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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:
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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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