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r . GUESS IXG SOXG, We are very, very many, and although small we be. With our numbers we are able to cont: the mighty sea. You nmy tread on us at pleasure, but ' member, as you go, , That we keep a faithful record of yc passing to and fro. ^ So, if you are bent on mischief, kindly some other way; Let us have no guilty secrets to conceal to betray; For it pleases us far better when we shs your lawful sports And you .pile us up and shape us ic v monuments and forts. Answer?The sands of the seashore. ?Henry Johnstone, St. Nicholas, | A LECTURE, fi naBBSCb^ | ^gauguoi* tIBMRQBEOl 8 Greece Described to tlie ? Inhabitants of Walla g Walla. SD BBKBBES3 K39BM WSWHB ***" The man who had been everythii but a barber .and a policeman w narrating things. "When I first struck Walla Wall back In the autumn of 'S6," he sai I found that town a whole he* more prosperous than I was. Aft I'd been there for a couple of week with nothing doing, I began to r fleet that if something didn't happ* pretty soon I'd find myself bogged < vagged or something. "In a moment of confidential gloo I imparted my tale of woe to tl landlord of my hotel, with whom happened to be all square-yards, f< the reason that I'd had the presciem and foresight to pay my board wil my last kale two weeks in advan< upon hitting the town. " 'Now you needn't be surprised whole lot,' I told the good naturs landlord, 'if I stick your night cler up one of these nights and take to tt r -chaparral with whatever small chanf he happens to have in the till. I': all in, and I don't see anybody J Walla Walla making feather bee \ ' from the moldings of the ange around here. How about a bell hop billet, if you expect me to remai honest, or a berth as head bootblac of your doggoned old tavern?' "It was at this stage of it that thi whole souled innkeeper of Wali Walla 'got busy in framing up .scheme in my behest and behalf. k " 'Never done no lecturin', ha^ you, buddy?' he asked me. I "Seeing that he was taking an ii lerest in me, I thought that I migl as well be on the level with him, an so I told him, candidly, that, cur ously enough, I had never been ei gaged in the lecture field. " 'Well, that ain't sayin' that yo couldn't spin 'em a talk, s'posin' tb chanst swung your way,' suggeste thg landlord. 'Now, I've got tucke away in the cellar a lot o' lanter slides?picters o' Greece, ancient ai modern, is what they're labelledthat was left here a couple o' yeai ago by a lecturin' son of a skunk th? never got sober 'nough th' hull tim he was in an' around Walla Walla onreel his talk, although he adve; tised his lecture four or five time never puuiu n on. ne was pium loco from booze all th' time he wer here, and he disapp'inted th' popi ) latlon so often, after promisin' d'liver his lecture, that the las' tim he falls down on 'em they gits t'getl er an* runs him out o' camp, an' h never streaks back no more. Conss quent, I'm th' heir an' assign foreve o* these yere slides o' his'n that poi tray all what is 'bout ancient an modern Greece. Now, there's you tip, hombrey, and you can work th rest of it out f'r y'rself. You're we - come t' use them slides if you war to, an* I'll guarantee you'll draw ' houseful with 'em, and that the boj '11 behave; they'll have to, 'caus they'll be ladies present. I'll see ths everybody in Walla Walla what ..broke t' lectures '11 be on hand.' "I suppose maybe there wasn manna in that kindly suggestion, thanked the landlord, and he had th bunch of slides brought up from th cellar and dusted off. "He not only had the slides, but h had the recreant lecturer's magic lai tern and all the vest of the gear, a ready to be set up and put togethe for the lecture. I looked fhe slide over and found that they were a corl ing fine lot of views. 4' T crrxt q nrnnortv frrtm +Vi new Walla Walla op'rey haouse wh knew all about magic lantern gear t assemble the stuff and try it 01 Against a screen in the hotel dinin room after the supper had b6e cleared away, and it all worked o tallowed skids. "Then with the landlord backin me up I rented the op'rey haouse fc the following Saturday .evening? was then Tuesday?and inserted a on tick ad. in the newspaper to tb effect that Euripides Aristophane Athenesius, the famous traveler an professor of the University of Athen would deliver his noted lecture on ai cient and modern Grecfe at the oper house on the following Saturday ev< ning, with the finest set of views i lustrative of his subject that ha ever been got together. "The landlord, who was conside: able of a citizen in Wrflla Walla, g( busy plugging for me, and when tb tickets were put on sale at the dru store they went like hot waffles net a city cab stand. The lantern we set up and the slides were thrown o the screen in a rotation rehearsa -and Saturday morning it occurred 1 me that it wouldn't be such a ba Idea for me to think up something 1 say to go with the pictures. "I had never been any nearer 1 <Jreece than Sandy Hook, but I wasn bothered much by that consideratio: I didn't stand in much fear that tt Walla Walla folks would be stickle] for the exact figures as to anciei and modern Greece. "And, as a matter of fact, the wern't. The lecture I gave them wj ill rifht anrl it wont- thmiiCTh wirVi clatter. I spread it on pretty thic about the conquering hosts of Ale: ander of Macedon, and I let ihei have plenty of 'The Isles of Greec the Isles of Greece, where burnii; Sappho loved and sung"?in fact, think I handed them that quotatio / no less than nineteen times duriri the lecture, just to fill in the desg: % II I TT ?I 1 ' ~ spac?3. Sappho was always ,a great 1 favorite of mine, anyhow. , so "I mentioned, too, quit.e a number 1 . of times, how the mountain looked on , ro Marathon and Marathon looked on J 'the sea, and I lugged in Aspasia and re- her friend Pericles, and did the best I knew to whitewash the little uncon- < 'ur ventionalities of those two. I de- < voted a few moments to Diogenes, as ' go well as Socrates, and I kind o' puz- s zled them and aroused their admiraor tion by dwelling upon t;he Peripatetic ' School of Philosophy ? they didn't i ire know what I was talking about, and i when a lecturer gets an audience- in a ] lt0 state of mind like that their enthu- I siasm for him increases with each : ] tick of the chronometer. r i "After it was over I counted up i the gate receipts and found that there ] was $130 left for me after paying ex- j i penses. I went back to the hotel in a fever and fervor of exultatioD. A '2 squat, well dressed, curly haired man, 8 with a swarthy skin and a thick | black mustache, was talking with the 1 landlord when I strolled into the ho? tel office. The stranger turned and smiled a very agreeable smile when 1? he saw me. as ?< friend,' he said to me, holding out his hand, 'I congratulate you.. I listened to your lecture. It was'? and as he was a foreigner he halted lp for a word?'immense. When I reer turn to my own country I am going s' to give an illustrated lecture on Tie" bet.' m " 'Oh, you've been in Tibet, then?' 3r I said to him. " 'Oh, no,' he replied, still smiling m that engaging smile. 'That's why le I'm going to lecture on it.' 1 "That squat man was a sure enough >r green tourist and scholar who had :e just happened to drop into Walla b Walla in time to. hear me lecture :e about Greece. The memory of his j saturnine grin is a nightmare to me j a yet."?Washington Star. !d k CURE FOR SNAKE BITE. ie >e How Ranchman Treated a Wound m When Far From a Settlement. In Is Bitten by a rattlesnake in the calf ls of the right leg in the Santa Ana >s Mountains last Saturday, John Mcin Cornick, a rancher of Grapeland, ,]? saved his life by making an incision with his pocket knife and inserting a piece of the reptile's flesh in the [a wound. He bandaged It tightly and j a walked seven hours before he reached ; his ranch, where he could receive j Tq medical treatment. Dr. Summer J. \ Quint was called from Los Angeles to i j_ attend McCornick. When he arrived he found that his patient was sufferd ing from a slight poisoning. He dej. Clares that McCornick saved his life ( 2. by his own treatment. ^ McCornick was hunting through t ,u scrub oak when he felt a peculiar 'j ie sting in his leg. He. looked down c ld and saw the snake dragging on the j l(j ground as he walked. Its fangs had f Q become fastened in his leggings and it was unable to withdraw them. ] _ With the butt of his gun McCor- c .s nick knocked the snake off and then -v lt crushed its head with his heel. As e ie quickly as possible he ran into the open and carried the snake with'him. f r_ When he bared his leg he squeezed t s all the blood he could out of the two B ^ punctures which the fangs had made, t .e I*hen he opened a gash, cutting j j. through the two wounds and letting t t- out the blood and poison. He cut a e a piece of flesh out of the snake's back and inserted It in the wound. e McCornick used his handerchief for j_ bandages and then tied his leg again ,'r just* above the knee to stop the poison from working through his syad" tern. ir McCornick was miles from any sete tlement where he could secure medij_ cal attendance, so he started back to lt Grapeland. His leg pulsated with a pain and he soon became deathly sick. .g In his weakened Condition he was ,e compelled to rest on the road time and again. When he finally reached ,g home he was almost exhausted and his leg was dreadfully, swollen and t almost black. j McCornick says that his treatment i _ 0 was famous among the Indians for I t e J v- 1 1 ? | g siiukc uites auu lie ua& nuunuj ui a 1 number of instances where its appli ! cation has saved lives.'?Los Angeles y Times. \ s H : I Moose That Drink at a Pump. t James Tibbetts, of the Neck Road, j I Benton, has been entertaining strange i u company for several days. Early last j o ie week Mr. Tibbetts went to the barn | a 0 and turned out his stock. When he | t 0 stepped into the barnyard a few min- j f lt utes later to start the water at the j c g pump he was surprised to find a bull j f n and a cow moose, apparently waiting t n for water. Mr. Tibbetts went directly } f to the pump and began raising water | f ? for the stock. As the water poured ! v ? from the spot into the big trough ! b jt among the first of the animals to | v n reach it were the strangers. Each j r ie moose drank its quantity and then c ;s slowly walked past the farmer to a p j low place in the fence, where each c g vaulted over and struck off across | v ^ the field in the direction of the woods. 't >a :Every morning since the creatures ft 3_ have appeared in the barnyard when j. Mr. Tibbetts'has turned on the water. . The strange nart rtf the affair lipc in a * ? " ? - ? ? the fact that the farm is well watered v r_ by three email brooks, which keep 1 )t running all winter, and the Sebasti- ! e ie cook River is but a few hundred s g vards away. It is possible the crea- ti ir tures have discovered something in w ls the brooks and in the river which sets n in their taste going in another direc- w j tion, for they are watering regularly d !q' at the Tibbettts pump. The moose 3 have n.f^er bothered the cows or ti>e n 0 oxen of the Tibbett herd and the lat- d tci n ci v c cuu* paiu aJJ* ? u 0 attention to the presence of the ! s t strangers.?Kennebec Journal. fi a. ~ s Reducing Weight. e -s Race Horse Owner?"William, you : P are too heavy. Can't you take some- u thing oil".'" ,y Jockey?"I'm wearing my lightest ls suit, and haven't tasted food all day " f Owner?"Then, for goodness sake, p ]; go and get shaved."?Tit-Bits, s <- = m Condensed milk imports in Japan t e are increasing enormously, rising p [g from a value of $320,000 in 1901 to I $1,031,000 in 1907. The United ,n States supplies flfty-eigrt per cent., : ig Great Britain Iweuty-flvi per cent, e rt and Switzerland thiriy-one oer cent. t! \ I AMERICA'S 200,000 , ? 5 TRAP SHOOTERS J 0 DS??O9SeOOOC*??0? ? In no other country has the sport of trap shooting attained the degree of popularity that it enjoys to-day in the United States. It is practiced to some eitent in England and the annual winter,^tournament at Morte Carlo, in which the titled trap shots of Europe participate,' of course enjoys a world-wide reputation as a leading fixture 'n competitions with the shotgun. The Monte Carlo tournament, however, .is what is known among sportsmen as a "live bird" event ? that is, the shooting is at pigeons, released from ground traps on signal, and the hirds, as they soar swiftly in the air and take rapid flight in varying directions, tax the skill of ' n tmorl-cmon f a q t\m*n + fh 9 f m q Vdc a. perfect score in a twenty-five or fifty bird contest an accomplishment rarely achieved. In the United States, however, public sentiment has prohibited by law the shooting of pigeons from traps, and, while it is still permissible in a few States, it is practiced to but little extent. As a substitute for the pigeon the irtificial or "Blue Rock" target has :ome into vogue, and the saucersh^per projectiles, formed of pitch :ar and thrown from spring traps at ibout the flight that a covey of quail would take when flushed, test the ?kill of the shooter to almost as great i degree. It is estimated that there are, in :he United States and Canada, approximately 200,000 trap shooters, ind this number is being increased apidly from year to year. The majority of these are members of organized gun clubs which own or lease :heir shooting grounds, and which lold club shoots regularly from March to December of each year. As ;ach of these shooters owns one or nore shotguns, and fires from 300 to J500 shots a season, each shot being ired at a target thrown from a trap, t can readily be understood that they ire no mean factors on the prosperity >? the gun and ammunition trade of he country. The fact that a single nanufacturer of targets last year 'urnished 21,000,000 targets to the jun clubs and sportsmen's** supply lealers of the country will give some dea of the extent to which the sport s indulged in.?Success. How Fashions Originate. By LOUISE CASS EVANS. While doubtless that first modifi:ation of the merely useful garb vhich we call fashion was induced by he instinctive feminine desire to ilease the male eye, rivalry with her >wn sex has subordinated this aim. severely plain head covering is useul; when the fair wearer put a feathsr in her hat she surely won mascuine approval?for there was the lecorative touch. But when other vomen, dominated by an ambition to ixcel, used the whole bird and sev !ral strange feathers beside,' the or* ginal aim of pleasing the masculine >ye was lost In a bitter strife to go i gorgeous sister "one better/' Then he contest -was on?a contest that ias brought to an astonished and/not itterly inartistic world such exhibits is the-hoopskirt, the puffed sleeves, he Merry Widow hat and the ipuch:onstricting corset. Indeed, in the naking of women's fashions enter >very motive that has ever impelled eminlnity?and the greatest of these s Rivalry. This is merely one writes opinion, but it has the philosophy >f human nature to strengthen the heory. In these -latter days of combinaions and industrial aggregations it ie nteresting to note that fashion has ollowed the current of the times. i\or were one fashion to run through wo seasons, what would the makers *.wuiaci pi uui> . Ji >vu* hirds of the ses would surely wear he same garb till it was "called In" ?for be it said, the "better half" oi he world does not spend good money pith pronounced ocular results. So we have the yearly or semiearly change of fashion. From some trange quarter of Paris or Vienna or ..ondon comes annually the news of he "proper thing." The Queen of England, perhaps, has designedly or inwittingly put a plum-colored belt n with a dark-blue riding habit, nd, presto! the wires carry the news o the world's fashion centres, the acile fashion artists devise a costly ombination of this "the latest," the ashion magazines bear the tidings to he waiting feminine world. A neW ashion has sprung into existence, the ashion dictators reap a financial re rard, the dressmakers add to their iank account, the world of women /earing plum-colored belts and blue iding habits add to their spiritual ontentment?and maybe the surprised Queen of England, who hag hanged her belt, looks on in amused /onder."?From "Do Women Dress o Please th? Men?" in The Bohemian lagazine. Papuan Medicine Men's Method. Papuan medicine men are regarded .'ith great respect by the natives, 'hose I have met certainly seemed nergetic and hard working. They it close to the patient, massaging he seat of pain with much vigor, and rhile they are thus rubbing make a oise with their lips rather like that hich a groom makes when rubbing own a horse. The process is a tiring one, and the ledicine man stops at intervals to rink hot water in which taro has ecu uuiicu. nib uujcui 10 tu cau aul omp mvsierious foreign substance rom the sick man's body, and if he ucceeds in this he receives a fee, othrwise he gets nothing. "No cure, no ay," is apparently the Papuan's lotto.?Wide World Magazine. Hints to Fishermen. Always take a good supply o? peper with you. When sport is bad catter the pepper over the water and et ready to lasso the fish whenever hey come up to sneeze.?Philadelhia Inquirer. The Chinese Government has deided to increase the duty on cigarttes?a rapidly growing import of hat empire. -fi * I . ./v.-,;-: New York City.?Much of the popularity extended to the house coats ''made on such a plan as this one is ! due to the ease with which they can ! be made and to the comfort that they 1 provide. In the illustration eiderj down flannel is the material and the trimming is ribbon banding, but the Various lighter weight flannels are exceedingly beautiful this year and equally appropriate, while cashmere and henrietta cloth qnd fabrics of similar weight aretpreferred by many ' women; and the design suits them all equally well. Again, if something still less expensive is'wanted the pretty flannelettes and cotton crepes may well be suggested as being especially well adapted to the purpose. If the "i closing of buttons with loops Is not liked the fronts can be finished with hems and tfcte closing be made with i buttons and buttonholes while the lower edge and the collar and the sleeves are finished in any way that may be liked. The coat is made with fronts, backs < and under-arm gores and is finished i aj the neck edge with a roll-over col- 1 lar. The sleeves are in two portions each. The quantity of materia! required ' for the medium size is three and a 1 half yards twenty-four or twenty- ' seven, two yards forty-four or one and three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide with four and a half yards of ribbon. New Overwaist. There is a new Directoire overwaist made of black taffeta. The waist has a deep shirred girdle and crushed bretelles, which catch to the girdle at the front with cut steel cabochons. The sash is draped and caught to the middle of the back, from where it falls in long straight ends. Use Shawl Collar. A shawl collar of black satin ending in cravat ends could finish the neck. To it might be added a narrow turnback collar of mauve^cloth, the lining of ecru organdie printed with orchids in natural colorings. This coat could be worn at a church wedding over a black net frock. Embossed Satin Vests. If vnn want tn nrpnare a stimnilie ! accessory for your next winter's coat suit, pick up a bright green or rose pink or bright blue embossed satin. *3nke a waistcoat of it in skeleton shape, using China silk or white muslin for the back and under-arm pieces. Cut it very long and fasten single breasted with gilt buttons. Fashion for Pearl Earrings. ( It is interesting that the style in nrrings has not changed. It is as pronounced as ever. The large baroque pearls are worn against the j ear, and all manner of semi-precious ] stones are worn in pear-shaped drops < that tall half way down the neck. A ?1 ?- 11 i in i ??m?mmm?j?rm iion^ I New Dress Fabrics. Sti Of the seasonable dressy fabrics J?1 crepe de chines and Ninon, thin Ra- * jahs, meteors, Liberty silks and tulle ?which, by the way, is now the mod- 0 ish name for all sorts of nets?com- agl prise the list of lovely fabrics made up into afternoon costumes, only in- cei eluding, however, the ultra smart ones, of course. ? ?? Pr Potato Sack Skirt. * ^ The potato sack skirt is the name jn^ of a new directoire skirt that will no mI doubt prove taking because of its g^j novelty. It is a skirt cut straight up i and down, seamed at the sides and g^j terminating in the back in a curious ^ little square train. No one knows how me wn.1V <r\ ona oa WUUIOU ax C LU rraixv. XU OUVU aatt W) uw it cuts across the knees and also the a . ankles, but no doubt they will find a tb( . the ifla Blue Popular. in - In spite of Its long continued reign the in popular favor the forecast of co!- inf ors shows that blue is in the lead. hU The greenish blues and the bluish , greens will be very fashionable. Pea- fol cock blues, some light shades and ^ some deep, are most attractive. And on, then come the oloudy oiues, the gray- (n? ish -fclues and slaty blues, blues with for a suggestion of lavender and those of a T the electric hue. The Gobelin blues ^ are liked and the old navy is never . taken from the list. - ^ . ' so Tacked Blouse or Shirt Waist. The plain, tailored shirt waist is the ing one which is sure to be in demand the just now. It suits the lato Bummer ' the season admirably well, and It always tag is well liked for between seasons' wear and the early fall. This one is 3ta quite novel, the tucks being arranged bia to give an effect of wide box pleats in ^ - - -?? ? X-1 - ? ?141% <? />?<a# r?o ww/xttr _ _ . comumauuil W1LI1 ?IUUJLID ui uai iun pQ] tucks, and Is adapted to all season- the * ' me ^ ba: Mi 861 || th< ;; a . 9 ev< mi : op: ible waistings. It is just as appro- ?te priate for silk and for wash flannel Ha and the like as it Is for linen, madras . ing and many inexpensive wash fabrics, all It can be made with a collar to match we ~o-r.^ U la PVf 3T Worn Willi a. sepaiaic uuc, tfiiva iv ? - - altogether to be commended both for the odd waist and for the shirt waist gown. ] The waist is made with a lining, eas which can be used or omitted as ^e< liked, and consists of fronts and back ?Esi There is a wide box pleat at the cen- flaf tre front, and thctucks are arranged me in groups that are turned some in- str ward, some outward to give a boa , ' pleat effect at the centre back and at the sacn side of ^ fr^ The sleeves n0^ are of the regulation sort finished . with straight cuffs. | s The quantity of material required , for the medium size is three and a half yards twenty-four, three and a ?ie quarter yp.rds thirty-two or two and lin< i half yards forty-four inches wide. qui tra )' V ; ELK HEADS FOR LION SKINS. izure? Made in the West to Stop Illegal Killings. Deputy State Game and Fish Comssioner H. I. Pritchard seized six c heads yesterdar on the ground it they tiad been shipped into the ite illegally. Three of them were md at the Salt Lake freight stan and three in the possessi'on of E. Colburn, a taxidermist of this y. The heads were placed in store. The heads were those of elk reltly killed and came from the State Wyoming, where they had been Dt, it is asserted, by, two brothers. Itchard refuses to make public the mes of the brothers until an invesation by D. C. Nowlan, the Wyom; State Game Commissioner, deternes whether they, were unlawfully ipped from that State. The Federal law governing the pping of elk heads and known as 5 Lacy act provides that a specim head cannot be shipped out of ite where the elk is killed without tag. This tag must be affixed to i horns of the elk by a justice of > peace after the hunter has made davit that he has killed the animal conformity with the game laws of i State. Under the law of Wyom? only one elk is allowed to each nter. One ?f the ways hunters ha vet md to evade the law governing pments of elk heads is to send 3 head with a proper tag and hav; the tag mailed back and using it another head. It is unlawful for ailroad company to receive an elk id for shipment unless It is propertagged. The heads which were zed yesterday evidently had been tagged, as the mark of the tag re shows, bnt the tags were missf and Taxidermist Collmrn states *v werri taeless when hP received >m. The supposition is thai the ;b were removed in transit. Deputy Commissioner Pritphard tes that Mr. Colburn is entirely tmeless in receiving the heads; it they came to him after corresadence with the brothers, in which ;y agreed to send the heads in paynt for mounted puma skins. Colrn kept three of the heads and was iding back tho other three when sy were seized. No warrant has bepn( applied for the United States court, and it is question whether a warrant will m be asked for. Deputy Comssioner Pritchard has written to mmissioner Nowlan, In Wyoming, ling- him * of the circumstances of ding the six heads %ithout tags i asking him to make, an investiElon at the other end. It will dead upon the result of this investltion whether any arrests are made. Los Angeles Times. Mile Records on Land. For convenience In comparing seds made on land by various vehl? s as well as by horsea and men the lowing table of mile records has jn prepared by a writer in the Met* jolitan; Electric locomotive, 27 seconds, 03. n - ?? Aft J- 4AA<* AlUOmODlie, aecuuua, msjuo. Steam locomotive, 32 seconds, 93. Motor-paced cycle, 1 minute 6 1-6 :onds, 1904. " Bicycle, unpaced, 1 minute 49 2-5 :onds, 190i. Running horse, 1 minute 35% seeds, 1890. Pacing horse, 1- minute 55 seels, 1906. Trotting horse, 1 minute 58% seels, 1905. Man skating, 2 minutes 36 seconds, 96. Man running, 4 minutes' 12% seeds, 1887.1? Man walking, 6 minutes 23 seeds, 1890. It will be observed that the differce between the locomotive and the tomoL-ilo Is trifling. For 100 miles ) record of the steam locomotive is ich better than that of the auto, wever, both the electric locomotive 3 the auto may be expected to snow ther improvement, as their develment is Incomplete, while their am brother has attained about the lit. The horse racing and foot racf records added to the table were made in recent years. Evidently breed better and train better than ;r before. Red Flag Wavers. Emil Seidler and Ralph Schulman, it side youths, were each fined $10 :ently by Magistrate Cornell, in 3ex Market Court, for waving red ;s on Saturday night at a Socialist eting at Grand and Orchard eets. 'You mustn't wave red flags," said i Court. "The only time a red flag of any use and the only proper le to wave it is when it is necessary warn the engineer of a train that ;re is danger ahead. "You and the rest of your people ist stop waving the red flag. We this country won't stand for that t of thing. The Socialists ought leave the red flag alone. The red j is a relic of barbarism and only revolution. 'If I didn't think you two ignor; in regard to your crime I would id you both to the workhouse for months." Neither prisoner could r his fine.?New York World. Information. \ k well know novelist was touring ough Lancashire in order to learn nething of the lives of the inhabit;s, when he came upon an old man saking stones on the roadside, and, nking he might gain some knowlje from him, addressed him thus: f 'How far is it to Fleetwood, my n?" 'You'll se a milestone a bit farthon," was the gruff reply. 'What's the use, if I can't read?" d the novelist, eager to draw the man into a conversation. 'Then it'll just suit you, for there's vt on it," said the old fellow. Southern Pacific surveyors are at rk laying out lines for a sevene tunnel through the crest of tho rras, to relieve the main overland g of the stiff grades that now rere two engines to haul ordinarj ins. 4 I HANGED THREE_ BROTHERS Wouldn't Wait For Court, so Trial is Held at Once. Victims Were Ed, Marshall and Jim Stinebach, Negroes, Who Killed Deputy Sheriff Richard Burrass. { I . '<v Union City, Tenn. ? TIptonville, bordering on Reelfoot Lake, which recently has been the scene of many stirring incidents, witnessed the "le^ galized" lynching of thfree brothers who were arrested for murdering Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Burrus* and wounding John Hall, a deputy sheriff, last Saturday. The negroes lynched were brothers, Marshall, Edward and James Stineback. They created a disturbance at a religious meeting near Tiptonvillei on Saturday night. When Burrusa , or?/? XT nil 4 m n w Anri fVi a auu xiaix attcjuipicu axtcoi tucui mo negroes shot the officers and escaped. It was barely daylight on Sunday, morning before a posse of citizens from Tlptonvllle and surrounding towns were in pursuit of the negroes, but the trio eluded the pursuer* until morning, when they were surrounded . and captured in a swamp near Ridgely. The negroes, covered by a hundred guns, were quickly placed in jail at Tlptonvllle. When arrested they, had two guns, but were out of ammu- : nltion. The news of the capture spread rapidly, and in addition to the seyeral , hundred captors men began arriving / by every road. Soon the jail was surrounded by a mob, which had no hesitancy in threatening a lynching at . once in broad daylight., One of the few citizens to mount the steps of the jail and to appeal to ' the mob to desist was J. L. Burnette, a lawyer, who recalled the recent night rider outrages which disgraced the reglon. He begged his hearers to let the law take its course, promising that full Justice would be done' the three black men. This met with a long growl of disapproval, and Mr. Burnette, evidently seeing that his remarks were of no -avail, preaaea with the men, if they were, deter- \ mined to lynch the negroes, to wait . , until nightfall. As a last resort S. J. Caldwell and Sheriff JHaynes went before Justice Lee Davis and explained the situation. Justice Davis at once agreed to v > '1 open (court at 6 o'clock, "summon a Jury" and allow the negroes, after "all available evidence" was heard, ' ' t; to -be "duly sentenced to death." Meantime Governor Patterson was advised by telephone of the situation, and he ordered a company of militia to proceed from Union City with all haste to Tiptonville, seize the^ three negroes and conduct them to a place of safety. The troops started at once, but failed to arrive in .time to prevent the lynching. ! ?.? - KILLED BY FRIGHT AT MOUSE. -V New Jersey Girl Dies When Cat Brings in Trophy of the Chase. 'mm Florence, N. J.?-Miss Mary Labella Mead died suddenly from fright at the sight of a mouse. She arose from the piano and went Into the kitchen. The cat was bringing in a mouse. . Miss Mead shrieked, "Don't bring that mouse in here!" and leaned over to draw her*skirts closer about her. Suddenly she straightened up and told her mother that she felt a pain In her heart. In less than a minute she was dead. The attending physician said the girl had.succumbed to valvular heart v trouble, her death being hastened by fright. . . >r? > "SPIRIT FRUIT" HEAD DIES. Formality of Marriage Said to Be Dispensed With?-Followers Prosper. Chicago. ? "Father Jacob" Beilhart, known as the head of the "Spirit Fruit" movement at Wooster Lake, and the founder of half a dozen colonies over the country, where it is said the formality of a marriage serviaeis dispensed with, died at the colony at the lake. It is called "Spirit Fruit l Farm," and has twelve inmates. The colony owns 300 acres of well tilled land. His death followed an operation for appendicitis. > * iJ CARNEGIE TO BE CALLED Tn Tell Wars and Means Committee His Views on the Tariff. Washington, D. C.?It is tae inten- ' j tlon of the Ways and Means Committee to summon Andrew Carnegie to give his views on the tariff. i The committee was moved to tak? j action, it is said, by Mr. Carnegie's magazine article favoring the abandonment of the protective principle in its application to the steel industry. High protectionist members of the committee will be in a mood to give the Laird of Sklbo a hazing. ' ? j J. D. Rockefeller Promises $150,000. | At the Texas Baptist General Con, vention in Fort Worth 310,000 of the i necessary $300,000 was raised in an 1 ?>? T>?n+faf coiiltaplnm in UUUi" lUi lug umu.vm. ?._ Dallas. C. C. Slaughter, of Dallas, contributed $50,000. It Is announced j tHat John D. Rockefeller has promised to contribute the remaining | $150,000. ' i Heavy Fine For Jap Poachers. Judge Reed, of Alaska, has fined the members of the crew of the Japanese sealer Kinsai Maru $35,400 for seal poaching, or $300 for every man convicted. The Japanese will appeal. i "Letter Telegrams" Newest Tilings. ? The Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs has supplemented the special letter delivery system in France with what are termed "letter telegrams." Letters may be telegraphed between two points in France at night at a cost : of one-fifth of a cent a word, to be delivered the next morning. Prohibition Upheld in Oklahoma. ^ Oklahoma's prohibition law was declared constitutional by the State ! Supreme Court. .Newsy Gleanings. j The first American Catholic Mis* j sionary Congress convened in Chi* cago. i Plans for the ter-centennlal anni-| versa'ry of the discovery of Lake j Champlain were made public at Burj lington, Vt. The Tribuna, a Government organ j at Pome, Italy, demanded that the I engagement of the Duke of the i Abruzzi and Miss Elkins be either j confirmed or denied. Count Hulsen-Haseler, chief of the German Military Cabinet, died in the presence of Emperor William at Do' naueschlngen. i