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j "Old Muskie f By LEVI T. 1 "You must go; that's all. There will be some way, you'll see." Carl Mills and Lee Henly were separating tor the night. They were close friends; and although Carl's father was the most prosperous man In the community, and Lee was the son of a poor widow, they had always ***n together, and had been leade?-~bf the class that had been graduP'ed from the local high school tho trAn*K ' UXJtU 1 C. To-night they had been discussing for the hundredth time their plans for the coming year. Carl was going to college in the autumn?that was a settled thing?and Lee longed to go as he had never longed for anything before in his life. There was nothing to prevent his going but the lack i of funds. His mother was to spend the winter with a married daughter, ten years his senior. He had a schol- ] arship in the college and a chauce to pay his way in part by working i In the college library. But that i would take all his spare time, and i he was sure that he would still lack ] about one hundred dollars of having i enough to carry him through the i first year. 1 Both boys dearly love Lake Wanna- ] Wasso, on the shore of which they i lived. It was indeed one of the most beautiful of all the sheets of water i which a half-century ago knew the 1 dip of the Indian's paddle and the Tipple of his birch-bark canoe. There may be other waters as clear and i sweet as those of northern Michigan, < hut the native and the enthusiastic summer visitor find it hard to believe it. Both Lee and Carl spent much of their time in the emnlov nf ?ho pie at Forest Lodge during the sum_ mer, when the Chicago fishermen, " ^ headed by the wealthy Camerons, were there for three months. Doi Lee was in Mr. Cameron's special raisin employ, and from him had learned a ba> the art of bait-casting. At the close Hi of the previous season, Mr. Cameron sidei had given him his longest and strongstrai est maskinonge casting-rod; it was too heavy now for Mr. Cameron, who in j lound his casting arm seriously crlpyou pled by rheumatism. If It was but n few days after Lee's onio last talk with Carl Mills that he heard ute? Mr. Cameron and Mr. Gardner distoa cussing the fine collection of mounted } fish belonging to Mr. Cameron in bi Chicago. Mr. Gardner was speaking tg of it in glowing terms, and was tl especially praising a maskinonge in the collection. b "Yes," said Mr. Cameron, "that I certainly was a fine fish when Smith- , j son took him out of this lake five j years ago; but I had set my heart on a bigger one. I wanted one that would weigh over fifty pounds when ! he came out cf the water, and that otic weighed only forty-three. I'd ! gladly give one hundred dollars for a specimen caught with hcok and line 1 that would tip the scales at flfly \ pounds or better." "Do you think you'll ever find 1 one?" asked Mr. Gardner. "I hardly know," said Mr. Cam- c eron. "Two years ago one was netted, In the river near Detroit which w^s 1 over that weight, but I did not lea^n 1 of it until too late; and. anywaj\ I t want one that was caught with hct?k 1 nnd line, and the story of wheyse ' capture ! can kuow." s Two weeks later, one ^horning ' when Mr. Cameron had .'tffcided that 1 lie would not go out^p0n the lake. ' ^cc Hc^'iy padlftfeb'a light canoe out ' acrnsTP Forest Lodge Cove and prac- 1 tlsed with his casting-rod. In this 1 cove there seemed to be no fish at all, although elsewhere In the lake fish were plentiful. At one point here three great elm-trees with spreading tops had fallen into the lake years before. There they still lay, water-logged, their hundreds of branches forming a miniature jungle under water, Just off the bold shore. Merely for prac* tlse, Lee dropped his casting-bait near these treetoDS. and started to rool In. Tlicu he almost fell from the boat, for thcro was a great swirl in the water where his minnow was spinulng along, a broad tail came out And hit the water with a tremendous splnsh, and he struck but did not hook the fi>vh, which, however, he aw to be enormous. That night he said to Carl Mills, 'Carl, f believe I see a chance for lege " What ia It?" ask"d his friend. \ "Then 1-ce told of the conversation V j had heard, and of the great fish fhiit had glxen him a strike. "And f believe that he weighs over fifty pound*. and that I ran catch him if yen will help me." ho said. There was but one day in the woek. however, that they could try for the big fish, for both were employed that year every week-day etcopt Tuesday, when Mr. Cameron went to the town fifteen miles away; and on Tuesday they dHred to fish only lu the very early morning, for fear aorne of the fishermen at Forest fyodge would learn that there was a jjreat fiah there, and eatch IiIip. They 4ld net want to bo unsportsmanlike, but Lee was confident that none of tho rich fishermen needed the fish *# he did. The first Tnesh.iy morning brought them rr.l evon encouragement. Altheugb Car I paddled tho boat all about the cove, and Lee did the beat casting of which he was capable, no tribe rewarded them; and when they " the Rogue lo ?<*y?'*ye?^.e-*ye^y?'*y?^ hi >E?IXII<QTOX '? I L I al saw the first stir about Fori they hastened to another plj, lake, and left "Old Musklelet had already named the big lac When the next Tuesdays came, again they were out. ?c was kept as great a distal' shore as Lee could cover R longest casts, and Just as th t( minnow fell straight out .Ij middle treetop, there was h swirl in the water. Lee still the reel began to sing as tf1 fish started a tremendous rff In an instant the line canf slack. The saber-like teethf masklnonge had cut it otfT knife. fi "And what can we do aboi F said Carl, as Lee sadly reeleiV useless line. P "I don't know yet, but I P Idea," said Lee. C The next Tuesday morning E not ready to try for the big fls although it wns almost to' o stay away from the old treeto 3 promised to be ready the ne ' and he was. What he had d | surprised his mother, who kn he had been saving every cen hope of going to college, sent away to a fishing-tackl for their largest first-class si and received one hundred y line that was tested to fifty He had sent to an electrical house for their smallest ui copper wire, and had received of it, almost hairlike in its fl Both purchases had been ex for him. From "Old Injun Jake" LI learned the are of doing fine s' and of braiding many strand unbralded the silk line for a erable length, and weaving by one the copper wire lengtl he had cut from the spool, he the wire to the silk with a Jet! w^>uld readily pass through i guide, and continued to braid had a six-foot, flexible copper that would sustain his own i united to his one hundred yr line with a joint as strong line itself. Thus did he i against the teeth of Old Muski Tuesday morning the boys again fishing in Forest Lodg? at daybreak. Again Old 1 struck, and unable to cut th rushed into the interlacing of the submergetytreetops. For a while the strain on a indicated that he was sur^S and forth among the tr?ctop! soon the dead pull sho ved thi old warrior was no longer mal fifrht Rowing In, the boys foum casting-bait fast on one of the IVhen they got it loose and pu n, they found that xme of the looks was gone. Old Muskie ush had caught one of the lpon a branch and it had held, he one that was in his mout lulled from the minnow, and t! avage of the lake was again i srty. Lee made a change in his m scfore the next Tuesday mo instead of using the treble hat were fastened with screw he sides of the minnow, he b< lole in the body of the woodei ind using again the copper jassed it back and forth throui aody of the minnow and throui eye of the treble hook on eacl He knew that no fish would br< these strands of copper wir though he felt that Old Muskie break the hooks. The next Tuesday mornin again hooked Old Muskie. the big fish got to the treetop again Lee felt the dead pul meant that he had no longer a fng fish to deal with. Reeling Carl paddled the boat toward Lee found that Old Muskie h tangled the line among the brt and getting a chance to use hit strength, had broken the hea' line. Lee was delighted to s< it had been broken above th? where he had spliced it to the leader. "What can you do about asked Carl. "I'm not sure," said Lee, every time thus far the old has run straight awav from th? tion in which I was reeling m now. I believe that if we a him from near the shore he wl a run toward the open lake, an have a chance at him." During the week that fo Lee again spliced a copper lei his line. Again he "made o big casting-minnow, and wher day morning brought its oppo Carl put the canoe along the but as far out as the end of tl merged treetops. Three cast made, each farther and farth ward, without results. The however, a perfect cast of o\ hundred feet, which fell just the farthest treetop, was rew the water broke in a great e Old Muskie took the bait. Lee with all his might, and pulle all the force he dared to use, al he was pulling almost straigt toward the treetops. As he had hoped. Old pulled the other way, and witl mendous rush, left the treeto; started toward the channel li open lake. Half-way aeross t an astonishing leap Into the air log the boys for the first lis . i : ik I _____ iMNM j ? . ' | of the i rfwl now of the personal loee of aster mu- ; vedone?" Ton ere mistaken. Jeeaave. But i id no each sense of personal losej)W open ] >r He knew that ir. a moment moreje rushed i azarus would stand among themh ire and well. And if you think; ere sympathy insufflclent, It is beiuse you hare become dulled, at'f over. < ssus is not, to the swfulness o|y on the 1 irth's trials. Perhaps we all hare to casting- ' ime extent?with the exception oflhe side i sath. We have never gotten used.3B> and i ? death. Qoi has planted deep lu3m that 1 iir hearts a hatred of death as the _# . nnatural thing, the unnecessary, ling, the thing that ought not toee ln 1 s! It is His promise and prophecy at tlle lat it shall not always be. But we < ave grown measurably callous to for sev- < le ordinary trials of life. But s could 1 eaven has not! Earth's sorrows are,raging. I orse in heaven's view than ln ours head f wn. Do not thluk that Jesus mini- , . >izes them, when even the auget. ' rhen speaking of His suffering ones i John, said, "These are they tha5nirat,on 1 ave come out of great tribulation." is face, r 3. The third instance is His agony you do i a the Garden. And this, too. is sym- t athy. Not now for the Jewish peo?e much i le. nor for the world at large in life's in c rdinary troubles, but for His own . lisciples, whose awful grief and dis- I\01 a * .ppointment He foresees. id of a I I, know that some think that His ke the a ' *? Ufa nrn hn igony in lue uarueii was uuv ?w v>v Iread of physical suffering. But I if not r lo not believe It. That would con-3 little 1 :radict all I have said about the Man- ? For- t lest of Men. I have a nobler concep- , , " Lion of Jesus. Other men havo faced ? Jeath In the most excruciating forms ed the 8 without a murmur. His followersto the without number have died for Him kes. J rejoicing. They have been beheaded, knew crucified head downward, burned ats more t the stake, and have bathed their partic- c hands In the fire and sung praises to thinir (God while breath lasted. Jesus was . s ' [no coward. "And the disciple Is not * y (greater than His Lord." final But others thiuk that we must add real- t to this tho "loss of the conscious illege t [fellowship of the Father, which was f hell for Jesus." But He evidently L j did not anticipate this. That i? a cry I the ( of surprise Ho utters on the cross . . . when He says, "My God! My God! 1Qea c Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Bad po8~ * enough for His disciples to forsake nent c Him, and reason enough for it, but i Thou? "Why hast Thou forsaken loodMe?" ook i And there are still others who say , an 8 it was the "horror of being made an ' offering for sin." But Ho knew this r all along. He faced this from the * pe 1 beginning of His ministry. And Hb very 8 said once that He was "straitened un- se. s til it be accomplished." 'k a I see in Christ's agony in the Gar- the i den?and it i3 beautiful as a revela- ners c tion of His character?His sympathy e Qf , for His disciples in the awful agony t ' His death was to occasion them. You, , I too, may see it, if you will read atten-, B ' tively the story in John's Gospel be no ' ginning with the thirteenth cnai?ie ?" i Note how He labors to make t.b' < i|l comprehend what must hAArin the wire < back himself by bending and twisting till ? 3, but was sure beyond all question that at the 11 waa safe. Then he fastened his 1 ting a copper leader into this eye, put the ' glass eyes into the head of the min- ! d the now> antl w,th careful painting his i limbs ^a,t was comPletelied it season waa now growing late. ' treble College was *? hegin September 23. i in his Tuesday, September 9, Carl and hooks ^*ee sct out" at daybreak on their while (luest* T^ey fished long and carefully h had ^ut no strike. They left the cove 1 he big tor an hour? then tried again, < at lib- This time the great fish struck, but was not hooked. Soon Forest Lodge was astir, and fishing for Old Muskie mr.ow en(je(i fQr tjjat day. rning. Then came the last day. Carl was hooks to jeave for coiiegg the following s into M0nday. "We just must get him sred a thlg mcrniDgj" ^e ssid, as they i bait, pUSijed out from the landing with f' the flrst Slow of daylight. They B * e knew a little later in the day would B e be better, but they felt that they ? k 11 must ?ose no timeja a Carl worked the canoe down the e' . a " Bhore, the little craft slipping through m B the water as quietly as a floating swan. Lee outdid himself in length s ,6 ?' ca8t> 'or k? did not wish Old MusAgain tA tolrn frlcrht ltooonco thou nroro l8? and too near. 1 that At tl,e cag^ the ijjg flsh hit the i fight- halt. He rushed savagely at it, and : Ul> as closed his jaws down squarely upon shore, h,ee 8truck as If for his life, and ad en- drove the hooks deep Into the fish's inches, jaW( and with click and drag both on 3 great the reel and his thumb adding to the vy silk pre88Ure, he pulled all he thought his ?e that tackle would bear?pulled straight ? point hack toward the treetops, which he copper wag mo8t anxious to avoid. _ Stubbornly the big fish pulled in that?" the opposite direction, and with a rush started across the cove. So fast , "but did the line run out that Lee's thumb fellow wag almost blistered, but he held It i dlrec- hard against the spinning reel, and y mln- the fish rushed on across the cove, jme at Straight through the forest of 111 take rushes he dashed, and Lee and Carl id we'll held their breath, as the line cut through the water. Lee held the rod uowea, high, Carl Bent the canoe along the ider to track taken by the flsh; and in a few ver" a diMy seconds Old Muskle was through i Tues- the rushes and out Into the open lake, rtunlty ^nd now Lee made no effort to check shore, but let him run as- far as poshe sub- gibie from the shore, although he s were continued his mad rush till less than er for- thirty feet of line remained on his fourth, ree1 'er one Forest Lodge was quickly awake beyond an(j astlr. Mr. Gardner was Just at rarded; tj,e landing for a trip across the lake, iddy ns when out in front of him came the struck canoe aa if being towed by the great id with Which leaped high Into the air. though He rushed into Forest Lodge and it back roused Mr. Camei on and all the rest by heating upon his door and crying. Muskie "Get up! Get up! Your flfty-popnd i a tre- masklnonge is hooked, and by a boy!" pe, and N'o further call was needed, and the ato the I beach was scon lined with a score is gave | of fisoermen and their wires, hastily , show- j and some of\ them grotesquely ue just' dressed I jH Meanwhile, Lee and Carl had be* pin working together to regain the line that had been riin oat. The victory, could never have come to the ronng fisherman but tor the masterly way in which Carl handled the canoe. He made it almost a part ot Lee. It moved with his motion, always responsive, always steady. When the fish went out toward the jpen lake, the boat went with him, that he might go as tar as he would. When he made a wild rush tor the shore, the paddle sent the boat off at in angle to his course, that the steel rod might eiert a pull sldewise, and :hus turn him trom his course, and ? jack toward the open lake. And all this time, Lee was patting >n his tackle all the strain that he lared, holding the line so taut that lis arm ached before the fight had leen on ten minutes?and it lasted lfty-flve. When Old Muskie would leap franlcally into the air, fiercely shaking llmself, down would go the tip of the od, clear below the surface of the f 1 vater; and when he would "sound " I v he tip of the rod pulled upward re- I o entiessiy. Whatever the dlrectfon n )t the rushes of the big fish, a'*ays h he skilled hand and wiry arm rt Lee o lenly were ready to baffle ard turn r tside, to hold back and to wary. h "Pretty fight!" said Her'?1"* Gerish to Mr. Cameron, who ^as watch- c ng in silence, but with k??n admira- " ion. ti "Fine!" said Mr. Cameron. "Never j] ;aw a better." "Think he'll land ti? fish?" asked n rohn Newby. / a "If he does not *ow, he Is bound a 0 do it some day,* replied Mr. Cam- 8 iron. "That fish might just as well ^ jive it up now is any time. I know ->ee Henly." Indeed, it 'egan to look as if vicory was neC- Slowly the rushes of he maskln?Ege were becoming less d lerce. Can had the gaff at hand for * -ee when he was ready for it. Lee, v earful rf a rush under the boat, 11 tared rot work the fish round for 2arl tc gaff, but kept him at the end 8 ?f th* boat where he himself might ise tiie big hook. B*t what he had feared came to r >a?s. The big maskinonge did make * 1 run under the boat. He wc?3 a traight in front, when with a light- c dng-likc dash he made a half-circle v tnd went under the boat from the tide. t With a quick motion of arm and 1 vrist, Lee threw the end of the rod 1 >ver the prow of the canoe. It was ill there was to do, but the rod would * turely have struck the end of the * ioat, and something would probably 1 tave broken and the fish escaped, 1 tiad not Carl, with a mighty stroke if the paddle, backed the canoe so julckly that Lee was almost thrown averboard. But the fish was saved. < The fight was nearly over. Grad- ] ually they forced the masklnonge toward the sandy beach. Mr. Cameron j had got a big, long-handled gaff-hook, and now, forgetful of his rheumatism, waded out waist-deep into the water. There was a brief but decisive strug- i gle that went hopelessly against the fish, and Mr. Cameron gaffed Old Muskie and dragged him ashore. Lee and Carl stepped out on the beach, both of them on the verge of collapse. There was a great fish supper at i Forest Lodge that night. The skin, head, tail and fins of Old Muskie were carefully preserved and sent to the best taxidermist in Chicago; but there was enough left of his fifty-three pound tody for the company gathered about the big "Oak Hall" dinlngable. On the right of Mr. Cameron ?.at Lee Henly, and on the left, Carl Hills. Mr. Cameron and the Forest Lodge pdople were jubilant. Carl tound x fifty-dollar bill under his )late, and Lee found a check for one lundrel dollars. And a3 the meal )rogressed, the story of the capture <f Old Muskie was told substantially a I ha;e told it to you. There is little more to tell. I night .ell you about how Lee Henly vorked his way through, college, after tie catching of Old Muskie had given Hm hit start. I could tell you of his vork to-day as general manager of tie budness house of Cameron, Page 6 Co., of Chicago. But that would b the story of Lee Henly, and I sartedout to tell you nothing but the ?wrjr ui *jia musKie, wnose moujjtgp^j b?dy it now in the pri^if ^of{[ce of ' *?lr* ^SKTeiTi *viiTmself, where Lee Henly sees it every day.?Youth's Companion. Wisconsin Man's Odd Will. One of the shortest wills ever written was drawn by th^ late Joseph Hess, of Beloit, and reads as follows: "I am in my right mind. I will my right to Annie Hess, my wife. I give everything in her hands, fifty acres of land, two horses, two cows. She has the right to sell if sho wants to. Sbe can give the children a dollar if she wants to." The will was signed by Hess and two witnesses. It was lying around the house for nearly two years tofore Mrs. Hess realized it had any value. ?Belott correspondence Milwaukee Wisconsin. Biggest Man in Parliament. The tallest member of the new Parllament will probably be found to be Douglas B. Hall, the Unionist representative for the Isle of Wight, who is no less than lhx feet five Inches in height. He is ran very close, however, by Sir Raodolf Baker, the new Unionist for North Dorset, who is one-half 'inch shorter. Sir Owen Phillips, the Liberal member for Pembroke, is one of three brothers?Lord St. Davids -is among the number? I whose average height is six feet four and tbree-gnarter inches.?B ally's Magazine. ja m "... A - <* - 1 (Q^o0 o; 0 Q i illl^Ror the. C A LONG-FELT WANT. f One day wee Willie and hie dog Sprawled on tha nursery floor; He nad a florist's catalogue And turned the pages o'er. Till all at once he jjavc a spring. "Hurrah!" he cried with joy: "Mamma, here's just the very tiling To give your little boy! 'Tor, when we fellows go to school, We lost- our things, vou know; And in that little vestibule They do get mixed up so. "And as you often say you can't Take care of 'em for me, Wh? don't you buy a rubber plant And an umbrella tree?" ?St. Nicholas. FOOLISH TEDDY. I am going to tell you about our Ittle fox terrier. He was black and rhite and was not a year old. At ne time all the dogs had to wear uuuin, su no uau uuc Ulitue lor im. He seemed very much ashamed f It, and If any one came in the oom when he had It on he wonld ide his nose. He alBO had many cute tricks. He ould beg, shake hands and play dead dog." When it was time for us 0 come home, Teddy would get up a the window and watch for us. Teddy was very fond of chasing lotorcycles. One day he ran after 1 motorcycle, nnd a trolley car came long and killed him. We were very orry and missed him very much.? luth Tray, in the New York Tribune. A VERY OLD DOLL. Do you know that over two bunred years ago a big ship went out o Arnica with a passenger on board /hose acquaintance you could still nake if you were in that country? And what do you think that passen:er was? A doll. The ship on which It sailed was one n which an Englishman, William >enn, went to America. He had been here before, and while he was back ,t home he told his little girl that the hildren in the country he had been isiting had no toys at all. She was so very sorry for them hat she asked her father to take at east one doll out and give it to some ittle girl there, says Home Chat. It was a very grand doll, with a lress ot velvet and brocade; and after ill this time It Is still kept carefully, ;o be shown now and then to Amer,can children. OUR PET CAT, TRICKS. I want to tell you a true story about our pet cat, Tricks. We got him when he was a tiny kitten. His mother was killed by a dog. He Is now eleven years old and is so kind and gentle with sister and me. We used to live in the country, and when we moved to the city we gave Tricks to a neighbor But he was naughty and caught the baby chickens, so they sent him back to us by express. He arrived just at dinner time in a bAked bean box which had printed upon it, "A Dainty Morsel for Dinner." Needless to say we did not eat Tricks for dinner, but took him back to our home and hearts instead. He : is very fond of liver and will eat hardly anything else. He will stand J up and beg for it and will mew every letter when we tell him to spell it. He is a fine hunter and still catches large rats. When we lived in the country he caught several large snakes.?Robert Walworth, in the New York Tribune. CHILDREN'S GAMES UNALTERED. Youngsters grow up, develop and alter, but their games, the frivolities I of school yards, street corners and vacant lots, are unchangeable. A man who knows kids has investigated. He romped with half a dozen little bundles of huskiness in his neighborhood yesterday, parrying both shocks to dignity and loss of breath. He vouches for the statement that the little folks' games never change. Further he reports as follows: "The games are precisely the same as whpn I was small and robust, only maybe a iilhtrrsffRf^ou^ an^tuj^J ble. 'Technicalities' haven't changed a bit. " "Hide and go seek'?why, I understand they played it years and years ago In England just as I played it and the way the children play it now. Some one is 'It' and everybody else scrambles away to hide, and then after 'It' has counted fifty or sixty or a hundred everybody is anxious to touch 'its' base before 'it' does. Ol course you remember that whoever it caught first has to be 'it' the next time. "And 'Pussy Wants a Corner,' where 'pussy' or 'it' again tries to slip into a corner while one boy or girl is changing places with another. Not a fractional change can be found in it. And 'London Bridge is Falling Down,' where some one is caught b> the brldgeholdera and has to pay a penalty or choose to support one ol the halves of the bridge in the tug of war that finally results. Can you ? find any alteration? J "And all of the varieties o? 'tag*? j wood, iron, grass or paper 'tag'?how } coifld It be supplemented to make it ( any more enjoyable? And 'Run , Sheep, Run'?you remember it, ol i course, don't you? And 'Cheese,' an ' other sort of Tldp and Seek.' when ' you can run only while 'it* is counting ten and holding 'Its' eyes shut. Ani 'King, King Calico,' another abridge ment of 'tag,' In which the little tolki .-tf ,v _ hiMrenSBB try to run acrou the street hirfTtM" yy^; 1 tags 'em. And 'Saratoga,' or 'QuegBjHflMH or 'New York,' as it used to be when I played it, with the prooed?)1^S9fet all the same. One 'side' lliustrattMH^l some process, as picking cherries, far-YggKl instance, and the other side guesslCT^B what they're doing. And aa soon Mjnflfpl they guess they :-sh to tag membergjjffl of the other side and include thejjkj^VV in their party. Of course you 1 all about it. Didn't you play It same way twenty, thirty years ago? "Grownups have to abridge and vise their games and sports every yea^^^^U to keep up interest. They're jadec^Bt^D and satiated, but the kids are more^^^ consistent and more simply satisfied. They like their games and there are enough of them for variety."?Kan* ^g| sas City Times. A CLEVER PARROT. ?djj One of the most talented parrots In ^1 the world was some time ago ac- Mm quired by Baron Alfred de Rothschild, who purchased it tor a very substantial Bum from Tlerr Albert Perzina, who was appearing with his wonder- jJK fully trained animals at the Alhambra. says the London Chronicle. m Baron de Rothschild also bought what Herr Perzina describes as "the beet rabbit in the world." ^ The parrot's name is Laura? ?ic "Laura aux Afrikn," she will say if anybody asks her. Her plumage is brilliant greeii, her expression one of^flHHI eerie wisdom, and her voice, when she s'-gs, is like the twanging of a loose wHpl bull jo string. Laura has learned over 200 words, and can sing quite a num- wB her of songs. She does not know a Sfl word of English, but her whole reper- W? toire is German. ffT A short time ago, writes a Daily Chronicle representative, I was intro- & _ duced to Laura by Herr Perzina, when she was "at home" in her cage J irt one of the Alhambra dressing K* rooms. The following dialogue, in ' ? German, took place: VI Herr Perzina?"What is your iff name?" Laura?"My name Is Laura from Africa." Mr Herr Perzina?"What do you think jV of children's education?" ASp Laura (sines brokenlv in OermanY ?"Artlg sein, huebsch und meln, AfiP muessen alle kinder sein." flHf In response to a request for a song, flDfir Laura sang tbat old German folk- JBfv* "Komrat eln Vogel geflogen Setzt sich nleder auf mein Fusz," Bp and a martial song to the effect that J* any one who wishes to be a soldier C must carry a musket and load it wtih ' powder and ball. "She took me years to train," said Herr Perzina, "and I'm sorry to part with Laura. But Baron Alfred de .^Sj Rothschild makes, I believe, a hobby 71 of collecting tame and performing ,Jj| animals. He has some horses which he himself has trained, and alBo two l|R| clever gazelles, which are among theJ^ ^ most difficult animals in the world tcn^g?W train. "The rabbit which I sold him is a very intelligent animal. I have trained to come out of a basket, leap over some, obstacles, climb back int?<^ the basket* and pull the lid down." ? , ^ il ^ l,? , i, 11 l > ? 1 As the Glidden tour this year will pass through territory where the tele- |'^j phone and telegraph service is very poor, it has been decided to equip the cars w ith wireless telegraph apparatus. M This will make it possible to keep in ' close touch with the contestants, and the latter will be able to report acci- ffl dents and call for help when necea- {j sary.?Scientific American. The International Meteorological Committee, which assembles trien- ' J nially, will hold its next sessions In gfi Berlin during the last week of Sep- 71 tember, 1910. Dr. W. N. Shaw, dl- C rector of the^gltish Meteorological \ Oflflce, is PJ^sidem0' committee, ? .and?rr?fj?g0r Dr GHellmann, direc- J tor of the Royal Prusi?11 Meteorolog- /J ical Institute, secrets^ Scientific American. - -^| A convenient method of^?terln'l,~ ing variations in the candle pFer oC J* a lamp was described in a rten' , number of Elektrotechnische zt'- J ' schrift. A selenium cell is employee > WHICH IS exposed IU iuo muiti uuuci ! test and Is placed in series with & i l^fordlng tnllliammeter. The eunrw ; recorded by the milliammeter, which is due to the variable resistances ot ^. ' the selenium cell, indicates the varia* i tlon o? the candle power of the lamp. ^ I To be sure, this does not give M ac- . " : curate photometric measurement.-^ ^ i Scientific American. I Chicago is trying a new car do* l signed to remove city garbage over ? t the street railwaj's at night. The car ; is of steel construction, thirty-four ^ i feet long, divided into three sections which are so shaped that they can w - be dumped with a pole by a single r man, thus doing away with the neons- ^ t sity of using air cylinders or other , , mechanical dumping apparatus. The JE t roptions are made watertight, so that ^ - there will be no leakage of wet gar* ^ 5 bags. The car Is not provided wltfc ^ ; motors. It Is intended to use thy cor S | in the daytime for hauling coucrpte . and construction materials. ? Stieu- A I Uflc American. *1