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the late Senator Iagalls of.KaHsaa, Is claimed In a June magazine article
by Dr. Nicoli Gigliottl of Erie. P, who says he wrote the sonnet first and
published it in Italian in 1887. He prints a. "deadly parallel" to prove his
claim. He called it "II Fato."
THE FASTEST WARSHIP AFLOAT.
Proud Honor Held by th Kentucky
of the U. S. Navy.
In stripping the Kearsarge of her
laurels gained In her record-breaking
.run from Southampton to New York
the battleship Kentucky, one of the
great fighting ships of the navy,
- marked up the records for the navies
-of the world and demonstrated once
more the supremacy of American na-
. "val architecture. ,
- In the fighting efficiency of the mod
ern battleship speed and endurance
-are important factors. The floating
fortress must not only have the guns
" and the men behind the guns, but she
must be able to cover long distances
at" a high rate of speed without mis
hap. Judged by these standards the)
Kentucky must be crowned queen of
the American navy.
Under the command of Captain Rob-
- crt M." Berry and with Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans and staff on board,
the Kentucky made the run from Ma
deira, 3,885 knots, at an average
speed of 13.82 knots an hour. The
record of the trip includes 12,916
knots from Hongkong in thirty-nine
steaming days, being an average of
315 knots a day, including the slow
' passage of the Suez canal, a record
reached by no other warship -of the
United States. During her absence
of three years and seven months on
- the other side of the world her total
sailing was 68,157 knots.
'Several years ago the Kearsarge
: stuck her nose in the air and made a
dash from Southampton to New York
at an average of 13.50 knots under
' natural draught. Upon this achieve
ment she has received the plaudits of
the whole country. It was. pointed
out that she had steamed 5,000 miles
before her record run without having
made repairs. But the Kentucky, be
fore the run completed on Saturday,
had steamed 9,000', miles to Honolulu
and back, making a total distance of
18,000 miles, without repairs to en
gines. WOULD NOT BE BISHOP.
Or. Day Rejects Honor Tendered by
Methodist Conference.
The Rev. Dr. J. R. Day, whose elec
tion as bishop by the Methodist con
ference at Los Angeles followed an
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attack on him by the Los Angeles
Examiner, created a sensation in the
conference by resigning the honor.
-Dr. Day has been chancellor of Syra
cuse university since 1894.
Comes Back to Politics.
At the age of 82 years Henry G.
Davis of West Virginia has returned
.to active politics and will be one of
the delegates to the democratic na
tional convention. It is twenty years
since this veteran of democracy re
tired from the United States senate,
after serving there for twelve years.
He began his political career the year
following the civil war by being elect
ed to the West Virginia assembly, and
began attending national democratic
conventions in 1868.
His Life's Work Well Dons.
Dr. William S. Evans, who died in
Clinton county. Missouri, the other
day, was a preacher for twenty-three
years, then a physician for twenty
seven years and again a minister for
tcreaty-aine years. Dr. Evans was al
most 96 years old. He began . to
preach the first time when he was' 17
years old and did not commence his
medical studies until he was 40. He
gave np medicine in 1875 and had
been" since then saerely a local
preacher.
GUfcsrt's Wit Still Fresh.
W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert A SaHIvan
fame, recently seat a characteristic
vesly to a nefghsoriag; land owner, a
jam SBannfaetarer. who claimed that
his gaste was disturbed by the dra
JBStist's dogs. Mr. Gilbert's answer
tan: It jo want to keep say pickles
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Gen. Sto
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Russian Soldiers.
Gen. Stoessel is the commander of
the beleaguered Port Arthur garrison
and has been in supreme control
since Viceroy Alexieff departed for
Mukden some weeks ago. Gen. Stoes
sel distinguished himself in the -Turkish
war, having fought at Plevna and
t Cclli-ke Pass, and he also served
in the Turkestan campaigns. He is
held in high esteem by the officials at
St Petersburg, and. it is said, was
first sent east at the special request
of Alexieff. Gen. Stoessel is about 55
years cf age, is of sanguine disposi
tion and is possessed of a rugged con
stitution. HAS NO USE FOR BACHELORS.
Joe Mefferson Recounts With Pleasure
How He Hit One of Them.
One of Joseph Jefferson's pet abomi
nations is a bachelor. 'The" venerable
actor believes in early marriages and
recentiiy advised a group of Yale
juniors to marry as soon as ever they
could afford it "Bachelors why, I
have the utmost contempt for the
whole breed of them," he said. "The
older they grow the more conceited
they grow. I took one down a peg.
though, the other day. He was talk
ing about this woman he had known,
.and that woman he had known, and
these women, it seemed, had married.
Why you,' I said, 'are in danger of
getting left. Why, don't you, too, get
married before it is too late?' 'Ob,'
said the bachelor, with a chuckle,
'there are still plenty of good fish hi
the sea.' 'But the bait.' said I, 'isn't
there danger of the bait becoming
stale?' "
Centers of European Population.
London and Manchester are stilt
disputing as to which is the greater
European center of population. Most
people would suppose that London
owns the title beyond peradventure.
Even if one draws a circle with a ra
dium of thirty miles about Charing
Crosss station one gets a population
of more than 6.000,000. as against
5,500,000 within a similar distance
from the Manchester exchange. But
protracting a circle with a forty-mile
radius one gets a greater Manchester
that shows a population of more than
8,000.000 as against a greater London
of only about 7.000.000.
All Knew What She Meant.
In a murder trial at Lancaster, Mo.,
State's Attorney Smoot asked a fe
male witness some question about her
domestic affairs. The witness resent
ed the asking of such a question, say
ing: "I reckon a woman has a right
to boss her own house." Mr. Smoot
asked what she meant by that, where
upon Judge Shelton interposed: "The
remark made by the witness is per
fectly clear, and I am confident the
jury understands what she
They are all married men."
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The Stingless Bee.
Apiculturfsts have been experiment
ing to determine whether a compara
tively rare stingless bee that is a na
tive to North and South America
coald be bred to replace the common
honey bee. The former, according to
the investigators, was found to use no
wax in the construction of the nests
and the honey stored by them is great
ly inferior to that of the common
honey bee. The domestication of this
species, apparently, does not look very
promising.
Mexican Prince a Wanderer.
Prince Nanzeta Montezuma, a wan
derer and practically an exile from
Mexico, is traveling somewhere in
the west. He claims to be the only
lineal descendant of the great Monte
zuma. The prince is described as a
maa with delicate features, a striking
ace, of polished manners and well
read.
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How a small party of Americans
penetrated the land of the head-hunting
Igorrotes of northern Luzon and
how the handful of men constituting
the first expedition that ever entered
the land of the head hunters and came
back again persuaded the savages to
give up that immemorial usage form
the subject -of the following story,
which is published here for the' first
time. The adventure is related by
Lieut-Col. W. H. C. Bowen, Thir
teenth Infantry, U. S. A., who com-
manded the expedition and was at
that time major of the' Fifth United
States Infantry and Provisional Gov
ernor of the Province of Abra. Under
Gen. J. Franklin Bell he had operated
against the Villamor brothers. Bias
and Juan, and assisted in harassing
them and their mixed followers, in
cluding Alzados, Negritos, Tihgulanes
and Igorrotes, into surrender. After
the pacification of the province he
served successfully in Batangas
against Malvar, the successor of Agui
naldo, and against the insurrectos in
the Cagayan valley. He was relieved
in May, 1903, and is now in charge of
the United States recruiting station in
Buffalo.
"Adios, Americanos!" called out the
presidente of Bangued, with a cadence
of foreboding in his grave voice.
"They will come back again never
more," remarked the larger part of
the adult Ilocanos of the barrio, we
thought hopefully.
These were the farewells that
sounded in our ears on a pleasant
morning on Dec. 26, 1901, as we rode
forth from the capital of Abra to visit
the wild tribes of the Alzados for the
purpose of persuading them to give up
their immemorial practice of head
hunting..
The Ilocanos were Christians, after
a queer fashion; the Tinguianes were
.pagans, and the Alzados were savages
of the most ferocious type. The Ilo
canos and Tinguianes had often been
visited by white men, and I had vis
ited the chief pueblos and villages dur
ing the summer, taking the flag and
an escort, in order to administer the
oath of allegiance. But no white men
had ever explored the Land of the
Head Hunters, for it would have re
quired a large force under Spanish
rule to brave these unterrified sav
ages in their mountain fastnesses, and
besides there was nothing there to
tempt the cupidity of our predeces
sors. I had made up my mind that there
could be no peace and prosperity for
the people- of Abra, even under the
flag, while the head hunters were al
lowed to continue their peculiar prac
tice unrebuked. To attempt to per
suade them from it by moral suasion
was the reason for the expedition
that started forth from Bangued, as
stated above.
The smallness of the force, in view
of the serious nature of the errand,
was what excited the pessimism of
the natives, who gathered to see us
startl They had an idea, and express
ed it freely, that it would require a
regiment, with one or two rapid-fire
guns, to penetrate the land of the
head hunters and argue with them suc
cessfully. I thought otherwise. Those with
me were not so confident, but were
willing tfftake the chances.
The eedition included CoL Juan
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CANAL A WHITE ELEPHANT.
Hard to De Away With, Though Its
Usefulness Is Gene.
In a report recently rendered to the
governor of New Jersey the famous
Morris. canal is declared to have lost
its usefulness through railway competition.-
The canal company was Incor
porated in 1824 and built this water
way soon afterward, from Phillips
burg oa the Delaware' river to Jersey
City, a distance of 106 miles. A num
ber of reservoirs were coastraqted,
some of which are now sarroanded by
valuable estates. The state has a
right to take the canal la 1S74. It was
leased in 1871 to the. Lehigh Valley
Railroad company, which has since
operated it The commissioners re
port that even were the property in
perfect condition it could act be op
erated at a profit It stands la the
way of needed public improvements,
hat its abandonment involves the un
tangling of a complkatioa of interests,
including those of the stockholders of
the canal company, the lessee railroad
company, the state, the municipalities
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Villamor, provincial secretary, who,
with his- brother Bias, was the head
and front of the insurrectos until the
surrender in the preceding ApriL He
became my successor as Governor of
AbraJ
Arthur P. Wright, formerly color
sergeant in the Rough Riders, was
another prominent member of the ex
pedition. He was an enthusiastic
mineralogist. Others in the party
were W. W. Leggett, provincial su
pervisor; two pedagogues from Bucay
and Pidigan, a sergeant and two .sol-
diers from the Fifth Infantry to look
after the horses, a photographer who
took the accompanying pictures, an in
terpreter, a guide who had been a
captain in the insurrecto army, tbren)
packers and two muchachos (boy
servants). It was not an impressive
show of force, but it was at least very
mobile.
It was at San Guillermo that the
first mention was made of the Alza
dos, 'and that was when" the natives
brought to us one of their number
who had been attacked by the head
hunters a few days before. He had
saved his headpiece, but his body was
riddled with spear wounds. The ran
cheria had been attacked -twice within
two years by the Alzados.
On the last da of the year we
reached Tue on the Buclog river, at
the base of the Cordillera Central, and
here at 2 o'clock in the afternoon we
encountered a band of Alzados. We
sighted them at a distance, and I saw
them drop something into the bushes
beside the trail as soon as they made
us out
"They are throwing away heads,"
observed Col. Villamor. -
We .were outnumbered, and had
sent back the horses with the pack
ers two days before, so we were in a
fix, seemingly. The only resource was
to bluff the game through, so we stood
our ground. '
The natives proved to be the presi
dente of Sumadar, a barrio three days'
march over the mountains, with a reti
nue of as villainous looking savages
as one would not care to meet alone.
The presidente looked even more
villainous than his followers. He wore
bis hair twisted about his head. All
of the members of the party were
nude save for gee-strings, and all were
tattooed, showing that they had taken
heads.
When we met the presidente rubbed.
my palm solemnly with his nose, in
token of amity, and his followers did
likewise. I promptly 'brought up the
subject of head hunting.
The presidente of Sumadar af first
affected innocence, but when I insist
ed that I had proof against him he
dropped his bluff and took on a look
of entreaty.
the reservoirs and the people having
contracts for important water rights.
While the abandonment is assured, it
will involve more trouble and delay
than did the original construction of
the canaL
Vessel Construction. '
At the end of March there were, ex-'
eluding warships, 398 vessels under
construction in Great Britain, as com
pared with! 425 a year ago. The gross
tonnage amounted to 988,664 tons,.
against 974,686 in 1903. The tonnage
of vessels under construction In the
United Stateon March SI amounted
to 122.935 toJBj a decrease of 155,205
'tons from 1903; and in Germany 134,-.
545 tons, a decrease of 19,571.
Timber by Lake.
Timber receipts at Milwaukee bye
-the way of lake, daring 1903, fell oft
36'per cent compared with 1902, and1
railway receipts la the same .district
Increased. The timber mast be hauled'
each jrear a greater distance to teach
the lake ports, and the railroads
securing the business by
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The Americanos know all," he said
through the interpreter. "Say that It
has been the custom of our fathers,
and we have followed it, bat that w
have put it away from as. If any of
our young men cut off a head; from
this time, his head shall I take."
I assured him that I beUeved'him,
but .that I would keep an eye upon
Sumadar. Then I invited, him and his
band to sit down with us to a feast
They accepted greedily, and we all
sat down amicably, bat watchfully, to
a feast of canned goods; which the Al
zados seemed to take to as kindly as a
city housekeeper.
I doubt if the Cordilleras ever look
ed down upon such a mixed company
and such a banquet before. During
tiie meal I asked the presidente why
he had taken .heads.
"It Is the custom; the Anita (the
idols of, the Alzados) have ordered it
'It Is part of our religion," he replied.
"Ask him whom they are commend
ed to kill," I sugegsted to the inter
preter. v
"Everybody," replied the presidente.
"All strangers. Everybody is a stran
ger who does not belong to our tribe."
"Why do the young men always
keep the heads with them?" I asked,
looking toward the part of the trail
where I had seen the party throw the
objects into the long grass when they
first sighted us.
The Alzados looked uncomfortably
at one another when this was trans
lated to them. Then the presidente
replied:
"They carry them to show their
bravery. The young men cannot mar
ry until they have taken the head of
a stranger."
"Is it bravery to kill babes and old
women?" was retorted. I expected this
question would bother the old scoun
drel, but it did not
"It is as brave as getting any head.
The warrior must go close to the bar
rio of the stranger to get the head of
the child. He cannot lie in the forest
and wait until it comes to him. He
must seek it In the village, where ho
may bev slain," replied the presidente,
as simply as if that question had been
discussed in the affirmative in lyce
urns in his native barrio.
In reply to questions, he went on to
explain that the heads of enemies
were believed to bring good luck in
about all the details of life among
the Alzados. To kill and cut off heads
before seed time and harvest brought
luck, brought the .rains and warded
off the anger of the Anita, who, he
assured us, had a weakness for the
heads of strangers.
After an hour's talk the presidente
and the 'other Alzados started for Su
madar, saying they wished to take
some tobacco to San Jose to sell.
We were not so thoroughly con
vinced of the good Intentions of the
parting guests that we felt ourselves
justified in going to sleep without set
ting guard 'that night We all took
turns at guard duty, and my relief
was from 10 to midnight so that I saw
the year 1902 in, watching the shadows
of the mountainsides lest in their
friendly obscurity our late guest the
presidente of Sumadar, might creep
upon us to add our heads to his col
lection. However, the night passed without
alarm, and we were forced to admit
that our thoughts did him an injtutice.
From that day to this I have never
heard aught to cast discredit upon the
promise of the presidente of Sumadar
to give ap head hunting.
Has Killed 2000 Chanwis.
The Austrian emperor recently shot
his two-thousandth chamois. It has
been stuffed and set up in the Hof
burg. Lovers Still.
His hair as wintry snow la white;
Her trembling steps are slow;
His eyes have lost tneir merry liht;
Her cheeks their rosy glow.
Her halr'has not its tints of gold;
His voice no Joyous thrill;
And yet. though feeble, gray and old.
They're faithful lovers stllL
They've bad their share of hopes and
fears, -
Their share'of bliss and bale.
Since first he whispered in her ears
A lover's tender tale.
Full many a thorn amid the flowers
Has lata asn then way:
They've bad their dull November hoars.
As well as days of May.
But ftraTaad true taroogh weal aad woe,
Tbroagh change of time aad sceae.
Through winters gloom, through sum
mer's glow.
Their faith and love have been;
Together hand la hand they pass
Serenely down life's Bin.
In hopes oae grave la churchyard grass.
May hold them lovers sUllT
-Magdalene Rock, at Heart songs.
The Archduke Joseph of Austria Is
bailelac.a splendid palace at Bade
Pestk. He is, ia sympathy with the
u and has mastered their
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the Colorado state miljtia, who will
resign because he declares the troops
are "degraded to the use of corpora
tions," was a Rough j Rider under
Roosevelt and made a reputation for
SHELLFISH MAKE 0D TRAPS.
Many Instances wnem Tney nave
Brought Death ti victims.
The familiar story ol a mouse being
trapped by a live oystir, though curi
oub. is not the only Instance of the
kind. The great n turalist Frank
Buckland records the story of a rat
which was caught by pe same appar
ently harmless shellfiii. Some years
ago a common rail wai found dead on
the shores near Pemknce. Its beak
was tightly caught id the clutches of
an oyster, which wastetill alive. The
bird and oyster wefe removed ana
mounted. An even bore queer case
was that of a small salt water fish
which was found in aipool In the rocks
caught firmly by an immense mussel.
One would think thai the mussel must
have been pretty shlrp in closing his
shell. A story is tol I of a colored man
who was caught in k similar fashion.
He put his tongue i ito a half opened
oyster to get the ju :e and the oyster
caught him tight bykhe tongue. Jupi
ter, when released, ras chaffed by bis
friends. "Why, tl 8 oyster couldn't
have hurt you," Mid one, "ior ne
hasn't any teeth." No," replied Jupi
ter, "mebbe not, bi ; de Lawd knows
dat he have turril e hard gums."
New York Herald.
HONORED BY
lllS CHURCH.
Dr. Henry Chosen Moderator by Pres
byterian Genenl Assembly.
Rev. Dr. James Addison Henry, who
was elected moderator of the Presby
terian general assembly, in session
at Buffalo, is a disf nguished clergy
man who has pubished many ad
dresses and sermonl He was born
October 25, 1835, atlCranbury, N. J.,
where his father hal been pastor of
the Presbyterian church thirty-seven
years, and was educated in the. Col
lege of New Jersey now Princeton).
Dr. Henry has beei pastor of the
Princeton Presbytedan church at
Philadelphia since 18S0, and has rep
resented the church in several pan-
jJp.4a3CX3V,v5Z??
Presbyterian councils. He is a trus
tee of Princeton university and of the
Theological seminary.
May Have 0een Fumes of Cider.
CoL John W. Vrooman, at a dinner
the other night, described the expe
rience of a visitor to Herkimer who
had Imbibed freely on his way there.
He accosted one of the citizens of
the town and asked him some ques
tion. The citizens leaned over and
got very close to the stranger.
"Why are you getting so near me?"
said the stranger.
"Because this is Sunday; all the
saloons are closed, and your breath is
mighty consoling." New York Times.
Yale's Graduating Class.
Of this yesr's graduating class at
Yale numbering 313, 112 will go into
business, eighty-five into law, twenty
four Into medicine, twenty-five into
teaching, nine into the ministry and
twenty-six will do special work.
Intelligence of Horses.
Broad-headed horses are the clever
est. Ia cavalry regiments it has been
aoticed that horses with broad fore
heads learn their drill more rapidly
than the others.
Caive's Gift to Charity.
Mme. Emma Calve has founded a
sanitarium for girls at Calbrieres,
near her residence at Aveyron, where
alxty young women in need of pure
air aad attendance are received each
Avalanches Are Few.
Owiag to the unusual snowfall last
wiater, much" anxiety regardiag ava
lanches was felt in Switzerland dar
ing ApriL bat ao serious accideats
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IN MILITIA OF COLORADO
bravery at San Juan. Previously he
had been a cowboy, and still retains
a cowboy's manners. He has been
mining superintendent at Cripple
Creek, and. though anti-union, is popu
lar with the miners.
MOROS KILL MANY FILIPINOS.
Fifty-Three Men, Women and Chil
dren Slain While Asleep.
A report has been received at Ma
nila from Camp Overton, on the isl
and of Mindanao, dated May 15, stat
ing that a massacre bad taken place
on May 12, near Malabang, on the
southern coast of Mindanao.
Fifty-three Filipino men, women and
children, the families of employes of
the United States military govern
ment at Malabang, were surprised at
midnight while asleep by the. Datto
Alls and a band of Moras from the
(Map of Philippine Islands, showing loca
tion of Malabantj marked by star.)
Rio Grande valley and slaughtered.
The chief and his followers escaped
before the alarm could be given.
Methodical John Bright.
John Bright had a curious method
of guarding against any failure of
memory or language in his public
speeches. When he had to deliver a
speech of importance he wrote a sort
of essay on the subject and tore it up.
He then wrote another and treated it
in the same way. and finally a third.
In this way he considered that he had
not only exhausted his own thoughts
upon the matter in hand, but had
gained such a command over the
language in which it could be ex
pressed that he could never be at a
loss for the right word.
Jockey's Mind Is Wrecked.
Physicians are puzzled over the
case of Jockey Minder, who was in
jured in a fall from Rathskeller at
Churchill Downs on May 10. He suf
fered a severe wound in the head,
rendering him unconscious for several
days. He is now recovered, but his
mind has played a queer prank. He
is as a child of 6, and recalls none of
the twelve years on the turf or the
six years before he first secured em
ployment as a stable boy. He wants
toys and can only be Induced to take
medicine by the offer of a nickel.
An Expensive Sport.
L Auto boat racing is an expensive
sport. The boats cost from 310,000 to
325,000 each. If they cannot win
races they are not much use, as they
have no accommodations on board
and are uncomfortable boats to bo out
in, except in the smoothest kind of
weather. To run them a pint of gaso
line is issued for each horsepower an
hour. A hundred horsepower motor
will use about twelve gallons an hour,
and gasoline is worth seven cents a
gallon.
Youthful "City Father.1
AI E. Mauff, the youngest member
of the Denver board of aldermen just
elected, was born in Chicago thirty
four years ago. He went to live in
Denver with his parents when but
four years old.
Age of Sierra Nevadas.
The age of the Sierra Nevada moun
tains, the youngest of the American
ranges, is estimated at 3,000,000 years
by Prof. Lawson of the University
of California.
War Spares No One.
A leading Russian tenor, Sobinoff,
and a prominent lawyer of Moscow,
named MaklahonT, have been enrolled
among the Russian army reserve. The
latter has already started for the
froat.
Drives Out Italian Coins.
Italian small coin no longer circu
late In France, having all been re
turned to Italy some years back, slaeo
whea it has been demonetized In
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de by aide with Chines
es papaw, have always aaawa
sMvas to he, from aa tartaOectaal
pwat of view, sarparlor. This Is the
era rprialag was, It is aoaaMered
tkat the, ordinary carricalam of a
coaatry schsol embraces only the
study of th classics of two af China's
sagas, a native author's vomm oa the
"eternal f taess" of things, and a
toeatisa oa geography, from which the
ecompaayias; map fa taken.
Oa the map the circle of land raaad
about is North and South America,
divided so as to salt the Sat surface;
J is Korea. 80 is China, wKh the
Taag-tse cutting it la two; 33 Is Ja
sa. 81 is Aaaam, 82 India, and 84
Africa. The Inland sea north of Africa
Is the Mediterranean, while 83 aad
the surrounding islands are thosa of
the South Pacific; 78 u Russia, which
is by the Koreans called "the Mid
night Kingdom." 1. 2. and 3. which
stand for the British Isles, are called,
respectively, "ormouthed." "white."
and "busy." The characteristic
"white" is to be taken literally, for
these Saxons claim a paleness la the '
skin more marked than that of any
other people. This, together with
the extravagant use of what they call
"soap." makes true la their case the
hieroglyphic "white." "Busy" points to
their trading and colonizing propensi
ties, for which they are especially
aoted, annexing and claiming shares
tn every part of the earth. "The
"British lion" of the West ranks
equally in fame and importance with
the Korean tiger of the East, the two
preserving a -balance of power, as
can be seen by their location on
either side of the map.
A MM a sslw
Mr. Damaria, county treasurer of
Havana, a town ia Illinois, has a pet
eagle, one that stays in the Court
house park without being caged. He
is at liberty to go when and where he
pleases. Mr. Damaria feeds his pet
twice a day. He can go up to him
and stroke him. just as he would a
cat or dog. When there is any public
festival in Havana the eagle proves a
great attraction.
This is the history of the bird: A
gentleman shot aad crippled him last
autumn, and took him home and kept
hlnfuntil this spring, when his son
brought him to Havana and put him
in a squirrel case. But that was too
small, and he could not learn to fly,
as one of his wings had been Injured.
The county officers built a cage
about twelve feet square, and he was
kept In that cage for about six weeks.
A stump of a tree was put in the cage,
end the eagle stayed oa that tree all
the time when not flying or walking
in the park. As even the cage was
not large enough to let him fly. his
captors gave him his liberty. But the
bird will not leave. He eats fresh -beef,
kidneys, or liver. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
j Loan Was Costly.
In 1812 a s loan was made by the
state of Connecticut from its school
fund to Samuel Perkins. The amount
was 81,733.34, and it was secured by a
mortgage oa real estate situated ia
Windham, Conn. A year later the
principal was reduced by the payment
of 3500. Since then the heirs have
paid interest on the balance amount
ing to 36,401.11. The whole has just
been settled and proceedings entered
to clear the title.
Farmer Has Tamed Wolf.
Orria Worral. living three miles
south of Pawnee, Kan., has a civilized
wolf, which has been bred to a dog.
aad is now the mother of six pups.
She will follow Mr. Worral half way
to town nearly every day, and then
take to the woods and return home.
So long as Mr. Worral is ia sight the
wolf will keep In the road, but as soon
as he Is gone she seeks the timber
and wends her way back home. Ex
change. House Built to Last.
The house on the farm of John B.
Cormack, in Shelburne. Mass., wss
built by Ira Arms in 1816. The con
struction is of brick, single wall. Mr.
Arms would use nothing but the best
pine in finishing and discarded every
board having knots. In the parlor,
which was the grand room of the
house, four men worked a week carv
ing the decorations.
Partridges Eat Apple
A Maine maa who sought to pro
tect his apple trees shot a partridge
as it was preparing to leave its work
and opening the crop took out 284
fresh buds. This, be says, constituted
its meal and. if this was the daily ra
tion, it would mean the destruction of
almost 2,000 buds weekly.
An Extraordinary Horse.
An extraordinary incident occurred
during the races at Gatwick. England,
when Happy Bird was found fast
asleep at the end of his run for a two
mile hurdle race. Efforts were made
to rouse him and he opened his eyes
for a second or two, but promptly re
lapsed into slumber.
Pet Dof Cause of Accident.
While Mrs. Charles Heara of Rich
moad. Mass., was leading her dog by
a string near her home the animal ia
playfulness ran about her in a circle,
drawing the rope about her feet,
causing her a fall which resulted la
a broken
Dancing In the Good Old Times.
A FoxcrofL Me., maa has-dug oat a
batch of old ball Invitations received
by aa ancestor In the 30s. Ia each
case the dancing began at 4 p. m., but
that does act mean that they also
went home earlier la the good old
times.
Whore steiaaao Are Plentiful.
At oae of the hotels at Port An
toalo. Jam great bunches of bananas
are hang about the verandas, free to
an the guests.
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