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Lincoln Letter Current Gossip from the STATE CAPITAL Legislative and Otherwise The thirtieth session of the Nebras ka legislature has practically gone into history, as at this .writing the hour of final adjournment is near .at hand, TJie last day was spent in listening to the reports of conference committees and a general jollification and goodbye ser vice which began and ended as the mood of any certain member dictated. K great many of the members of both houses left Thursday evening, but a quorum was present all day Friday and faithfully voted on the conference committee reports, and toward evening It was only a waiting game—waiting for the enrolling clerks to get bills en rolled. Late In the evening it became apparent the enrolling clerks could not finish their work before morning, and as there was no business to transact lentil ■‘their labors' were completed, both houses took a recess until Satur day morning. Friday was spent most ly on the appropriation bills and the conference committee reports which were adopted cut out the $20,000 ap propriation for the new orthopedic hos pital at Lincoln, cut out the salary for a chief clerk in the office of the labor commissioner and added and sub tracted some minor amounts, leaving a grand total of ^11 appropriations against the general fund of $3,589,217, not counting the 1 mill levy for the university. This amount caps the ap propriations of past legislatures, but members of the finance committee of both houses justify the increase by the increased needs of the state. The 1 mill levy -for the university, of which $100,000 goes to the state farm for new buildings, will add not less than $C17,G13 to the amount the tax payers will have to contribute during the ftext two years, providing, of course. Governor Sheldon doe? not get busy with his pruning knife, which it is freely predicted he will do. The total of all appropriations two years ago, including the university appropri ation, amounted to $3,621,G04.05, add ing the estimated amount which will go to the university will make the in crease this biennium approximately $lil7.613. The Lancaster delegation made a hard fight to save the new building for the orthopedic hospital, but the legislature could not see the need of it just at tlifs time.' A feature of the legislature in its closing hours was the presentation by the members of the senate to Lieuten ant Governor Hopewell of a beautiful gold-headed cane. In accepting the same he said: “I shall not endeavor to express my feelings at this time, because I could not if 1 should try. I can only sav I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart, not for the cane, but for the sentiments that the speaker has expressed in present ing it. This session has been very pleasant. We have made many ac quaintances and friends that we will remember as long as we live. I think I can say this is a memorable body, a good deal above the average, if we take the word of those who have been acquainted with legislatures for years past. I believe this is the finest body of men 1 have come in contact with. There inay be a better body some where. but if so I have never seen nor heard of it.” The state university won $50,000 from the Nebraska legislature in the closing hours. However, this will ar ford little relief, according to the re port of the university authorities. The conference agreement commands that $100,000 be diverted from the 1 mill levy proceeds and be expended on the state farm. In return the general fund of the state is to furnish $50,000 to be expended as the regents direct. This sum is insufficient, it is stated, to make any progress on the civil* engi neering building so badly needed by the university. On the other hand, it Is feared that the expenditures at the state farm will necessitate the use of the $50,000 for the maintenance of the university proper. House roll 269 was indefinitely post poned in committee of the whole. The bill sought to penalize teachers vhen they broke their contracts. Senator King opposed the bill. He declared that the school teachers of the state were honorable and honest. They deserved the utmost consideration. If they damaged a school board, there was an action at law. Don C. Despain, clerk in the labor bureau and letter writer of much re nown, has been worsted in his cam paign for the perpetuation of his pay check. The conference committee on the general salaries bill eliminated his salary of $1,200 a year from the list of perquisites. In the nct.sc ‘***,r?senta‘ tive McMullen had the item struck out, alleging that Despain returned no service therefor. A romance was one of the features of the closing day of the senate. It leaked out that Senator H. B. Glover, one of the bachelor members of the senate, and Mias Cordelia Johnson of Lincoln were to be married in the evening. Their UQuaiat&Bce. began at one of the receptions held by Governor Sheldon. They met frequently at the same function and were together much of the time during the session. The nuptials were tipped off and Senator Glover was the Bubject of consider able “joshing.” Passage of the Gibson anti-brewer bill was stubbornly fought, not only by members of the house from Doug las county, but by a powerful, lobby, but the sentiment always favored the bill, and there had never been a ques tiontion of its final approval by the legislature. The final, vote was 67 for the bill and 21 against it.' After Gibsop introduced the measure such a protest came up from South Omaha that he never pushed it, but it was forced ahead by friends in both houses •tad reap'ly went through. The conference committee report on the pure food bill was adopted by the house and senate, making the bill(,uite as stringent as when it left the senate. The committee was at. work over the measure a good portion of a whole day and the reports were submitted in each house just' before adjournment, being accepted without discussion Many of the provisions objected to by the druggists were placed in effect, but the provision which the jobbers object ed to with regard to labels on canned goods were changed to meet their re quirements in a business way. In brief, the conference committee cut out the provision *fdr'metft inspection antTieft this to state inspectors. The provision that packages must bear the net weight and measure of their contents was put back in the bill, as was also the provision that packages must bear the Ingredients stamped on the outside under certain conditions. The dairy provisions of the bill were little changed as they were altered by the house, with the exception that instead of leaving the dairy commissioner to decide upon the proper test, the Bab The Gibson bill to prohibit brew eries from engaging in the saloon bus iness passed the house. Its passage was foreshadowed by the indorsement it received. Introduced by its author for the alleged purpose of revenge and, according to common report In the legislature, disowned and disapproved, by him the bill was taken up by others and pushed with a vigor such as that given terminal taxation and some of the other big bills of the session. One feature of the bill which was approved of by many who voted against It is that which forbids breweries or their agents to own or aid in securing li quor licenses. The other feature which was denounced by a number who voted for it is the provision pro hibiting breweries or their agents from renting property for saloon purposes. The Hamer bill amending a bill which passed both houses early in the session and became a law, was passed by the senate after an ineffective fight to kill it by Epperson of Clay.( The legislature passed ft. R. 31 early In the session, taking away from cities, villages and precincts the power to vote bonds in aid of railroads. Until after it became a law very few per sons knew the importance of it. At the request of members from the northwestern part of the state, an other bill correcting the “joker” was introduced, the new bill allowing bonds to be voted for steam railroads only. Senator Epperson, who backed the first bill, fought the second one. but was unable. tQ kill it. Redmond of Nemaha got through a resolution in the house to clear the title to eight acres of land belonging to T. j. Majors, by allowing the col onel to sue the state. When the state bought sixty acres of laud for the State Normal school-at Peru It was in two tracts. By a mistake the eight-acre tract was not properly described and instead of getting what the state bought the deed reads eight acres be longing to Colonel Majors. However, the state has been using what it bought for forty years and the reso lution is only for the purpose of al lowing Colonel Majors to get his title cleared up. Senators Ashton and Aldrich fought a two hours’ oratorical battle in re gard to the Milford and Grand Island homes for old soldiers. Ashton won his fight. He pulled house roll No. 491 through, this measure apropriat ing $25,000 in state funds for a build ing at Grand Island. Milford was al lowed $15,000 and then Grand Island came in for $9,000 for repairs. Through the provisions of a bill which was passed in the house, and which had already passed in the sen ate, the sheriff of Douglas county will receive a salary of $4,000 a year after January 1, 1908. Until that time he will draw his present salary and will receive 39 cents a day for feeding prisoners. After that date the feeding of county prisoners will be done by contract. .< House roll No. 328, to allow bonds to b^ voted for railroads, slipped through the senate by a vote of 25 to 7. Hamer introduced the bill in the house. Senators Hanna and Phillips worked for the bill, claiming the North Platte country needed railroads. The legislature has repealed a similar law at the present session. The bill restores the statute as far as “steam 'railroads” are concerned. Senator Randall made a fight to in crease the $1,250 appropriation for a monument to General Thayer to $5, 000. He declared the larger amount would be necessary to erect a shaft suitable to commemorate the memory of one of Nebraska’s leading citizens. His amendment was voted down. The governor signed S. F. No. 76, by Seantor Gibson, a bill to eliminate brewers from active or indirect partic ipation in the retail liquor business. ■Delegation after delegation of brew ers called on Governor Sheldon, but. despite their protests, he signed the bill. Both senate and the house adopted the report of the conference commit tee on amendments to the pure food bill without serious opjiositlon, the ex pected fight not materializing. The conference committee amended sec tion 8, over which the big fight oc curred, to make it practically the- same as it was when the bill left the sen ate. It requires the E-Ames of ingre dients, but not the quantities, to be placed on bottles,- and requires the quantity to be placed cn all bottled li quor except that used for medical pur poses. cock test was prescribed. The pro vision with regard to stamping pack ages with weight and measure was ex cepted in the case of persons in the canning business or jobbers putting up private brands The state board of Irrigation, as ap pointed by the governor, met and re elected Adna Dobson, secretary and H. Smith of Lexington and P. T. Fran cis, division secretaries. The office force will remain the same, George Bates, assistant^ and Miss Gilmore, stenographer. PRESIDENT OF WATERWAYS COMMISSION. The development of a comprehensive system of rivers and canals in the United States is the object of the inland water ways commission which is to be created by President Roosevelt. The president announces that he is actuated solely by broad considerations of national policy and that the rail roads have shown that they are no longer capable of moving the crops and manufactures fast enough to secure prompt transaction of the business of the country and that the only complete remedy for the present car shortage, high rates and like difficulties is a complementary system of transportation by water. Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee in the last congress, is to be made chairman of the new commission. REFUSED TO BE CAST DOWN. Old Jason Crabtree Proved Himself Real Philosopher. "Old Jason Crabtree is a great philosopher." drawled the chronic loaf er on the empty herring keg. “In what way?" asked the drummer. “Wal, when the flood came and reached up to the 'second-storv win dows he said it was a good thing, be cause the windows needed washing anyway.” “Pretty good." “Then when the earthquake shook the foundations of the house he said the shock was a great benefit because it showed the weak spots that needed repairing." "Very philosophical, indeed. But what did he say when the cyclone took the roof off his house?" “Oh, he was tickled to death. He said he had always been an advocate of sleeping in the open air and now he had the opportunity of testing its health-giving qualities.” “Drunk” in French. The French have some interesting similes of their own corresponding to our "drunk as a lord” or "drunk as a wheelbarrow.” The most generally rec ognized one in the case of "ivi-e,” the less extreme and less vulgar word for "drunk.” is "ivre coninie tine soupe"— "soupe" meaning the piece of bread THE MUSIC OF THIS COUNTRY. Philadelphia Prints Much of All That Is Published. Philadelphia prints more than one quarter of all the music published in the United States, and the total' amount of it is six times as great a£ it was 15 years ago. But while Europe shows no such increase as that, this country’s total output is still less thaD half of that of Leipsic, Germany, and less than that of several other Eu ropean cities. In Philadelphia the amount of instrumental music printed used to exceed that of vocal music This was due, it is said, to the cheap ening of pianos in recent years and the popularity of banjo and guitar mu sic. Now, however, the banjo, at least, has lost some of its popularity, and the gain in vocal music—until it is about equal to the instrumental in quantity—is attributed to the current prevalence of musical comedies. In vocal music the comic and the senti mental keep about even. The gain in religious music has not been so great as that in other lines. Oddities in Language. Mrs. Hwfa Williams, the best dress ed woman, according to the king, in London, was talking at a dinner party about the odd name Hwfa. "Hwfa." said she, "is a very old and honorable Welsh name, like your THE TAKIN. Link between the ox and the antelope, found in the Eastern Himalayas. eaten with soup as well as the soup itself, and a "bouillon” soaked piece of bread offering a natural simile for saturation. When the less delicate "soul” is used instead of “ivre,” the Frenchman may speak of being as drunk as an ass, a cow, a Swiss, or a thrush. The allusion in the last case is to the fondness of thrushes for grapes, which are said at vintage time to make them unsteady in their flight. Demand Recreation. One idea in the mind of girls of to day is that parents should not inter fere with their goings and comings. Why it has come about is somewhat of a question, for there is really no less obligation on the part of parents to know a daughter's associates and the places she goes to than there was on mothers concerning them selves a generation ago. A perfectly natural fact is that normal young people crave amusement, and if this is not provided at home it will as suredly be sought elsewhere. This is true of the girl who has nothing to do, as well as for her friend who has to work all day. and both will turn to recreation away from home if none is to -be found there. Good Salesman. Shopman (recommending necktie of an atrocious pattern)—But wouldn’t you like one like that? I’m selling a lot of them this year. Sarcastic Youth—Indeed! How very clever of you.—Chums. He Couldn’t Tell. “Did I get your fare?’’ demanded the conductor, gruffly. “I gave it to you,” replied the pas senger meekly; “but I don’t know whether you or the company got it”— Harper's Weekly. name of Stuyvesant or Biddley. You pronounce it Hoo-fa. You know in Welsh w takes the place of u. Odd isn’t it? No odder than the English language, though. A Frenchman and an Englishman were discussing a young lady. “ ‘But, ees she fair?' said the Frenchman. “ She is pretty fair,' the othef answered. ‘‘‘I mean, ees she pretty?’ “ ‘Fairly pretty.’ ” Sarcasm. “Shorry I’m sho late, m'dear,” began Dingle, apologetically, ‘but shomc fresh jokers stopped me an' wouldn’t lemme go—” “Indeed?’^ interrupted his wife “Why didn’t you take the brick out o:’ your hat and hit them with it?"—Th< Catholic Standard and Times. Awkward Politeness. Caller—So sorry to hear of your mo tor accident. Enthusiastic Motorist—Oh, thanks* it's nothing. Expect to live througt many more. Caller—Oh, but I trust not. New Occupation for Women. Quite the newest thing in the way of an occupation for women is puttint cane seats in chairs. A Boston worn an has chosen this unique way o. earning money, and is making a de cided success of it. She has securec ‘ a clientele among well-known fam ilies, and every patron she serve: brings several others, so that hei “chair hospital,” as' she calls hei workshop, is seldom without a forge number of patients. She averages 6C or 70 cents on each chair, and can cane five or six a daj. STAIR-CLIMBING AN ART. Grace and Muscle Result From Do ing It Properly. All the beauties of olden days were painted upon the stairs. They fully inderstood the artistic value of a graceful pose upon a handsome stair case. If a woman knows how to go up stairs gracefully she borrows height and dignity ar,l shows off a hand some gown advantageously. Stair pictures have been very much the vogue in the East the last season. Many society women have posed in this fashion and made love ly pictures. Pose and gown are the essentials. Many women go up stairs awk wardly and ungracefully. They think chiefly of the climb, and not of IMw they look. The figure should not be rigid, but the shoulders should be held erect. One should keep tho shoulders well back in descending and the head well tup. From the standpoint of physical cul ture there is nothing quite the equal of stair climbing. It strengthens the heart; makes the liver active and lim bers up the muscles. It is the most graceful of all exercises. Most women take pains to do as lit tle of it as possible. The physical culture rule is to climb with the knees without making use of the muscles of the back. But this la very difficult. The knees grow very tired. There is a distinct art in throw ing one’s self forward until one goes up naturally and easily. But one must not double up nor bend the shoulders. Most women puff when going up stairs. But thi* is a sign of a weak pair of lungs. Others groan and grunt, but this means tender muscles and a weak heart. The woman who arrives at the head of the stairs dizzy and panting is in bad need of a course in physical culture. And the woman who cannot climb at all is in a sad condi tion physically. She should begin at the very lowest rounds of the gym nasium ladder. It is worth any woman's while to learn to go up stairs easily and grace fully^,... __ Sikh Burial Rites Observed. A strange religious ceremony was observed last week just outside the city of Nelson in British Columbia, when the body of Sunder Singh, ex sergeant in a Burmese regiment, was burned on a funeral pyre according to the rites of the Sikh religion, which somewhat * resembles Rrahminism. Every Sikh corpse must be disposed of by lire and water. Sunder Singh was one of a party of 20 Sikhs, most of them also ex-soldiers of the Indian empire, who were employed in con struction work by the Canadian Paci fic railroad. Me was killed on the track, liis body was carefully pre pared for the pyre and the other Sikhs went through their religious ceremo nies while it was being consumed, letter some of the bones were gath ered up todbe sent to Amritsar, India, to the wftjjfc and father of the dead man. TheT^maining bones were then taken down to the riverside and flung into the water with more religious rites.—Springfield (Mass.) Republi can. How Flowers Were Named. It is interesting to know how certain flowers got their names. Many were named after individuals. For instance fuchsias were so called because the\ were discovered by Leonard Fuchs Dahlias were named for Andrew Dahl who brought them from Peru. The c^melia was so called for a missionarj named Kamel, who brought some mag nificent specimens of the flower tc France from Japan. He called it the rose of Japan, but his friends changed it to camelia. Magnolias were named in honor of Prof. Magnol De Mont pelier, who first brought the beatitifu trees to France from America and Asia. Because they tremble with the wind is the meaning of anemones. The Latin word to wash is lavare and lav ender received its name because the Romans put the flowers into the water when they washed to perfume theii hands. Insect Processions. Among the curious sights some times witnessed by entomologists are the “processions" formed by the lar vae of a moth inhabiting pine trees in some parts of France. They march in single file, and the leader spins a thread which is added to by its follow ers. A procession^consisting of 114 of these larvae was seen last April in the woods near Areachon. The pro cessions are formed both at night, when the creatures make excursions from their nest to feed on the young leaves, and in the daytime, when they descend to the ground to seek a place in the sand where they may burrow and pass to the pupa stage. A kind of fly was observed attacking the procession above mentioned, to lay its eggs in the marching larvae. Spotting a Headache. “You've got a pretty bad headache, sir, haven’t you?” asked the barber^ giving a dry shampoo. “That's just what’s bothering me,’’ replied the man in the chair. “But how did you know?”* “Tell it by my wrists and hands," explained the barber. “You and I are what they'd call magnetic mediums. And the electricity in my fingers takes the pain out of your head. But I get it. That’s why I know. My hands are aching now. 1 don’t often strike a customer like you, however, or I’d have to go out of business. I’ll bet my arms ache for a half-hour after you’re gone.” Poor Fellow. “My husband,” said Mrs. Gadabout, “is so careless about his clothes. His buttons are forever coming off." “Perhaps,” suggested Mrs. Knox; “they’re not sewed on very well in the .first place.” “That's just it. He’s very slipshod about his sewing.” — The Catholic Standard and Times. “Frighted by Fa'ee Fire.” “I’m afraid to take >-mcing lessons, for ’tis such o.ihaustiir/ exercise.” “Not a bit of ft. VVh-7. told you so?” “Maizie is taVf-ug them, and she al ways is talking ttbout how she feints so often while she's practicing.” ART OF BUSHMEN. REMARKABLE DRAWINGS FOUND ON ROCKS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Among a People Very Low in the Scale of Civilization Are Found • Evidences of Artistic Ability. It would be harder to find an Af rican tribe lower in the scale of civil ization I ban the dwarfed bushmen of the sSuthern part of the dark conti nent, and yet evidences of an artistic sense and ability have been found among them which are most astonish ing. and justifies modern anthropology in its claim that even in apparently primitive tribes there exists a culture not necessarily inferior to our own .though differing from it. The con ditions under which the bushmen live are almost bestial, and yet they have cohered the smooth cliffs and the walls of their caves with paintings and etchings which far surpass in aitistic excellence the work of any ether race of so primitive character, and which will remain as monuments to this remarkable people long after its last member shall have per ished. These pictures are of two kinds— tme paintings made with ochres and very similar engraved drawings made by striking the smooth rock wall with a sharp flint. The artist, it is as serted, simply holds the stone in his fist and so makes one mark after an other. To produce such results by such a method requires marvelous steadiness of hand. The finest gems of bushmen paint ing are represented by accurate cop ies in the possession of Miss Lucy C. Lloyd, the sister-in-law of the late Dr. Bleek. whose studies of the bush men are celebrated. There is an os trich-stalking scone, which appears to represent the highest possible achieve ment of primitive art. The five os triches arc depicted with astonishing correctness of drawing and fidelity to nature in a style resembling-that of the greatest of .Japanese artists. The birds are varied in coloring anti atti tude, hut all turn their heads in cu riosity toward the strange fowl at tlie right, which the arm and bow proclaim to he a bushman disguised as an ostrich. Equally realistic are the elands in another painting, though the lions shown in pursuit of them are very in ferior. A large and very remarkable paint ing represents Kaffirs attacking bush men cattle raiders. The Kaffirs ar» tall and black, and they carry spears and shields, while the small. light colored bushmen are armed with bows and arrows. Such are the artistic productions of a race which many persons are tempt ed to regard rather as a connecting link with the anthropoid apes than a true representative of the genus homo. And certainly the conditions under which these people live would not lead one to expect to find such artistic sense and skill. With no knowl edge of weaving or pottery, and littla of iron, this impoverished race leads a wretched existence on the barren steppes to which it has been forced South African Animals in Bushman Rock Pictures. to retreat. Often the only means of obtaining water is to drive a reed into the ground, suck the sparse moisture from the subsoil, and spew it into the shell of an ostrich’s egg. This task, which generally falls to the women, is extremely fatiguing, and makes the lips very sore. These pygmies are almost destitute of anything that can be called prop erty. Their ohly weapons are diminu tive bows and poisoned arrows. A fur apron and pouch and two bils of wood for making fire by friction about complete the list of a bushman's pos sessions. Iron is obtained from the north, but only in so small quanti ties that only a few tribes are able to tip their arrows with trianguiar bits of thin sheet iron. Most of the arrow heads are of bone or wood. In general the tools used for skinning and cutting up game, etc., are made of chipped flints, which in many cases are used once and then thrown away, because they are too heavy to carry on the long journeys of these no mads. ARE CRACK SHOTS. MEN OF NAVY HAVE TARGET PRACTICE IN CUBA. On the Extensive Ranges at Guanta namo They Become Proficient in the Use of Small Arms. A navy is as strong as its gunners are proficient in marksmanship and for this reason navy discipline is in creasingly emphasizing the import ance of target practice. The ships of the American navy will soon enter up on the annual target practice with the big gun and each boat will seek to make the highest score. But it may not he known that the enlisted man of the navy is as carefully drilled in the use of small arms as in the handling of the big guns. The ships of the At lantic squadron have just completed their small arms practice on the ex tensive target ranges at the navy sta tion at Guantanamo. Cuba. This year the small arms target practice has been of unusual interest to the en listed men. both bluejackets and ma riaes. They have been firing with the small arms and the pistol, and the competition has been keen. The ship's crew making the best showing win receive one of two new cups, large sil ver emblems, which have just been adopted by the bureau of navigation as annual trophies for superiority on the target range with the small arms. The target range at Guantanamo has been greatly improved in the last year. A shelter house has been built there for the men, and it is proposed to build a similar structure for the use of the officers. Telephones have been in stalled, together with the telegraph. The navy department possesses un surpassed facilities for conducting tar get practice for boat guns, small arms, and three-inch field pieces at the naval station at - Guantanamo, regarding vrhich establishment navy officers who have visited the place express them selves with much enthusiasm.. The ranges extend from the south shore of Granadilla bay to near the army boundary line in the Cuzco hills. The boat gun ranges consist of regu lation targets on rafts moored on the edge of the mangroves on the south shores of Granadilla and Guantanamo bays, in sufficient depth of tvater for a steam launch to go alongside, and lo cated so as not to interfere with one another or with any firing that may be going on at ranges on shore, or witM traffic in the bay; buoys, properly marked, are placed at 400 and 800 yards. There sre now four suoh tar gets in place, and this number has been found sufficient for the fleet this year. There is room for as many more as may be desired. The artillery range has two targets, at 1,000 and 1,200 yards, respectively, located at the foot of the Cuzco hills, and so placed as not to interfere with firing elsewhere on any other range, trails have been cut for communica tion from firing points to targets and marked by signboards. Pits for mark ers will probably be constructed. The landing for this range is placed so as j to be most quickly reached from the ships. The endeavor in laying out the riiie and pistol ranges was to take the fullest advantage of the natur al features of the land to meet the present and future needs of the serv ice, to make it safe to fire at all ranges simultaneously and without interfei ence This has been done successfully, the intervening hill between the two ranges making it safe to fire at aUl distances on one range without danger or interference with the other. mere are, tnererore, two principal ranges, located ia two adjacent \al leys; the first range of two butts, a 600-yard, with 15 "B” targets placed at the standard distance of 15 feet be tween centers, and a. 1,000-yard butt, with five “C” targets placed at the standard distance of 22 feet between centers. It is believed that these two butts, or these ranges, will accommo date all the men who will qualify in the service for these higher ranges for years to come and for practicing for team matches. The second range con siste of two butts, with a single tiring line, arranged in echelon, one butt with 110 "A” targets, 200 yards from the firing line, the other 200 yards from the firing line, with CO “A” tar gets. the firing line being interrupted between the two butts by a hummock whose position tas been taken advant age of to cut a trench from firing line to butts for communication, a matter of great importance, especially where the markers are inexperienced and hav^ to be changed frequently. Both the 110 and 60 butts were located pri marily, as stated, fgor firing at 200 and 300 yards, but each of these butts is available for about half its length for ranges up to 1,000 yards by dropping back. HER FATAL OBJECTION. “This is so sudden!” As he heard the girl speak these words the astonished young man rose to his feet in bewilderment. “Sudden!” he repeated. “Did I hear aright? More than two years ago, I believe it was, since I first met you. For several months after that I only saw you occasionally; then grad ually, very gradually, I increased my visits. It took six months to get on a formal calling basis; it took six months more to be a regular visitor; six months more to call you by your Christian name; and it is only during the last few months that I have ven tured, with many misgivings, even to hold your hand. And now, after all this gradual development of my love, you tell me that my declaration is so sudden. Do you call this sudden?” “I do, indeed.” she replied, calmly. “But for what reason?” The young lady replied, with some degree of hauteur: “Simply this. I hardly imagined you would dare to speak to me like this for another two years at least considing your present salary.” A SOG OF SPRIG. Sprig is cobig I dow; Balby breezes tell be so; Sood the buds will gladly swell. Ad the birds their love will tell Where the bradches gedtly sway— Berry sprig is od. the way. - Dowd the furrows od the hills «ud the sparklig little rilte That bake rivers of the creeks. Ad 1 hear the happy shrieks Of sweet baideds sklppig rope— All the world is full of hope. Boys play barbies dow for keeps. There is rubbish piled id heaps Id the back yards; frob the skies Cobs the old fabillar cries Of the wild geese od their way To sobe far-off dortherd bay. Od the corder lots agaid Baseball stars are being bade; Od the lides the rugs are hug.' Sogs of sprig are beig sug; Ah, by dose, ’tis cribeod-hued !— Yes, I took theb oT too sood. —Chicago Record-Herald. In the ordinary English barber shop a hair-cut costs six cents and a ahave four.