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abdomen and first stroke) then both
quickly flung out, wide apart (second
stroke), just as one has seen a frog
do-who, by the way, is the best swim
ming master in the world. The last
stroke was to draw the legs together
while still out straight with all The
strength the practicing swimmer pos
sessed. One, two, three, she counted,
and the legs were submitting so well
to the training that longed to try it
myself. Why had never thought to
have my boys learn swimming this
way? What blessing such practical
work would have been on a rainy day.
AS watched the gyrating legs with a
kind of fascination they suddenly be-
play with motion reminding one of
the movement of oars. Madge by this
time knew washer and beckoned me
nearer. "Now watch my hands and
arms, aunty," and with the palms down
ward she held them to her chest, the
elbows close to her sides. "First move
ment," she called out; then out shot
the arms forward, side by side; now
second movement" was called, then
with the hands turned thumbs down
ward she swept them as far as possible
away out into the sea of air, and third
movement" was accomplished.
Over and over again the girl prac-
ticed these movements, and day after
day it was kept up until arms and legs
became flexible and were ready to take
as naturally as ducks to water. The
exercise was soon followed out with
as little thought as one gives when
walking '1eg over leg as the dog went
| to Dover" After all. this is the true Sc
cret of learning to swim-to use the
arms and legs in the water with as lit
tie thought as one gives to their mo-
ton on land, and if this has been at
tanned while beating against the air
only think of the pleasure of using
these motions in the cool, clear waterl
Once the leg stroke is conquered in
learning to swim more than half the
battle is fought; the arms afterward
fall in naturally to their share in the
water propelling. DIR. Walker says this
may be attained to perfection by those
who can't manage to practice in ham
mock by lying across the wooden foot
board Of bedstead, using pillow un
der the body and clutching the mattress
with the hands to preserve the proper
balance. Beware lest anyone CONS
across such scholar in such swim
ming school, for he win surely b
clapped into a straigbtjackes and car
ried OF to Bedlam. Practicing in du'
seclusion, however. there is no reason
WHY Young and old should not come t
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a HAMMOCK SCHOOL.
How TO Learn to Swim without Co
ing Near the Water.


ing Near the Water.
Madge was determined to know how
to swim. To be sure, there was no water
within many miles of her home, but a
fortnight was shortly to be spent by
her close to that most lovely swimming
ground, the Long Island sound. She
had firmly made up her mind that, in
all the bravery of her new bathing
suit, she would calmly walk in waist
deep and then strike off, swimming like
frog, before The eyes of the aston
ished family, all this to take place the
very first day they all went bathing to-
gether.
Such picture, in the minds eye.
formed the most delightful surprise
that any girl of IL could possibly i'm
agine, but how was it to be managed.
with no place for practice? This is
the very question am setting out to an
swer, for, as Madge accomplished her
design and became an expert swimmer,
and yet obeyed the command, Don't
go near the water" there is no reason
why other girls-and boys-should not
prepare themselves for summer fun,
and also lose forever all fear of drown
ing, by practicing the same means used
by her.
This wonderful swimming school was
held on the back veranda; the apparat-
us that held her in position to prac-
tice to nicely the most practical leg
and arm movement imaginable was
nothing more nor less than an ordinary
hammock. The onlyteacherwas silent
one, consisting of few directions she
had read, given by DR.. Walker, written
out and hung where she could consult
them. When / first saw this figure,
with its arms and legs moving so
strangely, it seemed as if the back
veranda had suddenly become the play
ground of a crazy girl, instead of the
Madge who, from fodder of two, had
made this the jolliest sort of spot as
soon as mild weather began. My conf
dence in this rather tomboy child was
very great, so utterednota sound, but
watched and listened. There she was,
in her gymnasium suit, face downward,
and just now was practicing the leg
stroke. The legs were tucked under the
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A SOUTH AFRICAN PEST.
Balloons Prey ON Valuable stock md
Delight in MischievOus Deeds.

Delight in MischievOus Deeds.
The South African colonists have got
rid of their lions and elephants. but
they have not yet been able to get the
better of the baboon. A balloon,
although somewhat like dog. has all
the mischieyousness of a man. 1t is
the ugliest animal in all crea,;Ck- The
Beers call him Adonis. and never desig-
nate him under the official name that
has been given him by science.
Now this creature is the curse of the
Cape colony. He commits depreda-
tions for the love of the thing. Any i'm
prudent tomcat that ventures too far
away from home is sure to be captured
and strangled for fun by a baboon.
Nearly all the Angoras, the choicest
animals imported by the colonists,
have been destroyed by these huge
monkeys. Even the dogs share the
same fate. The bravest and most pug
nacious of the English canine breeds
are unable to cope with adversaries,
armed with just as powerful jaws, and
with the immense advantage of having
four hands instead of four paws. With
a dexterity that conspicuously exhibits
his surgical aptitude the baboon
bleeds his enemy in the throat, and in
less than minute the duel ends in the
death of the dog.
When the shepherd is away and the
dog has been disposed of the flock is
left without defense. Although the
baboon usually feeds upon lizards and
beetles, he does not despise a few
mouthfuls of mutton, which he devours
seated on the back of his living victim.
Unfortunate are the goats and sheep
that are attacked by these cynoceph-
ali. When Adonisi finds his appetite
fully satisfied he enjoys at a little dis
lance the contortions of his victim. He
frequently attacks cows, but never at
tempts to get into close quarters with
bull. The ostrich, thanks to his ex-
traordinary speed, can easily get away
from the baboon, but it is very much
afraid of him, and Immediately runs
off on hearing his bark. 1t is note
worthy that nature has given the
baboon not only the head of a dog, but
also the voice of dog. All birds that
are not remarkable for their intelli-
gence have an insurmountable dread
of the cynocephalus.
One of the principal amusements of
these big monkeysis to gambol around
the wire fences that protect the tame
ostriches just to terrify them. The
panic among them is SO great that they
often break their legs in their wild
rushes. This is a pastime which the
monkeys seem to enjoy hugely. 1t is
known that broken leg for an ostrich
means death sentence.-Paris Figaro.
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She Didnt mink SO.

Nora was in her night dress. Mrs.
Strong, having given her good night
kiss, reminded her.gently. as usual. not
to forget her prayer to God that she be
made good littleigirl.
"Must l ask Him that every night.
mammal" Nora asked. gravely.
"Yes, little one" her mother replied.
Nora was thoughtful for moment.
Mamma" she said, in an injured tone,
sis such dreffully bad little girl as all
hat?"-Demorest' Magazine
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Te|eg|0l|s B|ie|ed

Judge Chaison dies in Beaumont.
He was well known in southwest Tex
as.
Earthquake shocks felt at Trieste
and Venice.
Greece is in arms against the peace
treaty and the Chambers may reject
it.
William fulsomely lands his enter
tainers at the Austrian state banquet.
Press and people of Athens protest
against the treaty.
Collision of steamers in the port of
Fiume, Vienna, causes several deaths.
Francis Joseph is in bad humor
and rebukes his officers repeatedly in
public.
Nicaraguan rebels are unquiet all
over the state outside of Managua.
British steamship ordered to sail for
Guatemala.
Southwestern passenger officials are
trying to fix up rates at st. Louis.
Ohio Valley frosts damage tobacco
and raise quarantine.
Health officer Sweringin is down on
the quarantine line.
Board of inspectors appointed for the
Brennan camp, colored, which meets
Thursday.
Mexican war veterans hold a conven-
ton in Nashville, 200 present.
Pennsylvania sheriff at Hazelton and
deputies held undre bond for murder.
Settlement agreed upon with the
Kentucky miners and will return to
work Monday.
Arlington, Ga, has a fire that sweeps
away twenty buildings.
Heavy gale at Savannah ties up the
shipping in that section.
Bureaus reports the past week fav-
orable for gathering crops.
Irish-American day crowded the
halls at Nashville.
Complaint is made that Tennessee
is shipping ticky cattle to Chicago.
Spiritualist convention is holding
sessions in FIT. Worth.
Judge Russell, of the, Brownsville
district resigns after 20 years service.
Texas declares against sanctifcation.
Great Britain secures the good will
OF the Mahdi, who will not oppose the
Egyptian advance.
London business is engineering a
protest against the silver move of the
Bank of England.
The Hawaiian congress has ratified
the treaty of annexation, vote taken
on the 10th.
William Gantz jumps from the
Brooklyn bridge and comes out OF ii
with life and honor. No cash.
President Mckinley has gone to
North Adams to get rid OF pie hunters
Cabinet meeting held, but Cuban
affairs not discussed
Japan denies that she is averse to ar.
bitration.
Cabinet discusses the case of thj
Georgia postmaster who was shot al
on account of his color.
President commutes the death sen
sence of Territory murderer.
Full blood kills his wife near EN-
met, /. T., because she was absen
from home on his return.
Young Lamhon, San Angelo stabber
Is bailed in $3.50.
Yellow fever is spreading at New Or
leans and is assuming more seriou
aspect at Edwards.
Dr. Holt, of New Orleans, defies tn
board of health. He will not be prose
cuted.
There have been six deaths in NeI
Orleans from yellow fever to date.
st. Louis is little rippled over
sick redge-boat-worker fearin
fever.
Detention camp for 900 establishe
20 miles north Of Mobile.
Mobile questions if there is any tru
yellow fever there.
Mislapp, leader Of the Arkansa
moonshiners, is captured.
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

Fifty-seven instructors, 751 stu
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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
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TEACHERS COURSES lead to per-
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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
Confers n degree of Civil Engineer.
LAW DEPARTMENT. be-
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Sept. %; naturalization fee, payable
only once, $50. A two years course
leads to degree of Bachelor of Laws
and entities holder to practice in any
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-(Loca.
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their holiday-making this year armed
yes, and legged = for speeding
through the water as speedily as on a
bicycle going downhill.-Emily Ford.
in Chica go aInter0cean.
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Light frost at Cairo and no new cases
of fever. Both cases recovering.
Cases at Edwards more serious and
some black vomit.
Persons from infected localities
must pass through Nashville without
stopping.
New York murderer caught while at
home getting some food.
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DON'T ORDER.

Your Fall Suit until you see those
Nobby Imported Suitings "Lentz" the
Tailor is showing this season. They
are the very latest. Prices are right
too. Stiff
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DESIRABLE CHAPS

ALWAYS FIND A WELCOME AMONG THE
MAIDS, but the chaps who are UEDEsIRABLE
meet with a COLD RECEPTION. tits, therefore,
to the interest of those persons to BRACE UP AND
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For Delicacy,

for purity, and for improvement of the COM
plexion nothing equals PozzosI's PowpER.
The herald., 1897-12-03
WILD wEATHnn
Again Raging Along the Coasts Of
England


LONDON. Dec. 2. - Fierce storms
again broke out over the coasts of Eng
land last night, and the scenes recorded
during the early part of the week are
recurring. Heavy hail, snow and rain
storms accompanied the gales. The Do
yer Channel is temporarily blocked,
and several vessels are reported to have
been wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.
The number of wrecked vessels off the
Norfolk coast and the fury of the storm
on the Kentish seaboard are unexam-
pied. Heavy SHOWS have fallen in sew
eral parts of France.
The British ship Persian Empire, from
London, for Table Bay, collided with the
British steamer Carlisle City during a
gale Tuesday while off Deal and the Per-
sian Empire was considerably damaged
on her port side.
At Margate, England, the volunteer
life boat capsized this morning Off Nay
land Rock. The fourteen men com
prising her crew were drowned.
The Margate life boat. when the acci-
dent occurred, was on her way to rescue
the crew OF a large vessel, supposed to
be the Persian Empire. The life boat
was about two miles off shore when she
wes overturned
Later in the day the Persian Empire
was taken in tow for London.
The Carlisle City, with which steamer
the Persian Empire had been in colli-
sion, proceeded on her voyage.
The herald., 1897-12-03
A Suspicious Death

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-Mrs. VIM.
E. Hawley committed suicide in Oakland
on September 7th, and Coroner's jury
recorded verdict of suicide that same
afternoon The remains were buried the
following Thursday in her former home
in Napa.
The will that Mrs. Hawley left. be-
queathing her property to her husband,
has been contested by her sisters and
brothers. and her remains have been ex-
humed and her skull is now in the hands
of a San Francisco chemist for examina-
ton. The relatives charge that the will
produced by the husband which is in
tended to benefit him to the extent of
$50. 900, is forgery, and, while they will
say nothing as to the purpose of the
examination of the skull, they have put
detectives on the case and the supposi-
ton is that they desire to prove that
Mrs. Hawley did not commit suicide.
The herald., 1897-12-03
LIKE LOTTERIES
Missing Letter Ads Barred From the
Mails

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.--The Postofllce
Department is taking a firm stand
against the so-called missing letter
and missing word" contests which are
being conducted by number of pub
fishers to increase their subscription
lists. The lottery law directs that the
Postmaster-General, upon evidences sat
isfactory to himself that a concern or
person is operating through the mails
lottery. or scheme offering prizes de-
pendent upon lot or chance, to prohibit
the delivery of mail matter to it. All
newspapers and periodicals containing
advertisements of the character named
are forbidden transmission in the mails.
This law, it is now announced at the
Postoffice Department, will be applied
to all schemes which are violations of 1t
if they are continued in operation or ad-
vertisements of them are published.
Missing letter" contests are held to
be such violations because many correct
answers are given, but only one list is
deemed the correct list" by the pro-
moter of the scheme. The chance con-
sists In GUESSING what words compose the
so-called correct list" Such schemes
are held to be especially obnoxious, ow-
ing to the skilful wording of the adver-
tisement which makes the chance for
obtaining a prize more remote than in
the defunct Louisiana Lottery.
The herald., 1897-12-03
INVESTIGATION WANTED
"Water That Has Passed. the Basis
of a Kick to the Council

Copies of the following anonymous
communication addressed to the League
for Better City Government were re-
ceived yesterday by mail by each Of the
members Of the city council:
Allow us to call your attention to the
water overseer's office, backed up and
sustained by our city council, in taking
from the riparian owners all the surplus
waters OF the river after the city is sup
piled, and selling it outside of the city,
contrary to law and the decision of the
supreme court, that they shall not do SO.
When ourcity council sets the example
of taking the property of others, to tho
amount of many thousands of dollars
each year, why should they escape pub
lie condemnation, while those smaller
thefts are hunted to their holes? Give
them an investigation, and for proof and
details, call on the
RIPARIAN OWNERS
OF the surplus waters of the river.
The herald., 1897-12-03
NO BOOTY FOUND
A Train Robber Holds Up Minstrel
Troupe

ST. LOUIS, Dec "A special to the
ost-Dispatch from Keokuk, Iowa, says:
zone lonely robber with his face hidden
by mask, and armed with a revolver.
attempted to rob the passengers of the
north bound st. Louis, KeokulS and
Northwestern train, which arrived here
early this morning a minstrel troupe
and theatrical company We're aboard
the cars. The robber got on at La
Grange, Mo, about forty miles below
here.
Soon after the train left La Grange,
the desperate, who had taken Il seat in
the smoker, put a mask on his face and,
drawing revolver, started through the
train.
"Pistol in hand, he demanded the
money and valuables of the passengers.
There was a scramble to get out of his
way, but some of the men in the coach
stood their ground and attempted to
disarm the bandit, who fired three shots
from his revolver, none of which took
effect. He lost his mask in the scufIle,
and finally escaped from the platform,
springing to the ground while the train
was going at full speed. The bandit
secured no booty, and his mask is in the
possession of one of the theatrical
party"
The herald., 1897-12-03
NOT so LARGE
Water Bond Petition Contains Only
Three Thousand Names

At the time that the petition asking
the council to call an election for the
issuance of bonds with which to secure
city water service was presented to
the city council the statement was made
to that body that the document con-
tained the signatures of between 5000
and 10000 property owners. No action
was taken by the water supply commit
tee in regard to the matter. although
the petition was closely examined. 1t
is one of the longest petitions that has
ever been presented to the council and
more out of curiosity than from any
other motive, several of the members
of the council decided yesterday to count
the names. They found 1881 signatures,
or about one-third Of the number that
was claimed for it. 1t is not certain
what action will be taken in regard to
the matter, if any at all is taken at pres
ent.
The herald., 1897-12-03

that OF the Phoenix Indian school. The
Pima and Maricopa braves are well
trained, tough and active, but they had
not the weight of the northern men and
were routed. 1t should be told that the
Prescott team played great ball, but 1t
should be told also that the Indian is
to be counted out when it comes to rough
play on the gridiron. 1t was slogging
game, and the Indian is not a very good
fighter at close quarters. There is to be
a return game at Prescott Christmas
day. In preparation for it I am told
| there have been recruited half dozen
colossal buck Indians from the Pima re :
serve and that the instructions they will
carry will cause peace to fly the field in
dire alright. Hostilities will commence
from the first sound of the referees
whistle.
The Indian school, located about three
miles north of Phoenix, Is one of the
model institutions of the nation. The In
dian Is taken in hand when less than
s years of age and kept till taught
enough of the white mans industry and
arts to make living according to the
white mans plan. English Is used to the
exclusion of the tribal tongue and every
appointment of the school is opposed to
the tribal usages. There are about 5000
Pimas and Maricopas on the reservation
near Phoenix. Between the schools at
Phoenix and Sacaton, on the reserve,
fully three-fifths of the Indian children
are now being educated at the govern
ment's expense.
TAKEN FROM BARBARISM
Four hundred are enrolled at Fhoenix.
about 100 being detached, mainly in en-
ployment as domestic servants. To
qualify them for positions, the girls are
taught cooking and general housework
and the boys before they leave the school
are competent in the general run of
farm work and in the care of horses.
One of the boys, Oliver Wellington, is
clerk in Phoenix clothing store and is
a drawing card for the trade of his peo-
pie.
The school has been exceptionally for
tunate in the character of it's superin-
tendents. The first was Professor Rich,
we'll know mas an authority on the Sioux;
the second was J. L. Hall, now at Ban
ming, Cal, and present incumbent is S.
NJ. MCGOWAN, late superintendent at the
Albuquerque school, He has even broad
ened the liberal and effective methods of
iAio PASQCtSSSOlS anu the lnStllUllOI Is
showing his work. The most apparent
feature of the training to a visitor is the
adaptabiity of the Indian to the amuse-
ments of civilization. The football and
baseball teams are exceptionally good.
There is redskin brass band that plays
better than the usual village aggrega-
tion. There is a military company of ex-
ceptional merit and the whole school,
girls not excluded, forms battalion that
would delight the Oldest drillmaster. |
Sunday afternoons there is dress parade, |
a feature that draws crowds from the |
city.
For his charges Superintendent Nc
Cowan has all praise. The main diff |
Guilty, almost the only difficulty, lies in |
overcoming the constitutional and in |
herited sloth of the red races.
JAMES II. MCLINTOCk.