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VOL. XXVII.
ISLAND POND, VT., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, i899.
NO. 23.
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HASKEIL & JONES.
ALMOST UP.
"Where were you struck?" the captain
cried
To hira who churgt-d on l-ookoul's fide.
Who rtiaret d In ull his m.,rtial pride,
I p over rcky ralKe and rut.
I p win r? the a!H of life were shut,
kl.i re the death wlliK.M 'illlels sped.
I'.i ovi r the e.yln men und th ail!
Noiliinu- iuiiI.; slay his onward tread
I'ntU that hunlins scrap of lead.
"WIitc wore you trurk?" the captain
Tied
IVtweeti the waves of battle's tide.
Then half tn nr.BUtsh. half In pride,
Thouifh drlnkniK of the hitter cup
The soldier answered. "Almost up!"
"No, no; your wound where hit. I mean?"
Hut even In that llnal seene.
True to his last heroic will.
"'Most up! 'Most up:" he murmured
still.
Not where hla Fhattered body bled,
Nut wh-re his veins poured out their red,
I'.ut win-re his last hard duty led
Was all the dyiiitf soldier s thouKht.
And may we leurn the lesson taught
No matter where our lives are cast.
In sunny peace or battle's blast.
May It lw fa'.d, wl,en we have passed,
"He ftruKKled upward to the last:"
J. lalmund V. t'ooke In Youth's Companion.
2 ASLEEP ON
i PICKET,
BY
E. F. FLOYD.
A Masterly Sketch of the Suf
fering of a Seutluel In tlia
Cuban War.
It was the ui'lit nfUT tin- terrililo
day at Sau Juau, aud l'rivate Cioorgu
Morlou of the regulars was lining pick
et duty on the heights. Nut iuueli to
make n story out of, for after the ex
citing events of that day, ever to lie
memorable lu our history, anything
else that can lie? told must seem simple
mid commonplace. I'.ut to l'rivate
Morton there at his post ly the de
serted trenches It was destiiifxl to he
even more eventful than the scenes he
had Just been through.
Ever since the lauding of his regi
ment, two days before, the uiirtiients
bad been tilled with excitement and
rough work that left little time for
thought. Hut l'rivate Morton, as a
general rule, was not much given to
thought. A private in the regulai
army must be made into a part of one
Bplendid lighting machine. So l'rivate
Morton was content to do his duty and
let the otneers do the thinking.
Though apparently not over 30 year
of age, he was now serving his second
term of enlistment -awl had seen
enough of active service lu the Indian
camimlgns in Arizona aud the Had
Lands to make war for him no novelty.
He was counted a good soldier, and lie
knew by heart all the "rules of war"
by which the sharp discipline of the
regular army Is enforced.
Hut tonight It seemed to the soldier
that the burdens of the service were
more than ordinarily oppressive, l-'oi j
nearly 48 hours he had been on con
stant duty, without rest or respite,
marching through the tropical tain,
wading streams, plodding lu the mud,
lighting, famishing, for In all that mat'
rush of the preceding days there had
been no time for rest und hardly a
thought for food and drink. Kveu the
regulars had caught the Infection and
were nearly as reckless aud lmprovl
dent as the less disciplined ami more
thoughtless volunteers. The one thing
to do was to possess that Spanish line
before It could be re-enforced and he
fore the dreaded fever should thin
their own ranks. It was death In
front, but just as certain death was
stalking In the rear. And so during
these last two days there had been no
rest from duty, no moiueut in which
to catch a little sleep or relieve the
muscles or mind from the terrible
Btralu. The line had been won and
now must be guarded from surprlsi
and recapture.
In detailing the guard for that lmuor
tnnt service there were no fresh men
from which to select. The fatigue of
two days' constant marching and fight
ing could he no excuse, else there could
be no guard, for all were equally worn
and exhausted. When Private Morton
heard the orderly sergeant call hh
name as one of the detail for guard
duty, he had Just flung himself dowi
on the rain and Mood soaked ground
beside a dead Spanish soldier. There
had been no time to select a restiug
place. The tired limbs had refused
duty the moment discipline was relax
ed, and he had fallen almost as a dead
man there among the really dead, will
ull his accouterments still strapper
about him and firmly grasping his
heavy army rifle. Hut with the calling
of his name the habit of discipline re
turned, and he was promptly on his
feet to form one of the little squad
that marched away Into the growing
darkness toward the front for sentinel
duty.
lie was stationed In the shadow of a
few closely growing trees just beyond
the now deserted trenches lately ko
stubbornly defended by Spain's brav
est soldiers, with orders not to expose
himself in the open, but to note the
least, movement or sound from the di
rection lu which the enemy had re
treated, for It was deemed very likely
that a night attack might be attempted
for the recovery of the hill.
I'or a short time after his compan
ions left him Private Morton did not
give much attention to himself. He
followed, llrst with his eyes, theu by
the ear, the movements of the little
bund as guard after guard was placed
and tried to keep in mind the location
of the different men. It was no new
work for him to be on guard, nnd there
was no special novelty to him In the
Rltuatlon. War was war, whether In
Cuba or Arizona. He knew that across
that dark canyon, concealed by the
darkness and the thick growth of tim
ber, was the Spanish line and that nuy
moment a (light of Mauser bullets
tulfc'ht cone lu his direction frora out
tliose'dliii 'shadows, r even a line of
yclllug, curslug Spaniards spring from ;
the Jungle down there a little way lie- 1
low hi in and come charging tip to tx-ar .
him and his comrades Lack from the1
hard earned Held. Hut he had Im-vD In
equally bad places before and did Hot j
know what it was to fi ar anything in !
the shaM' of foe. He knew the lmpor- j
tance of his task, the perns It involv.il '
mid the consequences of failure. j
Hut now the new found strength that j
came to 1:1m when railed to thin new
task began gradually to fade away,
and he could realize how tired and
faint he was. He could easily count
up his rations for the last two days
Just live hardtack, soaked hi nuidili
water. In all that time, nnd as for
sleep, when he came to think of It he
did not believe that he had had any,
unless perhaps he had slept awhile be
tween the lighting and the detail foi
guard duty.
How tired he was now. and how he
would like to sleep! It was to lie only j
two hours of duty, theu the relief j
would come. If he could only pace his
bent, it would be some relief, but his
orders were strict not to move from
his tree. He must keep awake that
was certain. If the dons over there
would oulv shoot a little, so as to break
the fearful monotony. Why not take a
shot himself aud wake them up? Hut
no; that had been prohibited, and be- ;
sides it would startle the whole army, j
and surely they needed nil the rest I
they could get. He would count the j
stars. Hut that made him dizzy and j
light headed. (Ill, how his limbs ached!
And his eyes seemed so heavy! Ills
gun, too, was growing almost too heavy i
to carry, aud his belt of cartridges
must weigh a hundred pounds, though
It was almost empty. If he only dared
to throw away some cartridges or take
some out of the magazlue. Hut ammu
nition was too precious to waste, and
he must have all his at any cost. How
long had it been since the detail had
gone, and how long before the relief
would come? He must sleep, only foi
a moment, and standing, so that If he
should fall asleep be would fall and
awaken. No, that was too risky. It
meant death to be caught asleep. He
could stab a hole through his shoe with
his bayonet and wound his foot; the
pain must awaken him. Somehow the
blood felt so warm and comfortable
there was he going to sleep after all:
lie took a cartridge from his belt and
bit It savagely till he broke a tooth,
and his mouth filled with blood, but he
let it run down his face and across his
blouse, with no care for the pain or
relief from that terrible call of over
strung nerves for rest In sleep.
How long Private Morton fought
tills terrible battle with himself a bat
tle mote dreadful than any on that
bloody field the day before we cannot
tell. It seemed uges to him; It might
have been otily the later part of his
time of duty, but at lust the relief was
coming. He could not be mistaken
that was the souud of his approaching
deliveruuce yes, there was the head
of the line within 50 yard of him.
Now he could sleep. "Oh. trod, how
tired I am! How blessed this sleep!"
And so they found him sound asleep
at his post. It might have been for a
moment; It might have been for two
hours. Asleep he was, at any rate,
when relief arrived. His iost was the
most Important on the whole line, and
its sentinel asleep! How could they
know he had fought so hard to keep
nwake ami had only fallen as they
were at hand? They had found him
so, aud It was death. He knew that.
He had not been In the service six
years to forget that. There was ui
excuse that would save a sentinel from
death who fell asleep at his post In
time of war and in the face of the en
emy. As the grim faces of the men
that fell In about him to take him to
the guardhouse showed no sign of
compassion, Morton realized that he
could expect none from any quarter,
but must suffer the full penalty of his
crime.
It did not occupy much time his
trial. The days were too busy for that
those days before Santiago between
El Caney, San Juau and the surrender.
They were grim anil xwder black
ened, with torn aud faded uniforms,
that group of officers quickly called
together for court martial, but they
were stern aud Just. The evidence was
clear there was uo defense the sen
tence brief. Private Morton for sleep
lug on post was to be shot to death In
the presence of his regiment the fol
lowing day at noon. The action of tl.e
court martial had been approved by
the commander, and but a few short
hours remained for the condemned
man between this and another world.
lu the old San Juan blockhouse, that
served as a prison now, lay Priva.e
Morton, stretched on the rough floor
and covered with his blanket. There
was time enough to sleep here, and
that sleep which seemed so precious
but a short time ago and which would
finally cost him his life why would it
not come to hJm now and shut out the
awful realities of his position? Why
could he not stop thinking for a mo
ment and sleep? Perhaps It would
come If he would only turn on the oth
er side. No, that foot pained too bad
ly. Why did it not pain enough to
keep him awake that dreadful night
when was it, a year ago or only last
night? He could not tell, for he had
lost all sense of time.
Was he going crazy? It was not
such a dreadful thiujj to die. He had
faced death a thousand times and was
not afraid of that. During that charge
up the hill the lieutenant had called to
him, "Private Morton, cut these wires."
He was not afraid then, but had step
ped out of the brush Into that hornets'
nest of lead aud with his nippers cut
every wire before he left, and not a
bullet hit him, though the lieutenant
and eight or ten other men fell dead
before they got through the gap he had
made.
Perhaps he bore a charmed life, nnd
tliojr might Dot hit him when they
cam to try to Will him next day. It
was the disgrace of It all, though. "In
the presence of bis ivgliuvut" that
had Ui'ii the sentence, and the dis
irraiv of standing In-fore his comrades,
coiideiuiied for iieghi-t of duty, ho. Pri
vate Morion, who had served six years
lu his regiment nnd had never a mark
against his name In-fore. This wus
worst- than death. If he could only
kleep u little while and forget that part
of it. Hut that tooth would persist In
paining o. and one ragged Rlnt kept
cutting his tongue and tilling his mouth
with blood that almost choked him ut
times, so that uo sleep would come.
Outside the guard was pacing back
uud forth, keeping faithful watch over
the wretched prisoner within, who turn
ed aud tossed upon the hard floor In
valu effort to Und relict In sleep.
He could hear the sentinel's steady
pace aud begun to count the footfalls
us a sort of relief for his wakefulness.
AUiut i'iO of them would make a min
ute, or Would It take a hundred; per
haps not more than !n. He would
count awhile and then try and fix the
time. Strange that his mind should
dwell on such trifles ut such a time.
Perhaps the sentinel Would go to sleep.
Possibly he was nsi.-cp now. and he
might walk out to liberty. If only he
were not so tired, he would try It. Hut
he must sleep.
With such feverish fancies did the
night pass away, and tin u the brief
forenoon seemed all too short. They
would come for him In a few moments,
und he would inarch out ami meet his
doom before the whole regiment.
Who would come and who would he
told off for the filing party? lie hoped
they would be good shots, "lieddy" I
James would surely he one. He was i
always on every special detail, and j
that bristling red mustache would be j
sure to stand out stiller than ever to- :
day. "Mealy" Mason would be an- j
other. !
He was the man the sergeant always
detailed to shoot the sli-k und disabled
horses the summer they were up In tl.e S
Had Lands. Hut before he could count ,
up one more the lieutenant came to '
Inform him that the time was up aud
he must march to the place of execu- (
tloti.
It struck hlin as a little eullur Just
theu that no chaplain hud been seut to
help smooth his pathway to the grave,
but it did not give hlin much concern,
as he never had much use for a chap
luln auywuy, uud all the boys knew It.
Another thing seemed queer-had he
not seen the lieutenant fall there at the
barbed wire fence with a bullet through
his head? Hut here he wus aud did
not seem to be any the worse for it,
only his face was terribly white and
ghastly, and a great snlash of blood
almost covered his once white gauntlet.
Now he came to think of It, "Meuly"
h.id fallen ut the feuce with the whole
side of his head torn awny, so after all
he would uot tie one of the firing party.
He wondered If his mother would
know of his disgrace aud if she would
be there. He remembered now that he
had heard her voice singing "Kock of
Ages" some time last night. Just as she
used to when he was a little chap und
she sang him to sleep at night.
The officer started to read something
from a hirge roll of munuserlpt. but
stopped with an oath. "You know
what It Is." he said. "Forward!
March!" And Private Oeorge Morton
took his blanket from the lloor, rolled
It tip properly, as became a I'nlted
States regular, and followed his lieu
tenant to the scene of his death.
Here It was as he had pictured it a
hundred times through that long, ter
rible night. The regiment was drawn
up on three sides of a square. In light
marching order. The firing squad that
was so soon to put an end to his earth
ly existence stood at ease a little to one
side, and here he must stand in front
of thnt ugly black hole which wus to
be his grave. They did not bind his
eyes or tie his bauds, but there he
stood, erect and firm, as though on duty
on sentinel duty, he grimly thought,
where he was not likely to fall asleep.
He began to wonder how It would
feel to be hit. whether he would know
anything nbout it, aud how long it
would take to die. He watched the fir
ing squad its It slowly tiled Into posi
tion. He counted them as they wheel
ed Into place one, two, three, four,
five, six and Uie officer. Why did It
take so many to kill a man? Hut, then,
not all tfte pins were loaded.
It seemed to take a long time to get
everything ready, though perhaps his
thoughts were runnlug a little more
rapidly than usual. One thing brought
hlin satisfaction there would be plen
ty of time to sleep after It was all
over.
His imagination must be playing
him false again, else how was It that
ho saw the white, agonized face of his
mother there, breaking through tnat
solid Hue of blue ou the right? He
wanted to rush to her uud tell her It
was nil a dream, that he would not be
hurt, but he could not bring his limbs
to obey his will, and then lu a moment
the stern, fixed faces of the men In
front brought back with sickening
force the reality and awfuluess of It
all.
It must come to nn end some time.
Yes, the officer at the head of the
squad had stepped a pace forward, und
a command was given that he could
not understand, but the fcuus were
lowered with a Jerk; another com
mand, and with a Jerk uud clang the
guns came to "aim," nnd all seemed
pointing directly Into his eyes. It
vvould soon be over.
The'e was a Hash, but he could hear
no report. Would those bullets never
come, or must he stand there through
all eternity waiting for the end? Could
they have missed him? Perhaps he
was dead nlrendy. Death had come
with the Hash, aud death was not so
different from life after all. Then
"Yes, 1 am hit, after all!" ho shouted,
grabbing frantically at his left arm.
which suddenly seemed a mass of mol
ten Iron, "Of nil those guns only one
was loaded, auJTLaTLus t.tUea ut? my
arm."
laz-d und stui. id froi sliip und
pain, he opened his eyes to M-e the re
lief still some ''u jards away, but mov
ing iitli the bt!.-'U swh.i of the regu
lars to lils lust. His left ami seelued
ou lire yet. but he uuiuagi-d to bring
his gun Into position and challenged lu
the usual way.
"How Is this?" said the officer.
"Wounded? It must have U-en that
idiot that just cume from across the
canyon." "Yes, I lielleve I'm struck a
bit," said Morton, "but It doesn't
amount to much, and I'm mighty glad
to get out of this hole even if my arm
Is Lruke. It's better than having the
whole six In my carcass."
With lhos rather unintelligible words
Private Morton "fell In" and marched
away to his quarters.
After the surgeon had fixed up his
arm It was some time before he could
reconcile his mind to dreaming so much
in tin- time It took that relief to march
30 Steps.
O (iod, how sweet It was to sink
down at last upon thut glorious couch,
his army blanket and the muddy
ground; to fi-cl the drowsiness creep
ing delielously through his very soul;
to smile with coutempt at the futile
efforts his wounded arm was uiaklug
to keep him awake and at last to fall
soundly aud reully asleep! Overland
Monthly.
Old I.OTr I,rrr.
A girl who bus roceutly Ix-cotne en
gaged ha made a sofa pillow for her
fiance's couch that Is a triumph Tor
njm slu. u a V(,,.y popular Kr ,1U(1
her collection of letters from men was
astonishingly large. From her school
days she kept every note and letter
that came to her from her men friends,
whether the communications were of
i. ii.. i. i u
mueu or lime luipiu ihui-c. r-oiiie ii
1
them had merely accompanied flowers
or a book, others were declarations of
love utld even proposals.
At length slu- met the real man and
fell tn love with him. and the letters
lost their significance. At first she de
termined to burn them; then she
thought she would give them to him.
but torn into such small pieces that he
could never read them, while he would i
always have them. They would be to a the prairie.
him the spoils of war and a sacrifice j A solitary Indian, feathered In state
froui her to show her surrender nnd i 1-v fashion and mounted ou a horse of
fealty. ! ral'' beauty, occupied a conspicuous
She made for them a big cover of j position beside the tracli and gave the
good, serviceable denim, strung enough ! engineer a friendly signal to stop. Off
aud big enough to hold the love letters ! went the steam, ami a gentle touch of
of a lifetime, and filled it witn burning , the airbrake brought the long train to a
words, well scattered that they may ! standstill.
work uo harm. On the cover she em- :
broldcrcd red roses intwlnlug a pair of
scarlet hearts, from which issued twin
scarlet flumes. The young man Is very
proud of It. Kansas City Star.
Jumping Serenty Feet.
Ski running Is to Norway what crick
et Is to Kughiud nnd what baseball is
to America. Not only Is It a national
sport, but aside from the features of
amusement It has a practical value
which Is of uo mean importance.
The ski Is a long piece of strong wood
firmly strapped to the foot and slightly
turned up ut the front end. By means
of these skates or suowshoes the pens
ants of Norway have for generations
traveled lu winter over the snow cov
ered hills from farm to farm uud fiord
j to fiord.
Just as figure and race skating were
the results of the primitive method the
I Hitch used lu binding bones to the bot
tom of their feet and sliding down the
frozen canals nnd rivers, so running
upon the ski has developed, and per
haps the most remarkable branch of
the art Is the Jumping of immense dis
tances. Having gained nn Immense Impetus
bv running down hill on the ski, the
runner takes a leap and tiles through
the nlr for .10, 00 or 70 feet, or even
greater lengths. (Chicago News.
Atuionpherle lluiuidlfy.
The wet bulb thermometer for deter
I'linlng moisture In the uir is made and
used us follows: Provide two ther
mometers aud tie a bit of the thinnest
muslin neatly around the bulb of one
of these aud keep It soaked with wa
ter. Lift this thermometer out of the
water uud whirl It briskly through the
air for two minutes if the air is very
dry uud for three or four minutes If
the air Is very moist. Head it quickly,
and it gives the temperature of u thin
layer of water evuporuted under the
Influence of tlie wind produced by the
whirling. The dew point of the nlr in
which the thermometer is whirled Is
about as far below the wet bulb us
this is below the temperature of the
dry bulb similarly whirled aud read
rapidly. The two thermometers may
be huug side by side on a short piece
of string for convenience, and this Is
then called the "sling psychrouieter."
Weather Review.
A Wise Old Gobbler.
A farmer living In Hartford county
has for many years very often Invltwl
the preachers of a Sunday to lake din
ner with him, and, of course, as till
preachers are very fond of fowls, his
wife would have some killed and pre
pared for dinner. And. strange to say,
but nevertheless true, all his old gob
blers and roosters by some means
could tell a preacher by his looks, ami
Just as soon ns a preacher drove up to
the house the old gobblers and roosters
would call all their families to hide un
der the big barn and stay there until
the preachers left. But upon one oc
casion two preachers drove up, and uo
turkeys or chickens could be found
anywhere. But after dinner one of the
preachers left and the old rooster came
out and flopped his wings and told his
family that the preachers were gone,
but the old gobbler was not satisfied
and poked his head out and said,
"Doubtful, doubtful, doubtful."
That was the firs time that 1 ever
knew thnt any of the dumb creation
could count, as the old gobbler was
certain that two preachers had driven
to. he house. Forest aud Stream.
INDIAN FMKXDSHIP.
A RAILROAD WHICH KNOWS THAT IT
13 WORTH HAVING.
The DellicUl tullr Informal Manner
In Which mu t'.rror In HitcM of
May Payment to a Ked Skinned
Tribe Wan Corrected.
As the traveler passes through the
big Sioux reservation lu Montana on
the Overland express he Is Impressed
with the uniform respect with which
the Indians treat everybody connected
with the rallri.;:d.
"The Indian Is uo fool," said a Great
Northern official with whom I discuss
ed the subject. "He knows when he
Is well treated nnd seldom expects
anything unreasonable. This railroad
bus never knowingly done an Iui'laa a
wrong. We paid liberally for the right
to cross the reservation, and any dif
ferences that arise are treated with
consideration. We never try to Im
pose upon the Indians in any way, nor
do we permit them to Impose upon us.
When trains first U-gau to ruu through
the reservation, a number of ponies
j were killed by ucchlent. We promptly
i paid for them, ami the owners were
i satisfied. A few cunning Sioux thought
they saw In the situation au opportuul
i ty to make money and drove their po-
ules on the track to be killed nnd paid
for. W e discovered the trick and Hp
pealed to the chief, who promptly sup
pressed the Iniquity. This Is the neur
est approach to a misunderstanding
that we have had."
A'ood story Is told of a big chief
whiim auted to trade 100 ponies for a
locomotive. He did not appreciate the
utility of the track aud thought he
could dash over the prairies at will j
'with th iron hnrsM. If took sotno tima
- ' -
, .. .... . .
patience to get tne idea out or the
cmer s neaii. nut he nnany relented. lt"'-v ........ ..".
! was. however, a great disappointment. I building shall be erected which does not
I Another ssorv Is connected with pay- i provide outgo und income air flues of a
i nient for the right of wnv thromrh the , sufficient size to insure a change of all
reservation. It may not be quite ao
: curate lu letter, but Is true In spirit.
The through express from St. Paul to
; Helena had not been running long
wl"'u !l strange Incident happened out
T1'e red man explained that he repre- j
i sented his tribe lu a matter of right of
way. There had been a mistake, and
the railroad ought to pay some more
I money. In this formal aud diplomatic
manner, the liidiau explained, the mat-
ter was presented for adjustment in
full confidence that the great white
! chief who built the railroad would be
i Just to his Indian friends,
i For the engineer this was a poser,
i He had uo Idea that he was a diplomat,
I but he was. all the same. He called
: the conductor, and all three discussed
j the case. The white men knew noth
j lug of the merits of the matter. The
Indian talked llke'oue who understood
i his business and was telling the truth,
j The amount involved was only a
few dollars, aud the conductor looked
i ns wise as possible. He was a man
I of common sense sharpened by fron
: tier life. With due deliberation he
j wrote out a receipt, which the Indian
j embassador signed aud the engineer
i Witnessed. The money was paid out
of the cash collections, and the Cou-
terence was at au cud.
! The red man mounted his horse and
applied his spurs. The engineer step-
j lnt0 ,ho t.(ll, ,, pulu.u u lever,
For an Instant a party of eastern
capitalists occupying au observation
car were l'aee to face with the Indian
horseman. The white men received a
! lasting Impression of majestic digulty
! and grace. The red man was dazzled
j by a vision of luxury of which he had
j never dreamed.
I The extremes of civilization and sav
i agery had met and parted lu frlend
! ship. The Indian, according to tribal
j custom, reported the success of his
! mission with solemn formality and
suppressed Joy.
The train conductor, according to
i the regulations of the modern cor
i poratlou, made a notation to the au
ditor on a blank form provided for the
purpose, explaining why he was short
In his cash and asking that his report
be held In abeyance until he could se
cure the approval of his Irregular act
by a higher official.
The upproval came, with a statement
that the Indian was right. There had
been a mistake In the right of way
settlement. It was also stated that
the president of the railroad had In
timated that while rules are sacred
things there are times when common
seuse may serve a good purpose.
Atchison (.lobe.
Illiterate, bnt Quick Wltted.
Reuben Fields Is certainly a unique
character. The editor first knew him
In Johnson county, Mo., about M0 years
ago. He was then Just about grown
aud possesseil wonderful gifts lu mat
ters of mathematics, nnd It was said
you could new put a question to him
for which he would not have nn an
swer at his tongue's end. On one oc
casion two traveling men were discuss
ing his case, and one bet the other he
could uot spring a question on Rube
which would puzzle him for an nnswer.
The first time he met Rube he said lu
an abrupt manner. "Rube, if an Indian
should come along mid cut off the top
of your head aud take your brains
away, what would you do?"
Quick as n Uash Kobe replied, "Go
round without any. like you do."
It Is needless to say he paid the bet,i
With probably the cost of a western
irrigation for the crowd. Fields is a
native of Bath county. He would nev
er go to school and Is wholly Illiterate.
Flemlngsburg (Ky.) Times -Democrat..
" SCHOOL SANITATION.
Maalelpnl Iten-ulatlonn la Yarloaa
l.arice lltlea.
The legislation of 1 representative
cities den Ij with only nine subjects
vucciuatinn. contagions discuses, fire,
fire drills, cleauliuess. ventilation, tem
peratnru and floor space. Of these citie
nine, led by Boston and Chicago, or
der that children not cleanly shall be
sect home; eight only havo rnles regu
lating ventilation, und in seven of them
this only means that teachers nse care
that the air lie pure in the rooms. De
troit has by recent act of the legislature
a law similar to that of Massachusetts.
It provides that it "shall be the duty
of the committee on health and ventila
tion to inform themselves and to advise
the board from time to time in regard
to all matters relating to the warming,
ventilating and lighting of the school
rooms, the sanitary conditions of the
buildings and grounds aud ull mutters
relating to vuccinutiun, contagions dis
eases nnd the general health of the pu
pils and teachers, recommending to the
board such action as they may deem
necessary. "
This legislation would seem to be
thorough if it was certain that such
committee was efficient. Eiht cities
fix a standard of ventilation ranging
from 03 degreca to 70 decrees, Minne
apolis requiring the temperature to be
kopt ut TO degrees. Brooklyn alone bus
ruled that pupils' seats shall not face
the light. Only Brooklyn and New
York city legislate as to floor space.
Brooklyn's legislation says: "The seats
in all new buildings hereafter erected
J shall be placed so as to allow at least 12
! square feet of floor space and 200 cubic
I feet of air space for each primary pupil ;
square feet and 225 cubic feet for
eacn grammar graae pupil Deiow tne
. i , o j on v
airtlt .nil IV cnmiTa ftnt o nH -IO I .n h.o
4"'";, 1 ., ,
air of each schoolroom from three to six
times an hour.
CITY IMPROVEMENT.
Tendency
of Amerlenna
la Toward
Tnlille Parks.
It is not surprising that in the devel
opment of the higher urban life apathetic
improvement comes last. But we are a
people that make history rapidly.
When a single life may span the time
between virgin forest or sandy plain
and a city noble in size, aspect and al
truistic endeavor, we may expect to
find movements which are logically far
apart crowded close together. An im
portant point in the history of an Amer
ican city is reached when its people
have time to turn their attention from
its sewers, its protection and other
fundamental necessities to what is rec
ognized as its "higher life. " The com
monness of the term shows how gener
ally that point has been reached.
All things will not be done orderly
and wisely in a democracy, for progress
proceeds in a zigzag line. An adminis-
I tration dependent on the good will of
taxpayers is not likely, for instance, to
order the building of great pirks until
the demands upon the treasury for sew
ers, pavements and even schools have
to some extent been satisfied or until
the public is willing to incur such an
increase in expense to gain this end.
One may regret the delay from a soci
ological point of view, and it may large
ly increase the expense over what would
have been possible earlier, before the
land had appreciated in value, but
when it conies it is far more significant
It means that the bulk of the people
want parks. Atlantic.
A MAN AND HIS TOWN.
Cirei Allearlnnee to HI Place of Res
idence, Xot Birthplace.
The Merchants' Protective associa
tion of Pasadena, Cal., at a recent meet
ing, listened to a talk by Robert J. Bur
dette on "What a Man Owes to the
Town He Lives In."
! In his address Mr. Burdette main
tained that a man owes more to the
town he lives in than to the one he was
born in, because it has been selected by
himself, while the town he was born in
was selected by his parent A man
should stand np for his town Against all
the outside world, even if he kicks
nbont things inside it It is a good
thing for the city fathers and water di
rectors to have a kicking spell occasion
ally. It is only a litt-lo family affair
and does good often. He illustrated his
points by several amusing anecdotes.
Ho spent much of his talk on Pasa
dena, which, he said, was in some re
spects the most remarkable town he
had ever lived in remarkable for its
intellectuality, culture and morality.
In fact, he said, Pasadena had more
advantages in the intellectuality of its
people than any city of which he knew.
The members showed their apprecia
tion of Mr. Bnrdette's talk by making
him an honorary member of the associa
tion by a rising vote-
Plant For Hedarea.
While there is much difference of
opinion regarding the relative merits of
plants suitable for hedges, there is lit
tle doubt that among flowering plants
the Japan quince (Cydonia janonica)
ranks easily first. The California privet
(Ligustrum ovalifolium) is a fine plant
for nse as a hedge and superior to any
thing else for the purpose where stock
is not to be turned or where flowers are
not especially desired the privet flow
ers, of course bnt as it is usually kept
trimmed close most of the flowering
shoots are cut off. The privet is hardy,
of strong constitution aud succeeds well
in all sections, being especially desir
able for planting near the sea coast.
Chicago Record.
t'nnx In Trnde.
There's lots of trade right around
your own doors waiting to be coaxed
'n, and iminy advertisers would do
well to avoid overreaching. Ad Seuse.
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