THE SUNDAY OKKGOJN I AJ, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 16, 1906.
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MADISON, Wis., Sept. 10. (Special
Correspondence of The Sunday
Oregonian.) Trusting In God, but
at th came time placing Implicit faith In
hl accurate aim and trusty rifle, John
Diet I. a farmer in the heart of the North
ern Wisconsin forest, for more than two
yean has repulsed government, state and
county officials In their efforts to arrest
him, and has blocked the business of a
big lumber corporation.
Aided by hie wife and six children,
Dleti has resisted all efforts of the Chip
pewa Lumber & Boom Company to open
Cameron dam for the passage of 20,000,000
feet of logs. He declares his wife's deed
to the property gives the right to charge
10 cents a thousand feet for all logs pass
ing through the dam, and he proposes to
collect this revenue. He claims back pay
of thousands of dollars for logs sent
through the dam, and says this must be
paid and he must also get his price for
the logs banked against the dam before
he will open the canal.
Several men have been shot In battles
waged by this family. The head of the
household declares he will quit Cameron
dam only when he dies. He has declared
that he expects to die on the farm with
an empty gun by his side.
One Sheriff has been sent to jail for fail
ure to dislodge him, and another resigned
rather than undertake the task. Sheriff
Gylland, the Incumbent, a few weeks ago
sent a posse to get him, but It met with
the same fate, one of the deputies being
shot. Federal officers have tried to serve
papers on him to summon him to court,
but without avail, for he has caused them
to retreat in fear of their lives. State of
ficials made several futile attempts to get
him. All sorts of tricks have been resort
ed to, but no service has been made on
him nor has he or any, of his family been
taken.
Part of his strength comes from his
neighbors, who have a warm friendship
for Diets and his family. At the first ap
proach of any person or persona who look
like they might be officers of the law, the
neighbors notify Diets by a system of sig
nals, and the family Immediately prepares
for any attack. At the sight of a person
near the farm Diets and his children be
gin firing. The neighbors have never
failed to warn the old man of approach
ing enemies.
Two Years or Warfare.
It was In April, 1904. that the lumber
company first encountered the wrath of
Dletx. It had been sending logs thrdugh
Cameron dam the year before and when
it announced In the Spring that opera
tions were tobegin, the sturdy home
steader decided that the company was
Infringing on his rights and had no au
thority to run logs through hls farm
without paying for the privilege. He de
manded 110,000. The company laughed at
him and proceeded with the usual
Spring drive and brought down 20,000.009
feet of logs to Cameron dam.
Dletx notified the foreman If an at
tempt was made to open the sluiceway
and run the logs, he would open fire. As
the foreman and his men knew that
Diets was a crack shot with a rifle, no
one was Inclined to the Job. Arguments,
threats and coaxing fell on deaf ears.
Seeing that Diets would noti relent,
the logging company went Into court
with proceedings to make him open the
sluiceways. The summons has not been
served on Dletx yet, and If he Is as suc
cessful in the future in repulsing officers
as he has been in the past it is probable
they never will be served on the old man.
The lumber company, as it no doubt
now realizes, made a grave mistake In
not giving the price Dletz demanded.
When they sneered at his request little
did they think that with the aid of his
family he would prevent them from con
tinuing business for more than two
years. The payment of the $10,000 would
have pacified the farmer and businar.
could have been resumed after a few
days' delay and the company would be
making money today. But as It Is the
concern has been forced to suspend op
erations and has lost perhaps ten times
tor? -
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the amount demanded by the man who
claimed his rights were being infringed
upon.
After the company went Into court.
Sheriffs' posses tried to serve papers on
Dletz, but could never get within sev
eral hundred yards of his house. Every
few weeks a new squad would try to In
vade the premises but were driven back
In fear of their lives. All was quiet
after Wrlnter set In but the following
Spring several men were sworn in as
members of the state militia to get
Dletz. It was the same story. He de
fied them as he had the deputies. Then
the case went Into the Federal Court,
but Government officials met with the
came fate. Toward the close of the
Summer In 1905, a pitched battle took
place In which several deputies were
slightly wounded and warrants were
gotten out against Dletz, charging him
with attempt to murder members of the
Sheriff's staff. Several weeks ago Sheriff
Gylland swore in special deputies and
started for the Dletz homestead to cap
ture the family. After a pitched battle,
lasting half an hour, In which one of the
deputies was severely wounded and Clar
ence Diets, the eldest son. was shot, the
posse retreated. This was the blood
iest battle yet fought by the Dletz house
hold and they came out victorious.
One Pitched Battle.
Neighbors saw the Sheriff and hjs
deputies coming and Immediately sig
nalled to the family. By the time the
squad reached the farm. Diets, his wife,
two sons and daughter were armed and
at the sight of the Sheriff, they opened
fire. At the first volley fired. Deputy
Rogich fell with a bullet wound In hia
hip. The posse returned the "fusillade
and in all 100 shots were fired. Rogich
managed to get behind a thicket
and fired. He claims it was his bullet
that struck Clarence Dletz In the head.
Seeing that the family would not sur
render. Sheriff Gylland returned to the
company's camp, half a mile from the
house. The deputies ceased firing and
started to take Rogich away with them.
When half a mile from the house, one
of the party became alarmed at the
screeching of an owl, and declaring It
was the Dletzs following them, they took
Rogich into the woods, laid him down
carefully and then scattered In all direc
tions. Later in the night a deputy who
had more courage than the others,
rounded his comrades together but they
couldn't find the wounded man. Mean
while Sheriff Gylland, who had gone to
Winter, ten miles away, for a physician,
couldn't locate his deputies when he re
turned and. It was noon the next day
before they reached the camp with the
wounded man.
Rogich declares he wants no more of
the Dletz fighting. He said when his
companions dropped him In the woods
and deserted him, he feared he would be
riddled by the enemy's bullets any mo
ment. He groped his way through the
woods during the night until found by his
comrades next day.
When the news of the battle reached
Governor Davidson he declared that
Dletx and hlB family roust be captured.
He said If Sawyer County was unable to
cope with the situation he would Inter
fere If It took the entire 'state militia.
This statement was made more than
three weeks ago but no state militia has
been sent to take the family and John
Dletz is still In possession. There is a
campaign on in the state now and it
may be that the Governor does not care
to take this step. Politicians know that
the people are with Dletz In his stand
and any effort to oust him with the aid
of. the militia might Jeopardize the in
terests -of the party at the polls.' All
through the state the masses declar that
the old man Is right and they all glory in
his spunk In defying a big corporation
that tried to deprive him of his Just dues.
Sheriff Gives Up the Fight.
Sheriff Gylland declares he Is through
trying to serve papers on Dletz. He
says he has done all that could be ex
pected of an officer and adds that so far
as he Is concerned, the state militia
may be called out to do the work. "Pub
lic sentiment is with the old man," says
the Sheriff, "And there Is no use trying
to bother him any more."
At first appearances John. Dletz Is
not a fighting man. His face is frank
and his blue eyes sparkle with hu
mor. When he tells the story of his
Miti,
Wisconsin Rancher and his
children slvoi'Al receiving
Service from the Courts
wrongs, the transformation is almost
terrifying. "I am not a desperado," he
asserts. "I am a man like any one
else with a family to provide for and
to protect. I own my farm and Cam
eron dam, and as I have lived here,
so' shall I die in defense of what I
know to be my rights. I have seen
others go Into courts with their trou
bles, and I have seen them defeated
by the corporations. The only law I
know Is my rifle, and with it . I will
fight to my death to protect my family
and what justly belongs to me."
No photograph has ever been taken
of Diets since he began his fight
against the logging company. Several
young men have gone to the farm
with cameras to "snap" the old man,
but the nearest they came to getting
an Impression of his features was a
shattered lenz. The homesteader's true
aim with his rifle put a crimp In the
aspirations of the picture-seekers, and
WASHINGTON HOMES ARE RE-OPENED
Senatbr and Mrs. Carter, of Montana, Are "Among the First of the Official Set to Arrive. '
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. (Special
Correspondence.) The Autumn
season has come and with It an
ever-Increasing number of early, home
comers anxious to establish themselves
for the Winter. Others are here to open
their homes for early Fall , marriages or
to entertain out-of-town visitors who
have stopped In Washington after taking
advantage of special railroad rates to
points farther north, which were ar
ranged for the Bryan home welcome.
There has also been an unusual Inflow
of strangers attracted to the Capital by
the Interstate regatta raced on the Po
tomac River by National oarsmen on
Monday, and followed by delightful
luncheons, small dinners and an elabo
rate ball at one of the local boat clubs.
Of course, the tide did not permanently
turn this way until after Labor Day and
Its attendant festivities on land and sea.
The naval review especially attracted
members of the diplomatic corps and the
Senators and Representatives who are
on the Congressional naval cpmmlttee,
and who. It Is hoped by the powers that
be will be won over to the "greater
navy? Idea by the sight of so grand a
parade of battleships.
Among the first of the official families
to reopen their homes for the Winter
are Senator and Mrs. Thomas Carter, of
Montana, who are here to place their
youngest son In Georgetown. University
for the session 1908-07. Mrs. Carter Is an
old-time hostess ever welcome ' at the
capital.
Surgeon-General and . Mrs. George M.
Sternberg were alsp early returners, and
are now settled In their new home on
Massachusetts avenue, where they will
have as neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Spencer, of Southern Railway fame Mr.
and Mrs. George Westlnghouse, of elec
trical note; Commander Herschel Main,
U. S. N., and Mrs. Main, who are old
residents of Washington.
- Mrs. Sternberg and Mrs. Main will be
especially congenial, as both tare Na
tional officers of the N. S. D. A. R. and
are Also prominent In philanthropic and
club circles. Moreover, they are only re
moved by a block and Dupont Circle
from Mrs. Fairbanks, their coworker In
D. A. R. matters. Apropos to this close
proximity of homes It may be of Interest
to note that Mrs. Sternberg ' was . Mrs.
Fairbanks' choice of a candidate upon
whom to lay her official mantle when she
retired as president-general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
The report that Baron Mayor des
Planches would resign as Italian Am
bassador to Washington has been official
ly confirmed, and In consequence con
gratulations are showered upon the Am
bassador from Austria-Hungary, who has
now become dean of the foreign corps.
&irith their 11
after one bullet had punctured the
camera they were only too glad to
wave a flag of truce and depart In
haste.
Daughter an Expert Shot.
Dletz's children- are all expert
marksmen.. , His daughter, Almyra, 18
years old, is said to be almost as ac
curate In her aim as her father. In
the last battle she kept up an Inces
sant fire until the posse took to their
heels. One of , the deputies declared
that she was the most dangerous of
the outfit to any sheriff or deputy bent
on their arrest. He said he was In
danger all the time of being killed by
one of the bullets from her rifle.
"If It takes a company of state
militia to get the old man," said the
deputy, "It will take a regiment of
regulars to get the girl."
Almyra delights In the possession of an
for which he has been, acting chief for
a year or more.- By virtue of Baron
Hengelmueller's honorary promotion by
his colleagues the Baroness becomes the
actual leader In the set where she has
been the. titular head since her advent
In Washington society seven or eight
years ago.
She came armed with youth, beauty.
International experience as a hostess and
unlimited means for the social conquest
of the New World capital. Little wonder
that she succeeded so well as to attract
the attention of her sovereign. Emperor
Franz Joseph, about the time the latter
was considering an official recognition of
her husband's diplomatic ability, and
that his elevation from Minister Pleni
potentiary to the rank of Ambassador
should be the result. For the past two
years they have enjoyed without serious
rivalry the social homage of their con
freres In the diplomatic corps and Wash
ington society in general, their dinners
and the Baroness' Saturday evening sa
lons alone being sufficient to win many
friends to their banner.
Mila. the small daughter of this bril
liant couple of International fame, has
skillfully played her part In their suc
cess, for the little miss Is a wonderful
linguist and with her childish prattle has
smoothed out many rough waves when
a storm threatened the Juvenile seas
whereon several nations were repre
sented. Like her mother, the wee Baron
ess is a born hostess, her birthday and
Christmas parties being equalled In
Washington child society only by those
of Miss Marguerite Draper, daughter of
ex-United States Ambassador to Italy
and Mrs. Draper.
The resignation- of Senor Don Joaquin
Walker-Martinez as Minister to this
country from Chile, notice of which
reached the State Department within the
week, is an echo of the earthquake at
Valparaiso," where the Walker-Martinez
family had large property interests and
consequent losses. The announcement
has therefore caused sympathy and re
gret, for both parents and children were
general favorites in the cosmopolitan so
clty of Greater Washington. Senora
Walker-Martinez was a striking beauty,
whose personal attractions-were as noth
ing compared with the brilliancy of her
mind, and the family group as they
moved about the hotel where they made
their home during the most of their stay
In the city elicited admiration at every
turn. It was an affectionate group, too,
without ostentation but with an unmis
takably thoroughbred air. Is it contact
with such as these that has given to
Washingtonians their reputation for po
liteness In public places, especially in
street-cars, where never does one see a
gentleman sit while a lady has to stand?
When the clans finally assemble for
the Winter they will find the Japanese
embassy housed In new and more commo
dious quarters, the Tokio government
having recently purchased the home of
the late Secretary of State John Sherman,
on Franklin square. The house has for
the past several seasons been the scene
of much gaiety as the home of Repre
sentative and Mrs. Sibley, of Pennsyl
vania. The latter will not return as
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organ which she plays for hours every
day. She has a good soprano voice and
at times, through "the woods can be heard
the notes of a song. The children have
been taught by their moher, who was
a school teacher before her 'marriage
The two older brothers, Clarence and
Dester, have both shot their man. Clar
ence, the elder of the two, now wears
a bandage about his head, a mark left
there by the last Sheriff's posse that
went into tne wooos alter uietz.
The family lives In a rude cabin on
the crown of the hill overlooking the
dam and from this point they fight the
unequaled battle which they know can
only have one ending the death of the
defenders. During the Summer the 160-
acre farm is inaccessible, but In the
Winter narrow sledges have been taken
In over the uncertain trail through the
hardwood forest. The lonely family sub
sists on deej. and other game shot along
the Thornapple River ana the produce
from the small farm In the clearing.
It Is indeed a happy family that lives
In this Isolated part of the world, and
the only trouble they have to contend
with Is to fight off the approach of offi
cers of the law. As they are well forti
fied and have won every battle they have
been forced Into, they are fearless. To
John Dletz certainly belongs the title of
monarch of all he surveys.
Congressional hosts, having decided to
become "farmers" Instead, and the place
was put on the market. Its subsequent
purchase by the Japanese was In line
with the Emperor's policy since the ele
vation of his Minister to the rank of
Ambassador, to make the embassy and
Its surroundings the equal of any other
official home in Washington. Baroness
Aoki, the German -wife of the Ambassa
dor, has already proved herself an ac
ceptable chatelaine and great things are
expected of her socially, once she Is es
tablished In her new home.
A double wedding In the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Le Grande Powers was the
event for which society dressed In glad
rags on Tuesday. The Interesting cere
mony took place in the evening In the
Church of Our Father and was wit
nessed by a large circle of friends of the
contracting parties, who were Miss Irma
Luclle Powers and Ernest H. Kotch. Jr.
Lorln Powers and Miss Edith Margarlte
Brooks. A reception at the Sixteenth
street home of Mr. and jurs. Powers
followed the services at the church.
An out-of-town wedding was the cen
ter of interest ' on Wednesday, when
many Washingtonians were invited to
the Second Presbyterian Church In Louis
ville. Kentucky, to witness the marriage
of Miss Adair Monroe Taylor and Rep
resentative Wyatt Aiken, of South Caro
lina. Miss Taylor has spent some time
as a visitor "In Washington and Mr.
Aiken Is one of the most popuplar of
the younger Southern men In Congress.
After a brief wedding trip, and a visit to
nis palmetto state home, Jrlepresentatlve
and Mrs. Aiken will come to Washing
ton for jhe Winter.
The Southern colony here will have an
other recruit in the person of ex-Secretary
of War John G. Carlisle, who after
spending the next few weeks at Pine
Orchard, Maine, will come here with his
family to make a permanent home. En
route to Washington they will stop in
New York to see Miss Laura Carlisle,
the younger daugter, off for a year's
study in Europe.
The wiseacre who declared "there is
nothing new under the sun" might be
put to rout were he in Washington these
days and should witness a regular serv
ice of the "Church of God and the Saints
of Christ," as the new-found religion of
the colored people Is called.
The "saints" or elders who are preach
ing the new doctrine, believe that clean
liness Is next to godliness, and If they
keep up their present ardent efforts the
black race will soon cease to be the
"great unwashed" of America. In cul
tivating this new-found cardinal virtue
no details must be spared and all con
verts are expected to clean their houses
and themselves as well as their clothes
on the "preparation day," which Is Fri
day. To become a member of this queer
faith one must allow one's feet to be
publicly washed by an "elder" (there are
no reverends), his mouth kissed by the
entire membership of the church, and
then be baptised by Immersion. The
Multnomah; an Appreciation
(With Apologies to His-Descendants.)
Read befor the Lewis and Clark Reading
Circle, of Portland, at its annual outLnc, on
the heights of Mount Tabor.
by c. m. wooa.
Hundreds 'of years ajco today.
(At east so runs the story).
Brave old Multnomah held his sway
And roamed in all his glory
O'er this fair mount on which we stand-
Now designated Tabor
As one born rightly to command.
And not tor common labor.
Through all the forests here about.
And o'er the vales surrounding.
The echo of hia savage shout
Was constantly resounding.
He slaughtered elk and bear and deer
Just-like a child of Mammon,
And when these vanished, far and near.
He filled his hide with salmon.
Not he tne man to plow and sow
And till the soil in sorrow.
For If provisions should run low
From neighbors he could "borrtw";
And as for houses, barns, and such.
To him these had no meaning.
Which pleased his faithful housewife much
It saved the annual cleaning.
For she, poor soul, had not yet learned
The rights of wife and mother;
Or, If she had. those rights she spurned
And left them to another.
Her's was the right to do the work
And her liege lord not bother;
Nor was there chance for one to shirk
Where all must toll but father.
She washed his clothes and cooked his meals,
She trimmed him up with leathers;
She painted him from head to heels
And garnished him with feathers;
She bore him children .half a score.
Nor thought once of complaining.
And found it not the least a bore
To do her own home-training.
Of women's clubs she nothing knew.
Much less of women voting.
But she was found, when tasks were through
Upon her husband doting.
A king was he In her fond eyes,
A prince, without a fetter.
And you need not express surprise
She never knew a better.
But not alone did this fond squaw
Acknowledge him as master.
His word to all his tribe was law
Who brooked It met disaster;
And all the neighboring tribes about
Turned pate when he went gunning,
Nor did they in defiance shout
If there were chance for running.
And so It came to pass, you know,
When Mult, was short of rations
He levied tribute, high and low.
On the surrounding nations. 9
"A mean and selfish thing to do,"
Methlnks X hear you saying.
But not unlike the magnates who
Are now on people preying.
Multnomah knew no law but might
Pretended to no other
But openly went out to fight
His forewarned, subtle brother.
Not so the predatory band
Now feeding on the nations;
They pose as friends, with manners bland.
And occupy high stations.
They do not seek a quarrel or flghf
With those from whom they're stealing.
But only ask that no strong light
Be thrown upon their dealing.
So common is this modern plan
Of pillage, graft and plunder.
That at the facts the average man
Has long since ceased to wonder.
But to return to our Big Chief
And tell you what befell him
final act of ceremony Is the "breathing;
on" by' the spirit as represented In some
one of the "saints." Repentance of sins
Is conceded to be the first qualification
for membership. When asked if a back
slider was ever formally put out of the
church the answer was, " 'Tain't no use
of that. Things just naturally gets too
hot to hold him."
The church is indirectly interested in
the church of God cafe, the church of
God shaving parlor, department store,
cash grocery and the Daughter of Jeru
salem. Noah '-a Ark, a sort of emporium
for everything under the sun.
In striking contrast to this noisy re
ligious temple of the negroes is - the
Washington mission, where deaf mutes
assemble every Sunday evening for Bibli
cal Instruction and remain to have the
regular service of the church interpreted
for them.
The mission is held In a tiny room
adjoining Trinity Episcopal Church, and
la presided over by one of their own
number who has taken the deaconatq or-,
ders, and who will later become a priest
of the gospel t Christ as sent to ail
kinds and conditions of men.
GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.
TIME FOR STUDY AND SLEEP
Number of Hours by Which Best
Results Are Obtained.
American Medicine.
Mothers know that the new-born In
fant must sleep about 22 hours, and that
this amount Is so slowly lessened that the
child still demands 12 hours when It Is
about 12 years old. It la quite likely that
the normal amount Is not reduced to 10
hours until about 18 years of age or per
haps until 21 years. Nine hours may be
required until well along In years.
To let boys of 14 sit up until 10 o'clock
and then rout them out at 6 Is nothing
short of criminal, but It Is a lone-established
custom. Lower animals can be
quickly killed by depriving them of sleep
the boy Is not killed, but perhaps he is
so exhausted that he loses resistance to
disease.
Medical students not Infrequently make
the same mistake, forgetting that a tired
brain neve, absorbs anything. The mid
night oil frequently represents wasted
time and money, and the student sleeps
during the next day's lectures, when he
should be wide awake.
A good test of exhaustion is the ten
dency to sleep during a dry lecture and
this Is no Joke.
Experience has proven that those who
retire In time to sleep at least nine hours,
and occasionally ten, get far more out of
their course than the "grinds." Some of
the best men habitually take ten hours.
Theoretically a student should be as fresh
however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this
great liniment alway prepares the body for the strain upon it, and
preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcomes all the
danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through
this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing.
Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from tha
remedy. Sold by all
druggists at $i.oo per
bottle. Our little
book, telliner all about
this liniment, will be sent free.
Tli Bndfle!. Remittor Co., Atlanta, Gi.
(The story challenges belief)
Not all the tribes coujd quell him.
He grew and prospered In his way.
From one year to another, (
And got to feeling proud and gay
Just like his rich white brother.
And so things went for quite a spell.
Yet there was trouble brewing;
And 'twas not long ere he could tell
There would be something doing.
So, like a chief with Judgment sound,
He called. In mass contention,
The tribes from many miles around
Too numerous to mention.
Then spoke Multnomah to the crowd
Of redskins who were kicking.
His head erect, his bearing proud
He'd never had a licking:
"How came you here? As friend or foe?'
He asked, in tones amusing;
"I merely want at once to know.
And you can do the choosing."
"But if you come to pick a fight
He cried In accents steady.
"Although our arms are not In sight
You'll find ub always ready;
And let me make you understand.
Lest later you should wonder.
That I and my bold warrior band
Are truly Sons of Thunder."
No sooner had these words been said
Than something strange, appalling.
Broke loose around, beneath, o'erhead.
As though the skies were falling;
The old earth heaved and groaned In pal a
Mt. Hood began to shiver.
And then belched forth a fiery rain
That soon ran like a river.
The Bridge of Gods fell with a crash
From Its rock-ribbed foundation.
And over all the lightning's flash
Lit up the wild creation.
The mighty Oregon was damms$
For many a breathless minute, "
And Its tremendoue tide was Jammed
By what had fallen in It.
Then with an awful rush and roar
That mighty flood came flying
To where, so short a time before.
The Big Chief did his lying.
Great fear now took the place of strife.
With all who were assembled.
And for the first time In his life
Brave old Multnomah trembled.
No wonder, then, he lost his head
Amid such scenes volcanic.
He sprang upon his horse and fled
In ntter, wildest panic.
But thousands were less swift than he
In following out their notion.
And. ere they found a chance to flee.
Were ewept into the ocean.
n time Multnomah reached his tent
This chief of former glory
But few of those who with him went
Returned to tell the story.
And thus in a brief time he found
His was a vanished nation;
And, though he was a statesman sound.
He'd lost hiB occupation.
Besides, hia horses, cattle, all
Had disappeared like maglo;
And his great pride suffered a fAI
That seems a trifle tragic.
The hostile tribe that heretofore
Supplied his recreation
(For there were left yet many more)
Could thrash hi shattered nation.
This was too much for such a chief
It broke his heart completely;
And, though he tried to hide hia grief,
This was not done discreetly.
For soon the silver chord was snapped
Hia heart-strings burst asunder,
,And in his winding sheet was wrapped
This famous Son of Thunder.
at the end of the term as at the begin
ningthe vacation Is for another purpose
tljan sleep.
The whole subject, though very old. Is
so new to the laymen who do the damage
to schoolboys, particularly in boarding
schools, that there Is urgent need of
wider publicity and much discussion for
enlightenment. Not only will proper sleep
permit more to be gained for less effort,
but it will prevent the exhaustions which
so frequently follow school courses.
Physicians might teach mothers that It
is harmful to waken children of any
age they should waken In the morning
naturally. If they are not in time for
school they do not retire early enough.
If they are sleepy heads it is either the
fault of the parents or the result of
ocular defects.
There is much comment upon the large
number of midshipmen who fail at the
Naval Academy In a course not worse
than in many colleges. It Is suspected
that they would do better if they had
ten hours' sleep daily.
Toole's One Act Play.
Here is a good story of the late English
comedian, Toole, that will be new to
many.
"What I want Is a bright, short play,"
said Toole .to the amateur who had
brought him a six-act drama.
"How do you mean a short, bright
drama?" asked the author. "Can you
give me an idea?"
''Oh, yes," said Toole; "here's one. It's
direct and leaves much tq, the Imagina
tion. 'It is in one act.
"When the curtain goes up two persons
are discovered on a sofa, one a pretty,
young woman, the other a nice looking
young fellow. They embrace: neither of
them says a word. Then a door openes at
the back and a commercial traveler en
ters. He wears an overcoat and carries
an umbrella. You can tell at once by his
manner that he is the husband of the
young woman. At least, that would be
the inference of every Intelligent play
goer. "The husband takes off his coat, draws
from his pocket a heavy Colt's revolver
and in the midst of the silent embrace of
hero and heroine fires.
"The young woman falls dead.
"He fires again and the young man Is
similarly disposed of. Then the murderer
comes forward, puts on a pair of eye
glasses and proceeds to contemplate his
sanguinary work. 'Great heavens!' he
exclaims, 'I am on the wrong floor." "
Renan's Notebook.
When Renan died he left nine volumes
In manuscript, containing the notes of
his young manhood on religion, philoso
phy, history and life. He never meant to
publish them, but It appears that his
daughter has decided to do so.
Every woman covet
shapely, pretty figure, and
many of them deplore tha
loss of their girlish forms
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destructive
to the mother's shapeliness.
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