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dren as solemnly as an old-time preacher.
Why do you like to catch your cousinsy'
asked Buster John.
"Cackityl Because-ek they are my cou-
| sins. ek-ekr'
Maybe you've already caught some OF
your brothers and sisters" said Sweetest
Susan. using what Buster John called her
Sunday school voice.
Elk! hope so! / want-ek to catch my
daddy ard my NANNY. Cackityi Didn't
they push me from the meet and leave me
on the ground in the rain and cold? Elk 4
remember And when / went back among
them didn't they drive me away2 CaCkity!
They said 1 smell like man. I've paid
them WELL and III pay them better. Ek-
ek-ekr'
In the distance Buster John saw a chick
en- hawk circling around.
Get under the house, Cawky; yonder
comes a hawk"
''Ek-cackityi A hawk He rose IN tho
air and few to the top OF neighboruE
pine and sat there swinging The hawk
came nearer and nearer, circling on mo-
tionless p.nions. a picture OF wild beauty.
Suddenly Cawky rose in the air. and be-
gan to circle. too.
"Kerray-kerree"" This was the war cry
Of Cawky's brethren. Twice or thrice re-
peated at intervals. II meant a hawk Re
peated a dozen times with no interval. 10
meant that an owl had been discovered
asleep in the woods.
The hawk made lusty effort to escape
and would have succeeded II Cawky had
crows were seen rising in the air-sOme
ahead OF the hawk. some behind her and
some each side. Rising and circling,
she suddenly swooped and struck at
Cawky. but missed him by hairs breadth,
she came down with n rush and a swish.
Il was fierce but foolish move. Before
the hawk could recover herself the whole
colony of crows was upon her. and they
began battle royal, which could have but
one result
The hawk was fierce and desperate. her
talons were sharp and her beak was strong.
The crows had no talons. but their beaks
were numerous. More than one was com
PEELED to fly heavily away the result
of moments contact with the hawk. but
place on the hawks back. out of reach of
bcak and talons, and bore her slowly to
earth, where, in the course of a few mo-
roents. she was killed outright
The children ran forward hard as they
could when they saw the hawk falling. but
she was dead when they reached the scene,
and Cawky was strutting around her,
chuckling and talking to himself ready to
strike her with his strong beak IL she
showed any sign of life.
There was nothing to do but to carry
the hawk TO the house as a trophy. and
show her to Miss Elviry who expressed
great satisfaction, and gave il her firm
very same hawk that had been snatching
her young chickens right from under her
nc sc for two seasons past No doubt Miss
Elviry was right for the hawk very
large and fat
BY that time Johnny Bapter had returned
from his errand to Harmony Grove. He
called the children and they clambered into
the wagon, and by dinner time they were
safe at home.
END PART XII
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A Lively Town.

the Rio Negro the Rio Branco and the
Madeira. SO that you can reach any part of
| the upper Amazon region from this point.
A Lively Town.
Manaos has about $1,000 people. 1t has
wide streets paved with cobble stones.
many of which were brought up the river
from Para. 1t has many houses faced with
tiles imported from Europe, and it has sew
eral fine government structures, such as
the treasury, the palace and the cathedral.
l call the cathedral government struc-
ture, for it is largely supported by the gov
eminent The bishop of the province of
Amazonas presides over 1T and 1t is the
central point for the religion of this part
of the world. The government has large
income from it's export duty on rubber, and
the pickings are probably great.
There are two hotels here. The one at
which l am stopping is kept by french
woman, who charges exorbitant prices for
poor food, but who has fairly good cook
We have coffee and bread and butter for
breakfast. table d'hote lunch and course
dinner. Wine and mineral waters are very
dear, costing at least 30 per cent more than
they do in any other part of Brazil.
Manaos is lighted by electricity. 1 have
electric lights in my room at the hotel, and
l was surprised this afternoon to be called
to the telephone to talk with a merchant in
the other part of the city.
Manaos is a very advanced town for
South America. 1t has telephone system
with 10 subscribers, which gets conceS-
| sion of $4,000 a year from the government
| for it's service.
| Its electric lighting plant is owned by an
American syndicate, which is now also put
| ting in an electric street car line. The equip
ment and all the electrical supplies are
being brought from the United States, but
| the coal so far is English, although Ameri-
can coal is beginning to come in.
ManaOs has daily newspapers. 1t has a
museum, college and schools. 1t has an
! hal y1rrra and oil nr chs ffon q
| institutions. l have been much interested
| in it's stores. They keep all sorts of goods.
and the stocks of some of them run into
| the hundreds of thousands of dollars. They
| ship from here to all parts of the upper
| Amazon and the rubber camps rely largely
upon Manaos for their supplies. 1 told
| that the merchants make big money, and
| that they will not look at anything that
| pays less than 25 per cent. The most of
| them are interested more less in the
rubber forests, and nearly all are to great
| extent purchasers and shippers of rubber.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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Trne WOmanho hood.
From the Criterion.


Mrs Willie K. Vanderbilt. jr., has
startled Newport by going to market each
morning and making a personal selection
of fruits, meats and fish for her table. She
has also introduced the innovation of pay
ing cash for her purchases, something I'M
heard of among the Newport cottagers.
whose habit of having things charged and
bills sent monthly is a boon to the dealers
at the Rhode Island colony. as elsewhere.
Every housekeeper knows that while the
latter plan saves time and trouble, it puts
many dollars into the pockets of the mar
ket men. Mrs. Willie K, jr., has shown
her good sense and good training in this.
as in many other respects since her mar
riage The idea that a careful espionage of
servants and household affairs is beneath
the dignity of a woman OF position and
fashion is an entirely erroneous one, bred
among the most undesirable social circles.
Many women of fashion make a boast that
they have rid themselves of their house
hold cares, servants, etc, by employing
housekeeper for the purpose as they en-
ploy nurses and goyernesSes for the care
of their children, but women who preside
over the happiest homes are those who
give their attention to the small details Of
the household menage and the nursery.
Two notable examples are Mrs. Grover
Cleveland and Mrs. George Gould, both OF
whom have presided over their homes and
their children, not as figure heads, but
actually guiding and overlooking the care
of their babies and the workings of the
domestic program from day to day. These
women's lives seem to be filled with the
gentler duties and joys of existence, to
the exclusion of every possibility for re-
mark and gossip. And there are numerous
women in fashionable life, as well as In
circles less important socially, who take
pleasure in the idea that the role of chate-
laine is still a crown of graceful dignity
more desirable than gems of great price.
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Books Worth Their Weight in Gold
and Much More.
From the st. Louis Star.

| From the st. Louis Star
The first printing press was brought into
| England by a merchant named CaXton. who
! forsook his trade to enjoy the favor Of the
Duchess of Burgundy, sister Of Edward ~
of England, and in 147G imported from Ger
many printing outfit, which he established
in building adjoining Westminster Abbey
especially for the purpose Of publishing his
translation of the history of Troy Recuen
des Histories de Troyes). Ii was the first
English book ever printed, and in 1885 a
copy was sold by the Earl of Jersey To
Bernard Quaritch. in London, for s.. 100.
The next book printed in England was
The Game and Playe of the Cheese. Copies
have been sold as high $1,000 The first
English book both written and printed in
England G4S9D was Dictes and Savings of
the Philosophers, of which only four copies
are known One of them was sold last year
by the Earl Of Ashburnham for 5000.
The first book printed in America was
Doctrina Christiana, by Juan Cromberger,
in the City of Mexico. in 1853. So far as
known. there is not a copy in existence.
The second was Doctrina Breve, by Juan
Zumarraga. the first bishop OF Mexico. IL
was printed by Cromberger in 1913. and
copies have sold high 5000.
The first book printed in the United States
was an almanac at Cambridge in 1893 by
Stephen Daye. who established the first
printing press in this country. The second
publication a slip containing a poem
entitled The Freeman's Oath. The next
book was a metrical version of the Psalms,
called the Bay Psalm Book. in I640. Cop
les very rare. 1t is one of the most
valuable books in the world.
The first edition of The Canterbury Tales,
printed by CaXton, of which only two cop
les are known, has sold for 5000, 81 100
and 50. 400.
The first edition OF Robinson Crusoe QT19l
sells for S225 The first editions of Izaak
Waltons Compleat Angler Q6as) have sold
for 5000. The first edition of The Vicar Of
the first edition Of Paradise Lost for $3.50.
the first edition of Millions complete works,
containing a presentation inscription on a
fly leaf in his handwriting. 81. $50.
The highest price paid for a book last
year was S10.500 by Pickering & Chatto OF
London for Raoul LIE Fevre's Boke Of the
Hool Lyf of JASON printed by Caxton i'm
books in the English language. and former
ly belonged to Bishop Heber Some bio
graphical details the fly leaves in his
handwriting greatly increase its value. A
copy of Capt. John Smiths True Relation.
printed in 1908. sold for 81 .425.
The highest price paid for an American
book last year was $1,000. for a copy of the
Rev. Mr. CuShman's sermon on the Daner
of SeIf-Love. which was preached at Bos-
ton shortly after the settlement of that
place 1t is the only copy known of the
first sermon ever printed in America, and
belonged to the collection of the late Chas
Deane. from which it was purchased by the
Massachusetts Historical Society.
The highest price paid for an autograph
liam Bradford to Governor winthrop. con-
corning the affairs of the Plymouth colony
a few months after the landing Of the Pill
grims.
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which Buster John and Sweetest Susan
were compelled to give their assent before
Drusilla would consent to go.
'All dat. explained Drusila. don't hen
der you all fun gwine whar you chosen ter
go. Eff you wanter git in bubbles an git
hew'd away wid go an git in UNI. Eff you
wanter jump in springs an pon's an dream
youer somer's else, go ahead an do it, But
don't ak me ter do it: kaze eff you does
you'll have great tale to tell Miss Rachel,
an she'll gil nanny de wink, an mammyll
gl me frailin. Well, I'll take de fraiiin'
I'd ruther be beat ter death on top err de
groun' dan ter git f1ew'd off wild i'm bub-
BILE, er drowned in dat ar Fimblethinger
country"
The children faithfully promised that, no
matter what happened what they did.
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CURIOUS TEXAS HOTEL.
1t is Run by the So-CnIled Seven Sane
titled Sisters.
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record
They say that the best hotel in Texas is
to be found at Bolton, a town on the Santa
Fe road and it is kept by "seven sanctiffed
sisters as the proprietors are popularity
called. Several years ago a woman in that
place and her husband quarreled over the
best way of expounding the Scriptures to
Sunday school class, and were so stub
born that they separated and were finally
divorced. The family controversy was
taken up by the town, which was soon dis
tinctly divided between the adherents of
the husband and the adherents of the wife.
The result was a large crop of divorces,
and seven husbandless women, including
the original cause of the commotion, Joined
together and rented the town hotel. One
of them did the cooking, another was par
lormaid, a third made up the b4ds. and so
they divided the work among them and
ran the establishment upon the co-opera-
tive plan. They would not employ a man
about the place. although the most of their
patrons were man, of course. People say
that women travellers preferred to stop else
where, and that would be woman's way.
One of the seven sanctified sisters used
to drive big carryall down to the railway
station three or four times a day to meet
the trains but she let the regular transfer
company handle the baggage.
The hotel prospered from the beginning
and there was no reason why it should not
for everything was neat and homelike, and
the cooking was the best in Texas which
is not saying much, perhaps, but is good
reason why it was appreciated. Every
Sunday it was crowded. The drummers
used to swarm there from all thu northern
central part of the state, and every pas
senger on the Santa Fe trains was an ad-
vertising agent. The ''sanctified sisters"
made money, they deserved to do; they
enlarged their establishment and started a
big laundry in connection with it, where
the drummers left their soiled clothes to be
done up while they were out during the
week Then the Sisters bought hotel
at Waco. and started laundry there, with
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the nest, for one day found nm stretched
out on the ground more deal than alive.
l fetched him home an nursri him TIL he
could take keer of hissef. He goes OF an
comes back. an he's tanner than airy chick
en- on the place. He pays for his keep too,
for he's our crow trap. I'll tell you about
1t before you CO.
''Kuk-akity: how quick she talks. What
did she say?''
That you are her crow trap said Sweet
est Susan.
.Ak-trap, trap-ak,' chuckled Cawky.
What is a trap?
Something that catches things" ex-
planned Buster John.
"Ekek, ak-ak-akr' laughed the crow with
out smiling. Il know, In the corn row,
Cackity. It's funny! Said one old crow To
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foot and examine them carefully, uttering
a croaky grumble all the time.
The solemn way in which he went about
this was very amusing to the children.
Buster John laughed SO loudly that the
crow stopped and looked at him sidewise,
speaking for the first time so the children
could understand him.
"Cackity! What's all the fuss about? '
Then he went on eating the dough.
What Is your rame?' asked Buster John.
"Cawky-ikey -uk-ek-ik-ak!"
Well. Cawky, where did you come
from?"
Anywhere around here. kick"
Miss Elviry came up at this moment and
without knowing 1T. interrupted the con-
yersation.
Ono year the crows built In that pine
thicket done yam. He must "a fell from
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In the fourteenth century one-fourth of
the population OF Europe are computed to
have died Of the bubonic plague, introduced
from the east. The first measures to check
its spread Were adopted by the city of Ven
Ice, which appointed in 1913 three guar
dams of the public health. In 1908 Venice
established lazaret. or contagious disease
hospital, on a small island adjoining the
city. This was the beginning of quarantine
The word itself means forty" and implies
forty days, the period of detention imposed
on vessels at this first Venetian quarantine,
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w AN L III L ELL
you about the two
chief cities Of the
Amazon valley. 1t
seems odd to think of
the savage Amazon
having cities at all;
but it is really a
great trade center,
and 1t exports pro-
ducts " h i c h are
worth tens of millions
of dollars a year.
The biggest city
upon it lies at it's
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No Joke.

From Tit-Bts.
my dear" said Mrs. Henpeck. I'm
positive that our George is thinking seri-
ously of matrimony."
Well / only hope So" returned Hem
peck, with unusual spirit. II wouldn't
want any boy of mine to be DO unfortunate
as to regard il as a joke"
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Control the Trade of the Great
Amazon Valley.
BOTH ARE INTERESTING TOWNS
An Ocean Port a Thousand Miles
From the Atlantic.
CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE

copyrighted 1899, by Frlnk G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
MANAOS, Brazil, April 20. 1879.
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ter of love than is generally thought. The
men make good husbands and fathers, the
parents love their children and the children
show great affection for their parents. A
child always kisses the hands of it's elder
ly relatives and men often kiss the hands
of women as a mark of respect.
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the Rio Negro, the Rio Branco and the
Madeira, so that you can reach any part of
the upper Amazon region from this point.
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Maraos Is an ocean Port thousand miles
inland from the Atlantic. Suppose the big
Atlantic liners could sail right across the
United States to Chicago, and you have
about the situation Of Maraos in respect to
the sea-
My steamer drew sixteen feet. 1t was an
English ship. which had come from New
York to Para, and thence to Manaos 1t
was of about 2.O00 tons, and its time from
New York to Manaos was about two weeks
askse as to the fare. and was told that it
was so in gold.
There are steamers here from Lisbon
Liverpool and Hamburg. There are two
lines of steamers from New York. and there
are little steamers which go from here in
seven days to IQuitos. Peru. Iquitos is
about ], 800 miles west of here. 1t Is a large
town, and Is a great port for rubber. The
fare to Iquitos is so, and the time from
mere Is seven days, so that in three weeks,
II You can make the proper connections,
you can go from New York over 1000 miles
up the Amazon by steamer.
There are also vessels here which go up
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RARE VOLUMES.

END PART KID
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-02

clothed in the same style as Adam, he
dashed from the hotel and sped for the
depot, nearly two blocks away. Down
the street he went. where on almost
any other day hundred eyes would
have been turned on him in astonish-
ment, and after touching the depot,
returned by the same route in the
driving snow. He reported at the
hotel in precisely two minutes.
In payment of football bet Bos-
ton actor rode through some of the
main streets of the Hub recently in
an open carriage, dressed as a Spanish
troubadour and waving Spanish flag
A curious crowd followed the unfor-
tunate actor, and he was treated to
some expressions of what the sidewalk
contingent thought of a man who had
the audacity to wave a Spanish flag on
Washington street. The expected
shower of missiles, for which the actor
had prepared himself, did not mater
ialiZe, however, and he paid his bet,
although he was thankful enough
when he was able to shed his Spanish
garments and get back into United
States clothes again.
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HEROIC CORPORAL.

Corporal Jack Brady of the 1st Cal
ifornia volunteers, now on duty in the
PHILIPPINES, recently rescued drown
ing comrade as he was going down for
the last time in the Pasig river at Ma
Mia under circumstances that render
the act truly heroic. Brady was stand
ing on the suspension bridge at
point 40 feet above the swift flowing
tide, when a canoe, containing six
American soldiers, upset In midstream.
Five of the men, being good swim
mers, struck out for the shore; Pri-
vate William Hogan threw up his
arms and went down. Brady threw
off his coat and leaped headforemost
aown. 1t was a long dive and a risky
one, but Brady. after hard endeavor.
brought his man ashore. The Manila
papers highly complimented Brady,
one of them saying: "Brady's pluch
is the kind that wins great battles"
For his services in capturing Iloilo
the rank of brigadier- general in the
regular army is to be conferred IN
Gen. Marcus p. Miller.
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that President Faure died at the house
of Actress Sorel.
The arrival OF Henri Rochefort In
Marseilles from Algeria led to riotous
anti-Semite demonstrations.
battle between President re.
laya's troops and the Nicaragua rev.
olutionists is hourly expected.
Public expressions OF sympathy or
account of the death OF M. Faure were
made in all the capitals of Europe.
The Prussian government and the
senate of the university have given
way to the Importantly Of women
students, and Fraulein Ella Neuman
received diploma with the degrees
of doctor of arts and doctor of phil
osophy.
The Italian government suppressed
the paper established in Rome with
the express purpose of attacking
Archbishop Ireland.
Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa,
in letter, says he would like to see
the United States take possession of
the Samoan islands.
Arthur Moore, nationalist, has
been elected to parliament from Lon
donberry, Ireland, to succeed Edmund
ID. +. Knox, anti-Parnellite.
A serious conflict has taken place
between the Russians and Chinese at
Talien-Wa 300 of the latter being
killed. 1t is said to have originated in
question of taxes.
The Bank of Spain report for the
week shows the following changes:
Gold in hand, increase 1,915,000 pese-
tas; silver in hand, Increase 7,245, 900;
notes In circulation, decrease 9,1O4, 900
The British government has ap-
pointed Baron Edward McNaughton
Gen. Sir Charles Ardagh and Col.
Sir Thomas II. Holdion to arbitrate
the Argentine-Chill boundary dis
pute.
The Peruvian government Is about
to publish an English pamphlet CIV
ing a synopsis of the commercial stat
tistlcs of Peru during the last three
years. 1t Is extremely interesting as
showing an increase in revenues gen
orally due to peace and an honest
administration.