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Glorious Race Furnished Inspiration for Poet's
i f Song of the Strenuous Steeds.
fhe West ngnlrut the Kiixl contending,
lluii i ernt her champion to tlio fray.
On blithe. HlKh Hall our ees nte bend
lnr 'I'Iip sluggard holds the rlKlit if wnv
heres Irlh I.ud, the New York won
der. Whose deed have sot the turf on lire"
Ills hoof beats ring llkis rumbling thUh
der 111. Titan henrt will neer tire'
Which horse will win the Derby laun-l"
Will Woodson snatch the i'rHu pi lire"
Will Highball rumiiier In the uuarrel.
Or KiikIIhIi I.atl the world surprise''
llupld liter, too, in.iv loom us master--Hlg
brother to the boisterous hicezc,
"How the frenzied crowd it shout
, . ing, as English Lad bends to the
rhacl"
J5M
Jlllthe Highball's stride seem surelv
faster
Thnn surging foam fiom wind swept
seas.
'Tls Derb rn . our glorious seamn.
When innnmi'i' swoons upon the land,
To back llx- bangtails l no treason.
To pick th' wlnnei fiom the stand
Knch Jockuj grimly eye hlx neighbor.
And trails him at his Raddle belt,
And urges on the iteedi that labor
Willi the tire and rury l the Celt!
Over tlflv thousand here assemble
To e The inaddeiihiK. hutUIng eluise;
Shy. piquant maids will pout and tremble,
"Bruvf Highball will win the rueo."
Ullthe Highball loom so spruce and
slender.
Mohurlb stout may snatch the prize:
Kurt Hunter looms a Ji--n contender
lill-ll laughter gle.tini In Hetiuty's ees.
Wlint ringing cheers saints the Master,
HUtlie whirlwind of tlie pampered Kust;
Htuunclv Highball neighs mid spurns dis
aster. And loom's a supple. splendid beast.
A crafty Jockey guides Tils chances
Fuller Impassive In his seat.
The pompous palfi-ey piiiudly pranrc
.And caracoles with dainty feet.
Come English I .ml, le Wtrt's Defender,
The stubborn sluggard takes his ease,
IlequltalN? son looms spruce and slen
der Ulg brother to lh boisterous breeze.
Old Time, they sny. I fast and fleeting;
Time I. Imps a Inward In his truln!
What tlereu dellKlit when steeds ate mtl't
InR And grappling on 'the wind swept plain!
A They're nt the poM all grouped together:
They're Jockeying lor the friendly rail;
With lienrts us buoyant ns a feather.
Like chevaliers of Oreelnn tale.
. They hearken to the bugle blowing:
Its aerial challenge through the air.
Keen sllverv stanzas thinly flowing
Like haunting strains fiom Siren's l.ilr.
"They're off they're ofT," the rallbirds
crying
"All ranged together in a line!
Supreme delight tu see them fly ng
As stately squadron o'er the brine
Kaeh gallant thoroughbred Is straining
With foam flecked mouth und tossing
crest; , ,
And dauntless HlglibiCIl grimly gaining,
POOR LUCK WTTH ALLIGATORS.
Vtsftor Failed to See What Captured
the Negro.
When '1 got down into Mississippi
1 began 1o look for alligators, think
Ins to find them backinR in the nun
on the banks of every creek and
bayou, but throe weeks passed and l
had not .yet got sight of one. Then I
accepted an Invitation to stay with
Major Burbanks.for two or three days.
He had a big bayou on the west of his
plantation, but would out guarantee
an alligator. On the second evening
I walked down to the water to look In
a vain, but at the same time I was
somewhat interested in a negro who
sat on the log fishing. He told mi
ne had never seen a 'gntor In tho
bayou, and that he was existing l
iateh a catfish at any moment and I
had turned away when there was a
yell nnd a splash. I whirled about,
but all I could see was the muddy
water churned Into foam and tho
waves lashing the bank. At that mo
ment the major Joined me and I said:
"Major, there was a negro flailing
from that log a moment ago."
"Yes?"
"And something has taken him '
" 'Yes?'"
"But but it must have been an
alligator?"
"And you
never caught sight of
him?" '
"No."
"Shoo! You do seem to be out of
luck with the 'gators, for shore. l-eX's
go back to the veranda to smoke.
BEGGARS AMUSING CHARACTERS.
Strange Requests Made by Impecuni
ous Mendicants.
Miss Mary Richmond of Philadel
phia is ono of the noted charity work
ers of America.
As tho executive head of tho i'hila
delphia Society for Organizing Char
ity, Miss Richmond has made a thor
ough study of all sorts of beggars,
and some of the beggats she has met
must have been amusing characters.
There was one, for Instance, a Now
Iftigland beggar, who used to tramp
rtfcnt In tho twilight, saying to every
h&owlfowbo answered to his knock:
"Will you give mo a drink of water,
lady? for I'm so hungry I don't know
where I'm going to sleep tonight."
WON THE DERBY.
And Woodson nobly stands the test!
Mow rich the sweep, how giutid the
ineusuie, ,
That ilses like grey m-pan's swell.
They spurn the tuif with lordly pleas
ure, Kxultlng like clear chiming bell.
They ile and fall like billows swelling.
And surge and shouldei In the tight.
Full tlfty thousand men aru yelling
And cheeilug at the glol lolls sight'
Mow the fri nzled crowd Is shouting.
As UnglWh l.nd bend to the chase:
Utile Illy lasses Hushed and pouting
Show lustiious e.es, shy ro"eleaf fnce
llllthe Highball gallops sutely fuMi-l'.
Thau whimpering wind or tippling rain.
Itapld Water seems to spurn disaster.
Stout Wood-mil nobly stands the strain.
Fur back Kugllsh I. ad Is hiding.
The stubborn sluggard bides his time;
Ills Jockey nurses, calmly guiding,
Ills hoof heals ring like silvery thyme.
Itelentless as lithe Icopatd leaping,
Highball comes bounding thro' the
throng.
Hesistless in llerce cyclone sweeping,
He glides us splendid us u song.
'Come on you hound." the tipsters yell
ing.
"Wake up and df your song nnd
dance'"
The rallbirds with ulaini are swelling
"Vou brute, move up and take a chance
Hut KiikIIxIi I.ud still keeps his dlstuncc,
HUtlie Highball holds the right of way,
lie seems to spill II the. turf leslstance,
Anil Woodson trails him In the fray
They're In the stretch and madly strain
ing. The panting steeds set sail for home;
And gallant Highball's grimly gaining.
All dappled giey with flecking foam.
The ,ockes nurse the steeds that labor,
And trail them tit their saddle belt.
And silmly eye their .strenuous neighbor
With the tin- and fury of the felt!
The pace was swift, the struggle bruis
ing. As they thunder down the sloping way.
With foam flecked mouth like hounds a-
cruising
Staunch Highball lends the strenuous
fray.
Their hoof beat diown the rumbling
thunder,
Itelentless as fierce Cyclops might.
There Is no time to break or blunder
Since Death's. In ambush for n light.
Who won the nice, who snatched Hit
plunder?
'Twits Highball tllchud the Croesuf
pi Ize,
Ills hoof heats ring like rumbling thun
der. The Kastern champions roused thf
world's pui prle.
Vain. KnglUh Lad, your desperate strain
ing Knr dauntless Highball's vanquished Tlnu
"Vain, English Lad, your .desperate
straining, for dauntless Highball's van
quished Time."
Aivfl Woodson at his heel was gaining
Their names will live In rippling rhyme.
J a in e K. Klusella
llfglmry Division. Chicago Jiustofflce.
AAMMAAAAAAAAWMAAAAW
FRESH AIR THE BEST TONIC.
Phy&rchm Declares Women Need
More Exercise.
"It is safe to say." declared a pby
siclan, "thut one-half of the women
are simply starving for fresh oilr, nnd
if they "would throw away their pill
bottle .and headache powders and ex
erclse freely In the open air lor nt
least two hours dally they would feel
like new women at tho end fit a .year.
Nature cannot be cheated, nor can
Impaired forces be restored by swal
lowing medicine every time warning
pain and tlrness overtakes the offend
er. A buBy woman may be cnmjK-Tled
to negleei some duty or pleasure for a
time in order to obtain the outdoor
exercise, but under tho circumstances
it will be excnsable, and in the long
run she will make up for It because
of Ineream-d "bodily vigor."
PESSIMISM HAS LONG EXISTED.
People Were Prone to Comp.'aln Ages
Ago.
Dr. Richard T. ilotthell, of Co
lumbia University, 7ias a broad
knowledge of Oriental tales: and prov
erbs. Dr. (Sotthell was condemning pessi
mism one day at Columbia.
"Pessimism," he said, "Is as old aj
the bills. Mankind has always rec
ognized It, and has always derided It.
"There Is a Persian story about a
pessimist. This story Is so old that
no date can be assigned to It, It con
cerns a pessimistic farmer.
"Oootl friend.' a vlltor said to tut
farmer, 'you are fortunate this year.'
Ho pointed to the heavy nd rich
grain fields spreading ns far as tho
eye could see. 'You can't grumble,
he went on, 'about your crop this sea
son, eh?'
" 'No,' whined the pessimist, 'but a
crop like this Is terribly wearing on
the soil.' "
Reason for Long Workday.
A recent attempt to reduce the dnll.i
hours of femalo factory workers a
Freiberg, Germany, was opposed, on
the grounds that competition with
Italy, Japan nnd China would not per
mit It, and that, If factory life were
mndo too nttrnctlvo, domestic help
would bo still more difficult to obtain
thnn it is now. '
LONGTOILREWAKDED
FRENCH PRISONERS LABORED
YEARS TO ESCAPE.
Thetr Secret Passage Was Discovered
Through Perfidy of Fellow Convict,
But Pardon Was Granted.
A wonderful example of the pa
tience of prisoners in preparing means
for escape was discovered some time
ago In the French penal settlement In
New Caledonia. The convicts live In
barracks, and every morning they are
thoroughly searched and locked in.
Among the prisoners were two inn
rlno engineers who were In for polit
ical crimes. They lived together In
the same hut. Kvcry night, for two
years, they labored at digging an un
derground chamber benc.Vh their
house, concealing its entrance during
tho day. Bvery morning each of them
carried out some dirt In his blouse or
his pockets.
Their hut stood near the seashore.
After two years' toll they had dug a
tunnel reaching almost to the sand
stone bank by the beach. At the end
of the tunnel they hollowed out a
large cavity, and In this cavity they
set to work building a boat. Dy cut
ting through to tho beach they were
ublo to come out at night and And
pieces of driftwood on tho shore, and
every serviceable pleco of timber they
dragged In.
In their underground chamber they
made a forge, and with little bits of
steel nnd Iron, some smuggled In
from the marine repair shops in their
hair and under their arm pits, they
made, first tools, then bolts, rivets and
the necessary Ironwork for the build
ing of a launch. Then they set pa
tiently to work building an engine for
the launch. When that was finally
accomplished, they had been working
nightly for over seven years.
At this time anothor convict was
lodged with them, a 1'arls embezzler,
nnd they had to take him into their
confidence. For six months he helped
them, until everything was ready, ex
cept to provision the boat. Then the
embezzler turned Informer, hoping to
gain favor thereby. Next night guards
surprised the two marine engineers In
their underground chamber, seized
their tools, and put them into solitary
confinement with ball and chain.
Tho subsequent investigation
brought to light tho entire plot. The
seven long years of patient toil so
impressed the French commandant
that a year later he managed to ob
tain a pardon for the two engineers,
and they returned to France.
POWER OF THE IMAGINATION.
It Frequently Plays Straws e and Un
expected Prank.
"We humans are a pretty weak
minded lot," said Col. William Zever
ley, of tho Indian Territory, who wa-s
philosophizing. "Witness how a man
goes to a race track to play a certain
horse and lets any stranger tout him
off iL
"I remember when Ah Ewlng was
sergeantat-arms of the Missouri Leg
islature. Ash ws a big, burly,
healthy man, with a lace like a full
moon. One Monday morning Senator
Walker put up a job on Ash. He
hunted up bait a dozen senator, and
told them to go to Abo one after an
other and ask him what was the mat
tor with his face.
"They all agreed, und Walker start
ed the ball rolling.
" 'Good morning, Ash,' he Bald,
when he met the florgeant-at-arms.
'How are you this morning?'
"'Fust rate, senator; fust rate.'
" 'But,- Ash, what in heaven's name
is tho matter with yonr face?'
" 'Nothing is the natter with my
face,' said Ash, rubbing his hand over
lt. Nothing at all.
"Six men, one after another, met
Ash and. held the came conversation
with him. Each time Ash protested
thero was nothing the matter with
him, but his protests grew weaker
and weaker.
"When the seventh cane arcund
and said: 'Oood morning, Ash, how
wo you this morning?' Asfa replied:
'Fust rate, except for that blankety
blanked face of mine."
Not a Matter of Birthday.
Tho passengers In a train the, other
day were annoyed by tho Impassioned
strains of a lusty-lunged infant who
refused to bo pacified or comforted.
A very youthful looking "Bertie,"
whoso nerves seemed to be in an lr
xttablo condition, writhed In silent
agony for some' time; but at last his
.endurance gave way, and, leaning
:ovcr tho back of his seat he inquired
of tho mother of tho screaming dar
ling, in a brief interval of compara
tive calm:
"How old should a child bo before
It can be taught to keep Its mouth
shut?'
"Young man," replied tho irate
mother, with a fierce glance at the
jtmooth-faccd boy who had had the
temerity to put forward such an in
jnulry, "you should ask your own
pother that question!"
The Fisher of Nippon.
Where now the brownie fisher lad?
HIr hundred thousand fishing boats
flock Idly In the reedy moat;
Ills baliy wlfo no more Is glad.
Hut yesterday, with all Nippon,
Ilcnenth hlH plnk-whlte cherry trtcs,
In chorus with his brown, sweet bees,
Ho careless hang, nnd sang right on.
Take care! for ho has censed to slnir:
Ills startled bees have taken wing!
Ills clirrry blossoms drop llko blood;
Ills bees begin to storm nnd sling:
Ills seas flash lightning, nnd a Hood
Of crimson stnlns their wide, white
ring:
His b.ittle.-hlps holcb hell, nnd all
Nippon Is hut one Hpartnn wall!
Aye, be, tho boy of yesterday,
Now holds the bearded Huss nt bay;
While, hlosFom'd steeps above, tho clouds
Walt idly, still, ns waiting shrouds.
Joaquin Miller i tho Century.
TO TRANSFORM A WILDERNE8S.
Irrigation Is Expected to Accomplish
a Miracle,
One of the most forbidding portions
of the North American continent has
been the desert of Idaho In the Snake
river region, l.lttlo besides sage grass
would grow there, and tho lands, suit
able neither for tigrlculture nor grai
Ing puriMises, have been abandoned to
coyotes ami noisome reptiles.
Hut of late an almost miraculous
change has taken place in this region.
Tho government engineers thought
they miw a promise of fertility tliere,
and the tract was chosen ns one of
tho earliest to be Irrigated artificially
under the new scheme for which con
gress has appropriated seoral million
dollars. At an cNpenilltuio of $L',00,
000, which has been set aside for the
constiuctlon of groat Impounding
dams and diversion canals above the
Minidoka rapids, fully $12,000,000 of
taxable property will bo created In
this bnhln. Taking ns a basis tho last
census agricultural figures for Idaho,
tho 120,000. ncres to be reclaimed un
der this project will, when settled un
der irrigation, represent tho latter
value, while the annual earnings of
the laud will amount to about $2,000,
000. With this area cut up Into 1,400
now farms, as Is proposed by the gov
ernment, a rural population will be
created of 7,000, which will bilng with
It an urban population of probably an
other 7,000, or 14.000 people.
TRAPPER OF BIG HAWKS.
'Pennsylvania Man Holds Record a
Champion Catcher.
Olenn Uussell, a young man of Hun
ter, Pa., bus certainly broken nil lato
records ns n hawk catcher. Ho be
gan his work of catching hawks by
means of traps In November last,
when on tho 22d dny of that month
ho bagged his first bird, which had a
tprend of wings 50 Inches from tip
to tip. The day following ho caught
another, which measured r41 Inches.
On December 8 another ono was add
ed to his list, which measured 49
Inches. February 27 of this year an
other was caught', which measured
51 Inches. May 4 he scored one which
showed n spread of wings of tj0
Inches; on the 14th another was add
ed, huvlng 48 Inches of wing, on the
19th nnother big fellow was trapped,
which showed up 53 Inches of sailing
power. On tho 24th perhaps the dad
dy of 'cm all was taken, and this fel
low could unfold C5 Inches of wing
power. On tho same dato another
was decoyed Into Mr. Russell's trap,
with a wing measurement of CO
inches.
f he Village Church.
I'm Kind 1 lingered where the lllapr rond
Turned off Into the highway to the
town,
FVir. far nway among the hills of
brown
TTw tall church i-teeple showed.
That was the Inst T saw 'for many a dny.
OT home that white, slim turret that
yet seems
To come, faith's symbol, In my waking
dreams,
To drlvo my doubts nwnr.
How mnuy times the mists my paths
would rlnlm
And oft nnd oft the voices of unrest.
And giant strife, had Midly dispossessed
Tim hope of slmplu name.
But mid their guardian hills 1 know where
they
Who gather In their father's undent
shrine
Remember, by their urly faith and
mine,
Tor ubsent sons to prar.
And, If I should go bncfc, I'm sure Vi
see,
After I'd pnssed the highway to thl
bill.
The faithful church tower Bhlnlng,
white mid stllL
To keep the wVy for me.
Frank Wolcott Hutt n the Toutb'i
Companion.
The Japanese Calendar.
Every month in Japan has its par
ticular significance to the Japanese:
January, the month of the Now Year;
FVbrunry, the Inarl (fox festival);
March, tho doll festival; April, the
birthday of Buddha, tho month when
the people stroll out for hanami (flow
er vlcnlc) and fields and hills arc
tinted with clottda of cherry blos
soms; May, when azaleas are ablaze
and the picnickers flock to the beau
tiful gardens; juno, the Temple festi
vals; July, tho celebration of the
"Milky Way," August, moonlight ban
quets; September, tho month of the
klkuznki (chrysanthemum) shows.1
October is a desolate month, for the
gods are said to bo absent. In Novem
ber the parents celebrate the third,
fifth and seventh anniversary of their
children and entertain their friends;
December, a month of work In prepa
ration for the Now Year.
New Paullst Superior General.
George M. Searle, tho teacher, writ
er and astronomer, has been elected
superior general of tho Paullsts. He
nun in tm u uuuji nun uiu uiuiuu me nroou whs iruzcn sonii, me nun
States coast survoy, a professor at! ilreds of salmon trout being caked up
Annapolis Naval academy, a professor.
nt Harvard, a professor in the Catho
lic university at Washington and di
rector of tho Vatican observatory at
Rome. I
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Placer Mining in Colorado.
Dredging for gold In tho sands ot
Clear Creek, in the vicinity of Golden,
Colo., Is ono of tho latest enterprises urer of a savings bank at East Jaff
to attract the attention of the mln- rey. N. H.. as he was on his wav
Ing world. Chicago capitalists have home one afternoon recently, carrying
prepared to spend nearly 11,000,000 In1 a satchel containing a revolver, he
tho development of their plans, and passed a bull field, here a game was
already havo begun building tho mon- in progress. A fly ball was batted In
eter dredges required In tho work. his direction, nnd ho dropped his
" satchel so as to catch the ball. The
Health Forbids Politics. weapon was discharged and the liul-
Ex-Gov. William E. Cameron of Vlr- let entered Mr. Klttredge'o side, cans
glnla has withdrawn as a candidate Ing his death a little later.
for congress In tho fourth (Peters-1 -,
burg) district becauso his health will. Hop Crop of United States,
not permit of his continuing tho cam Tho United States now produces
palgn. Ho mndo his announcement at more hops than any other country,
a meeting in Boydton, whero ho and Of the world's crop of 1,7(10,000 hun
his opponent, It. G, Soutball, had a dred weight, the United States fur
Joint dlBcusslon. . I ulshes 402,000 hundred wolght.
WANTED THE DUCK BACK.
Inexpert Carver In No Way Disconcert
ed by "Trifling" Accident.
"I was at a dinner party not long
ago," Senator I)epew was saying, "at
which the host
wrestled with con
siderable difficulty
with the duck. He
carved with much
writhing of lips,
but Ineffectually:
so much so that
presently the duck,
under piessuie of
the knife, left tin
dish and bounced
Into the lap of tin
lady guest sitting
opposite.
"Const ernat I o u
naturally followed, but railed to dis
concert mine host.
" .Mntlatne,' said he politely, 'will
ou kindly return tin- that duck?"' -New
York Times.
BASEBALL TEAM IN FAMILY.
Nine Players Among Whom There
Should Be Harmony.
It Ik doubtful lr there is another
town In tho state, outside of Wnpplng
ers Falls, Dutchess county, Hint can
boast of the distinction of having a
bahcball nine, with a mluMllute play
er, all In the one family - not merely
ten members, but ten good baseball
playciH They have not only estab
llshed a lepiitntloii by playing among
themselves, but by figuring conspicu
ously in teams along the Hudson riv
er. This novel nine Is made up or
the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ailolph lllrk
enmeyer. of High street. Wnpplugers
Falls. Although they are all first class
bull players, they have ni-vur organ
Ized as a solid team until Inst week.
Tho team 1h nimle up us follows:
Charles Hlrkenmeyer, catcher; .lohn
nirkenmeyer. pitcher; Joseph Hlrken
meyer; shortstop; Oscar ltlrki-nmeycr
first base; Allien Hlrkenmeyer, second
base; Hugh Hlrkenmeyer, third base:
Ailolph Hlrkenmeyer, Jr., left field;
James Hlrkenmeyer, center field, Vln
cent Hlikeumeycr. right field; Hay
mond Hlrkenmeyer, substitute, New
York World.
DOCTORS MOVE GIRL'S HEART.
Organ Restored to Normal Condition
Though 6hlfted Six llnches.
Annie Riley, a lll-ycar-old daughter
of James Riley or Dlckmn City, Pn
became ill with pleurisy about a year
ugo. The family physician found the
whole left side of the child's body over
the lungs bloated. He removed the
mutter nnd the girl begun to get well.
Soon, however, a Hccnnd gathering
appeared, which decayed the ribs on
the left side. During this second Ill
ness the girl's heart moved over to
the right side some nix Inches from
Its proper ixisltlon.
The girl was taken to u hospital,
where physicians found It necessary
to remove four whole ribs and parts of
four others.
The physicians restored the heart to
its nutural ixisltlon, but the opeiatlon
left Hit- child weak and for two
weeks she was In a dangerous posi
tion, but now It is believed she will
recover.
Rolling Boat.
In thU nt range craft its French In
ventor has created a bout of remark
able appearance, If nothing more. It
consists of two drums, the outer act
ing as a propel lor, while the Inner one
contains a twenty-four horse ixnvcr
motor nnd carries the passengers.
Fishing with an Ice Pick.
Thero Is a farmer out tu Wyoming
who lived almost entirely lust winter
on tho contents of a unique refriger
ator presented to him by nature.
He lives near a umull brook which
Is pnrt of a large stream not far off.
A big school of salinon trout came up
In the brook mid were cut off fiom iu
turning to the river by the fee.lng
of the small connecting stream. Then
came an unusually cold wave, and
In the Ice.
During tho winter the farmer had
only to go down to the brook, chop
a hole In the Ice and pick out n few
of the fioen fish, using them as ho
lll..UI II IIII.SSS IWI MID lUL'Hini
Love of Baseball Caused Death.
When Charles R. Kittredge. treaa-
FLY THE BEST BAROMETER.
Watch Small Pests If You Would
Know When It Will Rain.
"Fine day, Isn't It?" I remarked n&
I bade a friend good morning recent
ly In the mnrket houso, where bo
conducts a ment stand. "Yes," ho re
plied, "but It Is certain to rain bofoie
the day Is over."
Asked how he could be so confident
when the sky was apparently clinr
and the sun shining so brightly, be
called my ntfentlon to the flics. "You
see them clinging to the beef ?" ho ex
plained. "Well, In dry weather tho
electric fans serve to keep the Hies
away from fresh meat, but the In
stant the atmosphere becomes affected
by an appronchlng shower these In
scts begin to stick to the ment mo
tightly that It Is almost absolutely im
possible to drive them off, Our faun
are mnde to revolve at full speed, ntui
In addition we resort to fly brushes;
but even with nil these precaution)
iiome of the little winged pests cling
to tho beef with a tenacity thut In
astounding. When this occurs wu
know that It will rnlu, nnd it never
falls. Just wntch and sou If It In not
correct. The Dy Is tho best barometer
in all the world." JMttsburg Dispatch.
Lacsoed His Big Catch.
Frank Rogers of South Orrington
has quite a llsh tied up at his wbaif
on Hii- river shore. He caught a stur
geon H feet long, weighing 250 pounds,
In his salmon net, nnfl has him fast
ened by a rope so tnnt' he can swim
uroiiud In thu creek. People who
wish to see him pull him ashore, nnd
alter tho Inspection the big sturgeon
wiggles back Into deep wuter. Tho
sight Is quite n treat to thoso who
have never seen quite ho largo u fish,
any many embrnco tho opportunity.
Kennebec Journal.
A Road Mirror.
At Wooibrldge, Suffolk, England,
where three roatla meet at dangerous"
angles, tho Urban Council has erected1
n mirror nt such an angle that driv
ers of motor cars and other vehicles
can see whether tho road is clear.
He Hated All Religion.
ICllot W. Preston, who died in Hofl
ton recently, left a unique will. After
providing that no religious ceremony
should be held over his body, and that
his body should demaln unburled tin-
111 sure of death, he left all his estate,-
approximately 120,000, to the Ant'l--Vivisection
society of Philadelphia
Mr. Preston expressed this with:
"I earnestly request that no rti
llglous singing, paid or unpaid, be per
mitted, but In lieu thereof, should that
stanch free thinker, my friend, Mr. P.
(5. Peabody, bo present, I requost anil
hope that he will, In a few well choten
sentences, speak of tho deceased an
one who dared to look, despite of
threats, with tho undlmmcd eye 111011
the Light as of ono unblinded by
priestcraft, hating only pain and rco
ognl.lug In tho principle of happiness
the eternal and only good,"'
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Girl Shoots Attacking Coyote.
Driven to desperation by long fast
ing, due to heavy snow, a pack of
coyotes' attacked Maude Russell and!
Clara Sherman near Wllholt Springs.
Fortunately the girls were armed, In-'
stead of fleeing from the wild dogs-'
the Russell girl shot one of the nnl
main. The report of tho gun fright
ened the remajndcr of the pack awny.
The young women were mounted nnd
brought the body of tho coyote back
with them to their home as a souvenir
of their venture.
Good Bankruptcy Laws.
In Norway and Sweden the only
thing for n creditor to do Is to send in
his claims and mnko sure thnt the'
same arc recognized. After this has
been done ho has the right to refuse
to accept the propositions offered by
the bankrupt and can Insist jipoo
court proceedings in case ho believes
tho bankruptcy was brought about
with dishonest intentions.
Ancient Harp.
Old Egyptian harps had but six
strings.
Achievement of Jeweler.
A Jeweler in Turin has made a
tiny boat of a slnglo pearl. The hull
Is finely shaped, and might serve aw a
model for u racing sloop, the snil is
of beaten gold, studded with dia
monds, and the binnacle light Is a per
fect ruby. An emerald serves as Its
rudder, and Its stand is a slab of
ivory. Its weight Is less than nil
ounce, and It Is said to have cost
15,000.
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