CIS SS®® M0 • M a* MM MMM | WILD TURKEY SEEMINGLY I | ENJOYED BEING SHOT AT.§ RMSMMMMMMMMMMM The wild turkey, called by Choctaws and Cherokees in differing tongues the "wit of the woods," is supposed by old hunters to have intelligence above that of other birds. In general it has. Yet sometimes it nods like Homer, and sometimes it displays the indifferent recklessness of a cross be tween D'Artaguan and dear old Ouida's hero, Bertie Cecil. •C. S. Stribling lives near the lower part of the San Antonio river, a few miles above its debouchment into the Culf of Mexico. Wild turkeys are plentiful in the region, and he kills a good many of them. In winter it is never more than three miles from his house to a roost. When he wants turkey meat he sad dles his pony before daylight, rides to within a quarter-mile of the roost, dis mounts, walks stealthily to the bur dened trees, waits till he can see a round, black form between him and the sky, knocks one over and goes home. Mr. Stribling dors not pretend* to be a sportsman in the finer sense of the term; in fact, lie raises cotton as a means of keeping in debt, but he likes turkey, especially when it is self-fla vored with nuts and wild pepper. The river runs by his home and 13 thirty yards wide. Directly across from his front yard grows a solitary cypiTss that is probably 150 feet high. One forenoon, while sitting on his front gallery and enjoying a cob-pipe he had been blackening for five years, Stribling glanced toward the cypress !i ► When Boh Evans FamOJS Capla;n Tells j V r of His Narrow Escape 4 > Was Nea.r Dearth from Fa.ta.l Accident. AAA AA A 4 A A AAAA AO Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, al though lie lias seen plenty of sharp fighting and has been often under fire, once came nearer to losing his life on board his own ship and when not en gaged with the enemy than during any battle in which he ever had part. He tells the story in "A Sailor's Log." A little before the destruction of Cer ve'ra's fleet he had gone below to his cabin with Commander Kimball of the torpedo fleet, who had brought dis patches. They were sitting at the cabin table studying the situation, when a startled voice exclaimed, "Look out, captain!" I threw my head to one side, he writes, to see what I was to look out for, when there was a tremendous crash, and I was aware that I was hurt and more or less dazed. My first im pression was that one of the Spanish gunboats had sneaked up on us and put a shell into my cabin. I had been thinking all the afternoon what a fine chance it would be for them that night. Rut when 1 was really con scious I saw that that was not the trouble. My cabin was full of men, all star ing at me, their eyes fairly sticking out of their heads. They thought I Kt-p-ot-ti*- ,e | PALESTINE WAKING UP. | | Hany Signs of Progress Which Are Due to German Enter- 4 r prise. 2 <&•:•>- -o:s>-o:®- o -i'^- According to United States Consular Agent Harris Palestine has shown un mistakable signs of progress during the past decade, much of which is to be attributed to German enterprise. "German colonists, merchants and horticulturists." says Mr. Harris, "are awakening that part of the Levant from a lethargy of a thousand yeat'3. Three years ago a German bank was established in Jerusalem, with a branch in Yata, which exchanged $15,- (100,000 in 1901. The waters of the Dead Sea, where no rudder has been seen for centuries, are now being plied by Go "v.t motor boats. A direct line of communication has thus been open ed up between Jerusalem and Kerak, the ancient capital of the land of Moab, which still commands the cara van routes leading across the Arabian desert. There is no doubt that Ger man enterprise will also exploit the phosphate fields situated on both sides of the Jordan, when transportation facilities shall have been sufficiently developed to insure success to the undertaking. "For'many years Germany bus been looking to Asia Minor and other coun tries adjacent to Palestine as suitable PAINTINGS SOLD BY MEASURE. DlipotOHl of London at from SO Cent* to 51.25 l'er luclc Is the American spirit of commer cialism Invading even the English market for artistic wares? A poet s recent advertisement in the London Daily News, seeking a speculative pub lisher for a "translifccnt. attractive, and apotlu gmatie lyric," had already aroused some comment, and now they appear to he selling the paintings of the leading contemporary artists by the square inch. The announcement of a sale at Christie's says that a painting by the late T. S. Cooper, en titled "Sheep Shearing." and measur ing 48 by 72 inches, was sold for 310 guineas, while another representing "Six Cows on the Bank of a River," and measuring 20 by 44 inches, paint ed in 1877, brought 300 guineas. This Is Interesting, it seems to ln dlcftt# that good painting is worth and saw perched on its top a wild gob bler whose burnished feathers shone in the sun. It stood calmly with head erect enjoying the air and the placid river beneath. Stribling laid the pipe down care fully. walked into his bedroom, picked up his rifle of .44 calibre, and went back to the gallery. He knew that he would be forced to go a half-mile downstream to the nearest ford, cross, come back upstream, go back down stream. and come back upstream in or der to retrieve, but did not purpose to be insulted. He shoots well. He leaned firmly against the end post of the gallery, got the tip of the front sight on the base of the bird's black beard which hung from the gobbler's breast, held it there for a moment, smiled as it occurred to him that the thing was too easy and pressed the trigger firm ly and steadily. There was the usual sharp crack, which sounded doubly loud in the still ness of morning, but the turkey was unmoved. It evinced no curiosity. Stribling tried it again, a little more carefully and with less confidence; same result. He said: "I may be get ting old and wrinkled in my face, but I'll bet the farm and all it costs me that I can make you move." Same result. That was all the cartridges he had. He walked to the bank of the river and yelled at the bird. It looked down at him and sailed away. was killed, and I suppose they wanted to see the last of the "old man." I was soon aware that one of the doc tors was feeling and twisting my right arm, and that ray right shoul der was in pretty bad shape. Through it all I was sorry for Kimball, who, I thought, was surely killed, and I was greatly relieved when I heard his voice, which sounded a mile away. The men were running in a steel haw ser, and it had picked up the steel bat tle hatch, weighing something over 400 pounds, which was lying on deck, ready to be put on the cabin hatch when needed. The line had carried it along until it came directly over the hatch under which I was sitting, when it slipped off, came down edge first, and caught me on the shoulder in stead of the head. The man who called to me to look out held on to it in his effort to stop it, and came down with it. My shoulder was badly mashed and dislocated, but the excellent medical men soon wiped the blood off, reduc ed the dislocation, bandaged my arm tp my side, and turned me in. ti my head had been four inches further forward I should never have had the pleasure of writing this book. territories in which to develop Ger man markets. The Bagdad railroad, which will lead through Anatolia, in tersecting the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates, to the shores of the Persian gulf, is an enteiprise of vast importance, not only to Germany, as the promotor. and the Turkish em pire, but to the world at large. It is the greatest commercial and civilizing factor that could be introduced into this region and will tap the rich terri tories which composed ancient Meso potamia. Apart from new avenues of commerce, a land will be opened up to students and tourists which, owing to expense and unsafe methods of travel, lias thus far been practically inacces sible. "The commerce of Palestine to-day is not unimportant. The products of the country are wheat, barley, or anges, oil, wine, nuts, figs, apples, peaches, pears, pomegranates apricots citrons almonds, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, wild artichokes and aspara gus. truffles, tobacco, sesame and silk, while potatoes and other European and American vegetables are being introduced by German and French colonists." between thirty centa and $1.25 per square inch in bondon; while, esti mated as live stock, the six rows in the latter picture appear to have been valued at titty guineas each, despite their advanced age, which precludes the possibility of their being useful for other purposes than landscape or naments—although this is perhaps minimizing the value of the riparian rights along the river. What a wealth of conjecture these facts suggest! Think of the prices that some of the enormous Munkacsy canvases would bring if sold on tub basis, and of the possible value of Rosa Bonlieur's "The Horse Fair" —with stallions at Tattersall prices! I.et the artist re member to stretch his canvas wide enough, or, if he be an animal-painter, to put in a sufficient number of mar ketable beasts, and there will speedily he an end of the cry of the underpay ment of artistic endeavor. —Harper's Weekly. FULL-SLOODED INDIAN BABIES. Eut Few in Existence and the Number Is Decreasing. The present generation ot full-blood ed Indian babies is interesting from many points of view. In the first place, says the Cosmopolitan, there is no doubt that in a few yeai's there will be no more full-blooded Indians born, men and women of pure Indian blood are rapidliy marrying either white persons or Indians whose blood is largely mixed with that of the whites. Then, too, these little eopper biown babies are something of an anachronism, for many of them pre serve, to a great extent, the bringing up and training known to their fath ers, and at the age of 13 or 14 find themselves well versed in the charms and incantatiions of the medicine men and expert in the use of the scalping knife, but with a lamentable lack of subjects upon whom to practice their skill. Moreover, these pure-blooded children inherit, in many eases, large sums from the sale of lands to the gov ernment, or own valuable reservation property, so that many of them have more suitors than Penelope. It is only on the reservations of the far southwest that tho curious little In dian bailies aim to be found. There are now among the 20 tribes only 3,000 full-blooded Indian children. In these same tribes there are more than 20,000 children through whose veins courses a stain of white blood. They are healthy, fat youngsters, and despite their rough usage, grow up to be 6ti'ong men and women. A LONG SEA LIFE. An Italian Brig a Relic of the Six teenth Century. The famous old Italian brig Anita S., which had well earned the proud distinction of being tho slowest vessel afloat., will make no more of her fa mous long voyages. A cablegram from Tenerilfe announces her arrival there a'ter a prodigiously long trip from Italy anil her condemnation as old and uuseaworthy. She will be sold for a few dollars and broken up for fire wood. No ship afloat ever took longer time to make a trip than the old Ital ian brig did. She was 205 days going from llrazil to Baltimore, Md. While she was making this voyage other ships sailed around the world. The Rio clippers made three round trips while tho Anita S. was wallowing along to Ilultimore, and the China packets sailed from New York to China and back to Baltimore before she completed the trip. While she was wasting 1!I7 days at sea on a trip to Montevideo, fast clippers out of New York encircled the globe, and during the 95 days she took to cross the Atlantic on her way home to Italy ships and barks made two round trips. The Anita S. is a relic of the sixteenth century, and is the only square rigged vessel' ailoat steered by a tiller in stead of a wheel. She looked like the Santa Maria in which Columbus crossed on Ills famous voyage to America, and she ddn't sail half as well. She is known the world round as "the Sea Snail." She was well named. The South American Cowboy. As the firelight shows them in tho darkness of the hour that precedes tile dawn, they are swarthy of com plexion, dark-eyed, slight of figure, clean of build. They remind you of Gypsies, also of Moors, and in their veins flows the blood of the Indians who once owned tho pampa and lost it to the Spaniards. There is Spanish blood in them, too. The flourish with which lie waves you to a stool made of a cow skull, the grave hospitality with which lie hands you the teacup, the politeness with which lie receives your remarks about the weather — everything about his when lie is at his best has a Spanish suggostiveness. But still tho gaucho is not a Span iard. The paiupa looks out of his eyes, is in liis voice, his dress, his manner. The wilderness speaks to all who love it and teaches them things which make them different from other men. President's Official Picture. The engravers at tho bureau of en graving and printing have completed a vignette of President Roosevelt that will always be used as the offi cial picture of the president. After his death it may be used on govern ment money or securities, but not un til then. This vignette was made from what was decided to lie the be3t photograph of the president after every photograph lie has had taken in tho last ten years had been exam ined. SKc Would Not be Without It Now. 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When we stop to seriously consider the fact, that this great remedy is made from the formula of one of the most eminent living Ixjndon physicians, it is no wonder that people who have happily experienced the benefit to be derived from its use, will not now be without it at any cost. St. Jacob's Oil, Ltd., Baltimore, Md., will send you a free sample bottle. Writo them. COLD CORD flc PBf Share. Cons'.atitl.v driving tunnol. Will eut many mines. Alao 6 patented producers at Idaho Hprlngß. Ma>- lt-tli will positively udyuune to 60. ProsiicotueeP. trunintr book and mineral FREE. LANBFORD I igy XLJIIi, fleo'y, 4th floor, y ulucy UUl.,UimvM l ni incuts cwvl hnt:v Colorado Beats eWorld IN SUGAR BEETS. Sir. Million Dollars have Just bren invented in sugnr furtories. Four Million more will bo in vent cltlrs your. Ihe best posted sugar men of tho world um Imyinir immense acreage for sugar boels. 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