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Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17
BOYS TRAIN FOR JOCKEYS.
Schools Where Grit, Nerve and Muscle
Are Developed.

When a boy enters a jockey school,
he shuts the world behind him, like a
nun that walls herself within a con-
vent All energy of body and soul is
consecrated to his craft. To him life
means the clank of the bride, the hoof
thud, the smell of straw and the book
makers cry. He never learns any
thing unrelated to this life. Of a doz-
en- stable boys l found only two, says
Allen Saugree, that could name the
Governors Of their respective States.
Most of them believed Roosevelt to be
simply a Rough Rider and knew him
as Teddy. Only one could tell me his
present office.
What they do develop is a savage
grit that lets them nudge death famil-
iarly with a smiling face, forearm
and leg of flexible steel, and wits I'M
naturally keen on a single line. And
also that pitiful legacy of the veteran
baby face You have the living picture
of it all in 14-year-old Johnny Reiff,
who earns in year more than dozen
/ college professors.
The early training of jockey is thor
ough, severe and relentless. The boys
sleep in a stable loft over the horses
| Summer and winter they are awakened
at daybreak by a groom pounding Oh
the boards. They jump into theil
clothes, shivering in the early morn
ing's chill, and hurry to a pump, where
a douse of cold water sweeps away the
cobwebs of sleep. Then to the horses
and for two hours each boy exercises
his string" A Stirring" consists of two
horses, and Exercising" means walk
ing them about the track until they are
agreeably warm. After breakfast-ant
the food of a jockey school Is of the
most nourishing sort-the youngster:
exercise another String" and employ
an hour or more in doing chores. Tit
afternoon they spend at the track, ant
by o'clock in the evening they mus
be abed. Plenty Of time is allowed
them for recreation. The trainers en-
courage the boys in such sports a.
swimming, running and ball playing
by cOHSudHI pIdCuS0 VI OP0n al vi q
sions. Tod Sloan has maintained his ex
cellent condition. To this day he will
leap a five-foot fence rather than g
through the gate. Marbles is the ia
vorite game of stable boys. After win
ming a $4,000 race at Manchester las
year, Johnny Reiff was found deepl,
interested playing marbles, while LORI
Rosebery was waiting outside the pad
dock to congratulate him" -Ainslee'
Magazine.
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A London newspaper describes a
school in which there can be no sug-
gestion of class distinctions among the
pupils. An Englishwoman is the teach
er, and the fifteen scholars are all
princesses of the royal family of Siam.
The instruction is varied. The sight of
"a princess with a broom or engaged in
baking indicates the practical nature
of the teaching. To wash clothes thor
oughly, lay the table properly, arrange
flowers, in short, to acquire a good
knowledge of housekeeping, is one
branch of accomplishment which the
royal group neither scorns nor Sights
There are American girls, according to
common report, who would not care to
be photographed as broom-users, cooks
or washers, from false idea that use
full work might detract from their So
cial rating. The royal women of Siam
on the contrary, seem to covet the best
domestic gifts.
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A narrowing Scene.

Mr.. Marvin, who had been spending
two days with his brother in Boston
described to Mrs. Marvin on his return
home a most narrowing scene.
''It was at the dinner table last
night" said Mr.. Marvin, solemnly
chat this occurred. We were all quiet
ly eating, when suddenly little Mary
gave a cry of distress and closed hel
eyes. Almost at the same instant my
sister-in-law pressed her hand to hel
forehead, and tears streamed down hel
face. AS 1 gazed at her in alarm my
brother Edward threw up his arms
with an exclamation of intense and
sudden pain, and then buried his face
over which a spasm was passing, in his
napkin"
''Poisoned!' gasped Mrs. Marvin, witt
hysterical symptoms.
mo, my dear" said Mr.. Marvin
with maddening calmness, sit wa'
horseradish." -Youth's Companion.
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FORGOT HIS LINES.
Amateur Comedian Spoiled Effect OF
His Speech of Appreciation.

Amateur Comedian Spoiled Effect OF
His Speech of Appreciation.
"Pll never forget one Of my earliest
appearances on the stage" said a SOL
emn-faced comedian who now enjoys
a solid reputation as a panacea dis
tributer for the blues. 1T was in an
amateur performance in a small town
where l had lived for some time and
was well known, and where the popu-
lace is sometimes inclined to treat the
crude efforts Of aspiring Thespians
with considerable levity. 1 was to do
speciality between acts-a sort Of
Face on the Bar-room Floor recita-
ton, with plenty Of cracked ice music
and all that sort of thing-and l had
rehearsed that thing so thoroughly
that l believed 1 was a second Booth.
The afternoon before the perform
ance the stage manager, who was a
professional, quietly informed me of a
little plot on the part of some of my
unappreciative friends. Although it
was the wrong season for cabbages
they had hunted high and low for one
of those one-time popular tokens of ap-
proval, and finally they went so far as
to have one shipped from a neighbor-
ing town.
"'Now,' said the stage manager, con-
fidentially, I'll tell you how to get
back at 'em in a nice way. When the
garden truck has been passed over the
footlights just smile pleasantly, as
though it were the finest bouquet ever
presented to a prima donna and say:
Ladies and gentlemen-I thank you
very much for this kind evidence of
your appreciation, and my only regret
is that you didn't also send the corned
| beef."'
well, the eventful night came, and
sure enough, when 1 had finished my
recitation a fine big cabbage head,
most deliberately trimmed with flowers
and ribbons, was passed up to me. ac-
cepted it gracefully, and then made
my little set speech, but this is the way
said it:
Ladies and gentlemen-I thank you
very much for this evidence of your ap-
probation, and my only regret is that
you didn't also send the cabbage
"This was of course received by the
audience with a most solemn silence,
but there was a crash of glass back of
the scenes. The stage manager, who
had been waiting near the wings to
note the result of the little retort on
the audience, had fallen down stairs"
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TRIUMPH OF TIE BUZZSAW.

American Forests Reduced by This
Implement to the Use of Man.
The original forests of America were
the most extensive and accessible of
the world. Although they have been
considerably diminished by 300 years
of cutting, it is estimated that one
third of the area of the United States
is at present covered with timber. On
this area there is supposed to be $780,
0O0,000,O00 feet of merchantable tim
Der, or sixty years supply at the pres
ent rate of consumption.
The implement by means of which
this generation has reduced enormous
forests to timber is the buzzsaw.
There were 21,011 sawmilis enumera-
ted in 1890, being widely distributed
wherever forests are found. because of
the difficulty of transporting logs III
pioneer regions. The numbering opera
tons which were first inaugurated gu
large scale in Maine We're later
transferred to New York and Pennsyl-
van:a, but the full development Of the
industry was not reached until the TIM
Der supplies OF Michigan and WiscOn-
sin were marketable. The first steam
sawmill was started in the Saginaw
valley. Michigan, in 1884. All opera
lions were, however, meager for many
years following, and until the tide of
emigration, which was checked from
flowing into the Northwest during the
Civil War, was resumed after 1865.
In the latter part of the '60s lumber
ings began in Michigan and Wisconsin,
and passed to it's golden age in the
'70s. Chicago then became the great
est lumber center of the world, receiv-
ing in a single year as much as 2,000,-
100000 feet. These achievements can
no longer be equaled in the Northern
pineries. Meanwhile the South has
been opened, and is now entering upon
it's most brilliant period Of exploitation.
The same may be said of the Pacific
Douglas spruce and redwood industry.
-Leslie's Weekly.
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ceptacles, the inner one containing
racks for the dishes and the outer one
holding water for cleansing them. The
dishholder is perforated to allow the
free flow of the water and slides ver-
tically in the slotted guides. In opera
ton the dishholder is lifted high enough
to allow the ends of the horizontal bar
to be inserted in notches to support it
in its elevated position. After the wa
ter has been poured in the dishes are
fitted in the racks, when the inner tub
may be lowered into the water and rap
idly reyolved by means of the crank
and gearing. AS soon as the dishes are
cleaned the racks are again elevated
and the dishes given a spin in this posi-
ton to throw off the drops of water
remaining on them, after which the
work Of wiping them is short and easily
done.
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OUR UNoBsERvANT MEN.
They Are Seldom of Use as Critics in
Their Own Households.

Their Own Households.
A man who took exception to a state
ment made on the 'WOman's Page" a
day or two ago to the effect that the
sterner sex were unobServant, and that
nine out of ten married men did not
know the color of their wives eyes,
tried to prove his case by mentioning
the color of those of his own family
Out of eight he guessed one correct
ly. A blue-eyed member he said had
black orbs, a gray-eyed sister blue ones
and so on. When he was convinced
OF his mistakes he gave up and re-
treated into his own den growing.
1t isn't only in such small things as
the color of hair and eyes, however,
that the ordinary man of family is be-
hind. A devoted father, known to this
page, when asked for his daughters
hand not long ago, waxed indignant to
such an extent that his prospective SON
in-law feared he would burst blood
vessel.
THAT child marry" he said con-
temptuously; "why, my dear sir, my
daughter can't be more than II years
old. L walked up the street behind
her just now and noticed that she still
has on short frocks. won't give my
consent for ten years yet. Remember
that, SIR
Now, the young woman In question
is % years old, and so she was justly
| indignant at this conversation, which
she overheard at the keyhole. Upstairs
she flew, then, removed her rainy-day
skirt and substituted a trailing one for
it, and rushed into the library just in
time to save the day for her discom-
fitted sutton, who was trying to explain
to her father how old she was.
A fond husband awaiting his wife in
the hall of their residence last night
watched her proudly as she swept
downstairs.
''That's a very pretty frock, Helen"
he said, "a very pretty frock. 1 never
remember having seen it before. Is it
a recent purchaser
"Quite recent, my DEAR" replied his
better half good-naturedly 1--WE had
it exactly five years. 1t was part of
my trousseau, and every time you see
it you make the same remark:
Gage cannot wither nor custom stale
Its infinite variety'-for you, it seems"
mo; don't dress to please my hus-
band" said a woman at an experience
meeting of the feminines the other
evening, because l don't know what
will please him. If he doesn't notice a
new frock 1 feel satisfied; when he
does, it's because something about it
jars on him.
"Once, after 1 had been in mourning
for six months, he remarked naively:
You don't seem to be wearing as much
red and yellow as usual, Louise; I'm
glad of it. These browns suit you bet
ter
"He criticised a toilet at my express
wish once. The gown was a beautiful
creation, and when asked him how he
liked it he looked up at it over his
> newspaper
every nice, very NICE he said. IT
looks good deal like your other dress
es, though, doesn't it-kind of frilly and
, fussy? 1 would like it better if there
were a little cut off the edge and then
he went back to his paper and picked
up my train and walked upstairs to
get consolation from the servants, who
/ said it was grand
If there ever was purblind set, it's
, the men of ones own household. Don't
, depend upon them for suggestions il
you don't want to be disappointed
Baltimore News.
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The wife of a President bears no
small part of the burden of his great
office. 1t is much as it is with a cler-
gyman's wife; a church employs only
the minister but it often demands
much of his helpmate. 1t is in social
affairs that the wife Of President
principally appears. Mrs. Mckinley, ON
account of the frailness of her health,
has always been excused by common
consent from many duties which ordi-
narily fall upon the mistress of the
White House. At the formal receptions
she has usually occupied chair in
the receiving line, and instead of at
tempting to shake hands with those
who were presented to her, has merely
bowed pleasantly as they passed.
Countless appeals are made to the wife
of any President. Persons who seek to
secure some favor from him think how
powerful an ally in their efforts she
might be, without realizing how i'm
possible it would become to transact
public business in that way. For eX-
ample, women who desire for their
husbands appointed to office, to save
the family from want, or for son a
cadetship at West Point. or the pardon
of a nephew, often try to secure the
intercession of the Presidents wife.
These requests are usually made by
mail, but personal appeals are not IN
known. Moreover, the influence of the
Presidents wife in behalf of expert
mental charities, young musicians and
new books is constantly sought. In its
bestowal the greatest discretion is nee
essary The first lady of the land
possesses great opportunities for the
display of tactfulness and diplomacy
in her attitude toward people on the
great occasions, and in those more Sc
lect groups summoned to the White
House. What she does not say is some
times quite as significant as what she
says. Many a victory of craftsmanship
is won in the drawing room; and over
the most famous drawing room in the
land it is the privilege of the wife OF
the President to preside.
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17
Why They Went Smoothly.

The following story is told by trav-
eler about one of the local railways in
Ireland:
We were bounding along, he said, at
the rate of about seven miles an hour
and the whole train was shaking terri
bly,. 1 expected every moment to see
my bones protruding through my skin.
Passengers were rolling from one end
of the carriage to the other. 1 held
on firmly to the arms of the seat. Pres
emily we settled down bit quieter-at
least, could keep my hat on and my
teeth didn't chatter.
There was a quiet-looking man Oppo-
site me. 1 looked up with a CHASTITY
smile, wishing to appear cheerful and
said:
"We are going little smoother,
see."
eyes," he said; "we're off the line
ow."-London Spare Moments.
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17

At a recent woman's meeting where
parliamentary points were getting tan
gled and feelings embittered, Mrs. Will
liam Tod Helmuth begged that the Ia
dies heed the rules of the Pilgrims:
Touch no state matters; pick no quar-
rels; reveal no secrets; maintain no i'll
opinions; make no comparisons; lay nc
wagers." These maxims have since
been known in that circle as "Fanny's
recipe for club elections" Oddly
enough, King Edward recently discov-
cred an old black-letter manuscript
bearing the same rules, which he has
caused to be framed and posted in
Windsor Castle. They may be recon-
mended to persons who are not lab
itues of clubs or castles.
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17
Boxers as Bill Stickers.

The Boxers are still causing con-
siderable anxiety in some parts of Chi
ma. Pictorial Boxer placards are being
sold at many of the markets. One is a
sheet fourteen by twenty-four inches
in size, portraying, in red, yellow and
green, the conquests of the Boxers over
the foreigners. 1t is entitled 1.-The
Rampage of the Five Foreign Powers)
in China" The central figure is a for
eign house of impossible architecture,
which is being set on fire by flames
from the finger-tips of young girls la
beled Bright Red Lanterns" On the
other side of the doomed structure is a
snake or dragon called Fire God"
Below is the Golden Bell" under
which the Boxers are crawling to Sc
cure invisibility, and at the bottom five
unfortunate foreigners are being done
to death with pike and sword. This
sort of thing has often a most unfor-
tunate effect upon the average unedu-
Gated Chinaman.- Westminster Ga
Zette
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@HE entries for the dog show were
about complete. The proud own

(1Nl lie entries IOr the uOS SHOW were
about complete. The proud own
a ers of the high-bred CANNES to
be exhibited were rushing about the
large hall, all Directing more or less to
the places assigned their various pets.
Some of the more enthusiastic ladies
were decorating the places where their
pets were to display their charms with
gay bunting and bright ribbons.
A tall, fair girl was lacking up a
strip of wide ribbon bearing the name
'Tyke' in gold letters. She had ad-
justed it almost to her satisfaction,
when an unusual sound made her stop
her hammering to listen. A child's
voice rose shrill above the din Of the
hall and a mans harsh tones brought
Marion Deniston into the aisle to see
what was the trouble. There she saw
q golden-haired boy his blue eyes filled
with tears, hugging to his breast a ri
diculous stuffed dog. 1t had four legs,
zone at each corner" but there the re-
semblance to real live dog ceased.
The man, half amused and half an
CRY, was about to take hold of the child
half roughly, when Marion laid q re-
straining hand on his arm.
What is the matter?" she asked,
quietly.
"Oh, this youngsters a nuisance" the
man answered, impatiently. I'm wor-
ried to death trying to get things into
shape here, and just look at the thing
he wants to enter in the show" and
he pointed to the comical little animal
with laugh that made the little fell
lows lip culver as he Rugged the toy
tighter. Inspired by the friendliness in
Marion's face, he held his treasure up
for her inspection.
isn't he a fine dog?" he asked.
"He certainly Is" Marion said. 81
am sure 1 never saw such a remark
able dog before. What is his name p
Dewey" answered the child, proud
ly.
Marion carefully concealed a smile,
and the little fellow went on, 81 named
him that cause my papa bought him
for me for bein' brave and not cryin'
when he went off to the Philippines. !
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Porto Rico a Country of Farms.

OF the 953,243 population of Porto
Rico only $4,000 live in cities. On the
island, but 100 miles long and thirty
six wide, are 10000 district farms and
one-fifth of the island under cultiva-
ton. The average size of a farm in
Porto Rico is forty-five acres, of which
twelve are cultivated. Seventy-on
per cent of these Porto Rican farms
are owned by whites. Ninety-three per
cent of all the farms are cultivated by
their owners, higher rate of owner
cultivation than the United States can
show, where the proportion is but 70
per cent. Thirty-eight per cent of the
Porto Ricans are colored. In Porto
Rico SO per cent of the colored people
are of mixed blood. The percentage of
illiteracy in Porto Rico is very high
about S4.-Worlds Work.
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17

British line, there is a lake the waters
of which flow through the st. Mary
river to Hudson Bay. The divide be-
tween the lake and the headwaters
of the Milk river, an affiuent Of the
Missouri, is so low that engineers say
it would be feasible to divert the out
let from Canadian to American terri
tory. AS water for irrigation is highly
valued on both sides of the line, the
question whether the United States has
a right to divert it is one of interna-
tional interest, and may yet become
important.
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17
Third Edition to Press.

She was a sweet young thing, and
they had exchanged the ballroom for
the conservatory. AS his arm stole
about her mousseline de sole waist she
murmured:
Gam l the first girl you ever hug
ged?"
He was a newspaper man, and there.
fore he could not tell a lie, so he re.
piled:
mo, sweetness; you are the third edi
ton 1 have put to press tonight
Yonkers Statesman.
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AHoIidax that viii Last a Week.

There is movement afoOt in New
England to establish a new holiday
"Old Home Week" Our great country
has grown wondrously since the Civil
War, and in the rush to people the will
derness families have been broken up
and scattered. Sons, daughters, sisters
and brothers have left their native
towns and gone thousands of miles
away to begin life for themselves.
Hardly n family in the older States but
has given loved ones to the ravenous
West, and New England has given
more than all. So now it is thought
that one week in each year should be
set apart for family reunions-a week
in autumn, perhaps-when harvest is
done and the children of New England
can come together under the old roofs,
meet their old playmates and live their
old lives. All through the Western
States people are becoming interested
in the new holiday, and last year one of
the New England governors issued q
proclamation setting aside an "Old
Home Week" The Homecoming was
general enough to warrant the belief
that the holiday can be made perma-
nent one.
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17
A WOMAN'S INVENTION.

A woman should certainly know what
utensils are needed in the kitchen and
when one Of that sex takes it into her
head to invent a dishwashing machine
it will be admitted that she must have
an idea of what is wanted in this line.
The principal advantage of this ma
chine, which has just been patented by
Jennie Parrotte, Of Marquette, Mich,
seems to be that 1t drains the dishes i'm
mediately after they are washed and
permits them to be lifted from the
washer without wetting the hands. 1t
will be noticed that there are two re-
Holbrook argus., 1901-08-17

ga woman fell from a back window
IN one of those big New York sky-scrap-
ers the other day." said Mr.. Kidder,
lighting his pipe and throwing the
match on the floor, 'and when they
reached her body it was found to be
several feet in the ground!'
"Horriblev exclaimed Mrs. Kidder,
81 suppose the poor soul fell from the
top floor"
mot at ALL When she fell she was
washing a window in the basement. -
Indianapolis Sun.