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THE BOURBON NEWSSevenxeenik Year Established 1861

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Twas on a summers eve when rosesbloom

words of the trivial little songTHE out blithely in a clear trebleToice through which the tinkle ofa mandolin penetrated KennethHarding- - heard it as he strodemoodily along and idly won ¬

dered that such sounds should beheard in that particular spot as it wasat least five miles from any habitationIt must be confessed that he was notover pleased He was unhappy andunhappiness is always-- unreasonableso it seemed to him a distinct grievanceithat he should be compelled to listen toanything like frivolous gayety outthere on a lonely path which he hadsought jiist because it was lonely

In another moment as ihe turned thebend of the road he came in sight of aJboyish figure stretched carelessly-- under a tree by the wayside half leanting against its trunk half resting onhis elbow while he touched the stringsJn a light accompaniment

Shes a darling shes a queenShes the fairest one Ive seen

he sang gayly then suddenly stopped ashe saw Harding approach and half unonsciously as it seemed turned to the

wheel that stood beside him This ap-parent

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inclination to mount and runuway changed quickty however andhe merely altered his position so thatJ he pedestrian no longer saw his face

Kenneth smiled with a trace ofamusement

Positively the boy is shy hethought a rare quality in boys now-adays

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Suits his face thoughHarding trudged on quickly forget-

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the momentary interruption of thethoughts in which he was absorbedThat they were not pleasant thoughtswas evident from the stern hard ex-pression

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on his sensitive face and themoody misery in his gray eyes

At last wearied he flung himself unv der a tree and with hands clasped

under his head closed his eyes Heopened them soon however disturbedhy a faint sound opened them in timeto see the boy whom he had heard sing¬

ing dart past on his wheel the mando- -tin slung satchelwise over his back

Again Harding smiled grimty Trulya sentimental youth he soliloquizeda modern troubadour awheel Just

the type too Blonde curly hair brightbrown eyes handsome face not exactlyweak but a li t tie effeminate Quite theideal troubadour with his mandolin andhis fresh young voice He looks about16 Will be sing as gayly at 26 I

-- wonderHardings bitter soliloquj ended in a

laugh even more bitter Putting onehand in the breast pocket of his coathe drew out an envelope worn anddingy Slowly he extracted the con-tents

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a letter and a photograph Thelatter which represented a young manwith a fine strong face intellectualand attractive was his own picturehe allowed it to fall from his fingers ashe opened the letter and read

DEAR KEN Try to forgive me I amvery unhappy butlpouldnothelp it IndeedT love you but you are so poor and I amafraid that we should both be miserableAnd Mr Brown is rich and mamma insistson my marrying him So I send yourpicture back I am to be married in StBartholemews next month Do forgiveme and wont you come to my weddingWhy should we not be friends just thesame Mr Brown does not know that wewere engaged Mamma said I had better

mot tell him Do write me Your lovingDORA

Theyoung mans face grew contempt-uous

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as he read with a revulsion offeeling that startled him

Good heavens he exclaimed whata fool I am to care to be made miser ¬

able by a weak bad woman capable ofwriting that Yes bad She would beperfectly willing to amuse herself bycontinuing to play at love with me afterher marriage True to no one neitherher husband nor to me This ends it

INot another regret And no moreivoraen for me

He sprang to his feet and tore theletter into tiny fragments then strodeback the way he had come but with adifferent expression in his face Hisstep grew more elastic and he drewlor ft deep breaths as he felt that theshadow had passed he was freegainA day or two later Harding was pass-

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over the same road He liked itsquiet the long reaches of shadow wherethe trees almost met across it the tan ¬

gled vines that claimbered and creptalong the rough fences A team wasrarely seen to disturb the stillness forit was the old road to Dorspringand although much more beautifulthan the new road was fully four mileslonger

As the young man approached thelend where he had seen the boy onhis previous walk he thought itwouldbe rather pleasant to hear again thegay voice of the yo ung troubadour ashe had named him But the only soundwas the unmusical mocking cawxiaw of a funereal crow

When fairly past the-- curve howt rever Harding espied the wheel leaning

against the same tree as before andnear it lay the boy sound asleep therniandoiin beside him his sof tcap pulleddown as if to shade his eyes from anyrstray sunbeam that might find its wayUhrough the heavy leafage

Almost involuntarily Hardingstopped and a sudden impulse of mishief took possession of him Going

closer to the sleeper close enough tonote the curve of the lips firm yetiweet aiid the blackness of the lahe

that lay on the clear sun browned skinhe said to himself Yes he would be ajolly little comrade Pm certain sohere goes and he cautiously drew theinstrument toward him He could playrather well had been member of thecollege banjo and mandolin club andhe could sing more than well beingpossessed of a good tenor voice admira¬

bly trainedTwos on a summers eve when

roses bloom the words rang out onthe quiet air Instantly the boys eyesopened and flushing crimson frombrow to throat he sprang to his feet

Why who who are you he stam¬

meredA fellow troubadour responded

Harding pleasantly I heard yousing a few days ago and caught afleeting glimpse of you to day Catch-ing

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you asleep I took the liberty ofwaking you with your own song forthe selfish reason that I was lonely andthought you would perhaps give me afew moments of comradeship as atroubadour should

The flush had not quite left the boysface but he laughed responsively andsaid Very well Sir Knight I bidyou welcome But you must propitiatemy wrath at losing that delicious napby turning troubadour yourself orrather since you are one by givingme a prolonged exhibition of yourskill

He resumed his lounging attitude ashe spoke and Kenneth dropped into aplace near him It was the first time inmonths that the man had felt a mo-ments

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gayety of mood and he gaveway to it freely Had his companionbeen a woman it would have been dif-ferent

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Beserve would have taken theplace of spontaneity even had she pos-sessed

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the power of evoking the moodwhich is to be doubted as Hardingshurt had not yet ceased to sting

The boy however proved to be asmerry a companion as Harding hadfancied With quick wit he adoptedthe young mans assumption ofmedievalism and used quaint phrasesin a serio comic way that amused hisnew acquaintance immensely

He looked picturesque too as helounged under the tree which pleasedHardings artist eye His wheelingcostume although really simple enough

a loosely fitting linen blouse of thenatural gray color tie of soft bluesilk knickers of a dark gray mix--

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ture hose of finely spun gray woolandlow shoes yet was oddly pretty onhim

Harding took a sketchbook from hispocket and began to transfer the lit-tle

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scene to pages But no soonerdid his companion see what he wTasdoing than he sprang to his feetwhirled his wheel into the road andwith a hasty Its awfully late and Imust rush Good by was off beforethe astonished Harding could utter aprotest

A week passed before the youngarchitect met his troubadour al-though

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he walked over the same roadalmost every day He was rather re-gretful

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The boy interested him withhis frank merriment and a certain un-expectedness

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and originality in moodand thought

One day however he heard thetinkle of the mandolin in a new spotand after some difficulty located itPushing through the underbrush hefollowed the faint sound until coulddiscern dimly the form of the playerHe stopped for a moment to hear whatthe boy was plajing so lightly andsinging so softly It was the FaunsSong in Vagabondia and the youngmusician was evidently improvising anair for the dainty words

Harding pushed hastily forward theboughs cracking loudly as he did soAt the sound the music ceased and theyoung man exclaimed reassuringlyDont stop little troubadour It is

only I and I have my mandolin tooThen as he came nearer said Wherehave you been I went up to townday and brought the mandolin backwith me and Ive brought it out everyday without finding you

I heard I thought that you wentaway yesterday answered the boywith a curious embarrassment

You speak of it as if that were thereason for your coming to day Notvery flattering I must say laughedthe man By the way I wish youwould tell me your name Mine is Ken-neth

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Harding architect New Yorkvery much at your service

Mine is Frank Willard said theyouth after a moments pause

You were improvising were younot Have you Vagabondia with youAh there it is and Harding seizedthe little volume delightedly and withoufmore ado began to recite BarneyMcGee turning the leaves meanwhileUntil he found the poem He read onto the end and his companion clappedhis hands

1 Isnt it lovely That is absolute ge- -r

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THE BOTJitBCKN NEWS pfeAY SEPTEMBER 10 1897

nius in itslline he said and howell vou read Please dont stop

Kenneth read1 one after anotherof the gay or tender little poems He8

continued until the sun had fallen toolow to permit longer reading thenurged his companion to try a song ortwo and so the time passed until thetwo suddenly realized that it was near--

ly darkYoudbett er go It is not a good roadi

for a wheel after dark said Kennethspringing up The boy did not riseiAll right dont wait for me he said

carelesslyBut we go in the same direction

and may as well start together Your- -

fathers house has bee pointed out to -

me I think Back on the hill is it not l

I thought so Shall I help you get yourwheel out Where is it

I walked to day my wheel is infor repairs answered the boy

Then of course we will walk togeth-er

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as far as you go said HardingcheerfuBy Come we shall be late forour dinner if you dont hurry Hewas beginning to wonder vaguely athis companions evident reluctancewhen a sharp whistle three times re-

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pierced the stillness Prankanswered it and in another minute aboy of 14 pushing aside the branchescame into view At the same instanthe called Frank Pr-a-n-c-- e-s

where are you Oh there youare Hurry up sis the Carrolls havecome to dinner Then suddenly catch-ing

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sight of Harding he stoppedPranks face was as crimson as the su-

mach¬

berries near but withan attemptat carelessness she said Mr Hardingthis is my brother Ned springing toher feet as she spoke

I beg your pardon Harding beganconfusedly feeling most unreasonablyguilty I thought you wTere a boyof course or I would not have pre-sumed

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as I did Im awfully sorryIn spite of her evident chagrin the

girl laughedI know it she said answering the

first part of his speech not the lastand it was so jolly When you saw

me that day and I found that youthought I was a boy it seemed suchfun But I kept away after I found thatyou came often because I did not wantycu to find out

They had walked on as she made herexplanations and when she ceasedspeaking Harding said eagerly Butyou will not stay away again I missed

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you awfully those days my little trou--badour

I cant go there now that you knowme said the girl demurely unlessyou call and are properly presented tomy father and mother I think I haveheard Dr Thome speak of you hewould bring you if you asked himfor which suggestion Harding thankedher gratefully and he profited by it thenext evTgping

Some months later Kenneth Hardin npemaking a morning call in the city was

conducted to a pretty little morningroom and immediately on enteringespied his own photograph on the man-tel

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Why Frank where didthat he exclaimed

you get

Found it in the woods she laughedthat first day I met you Thought I

would keep it to remember you by itwas so much jollier than you wereHeavens werent you solemn thatday

But my troubadours voice was thespell that exorcised the evil spirit hesaid tenderly

One or the OtherA certain English duke while driv¬

ing from the station to the park on hisestate to inspect a company of artilleryobserved a ragged urchin keeping pacewith his carriage at the side His gracebeing struck with the cleanliness of thelad asked him where he was going thelad replying To the park to see thedook and sogers The duke feelinginterested stopped his carriage andopened the door to the lad saying hecould ride with him to the park Thedelighted lad being in ignorance as towhom he was riding with kept hisgrace interested with his quaint re- -marke till the park gates were reachedAs the carriage entered it was salutedby the company and guns WThereuponhis grace said to Jthe lad Now canyou show me where the duke is Thelad eyed his person over and thenlooking at the duke replied quite seri¬

ously Well I dunno mester butits either me or you Chicago TimesHerald

The longest continued catalepticsleep known to science was reportedfrom Germany in 1892 the patient hav¬

ing remained absolutely unconsciousfor 4 months

The speculative astronomers arenow arguing that the moon is in theshape of a plumb bob and thtthelarger encl is always toward thearth vf -

ISLANDS OF ALASKAITfeoKsands of Rich Homestead m Wait

ins for tlie Plowt In the mad rush for gold locked inthe icy bosom of Alaska other re-sources

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of that wonderful countryvhavebeen overlooked The Aleutian islandsfor instance present a field for agri¬

culture and stock raising equal to anyin the world

With Alaska for a market the stockraiser and husbandman would thrivethere as in no other part of the UnitedStates If the advantages presentedby these islands were fully known a

Jstampede of homesteaders would follow unequal to anything since theopening of Oklahoma and the Chero- -

kee StripState Factory Inspector William

--Anderson has turned his attention tothe islands and made a study of theirclimate resources and prospectsWhile others rushed through the Chil- -

Ikat pass in pursuit of that ignis fatuusgold he contemplated the neighborislands and from considerable readingon the subject has come to the conclusion that they present a better field formoney making than the Klondike Menwho wish to engage in stock raising orpastoral pursuits are advised by him totry the Aleutian islands There as no-

where¬

else in the country are thousands-- of acres of rich prolific land waitingforthe plow and the homesteader Theprospect for the farmer and stock rais-er

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is brighter there than it ever was oris now in the strip of Oklahoma be-

cause¬

of the richer land in the islandsThere are 150 of these islands many

of them adapted to grazing grain andVegetable growing Washed by the Pa-cific

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current the climate is mild theyear through In the valleys farm products may be raised on the tabl landsIgrass grows abundantly affording sufficient fodder for cattle Perhaps noother place in the world presents the ad

vantages for stock raising afforded byj the Aleutian islands There would beno straying of cattle no expensiveround ups The cattle would thrive inopen air the whole year The climateis perfect for that industry As in theBritish Isles the salt in the air doesaway with the necessity of putting saltin the food As every cattleman knowssuch conditions cause the animal to at-

tain¬

mucih heavier weight A readymarket with cheap water transporta ¬

tion is afforded in Alaska British Co-

lumbia¬

and WashingtonThere is some talk among a handful

J of St Louis capitalists of homesteadping the islands for the purpose of cattlebreeding on a large scale In additionto stock raising there is the industrybf fishing and sealing There are about2000 Eskimos all told upon the 150islands They are peaceable and makea livelihood by hunting and fishing

Why risk the dangers of the Klon- -dike when a safer and surer field presents itself in the islands St LouisGlobe Democrat

v A BICYCLE TRAGEDY

A Rash Youtli Wlio Did Xot RespectT-

- His Svreetliearts PreferencesHe wasf ull of joy and why shouldnt

he be Wasnt he riding a brand newwheel and in another moment wouldnthe be by the side of the creature headored above allelse in the world Yeaat times he was even constrained tobelieve he thought more of this beau-tiful

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girl than he did of his bikeHe dismounted opened the gate and

with a proud step came up the graveledwalk leading his wheel On the porchstood the girl who was his promisedwife A happy light shone from hereves and the glad smile of welcomeshe gave him made the young- - man feelat peace with the world

Suddenly the girl cast a swift glanceat the new wheel She trembled andthen grew pale The happy look fledfrom her eyes and a sudden flush of in-

dignation¬

swept over her beautiful fea-

tures¬

Drawing herself up proudly shecast a withering look upon the youngman and said in a choked voice

Henceforth Wheeler Sprocket wemeet as strangers Our engagement isat an end You have shown yourself inyour true colors A man who will notrespect the feelings of his sweetheartwill not love hiswife Go I say andnever let me look upon your false faceagain Oh I hate you and shestamped her tiny foot upon the floor

To say young Sprocket was thunder-struck

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at this unlooked for and unac-countable

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outburst of passion from thegirl he adored would put it mildly in-

deed¬

What had he done he askedhimself Was the girl temporarily in ¬

sane or was she only rehearsing herpart in some private theatrical where-in

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she had the role of the innocent vic-

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of mans perfidy Bracing himselfup to the occasion he managed to ex-

claim¬

Marguerite I cannot understandyour strange actions Have T really of¬

fended you in anywayOffendedmeWheelerSprockett You

have grossly insulted me Oh howthankful I am that I discovered yourtrue nature before it was too lateand the look of scorn she gavel hisrtalmost crushed him

But dearest pleaded the youngman you will at least tell me whatI have done to offend you so

Yes exclaimed the girl in a mock-

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tone I would play the innocentif I were you Buy a different make otwheel from mine parade it before myvery eyes and then ask me what youhave done

Whereupon Marguerite Hamiltonwhirled upon her heel entered her homeand Wheeler Sprocket realizing therewas no hope for a reconciliation mount-ed

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the new wheel and rode away OhioState Journal

A Sad AffairThats what comes of having such

poor lights exclaimed the guest ashe rushed excitedly into the office

Why whats wrong asked the Jer-sey

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coast landlordI met a fbellboy in the hall just now

and supposing that he was a mosquitonearly killed him before I discoveredmy mistake iCleveland Leader

FRANK I FRAYNES FATAL SHOT

American Parallel to Recent FatalShooting on the Stagre in GermanyThe conviction of a German expert

marksman in a Berlin court of thecrime of pandering to the public lustfor excitement was the result of anaccident almost identical in every de¬

tail with a tragedy that occurred someyears ago in this country About sixweeks ago in a Berlin music hall amarksman attempted to shoot an applefrom the head of a young girl He hadfrequently accomplished the feat beforewith success But through some in-

accuracy¬

in aim the bullet instead ofpassing through the apple struck thewoman in the head and killed her in-

stantly¬

He was sentenced for this tosix months imprisonment There wasno charge of negligence or criminal in-

tent¬

So the charge that he had at-

tempted¬

to pander to the public lustfor excitement was invented to fit hiscase

The victim of the American tragedywas Annie Von Behren and the manwho shot her was Frank I Frayne whowhen he retired from the stage hadmade a fortune through his expertnessa3 a marksman For many years he hadtraveled through the United States act-ing

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in a play called Si Slocum Itwas a rough-and-rea- dy piece devisedchiefly to exhibit his skill in shootingand in the management of wild ani-mals

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He carried a whole menagerieabout with him and this method ofexhibiting his talents had been adoptedafter an unsuccessful career as an actorHis wife Clara Butler who used tosing in his plays and act the partiofMrs Slocum was for a long time thewoman on whom his featsv of shootingwere tried One of the best knownof these was that in which standingwith his back to her he shot an applefrom her head and as in the story ofWilliam Tell this incident wras a crucialone in the play When his wife dieda young Brooklyn girl named AnnieVon Behren took her place in the com-pany

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The apple shooting feat was suc-cessfully

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continued for three years Itwas done every night and frequentlytwice at the many matinees given inthe cheap theaters at which Frayneappeared

Toward the end of November 18S2the company reached a theater in Cin-

cinnati¬

known as the Coliseum Ithad been opened only two weeks when

Si Slocum was acted there OnThanksgiving day there were more than2000 persons at the theater at the extramatinee The play progressed to thescene in which the apple was to beshot from Mrs Slocums head Theapple was placed on the girls head andFrayne took aim and fired As theyheard the crack of the rifle the specta-tors

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saw Miss Von Behren fall to thestage with a spot of blood on her fore-head

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The actor turned and seeing1 what had occurred ran to the spot

where the girl lay and fell fainting bjher side The curtain dropped sudden ¬

ly and the manager appeared beforethe curtain to announce that the playwould be broughtto an end immediatelySome of the audience had supposed thatthe scene was a part of the play Butit was soon whispered about that thegirl had been killed The holiday crowdin the street heard the report and be-

fore¬

long several thousand people hadgathered in front of the building al-

though¬

nobody knew certainly of thetargedy inside

The girl died within a few minutesafter the bullet struck her over the lefteye Frayne who was frantic with ex-

citement¬

was locked up The applewas four inches above her head and ona hat and the accidental use of a de-

fective¬

cartridge was the cause of herdeath Frayne protested that therewas no danger in the backward shot asit had repeatedly been done withoutserious results The cbroners jury re-

leased¬

him and he declared he wouldnever shoot again But after a brief re-

tirement¬

he returned to the stage andacted in his drama for nine years long-er

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although he never repeated the back¬

ward shot with a woman and indeedabandoned the play in which the acci ¬

dent occurredIt is said of the German that he was

about to marry the girl he killed andthe same story was told of Frayne andMiss Von Behren He died about sixyears ago and the shock he receivedwhen he killed the girl is said to haveimpaired his health seriously

The shot that killed Miss Von Behrenseems to have had a fatal effect on playsof this class Twenty years ago theywere highly popular and they con-tinued

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so down to a very recent dateBut they have almost wholly disap-peared

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from the stage now N Y Sun

Fear in AnimalsBack in prehistoric times our ances-

tors¬

probably knew fear as a constantfeeling They fought to defend theirlives and homes from one another Withthe beginning of agriculture and the do-

mestication¬

of animals fighting ceasedto be the chief object of existence gen¬

tler feelings had a chance to grow andfear was not so common a state of mindBut Ave are not in the condition of sav-age

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tribes We do not live in fear our-selves

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and we understand that the ani ¬

mals we have domesticated must betreated with uniform kindness Thehorse is exceedingl nervous while cat-tle

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do not appear so nervous any dairy¬

man will tell you that the utmost gen-tleness

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is necessary in caring for themWe can reason away most of our fearsneither the wild nor the domestic ani¬

mals can do so much The one way toteach an animal to conquer fear is tolet him feel that he may trust us Itis the true and only way for it leads tolove and perfect love caste th outfear Our Animal Friends

A ClimaxDobson eating fresh trout Per¬

haps two hours ago this fish was swim ¬

ming in a brook happy careless andfree Audi now

Just then his teeth struck a bit ofsolder What he said then had betterbe imagined than described N YJournal -

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A LITTLE NONSENSE

-- A Wise Lad-r-Teach- er Into whatjrand divisions is the earth dividedrommj who reads the papersCivil service reformers and office seek-

ers

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Philadelphia North AmericanI see that a number of ttiomen

are going to Klondike Yes I no-

ticed¬

it I was thinking of going upthere and selling potatoes at 9S centsapiece Indianapolis Journal

Mother You naughty boys Whydid you take away your little sisterscake Boys Its her own faultmamma She passed here justwhen we

- t it towere niavinfr roDoer uaron jdhc- -

gende BlatterHe When I first met my wife I

thought she was one of the most eco-

nomical¬

women in the matter ofclothes I had ever known She Youmet her at the seashore I believeYonkers Statesman

A Natural Conclusion Mrs Sim-

mons¬

TXhey say the season of mourn ¬

ing for a dead husband is only threeweeks in Persia Mrs ProudifitDear me Persian women cant look

well in black Cleveland LeaderModern Art Teacher Give me a

few simple sentences Pupil Thesky is green The tree is red The seais yellow Teacher Who taught yousuch nonsense Where did you eversee such things Pupil In my fa¬

thers pictures Fliegende BlatterAvoiding Bisks Glad3rs Papas

going to give me a check at theweddinginstead of a present Tom Tom Allright well have the ceremony at highnooni then instead of at four oclockGladys Why what for dear Tom

Banks close at three Detroit FreePress

AUTOCRAT OF THE ELEVATOR

All Mankind Must Stand in Great Avreot That Boy

It does the elevator boy an injusticewhen you think he has somethingagainst you He has not That is notagainst you in particular It is all hu ¬

manity who ride in elevators againstwhom his scorn is directed If youhappen to belong to that class of coursethe elevator boy is not to blame forthat

He is essentially suspicious He thinksthe whole world is in a conspiracyagainst him This is illustrated by astory told of a characteristically moroseelevator boy in one of the big down ¬

town buildings He eyed every manwho got on his machine as ifto say Who told you youcould ride on this elevator Oneof the office holders in the buildingwho had been using the machine for ayear or more with constantly increas-ing

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trepidation finally concluded hewould get an expression from the ele-

vator¬

boy even if he were thrown downthe shaft for his temerity One dayhe said Will what would you do to aman if he would tell you his honestcandid opinion of you

Without the least hesitation in theworld the elevator boy said Id smashhim in themouth There isnt anotherman in the building who dares to ad-

dress¬

the czar of the lifting machineIt will be noticed that the class of

managers of the lifting machines arecalled elevator boys This is a-- mis ¬

nomer The geniuses who originalljpresided over the machines were boysbut so many accidents happened whenthe affairs were put into use that theboys were replaced by men who arestill out of courtesy called boys

As a rule the elevator boy has aneye for the aesthetic as well as the beau-tiful

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The Christmas season neverpasses that he does not decorate hismachine with mistletoe If a man asksMm what he means by devoting somuch time to embellish his lift he sim ¬

ply remarks Its the beginning of theholiday season and I like to call at-

tention¬

to the fact He is beginningto thaw out for the regular annua L

Christmas and New Years tipsIt was during the Halloween sea-

son¬

that an amusing incident happenedin one of the big buildings in the busi ¬

ness end of town The elevator boywas one of those fellows who paid a3much attention to his hair and neck ¬

tie as a club man There was not asingle young woman in the buildingthat he wasnt familiar enough writh toaddress by her first name

The lower floor on this occasion wascrowded with anxious men who werefrowning and swearing because the ele-

vator¬

would not come down The upperfloor was likewise crowded with menwho were also breaking one of the com ¬

mandments because the machine wouldnot move up The machine was sus¬

pended in midair The electric bellswere playing a sulphurous tune bothabove and below and dire threats weremade against the elevator boy Afteran interval of perhaps 15 minutes themachine glided swiftly down the chuteand came to a gentle halt The doorwas thrown back by the elevator boyand his face was cut by a grin whichextended from ear to ear A prettylittle miss stepped out her face coveredwith blushes and her hat very muchaskew

It was like oil on troubled watersWould I were an elevator boy

quoth the maddest of the former anx¬

ious passengers as he stepped respect ¬

fully into the machine LouisvilleCourier Journal

Hott a Horse StartsThis was the subject of a recent com¬

munication to the Paris Academy ofScience Many instantaneous photo ¬

graphs were made of a norse in the actDf starting from a position of rest anda careful comparison of the picturescombined with a study of the anatomyof the animal led to conclusions wiicbare said to be at variance with what hashitherto been believed It would ap¬

pear from this evidence that the fore-legs

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play an important part in the pro¬

pulsion of the animal from the very be¬

ginning of its motion and that thebreast muscles Temarkable for theirdevelopment in the horse are essentialagents in equine locomotion--YowtF- auompauion - -

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