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i: Ucbrasko Uoks.
Nelson bdasts of n dally newspaper,
tho Dully Nonpareil.
Two prisoners escaped from tho tlu
city Jail ot PlattBtnoutiT.
A new paper In Nebraska Is the
Trenton Republican, F. M. Flnnsburg,
editor.
According to icports In Nebraska
newspapers the congressmen uro iloluj;
u big seed business.
Central City Is tho latest Nebraska
town to take up llio matter of estab
lishing a cunning factory.
Weeping Water will not have a sa
loon :ih long as the sentiment Is as
btrong ugalnst it ns It Is now.
The avnrago value or farm lands In
Otoe eonnty. according to the nssessor'i
listing of bona lido snles actually re
corded, Iri $.15.18.
Tho liny Springs-Alcove Telephone
company, with a capital stock of jan,
000. has filed articles of Incorporation
with tho secretary of state.
Owing to the flood along tho Platte
bottoms tho stores of tho Fremont
merehnnts have been denned out of
rubber boots and llku gooi'.s,
If a rod-hot summer follows, the Ico
inn n would rather not be anybody else,
'i he Nebraska Ico crop, according to
all repoits, is unprecedented.
A eouimltteo of leading business
men of Aurora have gone carefully
over tho matter of a canning factory,
with tho result that the matter will
bo dropped for tho present.
J. ,T. l.umlll, n farmer near Stanton,
during the past two years sold up
wards of $15,000 worth or fat hogs, be
sides selling a number of gilts, nnd
now has In his reed yards more than
f00 Diiroe-Jcraoya.
Commenting on the disastrous dam
age by lire recently to the state capltols
or Iowa nnd Wisconsin, a Wood Rlvnr
paper says: "If there Is a possible
uangcr of lire in the state houso ut
Lincoln It should bo looked after."
Harlan county Inml sells readily for
$.10 nn neip right along. Such land Is
nlong tho rivers and raises big alfalfa
crops to make tho cows laugh, nnd the
old brood sow put on a biouil sinllc,
nnd hogs $.1 plus at that.
Corn Is In great demand at llroken
now. While tho mnrkct price Is quoted
nt only III cents. It Is rctnlllng on the.
streets nt -ID to fit) cents a bushel. Tho
elevators get scarcely any ns the local
demand exceeds tho supply.
The restaurant owned by Louis
Heard on tho north side or the public
square In Humboldt, was entirely de
stroyed by lire. Tho llro stnrted In
the mir of tho building and waB caused
by the explosion of a gasoline stove.
N. T Shrincr of Fremont, recovered
about eight hundred or tho 1,500 sheep
swept uway In tho flood. Tho animals
had taken shelterd on a knoll whlcn
wns surrounded by water. This re
duces Mr. Shrlnei's loss to leis thnn
$3,000.
Tho Hastings Country club has de
cided to mako largo improvements on
its ground this year. At a recent meet
ing or the club it was decided to build
a 1350-cxtenslon to the porch, lay two
new tennis courts, Improve tho golf
links nnd to add other field features.
Also It was decided to purchase 35 acres
more land for the use of tho club. The
land will bo paid for from tho salo of
me new stock Issued.
There Is a notable decrease In tho
number of public sales in Nebraska,
It indicates that the country has be
come settled up with a class of citi
zens who nro going to Btay; that tho
roving element is gone and there are
bright prospects for the development ot
the country. There aro somo people sell
Inc out, but tho majority of theso nro
moving Into tho towns, whllo others
havo come (o take their places on the
farm and ranch.
In state papers is the familiar In
struction: "Test your seed corn." And
tne injunction is always valuable and
timely at this season of the year.
Spalding can bonst of the best water
plant of Its size in the state. The res
ervoir holds 27,08o barrels of tho finest
water ever taken out of tho ground.
Tho well, having been put down to
coarse gravel, has an inexhaustible
supply of water, and a llftecn horse
power engine that Is attached to a
pump that throws several gallons to
a stroke, can not pump It dry. The
mains arc six Inch pipes, with hydrants
nt every corner, which with an abund
ance of hose, mukt's a perfect system
of tire protection.
Tho Hastings school board is deal
ing seriously with truaucy. Ono of
the members of the board, who had
gonn to tho trouble to Investigate the
tecords and compare the last school
census with tho present enrollment of
th city school, learned to his astonish
ment that thero aro In that city at the
present time. 1,027 children between tho
ages of 8 and 14 who are out of school.
A truancy officer has been appointed.
If no more than one-half of tho 1,027
now out of school ore rounded up, two
or more additional teachers will havo
to bo employed.
Don't spit on the sidewalks In Lin
coln. Mnny visitors havo been arrested
for spitting on tho walk and mauy havo
been lined. Strangers have Eougth dis
missal on tho ground that they did not
know tho law, but many were fined
anyway.
Tho people or Lincoln will bo asked
at the spring election to vote bonds
to tho amount ot $25,000, Issued for
tho erection ot two school buildings in
Lincoln, ono eight room building In
tho Hay ward sub-district at Ninth and
'A streets, nnd one two-room structuro
In tho West A Btreet district at sd
Folsom streets,
"ALL (ONflDENTIAL"
General Briatow Testifies Before
House Special Committee
HAS CONVENIENT LOOPHOLE
Uamnglnc Tent I in on jr w llm-nrtlieil
by "Clerk lllro Sirlloii" if Hi"
I'ollufUea llfiiirtlimiit
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gcn
ernl llrlstow, In testifying before the
houso special committee on postofllcc
report claimed for himself responsi
bility for only the first seven pges of
tho report which wns sent to tho post
ofllco committee and said tho other
portions of the document wero the
work ot other officials of tho depart
ment. Tho clerk hire section, he said, was j
prepared in tho office of the first naslst
nut postmaster genc.nl. and that part
aiatng to lenses by inspectors and
others",, his own department.
Mr. Urlstow'a testimony th.ew con-
sldcriiblo light on all phases of tho
inquiry. Ho practically cleared mem-
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touching the clerk hire section of tho
icpoit by stating that It was the duty
of the llrst assistant's olllco to ascer
tain the condition of tho work In an
olllio whero an Increase hud been rec
ommended. The committee was In executive nes
slon part of the time General llrlstow
wns present.
Mr. llrlstow was a -keel particularly
as to how the eouimltteo wns to get
possession of certain of tho confidential
exhibits connected with his report on
tho postoffleo investigation. These ex
hlbits havo been kept secret because of
their bearing on pending prosecutions.
They were used In making up the re
port touching membeis that was sub
mitted to the house.
Mr. llrlstow told (lie committee the
teports would be submitted to It for
confidential Inspection.
INDICT WHISKY SHIPPERS
annul .liirjr nt UU-liltH, Kan.. Ilrlnc In it
ltlC Hutch of Trim Kill
The federal grand Jury returned six
Indictments against Kansas City and
Kentucky wholesale liquor dealers at
Wichiln, who aro charged with viola
tion of tho prohibitory law. The method
complained or Is the shipping of liquors
to fictitious persons and then allow
ing express agents to dlsposo or the
packages fo who over wants them.
The names of tho dealers against
whom true bills wero -found wero not
made public.
Truo bills also were found against
Chauncoy Depew, C. P. Dewey, W.
J. Mcllrldo nnd W. J. Itatcliffe lor
enclosing government land.
Chnuncey Depew and McHrido were
nt the trial at Norton, Kns charged
with tho murder of Hurchard Herry, a
rcllow ranchmnn iu a quarrel that
sprung originally rrom land ques
tions. UNIFORM INSURANCE RATES
Now York Mrrrtlnr "f Flri Unilrrw rltern
Make Kuplil I'rogrci)
The national board of fire Insurance
undei writers at a meeting held In New
York came to an agreement with u
committee of twenty poisons repre
senting foreign Insurance companies
by which all tire lire Insurance com
panies in this country will form a com
bination. Unirorm rates aro to be fixed
for the same class of risks In all cities,
unirorm legislation in all states nnd
cities, uniform legislation in all states
and cities Is to be advocnted and all
technical work of all the companies is
hereafter to be done by a centrnl board
Instead of local, state or city boards,
as has been tho custom.
Old Insurance men say that this is
tho first tlmo the companies have been
able to agree on plans, although the
subject has been fiequently proposed.
"Had we ugrced long ago," said a lead
ing Insurance man, "we would not uow
be seeing an average ash heap of
$150,000,000 every year In this coun
try." Coining flnlit fur .lapan
Tho Kxnmlner says that the San
Francisco mint Is making United
States coin for the Japanese govern
ment, gold being sent therefor coinage
Into money which will bo used in tho
purchase of food nnd other supplies for
the army nnd navy. Tho Inst two
steamers from the Orient have' each
brought $2,000,000 worth of gold bullion
f i om Japan.
ClnlllTit llrllirry Charge
The statute of limitation has expired
on all bribery offenses committed dur
ing tho 1901 session of Uio Missouri
legislature and there can bo no prose
cutions of legislators who have not
bun Indicted during tho three years
Juut ended. Tho cases of State Sena-
tore Frank II, Farris, Charles H.
Smith and Euel Matthews, who were
Indicted on cliarpca ot hritwy, are yet
to be triad.
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NEW LAND BILL
Iti-prnlw tli TIiiiIiit mill Slnne Act A
Cliittk t Urnfllng
The t.'nnte committee hns reported
favorably the qunrlea bill to repeal the
timber nnd Mono art. No bill Intro
duced In congitss in several yenrs has
been pushed with more vigor by Its
friends, or fought more stubbornly by
Its enemies, than the orlglual bill fath
ered by Senator (Juarlcs, which provid
ed for tho repeal of the timber and
stone net, I he desert land act and the
commutation clause of the homestead
law. l'or two years, tho committee on
public lands lias had tho measure al
most coinitanlly before It nnd heated
contests have been so frequent that
they threatened many times to break
tho personal regard In which membeis
of the committee always held each oth
er. The last thiee meetings of the
committee have been no exception.
Last year the committee repoited tin
hill over the head of the chairman, Mr.
II l.u .1. I. it In tii'iit'nninil ItU It'lUC.
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K- This ear a ma or ty of one was
f Hunsbrougl,, U,t he re used to
j Pt t " motion to lepo.t U e III Ilo
K ,n," ?,crt . "'"m"" of f"c' ' '
l" ""'UvUluully. org . g that tho
Pat-saw of tho bill would upse. land
laws and turn to Canada the tide of
Immigration now building up tho west,
and declared that the homestead law
was vital to the unimproved west. Ho
.suggested that a meastiie be Intiodured
repealing tho timber and stone act
only. Ho won Senator Nelson to tho
same view and having a majority tho
bill was Introduced by Qutirlcs and ap
proved by the committee.
APPOINT COMMISSIONERS
.luilcn A nif, Olilliam mill l.etlnn Heap
pointer! liy .Siitriiia Court
The thiee Judges of the supreme
court, Chief Justice Silas A. Holcomb,
Judge S. II. Sedgwick and Judge J. 11.
Harnes, reappointed Commlssioncis J.
II. Ames. W. D. Oldham aud C. H.
Letton to serve for a period of ono year
from April 10. The salary of each
commissioner Is $2,500 a year. At pres
ent nine commissioners are serving.
The last legislature extended the com
mission for a period of two yenrs, nlno
to servo ono year and two to servo
two years from April 10. I!i03. Now
that the (ouit has made Its selection
or tho three to romaln the others will
retire from the commission. The re
tiiing commissioners are Fawcett, Al
bert, Kirkpatrlck. listings. Dulllo and
(ilanville. Commissioner Oldham Is a
democrat and Commlssloneis Letton
and Ames are republicans. Mr. Ames
was formerly a democrat, but has
been a republican since, the campaign
of I8SH5 and Is registered In his pre
cinct ns a republican.
CATTLE MUST BE DIPPED
Sinla Veti-rlimrlini Tlioiima llui-keil L'
ljr (intrriiiir Mlrliry
State Veterlnnilan Thomas has be
gun n war on parasite skin diseases ot
cattle which the veterinarian has dis
covered is prevalent nmong most of
the cattlo on the ranges and Governor
Mickey issued a proclamation govern
ing the clipping of those affected.
Veterinarian Thomas holds that
much good had resulted from the dip
ping and that had tho proper formula
been used In the malting of the dip
tho diseases would have been wiped
out entirely. He therefore in his regu
lations Instructs that the dip shall be
made of sulphur and lime. Owing to
tho lack of Hauls it Is impossible to
send nn assistant veterinarian to su
perintend tho work and therefore tho
governor Instructs the sheriffs of the
vnrloua counties to see that the icgu
lations are enforced. The dipping is
lo bo done during the months of April,
May and June and none but the for
mula Issued by tho veterinarian is lo
be used In preparing the dip.
Henrlng nil H-llniir Law
The senate committee on education
and labor hns began a series or open
hearings on tho eight-hour bill, which
was reported Tavoiably In the Fifty
seventh congress, nnd which Is also
pending before tho house committee on
labor. Daniel Davenport, representing
the Amerlenn anti-boycott association,
was heard and Judge Joseph K. Mc
Camer, representing steel Industries,
presented resolutions calling upon the
secretary ot commerce and labor for
Information concerning tho number of
hours now exacted on the government
work.
Rnon Htorin III CIiIcbko
In a furious snow Btorm enough snow
fell to innko tho total for tho winter
more than break all previous records
In Chicago. The season several weeks
ago was officially declared the coldest
ever known.
Noteil lllaliop I'aaira Awajr
Tho night Hew LouIh Maria Fink,
bishop of the Leavenworth diocese ot
tho Catholic church, died ut his homo
at Kansas City, Kas of pneumonia.
He had beon hovering between life and
deatli for soveral days.
Attorney Hnmaner Mini Knffeir
William S. Summers, United State
district attorney ot NebraBkn, will be
removed from office.
President Roosovelt has Informed
Senator Dietrich and Editor Rosewater
of the Omaha Hco that ho would take
such action against Mr. Summers.
JOHN BURT
Author of "-The Kidnapped Millionaire!,"
CopTiiKdiT. iwu, nr
FniOKllK.K Ul'llAM ADAMS
All rights
reserved
CHAPTER TWO Continued.
Prince grovUd. John looked up the
road.
"Thorn's someone coming," lio said.
Jossio turned nnd saw Miss Maiden
approaching. Sho looked at her mud
dy feet, her bedraggled hat nnd her
splattered blouse aid skirt.
"I'll pet an awful scolding," she
snid, half to herself and half to tho
boy. Then lor tho first tlmo sho
scrutinicil John Hurt. Sho noted
that ho was well dressed; that ho
was not bnrofootod, Hko most fnrinor
boys, nnd tjiut ho was handsome ind
seir possessed.
rtr)n vim iinlini!T tn Mio rlffrnff?" I
asked Jessie, lowering her voleo so j
that tm nppiouolilng governess
should not hear her.
"Never heaid of It," replied .John
Hurt In a puzzled smile. "What
ii it?"
"I don't know." said Jessie: "but
my papa don't allow me to associate i
with the riffraff, and I forgot until ! turned. Peter Hurt sold the cargo,
Just now to ask you ir you are a riff- paid off his men, disposed of his in
raff." I teres! iu the ship, and on the follow-
A look of pain came to the honest j lug day walked Into the Hurt rami
face of the boy. Heforc he could house. Ilo was greeted affectionate
spenk Jessie turned to meet Miss b' by his son Josenh. who Tor a year
Mnlden. had lived alone in the old house. A
"Why, Jessie Cordon, what have ! week later the boy was sent to school
you been doing?" Willi a cry of ells- ! In Hoston. aud Peter Hurt began his
may tho governess dropped an arm- ' solitary occupancy or the ancestral
ful of flowers and surveyed the wreck I home.
of the sailor suit.
Jossio looked penitent indeed as
she gazed at the muddy shoes and tho
torn stocking; but contrition Is a fee
bio Maine In the heart or a child.
"Never mind the old clothes,
Govie," sho said. "Watch mo catch
a crab! I can do It Just splendid!"
"Jessie, lay that pole down and
come nway with mo," said Miss Mai
den sternly. "How dare you play
with a strange boy! What would
your rather suy? Come with me at
$r 3&aOF rffc f, A I
m JMMm & El M JL
TauaMJKJbMiiov. Jit X, j I
"go yocrJiEZ.Q& 7o J75.OTazf??,
once!" She gathered up the flowers
and took Jessie by the hand.
"tloodbyo, Prince! Oood-byo, John
Unit!" Jessie waved her hand gaily
at her fishing companion as Miss Mai
den turned Into tho path leading
through tho woods.
"Ho was real nice, and you're nw
fill good, Oovle, not to scold him J"
wero the words that reached John
Hurt as lie carried his basket of crabs
to the wagon.
CHAPTER THREE.
John Burt'a Beyhood.
For two hundred yenrs the Hurt
houso had withstood tho blasts of
winter and tho withering heat of sum
mer. Tlmo had worked upon tho
rough exterior until It seemed like a
huge rectangular rock, weather-worn
and storm beaten. The small plateau
on which It stood sloped northward
to (ho sea. Hugged rocks to the west
stood as a wall, frowning at tho quiet
beauties of salt marsh and cedar
swamp below. To tho south wero
patches of meadow wrested from
wood and rock by generations of toil.
Through tills fairer section a brook
wandered between bunks fcatoonecl
with watercress. Old settlers knew
tho locality by tho uamo cu Rocky
Woods.
When llezekiah Hurt died, Peter
Hurt Inherited the hold homestead In
Hocky Woods. Ho wns a young giant
with tho shoulders or a Hercules. At
tho ngo or thirty ho took to wlfo tho
fnlrest maiden of tho surrounding
country, and to them a son wns born
and christened Robert Hums Hurt. A
year Inter tho mother sickened nnd
died. The grief of Peter Hurt was
terrlblo as his strength. Fop a year
ho remained a prisoner In his house;
then returned to work, nnd for two
years labored with tho energy of u
demon. His second marriage followed.
He led to tho altar tho daughter of a
jioor farmer, and of this prosaic union
seven children wero born.
After fifteen years or work and sor
row tho patient wlfo folded her tlied
hancla. closed her weary eyes and
sank Into that sleep which awakens
not to toll. If Peter Hurt loved his
second wire, ho never told her so. If
ho loved hor children, his expression
of 'affection took n peculiar form. He
mnde no secret of his favoritism Tor
Robort Hums Burt, tho only child of
his first wife.
Robert was a boy ot whom any
fnth'er would bo proud. At twolvo he
was sent to school in Hlnghara. At
nineteen ho entered Harvard, gradu
ating In four years with hor.es. Af-
I ter two more yearB devolefi to a law
?S3m
-By FREDERICK
UPIIAM ADAMS
"Colonel Monroe' Doctrine," Etc.
CoPTuititiT, IMG. nr
A. J. Vnnxr.h Hiddi.e
course, ho began practice In Hoston,
and bis success wns instantaneous.
For ten years after tho death of his
wife, Petor Hurt conducted the farm
of his forefathers. Ono after another
of his sons mid daughters, ns they
became of ago, left the old home,
never to return. One night alter slip
per Peter Hurt Informed tho remain
ing children that ho wan going to sea.
Hi; had bought an Interest In u whal
ing vessel, and would snll from New
Hedford in a week. To Sarah tho
eldest of the children ho gave three
hundred dollars, together with In-
! struct ions concerning the manage-
inent of the Inrin. lie did not know
how long he would be gone-It might
be a year or It might be live. With
some tenderness ho kissed tho weep
ing orphans, and tramped down tho
road in the direction of llinghnm.
Five years later the Segregansett
lmpped anchor at New Hedford. Nono
of the crew that went on with her re
Shortly berore Peter Hurt's refirn,
Robert hud married, and tho old man
was delighted when the young eouplo
mude a visit to tho old farm. The
following year John Hurt wns born,
and Peter Hurt Journeyed to Hoston
to witness the christening.
Two yean later Robert Hums Hurt
and his wlfo wero instantly killed In
a railroad accident. The trnln crashed
through a bridge It was winter, and
bitterly cold. Of the llftecn passen
gers in the ear occupied by Robert
Hurt, but one escaped. A child, two
yens old, was found warmly wrapped
iu its travt Hug blanket, uninjured, on
a cake of Ice, a few minutes after tho
car plunged beneath the water. It
was John Hurt.
In the opinion of his neighbors.
Peter Hurt was crazy from the hour
tho news came to him. Strange
stories were whispered concerning
Captain Hint, as he was then called.
Uelated travelers along tho lonely
road saw lights burning through all
hours of the night. They heard the
old man talking or proving in a loud
voice.
Upon the death of Robort, Peter
Hurt went to Hoston and burled his
dead. With tearless eyes he saw the
pride of his old age lowered Into the
grave. Robert Hums Hurt was a care
fill lawyer, and his will covered every
contingency. It appointed his father
executor ot his small estate, and In
trusted him with tho care of his son.
Peter Hurt plnced the boy in tho keep
ing of a competent nurse, and re
turned to his furm.
Save for the occasional smoke from
tho chimney, there was no sign that
Peter Hurt existed throughout the
three months tlint followed. His sou
Joseph called at the house, but was
not admitted.
At tho end of this period the old
man emerged and wnn seen lu Hlng
ham. For the first tlmo in years ho
spoke to ills neighbors, who noticed
that his hair was as driven snow,
nnd Mint his face shone with a
strange light. In the calm nianner
of one controlled by nn unalterable
conviction, he stated that ho had
mnde his peace with Ood, and wns in
spired by Him. Ho had received the
gift of prophecy and of understand
ing. When John Hurt wns seven years
old his grandfather brought him to
tho old farmhouse. With tho hoy
came his nurse nnd her husband,
William Jasper, the latter charged
with the duties of hired man. Thus
John Hurt began his life on the farm.
When John had mastered his let
tors and primer he wns sent to school
in Hlngham, tnhlng the regular course
for nvo years. Then a private tutor
came from Hoston. Five days in tho
week the boy studied under this
young mnn's direction, and made rap
Id progress. With his stern old faco
lighted with Joy and pride, Peter Hurt
would listen to the recitations.
CHAP1ER FOUR.
James Blake.
John Hurt was fourteen jeara old
whe-n be first met James Wake. Tho
cider HlnhO had purchased Uio ok'
Leonard fnnn, and so had become the
nearest neighbor of Poter Hurt. There
wero sovernl children in the Hlakcav
family, but this narrative has concern f
only with Jnmes, tho eldest, a boy ol
John Hurt's nge.
The two fnrms were separated by I
crook, which, nt n placo called the
Willows, widened to n pool, famed ns
a fishing nnd swimming place. One
Juno morning John was seated on n
log spanning the narrow neck of this
reiieh of water. Ho bad lacnled a
bass, when the cracking of twigs aud
the swnylng of tho underbrush on the
farther side of the creek attracted his
attention.
A moment Inter a boy emerged
rrom tho thicket. Ho surveyed John
with mi expression more of contempt
than or surprire. The new comer wns
n tall, well-formed lad, straight as an
arrow, quick and graceful Iu his
movements. He also carried a toil,
which he rested against the log; and
for a few seconds ho calmly gazed at
ohu Hurt.
"Hello!"
'Hello!" answered John Hurt.
"Flshlir?"
"No: swimming." replied John.
rtThlnk you're smnit. don t ye? to-,
I I I 1 1 l . 1 1 1 l i ." .IIIIUI l( JI. fcT .
led the strange boy as ho balled?
Iiook. "Crazy Hurt's boy. ulnjt
sponiled
his hi
ye? No objection to my iisntn . novo
you?" f
There was a taunting saieapm in
Ills voice, xi ii il dellanco In his air.
Without waiting for reply he east,
his line Into the water.
"Yon can fish as long as you pleaso
on your own side of tho creek." said
John sullenly. For half an hour no
word was spoken. John caught four
bass during that time, while Jim
hooked only eel glass. Then ho east
his line across the tiool. dropping It n
few feet from John's line.
John Hurl's face flushed angrily.
"Keep on jour own side!" lie com
manded. "I'll fish where I darn please! This
Isn't your creek'" retorted Jim Rluko
with a defiant grin. "If It is, what
aro you going to do nbout it?"
As lie spoke John brought his liook
nenr the surface, and by a sudden
twist "snagged" Jim Wake's line.
With a Jerk he whipped the rod from
his opponent's linncl. Young Hlako
was furious. John calmly towed tin;
rod across the pool, iinnnurlcd tho
lines, and threw the; rod on the hunk.
Obeying a boj's llrst instinct. .11 in
looked for u stone, but found none.
Then ho Jumped for the log. Drop
ping his rod,' John Hurt also sprung
forward, and they met In tin- center
of the bridge.
(To bn continued. t
Spool Building.
There is nothing more lntcn sting
for an Ingenious boy or girl, (liven a
lot of lipoids and a ball of florists' wire,
so much can lie done t lint It Is Impos
sible1 lo give a detailed description. To
collect spools Is a much easier job
Hum the old-fashioned practice of col
lecting buttons. Old buttons uio
sometimes valuable Iu piecing out a
set, but empty spools are u.sunlly
thrown away. A person of enterprise
enn always collect them, unci tho
smallest ami most Insignificant is not
to lie despised. A coining architect
can plan a houpo, and the builder of
a suspension bridge can string his
spools securely on who nnd produce a
complete and steady structure. Strong
little tabonts may be made of them,
if thero Is solid wood for the table
part; the spools may be used for tin;
legs and supports. A trash basket
may be made of them, strums one on
lop of the other, with a wooden bot
tom, and lined with gay cretonne. The
smaller spools make pretty picture
frames, especially it painted white or
green. They may bo used In a hun
dred ornamental ways, they may be
collected from a dozen different
sources, and they, are sure to piovldo
amusement for Innumerable rainy
days.
A Luxurious Bed.
An Indian potentate recently order
ed from Paris a bed which will rival
the rajah's bed In the Arabian Nights,
it is of sntlnwood, richly carved, and
ornamented with silver plates In re
pousse work, adorned with bouquets
of loses, pink and corn, the rajah's
coat or arms being plnced at tho head.
At eacli corner stands a statue or a
girl one French, one (ircok, one Span
ish and one Italian. F.nch Is tinted ac
cording to the complexion of her race,
und wears n suitublo lined wig, either
black, blond, chestnut or auburn.
These maidens have movable eyes,
and their only ornament Is a gold
bracelet round one arm, which waves
over the sleepers bend either a fan
or a yak's tall fly flapper. The fur
ther enjoyment is heightened by an
Ingenious arrangement In tho mat
tress, which, ns soon as any one lies
down, plays a selection of Gounod's
airs. Ohio State Journal.
Steepest of Mountains.
Mount McKlnley is known to bo
the steepest of nil the groat moun
tains of the world, and it is unlike
most other great peaks from tho fact
that arctic conditions begin at Its
very base. The prospective conquer
er of this Immense uplift must pick
his path over broken stones, icy
slopes, sharp cliffs and an avoragH
slcpo of 45 degrees for at least 14,.
000 root.
Dogs That Smoke Plpeo.
These two dogs, Downy nnd Ruth,
aro tho pets or a Minneapolis man.
Their skill nt balancing pipes betwin
the'- leoth is but ono of tho irnliy
clover tricks they havo learned. In
Justice It should be snld thut the pipes
are never lighted, but the dogn enjoy
thoni, all the snme, and anybody who
tries (o Interfere with tho after-dinner
smciice must watch for n fight.
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