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The sun., 1903-08-02
THE DOE AND THE FAWN.
Things tho Mother Deer VIII DO to Pro.
tect Her Young.

The extremity OF fear TO which wolf
win reduce a deer was shown on Round
Lake In Sawyer county, Wis, the other
day. There were two boats on the lake,
ono occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Whit
comb OF Chicago, the other by Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Damn OF Chicago. Round Lake is
only a milo In diameter, all open water
At II o'clock In the morning large doe.
low In nesh. showing that fawn was
following her. leaped headlong from the
fringe Of trees about the lake and took
to the water. She was going at full speed
when she showed and struggled desperately
to keep up her rate OF going, even when the
water cane to her belly. Then she went
out Of her dopth and took to swimming.
She made straight for the Whitcomb
boat, with nostrils distended and eyes
showing craxiness Of fright. When within
ten feet Of the boat the guide slammed an
oar upon the water. and she then circled
1t, going around the boat twice and draw
ing nearer.
Finally the guide, afraid that she would
try to Chamber In and upset the craft, hit
her on the head with the oar. She went
The sun., 1903-08-02
FROGS ARE CANNTBALS.
A Fact for Anglers 10 Remember When
Their Bait Disappears.

A recent experience OF G.. W, Hoden OF
Baltimore may serve 40 a warning to other
anglers who write to sporting goods stores
from ishing rssorts and order frogs In
tens Of dosons.
Hodel was In the Georgian Bay country,
where the red-eyed bass were biting hard at
frogs, but not taking anything else. He
telegraphed In for ten dozen frogs, and
they came promptly-a beautiful lot OF
green frogs OF all sizes In perfect condition,
not dead one in the bunch.
He was especially pleased by some three
or four dozens Of little fellows not larger
than tho first joint Of q mans thumb, the
ideal size OF frog for the smaI-mouthed
base. He knew that he could take these
infants, hang them on Blng hook which
carries q No. spoon, and with them yank
red-eyes from the vasty deep until he got
enough and more than enough. He went
TO bed filed with happy dreams OF the things
that were to happen on the morrow
The next morning he took supply. Of
frogs and started out. II struck him that
there were not so many frogs as on the
night before, but he did not believe that
anybody around the hotel would steal
them and thought that possibly he might
be mistaken. He caught some bass and re-
Examining his frog trap he found that
his supply had dwindled perceptibly. He
could not explain II, and was worried.
Rising early the next morning he again
looked at the frogs, and was panied to dis
cover that he had not more than dozen
OF the little ones left. He had not used
more than half dozen Of them He could
find no hole or crack in the trap which would
permit them to escape He was mystified
and grieved.
Then even as he looked his problem was
SOLVED. With satisfied croak, which said
as plainly as English could say it: This is
a good thing" one Of the big frogs hoped
forward three inches, opened its mouth
seized little frog and swallowed 1t.
Hodell stood staring Another big frog
swallowed another little frog Looking
closely then, Hodell saw the legs Of two
or three little frogs sticking out OF the
, mouths Of two or three big frogs.
He called for help, and he and the guide
rescued the few little frogs that were lef,
and put them In separate compartment
The big frogs seemed to be very fat ano
sleepy.
The sun., 1903-08-02
WOMEN AS SALMON FISHERS,



GAsPE BASIN, Bay Of Chaleur, Aug. L.
The honors Of the salmon season have Ger
tainly gone to the women this year. There
was a time when the sport was considered
masculine, but now women OF every age
are found among the most successful
fighters OF the mighty salmon
Some OF them even use the heavy, full
grown rod and winch Of the practised
fisherman. and with wrist and arms Of
steel-like strength cast their niss and
bring their fish to gaif But the common
rule Is to let the guide do tho casting and
handling of the rod, until the tish 10 hooked,
when tho man relinauishes It to his fair
employer. and with his paddle makes the
canoe help her in the fight with her oap-
tive.
A gentle little Southerner was advised
by her guide to drop yellow NAV into a
likely pool hole just below the biggest and
The sun., 1903-08-02

close inspeotion whether tempting look
ing minnow or crab, or whatever II mlgns
be that was playing about near thems mao
such an attachment TO It, and not only Dy
close inspsotion. but by the test Of swimming
around the object, 30 a line could not escape
detectiOns
The sun., 1903-08-02

HIGHLAND not SE, overlooking ocean, per
feet scashorc and country: sl.5O day CirCuiar
HIGHLANDS OF NANESlNk, box 81.
THE ASHTON, SARATOGA SPRINGS y. \,
81 per day. $40 10 SIS per week minutes to the
depot and large hotels, q. +. ASHTON.
The sun., 1903-08-02
TRIUMPRS OF The ROD
Tales of Hard Battles With
Game Fish.
NEW FIELD FOR FLY.CASTERS.
The Flambeau's Splendid Black
Bass Offer More Sport.

The, VIII Take thr Fly, u VIaS Been Found
---Siamcr Fighters T!'an Even the
Tr0ut-A Discovery of Grcat Interest
So AnEIcrs.-asiE N!Ilskaii0nSc some
times Taken Very EasllS-Just inc
Right weather to Enjoy Ffshang.
The sun., 1903-08-02

Continued on Sspsnth PuSs.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

A pair of catfish that were continu-
ously watched in government aqua
rum made nest by removing the
gravel from corner. During the first
few days after Matching the fry,
banked in the corners of the tank,
were at irregular intervals actively
stirred by the barbels of the parents,
usually the mate. Subsequently the
parents were seen to suck the eggs
into their mouths and then extrude
them with some force. The predace-
Gus feeding habits of the old fish grad
ually overcame the parental instinct;
the tendency to suck the fry into their
mouths continued and the inclination
to spit them out diminished, so that
the number of young dwindled daily
and the 500 that had been left with
their parents had completely disap-
peared in six weeks. although other
food was literally supplied.-wash-
ington Star.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
THE SPIDER TREE.
Queer African Plant That Re-
sembIes the Insect In Its
Movements.

Travellers who visited or passed the
Cape Negro country of Africa often
heard from the natives of plant that
was part spider. and that, growing.
threw its legs about in continual strug.
giles to escape. 1t was the good for.
time of DIR. Welwitsch to discover the
origin of the legend, says London pa
per. Strolling along through wind.
swept tableland country. he came upon
plant that rested low upon the
ground, but had two enormous leaves
that blew and twisted about in the
wind like serpents-in fact, il looked
as the natives had said, like gigantic
spider.
Its stem was four feet across and
but foot high. 1t had but two leaves
in reality, that were six or eight feet
long, and split up by the wind so that
they resembled ribbons. This is prob.
ably the most extraordinary tree
known. II grows for nearly if not
quite century. but never upward be.
yond about foot, simply expanding
until it reaches the diameter given,
looking in its adult state like sim
gular stool on the plain from 10 to 1s
feet in circumference.
When the wind came rushing in
from the sea. lifting the curious rib
bon-like leaves and tossing them
about, it almost seemed to the dis
coverer that the strange plant had
suddenly become imbued with life and
was struggling to escape. When de-
scription and picture of the plant were
sent to England it was, like many other
discoveries, discredited, but soon the
plant itself was received and now
Welwitschia mirabilis is well knowr
to botanists.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
WIT AND WISDOM.

II Is always the safest plan to take
firm grip on the present.-Chicago
Journal.
Evidence.-"Is she a good mana
ger?" Doesn't her husband look it?"
Detroit Free Press.
Philosophy enables man to bear
the toothache of his neighbor with
out whimper.-Chicago Daily News.
Mistakes seem TO be necessary; a
man who can't show scars isn't much
of wood chopper.-Atchison Globe.
Ambiguous.-Miss Flirty-"How do
you like my new engagement ring?"
Miss Cutting-"Tt's beauty; when
does it come off ?"-Town and Coun-
try.
Even admittin' dat folks is descend
ed fun monkeys" said Uncle Eben, "I
knows some people dat ain no special
credit to deir MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Star.
"What was the coldest day you ever
experienced?" 'One day last week
at Palm Beach, when l incautiously
let a crowd of girls know was worth
less than million" Topics.
'Jane is so sentimental. When her
dog died she wrote a couplet about
it." "Doggerel, l suppose" II sup
pose so. Anyway, she wrote it on a
piece of bark and had it framed in
dogwood. d."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Unwelcome suitor.-Tom-"W
sat out on the porch and / told her I
would claim kiss every time star
shot. ] didn't remain long" Jack
"Did the stars shoot?" Tom-"No,
but her father did."-Chicago Daily
News.
Jones-"Hamilton is pretty good
example of what business man ought
to be-" Brown-"In some ways, yes;
then he's so terribly deliberate! Why.
I've known him to spend ten minutes
over his MONDAY lunch" Boston
Transcript.
Klumsay Gin the may waltz)-"Per-
haps you don't like my style of dane
ing" Miss Sharpe-"There is rather
too much sameness about it." Klum-
say-"How may vary it?" Miss
Sharpe-"Suppose you tread on my
left foot once in awhile" e."-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Lucas Malet Mrs. Harrison), who
wrote "Sir Richard Calmady." has be-
come convert to Catholicism.
According to Albert Rcquette, H.
brary needs aboux $4,000 year to
acquire the more important new pub
lications.
We read of an eastern author, says
the Atlanta Constitution, who wrote
three stories in oue night, and then
walked out of an open window and
fell four
Manchester is about to celebrate
the jubilee of it's free libraries. 1t is
calculated that during the so years
52,000,O00 reference books have been
read or consulted.
Jack London, the well-known author,
has earned fame in other ways than by
his writing. He was one of the few
who went over the ChiIkoot pass in
1897, and one of his experiences in
Alaska consisted in floating 10 days in
an open boat down to the Behring sea.
In his Random "reminiscences" !"
Charles H. +. Brookfields says that his
great uncle, Henry Hallam, the his
torian, was invited by Tennyson to be
godfather to his first boy. Hallam
readily consented. As they were walk
ing up the church yard, side by side,
the historian inquired of Tennyson:
"What name do you mean to give
him?" "We thought of calling him
Hallam," said the poet. "Oh. had you
not better call him Alfredo" modestly
suggested the historian. "Aye!" re-
piled the bard, "but what if he should
turn out fool?"
Charles H. Z. Brookfield says he was
in Stevenson's company at the mo-
ment when the germ of the idea Of
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" was con-
ceived. Stevenson was inveighing
against q man with whom he had done
business, and with whose methods he
was dissatisfied. The mans name was
Samuel CreggaD, or something like it.
He is a man who trades on the Sam
uel," Stevenson declared, in his rather
finnicky, musical Scots voice. "He
receives you with Samuels smile on
his face; with the gesture of Samuel
he invites you into chair; with Sam
uers eyes cast down in self-depreca-
tion, he tells you how well satisfied
his clients have always been with his
dealings; but every now and then
you can catch glimpse of the Greg
gan peeping out like white ferret.
Creggan's the real man; Samuel's only
superficial"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
TO WEAR DELHI BALL DRESSES
Mrs. Adair, American HOstess, will
Emulate Durbar Function
in London.

Among American hostesses in Lon.
don now no one is more energetic than
Mrs. Adair, who has only just returned
from India. She was so impressed by
the beauty of the great fancy dress
ball that took place at Delhi that she
intends giving ball of this kind on
May s at her home in Curzon street in
honor of her pretty American
niece, Miss Post, daughter of Lady
Barrymore by her first husband. Many
of the dresses that were worn at the
Delhi ball will be once more seen ON
this occasion.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

grams, pocketed them and the roll
of bills and whipped on my hat.
When the train rolled into the sta.
tion at Versailles, / had my plan
well in mind, and promptly proceed
ed to carry it out. Rushing up the
narrow stairs of the brokers' Office
found the proprietor just on the point
of going out. Drawing him back into
his private den I told him 1 wanted
him to buy me 100 shares of ver-
sailles Electric, which was then quot.
ed around "a.
Here is enough to put up five
points Margin" / said, handing him
my borrowed roll of bills, "but |
want you to promise not to use this
particular money, which I will leave
with you for security. will redeem
it before night, and come to your
house If necessary"
"All right" he. said, "you have al.
ways proved to be reliable ,"and with
out any further talk he carried out
my order.
The first plunge had been taken
now for the most daring part of
my bold scheme. First, however, 7
must get word to Frank, so that.
whatever happened to me, he should
not lose the opportunity to secure
his stock. BY the greatest good luck.
as / came out of the brokers' Office
] met one of our linemen, who had
seen Frank during the day and gave
me some idea of his whereabouts,
SO that after some little search ]
succeeded in finding him, giving him
q strong hint that he must bind his
stock bargain at once, and leaving
with him in a sealed envelope one set
of my intercepted kilograms.
Boarding horse car, i started for
the State House, where l boldly told
the first official ] met that l wanted
to see the governor.
His excellency was a spare, tall
man, with decided stoop. a cat
shaped head, sparsely covered witt!
grizzled hair, and bright. shrewd eyes,
much wrinkled at the corners, out
of which he bestowed upon me n
quizzical, but kindly, smile when ]
insisted on being left alone with him
on business of the utmost personal
Importance to himself.
/ went straight to the point, pulled
out my copies of his kilograms and
placed them in his hands. After the
first start of nervous surprise he was
cool and collected and l didn't have
to threaten to scream, as ! had ex-
pected.
II see that you recognize those
kilograms, governor" / said. "They
are only copies, but other authentic
copies are in safe hands. l value
them at $3.50 apiece, but you are the
best judge of that. OF course, you
can take all the force out of them
by signing the bill, but then you will
have a big block of worthless stock
on your hands, and what will your
friend, Mr.. Russell, think?"
"Will you promise me that all other
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

No white pigments have been found
In feathers, and the whiteness of white
feathers is ascribed to total reflection
Of light from their exposed surfaces.
Some have supposed the reflection to
be from air spaces, or bubbles. in the
feather structure, but r. NJ. Strong, of
Haverford college, says that the white
effect is mainly dependent, as in the
case of snow or powdered glass, upon
the small size of the structural ele-
Eents. These have large number of
surfaces so placed for any position Of
the eye that there is maximum re-
Election to the eye, and almost no abb
sorption by the unpigmented feather
substance.-Youth's Companion.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

copies of these kilograms are i'm
mediately destroyed, if buy these? ?''
he asked.
81 will cheerfully do so, II you
make me a little promise in return" !"
was my prompt reply.
"What is it you ask? You seem TO
be quite a woman of business"
"Only this: use your influence with
President Hussell to have a young
man named Frank Stanley appointed
to the superintendency of this division
of his line" / boldly answered.
The governor smiled at my hot
blush, nodded, gave the required
promise, produced fat pocketbook
from which he counted out $500, tore
the kilograms into little bits, and
politely ushered me out of the room.
i lost no time in hunting up my
broker, getting back my original roll
of money, and returning by the last
up train to the Office, where / found
everything as had left II. It was
with a tired sigh of relief that re-
stored the bills to the safe and saw
that it locked this time with a de-
cided snap.
Within two months Versailles Elec.
trio was at par. my hundred shares
were worth $4,000, and Franks al
lotment half as much more. He
obtained the position of division
superintendent and was retained in
it by the big company, which event.
ually absorbed our weak one, and
then we got arrears of salary and
/ left the detested Office and devoted
my time to planning the cosy villa
in the suburbs of Versailles, which
we still occupy.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

The ear was inspired TO issue his re-
cent reform proclamation by Denit-
chinsky, meteorologist, who attract
ed the czar's attention by the accuracy
of his weather predictions in the Novoc
vremya. The czar summoned Denit-
chinsky and talked about political mat
ters in the interview. So impressed
was he with Denitchinsky's views that
he directed him to embody them in q
confidential memorandum. That was
made the basis e9 the rescriPk
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

The city of Nankin, though the
southern capital of China, does not
possess waterworks system. The
American consul, Mr.. Martin, put down
q "drove" well. The american well" I"
40 it is called, soon attracted the at
tention of high officials living in the
city, who one after another came to
see and test it.. The result OF their
Investigations was the setting apart
Of an amount of money to be used in
securing like wells about the cisy, to
the pumber Of 100.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
THE HEART COURAGEOUS.

Who hath heart courageous
VIII night with right good cheer;
For well may he his foes out-face
Who owns no foe called fear.
Who hath heart courageous
VIII fight as knight Of old
For that which ne doth count his own
Against the world to hold.
Who hath heart Courageous
WI hight while fight he can
'Tis fos the victory-but the strife
That 10th proclaim the man.
Who L&th heart courageous
VIII Nght both night and day
Agains the host invisible
That aolds his soul at bay.
Who he.th heart courageous
Rests With tranquility,
For TiSe he counts not as his foe
Nor Death his enemy.
-Virna Sheard. In Canadian Magazine
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

Congressman D. F. WILDER, of One,
The PeSuna Medicine Co., Columbus,
0enffemen-.-"P Persuaded By fri,
almost fully recovered after the use O
that Peruna Is all you claim for II, snl
to all who are afflicted with catarrhal
Pe-ru-na a Preventive and Cure for Celds.
Mr.. C. +. Given, Sussex, N. B., Vice
President of "The Pastime Boating
Club" writes:
whenever the cold weather sets in
/ have for years past been very sure to
catch a severe cold which was hard to
throw off, and which would leave after
effects on my constitution the most of
the winter.
"Last winter I was advised to try
Peruna, and within five days the cold
was broken up and in five days more
was well man. l recommended it to
several of my friends and all speak the
highest praise for it. There Is nothing
Ike Peruna for catarrhal aff7icfions.
II IS we'll nigh In faIfible as q cure, and
Igiad!y endorse IT. "..-C. r. Oiven.
A Prominent Singer Saved From Lsss ss
Voice.
Mr.. Julian Weisslitz, IT'S Seneca
street, Buffalo. N. Y, is corresponding
secretary of The Sangerlust, of New
York; is the leading second bass of the
Sangerlust. the largest German singing
society of New York and also the oldest.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
the filthy weed.


To sleep at any moment is undoubt-
edly a sign of physical soundness and
Philistine sanity, especially in the mat
ter of the brain and. its functions. A
physician would have little anxiety
about the general condition of pa
tient who could sleep at will on a rail-
way journey. In these days of hurry
and hustle there could be no more en-
couraging sight to the philosopher
than railway carriage at monday full
of sleepy passengers.-Medical Press
and Circular.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

frO0ble. "...DaVid F.. Wiiber.
In 1899 The Sangerlust celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary with large cele-
bration in New York City. The follow
ing is his testimony:
about two years ago l caught
severe cold while travelling and which
settled into catarrh of the bronchial
tubes, and so affected my voice that !
was obliged to cancel my engagements.
In distress was advised % try Peruna,
and although had never used patent
medicine before, sent for a bottle.
"Words but lily describe my surprise
to find that within a few days was
greatly relieved. and within three
weeks 1 was entirely recovered. ] lam
never without it now, and take an oc-
casional dose when feel run down.
Julian Weisslitz.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

my DEAR" said frightened hus.
band in the middle of the night,
shaking his wife, where did you put
that bottle of strychnine p
"On the shelf next to the pepper
mint"
"Oh Lord" he groaned, "Ive swal.
lowed it,"
'Well, for goodness sake.~ whis'
pered his wife, keep quiet, or you'll
wake the BABY" = Philadelphia
Ledger,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

A sartorial authority in London an
hounced some months ago that before
sppg weli-dressed men would be wear
lng corsets. The statement caused
some rid.cule, but it has been borne
out BY facts, for the real London swell
of today is unmistskably corseted
More thdn that, be is having his hips
ro11ed ind there Is growing demand
<he 6fkemina4e article necessary to
~ fhs spPsafsnee et wasp waists'
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

The German Ornithological society
has been conducting experiments with
pigeons and finds that when liberated
at height of 5000 feet down to as lit
tie as 2,7oo feet they drop rapidly to .
much lower region Of the atmosphere
Science
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06

"What are the chief products OF
South America? asked tho school
teacher. Tommy Taddells, you may
answer"
Rubber, coffee, ultimatums, and in
surrections," replied Tommy.-Lon
don Tid-Bits,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-06-06
A spetle.s Characfe,

Prospective Employcr-You don't
drink?
Applicant-No, sir.
Don't gambler"
"No, SIR
"Don't smoker"
"No, SIR"
"Wouldn't touch the filthy weed,
eh?v
"No, sir"
"Never swear?"
"Never, sir"
Consider it vile habit, 1 sup.
pose?"
Eyes, SIR"
swell. 1 guess I'll try somebody
else. I wouldn't feel quite comfort
able If ] had coachman so much
better than / am myself."-N. Y.
Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-27
INTEREST IN A THERMOMETER
Y. W. c a Has one which Sc tbe
object sf mech Solkrstnde
gusd Vow

Whro The mercury shirerE around zero
or rises above 400 degrees lis records are
4 matter o. cunEdErIble popular Interest.
though in moderate weather the average
Individual rarely max an inquiry II re
gard 70 the temperature. But the Lhsr-
mumstsr which hangs upon the Wall q The
Young WUmHu'E Christian association
lunch rom Is Al oh5er1 o. interest," Fvsry
dRy n the year. i is pr8bbblE. The largest
in Omaha. being Rbuu1 hvt feet tail. with
Z tube nearly an sDuh and q hall in diam
sfsr- It's registrations are made on what
is designated the new DsmberBhip" scale,
which Indicates moi rBriEJuUy IN HtmuE-
phErie teupsrErurs. hUt hucruBriuns IL the
enthusiasm q association MEMBER The
warmth Of interest lately manifest has re
suited IN & rapid rise 81 The msrCurF.
which is confidently expected 10 -sEch The
2.D0D marx before the close Of March. The
public generally Is invited 10 inspect this
huge THERMOMETERS or 70 inquire concerning
its register o. any uHbcsr Of the Young
WumEu'E Christian association or q Any q
The young women II ehErEs q the present
Hnurf 70 expand the mercury. namely.
Misses Catherine Morrison. Frances VII
SOB. Margaret ColriD. Dora Olsen. Ara
Barker. EtbslnB Van NoE. Josephine Ben
Sun, JuliH WsinlRD6sr. Etiih BAKER and
Alice stererk