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THE ELLUAY TIMES.
VOL XI
THE SWIMMER.
Forward or b::i k! \Vlii**h sii *ll it l^T
I tiro of bniiFtin? tlio stroani;
Y* t the in* r« i !*•>•.< waters roar «m me
Whenever 1 pause t«» dream.
Forward or l*a«k then I must tjo—
Leap at th«* falls and win.
Or yield to the surging thnvnswoep's flow
And drown in the caldron’s din!
Drown, and be swept to the deep, dark
sea.
To drift on tile listless tide!
Oh, strong is tile stream as it hears on
me. Pride!
But half of mv strength is —
There is a sea where dr nvnod men lie.
Its waves are salt with tears;
And the wind goes by with a moaning
sigh
O’er wrecks of the long-lost years.
—Stephen Chalmers, in New York Times.
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THREE MINUTES’ HORROR
By W. J, Mowbray.
A crimson sun was filtering’ through
the thick tangle of blue-gums and
stringy bark when l came to the inter¬
section of the path with a second bush
track, winding away to the westward.
It was too wide for a sheep track, and
I traced it with my eye to the spot
where it lost itself among the dense
mass of scrub that lay beyond. Then
I searched the blue of the heavens
above. At first the blinding blood-red
glare of the westering sun sent a show¬
er of black discs dancing before my
eyes. But at last they grew accus¬
tomed to the glare 'and rested on a
thin white perpendicular line rising
above the treetops.
A bushman’s eye is familiar with
this phenomenon. The crass track was
a path through the bush to the home¬
stead of a small “squatter,” locally
and contemptuously known as a
“ground parrot.”
The bush track now began to trend
perceptibly downward, and this con¬
tinued so long that I soon began to
realize that I was entering a broad,
deep valley. Presently I emerged into
a circular clearing in a forest of ring
barked box. The upper end of the
clearing rose a little above the tree
tops at the lower end. And over these
I beheld a river of no mean propor¬
tions. It lay sparkling in the warm
sunlight, and the white roofs of a sta¬
tion homestead far away to the left
shone like diamonds among the emer¬
ald green of the verdant slopes. Span¬
ning the river ran a narrow railway
bridge.
Bui though I searched the view to
right and left, I could discern no foot¬
bridge by which I, too, might cross the
river. As I looked a train shot sudden¬
ly on to the bridge and went rumbling
across to the opposite embankment. A
whistle of dismay escaped me as I
watched it go. I had seen such bridges
before, and knew but too well how real
are the dangers of crossing them on
foot. I was, however, bound to go on.
My destination lay in that direction,
and a bushman allows no obstacle to
hinder his progress. So I went on
as before.
Across the clearing and into the for¬
est of .ring-barked box. Down, down,
with the slope of the falling ground, to
the valley bed. And at last I stood up
on the brink of the river itself and
looked "across to the opposite shore. It
was about two hundred yards in
breadth, and lay still and shimmering
in the light of the declining sun. But
I could not swim. That was the one
defect in my qualifications as a bona
fide bushman. So I went quickly
along to the distant bridge. Reaching
it, I mounted the slope to the junction
of it, I mounted the slope to the junc¬
tion of bridge and embankment. Then
I looked along the glittering rails to
the opposite bank..
Strong and durable as it undoubtedly
was, the bridge before me seemed but
a skeleton framework, upon which the
remainder of the structure should
presently be reared. Few of these
bridges still remain, save those which
span the gorges of Asia and South Am¬
erica. But in the period of which I
write they were also to be met with
in primitive countries. Two hugli
standards of Pyrmont stone raised
their ponderous pillars from the grass
on either side of the river bank. Iron
supports shot up at intervals from the
water itself, and terminated alike at
one given height. Right, across these
ran two stout girders , bolted in sec¬
tions, and reaching' from one embank¬
ment to the other. Across these again
were laid stout iron-work sleepers,
some two l\?et apart, and. lastly, upon
these a single line of steel rails was
bolted over all.
There were no parapets. The clean
sawn edges of the tough and grimy
sleepers stuck out like jagged teeth on
either side of the skeleton bridge. Far
down below, the swirling river could be
seen through the spaces between the
sleepers. To cross the bridge on foot
was like walking upon the rungs of a
suspended horizontal ladder. A false
step might send me slipping through
to the river below.
And what of a train? Well, that
might end in certain death? There
was but one escape, and that lay neith¬
er to right nor left, but below. And
I could not swim!
There were reasons, however, for
dismissing this consideration. With
my own eyes I had witnessed the
crossing of a train not ten minutes be¬
fore. In all human probability not
more than four passenger trains—two
up and two down—went clattering
accross that skeleton bridge in every
twenty-four hours.
Without further hesitation, therefore,
I hegaB stepping from sleeper to
sleeper between the line of steel-blue
rails. It was not a hazardous feat.
An eye for distance, an unfaltering
sLeD. a head unaffected by sudden •H-*
.- s
ziness, and the thing was done. With¬
out fear, therefore, i swung on to the
bridge and went gaily along till one
half of the journey had been accom¬
plished and I stood immediately above
the centre of the river that lay so far
below.
And then, suddenly, I heard a sound
that brought my heart into my mouth.
It was the sharp, shrill whistle of an
approaching' ttain. For a moment only
1 looked ahead. A thin white line of
steam showed above the ridge that
formed the southern slop of the valley
wall. Instantly I stcod still. It was
too near to think of retreat. What
could I do? Vainly I turned my eyes
from side to side.
There was no room to stand even on
the very edge of the projecting sleep¬
ers.
Dimly, yet with ever increasing vol¬
ume, the distant rumbling of the train
was wafted to my ear. Desperately I
glanced below at the roiling river. Not
a soul was in sight. None to rescue
me from the pitiless flood. Figurative¬
ly, at least, I was "between the devil
and the deep sea.” The rumble had
now became a rear. Another minute
and the ttain would come tearing on
to the bridge. And then a desperate
hope flashed through my brain. Drop¬
ping upon my knees, I sat upon one
of the sleepers, and, leaning forward,
laid both my hands upon the edge of
the one before me. Then, with legs
dangling between, I slipped suddenly
from my seat and hung suspended by
my two hands above that deep, still,
sunlight river.
And now another and still more
ghastly peril menaced me. For as my
head dropped below the level of the
grimy sleepers mv eyes lighted on a
small lithe head, with distended jaws
and curved fangs, not two yavds dis¬
tant. The creature was a deadly brown
snake, coiled about one of the slimmer
iron ^cross-bars of the bridge’s struc¬
tural framework. How it came there
I could not imagine. The Australian
snake does not climb, unless forced by
danger or seme equally pressing ne¬
cessity to do so. But the brown snake
is exceedingly fond of the water, and
it might, therefore, have been alarmed
in mid-stream and scaled the bridge
supports as a last resource. And now
I had come to disturb it!
The glittering eyes were red with
anger. The venomed fangs shone
white and threatening in the cruel
jaws. The forked tongue flicked in
horrible expectancy. The small head
flattened and depressed as it slowly
swayed from side to side. Coil after
soil unloosened from the cross-bar,
while the fiendish fang-set head flicked
•nearer and nearer my face. And now
less than two coils held It to the
cross-bar. TKe reptile could loose no
more. It was making a desperate ef
forths to reach me with its hideous
fangs.
Once that darting tongue seemed al¬
most to lick my cheek. The strain was
intolerable. Not more than thirty sec¬
onds could have elapsed since my eye
first centered on that glittering head.
Yet it seemed as many hours. Even
the train had not yet thundered over
my throbbing head. I could hear it
% far off, and
rearing and rumbling not
could even discern its shadow on the
still glowing river. A few moments and
it would rush impetuously over my
head. I could feel the bridge quiver
beneath its weight. The sleeper I
held seemed suddenly charged with
an electric current as it vibrated and
shivered and numbed my already ach¬
ing fingers. The train on my arms,
too, was becoming more and more in¬
tolerable. Great drops of perspiration
coursed down my face. I was trem*
bling in every nerve and fibre of my
being. Above me, that roaring train!
Below, that pitiless river. And in
my very face that venomous head,
with its glittering eyes and distended
jaws, striving, striving, always striv¬
ing to deal me the cruellest and ghast
liest death of all.”
Suddenly the hideous brute drew
back its head. The coils of its gleam
ing brown body swiftly swung round
the black iron cross-bar. They tight
ened and relaxed with marvellous rap
idity. The reptile was making for the
sleeper above it. In an instant I real¬
ized all that this portended. Rage bad
made it utterly oblivious of all save
myself. I had menaced it. It could
not reach me from the cross-bar. So
it was coming to me over the sleepers.
A thrill, half of horror, half of hope,
ran through all my veins. I recol¬
lected that it was a period when all
snakes are aggressive and ferocious.
Up went the glittering head, whose
head-like eyes fascinated me with a
horrible persistency.
The thunder of the on-coming train
drowned all other sounds as it swept
resistlessly on toward me over the
quivering river. The lithe head dis¬
appeared above the sleeper, and came
close to one of the rails: I saw it again
from between the sleepers. Suddenly
the loose coils stiffened, and drew
back. The snake, its glittering’ eyes re¬
leased from their grim watch of my
fear-expressive face, had at last be¬
come aware of its own imminent peril.
The small bead dropped suddenly.
But fear had bereft the reptile of in¬
stinct. Its scaly neck touched the vi¬
brating rail, and shrank with the
shock. There was a clatter of pistons
and revolving wheels, a hissing of es¬
caping steam, and a deafening roar.
The near bogie wheel of the engine
skidded the writhing body of the snake
to where I hung. Then it went over
with a roar and a rattle and severed
the head from the body.
As it fell the loathsome head passed
close to my neck. The writhing body
with bloody neck, dropped upon my
right shoulder and. the tail twisted con¬
vulsively about my arm. I dartd not
move so much as a muscle. The train
i was still thundering over head. Yet
j I shuddered and grew intensely like sick whip. as
| that gory thing lashed me a
Devoted to the Interest of Ellijay and Gilmer County.
ELLIJAY, GA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 28. 1909.
Never before had I seen so ghastly an
illustration of the phenomenal presence
of electricity in the body of a snake,
My face was covered with blood. A
momentary dizziness swam before my
eyes. But I conquered it with a great
effort. Then the flail-like lash of that
loathsome thing of scales and blood
ceased suddenly. It grew limp and
liftless and slipped clamily down to the
liver beneath.
I looked up. The train had gone.
\Vith a superhuman wrench I drag¬
ged myself up to the level of the rails
and wiped both sweat and blood from
my face. Then I hurried over the
sleepers that still separated me from
the southern bank of the river.
Certainly not more than three min¬
utes could have elapsed from the mo¬
ment of my suspension to that when I
again drew ntyseif up into safety. Yet
it seemed like an eternity. To this
day the horror of it is still with me.
The glitter of those ghastly eyes and
the lash of that blood-oozing body
make me shudder even as I write. How
I hung on to that quivering iron-bark
sleeper in the face of those menacing
fangs it more than I can explain.
Perhaps I was too paralyzed with fear
to do aught else. Had I let go I must
inevitably have been drowned.
So that, if this hypothesis be correct,
I owe my preservation to the generally
contemned emotion of fear.—New York
Evening Journal.
PEST OF PRAIRIE DOGS.
Forest Service to Drive Them Out
of Southwest.
In co-operation with the stockmen
the United States Forest Service has
begun an active campaign against
prairie dogs on the infested ranges
within the national forests of Arizona
and New Mexico. Successful attempts
at poisoning prairie dags were made
last spring and summer by the Forest
Service in other parts of the country,
and this year the work will be carried
on much more extensively.
The poison used to put an end to
these little pests of the Western
ranges is prepared by coating wheat
with a preparation of strychnine, cy¬
anide of potassium, anise oil and mo¬
lasses. The stockmen supply horses
and men and 1 the poisoned wheat is
given out by the government officers
for distribution upon the ranges with¬
in the national forest areas. Each
rider carries the wheat in a tin pail
supported by a gunny sack slung across
his shoulder. One hand is free for the
reins and with the other the rider uses
a teaspoon to measure out the poison
in “baits” and drop it near the en¬
trance of the holes.
The action of the poison is almost
instantaneous. Most of the prairie
dogs in a town are dead within an
hours or two after the bait is dropped.
Early last month 9300 pounds of
wheat, was prepared at Albuquerque, N.
M., and shipped to the various national
forests in Arizona and New Mexico to
be distributed. The quantity of wheat
will make approximately 6,020,000 baits
which will clear up an area of from 65,
000 to 80,000 acres at a cost, exclusive
of the labor of distributing it on the
ranges, of about 1 to 11*2 cents an
acre. *
The poison is used to best advant¬
age in the early spring, when the dogs
first come out of their winter quav-.
ters and before the green grass is
spentiful enough to appease their ap¬
petites.
Last month a well-known stockman
in northern Arizona, writing to the
Forest Service of his stock range on
the great Canyon Diabolo plateau,
said: “Five years ago such a thing as
a prairie dog was unknown here. Two
years ago there were a few widely dis- |
tributed over the range. Last year
they became numerous, in fact quite
common. If something is not prompt¬ |
ly done to destroy them they will do
great harm to the range.”
As all Westerners know, prairie dogs '
are among the worst enemies with ;
which the stockmen have to contend.
Where they establish themselves the
destruction of the range is only a ques¬
tion of time. On ranch lands they have
proved most destructive to a variety i
of crops, among which are wheat, tl- j j
falfa, grain, potatoes and sugar beets,
and on grazing lands they are said to
consume and destroy so much grass 1
that the grazing capacity of the range I ;
is reduced 5 Oto 75 percent.
It is expected that the campaign
against the dogs in the Arizona and
New Mexico forests will be more sue- j
cessful, as it has met with universal
favor among the stockmen, who are j j
giving every assistance to the Forest
Service men. Range improvement in
national forests is one of the chief j
objects of regulating the grazing, and I
for this reason the Forest Service is
leaving no stone unturned to prevent j
range deterioration.—Austin States¬
man.
Demand for Schools.
Miss Kate Douglass Wiggins Riggs
addressed the meeting of kindergarten
enthusiasts who met in the New York
home of Mrs. J. Greenough for the i
puprose of establishing kindergartens
in small towns and villages. The
scope of this new kindergarten soci- !
ety will be national, though its mem¬
bers declare that nowhere in the
country is there such a demand for
the schools as within a radius of 100 i
miles of New York City. Richard
Watson Gilder, Mme. Maria Kraus- j
Boelte and the Rev. Dr. David G. j
Wylie also made speeches in favor of j
the movement.
Medicines.
The Doctor—You understand, don’t i
you, that this is only to be used ex¬
ternally?
The Patient's Wife—Sure, sir, I al¬
ius make him get out o’ bed to Uriak
it.—Harper's Weekly.
BUTLER STEEL CAR
' STRIKE SETTLED
Rev. Father Beczewski Was
. The Mediator
BOTH SIDES ARE SATISFIED
Question of Withdrawing Troops and
Rent Matters Aojusted—Courts Re¬
fuse to Take Cognizance of the
Pittsburg Strike—Conditions Bad.
Butler, Pa.—The 2,500 men who
have been on strike at the Standard
Steel Car Works, together with one
thousand others at subsidiary plants,
returned to wc”k on the following
conditions: That the 23 strikers ar¬
rested for alleged rioting be releasid
on bail in nominal sums furnished by
their attorneys; that Sheriff John B.
Caldwell will ts-egraph Governor Stu¬
art to recall the state policemen on
duty at the plant; that the company
take back all n.en without discrimi¬
nation; that the amount of back rent
be taken from the wages of the men,
to be received in small payments, and
that the company increase wages as
soon as business conditions warrant.
The settlement’ of the strike is
largely due to the wise council of Rev.
Father Beczewski, who is beloved by
his countrymen, and who used his
best efforts to arrange a settlement.
CourtsrB’ov/erless.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Judges Ford and
Erown have sustained without excep¬
tion the demurrer filed by the Pressed
Steel Car Company to the bill in equi¬
ty against them, together with mem¬
bers of the striking employes and
Sheriff A. C. Gumbert. In handing
down the opinion Judge Ford said;
“Much as we regret the unfortunate
relations between the Pressed Steel
Car Company anti its employes, we
are powerless to compel workmen to
work for the comi any, or compel the
company officials to employ the men.
Nor have we authority to pass upon
wage rates or to prevent the com¬
pany from closing or opening its
plant, or to compel a settlement of
the controversy by arbitration. All
these issues are beyond the jurisdic¬
tion and power of the court to pass
upon. The only issue within its ju¬
risdiction is that re lating to the al¬
,
leged menacing ■Briitiijn? growing
out of it."
The question is left open for an in¬
junction in case the property is
threatened with destruction attending
riots.
Baby Falls Twenty Feet.
Wichita, Kan.—Jack Moore, the 19
months’-old son of Mrs. John H.
Moore, fell twenty feet from the sec¬
ond-story window of the house and
alighted in a tub filled with water.
The mother, who was in the room
when the child leaned against the
screen which gave way and allowed
it to fall, rushed downstairs and
saved the baby from drowning.
WOULD DECLARE |
COCA-COLA POISONOUS. |
Atlanta Ga.—Representative j
Moss, of Cobb county, has in¬ i
troduced in the house a bill tc
declare drug. Coca-Cola a poisonous |
Bank Short and Cashier is Gone.
Anderson, S. C.—It developed that ;
Cashier J. T. Halleman. of the Bank of |
Anderson, who suddenly left for parts
unknown Sunday morning, had em¬ !
bezzled approximately $35,000 of the
funds of the bank. A letter left by
Halleman addressed to the president
of the bank states that he lost the j
money in speculation in cotton fu¬
tures.
Artist Struck by Lightning.
Brockton, Mass.—Struck by a bolt
of lightning as he sat on his piazza,
his hands resting on the brass-studdsd
column of his dog’s collar, George E.
Bowman, a 20-vear-old artist, whose
work recently won him a prize at a
New York exhibition, is lying at his
home speechless and sightless.
Eliot for Governor?
Washington.—There is in this city
a movement to make ex-President
Eliot of Harvard the next governor of
Massachusetts. The movement is
said to be non-partisan, and is taking
the form of a monster petition, which
will be presented to Dr. Eliot, asking
him to run.
Sixteen Miners Killed.
Langsendreer, Prussia.—Sixteen mi¬
ners were killed by the explosion of
fire damp in a mine at Nfansfield.
Many other workmen were taken
from the mine unconscious.
Express Clerk Stole $10,000.
Chicago.—Clayton F. Zimmerman
Jr., 20 ye^rs old, a clerk in the Ad¬
ams express office, has confessed that
he stole the package containing $10.
000 which mysteriously disappeared
on July 12. Officers recovered the
money minus one $10 bill which Zim¬
merman had hidden in his bathroom
and the rats had chewed up. He told
the police he took the money because
ha was dazzled by its sight.
BRUTAL CHAUFFEUR
DESERTED HIS VICTIM.
Chicago.—To have been run over
and to have both legs crushed by a
speeding automobile, lifted into the
car by the chauffeur, who promised a
crowd of angry citizens to take his
victim to her home, and then to be
abandoned on a lonely roadside, was
the experience of Hulda Soltwedel, a
16-vear-old school girl of Hammond.
As a result of her injuries and the
subsequent treatment at the hands of
the chauffeur, the girl’s condition is
so serious that her physicians say
she may die. The Hammond and
Chicago police are meanwhile search¬
ing for the chauffeur.
CLEMENCEAU AND HIS
ASSOCIATES RESIGNED.
Paris.—The Clemenceau cabinet re¬
signed Tuesday night. The fall of
the cabinet came over a discussion
in the chamber of deputies of the in¬
vestigation recently held into the de¬
partment of marine, which was strong¬
ly condemned in the special commis¬
sion’s report. On a vote of confidence
in the government, the vote stood 176
in favor and 212 opposed. M. Clemen¬
ceau and his feliow ministers imme¬
diately left the chamber. The premier
proceeded directly to President Fal
lieres and offered his resignation,
which the president accepted. The
chamber adjourned until Thursday.
GALVESTON STANDS
THE HURRICANE.
Galveston.—Man’s strength
and skill were pitted against
the fury of the elements and
man won, when the city of Gal¬
veston, safely entrenched be¬
hind her impregnable 17-foot
sea wall, withstood with com¬
paratively trifling loss, a tidal
wave and hurricane equal in
intensity and destructive force
to the one which destroyed the
city on September 8, 1900.
In Galveston and vicinity not
a single life is believed to have
been sacrificed, but the mate¬
ria! loss is thought to be quite
extensive. The hurricane
swept the entire gulf coast
even as far south as Matagorda
bay. That some lives were lost
and that much property was
destroyed is the general belief.
With -’.vires down -aud -ailroc^.
communication destroyed the
exact loss is impossible to es¬
timate.
ii
Men Wanted to Gather Western Crop,
Washington.—A cry for help to aid
the season's crops cones from the
west to the department of commerce
and labor officials. Fifty thousand
able-bodied men are wanted by the
farmers of the west, according to
Representative Stevens of Minnesota,
who was in conference with Assistant
Secretary Mcllarg, of the department.
South’s Farmers Ask for Data.
Washington.—Farmers of the South
have sent abroad to obtain specific in
formation regarding the grading of
cotton by European factors and man¬
ufacturers. The department of com
mere? and labor has been asked to
gather similar data, and the two re¬
ports in parallel will be compared for
mutual benefit.
Brondell Destroyed.
Houston, Tex.—Almost the entire
town of Brcndell is in ruins as the
result of a fire. Two hundred per
sons are homeless. Among the losses
is the Kirby lumber plant, valued at
$175,000. Over $100,000 worth of luin
her was also destroyed.
Arnold’s Double Crime.
Hartford, Conn.—After having cut
his wife's threat with a razor in their
room in a local hotel early Wednes¬
day, William Arnold, of Middletown,
killed himself by shooting himself in
the hack of the head. The woman is
in a critical condition
Bridegroom is Suicide.
Hampton, S. C.—George Stanley, a
well-to-do farmer and a bridegroom of
a week, killed himself near here on
Tuesday by blowing the top of his
head off with a shotgun. Mystery
shrouds the reason for his act.
Shells Sink in Sea.
Toulon.—Thirty-one thousand Meli¬
shells, the calibre of which no
longer oorresponds with any of the
guns on French warships, were taken
out to sea Wednesday and sunk two
miles off the coast.
Conference on Alcoholism.
London.—With representatives of
United States government, many
European governments and the Brit¬
ish colonies present, the Internation¬
Conference on Alcoholism opened
e with Lord Werdale presiding.
Fire Menaces Many; One Killed.
Boston.—One man was killed, four
were injured, a dozen were overcome
by smoke, while others jumped from
stories inte life nets and the
of rescuers during a fire which
the lives of over 50 persons
the three-story brick tenement
at 17, 19 and 21 Morton street,
the north end. Policemen, firemen
citizens vied with each ether in
rescues.
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SMALLEST PRISON.
That of Sark, Though Ancient, Con¬
tains but Two Cells.
Sark, the loveliest of the Channel
Islands, possesses a quaint old prison
of two cells, more as a matter of
form than of necessity, for serious
crime is almost unknown in t..e isl¬
and, which has no paid po'ice, but
simply an elected constable.
It is some years since the prison
was called into requisition, says the
Strand, and on the last occasion the
holt was found to be so rusty that
it had to be broken before the door
could be openel. The prisoner was
then put in, left a'l night with the
door open, and made no attempt to
esieape.
On another occasion a young Eng¬
lish servant who had stolen some
clothes wias sentenced to three days’
imprisonment. The prospect authorities so ter¬
rified her that the took
pity on her loneliness anl consider¬
ately left the cell open. The little
maid sat in the doorway and was con
solel by kind-hearted Sark women,
who came to keep her company.
A still more curious incident is told
of a man who was convicted for neg¬
lecting his wife and children. He
was ordered to betake hlm-xdf to the
prison and, there wait for the arrival
of the constable. That he did, sitting
outside until the door was opened to
let him in.—New York Sun.
A Wise Precaution.
A man entered a grocery store and
drew a slip of paper from his pocket.
A clerk, with pencil and order pad,
stepped up in anticipation. The man
adjusted a pair of glasses on his
nose and looked over the list.
“Do you keep Bopo Soap Powder?”
asked.
“Bopo? No, sir; we have several
other soap powders, but no Bopo,” an¬
swered the c-Ierk.
"Paradise Creamery Butter’:’ in¬
quired the man.
"No, sir, we don’t carry Paradise,”
■replied the clerk.
“Have you Silver Star Baking Pow¬
der?” he continued.
“Silver Star?” repeated the grocer,
helplessly. “No, sir, we have ’most
every other kind, but no Silver Star.”
“Well, how about Queen l-ill Sweet
Corn? Do you carry the Queen Dill
line of goods?”
“Sorry, sir, but we don’t,” said tho
clerk.
“Ail right; then I guess, I'll trade
here.” said the man. “Those are the
brands on which I’ve been stung.”—
Puck.
Funeral Street Cars.
“In a good man. towns out West,”
said Harry J. Hill, of Omaha, at the
Eutaw House, “the funeral car op¬
erated by street railways is getting
to be very popular. I was in o town
in Iowa lately, where the local street
car company had established such a
service, and was told that the idea
was looked upon with much favor,
ana, tnat a number of funerals had
already been conducted in this way.
There is no fear, however, that the
livery stable people will suffer much
loss of patronage in the near future,
for mankind is more conservative as
to the disposition of their dead than
in nearly any other mundane affair.
The reorganization of the British
fleets for this year’s mimic warfare
into the historic Red, White and Blue
is a reminder to the New York Tri¬
bune of the origin of that color phrase
and of its appropriate application.
Our flag displays those colors, as do
the flags of France and Russia and
many other lands, and it has occa¬
sionally been called by their names,
hut the “Three cheers for the Red,
White and Blue!” must he conceded
to he of purely English origin.
In 1S32 four Indians of the Flathead
tribe, living on the Pacific Coas’,
crossed the Rocky Mountains, and,
traversing 3,0oo miles of intervening
wilderness, appeared at St. Louis.
They had been sent by their nation to
inquire'about the white man’s God.
NO. 10
LIFE AT CAPE NOME.
Hardships Not Common and Prices
Reasonable Under the Midnight Sun.
Duseussing life at Cape Nome, A. H.
Lehrfeld, of Cape Nome, who is at
the Riggs, said recently; "The most
ridiculous question put to me by my
friends is, ‘How do you manage to
stand the climate out there?’ From
about May 1 to August 1 we have
the midnight sun, with one prolonged
day, and then it begins to get dark
at midnight, and December 21 we
are able to see the edge of the sun
for two hours.
“The country is just beginning to
get settled,” continued Mr. Lehrfeld.
"They have found quartz ledges,
which insures its permanence.
“People ask me about the comforts
of that country. I answer, 'Let me s>a’
tnere are three large slaughter nouse
in Nome and jfhas stores three galore. big A plan stoi
a.ge company
there, and three large ocean-^oiriS"
steamers i*eep them supplied with
the finest the market affords, which
are sold a little in advance of those
charged in the States. The best su¬
gar h*3S been selling at twenty pounds
for $1, fresh eggs at 39 cents a dozen,
potatoes at $2.50 a crate of 100
pounds, and other things in propor¬
tion. Coal has been selling at $H a
ton, and the Standard Oil Company
has a big plant up there and oil is
cheap, and so is the best quality
of Pacific Coast lumber.’
“We have an electric light, plant,”
added Mr. Lehrfeld. “The buildings
are well put up with two thicknesses
of matched boards, with tarred paper
between them, and are weather proof.
It would astonish you people in the
States to walk into a home in Nome
and find the walls papered, adorned
with pictures, carpets on the floors,
a piano in the parlor, and a kitchen
as well equipped in a way as can be
found in Washington. We have a fire
department, a volunteer organiza¬
tion, and it is the best organization
of that kind in the country.”—Wash¬
ington Herald.
No Place to Advertise.
Miss Anna Held, at a dinner in
New York,' admitted that her recent
statement to the effect that she had
made $1,000,009 in the last thirteen
years was a very good advertisement.
“And an advertisement,” said this
pretty actress, smiling, “is never out
of place. Stop, though. Once one
was. It was in Noia Chucky.
“The local preacher of Noia Chucky
conducted the general store, and on
a Sunday morning in June he was
nearly half an hour late for church.
Finally, about 11, he hustled into the
pulpit, mopped his brow, beamed
down on the impatient, wondering
congregation, and said:
“ ‘Dear brethren and sisters, I beg
you to pardon my tardiness this
morning, but the fact is, I was kent
up last night till the small hours open¬
ing the finest stock of summer dres3
goods ever brought to Noia Chucky.
We will now sing hymn six hundred
and two!’”—Washington Star.
Riches and Wretchedness.
People who have to practice the
scrimping economies and study ways
and means of keeping the wolf from
tne door often think how delightful
and desirable must be the lot in life
of the millionaire and his family. They
forget the proverbial wisdom that
tells us that a dinner of herbs and
contentment therewith is better than
a stalled cx where discord mars the
feast. It is not necessary to have
■much in order to he exuberantly hap¬
py, and very often those who are, in
the world’s eye, well off in so far as
material possessions are concerned
are mentally and spiritually poverty
stricken—their dispositions prevent
the serene and equable enjoyment of
life’s blessings; their search for
amusement, though frantic, is in vain,
for time still hangs heavy on their
hands, and they do not realize that
there is no lasting pleasure in luxuri¬
ous idleness, for res': brings tran¬
quility and peace only after honest
and unremitting labor.