The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 21, 1910, Image 6
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
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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
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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
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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
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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