FRIDAY, JULY tfi, 1813.
WEEKLY KOGVE RIVER COURIER
PAGE SEVEJf
JSOTICE OF SALE OF REAL TROP-ERTY.
Notice is hereby given that I,
H. Flanagan, guardian of the person
and estate of Jesse W. Woolfolk, will
ell at public auction, the following
Jackson county, state of Oregon,
described real property, situated in
Jackson county, state of Oregon,
which real property belongs to the
aid estate, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of section
twenty-six, township thirty-four.
range four west. Willamette merid-jiDg strict, unorganized, Josephine
ten. county, Oregon.
The said real property will be sold "u 1 do" quartz ruining claim
at public auction, at thefrontdoor of No- 2. recorded in volume 16 of inin
the court house In Grants Pass, Jose- iins record of Josephine county, Ore-
phine county, state of Oregon, at ten
o'clock a. m. ou the second day of
August, 1913, for cash, to be paid
at the time of sale.
This notice Is published by order
of Hon. Stephen Jewell, Judge of the
county court. of the state
of Oregon for Josephine coun
ty, duly made and entered
on the second day of July, 1913, in
the Rogue River Courier, a newspa
per of general circulation, published
at Grants Pass, Oregon, once a week
for four weeks, the first publication
to be made on the 4th day of July,
1913, and the last on the 1st day of
August, 1913.
W. H. FLANAGAN', Guardian,
By J. D. Wurtsbaugh, His Attorney.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office at Rose
burg, Oregon, June 9, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that John B.
Hughes, of Grants Pass, Oregon, who,
on October 13, 1910, made home
stead entry serial number 06666, for
8W14 NE4. NEU and NE4
SE',i. section 12, township 37 S,
range 6 west Willamette meridian,
has filed notice of fntentlon to make
three year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Herbert Smith United States commis
sioner, at Grants Pass, Oregon, on the
25th day of July, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
H. Wynant, James Warner, J. C.
Dutcher and John Fritz, all of Grants
Pass, Oregon.
B.J JONES, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION"
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon,
June 13, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Martha
N. Brown, heir at law of Martin V.
Creecy, deceased, of Los Angeles,
California, who, on July 31, 1908,
made homestead entry serial No.
0595. for SV4 section 26. town
ship 36 S.. range 5 west Willamette
meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make five year proof, to es
tablish claim to the land above de
scribed, before Herbert Smith, Unit
ed States commissioner, at Grants
Pass, Oreeon, on the 1st day of
August, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
A. L. Cuslc. of Medford, Oregon; S.
Loughrldge, M. C. Flndley and H. L.
Gllkev, all of Grants Pass, Oregon.
B. F. JONES, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
r
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office, Roseburg, Ore., May
31, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Lliner
George Hibbs, whose postofflce ad
dress is St. Helens, Oregon, did on
the 9th day of August, 1912, file in
this office sworn statement and appli
cation, No. 0S238, to purchase the
WV6 NWVi. SE'4 NWtt and SW4
NE4. section 32. township 34 S.,
range 7 west Willamette meridian,
and the timber thereon, under the
provisions of the act of Jun 3, 1878,
and acts amendatory, known as the
"Timber aHd Stone Law," at such
value as might be fixed by appraise-
ment, and that, pursuant to sucn ap-
plication, the land and timber there
on have been appraised $660.00, the
timber estimated 880,000 board
feet at 75 cents per M, and the land
nothing; that said applicant will of
fer fiial proof in support of his ap
plication and sworn statement on
the 15th day of August, 1913, be
fore register and receiver United
States land office, at Roseburg, Ore
gon. Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initi
ate a contest at any time before pat
ent issues, by filing a corroborated
affidavit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
B. F. JONES,
Register.
NOTICE OF ADmTxISTRATORS
SALE.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Josephine County.
In the Matter of the Es- )
tate of John A. Wise, )
Deceased. )
Notice is hereby given that by
vlrtnA of an order of the Hon.
Stephen Jewell. Judge of the county
court of the state ot uregon
for
Josephine county, duly niaue auu
entered In the above entitled cause
on the 26th day of June, 1913, the
undersigned. Mlnty A. Wise, ad
tniaistratrix of the estate of John
A wiso. deceased, will sell at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder for
cash, subject to continuation by said
court, the following dss' noeu r"
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property of said estate, to-wit: 1 ne
V h
,
Tinrtliwcr nnnrteT ( '1 K
f the north-
UUIllinesi quaiivi ' 4 -
east quarter 1 ' "i " ' "' '
township thirty-nve '-'
range six (6) west of the Willam
ette Meridian. Josephine county,
state of Oregon; that said sale wni
be made at the dwelling 1m" on the
above described premie, a' the
hour of 10 o'dock a. m. "n mr
dav the 2'th dav of July. 191.1.
MINTY A. WISE.
Administratrix of the Estate of
John A. Wise. De eased.
Oliver S. Brown,
Attorney for the Administratrix.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO-OWN-EKS.
To the Unknown Heirs at Law of W.
B. Hunt. Deceased, and to Yhoni
It May Concern:
The undersigned, M. C. Brown, is
a co-owner of an undivided one-fifth
U-o) interest, and the heirs of W. B.
Hunt, deceased, are co-owners to the
extent of an undivided one-rifth (1-3)
interest in the following described
mining property in the Illinois Mln-
on. at pane tiu4
"The Horse Fly" quartz mining
claim No. 3 as described in volume 16
of mining records of Josephine coun
ty, Oregon, at page 603.
"The Good Enough" quartz miuing
claim No. 1 as described in volume 16
of mining records of Josephine coun
ty, Oregon, at page 603.
Notice is hereby given, that the un
dersigned co-owner performed and
caused to be performed the assess
ment work for the years 1908, 1909
and 1910, for and on behalf of W. B.
Hunt, deceased, in the sum of $60.00
for each year, making a total of
I1S0.00 for the three (3) years, no
part of which has been paid, and due
demand has been made.
Therefore the unknown heirs of
W. B. Hunt, deceased, each and every
one of them, are hereby notified, that
if they fall or refuse to contribute the
above amount for assessment work,
within ninety days from the last date
of the publication of this notice,
which notice is published once a week
for a perioj of ninety days after the
first publication of the same In the
Rogue River Courier, weekly news
paper published nearest to the said
mining property, in Grants Pass, Ore
gon, then the Interest of the heirs of
said W. B. Hunt, deceased, in the said
mine and said described mining prem
ises, shall be and become the property
of said M. C. Brown.
The first publication of this notice
is April ISth, 1913, and the last date
of the publication of this notice is
July 25th, 1913, being more than
ninety days (90) days from the first
publication thereof.
M. C. BROWN,
Co-Owner.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon,
June 16, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Otto
Glen Iiogue, of Kerby, Oregon, who,
on June 29, 1912, made homestead
entry serial No. OS109, for NW'i
NW'4, section 6. township 40 S.,
range 8 west Willamette meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
five year proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before
Herbert Smith United States commis
sioner, at Grants Pass, Oregon, on
the 1st day of August, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Stanley Morrison, Lee Morrison.
Quincy Woodcock and John Hill, all
of Kerby, Oregon.
B. F. JONES, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office at Rose
burg, Oregon, June 5, 1913.
Notice Is hereby given that A.
Echo Gaddls, of Kerby, Oregon, who,
on June 6, 1910 and May 1, 1911,
made homestead serial numbers
06342 and 07169, for Ste SEi and
NW4 SE4, section 14, township' 40
S., range 8 west Willamette meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
commutation proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
hpfnrp Herbert Smith. United States
commissioner, at Grants Pass, Ore-
on on the 25th day of July, 1913.
Claimant names &a witnesses:
R. P. George, Henry M. Pfefferle.
Wallace Kohler and Mrs. R. P.
George, all of Kerby, Oregon.
B. F. JONES, Register.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Josephine County.
In the Matter of the )
Estate of ' Chas. )
Woelffle. Deceased. )
Notice is hereby given that Chas.
L. Woelffle, administrator with the
will annexed of the estate of Chas.
Woelffle, deceased, has rendered and
presented for settlement, and filed
in this said court the final account
of his administration together with
a petition for a final settlement and
allowance of the same and that the
residue of said estate be assigned k
such persons as are by law aud the
last will and testament or tne ae
ceascd entitled to the wime.
All rersous interested in said es
tate are therefore ordered to appear
at the court house in Grants Pass. 1b
Josephine county, Oregon, on Friday,
the 1st day of August, A. D., 1913,
at 10 o'clock a. ni. to show cause, if
any there be, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted.
It is further ordered that notice
of the pendency of said petition and
hearing be given to all persons in
terested in said matter by publishing
of this order in the Rogue
, ;t i o '. "i '"-
, u,;v,.r Co-nier. n weekly nwwspaper
published at Gran's Tass. .Josephine
h'u:ity. Oregon, for fo'ir sucressiTe
, 1)ljshf.. at c,ran's Pass. Josephine
1 Vi p S
:r the said day of near-
ing.
Dated .T ine 30. 191 o.
RDW.VUD S. VANDYKE.
Attorney for the Administrator.
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NOTICE OF SALE.
In the County Court for the Suite of
Oregon, for Multnomah County.
In the Matter of the )
Guardianship of Lola )
V. Ruble, Clarke )
Ruble and Sunshine )
Ruble. )
.s'otke is hereby given that
uidersigned, guardian of the persons cash and the balance upon terms to
aud estate of Lola V. Ruble, Clarice -be approved by the guardian and to
Ruble and Sunshine Ruble, will ou the best mutual interest and advant
and after the 2nd day of August, (age of the. said minors, and all in-
1913, at 602 Corbett building. Port-
land, Oregon, sell at private sale all
the right, title anj interest of the
said minors in and to the following
described premises situated in the
county of Josephine, iu the state of
Oregon, to-wit:
The north half ( ) of the south
east quarter (U) of section twenty
three (23) iu T. 33 S., It. six (6)
W. of the Willamette meridian in
Josephine county, Oregon.
Also the following described lands
and premises, to-wit: That certain
placer mining claim and premises
known as the William Ruble mining
claim, described as the south half
( M ) of the southeast quarter ( U )
of section twenty-four (24) in town
ship thirty-three (33) south of range
six (6), west of the Willamette mer
idian, in Josephine county, state of
Oregon, and lot No. 38, the William
Ruble placer mining claim embracing
a portion of the uusurveyed public
aomain, situate in the Coyote Creek
Mining District, Josephine county,
Oregon, containing in the aggregate
one hundred and forty-one acres and
forty-ulne hundredths of an acre of
land, more or less, said lot No. 38
being bounded, described and platted
as follows, with magnetic variation
as hereinafter stated: Beginning
for description of Lot 38, at corner
No. 1, a post four Inches square
marked W. R. No. 1, 233 S. W. Cor.
with mound of earth and stone, be
ing also the S. E. corner of section
24, in T. 33, S. of R. 6 W. of the
Willamette Meridian; thence first
course, magnetic variation 19 de
grees east, N. 75 degrees 30 min
utes E. 22.50 chains to corner No.
2; thence, second course, magnetic
variation 19 degree 30 minutes E.,
S. 82 degrees iO minutes E. 19
chains to corner No. 3; thence, third
course, S. 67 degrees E. 15.00 chains
to corner No. 4; thence, fourth
course,, magnetic variation, 19 de
grees 15 minutes E., S. 46 degrees
30 minutes E. 8.70 chains to corner
No. 5; thence, fifth course, S. 88 de
grees E. 14.75 chains to corner No.
6; theuce, sixth course, magnetic var
iation 19 degrees 30 minutes S. 53
degrees E. 33.08 chains to corner No.
7; theme, seventh course, N. 1.75
chains Coyote Creek, bIx chains and
fifty links excavation, 12.10 chains
to corner No. 8 thence, eight course,
magnetic variation, 19 degrees and
45 minutes E., N. 53 degrees T.
33. OS chaius to corner No. 9; thence,
ninth course. N. 4.03 chains to cor
ner No. 10; thence, tenth course, W.
1.92 chains Jacks Creek, 7.72 chains
to corner No. 11; thence, eleventh
course, S. 7 degrees 30 minutes W.
6.00 chains excavation, 10.00 chains
to corner No. 12; thence, twelfth
course, S. 73 degrees i5 minutes W.
3.13 chains to corner No. 13; thence,
thirteenth course, N. 56 degrees 45
minutes W. 25.00 chains to coiner
No. 14; thence, fourteenth course,
magnetic variation 19 degrees 30
minutes E., N. 72 degrees 45 min
utes W. 8.80 chains to corner No.
15; thence, fifteenth course, S. 86
degrees W. 19.00 chains to coiner
No. 16; thence, sixteenth course, R.
03 degrees 30 minutes W. 5. 6.1 chains
to corner No. 17; thence, seventeenth
course, S. 66 degrees W. 9.00 chains
to corner No. 18; theme, eighteenth
course, S. 76 degrees W. 1.66 chains
to corner o. 19, situate on the east
boundry line of said section twenty
four (24); thence, nineteenth
course, S. 1.40 chains said Coyote
Creek, 10.70 chains to corner No. 1,
the place of beginning, except 2
acres deeded by William Ruble and
wife to Henry C. Mcintosh March
20, 1893.
Also the following described tract
of land, to-wit: Beginning at cor
ner No. 11 in the tract of land last
above desttribed, the said corner be
ing No. 11 mentioned in that certain
patent issued by the United States
to William Ruble October 10, 1895,
and recorded by the Recorder of the
General Land Office in Vol. 265 at
pages 457 and 463 inclusive, and
also recorded in Josephine County
Records, Book of Deeds, Vol. 15, at
page 305 thereof on May 15, 1895,
said beginning point being also the
N. E. corner of what is known as the
Jacobs and Kelly Placer Mining
Claim, and running 1 hence N. 76 de
grees W. along the north boundary
line of said Jacobs and Kelly Placer
Mining Claim, 59 chains to the N. W.
corner of said Jacobs and Kelly
Placer Mining Claim; thice S. 10
degrees W. along the west boundary
line of said Jacobs and Kelly Placer
Mining Claim 5.00 chains, more or
less, to corner No. 17 mentioned and
described In the patent above men
tioned, said point being the S. W.
corner of said Jacobs and Kelly Plac
er Mining Claim; thence S. 03 de
grecs ?' minutes K. 5.05 lialns to
corner No. 16 described is the, pat
ent above mentioned; thence N. SO
degrees K. 19.00 chains to corner
No. 15 as described in said patent;
'hence S. 72 decrees 45 lilinste K.
S.su chains to corner No. 1 1 as de
s'rlbed In said patent; thence S. 50
d'-grees 45 minutes E. 25.00 fhaisi
to corner No. 13 a.s mentioned and
b. ril ej in said patent; thence N.
7.1 decrees 15 minutes li 15.13 chains
o corner No. 12 as describe, In said
patent; then' N. 7 degrees 30 niln-ut'-s
E. in. no chains to 'he place of
hcL-innirii.
All of said above described lands
and premises laying and being situ-
ated in sections 23 and 24 In T. 33 S..
R. 6 W. and sections 19, 20, 29 and
30. In T. 33 S., R. 6 W. of the Wil
lamette Meridian in Josephine coun
ty, state of Oregon, together with all
ditches, flumes, sluices, pipes, dams,
water and water rights belonging to
or in any wise appertaining to said
above described lands and premises.
For the sum of seven hundred
tn,,and fifty ($750.00) d liars; one-half
Iterested rersons.
Dated this, the 30 day of June,
1913.
ABBIE RUBLE BISHOP.
Guardian.
William A. Carter,
602 Corbett Building. Portland.
Oregon, Attorney for Guardian.
Date of First Publication July 4.
1913. Date of last publication, Aug.
1, 1913.
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Josephine County.
Grace K. Harvey, by J. )
R. Harvey, her guar- )
dian, Plaintiff. )
vs. )
Olj Channel Mining Com- )
pany, a corporation, )
Grauts Pass Hardware )
Company, a corpora
)
tion, Thomas
Browning, C. L.
W. )
Bar- )
low, Rice & Pbelan, )
B. A. Williams, W. )
Marvin, Black Bear )
Mine, William Rogers, )
Woodford & Cook, L. )
C. Hudson, William )
Moore, W. A. Mas- )
sey, Barlow Bros., )
George Smith, Chas. )
Buck, Geo. Miller. J. )
S. Moore, Chas. Shat- )
tuck, John Green, Geo. )
Harrison, Jas. Barton, )
Jas. Bishop. Walter )
Marvin, Clarence Frost, )
Jas. McCune, Frank )
Fox, Geo. Bour, Ralph )
Tuttle, C. 11. Nex, El- )
mer Hansom, Thomas )
Grants, Nelson Cole,
Roy Hudson, and L.
)
)
C. Hudson, Defend- )
ants. )
To Old Channel Mining Company, a
corporation, and ThomusW. Brown
ing, defendants:
In the name of the state of Ore
gon, you and each of you are hereby
summoned and required to appear
and answer the application filed
against you In the above entitled
court and cause on or before ten
days from the date of service upon
you if served within Josephine coun
ty, Oregon; or if served within any
other county within said state, then
within twenty days from the date of
such service upon you; or if served
by publication, then on or before the
expiration of sixty days from the date
of the fli'Bt publication of said sum
mons, the first date of publication be
ing July 18th, 1913, and the last day
for your appearance being September
17th, 1913; and in ease you fail to
answer or otherwise plead within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff will ap
ply to the. court for the relief prayed
for in the application, viz
For a decree declaring a lien In
favor of the plaintiff upon all the
right, title and interest of the said de
fendants in and to, as well as upon
the following described premises, to
wit: Mineral Lots Nos. 37, 38, 39,
40, 42 and 43; also the Galice and
Chieftain Ditches and water rights
the mill and quartz creek ditches and
water rights, the Six Mile ditch and
water rlRht, and the Stare Gulch
ditch and water right, situated In
townsbii) 38 South. Range 8 West of
Willamette Meridian, and comprising
757 acres of land; for taxes assessed
and levied against said premises for
the years 1909 and 1910, viz.:
$7S0.73 for 1909, and $812.84 for the
year 1910; also penalty and interest
as by law provided from and after
July 10, 1912; also for taxes paid by
the plaintiff since the years afore
said, viz: taxes for ln, $731.93
with interest from July 10, 19J, as
by law provided, and also taxes for
the year 1912 In the sum of $804.31
with interest and penalty as by law
provided from May 31, 1913; and
that said lien be foreclosed and the
premises sold in the manner by law
provided, and that from the pro
feeds of such sale the plaintiff retain
tli taxes, penalties, interests and
costs and disbursements and accru
ing costs of sale, and for such other
and further relief as Is equitable.
This summons Is published by or
der ef the Hon Stephen Jewell,
county judge for Josephine county,
Oregon, dated July 18th, 1913, and
requiring publication thereof In the
Rogue River Courier, a newspaper of
general circulation published In
Josephine county, Oregon, for six
sucsesslvo weeks.
H. D. NORTON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Iegal blanks at the Courier.
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A DARING SCOUT.
His Qulok Wit FooUd th. Federal and
8avd His Neck.
Wat Bowl?, a scout for the Confeder
ate nruiy, was a young Maryland law
yer at the time the great conflict b
pan. After months of successful work
he was captured mid taken to Wash
ington and sentenced to be bunged.
lie made his esciii and In "On Has-
ardous Service" W. (5. Beymer tells of
the weeks that he was followed by se
cret service men and small details of
Federal cavalry and how by his very
audacity and quick wit he escavd re
capture. He blundered into a camp of them
one morning at dawn and saw Instant
ly that retreat was linHssible; they
were ready to open fire with a dozen
revolvers. Without hesitation he strode
up to the men and shouted Indignantly:
You make mighty free with my
rails! With all this wood round you
did not need to bum my fences." Ho
seemed very angry.
'Who are you?" a corporal stain
mered
The owner of the rails, of course!"
And then, apparently somewhat mol
lllleil. ho went on: "Well, well! War
Is war. but don't do any more damage
than you can help, boys." He sit
down with them to their breakfast and
chatted with them pleasantly. One f
them asked If he had seen Wat Bowie
and described him accurately. At the
description they all stared at hlra and
moved uneasily. In doubt as to what
was to be done. He tallied with the
description In every respect But his
Insolence In walking up to them and
upbraiding them for burning "his"
rails made them doubt their own eyes
"Why. yes." he drawled. "Wat B
wle was In these parts last week. I
know lilm well. They say he has (tone
to the north rnrt of the connty. where
he halls from. I don't know, though
as to that."
Then rising nnd stretching hlmsc'f
he looked down Into their doubt filled
eyes and laughed at them laughed In
their very faces -nnd said:
"I'm glad you all met me on m' own
land. You might have made trouble
for me elsewhere, for they all say I
look like him a lot Goodby, boys!
Good luck!"
AUSTIN'S EGOTISM.
It Cropped Out Strong In' Comparing
Himself With Tennyson.
Austin might almost be snld to rival
James McNeil Whistler as having glv-'
en rise to humorous anecdotes with
this difference, that while the anec
dotes of Whistler exploited his wit or
his superb arrogance ("Why lug In
Velasquez?"! those of Austin were bas
ed on little more than the fatuous self
esteem which enabled htm (if ability
Is the word) In 1870, in bis volume of
so called criticism, "The Poetry of the
Period." to attack Tennyson. Brown
lug. Matthew Arnold and Swinburne
as if the author of the book were the
superior of the whole pack of them.
It was Apparently not this book, but
n Inter criticism written In 1SX". which
led Austin to boast of his friendship
with Swinburne and to declare that
though he had been forced to criticise
Swinburne, the latter hud not permit
ted It to disturb their relations. It
proved that Austin's criticism had at
trnct ed so little attention that Swln
burne had not even heard of It and
when, following Austin's bonst, he
took pains to rend it he became very
angry nnd would have nothing to do
with Austin
It was the same fatuity which led
Austin In his autobiography to adver
tise his own ultra respectability as
compnrod with the possible "low tone"
of others. Tennyson might be acquit
ted perhaps of once using nn Improper
word In conversation, but Tennyson
certainly smoked, Austin never.
Springfield Republican.
Man and Woman.
Ktclln-.Vo inn ci Is Indispensable.
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Sun.
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draw itself iilufu!!y over ir prey by
hitching its Jaws, armed with back
ward curving teeth, forward, on one
side and then the other, aud by simi
lar movements of the neck, ribo and
kin. until the whole mass has finally
rencbed the prolonged -stomach. The
snake's Jaws are attached to tbe skull,
and the hones of the head and Deck
are connected by elastic ligaments
which may be so stretched that an ob
ject considerably larger than the bead
Itself may be swallowed If rightly seta
cd; hence prey Is usually turned alwu
after killing It until its nose Is fore
most, w hen tbe undertaking begins. A
copious flow of saliva assists degultl
tion. Once started, a snake never knows
when to stop; has little ability to do
so. Indeed, aud the prey rarely kicks
loose. It has happened frequently la
coologtcal collections that a large snake
has swallowed a smaller one mechan
ically, as It were, when each has seized
the same food animal. Both swallowed
at it until the larger reached the nose
of the smaller diner aud then kept
right on as long ni there was anything
In its mouth, unless the victim ot this
discourtesy mauitgcd quickly to let go
of the fare and escape.
Bartlett tells us. In his book on the
care of animals In the London too, of
one case where a boa constrictor de
voured a enge mate nine feet long who
did not feel disposed to let go of his
half of a plgeou. Next morning this
boa could not curl up, but had to lie
straight out for several days, and a
month was spent In the digestion of
this Inhospitable meal. Snakes will
keep pushing their Jaws over a string'
of frogs or mice tied together nntli
they have got outside the whole chain.
These animals have little, If any, sens
of taste nnd when they get their teeth
Into anything soft try to eat It
BULLET PHOTOGRAPHY.
Curious Effect of Shooting Through a
Thin Stick of Wood.
Moving pictures have been made at
the rate of 100,000 a second In contrast
with the rate of fifteen or twenty a
second, which Is enough when repro
duced on a screen to give the eye the
Impression of a continuous picture.
The only thing that moves fast enough
to make such tremendous speed worth
using Is a bullet, and some extraordi
nary pictures of bullets have been ta
ken nt this rate, seventy-two pictures
being taken of a revolver bullet as It
moved ten inches from the muzzle.
Pictures of n bullet passing through
a stick of wood showed a queer condi
tion Tbe bullet passed completely
through the thin stick and was well on
Its way beyond beforo the wood gave
any sign o" distress. Then some tiny
splinters started out, following the bul
let; tbe stick began to split, and after
the bullet had proceeded some distance
the stick suddenly fell to pieces. No
camera shutters are fast enough to
take pictures nt anything like this
speed, so no shutter was used.
Instead, a series of electric sparks
wiih flushed, the sparks following one
another at the rate of 100,000 a second,
each spark making a picture. The
film was mounted on a wheel about
three feet In circumference, nnd the
wheel was revolved at the rate ef 0,000
revolutions a minute. When all was
ready the bullet wus shot, the spark
flushed nnd the wheel revolved, the
uc.tnul exposure being limited to a frac
tion of u second so as not to pile up
pictures one over the other. Saturday
lOvenlng Post
.,1
Not In Hit Lino.
A motor stopped In front of the pho
tographer's, mid 11 woman lacking none
of the artificial accessories deemed nec
essary to "looks" entered the studio.
A couple of days Inter the photogra
pher submitted proofs for her approval.
"Not one of those pictures looks any
thing like ine," the woman Insisted.
The photographer tried In every way
to pacify her, but. finding this nn Im
possibility, lost control of his temper.
"Madiim." he exclaimed, "did you read
my sign?" "yes." "Well. It does not
say 'cleaning, dyeing and remodeling.'
It says 'portraits.' "New York Times.
The Sequel to the Joke.
Many years ago a visitor to Edin
burgh was U'lng shown over the high
court of Justiciary. He made some re
mark concerning the dock tind Its du
ties, aud In reply the 0IIUI11I Jokingly
said the visitor might one day be sen-
j fenced to In; hanged in that very room.
The sightseer was the notorious Dr.
1 I'rltch.ird Two years Inter in the dck
I he had so tlusely Inspected he was
j dootm-d to death for poisoning bis wife
' and mother In law.
I
Free Circus.
"They are tin most popular couple In
our flat We'd all Lute to see the 111
move out."
"Why are tliey so popular?'
"They always have the windows
open when they cjuii rrel." Louisville
Courier Journal
Surpnting Information.
"So your little bey Is In the hos
pital?" "Vc : the dm tor uld he would have
to lonu hl-t asteroid- t il. el) out"
"My - ii-s'" - Baltimore American.
Ten Big Rivers.
There nre ten rivers each more than
.1 t!, ill ,;.i,'l in. it's ;..ig In the United
St .l. -1.