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bers ft visit cities which they might
otherwise never see. The local pride of
those who act as hosts insures a full
appreciation of whatever is of interest
in th« surroundings; and the Inter
change of hospitality draws j>e<»ple from
the different sections more closely to­
gether, and gives them an opportunity
to broaden their outlook—and get new
points of view. In a smaller way, Hun­
dreds of trade associations and frater­
nal orders are doing the same thing for
their members. The influence of It is
probably greater than any one can see.
It has demonstrated the fact that hos­
pitality is not the exclusive possession
of any one section; that communities
which differ widely in their views on
many matters may each have good rea­
sons for the faith that Is In them fund
In the end It will greatly help to form
and foster a feeling of national solidar­
ity. Even the gain In mere geographi­
cal knowledge Is something. “I have
seen wonderful crops of corn and wheat
In my country," said a recent XVestern
v'sltor to the New England coast, "but
this is the first time I have ever seen
rocks growing out of the water.”
L
OREGON
BANDON
Pay as you go, but try to save enough
to get back on.
Somehow, the majority of our good
habits never get found out.
Can you name the seven candidates
for Vice President without going to the
newspaper files?
Nine thousand tailors go on strike
in New York, thereby adding 1,000 men
to the army of the unemployed.
When a girl is not sure whether she
loves a fellow or not It means that
there Is another one hovering near.
Nothing has been heard lately con­
cerning Mrs. Hetty Green. Tho proba­
bility Is that she has gone to saving
her money, again.
Few sea serpents have been seen this
year. This may be due to the prohibi­
tion movement which has been spread­
ing across the land.
Caruso says he Is glad his wife has
eloped, as she was not "up to expecta­
tions.” He Is evidently a convert to
the trial marriage idea.
Add highly technical decisions to
technical statutes, and the way of the
transgressor becomes a path of pleas­
antness and comfort.
It Is Idle talk of coming trouble be­
tween England and Germany. Don’t
King Edward and the kaiser kiss each
other whenever they meet?
Castro regrets
more nations to
day Is dull which
new complication
that there are not
quarrel with. That
does not bring him a
with the powers.
The rule forbidding tourists in the
Yellowstone Park the right to carry
weapons ought to be broadened and ex­
tended bo that It shall apply to band
Its.
Mrs. Jack Gardner surely is old
enough to know that the makers of
rare old tapestries In this country
should be protected from the ruinous
competition of old world artisans.
Richard Harding Davis has started a
campaign to keep waste paper from
littering up the streets. Which shows
that some authors, at least, have a
proper sense of their responsibility to
the public.
A London shop girl crossed the Atlan­
tic, remained In New York thirty min­
utes and then hurried back to London,
Probably she did not like to keep the
customer waiting any longer for the
cba nge.
A New Y’ork waiter has refused n
liberal tip on the ground that he did
not need the money, His fellow wait-
ers threaten to expel him from his local
for unethical conduct. He might have
given the money to charity or started a
fund for an old waiters’ home.
"Vodka” bottles In Russia carry the
Imperial eagle on the labels—the "vod­
ka” trade Is a government monopoly—
but a commission of the Duma, ap­
pointed to consider the drink evil, has
lately recommended that the eagle be
removed from the label, and a skull
and crossbones be put In Its place, with
appropriate warnings against the use
of the poison.
Israel Zangwlll, the British novelist,
has added a novel problem to the wom­
an suffrage question. Mrs. Humphrey
Ward opposes votes for women. Mr.
Zangwlll finds that the reason for this
la that as a novelist she has discovered
and analyzed the weakness of her sox,
and he replies that as a male novelist
be has learned the “boundless vanity,
selfishness, and hysterical emotional­
ism” of men. He concludes that his «ex
is utterly unfitted to be trusted with
power. A question Is raised here which
readers of novels may answer for them­
selves. IM male writers Idealize wom­
en, and do women flctionlsts Idealize
men? Did not Thackeray expound the
vanity of woman as well as worship his
saints in tuuslln? And did not George
Eliot make Maggie Tulllver more of a
hero than Tom?
Front the day« of Herodotus and
Marco Polo, travel has been recognized
as an educative and civilizing experi­
ence. A year on the Continent of Eu-
roi»e is considered the best possible
"finishing” course for English and
American youth whose parents can af­
ford it; but It Is not so commonly per­
ceived that a great and valuable ad­
vance Is steadily going on In this coun­
try by virtue of the interchange of vis­
itors between North and South and
East and XX’est. It is a commonplace
that the United States presents great
diversity of climate, and that It has
been peopled from many different na­
tions. of widely varying habits of nfe
and thought. Such a diversity of ele-
ments united in one national entity
would be a great source of weakness
were It not for the constant travel for
which Americans are noted. Much of
this is duo to the annual conventions
of national organizations. The Chri«-
tian Endeavor Society, the National
Educational Association, th« Grand
Army, ami many other tw.lle« inert once
a year, «ach time in a new plae«; and
apeclal railroad rates indue'« Iqrge
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According to a New York literary
Journal, a leading American publisher
who has always had a fair number of
first-rate and successful novels on his
lists of new books has this year decided
to exclude fiction altogether from his
plans for the coming season. He holds
that as an art fiction Is nearing ex­
haustion and death, and that not only
the discriminating public but the nov­
elists themselves are conscious of this
remarkable fact. The publisher Is
quoted as saying that the trouble is not,
as some have thought, with the mate­
rial available. Life Is rich and full of
possible plots, and, as a matter of fact,
novelists never had as much to say as
they have Just now. Only, “they have
never said it 60 dully” and lnartlstical-
ly. and, therefore, readers will weary
of sociological treatises In the form of
novels, of psychological analysis, of
clinical realism and minute description,
and give up the modern novel entirely.
In other words, fiction as an “art form”
is in a decadent state and doomed to
extinction. This agrees with an equally
gloomy nnd semi-philosophical, “evolu­
tional” view which a French critic put
forward some time ago. No art form,
he said, was permanent The essay Is
practically dead, although futile at­
tempts are occasionally made to revive
It; the sonnet is dead ; the poetic drama
is dead. XVhat reason Is there, then,
for assuming that fiction Is eternal?
For his own part, he did not hesitate
to predict its early disappearance. He
contends that method, restraint, form,
beauty, respect for tradition have been
discarded by the .novelists, and that
their work, with few exceptions, is cha­
otic nnd nondescript, containing a little
of everything but hardly anything that
can be called art. In such pessimistic
nnd sweeping tnlk much depends on the
definition of “art” or “form.” XX’e have
hen rd that modern music Is not art,
and It is not strange to hear that polit­
ical, social, psychological, analytical
novels are not “art." But is not the
conception of Action, of art In fiction,
undergoing n change? XX'as not Shake­
speare called a barbarinn by the strict
artists of his day? XX’as not Ibsen told
that his poetry was not really poetry?
If novelists claim greater freedom, are
they not Justified by the world's inter­
est in their treatment of the questions
that earlier novelists considered alien
to art? As to the alleged dullness of
modern fiction, what will the admirers
of Mrs. XX’ard. of Mrs. XX’harton, of
James, of Howells, of Conrad, of Hew­
lett, of Miss Sinclair, of a score of oth­
ers, say of the change? The general
reader finds plenty of charm, of inter­
est. of stimulation In the higher branch
es of contemporary fiction, and Is not
he the court of last resort? It is a
safe guess that a generation hence fle-
tlon wlll be as vital and popular as it
now is—which Is saying a good deal.
Beam and the
The
Mote«
Little Dick, the village “bad boy,*’
was wading through a shallow swamp
catching frogs with a small landing net.
It was slowwork.for the frogs were nim­
ble and exceedingly shy, but whenever
he succeeded in capturing one he made
sure that It did not get away by put­
ting It in a tin bucket that had a per­
forated lid. He had Just caught a fine*
specimen and transferred It to hls buck­
et, when a young lady, who was out for
a walk, bnppened along.
“Little boy,” she said, "don't you
know ft’s cruel to catch those poor little
froggies?”
Dick straightened up nnd looked at
her. She wore a gorgeous “creation” on
her head, nnd something In Its trim­
mings attracted hl« attention.
"I want 'em to wear on my hat,” he
said.
Jn<t Llk. the Rich Folk«.
“Marshall Field, Jay Gould and Pot-
ter Palmer habltunlly carried only
small amounts In their pockets,” said
the man who has a taste for th“ odd.
"XX’ell,” responded hls friend, “when
I nm gone you can truthfully say the
name about me."—XX’ashlngton Herald
The Leaser E.ll.
"Of course,” the trngedlnn was say­
ing. “In the theatrical business a short
run Is bad----- ”
"But,” Interrupted the critic, “a good
long walk is worse. Isn’t It?”—Ex
change.
One
Good
Torn
D.Mrrei
»ECOKD BREAKINQ CLIM»
Annie 8. Peek Is the most la-rsistent
mountain climber of her sex and no
one who knows the history of her strug-
gles against Ill-for­
tune and realizes
her 1 n d o m 1 table
pluck will fail to
feel a sense of per­
sonal satisfaction
at the success of
her latest venture.
It Is reported from
Lima, Peru, that
Miss Peck has as­
cended Hua sea ran
to the height of
25,000 feet, the
highest point ever
attained by man or woman.
Miss Peck had previously gone tc
South America twice to climb this
mountain. On an earlier trial she was
compelled to give up the attempt after
reaching a height of 17,500 feet, owing
to the cowardice of her guides. By
reaching an altitude of 25,000 feet Miss
Peek has ascended higher than any
other person, man or woman. In the
world. The previous record was held
by W. XX’. Graham, who reached a
height of 23,800 feet in the Himalayas.
Miss Peck began her mountain climb­
ing In 1895, when she scaled the Mat­
terhorn. She ascended Mount Sorata,
in Bolivia, reaching a height of 20,500
feet. Iluascaran, or Huascan, towers
above a notable group of volcanic sum­
mits In tlie south of Peru to the west­
ward of the great plateau in which
Lake Titecaca lies.
Miss Peek has surmounted almost
impossible obstacles, chief among them
the lack of means. Miss Peck was at
one time professor In a XVestern col­
lege, but for many years she has been
occupied as a lecturer and has climbed
many mountains for the purpose of ob­
taining material for her lectures. It
has been her ambition to climb Huas-
caran, reputed the highest mountain Ju
the world, which all the climbers of
the world had failed to ascend, She
has had the greatest difficulty In rais-
Ing funds for her trips, but she has
persisted in the face of constant dis­
couragement nnd has started on her
mission each time with barely enough
money to take her through her sched­
ule, with no allowance for accident and
with but scanty equipment. Scientifi­
cally her equipment has always been of
the best and no doubt she will bring
back some valuable observations. Her
past two trips have been made with na­
tive guides who proved almost worse
than useless. This time she had with
her two Swiss guides and it is doubt­
less to their experience and hardiness
that she owes her success.—Utica
Globe.
MAY FIRES.
Ancient Scotch Custom Which
volved Human Sacrifice.
Sir John Sinclair’s “Statistical
count of Scotland” contains notices of
many old customs, which still contln-
tied to be observed in the Highlands,
though they were even then fast dying
out. From the eleventh volume of that
great work, which was published in
1791 nnd the succeeding years, we
learn, on the authority of the minister
of Callender, Perthshire, that the boys
of the township assembled In a body
upon the moors on May day and pro­
ceeded to dig a circular trench, leaving
the soil in the center undisturbed, so
as to form a low table of green turf
sufficient in size to accommodate the
whole party.
They lighted a «fire and prepared a
custard of milk nnd eggs nnd a large
oatmeal cake, which they baked upon a
stone placed in the embers. XX’hen they
had eaten the custard, they divided the
cake into as many equal portions as
there were persons in the assembly nnd
daubed one of those pieces with char­
coal until It was perfectly blnck. They
they placed all the pieces of the cnice
together in a bonnet, and each In turn
drew one blindfolded, the holder of the
bonnet being entitled to the last piece.
The boy who drew the blackened por­
tion was destined to be sacrificed and
wns compelled to leap three times
through the flames.
Although the ceremony had degen­
erated into a mere pastime for boys, ft
is evident that it must once upon n
time have Involved the actual sacrifice
of n human being In order to render the
coming summer fruitful.—Gentleman’s
Magazine.
She Hated Garrick.
Mrs. Clive was eminent ns an
actress on the London stage before
( larrick appeared, and as his blaze of
excellence threw all others Into com­
parative insignificance she never for­
gave him and took every opportunity
of venting her spleen. She was coarse,
rude and violent in her temper and
spared nobody.
One night as Garrick was perform­
ing "King Ix>ar" she stood behind the
scenes to observe him and, in spite of
the roughness of her nature, was so
deeply affected that she sobbed one
minute and abused him the next, nnd
at length, overcome by hls pathetic
touches, she hurried from the place
with the following extraordinary trib­
ute to the universality of hls power«:
"Hang him! I believe he could act a
gridiron.”—T. P.'s XX’eekly.
Same
Another,
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IVaruln* Mote. Catlin* the Wleke4
to Repentance.
Woman Seale. Ilkhr.t Mountain
a Height of 2A,OO« Feet.
Thin*.
"Miss Bloomer seems to keep her
"He is a most persistent wooer: he
youth still,” remarked Miss Goode.
turns up nt her house every evening."
"Well,” replied Miss Chellus, “she
"Yes. and as often ns he turns up she
keeps her age quiet"—Philadelphia
turns him down."—Hoi^ston Post.
Press.
When h tnan walks along the street
Introduce wisdom Into a love affair,
between tw,» women, he has every ajs
and you will break It up.
vearamje of being under arrest
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The right kind of
sermon keel» on
preaching after the
benediction is pro-
Bounced.
Unless we do
something for the
future the future
will not do much
for us.
Too much care
has kept many a house plant from be­
coming a tree.
The Lord employs no hired help.
It Is a waste of soap to wash a pig.
Only the worshiper can ask as God
wants to give.
There are days when “Hold the Fort’’
is the right song to sing.
Characters are not built by accident
any more than bouses are.
Better t>e blind than see nothing but
the shortcomings of others.
Fill the mind with good thoughts and
bad oiu*s will be crowded out.
Faithfulness in the day of small
things Is what makes the true man.
The man who goes into God's busl-
ness goes into a business that never
fall«.
The religion that makes no change
in a man's life has made none In his
heart.
A man may never utter an oatti, and
yet swear like a pirate with bis face or
his fist.
The real size of the man always de­
pends upon whether he Is growing or
shrinking.
You can not always tell how hard a
man has been digging by what he brings
home in his basket.
You have to explain a coal oil lamp,
but no breath need be wasted in telling
about the power of the sun.
The
springtime will do that.
Hired Man and The llor.e.
Mirogen
from
A detailed account of the progress of
the works now in course of erection on
the falls of the Svaelglos at Noroddeu,
In Norway, for the separation of atmos­
pheric nitrogen, on the system of
Messrs. Birkeland and Eyde, Is given
in La Nature. These works are the
property of a French company, and the
available power is stated at 34,000
horse-power. A second undertaking on
a far larger scale is now in course of
construction to make use of the falls
of KJukan, where not less than 250,-
000 horse power will t>e utilized. Pho­
tographs show that the buildings are
now completed, and that much of the
machinery is in place, The factory is
contained in two separate divisions,
the hydro-electric generating station
ami the chemical works. Details of
the revolving furnaces, with the Inter­
nal electrodes and the flame ares, are
given.
I.et Women Kun Incubator.
Please do not get the idea that the
Incubator is so everlastingly automatic
that you do not need to give it any at­
tention. The result with the use of an
incubator is a great deal like the re­
sults with the use of other things. They
will be In proportion to the effort you
make to a great extent. Of course I
am not personally acquainted with you.
but as a long-distance proposition I
would a heap sight rather you would
turn your machine over to your wife.
The women folks have more natural
good sense In raising poultry, and you
can bet your boots they look after the
pennies and dimes in whatever they
undertake. While a man that Is accus­
tomed to dealing in big money often
overlooks seemingly immaterial things
that go to make the use of incubators
and brooders a success.—M. M. John­
son, Nebraska.
Every man who works on a farm
ought to know how to care for horse«.
By "care” it is not meant that he
should know Just enough to feed a
horse, but he must know how to take
car« of a mare in foal, how to break a
colt and how to feed It to the best ad­
vantage. He should know all about
horses’ feet and something about shoe­
ing, too. Many a man has dropped
into a tine and permanent job because
he knew these things. Horses are the
most valuable animals on the farm, of
course, and the man who can take the
best care of them is the most valuable
help.
Chaiiffen In Farming.
Farming is not what it was twenty
years ago from a revenue standpoint.
Corn and cotton were the main prod­
ucts from which the farmer drew his
income, and that, too, only once a year.
Now the process has changed up. In­
stead of the one crop, cotton, farmers
have invoked a multiplicity of crops,
and not only grow corn and cotton for
revenue, but have supplemented pota­
toes, both Irish and sweet; peaches and
pears, onions, melons, berries, peanuts
and ribbon cane, all of which bring
money at all seasons of the year, and
there is a continued market for what
he has to sell.—Sulphur Springs (Tex.)
Gazette.
Growing Hute* In Texas.
An experienced date grower of Cali­
fornia who visited the lower Rio
Grande region of Texas two years ago
discovered large numbers of date palm
trees, some of them very old but all
of which were barren. He proposed to
pollenize the trees artificially and
share In the proceeds; a proposition
which was eagerly accepted by the
owners. Hundreds of these trees are
now bearing delicious fruit. The poor,
crippled and sick Mexicans of that sec­
tion regard the man as a sorcerer and
when he visits them they fall upon
their knees and beg him to cure them
of their Infirmities.
LIFE IN THE MINING TOWNS.
Tboiitfh Minim it Good .Many Coin*
fori. It Ila. II. Attraction..
Dr. XV. K. Robinson, formerly a
prominent and popular Baltimorean,
but foi the past tfiree years a resident
of Goldfield, Nev., is a guest at the Ren­
nert, says the Baltimore American. Dr.
Robinson, who has prospered greatly
through his ownership cl paying mines,
told some interesting facts about Ills
adopted home.
“Compared with Baltimore,” said he,
“the mining towns of Nevada are very
shy of the comforts and pleasures of
existence, but they have an attraction
of their own, and I really enjoy living
out there. Goldfield is a place of at
least 15.009 people. It Is a wide-open
town. Gambling goes on day and night
and the saloons are never closed. This
does not mean that it Is given up to
disorder and violence. On the contrary,
serious crime is rare, and what racket
is kicked up Is the work of young east­
ern chaps, who think they must cavort
and raise Cain to make the native re­
gard them with respect.
“While the cost of living Is pretty
high, there has been n great decline
since the earliest days of the camp.
One can now rent a very comfortable
house for $75 to $100 a month. No Chi­
namen or Japs are allowed in Goldfield,
and a strong Irishwoman who can do
all the cooking and other family work
can often get $100 a month. XVe sigh
for the soft-shell crabs of the Chesa­
peake and the other glorious sea food,
but our beef and vegetables brought In
from California are Just as good as you
can get in Baltimore.
"Goldfield Is to-day in better shape
thar It ever was. Everything is on a
solid basis, Speculation In wildcat
property has ceased. Labor, like smelter
charges and railroad rates, has dropped
to a figure where the mine owners can
pay and get their profits. Some of the
biggest mines are not In operation, but
that Is onlj- a temporary condition. The
treasury shipments of ore out of Gold­
field are not less than $750,000 a month.
Inside of two years I believe the camp
will show an annual output of not less
than $25.< mhi .< mmi ,”
Maclilno Hoe Help«.
The machine wheel hoe is a great
thing in the garden. It makes garden
work a real pleasure Lf you have one
of the modern combined drill and wheel
A Clover Buncher.
hoe arrangements. They are not costly
Clover that is pastured until the and not hard to operate, Any one that
middle of June and then permitted to has a garden as big as a town lot can
make a second growth will escape ln- afford to have one, as It will save its
cost the first season and will last for
twenty years. You can do as much
work with one of them as ten men
with hand hoes and do it better.
Fruit Tree
Jury from the midge and usually give
a better yield of seed. When 95 per
cent of the heads are a dead brown
color the mower may be set to work.
The Illustration shows a flnger-like
mowing machine attachment for bunch­
ing and laying the clover out of the
way of the horses.
To Prevent Toiunto Kot.
The disease often attacks plants that
are not sprayed. It is first noticeable
as small black or brown spots on the
leaves and stems of the plants, occur­
ring first on the lower and older leaves,
but with favorable weather it spreads
rapidly till the plant is defoliated and
the spots on the stems have coalesced
into irregular blackish patches. If a
piece of bark with these spots be ex­
amined under a high power microscope
innumerable small, crescent-shaped
bodies may tie seen, These are the
fruiting spores of the fungus, Spray
with Bordeaux mixture.
Get n Itl.k Harrow.
The disk harrow is a tool that is
almost indispensable on an up-to-date
farm, For working land that Is infest-
ed with weeds that spread from their
root systems the disk harrow Is the
only harrow that should be used. It
cuts the roots where they lie and does
not drag them from one part of the
field and transplant them in another.
With plenty of horsepower It will do
the work of a plow on some kinds of
soli, esiteclally in fruit orch.-yds,
where a plow la liable to tear up large
roots ami start suckers to growing up
where the root is cut.
Borer.,
August is the time to look for borers
Dig the soil away around the stems of
fruit trees to the depth of 3 inches,
scrape the bark with a knife, and lf
any sawdust or exuding gum Is found
it Is time to get to work. Dig out the
borer and wash the uncovered parts
with a mixture of soft cow dung, lime­
wood ashes and a little crude carbolic
acid. Then return the soil. The quince,
dwarf pear and peach trees are par­
ticularly affected by this pest.
Foe of
the Green
Dug.
Last season farmers of the South­
west were greatly alarmed over the ap­
pearance of the wheat plant louse, com­
monly known as the green bug. They
caused a tremendous amount of dam-
age, but this year its ravages were
much less, owing to the appearance of
a parasite bee which destroys the bug.
The bee lays its eggs on
the body of the green bug,
which are shown In the
picture on the wheat leaf.
XX’hen the eggs hatch out
the lrtrvie feed on the bug
until they become bees,
when they lay more eggs
on the bugs, and this proc­
ess Is repeated over and
over. The bees are shown
In the picture, and farmers
should become familiar with them, so
they may recognize them as one of
their best friends.—Exchange.
Th»
Growing Hnngeln,
Ration for Cow«.
Experiments conducted last year at
the West Virginia Agricultural Station
go to show that, while a ration of grain
given to cows that are on pasture may
keep them in somewhat better physical
condltilon and keep up their flow of
milk, the Increase in butter fat Is not
sufficient to pay for the cost of the
grain ration. This would seem to be
on the assumption of a flush pasture
nnd that the cows would eat additional
grass to take the place of the higher-
priced grain ration.
I.eanminon. Crop*.
Nature has provided a leguminous
crop for every part of the earth where
it was Intended that man should farm.
Cow peas, soy beans and Japan clover
tn the South, crimson clover In the
Eastern slope, red clover In the Cen
tral states, alfalfa in the West, and
Canada peas In the North show how
thoroughly the distribution has been
effected.
Mangels grown continuously on the
same land for four years, yielded over
nine tons of roots, containing one ton
of dry matter, while on land under ro­
tation they yielded thirty-four tons of
roots and four tons of dry matter per
acre, at the New York Cornell Experi-
ment Station. From 25,(XM) to 30,090
plants of mangels, rutabagas and hy­
brid turnips, and from 40,000 to 60,000
plants of carrots, per acre, are sug­
gested as proper stands.
What
Sprayin* to Kill Weed«.
It has been proved that such weeds
as false-flax, wormseed, mustard, tum­
bling mustard, common wild mustard,
shepherd’s purse, pepper-grass, bell­
mustard, corn cockle, chlrkweed, dan­
delion, Canada thistle, bindweed plan-
tain, rough pigweed, king head, red
river weed, ragweed and cocklebur may
l>e destroyed by spraying the field with
a 2 or 3 per cent solution of copper
sulphate, using about eighty gallons of
water per acre.
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It
Mean..
A manly man likes to acknowledge
hls faults to a womanly woman who
tries to convince him that he has none.
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Tÿache» him.
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"Id like a rlference, ma’am,” said the
cook, who had been requested to resign.
“You mean,” replied Mrs. Illrarn
Offen, "you'd like a letter in which
there would be no reference to any­
thing."—Philadelphia Press.
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The strange spectacle of a lion play­
ing with n child is reported to have
been witnessed at X’ryheid. A Dutch
farmer, accompanied by his wife and
little boy, was out shooting game. Sud­
denly the attention of the parents was
drawn to the child, who had toddled a
short distance away to gather wild
flowers. Crowing with delight, the lit­
tle fellow was pulling the hair of a full
grown lion, and the animal appeared
to be enjoying the operation. Spell-
bound, the farmer and his wife stood
gazing at the scene. The farmer, even
lf his gun had contained a shot, could
not have fired because of the child.
The Hon skipped sportively round the
boy until, startled by loud shouts
from the parents, it walked quietly
nway, followed by a lioness, which up
to then had lain concealed in the long
grass A hunt was afterward organ­
ized, but the lions had disapjieBred Into
the thick bush.—Enst Rami Express.
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