Sherman County observer., January 17, 1908, Image 4

*1 h e
*^’Oh7 f a c e .” said; H a rn e y smoothly. h en-. \ \ hat Is that sign you are carry
TORN BY A LION.
“A trifle touchy on the gold brick ques­ lng around ou your back, major? Hera,
>
let me remove It. T u rn ip s For Hsto,’
tion. eh, M r.—s r—Hayseed, Is It?"
Tam er Crippled F er Life In a Pltte-
“Not quite. Hayden happens to be eb? 1 surely hope that miserable at­
bur« Theater.
K O B O , OREGON :
my name. D id n 't make quite aa slick tempt at w it w as not placed on yoOk
Briggs, a Uou tam er whose,
back
by
any
one
connected
w
ith
thin
T R I D AY. _ , .......... J a n . 17. 1908
a guess as you did on the Horace. But
home Is In New York city, was c rip
go ahead and call me Hayseed If you establishment.”
glad for life a t a theater In Pittsburg
“I
am
afraid
It
Was,
colonel,”
like. You can remember that name
P c r M n a l T a lk W ith Yaw.
hy a lion.
better than Hayden probably, and I the calm reply. “You see, the boys
During the early part of the week
took me for one of your rural subscrib­
guess
It
fits
me
about
as
well
aa
the
If you do not read The Observer
one of the largest lions became 111
other, anyhow. Don’t It strike you ers, and they have been having
JThj Not?
Brigg« treated the animal, but be did
This is one resson why A y e r’s
amusement a t my expense. But 1 sfifi
that way?”
not oeein to Improve.
When Briggs
C h e rry Pectorsl is so vslus-
W e should like to have you take
“Oh, no, you’re no hayseed! You’re they are pretty well worked up over It,
It , and w a K now It w o u ld be p ro fita b le to
so
perhaps
we
had
better
finish
qur
In­
ble In consumption. It stops
right
from
Chicago
or
New
York
city
B y W IL L S. G ID L E Y .
you to becom e a subscriber. W e »end it
¡-anybody could tell that from the cut terview In your private office and give
tw o year» for $ 2 50; o n e y e a r
1 2H ct»
the
wesr snd tesr of useless
of your Jib!” And Barney again pass our humorous friends a chanoe to think
a month la a’t much. T ry It. Order by • ■ [C opyrigh t, 1907. by W IU 8. O ldley.]
coughing.
But it does more
the m atter over quietly by themselves."
ed
the
wink
to
the
others,
who
all
felt
Postal Card, and pay for It when you can.
H a lf an hour later when the new
— It controls the inflsmmstlon,
In duty bound to roar at the managing
At any time when requested to do
proprietor of the Argus emerged from
N that day the Argus staff had editor's wit.
quiets the fever, soothes, hesls.
•'», the paper w ill be d iscon tinu ed . B ut w e
“ Nice, genial staff you’ve got. Chuck the Inner sanctum he found a rather
had
nu
unusually
trying
time
e xp e ct th a t a ll a rre a rs w ill be paid before
Ask your doctor sbout this.
solemn
looking
crow
d
aw
aiting
his
ap­
of It. To beglu with, the press fu ll of fun, alu’t they? I hope they’re
auch request Is m ade. I t Is easy to ask ua ,
The best kind of a testimonial -
H a ln ’t got a pearance, and Barney Blake’s
tor a statem ent, w h ic h w ill be c h e e rfu lly
dispatches had consisted chief­ not laughing at me.
“ Bold tor over s ix ty Tears.’*
’Please Kick M e’ sign pinned to my while smiling countenance was ° » l
ren d ered at a ny tim e .
ly of Russian w ar news, which hnd
back, have I?"
h r t- o. Ayer CM.. Lewelt. Ml «
been [touring In steadily all $lay, filled
aleo «uaufeaturera et
"T h a t’s all right. Uncle Horace,”
• with an unusual a^d most fllscourng-
SARSAPARILLA.
purred Baruey. "Don’t go to getting
’ lug quantity of uuhrouou notable and excited. The boys are Just spoiling
P IU S .
■AIR
VWOR.
u n sellab le names—that Is, to any one for a little fun—been working under
W « h e v e * • i m m I W » p n b ll» h
except an exjtert lu Itgaslan and Asiat­ steum pressure today—but none of
«a« m r a ia lM o í • «
pwltoi»»«».
High Type of Red Men Discov­ ic nomenclature. To an ordinary ed­ them would ever be guilty of—er—by
George,
they
have.
Just
the
same!
But
Aasten re co very by k e e p in g t h e
itor, proofreader or typesetter they
re g u lf r w ttn A y e r’s P ills .
ered by Archaeologist.
were simply so many Jagged mountain It doesn’t read ‘Please Kick Me;’ it
says ‘W e’re From the F arm .’ And If
1 - \
I chains of consonants, with nu occa-
I only knew the deep dyed villain who
« T a r r ie s S t e w a r t
CRIME IS UNKNOWN TO THEM l sloual vowel thrown In for good meas­ pinned it on you I ’d discharge him
ure. To cap the climax one of the this Instant—yes, air, thia very In­
S to c k In s p e c to r
hand set columns got knocked Into pi stant—and I ’d tell him not to come
• t r a n g s People o f th e N o r t h W h o D roaa Just as the paper wns utout ready for around again until tomorrow morn­
S h e r m a n C o u n ty ,
In F e a th e rs F o u n d b y D r . G aorga B. the press, which made a great Improve­ ing,” he added in a stage whisper as
G o rd o n tif U n iv e r s ity o f P e n n s y lv a n ia . ment In the spelling of some of the he stepped around behind the rural
O re g o n .
P a t r ia r c h a l P rie s ts G o v e rn T h e m .
names, but ruined the article lu other looking visitor and removed the o f­
fending
sign,
deftly
replacing
it
by
an­
Address: M O R O . OREG O N.
A new tribe of aborigines hitherto respects, so that It was necessary to other banded him by one of the crowd,
unknown to science is reported by Dr. reset It, which was done, putting all reading, "Turnips F or Sale!”
anoT t h > u o n t o o v o h t h b btk .
George B. Gordon, curator of the de­ bauds on the work and rushing It
“There; that looks better,” observed
entered the cage toe Hon sprang at
through
ut
ruce
horse
speed
In
order
partm ent o f American archaeology of
Bamey, at which everybody roared
him and stripped toe flesh from hie
the University of Pennsylvania, who not to delay the edition more than promptly onco more.
right leg w ith hie teeth.
“ Not quite so much levity, boys,”
recently returned to Philadelphia a fte r could be hepied.
•
b t e d
b a B eak
The screams of Briggs brought other
The
result
was—well,
the
Argus
got
said
Barney
reprovingly.
“
I
am
going
a dive Into the Alaskan wilderness,
attaches to the rescue, and one of
out about on time, but as managing to show our friend here through the
■ays the New York Evening Sun.
them shot the Hon through the eye.
Argus establishment, and I w ant to
Briggs was dragged from the cage In M o r o a n d G r a a a V a l l e y ,
The tribe was discovered 800 miles editor of the paper Barney Blake had
see
how
well
you
con
behave
w
hile”—
an unconscious condition. H e was hur­
from the month of the Koskokwlm riv ­ no reason to feel proud of that par­
Biff!
ried to the East End hospital, where
er, and D r. Gordon has named them ticular column of w ar news as it ap­
A big wad of paper came sailing
Reoeivea Deposits, B ell ex change,
It was stated th a t be would recover,
’’Kuskwagaifiutes.” Instead of w ear­ peared In p r in t Some of It was still across the office and caromed on tbo
and do a G o n e rs l BaiiklngJiUHtnePH
but would be a cripple for life.
ing furs the people dress In the skins pi, but It cuuie out all right In the ear of the caller.
“T h a t was our baseball editor who
o f birds, making clothing from the second edition, also lu the third and
LIGHTNING SCARES WHALE.
bre«Kt feathers of loons. The explorer fourth. Blake saw to th a t personally, did that,” explained Barney coolly. “ WHY, HOW D ’TaX X J, M A IO B ? " ZXCLAIM TO
T U B OOLOMXU
brought home a collection of their ns he expected Colonel Starbuck, the “Force of habit, I suppose. H e prob­
Tug’s OfRoers T ell a Queer T ele of
proprietor of the D ally Argus, In some ably Imagined he was throwing a ball
clothing and utensils.
moat aepulchrally solemn o f them all
Puget Sound.
at
first
base.
Don’t
let
that
happen
When the collection arrives at P h il­ time during the afternoon, and, know­
as he stepped forw ard and gravely
Lightning Is ot such -rare occurrence
again,
Higgins.”
handed him a folded document.
adelphia he and other ethnologists wUI ing him to to of an excitable tempera­
on Puget sound th a t even a whale waa
“A ll right, sir,” glibly responded the
Opening it, M r. Hayden read as fol­ f r ightened by the vivid flashes and
try to determine whether the tribe ment—the colonel often swore the A r­ young man who had thrown the pa­
P ra c tic a l W a tc h m a k e r
gus with- Its blunders would be the
lows:
came from Asia or whether it migrated
crashing peals o f thunder In a recent
death of him —he did not care partic­ per. "Mistake, anyhow. I was aim ­ M a jo r H a y d e n : *
and J e w e le r.
from Lower California. Dr. Gordon be­
storm.
ularly to have him see that dispatch as ing at the wastebasket.”
D e a r S ir—W e have h i d our Innings, and
lieves the race has been gradually d riv ­
According to the officers of the tug
“W ell, seeing you’ve apologized, It is It la now y o u r tu rn . A« the fu tu re pro­
origlnully printed.
es by Athabascan Indiana end Eski­
E lf, returning to Tacoma from a tow,
The colonel failed to show up a t the all right,” said Barney, w ith mock p rie to r o f the D a lly A rg u e you doubtless
w ill not care to re ta in In your em ploy the the whale became frantic during a
mos to its present quarters, which Is a
solemnity.
usual hour, however, and Bonney
■taff o f long eared, u n m itig a te d donkeys
nat irkl fortress. They represent per­
2 -.-
"Now, M r. Hayseed—1 should say now connected w ith the paper, and we storm, thrashing the w ater Into a
rather glad than otherw
haps the most ancient dwellers of Alas­
h e re w ith hand you our resignations, to milky white color for some distance
Hayden—you
have
already
been
Intro­
didn’t
ka. who made their way there from
ta k e effect Im m ed ia te ly , to g eth er w ith our by Its huge tall, and In Its mad
W hat he ueeded-ln fact, w hat the duced to our baseball and society edi­ apologies fo r the unpardonable tre a tm e n t
Asia. They are monogamists, and no
n almost demolished toe boom of
entire Argus staff needed Just then— tors, and If you w ill cast your optics received by you a t ou r hands th is a fte r ­
•u< h thing as. vice la known among
logs which the tug was tow ing to Bal
was a little wholesome recreation In­ over the rest of the collection of gen­ noon.
them. T h e y are permitted by their
lard from South bay.
stead of an Interview w ith or a lecture iuses before you I w ill enlighten you
Thia note was signed by Managing
OREGON
priests to have more than one w ife, but
The tug was off Robinson's «point THE DALLES,
from Colonel Starbuck-aom ethlng to aa to their duties, so th a t when you go Editor Blake and the other members
never do so. The men are tall and
when
toe
leviathan
was
first
seen
eev
take off the tension Instead of screw­ back to the farm you w ill understand of the Argus staff, and below the elg
strong physically and the women grace­
era! hundred yards to the rig h t I t
the secret of the Argus’ success lu natures waa the following postscript:
ful and good looking.
D r. Gordon ing It up tighter.
was raining hard a t the time, and the
gathering and disseminating the dally
I
t
is
no
wonder,
then,
that
when
au
P.
T h e boys w ere bound to share the
says there are only 400 of them left.
news of the entire world. Including the blam e equally w ith m yself and hand In mammoth aquatic animal was appar
unexpected
opportunity-
for
Innocent
The members of too tribe show a
th e ir resignations w ith m ine, h u t as I am eutly eu Joy lag a shower bath.
fun presented Itself Burney Joyfully city and county of Boomopolls.
higher m entality and development than
Then there came a pyrotechnical dis­
the head o f the office and the others took
“The
exceedingly
tall,
thin
young
any of the known Inhabitants of the nud eagerly seised upon It and made man w ith the short hair and promi­ th e ir cue fro m m e I feel th a t I alone play of zigzag lightning, accompanied O f course those w ho nr« eeqUHlnted
should shoulder the responsibility fo r
fa r north. They alone of all the tribes the most of It.
by the usual roaring noise, and the w ith W a tk in s L in im e n t w .- ill,I not lx*
The opportunity In question came In nent ears la M r. Perkins, our secret w h a t occurred, and aa an act o f Justice
north of Mexico and southern Califor­
w ithout a fu ll >m»ply at »>n>’ lirr e ss it
to m y fe llo w employees I nek th a t m y whale seemed to go wild.
service
reporter
and
w
ar
correspond
the
shai»e
of
a
caller—one
of
the
oddest
alone be accepted and th a t no
nia poeeess the a r t of pottery making
”1 never saw anything like It In my Is goo,! both in te rn a lly ui-ri « xt»-riiall\
ent. Ills build, as you w ill notice, fits resignation
looking
fish
that
had
drifted
Into
the
one
else
shall
be
m
ad
e
tc^
suffer
fo
r
m
y
and are believed to be the last of the
him adm irably for the position, lie la fa u lt. T h e rest o f the boys a re a p re tty life,” said Chief Engineer Bouschor, for m an aud toast.
undiscovered races on this continent to Argus office In many moons.
who haa seen hundreds of whales, F or C o u g h s a n d C o ld s tryour
One quick glance nt the linen duster so thin he can craw l over a transom good lot. T h e y w ill serve you fa ith fu lly
be brought to lig h t D r. Gordon heard
and redeem them selves in y o u r eyes. 1 speaking of toe tug’s experience.
Cough Cure, money back If not -iMLl-fl' d
w ithout the slightest difficulty.”
which
hung
loosely
about
bis
robust
am sure. I f you w ill give them a ch ano e
of them when be was In Alaska In 1006
“The lightning and thunder moat W a t k in s L a x to n e I" the very tost
“You -don’t aay!”
form
and
the
last
year’s
straw
hat
Y ou rs respectful»^;
and determined to find them, although
have scared the w hale badly, for It liquid laxative made, u« over 400 uus-
“Fact, I assure you. And th a t la
BARNET BULKS.
It necessitated his penetrating an un­
almost leaped from the water. W e saw tomera In Sherm sii county cun testify,
why a thin man has a marked advan­
“Resignations
declined
w
ith
thanks)
known Alaskan wilderness.
tage over a 200 pounder. I t requires You are all going to stick right to your nearly all of Its body, and I ’ll swear It It Dot only «act s a« a H x a t.v e but I.Hilo
D r. Gordon lived fo r several months
as well.
less gas to carry him, and If he falls Jobe until I tell you different,” an­ measured ninety feet In length.
w ith these strange people of the Koa-
“I t lashed the w ater w ith Its tall
from a balloon I t doesn’t m um him up nounced M ajo r Hayden bluntly aa be
kokwltD to study tbelr language, reli­
so much as It would a fa t man, there­ finished rending the above communica­ making a nasty swell. The next thing
gion and habits. H e found them re­
by effecting a big saving In doctors* tion and, tearing It Into strips, dropped we knew the monster came up under
markably free from crim e and w ith
our boom and broke the awtftere—the
bills for repairing broken ribs, etc.”
It Into toe wastebasket. "You’r e had
no set laws, being governed by priests
lines running across from one boom
" I see. Quite au Idea, t h a t ”
your
lesson,
boys,
and
1
guess
there
who are patriarchs.
The exploring
“Yes, and, besides, a thin man oc­ lan't much danger of any more such ■tick to another.
expedition was fitted out by Mrs.
“Several of toe logs were lifted out
cupies less space aud leaves more room exhibition« os we have had here thto
Charles C. Ila rrlao n o f Philadelphia
In the basket of the balloon for the afternoon. I ’m w illin g to try you any­ Of the w ater on the whale's back, and
and set out last spring.
-I feared our entire boom would be
wireless massage apparatus. You see, how.
•As a companion for the Journey he
broken.
Fortunately only a few of
as fast as the w a r correspondent In a
”But I ’m glad you added that poet-
engaged a guide. They took steamer
balloon gets a message ready to send script, M r. Blake,” he concluded, reach­ the smalleet logs became «eparated.
av far aa Fairbanks, the largest mining
In to the paper he grinds It out on a ing over and giving Barney’s hai
camp In the Alaskan Interior.
At
wireless' sending machine, something hearty shake. “I t has a manly ring to
Full banks they built a canoe and made
Lungs T h a t Are Starved.
like a phonograph, and It goes flying It, and I reckon w e’ll get along to ­
tbelr way In It to the mouth of the
I t Is a fact that moat of us are vic­
off Into space until It strikes the A erial gether all rig h t”
tims of our own lazy respiration and
Kantlsbua rlvef, a hitherto uncharted
Wireless Telegraph line, over which It
deprive ourselves of oxygen that is so
and unnamed river emptying Into the
whizzes through the a ir w ith almost
ENGLISH
STORIES.
Tanana fifty miles below Fairbanks.
necessary if we would keep our bodies
lightning speed until It reaches the
a t their highest point of efficiency. Ox­
Although this river Is as large ns
Argus office. I t would do you good to
The S t r ik in g W ay an Oxford Notable ygen Is absolutely necessary to the
the Delaware at Philadelphia the
see our office boy catching the mes­
W o n a N ic k n a m e .
existence o f anim al life.
M an gets
geography of the northwest la on so
sages In a w ire basket as they come
Dean Stanley once went late to din­ Oxygen from a ir breathed Into his
tremendous a scale, says Dr. Gordon,
flying In at the w indow .”
ner w ith his collar flapping. H ie host­ tongs.
Besides Introducing oxygen
that hitherto It has been Ignored as
“ W ell, well!"
ess ventured to ask him If be ki
toto the blood, the lungs act as excre­
an Insignificant creek.
D r. Gordon
“Oh, I tell you there Is a pile to
resolved to go up It as fa r as possible
learn about the uewapaper business “Oh, yes!” answered the dean. “Do tory organs, removing undesirable ele­
you mind?”
“Not «t all,” said the ments from the system at each expire
and trust fortune aa to bla finding a
when a fellow once sets about i t Now,
lady. “Then I don’t mind, either. T h e tk> . In onllnary or unconscious breath-
portage from Its bead to the Koakok-
I rather Imagine you’ve learned a few
button dropped off while I was di
wlin
tog only 10 to 18 per cent of the a ir in
things In that line today, M r. Hayseed
lng.” And the dean continued his con­ ttw lungs Is changed at each breath,
lie camped one night near the mouth
—I mean Hayden—that you never
versation.
leaving 80 to 00 per cent of the lung
of this stream In an Indian village.
knew before.”
Rev. W . I I . Tuckwell Is responsible’ ggpaclty filled w ith stale air. Forced
One of the young men declared that
“ I reckon I have picked up Just a
“ BBTKON TOU W l’BT HR THK E H - HASRITTT
for the history of how an O xford nota­ er conartoue breathing of pure a ir ven­
he hnd crossed the divide between the
KJJHOU, JtU?”
few stray hints about the newspaper
ble lu the thirties got his nickname tilates the lungs, driving out the 80
two streams and volunteered to make
business," drawled the man in the lin ­
perched
ou
the
hack
of
his
head,
and
“ Presence of M ind” Smith. H e w ent to 00 per cent o f the stationary or stale
a map of the portage fo r the doctor’ s
en duster, and then he suddenly
guidance. AccortJlugly the youth drew Bamey had sized him up for a horny straightened up, and the a w kw ard boating w ith a friend and returned air. A ll bedroom windows and doors
on birch bark a map of a route up tto handed agriculturist—probably one of countryman of a moment before was alone and was asked what had become ghould be wide open during sleep, thus
Knntlshua to Its source, the hitherto the country subscribers coming In, as transformed into something quite d if­ of His companion. H e explained that eannectlng the lungs directly w ith pure
unknown lake, M lntuaua, w ithin fifty they frequently did, to look over the ferent as he w ent on In crisp, bushsese- his friend hnd fallen Into the Thames, a h of the outside yjorld.—Dellneeh
“and If I hnd not w ith great presence
miles of Mount M cK inley, the tallest Argun establishment and see the mo­
Uke tones: “Exceedingly valuableenea,
o f mind h it him on the bead w ith a
peak In North America, nnd across by dus operand# of getting out a dally
A Bold Step.
too. moat of them. Now, seeing I have boat hook the both of ub would have
•n easy portage of ten miles to the newspaper.
“ Hello, Uncle Horace! Looking for been running a newspaper myself for been drowned.”
To overcome toe well-grounriod and
Ko-kokwltn, whose course he outlined
The late Joseph Joachim waa a great reasonable objections of the more Intel­
fo r a considerable distance both ways. any one In p articularT’ saluted Blake the past fifteen years, I bad a glim m er­
ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com­
The canoe was forced up the river, ns the man w ith airy toga and out of ing sort of an Idea when I d rifted In favorite In London and for more than pounds, Dr. R. V . Pierce, of Buffalo, N.
which ran so sw iftly that It was neces- (lute headgsar paused Inside the door­ here today that possibly I knew some­ sixty year» rarely missed a season Y., some time ago, decided to make a bold
aary constantly to resort to the tump way and glanced Inquiringly around thing about the business, but I flud I there. A certain nobleman told him departure from the usual course pursued A M E R IC A ’S G R E A T E S T W E E K L Y
was mistaken. I ’m only a Jlbberlng that he wns going to 8t. James’ hall to hy the makers of put-up medicines for do-
line a Hue attached to the forehead of the room.
“ How did you huppeu to light ou to I*!! »? In the newspaper business, from hear him, nnd Joachlin later asked him
publlahed broad-
one of the travelers, whs walks in the
The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio.
hole world, a full
stream nnd pulls the canoe while the my cog no-men before I even opened the Argus standpoint, and, having If he had found it tedious. “N ot a t
I
the
Ingredients
my
trapdoor?**
queried
the
caller
w
him
­
Beat Known Newspaper In
bought
the
paper,
I
’ve
got
to
start
In
all,”
serenely
answered
the
titled
per­
other steers
A fter 250 miles of this
tloa of his widely
“ I enjoyed myself immense­
heartbreaking work Dr. Gordon came sically. “I always heard the Argus had at the bottom and learn the trade all sonage
The United States.
Thus he has taken
to Lake Mlntunna, nestling at the foot a mighty sm art staff, and now 1 know over again from Its highly accomplish­ ly. I did not recognize you at first
and patients Jnto
i
t
Beckon
yffii
must
be
the—e
r—aaa-
ed
nnd
courteous
staff.
Good
Joke
on
of Mount McKinley, and found the
under your disguise as a nigger, hut
Popular in every state. Circula­
oo he has re*
me, Mr. fllnke, isn't It?”
“easy** ten mile portage, i t took him alety editor, oh?”
later I laughed all the m o re/' The no­
among secret tion 180,000. In many respects The
“
No;
Urn
only
the
managing
editor,”
Barney—not
to
mention
the
rest
of
merits, and made
bleman had «trolled by mistake Into a
•lx dsya to traverse the ten miles. Once
toton Gomposttton. Toledo Blade is the most remark­
across, for two solid months the party explained Barney. “The society editor the Argus staff—looked as if It would minstrel show Instead of the large con­
able weekly newspaper published in
Is
the
chap
In
the
corner
w
ith
the
lie a great relief to him at that mo­ cert hall.
pu<! Jed down the Koekokwlm, making
the JUnited States. It is the only
------------»—
gvxrsphlCsl and ethnographic re­ chrysanthemum hair aud a rose In his ment If the earth were to open and
newspaper specially edited lor Na­
buttonhole. Yon w ill also recognise him swallow up the entire establishment.
searches as they w e n t
Followed Inetruettene.
tional cirçulatioti. It has had the
“W -w hy—e r—who—who are you?” he
On his return Journey from the by the diamond ring that flashes on his
Cricket la a fa irly well known pas
S rrlts ’ baud as he dashes 'Off his elo­ stammered uneasily.
largest circulation for more years
mouth of the Koskokwlm river to
time, but there are «till a few benight
than any newspaper printed in
Nome, a distance of over 100 miles. quent and sparkling society boumots , “ I? Oh. 1’iu nobody much. I ’m only
ed
Individuals
who
do
not
understand
D r . Gordon nearly died of starvation and his fascinating descriptions of Mrs. Uncle Horace, the old hayseed that
America. Farthermore, it is the
toe
Intricacies
of
the
game,
and
to«
and thirst. H e was compelled to haa- Brow n’s colonial ball, Mrs. »> Raffer­ dropped In on you a few . minutes ago
cheapest newspaper in the world, as
M uggle ton eleven discovered one of
to
take
lessQiis
In
Journalism
and
the
•rd the stormy trip in a tw enty foot ty'« French fete, Mrs. Robinson’s It a l­
the news of the world is so arrang­
these recently w hile they were playing
trading skiff. On the first day out s ian musicals or Mrs. John Q. Smith's
ed that busy people can more easily
a rt of entertaining callers. But here Puddleton. They were a man short
storm arose, and the skiff was driven Japanese I mwu party. Oh, he's a gen­
comes Colonel Starbuck. Perhaps I can and, aa the «tickets had been fallin g at
comprehend, than by reading cum­
across Bering sea to the Siberian coast ius—our society editor.”
get him to introduce me. H ow are you. a fast and furious rate, they looked
bersome columns of dailies. The
For tw enty days the doctor and his
“You don’t say!”
colonel? A trifle late In keeping your for a substitute, nodge. the cow keep­
only paper published especially for
companions were buffeted by the sea
“Yes. The pa{»cr simply couldn’t ex­
appointment, aren’t you?”
er, was approached.
people who do or do not read daily
In the neighborhood of Bering s tr a it ist w ithout him .”
“O arn!” he said. ”1 can’t play crick­
“W hy, how d’ye do, major?" exclaim ­
On abort rations from the first, after
news paj>er» and yet thirst for plain
“T hat so? Queer Colonel Starbuck
e t ” B ut on being assured that «11 he
ed
Colonel
Starbuck
cordially.
“
I
am
the first five days titers was nothing to never told me anything about him,”
facts: That this kind of a newspa­
sorry I ’ve kept you waiting, but It has need do waa to h it tho ball as hard aa
set bat hardtack biscuit. Neal- the end mused the caller.
per is popular is proven by the fact
he could he took his place at the wick­
given
you
a
chance
to
learn
something
e f the voyage w ater gave oat. and only 1 “Oh, you know the colonel, do you?”
that the Weekly Blacty now has over
about the Argus establishment and the e t H e caught the first ball a mighty
D m sighting of filberts, wtiers the w a­ asked Blake,
180,000 yeajiy subscribers and cir­
Whack and sent It spinning away to­
ter eask was filled from a stream,
“Yes. we’re what I might call slight­ staff.”
culates in all part« of (he United
“ Tee, It has,’’ Interpoefifi the caller ward toe boundary.
' aeved the party from the horrors of ly acquainted,' I had a little business
“Bun. Hodges ran as fast as you
8tates. , In addition to the news
dryly.
A t the time of the landing In transact km with him the other day.”
can!” be heard every one about and.
“
P
retty
bright
looking
crowd,
tfiajdr,
the Blade publishes short and serial
the provisions ran out si to­
“Bold you n gold tirtck, I eu|»pose,”
easing the other batsman, the local
•lories, and manV departm ent of
gether. and aa the coast was absolutely and Barney winked humorously at the aren't they? Boys, thia la M ajo r H a y
den, the former owner and editor of blacksmith, coming toward him, swing
tx r re a of life the party was compelled rest of the staff.
matter Hirihd to every member of
lng his b a t Hoilge did run, and h«
to pot to sea again and face the return
“ Don't know yet w tot her It w ill tarn the Centerville Courier. H e has bought
the family. $1 per,year, sa«r.| le
didn’t atop till he was safe over toe
out
my
Interests
In
the
Argue,
taking
Journey to A merle« absolutely without out to l>e a gold brick or not. Reckon
copy a t
■■ ii ___
• I ’ve
.w iu-
at once, and I trust the new farther gate.
provisions
Fortunately a fresh eaat- I shan't worry any If
In- poaava^lon
T hk
B ook S tork .
tooted In gold briefca It t o does.
™ . and
toe
r*l«tlonahlp between you aa erfployer
« W hat did I do to *lm, I wonder?”
arly breese took them to Nome In three
red. “Anyhow he never ennght
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