Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1792, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1925 Page: 4 of 4
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part of the 'If*
their time* »»
h«« Rtehard Waeh-
herd Child of
great distinction
li a lawyer and
diplomat, he le
equally prominent
In the literary
field, especially In
the writing of bril-
liant abort etorlee
and highly Inter-
acting novels He
wae born In lilt,
graduated from
Harvard In 190*
and practiced law
ualll 1*17. when he
became attached to
Treasury depart-
tnent at Wnehlng-
Ion aa an aeeletant
la War finance
work After the
war ha became
adl:»r of Colller'a Weekly and (n 1911
*vas appointed ambassador 10 Italy by
I'yealtlent Harding. He served until
f'ebruary, 1*14. M* during the time
Wee rounder of the Council on Foreign
freihtlbne and chief representative of
ilii Cnltvd Stated at the conference of
i. enoa und the conference of Haueanne
Since about 1*19. Mr. Child hae been
I romlneet aa a writer of emellent lie
lion He le exceedingly fond of writ-
ing mystery etorlee and glvea a genius
and distinction to this form of the
novel that have been echlesod by very
few modern authors. One of hie beet
productions In this line Is "The Vanish-
ing weh' In which Is presented a baf-
fling enigma dealing with the strange
story of plena Selcoee. a beautiful
women whose Influence on the lives
of men le not hi nil what she would
wish It to be. Pure as she Is. a mnllg<
asm fate seems to aaeert Itself In the
rase of every man who
riirf In her In aplte
and determination her II
by an Inexplicable bdfri
A tvrlted lees skilled
his art than Mr. Chi
uncanny qualities to such a story,
Would Invest it, with Improbable
episodes end with shadowy, unreel
aharsrlere: hub here Is a atory alive
with flesh-andjfblood people and mat
InMdente. Distinctly of t
becomes. Inter,
,n r/litaa
leas true In
would give
•er-nf-fart
people
Jdente. Distinctly
world of today, pet It has a haunting
entirely In-
pus
The rai
quality as of something
explicable, that la not coi
dispelled even when tjie pussling
eery le cleared up.
tton extends from
the close of the great war
mpietely
puesll
rang
battle
ar to an
|sh country home, to Dallae, Tex
<) Naw Volk and Anally to Ihf dceer
at Inr flnulhtveet
nge of ac
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CHAPTER I
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r>nrk skin, Mue eyes, thin sensitive
I'jid, the n|>|a'ui'iinet* of one well Imtlieil
in Ice-cold witter, the flexible Icun whIhi
*f u good hurcetuon. the long muxeu-
lur linger* of u good tennis player
who had not lout the dellcncy of touch
which unide him KOiuclhlng leas limn u
dletlngnlNlied performer upon n cello
iheae were the outward Introductions
which inude that purtlculurly udmlru-
Ide little group of llrltlali gentlemen
olllccra Und Ida iicqunlntuiice so
quickly.
Kvcrahy Ilcnlmin of the It. A. K.
must hear the hlnmc for the inontha lu
which IleWolfe found Ida great adven-
ture ut n time when to I'ctcr ndven
ture hud become dull beyond words
and the mind Image of himself sltllnj
on n New York park bench, surrounded
by engaging little foreign braid, listen-
ing to ii hurdy-gurdy In the summer
dtiak, was the most exciting mid deli-
rious picture conjurnhle from his re-
sourceful Imagination of what n won-
derful moment of Ilf* after n whirl
with war could he. For It was lien-
haul, who only later went home to the
ofllr* of I tie ulr ministry, and who lots
since distinguished himself In the de-
velopment of civil-flying, who flrst
steered the young American across the
path of ItrenO Helenas.
“Are you going hack7" said llenhani.
"Home,” said IleWolfe, with mi at-
tempt to say the word without senti-
ment.
"lied f'ross Indies, Wanes, henullful
high rnstc i'arlslennes and even the
charming daughter of your wtiat'S-
hls-name at the peace conference—
und still a bachelor! Uy the by, Ile-
Wolfe. what happened to your lady
with the gorgeous arms at that flabby
little rpfe on the south bank of the
Seiner •
"All engaging goddess," aipd g.u
Wolfe, "Kb* Is, I believe, n pelilcout
buyer. She tried tu convert me Into
the Methodist faith. Those beautiful
Vtaa|< - .... . V *f A
lie had gone to Loudon the moment
he was out of uniform, und Ii* hud
gone there for a reason lypleul to him.
For umet Americans n single track
■orrest la an Inspiration of life; there
le a raw meat satisfaction In liewlug
to the line until some tree fulls and
also an Instinct for playing llie latest
game. If It la money-making, or trade,
or Industrialism or productlon-etttrlcn-
cy. the rank and tile go punting after
It until some one rings for the under-
taker. I have always thought thut the
•ource of the Imagination which was
responsible for Peter DeWtrtfe's tustes,
policy amt conduct was tnoat difficult
to uneo'-cr. The true sense of play,
mot only upplled to plsy but to nil the
endeavors of Ufe, even those which are
tseusllv accounted grim—like war und
marrtngc- is a rare flower t<> bloom on
tfee American soil; It Is still more rare
k Nwsiini to And growing In a family
fme roo'cd, as Peter’s was rooted. In a
bed of money end only fertilised hy
IT,»t humdrum conventional pretense
of our larce cities which lit latrst ac-
counts Is still firing many persons the
same old pule glories
This rare flower bloomed In Peter
and saved him from doing the common-
places with himself which rich young
hten who have become orphuned bach-
elors usually do. It mode Peter a great
peal more like those Individuals, rare
enough even abroad -the whimsical
Englishman, the edventurons French-
man. the humorous Kpsnlard and the
practical Russian, who, though they he
the white crows of thoir respective
flocks, exceed In numbers the Atneri-
cans who value full living above that
Father unlntereetlng and ensy prize
which Is called "Success."
Peter took an Interest In living. The
common run of bachelors who are pro-
vided amply with millions accept the
•Iternatlve of going to the devil or
going to business; P*Wolfe's Imagina-
tion came to hla rescue and provided
Mm With a third choice which. In hts
quiet way. he seised shout the time he
left college. It was lo live for the sake
of living.
To some this might havf meant self-
indulgence; to Peter It nieent sn In-
dulgence of mankind. To some It might
havn meant fads and whims, such us
hunting big game from airplanes nt
the source of the Kile; Peter would do
that vary thing, perhaps, hut It whs
an Incident not hslf as Interesting to
Mm as an oil field he developed In
Texes or a settlement house he pro-
moted In Kaw York. He kept hltn-
mdf as s very neut, well-cleaned slnte
upon which life could write If It
wlshod; If It failed to do so Petsr
wrote on It a little lilnisvlf—enough
to keep himself useful. The same man
who Invented the DeWolfe Millimeter
•loo set down from tfmo to time some
charming verses, and the public knows
at least oge short lyric from the
"Leaves of Arenas*" which he wrote
Ni the huepUaJ before hts promotion te
major.
•f* ***F l*»e •' | »“v •• **•§*■ • • smi «i
A. man with glasses and n tickling
cough. Kho borrowed thirty francs
from me and then went off to see u
daughter of hers who Is driving un
iimluilnnre near I'nhlenta.”
“You nru well armored, Peter," Hen-
limn had said, gazing with a reflective
ami pci'hiipH mischievous smile across
the flat Adds of France wit It their
tilled squares and wisp armed trees
und tliln mists of dusk. "Uy the hy, I
say, doesn't this lai dscape remind one
of Corot's paintings?"
IleWolfe grinned.
"What would make you fall In luve
with u woman?" asked Kenliuin.
"Almost unythlng," Pctor replied,
“nut that’s not the problem; the prob-
lem Is what will prevent u man fulling
out?”
"You’re saying that any woman—
thut Is, with the thing you Americans
cnll n come-on, good or hud—may
make a mun fall In love with her?"
"I was saying that we are all hypo-
crites. Such a woman would touch us
all—affect uny of us— uie, for Instance.!
We arc nindo ready hy n wise nature. |
‘Stand hy for love,' she says, and
youth stands hy, Itenliam. Hut wlmt's
the use, If Hull's all? Life Is u long
pull. No dimpled chin should Im al-
lowed to turn Hie tide. No discourse .
of brilliance chattered off like u disk
record In n conservatory. No nose-
full of the faint odor of violets nor
moonlight on a Imre shoulder nor n
rating of the old man. Thill’s what I
mean. That's why most men nmrry;
but I aui hardened hy too many Infec-
tions of dimpled chins.”
"From a discreet distance?”
"Exactly."
“You want more limn that pull of
the moment or the month."
"To make mb give up my own quar-
ters In New York where the sun comes
In upon uiy hare ankles and my cof-
fee. and my Jap brings I he new spaper
anil the cigarettes? I should he glad
to say so!"
“You should try Itrenn Kelcoss.”
"Who Is she?" naked Peter care-
lessly, as lu> tried tils arm out of Its
bandage sling.
"You like the name?"
”1 confess—"
"Of course—so many names of
women -just the names —give a man
a thrill. Most oxtruordlnury! Kite's
an American und—"
Its paused.
“Well, what?" sskod DeWolfe.
"A puzzle," said Banlmiii. "Hut
then you are not Interested In women.”
"To tell tho whole truth, they are
my only Interest except food," Peter
said. "The devil of It Is that If a man
saw ten thousand of 'em ho didn't
want and couldn't love he'd nlwavs
expert year nfler year until he was
ninety that tbe flret over the thou-
sand would be the one. Well, that's
what leadi us on. We all say, 'No,
thank you,' when the dish Is passed,
but ws oil look to see every Isst piece
on the dish just the same.”
“iirena Selinas is o friend of uy
■- . JflJLLi. ■ii'L
•liter" sstd Benhnm. ‘4 must soy
she takes the hrrulh out of me. It'S
thut queer louihlnullon of beuutlful
fresh youth with the flavor of nil Hie
guile und conspiracy of llie uges.
She's u Saint t.'eclUu or U Lucrer.la
liorgiu. lint thul's nut bothering my
mother."
"What bothers her?”
"Funny thing. We don't know who
she Is. From Texas, 1 believe. With
■ome money. Ilut why does a girl
from Hie United States come down to
llcuronshlre llculli and buy a cottage
next to our place and live In u garden
and stay out of London and ruud lying
flat on the grass and see nobody and
evude all questions? And the look in
her eyes!”
"What look?” asked DeWolfe In tb*
hush.
“Fear." suld Benliam.
"IYur>”
"Yes, fear. And besides there Is
something about her that tells a per-
son tliHt she I* waiting—marking time
— treading water--staring out over life
- Just like ii watcher on the shore
slures out across the empty sea." |
“Maybe she's thinking of an Ice
erbam soda.”
"There's nothing of Unit kind of
thing In her," the British officer re-
plied with posltlveness. "Your h-e
cream soda and millinery and looking-
glass lady has a personality of a pink
color. Hrcna Kelcoss Is the color ot
firelight on the walls of uti old tem-
ple."
"You might go on to say that she
gives the Iniprosslon of an Incn
princes*. Koine dried mummy from
tho sands of u prehistoric citadel.
Bathed III some magic liquid, her
limbs expanded lo the lovely contour
of girlhood, her face warmed wllh u
renewed coursing of spirited blood."
"You've se« n lierl'* exduliued llen-
hflni.
"My dear fellow, I've never seen
her; but I confess Hint ns you talk
Shout her I feel a little ns If 1 hud
known her—long ago."
Henhum suld, "Perhaps you could
lift tbe cover—"
tie stopped suddenly.
“And I'd like to hnvs you meet
Muriel, too. She’s u very decent sort
of sister. I've n mind to give you a
letter to toy mother nod Send you ovef
the rihnuucl to loaf around In flannels
Ut our place In the country.’1
“I'm leaving Brest toiuuffuw bight
ofi a transport. Sorry.”
"Oil t"
"Well, I snld nothing about It,”
"Afraid of farewell dinners?”
Peter smiled.
"Home,” suld he. "Bring your sis-
ter Over to Amerlcn. She'll prolmhly
think It n Jolly little unfluUhed coun-
try.” I
Rcnhanl clasped DcWolfe's hand
'wd vnwncd; he had seen the Ameri-
can eoVWen ’’end to foot with
blood out of Ills own arteries _
Peter had brought him In with the uid ’
At AA iTHtllerv nurse, ft was an InU-,
, * befouled with demon-
mney nut lo o« —
Strattons. ~ |
"f>n long," said DeWolfe.
He climbed down from the broken
wall of the house w here the English-1
man hud been billeted and with n nod
of farewell walked away, leaving Ben-
ham perched there—a I g -k figure ns
If rut out of bluck cardboard pasted
on the sunset glories of the skyline. I
Ue wulked a hundred paces and
stopped. Ho looked nt a group of
peasant children bringing In fagots,
but laughing und Jostling eucli other
I»h*<l patriot— a lighting professor ol
chemistry or something.''
Peter smlh d a«n' waved his hund.
He turned lb* corner of the wull und
slopped Into the cobbled street where
the endless wagon* of some french
artillery maneuver were rumbling
deeper Into the rills of Wut worn In
the ancient stones.
Drily at nine that evening did he
hear more. Bt nlium culled him hy the
service wire ot Ihe signal rsirps.
"Saying good-by. that’s all," *nhl
the Englishman, lying gllhly. ‘flood
luck. And 1 foi got to say thut her
mother was Irish."
"Kcnd me thut letter to your faintly,
cure of ihe American port officer at
Boulogne," said Peter calmly after a
mom nt in which Benliam wondered
wliiktier the line hud been cut off. “I'm
off for England tomorrow."
He put hi* cigarette down und al-
lowed It to burn the edge of the table.
Daring nt the wall with Its map* and
blue prints, Ids eyes full of wonder.
This explains, In purl, why the rea-
son for Ids going to London wus typi-
cal of Peter DeWolfe.
Need Not Be Expert*
to Read Weather Signs
If the atmosphere is dear in the
evening or morning the sun’s light
is red, because the blue, of which
the oiklinnty white light of the tun
is made up, has Iroii ulsorlied by
the great length of atmosphere
through which the slanting rays of
the sun Imve to pas*.
In the evening the rosy light of
the sunset illumines the clouds on
the eastern side of tho sky. This
shows thnt the clouds have gone hy
and ure taking the rain with them.
Thus we get red at night, indicat-
ing tine weather. In tho morning,
the rising stin being in the east, the
light illuminates ‘the western horiz-
on und its clouds, which arc on their
way to us. We need not be shepherds
to know that if the sky is red and
lowering in the morning wo are in
for n good ‘‘soaker’’ before lunch
time comes.
Probably These Suits
Have Record for Wear
A strange sacred dance is given
in Seville cathedral thrice yearly.
The occasions arc Christmas, Luster
nml Corpus Christi.
The performers are choir boy?
and the dance is slow and dignified,
with four figures not unlike the
‘‘Sir linger do Coverley.” The
dance is preceded hy prayers,
0 * of ihe p!et—details of
the dunce is llie OOSW;!0® wori! I’J j
the boys, 'v'n*d«it tit wllitS,
Lf! ?nnr? ntm emrrrngxi aim
tunics of red and yellow stripes.
The costumes are extremely old
and patched, for a curious reason.
Many year* ago the authorities tried
to stop the dunce. The people of
Seville objected so vigorously that
it was agreed to allow the dances to
continue until the costumes wore
out. 'I’llis they never have doi.e, for
the clothes have boon patched and
patched until very little of the
original costumes can remain.
Petsr Smiled and Waved HI* Hand.
as If It were a came. Childhood had
been untouched. Ill one of the little
rubble anil plaster shed* a new-horn
ealf was haw-linn, nml yet In Paris, us
lie reflected, serious men were discuss-
ing the future of tho world exactly
aa If they could touch or affect Its
fundamental nature.
lie walked on. The trees trained
against the high wall spread their
branches like funs, edged at the tip*
with the pink blossom* of a neiv year,
symbolic of the eternal round of prom-
ise, fruit and decay.
“It goes so soon,” salil DeWolfe
aloud, nml tills voice which spoke was
Just as Jf some old friend had given
him counsel r* they strolled together
In the dusk, lie turned.
The EnKlIshiiflin waved to lilm from
the wnll nnd held one nrui aloft In a
gesture of farewell; Peter could see
every linger on his hand u* If they a*l
were painted In sepia on the velvety
gold of the sky.
"By the by," culled Benhnm, "the
strange Indy Is liulf n Oreek. I say I
Can you hour? Her fatbei was a boa*
O.S.T.
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WARDLAW St ELLIOTT
Attorneys-at-Law,
SONORA' • TEX.
WUipractice la *11 tba State one
Fsdarv Courts
From It Grew America’s
Second Metropolis
Illinois bus two forts which niny
well lay claim lo being Included
among the moat famous In American
history—Fort ('hurtres on the Mlsala-
slppl and Fort Dearborn on Lake
Michigan. Just aa Hie massive bas-
tions of Fori Clmrtres typllled Hie
rule of the Old world—the French—
In the Mississippi valley so did the
log wnll, of Fort Dearborn represent
the reign of the New, the American.
There were two Furl Dearborns, the
llrst built In ISOM hy f'npt. John
Whistler (an ancestor of the famous
painter) und named for (ten. Henry
Dearhdrn, secretary of war. Soon
lifter Hi* outbreak of the War of tSI2
Oenernl Hull ut Pelroll ordered (Yipt.
Nathan lleahl to evacuate Fort Dear-
born nnd march to Fort W’n.vne. Ind.
Ileald. although the sullen liehnvlor of
the I'ottnwntnude Indian* around the
fort augured III. prepared to obey the
order. Dn llu< morning of August Iff.
181”, "there Issued forth Ihe saddent
procession Michigan avenue has ever
known"—the garrison of Fort I>ear-
bom marching to Its death.
'they had not gone south along the
lake shore very far until the Indinns I
opened lire uism them and within a '
few minutes the Fort Dearborn mas- .
sucre had added Its list of 53 slaugh-
tered men, women and children, to the ,
bloody annuls of border history. The j
story of Hint massacre Is both n tale {
of horrors and a recital of heroism j
unparalleled—how Capt. William Wells ,
rode to ihe rescue of Mrs. Henld. his
niece, ami luiw lie sold hla life no
dearly; how nn Indian sprang into the
wagons hearing Sic children and toma-
hawked all of them save one; how
Mr* (,'orhln fought her nttacker* un-
til she was lltenilly cut to pieces; how
Sergeant llayes enguged In a hand to
hnnd combat with an Indian, ran lilt
bayonet Into the savage's breast so
deeply Hint It could not be pulled out
nnd how, supported hy the bayonet,1
the Indian tomahawked the soldier
nnd the two warriors fell dead to-
gether; how Black Bart ridge, Ihe BoD
Inwntninle chief, saved Mrs. Helm. Ihe
Incident commemorated In s monu-
ment standing where It took place.
Although the second Fort Dearborn,
built In 1SI7, became nn Important
military and fur trading post, It never
provided such a dramatic reaaon for
being remembered a* the first. Thnt
memory Is a cherished tradition of
ths city which grew un on It* alt*—
America's second metropolis, Chicago,
(Q, 1924, Wul.rX !4»w>psp»r VatoO.)
Baby or Apartment? One
Way Out of Difficulty
A proud sea fattier decided that
liter addition to his futility culled for
• larger apartment, so lie went uht
to look ut a pluce on Willis avenue,
•wording to ttie Detroit News. The
owner's wife who showed him the
rooms asked if tie liuil any children
and added that children were abso-
lutely barred. The would-be ten-
ant remarked that lie liked the
apartment, but that he unfortu-
nately bud just bciome the fattier of
a phlegmatic infant thut did not
create much disturbance and wasn’t
old enough to damage anything.
“I’m sorry,” said the landlady,
"but I can’t let you move in.”
“Well, I like the place,” said Ihe
man, “and if you’ll step in my car,
we’ll go down to police headquarters
together and with your moral sup-
port we can fix tilings np to meet
your requirements.”
"Why should I go down to police
headquarters with you?”
“Between the two of us,” replied
the man, “we might get a permit to
drown the baby und then 1 could
move in.”
Ed. Howe's Tribute to
Women He Has Known
Writing in Collier’*, of life a* lie
has found it, Philosopher E. Vf.
llone says:
“I have not found life so bad da
represented. 1 hod poor surround-
ings until I Fan away from home
and as a boy worked with rougli
men a* a printer, but I found them
so kind that the erpcricnce remain*
M grateful recollection. Tho women
where I hoarded took nn iiitcre*t ill
flic arid tried to direct mo in the
fight way, gently nnd pityingly.
“The strongest suggestion* of
hertven in tny life have cohie from
the tenderness and love of women.
The most admirable thing in th«
World is the young girl of twelve,
thirteen or fourteen; and t have
known girls In retain all their ad-
mirable qualities to the ago of
twenty, and longer, and shower
blessings on their husband*. Such
conditions do not nlivays last, but
exist long enough to suggest grati-
tude.”
Urges Meteoric Study
Professional asirot.mitCIfl flot
realize the iuqi,, y? ob^JTYJ
tfriHS of meteors, smi they should
» • i 1 - -
mon* Ml* VHVIk tv M«lt* SI4VSW- w**xs.
them is the opinion of Prof. C. P.
Olivier, of the Lennder McCormick
observatory at Charlottesville, Va.
lie urges that two special observa-
tories bo established in different
parts of the eountry to photograph
meteors simultaneously. Hy com-
parison of the plates, many facts
could l>c learned about their height
and motion, he said. Credit was
given to the members of the Ameri-
can Meteor society, a group of ama-
teur astronomers who have made
many meteoric observations and
have helped greatly in augmenting
uur knowledg of these fiery visitors.
i r I . I. i I .
Cramping Spells
“T?0R MORE THAN A YEAR I had been in a
Very bad condition,” says Mr*. R. KL Kimbrell,
of Boifte 1, Dorchester, Texas. "I suffered
with cramping spells which gavs me bad pains in
my back and aides. Sometimes I would have to
catch ct something, I would get so suddenly dft*y.
... I hod to quit doing my work. I tried many reme-
dies, but none of them seemed to do me any good.
"In April I went up to Arkansas to visit my sister. ...
Sha said to me, ‘WiUJ«, if you alw going to take anything,
take Cardui. It will really help you.’ I came home ami told
my doctor what she had said and he said I could not take any
better tonic, so my husband immediately got me a bottle and
1 began it. .. . My case woe n pretty tough one, 1 knots, to
t kept on faithfully. After the fourth bottle, I began to feel
very much better, so much so that I was surprised at myself.
I have taken six bottles now and I can truly say I feel like a
different woman. ... I feel fine and I owe it all to Cardui,
which I took faithfully.”
TAKE-
CARDUI
The Woman’s Tonic
Wilde True to Pose
Even in Extremities
The late Harry Fttrnisn, well*
known British eartoonist, whose
•‘Borne Victorian Women” proved
one ot the most amusing books of
a year Or so ago, followed it, appro-
priately enough, with “Some Vic-
torian Men." This latter contains
% host ot good yams about the
celebrities of yesterday. Wilde, of
course, comes in for his share.
Mf. Fumiss says that Oscar
Wilde became an eccentric iu order
to advertise his poem?, and eccen-
tricity paid. At Oxford lie so
cxnsperatod ilia fillow-collegiana
thut they took drastic measures to
cure him.
“They lied him -hand nnd foot
and carried, or rather dragged him
to the top of a steep hill overlooking
the surrounding eountry, and there
threw him into a muddy, shallow
pool. Wilde, suffering nnd ex-
hausted, raised himself end sur-
veyed the landscape with n non-
chalant air, nnd, after a loqg pause,
--«i«lr.-*A In nlTcctfid tffjjcs of great
I eujoyniciil: • ------
I “ ‘Oh! What a lovely view!’ ”
Canadian MDog Derby*
Great Sporting Event
The Waterloo cup is sometime#
called the Dog Derby, but the reel
Dog Derby is in Canada. It is •
“mushing” race and the longest
contest of this kind in tbe yorid iu
which animals take part.
Many strangers make the jonrney
to Le 1’ns, Man., to witness this
great sporting event. The race
course is 200 miles long, and the
record time is twenty-three houre,
forty minutes.
The husky, whose prowess is
tested in this rsce, is half wolf and,
needless to say, has great powers
of endurance, so the drivers of the
dog sleigh? have to be athletic, tot
they run with the dog team over
the greater part of the long course.
The first prize is $1,200, and there
are also other valuable awards.
This race is run in a great loop,
beginning and ending by crossing
the Saskatchewan river on the ice.
The dog-drivers are moslly trappers
■nd ran in moccasins. The {ret of
the dogs ere sometimes similarly
*s well.-vBoston Globe. j
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ten ppnpcoTY DAMAGE
His Dmtire
“Hey, there! Hold on a minute,
will ye?” called Gup Johnson ot
Rumpus Ridge, addressing a motor-
ist who was driving past tho old
homestead. The oar wus halted and
barked up to where Mr. Johnson
waited.
“Well, what is troubling you?”
asked the driver.
“I want a word of Meven letter*
meaning the ornorist thing iu tho
world.”
“Well—ha! lia!—hnvo you fallen
a victim to the cross-word puzzle,
too?”
“iVopo! I’in going to Cuss out my
trifling brother-in-law if I can get
hold of tho word I want.”—Kansas
City Star.
Object of /nf«r«ef
“Who is the young man who al-
ways rails on Sunday evening?”
asked friend father.
“A very bright business man,” an-
swered Miss CayennS.
“He seems very much interested
in you.”
“I'm not flattering mvaelf. I sus-
pect he's hanging around in hope of
getting a clianeo to sell you some
life insurance.”
Easily Identified
At tho trial of a suit to recover
an alleged stolen turkey gobbler at
Titusville, Pa., the bird was identi-
fied by Charles Donovan. His son
had attended school dressed aa an
Indian, and two feathers had been
plucked from the bird to provide
appropriate headdress. The gobbler
was introduced in evidence and the
toalhcrs were found missing
Mone.vr etc erne Lamp
Tho largest eteSrie incandescent
lamp ever built produces from 100,-
000 to 120,000 caudle power of il-
lumination. This is over 3,000
time* that of the electric lamp in
ordinary domestic use.
Fruit in Danish Diet
Fresh fruit was considered to be
• lurury in Norway, Sweden and
Denmark before the war, but now is
believed to be a necessary part of
the duly diet there.
A traveler riding ovor wild
western prairies a half century ago
inquired of n native, “Does Walter
Halter live near h«re?”
“No,” was the reply.
“Well, do you happen to know
where I could find him?”
“No,” said the other.
Tho traveler was puzzled. “Dear
me,” lie said, “l must have lost my
way. Perhaps you can tell me
where Mr. William Bluff, familiarly
known ns ‘Grizzly Hill,’ hang? out.”
“I cnn. Right here. I am
Grizzly Bill.”
“Hut,” expostulated the tender-
foot traveler, “they told me thnt
Halter lived within gunshot of
you.”
“Well,” raid the other, “he did.”
The Handiest Number
Tricks with nuhibers are almost
unlimited but the figure bine, nn
important digit in many mathe-
matical stunts, is put to practical
use in hanks and other institutions
in finding errors in balances. If tlte
deficit or surplus in a sum is divis-
ible by nine, the chances arc that a
transposition of nuitibors lias been
made. For instance, suppose (19 is
put down instead of 90. The defi-
cit, 27, is exactly divisible by nine.
If 810 should be written for 168,
the surplus, 018, also divisible by
the digit “detective,” points to the
transposition error ns the cause of
tho trouble.—Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Hie Singing Voice
The vicar’s daughter was very en-
thusiastic and appreciative about
the new curate, and when she called
on an olderly woman of nearly
eighty for nfiemoon ten, she soon
turned the conversation in his di-
rection.
“You know,” she said, “he is
rapahlc in so many ways. But what
I like about him most of all is that
he in a true altruist.”
“Well, I’m surprised to hear
that,” exclaimed the hostess, “for I
heard him singing last Sunday, and
I could declare he wes a tenor.”
—Vancouver Province,
"My Ctrl (rave me the gate the
other night.”
“What did you U*>?”
“Almost took the roof off the
house,"
Sting in It
Edwnrd S. Ilnrkncae of New
York, congratulated on his recent
gift of $1,000,000 to Yale, lflughed
end said:
“Philanthropists never like to
hear any allusions to tlieir philan-
thropy. These allusions are always
well meant, but tlioy are somehow
apt to resemble the butler’s speech
more or less.
“A Lady Bountiful, famous tot
her charities, onco declared to her
butler that if the townspeople per-
sisted in their design of building a
garage right opposite her bedroom
windows she would leave the town.
“ ‘That’s what I toM ’em, ma'am,’
said the butlor excitedly. ‘I told
’em thet at the town moetin'. And [
asked ’em, ma’am, if they wanted to
lose the gooso what laid the golden
eggs.’ **—Pittsburgh Chrouido-Tele-
graph.
Good Luck Day
Jake Bcrkowitx, wearing an ex-
panaive smile, was mot on the street
by a friend about ten o’clock Satur-
day morning.
“Why the smile? What’s the good
news ?” asked the friend.
Jake grew confidential. “I’ve
trritten an application for a fS.rtrtrt
policy and collected a bill, and been
to church, and seen the oclipse, and
I’m expecting good news when 1 get
to the office.”
And he continued on hi* way—
with the smilf.—Indianapolis News.
Railroad Conetraction
Railroad construction from No-
vember 1, 1823, to November 1,
1924, completely outstripped aban-
dontnent of lines, according to the
interstate Commerce commission. In
that period the commission author-
ised new construction aggregating
1,318 miles while only 453 mile* of
track was allowed to bo abandoned.
A year ago, conditions were rw-
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