. When the de
ports have reached the sum of SSO the
government is required to pity the de
positor at the rate of four per
orut. per annum. Having once deposit*-
ed a sum of moncj' the depositor is not
permitted to draw It UDtil the date o£
tils (Uncharge. Tho deposits are exempt
from attachment for debt, l»nt they for
feit to Ave government if the depositor
deseria from the army. The govern
ment (iJMUTpoe the raßpoiurtblllty for aH
such deposit* and a defaulting poymai*
ter can work the soldiers no Injury.
Paymaster Ruotoer once told the writer
that about 30 per cent, of the enlisted
men in the regular army availed thean
aelves of this privilege.
l/nrgml Da* of tirnu**.
The largest bag of grottse on recorfl
WHS iiMtuio in l&7ft by the late 9lr
erlck Mil bank, und amonunMt t«*tlfy-
Ing to tlie fact haw been erected atDem-
Inghoin, Rngland. Sir Frederick's BOOT*
on the great day was 363 broce. Infotir
daj-B his party of never more than. Mx
guns killed «,1«9 birds, and during the
A Ckssec I.«»er On. 1
David Hishom, the famoira singer,
tell« a good dialect story, ft ere is one
of a negro mammy who was forevfcr
prafinp tbi» extrnorftftiarv virtiu&a an 4
gwnernJ vronQerfvJna&K of her
"Hub, gj-ntrfeg Sex wearieA abAtior,
"h> —he. atriT r<*vT,r» Le? H
my pondered a minute. "Well," eh*
Ha id, hesitatingly, ~h e, ! » young jit I*
Urnr a Token ot L«v«,
A Chinese gentleman always sends»
polr of geese to the lady of his aholee,
end they are looked upon as the em
blems of conjugal fidelity.
True to Iter Instinct#.
Auctioneer —I'm offered only $3 lor
this magnificent work of art; who'll
make It stf? Make It $3.50, then; beg
pardon, madam, Ididn'tcatch. what you
eold. Did you tay $5.50?
Mrs. fihopjm (coldly)—No, air, IBWA
$5.49. N. Y. Truth. !
Wbkt Re W'satel
"Here ia a very good book,' 1 said the
pej-sistent railway bookstall boy, J
" 'How to Win a Woman.' "
"Look here," eaid the bald-headed
paaaenger, "if you've got one on how
to lose 'em, I'll buy it at your own
price." —Tit-Bits*
IMploluaer.
Tommy—Papa, what Is that diploma
cy the papers talk ?o much about?
I'apa—Diplomacy is the art which en
ables one man to inform another that
he is a scoundrel without giving him a
chance to get mad about It.-—Chicago
Daily News.
Applleattlon.
"I am very much afraid that our
friend Mr. Fritters lacks application,"
remarked the business man.
"Not at afl," replied the friend, "lid
applies to nyj for a loan once a week
rfjnilMlr."—W.aflhiPKtQM &M-