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An Old Game.
M
r We " :1t and watched the shooting stars ,
. Across the IIZIII skies ;
r ( YBef retthe 1 < lsH the idies 'ou ( ( now ,
- noforc the ! Julclc IInHh dleH ) ,
But meteors were fuw. or I'lso
Too slow our mortal eyes :
And so wo cheated . she and 1-
We counted IIrelllcs !
'I'lml' was In ! summel'lImo-hut now
WO cannot Hit outside ;
The stars are there hut IIghtnhig-bugs .
This cold < I cannot abide ,
, . ' But when I longed for spring to come
j lIe blue eyes opened wide :
" ; \ly goodness ! (10 wo really need
Excuses now ? " she riled. )
g I -le\0InI1l1 Lender.
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E . . Whcn the assistants at a Bristol
. ( Eng < ) pownbroker's entered the lI'em' )
, ; ' ises the other morning they saw a
A man crouching \ In a corner behind a
box Ho tried to rush past a file of
customers wailing to bo served , but
10 . was secured. He proved to bo Richard .
ard Halstead , a mason , and In his
. possession was jewelry worth over
\ .c 100. Investigation showed that he
E , ' , had been curiously \ : : ; tl'lIpped He had
evidently gained ( access to the promises .
; . Isos br cutting a hole in the roof ,
l' lie was , however , unable to get to the
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shop below on account of an iron
door on the stall'case As a last re
; ' sort , and beIng a small Iran , ho got I
{ . into the shop hr sliding down a rope
: . in n small wooden 11ft. ' The rope ,
. . . . however , broke , and ho came down
, -n' with a rnn His position was not ,
fully realized till , having secured the
; : jewelry , he was about to take his de-
t" partm Then ho found all the doors
' > safely locked and the rope In the 11ft
; .4. . . . , . brolten. With no possible means of
- logress he hud to wait till the shop
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: : a' Dog Lives After Being Buried.
! 'S After being buried under the ruins
¶ of n seven - story- building wonty-one
lays , in which time she was almost ! !
starved to death , Chief ; a beautiful
. . water spaniel , has heon' rescued and
: is well on' the : road to roco\'cry. She
came . out of h,9I' prison resembling a
mad animal , but careful nursing has
brought her back to her former gentle
wa 's ,
Chief was in the basement of a cottage .
tago in West Van Buron street at the
time of the fire ir1 the home of the
i . . d Cash Bu 'ors' Unin , and when the
_ walls of the building fell they crushed
' - , the frail structure and made the dog a
prlsonor. She had lain there -ntan '
days when the wreckers found her.
They fed her through a small opening
some time before they were able to
release hor.
Medical men say n man could not
- live longer than six ( lays under like
clrcumstances.-Chlcago Hecord'l1er-
ald.
Met Death In Strange Way.
Charles Palmer , an employe of the
Camp Glass company in Smeth port .
Pn" , was- roasted to death the other
morning when engaged In malting repairs -
pairs to a gas SUPlllr lIPC. Palmer's
duties were to maintain the heat of
the furnaces at the required tempera-
tmc. The melting tanks are so arranged -
ranged that the supply of gas flame I
is turned on alternately from one side
_ _ to another. Each of the two supply \
pipes is large enough to admit the
body of a man Palmer , when the
. : I _ flame was passing through the adjoining .
joining pipe , crawled into time unused
one , and his assistant changed the
supply , sending the burning gas
through the pipe In which Palmer was
at worl\ Before the mistake was
known Palmor's body was burned to
a crisp.
Physical "Freak" Dead.
In the death of Magdulena Gaily , time
students of the Viennese hospitals
have lost n valuable clinical subject
as well as a teacher. ThIs woman had
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acquired by practice a singular control
of the muscles of the Ilhar 'nx. She
was able undergo prolonged laryn-
goscopic examinations without reaction -
Lion of the vocal chords , could pro
duce at will spasmodic contraction or
the Eustahlall tube , and owing to a
special sensitiveness of the mucous
membranes she was able to tell students .
dents when thor were at fault In IH'OP'
erlr cathcrlzlng the tube. She would
even introduce foreign bodies Into the
respiratory ] passages ] and allow the
advanced students to practice their
\'emoval. She made her living in this
manner , charging a Cce for each clln.
teal session
Corruption of Words.
"I lately heard , " says It writer In
T. P.'s'cckly , "of a country Inn
which boasted for Its sign , 'Tho lack-
ass. ' Word corruption llltO this has
given many 1\\II11nt \ signs to our hos-
telrles. Among the better known inns
are 'Tho Goat and time Compasses \ '
cOJ'l'ulted ] from the words , 'GOI\ \ en-
comlasseth ] us : ' 'Tho Bull and Mouth \ , '
from "rhe Boulogno Mouth , ' after the
naval : combat before ! Bou\ouno \ : harbor :
and 1'ho Pig and Whistle , ' from 1'ho
Peg amid : Wa81l1l , ' alluding to the pegs
driven Into time wassail howl to stark
the point ] to which the toper might
drink as his tUl'n comes round. 'l'he
sign , common In Lancashire : , of the
Stanley : AJ'lIIS , an eagle carrying a
child , Is lOlltllaJ'iy ] referred to as 'The
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Bird of BantIln' .
Novel Kite AdvertlsementD. ,
Three large war kites hearing aloft
two huge banners floated high over
London one bright day rocently. 't'he
banners Informed nil who coulll read
the lettering that the Lyceum would
give IlerfcJ'Jnances m ; at Gao : and J. 'rhe
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kites wore flown from the roof of the
theater , and , as there was a strong
t breeze , they rapidly ] attained an coot
mous hel hl. Within twelve minuter :
after being set free on their aerial
journey the three miles of stout cord
had run out , and the kites , wIth the
pendant banners remained stationary
over Soho at a height of about 21f. :
miles. As time atmosphere was fairly
clear , the nQvel advertisement could
he seen for many miles , antI attracted
much attontlon. Time kites are to bo
flown every week dar in suitable
wcather
Sheep Starved to Death.
An extraordinary Incident Is report
ed ( from lleddgelert , near Snowilollla ,
In 'Vales By some means , 110 sheep
were driven ( Into a fold on a mountain
side and locked in . Many days , If not
weeks , elapsed ] before the owner noticed .
tlcod that time sheep were not grazing
on the mountain , and on Investigation
the sheep were found In the fold all
starved \ to doath. Judging bona their
positions when fOUIIII , the poor ] ani-
mals must have suffered terrible ng-
ony. Some of thom ) had even attempted -
' ' ' each other and had
ed to ] lI''r upon ,
been suffocated by wool.
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Deepest Mine In the World.
Imagine If you can a gigantic honeycomb -
comb forty miles long by Hftccn miles
broad , sUI'I'ounll ( > 11 by water and penetrated '
etrated by hUl\dro(1H ( of miles of tan'
eels arranged In tidrs one below anoth-
el' to the depth of H mile , and you will
have sOllle idea , writes Mr. Theodore
Waters , in Ever 'boI"s ( Magazine . of
the country hi which the ( \ ( > ( 'IIOS ! . mine
In time world the Calumet and lIecla :
Is localo.1. . This copper mlno extends
clown four thousand feet below the
bottom of lake Superior , which itself
Is one thousand feet dOOIl.
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Mine With Up . to - Date Equipment.
In the deepest mine , the Calumet
and Hecla , ' there are over two hunt
dyed miles of tunnels lighted : in part
with incandescent lamps , find a com-
plolo telephone service with a "cen'
lral" and eighty Instruments install
ed ( In the galleries : so that a IHlmp'
man on the l -\'enlh level cnn
call 1111 a friend over the 10ng-IJlstancll
wIre to Chicago and tell him how 11
fools to live ) In the how of the earth
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Habits of Trees ,
WlIllam L hall , of time Bureau of
Forestry , United States IIIII'tmont
of Agriculture , writes thus of time
habits of trees :
Tree ComJalllonshlll-In ] almost
every region c rtl\ln kinds of trees
arc found together , This IR due to Il
t1Imlll\l'ity of preferences In regard to
soil , teat ( , J1Ioistmo and light Two
'Irees adapted to the same conditions !
will thrive best ill time saute situation
rime White Ash and Black Wulllut are
good eXHmples. Having similar preferences .
erences , they have almust flll'lIticlll
I'anges and tune very genorlllly associ
1I1'11. ! There Is IIlso another { reason
why trees accompany one another.
A tree IIIay so influence its surround
illg nn to m111:0 : them favorable to another '
other tree , where othcrwlse they would
bo IInfl\vol'I\hlo. As an 'cxamplo of [
such influence , the Chestnut on sterile ,
sturdy Illallls In portions of Now Bug'
land forums Il mllch.brancheel tJ'ee ,
which shades the ground and keeps it
moist amid cool ! . Such cOIHJjtions ) ) arc
favorable to time , germinaticin of the
Whlto Pine hi that region : consequently .
Iy It is found coming UII abundantly
bonol\lI.1 time Chestnut , but not so abun
dantly on tho'OIlCli , 1\IIIII'otoctet !
groul1ll.
Effect of Change in s'lIrJ'OlIllIlIngs.-
A change In the snrrotutdings of a
tree always modifies Its habit of
growth. If ho I change Is to\viu rd more
favorable SUI'J'Olllllliugfi the result is
seen in increased vIgor , ' rate , of growth ,
and size : If toward 1Il1favorblo sur-
rOUllllingB , the reverse will he true
The stately 1'nUIItl'eo of the contrlll
Eastern states Is said to bo a mere
shrub In FloJ'i ida. 1'he reason is that
there it is out of .lts range of adapta-
tion. Time Whlto Elm , which grows
with tall and \'aHo.lI1w form In New
England , in time semiarid plll'tS of Kan
sas and Oklaholllll Is , low and spread
ing like an apple tree. Nor Is forum
the only variable characlOl' On the
western elm the leaves are fewer in
number , smaller , thlclwr , and ( much
rougher than on the New England tree
In other parts of time tree there arc
differences . the salllo kind , though
they are not so noticeable liS those
in the form and foliage. These variations .
tlons have resulted from the differences -
ences In soil and climatic conditions
to which the tree has been subjected.
Gradual Clmange. = ncc difference In
form between two trees of the same
kind In different localities has come
about through gradual divergence of
characteristics. 1'0 a certain degree
changes of this kind can bo brought
about in practice. When a gradual
change Is made in the surroundings of
a tree a cOrrefJllOluling change takes
place In the tree Itself , 'Phus If stock
of time New England elm be slowly
moved westward through many generations '
orations , it will gradually change In
form amid outer characteristica ; to he
like the western tree : and It must he
assumed that this change Is necessary
sal'Y to enable It to live under Its
new condItions.
Sudlh..n Changes.-SlIdllou chunges
In the surroundings of a tree frequently -
ly I cause its death , because it can not
, quickly change Itself to meet mho 1'0'
gtlirements of Its new condltiollS 1'he
New England elm moved al once to
the semIarid west Is likely to die , lie
cause it Is not adapted 10 the conditions -
tions of soil , light , heat and lIIolsture
of that regIon In the prairie marshes
of northern Indiana there are oceit-
slonal knolls whll'll once supported
thrifty oaks of molilnro.lovlng : Idnds
Now that the marshes have beers
draIned the drying out of the : ; ell has
C' 'Ised the oaks to die 'l'he change
'vga too sudden Suddenness and (
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intensity of change often account for '
the failure of trees to thrive when
moved away from the region to wlmh
they were adapted This Is also why
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eastern trees so often die when moved
to time west 1'hls Is why nlll'SOl'Y stock .
grown n'al' hy clln ho mono RafolY
planted than that grown In a dlatllnt
I'cglon. It Is a pmctlclll 1\1nUOJ' , hUll
shoulll bo goncrnfly unllorstooll.
Take the Insects In Time.
Time tlmo to begin time fight against
insects is hofol'o they aPllc/u' / Tutu
Is , It Is safest to treat the plants ! that
may ho affected aU if they WOl'O nl-
ready affot'ted Wo used to have 1\
thriving plantation of currant bushen
'I'horo wel'o eight rows amid each row
was about thirty feet long , v.o - 01'0
careful to 1II1\11tll'O time gt'unntl ; ' ell and
spade ) It UII every seaSon 1)urng : thol
growing sonson wo hood time ground I
over whenovOl' there wits tL sign of-
wcolla comIng up.
1'ho result was that wo obtained avery
very good crop of currants each year ,
\lnd it WIIS always delight to plclt
thorn , they hung In "ueh large clus'
. From this ctu ' rant patch ealllo
jars of currant III'OHCJ'VCS IItlll numerous -
' ' for the
oils glasses or currant jolly
use of the t'1I1Il1l during the winter
Wo I1ldn't loiow anything about time
imported I.H\I'I'I\1\t. \ worm or time im-
ported CUl'1'lIl1t borci ; maul If wo had
we mIght hll\'o aa\'ell that currant
1Ilantntlon. Ono year wo found the
leaves ( covcrtil with the currantvornin
which wo now know to ho time im-
Ported currant wOl'lnn. 'Wlth thom
must have h\11 also nlllny illlllvilluais
of time imported e1ll'I'IInt borer family ,
though wo did not notice time difference -
OIlCO at the tinge 'l'ho Imllortcd cur
rllllt ; worlll feed Oil the leaves , whll
time IIlllgg0t hatching front the egg 0
mho I1npOl'to(1 ( lurmllt borer lit one
burrows into the stem IUIII HillS ll , ii I
eating the pith. 111\11 wo sprayed th
hurhos with hellebore 111 time 9prln
and repeated It once or twice Wt
would have caught botll Insects. Or
hlld wo sllJ'l\yell with the saute IlolsOl
for the hnllortod ( currant worlll whet
it appeared , wo would have caught no
only it but time horors
lis it \ vasve did not tlllte the trot
ble to ) buy \ hellebore amid spray : , hu
every few days went over tile bushe
Hlld picked ( off the most lIumOl'OU
colonies or curl'llnt WOI'IIlIl. .vo save
IIl1rt of time foliage Hnd SlllllOSOll till
limo battlevtms won , hut III this N
were mistaken , for while wo WOI
fighting the visible enemy on t1
outer worles , the SllllilOrl1 and millc
were busy tunnollllg under time anti
cations , so to sllonl\ .
The next spring ovary stalk t
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every bush was dead , and an mean
action showed that each stall hall i
pith partly eaten out. That waS t1
end of time lalltatlon 1 , to our rcg1'l
'l'ho Icsson was 11 costly 0110 , hut
Is one that we arc not likely to forgl
We have been hnproasod with t
fact that It Is rather late to slImy r
Insects after they begin to swarm
he t bushes by the thoufiall1ls-l\IlI
Picltorlng Ellihart County , Indlal
In FIlI'1II01'S' Ho\'low.
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Grazing in Forets.
Grazing ill forests Is receiving t
attention of time experts In forest
JIIatters. Great dnmnge has ho
done to the forests hy the stoclun
driving their cattle into time fore :
rlurlng time hottest tinge of sumlU
Time underbrush Is browsed off II
time soft ground tramped co mint (
Ices not pel'mlt ) the air to get throe
the soil to the roots of trees. 'f
Fpongj" roil that Is found in the f
emits 113 necessary to time wlll being
iiiany kinds of t1'ees It is expoc'
that the government'ill take me
UI'CS to lessen time losses from '
cause named.
Thtlr Own Tailors.
When \Vooello Bvas quite n III
fellow , ho heard his mamma and
neighboring mammas talk about c
Ilron cutting teeth.
Now Woodlo was an admirer :
chleltons On lIaylng his nrchitor
visit to the chicken yard ono day
looked at thelll In astonlshmLi1t. 'I'
running to his JIIothor ho IIlIn01l1l
excited I :
"Tho little chIckens are cutt
wings and tails , n amma ! "
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