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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
Chapel Built by Nature

Ex-President Cleveland, during his
sojourn in New Hampshire the last
summer, attended divine service in a
chapel unique on an island in pictur-
esque Lake Asquam.
Eighteen or twenty years ago Ern-
est Balch, who was then a student at
Harvard college, conceived the idea
OF summer athletic school for boys,
and chose the island Mentioned as the
location. Camp Chocorua" was there
established, and had very successful
existence for a decade, being the pio-
neer of the large number of such
schools now in existence.
There was provided chapel, origi-
nal in conception with Mr.. Balch. It's
walls were the environing trees of the
forest. It's ceiling was the ever
changing sky. Rustic seats were
built for choir and congregation. The
most prominent feature was a mas
sive stone altar surmounted by a
heavy stone cross.
This chapel was at the eastern end
of the island, and there the members
OF the camp, numbering half hun
dred, would gather regularly every
Sunday, whenever the weather per-
mitted, for divine services.
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Ten years of disuse now has
wrought sad havoc with the once trim
structures of the camp. The forest
chapel alone remains intact, with
very little change, and Is still put TO
the use for which it was designed by
its builders.
A custom has sprung up among the
summer residents of the central por-
ton of Lake Asquam region of gather
ing every pleasant Sunday morning at
this open-air auditorium for diviA6
worship. From cottage, camp and b.
tel about the shores boats put dut
with their freights Of worsH ipers, all
bound for one common goalithe nat
ural sanctuary.
1t was in one of>these rustic seats
that ex-President Cleveland sat as
one of the band of worshipers on GER
tain charming Sabbath morning last
August. Mr.. Cleveland was at the
time the guest over Sunday OF Col.
j. II. Colt OF Concord, N. H., at the
camp of the latter on an island in
Lake Asquam, and accepted an invi-
tation to rejoin the members of the
camp in their novel Church attend
onpa
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
II ow the Pigeons Ma tie

On n south Jersey farm, which was
the i.ome Of thousand pigeons and
which was conducted by woman
who had formerly been a bookkeeper
in Philadelphia, was found one par
ticular fly and coop which was the
abiding place Of young doves that had
reached the mating season, says the
Era Magazine. These young birds
were associated together SO that they
might select their life companions.
The interior of the walls of the GOOD
was filed with boxes and those
pigeons which had mated would
select one of these boxes for their
home and nest.
This period Of courtship is one filled
with excitement for the birds. Two
young pigeon cocks, having selected
the same hen for a mate, have been
known to fight to the death in their
rivalry. The method of combat is
peculiar. The beak and wings alone
are used, the combatants catching
each other with their beaks by the
skin of the head and beating each
other with their strong wings.
Having once chosen his mate, the
dove, with an occasional exception,
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Jews on the upper East Side have
gone wild with enthusiasm over the
voice of Russian cantor who sang
the services in the New York Star
theater Saturday morning. The theater
has been turned into a temporary tenn
pie. His name is A. l.. Schlossberg,
and those who have heard him declare
he has the most remarkable voice a
human being ever possessed.
The cantor could be rabbi, it is
said, if he wanted to; but, knowing
the quality of his voice, he prefers to
remain singer He has had dozens
of offers to go into grand opera or to
sing in concert. But the bent of his
mind is religious, and he has no in
tention of changing his vocation.
The demand for him by the Jews of
this country is so great that he finds
it impossible to accept all calls Satur-
day he was at the New Star theater;
this week he goes up to Bronxville,
and then comes down to a temple in
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

man has tremendous pull. One man
was recently elected in a sport-loving
city of Yorkshire simply because he
was one of the best amateur football
players in England. The Hon. Philip
Stanhope, who used to be called the
Prince Rupert of the Liberals" won
a forlorn hope in rural constituency
by the skill and daring with which he
drove a coach and eight white horses.
He didn't trouble about speech-making
or canvassing the electors; he simply
sat on the box Of the coach, fine
figure Of a man, and drove his eight
white horses round the sharpest cor
ners he could find, laughing gayly
as he faced death and CALAMITY salut-
ing all the girls he passed along the
road.
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remains constant to her through life.
The occasional instances of infidellty
cause discord in the coop, for when
one pigeon tires of his mate and seeks
another he meets vigorous protest
from the companion of the bird which
he covets. When they have agreed
to spend their lives together Mr.. and
Mrs. Dove select a box and the laying
begins. The parent birds may then
be less than eight months old.
The pigeons worst enemy is the rat
In the absence Of the mother or the
father bird, the rat will crawl into Q
nest, steal young squad, drag it bod
lily away and devour it. So a good
cat is a necessity in pigeon coop-a
cat that is taught not to disturb the
pigeons, but to be death to rats. Mice
are a pest among the pigeons, too
but they eat only the grain, not dis
turbing the eggs or the young.
Frequently, however, the most OAR
ing mice will creep under the Very
nests of the pigeons, even while the
birds are on their eggs, and the pre-
sumptive rodents will make their OWE
nests there, rearing their young in the
genial warmth OF the sitting pigeon
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Cantor In Great Demand

BrOome street. Before he leaves this
country he will sing in many temples
in New York and throughout the
country.
He has won considerable fort% be
through his voice. He gets at lekst
$500 every time he sings the services.
A moderate price of admission is
charged, the seats at the New Star
having ranged from % to rs cents.
Mr.. Schlossberg isS6 years cid. He
was born in small town in Russia.
It was not until several years after he
became famous there that the Jews in
America heard of him. Then he was
induced to come to the United States,
and arrived here in September, just
in time for the great Jewish holidays.
In appearance the cantor is very
striking. He has a big beard and
piercing black eyes. His musical
voice and easy manners make him an
attractive person with whom to talk.
Book News.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
Street Shaving in China.

The topsy-turvy methods Of China
are curiously illustrated in the case
Of the Pekin barber, who, instead Of
waiting for customers, goes out TO
seek them. He carries his shaving
apparatus and stool with him, and,
rings bell to attract the attention
Of likely customers. The man who
wishes to be shaved halls the barber,
who places his stool on the ground for
the customers use, puts a bowl of
water on the little stove he carries,
and having lathered his brush sets to
work. The charge is not high. For
sum equivalent to a cent he shaves
the customers head and smooths out
his eyebrows.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
5 Tombs of Egypt's Kings s

Especial Correspondence

number of pieces. 1t Is more than six
ty feet in length, made of red granite,
and weighs 800 tons. 1t was brought
from the quarries of Syene, but how
no one knows. 1t was beyond doubt
the finest statue of this king found
in Egypt. The few columns still stand
ing, with their capitals representing
the papyrus flower, speak much of the
beauty that prevailed in those long
forgotten years. Other scenes on the
walls show the capture of town by
use of ladders. The Memmon looks
rather dilapidated, but its mate is in a
fine state of preservation, and sits
there looking over the splendid reach
of fertile country between it and the
noble river. just as in the long ago.
An hours ride took us back to the
Nile, where backsheesh was demand
ed and paid, and, recrossing the river,
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ing might be too crude for perfect
preservation, he brought it to pro-
fessional in New York city to have the
beautiful fly more carefully preserved.
Immediately the old collector went
into ecstasies.
you have" he said, "the only but
terhy of this kind l have ever seen.
am the American agent for Lord
Kothschild, who is collecting flies and
feas, and has the rarest collection and
the most valuable in the world. He
has just paid s250,O0O for a pair of
aeas. You must send this butterfly to
England. If Lord Rothschild has none
like it he will pay you good for it, and
it shall be known as the Haviland
fly"
The amateur butterfly catcher was
more than surprised He had not
dreamed that his little insect was
worth so much money. But he left it
with the old collector, to be shipped
to London.-New York Globe.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
Palace of Gezeeneh.
independence for Norway.

The family and the friends of Ibsen
having decided to publish Ibsen's cor
respondence with the leading literary
men of his time, we get in the French
reviews two interesting series of these
unpublished letters, says the Review
OF Reviews. Among the most i'm.
portant are those to Bjornstjerne
Bjornson, now published in La Revue.
They cover the years 1S65-67, when
Ihsen was in Rome, and the years
1SS4-S5. In the first letter from Rome,
dated Jan. rs, 1865, Ibsen is concerned
about the independence of Norway.
He says: when you write, give me
your opinion of home affairs. What
course ought to be followed in Nor.
way? What can the leaders do with
the present generation? You will re-
assure me. l do not forget that you
are full of hope, but should be happy
to know on what your confidence is
based. 1t often seems unlikely to me
that we shall disappear. l state may
be destroyed, but not a nation. "
But ever if we do lose our independ.
from us, we shall still exist as a ma.
ton. The Jews were a state and
nation. The state is destroyed, but
there still remains a Jewish nation
believe that all that is best in us
will continue to be. provided that the
national soul is strong enough to grow
under misfortune. All! if l only had
faith, confidence!"
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wilt thou have me?"

wilt thou have me?"
mo, thank YOU" said the traveller
laughing, and Milosh, much relieved,
retired, amidst the jeers of his friends.
"Milosh, thou are not beautiful
enough" said the men.
Then they suggested Gavro as being
more likely to please. Gavro made
his offer and was smilingly rejected.
The crowd was enjoying itself vast
ly, and took much pains to providGNe
lady with a really handsome sutton.
She, on her part, looked about. and
CHANGED to catch the eye CT a goodly
youth.
mo! mol" cried a woman Selling
his arm. Hes mine! he's mine!"
"And he is good and beautiful" his
friends fastened to add.
But he, in his turn, was rejected,
and the enthusiastic crowd pushed for
ward another candidate. Five suitors
in twenty minutes made, the traveller
though, noble record-Youth's Com
panion.
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In the Tomb Chamber.

The entrance into the passage is
about twelve feet square, and con-
tinues for several hundred feet. direct
ly into the mountain on gradual in
cline till the tomb chamber is reached.
The sides and ceilings of passage and
chamber are deliberately covered by
Egyptian character, showing the great
ness OF Amenaphis and tho esteem in
which he was held by his subjects,
who are represented in vast numbers,
bringing offerings of fowls, fish, fruit
and wine. The characters are in
painted sculpture, in the shade of red,
green, yellow, black and white; and
while those near the entrance are
much faded, those Of the chamber are
as bright as when placed there, 1000
years ago. This chamber is about
twenty-five feet square, with ceilings
seemingly supported by square stone
characters in praise of the "distin-
guished occupant" These old fellows
evidently did not intend that their
light should be hidden from the world
to come or their own estimate of their
greatness be permitted to fade. A por-
ton of the floor of this chamber, about
ten feet square, is somewhat lower
than the rest, and in the center Of it
is the stone sarcophagus, heavily
carved In this lies, in a wonderful
state of preservation, the mummy of
the great king. 1t was wonderful to
gaze upon him, resting where he was
placed forty centuries ago, looking so
natural that one could know the man
ner of a man" he was. He is the only
one Of those ancient rulers thus far
discovered in his tomb, the rest hav-
ing been found hidden in caves near
the temple of Queen Hatazu, where
they had been placed to prevent fall
ing into the hands Of enemies.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Making an early start, we left the
title town of Luxor and its majestic
Did ruined temples which are all that
left to mark the place where ancient
rhebes with its hundred gates -four
shed in the height of it's glory 1000
Years. before the Christian era. Cross
ng the grand old Nile in native boats,
we found our donkeys and attendant
Arabs in waiting on the banks to take
is to that place of mysteries, the
graves Of the kings that ruled Egypt
when the worlds civilization was
Young. After the pickering, scolding
and stronger language that is the rule
with the donkey boys was satisfactori-
y concluded, we finally mounted our
little beasts and started on our way
over the hot sands to the Libyan
mountains. After a jaunt of perhaps
three-quarters OF an hour, during
which our sober donkey ride of the
beginning resolved itself into an eXcit-
ing race, we made our first stop at
the Temple of Kooneh. This is an old
ruin consisting of three rooms, with
walls covered with Egyptian hero
glyphics and the whole fronted by a
row Of eight-huted columns. 1t is in
a fair state of preservation, and said
to be a Ptolemaic structure Forty
minutes more through the Valley of
Bab-el-Malook brought us to the DESC
late, verdureless mountains in which
the tombs are situated. We visited
those Of Rameses, third, fourth, sixth
and NINTH section l, with it's long ap-
proach of stone steps beautifully hewn
from the rock, and, to crown all, that
Of Amenaphis the Great, discovered
only about four years since. All of
these burial chambers are magnificent
specimens of the grandeur of the final
resting places Of those mighty kings,
but that Of Amenaphis is by far the
finest Of them, and l will try to give
a faint idea of its awe-inspiring dig
nifty and magnificence.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
Kimberley "sleoev Babies.

During Lord Roberts tour in South
Africa he CHANGED to be in Kimberley
on his I'D birthday and the people of
that city presented him with a pair Of
diamonds. One Of the "siege babies, 4"
a boy Of years, made the presenta.
ton speech. During the siege of Kim.
berley by the Beers about fifty babies
were born. Lord Roberts had his pho.
tograph taken in the midst of the
"siege babies" on the steps of tho
town hall. Most Of the "siege babies"
bear names recalling the war. Thus,
while French" Butler "Methuen,"
"Bobs" and "Kekewich" occur,
Rhodes" is even more frequently
used and "Siege" seems most popular
Of all.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
Record Of Missouri Church

Antioch Presbyterian church, Gala
way county, east of Mexico, Mo-, has
a remarkable record. During the
eighty-fve years of it's existence it has
never been without a pastor more
than a month at time, and in all
that time ii has had only three pas.
tors.-Boston Globe.
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Three Brothers in conuress.

Examination of the roll of the Thir-
ty-seventh congress reveals the fact
that William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
c. Fessenden and Thomas A. d. Fes-
sender, three brothers, were all mem
bers of that body, the first named be-
ing in the senate and the last two in
the house All three were graduates
OF Bowdoin college.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

"Giddup!" the Simian jockey said.
And gave his steed another stripe,
The zebra to the finish led
And won the contest by stripe.
The stars he saw were numerous,
And that is why, though filled with
gripes,
He murmured, being humorous,
They ought to call me Stars and
Stripes"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

A run on a Cleveland bank was stop
ped the other day by the arrival Of
an automobile at the bank loaded
with money for the depositors. Under
such circumstances the driver might
be excused for violating the speed
limit.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

previous to tho kings demise, that
they might precede him into the other
world and take upon themselves the
punishment for the sins he had COM
mitted while on earth. Leaving the
tombs, we next visited the great tenn
pie OF Rameses II. but a short distance
away. A splendid Propylon, about 800
feet wide, forms the front of this build
ing, and from it we entered a large
court at least $50 square. It's columns
and walls are mostly destroyed, but
on those that remain are scenes repre-.
senting the king in battle. with the
enemy in full fight. Here lies a colos-
sal statue of Rameses broken to
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
CATCH THE POPULAR FANCY.
Queer Methods INDUCED In at English
Elections.

A general election in England is
not a great national campaign in the
sense that it is here, but congeries
of local fights. The candidate is
chosen by the general committee of
the local party, usually called the
-Four Hundred" A well-known and
popular local man is preferred even
to statesman of national eminence.
The candidate who is good sports
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

A Pennsylvania cow licked up the
contents of two gallon can of green
paint the other day and to the delight
of her owner lived. She was probably
trying to color her interior in accord
ance with the modern freak idea of
animal painting.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The letters of Queen Victoria are
to be published, after being edited by
friends of the royal family. We
have no doubt that it will be quite
safe to place the book in the hands
of young girls.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The beauty editor of the Chicago
Record-Herald says a mother should
always encourage her daughter to con-
suit the mirror frequently. Most
mothers will not find that this duty
makes life unduly strenuous.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

John w. Gates was in an automo-
bile accident in New York the other
day. The car upset and the chauffeur
was seriously hurt. Nothing hap
pened to Gates Nothing ever does.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

From the revelations in the matter
of the failure of a "women's broker"
it would seem that the sucker that is
born every minute has a dear little
twin sister
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Every mail brings Nan Patterson
offers Of marriage" And still there
are people who affected not to believe
in Max Nordau's theory of degenera-
alton.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The people of New York might pay
off their public debt by holding court
in Madison Square Garden and charg-
ing admission the next time a chorus
girl is tried for murder.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

A scientist says that pumpkin pie
is filled with microbes. That is better
than having the microbes filled with
pumpkin pie, for there wouldn't be
any left for the rest OF us.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Bulletin No. I" of the National
Mosquito determination Society has
just been issued. Evidently the socie-
ty believes it will be necessary to
work overtime If the mosquitoes are
ever to be exterminated
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
cioars for Russian Soldiers.

Prussian firm has received an or
der from the Russian government for
100000 cigars for the army in Man
churia. They are to cost $1.20 per
100.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

When a child with one twisted foot
is thankful the other is straight, the
grouchy pessimist should try to es-
cape from himself.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

That Pennsylvania man who mar
ried widow after a platonic friend
ship of twenty-five years must now adj
NIT that the elder Weller was right.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Nine Emma Eames is said to be as
"coldly lovely" as ever. The descrip-
ton somehow reminds one of ice
cream.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

A slim attendance is reported for
the New York horse show. The
women couldn't have been a very at
tractive lot this time.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

A Philadelphia society girl actress
has gone to work as a cook. There
are battalion of other society girl
actresses who, if they can't cook at
all, can at least cook as we'll as they
can act.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Paul Kruger left fortune of nearly
$4,000,000. John Bull must admit now
that the war in South Africa was in
a sense a failure.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Those Turkish troops that are de-
handing their pay must seem to the
sultan to be sadly lacking in patriot
ism.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The French sardine crop is a fail
ure this year. No matter. 1t will
cost no more to put a French label
on the Maine sardines.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

That American heiress who refused
to pay $4,000 for a count may have
reasoned that this was an overcharge
of $50, 1890.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Cupid, after seeing the average
married couple safely through the
honeymoon, goes off on a long vaca-
ton.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The football season is ended for
this year. Now if they will please
quit raising the price of meat good
cheer may be expected to prevail.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Bow legged men, as usual, VIII be
the first TO adopt next seasons skin
tight trousers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The minister who thought he would
be more useful if he tasted forty
days has now no utility at all. He is
dead.
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rook Burden of KINGS Sins.

In an ante-room near to the resting
place of the king are three other mum
mics, woman and two men, who, &C.
cording to the writings on the wall,
had the honor of being sacrificed just
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

Andrew Carnegie is a sufferer from
lumbago. Has he ever tried poor
mans plaster for it?
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

This sudden thrusting of the
zemstvos into public notice is caus-
ing a great many busy people to drop
everything and run to their cyclope-
dias.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

A New York policeman inadvertent-
ly arrested his wife for drunkenness.
Trouble brewing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31

The standing army of the Panama
republic has been reduced to twenty
five men-all generals, of course.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-31
Forty Peculiar Words.

There are forty words in the Eng
lish language which are spelt the
same forwards and backwards