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Hi: A r1 H JL2J.JL SEMI-WEEKLY, SS,KS,SsA!&i.. I Consolidated FeD., 1899. CORVALL.IS, BENTOK COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1903. VOL. IV. 5 NO. 2. i A Tale of the Early Settlers of Louisiana. BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK CHAPTER XIX (Continued.) The old chief took the youth's hand, and having gazed into his face a few mo ments, he said: "White Hand, you once gave jne an oath, but from all oaths you have ever given me I now absolve you. Coqualla has told me all. She has told me how true you are in heart, and how yet you long for the home of your childhood. 1 do not think your father has fallep in this general massacre, for his place is strong, and the red men owe him no grudge. Yet he may have fallen with the rest. If he has, you may sometime find opportunity to reach your native land. But you are under no oath now. Of what has now happened I will not speak, only to say that you cannot see nor understand all that has led us to this fearful work. The story of the white man's rule is everywhere the same. Where a tribe, or a people, have made peace and accepted the friendship of the French, they have become weak and puny. White Hand, I have a strange love for thee, but I hate thy people. And that thy father almost hates them too has drawn my heart towards him. But we could not see our people being grad ually swept away, and our homes torn from us, without striking this. blow, let Stung Serpent has fallen. The bullet of the white man has found' his life. But he dies content. The white man has fall en, too." The old chieftain sank back exhausted as he ceased speaking, and for some mo ments he remained with his eyes closed. When he Opened them again, White Hand spoke. - "My father," he said, "ere the hand of death has done its work upon thee, wilt thou not tell me why I was taken from my father's house? Surely you cannot object to tell me all now?" "No, my child, I have no objections, for I never promised not ' to tell. And when I seat for thee now, I meant to tell thee all. , Do you remember when your father met me in the woods near his dwelling?" "Yes," returned White Hand, bending over .with eager interest. "Well, I had then been to see Simon Lobois. By some means he learned that I was down the river, and he seat for me. He had heard that I was a savage . chieftain, and a lover ef gold.'. I met him in-the woods, and he proposed to me that I should seize St. Juiien's son and slay him, and for this he offered to pay me a hundred pieces of gold. But 1 .-spurned the offer and left him. I came home, and told my brother what Lobois had said to me, and he pondered upon the subject in a new light. .You know the Natchez often send messengers to the Great Spirit, and the Great Sun had wished to send a white messenger to the white man's God, even as we told you when you first came here. ' At length I fell in with his views, and I knew of no one whose spirit would be surer of ad mission to your God than the spirit of Louis St. Julien, for I knew him to be a good youth. So I returned to your fath er's house and saw Lobois again, and he told me he had hired a party of Chieka saws to kill you, but that you and your companion had killed them all six of them. I then offered to do what he wish ed. But this time his .wants had receiv ed an addition. He not only wanted the son killed, but he wanted the daughter captured and carried off towards New Orleans. ,1 agreed to this; but I made him give me a written promise to pay me the money when the work should be done. He, hesitated at first, but at length he wrote the pledge and signed it; an! then it was arranged that Louise should be left upon the bank of Lake Pontchar train, at the end of the middle trail, and I pledged myself to take you with me and kill you, for yon know this had been my purpose in seeking you." "But, the paper the pledge you had of Lobois where is it?" uttered White Hand. "It is safe. Coqualla, go to my closet, and you will find it in the oaken casket." The princess went, and in the box she found the paper, which she handed to her father. He took it, and having open ed it, he handed it to White Hand, say ine, as he did so: "Here It is yours. And now all I ask is pardon." "For all that you have done to me, murmured the youth, "1 pardon you from the bottom of my soul; for you may have been an instrument in the hands of heaven for saving my life. Had you not taken me, another would, and I should not have lived. So I shall, after all, re member Stung Serpent with more of gratitude than of complaint or anger." "Do you mean that?" "I do." Stung Serpent raised himself upon his elbow, and caught the youth by the hand. - "Coqualla," he whispered, "where art thou?" . "Here, my father." "I' have been kind to thee. If it lays in thy power, help White Hand to his people. Is it Coqualla I see?" "Yes. Are you faint?" "Faint? Stung Serpent faint? No! Up, warriors of the Natchez, and strike for your homes! Who shall fear the das tards now? My braves, remember the trophies you have won under Stung Ser pent's lead. Strike strike, now, for your honor, your homes, and for the tombs of your ancestors! Sink your blades to the pole, and leave not a man of them all to tell their king the tale! Now! On to the death!" One long, loud warcry followed this paroxysm, and as it ended in a low, gurg ling sound, the chieftain sank back. Co ' qualla moved to his side and knelt over him, and in a moment more the loud ciles of the women rent the air, for Stung Ser pent was dead! . CHAPTER XX. There was consternation for a while in the village of the White Apple when it was known that Stung Serpent was " dead, for he had been an important man among the Nate . At the end of four I White Hand days, the body was made ready for the grave, and nine persons, with ropes about their necks, remained fasting by it. "And are all these people to die?" ask ed White Hand, after he and Coqualla had retired to their own dwelling. "Yes. And but for the intercessions of my father himself, many more would j have died. v "It is a cruel practice," said the youth, sadly. "Cruel?" repeated the princess, in sur prise. "Why do you say so?" "Because one death is enough. - Why should so many be added?" "Ah," answered Coqualla, Ingenuous ly, "you do not understand. Your peo ple have not such love for the departed as we have. It is a long, dark road which my father has now to travel, and surely it is fitting he should have company." "And does this always happen when one of your people dies?" "Certainly; though some have . not so many companions; but all have one. When the last Great Sun died, there were one hundred who went to keep him company over the dark road." "So many?" "Yes and of course they were happy, for with-him they were at once admitted to the happy home where the Great Spirit is." "But," queried White Hand, "Stung Serpent has been dead now four days, and these people will not die until to night. How, then, shall they go togeth er?" Ah," returned Coqualla, with a faint smile, which seemed to indicate a pity for her companion s ignorance, "my fath er's spirit will not start alone. . It re mains near the old body until the other spirits join it, and then they all go offl together. Do you not understand i "Yea." - "And is it not right and proper?" "It is, if you think so; but I should hardly dare give my voice in favor of it. AVhy, look, Coqualla, and tell me if this very thing has not already reduced your nation from a once powerful people to a mere handful." "My father spoke of that ere he died," answered the princess, thoughtfully. "He said he wished only his few immediate companions to go with him beyond the grave, and even they must be old peo ple." And he was right, Coqualla. I have heard that the Natchez were on.e a mighty race a great nation, numbering their warriors by the many tho'usanJs, and now they have only a very few hun dred. In a large community, under or dinary circumstances, the births will not much overrun the deaths by nature. But see here not only do your people die off as do others, but for every one who dies naturally from one to a hundred more must be killed to keep them company.' I know," eaid Coqualia, thoughtfully "I know. But still it were cruel to send my father's spirit away over lha dark, long trail alone. Your people do not think of this. They do not think of the loved spirit wandering away in the aaric aione. - . "Yes they do, Coqualla.' - "They do?" "Yes." . "And yet they send them no company." "Ah, their Company comes from the other way," spoke White Hand, softly and sweetly. "When a human soul de parts, we. or I, . believe that the loved ones who have gone, before, come down to lead the new-born spirit away to heav en. 1 have a motner mere, uoquaiiu, ana I think she will come down to earth when my spirit departs, and welcome me to the home of the blest ones. Sure ly they know the way through the dark valley better than we could, or better than any others of earth." Gradually the Indian giiTs hands were brought together over her bosom, and her head was bowed. r When she looked up there was a strange light in her eyes and a soft.- hopeful expression dwelt upon her dusky features. - "White Hand," - she whispered, "tell me that again." "Is not the'theme more pleasing than the strangling of helpless victims over the graves of the dead?" the youth ask ed, kindly. " "Yes 'yes. But tell me more." And White Hand went on and whis pered into his companion's ear the whole tf his own pure faith in God and the ris en Saviour; and when he had done the princess murmured: '"It is sweet, and it is better than the faith I have been taught." She bowed her head again, and this time she remained a long while thought ful; and when she next looked up, a change had come over her countenance. "White Hand," she said, "I promised my father that I would help you escape from here, if you wished. What have I to remain .here for? My father is dead; I have no brother or sister, and the ways of my people are not pleasant to me. May I not go with you?" The youth threw his arms about the fair speaker's neck and drew her upon his bosom. "Coqualla, speak, but the word, and 1 11 die in thy service, if necessary, to lead you to my father's home. O, we will not be separated.' ' " - , ; The burial was over. Stung Serpent reposed in his grave, and by his side 4ay the bodies of those who had, in obedi ence to the cruel faith and custom, given up their lives that they might keep their loved chief company in his dark journey. And once more the Natchez commenced their mad orgies over their victory, for they were not yet satiated. . Late at night, while the warriors were dancing'and howling in the square, Prick ed Arm came to White Hand's lodge and called him out. The youth could not see her face in the gloom, but from the man ner of her breathing, he could tell that she was deeply moVed by something. , "White Hand," she said, "our plot has worked exceeding well. Not a blow has been struck save here at Natchez,; so the great mass of the French are saved. But thou art in danger here. The moment the Natchez find that their plan has fail ed they will suspect thee, for it has been whispered that you visited the tem ple, and the Great Sun, whenhe looked towards the west for the moon last night and saw it not, was perplexed. This night they saw the new moon for the first time, and they remembered, for the first time, too, that the moon ought to have been a week old. Amid their mad joy they have not thought of this before. . But they think of it now, and fear has al ready seized upon some of them, though those few keep it to themselves. Now you can judge how much risk you run." "And will they suspect me?" the youth uttered, tremulously. "They will be likely to; for you are of the hated people, and your powerful friend is dead. Dark, angry eyes have been bent upon you. because you "have shown your loathing of the cruelties you have witnessed. And. again, the Freto-h will soon be on the Natchez, trail. The future is dark for us all, but you may escape. Can you not remember the trail by which you came?" - . "I fear not." "But you can follow it part way from here?" "Yes, for it is broad towards the vil lage." "There you can take the river. You know the southern irail. You went it once bunting with Stung Serpent." "Yes I remember that." "Then all is safe. Follow that trail to the right, and it will bring you out upon the river fifteen miles below here. Among a r-liimn rf hrnkea there vou will find a canoe. It, is mine. Take It and -float down the river. Still retain your pres ent garb, and let the walnut stain be up on your face. In that way you may es cape the Natchez, should any of them meet you, and by your speech yoa could quickly convince the French. I can do no more for you. I would have saved all the French if I could, for 1 lovea mem; yet I must follow the fortunes of my own people." White Hand thanked the old princess for her kindness, and with a thoughtful step he returned to his lodge. Coqualla asked him what Pricked Arm had want ed, and he sat down and told her all. . - "And will you go?" the princess as"-ed. "Yes, I must. But. Coqualla, have you changed your mind?" "Only to be more strongly bound to thee. And yet," she addedt putting her arms about her husband's neck, ' speak but one word simply whisper to me that thou wouldst rather go free from care or thought of me, and " "Hush, Coqualla! You wrong me now. O, I should never sleep in peace again, did I think thou remainedst here wh n thy wish was with me. But we must flee to-night." ' " "I am all ready, dearest." "But we need provisions." "I have such all prepared as we can carry." "Then you have thought of this?" "Yes. But O, speak the truth, my love. If within thy inmost soul there dwells a thought-" "It is all of love for thee, Coqualia," interrupted the youth, seeing at once her drift. "So let me hear no more of it. Now let us prepare." "Bless thee," murmured the fair girl, sinking upon her companion's bosom. "O, since we first spoke of this, my heart has sunk deep down in its darkest moud when the thought of staying here has dwelt with me. Those sweet words you whispered to me have been with me ever since, and they have wrought a wonder ful change in my feelings. When we get to our new home we will talk more about it, and you shall teach me to read the great book wherein these precious truths ire, written." . . "I' will," promised White Hand. "But the night comes on: the morning will Le speedily approaching. Come we will talk on the way." - Just as the first gray streaks of dawn appeared in the east, the fugitives reach ed the great river, and without muvh trouble they found the brake and the canoe. They easily pulled the light craft from its nest and'dragged it to the river. It was a smooth, "beautifully finished boat, fashioned from a huge log of yellow pine, and seasoned without crack or check. Into this the adventurers put their little store, and then, with hopeful hearts, they entered and pushed out into the broad stream. (To be continued.) PIANO OF MUSICAL STONES. After Tear of Search M. Ban Ire Col lected the Flint. - It was a work of years, says L'lllus tratlon, for'M. Baudre to make the col lection of flints which constitute his geological piano. The stones do not belong to Jhe class of resonant rocks known as "phonolytes," such as are found in Auvergne, not far from Mont Dore, but are flints collected by M. Baudre with infinite toil and search, each giving when struck a true musical note. By accident, while taking a country walk one day he picked up a flint and, chancing to strike it, heard a faint note respond to the blow. The idea took hold of him to gather, if possible, enough flints to form a complete chro matic scale. Difficulties in the search for these stones only 'increased his ar dor. For more than thirty years, he pursued the quest, making It the prin cipal aim of his life to form out-of a collection of flints the instrument he called the "geological piano." ; From the neighborhood of the little village of the department of L'Indre, where heTlived and first met with the singing flint, he extended his search far and wide. Only once in a while would he hit on the ideal flintr which uttered a true note with generous vibration. That was finding the precious stone which repaid him for his thousand and one disappointments, his toilsome wan derings, his diligent search In stony places. - " r After many years he had at length got together the full scale in flint notes, and numerous examples of each, with the exception of one. He had been so far unsuccessful In putting his hand on the first "do." Perhaps it did .not exist in nature. He gave up hope that he could meet with it in France. He would try Canada. But the new world showed no trace of the initial note of the octave, and M. "Baudre returned to his native land resigned to the notion that the chase must be abandoned in his old age. Fortune once again smiled, and the stone of which he despaired suddenly appeared, as he was. walking in Berry. . ; Advanced in years, he now passes his leisure in playing, as he does with skilL on this curious piano. . Tiresome Work. May-Mr. Huggard called on you last evening, didn't he? . Fay Yes, and he made me very tired. May I suppose, he tried to kiss you. . Fay Yes, and every time he kissed me I had to slap him. Phils -lelnhia Press. t Farm Water Supply. I send sketch of my water supply which may be of interest to some. I find it very handy In summer. I hard ly ever put my mill out of gear and I am never outof water, and water al ways cool in house. A is the windmill, B the pump. C 1$ the manhole or dry well. D Is pipe leading to house tank. E Is house tank;i holds thirty gallons. F Is overflow to house tank leading back to supply tank. G Is sink where I also have hot and com water and well water. H is waste pipe to sink. I Is the tile drain for! sink, cellar anil dry well, and supply'tank, overflows. J Is pipe leading to supply tank. K is a barrel supply tank about 100 feet from house and 40 feet from windmill. L is outlet for supply tank to stock tank about 60 feet off; ithe supply Is govern ed in stock tankjby a float, and other tanks sit on a level with main stock tank that are supplied and governd by it .. v I used galvanized pipe for all but the outlet to house tank and supply tank, which must be 1U: pipes are laid 3 feet under ground, through cellar wall and up into kitchen.. My Bupply tank is near my feed yard where I put a stack of corn fodder around It and over It In the fall, to keep tank from freezing, and feed it off In late. spring.'1 My Stock tanks are away from buiidingx . f ar enough so I can heat them with tank heater and a lit tle coaL-!. Ottgen, In Ohio Farmer. iIHshwatfo Swine,,,.,. It Is a general custom among farm ers to feed the dishwater to swine, the Idea being that they are thus given the greasy water that comes from the dish es used on the table. This plan might be valuable were it not that soap is used in dishwashing, and soap of a cheap quality, as a rule. It does not seem as If It were necessary to use the dishwater for swine, and the prac tice should cease. Where there is a dairy of considerable size on the farm and the separation Is done by hand, the skim milk can be used to advant age In mixing the bran or grain fed to, the swine or the water used for cleansing the milk palls can be used for this purpose, and would be much better than uslng,the dishwater. If It were possible to wash off the" grease from the plates in clear, warm- water which did not contain any soap, then there would be no objection to the use of .dishwater, but it Is doubtful if the valueof this water would pay for the trouble In thus obtaining It. If the plates from the table were, scraped clean of grease and all .the particles thus gathered fed to the laying hens, the returns would be more profitable than when fed to swine. " Barly Giant Crimson Radish. ' Among garden novelties the Early Crimson Giant radish is presented as a new type of the early turnip radish, re markable for its size, which is said to at tain sometimes a cir cumference of six inches. It" is claim ed, however, that in spite of this fact it does not hecome pithy or hollow, but Is solid, crisp and Juicy. French v Breakfast, Early Scarlet Turnip and Olive - shaped OIANT RADISH. Scarlet are among various other desir able early varieties. For summer the large white varieties are sown, such as White Strassburg and Stuttgart, while the 'California White Mammoth, Long Black Spanish and Scarlet Chinese are winter kinds which keep' well. -- Coloring Matter Not Injurious. ' ' The dairy commissioner of Minne sota has been carrying on scientific tests of the effect of butter color on animals to determine whether or not It Is Injurious. It is reported that he has fed colors to quite a number of rab bits, guinea pigs, cats, etc., and in ev ery case death was the result This Is an old experiment; but as no one is In the habit of drinking butter color as a hot weather, beverage, .we see no cause for alarm. Only a very small amount of It is used In a pound of but ter not enough to injure any one but the manufacturers of oleomargarine. Keeping Kbits for Hatching:. Just how long eggs may safely be kept before setting Is not known. Care ful experiments along this line are needed. Last spring eggs kept five weeks seemed to hatch as well as those which were fresh laid. How much longer they would have kept Is uncer tain. Probably five or six weeks is close to the limit These eggs were kept in a cool root In March and April and were net turned. The daily turn- v THE FARM WATKB WORKS. !ng often advised and for which pat t racks and cases have been devised la not strictly necessary. But old eggs and fresh eggs should not be mixed In the same setting, as the term of batch ing will be nneven. The length and manner of keeping eggs for batching Is of importance at this season. If March eggs are fertile there Is no reason why they should no be saved until hens enocgb can be bad to start a number of them at once. Exchange. Depth of Breaking for Corn. NThe proper depth for breaking corn land Is, like many other problems per taining to farm management, a de batable question and one that cannot be correctly answered wit. it a cfle ful consideration of the particulars. One rule with many exceptions, how ever Is to break -deep for corn. Corn belongs to the grass family, and is therefore a surface feeder. It . Is, how ever, acquiring a habit of permeating the soil to much greater depth than do the uncultivated grasses. Under most conditions the ground that Is broken eight to ten inches deep will grow the greatest amount of corn. Deep break ing has many advantages a larger amount of soil Is stirred, the supply of plant food is Increased, and most Im portant of all is the large Increase In the amount o( moisture the soil will hold for plant growth. The disadvantage In deep breaking is met with on land that has been hard cropped and In which the subsoil ls largely devoid of fertilizing ingredi ents. Such soil, if broken deep, will produce a seed bed having a top sur face of earth without food for the seed it germinates. The plants 'then are compelled to starve until they can send their roots down Into the artificial soil. . Tile Draining. Tile draining will undoubtedly be given more attention In the future than It has been during the past. On land that Is naturally wet the drains will pay for themselves in two years, provid ing there Is a good outlet and they are properly put down. It frequently hap pens that a thorough system of drain age Is not necessary, providing the sloughs are under drained. These are generally the most productive parts of the farm when they are brought Into condition by removing the water. On level lands one can make considerable fall by cutting the drains more shallow at the upper end. Tiling out land under any conditions Is expensive work, and it will generally pay to employ the ser vices of a surveyor, providing the own er le not expert In the use of the level. In the past there has been considerable waste on -account of "Using-smaH - tile. Four-inch tile seem to be the smallest recommended for lateral drains. Out lets should be built up with brick or stone so as to keep them in good shape. Iowa Homestead. Bracing Wire Fence Posts. The most successful wire fences are those built of the smooth wires, with a single barbed wire at the top. Such a fence is generally animal proof, even against hogs, if the wlrejs are put close enough together. One of the difficulties one has In building wire fences is to find some way of effectually bracing the posts. No better plan Is In use than the one shown In the cut, which con sists simply of fastening a strong wire strand to the corner post of the fence, carrying It off eight feet and looping It about the braee post .as shown. . This brace post should be made of tough wood and driven into the ground far enough to stand the strain on It. This is a simple plan and works success fully. To Ward Off Potato Blieht. As the seed of late potato blight seems to be planted with the seed pota toes, a European botanist suggests that by heating such Infected tubers for about six hours at a temperature of 106 degrees to 108 degrees In a dry oven the fungus might be killed with out Injury to the tubers. It has not been fully demonstrated, however, that this treatment destroys the fungus, and even If It does It Is not practical for the ordinary potato grower unless some in genious fellow will devise a machine from an old Incubator that will regu late the heat at about the point need ed. American Cultivator. . Farm Motes. The prize for the best 100-acre. farm or less In England was won by a farm er who farms eighty-one acres of grass land, forty-one acres being in pasture. He kept fifty-two cowsrand spent $3, 000 extra for food for his stock each year. "A steer that produces the most choice beef Is "one that Is not only fat, but also well supplied with lean. Tallow often secures the prize at fat -stock shews Ip preference to meat that is Intimately -interspersed with lean and fat Weight does not always indicate quality of flesh. There Is on advantage In growing strawberries In preference to other fruits, which Is that less capital is re quired and the crops come sooner: Plants set out this spring will send out runners and form matted "rows full of berries next year, and If kept clean the rows will give two or three good crops, . with a partial crop after the bed Is old. The proper moci, however. Is to make a new bed each year, as the cost is but little comparatively. g gpf?S2S' BRACK FOB THE FEKCE POST. HI lllll t"l ! ! ! ! i. l -H i M H M M 1 1 Trick Candies. -"The trick cigar has Its counterpart in confectionery," said a candy manu facturer the other day. "The callow youth who delights in giving explosive cigars to his man friends demands something similar for the candy-consuming sex, and we have to meet the demand. "The possibilities of a cream choco late or a piece of nougat are limited, but we have a few contrivances. We make of a very hard candy an Imita tion of a tooth with a gold crown, and hide it In a cream chocolate. You can Imagine the rest a party of women munching candy, one of them discover ing something hard, and finding a gold crowned tooth loose In her mouth! "Similarly, we imitate a ,bone collar button in a hard white candy, hide a candy Shoe button in a piece of nou gat, put a bit of cork in a caramel, or fill a candied eherry with red pep per. So long as the sanity "experts don't weed out these alleged jokers the candy man has to put up hese trick candies for them." Io It Now. "What shall I do now?" Do that thing you Intend to do by and by, and can do now just as well. Don't put it off. "I must write a letter to John." Do It now. 'I agreed to see Mrs. Smith about the. social." Do It now. "I am going to ask John to sign the antl-clgarette pledge." Do It now. "I shall make a bookcase." Do It now. "I Intend to gather all my books and have my own library." Do It now. "I am going to do something." Do It now. Do not let a moment fly. Do It now. Do not say, "Just by and by." Do it now. . If you would be strong and true, If success would come to you, If you have ihfngr ii Do It now. Pluck. Baking Day. It begins on Saturday morning, And we have the greatest fun, When mother and Biddy and baby and I Go to baking, every one! It's mother that makes the puddings, And Biddy that makes the breaa, And rolls out the twisted doughnuts Or cookies, sometimes, lnsteaa. They give me the crust left over, For it's always the pies 1 make, And in his cradle the baby crows, And helps by patting a cake. Youth's Companion. Legend of the Cowslip. Th jrnddess Bertha, or Frlga, of the' northern mythology on one occa- oinn allured a child to roiiow ner to a doorway in a rocky hill by a bunch j of cowslips. When the key flower! tmiwi it it nnened. and the child i passed, with Its supernatural guide j from room to room or tne encnanieu castle rock, filled with vases contain ing srreat stores of gold and jewels. nnA wprid over with cowslips. The child was allowed to help Itself from the sold and jewels, but in coming nwnv it had to reolace the cowslip coverings, otherwise a black dog would rush out and worry ner. Mytnoiogists are accustomed to Interpret tnis legend as a personification or tne return or spring each year; and certainly no fair er key than the golden cowslip could be used by -nature to unlock the king dom of heaven or earth and scatter her floral jewels over tne eann. xeacu Ings of Plant Life. Passports in Bassia. In Russia a child 10 years old can not go away from home to school with out a passport Nor can common serv ants and peasants go away from where they live without one. A gen tleman residing In Moscow or St Pe tersburg cannot receive the visit of a friend who remains many hours with out notifying the police. The porters of all houses are compelled to make returns of the arrival and departure of strangers, and for every one of the above passports a charge of some kind is made. . How to Play with Pins. Stick pin Place a pincushion on a table or a chair at the far end of the room and give each player a pin. Each' player. Is blindfolded in turn and told to stick his pin In the cushion. As he is bandaged 'atN the end of the room most distant from the pin cushion and is not guided In any way toward the goal, this will prove to be no easy matter. " .' . .- Pin point For this game use a bas ket of apples, bananas, peanuts or bon- ! -I- ! t- I1 1 I I' 1 t Little Stories and Incidents that Will Interest and Enter tain Voting Readers I .H-r-H"l-r'l"I"l"t"!"t-'H"l"l' , bons. The starting point Is marked by the basket and the goal by a book ; or anything that happens to be handy. See that each person present has a clean, new pin.' "Every .player has j three minutes In which to get apples or other trophies out of the basket and run around the room, with them. The fruit Is, of course,' speared and held on the pin. The young person who in three minutes' time lands most apples at the goal Is winner In the contest. Easily Accounted For. One morning when little Willie, four years old, went out on the walk, he found It covered with sleet: About the first step he slipped and fell down, and went back into the house crying. "Why, what Is the matter, Willie?" asked mamma. " . "Oh, I stepped on the Ice and the slick side was up." Healthfully Uccnpled. When Wesley was about three years i old, a friend who had not seen him for some time greeted him with:- "Well, Wesley, what have you been doing since I saw you last?" "Been growinV was the rather un expected answer. . Wanted to "Healize." Three-year-old Julia wanted to write Santa Claus to bring her a "shoot gun." When asked what she wanted It for she said: "I want to shoot one of papa's cat tle and get the money out of it for papa says there Is money in cattle." In Good Company. "Isn't It a shame, Abe?" asked his father. "You "are the second year in one class." "Shame!" said Abe; "my teacher Is twelve years already in the same class, and nobody thinks it's a shame!" Critically Exact, "James," said mamma, apprehensive ly, "have you ever heard Hugh use 4 any bad 'words?" "No'm," answered the little fellow. Then, "Well, yes, I did, too, mamma. The other day he said git for got" TO TEACH BOYS ON SHIPBOARD. Not Merely Navigation bnt Fall Com mercial Coarse. Lieutenant Commander C. H. Har low, Tinted States navy, representing the Nautical Preparatory School, has signed a contract for the construction of the ship Young A'merica by the Perth Amboy Shipbuilding and Engi neering Company. Commander Har low is president of the school, G. H. Eiswald, formerly a lieutenant in the navy. Is general manager, and C. H. Howland, a naval academy graduate, y is secretary and treasurer. The Young America Is to be of 3,000 tons displacement and 276 feet long Over all. It will be a full-rigged ship on the old frigate lines, with auxiliary steam power, and will have a spar deck, a main or school deck, a berth deck, an orlop deck and hold. The hull will be divided - Into five watertight compartments. The school is designed to give an opportunity to 250 young men to secure a thorough course preparatory to goin to college or embarking in business, on a safe, comfortable ship, Instead of on land. There will be a corps of twenty-five Instructors, and the execu tive officer of the ship will be an offi cer of the United States navy, detailed for the service under the provisions of the United States navigation laws. As far as practicable, all the officers will be United States Naval Academy grad uates. The actual work of the ship will be' done by a crew of seamen, me chanics and servants, and the cadets will not be required to assist In addition to the usual preparatory course of schools. Bays the New York Times, the students In the nautical school will be thoroughly drilled in seamanship and navigation. The ship will be governed by the discipline and regulations of the navy. The complete four years' course will Include cruises to every maritime country of the world, involving an itinerary of over 100,000 miles. Opportunity will be given for direct observation of the conv merclal customs and commercial rela tions of varlaus nations, 'supplemented by lectures and a course of readings in economics and commercial law. "Rear Admiral S. B. Luce, United States navy, Is chairman of the Board of Trustees. The other members are: L. C. Weir, S; M. Felton, R. M. Thomp son. J. W. Miller, William F. King, William McAdoo, the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, and Robert S. Sloan. Cutting Bar Iron by Dynamite. . The dexterity that men acquire In the control of powerful agencies Is ex emplified In the varied uses to which mining engineers put the high explo sives which they are constantly han dling. One of the uses of dynamite which Is most surprising to a lay i.iiud Is that by which the saw and cold chisel have been done away with -in the handling of bar Iron.' When an en gineer wants a piece of bar iron steel of a certain .length for any pur poses about the mine, he- does not Btop now to cut It through with saw or chisel. A dynamite cap does tb work In a jiffy.- Poverty keeps many a man f rotu making a fool of himself. . v -