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4 - bft t N 3E A. kf DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. DAKOTA CITY, - NEBRASKA NOT TRUE CYCLONES. An uphill light for nccurato Eng lish Is being waged, year after year, by scientific authorities on tho weath er who object to having tho tornadoes which rip through towns now nnd then, or carry away Isolated farm houses, called "cyclones." Tho dis tinction mado by tho experts in mo tedrology is plain, but tho public Is wedded to tho "cyclone." Tho -word has gained wldo acceptanco in describ ing tho furious local storms which rush forward along a moro or less direct path whilo they whirl with far greater velocity on a center which may be only n fow feet In diameter. If a boy's top la spun on ono end of a board and tho board 1b tilted bo that tho top slides quickly along it, all the whilo rovolving at high speed on Its point, tho onward sweep of tho tor nado is closely imitated. Tho true cyclone of tho West Indies, tho China sea nnd other parts of tho tropics, is entirely different, says the Cleveland Leader. Its forco Is spent In ft furl ous wind that Booms to blow almost straight ahead, while the great storm revolves, moro or less fully, around a circle, tho clrcumfcrenco of which may bo many hundreds of miles. Tho tor nado wreaks its fury on a Btrip of land usually only a milo or less In width. Tho cyclono sweeps scores or hun dreds of miles of sea or shore. SAVED BY MADERQ Three Americans Serving Terms for Murder to Be Pardoned. of Tho man who finds himself con victed of Ignoranco every tlmo ho confronts a dictionary can tako com fort from tho disclosures of Dr. Leon ard I Ayres of tho Russell Sage Foundation. Dr. Ayres, in order to detcrmlno tho words used moBt com monly, nnalyzed 2.0Q0 personal and business letters. Ho found only 2,001 different words in thorn. Forty-three words half of tho total number used. Tho word "1" was ropeated ortcnest, and numorous others, Including "tho," "and," "to," "your" nnd "of," oc curred many times. If 43 words con stitute half of tho avarago correspond ence, tho discovery is startling, al though tho statement has been rather frequently mado that tho ordinary American's vocabulary 1b limited to 300 words. Dr. Ayora raises tho ques . tlon If tho spoiling lists used in the bcIiooIb are not too comprehensive. Why should a boy who will talk and write In Anglo-Saxon brevity Hcratch his head over "motempycTfoslB" and "ratiocination?" Educators will find !n this something to think about, oven If they do not agreo with Dr. Ayres. r . T!ie king of Spain has ordered tho buttons on tho sleeves ot servants who wait at his table cut off. This Is bccauBO of nn awkward happening at a dtnncr given by tho king at tho palaco at Madrid to two eminent finan ciers. Ono of tho guests woro a poruko. Ono of tho waiters, bb ho wan serving tlilu nnanclor, hooked hia peruke on a button of his sloovo and carried it away to tho kitchen. Span ish etlquetto is of too severe a char acter to permit laughter at such an Incident When the servant dlflcovor- cd what ho had dono ho lied, carry ing tho peruke with him, and tho llnanclor loft tho palace baldhcaded and in a very bad humor. Taking Slayers From Vile Prison Can Juan do Ulua Was One of Assassinated President's Last Acts. Chihuahua, Mexico. After twelve years in Mexican prisons, liberty is finally In sight for three Araerlcnns Dr. Charles S. Harlo, Lcsllo E. Hurl bort nnd William Mitchell. The) wcro convicted of murdering two other Amorlcans, ono being Harry Mitchell, a half-brother of William Mitchell and brothor-ln-Iaw of Hurlbert; tho other was William Dcvars, a drunken out cast, whom they had met In El i'aso, Tex. Tho murdered men wero first In lured for $35,000. Harlo, Hurlbert and Mitchell wcro in tho llfo insurance business. The policies woro made payablo to Hurlbert and Mitchell, known respectively as IllchardBon and Mason. 'Doctor Horlo was tho medical examiner of tho company In which tho mon were insured. It was through an investigation by tho insurance company preliminary to paying over tho $35,000 that the fraud waB discovered. The threo conspirators woro convict ed hero and Bentenced to death For Boveral months they were kept in soli tary confinement In the stnto peniten tiary hero. Tho dato of their execu tion was fixed for Dccomber C, 1907. Thoy had served six years in prlsou up to that time, awaiting final action upon their case. The firing nquad had entered tho court yard of tho prison and tho execution wnB about to tako placo when an order came from Presi dent Diaz commuting tho sentences to twenty years in tho San Juan do Ulua prison. When informed of this net of clem ency Mitchell and Hurlbert begged that tho death penalty be Immediately Imposed. They had heard of the hor rors of San Juan de Ulua. It had been said that ten years thero was cqulvo' lent to tho death ponnlty. Llfo thero was a lingering torture. Doctor Harlo comes of a prominent .Texas family. His aged mother lives In Abilene, that state. Soon after commutation of their sentenco tho men were moved from Chihuahua to tho grim old prison ot San Junn do Ulun, on n little island in tho harbor of Vera Cruz, and for six years they woro Immured from tho world. During thu curly part of their sentence they wero confined In soli- TRIBUTE TO MISS HELEN KELLER BIBn 'iW IMiraW v jJmfLX IRft t JiM. ? GAVE UP STAGE FOR BUSINESS; Wind Miss Helen Keller was a promlnont figure at tho Now York flow it show Tho picturo shows her receiving n bunch of American beauty roses from Mrs. John Macy, a member of tho committee. tary cells beneath tho surface of the sea, but through tho Intercession of Influential friends thoy were accorded moro humano treatment during later years. It was duo to tho late President Ma dero that these men wero saved from further suffering. Having been asked to pardon them or transfer them to a moro sanitary institution, ho cnused an investigation t" bo made. It was found that tho long Imprisonment had greatly impaired tho health of all three. Madero thereupon ordered tholr removal to tho penltontiary at Chihuahua. It was ono of the last official orders issued by Madero, and It had Just been carried out when he was assassinated. MILLIONS LOCKED UP Kansas City's First National , Bank Vault Wouldn't Open. last tlmo it happened. In 1S03 right In tho middle ot tho panic the vault door stuck und wo wfiro without money to meet insistent demands." Rvyltznrlnnd hnB rlggod up n tall tower of n church bo as to hold wiro Icbb communication with Eiffel tower Why didn't they simply run tho wire up the Jungfrau and communlcatt with tho United States? Prof. Q. C. Humphrey of the Col logo of Agriculture, University of Wis consln, litis issued a pamphlet giv ing tho result of experiments carried on last tall with both tops used In com bination with shocked corn for Bllagc. Chemical analysis shows that this beet top and corn Bllago has practi cally tho samn composition as clear corn silage, bo that tho fnrmors who produco tho 250,000 tons of sugnr beets raised in Wisconsin enn consld cr corn as a two-story crop, tho un derground part salablu to tho fac tories, and tho uppor Btory available us feed for cattle. Business Done on Borrowed Money With $3,600,000 Just Out of Reach "Rather Annoying" Says Mr. Swlnney. Kansas City, Mo. With 3,C07.000 in currency in Ub vault tho First Na tional bank for a fow days ran its business on borrowed monoy. When tho hour for opening tho vault came tho bank's "Open Sesame" wouldn't work. It resisted overy effort, nnd when tho bank's customers began to como in for mouoy to do thu day's buslneBB on their was no monoy In tho till. 13. F. Swinnoy, president, seized IiIb hat and scurried over to tho Now Eng land National bank, Just across the Btroet, and borrowed $40,000. Mr. Swinnoy enn do that It's a way bank presidents have. Tho $10,000 was sufficient to tako the bank through tho hiornlng hours. Meanwhllo safo experts worked on tho vnult. It has n tlmo combination, but tho fnult 1b not with tho combina tion. The big lever which throwa tho bolt after tho tlmo lock has marked tho mlnuto for oponlng tho mnsslvo door wllUnot budgo. It in stuck fast It was through the intercession ol W. II. Atwell of Dallas, former United States district attorney, that Provi sional President Huerta has agreed to pardon Doctor Harle as soon as cen tain records of tho caso can bo looked into, Inasmuch as all threo men were convicted on tho same charges the pardon of Hurlbert and Mitchell is e pected to ho Issued along with that ol Doctor Harle. While they wero In tho San Juan d Ulua prison thoy mot and becam friendly with Col. Felix Diaz, who him. Bolt was conllncd there for several months nfter his capture by Madcro'i military forces at Vera Cruz. It Ii said that Felix Diaz recommended tholr pardon. STARTED BRYAN IN POLITICS M. L. Dunlap of Jacksonville, III., Tells How Nebraskan Was In troduced as a Speaker. CABLEGRAM IS WORTH $1,500 Business Conferences Between Balti more and London Produce the Longest Message on Record, Baltimore. In tho ndjustmont of tho many phnses which havo como up from tlmo to tlmo In tho arrange ments for tho financial plans of the" Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power company frequent cable mes sages havo been necessary between Piosldent Aldrod, who 1b in London, and tho local attorneys nnd ofllclals. Ono of tho officers said tho company lind nlmost leased a cnblo wlro for tho prompt ccndlng of thc3c intricate and important messages. A message sont recently on this subject is said to havo been ono of tho longest Hlnglo cables over wired from naltlmoro. It waR between 5,000 and 0.000 words, nnd took up sovornl hours' time In transmission. At 25 cents a word the cost of this meBBago nlono wns moro than $1,500. Washington. M. L. Dunlap of Jack sonville, 111., whs in Washington re cently, telling admirers of William Jennings Bryan Incidents about the early career of tho secretary of state. Mr. Dunlap claims to havo started Bryan In politics. Ho say3 that Mr, JEW YORK. I camo to New York becauBo I wanted to be nn actress. I had my wIbIi. I was "on tho stago" nnd was moro successful than tho average actress. I am staying in New York because I ' havo got a good job as a stenographer. I 1 am "off tho stago" now. I am a business woman. And to Bay that 1 am glad that I mado tho change Is putting It mildly. "T havo found that, for the girl who through force of circumstances haa to make her own way in this world, the buslneBB office Is bo much moro de sirable than the stage that It is hard to make a comparison. I was just twenty-two years old when It beeamo necessary for mo to begin to make my own living. In the little Ohio town where I had lived nil my llfo I had achieved moro than a local reputation as an amateur actress. I had tho talent, was well equipped both physically nnd mentally, and had tho ambition to become a successful actress. My work In nmateur theatri cals had attracted tho attention ot pro fessionals playing In our town, nnd for two seasons I had occasionally played minor parts In a summer stock com pany at a summer park. Quizzed for the Chorus. "Go to little old New York; that's the placo for you," said tho profes sionals whoso acquaintance I had made in this manner. "You've got to go to Broadway If you want to get started." 1 did want to get started. I had $80 In real money. I packed my suitcase, with my set of Shaw on top of my skirts, and came to West Forty-eighth street to begin my Htart. Tho man ager of tho summer stock affair had given mo two letters of introduction to friends of hia along the Rlalto. One was to a musical comedy producer with a little oinco on Thirty-ninth street "Oh, yes," he said, glancing at my letter; "you're the ono Tom wrote me about. Ever wear tights?" "No, sir; I don't wish to wear tight3," 1 said. But he wasn't such a bad fellow aft er all. Ho told mo that all he had was a change In a chorus, that I was pretty lucky to be offered any kind of a job, but that if I didn't want it he'd do anything he could for me for Tom's sake. Yes, ho was better than thu rest; the others wanted to do things for me for my sake. 'He gave me a letter to uuother manager. "They're putting on a rube comedy road company," ho said. "I think they'll last about as far as Railway, but you might as well go see 'em." "Trying It on the Dog." I took the letter and went to tho eocond office. At first I thought that I had run Into a department store where they were selling $2 near-silk petticoats for $1.98. Women large and Women small, women old and girls young, brunettes, blondlnes, handsome, ugly, bejcweled and bedraggled there must have been a hundred would-bo Tho riceloBB wedding la tho latest It only tho well-wlsherB would add th rice to the kitchen stores of tho young couplo, instead ot heaping it on theli heads, thero might be homo bouso In it A scientist of Greenwich obaorva tory 1b engaged in tho task of count lng tho stars. Whon ho gets through, uomo ono will probably demand a re count to verify tho statement. A Danlol como to judgment will b tbp verdict ot tho henpecked ovor the doclslon ot that Baltimore Judge who decreed that a 'man is no man unc turnB nil his salary over to his wifo. Although this is the ago ot womnn'i rights, it appear that men nro to have some, aftor all! Oil Bank. HER ASHES SENT BY MAIL Then Scattered to the Winds In Mil ford Cemetery, According to Re quests In Will. Worcester, MnsB. Ono of tho most unusual packages to bo transported through tho nuw parcel post was re ceived by David B. Rockwood of Mil ford, Mass., a small can containing the ashes of Mrs. J Fisher Stoddard, a former resident of (ho placo. Tim woman died In Cacuvllle, On., two weeks ago and loft a will stating that her ushoa should bo shipped to Mllford and scnttored to tho winds In rrnon Grovo cemetery Thu indies wcru scattered as dirorted by tho will William Jennings Bryan. Bryan mado his first political speech In Uuckhorn, 111 , and that ho was introduced by a local bona named Tim Flynn. Flyun asked Bryan what ho should say in introducing him. "Say: 'Mr. Bryan will speak,'" re spondod tho rising young lawyer. When the iuUuducer roso ho aid: "Ladles nnd glntleinln, Mr. O'Brien will sphako," and tho peerless leader was Btartcd in his political life under u'i assumed unmo. SEKMWi Hd iTIMTT - A mmmmwm is x WSBBm?- '-Wr I Ste. vmMmm$&- - mm: ti'M I sb -. S- mmmmBk m&i m i. . 5. .: o ' HlllllllHtK:Zd99W2j . XMH HHma 7 I I N WW -T. WUL&BaO&; ". i?5WW ; U; 111 A TJ V TM IIWJlfflHLQ J .1. . iH ' . . ' ' I VL I IW mllrH wmmim o rwwm RMiHksia7 VMBiH r I HJTirsftl KwPlflLHsTCli9E3332?K.333HMH A LiHH lit mmmmmmmm 4&m&m I T "I Packed My Suitcase and Came to New York." .SHARKEY TAKES THE COUNT Reports announce that Duko Kaha namoku of Honolulu had n dcsporaU underwater battlo with an eel, killed It, and lost his index finger, Tho duke must havo a press agent. A Rochester judgo cut down a girl's ullowanco from her guardian for hot trousseau to $600 from tho sum she declared necosBury. Thiugs aro com ing to a protty pass when a dry-as-dust court knows better what la fit for a girl's trousseau than tho girl herself. The cynical soul of Diogenes would be delighted at tho tribute paid tho honesty of tho country In tho capital, whero In tho senate restaurant tin vnre was substituted for silver durlns tho inauguration rush. Vault of First National and until it could ba moved tho othor mechanism is useless. Exports finally bored through tho door. Meanwhllo a heavy demand wbb mado over tho First National's coun ter. Mr. Swinnoy was Drepared to wlro out of town for money, but tho Now England and tho Southwoat Na tional Bank of Comiuerco Informed him that ho could havo all tho monoy ho needed for business in caso the vault could not bo forced. "Rather annoying." wbb Mr. Swln noy'a comment, "but not so bad as tho AGREED TO GIVE WIFE PAY She, on Her Part, Will Glvo Him $3 and Let Hm Qo to Church as Often as He Pleases. Kansas City, Mo. "Agreement, mado this day between Mr. and Mrs, R, A. Webb of KansaB City. "Mr. It. A. Webb is to glvo Mm Webb all ot his salary twice a month as ho is paid, out of which she Is to pay all expenses and remit to him $3 each pay day, With His Foot, Yellow Dave, Weight 120, Put Big Tom to Sleep After Boast. New York. "Blgga Tommy Shark, with da bhlp on da chest; ouea strong mart wida fist lika da bunch o' bannn," as tho familiar Btory described him, was sunt over tho knockout rnuto in tho rear of his saloon on East Four teenth Btreot by a llttlo wiry chap weighing 120 pounds. 105 pounds loss thnn his victim Tom's vanquisher was a mombur of nn all night party seated around n ta ble. Tho former pugilistic hero got angry when someonj Bald ho was a "lias been" and declnrud he could still "Sho is to pormlt him to go, peace ably, to church two nights a weok aud Sunday, aud also to bo out two nights a month, ono night to attend tho ad visory board of the Iloaedalo Baptist church and one night to his fraternal Boclety, "Nolthor party is to make any ref erence to anything that haa happened in tho past. , "11. A. WEBB. "MRS. It. A. WEllIi." Tho foregoing ngrooment was en tered Into at tho board ot public wel- llck any man from tho Battery to the Bronx "Yellow" Davo, tho llttlo man men tioned, took up tho challenge. Tho coiubdtuiitu stood up, faced ono anoth er and then Davis planted his foot In tho pit of Tom's prominent stomach. Ho did not sink tho ship, as tho old story had It, but ho put Tom to sloop for Bomo fit tcon minutes. actresses Jammed Into that stuffy llt tlo room and nil of them fighting to get a position in front of a llttlo glazed door marked "Private." After an hour the door opened and a boy camo out. "Nothing doing today," ho said. Instantly there was a babel. "But Mr. Blank sent for us; he said wo woro to bo hero today suro." Tho boy grinned. A week later I got my first inter view with this manager. He was fair ly besido himself by this tiiuo, as his show waB billed to open In Now Haven in a weok and he didn't have his com pany completed. Ho was a good fel low and a capahlo producer, but there wen too ninny hang-overs mlxod In with the days on which ho worked. Well, I got a Job. It was excltinK. For six days and nights wo rehearsed Pancake's Centenary. Vienna. Tho centenary of tho pan cake, Invented by Kathrlna Platzer in 1S13, wiib celebrated with an olaborato menu nnd ceromony at tho Doublo Euglu cafo. faro froo legal ntd bureau. It waB Blgnod before MIbb Lota Coruforth, welfnro Investigator. Several weeks ago a dlsagreomout botwuen Mr. and Mrs. Webb camo to tho notlco ot Miss Coruforth. Sh talked with them nnd an agreement, upon certain matters was arranged. II was not specific, though, nnd tho now ono was mado. When thoy left tho bureau aftor signing, Mr. and Mrs. Webb suld thoy now wero confident of a now happiness. nncc wo packed our bags and sadly flitted back to Now York. The Bhow "wouldn't, do," and even tho elec tricians knew thero was no uso trying It out any further. What a "Friend" Means. Three weeks later I got my first regular employment. It was a think ing part in ono of tho big Broadway succenscs of tho year. Wo played at one theater 200 times, and during that tlmo I played tho leading woman's part threo times. I resembled her in face and figure, and had been made her understudy, I got $40 a weok. Let mo say right here that waa as high as I over got. In the spring four companies play ing this success were mado up to go on tho road. I was selected for tho compnny that was to play tho eouth, and my hopes roso high, as I felt suro that I would bo given tho lead. When tho tlmo for rehearsing came I broached this Idea of mlno to tho man ager, who was to tako out tho south ern company. "Nnw," aald he, "a friend of 'b (the owner of tho fihow) is going to havo thaL" "Why-?" I aekod. "You know tho part is mado for me." "I know It 1b," ho agreed, "and you ought to havo It. But I ain't heard no friend of yours putting in a spiel for you. Tho nuw girl Is 'b friend; don't you get me?" "Do you mean to say that influence Is all that counts in a caso llko this?" I asked. "It counts enough to sny that you don't get no boost till you get somo pull," he eald. "You could get It easy, too; you're young and look good to me." It cost mo my job to tell him what I thought of him and the methods of the owner, but I felt better when It was over. Exporlonco No. 2. Tho road to quick preference was not ono I could follow. Talent Not Key to Success. So I determined to mako my talent win mo my way. For the next two months I hnd a scries of experiences that disgusted me. I Bought employ ment steadily, but it was In tho sea son when only cheap companies were being givon work, and the two poel tlons offered mo wero so much lower than tho one I had just left that I could not accept them. Finally I went on tho road with a light comedy. My part was ono that fitted mo excellently, and I made something that resembled a hlL It cost mo something In prido to do it, because tho leading man was drunk every night and persisted in pestering me with bis attention. Ho said he would marry mo as soon as hie wife got a divorce. In the mean time I laughed at him and told him to tako his picas elsowhere. For the rest of tho tour ho did everything ho could to spoil my scenes, but in splto of him 1 came to New York with something of a reputation. Too Old-Fashloned. That waa all the good it did mo. Managers acknowledged that I was competent far beyond tho ordinary, and several of them had good parts that wero made for mo; but what right had 1 to expect ono of them? I wasn't a star. Who was putting in a word for me? Where was my pull? My only qualification was my abil ity to play the parts successfully, and that wasn't enough. This is not say ing that ability has not como email chance of winning recognition by itself on the Ktnge. But my experience showed me that they aro eo small as to be the merest kind of a gamble, and that moat opportunities for success are not gained in this way alone. The landlady In my rooming houso on Forty-oighth street put it all in a few woids. "You'ro old-fashioned, dearie, and that's a handicap in this business." At the end of threo years of being an actress 1 sat down and begau to figure up. I was then twenty-five years old, maturo physically and men tally, and, by tho word of managers, a good actress. Yet I had nevor got beyond minor parts at a small salary; I had Buffered actually suffered in tho long periods between engage ments, and so far as I could see noth ing but some unforeseen stroko of luck could bring mo tho advancement neceesary for the chance of a success ful career. Wrecks of Youth and Hope. All around me wero tho wrecks of youth and hope, women who were hanging on becauso thoy hoped and hoped for that stroko of luck to strike them. Beating them out in all lines of tho profession wore girls who wero willing to pay any price for prefer ence and who were paying it. I saw before me years of continued snug gles, of long waits betwoen engage ments when my savings would be swallowed up, of constantly diminish ing hope. Was It wortli tho Btrugglo? Was it u -uenslble way for a girl to spend her life? These wero tho questions I asked myself, and from my experience thero could bo but ono answer No I 1 began to look nrouud. I had espe cial ability only in ono line, that of acting. 1 had tried that, and was ready to throw It up. As I waa mak ing my own living It was up to mo to fit myaelf for something else, and hero good luck favored mo. A girl with whom I had gono to cchool back homo was employed In a Cortlandt street office, and in six months Bho was leaving to marry a young uocior employed by the road. Whon I told salary waa $21 a week to start wltb. This was only half of what I had been getting on tho stago, but thero woro no long spoils of Idleness be tween engagements. And that thero waa a chanco for tho future Is proved by tho fact that now, threo years lator, I am in chargo of a department of BtenographerB and drawing $45 a w week. ' But tho fact which struck mo most deeply, and which mado mo most glad that I had deserted tho paint stick for tho pencil wns tho difference In tho treatment accorded mo. Why, it was llko going into a different world. As nn actress and simply becauso I was an actroBs men had flattered mo and had pursued mo in a way that nauseates any woman of character. In tho offlco thero Is a dlfferenco. Tho men who pay mo attention hero do it in tho samo way they would wish othor men to pay attention to their sisters. And tho work for tho first time 1 felt that I had got hold of something " real, something vital to this world, that I was doing something truly uso- i Wffl 'I'm In Charge of a Department and Drawing $45 a Week." ful. I found that thero is only ono test in tho offlce "mako good." And a woman can mako good fully as well as a man If Bho wants to do bo hard enough. Is tho work In tho office harder? No. Becauso It Is regular work, has same hours, and In the end is not nearly so wearing. Is it as interest ing as tho work of tho stago? To mo it is much moro so. It is real, it is a part of tho big, busy, useful world. And lastly, my llfo now has thrown mo into contact with mon who, when they begin to court a woman, have in tentions and hopes of honorable and happy matrimony. After all, that's what counts most with any real woman. Grace M. Hall, in tho Now York World. BRAVE PERIL AT DUTY'S CALL Missionary and His Wife Teach School Under American Flag at the Farthest Point West An island of volcanic origin, made up of bleak hills and frozen ealt marsh es; a short summer, tho temperature avoraging less than 40 degrees, when the tundra grass and lichens grow, and quickly maturing wild flowers, but most of tho year a waeto of enow and icefloes that pack themselves in great hummocks twenty or thirty feet high along tho shore until tho currents themselves aro frozen; emphasizing this desolation an Eskimo settlement of 300 souls; and In Uie midst, like a protecting angel (which in truth it 13), a echoolhouso floating the stars an ' stripcB, says tho Christian Herald Less than ten degrees west Is the ono hundred nnd eightieth parallel, where eaBt boglns again; and it has always been known as "Tho School houso Farthest West," until recently a school has been established at Atka, on one of the Aleutian Islands, ttyree degrees still farthor wcsL The nearest land is Indian point. Siberia, 40 miles away. Slncn nobody knows when, tho natives traded ivory, walrus skins and skin ennoes to the Indian poiabnatlves for reindeor skins and bear skins. They were often com pelled to trade against their will, and many battles wcio fought, sometimes almost to the pxtorminatlon of tho St. Lawrence people. Tho plain, one-story echoolhouso, with living rooms In tho rear, to which tho wing has since boon added, was built more than twenty years ago by tho Episcopalians for a mission, at a coet of S3.000 About that time the missionary at Cnpo Prlnco of Wales wna murdered by three of his ochool boya, nnd it was decided St. Law renco was too remoto nnd dangerous, and tho idea was abandoned. Lator the Presbytorians purchased tho build ing for $2,000. In 1894 tho United States cutter Bear landed a mission ary and hie wifo, Mr. and Mrs. Gam boll, at tho schoolhouse together with a year'B'flupply of provisions, coal and other necessaries. our heads off My part waa to stroll i her of my resolution sho sa ild: Hniii'fi' ifft'is' --"-w. " r-f across tho stago arm-in-arm with threo other girls whenever tho director thought It ought to bo done. For this I and tho othor threo girls wcro to drnw $1S n week. On tho fatal day wo went to New Haven. That night nfter tho perform- Illegibility. Tho llloglblo letter upsets tho Balnt Heat temper. Wo all know peoplo who fill roams with their ideas or tholr facts and tako It for granted that our leUuro permits ua to unravel tho rid dle of tho writing. Perhaps thoy aro proud of a hand microscopically mln uto. Perhaps they cultivate adefiant ec centricity that spurnB tho formal pre cept ot tho copybook and fashions its own weird nnd novel system of short hand. Thoro aro society women who appear to think it a point of breeding "Why dont you iry ior una joo; You can study stenography and I'll help you, and when you are ready I'll bpeak to tho boss." That was wnai i nm i mo end Responsibility. "Is Bllgglne a man to bo trusted?" "In somo respects. If he owes you something and says ho can't pay you, you can placo absoltuo reliance In his word." Feel Anti-Alcohol Movement. Alx la Chappello browing interests of Bis months I wns a fairly fast etc-' roport Injury through tho anti-alcohol nographer, and I got tno Job. The i movement.. to mako chaotic messes of cubist nnd futurist dashes that seem to bear about tho samo relation to conven tional chirography that a baby's "goo goo" does to speech. Why should tho spirit of mortal ever be proud of such tortured and twisted penmanship? Machine Guns for Airships. Telegrams from Count Zeppelln'B hcodqunrters stnto that In conse ouonco of tho successful tests with rlchshafcn, all Zeppelins built in tu turo for the German army and navy will bo equipped with machine guns. Tho vessels now under construction! aro nlready being fitted with them. It is nserted that tho importance of tho guns lies In their uso both tor de fensive and offensive purposes against11 hostile aircraft. Mexicans Fond of Cigarettes. Mexico uses mora cigarettes than machlno guua from tho upper deck of I any other country In proportion to lt the new Zeppelin airship at Fried , population. . 1 Jl