Another "Raffles"
iWlLDUR J?. NS5B1T
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TIP FOR THE KITE FLYERS
Balancing Strings Made of Rubber,
Placed In Sectloni, Will Prevent
t Wind from Snapping Cord.
Hero, boys, 1b n tip on klto flying,
Every boy who haa flown a klto and
what small boy has not knows how It
will sometimes break loose when
caught in a gust of wind that snaps
the cord. This Is the way to stop
that Instead of having your balan
cing strings all string, have them In
three Ecctlona, with rubborbands In
the middle sections. It 'Is advlsablo to
put only two bands In tho lower
strings, as this will help giro tho right
"pull". Tho ndvantago of such an ar
rangement Is this: Whon tho wind
1
Rubber Bands Prevent Breaks.
takeB a sharp tug at tho kite tho rub
bcr bands give and tho string Is not
so likely to snap, ns It might otherwise
do. Of course, this resiliency at tho
klto end prevents an accident at any
point along tho cord, Just as much as
If thoro were a lot of rubbor bands all
nlong it
SWIMMING SUIT IS UNIQUE
Equipped With Life Protector and
Fins Attached to Ankles Excel
lent for Beginners.
A swimming suit that has tho dou
bio advantage of aiding tho swimmer's
movements and protecting his life has
been designed by a Washington man.
It 1b Intended primarily for tho use of
beginners, but will bo found conve-
Novel Swimming Suit.
nlent for experts, who wish to take
long-distance swims that either would
tiro them greatly or be Impossible
without some help. The suit has a
life preserver lastonod under tho arm
pits of the shirt, and from this strong
olastlc bands roach down and are
fastened just about the knees of the
trousers. Just outside tho ankles are
fastened a pair1 of fins, which glvo re
sistance 10 mo water on mo uacKwara
stroke and fold in as the legs are
drawn forward. Tho elastto bands
help draw tho legs forward and save
tho swlmmor all hts strength for the
kick back. Equipped with such an
apparatus a beginner may feol per
fectly safe In tho water, and an expe
rienced swlmmor will flna himself
ablo to swim miles farther than he
co.uld otherwlso do. The suit Is made
of light rubbor so that It does not got
heavy by becoming water-soaked.
A FUNNY BOY.
I know a funny little boy
The happiest ever born!
Ills face Is like a beam of joy,
Although his clothes are torn.
I saw him tumble on his nose.
And waited for a groan;
But how he laughed! Do you suppose
lie struck his funny boneT
There's sunshine In each word he speaks,
His lnugn is eomeimng .grana;
Its ripples overrun his cheeks,
Like waves on snowy sand.
lie laughs the moment he awakes,
And till tho day Is dono.
The schoolroom as a Joke he takes;
Ills lessons are but fun.
No matter how the day may go,
You cannot make him cry;
lie's worth a dozen boys I know,
Who pout and mope nnd sigh.
Trains of Cantaloupes.
A cantaloupe train believed to be
tho longest the world haa ever soen
passed through Tucson, Ariz., rocently
from tho Imperial valley. Tho train
consisted of 130 cars, was one and one
half miles in length, and contained
moro than 1,000,000 pounds of ennta
loupes.
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LEAHN WHEN NOf TO SWIM
Every Bit at Important as Knowledge
or Swimming Itself No Perfect
Safety In Water.
A single nowspapor column report
ed tho other day thirty cases of
drowning In places many miles apart
and under conditions as diverse aB
possible, Tuoy were not suicides,
strictly speaking, although tho moral
responsibility Is not greatly different
In somo of the cases. It Is a mild statos
ment that In moro than ono Instance
tho fatallyy was not necessary, Bays,
tho fatality was not necessary, says
cases wcro pathetic, somo surprising
ly so. Young women died clasped In
each other's anus, playmates died try
ing to rescue each other, and there
were one or two cases of real accl-.
dent through falling unexpectedly Into
water under conditions preventing
rescue or escapo.
With tho thermometer where it is,
it la ldlo to ndvlso oven nonswlmmers
not to'go into tho wntcr. Slnco they
will do It, It Is doubtful advice to learn
to swim, nlnco It is tho swimmers who
most frequently drown. Having ta
ken tho responsibility of advising
evorybody to learn to swim, It Is nec
essary to suplcment It by advising
tho8o who havo lenrnod to learn also
when not to swim nnd dive, and to cn:
forco thlB axlvlco by morals drawn
from recent awful examples. One
young man broko his neck and
drowned becauso ho plunged headfirst
Into water which ho was told wai
shallow. How Is It possible to be
truly sympathetic with such reckless
noss?
And tho Indignation with such dls
regard of human IJfo is similar even
when, as frequently happens, divert!
persists trying tho depths of strange
waters with thoir heads Instead ol
their foot. It Is not so grand to try
unknown depths with a leap instead
of a dlvo. Tho difference between a
sprained anklo and a broken neck
measures the degrees of vanity whlcb
are behind theso two methods ol
plunging. Doys who try to float on o
board In deop water beforo they can
swim aro just boys, and can be rea
soned with suitably only by their pa
rents..
This la only a word of ndvlco tc
those who know how to swim, and ap
pear to thluk that thereby they have
a llcenso to be foolish. There aro
times and conditions when even swim
mers should not swim, and there
never is n tlmo when swimming is
safo under unsafo conditions. So long
aB water will stfanglo thoro Is no per
fect safety in tho water. Sa long as
this is true, no precautions aro exces
sive, whatever tho skill of tho swim
mer. Except for show and vanity, all
swimming exercises can bo taken In
shallow water as well as In deep, and
only under conditions where help Is
suro and near. Evorybody should
learn bfilh how to swim and when and
whero not to Bwim.
FLYING MACHINE IS SIMPLE;
Toy Embodying All the Principles of
tho Real Aeroplane Has Just Been
Placed on the Market.
Tho simplest flying mnchlno whlct
has over been devised Is shown In the
accompanying illustration, a toy whlct
haa been recently put on tho market
Simplest Flying Machine.
Tho motive power Is a stput gum band
which may bb easily replaced when It
wears out. It has double propellers,
ono at each end, and Is supplied with
a Bmall depending weight, which may
be adjusted as desired to mako the
toy fly higher or lower.
Looking Ahead.
A llttlo girl, who thought alio had
grown up past tho ago of dolls was
asking her mother to put them all
away for her.
"What do you want thom kept foi
If you have finished .with them?" ask
ed her mother.
"Oh," said tho child, "they will do
for my children."
"Dut," replied the mother, "suppose
you never had any?"
"Very well, then," waa the reply,
"they will do for my grandchildren.''
Canadian Century,
By CASPER GREEN
"PoOh! Pooh! It's all nonsense!" .
They had been talking at the club
about a new "Raffles" who waa doing'
somo daring things in the way of
entering houses In tho city and sub
urbs. Ills exptotts numbered 30, rind
tho police lfad not even caught sight
of him as yet. Some of his victims
had seen a dark figure and fired at it,
but there had been no bloody trails to
follow to success, Ho had robbed
householders at dinner tlmo and he
had robbed others as they slept tho
Bleep of the just. In the Instnnco
most talked about, ho had visited
soven different bedrooms in a country
houso and robbed each one, and had
then sat down In tho dining room for
a lunch and n smoko beforo depart
ing. Half a dozen' of, tho club mem
bers ngr.eed that ho must have nerves
of steel, but thq seventh wns the ex
ception. It was Howard Durt, a young
broker, who hnd sat quietly listening
for tho last half hour.
"Yes, It's all nonsenso," ho repeat
ed aB tho others turned to him in
BurprlBe. "Thero is no 'nerve' in
robbing a sleeping house, or In porch
climbing when you know that there
Is not ono chanco In fifty of meeting
anyone upstairs."
Thereupon arose n discussion In
which thoro wbb considerable acri
mony, and In which tho seventh man
held Ills own against tho six bo well
that ono of them finally resorted' to
bluff and said!
"Thero is a way to provo your
contention. Turn 'Raffles' nnd glvo
us tho honest rcsultB of tho experi
ment." "Thoro aro six of you," slowly re
plied tho young man. "I'll lay you
ono hundred each that I enter somo
houso within n week as a 'Raffles' and
bring to this club somo artlclo that
you will all recognize"
"Done! Dono! Dono!" was shouted
at him from all sides, and with a
laugh ho rose and left tho club to
keep nn engagement.
Tho family of Gcnoral Dlrney, oc
cupying a manor houso ten miles out
of tho city, consisted of the general
and his wifo, both of whom woro well
along In years, their son, Fred, who
was In an insurance ofllco in the city,
and Edith, who had finished hor educa
tion at Vassar and had returned home
to wait tho great ovent of tho lifo of
every young woman, matrimony. Raf
fles had visited tho houses to tho cast
and west, but had deferred his call on
the gonoral. Thero was plunder there,
but It was taken by tho general to
signify that the robber was afraid to
tackle an old Veteran of the wars, who
had turned tho family bedroom into
an nrmory and had had the honso
rigged out with all sorts of burglar
alarms and electric bells nnd traps
for the unwary.
8omo young ladles, whilo waiting
for .prince charming turn to poetry.
Othors writ a play. Miss Edith had
had tho pint of a comedy-drama In
her head ever slnco aho was ton years
old. Tho ilioo had now arrived to
develop It. For a month sho hod
been resting nnd thinking all day nnd
working with hor pen until 12 or 1
o'clock at night. Thero enmo a par
ticular night when she was bothered
more than usual, Sho had brought
her hero under such a cloud of sus
picion that It seemed ns If enrcor
must end In his being clubbed by
policeman nnd dragged to Jail, an
tho girl was thinking deeply when n
slight noise behind her made her
turn. She turned to see "Raffles."
Sho was In tho library on tho first
floor, and father, mother, brother and
servants wero nil on tho second nnd
third, sound asleep. Raffles was
masked, but thero was no trouble In
figuring out that he was not tho hired
man who had como In to toll her that
ono or the horscB in tho stablo had tho
colic or that he was tho gardener with
tno announcement that a cow hnd
broken into tho grounds and eaten up
hor favorite rose bush.
It was well for MIbb Edith that she
had been writing a play In which her
heroine swam rivers, jumped qver
cliffs and pursued tho James brothers
to their1 lair. She represented the
heroine. It would not do for her to
faint away in tho prcsenco of ono rob
ber, who did not even display a pistol.
Tho two looked at each other for half
n minute, and then Raffles quietly sat
down In a chair a few feet away. At
tho same moment tho young lady ro
membered that there was a revolver
In a drawer of the desk at which sho
was writing. Sho had used It when
posing In the place of her heroine.
'You are up late," observed Raffles,
after he was comfortably seated.
"Who aro you, and why aro you
hero?" fhe asked In reply.
"Just Raffles, If you please. The
first question will answer tb"e sec
ond." Ho had a pleasant voice. Ho had
an aristocratic foot and hand. Whllo
he lounged carelessly, his attitude was
that of a gentleman. As her first chill
of fear passed away, tho girl noticed
theso things. They counted in his
favor, but only to an extent. Tho
newspapers nnd the police had said
thut Raffles was a gentleman, If you
must bo robbed, it Is hotter to be
robbed by a gentleman than by a
tramp, but It is still better not to bo
robbed at all. Miss Edith figured
that tho lntrduor must havo been in
tho house for somo tlmo, and that ho
had made up his bundle of plunder
and was ready to lave when ho had
discovered her light. A sudden re
solve to capture Raffles came to her,
Th$rt was exactly what tho heroine of
her play would have dono. When the
he'rolno followed tho James brothers,
sho hnd only a club In her hand.
Hero wna ft firearm ready at hand,
and though It was not loaded, how
was Raffles to know?
"A play, Is It?" queried tho masked
man as ho bent forwnrd to look.
"Yes."
"A useless wasto of tlmo. I havo
been told that thoro nro COO plnya
written for every ono accepted. What
is tho plot? PerhapB I can glvo you
a pointer or two."
"It is this!" said MIbb Edith aB sho
pulled tho drnwor open and celzcd
bo rovolvcr and pointed It straight
at him. "Thoro Is a closet over there.
If you do not enter It I will shoot you
dead!"
"Don't trouble yourself. In tho first
place, I am not armed, and It I wero
thero would bo no shooting on my
aide. In tho second, I wish to Identify
myself nnd explnln my presence hero.
If you will kindly call your brother
Fred, whom I prcsumo Is In tho houso,
nnd whom I havo known personally
for tho last five years " ,
"I shall do nothing of tho kind, sir.
Into that cloEet or I fire!"
"I am not tho rascal Raffles. Wo
wero discussing him at tho club a few
nights ngo and"
Tho rovolver that .did not know it
was loaded seemed about to go off
and send a bullet Into his brain, and
the Intruder' roso nnd walked over to
tho closet indlcntcd nnd opened tho
door nnd entered. Tho girl followed
at hie heels and turned tho ko'y and
then sat down nit of a tromblo nnd
began to cry. Sho hnd not mndo up
her mind what further to do whon
the father camo downstairs with a
shotgun In his hand. Ho hnd heard
,somo nolso that aroused him. In tho
front hall ho stumbled over a silver
trophy that Fred had won in his
athletic days.
"What tho devil is happening
hero?" ho demanded In official lan
gungo ns ho looked frpm tho tearful
daughter to tho trophy and back.
"Oh, Daddy, I havo cap captured
Raffles! Ho is In that closet!"
"Then I'll havo him out and blow
tho top of his head off! What In
blazcB aro you doing capturing rob
bers without saying anything to your
superior ofllcor nbout it? Things havo
camo to a pretty pass in tho service,
now, men, stand oacK wniio I nnvo
tho scoundrel out. Say, you In there
if you mako tho least r6slstanco I'll
'blow you into dogs' montl"
Tho door was flung wido open nnd
RafflcB walked out. Ho had removed
his mask and was trying to smile, but
It was a sickly effort Ho began to
apologize and explain, but the general
cut him short until ho had been
bound with a cord torn from a por
tiere. Thon tho gonoral contlnuod
to mcnaco him with tho shotgun
whllo tho daughter ran upstairs to
wako up Fred. Fred camo down with
a couplo of "guns," tho mother do
scondod with a bottlo of witch hazel
clutched by tho neck, and tho two
wbmen servants woro ready to tako
position on tho right or the left flank,
aB ordered by tho gcnoral. Apologies
and explanations woro ronowed, and
after a tlmo thoy prevailed. MIbs
Edith was glad sho hnd-not shot any
body with nn unloaded rovolver, Tho
general was sorry that ho had had all
his troublo for nothing, and Fred said
that ho would be at dlnnor whero tho
?000 woro laid out.
Tho next tlmo Raffles appeared at
tho manor houso It was under his own
name nnd he wns on. his beat behavior.
Somo few remarks wero made to call
for blushes on his part, and tho gon
oral still Insisted thaMio had not been
treated according to tho rules of war
faro, but things passed off so well that
Howard Burt was asked to call again.
After that ho did not appear to need
any special invitation, nnd it may bo
that by tho timo tho play Is finished
tho hero and hcrolno will decido that
tho hand of Provldenco throw thom
together to prevent Edith's becoming
an old maid.
Knew His Constituents.
Ashor C. Hinds, famous as a par
llampntnrian, is serving his first term
as representative, although ho went
to Washington many years ago as
secretary for "Tom" Reed, and Ib full
of Btorlea of Washington life. When
he waB in Now York aa a member
of tho committee Investigating tho
sugar industry he told this story;
"Tho house of representatives was
holding nn animated debato on
whether It should discontinue tho
practice of eulogizing dead representa
tives and having tho remarks printed
in the Congressional Rocord and dis
tributed through tho country. Some
Were against the practice as a waste
of timo with no benefit derived.
"'I make u most solemn protest
against tho dlscontlnuanco of this
sacred custom,' said ono of tho Wis
consin representatives. 'It has como
down to us, hallowed by tlmo, and
whllo I can speuk for no other dis
trict, I do know that nothing so
pleases my constituents as to read
about a dead representative.' "
From Art's Viewpoint.
"What do you think of thoso Camor
rists?" -
"Well," replied tho Impresario,
"their technique isn't much, but they
certainly havo temperament"
ACTIVE INDIAN RUNNER DUCK
Small Breed, Noted for Its Egg Pro
duction and Termed the Leghorn
of the Duck Family.
my OEOnaB TJ. HOWARD.)
Theso ducks camo originally from
India; hence tho nnmo Indian. The
term "Runner" cornea from tho fact
that thoy literally run Instead of
waddling llko most ducks.
Tho Indian Runner Is a breed of
small, utility duck noted for Its egg
production, and is often termed tho
Leghorn of tho duck family. Theso
ducks havo boon credited with records
of moro than 200 eggs each in flocks
of ten, nnd 102 egga each in flocks of
ono hundred. Tho "Runnora" aro nc
tlvo In their habits, nro good foragers,
and on an extensive run or, ablo to
Pair of Indian Runner Duoks.
find a largo proportion of thoir food.
They nro non-cotters, aro hardy and
easily reared, hut do not stand con
finement woll, Thoir flesh is of a
deop yellow color and la of lino qual
ity, but their small slzo Is rather
against them for. market purposes,
except for broilers.
Tho Btnndnrd-brod Indian Runner
has a long, flat, flnoly formed head of
a light fawn or gray and white color,
tho former being preferred. Tho hoad
should bo ndornod with cap and check
markings of light fawn or gray, the
cap being divided from the cheok
markings by a narrow' lino of white
about one-eighth of nn inch wide. Tho
bill is of unusual length, fairly broad
nnd strong at tho bnso. In tho duck
lings tho bill Ib of n yellow color,
spotted with groon. Whon rully ma
tured, tho bill should bo groon in color
With a blnck bean.
Tho oyes uro of a hazel color and
sot light in tho head. Tho neck is
lunusunlly long and slondor nnd whlto
In color from hoad to tho beginning of
tho breast markings, Tho back is long
and narrow and of a light fawn or
gray color. The breast is round and
or a light fawn or gray color, ovenly
divided nbout halfway botween the
point of the breast bone and the legs.
The bbdy Is long, narrow and carried
erect, with no Indication of keel,
somowhnt resembling that of a Pen
quln In shnpo, nnd is of a light fawn
or gray color. Tho wings nro of mo-
dlum length nnd carried close to tho
body, tho shoulders and top part ot
tho wings being or tho snmo color no
tho breaBt Tho tall la composed of
hard, stiff fenthors, tho six feathers ot
tho drnko being woll curled. Tho col
or of tho tail is light fawn or gray.
Tho logs should bo ot medium length
and set woll apart; tho toos straight
and connected by web. Tho shanks
nnd toes Should bo ot a doop, bright
yellow.
The stnndard weight of the drnko Ib
4 pounds and of tho duck 4 poundB.
D0DLMN01T1
Do not forgot tho shady nooks. Tho
fowls need thom.
nouses must bo kept sanitary nnd
tho fowls froo from vermin.
It Ib tho oven, Bteady thrift of our
stock that makes thom pay a profit.
Tho comb not only denotes egg lay
ing, but tho gcnoral condition of tho
hen.
Llco aro working havoc, and too
severe measures cannot be adopted
to destroy them.
Already tho fowls aro assuming a
rusty appearance. It is getting near
thoir molting season.
It should bo romumborod that chicks
do not need any food for tho first 12
to 30 hours nftor hatching.
It is pruferablo to keep a box ot
dry chaff constantly beforo tho fowls,
allowing thom to cat all thoy wish,
To Insuro fortilo eggs it Ib moat
essential that tho brooding stock
should bo as well fed as timely mated.
The growing cockerels should now
bo separated from tho pullets, and
tho former given nn extra allowance
of feed.
Three-fourths of the diseases could
bo traced to lmpuro air, dampness,
Improper food, closo brooding nnd 111
choson conditions.
A hen that goes around with ' her
mouth open Is not a comfortable hen;
sho is too warm. Olvo her a placo
to sit down and cool off.
Throw open tho windows ovory
night, but tack somo wldo-mcshod
cloth of somo kind over l iom to keep
out things that havo no business In
tho houso.
If farmers would uso tho snrao
judgment In feeding thoir poultry that
thoy uho In feeding their dairy cows
they would soon find tho results qulto
satisfactory.
As much poultry feed as possible
should bo grown on tho farm, but ad
ditional feeds may bo bought as neces
sary, such as bran middlings, gluten
meal or beef scraps.
'The fault of our modern popular Mings
Is their utter lnck of literary flavor, ns
well ns their violation ot ICngllsli con
struction. The sentiment now so crudo
ly and even vulgarly expressed In popu
lar songs might very woll bo roflnml to
such nn extent that they would not offend
tho senslbllltlcs."-Emlncnt Critic.
"CABBY JONKH."
Come, my Jolly good fellows, If you -will
bo kind enough to listen
To a narrative concerning nn hcroto
engineer.
Ills name wns Cnsey Jones nnd ho be
nnmo famous upon the Boutliorn Pa
cific. At 4:30 In the morning ho wns summoned
to duty,
He undo his wlfo n fond farewell nnit
mounted his locomotive
And subsequent developments proved that
ho rode Into' tho hereafter,
"KEI.tY."
May I Inquire If any person here has itcen
Mr. Kelly?
Ills name Is spelled ns It In pronounced.
Once moro I Inquire If nny person has
,scon him?
You would rocognUe him promptly by
his smiling countenance.
Ills hirsute ndormont Is n vivid rarniln
While his optics nro of n cerulean tint.
I bop you to Inform mo If you havo neen
Mr. Kelly
Who Is a natlvo of Iroland.
"iunqb on my rmanns."
Patrick Bhca was shipwrecked upon n
desert Islo;
Tho donleons of which grow to admire
him In a while
Uocnuse his disposition wan most friendly
to them all;
And noon ho won the center of- tho cosat-
untlon ball.
Uln nostalRln noon ceased nnT he took
his pen In hand
And sont a Joyful missive to thoso In Ids
native land;
"My Angora are Jeweled, and my royal
feet
Dear nnklets of bells which their tinkles
repeat.
Pleaso como for a visit-though 'tie quits
a way.
Yours truly, King M. M. JlJIboo J. Shea."
"who Ann you with tonight?"
Kindly Inform me who nucompanlcii you
, this cvonlhg.
Who Is tho extremely nttrnetlvo person
who kIvob you such delight?
Am I correct In presuming It Is your sin
ter? Tomorrow morning will you dlvulgo the
Identity of tho person with whem
you nro this evening
Rooitnrnlnni
A good ninny pooplo aro asking how
to keep n roostor from crowing, Tt
seems that thoy resent being awak
ened at tho flrBt blush of dawn by the
gay chanticleer. Thoy open their oyea
and grab a pad of pnpor and a foun
tain pen nnd wrlto to tho editor. Sa
many peoplo think editors havo noth
ing to do but right their wrongB.
Tho avorago person concolvos of nro
editor aa a man who hnB no other
function In llfo than to go to a' rail
road official and threaten him with
condign punishment for smashing m
trunk on his lino, or to stop boldly
into publlo ofllco and smlto alleged
offenders. Now thoy nro demanding:
that editors go nbout making roostcra
quit crowing at tho dawn.
Tho ordinary editor has other
things to do. For a penny n dny yqtu
cannot oxpect a hlgh-browed intellect
uo giant to linger near a chicken
roost until tho palo stronks in tho Bky; "
proclaim tho coming day and then to
atand valiantly beside a buff cochin or
n Plymouth rock bass singing rooster
and dlBsundo It from singing Its matin
wolcomo, so to speak.
To our recollection nnd holier noltfe
er Horace Greeley nor Charlen A,
Dana, in all tho years of tbojr publlo
service, stood ''sentlpol in a chicken
coop. Thoy wero ovor ready and
anxious to right wrongs and to uplirt
tho downtroddon nnd to lighten tho
londs of tho weary, but our lmpresntot'i
Is thoy would hnvo assorted that thoy
would bo eternally dodgnsted If thoy
believed molding publlo thought In
cluded muffling roosters.
It Is too much to ask of a man whe
haB beon nil day or all night adjusting
tho fate of nations nnd aiding or dis
arranging tho futures of statesmen
that ho como ahead of tho mllkmnn
nnd say harsh things nnd uso Urn
measures with n shanghai rooster
with two-inch spurs and a siren crow
Tho way to keep" a roostor from
crowing la to secure nn old oak stump,
nbout a foot In diameter. Upon this
plnco tho rooster's nock. Thon apply
a sharp axe at tho third cervical
vertabra.
