Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NED
IOHN H. REAM,
Publisher.
A lawswt l. no tM f of tluic nml
money.
If a nuu Is Iniwiipcteut ho usually
chorgos It up to bad luck.
Ma with long heads ore capable of
Using tbom ou short notice.
Hnppy in the spirit that makes two
lay of sunshine grow whre only one
rvw before.
The man arrested In New York for
marrying eight women ought to he ndd-
d to the Carnegie hero medal list.
The girl graduate who morrlcs at
commencement I the present heroine
of the bon-bon school of romance.
It Is too late, perhaps, to ask the
woodman to snare that tree. What Is
needed now la to reproduce that tree.
"Eight-hour day for wives," Is Brest
Cent Roosevelt's latest slogan. Where's
a man going to spend the other sixteen
boars?'
Owing to the kind of perron he has
confessed himself to be It Is oidy fulr
to assume that Harry Orchard einokes
cigarettes.
King Edward has decorated Caruso
With the Victorian order. This will
help materially to make hJm worth
the price he demands.
Schoolgirls klRS each other Into grippe
and fever, Dr. Drake says. It must be
really dangerous for girls to be kissed
by anybody but a man.
A Baltimore physlclau assures us
that kissing Is not so dangerous as
many bacteriologists assert. A lot of
us have been brave enough to risk It,
anyway.
A London scientist says strawberries
cause people to become sulky. lie may
be mistaken. It Is usually the lack of
strawberries In the shortcake that
makes people Ill-tempered.
Emperor William has about made up
Ills mind not to hare a world's fair In
Germany. Germany Is doing fairly
Well, and he probably thinks It would
be foolish to disturb her.
After the scientists have succeeded In
weighing and photographing the soul
will they be good enough to furnish di
rections for preventing It from leaving
borne without permission?
Dr. Evans, health commissioner,
gives It as the result of his observa
tion that It Is better to be born a hog
than a human being. Doesn't the doc
tor know that somo men find It easy to
be both? , ,
Stories of boys who began small and
bave waxed big are still told, In spite
of the cry of lesseulng opportunities
and all-embracing "trusts." The latest
la that concerning a boy who began by
aweaptng out a railroad ofllce at three
dollars a week. He bus Just been .made
freight manager, at u salary of twenty
five thousand. But ho has not been
aweeplng all the time.
W- ' ' . '
Friends of the Indian will rejoice In
the fact thst the lives of countless red
skins will bo saved by the recent arrest
of a 13-year-old Massachusetts boy. He
had dug up the hatchet, struck it deep
Into the war-post, and sturted for the i
far, far West. Ills armament was an
air-rifle, a raiiorj a pair of brass kuuek
les, two toy pistols and a sword. He
bad run away from his home, and. his
mission was the extermination of In
dians. But ho had thoughtlessly omit
ted to put any wampum In his pocket
or any parched corn and pemmlcan In
bis pouch. lie got hungry, applied for
belp at a police station, and there his
romance ended. ..-,,
If the writer of this ever sets nnt nf
the newspaper business and finds that
be baa an unsatisfied deslro for more
, good reading matter he expects to drop
Into a newspaper ofllce once a week
and buy a nickel's worth of old papers,
lie will probably get twenty-five ex
change and half of them will be met
ropolitan not more than a week old.
Out of the bunch he will get a lot of
reading that will bo as good as could
be found In any two or three 10-ceut
magazines. . The newspapers of this
country are filled with good stuff every
day of the year, not alone local news
matter but matter of general Interest,
matter that Is as readable when It Is
a year old as when It was first primed.
The good feeling which Is develop
ing between England and France may
Induce English-speaking folk the world
over to take a few valuable lessons of
the French. They have been tradition
ally regarded as a fickle people, much
given to the drinking of absinthe, and
to social Intrigue, and successful chief
ly In the devising of gay and exjieuslve
fashions, to the depletion of English
and American iwcketbooks. In iKlnt
of fact, the French as a nation h.ive
certain n at able virtues which we may
emulate. For example, the avenge
Frenchman, Instead of being a wan
derer, Is emphatically a family man.
Ills ruling ambition Is to own a home
which he may eujoy himself and be
queath to his children. If ho has in
herited one, It Is his greatest pride to
preserve and beautify It. Ho chooses
his wife uot only for her dowry, but
also for her domes! k virtues. 1hn
French wife is the het business wom
an lu the world. Household affair are
left entirely to her, and mo u.Ktiilly Is
til lnret,t:iK'tit of family savings. She
nns o ciear iue;i or wii.it make for
comfort. 'b:it sh? Iu:s 110 such jui-kU.u
fer "thliivii" n oftea weigh fljwn the
life of the American !u;ih ,vlfe. Dnip-crl'.-'
and carpets and H'-iiVd chair
f '-y be Ia:-ki:i;; Ju mml.inw's vw,
tut fxeelli'i't cooking and g.w.1 temper
are pretty wire to be found there. Ono
Botatde illu-tiutlou of the domestic
Xlrtue of the FreiHh Is t- by seen in
their rcgnrd for niolhprs In-law. It Is
not unusual to Ila 1 families In friendly
rivalry for the privilege of entertain
ing the niMli'T-ln-law, and there Is
ninny a lrwr-V.ioM In Fram-e where
two mothers-in-law live .respected and
happy, witli ch'Mn n and grandchil
dren. We have l.mg Imported frowns
mid hats from France. It would be
good n iw to Import love for the lsnise
h'dd. the thrift which by skillful cook
ing contrives toothsome ami nourish
ing food fr'im l'iexM'iislve material,
and those gentle domestic manners
which make the roofirce dear, the din
ner table pleasant, and family affec
tion tv;v r ud deep. There cannot be
an oversupply of these admirable qual
ities. '
Every one knows In ft general, waj
that the navies of the world. Including
that of the I'nlted States, have been
In competition of late, and that all of
them have been Increasing in size at
enormous cost to Hie respective coun
tries. How swift this Increase has been
ciin hardly Iw appreciated, however, un
til one examine such a graphic por
trayal of It as Is given, for example.
In the diagrams contained In the 1007
number of the Statesman's Year Book.
In figuring naval strength experts now
adays reduce nil their figures to what
they call "Dreadnought" units." Bat
tie Khl is of the Dreadnought class ore
treated as having a value of one point,
and other battleships are gjven propor
tional values according to their size
and efllelency. Our American Louis
iana, for Instance, would rank as .80
and our Maine as .'TO. Sluce battleships
take about three years to construct, the
comparisons of strength can be made
for the Immediate future years on the
bnsla of battleships under construction
as well as for the present and pnt.
Now comparing battleship strength in
this way, the diagram shows that In
1!00 the British strength was 10.5
point's, which was more than that of
any other two pywers combined. Our
American strength was Just 2 polnU.
and wo held fifth place among the pow
ers In this respect. So swiftly do the
curves of strength mount upward that
by 1010 the British battleships will
stand at close to SO points, which Is
more than three times as great as In
1000. That will be Just about the
strength of any other two powers, the
United States excepted. The United
States will havo Increased from 2
points to 21; France from 6.5 to 20;
Germany from 2.5 to 10.B; Russia, de
spite all her war losses, from 8.0 to 0;
Japan from 1 to 11, and even Italy
from 1.S to 0 points. The curves for
armored cruiser strength are almost
as striking. In 1900 the United States
became the second power In battleship
strength ana also In armored cruiser
strength. She will remain the second
power In battleships until 1910 at least,
though In armored cruisers France will
equal her by 100!) and Japan will ad
vance to second place. Tho diagrams
remind one of tho betting In a poker
game. Even on the basis of the hard
figures. It Is not quite certain how
much of the strength displayed by any
nation Is bluff.
A "rooming house" In , on Arizona
town Is often a one-story building
spreading over tho ground like a New
Liiglnnd cow baru. There Is usually
a hull through the center and rooms
opening off on each side. One of the
most surprising sioelmens of this klud
of elongated architecture Is described
by a Brooklyn man who recently re
turned from tho West.
"When I went out," he explains, "I
took up a homestead Just out of town,
and while I was completing my ar
rangements I stayed In the new city,
Hi a rooming uouse appropriately
named 'The Bowling Alley.' The el
trance, led directly Into tho long hall,
Into which thirty-four rooms opened
seventeen on each side. At the far
end was the dining-room, at a point
where the tenpins nro set up In a
regular bowling alley.
"In those days I was not much Inter
ested In anything whlch did not per
tain directly to my ranch. I was look
ing for a house one about teu by fif
toen Teet. I wanted" to "juy something
already built In town, put it on a
truck and move It out to my place.
Such houses were to 1m seen daily mov
ing through the streets of Douglas, and
I concluded that a Becond-hand house
would meet my wants.
"I asked tho landlord of 'The Bowl
ing Alley If he knew where I could
buy a little house about the slzo of tho
room I had occupied lu hia establish
ment. "'Size of your room?' he answered.
'Well, how would that suit you? It's
yours for one hundred dollars.'
"'What! Why, my room Is In Vie
middle of the house. How am I going
to take It?'
" Tut up your money and I'll put up
the house.'
"I put up the money. In a little
white the landlord, with two men and
a team of.liorscs, pulled tho dining
roin off the end of the hotel and pried
oie the right side of tho outfit That
gave them the chance to extract my
room as handily us a man might tuke
a hook out of the middle of a set on a
library shelf.
"The iKitel was built on a sectional
plan, so that lu case business was bad
In town, the building might bo hauled
lu jrleivs across the desert by mule
power and set up again Where there
was a demand.
" 'I like to have my house so as I can
saw a hunk off when I want to,"
si:Id the host.
At IlrKulnr Rates.
Miss Matilda Owens hung on the
arm of the editor of the Lauevllle
Bugle, to whom she had been engaged
for three years, and endeavored to turn
his kmi) toward tho ky.
"Just notice tho moon, William!"
the i' ild. In a melting voice.
"At the usual rate. Matilda, I shall
bo happy to do ," he replied.
IHirrrrnt.
"What's tlie U-st cure for love?"
"Matrimony."
"I don't wish to kill It. but cure It"
HoUblou I'ott,
TELEPHONES Oil CA-.3.
iTaefnl la Train lllisrhlnK C'tin,
neetlona u)rklr Ma.de,
There are three method followed In
the application oT t!i telephone to elec
tric railway dlspaf li'ii?: (1) I'lr.e l t;l
fplioneui)statloiM In booths placed nt
MiltaMe points along the line. (2)
.Tack boxes nt poles to which Krfnll
telephones carried In the cars may ls
hung and connected for temporary
liec. (I?) Portable telephone Hot.4 hung
Umi the front of the car, the vestibule
platform of which prrves as n booth,
and attachment tnnde by flexible wires
to Jacks at numerous poles along tfie
line.
On some railway lines, says Techni
cal Literature, the method of connect
ing n telephone on the car with the
line Is not by means of n J.-vk at the
Klde of one of the isiles, but by a long
slender rod carrying the wires, which
may be liookcd upon tho main lines nny
place.
The telephones used on ehn-trlc rail
road systems must give transmission
which is clear and loud, nnd must be of
types not liable to be placed out of ser
vice by the Jar of continuous transpor
tation on a car.
Application of the telephone to train
dispatching on electric railways has re
sulted In a marked economy of both
plant and operation nnd that the nbll
Ity of tho superintendent to b: In
formed as to the position of the various
cars nnd to communicate with their
ojterators gives a greater service efh
clency to the road.
The telephone Is of great service In
severe snowstorms by reason of thi
facility which It affords for Informa
tion to bo given the train dispatcher
as to the condition of she road. In cases
of mishap the telephone affords means
for quick clearance of the trnck by the
facilities of obtaining wrecking cars or
repair hands. In cases of accident not
only can medical help be summoned
for the Injured but means can lie taken
to procure Information relative to do
tall of the occurrence which may be of
great Iniiiortnnce in ascertaining the
liability of the company.
OF CORN HUSKS AND CARPET.
Two Grinding Wheels t ed for Pol
lahloir tha Teeth of tba Combs.
There are many kinds of grinding
wheels, but, perhaps, as curious as any
Is the cornhusk wheel, which Is used
for grinding combs.
The teeth of some sorts of combs.
after they have been cut, still need to be
be rounded on the edges' and smoothed
and finished all around, which could
not be done on a solid, flat-faced wheel,
says the New York Sun. For this there
Is required a wheel of some material
that will work around the edges of the
teeth and also In between them. Tho
corn-husk wheel serves this purpose
well.
For the making of such a wheel dried
corn husks are used. They are laid to
gether and tied In little bundles of a
dozen or so, the butts all at one end
and the points at the other.
The corn-husk grinding wheel Is 20
Inches In diameter, made up of such
little bundles of corn husks placed with
their butts agnlnst nud secured to the
pplndle on which tho wheel Is to turn,
the husks radiating from It all around.
When a sufficient number of bundles of
husks to form the wheel hnve thus
been placed against the .spindle, tile
wheel Is compressed, to make It not
solid but compact and give It the width
of face required.
Tho wheel built up In this way . of
corn husks Is mounted and run by pow
er. Tho workman, usli water and
lxnvdered pumice stone In tho grinding,
stands, with a tray of combs to be
ground on a table ot hand, and one
after another holds the combs against
the wheel. The life of a corn-husk
grinding wheel Is only four, or five
days.
" Aliother lnterestlni? wheel to ho seen
lu the shop where they finish combs Is I
a polishing wheel of carpet covered
with muslin. This wheel has a smooth
and, when In use, flat rlra, which, how- ,
ever, will yield anywhere under pres- j
sure, and so when a comb is hei.i
against it, this wheel adapts Itself
readily to all the comb's rounded or
molded surfaces, and thus can be muda
to polish It perfectly everywhere.
A GOOD LAWN.
The Beat Way to Prepare the Ground
and Sow the Seed.
A good lawn may he made either by
laying sod or growing seed. If turf
Is used, the lawn Is sometimes ready
for use In less time than when seed U
used, but practically the difference Is
very slight. Fewer lawns are made
from turf every year. The turf or soil
la nearly always obtained from a near
by field. It alstuuds In course grasses
and pernicious weeds. The former
may be got rid of after considerable
trouble, but tho latter rarely ever. Sod
laid lawns are nearly always uneven,
seamy uud vai led In color uiul texture.
Their cost, too, Is much lu excess of
seeding tlie lawn down.
A lawn produced from n mixture ot
good, new, reclcaned seeds of the finer
grasses and clovers is superior In qual
ity and texture to the best wxl obtain
able. To obtain the best results from
sowing, the ground should be. carefully
dug over not too deep,, six or eight
Indies will Ih enough and nicely lev
eled off; then sow ou broadcast u good
fertilizer, 100 pounds to the acre, or
ttliout ten pounds to every ." by J.T
square feet. Itake tills lu nud roll It
or Hutteu It with the buck of a spade;
then sow seventy pounds of Koine gssl
lawn seed to the acre, or one pound
to every 15 by l.'i feet. Sow half this
quantity walking one way and half
walking at right angles to It, ho as to
get even distribution. Do uot bow lu
windy weather, and be sure to ruko
the sitd In, and after sowing roll It
well or beat It flat with the spade.
Thoe seeds that are deeply burled
will not germinate, and those that are
exposed will be searched by the sun,
blown or washed r.v.ay or taken by
the birds. Wheiiettr licccsxiiry to sow
lu summer It Is better to mix with rye
or outs to protect th. tender n!iuot
from thi ht hiki. Suburban Life.
When a mail ban bud luck, hit
friends think they have done their duty
when they say : "It's too bud!"
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AMKjtr.irr av.T jay
Of the many different kinds of birds.
Some are called perching birds. " These
are the robin, thrush and bluebird.
Then there arc the swimming birds, as
ducks, swans nnd geese, which live on
tho water sml tswlm around most of
the time.
Wading birds are of Mill another
spedes, and some of these are rails,
plovers, snipe, cranes, flamingoes and
turnstones. Birds fitted neither for
swimming nor wading are owls, hawks,
vultures., grouse, turkeys, pigeons, king
fishers and humming birds. There are
also creeping birds, noted for i-reopinj
along trees. Some of them are the
cbleadees, wbltc-breastcd nuthatch and
brown creeper.
There are about 300 species of the
thrush. They are generally larse, hop
ping birds, noted for their sonir: are
plain In color (as a rule, brown) and
usually have spotted breiwts. Tbe'.r
tall Is nearly square-tipped, of wide.
oft feathers, and their bill rather long
and slender.
Among the best known to ns Is the
wood thrush, which Is a large, common
brownish-bneked bird, with white heav
ily spotted underpnrts. Including the
eyes. Tho crown Is n brizlit clnna-
mon brown and the back trradnallv
changea In shade to an oil roe brown
on tho tall. It Is not only found In the
woods, as one might suppose from Its
name, but Is often seen on lawns and
In shrubbery. It Is a great singer,
ETIQUETTE OF DE3EST MIXERS.
Never Ask a Man Where Ilia Claims
Are, Sara a Death Valley Miner.
"Never csk a man anything ubout
bis mine because he won't tell you If
you do. It Isn't etiquette to ask such
questions on the desert."
Thus spoke J. Ilelneman. late on
Beatty, an old-timer In Death Valley
and the desert, now staying ut the Ho
tel Mu nn, says the Los Angeles Times,
lie still has properties In that region,
prospects he calls them, but he has sold
his business at Beatty and is stopping
a while here In the haunts of civiliza
tion. "You see, when one miner meets an
other on the desert they stop, talk and
pass pleasantries. One will ask the
other how he's getting along and he
will say 'good' or 'hard luck,' but that's
about all. Neither asks for details or
where one has hi3 claims located. If
nny one wauts you to know hull tell
you without being asked. If not, he
won't tell you if you do ask.
"The fact is that If a man has a
great body of low grade ore that he
must have a force of men to work nnd
ship to the smelters he must record it
But if he has a rich iot with free
gold easily handled It Is not necessary
and ninny times one doesn't care to
huve the world know about it and have
everybody coming to dig all around. It
often leads to trouble und mixtions,
Jumping and all that sort of thing.
"If a property Is In the mountains it
Is more necessary to record It, for it Is
easier found. A man can be followed
lu the mountains, but never out on the
desert. I would like to see the man
who could follow me on the desert If I
don't want him to. I'll give him a chase
tftat will make him very tick of bis
Job. Of course, lu such cases a claim
is never left unguarded If any one
should stumble upon It by accident. In
sueU case possession will be nine p iiuts
of the lawT
"This Is not only about mines but
also about private, rtccret water holes.
You know some of these give so little
water that once known to the general
public they would be of no ue to thos-.
who went to big trouble (hiding th'mi,
or to nny one els ery soon, so they
never tell. Let one who bus kik! a
place hidden find one In need he will
share his water and If necessary, he
will go and bring back a supply, but
the other fellow doesn't know where it
comes from. That's the finder's secret.
"Of course, there aro public water
ing places, especially along the sta;e
routes. Some wells hnve been dug by
Individuals or companies who sell wa
ter. Lots of money has been expended
In this way. The water problem U In
deed a serious one on the desert.
"At some of the camps water Is
hauled by team and sells for as hl'h
as $9 a barrel. People who don't know
think thut Is a terrible price, but It
really leaves a very small profit for
the long haul and the time lost and
feed of teams. Often much of the wa
ter with which one starts is used up
by the horses en route."
No Plaee for Ilarirlar Voder Bed.
With every big robbery rejMirtcd lu
hotels furniture manufacturers come to
the front with the boast that, wherever
else the robber muy have bidden him
self, It certainly wasn't under the lied,
because beds nowadays are built too
low for even the thluncst of villains to
hide under them.
"For many years losses of money
and Jewelry,' said a furniture manu
facturer, "were uttrlbuted Indirectly at
least to the bed, which was built high
enougli to afford protection to the thief.
Finally, lu order to save the good name
of that necessary piece of furniture we
decided to build It so low that not even
an Infant can crawl under It, thereby
compelling the enterprising burglar to
eek a hiding place elsewhere." Pblla
telphla Record.
Where Titer Come In.
"I see that the world's population Is
estimated at l,4S0,0UMKi0 persons. 1.
our town considered In that calcula
tion?" asked a Tuckahoe boy of his
father.
"Oh, yes, my son," replied the 'fath
er; "Tuckahoe's population. Is repre
sented In sumo of those ciphers!"
Youkers Statesman
FZATHEEED SONGSTERS
being one of the finest of nny of the
fhr.'.iiho. Its nest Is made on boughs
of trees, out of grass, weed., leaves and
..)!):! mud.
The Amer'can robin Is n common,
large red or brown breasted slate-colored
l lr l. with white on Its throat, lower
bciiy nml tips of the outer (under) tall
feathers. The head and tail are much
blacker than the back. The breast la
unspotted except In very young birds.
The robin Is not as great a songster
as the other thrushes, but Its notes are
always full of melody. At times these
note e.rs sweet and cheerful, and
igaln are full of sadness and plalntlve
ne?s. Over nil the northern parts of this
continent, wherever there are' people
living, robins are numerous. When
they are taken Into homes and made
pets of they are affectionate and Inter
esting. They are very intelligent, and
some think they might be taught to
sing anything when In cozes. Thero
are several different kinds of robins,
among which are the eolden crround.
marsh nnd Oregon robins. Their nests
are made of mud nnd grass, found In
trees at nny height from the rmnmi
or In odd places around houses; eggs
bluish green.
The blue bird, another one of the
thrush family, Is one of the first birds
to make its appearance In the enrlv
spring and welcome In that season, with
Its sweet singing. From Southern New
York nnd Illinois southward It Is found I
NEWEST PHOTO OF KIN
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Seldom has England had visitors to arouse such great Interest as have
her recent royal callers, the King and Queen of Slam. Chulalongkorn I, King
of Slum, bus been twenty-nine years on the throne, having succeeded to the
crown at the age of 15. He rules over n country of 244,000 square miles, or
slightly. more than twice the united size of (Jreat Britain and Ireland. "Ills
Majesty has sent his sans, of whom there nre many, to English, schools, and
1k himself Is quite English In his tastes. This picture shows him with his
tecn and his palace at Bangkok in the background.
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HOTHOG TO WORRY ABOUT,
W1ku Curl Schurz was In Washing
ton in tytiil, waiting for his assignment
in the army, lie had to undergo the
(rll. illations of persons who are 8ti)
poscd to have influence. Tho news hud
gone abroad thut lu America thore was
u great demand for ofiicers of military
training and experience. This demand,
writes Mr. Sehurss in his "Reminis
cences of a Long Life," could not fail
to uttract from all parts of the globe
adventurous characters who had seou,
or pretended to have seen, military ser
vice In one country or another, und
who believed that there wus u chuuee
for prompt employment and rapid pro
motion. One of the many foreigners who
sought my intercession was a young
(Jermun count whose Ideutlty was
vouched for by a member of the Prus
sian legation. He had a long line of
ancestors, going buck for several hun
dred years. Ho was greatly Impressed
with the Importance of this fuct, uud
thought It would weigh heavily In se
curing him a position lu our army. If
ho could only have an audience with
the President and lay his case before
hiin, he believed the result could not bo
doubtful. .
He pursued me so arduously with a
request for a jhthouuI Introduction to
Mr. Lincoln that nt last I succumbed,
and promised to Introduce hi m If the
President permitted.
The President did permit. The count
spoke English moderately well, und in
bis Ingenuous way he at once explained
to Mr. Lincoln how high the nobility
of his family was. and that they had
been CounU Bo-uitd-so many centuries.
"Well," said Mr. Lincoln, Interrupt
ing hlm, "thut ueed not trouble you.
That will not be lu your way If you be
have yourself us a soldier."
The ioor count looked puzzled, and
wheu the audience was over ho asked
me what In the world the President
could have meant by so utrango a re
mark. Treating Ilia I'artner.
The Currolls all confidently believe
that their Blllyi nited five. Is destined
for future distinction. IVrhups they
OP THE STJM1IE2 TIME.
UP
throughout the year. It Is a Very
common, small, blue-hacked, chestnut
breasted, whlte-bellled bird. The fe
male bird docs not equal the robin as
a songster, but tho few notes It has
are sweet and never loud.
There are 400 species of the hum
ming bird. They belong to a family
of small, bright-colored American birds
that are known to be the swiftest-flying
birds we have; In fact, their flight
through the air Is so swift (and their
wings vibrate so rapidly), that they
look like a hazy mist The humming
bird lives mainly on Insects and nectar
found lu flowers, which It obtains
while on the wing. It Is seen by most
iwople only when It Is around flowers
In search of food, and Is therefore
thought to be always on the wing, but
If you watch It carefully you will no
tice that it often rests on the twigs
of tree tops.
There are forty different specie of
American birds which live mainly In
the woods nnd around shrubbery. Their
tails are as long as their wings," and
In one of our common species much
longer. The bill Is nearly as long as
tho head. The wren and catbird belong
to this family. The mocking bird Is a
large, ashy-colored,' long-tailed bird,
with much white on the center of Its
wing and outer tail feathers. It Is the
most noted song bird of America, and
the most wonderful mocker In the
world. It can Imitate almost any
sound In nature In fact, has been
3 AND QUEEN OF SLAM.
are right; at any rate, he Is not lack
ing lu that sagacity In choosing "asso
ciates in enterprise" said to be essen
tial to success.
Last summer Billy was seen walking
slowly along the hotel piazza, thought
fully scanning the faces of guests
seated there. Finally he stopped nt
the chair of an old lady with whom
he was on friendly terms.
"Sny, Mrs. Jones, can you crack
nuts?" he Inquired, his hands In his
pockets. ,
"Why, no deary, I'm very sorry, but
I can't," replied Mrs. Jones, apologeti
cally. "You know I've lost most of
my teeth."
"That's what I thought," said Billy,
relaxing from anxiety to his sunny
smile, and extending his two hands
confidently. "Say, will you keep these
nuts here for me while I go get the
rest of "am?"
The German Beat of Honor.
In the more rigid German circles
the sofa Is still the scat of honor,
upon which the hostess sits, to
which the visitor may be Invited.
Tills writer has an acute memory
of the reproof of his hostess wheu
he dropped easily by her side ou the
sofa and searched for his gut
terals. Very kindly the baroness
explained that the sofa was sncred
and a man would do well to wait
for the Invitation to sit upon It.
Does that tradition linger lu Eng
land? rlmdon Chronicle.
tin Seeoud Tboojthl.
"Don't you remember, you said you
would drowu yourself If I didn't many
yon "
"Vis. I remember; how foolish I
was !"
io you consider that It wus fool
ish?" "Yes; I should have threatened to
drown myself If you did marry me."
Houston l'ost.
tioiuelliliiir -New.
"Yes," said the lady gossip. "I know
more ubout the aifalr thau I care to
till."
"That must bo nn unusual experience
for you," growled the savage bachelor.
Chicago News.
If gruy hairs were a sign of witulom
fewer men would have thei-
'LOVIJIHHA VATF.P THUVSn J
known to Imitate thirty-two different
kinds of birds in less than n quarter of
an hour. Many people have thejn for
pets, and And them very delightful
companions.
, The woodpecker belongs to a very
large family of creeping or climbing
birds, with stiff, sharp-pointed tall
feathers, which they use to help sup
port their bodies against tho tree.;
Their toes are four In number, two;
going forward and two backward, soj
they can hold on to the tree more-
easlly. They have strone. straight
chlsel-polnted bills, which they use to-
cut small holes In the wood when look
ing for Insects to eat, and also when
they want to make a larger hole for a
nesting place. The tongue of the wood
pecker Is peculiarly long, with a spear
llke tip. which It can thrust out. bring
ing Insects from their hiding place
under the bark.
Woodpeckers are not slneers. TheT
only make a tattoo with their bills on
the tree, which Is supposed to be their
love song. Their eggs are always white.
Among the many different kinds or
the Ivory-billed woodpecker, the hairy
woodpecker, the downy woodpecker.
red-backed woodoeeker ond the red-i
headed woodpecker.
The blue Jay beloncs to the f.unllvH
or crows and magpies. It Is a com
mon, large, noisy, crested, brightly
mnrKea blue bird with white throat.
and tips of outer tail feathers. Cincin
nati Enquirer.
AMEBICA'S FUTURE PLAYGROUND
The St. James Bar ne-lon Will Be.
ome . Pa,ai.e for Sport. men. ,
,.. mSt urpent need of Quebec is
L ?1d rom t,,e St- Laurence north
ward to St. Jm.m.
Till- . , V "a" aiunsey s.1
inTw? ? 1 open 7.0.000 acres of
n? ?Kd it"?nnect Quebec with Hudson"
H,nC rn,nnd Beo' whlch '8 Skater
nS. fr . 1k SPeriors. The sum
mer travel alone would probably enable-
Sfi F "y t0 I,ay dividends, as the
whole reg.on Is paradise for sports-
ver ot erre,flre W"d 8n,pe'
InS Z ' be"TGr' m,nk' dwr. mrten,
and bears in large numbers. At one
canip an Indian hunter recently shot!
ilt . ke" and ntl rivers Ini
?ih ? wlMerness. " Populous,
with trout and salmon
"We caught ninety-seven trout In one
haul, reports a government surveyor.
In the far north," be says, "we found
the pike so tame that we killed them
with our paddles."
For those who wish to hunt big game
there are the white whales of St. James
w, T ga OId dnys of the New
Bedford whalers, these monsters wera .
worth $100 apiece to the ships that
caught them. It Is 8ald that in forty
voyages to St James Bay the whalers
harpooned $1,000,000 worth of the
blonde leviathans.
Instead of being a frozen waste us
most Americans believe, this northern
region has a lighter snowfall than tho
prosperous cities of Ottawa and Mon
treal. It is In the latitude of England
and Denmark, and farther south than,
any part of Norway.
"I have bathed In the waters of St
James Bay as late us Oct. 3." said one
of the few enterprising woodsmen who
had made the Journey by canoe.
This unmapped land will yet be the
playground of the continent. Here Is
the Nottaway, a river two miles wide
and 400 miles long, but not nearly as
well known as the Kongo. Here Is
Lnke Mistasslnl. with an area of 1,000
srtuare miles, where the nlash of tm
white man's paddle has seldom been
heard. And here are the falls of thn.
Hamilton Itlver, which have broken the
silence of this wilderness for acres wth
a wild plunge more terrible thun that
or Niagara.
Found Its Way Home.
The story of a pet seal, captured .
when a pup by a lighthouse-keeper on
the coast of Engluud, Is given In "Item
In! sceuces of a Sportsman." The young
seal was fed, and allowed to have the-
range of the kitchen, and the member
of the household became greatly at
tached to It..
It would make Its way dally down
to the water, and pass many hour
swimming about. It secured more or
less food in that way, but always re
turned to Its pluce In the kitchen at
night
Blindness finally came to the seal
with old age, but It continued Its Jour
neys to the sea, and returned home as
regularly as before.
As old age Increased, It caused an
noyance by Its pecullur cry for faod
and its lessened ability to get ubout. At
last the family decided they must part
with It, and not wishing to kill It they
arranged with a fisherman to carry It
well off some twenty miles and drop
It luto the sen. They expected that it
would come to a natural death Jn that
element But on the second day It ap-
Ioured again at Its accustomed place.
Another effort was made to get rlJ
of It by arianglng with a sailing ves
sel to take It several hundred miles out
to sea and then drop It In. This was
done, and some time passed away, with
out any sign of the seal. But seven
days after. Its departure the kitchen
maid, who slept near the door of the
kitchen, fancied -during tho night she
had heard the plaintive cry of the seal ;
and the next morning Its emaciated
liody was found on the threshold.
The Alternative,
Muggins I hear you are having your
daughter' voice cultivated. Uugglus
Yes I'm afraid it can't be cured, so I
tun doing tlie next -best tulni;. I'hila-
dclpldu Itecord.
I'opularlty Is overestimated about as
often as the money you expect? to maka
in the poultry business.
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