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I ciencc Before the Technology riul In .w lurk recently Ir. W. J Morion of the New York Poatarsduate Medical Pchool and Hospital vxplalim many of the uaea to which nullum may be g.ut In the treatment of Internal din fa. He exhibited a fluid containing quinine sulphate hii-h hail teen fx fed to the action of radium, and tad acqured the property of fluoren renr, so that when placed In the path of a atronjr X ray It bciime luminou. He ufeated the possibility of em ploytn aueb a fluid for treating In ternal dlaeaae. After being aUrlwl la the body of a patient, X rays could b aent through It, thua producing In ternal radio-active effects. He regard ed radium aa a promising agent In the treatment of c nrer, and thought that the curatir power ponwmus hy some eprlng watera might be due to radium i-ontalned In them. Recnt discussion on the lawn of heredity In scientific Journal refer lo Ihe "Oregon wonder home," an equine (family which wa famous not oimr years ago, the lat representative of srhlch la aald to have tx-eu exported to Europe a few monthx ago One of these honwa. known ai Ltnu I , had. at 14 yeara of ate. a mane IS feet long i.tid a Ull 21 feet A son of this horse. I .kills II., whlrh was owned lit Wad tlington. N. V., In lct. had lit a Unit 5 i'-ur of age a double mane trailing 2 fi-et on the ground on each aide HI fa!) trailed l or 8 fwt on the ground. The mother and the paternal grand inothcr of I, (mm II. were n!m remark Hble for the length and abundance of their hair. One of them was known I the "Oregon Bcatitq." Tlx re aald to have belonged to the Mor tal! hreed. Klectrlrlty play many part on the Baltic, the new White Star liner An lectrle collision preventer register even the Ih-mIm of the screws of an un --ti steamer, another electric device how the prope r hundng of the lyi'n lights, an electric i..g give the spei'd, n electric lend Indicate the depth of the water, and one eh i trie apparatus register all sigmtls Including Mcam tiretl. Food need s .'ire Scrvei l.y elec tric refrigeration il4 ,. ,,, ,,., iric conking. The magnet has heen ahown hy ('. fitittoti, a French ; hysli-Nt. to cause n brightening of p!.phnreceiit line rulphlde similar to that produced hy N" ray. It seem to he cnpnhle of Vivlng thin effect only where the line id magnetic force it re tiot parallel, hut lit ei pin mi Don la given. " Mr Illrum Maxim and others nre said to have found that nonmagnetic nelala may he acparuti-d hy rapidly Untwine, a aeries of electro magnets iat the metallic dust. Copper, for sample, la attracted hy the electric current act up. f NOBODY WANTS THEM. Jlundrrd of I'utcnta for Window taut f tntfM. "'Jln-re la a class of inventor who aj ways manage to hit upon aotue inven tion that nobody want and which, from the very nature of thing, la fore doomed to failure An Idea that Is often brought to 11 l that of a self lighted cigarette. This I attained by ittachlng to the end of a cigarette a tialflO lMTtlon of composition such as la uho4 in safety matches. The Inven tion fca. Ticch Painted hy different people uiany tlnfti, "'V nV wl,b aggravating perslad'ticy. Koirt? tW1 bring clgara with a blob of plioaphonis atuck on top, rcgardiesa of the fact that not only would audi n composi tion In contact with good tobacco en tirely ajxill It. but the effect of draw ing In thp lighted chemical would pmb hly half suffocate the uner. At other (iniea the Igniting comjMinitlon la altiek t the aide of a cigarette; and frequent ly a match head la (lied on a wire let Into a cigar. The Inventor of a self lighting cigar U always a noiiMmoker, we need hardly add. and alwaya fall to why bin I one of the Invention vhlch nobody want. Probably no art hie hint even been piore perltcntly taken up by thp In ventor for Improvement and alteration flian the window fastener. Many hun- f red of patent have been applied for. Tactically Identical In design, and all ritend.Kl to prevent a knife being used (from the ouUlde to push back the catch. Klnlorate and expennlve, aome of theao faatencrs are quite lmpoHlhle and Impractical. One Inventor brought a remarkable weighing machine for fixing Juid nndcrneath the coal hole to Bsecrtnln the correct weight of each ack of coal delivered. Apart from th fact that no one would pay tin for audi an appliance, one might ciihI ly Imagine the feeling of the house wife who waa Udd enough to argue with the coal heaver when he found the conla would not go down the hole through being abort In weight. Hrlt 'ab Inventor. LENDING A HAND. Real Mra'iloii of Kihorlut Ion to MuIuhI llt-lpfulmmo. "Yon brought your work; thnfa rlgbtr cried Jolly MIm Oordon. n alio led ber guet Into the parlor. "We'll iiave th eozleat kind of an afternoon. Oh, thoao beautiful dinner tiapUlna!" the ran on. while Mr. Mllburn wh ttpenlng ber aewln bag. "You're brn mlng them, aren't you? I'm fdl J"" brought eiMiugh no that we can all kelpr "But I didn't bring them for that, leerr nroti-ated Mra. Mllburn, with a Ualble ahrlnkluf that Mia Gordon RgprtVention must i,,r). nr,,, ,f tMr frIMlll)p "r i-tauding Kreryone ho kno.a Mr. Mi!.Urn well know, that Cue table line,, , her pinion. ,,! that every M:tch 1(. w,tJ1 jn (ju wi!h crupulou workmanship. - w.a fraid I d t l.t, if , ,Q out bag and ran along." "So much the Utter." Helen Gor don per.i.ted. forcibly drawing the napkin, out of Mrx Milburu a handa. "I II cut and creaw the edge.; mother and Mxrgaret shall hetn; France aliall read aloud, and we'll make thing Ayr "Hut. indeed. u j.()U wouldn't, really"' entreated Mra. Mil burn. "Won t you get your own work Instead?" "Indeed we won t: I can't abide working on ,,iy Own thing when there', a chan.e to help somebody ele." Then awuy went Heh n'a sclssor-i, Klashlng Mr. Mllburn-. napkin apart, lu recklcs disregard of the dividing line that she alway. follow, ao cau tlouoiy. In Ave minute, a hem three time, the width sanctioned by Mrs. Mllbuni' flue ene had been folded and passed over to Mr. Oordon, who wa waiting, needle In hand. "I fee you're making a Trench hem." ahe observed, casually, with a glance at the half finished napkin 011 which Mr Mllburn waa working. "I can't get on o fast with that over and over rltch. I auppoae you don't mind, though, a long as the effect la the same." Oentle Mr. Mllburn murmured an "Of course not:' for whi. h ahe prayed to be forgiven. "Perhaps you like the hem broader than Helen I folding themr asked Mrs (ionhiu. pleasantly, a little later. "Oh. no: In fact," with a brave ef fort at frankness, "I usually make them a little narrower." "oli. then, we're all right," was the eny reply. The reading aloud be gan. The afternoon sped away. In spite of the fact that Mrs. Mllburn went early, seven napkins had been hemmed before she start.il. and the Oordon stood In a happy semicircle to receive her gratitude as she said good night. Seven; that meant fourteen edges to rip out, ami, lung as the stiti-hen were, it took Mrs. Mllburn most of the even ing in do it. When she had cut the last thread, trimmed all the uneven edges, and wa beginning to coax the s'.ff linen Into narrower hems. Khe chanced to look up at the calendar hanging by her desk She had read Its dally quotation hurriedly that morn ing, without giving It a thought. Now it took on a new meaning. " 'I. end a hand' suggests pulling a drowning man out of the water. It doc a not suggest as some people seem to think aelxing a man who Is enjoy ing a peaceful wlni. hauling him out on the hank despite his protestations, and then standing off to accept his heartfelt thanks." Youth". Compan ion. I A RACE rOR FAME. Tiobcrt Harr. the novelist, who la now 11 resident of F.nglitnd, wan one day at Kuaton Station, txmdon, to aay goodbye to I'r. McKenzle of MeOM University, who was taking the steam er train for Uvcrool, thence to nail for the mited States. A they walk ed tip and down the long platform together, say n writer who tells the story In Leslie's Magazine, l)r. Mc Kenzle said Jocularly; "Ix-t U8 go to the book Btall and see If any of your Immortal works are there, ff they art- rir buy one to take &cW wlili Hift If Vj'Z I10t- I'D tell nil your frlenda on the" oHie? flU that your supposed RritWi reputation Is a sham." The two walked to he book (bII ami examined It carefully, but nothing with the name of Hnrr who found. The novelist was annoyed and would have entered a protest, but the doctor claimed that that was against the rules of the game. Time waa abort, and Dr. McKenzle took bin place In the train. Mr. Harr bade him good-by, and then made direct for the book stall to give the dealer n piece of hla mind; but aa he glanced casually at the nr rny of hooka, In the most prominent place he saw a row of one of his nov el. The whistle had founded; the train was In motion. There was no time for paying anything, bo Mr. Itarr grabbed his book and run like mad up the long platform. The energetic railway ofll clalH thought he whk a belated piiH senger, and determined to throw him Into the train, lioors In the moving carriages were (lung open, and oIIIcIiiIh yelled frantically, "Jump In any where:" It took great agility, but Mr. Harr KUcci-eded. I r. McKenzle. wag leaning out of hla window, thinking from the outcry that hoiiio one had been killed, when Mr. Harr came alongside and wild, politely If breathlessly, "Mac, al low 11 ie to present you with a token of esteem. " ranting but triumphant, Mr. Harr atrolled back to the book Mall. "lildn't Home one Kteal a book from you u moment ngo?" he naked. "yea." cried the Indignant atallkeep er, "and he'a bolted off to America with Itl" "Why don't you telegraph a descrip tion of him to Liverpool? It will be hoiira U'fore the train la there," atig gested Mr. Harr, sympathetically. pcHcrlptlnn! I didn't see anything but hi" hack and hla leg." "O well, let It go!" aald Mr, Hnrr, H,lrlly. "It was a good book, for I wrote It myself, so I'll pay for It," and ho laid dowu the money. AIL ItUI'SIUI 01 IHt RISSm GISBOU KORIUZ. This 1 the funnel of the gunltoat Korletx. the vessel the ItossianB found It neesHary to sacrifice at Chemulpo in the early stages of the war In order to prevent her from falling Into the hands of the Japanese. It waa at first thought that the gtinlsjat could be raised, but the Japanese naval con structor have ai nee pronounced against the practicability of the pro ject. COLLEGE MEN IN BUSINESS. Attitude of One Large Concern Toward Applicants for I'uMitlons. In view of the present discussion of the value of a college training for bual nesw men, It La iuireMtlng to note the attitude of one of the larger concern of the country towards young appli cant. for position In the buslmws, ays the I'niverslty of Michigan News letter, The following Is the essential jwirt of a letter received by a graduate of iM.srt year's chiK of the l..'nlverslty of Michigan, from the chief engineer of one branch of a great construction company. This branch ht Itself capital ized at $I.").ih),ii: Inclosed please find a Bheet giving outline of Information deal red from college graduates. Sl.iteliienU gener ally limy be brief, but Home of the subjects should be treated sultlclciit ly at length to give us, as far aa possi ble, what we would get from personal acquaintance. Some of the subj'i'ts nuiy strike you as (bs-idislly personal, even a.s being none of our business, but you must remember that beginners almost liivarktbly ri-present an Invest mentsometimes a long-time inve.Ht nicttt. sometimes n Uid one. We have no use, as some concerns, have, for beginners as cheap labor. We take oil but a few ech year try to s"cur' only the best, and then feel a personal disappointment In failure. Application are confidential. So far as you can prevent It, let no mock modesty, on the one hand, nor egotistical vanity on the other bund, enter Into w hat should be a plain, manly statement of your can did opinions as No. 7 and 8. The questions which accompanied this letter made up a remarkably searching examination. Tbey are bo low: 1. iMte. 2. Name and address, present and home. 3. (Allege from which graduated and when. 4. Married or expecting to be soon. 5. Age, weight, height, complexion, nationality. (J. Henjth, past i and present f. iiu'bits, tastes, lJefll's', ambitions. 8. Imposition nud temper. 5. Practical experience in engineer ing work. Td. Practical experience with ma chinery, tools or Implements. Jl. Experience In any kind of man ual work. Have you a trade, what? i. JCxperlence In supervision or 'T,slng.'' 1ft. 'hy took college course? 1. W'hy took engineering course? 15. Why took electrical engineering? 10. FatheT'f occupation. 17. Have yoM ever worked fof wagis? Ioing what? 18. What have you contributed to ward the expense of your education? 1!). Io you want work or opportuni ty; 1. e have you debt or obligations to meet which you must sacrifice the future for the present or are you In position to begin at the bottom and re ceive promotion us you gain experi ence and find your work? i!. If convenient. Inclose unmounted photograph and write essay equivalent to one tyix'writlen page on one of the following: "Assistant vs. Principal." "The Art of Self-Advancement." "Obedience vs. Inltiutlve. a Rasls for CompeiuMitlon." . 'The Art of Executive, a Rasis for Valuation." "Egotism." "Vanity vs. Self Kelinnce, a Factor of Success." "Tabulation and Oraphle Expres sions in Practical Life." Typewritten manuscript preferred. Treat subjects In alwve order hy par agraphs numbered as nlmve. "Ileuthen Chinee." "After all," remarked the great ob server, "I believe the Chinamen are our friends." "Well," responded the man with the glossy shirt Itosom, "they must be our bosom friends." Chicago News. Frod action of Gold. During the last year California pro duced twice na much gold as Alaska, and Colorado produced more than three times as much. Many a first-class kitchen mechanic I "made over Into n thirty-third class ncUcaa. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS The Practical Joker. T1E practical Joker, the person who laughs at T the discomfiture of others, who gets fun out of his neighbor's predicaments, who lays awake night planning some piece of deviity that will cause sorrow or at least chagrin, always has been with us, Is now and probably always will be. I -ant week a girl In a Scranton sijulb factory threw a 'iiib Into a stove, Just to scare her companions. Result, six dead, aa many more seriously hurt, and factory wrecked. It was In Pennsylvania also that a small boy lighted the escaping gas from the exhaust pipe of a natural gas line, to furnish light for a wedding serenade. Result, one life lost aud valuable property destroyed. These are only two of many cases taken at random from the news columns. Neither of the young people In tended harm. The girl wanted to see her companions Jump when the w)ulb exploded. The boy purposed to surprise the serenaders by furnishing an Impromptu bonfire. They were simply heedless. If everyone who Is about to play a practical Joke would stop to think alxiut it, to study out the possible consequences, there would be fewer jokes of this sort perpetrated. It is ludicrous to see a man who is comfortably seated In a chair suddenly find himself sprawl ing on the floor, through the dexterity of the practical jnker, but the odds are that the victim's spine has been Injured and that the effects of Ills fall will cling to him through life. Play the same trick on the practical joker, and he would be furious. Strange as It may seem, the practical Joker Is the most III iiatured target on earth. He doesn't like his ow n medicine. The fault lies largely with parents. They don't teach their children to respect age, to respect others' rights, to be thoughtful and considerate. There is innocent fun that hurts no one ami causes no damage, but It is not strenuous enough to suit some people. They want to break a leg or burn building. Such as 'hese are criminal In instinct ami should be placed under restraint. The practical Joker ought not to lie tolerated in any community. Toledo ltlu.de. Eating Into the Western HE reiM.rls of the lumber cut w I I that the paper-making concerns of the country I I are turning their attention to Wisconsin and .tiiiiin'xiiii J13 it mini i 1- 01 wijij,v 01 ut e timber. There are hundreds of thousands of acres tributary to luiluth, not reached by rail way lines, wliti ii are coveieo iiy spruce tim ber suitable for pulp. ('nitii-stlomibl,v there Is enough spruce in this country, notwithstanding the enormous uan tlly used by the paper mills, lo maintain a pulp supply Indetinltely. provided proper re forestation Is curried on. Here, however, is the rub. The customary method of the pulp-mill owner who is seeking a supply of spruce is to buy the stiimpage and cut off the timber indiscriminately, allow ing the denuded laud to grow up with any species of wood that happens to be left. Hard woods commonly suc ceed soft woods on deforested areas, and vice versa, and, therefore, a spruce forest once cut down is not naturally renewed for many years. The experience of the Eastern paper mills, which have cut over most of the available area of spruce forest, Is likely to be that of the Central West. The systematic attempt at reforestation has been Insignificant compared with the tremendous Rluugiitor of the forests. The West should take time by the forelock and Insist, by legislation if necessary, upon proper methods of cutting and reforestation. The State has an interest In the preser vation of Its forests which is paramount to the right of the private landholder. Here in the East what Is being done Is largely In the way of locking the stable door after the. horse has been stolen. With the great forest areas, 1n Minnesota and Wisconsin yet untouched these States JUST VYORN OUT. ? tStorjr that Wajite a Heat After a Very Hrd Worked Life. The worn-out story collupsed at the feet of the Father of Fictions. "WliufB wanted " Inquired, his Sa tanic majesty with bis usual warmth. "Oblivion, please," gasped tlje wretiued creature. "I never pretend ed to bo d good story, but thjit doesn't Justify the way I've been treated ou earth. Vou will remember me If 5'oii happened, to see a cofiy of just Sun day s Behind -f he-Tiiiies. I Va Among the (iossip of the Stage, dressed this way: " 'I!lanch('tilsh has a country home! (in Iitig Island and Is occasionally bothered by tramps'. One day a siniili, thin specimen of hobo honored her with a call. He told ri hard luck story that would have brought tears to the eyes of a Japanese Idol. '""Anil do you call yourself a man?' demanded Miss Walsh. " ' "No, ma'am, not entirely. Just now I'm only nn outline. All I need Is a little iillin- in.' "'And he got It, too, after that ad mission of his Incompleteness.' "When you turned to the Literary Clint fhere I was again: " 'Irving Bachellcr, the author, has n country home at Sound Bench, and Is occasionally liothered by tramps. One day a small, thin specimen of ho bo honored the novelist with a call, lie told a hard luck story that would have brought tears to the eyes of a Japanese Idol.' And do you call yourself n man?" detnji tided the writer. " ' "No, sir, not entirely. Just now I'm only an outline. All I need Is a little tl 1 1 in In." "'And he got it, too, after that ad mission of his incompleteness.' The Woman's Page had me served lu this style: " 'Mrs. Roosevelt, when spending the summer at their simple country home at oyster Hay, Is occasionally bother ed by trumps, etc' "I also posed among Anecdotes of the War: " 'Owing to the scarcity of provis ions at Port Arthur, begging Is dis couraged; but, having eluded the vigi lance of the guards, a small, thin speci men of hobo the other day accosted Viceroy Ale.xlcff. etc "One page further on. the Toklo correspondent hud his little say: "'Notwithstanding the spiendld dis cipline of the Japanese navy, a small, A I Russia Tf ll'ersiang I The HERE forests. In the West show & "V I about I I little al I. thin specimen of stowaway was lately discovered aboard, the flagship, and brought before Admiral Togo, etc' "'But the climax; fame, your majes ty, when I found myself In the clutch of tjie gabbler of the Boulevard, who said: 'A the Sinner given bo Carnegie ou the eve of his departure, a story told by Chaunce ' There was silence. The Father of Film sunjmon.yl a mlnToif, Slid, Indi cating the juiserjljle wreck, said In pitying tonej Put Mm Jn the hottest Ufa have. Nothing can hurt hlrn now." New York juri " JRADE IN THE WAR ZONE. - - 5. Amei-ii'Mii Commerce Now Amounts to Loflce Part of the Trade. In his article in the World's "Work on "Our Trade iii the War Zone," 0. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of sta tistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, presents some striding facts and figures. He says: Japan's total commerce now amounts, In round terms, to $L-iO,00,HM) a year, about equally divided between Imports and exports, and that of China to a little over $:!HUXX,(HK) a year, of which Im ports considerably exceed exports. Ko rean commerce amounts to $15,000,000 a year. From 1S.K3 to 1903 our Imports from tlie countries named doubled, while our exports from China, Japan and Hongkong amounted to $37,000,000; In HHKI, to $72,000,000. The amount from Korea and Astatic Russln was a mere tritle. In 1S.S3 our exports to these countries, Including Korea and Asiatic Russia, amounted to $."i(),- (KH1.IKKI. This makes clear that our trade In terest in these quarters is very groat We buy n very large proportion of the unmanufactured silk and practically all of the tea exported by Japan and we also buy large quantities of raw silk and tea from China, ns well as many other articles, such hs opium, malting, rice, wool and manufactured silks. Of the exports of $."0,000,000 value in 1!X3, $21,000,000 went to Ja pan, $19,000,000 to China, nearly $'.1,000,000 to Hongkong, and $1,500,000 to Asiatic Russia. As regards our trade with the two countries now at war our exports to Japan In 1S73 were $8,000,000, In 1!X)3 $21,000,000; to Rus sln, our exports In 1M73 were $12,000, 000, In 1W03 $15,000,000. Thus In thir ty years our exports to Russia In creased 25 per cent and to Japan 150 per cent should adopt a forest policy before it is too late to make it of any value. Denudation should be made impossible with out some reforestation. The greatest benefit, however, will be derived from a control of the cutting in such a manner as to make denudation Impossible, and the State can do this now better than later. Boston Transcript. Asia for the Asiatics. E look uixm it as a war between Janan am not so the Chinese, the Burmese, the or the Siamese. To them this is a .. .. ... ... .. V I... ...I ( 1 1. ... . I . forces of the West against those of the East, between Europe and Asia. A Japanese victory would send a mighty wave of Independence aud pride throughout the populations of Asia, a wave of self-confidence, of coutetnpt for their European rulers, which would bear fruits of which no one can foretell the exact consequences. Furthermore, Japan would receive a great prestige, her Influence over the Chinese Empire would become supreme, and no obstacle would He In the way of the realization of her racial aspirations. To any person who has even slightly followed the course of Japanese feeling and policy, there can be no doubt that these ambitions can be summed up In the phrase: "Asia for the Asiatics, under Japanese hegemony." For several years past Japan has been flooding with her agents the remotest parts of Asia, to rouse the sleeping patriotism of the jieople and prepare the way for liberation. Asiatic princes and statesmen have bH'n flocking to Toklo; among them we might name besides several Chinese and Korean dignitaries, a deputation from Lhasa, the Siamese Prime Minister, the Persian grand vizier, a high priest from Af ghanistan, and several Indian muharajas under British rule. These men have had long conferences with the Minister! of the Mikado, and the object of these visits, in spite of all official denials. Is well known to and In full sympathy with public opinion In Japan. Westminster Review. Black Man's Burden. has been a good deal said and written the "white man's burden," and not a of it has been pure cant. Hut there is an- ui.l,. trt 41m T. 1,.tiii-o uii.l tlii 41. .,4- the dark man also has a burden, and a most grievous one. In the Congo Free State he has been robbed. mutilated ami murdered in a wholesale way that has shocked civilization. In Oerman Southwest Africa his property has been seized, he has been flogged, imprisoned and shot, his wife has been made a beast of burden aud his children have been tortured. In China he has been robbed of his territory until his integrity as a nation is threatened. In America he has been enslaved, whipped, burned at the stake and lynched. In the Philippines he has been introduced to the "water cure" and oilier "civilized" Inventions. Ixsik where you will on the native heath of the man of dark skin, or in foreign countries where he has soughtj asylum, and you will find the black man and the brown man carrying a burden compared with which the "white man's burden" Is a featherweight. If the dark man hag been the white man's burden, the white man has been and Is the dark man's curse. And If the dark man finds his burden greater than he can bear, and attempts to turn on his barbarous task master, It is called a "native uprising," and soldiers are sent to nhow hltn his proper place In the white man's scheme of civilisation and progress. The white man's burden Is largely a myth; but the dark man's burden Is terribly real, oppressively heavy grossly cruel and unjust. In a word, it is the white man's selfishness and avarice. Chicago Post. Commerce of the United States with Japan, Korea, China, Hongkong and Asiatic Russia, 1W3-1903, was as fol lows; ImpoHs into the United .st2?, from the countries named: In 1843, $t,3851000; 1853, $10,573,000; 1803, $11, 634.000; 1873, $30,445,000; 1883, $37,r, 150,000; 1893, $49,349,000: 1903, $72,t 294,000. . L to- Export from the United States to th countries named: In 1843, $2,419,- 000; 1853 3J30,000: lgU3, $0,355,000; 1873, $17,770,000; 1883, iS93, STl,464,0toh 1903. $19,9,000:' Next tQ the United States comes Great Britafn, 'fcl JJg commerce with file jrrltory in quesUoh Jitis only grown fr6iu 50.000,000 lu" 1S3.3 to $100,000,000 In iT03 that Is, double jz I.' STORY JV1AY BE QUESTIONED. 1 - Diner and Dined-Upon Crawled Swift! j to a Creek. Near the Canuucta Creek a water snake met a blacksnake. The reptiles did not Immediately clinch, but hissed fiercely and circled around each others as if seeking for an opening. Thei blacksnake pressed the argument, and: in a few seconds succeeded In getting the tall of his opponent Into his mouth, uud, to preclude all possibility of es-' cape, began to ent toward the head. This was exactly what the water snake wanted. It started ou a straight line for the stream, and his consumer following him and dining upon him simultaneously, was, of course, obliged to travel a little faster in the same di rection. The watersnake was a rapid mover and the blacksnake a quick eat er, and for a short time It seemed doubtful whether one reptile or two! would be visible when the stream was) gained. AlHiut half of the leading snake had been devoured, and the edge of the water was only a few feet away, whoa the blncksnake suddenly realized that a slinbby trick was being played on, him at meal time. He hastily attempted to disgorge his repast, but the effort waa ninde too late. Not more than five Inches of watersnake had been yielded up when both reptiles plunged Into the stream and sank at once. A hundred bubble rose, and the only spectator of tlie con test Is Inclined to believe that thai blacksnnke's life floated to the surface in one of them. New York World. Self-made men and eggs are too full of themselves to hold anything else.