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TESTS AT INDIAN HEAD.

Uncle Sam's Proving Grounds Located
 in Charles County, Maryland.
 Most people have heard of Indian Head, but very few appear to know much about 1t or even it's location. That it is tract of land owned by the Federal government somewhere in Maryland, where Uncle Sam fires off his big guns and smashes armor plate, Is the very general and mystical con- ception of the place.
 Outside of the proving ground and smokeless powder factory features, however, there are some interesting things worth knowing about Indian Head itself-that Is, the town of Indian Head, if 1t may be so called. The fact Is that there is no incorporated town of that name, but there are several clus- ters of houses twenty-five miles down the Potomac River from Washington, ou the Maryland shore, situated in Charles County, so designated. No one has ever been accused of calling this place town, for 1t is not dignified with B town hall, or even a church. It has the distinction, though, of fostering four saloons.
 The dwellings number about thirty, nearly all of which are lighted by cleo tricity, furnished with bathrooms and water, and supplied with the usual modern appliances found in city houses. There is one row of six brick houses standing alone, says the Baltimore Sun. A strong imagination might fancy them lifted up bodily from some city and de posited here in splendid isolation. An other curious thing about Indian Head is line of trolley cars. These are for however. There are no railroad facili- ties for reaching Baltimore or Washing ton, the nearest railway station being La Plata, the county seat of Charles County, fifteen miles away. The only means of transportation is by river steamers and these facilities are not very ample.
 Indian Head has a special reputation for malaria and the concomitant mos quito, some of which finger here all the year around, and in consequence qui- nine Is a staple drug in the community.
 Over 300 government employees make their homes in and around Indian Head. Society Is divided into several classes, the naval officers, of course, having an exclusive society of their own. There are practically no private enterprises there.
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TOoIe Kept Cool.

J. L. Toole was once acting in London, when one of his company failed to come in answer to his cue. Amazed at his non appearance, Toole commenced to gag, and then repeated the last line of the original scrip with great emphasis. Still no actor. So, turning to the house, he remarked coolly, "As my friend T. does not seem in the slightest way anxious to turn up. will. with your kind permis- sion, sit down and rest awhile"
 Then, amid the roar of laughter which followed the speech, Toole calmly took chair and seated himself. A sec ond later the tardy actor dashed on to the stage, taking up the cue, now long gone by. with the words, "I was detained"-
 ''Thou sayest not so," remarked Toole gravely, rising. "I should never have thought it. Well, since you are here, we'll continue"
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SON COMMANDS FATHER.
Unique Condition of Affairs in a Colo
 rado VOluuteer Regiment.

Unique Condition of Affairs in O Colo
 rado Volunteer Regiment.
 A unique position in the United States army service is that occupied by Benjamin Lear, Sr., and his son. former residents of Cripple Creek, who are members of the First Colorado VOlun- teer Regiment, which has been doing duty in the Philippines. The father is a private in c Company of the regiment and his son is captain of the same com pany, a condition believed to be with out parallel in the Government service.
 When the First Colorado Regiment was raised Benjamin Lear, Jr., was
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acting as sergeant in a company and volunteered with his comrades. The father was foreman of the composing room of a Cripple Greek, Colo, news paper, but concluded to follow his son to the Philippines and joined the regi- ment. Arriving at Manila he was transferred to the company of which his son was sergeant. As time passed, the father saw himself still further out ranked by his son. who, through merl- torious service. won several promotions and reached a captaincy. The father Is 50 years old and the son 20.
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victoria,s stores of Gold.

The colony of Victoria, the smallest division of the continent of Australia, has produced, during the last half cen tury, more gold than any other coun-, try in the world, with the exception of California, says the Youths Compan- ion. James Stirling recently informed an audience at the Imperial institute in London that there Is gold mine at. Bendigo in Victoria which has reached a depth of 3,434 feet, and that deep leads of gold exist over an area of about 400 miles. Victoria also posses ses extensive coal fields
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Henry James calls his new novel ''The Sacred Fount.''
 The life of William Black, the novel, ist Is to be written by one of his old est friends, Sir Wemyss-Reid.
 Seventy-five thousand copies of r. Marion Crawford's new novel, "In the Palace of the King" have been sold
 George Egerton," who, owing to ill., ness, has not brought out anything for two years, is at work on novel to be entitled Rosa Amorosa."
 Thackeray's daughter is writing again-a series of essays this time, deal ing with charming but forgotten books. She calls them "Blackstick Papers," after the good fairy in her fathers inimitable little tale, 1.-The Rose and the Ring"
 Among the new books seemingly des- tined for big sale appears The Queens of England" published by R. s. Wasson & Go. The work is the production of Mary Hewitt, revised by Geneva Arm strong, and is a concise and masterfully written story of the lives of England's Queens from the Norman conquest to the close of Victoria's reign. The book contains over 500 pages, is profusely H. lustrated, and would appear to be is- sued at most opportune time.
 Cyril Goldthwaite, in a long article in the New York Times Saturday Review, entitled "Deserting Old Book Friends" says some good things about constancy in book friends as well as human friends. His closing paragraph Is worth quoting: "Much that is good in life is linked to the finer sentiments that our books create and keep alive in us. Shall we neglect them in their old age? Nay, let us rather keep them by us, and, having chosen, love them to the end. We may live by their pre- cepts and die, aided by the strength that philosophy and virtue impart to even the humblest mind."
 Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle's book, "Devil Tales" has attracted the atten- ton of the American Folk Lore Society on account of the accuracy with which she reproduces the negro hoodoos, charms and stories. She says that the stories are just as they were given by her negro nanny. Mrs. Boyle is from Memphis, and these stories were pre- served by oral tradition and spread all over the South. A prominent negro lawyer of Memphis came to Mrs. Boyle's husband to thank her for pre- l serving these legends on account of their probable early disappearance from the traditions of his race.
 "Wooings and Weddings" by Mrs. i Louise Jordan, is presented by H. s. 1 Stone & Go. It is of interest to readers | to note that here is one woman who i believes that it is better to be married unhappily than not to be married at all. Naturally this statement has aroused hot discussion. "The marriage
 question:" she says, 'has nc personal
 interest for me. I have nothing to
 gain or lose through it, but because of my children it interests me gravely.
 have tried to watch wedlock in many
 lands, and 1t is my conviction that
 those peoples are the happiest who be-
 lieve not in the ugly equality, but in
 the beautiful inequality of the sexes. "
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Iron Melted in Five Seconds.

A European inventor recently per formed remarkable experiment In the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison at Orange, N. J. He placed cup half full of chemical in a crucible and covered it with a small quantity of powdered aluminium. He then placed an iron wrench about half an inch thick and six inches long in the crucible. Touching a match to the compound, the mixture blazed furiously, and in five seconds the iron wrench was melted. It was estimated that the heat evolved in the process was 5000 degrees centigrade, hitherto considered impossible to reach. The inventor keeps the nature of his chemical compound a secret.
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Little Perry,s Awful Threat.

I won't ever live in this house no more, And Pm goin' away, way off some where In the dark woods! And mebby a bear Or something nobody ever saw before Might come and eat me up! And then,
 1 bet you, when My pa has no little boy, he'll be
 Sorry he punished mel And I'm goin' to starve and not Ever eat anything again at all, And when I'm up with God and got Wings and can look at my pa, and he Comes home and sees my coat in the hall And looks all around everywhere,
 And I ain't there, I bet he'll be sorry he punished me!
 And when I'm far away And nearly starved and can hardly stand, They might be big, bad man come along
 and say And then, when the people told my pa How cruel he was, bet he'd be The saddest person you ever saw,
 And sorry he punished me! Ana when they Hdu HO llltle DOy uO uOre Mamma would cry all day. And when no little boy would open the
 door
 For pa, at night, and say:
 "Hello," I bet
 That's when he'd be
 The saddest yet And I'll stay this time, but he B-b-b-b-better quit punishin' me! Chicago Times-Herald.
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O. J. MURPHY.

office at New London at g a. m., made the trip of twenty-six miles, delivered IA pieces of mail collected ten pieces and returned to the office at II 20 a. m., being on the road just two hours and twenty minutes. He says: q always use my wheel when possible, and my average time is two and one-half to two and three-quarters hours. My aver age time with my pony Is four to five hourS"
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She Stuttered.

''I'm afraid me daughter Moya is gettin' so she stutters," said MT. Dolan. .sShe do be recitin' too much Latin an geometry at the high school"
 "Whin did yez notice it first?' inquir- ed Mrs. Rafferty.
 'sThis mornin', when she got letter, I interrogated her concernin' it, an she said something about Billy Doo.' known bether It wor Billy Dooley," Washington Star
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Tbe saucv EneIish sparrow.

ington avenue, New York city, higL above the pavement, there is carved a lions head, in the mouth of which a pair oS sparrows recently built their nest and raised their young unmolested, regardless of the ferocious eye and mouth of the king of beasts.
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Moscow's Great Hospital.

The municipal hospital of Moscow, which was founded in 1764, has accom- modations for 1000 persons, and in the course of year 1t receives 15,OOO pa- twenty-six physicians and over 5000 nurses. In 1872, when Napoleon was retreating from Moscow, he gave or ders that this hospital be spared.
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Mohnmnledans.

The number of Mohammedans has been estimated at 196. 100000 Of these 1S.000,000 are under the rule of the Turkish government, 23,000,000 are ruled by other Mussulman sovereigns, 36.500,- GOO are subject to African princes, 20,- 100000 live in China, and 99,000,000 are under other rulers. Of these last about 5S000,000 belong in India and Balu. phiStan
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A Royal Chair.

An interesting chais in the newly re stored church called the Garrison church, at Berlin, has been ordered by the Kaiser to be placed in his pew there. It is a simple wooden affair. and bears the following inscription: "King Frederick William I. once sat on this chair during divine services"
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SOCIAL DUTY.

The doorbell rings, The portal swings, Ny lady comes a-calling, In velvet dressed, Her veil close pressed; The formal talks appalling. The style, the day, The church, the play Whatever line she fancies. Ten minutes pass;
 She says, Alas, Time fies!' and of she dances No real word said
 From heart head, No thought to live in beauty. Her list she checks; What name's the next2 She's doing social duty. Lydia A. Coonley Ward in Woman's Home Com panion.
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MAIL CARRIER A cYcLIST.
o. J. Murphy Makes Recorl Time on nr
 iowa Rural Route.

o. J. Murphy Makes Recor1 Time on an
 Iowa Rural Route.
 The champion rural letter carrier of Iowa, and perhaps of the nation also, seems to be O. J. Murphy of rural free delivery route No. 1, from New London. Iowa. His route is twenty-six miles long, the service supplying 14O families, representing a population of some coo. When the roads are smooth he uses his bicycle, the fieetest made, for travelling through the county.
 Recently MT. Murphy left the post
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Clever Arrest of Deserters

One of the neatest arrests on record was effected by a policeman near Bourne, Eng, not long ago. Suspecting two men of being deserters. he stepped up behind them and called out sharply, "Attentionv Taken unawai es, the men sprang to position in trle military style, only to find themselN es the next moment in the arms of the law.
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Bricks for Powder Mills.

Bricks made of plaster of paris and cork are now used in the construction of powder mills. In case of explosion they offer slight resistance and are broken to atoms.
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Not the worst Combination.

She-Do you mean to tell me that man could expect to be happy with a con- ceited wife?
 He-Of course; conceited wife wouldn't put in all her time bothering about him.-Exchange.
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American Garnets.

Garnets are found in scores of places in the United States The best come from Colorado, though fine gems have been found in New England, New York, Virginia, and North Carolina.
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Bad for the Hotels.

Owing to the absence of British tour ists. Belgain hotel-keepers have had the worst year they have known.
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Deafness isn't the aff1iction to age that 1t is to youth; deaf aged person doesn't miss hearing many nice things.
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Most people have the church instinct in their blood.
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All the worlds a stage-and most of the occupants are superB who play thinking parts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13
His Explanation.

The explanations some authors are
compelled to make to readers Of literal
or immature mind-when they are
obliging enough to make them at all
are often as good literature as the
passage which called them forth. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton says. in her Eighty
Years or More" that she once wrote
DR.. Holmes, at the request of a young
nephew of hers. to ask an important
question. Did the doctor really have a
servant who almost laughed himself to
death, as described in THE Height Of
the Ridiculous?" DIR. Holmes replied:
| wish you would explain to your
little nephew that the story Of the poor
fellow who almost died laughing was
a kind Of dream of mine, and not real
thing that happened. any more than
that an old woman lived in shoe, and
had SO many children she didn't know
what to do. or that Jack climbed the
beanstalk and found the giant who
lived at the top Of it.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13
In 1864 Sabin entered the army as

In 1864 Sabin entered the army as
military telegraph operator. and was
stationed with the headquarters Of the
Fifth Army Corps at Fort Petersburg.
Va. He served through the war, and
when the struggle ended he settled at
Raleigh. N. G.
The young operator was restless. and
saw in the West the opportunity for
advancement which the East seemed to
deny him. He joined the Collins over
land telegraph expedition, formed for
the purpose Of building a line overland
from San Francisco to the mouth OF
the Amoor river in Siberia. He was
stationed at Plover Bay in Siberia for
over a year. In the fall Of 1867 Mr.
Sabin returned to San Francisco. and
for several years was an operator In
the employ of the Western Union. be-
ing stationed at Salt Lake, Helena anu
other places Since then lie has grad
ually risen to his present position.
1t has been his principle to make the
telephone popular and profitable by
making 1t so cheap as to be within
the reach Of ALL He has achieved this
result by establishing various classes
of service. ranging in price from $3.50
to S. monthly. AS a result Of this pol
lev there are about five times rs many
telephones on the sparsely settled Pa
citic coast as there are in the densely
populated middle West.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13
Free Muetar(l.

James Russell Lowell said, "All dea-
cons are good, but there are odds in
deacons." and 1t may be added that
there are odds In other varieties of
men.
Squire Blank. according to Harper's
Bazaar, was not only the richest man in
his village. but the stingiest as we'll.
Nothing gave him such keen delight as
to get something for nothing.
One day he and several of his neigh.
bors had been In conference with a
manufacturer who contemplated estab-
fishing mill In the town. The confer.
ence was held In the one store of the
village, and at Its close the manufactur.
fr stepped up to showcase containing
cigars. and said
Have n cigar, gentlemen"
All the men selected cigar except
Squire Blank. He didn't smoke. There
fore he said:
'"Thank you. sir. but l don't smoke:
but as the cigars are a dime apiece. I'll
take dimes worth o. mustard II You
say So"
OF course the astonished gentleman
said So" and the squire went home
iubilant over "a hull half-pound o. mus.
tard that never cost me a red cent"
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eyes. she's forgotten him." said Billy.
and that belief gave him secret satisfac-
ton. He had known Mary long. and
the interest he had felt in her when a
homely, neglected child. had not in the
least decreased as the lapse of time grad
ually ripened her into a fine. intelligent
looking girl. He was to her a brother
still. but she to him was dearer far than
a sister: and though in his letters he al.
ways addressed her as such. in his heart
he claimed her as something nearer. and
yet he had never breathed IN her ear II
word of love or limited that it was for her
sake he toied both early and late. hoard
ing up his earnings with almost a miser's
care that she might he educated.
Regularly each week she wrote to him,
and it was the receipt of these letters
and the thoughts of her that kept his
heart so brave and cheerful as, alone
and unappreciated. except by George. he
worked on. dreaming of brigh, future
when the one great object OF his life
should be realized.
t,., .,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13
Washing a Wild Tiger.

A story copied from La France du
Nord" illustrates the lengths to which
perfect fearlessness may carry man.
The famous lion-tamer Pezon hired at
Moscow a poor Cossack, who was AZ
ignorant of the French language as of
fear, to clean the cages Of his wild
beasts.
Instructions were given to the man
by means of gestures and dumb show.
and apparently he thoroughly under
stood what he was expected to do.
The next morning he began his new
duties by entering with bucket, sponge
and broom, not the cage OF tame
beast, but that Of splendid untamed
tiger, which lay asleep upon the floor.
The fierce animal awoke and fixed his
eyes upon the man. who calmly pro-
ceeded to wet his large sponge. and.
unterrified, to approach the tiger.
At this moment Pezon saw what was
going ON, and was struck with horror.
Any sound or motion on his part would
increase the danger Of the situation by
rousing the beast to fury; SO he quietly
waited till the need should arise to rush
to the mans assistance.
The monjik, sponge In hand. ap-
preached the animal. and perfectly
fearless, proceeded to rub him down,
as If he had been q horse or a dog:
while the tiger. apparently delighted
by the application of cold water. rolled
over on it's back, stretched out it's paws,
purred. and offered every part of its
body to the mOujik. who washed him
as complacently as mother battles
her infant.
Then he left the cage, and would have
repeated the hazardous experiment
upon another savage from the desert
had not Pezon with difficulty drawn
him Off
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Decidedly the Reverse.

Uncle Wellington de Bergh. n retired
English merchant. who occasionally
came to visit his relatives In this cOun-
try. was an enthusiastic blcyclist. not.
withstanding his age. which was over
seventy.
His other passions was fondness
for Walkers Dictionary. which. he
maintained. was superior to all others.
of whatever date. and he seemed to
know It by heart.
"Your uncle" said caller one day
appears to be walking cyclopedia."
ION the contrary" responded one OF
Uncle Wellingtons American nieces.
"he's a cycling Walkerpedia."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13

You can explain to him what Is
meant by Imagination, and thus turn
my youthful rhymes into text for
discourse worthy Of the Concord
School of Philosophy. l have not my
poems by me, but | remember that
"The Height of the Ridiculous" ended
with this verse:
Ten days and nights, with sleepless eyes
l watched that wretched man,
And since, | never dare to write
AS funny as can.
But tell your nephew he mustn't cry
about it, any more than because geese
go barefoot and bald eagles have no
nightcaps.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13
Tho Pigeons Of st. Mark.

Venice has asserted the right Of
ownership over the famous pigeons of
Saint Mark. Some enterprising street
boys who had made a business of kill.
ing the birds, when brought up in
court, pleaded that the pigeons had no
legal owners. and they were fed by the
public on the Piazza San Marco. The
city authorities maintained that the
pigeons were the ward of the old re-
public, and therefore of the present
municipality, a view that was adopted
by the court.
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compensation is. therefore. 100000 a

compensation Is, therefore, $GU,UUV a
year.
John l. Sabin was born in New York
Oct. 3, 1S47. When Is years Of age he
left the public schools Of Brooklyn to
enter the messenger service Of the H.
dependent Telegraph Company of New
York. After an apprenticeship of five
months he was sent to New Brunswick.
N. j.. to open an office as operator on
the new line then building between
New York and Philadelphia. He re-
manned but three months in this posi-
ton. being transferred to White Plains
and from there to New York. where he
became night operator on the Western
press lines of the United States Tele-
graph Company.
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SIXTY THOUSAND A YEAR.
Chicago System Has Largest Sa1a-ie
Te:eph one GMcial in tn. Country.

CHICAGO System Has LarVest SaJa.ie
Tee phone official In tn. Country.
John l. Sabin, president of the ia
cifc States Telegraph and Telephone
Company. has entered upon his duties
in larger field Of activity as the man
ager Of the Chicago system OF tele
phones. There have been promotions
all along the Pacific coast line to fiji
the places made vacant by the transfer
of experts from San Francisco and
Spokane to Chicago. Mr.. Sabin re
ceives salary of $4,000 per annum
from the Chicago company. He also
retains the presidency Of the Pacific
States company. receiving from the lat
ter corporation $50. 900 per annum. His