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A few yearn after gold was discov
ered in Mrotnnn, I foiind myself for
tho second time In my life In the vi
cinity of the Prickly Pear Canyon,
through which ntt passes the North
ern Pacific railroad.
There was not a cabin within one
hundred miles excepting n ranch whore
I remained for two weeks, in the early
days this was built by a squaw man,
who, at the time of Ire Fur Company
which hnd several posts on the Mis
souri, was quite a power In that coun
try. He was a sinister old man, and
was liked by no one, though his un
popularity did not last long, as ho was
killed by an Indian boy but, to come
back to my story, tho present owner
of tho ranch and 1 were tnlklni; of
some of our hunting experiences. The
conversation had turned to mountain
lions, aa lately there were many In
the vicinity.
The ranchman, a few days previous,
had lost n valuable colt, it being killed
by one of these prowling creatures.
The colt hud been drinking at n stream
not over live hundred yards from the
ranch, when a powerful lion sprang
from an overhanging tree upon the
little animal's back. The old mare
was feeding only n short distance from
the colt nt the time, and, hearing Its
cry of distress, rushed forward and
attacked the panther with such fury
that the latter was compelled to sneak
off and leave Its prey, bill not until tho
poor colt's neck had been broken,
causing It to dlo Instantly.
Early In the spring of that year this
fame ranchman, wh) was a hardy fron
tiersman, had been out for two days
hunting up somo cattle which had
strayed off during a windstorm. Tho
fellow was Just coming homo, and saw
his wife and Httlo alx-year-old girl
down by the old cabin, then used for
cow-shed. The mother was milking
a cow cIoeo to a haycock by the barn,
and tho child was playing near her. It
was a murky morning; the mist had
not yet cleared away.
Tho father, after 'turning his horse
loose, was Just In the act bf throwing
away somo water from the basin In
which ho had been washing, when he
casually looked inthe direction of tho
old cabin; and, to his horror and con
sternation, he saw a pair of panthers
looking down as they crouched In the
haycock and were preparing to spring
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THE BALL FROM THE HUNTER'S REVOLVER CRASHED THROUGH ITS
BRAIN.
upon the unsuspecting mother and
child. Thoro was not a minute to be
lost; ho must act at once, of it would
bo too late. Quick as thought and with
tho nervo and alertness only an old
frontiersman can show, ho grabbed his
Winchester, which was standing
against tho door, and, fearing tho
larger of tho two beasts, which was
In advance, would spring beforo ho
could shoot, took a quick aim, without
raising his rlllo to his shoulder, und
fired. Tho panther was In tho very act
of springing, and as tho ball hit him
ho fell In a heap at tho mother's (feet.
Tho cow started off In a mad run, kick
ing over the pall In Its rapid flight.
Tho wlfo and child wero speechless
with fright, and stood trembling with
fear. Tho dead panther's mate skulked
off, but not uutll It had a ball In ..Its
hide.
After reassuring his wife there was
no more danger tho ranchman statcd
in pursuit of tho wounded panther,
which was limping nnd making slow
progress toward tho forest on the
mountnln side. After a short chaso'the
hunter overtook tho beast and, killed
her by firing two moro Bhots from his
rifle. This narrntlvo mado me nftor
ward keep my eyes open nnd on tho
lookout, should I happen to run across
nny mountain lions during my sojourn
In this region-
A few days after our conversation I
was in a small party hunting' for' an
telope, which, the ranchman said, al
though thoy had been -very plentiful,
were now becoming scarce In tho neigh
borhood. We hajd sen a; small hcrfl-ofi
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these pretty creatures, but they wcro
very shy, and to approach within shoot
ing distance It required great caution
on our part.
Wo all rode horses nna had splendid
mounts, not knowing what moment we
might fall In with some of Sitting
Hull's wnrrlors. and it depended more
on fnst horses than urms. We kept
together as much as possible, but be
came separated In chasing tho game.
Not that we followed them on horse
back, for we had picketed our horses,
and were "still" hunting. Each man
for himself tried to approach tho game
by stealth.
It was an exceedingly hot day, and
the heat from the prairie was rising In
what appeared to bo tremulous waves
above the bunch-grass and soap-weed,
making objects In the distance of a
thousand yards look as If they were
trembling In tho glow of a lire. I wns
crawling toward a group of half a
dozen antelope and dragging my rllle
after mo through the grans. None of
my companions were In sight. The
game wero very restless, and I was
anxious to locate the other hunters, so
as not to stray away from them, for
the pleasure of hunting antelope was
not so great that I wished to take
chances of meeting any Indian single
handed. Therefore 1 decided to risk a
long shot and get away. My gun was
a navy carbine and I could carry a
great distance. Although having a
more modem gun, my carbine wns a
great fuvorito of mine, having used
it more and making some excellent
shots, It very naturally was preferred
by me when hunting game.
The antelope wore about six hundred
yards off, and that seemed to bo as
near as 1 could approach. 1 tried all
sorts of maneuvers to arouse tho cur
iosity of the game, such as flagging and
waving my moccasin feet In tho air by
holding my feet over my head, but all
this seemed to no effect. So I raised
my carbine sight and flrcd at the fore
most one, which was facing mo. At
the report of my rifle they all wheeled
about, and I saw the one nearest mo
had.-bcen hit; his leg was dangling as
It his shoulder wero broken.
Just at that moment I saw some
thing which made me start In. wonder
and surprise and stand gazing after
the retreating game, In the uncertain
light It looked to me as If another an-
telopo had Jumped upon tho ono with
tho broken leg and waB making off with
It, It filled mo with astonishment, and
r was hound to unravel this strange
mystery; bo, qulcirJy running to where
my horse was picketed, I mounted and
galloped nfter to antelope. As I
gained on It I was enabled to solve tho
problem and understand tho strango
scene., A largo panther bad Jumped on
my game, seeing It was disabled,, and
was carrying )t off toward tboTnoun
tnins. Reining in my horse, I dropped
another cartrldgo in my rifle, halted for
a moment and sent a ball nher the ani
mal.. It dropped my game, which I
soon had across my saddle, and made
;a quick run to camp.
When I reached tho spring near
which wo had' picketed ouif- horses I
found only ono'- of my companions had
returned. I told' him of my experience.
He laughed and said,, "Oh, that's a fishy
story!" nut I soon convinced him of
Ita truth by showing tho marks of tho
panther'B teeth' In the neck of tho an'
tolope, which It had broken.
We, Were both, very, hungry, am-.
N .V
knew the others would be when thoy
returned, so started a' fire, and began
cooking. Tho rest of our party camo
In about an hour nfterwnrij,' a'nd 'to our
surprise wo saw ono had n mountain
llon'n skin behind his saddle besides nn
antelope. It seems ho had been hunt
ing north of mo two or three tniles, and
was stalking n small baud of antelope,
nvl lently part of tho bunch I had come
act oss, which had been separated by
'the mountain Hon. Ho had noticed
;. . . .
Bomethlng moving among tne nntclopft.
which they seemed Vj avoid, and nbout
their color, but paid Httlo attention to
It, as ho wan trying to get a shot nt
on of the creatures. They wero very
wild, and this seemed almost Impos
slblo to do, but after several attempts
ho succeeded In shooting a buck, after
which ho took tho shortest route to
camp.
Tho trail followed n was'.-r-H to tho
edge of a Httlo sandstone Muff which
rose from tho pralrlc In irregular forms.
Tho bunch grass grow In patches and In
grent profusion. As he was riding
along the trail something seemed to
move through tho bunch-grass. His
horso snorted a few times, and seemed
uneasy, which, from a sense of caution
more than fear, caused him to draw
his revolver and carry It In readiness
for an emergency, ho being a partic
ularly good pistol shot from the saddle,
nn excellent rldor ami a man of great
experience. In passing along a turn
In tho trail under the edgo of a sand
stone ledge, he was suddenly startled
by hearing the growl of a largo panther,
which was crouching in tho act of
springing upon him. It took but a
second to realize his position. The
horse sprang forward with a bound
which would have thrown many a man
from the saddle, though ho be an ex
cellent horseman. Tho mountain lion
had risen and was Hying through tho'
nlr as the ball from tho hunter's re
volver went crashing through his brain,
and In a second It was writhing In
agony upon the ground like nn enorm
ous cat In Its death agonies. As sho
fell two young panthers ran to the en
trance of the cave where she had her
den.
This was probably the Mime anlmni
which had tried to carry off my ante
lope a few hours before. Tho moun
tain lions, or cougars, are known to bo
very savage and ravenous, and rcqulro
plenty of meat, especially when they
linvc young, and largo quantities of
pralrlc chicken are destroyed by them.
Tho rest of our party, who had re
turned to camp, had only succeeded In
bagging a few Jack rabbits and some
pralrlo chlckenB.
The next morning we went to the
cave and endenvorcd to catch tho cubs,
but all 'to no purpose. They wore evi
dently feeding upon tho skinned car
cass of their mother, but on our ap
proach slunk off Into tho cave.
Murrleil llmlur it Tree.
Dean Swift wiib walking on the Phoe
nix road, Dublin, when a thunderstorm
suddenly came on, and ho took shelter
under a tree where a party wero shel
tering also two young women and two
young men. One of the girls looked
very sad, till as tho rain fell her tenrs
began to flow. Tho dean Inquired the
cause, and learned that It was her wed
ding day. They wero on their way to
church, and now her white clothes were
wet, nnd she could not go. "Never
mind I'll marry you, said thq dean;
nnd he took out his prayer-book and
then and there-, married them', their
witnesses being present; and, to mako
the thing complete, ho tore a loaf from
his pocket-book, and, with his pencil,
wroto and signed a cortlfluato,--whlch
he handed 'tb tho br(do ..Tltd certificate
was worded,1 as follows: "Under a treo
In stormy weather, I married this man
and woman together; let none but illm
who rules the thunder sever this man
nnd woman nsunder. Jonathan Swift,
dean of St. Patrick's."
l'orgnt Their Dignity.
The old gate keeper of Virginia
Springs In speaking recently of the
early days of that resort, told of n din
ner given by Henry Clay to his friends,
The dinner was solemn enough until
almost dawn, when tho cloth was re
moved nnd tho pipes passed around and
a negro fiddler brought In. Then Hen
ry Clay, tho great stntesmnn, and Ru
fus Shoate, tho lawyer, stood up beforo
tho company, nnd whllo Clay danced a
Kentucky breakdown, Choate danced a
Now England plgconwlng.
Quito I'roper.
"How Is this, Rosa; you aro still In
mourning, and yet you menn to go to
tho masked ball?" "What does it
matter? I am going as queen of the
night, nil In black." Kolner Tage
blatt. WHAT WOMEN ARE WEARING
The princess of Saxe-Melnlngen
chose a skirt and capo of a pretty
cloth, Ufihtly checked with powder
blue. Tho skirt was bound with leath
er. The princess of Naples whllo In
England distinguished herself for her
exqulslto toilets. At the Buckingham
state ball sho wore a dress of mauve
satin, with court-train of velvet. Tho
skirt was .embroidered in Bteel and sil
ver. Pretty capes bought by the Princess
do Llgne and other titled' women are
heliotrope Scotch plaids or inndn of
heliotrope 'Scotch- tweed lined with
mauve brocade, and, of reseda tweed
checked with white, with collar rovers
and lining also'of white.
Gowns for tho searun In Scotland
are now being considered abroad and
many valuablo hints may bo gathered
from. the descriptions of drosses chos
en by. Jasrhlonable women. Princess
Victoria of' Wales had ordered a crfpo
of. navyblue tw.ecd, with reversible
lining p'( red, circular In shape, wjtb
strapped seamy and a,;gmnrt hood."
There Heems-an epidemic. of yc(low
and,.one.ofMlie''I.Udso'mpHt gowns of
this color was reveatly worn byho
duches.8 of MarJlforOugh. Pearls, latoal
sequins anjl ,,.tu'rquol6e beads-'jvere
Avrounht ,!' design on tho. skirt. Lady
Lbfidcihderry' wore aVthosanio function
a pale-green brocade, ,whle a"(Frcnch
vltor.wiBtrlkln'g in 'ruby Chin
criievlwUli..ld 'embroideries an a
tiara of rubles and diamonds.
AN ASTRAL ROMANCE.
HEY were, 1 think,
tho happiest couple
It was ever my
good fortune to
m c e t Margaret
nnd Paul Fischer.
T hoy wore so
completely absorb
ed In each other
that they seldom
took tho trouble to
become acquainted
With straiiGera, not feeling the need
of companionship. Hut, as good luck
would have It, they did allow ino to
como to see them, and when 1 had
known them long enough to daro to
speak on personal matters, 1 remnrked
upon the perfect harmony that ex
isted between them. Then Margaret
told mo their story; and this Ib the
romituco as sho gave It to mo:
"I will tell you my side of the story
nnd then Paul can ten you his.
"As you niny havo discovered, I have
dabbled somowhnt In occult mnttcrs.
I have always been a natural musician
and 1 play without difficulty any piece
of music which I may pick up, hl
tbough I have never taken n lesson or
'practiced' one hour during my life
time. When V was n child I had only
one playmate he was a Httlo older
than myself and I was satisfied If I
could hide away somewhere and wait
for him to come. The peculiar pnit of
tho matter was that no one else was
able to see- him, nnd as for myself, I
never knew where ho camo from, nor
did I over seo him until I looked up
suddenly nnd found him bcsldo me.
Another peculiar fnct wns that ho nl
wnys carried an odd Instrument
similar to n harp, and we would sit side
by side for hours, ho playing. I listen
ing entranced, until suddenly tho mu
sic would cense and 1 would look up
to find tho player gone. Then I would
go Into tho house and play tho music
over again on tho piano. This wont on
for years and people considered mo
'queer,' if not quite crazy.
"I never could talk with my play
mate because he used a language
which I could not understand. As I
grew older I drifted away from him.
Other affairs filled my mind and It was
but seldom 1 would havo a vision In
which the snmo form always appeared,
but seeming to grow older oven as I
was.
"I began to study occult sciences
when I was about IS years old. I
attended spiritualists' seances and
finally took up tho study of thcosophy.
Never, however, had I received n so
called 'test.' and any deductions I
made were of necessity founded upon
tho experiences of other people.
"One night, after I had -attended a
meeting, I sat down by tho table at
homo and. Idly picking up a pencil,
started to draw a portrait I who had
rievor In my life been able to draw a
straight line. The picture resulting
represented a ,voung man with dnrk
eyes and hair combed straight back
from a wide, high forhead. The fea
tures wcro delicately molded and the
niouth was partially covered by n
mustache." (Hero she looked admir
ingly at her husband and then resumed
the thrend of her narrative). "He
seemed 23 or 21 yenrs old, and was dc
clCfdly hnndsomc. Underneath tho por
trait' I was Impressed to write: 'This
Is Paul . You will soon seo his
face.' I was told soon afterward thnt
WAS INTRODUCED.
faul Fischer was a spirit and was tho
Bomo Httlo boy with whom I had been
acquainted in my childhood. I wns
told also mat ho was born in Alsace
Lorraine, and had never been outside
of his own country. V treasured tho
portrait I hnd obtained, It had a great
fasclnntldn for mo, biit so much oc
cupied my thoughts thnt I hnd no
tlmo, as a rule, to think much of tho
original. Six years' passed by and I
found It necessary to go to a strango
city. I reached tho town early In the
morning nnd, hunting up a hoarding
houso at onco, I settled down for n
good rest beforo commencing tho busi
ness which had brought me to tho
place.
"As I was .going to dinner that night
I enrno faco to face, In tho ball, w,lth
Paul.' I started and so did he. Thon
with, 'I beg your pardon madam,' ho
ctood aside to allow mo to pass. I was
too much disturbed to bo able to eat
much, and I felt his eyes were -watching
me all -the time, so I soon left tho
taule.
"In the evening Mrs. Porter, tho
woman nt whoso hbuso I was staying,
knocked at my door and oskoii mo to
rdmo (nto the jinrlor. I hesitated, but
went and wns Introduced to 'Paul
Fischer the, man of my dreams the
man pi tne portrait., i rncogmzen tun
face, the voice, the way In wlilcli-thff
hnlr,was arranged, In fee, every Ho
tall corresponded, with my precon
ceived Ideas ,of how lfe' would Jopk..
Rut my head was In n whirl. My,'.Pnu
Fischer was supposed to be' n r.nlrit.
but this Paul Fischer wns decidedly
material. . . . ,
"It was Just ono week before tiiH
problem was solved. I do not Itend
I ftli
if lljP
to solve It for you--Ik.ril will do that.
To make mnltters short, however, I
will say that I found that he was my
Paul Fischer. It was Just one month
from the time I met him until wo were
mnrrled. On our wedding day Paul
brought out a portfolio nnd asked me
to look through It anil tell him what
I thought of his drawings. The first
sheet I picked up showed a portrait of
myself. I wns represented sitting nt u
table sketching a man's head, and the
date w.is the snmo on which I hnd
done my first and only drawing six
yenrs before. But Paul must tell you
the rest."
"When I wns a little boy. In the
old country (I was born In Alsace-Lorraine),
peoplo regarded me as being
'very peculiar.' 1 would wander off
by myself for hours where no one
could Hnd me, carrying my harp nloug.
nnd when I returned I would have a
picture In my mind of a little, brown
eyed, brown-hnlred girl, who listened
to my music nnd reproduced every
thing which I played upon an Instru
ment different from any 1 hnd ever
seen. I know now It was a pluuo, but
then I hnd no knowledge concerning
It: Sometimes I would havo long
,falntlng spoils, and while I was un
conscious would b.ibblo away about
Hie little maid who could not undtr
r.lnud what I said, bceauBonlio talked a
different language from my own.
Finally It began to bo whispered nbout
that 1 wns possessed of a devil nnd my
father wan forced to send mo away in
order to protect mi.
"I camo to America when 1 was IS
years old. and, going to the far west,
1 amassed quite, a fortune. I did not
see the friend of my childhood so fre
quently as 1 grew older, because In
creasing wealth brought Increasing
cares und I had no time to mnko the
customary visits. Still, onco In awhile
the old 'fainting spells' would come
over me nnd when I returned to con
sciousness 1 would bring with mo the
memory of a smiling face and gcntlo,
brown eyes a face that seemed to
gu.w older with my Increasing yenrs.
"One night I sat In my room late.
Aa I supposed I fell asleep, but when
1 awakened I found before me the por
trait of a young woman who wns sit
ting beside n tnblo sketching, nnd the
portrait she had finished wbb of my
self. I put tho picture carefully away.
Inking It nut nt long intervals In order
to famlllniizo myself with the fea
tures, for 1 felt that boiiic time, somo-
where. 1 should meet her.
"One night about six months ago I
was late In leaving tho offlcc and upon
teaching my home I hurried down to
the dining room. In the hnll I came
face to face with Margaret, the friend
of my childhood, the sweetheart of my
dreams. I could not eat I was too
excited and I begged Mrs. Porter to
call tho newcomer into tho parlor to
Introduce us. Tho longer I tnlkcd
with her tho more convinced I became
that she was the one woman In all tho
world whom I could love. I was curi
ous to find out whether sho hnd nny
conception of tho peculiar circum
stances which drew mo to her nnd I
questioned her adroitly In rej.'ard to
the matter.
"Then, she, who had puzzled her
Jcar little head In, vain over tho mat
ter, told mo all her experlenco and
when wo compared notes wo decided
that, as heaven had meant us for each
other from the beginning, there was no
reason why wo should wait for our
happiness. 'So wo wcro married and
lived napplly ever after,' as they say
In the fairy stories.
"Now, 1 myself do not pretend to
glvo nn explanation of this, but Mar
garet, who has studied these matters
closely, snys that my nstrnl body must
havo detuched Itself from tho matciinl
form und sped across tho sea to Join
her, drawn by somo Inexplicable, In
visible attraction. That may bo tho
case. If Margaret says so I am willing
to accept It ns truth. But this I do
know. Sho Is a dear, sweet little wom
an, the sweetheart of my waking nnd
sleeping hours, my niter ego, tho cen
ter of my universe."
"WHERE WOULD YOU DEGIN?"
Forty-two persons who hnd resided
for three months or moro In collcgo
settlements, thus coming Into contact
with the very poor, wero recently
asked: "What reforms or changes have
you camo to feel are most urgent and
most practicable, and where would von
begin?" In the Publications of tho
Church Social Union the replies are
summarized as follows:
First and universal comes Improved
housing of tho poor; In quick succes
sion follow tho organization of labor,
the eight-hour movement, playgrounds
and parks, improved rcliools and school
laws, municipal reform, persuasion of
the poor to havo smaller families, trade
schools, public baths, tho introduction
of poetry Into tho lives of tho poor,
Income tnx, csffco houses, cooktng'nnd
sewing obligatory In public schools, re
generation of tho upper classes, con
sumers' leagues, the inculcation of
thrift, freV silver, municipalization of
railways and lighting, temperance re
form, sweat-shop regulations and di
rect religions work.
Some of the jStigge's.tlpiis, are rathor
y.cneral, and sbmp are a, tjlflo-absurd;
yet the list has. its, uses. It proves, for
instance,, that intelligent mid. sincere
.people may botn
estly (Hffer-cbncernln
:he problornotpoverty
tho solution of U
nnd tho disagreement onrybVlhgii 'out.
- , , f m i , I ii m
riii(aiUtn(,tluu inero is a uivcrnjiy. cr-
ioods, (is well ns "iiiversity oi gins,
and that any and every, posaer-si'on'.-or
cciorapllBhment may be eo used- as-to
br'gh'ten the lives of the unfdftunatos.
-Quito 'as important as the nuestjoji,,
"Where would'you begin"1'' Ib another'
Irquiry. which consclcncs must force..
-upon every- thoughtful citizen: "Will
JfC'i begin somewhere?"
PONY AND WHEEL RACE.
Ami the Wc.lrriirr llml to Ackncmt
den Thi'lr) llcfrnt.
"Jk'foro the peoplo knew ns muct
about bicycles as they do now," said
the man who hns lived pretty much
nil over the civilized world, according
to the Detroit Free Press, "thoro wero
some funny things happened. I'll
never forget what occurred whllo I was
visiting a friend of mlno running a
ranch up In North Dakota. A young
college boy on a vacation came
through there on a wheel, the first
one the cowboys bad seen. Their com
ments on the machine were amusing.
" 'Wonder If the thing bucks?' nsk
ed one. 'Rope a steer from that saddlo,'
grinned nnother, 'an' he'd throw you
so far you'd never know where you
lit.' 'Wouldn't be much good In In
jun fighting,' declared an old-tlincr,
and u trim-looking young fellow that
was the iluilo of that ranch iiniinuiiced
disdainfully that he could go farther
In a day on his broncho than tho young
fellow could do In a week,
" 'Tell you what I'll do, Dick,' I snlil
to the boaster. 'I'll bet a hundred
that ho can cover fifty miles on his
hlko In les time thnn you caii on
your pony.' I wns snapped on every
hand, oven my friend expressing n
willingness to top my pllo on thnt
snmo proposition. I accommodated
them nil, us fur its possible, nnd the
rare wns arranged for next day. Tho
send-off was like a Frourth of July
celebration. A Hying start was mado
over a straightaway cours? over
well-known trail, twenty-five mllcj
and return. Dick was In his gayest
attire and when my friend gnvo the
racers the word there was a fuslllndi
of revolvers mingled with yells thnt
must hnvo reached the man at the
turning post. Of courso Dick forged
ahead nt tho stnrt, and his partisans
were Jubilant, railing nt mo till my
watch nnd pin went up ngalnst their
accepted valuation. Things hnd quiet
ed down nnd we had done a lot of
smoking, so that tho time seemed
short, when we saw my favorite com
ing on his wheel as though an electric
motor wns supplying tho power. Ha
wns n humped-up scorcher and no
mistake. There was a strong disposi
tion to question his claim of having
gone every Inch of the route, but when
Dick enmo In, his mount In n com
plete state of cnllnpso and Dick with
both hands In the nlr above his head,
the crowd willed gracefully and I had
enough to buy n half Interest In the
ranch."
FLAGS FOR UNCLE SAM.
For more than thirty years the flags
which our ships and men-of-war have"
Haunted all over tho world have- been
made In one suite of rooms at tho
Brooklyn navy yard.
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It Is the boast of tho department that
the workers turn out flags better ma-Je t
thnn those obtnlnablo in uny other por
tion of the globe. Not only aro Amer
ican flags mado but flags of all nations,
for each wnrshlp Is required to bo fit
ted out with a flag of every nation
which sonds ships upon tho sea. James
Crlmmlns, tho foreman, knows. more
aLout flags than any one clso in the
world. Ho wolghs tho bunting, tests
the colors, measures tho stripes, cuts
tho cloth, carves out the stars and in
spects the sewing.
Tho department reserved for the
measurement of tho flags resembles a
glgnntltc tennis court, only in placo of
whlto lines the floor Is inlaid with
strips nnd plates of brass. Tho meas
urements of tho fings must bo perfect.
Tho floor Is so good and so largo that
the semi-monthly balls of tho officers
stationed ut the Brooklyn yards are
belli In the room.
Somo of tho women who sow tho
Hugs together havo worked or fifteen
years. Machinery and electricity have
done away with tho necessity of sow
ing the flags by hand, but tho women
who bew on stars aro expert needle
women. A certain number of stitches
Is allowed to one inch nnd only care
ful hands can do tho work. Cutting
out tho white stars is interesting to
watch. The foreman folds the oloth
twenty times, places a metal star on
tho pile and marks tho pattern. Then
with chisel nnd mallet ho cuts out a
wholo shower of stars it once.
The flngs used' by tW navy have to
endure frost and snow, rain storms nnd
blnzlng suns, and therefore great caro
Is exercised In tho choice of goods and
coloring nnd many testing devices nro
tifced before choice Is mado of cloth.
One of Tliuie Strung Happening!,
A good ono Is being told on a Chica
go man. A few days ago, the stor
goes.ho received a photograph from his
girl In nnother town. Tho girl hnd
wrapped tho picture In a piece of news
paper on which was printed tho ad of
a stovo firm. A portion of tho paper
adhered to the picture and the young
man was very much surprised to see
staring at him on the face, in bold,
large type, the words, "See the name
on the leg."
Where It Came In.
-'T)liilniirliiViB 1 nm vnrv fnml it
c variety stage and think I'll stick-
.-aclfitv nctor. The sketch you put
.qVis rultc "legit." BlueJowl3-Qultf
so; but Iget my salary regularly n
XhnFS 'wfie'fo tho variety comes In.
Town Topics.
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".fleifieBiber, my son, tha early to.
))d ,ai)d .rntly to rise makes a-man
healthy and' wealthy and wise." "Is
'tnat .tkia'Vea'bon the farmers aro tho
richest class of people in the nation?,
lndlnnapolla Journal. '
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