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This Is the first of a series of
articles by Marqaret Greenleaf on
Making the Home Beautiful."
Miss Greenleaf Is an expert on
home decoration. Her articles In
the Ladles Home Journal, Her ed
itorial work on Home and Garden,
and three years experience as
consulting decorator, have equipped
her most thoroughly.
In connection with the present
articles. Inquiries accompanied by
stamped envelopes will receive her
personal reply. Letters Involving
replies of general Interest may be
answered through the columns of
The Sunday Oregonlan.
The plan Is to present to the
reader Interesting, helpful and
practical suggestions for remodel
ing or Improving and beautifying
the home at the least expense
supplemented with Illustrations.
Following are among the subjects
to be treated In future articles:
Wall coverings and window cur
tains. Dining-room. Working plans for
bullt-ln buffets and china cup
boards, with suggestions for In
expensive furniture on artistic
lines.
Bedrooms.
Bathrooms and kitchen.
Window boxes constructed and
planted by the amateur.
Porches and porch furnishings.
Selection of hardware, tiles and
fixtures for the redecorated room
or new home.
Radiator and register and the
window seat.
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"! ritrltt. IPftS. by Ma raja rot Greenleaf.
IN the modern small house the parlor,
sitting-room and rvrn the hall are
frequently supplanted by a well-proportioned
ant! dignified room which un
der the generic term of living-room fills
hM i 1 if requirements of these smaller
a pertinents and provides for the occu
pMiits of the house a feathering place
which is spacious and may be rendered
homelike and Inviting. .
It is quite possible to achieve this room
in Ilie old house which is bein remodel-
I. The removal of partitions or the
, widening of the doorways may be the
means of converting small, stuffy, badly
proportioned rooms into an attractive llv-inc-room.
Throwing the rooms well to-pi-ther
by enlarging the doors into squared
openings of generous dimensions will
a so convey the idea of space and airi
ness, evin though the rooms be some
what divided.
I'-. the old house remodeled, whore the
cost of Improvements Is limited to a
modest sum. the original standing -wood-
ROMANCE
I niqne Carpet
Probably the most remarkable car
pet ever brought to St. Louis, Mo., is
the rug which covers the floor of the
private office of Attorney William C.
Leonard. To all appearances there is
nothing exceptional about this carpet,
and the casual observer would notice
it only because, like Richard Harding
J 'avis' doormat that was laid in the
middle of a bedroom floor, it is In an
unusual place. It is a rag carpet, and
rag carpets are not often seen in down
town business offices. But It is re
markable tn itself for two reasons
Ita material spells the military history
of a family from Revolutionary days
to the present, including several great
wars, and its manufacture represents
the devotion of a quondam servant for
t he grandson of his former master.
The carpet 1s made of parts of uni
forms worn by members of the Leon
ard family, who were officers in the
British army in the battles of the
American Revolution, .on the field of
Waterloo, during the Crimean War and
the Sepoy mutiny, and by the owner
of the carpet himself during the re
cent Spanish-American war.
"When I was up North last Summer."
said Mr. Leonard, in speaking of his
Tug. "I visited a queer little town in
Northern Minnesota, and in the course
f a' tramp through the surrounding
country T cam upon a carpetweaver's
shop. I had iievei: seen primitive oar
I ct - wcavin c, and the old-fashioned .
ilnt'isy loom attracted and interested
m'. IMd you ever see one? You can
not Imagine a more crude-looking
piece of machinery. I stopped to watch
the process of weaving, and in the
source of conversation with the weaver
I discovered that he was of English
parentage and that his people had come
from the same part of the country that
I rt M. Of course that interested me,
a I'd I asked hfs name. When he told
me It was Robert Far noil I asked if
1m was rclr.ted to the celebrated
rharlese St. -wart Purnell, home rule
.tilvcato in the British House of Com
mons. Ho replioi. with a In ugh.
" ' h. no, sir. My people did not be-h-iig
to the gentry In Kngland. My
IM' i;.- were servants, my father was
hi'tlci in tif of th ild eountry fanil
i ut'tH he nmrrie.r my mother' and
Hiii,- to America.
' I : 1 said. "And what was
"in- Cither's master's name?',
" Volnnel illiam leopard, of the
l-ilii arnn.' h replied.
"'You d-n t nionti it V I exclaimed.
( 'olnin t William Ueonr.rd was my
pr;i;idfather. You must be old James
son."
"You htT.kl have srn the man's
la. '-. Tht .p- . s-ion of It cha.ngod
nhoi't ton times in as many eonds.
II'' n i " t" a ston !sli, ,k to speak for a
m-'iiiil, but when h.- finally did rr-
't'l'f i: you Rre th young master!
"1 upH-ic l am." I answered, laujrh
inc; 'on';- I never thought of it before.
Yo'i s. 1 .tii an American now."
After th:.t nothing in that v'llae
K.ii? iiife t?noiI ftiourh for me. l was
n t ri- d off s- Jams and h is wife
-his vHf. had h-en my mother's nurse
- and to say that I was made much of
i y them Is stating the case v e ry
m 1M! . OKI Jh nies sr and his wife
is S . and they t a 1 k ed to me of inci
dents in the life of my parents and
grandparents and of events in the his
tory of Kngland that occurred fia and
7n yenr ago as familiarly as I would
speak of the happenings of . the last
few years. .
"old .tames bad a brother in .merica
he wrote him su'h glnwine Recounts" of
conditions here that he and his wife and
m.. -' I I U ifItl1 f tnc matcria Is" used for aach
work must be retained. It is possible to
use varnish remover on this and thor
oughly cleanse the stain or paint and
varnish from it. The wood may then
be- restained and finished and the effect
be quite as pood as. ff new woodwork
were installed.
"When the furniture to be used in the
room is of mahogany, chery or mahog
anized birch the varnish alone should be
taken off; a slight application of the re
mover will do this. All woodwork should
have then an undercoatlng of white lead.
followed by ivory enamel, or the wood
work may be painted white In three
coats. This work can be done success
fully by an amateur, if ordinary care
be used in the application of materials.
The plans of many of the small houses
of recent construction show either a di
rect entrance into the living-room, or a
slight concession made to old prejudice
or climatic condition in the form of a
WOVEN FROM RAGS
Contains Uniforms of Five Generations of Soldiers.
a party of 25 or 30 other people from
the same section of the country decided
to leave home and try their fortunes
In the new world. Finding things not
quite to their liking In the East, they
emigrated West and became pioneers In
the settlement of Northern Minnesota.
They underwent many hardships, of
course, tn blazing the trail through the
great Northwest, but they prospered on
the whole and all their sons, except the
carpet-weaver, are now well-to-do farm
ers in Minnesota. They never returned to
Rngland. and knew nothing about our
family except a few hearsays that had
come to ,them In the most roundabout
way, and they did not know that I had
departed from the traditions of my family
and studied law instead of entering the
army, or that I Ifad -come to America.
One son, the weaver, who Is a cripple,
is especially devoted to the family tra
ditions. With the usual longing of the
physically weak to emulate the pnysically
strong, he is consumed with the desire to
become a soldier, and all his life he has
revelled in stories of battles and histories
of military operations. He probably un
derstands the- sience of war much better
now than he would have done if he had
been a soldier himself, for 1n that case
he would merely have ' followed plans
thought out and laid down for him by
some one else, while now He works out
the situation for hi nisei f. Just before I
left he showed me a tot of pieces of old
uniforms, sleeves, parts of blouses and
trousers and things of that sort which
he said, had been worn by my father,
grandfather and uncles of two genera
tions, and one particularly faded and dis
reputable scarlet sleeve, which showed a
long, jagged tear made by a piece of
shrapnel from an American cannon dur
ing the siege of Torktown. belonged to
my great-grandfather. Of coarse I was
Kreatly Interested In the relics and asked
him to let me have them, never dreaming
that he would consent to part with them,
even to me. ,
I'll tell you what I will do. "Robert.'
T said to him. more as a joke than any
thing ejpc, 'you give me these and I will
snd you the uniform 1 wore during the
Spanish-American war.
" 'Will you. really. Master William?' he
exclaimed, his eyes shining. 'All right. I
will send you these when, you get back
to St. Louis.'
4I did not expect to receive them, of
course, for I knew how he cherished
them, but I sent him my old service uni
form soon after I came home. You can
Imagine my surprisce when this carpet
came. Tte letter that came with it is
as interesting to me as the carpet. Wait
a moment. I II show it To you."
Turning to bis desk hs looked through
a pile of letters, selected one and handed
it to inc. It ran as follows:
' William C. Leonard. Ks.. St. I.ouis.
Mo. My "Hear Master William: I am
sending you by express today a rug
whih I have just made and which I
hope you will Uk. Th pieces of your
relations' uniforms which I showed you
are nil in the carpet, as Is also your own
uniform, except a small portion of the
sleeve, which I kept. You have in this
carpet four generations of uniforms of
the British army, uniforms worn in
every important war in which Great
Rritaln has had a part since the time of
King tleorg" II T.. and one generation of
the American army uniform. My only
regret N that yours is not also a British
uniform, for while you are an American
by adoption and I am one by birth, we
are both :iglish at heart, and will al
ways retain our affection for our mother
country. Yours verv respectfully.
"ROBERT PARNBTX."
"Now. don't you think that Is a nig
to be proud of?" Asked he as he folded
A. JIO-RNER.OF.TIiE LIVING ROOM
small vestibule hall which practically
takes nothing from the room proper.
It Is, then, to this "heart of the home,"
the living; or family room, that the house
holder gives the greatest ' thought and
care in planning the decorating jand
furnishing.
In the drawing is shown an excellent
suggestion for simple and inexpensive
detail in the standing woodwork of such
a room. The wood used here is yellow
pine and has been stained a clean nut
brown. This room is well lighted and
of southeastern exposure, thereby limit
ing the choice of wall color to a cool
tone. The rough plastered walls are
tinted a shade of tan. which Is almost
gray, and the friexe about the upper wall
shows gray-brown full sailed boats upon
a quiet sea. The ceiling Is cross beamed,
and between the beams, the squares .of
rough plaster .are tinted a lighter shade
than the side walls. The wainscot is
only five feet in height and is finished
the letten and put It back in its place.
"You couldn't buy that rug from me
for JoOVWO." New York World.
Reported From the Office.
The waste basket is the office bully; it
is always reaciy for a scrap.
The blotter Is frequently blue, but when
employed it finds its work absorbing.
The ink is often disturbed and looks
black. It is not very sociable, but drops
in on the ledger occasionally.
The eraser Is keen at its work, yet it
never does so well as when it has an edge
on.
The stamps are on the square, and al
ways stick closely to whatever the boss
puts them on.
The pencil is a bit of a stick, has many
dull moments, but Is all write when kept
to the point.
The mucilage is sort o stuck up; alto
gether different from the calendar, which
is much prettier and is always ready to
give you a date.
The pen is kept up to the scratch. No
wonder it Is soon worn out, for it Is hard
pushed, during office hours, and keDt on
the rack all the rest of the time. Boston
Transcript.
The Only Safe Way
Don't sleep on your left side, for it
causes too great a pressure on the heart.
Don't sleep on your right side, for it
interferes with the respiration of that
lung.
Don't sleep on your stomach, for that
interferes with the respiration of both
lungs and makes breathing difficult.
Don't sleep on your back, for this
method ef getting rest is bad for the
nervous system.
Don't sleep sitting in a chair, for your
OLDEST AMERICAN CRAFT AFLOAT
Bnilt In 1805, Served In the War of 1812 and Still In Active Commission.
THE famous schooner Polly is now
In Southern waters in active com
mission. Captain McFarland sailed her
to the Jamestown Exposition and has
not yet brought her back to Maine.
Th Polly Is th oldest American
schooner afloat Und one of the oldest ves
sels In the world In actual commission.
Built at Amesbury, Mass., in 3805, no
schooner sailing In Any waters has had
a more varied life. The little 65-ton
craft was a privateer in 1812, was cap
tured by and escaped from the British,
sailed to the Golden Gate in 3949, and
around the world several times, being
regarded In hr time as one of the fast
est sailers on the seas.
Even today, after more than a century
of buffeting the billows of many oceans,
the Polly can show her heels to many a
more modern coaster in a run from Ca
lais to Boston.
Under the command of Captain Jedu
thiin Upton, of Salem, Mass.. more than
four score years ago the Polly's decks
bristled with guns as she scoured the
sas preying upon British commerce until
captured by His Majesty's ship Phoebe,
of 44 guns. Captain and crew were taken
to England and held as prisoners for sev
eral months.
The National Society nf the Daughters
of lKlt are doing everything in their
power to preserve complete records of
the Polly's career, and have obtained
much valuable data. The craft was built
of best white oak, and was new topped
In While the Polly has, of course.
by a shelf four inches deep.. Such a
shelf will be found a decided aid In
floral decoration of the room, as it is
wide enough to hold safely various pieces
of brass and copper, as" well as other
cherished, bits of bric-a-brac. The book
shelves, shown In the drawing, are set
flush with the wall and framed about
with boards of the pine eight inches In
width, finished, like the standing wood
work. The books on these shelves
should be arranged with careful regard
to the color of the bindings. It is Inat
tention to such small detail in furnishing
that the way to success lies.
This particular room has casement
windows, which are hung with straight
draperies of madras showing Oriental
figures of green and orange on a yel
lowish tan ground. These curtains are
run on small brass rods attached to the
frame of the window, and extend only
to the silT. They are finished with a
three-inch hem. This madras Is 48
body falls into an unnatural position and
you cannot get the necessary relaxation.
Don't sleep standing up. for you may
topple over and crack your skull.
Don't sleep. Puck.
z Absolution Guaranteed.
Vicar John, do you er ever use
strong language?,
John (guardedly) Well, sir, I I may
be a little bit keerless in my speech at
times.
Vicar Ah, I am sorry, John. But we
will converse about that some other
time. Just now I want you to go to
the plumber's and settle this bill of
four pounds ten for thawing out a
water pipe. And you might just talk
to the man in a careless sort of way,
just as if it were your own bill.
An Old Sons.
Wiien all the winds are mellow In the glad
Spring time
And bank and fell and fallow bloEsom
laden, When every breath's a song and every laugh
like rhyme
Bing hey. the day for youth to meet a
fnalden
Then out amid the mornlnjr.
1-et wisdom waste her warning.
We'll lauch. Dear Heart, and slug. Dear
Heart, through all the golden day!
Rd lips are such a treasure
As only love can measure
When all the world is merry In the month
of May!
When all the dark is hollow and the wind
blows cold
And down the west the tawny sun Is
sinking.
When every word Is wise, and every heart
grows old.
Sing ho. the flight's a noble time for
drinking!
Then drown he wizard sorrow!
Tonight from rtath we borrow.
We'll laug-h. good friends, and quaff, good
friends, until the dawn of day!
Let song and wine remind us
Of loves we Wt behind us
When all the world was merry In the month
of May!
Brian Hooker In Harper's Magazine.
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S( HOOVER POI.I.V,
bcn repaired from time to time,, her
timbers, planking, etc., are the Identical I
1 A
. m mw phi i si i i ji
BOOK.
Tn the doorways arc hung curtains of
Arras cloth exactly matching the tan
of the wall. In a band across the lower
edge of the curtains and within a foot
of the top are stencilled figures of the
same color and design as those shown
In the madras. These, however, are
much enlarged. This, stencilling is
done with oil colors thinned with tur
pentine. The Arras cloth is $1.25 a
yard and 50 Inches wide, a single width
being all that is necessary for a single
curtain.
The built-in window seat on the op
posite side of the fireplace from the
book shelves has an upholstered pad
tised upon It. The covering is of up
holsterer's velveteen in a shade of
brownish tan. 'The pillows heaped at
either end of this are covered with raw
silk and velveteen In various shades of
green, orange and brown.
The rugs upon the floor are of do
mestic njake, and the designs and color
are Oriental, toning perfectly with the
scheme of the room. Tn quality they
are of the best body Brussels, and in
size 9x12 cost less than $30. The fur
niture is of ash, built on simple, crafts
manlike lines, and in color and finish
Is an excellent match for the wood
POISONOUS ANIMALS OF DESERT
Gila Monster, Tarantula, Centlpecdr, Scorpion, Skunk and Rattlesnake
NUMBERLESS as the sands of the
Southwestern deserts are the
myths of the deadly reptiles and
other poisonous tilings that are com
monly supposed to infest-every bunch
of mesqutte and cactus. Nevertheless,
it may safely be affirmed that there
are only three dangerous creatures in
the whole Southwest. Most dreaded
of all is the rattlesnake, but hardly less
to be feared-Is the commonplace skunk.
More deadly than either of these but
lees considered because so rare that
few persons ever see It is the hog
nosed viper. The centipede, the Gila
monster, the scorpion and the tarantula
are not by any means pleasant com
panions, but none of them is danger
ous contrary as the assertion may be
to accepted traditions.
No living creature is more universal
ly feared than the Gila monster. Yet
inquiry fails to bring to light a single
authenticated instance of the bite of
this creature having resulted fatally.
The fact that dissection and micro
scopic examination fall to reveal any
trace of the glands for the secretion of
venom ought to be regarded as satis
factory evidence that this member of
the lizard family has been grossly ma
ligned. Some years ago William H. Cobb, a
pioneer civil engineer, who has carried
the transit over almost every mile now
traversed'by the Santa Fe route in the
territories, with a few other inquisi
tive spirits of Albuquerque, undertook
to settle the mooted point as to wheth
er the Gila monster was "really danger
ous or not. A fine specimen was cap
tured and confined in a wire inclosure.
Then a chicken was secured, and the
feathers removed from Its breast, that
the reptile might have a fair chance
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'MUM il II C'" '"' ' 'ZiM
flifiTurtiiinwi i i if it
103 YEARS OLD.
material that siie was built of 103 years
ago.
SHELVES SET F Infill JWITH THE WALL
work. Such furniture may be pur
chased In the natural wood, that is,
without stain or finish of any kind,
and can be treated to match or har
monize with the woodwork of the room
in which it will be used.
Above the wide, plain .mantel shelf,
which Is of the Bame wood and finish
as the standing woodwork of the room,
Is set a plaster frieze in a flat frame
of the darkly stained wood. This ex-,
tends the entire length of the mantel.
The plaster has been stained a deep
Ivory. showing almost brown in the
shadows, anil given a final coating of
wax. Is meilow and beautiful in tone.
A. central table of dark ash is of
goodly size and sturdily built. Almost
covering the top of this table, leaving
a margin of the wood of about four
inches all around, is placed a piece of
brocade bringing together In vivid col
ors all the softer tones used in ttie
room. The square is edged about with
dull gold galloon. This supplies the
most brilliant note of color in the
room, with the exception of the book
bindings aiid the figures on the win
dow and door curtains. A squat jar of
dull glaze green pottery" has been con
verted into a lamp and topped by a
spreading shade of dark brown open-work
wicker, lined with pastel green silk,. One
end of the table is given up to a desk pad
to do Its worst. The chicken was then
held close to the lizard. It snapped
viciously at the chicken's breast, secur
ing a firm hold and not letting go for
more than 10 minutes. When -It re
leased its victim it was found that the
chicken's breast-bone was broken. Nev
ertheless biddy quickly recovered, the
bone knitting and the wound healing
over without swelling or giving any In
dication of poisoning. This appears to
furnish good foundation for the belief
that the dreaded Gila monster is really
as harmless as are all of its numerous
relatives of the great lizard family.
Possibly the widespread but apparent
ly groundless fear inspired by it is
due in part to its repulsive appearance.
Possibly, too. its bite may have been
known at times to have proved fatal.
Tt is fond of feeding upon putrid fieh.
Should it bite anyone after partaking
of a feast of that kind, blood poisoning
would, be almost inevitable, although
not due to any venom secreted by the
Gila's organism.
Whether the tarantula is ver a
death-dealer or not is another disputed
point. However, there seems to be no
doubt that the bite of this spider-like
creature inflicts one of the most painful
wounds that the human body can en
dure. Stolid Indians, who have borne
the tortures of the sun dance without
flinching, have been known to roll upon
the ground and shriek in agony when
bitten by a tarantula, which leaves a
livid scar that never grows dim.
It is possible that the tarantula bite
sometimes proves fatal, although it Is
difficult to find a well authenticated in
stance of this kind.
The centipede leaves a little trail of
white blisters wherever it crawls over
anyone, and each of these blisters devel
ops Into a painful ulcer. Its bite Is ex
tremely painful, but rarely is ever fatal
since the discovery of iodoform and simi
lar remedies, although if the traditions
of old-timers are to be believed. It used
to be considered a serious matter. "Doc"
Thomas, of Old Albuquerque, was bitten
severely-by an enormous centipede years
ago. but cured himself by the use of no
other remedy than liberal potations of
whisky.
The scorpion is another unpleasant
companion on the desert whose venomous
powers have ben greatly overestimated.
It is in the habit of secreting Itself in
one's clothing at night and making Its
presence felt when one begins to dress
in the morning. Its sting is severe and
painful, but rarely dangerous.
The hog-nosed viper is found In South
ern New Mexico and Arizona sometimes
wandering as far north as Gallup and
Lamy. tt is. however, not common any
where in the American Southwest, al
though in parts of Old Mexico It is a
terrible scourge. It is about as ugly a
creature as one can well imagine, taking
its nam from ita turned-up nose that
strangely caricatures a hog's snout.
Over its eyes are two horn -like scales,
somewhat similar to a chauffeur's gog
gles. It rarely attains a length of more
than 18 Inches. It hides in the sand,
which is exactly the same color as its
body, so that one is likely to provoke
it to wrath by treading upon It without
noticing it. Many sheephcrders have
ben fatally bitten by It. The fangs of
this ugly creature are perelsely similar
to those of the rattler, and its venom
fully as deadly.
Which is the more deadly the skunk
or the rattlesnake Is a query that many
a frontiersman would ponder long be
fore answering There are two species
of the skunk, 'or polecat, indigenous to
the Southwest. One Is precisely similar
in appearance and characteristics to the
and letter-holder made from the sam
brocade as the table cover. The inkwell,
pen trays, etc., are dull brass.
Hardware and fixtures in this room are
wrought Iron in effect. Kleetric lights
are suspended from three points of the
ceiling. Hung by iron chains are triangles
about 15 inches in length, and from these
drop three amber glasa shades each
holding a single electric bulb. The color
effect of the room when 1'ghted Is much
enhanced by the fact thatthe ground
glass of the bulb is also amber in tone.
These fixtures were carefully thought out
to suit this room and also to come within
the modest price limit set for the light
ing. It was found that the rounded link
chains were less expensive than those
with squared edges. This applied also to
the rods of the triangle and the suppprts.
These fixtures are of molded brass treated
with a dull black paint, and the effect is
quite the same as if they were of iron.
Some excellent pfeces of hand-wrought
copper and brass are used on the shelf
that extends about the room.
Where flowers are used in decoration,
thistles or sunflowers, great poppies or
peonies are chosen in preference to more
delicate blossoms.
In looking at this room one can only
applaud the restraint which has been ex
ercised in its decoration. It is dignified,
restful and quiet, being in no wise over
decorated or overfurnished, and yet is
thoroughly comfortable.
malodorous little animal tluit is fa
miliar to everyone. The other is a little
striped creature of about half that size,
most common in Southern New Mexico
and Arizona and Northern Mexico. Both
have been known to Inflict fatal bites,
but the small, striped animal is the less
vicious of the two.
It is said that the commonplace pole
cat has to its credit a roll of dead
numbering at least soldiers of the
United States Army. From the time the
American occupation in the Mexican
War down until the final rounding up
of Gerouimo and his band of Apache
braves in the Sierra Madres of Mexico,
the skunk was responsible for from II
to 25 fatalities among the soldiers sta
tioned in th Southwest every year.
Soldiers on the march In the warm cli
mate of the Southwest were accus
tomed to sleep on the ground. While
they slept the skunk would steal up
and bite them in the face most com
monly selecting the nose. The wound
nearly always proved fatal. Since the
close of the Indian campaigns, and the
general adoption of the ways of civil
ization, people rarely sleep upon the
ground In the open air.
Mr. "Cobb, the pioneer surveyor of the
Santa Ke route, already mentioned,
states without blushing that the worst
fright he ever had In his life was due
to three skunks. He was sleeping in
the open, on the Arizona desert.
Awakening sudden I y 'about da 3-break,
he was horrified to see a large skunk
asleep on his breast, another on his
stomach and a third on YIb legs. The
night was frosty, and the warmth of
his body had evidently wooed them to
slumber. To throw the three off his
body by a sudden spring from his re
cumbent position, without giving them
time to sink their teeth into his flesh,
was a gymnastic feat that he attempted
with entire success, although he admit
that nothing but the strength inspired
by terror made It possible. Next night
he camped In the same place, but set
himself to watch for skunks, instead of
to sleep. Before morning dsrwnnd lie
had shot seven. Kvldently the three he
bad unwittingly entertained the night
before had spread the news of his hos
pitality among their friends.
But the rattlesnake is the most omni
present of the deadly reptiles of the
Southwest. On the Mojave and Colo-
rado deserts one's ear is always
strained to catch the warning "huzr,"
for It never strikes without giving no
tice of Its Intention. In the course of
a day s travel across the desert, one Is
sure to see or hear anywhere from 15
to 30 of these dangerous reptiles, and
some days he may see 50. Consequent
ly, no one should travel on foot, or on
horseback, in New Mfpo or Arizona,
without the appropriate remedies.
These are plenty of "Taos lightning."
or strong whisky, for Internal use, and
plenty of permanganate of potash for
immediate application to the wound.
Soon after being bitten the victim be
comes crazed and remains In that con
dition for hours. If proper remedies are
not promptly applied, death is certain
In its most agon I zing form. Perhaps
the best safeguard against being bit
ten is the constant wearing of leather
leggings, or at least corduroy or other
heavy trousers, through which the rat
tler's fangs cannot, pierce. This pre
caution Is all thaWbas saved the writer
from being bitten on more than 10
different occasion!. Kansas City Star.
Kxporience In Kngland nhows that In
towns supplied wiMi noft water th dath
rate Is 10.2. whll In towns that have a
supply of hard water it Is only 16 9.