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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1904)
-, "a , ; w7"p ''XT r t,-rri ' V i-V. J .. i- . - - -' vm -. eiaV0 4 tl I I I I -n-n-f-n-j" OLD AVORITES Jee' 'Fore Chrlatota. falter caJl me William. sister rail me win. Mutter call Willi but th feller i-til ItiJI : M-ikM jflad I ain't a k'iH ruthe r ! a buy V nLwul Uieiu sashe. curls an' Itiingt Uiat' oru by Fauutlrroy! Love to eLawuk greu apples an' go awimuiiu' iu the lake Hat to take the castor lie they give fr bellyache! Mont all toe time tiie bull year roun' there ain't no flies ou uie; But je' 'for Ciiritrua I'm as good 1 can bp ! Cot a jailer dog named Sport tiii 'im vn the oat; Fust thing she knows xhe doesn't know where she is at! Oct a t'libper-led, an' when ni boys goea out to Hliije "Long coutei the grocery -cart au' we all hook a ri.lt-! Hut. aometiinex, when the grocery man ia worrited and cross, lie ruchea at me with his whip, and larrup up his boss; in' ibeu I luff aud holler: "Oh, you never teched me!" But je' 'fore Christmas I'm a g'Kd aa I kin be! iran'ma bays she hope thai when i gil to be a man I'll be a m'lHfcioiicrer like her olden' brother Dan, At uz tt up hy the cauuib'la that livp tu Ceylou's isle. Where every prospeck pleases an' only a man in vile! Hut grau'mu she had never been to nee a Wild Went show. Or read the life ur Daniel Boon, or clue I giie-is she'd know "That Buffalo Mill au' cowboys ia good enough f'r me F.xcep' jes' 'fore Christmas, when I'm good an 1 kin be! Then u' Spurt he hangs around, so nul lum like u' still Ilia eyes they twin n-snyin'; "What's er mutter, little Rill?" The cat she nenk down off her porch, a -woinleriu' what's become I'v them two enemies uv hern that ue ter make things hum! Hut I am so porlite and stick no earnest like to hist, "i'tiat mother w't to father: "How improv ed our Willie Is!" Hut father,' liuvin' been s boy bis-f, Dttwpiriiitis me, "When, jes' 'fore Christmas, I'm as good us I kin be! For Christinas, with iu lots an' lots uv candies, cukes an' toys. Win rnude, they nay, f'r proper kids, nnd not f'r naughty boys! j,...'. I I" vv mi lo'sti-r or Kouijiuiiiiiii Maun lb her li!h-l an. I the rifle replaced in tin seiibl.uid utiiier jour rij;lit kuce, trij-ger il.juu to prutiH t the foresislit. Tln-ii j on ri'Uiomil ami the line spreads out, ami you move on, the dos still i-ou)lil, (nvrrinj: smiie "draw" (smsll valley), am) all hsikins carefully for ' l-ar sign." TAKE OATHS TO DO MURDER. TRIED EXPERIMENT ON BULL. An Dust fiUtf. luuies. I .. . : - don't wenr oi" ','Jn br.ii, 'in' oons, nn au' yessir to Say yessuui tu the the men, An' when they'a company don't pass yer plnte f'r pie again; But, thinking ur the things you'd like to ace upon that tree, Je' 'fore Oirisima- lie us good in j on Liu lie! -Eugene Field. HUNTING eEAR IN COLORADO. Irimp'i Keil Shtrt Was the KiKnnl for I A Hark on Him. "It was this way," nui! a tramp, ac cording to the Detroit Free Fress. "I was out Iu the country ulmut fifteen luilcK and booting it alon the road, when I meets up with another weary who Is wearing au old red shirt, given biiu by mime farmer's wife. At that same time I see a big' blind, bull iu the field ou me left. " 'Me friend,' wi) u I to the other Hfter u bit. "would yon mind doiu' one of the noble purfessiou a favor? "'If It'a not to lend ye me diunin plu," he kindly replien. "'It's only Ibis trifle. I have heurd that bulls didn't like the color of red. the mime us the Khlit ye've got ou nnd weiirln' bo la-cumlu'ly, and mebbe ye will kindly expeilmeut a little with that aniuiul over in the field? "'A to bow';' says be. " 'As to i-howin' yetsclf on the other aide of the fence for u minit. I'd like to know If w hut I've beard about bulls Is true.' '"Well, I don't mind tloin' a man a fuvor,' any lie, with great cheerful ness, n ml he spits on bis hands and mounts the fence. The bull was .'!iH) feet uwuy and heail on to us, and up goes his tail mid he begins to paw and bcller. The weary takes due no tlee. but he keeps right on walkin'. find he bus got Km feet from the fence when the bull charges biui.' " 'What shall I do'" be calls to me. " 'Climb ti tree,' sayg I. , " 'I'd do It to oblige you. but there's none about.' " 'Then fun for It.' "He put in his best licks, but (In bull picked him up within live feet of the fem e mid tossed him sky high. He conies down with n great thump, but on the right side of the fence, and I sits by him for half an hour till he opens his eye-. Then I says: "'.Me friend, you have si tiled the oiiit. Hulls limi t like red. Need I say Ihat I am obliged?' "'limit liieiilioii it," says he, after fetching a gfoiin a rod Inn:;. l u try in do as much lor you some time." " 'I'm sure you will." "And up he gets and limps away nnd 1 goes on me own loml. We may tn-ver meet agiu. lint lie lias my best wishes tor bis future welfare. lint for li i in I might have li.-ml to put on n red shirt nnd " "Ami what." was asked by one of his listeners. "Instead of solving the problem I'm worse off than before. Is It that a trump don't like black or that a bull don't like red that lining nlsmt the col lision? Fin! I've got to (ind a quiet spot and think It over." ont September the llnntinu la Good Until Winter Sets In. Tu Kprlug aeusou Is comparatively brief, an the fur Is In prime condition ju!y for a abort tiuie after the bears vouie out, says the Illustrated Sport ing New. They take Immediately to vegetable diet and a strenuous life, whkh aoon works off the layer of fut, aud by June 1 U'.a line winter coat becomes thin and more or less shag gy. Hy September, however, the fur U again in good condition, and from Ibeu ou hunting Is good until real winter nets III, and the first big, last lug snowstorm sends Uruln bunting lor uelter. The latter Is not neces sarily In 'u dark den In the rocks or In the wive formed by the roots of Home fallen giant of the forest," for the full'.tig giant Is seldom considerate enough to form anything; which could . seriously be called a "cave," and good rock dens are few nnd far between. If winter conies on gradually, the bear will take some time In selecting; a really ifood den, but If It sets In sud denly and iu earnest with a big snow- J storm, the bear will "hole up" In any 1 sort of shelter; fallen trees, plies of j brusb, bushes or ledges of rock, and nlmoot Invariably on the northern wide of the mountains, where the snow lies longest and they can sleep till the melting snow trickles In on them and drives them out. The method of bunting Is tbe same in both seasons, bat the feeding grounds differ. In tbe fall they col lect where the berries grow, but In the spring one nitis across their tracks almost Anywhere, as they are then constantly on the move, and feed on the hark of young alders, willow and nil sorts of water plants, fish, frogs, nt, etc. Having collected your outfit, you nend the pack train of dogs, with the vook, "wrangler" and one guide, on a day abend, aud then follows a long ride with the head guide to where camp has been made. You eat a tre mendous dinner and crawl Into your shaping btig at half past 8 or 0. The neit morning you have breakfasted and are saddling your fresh pony ifor every man jnust have at least two inoontt) as tbe sun peeps over the mountains. Strung out In single file, led by the head guide In the midst of tbe dogs (only the terriers are not coupled), you ride for perhaps half an hour, when a bait In made, cinches are lightened and the ningaKlnes of your SAID TOO MUCH. Ihonirht Mie Kail It llrr Have Ie- fcrrcd Orateni nnd Itrirra. "Now, Maud," hi Id I-M'iir, wllii t complacent smile, I am ready to try that little experiment. I am sure 1 can bring you under hyj tic Inthi- cticin if you will agree iiol to resist. Just put your mltul In n passive con dition. Try to think of nothing at all. Fix your eye on t Jit light, now, and don't foiget to kit p your mind a blank. t will count 1o sic. lids by my watch." The girl followed his d ris-tions lit eral J. In 'M stvonds her eyes blinked; In HI they closed. "Ah! I knew I would Miccced!" ex claimed ICilgar. highly elated. "Now. Maud 1 command you to tell me the secrets of your heart. Whom do you love? Tell me, I command you." A momentary expression of resist ance crossed the girl's face; then she spoke in a monotone; "I love Fdgar l'ophain, aiid" "Yes, yi-s!" cried Fdgar, trembling with delight. "Co on. Tell me all the secrets" of your heart." "I love Kdgnr I'ophnm," continued the girl In the same tone, "an 1 I would love him more If he were not so stingy. I want to go the theater twice a vvi ek. and he takes me only once la tlire months. I want diamond rings, and he gives me rlti's with Imitation stones In them. I want a drive In' the puk once or tw ice u week, and I never get It. When I go out with him and get never thinks of oysters. hungry, ho When I" "F.nongh!" "Awake," I lied without cried tlie young man. command you!" and he waiting to we the result of his command. As the front d sir slammed the young girl opened her eyes, smiled and said: "I hope I Hil not spring too much on him at once.- Ferlinps I should have let the drive and oysters go till nn other time." Comfort. "Your liuslinnd has a dreadful cold." suld the visitor. "Yes." answered young Mrs. Tor llm "he can scarcely speak above n whisper. Milt Charley Is lucky In mi" my. The 'jnsebnll season Is over ami be doisn't need his voice much, nny how,"- - iVn lilng1on Slur. Lost at Hen. The losses of Herman registered oeiiin vessels, according to fresh Im perial MiitUth s, were eighty live in one year. Three passengers nnd L'Sii sailors were drowned. It's nn easy mutter for n man to break out of the unknown clnss after Inheriting a big fortune,. HiichbiaJr ra Are iii.un l bjr a Terrible - Miration to I'rrfurui Thrir Work Few poo le. even in viu Francis-co, have a coins I idea ol the Chiin-stt highbinder ami the cuu.-e of the fre quent wars in Hie Chiiiisc ijr.artcr. The word highbinder i, pnh.ijs, .1 loralism, and it has no special indu ing. It was upplhil by the poiice to tlie sock-ties of Chinese assassins lie cause they did not know the nauii-s of the Hucietim. According to the statements of a Chi istiaul.. d Chiiu-.-e to one of the mission teachers, there are in this city several such societies, wlih a meml ifslilp of from fifty to per haps 91 each. They huve names in dicating that they are "bands of broth erhood," but the members are profes sional assassins and will kill anyone for pay. They are bound by out lis, like the Carbounaira of Italy, and a traitor meets di-atll at the hand- of one of the members, who is selected by lot. The organizations differ In detail, but the main objects of all is tin- same to rob and uinr ler. Then gad aiion of one of the largest highbinder socie ties iu the Chinese iU,ntci is partly (hffcrihed by this Christianized China man, who was certali.ly a member, but who said that his "cousin" told him. They are a chief, a second chief, a sec retary, an "Introducer" and eight swonLsmeii. The candidate for admis sion implaits his queue, indicating his abject submission to Ids superior otll ecrs. He is then h-d into the riMini by the oilleiaf iiitioduei-r, a red rob - is thrown over him and he is required to kneel under an arch of eight swords. One of those swi rdsmi-n places the blade of a sword usin the back of the can didate's neck as nn helical ion of bin fate If he betrays bis assoi i.iii s. The chief, dressed In nil. sits on a small platform, which Is draped i i the same color, and to his right is the Ismk con tain!ir,' the oaths, passu' riD and fc'gns of the older. In a raid a few years ago the police captured one of these books and had it translated. The so ciety then adopted a new manual. There are a number of oaths, the prin cipal one b'nding the members to oln y the orders i f the society without ques tion, and the rules! prescribe penalties f r ! final. When the candidate Is taking the oath his linger is piei'-id with a needle uii'l the blood diops Into a glass of w.ne held by the member who stands sponsor for him. They both drink from Ill's glass, signifying that they are of the same society and nf the same ''blood relationship." The grips find (nsswords are then coinmunl' a i to him and he Is now a full-Hedged hlglibiinli r an assassin for pay. u nni toe society recelvis a coin- mission to kill a man a good hatchet man is selected to do the bloody Work. Or, If It Is a war, (lie society details a number of Its Is si shots. The blood money goes Into the common fund and Is used for the defense of criminals, caro of the wduiiiW mid pensions if sent to the State pi ison. The siupius is divided according to the rank an sirvlees reiuh red. If a highbinder is kilhsl while In the discharge of his bloody work the society gives him a large funeral, sends his bones to China and pays his family a .small piii-lnn. A society will not abandon any of its meml ers In trouble and will fee n law yer as long us it has a ih liar or can get futidis by forced loans or throats of as-asi-iiiatlon. These societies levy tribute upon merchants, and If not paid robbery or, perhaps, assassination follows. They terrorize the depraved women and colhvt from them sums weekly; also from the owners of these women. If the owner n fuses to be blackmrtiled they steal or forcibly take one of his women and hold her for a reward or sell her to some other lmgnlo-kecper. Sometimes the hngulo-Koi-per hires a rival society to protect his dens. Then I here Is a war between two highbinder wicletloK. When one society lnviiils the district of another a war Is the result. The rival bnnilM of outlaws have the Chi nese quarter mvldcd. and It Is it vlo- Htion or treaty to plunder or murder In each other's territory. The gam- Ing-hoiiHos lire also a steady source of revenue, paying nn agreed suit) weekly to be let alone. The high blnd -r societies are n terror to the iner- hauts, who would gladly see (licit' driven out of the city. Then peace would reign In the Chinese quarter. San Francisco News Fetter. Ileirls anil Heels. Many gissl stories have from time to time been 1old of Hev. '1 homas Hunt, the tempeinnce orator, who was a well known figure In the early his lory of Wyoming valley. During the Civil War he enlisti d and served as chaplain In one of the regi ments of Infantry raised In the valley. One day, In the midst of a fierce battle, the 111:1 lor rode up In front of the regi ment, ond to his amazement found Father Hunt at the head of the ranks. ''Chaplain, what are you doing here? ' he asked. 'Doing?' echoed the old minister, briskly. "I 11111 Irving to cheer the hearts of the brave nnd look out for Hie hi Is of the cowards." N'- Help Needed. "These W'lildlng notices nre so ridicu lous. They always speak of the bride being le i to the altar.' ' "Will, what's lh' mutter with that?" ''Why, there never wns a girl wh 1 reeled to be led there. Any girl could find her way In the dark." I'hlladel ph u I edgiT. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS When Good Manners Went Out. lu e I'sv l'i j uiet' 1.1 . .1 .... r mm n .-- '-1.1. IMillllt-s loe women IUI J I the Impoliteness of modem men. She liuds 1Y I ihat the men of this day are less courteous to women than of old. Men smoke Iu public places, w heu women are present, she remarks, and feel abused when required to forego their cgars lor au hour or two. Our young college people, both men and women, are deficient iu good manners, if Mrs. Sage is right. One cause of tbe prevalent impoliteness, she says, is that litauy parents leave their children almost en tireiy to servants anil consequently the little ones acquire the manners of the kitchen. Whatever the cause. It Is an triivious truth that good manners are rare, If they have not quite gone out. We have done away with ceremony. Ladh-s are expected to permit gentlemen to take their ease, and the ladies them seh'ev are more negligent of their manners than their grandinotners were. Something tiue has gone out of so ciety. Slang, awkwardness familiarity, informality have taken the place of correctness of speech, grace of deport ment, formality of manner We aim to be sincere, but too often we succeed in being only rude. We cross our legs when sitting because the position is comfortable, and we think that comfort Justifies the breach of rule. Our pre cept nowadays is that the elaborate courtesy of former limes was all sham, that men and women were no better or Kindlier for it, and that it was a waste of time. We have not leisure for isillteiii-ss. Tlo-re Is no place among us for the Chesterfields. Hut tlie formal manners of other days certainty had their use and beauty. They conferred dis inn nun aim iiniivuiuaiiiy upon a nuinan being. A man felt like a person of consequence when piirple rose as he entered or left the room, when he was bowed at and ad dressed with punctilious formality. The rough and ready manners of to-day emphasize the unflattering fact that a man is only a unit of no particular consequence in the mass of men. No one takes the trouble to make much ado about him. -San Francisco Iiulletin. Whipping Children. . y never approved or whipping as a Af I means either of punishing children or of en- f forcing parental auihorlty. It has always been our theory that, the parent who was obliged to whip to secure obedience by the very act of whipping self confessed both his lack of wisdom and lack of char.icler. Love is the only tyrant that can effectively rule a child, l'.ut such tyrannical love must be the perfect combination of both mercy and justice. It must be spnnU'ineous and sincere, for tlie person doesn't live who can successfully foul a child with a false love Motner's love is held to be the ideal love, and so It Is if it is ideal mother's love. ISut that mother's love Is not Ideal which breeds selfishness 111 the child ,y pampering and by obstinate blindness to the child's evident limitations. liaising children Is such serious business tlmi- wn r..n If the real seriousness of it were recognized the applicants rnr marriage licenses would decline rapidly Instead or breaking the record In regard to numbers. The world doesn't stand greatly In need of more children, but It Iocs stand vastly In need of better children. One sure nay of getting them Is for parents, actual or perspective, '0 make themselves bet for. New York Hnlly News, ! The "Drift" of the Country. I "ii many years mere 11ns been going on in 1 I tlie Fulled States a constant movement of peo J I pie from country to city. Senator Fairbanks expressed the opinion in an address at Minne sota State Fair, that this movement "will in good lime be followed by a return drift to the louniry Improved methods of fanning. Increased comforts ' f the farm life, which come through experience and system itic education, will bo the magnets," he predicted, "which will draw from the congested centers to the agricultural oiiiinuiiilles." The "drift" of which Mr. Fairbanks i.L- u, i ready to have sol In. Hut a wonderful change has been taking place In recent years. Fife in the city has not been growing bss attract ive. but life on the farm has leen growing more so. Hund delivery, the telephone, and the inter-urban railway ara relieving the farm of its isolation. They are bringing It nearer to the city and keeping it in closer touch and I vet ter harmony with all the outside world. At the same time, scientific agriculture has been making farming more at tractive to the thrifty by rendering it more profitable, and making it more agreeable for the intellectual and educated by rendering its work less arduous and more interesting. The rural population; has also iieen growing denser and increasing tlie social pleasures and opportunities of the country. There is good reason, then-fore, why the movement from country to city should be checked, and even why a counter current from city to country should set in. The advant ages of city compared wit.h country life will grow less in the future with increasing rapidity. The electric rail way, the telephone and rural mail delivery are making it Iiossible for both the city man and the country man to unite the pleasures of life In the city with those of life in (he country. The city man is hastening to take advant age of his new opportunities by moving to the country; ajid the country man will hardly sacrifice his peculiar advant ages by moving (0 tow n. Kansas City Journal. Wheti Is a Man Old? lll.'Ill.. 1..... I...,.!.. I .1: - .... a a iii-un 11,1s iuici.v oeen some iiisi ussiou in tills I I country of the question, "When is a man old?" I It is a question that interests everybody In a more or less personal way, and it hag been considered with some trepidation by trades unions, whose leaders assert that there Is a disposition on the part of employers of labor to shelve men on account of age almost before they are 50. It la a trite remark that one man is as old at 40 as another Is at 00; but for the general run of men 4."i is still "young." That is the age that President Koosevelt attained recently, and where Is there a younger, more vigorous man than he? It will be five years at least, and perhaps ten, before he will have reached his pri-ne; certainly his Intellectual powers are not now what they will he In ten years from now. T'nless running a foot race is to be the infle!ble cri terion, we should say that a man is not old until his intel lectual powers, as well as his bodily ones, are on the wane. Senator Piatt, w ho got married the oilier day, would resent being called old. although be has reached the seventies. So would Senator Stewart, or Nevada, who got married recently. Andrew Carnegie if called old would feel in sulted. As for those who worry about where they come In if they are hut .'id-past or even barely 40, why should not they cheer up and call themselves boys? Pittsburg Press. How to Hold Your friends. I 1 . w 1.' ... 1 - . n'.-i. no wooni inane rrietnis must euluvaba I I the qualities which are admired and which at-' JL I tract. If y,m are mean, stingy and selfish no body win admire you. You must cultivate, generosity and large-heartedness; you must be magnanimous and tolerant: von mr.vf hi.. positive qualities, ror n negative, shirking, apologizing, roundabout man Is despised. You must cultivate courage and boldness, for a coward has few friends. Yon must believe In yourself. If you do not, others will not believe In you. You must look upward and he hopeful, cheery and optimistic. Nn one will be attracted to a gloomy pessimist. The moment a man feels that you have a reai live.' Interest In his welfare, and. that you do not ask about his business profession, book or article merelv nut nf tesy. you will get his attention and will interest him. You win ne nun 10 you tusf in proportion to the Intensify unselfishness of your interest in him. But if you are selfish and think of nothing but vour own advancement- i .-.., ,1 J Wfl are wondering how you can use evcrylxxly to help yon along; if you look upon every man or woman you are introduced to as so much more possible successful capital; if you measure people by the amount of business they can send you or (lie number of new clients niHontQ n, ers of your book they can secure for you, they will look upon you In the same way. Success. ANGLO-INDIAN GAME. Felsure Is the few seconds' rest a man gets while his wife Is hunting up something else for him to do. Novel and l.niiichnble Conteat In the (iymkhana. The Infinite vailety of the (Iymkhana Iuih been Illustrated once more by Anglo-Indian ingenuity. The last mall fioiu ili,. Fast contains a laughable in c unit of one of these enti rtalnmeiits, given In the Ausement's Club's rink. 111 I )ar jisling. The first event was Hi' Itoynl Academy Test," gentle men to run from the far end of the rn.i with paper and pencil, their lady la.iner. waiting at the other end, to -k- trh an animal selected by the Judge at ihe time of starling, liest sketch to w in Time limit. For days before lu ll, cm hn l In en busy sketching animals, mil they all wife well pleased with t.icr proficiency when the day arrived. ;i'e.-it, however, whs their surprise when their partners arrived with In structions fiom the starter to sketch the man they nominated. One lady, .n tlie exi It, ment ,f the moment, think ng only of the animal sue had been practicing, promptly sketched a pig, and handed It to her partner, iimhl.st r ars of laughter from the spectators. The next event was "The Scholarship StukiK," gentlemen to run to their part ners with n sum to be done by the lady without help. First sum was a six column, four figure addition of rupw-s, mums nnd pice. As Is usual In the hurry of such events, mistakes were numerous. Mrs. Stock was the first to finish her sum, and her addition being orroct, and her partner, Captain Heal ing, first back with It, she was award ed Ihe rle. The third came "The U hisilii.g Coons," gentleman to run to .uihr and whistle a tune given him. rai im r to write name of tune nnd give iu to gcntlimnn to tnke back to win ning p 'st. 1 ii'st In with correct tune to win. The m le competitors arrived o.H of breath, and In the chorus of dif f rent airs, some In tune and a great many 'lure sadly out, It was very dif ,i 11 t to d silngulsh anything. At Inst Mrs. Kzckhl. who nominated Mr. Cul .i reo gnbed that he wns trying to li sile "Unsy Hell," nnd her correct l.i:ion. loturnod first, won the prize. 1 tin- fourth event ladles had to drive ti.eir partners blindfolded between but- CURIOUS EFFECT OF RECENT FLOOD. Railway bridge at Rnsselwilz, rails and ties. Hermany, washed away. leaving only 1 J ties. First in with fewest bottles knocked down to win. Th re were so ninny entries that this event had to be run o(T In heats. The first hint was won by the MnhtirnJ Kumar of Ca orb Hehnr, driven by Mrs. I tarrock; the second by Mr. Rurnett, driven by Miss Waring; and the third hy Mr. Talhert Clifton, driven by Miss O'ISrion. In the final hent between these three couples Mr. Clifton and Miss O'Rrlen won handsoiiK lv. Where Wild Ducks Feed In Connecticut along the Ilousntonlc river nnd In fact nil over the State, are many large brooks or creeks that, back from the river, have long, still stretches of wnter. caused by some nat ural conditions or by tiillldams, says the Field nnd Stream. These nre gen erally found In Isolated sections, and are lined on either bnnk with heavy growths of aider nnd birch. In ninny instances heavy timber flanks both sides of the stream for miles, thus making an Ideal retreat 11 nil breeding ground for dinks. I have seen ns many ns fifteen at the most in n Hock, this being an unusual ly huge number; six to eight being about the average. These flocks settle In the brooks early In the fall and re main until severe cold weather sets In before leaving for the South. Once in a while a Canada goose, sometime three or four, will stop over for a stay nnd a good feed, but the goose is m restless bird In the fall and never keopt to one locality like the duck. Thes wide reaches of water furnish all kind of delicate dainties, such us small dace, trout, watercress, newts, helgra mltes nnd a variety of food that water fowl like, and It Is easy for tbeui to procure food as the water Is generally shallow. A Wiao Child. Pupa Tommy, you mustn't eat m much. Everybody will be calling yoti n little "glutton." Do you know what Hint Is? Tommy 1 suppose It's a big glut ton's Utile boy. -Philadelphia Ledger. . Population of Oymnf. Hie latest statistical e.ST the Herman empire place tb( Hon nt rS,5l!,("sJ. From thei It. appears that the population creased F40 per cent In the la t 8 IT 2J' ,.sV '.V ! 1