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-p—48 to, as soon as can reasonably be done after the same shall have been deposit- ed_ thereon. Sec. 2. The owners or occupants of any buildings or grounds within the limits of the village of Keewatin shall remove all rubbish ana garbage from the streets or alleys opposite thereto as soon as can reasonably be done aft- er the same shall have been deposited there. Sec, 3. It shall be the duty of the village marshal to notify the owner or occupant of any premises, buildings or grounds, within the limits of the vil- lage of Keewatin, having any snow, dirt or rubbish upon the sidewalks, or any rubbish or garbage upon the streets or alleys opposite thereto, to re- move the same forthwith. Sec. 4. 4f any person, being the owner or occupant of any premises, buildings or grounds within the limits of the village of Keewatin, having any snow, dirt or rubbish upon the side- walks, or any rubbish or garbage upon the streets or alleys opposite thereto, shall fail to remove such snow, dirt rubbish and garbage within twenty- four (24) hours after notice shall have been given to him by the village mar- shal of said village, as provided in the preceding section, then, in that event, such snow, dirt, rubbish and garbage shall be removed by the street com- missioner of said village, and the ex- pense thereof shall become a lien up- on the real estate opposite and con- tiguous to the place where such snow, dirt, rubbish or garbage was removed trom, and such expense shall be by the village council levied and assessed against the said real estate opposite and contiguous to where such expense is incurred, and shall be extended against such property and collected in the same manner as other special taxes are levied, assessed and collected. Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take ef- fect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. E. F. REMER, President of the Village of Keewatin. Attest: R. P. HICKOX, Clerk of the Village of Keewatin. LAGK OF TEAGHER NEW \ORK GITY Twenty-One Classes in One School Taught by Upper Grade Children, From the New York Tribune: That there is a school in New York where twenty-one classes are being taught by children from the upper grades because of the lack of proper teachers was one of the facts brought out by Miss Grace C, Strachan, district superintendent of Brooklyn, at a Wo- man’s Municipal League meeting re- cently. Miss Strachan, who is chairman of the executive board of the Interborough Association of Women Teachers, which is making so vigorous a fight for “equal pay for equal work,” told the league what the association wants and how it is trying to get it. “The bill for whose passage we are laboring,” said Miss Strachan, “is practically a revision of the Davis law. It seeks to eliminate the inequal- ities of salary between men and wom- en fixed by that law. To give an ex- ample—the Davis law fixes the mini- mum at which a woman shall begin to teach in the public schools at $600. For a man the minimum is $900. The annual increment for a woman is $45, for a man $105. “I have the supervision of a large number of schools and I, have observed a large number of young teachers, and I have failed to observe that the man teacher increases in efficiency over the woman teacher 216 per cent in the first year. On the contrary, the wo- man’s efficiency generally increases more rapidly than the man’s. Yet by the time each has taught thirteen years the man is earning just twice as much as the woman, “Now, if any legislator were to pro- pose a bill making it obligatory on A SIMPLE ROMANCE, sorry—to (Original.) “Mary, I’m_ sorry—very hear of your bereavement.” “Yes, m’m; the poor man’s gone.” “I suppose you will wear mourning?” ‘Yes, m’m; black as a crow.” “I have some morning dresses. I'll give you what you require.’ “Thank y’, m’m.” “You were very happy together, I be- lieve though you have lately been doing all the work.” “Yes, m’m, Tom was a good man, m’m. There was—I don’t know what y’ call it, m’m—a somethin’ or other in the courtin.’ ® “A romance?” “Yes, m’m; that’s it. Y’ know Tum- mus—that’s my man’s name, or was his name before he didn’t need a name at all—was a solger. He wint off to the war with the’ dagos in Cuby an’ extinguished himself there.” “Did he get promoted?” “Yes, m’m, He was made a carporel afther the battle of Gussymuss an’ sergeant at San Joen hills. Y’ see, the dagos was at the top firin’ cannon balls. One of ’em kem along an’ took off Tummus’ right leg. He stood still”— “Wounded as he was—stood?” “That’s just the secret, m’m. All the rest of his rigiment run away, but Tum- mus, havin’ but the wan leg, couldn’t run, so he stayed where he was. That’s what he told me, but he didn’t tell it to the officers, an’ they, thinkin’ he stayed because he was brave, made a sergeant ov ‘im. But it didn’t do ‘im no good, for he was discharged from the service an’ sint home. But that wasn’t all of it, Afther the war they sent ’im a medal, a big round wan wid pictures on the both sides of it. It was made out of a cannon.” “And you nursed him? romance?” “No, ma’am; not exactly, ma’am. Ot didn’t see ’em for the matther ov five years after that. Oi was workin’ in a boardin’ house for sailors an’ thim kind down by the wharfs, One mornin’ whin That’s the CHARACTER BETRAYED BY From the Boston Herald: Those people who clasp their hands with two fingers between the thumb and finger instead of the usual one are probably very deceitful. To lay the left hand flat in the lap and clasp the right firmly over is a sign of ob- stinacy. Business capacity. is shown if the left fingers are curved inward. To clasp the hands together very tightly, running the fingers down as far as they will go, shows, it is said, that the character is sincere, but if the left thumb be uppermost, and the Allen is known among his acquaint-| "ight little finger concealed in the left ances as “a wise guy.” It’s Allen’s| Palm, a secretive nature, though not philosophy that there’s always a way|ONe necessarily untruthful, is denoted. around. If there ‘are rules, Allen al-| Thoughtfulness and consideration ways finds a way to break them. If] for the feeling of others are shown there are laws, Allen finds a way to|if when the elbows are placed on a evade them; always of course, with en-| 4¢Sk or table the thumb and first tire safety to himself. fingers are clasped tightly. A keen Allen took a trip abroad during the| intellect and great self-confidence are summer, and while on the other side| POSsessed by the man who interlaces ran upon a bargain in the shape of a| his fingers and then places his hands, lace shall, which he obtained at a figure| Palm downward, flatly on his knee. To greatly below its real value. He took] Clasp the hands in the ordinary way, great pride to himself in consequence ot| With the right thumb: uppermost, shows the deal and derived a great deal of} that one is born to rule. flatteri: fort ht OTE OECD, Tn yh? OM ENGST lattering comfort out of the thoug! CAPT. WINS THE CROSS of what his girl would say when he From the New. York Times: presented her with the flimsy affair, at The Russian field marshal Paskie- Confidence Game Played by Smart Woman on a ‘‘Wise Guy.” From the New York Press: which time he would casually let drop a Rags as to what it was worth. Sar Tack Ce Coal eater cee vitch records the following incident: gan to think of the customs officers. | OR Ome occasion he had ordered a well- The duty on that shawl would amount| SUSt@ined shell fire to be opened on a toa good deal. | But then, why should certain point which obstructed him in he pay it? The shawl must be got his operations and impatiently await- through somehow. Now, if it just could| © the result. Sceing that his orders go as “personal apparel” were not obeyed, Paskievitch set spurs Just then Mrs. Howard, the fascinat-| to his horse and galloped toward the ing widow who sat opposite him at| ¢™inence on which the unlucky bat- the dining table, stepped out on the| tery was stationed. deck where he was standing, and a|_, “Who is the fool in command here?” thought struck him. Mrs. Howard was| he asked, evidently a woman of the world and| “I am,” answered an officer stepping knew a thing or two, he told himself.| UP to the general. She was the one to help him. He un- “Well, captain, how is it your shells burdened his mind to her about the] have not got to work yet?” shawl and Mrs. Howard listened sym-| “Because they are bad and won't ex- pathetically. Would she wear it} plode, general.” through the customs office as personal “All bosh, I tell you, sir; you don’t apparel, just as a favor between| catch me with such silly stuff. This CLASPING OF THE HANDS VILLAGE ORDINANCE NO. 24. ————_ women to work twelve hours for the An ordinance to prohibit the sale of |Same money as a man earns in six, goods and merchandise for a limited| there would be an outcry—the thing period of time without first obtaining | Would be considered absurd. Yet this a license therefor, and providing a|is exactly what the present bill does.” penalty for the violation thereof. Continuing, Miss Strachan said the ‘The village council of the village of | OPPposition to the bill had chiefly ikeewatin, in Itasca county, Minnesota, |%own up in the ranks of the school do ordain as follows: men “which makes us sad.” There Section 1. It shall be unlawful for}@"e, she said, over twelve thousand any person, firm or corporation to en- era Sani maces ay fhe pubhe scHeels, iness of selling goods|?"d 0 wo thousand men. gage in the, business or re vithi tne | Later she made her hearers laugh with limits of the village of Keewatin for |r account of how one of these two a temporary or limited period of time | ‘?ousand men teachers—a teacher in without obtaining a license therefor |#" clementary school—said he should as hereinafter provided. Provided, | Consider ya a “reflection on his’ man- however, that the provisions of this or-] 7:)), “Nobody Teenie eee ne dinance shall not apply to any person, called his watoed aud Ww a at he tirm or corporation whose stock of| ,” by recelve any Oi was doin’ the rooms Oi wint into wan| friends? Why, of course. Certainly] very evening you shall be tried by room where Oi seen somethin’ stickin’] there was no use in paying duty when| court martial.” out o’ the bedclothes. At first Oi |the matter could be arranged so easily. The captain then took a shell out thought it was the handle of a warmin’ He Felt Better. of the heap, lighted the fuse, and pan, but Oi recommembered that they Allen felt better. Fine woman, that] holding the smoking projectile in his don’t use warmin’ pang no more, at|Mrs. Howard. Not a bad looker, either;| hand he saluted his superior officer, least in’ this country. Thin Oi thought | Something quite fascinating about her,| saying: “See for yourself!” Paskiec- it moight be the handle o’ wan o’ thim|in fact. He would look her up some-| yiich without wincing, stood with things the min workin’ on the sthreet|/time at that Riverside drive adress] goldeq arms awaiting to see whether pound the dirt with. We had sthreet | which she gave. the shell would burst or the fus workers in the house, an’ Oi thought| The boat docked early next morning,| out,” When the match har ee oe one ov ’em »moight have taken his/and Mrs. Howard tripped down the the captain threw the sh ae me Ae pounder to bed with 'im. Annyway Oi|gangplank wearing the beautiful lace| eround and the meneral, satteqng ee knew it was somethin’ that 'ud be sofl-|shawl thrown gracefully about _her| himeclf, “Wes al rene muttering to in’ the bedclothes, an’ Oi was very mad,|shoulders. After the few preliminaries the scene of acti . “¢ eae ed off to thinkin’ Ol'd have the trouble o' goin’/at the pier, Allen gallantly offered to] reasures, . Th on to take some other for clean sheets. So I took hold ov it}escort her to a cab. At the cab door| (vr ye e same evening, how- an’ give it a jerk wid all me stren’th. |he stopped and smilingly said: Pes scoitel i captain the cross goods or merchandise 0 offered jor ex- | Considerable inspiration from the spec- posed for sale, or the capital invested | craftsmen being underpaid, and it was therein, has been duly assessed for) <ccested that if his “manhood” rest- taxation in the year in which such/| 24 °on a foundation like that {t would goods are offered or exposed for sale.|},, 9 good idea to smash it. Sec Any person, persons, firm or! “phen the speaker went on to say corporation desiring a license for the} tnat she herself had just been in Al- sale of goods or merchandise for a bany, where she had had conferences temporary or limited period of time,| with the governor, the lieutenant gov- under the provisions of this ordinance, | ernor, the speaker of the house and shall make application for such license] many assemblymen. to the village council of said village, “Of course, the governor and lieu- in writing, which said application shall] tenant governor do not commit them- state the name of the applicant, the] selves on a matter which must come tirm name and the individual members| hefore the house and senate,” she said, thereof if the applicant be a firm, and| “but there was that in which they tne corporate name and the name of| said which makes us feel not discour- the president, secretary, treasurer and] aged. Te first hearing on the bill will manager thereof if the applicant be a] be before the assembly Cities Commit- corporation; the length of time for|tee next Thursday afternoon.” “It come out aisy enough, an’ at “Now, I'll relieve you of that wrap.” tother ind there wasn’t a bit o’ ‘iron “Really,” returned the widow gaily. al Pi 2 OLD MAN WAS INTERESTED — From the New York Sun: at all, but somethin’ round. If you “Yes,” said Allen, “and I must thank turned the whole ov it upside down it/you for getting it through so grace- The term of Senator Hale of Maine “It’s been} expires March 3, 1811, In 1881 he suc- would ’a’ made a good shtick for wan’|fully, I am very greatly obliged.” 0’ the big altar candles if you wanted “Oh, don’t mention it,” said the wid- to put the other ind’ o’ the shtick in| ow, gathering up her skirts, the ground, for there wasn’t anny bot-|more of a pleasure than a trouble.| ceeded in the senate Hannibal Ham- tom for it to sthand on. Oi was l0ok-|1ve been yuite attached to it,” she| lin, Lincoln’s vice president in his in’ at the thing, wonderin’ what it was, | ended as she stepped inside. first term. whin Oi saw the bedclothes moovin’,| Ajien began to feel chilly. He an-| “What kind of a chap is that Eu- an’ urty soon up by the pillers a man’s /sewered with not quite so genial a|gene Hale?” asked old Zach Chandler, face was a-blinkin’ at me as had just smile, “Well, I guess I'll take the wrap| United States senator from Michifkan, woke up, Oi dropped the wooden thing | now, ‘please.’ of the late Hamilton Fish, President on the floor an’ was goin’ out as fast| “Qn no,” replied the widow. “I like| Grant’s secretary of state. ag I coula whin a voice ca¥led: it so much I’ve decided to keep it my-| “He's one of the coming men from i bse cea way widout giv- | sir.” Maine,” replied the secretary. “One ae es. 5 “Give me that shaw] or I'll have you|of the risin ‘oung con; f ‘What d’y’ mane” Oi axed, arrested!” said Allen, suddenly losing | Maine. why? = arama 5 all his gayety. “Oh, I just wanted to know,” re- “And be arrested yourself for smug-| plied old Zach. “He’s courtin’ my gling?” inquiced the widow, genially.| darter. I wanted to know something “He pointed to the wooden thing on the floor. “Run along now like a good little boy.| about him—if there’s anything in “Dye call that a leg?’ I axed im. “It's all I've got exceptin’ the other wan of flesh an’ blood an’ bone,’ which license is desired; the size, char- acter, quality and value of the stock ot goods or merchandise, for the sale of which license is desired. And such applicant, if present before the village council when said application is being considered, shall answer fully, fairly and truthfully all questions asked of him by said village council relative to the stock of goods or merchandise for the sale of which license is desired, and such further questions as may be|had a letter from a principal say!ng |hurted ’em.’ put to him touching the character of the applicant, or the officers thereof if the applicant be a corporation, | The village council may thereupon grant such license for a temporary or limited period of time, and shall fix a license fee therefor to be paid by the applicant before such business shall be engaged in, which license fee shall not be less thin ten ($10.00) dollars per week nor more than fifty ($50.00) wollars per week; and in fixing and de- ermining said license fee between the bove limits the village council shall tase into consideration the amount, «ind and value of the entire stock of goods or merchandise to be offered for sale, and the length of time for which the license is to be granted. After such license fee shall have been uxed by the village council the appli- cant shall pay to the village clerk the amount thereof, and the village clerk shal] issue to the applicant a license for such time as the applicant shall have paid therefor. Provided, however, that no license shall extend beyond the time of hoiding general elections for village officers next thereafter to be held, Sec. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof by any court having jurisdiction, be punisaed by a tine of not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars and the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof he shall be committed to the village watch-house, or be imprisoned in the county jail of Itasca county until such nne and costs are paid, not exceeding three (3) months, And in all prosecu- tions tor a violation: of this ordinance, proof that the stock of goods from which sales may have been made, or that the capital invested in such stock nas not been assessed for taxation dur- ing the year in which such sales were made, in the vilage of Keewatin, shall be prima facie evidence that the same has not been listed or assessed for tax- ation, Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take ef- fect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. B. F. REMER, President of the Village of Keewatin. Attest: R. P. HICKOX, Clerk of the Village of Keewatin.; when we were at war with Holland. CLOTHES AND CONDUCT. Every man and every woman feels the influence of clothes and appear- ance upon conduct. You have heard of the lonely man in the Australian bush who always put on evening dress for dinner, so that he might remem- ber he was a gentleman. Addison could not write his best unless he was well dressed. Put a naughty girl into her best Sunday clothes and she will behave quite nicely, Put a black- guard into khaki and he will be a hero. Put an omnibus conductor into uniform and he will live up to his clothes. Indeed, in a millenium of girls to teach to Then the members of the league plied her with questions. “Is it true,” asked Mrs. Richard Aldrich, the pres- ident, “that they can’t get enough fill the positions?” Miss Strachan replied that she had been told that on January 31 the rec- ords showed 633 vacancies. “I am go- oing to verify the statement this after- noon,”’ she added. “I can testify that there is a great shortage. Recently I that he had four vacancies in his school. To send the classes home seemed the only course open. A Queens principal told me he knew of two hundred vacancies.” Charles Sprague Smith, director of the People’s Institute, also spoke on “Vital Civic Work the People’s Insti- tute is Accomplishing.” EASTER AT CHRIST CHURCH. In London there is an old and felic- itous custom on Easter Monday, when the boys of the famus Christ hospital school repair to the Mansion House to receive from the lord mayor what are known as “Easter bobs.” Each “Grecian” receives a sovereign, and the others, according to their relative standing, are given coins of lesser value. Refreshments of lemonade and buns are served, after which the may- or and the civic authorities conduct the boys to Christ church, Newgate, where they hear a sermon. TRAVELING LAKE. From the Dundee Advertiser: Among the many interesting -dis- coveries of Dr. Sven Hedin in Central Asia is a singular oscillation in the position of the Lake of Karakoshun, or Lob Nor, This lake seems as rest- less as some rivers that change their beds, but the cause of its movements is a continuous change in the level of the desert, in the midst of which it lies, bordered by vegetation. At pres- ent the lake is retreating northward and creeping toward its ancient bed, where it is known to have lain in the third century of the Christian era; and, as it slowly moves, the vegetation, animals, and the fishermen with their reed huts follow its shores northward. Dr. Hedin believes that after reaching the northern part of the desert the lake returns southward, the complete period of oscillation being 1,000 years or more. BELL AT LLOYD’S Is HISTORIC. From London Tit-Bits: The bell used to insure silence at Lloyd’s when the arrival of an over- due vessel is announced to the anx- ious underwriters is of naval origin. It belonged to the Lutine, which was wrecked near the Zuyder Zee toward the end of the eighteenth century, As it was customary in those days to send bullion and specie by men-of-war, the Lutine carried a valuable consign- ment of specie, and the underwriters at Lloyd’s were able to arrange with the Dutch government to salve the cargo and recoup themselves for their loss on insurance. Over £50,000 ster- ling was recovered, and amongst other relics brought to shore was the Lutine’s bell, to ring out good cheer for anxious underwriters who hear the safe arrival proclaimed by Lloyd’s erier as silence follows the ringing of “‘And that thing was stickin’ out from undther the bedclothes is your leg?” “It's wan of ’em,’ “‘An’ didn’t it git cold? ““Divil a bit. It'll stand a lot o’ cold, but it won’t stand anny heat.’ “Why not?” ‘It'll burrn.’ “Thin I took notice that he was white lookin’, an’ I axed ‘im if Oi’d| “‘Shure,’ he said. ‘D’ye suppose ’y kin pull a man’s leg off widout hurtin’ ‘im?’ “Isn't it wood? I axed. “Yes, but the sthump isn’t.’ “Well, Oi felt so sorry for hurtin’ the poor man that Oi told ’im to He still, an’ afther handin’ ’im his leg Oi wint down sthairs an’ brought ‘im up his breakfast, him lyin’ propped up wid pillars that Oi put under his head an’ lookin’ at me grateful loike, Thin Oi noticed his medal on the bureau an’ saw what foine eyes he had an’ hair as red as the sthripes in the flag he got the medal undher, an’ I wished I could nurse the poor man as long as he lived.” “And you did, didn’t you?” “Yes, m’m, He couldn’t worrk, so Oi just told ‘im Oi’d do it all for the two of us. But he didn’t consint to that. He got a job mindin’ the sthreet at the railroad crossin’, an’ I tuk in washin,’ so betune the two of us we made a livin’.” “You've told me a real romance, Mary; not sucha one asI read in books, but a nugget of gold without a bit of alloy, Come to me tomorrow and you shal] have clothing enough to keep you a year. There is something for your present necessities.” “Thank y’, m’m. There’s wan thing Oi’ve always wondered at—was Tom lyin’ whin he said the reason he didn’t run was because he couldn’t?” “No; he was modest as well as brave.” F, A. MITCHEL. PROPER BREATHING From the New York Press: According to a lecturer on health, people that breathe through the mouth and habitually neglect the nose, the proper channel for the air supply, “have short upper lips, flat cheeks, irregular and decayed teeth, pigeon chests, pointed chins and pointed or upturned noses’—a dreadful list of dire penalties, in truth, fearful enough to convert us all in a moment, yet greatly exaggerated, of course. How- ever, as we have heard many times, usually never heeding as we pass by, it is decidedly injurious to breathe through the mouth. Moreover, if we stop to consider a bit, we shall be able to see for ourselves common sense reasons that ought to make us sup- ply our lungs by a much shorter route and without the beneficial warming and cleansing process so well afford- ed by the longer nasal passage. In winter especially we should take care Come up to see me some time. Ta,| him.” tal” Miss Chandler and the young con- And while Allen stood speechless,|gressman from Maine were married desperately racking his brain for an|shortly afterward. idea that would help him out, she gave the word, the door banged to, and the cab started briskly away. From St. Nicholas: With rage in no wise relieved by the Knives, no matter how tarefully knowledge that he had been neatly | sharpened, are little saws. The grind- caught in a rtap of his own arrange-|ing away of the steel, done by the ment, Allen made a mad rush for a|stone, is not an even work, but when city directory to see if these was any | the edge gets thin is a process of tear- such address on Riverside drive as the|ing away tiny bits of steel by the grit widow gave. of the stone. This tearing makes the There wasn’t, teeth. A fine stone makes fine teeth, a coarse stone coarse teeth. A carv- ing knife used on meat is sharpened on a coarse stone or a steel ang has coarse teeth, although its edge is’ thick. Its ‘| action in parting the meat is more that of a saw than a fine wedge. No matter how soft it may be it will not cut un- KNIVES ARE TINY SAWS. CONSTANTINOPLE’S DOGS Yoercccccccccccccccceccoes From the New York Sun: less it is drawn over the meat and not The dogs are a great feature of Con-| simply pressed down. A razor, how- stantinople and, indeed, of all Turkish|€ver, with its paperlike edge, will cut towns. They lie about in amiable heaps into flesh with a simple pressure. It S is a wedge dividing the fibers of flesh in the sunshine and are most consider-|just as a wedge of iron divides the ately treated by the Turks, though 0c-| fibers of the log it splits. But a razor casionally they suffer at the hands of] is a saw, too, only as it is ground on Greeks or Armenians. One constanily| the finest stone and later finished with sees a slumbering group, over which the] a leather strap, its teeth are very fine passers-by carefully step, monopolizing| indeed—hundreds and hundreds to the the very center of a busy, crowded | inch of blade. street. Each road has its own pack, which protests vehemently against any foreign trespasser. Le Sport is answerable for much ex- Yet a dog may pass where he pleases, | hibition of humor on the part of a na- says a writer in Blackwood’s Magazine|tion like ours, where killing for fun is by making, in the Turkish phrase, “tess-|prought to perfection, and the story of lim’—that is, “resignation.” In a street/an Englishman who went rabbit shoot- not his own he is obliged every few/ing with two Frenchmen in Normandy yards to lie on his back and wave his|may or may not be true. They set out, paws propitiatingly, while an inhospit-|cager tor the chase; they sighted a able chorus barks around him. The pro-|rappit, and up went the Englishman’s gress is slow and undignified, but in the gun to his shoulder. ,“No, no; do not end sure. shoot!” cried his companions. “That is Some of the dogs are handsome and] mimi. Wwe never shoot at Mimi.” The nearly all have most courtly manners, | jnglishman, greatly wondering, desist- but the great majority are either crip-|.q 4 second rabbit crossed their path. pled by carriages or mange stricken. |11. aimed again and was again deterred When puppies appear upon the scene|irom shooting. “That is the adorable the nearest Turk provides a blanket uulu,” they pointed out. We never and milk and sees generally to their} noo at Lulu.” Naturally, when a welfare, and woe betide the foreigner |inirg rabbit darted up, the Englishman who tries to kill a hound. made no effort to kill it, much to the Once I was passing down a street at distress of his companions. “Shoot, dusk, but stopped to make the aequaint-| shoot! they cried wildly. “That is Al- tages ts TEES ae ¥ Ll ac. |PHonse. We always shoot at Alphonse.” tory basis for future friendship and was going on my way when I heard the LUCK IN FALLING. rattle of wheels and yelping. Going “It’s a peculiar thing the tricks that back I found the poor little beast had|luck will now and then play a chap,” been run over and had two legs broken.|Said a prominent physician recently. As a big Turkish porter was passing I1|“Take, for instance, the breaking of offered him a frane to put the puppy|bones in one’s body. Did you ever out of its pain, a work I did not relish.|Stop and think how very many hard He was ready to take it roughly from|@nd high falls a man can have, light my hands, but not to kill it. “That’s|on rocky ground with half his body different,” he said; “to take life is wick-|twisted under the other half, so to ed.” speak, and come off with not even a There are many repellant sights in|scratch? Then, again, a fellow will Constantinople and it is-hard to conceive|just trip over his own foot and, fal- a picture which more realistically repre-|ling to the ground, break his leg or an sents a scene from the Inferno than an|a@rm. A good many will say it all de- ordinary business transaction that occurs|Pends on how one lights, but that nightly. Dogs are the scavengers of|Seems to have absolutely nothing to RABBIT SHOOTING IN FRANCE. Constantinople and every night the re-|do with it, as I have seen a man alight to breathe only through the nose, thus lessening greatly our chances of tak- ing deep seated colds. It is merely a matter of habit and simply a ques- tion of trying after all. FORCE OF HABIT. From the Chicago Record-Herali “Oh, dear,” complained the young mam- the bell. SIMILARITY. free clothes of the latest fashion we shall all be archangels. Tourist (to boy fishing)—How many fish have you caught? y—Oh, I couldn't count "em! caught From the Chicago Tribune: ma, “I do wish Dr. Squillington’s wife wouldn’t come here any more. She runs in a dozen times a day to play with the baby, and she always begins by tossing it up in fuse of hotels and houses is thrown out|in a certain way from a high fall and into the street. never injure himself, and then again A class of men exists which lives by| have I seen a second chap alight in the rag picking and diligently investigates|Same identical way and break his leg the contents of these heaps, while the|@nd an arm.” dogs snarl and bay around them savage- , resenting his intrusion into their - NORMAL CONDITION, att ss a Lady—(to servant applying for a ioe rented one Ste NOE Gr Bon post)—Why were you discharged so HE’LL GET THE GIRL. quickly from your last place? From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Servant—Quickly? Why, I Tommy Rattles was turned down] there two full days! 3 was EARLY DAYS UN GLACK RIVER British Used Every Means to Pioneers From That Sectio. The Marshfield News (Wis.) of a recent date contained a communica- tion which spoke of early days on the Black river in Wisconsin and in which mention was’ made of an inter- esting discovery made by Z. W. Chase of Stillwater. The article was as fol- WS? “When the English ‘Hair Buyer’ was arming the Indians of the northwest; when he was using all sorts of diaboli- cal means to rid this great section from the sturdy oncoming of G R. Clark and his men, there was fought in this section of Wisconsin a fierce battle, a battle interesting because it is so mysterious. The evidence is seen but as yet there is no one to describe the battle and make it a living thing. So it is left to our good imaginations to picture the scene of the conflict and to see the battle of the forests. “This most interesting communication we received from Z. W. Chase, Still- water, Minn., formerly working in a logging camp of C. C. Washburn out on Black River near the present site of Greenwood. This hardy pioneer had started on foot from Buda, ILL, with seven men in 1854, journeying by way of the Dells of Wisconsin at which point they crossed the Wiscon- sin river. Then, as he says, they fol- lowed up the west bank of a river (which was probably the Yellow) crossing a big marsh and coming to a saw mill (which was perhaps that of George Hiles at Dexterville, as that mill was built and running in 1851.) thence west to O’Neill’s or present site of Neillsville, then up Black river to Eaton’s or about where Greenwood now stands and thence to Washburn’s camp. “That Mr. Chase fairly won the title of pioneer no one will dispute when it is recalled that he crossed Wood county at a time when outside of Grand Rapids and Dexterville there were perhaps no white settlers in the county. Solomon L. Nason coming to Nasonville in August, 1854, has always been considered the first white man to settle in the county at that time out- side of the two hamlets mentioned. Mr. Chase was at Neillsville only ten years after the Mormons cut timber in that vicinity for the Nauvoo, Illinois, tabernacle and only nine years after James and Henry O'Neill first settled on O'Neill creek. Among the men in camp that winter whom Mr. Chase re- calls by name and who worked as day laborers were Thomas and Adoniron Withee, N. B. Holway, Bill Price, James Molbin, Dave Robinson and E. B. Usher. Some of these men have long since passed away, while others are prominent citizens of our state. “In the winter of 1855 Mr. Chase was cutting logs on the west bank of the Black river about one and one-half or two miles above Eaton’s mill, opposite Greenwood, “The bank of the river opposite the camp was quite high and steep. On the top of this bank grew a great many pine trees which were cut and rolled down into the river. When Mr. Chase was cutting the trees near the brow of the hill he was surprised to find all of them scarred deep into the surface of the tree. The scars were four and five feet from the ground and had penetrated so far in, that time had not put a new growth over this part of the tree. He cut into a number of trees and there, imbedded in the trunks, were numerous lead bullets. This fact aroused his curios- ity and by a careful investigation he found on the trees that the scars ex- tended into the trupk 76 rings. At once he thought of an Indian battle and from indications, the firing came from the northwest, as if some war party had come down the river and fired upon the foe who had sought shelter behind the pines on the hill. For curiosity’s sake Mr. Chase dug many of the bullets out and saved them a long time. “We may never solve the mystery of this fight, yet who knows but what In some mind of the red man this battle is latent, ready to be brought forth at the asking. We at least hope that it will develop into some such interesting struggle as we found at Smoky Hill.” GOLD HORSESHOES, From the New York Times: Roman writers inform us that Com- modus caused the hoofs of his horses to be covered with gold leaf and even the fetlocks to be gilded. Nero’s short journeys were invaribly performed on white mules wearing gold shoes on their fore feet and silver behind. The beasts that drew the chariots of his wife, Poppae, were shod all around with gold. Several others among the dignitaries and potentates of the riot- ous days of the Roman empire shod their horses with gold and used the same material for bridle bits, buckles, spurs, etc. THE LIFE LINE ON THE FOOT, Feom the New York Times: Starting from the base of the big toe there is a distinct line. That is the life line. In one foot it will curve along until it terminates under the instep far toward the lower base of the little toe. This means long life. Ig broken in the hollow of the foot it means a short life. This line is the most interesting one on the foot. The experiments that have been conducted have proved this to be an almost unfailing reading of longevity. IN THE OLD PARLOR. From the Chicago Daily News: He was desperate, “Give me a kiss,” he hissed, “or, by the rings of Saturn, I shall turn on the gas.” The beautiful girl was appalled. “Oh, don’t do that, George!” she faltered. “Please don’t!” “Then what should I do? Remem- ber, I am a desperate man!” ‘Why—why, turn down the gas.” HOW HE Won. Would be Purchase: are smaller than usual. Tobacconist—Yes. You see, the sigar manutacturer noticed that the mo inch of the cigars is always thrown away. So he makes them that much shorter now. hese cigars NOT WHOLLY HEARTLESS, From the Chicago Journal: “Would you take my last cent?” ask- ed the client who had been acquitted. “No, indeed,” replied his generous at- torney. “I’m perfectly willing to leave you that.’ Naggus—Do you’ know, Avrymer, > air and jouncing it around in a way taat makes me so nervous I can hardly stand when he asked Elsie’s father for his consent. The old man said that Tommy UNDYING LOVE. sometimes you remind me strongly of|!t. I should think she would know better| was a good boy, but lacked persistency.| She—Would you really die for me? Tennyson? Wrymer—Oh, come now. putting it on a little too thick, ¢ gus—Not a bit, than to treat a child in that way ‘That's “Tr mpeg replied the little one's father, “that simp; c force te ply nate ghia He—wno, dear, I would not. She—There! I thought you wouldn’t nd yet you talk of love— y dear, the un- What is Tommy going to do about Fis: Cae? if REEF ATINIF PARE CHANGE WORK. Do not sew too much. Don’t em- broider too many hours a day. Don’t do one thing exclusively and all the time, for means a strain upon the Vai 5