Corvallis gazette., July 16, 1907, Image 4

Wm 1 1 i-H-i i' i i in 1 1 1 i T i l i-f
In Spite of
His Grace.
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By GRACE HENDRICK.
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Copyright, 1907,by Homer Spragne.
"the special car for New York?" de
manded Margaret.
"Track 12," came the response.
"Hurry up! They're just cloying the
gates."
. With a little shriek of excitement i
Margaret dashed down the concourse j
and slipped through the gate just in
time. ' She paused uncertainly, looking
for the private car. A brakeman dart
ed forward, half pushed her upon the
rear platform and the train began to
move. There was a clamor at the
gate, evidently from the people who
had missed the train, and Margaret
smiled contentedly as she realized by
how narrow a margin she had caught
the train herself.
The friendly brakeman looked puz
eled when she spoke of a special car,
but at last a light dawned upon his
face.
"That was to be attached to the
Washington express," he explained.
"The train is twenty minutes late."
"And I'm on the wrong train," she
cried.
"It's all right if you want to go to
New York. We'll get there about the
time they do."
"Then I may as well stay on." Mar
garet moved forward to the Pullmans
till attended by the brakeman. She
had just entered the first of the parlor
cars when she felt a tug at her sleeve.
"Jimmy," she cried in astonishment.
"What are you doing here?"
"Bearing defeat back to New York,"
ho' explained. "I got the license, and
tried to get word to you, but it seems
that your father took the precaution
to put a ccuplu of private detectives on
guard. One of them had me arrested
for disturbing the peace when I tried
"JIMMY," SHE CKIED IN ASTONISHMENT.
"yHAT A1!E IOU IXHHQ HHKB ?"
to see you. I just got out in time to
learn that you were on your way back
home."
"That was horrid," she said. "It
was not like father."
"But you see he's worked so hard
that he wants to laud the match."
Meg frowned as she always did
when reminded of her approaching
marriage. An Kngiisu duke with vast
estates and an infinitesimal income
had asked her hand in marriage, and
her father had given assent in her
name.
Francis Cadmus had been ambitious
for his daughter. He had always
frowned upon Jimmy Dorv.-.l's suit,
even while admitting that he was a
fine young fellow and bound to make
his way in the world.
r.en Tibbettson's daughter had mar
ried a baronet. Here was a chance to
administer a final coup to Tibbettson,
who had boasted of his titled son In
law ever since. So when young Dorval
began to show signs of insubordination
Cadmus had hired private detectives.
The events in Philadelphia had proved
the value of this move, for Dorval and
Margaret had planned an elopement.
Meg's mother came from one of the
old Philadelphia families, and her
aunts had insisted upon a visit that
they might shine in reflected glory of
her engagement to the duke. Cadmus
had sent her over in a private car
and had arranged - that she should
come back the same way. The gate
man had not caught her reference to
the private car when she came back
from the telegraph ofP.ce, and by mis
take had directed her to the regular
train just pulling out.
"It's a dispensation of rrovidence,"
declared Dorval when she had ex
plained the situation. "There are his
dukclets. the detectives and your re
spected parent cooped up, waiting for
the other train, and here we are, to
gether, and with a Pennsylvania li
cense in, my pocket. If we can be mar
ried before we cross the state line
Will you, dear?"
"Of course I will," she declared
briskly. "I dou't want to marry the
duke, and I do want to marry you. Is
there a clergyman on hoard?"
"I'll ret you one," offered the brafce
man, who had been standing at band.
In expectation of a tip. "There's sji old
guv with white whiskers two cars
back." t
He darted out while Jimmy gar Meg
tna seat and stood beside her. The
train slowed up for West Philadelphia,
and a boy in bine and brass came
through the car calling her name. She
held out her hand for the telegram.
"Father says to wait here." She
smiled as she read it through. Dorval
fished out a bill and banded It to the
boy, together with the message.
"Yon couldwnot find the lady, under
stand?" w . .
"I'm wise," agreed the boy. "Mebbe
the lady didn't hear me."
He passed out, and just as the train
began to move Meg saw him going
leisureiy across the platform, the en
velope still in his hand.
"The old guy vfcs a drummer." ex?
plained the brakeman. returning with
a young and very nervous person with
a flushed face. "He says he's a min
ister." "I have just begun my pastorate,"
explained the nervous man, "but am a
regularly ordained clergyman. I leave
the train shortly. If you can satisfy
me that there is no legal impediment,
I should advise celerity."
Rapidly Dorval explained the situation.
The drawing rooms were all engaged,
but there was a cafe car on the train,
and the tiny pantry was empty. Tha
porter mounted guard to keep out tlje
curious; the simple ceremony was con
cluded and a certificate made out long
before the minister reached his Stop
ping place.
"It was my first marriage," he said
nervously as his slender fingers closed
over the yellow backed hill. "I am
Riire that I wish vou all hanDiness"
He pecked Meg's cheek much as' a
bachelor kisses a baby and returned to
his own car to hide his confusion.
The passenger in the seat adjoining
Dorval's, who had been impressed as a
witness, expressed an overwhelming
desire for a smoke and went forward
that the young couple might, not be
separated.
"Are you sorry now that it's over,
dear?" he asked as he leaned forward
and placed his hand over hers.
"I shall never be sorry-,"- she said
bravely. "I was only ai'raid that you
would not be able to rescue me from
the duke."
"I bet he drops bis eyeglass when
we tell him," said Jimmy with a wick
ed smile, "ne'll drop his eyeglass and
say, 'My word!' See if he doesn't."
"I'm thinking of what father will
say," she answered, trying to smile.
"It will be a great disappointment to
him."
"Then he shouldn't sell his daugh
ter," explained Jimmy. "I guess that's
him now."
Ho pointed out of the window as an
other train went rushing by. On the
platform of the rear car, made into
an observation balcony, they could see
the duke.
The, special had "been sent through
on another track, and Mr. Cadmus'
temper was not improved by a half
hour wait in the Jersey City station
for the slower train with Margaret
aboard. "The entire party were lined
up at the gate as the passengers of
the regular train poured through.
"I made a mistake," explained Meg
as she held up her face to be kissed.
"So the gateman said," her father
returned. "It was very good of Mr.
Dorval to take care of you. We will
relieve him of any further responsi
bility." "I say," broke in Jimmy, "you can't
very well do that. I've arranged to
take care of Meg for the rest of her
life. We were married on the train
coming over."
The ducal jaw dropped and the ducal
eyebrows raised while the monocle
dropped from the ducal eye.
"My word!" said his grace. "How
very extraordinary, you know!"
"I told you so," said Jimmy, break
ing a tense situation with a laugh.
Before There Were Naval Uniforms.
A little prior to the Revolutionary
war, says the Newport Bluejacket,
there was no such thing as a naval
uniform. The officers wore civilian
clothes or some sort of an adaptation
of an army uniform as suited their
fancies, and the men dressed any how,
though they generally agreed in wear
ing their hair long and done up in a
cue, or pigtail, and with a lovelock
or two straggling down either side of
the face. The sailor seems always to
have been given to wide trousers, ex
perience having taught him that his
nether garments must be so construct
ed that they could be easily rolled
above the knees when washing down
decks. Sometimes the old time sailor
did not wear trousers at all, but a
sort of kilt like a highlander's. Look
at any old print showing a man-o'-war's
crew as late as 1818 and see
what a motley lot of garments are1
shown on the men. Some of them
even wore stovepipe hats upon their
heads.
The Twinkling of a Star.
The twinkling of a star has never
been explained to the satisfaction of all
investigators, but it is generally be
lieved to be due to controlling causes
within the earth's atmosphere. That
the cause may be looked for within the
belt of air that surrounds our planet
(to particles of vapor, dust, etc.) may
be inferred from the fact that the
planets never exhibit the characteristic
twinkling so noticeable in the star.
One reason for this is the size (appar
ent) of the planets, each of which shows
a sensible disk, even to the naked eye,
while the strongest instrument in the
world only shows the stars as being
mere points of light. This being the
case, any foreign substance in the at
mosphere would momentarily hide the
light und make the star appear to
tu-:;.
Just a Taste.
ilisiijiia.y And do you know noth
ing whatever of religion? Cannibal
Well, we got a taste of it when fh
last missionary was here. Cleveland
Leader.
YOUNS FFSHHAWKS."
The Way These Ravenous Feeders At-
tack Their Food.
The appetites of the young hawks
increased rapidly, and in a few days
they easily managed three and a
half and four pounds of solid fish 8 '
day between them. At nrst we useo
in nt h Tnont in mheR and feed
the birds by hand, but it was not
long belore they were able to tear
ap a whole fish by thzmselves. They
often began by picking out the eyes,
perhaps because those organs were
r-onspicuous arxl . easily removed
They held theiT food in their elaws;
for a ood hold. When very hun
gry t'.iey would pounce upon the
fish,, 'raise their crests and lowei
tlicir wings and tail to the ground,
a'y though to protect themselves
gainst possible robbery, often
screaming lustily between the
mouthfuls. Thev would tear off
large pieces, jerk them backward '
into the throat and swallow theiri j
They ate every part of a fish exce pt i
the harder bones. ' Tough pie.-ces
were removed by a steady upv.ard
pull, and the ends of bones -,vere
twisted off with a pivotal move ment
such as a man would use to d raw a
nail with & pair of pinchers. Wheii
they had finished a meal they clean
ed their bills by thrusting thfjni into
the nesting material and turning
them from side te side as o: je would
force an awl into wood. L ater they
ejected the bones and o'jher indi
gestible particles in the; form ol
pellets.
As they grew stronger they be
came able to hold their long wing
in place at thoir sides. They also
began to exercise their wings by
flapping them steadil; in front of
their bodies for several seconds at
a time, meanwhile rising, on their
toes. Later when performing , this
wing exercise they would keep
jumping up an d down as though
testing the strf ngth of their pin
ions. During a rainstorm also they
would flap thei;: wings violently at
frequent inters als and thus keep
their plumage :omparatively drr.
Ernest Harold I Baynes in Scribner'i
Sf ectacles.
It is hard to realize what our an
cestors did w ithout the help ol
spectacles. T he first mention of
them seems to be toward the end of
the thirteenth century, when convex
spectacles wer e invented, it is sup
posed, by Eo ger Bacon. Concave
glasses were i ntroduced soon aftei
ward, but tl ie. Spectacle Maker
company of 1 on'don was not incor
porated until 1630 It seems thai
the ancients knew nothing of these
aids to visio: a, and it is more than
likely that I Iomer and even Milton
might have 1 oeen spared their blind
ness had the y understood the use of
powerful le' as. Eyeglasses came in
much lata-v, when the spectacles
were consif lered too cumbersome for
fashionabl e wear, and lorgnettes
came ever i later, when the great la:
dies wish' sd an ornamental case for
their eye glasses. The eyeglasses of
today fit on the nose with a spring.
Former y they were held in place
with tht 3 hand.
Finished the Job.
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps was
very sovere jigainst all forms of su
perstition. One day when he and
his wife had some friends to lunch
the servant dropped a priceless
Sevres cup, w hich fell in a thousand
pieces on the floor.
"Oh, how unfortunate!" "said
Mme. "3fe Les;eps, who, unlike her
husband, was rather superstitious.
"Two more oi: them are certain to
get broken no' ,v. It always happens
so."
"If you are so sure of that," re
plied Count.de Lesseps, who had
often tried to cure his wife of this
fault, "we hac better get all your
misfortunes ov e.r together." Saying
which he seize d two cups and flung
them to the ground. Bon Vivant.
A ppreciation.
An eloquerit barrister was called
upon to defei id a burglar at the as
sizes. He di I so with great success,
and obtaineil the triumphant ac
quittal of his ; clie ut. On going into
his office one moi'ning a little later
he found the safo open and empty, j
while lying o- a the desk was a note :
"Dear Sir T. looked in this morn
ing to thank you l"or kindly getting
me off the o ';her day. As you wasn't
in, I vetitui :ed to take two or three
little thing s as a sooveneer of the
'occasion.- ? Tours a-ffeetionately, Wil
iliam Sikes ." London Express.
N jvel Way of Fishing.
A cur ous mode of catching tur
tles is pr acticed in the West Indies.
It eonsif its in attaching a ring and
! a line i m the tail of a species of
and usually before seizing any part gerous lettm go.-
nf it f Jipv -jrnnl1 fincrpr. so to sneak i Some Deomewho lay
with their bills, asthough feeling rainy day" ain't sartisGed
overbof ,rd and immediately makes
for th 3 first turtle he can spy, to
which he attaches himself very
firmly by means of a sucking ap
parafc as arranged at the top of bis
head. The fisherman then hauls
both; t-rtle and sucking fish in.
..-.rr' -
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
OI' Nutmeg's" Saying as a Cure Foi
What Ails You. .', j
The idle man is no man's idoL. '
A man kin still hev hoss sense an'
own an autermobile.
Some people envy a hen on aig
'cuz if s a settin' daown job.
They is one man we kin alius look
in the eye the man who owes us
money.
EvVvbuddy b'lieves thet a snorer
snores 'cept the snorer who does the
snorin'.
It's all right tew take the bull by
the horns, but remember it's dan-
Tip tur a
till a reg
lar flflod comes,
A good word travels a long dis
tun,?e; a bad word travels jest ez
fur an' quicker.
Ef a man waits fur an office tew
seek him naowadays he'll wait till
it's ben peddled all araound taowh.
It hez ben said thet a man who
kin successfully beat his fare on a
railroad naowadays would make a
good preserdunt uv the same.
Sometimes the foot thet rocks
the cradle is the same foot thet
sends the young man off'n the front
doorsteps who hez come araouna
tew rob the cradle.
In speakin' uv Washington, the
Father uv His Country, it is alius
said thet he "couldn't" tell a lie.
Naow, mebbie arter all he's like the
rest uv us mebbie he would ,hev
told one ef .he could hev. J udge.
Accustomed to It.
"Yes," said Kivetts, "I went to a
5 o'clock tea with my wife yester
day." "
"Gracious!" exclaimed Chumley.
"Didn't it nearly drive you crazy ?"
"Oh, no. I " didn't "mind it. I
own a boiler shop, you know."
Philadelphia Press.
Foxy.
Mr. B. Tul That's a beautiful
diamond that old Waterbug bought
for Miss Firefly.
Miss Eoache Yes, but it isn't
genuine. She throws the light
through it to make it shine. Suc
cess. '
Inclusive.
Belle (enthusiastically) I know
that rich old fellow who's courting
Maud is a regular curmudgeon to
live with, but she'll have all kinds
of money.
Xell (dryly) She will indeed, in
eluding alimony. Baltimore Amer
ican. Fully Qualified.
Manager (of road company) So
you think you are qualified to be
come an actor, do you? Ever had
any experience ?
Applicant Yes, sir. I used to be
a professional pedestrian. Chicago
.News.
The Important Thing.
"I guess I won't eat any dinner
today," said the first clerk.
"Why not?" asked the second.
"Because if I do I won't have any
time for my regular after dinner
smoke." Des Moines Eegister.
High Noon.
Patience What does it mean by
being married at "high noon?" Do
you know?
Patrice Oh, yes. It means tak-
j?g a 12 to 1 chance. Yonkers
Statesman.
Married Man. Knew.
"Wonderful," said the professor,
"is the strength of the human jaw."
"And," added the married man,
"think of its tirelessness !" Wash
ington Herald.
' She Must Have It.
She may have grace, she may be fair.
She may be gentle and refined,
She may have talents that are rare,
She may possess a noble mind,
" But in the background she must stay
Unnoticed by the strong and brave
If she has not found out the way
To do it in a marcel wave. '
TTho cares for soft, bewitching eyes,
Or for a finely chiseled nose.
Or shell-'.ike ears or luring sighs, . ,
Or cheeks the color of the rose?
Who cares how sweet tier voice may "be.
What matter how she may behave,
If she neglects to skiUfully
Arrange it in a marcel wave?
Chicago Recol d-Hera Id,
f H"I"lli' H"I"I S I'l l' H-a-M-MufrM
TwoiiTaTree
By U3UJ JOHNSON.
4. Copyright, 1907, by c. H. Sutcliffe. 3.
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For a mon;; j:it Dora searched the
rack, then sh remembered that her
jacket was up ? lairs, and she caught up
her brother's coat. She could slip
crosslDts to the woods and be back
In no time at. all. She mast have soire
arbut-i? for 'i-e cappar table.
As ssha ws s crossing the Bantoa f.irm,
she hoard a a angry bellow and siri'ieJ.
Denton's p-.-'.zo bull was confined in the
next lot. , lie could not bother her.
Then wK h a rending crash, the mad
dened a:'imal broke down the flimsy
fence deiI came chnrging across the lot
after tht; fury inciting red coat
Dora, in a glance, measured her
chancer and swung up into the single
apple tree that stood in the center
of the field. Its branches hung low,
and it was no feat for the active girl
THE AKIMAli WAS FAST GAIXISO ON HIS
KE'.V P1.E1'.
to swing up and find a crotch well
above the reach of those lowering
horns.
The bull looked about puzzledly for a
moment, then he caught sight of the
glint of red in the branches and
charged again. His impact shook the
tree, but it did not dislodge the girl,
for she clung with her arms about the
trunk.
Being a patient animal, the bul' f
waited, and Dora was so much occ- j.
pied with the unpleasantness of f fl0
situation that she never noticed the ap
proach of a man in a red golf coat un
til he was midway across the lot.
"Look out,' she shrilled, "it's a bull.
Run!"
The newcomer obeyed both ' injunc
tions, but the cry had attrac' ei the
bull's attention, and the anir Jai was
fast gaining on his new pr' ,y when
suddenly the man leaped to one side,
and the bull plowed on. By time it
had turned the man wasu- anning for
the tree and swung himself up just as
the bull reached him.
"Narrow squeak that," he chuckled.
"I felt like Don Jose in 'Carmen.' Ib
it you, Dora?"
"I should think you could tell the
diScrcnce between a fcr in and a cow,"
she said severely. "Ti- ie i(jea of walk
ing right into a field v . -;th that coat."
"I was oil right," ' ras the easy re
sponse. "King Ch.T r jpion belongs' in
the next lot. Ie mj? s t have broken tht
fence. I was tald r a- short cut to
the links. Glad I 1 aft my clubs there
last night or I sh jv na have lost them.
Hots, did you get b ere?"
"I was going a. ft er arbutus," she ex
plained. "I wa s wearing Ted's coat
and that horrifi creature broke down
the fence to ge t : if ter it."
"Amiable aiin iai," commented Fra
zer. "I'd liV.e to get down and pat
him on the fiea' l with an ax."
"We're tr.esp .nssers. He's on his
.owner's proper ty," she reminded.
"That s f,o," fle agreed, "but that does
not affect, my desire in the least"
"And Tied 1 ias some friends to sup
per," she wa lied, "and there won't be
any arbutus. '
"He'll ha ?e supper, anyway," re
minded Fra zer. "That's more than we
are likely t o get."
"Don't y oii think the creature will
go away?" pleaded Dora.
"I'll ask him if you like," he offered,
"but he d j-jsn't look as though he ever
would. " frazer lets him stay out all
night. ' Dissipated sort of creature.
King C! lampion is."
"Do y ou suppose they would hear if
we car led?"
"We , would hurt our voices to no
avail. The only thing to do is to wait
until it gets so dark that he can't see
the red. Then maybe he'll forgot us."
"' Throw him your coat," commanded
Dc j-a. "Jlaybe that will satisfy him
ai id he'll go away."
Frazer dropped his coat directly in
'front of King Champion's nose. Di
rectly the bull reduced it to ribbons and
worked himself up to a fresh fury.
"He isn't even happy when he gets
It," commented Frazer. "Stubborn
sort of brute."
His choice of word had . been unfor
tunate. Dora froze up. She had for
gotten in the excitement that she and
Frazer had solemnly ruptured their
friendship because she had refused to
give up Bennlng as her partner In the
double match game. He had called
6er" stubborn. She ' I iad declared"tbit
she always kept ber romlse, and when
he reminded her of tn earlier and for
gotten promise the a djective had been
revived.
Prazer saw his to is take in an instant
- "I didn't mean tt :a t. Dodo," he plead
ed. She held up b er- head. , . '
"Won't you bs -iice?" he begged.
Xou can play if with any one you
want, only don't ' oe angry."
"It was not ni e i:o reopen the argu
ment when you I .ue iv I couldn't escape
it," she decreed. "
"I didn't nieai i toj,". he declared. "I
wasnt even thh jkiu;.g of that row."
"You were," she said very positive
ly. "It is use!e 3s to .'Jeny it, either, for
I shall not ar 'ie."
He made se- .eral efforts to convince
her, but to-nj use, autl at last he saille
into a shiveiu ig silenc.s. The sua had
set, and the a: r was growing chill. He
missed his c;ii U sadly, but Dora did not '.
notice his pli ,bt until his toeth chatter
ed so that sh beard the sound.
"You are c il. j, and I made you throw
down your c a t." she cried penitently.
"It's all rls h t," he protested.
"It's not," she contradicted. "It's
all my fault t oo."
"The coal - itas sacrificed in the !
terest of sc ie atific experiment," he de
clared. "Vi s hows that a blooded bull
can at lea st count up to two. He'd
waiting tot t he other one, and then h
probably -wo n't be satisfied."
"You'd be
trunk on tl
wind," she
off the cold
"You'd fn
fully, "for,
me, you wo
- There wi
Frazer deli
that the s
fl-ariner If you sat next the
lis side, away from the
suggested. "I could keep
on the other side."
.11 off," he objected wlst
of course, since you hate
uldn't let me hold you on."
is no answer to this and
berately opened his mouth
ound of his clicking teeth
more plainly heard. Dora
r ten minutes, then:
might be
stood it fo
"Fred.".
"What i:
"Please
don't haf
In a ml
ing her f ,
stopped
close.
"I shs il
she sai 1
Willi y ,iu
"Win it
now?'' h'
'Toj .-ha;
she f.i .lag!
i it?" he asked,
come over," she pleaded. "I
:e you."
nute he was beside her, hold
teady on the limb. The teeth
chattering and Dora nestled
not play with Mr. Bennlugs,"
timidly. "I wouIfrather play
reason can
you give biia
demanded.
js you might think of one,"
isted.
"V e cc rid tell him that we were en-
gaga a."
"i ut it wouldn't be true."
"1 on cr uild make it true," he remind
ed. "Wi! I you, Dodo!"
It vas . twenty minutes afterward
thj t tho !e two came back to earth
as?ai m. r Jeneath the tree all was quiet.
''A'heri ;'s King Champion?" she
as!" .ed. I i'razer glanced down.
' 'I do t clieve he has gone," he cried.
" I suppo sa he got thirsty. The creek
' .Tins thro ugh the other field."
"I thin' i he's an awfully nice bull,"
she said irrelevantly, as he helped her
down. A nd Fred agreed with her.
WACiONS IN AMERICA.
They Wer e First Used Some Four Cen
t uries Ago In Mexico.
To lis northerly neighbors Mexico
seems u land of contradiction. It was.
exploit! ;d by the Spanish conqueror
a hunclreil years before the pilgrims
landed :it Plymouth Rock, and yet the
America.n from the United States findsn
it a comparatively primitive and un
developed, country. In some respects
it has go ue back, losing the splendor
of its earl, v times,, yet it is a land now
stirring wi th youth and growth.
The carri sge of goods affords an in
stance of th ese paradoxical conditions,
for in Mexit o, the first soil ot the new
world to be traveled by wheels, bur
dens are tod ay largely borne on hu
man backs. 1 ?ays the New York Post:
"There was never a wheel turned ou
the western Ik 'inisphei-e until about the
year 1323 or 1 624, when Sebastian ua
Aparicio broiiL lit some ox carts over
from Spain auc I began hauling freight
and passengers tetweeu era Cruz ana
the City cf ilex, x-o. He grew wealthy,
moved to Pr.ebl; i, became a lay broth
er of the Franci scans and died full of
years, piety and honors in 10JU, uine-ty-eighV
years of .ge. He was canon
ized by the pope t'Jid later was adopt
ed as pa tron saint t f Puebla.
"Anion,; the moi.uitaiu and plateau
tribes of Mexico, Cc utral America and
a large p. art of Sou th America trans
portation methods life precisely the
same toda.v as they r.-ere in the day a
of Cortes, '. 4-lvarado a ud Pizarro. The
cargado (ft eighter) a: id the aguador
(water carr.'er) are St. 11 omnipresent.
The size of their self imposed bur
dens compels- notice from the least Ob
servant travel 'er.
"Mexico has been calle.l the 'land of
the patient l:t ek.' It is 1 1 good name.
The Indians, ho form nearly half of
her population, seem to be enamored
of their burden -i. The loat is they car
ry would be fai- too much f.r the aver
age white man." i
Crocod i'es of 0!d.
The galaxy of lies about crocodile
found in old book dazzles th v under
standing even of the exj.'erienc vd read
er of mediaeval natural history.. He is
a great worm. He .is afral 1 of tvaffron.
Ee eats honey. Tht; crocod. ;'e runneth
away from a man il' he win't with hi
left eye and look steadfastly 'Pom him
with his right eye. He carrie s water
in his mouth to malke the roa Is slip
pery and so catches people alive. TUere
is an amity and natural concor. d be
tween swine and crocodiles and t nueh
more of the same kind. Herodotus' ' lit
tle plover, which walks into the cro co".
dile's mouth and picks off the leecht
is changed by Bartholomew into fisi X
with enests like saws, and a fowl and i 1
serpent;, all of which walk about inside
the crocodile's stomach as if it wtre a I
parlor und find him "right neih andl
full tenter." London Spectator I