nrur? n.. - ",u vjioiv10DIUE OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON. FEAfi "WHITE DEATH" INDIANS ARE MORTALLY AFRAID OF FROZEN FOQ. Natural l'licnumciimii Met wlth '" l'urt or Colora.lo, Wyomliiti "il Montana, Unit Science Hn Not Vet Hud Opportunity of lnvetiKntluu. "or nil the natural phenomena pocul lar to tho Itoeky Mountain region nouo . i terr 1) 0 UIU1I Uiu mysterious storm known to the I milium us -tlui whito Ueitth. Seh'iitltlc men lmvu never jot lmtl an opportunity or investigating It, because It cornea at Hits most unexpected times ami may keep uwny from a certain locality ror jram Well-rend men who have ueou wining" amount of money. Whew i iwrrea in ) KnirllHh army I havo stood beside tlfo Indent Kn I when thoy wore II red ) ''lit I imVO liover iiuiiiti liny thing to compi'o to that thunder. When I think of It y lert sine imgied, my rlcht sldo eht ', ami tho cold tiwcat HtiiiulN out on it y forehead." O'Hrlen wiih found lying ttltnost under tho hoofs of a homo that was standing stock still, fearing to tiead on Mm. Ilo was taken to tho University Hospital, where tho doctors worked over him for five hours before them wan any Hlgn of returning consciousness. Freeburn, the hoy, wan not Injured at all.-'l'hlladclphlii North Aiuorlcnn. NEW JAPANESE 'MINISTER. HI Wife One oT tho AccoiiiplUlied I.niltrn nt th" CniiHnl. The Japaneso legation nt Washington In one of the most popular and best ad It say that It Is really a frozen fog. jut m,nUterwl of ,ho i,.KHt0iiH at tho enp- where tho fog comes from Is more than anvuue can bay. This phenomena oc curs most frequently In the northern part of Colorado, In WyoniUig. and oc casionally In Montana "About two years ago a party of three women and two men wero crossing North Park In a wagon In the mouth of February. Tho air was blterly cold, hut ilrv n.4 n lump and motionless. The sun shoue with almost startling brill laucy. As the live people drove along over the crisp snow they did not export euce the least cold, but really felt most comfortable, and rather enjoyed the Hal, yet It Is ono of the youngest. Tho first minister from Japan visited thin government only -10 years ago, and It Is scarcely 110 years since tho famous embassy with Mr. Iwnrkurn nt Its head arrived here. This embassy had as Its object thu making of treat lei with tho United States and other civil ttn I'rnrtl.'iil it ,N War. 'cod Tho general iiiniiouv7ttof,; knny, which Iinv . oftl' hear Paris, mv cK.ni , , JWi, 10 most striking r,.,lllr(! 7' mti l,,e'- ary utility ih,. , 1 on an extensive H..nl,l7l' CI tho most Intricate ,...,, ,' ' "om far miln-rlor to horn..- J' '".Nr., gouoraU and most of" ule T, ,0' their staffs have bo,,, fu '"'S: mm, light motor vntH , 7' lt! proved of tho utmost vah 1 "v I FT! - mm IMIt. TAKAIIIItA. Hiiin-iiu-caiiip covered nn. ileuted distances In f..I Pfllllv. (Son It- . . ,uur" ll! - hi-iv n uniAfii. . trees by the roadside. "suuueuiy one or me women i.iu ..r , , . . .""'" remarked tliat . " , , " ' 111111 cars can lie utility .J In that time he gavo eighty "e of horses by genernln m n,A otllclal dinners and a banquet for 1.(100 Iters would appear doomed, HoatrftJ WHEN MOLLY LED THE MEETING I wuz scttin' with the sinners 'way back by the door. In the pew thut smiles a welcome meet in' eveuin's to the poor. I wuz jest the .hardest sinner that salva tion ever knowed A reg'Iar ol' backslider that had lost the gospel road. Twuz a Wednesday night pra'r' meet in when they talked from left to right; An the word come that the preacher wouldn t be with us that night. An "Who would lead the meetfn'r A woman raised her han'. An Jlolly, with the bright, sweet eyes, marched up an took the stun ! My She She what her heart wuz palpitatin'J an' would Slolly say? didn't keep me waitin' for bright eyes shined my war! give that ol' time hymn out an' they sung with sweet accord. With Molly's voice a-leadin' 'em "Come Ye that Love the Lord!" An' lots of 'em went up fer pra'r', an' got religion true; An' Molly called acrost the pews: "John, ain't you comin', too?" An' I come! I couldn't stan' It! They hollered out, "Amen!" Wltn Molly's ban' a-holdin' mine I got religion tUen! Atlanta Constitution. tel., Mmitirnln inni;4 liriv illllL'H uwnv l . ..... . , - . ..,! utu... .... - - - - V 1 .....I utH,,! ..t.t n ..w,.n Tllll 1,11 If lll.llllllll.i l. .1 l.i i .llo.l.w.llv n m tlin iilii., " l'w.. ..v,. ----- ... .. mo toB . wiuu u bwu ua iih"'( - - ,. . ,1,., .... ,i -i.. i innKii e n ((inmii.i,. .,.,. lull. v ...v.- if..i, .' itiiitboai ( -- - v ..11111 Ot ttlA tJ was AmlmHsatlor hvnkura with the ml eomemiinic itritiicH, ami fumIihn. (J tt ....... , i. .I...V.1 r.,.... .. I rnintrnl with full 1 hand up to her f, co a. d renm rked nt - American capital that ho 'on by noon, something had stung he ;r. 'ill ,un other omn)llwl , WnUlnKton for six1 Where nuto ..w. ,. . .... iu months. n..l,t I,. ...v.... 4 11 .irt.iitll trfimttl tit this. A moment later they noticed that . . wul" r". . B. ,cu n,, ? vvm auin waumu J iiiuiK vt-i pvc-u iii-ii-, iiiiii iiuiiirLnillu ..wni ..... 1,11.11- iviira IUr tflf t03a inivs are sun 10111 01 111s iiriuceiy en- uimsiinm. i no roaun around ChirfrJ tertalnlng. Diplomatic Intercourse be- simply swnrin with auto cyfM J tweeii the United .States and Japan was cars and wagons worked by clpctrWtJ ...I..I.II..I....I I... 11. f 1... I- ....!. . .. .....I . .. "m'Ji rnmuiiaiii-u iv ..it. iiiiHiuiin vjnu, 111111 i'1-iiirii-iiiii nun nirain ACCUleoti iJ since tlieu It uns never been Interrupt-, Inevitable, but they have Itow f.J eu. ine present Japanese minister, re cently appointed, Is Mr. Tr.knhlra, who served as consul general In Now York In 1S01 and who also represented his government as minister to China nt several European cnpltaR 8 A BIT OF BRAID. HE turned her head very slightly, 3) so that the man behind her caught ' tho narrowing of her eyes with. sudden anger, and the tilting of her rounded chin. "Clumsy!" she said In a voice ringing with scorn. Shq caught up her skirt, just raising it from the ground, and lmstcncd on. But she threw a few more or less acceptable home thrusts ovfer lier shoulder as she went. "I can't think what you have been doing with yourself lately. Not Im proving, anyway. And you won't get on in tiio direction you are taking, I can assure you. It makes me Very doubtful as to the truth of all your yarns of con questthey are just wliat I. took them for fairy tales, every one. For no girl would be tame enough to bo trampled on, If that is your habit. Oh, of course you saw the braid hanging. You could not be so bllndg that." Sho gavo the offending skirt, with the loop of braid dangling uncomfortably, a further hitch. She had tho daintiest ankles tho word expressed her alto getherand the man following her made no objection. It was, Indeed, his continued silence she seized on next to misconstrue. "At least," she said, with sisterly straightforwardness, "you might apologize." They had reached the landing stage you say such an exceedingly nice young where the boat was moored. The girl I mau, while you are about It?" sho proceeded to take her place In It with f asked mockingly. mounted. She actually hesitated be fore she spoke. So he was given the opportunity of speaking, and this time he availed him self, willingly. "I do apologize," he said, "very hum bly." Ills manner nud the laughter In his eyes did not, however, accord wholly with, such an attitude. "Well really " she began, but he Interrupted her. "I will go further you will grant It is a long way further I will explain." "There seems room for It " He was quite a genius at seizing his chances. He took her words as a con cession, and dipped his sculls into the water at the same time. "I shall be able to talk so much better when we are moving," he said, artfully. I fancy my stroke may prove as worthy of comment as your brother's," he added. He was still smiling, and he noted, with growing satisfaction, that so was she. "Well, of all the- " "And you do not even know who 1 am! Cueek? On, don't be bard. Luck If you like. I am proverbially lucky. I am not to blame for that, am I? Your I brother told you he was expecting his I college cnum, cnarles Dean? I was ' Just coming along neither of you saw jue. I beard you send hlni back. for your enpt " he paused, with sudden compunction. "You are not cold?" he questioned anxiously. "I forgot, and I have noth lug In the way of a.wrap to offer you "No, I am not cold," she said, as stlflly as she could. "You walked on, you know, and then tempfutlou. seized me. An evil spirit disguised, most charmingly disguised, as a piece of braid! And I could not re sist It. I was only afraid you would think I had been suspiciously quick for a brother.'' . , "I Just wasn't thinking," sho admit ted, dimpling. The mood for confession grew on him "Or that you might look round," said he. "I wish " "No, don't say It! Hear me out first Honestly, I was not entirely actuated by motives of mere selfishness, as might at first appear. I put It to myself like this: Here Is a charming girl going to spend a most perfectly delightful summer afternoon on the river, with no more exciting companion than the brother she has known from her earli est days, whose thoughts are as open to her as her own; who hasn't a peculiar Ity, or even a virtue, left undiscovered, I argued with myself about It. Should I let such a paltry thing as the lack of an Introduction prevent me from giving this girl a treat " "Oh," she cried, "you really an "Yes," he said, "It stands to reason oven as a study, a sort of unexplored continent, so to speak; a jstrange young man, In such a case, must present him self In the light of an acquisition." Her eyes were dancing. "Why don't the calmness and ease which only can come to her sex through practice and long suffering. She was seated with tho ropes In her hands before sho really looked up at tho man who had followed her Into the boat by this time. "Now let me see the stroke which takes captive your best girls," she was paying, and then her eyes met his. Though It would have seemed more appropriate that ho should be tho one to blush, It was to her cheeks the color "I will go ono better,". said he, "with your permission. Such an exception ally nice pair!" and ho bowed. "Oh, you nro dreadful dreadful!" But she did not say It as a fact to bo deplored. Sho looked away from tho soft summer landscape, down to tho edge of her sergo skirt with Ita trim ming of braid and the fateful loop. "They do sew these so Insecurely," she said. "You haven't a pin to spare?" "It seems almost a pity," sold he, while she busied herself over It; "but 1 suppose It will be Just as well now." The nfteruoon was, as he had said, de lightful, and his swift stroke left. noth ing to be desired. It was not cold, after all, and she never gave another thought to the cape until she saw It, when nt last they got back, hanging deserted on the bout house door, where her brother had left it when he arrived there to find her vanished. The brother and sister were very alike In disposition, aud took things lightly nnd as they came. So he never openly resented her desertion perhaps, as her new friend pointed out. he. too. had his more than adequate compensation. This is Just a story of the Inevitable. For the man of resource was somethlnc of a character reader, and he had look ed at the girl before, he stepped. iihe called It, In her kindest moods, an anticipation, but he maintained that he gave the Incident Its most appropriate title when he named it a "forerunner." And this it wns. The weather favored them, and his visit lengthened from a week's end to a week and more. Ample time for a man of such ready methods to win for himself a girl not Indisposed to bo won. Thus his visit to the brother ended In his marriage with the sister an old tale, but often a very pleasant one. It was later In the season, nnd boat ing interests had given way to tho ne cessity of stock-taking In fashionable wearing apparel, and discussions on the relative merits of new and antique fur niture. "I could almost wish," she said sweet ly, "that It was possible to trim a white satin wedding dress with braids In a sort of squiggly pattern of loops and turns." "If you contemplate having one loop pendant to trip me up during the cere mony," he said, laughingly, "I am off." "Then, perhaps, It Is just as well to reserve braid as a trimming for sere and cloth," she said. the distant mountains were disappear lug behind a cloud of mist. Mist In Col orndo In February! Surely there must be some mistake. But there was no mistake, because within ten minutes a gentle wiud began to blow nnd the nlr became tilled with tine particles of something that scintillated like d!a mond dust In the sunshine. Still the people drove on until they came to a cabin where a man slgualed them to stop. With his head tied up In a bun die of mufllors, ho niched out nud hnud 1 ed the driver a piece of paper on which wns written: 'Come Into the house quick, or this storm will kill all of you, Don't talk outside here.' Of course no time was lost In getting under cover and putting the horses In the stnbles. But they were a little late. for In less than n hour the whole party was sick with violent coughs and fever. Before the next morning one of the women died with nil the symptoms of pneumonia. Tho others were violently 111 of It, but mauaged to pull through after long sickness. " 'I Been you people driving along the road long before you got to my house, aud I knowed you didn't know what you were drlvin through,' said tho man, as soon as the surviving members of tho party were able to talk. 'That stuff ye , considering the number of moton ENJOY DEBTORS' CELL f.... nrn II. I.'...,.,- II , . . I I'M-I "mirier. 1 Mrs. Clara II. Kcator. wliohuipj l.x months In tho lieliturs' MijriiI alx months In the debto1 drfiiriwrl in. ... ... 1 '-a ins nut- is mi iiccom limned . latiy. or no county la In V hlcaco. vbn. I She comes of a noble family and was Jewelry llrm, who claim Hlieowwlid - . . . i VJU.wo ror jewelry, imve mid m educated nt one of the bent schools for women In Japan, established and conducted after western models. She was married to Mr. Tnknhlra In 18S7. shortly after his education was finish ed, nnd since then has lieen with hi in upon nil of his diplomatic missions. She Is n line looking woman, even from the occidental point of view, which differs so materially recnrdiiifr th beauty of women from that of tho Orient. Her complexion has tho tinge and softness for which Japanese wom en are famous, her eyes are large nnd expressive, nnd her wealth of glossy mncK unir is worn in the iirevnlllnir style, brushed back from n nrnttv brow. She dresses In ... I ..... I , J li board, say sho will Introduce inj prise to her prosecutors one ot ttn days nnd get out of prison. Her six months' Imprhtonmcnt fcj seen in the nlr is smail pieces of Ice. aml no womnn o diplomatic corps froze so cold It goes clear down luto your lungs without melting. If any man stayed out a few hours 1 without his head covered up he would be sure to die. One winter about eight years ago It cleaned out a whole Indian tribe possesses more gorgeous Jewels. FISHING IN CHINA ns. KKA.TO.V IM lir.lt CELL, Hour tho I'lucntorlal Art In Practiced y t iintiliii Cclrilnu. T it. I . . .. . ii mis country tne lis icrinan Is n ,ii.. i in rv rrJ across the Wyoming line. They are mnn "'''o nses hook and line or thp net , ty, ami It has cost the firm about 111 more nfrald of It than they arc of rat- 1,1 roIIowlng his profession nnd folks to keep her there. This tloei not If tlesnakcs. That's the reason they call vro,lI(1 8,are wlth wonder to see him 1 elude attorneys' fees. Ilut JIM. Ktl it me "wnite death."' "-Will Sparks. ."""" " ock or birds to help r dons not mind her nuartca S9 In Ainslee's. " catching fish. Yet this Is douo lu I i,- . .....i ,M mi Mtt I rtt.t m. . i "-vn iiui 1 1 ii it v n ! uuv ' " - ' l,,L "'imman mny ho inll faro for which tiio firm ran HI ESCAPED FROM THE BOLT. 8uen 1,18 .Bnmpon surrounded by cor- week. She has a comfortably furnltl """""" which nnve neon trained toi Man Struck by Llshtnlnic TelU What dash Into the water nt his order seize ui be,atlon Were. the fish and bring them to the' Iwnt This la the story told by Peter Should a cormorant capture a fish too O'Brien, stable boss for J. G. JIcIl- large for It to carry alone, one of its vaine. of Flfty-nlnth street nnd Kim- companions will K0 to Its assistance wood avenue, who was struck by light- and together they will bring It In. ' D,.hm, "... . If tlle 0hlna'an wishes to catch'tur- "When the storm got so bad I went ties ho will do so with the aid of n nto a shed that we used to wash rigs sucking fish or remora.' This llsh lma to and sat down. Jim Freeburn, a young on top of Its head a long disk or sucker ed apartment, three good meali da from a restaurant, plenty of fruit q Dowers, a good bed and a rocking cbij A Great Boon to Humanity. Bloxlde of sodium seems to bo one ot tho greatest boons to humanity which tho century has given that is, if the reports as to tho recent demonstration of Its qualities before the French acad- emy of science prove to be substan tlated. It Is said that this product nossesses tho property of renewluii oxveen. the iiio-sustaining principle In air. as well as of absorbing carbonic acid as it Is given off. Two men with a new an paratus containing bloxlde of sodium are alleged to have put on dlvlnir dress es from which nil nlr was excluded. and remained for the space of two hours under these conditions. SiiIira. quently they remained under water for nair an nour under similar conditions. Tne availability of this new menna of vitalizing air In the case of snh. marlno craft seems obvious. But Its use Is likely to be very extended, on. nbllng firemen to penetrate the densest smoke without danger of suffocation, and miners to pursue their calling safe ly, by depriving "tiro damp" and nox ious gases of their power to work harm and death. Boston Globe. Fancy Hike for a Queen. Queen Mnrgherita of Italy has most beautiful bicycle In the world Tho wheels are of gold and the frame- is ncuiy ininiu wuu jewels and mothor of pearl. Tho tiresome orator tries to mak nn J iu icuKiu tor ma ueuciency m depth. fellow who works around the stable, was with me. I was sitting with my left hip and shoulder aud the left side of my head pressed against the wall of the barn. Freeburn was nlwut four feet away from me. A llghtnlnir rod runs from the stnble nt the point where was sitting, but I never thoucht of mat. "All of a sudden there was the loud est noise I have ever heard, and the most blinding light I havo ever seen I was lifted clean off my chair and tnrown out Into the center of tho shed. I felt llrst as though a thousand spikes' had been run Into my side. Quick aa thought the feeling chnnged Into oue of utter vacancy. It was as though some one had cut off my right leg and arm and scooped out the left sldo of my bead with a shovel. Sly tongue seelued to have been broken Into a thousand pieces aud I could not move a single piece. I remember that I was afraid to open my mouth for fear the frntr. ments would drop out. All theso were sensations of a mn. mcut. I can remember reeling about in the endeavor to nnd soinethlnt? tn im on to, and crying, 'Oh! Oh Oh' with the B... ....... uuiiv u ueai-muie makes I wanted Jim to come to nm. imt i, . only a young fellow nud I guess I look ed so horrible he wns afrnld nf t could hear tho horses plunging nnd snorting and my Impulse was to go to hem. As I started through tho door leading to the stalls I heard Jim say "'Dou't go In Uiero, don't go in there ' Then I felt myself falllm. t i..... onto the door with nil my might, but m.yJ!an.?S 8 lppe(Jl 8lPPei1' slipped! "That's all I know about it i ..., all right now except that I am partly narnlvzeil In niv ln i.i . . . '.. . " "uana una somo J which u attached Itself beneath moving objects such as shnrim. and tho bottoms of ships rather than make the effort necessary to Indepen dent movement. The tlsherman fastens the remora to a long cord, tied to a brass ring about s tall, and when he reaches the tur tie ground puts It overboard, taking care to keep It from the lwttom of the boat. When a turtle passes near tho remor.i dnWo i,n. ,.,. . . . ," "- mm anu rastens to his shell. Struggle as he will tho turtle cannot loosen the grip of tho sucker, nnd the Chinaman has only to V 7, , e onnK 1,10 turtle up to the boat, nnd take him aboard. Washington Post, Poor Lo's HellKlous System. So benign wns the relitrimi. of the Indian that Pach department of tho animal kingdom was nrnvi,i,i ...m. a little divinity to look after Its nf. fairs. Thus tho Spirit of the Great Swan looked after all swnn h, ci.u of the Great Turtle controlled all tur tledom, and so on through tho list, ev ery kind of nn animal having Its own protecting spirit to cunrd it i ... nnd punish Its eenmles. These dlvlnl- "-"m, are unuer the control of the 111 "ini-reit a great Interest In tho human race, and any ono of them might become tho protecting genius of nny particular man. Baconians Out of Court. School Vlsltor-Now, then, boy, Number One, who wroto "Macbeth?" Boy Number Ono (trembling violent- i) x-iuuso, sir, i didn't. school Visitor I but who did? Boy Number Ono (with a spasm of" vlrtue)-Please, sir, I didn't wnnter be Odd ItCHtiltH ofOraftlng. Our Brussels corrcmionilent ' graphs that It has Ih-uu rcicrved for Belgian gardener to show the model plant what It can do In the way craftlne. Hitherto It has been ci tomnry to assume a spirit of determ ed excluslvoness to be Itnpianiea ulants that. In fact, a stock will u no graft unless It bo of the sameph family with itself. The Ingenious tf trlan has chanced all that. He ba. deolares. crafted the sugar map' tho lilac, the French bean on tbe ci tor oil plant aud the cabbago qd tomato. A Dally Mall representative ran 1 to Holborn yesterday to bsk at. ter'H crnftcr whether these twt, might be. Tho seed-plant expert that he would not go so far n to that they might not, but If they m ho did not know It. Ami again, . ihnnt Tho result W' ,TUU, ,..... - ,. not be a species of sweet Hac might be used In fruit tnrts, no French lcnn with medicinal proper'- attached, nor a cross between a bngo nnd a tomnto. Thn nrnft nroKnrvoS Its OWn cnan ter. Its habit of growth mny In W cases bo modified, but the mm as before. Moreover, these freaK V" do not seed. You mny get the step, but not further. Thosuga WOlllll milium ..n - .. i. fniti,i nont lino to of iTeiicii ucii" " ,. ,rni French bean nnd tho cabbage ffj know you didn't, dlfllculty In talking. I wouldn't Z i f. ,ale' but lt wns Rob nter, oyer through tho experience again f6r anv u J r sent 1 BCo Wm a-doln' ot i MIUUUU XH-i'lt , tw n enbbage -on nmi tinH.intr more. It Is therefore r .IT." ,7. Tiiimi. but rntuer ciever ui mv -, . i nt course, he necessary iuih.-o". mi manage to graft mint npon g" n,1 Irninrl hoaUlS tipOIl PaiS"- melted butter.-Inj" Mall. t7 Hnronil NO unanu" mho 8 "Isn't he one of those people 8 very well met in a '"dMw"pBff"' x... V...-I nnr,! hut whom you " hesltotototakehometodJnn j "No," answered Mr, iw k,J tho contrary, I'd u"Sffou him homo with me, where i there hi trvmic w 00 no excuou iu. aftor-dlnnar speech. If e -fa hi itio; alt Al pod avt As tun taec udt No itct III V oea Sen y i rut