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WASHINGTON LETTER
[Special Cotoeapondenee. 1
The schedule Of railroad rat* for the
benefit of visitors |o Washington at
the time of the Inauguration of I’resi-
*-nt Rooapveit recently made publfc
by 8. B liege t>f the Baltlmfire and
Ohio railroad and chairman of the in
augural committee on trainq»ortatlon Is
very generous. Tlie Inaugural pilgrims
heretofore have been allowed only oue
week In Washington. This time they
will be allowed seventeen days, the
tickets being sold from March 2, good
returning any day up to and including
March 18.
Another new departure In the way
of concessions from the railroad la a
“military rate." permitting all military
organizations in uniform to come to
Washington at the rate of 1 cent a mile
In parties of not less than 200. Special
rates also will be extended to bands
and all musical organizations. The
public, not Included In the military or
ganizations, will have to pay only one
fare for the round trip.
Tablets In China,
President Roosevelt has had his at
tention called to the agitation started
by the Military Order of the Dragon,
composed of officers of the United
States army who were engaged in the
Boxer uprising in China, to suitably
commemorate the part taken by the
United States In that struggle as well
as to the talk In the Society of the
Army of Santiago as to marking com
memorative places In Cuba. Nearly
all the European countries huve mark
ed their part In the Chinese struggle
by tablets on tlie walls of Peking, and
the Idea is to have this country do the
same.
For Inauguration Holla.
The action of congress In granting
the pension building for the purpose of
the inaugural ball Is somewhat sim
ilar to the celebrated "Patti farewells.”
Four years ago tiie pension office bill
was passed "positively for the last
time,” and yet It baa been passed again
"positively for the last time,” accord
ing to many of the leading members of
the house who voted favorably after
hours of debate. There is a feeling that
perhaps congress is not fooling In Its
farewell to the pension office bill and
that the District of Columbia must se
cure a building of its own between now
and inauguration day, March 4, 1000.
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At one tiwie and another Polly has
said that not only the Spring but the
Fall was tiie loveliest time of the year
to forsake business cares and get into
the country. I took a trip over that
ever picturesque route, the California
Northwestern Railway the middle of
January, and now 1 am ¡ssdtive that
the best season to visit this section of
the country is whenever you can get the
op|>ortunity, and never let a chance
slip by, for it is ever new, ever beauti
ful and restful to both mind and Issly.
Even now, Summer sojourners are se
curing their places of alssle ill the
various towns, country homes and
various springs and resorts for the
Hummer vacation. They know wtiat
it is to delay until the Spring and Sum
mer rush begins. All along the line,
Us>, [icople who are desirious of keeping
Summer boarders are sending in their
names for Vacation 1805. It will be a
spicy and helpful little guide this year,
and will be gladly welcomed by the
throngs of people w ho are fondly dream
ing Jor the pleasures in store for them.
Soon will come the time now for turn
ing over billows ami billows of lace and
dainty white and tinted fabrics de
signed especially for our charming
Summer girls. My, but the country is
beautiful now in its green mantle, en
riched by tlie golden poppies and a few
of our first Spring flowers, while the
hollyberries, ignoring the fact that the
last of January is waning, flaunt their
rubies tantalizingly to the passengers
as they go dashing by in the cars. So
near and yet so far. The country is
gloriously beautiful with all the little
rills turned into singing brooks and
streams as they dash on their way to
add their mite to the ma<l cap Russian
river.
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words.” Again she says: “Begin the
day with a kind thought ; end it with
a prayer.” Wouldn’t we all be t»ett«r
for living up to this simple rule? “If
we did we would never have to close
the day’s work w ith tligsealof regret.”
" Write a |>oem when you have a mes
sage of joy and sunshine to give to the
world. Rememlier, we do not always
have happinms and l»eace, but death
and debts are always with us; there
fore Is* encouraging.” Here is another
for the slanderer : “ Never lie so famil
iar with any one that you talk slander
with them. Remember slander Is a
boomerang.” There is more truth than
poetry in the following : “Don’t nag,
It will drive a man or woman to drink
or suicide. Reiteration soon becomes
irritation, and that sets up a fever.”
Wonien are coining to the front in
literary work as well another vocations.
“ Home Chimes,” which made its ap-
|>earanee in San Francisco in December
was the result of many years' thought of
a very clever little woman, Mrs. I. J.
Wooluer, who lias always believed that
there was a gtssi Held on the Pacific
Coast for a magazine devoted to the
home and its interests. So she dreamed
and schemed, plotted ami planned un
til the myth became a realization. The
first number is brim fullof good recipes,
that if followed closely, will not give a
man a chance to refer to the dainties
his “mother used to make.” Then
there are useful suggestions in regard
to the sick room, etc., poems and a
short story that make it an acceptable
visitor in the homes. All it costs is
the modest sum of ten cents a year, and
it comes out monthly.
Following in the shadow of the
“ Home Chimes ” comes the announce
ment that the talented sculptress, Miss
Gertrude F. Boyle, is soon to com
mence the publication of a monthly
magazine which she has decided to
name “Ability." Speaking of her new
venture, she says: “Into this I shall
pour my whole energy in bringing to
the front ‘Ability’—latent and other
wise—wherever I may find it.” That
she will succeed, is acknowledged by
the friends who know her determina
tion to overcome all obstacles. Insteud
of moulding and fashioning clay, she
will give her whole mind and attention
for the time being to her literary work.
It
new "
Ini-ludrU „ i-aio-r Vatter. • Ink
Braaer and Rubber Rauda.
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I’erlinps t|„.
ingeulo* «nd the
most orlgiii.il ,,f ¡,n Hellenics for pro»
curing autoznqilui « is fr .in a I l.v to
a w««tern town. She was raising funda
for tlie buRdlng and supis>rt of a public
library, and aha fia»l conceived the Idttt
of issuing a volume to be called "The
Authors' Ite< ||M. Book.” Authors from
ill over the country, tbe most distin-
gulslied of authors -always authors
with a capital A—had been good enough
to send her a list of the favorite dishes
of tlielr own construction, with tlielr
method of making them.
The cookbook was one of the many
forms of literature to which the reelp-
lent had never turned
attention. He
bad no more Idea of cooking than be
Lad of milking a cow or of harnessing
a horse or of setting a ben or of build
ing a dynamo. He did not even care
what was cooked for him so long as It
contained none of the Ingredients of
tripe and none of the essence of toma
to. But he was asked to contribute a
paper, which she would have repro
duced in facsimile, stating what he
could prepare most to bis liking upon
a kitchen range or in a chafing dish,
with his manner of procedure. This
quite nonplused him until lie bethought
himself of one particular and peculiar
delicacy in the evolution of which lie
could safely trust bls reputation as an
expert. In reply, for which lie received
no thanks, he said:
“Take a long paper cutter; attach to
the same by means of rubber bands,
and securely, an Ink eraser; insert the
ink eraser firmly Into a marshmallow
[»lug and bold the same over a student's
lamp or study fire until the marshmal
low begins to slzz. drops into the ashes,
puts out the light or burns your hand.
And eat while hot!”
He has never seen a copy of “The Au
thors' Recipe Book!"—Laurence Hutton
In Critic.
S hort siories
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CHOICE
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Ike Rumen and ('lasart«
gtrupery ul the Men.
Passing us occasionally, golnif to Je
rusaleui with butter and eggs and lltt)»
Jars of lels'ii that showed their thick,
creamy throats as they were held up
to us, were stoall companies of women
tn single file. As one blue procession
♦ent by the leader called to us: "Why
Should you ride aud we walk? Why is
your lot better than ours?" Given the
op|K>rtunlty for leisurely argument, we
could not by any philosophy have made
satisfactory answer. We could only
admit the fact as they saw it and rec
ognize the universal world plaint of
discontent.
They carry themselves, these wom
en. like figures on an antique frieze. As
they stride along, holding lu sure bal
ance on their heads their Jars and bas
kets of homely produce, they tread the
stony paths with the grace and large
ness of action that we of the Occident
have grown to regard as belonging only
to the age of Praxiteles.
The men are also admirable In the
simplicity of their gestures, the big
lines of their attitudes, the swing of
tlielr dra’peries. I saw a youth fling his
mantle over bis shoulder and fold tt
about him exactly in the manner of the
classic Greek sculptural tn his finely
unconscious pose. God save the day
when these sons of Canaan clothe tlielr
limbs in our ungainly garments!—Met
ropolltan Mugazlne.
OPEN AIR TREATMENT.
Reasons For Its Good Results
Cases of Consumption.
"LET ME DO TIIE INTBODUC1NO HEBE.”
"Peekskill.” "What is there to Peek
skill?” lie asked. I told him I was born
there. "Why,” said Blaine. "I have al
ways thought you were born at Pough
keepsie." 1 had some difficulty in con
vincing him of bls mistake.
When we arrived at Peekskill there
was an immense crowd which had
come In from twenty-five to thirty
miles around. As I stepped forward to
Introduce him, with great dramatic ef
fect he pushed me back and said: “No,
no, fellow citizens; let me do the Intro
ducing here. As I have passed up and
down your noble Hudson upon Its une
qualed floating palaces for the past
twenty-five years I have felt tlie Inspi
ration of its scenery, made famous by
the genius of Irving, but the deepest
and tenderest emotions possessed me
when the steamer was opposite Peek
skill, 'for,’ I said, 'there, there, was
born my oldest and best friend, Chaun-
eey Depew.’ ” He was capable of an
equally sudden grasp of situations
where the occasion was much more Se
riotis. — Senator Depew in I>eslle's
Weekly.
In
The advantages of the open air treat
ment for consumptives may be thus
briefly summarized: The patient ex
posed continuously to fresh air gains in
appetite, assimilates his food better,
sleeps more soundly and awakens more
refreshed. Free exposure to air Is the
best antipyretic. Sweating at night,
formerly so common a symptom, usual
ly ceases. Colds are practically un
known among patients leading an open
air life. Secondary Infection, on ac
count of the comparative freedom of
the air from micro organisms, is much
less likely to occur. Tolerance of out
side air is very quickly established, and
no one who has tried the open air life
will willingly go back to tlie former
conditions of stuffiness. I have never
seen any oue made worse by exposure
to fresh air. Even during a thick Lon
don fog patients get on better lying In
bed on a balcony or in rooms with win
dows wide open and a good fire burn
ing than when attempts are made to
shut out the fog by keeping the win
dows shut.—Dr. II. W. G. Mackenzie
In London Iaineet.
RELIGIOUS TATTOOING.
A Cuntoiii That I m In Vogue In One
Part of Italy.
In the "vanity” section of a museum
at Florence there is an Interesting col
lection of blocks used for what is call-
ed "religious tattooing" among Italian
peasants of the district Inclosed be
tween tlie Abruzzi, Umbria and the
Adriatic.
Peasants in these parts at work with
shirt sleeves rolled up display a Chris
tian symbol of some sort or a text tat
tooed In blue Ink on their brown skin.
This has been Imprinted on the occa
sion of some special festival.
A wooden block Is pressed upon the
tightly drawn skin to mark the out
lines of the design. This Is then punc
tured, and a blue Ink Is rubbed into
the wounds, which usually heal In
about twenty-four hours. The custom,
which is essentially Christian, Is tn
commemoration of the branding of St.
Francis, who founded a monastery
close to Loretto.—London Telegraph.
MISCELLANY
The **l Mdeulrable«.*** e *
' Not a few Britons w ill read with en
vy the official statistics JusQ published
at Washington shoeing the manner in
which foreign undesirables are dealt
With in the I'nlted States. Last year
very nearly 8.000 of these unwelcome
guests were shut out from American
hospitality, while 77» others who had
prevloukly gained admission were re-
turued to their native countries as un
fit for American citizenship. The re
jected Included paupers, physically dis
eased persons (there were 1,500 of
these Incompetents), convicts, the In
sane uud Imbecile«— In short, an ex
ceedingly miscellaneous assortment of
human rubbish, which, if allowed to
land, must have, as In England, prov
ed an Intolerable burden to the In
digenous population. But there Is far
more room in the United States than
in our cramped and overcrowded isles
for continental riffraff. Last year the
great republic accepted and digested
over three-quarters of n million of de
sirable immigrants from Europe—an ut
ter Impossibility, of course, for the
United Kingdom. But with all this
readiness to receive really valuable
labor from the old world. Washington
most rigidly draws the line sharply
against Importation of detrimental ad
ditions to the industrial population. At
the present moment there would not
be nearly so much distress In London
were It not for the continuous Inflow
ing of the poor, needy wretches who
lower the standard of living and the
wage rate In the unskilled labor mar
ket.—London Globe.
Stanley'* Last Camp.
After a long search over the wilds of
Dartmoor there has been found at last
wliat Ianly Stanley desired to mark tlie
grave of Sir Henry M„ the great ex
plorer. This is a monolith twelve feet
long, four feet wide and two and a half
feet thick and weighing six tons. It
seems so far to have defied the finger
of time and so promises to defy It
loniftr still. Lady Stanley would have
a stone that was “fashioned by the
ages, tempered and colored by time
and untouched by man. ”
The long looked for object was found
on a farm lying recumbent on the bor
ders of a natural roadway. Three of
Its faces had been exposed for count
less generations. There were consid
erable difficulties In the way of Its re
moval from Devonshire to Stanley's
grave at l’lrbrlght, but they were over
come. The stone now stands In the
quiet village churchyard, a testimony
to the logic In Lady Stanley's grief and
desires and therefore a fitting sign for
the resting place of the African wan
derer. The Inscription bears simply
the name so familiar to the world. Be
neath it are carved the words “Bula
Matari" (“the Rock Breaker"), Stan
ley's sobriquet In the dark continent.
New Zpnlard'u (¡rent Geyser.
One of the wonders of the earth Is
the gigantic geyser at Itotura, New
Zealand, known as Walinangu. It
made its appearance about two years
ago and is situated near the one time
famous (link nnd white terraces of Ro-
tomaliana, whose beauties were swept
completely out of existence in the ter
rific eruption of 1880. The crater out
of which the geyser Issues Is fully half
an acre In extent and of enormous
depth. When in eruption the wliola
of the gigantic funnel is filled with a
huge column of black boiling mu<l and
Then the Minister Doubted.
stone that shoots In the air to a height
I»r. J. Ross Stevenson of the Fifth
of nearly 1,000 feet, while the cloud of
Avenue Presbyterian church is any
steam which accompanies It rises in
thing but unintelligible in his pulpit
calm weather several thousand feet.
utterances; but, according to his own
To see It In eruption Is said to be the
confession, there was one occasion
sight of a lifetime. The awful force
when be thought that perhaps be had
manifested by the ejection of the vast
failed in making himself clear. He
body of water nnd stones, the terrific
preached one Sunday In a western
The Gentleman.
roar of steam and hurling rocks add to
town, and Just before the sermon the
“The true gentleman," said Cardinal the weird grandeur of the phenomenon.
leading soprano came to him and said: Newman, “carefully avoids whatever Waimangu is really located in the cen
"Dr. Stevenson, if you will tell me may cause a Jar or Jolt in the minds of ter of tlie marvelous hot lakes and
your subject I will select nn appropri those with whom he Is cast—all clash thermal springs region.
ate solo and sing it nt the close of the ing of opinion, all collision of feeling—
sermon.”
his great concern being to make every
A Huiaian “Volnnteer.”
"Well, really, 1 hardly think I can,” one at his ease and at home. He guards
It is often said that Russians are sol
he replied—"that Is, I"—
against unreasonable allusions or topics diers “born.” Occasionally, however,
"Oh. never mind,” she Interrupted. which may Irritate. He never speaks one is made to order. An English visit
“I'll listen carefully, and before you of himself except when compelled or in Moscow was in one of the side
get through I’ll have something select- never defends himself by a mere re streets recently when his attentlcn was
ed.”
I tort. He is scrupulous In Imputing mo attracted by the scuffling of feet, the
She then disappeared. Dr. Steven- tives to those who Interfere with him swish of a whip and the sound of loud
son entered the pulpit, preached his and Interprets everything for the best words.
sermon and sat down. The "selection” He is never mean or little In his dis
Looking across the way, he saw a
followed promptly. It was "Some Time putes, never takes an unfair advantage, stocky fellow In a blouse flat on the
We'll Understand."—New York Times. never mistakes personalities or sharp ground and stoutly resisting the efforts
sayings for arguments."
of two soldiers to set him on Ills feet
How the lint Wan Named.
and make 1dm go along.
Cecil De Mllle and a group of fellow
The Englishman turned to n ninn in
NOBILITY
OF
TREES.
playwrights were discussing the some
official uniform at Ids side, who also
what disreputable looking hendgear of à Tribute to tbe Majesty ot th« was watching the struggle, but with
u certain actor at the Lambs' club the
Mlahty Oak.
out excitement or Interest
other evening, says the New York
Directly In my path stood an ancient
“What’s the trouble?" asked the Eng
World.
swamp white oak, the greatest tree, I lishman.
"It's queer how hats get their names,” think, thnt I have ever seen. It was not
The official shrugged bls shoulders.
observed De Mllle. “For Instance, the the highest nor the largest round, per “There's no trouble.” he replied. “It's
derby, of course, takes Its name from haps. but Individually, spiritually, the only a peasant turning volunteer.”
Derby race track; the billycock from greatest. Hoary, hollow and broken
Sir William Coke, who introduced It; limbed, his huge bole Heemed encircled
Mew fee For Wireless Telegraphy.
the beaver from the fur from which I with the centuries, and In this green
Wireless telegraphy is likely to be
its predecessors were made; the"—
and grizzled top all the winds of heav put to a new use. In England experi
"But,” Interrupted one of his listen en bad some time come.
ments nre being made with wireless
ers. "how did that old. disreputable
One could worship In the presence of burglar alarms. Steel safes are equlp-
wideawake brimmed bat of Blank's such a tree as easily ns in the shadow l»ed with transmitters. When the safe
ever get the mime wideawake::
of a vnst cathedral. Indeed, what Is Is opened the electrical waves are ra
De Mllle thought hnrd for a moment, there built with hands that Las the dig diated. These waves come In contact
scanning the dilapidated hendgear nity. the majesty, the dignity, of life? with the usual coherer at some distant
from every point; then he replied:
And what life was here! Life whose central point, ring a bell and so an-
"This.particular hat Is probably call beginnings ’ey so far back that 1 could nonnee that the door has been oneped
ed a wideawake because It Is so utterly no more reckon tbe years than I could It is thought that when this system Is
devoid of any 'nap.' ”
count the atoms It bail bullded Into this perfected, which It Is not as yet, no
majestic form.
burglar will be able so to tnmper with
It Waan't Duck.
Looking down upon him from twice tt as to destroy Its efficiency.
A few officers of a British ship were hfs height loomed a tulip poplar, clean,
dining with a mandarin at Canton. boiled for thirty feet and In the top all
The Coretess Apple.
One of tbe guests wished a second green and gold with blossoms. It was
The coreless apple has at last arriv
helping of a savory stew, which he a resplendent thing t>eslde the oak, yet ed. In color It Is red dotted with yel
thought was composed of duck. Not how unmistakably tbe gnarled old mon low. It Is without seeds and resembles
knowing a word of Chinese, he held up arch wore the crown! Ills girth more the seedless orange In that a “slightly
his plate to his guest, saying, with than balanced tlie poplar’s great height, hardened substance makes Its appear
smiling approval. “Quack, quack, and. as for blossoms, nntnre knows the ance at the navel end.” But this can
quack!” The mandarin was nn Intel beauty of strength and Inward majesty be obliterated by culture It is estimat
ligent Chinamen. Slinking his head, and has pinned no Imutonnlere upon ed that by 1906 there will lie 2.500.000
be pointed to the dish of stew and said. tlie oak.—Dallas I-ore Sharp in Nation of these trees bearing fruit In the or
'•Bow, wow. waw!”
chards of the world.—Chicago Tribunal
al Magazine.
Antlqnlfy of Rrewln<.
The ancient Egyptians understood
and practised the art of brewing sev
eral centuries Itefore the Christian era.
ns did also the ancient Greeks. Span
iards and Britons made a fermented
drink from wheat, which was used in
Spain under the name ceria, and also
in Gaul. Tacljus tells us that tn his
day. about 100 A. D., beer was the com
mon beverage and that the Germans
understood bow to convert barley Into’
malt Six hundral years later Chari*
mngne gave ordprs that the best brew
ers should always accompany Lis court
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l> ;:”s G. Blaine wii - a most versa-.It
[toil had oratqf 11»- woiihl speak many
times a day from the train, which stop
ped at every Important place, nnd have
something new to say each time, lie
carefully thought up his speech be
tween stations after a brief talk with
the committee of the town he was com
Ing to and then corrected Immediately
afterward the notes which were taken
by bls own stenographer.
He said to mA In the campaign of
1884. "I want you to Introduce me all
through New York, because you are al
ways surefooted.” I appreciated the
compliment as well as the difficulties
of the situation. I Introduced him at
Yonkers, Tarrytown. Sing Sing, and be
said. "What Is the next pluce?” I said,
BULGING GUN BARRELS.
You would be astonished if you knew
how many women in San Francisco
were ekeing out an existence by the
inventing and manufacturing of little
art novelties. I went into a house just
before Christmas where a sweet,
patient-faced little lady with snow-
Diseases In Animals.
The president has transmitted to con white hair, and her young daughter
gress the annual report of the bureau of about fifteen years of age were manu
of animal Industry of the agricultural facturing some little calendars and
department. The report shows an In souvenirs for the holiday trade. They
BRIEF REVIEW
crease of 43.7 per cent in the number were inexpensive to get up but it took
of American cattle exported and an In time and patience, and the worst of it
crease of 110.5 per cent In sheep ex
Royalty’s Early Marriages.
all was that they liarely made u living.
ported in 1904 as compared with 1903.
The early betrothal of the Crown
“
VVe
worked
nearly
all
night,
”
said
Attention Is called to the importance of
Prince of Germany, whois now in his
a rigid enforcement of public regula the mother, wearily, “and still we
tions looking to the control and the haven’t caught up with our orders.” twentv-second year, accords with cus
eradication of tuberculosis in cattle.
"Worked nearly all night,” echoed tom in the case of royal matches. His
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The New Army It Hie.
the daughter,” “why, it was half-past father, the Emperor William, also mar
The ordnance department of the ar three when we put the last calendars ried at 22, as did the Kings of Greece
my has in stock nearly GO.OOO of the in their boxes. I tell you it is this and Portugal. Leo|s»lil of the Belgians
new magazine rilles, a sufficient num kind of work that takes the cream off was only 18, the King of Roumania 20,
ber to practically equip the entire ar of Christmas. I suppose we ought to and King Edward 21 when they en
my. It had been intended to begin the
tered the state of matrimony. The
delivery of the new arm In a few days, l»e truly and devoutly thankful that Emperor of Austria and the King of
the
holidays
roll
round
and
create
a
but the Issue has been suspended pend
Denmark, however, were both 24.
ing the settlement of the question as demand for all this kind of work.
to whether the new rifle cannot lie Im Ho|>e I’ll never be so unfortunate as to Royal brides, indeed, are nearly always
proved without radical change by the have anyone present me with any of of tender age. The late Empress of
Incorporation of certain features devel these heathenish devices. I am in a Austria and the Queens of Greece ami
oped In the recent battles lietween the state of rebellion every time I have to Roumania were married at 16, and the
Russians and Japanese in Mancliurln. make any oriental calendar and stand late Queen of the Belgians was only a
The troops of the contending armies
pat for General Kuropatkin and the year older. Queen Alexandra was only
are equipped with a small bore smoke
18 when she went to make her home in
less powder magazine bolt gun. Tlie Russians in general.” “Now, you are
England, and the future Crown Prin
talking
foolishly,
”
said
her
mother
re
Japanese gun has a knife bayonet and
the Russian gun a triangular bayonet. provingly. “I know it, but I’m sort cess of Germany is the same age. Her
Otherwise they are practically the of rattled over all this endless work of prospective mother-in-law married the
THE GRAY WOLF.
same. The American officers on the ugly little no-account things that people Emperor William at 21, which was also
field of action made valuable observa demand and count as artistic.” "You the age of the King of Portugal’s bride. Al* CunninK <♦ Mni veloun, and lie la
Dltftrnit to Catch.
tions of the effectiveness of the small ought to lie glad that we can put some
The cunning of the gray wolf Is mar
arm, and the ordnance experts in this thing on the market that there is a
From Cradle to Grave.
city are now studying these reports
velous, and it is most difficult to catch
The stork disappears and we look in napping.
with a view to the incorporation of Im demand for—it is your bread and but
He somehow seems to
ter.
”
"That
is
just
it,
mother,
the
to the cradle and behold a male child. know that Iron Is associated with man.
proved features In the new United
same yesterday, to-day and forever for After running the gauntlet of measles,
States rifle In case it is possible.
A piece of iron anywhere v<111 keep
us, bread and butter, and delicatessen mumps and chickeiqiox, lie enters
A Dltlleult Job.
him at a distance. If you shoot an
Eugene F. Ware’s retirement from stews and the like. Wish we would school. At the age of 10 he is a red
antelope, for instance, and Just put
public life led to no great strife for have one of our gisxi old-fashioned headed, freckle-faced boy and the ter
the position of commissioner of pen country dinners that we used to have ror of the neighborhood. At 12heisan your spur on the carcass you may leave
It as long as you like and no wolf wlll
sions. It is anything but a sinecure in the old home on the farm, and one
apprentice in a printing office. At 18 touch It A pocket handkerchief will
and has seldom been filled to tho of our big wdod fires snapping and
entire satisfaction of pensioners nnd roaring up theehimney. None of your he has acquired two cases of long primer do as well.
and an Army press and is the editor of
others having business with the bu
Lobo, a great gray wolf who was
reau. Iu order that the numerous laws smoky coal fires and horrid old gas a country newspaper. At 20 he is mar the king of the pack at Currumpaw, a
fires
for
me.
I
think
|
hs »pie are crazy ried.
At 30 he is bald-headed, stoop vast cattle range in New Mexico, was
governing the granting of pensions
may be properly administered the pen to leave their country homes where shouldered and the father of a large a thinker as well as a ruler. His pack
sion bureau requires a chief of good they have all the room outside and in family. At 35 he is a corpse in a cheap ate nothing but what they bad killed
Judgment, one whose sense of Justice side they want and come to a noisy pine coffin, and as 500 delinquent sub themselves, and time poison was no
Is well balanced and who will not only city and live in two cold, bleak, dark scribers file past his bier for the last good. At last a thousand dollars was
protect the government, but at the looking rooms, and for what ----- ?
look they are heard to say: “ He was a set upon his bead. This brought a
same time give the claimant his full Simply the glory of living in San Fran
gtssl fellow, but he couldn’t save his noted wolf hunter from Texas, with
rights.
his pack of great wolfhounds. But
cisco. 1 could preach all night on girls money.”
An t'nasnal Incident.
again there was failure. Then two
There was an unusual scene on tlie* and families staying in the country
other hunters came with subtly devis
senate floor the other dny when Sena and being oontented. They don’t know
The Thibetan Bible.
ed poisons to work his undoing. Then
tor Morgan, seated In his chair, his when they nre well oil'." Not one
The Kah-gjur, or Thilsdan Bible, I came on the scene. First 1 tried
flaming red bandanna handkerchief moment did their busy hands stop
poison, and there was no combination
•ver and anon going from his desk while the young girl was giving vent consists of 108 volumes of 1000 pages of strychnine, arsenic and prussic acid
drawer to bls mouth, bis legs crossed, to her pent-up feelings, for the Xmas each, containing 1088 separate Issiks. which I did not use. I put the poisons
•sally read a long speech. It was orders had to be filled. After the rush Each of the volumes weighs ten pounds In cheese melted together with kidney
and forms a package 26 inches long, 8
on the statehood bill. The senator’s
fat, and during the whole process I
voice was Ann, resonant and reaching of the holidays were over they had a inches broad and 8 inches deep. This wore gloves steeped In hot blood. And
brief
resting
spell;
then
they*had
to
for half an hour, but toward tlie end
Bible requi'esa dozen yaks for its trans I scattered the halt si) over the ranch
Inventing -j.-wr.-v
bls worAo became ulmmA -butmetd- l!c awake at
port, and the carved wooden blocks The next morning I went out and
glble. At one period of his address new designs for the coming year’s trade. from which it is printed need rows of found Lobo's tracks, with the bait
Benn tors Knox, Alger, Elkins. Proctor This mother and daughter were only
gone. 1 was dehgbt*L 7 followed the
and Teller were In a group talking two of the many that make their living houses, like a city, for their storage. A *rxl «rnd found another
It gone
trits;
of
Mongols
paid
7000
oxen
for
a
softly to one another. Probably It in this w>y or in nn»lr!ng *on)e*h!ng
;ad /et anotl.t,.-. Then I found the
copy
of
this
Bible,
in
addition
to
the
was the first time in history when five unique and acceptable as gifts when
three baits piled upon another one and
Bible there are are 225 volumes of com
ex-cabinet officers got together as sen
covered with filth. Lobo had evidently
the spirit of giving (»ervades the very
ators.
mentaries, which are necessary for ita carried the first three in his mouth
air.
Drinker* and Smoker* Bnrred.
understanding. There is also a large and had taken this means of express
A curious fenture. Its like never be
collection of alleged revelations which ing hfs utter contempt for my devices.
Before
me
lies
a
dainty
little
booklet,
fore known In history, has been em
supplement the Bible.
But Lobo's downfall came about
bodied In a proposed legislative meas “ Philosophy in a N utshell ” or “Words
A Wisconsin dog, by stepping on the through a big white she wolf who was
ure It appears In a bill Introduced by of Gold,” by Alice Kingsbury Cooley, trigger of a gun, shot a boy.
always with him. I managed to catch
Senator Teller of Colorado, which pro once a favorite actress with the theater
her in a trap. Then I knew we should
vides for appointment of commission goers of San Francisco ami Eastern
Motor Cars in Calcutta.
soon have Lobo. Night after night lie
ers of transportation of mails and to
cities, and now that old Father Time
In a recent report by the Belgian came around the homestead an.l mourn
aid in the regulation of Interstate com
has
touched
her
dark
locks
with
his
Consul at Calcutta it is stated that ed Ills mate In long, plaintive howls. I
merce. Section 4 reads:
knew he would try to find her body.
"That no person shall be appointed magic wand powdering it with silver, there is a sternly demand for motor I set 130 strong steel wolf traps, and
to the said board of managers who Is the bright little lady who in li< r cars in that city, and it is added that In one of these I caught him—a mar
or within five years previous to his palmy days played “ Fanchion ” in the it is probable a large business will lie tyr to constancy. And that was the
appointment has been addicted to the "Cricket on the Hearth,” has turned done in these cars in the near future. end of Lobo.—Interview With Ernest
•sceeslve use of intoxicating liquors authoress and artist, and many are the The essential qualities for the Indian Thompson 8eton.
•» narcotics or to any game of chance poems, short stories ami bits of wisdom
market are cheapness and quiet run
•r skill.”
CARL SCHOFIELD.
she turns out with her ready pen. I ning. As the country is extremely
Foreign Visitor (In the year 21(50)-
Mlfklns—Wasn't Benedict's death don’t know of a more suitable little gift dusty, chainless cars are preferred. You don't seem to have any famlly
rather sudden and unexpected) Bif to a friend than her “ Words of Gold,” The motive power should tie petroleum tries in this country. • Native American
bine—Well, It was sudden, but not for there is a nugget of gold for every
which is easily obtainable on journeys. —No; our ancestors destroyed the last
Bseesssrily unexpected. Ills wife bad day in the week, and you will l>el>etter
of our forests more than a hundred
fast graduated from a coqkis.g school. for having culled them one by oue or
years ago.—Exchange. »
The
police
of
Vienna
are
now
using
-Chicago News
page by page. The following are a few the phonograph at the preliminary
Ties snd Time.
selections from the dainty booklet: “ It examination of a prisoner.
She—What la the d:<eren<» between
,**v»rs!t> '• •sc.etiir.es bard upon a
takes
so
little
to
make
one
happy
if
one
a made up 1e and one you tie yourself?
•ws.-tort fas <ws man wir» can atari*
Be of that number who try to do He—Oh. alriut half an hour.—Cassette
th er«* nr» • hundred who is willing; a little sunshine, a little
Journal.
work, a little play, and a few kind some good in this world.
♦111 ttaikk <| sxaty Goldsmith»
■PT
ORIENTAL PEOPLE.
llluliiv'. IkMri» wit.
The lluln That I. Wrought by Care
less lluudllug.
I have sold guns for ten years, and
In that time four of them have had
tlielr barrels bulged, one by snow, one
by dirt, one by sand and one by some
thing else getting into It One man
crawling through a fence got a little
snow in the muzzle. He could not re
move It with his finger, so concluded
to wait and shoot it out. which he did.
but he found a bulge like a pullet's egg
on the end of the barrel. Another got
some earth in the muzzle and shot It
out, and he, too, found the same kind
of a bulge on tlie end of his gun. An
other fired Ills gun at ducks, which
knocked him over on Ids back and fair
ly got away from him. When lie pick
ed tip the gun be found a parrow raised
band around the barrel Lrtirteen inches
from the muzzle. In this case a wad
had probably lodged there. This cus
tomer thinks the manufacturers ought
to give him a new set of barrels. 1 tell
him If the barrels had not been good
ones It would have been a burst In
stead of a bulge, which might have
maimed or killed him. Another man ly
ing on a point brought down a duck with
a broken wing which scurried for the
water. The uisu ran and struck the
duck with the muzzle of the gun and
in so doing got sand In It. He blew
most of It out and shot out the rest of
It. Well, after that shot he found a
little blister two inches from the muz
zle about the size of a man's little fin
ger.
Moral.—Do not shoot obstructions of
any kind out of your gun If you value
your life or gun.—Uncle Dan in Ama
teur Sportsman.
■
b.
HóTTyvf ONE RECIPE.
• « •
Profitable rnrenttona.
No one class of Inventions has been
so profitable to both the manufacturer
and the inventor as musical Instru
menta and appliances for same. Nu
morons Improvements to the pigne
have been a source of large fortunes,
and various devices are at present be
Ing continuously applied. Radically
new Instruments possessing real merit
are the Inventions needed in this line
The public Is always ready to adopt
almost anything new In both wind and
stringed Instruments.—Inventor.
•
A ■•Practical” WeSdls* Girt.
Pearl—Oh. we had a delightful wed
ding and received so many silver pres
ents. Ruby—That was fine. And did
your father give something in sliver
too? Pearl—No; he gave us a bottle of
acid to test the other presents with —
Chicago News.
IstengrS.
Bills—You made a funny break In
aangratulatlng the bride's father In
stead of the *oom. W..ls- No. I
didn’t I've a daughter, too, and I
know what they cofit *
*.