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I 1 '! Dakota County Herald DAKOTA CTTT, VED. JOT! U. 1UCAH, Publisher Peary report ice ton teor thick. Tim fce dAo uul ay ho Is cutting niurlk. One of the mo8t remarkable tiling In the world I the way u furnace will draw on a bat day. It wonld bo a lucky thing If night fMcr caused no more havoc tlinn Is wroagbt bf Balkan armies. Doubtless: It surprise Harry Thaw t ote 10 warm, gushing sympathy tbe poblhj to not manifesting for him. Why do nomo persons complain of can btry goad automobile for only lLAA I It la snld that chewing gum will cure ea-eleknoflP, Wo do not know who said Jt Probably Uie man who manufao- tares Hie gnai. A Philadelphia tnnn who Inherited t250,000 tej years ago has died pennl- leas, lie moved l Now York after get- ting tho money. Prof. 6tarr of Chicago ys the Fill- plnot are not lar.y. All tho same they teem ready to accept almost any omce i that Is offered them. I Harry Thaw fonnd going Insane qalte convenient, but It annoys blra freatly to think of having to remain Insane for an lndeQnlto period. I Mrs. Laagtry won $ 100,000 on a sonw race a few days ago. Her friends abonld enrnestiy advise her to cash In bow aod 9it following the races. Tbe rdghl riders have been active I eoentla, but tbe college bozers can til: point wtth pride to the fact that they are boating all others In producing trlpplus. Borne asen suera not to care bow nnch trouble they leave behind them whea they puss on to that other shore. $bree widows are claiming the estate of Ronton man. - A Maine hunter shot a man whom ke mistook for a snnlrrcl. JJelng mis taken for a deer la bad enough, but being mistaken for a squirrel Is cer tainly adding Insult to Injury. China asks a helping hand, declares U Sum IJng, the Hong Kong editor . AnvonA wlui hlla o t fimnf nA f n infiafnr hop sticks with only two hands will realize that Chios should have a third. A tor 7 venm unt n for two days because he told lies. Had the lawrer been keen. th ho ,t,ri,f JitTO been acquitted on the ground that ho was merely practicing for a political Career The roads In the United States, Syria fend Australia belong In the same class, according to a speaker at the recent good roads convention In Buffalo. Soma I or mem are gooa ana somo nre bad. Ha also saya that roads In the FIJI islnnds are better, as a whole, than those here, and he doea not speak with- ut tzpertenea, The earnest reformers who have been I frying to arouse public opinion to the fcecessity for establishing uniform dl- Wee laws have not yet been able to fetnove all the obstacles In tho way of pie proponed reform. Hut they will do a great work If this agitation results in shutting down the divorce mills of fcomo States, where marriage seems to P regarded as a Joke, and not as an Institution which ought to be strength- ned and safeguarded at every point Uncle Sam has struck a blow at a Class of professional men peculiar to Washington. Aa order has been Issued prohibiting United States governmout clerks swelling their Incomes by prac- Being Biedlclne or Ailing teeth on the aide. It has for n long time been a common practice for depurtment clerks to attend night colleges, and, after se- curing diplomas, practice professions rter omce noars. iheae so-called "sun- lowu" doctors. dentlBts, lawyers, archi- tects, etc.. were able materially to In- rease their Incomes. Protests were juaue uy regular memoers or various yroressions. complaining of the unfair competition of the "sundowners." who cut prices, mis nas resulted In an or- jer pronii.inng clerks rrom engaging " n7 oiiixme outness umt requires mrir penguin aueiuion while in gov- On both sides of the Atlantic the pew patent law which has gone Into ffect In Great Drltaiu, after the ex- gurauou or Hie year of gruie. Is re- garded ss of greut ludustriul und com- piercmi iiiiporance. Mrlppwl of details, me uew iaw provides that henceforth all forelpi intents lu Great Hritalu may be revoked, after a reasonable time, unless the patented article Is nianuisciureu or me paienteu process operated In the t'uited Kingdom to uu adequate extent It will ho seen at once that this ihungo Is most radical, uereiuiore me umuuiaciuier. let us Bay, of uu American harvest Ing-uiu- cmne, uas lioen allowed to make It lu the United Mates and send It rtYer and sell It lu Engluud, Ills English pirtvuts protected liliu Irom Ilrltish couipetl- lorn, auu tno wayes no paid in Ills rue- tory were paid to Americans. Here- after, uule he would lose bis patent. be cist build another factory In (iie.it Britain, uiid there mako u portion of bis product. The Inference Is, of course, that the Wiigcs lu that factory will go j to Engi:s'j:neu. It Is not dlllicult to aee aud sympathize with tho lirltlnh point or view. A patent Is. of course, legalized luonoistly. Tho number or pateuU annually granted by Great Britain to foreigners is somewhat greater than the numtr of th se granted to British citizens. Each pat- ct not only confers a beuetlt on the ewuer of It. but by virtue of Its being H Gsanopoly It deprives others of that fionrflt. v Moreover, many patents In America are used only n clubs. They are not operated, but serve merely to hold a special field a way from compet itors. Both Franco nnd Germany pro tect their citizens frniu tMr. etfi. In France a patent must ho worked In two years, and in Germany In throe years. It has seemed reasonable to Englishmen that tliolr own people should share more largely tlinn they have done In the honoflts which pat ents rotifer. The Importance or mo change may he Judged by the estimate of the head of n prominent firm of Brlt'sh shipbuilders that one hundred and twenty five million dollars will lie Invested In Great Britain for the man ufacture of articles heretofore made abroad. About eight thousand patents come tinder the new law. According fo the Washington Tost the call for Action In the public libra- ''' - t1Z I" 1 J ll' lirrwnn" nnj.i . olt!es. Novel reading has gone through a great period of dissipation. It look- ed for a time as If public libraries were endowed nnd maintained tor no outer purpose than to supply nciion, me greater part of It worse than useless. It was discouraging to those who wish- ed to see a marked Improvement In the averngo of Intellectuality because of the spread of libraries. Hut the tide has turned and heaven bo praised for that. The quality of the greater part or tho notion whicn has noon coming from the presses of tho publishers In the last few years has been markedly Inferior. Novel readers became Chain herized. MaoGratbleized and MoCutrh- eonated until life. Itself, to many, was ft cross between a cake wal and a scene In the boudoir of her grace, the Princess of Wurtenberg, or other. A h0t 0f the stuff which was advertised nn historicalalways clever In any case had about as much history la : It as one of Grimm's. And the rest of, )t wnH tnp froth 0f BOapbark and wind, WTi1rh druggists sell In glasses. If there 8 reaction It Is a thing to be blessed. Heading fiction of the type which usually wears a red binding Is often very restful. If one cannot bo amused by the characters there Is at least amusement In wondering at the author who could write such drivel. But continued absorption of modern Action has the effect of eating too much candy. It Is bound to sicken In time. A demand for material more se rious Is In line with the moro serious thought of Americans. Nearly every, one is coming to have special Interest along certain lines and there Is a need, of literature which delivers Informa tion succinctly and clearly. The pub lic libraries must supply the more ex- T,ve nnd 'la'op,,tc , work'' wtM readers cannot themselves, afford to. purchase. When the bottom drops out r "e Uuroiu bcuooi or mcuon, uiera w, 1)0 "tm room for thn KOod and worthy stylo of novel more room, per- haP"- Thnn the ",)rnrle8 cnn use the ":m Br1" ,or i'n'e i.nuire w mum -munuiK iiju liiriiui-o uirw. IIKE FAIRY TALE HEROINE. iatu ciri nctrienda Ad Woum ana 1 ,tt Fort one. Like the heroine of a fairy tale, Miss Elsie J. Murphy, of 0833 Hager- man street, Wlsslnoinlng, bus been re- warded for a kind deed by the sudden git t 0f rifhe.. .nvB the IMiiladelnhla Press. Several years ago, while living at Horsham. I'n.. Elsie befriended an aged woman by defending her against other children of the village who he-. Ueved her to be mad and who accept- ed every opportunity to plaguo her. The Murphys moved to Wlsslnouiiug and Elsie had forgotten even the name of the aged woman, when only a few days ngo slio received a bulky euve- lope stamped with tho letterhead of a Philadelphia lawyer. Inside was the copy of the will of Mrs. Howard Frey Irwin, who died In the city of Now York early In July and who bequeath- ed the bulk of her estate, nmountlng to several thousand dollars, to Elsie Johanna Murphy, "lu memory of her great kindness to a stranger." Inclosed with tho will was a letter from Charles Ilowman.tho lawyer, who had forwarded It The letter said that several weeks had been required to find Miss Murphy's residence, as the only address glvon In the will was the ono at Horsham. The letter further said that identification was now com-1 plete and that Miss Murphy was the, heir to a small fortune. Tho young heiress did not seeui at all overcome by her good fortune the, other dnv when a renorter called. Sh was sitttne on her front doorsten. n very pretty girl In a very much muss cd gingham dross. "Yes. I'm the one who had all the money left to me. but I won't cot It for a long time. I'm only V2 now and they won't give It to me till I'm 21. That's aces." slio snld. and sunned to lose all Interest In the matter. Elsie's mother was more cotnmuni- ciitlve. "I remember Mrs. Irwin very well," sho suld. "The children used to think she was crazy, and whenever sho would walk nasi tho vlllnao school they would run out to make fun of her or eveu to throw stones. Elslo never liked to see any one hurt, and would take the old ladv's part, often walking home with her to see that she was not molested. One day she culled at the school aud asked the toucher' who Elsie was. and after that she onlk ed to see us several times. That was' almost two years ago, and I'd forgot- ten the old lady's inline, but I'm suro It must have been she who left Elsie tho money." Slrntrirr. "I thought your bunk wasn't going to give any vacation this yeurf" "It didn't Intend to," ronllod the - Flstntit cashier, brown from a long out- lug.' "but I put on uu anxious look aud puttered over my books so long uie insisted on my taking u rest." "So they could cxnert vnur counts?" "Sure. And they found theui In such elegant shape tiiut when I struck for a raise they had to give It" Phlladel, I pbla Ledger. tmsmmmm f . ' ' Kt it t " ' " wkjm ' " The calendar year of ltK)S will be Memorable as tho most disastrous twelve months In history In point of the dcstructlTeness of forest fires In the United fitates. It Is estimated that In ordinary years the average annual loss through forest fires 1n this country Is not less thiin $.")0,00O,rX)O, hut. great ns Is this havoc under what might be term ed normal conditions, It appears almost lnslgnlflonut by comparison with the record-breaking waste of the present period, when the aggregate loss will probably amount to several times the usual $.V),000,(pK. For n considerable Interval this autumn, when tho forest fires have been at their height, t'.ie flames were doing damage to the amount of $1,000,000 a day. The principle cause of this epidemic of forest fires lias been found, of course. in tho drought which has bren general throughout the country ; but there have been other adverse conditions which have contributed to the mennclng situa tion. Indeed, as an expert on forestry recently pointed out, H has seemed as though every Imaginable unfavorable condition has been present this year to help along the dendly and destructive work. Deadly because. In addition to the loss of property, there has been an appalling loss of life In connection with Oils year's flros. Even in an ordinary yenr It Is esti mated that not less than sixty-five lives are Included In the toll exacted by for est fires dur ng the twelve months, and ... , i k.nn this year In the case of the human rJic- rlfloe, as with the loss of material things, the average has been greatly ex ceeded. Moreover, there will b a fc quel to this year's fires that will l ot appear In connection with Jny of the statistics of loss nt first hand from for est fires. As readers of the newspapers have had good cause to realize, the fives this year have not heefl confined, as Is often the case, largely to the densely wooded ami sparsely populated dis tricts, laying waste towns of consider able size and driving great numbers of people from their homes. As a result of the suffering and exposure thus en tailed '.nere will probably be much In valldtan and many deaths '.hat, not ticHg Immediately attributable to the frirost fires, will not be Included In the Itatlstlcs that will constitute the chron icle of this yenr's fire record. Cllmatlo Conditions tJnf itTorable. Another unusual feature of the for est fires of 1008 Is found In 'he wide range of territory visited by the flames. In the Maine woods and In tho Adlron- daekB of Northern Nw York ; through out the State of Pennsylvania ; In Mich igan. Minnesota and Wisconsin an1 other territory adjacent to the Great Ijikes the forest fires raged simultane ously, and even on 4he Pacific Coast the menace has been present, threaten ing among other things the destruction of one of the finest groves of the prized big trees. Moreover, the forest fires ' this year have been unusually 'difficult to conquer, and In many Instances the owners of magnificent private forests or j hunting preserves provided with the i best private flre-flghtlng systems have fonud themselves unable to cope with the rapidly traveling flames and have been obliged to' appeal to near-by mu nicipalities for aid. ' The season's unparalleled record has given the country uu unpleasant object lesson as to what may hapien any year aud him aroused everybody concerned to a realization of the need of som better system or fighting and prevent ing this Immense yearly loss. Not only have private Individuals and corpora tions owning timber lands been stirred to action by the spectacle of the past j fevf weeks, hut the United States Gov- eminent has Inaugurated n couutry wlde campaign that It Is believed will point a way to prevent many forest tiros and to control those that, despite precautions, gain a start j As a first step the national Govern ment has had one of tbe most efficient I employes of Its forest service. Mr. Kay ' moud W. Pullman, traveling over the : burned areas In the Northwest and else i where, and not only gathering detailed J statistics that will be of value In urging I congressional act Inn on the subject, hut also taking notes as to the physical characteristics of the fires and all de tails that might lead to n better under standing of this destructive element and the best means to circumvent It. At the same time the national au thorities have detailed an exiert on for estry, Mr. . Paul G. Hedlngtou, to niuko au Investigation of the whole broad subject of forest fires and to devise ways and menus for au im provement of conditions In the future. In speaking of the line of action to tie taken by the government In enlisting ro -ojicratlon for the common cause Forester Kedlngton said recently! "What Is wuutod Is an organized ef fort on the part of the government the states, corporations aud ludlvldu als. There should be adequate fire laws In every State where any forests are located. These laws should pro vide for the appointment of fire war dens, who should have authority and the imwer to enforce such, and to call upon the services of citizens In fight ing forest Ores which occur. Tbe law should provide a penalty to be lm posed upon any man who reruses to give his services In time of need." It Is realize thnt the railroads through their spark-emitting locomo tives constitute one of the cuior sources of forest Area and consequent ly ono of the first moves which haa been made by Uncle Sam in the pres ent undertaking was to invite the rail roads to make commoa cause with .he federal government against forest firo menace. There have been prepared articles of agreement for a co-opera tive working arrangement between the government and those railroads whose lines traverse the national forests In the West, and this Is believed to be but a beginning of ft better under standing lietween some of the parties most concerned. Without the unsel fish aid of corporations the United States government will have uphill work In Its crusade against the forest fire menace. When it comes down to systematic methods of fighting forest tires, the subject does not, happily, present a wholly unexplored field. For some yars past the United States govern ment has been rapidly developing an efllcieiit patrol and firo-flglitlng system on Its own forests, nnd. Inasmuch as Uncle Sam now controls about one fourth of the forest area in the Unit ed Stales, It can be seen that the na tional authorities have had an excel lent practice ground on which to try out tliolr theories on a iargc scale. The realization brought by the forest fires of 1008 of the crying need for organized effort in fighting forest fires throughout the entire country, comes Just at n time when the government has its own system practically perfect ed, and there is no doubt that this will be used as a model that will be copied by State nnd county authori ties, corporations and private Individ uals, who are owners of extensive tim ber Hi rids. Under the forest patrol system main tained by the United States govern- , u , , roA-'P"1 travels on foot or on horseback fljent on Its own land a ranger of over the district of which he has charge at. regular Intervals nnd keeps a careful lookout for any Ures that may have started since his preceding patrol. This nomadic fire warden makes especially frequent trips ojong the wagon roads, trails or other fre- ! quented routes of travel through tha forest and not only keeps his eyes open for Incipient flros, but cautions all per sons who may be traveling through the forest to be sure that any fires that they may light are fully extinguished before the camp ground Is abandoned. I The arteries of travel through the forest are also extensively posted or placarded with printed notices warn ing hunters, campers and the traveling I public In general against' the dangers of starting fires except when absolute ly necessary, or abandoning a camp site while the embers of the camp fire I are still aglow. Not only do the for est rangers, or government patrolmen, pace their "beats" through the forest, but every now nnd then each of these guards climbs to commanding eleva- j tlotis or lookout points within his dis trict to survey the whole situation, nnd, If tho existence of a fire Is dis covered, the ranger either puts it 'out himself, If he Is able, or. If the flames are too formidable for his unaided ef fort, he summons the asslstauce of other rangers. A complete system of telephonic communication throughout Uncle Sam's forests enables the rally ing of a good-sized flre-flghtlng force at short notice. Finally, these very busy rangers follow railroad trains If their districts be traversed by the steel-tracked highways and extlu- . gulsh the innumerable small fires that ' constantly origlnnte from locomotive sparks. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ELEVATED HANDSHAKE. How the Knnhlon Originated Em, prria Joseph I ne'a Handkerchief. It oppears that some of tho present day fashions owe their origin to physi cal defects, says the London Globe. Tho elevated handshake Is one of these, and a Talis contemporary throws on Inter esting light upon Its origin. It appears that it prince, a leader of society In the French capital, had a carbuncle or somo such ineouvenient and painful growth on his shoulder. Whenever a friend gave hlin a handshake the oper ation as rar as the prince was concern ed was most painful. To prevent this he raised his hand horizontally to his shoulder, and, If we may use the ex pression, had ("the whip hand." Tho new method of handshake was the astonishment and admiration of certain persons always on the lookout for the latest In society, who thought that the prince had Inaugurated a new fashion which one sees dully In opera tion in the Strand. The dainty lace handkerchief which ladies use owes Its origin also to the defects of nature. The unhappy Em press Josephine Introduced the fashion. She suffered from bad teeth, and living lu the tinio when American dentistry was unknown, she cast tibout her for some means to hide the defect. The cambric handkerchief with rich lace was the outcome. If tho euipress wish ed to laugh or had to open her mouth widely the handkerchief was requisi tioned. Again, yellow lace has its origin In sadness, according to tradition. A lady of distinction had lost her husband by shipwreck or some other cause. She was Impressed with the Idea that be would return and vowed to continue wearing until he was restored to her the lace which adorned her dress when she snld farewell. Like Josephine's handkerchief, her Intimates thought her tolled lace was an Innovation In fash ion and adopted means to copy It rAIlENTS SHOULD BE SVEH WATCHFUL. Dy Mrs. John A. Logan. Parents should never relax their watchful enre of their children from (heir birth to their majority, by which time such comradeship should have been established between par ents and children that no tempta tion would be strong enough to wlu the children from their parents. They should be bound together by tho strongest possible ties, Insep arable lu all of their alum aud am bitions or life. This can lie done If parents would look upon their children ns the greatest blessing of life, the mother t,JT. ;;-,. ? 'ffrwii' 11 BH. JOHN A. LOO AN. consecrating hersoif to her children In their infancy and the father supplementing Ibe mother's vigilance as soon as their children are out of tho nursery, both uniting their efforts to keep their children pure and undellled by being left to the care of hired servants, tutors, gov ernesses and teachers, who are rarely worthy of the trusts that are constantly confided to them. The mother who lias no time for her "social duties," devotion to amvwments and the frivolities of society to give to the homelier ones of caring for her children and training them for usefulness In life can blame no one but herself If they go nstiny. Furthermore, a mother should make It her conscientious duty to try os far as In her lies to avoid the transmission of evil propensities or ldlosyneraolcs that nre destined to nfHIct the offspring probably through life. M ARE YIN Q POB MONEY. By Nlxola I 71 Two women met on a street corner the other day. One was young, unmarried and self-sui)- portlng; the other lu the "Mrs. Itlank Is getting older woman. '! didn't so foolish." "Why foolish? lie made able. She has never loved ment of their life together tion to lier," was the reply. "But think of his osltion, his salary." urged the ma tron. Thou she laughed. "You can afford such roman tic notions. You nre independent. But nine women out of ten live with men that they don't love. What else can you expect of them? They are Incapable of making a living for themselves." Of course, the estimate of the percentage of uulovlng wives Is greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless, there is a basis of truth In tho remark. There are still women who marry without love, because the only alternative that The railroads of the United States used 18,S")5,G91 barrels of oil for fuel in 1007, an Increase of over 3,000,000 barrels over the preceding year. The Utiited States produced 51,720, 619 long tons of lrou ore, valued at $131,000,147 at the mines, last year, according to the geological survey. The addition of three drops of mer cury to each ounce of common solder will make a solder fusing at a low temperatdre for united soft metals. For the benefit of outdoor workers who must have their bands free, a German Inventor has brougth out a tent-shuped umbrella that straps to the shoulders. A German chemist having found a way to utilize tbe common potato In stead of wood for lead pencils, a fac tory In that country Is turning out 48, 000 pencils dally. A group of Pennsylvania -copltallsts Is planning to operate a trackless trol ley line from Chattanooga, Tenn., to the top of Wei don's ridge, Tenn., a dis tance of fifteen miles. Washington is the only one of the Pacific coast States In which coking conl is knowu to occur. Its coke pro duction last year totaled r2.008 tons, an Increase over 100(5 of ,"SS tons. For a long time past scientific ob servations lu various parts of the world have shown a tendency on the part of glaciers to recede. This has been particularly noted In the Alps. But recent Information Indicates that a change may be at hand At least It hos been found that since 1004 the Norway glaciers have begun to ad vance again. In 1907 this progression became general In Norway, the ad vance varying from 1 to 12 meters. A singular device for the protection of railway trains crossing a viaduct exposed to heavy winds has recently been employed at Ulverston, England, says Prof. It. IeC. Ward in Science. It consists or n wind-gage fixed at the west end of the Levens viaduct When the wind-pressure readies 32 pounds '-Philadelphia Telegraph. - 'I VrM 'S- Oreeley.Smlth, forties and a wife. n divorce," said the think she would be her life unbear him. Every mo was a degrada to the square foot, an electric contact Is made automatically, aud bells ring in the signal cabins on each side of the viaduct Upon this, all trains are detained until the force of the wind abates. The Interruption is telegraph ed along the line. In Februnry, 11)07. a wind velocity of C5 miles U hour was recorded. The danger of very high winds to trains on nn exposed bridge or viaduct was tragically Illus trated many yours ngo by the lament able Tay Bridge disaster In Scotland Commandant Soulle de Celiac of the French Legion of Honor has designed a pince-nez, or eye-glass, which enables the wearer to see at the same time on all rides, aud even b hind. This Is Ingeniously effected by means of reflections. At tbe same time the glasses are so construct ed as to correct myopia, and other er rors of ylstoa A use for the Instru ment that tbe inventor did not think of has been revealed to blm by deaf persons employing It They say that It Increases their safety by enabling them to perceive the nppronch of dan gers of which their ears give them no warning. SUPPOSES SUN IS COL0BED. Astronomer Tells Hon It Would Clunge tb Aspects of Natnre. A German astronomer has recently published some Interesting observations on the theoretical effects of a change in the color of the sun. It is amusing to consider the possibilities If the suu were green, blue or red instead of what It Is. If It were blue there would be only two colors in the world blue nud bluck. If It were red then everything would be red or black. If It were wei low everything would be yellow or black. Everyone knows that the light of the snn consists of six colors, und the reason tilings are different hues is that some swallow up Ave of the colors and reflect only one. Thus primroses are yellow because they absorb all but the yellow, roses red because they ab sorb all but the red, violets purple be cause they, absorb everything but red and blue, a mixture' of which two col ors forms purple. In the event of the sun being red roses, bloixl, red Ink nnd all other things that are now red wonld reflect It So also would snow, the Illy and all things that are now white, bnt these EVEN SO. W J presents Itself is that of self-support There aro wlvea who, having lost all respect for and confidence In ibelf husbands, continue to live with them because they pre, for to suffer the loss of their Ideals to their weekly al lowance. Doth these varieties of wives would be highly scandalized If they heard themselves classified as un Idl. Yet they nre. The woman who becomes a man's wife without loving him pells him n gold brick. What a man wants In a wife Is not some one to receive and send out his laundry, not even some one to feed him on his favorite dishes and give hlni appendicitis. He wants sympathy nnd disin terested nffet-tion. And the fact that a woman is willing to marry him be takes as au Indication that she is will ing to give them to him. Half the "monsters of Incon stoncy" that women tell each other so much about ara made by a lock of understanding and sympathy at homo. The other half are not material for marriage. nightly interpreted and rightly lived by two people, marriage Is the noblest occupation In which a woman can participate. But contracted or continued in merely for a living. It Is about the worst as well as the least remunerative thing she can do. FELLING A GEEAT TEEE. Dy Ciiiton Johnson. In the wooded shores of Puget sound, Wash ington, the trees sometimes have a diameter of a dozen feet. The cedars. In particular, reach a vast girth, and in the valley by tha roadr.ide was one with a circumference at tha ground of sixty-three feet, nud near by was another that had a Gothic arch cut through It affording easy passage for a niuu on horse back. But the tallest trees are the firs. Two hundred feet. Is a very moderate height, and some shoot up to above 300. The fall of one of the monsters when the woodsiueu have cut through Its base Is something ap palling. As the tree begins to give the sawyers hustle down from their perch und seek a safe distance. Then they look upward along the giant column and listen. "She's working ull the time," says one. "Yes," agrees the other, "you can hear her talkla n and he gives a loud cry of "Timber!" to warn any fel low laborers who may be In the neighborhood. The creaking nnd snapping increases, and the tree swings slowly at first, but soon with tremendous rapidity, and crashes down through the forest to the earth. There is a flying of bark nnd broken branches, and the air Is filled with slow-settling dust The men climb on tbe prostrate glaut and walk along the broad path-way of the trunk to see how It lies. What pigmies they seeia amid the mighty trees around! The ancient and lofty forest could well look down on -them and despise their short-lived significance; yet their persistence and in genuity tire irresistible, and the woodland is doomed. The Outing Magazine. would, of course, be red. EverythlB else would swallow up the red light and appear quite Hack. Grass, fop Instance, wonld be black ns Ink, ancj( so would the blue of the sky, but tho white clouds would be red. The samt kind of thing would happen if the su1 were blue. Everything now bine ot white would bo blue. The grass thia' time would be blue, not black, for it reflects both blue and yellow. Hair would be all black, the red of the lips would be black and the rest of the face' L would be a cloudy blue. If the sun were green there would be a little variety. Thlugs that aro! now yellow would still be yellow, things' that are blue would be blue and things' that are green would still be green, but' there would be no reds, purples, orange,' pinks or any of those cheery hues that make the world look so bright. Wagner's Portrait. When Wagner was In England super vising the first production of his operas, the music enthusiasts commissioned the artist Herkomer to paint the musician's portrait, but Wagner wns dashing about In such a state of frenzy that he repelled Impatiently every attempt to get him to give a "sitting." Still,; Herkomer stuck to him like a limpet' fed with him, -walked and talked with him, watched him conduct his orches tra, write music and read books. At last, when every nttcaipt to secure a "sitting" had failed, Herkomer rose early one morning, painted with fren zied speed all day, spent n short night In restless sleep, rose early again and painted furiously, till on the second evening he sat down exhausted but with his picture finished. Wipij wwi called In and threw up his hands la amazement. "Ah!" he cried. "Won derful 1 Thnt Is exactly how I would like to look If I could." Sun Wns Safe. Little four-year-old Mabel was run nlng downhill, holding her dress tightly. "Bo careful," called her mother, "or you will fall." "Oh, no, I won't," replied Mabel, "causo I'm holding tight to myself." No matter how much a woman may. care for one mnn there never comes a time when she Isn't greatly pleased If, she hears that some other man haa. made a nice remark about her. - p ;4 v 1 1 I f Y