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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1913.
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UNDER THE OCEAil
In
. Regular Employment Agency,
Even royal palaces have their serv
ChangeS In the Sea FlOOr From ant problems.- The general opinion
Shore to Shore.
THE BIG MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE.
It Starts at Iceland and Bisect the
Ocean Down Almost to Caps Horn.
In Placea It Rise Above the Surface,
Forming Groups of Islands.
A sketch of the "tundscupe" of the
ocean bed Is given by Dr. A. E. Ship
ley In an article In the Edinburgh Re
view: '
"The passengers and the crew of a
liner racing over the surface of the
Atluntic are upt to imagine that under
them is a vast layer of water of vary-
.lug depth sparsely Inhabited by a few
fish. As a mutter of fact, the whole of
this great ocean Is teeming with life.
If liiHteud of taking ship we could take
to the water and walk across the bed
of the Atluntic to America, starting
from the shores of western Europe, we
should in effect be traveling through a
succession of new countries. Not only
would the surrounding physical condi
tions vury us we udvuuced, but the
animal und plant life would vary in
correlation with the altering physical
conditions.
"Walking further and farther toward
the depths of the Atluntic, we should
soon lose nil sight of the ulgae, and the
shallow wuter fish the plaice and sole,
whiting, skates, dogfish und others und
cod would give wny to the megrim
and the hake. The sea floor would
gradually change from rock or gravel
or stones to sands and ultimately to
mud or oozes of various tints, their
original colors often modified by the
action of the decomposition of organic
particles In them and on them. All
these finer deposits are derived from
the neighboring hind and are blown
seaward by offshore winds or washed
down by ruins und streams and carried
out to the sea by rivers.
"The dlstunoe to which fine mntter In
suspension may be curried Is very 1
greut. The Kongo Is Bald to carry its J
characteristic mud as far out to Bea as
000 miles, and the Ganges and the
Indus as fur as 1,000 miles.
"Except in the neighborhood of such
great rivers a subaqueous traveler
would soon pass beyond what Sir John
Hurray has called the 'mud line,' a
Hue that limits the terrigenous deposits
everywhere surrounding dry lnud.
Having reached this limit we muBt
proceed warily, for at the mud line,
at an average depth of a hundred
fathoms, we shall find ourselves at the
edge of the continental shelf, that rim
which extends seaward to a varying
distance from nil land areas, the rim
on which Great Britain rests. Beyond
lies the continental slope, a precipice
more or less abrupt and more or less
high, descending by steep declines or
terraced cliffs until depths of 2.000
fathoms are reached.
"The Atluntic. compured with the
other great oceans, has an unusually
largo area of comparatively shallow
water. Of Its total area 27.5 per cept
Is covered by water less than 1,000
fathoms deep; 18 per cent lies between
1,000 and 2.000 fathoms and 47 per cent
between 2,000 und 3,000 fnthoms; the
remaining 7.5 per cent is still deeper.
"At the foot of the continental slope
lies an Illimitable plain of a uniform
dull, grayish buff color, flat and fea
tureless as the desert, and only diversi
fied by an occasional ns yet uncovered
rock or wreck or the straight line of a
recently laid cubic. This pluin con
tinues with scarcely a change In scen
ery or in level until we approach the
great nild-Athintlc ridge. As Bruce
hns shown, this ridge, which roughly
bisects the Atluntic, extends from Ieo
lnnd ns far south us fifty-three degrees
of south latitude, with n slight and
quite Inexplicable breuk Just under the
equator. The ridge runs almost pnrnllol
with the eastern contour of North and
South America, which, In turn, as the
ordinary map will show, roughly cor
responds with the western contour of
Europe and Africa. Troni time to time
the ridge rises above the surface of the
water, ns In the Azorc group. St.
Paul's rocks. Ascension. Tristan da
Cnnha and Hough Maud.
Tlnvlng ascended the eastern and
descended the western slope of this
nild-Atlnntlc ridge, we should again
truverso plains of grayish oor.e fur
more extensive than any level land
tract known to geographers, and as we
approached the American coast we
should gradually pass through, in ro
vcrso order, the r.ones of life trnversed
when leaving Europe. On the eastern
const of America the slope Is much
more gradual than on the western
coast of southern Europe and Africa."
Told tha Truth.
A few days nfter the new farmer
had purchased a horse from a thrifty
Scot he returned In an angry mood.
"Yon told me this horse had won half
a doien mutches ngnlnst some of the
best horse lu the country. He can't
trot a mile In six minutes to save him
self. You lied to me!" be denounced.
"I rtldna lie. It was In plowln'
matches he took sax prizes," calmly
replied Saudy.
At 8he, Saw It.
The Mother-tf ru Crow up to In?
polite, my dear, and have good taste In
dress and marry discreetly I shall be
H-rfectly satisfied. The Daughter
(aged twelvei Then 1 don't need sn
education! Isn't that lovely! -Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Tears lu mortal miseries r vain,
noroer.
SERVANTS OF ROYALTY.
England They Ar Supplied by a
seems to. he that the servants who at-
tend upon kings and queens are of a
race apart, but such Is not the Impres
sion given by a remarkably frank In
terview given in London by a registry
agent who has frequently bad dealings
with Buckingham palace.
"We are held responsible for the peo
ple we send to the roynl household."
he said, "and we send no one who has
not lived In good houses and hag had
ot least two years' 'character.
"Only British servants are engaged.
The men must be between twenty-two
and twenty -eight years old, and the
women between eighteen and twenty
two. "The wages are no better, to begin
with, than In other households, but
there are better allowances In liveries
and in plain clothes. There Is the
chance, too, of promotion to something
better.
"A head housemaid might get $250
a year, and of course there is a pen
sion for every servant who has served
a certnin number of years.
"Ten years is generally considered
the minimum time for a pension, but
when a case of misfortune occurs an
application Is made to the king, who
approves a special grant.
'The servants have plenty of work
"to do in the pnlnce, but ample leisure
and very good quarters and living.
The maids are required to dress alike
In the same colored prints. The state
porters and marshnl men are engaged
directly by the king on wnrrant
"The ordinary household servants
are resident with the exception of a
personal housemaid, who travels with
the royal family." New York Tress.
ONE AND ONE MAKE TWO?
Not Always, by Any Meana, Acoording
to 8ir Oliver Lodge. 1
Sir Oliver Lodge has attracted a
tremendous amount of attention by
telling scientists (of whom he Is one)
that he believes in Immortality in spite
of science. This Is not the first time
he has locked horns with sclentlllc
dogma. In his book, "Modern Prob
lems." he affirms that one and one
do not always make two. And this Is
the "almost frivolous" way he makes
his point:
. "I would contend that, whereas the
proposition that one added to one
mnkes two is abstractedly beneath
controversy, It need not be true for
the addition of concrete things. It Is
not true for t'wo globules of mercury,
for Instance, nor for a couple of collid
ing stars: not true for a pint of water
added to a pint of oil or vitriol, nor
for nitric oxide added to oxygen, nor
for the Ingredients of an explosive
mixture; not necessarily true, either,
for snakes In a cage, or for capital In
vested In a business concern, flour
ishing or otherwise, nor Is It true, save
In a temporary manner, for a couple
of trout added to a pond. Life can
make havoc of arithmetic.
"The moral of nil which Is that
propositions can bo clear and simple
and sure enough, Indeed absolutely
certnin, ns long .n you deal with ab
stractions, but that when you come to
concrete realities and have all the
complexities of the universe behind
you not only behind but In front and
among and Intermingled with every
simplest thing then we perforce step
out of the realm of positive dogmatic
security Into the region of reasonable
and probable Inference, the domain of
pragmatic conviction, of commonplace
Intuition, of familiar faith."
Took a Mean Advantage,
Returning from South America, a
New York man vouches for the Inge
nuity of the city officials In Rio de Ja
nerlo. The householders on a certain
street received notices thnt the city
fathers had heard complaints of the
high tax rates along that particular
thoroughfare, and In order thnt Justice
might be done the residents were
asked to submit their own valuation on
their property. When the prompt and
Joyful responses hail all been received
the lots were condemned nnd bought
for a contemplated public Improve
mentNew York Tribune.
Grandest of All.
What Is tho grainiest thing In the
universe?" asks Victor Hugo. "A storm
nt sea," he answers and continues:
"And what Is grander than a storm at
sea?" "The unclouded heavens on a
starry, moonless night." "And what
Is grander than these midnight skies?"
The soul of mnn"-a spectacular
climax such ns Hugo loved and still.
with all Its dramatic effect, the pic
turesque statement of a vast and sub
lime and mighty truth.
- Unfortunate.
"What are you crying for. PcperlT"
"Because I am so unfortunate."
"How do you mean unfortunate?"
"The teacher told us that there were
1,500,(100.000 people In the world, and
he said I was the iwmt stupid of them
all."-Fllogende Illntter.
Put Out,
"I saw Jinks Just now, and be seem
ed much put out"
"He Is. Ills landlord Is Just After
dispossessing hlm." Jude.
Beyond Hope.
Louise Troubled with loss of appe
tite. Isn't she? Julia She doesn't even
want to est the things that the doc
tors forbid Life.
JMftny Ol Hie IIIIIMOITUIJT W iuq. ,inr
hyenas, flee If Jon courageously meet
. - . ,. 1 , II.. in..
them. .,
PONDEROUS SEA ELEPHANTS.
They Have Two Foot Trunks and Clip
per Tipped With Clawe.
That which Is believed to be the last
lord of sea elephnuts known to exist
is to be found at Guadalupe Island, off
'.he west coast of Mexico. In the herd
there nre now only about thirty speci e
mens.
The sea elephant Is an Important link
In the chain of evolution and Is the
largest of all Sn footed animals. The
idult male is about twenty-two feet
In length and Is about eight feet high
when propped up on his front flippers
In a natural position. These great
bnlls weigh from two to three tons
and have a trunk, or proboscis, which,
when relaxed, hangs down over the
mouth about two feet In the end of
this the nostrils are placed rather wide
apart and when they breathe their
whole mass trembles In tiny undula
tions to the very end.
The flippers are thick and tipped
with heavy claws. There Is a tall
about one foot and a half long, sepa
rated horizontally In two divisions.
This tull acts as a propeller, to resist
the huge creature when he comes In
through the breakers. lie hoists his
back flippers and tall so as to catch
the full sweep of the waves, and then
allows himself to be washed up on the
beach.
Coarse, bristly hair grows sparsely
from the back along the body, and a
tough protecting crust of flesh reaches
like a shield from the lower Jaw down
lover the cheHt and round to the back
of the neck. This biblike affair . is
nuture's provision for protection In
time of battle. The mule fights vi
ciously In the mating season, and the
chest protector prevents much loss of
life. -
Sea elephants live on various kinds
of small fish and use the trunk to
seize them with. Afterward the food
Is transferred to the mouth precisely as
elephants manage It
EGGS BY THE YARD.
Korea Alio Produces Oysters
That
Weigh Ten Pounds Each.
While lu the orient a correspondent
hod occasion to call on friends who
lived nenr Seoul, the principal city of
Koreu. He tells the following story:
One morning my hostess, while giv
ing orders for the necessary things
from the market for the day, mention
ed four yards of eggs. I accompanied
the steward that day on his marketing
trip, and when the eggs were'askod
for the grocer reached down In a . bar
rel and brought out the end of a
lnrge straw rope. lie measured oft the
required length on the counter. Just as
a drv goods store clerk would measure
off cloth, rolled it up und put It In the
basket without a smile. The eggs were
Inside of this hollow straw rope, with
a string tied on the outside of It be
tween each egg. This offectually pro
tected the eggs from being broken
while handling.
Another day my hostess ordered two
"small" oysters for dinner. This or
der caused me to wonder a little, for I
knew that there would be seven to
dine, besides the servants, but when
tho oysters arrived nil was explained,
for one weighed four and a half
pounds, and the other five pounds. On
Inquiry I was informed that some of
tho oysters on the northern side of
Korea weigh as much as ten pounds.
Christian Science Monitor.
Bathing and Bellowing.
Primitive man boiled his water with
hot stones. That was not the only use
ho made of them, at any rate, if ho
was a Scythian. The Scythian prac
tice described by Herodotus has been
claimed by some ub the first recorded
case of smoking. Having spoken of a
kind of hemp that grew in tho coun
try, Herodotus proceeds: "Now, the
Scythians, taking the seed ot this
hemp, go Into their tents and then
throw the seed upon the stones heated
white hot. As It is thrown on It Is
burnt Into smoke, producing so much
that no Greek vapor unto, could sur
pass it And the Scythians, delighting
In It, bellow. This takes the place of
washing for them." It seems ns though
they had discovered the Turkish bath
and the cigarette
The Widow's Dower.
It Is certnin that "dower," tho estate
for life which the widow acquires at
her husband's death, wus not known
among the early Saxons. In tho la-ws
of King Edmund the widow Is directed
to be supported wholly out of the per
sonal estate. Dower Is generally as
cribed to tho Normans, but It was first
Introduced Into the feudal system by
Kiuporor Frederick II., who was con
temporary with the English Henry III.,
about 1250. '
The Usual Way.
"It would never do for the farmers
to get Into the financial business of
tho nation."
"Why not?"
"From force of habit they would al
ways be waiting to wuter their stock.
Baltimore American.
Home Finance.
"Wombat loan me It's for an In
vestment you are Interested lu."
"What Investment of yours am
Interested In?"
"My daughter wants to buy a birth
day present for your son."-Plttburgh
Post
Superfluous.
Tommy Pop. what do we mean by
superfluous? Tommys Pop-Hupcrfln-00.
my son. menus-well. It's like a
bachelor giving advlcs to a married
mao.-1'blladelphia Record.
LONG TIME FARM LOANS.
Simple and Easy Credit System That
Operate In Europe.
The standard length of time in Eu
rope for a long time furni loan Is fifty
four years. For such a loan at the
present time the rate is 4.83 per cent
divided as follows: Interest 4 per
cent administration .35 per cent and
amortization (payment on principal) 51
per cent This rute wiil pay both
prlncipul and Interest and repay all
charges due to the bank In fifty-four
years. As this will seem ulmost In
credible to some students. 1 will glvi
a concrete Illustration of how It 'irks
It does not depend upon io:npii!iH'
Interest but upon the fact that, t'lo.itf!'
the rate of yearly payment remain
the same, the charge for Inte'i-st and
administration Is constantly decreasing
because they are computed on the
principal sum which Is constantly be
ing repaid; therefore the proportion
which Is applied toward the repayment
of the principal is always Increasing.
For illustration. If the debt Is $1.,-
000 the debtor will pay $25.25 every
six months. OMlie first paymenfc, $20
will go for interest $1.75 belongs to the
bank, and $2.50 is applied to the repay
ment of the principal. When the debt
Is half discharged, however, this dis
tribution will be greatly changed. The
borrower will Day $25.25, as usual. Of
this amount only $10 will go for Inter
est, 88 cents will be retained by the
bank, while $13.37 will be applied to
the discharge of the principal. The
final payment will be almost wholly to
the payment of principal, as the first
one went largely to the payment of
Interest." In this way one-half of
per cent will repay the principal In
fifty-four yeurs, provided a constant
payment Is maintained on the prin
cipal for interest during the entire
period. Representative Ralph W. Moss
in World's Work.
ORIGIN OF THE HARP.
Evolved From the Lyre of the High
Prieet of Osiris.
The history of the piano counts as a
dav comnared to the hnrp. We have
authentic records that us eurly
1800 B. C. the first lyre was evolved
from the mind of the high priest ol
Osiris, who intone of his dully wnlk
along the banks of the river Nile found
an empty tortoise shell spanned with
dried ligaments. Happening 'to strike
it, he noticed that it gave forth pleas
ing sounds, and. he at once made an
Instrument on the plan of the tortoise
shell. . ,,
From the lyre It was but an easj
step to the harp, now the most famous
instrument In the world. Mlleslus, out
of the Phoenician priests, carried II
with him in his conquest to Ireland,
and there he planted It among the mu
sic loving Celts lu 1200 B. C. The royal
Instrument became a controlling fea
ture In druldlcal worship, and the harp
ist or bard ranked 'with royalty, the
prophet and the priest. The drulds
advanced the barp from eleven to thlp
ty-two strings und crowned their ef
forts In its improvement by the evolu
tion of the pillar, which hns ever since
found universal adoption.
Our modern harp consists of forty
five or forty-seven strings, seven ped
alsone for each note in tho octave
nnd the wonderful Instrument share)
with the pluno and organ the faculty
of being autonomous that Is to say, It
needs no accompaniment nnd furnishes
both melody nnd harmony. Miss Lo-
retta De Lone in New York Tribune.
Two Ideas.
Url, a candidate for congress, said
to Jonathan, another, during a heated
debate: "I think, sir. you liavo but one
Idea in your bend. It Is a very small
one, and If It should swell your head
would burst"
Jonathan, looking at. the bare and
venerable head of his opponent, re
piled: "Well, I think you haven't one
lu your bead and never had. There
has beeu one scratching u round the
outside, trying to. get in, till It hut
scratched all the hair off your bead
But It didn't get In. nnd it never will."
Url was silent Chicago News. -
Hindu Confeotionery.
Like the American girls, Hindu girls
nre passionately fond of sweet things.
One of their candles, sadu, Is very
much like our plain sugar candy. It Is
made of sugar and milk nnd flavored
with attar of roses, Buddhlkabal,. or
hair of Buddha, is one of their most
popular sweetmeats. It is so called
because It Is In fine, long strings like
vermicelli. This Is made of sugar and
cream from buffalo's milk, which is
exceedingly rich.
Earth and Moon.
The diameter of the earth is 8.000
miles. The diameter of the moon Is
2.M2 miles. The nearest approach of
the surfaces of the two bodies Is -CHI,
47T miles. The mean distance from
the earth Is '.':;s,K.V) miles, tho max
Imum distance which may be reached
being 2.r)'J,H.'!() miles. The moon's sur
face coiilaliii alsiiit 14,()H.',HK square
miles, or nearly four times the nrea of
Kjfope.
Still Sadder.
"What could be mure snd than
mail without n country?" feelingly
iikcd the high school literature teach
cr of her class.
"A country without a mini." respond
ed a pretty girl Just ss feellngly.-
Womim'a Home Companion.
A Surgloal Operation.
Tin1 customer rl"isl in band, and
(he lwrher, pausing 111 the opera lion of
shaving him. Inclined Ills head, "Hlrr
"(live me gas, anld tie customer.
London Globe.
MOSBY FLED WITH HIS MEN.
An Attack That Wholly Demoralized
the Partisan Rangers.
Colonel John S. Mosby, commander
of the Partisan rangers, who gave
such dashing service In the southern
cause, told of an amusing Incident In
which he figured.
In the summer of 1804 when General
Phil Sheridan was In the valley of the I
Shenandoah be found himself much
harassed by Mosby. who was continu
ally cutting oft his supply trains. An
army cannot tight on an empty stom
ach, and Mosby knew It One bright
morning Mosby heard that a long sup
ply train was winding its way down
the valley. By noon the rangers In
their gray uniforms were gathered at
the forks of the valley pike, watching
for the head of the wagon train to ap
pear. Presently a cloud of dust was seen
rising far up the road, and as the wind
blew it aside the Confederates caught
sight of a line of men in blue escorting
a caravan of lumbering wagons drawn
by mules. Instantly Mosby gave the
order to run a little howitzer up on the
side of a hill and unllmber It As soon
as the gun bad opened fire the rest o(
the men were to make a cavalry charge
and throw the train Into confusion.
The rangers Jerked the gun into po
sition and began to swab It out Sud
denly the man with the swab gave a
shrill yell, seized the seat of bis panta
loons and fled down the hill and out
Into the road. Almost In the same
moment the other man at the gun
abandoned It He seemed to be fight
lng at the air as he disappeared ovoi
a stone wall. .
The sutler's wagons were creeping
nearer, and Mosby did not know what
to think of such extraordinary conduct
He ordered four more men to the gun,
but hardly had they reached It when
they, too, yelled, began to beat the air
madly with their huts and took to
flight.
Spurring his horse over the stone
wall, Mosby rode toward the gun, but
his stay was short. The howitzer stood
Just over a hornets' nest, and those
busy Insects were resenting the intru
Blou. They had repelled tho Invader!
on foot, and now they swarmed on
Mosby's horse till the maddened aui
mat tore oft down the pike on a run
Then they turned their attention tc
the rest of the troop.
Their nttnek was so vicious thut the
rangers gave up any Idea of standing
by the gun, They scattered fur and
wide, and It was an hour before they
returned. When they did the wagon
train bad safely vanished In the die
tauce. So the hornets saved the day
for Sheridan. Youth's Companion.
Where 8oienoe Fails.
Science has wrought many achieve
monts, but It has not cleared up a sin
gle elenientul mystery, and It has cre
ated a thousand lesser mysteries that
never were .Imagined until science
came. Science has demonstrated that
this oak of a world used to be an
acorn, but bow that acorn came intc
existence or whence it obtained the
latent elements that now have become
an oak science has not suggested. Sci
ence has made it possible for a manu
facturer to cut down three trees in
his forest nt 7:35 in the morning, tc
have them made into paper at 0:34 and
to have them selling on the street ns
newspapers at 10:25, but whether the
manufacturer himself is a bruin thai
has a mind or Is a mind that has a
brain science cannot even guess. At
lantic Monthly.
Iron Mold Stains.
Iron mold stains spread In any fabric
they come In contact with in the wash
To remove them stretch the stained
part over a basin nearly full of boiling
water, so that the steam may pene
trate the fabric, and apply with a
feather a teuspoonful of snlt dissolved
In a dessertspoonful of lemon Juice,
When tho murks disappear dip the ma -
terlal well Into the hot water, after
ward rinsing very thoroughly In cold
watef.
Proved It Was Simple.
In a registration booth in San Fran
cisco an old colored woman had Just
finished registering for tho first time,
"Am you shore,'' she asked the clerk,
"dut I's done all I has to do?"
"Quite sure," replied the clerk; "you
see. It's very simple."
"I's ought to knowed It" sold the
old woman. "If those fool men folks
been dolu' It all dese years 1 might 'a'
kuowed It was a powerful simple process."-I.l
To.
H Plagued Him,
The catcher was having an argument
with the umpire. t
'Til fix you so you won't bo an opt
denilc any longer"' threatened tho um
pire, beginning to lose his tvmHr.
What do you mean by 1 won't bo
an epidemic any longer?" asked the
ralcher,
"I'll send you to tho bench." return
ed the umpire, "and then you won't bo
' tchl riV'-l'll tshurg Press.
Welcomed.
to arrest you.'
"I'll havo
said tho
policeman.
The inn 11 who wus having trouble
with his wife threw bolh arms around
the nfllcer and wiclalmed:
"This Isn't any arrest. This la a rescue."-Washington
Htar.
A Failure.
First Small Boy-Is your sister any
good nt playing ball? Second Small
liny-Na w. She can't throw anything
but a ft or catch anything but a bean.
XeiV Yr.k Times. . '
Asln ciiiitiDna more thnn half of the
people In the world.
CRAFT ON THE GRIDIRON.
When the Carlisle Indiana Outwitted
Harvard's Highbrows.
In football a full field run from kick
ed to touchdown Is a rare play. Once
It was made by a Carlisle Indian, vh,o
covered the long distance In a game
against narvard, Oct 31. 1903, and did
so by the craftiest wiliest stratagem
ever perpetrated by a redskin upon
his pale faced brother.
The first half had closed with the In
dians In the lead five points to none.
Harvard opened the battle by sending
a long kick to Johnson on Carlisle's
five yard line. The Indians quickly ran
back to meet Johnson and formed a
compact mass around him. Within the
recesses of this mass of players John
son slipped the ball beneath the back
of Dillon's Jersoy, which had been es
pecially made to receive and hold the
ball. Then, the ball thus secretly
transferred and bidden, Johnson utter
ed a whoop such as Cambridge had not
heard since the days of King Philip's
war, and instantly tho bunch of In
dians scattered In all directions. Some
ran to the right and some to the left
some obliquely and some straight up
the center of the field, radiating In all
directions like the spokes of a wheel. -
The crimson players, now upon them,
looked In vuln for the ball, dumfound
ed. running from one opponent to an
other. Meanwhile Dillon was running
straight down the Held so as to give
his opponents the least opportunity for
a side or rear view and conspicuously
swinging bis arms to show that they
did not hold the ball - Thus, without
being detected, be passed through the
entire Harvard team, excepting the
captain, Carl B. Mnrshnll, who was
covering the deep backfield.
Obeying ' Instructions, Dillon ran
straight- at Marshall. The hitter, as
suming thnt the Indian Intended to
block him. agilely sidestepped the Car
lisle player, and as he did so bo
caught sight of the enormous and un
wonted bulge on the back of Dillon.
Instantly divining that here was tho
lost ball, Marshall turned and sprang
at Dillon, but the Intter was well on
his way and quickly crossed the line
for a touchdown. Parke H. Davis In
St Nicholas.
LARGEST KNOWN . ICE CAVE.
Wonders of the Frozen Grotto In the
Daohateln Mountains.
A few years ago some members of
the Austrian Spclcologlcnl society dis
covered In the Dachsteln mountains
some caverns- which are among the
largest In Europe. One of these grot
toes, the longitudinal axis of which is
fully 0,500 feet long, moreover turned
out to offer additional Interest by Its
truly enormous Ice masses and wus
found to be the largest; known tee cave
in the world.
Though a scorching sun may be
burning outside on the bare mountain
rock, there Is always an icy wind
blowing through this underworld,
freezing everything within its' rench.
Only sometimes, when the outside
temperature ranges between 32 and
41 degrees C. and a comparatively
warm rain penetrates through the As
sures of the rock, entering right into
tho cavern, will there be a tomporury
calm and distinct molting of the Ice.
The Dnchstcln Ice cave comprises
several domes filled with Ire, which
communicate with one another through
a number of frozon gnllerles. An ice
crevice 80 feet deep and 110 feet In
width traverses the floor of the cavorn
105 feet from the entrance. Gigantic
Ice pillars were found to tower on
both edges of this chasm, In the depth
of which there unfolds a fnlry-llke Ice
seenory. Beyond the abyss tho cavern
widens out Into a mighty dome tTrls
tnn dome, as -It is called), where a
plain Ice sheet reaches from one wall
to tho other, carrying ice stalagmites
of the most funtastlo shapes. Solon-
tlflc American.
1
A Hopeless Job.
Gordon Le Sueur In his book on
South Africa tells an excellent story
about Cecil Ithodes,
Rhodes wns very careless In the mnt
ter of dress. On one occasion an old
and favorite coat of his was sent to be
cleaned nnd mended. Soon after It
cume back Just as It had been sent
together with this note from the clean
ers: "Dear Sir Herewith the Right Hon.
O. J. Rhodes' coat nncleaned and tin
mended. We regret thnt all we can do
with tho garment Is to make a new
coat to match the buttons."
Wanted the Solids.
Tommy went out to dine at a friend's
house one evening. . When the soup
was brought Tommy did not touch bis.
and the hostess, looking over, said: ,
"Why. Tommy, dear, what's the mat
ter? Aren't you hungry tonight?"
"Yes," replied Tommy. "I'm quite
hungry, hut I'm not thlrsty."-Judge.
Subtle Soheme.
First Jeweler Aren't you afraid lo
leave those diamonds In a front win-
dow at night? Second Jeweler Not
' with tny scheme, .lust before 1 go
I home I put In a little sign on them
rending. "Anything In This Window
10 Cents." Chicago News.
Verb) Brand.
"How do you manage to keep snch
a clean record with so ninny of your
cranky relations?"
"Just use soft soap." Baltimore
American,
Be Slow to Throw.
After a man has thrown a rock he
nine times out of ten. wishes he had
It buck In hla haud.-Pliltadulphla Ledger.
BAFFLEDTI1E BEAR
Exciting Domestic Event In the
Early Days of Vermont
TALE OF AN ALL NIGHT SIEGE.
An Ugly Visitor That Gave Herself
Warm Reoeption In a Settler's Cabin,
a Quiok Retreat by the Inmates and
a Display of Preaenoe of Mind.
Two of the first English settlers In
the town of Addison, Vt, were Joha
Strong and Zadok Everest Early la
the fall of 1778 Strong and Everest!
bad to fo to Albany for provisions.
Pioneer women seldom worried, but
for some reason Molly Strong felt un
easy after her husband had gone. She
and her sous got In a good supply of
fuel and did the chores early.
When they came back to the cablu
the hnby was crying for his supper,
tnd Mrs. Strong guve him a cup of
warm milk and sat him down In front
of the fireplace. She had Just swung
the kettle of samp from the fire when,
she heard a noise. Looking round, she
saw the blanket that served for a door
swing aside as a groat bear thrust her
head Into the room. Tho children
screamed, and the bear backed out la
hasto, but Molly Strong knew that she
would return.
"Quick, children!" she suld as she
caught up the bnby. "Climb the Ind
der. Let sister go up first, now John
nie, now Frank hurty, hurry!"
When the others were safe in the loft
Mrs. Strong climbed up with the baby
and drew the ladder after her. She
laid It across the hole, and then she
and the children sat down and waited.
The Uoor of tho loft was" made of
round polos laid closely together, but
not .fastened. It was dangerous to I
movo about on it
Peering down through the pole floor,
they listened and watched for the bear
to come back. They could hear her
moving round the house, and once a
big paw crashed through the oiled pa
per at the window hole. Finally she
came to the door and, after blinking
uncertainly at the fire, walked in. Two
cubs followed her. The old bear pres
ently upset tho pan of milk on the ta
ble, and the cubs began to lap it ap
eagerly.
"I'd like a taste of that myself,"
Frank whispered.
"So would I," Johnnie replied. . ,"I'm
awful hungry." .
Next the hear found tho pudding:
kettle and took a mouthful of the boil
ing samp. Jumping buck with a err
of pain and rage, she broke the pot
with a swift blow of her paw, and then,
sat up on her haunches, growling and.
whining, and' began to dig the pud
ding out of her mouth. Tho cubs sat
and watched her In grave wonder.
That was too much for the children,
who burst Into laughter. Instantly the
bear gavo a loud roar and rushed to
ward the hole with the ladder across
It. Mrs. Strong gave hurried orders:
"Get mo a pole, Frank, quick! Now.
get another. Punch her If she tries to ,
climb up. Be careful. Don't fall
through." 1
, The baby, awakened by the noise, be
gan to wall, and Mrs, Strong soothed
hlm with one hand while with tho
pole In the other she warded off tb
bear. The little girl clung crying to
her mother's skirts, but the boys each,
bad a long polo and prodded the bear
through the rungs of the ladder. The
big brute finally shuffled off toward the
door. She pulled down the blanket
and tore It Into shreds; then she went
out, followed by her cubs,
"She's gone!" Johnnie snld, "Do
you think she'll como back, mother?"
"I expect sho will, sun, but we can
manage her If we keep awake."
"I won't go to sleep!" groaned John
nlo. "I'm too hungry!"
Nevertheless, the silent wait lu the
dimly lighted loft unulo them all
drowsy, and before the bear returned
Mrs. Strong knew by their heavy
breathing thut the children wero '
asleep. It wos near midnight when
the hour came In and renewed her ef
forts to reach the loft Mrs. Strong
rapped her sharply with her pole, and
there was a roar that brought the boya
to their feet.
Dazed and only half awake, Johnnie
run across tlie loft. Ills foot Bllpped
Into a gup betweeu the poles, and as he
fell other poles spread apart Dowu bo
went Into the room with the boar and
her cubs. Tho bear did not see him
fall, but alio faced about nt the nolM
and started toward him. .
Quick as a flush, Mrs. Strong brought
her polo down on the nearest cub and
pinned him to tho floor.' The bear
turned to rescue her squealing off
spring, and Frank drew his brother up
Into tho loft unharmed. '
No Injury to herself could have
weakened the old bear's courage like
the attack on her cub, and although
at Intervals she slouched In and out of
the cabin, sho made no further ot
tempt to reach the loft. As It grew
light. Mrs. Strong, watching through
the chinks In the wall, saw her lead
her cubs across tho clearing Into the
woods.
As soon as she thought It safe she
lowered the ladder and the family came
down. They saw no more of the bear,
nud when Mr. Strong cume home ho
made the cabin secure with a door
made from buss wood slabs and hung
en wooden hinges. - Youth's Compan
ion. l'i"van of the muu who does not re
turn your blow. He neither fn'-give
you nor allows yon to forgive your
self. -George Bernard Slinw.