DAKOTA CITY HERALD
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN
H. REAM, Publisher.
COOLING A8 EASY AS HE ATI NO.
Now, when one comes to think of It,
there Is difficulty In understanding
why humanity has always realized th
need of mitigating the soverlty of cli
mate that takes the form of cold, hut
for the most part still assumes the lm
possibility of doing anything to ten
ter heat, from which we suffer al
most as much, says New York Times.
At less expense than that by which
bouses are warmed In winter they can
be cooled In summer, and, while the
winter heating, thanks to our strange
refusal to learn the art of ventilation.
Involves the creation of conditions In
jurious to health, those which sum
mer cooling would establish would
probably be In every way beneficial to
us. At any rate, the thing Is per
fectly practicable. Of course, If
adopted. It would add to the tost of
living, but It would also increase the
general stock of available energy,
which would mean an Increase of
earning power to a more than com
pensating degree. Not much of a re
frigeration plant would be required to
bring the air of a bedroom to a tem
perature In which sleep would be re
freshing. Instead of Impossible or ex
hausting, and the wonder Is that the
rich and the well-to-do, at least, do not
generally, Instead of hardly at all,
utilize a benefit which science Is ready
to give them for much less money than
they pay for a thousand other smaller
luxuries and conveniences.
The first passenger airship to b
operated for regular transportation
purposes has been put In commission
In Germany. It la a Zeppelin dirigi
ble and will run over a course that
will include Ftledrlchshafen, Stutt
gart, Mannheim, Cologne and Dussel
dorf. At first Count Zeppelin him
self. Inventor of the machine which
bears his name, will be at the helm.
The airship has capacity for twenty
passengers, for whom accommoda
tions as luxurious as those of a Pull
man palace car have been provided.
As the enterprise Is backed by a ship
ping company of undoubted standing
there seems to be ample faith In the
euccess of the enterprise and belief
that aerial navigation has come to
stay.
Finland, In so fax as the autonomy
nJoyed heretofore la concerned, has
practically been wiped off the map,
the Douma first and the Council of
the Empire finally having enacted the
law which tarns over the administra
tion of Finnish affairs to representa
tives of the czar. Finland waa form
erly a grand duchy, and. though un
der Russian control, had a large meas
ure of elf-government. The Finns
are a sturdy, self-reliant and intelli
gent people and have ' made great
progress In education and otherwise.
But the policy of RusBla la to central
ise control at St. Petersburg, and the
disposition of Finland is the latest
exemplification of the existing ten.
dency.
When farmera turn to "bulling"
wheat the speculators in the grain
exchanges hardly know where they
are at There seems to be something
like a combined effort on the part of
the big wheat-growers of the north
west to keep up prices, says Mllwau
kee Evening Wisconsin. Delegations
by tralnloads are going to some of the
large trading-centers like St Paul and
dealing In heavy lots. Some of these
farmers are rated as millionaires, hav
lng made fortunes In grain growing,
and they also seem to understand the
bull and bear business. At least the
professional speculators In the "wheat
fit" find the tillers of the soil foemen
worthy of their steel
Before you begin to criticise avia
tion meets for not panning out as per
.promises, please kindly remember
now many races for the America's cun
nave been boring and Inconclusive
drifting matches. Both aviation and
yachting depend on the wind, and the
wind Is mighty uncertain.
A Michigan farmer who separated
from his wife and then became her
hired man Is suing her for $500 back
pay. Perhaps he could get ber to set
tle out of court if be would agree to
take $499.
Western bankers report that the
farmers of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri
and Iowa have spent $15,000,000 for
automobiles. There must be something
In that story after alL
Kidnaping Is still prevallent despite
the discouragements of heavy sen
tences. The only remedy stems to in
crease the penalty.
The price of cigarettes is going up,
but this of course won't bother the
man who always got his from the oth
er fellow.
When airships become so thick that
tbey shut out sunl'ght then, Indeed
will aviation be well established.
Veterinary dies from Inhaling the
breath of a horse. Is that what we
gut for training horses to smoke Tur
kish cisarettea?
Ducks may be blicl from aeroplanes,
but the problem of getting them aft
rrward appears to b full of dlfflcuf
ties.
It bas come to a pats where the par
tJent ben Is merely working for the
celd-atorage (but or the Incubator.
AGG1DENTS AT RAGES
TWO FIREMEN HAVE NARROW ES
CAPES AT TOURNAMENT
AT RED OAK.
DICK AND DAN LAND IN THIRD
Cover the Half Mile in 1:18 2-5 In
State Department Race Paddy and
Prince Handicapped In This Event
by Injury to Spencer.
Red Oak, la Fully 6.000 people
passed through the gates of the fall
grounds Wednesday to witness the
opening events of the state firemen's
tournament. In spite of the fact that
the heavy rain of Tuesday night flood
ed the tracks, the scrapers were at
work up until the opening of the pro
gram and by midafternoon the hot
sun had dried It into almost perfect
condition.
Mack and Fred, the crack team of
the Dos Moines Are department sta
tion No. 3, won the bunk hitch race in
1:17 flat. Clinton's team was second
In 1:17 3-5, and Dick and Dan, Sioux
City, third, with a mark of 1:18 2-5.
Dick and Side, from the Central sta
tion at Dos MoinoH. won fourth.
In the race a run of one-half mile
was made, 60 yards of hose laid and
the nozzle coupled In 1:17 by the Des
Moines team.
While no records were broken Wed
nesday, the races were all full of
thrills, and in the state paid Are de
partment race, in which Council HIiiITh.
3Ioux City, Des Moines, Clinton, Clai
Inda and lied Oak entered, two of the
drivers had narrow ewcapes from
death, and the Clinton team, becoming
unmanageable, furnlHhod a Hen nation
when the off horse fell to the ground,
nearly carrying one of the firemen
underneath him.
In the heat In which 'Paddy and
Prince, the other Sioux City entry.
participated the hanging harness sup
port caught Fireman Fred D. Spencer
above the eye and cut him severely,
nearly throwing him from his sent.
Sioux City's time in the heat was
1:19 2-5. The blood in Spencer's eye
lost the team time on coupling.
Lou and Herb, the -Council WulT.s
famous team, nervous and high strung.
started away before their collars were
tightened and dragged one of the fire
men several feet before he was able
to throw himself to one side and clam
ber on the wagon.
EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES
For the Mitchell, S. D., Corn Palace,
During the Week Commencing
September 26.
contract has just been closed for
the appearance of Pat Conway's Con
cert Dand at the Corn Palace Festi
val, at Mitchell, 8. D., which will be
held during the week commencing
Septmber 26th
Another attraction of exceptional
merit which appears on the program Is
the Lyric Sextette of Chicago. The
committee in charge considers Itself
exceptionally fortunate In being able
to secure the services of both of these
organizations, which are recognized
as "Top Notch' entertainers and ar
tists In their lines.
In addition, the committee on attrac
tions has secured several of the best
vaudeville stunts on the road, and the
moBt complete program ever producer
Is thus assured.
Dies While Diving.
Provlncetown, Mass. Thirty fath
oms deep In the waters of Cape Cod
bay in search of a sunken torpedo,
George William Falrey, a gunner's
mate on the battleship Connecticut,
lost his life Tuesday. The Connecti
cut was engaged In torpedo practice
when one of the mlsulles was lost and
Falrey was sent out with a boat's crew
and diving apparatus to recover it. On
his way to the bottom he signaled
"O. K." There was a pause for a mo
ment when he reached bottom and
then a faint signal of danger. The
comrades pulled the diver as quickly
as possible to the surface. Hastily
opening the armor they found Falrey
unconscious, but still breathing. All
efforts to rescue htm' failed.
Bones of Three Found.
Santa Rosa, Cal. The bones of
three human beings, supposed to be
those of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Kendall
and their son Thomas, who dlsap
peared mysteriously about ten days
ago, were found late Wednesday near
the ranch house in which ihe Ken
dalls lived. They were traced from the
kitchen stove by the cinders. Jewelry
and trinkets were found among the
bones.
8loux City Live Sto.'n Market.
Stoux City. Wednesday's quotations
on the Sioux City Mve stock market
follow: Top hogs, $8.10. Top beeves,
17.50.
Two Hundred Drowned.
St. Petersburg. Two hundred fisher
men have been drowned by the cap
kizlng of their boat during a typhoon
m the river Amur near Kicolayewlsk
Many Men Reinstated.
Montreal. About 50 per cent of the
1,000 of the Grand Trunk conductors
ralnnien and yardmen who struck on
luly 18 huve been reinstated In their
ld positions.
Death Follows Victory.
Guthrie, Okla. A tragic hidden
.hat followed the Oklahoma primaries
as furnished in the deuth Wednesday
Horning of William Cross, secretary
f state and Democratic candidate for
he office of state auditor. Cross had
teen too 111 to enter the campaign, but
ie was nominated.
Earth Shock In Cuba.
Suntlugo, Cuba. A strong earth
luake here Wednesday caused much
ilarm. The city was severely shaken
uit the damage was alight
TELLS (IF LULUL
AO
Traveler Speaks of Savages He
Met In Western Part of China.
they Are Warlike Race, Living In a
District Which Is Mountainous,
but Very Rich In Mineral
Resources.
Ebanghal, China. Little is known
even in China about the Loto country
In tlje western part of the empire,
but a short time ago a missionary
came from this district and he waa
able to tell us that these savages are
friendly to the white man who deals
with them cautiously and that they
are submitting to the teaching of Jhe
few missionaries that have penetrated
Into the district
I.ololand has attracted a good deal
of attention In Shanghai, and even In
America recently, on account of the
travels in that district of Dr. Demenll,
who accidentally shot a native of
Tibet and had to be tried In Shanghai
for manslaughter. Following this, an
Englishman named Brooke it as mur
dered by Lolos and the real facts have
only come to light with the return of
Mr. E. 8. Little, who has been on an
extended tour in western China Mr.
Brooke waa stoned to death after
hooting a Lolo chief in self defense.
Mr. Little traveled through the
country from Yachow, across the
Tungho river down to NIngyuan and
across the Yangtaze, at a place 500
miles above the highest tinlnt at which
It is navigable, and he found that this
country consisted of lofty mountains
wnn passes 10.000 to ll.OOO feet hlsrh.
The mountains tower on all sides and
tnroughout the district named they
are held by Lolo savages, who are
continually at war with the Chinese,
or each other. When Mr. Little en-
tered the country he immediately
came into touch with a score of raids.
On one occasion ho passed through a
valley on either side of wbich were
opposing forces of Lolos. f On another
occasion he hoard that the road in
front of him had been the scene of
two raids and he found that 40 people
had been carried off captive and sold
as slaves by the Lolos.
Mr. Little bad many unpleasant ex
periences, but he was able to talk in
Chinese with many of the Lolos, as
they understand a littin rf tv.f i
guage. The men have rnntori tn
extent the Chinese dress, but over
an mey wear a woolen cloak. The
women wear shirts, hnr n .v,.
stockings or underclothes. All of
mem are strangers to soap and water.
Some of the women have nt
tures and the whole race is dark, but
or nne carriage and physique, and Mr.
Little considers them suoerlor In
many respects to the Chinese. The
Lolos are armed with antiquated fire
arms, long spears and all anrta f mi..
cellaneous weapons. They are clever
at stone throwing and when they can
not reach their enemy for a hand-to-
nana encounter thev hurl r,iao n
rock through the air with remarkable
accuracy.
The whole country h as crnat nnml.
bllltles. Mr. Little saw c-nM rnnno-
zlnc, lead and silver mines, some of
which were being worked successfully
in me native way, and others are
siting for the necessarv canltai in
the course of his lournev ha nij
mountains of highly mineralized rock
mat had not been developed or
touched in any way. Through all
these mountains there are many
streams of water which would give
power for running factories and light
ing them.
Romance of
Man Who Defied Laws of His Country
an Married Chinese Maiden In
Chicago.
Chicago. Yun Tchl Ho, a prince In
Korea by birth, who addressed the
Men's National Missionary congress,
held n that city recently, became a
center of interest to the delegates
when it became known that be has
played a role in an International ro
mance for which he was forbidden to
enter the domains of the royal family
of which be was a member, or his own
country.
"While the Chinese empire shortly
following his return from the United
States, where be graduated from Van
derbllt university at Nashville, Tenn.,
and later from a school In Georgia,
where he went to study arithmetic,
Prince Yun Tohl Ho, or as he calls
hlmaelf, T. H. Yun, met and fell In
love with a girl from a prominent Chi
nese family," said the prince's friend.
"He knev the law In Korea which for
bids the marriage of a Korean and a
Chinese, but bis love for the woman
was none the less ardent Finally, in
desperation he wrote to a girl ac
quaintance In Nashville, with whom he
had become acquainted while attend
Rabbit Led
Pet of New Jersey Man Ran Under
Trolley Car and Its Pursuer
Was Crushed.
Montclalr, N. J. A pet white rab
Olt belonging to Heber DeWltt of this
place, by Its ingenuity saved its own
Ufu and was the cause of Its enemy's
death. The rabbit was first seen en
tering Bloouiflold avenue from Orango
road on a run for its life, closely fol
lowed by a colllo. Motorman and
conductors of the public service cor
poration were standing In front of the
car sheda, and several of them ran out
to the street and tried to beat th
dog off, bnt It eluded them.
The chuse continued down the street
past fire headquarters, where several
firemen also unsuccessfully tried to
stop the pursuer. The dog was wear
ing down the rabbit's strength and
was gaining on it As the rabit neared
Midland avenue a trolley car was bow.
lng along up Illooinfleld avenue. The
rabbit suddenly turned at a right angle
LONDON KESUiMES
p, . l J) ' ftWJh . If
London. Once more it has become fashionable to take a morning ride
In Rotten Row a custom that fell into disuse after the late King Ed
ward discontinued It because of his advancing years. King George V.
may be seen nearly every pleasant morning cantering through the park
with one or two companions, and his. example Is belng followed gladly by
the aristocratic residents of the West end.
PAYING OLD DEBTS
Man Living in Gotham Liquidat
ing Obligations Contracted
by Father.
Advertises for Addresses of Creditors
. of Firm Which Failed Twenty
Eight Years Ago Many
People Suffered.
New York. "i should be very sorry
if an honest desire to pay a man's
debts in this world Is so rare that it is
worthy of a newspaper story."
This- was what Fred Tench of the
contracting firm of Terry & Tench re
plied when asked why he had adver
tised for the addresses of several of
the creditors of the firm of W. E.
Tench & Son, which failed In 1888.
That he should be anxious to pay off
obligations for which he is not legally
responsible did not occur to Mr.
Tench as anything out of the ordinary
or especially meritorious.
For 'twenty years it has been the
dream of Mr. Tench to gather all the
creditors of the old Tench firm and
pay them what his father and he
owed when they went down to finan
cial ruin. Now his dream is being
realized. Thousands of dollars is be
ing sent to men the Tencheawere un
able to pay at that time.
The firm of W. E. Tench & Son was
In business in Chippewa, Canada. The
failure of the firm was a heavy blow
and many people there whom the firm
owed for material or work suffered.
From the moment of the failure it
was the desire of tho elder Tench as
well as of the son to pay all the firm's
debts, but the father never realized
his ambition. He never recovered
from the shock of the collapse of the
firm, and when he died be handed
over these obligations to his son as a
sacred trust
The younger Tench went to work
with a wilt The firm of Terry &
Korean Prince
ing Vanderbllt, and asked her for ad
vice. "Marry her and let things take their
course," was the cabled response, and
the prince followed his American
friend's advice.
"Promptly he, and his bride, as well,
were forbade entrance to the Korean
realm. The prince then became a
school missionary in China and per
formed such notable work that his gov
ernment finally relented and both he
and his wife were requested to take
up their abode In the prince's home
land. H became a factor in govern
mental affairs and was finally placed
on an important commission to one
ot the neighboring countries. While
a member .of their ministerial party,
he became dissatisfied with the work
ings of the committee and he left ab
ruptly. "Then because of his failure to carry
out the mission upon which he was
sent, he was again barred from Korea.
Again he becaiue a school missionary,
and after several years the attitude of
his government changed, and be and
his wife were once more reinstated
in its good graces."
A cucumber on the vine Is worth
half a one In an aching stomach.
Dog to Death
and ran under the body of the swiftly
moving car to the other side of the
street The dog, In following, was too
late, and the wheels of the rear trucks
of the car passed over Its body, al
most cutting It in two.
The rabbit, on reaching the side
walk, turned around as if to see the ef
fect of Its maneuver, and evidently be
ing Batlsded by what It caw, hopped
up under a store window and stretched
Itself out, exhuusted. John Hcndrick
son, a store keeper, picked It up and
carried it into his store where it re
mained until Its owner culled for it.
REACH EQUALITY OF SEXES.
May Never Be Brought About Under
Present Conditions, Declares
Prof.,Willcox.
Wellesley, Mass. That true equal
ity of the sexes may never be reached
under preseut conditions and that i
MORNING RIDES
Tench was organized. It built the
Manhattan bridge. Is at work on the
Pennsylvania railroad terminals and
Is a recognized leader among firms
which take enormous contracts, for
structural steel work, excavations,
and do other work of that sort No
undertaking seems too big for Terry
& Tench, and they try to do things a
little better and a little. quicker than
others.
As the firm prospered Mr. Tench
began to pay the debts of his father.
The claims of all persons whose
whereabouts he knew were settled
with interest. A couple of weeks ago
the residents of St. Cathrine's, On
tario, were surprised when they read
In their local papers advertisements
for the addresses of the creditors of
W. E. Tench & Son, who had failed
In 1888.
Some of these creditors were dead.
some were near the end of life's Jour
ney, and others had moved away years
ago. Among those who answered the
advertisements was Capt William
Ross of Port Robinson, Ontario. He
Is now ninety years old and has very
little money. He wrote immediately
setting forth that his claim amounted
to $145.46, and that when Mr. Tench
found It convenient to pay the money
It would be greatly appreciated.
He was gratified to get a few days
later not a check for $145.46, as he bad
expected, but a check for $298.39, the
amount of the claim and the interest
accrued.
BETTING IN MILLINER SHOPS.
English Society Women Inaugurate
Plan to Charge Loss on Races
to New Hats.
London. The ruses adopted by
some society women to Indulge in bet
ting on the turf without letting their
husbands know anything about it as
revealed in the West London county
court the other day, very much shock
ed the Judge, Sir William Selfe, who,
with all his experience, never before
had such a case tried before him.
It must, too, have been something
of an eyeopener to some husbands,
who have been at times puzzled to un
derstand the immensity of their wives'
millinery bills and ought to Induce
them to scrutinize more closely these
accounts In future.
In this case the fact was brought to
light that society women not only
bought hats from a certain West end
milliner, but induced her to back
horses for them, and that the item In
the bill, "To one hat, $10," really
meant "Desmond's Pride, $5 each
way."
"The correspondence appears to dis
close a shocking state af affairs," de
clared Sir William. "I wish that hus
bands who imagine their wives are
purchasing expensive hats knew that
instead they are investing the money
on horse races."
Fish to Eat Mosquitoes.
Boston. To exterminate the mosqui
to merely through the natural hunger
of gold fish and other species is the
proposition advanced by several scien
tists, among whom is Dr. Samuel Gar
man of Harvard, an authority on icthy-
ology. Should these fish become suffi
ciently abundant In the waters ot the
United States it is said that would
mean the end of yellow fever, malaria
and other diseases specialists suspect
the mosquito of distributing.
even the most kindly disposed friend
of suffraglsm cannot help adopting a
different attitude In his relations with
the opposite sex are two of the strik
ing views held by Professor Mary A.
Wtllcox. who for twenty seven years
has boon head of the department of
zoology In Wellerley college, and who
has Just been made professor emeri
tus "To insure the same treatment for
boys and girls alike." rays Professor
Wlllcox. "It is not sufficient that the
parents of t lie children dressa the boys
and girls alike, allow them to play tho
same parr.es and In every sense put
th?ni on the sair.o plane. Just as soon
as n girl's sex Is recognized, men and
women unconsciously adopt a differ
ent and k.,3 stimulating attitude to
ward her th: n toward a boy.
"There is no ittentiul difference be
tween a man's mind and a woman's
mlnj, In my opinion, but this Is a ques
tion that cannot te answered conclu
sively until the treatment of the sexes
from childhood Is exactly the same."
Truth may hurt, but not so muck M
.lutrutb.
THE LITTLE GARDENER.
I'm tired to death,' cried Johnny,
When hi ma cnlled him to tea;
"I've hoed and dug and planted
'Till I can hardly see.
"I've made a fine big garden
And planted things Just so.
And now I'll rest a little
'Till the seeds begin to grow.
"And when the crisp white onions
And beets and lettuce, too.
And peas and beans and carrots
Have all come nicely through,
"I'll keep the weeds from growing
'Round them, bo good to eat.
And when my garden's ready
We'll have a great big treat."
TRICK OF BINOCULAR VISION
Young Lad Apparently Sees Little Ca
nary Bird Walk Into Cage, But
He Does Not.
"Guess what I have in my hand,
Harry," said Uncle Dick, holding one
hand teasingly behind his back.
"Some books?"
"No."
"A new magic lantern."
"No, I shall have to tell you," and
he drew forth a big white sheet of
paper, upon which was drawn an open
bird-cage, at the right a dotted line,
beyond the dotted line a little bird,
writes Belle Lawrence In Youth's
Companion.
"Now, Harry," said Uncle Dick, as
he drew up a chair beside that of his
!A
Bird In the Cage.
nephew, "you see the little bird out
side the cage? Well, soon you shall
see the little bird walk right into the
cage without our having to touch the
Dird, tne cage, or the pencil."
"Oh, how?" cried Harry, in astonish
ment
In answer to this question Uncle
Dick placed the nauer in Harrv'a Jinnrf
and drew from his pocket an ordinary
caning card, which he told Harry to
place upon the dotted line and watch
the bird carefully, his nose Just touch
ing tne card.
All was still In the room for a mo
ment and then allrry cried out:
"He Is moving he really Is there
ne goes right into the cage!"
Just then the card dronned nnrl
Harry looked at the paper In amaze
ment, ror mere was the cage, the dot
ted line, and the bird beyond the dot
ted line Just as It had been before.
Uncle Dick laughed at Harrv'a nn
fusion, then explained to him that it
was a sort of trick; that the bird did
not really go Into the cage at all vet
It seemed so to him because It was a
proof of simple sight with hoth vm
or, and he laughed at the look of won
der in tne ntue noy's face, "what wise
men like your old uncle know as bi
nocular vision."
Harry committed the long word to
memory, and not willing to ha nut.
done, drew a cage with two birds out
side, then a whole Lock, and Joyously
watched them Journey inside the bars.
MEANING OF SCARLET THREAD
Woven Into British Naval Rope as
Positive Method of Identification
of Royal Property.
Ever since the day of Nelson, a pe
culiar custom has been observed in
the British navy. A scarlet thread is
woven into every one of the thou
sands of ropes used in the British na
val service. This Includes all ropes
from the smallest heaving line to the
largest hawser. Several romantic sug
gestions have been advanced as to
why the thread la wove!i into the
ropes, but the real reason Is a simple
and practical one.
It simply means a sure way of Iden
tifying royal property, and If any rope
with the red thread is found in unau
thorized hands the presumption is
that it was Improperly taken. It Is
forbidden that any rope manufactured
for private use contain tho red thread,
In just the same way that In the Uni
ted States the manufacture of paper
for private use containing bits of silk
Is forbidden. This paper in the Uni
ted States Is used for currency pur
poses only.
I A Sack Race.
Another good game is a Back race.
For thU game, each child Is put Into
a sack, fastened around the neck. The
one who is to start the race stands
the sacked persons in a row, at a
given distance from tlie winning post.
The object of the game is to get to
the winning pott firs', by running, hop
ping or rolling. If sacks are not ob
tainable, the players' arms may be
tied to their sides and their legs tied
together. All the players start at a
signal. The one wLo g3ts there first
wiii the can .
REPRESSION OF P. I. R. PYLE.
rrruvlou Ingomnr Renssataer Pyle,
Was one of theme boya
Who never a moment believed it vorlh
while
To utop making nolne.
E'er Huvey awoke at the stroke ot the
clock
Ho was snoring tn glee.
Hu made enough noise to wake the whole
Peruvloua P.
He yelled while he dressed and he
stnmped on the floor
To the dread of his ma.
He rapped on the windows and banged
on the door.
Which wakeoed Ms pa (naturally).
He coasted downstairs and cried when
he fell.
Which made such a din.
That all of the neighbors knew mighty
well
When Ingo waa In.
He tooted and banged, P. I. Uenssalaer
Pyle.
Till folks In the town.
Had him stuffed with guncotton In grand
army style
To keep the noise down.
They wound him In down quilts and
blankets and flce'.'e
In undisguised hopes
That 'twould atlfle the noise and bring
back the peace.
They tied him with ropes.
When I tell you that mercury stood In
the shade
At a hundred and ten.
You'll know how uncomfortable Ruvey
wag made.
He won't racket again.
TEN IN PRONOUNCING MATCH
Professional Men, Including Doctors,
Lawyers, Teacher and Preacher,
in Novel Test.
Ten professional men, including doc
tors, lawyers, a teacher and a preach
er, took part In a pronouncing match
In a New York hall of the Young
Men's Christian association recently.
Twenty-one words were written on
the blackboard. The best man In the
ten pronounced 12 words right, ac
cording to accepted authority. The
average number of errors was 11.
Such are the perils and uncertainties
of that which he are pleased to call
our mother tongue.
William Henry P. Phyfe having com
piled a book of "7,000 Words Often
Mispronounced," found it easy In a
later edition to Increase the list to
10,000. It Is not likely that even la
the second effort he reached the final
word, for decisions on disputed pro
nunciations are chiefly arbitrary, ' and
even presumptive autliorities take lit
tle trouble to agree among them
selves.
Only one man in the Young Men's
Christian association ten pronounced
"harass" with the accent on the first
syllable. He admitted that he was
perhaps right by accident. The nine-to-one
argument of educated usage
indicated here has not prevailed with
the dictionary-makers. It may catch
up yet There la the hopeful instance
of "squalor" and "squalid." Of these
two words the latter Is arbitrarily
"squaw-lid," as pronounced, while In'
the former the logical "squaw-lor" l)as
been recognized only in modern times
against the fixed "squay-lor" of earlier
years.
After all, the harmonizing of Eng
lish pronunciations is a matter of
some Importance with the simplifying
of spelling.
RARE TRICK WITH DECANTER.
Displacing Center of Gravity by Means
of Bent Straw Latter Must
Be Strong.
Can you lift a decanter, half filled
with water, by a bent straw? It is
quite easy. The decanter should have
a narrow neck and wide and rather
square shoulder-part The stray must
be a good and whole one, about 2 ft
or 2M ft. long. This should be bent
Trick With Decanter.
upward one-third of Its length, or
enough to bring It under the shdulder
of the decanter; then push into the
decanter, leaving the long end out
side, and lift carefully. The Idea la to
displace the center of gravity. The
performer should take care to use a
straw without crack or flaw in it.
A Very Old Game.
One player stands on a stool In the
midst of her playfellows, representing
in her own person that mysterious
grandee, the Grand Mufti.
She makes any motions which she
pleases, such as lifting her arms, ex
tending her hand, sighing, putting her
hand to her head, etc.; In fact, any
kind of absurd gesture, saying at the
same time, "Thus does the Grand
Mufti!" or "So does the Grand Muf
ti!" Now, these two words, "thus"
and "so," make the game; for when
she says "Thus does," etc., every one
must make Just the same gesture, or
do the same thing; but when she says.
So does the Grand Mufti," no one
must imitate her; If any player does.
she pays a forfeit.
It requires great attention and
quickness not to get confused by the
game as it quickens, and thus to make
mistakes.
Flowers A Game.
The compuny divides itself into
equal sides, and each side must have
a "home" in opposite corners of the
lawn. The sides retire to their own
"homes," and one side privately
chooses a flower, then crosses over to
the other side and gives the initial
letter of that flower. The children on
the second side must try and guess
the name of the flower, and when they
have done so tly catch as many as
they can of the opposite side before
they reach their "home."
Those caught must go over to the
other side, and the game goes on un
til one side bas won all the children.
The sides take it In turns to give the
ame f tbe flowe