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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND', MARCH 25, 1900. 27 flynOw rt . ' ; O rmX-vM? s . -k?ft m"- am$?Fm$ - C iWlffl I - L "5K-1fKvS s-3S5r--. m jop-is cu'v, mr r. a aa "ssaisoyrc xv Z U "TT " JZSKJBggB s (r'- z&$Z&U. Little Willie and Sinter Grace. They cat pa's trousers down, for me; I don't pet nothia new; X have to wear his old coats out. hta old sus penders, too! His hats end shoes don't fit me, but X a'poaa they TriU some day, And then they'll como to me Instead of behV thrown away! Mr alsrter Grace Is twenty-two, And she can sin? and play, And what she wears Is always new JCot tufC that's thrown away! 6b puts on style, I tell you what! She dresses out of right; She's proud and haughty and she's cot A beau most every night. X never get new things to wear; I'm. Just a boy, you see. Any old thing's good enough to doctor up for me! Moot everything that I've got on one day be longed to pa 'When sister's through with her flno things she hands 'em up to ma! 6. E. Klaer In Chice.ro Times-Herald. FOOLISH, STUBBORN LULU Makes Everybody Unhappy Over Tiothlnp on Eve of Her Cousin Gertrude's Wedding. "Cousin Gertrude, I won't frow down the woses at your .wedding if Maxwell Lambert is. going to carry the wing; 'cause if I do they'll call .Maxwell my beau." Cousin Gertrude Beemed not to notice Lulu's remark, and all Lulu's mamma &ld was: "If you are through your lunch, I wish you'd go to the grocery and ask them to send over a can of cocoanut." "Oh, dear; I's been to the gwocery free times alweady this morning; besides I's liable to get runned over cwosslng the stweet alone; papa says I is." But Lulu climbed obediently down from her chair and reached for the every-day hat that hung upon a nail within her reach. Her pretty face wore a cross look, however. "My foot's sore, it is." she fretted. "Put on your old shoes before you go, if you want to," Mrs. Ford. Lulu's mother, answered. "Do you suppose Lulu will have one of ,her spells tomorrow?" "Cousin Gertrude," or Gertrude Bronson, asked, when the lit tle girl was safely out of hearing. Miss Bronson was to be married the following day, and the arrangements for the wedding Included having Lulu strew roses from a basket, and Maxwell Lam bert, who is just a year older than Lulu, bear the ring upon a white silk cushion. Gertrude would be very disappointed if this plan failed. "I hope not, I'm sure," Mrs. Ford re plied. Lulu's "Spells." Lulu's "spells" often cause unhapplness, both to herself and to others. They are simply "tantrums," which make it seem Impossible to do anything with her while they last. Mrs. Ford and Gertrude lingered after dessert merely long enough fpr the latter to say, "Now, Clara, ydu're just worn out, I know; go to your room and lie down! I can attend to things. But do have a talk with Lulu and see if you can't keep her out of a tantrum until after tomorrow." Miss Bronson, who is Lulu's second cousin, is Mrs. Ford's cousin. "I think I will take your advice, for I have a headache," Mrs. Ford replied. So they rang the bell for Wong, the China man, to come, and then left the dining room. Lulu, upon returning from her errand, and intending to depend upon Wong for company, went into the kitchen, which was really one of the cheeriest rooms in the house. Extra baking, for the "wedding, of course, was going on. What beautifully frosted cakes stood upon the table! Then there were two others, turned upside down, waiting to be frosted, and besides the cakes there were other good things, in paper bags nuts and raisins, for ex ample. "Oh, Wong, give me one of these tun ning little blsklks!" Lulu exclaimed, as the 000k .took a dripping pan of small "biscuits from the oven, and commenced making sandwiches of them. But Wong refused to give Lulu a bis cuit, and, when she asked to be allowed to eat the frosting that clung to the bottom and sides of a certain bowl, he threw the howl into the dish water. "What's the matta," he asked, "you no want to carry the flowers for Miss Ger tlude when she mally tocnollow? I tlnk you heap naughty girl. You all the time stay in this kitchen and bother me; I tell you mamma on you." Just then Cousin Gertrude came in to mix a cake, and thereupon Lulu went up to the room where Miss Smith, the dressmaker who was sewing at the house, was at work. Symptoms of "Tantrums." Upon the bed lay the pink empire dress, made to reach the floor, with a train, and in which lt was Intended Lulu should ap pear on the morrow. "Don't you think it's beautiful?" Miss Smith asked. Lulu, being in a naughty mood, stuck up her little nose and said: "It's only wool; It ought to be silk." "But it's trimmed in ribbon," Miss Smith continued. "I don't believe I'll wear it, anyway," Lulu replied; "I don't 'spect to be at the wedding at all." "Why not?" was asked. " 'Cause I'd Tather stay away than have 'em all saying Maxwell is my beau." "Well, I wish you'd find your cousin and ask her if she can let me fit this skirt now," requested the dressmaker, with a quiet smile. "Tan't I wait a few minutes, and then ehe'll have her cake "baked," suggested Lulu, who pronounces some of her words in baby fashion merely from habit, though others, which are more uncommon and difficult, she pronounces correctly. Miss Smith answered, "Yes," so by the Olme Lulu went down Into the kitchen and delivered "her message, Miss Bronson was just about to leave It Wong looked bet ter natured now and so she .settled herself for a little stay. But, presently, "Lulu, Lulu, come up here; I want to show you mj' things," sounded from the head of the stairs. Lulu went and was taken into Cousin Gertrude's room, where the presents, sev eral of which she had not yet seen, were arranged. While the china and silver and glass were pretty enough to look at. Lulu liked best to watch the goldfish, which were her own present to Gertrude, having been bourht with pennies, nickels and dimes saved for the purpose. hSe felt like putting her hand in the water and grasp ing one of the slender, shining bodies, but did not do so because she was afraid it might kill the fish. The wedding dress, which was pure white and billowy with lace trimmings, lay on the bed. Cousin Gertrude bent down and kissed the little girl, as she noticed her glancing at the snowy pile. "Now, dear, you're going to he good in tha morning and do Just as we want you to do, aren't your' she coexed. But Lulu shook her curly-head decidedly and replied: . "Not if Maxwell carries the . place It to your head and solemnly an wlng." nounce that the Question within Is "What Well, your mamma's awake now, and she wants to -talk, with you," Gertrude added "She tan't make me change my mind," answered the provoking little midget. Sure enough, an hour later, Mrsu Ford met Miss Bronson, with the worda: "Well, Gertrude, I don't know what we are go ing to do with that, child. I can't make her promise she'll come in with the roses, and If I punish 3ier now, you know it won't make a bit of difference with her actions in the morning. I'm afraid the Test w e . can do is to let .the matter rest until then, and perhaps her grandmother will be able to talk her into behaving." No little girl has a lovelier grandmother than Llu Ford nor thinks more of tho j one sha baa. This erandmother was com- 1 one she has. This grandmother was com ing on the early train the next day, and as Lulu had not seen "her for six months, 8h was pleased at the thought of the meeting. The train was on time to the very min ute, and the -first person Lulu saw alight was grandma "Not changed -a particle," declared Lulu. Maxwell Lambert Comes. When the house was reached. Lulu was obliged to stay alone for a short time, while her mother and her grandmother talked together. Maxwell Lambert had meanwhile arrived.- In spite of the fact that the tip of his nose was skinned, he looked handsome, in a black velvet cos tume, with lace collar and cuffs and sil ver knee buckles.' "You can go in to see grandma now," said Mra Ford, as she came Into the room, and, of course, Lulu gladly did 0. Cousin Gertrude passing the open door of Lulu's grandmother's room soon after ward, noticed that the child was in there alone, and knew "by the frown that puck ered her little forehead and by the pout ing lips, that grandma had been talking to 3ier upon the disagreeable subject of carrying flowers at the wedding, and that Lulu had not yielded. Losing all patience she entered .and shook the child hard two or three times, saying: "Lulu, you must not be naughty; you must get dressed right away and then carry those roses." "I won't do it now, 'cause you shook me," Lulu replied. "Leave her alone with me, again," said grandma, who just now entered. Ana no one knew how the grandmother managed It, but certain it is that before J U was too late, Lulu walked up to Cousin Gertrude, rather saucily to be sure, and ..t.:ii a . . .t, ., -r.,, "111 do It for you this time. I'll carry the woses for you, and frow them down fmnf nt , , Kf -inn't , ever, ever as long as you 'live, ask me to 1 do lt for you again." "THE MYSTERIOUS rOSTMAX." Clever Trick of "Parlor Mnpric" for Evening: Entertainment. Among clever performances of "parlor magic," as recently explained by Leon ' 'Herrmann, the prestldlgltateur, is that known as "Tho Mysterious Postman." MARY'S LITTLE FROG. Mary had a little frog "Who would a-riding go; She eald, "You foolish little beast You cannot ride, you knowl" This is a remarkably effective trick, and if properly performed will create a pro found impression, as lt is seemingly im possible, although perfectly simple. The performer distributes to six or eight members of the company an equal number of perfectly clean white envel- opes, with pieces of plain white blank paper. He retires from the toom, while questions aro written by the holders on the slips of paper, returned to the en velopes and sealed. Each question is to be kept secret by the writer thereof. The performer then returns to the room and tells the questions, one by one, by feel ing or otherwise seemingly manipulating the envelopes. He then tears open each envelope and shows the entire company that he has correctly read every one. Any one may furnish the paper slips and envelopes, providing they are all exactly alike. The papers may be folded to pre clude any possibility of reading them through the envelope. Tho process is this: First select a confederate from among the company. Arrange with him to write a question understood between you. For example, let the question be: "What will the weather be tomorrow?" After the i questions have all been written and the operator has returned to the rooin. let him collect the now sealed envelopes from the writers, being sure to place the con federate's envelope on the bottom, la which position place them all on a table, or stand, before him, having taken a po sition some distance from the company and being sure that no one is behind him. Take tho top envelope from tho pile, will the weather bo tomorrow" This is. of course, the question In the bottom en- velopo on the table, but no pne but the J operator and the confederate knows this, Then ask who wrote that question V! OT course, the confederate acknowledges the j authorship. i Then tear open the envelope still in the hand and which has been taken from thetop and Impressively read, seemingly from the slip extracted, "What will b m. 'n-AntVinr- tnmnrrrwcrT" lUi'-lf ta SUb- tnQ fact that you have j lt M'.taiiMi.lv Vnt of tYia cnmk t(m read I what is written on the slip before you. Then put the slip In your pocket. You J now know what was In the top envelope. b have not lt to the com !.? puny. Then take up the second envjjlopo, go through tho same manipulations as you AIA erfth fhn first- and read aloud Wbat was written on the slip you have Just t placed In your pocket. The writer will acknowledge It, and you tear open the second envelope to again substantiate Its correctness, read it aloud (of course, re peating the same question) and secure WHAT the next question thereby. You are then prepared for each envelop in turn. When you reach the bottom envelope you find your confederate's question, which was first 'read, but being fortified with the slip from the preceding envelope, you are enabled to fix the last question satlsfac- torlly and correctly, Be gg to place each slip .in your pocijet after having apparently read them aloud for verification. After having read all of them, produce all the slips and h lndIscriminately to the as- JlT, "",, , vrm trill haw nor. sembled company and you will have per- ormed a seemingly Impossible leat. BEWARE SETTING TRAPS! You Might Get In One Yourself, If Xot Careful. A Terrapin once challenged a Hare to run a race, shrewdly stipulating, however. that he might choose the course. The Hare agreed and the Terrapin named a route which would pass by the cabin of a huntsman who kept a pack of hounds. He sold he did not care a fig. And ride he would, he said; The gee-gee promptly kicked him off. And pitched him on his head. Arthur Layard In London Ladles' Field. The start was made, and the Hare, out stripping his slower rival, soon arrived at the cabin of the huntsman. The hounds spied him immediately, and, pursuing, forced him to take refuge In a huge stone pile. Tho huntsman soon arrived on the spjj, ana oegan tearing away the stones In or der to secure the Hare. At this moment the Terrapin appeared in sight, and. see ing that things were working as he antici pated, actually laughed in his shell. The huntsman worked industriously. "Whew!" said he. "This is hot work, but I need meat for supper." Just as the Terrapin was passing by, exulting in the ease with which the race was to be won, the man happened to look up. "Ha!" he exclaimed, rushing out and securing the Terrapin. "Here's a supper without any labor. A Terrapin In the hand Is worth a dozen hares in a stone pile;" and, whistling to his hounds, he went home to prepare a Terrapin stew, whllo the Hare came out and finished the race. Moral Remember that when setting a trap for your neighbor you may "put your foot In lt,,; and tnat whlle getting him "In the i' you may Ket lnto "a stew" """" curns saia: xne Dest-iaia plans of mice and men gang aft aglee.' Parental Relations. Ono of the teachers in the Sunday school of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Germantown, Pa., says the Philadel phia Record, was endeavoring to Instill intrh tVlA IfttlA trl.lo Af Iia. nlniv aAAM1M a due appreciation of parental affection. I 1 1 m. . MISCHIEVOUS WILLIE AGAIN AT HIS PRANKS She spoke of the mother's love for her children and- of the respect which tho children should show to the mother. For some- reason she rather omitted to lay as much stress upon the father. Finally one of the little cirls remarked that she thought children should love their mothers much more than their fathers, i ir mtucio. i "Why do you think that?" asked the I teacher. "Oh. well." said the little tot. "your fathers are only related to you by marriage, but your mothers are related to you by bornatlon!" 11AIXS FROGS IX ARIZONA. Curious Natural Phenomena served In the Southwest. Ob. Every once In a while stories are brought out about extraordinary showers of fish, of bloody snow, etc., the latest being of a ship captain far out on the Atlantic """ "" ""' ""- DUUB cu.vj 110 had to set his crew shoveling the dust from the decks when the weight began to get dangerous. It rains frogs in Arizona. The old timers, according to the Arizona. Granhlc say there is no doubt of it, though they DO YOU THINK OF THIS, CHILDREN? w & l(D 'SJ cannot explain from whence tho frogs were originally "lifted." But this much is straight let there be a Summer rain along the line of the Southern Pacific in Southwestern Arizona, and behold, next morning every little pool has a myriad of little, lean green frogs, with mar velous croaking powers. They don't wait for nightfall, like their more civilized brethren elsewhere, but keep up the music by day as by night. They live where water comes only about once a year. They can't live over the Interim under the sun-baked black ro'eks; they J assuredly haven't hopped from the Colo- raao .tuvor, ana uioy are au or a size, to boot. If they didn't come from the ground or from the river, they must have come from the skies. And that's what the Hassayampers- firmly believe. JIMMY MISCALCULATES. Tries to Jump Without Touching and Takes a Bath. It was Saturday, and Jimmy and Tom my Bright thought they would go fishing. So they went into the garden and dug some worms for bait, which they put in a tin baking powder box. Then they took their rods and lines and hooks and went to the brook, which was quite near their home. They crossed over the bridge and walked till they found a good place, and then they began to fish. But the fish didn't bite good. Perhaps the sun was too hot, or the fish were not hungry. They tried their big gest and fattest worms, and they tried the little wriggly ones, but lt didn't do any good. By and by they had walked a good ways, and then they thought they would like to get across the brook to where It was shady and cool. But the brook was wide and deep. They couldn't wade across, and they couldn't Jump across; and they didn't like to walk way back to the bridge. So they thought and thought. Pretty soon little Tommy said:. "If we could jump two times we could get over," and Jimmy said: "I wonder if 1 could jump two times without getting In the water." And then he thought a little longer. "I almost know I can Jump two times. Ju3t before I get to the water I can draw myself all up in a bunch, and then straighten out quick; and I know I can." Tommy didn't say anything, for Jimmy was the oldest, and Tommy thought he knew almost everything. So Jimmy took off his shoes and stockings, so he could run faster, and went back a ways from the brook. Then he turned round and ran as fast as ever he could, and when he got to the bank he gave a big Jump. Then he drew up his knees and doubled himself up Into a ball almost, and just as he got to the water he straightened out quick for the next jump, and what do you suppose happened? Why, Just this. Pittsburg Dispatch. I Cowboy BlaclcsmlUilnfr. "Up at my camp near tho Four Peaks," said Jim Bark, tjio well-known cat- . i JZ&r tleman, to the Arizona Grapevine, "the boys are all handy with a. rifle. We've, a lot. of guns up there.. The old fashioned black-powder Winchester has been discarded and nothing but the best goes. Most of the new guns were bought j.,i .v o . t. ., """" "1C ojmuwu wur, wiwn we woum -experiment aU day with tree trunks and rough trenches, learning the art of war at home. We found that a bullet from one of the new Winchesters, driven by smokeless powder, was good for rour foof and more of pine timber and for more than an Inch of iron. "I thought the boys had done about everything In the shooting line that could be done long ago, but I was mistaken. I sent them up a wagon. In hauling dovi some firewood they broke the bolsters all to flinders. The bolsters hold up the I wagon bed, you know. Well, the boys figured out all Tight the rebuilding of tho wood parts, but came near being stumped on the iron fixings. They got some old Iron wagon tires and cut them in proper I lengths, but hadn't a way that thev could ' see to punch the necessary bolt holes, Finally tho question was solved. One of the boys carefully marked the places for the bolts, stood the niece of tlra nraJnst a tree and put a bullet, 30-callber, through ! the tire at each place marked. It was a novel sort worked." of blacksmlthlng, but" lt INTELLIGET INSECTS. Their Training and Some Supcmtl tionn Concerning: Them. It has been observed that wood ants play together!n sports that closely resein ble those Indulged In by human beings. They approach one another, moving their antennae with astonishing rapidity, while they pat the cheeks of the other ants; then having done what is apparently equivalent to shaking hands, they raise themselves upright on their hind legs and struggle, seizing each other by the man dible, feet or antennae; then Immediate ly relax their hold and recommence the attack. They fasten upon each other's shoulders, embrace and overthrow each EXPENSIVE 1 . - "What a strange dog! la he expensive?" "Yes. air. We -have to pay two licenses on him, one for the two ends, and cne for the mid dle part." other; then raise themselves by turns, taking their revenge without any serious mischief. Referring to these statements, Pastimes, an English publication, in an article on trained Insects and speaking of the skill displayed by the Japanese in that direc tion, says that a Jap, with his patience and delicacy of touch, trains Insects to perform feats of strength and cunning of a most surprising nature. i Among the countless superstitions once so firmly believed In by a former gener ation of nearly all countries, those relat ing to the Insect world are among the most curious and interesting, and the Japs are very concerned about their insect omens. Take, for example, the notion that bees, from their domestic character and pecu niary value, are Interested In the affairs of the family to whom they belong. In some districts this belief was so much an article of faith that, on the death of the master or mistress of the house, the melancholy event was made known to the little community with due ceremony. The common custom was to visit the hives, tap three times with the house key and say: "Bees, your master is dead"; a bit of crape was then put on each hive in order that the bees might share In the family mourning. If this ceremony were omitted, lt was believed the bees would die. In other districts some mem ber of the family lifted up each hive, as the funeral procession left the house, from a notion that if this were not done the bees would desert the hive and seek other quarters. Many other curious notions were asso ciated with the busy little Insects. For example, it was considered an honor and a privilege for strange bees to visit one's WITH GRANDPA. j garden, but when a wild bee entered a house, lt was regarded as a death warn ing for a certainty. RATS 2VOT EATEN IX CIIIXA. But the Tsul-Cliow, an Edible Fer ret Is, and It Is Savory. "The current impression that Chinamen eat rats I mean ordinary American rats Is all nonsense." said Dr. James J. Mason, a well-known Chines missionary, chatting about his experiences . In the Flowery Kingdom to a New Orleans Times-Democrat man. "The truth in regard to it is this: There Is a small animal In China known col loquially as the tsul-chow, that is often bred esDeriallv for food. It Infests the rice fields, and la about the size or an ordinary rat, but has a longer body and head shaped something like that of a ferret. It is a very prolific creature, and s!d In enormous numbers In all the markets of the great cities neatly cleaned a"4 skewered apart, and strung in ouncnes or 20 or su on DamDoo reeas.. rne tsui-cnow is strictly an eaiDie ani mal, and, feeding entirely on rice. It has very delicate and savory flesh. I havo eaten them, and if I had been able to get the rat Idea out of my mind would have rellslied the dish. They taste some thing like young squirrels, and, alive or dead, are certainly much less repulsive than many things we commonly esteem as delicacies eels and frogs, for example. "A good many of thes.e rice field rats I can't recall their correct zoological title are sent over to the Chinese colonics in San Francisco, and Americans who have seen them at the native restaurants, cleaned and strung on wands, as I havo described, have jumped at the conclu sion that they were common house rats, caught on the premises. If such a thing Is ever done. It is by some very low types of coolies. A self-respecting China man would shrink from such a food with as muqh aversion as an American." "Very Rcmnrkable Frogrs. It has Teen noticed that In some species of frogs living in Venezuela and the Is land of Trinidad the maio bears the young on its back, to which they hold by their mouths. But a German scientist has discovered a species, the young of which do not hold on by their mouths, but seem to be stuck to the papa frog's back and sides by some gummy substance which holds them in place until they are large enough to care for themselves.Llke all tadpoles, they have talis which soon drop off. Sometimes female frogs deposit their eges on the backs of the males, where they hatch and the little tadpoles grow until they attain a certain size. But in this recently discovered species the eggs are laid on the ground and only after they are hatched, do they take up a position on papa's back. Beheadings. Tho letters removed, name one of the earliest explorers of America, 1. Behead "to remove the surface from a fruit" arid leave part of verb "to be." SORT OF DOG. 2. Behead a sign and leave human be ings. 3. Behead dainty and leave frozen liquid. 4. t Behead the ocean telegraph and leave capable. 5. Behead paradise and leave an animals home. 6. Behead to delay and leave a confederate. 7. Behead exultant and leave not early. 8. Behead a tree and leave an arc. 9. Behead to send out and leave a covering for the hand. 10. Behead the emblem of peace and leave to exist. 11. Behead not any and leave an individual. Puzzle. A weapon attached to a rifle. The principal European nation. Oppressors. A hanging bed. People who decldo questions. Different. . To raise. . Persons united under a sovereign. The initial letters will spell the name of a famous ancient musical composer. Cross-Word Enigma. My flret is In Europe, but not In France. My second In wine, but not in dance. My third and fourth I will give jou In butt. My fifth Is in shave, but not In cut. My sixth Ls In bear, but-not In cat. My seventh In mouee. but not In rat. My eighth ls In run. but not In walk. My ninth Is In gab, but not In talk. You'll surely guess. If you're quick and witty, My whole 1b a Pennsylvania city. The Octopus Defined. Teacher (to class) What is an octo pus? Small Boy (who has just commenced Latin, eagerly) Please, sir, I know, sir; It's an eight-sided cat. Weekly Tele graph. Mew TorJc "World. " Ills Choice. When ma pulls all the covers up aroun ray shoulders, an' 1st klnd.o' brushes hack my hair an' holds it , wit her han'. An' I has said my prayers, an she 1st bugi me up so tight. An' says: "Who do you lite th best?" before she sajs good-night, I alius say 1st every time before I fink. It's her Instead o God nen my ma say before I 1st kin rtlr: "Xo, Wllllo, you lite God the best," an' nen I say to ma: "I lite God first, an' nen lite jou, an nen I lite my pa." I know my ma lltes God, but onct she 1st for get, becuz I ast her who she lite the best of all that ever wuz. An nen rtie say: "Why. Willie, you're th K one, of course, I lite!' Tou tee. she 1st forgot "bout God. 1st lite I do at night! My ma lltta ev'ry one 'at's good, at'e what she told me. too. But sometimes I 1st want to aay out loud I honeet do When she aet who I lite the best, ,to 1st apeak out to ma: "I lite you fust, an nen llte'God, an' nen I tlte my pa!" Edward Singer. In Indianapolis Sun. PINED FOR LOST FRIEND Tree Story of the Friendship of a v Little White Dove for a Blgr Hen Turkey. Who can account .for the strange friend ships that are often formed between crea tures of the lower animal world, and that seem to rival human attachments in their strength and unselfish devotion,? Nearly every one who has lived much In the country, or grown familiar with life upon the farm, can recall some Instance of tho sort. Tho Incident mated nerewitn is a case in point. It happened upon a ranch in San Bernardino County, Cal. There were many .fantall pigeons about the place. There was also a white dove? that seemed to be very lonely and unhap py, for the fantalls were aristocratic and exclusive, refusing to associate with birds of common feather. The dove took their scornful airs so much to heart that lt grew thin and lost appetite, and was often to be seen moping off by Itself, In a fashion so pathetic that some one suggested: "It would be a mercy to wring its neck and put It out of its misery. Finds a Friend. About this time, however, lt encountered, one afternoon, under a Bellflower apple tree, where It was disconsolately pecking at a "windfall," a large hen turkey, 'the only white one In a flock of 20 that roamed the orchard and roosted at night In tha branches of the pear trees behind the shed. The turkey approached and gave an inter rogative peck at tho apple. The dove, far from resenting the act as an Infringement of the rights of property, seemed rather to welcome the intruder, and together they investigated the merits of the "windfall," and finally strolled oft In company. Yhat means they had of communicating their thoughts to each other no one 13 wise enough to say, but that they came to some understanding, then and there, was evident to, at least, two Interested observ ers. From that date, the white hen tur key and the little white pigeon were In separable companions. They ate from the same dish, when they came up to be fed at the kitchen door, and they slept, side by side, upon the same bough, in the pear tree behind the shed. Wherever the turkey went, the dove went also, and It was amusing to see them straying along together, the dove with a little running skip and hop, and with wings half-extended, in order to keep up with the turkey's longer strlde.If the tur key hunted for grasshoppers in the or chard, the dove fluttered beslre her. It she took a dust bath, the dove did like wise, and when, with full crop, and an air of being satisfied with things in general, she scanned herself in the lee of the ash heap, the dove, with one wing and a leg outstretched, lay close by, apparently at peace with the world. Both Mlsaingr. This charming Intimacy had continued! nearly two months, when one day It was observed that the white turkey was not among the rest at feeding time. The dova was also missing. Diligent search re vealed the Interesting fact that a nest full of eggs, under a brush pile In the far cor ner of the sheep lot, claimed the undi vided attention of the turkey, and close be side her, upon the ground, sat her faithful friend. For two weeks the dove remained there, day and night, never stirring save whea the turkey left her nest for food. It be came a matter of dally speculation upon the ranch whether there would be any change In the affection of tho two feath ered friends when the little turkeys came out of the shell to demand the care and attention of the mother. But before thla eagerly awaited event was due, a dreadful thing befell. Under cover of the night a prowling wild cat or an ever-hungry coyote came down from the footh'lls and killed and carried! off the prospective mother, leaving her devoted companion distracted with grief. The poor dove moped about, refusing to ba comforted. It would not touch food, and seemed always to be searching for the lost one. returning, over and over, to the scene of tho tragedy. After several days, lt dis appeared, and was not seen again, but whether It fell a prey to some voracious cormorant or hawk or died of broken heart was never known. A Xatlve DanRhter's Enlprnin So. 4. My first ls In window, but not In unsh. My second Is In maple, but not In ash. My third Is In Jelly, but not In fruit. My fourth ls in banjo, but not In lute. My fifth Is In rays, but not In light. My sixth la In yellow, but not In white. My eventh Is In angle, but not in line. My eighth ls In nectar. al In wine. My whole Is a man of political ambition, Whcse object In life will ne'er reach fruition. Miss Lavene Madden. Scllwood, Or.. March 14. 1000. Some Indlnn Xnme. ; The census of the families of the Chey-' enne scouts at Fort Supply includes Mrs. Short Nose, formerly Miss Piping Woman; Mrs. Big Head, formerly Miss Short Face; Mrs. NIbbs, formerly Miss Young Bear; Mrs. White Crow, formerly Miss Crook Pipe; Mrs. Howling Water, formerly Miss Cs-ow Woman: also. Mrs. White Skunk. Mrs. Sweet Water; Miss Walk High, daughter of Mr. White Calf, and Miaa Osage, daughter-in-law of Mr. Hard Case. Analogy, "What ls a furrier. Tommy?" asked the teacher of a pupil in the juvenile class. "A man who deals In furs," answered Tommy. "That's right." said the teacher. "Now, Tommy, you may tell me what i cur rier Is." "A man- who deal In curs," was the unexpected, but logical reply. Chicago News.