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INTO the river. Iueu Nc PUT tuS ttASa
spool, which was tied to the other end OF
HIS lire, into the can. where the live fish
was spisshing about. Then he picked up
q handful of his bait. Then he looked at
Harry.
did you ever hear OF q Telephone
said Racklety Jim.
''of course have" cried Harry. We've
got one in our house I've talked to father
over IL lots Of times"
WE'LL" said Jim, getting excited. this
is fish telephone. Fishes talk 70 each
other, same as we do. This piece Of line
I've got here is just like a telephone wire
and this young bulihead In the can he
can talk over II TO the buliheads in the
river. same as you talk 10 your father
over a real telephone. Can't heF'
But the fish IN the river have to put
their ears against the other end of the
line. And they haven't got any ears ex-
claimed Harry.
Its all different In the water" went
on Rackiety. talking very fast. Fish can
hear telephone all up and down the riv-
er. Now why wouldn't the bullheads
down there bite your hook all the morn
ing? Cause they were afraid of your
bait. OF course"
''Of course" said Harry.
But IL they could hear another fish."
continued Jim. ''sayin' to 'em over a teie-
phone that the bait was all right and
good. and wouldn't hurt 'em. why then.
they'd bite at II. wouldn't they"
Harry stared. He began 70 see the
plan. Racklets Jim dropped some o. his
bait into the tin can and the little fish
gobbled ii.
See that said Jim, almost shouting
See how he likes II! He's teiephonin'
the other fisn about II. He's never seen
hook in his life. He's sayin' Come
around here, feliers. and have good
time. Throw IN your line. Harry. Sow,"
Harry nearly threw himself in. he was
10 excited And in less than a minute he
had a big fat bull head Topping on his
hook. just as sure as you're born
Before the noon whistle blew and they
had TO 40 home-Harry had enough fish
In his basket to take him TO the circus,
and more too. So he said that he'd buy
a circus ticket for Racklety Jim. Jim
said that he'd be glad to go because ne
wanted chance to try an experiment
on an elephant. I'll tell YOU about this
as soon as Harry gives rue an account
of IT,
When they got to Mr., Tracy's gate, af-
ter the fishing excursion, Harry said:
''Racklety. why not throw the bait right
In the water, and let the iish get talking
about 1t down there without using a
telephone?"
Racklety scowled.
And maybe your bait was better than
mine, anyway, and that's the reason they
bit so fast"
Racklety scowled again.
"Lookahere." he said. give me back
those bull heads
"Ob. no." cried Harry. hastily. Don't
take 'em bacak-I believe every word you
said about it,.
well, you'd better" said Racbiety Jim.
"If folks don't believe things when they
go fishin'. they don't havo much fun ani
sometimes they don't have any fsh.
either" GODFREY KIDD.
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PUZZLES.
AcRosrucAL ENIGMA.

BY T. Davies, Mary~vtlle.
F'irSt--A country with fertile valley
through.
sseond--A port with a shelterins hareor.
toos
Thlra,~A city famous now Throughout our
land.
Four,h~-A canal dus deep by natures
oHly hand.
Itfth-sA mtnlug town ~ith prospects
bright and clear.
ssxth--k river that sovs from bis majesty
Rskcf.
Ssventh-A town In KIickitat cc1nty
EaxAih~A city Of lawyers with area to
grinds
Nints-A city again that has something
60 boast.
Tcn,hA- A bay that's not Tar froFa the
ocean q coast
Cssoxraehical places Ia q FAcifc coast
state nfst letters Wi gtve ere 81 the
Tinted states
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at most shrugged their shoulders and
looked queer.
But few people expressed Themselves
openly. Among these were papa. mamma
and NANNY weese tmammy's real name
was Louise, but asthma and Barbara had
changed 1t to weesel.
Soon af;erwsrd there was a black let
ter day In Barhara's house. she war
naughty frum early sun-up." nanny de-
clared. in telling OF 1t afterward.
And. oh. but the toys suffered that day.
Many were the legs and arms that were
tossed into the trash box.
In a one-sided fencing match Marie. the
French doll. lost an eye. The woody
lamb was flung into the CRATE hre. In an
instant his wool was gone. and his charred
remains rescued only by nanny risking
her hand. Then books were hurled
around and In the general upheavai the
covers OF the Second Jungle Book came
of and the pages were scattered on the
floor. A lead soldier was stepped upon
and his manly form permanently dam
aged. Two wheels were Knocked OF a
fine locomotive. and. lastly. Susan Ann.
the rag doll. had her back entirely split
open while she was serving her turn as
baseball
That sobered Barbara for Susan was
the love OF her babyhood and her faith
full friend In time Of trouble and dark
nights.
Il 'clari' said NANNY. as she closed the
lid of the trash box that night over the
motley collection. Il ciar, Dat sight don
make my heart ache. low ef Miss
Babbie war my chile ia glib her one dig
nified spankin' dat would serb to tone her
down de res oh her natural life"
Later Barbara was put TO bed as usual
In the pink and white nursery
The gas was turned down Just low
enough to make the shadows look queer.
The FIRE cracked on the hearth prepara-
raised high enough to admit a long path
OF moonlight
Everything was j.sf as II had often
been before. but somehow barbara felt
unreal
''Now. NANNY. darii,ig. please sit down
In that chair In the snoonshine ann
me a song Just because I'm such a good.
brave gtrlr'
Nanny turned away her head for a
moment, then sat down.
IN sing you song. chile. bout dc
hummin' bee. Jes' one verse an de cho-
rus Now. member. only one verse an
de chorus
barbara gave a eontented sigh and lay
down.
Onct dere war a hummin' bee
Libin' 'mong de flowers;
All dat hummin' bee don do
War hum an hum 10 hours.
Chorus:
Hum. hum. hum. hum.
Hum. hum. hum,
Hum, an hum, an um--um
Im-um- ufl-um.
Long before the chorus was finished ev-
cry child that. NANNY weese HAD ever
known was fast asleep That was tho
odd thing about II.
barbara loved TO float into dreamiaud
with the soft buxxing In her ears
Back and forth swayed Nanny.
The bee song buzzed away, and crept
into the shadowy corners; and Barbara
lay still.
I'm um-um-um."
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PROVERBS.


ny Jeanette and EstelIe Greene.
Ksfxa hwfh. Eliza Betsy and Tess
Went FveF-the wAter 70 rot . hirlt's nest
Tses found a rest ~ftA fVe eggs IN n;
rney each }ook orc. aE1 how nAay we're
iSf; tn its
IL
As soft as Nsik, as white as ntiis
AS hitter as ksiA. a thfck wall
An3 a zseea seat covers me AT
III
Twenty saxes IN s~ns
Twruty bounds CouG xii egt ten
Twenty hunters captured ave
-Four we're tF8n4rd,
Aud how nAny were aavef
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eeeeeseesees
ROLL OF HONOR.

WILMA L-SGF FIR. Seattle.
CAMILLE CANS psoI.SpN. Last SQUAD
T. pAvIES Msrysvtl,e
EVA NJ. AGAssIx, seattle.
EI-r4ANCRA o'CoNNoR. seattle
MORTIMER CARRAHER. Seattle.
LEILA M'PHERREN, Seattle.
DANIEL c. WESTON. Black Diamond.
WILLIE cLERtCUs. Seattle
EDNA b HOWARD. North Yakima
ELSA CANDRIAN. Seattle.
lone CAIN. Seattle.
FLORENCE Z. HAUBRIs. Seattle.
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HAIR AIDE.

J by T. Davies. Asrysvtlie,
TO b. ~ not ts BE- 81 me IA said.
am alive. though many claim Pn dead,
Tney say I'm ola bat Tn not - yet;
II Ger be IL won't be me. yna Ast
I'm ehampione4. nursed. by hrainy men
} OF rank.
! While others say l am . worthless pianx-
} The time ara to all each nisht and dAs
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ADDITION ~ svnraAcrIox

by fstns Y. Howard, North Yakima
Take one from nineteen and set twenty
for Tie result,
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by Daniel C.. Weston. Black Diamond.
room vtth eight corners had cat
IN each corner: seven cats before each
cat and cat on every cats tail. How
Many cats were taereT
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EDITED BY TOMMY LORLNG.


I'm Oft the merchants ruse. to pass his
wares away.
have no body. muscles. limbs nor soul.
But nations trenble at my rise and fall
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Cp>I NDHt n.

Bf Wilma Nsnsef. Seattle.
what faNn " drawn fnpra Frequently
than ana eghar7
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who knew Barbara
Dale knew two things about
her. She was very selfish and
very destructive with her toys.
Most people kept their opin-
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MULTIPLE ALTON.

Ry Daniel C. Weston, Rack DIAMOND.
What threc figures multiplied by 4
slvs 81
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PRESIDENT MKfsLEY drlaks Jesse
MeoEe IA" whlskey.
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HISTORY FOR JUVENILES.
QUESTIONS,

II, What hero OF the late war with
Spain commanded the Greeley relief en-
peditionT
4 What English queen twice set q
price on ihc head OF her hrotherf
"a Which was the 100 gated eisy"S
IA Who designed our present flag. with
thirteen stripes ana star FOR every state
rs what celebrated American patriot
was Killed by lightning7
IL Wha, American has been called
Z His cogntry's curse. his chIidren's shame.
CBtCsst Of virtue, peace ana fame
L. Under what Kind Of a tree fid Wash.
ingfon take command Of hts army
~ Where Is there a river Of genuine
Ink
- VINO vas the wizard Of Kinder
he4k"F
n Which Is the highest fortress IN tire
wcridr
ANSWERS.
l. Cleopatra
= phnl2 Nolan.
s. SIR Phnip sidney.
Snauieusk
s The Ancient Mariner
4 ThecssosiHs the Great
Z. benjamin frAn3iin
s Charles l.. pp1Kson-
a Colossal statue % Nero.
-. L, a. Grant
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, essseseeses
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.

sa=aaaa
4 Qs~~r Subtraction.
- 5sssas sS
So k3 "a
4 nstidtnG In seattle.
The cuETt hense Scr Seattle high school,
suggests hands Of tasca uSa II Has 3
pabllc clock niugs the hanas.
Nerd ana Sentence Probtem.
understand YOU undertake 30 over
throw ny undertakings.
Mary Mccormick Gbarade.
Handkerchief
Blanche Daniels state.
California.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23
Wholly Discouraged.

mo, ma'am, | don't like 'em." said
Mr.. Cumrox with emphasis. I'm free
to say these dialect stories makes me
tired. Half the words in 'em amt In
the dictionary"
'But you might cultivate liking for
them" said his wife's sister. "It is
something like music. You may not
have much of an ear for 1t at first, but
if you keep at 1t you will soon appre-
ciate it,"
"Well, maybe l will some day, but
I'd rather have something solid. I'd
like to begin on some OF my youngest
girls school books and go right
through 'em. That's the sort Of read
ing that I'd enjoy spending time on"
He picked up one Of his daughters
books which happened to be lying
near. 1t was copy Of Virgil. which
his daughter had been translating into
English. He stared solemnly at the
first page of the Latin epic for awhile
and then slowly turned the leaf When
his eyes had got down to the middle
Of the next page, he laid the volume
down with a sigh.
Its no use," he exclaimed regret
fully.
"What is of no use?"
"My trying to read dialect. And l
must say that this thing Of teachin
it in the public schools strikes me as
plaguy foolishness." ss."-Washington Star.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23
SHORT ON GOOD STORIES.
The Predicnment of a Woman With
Seven Calls to Make.

"Seven visits to make In one after
noon. Well, think l can manage 1t.
Some of them may not be at home.
and can make an early start. Let me
see. There's that anecdote about Eth
els fox terrier and the cute speech of
little Bob and that awfully clever
thing that Dexter told the other night
about the Goddess of Liberty. Is that
all l have in stock? Oh, dear, no.
There's that quotation from THE
Pneumatic Woman that struck me
so. l haven't got it off to any one yet.
and l dare say it will go as original.
Not one person In ten has heard OF
The Pneumatic Woman
'Is that enough for seven calls? I'm
afraid not. Well, there's always the
weather. Really, If 1t came to the
point, I'd rather talk interestingly
about any old subject than stupidity
about brand new one. There's more
art In it. l wonder IL dare risk that
joke about Clara again? I've told II
so many times lately-indeed, l won't
be sure that some of the times were
not at the very places I'm going.
"How mean 1t is that Maude made
me promise not to repeat that lovely
bit OF gossip she gave me this morn
ing. l haven't heard anything SO de
licious for long time. Well" with a
sigh. Il promised on my word of hon.
or / wouldn't tell, and another sigh
-"why, here we are at Mrs. Some
body's. | wonder If l have enough to
talk about for seven calls? Oh, well.
some of them may be out-and-oh,
dear, if only hadn't promised
Mauder'-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23
THE CHARM CAME BACK.
Story of Witchcraft In England In
the Seventeenth Century.

4 Story of Witchcraft In England In
the Seventeenth Century.
Here is story of witchcraft. The
lord chief justice, Holt, OF England,
who flourished In the seventeenth CEN
tury, told 1t of himself. As young
man, perhaps more sprightly than
some, he found himself once In the
country without any money. He went,
however, boldly to the first roadside
inn and ordered bed and board. By
the fireside he saw girl shivering
with ague. why let your child suf-
ierY' he asked. II will cure her for
you in a single night" Thereupon he
wrote certain characters on slip Of
paper, rolled 1t up In a cloth and told
the girl to tie that round her neck and
TO go to bed, and In the morning she
would be well. This she did. Well
did she rest, and in the morning she
was well.
Holt stayed few days at the Inn.
and on his departure boldly asked for
his bill "Sir," said the hostess. ut Is
who owe you, not you who owe me-"
SO he departed. Forty years after
ward. being on circuit, he had to try o
woman charged with sorcery and
witchcraft. She healed sick persons
miraculously, and therefore by the
help of the devil. Being questioned.
she acknowledged that she used a
charm which generally worked n cure.
Let me look at it," said the judge.
She handed him small cloth roll.
Within 1t he found a paper with GER
tain characters. Then the memory Of
his trick came back to him.
"You were yourself" he said, '.once
cured of an ague by the use Of this
charm?'
She said that was SO. Then he turned
TO the jury and related the whole story
and dismissed the poor old woman.
But as for the charm, the court I'M
pounded 1t and the poor witch lost her
power.-Detroit News.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23
Champion Trouble Borrower.

81 have known good many borrow.
IRIS of trouble" said the man with the
glasses. "but the worst case. think, Is
that of II friend of mine who has pick
ed out his own pallbearers and made
them all promise that they will insist
upon having probes stuck into him be-
fore he is buried, so as to be sure that
he Is really dead"
"That is an aggravated case" replied
his companion, but know of one that
beats it. The wife of poet of my
acquaintance Is worrying because he
may get rich and go out In society
where they will fiatter and spoil him."
Chicago Times Herald.
80 penetrating Is water at high pres
sure that only special qualities Of cast
iron will withstand it.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23
THE PHILIPPINES.

MANILA, January l3.-Aiyce from
Cebu report IL siiirp fight on January 8
between battalion OF the Nineteenth
infantry and a body Of insurgents oc-
cupying "a strong position in the Sudleon
mountains. The enemy was routed, the
Americans capturing smooth bore can
non and some rifles and destroying the
Qualifications. -Four Americans were
wounded.
The insurgent General Flores having
established a rendezvous with 100 men
at Humingan, province of Nueva Wis.
caya, Captain Benson, with two troops
of tho Fourth cavalry was sent to dis
lodge him. The insurgents We're scat
tered, their horses captured and the pos.
no loss
MANILA, January l4.-Ine puponie
plague has broken out within the city
limits Three cases have been dis.
covered, and horses are now being in
oculated to obtain serum. Other pre-
cautions are being taken and strict
quarantine has been established. Many
inspectors are at work, and there will
be thorough canvass of the crowded
city 1t is believed that an epidemic is
not likely to occur.
A cable from Manila says: The rush
of the cavalry squadron from Bnana
through Slang was a wonderful per.
formance. The men passed through
gorges where 30 soldiers could stop an
army aud struck the insurgents rear
guard in the hills near Carmona. There.
after the rebels made a headlong rush tc
escape. Scattering i'll all directions and
dropping their rifles as they ran. They
also abandoned one cannon. The pre-.
cipitate flight of the rebels prevented
the destruction by them of the bridge.
over the gorges. If these bridges had
been destroyed it would have been i'm.
possible for the troopers to cross. The
cavalrymen raced on through the Slang,
destroying the arsenal and capturing
several thousand rounds of ammunition.
The trail in this neighborhooi is one of
tire worst yet met and crosses "a number
of streams. There are four American
prisoners with the fleeing insurgents.
Tue cavalryman occupied the insurgent
hospital, where they found s1e0 pesos IN
money.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23

The French embassy in Washington
informs the state department that the
government at Paris has consented to
suspend the customs duties on advertis.
ing matter from the United States in.
tended for circulation at the exposition
General Dabney H. Maury, the oldest
major general of the Confederate army,
died at Peoria, Ill, few days ago.
Dabney had brilliant war record.
DIR. Jared Turner, a pioneer ply.
sician of California, died at his home in
San Jose few days ago.
Counterfeit dollars are being circu.
lated i'll Sonoma county.
Early Sunday morning a lone robber
entered restaurant in the center OF
Kansas City and robbed the cashier. He
then crossed the street and robbed an.
other restaurant The victims were toe
badly scared to raise an alarm and the
robber escaped.
Factories in Pennsylvania have been
compelled to shut down there lately
owing to famine in bituminous coal.
Lieutenant Samuel Howard, the last
survivor of the crew of the Monitor :
when she fought the Merrimac during
the Civil war, died at Washington few
days ago from injuries received in a
fall
Mrs. Christina Hirth, who had been
i'll for some months at hospital in
East st. Louis, Ill.,, was thought to
have died and her body was sent to an
undertaken While preparing il for
emhalming the supposed corpse com.
menced to move. At last accounts she
was still alive although very feeble.
Frank H. Hitchcock, chief of the for
eign market division of the agricultural
department has prepared an interesting
collection of figures, showing for the
first time the respective amounts of our
agricultural exports which go To the sew
eral countries of Europe and of the other
continents. The period covered is from
1894 to 1898. The statement shows that
the agricultural products exported from
the United States during the five years
had an average annua.h valua of $685.
53S, 20l. Of these enormous exports
about 60 per cent found market in the
United Kingdom and its various de
pendendies. The sum paid by the Brit
ish people for the American farm
products purchased during the period
mentioned reached as high as S403, 953, S5l
a year Great Britaid alone took more
than half of all our agricultural ex
ports, the consignments credited to that
country forming about 30 per cent oi
the total shipments and having an aver
age annual value of 1862. .407, ,70l.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23

TACOMA (Wash.), January 1.-THE
steamer Elm Branch brings news from
Shinhai that French war ships have
taken possession of Kwong Chau War
bay, where boundary dispute has beel
pending for several months. The
French commenced operations by seiz
ing two Chinese gunboats. destroying
their guns and ammunition and taking
the officers aboard the French ship IA.
prisoners. The war ships then shellet
20 Chinese villages, compelling the
Chinese troops to move back.
A four hours battle, took place al
Vegluoo, iii which the French lost foul
killed and % wounded. The Chimes
loss was heavier After the Chimes,
retreated the French forces Were di
vided into four expeditions, which pill
laged and burned many villages on theil
march back TO the seashore. Several
mandarins surrendered To prevent the
burning of their towns They are held
hostages to prevent retaliation by the
natives.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-23
Pacific Coast News.
Items OF interest Picked from
the Weeks Dispatches.

Life Sentence OF Burglar Curious
Phenomenon In Santa Cruz County
Armour to Settle In California--Reg-
istration at stanford.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
secretary Hay Demand. News.

Chicago, July PA special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Secretary Hay to-day demanded of
the Chinese government that the De-
partment- be put in communication
with Minister Conger without delay
This demand was made upon WI, the
Chinese minister, who has, no doubt
laid the matter before his government
in n roundabout way through Sheng,
director Of the Chinese telegraph.
Secretary Hay has grown impatient
at the ,elays in hearing from an au-
thentic source the truth about the con-
ditions in Pekin, especially in regard to
Minister Conger.
Apparently the imperial government
at Pekin, the secretary declared when
the Chinese minister appeared with
copy of the imperial decree, was In
communication with the outside world,
and there was no reason why Washing
ton should not be permitted to CONF
municate to its representative atOLe
Chinese capital.
Secretary Hay pointed out that
while some credence should be put in
advices from Pekin, all of which came
from Chinese sources, the best way to
prove their accuracy and authenticity
was to permit Mr.. Conger to send q
message to his government.
1t is believed the position taken by
Secretary Hay will produce immediate
results.