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not quite true. because that spot found later.
many miles from Meeker. whittier he was headed
He on.
NO mosquitoes airs too thin for EN-, Plenty Of
elbow room There's million camps in these
mountains the raiIroad ladies'. kids an all
that Nice enough; they have bully time. But
we like room! Trout. An deer! An'-say, Billy
tell EN- about the bear
Billy wouldn't. He blushed Amid the unchecked
laughter that rang through the smoking room. he
could not save his tace We were mounting the
Continental Divide to the Tennessee Pass. outside
the Arkansas boiled its jagged bed and all
the wonders of red and orange and purple cliffs
made foreground for vistas. dissovinG
rounded curves. OF mountain behind mountain slop
ing gently skyward soaring in sheer perpendicu
lar lines to the clouds East TO the Atlantic the
sand feet high, toward which we climbed. we
should burst from the long tunnel to run beside
the Eagle and the Grand. whose waters reach the
'Inuy' found an Indians traiI-didn't you.
Billy? good natUTedy JeeTed the one they called
You see, he thought it was Indians, a bare
footed Indians said he expansivey To the room
BEARS, being native OF Wisconsin,. Billy, was
killed a grizzly out oregon way with lead pencil
-eh. Billy? So Billy took a Winchester an
chased s O hs nvisbIe bt trembns qaaFTyi9 P me-
see-sx weeks think j was.
AT last" the story. we wen;
Said the bear had it's nest he said it was a srizzy
with fourteen rattles Billy, himself sat WAITING
caught a glimpse of him then-like a
black pig scattering through the brush
He shot the bushes into BIly's' open
like waddng skyrocket, and. not seeing Billy,
he sat up look back. But Billy, His eyes
bulged out like marbles tell you. gentlemen. his
hair fast HIS hat went up like a clay pigeon
from a trap He dropped his gun. and in
strides he waded into that bear he'll bent for
Kaiser. Excited? He kicked. ne punched; he
kicked again, His uncle. with the lead pencil and
the grizzly, nothing Billy bare handed
maulng that scared. black half grown cub. Ii
wasn't ten seconds before the bear found the mill
TOO hottie no prize hghter-and while Billy
everything he could reach, rolled on the ground
and laughed. When up Billy he
y sitting the grass with his legs stuck out in
ifront looking at the rihe-he had picked 1t up.
And cryingr'
Most of that's a lie" said Billy, but | guess |
did forget the gun and, Frightening little. Il
landed him couple of good ones though" And
all Joined the mighty laugh that up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27
SUMNER BOARDERS' WAYS.
CONSIDERED FROM THE PROPRIETOR'S
POINT OF VIEW.

Yes" said the proprietor of a summer boarding
house, there is money in keeping summer bo1-ders
at the seashore mountain, but every dollar OF il
Is earned Did you ever try please collection
OF fifty hundred people without offending any?
II you ever did you know that it Is impossible and
yet that is what is expected Of a boarding house
keeper. I'm somewhat of philosopher, and I've
studied human from the best possible point
of view-from the table and piazza of boarding
house In the country.
"There are, of course. always the professional
boarders, those who have spent of their lives
boarding. They the gossips OF the piazza.
They make 1t point to learn all about
corners within an hour after their arrival and
they retail gossip about all the others. They make
life interesting to an otherwise dull mOnotOnous
crowd for each one thinks that the tales told
about all the others except one. Unfortunately
this illusion is not broken until late in the season,
and then the innocents to all points of the
compass.
There is also the chronic kicker. Nothing quite
suits this 1t is the food. the serving the
cooking, the rooms. or something comes in for dis
satisfied remarks. One must try to placate such a
boarder. for in short time the spirit of discon-
tent be spread by the chronic kicker TO all the
other guests. one such person has more than
ruined summer for me. She has driven
away houseful OF guests without cause and was
then astonshed at the result of her own work l
take heroic measures II such a kicker be-
comes too unmanageabe induce her to leave II
is better to pay her get out. In the end it's
money in the pocket once tried that. giving the
woman months board free Later learned that
she went to another place and was treated in the
same way. L believe now 1 was responsible for
creating new sort of impostor. From what 1
have learned since. / believe that woman goes
from place TO place to get bought of. She talks
and complains until the landlord gets frightened
and ships her on closing her mouth with money or
free board
THE little mother with many children is another
character that We must be guard against
sometimes she is such a sweet little body that
IL Is hard work to take issue with her. Her soul
Is wrapped up In the children. and she defends
them In everything. They have overruIed her 81
long That they think they own the world o.
pecialy the boarding house. They have come into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27
THE ILLS OF FICTION.

Caxton was surrounded by the usual group OF
smoking and listening friends. AS always. he was
engaged in making snapshot congratulations from
his recent reading Caxton was nothing II not
bookman with theories
.T have been doing n lot OF hospital literature
lately" he remarked, as he waved me to seat
Half OF the characters have been meeting
Gently in the latest popular novels are afflicted in
one way or another. thoroughly healthy dra-
mats persona is patheticaly rare
..Wbat of the hero of the historical novel?" sug-
gested one of the group
Always is downed with sword thrust lev
elled by a fever giving fine opportunity to the She
of the story TO be the mihisterihs angel And
the Interesting noint about IL all is just this that
in all cases of dctiona illness the disease is adapt
ed 10 the character. There is a feeling among
novelsts that each of dramatis persona has n
appropriate complaint, and none other cold
is invariably comic, and is never permitted TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27
WHY THEY TOOK 1T OUT,
|. C1nndinn Nnnufacturer.

From The Canadian Manufacturer.
About year ago said Chicago patent . s"
Il a patent smoke consumer ~
client OF mine lie came into the office the QUIZ ~
day. and / asked him what he was doing Win MS
invention ..sss
with it, It's hard work set thing Ike that IN.
troduced Last spring. after lot OF afguins, 80
a West Side laundry firm 70 Try II, with the uLuS
standing thai i was 20 take IL out at my own eN
penSe III Il didn't give satisfaction Attef ~ -
been in use a month SOL thought I'd go over an"
see how IL was working -. +bsrs
wasn't a bit of smoke rolling out OF the stack IN
fact il was almost impossible to see from the ees
side that there fire in the boiler IL Iiliuy -.
feel mighty good that the thinS was WotAine
so well and went into the Office full OF cOnndehcS
'' We'll" l said to the senior partner. no" uo
YOU like your smoke consumer -.
- I've been going to write 10 you ABOUT t"s-'
he repIied I'VE want il taken out
- .'XVhat's the trouhe?" / asked him.
You agreed to take IL out at your own eS-
pense II II wasn't satisfactory, you Know we H-'se
CHATS an right I'm not denying that
agreed IN take II out; but I'd like TO know VIVA :
the matter with II. looked at II just now anu IL
"Oh IL consumes as FAR as that Is cohceIhT
but since the smoke has quit rolling out OF me
stack a lot of old customers seem 70 th NUS.
we've shut down here, and they're taxing their
laundry somewhere else -,
imagn where We ever got the Iool iuyt ehas 70
ought To help stop the smoke, anyway. IL would be
just sensible Tor saloohAeepei W So aioeio
preaching temperance r..
decided to give up trying to introduce II among the
laundries -"
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seeds make the best class of cotton seed oil, and
they in themselves bring good price Inc ousn
IN CUBA grows all the from nVe 10 seven
feet tail and what makes it so especially pronIaoie
Is that II will grow for eight to ten consecutive
years without the necessity of replanting. mus
the expense of the farmer will be practically nOth-
pest thing possible for the small farmer, for with
a FAMILY of three four he tend three acres
OF the cotton easily. picking and ALL 50 that he
VIII have steady income each year without the
necessity of paying out money for help The hrSt
crop can be grown within six months after the
hrst planting. II can be planted in July or August
and the crop will be ready for gathering in Janu-
airy February.
The industry has been considered important
that there is already one American company which
Is preparing to start in the business large
scale. Modern machinery for ginning the product
has been ordered and the land leased. tits under
stood. however that the government will try to
encourage the smaller farmers TO take up the in
dustry, as experience has taught that great plan
tationS where the planter is lord and those under
him slaves are not nearly good for the country
as many small farms where the owner of each
is independent
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the management to cater to those who go into
the country simply for the purpose of "astonish-
ing the natives" with startling array of good
clothes and a limited supply of good sense.
What we aim to offer TO our guests is solid
fort, and good society, !. e., our own and that of
guests-just good as our own, though they
may be from the city; good health and good air. or
airs, can be had anywhere in all the world
good treatment know how to give in ex-
change for like concession.
Society as good as our own" could not be ex-
pected to tolerate dogs the circular gives this
advice:
Do not bring your dogs Especially lap Dogs
without giving due and timely notice that
they will not be allowed in the rooms or under
the beds (or) under any circumstances whatever.
After which he again returns TO amusements-
the amusements which the hotel does not have:
We are frank to say have no golf links here
TO cultivate the appetite and weary the SOLE but
ed 10 make your life burden. notably, mountain
climbing high kicking. bicycling. tub racing alb
sorbng green apples, croquet and lawn tennis
raekets. etc, etc.
They do provide checkers. dominos Jack straws
and authors, but mention is made OF ping pong
and In that the author Is absolutely original for
the hundredth time.
which will help make you happy, but God and
nature have done much for here that we
doing and so We draw curtain here and sim
ply add that shall be glad 10 welcome YOU
peace which these pastoral scenes afford
Our warmest greetings await those who come
early and stay late and
"Our heart still bends
To our dear old friends"
SO come early and avoid the rush.
Thus II ends the most wonderful advertisement
ever printed in blue ink. One sorry there is no
more of 1t. and the postscript. BE emphatic in
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visit the beauty. Yet in real life men have made
their deathbed confessions with a hard cold in
the head and it added the Significance of the
affair; If physicians are right brain fever
trouble the man with the hoe persstently
the most spirituelle creature but the writer's have
reserved it for their intellectual creations of a
wtredrawn hneness of fibre. | fear Ophelia is re-
sponsible for much of this You will remember that
Oliver Wendell Holmes had a heroine who. being
found worthy, is severely afflicted with delirum.
The man that lived "A Singular Life by virtue of
his rare spiritual nature qualified for bad attack.
Really something should be done TO puncture
this literary tradition, because it isn't in line with
the facts. wish every person here this afternoon
would devote few hours of this summer to MOTTO
ing the number of pretty girls that are carrying
around well developed 0f hay fever. Yet
what bravest realst of them all has dared to give
us heroine who sneezes and runs at the eyes?'
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industry, which will not be uncertain. bids fair
to take its place This industry is the rails
ing OF Sea Island cotton Experiments in the grow
ing of this useful and always marketable staple
have shown that 1t be grown here with won
derful results. So well does 1t grow here that it
almost doubles in Its return to the acre any other
country of which there is any record.
Sea Island cotton has been grown here within
the last year and it has yielded all the way from
fifteen hundred to two thousand pounds TO the
acre. The average in South Carolina. where the
product is grown TO some extent. is hundred
pounds to the acre. and the cotton is not be
compared say experts who have examined the two,
to that which is grown here.
At the present time there is no way for the
farmer TO dispose of his product as il is a new in
dustry here. and there are no gins; hence If the
product is TO be rio of its seed IL will have TO be
shipped to the United States in bond and there
ginned and reshipped to its market which will
probably be England that country consumes
the greater part of the Sea Island cotton of the
world This matter, however. will probably be
taken up by the Cuban Government, and all the
announcement necessary will be given to start
the industry to success on the island.
The sugar industry has proved a great failure
Every pound of sugar grown here last year meant
so many cents loss. and the better the crop grown
to the attention of Secretary Agriculture Terry
to-day, and he much interested. He has
future welfare of the island from an agricultural
standpoint. and welcomed very readily any scheme
which would tend to do away with the sugar prob
United States did grant to them the twenty per
cent reduction on sugar. there would still be
profit on their sugar and they. too, will welcome
any other product which can be grown quickly
The cotton is worth in the seed before ginning
cents pound Ginned 1t brings % cents. The
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the country TO have a good time ana
other peoples property is not a part Of 49,
of law They mOlOpOlize conversa+f, ZIG
table to the utter disgust IF every one -
cept the sweet little mother; they So.
sion OF all the best piazza seats tau =, -
from all others. and generally make ~, she glu
q nuisance. / have found the best W. 'aaensul&
such troublesome cases is to encourage h, 10 nsat
bOarders to complain They can rs me Oh
against the nuisance better than tha N arnX
and then, if the little mother Appeals ~ lord czz
no sympathy but intimate that the otbass o ~ sho{
have some rights too. 0' ooarder.
More children MI our boarding houses th sndrez|
Last year / had fifty adults and sixfv acuts
dren Consider that-sixty-hve children unss- cht
roof They all wanted half rates for n 1uer One
or. at least. reduced rates. ana thsv enidPen
than their parents and do far nors AT I'd. NON
should like to run house for bacbsIanase
spinsJers in the future. If / could get tbors and
/ could easily find plenty of the Iafts io.neP
would be no children there. and il wo, Iaers
heaven for me. / think shall start srYch soud Il
and offer special rates for bachelors . scnens
rates for spinsters ana I'D
THE sweet maidens who go to the eor,.
pecting to find ccngenial meE form anotaafy ey-
lem for the boarding house keeper ia e Prob
They Will not be cOntented unless there s-oaslcer
unmarried men arOU nd, and if the men .e son
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27
A NATURAL BAROMETER.
THE RATTLER'S SKIN SWEATS WHEN
\ STORM Is APPROACHING.

1T is going rain within six hours" said the
man. with provoking elaboration The sun was
shining brightly and only few floating clouds
broke the clear blue Of the broad sky. Rain" said
the other. derisively, and that sky? You're
a pessimist You always carry an umbrella
IN bet YOU good dinner that il viii rain within
six hours, the first speaker replied with imper-
turbable good nature and gravity. The bet
made, and the dinner paid for by the man who
doubted II rained in less than four hours.
Now. If YOU will come around to my rooms
will show you how / knew il was going to rain"
said the prophet. who was with honor IN his
country So there they went Now the prophet
was original sort of chap. and had fastened upon
the walls Of his room many strange things Of the
sea and forest and field On the hc 9r were flung
skins of bear and deer and mountain lion. and
the wall near window stretched from the top Of
the high wainsCOting TO within half foot Of the
floor. was the grewsOme skin of giant diamond
back rattlesnake. The prophet pointed to 1t and
said: There's my secret
The skin was dripping wet, The sweat. so to
speak. stood out upon its scay back in huge drops
which would swell and swell and silently run to-
gether in little streamlets. which in would
rush down in an avalanche of other drops and
reach the floor with splash like great tear
atmosphere or a city after thunderstorm Soliu
allow
killed the snake myself in Florida and had u
serlppsd; The skin is not tanned but Just p ,ss
coasung boats along the Gulf shore little strips Q,
snake skin hung up in the cabin. The captains nAI
told me that they could always tell when sqIdn
was coming by watching this skin. have had tnat
Ter three years now. and IL has been far more az
curate than the weather observer. No matter when
the first indications Of "A storm make theHse,.Vss
felt in the atmosphere whether IL be night or GAY
summer winter the faithful skin shows il by De-
ginning To sweat II the storm passes on the drops
dry up and the skin criSps and shrtvels untll -
more like sandpaper than anything else In tne
winter, of course. the sweat is not prOruse. Oe
cause the air is drier than in summer. -
Why the snake skin should be so senslti,1s ,T ~
Ch3uSeS i'm atmospheric conditions do not hno~S
l have asked expert snake handlers and students u
reptile life. but they We're much At a loss a !
| do not know, either, whether any shln ONT
that of the RATHER viii yield humidity or nuC !
know th1t me Florfda 'hoatmen use the RATHER ;
skin exclusively for their cabin barOmeters lneiS
something gTeWSOme ana mysterious about II 4 =
admit but il tells the truth accurately as tle
most expensive glass that was ever c0nStIucteU-
and all il cost me was a bullet from rifle
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they will never notice or care what they are eat
ing They will put up with incOnveniences that
would hOrrify them at any other time They make
the best type of bOarderS. provided the one necss
sity is obtained, namely. men
The servant question for a boarding house keep
er is much more difficult tnan that which con
Germs the individual householder that the two
cannot be considered together. With a house OF
hundred hundred bOarders. Il is no pleas
ant experience to be told by the servants that
advance il not made in the wages a stril
will be made Our season Is short. and we mus
give in If should staEC out. the servant;
would leave u.s. and the boarders would soon Iakg
a train 70 the city. too We have 10 yield. ar
pay the advance II matters not II cOntrt
has been made for the season Such a little thi
contract with summer servants isn't
considering. They trample IL with scorn.
So. yoC see there troubles for US all and the
summer boarding house keeper isn't exempt from
the general rule
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27
HE PUNCHED THE BEAR.
EXCITED HUNTER FORGOT HIS GUN
AND RESORTEp TO FISTICUFFS.

The overland train we caught at Florence. says
THE Worlds Work" filled with vacation seek
picked up all the way from Boston to Denver.
most of them their way to California, though
hunter of big game with whom we talked had
come up from New-Orleans to go into the Idaho
Mountains from Mssoula. ambitious to kill
grizzly. A whole party exultingly going back
to their last years camp.
Finest spo, in the world" said onc-whch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27
REGULATIONS OF THE PILGRIM HOUSE

J. II VIII be desirable with the proprietor as
well for the convenience ana comfort Of his board
for bis own interest that good order ana
quiet shall be at all times preserved. Hence AN
rndeness. improper conduct. and Indecent language
Is strictly forbidden in the Pilgrim House ana
those persons who do not conform TO this reg1,la-
ton and viii be required 10 Immediately leave
the house.
II. II Is expected that in general the boarders
Will retire by 10 O'Clock =. M and on repairing
20 their rooms all noise Will cease, and also thar
ali lights be extinguished Immediately on going To
bed
III II VIII be desirable that boarders should
settle with the proprietor, himself. unless some
previous arrangement Is entered into. often AZ
at least once nlontn. save when they board by
the year, when settlement once In months win
lie required.
Nv. The boarderE IN summer will breakfast at
a. m, dine y, take tea at D. Autumn ditto
winter breakfast half past T. dine H. Spring
breakfast O'Clock.
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YOUR directions about checking your baggage Ior
il NAV be sent to some other place. causing you
great trouble and annoyance, for whlch L
- redress this side of the grave" is not enough
RI the longing.
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IL is a strange notice, and you wonder how tho
hotel ever manages 20 in these DAYS when
guests demand their OWL way. You shudder az
the authoritative tone with which Il says that Won
breakfast at O'Clock. Then in one corner You
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ONCE I TOOK OUT OF A GOosrv,.r,
COD THAT WAS AS BIG AS THE CO ~ 4
FISH WHAT HAD SWALLOWED HIM. 0'ss'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24

something the matter with 1t. I'll take
the whisky"
And Captain Bob retired under the roar
of laughter.
The other Evans story was told by a
New York man. who says he was in tho
vehicle. Evans and l." said he, Ten
gagged a chauffeur and an automobile for a
ride through Central Park. After we had
been riding for an hour or so the admiral
said to the driver: You are the very man
l want to talk to. I am thinking OF pur-
chasing a machine and l want the advice
Of some one who knows all about them.
Have you had much ~experiencef'
"'oh. yes, sir was the answer. I've
driv every kind Of machine there is
steam, gasoline, 'lectric and all Of 'em,
and l think l know 'em all from a to iz-
zard.'
well. now. my man. said my navy
friend, patronizingly, II you were going to
buy one for yourself which would you Sc
iectg'
"'weli. sir replied cabby. I'd save up
my money and buy a horse
Evans has not yet purchased the auto"
A former senator seated In the lobby Of
the Fifth Avenue hotel the other afternoon
said. according to the New York Times:
My wife and daughter had been train
Ing a negro butler In Washington for a
month or more before their first reception
and as the fellow was bright he learned
rapidly. But they we're a little fearful OF
some faux pas on his part before tho
afternoon would be over, and they were not
disappointed.
"on account Of our short residence In
Washington we were comparative stran.