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THE FAVORITE BRAND.
Will II. Macpix, in The Commoner.
Down in Bilkins' store the other day
We had a bushel of roarin' fun;
A travelin' man dropped in liiat ^y
And a glowin' yarn on "Health'' he
spun.
Said he was sellin' a new health food.
Slide scientific, and all of that:
And warranted wholesome, pure and good,
And calculated to make men fat.
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He was middlin* tall and awful thin,
And pale and peaked around the gills;
But a talker?well, he waded inTalked
through valleys and over hills.
vtoid his preparation vras immense
For muscle buildin' and m&kin' br~in;
Put up pretty, and the price ten cents,
And includin' all the best of grain.
And old Si Hankins?you all know Si?
He spoke right up anil he said, sa3-s he:
"All them there health foods are good,
and I
Am ready to give my guarantee."
Says Si, a-stretchin' his six foot three,
Aird buigin' his muscles like cords of
wood,
"What is your food made of, now tell me.
For I m ailin' and need what's good."
And that there man without a halt
Just talked of pro-teen, and things like
that;
Prediction, and sugar'n malt,
And muscle buildin' and makiu' fat.
Says he, a smitin' his holler chest,
"Two years ago I was nigh a wreck,
But this here health food?which is the
best?
Made me a new man right on deck."
Then old Si he says, says Si, says he,
''I was just like you some years ago;
Little and thin and a.s poor's could be,
Blood all p'isoned and runnin' slow.
"Thought I was done for, I did, by hen!
i But I cot some health food right in here,
And took it regular a long time, then?
Well, I guess I'm good for many a year."
And the travelin' man. says he to Si,
Admirin' his tall and rushed frame.
' 'I was just a-wonderin', friend, if 1
Might ask you for that there health
food's name?"
And Si?you know how Si can yellJust
yelled till he shook the winder
screens,
"Of course I'm willin' the name to tell?
'Twas nothin' on earth but pork and
beans."
S THE MISTAKE H
S OF MARTINA. 8
^ ?>q pa pq r>d ^
flitch On tbe sllort, ?rass in
U M the valley of the Sun Diego
fl I River the Gerce suu of
I?if?, midsummer was pouring
E ODli its scorching rays.
The brilliant wild flowers were dead
?nd only the darting lizards and
horned toads were enjoying the torrid
air.
A solitary rider on a large bay horse
appeared along the dusty road.
"Only a few miles farther. Don. to
the shade of the big oaks. Do a little
better, old boy. and we'll soon be
there." said a good natured voi<?e.
The horse seemed to understand, for
In a short time they began to enter
the narrow part of the valley. Here
the wild mustard grew high on either
side of the rock, furnishing protection.
if not shade.
Trickling down between some great
Tocks was a tiny stream of water, and
at sight of it the thirsty horse whinnied
plaintively.
"Be patient a little while. Don."
said the young fellow kindly. "Cool off
awhile and then you can nave a good
drink. I'll see if the bucket is in the
Bame old place."
. They were now in the picturesque
(enclosure known as the "Monte." Under
the shade of the great live oaks
one could be protected from the brightest
rays of the California sun. In
their drapery of wild grape vines, the
iwld sycamores looked like fairy pagodas.
or the retreats of sylvan goddesses.
TTronlr 0 r\f
this ground for he had spent the five
years previous on a stock ranch ten
miles up the grade. Could it be really
five years since he left his desk at the 1
office, exchanging his pale face for
one tanned and sunburned, and the
derby of civilization for the jaunty
eombrero? He whistled a gay air
from an opera heard iu San Diego the
evening before, and smiled at a pleasant
thought.
$ "Time to go on," he said to his
Horse, as he adjusted the saddle and
remounted. Higher and higher wound
the road, sometimes only a gash in the
mountain side. Past the granite walls
of El Cajon, through the wickiups of
Capiian Grande, toward the heights ,
of the Santa Isabel.
A bend in the road brought a little 1
icabin in sight, half hidden in the
shadow of the great pines. Frank
Gardner rode up to the open doorway
and waited a moment. An oliveCheeked
Mexican girl appeared, and
flushed with pleasure at the sight of '
ifthe tall, yellow haired young man. The
jKirl's -coarse black hair was tied with
A ribbon of red. a rose of the same
?hade was tucked above her small
left ear and a brilliant scarf of the
Mexican national colors was knotted
about her waist. Her white dress was
edged by an elaborate trimming of
drawn work, and from the top of her
head *to the tips of her high heeled
slippers she made a picturesque little
figure. Looking shyly at the young
man. she said:
"Buenos dias. Senor? Will you come
In 10? My father will be most glad
to see you."
"Si, Senorita. with your permission I
iwill stop a moment. Where may I find
the Senor PachecoV"
"He is down at the sheep-pen, but I
I may call him?"
' Never mind. Senorita. another time
Will do just as well. By the way. I
found a guitar arrangement of 'Sobre
Las Solas."' said Frank as he unrolled
a piece of music. "You know I said
that I would look for it the next time I
eweut down to the city."
"Gracias, Scnor," and Martina's face
grew still brighter. How glad she was
that for live days she had carefully
dressed in her gala attire each afternoon.
and listened eagerly for a wellremembered
whistle. Looking up at
the young man she ventured softly:
f "You have been for a Iou? time
tway? Is it not so?"
14'Yes, for three weeks. The prospect
of coins back to tlio rnnch iwvms more
lonely than over. Yoii and your father
have bepn very kind to me. Senorita."
"It is but very little we have done.
Seuor."
"Is it?do you think it too lonely up
on tuy ranch for a young girl?"
He hesitated, and it was bis turn to
flush. Martina tried to look up. but
could not. In all her sixteen years she
had never felt her heart beast so fast,
or a queer suffocated feeling almost
choke her. Finally she faltered:
"But. with 3'ou "
' Yes. of course. I would do my best
to be entertaining, for old Jose aud Pe
ciro are not specially lively. sun, as a
continuous show, I might pali ou tbe
feminine mind."
Martina did not have tbe faintest
idea what be meant, but she smiled
discreetly. Tbe Senor was fond of bis
American jokes, and .sbe always knew
when to smile if sbe watched for tbe
twinkle in bis eyes.
"But what I want to say is. that I. I
meau we?shall depend ou you for company.
when we?I mean, when I am
obliged to be away from bouie."
Martina's lingers clasped each other
nervously and she felt a curious tightening
around her heart. But the young
man was in love?and blind 10 the effect
of his words.
"She?I mean Miss Sherwood, who
was up here last summer with her
mother, is soon to be my wife. Sbe
says that she feels as if she already
knew you. and is very grateful to you
for showing me so much kindness."
By this time the dark eyes were blazing
and the small figure trembling with
anger.
"Will you not be her first visitor?" he
went on. wondering at tbe girl's
strange silence. Martina faced him
like a young tigress.
"Caramba?I hate her, ar.d you." She
could say nothing more, and turning,
fled through the cabin and out of the
back door, forgetting her kid slippers
and her white frock and rushing wildly
across the rough fields.
The young man looked after her a
moment; a bewildered expression on
his handsome face, then mounted aud
rode away in the brief twilight. The
current of his happy thoughts soon
hurried far past the little Mesicau
maiden, and he was gaily whistling
"La Golondrina" when he reached the
long, low adobe which was home to
him. and would soon be a nest for his
fair young bride.?Mary Peabody Sawyer.
Japanese Babies.
Judging by Western ideas, Japanese
babies have a hard time; yet. says the
San Francisco Bulletin, there are no
healthier children in the world. The
Japanese baby is dressed and undressed
in a frigid temperature in
winter, and in summer no care is taken
to protect its tender little eyes from the
full glare of the sun. In winter the
small head is covered with a worsted
cap of the brightest* and gayest design
and color. The black hair is cut
in all sorts of fautastic ways, just
like the hair of the Japanese dolls
imported into this country.
Tim hohinc r\f H>o loTVPl* rlnCSPS
generally carried on the backs of the
mother or little sister; sometimes the
small brother is obliged to be the
nurse-maid. The kimor.o is made extra
large at the back, with a pocket of
sufficient size to hold the baby, whose
round head reaches the back of the
neck of the person who is carrying
it. It is cot an uncommon sight to
see children who are barely old enough
to toddle burdened with a small brother
or sister sleeping peacefully on their
back. At lirst one expects to see the
child stagger and fall beneath the
weight, but apparently none of its
movements are impeded, and it plays
with the other children as unconcernedly
as if it were not loaded down
with another member of the family.
At Nagasaki, among the women coalers
who coal the ships, one sess many
who carry babies on their backs in
this way. The mothers work all day
in the rain or the sun or the snow,
and the baby seems iudifferent to
everythng. The top of its head alone
is visible, while the movements of the
mother do not seem in the least hindered.
and she accomplishes as much
work as the m?n.
A Fruitful Accident.
A laborer was on the way to work
the other morping as a "through" train
was about to pass a little station where
a crowd had assembled for the "way"
train, due in a few moments. A child
who had strayed to the edge of the
piatform seemed about to lose her
balance in her effort to get a good
view of the oncoming engine.
Quick as a dash the workman
jumped forward, tossed the child back
to a place ot' safety and was himself
grazed by the cylinder, which rolled
him over on the platform pretty
roughly.
Several people hastened to his assistance.
but he rose uninjured, although
with a face expressive of grave concern.
Confound it! Just my luck!" he exclaimed.
drawing a colored handkerchief,
evidently one containing lunchen,
from his pocket and examining it
ruefully.
"What is it?" inquired tin? onlookers.
"Why. the salt aud pepper's all over
the rhubarb pie, and the eggs?well, I
kept telling her something would happen
if she didn't boil 'em harder."
Buildinjcr Up a Bugtneus.
An amusing fable, which bears evidence
of its Western origin, although
the author lays the scene in the East,
is that which relates the cleverness
of Tandy Cholic, the apothecary. One
day he transplanted an apple tree
from his orchard to the side of the
common road. While he was surveying
his handiwork with satisfaction
there came along the road a learned
pundit.
"0 what avail is it to have moved
the tree from its pleasant piace in the
orcnaru to me sanuy roausiuer
"Of much avail, most learned pun- !
Jit," said the apothecary in a pitying J
tone, for thou must know that the ,
dreams of an apothecary who dwells j
in a land of small boys and green ap- j
pies are sweeter thau those of tt'e
poet slumbering in the rose garden of j
Shiraz?the knurlier the apples, the
earlier the small boys, and in good j
time myself to heal them for a consideration.
Go to, pundit! Thou art
too learned to be practical!"
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:: The Harbor of \
1 Japanese g
ip Commanders j
||1 The Leaders on Land and 8
Sea of JapaH's Forces. ^ |||
IE personnel composing
^ m ^ tllG '0:ll^ersll'I) aruiO
I 0 ios and uavies of japan is
j a distinguished one, well
"WOT** known to students of war.
: The .Japanese Navy is'under the eoutmi
nt' n nnval staff, with headauar
| ters in Japan, movable so as to be
within easy direction of the several
widely separated fleets. The chief of
I the naval staff is Admiral Ito, who was
i distinguished as the leading fleet officer
during the Chinese-Japan War of
lS94-!)o. Admiral Ito is ably assisted
by Admiral Kabayama. Those men
are responsible for the naval campaign
j iti general. The active fleet executive,
! who has taken the place held by Ad!
miral Togo, is the flag officer of the
fleet. His subordinates as squadron
i commanders are Vice-Admiral Hitaka
j and Rear Admiral Dewa. These five
i officers are .Japan's present naval Ieadj
ei'sThe
army, as a whole, is under the
j direction of a genera; staff, with head
RE AR-AD MIR j
Who Commanded tho .Tapan?so Squi
meats. Ha Was Graduj
quarters iu Japan. The Emperor is J
| nominally commander of both the j
; army and navy, but he relies upon ths <
' general staff to counsel and act for
him. The chief of the general staff is i
j Field Marshal Marquis Oyama. lie ;
: was prominent in the field of 1394-95. j
j After the death of General Kawakami, <
! who was the Moltke in the China war. ;
j Marshal Oyama became chief of staff. ]
To-day he holds this position, yet it is j i
| only in name that he is chief. General :
Kawakami's real successor is Lieu- J <
! tenant-General Baron Kodama, recent-'
j ly appointed vice-chief of the general (
: staff. I
Baron Kodama has been for some
; years the Governor-General of Formo- I
sa. Great expectations are centred |
' upon him. He has shown exceptional <
j ability in Formosa and is looked to as .
! a man of genius in large military ]
| strategy. The world will probably |
hear much of him. He is a young ;
! man, slight in physique, but very alert, ,
1 decisive and positive in bearing. As.
sociated with Lieutenant-General Ko- i
i dama are two newly made generals, ,
TT'iroki and Ok" Tlif?sr? four men ha vo! |
Vice-Admiral Togo, '
\
I Commander of tin* Japanese Squadron *
Which Torpedoed the ltusfliau \V:ir.shi;?.s
at Fort Arthur.
formal;!tod .Tnpan's full plans of cam- I
puign. Under the general staff are two t
grand bureaus. The director of the
first bureau is Major-General Ojielii.
The socond bureau is under the diree!
tion of Major-General Fu-Kuchimn, <
famous for his horseback ride across \
Siberia in 1803-94, and for his energy 1
in the field in the Chinese-Japan War a <
year later. lie is familiar with Rns- c
sia and the Russians. The Imperial 1
Roily Guard is coiumnndcd by Lieu- y
tenant-General Ilasegawa. The first i
army division is under the command :
of a prince of the Imperial I-Ic.use who t
Is of uo special value iu the field. ii6u- 1
Vladivostok, Russia'
eral Nogu probably is the active executive
of this division. The second
grand division is ably led by Lieutenant-Genera
I Oshima at its bead. Lieutenant-General
Ogawa leads the fourth
division. And the fifth grand division
is commanded by Lieutenant-General
Yamaguchi. It is under these chief
leaders for her navy and army that Japan
has begun her struggle.
One of the few Orientals who have
risen from the humblest class of life
to be great men in their States is Admiral
Sotokichi Uriu, commander of
the Japanese fleet that attacked Port
Arthur and the recognized strategic
genius of the Mikado's naval forces.
They call him "The Little Admiral" in
his own Ianu. because of his diminutive
stature. In America be is spoken
of as the "Mahan of Japan," and his
sovereign, appreciative of the superior
training and unquestioned bravery dis
played in another war. has made him
chief of the most important fleet arrayed
against Russia in the Eastern
seas.
The story of Uriu's life has a parallel
in that of the late Li Hung ChUng,
though perhaps the Admiral was born
under circumstances more auspicious
for his wonderful rise from poverty to
greatness, while Ear! Li of China overcame
all the obstacles of an unregenerated
barbarian regime, Uriu. of Japan.
reached manhood at the very hour
when his country had launched its
modern liberal policy of equal chances
for all classes of society.
The Admiral is a direct product of
\L S. URIU,
idron ia the Port Arthur Engagoited
From Annapolis.
that new policy. Educated at the
United States Naval Academy and later
a student at European centres of
[earning, he is said to he one of the
most broad minded of his countrymen.
So much does he approve of Westernism
that he makes English the language
of his home in Tokio. His wife,
i Japanese graduate of Vassar College,
and his five children know their
native tongue, but they do not use it
imong themselves. The Admiral
writes and speaks English perfectly,
ind every publication issued by the
:!ass of '81 since it left Annapolis con.
tains some contribution from his pen.
Admiral Togo is now about fifty-five
rears of age. He is not of princely or
noble birth, but is a simple gentleman,
i Samurai of the great Satsuma clan,
is so many of his fellow-officers are.
[lis senior in rank, Admiral Count Ito
not to be confused with his namesake,
Marquis Ito), who was in chief command
of the navy during the China
Japanese Wi;r, ana is now unier or cue
S'aval Headquarters Staff in Tokio, is
ilso a Satsuma Samurai, and formerly
:he whole Japanese fleet was officered
ind manned by the Satsuma, in the
same way that tho Japanese army was
Irawn from the Choshu elan. Nowadays,
neither navy nor army is entirely
liven over to those, the two most powerful
of the clans of Japan, but many
mm from all over the empire are to be
found in both services. When Togo
Altered the navy, however, its whole
jersonnel was Satsuma. Admiral Togo
received a great part of his education
it the Naval College,Greenwich, where
le went through the regular courses of
r.struction current some thirty odd
ears ago.
Women llei-omitix Sennible.
"The time is coming," says an eminent
physician, "when women by the
unstruction of their attire will have
m equal opportunity with men to
ireathe the breath of life. I know
hat this is so by the marked change
n the character of my patients. Ten
ears ago the average sick woman
vould take offense at any suggestion
?? tight lacing. Now she listens with
aim uneu ;im\s ?.> i?i
jreathing directions and whore to go
or advice upon all these subjects."
Orijjin of Lnnil Surveying.
The art of land surveying owes its
)rigin to the fact that the Egyptians
vere unable to beep permanent nionuuents
on laud which was overflowed
n-ery year by the Nile. Under such
rirctimstances it became necessary to
lave some means of re-identifying the
,*arious pieces of laud. The instruuents
and mathematical methods of
istronomy. with suitable moditicaious,
were used by the Egyptians for
aud surveying.
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HARNESSED TO fliS UMBRELLA. j '
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Apparatus Which Gives the Wearer j 1
the Us; of Both Hands.
Solicitors, canvassers and others
whose business requires that they
should be out in all kinds of weather
are sorely handicapped when they are j
compelled to give up the use of one
hand to carry an umbrella. Jn order
to meet this demand the umbrella support
shown has been devised. In this
apparatus the umbrella is held with
two sticks instead of one, and these j
UMBRELLA B0CKLED TO THE BOD?.
are conveniently placed for fasten- |
ing the extended umbrella to the body t
and holding it over the head. This |
framework is stranned around the I
waist and also supported at the shoul- j
dor, but the harness is not at all ob- I
trusive, aud could be worn by women j
as well as men. It is also suggested ;
as a valuable thing for a bicycle tourist
as a protection against the sun.
A HOUSEWIFE'S HELP, j
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New Style of a Kitcliea Cabinet.
The inventors of the kitchen cabinets
appear to have been particularly active
lately, the patent office having announced
several new wrinkles in this
line in the past two months. Each
purports to be an improvement over all
those that preceded it, so it would seem
that the acme of perfection should
well nigh be reached."
An Indiana man. however, appears i
THE NEW KITCHEN CABINET. ,
[ to have struck upon a most happy idea
I with the cabinet. This is herewith il- '
Iustrated. With a combination of i
drawers and sliding ledges, with re- !
ceptacles tor the various ingredients
used in the kitchen, and racks and ! '
| hooks for the utensils needed by the '
[ cook, it would seem that nothing is left | J
to bo desired. A feature of the cabi- i
net is the swinging arrangement Dy j
which space is economized.
lSlazinsr a Trail. [ j
The ignorauce of many people about j ,
the habits and capacities of the blind j ]
is illustrated by a question which a 1 j
uiau once asked Helen Keller. Al* ' |
though he was a scholar and man of I ]
hitters, he wanted to know if she en- j j
joyed painting! A bright boy, who |
was a pupil in one or iuo earnest m- | j
stitutions l'ur the blind, says Fanny , 1
Crosby in her "Life Story," was vastly | ]
borod by the fooiisli questions asked : <
by visitors whom he had to escort !
about the school.
The climax was reached when he
took them to the dining hall. I
"Dear me!" exclaimed th<> wonder- <
ing dame. "How do you blind folks j '
ever manage to see the way to your j <
mouths?" ; 1
"Well, ma'am." replied the boy j 1
solemnly. "ea?h of us hitches one end I '
of a string to his tongue and the other j 1
to the leg of his chair. By following ; j
that he manages to prevent the vie- : 3
tuals losing their way." J '
Hotter Than :i IJurro,
Prospecting by automobile i.> the
latest novel idea in the Centennial I
Stale. Two Colorado mining men, B. J
F. Kelly and Smith McKay, left Den- (
vcr recently in an auto for a prospect- '
ing tour through Colorado. Arizona and '
New Mexico. 'J'hey carried a regular 1
camping ontlit and provisions for Ihe
first week out. It was their intention '
to be g:>::e about six months. | %
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Sl*?<l Whl'llt Tt?M hr
Ti'sts mailt- ;it Ujc Ohio Experiment j
Station demonstrated that !i\'e porks
of wheat oil rich bottom land produced
thirty-four l?i;.>hols. Seven p<vJ<s of ^
soed wheal produced !l:ir?y-scven bush- 't
els. The experiments were tried three r
years, and the seven pecks continued c
to make tl)? jjvealcr uuaulitl* of wlieat a
fSSfe?
The English statute mile was tirst
Jefined in the tbirty-tifth year of
Ljuoeu Elizabeth. Before that time it
ivas put do?.'n at five thousand feet.
The consistory of Lauterbrunnen
Switzerland, has made the announcement
that the old custom of smoking
u church will no longer be tolerated.
The Austrian Emperor is the greatest j
3f royal sportsmen. Between 185(5 and
1S97 he killed 1243 deer and 730
chamois, besides thousands of head of
ather game.
An iron cable.which is claimed (o be
the largest in the world, has been
finished at Lebanon. Pa. It is more
than a mile long, and each link weighs
ninety-three pounds.
The fence about the Fort Belknap i
Indian reservation in Montana, which J
is forty miles wide and sixty miles j
long, has been finished. It probably is ,
the longest fence in the world and has I
taken years in building. The plan is I
to protect the flocks of herds of the
Gros Ventres and Assiniboines from
infrneirtii ns trr>ll fn kfpn thfMll from
straying.
A pianist has to cultivate the eye
60 as to see fifteen hundred signs in
one minute, the fingers to make two
thousand movemeuts, and the brain to
understand all these signs, as well as |
direct all these movements. In play- |
ing Weber's "Moto Perpetuo" a pianist i
has to read 4541 notes in less than four
minutes, or about nineteen a second,
but the eye can recieve only about ten
consecutive impressions a second. So
that in quick music it seems that a j
player does not see every note singly,
but in group.?, probably a bar or more
at one view.
THE DEATH SENTENCE IN ENGLAND j
How They Made It Act a* a Deterrent in
the Good Old Days.
The present agitation in England to
abolish the pronouncing of the death
sentence in cases where it is patent
that capital punishment will not follow
will probably meet with the approval
of most people who desire that the
law should lose nothing of its dignity
and at the same time have nothing of
unnecessary horror added. The Lord j
Chancellor pleads for the retention of
the form, saying that the passing of the
death sentence will act as a deterrent.
James I. juggled with death sentences
in this manner and got himself rather !
badly disliked for it. Over the plot in !
which Raleigh, Cobhara, Grey and oth- I
ers were implicated he had the less '
puissant ones put to death and very
"bloodily handled." Cobham's brother
was beheaded ;iike a gentleman." The
Bishop of Chichester, with the blood
of the latter still upon him. went then
T /%* /! Pnhhnm Wim flio Riuhnn
L\J UVI.U VVUUULU. iA i l_Ai CUV v<*
horted to confession. Other Relates !
were similarly engaged with Sir Wal j
ter Raleigb and Lord Grey. Meantime i
Markham, another of the conspirators, |
had been placed upon the scaffold and j
was about to bow his head to the axe j
when the Sheriff was called away |
by 4 Scotch hireling, and the prisoner j
left to contemplate the axe for an hour
Then he was led away and told to prepare
for death at the eud of two hours.
Grey's turn was next. He prayed half
an hour before the block, then raised j
himself to die?and was led away, the .
King sending word that the order of j
execution had been changed. So forth j
cape Cobham, and having made his |
last declaration, prepared to take fare- j
well of the world, when the Sheriff !
stayed the execution, and brought
forth Markham and Grey?all three
thinking that the other two had been
executed. They were told, after hav j
ing suffered the agony of all but death 1
itself, that their lives would be spared. !
Raleigh's experience was similar. That j
was how they used to make death sen- i
tences act as a "deterrent" in the good :
old days. There would be danger for !
those who tried a repetition to-day.- J
St. James' Gazette. ;4.
The Good Reporter is Made. Not Born, j
No one with or without two aca- i
Jemic degrees and no experience could ;
write reports of things good enough J
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William Shakespeare wouid kuow
what to get or how to put it without
some training at reporting. To be
sure he might get better things and
r>ut them in immortal English, but his i
:opy would not "get by the desk." j
For this thing reporting is a business j
involving considerable specialized
knowledge, to be learned by experi j
nents and mistakes, like every other j
iob. and there's considerable toil and :
moil and drudgery at the bottom, just '
is there is at the bottom of any other !
jusiness or pursuit.?From the New j
Reporter, by Jesse Lynch Williams, iu i
Scribner's.
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He liobboil Himself.
A story which recalls Thomas In- j
joldsby's "Spectre of Tappington"
comes from the German town of Tub- ;
ngen. A certain jeweler of the town i
complained to the police that his house [
ivas burgled nearly every night and .
hat rhey had better do something j
ibout it. A detective was set to !
tvarch the shop, and a few nights j
ater he caaght the thief, who was the !
ieweler himself. He was a somuamjulist.
At All Events, .Site Won.
A preacher who went to a Kentucky
>arish where the parishioners bred
1U ITS 1*3, WilS U^M'U IU im uv im; i??j- i
>r.s of the congregation for Lucy <in?y. |
3e did so. They prayed thr?e Sundays !
or Lucy Grey. On the fourth he j
vas told he need not do it any more.
'Why." said the preacher, "is she j
lead?" ,*No." answered tire man, "she i
von the Deroy."?Kansas City ludc- :
>eudent.
CSimate of Alaskan Coa?t.
Tiie coast of Alaska, affected hy Ihe
rarin Japanese current, has a tein- ;
in?o fiii-ii ttiof rnrnh- t.illc ImUu- >7r?r<i
md that dues not v?r\ more tli.ui
weuty-fivo decrees. winter and sum- |
ner. The rain and snowfall is ox- j
essive here. In I8i>2-:)3 the snowfall i
,t Vald^s amounted tc liftr-sersu feeL J
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THEY SAVED THE BANK
Maryland Villagers Rai.<ed and
Drove Off a Robbar Gang-. , v|
The Quaker Settlement of Sandy Spring*
AHseiniilod at tlie Call of a Sccond
Paul Revere?Burglars Foiled.
Sandy- Springs. Md.?Five masked
and heavily armed men made a desperate
attempt to loot the vault of the
Sandy Springs Savings Bank at 1 a. m.
Their plans were carried out in true
Western style. After the first explosion,
which partly wrecked the big
steel vault, in which there was nearly
$200,000 in cash, a hastily organized
vigilance committee of citizens appeared
on the scene and the robbers
tied, covering their retreat by a fusillade
of revolver and rifle shots. The
vigilance committee replied with revolvers
and shot guns and the running
fight continued through the main
streets of the little town, and several
miles out iu the country, where the
desperadoes scattered aud escaped.
Within the past two years several
unsuccessful attempts have been made
to rob the savings bank. It is generally
known that the institution is
wealthy, and that large sums of money
are constantly kept on hand. Sandy
Springs is a Quaker settlement, afid the
farmers and even their hired hands are
thrifty. ,
Last week three strangers came to
rvi.f ,,r? of tl?o hoot- Imtol
ii/wti auu ^;uc u|i wuv vwi,
Tbey were plentifully supplied with
money and spent it freely, but for one
reason or another Sandy Springs was
not favorably impressed. It was noticed
that the strangers very frequently
had money changed in the savings
bank and that they seemed to be extremely
interested in the vaults and In
the architecture of the building. Last
Saturday they left town.
On the night of the attempt at rob* ?
bery, T. L. Thomas, the Secretary of
the bank", was walking toward hlg
home, about a mile outside of Sandy
Springs. He came across five men,
three of them carrying satchels, and
all of them masked, walking in the
direction of the bank.
The* mpn did Dot see Mr. Thomas.
and be immediately left the main road
and took a short cut back to the town,
where be hurried up and down the
street like a twentieth century Paul
Revere, arousing the citizens and urging
them to make for tbe savings bank
with all the heavy artillery they could
get together on such short notice. '
Sandy Springs is not a very big place,
ind it was not very long before scantily
clad men and boys, some of them
armed and some of them not, were burrylng
from their homes and making on
tbe run for tbe savings bank building.
But before any of them reached it
there wa? a terrific explosion which
shattered the windows of the houses .>
on Main street near the bank.
One of the excited vigilautes fired his
shotgun at long range and this started
a fusillade which lasted fully half an
hour. The five bank robbers replied
with rifles and revolvers as they retreated
toward the open country, and
the main street in the morning looked
as if it- had been cone over with a fur
row.
Not a citizen was even .touched by a
bullet, however, and the robbers were
uot hurt, either. At any rate, they got
away.
When the bank vault was examined,
it was found that a charge of. nitroglycerine
had been inserted in holes
drilled around the lock. The door wax
partly wrecked, but the hinges and
lock held, and before the burglars had
time to fire a second charge, the vigilance
committee arrived on the scene.
Sandy Springs, which, in addition to
being a Quaker settlement, is operated
on the community of interest plan, was
made the subject of a lengthy report
by the Bureau of Labor several years
ago. It was pointed out as a model
settlement of its kind. The Friends in
Sandy Springs treat their laborers well,
provide them with homes, pa^ them1
well, and see that they save a fair proportion
of their wages.
OLD RANGE FIGHT BREAKS OUT.
Cowboys Burn a Sheep Herders' Camp
and Kill 3000 Sheep.
Laramie, Wyo.?A clash between the
cattlemen and sheepmen took place
thirty miles south of here, in which the
cowboys succeeded in capturing fifteen
sheep herders and killing 3000 head of
sheep. The captured herders were tied
? ,> tMoa a-hnn? hipv remained all night.
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Their camp and equipment were
burned.
The trouble is the old one of the
range, the passage of a large band of
sheep, killing the grass, and the cat
tlemen demand that no sheep he per?
mitted to graze on the range. Furthef
trouble is expected, as the sheepmen
say that they will refuse to be run out.
All parties are armed. '
General's Daughter a Suicide.
"There will be no 'e-niorrow this
time," said Edith Sutherland, thirtytwo
years old, to her mother, who
found her in her room r.t their home in
Washington. D. C.. suffering from an
overdose of Iaudauum, self administered.
The young woman died early '
next morning. Miss Sutherland was
the dauguier of the late General Sutherland,
Surgeon-General of the army.
She had been ill for a long time.
British Steamer Ashore.
The British steamship Craikneuk,
from Malanzas witu 4UUU tons ot ?ugar,
ran ashore in a storui on Brigan*
tine Shoals.
New Constitution in Colombia.
The Constitutional Assembly, of Colombia,
has approved the new constitution,
giving tin* President a term
of six years instead of tour, as pre?
viously. Beginning in May 11)05, the
Republic will be divided into thirteen
States.
Killed in Railroad Wreck.
In a wreck on the Norfolk and West,
eru Railroad at Hayesville, 0., one
passenger was killed and live wer*
bady injured.
Education Brevities.
Th.? rnninipucemeut address; at the
University of tbe South. Sewanee,
Tenn., June 13, wili be made by th?
German Ambassador, Baron Von
Sternberg.
A portrait of Dr. Charles W. Bennett)
the tirst professor o:' bis tor r ia Syracuse
University, was recently uu veiled
in tbe ball of tbe lIislorir.il Associatio?
of tbe university.
Professor Birxter, ot tbe Frcncb do
partment of Amherst College, bai
been obliged to give up bis studies and
return to bis homa in Italy because ol
tbe serious iliuess of bis father.
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