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He BOUEbt the IsIi,nJ.

An amusing incident occurred dur
ing the last cruise of the English ship
Royalist in the neighborhood of the
New Hebrides. The time arrived for
the holding of the annual prize shoot
ing, but no suitable place could be
found for the erection of a target en-
cept small island in Southwest bay
This, however, was tribal property, and
as the natives had been taught to fear
the power of big guns, they bargaincd
that they should be paid for the island,
us it was sure to be blown to pieces.
Elaborate negotiations ended in chief
going off to the ship, when the requisite
agreements were entered into, and Capt.
Rason, of the Royalist, became the own
err of the island, the consideration be-
ing five sticks CT tobacco. A target
was then erected and some excellent
shooting took place.
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The Ideal Line,

: The members of the Baptist Young Peo~
pies Union who contemplate attending
national meeting Of that body in July, should
line from the East, North or Northwest,
than the popular Big -Four route via Cincin-
natl or Louisville. All through passenger
trains on this line are vestibuled, equipped
with Buffet sleepcrs, with Hotel Dining
Cars on day trains. At Cincinnati direct
connection is made in the same depot with
the Queen & Crescent Route, the Short Line
to Chattanooga, via the famous High Bridge.
AT Louisville, with the Southern Railway
and the Louisville & Nashville, via Nam.
moth Cave, and Nashville, allowing stop
over at both these points.
The fare from Chicago will be extremely
low: For rates, time cards, etc, address
T. P. A., No. 234 Clark St., Chicago.
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A BIRD, OF BATTLE.

Old Abe, the Eighth Wisconsin's Fn-
nous War Eagle.
The emperors of old Rome used to
have the figure of an eagle in silver
borne aloft before their armies, but in
Our late civil war one regiment carried
a live eagle, a bald-head, again and
again into battle. That regiment was
the Eighth Wisconsin volunteers, and
the bird was the special property of
company C. They bought him at the
beginning of the war, and, till the end
of the war, his place was next in rank
to that of the regimental flag. The men
named him Old Abe, and swore him into
the United States service, a ceremony
that consisted of putting around his
neck red, blue and white ribbons, and
decorating his breast with rosette of
the same. Being now a national bird,
he was furnished at state expense with
a new perch decorated in the national
colors, and this perch, which was used
throughout the war, and is worn and
battered with service, is still preserved
by Wisconsin as an army relic. An
eagle bearer was appointed, company C
was the regimental color company, and
when the company formed in. line the
eagle was always on the left of the color
bearer. Old Abe was in all the regi-
ment's battles. He had some of his tail
feathers shot away once, but he never
lost drop of blood, and more than that,
neither color bearer nor eagle bearer in
this regiment was ever shot, so the SOL
diers said that Old Abe led charmed
life, and that he cast spell of protec-
ton around these two men who were
his particular friends. He would grow
greatly excited in battle, and scream
and flap his wings continually; he
would also behave in this vainglorious
way any time that his regiment gave
vent to cheers, but to the cheering Of
other regiments he paid no attention.
After he had been in the army year he
always gave heed to "Attention;" he
would fasten his eye on the parade
commander and note time accurately.
When parade was dismissed he would
crop his military air and stretch and
flap his wings.
The soldiers were so inspired with
enthusiasm by their bird that at the
battle Of Corinth the confederate Gen.
Price said he would rather capture
that eagle than take the whole regiment
without him. But he was never taken,
and it was the boast of his regiment
that they never lost battle, though
they saw such hard service that nearly
half their original number lay, when
the war closed, in soldiers graves. The
old colonel of the regiment said
he sincerely believed that the
reg ment's proud record owed not a
little to the eagle; he shared Gen.
Prices view of the case.-Chicago In
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FOR YOUNG. PEOPLE.
GRANDMoTHER,s STITCHES.

What had happened to Emily Foote?
Every button was gone from her boot!
She noticed that morning that one was
loose;
It'll fix it at bedtime!' All, little the use!
Remember my Stitches grandmother
said,
AS she kindly nodded her dear. wise head.
"A corner rent in my dress, that's.all,"
And Mary ran for her cap and shawl.
TN mend it soon-now there isn't time!''
How she wished she'd needed her grand
mothers rhyme!
The rent grew long and ever so wide,
And kept her at home from the picnic ride.
Teddy was playing with ball and bat.
"I've started a stitch!" ION, never mind
that" %.'- %.
Answered his cnum, jolly Archibald May,
"'Twill last as long as we want to play"
"But grandmother says" 'Oh, bother
such things!'' ,@ n
So soon, the ball was but leather and
strings.
And grandmother's stitches - yours and
mine?
"A stitch in time, my dear, saves nine!'
"A. F. Caldwell. IN Youths Companion.
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THE AMERICAN RACE.
An Important investigation of Its
Origin and History.

An Important Investigation of Its
Origin and History.
One of the most interesting, if not
most important, explorations, from an
anthropological standpoint, ever Or
gained, is to be undertaken within the
next few months, under the auspices
of the American Museum of Natural His
tory. The object is the systematic
study of the peoples of the North Pacific
coasts between the Amoor river in Asia
and the Columbia in America. Three
expeditions will he fitted out under the
direction off. w. Putnam, and the work
of the investigators, which will be car
ried on in the state of Washington and
in British Columbia, at the Behring
straits, and along the Asiat tic coast, will
cover period of about six years.
The first of the three parties will leave
for Washington and British Columbia
toward the end of May. It will con-
sist probably of four men, under DR..
Franz Boas, assistant curator of the
museum, and will include Harlan L.
Smith, an assistant in the museum,
who will have charge of the archaeology
ical excavations. The expeditions to
Siberia and to Alaska: whose personnel
is not yet decided upon, will proba bly,
start this fall and next spring respec-
lively.
This important work is made posi-
Die through the generosity of Morris X.
Jessup, president of the American
museum, who provides the funds neces-
sary to carry on the investigation. The
expeditions will make careful studies of
the origin and early history of the Amer
lean race, and trace it's relations with
the races of the old world in the north.
Asiatic peoples has been much dis
cussed problem, and it is proposed to
go over the ground in a more thorough
and systematic way than has ever been
attempted before. This is TO be done
before the completion of the Siberian
railway and other civilizing influences
have destroyed the primitive conditions
now existent in northern Asia.
There are many obstacles to be over
come in the investigation. Climatic
conditions and difficulties Of transport
tation must be first considered. Far
greater, however, are the very condi-
tons that make the problem of race re-
lationship so attractive. On the two
sides of the North Pacific ocean nearly
so mutually unintelligible dialects are
spoken; great changes III the seats of
population have taken place; similar
tiles in the various mythologies and in
tee use of certain utensils and imple-
n.ents are discoverable; and the grad
uai transition of many tribal types is
well stablished.-Detroit Free Press.
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ded to me, and was going to ride on, but
I stopped him, and told him what had


I stopped him, and told him what had
happened to the, emigrants.
! "'Fred,' said, I'm not equal to tack.
ling three men like those, but you are.
Can't you do something to make them
give the old Imam his horses back again 2
''He. listened to all had to say with.
out a word or a change in his face.
When I had got through speaking he
gathered up his bride rein and started
on. He won't interfere said to my.
self. It's all up with the old mans
horses But in minute more he turned
eff the trail, dismounted, threw his
bride rein over a part of the corral, and
walked back to where we were as de-
liberate and calm as man could be.
care those the men, and are those
horses yours?' he asked the old man,
looking over to where the three men
were. ,.s 49,
"'They be-before God,' said the old
man. .-..
with the same GOODNESS and deliber-
alton as before Patterson walked over
to where the men were. Two of them
were just going to lead the horses to the
wagon to hitch them up; the third one
was fixing some packages under the
seat. All of them were tough-looking
customers, well-heeled with firearms
"'What are you doing with those
horses?' said Patterson. He spoke quiet
ly, but there was something in his tone
that made the two men by the horses
stop and look at him as if they had
been shocked by electricity.
"'What have you got to say about
it" said one of the men. But, bold as
he tried to be, his voice fell and trem-
bled before the look in Patterson's eye.
The man by the wagon was fumbling
under the seat.
"'You stole them from that old man!
Take them back to him!' said Patter-
son, and as he spoke the man by the
wagon pulled a shotgun from under
the seat and cooked it. I've no doubt
Patterson was watching him from the
corner of his eye, but he: did not turn
his head from the two men he was talk
ing to. Like flash his pistol came out
and cracked, and the man went down
across the wagon tongue, with the gun
under him, and lay there till they took
him up to bury him. Patterson's eye
never left the two men, who stood pale
and shaking, afraid to draw their guns.
Shifting his pistol to his left hand, he
reached up to the wagon box and took
down the whip. With it's heavy leather
braided lash he cut each of the two men
across the face with all his force.
"'Take those horses back to the own
err he commanded. And the two men
led the horses back to the old mans
wagon. Patterson followed, flashing
them with the whip at every step. 1t
was great sight the way those fell
lows jumped and writhed and yelled
and begged for mercy, the great welts
rising on their heads and faces where
the whip fell. The horses, frightened
at the swish of the whip, were rearing
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and jumping, but the men on their
lives didn't dare to let them break
away, for Patterson carried his pistol
in his left hand, and they had just seen
what had happened to their partner.
They got to the old mans wagon.
glitch 'cm up said Patterson, and
the fellows had to hitch those plunging
horses to the wagon, with the whip fall
ing on them as reminder when any,
thing went wrong. At last the horses
were harnessed to the wagon. Patter-
son made the two fellows stand at their
heads until the horses had got quieted
down. Then he said to them:
"'I'm going on to the Bill MCGOWAN
camp. If I see either of you two hounds
there I'll kill you on sight. Now git!'
AT his words the two men turned
and ran as if they were glad of the
chance to get way, looking now and
then over their shoulders to see if Pat
terson meant to turn loose on them
with his pistol.% They didn't mean to
take any more chances, but kept right
on running as long as we could see
them. Patterson spoke just once more
tt. the old man. 2...,* E@s>=
If they ever bother You again, come
to me- he said. Then he walked, as cool
as if nothing had happened, to where
his horse was, mounted and rode on his
way. But he carried with him pint
flask of whisky that I dropped into his
coat pocket before he started. The two
| fellows that Patterson had whipped I
never saw again, but the old man and
his family got to the mining camp all
right, and they started a boarding
house and did WELL
Patterson died with his boots on,
as most men do who take to the gun.
He was sitting in a BARRIERS chair being
shaved when man came behind him
and shot him in the head. He rose from
the chair, staggered to where his coat
was hanging, got out his pistol and then
fell dead with his pistol in his hand. - -.
n. -. Sun.
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Scottish CHIEFS 1gnoblc Fate.

A descendant of Rob Roy, the famous
Highland outlaw, recently died in n
Scottish poorhouse. He was chieftain'
of one of the principal branches of the
Clan Gregor, and there is considerable
indignation that such historic per-
sonage should have been allowed to
spend his last days in the garb of a
pauper instead of that of killed Gasl.
The pauper was the last descendant Of
Gregor Ghlun Dhu (Brack Knce), the
nephew of Rob Roy, who received a
commission from Prince Charles as
colonel in the Scottish army at the time
of the Highland rebellion.
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Monkey. Easily Catch Cold.

: Monkeys are proverbially bad proper
ty. But what would a circus and me-
nagerie be without the monkey cage?
The little, chirrupping mimics are live
~ enough when well, but brief expos.
ure to draughts or cold causes them to
develop pulmonary troubles and pneu-
monia soon ends their earthly tribula-
TONS. They will take medicine from
the hands of the keeper, slipping it out
of a spoon-even though the dose be
nauseous-for they seem to know that
it is intended to help them in their dis
tress. Their cough is almost human
and their expression is pitiful in the ex-
IRENE. AS a rule, however. medicine
does little or no good. They are too
delicately constituted to rally, except
under the most favorable circumstances.
Chicago Tribune. T
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PUNGEN'r PARAGRAPHS.

Does your poetry pay?' "Wcll,
It just keeps the wolf from the door,"
II suppose you read it to him Tit
Bits. s,,
AS Reported by the Papers.
that good hen, Uncle Josh?'' "a good
hen ?" said Uncle Josh. why, that ar
hen lays aggs as big as hailstun's De-
troit Free Press. j
-Infantile Brag.-One Little Girl
''My father belongs to one of the first
families" The Other Little Grizzly
paw always sees the first bluebird every
spring. indianapolis Journal. r
The Neighbours Mistake.-'''Don'
you think your son little fast, Mrs.
Sweetly?" Ear from it. He is so slow
that we can never get him to breakfast
before noon" Detroit Free Press.
Author "Mary, I've made mis-
take in my calling not an author,
but born chemist. Authors Wife
what makes you think that, Horace?"
Author-''Well, every book write be-
comes drug on the market" -Tit-Bits.
The Complete Angler.-"What's a
fishingrod?" cts handsome iointed
arrangement your father holds out over
the water" "What's fishing pole?"
Its a long wooden stick your Uncle
Pill catches fish with" Chicago Rec
ord.
Only Hint.-He-"Do you believe
in palmistry-that you can tell any
thing by the hand?' She-"Certainly;
now, for example, if had certain
kind of ring on a certain finger of my
left hand, people would know that I was
engaged Truth.
Curiosity Satisfied.-"I beg your
pardon.'' said the passenger in the long
linen buster. leaning over the back of
the seat in front of him, -''but would
you mind tellin' me how your nose got
all knocked over to one side, the way
it is?" ''Not at ALL" cheerfully re-
sponded the passenger on the seat in
front. cit was done one time when I
was poking it into other folks busi-
ness."-Chicago Tribune.
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Whole steamed Potatoes.

# Pare the potatoes, choosing those as
nearly Of a size as possible. Cook till
done, pour off the water, cover them
with hot milk and stew ten minutes.
Take the potatoes in a hot vegetable
dish; thicken the milk that is left with
a tablespoonful of butter rubbed into
a heaped tablespoonful of -four, let
boil up and season with salt and pep
and pour over the potatoes. Detroit
Free Press.
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the stuffed birds are marked saves"
This means that they belong to the
''class" called aves, the second among
the Invertebrates" or animals which
lave a skeleton.
The first class has two subdivisions
the flying birds and the running birds.
Then these ''subdivisions' are still
further divided into "accipiters' Tor
the vulture order), ''passeres" Tor
perchers), "scansores" Tor climbers).
'gallinacae" Tor game birds), 'gralla-
tcres'' (or waders) in the first
subdivision. In the second is
the ''brevipennate," or such birds
as the ostrich, cassowary, etc.
For the present we will contine
ourselves to the flying birds-and to
that family" Tor part) commonly
called warblers. Most everyone loves
the song birds-they are so beautiful,
and fill all the air with such delightful
music. Beside this they are always
friendly to those people who love them,
and who don't try to injure them.
There are many things about the song
birds which call for our admiration
and love. Their beautiful forms seens
to be the perfection of grace; their pref
" ways are innocence itself; the col
ors which give beauty to their feathers
can never be equaled by any painter,
be he ever so skillful.
Then did you ever notice how tender
and loving they are toward their little
ones? How hard the father works to
supply the birdlings with food? How
bravely they fight to protect the nest
lings from the snakes, who would rob
the little mother of her children? Then
watch the parent bird as it tries to
teach the little ones to fly, for the first
time. And their nests! Did you ever
think of the skill which they show in
building their little homes? One of
these days we may write a letter on
birds nests, and try to describe some of
the different kinds. There arc almost as
many varieties of nests as there are styles
of houses where youlive. Thercare nests
made of sticks, of leaves, of hair, of
clay, of sand and many other sorts.
There are builders among the birds
just as skillfui as the men who built the
"sky scraper" buildings at Chicago.
But there are SO many nice things to
write about birds that we are tempted
to write too much, for you might get
tired and forget all about it. Now
couldn't you get up a little society or
club for protection to the birds? You
might call it the BIRD Lovers" per-
haps. Then all the members must
promise to do all they can to prevent
others from killing the birds, or from
robbing the nests. Not only this. but
they must ask all their lady friends to
stop wearing the bodies or the wings Of
birds on their bonnets. If they don't
stop this cruel practice it will not be
long before the birds will all be killed,
and boys and girls who are born a few
years from now will never see bird on
the wing, or enjoy the sweet music
which comes from the tree top.
H. H. WATERS.
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A Mistake Corrected.

= "Grandna,'' said a Murray Hill young
lady, Clara Van Spuyten says that you
ard grandpapa kept a corner grocery
store when you were young. .
''She is mistaken said grandmam-
ma.
II knew she was, the mean spiteful
thing. The ideal" 1857
Yes, she is mistaken" went on the
old lady, retrospectiyely; 1--WE kept 9
grocery store, but it wasn't on .
corner. ''-Tammany Times.
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!. THE STUDY. or BIRDS.
How Our Boys and Girls Can Pass
Many Bright Hours.


Many Bright Hours.
Who among our young readers has
ever studied the birds? We go to school
to study, but I've almost always study
books only. For instance, we begin
with reading, spelling and writing,
then we take up geography, arithmetic.
and grammar. Afterward some of us,
who have time, and can afford it, get
as far as geometry, physiology, Latin
and Greek. But there are other books
to study beside these-and other teach
ers, from whom we may learn; and
the best of all is the great wide open
book of nature, whose author is God.
This school is never closed, and the
teacher never takes a vacation. You
may say: IT think this is a queer
school," But it isn't; for it is the most
common school in the world. Some of
the studies are the sky, the clouds, the
ocean, the mountains, the woods, the
fields, the flowers and the birds. The
great study of nature is so big that we
can never hope to learn it all, but we
may learn something about few Of
l.
of a little girl who was asked about her
school. and she answered:
My school roof is the dappled sky,
And the bells that ring for me there
Are all the voices of morning,
Afloat in the dewy air.
Kind Nature is the madame,
And the book Whereout spell
Is 'dog-eared' by the brooks and glens
Where know the lesson WELL"
An old Spanish saying is 'poco 4
poco," which means little by little. So
let us begin with one of the smallest
of natures wonders, the little bird. IT
you should go to Lincoln park, at Chi
cago, you would see beautiful build
ing fronting on Clark street, right in
the park, and across the front in stone
letters you would see the words: "Acad-
envy of Sciences" Inside the building
are nice cases made of polished oak
and fine plate glass; and in these
cases are thousands of specimens of
minerals, fossils, shells, fish, snakes, ami
mails, birds and many other natural
curiosities. The cases which contain
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Locu.ts and Their ..Fr,ena. ;,

It is q well-knOwn fact in natural his
tory that certain animals and fishes
have friends" whose company acts as
q safeguard against danger and it, is
now reported that the locust, advanc-
ing in Intelligence, has secured similar
protection. OF late strenuous efforts
have been made in the 'lransvaal to save
the crops from devastation, but, to the
CONSERVATION OF the farmers, the new
=hordes Of locusts bring with them scores
Of black insects which sting horribly
whenever their patrons are sinterfered
with. What the reward Of the body
guard ls does not appear. Montreal
Herald and Star. 3 4.
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parted I'm the Middle.

Mr.. Rattlebone's mouth is disfigured
by the absence Of one Of his front teeth.
His little son surprised him the other
day by asking rs
8 Il ather, dear, what makes you part
Jour teeth in the middle y Golden
Days.
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An Important Point.

"A little girl, uged nine, called her fa-
Their to her bedside the other evening.
Papa Z said the little diplomat, Il
want to ask your advice. =
well, my dear, What5i it about? %
B What do you think twill be best to
give me for birthday present -
Brit day Bulletin.
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lYell ArranRed.

Mrs. McSmith returned us much
cheaper coffee than she borrowed Of u.s."
#s well, put it in a jar BY itself and
lend it to her when she comes again. - ~
Chicago Record. /
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Too Much to Ask.

He-The Bible says we shall forgive
our enemies, you know.
She-Eut, thank goodness. it does
not insist that we shall forgive our
friends. -IndianapOlis journal
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1hE sIeo!R !! !, TitlfS
3
WHITEHEAD PATTERSON
"a Fad Man of tho West Who
Wasn't Wholly Bad.
He Did Not Kill Everybody, and
When He Set Out to Right q
Wrong He Did 1t In
Style.

GREAT many men
have gone down in
history as being
bad men in the
early days on the
Pacific SLOPE said
Maj. Edward Rags
dale, Of Topeka,
Kan. "But some
of the most dan
gerous men, who
were greatly feared
in their day, are
little heard of now.
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Every time man looks thoughtful as
long as two minutes at time, his wife be-
gins to wonder what is on his conscience
Atchison Globe