i
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Tillamook Headlight, August 21, 1913,
facing tortures .
FRUIT FED RATS OF UGANDA.1
9y th» Nativ»» They Are Regard««! ae •
a Dainty Oiah.
FELINE FAMILY HISTORY.
_
Her» Are the Facte, Although You May
A FAMOUS OLD HOAX
SANCTUARY IN ENGLAND.
________
The Principle Still Survive» to a Lim
ited Degree.
Kscly’s Motor, With Which
He
THACKERAY’S KIND HEART.
Baf
Not Believe Them.
Tbe Idea of eating ruts is so reiiul-
fled geiontists For Years.
It by shouldn't a respectable cat sit
Pie
Courage Shown by o
Much water has flowed unJer I-on-
iS ,.bU'
Imagine such
The story of the Keely motor hoax
n thing unless one were dih veu to it by jn tile fence and howl when extracts ion bridge since the British criminal will live loug Its Interest will be en
an
starvation
Tbe people of Uganda, from Its family history read like llils:
"OiiM defy tlie strong arm of the lawr hanced by the preservation In the
1 liroiigtiout lhe teitiicrv formations, by the single exiiedieut of escaping to
I
however, eat rats uot from u«*cessity.
e
Franklin Institute of the unslel of
from
the
upper
eoceue
onward,
there
but because they like them, Tbe rat
tbe m-arest church or hospital and the remarkable motor that Keely built
TO DIE FOR
tpiears
a
remarkable
family
of
eats,
( eliiluiiug the prot«*ction of the "sanctu to deceive Inteudlug investors aud eu-
of Uganda, however, is very differ«
—.'eut with a deutition still more specialized
ary." for dowu to the early Stuart ricli Its luventor until the fraud was
from the little creature that gnaws
than that of the feliuae. the true fe
|t(ry of ■ Dramatic Epiaod» In Which boles In our cupbjmds
This rat is lines. retaining other skeletal features days Great Britain bail thousands of exposed after Keel.v's death
For twenty-five years Keely astound
It Is more than a foot of a mure primitive type of eats. Just such refuges for the criminal.
th, Iowa »nd
Mu»qu»ki» Tribe» mm b larger.
: from ciitbedrals mid royal palaces to ed eminent scientists of f Europe
Eurtipe and
a al
figured—H»roi»m That
Won th» long mid is therefore quite a substan
u- 1 bese were tbe maeliuerodolitinae.
scores of towns and cities, where tbe America with the mac trine that be
tial niiimal nnd as well worth cooking
which
survived until tbe pleistocene, ' tuan guilty of felony coukl laugh with clalmi'd hud solve«! the s«*cret of |>er-
Admiration of tho Enemy.
as a rabbit.
both in Europe mid in America.”
: impunity at the officers of law and petual motion
The Inventor of this
Tbe wonderful thing about this rat is
A striking story of tbe courage and
The information was found tn a
Klf sacrifice of which the American that It has two mouths, one behind the geology student'» paper. "The Evolu Justice for a period ranging up to machine would start bis device going,
I forty day»
If within thnt time he apparently, by playing n tune ou a
I
Indian at his best is capable is giveu other. The first month lias n pointed tion of the Domesticate«! Cat.” Per
chose to go before tbe coroner, clothe«! mouth organ,
lie convinced ninny
ratlike
nose
nnd
Is
furnished
wltb
two
haps you are a little rusty on cat his In penitence nu«l sackcloth, and con clever men that he told the truth, aud
by o. H. Mill» in the De» Molnea Reg-
rows of sharp white teeth, with whii h tory and you find it difficult to remem
joter and Leader. It was told to the
fess bls guilt, be was free to quit tbe stock in th'1 new concern sold freely
it bites off' its food mid passes It on to
white men by the famous Sac chief, tbe second montb. wbl« h Is placed Just ber This Illuminating bit of informa i realm without any baud daring to
To the da.v of his death Keely de
tion
will
freshen
it
in
your
memory:
. stay him
Black Hawk, wbo himself saw the in above the tliro.it This inoiith also has
clared that his discovery was a gen
"Tbe pliocene period was tbe period
Although no sueb asylum exists to uine oue. and It was only when the
cident.
two rows of t«*etb. but one lung slender af the carnivora. Tbe fellds included
it all began with an unfortunate tongue serves for both sets of grinders I the macberodonts, macbaerodus and day for the criminal, the principle of bouse In which the machine was
quarrel between an Iowa and a Mus-
Rats nre not only eaten lu Cgauda. aelur opsis. besides varieties anala- tbe "sanctuary" still manages to sur placed was thoroughly overhauled that
the colossal fraud was discovered
quakie, in which the latter killed the but they are regarded as a delicacy. gous to the leopard aud lynx. lu this vive. This privilege refers only to
civil offenses and not to crimes as tn Keely had wired the walls of ttie
former and then in a moxneut of freu
The king muoug bis many retainers epoch appeared the serváis (Fells chrls-
tbe olden days, and yet tbe privileges building. He ran his machine by high
'
xy scalped bls victim. The two tribes bas one whose duty it is to furnish the 'tolli. At the
time of —
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Fells chris- nre of considerable value
pressure hydraulic power
When the
were at peace, and this act. allowable royal table with rats A rat catcher is toll there appenred also the European
No clerg.vmnn can be arrest«*d with wires attached to the machine were
only fn time of war. was. In Indian no? an exulted person usually, but in wild cat. Felis catus
The earliest in the walls of bls church or while he the subject of Investigation Keely
eyes, an Intolerable breach of good Uganda lie is looked upon with respect feline in America was Fells bllllauus.
Is going to or returning from Ills duty. would file them to show that they
and walks with an air of dignity He It appeare«! In the middle pliocene."—
faith.
Bishops mid nrcbblshops nre still more were solid and could not be use«l for
Tbe Musquakies offered ail sorts of goes out rat bunting dally and general Kansas Industrialist.
protected, for not one of them can tie any purpose other than that for w bleb
re|«aratlou. but tbe Iowaa would ac ly finds bis game among the young
linled before a magistrate even though they wen- attached.
cept nothing but the person of the of
baunna trees or In any place where
Pieces of wire thus filed are
th«* cause Is n crime, unless the king
FEAT.
fender, to be tortured and put to death fallen fruit or berries may be found
especially commands It. Nor even up seen at the Franklin institute
in propitiation of tbe outraged spirit for this Is what tbe rut lives on Sien Building
a Railroad Across ths Ice and to the present time hns any warrant broken pieces show that the
of tbe dead man. To this the Musqua der shoots of bamboo or banana or
an effect within tlie precincts of any were hollow and that the luventor of
Against Time.
kies agreed on condition that the cul fruit aud leaves are bis food, aud this
the wonderful motor curefully slopfied
Along the Copper river valley lies of tbe king's palace».—Chicago Trib
prit be given a month to fortify him
diet makes his flesh tender anti whole
Ids tiling abort of perforating the cen
a standard gauge railroad. 191 miles In I une.
self for his terrible ordeal. But Just some.
ter. which would have exposed the
length, tbe building of which was filled
aS tbe month was about to expire be
fra nd. - Sclent itie America n
with romance. Its construction is re
OF
THE
SKY
fell HI with a raging fever. In thnt
RUINS.
garded as a distinct feat in world's
condition be could not be carried across
engineering, The road crosses the riv- Ard Their Connection With Stormy •r
FORMATION OF COAL.
tbe prub'le. but a failure to produce The Cu. ious Old Cliff Dwellings of the
er between two glaciers (Ctllds aud
Sunshiny Weather.
blin at the appointed place would
National Mesa Verde.
Mlles).
In "Our Own IVentiler" Edwin c. Condition» on Our Planet While th»
ar< use tbe suspicions and perhaps tlie
In the Mesa Verde National park. In
Tbe false work of the bridge was M irtlu. lifter uotlng the Indications of
Proc»»» Developed.
hostility of the iowas.
southwestern Colorado, are 3o<> cliff laid on tbe Ice In winter Men were weather shown by barometric read
What may be said to be the stran
A council was called to debate the dwellings, of which only
the three Inr hired to work nigbt and day. M. .1. Ings, the variations of tbe winds and gest period through which our earth
matter, before which appeared Cono, a
gest have been repaired The largest Heney. tbe contractor, the man who i their meaning, the ever changing has pnsstHl Is the oue that was rea|>oii
brother of tbe sick man. “There are
ruin, called Cliff palace, stands about built another "Impossible” road across I i forms of tbe clouds, shows how the sible for tbe formation of coal. Tbe
no squaw men in our family,” he de
a thousand feet alipve the bottom of the mountains from Skagway, and his colors of the sky act as weather signs: planet Is described us having been at
clared. “1 will go lu his place.”
tile canyon and 300 feet below the top chief engineer, E. C. Hawkins, con- | Ordinary observation lias gathered Hint time Hat and smooth 11s to surface
Tbe others tried to dissuade him and of the ledge All the houses connect celved tbe idea of using tbe river ice
a great number of weather signs from and peculiar as to vegetatlou
Tbe
descrilied to him the tortures be would and open into on«* another, the entire for tbe bridge scaffolding
simply the ever varying colors of the continents were Just beginning to rise
bave to undergo, but he Insisted upon
As the spring approached hundreds sky. Among the more familiar and re above the.ocean and the land hn<) not
settlement forming a crescent about
making tbe sacrifice. Accordingly an 300 feet in length from end to end
of men were kept busy every minute liable ones nre:
yet become dry. Mountain ranges bad
escort «ns selected to accompany him,
As we contemplate these silent ruins of tbe day and night, for if not com
A bright blue sky Is the sky of fine not arisen from the swamps, mid the
at tbe bead of which Black Hawk,
pleted
by
the
time
tbe
ice
burst
nil
the
It is hard to believe that at one time
weather.
atmosphere was thick with fog III (Ids
tlieD a young but widely respected they resounded with the bum of Indus work and material would have been
A bright yellow sky nt sunset prom stale of affairs there sprouted and
cbfet, was placed.
try, the laughter of children, the dron lost
isos winds, n pale yellow sky rain fluiirlslied tlie plants which were later
“I never saw a more pathetic scene,” Ing of priests, and the strident cry of
The ice went out. carrying tbe fnlse ami a "sickly greenish" sky both wind
with It» coal sup
said Black Hawk, “than the parting of the sentinels calling the warriors to work with it. less than an hour after aud rain. A rosy sky at sunset prom to furulsh the world
ply
Cono and his father and mother and battle Tbe dwellers of these aban tbe spike wns driven In the connecting ises fair weather, but a dark red sky
These plants grew ns big ns our lar
other relatives. The whole tribe was dotted communities have left no writ span and the work was completed. at sunset promises rain. A red sky in
gent trees, taking deep root in the mo
overwhelmed with gloom.”
Tbe
bridge
cost
H.400.000.
-
"Alaska,
tbe morning promts«*» wind or rain. rasa mid flourishing like the lush
ten record, but the shape of the struc
In tbe middle of the afternoon the tures and the relics that bare been an Empire In tbe Making,” by John J. “A red sun Inis water in his eye."
grasses In moist meadow lam) and de
party arrived at tbe (owns’ village. dug from tbe debris of centuries give Underwood.
“If tbe sun sets In dark, heavy veloped Into lhe strange shapes now
Cono had asked that his Identity should
clouds, expect rain the next day.” found In tropic vegetation The forest
some Idea of bow these people lived
not be disclosed, but one of the Iowaa and moved and bad tbelr being.
At Sea In a Coffin.
Even a gray sunset indicates rain. looktsl, the scientists assure us. like
wbo was present at the time tbe young
It was tbe French assassin Lupi who But a gray morning indicates a
The main bouses were built on a
dense growths of weeds, rushes and
Indian was slain saw that the guilty ledge close to Its front, and bnck of escaped to sea from Cayenne in a cof day.
enormous ferns Roiue of them grew
party was not being delivered, and this was an open space that answered fin He managed to get some nails, tar
“When tbe sun draw» water rain In the shape of cacti, having spines nil
Black Hawk told the whole story. The tbe purpose of a court, a street, a play and cotton, and one dark night he got follows soon.”
over them
This kind of vegetatlou
Iowaa accepted it as true and, after a ground or a place for Industrial pur into tbe coffin shed. He selected a fine,
And. finally, wbat In till» connection wns very rich In carbon, which It de
brief council, consented to the arrange suits. sueb as weaving aud pottery stanch and seaworthy coffin aud fas It would be perhaps the most reproach rived from the warm, moist ntmos
ment Tbe death circle was staked out niakiqg. At Intervals along tbe front tened tbe lid in order to turn It Into a ful of all poslble omissions not to men
pliere. Then the millions of years roll
and patrolled with armed guards, aud were towers and bastions, and In tbe deck, leaving a cockpit sufficient to en tian:
< m 1 by. the forests of giant weed» were
Cono was placed in Jts center, while Interior were kivas or secret chambers able him to crawl in. lie calked all
Rainbow at night.
burled fly deposits of earthy material
Sailor's
delight:
his escort was entertained in the tep«*e used for religious ceremonies
In ev tbe Joints as well as he could, and
mid the ehemleal change took pluce
Rainbow In th» morning.
of tlie chief. It was a chill November ery village "were storehouses to pro- when this work was finished he made
which slowly clninged them Into coal
Sailor's warning
day, and the sun was Just sinking be vld a Mpply of provisions In times of a pair of paddles out of two planks.
Illis proi'css censed with the eiirbon
hind tbe cliffs of the Des Moines river wnr^br failure of crops.
Then he brought out bis cruft wltb
The Great White Shark.
I Iferoiis age. so Hint when I In- present
w hen the escort left the camp.
great precaution. Without much diffl
The man eating tifli pnr excellence la supply of <'o:ll Is dug out of tbe grouud
culty be reached tbe water's edge. Si tbe great white shark. It Is otherwise there will I«' no more.-Exchange.
They paused on a hill about a half
balL ' . _
L.igh
_ « Hunt's Chaotic Hom».
lently
and
slowly
he
proceeltbd
In
the
mile distant from tbe camp. ! TJW
known by the name of man eater. Oc
A curious description of I.eigli Hunt s
coulil see that the fires had been lighted house, where the poet lived with bls hope of reaching either Venezuela or enslonally spis linens ar«« seen on both
Sealed Ordors.
round the death circle, and in the hush wife and six children, is that given by British Gubina. 150 nautical miles dis coasts of the Unlt«*d State», though Its
The elisioni ut imvltig warshlpa sali
of the evening came. -tHe plaintive Carlyle, as rect«rded In "Bulletin and tant. Fortunately or unfortunately for more eiistomnry habitat 1« In tropical under benhai ornerà m use frolli t he de-
sound of Cono chanJJnl^ his death song Review of tbe Keats-Shelley Memorial. Lupi, the steamer Abellle. returning waters This frightful creature attains sire of niiiiìtlme power» to preconi (Ile
from tbe Antilles, off Paramaribo a length of nearly forty feet, nnd It 1»
Having traveled some two hours, Rome:"
plans frolli heeouiitig kliown tu thè
they hulted*nnd made entnp. About
"Hunt's bouse excels all you bare picked him up half drowned and al able to «wallow a man whole This euemy
III thè American niivy sin li
nihlnight they beard the clatter of ever read of—a poetical tlnkerdom most in n fainting condition, aud a few fa t Is prov«*d by nil experiment which orders come frolli thè presldent and
horaea' feet, aud in a moment more a without parallel even In literature In hours later he was Io irons In bls cell.
sailors nre fond of making when jmeh are delivered Io ii commander of a ship
a shark Is captured The skull being or squadron by a contidentlal ilieusen
single horseman rode up. It was Cono! bls family room, where are a sickly
Licorice Root.
pr»*er««*d. they amuse Hieinselves by get wbo knows nothing of tbelr con
This wna his remarkable story:
large wife and a whole shoal of well
Very
few
people,
«ays
u
writer
In
the
crawling on«* after another through the tents Koine!lines they lire In cipher,
The fires of the death circle were conditioned, wild children, you will
Wide World Magazine, have any Idea distended Jaws It would be unsafe to but they are always settled with the
burning brightly, and the squaws with find Half a dozen rickety chairs gath
where tbe familiar licorice root comes do this, however, when th«* head has official seal of the navy ibqiartment
tbelr burning sticks were preparing to ered from half a dozen dlff«*rcnt hack
make the first attempt to extort a cry sters. On these and around th«-in and from. As a matter of fact, the hulk of been frostily cut off. because under mid llie package cannot be «qiened tin
vt paiu and ngony, when an old mnn. over the dusty table and rugged car|«et It halls from Syria Here It 1» gathered hii «'I i conditions Hie Jaws will snap to III the time marketl on It. nhhb Is
Hie fnther of the dead Indian; raised "lie al1 kinds of litter-tswiks. papers and piled Into great »tacks w here it re gether fi«*rcel.v for some tlgie after usually several hours after the hour
bls voice;
eggshells, scissors and. lost night mains until It Is thoroughly dry It Is ward If anything Is placed between of leaving port By this precaution
"Stopn he »aid. “Let me speak. I when I was there, the torn heart of a then taken to the factory to undergo them
the newspaper» are prevented from
a:n the otie that has suffered. M.v son half quartern loaf. His own room he certain processes The finished prod
dlsclunlng prematurely the movements
uct
is
used
for
flavoring
confectionery
Legend
of
th»
M
obs
Ro«e.
w-iis killed and scalp«*d by a Alusqna- keeps cleaner."
which may lie of the greatest linpor
and beer, ns well a» entering into the
A German tradition gives the origin tnuce. and the spies of the enemy nre
’* 1e. I was huDgry for revenge.and were ,-------------------------
makeup
of
many
brands
of
tobacco.
of
the
moss
rose
ns
follows:
An
angel
tbe one that killed and «calf»*«! him •
A Real Born Lady.
render««! useless so fur ss tln-lr aldl
He Ity to discover the secret of such
here I would shout with Joy at his
The word "lady" has been variously Some Idea of the extent of the Indus came to earth In mortal guise.
try may be gathered when It Is stated sought « place of shelter nnd repose
torture p
But this young man is brave. defiu«*d
rerbups tbe b**st test, how
m<i«ein»|its Is com ermsl
that on the average 8.000 tons of dry after bls lalsir» of love, but every door
Never bare
1 seen such
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---- i bravery before. ever. of "ladyllkeness" is that cited by
AlepirO was »hut against the heavenly visitor
licorice
root
Is
shipped
from
He Is tuo good a man to torture and G W E. Russell In one of his books
Primraae For Memory.
another I
kill. Release him and let him return "A good woman wbo let furnished annually, while Bagdad yields Damae- At length the angel, being very weary,
The primrose of old was ereditisi
8.000 tons. Antioch 4.000 and
sank
U|Kin
the
ground
and
over
him
a
apartments in a country town deacrib
to bls own people.”
wltli a medicinal ns well an a sii|ter
rosebush sprea«! like a tent. It caught
cus 500 ton».
atltlnlis value
Even now In some
Although the entire village
__ „ a few Ing a lodger wbo had apparently
upon Its outspread leave» the falling
known better days' «.»id 'I am I’0’1
hours before had been eager for re
country parts a decoction of primrose
dew whl«b would otherwise have
A Clo»« R«a«mbl»ne».
leaves Is »up|s«s«*d to restore a falling
v"nire. there was a murmur of approv- tlve ’he was a real born lady, for she
Professor Barry once amused Judge drenched the messvuger of love Wak
memory, and In HIM. when Culpeper
«' ns the old mnn gathered bis blanket hadn't tbe least Idea of bow to do
Ball by an application on behalf of n ing. the angel »aid to the rose:
wrote bls "London Dispensary,” the
atxiut him and took his »eat Without anything for berself- It took ber boors
man wbo was a dealer in horses and Thou haal yielded th» »heller that man prlmroee was regarded ns an almost
any oDe'» making a single objection, tn peel her potatoes'" The admlrs,
denied:
sugar
sticks
Tbe
Incongruity
of
bl»
«.ono wns removed from the circle and tlon of tbe worker for tbe "out of »vocation struck tbe Judge, who re A proof of my love »hell with the» abide. uni« «real pmiaera. caring "convulsions,
And the green moae gatliered about th»
fulling sl«'kn«*t<s. palsies, etc.," anil
given food and drink. A few hours work" 1« one of tbe strangest phenom
marked. "Wbat ■ strange combination
■tem
strengthening "the brain, senses mid
inter he was led from the camp, allow ena of our modern civilization. Lon
While the deadrope «hone like a dlvdem.
of trade»!”
memory exceedingly ” An«! even tlie
I
ed to mount bis own pony aud depart don Graphic.
"I see a close reivemblance between Crownin» the bluehlng flower.
I healthy did not disdain to est II. for
i
in peace.
horses and sugar sticks." a»Id tbe witty
primroae pasty was owe a popular
Elegant Disc»u«'»«-
Naturally.
141 u- ashlre delicacy — Family Dea tor
T wants to be prosern»tinsted at de barrister
Perauaeive,
The
teacher
tia«i
been
reading
to
tho
••In what way?" inquired hto lord
Tlie teacher meant to convey a pro nex' corner." »aid Mr Er.stus link*
ctasa »bunt tbe great foreats of Amer-
Yeuthful Independence.
-You want tv be wbat?" demanded ship
found lesson. “You must forgive your
'The more yon lick them the faster leg
"Father." said the fair girl, "I have
rttemleo, boy»," she »aid. “»nd then tbe conductor.
"And now, boy».'* »he announced,
they go.” was the reply -Ixindon Tit-
Ttt-
I bad to
your enemie» will forgive you. I want
-Don’ ioi»e /V
your
temper
“wblch one of you can tell me the pine arrauged a very Important Interview
-|WD
— -----
■
. Bits
______
tur yon this evening. Harold Is going
you all to try it"
look in de dictionary may» f befo
that lisa the longest and th» abarpeat
Io «-all on you."
The next morning Johnny Jone» found out dal pros« rs.tinate means
means
Mgdlenr*
Kn»w Ju»V What t» O».
"To make a formal request for your
came to « bool with a very black eye.
•pnt off '"-VVasliliigtun Star
Up went • h»n«l In the front row.
ghe—George, dear here'« a wlentlwl
hand. I »uppotveT'
“"’by. Johnny, what'» the matter?"
"Well. Toiumyr
who says the earth 1» wabbling on It»
"Not at all. He wnnta to Itxrk you
"Aw." replied Johnny. “I've been for-
Th» Jaw».
"Tbe porcupine
1’hlladetpbla Lad
axis What do you suppose they can
over and »ee how you would do for a
Mrs.
Henpeek
-
Shame
on
you
for
Kirin Scrappy Green an' rankin' him
do about it? George f»l«»enfIri-Opco g»r
father In law."-Waatilngton Star.
forgive ine."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
growling »1-1 nr
u w. of up the muflí«*, rever«» the lever «In«»
iiist bring v«.u back from the Jaw» or off tbe power, lubricate the tiearinga
Th» Only E«planati»n.
Cendanaed.
J
.nd- Henissk (wearilyi-Aad t
" Romeni bee," »si<! the f»U ylaltor to
■ nd tighten tbe wheel cap - Cleveland
Willing te Try.
"fiere la an artici» on 'How to Lire
convk-t 2323. "that atone walta do not
a tbe J»w» of life
Mary— Tbe butcher Is here. ma'am '
Plain Dealer
n Hundred Tears. "
Mhat Bh(1|| | ortlw
)|n Morri»
a prison make n««r Iron taire ■ caga.”
_____ .?
"Te» »nd the whole subject can be
Pretty C'o*
"Well, den Indy." r«q»lled 2323. “de
Thirta__________
Deer me. I _________
haven't » thought!
H«a Only Chane».
*v*iwl**u»e«l Into two words.''
"hat cu« | order? Mary (tboogbtful-
Teller-1 »••” that Hertnepeck has de warden's nolt'nly got me hypnotized•“
What are they?”
•y>—I really don't know, ma'am. I'm
veloped Into • ,r** thinker of hte —New York Times
“ (fcm't die'* — Cleveland Plain
■nr*
Mrs Morris Tarke-Oh. can't
Grtm-hswVe»: hl» Wife has t«een
(tea 1er.
, puroe that «huta » Itood
Try It.
■on mak< R »«ingestion? Mary (cheer
• way from bom* for a week -fuefc
♦isrt out with the Intention of calling
fullyi_| „a try. Wbat do you make than It opens ”
It of >-Buck.
Tbe world tom» »»Ide to let » man everything by <ts right name and you
(•rn.|.m !■ iu’el^f«*"
p««> who knows whither be Is going — will < henge «onr mind fw.'ore you U'S
with.»it tb» evaevtub'» feather» -Me
tone a block.- Chicago News.
,
David St«n Jordan
you make money your god.
ditU.
- -
•
P'-’gae you like a devil.-»leidlug.
i
Sublime
American Indian.
WILLING
ANOTHER.
AN ENGINEERING
A CRESCENT OF
COLORS
I
Th» Author Was Called a Cynio, but
He Loved Children.
Thackeray's word» were satirical,
and he himself wna called a cynic, but
the author of "l.ove Affairs of Some
Famous Men" shows what sort of
heart beat In the satirist's breast by
quoting from tbe letter of one to whom
tbe following Incident happened:
“In the week following his death
there appeared some genial memoria
lines in the pages of Punch. Walklug
down the then unsavory thoroughfare
known as B«*dfordbury. my eye caught
the opeu page of the popular periodical,
and I stayed to rend the graceful trib
Ute to the dead moralist. Turning
away at length, a poorly dressed uiau
In worklug garb said to me:
“ '1 knew that man, sir.'
“•You knew ThackerayY,I asked.
“'Yes, sir. I keep that little bilker'»
shop yonder,' pointing to the opposite
side of tbe street, aud ninuy's the time
Thnckerny would come and buy a
pound or two of cuke of me. 1 cut It
Into slices for him. and then, distribut
ing it among tho crowd of hungry chil
dren. tie would walk nwny and bide In
that court over there, that be might
have the pleasure of seeing their en
joyment. He didn't know 1 knew him.
but I did. People used to call blui a
cyulc, sir. but It wasn't true. He loved
tbe children, sir. aud no mau Is a cyulc
who does that' ”
THEY NEVER SEE SPOOKS.
That I» On» Consolation That Color
Blind P»r»on» Hav».
Are you afraid of the dark» There
isn't a chilli«'« of you seeing a ghost If
you are coloi blind, which may furulsb
you a ray of comfort for the beauties
of landscape and floral decoration» you
may have missed dining your lifetime.
Dr. August Lummer. trend of the
physical Institute of tbe University of
Breslau, tn Germauy, is authority for
this.
Dr. Luuimer explains the phenotn»-
non In this way:
"Tlie normal eye bas au arrangement
of tiny rods and cones in the retina.
The rods perceive light und the cones
color. When a person wltb a normal
eye tiles to see in a half dark place
the cone», which nre useless. Interfere
with the effective action of the rods,
and consequently the confusion creates
the effect of apparitions thnt come and
go and change their shapes.
"The color blind person Incks the
cones, aud tils rods act with extraordl-
nary efficiency In tho dark, The color
bllixl («enroll aces a clear, permanent
outline of things ns long ns there Is the
least nmount of light present. That
menus Unit he never see» ghoits.’*
New York Herald.*
Lexington Monument».
All along (lie road to Lexington from
Cambridge. Mass., In the United State»
of America, there are monuments to
“rebel colonists" wbo slew British sol
diers April 19. In 1775. but the most
striking Is Hint which is raised to the
memory of Samuel Whittemore
He
wus eighty ««‘ill's of age lit the time,
and lie killed three British soldiers
with Ills own hand, The stone rec-
ords that for tills he recelved punlsh-
incut of three kinds.
He was shot.
lie was bayoneted and lie wns beaten.
He was then, reasonably enough, left
for dead
Tin* old fellow must have
had n magnificent constitution and a
spirit which the most devoted optimist
might envy. For tlie Inscription got»
on to any that be recovered and lived
to the uge of ninety eight
11195 must
have been "a good vlntnge"*-for
— I.«union Chronicle
Th»lr Passport.
A senator told at a luncheon In
Washington a senate story.
"We'd be n bard lot. Indeed, we sen
ators." lie snld. "If we were i>n black
as we're painted.
I once benrd a
dreadful story against us
“Two Indies. It appeared, carne to
the visitor»' gallery and demanded ad
mission. but they hud no eards.
"'If yon have no curds, ladle»,' »aid
tbe doorkeeper, 'iierhaps you know one
of tile senators and can get a card
from him '
'• 'Oh. no, we don't kno# any sena-
tors,' they said hastily.
"The doorkeeper bowed low.
" 'That. Indie»,' he said. 'Is very much
t*> your credit Pass right In.’
' W»»h-
Ington Star.
Why She Wspt.
A young man who Is very particular
about bls washing recently wrote a
note to his washerwoman and one to
his sweetheart and by strange fatality
put the wrong address on each enrol-
>| m - ipid sent tliem off
The washer
woman was sent the Invitation to take
an nuto ride the nest day. but when
the young Indy read. "If you crumple
my shirt bosom as you did last time
I'll go somewhere else,” she burst Into
tears and vowed she would never speak
to him »gain —Florida Times Union.
Well Described.
Rmsll Hadh* was walking along th»
street »Illi her mother when a fero
cious looking but friendly bulldog »p-
proaclied
With n little scream ah»
riuiig t<> tier mother, crying. “Oh,
ma mum. look at tbe «log wltb tbe tan
gled f»<*e!"-Cbl<sgo New».
Consolation.
"Walter, bow do I know this Isn't
horse meat Instead of beefT’
"V< ii probably don't, sir: all kinds of
people come here to ent"—Chicago
Tribune.
Curious.
It Is cnrioiia how much faster a
street ■ ar hump» along when rou are
running a ft et li than when you are rid
Uta in It New Othruu. IT« ayune.