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HORSES POOR MOUNTS
-mined Animals Remember and Re-
T , D ond to Signals They Have Been
X ,P ° Taught to Obey.
;V.j is not always wise to tench a
horse to ,a> tricks, i,s Is proved by
•story told by an English army ol-
Trim Leech's Inimitable circus perse
Ait Insisted on sluing down with his
rider whenever he heard a band play
!I. S the prototype of a horse belong
tag to the officer who. In a weak mo
en, had taught it to rear up and
'"salaam" whenever he leaned forward
,o .link a how.
X wa* all very pretty when the
(fleer was „!" riding and met any
ledy'of his acquaintance, but It be
came a nuisance when he was out pig
sticking In India. He would lean for
ward to meet the rush of a charging
(„',•• r with his spear—up would go the
beast on end just nt the moment when
ihe man's safety depended on his tak
ing „ true and deadly aim with his
S«r point. The consequence was
that the nlninal's legs showed many
scars from boars' tusks, and he was
lnrkyJhnt he did not end his career
w ith his body ripped open.
1 The officer had. too, nt one time a
fine hut somewhat nervous charger.
One <lny on a parade the mount sud
denly gave way with the officer and
quietly lay down. The rider thought
for a moment he was ill, but on rous
ing him he Immediately sprang to his
feet again, quite fit and well. A
week or so later when riding with a
friend they stopped for a moment to
admire the view, when down the horse
went. It was evident to the officer
that he had been trained to lie down
at a given signal, but the man never
could discover for the life of him
what that signal was.
HAD NEWS OF IMPORTANCE
i*.
But Tompkins, Habitually Polite, Hesi
tated to Address Anyone but
the Head of the Firm.
Tomkins wns of a nervous disposi
tion; he was somewhat slow and hesi
tating in time of emergency.
When lie entered an office one day
and found a stranger there, Instead of
the man he wanted, he somewhat lost
himself. ,
"Oh, I beg your pardon!" he began
"but—but are you Mr. Brown, the
head of this firm?"
"No; I regret to say I'm not."
"I'm sorry, very sorry indeed," went
on Tomkins. "I had something I rath
er wanted to tell him. Do you think
he'll be In soon?"
"I'm afraid not. Is there anything
I can do for you?"
"Er — yes, perhaps —er — perhaps
you'll do as well as Mr. Brown. May
I ask your name?"
"Certainly." And the stranger gave
It
( "Delighted to meet you," said Tom
kins.
"And now, what can I do for you,
sir?" asked the new-found friend.
"Oh, it's a very small matter —not
of the slightest consequence—er, that
Is, I came to tell the head of the firm
that the building is on fire!"—
Angeles Times.
Blood Infusion.
In cases where new blood Is re
quired to fill the depleted veins of a
human being, lt is not practicable to
use for the purpose the vital fluid of a
dog or any other animal, because lt
would act as a poison, destroying life
Instead of saving it.
This is for the reason that the blood
of a lower animal is not chemically
the same as that of a man. The fact
does, not seem very surprising, but the
recent discovery that the various races
of mankind differ In respect to the
chemical make-up of their blood is
undeniably curious.
Experience has proved that It will
not do to Introduce the blood of a ne
jro Into the veins of a wihte man or
▼ice versa. And the same remark ap
plies to the Mongol, the Malay Mnd
the American Indian. In any such
cases a chemical reaction follows
which is Injurious.
. Tacts About Violins.
Some people are possessed of the
Idea that the more scars, cracks and
disfigurements they are ln an old vio
lin the more valuable It ls. The con
trary is true. In the case of genu
ine old Cremona violins, preservation
enters largely Into their value. The
more perfectly preserved they are, the
greater prices they command. VIo
-1,118 with the beautiful Cremona var
nish In a fine state of preservation are
specially sought by connoisseurs. Vio
linists who wish to preserve the value
of their violins should take pains to
«*P them In perfect repair, and to
wipe all dust and resin off the violin
"ter using.—Exchange.
Judging a Poet.
There are two ways of measuring a
Poet, either by an absolute aesthetic
; standard, or relatively to his position
j. 'n the literary history of his country
' »nd the conditions of his generation.
; "otli should be borne In mind as co
if ntß in a perfectly fair Judgment.
t" his positive merit is to be settled
'' wvocably by the former, vet an In
digent criticism will find Its advan
age not only in considering what he
; was, but what, under the given cir
cumstances, it was possible for him to
••—James Russell Lowell.
_ ■ Accounted For.
ef»|leSe ,m,nere<l animals are gen
/* y "-tempered." "Don't blame
2J*: It Is only natural for pets to be
Ptttlsh." ; :•■>-« :*-i .
ANCIENT RACES PLAYED BALL
Tossing the Sphere I. Supposed to
nave Had Deep Symbolic Mean
ing Centuries Ago.
Although It is „ proven fact , hat
the game now designated baseball li
of modern and purely American origin,
the use of B ball in ceremonies and
games goes back many centuries.
Four thousand years ago, In the
twelfth Egyptian dynasty, „ Coptic
artist sculptured on the temple Ben
Hassan, human figures throwing and
catching halls. A ieather.covere- ball
"sod In games played on the Nile over
40 centuries ago, has a place among
he ninny nrcheological specimens in
the British museum. It has a sewed
cover and is In a remarkable state of
preservation.
- The game of ball was prized by the
Greeks as giving grace and elasticity
to the human figure, and they erect.,':
a statue to one Aristonlcus for his
proficiency In it. Ancient medical
practitioners were wont to prescribe
a course of ball playing, where the
modern doctor would order a diet of
pills.
It Is supposed that ball tossing had
a deep symbolic meaning when played
In the spring of the year; nnd that
the tOSSing of the ball was intended
first to typify the upsprlnging of the
life of nature after the gloom of win
tor. And, whether this was the case
among the people of antiquity or not.
it Is a remarkable fact that the ec
clesiastics of the early church adopted
this symbol and gave it a very special
significance by meeting on Faster day
and throwing a ball from hand to
hand, to typify the Resurrection.
"TOTEM POLES" TELL STORY
Are Historical Records, and Not, as
Many Supposed, Idols to Be
Worshiped.
An art In sculpture not resembling
any other art In the world, unless pos
sibly that of ancient Mexico, is found
highly developed among the aboriginal
natives of the northwest coast.
Their material is always wood, and
Is furnished by huge trees from the
forest, which are carved into the
most fantastic shapes. In this style
are sculptured the so-called "totem
poles," which, often of great size and
height, astonish the observer by the
intricacy of their workmanship and
the weird Imaginativeness of their
complex designs.
Early missionaries In that part of
the world mistook the totem poles for
Idols. As a matter of fact, they pos
sess no such significance, being merely
heraldic columns. Each tribal clan
has its own traditions and myths,
which takes the place of history, and
these are symbolized by the extraor
dinary birds and other animals, some
times human faces or figures, carved
on the totem poles.
Thus the Bear clan will have Its
heraldic column topped by the sculp
tured figure of a hear. The raven
shows op conspicuously as the totem,
or crest, of the Raven clan; the whale
for the Whale clan, and so on.
To the unversed a totem pole would
have no significance beyond its queer
ness, but it is In reality a whole story
carved In wood.
Power of Poise.
Poise Is power. The man who Is
not master of himself under all condi
tions cannot feel the assurance, the
power, which ls the right of every hu
man being to experience. He Is never
sure of himself, and the man who is
never sure of himself is never wholly
at ease. He is not even well-bred, for
good breeding implies self-control un
der all circumstances.
There Is, perhaps, no other thing
which Is so conducive to one's physical
and mental comfort, efficiency, happi
ness and success as a calm mind. When
the mind Is unbalanced, by anger, ex
citement, worry, fear or nervousness.
the entire body is thrown out of har
mony. All the functions are deranged ;
the man or woman Is not normal, and
Is, therefore, whatever the situation,
at a complete disadvantage, wholly un
able to contend with it. —Orison Swett
Marden in the New Success Magazine.
Elevator Rope In Coal Mines.
One of the most Impressive things
about a colliery, to an outsider, is the
mammoth drum which winds the rope
which brings coal up from the pit. This
monster drum may measure 150 feet
In circumference, and weigh about 200
tons, and it will wind In the rope with
Its load at a speed of nearly 60 miles
un hour. There are miles of the rope,
when the pit ls a deep one, like the
Yorkshire Main colliery's, whose ver
tical shaft holds the record for depth
by going down nearly 1.000 yards, and
for long distances horizontally. The
rope costs $10 a yard and Its maximum
life is three and one-half years. Every
inch of It passes each day through a
man's hands for examination. Shaft
accidents are very rare.
Strange Leases.
For weird leases Loudon would be
hard to beat In some Instances, says a
correspondent Be dealt with houses
lately which were for sale and found
that tbe ground landlord was the duchy
of Cornwall, the leaseholder paying an
annual ground rent of fourpence! And
his fourpence was sent every year In
«n envelope which cost twopence, arid It
cost the duchy twopence to acknowl
edge receipt : ' "But there Is a stranger
lease in Of north at London." lie said;
•Some bouses there are leased until
the death of the duke of Coiumught.
There Is no other date attached to the
document." .
THK PULLMAN HERALD
THEIR LAST FEAST
Mohammedan Fanatics Paid
Dearly for "Brain Stew."
Excess of Zeal Discouraged by French
Authorities in Northern Senegal
in Effective Manner.
Boomba Is not the seat of Moham
medan culture in Africa. I'.omnba
lies in northern Senegal, behind the
west coast of Africa, humiliated at
the onward strides of Dakkar, a
worldly seaport knowing neither re
ligion nor shame. And let it be known
to all men that the natives In the
hinterland nigh unto Boomba at. as
the "wee sum' hours of the niornln',"
In blackest darkness; but seeking the
light of a great awakening.
Last month, while the Clontarf,
stout shipping-board vessel, now at
pier 28, fool of Pacific street, lay to
In the roadstead at Dakkar, a wave of <
revival hit the vicinity of Boomba, ac
cording to the assistant engineer.
The blacks got religion and the
blacklands resounded with the chant
of "There is no Cod hut Allah, and
Mohammed is his prophet"—in fervent
Senegalese.
Now. the German found the Sene
galese a flercesome soldier. On his
native jungle trail he is even more so.
On the warpath went the newly con
verted Mohammedans, with fire in one
hand and the sword in the other, after
the fashion of Snlnddln's host. They
were hound to out-Mohammed Mo
hammed and great was their zeal.
Furthermore, they were bound on a
quest to show their brethren, unbeliev
ing dogs mi the docks of Dakkur, that
a warrior of the jungles could acquire
that polish which some say comes only
to citizens of the worldly state, dwell
ing in a great metropolis.
There chanced across their march a
party of Frenchmen, hunting wild
beasts of the field. The Frenchmen
were, moreover, unbelieving dogs. The
slaughter was swift, pitiless and al
most painless. Eleven dead Mauls
were laid at the feci of the chief of the
Boomba hinterland.
"My children," cried he. in a rolling
brogue such a's is bandied about In the
jungle, "behold these men of culture
and little faith. They have the wis
dom of them who sit in high places,
hut they have the faith of the grovel
ing jackal. We have done well to
chop off their heads ."Tow we will do
well to acquire their wisdom. Let us
have brain stew, made from the brains
of the Frenchmen, In whom there was
Wisdom but little faith."
And so the stew was eaten.
About a week later, a dozen of these
fierce seekers after a great wisdom
were gathered in by the French au
thorities. And in another week they
were sent to another land, far beyond
the clouds, where the lioiiris tread the
mazes of the heavenly dance nnd wis
dom comes to nil men who are true
believers, At least, that is the tale as
told by the assistant engineer. And
thus endeth the quest of the converts
of the Boomba hinterland, searchers of
wisdom in the name of the prophet.—•
Brooklyn Eagle.
The World's Advancement.
Those who, in retrospect, recall the
days of the band sickle may well
marvel at the developments which have
taken place within their recollection!
They have seen, besides the develop
ment In agriculture, the inauguration
of almost countless devices and utili
ties. They have seen railroads built
across the continent, the telegraph and
telephone perfected, great steamship
lines established and more latterly the
motor car and the airplane utilized In
everyday affairs, Until the hand sickle
was laid aside it had been used since
that time to which the memory of men
runneth not to the contrary. And yet
to 'them, lt may seem the advent of
the grain cradle and the crude horse
drawn reaper was but as yesterday
Personified, those homely early devices
seem almost like the explorers of the
earlier ages who set out upon voyages
of discovery with nothing to guide
them but a vision of something grand
er and more beautiful than their eyes
had ever beheld.—Exchange.
New Discoveries in Crete.
Excavations at Knossos, Psneto*
and other sites In Crete have not mere
ly established the existence of a people
whose form of civilization was the
earliest in Europe, but have shown
much about their dally life, games,
amusements; their art. religion, writ
ing—though hardly yet their language:
their physical characteristics, dress
and the houses they live In:
A huge palace, as big as Bucking
ham palace, has been unearthed at
KiK'Ssos. It has a drainage system
that an eminent Italian arcfaeolnglsl
has described as "absolutely English.''
and that certainly anticipates the hy
draulic engineering of the Nineteenth
century. The men of science engaged
in the work estimate the age of their
discoveries at four thousand years.—
Discoveries.
Dehydrated Fish Valuable.
Electrical dehydrating plants foi
fish are promised as a result of recent
experiments in England, which demon
strate that it Is possible with tbe aid
of heated air to accomplish In a brie,'
time results that now require many
days of air curing, says Popular Me
chanics Magazine. Deprived of every
tr.ee of moisture, the fish meat ma J
'.c kept for years, and then restored
for three days in water. The dried
Mi"-! also may be ground Into a tin,
<!< ur. ii high food value. The pro em
bus been patentee in all countries.
ROMANCE
By ELEANOR H. RUSSELL.
I (EX lit SO. by McClure Nawa|>ap*i Syndic*!* ■
The letter addressed In an unknown
handwriting seemed to Jump to .Mines
eye as it lay on the table among the
day's mall. She slit it open eagerly
and as she read a soft flush res,' In
her face.
"Well. I never expected anything
like that written to me." she ex
claimed. "'A rare type of American
womanhood' and 'I should consider It
a privilege to come all the way from
New York to grasp your little hand.'"
The bold signature. "Gregory Phil
lips." told the story, lie was a suitor
of her chum, Grace, who lived In New
York. When Grace hail decided to
break her engagement to Gregory, and
not daring to confess It to him had
planned simply to disappear. Anne bad
written her a straightforward note of
advice.
"You've always been honorable ami
courageous." she had written. ''Don't
fall now. Face it out with him." And
Grace hnd heeded her advice and had
evidently told Gregory whence it came.
Tills was bis note of appreciation to
Anne, It brought a thrill to her as
she rend. A man much older than
she. who knew so much, holding her
Up as a criterion of all that was
womanly and fine! Ah, that was ro
mance!
But that evening romance bad to be
tucked away In the blouse of Anne's
gown, because Jim was coming to
take her to the movies.
In due time Anne answered the let
ter and a reply came quickly. She
wrote diffidently at first, but as time
went on she began to open her heart
more freely to her understanding
friend.
Even stolid, prosaic Jim though)
she was becoming more Indifferent
and dreamy than was tier wont.
"No, I don't want to go to walk.
I've got letters to write," she said
petulantly one evening.
"You'd better come out," replied
Jim. "Seems to me you're getting
kind of pale, nnd besides," here bis
face lit up. "I've a little house on
Pleasant street to show you.- Not a
very nice neighborhood, but just our
size."
"I'm sorry, Jim, not tonight," nnd
Anne closed the conversation.
A week Inter the crisis came.
Gregory Phillips wrote he was coming
from New York for the express pur
pose of seeing her. Anne's excitement
knew no bounds. She bought a whole
new outfit tor the occasion. A soft,
black satin dress and a dream of a
mallnes hat that set off her golden hair
to perfection, and a pair of dainty
slippers. They made a dent In her
Savings.
On the great evening Anne sat
a-twltter with excitement from the
trembling crown of her bat to the very
tips of her slippers, waiting for nlm
In a secluded corner of a hotel draw
ing-room. Surely they would know
each other, she thought, she and the
prince of her dreams. Suddenly she
looked up as a tall man entered with
a quick, self-assured step. Ills eyes
roamed over the room. Anne's heart
gave one great hound nnd then stopped
—completely. She felt stunned and.
obeying her first Impulse, bent her
head. For he was not at all ns her
Imagination bad pictured him. Thin,
a little bald, and even nt a distance
the lines under his world-weary eyes
and the stooping shoulders of disil
lusion had not escaped her.
"Did you think hiding your face
would prevent me from knowing you?''
startled her, and she looked up.
Anne never quite realized how she
got through the first sickening mo
ments or the miserable farce of "a din
ner. Her food lay barely tasted on her
plate while her "hero" talked on and
on. Nothing of how wonderful she
was now, but all of himself, his suc
cess, his money, his car and his clubs.
Somehow the evening progressed and
he left her at her door with the
words :
"Tomorrow afternoon, we'll have ten
and then I have tickets for the front
row of the best show In town." (Of
course, he would put lt that way. Ap
parently he had the best of every
thing.)
After he had gone, Anne faced the
facts squarely. How could she go
through two more whole days of It?
A poet on paper, hut such a * poor
prince! But she was a plucky little
thing and having gotten herself Into
the scrape she determined to see It
through. • ,
"And I fold Jim I'd be busy over the
whole week-end," she moaned to her
self.
Angered hy the undisguised disillu
sionment In Anne's face. Phillip^ grew
morose and sullen. He couldn't
Imagine why he had wasted his good
time and money on this little New
England Iceberg. He determined to
cut his trip short.
Their parting was chilly. Anne
smiled bitterly as she remembered
that at this stage she had expected to
tie wearing a diamond as big as an
egg. Disappointment was so strong
in both of them that they did not even
pretend that they ever hoped to meet
again. Anne closed the door and
shuddered as the taxi chugged off.
"And I thought that was romance."
she breathed.
The next Instant she was giving a
telephone number.
" '1.0 Jim Don't you want to come
; up? No, It's not too late. I thought
we might plan about furniture for
that little house on Pleasant street.
Five minutes? Oh. all right."
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This Spring
Head what the Cutbank (Mont.) Pioneer Press has to say of
the oil prospects tit Kevin, only a short distance from the
seth ( lnrkson property
"Sunday in Kevin looked like Riverside drive, with all the
sightseers from Shelby, Cut Hank, Sweet Grass and other
neighboring towns. The big attraction was Campbell's opera
tions on the Goeddertz ranch west of here.
"Oil activities in the Kevin region are assuming large pro
portions. The derrick timber for the (Jordan Campbell Co.
is being moved to its location some three miles northwest of
Kevin. Active drilling will commence in the course of a few .
days, as there is an abundant supply of water, and the bunk
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