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Red Cloud Chief,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
RED CLOKD,
NEllRASICA
Costa Rica Bocmn to have blundered
Into the toboggnn of bnnkrtiptcy nnd
ntnrted on the nitric.
The suggestion that the anarchist!
bo aent to tho Dry Tortugns Ih meet
Ing with Bomo fuvor.
Senator Dcpew Iiiib noun to Paris on
un Intimation that a French Christ
mas tree hears a precious gift for lilm.
Mnrconl will soon ho ready to mar
ly an American heiress to an Impo
eunlous IJrltlHh peer by IiIh wlrclcHS
system.
Tho man who can bring about a per
manent peace between labor and cap
Hal might ha pardoned If he aspired to
the presidency.
Mr. Putnam, librarian of tho con
gressional library, recommends again
In bin annual report that the Institu
tion be kept opeti on Sundays.
A Kansas woman committed suicide
after brooding over a poem on life and
death. Come, poets, cheer up. Poetry
Is still sometimes taken seriously.
Vienna Is having Its first bread riot
of tho present winter. Eventually
M)ino bno is likely to get hurt by fool
ing with these eonipiesscri yeast af
fairs. Little Terry MtCtovcrn's determina
tion to light his way back to a return
match with "Young" Corbett Indicates
that his pluck Is still in the pink of
condition.
It mny interest promoters of the
light against ragtime music to know
that Emperor William has purchased
n few rolls of "coon" songa for his
"Inistmns grnphophonc.
Ship loads of potatoes are arriving at
New York from Ireland, Scotland nnd
Hclglmn. Evidently all tho world
doesn't propose to get all its food from
Unclo Sam all the time.
Uiudnti newspaper men are afraid
Hip: American women journallstfl aro
f.ouig to crowd them out of business.
Why don't they execute a coup by
marrying the lady Journalists?
Who can longer doubt the courage
of woman when she not only goes over
Niagara in a barrel, but permits her
elf to bo Inoculated with the germs
of consumption that mankind may he
benefited?
Once upon a time Connecticut wne
famous ciiielly for Us blue laws and
Its home-made nutmegs. Now It
leads the United States In the mnking
of brnss goods and tho world in the
making of Ivory goods. It Is not up-to-date,
therefore, to call Connecticut
tho Nutmeg stale. It should be called
tho Ivory state.
The Prince and Princess of .Monaco
have decided to ho friendly though
married. The Princess has vacated
and Is building a villa In Algiers, while
tho Prineo remains with his roulette
tables and his petticoat peccadilloes.
She gets the monthly remittance and
ho has peace, while the newspapers are
cheated. What an object lesson to
Holland!
A steamer has reached the poit ol
London, England, sifter no less than
two years and nine months' continu
ous voyaging on transport service. In
tho course of which she has covered
moro than 100,000 miles. The Wan
dering Jew himself was not a more ac
live tramp than this steamer. How
glad the skipper and his crew must In
to And themselves on home shore nl
last!
A broken four-foot water main In
New York city was allowed to pom
forth a huge volume of water Intc
Mudlson avenue for two hours and a
half, flooding basements for blocks
around and lllllng the New York Cen
tral tunnel. Finally an assistant en
gineer wus found and shut off the wat
er. Damages will cost an Immensj
sum. This Is another Instance of how
the most expensively governed city lu
tho world gets nothing but incompe
tence and neglect, for Its money.
Vermont Is not one of the great anil
growing states of the union. Its pop
ulation Increased only I! per cent from
1890 to moo, and the total Is only S43,.
H41. Hut the C.reen mountain folk
are thrifty, us their savings banks
show. Deposits In these Institutions
increased 90 per cent during tho past
decade. They average nearly $100 for
every man, woman and child In the
state, tho whole amount on deposit be
ing $40,209,059.1. Of this total $33.
415,771 aro the savings of lO'.WKi resi.
dents of Vermont, the balance of about
$7,000,000 being deposited by 15,4,-iU
non-residents.
King Edward bus decided to wear a
fleur-de-lis on his coronation waist
coat, and Chamberlain covertly whls
perB that It Is emblematlo of the time
when Franco was under England's do
main. Why not add an eaglo to the
decoration, as a reminder of tho time
before Mad George- or a stamp tax?
Wo would not mind a little pleasantry.
The loss from conflagrations In this
country, for eleven months of 1001,
Is $150,000,000, and tho most of this
tremendous drain could bo saved by
better construction and greater care.
suicide by HAnana
Unrequited Love Said to Bo the
Cause of Rash Act.
THE YOUNG MAN'S MIND UNBALANCED
L'rlehrntnri Kentucky IViullU Killed
Apnrhe I'rlmninrit IIHckmmI Trnci'ily
In Kmiitiii Town Hoy I'rnrliire
l.i'B lit Alinworlli.
After dinner at. the farm home of
Henry Seler, near (Irnnd Island, John
Dreler, a farm hand engaged by Seler,
picked up his luitnnil without saying
word walked from the house. That
was the last seen of him until he was
hanging" to n tree several miles from
home. In the meant line searching
parties had been till over the surround
ing country looking for the missing
young man, but without success. The
section where hi; was found late in the
afternoon wus not searched. For the
past two weeks, says bis employer, the
young man bus been more quiet and
reserved than usual, remaining home
at evenings and not mingling much
with others. Ills believed his mind
wassomwhnt unbalanced on account
of nn.uurcqultted love alTalr. Dreler
was about twenty-three years of age,
strong and able bodied and an excel
lent workman. Ills parents reside in
Grand Island and arc quite aged. Cor
oner Itocricr w as called to the scene
and is looking into the affair. It Is
expected, however, no inquest will be
held, as it is plainly a case of suicide.
Mlnlnltir Ilt-poied.
Nov. James A. Heath, who is alleged
to have Illegally secured a divorce from
his wife lu New York In order to mar
ry it Kansas City woman wa s deposed
feoni the ministry and expelled from
the cavalry Ilaptist ehnreh at a meet
ing of the congregation.
The council of eight Ilaptist preach
ers to whom the matter was referred
December 17, made its report, Uniting
Heath guilty of three charges and the
report was unanimously adopted by
tho congregation.
The action of the church not only
excludes him from the pulpit, but
withdraws the hand of fellowship front
htm s a member.
Mr. Heath was formerly pastor of
tho Ilaptist church at Castile, X. Y..
where bis wife anil children now re
side. Rev. Charles A. Merrill, the pre
sent pastor of tho ehnreh at Castle
came here anil assisted in collecting
the i'v iricuco against his predecessor.
Unable to Control AiiRcr.
C. Aylett Ashby, a prominent attor
ney of Newport News. Va shot and.
perhaps fatally wounded City Engl
necr E. A. Mnrye, and also dangerous
ly wounded Policeman Woodward who
had Maryo under arrest at the time.
Mnrye has been paying attention to
Miss May Garnet t, who is a slstcr-in-law
of Ashby. Ma rye called at the
residence of the (inruetts and upon be
inglrefused admission threw several
bricks through the windows. Officer
Woodward arrested him.
On the way to the station they were
met by Ashby, who hnd been sum
moned by telephone. Without a word
Ashby drew a pistol and lireit four
shots in rapid .succession.
Mnrye was struck in the abilutnen.
Officer Woodward wus struck over the
left breast. The doctors have little
hope for Marye's recovery.
Hi homier Murned nl Sen.
A cablegram received at Itoslon an
nounces that the. four-masted schooner
James W. Fitch, of this port, bound
for New York. November '.', for Rosa
rlo with 1 1,000 casks of oil, (100,000 feet
of lumber and about :t,()00 shooks, was
burned at sea on December IS.
The entire crew was saved and laud
ed at Ponce, Porto Rico. The essel,
which was owned here, was valued at
SJIO.OOOand was partially Insured.
Ceronlinn anil Ilia lliuiit lielrnaed.
(ieucral Frank Armstrong, as agent
of the war department, is at Fort Sill,
Old., making arrangement for the re
lease of Chief (Jrronhno and the 'JUS
Arizona Apache Indians who are held
by the government as prisoners of vur.
They were, captured by lieneral l.v
tmi twelve years ago after a three-thousand-mile
eompaign. They will
allotted laud by the government.
.Murder In Oklahoma.
Charles MeKnlghl, a faro dealer,
shot und killed Willard Sims, a saloon
keeper, and a boy named llepstedter
In a gambling room at Shawnee, O. T.
MeKnlght and Sims bad quarreled.
Sims went to the gambling resort and
threatened to kill MeKnlght. Me
Knight drew a revolver and killed
llepstedter, after which he killed
Si ink.
Fall llwtvteen Tarn.
While a number of boys were play
ing about the railroad , arris at A Ins
worth, Neb., Jack Godnrri, a youth of
llfteen years, In trying to jump from
one ear to another, fell between them,
fracturing his left leg below the. knee.
Two II n nil roil I'tn-mma llrouned,
A water spout burst overthe town of
Saffc, Morocco. It inuuriutcd the low
er part of the town for the space of
twelve hours, sweeping everything
before it into tho sea. Two hundred
persons are reported to have been
drowned. There are no Europeans
among the dead. The riairiagc to SalVe
is enormous.
SalFo is a fortified se.iport town of
Morocco. It has a population of IS,
000, Icludlng about Il.OOO Jews. It is
enclosed by massive walls and has a
palace and a small fort.
DARING ATTACK OF DEWET
Three Cniiimtilr f Yooiunnry Sttrrcm
fully HimIk-iI Ity llnrr.
The war olllce Issued a list of the
llrltlsh casualties at Xeefouteln, De
cember Si, when Colonel Firman's
ennip, consisting of three companies of
yeomanry, and two guns, was success
fully rushed by a liner force uuder the
eoiuinunri of tienernl lteWot."
The length of tne list demonstrates
the entire success ol DeWet's attack.
Six olllcersand fifty men were killed.
Eight officers were wounded and four
are missing. It Is presumed Hint the
missing officers were taken along with
tho captured gnus.
The numbers of non-commissioned
officers and men wounded nnd missing
have nirt yet been received, but the ag
gregate promises to make the Zecfon
tclit affair n memorable disaster to the
llrltlsh. Simultaneously with the
above the wit rnrllco gave out u dispatch
from Lord Kitchener chronicling a
minor success of the South Africa
constabulary who raided llothavillc
and captured thirty-six llocis.
In a subsequent message Lord Kitch
ener sent a stirring account of the
light at Xeefouteln, showing that the.
wounded and prisoners must number
about l.'iO. He says that In the absence
of Colonel Firman, Major Williams,
who was killed, was In command.
NEW DEPARTURE
.lllnltli-r 'iij;rr Tender l.eudliii; ('111-nt-n
Onit'lulH it llnniiit.
A considerable sensation has been
caused in Chinese olllelal circles by a
dinner given at Ills residence by Fnltcd
States Minister Conger, which was at
tended by the leading officials of the
Chinese foreign olllce. Among the offi
cials present were Ma Tung, a former
"boxer"' leader, and Wang Wen Shao,
one of the Chinese plenipotentiaries.
The dinner was attended by several
American ladles.
It was formally the custom of promi
nent Chinese officials never to enter a
foieign legation except upon the most
formal occasions, while the meeting of
foreign ladles socially would haw been
considered as degrading as would tho
associating with Chinese women upon
the same footing. This event Is signi
ileaut of the progressive tendency of
today, which has recently been mani
fested in many ways.
A party of Manchti princes, includ
ing Prince Stt, collector of taxes on
goods entering Pekin, started to meet
the Chinese court. Prince Su intends
to prove his claim to be sent as an en
voy to (treat llrltain upon tho occasion
of the coronation of King Edward.
No Innrtor (iivcti.
liarranquilln papers, dated December
S4, contain further details of the bat
tle fought near Honda. They say that
Ctcneral l.eoviglldo Rodriguez, com
maurieri Honda's small garrison. (Jen.
Marin's lnrge large force of insurgents
attacked the place early in the morn
ing of December 8. At 3. m. General
Loudouo brought up S00 government
reinforcements from La Ciguente,
across the .Magadelana river, facing
Honda.
l(yll:::o the combined forces drove
tho enemy clear away from Honda.
The insurgents, on arriving at Caraoli,
near Marlqnlta.in the evening, awaited
the government troops in to wings.
It;was there that bayonets and ma
chetes were freely used, for the in
surgents' ammunition was exhausted.
The vanguard hnvlngbeett surrounded,
with the aid of the rear guard, the
government troops succeeded in break
ing the line and then utterly routed
the enemy. On the following morning,
when too were found to have been
killed, the insurgents retreated by way
of Guayaquil, taking their wounded
with them.
The lighting In this engagement has
iK'en characterized as uncivilized. Tho
liberal colors bore I he device: "Neither
ask for nor give quarter."
Tun Head nnd (Inn 1nanr.
Albert Doty, living near Lyndon,
Kas., killed his wife by bealliig her
over the bead with a gun barrel.
Doty then escaped and his horribly
mutilated hotly was found on I ho. Mis
souri Paul tie railway north of town,
lie probably committed suicide. As a I
result of the crime Mrs. Duty's mother,
Mrs. Tnrlni', has become insane.
Doty was twenty-tlve. years old and
a paroled prisoner from the Hutchin
son reformatory.
Wnnf .Medal.
Representative William Allien Smith
of Michigan called the attention of the
president to the fact, that the Michigan
congressional delegation was desirous
that the members of the Mlch'gan
naval reserve who served aboard the
Yosemllo during the Spanish war be
awarded medals. He also saw Secre
tary Long on the same subject.
'.'oni'i-aalon In Veteran.
The president, at the instance of vet
eran associations, has amended the
civil service rules applicable to the
rural tvct. delivery service so far as to
except from lie operation of the age
Umlt, vetcransofthe civil and Spanish
American wars who file applications
for appointments as carriers.
l-'eildUt Killed.
Robert II. Hatfield, one of the Ken
tucky elan, has been shot and killed at
the Troy mining camp, in tho Pinal
mountains. A. T. Ills. slayer wns Dep
uty Sheriff Devlne, who bore a warrant
for his arrest on a charge of wife beat
ing. Hatfield sent wonl to tho officers
that he would kill any umii who tried
to take him. Devlne llretl two shots
over bis head in an ineffectual effort to
make the man understand his danger,
and then shot with fatal effect.
TWO WERE KILLED
Father and Son Shot Down by
Infuriated Negrooo.
A RACE RIOT NARROWLY AVERTED
Fatllni; I'rnnn Kill Three, .'Urn Under
the Wheel n f n Switch Engine
Kmnpfton'a Ml nil Sulci tn Ilo On-
balanced Other Nei,
In a general fight between whlti
men nnd negroes nt Childersburg, Ala.,
a white man and his bon wcro killed,
nnd a white boy and one negro wor
'jadly wounded. With great difficulty
a general outbreak wan prevented.
The negroes ure now in jail at Talla
dega. The trouble grew outof ncrap game,
the negroes having quarreled over the
winning. Tom Holley shot nt ono ol
the party, when .1. Hird, a white man,
came up ant advised the negroes to
stop fighting. Holley, becoming an
gered at tlie Interference, ilrcd at Hird,
mortally wounding him. llird's two
sons, George nnd Reuben, were with
their father and saw him when lie wa!
shot. Reuben rushed to his side, while
(Jeorge shot Holley, inflicting a fatal
wound. Dy tills time . tho negroes
were firing on both the boys and thej
began to seek shelter. Reuben went
to his father who was dying and was
ordered by (Joorge Woods, a negro, tc
run.
The boy begged to remain by his
father, but on failure to move wai
shot dead. Charnor Woods, father ol
George Woods, then shot the eldct
lllrd again. Ceorgc lllrtl was shot in
tho legs while escaping. A largt
crowd of whites quickly gathered and
.surrounded the negroes, ennturod them
all and took them to Talladega.
Admiral Sunipon'n Condition
John D. Weeks, personal friend ol
Rear Admiral Sampson, residing nl
Chnmpalgn, 111., has received a lettei
from Mrs. Sampson in wiiieh she say!
that the mental condition of tho ad
miral is beyond recovery. The lettei
was written in reply to a note express
ing sympathy with the rear admiral
in the personal annoyances he has
suffered in the controversy with Reai
Admeral Schley. The letter follows:
Washington, D. C, Dee. SO. My
Dear Mr. Weeks. Admiral Sampson Is
too 111 to really understand your most
kind letter, just raceived, but if he
were well he would wish to thank you;
he cares so much for all 'old times' uud
for anything that concerns Palmyra.
"The wording of your letter shows
that living in the west has not blinded
your eyes to this truth concerning re
cent events. I have enjoined your ex
pressions of the true facts as you un
derstand them.
"My dear husband is quite worn out
with n long life of concentrated duty.
Physically he is comfortable and hap
py but the brain is tired beyond ever
being rested. Signed
"Fi.iAiiKiii Dauu.no SAMrsox."
Three fnntunlly Killed.
Three men were instantly killed and
four more injured by the 'falling of a
steel crane at the American Rridge
works at Chicago. Thirty men were
working in the vicinity of the craiw
at the time of the accident, and many
of these had narrow escnpes. Swan,
Traver and Rock were caught beneath
the huge mass of steel, and each man
was crushed so badly as to be almost
unrecognizable.
The crane was guaranteed to hold
thirty tons, but was carrying only
twenty tons at the time of its col
lapse. No cause Is assigned for the ac
cirient except a possible Haw in one of
the chains supporting the crane.
('round Unilvr (he Wheeli.
John W. Taylor, chief engineer of
tho terminal railroad association, and
William Austin Kent, whose home is
in Louisville, Ky., were ground to
dentil beneath the wheels of a Wabash
switch engine in North St. Louis, after
jumping, panic-stricken, from a swift
ly moving gasoline motor car, which
threaten to collide with the switch en
gine at a street crossing.
Falnl Jump From Window.
John E. Demsey, n printer, of St.
Paul, Minn., frightened by Ure, leaped
from a. fourth floor window of the
Washburn building and received inju
ries from which he died shortly after.
The lire was in an adjoining building
and did little damnge.
CnirfaMueu lllorr a Safe.
Four men blew open a safe in the
ofllee of the Uourlug mill of H. A.
Franze tfc Son, nt New Douglas, 111.,
and secured $1,500, with which they
escaped. The two watchmen 'were
beaten by the robbers and tied to pobts.
ShooU III Neighbor Dead.
At Dwlght. Da., near the Harlan
county, (Ky.), line, T. L. Wilson a
farmer and his neighbor, Tom Parlin,
quarreled over who was tho greatest
general of the civil war. Parlin drew
his revolver and shot Wilson dead.
rlre at Chlrkaahaw, I. T.
A fire started in Chlcashaw, L T., on
Christinas day, is still burning but un
der control. The estimated lobs ii
87.'i,OO0. The Armour Packing com
pany lost sixty thousaud pounds of
meat and tho two buuks were greatly
damaged.
HnrcUr at Norfolk, Nell,
Ilurglars entered Miles Case's house
at tho Junction at Norfolk, Neb.,whilc
the occupants were at the trainmen's
bull nnd beeured a lady's gold watuh
uud some SIC in money.
FOR BOYS AND G1KLS.
GOME GOOD STORIES FOK OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
4kctt!h of Alfred the (irrnl Whit LUcd
One Thoimnnd Vcnrn Aru A Sam pin
of Old 1'nclhh u L'ard In Alfred'
Tltno Shepherd Hoy' Ambition.
imi'Atl AMI IltlTTr.lt.
My mother says, If little girls
Want curly hair they must
Eat nil their bread and butter up,
And especially the crust.
So very many little girls
In all the wide, wide world
Would bo so very happy If
Their hair were only curled.
And can I be so selfish, then?
No, dear mamtna, I must
SIvo other little girls my brcatl,
Antl especially the cruat.
Selected.
ALFRED Till: (IKEAT.
It wns 1,000 years on October 28,
1901, since Alfred the Great died. He
was born at Wuntngo In tho year 819.
If we could conjure up from their
graves a reverend grnybcnrd or gar
rulous old woman of that period and
nsk them to tell U3 talcs of this man,
beyond dispute the noblest king who
over ruled In England, wo could not
understand them, because we do not
Bpenk the English of Hint time. This
Is Alfred's translation of the Uird's
prayer Into the English of his day.
See what you can make of It:
"Facder tiro thu the earth on heafe
num, si thin mainmn-Kcnulgod, to bo
runic thin rice, Gcwurthe kin wiltu on
earthen swa on heafenum, urno go
ilcaRWuullcnn keaf svle us to rieag;
nnd forgyf us ure R'Hns, swa we
forgtvuth urum gyltcntlum, antl no
gcluudtlo thu us or consenting ac ulyse
us of yfle."
Although Alfied tlid so much for
the advancement of learning among
his people when he wan ten years old
neither he nor his ofrior brother knew
a letter of the alphabet. Admiring a
beautiful Illuminated volume of Saxon
songs belonging to their mother, she
promised tho book to the hoy who
could first mid a song, and Alfred won
the prize. Alfred became king at
twenty-two. lie was a great warrior,
and encountered his enemies, the
Danes, in nine pitched battles, raging
up thn slope like a wild boar," the old
chronicle says, attacking his foes at
close quarters, battleax In hand. Ills
favorite battle song, "Where Are Now
tho Rones of Weland?" he marked to
be taught to his sous, hut words and
music are now lost. .Much of what Is
known ns common law bus been hand
ed down from this wonderful man.
Alfred and his brother Ethclred show
ed great coolness lu time. of deutlly
peril. While attending church service
one morning, word was brought that
the Danes Here upon thorn and held
tho Saxon troops at bay. "(lot! first
nnd man after," said Ethelred calmly,
and tho service continued uninterrupt
ed. At Its conclusion, however, the
Saxons advanced awlftly "as one man"
anil defeated the Invaders in a mighty
battle. Many things which seem as
natural and necessary and valuable to
lis as the nlr we breathe we owe to this
wise king, who bad a great mind,
though his body was pain-racked. He
It was who first translated the Testa
ment Into English tongue. Reforn his
day we had no means of measuring
time. He valued time greatly anil
used It wisely, and devised a means
of measuring thn hours by tallow can
tiles placed In horn lanterns, He
founded Oxford, which after 1,000
years is still the greatest Institution
of learning in England. He said, "I
strlvo to live worthily and wish to ho
remembered by my good works." Ho
lived no soft life, hut n full, progres
sive one, advancing himself and pull
ing his country after him In mighty
utrldes toward freedom antl knowl
edgea bright light an the tin one of
England, which ten centuries have not
dimmed. Indianapolis News.
A "WIIAT-YOU-WII.I." VAHTV.
A girl with Ideas has invented a way
of playing old games, which In ns
good as n new game, and which af
forded a whole evening's amusoment
for twenty persons, ranging In age from
15 to 30; First, Hhe prepared thirty
long, narrow strips of cardboard nnd
numbered them In pairs from 1 to 15.
This was because she hail Invited thir
ty persons. As hut twenty came to
the party, only strips numbered 1 to
10 wero used. After tap guests were
seated, they wero askod to "draw
straws." They then paired according
to the number on the strips they had
drawn, and the hostess gave tho com
pany ten minutes In which to choose
games to be played during tho eve
ning, each couple being directed to
aeloct a game and wrlto it on both
their strips of cardboard. They were
cautioned agalnBt. choosing games
which It might take too long to play,
After all were ready the hostess had
to stretch tho time limit a little
one strip was collected from each
couple, tho two young persons belug
directed to keep the other for future
reference. The games were now
played In tho order of the numbers
on their respective slips, ten minutes
being allowed for each one. It was Im
possible not to hnvo u variety ami the
pastimes ranged from grave to gay.
Tho list would differ with each com
pany, of courso, but among those
played nt this party wero the follow
ing: Cross Questions nnd crooked un
sworn. Teakettlo.
llarnynrd chorup.
Reading from "Alice In Wonder
land." Going to Jerusalem
Stage coach.
Word mnking.
A recitation by Miss .
The games In this assortment nro
well known, but It wns necessary to
modify some of them to suit the oc
casion. Tho rending nnd recitation
varied the program acceptably. Know
ing that one of the guests waB a flno
elocutionist, ono couplo voted for the
recitation, and another pair, seeing
"Allco In Wonderland" lying on a ta
ble nearby, bethought themselves of
thn rending. Montreal llorald and
Star.
tiii: noo at the 'nioNn.
Trusty is a dog. His mistress is a
professional nurse and liven with her
mother. They havo m a telephone.
When the nurse Is detained by hrr
business away from home over night
she 'phones to her mother to relievo
the latter's unxlety. Tho other night
after talking with her mother ovor tho
wire she asked about Trusty. Tho
dog wns by the side of tho mother.
The mother 'phoned that fact to her
daughter, who 'phoned back to havo
tho receiver plucetl at Trusty's ear.
This wus done nnd the mistress of tho
dog talked to him. Thnt he recognized
her voice wns evident, for ho barked
nnd appeared overjoyed. After the re
ceiver wan hung up Trusty Jumped to
ward It and acted us If ho wanted It
taken down. During tho night bo Iny
near the telephono and frctmontly
looked up nt the receiver and whined.
In tho morning he nnt before It nnd
howled until his mistress was called
up. She commnntled him to keop quiet
and not until then did he go awny.
Now York Sun.
A l'lCACTIPAt. I'tllMI..
School teachers sometimes nsk their
pupils queer questions, If ono may be
lieve a story told by the yonngest
member of the Wlthlngton fumlly. Ills
mother one morning dlscovorori a
shortago In her supply of pics, bakotl
tho day before, and her suspicions fell
upon Johnny.
"Johnny," she said, "do you know
what become of that cherry plo that
wns on the second shelf In the pan
try?" "Yes. ma'nm," he replied, "I ate It.
Hut I had to."
"You had to!" exclaimed his aston
ished mother. "What do you menn,
child?"
"Tho teacher asked yesterday If
any of us could tell her how many
stones tbcro are In n cherry pie, and
r couldn't find out without eating tho
whole pie, could I? There's Just a
hundred nnd forty-two." Youth's
Companion.
Mlld'HEICn IIOY'N AMISITION.
A poor Scotch shepherd boy once
concolvcd tho Idea of learning Iiitln
and Greek while at work; so he pro
cured a few old books, and applied
himself to them In his leisure hours
on the hills. He progressed so rap
idly that many of the old and supersti
tious people thought he must bn as
sisted by the "evil spirit." Ono day ho
trudged Into Edinburgh barefoot,
walked Into a bookstore nnd asked for
a Greek Testament. "What are you
going to do with it?" asked tho book
seller. "Rend It," was tho prompt re
ply. "Rratl It!" exclaimed tho skep
tical dealer, "ye may tako It for noth
ing If ye will read It." The boy read
a few verses, translating them as ho
proceeded, antl was permitted to carry
the book home In triumph. Ills name
was Jol-n Hrown, and he became a
distinguished clergyman.
filtKKNI.AND IIOUS.
The Greenland dogs aro harnessed
four to ten to a sledge, and laden with
four or five heavy seals. They some
times cover CO English miles in a day
A courier once performed a Journey of
270 miles In four days. When five dogs
are used, two and two aro driven
abreast, with the leader la front. They
aro tractable unless the whip Is too
freely used, when they will fall to
worrying each other. The dogs are
trained to hunt seals, tho polar bear,
and they fight to the death even
among themselves: they swim well,
too. When they sleep they mnko a
bed Tor themselves by excavating tho
snow with their paws and nose, after
which they bury themselves In the
hole, leaving nothing but tho nose ex
posed. Korirlveu.
She wns n little Cambridge girl, and
not very well acquainted with school
discipline. One duy sho was discov
ered whispering, nnd tho tcneher sent
her to an ante-room to meditate on
the enormity of her offense. When
she was again permitted to Join her
classmates tho teacher asked: "What
were you saying to tho girl next to
you when 1 caught you whispering?"
Tho llttlo culprit hung her head for
a moment and then replied: "I was
only telling her how nice you looked
In your new dress." "Well, that yes
I know but we must tho class In
spelling will pleaso stand up." Uos
ton Herald.
Trained Hear.
Threo or four hundred years ago It
was a common thing nmong tho in
habitants of Scandinavia and Den
mark to catch nnd train young bears.
Sometimes they wero kept for pets,
hut wero very often used as beasts
of burden. It was not strange to sco
bruin walking like u man with a largo
bundle strapped to his shoulders. Ho
was also trained to work water wheols
nnd to draw water from tho wolls.
nut a more curious uso to which lo
was put was that of watch dog.
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