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ghe (lrlwwniclk. l COLFA X. LOUISIANA t Chronicles Kah- pee-kog L o Club WoTt-The Kh.p-nkog club I "a lnter-lte or-s s katon of ood fello c and od same. tho mty on auust s'the ttIle laei Sata. hbo mthen are but ormso ricn thle o 'p doulns for loom tme. Tare ome troan on ht. they do smmy th~ngs ad tell many et..'rleo e irtion dime In th woods sad on the r.--35m5 The cll for the annual gathering of the fishing clan came as usual from Smith, who appointed Toronto as the meeting place and named an early day in August as the time. The old-time faces were to be found in the aggregation of Americans who stepped from the various trains on the appointed day, and with them came new faces, for the organization members were to share the pleasures of the sport with the gamey bass in the waters of Kah-pee-kog lake. To Smith, the boss fisherman, any man who is sport enough to travel into the Canadian wilds that he may find bass worthy the fisherman's rod and line is eligible to membership. Smith, as a part of .his numerous duties, had arranged for feeding the crowd of hungry nimrods who gath ered about one long table over which AT THE PORTAGE. Bmithhad demanded that the Canadian ate landlord display the Stars and Strips tor of Old Glory as a compliment to his int, American guests. aw After luncheon we wandered about (fo the business district of Toronto for wei the purpose of completing our camp- me ing outfit. Two of the new members shi of our party had neglected to bring lea mackintoshes and when informed of giv the seriousness of the omission each ste was taken with a panicky feeling be- I cause of the prospective waste of an- sti other ten-dollar bill of good Ameri- ne, can money-not that these persons Th were at all close-fisted, but they be- we lieved strongly in patronizing home cie industries. Just at this point our tri friend Smith-how often we shall be fr called upon to mention his name no when telling of some unexpected and cia pleasant surprise! - Smith took ly charge of matters. He hinted vague- as ly that he had a friend in the cloth- ag Ing business; and we followed him without question by a devious path. in The greeting at the friend's store at was touching. There was a whispered in consultation and we were conducted to a wholesale clothing house not far eC away. til "These gentlemen from the states," p said our new-found host, with a t majestic wave of the hand, "wish to t place an order for some mackin- b, toshes. Let them have what they 3i want on my account." We were b shown upstairs. The clerk seemed t surprised when we finally settled o upon two garments worth only $2.25 t, each, wholesale; but he wrapped . them up gracefully. Now it is at t just such embarrassing points as this t that the true graces of our friend n Smith will ever shine! We were h ready to pay the bill without ques tion on the spot. "Ahem!" said i Smith as we tendered the money- , and he looked at the clerk with that I courteous, questioning, yet firm ex- f pression which his own wholesale I dealers know so well-"I believe it t is customary to allow ten per cent. for cash." The clerk reddened as if he had been caught in the act of stealing from a benefactor, looked confused, smiled, and said he would, take the matter up with the head of the house. As for the rest of us, re tail buyers as we habitually were, we made for the street at this june ture somewhat shame-facedly, I con fess, and waited the outcome. In a moment our friend appeared jingling merrily in his hands some good coins of the realm-evidences of his surpassing shrewdness. They had split the difference with him. That afternoon we completed our outfit and took the train for Pene tang. We were a jolly crowd, The preacher-whom we afterwards came to ]mow more intimately under the appellation, "~ain-In-The-Face," after the famous Indian chief of that name whom he closely resembled, partieu larly when rigged up in- what he Mfled his "tamping togs," and after he had become well-browned in the Cse-the preacher insisted upon stny ge jursin halleljah huas for the delectation of such Canadian pa sengers and others as happened to be within reach of his deep and power ful tones. Although Smith was the ;4 only other member of the party a whose voice showed any symptoml e of melodiousness, w all felt impelled to join in the songs with the purpose a] of doing what we could to modify h the sound which would have issued forth had the preacher been permit- y ted to "pursue his solitary way." It was our friend the photographer E who suggested the scheme, saying he t had found the principle very effective t in his business, when he had been compelled to soften a given print that showed strong contrasts or 3 sharp light and shade effects, by J Simmersing the whole in a certain Swash. SWith us the scheme worked very Swell and, in fact, the final result was iapplauded once or twice. Butn each a instance this applause came1 from 4 persons who were just on t-- point Sof leaving the car and I blve re- i 1 mained to this day somewhi skep 0 tical of its meaning. The doctor, who a was a true sportsman and Who had e been particularly fond of athletic n games in his younger days, aid that o our performance reminded him of his n boyhood and the time whet he used n to play the vigorous boys game of n "bull in the ring." We i.oted the w comparison a good one and declared as that the doctor was entitled to the n first cast when we should reach the haunts of the small-mouhed bass. y The preacher did not see disturbed el by the fact that we con dered him y the central figure. Instead he took id his cue (perhaps I do wrong to use the word "cue" in this connection, Is but it has become so common that it ie is used outside, quite as often as be h- hind, the flies; and does not there ;h for. now belong wholly to the the ater) he took his cue from the dc ' tor's allusion and burst so quick y tee into song that we were caught u 1- me awares. All bounds were broken and ex( (following out the doctor's idea) we ha were after him pell-mell. In a mo- at ment, however, the train's whistle shrieked long and loudly and our th' leading songster was verily forced to 9q give in under this exhibition of the on steam engine's more powerful lungs The train soon came to a stand still and there was much craning of th necks to see what was the matter. Al There had been a slight washout, we a were informed, not serious, but sufi- be cient to derail the engine of a freight train ahead. We were some miles se from any station; but since we were p not delivering any messages to Gar- ke cia we took the matter philosophical- al ly and passed the time as pleasantly w as possible until the way was cleared tr again. fl We reached Penetang late that night si in a rainstorm; but we soon found beds n, Sat the hotel and forgot our surround ings in sleep. In the morning there was a certain r exuberance in our manner as it came Ir time for us to bid good-by to our last o piece of tough hotel steak and board w the little steam launch which was to 0 take us 50 miles or more up the bay 14 Sby a tortuous course through the d y 30,000 islands. This hilarity almost g C brought the photographer's pleasure V d to an abrupt end, for while in the act t d of running back along the dock for 5 the purpose of securing a snap shot d of the picturesque place we were about v tto leave, he suddenly fell sprawling on e s the slippery boards and narrowly a d missed crushing his eamera beneath I re him. SOnce aboard the launch our excel id lent comrade, Zuckmaier-a very worthy gentleman despite the habit at he had of catching all the good fish x- from a hole while the rest of the le party were reeling in perch for bait- it took from his pocket a silver match It. safe on which was inscribed: "Kap if peekog Club, 1901." of "This." said he, "goes to the man ed who catches the largest bass this sea Ild son." of Whether it was his quick perception re- of the usefulness of the prize or his r' natural love for excelling others that " brought that peculiar gleam of avarice n" into the prescher's eyes. I know not, Sa but at any rate the sight of the glit ng tering object seem to set on fre his o0d usually tender eyes and we knew that his he had determined to possess the ad trinket. As for the others of our party, each one secretly decided for ur himself to capture it. We arrived that ne- afternoon at the house of a settler up 'he the bay, and portaged our goods a mile ,me through the woods to the head cf a the chain of lakes Here we met and tter shook hands with our friendly guide, ime Fraser, whom the members of the club ieu- had not met for a year, and were of he by canoe with all our luggage for the ser island which was to be our home in the the wilderness. As for the silver match ang- afe and who was its winner, that must the I e told at another tim A LITTLE NONSENBS. ewitt-"No news is good news. hewett--"That may be; but if you are a reporter you can't make your city editor believe it."--Town and Country. Old Aunt (despondently)-"Well, I shall not be a nuisance to you much longer." Nephew (reassuringly)- g "Don't talk like that, aunt. You know you will!"-Punch. Now Smythe Is Thinking.-Mr. Smythe-"I never believe any thing I can't understand." Miss Caus tique-"What a skeptic you must be." -Summerville Journal. The Provoking Jabberers.-"Don't you despise people who talk behind your back?" "I should say so. Espe cially at a concert or during an inter esting play."-Philadelphia Bulletin. Danger Ahead.-"Now," said the guide, "we'll be ready to start as soon I as I can borrow a dog." "Why!" ex claimed the amateur sportsman, t"what's the matter with your own dogs?" "They're too valuable."-Phil adelphia Press First Hunter-"It was your fault SI didn't shoot that deer this morning." c Second Hunter-"My fault?" "Yes; t I saw something moving. When Isaid: a 'Is that you, Jim?' the deer ran. Next d time I'm going to say nothing and I shbot, so look out."-Pittsburg Chron e icle. A PARROT PROVES HIS WORTH e With Hi Tonue e H Sacres a Seeouad S tory Barglar Away from a Girls d Boardlng School. n - k Not far from this city, out in Con The e necticut, is a girl's boarding school 3l5 , which includes a number of small cot it tages used by the teachers and oldet - pupils as dormitories. In one of these It - is kept a parrot, the mascot and pri- iden C vate property of the senior class, says wel the New York Sun. cont Polly is a very old bird. In fact he at t is almost as old as the seminary itself, high and many are the classes, long since Lon graduated, whose cheer Polly has W learned and can recite to this very day. pieg But cheers are not his only accom- czar plishment, for every class has taught by him some phrase or other, so that in Whi all these years he has amassed a large whi vocabulary, composed mostly of such men words as the popular name for caout- on chouc, and other schoolgirl slang. higl The entire school assembles for ter meals in the main building. This cus- it c torn leaves the smaller cottages prac- H tically unguarded during mealtime. stai As nothing was ever stolen, the girls mai gradually became more and more lay tad in locking the doors and windows. in i One day lately, when the boarders whi were all enjoying their midday meal, tur a violent screeching and yelling was Eni heard from the nearest cottage, that mei in which the parrot waskept. One of T the girls suggested that a stray cat sta had got into the house and was the to 1 cause of the outcry. mi - At this one of the teachers volun- ass ky teered to investigate. In a few mo- of S. ments she returned, breathless and nei md excited, announcing that the cottage we we had been entered by burglars, and was the mo- at that very moment being robbed. ser tle For an instant panic reigned among )0o ur the pupils, but it was immediately I to quelled by the principal. She directed mi the one of the teachers to telephone for or the police, while she went over to the ha Scottage with James, the gardener. So d On arriving at the scene they found ba of the building had indeed been entered. Sc ter. Almost all the rooms showed signs of wa we a robber. The bureau drawers had ta ufl- been rifled and things strewn about. th ight In the next to the last room on the dies second floor was found a large bag, ag rere packed with all sorts of valuable- rin- in ,ar- ket%, and other articles were lying si< ical- about the floor, as if the intruder, an utly whoever he was, had beat a hasty re- pc ired treat. The cause of this precipitate ;n flight was soon made manifest by the m ight sudden outcry of the parrot in the se beds next room. b< and- "Get out of here! Get out of here!" hi screalied the bird. tain Polly was discovered in an exceed' ame Ingly ruffled state, and his loud "Get t last out of here!" had evidently done the oard work. as as to Outside the building was a ladder ^ hay leaning against one of the back win- ti the dows. The burglar had entered and most gone through all the rooms, taking j isure whatever he could from each one, till e act the next to the last was reached. for At this point, it is supposed, Polly a shot heard the strange footsteps, for he ibout was well acquainted with the step of g on every one who lived in the building, b owly and cried out in alarm. and by some k ieath happy chance happened to strike upon the phrase "Get out of here!" *xecl- The bird's voice was very human, very and even the inmates of the cottage habit had often mistaken it for that of a d fish human being. Therefore it is not to the be wondered at that a burglar had been aait-- misled by the voice and fled. atch- On summing up the loss it was found "Kp. that only a few dollars' worth of trin kets were missing, and that the bird had been the means of preventing the theft of perhaps many hundreds of I se- dollars' worth of jewelry. tption German TIhade 'eel ts. or lila The Germans are very jealous in that guarding their trade secretsa and I arice find it difficult to obtain information w not, concerning new inventionsa and proc e glit- esses of public interest, which is al re his ways freely communicated in the - that United States. The patent laws over a the here are even more protective in the I our interest of patentees, but there seems ed for to bean apprehension lest information d that obtained or American newspapers tier up may in some way be utilized by Ysa a mile kee ingenuity to the disadvantage of d of a Germany.-Berlin Letter, in Chiege it and Record-Herald. guide, A sw Thng. be clb Sniffes--They tell me Jones is itehe ereoh ing for omce. or the Biifes-You don't say? SIn the Sniffles-Yea, he did an awfal lot at atch- scratchian when he vtoted.-- . T. 5 *Id. PUZZLE PMrUKL i,~ i 'II / WHEMU 12 VMS PAIXTSUR DANGERS OF LAUGHING. k me The OceaseioSl inopportuneness of thb Mirth Palnfully EvrteUced at the mil Expense of a Court OSela. ne: -m It was awkward for the czar's con- on fdential adviser, Baron Enidoff, a few 80 weeks ago, that he had not a quicker ad control o er his feautres, for a laugh ne at the wrong moment lost him his high position and £ 12,000 a year, says an London Answers. PC While the royal suite was at Com- th piegne, soon after the arrival, the Ca czar was tired, and a little irritable, se by the effects of the long journey. to While going through the big library, st which was part of the great apart- to ments prepared for him, he slipped to on a wolfskin mat that lay on the p( highly polished floor, made a wild at- aI tempt to save himself, and clutched p, it one of his attendants. He nearly brought himself and his ai standby to the ground, but he just Smanaged to avoid a fall. The speo- in rtacle was rather ludicrous, especially p in such a stately personage; and p Swhen the rather irritated mzonarch as ,turned round he found his favorite el s Enidoff indulging in a grin of amuse- Ii t ment, which he could not suppress. N f The czar, who detests levity on d t state occasions, spoke very sharply p e to the culprit, who, next day, was dia- \ missed his post, and relegated to an t - assistant secretaryship, with plenty - of hard work to do, and wherein he d never sees the czar at all. Although e wealthy and of the oldest nobility, i is the baron dared not refuse the minor < service. His former stipend was £ 1~- I g )00 a year. 1 y But the kaiser, on the whole, is the d most dangerous person to laugh at, r ar before, and more than one person ie has "done for" himself in this way. So did the unfortunate Gough Mil d banke findit-the clever but bluff d. Scottish colonial administrator. It of was he who used to command The Sul id tan Abou Din's troops and manage the Arabian finances. ie The kaiser took him up, four years g, ago, as a guest, with a view to mak n- ing use of him in the new *'expan iR sion" policy of the German empire, 'r, and had decided to give him a fine *e- position in the east, to guard German te ;nterests in China, at a princely re he muneration, of course. The kaiser he sees to these things himself, and any body who becomes one of his right !" hand men is pretty well set up for life. d At one of the audiences given him ;et at Potsdam, Milbanke was giving the he *mperor the benefit of his experience, and receiving his orders, when the er kaiser made a rather absurd sugges in- tion as to eastern diplomacy, pro d osing to win the confidence of the in Japanese and Kurile islanders with tl presents. Milbanke, bursting into a guffaw, b asked the kaiser if he thought the e Japanese were Congo niggers, who of ould be bought over with a few glass Dn, beads and a fint lock gun? The me kaiser froze at once, wished Milbanke POn good night, and never reopened rela tions- with him. ang The moral is, when you are chat age ting with a king don't forget he is A The true Christian and the true soldier are made of much the same stuff. The one great principle that lies * ' under every hero's jacket IS The Spirit of THE WILLINGNESS TO Self Sacrifice SACRFICE HIMSELF FOR €Self Sacrilfce OTHERS. Were it not for this principle the nations would be By Gan. BADE- W PO L called upon to provide but few TIM Hro od M e0. medals of honor for distinguished acts of bravery. It takes true Christian spirit to make of a man a good soldier. Do not understand me to say that it is always the professing Christian who performs the greatest act of true heroism, BUT THE MAN WHO PERFORMS SUCH AN ACT HAS WITHIN HIM THE PRINCIPLES OF A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN. No matter who you are ou cannot have a better principle to lir up to than this of sacrificing yorself for other. You need not be a soldier to introduce it into your life; it applies with equal force in a# walks of life. Try to do gpod turns for others, and you will have a reactionar movement that will benefit you as well It may not always place medal upon your breast, but it will always place a bright spot upon your life. and one that vou will be proad o, king, and dig him in the libs. A still op more amusing case of this kind was it the mistake of another Scottish ad- Ml ministrator, Duncan McVea, who was, W next to McLeavy Brown, of Corea, the w most famous of "wandering" govern ors. Scotland, by the way, supplies 80 per cent. of the world's pioneer T administrators, as well as its engi- f neers. McVea was dealing with that pleas- go ant but touchy monarch, the king of h Portugal, who had proposed to put a the rather shaky government of the b Cape Verde islands into his hands, to set things going and pull the finances together. This would have been a big step, and meant some £5,000 a year to the famous adventurer; but he had t too much of what Scotchmen are sup- h posed to lack--sense of humor. At , any rate, it was the ruin of the finest i Sprospect he ever had. The king became a little excited " ' and irritated at the various common 1h Ssense objections that McVea, know- t ing what he was talking about, op Sposed to some of the monarch's d, plans, and though the king speaks admirable English as a rule, when ex- Cl cited it becomes a very odd mixture indeed. This, finally, so worked on McVea's feelings that he smiled au Sdibly, with the result that he was li Y promptly ordered away, and the Cape " 1Verdes still lack a Scottish governor *h n. to look after their affairs. G Meals In Ruassa. h The Russian has no fixed meal time y T He eats when he is hungry, which is A or often. He has about six square V meals a day. He has at least a dosen a lunches, a little bit of salt ish or t a some caviare, or a piece of bread t and cheese, washed down with a nip a of fiery vodki. He never passes a sta -* tion without a glass of tea-marvel 1- ous tea, with a thin slice of lemon Sfloating in it. You get a fondness It for Russian tea, and forswear be l- milked decoctione forever. The ta 0 ble manners of the Russian--uch as you see in hotels and buffet*-are not '5 pleasing. He sprawls with out c- stretched elbow on the tabler and *- gets his mouth down to his food rath M er than raises the food to his mouth. ne He makes objectionable noises in his -n throat. He has a finger bowl, and e- rinses his mouth as the rest of us er do when cleaning our teeth in our Y- bathrooms. Then he squirts the wa ht ter back into the bowl. In time one or may get used to this.-London News im It Rested with Him. he Miss Summit-I beg your pardon, e, Mr. Dashaway, but your shoe is us he tied. es- Dashaway (trying to make a joke o- of it)-What would you do, tie it up, he or make it even by untying the other? th "That depends upon whether you intend to stay here all night or not." w, Harlem Life. the rho et a isee way *o hPtttia It. as She-O, Dr. Pilsbury, I am so he anxiobs about poor Mrs. Perkins. ke She is in your hands, is she not? la- Dr. Pilsbury-She was, but I have left off attending her for the present. at- "0, that's good. She is out of dan Is * teea-"-Punch. Bes Lsq aVO Ihm. TV t·lb Capa After F oni g Its Becord For Tears. "**DA MMs. Pasnna :-Halth is the greatest boon btowed on human ity and therefore anythig tlm can retore lost health is a besir. I eonsder ILydiaE. Pinkham' V etable Compomud a bleming To State and Nation It cures her moth e and daughters ad maka them well and Atrog. fcipn b toMLer. " For fteen leaa I have noted the edset of our Vegetable Compound in curing specal diseases of women. "I know of nothing superior for ovarian trouble, barrennea, d it ha prevented hundreds of derou I operations where phyd-- dc ea Sit was the onl cnce to get WdL Uloeration and inlamation to womb has been cured in two orthpe Sweeks th gh it use, ad as I=nd'. ureli an herbal remedy, I imheltatk lyrgive it my highs endorement. --rternally yours, D. P. VioqUA, r Lansing, Mich."-$5f qefWt If tm t I- eMisors tof act Va If you are ll donot hesitate to - get a bottle of Lydit E. Pla f bamn's Vegetable Compounl at it meX anod write to Mr. Pinbk te hma at ImmU4 Mas. for sI 4 ee sM it aIs entte re f Mg therlorgy Kasaso r Some one in Kansas proposd that d statue of Ceres be placed on the dome of the new statehouse, but now he wishes he P hadn't made the propsition," remarked the t exchange editor, as he laid down a Kanms t Mehat's the objection?" asked the' tele Smph editor. d "t is urged that no one in Kansas knows n the lady, and that she probably was an so - tress, anyhow. It is the opinion that the ,gure of Chief Fewelothe, an ndian, would be more appropriate as an ornament to the ' dome of the Kansas statehoue." s "Well, I should think that a statue of . Chief Fewelothes would be a nude depr e ture, at any rate."'-Pittsburg Gaaette. on Her OLrelatsUa Mediu . m- "She's a very cautious woman. Especial as ly about goesip. No woman ever heard e retail any scandal." e "But I am told that stories eoided to 'or her in secrecy do get out somehow." "Yes. I know. You see, she tells them to her hsband."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. Persons contemplating a jouney Es a West should be careful that the ratMesi is for their transportation do not exceed to c eharged by the Nickel Plate Boad. This company slwa ofers lowet rate tn and the nvce is eit. Careful at. tr tention is given to the want of all first ad and second clas pssengers by uniformed colored attendants. The dining car srCice Sof the Nickel Plate Road i above criticism itA- And enables the taeveler to obtain meals rel- at from thirty-five (35) cents to .LW but ion no higher The Pullman erviece is the usual high ess grade standard. Semi-weekly traWseent be- nntal tourist ear ply between Autantl ta- and Pacfic Coasts. Confer with neara s ent of the Nickel Plate Road. not Theu Be git es I y. ut- Mrs. Biggs-Your husband isn't meuh fe and show. He always drese very aiy. th Mrs. Digs-Huhl You tht to haar kf Sometimes when his olar buStton roll ea Sder the dresser.--Chicgo Daily New his ------------ - and On De.Srd and 17th theNorol& W era By. will sell round trip tkote free SCineinati and Columbus to ponat to - or Viriniaa and Carolin at gratl reda a- rates. one For all information a te rates, addr allen Hunll. D. P.. A, r .th tb , cim icoati. "Doa't you kaow you oughtq't to mto my lad?" "So me physician telBs meebt Sthe olr way I can gt. re.l fMo i. U2 nes worries."-indianapols News. bok A Doee it Tim svam Nine of Hit't aaney of Rorehoud sd anTa*forCoeld. p* Pike's Toothaehe Dropa Care in omine aer? you Some men walk as if they were the rn t'... eat on earth.-Washuaton (Is.) Piso's Cure for Consumptiesn is nInfi h. medicine for coughs and elds.-N.W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, U. - SaCk of as e is too often blsmed eB laek S f confidenee.-Atchisn Globe. have Nalf· tho e t a t imte n isdte sent. dye witi 7jrOW^JAZang nrtn dan- Every ma Mb his .dt *mity-Ate the _ this FT l tt