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BACKACHE
A SIGNAL
0" DISTRESS
Pain In the back Is
the kldnf'a signal
ofdistrr ? If this
timely warning Is ig
nored.there Is grave
dariper of dropsy,
gravel, uric poison
ing, or Brlght's dis
ease.
When you have
reason to suspect
your kidneys, use
a special kidney
medicine.
Doan'a Kidney
Pills relieve -weak,
congested kidneys
cure backache?
regulate the urine.
Good proof in the
following state
ment.
CONVINCING
TESTIMONY
Louis Johnson, Main St., Carrollton,
Ky.. says: "My whole body was bloated
from kidney trouble and I was In bed
four months, hardly able to move. The
kidney secretions were scanty and pain
ful. Four doctors failed to help me and
I was In despair. Finally I used Doan'B
Kidney Pills and they made me well.
My trouble has never returned."
Gat Doan's at Any Drug Store, 50c Box
DOAN'S kJ?lnl!y
FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. Buffalo,New York
Might may overcome right, but it
can never destroy it.
Mr*. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces intlamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Adv.
The principal difference between a
cur dog and a thoroughbred Is that
the cur can pick up his own living.
Regular practicing physicians recommend
end prescribe 0XID1NE for Malaria, be
cause it is a proven remedy by years of ex
perience. Keep a bottle in the medicine
chest and administer at first sign of Chills
and Fever. Adv.
Literal.
"My good woman, do you scrub
with avidity?"
"No'm; with soap."
For SUMMER HEADACHES
Hicks* CAPUDINE Is the best remedy
no matter what causes them?whether
from the heat, sitting In draughts, fever
ish condition, etc. 10c., 25c and 50o per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
One occasionally meets a man who
gives a direct answer In reply to a !
simple question. But most bf them :
want to make a speech.
A Rreat majority of summer ills are
due to Malaria in suppressed form. Las
situde and headaches are but two symp
toms. OXIDINE eradicates the Malaria
germ and tones up the entire system. Adv.
Appointed Day of Judgment.
A horse dealer In an English town
had lent a horse to a solicitor, who
killed the animal through bad usage, j
The dealer insisted on payment, and |
the lawyer, refusing cash, said he j
would give a bill for the amount, but
it must be at a long date. The law- i
yer drew a promissory note, making j
it payable on the day of judgment.
An action was raised, and the lawyer
asked the sheriff to look at the bill.
Having done so, the sheriff replied:
"This is the day of judgment. I decree
you pay tomorrow."
Nothing More to Live For.
' *- tl iV ~
WllQOUi yuesuuii, tut) owu vuuu
of whom Lord Lyveden tells In Fry's
Magazine, placed the proper value on
his sport.
During a recent curling-match in
Switzerland, the skip of one of the
teams, who happened to be a Scots
man, was so delighted with the accu
rate shot of one of his team, that he
was heard to address him in the fol- i
lowing manner: "Lie down and dee,
mon; lie down and dee. Ye'll never
lay a finer stane nor that if ye live to
be a hundred."
SMILING MARTYRDOM.
^ *<? ?;?-J
Although the Iceman brings to you
A lump exceedingly small,
You don't complain, for if you do
He may not come at alL
HARD TO SEE.
Even When the Facts About Coffee
are Plain.
It is curious how people will refuse
to believe what one can clearly see.
Tell the average man or woman that i
the slow but cumulative poisonous
effect of caffeine?the alkaloid in tea
and coffee?tends to weaken the heart,
upset the nervous system and cause
Indigestion, and they may laugh at
you if they don't know the facts.
Prove it by science or by practical
r?r? Bf*?n i Inn 4r? tho ro^ATTorv af I
UCUiViiOki uiiuu lu. tuo Vi vwi i
fee drinkers from the above condl- !
tlons, and a large per cent of the hu* i
man family will shrug their shoulders,
take some drugs and?keep on drink
ing coffee or tea.
"Coffee never agreed with me nor
with several members of our house- :
hold," writes a lady. "It enervates,
depresses and creates a feeling of
languor and heaviness. It was only
by leaving ofT coffee and using Postum !
that we discovered the cause and way i
out of these ills.
"The only reason, I am sure, why
Postum is not used altogether to the
exclusion of ordinary coffee is, many
persons do not know and do not seem
willing to learn the facts and how to
prepare this nutritious beverage.
There's only one way?according to
directions?boil it fully 15 minutes.
Then it is delicious." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little book, "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever rend the above letter* A new
one nppenn* from time to time. They
re genuine, true, and full of human
interest. Adv.
OB
PARALLEL
STORIES
sf FAMOUS
CRIMES
I i By HENRY C. TERRY
(Copyright bj
THE CRIME WITH THE NEEDLE
STILETTO.
HE man who follows
thievery for a living,",
. said Jack Pendergast,
"often gets pretty hard
Bhocks, but It does not
do for him to take any
O notice of them. I read
In some newspaper the
argument of an old
preacher, who ought
to have lived in the days when
they used to break a thief's body on
the rack, that the thieves are the nat
ural enemies of mankind and ought
to be exterminated.
"Well, if thieves are the natural en
emies of all the world, the other side
of the argument must stand also, that
the rest of mankind are the proper
prey of thieves. With this notion in
view, I say that it is a wonder that in
every house which is visited by
thieves there is not left a trail of
blood. But actual experience and sta^
tistics will show that fewer murders
are committed by thieves when en
gaged in their work, in proportion to
their number, than are committed in
the ranks of persons who go around
with a label of honesty on their fore
heads.
"Speaking of shocks that a fellow
is liable to get in any business, re
calls a remark made by old Jimmy
Hope when he first started out as a
crook in Philadelphia, to the effect
that the bravest people on earth are
the thieves who work in the night.
Perhaps you never thought of it in
that way, but just think for a moment.
The common notion pf a crook is that
he goes about his work fcrmed to the
teeth and ready to shoot or stab at a
moment's notice. To disprove this be
lief let us look for a moment into the
mind of a thief who is about to enter
a dwelling house in the night?
"First he must satisfy himself
that no one is awake in the house.
The first evidence of this is the ab
*i-i--i._ -rrr_.il *1
sence ci ngu^a. wen, meu, an wo
lights being out, the thief goes about
hia work as quietly as possible, but
taking into consideration the fact that
thievery, or, rather, burglary, is es
sentially a breaking Into a place, it
cannot be done without more or less
noise. '
"A thief knows that In nine houses
out of ten there is some ready means
of defense, usually a revolver or a
gun, and if any one is disturbed, his
entrance will be met with a shower of
lead. He Is liable to be killed, and
thieves appreciate this better than
any one else. He must face a secret
and silent enemy. I have been in
houses where the first intimation that
we were discovered was the report of
a flrearm and tne singing 01 me ieaa
around our ears.
"It is only the foolish men who Jump
out of bed and strike a light when
they hear an unusual sound in their
houses. That puts them at a disad
vantage, and the crook is apt to get in
the first shot as a caution to his prey
to keep out of eight. Not one thief in
a hundred will will shoot to kill, and,
on the other hand, not one person in a
hundred, in dealing with thieves, but
what will shoot to kill every time. A
crook has no right to complain of the
vigorous defense set up by any man
in his castle, but a shot in the air or
fired out of the window will start a
gang of crooks on the move Just as
quickly as if a thief's heart were tak
en as a target
"Perhaps a thief's bravery is wasted
in an unholy cause, but that does not
alter the fact that only the bravest
of men can be good thieves. The or
dinary housebreaker takes his life in
his hands every time he enters a
house, and he is cautious about tak
ing the lives of othars, because he
knows that murder done in the com
mission of a felony has no defense in
a' court of law.
"It's quite a bit ago since I was
known as Black Jack, and was the
leader of as tough a gang of rangers
as ever flashed a bull's-eye. Every
mother's son of them came out of the
old Fourth ward, and from the time
we were kids we were out for the
dust and were the sworn enemies of
the old Market Gang, which turned out
such a desperate lot of crooks as Abe
Coakley, Paddy Reynolds, Billy Por
ter and Long John Garvey. But our
fights were our own fights, and not
a man in either of the gangs was ever
known to lay down information to the
police. There were plenty of oppor
tunities to do each other when it
meant money and perhaps the saving
of a term of five or ten years in Sing
Sing.
"The Black Jacks made the best
tour on Long Island ever known
among thieves. We went from Fort
Hamilton to Riverhead, up one side and
down the other side of the island, with
only the loss of two men, both of
whom?Paddy Gillan and Shorty Far
rell?were shot by a woman in Oyster
Bay. During this trip we used a black
sloop part of the time, but most of
the traveling was done by horse and
wagong, and it was usually the horses
and wagons of farmers.
"We visited ovor 600 houses, and
divided about $80,000 worth of stuff.
It was a trip of pleasure, for the lo
cal police did not bother us at all.
This was easily explained. It was on
account of the lack of money. In no
small place can you find the men who
have control of the public money will
ing to spend anything to chase thieves,
and, even when murder is committed,
there Is never a willingness to put up
money to hunt for the assassin.
"When we got back from this trip
we were in high spirits, and the Bow
ery was painted red from one end to
the other with the deepest red, and
every gambling house in the town
got a bit of our coin. When we reach
ed the end of our rope, Teddy McCor
fHE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
" A "
TV 111 VUl, AlWQjroiiuiugyvuu.
r F. L. Nelson
mlck came to me with a story that
he got from a butler in Banker Ro
chot's home. They met in Bill Mur
ray's gambling house on Broadway,
and Teddy staked the butler who had
lost his money in the game. The in
formation that Teddy got was that Ro
chot carried a big bank roll in a safe
in his house, which was in 65th street,
near Madison avenue.
"I thought maybe it was a ghost
story put up by the butler to give Ted
dy an idea that he was secure in his
loan. But it was worth investigation,
and I went to look the ground over
with Reddy Ward and Bill Hendrick.
"The house was a dead easy one to
beat, and I saw from the outside that
the safe was there. I learned that
Rochot was a very heavy dealer in for
eign securities. There was also a bit
of a scandal connected wun ma meiu
ods of doing business, which gave a
color to the story told by the butler.
I decided to work the game, and fixed
upon a Saturday night for the trick,
which Is the night that all honest folk
sleep the soundest.
"We entered the house through the
bathroom and reached the office,
which was in the rear of the parlor, on
the first floor. In the gang was Ted
dy McCormick, Reddy Mack, Bill Hend
rick, Abe Moses and Billy Rellly.
Mack and Rellly were to do the safe
work, Mose6 was left outside and Mc
Cormick, Hendrlck and myself were
down to make a tour through the
house to pick up anything that was
lying around loose. It would not do to
blow the safe, bo the drag was used
to force out the back of the strong
box. Thlc took about two hours.
"We eot the stuff together, and start
ed to leave the house.
"Suddenly, without the slightest
warning we were met by a shower of
lead. Everybody jumped for himself.
When we lined up on the outside
Rellly was missing. I concluded that
he had been shot. We hauled a big
boodle, but a million would not pay
for the loss of Rellly."
DETECTIVE REYNOLDS' TALE.
"It was rather strange," said De
tective Reynolds, "that I should be
given the robbery in the house of
Banker Rochot to work up, inasmuch
as I had something of an Inkling into
his method of doing business, through
workftig up a case of alleged forgery
against his son, Emll?which, by the
way, was proved easily enough, but
was ended by the old man putting up
considerable money to square the bust
ness.
I imagined when the report of the
robbery came in tliat It would prove
to be an ordinary housebreaking job,
but I soon found a condition of affairs
which started my wits humming for
all they were worth.
"I was aroused from my bed to turn
out on the case shortly before daylight
on a Sunday morning, and went up
town, not feeling any too well pleased.
I found all of the Rochot family up
and laboring under great excitement.
They were not so much worried over
the robbery as they were over the fact
that there was a dead man in the
house. He was found in the hallway
of the basement.
"Rochot told me he had been work
ing quite late, following a set of com
plicated books belonging to a mining
company In which he was largely in
terested. When he retired for the
night he was in a very restless state
or?/1 nnf cloon T-To nnonnforf n
room on the top floor. While he was
tossing in his bed he heard a peculiar
noise. It sounded to him as if some
one were scraping a piece of metal
against a pipe. His Idea was that
the noise was In the street, and was
made by some workmen who had been
at work repairing a leak in the water
main In 6oth street, 'near his home.
The sound annoyed him, but did not
make him suspicious. It continued
steadily, and he would, perhaps, not
have known that the sound came from
the turning of a ratchet drill Into his
safe by thieves for several hours if
he had not heard the stairs leading to
the second or third floor creak.1
"He was startled, but did not make
any outcry. He was a plucky old fel
low at that. Instead of shouting to
see if any member of his family, all
of whom were sleeping on the two
floors below him, was up, he got quiet
ly out of bed to see who It was. In
the dim light which came from a can
dle he could barely see the forms of
two men, moving slowly in the hall
toward the front room door. Their
step was noiseless, and he saw them
disappear Into the room occupied by
his wife. He reasoned, from their
movements, that they were thieves,
bent upon stealing without awaken
ing any one, and knew that his wife
would not be aroused, for she was
slightly deaf.
"Rochot came down from the top
floor to his own room, where he had
several revolvers. He took the larg
est one and then quietly aroused his
son, who was a bit of a hunter and
had two shotguns. It so happened
that the son had a friend with him,
which made it a shotgun for each of
them. They crept down the stairs to
the second floor, and in the hall they
could hear the thieves talking in a
whisper.
"The three men took a position
where they could shoot without en
dangering their own lives. They had
only a few minutes to wait when the
crooks came through the hall, evi
dently with the intention of going out
through the front door. One of them
carried a candle. When they got in
range the three men fire*. The thieves
replied with a couple of shots and
made a dash for the basement. The
Rochot party rushed to the windows
to fire on the men when they left the
house, but were a moment too late,
as the men had turned the corner.
J
"My first business was to take a
look at the dead crook. I knew many
of them, but I had never seen him
before. He was a sturdily built fellow
above the average height, wore good j
clothes, and had a black mustacle and
dark, curly hair. Rochot claimed the
credit of killing him, and said he was
the man who carried the candle. I j
looked instinctively at the fellow's I
clothing, to see where he had been hit.
I could not find any blOod marks on ,
his head or shirt near any vital part.
I did not think this was strange at the
time, and I went upstairs to look 3
through the house for clues.
"A rope ladder had been left hang
ing from the roof of the back Btoop. |
borne scratches on the paint showed
that the thieves had forced the bath
room wfndow after reaching the roof, j
This was only the sort of work that ]
tip-top crooks deal in. The method of (
bursting the safe also indicated that j
there were some genuine bank opera- |
tors in the gang. The drag, wftich in ,
the most powerful tool used by bur- (
glars, bad forced the bacit out or me {
safe as if it had been made by paper.
The crooks were rewarded by getting j
$90,000 in money, securities and jewel- |
ry. They had left nothing but the j
dead crook as a clue to their identity. ,
"His body was taken to the Morgue.
Every detective in the city took a 1
peep at him, but no one remembered ,
having seen him before. This was ex
plained later by the fact that' he had
just finished serving a twenty years' ,
sentence, which meant, with "good f
time" twelve years and six months? j
in a Connecticut prison. The usual ,
form of inquest was held upon the j
body.
"Then came a startling piece of in- ]
formation. Deputy Coroner Boldte, i
who made the examination of the body
was unable to certify the cause of (
death. The police had reported that (
the thief had been shot, but there was (
no sign of a bullet or any other wound {
in any part of his body.
"No autopsy had been held, and one ]
was immediately ordered. The organs {
were found to be in a perfectly healthy i
state. The only abnormal condition <
was a small clot of blood near the 1
heart. The Burgeons, after a long
hunt to And where this came from,
found a puncture in the heart so min
ute, that it could hardly be detected
by the naked eye. Corresponding to
this was an opening through the chest
over the heart, so small that not a
drop of blood had escaped from it.
The hole that closed when the instru
ment which made it was withdrawn,
and all the external evidence was a
little red spot not much bigger than
a pin point.
"Dr. Boldte's opinion was that the
wound had been made by what is
known as the needle stiletto, a weap
on much used by the Cammora of Sl
ciclly. He had never seen one or
heard of one being used in this coun
try.
"Who killed the thief? , 1
"The mystery aroused public Inter- c
est. A large crowd attended the in
quest. Among the spectators was a
woman. She sat in a secluded place
and paid deep attention to the testi
mony. No one had claimed the dead
man's body. I studied all the facess 8
carefully. I saw this woman wipe a c
tear from her cheek when the Jury E
brought in a verdict that the thief had c
Been Kiilea oy an uniaiown person, i ~
followed her from the coroner's of
fice, and spoke to her when we got out" c
of the crowd. ?
"I asked her what Interest she had
In the dead man. She parried my ^
questions for a while and wept. I
worked upon her sympathies so well
that she finally admitted that the man ^
was Billy Reilly, her husband.
"The ice was broken. She said that
when Reilly was in jail she had tak
en up with Bill Hendricks, an English
crook. When Rellly's term waB ended
she deserted Hendricks and returned g
to her husband. This made Hendricks
insanely jealous.
"She atended the inquest to find out s
how her husband was killed, if he had f
not hoon shot 9he knew immediate- _
ly that Hendricks had put Reilly out
of the way, because he had a needle
stiletto.
"She told me where Hendricks was,
and gave me the names of the crooks
who robbed Rochot. Hendricks, I learn
ed, had skipped, after following Mrs.
Reilly to the coroner's office, but I
caught Pendergast, McCormick, Mack
and Moses, and recovered a large por
tion of the stolen goods. Old Rochot
buried Reilly and gave his wife a re>
ward."
Polar Discovery.
One of the strangest dramas in the
whole story of exploration has just
been played to a finish, says an ex
change. In two and a half years both
the north pole and the south pole,
after centuries of effort and sacrifice,
have been reached.
We all know what is meant by the
poles. There is no aotual pole, noth
ing protr ding from the earth. The
earth is constantly revolving, and we
say that it revolves upon Its axis?
that is, an imaginary line running
from north to south through the cen
ter of the earth. The two poles are
the points at the earth's surface
where this imaginary line, or axis, is
supposed to terminate. As the sun's
rays strike the poles at a considerable
nnn-io their heatine nower is less than
at other parts of the earth, and so the
regions round about the poles have
the characteristics of extreme frigid
ity.
Corsica's Last Bandit.
Corsica has got rid of the old fash
ioned brigand, and the "last of the
Sicilian bandits"?perhaps a disputed
title?was lately laid by the heels and
is now facing the ordeal of his trial
at Aquila. He is Giuseppe Salomone.
He is a dandy, and has always paid
particular attention to his clothes. He
has an expensive taste in perfume and
in gloves. He is a poet. His time in
prison has been spent in writing a
poetic drama of his life's experiences,
and he has written a good deal of
commendable verse. He is said to
have made a fortune in brigandage.
Doing His Part.
"What part are you taking in tht
war on flies?"
"I do sentry duty at the breakfast
table over the milk pitcher e>ery
morning."
flHEN
CABINET
E SOW the globe, we reap the
corn,
We build the house where we may rest;
And then, at moments, suddenly.
We look up to the great wide sky,
Inquiring wherefore we were born?
For earnest or for Jest?
?E. B. Browning.
DAINTY DISH FROM LITTLE BITS.
When a large amount of bread has
been sliced, do not allow It to dry out,
but pack in a jar and cover with a
iloth wrung quite dry out of hot wa
:er, then place a plate over them and
;he bread will keep fresh. Sandwiches
raay be made and served at luncheon
jr supper and are always a welcome
iddition to the meal.
u you nave a on or oonea rrosung
left, add a few nuts and chopped rais
ins and drop on wafers. Bake in a
lot oven until brown. These are nice
ivlth a salad.
Fondant left from French candies
will keep indefinitely if kept in a cov
2red dish, and may be melted over
water and used for cake icings.
A few tablespoonfuls of preserves
may be used as a garnish for fruit
mlad, like pear or apple. Or it may
oe used as a filling for tarts, having
nore than one kind-to use up odd
jits.
A custard or chocolate ice cream
nay be used as a sauce for pudding if
lsed within a short time.
Dainty pies may be made from left
over pie crust in the fcrm of turn
overs, of which children are very fond,
)r baked in gem pans and made like
i grown-up upie.
Take your convalescing friend a
jaked apple prepared thus: Wash
ind wipe the apple but do not peel,
jcoop out the core with an apple
:orer, beginning at the blossom end
>ut do not make a hole way through
'or the small well Is to hold a bit of
jutter, a tablespoonful of sugar and a
jrating of nutmeg or a bit of lemon
>eel. Surround with water if the ap
ples are not juicy, and bake until thor
mghly tender. Apples that .do not
ceep their shape during baking are
lot so attractive baked in this man
ler.
Left-over icing or fondant, when ma
ting candy, the scrapings of the bowls,
:an be used to stuff dates.
?*y\=;
ml' 1 'Tin
f|l HERE Is abundant evidence
iU. that all classes of vegeta
ns and fruit may be held In a sound con
lltlon without the use of preservatives."
?Jordan.
SAVORY FISH.
Any fresh or salt' codfish may be
lerved in a chowder, making a very ac
:eptatrfe dish. - If salt fish is uqed,
loak and shred it, then add to the
:howder the last few moments of its
:ooking. Fry a piece of salt pork cut
n dice; a slice or two will be suffi
:ient for a family of four or five. Fry
t golden brown, add a sliced onion or
wo and a half dozen of sliced potat
oes; just cover with water and cook
intll the vegetables are tender, then
idd the shredded fish (a half pound is
iufflcient), a, quart of milk and half a
lozen milk crackers which have been
icalded in boiling water. Serve a
tracker in each dish of soup.
Flaked Crab Meat Fricassee.?Cook
tne small green pepper, finely
ihopped, two small onions, four table
ipoonfuls of butter slightly browned,
>ne and a half cupfuls of crab meat,
ind cook five minutes. Add five table
poonfuls of flour and when well mixed
iour on a cup and a half of chicken
tock. Season with two tablespoon
uls of orange juice, two of lemon
uice, a half teaspoonful of paprika, salt
md pepper to taste. Just before serv
ng add a third of a cup of heavy
ream and the yolks of two eggs di
uted with two tablespoonfuls erf
ream.
Savory Fish.?Cut a two-inch cube
if fat salt pork into dice and try out.
?o three tablespoonfuls of salt pork
at add the same amount of flour and
tir until well blendfed; then add a
up and a half of milk; boil and add
, cup of flaked halibut or haddock,
hree-fourths of a cup of potato cubes
t'hich have been cooked, then the
ork cubes and the yoiKs 01 iwo eggo.
ieason to taste.
Oyster Fricassee.?To a cup of oys
ers, reserve the liquor, and heat holi
ng hot; add the oysters, and when
ilump remove, add enough cream to
tiake a cupful, thicken with butter
nd flour blended, add an egg well
eaten and pour all over well buttered
oast. Sprinkle with finely chopped
elery.
Siberian Land Threatened.
Extensive tracts of land in Siberia
re threatened by the encroachment
f the great Gobi desert, and a plan
as now been drawn up for a series of
orest ramparts to hold back the salt
nd drift. The only effective defense,
ccording to the report of agrono
ilsts sent to survey the region is in
ree belts at least two miles broad,
t is proposed to plant, one of these
rom Samara to the Caspian sea,
rhile others are recommended ex
snding in intervals of about 40 miles
ight up to the Chinese frontier.
The Whole Bunch.
"Sir, I wish to marry your daugh
er."
"Are you making enough to support
family?"
"Why?er?certainly, if there should
appen to be a family."
"Then, take us, my boy, p-td be
appy."
One Acre for Each Inhabitant.
If the land of England and Wales
tire equally divided, there would be
little more than an aero for each
erson.
IDEAL FOR THE FISHERMAN
Gunnison River, Colorado's Famous
Stream, Has Reputation That Is
World Wide.
Denver.?The Gunnison river flowa,
or rather leaps, down the western
slope of Colorado and Is famed for its
trout. Enthusiastic anglers frequently
journey there from England to whip
its turbulent waters during the fish
ing season, as the trout in this ice
cold stream are celebrated for their
exquisite flavor, and for their fighting
qualities as well.
This picturesque stream after flow
ing placidly through a beautiful broad
valley, hemmed In by snow capped
peaks, suddenly breaks its leash and
nlnncraa InfA o onrioa nf no nl H a flllH
cascades where it enters the Black
Canon at Sapinero, whose granite
walls rise on either side to a perpen
dicular height of from twr* thousand
to three thousand feet abov* the foam
'ng stream. It continues it? tortuous
In the Black Ganoft.
course through this chasm for upward
of thirty miles before It emerges Into
another valley at State Bridge, three
thousand feet lower than where it en
tered the canon.
The trout fishing Is along the upper
half of the canon, which Is traversed
ay a narrow gauge rauruau. x uo iun
er half of the canon Is impassable.
Only three men ever' made the trip
through it. They were government
engineers who were reconnoitering
for a location for the Gunnison tunnel
to irrigate the Uncompahgre Valley.
Their strong raft was wrecked, their
instruments and clothing were lost
and they were rescued in an exhaust
ed condition.
Below the canon so much alkali and
soil are discharged into the stream
by the irrigating ditches that trout
cannot live in it, but sucKers nourisn
there, often attaining a length of from
eighteen to twenty Inches. During
the latter part of May the suckers
go up the small tributaries to spawp.
After spawning they return In schools,
tail first, to the river. These small
.streams are rocky and swift, and if
the fish did not slacken speed by
swimming against the current they
might be biulsed against the rocks.
In the pools where the water was
two or three feet deep the fish were
so numerous that It was no uncom
mon occurrence to throw out three
and four fish with each thrust of the
fork. The fish were weak and slug
gish after spawning and did not make
much effort to get out of the way. The
old woman brought out two washing
tubs, a washboller and a large dish
pan, all of which were filled within
half an hour with fish from twelve to
olchtfipn irichPH in lencth. which she
skinned and salted down for future
use. She lamented that the flsh were
"a-gettin' skeercer every year."
"Why, at comin' down time three
years ago me and my Old man got
nigh onto a wagon load In no time,"
she said.
BEAR IS UNINVITED GUEST
Enters Sleeping Room, Whose Occu
pant Vacates Instanter Without
Waiting to Dress.
Hood River, Ore.?The citizens ot
the Oak Grove district, armed with
the family weapons and followed by i
all of the dogs that qualified for the
event, are passing the time in a bear ;
hunt. A big brown bruin came down
out of the Green Point hills a few days
ago, raided a raspberry patch at the
ranch of Esquire C. C. Lemmon, de
stroyed the apiary of another rancher
and entered the kitchen of the Apple- ;
del.
Robert Shinn, a graduate of the
Oregon Agricultural college, who Is
caring for the Appledel tract, keeps
bachelor's hall there. His slumbers
of the early dawn were disturbed by
the noise of the bear raiding the culi- 1
nary department.
In a few seconds the bear had en
tered his sleeping apartment. Shinh
left hurriedly through an open window
by his bed. The flapping of his night
shirt waving an adieu so suddenly in ;
the cool morning breeze frightened j
the bear, which turned over a cup
board of jams and canned fruits in
its hasty exit thrdugh the par try.
The bear is said to be one of the
largest ever seen in this region, and 1
the ranchers fear that unless it is '
killed it will begin to raid barnyards.
SCHOOL BOARD BARS CUPID;
Applicants for Positions at WiiKes? <
barre, Pa., Must Make Written
Promise.
"Wilkesbarre, Pa.?Before successful '
applicants for positions in Hazleton
township schools are permitted to
start work they must submit in writ
ing a promise that they will not fall
victims to Cupid's darts during the
school year.
Some of the teachers who refused
to give the written promise have been
informed that their services will not
be required, \t is understood that the
new rule has delayed a few midwinter
weddings. The school board made
the demand to prevent a scarcity cf
teachers after the term was under
way.
WISE YOUTH.
The White Boy?Humph! Why don't
you flght?
ThefMoke?'Cause I draws de white
line, dat's why.
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He?Why, that would Just be mjr
age!
She?Ach, this is so sudden.?Ex
change.
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Not every fortune hunter Is a good
hot
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It Is easier to go broke In a hurry
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