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"MOVN K," TH E WONDERFUL"BEN HU'R"HO-RSE
An Equine Stage Veteran Who Answers Cues and
Won't Play Without Applause
THE SUNDAY OBEGOKIAK. PORTLAND, OCTOBER- 15, 1005.
WHEN the epic of the dramatic
stage Is written, commend me to
the canto -which deals with the
stage horse- He may not figure seriously
In the manager's salary list, and he may
have but a minor part In the development;
of syndicate domination of histrionic art,
but In the story of honest dramatic zeal,
in the chronicle of characteristic feature,
in the "art for art's sake" side and the
much-abused "artistic temperament"
phase of the "mimic world, the equine
nctor has a place all his own. He Is not
a part of every play, but in every play
of uhlch he is a part, he counts with the
best and strongest, and he proves a
mighty interesting study.
It is a general assumption on the part
of those not familiar with the detail of
stage life, that the horse, as well as
other anlmalsused In a given production,
classes as an accessory, with the scenery
and mechanical appliances. Nothing
could be much further from tho truth.
He is selected largely under the same
rules that govern the selection of mem
bers of the printed ce.pt; he must learn
his part as the other actors learn theirs;
and he works for success according to
his ambition and ability. Jn short, he
acts, and his acting Is good or bad In
proportion to his temperament, fitness
and zeal. Study him from this stand
point and you will find him a diversion
and a delight.
Not all stage honres deserve recogni
tion as real exponents of the drama, of
course, and certainly not all who claim
the title of actors. There are supers in
both classes, but the more I study the
horse on the stage the more I am con
vinced that at his best he deserves a
place on the programme.
All this Is preliminary to a further con
viction that In the "Ben-Hur" Company, !
Klaw & Erlanger have a four-footed'
artist that comes pretty near being at
the very top of his branch of the profes- :
slon His name is "Monk," and in the
company he is one of Its best known, and
most appreciated members. Personally,
I regard him as the best exponent of
honest endeavor and genuine artistic am
bition of a great many of his species
that have come under my observation in
connection with dramatic production
"Monk's" story Is characteristic of the
stage horse generally. He was bred in
Michigan and Is about nine years old.
He was bought by the producers of the
piece five years, ago, at the beginning
of "Ben-Hur s" 'career, and ha? been with
this particular show ever since. The
most remarkable, feature of his- connec
tion with the production Is the fact that
he played on the opening night, and has
since that time appeared In every per
formance. He has played his part in
1227 consecutive performances, and has
never missed a cue. "Monk" holds the
record for the company in this respect,
man or beast
"Monk's" . particular part .In the play
Is that of what Is technically termed
the "down stage" . horse in Bcn-Hur's
chariot team, being the horse nearest the
audience. "When he was engaged for the
show he was put through the regular re
hearsal, and, like many excellent actors,
was not an easy learner. Doc Patten,
Klaw & Erlanger's trainer, one of those
rare lovers of animals who can tell the
average dog .froni his master and do
practically anything with the four-footed
kind says that he was the hardest horse
to tralnfor the part of any used in the
show, but once letter perfect in his role
he has never needed further Instruc
tion. After a summer's rest many horses
used upon the stage must be taught all
over at the beginning of the" season, but
INDIANS GrtfE PASSION PLAY
In Their Acting Show the Same Devotion as Marks the Oberammergau Production
THE Passion play produced by the In
dians of Kamloops, B. C, resembles
in some respects that given by
the Bavarian highlandcrs of Oberammer
gau. The poor Indians of Canada enact
the divine passion in an elaborate man
ner, considering their distance from
sources of theatrical supplies, their lack
of means to secure such supplies and the
fact that they have no dramatic instruc
tion. And in their acting they show as
much devotion as marks the Oberammer
gau production.
At Kamloops, In the arid interior of
Southern British Columbia, this play has
been given jeveral times in the last SO
years. The Sole Instructor of the Indians
is their priest. Father Le Jeune.
Like the Bavarians, the Indians of
Kamloops are simple and devout. They
have none of the artificialities and con
ventionalities of civilization, but act their
true feelings, and thus whatever they do
is more or less a bit of their Innermost
selves.
In enacting the Passion play these In
dians, like the Oberammergau highland
crs, follow closely the Biblical accounts.
They dramatize parts of both Old and
New Testaments, but give prominence to
the divine passion.
In both places the actors consider the
impersonation of Christ an act of devo
tion, and the man selected for the part
is chosen from those who lead the holiest
lives. In preparation for" the play he
prays for ability to consecrate himself
to the task. ,
To prepare themselves for any -holy-work
the Indians of Kamloops bathe, fast,
meditate and pray. The baths are taken
in a peculiar way.
The Indians build a small lodge by set
ting saplings In the ground and bending
them over to form a dome. This frame
work they cover with fir boughs and then
with earth.
Next they build a fire and heat stones
In it- These they place In the little hut
by the side of a bed which they make
of fir boughs. Then-they take In a dish
of water and reclining on the bed of fir
boughs they sprinkle the water by means
of a branch or twig of fir on the hot
stones.
This, of course, produces agreat steam.
After they are thoroughly steamed and
perspiring so" that all the impurities of
their bodies are flowing in great streams
of perspiration down their faces., arms
and over their entire bodies, they rush
out ana plunge into a cold lake or moun
tain torrent. As these lakes and streams
are fed by melting Ice from tho moun
tain tops the change from steam to the
water sets up a powerful reaction. They
m:nK oy taa means, together with fast
ing, they are physically purified and
made ready for the mental and moral
purification and consecration brought
about by meditation and prayer.
Their costumes and makeups in the play
are pathetic to see they are so simple,
being made from the cheapest stuffs pur
chased by the poor Indians at the Hud
son Bay store in the city of Kamloops,
a. few miles away.
At the time for the performance to
begin thajlayers march up and down the
single street of the village in front of
tho church, which lies on & fiat of the
Thompson River, under the shadow of a
great royal purple mountain.
In this single street, flanked on either
1
"Monk" after the longest vacation, will
stop' on to. the stage and go through
with his part as perfectly as in the last
performance of the previous tour.
All actors have theJr peculiarities, and
"Monk" Is no exception. His principal
Idiosyncrasy is tfiat he hates to rehearse.
At the beginning ot-ti season, when 'the
entire production Is given a try-out be
fore the empty house. "Monk" goes
through his part In only themost per
functory manner, and frequently sulks
like a spoiled star; but let the audience
once bo present, and the glamour of ap
plause reach his ears, and no more earn
est worker stands behind the footlights.
Not only does he put his whole soul into
his work, but he'shows as much eager
ness in the curtain call as the oldest top'
liner in the profession. His ears Joint
forward, his nose turns to the audience,
and his expression says, "What do you
think of me now?" as plainly as the
spoken word.
In the course of the play there is no
side by log or timber Indian houses, with
here and there even a tepee or conical
lodge, are shown the scenes of the Pas
sion. With stage settings so simple. It Is
manifest that much must be left to the
imagination. An instance of this kind is
seen when Christ Is shown praying in the
Garden of Gethsemanc. The grove is
represented by twigs set up In the ground,
since there are no trees near the village.
Not only Is this grove a test of the
devotion of the Indians, whose religious
fervor Is such that they we nothing of
the ridiculous in ltut, furthermore, any
white spectators not impressed by the
sincere feeling of the devout Indian who
takes the part of Christ might be amused
by his costumes. An idea of it Is given
by the accompanying pictures.
While the Indian representing Christ
prays in the made-up grove his dis
ciples sleep near him on the arid sands
of the Kamloops bottom lands. Christ
Is then brought before the High,
Priests, who are seated ona. platform
made of a bed, taken from one of the
houses near by.
Then he is taken to Pilate, who also
is enthroned on a platform improvised
from a bed set up In the middle of the
street. Pilate washes his hands of the
whole affair In V common white
enameled washdish, strangely at vari
ance with the historic scene.
The soldiers stand 'about with long
wooden pointed spears, one of them
holding th'e rope that binds Christ's
hands. A girl and a boy attend Pilate
on the platform. In the background
you see the Catholic Church built by
the Indians under the guidance of their
priest.
Then the soldiers place a crown of
thorns on Christ's head and scourge
him with a rope whip. Another soldier
offers him a palm, while othors place
a great timber, stained to imitate blood,
across his head. '
On the Journey up the street Christ
falls as in tho other plays, Tut with
his cross on his shoulder. The soLlIers
follow him, some rhllng the little In
dian horses or cayuses.
The women of Jerusalem, Jthe patient
squaws of the Shuswaps t;lbe, cos
tumed in somber black or white robes,
trudge along on each side of Christ
as he hears his cross.
At last he is placed upon the cross
with outstretched arms. With large
wooden-headed hammers, made for tho
occasion, the soldiers pretend to drivo
great - spikes through his hands and
feet, but really do not harm him, the
blood on the cross being -simply stains
cleverly placed there.
The women of Jerusalem stand weep
ing during this scene, glancing from
time to time at the Indian crowned
with thorns who represents Christ.
Then the crucifixion scee Is carried
out and inspires real awe in the Indian
spectators.
A large concourse of Indians, not
alone from the Shuswap villages near
Kamloops, but also from the camps
and towns of other tribes in the region,
assemble at Kamloops to see thisplay.
The success of the play has been such
that it has been proposed that the In
dians of several regions In British Co
lumbia shall annually give a similar
representation of the divine passion.
Father Le Jeume. the priest who
looks after these Indians and directs
their Passion play, came from Brittany
many years ago, and, living In this
region, he goes among some eight dif
ferent tribes. These tribes comprise
not only peoples of different dialects,
more nedd of an attendant for "Monk" or
for the other older horses In the per
formance than for the star. The tread
mill arrangement." upon which the horses
do their running is but 27 inches wide.
There Is a. vast difference in the amount
of appreciation which the horses in the
performance show for this fact- In some
Instances it Is necessary to encompass the
space with lines, but In the case of
"Monk" he run the course as evenly as
the (light of a bullet, without side line or
halter. "When" thejstage Is et for this;
particular act ne waiKs into ms Harness
like a trained fire horse, files to his place
on the machine and patiently awaits his
cue.
No competent stage 'horse has to be
told when to begin his part of the per
formance. Few actors take their cue as
readily, either at the beginning of their
part or at its close- In "Monk's" case
in "Ben Hur" his cue for the chariot race
is "Five talents against Jive talonts on
Ben-Hur!" The chariot Is behind the
curtain at the time, but no sooner is this
cry made than "Monk" starts his stride I
'but also races, having languages be
longing to different linguistic stocks
or families and us different one from
another as Spanish is from Turkish.
He has learned to speak with all these
different peoples.
He has had each village build a
church, and he goes from one to an
other over a territory more than a
hundred miles square. He finds his
food In the home of the Indian nearest
.to him -at meal time, or it is prepared
forjiim in a room back of the altar In
the church by Indian maidens.
His bed is wherever night catches
him. sometimes in one village, again in
another, or in a lodge or a field, or in
the mountains. He is everywhere wel
come. As an evidence of theeffect of this
Passion play upon those who see It, and
of, the feelings it inspires, tho follow
ing story is told: Ono poor English
man living in the white men's Kam
loops, some miles away from tho Indian
village, saw the Passion play once. He
was deficient mentally, and. not long
after was found with his feet nailed to
a post, vainly endeavoring to nail his
hands to it also.
It is believed that this Is now the only
representation of the divine passion given
by Indians on the North American con
tinent. The passion play enacted for cen
turies by Mexican Indians at Covoacan.
near the City of Mexico, is given no more.
it was enacted for the last time on
Good Friday In 1901. The disorders at
tending it led IV its suppression.
In this Mexican village. Just beyond the
lake from the. CIty.of Mexico, there were
feasting and music and riotous merry
making on the occasion of the last per
formance. Lining the road to Coyoacan
were many booths where fiesta commodi
ties were for sale- Roulette and monte
games went on full blast.
At the church things were different. In
the great churchyard there was no levity
to be seen. The Indians did very Httla
talking and all were quiet and orderly.
Most of them prayed on their beads
while waiting for the performance to be
gin. Many knelt with faces hidden until
the passion play procession came out of
the church. Others had ragged garments.
bruised and trembling bodies and crowns
of thorns. These were penitents who had
traveled miles torturing themselves In
repentance for their sins. '
At last the procession came. There
was a great cart bearing a figure rep
resenting Christ with his cross and a
young Indian who took the part of St.
Simon. ,
Following the cart came women in long
black xybes, their faces veiled: then mu
sicians whistling and drumming like mad.
Last of all were the men on horseback
who represented, the noble Romans and
centurions. They wore tin helmets with
peacock featheriNand had gravely satis
fied faces.
Then the cart was stopped and a figure
draped In black representing the Virgin
Mary was set at the feet of the Christ.
Indians with lighted candles knelt In a
circle about the group.
The cross with Christ was allowed to
fall. Then the priest preached a short
sermon from an improvised pulpit in a
tree. When this - was ended St. Simon
lifted up the cross and the figure of
Christ and carried it on.
The second fairof the cross was repre
sented nnd finally the third. After every
falla, sermon was delivered by the priest
whoaccompanled tfc- procession from the
church until the end of "the ceremony.
, Finally the cross was.erected on a small
hill and the Image of Christ was placed
on it. Tho scenes of the crucifixion were
THE CHARIOT IIACE
on the machine, and runs like a quar
ter horse until the shutting off of the
lights marks the close of the scene.
Another instance of the quickness with
which a cup .will be taken by a horse oc
curs In the' scene where Mcssala's chariot
Is driven on to the stage "Tom" and
"Billy," two white horses, are Messala's
team in this, instance. The cue Is not a
spoken word, but is merely a strain of
music In the ballet. These horses at the
moment of that particular measure, start
from their place in the wings with a
plunge, and come to the middle of the
stage on the Jump. Occasionally an actor
playing the part of Messala has become
frightened at the speed with which they
enter the stage, and has attempted to
hold them back But he might as well
draw lines over a locomotive. On going
off the stage the start Is from a cue given
while Messala Is out of the chariot, and
It frequently taks a lot of lively Jump
ing to keep from being Jeft by the way.
A stage horse knows 'that It Is his busi
ness to take a cue when given, and he
then enacted and the playrc&me to an
end.
Formerly, until about 1S99. an Indian
took the place of the Image representing
Christ, but the nailing to the cross was
too realistic as performed by these Mexi
can Indians. The actor of ten. died as a
result of the experience, and so In "later
years a figure was substituted for a liv
ing actor. The play degenerated into a
scrol-rowdy. semlellglous affair, quite
different from the production, as origin
ally given by tho old friars. Thus it
came about that the archbishop ordered
its cessation on the ground that it was
sacrilegious as presented by the Indians
of recent years. . '
BUFFALO HUMP'S REC1G10N
Where & "Sky Pilot" Won Hcspcct
and Then. Devotion.
Worlds' Work.
All through the Winter of littl a strag
gling procession of fortune-seekers made
Its way through the rough mountains of
Central Idaho, hound for Buffalo Hump.
The cold was Intense, the traveling diffi
cult, the suffering great. Everything was
expensive; shovels sold for 512, chickens
for $5, wages were as high .as $15 a day.
Horse feed was $1 a meal, and whisky 50
cents a drink. A teamster who owned a
horse that could wear snowshoes made
$1560.In four months by hiring him out.
Aoung Episcopal clergyman thought
the Buffalo Hump mines a good place for
missionary work. There was no . such
thing In camp as Sunday. The miners
were too busy for that, and gambling and
drinking were the only forms of recrea
tion, v There was, therefore, great excite
ment over the expected arrival of a ten
derfoot sky pilot"; some were opposed,
some were pleased, and allotcre excited,
for anything "new" was a relief to" Buf
falo Hump. For the first tlm religion
became a topic of conversation.
When within 6 miles of the mines he
was accosted by a well-wisher. He told
him that the gnow was too deep to ride
farther, and the well-wisher consented to
buy his horse for J5. simply as a favor.
He Impressed upon the young preacher
the Importance of having a full knapsack,
and 'advised him not to eat until he had
cono far on his Journey. Thanking him
lor his kind advice, the missionary cour
ageously set out to tramp through 60
miles of-"snow. with only a blazed trail to
guide him. By 10 o'clock he was tired
and hungry, by 3 o'clock be was fam
ished and exhausted., and by 6 he dropped
in his tracks. -With eager fingers he un
tied the knapsack to hnd in it a rock!
The Good Samaritan had relieved him of
his lunch, and he had "packed' a useless,
hea'vy burden for all those dreary miles!
But he had come to preach, and not
to cry, and his -great good nature, his
earnestness and his "gameness" deeply
Impressed the mining camp, and a. won
derful change had taken place. Sunday
labor was abandoned, and services wero
held every morning. Everything was
a success, but the singing, and that
was a dead failure. "If we only had an
-organ," was the cry. The "sky pilot"
said that they should have one. He
turning through the silent woods to
Lewlston, he purchased an organ and
brought Jt into camp on horseback.
That was d day of great rejoicing lh
Buffalo Hump. The only man who
could play became so elated that he
drank too much whisky, and the serv
ice was postponed until evening, when
It proved a great success. Men who
had not been" to church for 20 years
camfeto that first service- A furious
dog fight took place outside the log
chapel during the sermon, but not a
man left, his seat. Christianity bad
come to stay at Buffalo Hup. x
FROM "BEN 1IUR."
expects the rest of the actors to do the
same.
This Illustrates the thoroughness with
which a good stage horse will carry out
his part: During a recent performance
at St. Paul one of "Monk's" shoes got
caught in the tread of his machine and
was torn off, stopping the apparatus.
"Monk" Immediately crowded ovcrqto
the machine of the next horse and at
tempted to force his companion off and
take his machine. Had there been room
for the two horses, "Monk's" cleverness
would have saved a break In the per
formance, but the machine was not built
for Such contingencies, and " the curtain
had to be rung down. "Monk," however,
got. a double share of applause, and' a
double allowance of sugar for his effort.
Sugar Is one of "Monk's" weaknesses.
Every one of the older chorus girls knows
And humors Che- weakness, and in one of
the scenes, where the chorus flies off on
one side of the stage and circles back of
the curtain to enter again, on the other
side, he Is accustomed to take tribute
from his friends In sugar lumps. A few
DUCK HUNTING IN CANADA
Philadelphia Bankers' Story of Adventures With Canoe and Portage
ONCE when we were sitting aroiind
a camp Are about ISO miles north of
the upper Madawaska in Canada,
far away from civilization, wlth many a
weary mile of paddle and portage be
tween U3 and tho nearest settlement, one
of our party told the story of Dan Mor
rowby's queer duckhunt, probably as
queer a one as there Ison record and
probably, also as lucky a one.
"It was within a very few miles of this
spot," said the story teller, who was a
Philadelphia banker. "We had been in
pretty hard luck throughout the trip and
by the time we struck in here we were In
worse than pretty hard luck. We were
In a mighty bad situation. V There were
three of us. Dan Morrowby, a fine Iro
quois Indian half-breed, who acted as our
guide; myself and a friend of mine who
had never been In the wilderness before
and never wanted to go again. He had
turned out to be a perfectly helpless -man
and had made trouble all the time
throughout the trip. His first exploit had
been to lose both my gun and that of
the guide in the middle of a lake away
up north where the water was at least
SCO feet deep. We spent four days fishing ,
for the weapons with all the lines that j
we had, tied together, and weJiad hard j
work to reach bottom. We never saw
those guns again. That left us without
any weapon except a very poor gun that
my friend had brought along one of those
guns that won't shoot the same way twice
and that are always ready to go to
pieces.
"Well, we worked our" way down the
rivers and lakes to get back to civiliza
tion, since the loss of the guns had
spoiled the shooting trip. Jhen we
struck the region where we are now what
does 'that greenhorn member of our party
do but lose all our provisions! And he
went out of his way to do It, too.
"Dan Morrowby had carefully packed all
the grub Into the big canoe and had
pulled it high up on shore to make sure
that it would not be caught by the swift
current which was. racing by on Its way
to a bad rapids below. My friend, who
wanted to fish In the stream, shoved the
canoe Into . the water to enable him to
make a cast without getting his feet wet.
When he was through he walked back
to camp and never bothered to haul the
boat up again.
"The result was that when we got to
shore the big canoe had gone down
stream, dived over the falls, and all out
food was gone. Wo rescued a few bits of
bacon at the risk of our lives, but that
was all. There wasn't enough for one
meal, and we had a long ten days' trip
both by portage and paddle ahead of us.
"The only thing to do was to lay In
grub; and at first we expected that this
would be easy enough, for we had plenty
of ammunition and the ducks were thick
big flocks of them all around ur'"But
we reckoned without the gun. I hadn't
fired It more than.half a dozen times when
the breech mechanism Jammed and the
next thing we .knew the thing exploded,
luckily without hurting any of us. But
there we were without a gun and with
out food. There were 'no fish around and,
anyway, we didn't dare to rely on catch
ing fish, as we went on, for too many
explorers have starved vecause they failed
to catch fish Just when they needed them
most.
"Well, there sat those ducks by the
hundred and there sat we, with no way to
reach, them. Dan made some bows and
arrows and- we tried them. But, although
b was the eon of an Indian mother, he
nights ago some of the newer chorus girls
failed to come supplied, but each one
was held up by "Monk," and It was with
some difficulty that he was persuaded
to allow them to continue their part
without meeting the regular tariff.
"Monk" has the distinction of having
played before royalty and of having been
fed by the royal hand. When "Ben-Hur"
was taken to London he went with the
show, and at the performance given be
fore the royal family became a great
favorite with Queen Alexandra. Her
Royal Highness learned of "Monk's"
fondness for sweets and Insisted on her
self feeding him with his favorite sugar
lump.
In reply to the frequent assertion that
tho stage horse Is an- overworked beast.
It may be said that this one gives every
Indication of thoroughly enjoying every
performance of the. play and of being
proud of his part in It. He Is never so
full of life as after an unusually suc
cessful giving of the chariot race, when
the Increase In the applause is marked.
After such an incident the moment his
had never used bows and arrows any more
than I had, and we soon found that we
would starve before we learned enough
about the art to shoot any ducks.
"After fooling around for a day or two,
during which time we ate up all the ducks
that I had killed before the gun burst.
Morrowby said that he would get enougn
birds so that we woutd have food to last
us till we got to civilization. He warned
us to get back from the shore and hide In
the bushes so that the birds would not see
us.
"Then he stripped himself and rubbed
his body all over with grease from the
ducks that we had. cooked. He strapped
a belt around his waist loosely and at
tached strings with Bllpknots to It all
around. Then he gathered an armful of
reeds, and tied them together In a rude
clump. This clump he .hollowed out un
derneath till it fitted over his head and
shoulderr.
" 'Now,' he said, 'be very quiet- There
is a flock of blue bills Just outside of that
point. I am goInV Into the water and
work out as far as I can wade among the
wild rice out there. As soon as I am on
the spot. I want you to crawl to the shore
and then, while you remain hidden in the
bushes, wave the red rag that I have tied
to this stick. Do It very quietly and slow
ly. Make no sudden motions. Blue bills
are very inquisitive ducks, and they will
probafily come swimming In slowly to see
what tho red thing Is. They will come
where I am hiding, and yoQ" must not
make a sound whatever happens then.
You will see something that will surprise
you very much.'
x'He stepped softly Into the water and
waded out till he was well up to his
shoulders. Then he adjusted the clump
of reeds over his. head and slowly worked
out to the rice bed. Nothing could be
seen of him then, and It looked merely as
If a patch of reeds wero floating along
with the wind.
"L waved the red rag as I had been told.
and soon the flock .of blue bills made Its
aDoearance. The birds were suspicious
and alert, but, bit by bit, their curiosity
got the better oTtheir wariness, and "tTTCy
swam nearer and nearer. The clump of
reeds, under which Dan Morrowby was
hidden, moved almost Imperceptibly to
ward them.
"Suddenly a fine, fat duck disappeared
below the surface like a shot so quickly
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stable boy. Tommy Sullivan, mounts to
ride him to the stable, he becomes as
playful as a colt, dancing about on his
hind legs and plunging along with all
the delight of a praised child.
"Monk" has many other accomplish
ments besides running in stage races. He
Is as playful as a kitten and as harm
less. His delight Is to play tag in the
stable yard with his stable boy. He Is
a very showy saddle horse and does a
"high school" act with Trainer Patten
that would do . credit to the best trained
circus animal.
He Is easily the pet of the show.
Never but once has he been struck with
a whip, and that by accident. On that
occasion a badly directed lash of Ben
Hur's whip struck him on the nose, caus
ing a hemorrhage that continued nearly
all night. Manager Towlc and half th
members -of the chorus sat up with him
until the hemorrhage had been checked
and he had been made comfortable.
"Monk's" name should surely go on the
programme.
HERBERT ALLEN FRENCH.
that It did not have time to squawk. It
was lucky that the guide had cautioned
us not to make a sound, no matter what
happened, for the tbhig was so sudden
and amazing that I surely would have ut
tered an exclamation had I not been pre
pared for something queer.
"Well, the ducks kept looking at the
red rag and coming In by Inches, and the
reeds kept bobbing up and down and float
ing here and there among the flock, and
every few moments a duck would go
down, not to reappear. This went on for
about half an hour, until out of the flock
of 28 only 10 were left. Then a duck man
aged to squawk Just as Jt was being
pulled down, and away went the flock.
"Dan Morrowby, thoroughly chilled, but
with 18 fine ducks hanging dead on the
strings around his belt, waded ashore. He
told us that his father had learned the
trick from an Arapahoe Indian, who, curi
ously enough, had, learned It from a South
American Indian who had accompanied a
scientific expedition Into Canada one time.
He said the South Americans used to hunt
duck and other water fowl that way n
tlrely before they had guns and ammuni
tion. It was a queer way to hunt duck,
and we were very thankful thctt Dan had
learned It, for it saved us. But we got
awfully tired of duck meat before we got
to a settlement."
The Glass of Water Cure.
Kansas City Journal.
A certain old family physician never
tires of proclaiming the virtues of a
glass of cold water taken on waking In
the morning.
"Many persons," he remarks, "avoid
drinking water as though it were
poison, although without It no one can
be properly healthy. When taken early
in tho morning It' has a cleansing and
bracing effect on the system, while Its
beneficial effects on the liver can hard
ly be exaggerated.
"It is so simple a rule that the ad
vice Is well worth following, especially
by those who suffer with indigestion
or who wake with a feeling of languor,
an early morning sensation which af
flicts innumerable people of sedentary
habits."
Railway laborers in the United States go"
from two to four times as much as laborer.
j on European roads.
And many other painful and serious
ailments from which most mothers
suffer, can he avoided hy the use of
speedy recovery. The child is
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