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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1904)
THE liiUTisii fishing "HOWDY." "ICIn.1 o' like to hear Vra say It! 'Howdy, howdy!' Know wlift' ho right there an' then. That's Hie nii.nil truth, now, men Put' my trust right la him when Man 'Howdy!' "Yes, dir. sonnd like ol' timet cornln'- 'Howdy, howdy? I let the heft, an' makes yoa feel Like yore really in the deal, An' yore friend kin sort o' 'spUL' Saylu', 'Howdy P "Polks all say It In Miuouree!- 'Wal, wal. howdyf ttearty, honest, homely, gruff. Gentle, kindly, yard-wide stuff Man that sex it's good enuff 01' boy, howdy T "Yes, sir. like to hear 'em say Itt -'Howdy, hnwdyl' Hex a cheery, earnest ring. No pnt-on, the A-l thing. Gives yore own good-will a swing, 'N you ay, 'Howdyf " Llpplncott's Magazine. BEAUTIFUL summer day was drawing to Its close in the pret 1 ty City of B , The sun, as It slowly sank to rest, cast a rosy glow over tho earth, while the clouds float ing; slowly overhead caught Its radiant glory and shone so daxzllngly bright one would think heaven's own gates were open, disclosing a glimpse of Its splendors. Leaning on a gate of a modest cot tage, apparently absorbed in the beau tiful picture before her, was a fair young girl, with a face too sad and careworn for one so young. Suddenly a look of pain crossed her face, and her sweet Hps trembled as the voice of her little brother reached her, say ing in plaintive tones: "Mamma, does heaven look like that, and am I to go there soon?" Forcing back the tears which would fill her eyes, she turned to the window where the little sufferer lay, and said In gentle voice: "What, Bertie, dear! Would you leave mamma and me all alone?" And tho child, seeing the grieved look on his sister's face, smiled sweetly and answered: "Ob, no, Lll; but it does look so pretty, and papa Is there, you know." And she knew that unless they could procure the necessary medicine for him he, too, would be there with papa. Soon her thoughts went back sadly to the time, only a short year ago, when, surrounded by everything a fa ther's loving care could suggest, she had not one thought or wish ungratl fled; then of the dark days which fol lowed so swiftly on her father's death, and the struggle with poverty since; but she resolved that In some way she must save her brother's life. To re solve was to do with Lillian, and en tering the room where her mother sat sewing, the said cheerfully: "Mamma, I think I will take Mrs. Brown's dress home to-night, and If you do not object I will take my wheel and go for a spin afterward, may I?" "Certainly, dear; you are not look ing well, and It may do you good. I can't have my little daughter 111," and she looked with love and anxiety at her daughter's pale face. Bending over, Lllllo kissed her on both cheeks, and said laughingly: "Well, then, I will go, but do. not worry if I am a little late." And this is what she Intended doing: Her father, Just before his death, had given her a high grade bicycle, and, although she had wlsbe-i to sell It her mother absolutely refused to let her part with It Now, however, she must sell It she thought even though It nearly broke her heart for she was an expert wheelwoman, and It formed her sole enjoyment She delivered tho dress, and was riding slowly along, wondering how nhe could dispose of her wheel to tho best advantage, when a shrill scream tartled her, and, glancing up, she saw n dainty child walking slowly along, whllo rushing down the street behind her was a hugo black dog. Tho peo ple were hurrying In every direction, and cries of "Mad dog" filled the air, but no one puusod to help the UttJo one, who stood In helpless bewilder ment With a cry of "Cowards!" Lillian turned and rode with all her might ,toward tho spot Would she get there 'first and could she cavo tho child? wore tho thoughts that filled her mind, for the dog as though divining her fbject had sprung forward faster nan ever. Now only a block remain ed between them. Could she do It in (that spaco? Gripping tho handJo bar firmly with iono hand, alio breathed a low "God (help me," and spod on with all her ptrength, and, as though In answer to her prayer, the dog stumbled and fell; TRAGEDY OF THE NORTH ihawleus kiuiti) ipox y iussian w.vit vessels. only for a moment, though, when on he came, flinging the foam from his gloaming teeth. But Lillian saw her advantage, and, setting her teeth hard, she reached out and grabbed the child by her dress as she dashed by. The pain In her arm was Intense, and the shock almost unseated her, but, with a grim determination to do or die, on she sped. She could hear the panting breath of the maddened brute behind her; she could almost feel his hot breath. And then, O beavcnl with an ugly growl, he leaped forward and sank his teeth Into the tire. Quick as thought, then, she Jumped from the wheel. Just ns a quick shot rang out and she saw the dog, with one convulsive shudder, drop dead. The excitement proved too much for her, however, and she sank to the ground wlth a low moan. When she recovered kind faces were all n round, and bending over her, gently bathing her sprained arm was a richly dressed lady, who. In answer to Lillian's faint ly murmured "Is the child safer' burst Into tears and In a broken voice tried to thank ber for her child's life. Six months later there was a grand wedding. The bride was Lillian, and the gentleman standing beside ber, looking so brave and handsome, was the little child's big uncle, who fairly worships the little heroine who saved his pet's life; and In the little page. looking so well and rosy, we recognize little Bertie. And so, to the chime of wedding bells, we leave them. Boston Iost PEARY'S NEW VESSEL, Ship Which Will Ball In Quest of the North Pole. A vessel Is being built In the old yard upon Verona Island, off the coast of Maine, which Is not destined for purposes of trade. She Is to force her way as far as possible Into the Ice covered seas of the far north, carry ing Lieutenant-Commander Peary In order that he may make another dash for the pole. In the Peary ship, the stern, stern-post keels, keelson and frames are of carefully selected white oak. The massive frames will be only two feet apart from center to center, and they will be enclosed In a cage of steel made of diagonal straps and cov ering tho Inner fabric of the ship from stem to stern. Over the straps will be a double course of five-Inch planking of yellow pine and white oak, and be tween these two courses will be tarred hemp or tarred canvas. A guard stroke of white oak sur rounds tho vessel at the level of the main deck, projecting outward for such a distance that when the Ice presses ngalnst her sides and Is forced TO SAIL IX QUEST OF THE rOLE. upward by the resistance, tho ship will actually rest upon the guard stroke. More than that, should she be frozen In, It would be possible to break the grip of the Ice by the uso of hy draulic Jacks placed under the strake. Naturally, so Important a part of the vessel's protection Is securely fastened to the hull and In addition It is strengthened by an angle bar of steel on Its under side. The interior of the ship will be al most completely filled with heavy tim bers. Starting at the center of the decks, these braces will extend diag onally downwards and outwards, the lower ends resting against the frames and helping them to withstand tbo pressure of the lco. With a hull thus filled with timbers, provision must be made for living quarters nboro decks and here there will be two houses, so constructed that they may bo removed and set up on 'shore. For the rest, the vessel will be rigged as n three-masted schooner with an exceptionally large spread of canvas and will also be pro vided with steam power. She will bo of about 1,500 tons and will bo ready for service early next summer. It Is thp explorer's plan to go In tho vessel to tho northern shore of Grant land, winter there and make his dash for tho polo during tho following summer. A Mild Adventure, fie was telling a thrilling story of his hair-breadth escape, says the Chi cago News, and the young girl leaned forward and bung upon his words breathlessly. "And they wero so near," he Bald, "that we could seo tbo dark muzzles of the wolves." "Oh, how lucky 1" she gasped, "now glad jflu must havo been that they had their muzzles on!" SEA. PISTOL AND PEN. Thece Were Companion Piece In the , Career of Cot. 1). It. Anthony. Col. Daniel Itv Anthony, who died a short time ago at Leavenworth, Kan., wns a fighting editor of tho old school. He was born In South Adams, Mass., worked In a cotton mill, clerked In a store and tnught school. At SO lie went to Kansas, and wns one of the founders of Lawrence. When troubles came to Kansas Anthony vol D. K. ANTHO.NYluimersed himself in them. He had gone to the West on u peaceful mission, but the Invitation to mix up In the turmoil of the day before the Civil War was Irresistible. In the war be was lieutenant colonel of a cavalry regiment He wns sta tioned In a camp In Tennessee. nnQ slaves were constantly coming there after escaping from their masters. The Federal officers sent them back, whereupon Anthony Issued an order that any officer or soldier arresting or delivering a fugitive to bis master should be summarily dealt with, ac cording to the laws for such crimes. There were no such laws and Anthony's superior officers told him so. but Anthony had his way. In 1S01 be founded the Leaven worth Conservative, which became the Leavenworth Times, and when he came back from the war he begnn n career of belligerent Journalism. One night he made a speech to some bor der ruffians, some of whom shot at him three times as be was going to ted. He was Impenetrable. One day 1m went to the office of Edmund G. Boss, once a Kansas Senator, who ran a rival sheet and beat him with a cane. Shortly afterward he was ac cused of murdering Senator Jim Lane, but It was proved that Lane blew his own brains out In 1873 he was shot by a printer named Embrey and ho carried the ball to his grave. Four years later another printer, Tom Thurston, shot at him, and when Doc Jcnnlson found himself criticised for running n gambling place he went over and put a bullet Into some of the Times office furniture. Anthony re turned the compliment, and being n better shot hit the gambler In the leg. A man named Satterlee, who ran n small paper, called Anthony a coward. The latter took a man named Hamrr with him and went to Satterlee's office. On the way he met Satterlee and de manded a retraction. Both Satterlee and Anthony Instantly drew guns. Tho first shot from Satterlee's gun wounded nnnier and tho second Just grazed Anthony's flesh. Anthony's shot took effect In the man's groin and he died within an hour. Anthony was acquitted. An attempt was made to prevent bis carrying weapons. On cne occasion he was accused of carrying concealed weapons and tbo two lead ing lawyers of the city spent two days In talking on the prosecution side. When It came to the defense Anthony unwrapped the package which wns paid to contnln a pistol and revealed a piece of lead plpo In tho shape of a pistol. His later years wero more peaceable. Col Anthony wns a brother of Miss Susan B. Anthony, the famous wom an's rights advocate. Where the Bad Eggs Go. A poultry farm, whether ducks, geese, chickens or turkeys be the spe cialty, accumulates a large and malo dorous surplus of eggs that refuse to develop Into fowl. The average person would suppose that If there Is any thing on earth that Is utterly worth less It Is a rotten egg. Millions of stale eggs are used every year In pre paring leather dressing for gloves and bookbinding an Industry that Is largely carried on In the foreign tene ment houses of New York and other large cities. They are also used In manufacturing disinfectants and In tho preparation of shoe blacking, and even the shells are mado Into fertilizers. Tbo eggs that havo not yet lot their virtue also havo other uses besides tho more common ones for culinary pur poses. It Is estimated that fully E5,- 000,000 dozen are used by wlno dart- flers, dye -manufacturer and In the preparation of photographers' dry plates. Brooklyn Eagle. Not u Perfect Hucui-ss. Margaret Hetty Is happily married, Is she not? 'Ob, I suppose so; but sho says her husband has mistaken his calling. Margaret Yos? Edith A man who can tell such wonderful stories as ho does when he has been out lata at night ought, sho says, to have been a novelist Boston Transcript. If a girl has her eyes on a man, and a Hallowo'en charm says that ho U to bo her Very Own, he couldn't es cape If Mercury loaned him bis wings. 1 NEW WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY. If Government Owned Telegraph! Bhort Letters Could he Pent Cheaply. Ill electricity there Is nothing more interesting than Its application to steam railways. Engineer of high standing believe that the day Is near at hand when most of the larger rail ways will dispense with steam locoino tlves and employ eleclrlcnl motive power, cither by motors fed from third rails or overhead conductors, or by electric locomotive. However this may be, electricity Is already coming Into use on slenin railways. The Now York Central Is spending forty million dollars for electrification of Its metro- fHlltfntl titrmlnnl t.nfttr f.t tl.A ntlr. Jposo of dispensing with smoke and "hm ,ns m me luuueis, ami imruy iu obtain higher speed of trains. It Is easy even for n layman to un derstand the superiority of electricity as a motive power In urban and sub urban triutoportatlon. With n locomo tive, trnctton Is secured from the weight of the driving wheel. Willi I the multiple-unit system the weight of every car In the train may. If desired. bo put upon the driver. In service with frequent stops, s'leed I secured by a high rate of acceleration, nnd a rapid acceleration require owor and weight in New York's now subway a train of eight car will carry motor which may, at any desired moment exert a tractive force equal to that of a half dozen large steam locomotive. Of grent promise Is the motor which uses an alternating current without sub-station transformer, if It proves entirely successful. It will Introduce a large economy In nil electrical railway operation. Tho application of electri cal railway devices to all sorts of In dustrialism affords material for a book all by Itself, ranging, as It doe, from the great electrical locomotive nnd the huge overhead crane to the broiling of a beefsteak or curling of my lady' hair by means of the magic current. In almost every workshop electrical tool may be found. In these, nnd In compresl-alr appliance, may bo found the greatest advance In shop mechanics during the decade. There Is n new automatic or iuei-lmnlo.fi tele graph sender, transmitting meage forty times as fast as a human opera tor. In fact It Is well known that science and Invention have, during tho last ten 'years, made telegraphy so easy and cheap that. If we hud In this country a government or postal tele graph Instead of scml-publlc compa nies, short letters could bo scut by wire almost as cheaply as by (Hist. Unless I read Incorrectly the sign of the times, postal telegraphy Is Immi nent In America; It Is demanded by progress, nnd progress cannot 1n de nied. The automatic telephone I com ing rapidly lntoiuse, and promises to carry the convenience of telephonic communication to hundred nf thou sands who cannot now afford It. Tho rural telephone Is growing at an nmnz ing rate, too, and already scores of thousands of American farmer havo the 'phone In tholr houses. Walter Wellman, In Success. CONVENIENT KITCHEN CABINET. So many household articles have to be kept In the kitchen that It Is often a problem where to put them where they will be out of sight but at tho same time In handy reach when wnnt ed. A cupboard, though it may have many shelves. Is seldom sufficient for the purpose for which It Is Intended, ns there are Innumerable smnll arti cle of food, each of which ha to bo kept In Its original package, that must be put on the lower shelves, so that they can bo had with the least amount of trouble. A very useful and con venlent cabinet to be placed In tho COUPAItTHKNTS FOB EVEnVTIIINO. kitchen, the Invention of n MUsourl man, Is shown In the Illustration. It Is mado In two sections, the upper sec tion being divided Into four principal compartments by means of three verti cal partitions. Ono of these compart ments Is again divided In a series of subcompartmentH by horizontal parti tions, while the two center sections ifro formed Into very smnll drawers for storing spices, salt or cereals, etc. Tho lower section of the cabinet Is also divided Into drawers and compart ments of any suitable size and for any purpose that may be desired. By an Ingenious device of tho Inventor tho drawers for the storage of cereals nro fitted with an attachment for pouring out the quantity required. A slldablo table Is also fitted between tho sec tions. It la obvious that this cabinet would be of great benefit to the house wife, as It would not take up very much space, whllo everything needed would bo together. Another advant ago would be tho Impossibility of hugs of any kind getting Into tho food. I.ovoll T. Brenzler, of Kansas City, Mo., is tho patentee. Common Form of Holor Blindness. Tho moat common form of color blindness Is an Inability to distinguish red. Last year thirty-four officers nnd would-bo officers of tho British mer cantile marine servlco failed on their color tests, twenty-three being red blind and tho remainder unable to dis tinguish green. The 4,000 candidate for certificates wero also submitted to tho form vision tests nnd twenty-two of them failed to distinguish tho form of tbo object submitted. It doesn't mako much difference If tho young man Is ellglblo or not; Moth er smiles patiently when tho daugh ters claim to him that they mado tho bread. Illi . Epito. MA. j -S OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Tilt HUMAN IACI0H. TT Is a very good sign that thn railroad officers nnd man I agcr themselves are much exercised over the Interstate I Commerce) Commission' appalling showing of railroad Ineeldenls for Iho past fiscal year. It I a still further good sign that. In discussing the mutter, the railroad men are wry generally admitting that tho and not that of the public Itself, or of or the lliferual power. Lucius Tuttle, president of the ltoton nnd Maine Ball road, make the mileage stein, which upon tho men, primarily responsible. with an livening Mall reporter W. president of the .New York Central, said yesterday that in almost oery ease Included In the report of the Interstate Commission tho accident was the roHlllt foi-getfuluosx on the part of one or more employe. Mr. Brown apparently think that pllauce have gone almost a far as they can go. Elce trlcally locked swltoho may render the operation of fust passenger train safer: but the rest ployo. lie want the extremcst only men of natural Intelligence it ltd till responsible nnd nml exacting service. Itnllroad men should certainly he educated. Hut tlu most Intelligent gether depended on If he understand that speed Is the first requirement nnd safely only a secondary line, or If hi faculties are so strained by long pressure that his Impression become ccptlous dulled. Ilnlls sometime spread nnd wreck usual strain. The human brain I liable to a similar col lapse under similar condition. It Is to be noted tlint, ac cording to the Interstate Commission' the gravest disasters reirteil In the result of blunder of "experienced men." New York Mall Henry's Latest I'lnn. CI OMMODOIti: IT.AItY. In hi before the International Geographical Congress, out lined the one most rational attack upon the polo yet promised. Now that tlie narrow circle still sealed nlmut the North Pole ha been approached from nil quarter It ha grown clear that the final achievement of reaching the North Polo will turn upon one of three methods; a vessel Hlroug enough to stand drift, n vessel powerful enough to breast the lee, and n dash with sledge across the pack. Commodore Peary propose to unite all three. Ill new essel, ntmut the size of the English Antarctic Discovery, will be built Uhiii the line and have all the strength of Nansen' craft? which sur vlvod the long pressure of moving. Ice through the Arctic night. Instead nf being, like that vessel, the mere mrt of the clement. It will be strong enough to push It way through moving Ice. For this purMc It will bo provided with the heaviest engine which have ever been sent north of the Arctic circle. It screw will be calculated for pressure rather than for siocd. It structure will bo made, not for mere ramming, but for that steady, continuous pushing, which, applied to the largest Ice tloo weighing million of ton, will gradually move It, a the experience of whaler In warping during the Melville puck demonstrated year ago The fashion In which one of these vessels, by the sternly pressure of windlass, would gradually thread It way throtigh an Ice floe square mile In extent, which gradually yielded to steady, continuous pressure applied along Its lead, can scarcely be bellecd. Lastly, having these two requisite of a vessel both strong and powerful. Commodore Peary propose nt the last stage of hi campaign to use the Ice sledge nnd n dash ncrosi the park from a base as far north as can be secured. A northern base. Eskimo helper nnd a mingling of alt the various tools which other explorers havo employed are three factor by which Commodore Peary prose to re solve that geographical mini, the North Pole. The open door toward tbo greatest northing for hi base I Smith Tho Wood Cree of the-Fnr North have a great respect for tholr "little brother," mnkwa. the bear, and the brave nrrny themselves for a b"ar hunt In their finest dress of ceremony, In "The Silent Places," Stewart Kd ward Whltu describe nn attack on a bear by u party of Indlnus, us wit nessed by two woodsmen. Dick nnd Sam perceived a sudden excitement In the lending canoe. Ilnukemnli atopped, thou cautiously backed until well behind the screen of the point. "It's n bear," said Sam, quietly "They've gone to get their wur paint on." In n short time the Indlnn canoe re appeared. The Indian had Intercept ed their women, unpacked their bag gage, and arrayed themselves In buck skin, elaborately embroidered with bend and silk In tho llower pattern. Ornament of bra and silver, sacred skin of tho beaver, broad dashes of ocher and vermilion on tho naked akin, twisted streamer of colored wool all milled to tho barbaric gorgcousne. Plinutom-llke, without apparently tbo slightest directing motion, tho bows of tho canoe .swung llko wlml vnne to M)lnt toward a llttla heap of drift log under tho shadow of an elder bush. Tho bear was wallowing In tho cool wet sand. Now old Haukemnh roso to hi height In the bow of hi canoe, and began to speak rapidly In a low voice, In the soft Crco tonguo. "O mnkwn, our little brother," ho said, "wo cotno to you not In anger, nor In dlrcspect. Wo como lo do you a kindness. Hero nro hunger nnd cold nnd enemies. In tho Afterland Is only happiness. So If wo shoot you, O ir.nkwa, our llttlo brother, bo hot tin gry with us. With tho shock of n dozen llttlo bul let tho bear wont down, but was Im mediately afoot again. Hu was badly wounded nnd thoroughly enraged. lis foro the astonished Indian could buck water, bo bail dashed Into Iho Hhal Iowh a ijd planted hla iiiiwh on tbo bow of old Ilaulfomnh'H canoe. Haiikemah stood valiantly to (bo de fense, but wna promptly upset find pounced upon by tho enraged nnlmiil. Dick Herroti roso suddenly to his feot nnd shot Tho bear collapsed Into tlu muddled water. Ilnukemnli nnd his steersman roso, dripping. Tho Indians gathered to ox nmlno In respectful admiration, Dlck'u bullet had passed from car to car. Itnllglnns In India, Homo Interesting kuowlodgo con- corning religions In India Is presented by tho census. Tho number of Bran- manic Hindoos In 1001 was 207,050,- 057, or seven In ten of tho population, This great sect broadly speaking, has fault 1 the railroad' Divine Providence. put undue pressure And In an Interview E: VitltY now Brown, third vl of onrolouoH or mechanical safely np depend on tho em cure exercised to get fairly educated" for Intelligent nnd fairly man cannot be nlto hour or by Intense confused nnd hi per train under nn tin million, two-third lloston tho frame accident bulletin, Inst year were the speech nt New York. The next era In a tho lire-proof pression upon the leu of their support ltussln has n the great horde of In the shock of strongest battalions. wanton waste nf the awful cost of declined nineteen In l.tKKl since 181)1, but cliletly because nf famine anil mar riage custom. The Mohammedans, In tho same period, managed to Increase III) per cent, their total number now be lug il'.M.Vt.d"". Assertion often made that Moliam inislanlsm I gaining ground In India thus appears to M well founded, and It I evident that at the present rate of Increase that religion may some time dominate the country. While Budd hism Incronsod 3 per rent. It I con flnod almost exclusively to Burma, nnd there most of tho 0,000,000 nominal ad hcrent of the Buddhistic cult are real ly bound to nn nuclcut demon worship A for Christianity In India, tho cen sus of 1001 return 2,023,211 professors of tho Christian faith, an Increase of 31 per cent since 1801. Tills growth seems decidedly oncour aging, hut It must bo said that, accord- lug to tho official view, tho returns of Christians were swelled by tho Inclu sion of tho famine waifs, who were cast upon Christian charity in largo number by thn terrible famine nf tiio past decado. It i also stnted that In Madras and Bengal the more degraded -lasso tend to become convert to 'hrlstlanlty for social reason. CRAFTY PIT RIVER INDIANS. Tbcy Bcciired Muny Tonic In Spite, of Treaty Prohibition. "Hnvo you ever beard how a treaty between tho Modoc nnd Pit lllvcr In dians, way out In eastern Oregon, wns nullified?" nsked M. T. Bogger, whllo discussing frontier and early day ex perience. "The two trllies wero at constant warfare wltli each other long years ago, and tho fortune of war va ried. Homo sea sou victory would bo with tho Pit Illvers and at other times their hereditary enemies, tho Modoca, would subjugato them. Ujion ono oc casion tho Modocs managed to capture tho entlro band through somo strategy, and when they counted noses It wns found that captors and captured wero about equal In number. When tho nocowwry guards wero supplied to keep tho prisoner from escaping it wiih found that there wero not enough Modoc left to do tho hunting or go on thn warpath. 'Finally a council wns held and tbo chief reached an ngreemcnt for a treaty of peneo between tho two tribes. Tho condition of tho trcnty wns that tho Pit lllvcr Indians were novor ngaln to own liorws, this lielng required ho causo tho Modocs could easily keep them under control without horses to do their marauding. Tho captured band returned to tholr hunting grounds and established villages, but wero without horses for a number of years. "Attracted by tno excellent shoeu rango territory, ranchmen from north- orn California Invaded tho Pit lllvcr country nnd brought with them largo herds of ponies to bo usod In rounding up. Tho Indians lookod with longing upon ths horses, and finally tho ranch Sound nnd thn waterway which run west of Greenland. Tho winter through, and much more In summer, this chali' ncl Is full of moving Ice, through .which a vessel mich a Commodore Peary now propose can bo forced lo n point north of Greenland, probably a very considerable dlstiiucn If the season chances to bo open over thn water whli'li separate the most northern part of Greenland from Iho polo. Philadelphia Press. I minimus I os liy I Iro. and then writer on economic subject direct nllntitlon to tho terrible losses caused by lire, one of tho most vigorous summaries of this vast modern waste I offered by tho Wisconsin Hindi In- sinnnco Department, which remark that tin" wiihIo by lire In the Pulled Nlales dining the twenty live year ended Dec. Ill last tin averaged $i:iii,iksi,ihki a year. If condi tions remain normal during the fraction of IPOI yet re luiiliilug that Is to nay, If no other serious conlhigratlnii occurs- the tire bill for till year cannot be less than SHOO, HUM"), a tax rate equal to II Its) of the national wealth. When It remembered that this Immense sum I absolute ly wiped out of existence, eternally removed from the Uso of mankind, tho seriousness of the problem which con front u may be appreciated.' Insurance Engineering has been considering the snmn subject, nnd It attribute the waste hirgely lo tho over prevalence of wooden building. It I said that In Chicago more than half of the building are of frame construction. In Newark, a down with a population of a quarter of a of the building am frame, liven In building are more than two-third nf the whole. In Han Francisco more than nine-tenth nro frame. Insurance Engineering give n list of about sev enty town In which frame construction predominate so greatly that, to use. It words, (hey havo a "kindling wood outlook." The same remark the New York Hun think might bo made of about nil tho -CIS town enumerated In the census bureau's computation of the urban population our material progress siiouiu no Known age. Pittsburg Press. Tito Cost of Wnr. RfSSIA, a well a Japan, Is beginning to count Iho cost of a long war. Count okiitna, a wo luno seen, reckon Japan' military expense nt half a billion dollars a year. Tho ttnuuelal agent attached to tho Itusslau embassy at Washington estimate the war expendi ture of Itpssln up to the end of the year at nearly the sainn sum ilki.iskmhsi rubles being equivalent to a little over $.V),(sKl.ll. It Is not likely that either estimate Is too high. Think "hat a billion dollars might tunc done for the peaceful development of .Manchuria. Anil these figure do not Include thn loss to the country that I fought over. ltussln, of course, ha vastly greater resource than Japan. While tho remoteness of Iho wnr I a military dis advantage, It leaxe the country Itself practically undis turbed, and the draft for military service mako little Im enormous population of tho empire. In pan, on the contrary, must be sending an appreciable pro- IMitlon of ber productive hands Intif the wnr, and the bur- falls on n relatively limited territory. particular nil vantage at this time also in gold that ha been accumulated In tho country a the basis of an excellent currency system, which has thus far suffered no disturbance. Japan has likewise managed her currency Issues successfully as yet, but they are on n small scale, and when the public outlay rise In thn hundreds of millions It Is questionable If the system Is adequate to stand tho strain. battle, victory I likely to rest with tho In the wear and tear of a long war. the advantage I with the largest exchequer. Japan' best hope I In an early and decisive success, ltussln' rellanco still In her unlimited power of endurance. But tho a billion dollars a year 1 the least part of war. Philadelphia Lodger. men learned the band was without (io nic. When the fall weather caino iiihI corral were found niwtiry. the ranchmen entcrtsl Info an agreement for the services nf the Indian to sup ply rail to tit up corral. The Indian refuxsl pay for the work done, but took iHiiile Instead.' They also reful to accept full pay. Insisting iimn owing thn ranchmen a balance uiu each siny Heeiired, so that the title remained In tho name of the white. "Tho Modoc, learning that their enemies bad bcu supplied with ponlca In violation of the treaty, mndo a raid, but were Informed that the ponies wero not the property of the Pit Itlver Indians, but belonged to the whlto men. Through theso mothod tho ranchmen secured tho uso of valuahlo grazing ground for many years and the Indian found a way of getting around tho treaty." Milwaukee Kentl ncl. AQE TO VHICH MAN 8HOULDLIVE Little Change Htllco tbo Days of Abra hum fiml the Patriarchs. There has been very Utile, If any, cluing" In tho duration of man' II fo since the days of tho patriarchs that I, some four or llvo thousand yonr ago. Every ono did not atlaln to grent ago In those day any more than they do today, for various, reason' stated In tho lllble, and as that Is the place wo ftavo lo go for early records, I will begin with a quotation from It Genesis vl 3: "And tho Lord said. My Kplrlt shall not nlwny strive with lunn, for that ho also Is flesh; yet hi day shall bo an hundred and twenty years." Abraham lived to he 175 year old (but hi two younger brother appear to hnvo died before him), Abraham' wlfo, Harah, lived lo bo 127 yenra old; Isaac lived to bo 1H0; Islimncl lived to bo 137; Jacob lived to bo 117; Joseph lived to bo 110; Knhntt lived to bo 13!l; nis son, Ainram, lived to bo 137: 111 son, Moses, lived to bo 120; Anron wa threo year older than hi brolher, nnd died Komo years before him; Joshua lived to bo 110, Tho number of person reported In 1000 ns conteiinrliiiiH and over wni; Englnnd, 170; Ireland, r.78; Heolland. 4U; Sweden, 10; Norway, 23; Belgium, n; Denmark, 2; Hwltorlnnd, nono: Spain, -101; Kervln. o7fi; France, 213. Tills I not by nny menus a conipleto list, us only somo countries nro glvon, but It help to provo that wo should live to ho 120 year or over, and that wo do not do so was not thn plan or Intention of tho Almighty, Canadian Churchman, Insinuating, 'Thoro'a no uso trying to do irood thing In this world. Thoy nron't ap. predated." 'How do you know?" Oloveland Plain Dealer, Too many pooplo havo n habit of bus lng with Uialr bristles up.