Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY HJJL : THURSDAY , ,11'XE 212 , 181)5) ) ) . i THE IIIGGINS' WELL. A Clinrtnlng Story of the Wa > drimdmu Disappeared and the Whole Country Side WHS UuKcJ to Find her Again. Ily HCKCIITA IL' HOIS * . . . . . . . . jtS S ? * v"SJTS. * / vrs. " - - ' .Ml * Hlgglng , I don't too how you live Mth no curb to that well , and you with til these grandchildren runnln' 'round the jnrd I h'd think jou'd bo crazy exptctin * one of 'cm to ( all In ' Mrs Hlgglns looked beyond the depart ing caller on the step and regarded the curbless well with mild solicitude on her grandmotherly countenance "Well , It has worried mo some , " she admitted "Henry has been mcanln' to fix it this , long time , but he don't seem to get to It. 'S you ay. 1 get kinder worrld about the chlUren. specially Clay Ambrose \cnterfome. . Ho corns bewitched to dip up water an1 I'\o thought more'n once ho'd topple o\er" Clay Ambrose , a whltehtaded boj of 6 , fired with ambition at hearing this reference to bis dipping proIUitlc8. Immediately sclrod a pall and ran to the well. He flat tened himself close to the edge upon his llttlo stomach with his bare legs waving wildly in the air as aids to his valiant efforts to flip up a pailful of water just beyond hU reach His mother , wife to he bus > Hcnrj , sat within the door , sway ing her Knees from side to side to quiet the norvia of her joungeat born , who lay stretched across her lap whimpering o\cr a nan tooth " 1 tell mother one's foolish to worry about the children as she does , I don't , be cause I'\e told 'cm time an' agen they mustn't go near the well. " She emlled reassuringly at the > Ultor ns she made this placid statement and her eye , wandering bejond , fell upon Clay Ambrose's expressUo legs. "Well , I dccfare1 Clay "Ambrose ! Clay Ambrose1 You coine here this minute ! The times l'\c told that child to keep away from that well. You want mo to come there an' get you ? " A desperate struggle of the legs was the reply and Clay Ambrose trium phantly assumed the upright position anil trotted back to the house with aa o\crflo\v- Ing pall His mother settled back In her chair with restored placidity. "He scan me most to death , I thought sure he was goln' In that time. Don't you never go near that well agcn1 You understand ? " Clay Ambrose nodded In token that he comprehended. "Hero gramma , " he said , and held up the pall of water with both hands. Mrs Pcckham gathered up the reins end clucked to the horse after she and Mrx Dayton returned to the rattling wagon and , amid cordial Injunctions to "Come agen soon , " and "Yes , wo will , an' jou must come an' see us , " they rattled away. "I ne\er say such an easy-goln' critter as that wife o' Henry's Is , 'uless 'twas Henry himself. Or Mis' Higgles 'a the only one In that fam'ly that's got one spark of real get-up an' get along an * she ain't any more idea of Bover'ment than old tabby cat that alerswould take care of her own kittens and the joung cat's kittens , too , an' let both sets torment the life out of her. " Mrs. Peckham handed the reins to her com panion and tuked her green bonnet string * Inside he dust cloak , secure from fading , before she assented. "Well , It's largely Henrj's brlngin' up. I don't knowas he oughter be blamed alto gether. But she alwajs did do e\erj thing lor him when ho was a hey an' let him set around , and now he's grown up an' has this great fam'ly of children on his ban's he don't seem to reely know how to man age. " Miss Dayton slapped the reins on old Whltej's back and hurried him around the corner , then checked his progress while she Carefully spread a blue "baregeeJl " o\er her bonnet and gathered the corners'unflerher chin. "There ! I know fhh bonnet's get ting Just as full of dust as it can bold and there won't bo a ray of color In It with the sun beatln' down on it this way. But Flor- ette makes such a fuss if I don't look Jus' so when we're out ridln' that I don't dare put on a ell nor hardly a duster. I belle\e that cloud's gone round an' we shant have a shower after all. Get up Whltey ! " White/ Jogged down the hill and Into his own dooryard - yard where Miss Dayton's brother , the man was tinkering a one-horse of the family , mowing machine. Meanwhile iMerwln , Mrs. Hlgglns' older grandson , gazing down the road after the retreating caller , had been roused by a blrd- llko call apparently falling down out of the fleecy flecked tolue above. Ho hesitated not ft moment in locating It. His sister Me lissa was perched In the cherry tree o\er the wall and trilling clearly as a signal for him to Join her. In another moment he was swinging himself up to the bough to her occupation abote her where he settled generous handfuls of the tion of pulling ripened fruit and slipping them out of . Thus happily sight ns quickly as possible. engaged bo entertained Melissa with an ac count of the afternoon's social pleasures. 6ho nodded her head appreciateely as he ended. "I don't think that well's real safe mjself , one of the atones slants right down an' It's drefful slippery when you splaeh water on U. " "Sho1" grunted Merwlnwith masculine loftiness , "I ain't 'frald. " "Well , mebbe there ain't for you , " per sisted Melissa , "but some of the children ' 11 bo fallln' In euro's fate , 'n then I shall have em to take care of. 1 wish pa'd fix It. " "Well , he won't yet awhile , cos' he an" ma's goln' up to Pottlpaug to Aunt Lolry's tomorrow to stay two or three days I bet you an > tblng they won't t > o home for a week. " And Melissa did not offer to take the be * . II. The next afternoon Grandma Hlgglns etood In the door of the strangely qi.l house and looked out for a grandchild. Henry and hl wife had ridden away In the early morning -with the baby in lap and Clay Ambrose tucked down in front , and Merwln and ( Mellesa had been out of eight to long that the silence began to grow op- presshe. "I wnnt a pall of water. I c'ld get It nijfelf 's well's not , but I'm ' ( raid them children 're up In that cherry tree. I hain't heard nothln' of 'em since dinner. I ex- pec' nothln1 tut they'll tumble out one of those da > s an' break their bones on that June grass. em. " She took the pall from Its shelf by the door and ambled oft o\er the lush stun wall. I guess I'd better go 'n call A little Inter Merwln and Melissa dipped around the corner of the house with the stealthy steps of returning truants They fee-pel In at the open door , no one there. They softly entered with patting bare feet and ttood In the middle of the great , empty kitchen , listening. There was a look of plcked-up after-dinner neatness about them and no sound of motion or Ufa except the rustling of a newspaper on the table stirred by the breeze that crept In after them. Talk about the awe-Inspiring quiet of aast cathedral , It Is nothing to the iilllnecs of a familiar house suddenly emptied of a large family , The children looked at each other with widening eyw. "Where's gramma ? " "I don't know. Let's look. ' Through the deserted housn they went with e\er hastening atepe , "Let's holler ! " "Qramma ! Gramma ! " Their voices sounding so loud In the echoing rooms , were really scareJ and faint. It seemed to the children , as they stood In the back door , that never In their ll\es be fore had they known her to b out of sight of Us homely stepstone Certainly not when e > ery one e ! e was gone too and loneliness and ( Hence were left to reign. Suddenly Merwln started M his cy lighted on a familiar fight. There , by the edge of the well stood the old brown wxlcr pall , and closely b lde It * raof sunlight , glancing through the apple tree * , gllstetieJ on the slanting , sllrpery , water-splasbcJ Ptoncs The boy tumed to hU sister with the healthy red irlcken out of his freckled checks and absolute terror dilating his blue ejes "M ll s , " be gasped , "gramma's In the well' She's ben drawln' water cos the stuns' re all wet , and she's sllpt In. You lun Just aa fast afi you can an' tell Mr. Peckham and Mr. Ua > ton , an' I'll get the Hilt bojs , thcj's mowln' up the bridge. " ' .Melissa waited not a moment With a howl of terror the flew out of the house and the jard and her bare feet spatted wildly down the duty road , while Merwln's thumped e\en more rapidly In the opposite direction. Mrs. Peckham sat by her sldo window , braiding a rug in peaceful enjoyment of that pleasant season after the dinner work Is done up and before It's time to begin to see about supper. Prom up the road came a sound like a stifled wall. "What under the canopy 's that ? Can't be one of the carves 's got out an * 's baa In' for its mother " Louder and louder grew the cry and Mrs. Peckham put down her rug and started for the door. "I'll go down to the gate an' look , sounds like a child in perfect distress. " By the time she reached the gate the distressed child was nearly there , a terror-stricken , dust and sweat-begrimed little object flying red hair and streaming eyes and breath reduced to a gasping sob. "Why , If it ain't Melissa Hlgglns ! What under the canopy 's the matter , child' Suthln' drefful happened up to jour house' " "Oh , Mis' Peckham ! Oh. Mis' Peckham ! Gramma's In the well ! She's slipped in where the water's splashed an' we can't find her anj where an' pa an * ma's gone up to Pettipaug ! Oh , send Mr. Peckham quick ! quick ! " It was some seconds before Mrs Peck- i bam could comprehend the gasping , Inco herent speech. When she did she was prop erly excited. "Good land sakes all\e , child , you don't It ! Old Mis' tHfggins in the well1 Why that's awful ! And Henry and his wife nine miles away at Pettipaug ! Here , jou can't run any further and jou're clean tuckered out , sit down on the doorstep an' fan jourself and I'll cut round the corner to the Dajtons and tell them. Mr. Peckham is down there helping Asher Dajton mow. " She threw her apron over her head and In her turn cantered off down the dusty road. Miss Dajton upstairs , folding away some bedding which had been airing , looked out through the "domlny winder" "If there ain't riorette Peckhsm hurrjln' down the hill right in the middle of the road with out any bonnet. I shouldn't wonder It sutliln' terrible had happened. Cow got mired or suthin' . I'll go down to the door an" meet her. " The "suthin' " that had happened proved to be more "terrible" than fnncv had sug gested Miss Dayton threw her apron o\er her head and hurriedly led the way to the bars into the barn lot where the men folks were nt work Asher was the only one in sight and he appeared stolidly disinclined to leave his work at the end of the field , and replied only by loud Inquiring "heys ? " to their ihrilly shouted tales of woe. At length he seemed to gather from his eis- ter'a frantic gestures that something out of the usual line had happened and slowly\ \ stumped o\er to meet her. When ho had learned her errand , how ever , Ills manner changed aud he exhibited the man's ability to do something practical in an emergency upon which women gener ally depend. "I'll get Whltey right into the wagon so's to get there quicker and pick up Peckham on the way. He's gone up to his barn on an errand. And here ! We shall need ropes o' course ; Just hand mo that one on the nail. " ill. Par up on ( tie road to Pettipaug a for lorn llttlo figure trudged over the sandhills , with wearlmes In e\ery limb but despera tion in the frightened heart Probably ne\er again would Merwln Higglns feel that sorrow row of half-comprehended danger and ab- sqluto helplessness which now engulfed his childish soul. The Hill bojs bad been duly dispatched to the scene of trouble , but be dared not go back with them. So he set bis face toward pa , ma and Pettipaug and hur ried on. Up at Pettipaug the Hlgglns family were enjojlng a mildly festhe "treat" of cake and lemonade before going to bed Aunt Lolzy was just filling Henry's glass and sayIng - Ing that the water from their pump ne\er tasted quite eo good as that she used to drink at home , when the outer door swung open. On the threshold stood a dusty llttlo lad so utterly wearied that he gave bis mes sage with Spartan calmness. "Gramma's drouoded in the well" Half an hour rater Merwinwas seated by his father in the buggy retracing bis after noon's Journey. His explanations bad been > ague and unsatisfactory , but their melan choly burden , "Gramma's dead , " was too alarming to pass unheeded. For once Henry Hlgglns acted with energy , The horse was "put to , " the hungry boy , who absolutely refused to be left behind , was fed and wrapped for the night drive and ho had started for home almost as quickly BE another man. But the horse was not to be hurried out of his usual habits and the nine-mile drive ga\o time for a novel experience. For per- hai > 8 the first lime in his remembrance Henry Hlgging felt keen emotion. He had been towed lazily along the narrow canal of life , throughbojh'bod , through joutb , through courtship , through marriage. His wife was not a woman to arouse passionate affection Ills deepest love bad been his mother's , hers had been rne hand upon the helm , and now he knew it. Knew it as he faced the fong stretch of jears without her oare and her coun l Knew It as be ac knowledged that thli awful thins was his OHO fault "I meant to bavo fixed that curb. I ought to have done It , " old Itself over In his mind , and In ntendy ai rompanlmrnl ] floated from the fur wood , ' -poor-nlte Haj-gone-to-mlll. Whip-poor-will Whip- poor-will. The frog concert still dronoJ luggMthcly In the tnar h. The moon came up and stared straight In their faces with' that uncanny look * he wears -when her "horns point toward the weal , " and familiar objects began to appear wearing unfamiliar night time forms. Mo mently Henry began to look for the mes senger who should bo on the way or perhaps they knew that Merwln had gone to tell him. Still unmet they drove Into the homo yard and around to the back door. The house was darn except for a light In the kitchen , which sent slanting rajs through the lilac buh by the window and over toward the dark mouth of the well at which they glanced shudderlnily. Neither moved , to get out , go to the door and a > k the dreaded question seemed Impossible. Suddenly the horse raised his head , looked toward the barn and whinnied. At the pound the kitchen door flcrw open revealing the homely familiar Interior and on the thres hold , silhouetted against Us dim brightness , etood Grandma HIggtns She peered out Into the darknets anxiously. "That jou Mf-rwln ? " ehe aakel. Henry Hlgglns moved then , nut of the buggy and up to her sldo at two steps. "What jou been up to , 'mother , glvln' us such a scare as this' " "Whv , nothln' ! Henry , nothln1' ' I sh'ld think 'tuns a scare' I Jus' went up to the cherry tree to look for the children and stopped on the waj to cut some pic-plant and when I got back the whole neighborhood wes here with ropes an' tacklings cleaning out the well. I was awful ashamed to make such a fuss. I didn't know an' ol' woman like me was so much account. " Merwln had followed his father and was gazing at his grandmother with the awed expression of one who sees \lsltor from another world. Henry turned toward him. ORANMA'S DROWNDED IN THE WELL. "You j-oung rascal1" he said , tout there he stopped , his heart was too light at the eud- den lifting of the last hour's burden to let him scold. He turned back to his mother and did something he had not done In twenty jears , ho stooped and kissed her. She reddened with confusion like a girl. "There ! there ! go an' put out the horse and I'll cut you a piece o' pie and make a cup o * tea ; you'll need somethln' to eat before you go to bed. " On his return to the bouse Henry stopped beside the "well and looked down Into It. "I'll build a curb to this well tomorrow , " he eaid aloud. " 'Xless , " he added hesltat- ingij" , "i nave to go DacK to I'ettipaug to tell Lolry'aiid ' the rest. " * ' - - TweUe months slipped by and Mrs. Peck- ham and Miss Dayton were dri\ing home through the summer twilight after "making a few calls. " As they passed the Hlgglns place Mrs Peckham leaned around the carriage top and looked Into the jard. "Do see , Mis' Dayton , " she exclahned , "that baby of Henrj's big enough to walk. It's got out door an' 's traveling straight for that well. An' I declare , they ain't got no curb to it j et. " An American product that excels all for eign make is Cook's Imperial Extra Dry. Boquet perfect. 1'npu'n Arm mid Foot. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "The bride , I understand , will not come down the aisle on her father's arm. " "No , papa's arm now takes a rest. But there is something funny in your sugges tion " "How so ? " "Why. they say that when the bridegroom asked papa for the bride he left the house on papa's foot. " WHEN CANADIANSARE } ! LAWS i Oy Warraan Views the Colonial Pailiament in Active Operation. LIKES THE WAY THE SHOW IS RUN I'cciillnr I'rmluet * of rnllllcn In the Dominion CrtirrmiH ItcilN ot Mono ; Slit-lit to Ciiiiturc nil O flic i . Parliament meets In the afternoon nt Ot tawa , takes rees for supper , reassembles and sits far Into the night , unless pome one gets tired. Just at the opening ot the bouse the scene Is the least bit stately and impos ing , but only for n moment , when the er- Reant-at-nrms enters bearing the great jnoce , the emblem of authority , followed by Sir James Kdger , author and poet , who is the dignified speaker of the Canadian Commons. When the mace Is placed upon the green cloth co\ered table Sir James takes the chair , the high-backed , lianJ-caneJ chair , that will never be occupied by any other speaker. Not that the present incumbent has a life job , < but because when ho goes he takes the chair away with him. His successor will ha\e a now one. That is one of the rules ot the house. The moment the house settles down to business it becomes simplicity Itself. If the people ot a staid Canadian town were assembled to discuss wajs and means for the purchase ot a new cart , U > o participants could not be less self-conscious , or more at ease , than are these far-called members of Parliament. , The chamber In which the lower bouse sits Is > ery like that of the house of repro- sentativ es at Washington. The speaker sits In the eame position , at one side , but the seats do not circle , thej stand In rows , parallel with the speaker's glance as he looks out o\er the le\el space where the secretaries and shorthand men , called Han sard men here , do their work. The seats all ha\e desks In front of them , where the members write letters home , ex plaining whj , when they ought to be listenIng - Ing to the opposition goading the go\ern- ment. The Canadian lawmakers lounge In their seats with their hats on and neckties carelessly and cadaverlshly ns up behind , as the members of Parliament lounge In Lon don. don.But I like the way they run the show. It's all open , cery minister must be a member and be on hand to explain things away. In this wny they keep their scan dals pretty welf cleared up , Instead of keep ing them suppressed until the case begins to explode. Soft SrntK for liiilstPrn. The first six seats in the front row to the right and to the left of the speaker are handsomely upholstered. These are for the ministers , the Ins and outs the int. to the right and the outs to the left. Always in the sixth seat from the end the premier , who Is the leader , site , and directly opposite Sir Wilfred alts the ex-premier , Bart , G C. M. G. , the leader of the opposition , his fine old English face contradicting the story that he is an old man. Directly behind the ex-premier his son , Sir Charles Hlbbert Tupper , sits. He comes from far Vancou\er to twit the government about the Klondike. Now , as we sit in the gallerj" , and my i Scottish friend , who has kindly consented j to be ray guide and interpreter , points out the different members and where they come from , I Tjegln to realize that these men "rule a master empire than has been " That b B ; man there , with one end ut his collar at : large , comes from the far corner of No-\a i Scotia , and the short man with careless hair 1 13 irom * umumuu ; ut > u ; UUL > , u . .Ui > * w ends and tbe narrow trail leads away Into i the land of gold , and of the midnight sun , The neat , smooth-faced little Englishman In i e enln ! ; dress comes from British Columbia , . It took him eighteen months to cam ass his i district , and ccat ( my friend said ) J1S.OOO , . "You would not notice It in his walk , " the > Scotchman added , "but one of hla legs is i longer than the other now. " "I object' I ob-ject ! " said a blonde man , , and he looked It. "What Is it the honorable gentleman ob jects to' " asked the speaker. "I object to the honorable gentleman's constant reference to me as the Kev-erent Mr. Blank. " The man who had committed the breach ' looked puzzled. He could not understand I why an ex-minister of the gospel should ob ject to being called the Re\erent Mr. Blank , , but the chair ruled that the language was ! unparllamentarj' , ordered it all rubbed out and instructed the offending member to con fine himself to the ordinary term "Tbe Hon orable Gentleman , " and the Incident was : closed. "That man walking away now la the wit , ' of ( tie houpp , " fMJ my friend ' He Irish , ot course t ntortunately he s with the go\- crnmenl now , poor chop He's us drooping and moroo as a nightingale with the croup Ah , .jou should tee him on tbe left , when he's 'agin the government' his rlphtemis wrath over the doings of the coneervathcs In magnificent to behold " \VJir HP llfforniril. "But tell me. Mac , " said I. "why did the honorable gentleman on th left call the honorable gentleman on the right the Rc\- eront Mr Ulank ? " "Oh , he's a reformed Presbyterian preacher. But jou can't blame him. He had n little flock nway out on the Pacific coist , and tills opportunity caine , he was competent and knew It , so ho stood for Par- llamcnt ( they run over the border ) and was elected Now he comes o er here , twenty- five hundred miles , C P H , pass , perhapi , 10 cents a mile , $250. He gets a thousand f ° - sitting , long or short , does the same twenty-five hundrt-d miles going home at the same rate , cleaning up (1,500 , a thousand of wdlch he will sa\e" Now the Hon. Mr. Foster , ex-mlnlstcr of finance , and one of the nbleet and most pol lened speakers In the house , takes the lead , In the temporary absence of Sir Charles Tupper , Bart , and asks the minister of the Interior why he has emploj-cd a new man In n certain department at a salary ot (1,100 a jear. when there were twenty-six old cm- plojcs In that department waiting for pro motion. The question eeerned Impertlent to me , but Hon. Sir. Slftoti rose and explained. H was all Greek to me , but I could see by the quiet gaze of the minister that he un derstood , and thought Mr. Kojster would apologize and subside But he did nothing of the fort. He spoke at length , declaring that the honorable minister of the Interior's explanation did not explain , and the minis ter tried again , but to no purpose Ue wanted to know why this man got the Job. Senator Vest of Missouri could ha > e explained - plained It all In a breath. " 'Cause he's our kind of folks , " ho would ha\e said , but Mr. Slfton seemed ncAer to think of that , If that was the reason. Now , Mr. roster's questions became al most exasperating to me , and Mr. SIfton's replies equally so , but they were ns calm and polite as could be , ne\cr eo much as mo\lng a hand toward their hip pockets. Stncn times he got the minister up and down , and then Mac said , "Let's go he won't tell , " and we strolled out. Story of n Cronn. As we gained the open Mac turned and looked up o er the door. "I want to tell jou a story , " said he. , "In the days when Sir John the great Sir John MacDonald was premier , some body stuck a little wooden cross up above that door. One of Sir John's ministers came breathlessly to the premier and wanted the thing taken down at on--e. 'Lea\e It there , ' said Sir John , 'that will help us in Quebec. ' "Years passed and the little cross kept j Its place. Finally there came a change. A premier came who was a Catholic Presently the cross was missing , and a number of the faithful waited upon the just minister and asked that the emblem , be restored to Its place " 'Is It gone'1 asked the premier. " 'Yes , ' thej' made answer , 'H is gone. " " 'Well let It go. That will help us In Ontario. ' It seemed as natural for the Canadians to mix rellglcn and politics as for n Ken- tucklan to mix water and sugar. Once , when the question of using the bible In tlie public schools was up the minister of education made a book of selections that he thought would be safe and instructive for children. Ho submitted n copy to the various bishops. The only criticism came from the head of the Catholic church , and that was merely that the grammar of the modern school were conflicting and might confuse the children. "Our Father which are in hca\en. " With that exception the good bishops were all satisfied , but not so with the politicians I forget , now , which party was in power , but it makes no difference. The thing would happen just the same One e\enlng a politician of the opposition was making a public speech. It was near election time , and he was desperately moved He had ne\er been known as a zealous worker In the chnrch , and the audl- ence was not prepared for the emotion be dlsplajed when referring to the nbbreUa- tlon of tbe scriptures. When he had recounted - counted all the wronga , or nearly all , of which the party in power was the cause , he lifted a trembling hand , choked a little , and then said , almost In tears"And now. my dear friends , they crown all this Infamy by taking away our bible. This , " he shrieked , "we will never stand. Say to these political pirates , 'give us back our bible we want our bible , the whole d d bible or noth- ing" " Irniitl < - of > tlic Scene. I had ne'ver read a graphic pen picture of the Canadian capital , and now as we strolled "What did you say when father asked you what your prospects were ? ' ' "I told him I was no mind reader , " out to the brink of the high cliff upon whlth stsnJn the magnificent j > rli mcnt nn.l . otht * go\ernmcnt buHdlng * . I w g In a condition to enjoy the beautle * of thn scene It WM one of the e r re June nUht that hotl come to Canada after an unmuslly * e- \tro winter , two months ahead of time The moon wan Just pepping oter the city , ostch- Ing the eddying snlrl of the Ottawa , whose water * had been fretted Into white foam at the falls half a mile above. Just across the rher , in the province of Quebec , l < the man ufacturing and lumbering town of Hull. It was here , or hereabouts , that the Yankee- pioneer , Wright of Waburn rested and laid the foundation for n fortune. It Is easy to understand that all stranger ) , from the first French xoynger to the present writer , ha\e grown enthusiastic over Ot tawa. No man with a soul cnn stand upon the edge of the clllf on Parliament hill , day or night , without feeling a thrill of delight , so wondrously beautiful l the scene. To be sure , thing * ha\e changed Blncn the dajs of Philemon WrlghU The whine of the distant sawmill and the song of the passing trolley comes to us now , and belon us In the shad ows where the famous "Lexers' Walk , " winds among the shrubs , we an hear the soft \olcrs and the low musical laugh of lovcro that are strolling there. Hut ever nbo\e It all wo hear the ceaseless roar of the mighty rl\cr , as it sucks through the narrows and plunges o\cr the rocks the deathless song of the Chandlere. Wo rend In that Interesting book , "Canada and Us Capital , " that Wright of Waburn "climbed to the top of more than 100 trees to view the Pltuatlon of the cnuntrj- . " Well , I don't blame him Hut "what a sa\lng of time and trousers he might ha\c worked by simply selecting one tall tree , climbing to the top aud staying up thrro ninety-nine times' ' CY WARM AN. set i.i'roil TYMmiMiivr. The Itoulcy ProroM * of Taking I.lfu MiiNUx of Atlllllillx. Inferior taxidermists simply fill out a skin with cxecelslor packed o\er a rude 'woodru framework , the latter being used to keep the figure rigid , but Mr. John How ley , the famous taxidermist of the American Mu seum of Natural History , actuallj makes a plaster of Paris statue of e\cry animal ho handles , in order to bring out each cur\e and joint and wrinkle just as each exists in life. O erall tbe hide is carefullj cemented. In order to cano a statue of anj Ihlng creature , the sculptor-taxidermist must of course , have a model. Whenever practicable Mr. How ley makes a. life mask from some good looking specimen of tbe animal w Itb which he has to do The Central Park Zoo Is but a few minutes' walk from Mr. llow- lej's laboratorj- , and the authorities there are e\er ready to lend him whate\er assist ance he may deblre For purposes of tax idermy It is nec ssarj to take only a profile mask. Taking the life mask of an animal Is aa exceedingly difficult matter , because the greatest care must be used to keep the hairs of the hide from sticking to the plaster , and to keep the frightened subject quiet. If any of the plaster should c.nter such sensltl\e openings as the ears , cjes or nostrils the poor creature would become frantic ind by Its struggles not only spoil the ma k , but Injure itself Mr. Rowley has never at tempted to take the life mask of a Hen , a hjena or a grizzly bear , but in the case of more docile beasts he manages \erj * well. Assistants hold the animal and then the expert carefully anoints -with grease e'xery portion of the figure of which he'wlshes to obtain a model. When the "whole surface has thus been rendered free from adhesl\c- ness he laj-s on the wet plaster. In a few- moments this hardens , and when removed furnishes a perfect relief In the negatUe of the animal species represented by the hide which is to be etuffed. From this negative model Mr Rowley canes his staule. For pose , natural groupIng - Ing and outward habits the sculptor-taxider mist makes up his representations from what ho can glean from observations , written descriptions and from actual photographs. Mr. Rowley is constantly collecting photo graphs and taking snap shots of animals in different poses , In order to make his knowl edge of these subjects as nearly perfect as possible. Whenever the taking of a life mask Is either Impossible or too difficult and dan gerous the taxidermist models the statue as well as he can from these photographs , as sisted by the measurements from the dead skeleton. Mr. Rowlej- holds that taxidermy Is as much of an art as sculpture Itself , and the many exepert critics and thousands of ap preciative visitors who annually view his work as exhibited In the American Museum of Natural Hlstorj- , are of the same opinion , 11 AMI LOL'Ih XIV. Good Wiiy to Ilc'CMilIcct Dated In the IIff of tlif Moiuircli. It Is a singular fact that If j-ou want to recollect ttie prominent events of the life of Louis XIV , all jou have to do Is to resolve the dates at which they took plaro into the figure 14. Thus , Louis XIV became king In 1643 , add l-C-4-3 14. Again , he was born on the 14th day of September , count the words "flay of September , " and jou will find them to be 14. Again , ho became of ago at 14 , the legal age for kings of France Again , he began bis persona ] government at the death of Mazarln In 1CC1 , add 1-C-C 1 -U Apiln. ho reifcm i j vit-B multiply T by J 14 \gaii > li H 'at 77 nil ' . T 14 Again Ills fsttu-r. L ui Mil < ll. 1 May 14 , IfilS. add -6-1-3 1 14 HI * KrunUaiJicr. Henry IV. dirt Mny It. Ix > ul XIV died In 17IB , and * o ktpt IBP 14 up fven to hU death , for add 1-7-1-fr 14. Arnica Milir. THK BUST SALVK In the world for Cutu nrultes. Pores , Vlcer * . Suit Hbeum 1" ir Sore * , Tetter. Chapped Hand * . Chilblains Corns and all Skin Kruptlotif , and positively cures Pile * , or no pay required It 1 * pii.ir anteed to give perfect cfttlsfartlon or momv refunded. Price 2& cents per box. For by Kuhu & Co uimtviu A new writer Is about to present his mnlden effort through Small , MajnaH Co. Ills name i Arthur Stnnwood Plrr and he h s written a novel called "The IV.la- gogue * . " The wetie * nre laid around Har vard and the Harvard Summer school nnd amusingly depict the "minor culture" of the summer scilon * of certain unknown de partments of the great university. Among the works appearing In tbo weekly bulletin of The Micmillan Company that have not been mentioned before In these columns are "The Making of Hn- wall , " "Our Gardens. " "Tho Life of Prtme Bismarck. " "Kthlra nnd Revelation " ' An Introduction to < ho Study of Dante , " "The Moral Discourses of Ktilctctus , " "Plutarch s Lives , Volume V , " "Teuffel's Hlttorj of Human Literature. " The great work which has engaged Prof W / Ripli'j for so lung. "The Hares ol Europe , " is nearly ready for publication by the Messrs. Applcton This book Is s\ld to furnish a lucid description of the present living population of Europe from the Hand point of the phvslral anthropologist and to show the Intimate relationship whlrh has gradually arisen between man and his geographical graphical env Iroutucnt. David Storrar Aleldrum , author of "Tho Storj of MarKredel. " has , for tbe last jear or two , been preparing n bundle of cssajs which will appear before long from the press of Dodd , Mead i Co It is entitled "Holland and the Hollanders " Mr Mi > T- J'jum in Ills published books has nlrcadj proved his ability to write In a graphic and entertaining manner nnd with n thorough appreciation and knowledge of his theme Harper & Ilrothers have on their list for early publication n volumi of short stories entitled "The Sixth Sense , and Other Stor ies. " by Slargnret Sutton Hrlsroe n book on tbe reconstruction of Santiago de Cuba , Captain John Hlgelow , Tenth United States eavalrj , brother of Mr. Poultnej Blgefow Mr. Charles Dudley Warner's "That For tune , " "Japan In Transition " bj Stafford Ransorae. and "Enchanted India , " bj Prince Karngeorgevltch The Hon. Andrew D White , United States ambassador to Germany , snvs In n recent letter. "We have enjojcd Mr. We tcott R book , 'David Horum , ' Immenselj The others agree with me that it Is a work of the greatest merit , far superior to several which In these recent jenrs have made great reputations for men. It is really ono of my greatest regrets , now that I have read 'David Harum , ' that , although 1 met Mr. Westcott frequently , I never had any con versation with him " The Ollphant nutoblographj Is not the only book of Its kind that Dodd , Mead & Co have on their lists for earlj publication There Is another work In literary biography It Is called "HeininiscenccB of the Life of Edward P Roe , " to which are added sketches and other papers of an autobio graphical nature The text Is edited by his sister , Marj A Roe The death of Rev Mr Roe occurred over ten jears ago. His nov els are still widely read bj people who be lieve that every story should be ndorncd with a moral , and who are pleased If the writer gives plenty of Incidents Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Boar Signature of See Fac-Slmlle Wrapper Below. Terr small and to talus as sugar. FOR HEADACHE , FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS , FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FORTHECOMPLEXIOK CURE SICK HEADACHE. for infants and Children. The Kind You Ifavo Always Bought lias borne the signa ture of Chas. IT. Fletcher , and has huen made under Ills personal Mipervlhion for over 'JO ycnn . Allow no ono to deceive you in this. Counterfeits , Imitations and "Jusi-ns-gootl" are but Evncriincnts , and endanger the health of Children nxpericncu against Experiment. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Years. EAST , WEST , HOME IS BEST , " IF KEPT GLEAN WITH Foot and Arm Pit Powder. 1Tilt. . SIIUI. blUS INSTANT It I.I.I IK HICHHI ( If-w'hn , T red , Mnarp.nr , fitimi f ill i aid Arbirn Kn-t. " - * I'tftrt u tilU"ri-c" rui , , cl ( i fihoftH luraloatlK f ir 4 tut * dm * * Litid Flwliy ! l"d tl.li | > Kdir r | n-i dUf trtcrlH * in nr \ < nng i L Mna. Aniiccptir J M' * ! il ix-r.plraUriii rimiif . l > rl it ruxrl'ir to all t.iuilarirti Krf | Jtut dry tu yiar 'round , iTpvu.t'tii ; c 'Id ' | . utdiii - - - - Giies Instant Relief to Babies Suffering from Rash or Chafing , D ? W ! > t 2Do per boi ,