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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

am clad to tell thls story, because no one 1 hut the hermit crab, who lives in the cove 1 knows it. So no one can dispute It, and say l if happened this way, that or thus. 1 While 1 was sitting on the rocks one morn | ing | caught the eyes of an old hermit crab who was peeping out of large whelk she'll | For a few minutes neither of us said any thing, but I could see his eyes soften, for he plainly saw that 1 loved the ocean and the l keen east wind as much as he. So he crawled out of his shell and sat on the rocks near me. Soon there came floating by in the water number of those small, round, white jelly ] fish that look like tiny balloons. He noticed that was interested and amused and said with much scorn;-
 'I suppose that you think that they are jelyhsh who have come to the surface of the water 10 enjoy the sunshlner' nodded aftirmatyey. That just shows how much you landsmen really know about the sea, and he grunted In high disdaln.
 Well" said he, would you like to hear about them and learn how there come to be so many of them around here?' l told him that 1 would, and he continued:-"Thenw we
 will have to climb to the very top of the rock oyer there, so that you may see for yourself, or you will never believe my story l We climbed to the top of Slgnal-head, and l then he said-
 Now look to the right over there where the water Is deepest and tell me what you 1 see"
 I looked and looked, and then saw patch l Of yellow like a great topaz in a green jade l setting. That" said he that you see is l the treasure house of the mermen, and the 1 yellow Is the gold that shines through the open door"
 By this time l was deeply interested, and the old crab contlnued:-
 Once, hundreds and hundreds of years ago, this woods back of us was inhabited l by elves, and they were not bad tribe on the whole; but there rose to prominence among them an elf called Crote. You may imagine what he was when I tel you that every evil deed that Crote ever heard of he gathered up and made hls own by expert ment
 i Now, the king of the elves was generous, wise and good, and the majority of his peo l pie loved him greatly; but there were few l discontented ones who chose to follow the l black hearted Crote. Crote knew how things stood in the kingdom and the thought grew ! In his cunning mind that If he could only get more gold it would give him the power to usurp the throne and make himself king of | the elves.
 "Crote was a mIser and already very rich but he was so ayarlcious that much seemed 1 little In his grasp, and when he thought of himself he seemed very poor
 Almost every evening the mermen came 1 up on the beach to gossip with the elves, for they dearly love to hear about earth people And, of course, there was some little boasting and bragging done both sides. Crote always led the talk up to wealth, and woud tel of the stores of gold and jewels that the king had hidden away. This always started the mermen to bragging
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20
Indian Legend of the Great Dipper.
BY CHARLES cURTz HAHN.

10 follow that bear and have a full meal But knowing that he Is too small to capture the bear single-handed, the Chickadee calls the other hunters to help, and together the seven set out upon the trail. The Chickadee. with his pot is paced between two of the larger birds, so that he may not lose hls way
 Now the hunters are these, and they travel In the order named:-First, the Robin, as being a mighty hunter and keen of scent Then the Chickadee with his boiling pot who is followed in turn by the Moose Bird. the Pigeon, the. Blue Jay, the Owl and the Saw-h
 In this order they fly around the circle after Mrs. Bear until autumn comes. and then the last ones on the trail grow tired begin to lose their way and finally drop out of the race And If you watch this Great Dlpper in the fall you will see that those stars in the end of the handle dc drop out of sight.
 First of all the two Owls, the latter being a little one and known as the Saw-het. dis appear. Being heavier and clumsier of wing than the other birds they got tired first Besides they were away back in the game and may have grown discouraged also.
 When the little fellow. the Saw-het, saw that he was not lin It. any more, he let out funny rasping cry of disappointment And who would not, after living on hard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

This Is the story heard Sioux father telling his son upon the reservation north of Omaha 1t is story which had been told him by his father, who had heard u from hls father, and so on back as long as there were any Indians.
 If you look at the Great Dipper at dlherent times of the year you will notice that part of the handle Is not always in slght' At times the end drops below the horizon, and this gave the Indians their idea Tor the story. And here 1t Is just as heard It.
 The Bear Is represented by the four stars which compose the bowl of the Dipper, and behind 1t are seven mighty hunters not afraid to follow and attack il. small as they are in size. These seven hunters form the handle of the Dlpper. Close beside the second hunter is little star That is pot which the second hunter Is carrying on his arm to cook the bear in when they catch him.
 Just above these hunters Is a group of stars, something like n pocket in shape, which the Indians looked upon as the bear den from which bruln emerged In the spring after n whole winters s'eep.
 Late in the spring Mrs. Bear for IL Is female) awakes from her long sleep, ray enously hungry. and looks out of her den.
 The sharp eyed Chickadee instantly catches sight of her. and, being hungry a'so, decides
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

 tack and water all winter and having nothing to eat all summer while running q race?
 Soon after the two wise looking Owls were left behind; the Blue Jay and the Pigeon also lost the trail and dropped out of the chase. This left only the Robin, the Chickadee and the Moose Bird. But they stuck to their game and at last, about md-autumn, ran 1t down.
 When brought to bay the bear reared upon its hind feet and prepared to de- fend itself. This also you can see along about October. The pointers of the North Star are perpendicular.
 But this posture of defence Is Mrs. Bruins ruin, for the little Robin dashes in with his bow and arrow, pierces the bears heart and she falls over on her back dead
 Now, here Is where the Robin gets his Nemesis and his red breast Poor Robin was very, very hungry after his long fast and long journey, and was anxious to get at some of the bear fat just as soon as possible. In his haste for a full meal he leaps upon the bear and is covered with blood And ever since then the Robin family have always had red breasts and have become known by the name of Robin Ked Breast.
 Mir. Robin although brave hunter, turned faint at seeing his own bosom so Dedecked Wltn ScarieI ana new away 10 maple tree and tried to shake off the blood upon the leaves. He succeeded in clearing away all except one spot on his breast, which never will come or.
 The Moose Bird had no doubt but that the Robin and the Chickadee would be more than a match for Mrs. Bear, and so had hid himself until all the work was done and there was nothing left for him except to join In the feast lie was so successful that never since then has the Moose Bird been known to do any real hunting for himself. He follows after the others and comes up In time to join In the spells. Ask any Northern hunter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20
The Punishment of the MiSer Elf.
BY MARY E. LACY.

a little. and 1naIly one day loose tonguea conrtier offered to show Crote where the vast wealth of the mermaid queen was kept. And he brought him here and showed him what have shown you.
 "Crote knew that the coral treasure house of the mermen stood in the midst of a great forest of purple sea feather and that any one not familiar with the place might easily get lost In Its many winding paths. He also knew that there were many difficulties to be overcome before one could reach the treasure
 He thought of many plans, but they all seemed impractlcab.e when he counted up the odds. Finally he decided upon a very simple Httle artihce; in fact, SO silly that he thought 1t beneath the divining of Bar jota. Ills plan was this that when he went to visit the merman he would take big clay pipe which he often smoked in his pocket and with 1t good sized piece of brown soap Before he started out to take walk he scraped the soap up Into fine bits and filled the bowl of his pipe with 1t. The remainder he put In his pocket. That after noon he met the merman strotling on the beach, and he asked him In offhand way if he would now take him 10 see their treas ure house. The merman proudly agreed to show him.
 "Crote had never been In the ocean be- fore, and he could not but admit that it was very beautiful and wonderful. The merman was very much delighted with hls admlring comments, and showed him the different ex- its to the forest So far Crote had not seen any evidences of Barjota, and he began to feel more confident of success. When they came to the treasure house Crote was rejoiced to find that there were only two swordfish on guard at the main entrance, and the others be could not see anywhere; so concluded that they were not on duty. Of course, they smiled and bowed grandly to the merman and his guest
 When he thought the opportune moment had arrived Crote took hls pipe out of his pocket and began to blow. In few minutes al the water around was filled with soap bubbles, and the poor fish and merman were blinded, for the soap made their eyes smart so that they did not know what to do. In the meantime Crote had slipped Into the treasury and was filling his pockets with everything that he could lay hls hands on. As he started to leave he looked up, and there in the doorway stood old Barjota, the magician. Crote stopped as though turned to stone, for In the ma agfcian's eye he read his fate then he fell on his knees begging for mercy. But old Barjota, with a scornful smile, said:
 ;" 'Crote, the reward of thy greed shall be the sight of the gold which thou hast GOV eted. This house shall for evermore be thy home. In all the years that are to .eome perhaps thou wilt grow weary, so for Q task l give thee this to do: Blow bubbles, Crote, blow bubbles to the end of time"
 l did not make any comment on the old crabs story, because I am very sceptical and still believe that those things that saw were jellyfsh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

There he was, standing back of Tommy, having appeared In that puzzling manner good fairies always have and which leaves a person rather mixed up as 10 where they come from.
 Tommy handed Mir. Good Fairy the base ball. and he turned his back, holding 1t in his hand Tommy could hear him muttering to himself, but couldn't understand what he said or see what he was doing. He was too poAte to peek, and he was also little afraid, too for fear Mir Good Fairy would be vexed and enchantify him as well as the baseball. In a minute MT. Good Fairy turned around with the ball.
 But won't Ii curve just the same when the other pitcher throws itf" Inquired Tommy doubtfully.
 All MT. Good Fairy's good nature vanished In a moment.
 Why didn't yon speak of that before?" he fairly snarled. Little fat boys are so stupid sometimes. Now I will have to change the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

enchantfed baseball would expect to pitch. So Tommy didn't think much of his perform ance. Pretty soon the side was retired and 1t was Tommy's turn to pitch. He walked 10 his place, holding the ball tight In his hand. Then he counted ten backward, all right side of the baseball field.
 MT. Good Fairy was right about the ball curvlng. Such curve had never been seen before in Tugsville. But the trouble was that Mir. Good Fairy, not understanding base ball, hadn't made any arrangements for the ball stopping when 1t passed the batter. Instead 1t only curved the more, went away to one side of the catcher and began sailing about the baseball field In great, sweeping curve, which grew more and more pro nounced every instant. Every player on the field tried to catch the ball, but 1t seemed to dodge them all. Faster and faster 1t went. more and more curving grew Its course, until 1t could hardly be seen at all. And then, with a sudden crash, it brought up right against the head of the teacher, standing at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

standardization, and that always is hard work"
 Then he turned around again and began muttering over the baseball. When he handed 1t to Tommy the second time he said
 Even I, and am the wisest of the good fairies. can't fix the standardization per feotly the second time. You will have to help a little yourself When you start to pitch the ball you must look very hard at the right of the field aud at the same time count ten backward. l cant explain to you why you must do this, but It will complete the standardization and make the ball curve more than baseball ever curved before, but only when you yourself throw It."
 When the time came for the game the pitcher for the Elmer Eagles took his place on the rubber first. He pitched well enough for an ordinary pitcher, but nothing like the way person who knows how to manage an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20
MISS LOLLIPOP.

Behind the candy counter stands girl so bright and neat, With features clean, and snow white handA In fact, she Is quite sweet She never drinks the lemonade, Or even sips drop Of ice cream soda-that's the maid They call Miss Lollipop! She never eats 8 peppermint, Nor chews and chews on gum. Or sucks long sticks of every tint, Or sucks sugar plum! She used to once but now she's sick Of being in the shop. For she's allowed to have her pick, Lucky Miss Lollipop! s If you were she, you'd do just SO I'm very sure you would, But you can have too much, you know, Of anything that's good. You'd think you'd eat and eat and eat And never never stop, But soon you'd weary of the treat Just like Miss Lollipop
 LA TOUCHE HANCOCK.
 Bad Turn. "One good turn deserves another "Yes, but 1t isn't good turn when it's s turn down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

and he will tell you this Is true.
 But though the Robin and the Chickadee knew all about their compa nions little game and took no stock ln the story he told about getting lost among the stars they were good natured and allowed him to All himself up with bear meat just as f he had killed, skinned and cooked It himself And while the pot was boiling the Robin and the Moose Bird danced around the fire, while the Chickadee acted as cook and stirred the pot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

the right side of the field.
 Then there was trouble. Tho teacher hadn't noticed the course the ball had taken, but he felt it when 1t stopped, and he remem- bered the way In which Tommy had stared at him before throwing the ball Naturally he thought Tommy had purposely thrown the ball at his head. The teacher was good man, but he always carried his cane, and he was inclined to be mpatient-although the mildest of teachers might be yexed by being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

struck on the head with the enchantihed baseball He didn't give Tommy chance to explain. Even If he had Tommy would have found it hard to make him understand about Mir Good Fairy, the enchantifed base ball, and the curve which was kept up too long What the teacher said and did to Tommy don't particularly matter. But 1t was quite a stout cane When he finished Tommy didn't care about pitching any longer, neither did he wish to sit down. He hunted up soft place on the hay In his fathers barn and there he lay down-on his face.
 "It just shows" said Tommy to himself mournfully, what person gets by trust Ing to good fairy, with long beard, and who wears old clothes and an old white hat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20

NOT IN ANCIENT MINSTRELSY Bones-When Is cheese not? Interlocutor-I don't know, Brother Bones. Tell us>vben cheese is not. Bones-When it's smelt. Hal ha! Clat- tery-clack.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12

In all the more progressive countries
Inventors who have systems OF their
own for wireless telegraphy In various
stages OF advancement, but Marconi
has been the most successful In get
ting practical results. He modestly colt
fesses bis obligations TO other inven-
tors and asserts hut few exclusive
claims. Luck has beIended him, how
ever, and he reaches the goal Of practl-
cal success ahead OF many equally wei
equipped rivals Part OF his good for
tune was the readiness Of the English
government to take up bis Ideas ana
Facilitate their application. British
capital came early to Marconis assist
ance, and many British vessels were
quickly supplied with Marconrs appar-
alus. The Italian government also soon
perceived the honor Marcon was con-
fgrfing upon his country and aided him
with the loan Of warsnips upon which
'tp conduct his experiments Thanks TO
this exceptional cooperation. wireless
telcgraphy has rapidly acquired oppor-
tunity and vogue
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12
MARooNrs INVENTION.

Marconl Is sanguine about his won-
derful invention, as well he may be
lIc says It VIII be impossible to inter.
cept wireless messages, as the appar-
atus can be so adjusted that les pitch
is continually changing, He believes
that thirty words a minute can be sent
at a remarkably low rate; that mes
seges can be sent over land, as easily
as over the sea. that daylight ami
darkness have no effect, except that the
electric vibrations are so per cent
stronger at night, that the secrecy Of
messages. although not yet fully estab.
lished Is likely to be- that wireless
messages can be sent across an ocean,
OF any continent. at rates as low as
those now charged between New York
and Philadelphia, and that vessels ct
sea can be supplied with hourly bulle-
ilus Of the worlds news.
This last statement is not received
with universal satisfaction, one charm
Of an ocean voyage Is the freedom from
the hustle and cares Of the world as
brought to the homes or Offices OF peo-
pie every day in the year with ships
In constant communication with the
shores they @ill have the stock market
ntws. the gossip Of the social centers
OF the world, and local news" des-
troylng that good fellowship which
generally characterizes travelling
community cut on for the time being
nom the rest Of the world And with
ont this rest from business cares, this
campanonshlp. what would the voyage
be? who would care to go to sea and
be confronted with the daily talk OF
stocks scandals. politics inslpid society
gossip and such things? Il the Marconi
Invention is to result In the termina-
ton OF the isolation Of the ocean liner,
Il is TO be hoped that the steamship
companies reserve some Of their vessels
FOR passengers that 90 abroad TO take
a rest otherwise It is difficult 20 see
where in the world an overworked
brain can fnd rcposu at the present
time
The following Is a synopeis Of the
history Of Marconi's wonderful lnyen-
ton as given by the Baltimore sun:
I'm 1889 Professor Morse seat Wire
less messages across the Susquehanna
river not far from Baltimore, meeting
thus the want of gubaqueous cable.
That electricity and magnetism trav-
cIse the ethes TO a certain distance was
la fact. one Of the FIRST discoveries OF
eNperimenters with electrical machines
and voltalc batteries As long ago as
1854 Cla,k Maxwell laid a scientific ba-
Sis for The utilization OF ether waves
over great distances. subsequent dis
/ coveries only developing and confirm
/ Ing his wonderful provision. Minor dts
| covefi,s BY Hughes 4 Preece soon az
| Ter helped 20 widen The views OF cleo
tricians. and Hertz In 1857 showed that
/ ether waves stream out from electric
| sparks. Lodge,in 1859 evolved the syn
| tonic circuit and the 'coherer. and
Branly year later used filings In q
| cohcrer In 1882 Preece sent wireless
| messages three and one-third miles.
| Five years after this Marconi became
prominent among CXperlmeuters
through his introduction OF aerial
| wires TO gather ether waves. and in
| 1895 signals were sent by means Of his
/ apparatus between Osborne House and
| The Queen yacht AZ present there are
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12

on that point But, as will be seen from
the report in the News as to the pro-
coedinga at the meeting held last Sat
urday, every objection OF that kind has
been fully met and provisions made
whereby the desired end could be at
tanned II was o matter of surprise
therefore. that one Of the companies
stil declined to enter into the oonsoli-
dation
We do not intend az present 70 enter
fully into the alleged reasons for this
decllnation. II may be overcome Time
has been given to the directors Of the
company to confer with the stockhold
ers, and possibly they will be led to put
aside any objections they may have en-
irrtained. IN view Of the vast benefits
chat viii accrue from the union
that Is desired. we trust thot our
friends associated with the North Jor"
dan Canal company wiz take q broad
and liberal view OF this important mat
ter.
II IS not expected, nor Is il asked
that hey win sacrifice any ct Che
,,on,s heio,e,ne n thom Under the law
and the recent deoisio- Of the courts
These are 20 be maintained fully and
completely. rhcy are aa likely 20 be
unhela "a Inc hlles, extent under tho
proposca consolidation as thay would
he II fhe company remained indapen.
dent 'rhis being the case we thlnk
they ought 10 have some consideration
for the Interests OF the ggeat masses
of the farmers ana others who are con.
nected With Inc other canal companies.
selashncss la 10 a certain degree ma
nral. not only In companies. but indl-
ylduals. Self-iptetest and self preser-
yntlon are powerful incentives TO hui
man action. but when tncs, are not
really endangered. II may be reason
oble exuected that humane people win
hive regard for the interests OF their
neIehbors and that uatriotislo and the
general welfare VIII have some cam
upon their sentiments and thf- ac-
fiona
II would indeed be an unfortunate
end Ia the Iahors ana exortlons and
plans Of the gentlemen who have
been ., earnestly and actively
eneacaa IN ,romotino reesures for mo
Of the waters aovlno into
Itah TAKE ana 10 Regulate The snpnly
81 th,s conrty n ma onnosi,tor ~ ono
co,,nanv shoud hrine them au n
rought II is rleht 81 course FOR Vac
of,cers and directors ~ tbat comnonv
% ,ook after rho r,ghts ana intarests ~
tho neonlo WHOM, ,hev ranrasent !, s
nronsr ~, nat ,bov shan he yoverned
a., ,t,otr oo,rea h,. fho u,,shes 90 tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12

a contemporary makes much ado
over the alleged discovery Of an ac-
tive volcano in the southeastern part Of
the state. That Is nothing There
was a general eruption and shake NJ
all over the state last week. And Il
hasn't entirely subsidized yet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12
THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

II was generally supposed that the
canal companies OF Salt Lake County
had so far decided 70 consolidate thai
ali that remained to be decided was
an agreement as TO the articles Of IN
corporation, involving. OF course. a sci
Element as TO the respective water
rights OF the companies and the stock
holders therein. The benefits thet
would arise from such consolidation
have been considered for several years
ana The chief obstacle IN the way was
the supposed impossbiity Of reaching
q satisfactory and equitable conclusion
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12

when the superintendent Of the Utah
Sugar company says that the reduction
OF the duty on Cuban sugar will not
hurt the beet sugar industry Of the west
It IL certain that It viii not. No one is
better informed on the situation than
he, and he win only make conservative
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-12

Biz Bil Deyery wants TO run as an
independent candidate for mayor OF
New York and ight Tammany Really
d, looks very much like a case Of when
the Devil was sick the Devil a saint
would be- but when the Devil was WELL
devil a saint WAS he"