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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
Tom and the Pig.

Tom had just come TO the fours of
the multiplication tables when he went
into the country for the summer. The
ones two's and three's were old famil-
lar friends, and he promised to know
the four's very soon; but somehow his
acquaintance with them did not pro-
gress very rapidly. There were so
many more important things to do
things that could not wait. There was
wading in the lake, and the beach
must be searched daily for shells and
pretty stones, and when the wind blew
hard it took all ones time to watch
the waves trying to climb over the
high rocks on the point, to say moth
ing of the great days when he went
fishing with papa; but these were all
too infrequent, for papa's friends were
pretty sure to be there, and then there
was no room in the boat for Tom.
There was the morning drive, past
fields crowded with buttercups anu
daisies, to the train which took his
father to town, and the greater excite
ment of meeting him in the afternoon,
perhaps bringing something from the
city Oftener than not it proved to be
visitors. but there was always the pos
sibility that it might be candy. The
squirrels. too, were always calling Tom
to see their races in the woods, and
Just around the point was bed of
wild Strawberries to be looked after.
Between times there was Helen, who
was only three; but she did very well
when there as no one else, and on
rainy days Tom found it more pleas
ant to play with her than he cared to
own, even taking kindly to dolls, when
he was sure no one would see him. So
the days were very full, and Tom and
the four's were almost strangers when,
one morning, Uncle Jack made the
startling statement that the pig was
learning the multiplication table, In
all his seven years Tom had never
heard anything so surprising. The pig
had never been an object of much in
terest to him A few days later Uncle
Jack said that the pig was almost
through the four's. and showed Tom
a most convincing picture of his pig
ship sitting up, holding a book. That
day Tom was seen with his arithmetic,
and a short time after, when his uncle
said the pig could not remember four
times eight, Tom promptly gave the
right answer. Just how much Tom
believed in the education of the pig
do not know. He said he did not be-
lieve it at all. and it is true that
Uncle Jack was a grave-faced joker;
but it is true, too. that Tom learned
the four's and was through the eight's
before it was time to go back to town.
And once he was seen standing close
to the pigsty listening to the pigs
grunting recitation of ugh, ugh. ugh.
ugh, ugh." which Uncle Jack said
meant, -Four times one are four
Jennie Wells Matthews in Youths
Companion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10


Miss Bessie Kellog, President of the
Young Woman's Club, of Valley City,
North Dakota, writes the following
from First street, South. Valley City,
North Dakota:
"Ever since mafured suffered with
severe monthly pains. The doctor did
NOT seem TO understand what the
trouble was and the medicine he pre-
scribed from time TO time did NOT help
me. He finally suggested that have
an operation. One of my friends who
had been cured of a similar affIicfion
through the use of Peruna. advised me
TO give IL a trial first, and so used II
for three weeks faithfully. MY pains
dimished very soon and within two
months / had none at all.
"This Is six months ago, and during
that time / have nor had an ache nor
pain. I give highest praise TO Peruna.
Every woman ought 10 use ii, and
feel sure that Ii would bring perfect
health. ''-BESSIE KELLOGG.
The experience of Miss Bessie kel-
log, of North Dakota, ought to be read
by every girl in the land. 1t is critical
period in a woman's life when she
ceases to be girl and becomes a wom-
an. Very few pass through this period
without some trouble. The doctor is
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

nice nap, but had hardly shut his eyes
when Flossie sat down on a stool and
began to scream at the top of her
voice; her mother had told her to- do
something that she didn't want to do.
Bob raised his head and said meow"
He was so very sleepy, you see, and
Flossie was making such dreadful
noise. She knew what Bob meant, but
she did not care. People that let their
temper run away with them never do
care whom they hurt. SO Flossie kept
on screaming as loud as ever. Bob bore
it as long as he could, and then he got
up and stood looking at her. What
happened next was so funny that Flos-
sizes mother had good laugh over it.
She felt sorry to see her little girl so
naughty. and she intended to punish
her. but as she thought that Bob
would do it for her, she waited little.
The cat walked over to Flossie and
rubbed his head against her knee, try
ing to coax her into better humor.
Let me alone" snapped Flossie. Then
Bob went back to his rug, and sat
down, looking sadly at his playfellow.
In a minute he stood up again, hav-
lib maui up HIS iiiAu "hat " w. iiS
started from the other side of the
room at a quick run, stood up on his
hind legs and actually boxed Flossie's S
ears. Then he stepped back and jump
ed right at her. landing on her shoul-
ders, and over she tumbled on the
floor. Flossie was not at all hurt, for
Bob had kept his claws shut up in his
soft paws, but she was the most as
tonished little girl that you ever saw.
She lay quite still for minute or two.
as If she were trying to understand
it all; then she got up and looked at
her mother, and they both broke out
into a laugh so loud and jolly. that
Bob fairly hoped around in delight.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
F1ossie and Bob.
Is a little girl,

There was a little girl,
And she had little curl
That hung right down her forehead,
And when she was good,
Sne was very good indeed.
But when she was bad. she was horrid
That little girl was Flossie. At least
her mother said so, and surely she
knew all about it. She was dear
little girl, but like most little folks
she was naughty sometimes, and let
quick temper run away with her.
Flossie's mother was not the only one
that felt sorry when she was cross;
Bob was sorry, too. Bob was a cat,
and he and Flossie were very fond of
each other, and were always together.
Bob was never cross. and he felt I'M
happy when his playmate was so. He
always told her what he thought about
1t, and sometimes she punished her.
Yes, he did, really and truly. One day
they had been romping until they were
tired, and Bob had curled himself up
on the rug. He intended to have
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
FUTURE OF ALASKA.
Judge Brown Says the Seal Is Being Fast
Exterminated.

Exterminated.
Judge Melville G. Brown came all the
way from Juneau, Alaska, a distance
of 5000 miles, to attend the meeting of
the American Bar Association in Den
yer. Prior to his appointment to the
bench of the District Court of Alaska
fifteen months ago, Judge Brown was
a practitioner of Laramie, Wyoming.
The judge was interviewed while in
Denver by a Republican reporter and
said:
ALASKA has no future aside from it's
mining interests and fisheries. Its m.u-
eral wealth is still an unmeasured
quantity. Its fisheries are the largest
in the world and still admit of develop
ment. The seal industry is a thing of
tne past with citizens of the United
States \ Alaska. Inside of five years
not seal will remain on its shores.
Our treaties with foreign countries on
the subject of seal hunting give aliens
practically all rights, while as effectu-
ally denying the same rights to citizens
of this country. Hunted in season and
out the seal is rapidly being extermin-
ated and soon will become more of Il
curiosity than the American buffalo,"
During the last year Judge Brown
disposed of more than 800 cases, in
volving questions of mining, admiralty,
commercial and criminal law. He says
that Alaska is not place one might
choose for resort in winter, although
the climate is delightful in summer.
The Klondike boom is broken and the
restless prospectors are drifting to 9TH
er fields, leaving their claims to be de-
veloped by capital.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
PAINT IN THE FALL

Fall painting is best; the
paint gets well seasoned be-
fore the hot sun gets busy.
You want your paint to
last, and to protect your prop
erty. If you use Devoe ready
paint, you'll have both.
Lasts longer than lead and
oil; costs less. Devoe is a safe
name in paint things.
Ask your dealer for, Devoe; don't be
satisfied with less. Send for our pam
phlet about paint and painting; free;
things you ought to know.
GOOD-PAINT DEVOE CHICAGO,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
Council BIun's Ant Pest.

While the rest of the country is COM
planning of mosquitoes, Council Bluffs,
Iowa, has its quarrel with ants. Great
armies of these insects began burrow-
ing into the sand beneath the bricks
and removed so much of it to other and
unknown quarters that the city engi-
neer was called in TO repair the dam
ages. One street was made unfit for
travel for several blocks.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
King Edwn nrd's Horses WIN Run.

King Edwards race horses will run
next year in his majesty's name and
colors. The likeliest of them are to be
trained with view to being at their
best for Ascot. King, Queen and court
will attend the Ascot meeting next
year with all the old state ceremonial,
such as never has been seen since
1865.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
The Joke Was on the Peddrer.


One day peddler of tinware stopped
at country house up in New Eng
land, and leaving his horse and wagon
at the gate, went to the door, where
big woman, with a rather pleasant
fact met him. He told her what he
had for sale, and succeeded in dispos-
ing of half a dozen articles to her
Then she said that she had not money
enough to buy more.
We'll. ma'am," said the peddler, I'll
take rags, If you have any"
Il have none to SELL" answered the
woman.
The peddler saw at least a dozen
children. all small, about the house
and the yard, and he suddenly thought
OIL joke that he might play on the
woman.
you seem to have plenty of chill
dren," he said; maybe you might sell
me one of them, and take the pay in
tinware"
What will you give?" said the
woman.
"Ill give you ten dollars" said the
~man, "all in the best tinware.''
- Well. SIR" said the woman, Its
a bargain; take your pick of the lot"
The peddler was surprised that his
joke was working SO well. but he kept
a very serious face. and selecting a
very bright-looking little fellow of six
years, he took him up and put him on
the seat of the wagon and then gave
the woman ten dollars worth of such
articles as she wanted. Never doubt
ing that the mother would repent of
l..
the boy, ten dollars in money the min
ute she saw him starting off. he climb
ed up on the seat, touched up his
horse. off. He drove very slowly.
however, for he expected every second
to hear the woman call him back. for
how could he think for a moment that
a mother would sell her child for a
lot of tinware? But she did not call
him. back. much to his amazement,
while. as for the boy, he was in high
glee for he was going to have a drive
Presently the peddler, fearing that the
joke had been turned on him. drove
back to the gate. Lifting the disap-
pointed little fellow down from the
wagon. he went with him to the door.
where he found that the woman had
just finished arranging her new tins
nicely on her shelves.
81 think the boy will not do. after
ALL" said the peddler, land you had
better take him back and let me have
my tins"
mo. sirr' cried the woman. "A
. bargains a bargain, and you must
\ flick to it,"
A'Why. maam,'' said the man. Sure
" tou wouldn't sell your little son for
a lot of tinwareI'
"Oh!" answered the woman, 81 have
no children, mister. The boys and
girls you see here are pauper children.
and as you seem to be a good sort of
man, III sell you as many of 'em as
you want for $40 apiece" The ped
dler stared at her for a minute in
speechless amazement, and then,
turning suddenly towards his wagon.
he drove away as fast as his horse
could take him. But he left his tins
behind him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
LOYALTY to His Employcr.

That young man who consented to have
portion of his blood let ols to save his
employer set a remarkable example OF
heroism. The Incident shows what power
there is In good blood. There is only one
natural way TO get good blood and that
Is from the stomach If the stomach needs
assistance, try Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters This wonderful medicine cures dys-
pepsia, indigestion. constipation. and
makes rich red blood.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
A ChiId.s Good Intentions.

Papa was doing a little carpentry
work about the house, and he handed
the nail-box to Susie, telling her to
pick out all the crooked ones. Pres
emily she brought him double hand.
full of crooked ones. saying: This Isl
all I could find, papa. Shall 1 bend
some more of 'em 1of you?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
A Fable.

A Fable.
One day the little red hen was peck
ing about, and she found a grain of
wheat.
"Oh! See here, see here!" she said:
81 have found some wheat. Who will
carry it to the mill to be ground
Then we can have cake
Who'll carry it to the mill?"
Not l." said the mouse;
mot l." said the grouse;
Then I'll carry it myself"
Said the little red hen.
Who'll bring home the hour?"
Not l." said the mouse;
mot l." said the grouse;
Then I'll do it myself"
Said the little red hen.
Who'll make the cake?"
Not l." said the mouse;
Not l., said the grouse;
''rhen I'll make it myself"
Said the little red hen.
who'll bake the cake?"
Not l." said the mouse;
Not l." said the grouse;
Then I'll do it myself
Said the little red hen.
Who'll eat the cake?"
81 will" said the mouse;
81 will said the grouse;
1 will eat it myself"
Said the little red hen.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

A small boy who could only count as
far as ive managed to describe drove
OF six pigs. He said that he counted
hve. Sut one little pig ran so fast thai
he couldn't count him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

If the great Chinese ruler were to com
nit suicide by hanging himself after
the American fashion his name alon'
would tell the whole story: LII Hung
Chang"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

THE first time 1 drank whisky said
Colonel Tankes, II suppose 1 made a
wry face. but after u while 1t grew on
me" "The rye face?" replied the other
"Ah! yes"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
pR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS

A Peddler, Who Buys n Boy for a
Lot of Tinware and Repents of His
Bargain, Finds That He Is the
Loser.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

This is the way the little boy who had
been reading the prize fight columns oi
Denver paper recited his Sunday
ger"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.-WM.
o. EsDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind. Feb. 10. 1900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

For frost-bite, chilblains, sore and
lame joints, stiffness of muscles, try
Wizard OIL. 1t won't disappoint you.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

FITS permanently Cured. NoiUs CT nervousness Rrtei
hrst day use OF DIR. kline's orcat Nerve Restorer
send for FREE 5000 trial bottle and treatise
DR. II. H. kLISE Ltd. 81 Arch St. Philadephia. Pa
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

A Chicago girl attempted suicide by
Jumping into the canal. but 1t appears
that she couldn't get her feet to go
under.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Mrs. Winalow's Soothing syrur-
For children teething softens the gums reduces I'm
nammation. allays pain. wind collie. 25c bottle
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

in the working hive of London and after
neglected and sorrowfu childhood ran away to
sea To spend many years of hardship and ad-
venture sailor before he found his vocation
a writer The inspired tinker had hardly
been out of his native country OF Bedfordshire
except once in a short campaign with Fair
fax's troops at the Siege Of Leicester when he
wrote in prison the alegory of The Pilgrims
Progress and MIR, RulIen. a stonemasons son.
has sailed the seas almost from pole To pole
and has wandered over the face Of the earth.
Bunyan was dependent upon gImpses of a
range of low chalk hills from AmpthiH for his
vision OF the Delectable Mountains. and upon in
cdents of village fair ut EltoW. with its mar
ket house. for the local color and scenic setting
OF Vanity Fair; whereas Ny. Bullen. escaping as
a waif from the suns Of London, has roamed
far and wide over the face OF the waters ana as
forecasJle hand has mastered the art OF literary
realism. Mr. Builcn like BYnyan before him has
known his Bible ana formed his terse Saxon
style upon Isaiah and David; and in religion he
is natural independent and Nonconformist,
oppressed by the reality Of things invisible and
self-impelled. whether on shipboard among sail
ors or in the dark town alleys and country
lanes, to preach 10 his fellow men ! do not
know whether he viii bc neard in camp meet
ings in Nantucket ana Martha's Vineyard when
ne visits New Bedford in August; hut he viii
not wait for invitation To become lay
preacher He has Runyans natural gilt for
king the deep things in religious life plain
to humble and unlettered congregations; and
among sailors lettering in port he is an apostle
of the sea, with a tone Of sane conviction and
with delivery free ana inviSordting as a
frcshenng ocean gale.
Mr.. Bulen is to sail for Boston August
with his family, and viii make New Bedford his
first halting place 1t was from that port that
hc sailed the whaling cruise which he has
described with vivid realism in The Cruise of
the Cachaot" and he is revisiting it for the
purpose of investigating what there is left of the
speim whale industry. Although he did not
write a book until he was forty, he had been
preparing himself for successful career as an
author by outdoor preaching, and as soon as his
audience was secured volume followed an
other rapidly until there a small library of
his printed works. He began naturally with his
own cruise after sperm whales. and followed it
with recollections of his early years before the
mast and with idyls of the sea; and by a series
of papers for The Spectator" he raised the level
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

longhand notes of conversations, and for men Of
letters it is precious one. This is his letter to
Lord Chesterfield which was written from the
old house in Cough Square where the Dictionary
was completed. That famous letter, in which
the services Of 2 literary patron We're declined
with sturdy independence and splendid pride
marked the emancipation of English literature
from the officious zeal and pretenuous aHectG-
tions of the titled and wealthy class GruA-st-
has fought many battles with publishers since
DR.. johnson wrote that contcmptuous and de-
fant letter; but have the rights Of literary
workmen been asserted with more robust feel
ing of self-respect and righteous indignation.
That letter provides the raison d'Gtre for John
son clubs even when the writings of the famous
man of Fleet-st have ceased to be read, and
when it has become q commonplace in the liter
ary world that Boswell alone serves to perpttu-
ate the Johnson tradition.
America is soon to have visit from one of
Bunyan's men. This description Of Mr.. Frank
T. Buen may seem fancful. for he was born
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21
UNCONSCIOUS SOLILOQUIES.
SOME coMICIL INSTANCES.

From The London Globe.
The unconscious solioquies that are generally
meant by the expression are the unwilling utter
ance of the speakers thoughts. and such
may hc expected. generally short and nearly
always amuSing-to third parties. one of the
best known eXnonentS of this style of oratOTy
was a former Lord Dudley and Ward. We
t,ld that on one occasion. when the Duke and
Duchess of Clarence We're dining with him, ne
was heard To soliloqUiZe: What a bore these
her to take wine, as should any other woman
Toward the close of dinner he said 10 the duchess.
May | haV" the pleasure of glass of wine
with your royal hiEhneSS' - With much pleas
ure. my lord" was the answer. but | have
already had one with you" The brute, and SO
When his guests of that evening King and
Queen, Lord Dudley dined with them at the
pavilion, where he found sad falling of from
the Lucullus-like banquets of their predecessor
What change moraliZed Dudley aloud
cold pdt5s and hot champagne" On another
related Of him on another OccaSion-in a fit of
absence imagined that he at home and she
the visitor. Il wonder he remarked. irupa-
tiently, when he had already stayed a consider
able time. II wonder when this tTeSOme woman
will go away
An almost more amusing instance of uncon-
scious soloquy during tete-a-t6te with a lady
is told by the famous physician. DR. Friend 1t
was in the old ConViVial days, and the doctor
was Summone one evening from a rather too
He felt her pulse ''Secundum artem," but for the
life of him could not count it's beats Drunk
by JoVe! he sohloquiZed. and pulled himself to-
gether sufficiently To order some harmless MKT
ure. His delight may be imagined when the
next morning, instead of an indignant dismissal
from further attendance he received from his
patient confession that he had diagnosed her
complaint quite correctly.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

Of his work to the high water line of prose
poetry OF the ocean From the purely literary
point of view these essays which have in them
the spirit the mystery and tie life of the ocean,
Just as Wagner's Flying Dutchman" has in it
the music of the winds and the waves, are his
best work; but his heart is with his Apostles
of the East End and his religious writings IN
which much Of Bunyan's independent thinking
biblical imagery and inspired fervor is found
Mr. Bullen is rough diamond. but manly
sincere and thoroughgoing Puritan at heart and
a literary artist. self-taught in methods ana
with the breadth of view and depth Of earnest
ness which come from long communion with
nature in the silence Of mighty waters. He ought
to receive a hearty welcome III the land of the
Puritans. l. n +.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

and produces two thousand words. another for
two hours and pens dictates five thousand
words. \ few, of course. Cast-so far as
statistics go-in the BalZac mould work for
twenty-siX hours a day and produce fifty
thousand words in the time. some
thing Of the sort Goldsmith thought that
four lines of poetry good days work If
one takes the question of quality into account
IL certainly might be. Suppose TennySOn 10
say: Il have done great days work. | have
written Il passage of seven liIeS commencing
'Self-revcrence. acknowledges self-control' i"
and Martin Tupper L. say: Pooh. that is moth
ing. have done real days work have
written six thousand lines Of prUVerbial philos-
ophy- If nine-tenthS OF the noVelists and poets
now alive would write one line for every ten
that they actually do. literature would be very
much the gamer by the change
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21
STATISTICS ABOrT NoVELISTS.

From The London Morning Post
\ common feature in the interviews with and
personal paragraphs about nOVeliSts of the hour
is the statistical information to the number
of words they usually write in the number OF
hours they work. one works for three hours
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

The late Professor TAFT of Edinburgh Cniver-
Sity, had his ecCentriCities and one of them was
his liking for ing about in rags. \ former
pupil says of him: That old gown which RaV-
re has made classic hung from his shoulders
somehow. but only somehow. IL showed long
rents everywhere, and il was because of one
particularly long tear down the back that TAFT
developed the habit he had of carrying his hand
continually behind him. That cloak had 10 ht.
Kept together though often as not the hand
that knew We'll how To handle an oar ccuId
ne seen peepins through. We loved that cloak
Nhen We get 10 know the man. There is a story
IN the university that TAFT in obedience 70 an
oath that he would cut up the first hat he found
NlhS on ms professional desk. once destroyed
ms own heddSear- He had been annoyed by the
students leaving their hats there and on this
historic occasion one of them placed Tait's own
hat there