WILD BEAUTY
o/LAKE CHELAN
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Pictura a mountain gorge in the
fastnesses of the matchless Cascades
which is 62 miles long, averages two
miles In width and is frequently one
and three-quarters miles deep; then
fill this gorge to a depth of from 1,500
to 2,500 feet with the sparkling waters
that come tumbling down the precip
itous sides of the mountains, decimat
ing in summer time scores of glisten
ing and fantastic glaciers; frame the
whole, in imagination, in the blue of
a sky unsurpassed and in the cease
less glitter of millions of snow dia
monds; then throw about it the misty
glamor of a legendary past and the
charm of a present solitude unbroken
by rude evidence of civilization—and
you will have a dim idea of the glories
Df Lake Chelan.
Before this picture of the imagina
tion fades, draw another of the ages
before the time of man. Extend this
same Cascade Range gorge to a dis
tance of more than 100 miles; take
away its wealth of shimmering wa
ters; supplant them by an ice pact ex
tending from the crest of the Cascades
to the very waters of the turbulent
Columbia, varying in depth from a few'
feet to more than 3,000, a river of
solid ice more wonderful than the
Muir Glacier, a resistless force of na
ture slowly wearing and tearing and
grinding its relentless way towards
the waters that lead to the Pacific
acean, scarring the mountain sides
and preparing the way for a scene in
the coming ages which is unsurpassed
for the fertility of its beauty. Do this
and you will have the story of the
creation of the wonderful Chelan,
which lies as a gem almost undiscov
ered in the heart of wealth and plenty
in northern Washington.
It seems incredible that the greatest
lake in the great state of Washington,
a lake where nature has been more
than prodigal with her scenic effects,
should be so little known, so little
sought and so little visited. Like the
other great scenic attractions of the
west and northwest, Lake Chelan is
3ft the main transcontinental thorough
fares. It takes time and costs some
effort to get there, and life is a race
after time, with most Americans.
Chelan, however, is soon to be rescued
from the comparative seclusion it has
enjoyed, and. it is not an idle predic
tion to say that it will before Jong be
•ivaling.the Yellowstone, the Yosemite
and the Grand Canyon of Arizona in
the bid for popular favor.
Lake Chelan is a glacial-fed body of
water, resembling a river more than
a lake, a narrow ribbon of emerald
blue in the scarred side of the eastern
Slope of the Cascade mountains! It
pxtends from the famous Stehekin
canyon, southeasterly along nearly the
entire side of Chelan county to within
four miles of the Columbia river.
Overland from the railroad the jour
ney to the lake may be made through
mountain passes, awe-inspiring can
yons filled with many-hued rocks and
watered by scores of tumultuous gla
cial streams filled with imposing stone
minarets towering above the fleecy
clouds to the glistening, sparkling,
melting snow fields above. This is
the route, however, of the hardy moun
taineer and of the glacier climber.
The ordinary traveler prefers the
river route. The railroad is left at
Wenatchee, at the juncture of the
Wenatchee and the Columbia rivers,
and in a valley of the same name.
Wenatchee, which sprang up in a
aight, following the discovery of the
magician’s wand called irrigation, bids
fair to become the commercial center
af northern central Washington. It
nestles in an irrigated valley of Alla
iinlike fertility, is on the main trans
continental line of the Great North
ern, and is one of the garden spots
af the Pacific northwest.
The sole means of communication
between the Chelan country and the
outside world at present is by the
Chelan and the Selkirk, two small
river * steamers belonging to the Co
lumbla and Okanogan Transportation
company. From Wenatchee to Chelan
Falls is a distance of but 42 miles, yet
It take sa steamer 12 hours to battle
her way against the current, and but
little more than three hours to come
down with it. The trip up the river
to Chelan Falls is one long to be re
membered, and the time which the
new railroad will save will scarcely be
a recompense for the loss it will occa
sion. On either side of the river for
a short distance back the banks are
dotted occasionally with , patches of
green, making irrigated farms. Back
of these the foothills rise abruptly,
with their rocks and huge bowlders
ground into fantastic shapes, and their
many colors of soil and rock washed
and mingled in nature's paint pot and
then by the forces of nature scattered
over the face of the landscape.
The little boats cf shallow draught
I and powerful boilers have a battle
j royal with a winding and twisting
i stream of narrow channel, filled with
| dangerous rocks, eddies and mael
stroms rivaling the whirlpool of the
Niagara gorge. With an average cur
rent of eight miles fin hour the river
frequently breaks into a turgid, roar
ing, racing torrent of rapids against
which the little steamer *throws her
self valiantly.
At Chelan Falls the Chelan river
comes tumbling down its cavernous
bed into the Columbia, making the
connection between the snowfed gla
ciers of the Cascades and the great
river highway to the waters of the
Pacific. In a four-horse stage the
journey to the foot of Lake Chelan is
made through five miles of w-ild scen
ery. queerly mingled with domesticity
and agriculture.
An the lower end of Lake Chelan
there Is very little promise of the
grandeurs that begin to unfold them
selves soon after the first turn in the
'lake is reached. Around the foot of
the lake and adjacent to the two little
towns pocketed away there from the
outside world are many beautiful
farms nestling among the foothills and
producing their agricultural wealth
only to receive most of it back in the
way of decayed products, wasted be
cause of the lack of adequate trans
portation and of the excessive cost of
the present wagon and river trans
portation.
The first wonderful fact about the
lake Is that its waters are the only
ones, in this continent at least, which
are both above and below sea level.
The Yellowstone has its wonderful
lake more than 7,000 feet above sea
level, but here are waters whose levels
are more than 1,100 feet above sea
level and which also extend from 300
to possibly 1,400 feet below sea level.
So clear are the waters of the lake
that the picture above and below their
surface is the same. Look at the real
picture, then turn the eyes into the
depths, and there it Is mirrored with
a faithfulness and vividness that first
startles, then charms. Regarding the
colors of the waters of Lake Chelan
! artists are ever raving. The blending
of many colors is ever changing with
the whims of the winds, of the clouds,
with the shivering of the trees and
with every mood of nature herself.
Cold and clear, they are often swept
by huge waves, which are beaten by a
wind that comes roaring down the
glacier-cut gorge, gathering strength
and fury with every mile of canyon
traveled and w ith every effort to reach
the world outside the granite walls.
In storm or in calm the grandeur
and the beauty are ever there, and are
ever changing.
S. GLEN ANDRUS.
Active English Statesmen.
Despite his C2 years Sir Charles
Dilke is one of the most active mem
bers of the house of commons. He is
an enthusiastic sculler and goes
through a course of training every
year. He Is also an enthusiastic
fencer.
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KISS WITHOUT REAL FLAVOR.
Boston Writer Says He Doesn’t Want
One from Bride.
An English vicar declares that the
:ustom of kissing the bride after the
wedding is wicked and should be
jtopped, calling it “foolish and irrele
vant,” and the agitation resulting from
,his utterance has brought about quite
a discussion in the English papers.
One chap, who has been “six times
i best man," rushes into" print to say
•.hat the protests against the abolition
3f this good, old time English custom
tt the dictation of a clergyman, and
isks what other reward there is for
he unfortunate best man, who has to
pear the worries and responsibilities
if encouraging the trembling bride
jroom, supervising the social arrange
ments and the departure of the happy
pair from the church, to say nothing
if the cost of clothes, tips to servants,
tor which he is never repaid, and the
worry oh his nervous system conse
juent on being in the company of two
foolish people who are thinking of no
tody but themselves.
“Six times a best man” seems to bf
right as to the justice of his claim,
but away oft in his judgment, says the
Boston Traveller. If he likes the
clammy touch of cold lips with a girl
whose mental processes are occupied
wholly in the speculation as to wheth
er every bit of her harness sets prop
erly and how she will look in her trav
eling dress, he is welcome to it. As
for us, we believe that we are with
the vicar, and, with Swift, would say
in this connection: “Lord, I wonder
what fool it was that first invented
kissing.” The bride kiss, after the
marriage ceremony, to everybody else
but Him, is an apple of Sodom, and
not worth while.
African Housewife’s Trial.
Prices are high in South Africa and
bills for laundry are frequently ex
orbitant. Persian, Kaffir and Cape
women do this work after a fashion.
“One usually pays .61 ($5) per month
a head,” says a woman correspondent,
“and the woman who washes for you
takes everything tor that, but la apt
to vanish for a month on end with
your clothes!"
HONOR PIKE’S MEMORY.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEAK’S DIS
COVERER CELEBRATED.
Valuable Services to the Government
Given by Young Lieutenant—High
Mountain Found While Seek
ing Sources of Rivers.
Denver, Col.—The people of Colo
rado recently celebrated the achieve
ments of Lieut. Zebulon M. Pike., who
discovered the Rocky mountains of
that state a hundred years ago this
fall.
The celebration was held at Colo
rado Springs, and a long and varied
programme was prepared, in which
the United States and Colorado Iroops
and various Indian tribes participated.
The splendid background of these fes
tivities was Pike's Peak, which bears
the name of its discoverer. Pike first
saw these mountains in November,
1S06, but the time of the celebration
was fixed a little earlier to avoid the
approaching winter.
The work done by the brilliant
young soldier is worthy of the high
est honor. He was in his twenties, a
boy in years, when he made his two
great journeys. He was only 34 wken
he was killed in battle, leading a
charge against the British in the war
of 1812.
He had risen from the rank of lieu
tenant to brigadier general, and no
soldier in the country seemed to have
a brighter future before him when he
fell; but had he lived he might never
have won prouder laurels than those
which securely belong to him.
Pike's great opportunity came to
him in 1S05. The vast teritory included
in the Louisiana purchase had been
bought with the people's money, and
the whole country was eager to know
more about its new domain. Lewis
and Clarke were sent by the president
to traverse the great unknown in the
northwest. Pike was dispatched by
the general in command of the army,
first up the Mississippi to near its
sources, and then up the Missouri and
to the mountains in the heart of the
continent.
His expeditions were purely military
in their organization. His compan
ions were detailed from the army, and
the strict discipline of their com
mander was one of the large factors
in the great success he won.
But it was Pike’s second and still
greater expedition to the Rockies of
Colorado that was most in mind at
the celebration. His party was toil
ing* over the high plateau on Novem
ber 15, 1S06, when he saw what looked
like a small blue cloud on his right,
and he thought it might be a moun
tain.
Half an hour later Pike's Peak ap
peared in full view, with many other
summits, and his small party gave
three cheers for the “Mexican Moun
tains.” Pike wrote correctly that they
are a part of the great mountain sys
tem that divides the waters of the
Atlantic from those of the Pacific.
Pike named the highest of the moun
tains Grand Peak, but his countrymen
in later years attached his own name
to it.
Piko’s instructions on this journey
were to ascend the Missouri and then
strike out for the fountainheads of the
Arkansas and Red Rivers, for no one
knew where they came from. He was
hunting for the sources of the Ar
kansas when he discovered the moun
tains and 'stood face to face with
Pike’s Peak.
Then through a terrible winter of
want and misery he sought fcr the
ZEBU LON M. PIKE.
(Discoverer of Famous Colorado Peak
Whom State Has Honored.)
Red river and he made a curious but
lucky blunder.
He passed to the west of the Red
river sources and missed them entire
ly. Lost among the mountains and
floundering through the snow, he
reached a river in February which he
thought must be the object of his
quest. He was starting down the
river when he was suddenly confront
ed by 100 Mexican troops, who asked
him where he was going.
“Down the Red river,” said Pike.
“This is not the Red river. This is
the upper Rio Grande.
Pike ordered his flag down and fold
ed it. He knew he was in Mexican ter
ritory (now New Mexico).
He was suspected of entering for
eign territory to spy out the land, and
he and his party were taken to Chi
huahua, where they were held foi
months. The result was that Pike
was able to add to his long descrip*
tions of Colorado geography and the
many new Indian tribes he met ir.
this part of our new domain a vivid
and lively description of the religions
in New Spain, and of the manners
morals and politics of its people, con
cerning which we were very ig
norant.
• TREASURES OF A CLOISTER.
Quaint Basketry Work of Nuns of
Protestant Community of Solitary.
Ephrata, Pa.—The early German
settlers in Pennsylvania accomplished
Mammoth Bread Basket
some wonderful feats in spinning,
weaving, basket making, etc., and
there are few evidences of this thrift
and skill that have been preserved
that are more interesting than the
wonderful basketry, the “Fracture
Sehrift” inscriptions, and the hand
woven linens that are now preserved
in the Saal and the "Sister House" on
the ancient cloister grounds here. One
huge basket stands nearly as high as
the cloister nun who made it, and it
is nearly as broad as tall. It is a
fine specimen of the workmanship of
the Industrious “Sisters” of the fa
mous Protestant Community of the
Solitary, and it is said to have been
made for holding the daily supply of
bread for the monks and nuns of this
quaint co-operative community.
There are numerous varieties of
baskets here, in all shapes and sizes,
that were used for various purposes.
In the “Sister House” are also found
many types of ancient spinning wheels
and other paraphernalia that produced
the famous linens still preserved in
the cloister buildings, while in the
“Saal” are the handmade wooden
plates and knive3 and forks, t*Le old
time crockery and hourglasses, and
rare specimens of “Fracture-Schrift,”
mounted and framed.
The Sister House and the Sister
I Saal—old Saron and Penial—are ap
j parently as stanch and well preserved
j at the present time as when erected in
! the long ago, by the earliest of co
j operative colonies. The milling Indus
j tries, the curious architecture of the
buildings, the hooded and inclosed
doorways, the steep roofs, and other
exterior peculiarities, also attract at
tention; but the carefully treasured
relics of the old cloister industries,
hoarded within the buildings, are of
still greater interest to the visitor of
to-day.
CHURCH HAS LIGHTHOUSE BELL.
Once Signaled Vessels, Now Calls Peo
ple to Worship.
Boston.—The Baptists of Bryants
Pond, Me., are called to church by a
bell that wras originally in the light
house on Minots ledge.
After the lighthouse was destroyed
in the great storm of the early ’40s the
bell was secured from the ocean bot
tom and placed in the Francis T.
Faulkner W’oolen mill at Turner. It
hung there more than half a century.
After the burning of this mill in
September, 1905, during which fire Mr.
Faulkner lost his life, the bell was re
. cast and presented to the Bryants
Pond Baptist church by Mrs. Anna
Chase, a daughter of the late Mr.
Faulkner.
J. Osborne Faulkner, Auburn, city
editor of the Lewiston Journal and
grandson of the late Francis Faulkner,
wears a very pretty charm to his fob
in the form of a miniature bell made
from this same metal.
By Their Acts Ye Shall Know Them.
“You ought to marry that young
man; he’ll make a good husband; he
works like a horse.”
“Yes, but he acts like an ass.”—
Houston Post.
Donkey Tastes Like Turkey.
Having tasted the flesh of various
animals, a gentleman declares that a
donkey makes the most excellent eat
ing of any animal, the flavor resem
bling that of a. young turkey.
Balked.
“Doctor,” asked the caller with the
badly inflamed eye, “what will It
cost to take this grain of sand out of
my eye?”
“I shall probably have to charge you
five dollars for the operation,” said
the eminent oculist.
“I can carry it cheaper than that,”
rejoined the other, turning on his heel
and walking out.
Thus, owing to the greed of both
parties, another prospective deal in
real estate came to naught.—Chicago
Tribune.
In Sight.
“Does she .carry his picture next
to her heart?”
“No; that would be a giveaway.”
“Why, no one would know it.”
“Yes, they would; she wears a
peek-a-boo waist.”—Houston Post.
What She Wanted.
Clerk—What kind of a hammock do
you want, miss?
Summer Girl—Ob, a little one. Just
about big enough for one—but—er—
strong enough for two.—Life.
Nature’s Prophets.
The katydid had been insisting that
there would be frost within six weeks.
“I’ve no faith in your long distance
weather forecasts," said the tree toad,
“hut I'm willing to bet there will be
rain inside of 48 hours.”
Whereupon the rival weather bu
reaus resumed their noisy predictions.
—Chicago Tribune.
The Eternal Feminine.
“The ship will float but a few mo
ments longer! Trust yourself to me
and jump! Quick!”
“Is my hat on straight?”
“Yes! yes! but come!”
“Tell me first how does my life pre
server set in the back?”—Houston
Post.
Especially Sad.
“I suppose,” said the sentimentalist,
“that it makes you feel very sad to
see the roses fading, the leaves with
erlng; the grass dying—”
“Yes,” interrupted Farmer Corn
tossel, “an’ the summer boarder!
goln’ home."—Washington Star.
CHURCH WOMEN PICK APPLES.
Earn Money to Pay Off Debt and Help
Solve Labor Problem.
Louisville, 111.—The women of the
Christian church of Flora are raising
money by a novel means to pay off the
lebt on the new $10,000 church edifice
md in addition are helping to solve
the labor question that is confronting
the apple growers of Clay county.
They were given permission to haul
and sell to the evaporators the cull
and windfall apples in the large or
chards in the vicinity of this city and
the entire feminine membership and
the Sunday school children gathered
apples in the Maney orchard. The
women earned $15 for their day’s work
and will gather apples in other or
chards surrounding Flora every Sat
urday until the apple season closes.
Mrs. R. S. C. Reaugh, president of the
Ladies’ society of the Christian church,
has the supervision of the work.
Although the apple-picking season
will not open until later for the Ben
Davis apples estimates place the num
ber of bushels of apples exported from
the five shipping sections in Clay
county at 200,000 bushels, or nearly
75,000 barrels. The five evaporators
in the county are using 5,000 bushels
of apples daily and are estimated to
have used 150,000 bushels of apples
this season. The apples are selling
readily and numerous buyers are in
the field.
The labor situation caused by the
scarcity of hands is delaying the pick
ing. On account of strikes the wages
range from $1.50 to $3, a day. Only
$1.25 was paid earlier in the season.
DESERTS WIFE FOR A SQUAW.
Wealthy Farmer Accused by Spouse,
Who Then Puts Up Cash Bail.
Tacoma, Wash.—Charged with the
desertion of his wife for the doubtful
attraction of a Siwash squaw, William
Nottingham has been bound over for
trial at the next term of the superior
court at Conconnully. His wife, whom
he left in Adams county while he
maintained a second household at Con
connully, secured his liberty by put
ting up $1,500 in cash.
Nottingham is a wealthy rancher of
eastern Washington, having a 440
acre ranch near Lind, Adams county,
with many head of cattle and horses.
His wife, who has sued him for di
vorce, estimates his fortune at more
than $50,0001 They were married 24
years ago in Missouri and have eight
children.
Nottingham has always been highly
respected in Adams county and was
thought to be a faithful husband and a
good father.
His double life began about three
years ago, when he took a large band
of cattle to Okanogan county to feed
an the rich pasture of the Indian reser
vation. He leased an allotment from
a squaw named Sophia San Pierre and
is charged with having become en
amored of her. Since then he has
lived most of his time in Okanogan
county and has deceived his wife, she
claims, by telling her he was holding
down a homestead.
PRIEST WHIPS A TRAMP.
Hobo Gets an Illustration of Muscular
Christianity.
Indianapolis.—Rev. Francis Henry
Gavisk, one of the most popular mem
bers of the Catholic priesthood in In
diana, showed the other afternoon that
he had not forgot how to take care of
himself in a fight. He quickly disposed
of a tramp who insulted him at his
owrn home.
The tramp rang the door bell and
asked for something to eat. He was
insolent about it, but Father Gavisk
gave him a dime. At that the tramp
acted as if he was deeply offended.
“Do you think I am going to a cheap
restaurant?” he asked.
“I guess you don’t want that dime;
so give it back,” answered the priest.
The tramp replied with a string of
oaths that he wouldn’t give up the
money, whereupon Father Gavisk
grappled with him. There was a short,
sharp struggle, which the priest won.
He not only recovered the money, but
shoved the man into the street before
he could recover his balance. The
tramp attempted to renew the attack,
but the priest was too clever with his
fists to be injured.
Japs to Have Great Navy.
Victoria, B. C.—Advices have been
received by the steamer Bellerophon
that the Japanese naval department
has decided upon a naval programme
for the improvement of the Japanese
navy, the expansion to cover a period
of eight years. The diet is asked to
vote $135,000,000 for the purpose, of
which $12,000,000 will*be used to re
pair present vessels, among them the
former Russian vessels captured and
raised. Many of the vessels now In
service will be replaced. The pro
gramme of the naval department will
be to have a battleship squadron of
eight vessels, representing the strong
est and newest types, two armored
cruiser squadrons of eight ships each
and three fast cruiser squadrons of
four ships each, representing a pro
gramme of shipbuilding for the next
decade.
Finds Hand Imbedded in Rock.
Pierre, S. D.—Ralph Bagby, a farm
boy living near Okobojo, Sully county,
while working in the Fox Ridge coun
try near Moreau river, found a large
bowlder which was set thickly with
fossil specimens of fish, turtles and
lower orders of life. The specimens
are said by those who have examined
them to have been of the mesozoic
age. Near the center of the bowlder
a perfectly formed human hand was
imbedded in the rock. On the wrist
was a circlet of metal, supposed to be
of copper. Bagby carefully broke out
the specimen, leaving about 25 pounds
of the rock attached, and brought it
to his home. Reliable parties who
have seen the specimen say it is
about the size of a human hand lying
palm up and of perfect formation.
Hongkong Greatest Port.
London. — New statistics show
Hongkong to be the foremost port of
the world as regards import and ex
port tonnage, wiih 19,042,889 tons.
Next come London with 18,639,159,
and after this are placed respectively
New York, Hamburg, Liverpool and
Rotterdam.
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Interesting Relic of Slavery
Days in New England.
Slave Quarters of Old Royall House, Medford, Mass.
Tlie famous old Royall house In Medford, one of the few mansion houses
of colonial days left intact, has attached to it a relic of slavery days in Neu
England, viz., the building that was used to shelter the slaves of Col. Isaac
Royall. It stands to the left and slightly to the rear of the mansion.
The original structure was of brick and wood, 20 feet in width, length
unknown, one story in height. The west wall only was of brick. It was
used probably as a cook house and doubtless was In existence in 1722.
As many as 27 slaves were housed there at one time, they hating beet
brought from the West Indies by Col. Royall when he came to reside in the
mansion in 1737.
THE AMERICAN “ NOBILITY.”
WILL SOON BE CATALOGUED BY
A BRITISH EXPERT.
Son of Compiler of “Burke’s Peerage”
Finds That Real Name of Our
President Is “Van
Roosevelt.”
London.—“Prominent Families of
the United States of America,'' is the
title of a book soon to be published
by Arthur Meredith Burke, son of the
late Sir Bernard Burke, compiler of
“Burke's Peerage,’’ and ether works
on the ancestry of Great Britain’s un
titled land owners.
Armorial bearings in plenty are to
appear in the book, the title page of
which will bear the coat of arms of
Washington.
One of the specimen pages is de
voted to the history of the Roosevelt
family, and its coat of arms. The
earliest recorded ancestor of the pres
ident, Claes Martenzen Van Rosen
velt, emigrated from Zealand in Hol
land to the New Netherlands in 1649. |
The progency of this man is shown to \
have figured prominently in the mili- ;
tary and civil history of New York,
culminating in the particularly strenu
ous and brilliant career of Theodore, j
The facts for the Roosevelt history i
were furnished to Mr. Burke by Mrs. '
Roosevelt after considerable corre- I
spondence.
“I cannot yet say,” said Mr. Burke, I
“how many families will be represent
ed in my compilation, but it will be the
most complete and authoritative work
on American genealogy ever attempt
ed. It will be published in a few
months, and no family will be admitted
except on its merits. Leading Ameri
cans have been engaged for several
years in tracing their lineage, and the
results of their investigation have been
submitted to me for verification. It
has been an infinitely difficult and la
borious task, but very fascinating.
When my grandfather started “Burge's
Peerage” he had complete official rec
ords to go on. I must search out the
necessary facts in parish and other
local records of nonconformist associa
tions, in family paiArs and scattered
collections of manuscripts in Grea'
Britain, Ireland and America.
“The facts show that when English
men and other Europeans sneer at the
efforts of Americans to establish pedi
grees they display not only discourtesj
but ignorance. The lineages of the
leading American families bring to the
investigator extraordinary men ane
women at every turn, and prove thai
these families are proud and jealous o:
their virtues and deeds, and are care
ful not to marry beneath their level
The persistence of lines of distinctioi
can be discerned right through the so
cial history of America.
“While the Americans who are trac
ing out and authenticating their an
cestry are not actuated primarily by a
desire to create an American aristo
cratic class, they are in reality defining
what the world is bound to recognize
as an American aristocracy.”
SENTENCES BOY TO BE SPANKEC
Justice Decrees Whipping in Public
by Father as Penalty.
Fond du Lac, Wis.—A spanking ad
ministered by his father in public
court is the sentence pronounced or,
Guy Higgins, a 15-year-old boy, by
Justice of the Peace D. F. Blewett
The boy attended a baseball game and
he, with other boys, threw grass and
sticjcs at the visiting players. Aftei
the game was over and the visiting
team had boarded a street car he
threw a stone through the window ol
the car at one of the men.
Mayor T. L. Doyle and his little
daughter were on the car and 1he mis
site just missed them and struck one
of the players on the arm, cutting it
The mayor jumped off and arrested
him.
The mayor appeared against the boy
oil a charge of disorderly conduct
Justice Blewett found him guilty, but
said he would suspend sentence if the
boy s father would administer a good,
old-fashioned spanking.
The boy thought he would earn
money enough to pay his fine, but his
parents thought differently.
THE COAL OUTPUT INCREASES
Big Increase of Product in 1905 Shown
by Government Report.
Washington.—The geological survey
has made public statistics on the pro
duction of coal'in the United States in
1905. From these it appears that both
in quantity and value the production
surpassed all previous records in this
country. The output amounted to
392,919,341 short tons, which had a
value at the mines of $476,756,963.
Compared with 1904 the output in
1905 exhibits an increase of 41,102,943
short tons, or 11.7 per cent. In quantity
and of $32,385,942, or 7.3 per cent, in
value.
Of the total production of 1905, 69,
339,152 long tons, equivalent to 77,
699,850 short tons, were Pennsylvania
anthracite, with a value at the mines
of $141,879,000. The total production
of bituminous coal and lignite was
315,259,491 short tons, valued at $334,
877,963. The production of anthracite
coal in Pennsylvania for 1905 was 4,
020,662 long tons, or 4,503,151 short
tons, more than that of 1904, while
the increase in the production of bi
tuminous coal and lignite was 36,599,
882 short tons. >
A portion of these increases in both
anthracite and bituminous productions
was due to the efforts of operating
companies to provide a supply of fuel
in anticipation of a strike in April
1906.
The total production of this country
last year was nearly 50 per cent
larger than that of Great Britain,
■which until 1899 was the leading coal
producing country of the world.
The total value of the stone pro
duced in the United States during
1905, according to a forthcoming re
port, was $63,798,748. The correspond
ing value for 1904 was $58,765,715.
The increase was caused by more
activity in the building trades.
The production of coke in the Unit
ed States during 1905 surpassed all
previous records in the history ol
cokemaking in this country. The total
output of coke in the United States
last year amounted to 32,231,129 short
tons, against 23,661,166 short tons in
1904.
The Proportions.
“Sir!" cried the grocer indignantly
“do you mean to accuse me of putting
chicory into my coffee?”
“Not at all,” replied the customer
coolly. “I always give you credit foi
putting some coffee into the chicory.”
A Dog Journeys 500 Miles.
kAnimal Travels from Nebraska to Old
Home in Iowa.
Des Moines, la.—Thin and gaunt, and
with no other instinct to guide him
save the memory of a warm kennel,
good food and an occasional caress, a
little Scotch collie dog sold to a man
at Valentine, Neb., by D. Weeks, of
this city, returned 500 miles to its for
mer master in Des Moines. So wabbly
and weak was tfie dog that had it not
been for a glad light of recognition
that sprang into his eyes as his for
mer master opened the door, he might
have been driven from the premises.
Just how long the dog was making
the distance has not yet been ascer
tained, but with unerring instinct he
made his way over hill and prairie,
through timber and across rivers, final
ly arriving in Des Moines, where he
was given a hearty welcome, a warm
kennel and a hot bowl of milk for a
starter.
Five weeks before a man from Val
entine, Xeb., saw the collie, bought
him and took It back with him to Val
entine. ' ■
After the collie left his new bccw
he was seen at Fremont, Neb. when
some boys threw stones at him whilt
he was stealing a meal from a bacl
door. This was the report untfl ht
appeared in Des Moines.
Mr. Weeks was awakened by a slight
scratching at the front door. On open
ing it he saw a shaggy, thin, dirt}
little collie, and from his actions a
first judged he was mad. He soot
recognized his former pet, however
and declares he would not now par
with the animal for twice its value.
Japan Prohibits Tobacco.
Washington.—The postal admlnis
tration of Japan has advised this gov
ernment that packages containing to
bacco destined for any country beyond
Japan are prohibited from passing
over t he territory of Japan even i;
sent by parcels post
