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M. & I, ROAD TO BE
EXTENDED TO BORDER
Backus & Brooks to Complete Line
From Big Falls to Interna-
tional Falls.
NEW SURVEY RUNS THE ROAD
THROUGH LITTLE FORK VILLAGE
The Backus & Brooks Engineers Are
Already at Work on the
Survey.
There seems every prospect
that the M. & I. railway will be
extended from Big Palls north to
International Palls, within the
next six months.
The railway company has
built a bridge over the Bi Pork
river at Big Falls, aod now it is
said by what is believed LO be an
authoritative source, that the
Backus Brojks company will ex-
teud the road.
In this connection the Bier
Fork Compass says:
Backus & Brooks are credited
with a determination to extend
the railroad from here to Inter
national Palls, and a party of en
gineers under Geo. Huss has se
cured its headquarters in this
village for the winter. Tbey
have been over the survey from
International Palls and are
make a new survey from Big
Falls to Little Fork, so as to
strike that village, "which the
previous survey ignored.
It is said that the Little Fork
townsite people give Backus &
Brooks fifty-one per cent of their
holdings in order to secure the
railroad. International Palls
papers claim that a contract has
already beeu for the con
struction of the extension and
that work to this end will begin
at oaue.
Later, the Com pas? says of the
further iotentions of the survey
ing crew:
George Huss, the engineer in
charge of Backus & Brooks con
struction work, established camp
on Bear river Saturday, from
which his men will operate in
locating a permanent survey to
the Little Pork village. The old
M. & I. survey will remain un
changed until Bear creek, six
miles east, is reached, wh-jn a new
line will be estaolihe further
south and east, going direct to
our eastern neighbor. Contractor
McPherson was over the pro
posed extension last week and is
preparing to push the work of
clearing right-of-way.
The Sonnet Writers,
The fashion of sonnet writing was at
Its height in the sixteenth century,
when Rousard, the French "prince of
poets" in his own country and genera
tion, wrote over 900 sonnets, a total
which appears only to have been ex
ceeded by Gomez de Quevedo, the
Spanish Voltaire, who Is said to have
written over 1,000. Fortunately for
Bonnet lovers some of the best poets
have been prolific sonneteers. Petrarch,
who created the classic model which
later poets imitated, wrote 315. Cam
oens Is responsible for 352, Sir Philip
Sidney wrote 108, Spenser 88 and
Dante 80. English sonnets were first
written by Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-42)
end Henry Howard, earl of Surrey
(1517-47), and the first appearance of
any In book form was in a rare publi
cation briefly known as "Tottle's Mis
cellany," the full title being "Songs and
Sonnettes written by the Right Hon
oure Lorde Henry Howard, late Earle
of Surrey, and other." The greatest
sonneteers of our language are Shake
speare, Milton, Wordsworth and Ros
settl.London Standard.
Tiger and Vnltnre of the Sea.
If the "kilter" whale is "the tiger of
the sea," as the writer of an interest
In:? article In the September Windsor
ha3 it, the orcas surely are the vultures
of the ocean. In connection with whale
catching the author of this interesting
natural history article tells of the fol
lowing incident: Some years ago a
whaler in the northwest had killed a
large whale and had the animal along
side when It was attacked by a school
f orcas. They doubtless were half
starved and, crazed by the scent of
blood that extended away a long dis
tance, probably followed It up like
hounds, immediately attacking the
whale. The men, with spades and
lances, cut and slashed at them, In
flicting terrible blows, yet despite this
the orcas literally tore the whale from
the ropes and carried it oft*. This cer
tainly shows that the orcas, together
with a very fair share of intelligence,
are also creatures of extraordinary
courage.Dundee Advertiser.
Brmidji EWator Co., jobbers
for Barlow's Best, also Gold Medal,
Mascot and Cremo.
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THE BEMIBJI
Basketball Tonight.
The basketball game to be
played tonight between the regu-
lar firemen's team and the Pick-
team, is the first game of the
season, and promises to be an in-
teresting event for lovers of
sport. Both teams have been
practicing for a month and more,
and should be in good shape to
put up a clean, fast exhibition.
The line-up is as follows:
Fire Dept. Positions Pick-Ups
H. F. Geil.... Forward.Roy Lulsey. Capt
Earl Geil Forward H. Barret
H. Arnold Guard W. Collins
Art Gould Guard J. Schumaker
L. Hdffron Center Garnot Peterson
(Capt.) Scott Stewart.... Substitutes Rockwell
and Ed Gould
QUIRING.
Will Shogren made a trip to
Inez to get a load of supplies fox
the winter.
Mrs. W. Hills visited with Mrs.
John Anderson Saturday. She
also called on Mrs. John Sjolund.
The Laurie sisters visited with
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Dooher on
Saturday. They had a very nice
visit.
Little Gladys Deitrick has
been on the sick list for a few
days, but is reported out of
danger.
C. J. Carlson made a business
trip to Inez store last Wednes
day. He reports the roads in
bad shape.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Dooher
and the teachers, Misses Helen
and Katherine Laurie, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Carlson
on last Sunday.
A. P. Hendrickson made a trip
to Blackduck Friday and brought
out J. Forbes and family, who
are going to make their home in
the neighborhood. Mr. Forbes
has lived near the boundary line
in North Dakota, but likes Bel
trami county better. The people
of Quiring all extend their cor
dial welcome to Mr. Forbes and
family.
Innk In Hungary
Wayside Inns in Hungary generally
rejoice In very quaint titles. This one
was called the Dropperin and had the
usual sign outsideviz, a long pole
with a wooden ring and a gigantic
wine bottle suspended from It. The
system of keeping the scores is primi
tive, but practical. The regular cus
tomers and the innkeeper each have a
bit of wood called rovas, with the
name of the person written on It, and
every liter of wine consumed is marked
by each making a notch on his re
spective bit of wood. When the score
is paid off, both the rovas are burned.
Consequently you hear the peasants in
viting each other to Ingyonroviasmo
ra, literally drink on my "knotch
stick," which sounds most comical.
"Wanderings In Hungary."
Cruel.
A cashier in the financial district of
New York, on being advised by his
physician to take a vacation not long
ago, wrote the agent of a South Amer
ican steampship line as follows: "As I
am thinking of taking a trip to South
America, please advise me immediate
ly with particulars relative to rates, ac
commodations, and so on, to and from
the various ports usually visited by
tourist* at this season of the year."
The answer came by special delivery,
marked private and confidential, "One
of our steamers will sail for Valparaiso
next Wednesday shortest and quick
est way out of the country."
A Teat For Seasickness.
Many people have a genuine curios
ity to know if they would be sea sick
in case they should take an ocean voy
age. An easy way to put the matter to
a test Is to stand before the ordinary
mirror that turns In its frame and let
some one move It slowly and slightly
at first, gradually growing faster, while
you look fixedly at your own reflection.
If you feel no effect whatever from It
the chances are that you can stand an
ordinary sea voyage without any
qualm.
A Bright Recruit.
Lieutenant (examining soldier)What
ihould you do If you met an enemy on
the field of battle?
SoldierShoot him dead, sir.
LieutenantRight. And what should
you do if you met a whole battalion of
the enemy?
SoldierShoot them dead, sir.
LieutenantYou couldn't by yourself.
You should fall back and give warning.
What should you do If you met a cow
belonging to the enemy?
SoldierShoot It dead, sir.
LieutenantWrong. SoldierFall back and give warning,
lir.
LieutenantWrong again. You should
eatch hold of it by the horns and bring
It Into camp. Now tell me what you
Should do if you met me In the field.
SoldierShoot you dead, sir.
LieutenantRubbish! I'm not an en
emy! I wear the same uniform as
you do.
SoldierFall back and give warning.
LieutenantWrong, stupid! I'm not
a battalion of the enemy.
SoldierWell, then, I'd catch hold of
you by the horns and lead you into
camp.
LieutenantYou
Lnstlge Blatter.
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VOLUME 4. NUMBEB 182 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1906.
LEGISLATURE MAY SECURE
STAR ISLAND FOR A PARK
State Auditor Iverson Will Interest
Solons in Cass Lake
Isle.
Beautiful mysterious Star
island in Cass Lake, will prob-
ably be purchased by the next
legislature and be made a state
park.
Samuel G. Iverson, state audi-
tor, is looking into the matter
and will probably bring it to the
attention of the legislature. The
island for years has been a part
of the adjacent Indian reserva-
tion. It is three-quarters of a
mile from the town of Cass Lake..
It is three miles long and a mile
and a haJf wide. It is heavily
wooded with pine, not one tree
as yet having been cut.
The mystery of the island is a
beautiful little lake in its center,
and hidden from view, till one
actually breaks in upon it, by
towering timber. The lake is
six feet above the level of the
waters of Cass Lake. Why this
is so, how it is possible that this
high level can be maintained, is
an unsolved problem. The only
explanation is that beneath the
little lake's quiet waters there
are large and powerful springs,
which, winding their way
through deep fissures under the
bottom of Cass Lake, finally dis
charge within the island.
The island is fought sb of by
Indians because of this mystery
of nature. The Indians have
named the island pool" Windigo"
or bad spirit lake. Prom the
fact that the Indians never visit
the place, tie litt'e lake is full of
bass.
Through a provision of the
federal law which opened part of
the Indian reservation for settle-
ment, it was agreed that Star
Island might be sold to the state,
through negotiations between
state and federal officials, for
such a sum as might be ao r^ed
upon, including full payment for
the worth of the timber on the
island, which alone is an item of
probably $150,000.
Bntler Wanted the Brief.
While E. C. Carrigan was in General
B. F. Butler's law office a lady came
In to ask some advice. As the general
was not in, Mr. Carrigan questioned
her and told her he would submit her
case to the general, which he did.
The general was to leave the nest
day for Washington and told Mr. Car
rigan to prepare a brief of the lady's
case and show it to him the next day.
Mr. Carrigan gat up half of the night
writing his brief. The next morning,
about fifteen minutes before Butler
was to take his carriage for the .train,
he told Mr. Carrigan he would look at
his brief and give his opinion.
Mr. Carrigan began by saying: "Gen
eral, I have made a most careful study
of this case. I have the points all in
my head and can state them to you in
three minutes."
"Let me have the brief," again said
the general, somewhat sharply.
'But, General Butler," said Mr. Car
rigan, "I had a brief prepared and in
tended to show It to you, but I have
left it at home on my table. However,
as I said, I have all the points of the
case in my head."
"Young man," said the general, "the
next time you have a brief to prepare
for me bring me the brief ,and leave
your head at home on the table."
Boston Herald.
Wanted to Know Too Much.
There was a series of burglaries com
mitted in the fashionable section of
Baltimore. So anxious were the police
authorities to apprehend the culprits
that Instructions Were issued to the
roundsmen to exercise extraordinary
vigilance during their tours of inspec
tion.
On one occasion just after midnight
an officer saw emerging noiselessly
from a house in Eutaw place a young
man, who- hastily darted down the
street. The officer made after him as
rapidly as possible. When he had
stopped the young man he said:
"Didn't you come out of the corner
house just now?"
The young fellow, though of quite a
respectable air, seemed ill at ease. "1
did," he answered, with some confu
sion.
"Do you live In that house?" sternly
demanded the officer.
"That's an impertinent question," re
plied the young man in a tone of great
Indignation. "I don't see what busi
ness of yours It is so long as her father
doesn't object."Success Magazine.
LUMBERJACK MINISTERS
BE6IN THEWINTER'S WORK
L. C. Ward and Fred W. Davis Will
Wake Bemidji Their Head-
quarters.
L. C. Ward, assistant superin-
tendent of camp missions, and
Fred W. Davis, also engaged in
evangelistic work among the
lumber jacks in the lum ber camps
of northern Minnesota, arrived
in the city Saturday evening and
will make Bemidji their head-
quarters for their work for sev-
eral weeks to come. They intend
to make all the camps alon*? the
north line of the M. & I. railway
as far north as Big Falls, and
also on the Great Northern as
far east as Bena.
These genjblemen have visited
all the camp$ of the Rod River
Lumber company noith of
Akeley, and repoit that they
have had excellent result* iD
their missionary work with the
employes of the camps. Mr.
Ward is an lumberjick, and
was about as tough as any wearer
of the hob-nail shoes be found
in this noith country. The his-
of his reformation and engag-
ing in the missionary work among
his former companions is indeed
interesting.-
Rev. Prank Siggin of this city
was the pioneer in this work and
the great success which he at-
tuned in his unique labors has
incited others to follow in his
wake and assist. A i ap ir, called
"The Lumber] ick," has been
launched by these gentlemen and
many copies of the publication
have been distributed about the
cour.tr. ANOTHER PAYMENT SOON
FOR RED LAKE INDIANS
$35,000 of Land Sale Money to Be
Distribuied Within a
Few Days.
The Red Lake band of Indians
will receive another payment,
sometime during the present
week.
It is said that the amount that
will be paid is $35,000, and is a
partial payment of the amount
due the band for the sale of- the
eleven townships on the western
end of the reservation, near
Thief River Falls. With the
usual red tripe, the government
doles out these sums that are
due the reds in partial pay-
ments.
The present payment will
amount to about $26.50 for every
person enrolled as a member of
the band, whether mixed or full
blood. There are said to be 1346
enrolled on the list.
J. Richards went to Crook-
ston this afternoon to look after
some business matters the
Crookston Lumber company.
Thomas J. Storey, a tixider-
m-itt om Duluth, was in the
yesterda.y, aDd held an interview
with Mrs. Henry Buenther
relative, tr-sonw uncompleted
work in the ttxideimis line
which she has on hand. Mr
S r*-y will compUt^ the work
and do any new work which may
be leit with Mrs! Buenther. Mr.
S'orey is a firs'-class man in his
business and will give as good
siitisfait'ou as did Mr. Buenlh*
Golf ud the Liver.
Golf is the greatest of all games. It
Is the only recreation that is at one and
the same time health giving and a
complete preoccupation without being
unduly physically exhaustive. Ev.t .1
am profoundly convinced that It is, far
better for a man's liver that he shouia
play a poor.game than a good one. I
know from personal experience that It
Is far better for the liver to play a
really bad game. Nothing stirs up the
liver like the irritation, the excitements
and the paroxysms of a really, bad
fgame.London Graphic. $ %f||p
NO SNAP PROVING UP ON
CLAIM OUT IN CALIFORNIA
Truthful Witness Tell of a Remarkable
Catechism Which-He Barely
Survived.
The special agents of the gen
eral land office who occasionally
heave into sight and "go after" a
would-be settler who is trying to
make final proof on his claim, are
rather severe in their question-
ing, but these emissaries of
Uncle Sam are not "in it" for a
moment with the agents out in
California who probed and
brought to light the recent land
scandals that startled the entire
country.
A witness who was put
through the sweatbox out there,
avers that the subjoined list ol
questions was among those which
were propounded to him
1 When and where were you
born, and are you sorry it hap-
pened?
2 Were any of your ancestors
ver hung, and what for?
3 Are you tiking up this land
to defraud the government, and
if so, why are you so wicked?
4 If jo build a mill on this
land will you sell the lumber or
give it away?
5 What is your business, and
what do you save each month?
6 Do you know the difference
between speculation and the doc
trine of infant damnation?
7 Were you ever married, and
if so, why did you happen to be
so careless?
8 Who are the greatest
smashers, Del Norte timber lo-
cators or Carrie Hatchetnation?
9 Whatisyou laundry-mark,
and how often do you send your
clothes to wash?
TilO I the land office greater
than the suprt me court, and if
so, why not?
11 Do you use Force, and
what is your opinion of sawdust
i a breakfast food? ..f
12 What is home without an
uuto? ._'.'/-' V"-
13 Are you in ftvo of expan-
sion, and what is your chest
measurement?
14 How far is it from here to
lhire, and if not, why so?
15 Were you ever in jiil, aid
who bailed you ou
16 I it true .that you stole
the money out of the little boy's
bank to pay for the claim?
17 Were you ever baptized,
inoculated or fumigated, and did
it take?
18 Do you know what' ujadt
Milwaukee famous, and what is
your liquid capaci:
19 Tell all your private affairs
which have token place sine*
childhood not revealed by th*
above questions.
20 Are you a union man or i
scab?
21 Don't you feel ashamed of
yourself for trying to ket-p the
poor script company syndicate
from geiting hold of your claim?
22 Were you ever in love, and
how long before you came to?
23 How many running feett
logs is there on your claim, and
how long will it take you to cut
down all the trees, working 16
hours a day?
24 Who is the author of the
famous saying, "Back to the
Woods?"
25 Now will you be good?
26 Who hit Billy Paterson,
and what will be tie outcome?
Darwin reiaies mat the Uauchos or
the American pampas live for months
on the fat meat of the oxen they watch
over. The Eskimos can get along very
well by eating from five pounds to six
pounds a day of reindeer or seal's flesh
so long as it is not too lean, but con
tains a due proportion of fat: Says the
author of "Diet and Dietetics:" VSome
men obliged to live a very fatiguing
life, the trappers and hunters of the
pampas of America* aud Siberian
steppes, the inhabitants of Very cold
climates, the fishermen living on the
banks of the frozen' sea, can eat al
most exclusively without suffering
from it enormous quantities of meat or
fish, but on two conditions that the
meat be accompanied by Its fat and
that the Individual subjected to this
diet lead a very active life 4a the open
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The Bartered Bridegroom.
There are held here many "confiden
tial weddings/' as they are called
when the ceremony is kept unusually
quiet But sometimes they are too con
fidential to please the relatives of the
parties. The coercion of prospective
brides under such circumstances is a
proceeding well authenticated in fact
and fiction. A kidnaped bridegroom,
however, Is unusual, though he hap
pened at St George's not long ago.
He was a gentleman of position, and
he wished.to marry a lady who had
nursed him through an illness. There
was no cause or just Impediment save
social rank. The gentleman was de
termined, and the lady seconded his
plans admirably. But the day and the
details leaked out, and before the time
fixed the bridegroom's male relatives
deployed strategically through Mad
dox street and surrounded the church.
He drove up In a hansom cab. With
bis eyes fixed on the expectant bride,
he prepared to alight An athletic un
cle and a brother sprang forward,
thrust him back, with a "Glad to meet
you, old fellow" manner that deceived
the cabman, who obeyed the quick di
rection he heard and drove the three
away. The lady, with tears In her
eyes, went into the vestry. "There
will be no wedding," she said,
"They've run away with him." And
that was the last St George's heard of
them.London Mail.
Forests' Unnatural Death.
The life of nearly all forests is cut
short fcy fire or by the hand of the
lumberman. When a spruce forest is
entirely destroyed by fire young
spruces do not at once spring up and
cover the burned area. The seed bear
ing cones have been burned, and the
spores and seeds of other plants which
are readily carried by the wind find
their way in first The task of prepar
ing for the forest is begun again, but
this time it Is to be a shorter one. The
first year after the fire mosses and
often tiny flowering plants appear.
These are replaced by the fireweed
and other flowers whose seeds are pro
vided with hairs so that they reach
such places quickly. These are soon
joined by raspberries, roses and other
bushes. Among these the young seed
lings of aspens appear in a very few
years. The latter grow rapidly and in
a score of years form a low sunny foV
est An aspen forest makes a brilliant
contrast with the dark green forests
of spruce.St Nicholas.
The Secret of the Maple.
No thoughtful person who has ever
isited a maple grove in the early
spring while snow banks are, yet lin
gering in sheltered hollows and' has
een pailful after pailful of sweet sap
drawn from the auger holes in the
shapely trunks can have failed to won
der what forces govern the flow of the
sap. When the warm sun touches the
treetops the flow increases. A rise of a
few. degrees In temperature often
causes a great increase of flow, if the
rise passes the zero point on the cen
tigrade scalethat is, the freezing point
of water. But a considerable change of
temperature in which the fluctuations
do not cross the zero line causes no
marked change in the flow of sap/ Dr.
K. M. Wiegand, discussing these and
other related facts in the American
Naturalist reaches the conclusion thai
neither expansion of gas in the wood
nor expansion of water nor expansion
of wood itself is the underlying cause
of the pressure which produces the
flow, but that this pressure arises from
the effects of temperature in altering
the osmotic permeability of the pith
ray cells.
Nothing New Under the Sun.
I remember the' surprise with which
I heard a cornet solo first recorded and
then reproduced by a Scott grapho
phone, the construction of which, if I
am not mistaken, antedated the birth
of Edison. The record was made upon
a sheet of tin foil wrapped around a
brass cylinder which was actuated by
means of a weight, a train of wheels
and a butterfly regulator. In this con
nectionto show the antiquity of the
germs of another modern invention
one day when looking through the files
of the Journal des Savans I came
across the account of a machine which
was presented to the Academy of Sci
ences of Paris somewhere around the
early years of the eighteenth century.
This machine was nothing else but a
typewriter the description was very
summary, but I remember that it had
Individual type bars, the keys of which
were made of ivory. It was the work
of M. Leroy of Versailles, who was
styled Horlogeur du Roy, the reigning
king being Louis XIV.Alfred Sang
In Engineering Magazine.
The First Teacups*
Even after tea was Introduced into
Europe and had come into general use
teacups were scarce. At the same time
coffee was introduced, but apart from
Constantinople the first coffee cups in
Europe date back only as far as 1645
In Venice, 1659 in Paris, 1652 in Lon
don and 1694 in Leipsic. From the
first, however, the conventional orien
tal coffee cup, without stem or. handle,
was little used, and in Germany not
at all. The Chinese teacup was used
for tea, coffee and chocolate as well.
Specimens of porcelain were undoubt
edly introduced into Europe In the mid
dle ages, yet not till the sixteenth cen
tury were cups Imported from China
In any great quantities, and even then
it was as articles of vertu. Most of
these found their way back to China
agajjn, as collecting porcelain Is a last
ing fad there, and high prices are paid
for good specimens. The collection of
Chinese porcelain, if only the genuine
specimens are desired, requires im
mense study and knowledge, as the
Chinese are skillful imitators and put
uunexous talainc&thtts on 11m narktt.
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TEN CENTS PER WEEK
PRISONER FOILED IN
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
Wm. Storm, Booze Crazed, Tries to
Choke Himself by Swallowing
Handkerchief.
DEPUTY SHERIFF ENTERS CELL
YESTERDAY IN NICK OF TIME
Desperado Also Tries to Butt His
Brains 0i% Against Cell
A desperate attempt at suicide
was made at the Beltrami county
j*il yesterday afternoon, and but
for the vigilance of Deputy
Sheriffs John Bailey and Arne
Sol berg would have teen suc-
cessful.
William Storm, who bad been
tending bar in the city for some
tim past,, was sent to the county
jail on a ten-day sentence. He
had been drinking heavily for
some time and the state of his
mental "arrangements" were
anything but well balanced.
Yesterday be butted his head
against the bars of his cell and
made other attempts to inflict in-
jury to his person, with but
small success. It was roticed
that he a* apparently choking
and Mr. Bailey went into the
cell. Attempts to get Storm to
tell what was the matter failed,
and a prisoner at the jail threw a
cup of water into* his face. Storm
opened bis mouth, when it was
^een ihi he had jammed a
handkerchief down his throat
and was trying to strangle him-
Stlf.
V.Ttie haricf6*chief was removed
afad Storin placed under strict
gua.td, that,he may riot be suc-
cessful in another attempt at
self destruction.
The City of Wvatcfc.
Munich is one of the most beautiful
cities hi Europe, with broad streets,
frequent fountains, many stately stat
ues, numerous open squares, large
wooded parks, a swift river flowing
directly through the center of the
residence section, galleries that contain
several of the finest recollections of
pictures and sculpture in the world, li
braries, academies of design, schools
of science, a magnificent -per house,
a theater that was erected exclusively
for the production of Wagner's operas,
and various other attractions which do
not disturb the classic atmosphere,
but appeal 10 the artist, the student
and whoever seeks for beauty and for
rest. No city of equal size has so many
noble monuments and public buildings,
while probably a larger number of
the population of Munich is engaged
in study and artistic and scientific pur
suits than may be found in any other
city. The Royal library is one of the
greatest in existence, probably second
only to the British museum.William
B. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.
Keen Senac of Humor.
"There is nothing like a sense of
humor," said a naval officer, according
to the Philadelphia Bulletin. "In a
woman, in a soldier, in a sailor, in a
clerk, a sense of humor is a help and
a blessing through life. At the same
time even a sense of humor may exist
In excess. I, for my part, shouldn't
care to have so great a sense of humor
as a British soldier I once heard about.
This soldier was ordered to be flogged.
During the flogging he laughed con
tinually. The lash was laid on all the
harder, but under the rain of blows the
soldier laughed.
'What are you laughing at? th
sergeant finally asked.
"'Why,' the soldier chuckled. Tin
the wrong man.'"
An Arab Flablnc Tarn.
A. fishing yarn from Algiers: "Some
Arabs were fishing from a boat with
lines off the coast when a dolphin sev
enteen feet long, eleven feet in circum
ference and weighing four tons swal
lowed one of the baited hooks and
dashed off at a tremendous speed. The
fishermen paid out as much line as
possible and then made It fast This
brought the dolphin up sharply, but
the strain snapped, the line. The mon
ster then attacked the boat and cap
sized it, flinging the fishermen into the
water. Other Arabs ashore waited till
the dolphin was clear of the men and
then killed It with rifles."
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The Logical Qneatloa.
'Sf^A little Philadelphia boy was taken
by his father for his first visit to the
coo. Stopping before ah mcloeure, he
asked, "Papa, what animal is that?"
Beading the sign tacked up to one
tide, his father responded, "That, my
son, is a prong horned antelope,"
"Kin he blow hi horns?' was th*
question that promptly followed.
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