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BILL ELLIS RIDES A BEAR.
ItED ANTS DROVE A HINTS.VIAN TO
MOI ST “OLD CWBFOOT.”
Dvrhrtl TlirouKftk tlie Forest—Took
Tlmp for Hie Voire to Arrive Af
ter the Ride, and the Bear Wan
Lane at That.
From the Bangor Commercial.
‘‘Did you ever ride a bear?" asked Bil!
Elhs one night a? we sat down at the
camp fire after hunting ali day.
"No. I suppose not,” he continued with
out waiting for me to reply. "Lots ot
folk haven't. In fact, I'm the only feller
I ever heard of that ever did. Ail the
ridln' is generally the other way. Bear
seldom carry outside passengers. But Oi l
Clubfoot packed me one day In great
shape. That old aarpent used to rant
three hills and if there was anything hi
liked it was lead. He was a regular
travelin' lead mine. He was so danger
ous I never hankered after his pel;, but
oee day I nearly ran over him, ar.d he
came for me. so that there was nothin'
to do but shoot. I fed him some leal
right in the gizzard and a.l he .lone was
to gulp as if it was good, and come righi
on with his mouth wide open for some
mere, i accommodated him right in the
mouth, too. but one of his big w hite teeth
flew Into splinters that whizzed up into
the air. I had a Sharp's rifle, ar.d just
as I went to load it again the cartridge
stuck In the chamber and I -ouldn shut
it. Disappointment seemed to make the
old cuss only the nrauder. and on he came,
bent for a full breakfast.
"I suppose \ou h.ve perspired, as the.-'
snv in p lit- talk I didn't have tme to
got a pore open, for luck was nmy s le
and I was on y a few yards from a li e
ok I was young ar.d pretty quick, and
swung myself in a jiffy unto a b.g lint
I felt a rip in my pants as I whirled over.
s*d. a ter ge tin we 1 out of r- a h I
fe.t there and there was thr e 01 four
slits six inches loi.g where his claws had
just missed my casin'. You tr.av laugh a 1
you please a out folks tha work wth
the seat cf the r parts, but if it ha le t
teen for the dry go ds box-’s down at the
country store you w u.dn't he entertain
in' me with your ear to-night.
"I crawled along to the runk of th
tree and began vo wonder how- I was to
ge' the rifle up. Old ("übf .ot was tore
with his big paws clawin' down l a:k on y
two feet fr m tr y toes and trvin' to go;
up. His breath f it Hk- th- s earn out o'
% locomtti\e and his eves would almost
ha - -e dene for a headlight, he was so
mw-1. I had seen mad l cars before, w ho.,
they had a foo’ ca ght in a trap b I
nee*- saw -u - racin' fur,.' a? tit's oil
scamp had when he found I was bevon i
his reach and the trunk of that r e too
•traight and smooth for him to climb.
"Just as 1 began to think of'a Sunday
school hymn suitable for a saved sinner.
I felt a bite. Then there was another and
another and somethin' crawlin’ up my
aieeve ar.d on my neck ar.d up my ankles
and more bites by the second, with the
smell of ants gettin’ mighty powerful.
Then you bet I did perspire in no time.
Did you ever try an ant bite? How many
bites from one of the big red or black ants
do you suppose it would take to kill a
man? And how long do yoq suppose it
would take? A horse stung by enough
bees is dead before any pison can possibly
peach his vitals. A man dropped in biiin'
water would be dead before any heat
could ever reach his innar.i-. It's the
shock to the nerves what does the busi
ness. and before the fifth bite was well
in, my nerves was gettin’ terrible shook
up. Then I saw the tree was full of 'em
and lines ot hundreds of big red ants
runnln' up the trunk. No use to mash 'em,
for a hundred wi 1 come (o the funeral of
every one you mash. It wasn't half a
minute before some still small voice inside
whispered that I would have to get out of
that tree, for it was certain that the
ants would kill me, and with more suf
ferin' probably than I was likely to get
at the hands of the bear.
Bears Can Climb.
"You’d a been mighty smart and slip
ped down the tree on the opposite side
■■om the bear, wouldn't you? That shows
what you know about bear. You can have
fifty feet start and he'l! climb your back
stairs in just one and three-quarter sec
onds. I wasn't that variety of squash.
It was over 200 yards to the next tree,
and that was a low one, where he might
claw me down, even if I was lucky
enough to reach it. A grizzly standin' on
his hind legs is mighty high and his
durned claws add another foot onto his
long arms, and when he stretches them
out you've no Idea how they reach. Ail
he's got o do is to get one hook into
your meat and you're his’n. There was
only one thing to do and that was to
scare the stuffin’ out of him. They're
just like wild cattle on a plain. If you
run from 'em they'll make a bulge on
you sure, but if you run at ’em ami wave
your coat you stand a show of scarin'
'em off. There was only one thine to do.
and that was to ride him, for swearin' at
liim didn’t have no more effect on him
than it does on you when you make a
rank miss on a first rate shot at a deer.
"There was no time to lay out any fine
plans, for the ants bit worse and worse
and came thicker and thicker. So I ran
on a big limb and the bear followed me
out there and looked up and showed his
big white teeth and seemed to say: 'Ain't
you got more lead to feed me? I’m tired
of waitin' so long.’ I gave him my hat
for a change, and as it fell to the ground
he dropped his head and began to chaw
on it. Before he had a chance to show
any disappointment, because a bear's fav
orite teethin’ ring—a man's Rkuli—wasn't
inside of it. I Just dropped square
a-straddle of his back.
Mode Fust Time.
"What are you lookin' so queer about?
Ton don't believe it. eh? Wei', now. 1
ain't n-yyin' to make out that 1 was par
ticularly brave. I was only a Moke o'
genius. There wasn't any courag? thru
it. It took more bravery lo stay wi'h Ihe
ants. There was millions of 'em and I
ju*t, had to ride out of there. It w s 'he
only way to beat the grave. Of cour.e
a man must be somethin' of a bareback
rider and know how to keep his bea in's--
no Joke intended—but when you t*:
in such a scrape as that there’s
nothin' else to do, especially fo
the bear. for he had ri'den
so many hunters that I thought a dunce
would be beneficial to his conslUnHoi.
You might not have been as good a rider
is I was and probably would have rot
off at the fits l P' l * of r0 ’ 1 ' ~ "" s * 14
hrough But you'd have mounted rim
just the same as I did because you'd a
had to. , ....
"Did he snort 1 " Not much. He. had ro
time for that. Did you ever watch a fly
antin' on an arrow when you let go the
rlng? Thai was about my fix only I
didn't drop off. Fact is I didn't dare l\
for he wasn't soared enough !<n i e
started fast enough, but a lien 1 got a S'od
grip With each hand into his woo dug
my heels into his flanks, and hollered.
•GU out o’ here, you son of a gun. he
shot out like one of these rifle balls you
hear tell of that gather speed so fast that
When we went under the first tree. I
didn't have time to unload him and catch
onto a limb and swing up again, as Ina I
meant to. That would have been ,i laid)
trick to play him. for if he'd over token
a notion to come buck he and a tound a
te A ehootin' star might as well tty
f find the cloud It went through before
li ibusted.
• Things the Riders Saw.
"In about half a second somethin' green
whisked past It wa't in my eye, for you
never saw nothin' green in that whin it
come to a question of bear. I’m green on
theosophy ah' l 8 f - w other fine pints of
relgion, but tiot'n hear, thank you. It
mu*t V been another tree, but I wan t
very particular about stopping to find out
so on I Journeyed. Just as we cleared that
somethin 1 gray went a-swlinmln' around
on all sides with a thousand quails u
w linin', equelin'. and dartin' around my
hi ad. It sounded as if the Ugh nln' had
a'. ick all the crockery and turned the
flies loose. It might have been a rock pi
we went through, but I waiyi t parttcu-
• • - w ■ -
for Infants and Childrens
Hie Kind \ou Have Always Bought lias borne the signa
ture <<f ( has. H. Fletcher, and lias been made under liis
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you iu this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
** Just-as-good ” are but Experiments, and endanger the
health, oi Children—Experience against Experiment.
Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
■I—JM I. ■■■ ... |*•' " CCN’-atlß CCMPRhf TT MURRAY STREET, MEW YORK CITY
*- • w* *** ■ * v r.?y~ i Ty. ~ yryTtfr grmwaM
lar trough to g- : off and look. Just then
I saw a co pi* of brown spots a’ e and.
with somethin’ behind that looked like the
la.! of a coyo c and then two streaks of
hr w Wtiu i is: u from in fron:, but
ti ey fe’.: beh n.i so fas I coul .n’t tell,
b-.it. I rati er y u ;h y was cry tes.
Just r rn Th- e archer flash of
sreen and th n a : ar 1 ud of it sw m
ir.in around m<- an such a rippin’ an’
leann of clothes an t - awful'.est
:n an eras. :, of bru han such a
of my eye? an' scran n off of
mv 'kin where the cl had b en. an’
ad at cnee I come . a lead stoj so :'a c t
tl a* it turned me v*; Me down As soon
as 1 could g t t o bl ou out of my eyes
enough to s- l fun } my. elf in one of
these g -a* Mg' mon-Min manzanmitas
with my he Is a-lo kin* a r the si*~v an
not a urne 1 r ug <n \ e but a bit of court
lls i r I had on th buck of one tar. 1
ke,* v p t :11 lor :<• oi;d, ee pe tin’ a thun
derbolt or mm th n . tut the coa? was
a 1 lear an the sun a-smilin’ as only our
dear California sun can smile, with the
buds a 1 a-jiivi ’ praises to their - Maker
an I not an ant or a durned thing in
sight to bother anvb dv. Jus then I
li aid some on ■ h Mr ‘G : out of here,
y u 8 ® ’ it made me jump up,
but it sour ded so na.urai like It set m
SENATOR CHARLES. W. FAIRBANKS
He lias been nienlinnptl n* n probable candidate for Vice President.
to thinkjn,’ and dtirncd if it wasn't my
ori vdee*—just arrived
"Oh yes, he done ’re’ty well'for a lame
'bear, but, gif I Lordv, what sport Id a
hod if I’d only had spurs on."
A\ fieri* Panama Hots Ire 'fnde.
From the New York Press.
Ecuador is the real home of (he hats
wrongly designated under the t ame of
"Panama." This Industry afterward ex
tended to Peru and other countrie-. . ve
,o ) u* atari in Mexico. Everywhe r in
Latin America the hni Is known under the
name of "jioijapa." in honor of tin rti
where Its manufacture was : r t started
It is only outside ofter producing coun
tries that tin* hal receive* he tn (■>
city which net make It. The tin S
ft. JlplJnpa and Mont -
cristi. tn the province of Manahl, this In
dustry being one of ihe greatest resot ce
of the coun.ry. The toq illlo, or leaf o a
small plant. <s used for this purpose, it
grow-s abundantly in til" t'd • >\ t e
leaves coming up in >h" shop, of a fan
The plant Is the earindiviea p.dmata.
There are Jip japns of ad q all ies. (rm
those* costing <r few eentivo 1 -. or American
dents, to those worth sev.ral hu t !r* and su
cres. or American da.’are The merit of
these last, rt>l ini'v*l Ol t ■■■■■■ ■■' n
sists as much in 'he scarcity of t:ie straw
as In the difficulty of the weaving, nnd
therefore Is it exceptional to find th-*so
hats on the generttl market. The hats of
current sale cost a 'enr sucres, the tin st
not exceeding from CO to lt sucres in prior.
In buying a panama It Is n .'swrry to
learn two things—lf the straw * whole
and if it is not stiffened It is r.ot easy to
recognize the fits, condition. The weavers
aplit the straw with eudi | ■ 1
unless n person Is accustomed <o *uch ex
aminations it is almost im saibl lor him
to distinguish the difference; Of equal
fineness, the hat made fr. *i whole traw
ls worth three or four time* the one man
ufactured from the straw :ha has been
split. The second condith nls re< ognlzed
easily, for the hats are stilTemd to make
the straw firmer and whiter. Good to
qullla Is white and stiff enough not o
tlce,i any gum. and only ordinary pin m s
are stiffened.
The Jlpljapn la strong and la the hat for
durability, fineness, lightness and- ie
ganoe. The shape of the hat, iNvarinb y
the same for so many years, perhaps has
hindered it from coming into gene al use.
but if the dealers would co-operate with
the makers they could obtain all the
ehapeti they would need to mtlafy the
whims of fashion, M
THE IIOKNENG NEWS: THURSDAY. JUNE 21, WOO.
HOGTS PEWIES IRE PLEXTIFIL.
New York Counterfeiter* Are Turn
in Out I.arse Amounts of Small
Col ns.
From the New York Journal.
Wholesale counterfeiting of pennies is
being carried on in the downtown Italian
quarter. Rej r-~on:atives of the govern
ment secret service bureau have been at
work on the case for several weeks and a
number of arrests are expected very
shortly.
The discovery of the counterfeits was
made by an agent of the American Mu
toscopc* Company. This company has a
large number of moving picture machines
in different places all over town. One
of their branches is in Park Row, not
tar from the downtown Italian quarter.
It is tile custom to turn in the pennies
taken in by the machines to the main
office, a: Fourteenth street and Broad
way, twice a week. From there the pen-
n s es are taken weekly on a truck to the
subtreasury.
Three or four weeks ago 200 pennies
were rejected as fraudulent. The same ex-
porlne* was met with the following week.
I Then n wan h was se' on the arriving
pennies, and it was finally discovered that
i all of the counterfeits came from the
showroom in Park How. When the au
thorities were notified of the counterfeits
an -live- igation was at once set on foot,
which resulted In the discovery of evi
dence that an ex-tensive plant l for the
manufacture of the spurious cents is in
existence somewhere in the Italian quar
ter. The coins are a very fair counter
feit and seem to be made of something
much like the alloy used by the govern
ment in their manufacture. When ex
amined closely It Is easy to detect the
difference Horn the genuine, however.
It is not customary to look at the small
Coins with much attention, however, so
that the counterfeits seem to pass al
most as readily as the genuine coins.
Tlie magnitude of :he operations of the
counterfeiters is indicated by the fact that
the Mutoscope Company alone has token
In an average of moie than 200 of the
coin's each week in one of the places alone
where its machines have been exhibited.
—Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, one
of the be:t known men in the British
j navy, who is now dn a tour In this eoun
! try *r.d Cancda. was senior naval officer
iln th- Asaantee war in 15.3 '74. and was
s \ etc Iwounded in acilon. For h!s ser
vices in this cam, ago h was thanked
I by h.th Houses of Parliament, and was
made a companion of the Bath ami of the
Order cf 8.. M c ael and St. George. He
also sor ed during the bio had on the
e st coasi of Afrl i in IS.sS-'X{>. and in the
Vila punitive e p and iinn, 1 •!0. He was
in nr \dm r .i, sc* nd It: command cf tue
channel qua’inm. ", ti- 87 commander in
cl ief In the East In it s. 18 : S to Hl;c m
munder In chief on the China staton, IS9J
tT ad o. maunder In chief at Plvmou h.
1:16 '99.
—The Rev. Dr. Robert D 6'eprnird la
being m> k n ol as the pro’aile success
< r of H< nr.v Wade Rog< rs as pres and -nt of
ho Northwe. t> rn l r nlvrlty. The do tor
was born in Cn ago in 1817, and is a
g ■! ate of the old Chicago University,
and studi and In Europe thr e yens. "Every
thing that Dr. Sheppard touches turns
to gold." said eng of the true eex of the
in verity, who it s tongly In favor of
hla selection. Many people interacted In
•he university remember that Dr. Shep
pard is the man who on one occasion,
a, out ten years ago. made BL’OOO9 for the
I university in three minutes by a real es
• tate transaction.
INDIAN HUNT CALLED OFF.
ItOLD CAPTAIN IIAROLD, AGED
NINE, TICKED IN HIS LITTLE BED.
He Started From New Jersey for the
Rooky Mountain Region—>l embers
of Ills lln ml Failed to Join Hint as
They %grreed Harried Return
Home on Finding Papa Was in Hot
Pursuit. ,
From the New York Sun.
The shades of night were falling about
the commuter’s home. It was a time
of anxiety and dread to the commuter’s
wife for two reasons, which all subur
banites will understand. In the firt
piace, the commuter was lata. The S:o3
train had come end gone without him
and the 7:21 was Long overdue. All the
dire possibilities of the case came into
her mind. Either the ferry boat had
gone down with all on board or there had
been a collision on the road or the engi
neer had misunderstood the signals and
the train hod plunged through the open
draw and been swallowed up by the
Hackensack river. It mattered not that
by actual count, as the records of the
Village Improvement'Society would dem
onstrate. the 7:21 had been from eleven
to twenty-nine minutes late every night
for the last seven months. That could
not be admitted as qualification of
the probability that before bedtime the
commuter’* wife would be receiving con
dolences as the commuter's widow.
So much for anxiety No. 1. The other
was not less ominous nor was it less
characteristic of life in the suburbs. Not
only was the commuter late, but the
commuter’s son could not tc found. This
also had happened before. But.” said
the commuter’s wife to herself, 'Harold
promised me the last time he stayed out
af:er dark that if I wouldn't punish him
he would never do it again, so J just
know that something has happened.”
Fired by Indian Stories.
The commuter’s son had recently ar
rived with great satisfaction to himself
at the age of 9. and, having been per
mitted to exercise a certain latitude of
choice in the selection of his birthday
gifts, had induced the commuter to buy
for him the alluring fictions contained in
tue Rocky Mountain series. Harold hal
of late evinced a desire to discard the
conventional dress of effete Eastern civ
ilization. to cook his food over bonfires
and to prepare himself by the possession
of firearms and hunting knives to wa r d
off the assault* of the savage men and
beasts which, as is well known, infest
all of the region within a radius of twen
tywflve miles of New York and especial
ly that part which lies within the state
of New Jersey. His views in theee mat
ters had not met with the consideration
to which he thought they were entitled.
Hi* frequent earnest requests that jerked
buffalo meat be substituted for the ordin
ary diet of the family, that he should
be allowed to array himself in a som
brero and fringed trousers and that he
should have a rifle, a bowle and a mus
tang had awakened no response.
“I almost wish w'e hadn’t bought him
those books.” mused the commuter’s wife,
as Fhe took ‘‘Frank Among the Ranch
eros” end ran over the leaves. A paper
fluttered out from between the pages and
fell to the floor. The commuter's wife
picked it up, carried it nearer to the gas
light and read:
THE WESTERN CLUB.
Captain Harold Nelson age 9 six of may
P JUANS
each boy to get somethin to oat to last
him four or five days and get n cowboys'
suit or any kind of uniform and if net all
right, and a ticket to the West and
5 dollars in hi? pocket, every boy be in
Perkins woods at 9 oclock at night May 4,
1900 get a time table on the P. L. & X.
R. R. and about the 11. of May we will be
roaming oN the Western PlainsDo not
tell your mother About it. each boy bring
a real revolver and knife about 10 or 11
inches LONG and a blancket. every boy
take anew name, mine is Jack Bowers.
The commuter’s wife gasped and wrung
her hands, and she herself probably hasn’t
the faintest conception of what she wou- and
have done if at that moment the com
muter’s latchkey hadn't rattled in the door
and heralded the appearance of her hus
band.
Trailingr the Fugitive.
"Late again. Mary." growled the exas
perated man. “We've decided to appoint
a committee in the morning to call on the
superintendent of the railroad and raise—
Why, what's the matter, Mary? Anything
wrong?"
"Oh. Henry, read this!" and she pressed
into his outstretched hand the prospectus
of the Western Club.
"Whew!” ejaculated the commuter.
“The little devil! Now, Mary, len't that
the
" Oh. Henrv, how can you laugh and be
so profane?"
"Why. you don't think it's serious, do
you?"
"Serious! Henry, do you realize what
night this is?"
"Why—why, ye*. It's the fourth of .
Where’s HaFOld?"
"1 don’t knovh He’s gone.”
"Gone! Gee whiz! Well. then, there's
no time to spare Where were they to
meet? At 9 o'clock. I guess I can make
it."
About an hour earlier a solitary figure—
to borrow a phrase from romantic Action—
might have been seen wending Its way
toward Perkins’ woods. If it had been
seen the person who saw it might well
have wondered why it had strapped to I's
shoulders a flannel blanket. And cou and
he have looked Into the poekets of the
wayfarer's coot it might have given him
some pause to determine why one so
young and apparently well nourished car
ried about in his immediate possession fi\e
corned beef sandwiches, half a dozen hard
boiled eggs, sundry cold potatoes and a
package of sa’.t and pepper. A glance un
der the buttoned-up Jacket would have
disclosed a belt In which was thrust a
blade that might have seemed formidable
enough had It not have been so rerently a
factor In the kitchen economy of the com
muter's household. That none of these
facts was noticed or suspected was due to
the policy pursued by the joung capta'.n
who conceived that thus earl)' In the ad
venture a proper regard for hi* own safe
ty demanded the exercise of extreme cau
tion.
"Give me hut a few hours the start of
them and I'll defy them.” he soliloquized,
and suiting the action to the. word, he con
cealed himself behind a fence, a tree or
a bush whenever any one approached on
the road. Thus stealthily directing his
steps and adopting various devices io con
fuse the trail in case an attempt suouid
he mode to track him by the marks of his
feet, the captain arrived something more
than an hour bfore the appointed time at
the meeting place in Perkins' woods.
Harold's Ousting Cnursgp.
His first act after halting denoted the
alert and crafty woodsman. He bent over
and examltfed the ground catcfully in all
directions.
"Injuqs!" he muttered, "or my name's
not Jack Bowers."
A little further Investigation satisfied
him that the danger was not Imminent, so
he sat down with his back against a tree
and resolved to keep a strict lookout till
he should he Joined by his trustv band.
"And now,” said he. ' for grub A trap
per must always eat when h* can, 'cause
when he wants to maybe he can't. Once
wet get started we must cover many
miles ere daylight, and If the redskins
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Sormhow or other his apr-etite was less
voracious than he ext>ectid it to he. It
and sa)p inti-d 1 im und caused him to feet
that he was not doing himself cud t. Try
as he would, it couldn't finish more than
one sandwich and one egg. and as for
the cod to aloes they were out of the
question. The silence of the woods op
pressed him and the darkness became p o
pkd with imaginary things that caused
even the heart of Jack Bowers to sink
Then arose ’he sickening thought that
perhaps the Western Club had betrayed
its leader. He wondered if it cou and r ally
be that this or that companion, the brav
est and boldest as he had prophesiel,
the boys who w ee to be almost as heroic
and almost as tameus as himself—if they
could have oaten their suppe .s at home
and If percha'ce they were at that mo
ment lucked away in their own trim little
beds And this train of thought led him
to rtfleet whether it m.ght net have be n
belter after all if he had oaten his sup
per at homo and bsen tucked away in
his little bed.
"I guess I'll .’•eeonnoiter," he said to
blmself. as he stood up and tiptoed off
to the roadside. It seemed lo be go and
there, so he went on. Each step brought
him ntarer the h me which he bad so
la'ely left "forever." He was trudging
along at a lively pace now aid he though:
he hoard someone approaching. Ho
crouched behind a bush.
"Papa!" he whispered, as a tall figure
stalked by. "I wonder If he's after me?"
Just then he saw a great tight I'd bet
ter get hem J before lie does," was the
thought that lent speed to a pair of tfoit
young legs.
date at Home Again.
Ten minutes later a shamefaced lad
rang the door b. 11 of the commuter's
house Why his m thcr rec.ivcd him with
open arms, why she hugged him, why
she didn't ask hint sterniy for an acco nt
cf hln self he couldn't understand nor did
he stop to ask.
■ Mamma. ' he said, "1 want to go to
bad."
' Don't yon want some supper, deary?"
"No: I just went to go to Bed.”
All the time she was helping him to un
dress lh boy wondered why his mother
said nothing about his absence He al
most wished the would. She iiad hade him
got and tilth. end was moving out of the
r.oor when a plaintive voice call and:
"Mamma."
"Well, deary?"
"I’ve get a secret, mamma."
"Yes, deary, what is it?"
"Yeti won'i tell papa?"
"No.”
"I was going to run away to-night,
mama ”
"Ar.d why didn't you my boy?"
••W-e-l-i—because I didn't want to after
all.”
"And you won't leave mamma again?"
"N-o-o."
She was almost out In the hall when
fh heard his voice once more
"Where are you going, mamma?"
"Only In the front room."
"All r-i-g-h-t."
"You're not afraid, deary?"
“Nr. *not*if 1 know wh ro you are "
Presently the front door opened again.
"I can'i find him." was the commuter's
anxious greeting
"Never mind, he's here," replied the
commuter - wife.
"Where?"
"In bid.'
• Mary, what on earth are you going to
do ate ut It?”
"No'htng at all Henry,'< she answered.
"Nothing at all."
TIRRI) OF BEIXG A TWIN.
Radical Xlcnenrcs Taken by Johnny
Hopkins to Alter His Cftpcnranre.
From the Indianapolis News.
L-ittle Johnnie Hopklr.s was tired of be
ing a twin. For almost seven years he
hod been compelled to share the Joys ana
sorrows of existence with his twin brother,
Oscar, with whom ho had always to divide
his apples and candy, and even the bed
in which he slept at night. It seemed to
him that on account of Oscar he was
only gening half of what he was entitled
to. Not only Whs he disgusted because
of this state of affali . bin he was also
tired of looking exactly like his brother,
for he and Oscar so closely resembled
each other In appearance that no one save
members bf the family could tell them
apart. This resemblance their parents
tried to strengthen by dressing them ax-
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stared and satfi: "Olt. see those twins:
they are as ranch olike as two pi-as."
Johnnie had come to despise this figure
of speech. He did not like being referred
lo as a pea. and would never eat them
when hia motner had them for dinner.
As Johnnie sat In tile big leather chair
In the sitting room, thinning it over, it
seemed toihlm ihai fais ha-1 been isnc'i
aliy severe with Mm. Why should h
have u> go through life n twin? Oilier
boys were not mins, and it did not seem
fair that lie should have to he one. It
was humiliating. Only that morning. Jim
Brace, th* tough boy in Ihe second square
below, had walked up to him as ho stood
with Oscar watching a game of marbles,
and demanded. “Biy, which of you guys
'is which, anyhow’" He could not eland
H. He would he * twin no
longer. Jumping out of the chair, he
ran qultkiy upsisirs and took
from its pl.ics on th" mantelpiece th**
savings bank whi.h Ms father hid given l
him and Oscar nt Christmas time. This
hank was Supposed fo be burglar-prooi.
but Johnnie possesses considerable me
chani el ability, atsd soon Its content*:
were lying on the floor—Pi cents tn all. '
Johnnie counted them carefully. Twenty-j
three of them he pu hack In the honk for
Oscar. An equal number he placed in his
pocket, seized his enp and left Ihe hens* .
"What can I do for you?" asked the
barber In whose shop he npjvsred twenty
minutes later.
"I want my hnir cut." replied the re
bellious twin, with ari ai' of such author
ity that the ! über took it for grants 1
that he h*.l Ms mother's consent, and
soon relieved his head of its superfluous
growth of curls.
"I'll pay you the other two cents next
we*k,” explained Johnnie as he left the
shoo, proud of his new appearance.
When h reached home, there wag a
scene. Johnnie had never supposed that
Mich a simple thing as a halt-cut could
create so much cotsfluslon. When quiet
wax restores! and he wae asked why In:
did it. Johnnie said:
" '/Cause I'm tired of being a twin, and
if you cut off Oscar's, I’U cut off my
foot—honest truth," nd the Hopkk* fam
ily, fearing he might try to oarry out hi*
threat, has allowed Johnnie to have tu
TWIIN n\ THE FIRST PRINTER.
tDiirlran Humorist Trlla Vital thu
World (lwe to (>u 11 c nlterg.
The Maimer Zrltung publishes the fal
lowing 1< tier received by the commlttea
the Outtenberg celebration In Mayem-fc
ft -n the author of Huckleberry Finn:"
' pear Sire Your request to have rna
iontrloute my mit to the Guttenberg cel
ebration Is both a plra-ure and an honor.
The world at lurge unhesitatingly admits
that Guttenbetg's Invention Is the grand
ee! event. In profane history. It helped
to create not only anew world, but also
h new hell, both of which for nearly flva
enturies it hos annually provided with
now exporter new ideas and new won
d' 1 it found Truth erring about tha
w -Id atvj g i e > wings—buP Ll* was also
roaming and managed to appropriate two
eete of wing- it found Selene* perae
■utrd and ht ling In dark'corner*. tut It
gave It freedom on land and sea and
in the heavens and made It the welcom*
aim of human study. It found but Ht
tp- art. and Industry, but It ad.led to thatn
year by year. It made It* inventor who
was shunned and despised, great, and
gave him the mastery of the globe. Tt
transformed religion, which was then the
nil-powerful ruler. Into a friend and hen
ifa tress of mankind. 'War was then
• omparatlvely cheap, hut of restricted
eflt-r:; now it Is very expensive, but glveat
■•. ro satisfactory results, it has brought
freedom to some peoples nnd thrown oth
c r into slavery; It is the founder oral
protector of human liberty, and vet tt
Has fostered despotism where formerly 1t
wa- Impcaslble Whatever the world Is
;o-day, good or bad. It Has become through
' .uttenbers'a invention, which is at th
bottom of it. And yet arw offer him our
homage, for what he said in hit dream to
the angel of wrath has been fulfilled and
the e\U caused by his 'grand discovery
has hem a thousand-fold balanced by tha
good with which It has blessed humanity
i Very truly yours. "Mark Twain."
i— Hid bananas are coming Into the mar
| ke.t again. Very few hav* been shipped
' l'hc j:i t - v timing the Isoat. tty*
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