TV I' ya wr looking- for ' Portland'! nest ihlatlo cirL afcor . hoaniiK U tbo rldanc, you would . un doubtedly nam Hiao VlvUn Uar hall of Xrrlnfftoa. Hr'tTatt (oat . iiaa Mas to rwlra tbi apeady WUlatn tta, aom thine that sturdy mn apeak f aa unusually elarar. What do you think of a girl who can awlra. play tannla, baakatball, hockey, - rlda anything; from a bucking- broncho - to a bicycle and knows all about, the .arte of sewing, cooking; and bo'use k sep Ins, baa a good roles and Is learn- - In how to nae Itt :.'. ' . She lent a myth, but an lt-y ear-old , lrl. .. ,., - .... , Mlaa Marshall made the men at Cap tain Bundya -alt. up and take notice aome daya ago when aha swam across the Willamette and back without atop- Slng to rest, and did It in the record reeking time of 10 minutes. .' Do you wonder that the men gued at each other In surprise? - tt -. --mfth - ... - 'r5. ; KX .i 4 S In ' British Monument at Waterloo r ITS ArV . w TTtVJ W V J III M. M - I "N. A L Vajim. "- K aWAavW V ft MT ' ..... a V : -i ..X k A mM - i W ' --'X vl'.':: 'AWUr .... -vol- Britain Mourning Her NLIKE the United SUUs. bv . which battle-fields are pre served and monuments erected to her heroes. Great Britain l never in a hurry te honor her dead. The monuments erected on the battle-field of Waterloo are with few exceptions Belgian.- German or French. Mow Ore I Britain baa been asked by Count . Louis Cavena, owner of the larm at Mont St Jean, to buy It and turn It Into a parte or hlstorie museum In Bnembry of Waterloo. But Great Britain wants none of It The oount has written aome frantic lettara to the London papers, and there haa been an anaemia subscription list, but they avail nothing. Besides Brit ish bavo delved Into records and find that while the farm was part, of the field of Waterloo,- It waa the baadquar ten of the medical division, and a long way la the rear of the action. " A really magnificent monument, how ever, haa been erected recently to the British affleera and men who fell at the great battle of lilt. But the monu meat Is net on the field of Waterloo, bat la tka oeraetery of Brora, on the uUklrta M ftuaeeUi U eenaijtei t T T u - This wonderful g-lrt doesn't look much like the female athlete drawn by George Ade in "The College Widow." She la a mall, delicate-appearing maiden, of the typo one expects to find in a befrlUed tea apron, working on a dainty atrip of emtSroldery and aba doe when at home. . v.-. - ' ; : . ,,. , - Miss Marshall la Independent .She has always lored athletics and sees no reason why aha shouldn't enjoy the porta that her brother lorea She has determination and peraeveranoe and aaya aha nerer failed in anything ahe tried to Accomplish. Swimming; la her favorite pastime, - and the people who go to Bundy'a will tell you how profi cient ahe Is. -. Incidentally, ahe can do double backward flips, the high dive and the cutaway, wltgt the greatest easa -When did I take up athletics?" re peated Mlaa Marshall.- "I don't know. I suppose It was whan J first tried to carry a doll that was pretty heayy for me. ' . , . , ;.. -.. . Lost Legions. a large- stone sarcophagus carved with a great cross. Over -this Is the Brit ish flag In bronse, apparently ruffled by the wind. .At the head -stands A giant figure of Brlttannla, her head bowed In woe. Around the tomb are three huge dying lions, In seemingly abandoned piles are broken guns and accoutrements, uniforms and the gen eral debris of battle, Bronte shields aad alabs on the tomb record the names of regiments and he roes alike. At too back a flight of stone steps leads Into the tomb. All the bodies possible were gathered from the field of Waterloo and Interred In this, tomb, the ground for which was given by the city of Brussels. It Is an imposing- monument and a magnify ceot piece of eculpture In fact one of the beet of the Belgian sculptor. Count do Lalalng. . ,- - ., " eoratary Taffa S eager. . From the Atlanta Journal Secretary Taft may have been on a till hunt In North Carolina,' but his life would hare been in danger If ha had In timated tt te the Republican moonabln ra. r - ar t cr.rdou SUNDAY "I know the first time I tried swim ming, thougn. ' It was in a littio moun tain stream in California, and before I ot out I "bad learned to paddle about doc-fashion. . I was only 1 year old then, and swimming must have eome quite naturally .to me, aa I have aeen lots of girls who oouldn't ewim even after weeks of trying;. "I think oourage or. I ahould aay, lack of fear haa as much to do with learning- to swim aa haa anything- else. I never was afraid of the water; In deed, I don't think I'm afraid of any thingexcept mice, maybe. "Wbdn I found I could paddle about In the stream 1 determined to be an ex pert, and every chance I got I went Into the water. Then I wanted to be a diver, and practiced ao that It became easy and pleasant for me to jump from any height Into ithe water. If you want to learn to diva without fear don't let any one duck you; onoo you are ducked THE The Gciitlc, Grateful RattlesnaKe t tt at T HE savant showed up at ths snake garden on Jefferson ave nue wearing- a new silk shirt, a coat and vest of summer tex ture and a belt of mottled stuff that at once attracted attention, . aaya the New York Herald. "That" aaid the savant tn reply to a question put by the amateur liar,-'Is a belt -made of the skin of a rattlesnake. He waa a big- snake when ha waa alive and I reckon he must have awallowed as many aa a thousand rabbits in his time. He had it rattles and a button. and that works him out to have been IS rears old when he- was killed. - He was so big that the track he left In the road where he used to go at night and lay In the dust looked like somebody had dragged a log across it" I aaw one one time that had II rat" began the amateur., but before ha got well started the professional waa under full headway. - - "That's a fine belt" ha aaid. ."and raanv a one have I made, but I am will In to lay oaos mat none 01 you an ever saw what I did." None of us aver told about It any how," aaid the amateur, who waa a little out of humor. ... .' It waa this way." Said the profes sional, calmly expectorating.- "Me an1 Jim Sykes were buntln' snakea in the St Francis river, bottom and meetm wlth fair luck. Jim had about two dosen cotton-mouths an' several rat' tiers In his bag. an' I had moat as many. Ws wasn't raolng, an' even 1f we had been I reckon Jim could 'a' beat me. for ho certainly waa a powerful rood man at the snake-catchln gams. Finally we stopped to eat lunch, an' picked out a shady place under a big sysamore tree. I well remember tnat Jim had onions, an' I had some cold peas, or course, we naa Dreaa, an- one of us had bottle tnat -ie aiwaya a rood thine- to carry when you are huntln' snakes an' a pretty good thing at other times, too, If you know how to use It We didn't hit the bottle so aa to sav hit it out we did. taaa several Jiggers before the thing happened that I'm tetlln' you about It waa a lasy sort of a day, an' maybe wo dropped off to sleep after eating. Anyway I am free to confess that I waa dostn a trifle when the thing happened. I woke with a lump, as you nsiurauy will after a big lunch, and I aaw Jim nranclne- around the biggest rattler I ever saw In my whole life. " Throw the stick on nim an- g-it Mm.' I yelled, but Jim didn't seem to hear ma. He kept prancing around that snake, an' the snake kept making paesea at him till It looked like there waa a blue lodge see Ion In progresa After awhile the enake lunged a little tao far and Jim pinned him back of the heed with a forked stick. Then he hollered to me to come. " Break his fangs an' throw him In the bag,' I hollered back, but Jim In sisted that I should come to his rescue. He had other designs on that snake than convertln' him Into oil. or makln' him a dangerous an' venomous deadly reptile for soma young woman with short dresses to play with In a 10 -cent ahow. " Tut your foot on Me tall,' says Jim, ut mind, don't press too hard.. I want is fellow to be uninjured when I set through with him. I did a requested, aa the man In the newspaper accounts of a breach of promise suit says, an' ws soon had that tattler hora do combat Jim stuck the forka of bia atick aa deep In the ground aa ha could, an' I rested moot of my weight on the tall just above the rattles. Then Jim outs with his knife and performs a surgical operation that would have done oredlt to the best doctor at the city dis pensary. He made a smooth out around that snske's neck Just back of ths eers. an' then a little slit on each JOURNAL. , XC ZETLAND, CUI.. yon never have that - freedom : from nerves' that la aaaentlal to diving.- Miss Marshall never had a lesson In riding. V . u "The first time I, mounted a horse," he said. "I knew that I would be able to ride without any trouble, and I have yet to find the horse that could throw ma." - The beautiful white horse "Nell" that Mlsa Marshall usually ridea would be considered unsafe for moat girls, but haa' never caused her any troubla Speaking of tennis and similar sports, Mlsa Marshall says all sports "eome natural" to her. Perhaps because "ahe loves them." "I think," aha aaid, "that all girls would be better off if they took part In outdoor athletlca. - My theory la that whatever haa been dona I can do If I try hard enough." Strenuous Is a word that might well be applied to Miss Marshall, azoept that she seems to do things with so little effort. And the beat part of It la that, with all the time ahe devotes to ath letics, she still has time to attend to the dutlea of the household. In which she takes aa Interest and pleasure. loose nun, an' ha commenced to peel, hollering- at ma all the time to hold the rora nrm, I bavin by that time been swltchsd from the tall to tha business end of tha reptile..! held the fork hard an' faat an' Jim pulled at tha akin. " 'Now,' says Jim, after ha had the sain witn ratuea an' alL an' tha uit. crossed snaae waa a aqulrmln' or the around. 1 reckon that fellow' will hare soma troubla renewin' his skin. I hear they do It several times at rear, an I don't dispute anybody's word, but this reuow win nave bis work out out for mm.- "Wo went away and left the snake wirnout nis skin trrlna to crawl, an mlghtr uncomfortable, an' Jim sold the hide for a dollar and a half to a eitv cnep mn wamea a raiuesnaae belt Twaa about three months after that Jim and ma paased that war acaln. an' we atopped under the same old area- mora tree. Jim Bad onions an' I had cheese and crackers, and both of us had bread, an' one of ue had a bottle with eomething In It that Is mighty fine In case you are apprehensive about anake bites. I reckon I must a fell aaleen. but anyway the first thine I noticed when I happened to look up there was Jim looking at a big rattler. Pln blm down,' I yells, but Jim he wared ma off peremptorary like and aaya: Tra be- ginnin' to see a llrht.' Tlow so,' says I. "This Is tha same anake I skinned three months ago,' he says, "an" ha wants me to repeat the operation. - Tain sense.- says j. "What do you mean? . . " 'Just this.' says Jim, 1 skinned that snake so easy, an' saved him ao much trouble, that he wants ma to do It over again.' ', I considered the matter for a while an' I come to know that Jim waa tellln' the truth. For a anake doea have terrible time atrlppln' his old hide off, an' with suoh experts as Jim an' me to help this fellow didn't have a bit of worry. However, I saw .'twaa a fine snake an' I bagged htm before Jim could stop me. . , "What became of the anake then.' said tha amatetnr. 1 suppose you trained him to play poker In winter when ha was frota stiff and do hummock stunts for small children In the good old sum mer timer "Not on your life," said tha profes sional. . "We leased him to a man that sells snake sklna an' hs produces two full hides ovary summer,- and them hides are worth 14 apiece In any mar ket" - . Tha amateur turned and walked slowly away. , ,'. ... t - . - ' ' Wkere tha Heat ga. ... ' From Ltppincott's Msgasine. At a boardlna-houss in wM las summsr . tha boarders were com plaining of tha oppressive weather. t), now I wish wa could Ditch aome tenta In a ahady nook," one of the girls exclaimed. . "Why do you want tenter aske4 tha wit of the house. . "Why, so we oould get under them and be away from tbo heat,'' replied the girl. "But" said tha wit "that would do no good, for tha heat you know, la In tense." . : , Bsetfane. ' - From Llfs. 1 ' , Percy I am tired of this Ufa of ease, want a Ufa of tolL danger, excite ment and adventure! . "Oh, this la so sudden 1 but you' mar aak papa." Tea, arrayf From the Boston Oloba. . "Elijah"' Sandford prayed and ' has been provided with a 1 2,000 yacht Why didn't he nrsy twice as hard and set -How -I V THE psych'loglcal editor inf he asked the office boy. Tha Journal Mercury wasn't quite aura: the hours of editors re uncertain, but if tha caller would send his card ths office boy would find out ... "I ain't rot a card with me," said the inquirer. "But If tna peycn-togicai ear tor len t in, I'd like to talk to tha editor of the oocult column." "He's out sure." said tha boy. "He's trying, to -find when tha council Is going to pass tha ord'nanca forcing tha rail road off n Fourth atreet." - - Maybe the editor of the mlndreadln department la ,lnr suggested tne eaner, who had more persistency than his own trousers, which long ago had abandoned the effort te meet hie shoe tops. Te-ea. he'a In, aura. But be s busy. He's wondering what the elty editor la going to do with a story he wrote about the last victim of ths gold oncx same. The visitor had another query. "Ia the fake editor In?" "Tea, air; sura. Walk right In. - take youi choice." And tha caller sat beslds ths writer. The stranger wee confi dential. , . "I am." be said In a low voice. "I am the world's master mlndreader.' . 1 Tha doubt In his hearer's face must have been plain, for ths maater mind reader nodded. "That a what I am or waa. I'm In tha picture business now reproducing you know, the sweet lln' ments of your . dear ones for next to nothln', an' . chargln' a stiff price for the frames. ' They ain't much to It tall you that; but it's certalner than peychol'gy, or the occult or ths mind' rsadln'." "It le. ehr Something had to be said. aa tha world's maater appeared to bo loat In contemplation of the probabilities of picture selling compared with the possi bilities of probing the future. - Nothing in Mindreading. 'Oh, yes, -the 'mlndreadln' buslnees la deader'n the green goods; I can dress up as tha wild man from Borneo an' get a bigger crowd than I used to when I wss ths world's maater mlndreader and dipt Into tha futchur far aa man could see. and did oocult stunts, witn psy- ehol'gy and mental telepathy on the side. Only the farmers pay any atten tlon to mlndreadln', an' they're too busy with the crops to be made foola of. If you tried to do a mental telepathy aot for a six-months' kid hs'd holler for his bottls o sterilised milk an' frighten the aolrlts. "Lemma show you some or tea tncks that used to interest the ninnies." Tha ex-master of magle drew from a pocket a singularly old and greasy pack of cards. ... " This was my ancient magician trick," he said; "It waa all the voarue (that was tha word ha used) when I waa In the buslnees.' Now, I'll spread em on tbo deck like thle." . , . Tha ex-worker In miniature miraolaa slowly put tha cards on the desk, and made soma mysterloua motions over thsm. ' '. '" .-. v ,-' :. " :. "What forr he was asked. . "Impreeelon, color, atmosphere, recep tivity: In other words. Just dust for your eyes. ' I shall have to amy tha au dience to be good enough not to speak while I move the card you choose from tha pack to this side of the table, or desk. ' That's more dust; gives tha Idea that noise dlss'patea the power ot the performer. . Watch ma cloeety, and you will sse that I have no beard with which to deceive you." - f The magician made a few more passes. and the card that had been named the deuce of diamonds shivered tn the cen ter of the layout and alowly, and appar ently reluctantly, moved toward the ex-master, whose hands , were making motions orsr it. "Looks good. ' doesn't ItT" he asked when tha deuce, lay en tha edge. of ths desk. "Couldn't get a Filipino to pay cents to sea it done, I tried It down there, an", they - used to take water ox bones an' throw them Into the air, 'an' when they came down kerflop they were oxen. . . , : . .. 1 Wouldn't Deceive the Blind. V ; "Well, that card trick is easy enough to tell Its own story. It wouldn't fool blind baby. . Hss any lady or gsnt half dollar he will lend me for but single momentr The wlsard looked at the writer. "Thank you," he said: Bven If I had one myeelf rd aak you to loan ma one. It Inspires confidence In the maglolan, without which all wonder ful feate are making gold out e brass filings. "Now, watch the coin closely. By the power I possess I will mske it fol low my hand. See, it feels the occult the Wltard Doea the Marvelous digits as obediently as tha Tana re sponds to tha breath of tha north wind." Tha eoln moved from tha oenter of the desk to tha edge, where Ita useful ness as an exhibit in tha show came to a marvelously sudden and. "And thjji la how lt'a done." : Tha wis bald up a brown hair, tha color of tha desk; one end waa tied to a button on his vest on the other waa a plnhaad of substanoe. i ' "Wax lust wax. Z fix It to tha card or coin an' draw bark from tha table or desk as I make my passes. But no body carej to pay to sea tt ; - "Let me ehow. yon my three-alata trlok. I have them marked 'A,' 3' and C,' ao that no- lady or tent may be de ceived. - Tou aee, they are -ordinary alatsa, with no wrltln' on 'am." . . Hsra tha dealer In black magio pre tended to show the slates. - ' . " , "Wipe 'em! yourself, aa there might be soma doubt that I poasesa tha ocoult influence if yon did not do ao." -What the Spirita Did Not. The slates were washed; one waa put between the others, and tha wis held one end. while tha writer clutched tha other. Immediately a slight scratching waa beard. Tha magician looked In tenee way at the slate, and the scratoh lag grew louder, then oeased; the wis alghsd deeply, and real perspiration be spangled his brow.. "The spirits have communicated with tha corporeal," he said. "Let ua learn the araat leasoa thev have ta teach.' He opened (he slates; on one, which apparently had been waahed but a mo ment before, were tha words; . . , , j Don't Believe It ; --t t -'-tt - Unless Ton Know t - It Is True! -: ; "Wonderful. Isn't Itr asked the wls- ard. -"That scratching haa a weird sound, too, . Done with my nait How did the writing get there? It waa writ ten by ma two hours ago, and when you thought tha aides of the slate were clean you were deceived. I merely made you believe they were by not showing you this one. It's simplicity Is what de ceives the Quickest sre. . "I'd Ilka to ahow you a lot mora or the accompllahmenta I possess photo graphing tha card you think of with prepared paper; calling tha cards aa I, blindfolded, deal - them from' the dock by having them larger or entailer than others, an' feats that some years ago were considered wonders of mental tele pathy. But time files. Tot before I go permit me to present my paoe day riat- ange, ., 'Ton have a card? Good I Please write a question on It when my book la turned and place It In thle envelope, seal the envelope carefully and I will tell you what the question was. 1 earned tha title of 'the world's maatat mind-reader and mental telepathlst ex traordinary by thle." , ., Really Wonderful. The question waa written, the eard was placed In the- envelope, whloh was carefully sealed, and the wlsard waa told that all waa ready. , . "Oh-h." he said In a deep, tense tone. aa be glared ar the envelope with star ing eyes, "do not move do not speak do not atlr. Concentrate your facultlea on . thla envelope; help . me, help me. That's guff." ha went on In his natural voice, "but It helpe - the gams more dust you know, - Tou'vo tot to have a different patter for each trick and a different look and pose,' Now, please be very quiet" , He put the envelope to hie forehead for an Instant, then waved It gently to and fro, closed hie eyss and appeared, to be wrestling with spirits. "I have It I have It" he cried, pant ing, and seising a pencil wrote word for word In a very fair Imitation of the writer's ehlrography the question on the card. , "Say, ain't that peat? Vhouldn't that earn a pretty fair living for a ehap?" he asked earnestly. "Not a champagne time, nor chicken every night but an easy come-along for . an Industrious, careful man who'a a bit handy with tools 'round the house. ' I should say It should. Well, sir, .they Isn't a kid to day who's In the lab.' of the dinkiest sort of a prep, school that can't do that great mental telepethlo feat "Thle la It Tou have thle little bot tle of alcohol concealed about your per son;, when the envelope Is handed to you Card Trick. tha paper, which becomes as transparent aa glass. Then you do some talk to let tha alcohol dry, which it doee In a mo ment . Tha smell dlsappeara, tha al oohol leaves no stain and you hare mys tified tha caller. But there Is nothing In It any more. ' Tra a lot mora trloks, but what's tha use? I might aa wall bo a Holy Roller for all I make. I'll leave the alcohol, , and you eon try tha trick for yourself. Ooed-bye." ; .? - Then he departed and the writer ap plied tha alcohol to the envelope, 'and through it appeared the queetlon: ( ........... ....... : ,, What Did Tou Do - ; : . With My l Cents? ' t ............................ To which there was no answer. i; '. !... . But Ibsd the' world's maater mind reader earned it ;' Pulling an Elephant's Tooth, ow oo-o ow oori" ' Which being ' trans lated Into humsn lan guage means Just plain WW "ouch!" -' .: , . . , . . , . ' Had you been tn the same box with ' Brssll, a meat Intelligent ' elephant you would! have said eomething more . than "ouch r Doubtless It -would have been eomething that Is expressed in newspapers lntsndsd only for family reading with a plentltnde of dashes. ' Braall .has had 1 her tooth pulled. When yon realise that her aching molar ' waa 11 Inches long and three Inchea across, you may be able to figure up what ahe suffered, provided you are up in logarttbma. ' Braall te the prise pachyderm ef the Jack Robinson circus. She s tends oh. so many feet high, if you believe the barker In front of the-tent. But really . she would have made a fine mate for Jumbo had ahe been In the circus busi ness during the daya of that elephantine wonder," But then she waa wandering Afrlcs coral strands thst is. If ele phants wander strands at all. " : Ths circus reached Lexington,' Ken tucky, last week. Braxll's car looked ' aa li. It had been in a ran we y wreck. She had thrashed around until she had shattered Ita aides. The train had to come to a stendstlll before It arrived at Ita proper siding. The elephant man was eummonsd. He knew right away what the trouble wea Brasll had ' the toothache. Her favorite keeper waa called. She threw up her trunk and showed him her big, . pink mouth. Sure enough, there In one .. of her mighty molars wss a cavity large enough to bold a big apple. A veterinarian waa eummoneo. ' "lt'a got to be pulled.", waa his deol- alon. 1 So Brasll waa roped and thrown on ' her aide. A dentlat came with hie i . instruments. Hs might Just ss well hare tried to out off a leg with a pen knife. Twonty-three for you!" said the ring master, and the dentist departed for more clrcumeerlbed fields. - Then they got a pair' of ice tongs. These held faat to tha tooth, but the two canraemen who aelsed hold Of the ' handlee at tha risk of their Urea couldn't budge the tooth. Braall trum- . noted dismally aome more elephantine ouches.. i - v Poor critter!" remarked - a - farmer who was looking on. "I've got a pair of hefty mules that kin skin thera lob- . tars 'thout wlnkln'." 'Fetch 'em alongi" said the veteri narian. '-, v The mules were unhitched from the farm wagon, a likely looking pair of leng-eared bays. Forthwith began work for tha great - operation. Stakee - were driven Into the ground. Braail'a head was tied fast to them. . She oouldn't budge an .Inch. Block and . tackle were affixed to the Ice tongs. . "All ready!" shouted the circus man. . "Oft ap!" yelled the obliging farmer. The mules struggled and panted. They kioked at tha ground without gain ing an inch to the front The strain was terrific. The termer's whip was msrotleee. i, Suddenly the muiee stumbled and fell lorwtru. vu. vwuia tiiv luvin wiin a gush of blood. ' BrasU's face took on a look o subdued content; shs ambled back to her csr to eat a' peck' of par rots and a bale of hay with quiet fort I.' ' tuda. Her aching molar la gone fore ft KMl anal , ,. - , r torn aafl foilawa iba paoUom M nx Xu luat rub a, UtUe f tae apirtta ewer , wree, . - "i ,: