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The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

the end would be II he reached the
shore, but his fingers only plowed
through the sand.
The sharp point Of a rock that tore
him as he was dragged over 1t gave
him hope; he grasped 1t with both
hands and clung with all his strength
but In an instant his fingers were dig
ging vainly in the sand again.
AT last he raised his head for air.
The panther at once let go of his leg
and came at him with open mouth, but
1t moved slowly in the water, and
Kannoga, by a great effort, stood up.
Then the beast sprung upon him.
The boy had nerved himself, how
ever, and fell as far out from shore as
he could.
When the feeling Of dizziness that
followed the shock had passed he
found that the panther held his arm
in its mouth and was swimming-that
its feet did not touch bottom.
Then, In spite of the terrible pain 1t
caused him, he pulled his arm down
until the cougars head was sub.
merged. Very soon it released its hold.
Then the Indian boy stood up again,
and this time he became the aggressor.
Grasping the slick, wet head with
both hands he forced It deep into the
water. The panthers feet touched
bottom, and its violent struggles
threw him down. but he got up again
and held the glaring eyes and the red
mouth with its white teeth more care
fully-just under the surface of the
lake.
Kannoga became very weak and his
legs trembled feebly under him, but
he was thankful that they were long,
for he could stand with his head in the
cool evening breeze while the cougar
was drowning.
At first the panther made fearful
sounds as the water filled its lungs
but these presently ceased. and at last
1t hung a dead weight in the boys
hands. He let it sink then and loos-
ened a stone from the lake bed to roll
upon it's head.
His wounds were slight, but painful,
and the terrible battle had so weak,
ened him that when he reached the
shore he fell exhausted, with his face
toward the tepee.
He could not see Aakloo now, nor
even the canoe that came in a moment
to where he lay.
Gray Beaver and an old friend, pad
ding out from camp, had called to the
girl as she ran on the shore, and had
laughed when she told them why she
could not turn her head to look after
them.
Then they had seen the boy and the
cougar in the edge Of the lake, and
their paddles had swung faster and
with stronger strokes than they had
used for many a year.
When Kannoga opened his eyes Gray
Beaver leaned over him and spoke gen.
tly:
"Aakloo will understand that game
better when she is older" he said.
And across a narrowing stretch Of
water the boy saw her waiting with
Mar-tala. - Robert w. McCulloch, IN
the Chicago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

had crept nearer and its long tail had
begun to swing slowly, stealthily, from
side to side.
Kannoga saw no hope Of escape, but
with every sense alert he studied his
desperate chances.
The panther lay crouched with its
head toward the forest, while he sat
facing the lake. When he had care
fully measured the space between
them and the distance to the water he
jumped away from the log and ran dl-
rectly under the panther.
The animal instantly shifted its
head as If to leap down from the other
side Of the limb, but the boy did not
appear there, and It turned with mar
velous agility before its great yellow
body shot out into the air.
Kannoga was crushed down under
It's weight, but he had reached the
lake and fell where the water was
nearly knee deep. He felt the panther
release its grasp into order to find firm
footing, and when he raised up for afr
discovered its dripping head little more
than an arms length from his own.
Then he took a deep breath and lay
down upon the bottom hoping that the
panther would leave him.
1t stood there, however, watching
over him and waiting.
He started to crawl out from shore,
but 1t seemed to him that he had
hardly mover when heavy claws sunk
into his leg and dragged him back
Then, without letting go its hold, the
panther Immediately shifted its posi-.
tion and began to drag him out into
shallower water.
He made desperate efforts ia hold
fast to the lake bed, for he knew what
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

The tastes Of the mosquito have be.
come a subject of interest to scientific
persons since the confirmation Of the
theory that the insect is the chief agent
in the transmission Of the germs Of
malaria and yellow fever. Unlike hu.
man creatures, whose tastes are varied,
all mosquitoes show a preference for
certain colors and an antipathy for
others. Experiments have demonstrat.
ed that the insects shun yellow and dc
not display any fondness for red. Blue
however, they dote on. The scientists
have been led by these results to urge
Khaki as the one uniform for soldiers
In the tropics, and they suggest tina
a trap baited with dark blue clotl
might be useful in a scheme for de
stroying the mosquitoes. In many sec
tions hOusekeepers put three reC
strings across the open window instead
Of netting and assert that the colo
Of the strings excludes the blood suck
ers. People are told to use yellow net
ting to cover the windows. The blue
which so many persons prefer, is I,
the mosquito what the candle is to ;
moth.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
II y ANNoGA. an Indian boy of

r = ANNOGA, an indian boy OF
TX the tribe of the Occur
n d'Alenes, was sitting one
evening with Aakloo, his lit
tie sister, at the edge of the forest on
the shore of Occur d'Alene lake, and
was telling her a favorite story when
at one of her Interruptions he laughed
and leaned carelessly back and looked
straight into the eyes of a cougar
"If l were drowning you would swim
out into a great lake, too, Ike Grand
father Gray Beaver did, wouldn't
your the girl asked She spoke indig-
nantly, for that day she had heard an
old man say that boys like Kannoga,
who went to school in the reservation
instead Of into the forest, could never
be brave Indians, and she was sure
that her brother was very brave.
1t was her show Of indignation and
her eager confidence that caused him
to laugh now and to lean back.
She waited, but he did not answer.
With both hands clasped over his
copper-colored shin and one bare foot
raised slightly above the log on which
he was sitting, be stared into the great
restless eyes that looked down at him
from the nearest limb. He was with
out a weapon of any kind, and the cou-
gar was full grown, with a body dry
looking and gaunt with hunger.
Although it's glance was for the mo-
ment fixed on him he could see that it
had been watching Aakoo and that its
interest was still centred in her, as If
it had chosen her for its victim. He
was seized with sudden fear that she
might move unexpectedly aad thus
cause the creature to spring upon her,
yet he sat there seemingly unable to
speak or to think what ought to be
done.
"You would, wouldn't you" asked
the girl. Her voice broke the fascinat-
ing spell Of those terrible eyes. Kan
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

nOga knew that she would turn In a
moment to see why he had not an
swered, and in order not to direct her
attention to the panther he lowered
his glance and met hers.
But there was something in his face
that made her afraid, and he looked
with startling intentness far beyond
her, down the long, darkening stretch
Of deserted shore, toward the skin
covered tepee by the spring, where
Mar-tala, their mother, and Sis-sos-ka,
their father, lived during the hot sum.
scer.
"Stand stillw said Kannoga, as calm.
ly as he could. 1t cost him a great eff
fort to remain quietly there, without
looking up, when he knew what was
overhead, but the effort caused him tC
think more clearly.
shut your eyesw he said suddenly
what forY' asked Aakloo, fright
ened still more at the unaccountablC
change is his voice.
For a moment his fingers frightened
convHsively over his shin, then grad
Cally relaxed and unclasped. He low
cred his upraised foot, moving it slow
ly, very slowly, down beside the log
and when it rested firmly in the sane
he reached cautiously forward ant
caught the girl by the arm.
1--WE shall play new game" he sait
then, and the strange, eager suggestion
/ Of a smile that flashed over his fac,
| reassured her.
"oh" she exclaimed and at one,
shut her eyes.
Kannoga now looked steadily at tn
cougar, while he turned his slste
about SO that she faced along tn
shore. --..-----.-....- -......-
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

One of the heroes of the war with
Spain, Lieutenant Frank H. New
comb, of the Revenue Service, has re
ceived a gold medal from Congress
for towing the disabled torpedo boat
Winslow out of a heavy fire at Car
denas, May II, 1898. Newcomb com
manded the revenue cutter Hudson
a wooden vessel, at the time, and II
seemed like a miracle that she was not
sunk by the shell fire of the Spaniards
It was in the Cardenas action that
Ensign Bagley and several other Amer
leans were killed.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
A Complicated Hunting Accident.

An unusual accident occurred in the
woods ct Stephenson. George Rich
ardson shot a deer and the bullet
passed through the animal and hit n
tree. From there 1t glarced off and
hit w. Everhardt. 1t struck his wrist
and hit the gun stock, from which 1t
glanced off and entered the mans
mouth, inhicting a serious wound
Milwaukee Daily News.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

The records of the Patent Office at
Washington are said to be showing un-
usual activity among inventors in the
line Of storage battery development.
In France a corresponding activity in
the same direction is noted. The aim
Of all electricians is to find some ma
terial lighter than lead to serve as a
storage cell, and one which will per
form the function desired equally as
well.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

The Emperor Of Germany had siA
sons before his heart was gladdened
with a daughter, and the fortune teller
who prophesied that such would be
the case now says that the Car Of
Russia will have six daughters before
there is an heir. 1t is lucky that the
fortune teller is not a Russian citizen
or there would be another through
ticket to Siberia issued right away.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

Torpedo tubes set in the sides and
bows of battleships and cruisers above
the water line have been declared
worthless by the British Admiralty,
and they have all been ordered taken
out. Only the above-water torpedo
tubes set in the stern will be retained
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
THE SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
WASHINGTON, D. c.

A large number Of people are quite
willing to admit that the sea serpent
exists, but no one has yet demon
Btrated that It makes any particular
difference.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

Ireland continues to hold the Euro
pean record for low percentage Of
crimes. The irish laugh and the Irish
Joke are great safety valves for Inn
pulses which are eften dangerous
when repressed.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

The torrent Yushes with frenzied might
To rest on the quiet plain;
The avalanche roars in its downward
fight, ..
Then a century sleeps again. llESeSys,
The eagle that sweeps with a tireless wing
O'er the dome of brassy sky,
At last must droop TO the pines that cling
To the crest of the mountain high.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
FOR SALE.

Several tracts Of land near Brightwood
and TskOmA, AlSO Building Lots on
9ightwood Ave, and 1Ath Street road.
Louis P. shOSmAkSr, 920 + st., N. w.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
Resi- SOMETIME.

The life we live and the race we run,
The sorrow and doubts that rend,
Some day--the victory lost or won
VIII come to a quiet end;
For mad the torrent and strong the wing
And fearful the headlong fight,
Yet time the end of the day win bring,
And after the day-the night.
Lowell o. Reese, in San Francisco Bul
letin.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
THE SUBURBAN orTt

THE SUBURBAN OLTI.
ZEN 10 a permanent institu-
hOn--a fixture at the National
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands OF people oan testify TO
eha good work Il has accom-
piisiied during the past flve
years 10 the line OF suburban
I'm prov6menC IL 10 the only
gewsphper In the District OF
Columbia that maintains q
punching bureau, whose duty
Is TO punch up the authori-
Ties aud keep them awake 10
the needs OF the suburbs. on
Nhat account IL deserves and u,
receiving Substantial eno0uE~
ademonk.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

The issue presented at West Point. is
whether the academy shall be managed
by the cadets or by the superintendent,
This is understood at Washington. In
the war department it is felt that 1.-The
contest at West Point was between two
systems-one the determination OF the
cadets to run the academy and establish
code Of morals and conduct of their
own, and especially in regard to the
fourth-class men; the other the determ-
ination of the authorities to regulate the
conduct OF the academy in accordance
with what was deemed the best military
government and which would result in
the best system Of education for the
cadets relative to their future duties. :"
Let 1t not be forgotten that these young
men are the servants Of the people. sup
ported and educated by the people.
Therefore, Decentralization, disobedlence-
violation of the rules. and lack OF respect
for their superiors on the part OF the
cadets. are really offenses against the
government of the United States and
the people to whom it belongs. Indians
polls News.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

The statistical bureau, at Washing
ton has received translation of report
made by German expert who visited
this country with view of investigating
its manufactures and industrial condi-
tons. 1t is frank admission OF the
extraordinary progress in manufactures
made by the country during the last few
years ''As late as ten years ago. says
the report. nobody believed that
America, within calculable time, would
be able to produce iron so cheaply az to
enable it to complete with England in
the worlds markets. Today this is an
accomplished fact" 1t is further stated
that A merican enterprise. aided by inn
proved methods, shave made the Ameri-
can iron industry the leading factor in
the world market. with which, undoubt-
eddy. European competing industry will
have to reckon for all time to come. I"
Such reports az this are not calculated
to allay German apprehension of Ameri-
can competition.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

An editorial in the indianapolis Jour
nal on the strike situation saye: 1.-The
spirit of the age demands the most
liberal treatment of workmen and wage
earners consistent with economic condi-
tions. There are other things in life
moreimportant than the accumulation of
wealth or the increase of production. 1t
is not desirable that the list of million
aires or multi-millionaires should be in
definitely extended at the cost OF man
hood o. by exacting overwork from the
producers Of wealth. 1t is not necessary
that employers should get rich quick
through the Iabors Of their employees.
Labor is an institution of divine origin,
and should not be prostituted in the in
terests Of selfish greed or avarlce. Work
is necessary, honorable and ennobling,
but overwork ia the reverse. Rest is q
divine institution no less than labor. and
is quite as necessary to keeping up the
machinery of the world"
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30
OHIO CHECK TO LYNCH1NG

The recent decision of the Ohio su.
preme court iustifes the prediction that
lynchings will be very lnfrequent in that
state hereafter. In 1896 the Ohio legis-
lature passed law making counties re-
sponsible for injuries to persons commit
ted by mobs. About year later q
negro was lynched at Urbana, and his
heirs, under this law, brought suit
against the county. The lower court
awarded the heirs s., 900 and costs. and
this decision the supreme court has sf-
frmed.
While the direct operation of this law
against lynching is confined to Ohio, Its
enforcement will have an effect in other
states similar to that caused by the
famous Pittsburg decision holding the
county liable for 100000 damage Sy
rioters to railway property. The Ohio
law will doubtless be copied by other
etates, for that communities should be
liable for destruction OF property but not
for destruction of life by mobs Is an evil
dent absurdity. Life is certainly as
sacred as property. and means found ef-
fective for protecting the one will natu.
rally he employed to protect the other
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

More terrible happenings. crimes in
high places and OF sensational ch -racter,
have occurred in this country in the
past seven days than were ever before
recorded in any like period. The death
of the famous and popular Father Phil
ippe. of Pennsylvania, in New York
tenement under suspicious circumstan-
ces, is one of them. Another is the de-
liberate murder of James 8. Ayres, a
census Office clerk. in his own room at a
large hotel in Washington. A third is
the awful deed Of an envious, vicious in
dividual, Everett Conway, in Evansville,
this state, who with shot gun, rife and
pistol terrorized the community by kill
ing two Of his neignbors. shooting down
q policeman, several by chambers. Staying
animals and then taking his own life.
The suicide of one of Americas most
brilliant and influential clergymen. Rev
DR.. Maltbie Davenport Babcock. pastor
of leading church in New York city
who severed an artery in bis wrist and
swslled big dose of corrosive sublimate
in desperate attempt to end life made
miserable by disease. is another on the
Inst of sickening tragedies of q week.
There are other deeds of similar nature
going to show for some reason unexplain-
ed that an epidemic of crime is sweeping
the country.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30
"a ORTUARY.
Elias Day,


Elias Day, one of the old and prom
inent farmers OF the Donaldson neigh
borhood. died Friday afternoon. May "a.
1901, aged 70 years, 3 months and %
days.
Mr.. Day was a native of Delaware but
had been for many years resident of
this county. He was man whose word
was as good as his bond. He was out
spoken and fearless in his opinions and
was generally able to give reason for
what he said.
The neighborhood and the county in
which such man lives always feels his
loss when he dies. He had been twice
married. and besides his widow leaves a
family of three sons and two daughters.
all married.
Funeral services was held at DON
aldson at 1870 a. m. Sunday and the re-
mains wss laid to rest in the!Donald-
eon cemetery.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

Miss Rose Maxwell, of Plymouth, and
four other girls were the victims of q
swindler about year ago, who induced
them to each part with $50 with the
understanding that he would take them
to Europe where they would be employed
as musicians at high salaries. When
they arrived at New York to- start on
their journey the swindler had skipped
with their funds. Miss Maxwell's mis-.
fortune appealed to the sympathy of
Congressman Brick aud secured her a
position at Washington, she being a
resident of his district. she now thinks
that her misfortune has proven to her a
fortune, as she is about to be married to
a prominent Washington attorney
Valparaiso Messenger.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30
Latest Cure for Cancer.

The beauty about the latest discover
cd cure for cancer is its simplicity and
cheapness. The discoverer is Stephen
Griggs OF Brooklyn. N. Y Eat nothing
but boiled yellow corn, drinking the
water in which it is cooked for thirty
days, and presto you are healed.
This seems entirely too good to be
true,
1t is suggested that the corn. put up
in the favorite Kentucky liquid form,
ought to have the desired effect. and
that it would be heap" more pleasant
to take. But that method has been
used for so many ailments that it has
long been proved that the remedy is
worse than any disease.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

NJ. w. Pret0rius, ex-president of the
Transvaal, is dead, aged SO years.
Failures for the present week num-
Der 1872, against 1872 last week.
Humane society officers will patrol
the Chicago parks in an effort to pro-
feet the song birds.
The opening of the French Sudan
to European traffic is announced
The Kaiser has barred reporters from
all functions where he intends to
speak.
Workmen at FL Paso, Tex, dug I'D
Spanish cannon and muSkets of the
sixteenth century
Sir Alfred Miner has arrived in
England from South Africa and was
warmly greeted. The king has ele-
waited him to the peerage.
According to Washington specials,
the supreme court is divided on the in
sular question, the majority favoring
the government.
A ministerial crisis is imminent In
Spain as result of the election dis
turbances.
After John Morley had denounced
the British budget and the war max
ing 1t necessary the commons passed
It to second reading-236 to 182.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

There is no fear in administration cir
Giles in Washington that the Cuban con-
stitutlonal convention will not accept
the Platt amendment as an entirety.
The Cuban commissioners who visited
Washington went back fully imbued
with the idea Of adopting the amend
ment. and no apprehension is felt that
they will not be able to impress their
views on the convention. The adoption
may be phrased IN such a way az to
make some concessions to the so-called
radical sentiment in Cuba, but it will be
q satisfactory acceptance.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30
SILK WORMS AT WORK.
They Can Be Seen in Kloopfer's Window
And Are Attracting Much At
tentiOn.

They Can Be Seen in Kloepfer's Window
and Are Attracting Much At
tention.
Silk worms at work is something new
in Plymouth. Fifty years ago they
could be seen in almost every part of the
United States. but now the raising of
silk worms and the production of silk
is confined to great manufacturing GEN.
tiers particularly adapted to the work.
Silk worms and the manufacture Of
silk were first known IN China thousands
of years ago and the secret was source
of immense wealth to that country.
There are several legends IS to how the
secret got out and was conveyed to other
nations.
The eggs of the silk worm are deposit
ed by q moth and hatch out the mex.
spring. In all, the worms cast their
skins. and go through five ages. They
have about thirty-one days Of eating and
nine of resting. Then sets in brief era
of unrest. during which they wander
about, moving their heads, which is pre-
liminary to the final act OF their strange
and wonderful career. Having found a
suitable place, they commence throwing
from their spinners the airy filament
which they have been storing up since
they began feeding. Around and around
the body the filament is wound. the worm
making of the silk tomb for itself. To
this purpose the remainder OF its life is
steadily ana unfaulteringiy devoted. 1t
makes sixty-fve motions of its head every
minute, or total Of three hundred thous-
and to spin its cocoon.
A singular thing about the spinning
process is that the thread is never tang
eled. Row after row of it is completed
the worm never beginning new one I'm
til the old one is finished. Then man
steps in, and. after sitting the pupa. un-
winds the cocoons with filature. Thus
we have raw silk
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

The Chicago Record HEARD insists
that the salary OF the president of the
United States should be at least 800, 900
and that OF the vice president should be
advanced from $1,000 to $4,000. That
is all right so far as the generosity and
liberality of the Chicago Record Herald
is concerned says theSouth Bend Times,
but the ''plain people" will probably
object. 1t might be we'll enough to
raise somewhat the salary of the vice
president but the present compensation
OF the president is high enough. No
trouble will be experienced for some
time to come to find men who are will
ing to serve at $4,000 year.