Lincoln County leader., August 21, 1914, Image 6

HENRI'S lid
It Was Bete-Noire Bscauss Ho
Always Did the Most Un
expected Things.
By F. H. LANCASTER.
"M'anilo have you been hear what
dey say about Bete-nolre?"
"Qu' e3t-ce?" demanded Mme. La
nese. "Dcy say," Mme. Splgolet's voice
lowered, "dey say he's been shoot de
rap."
Mme. Lanese swallowed the shock
grimly. "Seems like Bete-nolro Just
love to do what he ought not."
Mme. Splgolet continued. "When
my old man aBk htm about das, he
laugh and show him dollar. Call It
'easy money.' My old man say he
learn dose words down to still. Ho
say all dose young woods-riders talk
like das. I wish me das still catch
fire and burn up."
Mme. Lanese was a woman of few
words and no apostrophes.
"Dnme," she said tersely. "If Bete
noire going shoot de crap like one
negah, lie ain't going come see Made
line." "Uete-nolre." assented Mmo. Sprig
clet. Eh bten, the thought of Henri al
ways did suggest his nickname. His
head was red, his skin like skimmed
milk, his eyes like bits of brown fire;
but madame, his mother, had re
ramed him before he was kneo high.
Such a wilful little plague ho was,
forever doing the most unexpected
things "bcto-nolre."
And the bigger Henri rrcw the bet
ter the nickname suited li 1 in. A laughter-loving
dare-devil, honest and gen
erous, and wild as the wind. If It was
a boat rare, the boat he sailed would
win If she did not go to the bottom
If It was a nurse race, the burse he
rode would lead by a neck If it did
not break a leg. Hut, yes! betting
was always Interesting when Uete
nolre was in the running. No wonder
the Hayou loved htm; no wonder It
shook the sorrowful head when he fell
from grace. And after that crap
shooting, fall from grace Hete-uoire
did as flat as ever angel fell. Even M.
LaneBo shook the bead.
"Das ain't rlsht, shoot crap like
oue negah. No, sir; dus ain't right,"
he suid to his wife; and Madame La
r.ee said briefly to Madeline, her
daughter, tlint Bhe would not speak
with liete-nulre any more.
Madeline mud.) answer: "I been told
r.etenolro 1 make marry wit' him
when hu build house."
"You can't make marry wit' boy das
do like one neguh."
I'm going make marry wit' Uete
nolre when he gets house built."
"Ha! Das what you t'Ink maybe;
but me, I say non, non, non!"
Madeline said nothing.
Madame Lanese sought her friend.
"Par Madonne!" ejaculated Madame
Splgolet, when she had heard the
stoiy. "And Madeline, she suy yes?"
"Hut me, I say non, non, non!"
Madame Lanese felt a little proud of
her volubility. She had never done It
before.
"And what she pay don?"
"Not'lng." Madame relapsed Into
brevity. "Junt go on peeling 'taters.
Dam "latere!" the declared, rather un
fairly, for the potatoes had not been
that way at all. Maritime Splgolet was
concerned with the situation:
"'.Mais del! She can't make marry
If ynu say no."
"She make her age In five years
and den
"Belli! Dan long time, flvo years. If
you young. Tell Iletc-notro he can't
come see Madeline till she make her
ago."
Salt! Hut Uete-nolre, notified that
he should not Invade M. Lanese's front
gallery. Joyfully Invaded M. Lanese's
cornfield, where Madeline was pulling
fodder before sun-up, and Joyfully took
Madeline Into his arms.
"Don't you bot'er, Hebo. I'm going
uuiki nouse for you tout de-suite."
Madeline said "Yes contentedly.
She had not a doubt but what he
would. Eh, bleu! It Is so comforting
to feel Hint one's lover Is the biggest
and bravest man on the Hayou.
1'nder pressure of her faith In him
Bete-nolre resolved to do what no
other boy on the Hayou had ever
dono go away from homo to mnke
his fortune. Ten miles from tho llayou,
he learned, there was a factory that
fald three dollars and twenty cents a
oarrei lor shrimp; and that ten bar.
rels was a not unusual dav'a catch.
More money !n that than In dipping
turpentine for 30 cents a barrel, or
Burning coal for 40 a kiln. Hal be
would go to work for the factory.
When Bete-nolre ran his boat along
... iuiliii, nuiiri mey tola Dim
he must go to tho notary and get a
license, ana ne went, wondering reck
irasiy wnai license might be. Hut
wnen ne saw me bit of naner and un
derstood that ho would have to pay
some money for It, he perceived that
It was much like the "tllltate" old
man Reno showed whenever he want-
va xo gei out or working the mn,u
Ha! a certificate Is no bad thing to
naves neic noire put It In Ills norkM
and sailed away. His dago assistant
as i aown iu tne bow and said nnth.
Ing. What could he say, unless he
meant to lose ins day a work, or, rath,
er, day's pay for Idleness?
Illlthely unconscious of the evil sig
nificance that hung over the empty
acene, iiete-noire set on man and him
elf to work. Shrimp were plentiful,
yet, save a sail in the offing, no other
boat was In sight The dago watched
the tall, Uete-nolre did not. Ho bad
cocao there to catr-h shrimp, and be
was catching them when a boat
swooped alongside and a gentleman,
uninvited, came aboard.
"Seem to be catching some shrimp,"
laid this gentleman, dryly.
"Yes, tlr," returned Uete-nolre po
litely, "I been catch some, me!"
"Well, you are going to stop It, you
know?"
"Ha?" questioned Bete-nolre pleas
antly. "You, nor no other man ain't going
to fish Bhrlmp out of these here waters
for three, twenty a barrel."
"Yea, sir," said Bete-nolre, "das
what I get, me. T'rce, twenty a bar
rel." "Well, you shan't, do you under
stand?" Hote-nolre bethought him of his cer
tificate and drew It out.
"Ain't dat 'tifltate all right?" he de
manded. "That paper's got nothing to do with
It. You got to throw them shrimp
back In the water and go home."
"Ha?" said Bete-nolre. The dago
began to grin but the delegate didn't
understand the tone. He swore sharp
ly. "I'll show you what I mean, thick
head," and Belzlng a shovel he threw
a peck of shrimp overboard. The
next Instant he dropped the shovel
und dove head-first after those shrimp.
As his boatman pulled the delegate
In a voice low-pitched and vibrant put
the question: "You going got out; you
going die?" and the steady aim of the
rlne put a point to the question.
The bont-man dropped to his oars.
It was some time before he even took
breath to say disgustedly ovor hlB
shoulder: "Didn't you know no better
than to make a 'Cajnn mad?"
Hy and by other boats came out on
the bay; some hailed him cheerily,
some went, sullen, by. Bete-nolre did
not notice. He was busy and so was
tho dago now. And when he got In
with his load everybody seemed busy
with him. They shook his hand, they
bragged about bis catch, they helped
him unload, they showed him whore to
get his checks. And when the man at
the window had pushed out the
checks, he too, shook hands with Bete
nolre and said genially: "The boss
wants to see you."
"Where I find him, 'if you please?"
"In yonder."
As Bete-nolre
" . . U Ull.LU LIIQ
bookkeeper said nlrniflnonfiv. u....
that red headed 'Cajan."
ino boss dropped his miner nnrt
arose: "Ah. Mr. Bete-nnim ihv .n
la you made a fine catch."
"Yes, sir; t'ank vou. I An nr.ii.
good, me." and 1tto.nni . in...
' ' OIUJHMg,
snook hands for the twentieth time.
l understand ah thn v h.j
some trouble out there."
"Trouble? No. sir- I Hirtn- k
trouble. No trouble "tall. -tin
'lalnty shrimp ten barrels. Every'
lng all right."
The bOSB bit hla hnarH "Ahf t ...
derstand that some one trW to ,..
your shrimp overboard."
llete-nolre's fine teeth nt.
fun: "Yes, sir: das what ha n.,i
uie. I t'row damfool overboard."
roar f laughter rang through the
factory and Bete-nolre Jolnod Joyously
",B i"Y or ii. it was worth even a
peck of shrimp.
"ell," he said courteously "l mo,.
on, me, I better be going."
"eavy hand clapped bis shoulder.
Yes, Blr! You better be going wif
Uie. 1 COt Wfllfnn horn fnm ,.. r
was M. Lanese. He had come to town
to trade hides for Pflt'-tnnnl and h rl
u vj uau
been greeted on all sldea with how
uete-nolre had "broke strike." Mon
sieur never stopped to auostlon whnth.
er It waa a good thing or no to break
a strike. He JubI let himself go with
gladness and said to everybody that
would listen: "Yes, sir; das great
cnap, das Bete-nolre. Great rhnn
sho! He's going make marrv wlf mv
IU' gal. And I reckon, me, he break
strike all right. He'a always break
somet'lng."
And tbe craps? Eh, blen! When
a man makes a fine catch shall not bis
sins be forgiven him?
(Copyright by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
TOMBS ARE CENTURIES OLD
Relict Believed to Be Pre-Etrutcan
Recently Unearthed Near the
City of Rome.
Relics said to date to the pre Etrus
can clvuizntlon of nlno centuries be
fore Christ have been dlHrnvoroH
the heart of the Campagna, 15 miles
to tne north of Home and not fnr fmm
the interesting remains of ihn
Etruscan city of Veil, which wat taken
by camlllut in 396 B. C.
The unearthed relics rnnnit nr
number of tombt In which bodlet were
evidently burled extended at full
length, although lu contequence of
tholr extreme antiquity all traces of
the skeletons even have dluminui
Beside each grave a smaller recep
tacle wat dug out to hold ih
which were alwayt burled with the
dead, and which in thlt caae are made
lu almplo shapes of earthenware of
dull black color with traces of
slight linear decoration.
Where tbe bodies must hva ii
various objoctt have been dlarnvnrat
In bronze, Iron and copper, with tome
gold ornaments made of thin ah
the metal In a very ours state. h.tn
out Into raised patterns ot lines, knob
and aomctlmet rudimentary nuki
It thought that all thete mutt have
been Imported treasures, as they
would nave been beyond the eom
pe-
tonce ot a people who could on
iy
achieve tbe rough pottery which
componled them.
ao-
The legislatures of Virginia and
South Carolina art considering ad
vanced lorestry legislation.
"uses for 2erve juicY!sERvE THE BEETROOT
May Be Mzde the Baslt for Many
Dainty Desserts and Cooling
Beverages.
Many housekeepers find at this time
of the year that they have a certain
amount of canned fruit and fruit Juices
left from the winter's Bupply. These
make the basis for many datnty des
serts and cooling beverages for the
warmer weather.
There are many ways In which fruit
Juices can be used. A delicious blanc
mange can bo made with the fruit.
Juice used as flavoring. The Juices
can be boiled and used aa pudding
cauce. They can also be used in ice
cream. One very delicious pudding
sauce is made by boiling any kind of
fruit juice, and when thick, adding a
few chopped nuts and small bits of
candled orange peel.
To make a cooling and delightful
spring dessert take a pint of fruit
Juice or the blended Juices ot various
fruits. When heated to boiling thicken
W'ilh cornstarch wet In a little cold
water. Mold the fruit pudding and
serve with a little whipped cream.
The housekeeper who has plenty of
Jam left over from winter, and who
desires a pleasant variation for dea
fer ts can utilize some of It in making
jam Ice cream. To make this delicious
Ice cream add one tumbler of fruit
jam and one tablespoonful of sugar to
one quart of cream. After this is
thoroughly Incorporated In the cream,
strain through a wire Bleve to take out
the seeds. In this way strawberry,
raspberry and blackberry Jam may be
used, and the result Is delicious.
Wrap cut bread In waxed paper If
you would keep it fresh.
Hang very dusty skirts out on the
clothesline in a high wind.
Try scrambled eggs with minced
green peppers for a change.
Carrots and spinach are among the
beet of tonics in the spring.
Dry lamp chimneys on the radiator
and on the back of the stove.
The smoke from burning sugar is
one ot the very best disinfectants.
Discarded inner auto tires can be
cut up Into the best of rubber bands.
Dip matches In hot, melted paraffin
if you wish to make them waterproof.
Good nets for dresses can frequent
ly be bought In the upholstery stores.
It Is a good Idea to buy a supply of
extra bobbins for the sewing machine.
Keep a pair of ordinary pliers in
tho kitchen for lifting intensely hot
pans.
Keep an egg timer near the tele
phone to gauge your long-distance
calls.
Cut the Invalid's toast Into Inch
squares; it can be eaten much more
eos fly.
Oil and Vinegar,
The expert salad mixer never puts
the oil and vinegar and other season
ings together, but ad (1b tbcm separate
ly to the salad. If a salad Is perfectly
mixed, and tho materials are In tbe
right condition no oil will be wasted
by being left on the' plate. But for
tome sorts of service It Is niOBt con
venient to mix the "French dreaBlng."
Put tho pepper and salt and perhaps a
bit ot mustard and other seasoning
in a dish, add vinegar and then stir
the oil, three timet as much as vine
gar, In briskly so that tbe dressing
will bo thick and creamy. Garlic
rubbed on to the dish first heightens
the flavor and is much favored by
the sophisticated.
Wood Restored.
Woodwork which baa grown dull
with time and tbe accumulation of
dust may be restored by first cleaning
thoroughly with kerosene on a flannel
cloth. It should then be polished with
a mixture of two parts ot turpentine
to one of linseed oil. Apply this with
a sort cloth and rug with flannel until
every trace of the liquid seems to have
disappeared. Repeated applications
and continued rubbing will give a
fresh gloss to wood trim or mahogany
furniture.
Russian 8alad It Delicious. .
Heart lettuce with Russian dress
ing it adequate for a light meal, and
frequently ordered by food connois
seurs who want a delectable vege
table dish. The dressing hat a may
onnaise foundation. To half a cupful of
It add one teaspoonful each of chopped
tweet red peppert, chives, and chill
sauce. Add a gill of whipped cream.
Cover the heart ot crisp lettuce with
the dressing.
Marthmatlow Cake.
Six whites ot eggs, two cupfuls of
white sugar, scant; one cupful of but
ter, one cupful milk or water, two
teasponfuls baking powder. Flavor
with vanilla, slightly. Sifted flour to
make ot consistent thickness. Bake
In throe layers. Warm one-half pound
of marahmallowt by placing them on
a pie pan In a slow oven. Watch that
they do not brown, then spread be
tween layers and frost at usual.
Strswbtrry Pit, Plain.
Bake a shell of rich pie crust. Fill
with fresh, well-sugared strawberries.
Cover with meringue made of wbitet
ot 2 eggt, Vi cupful tugar, and bake
In tlow oven until meringue It firm
and browned. Serve cold. If pastry
ta baked in Individual Una these be
come attractive tartlets.
ONE OF THE M08T WHOLESOME
OF FOODS.
May Be Prepared In Many Ways, and
the Potash Salts It Contains Make
It an Invaluable Table Dainty
for All 8easons.
Beetroots contain a largo proportion
of potash salts and are consequently
most wholesome. There are several
interesting ways of serving them,
apart from the usual Balad and pickle
form. To cook beetroots they should
first be washed in lukewarm water
and all dirt removed. Then put them
In a steamer and let them cook for
two or three hours, according to size.
When done dip in cold water and peel
off the skin while hot They can also
be baked In the oven and will take
about the same time to cook.
Beetroot Soup. Put a quart of white
stock in a stewpan with one or two
onions, a turnip, a carrot, a small
beetroot (all cut up), and one or two
cloves and peppercorns. Stew for
an hour aud a half, and then rub all
through a wire sieve. Mix a table
spoonful of barley flour with one
ounce of butter, add to the soup, and
stir carefully until it thickens. Then
serve very hot with fried croutons of
bread.
Beetroot au Casserole. Put halt an
ounce ot butter in a casserole, and
when hot add a sliced beetroot and
a little finely-chopped shallot. Fry
for a few minutes, then add about two
pints of good stock, and let It stew
half an hour. Mix one ounce of ar
rowroot or potato flour with one gill
of cream, and pour the stock over It,
being careful not to let It curdle. Ar
range the beetroot in the center of a
hot diah, reheat the thickened gravy
(but do not let It boll), teaton with
salt and pepper, and pour over the
beetroot.
Beetroot a la Creine. Cut a cooked
beetroot In dice-shaped pieces and let
It marinate In vinegar. Boll tome
maccaroni in Baited water, and when
cooked drain and keep hot; strain
the beetroot and put In a taucepan,
allowing to every two tablespoonfula
one ounce ot butter and a tablespoon
ful of water.
Let all get thoroughly hot, and Just
before serving stir In Uiree or four
trblespoonfuls of cream.
Beetroot and Apple Pudding. Cook
two ounces of rice In one pint of milk,
with Bugar to taste. When soft (It
will take about an hour), let it cool,
and then spread over the bottom of a
glass diih. Stew one pound of cook
ing apples with sugar and a few
cloves and add a sliced beetroot. Mash
all well together and spread over the
rice. Make a nice custard, and when
slightly cool pour over tbe apple and
rice. Serve when cold.
Mock Rabbit.
Chopping the tougher cuts of meat
makes prolonged cooking unnecessary.
The chopped meats may be made Into
cakes and broiled aa In hamburg
tteak, or Into rolls and baked.
One pound round tteak, y, pound
sausage meat, 3 slices ot bread mois
tened with water, 1 egg, 1 onion,
pound pork, pepper and salt Chop
tteak, chop onion and cook without
browning In fat tried out from a small
portion of pork. Add the bread, after
pressing water from It, and cook for
a tew minutes. When this Is cool mix
all tbe Ingredients and form Into a
long, round roll. Lay the rest of pork
cut in thin slicet on top and bake 40
minutes In hot oven.
Wholesome 8wet
Dissolve two tablespoonfult of gel
atine In eight of cold water. To two
cupfuls ot granulated tugar add eight
tablespoontuls of water and heat un
til tugar dissolves. Add gelatine slow
ly to sirup and let It stand until cool.
Add pinch of salt and flavor to taste.
Beat with an egg whip until stiff and
then with a spoon until toft enough to
tettle Into a sheet. Pour into buttered
tint dusted thickly with powdered
sugar and cool until it doet not stick
to the fingers. Cut into tquaret and
roll each tquare In powdered tugar.
This makes a wholesome form ot
tweet
Uses of Salt
Salt sprinkled on parsley when chop
ping will make It chep much finer and
easier.
Salt rubbed on the handles of knlvet
will remove all stains.
A pinch of talt added to a glass of
hot milk will Improve the flavor.
A pinch of talt added to the water
when boiling a cracked egg will pre
vent It boiling out
When washing colored articles a lit
tle salt put Into the water will pre
vent the colors running.
Wonders.
Beat one egg. a little talt and
enough flour to make stiff. Roll out
very thin, cut with a biscuit cutter
and fry in hot fat one minute. Serve
with sirup, cream and Jelly, or a doll
cate pudding sauce.
Sowing Hint
Try tewing paper on the back of
goods tbat you are to put tatted or
other Insertions In; it will help to
keep the fabrlo even, and neither In
sertion nor goods will stretch while
tewing or when laundered.
Whtn Squeezing Ltmons.
Before squeezing a lemon, If It Is
heated thoroughly first nearly double
tbe amount of Juice will be obtained
It
IT WAS ONLY A BUM CIGAR
Young Man With Girl In Hit Arms
Causes Consternation Among the
Neighbors by Lighting Matches,
When Patrolman Zwerllng rushed
into the Lenox Avenue police station
early the other night and cried that
burglars were "doing a Job" at 170
West One Hundred and Thirtieth
street not more than twenty uniformed
men and half a dozen detective! re-'
tnforced Zwerllng for the raid on the'
burglars.
"A woman next door gave me the.
tip," said Zwerllng. "She saw their1
flashlights in the yard."
The police army surrounded the
back and Detectives Geary and Kern,
with Zwerllng, entered the house next
door and went to the yard.. They1
beard muffled voices in the yard ot
No. 170. The detectives sprang to
the fence top, pointed revolvers at
two figures teated on the grass and
cried, "Hands upl"
Four hands went up. One feminine
shriek tounded.
'What's all the row?" demanded a
young man, who held a scared girl In
his arms. "Are you robbers?"
'No, we're police," said one of tho
disgusted detectives. They went away
and reported:
'Just a couple ot spooners. The fel
low had a bum cigar and had to keep
lighting It That was the flash."
ftew York World.
Sociable Scenery,
The new summer boarder gazed
over the picturesque New Hampshire
landscape then slowly fading out of
eight, and noted the absence of
houses.
"It's beautiful! Grand!" said he to
tbe boss farmer, who was standing
close by. "But aren't you lonesome
so far from the village and no neigh-,
bora?"
"Lonesome?" echoed the farmer, In
genuine astonishment "Why, on a
clear day we can see Mount Washing
ton I " Everybody's Magazine.
TI8 HI8TORY.
At the bottom ot every mischief
Yes, and the top and the sides;
Wherever there's mischief brewing
Be sore tbat a woman presides.
Not Positive.
"Walter," aald the fuesy man, "are
you sure that these eggs are fresh?"
"I think they are, sir," replied the
waiter.
"Don't think anything," etormed the
fussy man. "Are you certain tbat they
are fresh?"
"Well, I'm not positive, sir," replied
the waiter. "I've only been working
here since the first of the year."
Hard Timet Love Affair.
She The narrow band of gold l
very sweet, of course; but you you
said you intended to bring me a clus
ter diamond ring.
He Y-e-s, but afterward It oc
curred to me that such a ring would!
hide those lovely dimples In youi1
fingers.
She Oh, you darling! New York
Weekly.
Well! Weill
"I wat Juat reading the impression
of an Englishman who hat been visit
Ing thlt country," said Mrs. Gabb.
"He ttatea that the only fault be hat
to And with American women la that
they are overdressed."
"And yet we claim that the English
have no sense of humor," commented
Mr. Gath. Cincinnati Enquirer.
8afs on Ons Count
"My friend, do you use tobacco?"
"I do."
"Then let me quote you a few sta
tistics. In addition to spending II,
000,000,000 per annum on tobacco,
smokers cause an annual loss of $90,
000,000 through fires."
"You can't charge any of that to me.
I only use tobacco to chew."
A Prompt Answer.
Pedestrian Madam, a boy, who I
am told It your son, bat Just thrown
a ttone at me, causing a wound that
It very painful. What are you going
to do about It?
Boy't Mother Do? I'm going to
recommend arnica. Youll find a drug
store just around the corner.
A Worker.
"8o you worked your way through
college? Your father mutt be proud
of you."
"Not much I He's the man 1
worked." Boston Transcript
At the Banquet
"That girl does not eat enough to
keep a bird alive."
"Now yon speak, I noticed when
she was asked ber preference for
vine, she said Canary."
J FOR STRENGTH AND GRACE
Proper Training of Boy's Muscles Is
Something Worth Highest De
gree of Consideration.
In the American Magazine Dr.
Charles K. Taylor of Philadelphia
writes an Interesting and practically
helpful article entitled "Your Boy and
His Muscles," In which he gives sug
gestions as to proper exercises for
young boys. Following is an extract
from hia article:
"First of all, when a child Is In a
poor condition of which the baslo
cause la some remediable physical de
fect thero ie little use In giving spe
cial exercises until tbe defect is re-1
moved. For instance, breathing ex-'
ercises cannot be nearly as effective
as they should be for a child suffering
from large adenoids, nor can you ex
pect good results when a child has
Borne physical irritation Inducing nerv
ous effects of different kinds. Above
all, you ebould always know the state
ot the child's heart If the heart Is
good, and If there are no serious reme
diable defecti to Interfere with your
obtaining good results, then you can
take up the matter ot special exer
cises with some degree of confidence.
"When you find Just where your boy
la lacking, whether in chest expan
sion, shoulder girth, arms, and so on,
or perhaps In posture, If he Is hollow
chested with shoulders bent forward,
then you can take up the exercise sug
gested for the different needs. And
right here is a word of caution, which
will be repeated now and then. Never
carry an exercise beyond the time
when fatigue begins. Do not continue
it to exhaustion; but when the boy
begins to feel tired stop at once, If
it Is only after two or three motions!
"It Interests the boy a great deal,
too, to keep account of his physical
measurements. It these are taken
once a month bis Interest Is kept up,
and be Is stimulated when he finds
that be 1s actually gaining. Finally,
do not carry on a special exercise
after it Is no longer necessary. What
you desire Is a good, all-around devel
opment, and when this ie attained spe
cial work should cease and general ex-:
erclse be carefully continued. It
should be said, too, that such work
can never be considered as a substi
tute for outdoor play. This latter Is
vitally necessary for all children.
These exercises are to be used as ad
juncts to bring up to standard any
set of muscles which are underdevel
oped."
War Drums Ordered Out
It waa tome time ago that, acting
upon tho recommendations embodied
In a report by a military commission,
the French government reached the
conclusion that tbe drum was do long
er a neceBsary article of military
equipment. Tbe report set forth tbat
the drum was a serious encumbrance
in marching; tbat rain impaired its
usefulness; tbat Its calls could not bo
distinguished in Mmo of battle; tbat it
consumed a period of two years to
turn out en efficient drummer; and
that by abandoning tbe use of tho
drum many thousands of youths and
men would be released for active
service.
Since the decision of the French
government other European power j
have followed its example in decree
ing that the "drum must go."
Tbe history of the drum is both an
cient and honorable. The Egyptians
employed It, and the Greeks ascribed
Its invention to Bacchus. The Spanish
conqueror I'izarro is said to have found
drums In South American temples.
The snakes of Ireland, v.e aro (old,
fled from the Emerald Isle before tbo
drum beats of St. Patrick. Tho Purl
tans of New England used the drum
as a church bell, and it figured fre
quently and romantically all through
the wars of the revolution and rebel
lion in America.
Knew Enough to Keep Dry.
"It looks like rain!"
"I beg your pardon."
"I say it looks like rain."
"What does?"
"The weather."
"The weather, my dear sir, Is a con
dltlon. Rain Is water In the act of
falling from the clouds. It Is impos
slble that they should look alike."
"What I meant waa that the sky
looked like rain."
"Equally Impossible Tho sky Is tho
blue vault above us the seeming arch,
or dome that we call the heavens. It
does not resemble fulling water In the
least"
"Well, then, If you are so thundcr
Ingly particular, it looks as If It would
rain."
"As If what would rain?"
"The weather, of course."
"Tho weather, at before stated, be
ing a condition, can not rain."
"The clouds, then, confound you.
I may not know as much about It as
you do, but I've got enough sense to.
got In out of It, and you haven't," said
the man, as he raised his umbrella and
walked away in a huff. Pearson's
Weekly.
8o Hot Ice Chest Blues.
The freak trick of the season at Bal
timore was occasioned when It was re
sponsible for a flro that burned the
top of a chest containing Ice at tbe
home of Harry Slegcl, 326 North Front
street
Mr. Siegol placed two lighted can
dles on the chest. The high tempera
ture caused these candles to melt
until they bent completely over, the
flames Igniting the top of the box.
There was a blaze and excitement
prevailed for a ' few moments. No
alarm was tounded. The fire wat ex
tinguished by mombert ot the family.