Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, December 30, 1910, Image 2

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    DAKOTA CITY HKKAUl
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN H. REAM, . Publisher.
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TRAINING THE BOYS TO BE LEGISLATORS
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HEALTH AND LUeiii U.:Z..
"All men think nil men tnortnl hi!
themmdves," yet nil nun are con
Btantly seeking tho Fourres of health
and means of prolonging tin Ir Uwm
and nothing Interests the average
man more thnti to read the statement
of persons who have attained great
ages, and their version of the means
which enabled them to prolong their
lives. We have many of tkc.c
Moltke, when naked In his ninetieth
year how he had maintained his
health and activity, answered: "By
great moderation In all things, and by
regular outdoor cxtrch-e." Crlspl paid
tVat "regularity and abstinence n Ti
the fecrets of long life.' Sydney
('ooper also believed In regularity. Le
gouve attributed his long life to regu
lar exerclHe, says the Washington
Herald. An Arnerlean nonagenarian,
Hon. N'eal Dow. of Maine, laid Btress
on the, careful avoidance of fretting
or disturbance of tho digestive or
gans, and of exposure to sudden or
protracted ccld, with insufficient pro
tection against lis Influence, Cor
naro's rule was extreme temperance
In eating p.nd moderation In drinking.
He took everything that agreed with
him find avoided everything which
did not. Many others could be named,
but the constitutions and organism of
men are as vailed a;i their faces,
hence no general rule can ho laid
down. What is meat to one may ba
uolson to (mother.
Hundreds oT thousnnds of Russians
are going to Siberia. Hut not after
the old style, when they were per
sonally conducted by military guards
'and distributed as convicts among the
mines and prisons. Siberia has vast
agricultural and other possibilities,
and the government In this Instanco
at least is wise enough to encourage
the utilization of such resources, it
Is announced from Russia that the mi
gration to Siberia average about half
a million persons yearly. This move
ment Is encouraged by tho ofTer fr"m
the government of cheap railroad
rates and an allotment of forty-ono
and a half acres of land to each adult
who makes a home In that part of the
empire.
The Pennsylvania state board of
health reports that tho expenditure of
$3,000,000 In four years in the Interest
of the public health has resulted in
saving $23,000,000 to the common
wealth. This Is conservation of a
moat desirable quality. It goes to
ward maintaining those greatest re
sources of a state which He in a peo
ple rich In physical and mental well
being. The Pennsylvania board has
fought diphtheria effectively with an
titoxin. It has reduced the death-
rate from consumption, "the white
plague." from 134 to 120 per thous
and, and is about to do better by
adding two new tuberculosis colonies
to the one now in operation.
According to late reports Mammoth
Cave, that old-time geological wonder.
and years ago a close rival to Nia
gara Falls as a show place, Is going
out of fashion, and has of late years
had but fow visitors, says the Boston
Evening Transcript. It is now diffi
cult of acsess by a little dinky rail
road and the accommodations afford
ed by the dilapidated hotel are by no
means up to date. It Is proposed to
ask congress to adopt it as a national
reservation, fix things up and make it
more accessible and attractive. Per
haps one reason for its decadence is
the discovery of other great caverns
and natural curiosities fully as won
derful.
'A Washington man has been fined
for violating the child-labor law bo
cause lie Induced a number of four
teen-year-old boys to engage In a plo
tting contest. Would It not have
been more- appropriate If ho bad been
punished for cruelty to children?
When a man's wiie stlekB hatpins
Into him, and tries to suffocate him
as lib sleeps, tho New York courts
have decided that ho haa a right to
lea,vo home. The re" eg, however,
was confirmatory merely, the man
having -decided first.
One mnn has been sent to Jail for
nine months tor smuggling at New
York. The fact that tie wbb only a
musician and not a millionaire makes
the lesson less Impressive whro It is
most needed.
A dog that carried In smuggled
goods aerods the Mexican boundary
baa been spared to be shown In a dog
show. If he had been taken to a
IS'ew York dog show he would prob
ably have brought a fabulous price
from the ultra rich.
So 1he government Is going to Issue
$T5.00(i,000 worth of $l bills to replaco
$J0' a.id tilrflur denominations. This
ought lo increase the chance of get
ting some.
Fletcher says you should "hoid your
face down" when yju are erting, so
that your tongue will hang perpendic
ularly In your mouth." To do this
most comfortably get down on your
hands and knees wuin you eat
.That-Illinois man who wants a di-
vurcfou the ground that his wlfu ro-
Iums to c'.resa In keeping with tho
luUKt TahMon.s beciiiibe, sIk? sayx, It
fa too 'costly, apparently doesn't know
when he lh wt'" 'r-
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rJJAYM GOT
There is a bare possibility after all
lhat Frank Gotr-h, retired wrestling
champion of the world, may reconsider
his Intentions and sign articles to
meet Hnckelisehnildt In a finish bout
for t lie world's title. liefore leaving
Chicago the other day for his home
In Iowa fiotch told some friends "not
for publication" that ho might agree
to one more match If there was
enough money In sight, but before
doing bo the Iowa fanner said Hack
would hnve to beat all good men In
this country. Including foreigners.
Threo good American heavyweight
wrestlers are ready to work whenever
called upon. These are JesH Wester
gnard, Ordemann and Charley Cutler.
Ordemann recently defeated Cutler at
Minneapolis, but It was not a satisfac
tory match, as Cutler sustained a bad-
DAVIS GIVES PLANS TO WIN
Team Which Sets Pace, Compels Other
Team to Give Ground and Is
Aggressive Is Winner.
BY GEORGE DAVIS.
(Copyright, lino, by JiH.-rli Howies.)
Think quick, act quickly, claim
everything In sight and watch every
point. Run (nil every hit, take any
kind of chances on tho bases, make
Hie other side throw.
'hut la the way to win In buseball.
Plainly stated, the team which
forces the pace, compels the other
club to give ground, assumes the ag
gressive end of the game and throws
the other team on the defensive light
at the start Is the winner. The hus
tling, nggresslve, pushing club, no mat
ter how much weaker than Us adver
saries, usually beats them.
Team work has been one of my pet
'.heorles for many years. I think I
knew a good deal of Inside baseball
George Davis.
and team work with other teams, but
I never realized fully the possibilities
of team work until I was with the
TVhite Stockings. I am not claiming
any part of tho credit, except that 1
was able to work with two such gen
erals as Comlskey and Jones, and to
contribute what I knew of the Inside
game to them In return for what I
learned. I do not thiffk there ever
was a team as perfect In defensive
hud aggressive team work as the
White Stockings were under Jones
Our system of signals was perfect,
and besides that we had men with
wonderfuly acute powers of observa
lion, und every one worked together
One of the principal causes of vie
lory to a pennunt winning teum is la
the selection of pitchers to work
DKalnst curtain teams on c rtain days.
The condition of the sky Is studied
the lights and shadow son the grounds,
the condition of the (Mounds and Hit)
force und direction of tho wind, before
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ly wrenched knee In the second fall
anil had to give up after having beat
en Ordemann In the first fall.
Threo foreigners now In America
are all after the title held by Gotch.
There may be more than three, but. so
far there are only three worth men
tioning, and even one of these may
as well be left out of the running.
Zbysv.ko was easy meat for the Iowan
In the final match last spring, and un
less he has Improved by a good meas
ure he would not be consi'h red by tho
fans.
Tho two real good foreigners are
Hackenschmldt and Mahmoiit. One or
the other of these should get a chance
at the crown before tiny return to
their homes. Ootch Is quoted as say
ing that he considers Muhmout the
best of the lot.
a final selection is made. Of course
every man on a team knows what
pitcher Is likely to he effective against
certain teams. The study of the con
dition of tho pitcher then becomes
extremely Important. He may have
been good in his last game, but gone
stale or stiff or lost some speed, or
his curve. The manager or catcher
must study the man In preliminary
practice to discover if there has been
any such change. Then the other con
ditions must taken into considera
tion. And. nfter that Is all done, and
the manager has thought and worried
gray hairs Into his bend, an umpire.
may miscnll one strike nnd turn the
entire game, which shows how much
any one really knows about how to
win.
GOSSIP OF
SPORTDOM
They sell the Uoston National league
team almost every afternoon now In
Iieantown.
That annual row of the Ice skaters
gives promise of coming along on
scheduled time.
Packey McFarland Insists that he la
a lightweight still, but he doesn't care
to work at It Just yet.
Frank Gotch may have retired ior
keeps, but there are a lot of wrestling
fans from Missouri who will havo to
be shown.
Eastern colleglato basket ball offi
cials want to let the referee decide
whether holding and blocking shall
constitute a personal foul.
If Tulane university professors want
to be popular they should know by
this time how "incontrovortlbly and
unanimously" students regard foot
ball.
Kvery year they come across with
a lot of changes to increase the bat
ting. The latest Is make It Impossible
for a mnnager to use more than two
pitchers in a game.
Cleveland nasclmll tans see a pen
nnnt In sight for tho Naps next year
according to reports from that city
Jackson and l.njole In the out Held are
expected to bring it that way.
President Murphy of the Cubs is
against any change in our baseball
code. Why shouldn't be bo? The
Cubs cuuld not hope to be more suc
cessful under a new set of rules.
The principal ambition of tho heavy
weight fighters seems to be not to bat
tie themselves, but to dig up a "white
man's hope" who enn tight, or at
least make a noise like a champion.
Kussell Ford, the spitball pitcher of
the New York Yankees, Is clamoring
for more Balary. Kussell suys base
ball players don't last long and they
should "get all out of It that Is coming
to them while they are good."
Major league baseball writers may
not have to spell Pecklnpaugh after
all next year. Ownor Summers of the
Cleveland Naps Is about to complete
a deal to farm him to the Portland
team In the Pacific Coast league.
Artie Ijatham ts probably out of ma
Jor league baseball. Manager Mcdraw
of the Glnnts bus not sent a contract
to the clown of tho game. He prob
ably figured that he had enough of
them on his staff without carrying an
official one.
A Detroit baseball writer has dug
Into the files and discovered that Kd.
Walsh fanned l4irry l.ajolo on three
successive pitched balls in l'JOS.
Thanks for the information. Cleveland
writers never dig up such things ex
cept on Ty Cobb.
Wright brothers. Inventors of tho
biplane flying machine, have started
suit against Grahame Whlte, the Eng
lishman, for Infringing upon their
"bird." Just because Morau waB the
first man to knock out the original
Hauler Is no reason why the English
men should want to cop everything.
Dr. Sargent, Harvard's great physi
cal expert, has discovered that men
are becoming more ladylike all the
time. Perhaps the i lever "prof"
might make It more int. r-Kt lug if be
pointed out some line ! sporting en
deavor in which be bin noticed this
with distinctness. i 1 1 tt i 1 1 ly the
"laint" is not creeping into football,
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Declare:i Engll-.-i. -,..n Will Be His
First Opponent Kcn He Returns
Early in the Spring.
In the following nrtlcle, published
by the Chicago Tribune. Ad Wolgast.
the iimsl ciltlclzed pugilistic champion
In the ring today, attempts to answer
his crltlc.4 and Incidentally tells what
his intentions are In ngurd to Owen
Moran nnd the rest of the lightweight
who are clamoring at the champion
ship door lor recognition:
I am a fighter, not u press agent, but
I have been attacked so much and
roasted in generously that I believe
it Is up to r.ie to tell the public a few
facts. All this tall: aLout my alleged
loafing dfn-j not t other me a bit, for
when I get In bhipe I'll step out and
make all my critics tako off their hats
to r;i.
And right h re let me ray that Mor
an will get the rust chance. 1 held
him to a draw In Near York when I
had never fought an? body but dubs,
and had only been In the business a
yenr, so does It stand to reason that
I fear him now, wh.-n ! have Improved
l,0i)() per cent, r.nd he Is the same
scrapper he was tlir" years ngo? If
Moran wnnts to fi :ht me right nway,
why did l.e tH.n r.p for a three months'
lour on the stage? .Not that I mean
that he fears in", hi:t jus-t the same
when it "come ; time to fight eee if I
am not prepared before lie Is.
I have h.'.d two fights since I won
the title lrom Nelst.n last February,
and then has l?'-n awful yell be
cause I have not !:n;ed oftener. If
my panning'' friends would take ime
to remember tliey we I'd probably rec
"Ad" Wolgast.
ollect that Nelson did not fight for six
months after his first fight with Gans,
And no one roasted him.
In the first bout, that with Redmond
in Milwaukee, I broke a small bone in
my wrist. I know the accident has
been sneered at, but if any sporting
writer in the country doubts the serf
ousness of the Injury I will show him
the signed affidavits of two of the
most prominent doctors of Milwaukee,
Stung by the criticism of a lot of Nel
son boosters, I took on a young fellow
at a small town in Wisconsin two
months later to see whether my arm
could stand tho strain. It was a fool
lsh venture, for I broke the bone in
the same place again. Had my arm
stood the strain I would have signed
to box Nelson in November, as I had
announced immediately after I won
the title.
Just when I will be ready to fight
Is a question. I have been doing some
light work with my bad arm. and it
is coining along nicely. Naturally,
with a big fight In sight I wish to take
matters easily, and you can tako
from me that I will not enter the ring
again until I am absolutely certain
that the wing Is O. K. When it gets
ri-.'ht. which I think will be in about
month. I will be ready for any and nil
of them. lighting is the way I make
my living, and the cost of living
pretty high.
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I hear that Knockout P.rown Is on
my trail. Who is this Knockout per
son? I never heard of him until he
won from loiumy Murphy, and auyone
who canni-.t beat Tommy -Murphy
ought to take to selling hair ribbons.
Ii' Mr. l'.rown wants a light he will
have to get a n putation n; fi. i-ei mm
light Moi.m or At:o!, or some one of
class, and if he beats them l will be
ready to talk to hitn.
There Is absolutely no chance of my
lighting Nelson unlets the public
forces me into it.
.lust by way of closing, 1 beg the
public to wait Just a little while. I
have had a long rest and feel like a
bulldog. When my nrm gets right,
tho boxing followers of the country
will see all they want of the light
weight champion.
Kansas City Game Nets $33,823.
The receipts of the Kansas-Missouri
loot ball game, held at Kansas
City Thankti;ivl::g day, were the
rgest ever taken in at any gi. ne
west of the Missouri liver, amounting
to $11.1,1--:!. Of thU sum each team re
ceives $15.0. The total paid at
tendance was 16,572. Efforts are be
ing made to induce the heuds of the
two coih-ges to permit the playing
of the annual game there again next
year.
No More Challenges.
George 1 Uukensehmldt'H manager
bays that In future the big Russian
will refuse to wrestle unless the t re
soni. custom of Introducing the i . al-
from the stage on which lie
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works la done away with. And patrons
of the game will applaud this stand,
for the practise has gone beyond all
limits.
Hugo Turk Coming.
Cotrelly, weighing '!1U pounds, one
of the sultan's giant Turk wref tiers, is
rrossliiK the big po'-.-i. to make all
other grai I'lers new in'.al iting Oh
cago and other paia. il c. t.'.-rs look
like nlcei s of coiip 'f M ' iout who
suva he Is now a iliop. i. :.:,iV I Ameri
can. saVB in- decs not !;. . tl.e coiol
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N10W YORK. Educators are watching with much interest the work that Is being done in the Peter Mtnuil
school where there Is a club of boys who are being trained In the procedure c legislative bodies nd the
theories and methods of government. The lads have a regularly organized "house of representatives'' itu
a speaker and representatives from each state and they carry on debates In formnl manner with nil due re
gard to the rules governing such a body. The club is named the City History club.
HOBBLE SKIR TA GEO
:ashion Was Prevalent at Least
1,000 B. C.
i the Time of Ptolemy and Cleopatra
Egyptian Women Hopped Along
Nile In Garb Worn by
Smart Set.
Chicago. Has someone remarked
that the "hobble skirt" Is flu de siecle
up to date, the very apogee of mod
ern feminine sartorial folly?
Well, it is not merely redivivlus of
a fashion prevalent at least 1000 years
P.. C. This startling information will
come as somewhat of a shock to the
clothing designers of tho day who
prided themselves that they had ere
ated something, originated something,
or at least been responsible for the
renaissance of a style not more than
three or four'hundred years old.
Over 2,900 years ago the dusky mai
dens of the now defunct city of Thebek
hopped along merrily In their hobble
nklrts.
Somewhat later in the time of Ptol
emy and Cleopatra the favored of
Pharaoh's daughters, that is, the better
classes of Egyptian women, tripped
along the banks of the slimy, sluggish
Nile, and a few of them probably fell
in.
The ancient hieroglyphics upon the
obelisks, sarcophagi and pyramids of
the earth'B once most powerful race
show conclusively that women who
have now been mummies for fully a
score of centuries wore the much ridi
culed and secretly admired "hobbles."
Evidences of this vagary of dress
among the ancient Egyptians may be
seen In the picture writings on the
granite and basalt tablets and upon
the highly colored mummy cases that
are preserved in the Field Columbian
museum.
Tho "hobbles" seem to have been
confined (as well as confining) prlncl
pr.lly to the upper strata of the society
of the day, yet examples of a partial
"hobble effect" are to be seen In the
chronicllngs of the middle classes.
DJe-Mut-Esankh, a lady of high rank
in Thebes, 1000 B. C, whose mummy
case, if not whose mummy, forms a
portion of the Egyptian archeologlcal
exhibit In the museum, wore the "ties
that bind" at the earliest known date.
She wns the daughter of a family of
nc-Me priests nnd served In temples,
herself as a musician to the great god.
Amnion. DJe-Mut-Esankh, translated,
means "Musician of Amnion."
Her hobble made her famous and
ired. It was a wonderful nsp of
gold, studded with rubles nnd other
gt ins. nnd was attached to her gown
at the proper place by means of clasps.
Princesses are said to have been en
vious of her.
NalaRamos, of the XXVIIth dynas
ty, about the seventh century u. u..
went her predecessor one better, and
wore 'em Just above her knees, Judging
from the pictures of the lady that are
extent today. Hut Egyptian art and
artists were somewhat uncertain, how
ever, and It is possible that the bronze
lined man who carved her picture for
the edification of posterity may have
mode a mistake.
"Nnja," to be familiar, Is believed to
have been the wife of a powerful noble
or an octrees, otherwise she would not
have dared Ignore public opinion and
AROUSE INTEREST IN GAELIC
Two Off clals Arrive From Ireland to
Pursue Nine Months Campaign
In United States.
New York. Flonan MacColum and
:ev. Michael O'Flanagan, official en
.oys sent by the Gaelic League of
Ireland to America to arouse Interest
in tho revival of the old Gaelic lan
guage und literature, have opened
hendquarters In New York and are
preparing an active propaganda.
The two delegates will remain in
this country for about nine months,
and will visit all the principal Irish
centers. In each city mass meetings
will be held and branch societies for
carrying on the work of the league
will be organized.
There la no connection between the
Gaelic league und any of the political
movements In Ireland. With the
league, however, U associated a move
ment for the revival of Irish Indus
tries. It pla'form urges clean living
and temperance, both physically and
morally, uud bctiwuigul of. the
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parent In her pictures.
With her striking apparel and gnr
lands of blue and rose-hued lotus flow
ers Fhe was the sensation of her dny.
The discovery that the Egyptians wore
the "hobbles" is corroborated by
Egyptologists.
"Yes, it Is true that the style was In
vogue, many years before Christ," said
W. Chesney Chenery, an authority on
archeology, living ut Hull house. "It
only bears out the trite old saying,
'there Is nothing new, etc., etc' "
"They certainly did wear tight skirts
in those days." admitted Prof. James
11. Piieasted. Egyptologist at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
The custom gained such hold by the
Egyptian race that they hobbled their
dead by swathing them In bandages.
The ladles whose pictures show the
tlnht skirts He at the Field museum,
hobbled even In death.
"Mummy" coats and "tube" dresses
are to become new fashions. At least
this Is the word that comes from the
National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manu
facturers' association. "Straight lines"
will be a feature of spring garments.
In tailored suits the Jackets will be
shorter, measuring twenty-six inches
or lees.
GIRL POPPED THE QUESTION
Heiress Finds and Weds Fiance After
Long Separation Favorite Musi
cian at Russian Court.
Thousand Island Park, N. Y. The
marriage of Miss Lots Baldwin of At
lantic City and George Roqovoy, a
Russian violinist, at the Methodist
Episcopal parsonage here by the fiv.
E. J. Lavls, ends a romance covering
a period of seven years.
The bride is a granddaughter of Ma
jor Herbrlch of Heidelberg, Germany,
who died recently and left her sole
heiress to a large estate. A few weeks
ago she received $40,000 from the es
tate of her mother. She first met Ro
qovoy In Berlin In 1903, and the two
became engaged. Both were then un-
ON MOVE TO DODGE BULLETS
Hunter Back From Minnesota Thinks
It's Like Real War Game Un
usually Plentiful.
New York. Capt. Cushman A. Rice,
nephew of the late Senator Cushman
K. Ha vis got back the other day from
northern Minnesota, where he has
been on a shooting trip, and re
ported that deer, bear ami par
tridges are unusually plentiful In
that part of the country, but
there are few wild duck. Captain
Rice, who is on his way to his
plantation in Cuba, would have re
mained longer up there but he says
it Is extremely dangerous, owing to
tho number of persons in the country
who are out to shoot something, and
who are not over particular as to
what it is they are aiming at.
"We were about the first to go on
a hunting trip in that part of the
world in automobiles," said Captain
Rice. "It was a very enjoyable trip,
but so many persons were killed by
social conditions of tho people gen
erally.
In Ireland tho movement has re
ceived the approval and co-operation
of leading men politically and intel
lectually, clergy and teachers. Gaelic
is now taught In over three thousand
schools.
A preliminary announcement by
Mr. MacColum says: "There Is a
widespread Interest in the Gaelic
movement In the United States, but
bo fur the work here has not been
definitely organized. I should say
there are 100,000 speakers of Irish
In New York alone.
"The Gaelic league alms at the in
tellectual Independence of Ireland. It
alms at sustaining Irish nationality
In the natural order, that is, preserv
Ing all those traditions, characteris
tics, customs and ideals which dia
tingulsh one cation from another."
Many Public Charges.
The public takes care of many pco
pie who are not in the pooruuua
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der eighteen. Miss Baldwin's parents
objected to the match and brongnt ner
back to America. Three years later
she returned to Etiropo and tried to
find her lover, but was unsuccessful,
and did not meet him again until re
cently, when, while dining at the Fron
tenac hotel, she recognized him In the
orchestra.
Their acquaintance wns renewed,
and the marriage ai ngreed upon.
Miss Baldwin admits that she had
"popped the question." They hnrried
to the minister, but found that a li
cense was necessary, and they lost
three days seeking one. Mr. Roqovoy
said he would not bren'.; bis contract
with the hotel. When the senson ends
the couple will go abroad.
During the last seven years Roqo
voy has traveled all over Europe. He
was tho favorite musician at the Rus
sian court, and the czar decorated him.
Queen Wllhelmina of Holland, and
King Alfonso of Spain, it Is said, pre
sented him with Jewels. ' Coming to
America last year Roqovoy was
member for a time of the White
House orchestra. He has been playing
at the Frontenac hotel for two sea
sons. Lobster to Keep Cats Away.
Hoston. A ten-pound lobster of fero
cious disposition, made fast to a stake
in his back yard, to keep away the
cats that made sleepless his nights
ashore, was the dream of Ben FoLsom
of the fishing schooner Gladys and
Nellie. The common fata of men,
cats and lobsters intervened, and the
dream will not be realized, as when
the Gladys and Nellie reached the
wharf the other day the lobster died aa
the schooner docked.
Sea Lion Trapped.
Atlantic City. Engineers at the
Ventnor City waterworks killed a sea
lion here. Launching a boat, they
carefully worked around into sighting
distance of a strange beast first
thought to be a dog. The lion hastily
put baci to shore. Later, re-enfccal
by other employees armed with guna,
they returned to the bar and shot the
animal. It measured threo feet nine
inches long.
mistake for deer that we decided It
was not a safe region to be in. I
was told that no fewer than 40 per
sons have been killed In that way
this year. One man whom I know
was found by his friends on the
snow. He had a hu'let through his
limp, but lived long enough to tell
how he had got it. H was going
through the woods when, as lie came
lo a clearing, ho saw seme distance
away u short, thick-set man raise hU
rifle and point at him. He yelled but
not in time. The shooter, he said,
did not stop to offer him any assist
ance, but as soon as he realized what
he had done, ran off as hard as he
could go.
"IMS of person', wear bits of red
In their bats whfn traveling through,
that country, but: It seems to do ne
good. In Wisconsin they have a law
which makes you wear a scarlet cast
when 6hootlng In the forests, but la
spite of that I was told that fully 4$
persons had been killed In the state
by mistake for animals."
Killed 400-Pound Bear.
Altoona, Pa. A 400-pound bear was
killed with No. 4 shot by Clarence
Havens of Tyrone, a Pennsylvania
railroad brakeman, the other day,
near Snow Shoe. It is the bigg eat
bear ever killed In this locality with
such small shot. Havens was hunt
ing for small game, when he was con
fronted by Bruin. They were only
fow feet apart, and be let go both,
barrels, but the short range made th
small shot more effective than a baJL
Whistles for the Blind.
Cleveland, O. Blind persona la
Cleveland are to be supplied wtta
'istles to summon policemen at
..eet crossings.
This innovation was decided upon
by Chief Kohler at the instance of
the Federation of Women's Clubs.
The whUtles will be especially
constructed so as to be easily recog
nized by the police.
Rcot of Evil.
There are a thousand hacking al
the branches of evil, lo one who la
striking at the root. Thoreaa.