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DO SPRINGS GREETS
VICE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
' Co'lorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 2.--
Theodore Roosevelt came. He saw,
he conquered. He arrived this morn-
ing at 10:35 o'clock over the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe and from the sec-
ond he stepped from his private car
was greeted by G~vernor Orman
he was the guest of honor of the state
of ColoradoJn general and the Quarto-
Centennial 0f Colorado Springs in par-
ticular. He was the predominating
feature, as it were, of a day replete in
features. He was the cynosure of all
eyes; the object of continuous ap-
plause and cheers wherever he showed
himself; the one central figure of the
banner day of the observance in Cole-
ranG Springs of the ~wenty-flfth anni-
versary of the admission of Colorado
into the sisterhood of states.
The vice .president arrived on the
Santa Fe train at 9:35 a. m. and was
greeted'on the platform at the depot
by Governor Orman in a few eloquent
words of welcome, to which he re-
sponded with an expression of tha1~ks
for the cordiality of his welcome.
Another storm of cheers broke out
an4 then, linking his arm into that of
the governor, the vice president
"walked through the cheering hundreds
of l~ople tO the carriage in waiting
him. Into the carriage he stepped,
followed by Governor Orman, Adju-
tant General Gardner and D. B. Fair-
ly, president of the chamber of com-
merce.
The proces~lon formed in Pike's Peak
avenue and as it moved up the broad
avenue there was a hurricane of cheers
from the hundreds of people that
massed around the depot grounds and
in the surrounding streets.
As the head of the parade reached
Nevada street. Just as the entrance to
the main business section, the Pueblo
band started up a lively tune.
The sight that here met the gaze of
the city's guest was awe-inspiring. At
the foot of the avenue rose the great
Antlers hotel, from each tower of
whlch floated a mammoth flag. Upon
its balconies and porte courehe were
hundreds of people and banking up
the street to the vice presidential car-
rinse were thousands of other people.
At the Antlers hotel there was an
inspiring sight. While yet the cheer-
ing continued the Colorado Midland
band played "Rally 'Round the Flag"
and 300 little boys and girls, dressed
In red, white and blue, and wearing
turbans to correspond with their
clothes, marched up the center of Cas-
cade avenue. They came up, and,
grouping before his carriage, sang
"America." Their childish treble
seemed unusually low and sweet com-
pared with the stentorian shouts and
cries that had greeted him.
At the concltmlon of the anthem Mr.
Roosevelt shook hands wlth most of
the children. Then began the forma-
tion of the parade for North Park,
~ere the vice president was ached-
sled to speak at 10:30 o'clock~ First
came the high ~school cadets, then the
G. A. R. drum corps, followed by the
G. A. R. As every veterau passed the
Vice President he lifted his hat.
At North park there was an immense
concourse of people, an almost impen-
etrable mass. Here a large speakers'
stand had been erected, from which
Vice President Roosevelt made the ad-
dress of the occasion, being introduced
Governor Orman. Mr. Roosevelt
fan as follows:
"Governor Orman, you, my fellow
citizens, and you men and women of
this gl-ea¢ state, I appreciate the honor
that you have conferred upon me. I
know Colorado. I know me people
and I appreciate them and know what
they have done."
He then paid a tribute to the old sol-
diers and Grand Army veterans before
him, and said:
"This anniversary which marks the
completion by Colorado of her first
quarter century of statehood is of in-
terest not only to her, not only tO her
sisters, the. states of the ROcky
Mountain region, but to our whole
country. With the exception of the a~
mission to statehood of California no
other event emphasized in such dra-
matic fashion the full meaning of the~
growth of oar country as did the l~-
coming of Colorado."
The vice president spoke at consld-[
arable length, his address being large-
ly historical, broad in scope and
statesmanlike in quality.
The banquet of the state editors at
the Antlers hotel at night was one of
the most notable In the history of the
state. Wolfe Londoner acted as toast-
master in his inimitable way.
Senators Teller and Patterson both
spoke. Other features of the literaAT
program were as follows:
Frank Trumbull, "Our Future Mar-
kets."
W. L. Thorndyke, "The Country Ed-
itor."
Rev. ~'arton O. Aylesworth, "The
School and the Press."
Granville G. Withers, "The Arkaw-
sos Valley."
A. B. Seaman, "What I Know About
Newspapers."
Hamlin Garland. greatest of Ameri-
can story writers, in a beautiful and
characteristic "good fellow" talk on
"The Mystery of the Mountains."
H. G. LunL "The Bench and Bar."
C. S. Thomas, "The Sensations of a
Governor."
Dave Day, "Indians and Other Con-
stituents."
Tos~tmaster Londoner grew serious
in introducing Thomas F. Walsh, who
spoke on "Progress of the State."
W. N. Byers took the editors book
to the early days in his address on
"The Pioneer Newspaper."
Aside from the speech of Vice Pres-
Ident Roosevelt' the greatest event of
the day was the grand parade, which
was one of the finest ever seen in the
state.
The first division included, the ~tra
department, band in Indian costume,
fifty young men arrayed as ancient
Spanish warriors, Santa Clara and
Southern Ute Indlans, Colonel Sander-
son's old stage coach, fifty cowboys in
costume, fraternal societies.
The .second division included mille
tory old Rough Riders.
The third division was made up of
allegorical feats and the fourth was
the flower parade.
At the annual meeting of the Rough
Riders Vice PreValent Roosevelt made
an enthusiastic speech.
The Rough Riders elected the follow-
lng officers, for the ensuing term at
their union to-day:
President. Captain Fred Muller,
Santa Fe, New Mexico; first vice pa'e~
tdent, IAeuteuant Dave Leahff, Raton,
New Mexico; second vice president,
Quartermaster Sergeant King Henley,
Wlnslow, Arizona; secretary and trea~
urer, Captain W. E. Dame, Cerrllloa
New Mexico.
BOULDER QUARTO-CENTENNIAL
RECORDS IN ROCK DR!LLIN(i
Boulder, Colo., Aug. 2~--This has
been by far the most exciting day ever
witnessed at the Chautauqua. The
large auditorium, capable of holding
over 4~00 people, was full of interest-
ed and enthusiastic spectators.. Not
only were the seats packed, but peo-
fle stood in the aisles, crowded on the
arge platform and around the outside.
The occasion for all this exuberance
of spirit was the rock drilling contest.
In front of the platform and in view
of the vast audience wer~ two im-
mense granite blocks. Asteach team
went to work the partisans ¢ould
cheer and then keep up this line of
music with constant yells of encour-
agement.
rl'he e~erelses began this mornlng
wlth boys under aixtee~ "as contest.
ants. The'record made by them was
as follows: Thomas Seekonton of El-
dora, 11 5-16 inches; Lou McClellan,
Gold Hill, I0~ inches; "John Cohley,
Cripple Creek, 10 inches; Fred Maser,
Gold Hill, 11 7-16 inches: Homer Pen-
neck, Rowena, 9~ inehe~; .Thomas
Mohr, Crisman, 13 inches; James Mc-
Clellan, Gold Hill, 8 9.16 Ineheg. Mohr
won the first prize of $50 and Maser
theseCond prize of $15.
In the sing|e.hand drill for men. the
score was as follows: James Pittman,
Gold Hill, 30~ inches; Fred Yockey,
Elders, 37 9-16; Ddward Johnson,
Oheeseman, 87~; William Sudburg,
Magnolia, 17 13-16; Anton Ecker,
Black Hawk, 24%; William Dalilen,
Wall Street, 26 15-16; William Wiborg,
Cheeseman, 27~; William Sudburg,
the first prize of $150 and Wlborg the
sec~)nd prize of $50.
In the double-hand contest the result
was as follows: Farr and Rowe, Ida-
ho Springs, 35 1-16 Inches; Collins
Bros., Idaho Springs, 85 9-16; Dahlen
and Walstrom, Wall Street, 35 10-16;
Shea Bros., Sunshine, 34 10-16| Ardou-
rail Bros., Orlsman, 36 4-16; Oollins
and Ecklund, Ward, 37 1-16; Swine-
hart and Bailey, Gunnison~ 33 12-16;
Thomas and Butler° Elders, 33 10-16;
Eckert Bros., Black Hawk, 36 11-16;
Coughlin and Plttman~ Gold H~ll, 38
9-16; Coughlin and Ingrain, Silver
Plume, 33 12-16; Polkiggham and EU
Its, Bald Mountain, 28 11-16. This
l~ve Coughlin and Pittman of Gold
ill first prizb of $300 and Collins and
Ecklund the second t~rlze of $100. In
each case the miners drilled fifteen
mintrtos.
GREELEY ,ASSURED
Greeley, Colo., Aug. 2. -- (Den-
ver Ne~s Speclal.)--A very en-
thusiastic meeting of the farmers and
business men of the Greeley district
was held at the county court house in
this city last night. The meeting was
called to orc~er by Harry E. ChUrchill,
who made a speech on the matter~
pertaining to the sugar beet industry,
after Which subscril~tions were called
for. SeVeral hundred acres were
pledged. The largest amount handed
in by any one man was by J. F. Re-
cue, 119 acres.
Charles D. Todd made a few re-
marks regarding the cost of produc.
El Reno, Okl&, Aug. 2.--Among the
winners in the land lottery yesterday
were the fo~lowing:
Edward A, Sinclair, Denver; H.A.
Smith, Denver; C. D. Klumpp, Albu-
querque, New Mexieo;'E. Cherry, Den-
ver; H. K. Ray, Florence, Colorado;
Fred Uby, Denver; H. D. Brooks, Col-
Grade Springs; J. F. Westrup, Arapa-
heel Colorado; Clayton R. Ryan, Gold.
field, Colorado; Charles J. Tyler,
Maher, Colorado; A. S. Kimkel, Fair-
mount, Colorado; W. F. Scrllmer, Den.
ver; Alexander E. Irwin. Denver;
George A. Coppe, Monte Vista, Colo-
rado; ~ H. Simpson, Pueblo, Colorado;
H. O. Smltb: Canon City, Colorado; E.
Northcutt, Pueblo; Alfred J. Goods,
Elkton, Colorado; Walter S. WaTde~,
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Colorado Wmters.
The United States geological survey
has published a report of the opera-
tions at the Colorado river stations
during last year. It says that in the
year covered by the report about 30,-
000 acre-feet of water was stored in
the reservoirs of the Great Plains
Water Company and the dam at the
Twin Lakes reservoir was completed,
permitting the use, during the latter
part of the irrigation season of these
lakes, to the great benefit of crops
lying unde~- the canal of the Twin
"Lakes Land and Water Company. The
Twin Lakes river stations have been
put on a more permanent basis. THe
channel at the Interlaken station is
permanent and of such a character
that excellent results were obtained,
but the station is not in 19011 as the
storage of water in the reservoirs
flooded ti~e locality to such an extent
that It was impossible to make meas-
urements. The lower TWin Lakes sta.
tion was established at a footbridge
constructed across the channel below
where the artificial waterway from
the lower lake enters the natural eha~-
nel. ~Phe channel is rocky, but is fair-
ly permanent in nature, the banks
being high and not subject to over-
flow. The object of establishing the
two stations was to ascertain the
amount of storage water turned out
f~m the lower lake by the water
company, in order to determine the
qt~antity of water the company would
be entitled to at its headgato below.
The report recommends the removal,
of some large boulders in the Arkan-
sas river at Solids, as they interfere
with the accuracy of the measure-
ments taken there. The station at Pu-
eblo is considered one of the most im-
portant in Colorado, and the report
s~ys:
"It would be of very great value to
the entire division to have a perma-
nent station of concrete established
here. The channel, which is of boul-
ders and gravel, is' confined by high
masonry walls, so that there is little
change exCept that it fills during low
water and scours out during high
wa~er. The flow of the stream is rapid,
but not too swift for accurate measure-
ments. This station is an important
one, being located near the head of
the principal irrigation portion of the
valley, only one ditch of Importance
being taken o~t above it in the Pueblo
district, although considerable water
is used In the ditches in ,the neighbor-
hood of Canon, which is in another
water district. It is upon the gaglngs
made at this point that the water su-
perintendents and commissioners de-
pend for distribution of water to
ditches below."
Would Abolish Iudltn Agenele~
If the ideas of Indian Commlssloner
Jones could be followed out explicitly,
and under practically the same corps
of officials as are now on his staff, It is
.claimed that within ten years the In-
dian reservation would be a thing of
the past, and Indian civilization would
become a fixed certainty. Commission-
er Jones, like most of the officials of
the Indian Bureau, believe that the
reservation system is one of the great-
est drawbacRs to the advancement of
the younger generation of Indians, and
consequently he Is making every effort
to break up the agencle~ in every part
of the United States.
The idea along which he is working
is to educate the young Indian so that
they will become self-supporting.
When they have acquired this knowl-
edge, they should be forced to make
practical application of iL The best
way to do this is to allot to each Indian
a certain trac~ of land, which shall be
his own, and which, under no circum-
stances he shall be alllowed to sell or
lease. At the ~ame. time the govern-
ment will of course suspend payments
ov annuities to the Indians, and they
will be forced to live by their own la-
bor and their own skill.
In many instances this very thing
has been done, and Is now being done
on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
lands in Oklahoma, But In the past
an error has been made in allowing ~n.
dians to take contiguous allotments.
It is thought the best results along the
lines of eivlllza£1on would be obtained
by giving the Ind,lans every alternate
quarter section, so that white men will
take up the intervening tract~ In this
way the Indiana will be surrounded on
every side by white neighbors, will ab-
sdrb the ~deas of the whrtes, learn their
language, and in every way be deprived
of continuous association with other
Indians.
One fact seems to be generally uDder-
stood in regard to the ed~eatlon of the
Indian& and that is that as long as
they are given a school education, but
are allowed to go back to the reserva.
tlon and associate, with uneducated
members of their tribe, they will grad-
ully, but surely, go back to their old
ideas, and their education will have
been wasted.
From the white man's point of view,
there is an incentive for making allot-
ments of land to the Indians, a~d op~n-
lug the residue to settlers. It Is elaim-
ed that no Indian has need of more
than 160 acres of land, and that all
lands in excess of this amount for each
Indian on a reservation, is a waste.
Under the allotment system the white
men will be allowed to go In and make
some practical use of this vast area of
Indian land. It is true much of the
reservation land is arid, but the ingress
of white settlers will be followed by
the construction of irrigating ditches,
and In this way, as well, Indians will
be'benefited by co-operation.
Wherever it is' possible the Indian
bureau is abolishing the Indian agen-
cies, and placing school superintend-
ents in charge, thus making education
paramount. This is the first step to-
wards the final allotment of the lands
and the breaking of reservations.
Several such changes were made this
tiun and the labor question, after Pueblo; A. A. Mosher, Monte Vista, past year~ and others will follow this
which subscriptlons were again called Colorado; Lee Wright, Denver; Robert season: In each instance the surplu~
for, which came in stoa~lily until the Hoste~,~ Silver City, New Mexico. lands will eventually be open to entry,
full 5,000 acres necessary to establish although the complete change must be
a foe.tory here were guaranteed.. __ . _ . _ wrought gradually. Under the present
• x'ms assures a sugar ~eet . tactory] ~.ruger.~ &merman "£our. plan, l~owever, there is no rea~n Why
for Greeley. The b~Iding of the plantI London, AUg.,, 3.-- 'Mr. Kruger's the complete renovation shall not have
will c~mmence m ~eptem~er of this] American tour, says the Brussels cor, been ejected in the next decade.
Fe~..r..'x:n.ere were x,z~_, acres suo-|,~ospondent of the Daily Mail, "will in ...... '
..~er.l~l. tnls evemng, .anu when t~e| elude visits to New -York, Philadel° Aetln~, Fourth Assistant Post~-~t~-
'~St St~scri~ was handed in, mag-1 phia, Boston Washin~,~on ana ~,~ .... -~ - - ": ..... "~"?~?"
I , v~ ~ "-"~ ~eneral ~onraa has alrecten ~ae estab-
tng 5,010 ac in all--ten acres over go Neg0tiation~ ~ra ~hm~¢ ¢n ha~a .... • ~ . --
• ,~ ......... '-~ ~,- ~mnment of the nrst postotfi~e on the
!he amount i ! ~wd .gave ~or his receptlo~ by President MeKI~
t~ ~,~ ~ ,~ om~h ~ ,~- ,, 4 island of Guam. It is located at Guam.
....... : ....... =--~'~" ~ i Auastaslo Tartano Perez has been a~,
. polnt~.~d p0~tma~ter.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIE$.
During the last summer sea~on the
ascent of Moat Blanc was made by 141
tourists.
The principal plants making steel
castings are trying to effect a com-
bination.
Paul Kruger is at The Hague, and it
is said he will start for South Africa
in O ctober.
The new battleship Maine was
launched at Cramp's shipyard in Phil-
adelphia July '27th.
The 4,000 or mare Boer prisoners at
St. Helena have started the publication
o£ a weekly newspaper.
Admiral Melville is preparing casks
~o send adrift in the Arctic ocean to
find the currents crossing the po{e.
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Helen
Terry will make a twenty-two weeks'
tour of this country during the coming
S~lson.
The shoemakers of Vienna have ask-
ed the government to prevent Ameri-
cans t~m starting shoe factories in
Austria.
The law departments of the Union
and Southern Pacific are to be consoli-
dated, with Jod~ M. Thurston as cmef
counsel.
The government has determined to
make vast improvements in the forti-
fications around the harbor of San
Francisco.
John L. Collins, a son of Admiral Col-
lins of Civil War fame, plunged four-
teen stories to his death in the C, hiea-
go Masonic temple July 24th..
A New York engineer has invented
a new fuel of compressed air and pe-
troleum which he claims will carry
ships m E~rope in four days.
The postmaster general has issued
an order formally placing the Ameri-
can postal service in China on the
same basis ae before the outbreak.
G~reat preparations are being made in
Montreal in connection wlth the visit
of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York, who are expected there
about September 17th.
Secretary Root has directed the prep-
aration of an order creating a board of
army officers to investigate the whole
subject of changes in the military po~ts
throughout the country.
Many of the horses in Chicago are
said to be afflicted with the grip, and
the disease has taken such a severe
form in some localities that it has been
necessary for owners to stop work.
A forest fire in the province of
Jentland, Sweden, has assumed gi-
gantic proportions. Three thousand
troops have been ordered to assist the
men -who are combatting the flames.
~Phe Southern Pacific company has
closed timber land deals recently that
promise to pave the way for the later
opening of vast tracts of timber coun-
try In the northern part of California.
A Paris lawyer has just been beaten
in an attempt in court to stop the play-
ing of a piano in a boarding school op-
posite his ofl~ce. The tribunal pro-
nounced piano playing a seelal insti-
tution.
Dr. W. C. Gray, for twenty-five years
editor of the Interior, the organ of the
Presbyterian Church, has disposed of
his interest In the paper and resigned.
The paper has been incorporated with
a capital of $50,0(0.
The Rush Medical C-~llege at Chica-
go announces that co-education will be
Introduced in the medical school. Here.
after women will be admitted to
freshman and sophomore classes on an
equal footing with men.
John G. Willis, a property owner of
North Omaha, has submitted to Sena-
tor Millard a plan for the cession of old
Fort Omaha by the government to the
state to be used as an agricultural col-
lege and experiment station.
IA Hung Chang, Prince Ching and
Kun Yang, resident members of the~
regency beard, have received from the
throne a long communication, laying
down general Injunctions as to reform
and honesty of administration.
Ray. Adam Millcr,'called "the fath~
of German Methodism in America,"
and said to be the oldest Methodist
minister in the United States, died at
his home in Chicago, July 29th, of old
age, being ninety-one years old.
That Jacob S. Rogers, who le~ al.
most all of his immense estate to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New
York, himself placed the estlmage of
his .l~roperty at $5,443,000, hu been
~liscevered by the appraisers.
President Milburn of the ~mffalo
Exposition has issued a statement in
~rhieh he says the exposition has been
more than paying Its expenses since
the beginning of June and has already
aeeumulated considerable surplus.
A New Whatcom, Washington, dis-
imtch tells of a phenomenal run of
salmon over all the fishing grounds of
the lower sound. On July 25th it is
estimated that 70,000 cases of fish
were packed of the value of $325,000.
t Dr: F.}elepe.Ca!da& the Brazlllan bae..
ermiogist WhO has a yellow fever ser-
um, has sailed for Cuba, accompanied
by Dr. Angel Bellinzaghl, his ass~tant,
to direct extSeriments with his serum,
with a view to stamping out the die.
ease.
Lulu Prince Kennedy of Kansas
City, under sentence of ten years for
killing ker husband, Philip H. Ken-
nedy, January 10th last, has been re-
leased on bond of $10,000, pending an
appeal of her ease to the State Su.
l)reme C~nrt
In a fight between the Mad Mullah
and the British JUly 17th, the former
was routed, leaving seventy killed.
The British casualties were IAeuten-
ant Fredericks and twelve men killed
and Lieutenant Dickson and .twenty
men wounded.
The Reek Island raliroad,~ which at
present u~es the Union Pacific tracks
between Kansas City and Topeka, ls
reported to have made arrangements
to build a line of its own between the
tw~ points, the road to be completed
within a year.
Miss "~. A. Hawley, MIss D. D.
Barlow and Miss Witherbee, Baptist
missionaries who have Just arrived
from Yokohama, repo.t that for the
first time in the history o£ Japan there
has recently been a great revival by
all denominations in that country. In
T0kio alone there h{tve been over 9,.
000 inquirers. The 3apahese govern.
meat has shown the utmost kindne~
to foreign religious workers.
The Maglo sword.
There is a sword of greater price ~.~
Than swords of princes are, ~.,
A weapon that is mightier • 1~]
Than famed Excalibar. ~
Waters divide and mountains part
At touch of this rare sword,
And untrod forests fall and die ~'
As fell the prophets gourd. II
All life its magic force must own,
Naught can its power evade;
E'en death is sometimes thrust aside
By its keen, shining blade.
He who this wondrous weapon owns
Of earth may have his fill,
For nothing mortal can withstand
The magic sword "I will!"
~Youth's Companion.
Parley and l~l.
The truckman had Just dumped a
load of kindling wood at Mrs. Old-
ham's outside cellar door, when Norah
appeared in the sitting room and said:
"A boy at the door wants to see you,
ma'am."
Mrs. 01dham went out, and found
Patsey Moore, who took off his cap,
and said eagerly:
"May I have the Job of putting in
your kindling wood, Mrs. 01dham?"
"Certainly, Patsey; Norah will go
down and open the door, and show you
where to pile the wood. How is your
mother?"
"She's better, ma'am; she sits up a
good deal now."
Mrs. 01dham knew that Patsey's
mother had been ill for some time, and
as she was a poor widow, that the
family must be having hard times.
"Come and tell me when you are
done/' she said; and Patsey went
cheerfully to work, for his mother
needed even the little that this Job
would give him.
"Hullo! What are you stealing m7
Job for?"
Patsey looked up and saw Hal Bur-
net, a boy who lived next door.
"Didn't know it was your Job," said
Patsey.
"Well, it is, I do all Mrs. Oldham's
Jobs, and it's mean In you to sneak in
like this!"
"~ asked for it, and Mrs. 01dham
engaged me to do It; that's all I have
to say," answered Patsey.
Hal went off muttering. You see, he
liked to earn a little for himself, which
was all right, but his father was well
off, and Mrs. Oldham was glad to give
~the work to a boy that really needed
It.
When Patsey had finished the work
he went to Mrs. Oldham, who gave him
a silver quarter.
"Thank you," he said; "but I think
that's too much."
"No," said Mrs. 01dham, "it's Just
right. Tell your mother that I am
coming to see her."
So Patsey ran home overjoyed.
"You are a pretty fellow to do a
Job," said Hal to Patsey, the next
morning before school; "Mrs. 01dham's
kindling wood is all on the ©ellar
floor,"
Patsey stared in dismay.
"I don't see how it could have hap-
pened," he said.
"Maybe Hal went in and pulled it
down," said his mother.
"He couldn't," said Pat~ey, "for No-
rah says they always keep the door
locked. W, hat ~hall I do?"
"Do?" said his mother; "go as soon
as school is out, and tell Mrs. Oldham
are sorry, and will try to do the
work better the next time."
Mrs. Oldham was surprised when
Patsey told her.
"The wood has not fallen down," shs
said, "it is Just as you left it, piled
away nicely."
Patsey went hom~ feeling much re-
lieved and his mother felt so, too,
when he told her.
"Hal," said Mrs. Oldham. the next
day, "why did you tell Patsey that the
kindling wood had fallen down?"
"I didn't," answered Hal, with a
sheepish look; "I said it was on the
cellar floor, and so it /s~pfled there."
"But don't you know that a story of
that kind, told to ~nnoy and deceive,
i~ no better than a falsehood? You
need not come to me for any more
Jobs, Hal."~Pl~iladelphla Time&
As a rule only p~ain, substantial fOOd
should be taken into camp, 1Y you
have planned to go into the wild In-
terior many miles away from any base
of supplies, ample provisions should be
taken along. These had better be pur-
chased, however, at the last settlement
where a store exists before turning
into the woods. If camping under
such conditions, it will be necessary in
making up your requisition to know
Just how much to allow for a day's
rations for each man and figure ac-
co/dingiy.
An ordinary vacation camping out
is a much more simple matter to ar-
range, as camp is pitched usually with-
in touch of some farm, store or suppl~
boat: In any event it .will not do t~b
depend on the fish you catch and the'
game you kill or the visit of the sup-
ply boat. Sufficient canned soups,
meats," smoked hams, vegetables, con-
deased milk and dried or evaporated
fruRs to last at least a week should be
carried with you into the forest. You
will find it much more desira~bIe and
convenient to be provided with a fold-
ing chafing dish or with one of the
campoki~s of which there is so great
a variety on the market. The chafing
dish occupies littIe space when trav~,l
ins, the stand, lamp, extinguisher,
handle and dish being placed ~nside:
the hot water pan. A camp-kit con-
sists of various necessary cookingl
utensils and a stove which fit closely
into one another, the whole going
snugly into a camp boiling pot, the lld
of whlch may be used as a wash hand
basin, or into a basket which can bo
used fpr marketing purposes. All
cooks know the value of a brisk fire.
How to build one properly and keel) it
alight is the most important secret of
the woodsman. In building a fireplace,
dig a hole In the ground, from one to
two feet deep and about four feet long,
on a slop~, if possible. Line the bot-
tom and sides wlth stones. At one end
of thls space place your flrestand. The
other end will make an excellent
baking oven. The fire dying down
will leave the stone lining red hot and
a floor of hot ashes on which many
delicious dishes may be cooked. When
you have to have the heat for a long
time place the utensil containing the
food to be cooked in the hot ashes at
the bottom, fill up the slde~ of the
hole around the pan wlth other stones
and thoroughly cover it with more hot
stones and timber. By watch-
ing your fire and keeping
the heat above the cover of
your pot, the stones around the sides
and bottom will l'etain their heat for
hours. That your fire may be protect-
ed in rainy weather, build around the
hole you have dug a wall of small\
timbers, plastering the ends with mud
or notching the logs. Make the wall
higher on the north and northwest, as
the winds and storms which would
soon put your fire out come more
quickly from this direction than any
other. For further protection erect
fotir posts, over which draw a piece of
tenting, or lay saplings from post to
post and make a covering of boughs,
at a sufficient height to permit the
cook to stand upright. It is well also
to prevent your fire from being extin-
guished by a sudden overflow to dig a
trench around the logs.
Trainlng • Dog,
Jumping is the easiest thing to
teach your dog. First, put him in a
corner and hold a cane before him,
so that he cannot get out without leap-
ing over it. You must not hold it very
high, or he will crawl under it; make
him hold his head up, however, and
you will prevent that. Keep at it until
he understands what you want, and
he will Jump without hesitation. After
the trick has been learned in the cor-'
ner it may be tried out in the room.
Later on you may get him to Jump
through a hoop, and still later through
a hoop covered with tissue paper, mak-
ing him break through the paper as.
he Jumps. This will require a good'
deal of p~tienee, but it may be done,
and is 'So odd that you ought to try it.
Another easy trick is sitting up. Be.
gin this In a corner, too. Place the dog
in a sittln~ posture, with his back
against the wail, and keep him In tha~
position by tapping him gently under
the chin; he will soon understand whal~
you want. Then try him out In the
room. Take hold of his fore paws, and,
having raised him to an upright posl~
tion, force him gently down to a sit°
ting position. Gradually release his
paws and give him confidence by cry-
ing "Steady! Steady!" Reward him
by a little bit of candy or some other
sweet, and you will soon have him to
that he will assume that position ln~
stantly on your saying "Up!"
After you have taught him t~ "sit
up," you may easily make him stand
erect on his hind legs. Reward him
after every trial and you will have no
trouble about it. Then you can make
him walk on his hind legs. Begin this
part of the training by making him
stand "up, and then graduall~ coax
him along by offering the ~swset, hold-
ing it close to his mouth, but making
him keep his upright position by Y~ur
commands. One Important thing in
teaching a dog is never to allow him
to come to the end of a trick without
orders from you; you must not let him
stop when he p~a~ms. At the same
time you must be careful not to make
~lm perform for ~oo long a'time; you
must not weary him, and thus make
him dread the performance. And an-
ot.~er thing~you should never think of
using the whip, or of punishing the
dog in any way; kindness and patience
will accomplish wonders.
7-Yeltt-Otd's ]~sstty on '*Baby,-
"There is a bright little fellow in my
school," aaid a New Orleans educator,
"and I am inclined to believe that ha
hol~s the record as a seven-year-old
essayist. A little skit which he tqrned
out several days ago is monstrously
clever, and he wrote the thing with-
out any sort of aid, too. Here is the
way the little fellow diseussed the
baby:
" 'The Baby: Babies "do not like to
be teased, and are cranky. They play
with rattles and slobber all over them-
selves. They drink mllR and eat oat-
meal. They cry and behffve badly
when they go out, When babies are at
home they are cute. but they ~ry In the
night and keep everybody awake. Ba-
bies are babies until they are put in
pants.' "~Eldridg~ H. Charlton, seven
years old.~New O~leans Times-Demo-
crat.
]Psper from ]P•imetto ~v~s,
It is reported in the Jacksonville
(Fla.) papers that a company at St.
Cloud, that state, has succeeded in .
making excellent paper from the leaves
of the palmetto.
We might derive a good deal mor~
profit from our keen Judgment if its
edge were not so frequently blunted~
by indi~estlon.
