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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
Moro than $760,000 worm ' clal milk wa. exported la.t Germany and France to the United State. Tho latcat census of tlie population of Italy shows that tho birth rate, which was 37 per 1,000 In 1880. had sunk to 82.47 per 1.000 In 1001. For tho bcncOt of tho lake com merce tho West Neobtsb channel will be opened at a co.t of 5.000.000. The work will require four yean time. Russia haa a number of monasteries In Palestine. A recent traveler was .urprUed to nnd them atrongly fortl Ded nnd having loopholes for guns. The linkers and Confectioners' In . nntnn Issued Its first char- - - - .t- . I 1 . .... . i.i union of the craft in iMrtn itira recently. The local be gins with seovnty-two members. n-i. in.iun camnlng In tepees on tho grounds surrounding the Indian building at tho world's fair number .. ilmn ttiO and represent many different tribes, some of them almost extinct Mme. Ilornhnrdt tho French trage dienne, employed a young artist to de sign some stage dresses for her. Sho was delighted with tho work, and on bearing his price, exclaimed: "More, more. You have only asked working pay. What I wish to pay for Is your talent." and she forthwith doubled tho amount. lSxnortors of gold always prefer to ship In lwrs rather than coin, simply because of the greater subjection of coin to abrasion In transit They can not be packed as closely as bars. It is said .that $1,000,000 In American ea gles may show as great ft loss as $100 from abrasion In being carried from New York to Tarls. Iceland, cut off from the rest of the world save for slow malls. Is to be linked to other countries by means of wireless telegraphic connection with the Shetland Islands. This U to fob low the action of the Icelandic Par liament, at Its last session, In voting a yearly subsidy of $0,390 for twenty years for that purpose. The public works committee of Bir mingham, England, In submitting to the city council a proposition for the construction of an additional under ground lavatory, etc., announced that where small charges are made there are profit possibilities In conveniences of this kind. The committee said that the four underground lavatories, etc., were paying the city a net proflt of $2,-133 a year. Eloquent of the state of affairs In London's fire department is this no tice issued by the Are chief: "I have noticed that, when turning out at many stations, the movements of the horses are very slow. Instructions are to be given that the horses are to be trained so as to come up to the appli ances smartly. I desire that later on the horses shall go to the machines without being led." Travelers say that there Is a certain Indefinable, unnamable smell peculiar to Japanese steamships that makes life on board of them not worth living. It has been traced to 'da Ikon," a large leaved vegetable as dear to the Japa nese palate as cabbage to the Teu tonic. It Is a kind of white radish, boiled and cut in strips and served in everything. "The smell and flavor are repulsive beyond anything the East has offered to onr senses," says a war correspondent The Unlversallst church at Portland, Me., has a mammoth organ. In It are over 5,000 pipes, the smallest a pic colo, being half an inch long, and tho largest a double open diapason, or 82-foot "C" pipe. Tho vox humana stop alone, having sixty-one pipes, cost $000. The four plperooms are each as large as an ordinary bed chamber. The organ was voiced by J. II. Brown, who voiced the organ at Westminster Abbey. The organ Is blown by a three-horsepower electric motor. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie cares little or nothing for Jewels. When she goes out to a function or to the opera she sometimes wears pearls, but these are not of fabulous size or price. Thoy are extremely modest and afford quite a contrast to the Jewels which some women wear. At best Mrs. Carnegie does not care for functions or society In general. She makes a delightful hostess at Bklbo Castle, where she has received royalty, and these are quail ties which always win with the higher classes abroad. DO MAD FROM MONOTONY. UButlioiie-Keepers Often Buffer From the Inevitable Isolation. People who read books and all do In this day will recall Kipling's story of the lonely llghtkeeper who became mad from the monotony of his situa tion. While the story was fiction, it nevertheless was In accordance with many actual occurrences. A corre spondent submitted the question to the lighthouse board and found that, while there hud been no such cases as that of Kipling's character, Dowse, there bad been many which showed the mad dening effect of monotony and Isolation upon the human mind. The madness of tho lighthouse Is much like that of the desert, for they aro traceable to a like cause. Iu the desert there Is monotony of silence. At ea there Is monotony of sound. One Is as bad as the other, since both de rive their entire pain from mental ef fect It Is a foarful disease, not yet fully understood, though many noted alienists have made a study of It This government maintains 1,500 lighthouses, and about 100 of them re Isolated, and communication with the outside world may bo Interrupted sometimes for mouths. If & man Is taken from the ordinary walks of life, where ho mingles with hit fellow man, and sent to a light house where no human face Is 6een except that of the ever-present assist ant ond so nound Is beard save the roaring of the wind and wave, he has been transferred from normal to most abnormal conditions. In a remarkably short time keeper and assistant have talked out Then they begin to wear on each ot ber, and soon they fall to quarreling. Some times melancholia attacks one Of them, and unless be Is speedily rciuwcu ui nieutal balance Is uisturueu. nu. the disturbance becomes exjreme It takes either a homicidal or suicidal turn and tho unfortunate Ias Jo be watched closely anil somwnuics ..-un filled, to keep Mm from uoing vioieui-u to himself or others. It Is well known tuat in .-uinoi r-.. iii,t i noted for the number of men who have gone craxy In It, and for that reason Is an object of Inter est to students of mental diseases. It i. .. ,-..r-h,i,u- knows, a niece ot en gineering of the very highest order, being In that respect scvoim umj .v the famous Kddystone ngni. More than n year wns consumed In getting a foundation for It. and so high arc the tides nnd so terrific the storms ,( o, otitrnnco to the light Is more than forty feet abovo the water. Then. one nbovo the otlier, como u m rooms occupied by the keepers and used for storage purposes, then tho watchroom. nnd finally tho lantern. The tower, being circular nnd space greatly In demand, naturally every, thing Is mndo to conform, so that no room shall t lost. Even tho beds on which the men sleep arc curved. Ev erything Is round. The government bns done the best It could to make life there p bearable as possible, and keeps five men statloued there, so that r t-n nshoro as often ns the imv .... " - ... chance Is afforded without detriment to the service. Indianapolis !eiuinn MEANING OF "IjHODPY." Not So Mnch Manipulation of Fabrics "I would like you to toll roe Just what is meant by the term 'shoddy' as sod In clothing." said the young man who was looking for clothing lu the store of n weIMnform4 clothier. "I have heard of 'shoddy" all my life, and I do not Just understand exactly what la meant by It" "Well." repeated tho clothier, 'sbc dy" U used in the construction of many fabrics which go into the manufacture of clothing for both men and women. It Is so skillfully combined Jn recent years that It Is not possible for any but an expert to detect It until tho goods ar worn to some extent 'Shod dy' cloths aro made from cheap yam spun over cotton warp. These yarns are spun from woolen rags chopped Into vrastl?, then carded and spun into thread of various sixes and strength. The cloth Is soft, nicely finished, and attractive in appearance, and compar atively free from Imperfections. The goods cost the clothier from 15 to 80 cenU a yard, and a larger yardage Is miianmnl than of any other kind of goods manufactured for men's wear. "For the last few years inere u not been as much manipulation of fab rir. formerly, owluc to the reason ableness of the prices for wool, but quite recently clothing wools have ad vanced to such a level mat nianuiac turers have been forced to resort toj .-ho ti nf substitutes In order to pro-1 duce a cloth that Will meet the popular demand. One of the advantages or me shoddy Is that It can be woven Into patterns similar to those of the most expensive woolens, which Is not al--.,,-. r,i with resDect to cure cotton yarn, which being bard and wiry does not neld Itself to soft enecu.-uui.-a Observer. . . IS YOUR CLOCK SET FA8T? Pleasant Deception that Is Very Com mon in Households, It is a common thing to find the clocks In nine out of ten households either fifteen minutes or half an hour fa3t. and should you happen to be In a hurry or mention the fact that you have to be going, you are at once reas sured by the fact that you have no cause to hurry, as tho clock is so much ahead of the time. Has It ever occurred to you why clocks are usually put ahead? Borne physicians have said It Is due to lazi ness, for it Is such a satisfaction to the lazy man to find when he has to get up at 7 In the morning, and strains his half-closed eyes to look at tho dock, that It Is a half hour fast and he has so much more time to doze, with the result that be oversleeps himself any how, and misses his train or boat Said a Walnut street watchmaker, when asked about the subject: "Yes, It Is a peculiar thing with most people to put their clocks fast and, while there may be some satisfaction In It when it comes to dozing a little longer, there Is really no advantage In It for when you wake up, say, at 6 and glance at the clock and It registers 0:80, the fact remains that It Is a half hour fast While this may make you feel easier, knowing that you still have thirty minutes to doze, I confess I don't see much advantage In It. "Why not have the clock rlghtJ It Is the same thing In the end. "Siinnose railroads wero to put this Into practice, bow many trains do you think people would miss mereuy i mi mittinir pleura fast Is reallr only a pleasant form of deception which peo ple like to practice on tnemseives, dui It does more harm than good." Kan sas City Star. Every I'erson Has a Home. One thing Oklahoma may boast of Is her homes. In but one State In the Union North Dakota do so large per cent of the people own their homes as In Oklahoma. The census of 1000 shows that 71.8 per cent of Its people own their homes. This Is a bet ter showing than was made by any of the adjoining States. In Kansas only 50.1 per cent of the people owned their homes. In Arkansas 47.7 of the people owned their homes. Compar ed with the Eastern States the show ing of Oklahoma Is still more favor able. In Massachusetts only 35 per cent of the people owned their homes. In New York 83 1-3 per cent, and In lthode Island 28.0 of the people owned their homes. Moreover, In no State is there so largo a per cent of the homes free of mortgage and debt as they are In Oklahoma. The census of 1000 show's that 03.5 per cent of the families of Oklahoma have homes free from mortgage and debt, 28.2 per cent of the families are living In rented homes, but only 8.3 of the families living In their homes bad them wort- euged. Kansas City Journal. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS ty Do tntcntors Neglect the N inventor and a housewlfo I practical side ot kitchen work tho other day. I when the Inventor expressed his surprise that I tu ,wit.r Minus hAil heon found for dolmr the hundred and one odd things which aro still done tn the kitchen lu the mme laborious mnnner that prevailed when he wa a boy. Ho said that If be had to do "housekeeping" ways of accomplishing a lot of things which are now done by main force; and expressed his surprise that women. who are supposed to bo too weak to attempt any heavy labor, regularly do things which would bo a severe test upon the muscles of the strongest man. "Well, there are certain things which have to be done." said tho housewife, "And most peoplo have only maids In their kitchen." "Why, I would put In a llttlo motor." began the In ventor; when a pair of surprised eyes told him that this bad never before occurred to the housewife. It is certainly a curious fact that Invention, which has done so much for mau's work all along tho line, has done so little for that of women. Ot course. It has done some thing. The housewife was nblo to mention several labor saving devices which could now be bought at tho depart mental stores; but they made up a pitiful total wheu com pared with the myriads of Inventions that have come to the assistance oj nmn, It Is safo to say that the averngo type writer carries almost as many patents as kltcheu shelf. Of course, men are very willing to buy a&y llttlo work savers for the kUehen which aro luveutcd; but It Is a sentl mental demand upon whtoh these devices must depend for their profits not the Iniporatlve demand of increased pro ductlou. Yhn a kitchen produces a meal. It produces all that can be required of It. To lessen the labor ot producing this meal. Is not to produce two meals; It Is only to produce one meal more easily, Yet a priceless economic product would bo tho result of this Invention. Woman would be given more time. It Is doubtful If the human race can buy any more valuable thing than a hlghor average of leisure for tho women who work. n many oases, they are the mothers of tho next generation; and' they cannot be given tpq much time to pre pare themselves for tho bringing up of that generation In the best way. An Invention or set of Inventions which should give the women of Canada two extra hours a day for mental Improvement would tell Immensely on the more material productiveness of this country when tho children of the present shall have become the producers of the future. Montreal Spit. Destructive fpret Fire last HE Bureau of Forestry of "B"" I Department of Agriculture has published a re- I port upon the "Forest Fires In the Adirondack Js I in im " This renorr. which Is most Instruct ive, estimates the direct loss from the destruc tion of timber, building, etc., In thoio tires at $3,500,000. In addttloa to this $175,000 was ex peuded In futile efforts to extinguish the fires. The indirect loss caused by the destruction of undergrowth. Injury to the soil, destruction of fish and other game was enormous, but no estimate of It could b attempted. The fires occurred between April 20 and Jqne 8 of last year, at the time when the breeding and nesting season was at Its height and In the conflagrations a great number of young animals and birds nd some that wf full jtrpwn the streams and lakes perished in great the heated waters and some from the lye leached from the ashes left by the fire. Over 000,000 acres of woodland were swept by the fires, much of which Is the property of the State. Tba fires originated variously. It was a time of rotracted drought and the whole region was filled with dry and highly combustible materia), began along the railwas rrom spans ana cinaers rram tpe locomotives. These ware fjue largsly to carelessness, as they could have been prevented. Other fires started from camp fires and smokers. Many were of an Incendiary orl gtd, and the reasons assigned for the Incendiarism are peculiar. Jt seems that the law provides a fund for paying laborers for fighting fires, and that tho rate of wages allowed being greater than for other labor, men set the woods afire In order to get employment In fighting the HISTORY OF AN OLD CLAIM. Creek Indians Boon to Come Into Pos session of Thousands. The loyal Creeks will soon receive the cash on their old war claims, says the Kansas City Journal. The entire amount of the original claim was $1, 200,000, but after long years of wait ing and many conferences between the Indians and congressional committees It .was finally scaled to half that amount. The Indian most Instru mental In securing the award' was D. M. Hodge of Tulsa. For his services he was allowed to retain 5 per cent of the amount collected. This circum stance alone shows that the Indian hod but little hopes of ever getting anything out of the government The claim was pending more than thirty years. The largest claim Is that of Cella Scott, a resident of Coweta. The claim is $23,000. Tho other claims range down to a few dollars or even cents. A large number of persons residing In the vicinity of Tulsa will get large amounts. Tho principal of these Is Lincoln Postoak, whose check will ag gregate about $0,000. Ex-Oov. L. C. I'erryman will get a nlco little slice; so likewise will several others. Sev eral boys who never saw $100 In their lives will get various sums ranging from that amount up to $1,200 or $1, 600. What they will do with this money no one knows. Hut all have agreed upon one thing viz., get rid of It as soon as possible. All sorts of schemes are hatched calculated to part them from the money. Cella Scott Is the daughter of tho organizer and leader of the loyal Creeks, who left their homes along tho Arkansas river In 1801 for the north. He was neither clilef nor soldier, but n medicine man, in whom the Indians had Implicit confidence. Seeing the exposed condition of his tribesmen, he went to the chief of bis faction and ob tained permission to lead them out of the Egyptian darkness overhanging tho country. Tbey located at I.elloy, Kan. The refugees started from their homes on Christmas day. They wero away fiom home nearly five years. Many men who have since been famous In this history of the tribe were In this retreat. Among them were Pleasant Porter, present chief of tho trlbo; also I.egus C. I'erryman, twice elected to that exalted office; llkowlse David M, Hodge, who has signed every treaty of his tribe since the civil war. He haa also personally known every President and many congressmen and senators of the United States. The refugees were followed by tho southerners, led by the rebel Gen, Cooper. They traveled In a north and west direction toward Coffeyvtllo. On Illrd creek, north of Tulsa, near Slrta took, the prusent borne of W. 0. Bog- Editorials Kitchen? were discussing the ho would get easier J rlously. Year, the United States Tho ANY perished. Trout In numbers, some from if.any of tho fires ers, present uhlef of the Cherokee, n fight took place. Oen. Porter com manded 111 this fight in which ho wns wounded. A number of other skir mishes took place along the route, but nono worthy of special mention. The Indians left fine farms, or chards, good houses, and thousands of dollars' worth Of live stock, all of which was carried away or destroyed. From this arose the loyal Creek claims, so soon to be paid. EA8IER TO BE STORE MOBEL. Requirements Not as Bevere as Ther Were In Former Times. There has been a great change lu the last few years In the requirements of the "store model," said the malin ger of the suit department In n fash ionable shop the other day. "Formerly certain correct proportions were re quired which If not after tho Venus standard were at least after that of Paquln. Hut now tho main thing nec essary In the model Is that she shall have 'stylo' and 'carriage,' aud of course average size and roundness of contour without strict regard to pro portions. 'The elaborateness nnd looseness of costumes baa brought about this re sult. The trimming nnd biding of the figure In the present day tnllor-made suit Is so complete that a particularly good 'line' Is no longer require L The fact that a larger model Is selected than formerly Is the best Indication of tho change In woman's measurements, duo to the straight front corset and partly to tho change ot sentiment which demands broad shoulders, and select clothes accordingly. "The model now In demand has usually a 25-Inch waist, where It was formerly absolutely necessary that It should bo under 21, A 37-Inch bust In preferred, where 80 used to be consid ered the Ideal. Thirteen inches across the shoulders Is now considered nono to broad, though tho hip measuro ac complished by the model who adjust herself strictly to tho new average 1 a couple of Inches smaller than former ly, being about 41 V4. "These measurements are the aver ago ones of the gowns that are sold even moro than ot the wearers them selves. Tho plan of buying a large size to bo fitted down so as to obtain tbo broad shouldered effect la almost universal, and while the greatest mis take a saleswoman could mako former ly was to suggest that a customer take a size larger than she thought neces sary, now It Is often received ns a com pliment." Chicago Tribune. Fewer Death by War. If a French writer on military sub jects Is correct, tht advocates of peace can no longer fall back upon war's In (Ml M tlames. Many of the fires occurred upon private game pre serves. These are attributed to Incendiarism due to the strong feeling against private ownership of these Inuds mid the exclusion ot hunters. State reservation wero llred be cause, the law forbids the cutting or removal of wood from them. llnltlmore Sun. Work of Yellow Journalism. T Is not service, nor oven alleged service, to tho public that constitutes yllowno; It Is holstcrouamuM, viiuiitlug, morbidness, extrava gance, the magnifying of slight accidents Into tragedies and bonfires Into holocausts. White papers are sometimes taken In by dispatches from Europe, booauie ycllowlatn ex ists there s well as here; but they do not orlglnnto thoso dispatches; they do not "dress up" news In the homo office; they print only what they believe to be true, ami print It without trying to make the renders believe thnt It Is the most tremendous thing Unit ever happened. Sensationalism Is llko other agencies for excitement lu that It creates a constant mid Increasing demand fur more; honeo the tendency of the yellow paper Is to grow yellower nnd yellower, because nny lnpo Into mihrloty uud culm Is resented by Its almost llllternte pntron. He must be kept going by mental stimulants which arc Jmt ns harmful to him ns cocktails. He wants bis news strong rather than true, and It ho ever reads an editorial does not want It to preach or Inform, but only to rouse. And If Its editor ilirusM himself Into his vision as tho greatest of men. the lender's mind has been brought by tit reudlug to a state thnt makes him almost ready to admit It Urooklyu Kagle. Jap Oflkcrs and Their Pay. IL1TAHY efficiency being so much bound up with the national existence of Japan, tho army officers naturally take their profession very se- Their pay Is small, and few have niucu yrivniv menus, su uuu im-y uvp in a wry modest way compared tu the uftlcvrs of many other armies. A uiajdr geucral only gets the equivalent of about 158 a year anltnnry pay, a captain (30, nnd a second lieutenant 18. Most appointments mean additional pay, but foreign service does not. Messes have been established In some regiments, but as a rule, the officers only have the midday meal together. Jnpauese food Is cheap, consisting as It does chiefly of rice and tlli; while rich and poor alike drink the Inexpensive liquor nf tho country, "sake." For this reason entertaining eipeuses come to very little, and the officer U enabled to. maintain his position with but small outlay. Ai In tho Continental armies of Europe. Japanese ofll-,-imw practically live lu uniform, and the latter Is serviceable and iiuMensle. Mttle attention Is paid to smartness and appiMM'xp generally, though all are Invariably neatly dressed I'roiiiotlou Is Chiefly by selection, especially lu the hlglici i links. New York Evening Tost Spirit of Kochlessnca. probably most accidents on American railways or all kinus are iiuo to recKIessuess. The same Is true of accidents from other vehi cles. Manifestations of this disposition are to be seen on every side. Coachmen exhibit It by driving heavy carriages at full speed around the most busy aud crowded corners of large cities. Messenger boys show It by propelling their bicycles llko mad whenever they get where there seems a good cbauce to run anybody down. The automobile chauffeur acts as It It wns no part of his business to look out for peoplo ahead of him. and apparently thinks that the man or woman whom be runs down receives only his or hrr deserts for getting In tho way. Everybody who operates any sort of vehicle, from the locomotlv engineer to the laborer or clerk hurrying to bis work on a motorcycle, seems to have become possessed with the Idea that It Is his business to go as fast as he can. but no part of bis business to take care that he doesn't kill anybody. This combination of speed madness with recklessness Is causing more casual ties in the United States than all other causes together.- Kansas City Journal. creasing destructlvcneas to human life as an argument On the contrary, he claims that experience shows that the greater the destructive power of mod ern rifles and artillery the less Is the percentage of men killed. Outing the Seven Years' War botwen Germany and Austria aud tho dynastic wars of tho eighteenth century the rival armies ipj;:. 1 Cre at a dlstanco of one hun dred y iiJj, and after the first few alleys charged with tho bayonet or pike. The average loss tn thoso wars was soronteon per cent of the total number of combatauts. During the time of the Civil Itcvolutlon and the Napoleonic era the losses wero nlxteon per coni. In the Italian war and Cri mean war. "'i Improved weapons, the lost .' :. ; loorteon per cent. In lSI. In the 'var of Prussia against Austria, ' U Improved needle-guns nnd greater dlstanco, tho losses were seven per cent In the Franco-Prus-sinn war the losses sank to five per cont This Is both fortunate and un fortunate, according to one's view point Hut the financial argument for peace cannot be gainsaid. Picture Saves a Monkey. How a monkey pursued by a boa constrictor was saved Is told by A. I,. W. Gootschnlk, United Btntes consul nt Guayaquil, Ecuador. Tho big rep tiles have a falling fgr monkeys and theso agile llttlo pets must keep a con stant lookout for them. If Jocko drops Into a dozo bo Is likely to "wake up dead." On the occasion with which the story deals a monkey's llfo was saved by tho picture of tho American eagle. The consulate sign nil over tho world Is a fine reproduction of. the king of birds, In full color and with outspread wings. A new Hlgn had Just been received and was waiting on n chair Inside tho room. A big bon constrictor chased tho house monkey across tho yard and through the open window. Jocko was making a good race, but n losing oue. Ho was In tho corner quaking with fear nnd very near to death's door when tho pursuer confronted the pic ture of the eagle In It memiclng at titude. A snake fears engles even more than It craves monkeys and that particular reptile turned tall nnd went out of the window a quickly ns If the devil wero nftor It. That monkey was a smart monkey, and now whenever It wants to take a nap It goes to roost over the picture of the eagle. Consolation. It may be dat yo' sweetheart Dons 1st' you feellu' blue, nut de melon coollu' In da well Wld a ripe, red heart fer youl -itlsuts Constitution. WHKN TIMBO 'WERE FLUQH. -f- Nome and DawsoisVWsr I.lvslr Towns Only a VswIYears Auo, "Yes, tho flush! wild nnd woolly days of tho Klondike and Nomo lire now matters of hlstta-y, snld a Mon tana man who was lu the country from the start of the boom to tho present time. "It's about tho same ns tho history of all the Western mining camps In th Ikioiii days. Tho first men to go Into tho Alasknn country wer of tho vonturesouie nnd reckless sort. Money emtio to them by tho thousands with hut little effort, and It went about as easily as It was pan ned out of the gravel. It la different now. Things have grown to a normal condition and the milling business I conducted along legitimate lines. 1 can rcmranber when there was not n dun lly tn I.awson or Nome. Now both of these places have settled down. They hav schools and Witirche nnd the ha nun ion rum llfo Is a thing of the past. "I conducted a variety theater In Dawson during the early boom, The only female society there was tho variety performers and they made all kinds of money. Nearly all of the good lookers married men who mads big stakes and quite a number have turn ed out all right. The salary of a wom an who could do something oil the stage varied from $100 to $250 per week and they had to be supplied with a room besides. At this tlitio eggs sold for $1 apiece nnd flour $100 a sack and hnrd tn git nt thnt. Musi cians were paid $KM a week while the lender of an orchestra got $150. "I recall ono night after the regular how was over In the theater 'Hulft water lllll' bought $.1,000 worth of ticket for the dance tin 1 1 and Invited everybody to dnnce. 1 have seen htm buy a whole case of eggs at once when they were telling for $1 ench Just to keep somebody else from get-, ting them. 'Swtftwater' got his unme ; from tho fact that he crossed tho ICIun J dike river nt high wnter on n log and i bent nil the others out to the claims' and had all he wanted located before any one elo could reach the place. He cleaned up, all told, between $200.- 000 and $300,000. I remember a Mon tana man who lived nt White Sulphur Springs who spent $2.5UO for cham pagne in on night I weighed out the gold for a man who paid $3,33.1 1 3 ' for a barrel of high wine. All this has now changed. Gambling tins been closed down entirely Imth In Dawson nnd Nome and there Is little or no exrltnnieiit it la still a good country for legitimate business of nil ktijd. It future poaslhllltli-a cnmiut k6 con ceited. In natural resources 1 con sider It tho richest posieaslou In (he domain of Uncle Bain." Chicago Chronicle. ,. 1Ll Glva Tather a Bouquet. I've seitrrlied the msfstlnrs aud papers, for In, these msuy days. Hut I hsreu't found posin thst (Ires fsthsr sny praise. I've looked thtm orsr rsrrfully, I've read and studied all. Hut the sturdy reureientstlvs of Adam's early fall Seema to have escaped the nolle of the poets" lucid powers. And the ou who bit tlis spple first has slhered all their Sorter. Why no bloom from all the ilitu of the poet's floral land Was ever given father, I could uever understand. While mother sat bl(Ie the fir and darned the children' socka, Waan't father out huitlln' to gather In the "rocks" l And when Ileauy had the ferar, and Hesay was so sick, Who tumbled out for doctor, and brought blm double quick! I would not rob dear mother of on alogl bit of praise, For faithfully ah did her duty tn child hood' anxloua dara. And til through youth she w mother erir kind and true, Dut I've got quite chunk of praise to hand to father, too. How he worked and wt and grumbled, whistled, auug and smlted, Tolled until till bark waa bent for moth er, home, and child. I am not feellu? grouty became mother' praise la aung, For I remember ber sweet kiss on my lips when I was young. Hut I also recollect a (reat big, burly, manly form, Whose heart wa where It ought to be. whose smile waa broad and warm. And I think It would be Just, e'en In this later day. When we're picking flowers for mother, to give father a bouquet Cleveland Leader. Friendly Illrd at Prey. Every farmer and gamekeeper should have a copy of tho biological survey's report on the stomachs of birds of prey Hcsldes Immense qunn tltcs of mice hawks nnd owls kill snakes, rats, weasels, skunks, nnd squirrels, nil of which species destroy more or less young gnmo birds nnd tbo eggs of game birds. Theruforo It be comes necessary to know whether the bird of prey himself or all theso other enemies kill tho most game before Judging of his barmfulness. The kill ing of hawk or owl Is probably almost always the killing of one of your game preservers, whether or not ho takes somo game In pay. You might ns well abolish policemen becauso they soiuo tlme offend. Sportsmen wngo wnr ngnlnst herons, kingfishers ond fish hawks, Now, since It Is well known thnt the main devour ers of trout spawn nnd fry, for In stance, are not nny kind of bird, but certain species of fish, you are proba bly helping thin your trout by removing these birds, slnco tho latter doubtless prey more on the spawn devourern than on tho trout. This Is plain, bo cause trout nro swifter nnd henco hard er to cutch and live commonly In deep er water tbnn other species; so that what the heron nnd kingfisher get nro no doubt generally tho enemies of your trout Forest and Stream, A Coldly Praotloal Thought. "Those people who secured Ameri can In dependence were very careless," said Senator Sorghum, "In what wayl" "If they had presented tho Fourth of July possibilities In tho proper light tboy could have got about everything tbey wanted from the fireworks manu facturers." Washington Star, lteporter Senator Illlklns has abo lulely nntlilng to sny. Editor Well, boll It down, We ai terribly crowded to night. - Puck. Drown I Smith tho boa ovvr at hi hoilao? Join1 - .Mr. Smith any ho Isn't, but I tit k t notice lie pick out all the now wall puper. -I'liu'lnnntl Trib une. Mr. 'Iliu I ill lx -Is lour chauffeur a safo man to rldo wit lit Mr. Knot Hlovte Why, certainly! No pollceiiinu hn succeiMti'd III cntchlng lilm yet Town Topic. Mr. I'hugwnti'r -Jmluli, nhrr I there such n thing as a laundry trust t Mr. t'liiigwaler Where Wlint do ) on suppoHO the I'lallioii ltulldlng lu New York Is for "Arthur, dear, don't you think It's rnther intra vacant nf you to eat butter with thnt delirious Jnni" "No, hivo; ri'onoiiili'iil. Hiiine' plet'si of bread doc for Ixith."- -Tit lllls. Mnglslnilii (stonily)- -Didn't I tell ion tho hist Hum j nil vcr hero I uovnr wan tril ion to conn' before me again Prisoner -Yea, sir, but I couldn't make tho policeman ludlevo It. New Yorker. "Aro J on nt nil fnmlllnr with Plato" nsked Mm. Oldcnstle. "No, that' one thing Joslnh always blalnea, me for. lie ray I never uiiikii real close friends with nuylHiily."--l'hlla-dolphin Ledger. After a iimni sevcru reproof than usual, lltlln IIi'kbIc, who I extniordln nrlly sciislllie, thought diligently fur n minute, nnd then snld: "Mamma, Isn't thero nny wny n child cuu get a dl oreu from Its pnrents" "Some aclrntlsls," began Mr. (Jay, significantly, "consider kissing danger ous. Do you)" "Well," rrplled Mis Smart, "I think It would be for My big brother I within cull."--ICi-change. I'nlr I'nssi'iigcr I'vi) paid my fnrej once. Why do you ask for It again roiidtictnr I beg p union, Inly, but you look so much puttier every tlin I pas through thnt 1 thought )ou wore another pengiT. Chicago New. FnriuOr Hoptoad I diinno a tlioin city folks Is so Inr.y, nftvr all. Farmer Trofnig How's thnt, lllriiml Farmer Hoptoad Duo of tho clerk nt that ' hotel wIiito I put up wuz up nhcad nf inn every inornln'. try to IkmI blm a I would! Phltndt'lpblu Press. "When young fellers begins a court In'," said Fanner Unicode, "they Jeet gits crazy, an' thet thnr boy Jim o mine nln't no exception." "What's Jim. bin n iloln'l" asked Former Bnrcer. "Hnugi'd If he didn't go Inter tnwii jestcrd'y an' spend a hull sixpence fur a toothbrush,"' "Yes," said tint lioardlng chool teacher, "I think thnt la a model letter for you to wrtto your fiance. Dut of course you will copy It, leailng out those numerous space" "Oh, dear, no!" replied the girl. "Those ar for dVnrest.' I havo It on a rubber atainp."--Dtrolt Fr.o Press. Mr. Pinny -l wns going to ask you to try tht llttlo trick. Multiply tho year of your ago by thruo. subtract twenty on from tho total and what' tho answer) Miss Kutc You should bo "Mo to guess the answer at unco. Mr. Ptmjy What I It Mis Kut Nono of" your business. Philadelphia Pro. The honest man (to theater door ton dor) I see that you have !gu In Ui lobby snylng that ticket bought of speculator will not be nceepted. Now, 1 want to Inform you thnt I liought my ticket of n speculator. Door Ten der (with a sickly smile) -Say, you re former give me a pntn In th solar plexus! G'wan In! Exchange. Edgnr hnd bren nsked to write a composition about tho camel. This I what h evolved: "Tho ciiinel hn four stomachs, and cull go four week with out feeding them, romomhertug th. week by counting the stomach ho hnp pen to bo using at the time; and so, coming In out of tho field mice n month, ns rogulnr u n clock, for hi breakfast, which Is mostly water." They hnd been talking a they walked. She hod remarked pnruir thetlcnlly: "ih, It must bo terrlblu to a mnn to bo rejected by u woman." "Indeed It must." wn his repono. Then after n while, Willi synipnthotlo dUlnguniiousncHs, sho exclaimed: "I don't think that I could over hav thi heart to do It." And thoro camo n Hence between them ns ho thought It over. Tit lilt. In a small vlllngo lu Yorkshlro an old laborer onco wont Into n neigh bor's cottnge. In tbo corner of tho llttlo kitchen Htnoil n grandfather clock, on tho dial of which wns tho customary figure of an old man holding a scythe, a ml nbovo wus Iliu time-worn Inscription, "Tempiia fuglt." Uioklug wisely up nt tho clock, tho old man snld to tho owner: "Aye, tenipus. fugltl Ha me man us made ours, I seuf Tlt-Iltts. General "Phil" Sheridan waa at ono time nsked nt wlint llttlo Incident did he laugh the most. "Well," ho said, "I do not know, but I always lauijli when I think of the Irishman and tho mule. I was riding down tho lino ono day, when I saw an Irishman niounleil on a mule which wa kicking It leg rathtr freely. The mulo finally got It hoof caught In tho ntlrmp, whon, lu tbo excitement, tho Irishman remark ed! '"Well, liegorrah, If yo'ro goln' tr got on, Ol'll get offl"' Now York Tribune. Told Iter Noorot nt I, set. "A woman can't keep a secret," de clares tho mero man. "Oh, I don't know," retorts tho But tery lady. "I've kept my ago u secret since I was 24." "Yes, but one of these days you will give It away. In time you will sim ply have to tell It." "Woll, I think that whon a woman has kept a secret for twenty ycura sho come pretty near knowing how to keep It." Judge. Many people mlstako longing to b rich and great for ovldeuc of soul-hunger.