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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

80, l don't care-I mean | do care,
only can't dance, so it can be polka.
waltz, or what you will. But | know
you're a good dancer, 40 it had better
be one you don't mind sitting out"
Shall we say number six, polka?"
Number six arrived in due course. By
that time Millicent was devoured with
curiosity to know what Carlyon could
possibly want to ask her advice about
How big and handsome and frank he
was! So different to the usual run of
men encOunted in London ballroom.
Carlyon bore his partner away in tri-
umph to a secluded corner of the con-
servatory. AS soon as they were seated
he burst out:
1--WE fallen in love, Miss cambridge.
I've known you good long time, and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
She Wanted Revenge.

A certain noted pianist says that
whenever he feels unduly elated by ia
vorable notices Of his playing, or by in
dividual compliments, he calls to mind
an occasion when his pride received a
fearful fall.
He had been a guest with others at a
suburban house for two or three days.
The last evening was a particularly
merry one, and at its close some one
begged him to play Hungarian Rhaps-
ody by List.
"I've played two or three times" de-
INJURED the pianist, land it's pretty
late. Don't you think might disturb
the neighbors"
81 hope you WILL" announced the
young daughter of the house. for we
are perfectly sure they tried to poison
our cat last week. Nothing you could
do would be worse than they OBSERVER
Then her ingenious countenance was
suddenly overspread with bushes. and
the company gave way to mirth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

me like n book, to be loving and yet
masterful, manly yet tender"
Dick Carlyon groaned audibly. "Then
it's all up with my ever having a shot
at trying to make girl care for me. |
can't do any of the things you mention
| can only be great clumsy idiot, all
right on horse or behind gun, but
no good ut making a girl happy"
But don't be so downcast, Mr.. Carl
yon! After all, I've only given you my
view. Perhaps the other girl"
''There Is no other girl!'
Again Millicent's face became scar
let.
why, what do you mean?" she cried.
"Well-I-O, what an ass | am! |
thought hoped perhaps you'd give
me a lead. 1t was you I'd fallen in love
with, Miss Bainbridgew
Millicent could hardly keep from
bursting into peal of merry laugh
ter.
why on earth didn't you say so at
once, Mr.. Carlyon?" she cried roguish
ly. "It would have saved such a lot
of trouble. Why, there's the music for
the next dance"
Carlyon rose somewhat heavily.
"Ah, well, he cried, I've made an
idiot of myself for nothing"
For nothing? Am nothing"
The young man paused. Something
in Millicent's dancing eyes awoke COM
prehension in bis mind, absolutely I'M
used as he was to the bewitching CO.
Quetries of the sex capricious.
You're not laughing at me, MILL
cent? he asked soberly.
Millicent grew grave In moment.
mo, you dear. darling old simpleton,"
she answered in a voice that made Carl
yon's pulses quicken; there, how does
that strike you for lead?"
And that was all Dick Carlyon's WOO
ing.-Cnicago Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

tne male mink, the male marten has an
oNerpowering love for his own off
spring but for the offspring of his fell
~" martens-such peculiar love. in
ueed' that If 1t wasn't for the instinct
anu shrewdness of the mother martens
'ne race or martens would have been
UNKNOWN long ago. The male marten is
80 tond of his young that he will eat
lhein up whenever he happens to find
them. The mother, therefore, bears her
young in some secret hiding place and
keeps them hidden until they are half
grown and able to defy the cannibal-
lstic love of their sire. The female mink
exercises the same instinct with her
progeny, for the father of them as fond
as he is of trout and other fish. will
leave his fishing any time to dine on
MS interesting little family. boston
Evening Transcript.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

/ want you to tell me how a fellow is
to make sure of getting a girl to return
his affection"
Millicent's face went crimson. Then
the color ebbed away.
"Does the girl know you are fond of
herr" she said. after slight pause.
"She hasn't an idea," answered Carl
yon emphatically. "And I'm such a
rough sort of fellow | don't know how
to begin. Supposing you were the girl,
now. how would you like the fellow you
were going to marry to behave"
80, that is soon told" answered Mil
licent. "In the first place he must be
attentive, my knight. He must be
ways courteous. always ready to inter-
pref my every fancy. He must send me
flowers and sweets, take me to thea
terS-"
Must every man do that sort of
thing"
Every man who wants to win a wo-
man must be prepared to make sacri-
fees. Then my lover must study all
my whims. He must be able to read
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
A ONE.SIDED WOOING.
p f was a big-limbed, brown

70 was a big-limbed, brown
lnI faced man, and somehow he
~ looked awkward amid the gilt
tering artificiality of ballroom. He
was Just the sort of being one asso-
ciated with big game hunting and the
wild regions of the earth. He seemed
as much out of place at dance as a
rice pudding in Partisan menu.
Miss Bainbridge!
"Mr. Carlyon"
The mans voice was apologize, the
girls frankly amazed.
"Fancy finding you at a dancer the
girl went on after the first flush of sur
prise had died natural death.
Eyes, it's not much in my line. But
the fact is-well, came to see you"
ITO see me?''
ayes. | wanted to ask your advice
on a subject that has been worrying
me a great deal. You're about the only
girl | know, whom | thought l could
tackle withoGt fear of being laughed
at. Can you I've me dancer
Millicent Baiabridge could hardly
help smiling at the almost boyish man
ner in which the s1nburnt young giant
voiced his semi-apoiogetic avowal
II shall be delighted" she said, sweet
ly. "What shall it bNT'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

DH"i"NAN' and the first to he
selected. Following the sinking of the
Merrimac, the capture of the daring
party of American sailors and their
subsequent release by the Spaniards,
President Mckinley was anxious to re-
ward each of the young heroes. Deig-
nan was personally complimented by
the President and offered cadetship
IN the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
but it was found that he was ineligible,
Then he was appointed a boatswain
IN the United States navy and his ap-
polntment as a warrant officer was
made April 3 of this year
He had served but a day or two
when he was ordered on the sick list.
After a serious illness it was found that
his mind was affected, and recently he
was taken to Ukiah, Cal, and placed
in the Ukiah Hospital for the Insane.
1t is believed that his affliction is only
temporary, and that his stay in the hos.
pital will be short.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
THE SNOWDRIFT.

When night dropped down, the fields
We're dark and dun,
Storm sprites were out-we heard the
north wind blow;
Then when arose the slowly wading sum-
Morning came mantled in a robe of
snow.
White grew the landscape; every field
and knoll
Shone forth TRANSPORTED by the snow
storms spell;
The trees and fences stood in motley
droll,
Half dark, half whtened by this mira
Gle.
But where the stone wall held it's Parian
weight
OF snowdrift, like some Alp or Apen-
nine,
We saw a sculpture man could not create,
Smoothed off and chiseled by some
touch divine. ~
Mute wonder of the myriad nodded snow
Pure as the stars that sentinel the sky,
What art could improvise and fashion SO,
Unless some godlike power sped pro-
creant by!
Here plinth and cornice, architrave and
frieze,
Lift up a beauty to the day and sun,
Amidst the silver of the tinseled trees,
Thtat never Phidias or Canova won.
Country Life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
Wagner and His Dog Pens.

Richard Wagner, the composer, was
devoted to dogs, and Pops had become
Wagner's property during his stay at
Riga. He had belonged in the first
place, says Our Animal friends, to an
English merchant, but became passion
ately attached to Wagner and followed
him everywhere, lying on his DOORSTEP
at night. The original owner found it
useless to attempt to keep him.
On the way to rehearsal the dog was
in the habit of taking daily bath in
the canal. Being a Russian dog, it is
recorded Of him that he kept up this
habit even In winter, provided he could
find hole in the ice.
Pops was one of the great composers
most famous dogs. Wagner always in
sisted that Pops helped him to compose
"Tannhauser."
When at the piano singing, the dog,
whose constant place was at his feet,
would occasionally leap to the table,
peer into his face and howl piteously.
Then Wagner would address his elo-
quent critic with:
What, it does not suit you"
Then, shaking the animals paw, he
would say, paraphrasing Shakespeare:
"Well, l will do thy bidding gently"
Pops is frequently mentioned in his
correspondence. If Wagner remained
too long at his work Pops would re-
mind him it was time to walk.
Il am done up, and must get into the
open air." he writes once. Pops won't
leave me in peace any longer"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
QUEER WAYS OF THE MARTEN.
A Peculiar Habit that Has Saved the
Animal from Extinction.


THE Hudson Bay marten, the little
tur-bearer whose skin is ever popular
and at times exceedingly valuable, is
stu plentiful in that region of fur
bearers said w. B. Salmon, one time
tapper for the Hudson Bay Com
pany, but believe it would have been
virtually extinct there long ago If 1t
were not for habit it has of making
periodical disappearance, of which l
never heard any satisfactory explana-
ton.
Inese disappearances occur every
Ten years. Where the animals go no one
Knows. No dead ones are ever found,
ana no one has yet discovered any evil
oelce or their migration to any other
region A few martens, of course, re-
nldln on their old feeding grounds, but
uurlhg the season of the disappearance
Oh their fellows none of them will touch
Tue Dalt in a trap and consequently
uone Is caught. The next year the mar
tens are back again in their old haunts
as numerous as ever, and for ten years
"ore submit to being caught.
The Hudson Bay martens seem to
ue the only ones of the species that
nase this strange habit. The Lake SUI
perior martens don't waste any of their
silne IN disappearing voluntarily, but
ie round at the old stand year in and
year out housing themselves in hollow
n Ives IN the deepest woods and making
are perpetual burden to birds, SPUR
s' rabbits and other small game on
which me they prey.
.ne Lake Superior marten has one
seuleetion Of the palate in which he
seeholes the bear. That is a passion
III money. He will line wild bee TO its
aOlne with the precision of the most
sH ~pert bee hunter, and the hidden
he !, OF that bee colony will have to
m.s. q most inaccessible place If the
'en doesn't soon revel in them. Like
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

No boy need ever regret that he was
horn in the country and reared on
farm. says former Secretary of Agri-
ouIt,lre ]. Sterling Morton in the Con-
servative. He may lack the keenness
and polish of his city cousin. He may
no embarrassed by his own awkward
ness and feel that he is at a hopeless
disadvantage in the race, but the coun-
try boy has the advantage of a wider
range of practical ideas. From the very
Arst his little services are in demand.
He becomes at once part of the force
that is making for home comfort and
nrosperity and feels the independence
of one who is helping to support him
self and add to the general store.
The country boy is likely to regard
his life as one of drudgery, and such it
NAV be if he loses interest in his sur
roundings or is pressed with a contin-
ued round of duty.
There is something heroic in the
country boys struggle with the ele-
ments. Rain and snow and sleet only
brace his courage. The garnering Of the
crops, the housing and feeding of the
domestic animals, the gathering and
preparation of the winter fuel, give a
purpose and zest to his toll.
Then there is the long tramp, some
times of miles, to the district school;
lessons learned before and after long
hours of labor. Is it any wonder there
are keen wits developing all outside of
graded systems and in defiance of peda-
gogical order? 1t is the intensity Of
purpose with which the mind acts I'M
der the influence of vigorous health
and the conscious value of time that ac-
counts for these results. SO from the
farms Is being supplied a stream of ac-
tive world workers-men not afraid to
do their duty and bubbling over with
energy and ambition.
From the little red schoolhouses come
into our colleges and schools of higher
grade aspiring youth. Some are seek
ing an education as a means of eman-
cipahon from the drudgery of labor.
Others come with a true thirst for
knowledge. They find their way into
the professions and business world, but
few go back to the farm.
What an ideal thing it would be for
the young men trained in science and
holding the key to natures mysteries
and beauties to go back to live, broad,
cultured and quiet lives in the midst of
the most delightful environment in
which God has ever placed man!
Touch the country-bred boy, now the
merchant prince or the successful pro-
fessional man, and how responsive he
becomes to every suggestion of rural
life. The same cannot be said Of boys
reared in the midst of any other sur
roundings. 1t is the contact with nature
that makes the indelible impression
upon his life. No greater gain could
come to the country at large than to
promote the love and appreciation of
rural life. Health, happiness, purity
and peace are the natural Inheritance
OF those who dwell surrounded by fresh
air, beautiful scenes, bright skies and
pure social Influences
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

war. When Hobson
called for volun.
teers to go with him
to attempt the per.
ilous feat of sinking
the vessel in the
mouth Of Santiago
harbor in order to
" b o t tt e up" the
Spanish feet, Deig-
nan was the first to
offer b / s services
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
He Could Wait.

Here's the devil to pay" exclaimed
the old man, coming in with handful
of bills.
Don't worry about him, dear" said
the wife. He knows that you'll settle
with him hereafter. Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
Easiest Part of IL.

"How have you managed to keep
your cook SO long"
"Keen her! Great Scott! Can't gee
up courage to discharge her."-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
A HERO'S AFFLlCTlON.

Osborne Deignan, of Merrimac Fame,
Now in an Insane Hospital.
Pathetic is the condition of Osborne
Deignan, one Of the heroes of the Mer-
rlmac episode in the Spanish American
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25

Nothing pleases young girl more
than to have her older brother fall In
love. then he can't say anything to her
about the boys
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fol the btt too" Dispense Ihi J
uyh to b h
OF III pny srtanng For tina
re- h us
o lie % p in he public h "d SIS a Sl Sprntnh Murphy
F ear
h tgngt ir u"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-25
RORN In THE COUNTRY
NO BOY NEED EVER BE ASHAMED
OF 1T.

oo;1x Contact with Nature Gives
Health, Happiness, Purity and Peace,
aud What Is There that Is More
worth Striving ForT
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01
An old Lady's Love for Tree.

Standing at the corner of Seventeenth
and Vine streets is an old tree. and in
house not far from the corner lives an
elderly woman, who has a curious habit
of every day walking up to the tree and
touching it in Il caressing sort of way.
No matter what the condition of the
weather may be, at some time during the
day the strange scene is sure to be enact
ed. a resident of the neighborhood who
is acquainted with the old lady told yes
terday the secret of her affection for this
particular tree. Several years ago she
was standing at the corner waiting for a
car, when runaway team came dashing
out Vine street at breakneck speed. 4
workman was repairing a manhole in the
street. and as he crawled out the fright
ened horses were almost upon him. He
was struck before he could make his es-
cape, and died from the result of his in
jurieS. The horses sweryed and ran up
on the pavement and the old lady sought
refuge behind the tree, against which the
heavy wagon was wrecked. She feels
sure the tree saved her life. and ever
since then she has regarded it tenderly.-
Philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01

domain may be poor. their flocks small,
their herds of little value. but they have
an independent ownership. and space
enough to breathe pure air and drink
pure water. In food they have the lux
uries that the city poor know not Of
choose to make it,, and plenty of fresh
vegetables and fruit. OF course, these
do not grow of their own accord and cart
themselves to the back door. 1t takes
something of an effort on the part of the
family to raise them. but does it take
smaller effort to grind away ten hours
day under a taskmaster to earn the
money to buy them?
\ little farmer lad, 10 years old who
cultivated small vegetable garden,
planting and caring for it with his own
head and hands, not even a suggestion
as to planting being given him, discoy
cred how sweet the fruit of ones own
labor tastes, and learned q valuable les
son besides. There is knowledge on the
farm for our boys. better lessons than
We're ever conned in school, and pleas
anter, too. There are
Sermons in stones.
Rooks IN the running brooks.
Let us learn them. and teach this wos
derful lore to our children. But let us
not forget to teach the eternal truth Of
good in everything" If cur children
are geniuses. the world will find it out.
If they are commonplace. the farm will
not mock at their shortcomings.
As no one can get away from the pet
ty, irritating duties that come to all fam
lilies. we will be wise to face them with
frank checrfulness. and perform them
without grumbling, to meet our loved
ones with laughter rather than with
groans. TO make life happier for those
around her is worth n woman'S time,
whether she he country or city BRED
Christie A. KruSon in New York Tri-
hume Enrmer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01
The Teeth.

Tooth powders are convenient materi-
ais for both cleaning tie teeth and keep
ing them white. In the absence Of a
dentifrice the teeth may be cleaned as
well with soda water-a half teaspoonful
of washing soda dissolved in a glass; of
water. Soap is rs suitable, although not
as agreeable. Either of these materials
tooth powders, soda or soap-neutrai-
ize the acidity produced by the microbes
in the mouth.
To whiten the teeth when already
black, peroxide of hydrogen is probably
the best thing. This is a coloricss liquid
to be found in all drug stores. But it
must be remembered that it decompOses
by exposure to light and air, and that it
does not always possess its full virtue
when received from the druggist. Again.
as it attacks metals it cannot be used by
persons who have filled teeth. When do
sirng to make use of it the druggist
should be asked for the official solution
of peroxide of hydrogen. The best way
too use it is to pour some of it in small
non-metal!ic vessel, then to dip the tooth
brush in it and brush the teeth as usual,
1t is not irritating to the tissues and is
harmless, even in the stomach if the
quantity used to cleanse the teeth is
SUu llowp1
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01
UNDERMINED BUILDINGS.
London Has Another Scare on Ac-
connt of Fissures Over Tube Tunnel.

London Has Another Scare on Ac-
connt of Fissures over Tube Tunnel.
Underground London is. no doubt, a
very convenient picturesque, and, when
properly confined in tubes, safe enough
place. but too much of it may become
awkward. An underground city might
prove too much even for the lord mayor
and the court of aldermen. And yet a
strong disposition appears to have seized
certain parts of the square mile to get
down below, probably to escape the cold,
and they are consequently cracking in an
ominOuS way.
Uneasiness prevails among property
owners on both sides of Finsbury pave
ment owing to gaping assures which
have appeared in many large business
premises. Ground floors, upper floors
pad Easements have alike suffered, and
n several instances the cracks are said
to be most curious. Many of the prop
critics have been recently surveyed, and
reports are being drawn up in regard
thereto. 1t is supposed that new eXcava-
tons are responsible for this disqueting
instability Telegraph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01

desirable, but he was stupid you know.
about girls. and love and-er things like
that. He paid the girl lots of attention.
but he talked to her about the higher
life, and plat0nic cOmpanionShip, and
things like that. and the girl didn't know
just where she stood. Sometimes, you
know, man means love by those kind of
things, and sometimes he doesn't.
We'll, the time came for the girl to 60
home She-she cared for the man, but
she knew he wouldn't propose unless he
was helped a little, so she wrote n lot
in her diary. Just the innocent Outpour-
ingS of young girls heart and that kind
of thing and then when he was coming
to say goodby she accidentally left it ly-
ing open on the desk. When she came
down in the room he rushedsup and threw
his arms around her
My darling he said, 4 know | ought
not to have read your innocent diary, but
only think if it hadn't been for this
blessed, blessed book. what a terrible
mistake we should have made. for
should never have dreamed you could
care for an old fellow like me. How
beautiful this all is! How artless! And
to think it was never intended for me TO
scen
"And-and," wound up the demure
little woman with blush, they were
married and lived happily ever after"
The bachelor girl rose and begun to
button on her automobile coat
Where are you going" we asked.
ITO buy a diary" she replied .-Doro-
thy Dix in New Orleans Picayune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01
TO KEEP CAPE COD SAND STILL
state Experimenting with Beach
Grass There.

State xper:mentinG with Beach
Grass There.
The harbor and land commission Of
Massachusetts, IS trying an experiment,
which, if successful, will attract attention
outside of the commonwealth and will be
adopted by other states along the coast,
which are similarly afflicted. This allie
ton is the shifting of the sand by the
wind on Care Cod and is Il constant an
noyance TO those who live or spend the
summer on The Right Arm of Massa-
chuSetts." ProyinCetoWn, situated on the
extreme end Of the cape, mas been tha
greatest sufferer and Il fine pine grove.
fine pride Of the town, which was set out
Il few years ago, is threatened with swift
destruction by the blowing sand.
The remedy which is under trial is sim
pie and consists of planting beach grass
along the ocean side OF the cape. y few
months ago Il large amount was trans
planted from another part of the state,
where it was not needed. Ii is hoped
that the grass will spread, and il. is said
that the roots will hold the sand better
than anything else that is known. The
sand dunes of Cape Cod grow at tho rate
of about two feet a year, and the force
Of the sand driven by the wind is 30 great
that the glass in the lanterns of some of
the lighthouses becomes completely
ground in a short time and frequently
has to be renewed.-New York Tribune.