THE OPEN ROAD,
There Is s good road lending down,
An old brown road from t, Rood old town
Shaded and shadowed by restful trees,
Thnt softly talk to the freHh young breeze; '
And sometime when my henrt is end,
And all the city looks old nnd gray,
I shall leave the work which driven one mud,
And take, thnt good road lending awny,
And follow it on through the ripening day,
I'ntil my smil comw buck to me
My soul which ia fettered here and bound
An to iron wheela by the city's sound
All itraight and smooth and free.
Francis K. Falkenbury, In Outing Magazine
A Boat on the
Ry FRANKLIN WKI.I.FS CAI.KINS.
"During the rush to Snlt Lake and
Ihe gold fields," Bald Duck, on one of
til reminiscent days, "Bat Lavlne
and I had a shack on the Medicine
Bow, near where the big trail crossed.
Every trapper but us, it seemed, had
Joined the gold hunters. I think we
were the only ones left along the trail
from Fort Laramie to Salt Lake.
"So the beaver multiplied and trap
ping was good.- On our Becond sea
son we took so many that our two
pack animals couldn't have carried
half of tnem. We sent the horses to
Fort Laramie by a return freighter,
and built a good, stiff boat. A string
of outgoing mules had been drowned
at the crossing, the goods they carried
were lost, and our salvage was three
freighter boxes, out of which, with
the help of native timber, we fash
ioned a stout, roomy skiff of the flat
bottom sort.
"A day or two before we set out
down the Medicine Dow River six
gold hunters camped at the crossing.
They were on foot, with but two pack
animals to carry their grub and blan
kets. They said the Utes had run oft
their riding Btock up Green River
way. They wanted to engage passage
with us.
"Wn ennlrl tinva tfllrpn fhrfa nf
them, who would have helped might
ily in the four portages we would
have to make round Medicine Dow
Falls, but the fellows were a rough
looking lot, and we decided against
them. So they passed on toward
Laramie.
. "We took a day's run down the
river, then, seeing black tall deer,
abundant, we stopped for a couple of
days' shooting. When we returned
to camp on the second evening, our
boat was gone and our beaver with it.
"A brief examination of the tracks
of the thieves tcld us there were six
of them, and all white men. Then
we knew that gang of back trailers
had slipped down the river and lain
In wait for us. Doubtless they had
expected to waylay us Bomewhere be
low, then had got Impatient of delay,
and had come up river to find our
boat an easy pick-up.
" 'We munt overhaul them at the
;ui tagco, i Bniu lu Dai, illlll Clixillll-
vent them somehow.' Bnt simply
grunted assent. We each ate a piece
of half raw venison, then we tight
ened our belts and Bet out on a run.
"The crooks of the river gave us
an advantage, otherwise we would
have had no hope of overtaking a
boat on Its swift current. The first
.portage was about forty miles, as the
crow files, and over rough ground all
Ihe way.
"Never did I put In such a night In
running. We reached the first port
age before daylight, and a cautions
examination showed that we were
ahead of the thieves. Then we hid
and waited, taking turns at cat naps.
"We expected the fellows to split
op here, or at least to make two trips
of the carry. But no, they were In a
hurry, evidently expecting pursuit,
and they simply gathered up thot
big skiff on their shoulders and
plodded along over the rough carry.
The boat and Us freight must have
weighed close to 800 pounds.
"The outlook for us was mighty
discouraging. Even if we hadn't been
opposed to shooting men down In cold
blood we were but two against six
well armed men. We could only hope
that somewhere In the carries they
would tire out and split the cargo.
So we took to cover and ran again.
We headed the gang off, and -went
Into hiding at each carry, only to see
them shoulder the loaded boat and
forge ahead. They evidently knew
the river, and they were a stout and
Willing bunch of rascals.
"We were about to hailthem from
our cover at the foot of the last carry,
having determined to demand the re
turn of our property, and to fire upon
them If they should refuse to unload
our peltries as a compromise. But
before I was ready to open my mouth
they set the boat down on the river
bank.
"We kept quiet to see what might
be their next move. We were In some
chaparral on the edge of a ravine
about 100 yards off.
"After they had rested one ot
them got up and began to gather
wood for a fire; another got out some
of our grub and a coffee pot. Before
they sat down to eat they carried the
boat about thirty yards belw and
put it in the river.
"Now our ravine ran to the river
till farther down, and we saw just a
desperate chance of getting away
with the boat. We knew the current
wag very swift for several miles be
low, and If we could get a mile or
two the start we might at least be
able to .unload the beaver and get to
flghtlnff cover with the bales.
"When we had seen the fellows
tome back tnd sit down to eat we
stole silently ttnd swiftly down the
bottom of the draw. When we came
to the river we found to our Joy that
we could crawl, still under cover,
clear to the boat.
'Everything was there, furs, two
roll of robes our bedding and two
Medicine Bow.
pairs of oars. We got in and shoved
off, making no noise. Then we
hugged the bank. Bat steering, and
Just drirted. During this time I
quietly arranged the bales of furs and
rolls of buffalo robes so ns to give us
each a cover from bullets.
"When we hnd got around a bend,
and were beyond earshot, we fitted
our oars and fell to work. Had we
now been' running through such
rough country as lay behind the car
ries, I believe we would have got
away without ever seeing those fel
lows again. But the foothills were
behind us now, the plains on both
sides quite level and as bare of cover
as the palm of your hand.
"We were as much as a mile from
our starting point when we saw the
whole parcel of thieves racing along
the bank and gaining on us at every
Jump. We had the alternative of
stopping to fight or of running a gan
tlet, with a chance of wearing out our
pursuers. We chose the gantlet.
"When a sweep of the river- gave
thera a short cut we got behind our
bales, Bat steering the boat In mid
current. The stream was not more
than forty yards wide, and at little
more than half that distance the gang
opened fire on us. At this short range
they emptied their rifles and revol
vers. "The current was very swift here,
or they could have reserved a part of
their fire and run along the bank,
loading and shooting until they bad
made a sieve of our craft. But at
eight miles an hour they could not
keep the pace and work their guns.
"We got by them without a
scratch, but had no more than bent
to the oars when we discovered that
our boat was leaking. A brief exam
ination showed that the enemy bad
aimed their shots all at the middle of
the boat, aud on or Just below the
water line. Firing down upon her
from a high bank, several ot their
bullets had splintered her pine sid
ing under the water.
"While Bat plied the oars I got to
work with my Jack-knife nnd some
pieces of woolen blanket. Such calk
ing wasn't wholly successful, but for
a time it stopped the worst of the
leaking. When I looked around for
a dish, there wasn't even so much as
a tin cup left to bail with, so I fell to
at the oars.
"We drew away from the runners
now. They were tiring, and if we'd
had even a nearly straight run we'd
have escaped further bombardment.
But the course of the river was as the
snake runs, only a deal more crooked
at times, and in ten more minutes we
were behind our bales, with the bul
lets again smashing through the side
of the boat. If most of thera hadn't
hit above the water line we'd have
swamped then and there.
"We got by, and Bat again pulled
at the oars, while I lay on my side,
plugging the rents.
"We had a straight run once more,
but the current was getting lazier,
and the foremost of our pursuers
kept alongside, loading their guns as
they ran. Several Bhots were fired at
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THE MAN WHO
By HERBERT
H
IS conceit is his defeat his
devotion for nil lovers. lie
gard of othershe's a combination Darby and Jonn.
Jie seeks his model in a mirror measures hiinselt by his
own itniifc nnd never falls short of his ideal, lie is intolerable of the
rest of tne world und to it.
lie heeds what pleases him most nnd not what helps him he
makes no friends becnupe he destroys ithe bnsis of friendship thnt
frankness which warns a mnn of Ins errors before they hnve time
to grow into habits, lie is insulted at the truth he hns not learned
and will not be taught that sincerity is seldom Mattering and that
tiattery is never sincere.
His universe is a swelled hend rotating upon the pronoun "1" for
an axis. His brain is stunted Keen use he will not let it expand he
denies it nutrition he is no longer in an absorptive mood he con
siders himself beyond the point of learning and is therefore unlit
to teach. - '
His ability lessens as his complacency grows his sense of humor
soon deserts nini or he would realize that he is long-eared instead
of long-headed. He is n boor and n bore, constantly inflicting his
lop-sided theories and advice upon his listeners. Those who volun
tarily remain within his circle are objective they have either found
a use for him or hope that he will rind a use for them.
He builds life badly because he builds alone in his hour of
opportunity he neglects to earn well-wishers and in his hour of dis
tress his smirking, fnwning intimntes (upon whom he has burdened
his offensive mannerisms) are first to add their kicks to that of
misfortune. '
He carries his egotism into his business. If in earlier years he
created a success, he insists that all who follow after him must of
necessity either be followers or fools. He does not know that he is
wrong until he is wrecked his conceit makes him color-blind to all
signals of danger. He sniffs at his competitors and permits them
to expand Without opposition until they can sniff at him.
He mutt fail because he does not keep his mental mechanism
up-to-date he must fail as inevitably as a hatter who persists in
creating new styles which please himself without regard to the wishes
of his customers. He is like the recruit who declared himself the
only man in the entire regiment keeping proper step.
You can't help him, because he can't hear you there is no
deafness so complete as that of egotism no blindness so absolute as
that of those who will not open their eyes. '
He is a danger and a menace to any enterprise a stubborn mule
hitclisd..with his head toward the dashboard.
One wagon wheel turning in reverse action forces the other three
to strain' doubly bard one such man in a business can uselessly
double the work of all his associates. He ia always sure that he is
in the "right, but he never takes into account how much his rights
have a right to weigh for the "right of way."
The sooner he is eliminated the better for all concerned he is a
solitaire player and doesn't belong in s game with partners.
He ia neither curable nor endurable. He's a cheap riddance at
any price even at bis own ides of his value. From New York Press.
Bat within the next tvo or three min
utes at dangerous rant. But the fel.
lows were steaming along at full
speed and their shots went wild.
"Once more I got to my oars, and
we pulled away. For nearly a mile
the river ran, with a good current, al
most straight. Then, when we were
feeling hopeful, we swept round a
sharp bend and doubled back, losing
more than we had gained.
"At short range, and from a high
bank, the skiff was riddled amidships,
and from that moment escape in the
boat was hopeless. The craft was
halt swamped already. Behind two
bundles of robes I worked, balling
with my cap, while Bat risked his
life at the oars.
"Several shots had been saved (or
him, but he weaved bis body back and
forth as he pulled at his oars, and es
caped with a slight wound in one
hand. When the hounds got too near
he would drop the oars and pick up
his rifle. That would bold them at
bay, bnt we were making no headway
and the boat was filling.
"The current hnd slowed down to
five or six miles an hour, and the time
had come when I saw that I could not
keep the boat from swamping another
five minutes.
" 'It's no use, I said to Bat.
'We've either got to surrender the
boat or land and fight. Which Bhall
we do, and do quick?'
" 'Not surrender, me!' growled
Bat. 'Ah weel fight eft Ah geet shot
In totiBand pieces, me.'
"We swopt round a curve which
gave us a momentary advantage over
our pursuers. My eye caught a gap
in the bank fifty yards below.
"'Good!' I said. 'We'll land at
the mouth of that, dry run down yon
der and fight to the end.'
"I seized my oars and pulled with
might and main, and some seconds
later we ran the skiff aground, a few
hundred yards ahead of the gang.
"Luckily for us no guns were load
ed among our pursuers at the min
ute, and we were able to carry our
bales of beaver and our provisions
Into shelter.
"Ensconced In that' cover we de
fled the outlaws, daring them to come
over and take our goods. We be
lieved that we were close to our last
hour. But when it came to a charge
on us the gang hesitated, then de
batedand we were saved.
"The rascals contented themselves
with taking to cover and firing on the
skiff until they bad smashed its sides
to kindling wood. Then they went
off up the river, probably to await at
the trail crossing the first east-going
freighters.
"It was two weeks later that we se
cured the services of some friendly
Shoshones with pack animals and so
got off for Laramie." From Youth's
Companion.
Not the Yellow Kind.
William Allen White Is wedded to
Emporia, Kan., and the newspaper
editorial desk which he there adorns.
But about twice a year, Mr. White,
out of a hard sense of duty wrenches
up stakeB and comes East.
."Why, Mr. White," exclaimed one
woman whom he met at luncheon,
"aren't you a little stouter than when
I saw you last?"
"Porbably," said White, ( "quite
probably. I usually am." . '
That afternoon he sat In a, box
at a matinee and looked out over the
audience with no small degree of in
terest. "It's much darker than the
last time I was here," he murmured.
"Darker?" repeated his host.
"Yes. How fashions In hair change.
Now, only a few years ago this would
have been like looking over a box of
lemons."
After living for more than two
months with a broken neck, Percy
Henry Askham, age thirty-two, died
in Scarborough (England) Hospital.
KNOWS IT ALL
KAUFMAN.
constancy to himself is a model ot
neither willies not misues the re
Younger
Children.,..
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
The first dny of school is the best day of
all
You feel so important and happy and tall I
You have some new dresses, and in your
. new books,
New studies with lovely queer jumbles and
crooks.
And teacher looks fresh and a little bit fat,
And wears the most flummery, summery
hat;
You wonder how soma dny 'twill feel to
be old,
And never be scolded," and never be
"told."
The blackboard Is painted all shiny and
black
And somehow, It really is good to be back.
There's Amy and Harriet, Mary and Owen,
And Maribel Mathers, who has the gold
pen.
And Maribel's doing her hair s new way,
And has a new bracelet that's locked on to
stay.
You wish that mamma weren't so strict
about things
That you could wear brooches and brace
lets and rings.
We don't have to study the first day, at
all,
And teacher, quite often, goes out in the
hall;
We whisper, but teacher comes back with
a smile
We'll have to behave better after s while.
Oh, summer vacation Is splendid, of course,
With the Inke, and the farm, and the boat,
and the horse;
But truly 1 love the first day, in the fall,
When school seems real fun 'tis the best
day of all!
Edna Kingsley Wallace, in St. Nicholas.
'THROWING THE ARROW."
By Edward WHlIston Frents.
In certain parts of Yorkshire, Eng
land, the miners amuse themselves by
practicing a pastime ot great antiq
uity, know as "throwing the arrow."
The implements are so simple and
the results so astonishing that the
sport deserves a wider recognition
than it has ever had.
The "arrow" la only a rod of wood,
without head or 'foathers. In York
shire It Is invariably made of base),
but any wood which is both light
and rigid will serve more or less sat
isfactorily. It should, however, be
thoroughly seasoned. The peculiar
advantage consists in the fact that It
has a large central pith, which in
sures lightness, and a hard outer
shell, which makes for rigidity.
The arrow should be thirty-one
Inches long, five-sixteenths cf an inch
In diameter at the bead, a quarter ot
an inch in the centre, and three
sixteenths at the tail; and the greater
care taken to make It perfectly
smooth and straight, the farther it
will fly.
The bead has a rounded point.
The only other thing required Is
a piece of bard, strong string,
about one-sixteenth ot an inch
in diameter and twenty-eight Inches
long. In this a double knot Is tied,
one-half inch from the end. Hav
ing made a pencil mark round the
arrow at a distance of sixteen Inches
from Its bead, the thrower hitches
the string over the knot and about
the arrow at the pencil mark, as
shown In Figure' A.
It will be seen that so long as the
pull on the string continues to bo
toward the head of the arrow, the
knot will hold, but as soon as the pull
comes from the opposite direction the
string slips off.
With the bead of the arrow held
toward the body, the loose end of the
Btrlng Is wound 'four or five times
about the end of the forefinger of the
right band, and the arrow Itself Is
held lightly, close .to its head, be
tween the thumb and the second and
third fingers.
In throwing, the arrow is held at
arm's length in front of the body,
drawn back, and. then cast forward
and upward by a powerful jerk ot the
arm.
The movement of the arm is large
ly below the top of the shoulder, but
the arrow should be Inclined upward
at an angle ot about forty-five de
grees, as It leaves the hand (Figure
B). The string, of course, slips off
as the arrow starts.
The distance to which an arrow
may be thrown by this simple meth
od 14 astonishing.
Among the Yorkshire miners an
ordinary thrower will cast an arrow
from 240 to 250 yards; and 372 yards
Is the record which one man at
tained. The propelling power Is applied
largely by the first finger, and the
greatest difficulty with beginners is
that they, are apt to grip the arrow
i
Figure A.
Figure
too tightly with the second and third
fingers at the moment when It should
leave the hand.
Success in making long flights de
pends, too, very much upon the bal
ance of the arrow a matter which
those who attempt the sport will en
Joy working out for themselves. The
YorkBhlremen are so particular about
this that before one of their matches
It Is not unusual to see a contestant
pushing a common pin into the pith
ot his arrow at one end or the other,
or withdrawing une. Youth's Com
panion. . 1 TRIP ON A FREIGHTER.
I am going to tell you about c trip
through the great lakes which I made
with my father two or three years
ago. We went on the Utlca, a boat
designed to carry freight, but having
several cabins for passengers.
We left Buffalo in the afternoon,
and on the way out of the creek
where the Utlca lay we bad to pass
under a "Jack-knife" bridge that Is
to say, a bridge which, when raised
for the passage of a large boat, breaks
In two in the middle, both sides being
pulled up until they are almost per
pendicular. When we got out of the
creek we found It quite rough on
Lake Erie, as the wind had been blow
ing hard all the morning. We
reached Detroit, Mich., the next day,
and there took on mall in the follow
ing way: As we neared the city we
slowed up and a man with a rowboat
came out to meet the ship. When he
came alongside he threw a rope up
to the deck, where It was caught and
made fast by one of the hands. Then
a pall containing the mall to go
ashore was lowered to the man In the
boat, who took out the mall from the
Utlca and replaced It with the mail
to go aboard. All this time the boat
was going at about half speed (eight
miles an hour). Then the rope was
cast off and the carrier gathered up
his line, to be ready for the next ship.
The next day we were on Lake Hu
ron, after a beiutlful trip through
the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and
the ' St. Clair River. The scenery
around here is beautiful, one place
being called "Little Venice" from the
way some of the houses are built on
plies set in the water. After another
day we reached the Sault Ste. Marie
Canal. This lock Is the largest one
In the world, and also has a larger
tonnage than any other canal.. There
Is an old lock and a new one on the
American side, and also one on the
Canadian side. The old one on the
former side is smaller than the other
one. As the ship neared the lock a
man on the shore called to Captain
Davis through a megaphone; "New
lock for the U'-Ica." This lock per
mlts ships with a twenty-one-foot
draft to go through it. The waters
of Lake Superior are higher than
those of Lake Huron. When the
Utlca entered the lock an iron gate
was closed behind her, and as there
was also one in front of her she was
In a sort ot box, and the water in
front of her was higher than the wat
er she was In. Then some pipes lead
ing under the gate In front of us
were opened and the ship, as the wat
er came into our "box," gradually
rose until we were on a level with
the water In the other part ot the
lock. . Then the gate in front of us
was opened and the Utlca sailed forth
Into the waters of Lake Superior. Af
ter passing through the lock we had
a trip of a day and a half on Lake
Superior to Duluth.' We stayed in
Duluth two days, and in the mean
time took a trip to St. Paul and MIn.
neapolls, which we both enjoyed very
much. This trip occupied a day, and
when we got back we found the ship
ready to sail. We went aboard and
were soon on our way to Buffalo. We
passed the "Soo" (Sault Ste. Marie)
lock at 4 o'clock in the morning, but
I was up to watch the process which
was Just the reverse of the one going
up. Then we had a pjeasant trip past
Port Huron and Lake St. Clair to De
troit, where we took on mall the same
way as going up, and then went on to
Buffalo, where we arrived about two
weeks from the time we set out. We
both enjoyed this trip very much, and
we shall always remember It with a
great deal of pleasure. Elmer S.
Freeman, in the New York Tribune.
OUR CANARY BIRD DICK.
Perhaps you would like to hear
about Dick, the cute little canary
bird we have. He is very light yel
low, with a few black feathers.
Whenever some one comes into the
room he sings and sings until the
person says: "How do you do?" to
him. Then he stops. He is so tame
that we allow him to fly all around
the house. He likes the mahogany
table in the parlor best.
One day last week I was walking
through the hall with 'a pitcher ot
water. Dick saw me, flew up to the
pitcher, sat on the rim and then flew
in and took a bath, which surprised
me very much, because he will not
take his bath unless It is in the frying
pan.
Dick loves to play with a spool ot
thread, which he untwists until he
bab enough in his mouth and then he
will fly to his cage. If he sees any
one eating something, be flies on his
shoulder and with his head cocked
on one side sings until he gets some
thing to eat. The other day while
my friends and I were In the dining
room he flew from one shoulder to
the other or flew on to the table to
eat the crumbs. Hildegarde Grisch,
In the New York Tribune. -
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Wise Precaution.
Maine's new game laws authorize
the governor to suspend all hunting
privileges during droughts and times
of special danger from forest fires.
This precautionary power is wise.
The chief fire warden of New York
reports that one-third ot the forest
fires In that state last year were
definitely due to hunters' carelessness.
Many others, recorded as from un
known causes, may have had similar
origin. Individual sport may well be
checked or suspended In order to as
sure public safety. Boston Herald.
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SIGNALS TO MARS
French Astronomers Discussing the
Proposition.
The French astronomers are dis
cussing Pickering's proposition to talk
with Mars. M. Ballaud doubts even
the seriousness of the proposal, but
Flammarlon, of course, takes the
other view. He thinks Mars Is older
than the earth and a million years ago
the people there tried to talk with,
people here, but got tired of the at
tempt and have since made no effort.
If there were any people on Mars
a million years ago, Intelligent enough
to carry on a conversation, it may be
safe to conclude there are none now,
for a planet like Mars or the earth
is not likely to maintain Its physical '
conditions, so as to preserve the same
class of life so long a time. John
Burroughs, - In his great article on
"The Long Road," In the April Atlan
tic, says the oyster and the clam come
unchanged from primeval eras, but
there Is very little animal life of so
ancient a lineage.
Conditions on earth got ripe for
man of recent date, comparatively. It
wasn't a question of a million years.
Only a mRtter of a hundred thousand
or less. This fact demonstrates that
man will not be occupying this planet
a million years hence. The conditions
will so change that he could not live
here; that Is, with his present bodily
outfit. He may develop a new set ot
lungs and take on a new nervous sys
tem, and breathe the ether and live
upon a more spiritual plane, but the
man of today will be a geological
specimen a million years hence.
Cock Fighting In Cuba.
The Cuban house of representa
tives has passed a bill limiting cock
fighting to Sundays and national hol
idays. As there are really a few
days in Cuba which are neither Sun
days nor national holidays, it will be
seen that this bill does mean some
limitations on cock fighting, and any
limitation on cock fighting In Cuba
betokens something little short of a
revolution. Louisville Courier-Journal.
OLD SOAKERS
Get Saturated With Caffeine.
Whea a person has used coffee for
a number of years and gradually de
clined In health, it is time the coffee
should be loft off In order to see
whether or not. that has been the
cause of the trouble.
A lady In Huntsville, Ala., says she
nsed coffee for about 40 years, and
tor the past 20 years was troubled
with .stomach trouble. '
"I have been treated by many phy
sicians, bnt all In vain. Everything
failed to perfect a cure. I was pros
trated for some time, and came near
dying. When I recovered sufficiently
to partake of food and drink I tried
coffee again and It soured on my.
stomach. -
"I finally concluded coffee was the
cause of my troubles and stopped
nsing it. I tried tea and then milk la
Its place, but neither agreed with me,
then I commenced using Postum. I
had it properly made and it was very
pleasing to the taste.
"I have now used It four months,
and my health Is so greatly Improved
that I can eat almost anything I want
and can sleep well, whereas before I
suffered tor years with Insomnia.
"I have fonnd the cause of my trou
bles and a way to get rid of them.
Yon can depend upon it I appreciate
Postum."
"There's a Reason." Read "The
Road to WellvUle," In pkgs.
Eve read tbe above letter? A
stew oh appeal from time to timet
titer are fjonuine, true, sod full of
ktuma jnjeresi.